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The next big thing?

City officials are turning to the planned development of 60 acres of city-owned property in North Side around The Diamond for a big return

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Diamond area proposed development map Legend A G a t e w a y d i s t r i c t : Offices, shopping and entertainment B B a l l p a r k and entertainment district: Community integrated with entertainment and a new sports venue C Ownby district: Mixeduse development D Allison district: Dense, compact, transit-oriented mixed-use development E Industrial mixed use:Area combining entertainment, residential, office and light industrial uses F Office Park 1 Ballpark and plaza 2 Crescent Park: Public space and site for large-scale community events 3 Landmark Bridge: Bridge over CSX railroad tracks connecting Crescent Park and development on the north side to the Pulse corridor 4 Southern Park: Public space with sports fields for youths 5 Public flex site: For future community needs such as a school, library, rec center or public space 6 Pedestrian and bicycle bridge over train tracks 7 Neighborhood parks

What’s the next big thing for Richmond now that the $565 million casino-resort project for South Side and the $1.5 billion Navy Hill project for Downtown are kaput?

The answer is the Diamond District, so it appears.

That’s the new name for about 60 acres of city-owned property on Arthur Ashe Boulevard where The Diamond baseball stadium, Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center, a softball field and a recycling center now stand.

City Hall is focusing once again on transforming the property with a major redevelopment that was first envisioned 15 years ago but stalled five years ago.

There still are major question marks, however, including the thorniest: How to pay for a replacement baseball stadium to keep a minor league team in the city.

This is far from the only project going on in a booming city. Virginia Commonwealth University alone is planning $1.2 billion in new construction through 2028. Public housing communities are being targeted for transformation into mixed-income neighborhoods from the East End to Gilpin Court and South Side. Plans are afoot for redevelopment of the Coliseum area near City Hall, and apartments and other private developments continue to rise in Manchester and other parts of the city.

But for the moment, Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s

administration is focusing on the Diamond District, which potentially could yield a hefty $300 million to $400 million in apartments, offices and retail shops that potentially would return $6 million to $8 million annually in new tax revenue if all goes well.

Since at least 2012, taxpayers have invested $14 million to $20 million — city documents are unclear — to remove former city and school repair shops and offices from The Diamond site, clear old buildings and clean up the land for new development.

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Casino defeat raises questions about what’s next

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Alfred C. Liggins III is firmly committed to making casino gaming a key part of Urban One, the Black media conglomerate he runs with his mother, Cathy Hughes.

Mr. Liggins That’s still his plan despite the company’s first big casino splash in Richmond going down to a stinging defeat in the Nov. 2 election.

What happens now is still up in the air, Mr. Liggins said Monday in a brief telephone interview with the Free Press.

“We’re still going to pursue opportunities in that field. We the first time since March 2020. In August, the board see it as complementary to our endorsed Superintendent Jason Kamras’ request to current businesses.” institute a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for teachBut he said in the aftermath ers and staff for the health and safety of Richmond’s of the election, no decisions 20,000-plus students. have been made.

“I believe this body made that decision because “We’re still processing we felt it was so critical that the staff in our buildings the information and looking working with our children be fully vaccinated,” Mr. at our different options,” he Kamras told the board Monday. said. “After all, it’s just been He said the mandate raised the vaccination rate a week.” among teachers and staff from 37 percent to the According to the vote tally current 92 percent. that has not yet been certified

City School Board reverses vaccine mandate for teachers, staff

By Ronald E. Carrington

In a stunning 180-degree turn, the Richmond School Board reversed its mandate that teachers and staff be vaccinated against COVID-19 or forfeit their pay and possibly ultimately be fired.

Instead, the board voted to allow those who defy the mandate to stay employed if they agree to weekly COVID-19 testing provided by the school district.

During the board’s meeting Monday night, Vice Chairman Jonathan M. Young, 4th District, introduced a measure to halt disciplinary action against noncompliant employees if they are tested weekly for the virus. He said if employees agree to weekly

testing, any teacher or staff member who has lost pay as part of the mandate action should be reimbursed.

His motion was seconded by board member Kenya J. Gibson, 3rd District, and was approved by the board in a 6-3 vote.

Board members voting against Mr. Kamras the motion were Elizabeth B. “Liz” Doerr, 1st District; board Chairwoman Cheryl L. Burke, 7th District; and Dawn C. Page, 8th District.

Monday’s action is a reversal from August as schools were about to open for in-person learning for

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Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin talks transition with Northam; releases tax info Free Press wire report

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Vaccine ready Jayden Holmes, 9, a student at Carver Elementary School, is ready to get his COVID-19 vaccine. On Monday, he and his mother, Shankita Holmes, who works in nursing, were outside the Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center on Arthur Ashe Boulevard, which has been set up as a community vaccination center by local health officials. The youngster, who was nervous about getting a needle, survived the shot and said he was feeling good when he left. Children ages 5 to 11 are now eligible to receive the vaccine. Please see article, A5.

Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations: • Tuesday, Nov. 16, 9 to 11 a.m., Second Baptist Church of South Richmond, 3300 Broad Rock Blvd., drive-thru testing.

• Wednesday, Nov. 17, 9 to 11 a.m., Eastern Henrico Recreation Center Pavilion, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave. Appointments are not necessary, but can be made by

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Republican Gov.-elect Glenn A. Youngkin met with outgoing Democratic Gov. Ralph S. Northam last week for a lunch with their wives at the Executive Mansion in Capitol Square, with both pledging a smooth transition of power.

“Today was the beginning of a friendship,” said Gov.-elect Youngkin, who defeated Democratic nominee and former Gov. Terry R. McAuliffe Nov. 2 in an election that also saw a wave of Republican victories in down-ballot races.

Gov.-elect Youngkin, a 54-year-old former private equity firm executive and political neophyte, said he was humbled to stand in front of the historic Governor’s Mansion. In brief remarks Nov. 4 to the

Related story on A2 news media, he thanked Gov. Northam for hosting what he called “a lovely lunch.”

“I just want to thank you for the incredibly cooperative way that you’ve, of course, expressed you’re going to help us,” Gov.-elect Youngkin said. “It’s important.

We have a lot of work to do.”

The governor-elect, who selectively engaged with reporters while campaigning, pledged to be “incredibly open and accessible” while in office.

Late last week, Gov.-elect Youngkin disclosed what his campaign said are summaries of recent tax returns that show the substantial amounts of income he made and has given away.

Summaries of his returns over the past

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Gov. Ralph S. Northam, second from left, speaks to the media as Gov.-elect Glenn A. Youngkin and his wife, Suzanne, right, and First Lady Pam Northam listen after a luncheon Nov. 4 at the Governor’s Mansion in Capitol Square in Downtown.

five tax years indicate that Gov.-elect Youngkin cumulatively made $127 million during that period. Almost half of that income, or $59 million, originated from capital gains, according to a spreadsheet provided to The Washington Post by his campaign a few days after his election.

The spreadsheet also shows Gov.-elect Youngkin also gave $52.6 million to charity and paid nearly $18 million in taxes, the newspaper reported.

Virginia gubernatorial candidates aren’t required to disclose their returns. Gov.-

elect Youngkin’s release comes after his campaign and former Gov. McAuliffe’s campaign made commitments to The Associated Press months ago that they would disclose at least some information from recent tax returns before the Nov. 2 election. But time passed and neither fulfilled that commitment.

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Delegate Bagby hosting virtual lecture Nov. 12 in new role as visiting prof at VUU Delegate Lamont Bagby, who has since 2015 represented a district in the House of Delegates that includes parts of Richmond and Henrico County, is serving as a visiting professor at Virginia Union University for the current academic year, the university announced on Tuesday.

As a visiting professor, he will conduct a three-part lecture series focused on crimiDelegate Bagby nal justice and its impact on housing and educational opportunities for African-Americans. The lectures are free and open to the public.

The first lecture will be held virtually at noon Friday, Nov. 12, and will feature three of Delegate Bagby’s colleagues in the House of Delegates who also are members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus that Delegate Bagby chairs. They are Delegates Jeffrey M. Bourne of Richmond, Lashrecse D. Aird of Petersburg and Marcia “Cia” S. Price of Newport News.

Delegate Aird, who has served in the House since 2016, lost her Nov. 2 bid for re-election by about 500 votes to Republican challenger Kim Taylor, a small business owner.

Delegates Bourne and Price were re-elected Nov. 2 to new two-year terms beginning January.

The lecture will be live-streamed via Zoom at https://us06web. zoom.us/j/85446782562?pwd=b1V3UVBPd3ZiYnEzWEdOVlF YdXBMQT09#success

Election officials say Youngkin’s underage son tried to vote

By Sarah Rankin The Associated Press

A juvenile son of Gov.-elect Glenn A. Youngkin tried twice to cast a ballot in the Nov. 2 election, officials said last week.

The 17-year-old son presented an ID but was told he was ineligible to vote due to his age and turned away, according to a statement from Scott Konopasek, Fairfax County’s general registrar. The statement said the teen did not successfully vote, made no false statements, did not disrupt voting and appeared to have committed “no election offense.”

The statement mentioned Mr. Youngkin’s son by name, saying the identification was based on contemporaneous notes by the chief election officer.

The news was first reported by The Washington Post. The Associated Press is not naming the son because he is a juvenile.

Mr. Youngkin defeated former Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Nov. 2 to become the first Republican to win a governor’s race in Virginia since 2009. His victory was part of a Republican sweep on election night that saw the GOP retake Virginia’s two other statewide offices.

A spokesman for Gov.-elect Youngkin, who campaigned heavily on election integrity, said the son misunderstood Virginia’s laws.

“It’s unfortunate that while Glenn attempts to unite the Commonwealth around his positive message of better schools, safer streets, a lower cost of living, and more jobs, his political opponents — mad that they suffered historic losses this year — are pitching opposition research on a 17-year-old kid who honestly misunderstood Virginia election law and simply asked polling officials if he was eligible to vote; when informed he was not, he went to school,” Devin O’Malley said in a statement.

Virginia law allows any person who is 17 and will be 18 by Election Day to register in advance and vote in any intervening primary or special election.

Jennifer Chanty, a precinct captain, told The Washington Post she encountered the son, who left after initially being told he was too young to vote. She said he returned a short time later, saying a friend who was also 17 had been allowed to cast a ballot.

Mr. Youngkin, who has four children, made election integrity central to his campaign during the fight for the GOP nomination, and he refused for months to say whether President Biden was legitimately elected.

After winning the nomination in May, Mr. Youngkin mostly focused on other issues, though he drew Democratic criticism for attending an election integrity rally at Liberty University, for indirectly responding to a question about whether he would have certified the 2020 election, and for campaigning with state Sen. Amanda Chase of Chesterfield, a prominent proponent of election conspiracy theories.

In a debate, he said “there wasn’t material fraud” in the 2020 elections, which he called “certifiably fair.”

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It was William “Dil” Dillon Day at Virginia Mr. Dillon, a Detroit native who later won Union University last Saturday during the Panthers’ plaudits as a local softball player and high school annual gridiron clash with the Trojans of Virginia basketball official before his death in 2017 at Slices of life and scenes age 59, was recognized and remembered for his State University. in Richmond During halftime of the game at VUU’s Hovey remarkable playing career.

Stadium, family members, former teammates and fellow members As recounted during the ceremony, Mr. Dillon was a star defender of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity participate in a ceremony to officially for the Panthers under Coach Willard Bailey. During his VUU retire the No. 42 jersey that the late Mr. Dillon wore as a VUU career, he picked off 30 opponents’ passes, including 16 during player from 1979 to 1982. his sophomore season. He was selected three years in a row as an The fraternity’s Alpha Gamma Chapter also donated $50,000 to Associated Press Little All-American while helping VUU earn four the VUU football team during the ceremony. straight invitations to the NCAA Division II football tournament.

Sabrina Joy-Hogg named city’s deputy CAO for finance and administration

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

In 2018, Mayor Levar M. Stoney boasted that his new administration had accomplished a feat that his predecessor could not — complete the city’s audited comprehensive annual financial report, or CAFR, on time.

Fast forward three years, and the Stoney administration is no longer boasting about that financial achievement because the CAFR for the 2020-21 fiscal year that ended June 30 has not been completed.

Lincoln Saunders, the city’s chief administrative officer, and Finance Director Sheila White are keeping mum over the failure to meet the city’s Oct. 31 deadline for issuing the completed financial statement and to report audited revenue and spending data to the state auditor.

The last word on the CAFR came from Jim Nolan, the mayor’s press secretary, who in response to a Free Press query, stated, “Our focus is on meeting our current fiscal year reporting requirements and wrapping up the audit in a timely matter. We anticipate we will meet the filing deadline as articulated in the Virginia Code.”

State law requires the city to submit detailed financial information to the state auditor by Dec. 15 and to present a finished CAFR to the council by Dec. 31.

Since mid-October, the only response to queries about the CAFR’s status has been an announcement of the city hiring a new chief financial officer, Sabrina Joy-Hogg.

Ms. Joy-Hogg, 53, previously served as the chief deputy city manager for Norfolk.

The administration had reported to the council Sept. 15 on prospects for a surplus of $22.3 million, including $9.4 million from the 2020-21 fiscal year. The Free

Press reported on the potential surplus in the Oct. 14-16 edition and that Ms. White had indicated that development of the CAFR was on track.

Insiders in the Finance Department told the Free Press they laughed when they saw it as the city’s CAFR software had not been opened until that week. Adding to the troubles, a key member of the Finance Department’s staff, controller Gulshan Allen, left City Hall just as work on the CAFR started.

That was a major loss as the controller oversees critical functions, ranging from payroll payments to Ms. Joy-Hogg accounts payable and ledger reconciliation and is the staff member designated to work with the outside auditor to complete the CAFR. While members of City Council, including 9th District Councilman Michael J. Jones, who chairs the Finance and Economic Development Committee, have not commented publicly or expressed concern about the CAFR’s delay, there has been some private grumbling.

“Our Finance Office is in a mess,” one member acknowledged to the Free Press on condition of anonymity.

The administration is hoping that Ms. Joy-Hogg’s arrival will make a difference.

Her job officially is listed as deputy chief administrative officer for finance and administration. She fills a post that was held by retired CAO Lenora Reid.

According to the administration, Ms. Joy-Hogg’s starting pay is $225,000 a year, a salary that will be one of the highest in city government and tops the pay of Mr. Saunders, who was earning $198,000 an-

nually when City Council confirmed him as CAO and has since received a raise to $204,435.

In her new role, Ms. Joy-Hogg will oversee the departments of Finance, Budget and Strategic Planning, Human Resources, Procurement and Information Technology.

She said she would bring her experience in international, state and local governments to her new post. Her career includes a stint as deputy city manager of Charlotte, N.C., and as a technical advisor to Uganda’s Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development through a U.S. Treasury program.

Ms. Joy-Hogg also has been a policy and planning specialist for the Virginia Department of Planning and Budget.

She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Stony Brook University in New York.

Correction School Board Chairwoman Cheryl L. Burke, 7th District, clarified information about a letter she had addressed to Mayor Levar M. Stoney in response to an Oct. 20 letter he sent to the School Board about plans for a new George Wythe High School.

While Ms. Burke wrote the letter and circulated it to members of the School Board, the letter was never sent to the mayor, as the Free Press reported based on erroneous information.

Ms. Burke said a majority of the board did not accept her letter and, instead, supported a letter drafted by School Board member Kenya J. Gibson, which ultimately was sent to the mayor.

The Free Press regrets the error.

Mayor submits ordinance to release design money to School Board

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Mayor Levar M. Stoney has followed through, though he later said he did so “with deep reservations.”

On Monday, Mayor Stoney sent an ordinance to Richmond City Council that would shift $7.3 million to Richmond Public Schools and enable RPS to hire an architectural firm to design and manage construction of a replacement George Wythe High School and potentially a new Woodville Elementary At a Tuesday media briefing, the mayor made it clear he did so reluctantly and only “because in the end, we all want” a new high school to replace the 60-year-old high school building in South Side.

Alleging the School Board had refused to engage “in good faith” with his administration over development of the new school, Mayor Stoney said he would leave it to the council decide at its Monday, Dec. 13, meeting as to whether to approve the move of the funds.

He declined to address the move of $3.8 million left from the construction of River City Middle and Cardinal and Henry L. Marsh III elementary schools. His administration has kept that money to deal with expensive problems that have developed since the buildings opened in September and that might not covered by warranties that have expired, the School Board has been told.

The mayor’s move on the larger pool of funds was welcome news to Richmond Public Schools, which reported having seven firms competing for the design contract. The contract is expected to be awarded this month, with the potential for having designs ready for construction bidding within eight to 10 months.

Still, Mayor Stoney objected to the School Board voting Monday to move $2 million in unassigned school improvement dollars to cover initial design costs for the new high school ahead of gaining the city funds and potentially to pave the way for hiring a firm to design a new Woodville Elementary School

Mayor Stoney

Mr. Young

Ms. Gibson

in Church Hill.

During the media briefing Mayor Stoney claimed that the School Board’s action would halt investment in a new roof for Swansboro Elementary School, a partial roof for Chimborazo Elementary and improvement to fire safety systems at Lucille Brown Middle School and Richmond Community High School.

According to RPS, the funding for the Swansboro roof was not touched nor was funding for improvements to Lucille Brown Middle School. An RPS document does not list any funds appropriated for a partial roof for Chimborazo nor for a replacement for a fire suppression panel at Richmond Community.

School Board member Jonathan M. Young, 4th District, noted the board had left $1.6 million available in undesignated capital funds to meet unspecified needs. Based on the projected spending at Swansboro and Brown, that would be more than enough to cover the projects at Chimborazo and Richmond Community.

In responding to a Free Press query, city spokesperson Sam R. Schwartzkopf said the mayor relied on information in RPS’ 2021-22 capital improvement budget.

The mayor also claimed that a School Board he labeled as “dysfunctional” was “out of compliance” in moving funds from one line item to another line item within its capital budget.

He said that he and City Council had to approve the change, even though the money was provided to the School Board with-

out any strings. Under the policy set by the council, the School Board must seek permission if it seeks to move money from its capital funds pool to operations or instruction.

Neither the mayor nor the council has required the School Board to seek permission to undertake specific projects.

“I guess he has to call us dysfunctional to distract from the truth – that he has been spending millions of dollars more on building schools than he should have and the projects his team has managed are riddled with problems,” School Board member Kenya J. Gibson, 3rd District, wrote to the Free Press in an email response to the mayor’s criticism.

“While he has been trying to sell Richmond on a glitzy casino and holding press conferences to shame the School Board, we’re moving forward,” Ms. Gibson continued. “Despite his claims and the roadblocks he has created, we’re about to award a design contract” for a new high school.

At Tuesday’s media briefing, the mayor said his reservations about providing the design money stem from his disagreement with the decision of a five-member majority of the School Board that has retaken control of school development to build a $110 million, 1,600-student school. Mayor Stoney believes a 2,000-seat high school is needed that would cost at least $30 million more.

The mayor again on Tuesday forecast that the smaller school would be overcrowded if the School Board succeeds in getting it built and opened by the fall of 2024.

“It would be irresponsible,” he said, to open a school and immediately need modular classrooms to accommodate an increase in enrollment. The current George Wythe building was built for 1,400 students.

The School Board has pushed the smaller, lower cost school based on its plans to develop a 1,000-seat career and technical high school in a former tobacco factory in South Side. Mr. Young has noted the school system already has 2,500 vacant seats in its existing high schools, making a 2,000-seat George Wythe unnecessary.

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City officials are turning to the planned development of 60 acres of city-owned property in North Side around The Diamond for a big return Continued from A1

The prospects for new growth in this area are being enhanced

by VCU’s plan to create over the next six to 10 years an $80 million to $100 million Athletic Village just east of the city property on 40 acres it has purchased between Robin Hood Road and Rhoadmiller Street. The proposed athletic complex would include tennis courts and facilities for soccer and track.

The city’s vision of a cluster of apartment buildings down Arthur Ashe Boulevard and crossing Robin Hood Road in place of the stadium and other aging buildings has been incorporated into the new Richmond 300 master plan and into a small area plan for Greater Scott’s Addition.

Greater Scott’s Addition stretches from Overbrook Road at Meadow Street west to Westwood Avenue, south to Broad Street and north to the interstate near Brookland Park Boulevard, and includes the city property and the fast-redeveloping Scott’s Addition that lies north of the Boulevard and east of Broad Street.

The city Planning Commission and City Council already have endorsed the conceptual vision for the area in approving those plans; so have private developers who have moved far faster than the city in ushering in change.

Already complexes involving more than 600 new residential units are in planning, under construction or already open along Overbrook and Hermitage Roads and on the west side of Arthur Ashe Boulevard.

Leonard Sledge, the city’s development director, has set up websites to showcase the Diamond District and has told City Council that his office plans to solicit developers interested in taking on this large project by the new year.

Whether the question marks turn into roadblocks remains to be seen.

Topping the list is the unsettled determination about financing the projected $60 million replacement for The Diamond, a 36-year-old baseball stadium. Since 2016, an agreement between the city, VCU and the Richmond Flying Squirrels baseball team left expectations that the team and VCU would pay the lion’s share since they would be the primary users.

In addition, there had been an expectation that the former headquarters and warehouse of the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control at Robin Hood Road would be the site. Instead, the new stadium is to replace the 6-acre Sports

Free COVID-19 vaccines Continued from A1 calling the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or by registering online at https://bit.ly/RHHDCOVID. Testing will be offered while test supplies last.

COVID-19 testing also is available at various drug stores, clinics and urgent care centers throughout the area for people with and without health insurance. Several offer tests with no out-of-pocket costs.

A list of area COVID-19 testing sites is online at https:// www.vdh.virginia.gov/richmond-city/richmond-and-henricoarea-covid-19-testing-sites/ The Virginia Department of Health also has a list of COVID19 testing locations around the state at www.vdh.virginia.gov/ coronavirus/covid-19-testing/covid-19-testing-sites/.

Want a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot?

The Richmond and Henrico health districts are offering free walk-up COVID-19 vaccines at the following locations: • Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. – Community Vaccination Center, Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center, 3001 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd., Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.

• Friday, Nov. 12, 9 a.m. to noon – Henrico West Health Department Clinic, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.

• Friday, Nov. 12, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Super Fresh Grocery Store at Southside Plaza, 640 E. Southside Plaza, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.

• Saturday, Nov. 13, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 1000 Mosby St. in Church Hill and Fairfield Middle School, 5121 Nine Mile Road in Eastern Henrico, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.

• Tuesday, Nov. 16, 3 to 6 p.m. – Second Baptist Church of South Richmond, 3300 Broad Rock Blvd., Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.

• Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1 to 4:30 p.m. – Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave., Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.

• Friday, Nov. 19, 9 a.m. to noon – Henrico West Health Department Clinic, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson; 2 to 3:45 p.m. – HOUSEpitality, 11800 W. Broad St., #950, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.

Children ages 5 to 17 may only receive the Pfizer vaccine.

Appointments are required.

Appointments also are required for booster shots.

Appointments may be scheduled online at vaccinate. virginia.gov or vax.rchd.com, or by calling (804) 205-3501 or (877) VAX-IN-VA (1-877-829-4682).

VaccineFinder.org and vaccines.gov also allow people to find nearby pharmacies and clinics that offer the COVID-19 vaccine and booster.

The Chesterfield County Health District is offering vaccines and booster shots at the following location: • Community Vaccination Center, Rockwood Shopping Center (in the former Big Lots store), 10161 Hull Street Road, Midlothian. The center is open 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are encouraged by going to www.vaccines.gov or call (877) VAX-IN-VA. Those who are getting a booster shot should bring their vaccine card to confirm date and type of vaccine received.

The Virginia Department of Health reported on Wednesday 1,407 new positive cases of COVID-19 around the state during a 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative total to 939,783 cases statewide. There have been a total of 39,315 hospitalizations and 14,216 deaths. The state’s seven-day positivity rate was 5.5 percent, the same as last week.

On Wednesday, state health officials reported that 63.4 percent of the state’s population has been fully vaccinated, while 70.7 percent of the people have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Roughly 755,196 people have received booster shots or third doses of the vaccine.

State data also show that African-Americans comprised 22.4 percent of cases statewide and 24.7 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 13.8 percent of cases and 5.8 percent of deaths.

Reported COVID-19 data as of Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021

Cases Hospitalizations Deaths Richmond 24,356 951 359 Henrico County 34,851 1,257 726 Chesterfield County 40,272 1,197 557 Hanover County 12,029 368 198

Backers Stadium, which VCU owns and would replace with new facilities in its Athletic Village.

At a recent City Council committee meeting, Maritza Pechin, a deputy planning director in charge of the city’s Office of Equitable Development, advised that at least 60 percent of the stadium’s cost might fall on the city.

She indicated the city would need to consider using tax revenue from new development. That is known as a TIF or tax increment financing, the same idea advanced to pay for a new coliseum in the Navy Hill plan.

William J. Pantele, a former City Council president who came up with the idea to redevelop the site when L. Douglas Wilder was mayor, said he’s surprised the city will be on the hook for a new stadium that needs to be in place by 2025 if the team is to stay in Richmond.

Another big question is the fate of the Ashe Center, which occupies the key corner at Arthur Ashe Boulevard and Robin Hood Road and which is to be eliminated without being replaced.

According to Mr. Sledge, the city owns the building and can do what it wants. But Richmond School Board Vice Chair Jonathan M. Young disagrees, saying his understanding is that

Richmond Public Schools controls the building. He indicated there is a view that the city might need to make a seven-figure payment to get RPS to relinquish it.

Some council members, including Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, also have questions about equity. She has urged the city to ensure any development would include benefits, such as jobs, income-restricted affordable housing for low-income residents and assurance that minority businesses would gain a share of construction and inclusion in business development.

The size of the development also is in question. Although Mr. Sledge says the Diamond District involves 67 acres, plans show only about half might be available for development.

The Greater Scott’s Addition plan shows a new green space with a walking trail slicing through the property, crossing the railroad tracks and linking to Leigh Street. The section of the property facing Hermitage Road is listed as an entertainment area that would include the new stadium.

Ms. Pechin said the city plans to evaluate the development responses it would receive.

How the questions are settled could determine whether the project advances easily or faces a fight.

Casino defeat raises questions about what’s next Continued from A1

by election officials, nearly 79,000 people in Richmond voted in the casino referendum – or nearly half of the city’s 160,000 registered voters. Of those voting, 40,261 ballots were cast opposing a casino, while 38,350 voted for it.

There is much conjecture about why Urban One’s proposal to develop a $565 million casino and resort went down to defeat.

Mr. Liggins had pushed the narrative that the huge private investment would create jobs and generate $50 million a year in new tax revenue for the city after its planned opening in late 2024.

He also touted his company’s ability to put Richmond squarely on the entertainment map by bringing “a whole new level of entertainment because the casino complex” could subsidize the costs of bringing in A-list artists to perform at the venue.

But the opponents’ argument that the casino would need to extract $300 million a year from the working class in order to operate appeared to find greater support.

As that narrative went, Richmond did not need a casino to be a successful city.

Mr. Liggins considers it ironic that “a majority of voters thought the project would be bad for the people who most wanted it for the jobs, contracts and opportunities it would offer.”

Some are pointing to the city’s changing demographics, in which Caucasians now

outnumber African-Americans 43 percent 40 percent, and to rising valuations of property in the city — even in once depressed sections — that are making it harder for low-income residents to rent or own.

Based on mapping, it appears that white voters in the city were more prone to vote against the casino and Black voters were more likely to support it.

Still, the data suggests that this was not just a simple black-white issue.

The largest chunk of “no” votes came from the majority-white 1st, 2nd and 4th City Council districts. Strong opposition previously had surfaced in those districts to proposals from other competing casino operators to locate on a movie theater site in North Side or in a shopping district in the western portion of South Side.

The strongest support for the casino came from the majority-minority 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th districts.

But there were significant nuances.

The 5th District offers indications that many in the Black community were not sold on the casino.

While the majority-white Precinct 501 at John B. Cary Elementary School rejected the casino measure, so did precincts with greater diversity, including Precinct 503 at Maymont Elementary School and Precinct 504 at the Randolph Community Center.

In the South Side portion of the 5th District, the majority white Precinct 508 at Woodland Heights Baptist Church gave the

casino a thumbs down, while the majority Black Precinct 509 at George Wythe High School endorsed the casino.

But the diverse Precinct 510 at Swansboro Elementary School only approved the casino by a 16-vote margin out of 846 votes cast.

The rejection vote had a broad base.

According to the election results, a majority of younger voters who cast ballots at the Virginia Commonwealth University Student Commons, as well as older voters casting ballots at Imperial Plaza, all rejected the casino plan.

The Richmond defeat does not mean that there will be no casino in the Richmond region.

Mr. Liggins believes it is likely that the General Assembly will consider awarding the casino opportunity to another locality in Central Virginia.

“I think the General Assembly has gotten comfortable with the idea of a casino in the Central Virginia area,” Mr. Liggins said.

He may be right. Already, there is already talk of Petersburg being a possible casino site.

As the center point for the area, Richmond was the legislature’s favorite site, but the vote has opened the door to competition for a potential new casino site.

Mr. Liggins is keeping mum about whether his company would take part in any new competition that might develop.

Youngkin talks transition with Northam Continued from A1

reported. He also gave nearly $15 million to charity and paid about $6.8 million in federal income taxes.

His campaign didn’t provide copies of his actual tax filings. Neither the Post nor AP could independently verify the figures.

The campaign also did not disclose who benefited from his charitable giving. But the Post reported that Gov.-elect Youngkin and his wife, Suzanne, gave about $23 million between 2016 and 2018 to the Phos Foundation, a religious nonprofit they founded and direct from their home, according to an IRS form filed by the foundation.

“The family’s extensive charitable giving extends to many charitable organizations that they did not found,” Gov.-elect Youngkin’s campaign said in a statement.

Mandatory financial disclosure forms filed by Gov.-elect Youngkin and former Gov. McAuliffe earlier this year provide a broad look at each candidate’s personal liabilities, investments and income from business interests. And campaign finance reports show that as of late October, Gov.-

elect Youngkin had poured at least $20 million of his own money into his run against Mr. McAuliffe, who was governor from 2014 to 2018.

Gov.-elect Youngkin pledged in April not to accept a salary as governor, saying he would donate his paycheck to charity.

The current annual salary for Virginia’s governor is $175,000.

Last Thursday, Gov. Northam called the luncheon with the Youngkins—where staffers said the couples dined on beef tenderloin, butternut-pumpkin soup and pumpkin pie—an opportunity to congratulate the governor-elect on a successful campaign and welcome the couple to their new home.

“We look forward to Mr. Youngkin and his wife taking over and continuing on a lot of the good progress that we made,” said Gov. Northam, who was barred by state law from seeking a second consecutive term.

Gov. Northam said he and the new governor-elect found common ground in a shared hobby—basketball. He joked that Gov.-elect Youngkin, a former collegiate player, progressed much further in the sport than he had, and added, “We have picked out the perfect place for a basketball goal

behind the mansion.”

Gov.-elect Youngkin will be sworn in on Saturday, Jan. 15. Preparations for the inauguration already are underway on the Capitol grounds.

Republican Jason S. Miyares, who defeated Attorney General Mark R. Herring, who was seeking a third term, also was in Richmond Nov. 4 for a news conference, where he outlined what he said would be his top priorities.

Mr. Miyares, currently a member of the House of Delegates representing Virginia Beach, promised a focus on “public safety and law enforcement,” as well as protecting seniors and going after human traffickers, particularly on the Interstate 95 and Interstate 81 corridors.

He also pledged to investigate the Loudoun County public school system, which has been facing community outrage over the case of a student who allegedly committed sex crimes at two area schools.

When asked whether he would make any changes to the Attorney General’s Office of Civil Rights, which Mr. Herring created earlier this year, Mr. Miyares said he needed to get a sense of how it operates before making any decisions.

City School Board reverses vaccine mandate Continued from A1

However, during the meeting, the board approved 29 staff resignations that RPS Chief Talent Officer Sandra Lee told the board were attributable to the vaccine mandate.

Richmond Teachers Association President Katrina Harris heralded the board’s action during an interview Tuesday with the Free Press.

“The association never supported the mandate in the first place,” Ms. Harris said.

“The board’s policy retraction was a positive decision. It is not beneficial to our district because we are already strapped for teachers,” she said.

At a news briefing on Tuesday, Mayor Levar M. Stoney lashed out at the School Board for voting to end firing as a consequence for not being vaccinated.

He called the board “irresponsible” for pulling the “teeth” from the policy.

“All we have asked the board to do is to provide a safe place for our students, our faculty and to provide a quality education,” the mayor said.

City employees who have not claimed a religious or medical exemption, but simply refused to get vaccinated “have faced consequences,” he said.

He said by their action, the School Board put the interests of 29 people, who have refused to get shots, ahead of the safety and welfare of students.

“The city is still in a pandemic,” Mayor Stoney reminded, adding that vaccination inaction could result in “someone dying” if one unvaccinated person carries the virus with them into a school.

But he said a staffing shortfall should not be used as an excuse for allowing non-vaccinated people to continue to work and undermine public health.

On Nov. 1, the RPS administration began docking the pay of all teachers and staff who hadn’t complied with the mandate.

School Board member Mariah L. White, 2nd District, questioned withholding teacher pay, saying, “I didn’t understand how docking pay would incentivize those who needed to get the shots. How does that help anyone? That doesn’t make them want to take a COVID shot.”

Ms. White had suggested in August weekly testing as an alternative for teachers opposed to getting the vaccine.

Mr. Kamras talked about the impact of the COVID-19 health crisis on the school system beyond student learning.

“It causes me great pain to have to withhold pay and move forward with the progressive discipline process for the vaccine mandate,” he said. “I also am acutely aware of the impact additional teacher vacancies are having.”

But, he added, “A mandate isn’t a mandate if there are no consequences.

I stand by my decision in the effort for student health and safety to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine.”

Richmond Free Press

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Area parents eager to get children 5 to 11 vaccinated against COVID-19

By George Copeland Jr.

Richmond Raceway was a flurry of activity last Saturday morning as more than 100 children ages 5 to 11 were vaccinated for the first time against COVID-19.

The community vaccination center housed within the Old Dominion Building was one of several sites in Metro Richmond that began vaccinating youngsters with their parents’ consent just days after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the green light.

The federal approval opened the doors to vaccine protection for 28 million youngsters across the nation and thousands in the Richmond area. Parents jumped to take advantage of the expanded eligibility immediately, which would give young children full immunity by the Christmas holidays if they follow the protocol of two doses of the Pfizer vaccine spaced three weeks apart.

The vaccine given to children ages 5 to 11 is one-third of the dosage given to teens and adults.

“It was great, from walking in to her getting her shot,” Chinaye Minnicks of Henrico said of her 8-year-old daughter, Celeste, after they walked out of the raceway vaccination center on Saturday.

Ms. Minnicks said she was eager to get Celeste vaccinated to protect her and

others from COVID-19. She said Celeste has autism and Ms. Minnicks’ mother, who helps care for Celeste, is immunocompromised.

“I want her to be as safe as possible,” Ms. Minnicks said.

On Monday, Shankita Holmes of Richmond took her son, Jayden, 9, to the Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center on Arthur Ashe Boulevard for a vaccine.

The Ashe Center is replacing the Richmond Raceway as a community vaccination center. Monday was the first day it was open to give shots to people of all ages who are eligible.

Ms. Holmes, who works in nursing, said she has both shots, as well as her booster.

Jayden, a fourth-grader at Carver Elementary School, had his laptop and was hooked into his class for virtual learning as he waited.

He was a bit nervous going into the building.

“I don’t like needles and hope it’s not one,” he said.

His mother laughed, reminding him that a needle is involved.

When they left the building after his inoculation, Jayden was asked how everything went.

“I feel good,” he responded.

He said he will tell his friends that he got his first shot and encourage them to

have their parents make an appointment for them as well.

The mass vaccination events, led by the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts, are vaccinating about 100 children per day, six days a week. Health officials announced plans for additional upcoming vaccination events at times and places to make it convenient for parents to bring youngsters.

At the raceway, children were given pages to color to occupy them during the post-vaccine observation period. Special pods for privacy also had been set up.

Vaccine approval for 5- to 11-year olds comes as the state has seen a rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths this year among the youngest populations.

“Regardless of whether they have an underlying medical condition, COVID-19 vaccines are a crucial tool that can protect children from these outcomes and they can also help them lead a more normal life,” said Amy Popovich, nurse manager for the Richmond Health District.

While walk-up vaccinations and appointments will continue at the Ashe Center for those age 12 and older, parents and guardians are asked to schedule an appointment for children ages 5 to 11.

Walk-ups will be accepted if there’s availability, health officials said.

To make an appointment, go to vax. rchd.com or call (804) 205-3501.

Area special vaccine events for children ages 5 to 11 The Richmond and Henrico Health Districts are holding special vaccine events for children ages 5 to 11 in partnership with Richmond Public Schools and Henrico County Public Schools.

They will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the following locations: • Saturday, Nov. 13 (first doses): Fairfield Middle School, 5121 Nine Mile Road, Eastern Henrico; Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 1000 Mosby St. in Church Hill.

• Saturday, Nov. 20 (first doses): Elko Middle School, 5901 Elko Road, Sandston; George Wythe High School, 4314 Crutchfield St., South Side.

• Saturday, Dec. 4 (second doses): Fairfield Middle School and Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School.

• Saturday, Dec. 11 (second doses): Elko Middle School and George Wythe High School.

Parents should schedule an appointment for their children online at vax.rchd.com or by calling (804) 205-3501. Walk-ups

will be served if there is enough vaccine on hand.

The Chesterfield County Health District will be providing vaccinations at its Community Vaccination Center in the Rockwood Shopping Center, 10161 Hull Street Road in Midlothian. Appointments are available 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Monday through Saturday.

To make an appointment, go to vaccinate.virginia.gov or call (877) 829-4682.

Hanover County Public Schools, in collaboration with the Chickahominy Health District, have special vaccination clinics set for 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, at Oak Knoll Middle School, 10295 Chamberlayne Road in Mechanicsville, and 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15, at South Anna Elementary School, 13122 Waltons Tavern Road in Montpelier.

Appointments must be made with an online form available at hcps.us/events/what_s_new/vaccine_clinics_for_all_students_ages_5-11

Questions about the COVID-19 vaccine for your child?

The Richmond and Henrico Health Districts offers the following answers: How effective is the Pfizer vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11?

Data from Pfizer shows that the vaccine has a 90.7 percent effective against COVID-19 symptomatic infection.

How does the vaccine dose differ for kids ages 5 to 11 than kids 12 and older?

The vaccine for ages 5 to 11 is the dose used for those 12 and older — 10 micrograms versus 30 micrograms.

I f my c h i l d w i l l t u r n 1 2 soon, is it better to get them vaccinated with the lower dose or wait until they are eligible for the larger dose for people 12 and older?

If your child is 11, your best bet is to vaccinate them as soon as you are comfortable doing so.

Does a child’s height or weight matter in terms of dosing?

No. The 10 microgram vaccine dose is highly effective regardless of height or weight. A child’s immune response to this vaccine doesn’t depend on their size.

Do I need to space out the COVID-19 vaccine from other vaccines my child might receive?

The CDC says there is no need to space out the COVID vaccine from any other vaccines your child may receive. This means multiple vaccines can be administered on the same day.

When should I schedule my child’s second dose?

The second dose of the Pfizer vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 should be administered three weeks after the first dose. You may want to schedule your second dose on the day your child receives their first dose.

What are the possible side effects for kids in this age group?

In clinical tr ials, the most common side effects were similar to those of older kids and adults who received the Pfizer vaccine: Pain at the injection site, fatigue, and headache. Less common side effects included chills, muscle or joint pain, fever, swollen lymph nodes, nausea and decreased appetite. Side effects were more common after the second dose.

Side effects mostly occurred within two days of receiving the vaccine and went away within one or two days.

Could the COVID-19 vaccine affect my child’s growth or development?

No. There is no reason to believe that the vaccine available in the United States will affect your child’s growth or development, including puberty, brain development or fertility.

What if my child has underlying conditions or is immunocompromised?

The vaccine is not recommended for anyone who has had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose of a COVID vaccine or a severe allergic reaction to any ingredient of this vaccine. You should also tell your vaccination provider about all of your child’s medical conditions, especially if your child: • Has any allergies • Has had myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) or pericarditis (inflammation of the lining outside the heart) • Has a fever • Has a bleeding disorder or is on a blood thinner • Is immunocompromised or is on a medicine that affects the immune system • H a s eve r fa i n t e d i n association with an injection.

If my child already has had a confirmed case of COVID-19, do they still need to be vaccinated?

Yes. Even if your child has had an infection, they will still benefit from vaccination. Compared with the natural immunity that results from previous infection, vaccination provides broader and stronger protection against the virus and its potential long-term effects.

Is permission or consent needed for children ages 5 to 11 to get the COVID-19 vaccine?

A legal parent, guardian or other adult who has been given permission by a parent or guardian must sign a consent form for a child age 5 to 11 to receive the vaccine. The form is electronic and can be signed on-site at the vaccination clinic. An adult must also accompany the child to the vaccination appointment, though it is not required that the adult be the child’s legal guardian.

How can I get proof of my child’s vaccination record?

Anyone who has received a COVID-19 vaccine can access their record through the Commonwealth of Virginia using your name, birthday, phone number and ZIP code.

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Neo-Nazis sentenced for planning attack at Richmond rally Free Press wire report

GREENBELT, Md. Two neo-Nazi group members were sentenced on Oct. 28 to nine years in prison each in a case that highlighted a broader federal crackdown on far-right extremists.

FBI agents arrested former Canadian Armed Forces reservist Patrik Jordan Mathews, U.S. Army veteran Brian Mark Lemley Jr. and a third member of a group called The Base four days before a pro-gun rally in at Virginia’s Capitol in Richmond in January 2020. Surveillance equipment installed in their Delaware apartment captured Mr. Mathews and Mr. Lemley discussing an attack at the Richmond rally.

The judge who sentenced the two to prison concluded that they intended to engage in terrorist activity. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang’s decision to apply a “terrorism enhancement” to their sentences significantly increased their recommended prison terms under federal guidelines.

Judge Chuang said recorded conversations between Mr. Mathews and Mr. Lemley captured the “virulence” and “passion” in their willingness to kill people and bring down the U.S. government.

“The court rejects the notion that this was merely talk among friends,” the judge said.

Prosecutors recommended 25-year prison sentences for both men. Lawyers for each defendant sought prison sentences of 33 months.

Mr. Mathews, 29, said he isn’t a “mean person” and regrets befriending “the wrong people.”

“I got involved with people who were extreme, very extreme, and hateful to the point of action,” he told the judge.

Mr. Lemley, 35, said he understands why people would be alarmed and upset by his racist rhetoric that the FBI secretly recorded.

“The things I said are horrible and don’t reflect who I really am or who my family raised me to be,” he said. “Murder was never in my heart. Only foolish dreams of war glory and valor.”

Mr. Mathews and Mr. Lemley pleaded guilty in June to gun charges in Maryland.

They weren’t charged with any violent crimes, but prosecutors called them domestic terrorists.

The closed-circuit television camera and microphone in their apartment also captured Mr. Mathews and Mr. Lemley talking about breaking racist mass killer Dylann Roof out of prison where he is on death row, assassinating a Virginia lawmaker, destroying rail lines and power lines, derailing trains and poisoning water supplies, prosecutors said.

“We’ll give them bad guys.

We will give them white supremacist terrorists, if that’s what they want,” Mr. Mathews said on a video that he recorded in November 2019.

N Canada Mr. Mathews fled after the Winnipeg Free Press published an article by an undercover reporter who met him under the guise of joining The Base. After crossing N United the border into the

States, Mr. Mathews lived at a Georgia property where group members held military-style training camps.

“He was intent on violence.

He was intent on murder,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Windom.

Defense attorneys said the men never developed any specific plans for violence.

And they argued that an undercover FBI agent who visited

scenarios without any serious exploration about particular targets or planning operations,” Mr. Mathews’ attorneys wrote in a court filing.

“I really and truly believe Pat would never hurt anyone,” said Glen Mathews, Patrik’s father.

Mr. Lemley served as an Army cavalry scout in Iraq before he returned home and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Base and another white supremacist group called Atomwaffen Division have been leading proponents of “accelerationism,” a fringe philosophy that advocates using mass violence to hasten society’s colMr. Mathews Mr. Lemley lapse. A string of arthe Delaware apartment tried rests dealt crippling blows to to pressure the two “damaged both groups. military veterans” into developIn January 2020, authoriing a plan for violence at the ties in Georgia and Wisconsin Virginia rally. arrested four other men linked During the recorded conver- to The Base. More than a sations, Mr. Mathews and Mr. dozen people linked to AtomLemley only made “generally waffen or an offshoot called fleeting references to imaginary Feuerkrieg Division have been

charged with crimes in federal court since the group’s formation in 2016.

Mr. Mathews and Mr. Lemley pleaded guilty to charges, including illegally transporting

a firearm and obstruction of justice, for destroying cellphones when FBI agents raided their apartment. They have remained in custody since their arrests.

The third co-defendant, Wil-

liam Garfield Bilbrough IV, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty in December to helping Mr. Mathews illegally enter the United States from Canada in 2019.

Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

In this file photo from Jan. 20, 2020, thousands of demonstrators crowd Bank Street in Downtown, waving flags and signs during the Lobby Day rally by gun rights activists at the State Capitol on the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. Patrik Jordan Mathews and Brian Mark Lemley Jr. were sentenced Oct. 28 in federal court in connection with plans to commit violence at the rally.

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State historic markers honor Black church, civil rights leader Free Press wire report

BRISTOL When Rev. Charles Henry Johnson moved in 1890 from Richmond to Bristol, which served as a railroad town, he became the minister of a little wooden church started by 39 freed slaves. A few pastors had come through Lee Street Baptist Church, which was organized 25 years earlier in 1865, but Rev. Johnson stuck, according to a Dec. 17, 2017, article in the Bristol Herald Courier.

Rev. Johnson transformed the church, which, according to a news report from more than 75 years ago, had been “in the midst of some con- Bristol native Dr. Charles Spurgeon Johnson, son fusion.” It quickly of the pastor of Lee became the hub Street Baptist Church, of Bristol’s Black attended Virginia Union community and, University and became just two years af- a sociologist, author ter Rev. Johnson and, in 1946, the first arrived, outgrew Black president of Fisk the small building. University.

The congregation moved to a new location on Lee Street, which became the church’s namesake.

Two state historical markers honoring the church and Dr. Charles Spurgeon Johnson, the son of the church’s pastor, who was a sociologist, author and civil rights leader, were dedicated during a ceremony Oct. 30 attended by dozens of people despite a cold, drizzling rain.

The markers honoring the church and Dr. Johnson both are located at Cumberland Square Park facing Lee Street. The markers are the first in Bristol to recognize an African-American resident and church.

The Bristol Historical Association, the markers’ sponsor, hosted the event, which featured city leaders, ministers, historical preservation leaders, as well as Jeh Johnson, former U.S. secretary of Homeland Security and a grandson of Dr. Johnson.

The Bristol Herald Courier wrote about Dr. Johnson in 2017 and in editorials urged the community to remember the civil rights leader.

The articles described Dr. Johnson as “Bristol’s most famous unknown son.”

“The article challenged the community to honor Charles Spurgeon Johnson,” said Sid Oakley of the Bristol Historical Association.

Mr. Oakley said a group of individuals were meeting at the time to discuss the first Martin

Luther King Jr. Day celebration in Bristol and decided that a state historical marker honoring Dr. Johnson was what the city needed.

Jeh Johnson, the former U.S. cabinet secretary, spoke briefly on behalf of the family. He said his family is proud and thankful that the city has worked to install the markers, and they are pleased with the work put into the project. Mr. Johnson identified several Johnson descendants in the crowd during the event.

Dr. Colita Nichols Fairfax, a social work professor at Norfolk State University and member of the state Board of Historic Resources, which is authorized to designate new historical markers, said she made sure to participate in the gathering. She said she felt a connection with Dr. Johnson’s work.

The markers were unveiled after speeches by Mr. Oakley; Mr. Johnson; Dr. Fairfax; Bristol Vice Mayor Neal Osborne; Bristol, Tenn., Mayor Mahlon Luttrell; and singing by the Lee Street Baptist Church Choir.

The Rev. W.A. Johnson, current pastor of Lee Street Baptist Church and no relation to Rev. Charles Henry Johnson, told the Bristol Herald Courier that the church had at least 700 members under the late pastor.

After six decades on Lee Street, the original brick veneer church building, which was weakened by periodic flooding of the adjacent Beaver Creek, was razed. In 1966, the congregation moved into its current building on West Mary Street.

The former church building had “a bigger sanctuary than this church,” Rev. W.A. Johnson said. “Charles Johnson was the one who put it on the map.”

Rev. Johnson’s son, Dr. Charles Spurgeon Johnson, left Bristol to become a prominent sociologist, a pioneer in the field of race relations and the first Black president of Fisk University in Nashville in 1946.

In their book about Dr. Johnson, Patrick J. Gilpin and Marybeth Gasman describe his father as a young and energetic minister, who transformed “the rowdy railroad camp” of Bristol into an “orderly and thriving community.” But charisma wasn’t all that set him apart.

“He was a high-caliber fellow,” Rev. W.A. Johnson said. “He was educated. You didn’t have much of that anywhere in the South in 1890 (after) nearly 30 years of freedom. He was one of the pioneers.”

Rev. Charles Henry Johnson was said to have ended lynchings of Black people in Bristol.

His confrontation of a mob, the book’s authors wrote, didn’t save that victim but did prevent a repeat of the injustice.

Rev. Johnson remained pastor of Lee Street Baptist Church for 42 years until his death in 1932.

Lee Street Baptist Church traces its roots to 1865, when newly freed enslaved people organized the Anglo African Baptist Church. The Rev. Charles Henry Johnson served as pastor from 1890 to 1932. Later renamed Lee Street Baptist Church, the congregation moved to its current location on West Mary Street in 1966.

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Elections have consequences Elections have consequences.

We already have seen that with the rejection on Nov. 2

by Richmond voters of the $565 million planned casino and resort development.

In turning down the project, voters largely in the majority white precincts of the city have turned their backs on Richmond’s future and the thousands of jobs that would have been created by the resort’s construction and operation.

By their vote, they also have thumbed their noses at what would have been a new source of revenue to help fund essential city needs and contributions to nonprofits.

By their vote on Nov. 2, Virginians also are likely to see an all-out assault on voting rights in the state by new Republican leaders, including Gov.-elect Glenn A. Youngkin, who pledged to boost “election integrity” by crushing some of the historic advances made by Democrats during the past two years to give Virginians greater access to the polls.

Gov.-elect Youngkin promised while he was on the campaign trail to create an “election integrity task force” to ensure “free and fair elections” in the Commonwealth, to update voter rolls monthly and to conduct an audit of Virginia’s voting machines.

In his Election Night victory speech, he pledged to restore the requirement for photo IDs in order to vote.

That provision in the law had been eliminated by the Democratic-controlled legislature in dismantling barriers to participation in our democracy. The change allowed voters to produce other forms of ID – not just a photo ID – in order to vote.

Democrats also changed the law so that Virginians can vote absentee without having to provide an excuse; expanded early in-person voting to 45 days before Election Day; made Election Day a state holiday; and, beginning next year, opened the process so that someone can register and vote on the same day.

Many of the changes were led by members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, or VLBC, who noted that the state’s restrictive rules had long hurt communities of color, including African-American voters, as well as low-income voters.

Some experts also say the changes enabling early voting and creation of additional ballot drop-off points helped boost voter turnout in Virginia during the past two elections during a time when the COVID-19 pandemic could have abridged it.

We are gravely concerned about whether Virginia’s newly elected attorney general, Republican Jason S. Miyares, will adequately adhere to and implement the new Voting Rights Act of Virginia, another milestone measure in the state that was championed by a VLBC member, Delegate Marcia “Cia” Price of Newport News.

The act was designed to put into place protections for Virginia voters by prohibiting racial discrimination and voter intimidation. In addition to requiring local election officials to provide materials in foreign languages that are spoken widely in their locale, it mandates that election officials obtain public approval or the approval of the state attorney general before changing any polling places.

In Richmond, ballots were printed in both English and Spanish for the first time for the Nov. 2 election. The city also expanded the number of sites open for early voting after fielding complaints from residents about an initial dearth.

The Voting Rights Act of Virginia also gives individuals the power to sue over cases of voter suppression, with any civil penalties awarded to go into a newly established Voter Education and Outreach Fund.

The passage of this act and other voter protection measures by Democrats in the General Assembly that were signed into law by Democratic Gov. Ralph S. Northam was unprecedented.

By comparison, states that have been under the Republican control of Trump loyalists, such as Texas, Georgia and Florida, have passed dozens of voter suppression laws, including measures that limit early voting and ballot drop-box locations and reduce the number of polling places serving communities of color.

We don’t know what Virginia Attorney General-elect Miyares will do, but we know that as a member of the House of Delegates, he voted against the Voting Rights Act of Virginia, along with a majority of his Republican colleagues. They opposed it, citing the potential for voter fraud.

Will Mr. Miyares uphold the new law and enforce its provisions across the state? Or will he work with Gov.-elect Youngkin and the House, which appears to be headed for Republican control, to overturn the historic voting rights changes? Take a guess.

Elections have consequences.

A major caution flag has gone up because of recounts that are scheduled in two House of Delegates races in Hampton Roads. Just a few hundred votes separate the two Democratic incumbents and their Republican challengers who now hold slim leads.

If the Republicans win, the House will be under a GOP majority, 52 to 48. And GOP control of the chamber may prove to be a major stumbling block for an amendment to the Virginia Constitution that would automatically restore voting rights for felons as soon as they complete their prison or jail time.

That amendment was championed by Democratic Sen. Mamie E. Locke of Hampton, a member of the VLBC, and was approved by the legislature during the 2021 session.

However, it must be approved by the General Assembly again in 2022 and then approved by voters in a statewide referendum before it can go into effect.

VLBC members have raised concerns that the constitutional amendment may be derailed by House Republicans, keeping thousands of Virginians from access to the ballot box.

The right to vote is one of the cornerstones of our democracy. GOP attempts to thwart that would be nothing less than voter suppression.

Elections have consequences. Virginians will face those consequences when the new year ushers in a return to Republican leadership in the Governor’s Mansion and at the Capitol.

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No respect for Black people

I read as much as I can from as wide a variety of sources available to me. An important email from the National Trust for Historic Preservation crossed my desk regarding the encroachment of a public highway upon an historic African-American settlement and cemetery.

Fortunately, the State of Maryland has announced plans “to avoid ground impacts to this historic site,” according to the information.

Understandably, I was relieved to learn that Maryland modified any plans that would have led to the desecration of the final resting place of so many of our ancestors. Had it not been for the occasional, but inappropriate, disturbance of African-American graves and cemeteries, I would have had nothing to fear. My reflection caused me to think of the times African-Americans – living and dead – have been degraded, demeaned, and/or had their human remains desecrated at the altar of American racism.

An election and two court trials loom large in my reflections.

The racism of the governor-elect of Virginia and his supporters, and the trial of the accused murderers of Ahmaud Arbery and the trial of accused Wisconsin murderer Kyle Rittenhouse consumed a good portion of my thoughts.

Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn

Dr. E. Faye Williams A. Youngkin, a Trump acolyte, orchestrated a not-so-subtle gubernatorial campaign that exploited the prejudice, fears and racial hatred of thousands of Virginians. Polling indicated that, as expected, jobs and the economy were the number one issue among voters. Labeled

by The New York Times as an “unlikely issue,” education ranked number two among Virginia voters. The crux of the education issue was Critical Race Theory.

Professional educators weigh in by confirming that CRT is not taught in Virginia public schools. What has set off these “good” Virginia voters is the discomfort they and their children feel when forced by textual confirmation to take an honest and critical look at the brutality and inhumanity of their ancestors’ conquest of this nation.

Gov.-elect Youngkin has pledged to eliminate CRT “from Day One.” This informs me that Black history and other records of white inhumanity either will be revised to soothe the guilt of a white audience or eliminated from the curriculum entirely.

Among their outrageous justifications is that Black history makes African-American youths feel like “victims.”

Gov.-elect Youngkin’s proposed remedy for the imaginary CRT brings to memory the words of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the “father of Black History:” “Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.”

While judicial trials seek the elevation of justice, the two trials I referenced leave questions about that in my mind. In one, the case of the murder of Mr. Arbery in Georgia, a jury has been seated that reflects what I call “Georgia Justice.” The jury in that trial is composed of 11 white people and one African-American. In the history of Southern jurisprudence, that composition is known as the “15-minute acquittal.”

In the other trial, the Wisconsin judge has ordered that

End assault on voting rights now “It’s not that the filibuster itself is inherently racist, but it has been the favorite tool of racists. It is the preferred choice of Southern conservatives, in whatever era and whatever party, who are trying to slow down civil rights and trying to deny equal protection for African-Americans.” — Princeton University Historian Kevin M. Kruse Unlike the right to vote, there is nothing sacred about the filibuster.

It’s not in the Constitution. It never was part of the framers’ vision for the U.S. Senate and is not enshrined in any law.

For the first 141 years of our nation’s history, Senate rules did not provide for a process to end debate and force a vote on a measure. “Filibuster,” derived from the Spanish “filibustero”—a pirate or plunderer – first was used in the 1850s to describe efforts to prevent Senate action on a bill.

It wasn’t until 1917 that the Senate adopted a rule to allow a two-thirds majority to end a filibuster, a process known as cloture. In 1975, the Senate reduced the number of votes required for cloture from twothirds to three-fifths, or 60 of 100 senators.

During the last half-century, the Senate has carved out more than 160 exemptions from the filibuster, many of which are in common use, on matters involving trade, foreign policy, defense, budget reconciliation, judicial confirmations and health care.

But not voting rights. In fact, the primary use of the filibuster in the 20th century was to block civil rights legislation.

It’s time to dispense with the filibuster – at the very least, with regard to voting rights.

Republicans last week blocked the Senate from taking action on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. It was their fourth filibuster of voting

Marc H. Morial rights legislation this year and the second in just two weeks.

Just a single Republican, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, was willing to allow the Senate even to begin debating the bill.

The 117th Congress will be remembered for overseeing the systematic dismantling of American democracy and the desecration of our most sacred constitutional right.

The racially discriminatory voter suppression that has run rampant through the states is unconscionable; the Senate’s abject failure to contain it is unforgivable.

For most of the 56 years since the passage of the federal Voting Rights Act, protecting access to the ballot box was a bipartisan issue. The original bill passed the House and Senate with the support of overwhelming majorities of both Democrats and Republicans.

Since then, Congress has reauthorized the special provisions of the act five times, each time with bipartisan majorities and each time signed by a Republican president. The most recent reauthorization in 2006

passed the Senate unanimously, including the votes of nine current members of the Senate who have consistently blocked debate on voting rights this year: Sens.

Richard Shelby of Alabama, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, John Thune of South Dakota and John Cornyn of Texas.

Sen. Cornyn last week defended his vote, citing “huge improvements and advances made in minority voting strength.”

Texas recently enacted one of the nation’s most restrictive voting laws that specifically target voting methods popular among voters of color and adopted new voting maps that dilute the voting power of diverse communities.

More than 250 new laws in 45 states enacted since the 2020 election will make it harder for 55 million Americans to vote. Even more concerning are the initiatives to subvert elections entirely by stripping local election officials of their authority and granting partisan politicians the power to overturn election results.

These are not “huge improvements.” They are a shameful erosion of democratic principles and a stain on our nation’s soul.

This must end. It must end now. The National Urban League implores every senator to examine his or her heart, to hear the voices of the martyrs who bled and died to claim the right to vote and to be guided by the better angels of their nature.

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We invite you to write the editor. All letters will be considered for publication. Concise, typewritten letters related to public matters are preferred. Also include your telephone number(s). Letters should be addressed to: Letters to the Editor, Richmond Free Press, P.O. Box 27709, 422 East Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23261, or faxed to: (804) 643-7519 or e-mail: letters@richmondfreepress.com.

the two people shot and killed and the one person wounded could not be referred to as “victims.” As a student and practitioner of the law, I find it difficult to identify persons killed by an under-aged assailant who crossed state lines with a weapon he unlawfully possessed as anything except victims.

Any objective observer understands that contemporary information is being shaped to justify the oppressive acts of an antagonistic white America.

Our legitimate appeals and demands for justice and equity fall on deaf ears. Things done to us or those who support us are, more than ever, considered in good order.

Degradation and desecration remain the order of the day.

This cannot continue without our response.

The writer is national president of the National Congress of Black Women.

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For the greater good

Toward a more just world

The voters have spoken.

And whether or not we like the outcome of the Nov. elections, we must abide by the voters’ decisions.

I know many of us are not happy about who was elected to the top three offices in Virginia and the Richmond referendum rejection of a casino. This, my friends, is called democracy. This also does not mean you have to give up on an idea or issue you are passionate about.

Do not compromise your beliefs for anyone, but at least listen to what people are saying.

If you are one of those people who did not get out and vote and have no reasonable explanation why, there is no reason for you to complain or be upset about the election’s outcome. It is very important in these types of elections to make your voices heard.

Many of our ancestors died for us to be able to vote and it’s a shame many do not exercise that right. We still must be astute and knowledgeable about various topics that I am sure will be coming up in the near future.

I hope people will not give up fighting for what they know is right. I know I won’t. There is a passage from “Invictus” that states, “My head is bloody, but unbowed.”

Let’s continue the “good trouble” our ancestors started many years ago.

As the 2021 United Nations Climate Conference COP26 continues, we are unavoidably reminded of what is at stake in our world right now.

Throughout this year, we all have witnessed the dangerous and life-threatening progression of climate change. This is especially true for marginalized communities that are under-resourced and most vulnerable to harm in the climate crisis.

A recent study has shown that across the nation, low-income neighborhoods and communities of color endure higher temperatures than predominantly white and wealthy communities. Richmond is no exception to this trend. As an urban heat island, Richmond’s densely populated cities and unshaded roads and buildings lead to higher temperatures. Historical practices of redlining, combined with the advancing climate crisis, result in disproportionate burden and harm to Black and brown

communities in Virginia and across the nation.

Virginia Interfaith Power and Light, or VAIPL, believes the climate crisis cannot be ignored or bandaged with short-term solutions. Rather, we envision overcoming the climate crisis, eradicating environmental and social injustices and living in a just, thriving and equitable world.

To these ends, VAIPL is hosting the annual event, Climate in the Pulpits, in the Minbar & on the Bimah.

The event, taking place throughout the fall, is dedicated to encouraging faith and spiritual communities to pray, act and vote for the common good while elevating the importance of being good neighbors.

More than 40 faith communities throughout the Commonwealth have joined us in these efforts by holding events such as sermons, film screenings, youth workshops and adult education series to discuss

the climate crisis and to advocate for environmental justice.

Faith communities in Virginia have successfully shown us what can happen when we collectively advocate for justice, not just for ourselves, but for our neighbors and our planet.

Therefore, VAIPL hopes local legislator, Delegate Lamont Bagby, and the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus will follow the lead of our faith communities and champion climate justice by investing in better infrastructure, protecting vulnerable communities and supporting environmental justice legislation.

FAITH HARRIS Richmond The writer is co-director of Virginia Interfaith Power & Light.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF A PETITION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR APPROVAL OF A RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE, DESIGNATED RIDER SNA, UNDER § 56-585.1 A 6 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA CASE NO. PUR-2021-00229 •Virginia Electric and Power Company (“Company”) has petitioned for approval of a rate adjustment clause, designated Rider SNA. •The total revenue requirement requested for recovery in this Petition for the Rate Year beginning September 1, 2022, is $108,852,000.

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Stories by Fred Jeter

VUU freshman running back Jada Byers gives seniors a day to remember

Wouldn’t you know it. On Senior Day at Virginia Union University, a freshman stole the show.

Less than a year removed from St. Joseph High School in New Jersey, Jada Byers, the whirlwind in maroon and steel togs, played his version of “Now you see me, now you don’t,” planting a frown on the faces of the visiting Virginia State University Trojans.

Byers rock ‘n’ rolled for 112 yards rushing, with two touchdowns—including the game-winning touchdown with 30 seconds left—in VUU’s 2013 victory last Saturday before some 8,000 fans at Hovey Stadium in Richmond.

VUU hasn’t had a memorable season, but it enjoyed a finale to remember, coming from behind (13-5) for victory as the final seconds peeled off the clock.

The Panthers finish the season 6-4 overall and 5-2 in the CIAA, which was good for second place in the CIAA Northern Division behind Bowie State University.

VSU, never gaining full trac-

tion from an 0-3 start, closes the book at 3-6 overall, 3-4 in the CIAA. The 5-foot-7 Byers finished as the CIAA’s third-leading rusher (910 yards; 5.4 yards per carry) and first in touchdowns with 12. He already is being compared to the greatest ball carriers in VUU lore.

Byers came to VUU on the rebound. He first committed to Sacred Heart University in Connecticut before heading south to Richmond.

There were Panthers heroes aplenty on Lombardy Street.

Junior Charles Hall caught seven passes for 96 yards and finished as the CIAA’s leading receiver with nearly 100 yards per game.

And on Senior Day, don’t forget the graduate students, aka “Super Seniors.”

At least 10 Panthers already with sheepskins from 2020 returned to further their education and, oh yes, play another season of football.

“Super Seniors,” including quarterback Khalid Morris, offensive lineman Savion Hopes,

running back Rodney McKay, receiver Jaiden Reavis, kicker Jefferson Souza and defensive backs Damontay Rhem and Bryan Epps.

The Rhem-Epps combo produced the single play of the game. VSU had momentum and was driving late in the third period when things went upside down.

VSU quarterback D’Vonte Waller’s quick pass to Roy Jackson looked good for a first down—until the afternoon began to unravel for the visitors.

First the Panthers’ Epps of Highland Springs High School gave VSU’s Jackson a mansized wallop, dislodging the pigskin. Then it was Rhem’s turn to get everyone excited.

A former running back who transferred to VUU from North Carolina State University, Rhem turned in a football version of a “Rhem-brandt” with a 57-yard fumble return to the VSU nine.

Byers reached the end zone a few plays later for the first of his two late six pointers, making it 13-13.

Thomas Jefferson High going to state playoffs Richmond’s Thomas Jefferson High School will face a familiar foe in the first round of the Class 2, Region A football playoffs this Friday, Nov. 12.

The Vikings will travel toAmelia Court House to play Amelia High School, the same team they lost to 8-7 on Sept. 10.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

In the playoffs, Thomas Jefferson is the fifth seed while Amelia is seeded third.

Coach Josef Harrison’s Vikings are 6-3 but coming off back-to-back losses to Colonial Heights High School (30-0) and Mills Godwin High School (29-14).

Before that, the Vikings had won four in a row and six of their first seven games.

The Amelia County High School Raiders are 7-3 but lost their regular season finale 22-6 to Lunenburg.

Other regional quarterfinals matchups are No. 8 seed Randolph-Henry at No. 1 Nottoway; No. 7 Greensville at No. 2 King William; and No. 6 Poquoson at No. 3 Brunswick.

The State 2A championship game is set for Dec. 11 in Salem.

High drama ensued. VSU drove 13 plays to the VUU 19 with 6:29 left when, on fourth down, Trojans kicker Nick Woolfolk was called on for a field goal. The leftlegged booter from Richmond’s Thomas Jefferson High School was the No. 1 star two years ago with a game-winning, overtime field goal against VUU. This time his luck, and that of the Trojans, turned sour as buttermilk. As VSU was lining up for the three-pointer, there was something missing—the holder.

The Trojans had to call time out for the holder to race onto the field and take his position. If that jolted Woolfolk’s rhythm, we’ll never know. But his attempt sailed right, allowing VUU to exhale and take over.

Keeping the leather on the ground, VUU went on a punishing 13-play, 6-minute drive to the 1-yard line.

Hopes, as gifted an offensive lineman as the Panthers have had in recent decades, took full advantage of a VSU defense that was leaking oil. The 6-foot-

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Virginia Union University wide receiver Charles Hall snags a pass over the arm of Virginia State University’s Vincent Parker at Hovey Stadium last Saturday during the final game of the season for both teams.

4, 315-pound transfer from Delaware State University was dominant in clearing pathways for McKay and Byers, over and over, as the chains kept moving, the clock kept ticking and the

fans kept nudging closer to the edge of their seats.

In conclusion, it was the freshman, Byers, who provided his older teammates with a “senior moment” to relish for life.

Richmond Marathon to spring to action this Saturday

The Richmond Marathon returns Race day schedule for Saturday, Nov. 13 7 a.m.

8K start, 8th and Broad streets 7:30 a.m. Half-marathon start, 7th and Broad streets 7:45 a.m. Full marathon start, 5th and Grace streets 11:30 a.m. Half-marathon course closes 3 p.m.

Full marathon course closes Race day registration ($150 on phones) starts at 6 a.m.

8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Post-race party on Brown’s Island

After taking something of a “time out” a year ago because of the pandemic, the Richmond Marathon is back in full force.

The full marathon (26.2 miles), half marathon (13.1 miles) and 8K races (4.97 miles) will start and end this Saturday, Nov. 13, in Downtown.

Approximately 14,000 runners and walkers are expected for the three races combined.

The popular event dates to 1978 and has been run every year until 2020, when provisions were made because of the global pandemic.

Last year’s modified Richmond Marathon was run on the Virginia Capital Trail, between East Richmond and Williamsburg, over 16 days with “virtual” options. No official winners or prize money were awarded.

A “virtual” option remains this year, with competitors allowed to submit times throughout November. Only race-day competitors will be eligible for prizes.

The 2019 Richmond Marathon winners were natives of Ethiopia. Ashenafi Birhana won the men’s race in 2:19.43, while Ayantu Dakebo Hailema was the fastest woman finisher in 2:36.19.

Runners from East African nations, especially on the men’s side, have run at the head of the pack for 20 years.

The last American men’s winner was Michael Harrison in 2000. Harrison also won in 1992, 1993 and 1995.

All-time records were set by Kenyan Kennedy Kemei (2:13.45) in 2011 and

by Russian Irina Suvorova (2:31.25) in 2000.

The first Richmond Marathon winners in 1978 were both local, David Ruggles in 2:28.49 and Bobbie Allen in 3:15.40.

The first African native to prevail was Kenyan Hillary Tuwei in 1979 in 2:22.26.

At the time, Tuwei was a student-athlete at the University of Richmond.

Only two African-Americans have crossed the finish line first.

James Coleman, who previously had starred as a long-distance runner at Virginia State University, was the first in 1990 in 2:35.31.

In 1991, it was Thad Jones in 2:30.15.

Jones was a total unknown longshot.

“I was a late bloomer,” Jones said.

At the time, Jones was a Richmond Police officer working in the Traffic Division. He served as a city policeman from 1979 until his retirement in 2003.

Going into the 1991 race, he was on no one’s radar.

“The favorites were Sean O’Flynn, Walt Adams and Michael Harrison,” Jones, now 65, recalled in an interview with the Free Pres. “Michael kind of ran out of gas at Belvidere and Franklin and I got energized.”

As Jones sped from the pack and hit the home stretch, veteran observers were asking themselves, “Who’s he?”

Unlike Coleman, who had a

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Thad Jones ran his first marathon in 1978 with a time of 4 hours, 54 minutes.

He won the Richmond Marathon in 1991 with a time of 2:30.15.

strong résumé, Jones never ran track or cross-country at Nottoway High School and took up the sport while serving in the Army in Germany.

Jones’ story is one of perseverance. When he signed up for the first Richmond Marathon in 1978, he ran a 4:54, more than two hours slower than the frontrunners.

“I didn’t know what I was getting into,” he said of that first attempt. “I really didn’t know what a marathon was and I hadn’t trained right.”

Jones, who still resides in Richmond, backed off marathon running soon after 1991 but continued to excel in shorter races around the area.

He might still be a championship candidate in his age group. But as for this year and future races, he’s quick to say, “I’m retired.”

Atlanta’s Jorge Soler bats his way to MVP of World Series Jorge Soler was the unlikely MVP for the unlikely World Series champion Atlanta Braves.

The Braves spun their wheels during the first four months of the season, failing to reach .500 until Aug. 7. Then, with the desperate additions of Soler and others, the Georgians shifted into gear and cruised to baseball’s summit.

After beginning the season with the Kansas City Royals, Soler didn’t join the Atlanta Braves until a July 30 trade. Then due to a positive test for COVID-19, he wasn’t eligible for the National League Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

After serving a 10-day quarantine, the 29-year-old Cuban showed he might be the healthiest man in either dugout.

Soler, who speaks little English, prefers to let his booming bat do his talking.

For s tarters, the 6-foot-4, 210-pound

designated hitter did something never before done in World Series history—he homered leading off the top of the first of Game 1 at Houston.

Soler was just warming up as Braves’ fans from Havana to Peach Street in Atlanta whooped and hollered.

The leadoff lightning was one of Soler’s three go-ahead homers in the Braves’ heroic quest to win the World Series.

Pinch hitting in Game Four, Soler added his second fourbagger in an Atlanta victory.

Soler saved his best for the grand finale in Game Six at Minute Maid Park in Houston. His epic blast off the Houston Astros’ Luis Garcia not only cleared the leftfield fence and bleachers, but the entire stadium as well, sailing into the Texas night. Its flight was measured at 446 feet.

By comparison, the longest homer ever launched at Minute Maid was 486 feet by Milwaukee’s Prince Fielder in 2011.

Soler finished the series six-for-20 at the plate with the three bombs and six RBIs. He was the unanimous MVP, chosen by the media.

It’s unlikely any of Soler’s heroics would have happened if not for a knee injury on July 10 to superstar outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr.

With Acuna sidelined for the season, the Braves went shopping and came home with outfielders Joc Pederson, Eddie Rosario and Adam Duvall, via trades, along with Soler.

Rosario was MVP of the National League Championship Series.

Soler becomes just the fourth designated hitter to win MVP honors, joining Paul Molitor in 1993, Hideki Matsui in 2009 and David Ortiz in 2013.

He is only the third MVP to have started the season with another team. Steve Pearce in 2018 and Donn Clendenon in 1969 are the others.

Soler is the second Cuban to become World Series MVP. Miami pitcher Livan Hernandez was the first in 1997.

The first African-American World Series MVP was St. Louis hurler Bob Gibson in 1964, while Pittsburgh outfielder Roberto Clemente was the first Hispanic to claim the honor in 1971.

Since 2017, the award’s official title is the Willie Mays World Series MVP in honor of the iconic Hall of Fame centerfielder.

Mays, despite his wonders, never won the World Series MVP. No one would ever suggest Soler is the next Willie Mays, but for one unlikely World Series, he played like Mays.

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Personality: Dr. Harold C. Sayles

Spotlight on the Veterans of Foreign Wars national chaplain Thursday, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day, a time when the nation pauses to honor those who have served the nation.

Dr. Harold C. Sayles, who was elected during the summer as the 122nd national chaplain of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, plans to commemorate the day by attending the 65th Annual Commonwealth’s Veterans Day Ceremony at the Virginia War Memorial at 621 S. Belvidere St. in Downtown.

The 11 a.m. ceremony, which will be held outdoors at the memorial’s E. Bruce Heilman Amphitheater, will feature keynote speaker Kathleen T. Jabs, Virginia’s acting secretary of veterans and defense affairs.

Patriotic music will be provided by the 380th Army Band, the Benedictine College Preparatory Chorus and bagpipers from Benedictine and the St. Andrew’s Legion.

If case of inclement weather, the ceremony will move indoors in Veterans Hall in the memorial’s C. Kenneth Wright Pavilion and seating will be limited.

Veterans Day is important to Dr. Sayles, an Army veteran who served with the 82nd Airborne Division during Operation Urgent Fury during the 1983 invasion of Grenada, as is recognizing veterans and their service to the nation. Many veterans returning from Vietnam didn’t get a warm homecoming, he notes.

He offers this advice to Richmond area residents seeking to honor veterans and commemorate the day: “If you know a veteran, just thank them for their service. It means a lot to them.”

In his new national role, Dr. Sayles is tasked with overseeing “spiritual matters” for the VFW, which is committed to advocating for all veterans and serving more than 1.5 million members in nearly 6,000 posts. He serves

as an adviser to VFW chaplains within the organization, both in the United States and abroad, and serves on special committees devoted to dealing with such issues as mental health and suicide prevention.

He is busy already working on what he identifies as his top goal during his yearlong term in office – increasing awareness of suicide among Gulf War veterans and to provide help. He wants to establish a training program to help people identify and refer veterans experiencing mental health issues or suicidal thoughts to resources where they can find an open mind and an open hand.

“Although (some veterans) may seem alright on the outside, we need to talk to them to see how they are feeling, talk to them and let them know that there is help out there for them. They are our heroes,” he says.

A native of Los Angeles, Dr. Sayles comes from a family of military veterans.

“We were taught that service to your nation should be part of your life’s path,” he says.

He served 11 years on active duty and later in the U.S. Army Reserve. He joined the VFW in 1988 while he was working in Germany.

With so little time to do so much work, he’s aware of the challenges and ever more eager to see his job through to the best of his abilities.

“There is so much that I would like to do, but you only have one year to hit the ground running, hit your target and make a difference,” Dr. Sayles says.

“With so little time, you must stay focused on your goal.”

Meet a veterans advocate, national leader and this week’s Personality, Dr. Harold C. Sayles: No. 1 volunteer position: National chaplain for the Veterans

of Foreign Wars of the United States.

Occupation: Executive director of the Crater District Area Agency on Aging.

Date and place of birth: Aug. 1 in Los Angeles.

Where I live now: Henrico County.

Education: Bachelor’s in sociology/psychology, San Diego State University; master’s in public administration, Duke University; and Ph.D., American University.

Family: Wife, Dr. Cheryl Sayles, M.D.; three daughters, Joy, Jemise and Jasmine; and one son, Jovon.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars, or VFW, is: The largest veterans service organization for combat veterans. With more than 1.5 million members and 5,923 posts, our mission is to foster camaraderie among United States veterans of overseas conflicts. Our mission is to serve our veterans, the military and

our communities and to advocate on behalf of all veterans. “No One Does More for Veterans” is our motto.

What led me to serve in the military: I come from a long line of military people. My father and his two brothers served in World War II and Korea.

My mother’s two brothers served, one in Korea and the other in Vietnam. I served, my brother and a sister served in the Army.

We were taught that service to your nation should be part of your life’s path.

Military recognition: I have received the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, five Army Commendation Medals, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, along with the Combat Infantry Badge, the Expert Infantry Badge, Master Parachutist, Canadian & Belgium Jump Wings, along with many other service awards.

I have been voted the Veteran of the Year five times for the VFW Department of Virginia. And last year, I was the 4th Congressional District Veteran of the Year, sponsored by Congressman A. Donald McEachin.

When and where I initially joined the VFW: I joined the VFW in 1988 in Bamberg, Germany, when I was living there and working for the U.S. Department of the Army. Currently, I am a member of VFW Post 10654 located in Richmond.

When and where elected VFW National Chaplain: I was nominated by the Southern Conference, which is the 14 states in our region, and then elected at the 122nd National Convention in Kansas City, Mo., July 31 through Aug. 3.

Reaction when elected: I was very excited yet humbled,

while my comrades have the confidence and faith that I can do the job.

National chaplain responsibilities and duties: To oversee spiritual matters for the VFW, as well as serving on special committees such as suicide prevention and mental health issues. I also serve as an adviser to the more than 6,000 state and post chaplains in the United States, Europe and the Pacific Islands.

No. 1 goal as national chaplain: To increase awareness of how many of our veterans who served in the Gulf Wars are committing suicide, to let them know that they are not alone and we are here to help them.

What I bring to this role that differs from previous chaplains: I am of a new breed, the younger version of the VFW. Other chaplains were much older and from the World War II or Vietnam era of veterans. I come with a younger outlook and thought process of the emerging future of the VFW. How the pandemic is impacting my role as national chaplain: The pandemic has hampered my role considerably because hospital visitations are very limited.

Many of the meetings now are via Zoom and access to veteran service groups is very limited as well. But we march on and do what we can, when we can.

The veteran and his needs are what we are here for.

A perfect day for me is: There are no perfect days, but all we can do is our best and attempt to make the next day even better.

Three daily self-care tips: Prayer, meditation and a good meal.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: I love old television shows like “Sanford And Son,” “M*A*S*H” and “The Andy Griffith Show.” People would

never believe I watch those shows.

Quote that I am inspired by: I actually live by two quotes from two of my heroes: “A life is not important, except in the impact it has on others.” – Jackie Robinson; and “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room on Earth.”—Muhammad Ali. My friends describe me as: Funny and laid back.

At the top of my “to-do” list: Do some home chores that I do not get a chance to do regularly, like clean the garage and things of that nature.

Best late-night snack: Pretzels or ice cream.

Best thing my parents ever taught me: Whatever you do in life, do your best. If you dig a ditch, be the best ditch digger.

If you mop floors, be proud of the work that you do. Don’t do it for awards or rewards; do it because that is what you are supposed to do.

Person who influenced me the most: My father, on how to be a compassionate man not afraid to show his emotions. My mother, on how to care for yourself, from cooking, to washing clothes, to cleaning house and sewing. And both of them on how you should serve others.

Book that influenced me the most: “Who Moved My Cheese?” by Dr. Spencer Johnson.

What I’m reading now: “A Promised Land” by former President Obama.

Next goal: To establish a training program to help people identify and refer veterans who are experiencing mental health issues or experiencing suicidal thoughts.

About 20 veterans die each day from suicide. This needs to stop, and we need to help facilitate our veterans getting the help that they need.

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Happenings Jay-Z, LL Cool J, Tina Turner among inductees into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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CLEVELAND Jay-Z has added another title to a résumé that includes rapper, songwriter, Grammy winner, billionaire business mogul and global icon — Hall of Famer.

The self-proclaimed “greatest rapper alive” was inducted Oct. 30 as part of an eclectic 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class that included the Foo Fighters, Tina Turner, Carole King, The Go-Gos and Todd Rundgren.

Once a drug dealer on the tough streets of Brooklyn, New York, Jay-Z rose through the rap world with hard, straightforward songs that often portrayed the struggles of Black people in America.

His catalogue includes songs like “Hard Knock Life,” “99 Problems” and “Empire State of Mind” as well as 14 No. 1 albums.

Following a video introduction that included former President Obama, LeBron James and David Letterman, Jay-Z was inducted by comedian Dave Chappelle, who praised him

for being an inspiration.

“He rhymed a recipe for survival,” Mr. Chappelle said.

“He embodies what the potential of our lives can be and what success can be.”

Paul McCartney welcomed Foo Fighters, who have carried the mantle as one of rock’s top arena acts. Initially, the band was little more than a side project for front man Dave Grohl, who was previously inducted as Nirvana’s drummer.

Foo Fighters and Mr. McCartney closed the show with the Beatles’ “Get Back.”

Rapper LL Cool J was enshrined for musical excellence, along with keyboardist Billy Preston and guitarist Randy Rhoads.

Electronic pioneers Kraftwerk, singer-poet Gil Scott-Heron and Delta blues legend Charley Patton were inducted as early influencers and Sussex Records founder Clarence Avant received the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

Cool J recruited some of his heavyweight musical friends to

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Jay-Z speaks during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony Oct. 30 in Cleveland.

usher him into rock immortality.

One of rap’s first superstars was joined on stage by Eminem and Jennifer Lopez for a powerful career-spanning performance.

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Answers sought in deadly Houston concert Free Press wire report

HOUSTON When rapper Travis Scott’s sold-out concert in Houston became a deadly scene of panic and danger in the surging crowd, Edgar Acosta began worrying about his son, who wasn’t answering his phone.

He called hospitals and police, who told him his son was not on the list of victims from the Astroworld festival.

They were wrong: Axel Acosta Avila, 21, was among the eight people who died Nov. 5 at the outdoor festival that was attended by some 50,000 people and is now the focus of a criminal investigation.

On Monday, authorities released the names of the dead as they continued looking into what went wrong when a crush of fans pressed forward after Mr. Scott took the stage. Houston’s police chief said Monday that he had met with Mr. Scott before the rapper’s performance on Friday about safety concerns but did not elaborate about what, specifically, concerned him.

“They told me, Mr. Acosta, your son is not on the list so you don’t have to worry about anything. He’s not on the list of dead people or injured people” said Edgar Acosta, whose family is among those suing organizers of the festival.

“I told them, ’Well, he didn’t spend the night at his hotel, so I’m worried about him.’”

Houston police and fire department investigators have said they would review video taken by concert promoter Live Nation, as well as dozens of clips from people at the show that were widely shared on social media. Investigators also planned to speak with Live Nation representatives, Mr. Scott and concertgoers.

Live Nation said in a statement Monday that it has provided authorities with all footage from surveillance cameras at the festival, and that it had paused removing equipment at the request of investigators who were walking the grounds. The promoter said full refunds would be offered to all attendees.

Meanwhile, Mr. Scott’s scheduled appearance at the Day N Vegas Festival in Las Vegas this weekend was canceled, according to a Scott representative who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.

Mr. Scott, who founded the Astroworld festival, said he would cover funeral costs for

the victims. The dead were between the ages of 14 and 27 and were from Texas, Illinois and Washington, according to Harris County authorities. They included high schoolers, an aspiring Border Patrol agent and a computer science student.

Travis Scott More than 300 people were treated at a field hospital on site and at least 13 others were hospitalized.

Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said his meeting with Mr. Scott before the show included the rapper’s head of a security. But Chief Finner did not go into detail about their conversation in a statement released by the police department.

“I asked Travis Scott and his team to work with HPD for all events over the weekend and to be mindful of his team’s social media messaging on any scheduled events,” Chief Finner said. “The meeting was brief and respectful, and a chance for me to share my public safety concerns as chief of police.”

Investigators also were interviewing witnesses and planned to examine the design of safety barriers and the use of crowd control at the event.

“It’s not the crowd’s fault at all because there was no way you could even move. It was just like a mass loss of control,” said 19-year-old festivalgoer Ben Castro. He returned to the venue Monday to leave flowers at a makeshift memorial that included notes, T-shirts and candles. He said he didn’t know anyone had died until the next day.

Medical examiners have not released the causes of death, which could take several weeks, said Michele Arnold, a spokeswoman for the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

None of the people listed in charge of managing Astroworld’s security and operations have responded to requests for comment.

There is a long history of similar catastrophes at concerts, as well as sporting and religious events. In 1979, 11 people were killed as thousands of fans tried to get into Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum to see a concert by The Who. Other crowd catastrophes include the deaths of 97 people at a soccer match in Hillsborough Stadium in 1989 in Sheffield, England, and numerous disasters connected with the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

Peabody Square Golf Tournament postponed The Peabody Square Golf Tournament, planned by the Peabody Academic Learning and Development Center for Nov. 20 to benefit the preservation and restoration of Petersburg’s former Peabody High School, has been postponed.

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and swagger, LL Cool J remains a relevant artist more than 40 years after he first spit lyrics.

“What does LL really stand for?” asked rapper/producer Dr. Dre in his induction speech. “Ladies love? Living large? Licking lips? I’m here because I think it stands for living legend.”

LL Cool J then did a medley of his hits, including “Rock The Bells” accompanied by a bearded Eminem before he was joined by J-Lo for “All I Have.” LL Cool J wrapped up his blistering set with one of his biggest hits, “Mama Said Knock You Out.” The 81-year-old Ms. Turner, who found her greatest success when she left abusive husband Ike Turner, lives in Switzerland and did not attend the ceremony.

“If they’re still giving me awards at 81,” Ms. Turner said in a video message, “I must have done something right.”

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Keith Urban and H.E.R. performed “It’s Only Love,” a duet Ms. Turner did with Bryan Adams before Mickey Guyton took on her most iconic song, “What’s Love Got To Do With It.” Then Christina Aguilera belted out “River Deep, Mountain High.”

Superstar Taylor Swift opened the show with one of Ms. King’s best known songs, “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” which appeared on “Tapestry” her seminal 1971 album — a soundtrack for a generation.

“I can’t remember a time when I didn’t know Carole King’s music,” Ms. Swift said, saying her parents taught her several important lessons as a child with one of the most important being “that Carole King is the greatest songwriter of all time.”

Ms. King thanked Ms. Swift “for carrying the torch forward.”

She noted other female singers and songwriters have said they stand on her shoulders.

“Let it not be forgotten,” Ms. King said. “They also stand on the shoulders of the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. May she rest in power, Miss Aretha Franklin.”

Ms. King then introduced Jennifer Hudson, who performed a stunning, raftershaking performance of “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” before Ms. King sang “You Got A Friend.”

This year’s ceremony was held for the first time at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, the 20,000-seat home of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers and a venue familiar to Jay-Z and Foo Fighters, who have played shows in the arena before.

It was a return to normalcy for the event, which was forced to go virtual in 2020 due to the

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Artists are not eligible for induction until 25 years after release of their first recording.

There are lively debates every year over omissions, and as Public Enemy’s Chuck D noted during a plaque induction ceremony on Oct. 29 at the hall, patience is sometimes another requirement for entrance.

“It ain’t no overnight thing,” he said. “You can’t stumble into this place.”

That was certainly the case for Ms. King, who had been eligible for enshrinement as a solo artist since 1986. She went in previously as a songwriter with Gerry Goffin, her late husband, in 1990.

The ceremony will be shown on HBO on Saturday, Nov. 20.

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Happenings 14th Annual Inlight exhibit set for Nov. 12 and 13 The yearly Inlight outdoor exhibition of artwork that embraces light and sound returns to light up a portion of the city’s riverfront along Dock Street with artistic displays from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, and Saturday, Nov. 13.

The 14th edition hosted by 1708 Gallery will feature the artwork at Great Shiplock Park, on Chapel Island, and on a recently acquired property adjacent to the park, it has been announced.

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and the city Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities is joining with the gallery to open the 5-acre property in the 3000 block of Dock Street to the public for the two-day show.

Organizers said Stone Brewing and local food

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Richmond media mogul B.K. Fulton invests in hot new all-Black show on Broadway

By Ronald E. Carrington

Richmond media entrepreneur B.K. Fulton is banking on the successful return of Broadway, which has been dark for the last 19 months because of the pandemic.

Mr. Fulton is one of the investors in the new hit play, “Thoughts of a Colored Man,” an all-African-American production that features spoken word, music and humor to offer insight into the inner lives of Black men.

The play was written by Keenan Scott II and is directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, both African-American, who are making their Broadway debut with the show at the 804-seat John Golden Theatre on West 45th Street.

Made up of a series of related vignettes, “Thoughts of a Colored Man” is set over the course of a single day in Brooklyn, N.Y., where seven Black men discuss gentrification, violence, racial and sexual identity and what it means to be part of a community.

Mr. Fulton is the founding chairman and chief executive officer of Soulidifly Productions, a feature film and media investment company. He was introduced to the play in late August by senior producer Ron Simons, an actor, producer and four-time Tony Award winner who is the founder of SimonSays Entertainment.

According to Mr. Fulton, Mr. Simons told him that the play was special and would fit with what Soulidifly Productions’ mission to promote a more inclusive narrative in contemporary media.

The cast features Dyllón Burnside from FX’s “Pose;” Bryan Ter-

rell Clark from “Hamilton;” Da’Vinchi from Starz’s upcoming “Black Mafia Family;” Luke James from Showtime’s “The Chi;” Forrest McClendon from “The Scottsboro Boys;” Tristan “Mack” Wilds from HBO’s “The Wire;” and Esau Pritchett from Fox’s “Prodigal Son.” The all African-American cast is a rarity on Broadway. The show will run through March.

“This is a very special production. Mr. Fulton said. “ ‘Thoughts of a Colored Man’ is uplifting as it is laced with rhythm and blues, slam poetry (and men) showing love for their community.”

“Since the Oct. 13 premiere, audiences have responded with wild, enthusiastic accolades – 8-minute standing ovations, five or six curtain calls—and major newspapers and broadcast media have given the play fantastic reviews,” Mr. Fulton told the Free Press.

“I think this (production) will increase the demand for more inclusive stories, open the door wider for more creative writers and artists, while encouraging more people to use the stage as a way to tell their story,” Mr. Fulton said.

The play made its world premiere last year at Syracuse Stage and also was produced at Baltimore Center Stage as Broadway remained closed because of the coronavirus pandemic until June 2021.

The pandemic silenced several shows with casts led by African-Americans, including “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” the revival of “A Soldier’s Play” and “Ain’t Too Proud – The

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While discussions of transferring “Thoughts of a Colored Man” to Broadway pre-dated the racial justice protests following the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, producer Brian Moreland told The Associated Press that the show’s championing of diversity and inclusion fits perfectly in an era of Black Lives Matter and outcries over Black deaths.

“It made this show so much more ready for the world to hear these men, for the world to hear Scott’s voice. It just made people ready to listen,” Mr. Moreland told AP. “To have a young playwright, a young Black male, be able to speak truths about a neighborhood and an experience and a point of view in life, to share hopes and dreams — it’s revelatory.”

According to the annual study, “The Visibility Report: Racial Representation on NYC Stages,” nearly 80 percent of Broadway and off-Broadway shows’ writers and 85.5 percent of directors were white during the 2017-18 season. More than 61 percent of all roles on New York stages went to white actors, a rate double the population of white people in New York.

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Gen. Colin Powell remembered as a model for future generations

By Robert Burns and Matthew Lee Associated Press

WASHINGTON Former Gen. Colin L. Powell, the trailblazing soldierdiplomat who rose from humble beginnings to become the first Black U.S. secretary of state, was remembered by family and friends last Friday as a principled man of humility and grace whose decorated record of leadership can serve as a model for generations to come.

“The example of Colin Powell does not call on us to emulate his résumé, which is too formidable for mere mortals,” his son, Michael Powell, said in a touching tribute at his father’s funeral at the Washington National Cathedral. “It is to emulate his character and his example as a human being. We can strive to do that.”

The funeral on a sunny and chilly day drew dignitaries and friends from across the political and military spectrum. They included President Biden and former Presidents Obama and George W. Bush; former secretaries of state Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Clinton and James Baker; former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Army Gen. Mark Milley.

Two recent presidents did not attend — former President Bill Clinton, who is recovering from a severe infection, and former President Donald Trump, who publicly disparaged Gen. Powell after his death for having been critical of the former president.

Gen. Powell died Oct. 18, 2021, of complications from COVID-19 at age 84. He had been vaccinated against the coronavirus, but his family said his immune system had been compromised by multiple myeloma, a blood cancer for which he had been undergoing treatment.

Attendees at the funeral were required to wear masks.

Not all did.

As guests gathered in the cavernous cathedral that has hosted the funerals of several past presidents, including Dwight D. Eisenhower, the U.S. Army Brass Quintet played a range of tunes, including “Dancing

Queen” by Abba, a favorite of Gen. Powell’s.

Richard Armitage, who served as the State Department’s No.-2-ranking official while Gen. Powell was secretary of state during the Bush administration, recalled the day Sweden’s foreign minister, Ann Linde, came to call and—knowing of Gen. Powell’s affection for Abba—presented him with a full CD set of the group’s music.

“Colin immediately went down on one knee and sang the entire ‘Mamma Mia’ to a very amused foreign minister of Sweden and to a gob-smacked U.S. delegation. They’d never seen anything like it,” said Mr. Armitage, who described a 40-year friendship with Gen. Powell that began while both served in the Pentagon.

Madeleine Albright, who was Gen. Powell’s immediate predecessor as secretary of state, called him “a figure who almost transcended time,” and “one of the gentlest and most decent people any of us will ever meet.”

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The flag-draped casket of former Gen. Colin Powell, a former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. secretary of state, is carried by a military honor guard into the Washington National Cathedral for a funeral service on Nov. 5.

tions,” she said.

“This morning, my heart aches,” she added, “because we’ve lost a friend and our nation one of its finest and most loyal soldiers. Yet even as we contemplate the magnitude of our loss, we can almost hear a familiar voice asking us—no,

commanding us—to stop feeling sad, to turn our gaze once again from the past to the future and to get on with the nation’s business while making the most of our own days on Earth, one step at a time.”

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ing the Clinton administration, Ms. Albright sometimes clashed with Gen. Powell, although they became good friends.

The story of Gen. Powell’s rise to prominence in American life is a classic.

Although he was only 4 when the United States entered World War II, he had vivid memories of the war years. “I deployed legions of lead soldiers and directed battles on the living room rug,” he wrote—a fantasy forerunner of his Army years.

Gen. Powell would serve 35 years in uniform. Commissioned in 1958, he served around the world, including two tours in Vietnam in the 1960s.

He distinguished himself at the Pentagon even before he attained flag officer rank. In the late 1970s he worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and in 1983 as a brigadier general he became the senior military assistant to Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. He later served in the White House as President Ronald Reagan’s national security adviser, and in 1989 he was promoted to a four-star general.

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City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, December 13, 2021 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. 2021-301 To install an appropriate number of speed tables to be determined by the Department of Public Works in Hawthorne Avenue between West Brookland Park Boulevard and the southern terminus of Dupont Circle. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 3:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2021-302 To erect all-way stop signs at the intersections of South Pine Street and China Street and South Pine Street and Albemarle Street. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 3:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2021-313 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Standard Project Administration Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Department of Transportation for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of $90,355.00 to fund the City’s ParkN-Ride Bus Purchase project. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 3:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2021-314 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a License Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Tourism Authority, doing business as Virginia Tourism Corporation, for the purpose of facilitating the continued operation of the Welcome Center in the Main Street Station at 1500 East Main Street in the city of Richmond.

(COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 3:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2021-315 To provide for the removal of certain monuments on City-owned property and to provide for the disposition of such monuments, as authorized

by Va. Code § 15.21812. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 3:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2021-316 To designate that portion of Wythemar Avenue located between its intersection with Larchmont Lane and its intersection with Midlothian Turnpike in honor of Sharnez Hill and her daughter, Neziah H i l l . ( CO M M I T T EE : Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 3:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2021-317 To d e s i g n a t e t h e 3500 block of East Broad Rock Road in honor of Melissa Anne Paige. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 3:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2021-318 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute an Assignment, Assumption and Amendment of Main Street Station License Agreement between the Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the City of Richmond, Virginia, and Variant Events, LLC for the purpose of assigning to the City of Richmond the Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s license agreement with Variant Events, LLC for Variant Events, LLC’s continued use of Main Street Station at 1500 East Main Street in the city of Richmond.

(COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 18, 2021, 1:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2021-319 To amend and reordain City Code § 27-282, concerning the special parking districts program and permitted expenditures from the fund, to enable funds to be used equitably by neighborhood associations within their boundaries for the maintenance of clean and safe neighborhood environments.

(COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 18, 2021, 1:00 p.m.)

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Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so by following the instructions referenced in the December 13, 2021 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda.

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

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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 3rd day of January, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

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

CHARLES KAMOLVATHIN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21003653-00 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 3rd day of January, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

STEVEN JONES, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21002300-00 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 3rd day of January, 2022 and protect his interests.

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

ROSAN ALLISON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21002355-00 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 3rd day of January, 2022 and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel Continued on next column

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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 TIARA JONES, Plaintiff v.

PAUL JONES, JR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL21001756-00 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 3rd day of January, 2022 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 OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING ANTOINE TYWARREN CHEATHAM, Plaintiff, v.

AKEA LENAI JEFFERSON, Defendant Civil Law No.: CL21-3683-5 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from the defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart without interruption and without cohabitation for a period of more than one year, since January 15, 2017.

And it appearing by Affidavit filed according to law that Akea Lenai Jefferson, the above-named defendant, is not a resident of this state and that due diligence has been used by or in behalf of plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city the defendant is, without effect.

It is therefore ORDERED that the said Akea Lenai Jefferson do appear in the Clerk’s Office of the Law Division of the Circuit Court of City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North 9th Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, on or before December 22, 2021 and do whatever is necessary to protect their interest in this suit.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER DARYL SIMMONS, Plaintiff v.

CRYSTAL SIMMONS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21003594-00 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 3rd day of January, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

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

REBECCA WILKINS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21003140-00 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 3rd day of January, 2022 and protect her 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

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Kirk rahsahn Taylor, Plaintiff v. toni nicole (Munn) taylor, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21-3188-1 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

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

It is ORDERED that Toni Nicole (Munn) Taylor appear at the above-named court and protect his/her interests on or before December 17, 2021.

An Extract, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER LOVERINE SMALL WILLIS, Plaintiff v.

CHARLES WILLIS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21003531-00 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 22nd day of December, 2021 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

NATHANIEL TRAPP, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21003012-00 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 21st day of December, 2021 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel The Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, MONTGOMERY COUNTY FILE NO. 21 CVD 275 TERRENCE LITTLE, Plaintiff -vsMARGARET E. BETHEA, Defendant TO: MARGARET E. BETHEA TAKE NOTICE THAT:

A pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled-action and Notice of Service of Process

by Publication began on October 28, 2021.

The nature of the relief being sought is Absolute Divorce.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than forty (40) days after October 28, 2021 or December 7, 2021 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This the 20th day of October 2021.

SONYA L. WILLIAMSON ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF 111 COURTHOUSE SQUARE TROY, NC 27371 (910)576-0475

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF Richmond

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER TALIAH ABRAMS, Plaintiff v.

BRIAN RUSSELL, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21003485-00 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 14th day of December, 2021 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure,

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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 OLUWAGBEMISOLA OSIYOYE, Plaintiff v.

MICHAEL SMITH, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21003418-00 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 13th day of January, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

TRACY CANNON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21003308-00 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 29th day of November, 2021 at 9:00 AM, 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 JESSICA AMADOR, Plaintiff v.

JUSTYN AMADOR, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21003334-00 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 1st day of December, 2021 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

CUSTODY VIRGINIA: IN THE Hanover Circuit Court 7530 County Complex Road, Hanover, VA 23069 Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Michael Maglangit mangonon Jr., vs.

Michael Maglangit Warley Case No. CL21003162-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Application for change of name (minor)

It is ORDERED that Michael Mangonon appear at the above-named court and protect his/her interests on or before November 22, 2021 at 9:0 a.m.

Property VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND KEITH T. CARTER Plaintiff v.

HENRY FOWLER et al.

Defendants.

CL21-4707-2 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to sell a certain parcel of real property situated in the City of Richmond, Virginia, being originally owned by Hattie W. Fowler and more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot of land, with the improvements thereon known as No. 2303 Rose Avenue {formerly No 803 Virginia Avenue), lying and being in the City of Richmond, Virginia, and described as beginning at a point on the east line of Rose Avenue distant fifty-six (56) feet Continued on next column

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north of the north line of Wickham Street, thence running northwardly along and fronting on the east line of Rose A venue forty-eight (48) feet, and thence extending back eastwardly from said front, at right angles and between parallel lines, one hundred twenty (120) feet, more or less, to an alley.

The fractional owners John B. Baker, Lucille Douglas (f/k/a Lucille Fowler), Henry Fowler, Matthew Fowler (a/k/a Mack Fowler), Lucile S. Kee, Thomas Fowler, Wilbur Fowler (a/k/a Wilburt Fowler), William Fowler, and Alice F. Revins (f/k/a Alice Fowler) have an interest in the property by deed, by inheritance, or by duly recorded liens.

The unknown heirs, devisees, and/or successors in title to Jeanette Baker, Lucille Douglas (f/k/a Lucille Fowler), Henry Fowler, Matthew Fowler (a/k/a Mack Fowler), Samuel Fowler, Thomas Fowler, Wilbur Fowler (a/k/a Wilburt Fowler), William Fowler, Alice Revins (f/k/a Alice Fowler), Glennis Stokes (f/k/a Glennis Fowler), Viola Fowler, John B. Baker, and Lucile S. Kee, may have an interest in the property by deed, by inheritance, or by duly recorded liens.

Affidavit having been made and filed that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the identities and/or locations of certain parties to be served, and that there are or may be persons whose names are unknown, interested in the subject matter of this suit;

It is ORDERED that Henry Fowler et al., if then living or if dead, their heirs, devisees, assigns, or successors in title, and other unknown heirs or parties who have an interest in the subject matter of this suit, who are proceeded against as Unknown Heirs and Parties Unknown, appear before Court on or before the 10th day of January, 2022, to protect their interests, if any, in this suit.

I ask for this: Lynn M. Tucker, Esquire, V.S.B. #25384 Kyle Roberts, Esquire, V.S.B. #95631 Dankos, Gordon & Tucker, P.C. 1360 E. Parham Road, Suite 200 Richmond, Virginia 23228 Telephone: (804) 377-7424 Facsimile: (804) 262-8088 Counsel for Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

MABEL NAOMI HARRIS MOYE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-4315 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 320 Oak Glen Street, Tax Map Number C007-0128/007, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Mabel Naomi Harris Moye, Tiffany Branch, Tonya M. Witcher and Bernard E. Harris.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, MABEL NAOMI HARRIS MOYE, TIFFANY BRANCH, TONYA M. WITCHER, and BERNARD E. HARRIS, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with 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 MABEL NAOMI HARRIS MOYE, TIFFANY BRANCH, TO N YA M . W I T C H ER , BERNARD E. HARRIS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 20, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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R i t c h i e Wa l l , J r, a n d Kimberly Cherie Wall.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, G L ORI A PAT T ER S O N BYRD, ERNEST J. WALL, LAFOREST D. JOHNSON, LATRICE J. GREGORY, KELVIN RITCHIE WALL, JR, and KIMBERLY CHERIE WALL, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with 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 G L ORI A PAT T ER S O N BYRD, ERNEST J. WALL, LAFOREST D. JOHNSON, LATRICE J. GREGORY, KELVIN RITCHIE WALL, JR, KIMBERLY CHERIE WALL, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 20, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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 J FAM ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 20, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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

ORCHID, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-4304 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1212 Oakwood Avenue, Tax Map Number E000-0962/016 Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Orchid, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed 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 Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 20, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

ORCHID, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-4215 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1812 Fairfax Avenue, Tax Map Number S000-0546/004, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Orchid, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said 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 Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 20, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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

GLORIA PATTERSON BYRD, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-3908 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3323 Rosewood Avenue, Tax Map Number W000-1505/005, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Gloria Patterson Byrd, Ernest J. Wall, LaForest D. Johnson, Latrice J. Gregory, Kelvin

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

J FAM Entertainment, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-4303 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3406 Hull Street, Tax Map Number S000-2453/005, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, J FAM Entertainment, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, J FAM ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation

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

BRUNSON CONTRACTORS, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-4302 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1818 Hull Street, Tax Map Number S000-0241/002, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Brunson Contractors, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, BRUNSON CO N T R A C TOR S , L L C , has not filed a response to this action; that Dawoud Adeyola, Registered Agent for BRUNSON CONTRACTORS, LLC, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

I T I S OR D ERE D t h a t B R U N S O N CO N T R A C T OR S , L L C , D a w o u d Adeyola, Registered Agent for BRUNSON CONTRACTORS, LLC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 20, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

ELIZABETH BERNICE RANDOLPH, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-4217 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 104 West Graham Road, Tax Map Number N000-0539/027, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Elizabeth Bernice Randolph, Frank Taylor, Jr., Robert Lee Taylor, Julia M. Page, Anna Neville, Thelma Smithson and Lee Otis Taylor.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, E L I Z A B E T H B ER N ICE RANDOLPH, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, FRANK TAYLOR, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROBERT LEE TAYLOR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JULIA M. PAGE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owners, ANNA NEVILLE and THELMA SMITHSON, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, LEE OTIS TAYLOR, 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 Continued on next page

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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 ELIZABETH BERNICE RANDOLPH, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, FRANK TAYLOR, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROBERT LEE TAYLOR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JULIA M. PAGE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ANNA NEVILLE, THELMA SMITHSON, LEE OTIS TAY L O R , a n d P a r t i e s Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 20, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 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: 720 North 1st Street N0000081018 2115 2nd Avenue N0000558014 912 North 3rd Street N0000069011 1804 3rd Avenue N0000458007 1813 3rd Avenue N0000459020 1510 4th Avenue N0000294001 3108 4th Avenue N0000997001 620 North 32nd Street E0000728002 1213 North 37th Street E0001411008 10 Belt Boulevard C0060354005 2510 Belt Boulevard C0090480016 318 Brook Road N0000119008 2203 Brook Road N0000628019 201 West Brookland Park Boulevard N0000887001 2712 Chamberlayne Avenue N0000761001 711 Dawn Street N0000442005 3413 Delano Street C0090561018 3383 Dill Avenue N0051182048 206 Dove Street N0000545016 445 West Duval Street N0000210053 2622 Hull Street S0000787001 3076 Hull Street S0001711010 3405 Hull Street S0002454010 5525 Limestone Drive C0080375004 814 Louisiana Street E0001570033 3000 Meadow Bridge Road N0000987004 3063 Meadow Bridge Road N0001065001 2408 Melbourne Street E0120251007 3127 Navarone Avenue C0091057034 4200 North Avenue N0001902001 3510 East Richmond Road Unit 3 E0001763010 3510 East Richmond Road Unit 21 E0001763028 3510 East Richmond Road Unit 23 E0001763030 3510 East Richmond Road Unit 27 E0001763034 70 Rodman Road C0060518016 1812 Rose Avenue N0000329025 5270 Sheridan Lane C0050797020 1702 Stony Run Parkway E0003307002 1702A Stony Run Parkway E0003307008 3216 Terminal Avenue C0090589016 2401 Whitcomb Street E0120224001 1629 Williamsburg Road E0100049011 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) 646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

THE WHITE TRUST, et al, Defendants.

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to subject the property briefly described as 223 Mulberry Street, Tax Map Number W000-1157/030, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, The White Trust.

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

IT IS ORDERED that THE WHITE TRUST, HELEN E. WILLIS, TRUSTEE, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 9, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

CAROLYN JONES, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-4441 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3425 Sherbrook Road, Tax Map Number C002-0156/002, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Carolyn Jones.

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

IT IS ORDERED that CAROLYN JONES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 9, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

XAVIER KEETON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-3147 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1801 North 25th Street, Tax Map Number E000-1084/001, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Xavier Keeton, Darinka D. Keeton, Romulo C. Keeton and Dana Hogan.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, XAVIER KEETON, ROMULO C. KEETON, and DANA HOGAN, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, DARINKA D. KEETON, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 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 XAVIER KEETON, ROMULO C. KEETON, DANA HOGAN, DARINKA D. KEETON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 9, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

LADIES MILE SQUARE APARTMENTS, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-3902 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2101 Harwood Street, Tax Map Number S007-1081/025, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Ladies Mile Square Apartments, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, LADIES MILE SQUARE APARTMENTS, LLC, Calvin Fisher, Registered Agent, which has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to the registered agent’s last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that 39 FOREVER, LLC, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 191040 on 30 May 2019, Nancy Ann Rogers, Registered Agent, which has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to the registered agent’s last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that LADIES MILE SQUARE APARTMENTS, LLC, Calvin Fisher, Registered Agent, 39 FOREVER, LLC, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 19-1040 on 30 May 2019, Nancy Ann Rogers, Registered Agent, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 9, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

ALESIA ARMSTRONG, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-3634 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1319 Enfield Avenue, Tax Map Number S007-1177/023, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Alesia Armstrong and Morla Gordon.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ALESIA ARMSTRONG, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, MORLA GORDON, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that 39 FOREVER, LLC, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 18-6186 on March 30, 2018, Nancy Ann Rogers, Registered Agent, which has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to its last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that ALESIA ARMSTRONG, MORLA GORDON, 39 FOREVER, LLC, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 18-6186 on March 30, 2018, Nancy Ann Rogers, Registered Agent, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 9, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

BRUNSON CONTRACTORS, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-3610 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1905 Creighton Road, Tax Map Number E000-0953/020, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Brunson Contractors, LLC.

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

IT IS ORDERED that B R U N S O N C O N T R A C T O R S , LLC, Dawoud Adeyola, Registered Agent, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 9, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

DELORES ANN ALDRIDGE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-4034 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 817 Chimborazo Boulevard, Tax Map Number E000-0966/019, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Delores Ann and Ralph Weaver.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, DELORES ANN ALDRIDGE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, RALPH WEAVER, 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 HOUSEHOLD REALTY CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Credit Line Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 344 page 124 on April 29 1993, 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 DELORES ANN ALDRIDGE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, RALPH W E AV E R , H O U S E H O L D R E A LT Y C O R P O R AT I O N O F VIRGINIA, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Credit Line Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 344 page 124 on April 29 1993, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 9, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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

LYDIA NORTH VALENTINE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-3903 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4507 Leonard Parkway, Tax Map Number W019-0233/004, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent

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real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, name Lydia North Valentine and Corbin Braxton Valentine, III.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, LYDIA NORTH VALENTINE and CORBIN BRAXTON VALENTINE, III, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with 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 LYDIA NORTH VALENTINE, CORBIN BRAXTON VALENTINE, III, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 9, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

on DECEMBER 10, 2021 at 12:00 Noon. the property described in the referenced Deed of Trust located at the above address and more particularly described as follows: ALL that certain Lot, piece or parcel of land, lying and being in the City of Richmond, Virginia, with the improvements thereon, designated as No. 1305 Bainbridge Street, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows: COMMENCING at a point on the north line of Bainbridge Street distant 44.19 feet from the intersection of the said North line of Bainbridge street with the west line of Thirteenth Street thence running and fronting on the said north line of Bainbridge Street·21.81 feet; thence back at right angles with Bainbridge Street 155 feet to an alley ten (10’) feet wide; thence along the line of said alley toward Thirteenth Street 21.81 feet, thence at right angles and parallel with Thirteenth Street 101.5 feet thence at right angles towards Thirteenth Street 4 inches; thence at right angles and parallel with Thirteenth Street 35 feet; thence at right angles toward Fourteenth Street 4 inches; thence at right angles and parallel with Thirteenth Street 18.5 feet to the point of beginning.

TERMS OF SALE: CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $30,000.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, in the form of cash or certified funds (payable to the Substitute Trustee) must be presented at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price is due within fifteen (15) days of the date of sale, otherwise Purchaser’s deposit may be forfeited to the Substitute Trustee(s) to be disbursed in accordance with VA law. The Property and appurtenances thereto, if any, will be sold “as is” without warranty of any kind and subject to any and all judgments, liens, covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements or other matters of record or not of record which may take priority over the referenced Deed of Trust. Time is of the essence. The sale is subject to post-sale confirmation by the secured party or the Substitute Trustee of the terms and acceptability of the sale, at the sole discretion of the secured party or Substitute Trustee. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy will be the return of the deposit paid without interest and the Purchaser will have no further recourse against the Substitute Trustee, the Mortgagee or the Trustee’s attorney. Additional Terms of Sale will be announced at the time of sale and will be set forth in the Trustee’s Memorandum of Foreclosure Sale to be executed by the successful bidder at the time of the sale. This is a communication from a debt collector and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Sale is subject to seller confirmation. Substitute Trustee: RVA Recovery, LLC,.

Contact Stephen B. Wood at The Wood Law Firm, 6720 Patterson Ave., Suite D. Counsel for Trustee. For information contact: Stephen B. Wood TEL: (804) 335-0888.

File #GF2021190 Ad. Dates.

Nov. 11, Nov. 18, 2021

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

ORCHID, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-3844 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2708 Midlothian Turnpike, Tax Map Number S000-1002/006 Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Orchid, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that TANYA MICHELLE JUDON-WINSTON, Registered Agent for ORCHID, LLC, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has/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 TANYA MICHELLE JUDONWINSTON, R e g i s t e r e d Agent for ORCHID, LLC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 9, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 Trustees’ Sale of 1305 Bainbridge Street Richmond, VA

In execution of that certain deed of trust dated August 15, 2018 securing payment in the original principal amount of $292,750.00 recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, VA as Instrument Number 180017063 at page 0201, (the “Deed of Trust”), default having occurred in payment of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee, at the direction of the secured party will offer for sale at public auction at the main entrance to the building housing the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, VA at The John Marshall Courts Building, 400 N. 9th Street, Richmond, VA Continued on next column

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