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‘Nursing school doesn’t prepare you for this’

Working at ground zero VCU Medical Center’s Jade Jones knows the joy and pain wrapped into caring for COVID-19 patients as a respiratory ICU nurse

By Nichole M. Christian

Jade Jones is living her life’s dream — in the midst of a deadly national nightmare.

She is a nurse in the respiratory intensive care unit at VCU Medical Center. Her days are long and scary — 12-hour shifts that for much of the last year have placed her face to face with the consequences and casualties of the COVID-19 public health crisis.

Ms. Jones has held hands with the dying, shed tears with the relatives of patients and some days found herself battling both tears and anger over the seemingly callous disregard of those who refuse to treat the crisis for what it is: A pandemic with no end or proven cure yet in sight.

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Richmond family grateful through Thanksgiving changes

By Ronald E. Carrington

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Linda and Lionel “Pooh” Shaw are scaling back their typical Thanksgiving plans to have family and friends receive “to-go” plates instead of sitting down together for dinner because of the coronavirus.

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

The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations:

Date

Location

Tuesday, Dec. 1, 10 to noon

Eastern Henrico Health Department 1400 N. Laburnum Ave. Eastern Henrico

Thusday, Dec. 3, 1 to 4 p.m.

The Diamond 3001 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd.

Friday, Dec. 4, 1 to 3 p.m.

Eastern Henrico Health Department 1400 N. Laburnum Ave. Eastern Henrico

Drive-thru testing only for those pre-registered.

Drive-thru testing.

Drive-thru testing only for those pre-registered.

Appointments are encouraged by calling the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Testing will be offered while test supplies last.

The Chesterfield County Health Department also is offering free COVID-19 testing at the following location: Second Baptist Church, 5100 W. Hundred Road, Chester, 2 to 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30.

Testing is encouraged for those who have COVID-19 symptoms.

The testing is free, and no reservations are necessary.

Details: Chesterfield County Health Department at (804) 318-8207.

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Thanksgiving 2020 will be very different for the Shaw family, like many others across the Commonwealth and the nation.

Their North Side home will not be filled as usual with their three adult children, Raymond, David and Maya, and about 20 others, including family, friends and neighbors, enjoying a scrumptious dinner laced with lively conversations, telling stories and catching up on the lives of the younger generation and the elders.

Listening to the warnings of experts, they are cutting back their holiday tradition — way back — because of COVID-19.

“We did not want to be responsible for starting any type of COVID virus spread,” Linda Shaw said of her annual gathering.

They decided on an alternate approach to Thanksgiving dinner and sharing.

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Coach Willard Bailey reaches mountaintop — Black College Football Hall of Fame

By Fred Jeter

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Coach Willard Bailey speaks at a celebration last Friday honoring him for his selection to the 2021 Class of the Black College Football Hall of Fame.

An old sports writer phoned Coach Willard Bailey last week to interview the winningest football coach in the CIAA about being selected for the Black College Football Hall of Fame.

Coach Bailey, who had an illustrious coaching career at Virginia Union University, Norfolk State University, Saint Paul’s College and Virginia University of Lynchburg, won seven CIAA championships and took teams to the NCAAs six times.

He retired from coaching in 2013 with a stellar 238-169-7 record and sent seven of his players to the NFL. He is one of six giants in the sport who will be inducted into the 2021 Black College Football Hall of Fame during a ceremony and Juneteenth celebration in Atlanta on June 19, presented by the Atlanta Falcons.

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City Council receives bids from 22 who want Confederate statues

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

To donate or not to donate?

That is the question Richmond City Council may face when it comes to disposing of most of the city-owned Confederate statues.

“Donation preferred” is a common theme of the 22 bids that the City Council’s staff has received from 17 organizations and five private individuals who have expressed interest in removing and re-establishing them elsewhere, according to a compilation prepared by Lawrence R. Anderson, council’s chief of staff.

No date has been set for a decision on the statues the council controls and for at least three and possibly four others, including the statue of Christopher Columbus from Byrd Park. The Columbus statue’s fate would be subject to a recommendation from Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s administration.

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Helping hand Ronald Jackson, 12, was among the volunteers who helped load cars, trucks and vans last Saturday with meals for veterans, seniors and families for Thanksgiving. The event at the Military Retirees Club in North Side was led by Richmond City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, and was one of several food giveaways and feeding programs set up around the holiday. The young man attended the event with his mother, Tanya Jackson. Please see other photos, B2.

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Thanksgiving holiday schedule In observance of Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26, please note the following closings: Government Federal offices: Closed Thursday, Nov. 26.

State offices: Closing 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 25, through Friday, Nov. 27.

City offices: Closing noon Wednesday, Nov. 25 through Friday Nov. 27.

County offices: Closed Thursday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 27.

Public schools Richmond, Henrico and Chesterfield public schools closed Wednesday, Nov. 25, through Friday, Nov. 27.

Libraries Richmond Public Library: Closing noon 5 p.m.Wednesday, Nov. 25; reopening Saturday, Nov. 28.

Henrico County Public Library: Closed Thursday, Nov. 26; reopening Saturday, Nov. 28.

Chesterfield County Public Library: Closed at 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 25; reopening

Saturday, Nov. 28.

Trash and recycling: No pickups on Thursday, Nov. 26.

Collections will be delayed by a day for Nov. 26 and Nov. 27.

U.S. Postal Service: No deliveries on Thursday, Nov. 26.

Depar tment of Motor Vehicles customer service centers: Closed Thursday, Nov. 26, through Saturday, Nov. 28.

GRTC: Buses will operate on a Sunday/holiday schedule on Thursday, Nov. 26, returning to a normal schedule Friday, Nov. 27.

ABC stores: Stores will close 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 25, and will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26.

Banks and credit unions: Closed Thursday, Nov. 26.

Malls, major retailers, movie theaters: Varies. Inquire at specific locations.

Free Press offices: Closed Thursday, Nov. 26.

Pressure mounts for city voter registrar to resign or be fired

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

J. Kirk Showalter continues to lead the voter registration operation in Richmond, just as she has for 25 years.

Since succeeding the late Alice Lynch in 1995, Ms. Showalter easily has been reappointed to six more four-year terms by her bosses, the Richmond Electoral Board.

Now, the three-member board is facing pressure from the state Democratic Party and other Democratic officials to oust her, and Ms. Showalter is facing pressure to resign. It is unclear whether she will complete the final 2½ years of her current term.

Ms. Showalter’s future has been clouded by a torrent of criticism, in part fueled by mistakes in the unofficial results issued immediately after the Nov. 3 election and a sudden outbreak of the coronavirus in her office that had her temporarily sidelined along with at least 20 election workers and those they had been in Ms. Showalter contact with, including Mayor Levar M. Stoney, mayoral candidate Alexsis E. Rodgers and others.

Most of the pressure is being felt by the board’s two Democratic members, Chairman James M. Nachman and Vice Chair Joyce K. Smith. They joined the board’s sole Republican, Secretary C. Starlet Stevens, in reappointing Ms. Showalter in 2019 and providing a 6 percent raise on top of a city increase that boosted Ms. Showalter’s pay to around $122,000 a year.

However, at this point, the board has not scheduled any meetings to consider Ms. Showalter’s tenure.

The key question is whether the board — if it seeks to oust her — can make a case that would hold up in court that Ms. Showalter broke an election law.

Ms. Showalter, at least publicly, is putting on a brave face.

“I am confident that the allegations will be examined and it will be shown that the (Nov. 3) election was managed well under difficult circumstances and that my staff and I did all in our power to comply with the changes imposed by the pandemic and the additional requirements,” she said.

Officials from the state Democratic Party have called for Ms. Showalter to resign or be fired over allegations she was out of compliance with a new state law that requires registrars within three days to reach voters who made mistakes on mailed-in ballots so those voters could “cure” the mistakes.

One problem for registrars is voters were not required to include emails or phone numbers, making it harder to get contact information if any changes were made since the person registered to vote.

Ms. Showalter has said her office was working to comply. However, there is a question whether her office maintained a list of mail-in ballots containing problems. Ms. Showalter said she stopped keeping such a log at some point during early voting.

As to the botched unofficial results on election night, the Free Press has learned that election officers in at least six Richmond precincts went home after the long day without reporting results, leaving them blank on the unofficial tally.

Also, there were substantial counting errors that led to serious mistakes in reports on two City Council races, most notably in the 2nd District. In that race, Tavarris J. Spinks was officially listed as the winner by 26 votes.

It would take a week before the final certified results showed Katherine L. Jordan had won the seat by 1,234 votes.

However, under state law, the city Electoral Board is responsible for compiling and issuing the results.

Mr. Nachman could not be reached for comment on the role the board played in providing the mistaken unofficial tallies and in ensuring that election officers filed their tallies after the polls closed.

Mayor Stoney, Mr. Spinks and Amy Wentz, an unsuccessful 8th District City Council candidate, also have called for Ms. Showalter’s resignation or removal from office.

City Councilman Michael Jones recovering Ninth District City Councilman Michael J. Jones reports that he is recovering well from lung surgery earlier this month.

Dr. Jones disclosed that he underwent surgery Nov. 5 after a potentially cancerous mass was found during an examination.

Fortunately, he said, testing after the surgery found no evidence of cancer cells in the tissue that was removed.

Dr. Jones He said that he has taken a four-week sabbatical from his position as pastor of the two-sanctuary Village of Faith Ministries that he founded and leads.

Dr. Jones expects to be completely recovered before the next City Council meeting on Monday, Dec. 14.

Cityscape

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Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

The building boom in Richmond continues, with the Manchester area in South Side being one of the hottest areas for apartment construction. These photos show the construction of the Riverview Apartments by Alabama-based LIV Development on 7 acres at Semmes and Cowardin avenues just east of the Lee Bridge. When complete next year, the $50 million development is to offer 269 units in seven buildings. Begun in 2019, the development is just the latest in the area. Across the street on the site of a former car dealership, development is underway on another 180 units. A host of other apartments are in planning or under construction to the east, such as River’s Edge II, The Current and South Falls. This is just the latest wave of development in a section of South Side that for more than 20 years has been the target of significant public and private reinvestment, resulting in the repurposing of old factories into residences and the building of new apartments and homes. Like equally booming Scott’s Addition north of the James River, Manchester, which was once an area of decay and vacant land, is becoming a leader in population and economic growth for the city.

Task force recommends bevy of public safety reforms to Mayor Stoney

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Handed the mission of re-imagining public safety in Richmond, Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s 38-member Richmond task force has come up with a buffet of ideas.

Among them: • More training for Richmond police officers in de-escalation techniques to reduce the potential for use of deadly force and increased police transparency and reporting on interactions with the public involving stops and other encounters.

• Greater diversion by 911 emergency dispatchers away from police and to more appropriate agencies of non-criminal calls for assistance involving everything from barking dogs and fallen trees to mental health issues.

• And creation of a new city Office of Restorative Justice and Community Safety to get community members more involved in resolving conflicts and issues without law enforcement.

The Richmond Task Force on Re-imagining Public Safety on Monday delivered its final report to Mayor Stoney following a 100-day review of current practices. The 38-page report with its recommendations now is available for public review on the city’s website, www.richmond gov.com.

Mayor Stoney accepted the report as providing the vision for “building the longterm, equitable public safety infrastructure” that Richmond needs and vowed to begin the process with community input of translating its words into “policies, procedures and practices.”

The mayor first convened the group in July amid public demonstrations over racial justice and police brutality stemming from the killing of an unarmed and unresisting George Floyd by Minneapolis Police.

How much change the report will usher in remains to be seen. Some people do not believe the recommendations go far enough in recommending more retraining of officers and more effort to prevent biased officers from getting on the force.

Absent from the report are proposals for radical change, such as a call for a reduction in the 750-member city police force or similar actions in line with the cry of protesters to “defund police.”

For example, without mentioning police funding, the report notes that “it is glaring that one of the largest budgetary items year after year goes toward policing, criminal courts, prosecution and public safety, with a smaller fraction going towards the court services diversion units, alternatives to incarceration, social services and economic and community development.”

The report recommends that the city “pri-

oritize investment in community,” including health and mental health, education, youth and workforce development and public transportation. “Intentional investment in the resources that truly keep communities safe reduce harmful interactions between police and those who are disparately impacted,” according to the report.

The report also calls for police recruits to take part in a community training academy to meet people who are involved and to participate in volunteer service in the communities they will serve.

The task force members ranged from community activists and organizers to college professors and retired police officers

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to social workers. The list also includes three current and former members of City Council and the city’s top prosecutor.

Led by Richmond Police Officer Carol Adams, founder and leader of a foundation serving domestic violence victims, and Daryl V. Fraser, a social work professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, the task force was broken into three subgroups, Human Services Lens, Use of Force and Community Engagement and Healing.

The final report is a compilation of the subgroups’ recommendations.

Though no mention was made of a Marcus Alert program for mental health crises, the Human Lens Subgroup put top priority on the city developing “a new routing system so that mental health, conflict resolution, substance abuse and non-criminal calls for service are addressed by the appropriate community members and professionals.”

The subgroup also called for “community education on conflict resolution and support for grassroots organizations” based on the crisis assistance model that Eugene, Ore., put in place 30 years ago to reduce reliance on law enforcement.

The Use of Force subgroup stressed the need for the city to beef up community investment, increase police officer training in de-escalation and increase the department’s information flow to the community.

Officers also need to carry and pass out business cards and revamp their language so they more clearly state why they are stopping someone.

“What we consistently found was that

all residents want to be safe and have better relationships with the officers who patrol their neighborhoods, prior to a call for service,” according to the subgroup’s findings. “Safety is not synonymous with surveillance or criminalization of certain behaviors, but is more so about being treated with dignity and respect.”

The Community Engagement and Healing subgroup recommended creation of a new city office to focus on elevating and sustaining community-based interventions.

The subgroup recommended a policy of having community conferencing circles for those “involved in and affected by a conflict or crime.” The idea, the report states, would be to offer a “safe and structured space to resolve the matter effectively.”

Veteran defense attorney, David P. Baugh, who was not a task force member, said he was “not impressed” with the report.

“The problem here is not enough emphasis on retraining and screening of police officers,” said Mr. Baugh, whose 45 years of legal practice includes 40 years representing the arrested.

He said he is most concerned that the task force ignored concerns first raised in 2008 by then-U.S. Attorney James Comey that “white supremacists are infiltrating” police departments.

“More needs to be done to identify bad cops,” Mr. Baugh said, and keep them from jumping to another police department.

He also believes the report did not focus enough on the implicit bias that can affect the outlook of officers. In this country, he said, there has been centuries of indoctrination that Black is the color of evil. He said his case files contain plenty of evidence of police lying in reports to make a case against a Black individual and of treating Black and white people differently.

He cited a recent rally that included armed white people outside the State Capitol and the lack of interference from Richmond Police, who did not act against those who were carrying illegal rifles with high capacity clips of 30 bullets or more.

Mr. Baugh also cited a two-year-old case in which the evidence showed that police arrested two white college students leaving a drug house in Richmond. But after confiscating their heroin and gaining information about the house and their supplier, the two were released without charges, he said.

“That would not happen if those were Black youths,” Mr. Baugh said.

In his view, “this report says there is a problem,” but does not propose the serious solutions that he believes would be required for real change.

State lawmaker calls for tax on marijuana to pay for reparations

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

If marijuana is legalized in Virginia, Democratic Delegate Lee J. Carter of Manassas wants all of the tax revenue generated to be devoted to paying reparations to Black people and Native Americans in the state for their suffering.

Delegate Carter floated the proposal Monday and called for the establishment of a commission on reparations to determine how best to allocate future revenue from the tax on cannabis and to explore other ways to provide reparations.

“Every single penny of tax revenue from legalized cannabis should go to reparations — that’s a moral commitment our history demands of us and a necessary first step for the state,” Delegate Carter stated in a news release announcing his position.

He said Black and indigenous communities deserve compensation in recognition of the “historical injustices” visited on them.

That includes, he stated, “slavery, genocide, the domestic terrorism of the Jim Crow era, redlining and restrictive covenants in banking and housing, the neglect Delegate Carter of public housing, police brutality and mass incarceration and the countless other examples of wrongs that demand equitable and immediate redress.”

He urged all of his General Assembly colleagues to join him to make it happen.

Although reparations have been talked about at the national level and was a regular proposal of the late Congressman John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, this appears to be the first Virginia proposal to surface with a revenue stream that could make it happen.

Henrico Delegate Lamont Bagby, chair

of the 23-member Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, did not respond to a Free Press request for comment, nor did the caucus.

Delegate Carter did not present his plan to the VLBC before going public.

He told the Free Press, “I’ve found elected officials tend to be more conservative than the public at large, so I put my policy proposals out there for the public at large to decide on rather than filtering it through the conservative lens of other elected” officials.

Delegate Carter’s call for using revenue from marijuana sales is the latest in the list of policies that he has pushed since winning the Northern Virginia seat in 2017 and securing re-election in 2019.

During his first two GeneralAssembly sessions, he led the fight to cap the co-payment for insulin to $50 and to ban strip searches of children. He also unsuccessfully sought to repeal Virginia’s right-to-work law that limits unions, to allow teacher strikes and to ban the death penalty.

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Carlos has worked with groups like Feed More to address food insecurity for the region; Boaz & Ruth, an organization that helps returning citizens re-integrate after serving their debt to society, where he served as chairman of the board; and CapitalSource, which provides funding to small, women-, and minority-owned businesses.

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‘Nursing school doesn’t prepare you for this’ Continued from A1

the patients stuck in the hospital for God knows

how long,” Ms. Jones said.

Since March, the hospital has had on average two dozen or more patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at any given time, said Laura Rossacher, director of public affairs for VCU Health.

Each time a COVID-19 patient comes onto the unit, Ms. Jones wishes the same wish.

“I wish people could truly see the difference they could make just doing the basics — the social distancing, the masks, the hand sanitizer, the sacrifice of not seeing family this Thanksgiving. I really wish people would think of all the Thanksgivings and Christmases to come if we could just sacrifice now.”

For those who ask what it’s like to be on the front lines helping patients battle the virus, Ms. Jones offers one word — cruel.

“The deterioration is sometimes so rapid. One minute, it’s just a cough, a headache, maybe a slight fever. And the next thing you know, the patient is on the highest amount of available oxygen. It’s terrifying because you just don’t know who it’s going to happen to next.”

Despite all that she has witnessed on VCU’s North 9 Progressive Care Unit — the fear on the faces of COVID-19 positive patients; the anxiety and frustration in the voices of loved ones forced to say final goodbyes by phone or Zoom — Ms. Jones remains driven by the dream.

“Nursing school doesn’t prepare you for this,” Ms. Jones said. Her unit is effectively VCU Medical Center’s ground zero, the first and sometimes the last stop for patients trying

to fend off the virus, usually alone in rooms designed for two patients and equipped to combat airborne disease.

Nothing about the work or patients’ suffering is easy. Yet Ms. Jones insists, “I love what I do.”

“This is the whole reason I went into this field — to help,” Ms. Jones said. “Right now, it’s really hard because it’s one of the toughest times we’ve ever known as a society. But it’s also an honor to be able to be with patients on their journeys. I’m grateful that I get to help them feel less alone. I wouldn’t trade it.”

Yet the data from the Virginia Department of Health suggests there are plenty of reasons to fear coronavirus. State officials reported Tuesday there have been approximately 223,582 cases, with 2,544 new cases in the preceding 24 hours. Those figures, tracked and updated daily, included 14,212 hospitalizations and 3,979 total deaths.

Cumulative numbers for Richmond: 6,446 cases; 501 hospitalizations; 81 deaths. In Henrico County: 7,977 cases were reported, with 576 hospitalizations and 244 deaths. The numbers in Chesterfield County, where Ms. Jones grew up, were last reported at 8,827 cases, 479 hospitalizations and 127 deaths.

Ms. Jones, who turns 27 the day before Thanksgiving, will celebrate her second year in the nursing profession in December. It’s a career she stumbled upon during her senior year as an Old Dominion University biology major. At the time, she thought medical school would be her next stop after graduation. But a stint shadowing doctors changed her plans.

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Baptist-oriented school based in Chester.

Even with the announcement last week of this latest honor, the conversation with Coach Bailey took a surprising turn.

Instead of bragging on himself, something he had every right to do, Coach Bailey chose to turn the spotlight in just about every other direction, giving credit to others and to God. He began the discussion with his faith.

“As coaches might say, I’ve made it to the mountaintop,” said Coach Bailey, referring to his Hall of Fame tribute. “But it was God who guided me there. I could have never made it without God in my life.”

From there, Coach Bailey shifted to his youth growing up in Suffolk.

“I must thank my elementary, junior high and high school teachers,” he said. “They were committed to making me and my fellow students the best they could possibly be.

“In many cases, we used hand-me-down books from the white schools. My teachers made the most with less.”

Never to be forgotten is Coach Bailey’s high school coach, Charles Snead.

“I didn’t want to go to college,” he recalled. “Coach Snead made me. Without him, I’d have never gone to college and none of this would have happened.”

Then there was close buddy Raymond H. Boone Sr., the late Free Press founder and editor, who Coach Bailey calls “my best friend.”

“We were rivals in high school. I went to Booker T. Washington; Ray to East Suffolk.

But we became friends for life.

“When Ray became sick, I’ll never forget visiting him in the hospital. We talked about old times, about running around and laughed as loud as anyone has ever laughed.”

Coach Bailey then said his assistant coaches at VUU were more like brothers than employees.

“Anytime you write anything about me, be sure to mention

Hall of Fame Class of 2021 Coach Willard Bailey is one of six who will be inducted into the Black College Football Hall of Fame in the Class of 2021.

Joining Coach Bailey are players Coy Bacon (Jackson State), Greg Coleman (Florida A&M), Jimmie Giles (Alcorn State), Winston Hill (Texas Southern) and Roynell Young (Alcorn State).

Mr. Bacon, who died in 2008, played in the NFL from 1967 to 1981 and was a three-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman.

Mr. Coleman, now 66, was a standout NFL punter from 1977 to 1988.

Mr. Giles, 66, was a four-time Pro Bowl tight end during an NFL career from 1977 to 1989.

Mr. Hill, who died in 2016, was a four-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle between 1963 and 1977.

Mr. Young, 62, played defensive back for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1980 to 1988 and was a Pro Bowl pick in 1981.

The induction ceremony will be coupled with a Juneteenth celebration on June 19 at the Black College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. This is the 12th induction class. (defensive coordinator) Jesse Chavis,” he insisted. “With Jesse, we always had a head start because Jesse’s defense never gave up a point.”

Then there was Joe Taylor, who Coach Bailey took in as a young assistant. Years later, Coach Taylor succeeded Coach Bailey as VUU coach and enjoyed a historic career of his own. Coach Taylor is the athletic director at VUU. “Jesse Chavis, Joe Taylor, Waverly Tillar, John Wright, so many. My assistants were great. I’d go on, but I’m sure I’d miss someone,” Coach Bailey said.

Then there was the late car dealer Edwin Mugford, who graciously supplied Coach Bailey and VUU with muchneeded transportation.

“Ed would never let me pay. He’d give me the car and make it seem like I was doing him a favor.”

Another businessman Coach Bailey praised was Bunkie Trinite, the late trophy store owner.

“Bunkie knew we were trying to run a program on nothing in ways of revenue. He made sure we had what we needed.”

Insisting on avoiding center stage, Coach Bailey even went so far as to praise the sportswriters who had followed his distinguished career.

That was a first for one

Free COVID-19 testing Continued from A1 The Virginia Department of Health reported on Tuesday a total of 223,582 positive cases of COVID-19 statewide, along with 14,212 hospitalizations and 3,979 deaths.

The number of new coronavirus cases continues to spike in the state, with 3,242 new cases reported Monday, one of the largest daily spikes so far, officials said.

According to Virginia data, African-Americans comprised 23 percent of cases and 26.3 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 25 percent of the cases and 9.1 percent of deaths.

Locally, as of Tuesday, 6,446 cases and 81 deaths were reported in Richmond; 7,977 cases and 244 deaths were reported in Henrico; and 8,827 cases and 127 deaths were reported in Chesterfield.

Meanwhile, the United States has more than 12.5 million people testing positive for the virus, with more than 3 million new cases in November alone. The number of deaths nationally has reached 258,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Through the years Coach Willard Bailey’s coaching file • Virginia Union University 1971 to 1983 • Norfolk State University 1984 to 1992 • VUU again 1995 to 2003 • Saint Paul’s College 2005 to 2010 • Virginia University of Lynchburg 2011 to 2013 Total record 238-169-7 (157-73-6 in two stints at VUU) CIAA titles Seven 1973, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 2001 NCAA bids: Six

old sportswriter. Scribes know only too well that coaches are more apt to heap praise on a cockroach crawling across the Thanksgiving table than a guy with a pad and pen.

Coach Bailey won 238 college games, but rather than boast of that, he elected to bring up a particular loss — a 21-20 setback at North Dakota State in the 1982 NCAA playoffs.

VUU lost in the strangest of ways — on an inadvertent whistle — that voided what would have been a long, gamewinning pick six by Dwayne Drew in the closing minutes.

“An ‘inadvertent whistle?’

Who’s ever heard of that? I considered that my championship because, if we’d won there, I think we’d have gone all the way,” Coach Bailey said.

“That’s OK. God didn’t want me to be the champion then. It wasn’t my time. But now it is.”

So now Coach Bailey has made it to the coaching mountaintop.

But he makes this crystal clear: “This is a blessing, not just for me, but for so many who helped me get here.”

The mountaintop would seem empty without Coach Bailey and friends.

“I just had an epiphany that I never saw myself as being the person who goes in the room for only a couple of minutes,” Ms. Jones said.

She took a year off after college to reflect, then jumped straight into an accelerated nursing program at Virginia Commonwealth University. She graduated from the nursing program in 2018.

“I saw myself being at the bedside with the patient and being nurturing and caring. That’s the part I love even now, having my three or four patients, being part of every part of their care, getting to hear about their families and their hopes once they’re able to go home.”

One of the enduring joys of her job, she says, is listening to patients, who despite sometimes struggling to breathe, share stories about their lives even as she stands at a safe distance and works to limit her time in their presence unless medically necessary.

Ironically, it’s the days when Ms. Jones is away from the sick that she is most afraid of the virus’ reach.

“At the hospital, I know we’re doing our part. We know PPE works, and we sanitize our hands all day. I can’t even count how much or how often in a day,” said Ms. Jones, who works each shift in a face shield, nitro gloves and a constantly changing supply of masks, from the highly protective level 3 mask to the more typical airborne resistant mask.

“I’m scared when I go to the grocery store,” she continues. “That’s truly the place where I feel the most fear because you see people not doing their part.”

To balance some of the stress, Ms. Jones relies on a love of music, exploring nature in places like Deep Run Park in Henrico County with her dog, Rigby, and occasional FaceTime wine dates with girlfriends. Her time in the hospital has taught her to keep her gratitude simple and focused. “I’m super thankful just to have my health, to be able to walk around freely outside, breathing.”

If she could, Ms. Jones would blast the same message around the city and the entire country. “Just because you don’t think COVID can send you to the hospital, you can end up sending your mother, your grandmother, everyone you love into the hospital. Patients come into the hospital with multiple family members who’ve just passed away from the virus. The carelessness has a cost for all of us.”

So far, the coronavirus has not touched Ms. Jones or the lives of her family members, including her husband, Gavin, a Henrico County police officer. She has, however, endured the loss of some aspects of her job, little things that she took for granted yet loved the most.

“I miss touching patients with my bare hand,” she says. “I don’t ever get to touch my patients without gloves on. That’s a loss because there’s something really therapeutic about human touch, especially if the patient is having a hard moment or hard day.”

Ms. Jones dreams also of the day when she can unmask.

“There are times when you’re trying to explain to (patients) how to properly breathe, and you wish they could see your mouth and your nose. There’s just so much of the human part of the job that they don’t get to experience anymore. I try to put my personality out there, but I’m sure I look just like the nurse they had the night before in the same garb. I wish they could see my smile.”

For the holidays, Ms. Jones is looking to old traditions to help comfort patients in crisis. She and a few co-workers on the unit have been purchasing decorations and offering to put them up in the rooms of patients who are interested in a little holiday cheer.

“We want to make it as festive as possible for our patients while they’re stuck in isolation rooms.”

Ms. Jones sighs, then adds, “I would hope somebody would do the same for me.”

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patio while wearing a mask,” Ms. Shaw said in a Free Press interview. “Families can tell us what they are grateful for then take their dinners home.”

In past years, Mrs. Shaw’s husband, Lionel “Pooh” Shaw, has been the master chef, with family and friends supporting his effort by also preparing and bringing their favorites — seafood, macaroni and cheese, candied yams, cranberry sauce, potato salad, greens and many more vegetables, an array of desserts and much more.

That tradition will continue.

Mr. Shaw will cook and others will drop off food early to the Shaw home. The Thanksgiving meal then will be packed in to-go containers and sent off with family and friends at their appointed pickup time.

Because of Richmond’s ever-changing weather, the group nixed the idea of having dinner outside at the Shaw home, as some families may try this holiday.

“We are supporting two businesses this year by purchasing pies from Michaela’s Quality Bake Shop on Brookland Park Boulevard in the North Side and holiday greens from Chef Ida Mamusu’s restaurant on Main Street in Downtown,” Mrs. Shaw said.

As for family and friends who typically join the Shaws from as far away as San Jose, Calif., Atlanta and New York, there will be a Zoom meeting to connect with them.

Stay home. That’s the advice national, state

and local health experts are dispensing about the Thanksgiving holiday amid a steadily rising number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19.

Gov. Ralph S. Northam said last week it would be “an act of love” to keep people safe by staying home for the Thanksgiving holiday.

“Let’s not make this winter any worse than it has to be,” said Gov. Northam, the nation’s only governor who also is a doctor.

His comments came a few days after announcing new statewide restrictions on gatherings and certain businesses to slow the pandemic’s spread. Among them, public and private inperson gatherings are now limited to 25 people, down from a cap of 250. And everyone age 5 and older is required to wear a face covering or a mask in indoor public spaces.

Alcohol sales also are prohibited at dining and drinking establishments after 10 p.m., with all restaurants, food courts and dining establishments required to close at midnight.

With the typical Thanksgiving at the Shaw home being “a collection of all ages from different households,” as Mrs. Shaw described it, change was the only thing to do.

“We can all sustain through a non-traditional Thanksgiving this year,” Mrs. Shaw said.

“Thanksgiving will come again in 2021 and beyond.”

Even if families aren’t together, it’s still a time to be thankful, Mrs. Shaw said.

“Be grateful that you have your health and that you and yours are safe,” she said.

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erate Soldiers and Sailors statue from Libby Hill Park in Church Hill; and a statue of newspaper publisher Joseph Bryan and a stone memorial to Fitzhugh Lee from Monroe Park.

When the time comes, “we will need to make sure we are not sending them to a place where they once again will have a prominent position,” said 9th District Councilman Michael J. Jones, who has been a leader in pushing for removal of the statues. “We didn’t take them down so they could go up elsewhere in a similar place.”

Dr. Jones, who would be just as happy to leave the statues in storage where they are out of sight and mind, said close scrutiny of the proposed relocation sites would be a top priority for him.

He said he agrees with other council members that it would be good if the auction to dispose of the statue could generate money to help defray city spending, including the $1.8 million that Mayor Stoney authorized to remove them.

Protesters pulled down four monuments, including the statues of Jefferson Davis and Columbus. The two others, the statue of railroad tycoon and Confederate Gen. Williams Carter Wickham in Monroe Park and the Richmond Howitzers monument in a small park at Harrison Street and Park Avenue, are not owned by the city.

However, the administration is working behind the scenes on the fate of those four as well.

For now, the council is not applying any pressure to its staff for a quick decision on the statues it controls.

Mr. Anderson said the bids are still being reviewed with the assistance of the city’s procurement department, and he anticipates that any council action on the statues will occur

after the new year.

He said he has not presented a recommendation on any of the items; the timing for any action would be up to council, he said. It could happen in January, but it could be February, March or even later, he said.

The council had 10 Confederate items on its list, but only nine are available at this point.

One, the statue of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill at Laburnum Avenue and Hermitage Road, is part of his grave and the council has been advised that a court order would be needed to remove it, although none has been sought.

The bids under consideration include one from a Los Angeles museum that wants them for up to two years for an exhibit, and another from a Connecticut art studio that proposes to break them up and sell the pieces as a fundraiser for Richmond Public Schools and charitable groups in the city.

Other bidders want to place them in battlefields or at historic homes with a connection to the Confederate icons, such as Gen. Stuart.

A few bidders, such as the Virginia and South Carolina divisions of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Ratcliffe Foundation in Southwest Virginia and Belmead on the James, the site of a former Black Catholic school, want them all.

Several private individuals are offering space on their property as a relocation site to assist the city.

Other bidders are seeking specific statues.

For example, The Valentine is seeking the Jefferson Davis statue to add to its collection of the works of artist and sculptor Edward Valentine, a member of the family that started the Richmond history museum and whose home remains a centerpiece of the museum property at 10th and Clay streets.

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Obstacles in working toward racial equity

President-elect Joe Biden has included working toward racial equity in his administration’s agenda, outlining how he will expand opportunities for Black folk and other people of color.

Specifically, his Build Back Better document includes a 20-page report titled, “The Biden Plan to Build Back Better by Advancing Racial Equity Across the American Economy.” It is a comprehensive blueprint, highlighting several potential programs.

S ome of the initiatives require legislation. The Democratic Caucus has shrunk while still becoming more diverse, with a split between the progressive and moderate wings of the party.

Despite differences, though, they are likely to pass any legislation President-elect Biden proposes.

The problem?

Currently, the composition of the U.S. Senate will be 50-48 with a Republican lean. A Georgia runoff will take place on Jan. 5 to decide two remaining seats. If Republicans win those two races, or even just one of them, obstructionist Sen. Mitch McConnell will remain in power as Senate Majority Leader and likely will attempt to slow or block President-elect Biden’s proposals.

President-elect Biden spent 36 years in the Senate and has strong relationships there. He and Sen. McConnell are reportedly friends. Those friendships didn’t help former President Obama and

certainly didn’t keep the Senate from stealing a U.S. Supreme Court seat.

The other main opposition to racial equity is likely to come from disaffected white people and those from other ethnic groups. In 1996, California passed Proposition 209, which amended the state constitution to prevent affirmative action in employment, education and contracting.

Proposition 16, which appeared on the November ballot in the Golden State, would repeal

Julianne Malveaux Prop 209. But Prop 16 lost with 56 percent of voters rejecting affirmative action as a policy.

Affirmative action always has been controversial, with some white people saying it gave African-Americans and Latinos an unfair advantage. But Latinos are the largest ethnic group in California. I don’t know if they supported Prop. 16, but if they didn’t, it wouldn’t be the first time Black people and Latinos held different positions.

Many white people support racial equity, but not at their expense. Too many don’t even realize there is systemic racism in our society. Nor do they believe that past discrimination should be rectified. President-elect Biden’s plan for racial equity would close the unemployment rate gap between white peole and Black people a bit, and it might narrow the wealth gap as well. But can President-elect Biden persuade white members of the House and Senate to support racial equity?

President-elect Biden can accomplish some things through executive order, just as both No. 45 and President Obama did. But if the initiatives need government spending, they would need to go through Congress. I think President-elect Biden understands that he owes his electoral victory to Black folks, especially Black women. He may develop programs that will advance racial equity, but there are both legislative and attitudinal obstacles.

In the wake of President Obama’s tenure in the White House, our nation became extremely anti-Black. President Obama’s successor did everything he could to fan the flames of anti-Blackness and those attitudes don’t disappear quickly.

Will President-elect Biden jeopardize his re-election if he pursues his agenda of racial equity? The Biden-Harris team must explain that white people benefit from racial equity, and that racial equity makes good economic sense. Lower rates of Black unemployment could be economically beneficial and can even improve the nation’s overall GDP. More support for minority businesses is also expansionary.

When Black folks win, everyone wins. But 56 percent of California voters have shown they don’t think so.

The tension is between two concepts: Race-neutral public policy and race-conscious public policy. President-elect Biden’s plan is explicitly race-conscious.

Those who opposed Prop 16 prefer race-neutrality. Is it possible, though, to be race-neutral in the face of unconscious bias

Grateful even in 2020

This hasn’t been a normal year, and it isn’t going to be a normal Thanksgiving.

Instead of looking forward to family and feasting, many of us are listening to health officials begging us to avoid large gatherings, and we’re weighing the risks against our deeply felt desire to be with our loved ones.

L e t ’s b e honest: 2020 has been a brutal year.

Many are grieving the loss of loved ones. Many have lost jobs and businesses and the security they bring our families. Students and educators have had to learn and teach in new ways. Some struggle with isolation and others with forced confinement in uncomfortable or unsafe situations.

On top of that, we have all been let down by our national leaders, especially a president who played politics with public health and is now trying to undermine whatever faith Americans still share in our democracy.

And still, Thanksgiving is here.

My faith encourages me to try to be thankful in all things. I think that may be most important during the hardest times in our lives. During a year like this one, I appreciate the wisdom

of our having a national tradition of pausing to count our blessings no matter what else is happening.

Thanksgiving means family to me. I’m thinking about my 104-year-old grandmother, who has given thanks through periods of war, civil strife and economic devastation. I’m grateful for the lessons her life teaches me about

Ben Jealous commitment, calm, courage and perseverance.

I also am thinking about my children, and my gratitude that this election gives me hope for their future. It renews my faith that together we can create a country that will give them every opportunity to follow their dreams.

Thanksgiving and nationalism can be mixed in unhealthy ways. Yet this year, I feel a special patriotic gratitude to live in a country where we are free to choose our leaders.

And I’m proud that Black people showed once again that we can shape our future by pushing back against the corruption and unprincipled power plays and institutionalized racism that are used to try to keep us from participating fully in our democracy.

I am grateful for the multiracial, multigenerational social justice movement that has been

brought into being to challenge unjust policing. I’m grateful for all the young people who made their first run for public office.

And I am especially grateful for leaders and organizers who use their God-given talents and their hard-won skills and experience to organize, motivate and mobilize our people — leaders like Stacey Abrams and so many others who worked to bring change to their cities and states and our country.

Of course, there’s more to do.We have important U.S. Senate elections coming up in Georgia. And next year, we’ll make many demands on local, state and national officials to address the issues that affect our lives and our future.

For now, let us be grateful for new hope and new direction in our nation, and for everyone who has given of themselves to help our neighbors and strengthen our communities.

And after we pause to give thanks for our freedom and our accomplishments, let’s resolve to be, in the words of the great gospel song, “in no ways tired” of seeking justice and creating positive change. Then we’ll have even more to be grateful for next Thanksgiving.

The writer, a former president and chief executive officer of the national NAACP, is president of People for the American Way and the People for the American Way Foundation.

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and anti-Black attitudes? Socalled race-neutral policy often has a differential impact by race.

As an example, when minimum wage legislation was first passed in 1938, it excluded farm workers, many of whom were Black men, and private household workers, or domestics, a majority of whom were Black women. Targeting those two occupations was unquestionably racist.

All legislation should be accompanied by a racial impact statement indicating who wins and who loses when legislation is passed. Our government should be able to understand and explicitly legislate around the needs of different communities. There is no other way to ensure the rights and prosperity of Black folk, and indeed allAmericans. If we cannot, Prop 16 shows that there is still strong resistance to this idea, just another example of racial animus in the heart of a supposedly progressive paradise.

The writer is an economist and author.

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City election problems should raise alarms Election Day 2020 has come and gone. Overall, the election occurred without a hitch. The same cannot be said for the City of Richmond. Issues that arose included precincts reporting the wrong vote counts, City Council candidates allocated the wrong vote totals, individual voters receiving numerous ballots — the list goes on.

Unfortunately, the above election snafus are due to the incompetence of Richmond Registrar J. Kirk Showalter and Richmond Electoral Board Chairman James Nachman.

As I outlined on the state Senate floor during the special General Assembly session, it was reported that many city voters who requested absentee ballots received numerous ballots with incorrect City Council districts listed on said ballots.

If Ms. Showalter had a firm grip on the office she oversees, then this would not have happened. Mr. Nachman came to Ms. Showalter’s defense by outlining that this issue affected only five

Celebrating Indigenous People Dr. Walter Plecker, a physician, was the first registrar of Virginia’s Bureau of Vital Statistics, serving from 1912 to 1946. As a leader of the Anglo-Saxon Clubs of America, a white supremacist organization founded in Richmond, Dr. Plecker was a staunch promoter of eugenics. He commissioned Virginia’s “Act to Preserve Integrity” (1924 to 1967), which separated Virginia’s citizens into two simplified racial categories: White and Colored.

Dr. Plecker’s policies were used as deceptive scientific evidence to target Black people, poor white people and anyone his eugenicist colleagues considered “feebleminded.” His policy also emphasized that Virginia Indians were “mixed-blooded Negroes,” and pressured state agencies into reclassifying Indians as “colored.”

While I was researching my family tree using the Virginia Vital Statistics records, I found the marriage license register of my great-grandparents being checked as “colored.” After further review of those statistics records, I found that my family descended from the Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Stafford County.

After discovering that lineage, I no longer felt invisible as my relationships were being formed at Native powwows, dancing in the circle of life to the heart of the drumbeat.

The powwow is a social meeting held by many Indigenous communities to meet and dance, sing, socialize and honor their cultures. They could be private or public. The powwow is where I learned the spirit of honoring our soldiers (warriors).

This year, in a progressive move toward abolishing Dr. Plecker’s era, Gov. Ralph S. Northam recognized November as Native American Heritage Month and Nov. 25 as American Indian Day of Appreciation in the Commonwealth.

As if being at a powwow with all Virginians, let us all stand proudly together during the month of November.

I may no longer dance or attend Native cultural events. However, my Patawomeck tribal card I still proudly carry, not only for my ancestral relatives who had to hide their culture from themselves and others, but as the warrior who is brave enough to shed tears for the lost ones and to keep repeating to all: The Virginia Indigenous People are still here. We never actually left.

RICK KNIGHT Henrico County

voters. Based on past empirical evidence, I have no confidence whatsoever that only five voters were affected.

Another registrar error involved a precinct in the city’s 8th District. Regie Ford, a candidate for City Council running against incumbent Reva Trammell, apparently received 433 votes on election night at Precinct 814, Boushall Middle School. Come to find out, Mr. Ford only received 33 votes from the Boushall precinct.

One would think that after being the city’s registrar for more than 26 years, Ms. Showalter would have realized that because Mr. Ford only received an average of 39.6 votes in all other 8th District precincts that 433 votes in Precinct 814 was a glaring outlier demanding further scrutiny.

She claimed in an interview with the daily Richmond newspaper that “these mistakes were not due to negligence.”

Really? What word describes it best — sloppiness, inattentiveness, incompetence?

Two City Council races in particular caught the brunt of the registrar’s incompetence. These races included Amy Wentz in the 8th District and Tavarris Spinks in the 2nd District. Both candidates have publicly admonished the Richmond registrar for her lack of transparency during the electoral process as well as for posting inaccurate election results.

In Ms. Wentz’s case, one of her campaign’s precinct captains was told at 7 p.m. on Election Day that the final vote count at Branch’s Church, Precinct 812, was 638 votes. However, the registrar reported only 172 total votes cast. The final count from that precinct actually showed 695 votes cast.

When Ms. Wentz tried to politely explain to Ms. Showalter that her final vote tally of 172 was inaccurate, Ms. Showalter was rude, churlish and dismissive of Ms. Wentz’s claims.

Indeed, Ms. Showalter told Ms. Wentz, “You should be more politically astute.”

In regard to Mr. Spinks, results posted to the Department of Elections website in the days following the election showed unofficial totals, including all in-person voting and absentee ballots that indicated Mr. Spinks held a 26 vote lead over his opponent, Katherine Jordan.

However, on Nov. 10, Mr. Spinks inexplicably had 1,000 votes removed from his overall count. Neither Ms. Showalter nor Mr. Nachman has yet to provide any explanation as to why 1,000 votes were taken away from Mr. Spinks.

It is abundantly clear that several Richmond City Council vote tallies were fraught with errors. These issues show a deeply flawed Richmond Voter Registrar’s Office and a Richmond Electoral Board chairman unwilling to correct these problems.

We cannot go another election cycle with these errors and mishaps. Absent both trust and professionalism in our electoral system, we cannot hope to move forward as a functioning democratic city. Both Mr. Nachman and Ms. Showalter have woefully failed to fulfill their respective duties and both must go.

SEN. JOSEPH D. “JOE” MORRISEY Richmond The writer represents the 16th District in the Virginia Senate.

Help for soon-to-be and new moms Seven years ago in November 2013, I experienced a major turning point in my life. I had just given birth to beautiful boy/girl twins in July. I was a stay-at-home mom and my husband and I were temporarily living with my parents as we got adjusted to our new life.

On this particular night, the twins were hysterical, and I was exhausted. I didn’t know if I had even showered that day or not, nor did I remember the last time that I had eaten. Honestly, I didn’t know what day of the week it was.

Within moments of arriving home after work, my mother instantly saw that I was struggling and close to tears, and with no questions asked, swooped in to care for the twins and ordered me to get some rest.

The next day, I made a same-day appointment with my OB/GYN to talk about postpartum depression. My doctor had given me fair warning on what symptoms to look for beyond “baby blues.” I had known for a while that something was wrong, but this time, I had to get help immediately.

Tears streamed down my face as I sat quietly in the waiting room. The nurse, a mother of twins herself, led me into the exam room and embraced me. By the time I left, I felt relieved that I had sought help and received the appropriate resources to support me during that time.

During the beginning stages of my struggle, the tragedy involving Miriam Carey, the African-

American mother who was killed after trying to ram her car through a White House barrier in a state of psychosis, was still fresh in the minds of Americans.

More recently, HB 42, introduced in the 2020 General Assembly session and passed by both the Virginia House of Representatives and the Virginia Senate, now requires the state Board of Medicine to issue an annual reminder to every licensed practitioner who provides primary, maternity or OB/GYN health care services to screen every patient who is pregnant, or who has been pregnant within the previous five years, for prenatal or postnatal depression or other depression. Additionally, the state Board of Medicine also must provide information about racial and economic disparities, highlighting the need for providers to be competent and be cognizant of how both factors impact patients.

It is imperative that we continue the conversation about mental health issues such as postpartum depression, especially in the African-American community, where mental health is already a taboo topic. It is my hope that with this newest policy development, more women in need can be identified, supported and provided access to needed resources.

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All-Black officiating crew takes over Monday Night Football game When fans think of “firsts” in terms of Black involvement in sports, they generally think of players and coaches.

Another kind of “first” was set Monday, Nov. 23, with the NFL’s first all-Black officiating crew.

For the first time, an all-Black crew of officials was chosen to call the Los Angeles Rams-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game in Tampa.

The crew included referee Jerome Boger, umpire Barry Anderson, down judge Julian Mapp, line judge Carl Johnson, side judge Dale Shaw, field judge Anthony Jeffries and back judge Greg Steed.

It was no coincidence. The seven officials were brought together from various crews as part of the NFL’s 100th anniversary.

There were no Black NFL officials until Burl Toler Sr. broke the color barrier in 1965.

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Greg Steed

Tomlin is winningest Black coach in NFL records

Make room at the top.

A native Virginian is now No. 1 on the all-time list of NFL Black head coaches.

Mike Tomlin, head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2007, picked up his 140th career victory on Nov. 1 with a 28-24 decision at Baltimore. Tomlin’s victories continued with No. 143 last Sunday with the Steelers’ 27-3 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The Steelers play the Baltimore Ravens again on Thursday, Nov. 26. Kickoff is 8:20 p.m. on NBC. The 48-year-old native of Newport News had been tied for first with Tony Dungy, who compiled 139 victories with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Indianapolis Colts.

There is a connection.

Tomlin got his first NFL job as an assistant under Dungy in Tampa Bay in 2001. After Tomlin recorded his 140th win, Dungy sent his former aide a congratulatory tweet.

As a player, Tomlin starred at Newport News’ Denbigh High School and the College of William & Mary as a wide receiver

under former Coach Jimmye Laycock before pursuing a coaching career.

Tomlin came from a football background.

His father, Ed Tomlin, was a standout running back at Hampton Institute and was picked in the 10th round of the 1968 NFL draft by Baltimore.

Ed Tomlin went on to play with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.

Meanwhile, Mike Tomlin made college stops as an assistant at Virginia Military Institute, Memphis, Arkansas and Cincinnati before joining Dungy’s NFL staff.

Serving as defensive backs coach, Tomlin was in Tampa from 2001 to 2004 before becoming defensive coordinator with the Minnesota Vikings in 2006.

In 2007, he succeeded Bill Cowher as Pittsburgh’s head coach.

His first edition of Steelers went 10-6 in 2007 and then won the Super Bowl—defeating the Arizona Cardinals in February 2009. At 36, Tomlin became the youngest coach ever

Career victories Black NFL coaches with at least 50 regular season wins Mike Tomlin, 143 Tony Dungy, 139 Marvin Lewis, 131 Dennis Green, 113 Lovie Smith, 89 Jim Caldwell, 62 Art Shell, 56 Herman Edwards, 54 Games as of Nov. 22.

The overall career leader in victories is Don Shula with 328 total with the Baltimore Colts and the Miami Dolphins.

Mike Tomlin

to win a Super Bowl.

Tomlin’s overall mark is 143-74 in regular seasons and 8-7 in the playoffs.

There’s no letup in sight. Tomlin’s current Steelers are off to a rocket-like start, improving to 10-0 with the win over the Jaguars.

The NFL’s first Black coach in the modern era was Art Shell, who took over as coach of the Oakland Raiders in 1989.

Technically, the first Black NFL coach

was Fritz Pollard, who became coach of the Akron Pros in 1920.

Currently, the only Black head coaches are Tomlin; Anthony Lynn, now in his fourth season with the Los Angeles Chargers; Raheem Morris of the Atlanta Falcons; and Romeo Crennel of the Houston Texans.

Morris and Crennel are working on an interim basis after the head coaches with their teams were fired.

VCU basketball opens Nov. 26 with non-conference games in Knoxville Virginia Commonwealth University’s non-conference basketball schedule will start and end with trips to Southeastern Conference schools.

In his fourth season, Rams Coach Mike Rhoades and the team will travel to Knoxville, Tenn., to play the University of North Carolina -Charlotte 49ers on Thursday, Nov. 26, followed by a game against the host University of Tennessee Volunteers on Friday, Nov. 27.

Charlotte is a member of Conference USA while Tennessee competes in the SEC. The Rams’ non-conference slate will end Dec. 22 with a game at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. The LSU

Lady Panthers’ new 6-foot-5 recruit, Ceanna ‘Cece’ Kinney, has VUU roots The Virginia Union University Lady Panthers have signed 6-foot-5 Ceanna “Cece” Kinney, who is tied for the tallest female player in VUU history.

She ties the height record with Danielle Hoggard, who played for the Lady Panthers from 2000 to 2004.

Kinney’s signing was announced by first-season Lady Panthers Coach Tierra Terry. Kinney is on schedule to enroll at VUU prior to the 2021-22 school term.

Playing for The Rivers School in Weston, Mass., Kinney made the All-Tri Valley team as a junior.

She is the granddaughter of Dr. John W. Kinney, retired dean of VUU’s Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology.

Her father is Erron Kinney, who starred in football for Patrick Henry High School in Ashland, the University of Florida and the NFL Tennessee Titans.

He is now the fire chief of the town of Norfolk, Mass.

Tigers, part of the SEC, are coached by former VCU Coach Will Wade.

Charlotte was 16-13 last season under Coach Ron Sanchez, who served as an assistant at the University of Virginia under Coach Tony Bennett from 2009 to 2018.

Tennessee was 17-14 last season under Coach Rick Barnes.

The Vols defeated VCU 72-69 in a November 2019 tournament at Niceville, Fla. Coach Barnes was fired by the University of Texas in 2015 to make way for the arrival of former VCU Coach Shaka Smart.

VCU will open Atlantic 10 Conference play Dec. 30 against St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

VCU basketball non-conference schedule Nov. 26

Nov. 27 Dec. 2 Dec. 5 Dec. 9 Dec. 12 Dec. 15 Dec. 18 Dec. 22

University of North Carolina-Charlotte, in Knoxville, Tenn.

Tennessee in Knoxville at Penn State Mount St. Mary’s North Carolina A&T Old Dominion Western Carolina University of Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana State

Conference-only games for VUU men’s basketball

Because of the pandemic, Virginia Union University will be playing a conference-only men’s basketball schedule this season.

To reduce travel, there will be no non-conference games.

Coach Jay Butler’s Panthers will squeeze in 16 CIAA games between Jan. 9 and Feb. 20. That will include 10 games against CIAA Northern Division opponents and six against Southern Division foes.

VUU went 18-11 overall last season and 11-4 in the CIAA. The Panthers won seven straight games heading into the last CIAA Tournament in Charlotte, N.C., but the team was eliminated

by Fayetteville State University in the first game.

VUU men’s basketball schedule Jan. 9 Jan. 11 Jan. 16 Jan. 20 Jan. 23 Jan. 28 Jan. 20 Feb. 1 Feb. 3 Feb. 6 Feb. 9 Feb. 11 Feb. 13 Feb. 17 Feb. 20

Winston-Salem State Livingstone Johnson C. Smith at Claflin at Fayetteville State at Virginia State at Bowie State Lincoln at Elizabeth City State Shaw Virginia State Bowie State at Lincoln Elizabeth City State at Shaw

Feb. 22-27 CIAA Tournament in Baltimore Game times to be determined.

Nathan Knight’s NBA career takes flight Nathan Knight was undrafted but not overlooked.

The 6-foot-10 former center at the College of William & Mary has signed a “two-way” contract with the NBA Atlanta Hawks.

A “two-way” contract means Knight would be eligible to split time between the Hawks and their G-League affiliate, the College Park Skyhawks in Georgia.

Knight’s contract has been reported to be about $450,000.

A native of Syracuse, N.Y., Knight averaged 20.7 points, 10.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots this past season for The Tribe.

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Personality: Dr. Abraham Teklu Spotlight on chairman of Richmond Ethiopian Community Services Dr. Abraham Teklu, a geriatric physician and chairman of Richmond Ethiopian Community Services, is intent on doing his part to help both his local and international kinsmen get through the COVID-19 crisis.

As his native Ethiopia faces both the pandemic and a civil war with the ruling faction in the northern region of Tigray that has spawned a refugee crisis, Dr. Teklu is leading RECS in doing what it can to aid and enhance the lives of Ethiopians on two separate continents.

Founded in October 2019, the goal of RECS is to create an integrated and sustainable Ethiopian community in Richmond that will positively contribute.

“I love to help my community and want to see Ethiopians succeed and become valuable contributors to the larger community of citizens in our area,” Dr. Teklu says.

Dr. Teklu is one of five members of the executive team guiding RECS, a nonprofit focused on bettering the lives of all Ethiopian residents in the Richmond region. Ethiopians living in the area are welcome to join. There are no fees.

During the pandemic, the organization has taken a socially distanced approach by using Zoom meetings to connect with one another and to collaborate with others to best use or share resources.

This work is key to Dr. Teklu’s goals for his two-year term as chairman, as he aims to build “a sustainable network of Ethiopians who will educate the next generation to love volunteering and serving their community and the community at large.”

RECS used Zoom meetings to collect donations to help the effort in Ethiopia to deal with COVID-19. It also is helping people and families affected by the country’s internal strife “without taking sides,” Dr. Teklu says. “We are a nonpolitical, non-religious and non-ethnic organization.”

As with other groups and businesses, RECS has hit a few roadblocks to carry out its work because of COVID-19.

The organization couldn’t call a general assembly of members and has had difficulty identifying people in need. Plans for collaborations with others also have slowed, while community events, such as a health fair, have been postponed because of the pandemic.

Given that RECS is a very young organization, these connections will be a critical part of their work moving forward. So far, the group has gained info on partnering with other community organizations through Chesterfield County’s community engagement program, and has connected with local businesses owned by Ethiopians to raise funds for those in need.

RECS is still in the midst of an adjustment and learning period when it comes to furthering its goals during these unusual times. But Dr. Teklu describes Ethiopian people as “resilient, hospitable, hard-working and friendly,” which will allow RECS to have a prosperous future, regardless of what challenges the Ethiopian community faces here or elsewhere.

Meet Ethiopian community advocate and this week’s Personality, Dr. Abraham Teklu: No. 1 volunteer position: Chairman, Richmond Ethiopian Community Services, or RECS. Date of birth: March 28.

Current residence: Midlothian.

Occupation: Physician.

Education: Elementary and secondary schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 1987 medical school graduate from Addis Ababa University Medical Faculty, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Internal medicine residency,

Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, W.Va., 1998 to 2001; Geriatrics fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2001 to 2002.

Ethiopia is an African country and that her people are going through the same human issues that any country goes through currently. Her people are resilient, hospitable, hard-working and friendly.

Family: Widower since May 2018. Two daughters, Dellina Aida Abraham, 20, a junior at Virginia Tech, and Helina Sophia Abraham, 17, a senior at the Governor’s Health Sciences Specialty Center at Cosby High School.

Richmond Ethiopian Community Services is: A nonprofit, 501 (c) (3) organization established to enhance the lives of all Ethiopians in the Greater Richmond area. We are free of political, religious or ethnic influences.

When RECS was founded: October 2019. A five-member executive team was chosen of which I am the chairman.

Other members of executive team: Helina Fasil, secretary; Mestawet Techane, treasurer; Belay Mengiste, auditor; and Tigist Tenkir, member.

Mission of RECS: Enhancing the quality of life of Ethiopians and to see an integrated and sustainable Ethiopian community that will have a positive contribution to society.

Profile of membership: All Ethiopians living in Richmond and surrounding areas are considered members. We don’t have paid membership.

How to reach RECS: Contact RECS by email info@rvaecs. org or abraham.teklu@rvaecs. org.

Why I accepted position as RECS chairman: I love to help my community and want to see Ethiopians succeed and become valuable contributors to the larger community of citizens in our area.

Length of term: Two years.

Brief introduction to Ethiopia: A beautiful country on the Horn of Africa with 13 months of sunshine. A population of more than 109 million. Many ancient cultures and archeological findings including, Lucy, the 3.2 million-year-old skeleton.

Ethiopians are hard-working and known for their hospitality.

Our food is spicy and delicious.

We have our own alphabet called Amharic. Never been colonized by any foreigners.

Ethiopia is the origin of coffee.

One of the founding members of the United Nations.

Ethiopian pride means: Freedom, community, hospitality and mutual existence.

What Richmonders need to know about Ethiopia today:

No. 1 goal or project as chairman of RECS: To create a sustainable network of Ethiopians who will educate the next generation to love volunteering and serving their community and the community at large.

Strategy for achieving goals: Zoom meetings with community, collaboration with other communities and exchanging ideas as well as best practices.

Forming alliances with local governments in order to utilize or share resources.

How COVID19 is affecting mission of RECS: We could not call the general assembly for a meeting. Difficulty identifying people in need. We had to resort to Zoom meetings like the rest of the country in order to do business. Our efforts to collaborate with other communities and

local governments were slowed due to the pandemic.

Lessons learned by RECS during this pandemic: Better use of Zoom meetings as we recently collected donations to help the Ethiopian government’s effort to fight COVID-19. We’re learning that we need to do our part in the effort to combat the pandemic by following public health experts’ recommendations. We’re learning that we’ll get through this together.

Black Lives Matter and RECS: As black people, Ethiopians assert that Black Lives Matter.

How RECS is responding to unrest in Ethiopia: We strive to help people or families affected by the unrest without taking sides as we are a non-political, non-religious and non-ethnic organization.

RECS partners with: As a young organization, we are just attempting to collaborate with local governments and other communities. We have started talking to the Chesterfield County community engagement program and received some information on partnering with other community organizations.

We partner with local businesses owned by Ethiopians in order to raise funds to help people in need. We aspire to partner with other organizations as we go forward.

Upcoming events: Health fair at a date and place to be determined. Events have to be deferred due to COVID-19.

Ways to be involved with RECS: Volunteering, financial donations, referrals of people in need or people who can help, as well as what they can help us with.

How I start the day: Pray for my daughters, my family and my country when I wake up. Get ready to go to work.

Think positive. Decide to be intentional in my interactions with other people.

Three words that best describe me: Humble, dedicated and low-key.

Best late-night snack: Apple.

How I unwind: Play golf or play a musical instrument.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: Drink a veggie smoothie every morning.

Quote that I am most inspired by: “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” — Maya Angelou At the top of my “to-do” list: Be alive to see my daughters’ success in life.

Best thing my parents ever taught me: Respect and hard work.

Person who influenced me the most: My father.

Book that influenced me the most: “The Checklist Manifesto” by Atul Gawande.

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

Next goal: Be good at golf and saxophone playing.

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President Obama’s memoir off to record-setting sales start Free Press wire report

Photos by Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Sharing the bounty Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude and sharing the bounty of blessings with others. Richmond City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, above, helps volunteers pack Thanksgiving baskets and bags for area veterans, seniors and families at an event last Saturday she led at the Military Retirees Club in North Side. Below, in South Side on Saturday, a long line of drivers waited at the Southside Community Center on Old Warwick Road for turkeys and other food at the 3rd Annual Turkey Give-Away sponsored

by City Councilman Michael Jones. Volunteers Whitney Edmonds and Taikein Cooper help load food donated by FeedMore into a waiting car.

NEW YORK Former President Barack Obama’s memoir, “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the United States and Canada in its first 24 hours, putting it on track to be the best selling presidential memoir in modern history.

The first-day sales, a record for Penguin Random House, includes pre-orders, e-books and audio.

“We are thrilled with the first day sales,” said David Drake, publisher of the Penguin Random House imprint Crown. “They reflect the widespread excitement that readers have for President Obama’s highly anticipated and extraordinarily written book.”

The book was released Nov. 17.

The only book by a former White House resident to come close to the early pace of “A Promised Land” is the memoir by President Obama’s wife, former First Lady Michelle Obama, whose book, “Becoming,” sold 725,000 copies in North America its first day and has topped 10 million worldwide since its release in 2018. “Becoming” is still so in demand that Crown, which publishes both Obamas and reportedly paid around $60 million for their books, has yet to release a paperback.

As of midday Nov. 18, “A Promised Land” was No. 1 on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com. James Daunt, chief executive officer of Barnes & Noble, said that the superstore chain easily sold more than 50,000 copies its first day and hoped to reach half a million within 10 days.

“So far it has been neck and neck with Michelle Obama’s book,” he said.

By comparison, former President Bill Clinton’s “My Life” sold around 400,000 copies in North America its first day and former President George W. Bush’s “Decision Points” around 220,000, with sales for each memoir currently between 3.5 and 4 million copies.

The fastest selling book in memory remains J.K. Rowling’s seventh and final Harry Potter novel, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” which came out in 2007 and sold more than 8 million copies within 24 hours.

President Obama’s 768-page memoir, which has a list price of $45, had unusually risky timing for a book of such importance to the author, to readers and to the publishing industry.

It came out just two weeks after Election Day and could have been overshadowed had the race still been in doubt or perhaps unwanted by distressed Obama fans if President Trump had defeated Democratic nominee Joe Biden. But President-elect

Malcolm X bio wins National Book Award Free Press wire report

NEW YORK Tamara Payne and her late father Les Payne’s Malcolm X biography, “The Dead Are Arising,” has won the National Book Award for nonfiction.

Charles Yu’s “Interior Chinatown,” a satirical, cinematic novel written in the form of a screenplay, was cited for fiction and Kacen Callender’s “King and the Dragonflies” for young p e o p l e ’s literature.

The poetry prize went to Don Mee Choi’s “ D M Z Ms. Payne Colony” and the winner for best translated work was Yu Miri’s “Tokyo Ueno Station,” translated from Japanese by Morgan Giles.

Honorary medals were given Nov. 18 to mystery novelist Walter Mosley and to the late chief executive officer of Simon & Schuster, Carolyn Reidy, who died in May at age 71.

The award for “The Dead Are Arising” is the second time in a decade a Malcolm X biography has received a high honor for nonfiction and the second time the honor was, at least in part, posthumous.

Scholar Manning Marable died right before the 2011 publication of “Malcolm X,” which

went on to win a Pulitzer Prize and receive a National Book Award nomination. Les Payne, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, died in 2018. His daughter, a researcher, finished the book.

“This is such a bittersweet moment,” Tamara Payne said upon accepting the award at the Nov. 18 ceremony that was streamed online because of the pandemic, with presenters and winners speaking everywhere from New York to Japan. “I really wish my father was here for this.”

WinMr. Payne ners in each of the competitive categories receive $10,000.

The children’s author and current U.S. Youth Ambassador for young adult literature Jason Reynolds served as emcee, and along with Bob Woodward and Walter Isaacson was among the Simon & Schuster writers who appeared in a taped tribute to Ms. Reidy.

The traditional dinner ceremony is the nonprofit National Book Foundation’s most important source of income and is usually held at Cipriani Wall Street, where publishers and other officials pay thousands of dollars for tables or individual seats. The foundation instead

has been asking for donations of $50 or more. As of Nov. 18, just over $490,000 had been pledged from 851 donors.

“It’s hard in a pandemic. We were scared we wouldn’t be able to do this show,” said foundation executive director Lisa Lucas, speaking online from the children’s room of the Los Angeles Public Library. Executive director since 2016, Ms. Lucas will depart at the end of the year to become publisher for the Penguin Random House imprints Pantheon and Schocken.

Her successor has not been announced.

Along with the pandemic and the presidential election, diversity has been an ongoing theme in the book world this year and remained so at the ceremony, from Ms. Lucas urging publishers to work at transforming a historically white industry to the winners themselves.

Mr. Mosley, the first Black man to win the medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, spoke of his debt to such literary heroes as Ishmael Reed, John Edgar

Wideman and Ralph Ellison.

Mr. Yu’s novel is a sendup of Chinese stereotypes and of the immigrants’ conflict between wanting to assimilate and asserting their true selves. “DMZ Colony” combines poetry, prose and images in its exploration of the history between the United States and South Korea.

Few references were made to the recent election, though politics did help inspire Mr. Yu, whose previous books include the story collections “Third Class Superhero” and “Sorry Please Thank You.” He had struggled with “Interior Chinatown,” wondering if there was a reason to tell an immigration story, until the surprise presidential victory of Donald Trump in 2016.

“Before then, I felt it lacked a real reason for being,” Mr. Yu told The Associated Press in a recent interview. “It seemed that reference to things in the past like the Chinese Exclusion Act (a racist law passed in 1882) had relevance. I started thinking, ‘This does still matter. This is a story you should try to tell.’ ”

Biden won and his victory likely renews interest in an era when he was President Obama’s trusted and popular vice president.

President Obama himself acknowledges that he didn’t intend for the book, the first of two planned volumes, to arrive so close to a presidential election or to take nearly four years after he left the White House—months longer than for “My Life” and two years longer than “Decision Points.”

In the introduction to “A Promised Land,” dated August 2020, President Obama writes that “the book kept growing in length and scope” as he found he needed more words than expected to capture a given moment — a bind many authors well understand. He also was working under conditions he “didn’t fully anticipate,” from the pandemic to the Black Lives Matters protests, to, “most troubling of all,” how the country’s “democracy seems to be teetering on the brink of crisis.”

Because of the pandemic, President Obama will not go on the all-star arena tour Mrs. Obama had for “Becoming.”

But he benefits from the attention of any memoir by a former president and by the special attention for President Obama, who has the rare stature among politicians of writing his own books and for attracting as much or more attention for how he tells a story than for the story itself.

President Obama already has written two acclaimed, million-selling works, “Dreams from My Father” and “The Audacity of Hope,” which came out in 2006. His new book covers some of the same time period as his previous ones, while continuing his story through the first 2½ years of his presidency and the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden by Navy SEALS. Publishers Weekly praised the book as “shot through with memorable turns of phrase,” while other reviews were more qualified, calling the book all too reflective of President Obama’s thoughtful, even-handed style. The New York Times’ Jennifer Szalai wrote that the “most audacious thing” about “A Promised Land” is “the beaming portrait” of President Obama on the cover. The Washington Post’s Carlos Lozada noted that in “domestic policy and foreign affairs, in debates over culture and race, Obama splits differences, clings to the middle ground and trusts in process as much as principle.”

“It turns out he is not a ‘revolutionary soul’ but a reformist one, ‘conservative in temperament if not in vision.’ Behind those dreams, the audacity and all that promise is a stubborn streak of moderation,” Mr. Lozada wrote.

President Obama’s book is the highlight of publishing’s holiday season and for some independent bookstores, the potential difference between remaining in business or closing. Publishing sales have been surprisingly stable during the pandemic, but much of the benefit has gone to Amazon.com as readers turned increasingly to online purchases. The American Booksellers Association, the independent sellers’ trade group, has warned that hundreds of stores could go out of business if holiday sales fall short.

Kris Kleindienst, co-owner of Left Bank Books in St. Louis, anticipates selling around 1,000 copies by the end of the year, a number which makes “a HUGE difference” for annual revenues, she wrote in an email. Sarah McNally, owner of McNally Jackson Books in Manhattan, said she sold around 600 copies in the first 24 hours, a pace exceeded only by the final Harry Potter book.

“It’s not hard to be a bright spot this year, a year when we would have gone out of business without federal aid,” Ms. McNally said. “But Obama does feel like a savior, as do our customers for buying this from us.”

Ken Jennings to be first interim host on ‘Jeopardy!’

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NEW YORK “Jeopardy!” record-holder Ken Jennings will be the first in a series of interim hosts replacing Alex Trebek when the show resumes production next week.

Producers announced Monday that Mr. Jennings, who won 74 games in a row and claimed the show’s “Greatest of All Time” title in a competition last year, will host episodes that will air in January.

Mr. Jennings A long-term replacement host for Mr. Trebek, who died of pancreatic cancer on Nov. 8, will be named later.

“By bringing in familiar guest hosts for the foreseeable future, our goal is to create a sense of community and continuity for our viewers,” said the show’s executive producer, Mike Richards.

The show is in its 37th year of syndication, and Mr. Trebek was its only host. It is still airing shows that Mr. Trebek filmed before his death.

Mr. Richards said that “Jeopardy!” will air repeat episodes for the holiday weeks beginning Dec. 21 and 28, meaning Mr. Trebek’s final week of shows will air starting Monday, Jan. 4.

Mr. Jennings’ episodes as interim host will begin Jan. 11.

Singer Bobby Brown’s son found dead at L.A. home Free Press wire report

LOS ANGELES Bobby Brown Jr., the son of singer Bobby Brown, was found dead at a Los Angeles home Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. He was 28.

Los Angeles Police spokesman Officer Jeff Lee said officers were responding to a medical emergency when they found Mr. Brown Jr.’s body around 1:50 p.m. at a home in Encino, The Los Angeles Times reported.

Mr. Brown Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officer Lee said police believe

no foul play was involved and additional details on the death weren’t immediately released.

According to the coroner’s office last Friday, the cause of his death has been listed as “deferred pending additional investigation.”

Mr. Brown Jr. was the son of Bobby Brown and Kim Ward, whom Bobby Brown dated on and off for 11 years before he became engaged to superstar Whitney Houston. Mr. Brown Jr. appeared on the family’s short-lived reality TV show, “Being Bobby Brown,” when he was 13. He was one of seven of Bobby Brown’s children, who

now range in age down in a bathtub from 34 to 4. at her suburban His son’s death Atlanta home on is the latest in a Jan. 31, 2015. She string of misforwas in a coma for tune for Bobby six months before Brown. dying in hospice In 2012, his excare at age 22. wife, Ms. Houston, Investigators was found dead with the medical after drowning in examiner’s office Bobby Brown Jr. a Beverly Hills were not able to hotel room bathtub. Coroner’s determine exactly how Bobbi officials ruled Ms. Houston’s Kristina Brown died. An autopsy death accidental and said heart showed that she had morphine, disease and cocaine were con- cocaine, alcohol and prescription tributing factors. drugs in her body.

Their daughter, Bobbi KrisBobbi Kristina’s ex-parttina Brown, was found face- ner Nick Gordon, who was

found liable in her death, died earlier this year. He was 30.

Mr. Gordon was never criminally charged in the case, but he was found responsible in a wrongful death lawsuit.

An Atlanta judge ordered him to pay $36 million to Bobbi Kristina’s estate.

“Please keep my family in your prayers at this time,” Bobby Brown, 51, said in a statement released to the media.

“Losing my son at this point in our lives has devastated my family. There are no words to explain the pain.”

Bobby Brown’s lawyer told a New York newspaper that Mr.

Brown Jr. was not feeling well and was experiencing flu-like symptoms a couple of days before his death.

“This is a tragic loss and we will be letting the authorities conduct their investigation,” said attorney Christopher Brown.

Bobby Brown started his singing career as a member of the R&B group New Edition before becoming a solo artist with hits such as “My Prerogative” and “Every Little Step.”

Mr. Brown Jr., also a singer, released one of his final tracks in September titled “Say Something.”

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Faith News/Directory

Power, resistance and spiritual beliefs all told in Richmond cemeteries

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

To Dr. Ryan K. Smith, cemeteries are ideal places to learn about the past and present of a community.

And in his study of Richmond’s burial grounds, the Virginia Commonwealth University history professor has found one constant in the changes that have occurred over time: The color line.

As he put it: “The effort by whites to diminish the humanity expressed in the deaths of Indians, Blacks and other challengers to the city’s order� has long held fast.

Still, he views the ongoing modern efforts to restore and recognize, in particular, neglected and often forgotten Black cemeteries as a harbinger of hope and change that could make Richmond a model for other communities.

Dr. Smith, who for 10 years has made cemeteries a mainstay of the courses he teaches at VCU, offers that view in a new book he has written that takes a fresh look at more than a dozen of the city’s historically and culturally significant cemeteries — both Black and white.

Called “Death and Rebirth in a Southern City: Richmond’s Historic Cemeteries,� and released Nov. 17 by Johns Hopkins University Press, the book tells the stories of private Evergreen Cemetery, as well as Hebrew Cemetery and of the Black burial grounds in Shockoe Bottom and Shockoe Hill as well as white burial grounds Shockoe Hill and Hollywood cemeteries.

His work brings together his own research, information students he has worked

with developed along with details from hundreds of hours of oral histories and interviews he and others undertook.

He said previous books on Richmond burial grounds have focused on either one specific cemetery or on cemeteries of one group, such as the history Veronica Davis wrote concerning black cemeteries that galvanized the effort to preserve and protect the historic Barton Heights Cemetery developed by Black organizations.

Dr. Smith said he believes that a broader approach helps produce a fuller picture.

Despite the racial separation, he said that “Southern lives are interrelated. I don’t think we can understand a place like Hollywood Cemetery, where the city’s white elites are buried, without understanding the connections its arts and its families have to African-American burials at Evergreen Cemetery or Union graves at Richmond National Cemetery.�

In his view and as expressed in his book, cemeteries can be places of contemplation, but they often “participate in the rawest political drives, conferring legitimacy on some while denying it to others. They teach us about power and resistance as much as about spiritual beliefs.�

A Florida native and architect’s son, Dr. Smith said that he has “been fascinated by cemeteries for a long time,� in part because of their relation to church design.

He did not start out studying cemeteries after arriving at VCU in 1999. Instead, he focused his teaching and research on the changes in religious buildings in America.

That resulted in is his first book, “Gothic

Arches, Latin Crosses: Anti-Catholicism and American Church Designs in the 20th Century.�

He also spent time writing a biography of Robert Morris, a key figure in financing the American Revolution, and his architectural and financial failures.

Dr. Smith said his interest in cemeteries was revived after Dr. Douglas Winiarski, a colleague at the University of Richmond, “suggested that we co-teach a course on the history of Richmond’s burial grounds.� “Once we began touring the sites and engaging with caretakers and preservationists, I was hooked,� said Dr. Smith.

They eventually taught a course together for one semester a few years later.

He said students and participants in a separate continuing education course have found it to be a yeasty subject. “There’s just so much to see at the grounds, from the colonial origins of the city through revolution, slavery, immigration, war, emancipation and even up to present day.�

Dr. Smith noted that many of the cemeteries that appear stable have undergone radical change and even the best known white cemeteries, such as Hollywood, have faced survival challenges.

Most surprising, he said, is how lively the grounds are. He said he and his students have seen a wide range of activities, from protests and prayers to theatrical productions and dance performances.

Instead of neutral landscapes, cemeteries “continue to offer us lessons,� he said. “Learning about death is oddly inspiring.�

Pope Francis lauds NBA players Free Press wire report Pope Francis met with NBA players at the Vatican on Monday, lauding them as “champions� and saying he supported their work on social justice.

The five players — Marco Belinelli of the San Antonio Spurs; Sterling Brown, a former Milwaukee Bucks player who just signed a oneyear contract with the Houston Rockets; Jonathan Isaac of the Orlando Magic; Kyle Korver of the Milwaukee Bucks; and Anthony Tolliver of the Memphis Grizzlies — were joined in the delegation by NBA players’ union executive director Michele Roberts and two other union executives, Sherrie Deans and Matteo Zuretti. “We’re here because, frankly, we’re inspired by the work that you do globally,� Ms. Roberts told the pope during the meeting in the papal library.

The union said the players spoke about their

“individual and collective efforts addressing social and economic injustice and inequality occurring in their communities.�

Mr. Belinelli addressed the pope in Italian, and the group presented the pope with a commemorative basketball, a union-produced book highlighting efforts players have taken and an Orlando Magic jersey. “You’re champions,� the pope said. “But also giving the example of teamwork, you’ve become a model, giving that good example of teamwork but always remaining humble ... and preserving your own humanity.�

The audience was held days before a book is scheduled to come out in which Pope Francis supports demands for racial justice, specifically the actions taken following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer.

Ms. Roberts said Francis sought the meeting with the players.

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History professor Dr. Ryan K. Smith said he became hooked on local cemetery history after touring sites with a colleague and talking with caretakers and preservationists.

Moore Street Missionary Baptist Church

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Dr. Alonza L. Lawrence, Pastor

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he, Mr. Korver and the other Milwaukee Bucks players went through in the NBA’s restart bubble, particularly when they decided to sit out a playoff game against Orlando in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by police in Kenosha, Wisc. “It was raw and emotional for our team,� Mr. Brown told the pope.

Mr. Brown sued officials in Milwaukee after getting taken to the ground, shocked with a Taser and arrested during an encounter with police in 2018, contending in that lawsuit that police used excessive force and targeted him because he is Black. A settlement where Mr. Brown would receive $750,000 plus an admission from the city that his civil rights were violated was agreed to this month. “We are extremely honored to have had this opportunity to come to the Vatican and share our experiences with Pope Francis,� Mr. Korver said.

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Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, December 7, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2020-238 To adopt a new Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia; to repeal the Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia, 2015; to prescribe the effect of such repeal; and to provide for the manner of amending the new City Code.

Ordinance No. 2020-240 To declare that a public necessity exists and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer or the designee thereof, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to acquire, at a tax delinquent judicial sale, the property located at 1305 North 5th Street and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer or the designee thereof to accept title to such property for the purpose of preserving the property as a historic burial ground.

Ordinance No. 2020-241 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute certain Deeds of Easement between the City of Richmond and the Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of General Services, for the purpose of granting to the Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of General Services certain perpetual, irrevocable easements on, over, under, and across certain rights-of-way located along North 9th Street, East Franklin Street, East Grace Street, and East Broad Street for the construction or installation of certain improvements and safety and security enhancements as part of the Capitol Complex Infrastructure and Security construction projects.

Ordinance No. 2020-242 To amend Ord. No. 99324-304, adopted Oct. 11, 1999, which authorized the special use of the property known as 1601 Park Avenue for the purpose of a restaurant use, to authorize outdoor dining facilities and an increased interior seating capacity, upon certain terms and conditions.

The current zoning for this property is R-6 (Single Family Attached Residential). The City of Richmond’s current Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Single Family Residential at Medium densities.

Primary uses for this category “…are single family and two family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre.

Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semipublic uses.

Ordinance No. 2020-243 To authorize the special use of the property known as 410 Hunt Avenue, for the purpose of three single-family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions.

The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Single-Family (Low Density) uses. Primary use is single-family detached dwellings at densities up to seven units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi-public uses. The density of the parcel if developed as proposed would be a ratio of approximately 12 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2020-244 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1110 1/2 North 30th Street for the purpose of a two‑family detached dwelling upon certain terms and conditions.

The property is located in the R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Single-Family (Medium Density) uses.

Primary uses are singlefamily and two-family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. The density of the proposed development is approximately 26 units per acre.

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located in the R-5 SingleFamily Residential District.

The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Single-Family (Medium Density) uses. Primary uses are single-family and two-family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. The density of the proposed development is 27 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2020-246 To authorize the special use of the property known as 2611 West Cary Street for the purpose of wall signage, upon certain terms and conditions.

The property is located in the B-6 Mixed-Use District. The City Master Plan calls for a future land use recommendation for this property Community Commercial. Primary uses include office, retail, personal service and other commercial and service uses, intended to provide the shopping and service needs of residents of a number of nearby neighborhoods or a section of the City.

Ordinance No. 2020-247 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3206 Blithewood Drive for the purpose of a dwelling unit within an accessory building to an existing single-family dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions.

The property is situated in a R-2 Single-Family Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Single Family (Low Density).

Primary uses for this category include “single family detached dwellings at densities up to seven units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi-public uses.” The density of the parcel if authorized as proposed would be approximately 4 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2020-248 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3310 East Broad Street for the purpose of a singlefamily dwelling with an accessory dwelling unit.

The property is located in the R-8 Urban Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Single-Family (Medium Density) uses.

Primary uses in this category are “singlefamily and two-family dwellings, both detached and attached at densities between 8 and 20 units per acre”. The density of the proposed development is approximately 18 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2020-249 To rezone the properties known as 900 North 1st Street, 914 North 1st Street, 916 North 1st Street, 920 North 1st Street, 20 East Baker Street, 24 East Baker Street, and 11 East Charity Street from the B-2 Community Business District to theB-6 MixedUse Business District, and 2 East Baker Street, 4 ½ East Baker Street, 6 East Baker Street, 8 East Baker Street, 10 East Baker Street, 1 East Charity Street, 3 East Charity Street, 907 St. James Street, 909 St. James Street, 911 St. James Street, 913 St. James Street, 915 St. James Street, and 917 St. James Street from the R-53 Multifamily Residential District to the B-6 Mixed-Use Business District. The City’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for this property as Neighborhood Commercial. Primary uses include office, personal service and retail uses, intended to provide the daily convenience shopping and service needs of adjacent neighborhood residents.

Ordinance No. 2020-250 To rezone the properties known as 7000 Jahnke Road, 6927 Old Jahnke Road, 6937 Old Jahnke Road, and 7005 Old Jahnke Road from the R-1 Single-Family Residential District to the RO-2 Residential-Office District and 6907 Old Jahnke Road and 6814 Jahnke Road from the R-2 SingleFamily Residential District to the RO-2 ResidentialOffice District. The City of Richmond’s current Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject properties as Transitional Office.

Primary uses are low to medium intensity professional, business, and administrative offices, and medical and dental clinics that are compatible with adjacent residential uses and serve as separation between residential areas and nearby commercial or higher intensity land uses or features.

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held through electronic communication means pursuant to and in compliance with Ordinance No. 2020-093, adopted April 9, 2020, as amended by Ordinance No. 2020-183, adopted August 20, 2020. The meetings will be open to participation through electronic communication means by the public and closed to in-person participation by the public.

Less than a quorum of Richmond City Planning Commission members and Richmond City Council will assemble in City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, and most members and other staff will participate by teleconference/ videoconference via Microsoft Teams.

The meetings will be streamed live online at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. a s p x . To w a t c h a meeting’s live stream at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “In Progress” in the farthest right hand column entitled, “Video”.

The agenda for the Richmond City Council meeting is accessible through the City’s legislative website at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. aspx. To view the agenda at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “Agenda” associated with the December 14, 2020 Richmond City Council Formal meeting listed in the calendar.

Interested citizens who wish to speak at the Richmond City Council meeting will be given an opportunity to do so by following the “Formal Meeting Access and Public Participation Instructions” attached to the December 14, 2020 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda.

Citizens are encouraged to provide their comments in writing to CityClerksOffice@ r i c h m o n d g o v. c o m i n lieu of calling in. The person responsible for receiving comments in writing is Candice D. Reid, City Clerk. All comments received prior to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 14, 2020, will be provided to Council members prior to the meeting and will be included in the record of the meeting.

Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at http:// www.richmondgov.com/ CityClerk/index.aspx.

Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JEFFERY JONES, JR., Plaintiff v.

SHEKEELA ROBERSON-JONES, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20000676-00 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 11th day of January, 2021 at 9:00 AM, 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SHERELLE HOLIDAY Plaintiff v.

CHARLES HOLIDAY, JR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL19003303-00 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 11th day of January, 2021 at at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER DAVID MCCURTY, Plaintiff v.

TASHARRI THOMPSON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20004829-00 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 11th day of January, 2021 at 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 HELEN GAMBLE Plaintiff v.

JOHN ASUQUO, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20004830-00 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 11th day of January, 2021 at 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 VALERIE OLIVEIRA, Plaintiff v.

JEFFREY OLIVEIRA, SR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL20004831-00 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 11th day of January, 2021 at 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 ROSEMARY DEVEAUX, Plaintiff v.

KENNETH FAGAN, SR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL20003290-00 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 11th day of January, 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 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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is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 4th day of January, 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 ROSALIND ALEXANDER, Plaintiff v.

CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19003296-00 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 4th day of January, 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 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 SHANTAL SMITH, Plaintiff v.

LARRY SMITH, JR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL20003536-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 4th day of January, 2021 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

ANDRES BORDA, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20004697-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 4th day of January, 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 VERA VENABLE, Plaintiff v.

JAMES BADGER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20004696-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ANTHONY CLAYTON, SR., Plaintiff v.

BETTY CLAYTON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20003191-00 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 18th day of December, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure,

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Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 The Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER DAVID HILL, Plaintiff v.

MARIE HILL, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20003914-00 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 18th day of December, 2020 at 9:00 AM, 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MICHAEL HICKS, Plaintiff v.

DONNA HICKS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20003868-00 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 18th day of December, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

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

DAVID BANKS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20004495-00 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 18th day of December, 2020 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 HENRICO BRANDI NOELLE (WILLIAMS) BLOUNT, Plaintiff v.

TRAVIS ANTONIO BLOUNT, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20-7533 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 has been used without effect, by or on the behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city defendant is.

And the last known address of the Defendant is as follows: L/K/A 1228 Lady Ashley Dr. Chesapeake, VA 23320.

It is ORDERED that Travis Antonio Blount appear at the above-named court and protect his/her interests on or before the 21st day of December, 2020 at 9 a.m.

An Extract Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JOYCE VILLEGAS, Plaintiff v.

HENRY VILLEGAS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20004376-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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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 15th day of December, 2020 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 ,

Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120291/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Carolyn Laverne Brown.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, C A R O LY N L AV E R N E BROWN, 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 C A R O LY N L AV E R N E BROWN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 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 JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JAMIE ANTONIO COLLINS RDSS v.

UNKNOWN FATHER Case No. JJ085414-13-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“TPR”) of the Unknown Father of Jamie Antonio Collins, child DOB 09/01/2011, child.

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant Unknown Father to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 02/01/2021, at 2:00 PM, Courtroom #4.

Virginia: In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for the County of Chesterfield In re: Romero tejeda, eduin jacobo, dominga tejeda maradiaga v. jacobo israel romero matute Case No.: JJ100103-01-00, ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Determine custody of Eduin Jacobo Romero Tejeda (DOB: 1/3/03), whose mother is Dominga Tejeda Maradiaga, and whose father is Jacobo Israel Romero Matute, pursuant to Virginia Code section 16.1-241A3. This suit also seeks to permit findings that will allow the minor, Eduin Jacobo Romero Tejeda, to apply for a federal benefit, namely, special immigrant juvenile status. Father ’s whereabouts are unknown.

It is ordered that the defendant Jacobo Israel Romero Matute appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 12/28/2020 at 12:00 PM.

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

WILLIAM G. DAVIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3307 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 207 East 37th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0042766/020, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, William G. Davis.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, WILLIAM G. DAVIS, 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 WILLIAM G. DAVIS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 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 LAVERNE BROWN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3014 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

DELIA WILEY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3306 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 110 East 21st Street, Tax Map Number S000-0353/035, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number NESW, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record, .

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, DELIA WILEY, 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 DELIA WILEY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 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.

SEAN ANTHONY LUMSDEN-COOK, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3245 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 208 Brandon Road, Richmond, Virginia, Map Number C0060354/048, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Sean Anthony LumsdenCook.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, SEAN ANTHONY LUMSDENCOOK, who has/have 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 DAVID N. JONES, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 12-21740 on November 1 2012, 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 SEAN ANTHONY LUMSDEN-COOK, DAVID N. JONES, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 1221740 on November 1 2012, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect Continued on next column

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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

JACQUELYN C. HARRIS, LEON COLEMAN, ERIC COLEMAN, ALAN COLEMAN and KIA COLEMAN 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 has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, KATRINA C. BATTLE, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, SHANNON C. WILSON, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action; that SHIQUITA REED, who may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that OWEN H. COLEMAN, JR, JACQUELYN C. HARRIS, LEON COLEMAN, ERIC COLEMAN, ALAN COLEMAN, KIA COLEMAN, KATRINA C. BATTLE, SHANNON C. WILSON, SHIQUITA REED, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 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

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

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.

GLENDA P. WILLIAMS TUNSTALL, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3288 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1432 Minefee Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S007-1284/002, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Glenda P. Williams Tunstall, Darrell Y. Tunstall, Devon O. Tunstall, Mary Ann Tunstall, Peggy Tunstall, David Graham and Danny Graham.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, GLENDA P. WILLIAMS TUNSTALL, DEVON O. T U N S TA L L , P E G G Y T U N S TA L L , D AV I D GRAHAM, and DANNY GRAHAM, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, DARRELL Y. TUNSTALL, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, MARY ANN TUNSTALL, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that HOUSEHOLD REALTY CORPORATION, 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 221 page 320 on December 1, 1989, 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 GLENDA P. WILLIAMS TUNSTALL, DEVON O. T U N S TA L L , P E G G Y T U N S TA L L , D AV I D GRAHAM, DANNY GRAHAM, DARRELL Y. TUNSTALL, MARY ANN TUNSTALL, HOUSEHOLD REALTY CORPORATION, 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 221 page 320 on December 1, 1989, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 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.

BETTY A. TUCKER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3037 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1903 North 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0001238/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Betty A. Tucker, Barbara T. Redd, James S. Tucker, Jr, Bonnie A. Tucker and Belinda C. Tucker.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, BETTY A. TUCKER, BARBARA T. REDD, JAMES S. TUCKER, JR, BONNIE A. TUCKER, and BELINDA C. TUCKER, 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 BETTY A. TUCKER, BARBARA T. REDD, JAMES S. TUCKER, JR, BONNIE A. TUCKER, BELINDA C. TUCKER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 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

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 SAMUEL WHITAKER, JOHN L. WHITAKER, JR, BRENDA WHITAKER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 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

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 JOSEPHINE W. LEWIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 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.

LILLIAN CHAVIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3310 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 209 Winber Drive, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0042908/014, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Lillian Chavis and Beutel Norwood

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, LILLIAN CHAVIS, 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, BEUTEL NORWOOD, who has/have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his 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 LILLIAN CHAVIS, upon information and belief deceased,, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, BEUTEL NORWOOD, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 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.

JOHN L. BRICE, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-5069 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 417 North 31st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000730/025, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, John L. Brice, Jr.

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

IT IS ORDERED that JOHN L. BRICE, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 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.

OWEN H. COLEMAN, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3017 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 505 Milton Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-1365/026, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Owen H. Coleman, Jr, Katrina C. Battle, Jacquelyn C. Harris, Leon Coleman, Eric Coleman, Alan Coleman, Kia Coleman and Shannon C. Wilson aka Shannon L. Wilson.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, OWEN H. COLEMAN, JR,

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

ZIMMERMAN REVOCABLE TRUST, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3016 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 908 North 33rd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0805/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Zimmerman Revocable Trust.

An Affidavit having been filed that DAVID WAYNE SCHNEIDER, TRUSTEE of the ZIMMERMAN REVOCABLE TRUST, 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 t h a t D AV I D W AY N E SCHNEIDER, TRUSTEE of the ZIMMERMAN REVOCABLE TRUST, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 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.

WILLIAM L. MORRISON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2371 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1418 Overlook Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0071230/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, William L. Morrison and Melda M. Gammon.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, WILLIAM L. MORRISON and MELDA M. GAMMON, 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 WILLIAM L. MORRISON, MELDA M. GAMMON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect

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

BETTY A. TUCKER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3015 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1901 North 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0001238/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Betty A. Tucker, Barbara T. Redd, James S. Tucker, Jr, Bonnie A. Tucker and Belinda C. Tucker.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, BETTY A. TUCKER, BARBARA T. REDD, JAMES S. TUCKER, JR, BONNIE A. TUCKER, and BELINDA C. TUCKER, 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 BETTY A. TUCKER, BARBARA T. REDD, JAMES S. TUCKER, JR, BONNIE A. TUCKER, BELINDA C. TUCKER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect

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

SAMUEL WHITAKER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3331 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2207 Warwick Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0071631/017, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Samuel Whitaker, John L. Whitaker, Jr, and Brenda Whitaker.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, SAMUEL WHITAKER and JOHN L. WHITAKER, JR, 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, BRENDA WHITAKER, 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 Continued on next column

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

OMICRON GROUP, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2104 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2610 Hopkins Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0090528064, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Omicron Group, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, OMICRON GROUP, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that OMICRON GROUP, ! 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 13, 2020 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.

JOSEPHINE W. LEWIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3077 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3214 Dill Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001078/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Josephine W. Lewis.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JOSEPHINE W. LEWIS, 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 Continued on next column

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

HENRY T. CARTER, et al.

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Case No.: CL20-5338 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3609 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0002466/031, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Henry T. Carter and Mattie M. Carter.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, HENRY T. CARTER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and MATTIE M. CARTER, 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 HENRY T. CARTER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MATTIE M. CARTER, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 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

ABC License PRS VENTURES VA INC Trading as: Market Place 102 1 S Crater Rd Petersburg, Virginia 23803 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage C ontrol (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Wine & Beer Off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Mandeep Singh NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www. abc.virginia.gov or 800-5523200.

NOTICE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT The Central Virginia Transportation Authority announces opportunity for public comment regarding its Fiscal Year 2021 Administrative and Operating budget which is posted online at www.

CVTAva.org. Members of the public may submit comment regarding the proposed budget to CVTA@PlanRVA. org through Monday November 23, 2020; these comments will be included in materials distributed to members in advance of the meeting. The Authority will hold a public hearing on Friday December 4, 2020 during its regular meeting at 8:30 am. The meeting, while held virtually, will include a public hearing on the budget. Anyone wishing to submit general comments prior to the meeting may do so via email at CVTA@PlanRVA.org by 3pm Thursday, December 3, 2020 or during the public hearing included in the meeting agenda by joining the Zoom Video Webinar and submitting questions via the Q&A dialog box. The link to the Zoom Video Webinar will be available on the PlanRVA website ahead of the meeting.

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‘One and done’ players large part of NBA draft Don’t blink.

If you’re not watching closely, a basketball fan is apt to miss seeing the very best players competing for their schools.

The term “one and done�—meaning one season of college before going to the NBA—has become the norm rather than the exception for elite talent.

Anthony Edwards, 19, is the latest example.

Edwards played a single season at the University of Georgia en route to being the overall No. 1 pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Nov. 18 draft.

The 6-foot-5 Edwards is the 11th straight athlete to be drafted No. 1 after a single season on a college campus.

As a one-year Bulldog, Edwards averaged 19 points and five rebounds while earning Southeast Conference Rookie of the Year distinction.

It’s not just the No. 1 pick that’s a “one and done.� Of the 30 first round NBA draft picks, 12 were freshmen, followed by nine sophomores, two seniors, one junior and six labeled “international� players.

Of the “internationals,� one was Californian LaMelo Ball, who opted to play professionally overseas in what would have been his college freshman season.

It’s almost like junior and seniors need not apply anymore to first round draft status.

The “one and done� concept was created in 2005 when NBA Commissioner David Stern ruled that players had to be at least 19 before earning NBA paychecks.

The first draft affected was in 2006, when freshman Tyrus Thomas, a 6-foot-10 post player from Louisiana State University was drafted fourth overall by the Portland Trail Blazers.

Until the “one and done,� there was another early entry method termed “prep to pros,� meaning high school straight to the NBA. The No. 1 overall choices coming straight from high school were Kwame Brown in 2001, LeBron James in 2003 and Dwight

Howard snags another top high school player Howard University has struck gold again on the basketball recruiting front.

Kuluel Mading, a 6-foot-9 forward from The Burlington School in North Carolina, has signed to play for Bison Coach Ken Blakeney starting in the fall of 2021.

Mading is the 89th top player in the nation according to 247 Sports. com. Mading averaged 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots per game last season for the North Carolina school.

Kuluel Mading Virginia Commonwealth University and Hampton, Old Dominion and Radford universities were among the Virginia schools in the hunt for Mading.

Earlier this year, Coach Blakeney signed 6-foot-11 Makur Maker from Phoenix rated a consensus national Top 20 prospect.

Howard University went just 4-29 last season in Coach Blakeney’s first season. But the skies ahead appear brighter for the MEAC school in Washington.

tainly would leave school early for the NBA’s riches.

Extraordinary high school seniors now have three options – “one and done,� leave the United States to play “international� ball or hook up with the NBA’s development G-League.

Top-of-the-line athletes just leaving high school now can sign for up to $500,000 in the G-League. Among the athletes choosing that path this year are Californian Jalen Green, native Dominican Jonathan Kuminga and former John Marshall High School standout Isaiah Todd.

Gazing ahead to 2021, don’t expect much change. Green is considered a leading candidate for the top pick in 2021.

Others projected to hear their names called at the top of the 2021 draft include Cade Cunningham of Oklahoma State, Evan Mobley of the University of Southern California and B.J. Boston of the University of Kentucky.

And you guessed it – they’re all freshmen.

One-year wonders

Courtesy of NBA via Associated Press

Anthony Edwards talks to reporters by video Nov. 18 after being chosen by the Minnesota Timberwolves during the NBA draft.

Howard in 2004.

Another notable “prep to pro� was Kevin Garnett, who was taken fifth overall in 1995 by Minnesota.

Until the 1990s, almost all the top NBA picks played their full four years in college, earning national followings. The list includes Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton and Ralph Sampson.

Under current conditions, athletes of that caliber almost cer-

Here is a list of players drafted first overall after one college season: 2020 - Anthony Edwards (Georgia) 2019 - Zion Williamson (Duke) 2018 - Deandre Ayton (Arizona State) 2017 - Markell Fultz (Washington) 2016 - Ben Simmons (Louisiana State) 2015 - Karl Anthony-Towns (Kentucky) 2014 - Andrew Wiggins (Kansas) 2013 - Anthony Bennett (UNLV) 2012 - Anthony Davis (Kentucky) 2011 - Kyrie Irving (Duke) 2010 - John Wall (Kentucky) * The last No. 1 pick not a “one and done� player was the Detroit Piston’s Blake Griffin, who went pro after two seasons at the University of Oklahoma.

Top-ranked high school basketball player in nation signs with UConn

NSU Spartans to hit the boards with local talent Norfolk State University’s basketball Spartans will have a strong Richmond area influence during the upcoming season.

Coach Robert Jones’ roster features four from the 804 Area Code: • Daryl Anderson, a 6-foot-6 sophomore who began his high school career at Midlothian High School before transferring to Miller School of Albemarle. • J.J. Matthews, a 6-foot-9 redshirt senior transfer from Arkansas State who played locally at Millwood School in Chesterfield. • Chris Ford, a 6-foot-8 junior from L.C. Bird High School. • Tyrese Jenkins, a 6-foot-6 sophomore from Varina High School.

Anderson, Ford and Jenkins all made strong contributions last season. Matthews averaged nine points and five rebounds a year ago for Arkansas State.

The Spartans went 16-15 last season, including 12-4 in MEAC, where the team tied for second, and 11-1 at Joseph Echols Hall.

Gone from that squad are All-MEAC guard Jermaine Bishop and third-team All-MEAC forward Steven Whitley.

The season ended abruptly in mid-March during the MEAC Tournament because of the coronavirus.

For safety concerns, NSU is staying close to home for its non-conference schedule. The Spartans open Nov. 27-28 in Harrisonburg with games against host James Madison University and Radford University.

Other non-conference opponents are Old Dominion and Hampton universities, the College of William & Mary and the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.

The MEAC season commences Dec. 29 with a game at North Carolina A&T State University.

The MEAC Tournament is set to begin March 8 at the Norfolk Scope.

Azzi Fudd, 18, of Northern Virginia with her parents, Tim and Katie Fudd, both former college basketball standouts.

The rich get richer in women’s college basketball.

In this case, much richer.

Virginian Azzi Fudd, the consensus top-ranked high school senior in the nation, has signed with perennial powerhouse the University of Connecticut.

UConn has won 11 NCAA titles, the most of any school.

Fudd, a 5-foot-11 guard, is a senior at St. John’s College High School in Washington, D.C. The daughter of former college standouts Katie and Tim Fudd, Azzi was born in Fairfax and resides in Arlington. She played on both the U-16 and U-17 USA World Basketball teams. Last year, she led St. John’s to its fifth straight Washington Catholic Athletic Conference title.

Fudd, 18, is named after Jennifer Azzi, a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.

Fudd’s parents may be familiar to basketball fans.

Her mother, the former Katie Smrcka-Duffy, starred at James Madison High School in Northern Virginia and later at North Carolina State and Georgetown universities. She was ACC Rookie of the Year as a freshman at N.C. State and twice the Big East Player of the Year for the Hoyas. At Madison High, she recorded 2,463 career points and is a member of the Virginia High School League Hall of Fame.

Fudd’s father, Tim Fudd, standing 6-foot-7, starred at Chantilly High School in Northern Virginia and went on to average 12 points per game in his career at American University. He is a former assistant coach at Longwood University and currently is on the staff at St. John’s High.

Fudd will enroll at UConn prior to the 2021-22 season and play for legendary Coach Geno Auriemma.

Tiger and son to play in tournament When Tiger Woods tees off for the PNC Championships next month, he will have an interesting playing partner — his 11-year-old son, Charlie. “I can’t tell you how excited I am to be playing with Charlie in our first tournament together,� Tiger told The Associated Press.

The PNC is set for Dec. 19 and 20 at the RitzCarlton Golf Club Grande Lakes in Orlando, Fla. Since 1995, the PNC has matched famous pros with family members. The event was formerly known as the PNC Father-Son Challenge. The tournament will have no fans because of the pandemic, but will be televised

by NBC Sports, Peacock and The Golf Channel.

Tiger was in attendance in August to watch Charlie win his age division at a U.S. Kids Golf sanctioned event in Palm City, Fla. Charlie shot a 33, with three birdies, for nine holes.

Tiger Woods with his son, Charlie

Former NSU, Hampton players named to MEAC’s 50th Anniversary All-Time team Two former Norfolk State University Spartans and a former Hampton University Pirate have been named to the MEAC’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Football Team.

Defensive back Terrell Whitehead and linebacker Lynden Trail, former players at NSU, and former Hampton linebacker Justin Durant were selected to the prestigious all-star team in a vote of fans, media, school officials and others. More than 2,500 votes were cast.

Whitehead was a three-time All-MEAC performer for NSU from 2006 and 2009.

Trail also was a three-time All-MEAC pick from 2012 to 2014.

Durant was a three-time All-MEAC selection from 2004 to 2006, and was inducted into the MEAC Hall of Fame in 2015.

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