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Democrat Abigail Spanberger of Henrico heads to the podium late Tuesday night to claim a razor-thin victory in the 7th Congressional District contest against incumbent GOP Rep. Dave Brat. Congressman A. Donald McEachin, a Henrico Democrat, celebrates his re-election to the 4th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives at a joint victory party with Ms. Spanberger Tuesday night at a Henrico County hotel. He defeated Republican challenger Ryan A. McAdams and Libertarian candidate Peter Wells.

Dems take the House

Voter enthusiasm, coupled with rejection of Trump policies, results in Democrats regaining the U.S. House of Representatives in midterm election Free Press wire reports

WASHINGTON Voters brought an end to one-party Republican rule in the nation’s capital in Tuesday’s election. Propelled by a surge of rank-and-file enthusiasm and widespread urban and suburban dissatisfaction with President Trump, Democrats took control of the House of Representatives for the first time since 2011. Democrats picked up at least 27 House seats, including three in Virginia, to boost their total to a majority of 221 seats of the 435 in the lower chamber. While some election results were still unavailable Wednesday, they appear to be in line with a typical mid-term election and below the results of 2006 when Democrats gained 31 House seats in delivering what then-President George

W. Bush described as a “thumping.” “Thanks to you, we owned the ground,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi — likely the next House speaker — said Tuesday night. “Thanks to you, tomorrow will be a new day in America.” Women were among the big winners in the House, with 33 newcomers gaining seats — including the three Virginia win-

More election coverage on A6 and A7 ners — and 65 incumbents winning re-election. Among the new faces in Congress will be two Muslim women — Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota — and two Native American women — Deb Haaland of New Mexico and Sharice Davids of Kansas — who will be the first from their communi-

ties to serve in Congress. There were other major wins for diversity. Progressive insurgent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 29, who overtook goliath Rep. Joe Crowley in the Democratic primary for New York’s 14th Congressional District in a stunning upset, became the youngest woman elected to Congress in the nation’s history. Massachusetts sent the state’s first black woman to Congress in Democrat Ayanna Pressley and Texas elected their first two Please turn to A4

House races in Virginia

Newcomer Abigail Spanberger claims narrow win over GOP incumbent By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Democratic newcomer Abigail Spanberger of Henrico defied conventional wisdom and upset U.S. Rep. Dave Brat to win Virginia’s 7th Congressional District seat in her first run for public office. Her victory came on a night when two other Democratic women upset Republican incumbents in Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia, ensuring Virginia would send seven Democrats to the House of Representatives in January. Currently, the state’s 11-member House delegation includes seven Republicans and four Democrats.

Ms. Spanberger, a 39-year-old former CIA officer, personified the suburban women outraged at the divisive and destructive approach of President Trump. She edged out Rep. Brat, a 54-year-old economist, by piling up a collective 30,000-vote lead in the two biggest jurisdictions in the district, Henrico and Chesterfield counties. Rep. Brat handily won the eight more rural and less populous counties in the 7th District that stretches west from Richmond to Culpeper County and includes Goochland, Powhatan and Amelia counties, but he could not overcome Ms. Spanberger’s lead in the Richmond suburbs that are no longer reliably Republican.

She won Henrico County by 20,000 votes. And in Chesterfield County, which reported election results late because of voting problems at two precincts, Ms. Spanberger won by 10,000 votes. By 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Rep. Brat was still refusing to concede, while his Democratic challenger was shedding joyful tears and claiming victory to the roars of approval from elated supporters at an Election Night party at a Henrico County hotel. Ms. Spanberger, who refused campaign contributions from corporate political acPlease turn to A4

Mayor Stoney pushes $1.4B plan to revitalize Downtown By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Mr. Sessions

Trump fires Atty. Gen. Sessions Reuters

WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was fired on Wednesday after receiving unrelenting criticism from President Trump for recusing himself from an investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential race. In a step that could have implications for the investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, President Trump replaced Mr. Sessions with Matthew Whitaker, who will be acting attorney general. He had been Mr. Sessions’ chief of staff. The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate immediately called on Mr. Whitaker to recuse himself Please turn to A6

The grand plan to overhaul a big chunk of Downtown — including replacing the Richmond Coliseum with a new, larger arena — with a combination of taxpayer dollars and private investment funds is now headed to Richmond City Council for review. Mayor Levar M. Stoney last week enthusiastically rolled out the ambitious plan to completely redo about 13 blocks near City Hall over the next five years with a projected investment of $1.4 billion. The plan would change the face of an area that once was an African-American neighborhood known as Navy Hill, create hundreds of new affordable apartments,

provide black-owned and minority companies with hundreds of millions of dollars in new contracts and generate thousands of new jobs to help lift untold Richmond residents out of poverty. However, the development would for at least 18 years sop up most of the new real estate taxes and a major chunk of other taxes the development would generate, money that would be needed to cover the cost of the proposed new Coliseum and other public improvements, including improvements to Clay, 6th, 7th and Leigh streets, as well as the redevelopment of the historic Blues Armory. Please turn to A4

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This property in the 4700 block of Jefferson Davis Highway, at the intersection of Walmsley Boulevard in South Side, is the site where Mayor Levar M. Stoney wants to relocate the city Department of Social Services, according to three members of City Council who attended a Oct. 29 briefing. The department is now located at 9th and Marshall streets across from City Hall. But that property is earmarked for redevelopment into a building with 457 apartments and space for a grocery store.

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After marking his ballot, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Richmond heads to the machine to cast his vote at Precinct 203 inside The Hermitage Richmond continuing care retirement community on Westwood Avenue in North Side. He and has wife, Anne Holton, have voted at the precinct for the last 28 years. The Democrat easily won re-election over GOP challenger Corey Stewart.

Sen. Tim Kaine glides to big re-election victory By Jeremy M. Lazarus

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine declared that Virginia rejected the “the politics of hatred and division … the politics of peddling lies to get ahead” after handily winning re-election to his second six-year term. “You rejected that because we’ve been there, we’ve done that, we’ve got the scar tissue and we’re not going back,” Sen. Kaine told the crowd at his victory party in Northern Virginia. “… Tonight Virginia showed who we are and who we aren’t,” he said as he prepared to return to a Senate that will be more firmly in the grip of Republicans who won additional seats to expand their majority. Still, it was a big night for the former Richmond mayor and Virginia governor whose race was called just minutes after the polls closed at 7 p.m. His large margin of victory appeared to help down-ticket Democratic candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives. Confirming pre-election polls anticipating his win, Sen. Kaine secured victory by a comfortable margin of 14 percentage points over Republican rival Corey Stewart and Libertarian Matt J. Waters, or twice the margin by which Sen. Kaine beat former Gov. George Allen in 2012 to win his first term. In an election billed as a referendum on President Trump, the 60-year-old incumbent from Richmond amassed 1.9 million votes to 1.3 million for Mr. Stewart and nearly 62,000 for Mr. Waters. Please turn to A6

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Veterans Day observance In observance of Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 12, please note the following: Government offices: City, state and federal offices will be closed. Public schools: Open Monday, Nov. 12. Public libraries and Library of Virginia: Closed. Tr a s h a n d r e c y c l i n g : Collections will be on a regular schedule. ABC st o res: O p en o n a regular schedule on Monday, Nov. 12. Banks, credit unions and other financial institutions: Closed.

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Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

Ropes of lights add an artistic touch to this pedestrian bridge on the city’s riverfront. The lines that seem to hang in the air are attached to the bottom of the pedestrian bridge that crosses the Kanawha Canal and links Tredegar Street at 7th Street to Brown’s Island.

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CARE van drivers approve new contract

The third time worked. After rejecting two previous offers, union drivers with GRTC’s CARE paratransit service voted to approve the latest offer from the service’s operator, Cincinnati-based First Transit Inc. Drivers voted Nov. 2 to accept an immediate $1 an hour increase in pay, retroactive to Oct. 1, according to Frank Tunstall III, president and business agent for Local 1220 of the Amalgamated Transit Union that represents the drivers. The increase will raise the starting pay for drivers to $13 an hour and the top pay to $14.55 an hour, Mr. Tunstall said. The contract provides for the top pay to go up to $15 an hour in May 2019 and awards a 2 percent pay increase across the board in May 2020, the year the contract is to expire. Such pay, though, is still well below the $19 per hour First Transit gets reimbursed by GRTC for labor costs. Mr. Tunstall said the new contract also preserves the health care program under which the company pays 80 percent and the Mr. Tunstall drivers 20 percent and also ends the unlimited overtime the company could force drivers to work. “There is now a ceiling on the amount of time a driver can be required to work,” Mr. Tunstall said. “Of course, those who are willing to work more overtime can do so, but the new language means they cannot be forced to work past the limit we agreed to.” Mr. Tunstall said the drivers “were not happy,” but understood “this was likely the best we could do.” Currently, there are about 70 full-time and 14 part-time CARE van drivers the union represents, leaving plenty of vacancies. If all of the driver slots were filled, Mr. Tunstall said, there would be 90 full-time and 30 part-time drivers. He said drivers feel abandoned by City Hall and GRTC for allowing the company to get reimbursed at a higher rate than they are willing to pay employees. “They just can’t understand why this is allowed to happen,” he said. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

VCU university-wide commencement back on; no venue announced

Facing a backlash from students, Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao has reversed course on eliminating the traditional university-wide graduation ceremony next spring. Just a week after canceling the event, Dr. Rao announced Monday that VCU will hold a university-wide graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 11, to be followed by the smaller ceremonies held by various programs, departments, schools and colleges. The location for the university-wide ceremony has yet to be determined, Dr. Rao stated in the internal communication to students, but he indicated that negotiations have been resumed with several area venues. Initially, VCU canceled the traditional ceremony after officials could not find a suitable replacement for its usual venue, the Richmond Coliseum, which is proposed to close on Dec. 31. VCU for decades has held its spring graduation in the 13,500seat Coliseum that is earmarked for demolition and replacement with a 17,500-seat arena in a proposal under consideration by Richmond City Council.

Veterans ride free on GRTC Sunday, Nov. 11

GRTC will provide free rides to current and former members of the military on Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11, the transit company has announced. The free rides will be available to anyone carrying a military ID or a document showing them eligible for Veterans Administration benefits. Active duty, reserve and former service members need only show proof of service or VA eligibility to ride free that day on Pulse, regular buses or the CARE van paratransit service. Company buses also will display a “Thank you, veterans!” on their electronic sign boards, GRTC officials stated. The free rides follow on the heels of GRTC’s agreement with the city to provide free rides on its vehicles on Election Day. GRTC absorbed the estimated $24,000 to provide the service to help people get to the polls.

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Veterans Day ceremony and Armistice Day Festival Nov.11 at the Carillon Gov. Ralph S. Northam will help commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I as the speaker at the annual Commonwealth of Virginia Veterans Day Ceremony at 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at Dogwood Dell Amphitheater in Byrd Park, 600 S. Boulevard. The ceremony, which is free and open to the public and hosted by the Virginia War Memorial Foundation, also will honor those who have served in the U.S. armed forces. The bells at the adjacent Carillon will start the program by tolling 21 times in remembrance of the more than 100,000 Virginians who served in World War I. It will be part of a nationwide tolling of bells on this centennial of the Armistice signed on the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour in 1918 at Compiègne, France, between Germany and the Allied nations to end the war. An estimated 40 million military personnel and civilians were killed or wounded during what was called “The War to End All Wars.” About 3,700 Virginians died as a result of the war. The Carillon, which was dedicated in 1932, was built as a memorial to World War I. In addition to Gov. Northam, Kirk Cox, speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates who represents Colonial Heights and parts of Chesterfield, also will speak at the ceremony. The Virginia National Guard’s WWI Honor Guard will present the colors dressed in World War I uniforms and the 392nd Army Band Ensemble will provide patriotic music. An Armistice Day Festival at the newly restored Carillon

Point, counterpoint About 20 neo-Confederates with the CSA II: New Confederate States of America and the Virginia Task Force 3 Percenters-Dixie Defenders were met with a like number of counterprotesters last Saturday at the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue. The rally was the fifth held in the city since 2017 by the Confederate groups to show support for keeping the Confederate monuments. Counterprotesters, including this young man who did not want to be identified, held signs expressing their opposing position. Dozens of law enforcement officers were on hand to monitor events. Photos by Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press

will follow the hourlong ceremony. The festival, which runs until 2 p.m., will showcase historical and interactive exhibits on the Carillon’s first floor and will feature crafts, activities, music, games, food trucks and re-enactments. Exhibits from museums and historic sites from across Virginia will show visitors what life was like in 1918. Also on view will be art from a World War I-themed student competition. The Nov. 11 Armistice Day name officially was changed to Veterans Day in 1954 to honor American veterans of all wars. A plaque at the Carillon includes the names of Virginians killed during WWI, including 537 African-Americans. With its 240-foot bell tower, the Carillon originally cost $323,000. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been closed since early April 2017 for a $1.4 million renovation. Details: The Virginia War Memorial Foundation at www.vawarmemorial.org or the Virginia World War I and World War II Commemoration Commission at www. virginiawwiandwwii.org/armistice Additionally, the Richmond Symphony will host “Braham Requiem, Barber Adagio: Commemorating the Centennial of Armistice 1918,” a masterworks concert 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, in conjunction with Armistice weekend. Both concerts will be at the Dominion Energy Center for the Performing Arts, 600 E. Grace St. Details and tickets: www.richmondsymphony.com/classics/ altria-masterworks/

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Democrats take U.S. House of Representatives Continued from A1

Latinas to Congress, sending Democrats Veronica Escobar of El Paso and Sylvia Garcia of Houston to the House. However, the congressional district-by-district wins for Democrats did not translate into statewide victories in U.S. Senate races. With Senate victories in Tennessee, Indiana, North Dakota, Missouri, Florida and Texas, President Trump’s Republican Party appears to have extended its majority in the 100-member U.S. Senate from 51 seats to at least 54 seats. It will keep the GOP in control of the confirmation of judges and members of the Trump cabinet. The GOP capitalized on a lopsided battlefield that forced Democrats to defend 10 seats in states President Trump won in 2016. Tuesday’s election results allowed both sides to claim victory in an election that centered on the policies of President Trump, who told supporters at a rally last month in Mississippi to “pretend I’m on the ballot.”

As the results poured in, the president crowed about a “big win” after two years in which he has monopolized the media, polarized the electorate and dominated American political life like no president since Franklin D. Roosevelt. As the last ballots trickled in, it became clear that America’s decision wasn’t so much mixed as divided. One commentator said the election was less of “a blue wave” of Democrats and more of a “purple puddle.” The red, rural parts of the country voted heavily Republican, while the blue, urban parts voted heavily Democrat. And the purple, suburban areas leaned left — far enough to flip dozens of GOP House districts, but not far enough to save moderate Democrats in conservative states, such as Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Sen. Joe Donnelly of Indiana. For Democrats, winning the Senate was always a long shot. Still, the party was depending on Sens. McCaskill and Donnelly and Bill Nelson of Florida to hold their seats, and hoping that in Tennessee, Phil Bredesen, a popular and moderate former governor,

Newcomer Abigail Spanberger wins Continued from A1

tion committees, promised to represent everyone in the district, even “those who are disappointed” by the results. She also pledged to “work across the aisle when possible and to hold my ground when necessary.” Unofficial results that the state Department of Elections released Wednesday show that Ms. Spanberger won 175,817 votes, or 50.32 percent, to 169,226 votes for Rep. Brat, or 48.43 percent. Rep. Brat ended up conceding Wednesday afternoon after her apparent victory margin of 6,591 votes became too much. It would amount to about 2 percent of the total, too much for a recount. State law allows a recount only when the margin is 1 percent or less. Ms. Spanberger focused on the positive and kept a steely focus on issues of “importance to the people in the district” during the campaign. She said in her victory speech Tuesday night that her campaign gave potential constituents “something to vote for.” She spent much of her campaign portraying herself as the candidate who would work to block efforts to undermine health care and remove protections for pre-existing conditions. She pointed out that Rep. Brat had voted seven times to repeal the federal Affordable Care Act and the protections that law gives to people whose past health problems had blocked them from getting health insurance. Rep. Brat, who had gone to Congress in 2017 as a conservative deficit hawk after defeating fast-rising Republican star GOP

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Abigail Spanberger speaks to the crowd Tuesday night as her daughter Catherine, 4, peeks out at the crowd.

Rep. Eric Cantor, also was vulnerable for voting to cut taxes for the wealthy and adding nearly $2 trillion to an already swollen deficit. Other new members of Congress from Virginia will include Democrats Elaine Luria, a businesswoman and retired U.S. Navy nuclear engineer, and state Sen. Jennifer Wexton. Ms. Luria narrowly ousted incumbent Republican Rep. Scott W. Taylor in the 2nd District that includes Virginia Beach, winning about 6,000 more votes than he did. Rep. Taylor never recovered from a scandal involving staff members who ap-

parently sought to help him by illegally arranging to get an independent candidate on the ballot in a bid to split the Democratic vote. The third candidate ended up being removed after the shenanigans by Taylor staff members became public. Rep. Taylor denied involvement. In the 10th District that includes Loudoun County, state Sen. Wexton handily defeated incumbent Republican Barbara Comstock by more than 50,000 votes in a race in which opposition or support of President Trump was a key element. In other races, Virginia’s two AfricanAmerican House members easily won reelection. U.S. Rep. A. Donald McEachin, 4th District, fended off Republican Ryan A. McAdams and Libertarian Pete Wells to earn a second term representing the district that includes Richmond. And Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, 3rd District, was unopposed for his 14th term in a district that includes Newport News. Other Democratic winners included incumbent Reps. Donald S. Beyer Jr., 8th District, and Gerald E. Connolly, 11th District, both in Northern Virginia. Republican winners in Virginia House races included incumbent Reps. Robert J. “Rob” Wittman, 1st District, and H. Morgan Griffith, 9th Districts, and two newcomers. In the 5th District, businessman Denver L. Riggleman III won 53 percent of the vote to defeat Democratic challenger Leslie Cockburn to win the vacant seat. And in the 6th District, Ben L. Cline won the vacant seat by beating Democrat Jennifer Lynn Lewis by a 59 percent to 40 percent margin. Both districts were drawn to favor Republicans.

could eke out a win against GOP Rep. Marsha Blackburn. But Rep. Blackburn won the Tennessee seat, and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz held off Democrat Beto O’Rourke, who became a folk hero for liberals who thought he might defy gravity and defeat the incumbent. Democrats faced serious hurdles this cycle. Republicans largely oversaw the last round of redistricting, redrawing the congressional map in ways that force Democrats to win the national popular vote by 7 or more percentage points just to secure a bare House majority. Democrats were defending 26 Senate seats to the GOP’s nine — by far the most difficult map either party has faced in decades. Republicans in some red states passed a set of restrictive voting laws that disproportionately handicapped Democratic constituencies. Finally, the economy is humming and unemployment has fallen to a 48-year low — factors that traditionally boost the party in power. Democrats performed well in GOP-held districts that voted for Hillary Clinton for president in 2016. Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Miami, a moderate who co-founded the House climate change caucus, lost to his Democratic challenger, as did Northern Virginia’s Barbara Comstock, New Jersey’s Leonard Lance, Dallas’ Pete Sessions, Minnesota’s Erik Paulsen and Colorado’s Mike Coffman. And strong showings in the suburbs around Richmond and Oklahoma City led to defeats of GOP House incumbents Dave Brat and Steve Russell, respectively, suggesting that Democrats could continue to pick off districts that voted for President Trump and pad their House majority. The power change means that when the new Congress convenes in January, Democrats can serve as a check on the power of President Trump and his minions, including GOP efforts to roll back government-supported health insurance and some environmental protections. That could initiate bruising legal battles over congressional subpoenas, a stack of demands for documents and testimony from federal agencies — including President Trump’s tax returns — and withering investigations into facets of President Trump’s personal life, his family business and his administration. Democratic Rep. Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland is poised to take control of the powerful House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The committee already has compiled a list of 64 subpoenas and inquiries looking into concerns they had with Trump administration activities but were denied by the committee’s Republican leadership. The Democrats said they intend to revisit the requests. “President Trump has been eroding the foundations of our democracy,” Rep. Cummings said in a statement on Wednesday. “He has been degrading the vision of our Founding Fathers — from attacking the right to vote to undermining the freedom of the press. “Yesterday, the American people voted to change that. They voted for transparency and accountability. They voted to make sure our government works effectively and efficiently for the American people. And they voted to bring integrity back to government,” he continued. “As part of that mandate, I plan to shine a light on waste, fraud and abuse in the Trump administration. I want to probe senior administration officials across the government who have abused their positions of power and wasted taxpayer money, as well as President Trump’s decisions to act in his own financial self-interest rather than the best interests of the American people.”

Mayor Stoney pushes $1.4B plan to revitalize Downtown Continued from A1

Over the next 30 years, the development is projected to create $1.7 billion in new city taxes. But in the first 18 years, the lion’s share would need to be used to repay $350 million in city borrowing. In the first 15 years, the city’s general fund is expected to gain only about $13 million a year in new funds, although in 20 to 30 years, the new money could grow to $60 million a year and then increase to $90 million a year, according to the city’s financial consultants. One result is that the development would sideline any prospect for modernizing the majority of Richmond’s public school buildings for at least 20 more years, according to information the city released to the media. And it would force the relocation of the centrally located Richmond Department of Social Services building that now sits across the street from City Hall. The mayor and his staff are proposing to move Social Services to a privately owned location at Jefferson Davis Highway and Walmsley Boulevard close to the border with Chesterfield County, nearly nine miles away in South Side. With the mayor needing seven votes from the ninemember City Council to move this project forward, it is unclear what impact the issues of school buildings and the proposed relocation of the Social Services building will have on deliberations. Several council members have expressed concerns. However, only 8th District Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell has said she would oppose the development. At this point, the mayor is focusing on the positives of development, particularly the 12,000 construction jobs and 9,000 additional jobs that a Virginia Commonwealth University study projects would be created by the offices, hotel, retail opera-

Highlights of proposed Coliseum project • $1.4 billion in construction involving 15 buildings • Creation of thousands of new jobs (projections range from 6,000 to 20,000) • Richmond Department of Social Services building to be relocated to 4700 block of Jefferson Davis Highway Publicly financed from incremental tax growth • 17,500 seat Coliseum, largest enclosed arena in state, 5th and Leigh streets. • Three-story Blues Armory restored, with food market, music club and ballroom for new hotel, 6th and Marshall streets. • Leigh Street brought up to grade between 6th and 8th streets. • Clay Street reopened between 5th and 10th streets. • 6th Street reopened between Marshall and Clay streets as pedestrian mall. Privately financed by investors and lenders

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This map shows the 80 block section of Downtown to be included in a proposed Tax Increment Financing, or TIF, District. Increased earnings from real estate taxes within the district would be used to pay off $350 million in borrowing for a new Coliseum and other public projects, including elevating the portion of Leigh Street around the Coliseum and reopening 6th Street to traffic. The proposed boundaries for the TIF district are the Downtown Expressway, 1st Street, 10th Street and Interstate 64/95. Projections are for the area to generate $1.1 billion in additional real estate taxes, as well as $600 million in increased sales, lodging and other city taxes, over 30 years. The TIF district is eight times larger than originally proposed. The blue-color blocks represent sites where the new Coliseum, a new convention hotel, restaurants, office buildings and about 3,000 apartments would be erected.

tions and grocery stores. The mayor also points to the major changes that would be ushered into a long staid area in a project that would add 14 new buildings, including the centerpiece arena. Eleven of the new buildings would be located within the blocks bounded by 5th, 10th, Leigh and Marshall streets. Along with the new Coliseum, the development would include a new hotel, five apartment buildings, two new office buildings, a new indoor GRTC transit center and a new Doorways Hospitality House. The development would not touch the John Marshall Courts Building or the Federal Building. It would retain two parking decks that would be wrapped with apartments, but would replace the city’s aging former

Public Safety building and the Social Services building. Three city-owned parking lots at 4th and Broad, 6th and Broad and 6th and Grace streets also would gain new apartment buildings as part of the total development. In all, 2,936 apartments would be created between 2019 and 2024 if council gives the green light. To carry out this plan, City Hall would team up with a private group, NH Foundation and led by Dominion Energy’s top executive, Thomas F. “Tom” Farrell II, to carry out a project Mr. Farrell and his group dreamed up and which would easily be the largest economic development project in the Richmond area. As proposed — and only if the council approves it —

the city would sell the mostly public property in the main project area to the city’s Economic Development Authority, which would then lease it to NH Foundation for up to 99 years. NH Foundation would then become responsible for covering the cost of operating and maintaining the Coliseum and for finding the private investors and lenders to put up the money to build the apartments and other buildings. Underlying the whole plan is a proposal that would earmark the growth of real estate taxes to be generated both in the main project blocks and 57 other blocks to repay the $350 million that the city would use to build the new Coliseum, revamp the Blues Armory and pay for new infrastructure, including revamping several streets.

• 527-room, 23-story Hyatt Regency hotel between Blues Armory and new Coliseum. • 150-room replacement for Doorways Hospitality House hotel for hospital visitors, one element of replacement for Public Safety Building. • Two large office buildings, with one at 5th Street next to new Coliseum, and one to be leased by Virginia Commonwealth University to fill most of space occupied by Public Safety Building. • GRTC Transfer Center, Clay and 8th streets. • Grocery store, 9th and Marshall streets. • Retail space in eight apartment buildings for restaurants and other stores. • 2,936 apartments in eight buildings, including 680 affordable units and 400 units for students. Locations: 163 units wrapping around Marriott Hotel parking deck, 5th and Marshall streets; 150 units wrapping around Coliseum parking deck, 8th and Clay streets; 250 units, 7th and Leigh streets; 600 units, 8th and Leigh streets; 457 units, 9th and Marshall streets; 512 units, 4th and Broad streets; 422 units, 6th and Broad streets; and 422 units, 6th and Grace streets.

The total 80-block area, called a Tax Increment Financing District, or TIF, would be bounded by 1st and 10th streets and run from Interstate 64/95 to the Downtown Expressway. The city’s general fund would continue to receive the same level of real estate taxes it does now from the 80-block area. Revenue from other city taxes, including sales, lodging, meals and admission, would continue to go to the general fund, except those generated in the main project area. Money from those taxes also would go to the TIF District to repay borrowing. The 80-block TIF District is eight times as large as initially proposed, but was increased to ensure that there would be enough tax growth to pay off the $350 million in revenue

bonds the city would sell, officials said. Even before the City Council review begins, several members, including Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District, and Kim B. Gray, 2nd District, have expressed concern about the size of the TIF District and the tax dollars that would need to be used to pay the debt on the new Coliseum. Other council members are worried about the proposed relocation of the Social Services operations, which could force people applying for food stamps and other services to travel more than an hour on public transit to get to the proposed new location. “I have already told the mayor that would be unacceptable,” Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson told the Free Press.

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About half of all African-Americans aren’t getting enough sleep. We all sleep, but it doesn’t always come easy. Research has shown that poor sleep schedules can lead to some health problems. But there are things you can do to improve your sleep hygiene and make sure you’re getting the amount of sleep you need to positively impact your overall health.

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African-Americans have poorer quality sleep because they wake up more frequently and are spending less time in the most restful stages of sleep. They are also more likely to develop sleep apnea—a sleeping disorder in which breathing is briefly and repeatedly interrupted during sleep. Symptoms of sleep deprivation: • Feeling drowsy • Routinely falling asleep within five minutes of lying down for bed • Experiencing “microsleeps” (very brief episodes of sleep while being awake) Leading causes for insufficient sleep: • Diabetes • Cardiovascular disease • Stroke • Obesity • Depression

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Hopes for an African-American governor dashed at the ballot box in 2 states By Reginald Stuart

Highly energized contests in Florida, Georgia and Maryland in which African-Americans were candidates for governor drew thousands of voters to the polls, but not enough votes for any of the three to claim victory. Progressive Democrat and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum lost by a razor-thin 50,000-vote margin to former Florida GOP Congressman Ron DeSantis. More than 8 million votes were cast in the contest. In a passionate concession speech last Tuesday night, Mr. Gillum said while he had lost the contest, “I’m not going anywhere.” He urged his followers not to “bask in sorrow and defeat” and to show up the next day ready to continue pursuing the progressive social agenda pushed by his campaign. In the hotly contested Georgia gubernatorial contest, Democrat Stacey Abrams, a Spelman College graduate, attorney and former state legislator, refused to concede the election to GOP candidate Brian Kemp, Georgia’s secretary of state. According to the latest reports, Mr. Kemp won 50.3 percent of the vote to Ms. Abrams’

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48.7 percent. The difference between the two was about 62,880 votes. The contest has stirred major controversy, with many progressive political activists asserting that Mr. Kemp championed efforts to impede voting by Georgia’s poor and AfricanAmerican residents. Georgia NAACP executive committee member Larry Lockey of Waycross, Ga., said, “There were lots of complaints coming out about a lot of delays.” Ms. Abrams said Wednesday morning that thousands of votes being challenged by the state registrar might include enough that had been

Mr. Jealous

cast for her to force a runoff election in early December. She called them “voices waiting to be heard.” A challenge to the state’s election report Tuesday night could delay a final, official determination of the winner for several weeks. In Maryland, Democrat Ben Jealous, the former national NAACP executive director, was handily defeated by incumbent Gov. Larry Hogan, a moderate Republican and former Howard County executive who had strong support from black Democrats. Gov. Hogan, who has long distanced himself from President Trump, avoided using fiery,

racially tinged oratory in his campaign. Unlike Mr. Kemp in Georgia and Mr. DeSantis in Florida, Gov. Hogan did not ask President Trump for his support or to stump for him during the campaign. In Florida and Georgia, President Trump’s campaign appearances added a spark in rallying GOP voters to turn out at the polls. Gov. Hogan won nearly 40 percent of the African-American vote, which strongly backed Democrats in other contests in Maryland. Mr. Jealous, who has only shallow roots in Maryland and no local or state government experience in the state, constantly wrestled during the campaign with the challenge of not being a Marylander. “It (the outcome of the Maryland governor’s race) was what I had expected, not what I had hoped,” said 28 year-old Martin Mitchell, a Bowie State University graduate who volunteered with get-out-the-vote efforts during the fall. Mr. Mitchell echoed others in noting that turnout among African-American voters was not as great as he had hoped. “This was a very hot midterm” election season, Mr. Mitchell said. “Trump pushes people to the polls.”

President Trump fires Sen. Tim Kaine glides to victory Attorney General Jeff Sessions Continued from A1

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In some ways, the victory over Mr. Stewart, a Trump acolyte who made opposition to illegal immigration one of his key platforms, was even sweeter for Sen. Kaine, who two years ago lost as the vice presidential running mate with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to Republican President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. While 500,000 more voters turned out statewide than in 2017 when Democrats swept the three top state offices, the total vote of about 3.2 million was well below the turnout of six years ago when 3.8 million people cast ballots in Sen. Kaine’s first win. Mr. Stewart, 50, a trade attorney who chairs the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, faced an uphill battle. He had about one-tenth the campaign money compared with Sen. Kaine and essentially split his own party with his firebrand style. President Trump did not campaign for him, sending instead Vice President Pence on a single trip to stump for Mr. Stewart. He used his limited resources to support the Trump approach to issues, including promoting construction of a border wall, while trying unsuccessfully to portray Sen. Kaine as left-leading radical. In the end, Mr. Stewart did better than expected. He received more votes than Republican Ed Gillespie did last year in his losing bid for governor. In Mr. Stewart’s view, his loss was not a rejection of his hard-line approach, but the result of “a headwind that was a bit too much,” he told supporters after his third loss in a statewide election. “We gave it a good fight.” As he did in his campaign, Sen. Kaine emphasized his priorities in his victory address. He said he had “heard loud and clear” in all corners of the state that voters want “a new direction for our country and an economy that truly works for all, health care that is protected, education for all, equality for all, security for all and immigration reform.” Most of all, he said, voters are demanding restoration “of dignity and respect” to the political process. During the campaign, the senator portrayed himself as a person who takes a bipartisan approach in trying to get things done, citing his work on an array of successful legislation to boost career and technical training, strengthen the Navy and expand health insurance for people. In his speech, he said that while he is working to create an immigration system that works, “the other side was running a campaign that ‘demonizes immigrants.’ ” It is just one area where deep divisions overwhelm efforts to develop solutions, he said. For that to change, Sen. Kaine said, “what this country needs is a wave of compassion, a wave of character and a wave of decency.”

from the Mueller probe. “Given his previous comments advocating defunding and imposing limitations on the Mueller investigation, Mr. Whitaker should recuse himself from its oversight for the duration of his time as acting attorney general,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement. In an opinion piece for CNN that appeared on Aug. 6, 2017, while he was a commentator for the network, Mr. Whitaker, a former U.S. attorney, said Mr. Mueller would be crossing a line if he investigated the Trump family’s finances. The piece was titled: “Mueller’s investigation of Trump is going too far.” President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani told Reuters on Tuesday that he assumed Mr. Sessions’ departure was “not going to affect” the Mueller investigation. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who is supervising the Russia investigation and has also faced criticism from the president, was seen by Reuters entering the White House on Wednesday afternoon. A spokesman for the special counsel’s office declined to comment on Mr. Sessions’ resignation and what it means for the probe. President Trump announced Mr. Sessions’ departure on Twitter and thanked him for his service. Mr. Sessions said in a letter to President Trump that he had resigned at the president’s request. Mr. Sessions’ exit had been widely expected to come soon after Tuesday’s congressional elections, in which Republicans retained their majority in the U.S. Senate but lost control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Never in modern history has a president attacked a cabinet member as frequently and harshly in public as President Trump did Mr. Sessions, 71, who had been one of the first members of Congress to back his presidential campaign in 2015. Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York, who is expected to chair the House Judiciary Committee starting in January,

demanded answers in a tweet about President Trump’s reasons for the firing. “Why is the President making this change and who has authority over Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation? We will be holding people accountable,” Congressman Nadler said on Twitter. Mr. Mueller’s probe, operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, already has yielded criminal charges against several Trump associates and has clouded the Trump presidency for many months. Republicans repeatedly had urged President Trump not to oust Mr. Sessions, a former conservative U.S. senator from Alabama, before the elections lest it create political fallout. They also had argued that Mr. Sessions should be allowed a graceful exit after he doggedly carried out President Trump’s agenda on illegal immigration and other administration priorities. President Trump was only a few weeks into his presidency in March 2017 when Mr. Sessions upset him. Rejecting White House entreaties not to do so, Mr. Sessions stepped aside from overseeing the FBI’s probe of potential collusion between the Trump presidential campaign and Moscow. Mr. Sessions cited news reports of previously undisclosed meetings he had with Russia’s ambassador to Washington as his reason for recusal. Mr. Rosenstein then took over supervision of the Russia investigation and appointed Mr. Mueller in May 2017 as the Justice Department’s special counsel to take over the FBI’s Russia probe after President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. A permanent replacement for Mr. Sessions must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, which Republicans will continue to control as a result of Tuesday’s midterm elections. Mr. Mueller is pursuing an investigation into whether President Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia, whether the president unlawfully tried to obstruct the probe and possible financial misconduct by President Trump’s family and associates. Mr. Mueller has brought charges against President Trump’s former campaign chairman and

other campaign figures, as well as against 25 Russians and three firms accused of meddling in the campaign to help President Trump win. President Trump has denied his campaign colluded with Russia. President Trump publicly seethed over Mr. Sessions’ recusal and said he regretted appointing him. On Twitter, he blasted Mr. Sessions as “VERY weak” and urged him to stop the Russia investigation. In July 2017, he told the New York Times that if he had known Mr. Sessions would recuse himself, he never would have appointed him attorney general. Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward wrote in his book “Fear” that President Trump, talking to a White House secretary, disparaged Mr. Sessions as “mentally retarded” and a “dumb Southerner” while mocking his accent. There also were news reports in the weeks after Mr. Mueller’s appointment that Mr. Sessions had offered to resign. Mr. Sessions usually remained quiet on President Trump’s criticism, but defended himself in February 2018 after a Trump tweet criticizing his job performance by saying he would perform his duties “with integrity and honor.” In August, Mr. Sessions punched back harder after President Trump said in a Fox News interview that Mr. Sessions “never took control of the Justice Department.” Mr. Sessions issued a statement saying he “took control of the Department of Justice the day I was sworn in” and vowed not to allow it to be “improperly influenced by political considerations.” As for his own involvement with Russia, Mr. Sessions was questioned in January by Mr. Mueller’s team and has offered shifting public accounts. He has said nothing improper transpired in his meetings during the campaign with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak. In congressional testimony in November, he said he now recalled a meeting during the 2016 campaign in which a campaign adviser, with President Trump present, offered to use connections with Moscow to arrange a meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Cheryl Burke wins Richmond School Board seat By Ronald E. Carrington

Cheryl L. Burke, who was appointed in 2017 as the interim 7th District representative to the Richmond School Board, was elected Tuesday night to fill the seat for the rest of the term through 2020. Ms. Burke, 65, retired as principal of Chimborazo Elementary School. She outpaced two other candidates, winning 52 percent of the districts polls, or 4,652 votes. Immigration lawyer Bryce Robertson received 2,197 votes, or 24.5 percent.Community organizer Gary Broderick received 2,054 votes, or 22.9 percent. Coining herself the “godmother of education,” following the election, Ms. Burke has more than three decades of experience in education and said she understands the needs of the district and Richmond Public Schools as a whole. What’s critical, she said during a campaign interview, is modernizing and renovating RPS facilities, improving technology access for all students and helping RPS Cheryl L. Burke beams with excitement as she watches the election results roll in Tuesday at a restaurant in Shockoe Bottom. students overcome social and economic barriers. “I am very proud of the team that supported me,” she said. Her campaign focused on bringing together parents, teach- “I had students, teachers, parents, grandparents and people that ers, faculty, staff, community members and other stakeholders have kept up with me over the years come out of the woodwork to support RPS students and addressing the financial issues and to work with me. I had to keep my mind on the main thing — inequities in the system. the children. I am so blessed.” On Wednesday, Ms. Burke expressed her appreciation to Ms. Burke’s victory was acknowledged by RPS Supervolunteers and voters in the district. intendent Jason Kamras, whom she endorsed during last

Medicaid expansion enrollment continues Enrollment for Virginia’s Medicaid expansion program, Cover Virginia, is now open and will continue through Saturday, Dec. 15. The program, which opened for enrollment on Nov. 1, extends health insurance coverage to low-income adults ages 19 to 64 who cannot afford their own plan and who make too much to qualify for the regular Medicaid program.

Eligibility is based on income and household size, according to state officials. For example, under the expansion program, single adults with incomes of $16,754 or less qualify. Adults in a family of four whose household income is $34,638 or less also would qualify. An estimated 423,000 Virginians are believed to be eligible for the health in-

surance program under which coverage would begin on Jan. 1. Information: www.coverva.org, or toll-free (855) 242-8282. The deaf or hearing impaired may call using TDD: (888) 221-1590. The Free Press published an incorrect telephone number in its Oct. 25-27 edition and regrets the error. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

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night at a victory party with family, friends and supporters

year’s superintendent selection process, and Mayor Levar M. Stoney. “I congratulate Ms. Burke on winning her seat,” Mr. Kamras said. “During her time as an interim board member for the 7th District, she brought with her a uniquely valuable perspective as a former educator.” Mayor Stoney said he looks forward to continuing their collaboration. “Cheryl will continue to provide a strong and experienced voice to RPS decision-making,” he said. “She is committed to working with the administration and City Council to improve educational outcomes in the city.” Colleagues on the board were equally pleased by the election’s outcome. “It is important to have educators on any school board,” said 4th District School Board member Jonathan Young. “With her expertise and knowledge, the board will understand and acknowledge our principals as the building’s CEO they are and let them run our schools without interference from the central office.” Details for Ms. Burke’s swearing-in ceremony have not been announced.

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To the future We are buoyed and encouraged by Tuesday night’s election results — both in Virginia and across the nation. In Virginia, voters reelected Democrat Tim Kaine to the U.S. Senate and elected Democrats to seven of the state’s 11 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. That includes returning Richmond’s representative, 4th District Congressman A. Donald McEachin, to the House for another two-year term, and electing newcomer Abigail Spanberger in the 7th District, representing parts of Henrico and Chesterfield counties. Ms. Spanberger, a former CIA officer, ran a formidable campaign, upsetting GOP Rep. Dave Brat, a Tea Party conservative. It is the first time since the 111th Congress in 2009-2011 that Democrats have held the majority of Virginia’s congressional seats. The election results show that Virginians have a more progressive and inclusive vision for our state and our nation than the Trump factions that now control Washington. That also rings true nationally, with voters across the country repudiating the regressive policies of President Trump and his GOP followers by flipping the House of Representatives from GOP control to a Democratic majority beginning in January. With Tuesday’s election, we expect Sen. Kaine, Rep. McEachin and Rep.-elect Spanberger to work with others to live up to their campaign promises and seek to improve and expand health care access for all Americans; to protect Social Security, voting rights and women’s health care rights; to strengthen gun laws and background checks for gun purchases; to improve funding and equity in public education; to expand job creation and employment opportunities through internships and training in the trades; to help families by raising the federal minimum wage; to protect the environment through commonsense and future-minded regulations; to stop wasting precious federal dollars on building a ridiculous border wall and deploying troops to the U.S.-Mexico border and to treat immigrant families and their children with dignity and respect; and to bring greater opportunity and resources to rural and urban communities through greater broadband access, infrastructure improvements and anti-poverty initiatives. The list is long, but is by no means exhaustive. There are even more urgent and critical issues that we expect our newly elected representatives to address. We expect Sen. Kaine, Rep. McEachin and Rep.-elect Spanberger to work with other Democratic members of Congress and right-thinking Republicans to protect our democracy and our elections by getting to the bottom of the Russian hacking scandal. While Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller continues his probe into President Trump’s connection to Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, Congress and its various committees also must demand more transparency from President Trump and his administration. They also must handle the ramifications of President Trump’s firing of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and any subsequent attempt to thwart Mr. Mueller’s investigation. Already we have seen that Republicans who were in charge of many of the House committees quashed efforts to subpoena important documents and blocked testimony from federal agencies, including information about President Trump’s tax returns and his family business dealings. Our democracy should not be bought and sold by people seeking or holding office. If it takes bruising a few egos and feelings to protect our democracy, then the Democratic-led House that takes office in January should throw caution to the wind and bring it on. As Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said Tuesday night, “Democracy only works when we work for it, when we fight for it, when we demand it.” Virginia voters have sent this delegation to Washington. Now it is up to us, the voters, to demand that they serve and protect what is important to this nation now and in the future.

Coliseum project Our initial review of the plans to replace the Richmond Coliseum and renew a swath of Downtown has raised more questions than support for the $1.4 billion proposal initiated by Dominion Energy CEO Thomas F. “Tom” Farrell II and backed by Mayor Levar M. Stoney. Chief among those questions is why the city would turn over valuable public assets to a private concern to lead development. Is the city not equipped to develop a vision and plan and lead redevelopment of Downtown? Why insert a middle man — NH Foundation — into the equation? The plan also would cap the amount of real estate taxes going into city coffers from the 80-block Downtown area at its current level for the next 18 years. That means any increases generated by the real estate taxes would go to pay for a new Coliseum. So with all the hotels, office buildings, restaurants and other multimillion-dollar improvements targeted for the area, the city’s general fund wouldn’t reap any additional dollars for the next 18 years than it currently gets from the area because the additional money will be going toward paying for a new, larger Coliseum. Richmond Public Schools, which already is struggling with how to replace or repair its aging, decrepit buildings, may have a growing student population with the 2,900-plus new apartments that are planned for the Downtown district. But for the next 18 years, the city will not have any added real estate tax revenue from the district to put toward schools, or police and fire services, or pothole and infrastructure repair. We don’t like that. Is a new Coliseum so important that it should rob potential added resources from critical needs such as schools and public safety? Does Richmond really need a bigger Coliseum, or can we refurbish and add to the one we have? According to one market analysis, the average monthly rent for an apartment in Downtown is $1,374. So who will be living in the new apartments planned for the Downtown district? Are we again shutting out many people, including African-Americans, to make Downtown more attractive to a homogenous few? We need more answers before we can get behind this project. We hope members of Richmond City Council will take a hard look at this plan and its many implications before voting to approve it. While we want to see Richmond move forward, we don’t want it to benefit a few at the expense of the many, including our schoolchildren.

These are dark times. Thirteen pipe bombs were sent to two former presidents and other political and cultural leaders. In Kentucky, a white man shot and killed two elderly AfricanAmericans at random in a Kroger grocery store after failing to force his way into a black church. In Pittsburgh, a gunman walked into the Tree of Life synagogue and massacred 11 during Sabbath services in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history. What time is it? In Isaiah 21: 11-12, a watchman in his tower is asked, “Watchman, what from the night?” The inquiry comes from an occupier and oppressor of the Israelites. The watchman replies, “The morning cometh, and also the night.” What time is it? Is it dusk moving toward midnight, or dawn moving to the day? We are not bystanders in this drama. It will not be an act of nature that decides, nor a matter of fate. What is clear is that seeds of violence have been strewn across this country. Hatreds that lay fallow have been roused. Divisions have been sharpened.

Dark times

Rain comes from the top, never bottom up. The president rouses fears of an invasion of an alien caravan coming this way. He invents the claim that terrorists have infiltrated the caravan. He lies that Democrats are to blame for not fixing our laws, although he

Jesse L. Jackson Sr. torpedoed a bipartisan reform bill. He ignores the fact that these are people seeking asylum and will gain entry only after their applications are reviewed and accepted. His appeals to fear are echoed and augmented by allies for partisan purpose. Their cynicism is clear. “It doesn’t matter if it’s 100 percent accurate. This is the play,” an administration official told the Daily Beast. Furious, the murderer in Pittsburgh, who raged about a Jewish humanitarian group that helps resettle immigrants in America, arms himself with an assault rifle and three handguns and assaults the synagogue. The president says the answer is to arm synagogues and churches and schools. Sowing division is not an accident; it is a strategy. Former President Obama was attacked as illegitimate with the lie about his birth certificate. Neo-Nazi rioters in Charlottes-

ville, chanting “Jews will not replace us,” were praised as including some “fine people.” The American media has been assailed as “the true enemy of the people,” the claim of “fake news” used to discredit reporting on the inventions and lies of the president. Political opponents are slandered before mass audiences. What former President Teddy Roosevelt called the “bully pulpit” — meaning wonderful pulpit — has been taken over by a bully. What time is it? The seeds of anger and hate are blowing in the wind. No wall, no boundary, no law can contain them. What we do know, as the Bible teaches, is that we will reap what we sow. In this darkness, are we moving toward midnight or toward the dawn? We can decide. The arc of the universe, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught, is long but it moves toward justice, but only if we bend it that way. This is the test of leadership. It is now that leaders must appeal to the better angels of our nature. It is now that leaders must bring us together and remind us of our common bonds. Clearly as president, Mr. Trump has neither the intention nor the capacity to do that. He has profited from division and has no reason to change course. This is a time for others to lead, for citizens to act to bring us together. Captive in Egypt, Israelis

‘PC’ and ignorance Megyn Kelly is off the air at NBC. After her horridly vapid statement saying she didn’t see anything wrong with blackface, she apologized the next day and even invited journalist Roland Martin on to take her to school. Mr. Martin did a brilliant job in explaining the history of blackface and the way it demeans African-American people, and it was great that he had the opportunity to educate, not only his odious host, but also the millions who watch Ms. Kelly daily. So Ms. Kelly tearfully apologized, and she listened to Mr. Martin and television commentator Amy Holmes as they talked about race. But does Ms. Kelly “get” why her remarks were so objectionable? Mr. Martin says she does, but I’m not so sure. She prefaced her apology by saying that she was not a “PC kind of person.” I’m not sure what that means and what is wrong with being “politically correct” if it means being perfectly civil, informed and mindful of others. If African-American people say that blackface is offensive, it’s not a big deal, Ms. Kelly. It’s offensive. Whether you know the history or not, if members of a group say something is wrong, why not accept it? Or does your white privilege allow you to determine what is offensive and what is not? This is not the first time Ms. Kelly has put her foot into

racial quicksand. Confident in her Aryan-ness, she proclaimed that Santa Claus is white and so is Jesus. To declare Jesus white, given his geographical roots on the African continent or in the Middle East, is to embrace a special kind of both spatial and historical ignorance. But if you

Julianne Malveaux are vested in the world being a narrow white occasion, then you are free to spew racist myths, or shall we say, “fake news.” On the Santa tip, because Santa is but a fairytale figment of someone’s imagination, Santa’s race is subject to the imagination. Ms. Kelly seemed to have a problem with a Black Santa. Why? Does a Black Santa offend her lily-white sensibilities? It is tragic to consider that Ms. Kelly has three young children who are undoubtedly being influenced by her warped racial views. But NBC may be reconsidering their relationship with Ms. Kelly. It would be no great loss if she were bounced off the air, though there are some who think she has learned her lesson sufficiently to continue her career. What if, instead of losing her job, she was involved in a “black immersion” experience? What if she had to spend a month in a dormitory at Bennett or Spelman colleges, spending time with the young black women she seems not to have taken into consideration heretofore? What if her conversation with Mr. Martin could be the first of many, and she was directed to

spend time with Essence Editor Emerita Susan Taylor, with NNPA Chair Dorothy Leavell, with Jada Pinkett Smith, with Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. and with others? Might that make a difference for the ill-educated Ms. Kelly? Fifty years after the Kerner Commission report, it is clear that there are still two Americas — one black and one white. Two Americas, with two different realities, and few bridges to understanding. This is why, even in all-white communities, black history must be taught. This is why our textbooks ought to speak, realistically about enslavement, Reconstruction, Jim Crow and lynching. This is why we need to bust the myth that lynchings were about sex — black men lusting after white women. Actually, too many lynchings were about economic envy — white men lusting after black people’s property. Ms. Kelly is not the only white person who is ignorant of American history (because the history of black people really is American history). White ignorance is one of the reasons I look askance at some aspects of the #MeToo movement. White ignorance is a choice, especially among adults who can educate themselves and expose themselves to the totality of history. Ms. Kelly chose to expose herself to Mr. Martin and Ms. Holmes. Too bad she shot off her uninformed mouth before she got educated. Perhaps she will now remove the term “PC” from her vocabulary unless she happens to mean perfectly civil. The writer is an economist and author.

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were asked to make brick without straw, a cruel impossibility. Under slavery and segregation, black people were asked to embrace democracy without the vote, a cruel impossibility. Now, however, we can vote. We can speak. We can act. We can choose to build walls or to build bridges with our voices, our votes and our marching feet. Today we feel the darkness, the hard cold of hatred and division. Will we be a thermometer and simply record this environment or act like a thermostat and alter these conditions? Will we choose to descend further toward midnight, or choose to force the dawn? Ultimately, we will decide, by what we do and what we choose not to do, by how we vote or whether we choose not to vote, by whether we come together or whether we allow our fears to drive us apart. The writer is founder and president of the national Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF A PETITION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR APPROVAL TO IMPLEMENT DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND FOR APPROVAL OF TWO UPDATED RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES PURSUANT TO § 56-585.1 A 5 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA CASE NO. PUR-2018-00168 •Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) has applied for approval to implement new demand-side management (“DSM”) programs and to revise its Riders C1A and C2A, by which Dominion recovers the costs of its DSM programs. •Dominion requests a total of $48,608,558 for its 2019 Riders C1A and C2A. According to Dominion, this amount would increase the bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by $0.61. •The Commission will hear the case on March 20, 2019, at 10 a.m. •Further information about this case is available on the SCC website at: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. On October 3, 2018, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion” or “Company”), pursuant to § 56-585.1 A 5 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”), the Rules Governing Utility Rate Applications and Annual Informational Filings of the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”), the Commission’s Rules Governing Utility Promotional Allowances, the Commission’s Rules Governing Cost/Benefit Measures Required for Demand-Side Management Programs, and the directive contained in Ordering Paragraph (4) of the Commission’s May 10, 2018 Final Order in Case No. PUE-2017-00129, filed with the Commission its petition for approval to implement new demand-side management (“DSM”) programs, and for approval of two updated rate adjustment clauses (“Petition”). In its Petition, the Company requests approval to implement 11 new DSM programs as the Company’s “Phase VII” programs, ten of which are “energy efficiency” (“EE”) DSM programs and one of which is a “demand response” (“DR”) DSM program, as those terms are defined by Code § 56-576. Specifically, the Company requests that the Commission permit the Company to implement the following proposed DSM programs for the five-year period of July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2024, subject to future extensions as requested by the Company and granted by the Commission: (1) Residential Appliance Recycling Program (EE); (2) Residential Customer Engagement Program (EE); (3) Residential Efficient Products Marketplace Program (EE); (4) Residential Home Energy Assessment Program (EE); (5) Residential Smart Thermostat Management Program (EE); (6) Residential Smart Thermostat Management Program (DR); (7) Non-residential Lighting System & Controls Program (EE); (8) Non-residential Heating and Cooling Efficiency Program (EE); (9) Non-residential Window Film Program (EE); (10) Non-residential Small Manufacturing Program (EE); and (11) Non-residential Office Program (EE). The Company proposes a five-year spending cap for the Phase VII programs in the amount of $225.8 million, which is inclusive of operating costs; estimated revenue reductions related to energy efficiency programs (“lost revenues”); common costs; return on capital expenditures; margins on operation and maintenance expenses; and evaluation, measurement, and verification costs. Additionally, the Company proposes that spending within the cap be flexible among the Phase VII programs and requests the ability to exceed the spending cap by no more than 5%. The Company further asserts that the total proposed costs of the energy efficiency programs proposed in the Petition will be counted toward the requirement in the 2018 Grid Transformation and Security Act that the Company develop a proposed program of energy efficiency measures with projected costs of no less than an aggregate amount of $870 million between July 1, 2018, and July 1, 2028, including any existing approved energy efficiency programs. Further, the Company requests approval of an annual update to continue two rate adjustment clauses, Riders C1A and C2A, for the July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020 rate year (“2019 Rate Year”) for recovery of: (i) 2019 Rate Year costs associated with its Phase II, Phase III, Phase IV, Phase V and Phase VI programs approved by the Commission in prior cases; (ii) calendar year 2017 true-up of costs associated with the Company’s approved Phase II, Phase III, Phase IV, and Phase V programs; (iii) calendar year 2017 true up of costs associated with the Company’s Electric Vehicle Pilot Program, which was approved by the Commission in Case No. PUE-2011-00014, and which is set to close on November 30, 2018; and (iv) 2019 Rate Year costs associated with the Company’s proposed Phase VII programs. For Rider C1A, Dominion requests a total revenue requirement of $2,639,124. For Rider C2A, Dominion requests a total revenue requirement of $45,969,434. The proposed total revenue requirement for Riders C1A and C2A is $48,608,558. The Company proposes general rates of return on common equity of 9.2% for the projected revenue requirement and 9.6%, 9.4%, and 9.2% to calculate the Monthly True-Up Adjustment for the periods of January 1, 2017, through June 30, 2017; July 1, 2017, through November 28, 2017; and November 29, 2017, through December 31, 2017, respectively. Dominion states that it is not seeking recovery of lost revenues related to energy efficiency programs at this time; however, the Company further states that it is not waiving any right to seek such lost revenues in future proceedings for the 2019 Rate Year. If the proposed Riders C1A and C2A for the 2019 Rate Year are approved, the impact on customer bills would depend on the customer’s rate schedule and usage. Interested persons are encouraged to review the Petition and supporting documents for the details of these and other proposals. TAKE NOTICE that the Commission may apportion revenues among customer classes and/or design rates in a manner differing from that shown in the Petition and supporting documents and thus may adopt rates that differ from those appearing in the Company’s Petition and supporting documents. The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing and Correcting Order that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing on March 20, 2019, at 10 a.m., in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive testimony from members of the public and evidence related to the Petition from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness at this hearing should appear in the Commission’s courtroom fifteen (15) minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff. The public version of the Company’s Petition, as well as the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing and Correcting Order, are available for public inspection during regular business hours at each of the Company’s business offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Copies also may be obtained by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company, Lisa S. Booth, Esquire, Dominion Resources Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, RS-2, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means.

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Copies of the public version of the Petition and other documents filed in this case also are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. On or before March 13, 2019, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s Petition shall file written comments on the Petition with Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before March 13, 2019, by following the instructions on the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Compact disks or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2018-00168. On or before January 4, 2019, any person or entity wishing to participate as a respondent in this proceeding may do so by filing a notice of participation. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”), any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent must be represented by counsel as required by Rule 5 VAC 5-20-30, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2018-00168.

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On or before February 6, 2019, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission, and serve on the Commission’s Staff, the Company, and all other respondents, any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case, and each witness’s testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of such testimony and exhibits shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. Respondents also shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, including: 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service, and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2018-00168.

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VUU wallops VSU; still looking for NCAA playoff berth

Virginia Union University continues to pres- tive style of flattening defenders, rambled for ent a powerful case for an NCAA Division II 180 yards and two touchdowns last Saturday football playoff berth. against VSU and added another receiving The NCAA selection committee will render touchdown. its decision Sunday, Nov. 11. Super Region 2 For the season, the 250-pound Taylor of playoffs start Saturday, Nov. 17, with three first Hopewell High School’s Class of 2015 has round games. 1,418 yards on the ground with 21 rushing The top seven teams qualify for the playoffs, with touchdowns. He is averaging 6.4 yards per the No. 1 seed receiving a bye. VUU was No. 9 in game and a best in program history of 157.6 the most recent poll released Monday, Nov. 5. yards per outing. After shellacking Virginia State University With at least one more contest, Taylor might 46-19 at Hovey Field last Saturday, the Panthers approach VUU’s all-time season record of 1,660 are all dressed up but the question is will they yards set by Andre Braxton in 2000. He has have somewhere to go. a solid chance to pass Bobby Phillips (1,507 Under Coach Alvin yards in 1993) as No. 2 on Panthers’ season continues Parker, the Panthers still the career chart. have one regular season The versatile Tabyus Thursday, Nov. 8 game to go — against JohnTaylor, who played quarVirginia Union University plays son C. Smith University on terback at Hopewell, also Johnson C. Smith University at Irwin Belk Stadium in Charlotte, Thursday, Nov. 8, in Charleads VUU in receiving with N.C. Kickoff: 4 p.m. lotte, N.C. It’s a makeup 34 grabs for 319 yards and of a game postponed in two touchdowns. September because of Hurricane Florence. VUU quarterback Darius Taylor is another The Panthers are 7-2 now and an overwhelm- statistical giant. The senior from Washington ing favorite to trounce the 2-7 Golden Bulls in passed for 154 yards and three touchdowns against Charlotte. the Trojans and ran for another 75 yards. VUU’s offense, led by the “Taylor Terrors,” Defensively, junior safety Sterling Hammond running back Tabyus Taylor and unrelated continues to draw oohs and ahhs. The reigning quarterback Darius Taylor, is on a season-long CIAA Defensive Player of the Year from Tappacelebration of lighting up scoreboards. hannock had interception and fumble recovery The Panthers lead the CIAA in scoring (44 against VSU and is like a tornado in the face points per game), rushing (256 yards per game) of the opposition. and rushing touchdowns (29). The Panthers also boast one of the top place Sophomore Tabyus Taylor, with a locomo- kickers in all of HBCU football in Jefferson

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Virginia Union University’s Olu Izegwire, a senior wide receiver in the No. 4 jersey, gets pounded as he powers into the end zone during last Saturday’s game against the Virginia State University Trojans at Hovey Field in Richmond.

Souza. The Floridian added a school record 13th field goal (in 16 tries) against VSU and generally lands his kickoffs near the goal line. Despite these accolades, VUU remains on the

NSU to wrangle the Howard Bisons Nov. 10 at Dick Price Stadium Norfolk State University has lost Newton was a major recruiting four straight football games and more plumb for London, who previously trouble is on the way. coached at the University of Richmond The Spartans’next assignment will be and the University of Virginia. to tangle with MEAC’s leading passer, As a senior at Atlanta’s Grady High Howard University’s Caylin Newton, School in 2016, Newton passed for brother of NFL star Cam Newton. 3,322 yards and 33 touchdowns, and ran Under third-year Coach Latrell for 1,036 yards and 13 touchdowns. Scott, NSU will play host to the HU Newton doesn’t have his older Caylin Newton Bison under Coach Mike London at brother’s size. Cam Newton, the Heis1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at Dick Price Stadium man Trophy winner at Auburn University in 2010 in Norfolk. and the NFL’s MVP for the Carolina Panthers Newton, a sophomore from Atlanta, is No. 1 in in 2015, is 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds. MEAC in passing yardage (264 yards per game) Caylin is listed at 6-foot and 195 pounds. and total offense (317 yards per game). Last week, Caylin Newton led Howard to a

outside looking in at the poll with only one set of games still to be played. If everything falls their way, the Panthers could be getting on a bus for a Nov. 17 NCAA game, likely in Georgia. The weekly poll is conducted by the American Football Coaches Association in conjunction with the NCAA. If the call comes — and that remains a big “if” — the Panthers seem more ready than ever.

31-23 victory over MEAC leader Florida A&M University. Meanwhile, NSU lost 37-20 to North Carolina A&T State University during a game in Greensboro, N.C. NSU quarterback Juwan Carter is third in the MEAC in passing yardage. Carter’s top battery-mate, Marcus Taylor, has 35 receptions for 342 yards and leads the conference in kickoff returns. Both Carter and Taylor hail from Highland Springs High School in Henrico County. Last year, Howard defeated NSU 28-24 in Washington as Newton, then a freshman, threw for 159 yards and ran for another 46 yards and a touchdown.

Panthers to the playoffs? Here are the latest rankings in the NCAA Division II poll for Super Region 2. The top seven teams advance to the playoffs starting Saturday, Nov. 17. 1. Valdosta State University (Ga.) 2. University of West Georgia 3. Lenoir-Rhyne University (N.C.) 4. Bowie State University 5. University of West Alabama 6. Florida Institute of Technology 7. Albany State University (Ga.) 8. Wingate University (N.C.) 9. Virginia Union University 10. Fayetteville State University

Hometown hero Ashe conquers Richmond 50 years ago in local Davis Cup match

Fifty years ago, Richmond native Arthur Ashe Jr. and the City Park. But I should say (that) every time we asked him to play of Richmond were front and center for global tennis. in a Richmond event, he always agreed.” Court No. 1 at Richmond’s Byrd Park was the site of the Other Americans on the 1968 Davis Cup team were Clark prestigious Davis Cup tennis tournament May 3 through 5, Graebner and Bob Lutz, who scored singles wins, and the victori1968. Dating to 1900, the Davis Cup is international team tennis’ ous doubles team of Lutz and Stan Smith. Charlie Pasarell was premier event and draws the sport’s marquee names. the alternate. The U.S. Davis Cup captain was Donald Dell. With the world taking note, the Richmond tournament was With Ashe undefeated as No. 1 in singles play, the U.S. team made all the more special because of Ashe, the went on to claim zone victories in Charlotte, N.C., hometown hero and the U.S. team’s top seed at Cleveland and San Juan, Puerto Rico, before finally the time. upending the defending champion and host team “Arthur was very popular around town with all Australia in Adelaide, Australia. people, and he always looked forward to playing In the Davis Cup finals — called the Challenge in Richmond. He received a tremendous ovation Round — held Dec. 26 through 28, 1968, on grass from the crowd,” said Louis C. “Lou” Einwick courts, Ashe toppled Aussies Ray Ruffels and Bill Jr. of Henrico, who was general chairman of the Bowrey, completing the sweep. Richmond Tennis Patrons Tournament Committee Ashe was at the top of his game in 1968. Still in 1968 that was instrumental in bringing the Davis an amateur and 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army, Cup to the city. he won the inaugural U.S. Amateur Championship, Arthur Ashe In the 0second round, but first elimination matches defeating Lutz in the final. He also won the U.S. billed as the “American Zone,” Ashe scored singles victories over Open that year, ousting Tom Okker of The Netherlands in the two Jamaicans representing the Caribbean/West Indies. title match. Ashe defeated Lance Lumsden 6-1, 6-1, 6-0 on May 3; then The 1968 Davis Cup was a rare chance to shine in front of Richard Russell 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 on May 5. his growing Richmond fan base. He had played three times It is significant that both Lumsden and Russell were black. Until previously — 1966, 1967 and 1968 — at the Richmond Arena at least the mid-1960s, black tennis enthusiasts, including Ashe, in international events hosted by the Richmond Tennis Patrons were outlawed during segregation from playing at Byrd Park. Association. Most African-Americans, including Ashe, played at Battery He won the February 1968 Richmond Arena event, downPark on North Side. Ashe had an advantage there with his father, ing Chuck McKinley in the finals indoors. Overall, Ashe won Arthur Ashe Sr., managing the Battery Park courts. 10 of 22 tournaments he entered in 1968, posting an overall “In fact,” said Einwick, “the 1968 Davis Cup was probably 72-10 record. the first time Arthur played — at least competitively — at Byrd To host the 1968 Davis Cup, organizers added more bleachers

on Byrd Park’s Court 2 and opened the surrounding softballbaseball fields to parking. “I’d say we drew about 1,500 to 2,000,” Einwick recalled. “There were a lot of politicians there from Washington, including Sargent Shriver (then the U.S. ambassador to France) and his wife (Eunice Kennedy Shriver). They were front row. “We’re very proud of what we did at Byrd Park,” Einwick said. “It’s one of my fondest memories.” Events preceding the Davis Cup Tournament included a gala with the players at the John Marshall Hotel and a special ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion with then-Gov. Mills E. Godwin. Ashe wasn’t blinded by the bright lights. He had been a member of U.S. Davis Cup team since 1963, when he became the first African-American so honored. Ashe grew up in Richmond and spent many of his summers training under Dr. Robert Walter “Whirlwind” Johnson in Lynchburg. He attended Maggie L. Walker High School, transferring for his senior year to Sumner High School in St. Louis, where he crafted his skills under Coach Richard Hudlin. Ashe became an All-American at UCLA, leading the Bruins to NCAA crowns in 1964 and 1965 and winning the NCAA singles crown in 1965. In his brilliant career, Ashe won 66 tournaments, including the U.S. Open, the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and posted a 1,085-337 record, earning acclaim for his considerable skill and modest, gentlemanly manner. The lean, bespectacled right-hander thrilled fans worldwide. That included one special weekend 50 years ago on a previously whites-only court he wasn’t allowed to play on as a youth. For those at Byrd Park, like Lou Einwick, it was an experience that won’t be forgotten.

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Personality: Warrick F. Scott Sr.

Spotlight on founder of nonprofit Wendell Scott Foundation Warrick F. Scott Sr. was inspired by his grandfather, Wendell Scott of Danville, the first African-American race car driver to win a Grand National race, NASCAR’s highest level. That was in 1963, when pervasive racial prejudice repeatedly thwarted his efforts. That’s also what prompts Mr. Scott to preserve and promote the legacy of his late racing champion grandfather. “My belief has always been that if he was able to be successful in those historically racist times, then, despite the challenges we currently face, we can and will be successful,” Mr. Scott says. Mr. Scott is the founder and chief executive officer of the Wendell Scott Foundation, a Danville-based nonprofit dedicated to commemorating his grandfather’s achievements and providing opportunities to at-risk, underserved youths who are facing obstacles hindering their success. The foundation provides services such as job skill training, STEM education opportunities, mentoring and other support services to youths between the ages of 8 and 18 in Danville and surrounding areas. Its “Steer Into STEM” program offers STEM exploration activities such as racing simulators, robotics, 3-D printing and computer programming, field trips, tours of STEM facilities, as well as college and career preparation. “Our mission, work and programming reflect what my grandfather stood for and his heart’s passion — providing at-risk children with the opportunities that they would otherwise not have access to,” Mr. Scott says. “In our family, we do not believe in hopeless words such as ‘can’t’ or ‘never,’ ” he continues. His grandfather’s accomplishments, he says, are a “testament to perseverance and determination … and for going for what he wanted when the

world was telling him no.” Wendell Scott began racing at age 30 on the Dixie Circuit, largely around Virginia and North Carolina because he was turned away from NASCAR-sanctioned races. He broke into the all-white world of NASCAR when a part-time steward granted him a NASCAR license at a race in 1953 at the old Richmond Speedway. From there, Mr. Scott went on to win more than 100 races at local tracks before making his debut in NASCAR’s premier series in 1961. He competed in the top series for 13 years, finishing in the top 10 spot 147 times in 495 Sprint Cup events. On Dec. 1, 1963, he became the first African-American to win a NASCAR premier series race when he took the checkered flag at the Jacksonville 200 at Speedway Park in Jacksonville, Fla. However, officials flagged Buck Baker as the winner and gave him the trophy in victory lane. Later after checking scorecards, it was revealed that Wendell Scott actually won the race. The error caused Wendell Scott to miss his victory lane ceremony, a move critics believe was designed to avoid an African-American driver from receiving congratulations from a white race queen. He died of cancer in Danville in December 1990 at age 69, and was inducted posthumously into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in January 2015. The foundation is celebrating the 55th anniversary of Wendell Scott’s first NASCAR win with a black-tie gala on Saturday, Dec. 8, in Danville. Proceeds from the event will benefit the foundation and its work, including “Camp Cultivation,” a program for youths developed in partnership with Virginia State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create urban gardens in Danville housing projects. The foundation’s long-term goal is to build a $34 million

Want to go? What: The Wendell Scott Foundation Legacy Gala, celebrating the 55th anniversary of the noted African-American race car driver’s first NASCAR win. Proceeds from the fundraising event will benefit the foundation’s programs for youths. When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. Where: Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, 150 Slayton Ave. in Danville. Details: Grammy Award-winning singer Lalah Hathaway, daughter of singer Donny Hathaway, will provide entertainment at the black-tie dinner event. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com or www.wendellscott. org/annual-gala/ Info: www.wendellscott.org or info@wendellscott.org

Wendell Scott Art & Innovation Center in downtown Danville through public-private partnerships. “There are so many nuances that made Scott Racing successful, many of which had nothing to do with racing,” Mr. Scott says, noting the personal characteristics that propel a person to success. “The foundation strives to make certain that the determination to accomplish goals will be carried on among the lives it serves.” Meet this week’s Personality, Warrick F. Scott Sr.: Occupation: Founder and chief executive officer of the Wendell Scott Foundation. Duties of position: My work affords me the opportunity to be the innovative, driving force behind the organization and revitalization of the nonprofit Wendell Scott Foundation. I’ve created a series of new programs and income streams to increase organizational capacity and reach donors, community stakeholders and corporate partners. I’ve also increased our national profile, awareness and public standing. Community involvement: Founder, Wendell Scott Foundation; Danville-Pittsylvania

County Tourism Advisory Committee; Piedmont Access to Health Services Inc. (PATHS); Virginia School Safety Audit Committee; and the DanvillePittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce. Date and place of birth: June 14 in Danville. Current residence: Danville. Education: Johnson C. Smith University; bachelor’s in mass communications, Shaw University. Family: Wife, Chinique Scott; daughter, Talasjah; and sons, Warrick Jr. and Wendell. When I created the Wendell Scott Foundation: 2010. Reason for founding: I knew the importance of helping others from a young age. I was inspired by my grandfather, Wendell Scott, who spoke of one day opening an orphanage for disadvantaged kids and who would work on anyone’s car whether or not they could pay. I quickly developed a deep passion for charitable work and helping people in need. That resolve stuck with me throughout my entire life. More than 15 years later, I founded the Wendell Scott Foundation to commemorate the memory

of my grandfather, who was the first African-American race car driver to win the Grand National, NASCAR’s highest level, and who also is enshrined in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, the highest honor NASCAR can bestow upon someone in the sport. Where it operates: In Danville, Martinsville, Roanoke, Petersburg and Richmond. Services the foundation provides: An essential part of the Wendell Scott Foundation is its mentoring and Steer into STEM after-school and summer programs. The objective of our mentoring program is to be a development strategy in a youth’s successful path to adulthood. What motivated me to get involved in community service: My mother was a schoolteacher, coach and SGA chair for more than 30 years. She has always been a hero to her many students. Because of that selfless dedication, the act of community service was a built-in expectation and it was also fashionable to care about your environment and the community of people you share it with. How I start the day: I start

each day with prayer and pushups. Then I think of my loved ones who have passed on and channel those memories I hold close to my heart toward creating positive energy. A perfect day for me is: There’s no one perfect day for me. I’m able to find perfection in the opportunities God gives me to be a husband and father. At the end of the day, if my family is happy, then everything is perfect. Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: I love to prepare a variety of meals for my family while singing or at least harmonizing to soul music. I also like to play Madden Football on Playstation Network with friends. How I unwind: Listening to music. Ironically enough, I’m a huge Lalah Hathaway fan. I love her song “Breathe.” She will be performing at our annual legacy gala in December. A quote that I am inspired by: Two by Wendell Scott — “You can’t swim standing on the bank” and “When it’s too tough for everybody else, it’s just right for me.” Best late-night snack: Strawberry lemonade freeze pops. Best thing my parents ever taught me: Be dedicated to your church and family. Person who influenced me the most: My father Frank Scott Sr. He has been there for me in my life. Being born into a legacy that is publicly recognized can be really tough. His example as a man is something that has been irreplaceable in my life. The book that influenced me the most: “Succeeding Against the Odds” by John H. Johnson. What I’m reading now: “The Art & Science of Respect: A Memoir by James Prince.” My next goal: To establish the Wendell Scott Art & Innovation Center in downtown Danville.

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Happenings Area men named to national 2019 commemoration commission Free Press staff report

Two Richmonders will be among the 14 people who will help plan, develop and coordinate next year’s commemoration of the 400th anniversary arrival of the first Africans into English territory in what is now Mr. Johnson Mr. Martin Dr. the United States. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced that he had named Richmond office of McGuireWoods law Kenneth S. “Ken” Johnson and George firm and a former rector of the University K. Martin as members of the 400 Years of Virginia. He also serves on the executive of African-American History Commission committee of American Evolution. They will join three other Virginians that will focus on the historic arrival of “20 and odd” captives in 1619 in what and 10 others from around the country in helping to remember 1619, a major turning was then the Virginia colony. “I am honored to appoint this group point in American history. While the Spanish were importing slaves to oversee such an important milestone in African-American history,” Mr. Zinke into Florida decades earlier, the English stated Nov. 2, noting his action comes brought the first Africans to their American in the same year that five historic sites colonies in 1619 to Virginia. According to the National Park Service, were added to the African-American Civil the initial Africans, prisoners who largely Rights Network. “This commission will help expand the became indentured servants and mostly understanding and appreciation of all faces earned their freedom, were transferred from of African-American history and culture,” an English privateer at Point Comfort (now Hampton) and exchanged for food for the Mr. Zinke added. Both Richmond appointees are familiar sailors. The English raider had seized the Africans from a Portuguese ship that was faces. Mr. Johnson, who owns JMI Marketing, headed to Vera Cruz in Mexico. The other Virginians on the commisa marketing and public relations firm in the city, is best known for staging such sion include: Terry E. Brown of Hampannual events as the summer Richmond ton, superintendent of the Fort Monroe Jazz Festival and the winter Freedom National Monument; and Ron Carson Classic basketball tournament. His firm of Pennington Gap, founder of the Apis part of the team that won a contract palachian African-American Cultural for American Evolution, the state’s 2019 Center and Black Lung program director for Stone Mountain Health Services in Commemoration. Mr. Martin is managing partner of the Pennington Gap.

Also, Dr. Rex Ellis of Williamsburg, associate director of curatorial affairs at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and former vice president of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Other commission memEllis bers include: Lonnie Bunch III of Washington, founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture; Kenya Cox of Wichita, Kan., president of the Kansas State NAACP; the Rev. Nora “Anyanwu” Cox, also of Wichita, Kan., founder of the Holy Spirit Healing Ministry; and Ted Ellis of Friendswood, Texas, an artist and cultural historian who serves as art ambassador for the National Juneteenth Organization. Also, Glenn Freeman of Omaha, Neb., retired Air Force chief master sergeant and president of the Omaha Chapter of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge; Dr. Joseph Green Jr. of Harrisburg, Pa., pastor, and co-founder of Antioch Assembly; and Hannibal Johnson of Tulsa, Okla., attorney, author and diversity and inclusion consultant. Also, Bob Kendrick of Kansas City, Mo., president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum; and Dr. Myron Pope of Edmond, Okla., vice president for Student Affairs at the University of Central Oklahoma. The commission was created in January by an act of Congress. Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott of Newport News and U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia spearheaded the bipartisan legislation through Congress.

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LOS ANGELES Move over Barack Obama. Actor Idris Elba was named the sexiest man alive on Monday by People magazine. The London-born actor, 46, said he didn’t believe it when magazine officials told him. “I was like, ‘Come on, no way. Really?’ ” Mr. Elba told the celebrity publication. “Looked in the mirror, I checked myself out. I was like, ‘Yeah, you are kind of sexy today.’ “But to be honest, it was just a nice feeling. It was a nice surprise — an ego boost for sure.” James Bond fans are campaigning for him to be the next person to play Agent 007. Mr. Elba won a Golden Globe for his lead role in the BBC television detective series “Luther,” played a Norse god in “Thor” and appeared in U.S. television series “The Wire.” Other actors and singers who have been given the title by the magazine’s editors in recent years include George Clooney, Blake Shelton, Chris Hemsworth, Adam Levine, and Channing Tatum. Only two other non-white men — star Denzel Washington in 1996 and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, whose mother is Samoan and whose father is black Canadian, in 2016 — have won the title since People started the feature in 1985. Fans have been campaigning for Mr. Elba, the son of African immigrants to Britain, to take over from Daniel Craig as secret agent James Bond in the lucrative movie franchise after the next Bond film, due for release in 2020. In August, Mr. Elba stoked the rumors that he was set to become the first black actor to play Bond when he posted a cryptic message on Twitter using one of the character’s best-known lines — “My name’s Elba, Idris Elba.” Days later, he flatly denied it was going to happen.

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When Takiia Anderson graduated from Boston College Law School in 1999, she was a single mom with a 2-year-old, nearly $100,000 in student loans and a new job as a government attorney that paid $34,102 a year. She didn’t like that math. “People are talking about 20 years to pay off a student loan, and my daughter is going to college in 16 years,” recalled Ms. Anderson, now 47 and based in Atlanta. “I didn’t want to be in a situation where I’m helping her pay for college while I’m still paying my student loan.” Today, Ms. Anderson’s student debt is long gone. She has nearly $500,000 in retirement savings, and her daughter, Taje Perkins, finished her third year at Spelman College in Atlanta with no student loans to cover its nearly $30,000 per year in tuition and fees. How did she do it? She set a series of targets and kept a laser-like focus on them that, even though she later became a high-earner and has ridden a surging stock market, can serve as a lesson to others today. “Any time I got a raise, a bonus or a tax refund, I put it toward my debt, my daughter’s education savings and then retirement,” Ms. Anderson said. Many financial advisers would advise flipping those last two priorities: “The same way that airplane announcements tell us parents should put on their own Takiia Anderson, right, with daughter Taje Perkins oxygen masks before assisting their children, parents should prioritize saving for retirement and putting themselves in a good financial position She later rolled that into a 529 college savings plan and began before saving for their children’s education,” said Paul R. Ruedi, contributing $50 a month. CEO of Ruedi Wealth Management in Plano, Texas. Once Ms. Anderson paid off her student loans and credit Yet more parents like Anderson are prioritizing saving for cards in 2008, she began saving $12,000 a year toward her college over retirement — 56 percent are doing the former versus daughter’s education. By the time Taje started college, Ms. 54 percent the latter, according to a recent survey by Sallie Mae, Anderson had saved $56,000 and added another $22,000 during one of the nation’s largest student loan lenders. her first years. “Although college wasn’t as expensive when I went in 1989, But to do so, Ms. Anderson quit contributing to her governI know what it’s like not to have to pay those bills, and that’s ment retirement plan for two years — a move most financial what I wanted for her,” said Ms. Anderson, a Howard Univer- advisers would caution against. sity graduate. “Fortunately, the two years I didn’t contribute to my retireMs. Anderson attacked her student loan debt first with single- ment plan was during the financial crisis,” she said. In 2010, minded determination. she resumed contributing to her employer-sponsored retirement “We didn’t have cable. No internet,” she recalled, adding that, plan up to the legal limit — $16,500 a year at that time — “to instead, they watched old or borrowed DVDs and VHS tapes. catch up,” she says. “I was literally living in overdraft protection. But I was paying Ms. Anderson’s maximum contributions have aligned nicely my bills on time. I drove the same car for 12 years, cooked at with the current nine-year bull market, in which the S&P 500 home and packed lunches.” index has seen annualized returns of about 10 percent. As her salary increased and she was promoted to roles with Some might view Ms. Anderson’s story as one of sacrifice, but the U.S. Department of Labor in Maryland, Philadelphia and she believes that aggressively paying down her debt has brought Atlanta, she pumped more cash toward her debt. her freedom, like the opportunity to choose early retirement this “Even when I was making low six figures, I was renting year after working 20 years with the government. $1,200 apartments — a lot of money for some people, but much Ms. Anderson has $15,000 in emergency savings, owns a less than I could afford,” she said. home and is doing contract legal work to keep earning some In the end, Ms. Anderson was able to pay off her $100,000 money. She also writes a personal finance blog, “The Frugal in debt in nine years rather than 20. Biddy.” Her daughter has begun her last year in college, and Ms. Anderson began saving for her daughter’s education when she will be taking over payments from her mother and getting Taje was 3. She started small. Following advice she heard on student loans to finish her degree. “Oprah,” Ms. Anderson paid for daily expenses in cash and at Dedicating five or 10 years of a career to pay down debt “may the end of each day threw change in a drawer. After one year, seem to some that they are losing their life, but what they don’t she had $135 that she used to open a savings account for Taje. realize is how much they gain,” Ms. Anderson said.

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Local innovator selected for Culture of Health Leadership program By Samantha Willis

Six Points Innovation Center in Highland Park builds young people into urban leaders and empowers them to build the city, explained Jacqulyn “Jackie” Washington, site director for the center. “We do this in several ways, like exposing the teens to different types of careers in city planning or design,” said Ms. Washington, 24. “We help them to see how decisions are made at City Hall and show them how they can engage as citizens. We encourage creative expression through art. … It’s much more than an afterschool program.” Ms. Washington has been selected to participate in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of Health Leadership program, an initiative that provides training and support to leaders nationwide to help make their communities more healthy and equitable. Ms. Washington will receive a stipend of up to $20,000 annually for three years to focus on mental and emotional health outcomes in African-American and Latino communities. “In this context, the word ‘health’ goes beyond

diet and exercise,” she said. “What my work will address is healing emotional and mental trauma, especially in the black community.” Through the Culture of Health Leadership program, Ms. Washington, who also is community engagement liaison for Storefront for Community Design at 6PIC, will meet seasoned community leaders working to improve health outcomes and wellness in their respective areas of the country. The opportunity for mentorship and skill sharing is an exciting one, she said. “Whatever I learn, I will come back and apply at 6PIC, Storefront and in the city of Richmond.” Ms. Washington, who has a master’s in social work from Virginia Commonwealth University, believes the new skills she will learn as a Culture of Health Leader will equip her to support the community’s healing from historic and contemporary racial trauma and economic disparities. The nonprofit Robert Woods Johnson Foundation, which was started in 1972, focuses on improving the health and wellbeing of Americans and awards grants to individual and groups

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Jacqulyn “Jackie” Washington hopes to use new skills from the Culture of Health Leadership program to help heal emotional and mental trauma in the Richmond community.

working to create healthier communities. In 2017, Richmond was one of eight communities that won the foundation’s Culture of Health $25,000 prize. Community groups’ efforts to boost access to healthy food access and poverty reduction efforts by the city’s Office of Community Wealth Building were cited as reasons Richmond was selected for the honor.

Ms. Washington, said she plans to work with grassroots groups, such as Community Unity in Action, to streamline and enhance community healing across the city. “If anything, I’m going to try and connect all the incredible healing work that’s already happening here and elevate those voices,” Ms. Washington said.

41st Annual Richmond Marathon kicks off Saturday Runners take your mark. Approximately 19,000 runners are expected for the 41st Annual Richmond Marathon on Saturday, Nov. 10, that will wind its way through Downtown and the West End, south across the Huguenot Bridge, through South Side, north across the Lee Bridge, through North Side and back Downtown to the finish line at Brown’s Island. The young and not so young, fast and not so fast alike will compete in three races: 8 kilometers, half marathon and full marathon. Prize money is offered to the elite runners. First prize for men’s and women’s marathon champions is $2,500. The half-marathon and 8K winners will each receive $1,000. Although the Richmond Marathon is primarily a local race, the first place checks generally go to what some term “the foreign legion” of athletes from East Africa. Since 1999, the men’s first place finisher has been from either Kenya or Ethiopia, except in 2014 when Ben Zywicki of Colorado broke the tape. The 2017 defending champ is Ethiopian Temesgen Habtemariam, who covered the course in 2:21.28. Tim Covington from Clover Hill High School and Virginia Tech was the last local men’s winner in 1998. Covington also prevailed in 1996. On the women’s side, the 2017 winner was Beth Sachtleben of Alexandria in 2:39. The previous eight women’s winners were runners from Africa. The men’s record of 2:13.4 was set by Kenyan Kennedy Kemei in 2011. The women’s record of 2:31.25 was established in 2000 by Russian Irina Suvorova. The half marathon has also been dominated by runners from East African nations. The Richmond Marathon is a qualifier for the Boston Marathon, which will be held April 15. The weather Saturday will be favorable for the runners and spectators. The forecast calls for partly sunny skies, with high temperatures around 50.

Hanover NAACP hosts ‘Mind Your Business’ event The Hanover Branch NAACP is hosting a networking event for entrepreneurs and those who want to start their own business. The free event, “Mind Your Business,” will be held 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at the Ashland Catering Co., 149 Junction Drive in Ashland. Speakers include attorney Donald Gee and freelance writer Samantha Willis. Food, drawings and spoken word entertainment also will be featured. Information: Regina Edwards, (804) 349-7835, or hanovernaacp@gmail.com.

Race day in Richmond Starting times for 41st Annual Richmond Marathon 7 a.m. – 8K (4.9 miles) at 8th and Broad streets 7:30 a.m. – Half marathon (13.1 miles) at 7th and Broad streets 7:45 a.m. – Full marathon (26.2 miles) at 5th and Grace streets 3 p.m. – Course closes 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Co-Star postrace party at Brown’s Island finish line Party zones at 7-mile, 13mile and 20-mile posts *Finish line for all races at 5th and Tredegar streets across from Brown’s Island along the James River.

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Margaret Williams “Peggy” Brazil spent 31 ity, of which her late grandmother, Jimmie Bugg years as a Richmond Public Schools educator, capMiddleton, was a founding member. ping her service as principal of Overby-Sheppard Mrs. Brazil joined the sorority while at Hampton. Elementary School in North Side. She was a former vice president of the Richmond Her work helping Richmond schoolchildren Alumnae Chapter and worked with the committee build a foundation of knowledge is being rethat stages the annual Richmond Infinite Scholars membered following her death on Friday, Oct. event that helps area students get accepted to and 26, 2018. She was 76. receive financial aid from a variety of colleges Family and friends celebrated her life, and universities. Wednesday, Oct. 31, at St. Paul Catholic Church She also was active at St. Paul Catholic Church, in North Side. where she served on the finance committee. A native of Raleigh, N.C., who grew up Mrs. Brazil also volunteered with the Metro in Washington, Mrs. Brazil began her career Richmond Court Appointed Special Advocates, in education after graduating from Hampton which aids abused and neglected children who are Mrs. Brazil University in 1964 with a bachelor’s degree in removed from their families. elementary education. She also was a former president of the Richmond Chapter of She joined the elementary school teaching corps in Richmond The Moles and was active in the Hampton University Alumni in 1969. After earning her master’s from Virginia Commonwealth Chapter in Richmond and the university’s booster club. University in 1975, she held various posts before retiring as a Survivors include her husband of 54 years, Kacem L. Brazil principal in 2000. Jr.; two children, Dr. Brian L. Brazil of Gaithersburg, Md., and She also was active for 56 years in Delta Sigma Theta Soror- Lori Chenault of Atlanta; and four grandchildren.

Legendary baseball slugger Willie McCovey dies By Fred Jeter

Willie McCovey, who was among the most respected and feared sluggers in baseball history, died Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. Mr. McCovey was 80. The 6-foot-4, left-handed first baseman known as “Stretch” played most of his career with the San Francisco Giants, often batting behind Willie Mays in the lineup. His glistening statistics included 521 home runs (including a record 231 at the Giants’ Candlestick Park), 1,555 runs batted in and 18 grand slams. He was a six-time National League All-Star, the 1959 Rookie of the Year and the Most Valuable Player in 1969. Mr. McCovey was just 19 when he debuted with the Giants in 1959. In his first Major League game, Mr. McCovey went 4-for-4 off Philadelphia ace Robin Roberts. He was just warming up. A native of Mobile, Ala., Mr. McCovey led the National League in home runs three times and twice in RBIs. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986. Pitchers dreaded facing Mr. McCovey. Hall of Fame hurler Bob Gibson called him “the scariest hitter in baseball.” Rarely seeing a fat pitch, he was walked 137 times in 1970, the most in the NL. Following his retirement, Mr. McCovey served 18 years as a senior adviser to the Giants. He attended Giants games

Trumpeter Roy Hargrove, a prolific player who provided his jazz sound to records across a vast range of styles and won two Grammys, has died at age 49. Mr. Hargrove died in New York on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, of cardiac arrest stemming from an ongoing fight with kidney disease, his longtime manager, Larry Clothier, said in a statement. Mr. Clothier said Mr. Hargrove “was known just as intensely for his brimming fire and fury as he was for his gorgeous, signature balladry. Over and over, his sound attested to and sanctified his deep love for music. His unselfish timbre covered the waterfront of every musical landscape.” Many of Mr. Hargrove’s peers regarded him as the greatest trumpeter of his generation. Through his own bands and as a sideman, Mr. Hargrove brewed his jazz with African and Latin sounds, R&B, soul, pop, funk and hip-hop. He led the progressive, genre-melding group The RH Factor, played in sessions for Common, Erykah Badu and D’Angelo, and collaborated with jazz giants including Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis. “He is literally the one-man horn section I hear in my head when I think about music,” Questlove, drummer and leader of The Roots, said on Instagram last Saturday. “Love to the immortal timeless genius that will forever be Roy Hargrove y’all.”

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at AT&T Park right up to the end of this past season. Although Mr. McCovey never played at AT&T Park, his greatness in Giants lore is very apparent. A 9-foot, bronze statue of Mr. McCovey was erected in 2003 just behind the right field wall on a walkway. The portion of the San Francisco Bay just beyond the walkway is known affectionately as “McCovey Cove,” where fans in boats and kayaks gather with the hope of catching a ball slugged over the wall.

clubs, the Blue Note, said on its Twitter account last Saturday that Mr. Hargrove was a “young master and friend gone too soon.” Mr. Hargrove released his first solo album, “Diamond in the Rough,” in 1990. He won his first Grammy in 1998 with his Afro-Cuban band Crisol for its album “Habana.” He then won another in 2002 for “Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall,” featuring a band he led with pianist Herbie Hancock and saxophonist Michael Brecker. Questlove, who worked with Mr. Hargrove on several projects, said his improvisational skills were astonishing. “I can’t properly document how crucial and spot on Roy was with his craft man,” he said. “We NEVER gave him instructions: just played the song and watched him go.” Other tributes flowed from the musical community as word

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spread of Mr. Hargrove’s death. “I have no words over the loss of my dear brother of 31 years,” bass player Christian McBride said on Twitter. “We played on a lot of sessions together, traveled a lot of miles together, laughed a lot together, bickered on occasion — and I wouldn’t change our relationship for anything in the world. Bless you, Roy Hargrove.” Don Cheadle, who directed and starred in the 2016 movie “Miles Ahead” about trumpet great Miles Davis, tweeted a picture of himself with Mr. Hargrove, saying: “You were a beautiful soul, young lion, you will be terribly missed.” Mr. Hargrove is survived by his wife Aida; daughter, Kamala; mother, Jacklyn; and brother, Brian. Memorial plans are in the works, but no details have been announced.

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Would domestic terrorism law help prevent extremist shootings?

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WASHINGTON The package bombs sent to Democrats across the country and the killings of Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue may seem like clear-cut cases of terrorism. But the suspects will almost certainly never face terrorism charges. The reason: There’s no domestic terrorism law in the United States. Whether there should be one is a matter of debate. On one hand, there’s the belief that white supremacists who kill for ideology should get the same terrorism label as Islamic State group supporters. On the other, there’s concern about infringing on constitutional guarantees to protect free speech, no matter how abhorrent. In the absence of domestic terrorism laws, the U.S. Justice Department relies on other statutes to prosecute ideologically motivated violence by people with no international ties. That makes it hard to track how often extremists driven by religious, racial or anti-government bias commit violence in the United States. It also complicates efforts to develop a universally accepted domestic terror definition. Mary McCord, a former top Justice Department official in the Obama administration, favors a law that “puts domestic terrorism on the same moral plain as international terrorism.” “Terrorism offenses are done purposely to send a much broader message, and so having that be the charged crime puts that label on that and says, ‘This is someone who committed a terrorism act,’ ” she said. The discussion in some ways is more about labels than consequences. Even without a specific law, the Justice Department has other tools available, including explosives, hate crime and firearm possession

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Cesar Sayoc, left, who is charged with sending pipe bombs to prominent Democrats around the country, appears in federal court in Miami on Oct. 29 in this courtroom sketch. The 56-year-old was transferred on Monday to New York City, where he will be tried.

face decades in prison. In the case of Mr. Bowers, charged in a 29-count complaint with federal crimes including using a firearm to commit murder and obstructing the free exercise of religion, prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty. The same punishment was sought for Dylann Roof in the 2015 shooting at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C. Prosecutors are treating the synagogue shooting as a hate crime rather than domestic terrorism. DeputyAttorney General Rod Rosenstein told police officials on Oct. 29 that the Justice Department is aggressively prosecuting hate crimes, saying, “The vile forces of bigotry and hatred will not prevail.” Usher Badges • Clergy Shirts • Collars • Communion Supplies • Much More!

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because the government didn’t like their ideology. “You want to be really careful, given the current political context, about who would be put on that list because you don’t want them put on there for purely punitive reasons,” said Karen Greenberg, director of Fordham University Law School’s Center on National Security. But advocates of a domestic terrorism law say without a specific statute, cases that could all be charged under a single law are instead brought under a hodgepodge of others and sometimes prosecuted as state or local terrorism offenses, making it virtually impossible to identify trends, and tally how many domestic terror acts occur in the

United States and how they’re handled by prosecutors. When an attack occurs, “you have to find the criminal laws that may apply based upon the specific facts that may apply,” said Joshua Zive, outside counsel to the FBI Agents Association. “When it does that, you’ve then lost the ability to kind of measure those prosecutions from a domestic terrorism standpoint. They’ve been essentially spread to the wind based on what the individual facts might be,” he said. The Justice Department, acknowledging the homegrown extremism threat, appointed a domestic terrorism counsel in 2015 to coordinate the work of U.S. attorneys. Although ideas for a broader statute have been kicked around, Mr. Zive said he could not recall any “viable” legislative proposal. The federal code includes a definition of domestic terrorism but has no penalties associated with it. A proposal floated by the FBI association would borrow the language of that definition — the use of violence for political means to intimidate or coerce a government or civilian population — and make it a crime no matter what type of weapon is used. The Justice Department historically has reserved terrorism prosecutions for cases involving foreign organizations. That’s because the U.S. State Department maintains a list of dozens of foreign terror groups. Actions aimed at helping those organizations, whether traveling abroad to join the Islamic State group or committing an act at home, fall under a broadly construed law that makes it illegal to lend material support to a foreign terror organization. By comparison, the United States does not make it a crime to associate with organizations like the Ku Klux Klan that have been involved in ideologically motivated crimes.

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City Auditor, and the City Clerk to establish performance criteria and other terms and conditions of employment for such individuals, to add the Inspector General to the list of positions for which the Council Chief of Staff is authorized to execute employment agreements.

To advertise in the Richmond Free Press call 644-0496 City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2018-030 As Amended To amend ch. 12, art. I of the City Code by adding therein new §§ 12-18 and 12-19, concerning the preparation of strategic action plans by each City department, agency, and office, for the purpose of aligning the service delivery goals of each City department, agency, and office with the City’s overall strategic plan. Ordinance No. 2018-101 As Amended To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a First Amendment to Stone Brewery Cooperation Agreement, as Amended, dated March 2, 2015, as amended, between the City of Richmond and the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond for the purpose of revising the definition of “Phase 2 Facility” to allow for the demolition of an existing structure and construction of a new building. Ordinance No. 2018-126 As Amended To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a First Amendment to Stone Brewing Company Performance Agreement, Dated November 14, 2014, as amended, between the City of Richmond, Virginia, Stone Brewing Co., LLC, and the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond, Virginia for the purpose of revising the definitions of “Existing Building” and “Phase II” to allow the demolition of an existing structure and the construction of a new building. Ordinance No. 2018-235 To amend and reordain City Code § 26-355, concerning the levy of tax on real estate, to establish a tax rate of $1.20 for the tax year beginning Jan. 1, 2019, pursuant to Va. Code § 58.1-3321(b), and increasing such rate from the Rolled Back Tax Rate of $1.129 as computed in accordance with Va. Code § 58.1-3321(a). Ordinance No. 2018-245 As Amended To a u t h o r i z e t h e special use of the properties known as 2009 Brook Road, 2011 Northumberland Avenue, and a portion of Northumberland Avenue for the purpose of multifamily dwellings containing up to 224 dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in the M-1 Light Industrial District and the R-5 Single- Family Residential District. The City of Richmond’s current Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Multi-family Medium Density (MF-MD). Primary uses are multi-family dwellings at densities up to 20 units per acre. The VUU/Chamberlayne Neighborhood Plan also recommends multifamily land use for the subject property. The density of the property if redeveloped as proposed would be approximately 50 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2018-260 To reopen to public use and travel a portion of Patton Avenue located between Mactavish Avenue and a point 472.20± feet east of Mactavish Avenue consisting of 24,545± square feet that was closed to public use and travel by Ord. No. 2010192-182, adopted Oct. 25, 2010; to revoke a private use license for this same portion of Patton Avenue that was granted by Ord. No. 2010-193-183, adopted Oct. 25, 2010; to vacate a public utility and drainage easement located in a closed portion of Highpoint Avenue consisting of 15,765± square feet granted by Ord. No. 93-6-22, adopted Feb. 8, 1993; and to close, to public use and travel, a strip of public right of way along Patton Avenue, consisting of 4,095± square feet, but retaining a portion as a utility easement, consisting of 204± square feet; upon certain terms and conditions, and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept a dedication of access and utility easements along Patton Avenue, consisting of 20,907± square feet, in connection with the closing of such portion of Patton Avenue. Ordinance No. 2018-261 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3020 East Franklin Street for the purpose of two singlefamily attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is in the R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential Zoning District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Public & Open Space. Primary uses in this category include publicly-owned and operated parks, recreation areas, open spaces, schools, libraries, cemeteries and other government and public service facilities (p. 135). No residential density is specified for this land use designation. The proposed density of the development would be approximately 22 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2018-262 To amend ch. 24, art. II of the City Code by adding therein a new div. 4.1 (§§ 24-125—24130), to amend City Code § 27-197, concerning parking prohibited in specified places, and to amend Appendix A of the City Code by adding therein new fees for § 24-128, concerning permit applications for the parking of certain vehicles, for the purpose of establishing a permit program for parking certain vehicles on sidewalks. Ordinance No. 2018-263 To p r o v i d e f o r t h e granting by the City of Richmond to the person, firm or corporation to be ascertained in the manner prescribed by law of certain easements upon, over, under, and across certain property located in the athletic field adjacent to the Hickory Hill Community Center at 3000 East Belt Boulevard for the relocation of communication lines and associated appurtenances in accordance with a certain Deed of Easement. Ordinance No. 2018-264 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Lease Agreement between Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, as Lessee, and the City of Richmond, as Lessor, to allow Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, to construct, maintain, and operate telecommunications equipment at 101 East Franklin Street.

Ordinance No. 2018-257 As Amended To amend and reordain Ord. No. 2006-321-200733, adopted Feb. 26, 2007, which authorized the President of the Council to execute, on behalf of the City of Richmond, employment agreements with the Council Chief of Staff, and to authorize the Council Chief of Staff, with the authorization of the President and Vice President of the Council, to execute such agreements with the City Assessor, the City Attorney, the

Ordinance No. 2018-265 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Standard Project Administration Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Department of Transportation to provide funding for the upgrading of the handicap ramps on and the milling and resurfacing of the eastbound lanes o f S e m m e s Av e n u e between West 9th Street and West 20th Street, the southbound lanes of Jefferson Davis Highway between Hull Street and North Hopkins Road, and the northbound lanes of Jefferson Davis Highway between Stockton Street

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and Chesterman Avenue, as part of the Department of Public Works’ Semmes Avenue and Jefferson Davis Highway State of Good Repair Paving Projects program. Ordinance No. 2018-267 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept grant funds in the amount of $350,000.00 from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and to appropriate the amount of $350,000.00 to the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Adult Drug Court agency special fund called the RADTC – SAMHSA Grant special fund by $350,000.00 for the purpose of supporting and enhancing services provided to addicted offenders assigned to the Richmond Adult Drug Treatment Court Program. Ordinance No. 2018-268 To amend Ord. No. 2018057, adopted May 14, 2018, which adopted the Fiscal Year 20182019 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by increasing anticipated revenues from the distraint of personal property for the recovery of delinquent taxes pursuant to Code § 26-437 and the amount appropriated to the Richmond Sheriff’s Office’s Sheriff-Courts program by $5,000.00 for the purpose of funding anticipated overtime costs accrued in the recovery of additional delinquent tax revenue. Ordinance No. 2018-269 To amend ch. 2, art. V of the City Code by adding therein a new div. 19 (§§ 2-1173—2-1178) for the purpose of establishing a History and Culture Commission. Ordinance No. 2018-270 To amend and reordain City Code § 26-437, concerning the distraint of property for taxes, for the purpose of allowing distraint of property for failing, refusing or neglecting to pay any admissions, lodging, meals or business, professional, or occupation license taxes in addition to real and tangible personal property taxes. Ordinance No. 2018-271 To repeal City Code § 26-892, concerning installment payments for certain license taxes, for the purpose of eliminating the option to pay such license taxes in installments. Ordinance No. 2018-272 To amend and reordain City Code §§ 4-124, concerning permit requirements for chickens and 4-126, concerning requirements for the area in which female chickens are maintained, for the purpose of increasing the number of female chickens permitted in the City from four to six. Ordinance No. 2018-273 To amend and reordain City Code § 4-248, concerning the disposition of deceased companion animals, for the purpose of removing the requirement that no charges be imposed for the pickup and disposal of deceased companion animals euthanized by the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Ordinance No. 2018-274 To amend and reordain City Code § 4-372, concerning reporting of bites, for the purpose of expanding the categories of persons responsible for reporting animal bites in the City of Richmond. Ordinance No. 2018-275 To amend and reordain City Code § 4-96, concerning cruelty to animals, for the purpose of imposing additional restrictions on the tethering of dogs and removing the time limits within which violations are punished as more serious misdemeanors. Ordinance No. 2018-276 To amend and reordain City Code § 30-1020.3, concerning the issuance of certificates of zoning compliance, for the purpose of requiring that all certificates of zoning compliance and zoning confirmation letters and applications filed therefor be published on the City’s website within two working days after such issuance and filing. Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Candice D. Reid City Clerk

REQUEST FOR BIDS For Certain Easements Upon, Over, Under and Across Hickory Hill Athletic Field at 3000 East Belt Boulevard In the City of Richmond The City of Richmond is seeking bids for certain easements upon, over, under, and across certain property located in the athletic field adjacent to the Hickory Hill Community Center at 3000 East Belt Boulevard for the relocation of communication lines and associated appurtenances in accordance with a certain Deed of Easement, for a duration of 40 years, subject to certain responsibilities to be imposed by the Deed of Easement and subject further to all retained rights of the City of Richmond. All bids for the easements hereby offered to be granted shall be submitted in writing to the City Clerk’s office by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 13, 2018. Bids will be presented to the presiding officer of the Council of the City of Richmond on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. in open session and shall then be presented by the presiding officer to the Council and be dealt with and acted upon in the mode prescribed by law. The City of Richmond expressly reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The successful bidder shall reimburse the City for all costs incurred in connection with the advertisement of this ordinance in accordance with section 15.2-2101 of the Code of Virginia and shall post the bond required by the ordinance. A copy of the full text of the ordinance is on file in the City Clerk’s office, and the full text of the ordinance and lease to be executed is available at: https://richmondva. l e g i s t a r. c o m / LegislationDetail.aspx? ID=3685863&GUID=03C B 6 2 A 9 - 8 D C B 4079-A327 -96ACCA427B95&Option s=ID|Text|&Search=2018 -263 Please address any questions or bids to: Candice D. Reid, City Clerk City of Richmond 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7955 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, November 5, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2018-276 To amend and reordain City Code § 30-1020.3, concerning the issuance of certificates of zoning compliance, for the purpose of requiring that all certificates of zoning compliance and zoning confirmation letters and applications filed therefor be published on the City’s website within two working days after such issuance and filing. Ordinance No. 2018-277 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 2018-051, adopted Mar. 26, 2018, which authorized the special use of the properties known as 1911 and 1915 Grove Avenue for the purpose of a day nursery within a church, to authorize the special use of the property known as 1915 Grove Avenue for the purpose of two two-family dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The current zoning for this property is R-6 Single Family Attached Residential. The City of Richmond’s 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. The density of the proposed use is approximately 17 units per acre.

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Downtown Master Plan designates the subject property as Downtown Urban Center Area which is characterized by higher density, mixed-use development, typically arranged on a fine-grained street network. Ordinance No. 2018-279 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3406 West Moore Street for the purpose of authorizing a nightclub and signage, upon certain terms and conditions. The current zoning for this property is B-7 MixedUse Business. The City of Richmond’s Pulse Corridor Plan designates the subject property for Industrial Mixed Use land use. Industrial Mixed-use areas are traditionally industrial areas that are transitioning to mixed-use due to their proximity to growing neighborhoods, but still retain industrial uses. Ordinance No. 2018-280 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 1715 and 1717 Maury Street for the purpose of two twofamily attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The current zoning for this property is R-7 Single- and TwoFamily Urban Residential. The City of Richmond’s Downtown Master Plan designates the subject property for single-family (Medium Density) land use. Primary uses in this category are “singlefamily and two-family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 and 20 units per acre: (See page 133, Richmond Master Plan.) The density of the parcel if developed as proposed would be a ratio of approximately 21 units per acre. Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www. Richmondgov.com; the Main City Library located at 101 East Franklin Street; and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER maria bautista mata, Plaintiff v. jose valadez munoz, Defendant. Case No.: CL18003108-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 17th day of December, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Esquire Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, PC VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER melton jackson, Plaintiff v. april jackson, Defendant. Case No.: CL18002390-00 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 17th day of December, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Esquire VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

Ordinance No. 2018-278 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1209 Hull Street for the purpose of a brewery, upon certain terms and conditions. This property is within the B-5 Central Business Zoning District. The City of Richmond’s

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF Henrico louis elias pappas, Plaintiff v. mary angelopoulou pappas, Defendant. Case No.: CL18-1579 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this proceeding is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of

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matrimony. An affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant is a non-resident individual and cannot be found and that diligence has been used by and on behalf of the plaintiff herein to ascertain the location of the defendant, MARY ANGELOPOULOU PAPPAS, without effect, it is ORDERED that she appear before this Court on the 17th day of December, 2018, at 9 o’clock a.m. and do whatever is necessary to protect her interest herein. A Copy, Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk I ask for this: Paul R. Mack (VSB# 25197) Saunders, Patterson & Mack 10620 Trade Road North Chesterfield, VA 23236 (804) 330-3350

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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 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD john edward hanes, Petitioner, v. katherine joyce hanes, Respondent. Case No.: CL18-2587 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to seek a no-fault divorce on the grounds of the Petitioner, John E. Hanes, and the Respondent, Katherine J. Hanes, having lived separate and apart for a period of more than 12 months. The Defendant, Katherine J. Hanes, as Respondent is deemed interested in the outcome of the relief sought by the petitioner, with the nature of such interest being described in the petition. WHEREFORE, the aforesaid individual is hereby ORDERED to appear before this Court on or before December 14th, 2018, at 8:30 A.M., to do what is necessary to protect her interest. A Copy, Teste: WENDY S HUGHES, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER angela Jordan, Plaintiff v. jeremy Jordan, Defendant. Case No.: CL18003217-00 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 December, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER Tryphenia White, Plaintiff v. nathaniel White, Defendant. Case No.: CL18003203-00 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 7th day of December, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MARTHA CRUZ HIGUERA, Plaintiff v. JOHN LYTLE, Defendant. Case No.: CL18002680-00 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 28th day of November, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 Continued on next column

Virginia: In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for the County of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ENTHONY ARIEL PORTILLO LAZO, GREYSI PORTILLO MEMBRENO Petitioner v. NELSY BELEN LAZO MEMBRENO & KUMAN MADRID, Respondents Case No.: JJ093638-01-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Determine custody of Enthony Ariel Portillo Lazo (DOB: 9/24/05), whose mother is Nelsy Belen Lazo Membreno, and whose father is Kuman Madrid, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 16.1241A3. Mother’s and Father’s whereabouts are unknown. It is ordered that the defendants Nelsy Belen Lazo Membreno & Kuman Madrid appear at the abovenamed Court and protect their interests on or before 12/07/2018 at 12:00 PM.

PROPERTY Notice Judicial Sale of Real Property Owner/s of the below listed properties are hereby given notice that thirty days from the date of this notice, proceedings will be commenced under the authority of Section 58.13965 et seq. of the Code of Virginia to sell the following parcels located in the City of Richmond, Virginia for payment of delinquent taxes: 1002 North 3rd Street N0000086005 119 East 15th Street S0000193015 920 East 16th Street S0000393010 109 East 17th Street S0000236009 1500 North 19th Street E0000093024 1524 North 19th Street E0000930007 1602 North 22nd Street E0000858012 1718 North 23rd Street E0000940001 1115 North 29th Street E0000568031 2001 Albany Avenue S0000349008 738 Arnold Avenue N0001153026 2100 Bellemeade Road S0080276011 1816 Blair Street W0000840038 1601 Boston Avenue S0000286010 1412 Bowen Street S0071233009 1706 Catalina Drive C0060505022 2407 East Clay Street E0000337004 3413 Cliff Avenue N0001351007 2501 Dana Street S0090064032 1917 Decatur Street S0000294025 2211 Decatur Street S0000410026 2401 Decatur Street S0000681018 3205 Jeter Avenue N0001454023 2404 Marion Mashore Street S0000565009 3106 Midlothian Turnpike S0001587004 1339 Minefee Street S0071134028 3301 Moody Avenue S0002016006 2620 Newbourne Street E0120318013 1312 Overlook Street S0071180021 3000 Porter Street S0001233012 2208 Terminal Avenue S0080562003 107 Tynick Street S0001121012 5601 Wainwright Drive C0050719002 The owner/s of any property listed may redeem it at any time before the date of the sale by paying all accumulated taxes, penalties, interest and costs thereon, including the pro rata cost of publication hereunder. Gregory A. Lukanuski, Deputy City Attorney Office of the City Attorney for the City of Richmond 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia (804) 646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. WB ACQUISITIONS, LLC, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4357 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 303 Bates Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000088/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, WB Acquisitions, LLC. An Affidavit having been filed that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. CASMAN K. SAMUEL, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-3085 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5945 Hull Street Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0080530/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Casman K. Samuel. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CASMAN K. SAMUEL, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action; that MARK R. JONES, who may have an ownership interest in said property, 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 BOBBY L. ROCK, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 02-35153 on November 6, 2002, 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 A. C. BERTOZZI, 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 CASMAN K. SAMUEL, MARK R. JONES, BOBBY L. ROCK, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 02-35153 on November 6, 2002, A. C. BERTOZZI, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. NATASHER R. HUCK, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4485 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3122 1st Avenue,, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001060/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Natasher R. Huckaby. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, NATASHER R. HUCKABY, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that RICHARD S. ROTHENBERG, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 06-41077 on November 29, 2006, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that GRAHAM MCDONNOUGH and GERTRUDE M C D O N N O U G H , Beneficiaries of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 06-41077 on November 29, 2006, 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 t h a t N ATA S H E R R . HUCKABY, RICHARD S. ROTHENBERG, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 06-41077 on November 29, 2006, GRAHAM MCDONNOUGH and GERTRUDE M C D O N N O U G H , Beneficiaries of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Continued on next page

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Court at Instrument Number 06-41077 on November 29, 2006, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

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 LETITIA BROWN JOHNSON, per deed filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 560-B page 21 on November 22, 1954, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

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 GLENN J. SWEETING, WILLIAM E. SWEETING, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Irish W. Hosley and Haywood C. Williams, Jr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, IRISH W. HOSLEY, 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, HAYWOOD C. WILLIAMS, 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.” I T I S O RDERED that IRISH W. HOSLEY, HAYWOOD C. WILLIAMS, 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 decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owners, DORA JOHNSON, BRENDA HATCHER, and CATHERINE TAYLOR, 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, MYRA BROWN, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that J O H N C A R T ER , u p o n information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CLARA COTMAN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, J U A N I TA C O X , u p o n information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ESTELLE HAWKINS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, LEE C. CARTER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, R AY M O N D C A R T ER , upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, SUSIE IRVING, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DORA JOHNSON, BRENDA HATCHER, CATHERINE TAYLOR, MYRA BROWN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, M I L DRED EASTER DAVIDSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, GOLLIE EASTER, MAGGIE STANTLIFF BRAKE, TROY L. STANTLIFF, JR, BEVERLY STANTLIFF HUTCHINS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2024 Newbourne Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120285/018, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Harry Ransom. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, HARRY RANSOM, 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 HARRY RANSOM, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ARTHUR. T. WEBB SR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-3238 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1913 Decatur Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000294023, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Arthur. T. Webb Sr., Martha A Webb, and Arthur T. Webb, Jr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ARTHUR. T. WEBB, SR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and MARTHA A. WEBB, 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, ARTHUR T. WEBB, JR, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and 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 ARTHUR. T. WEBB, SR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MARTHA A. WEBB, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ARTHUR T. WEBB, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. VERNON E. OLIVER, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-2870 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1517 Bangle Drive, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0090178/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Vernon E. Oliver, John J. Oliver, Leslie C. Oliver, William J. Oliver, Donnie C. Oliver, Richard B. Oliver, Jr. and Valerie Oliver. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, V ER N O N E . O L I V ER , JOHN J. OLIVER, LESLIE C. OLIVER, DONNIE C. O L I V ER , R I C H A RD B . OLIVER, JR, and VALERIE OLIVER, who has 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, WILLIAM J. OLIVER, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action; that CHARLES E. SAMUELS, Registered Agent for RICHMOND RESPIRATORY AND MEDICAL SUPPLY, INC, an entity which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, 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 V ER N O N E . O L I V ER , JOHN J. OLIVER, LESLIE C. OLIVER, DONNIE C. O L I V ER , R I C H A RD B . OLIVER, JR, VALERIE O L I V ER , W I L L I A M J . OLIV ER , CHARLES E. SAMUELS, Registered A g e n t f o r RI CH M O ND RE S P I R A T O R Y A N D MEDICAL SUPPLY, INC, and Parties Unknown, come Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. WALTER J. BRAXTON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5021 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 466½ East Ladies Mile Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-1664/005, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Walter J. Braxton, Blanchard S. Braxton and Howard T. Braxton. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, WALTER J. BRAXTON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, BLANCHARD S. BRAXTON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, HOWARD T. BRAXTON, 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 WALTER J. BRAXTON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, BLANCHARD S. BRAXTON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, HOWARD T. BRAXTON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. WB ACQUISITIONS, LLC, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4358 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 305 Bates Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000088/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, WB Acquisitions, LLC. An Affidavit having been filed that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. SARAH A. MAYO, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4180 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2501 Berwyn Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0080380/025, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Sarah A. Mayo. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, SARAH A. MAYO, 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 SARAH A. MAYO, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. WILLIAM T. PITTS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4805 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1813½ North 28th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E012-0427/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, William T. Pitts. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, WILLIAM T. PITTS, 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 WILLIAM T. PITTS, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. COURTNEY RUTH CARTER, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4359 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1321 North 31st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000720/027, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Courtney Ruth Carter. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, COURTNEY RUTH CARTER, 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 COURTNEY RUTH CARTER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. CLARK G. MARTIN, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4360 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1311 North 26th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000621/023, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Clark G. Martin. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLARK G. MARTIN, 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 WILLIAM L. BUTLER, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 817, page 1501 on September 1, 2003, 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 CLARK G. MARTIN, W I L L I A M L . B U T L ER , Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 817, page 1501 on September 1, 2003, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ROBERT FERGUSON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4437 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 411 North 22nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000257/020, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Robert Ferguson and Magdalen Ferguson. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ROBERT FERGUSON and MAGDALEN FERGUSON, 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 R O B ER T F ER G U S O N , MAGDALEN FERGUSON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. LETITIA BROWN JOHNSON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4308 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2601 Edgewood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000637/023, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Letitia Brown Johnson. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, LETITIA BROWN JOHNSON, per deed filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 560-B page 21 on November 22, 1954, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action,

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. GLENN J. SWEETING, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-2896 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1723 North 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000938/024, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Glenn J. Sweeting and William E. Sweeting. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, GLENN J. SWEETING and WILLIAM E. SWEETING, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. IRISH W. HOSLEY, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4593 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1005 North 3rd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000088/024, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JOHN CARTER, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4097 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3712 Glenwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0001663/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, John Carter, Clara Cotman, Juanita Cox, Estelle Hawkins, Lee C. Carter, Raymond Carter, Susie Irving, Dora Johnson, Shirley Charity, Brenda Hatcher, Catherine Taylor and Myra Brown. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, JOHN CARTER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CLARA COTMAN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, J U A N I TA C O X , u p o n information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ESTELLE HAWKINS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, LEE C. CARTER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, R AY M O N D C A R T ER , upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and SUSIE IRVING, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. NELLIE STANTLIFF GILLESPIE, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-3239 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2319 Halifax Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S000-0645/022, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Nellie Stantliff Gillespie, William Grant Easter, Patricia Stantliff Massey, Mildred Easter Davidson, Gollie Easter, Maggie Stantliff Brake, Beverly Stantliff Hutchins, and Troy L. Stantliff, Jr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, NELLIE STANTLIFF GILLESPIE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, WILLIAM GRANT EASTER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, PAT R I C I A S TA N T L I F F MASSEY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and MILDRED EASTER DAVIDSON, 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, GOLLIE EASTER, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owners, MAGGIE STANTLIFF BRAKE and TROY L. STANTLIFF, JR, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, B E V ER LY S TA N T L I F F HUTCHINS, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 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.” I T I S O RDERED that NELLIE STANTLIFF GILLESPIE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, WILLIAM GRANT EASTER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, PAT R I C I A S TA N T L I F F MASSEY, upon information and belief deceased, Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. WALTER E. STOKES, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-2053 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2206 Ford Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000756/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Walter E. Stokes. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, WALTER E. STOKES, 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; that MADELINE STOKES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROSA L. STOKES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, HELEN T. STOKES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and OLIVIA STOKES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that IRENE STOKES TAYLOR, ISAIAH STOKES, FRED T. STOKES, REUBEN W. STOKES, MELVIN R. STOKES, POLLY I. LOGAN, and ALFREDA MINES, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that RANDALL K. STOKES, who may have an ownership interest in said property, 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 ALPHONSO LOGAN, JR, who may have an ownership interest in said property, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that WALTER E. STOKES, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MADELINE STOKES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROSA L. STOKES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, HELEN T. STOKES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, OLIVIA STOKES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, IRENE STOKES TAYLOR, ISAIAH STOKES, FRED T. S T O K E S , RE U B E N W. S T O K E S , M E LV I N R. STOKES, POLLY I. LOGAN, ALFREDA MINES, RANDALL K. STOKES, ALPHONSO LOGAN, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. RICHARD HARRIS, JR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4155 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1831 Thomas Street, 014, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-0946/014, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Richard Harris, Jr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, RICHARD HARRIS, JR, 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 RICHARD HARRIS, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. RICHARD HARRIS, JR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4175 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1831 1/3 Thomas Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-0946/013, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Richard Harris, Jr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, RICHARD HARRIS, JR, 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 RICHARD HARRIS, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. HARRY RANSOM, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5119 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. HELENA B. BELL, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4438 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is

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Sports Plus

‘Justice for Jabo’ picks up steam By Fred Jeter

VCU’s Franklin Street Gymnasium against Virginia Union University. A project called “Justice for Jabo” is An article by the late local sportswriter underway to restore a long-ago honor to Harold Pearson published in the Feb. 23, former Virginia Commonwealth University 1971, daily newspaper confirms this. basketball star Charles “Jabo” Wilkins. “Prior to last night’s VCU-Virginia Union Mr. Wilkins died Oct. 12 at game, it was announced that VCU age 70 in Greenville, N.C. would retire Jabo Wilkins’ No. Wearing the No. 40 jersey, Mr. 40 at the end of the season,” the Wilkins was a prolific scorer and article stated. rebounder for the Rams during The Rams’ season ended a the program’s infancy from 1968 few nights later at Old Dominion through 1971. The 6-foot-3 forward University. averaged 23.8 points and 13.5 reOn that big night against VUU, bounds during his career, both No. Mr. Wilkins went out in grand style, Mr. Wilkins 1 for all time among the Rams. scoring 40 points and matching He was inducted into the VCU Athletics his number, in a Rams victory. The VCU Hall of Fame in 1996. coach at the time was Chuck Noe, although The goal of “Justice for Jabo” is to have Wilkins was recruited and signed by former his jersey number retired and hung from Coach Benny Dees. the Siegel Center rafters along with other For years, an exhibit honoring Mr. Wilkins Rams luminaries. was on display in the Franklin Street Gym If successful, this would mark the second trophy case that included the framed jersey, time Mr. Wilkins’ No. 40 jersey has been a photo and Mr. Wilkins’ statistical bio. retired. It was retired originally on Feb. At some point, the exhibit was lost and 22, 1971, prior to his final home game at apparently forgotten, and Mr. Wilkins’ No.

40 became available to other VCU players. It has since been worn by Sherron Mills, Sam Faulk, Kevin Moore and, most recently, by walk-on Emerson Burk. Mr. Wilkins was too easygoing to stir the pot and push for the retired number issue himself. So his old friends and former teammates now are doing it for him. A native Richmonder, Mr. Wilkins was a member of the Maggie L. Walker High School Class of 1966. He played one season at Fayetteville State University prior to transferring to VCU. “Justice for Jabo” has drawn the support of many former Rams, including Don Ross, Gerald Henderson, Jesse Dark, Bernard Harris and Chip Noe, along with numerous friends and admirers. The decision is now in the hands of VCU Athletics, primarily Athletic Director Ed McLaughlin. In reply to a Free Press query, VCU Athletics officials said, “We’re looking into it. We want to make sure we have our rich history and tradition accurately displayed and recognized.”

City high schools heading to regional playoffs

It’s not over yet for Richmond’s five high school football teams. Despite less than glowing records, there will be five games on Friday, Nov. 9, involving city teams in the Virginia High School League regional playoffs. Here’s the lineup for 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, for Division 3B: • No. 8 Armstrong High School (1-9) at No. 1 Culpeper County High School (6-4) • No. 7 George Wythe High School (0-10) at No. 2 Spotsylvania High School (6-4) • No. 3 Thomas Jefferson High School (5-5) plays No. 6 James Monroe High School of Fredericksburg (3-7) at Huguenot High School in Richmond. • No. 5 John Marshall High School (4-6) at No. 4 Brentsville District High School (5-5) in Nokesville. John Marshall earned a postseason berth by defeating host Thomas Jefferson 12-6 last Saturday. • In Division 4B, No. 8 Huguenot High School (4-6) will play at No. 1 Louisa County High School (10-0) at 7 p.m. Friday.

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to subject the property briefly described as 1009 Garber Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0100071/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Helena B. Bell and Leslie O. Bell. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, HELENA B. BELL, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and LESLIE O. BELL 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; that THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of an assignment of Deed of Trust filed at Instrument Number 09-18448 on August 14, 2009, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that PLATINUM FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP, an entity not appearing in the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that HELENA B. BELL, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and LESLIE O. BELL upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of an assignment of Deed of Trust filed at Instrument Number 0918448 on August 14, 2009, PLATINUM FINANCIAL S E R V I C E S C O R P, a n entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

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 ABTELAZIZ AMRO, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

Lee Brown, et al. CL18-2077 708 Cheatwood Avenue City Of Richmond v. Otis H. Gaines, et al. CL18-2934 710 Cheatwood Avenue City Of Richmond v. Thomas Easley, et al. CL18-2933 1314 West Clay Street City Of Richmond v. Next Call, Inc., et al. CL18-2221 3212 Cliff Avenue City Of Richmond v. Richard E. Souels, et al. CL18-962 1340 Drewry Street City Of Richmond v. Leigh W. Elliott, et al. CL18-1549 2310 Fairmount Avenue City Of Richmond v. John Howlett, et al. CL18-1164 2021 Ford Avenue City Of Richmond v. Alfonza P. Gordon, et al. CL18-1747 3806 Glenwood Avenue City Of Richmond v. Charles E. Chappelle, et al. CL18-3236 4751 Lovells Road City Of Richmond v. Alice C. Cook, et al. CL18-2008 2407 Marion Mashore Street City Of Richmond v. Ruby J. Parham, et al. CL18-2010 2919 East Marshall Street City Of Richmond v. Jairus S. King, et al. CL18-2380 2016 Newbourne Street City Of Richmond v. Samover Inc., et al. CL18-2499 2100 Newbourne Street City Of Richmond v. Richard J. Jordan, et al. CL18-2350 2102 Newbourne Street City Of Richmond v. Richard J. Jordan, et al. CL18-2351 2400 North Avenue City Of Richmond v. Tashmahal, LTD, et al. CL18-870 2607 O Street City Of Richmond v. John Boyd, Sr., et al. CL18-607 5817 Orcutt Lane City Of Richmond v. S.L. Sheffield, et al. CL18-2182 3111 Q Street City Of Richmond v. North American Acceptance Corp., et al. CL18-1847 2819 Richmond Henrico Turnpike City Of Richmond v. Helen Earle Wilson, et al. CL18-1845 311 West Roberts Street City Of Richmond v. Edward D. Henderson, Jr., et al. CL17-4787 3409 S Street City Of Richmond v. Shirley Jefferson, et al. CL18-3498 2000 Selden Street City Of Richmond v. Carl Elmore Davis, et al. CL18-2855 1408 Spotsylvania Street City Of Richmond v. Virginia Harris, et al. CL18-3210 1410 Spotsylvania Street City Of Richmond v. Lewis L. Mason, et al. CL18-3211 2934 Springview Drive City Of Richmond v. Donna Maria White Decker, et al. CL18-1158 2320 T Street City Of Richmond v. Neal Kennedy, et al. CL18-111 2616 Whitcomb Street City Of Richmond v. Andrew J. Guerpillon, et al. CL18-2048 2618 Whitcomb Street City Of Richmond v. Fritz P. Frank, et al. CL18-2009 2620 Whitcomb Street City Of Richmond v. Rosena O’Sullivan, et al. CL18-2049 1410 Whitehead Road City Of Richmond v. Ruby Taylor, et al. CL18-2660 1906 Wood Street City Of Richmond v. Mary Booker, et al. CL18-2183 TERMS OF SALE: All sales are subject to confirmation by the Richmond Circuit Court. The purchase price

will include the winning bid plus 10% of the winning bid. High bidders will pay at the time of the auction a deposit of at least 20% of the purchase price, or $2500.00, whichever is greater. If the purchase price is under $2500.00, high bidders will pay in full at the time of the auction. High bidders will pay the balance of the purchase price to the Special Commissioner, and deed recordation costs, by a date and in a form as stated in a settlement instruction letter. Time is of the essence. If a high bidder defaults by not making these payments in full, on time, and in the required form, the Special Commissioner will retain the deposit, and may seek other remedies to include the cost of resale or any resulting deficiency. Settlement shall occur when the Richmond Circuit Court enters an Order of Confirmation. Conveyance shall be either by a special commissioner’s deed or a special warranty deed. Real estate taxes will be adjusted as of the date of entry for the Order of Confirmation. Properties are sold “as is” without any representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, subject to the rights of any person in possession, and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of a property may disclose. It is assumed that bidders will make a visual exterior inspection of a property within the limits of the law, determine the suitability of a property for their purposes, and otherwise perform due diligence prior to the auction. T h e S p e c i a l Commissioner’s acceptance of a bid shall not limit any powers vested in the City of Richmond. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. Individuals owing delinquent taxes to the City of Richmond, and defendants in pending delinquent tax cases, are not qualified to bid at this auction. Bidders must certify by affidavit that they do not own, directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding notices of violation for building, zoning or other local ordinances. Q u e s t i o n s m ay b e directed to Gregor y A. Lukanuski at greg.lukanuski@ richmondgov.com / (804) 646-7949, or to Christie Hamlin at christie.hamlin@ richmondgov.com / (804) 646-6940. Gregory A. Lukanuski Deputy City Attorney Special Commissioner 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, VA 23219

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SPECIAL COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Pursuant to the terms of Orders of Sale entered in the Richmond Circuit Court, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction the following real estate at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia on Wednesday November 14, 2018 at 3:00pm, or as soon thereafter as may be effected. The sale is subject to the terms and conditions below and any terms and conditions which may be announced on the day of auction. Announcements made on the day of the auction take precedence over any prior written or verbal terms of sale.

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ABTELAZIZ AMRO, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4176 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 320 East Fells Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000377/038, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Abtelaziz Amro. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ABTELAZIZ AMRO, 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

3213 2nd Avenue City Of Richmond v. Ellemsenterprises, LLC, et al. CL18-2075 1004 North 3rd Street City Of Richmond v. Roger Bastien, et al. CL18-1552 209 East 13th Street City Of Richmond v. MVP Homes, LLC, et al. CL18-222 1204 North 19th Street City Of Richmond v. Eva Berstein, et al. CL18-1519 1424 North 21st Street City Of Richmond v. MVP Homes, LLC, et al. CL18-2078 300 West 22nd Street City Of Richmond v. Abraham Watkins, et al. CL18-2651 1205 North 26th Street City Of Richmond v. Ruth H. Davis, et al. CL18-1848 1508 North 27th Street City Of Richmond v. Dorothy Jefferson, et al. CL18-2047 2408 North 28th Street City Of Richmond v. Houston R. Watts, et al. CL18-2869 1401 North 29th Street City Of Richmond v. H. L. Investment Corporation, et al. CL18-1437 613 North 30th Street City Of Richmond v. Charles Fleming, et al. CL18-2346 1411 North 30th Street City Of Richmond v. Willie Lee Braxton, et al. CL18-1471 1201½ North 31st Street City Of Richmond v. James S. Ball, et al. CL18-1470 1111 North 32nd Street City Of Richmond v. David Riley, et al. CL18-2238 1311 North 32nd Street City Of Richmond v. Sydney O. Lyons, et al. CL18-3208 1322 North 32nd Street City Of Richmond v. Henry Hill, et al. CL18-3572 1406 North 32nd Street City Of Richmond v. Sharonda Ware, et al. CL18-2076 1323 North 34th Street City of Richmond v. Edwin Tyrone Davis, Sr., et al. CL18-2052 1806 Albany Avenue City Of Richmond v. Emmett Carlton Cook, et al. CL18-2115 1208 Carlisle Avenue City Of Richmond v. Marvin A. Doughtie, et al. CL18-2126 1613 West Cary Street City Of Richmond v. Virginia

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Part-Time Administrative Assistant

Proficiency in Microsoft Office required. Interested candidates please send resume to: Mount Calvary Baptist Church P.O. Box 7785, Richmond, VA 23231.

SEEKING CONTRACTORS Better Housing Coalition is seeking sealed proposals from qualified contractors for the construction of sixty (60) senior apartments, Market Square IV, at 7400 Taw St. North Chesterfield, VA 23237. Copies of the bid documents are available at BHC’s website www.betterhousingcoalition. org/get-involved/contracting-opportunities/ Intent to Bid Forms will be due Friday, November, 9th, 2018 by 5:00 pm. The deadline for bid submission is Friday, December 7th, 2018 by 5:00 pm. Better Housing Coalition encourages Minority Owned Businesses, Section 3 Businesses and businesses that employ Section 3 residents, to respond to the RFP.

Applications are now being accepted for the following positions. PCA or CNA Needed for 12-hour shift, house-keePer (PArt-time) Please bring a current TB report when applying. All references will be checked. Good pay – Good days off. Call for appointment (804) 222-5133

Thank you for your interest in applying for opportunities with The City of Richmond. To see what opportunities are available, please refer to our website at www.richmondgov.com. EOE M/F/D/V PART-TIME YOUTH MINISTER Mount Olive Baptist Church Southside located in Richmond VA. The ideal candidate should have made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and must demonstrate the reality of that relationship through their life and testimony. Requirements: Able to work with the Pastor, church leadership, youth, parents, paid and unpaid staff. 20 hours per month. PART-TIME DIRECTOR OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Mount Olive Baptist Church Southside located in Richmond VA. The DCE provides ongoing holistic teaching and learning ministry that will equip the congregation for spiritual growth and ministry. Requirements: Able to work with the Pastor, church leadership, youth, parents, paid and unpaid staff. 20 hours per month. Please send a cover letter, resume and three references and any questions to: mobcsecretary2@comcast.net. Deadline November 20, 2018. MUSIC COORDINATOR General Responsibilities: Provide leadership for the Music Ministry; Lead and direct the Choir(s), prepare for and conduct weekly rehearsals; Proficiency in reading and/or playing from sheet music. Provide administrative leadership and support for the Music Ministry. Serve as Principle musician for the 1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th Sundays.

CHURCH TREASURER Responsibilities: Several key roles of the church treasure are to keep accurate financial records of all funds received, collected and deposited by the church. The church treasurer is responsible for recording or over-seeing the recording of all receipts. Please send a cover letter, resume and three references and questions to: pearliegwilliams@comcast.net. Deadline for application: November 20, 2018.

LICENSES The Wooden Spoon Cafe LLC Trading as: The Wooden Spoon Cafe 5714 Patterson Ave Richmond, Virginia 23226-2010 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia D epartment of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) for a Mixed Beverages On Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Yvette Daniel, owner 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.

AvAilAble Downtown Richmond first floor office suite 5th and Franklin Streets 422 East Franklin Street Richmond, Virginia 23219

804.358.5543 Bedros Bandazian

Associate Broker, Chairman

BID COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION BID ITB #18-1777-10JOK Quarter Mill Apartments Stream Restoration Due: November 28, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. For additional information visit: https://henrico. us/finance/divisions/ purchasing/solicitations/

Raffi Bandazian

Principal Broker, GRI

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