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in 2015 graduated within four years, which is considered on time. That’s well below the statewide on-time graduation rate of 91.5 percent. “We are of course deeply disappointed by the latest graduation numbers,” Richmond Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras said in a state-

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ment released Tuesday. “But as we shared last spring, we knew a decline was possible — if not likely — as we stopped a number of inappropriate adult practices that were artificially inflating our rate. “We’ve taken a number of steps to guard against these practices from returning, and

have put a variety of supports in place to help our students graduate on time,” the statement Richmond Public Schools had the lowest continued. “We clearly have more work to do, graduation rate in Virginia last June. but I’m confident we are now heading in the According to data from the Virginia Departright direction.” ment of Education, only 70.6 percent of RichMr. Kamras did not offer details of the mond students who started school as freshmen “inappropriate practices,” but school officials revealed earlier this year that students were given easier tests than required by the state and many were put on Individualized Educational Plans, or IEPs, to circumvent state graduation requirements. For the 2017-18 academic By Jeremy M. Lazarus year, RPS’ on-time graduation Predictions that a 50-cent rate was slightly higher at 75 per pack city tax on cigapercent. rettes would be a disaster The state data, released for convenience stores in on Tuesday, also exposed a Richmond appear to be deeper concern, showing that coming true. 24.4 percent of RPS students While it is still early, inidropped out in 2018-19. tial City Hall financial data The rate was highest among suggest sales of cigarettes in the city’s Hispanic students, the city have fallen sharply with 57.3 percent dropping since the tax went into efout, while 17.4 percent of fect July 1, at the start of African-American students and the fiscal year. 15 percent of white students The tax was recomdropped out. mended by Mayor Levar According to the data, 100 M. Stoney and approved percent of RPS’ Asian stuby a City Council majority dents graduated on time in to raise $3.5 million in new 2018-19. revenue. Statewide, the dropout rate The data corresponds for the Class of 2019 was 5.6 with anecdotal reports from percent. storeowners that cigarette “We have been doing a sales volumes have crashed very inadequate job … for our since the tax went into efEnglish as a Second Language fect as customers go elsestudents, new arrivals and the Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press where. most vulnerable populations,” Raleigh “Red” Carr and his wife, Jean, are seeing customers dwindle at their gas station and convenience store City Finance Director in South Side since the city imposed a 50-cent tax on a pack of cigarettes beginning July 1. The store in the 2200 Richmond School Board mem-

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block of Broad Rock Boulevard has been the couple’s main livelihood for nearly 50 years.

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Mayor Stoney throws over Columbus to proclaim Oct. 14 Indigenous Peoples’ Day By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Columbus statue in Byrd Park.

Richmond has long refused to recognize the annual federal Columbus Day holiday that will fall on Monday, Oct. 14, to remember the European explorer Christopher Columbus who “discovered” America. Until now, City Hall has registered its disapproval by staying open even as federal and state offices closed. Going further, Mayor Levar M. Stoney plans to proclaim next Monday as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, joining Alexandria, Charlottesville and 60 Mayor localities across the country in honoring the native people who were displaced and largely destroyed as a result of the European invasion. The mayor will host a brief public ceremony 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, in City Council Chambers at City Hall to present his proclamation of

Indigenous Peoples’ Day to representatives of the 11 Virginia Indian tribes. The mayor has not sought council’s concurrence on the change of designation for Oct. 14, but is using his authority to issue proclamations. He or his successor would need to issue such a proclamation annually to continue the practice unless and until City Council passes legislation to formally rename the day. Still controversial, the idea of replacing Columbus Day with a day honoring the First Nations people has gained momentum since 1990. Seven Stoney states now recognize the holiday as Native American Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day. “The mayor considers it highly appropriate to recognize and celebrate the contributions Please turn to A4

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Fun at the festival Iyana Reeder, 5, plays a game at the special Kidz Zone last Saturday at the 2nd Street Festival in Richmond’s Historic Jackson Ward. Thousands of people turned out for the free, two-day festival. Please see more photos, B2.

Joshua Brown, key witness in Botham Jean case, fatally shot Free Press wire report

Dallas authorities are insisting that the slaying of Joshua Brown, a key witness in the murder trial of a former Dallas police officer, was part of a drug deal gone bad and not connected to his testimony in the case against Botham Jean’s killer. Mr. Brown, whose testimony helped prosecutors piece together the events of Mr. Jean’s murder in September 2018, ultimately led to a jury convicting the former officer, Amber Guyger, of murder on Oct. 1. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Oct. 2. Mr. Brown’s slaying just two days later on Oct. 4 has raised jarring questions and widespread speculation that his death may have been at the

hands of police in retribution for his testimony against the former police officer. Assistant Police Chief Avery Moore sought to quash the rumors at a news conference Tuesday. He said that three men from Alexandria, La., will

face capital murder charges in the killing of Mr. Brown, 28, in the parking lot of a Dallas apartment complex. One of the three, he said, is in police custody at a Dallas hospital, while a second suspect was arrested in Marksville, La.,

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Some see rush to forgive as rush to forget racial violence By Errin Haines Associated Press

When a white Dallas police officer who killed an innocent African-American man in his own living room was sent off to prison last week with a hug from the victim’s brother and the African-American judge on the case, some saw it as a moment of amazing grace and redemption. Many African-Americans, though, saw

something all too familiar and were offended. Some saw the rush to forgive as a rush to forget racial violence. They argued that the gesture of forgiveness took the focus off the crime and made it all about the white woman. They complained, too, that it served to soothe white people’s conscience. And they said that white America has pracPlease turn to A4

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Joshua Brown, left, a neighbor of slain Botham Jean, testifies about the layout of the apartment complex during the murder trial of Amber Guyger in response to questions from Assistant District Attorney LaQuita Long, right. Mr. Brown was shot and killed Oct. 4.

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$15M repaving effort underway in city By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The promised extra money is starting to flow into repaving streets across the city. From the Worthington Farms community in South Side to the Fulton neighborhood in the East End, the roar of trucks and other heavy equipment is resounding as crews tackle the bumpy, cracked and worn-out asphalt and replace it with smooth surfaces. Bobby Vincent, director of the city Department of Public Works, said $10.7 million is scheduled to be spent by midDecember on street improvements in various neighborhoods as well as in Downtown. Much of the work is scheduled to take place this month north and south of the James Slices of life and scenes River, according to a post Oct. in Richmond 3 on the DPW website. Mr. Vincent said DPW plans to spend another $4.3 million during the spring to complete the $15 million approved for the current 2019-20 budget year. That includes $1 million to resurface a portion of Chippenham Parkway. Meanwhile, DPW is preparing to invest $1.2 million in sidewalk improvements in Carytown, Church Hill, The Fan, Shockoe Slip and other neighborhoods beginning this month. Compared with past years, this is a big increase in spending on infrastructure. Mayor Levar M. Stoney proposed the increase, which was approved by City Council in the city’s current capital budget. DPW was on track to receive only $1.5 million for street repaving and only $500,000 for sidewalk replacement during the current budget year before the mayor and the council collaborated on the significant increase. But the $16.2 million to be spent represents just a down payment on the work that needs to be done. Mr. Vincent gets plenty of complaints about street conditions and drivers dodging potholes and can only hope that this year’s funding level will be maintained. During budget deliberations, he presented City Council members with information on the condition of the roadways in their districts. Overall, he said, 65 percent of Richmond’s nearly 2,500 lane miles of public streets are in poor condition, and that rating will not change on many streets even after this money is spent. As a result of the new funding, he expects to repave 250 to 300 lane miles of city streets before the budget year ends on June 30, 2020. That’s more than double the typical year when DPW can only resurface 80 to 100 lane miles. A lane mile is

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Carver Elementary students get new footwear

Carver Elementary School in Richmond had a banner day on Sept. 19. A cadre of businessmen surprised an assembly of the school’s 80 third-graders with new sneakers. Torrance Hampton, co-founder of G/Factor Films, led the “Genius Sneaker” initiative to ensure that every third-grader is wearing top-of-the line footwear bearing Nike or Puma logos. A maker of films and videos primarily for business customers, Mr. Hampton said he and his partners chose the third grade “because that is where bullying begins.” Having every student wearing similar quality shoes could help stop the taunting that some students can receive if their footwear is not in good shape, he said. Mr. Hampton joined Greg Simmonds and Joe Farrell of Own Touch Soccer and FutsalRVA and Christopher A. “Chris” Harrison of C.A. Harrison Companies on the project. The businessmen made the donation through the Embracing Carver Foundation. Mr. Hampton said this was a first step to a bigger effort to donate shoes to other city elementary schools and to spread the idea to other communities. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

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The Fulton neighborhood in the East End is one of the first to get new paving as part of a $15 million program City Hall is undertaking during the current 2019-20 budget year. While one lane on Carlisle Avenue is complete, a city crew on Monday repairs the second lane at the intersection of Carlisle Avenue and Malone Street before repaving.

one mile of each lane on a street. It is unclear whether such spending levels will continue. The five-year capital budget City Council approved provides an average of $5 million a year over the next four years for street paving. Mr. Vincent estimates that the city needs to spend at least $110 million to improve its streets, and that’s basically the cost of resurfacing. According to a city auditor report, the city likely would need to spend $200 million to $300 million to rebuild and resurface worn-out streets for which spending has never matched the maintenance need. In Mr. Vincent’s view, the city should put at least $20 mil-

lion a year into redoing its streets, but needs a minimum yearly repaving budget of $15 million to provide new surfaces for every lane mile over the next six to eight years and then to be able to start over as the surfaces begin to wear out. Resurfacing lasts only five to 10 years, Mr. Vincent said. It’s not cheap. Pulling up asphalt, restoring it with oil and relaying it costs about $15,000 per city block, Mr. Vincent estimated, while it costs about $25,000 per block to mill or grind up one to two inches of a street’s top surface and relay new asphalt. “My goal is to have 80 percent of city streets in good condition or better,” Mr. Vincent said.

In city, state money for street maintenance used for more than streets By Jeremy M. Lazarus Every year, Richmond receives about $28 million from the state for street maintenance. But it turns out virtually all of that money goes to maintain everything about a street but the asphalt, according to Bobby Vincent, director of the city Department of Public Works. For example, the expense of operating and maintaining the city’s 37,000 streetlights is covered by money from the special fund into which the state street funds are deposited, he said, even though the lights are part of the city Department of Public Utilities operations. The subsidy from the street funds means that DPU does not have to charge a fee for streetlights, which are supported by no other source of income. But it is not just streetlights. The street maintenance funds also are used to pay for traffic lights, mowing grass on medians and city easements that are considered part of a street and for maintaining sidewalks, curbs and gutters, he said.

As a result, Richmond has to use its own money to maintain the streets, including repaving. The state dollars are used to fill potholes, he said, but the big dollars for asphalt mostly come from city taxpayers. While Mr. Vincent is open about the way the city spends street maintenance funds, it is little known to members of City Council and the general public, which often bemoans the condition of city streets. Councilman Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District, who has been an active member of the council’s Finance Committee, responded, “No,” when asked if he was aware that streetlights were paid for from street maintenance funds. So did 2nd District Councilwoman Kim B. Gray, who previously served on the Finance Committee and has been a member of the Audit Committee. The main reason is that the budget issued by Mayor Levar M. Stoney does not detail the way that special funds are spent. That includes grants and state and federal dollars targeted for a specific purpose. The special funds section of the city’s 2019-20 budget, for example, lists the

street maintenance funds under the Public Works heading, but does not provide any information on where the money goes. Mr. Vincent said the state formula for distributing street maintenance money would need to change if the city were to have additional funds for paving. He said the formula shortchanges the city in two ways. First, the city receives maintenance money only for travel lanes and not for lanes that are used for parking. As a result, the city receives state funds for around 1,800 lane miles, rather than for the 2,440 lane miles it must maintain. Second, the state formula does not take into account the extensive infrastructure that is part of city streets, but is not part of the streets of most counties, particularly in rural areas. Mr. Vincent said Richmond and other cities continue to urge a change in the state formula. He said the state has started providing some additional funds to the city from other pots of money in recognition of that argument, but the formula has remained fixed.

City Council works on plan to divvy up $17M surplus By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Retired city employees are virtually guaranteed to gain the first cost-of-living increase in their pensions in at least a decade. With an even larger surplus than first announced, Richmond City Council informally agreed Monday, while meeting as the Organizational Development Committee, to earmark $6.2 million for a 1 percent increase in retirees’ pensions as Mayor Levar M. Stoney requested. The move was made easier with the administration’s disclosure that the total of unspent dollars from the 2018-19 fiscal year would top $17.16 million, or 13 percent more than was announced in August when the surplus was pegged at $15 million. With six of council’s nine members present at the committee meeting, only 5th District Councilman Parker C. Agelasto declined to support the pension increase for retirees. Council members, who often complain about a lack of money for projects in their districts, also appeared poised to put $5.48 million into

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a savings account that already contains $13 million but which their policy calls for boosting to $30 million. Mr. Agelasto led the charge to pump up the savings account and appeared to secure support for doing so. Under the policy that was authored by Mr. Agelasto and approved by the council in 2017, half of any surplus is required to be put into virtually untouchable savings even if other priorities go begging, including an underfunded pension system about which Mr. Agelasto regularly expresses concern. He told his colleagues on Monday that a program offering incentives to employees to retire early could end up forcing the city to add $2 million or more to its annual contribution to the pension system in the next budget, reducing general fund dollars for other services. As yet, the council is still considering how to spend the remaining $5.48 million of the surplus and may need up to two special meetings this month to agree on a spending plan. The council has a Nov. 1 deadline to approve uses for the

Fifty ninth-graders from Richmond Public Schools pose with officials last Saturday for photographs by happy parents and family members as they are celebrated for receiving four-year academic scholarships to Virginia Union University. The students must keep up their grades and finish high school before enrolling tuition-free at VUU, where their room and board also will be covered by a scholarship currently valued around $108,000. The scholarships are part of the HBCUs “VUU is RVA” campaign to

surplus, otherwise the money would go into an unassigned fund controlled by the mayor. However, council members present appeared to shoot down Mayor Stoney’s other recommendations. That includes providing $1.7 million to shore up elements of the city’s retirement system and $200,000 to support an international classical violin competition that Richmond, its symphony and its universities are to host in May. Mayor Stoney joined others in 2018 to attract the Menuhin Competition — dubbed the “Olympics of the violin” — but failed to request any funding for the event until now. Few on the council showed support for shifting surplus funds for that purpose. Meanwhile, 4th District Councilwoman Kristen N. Larson proposed that the council set aside the lion’s share of the $5.48 million to refill a fund that enables Richmond Public Schools to comply with a court order to make its buildings accessible to those in wheelchairs or hampered by disabilities. The $3.6 million she requested to enable RPS

to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act was stripped out during the spring budget season and needs to be restored, she noted. Ms. Larson also urged colleagues to follow a resolution that passed unanimously in June and earmark $1.35 million of the surplus for projects that were eliminated from the current budget. Those projects include adding or expanding handicap accessibility to the James River and Brown’s Island, undertaking needed repairs to community centers and completing a Richmond Ambulance Authority project to protect its emergency vehicles from storms. Mr. Agelasto also urged that $300,000 be provided to repave crumbling roads in Byrd Park; 2nd District Councilwoman Kim B. Gray is hoping for an additional $150,000 for Abner Clay Park improvements that are not currently funded, like a children’s splash pad; and Council Vice President Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, who was absent, put in a written request for $65,000 for Bryan Park to restore a bathroom, reopen the Nature Center and provide drinking water in the park’s nature preserve.

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give greater access to academic, economic, medical and civic support to residents of the Metro Richmond area. Last Saturday’s celebration for the young scholars was held at the Claude G. Perkins Living and Learning Center on VUU’s campus. Officials attending the event included RPS Superintendent Jason Kamras; Dr. Carleitta PaigeAnderson, dean of VUU’s University College; and Richmond School Board members Cheryl L. Burke, 7th District, and Jonathan Young, 4th District.

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Richmond Public Schools’ 70.6% on-time graduation rate is lowest in Virginia, dropping from 75% in 2017-18 Continued from A1

ber Jonathan Young, 4th District, said on Tuesday. To counter those trends, RPS has added additional parent liaisons in schools with high Hispanic populations. Additionally, more ESL teachers and bilingual staff members have been added during the current school year to increase support for at-risk students. “I’m confident that with the new strategic plan in place, we are moving in the right direction to properly address this issue,” School Board Chair Dawn Page said. The data was released a day after the School Board approved

on a 5-3-1 vote Monday night to set 10 specific goals to achieve during the current school year. The goals are part of RPS’ five-year strategic plan, Dreams4RPS, to turn around low student achievement and graduation rates. Under the goals, the RPS administration will increase the on-time, four-year graduation rate by 10 percent each year, with the current Mr. Kamras 70.6 percent rate used as a baseline. Voting against setting the goals were board members Kenya Gibson, 3rd District; Dr. Patrick Sapini, 5th District; and Fe-

licia Cosby, 6th District. Board member J. Scott Barlow, 2nd District, abstained from voting. The bottom line is clear, according to Mr. Kamras. “The adults just need to make sure we give (students) every opportunity to succeed. With our strategic plan, Dreams4RPS, that’s exactly what we’re going to do.” Michelle Hudacsko, RPS chief of staff, Ms. Page will present detailed RPS graduation information at the next School Board meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, in City Council Chambers.

City merchants report hefty sales slumps since start of cigarette tax Continued from A1

John B. Wack reported collecting about $770,000 from the tax through July 31, the first month of collection. That was followed by a 60 percent decline in collections in August, when revenue from the tax totaled $307,000. September data are to be reported next week, but there is little indication the data will show any significant recovery. “This is killing our small businesses,” said Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell, 8th District, who opposed the tax and warned her colleagues on City Council about its potential impact when the vote was taken last May. “Owners are seeing customers drive by them and head to Chesterfield County where there is no 50-cent tax on cigarettes and no additional sales tax on prepared food. Why would you want to spend your money in the city?” Ms. Trammell wrote in an email to the Free Press. The impact of the tax also has hit large area distributors like Costco and Sam’s Club.

Sam’s Club has stopped selling cigarettes to end headaches over how to handle sales to merchants who would be selling the cigarettes in Richmond versus elsewhere. Costco now requires city merchants to submit their orders 48 hours in advance to get their cigarettes with the correct tax stamps. Customers have noticed that the price of a pack of cigarettes actually has risen far more than 50 cents at Richmond retailers. According to Raleigh Carr, president of the Broad Rock Merchants Association for 27 years, he and other convenience store operators have had to raise the price of cigarettes by anywhere from 70 cents to $1.05 a pack to cover extra expenses that accompanied the tax. Those increases include an additional 20 cents a pack that merchants must pay to have cigarettes with a Richmond tax stamp and the loss of carton discounts from manufacturers as a result of slumping sales. That adds 35 cents to 40 cents to the price of a pack, said Mr. Carr, 77, who, with his wife,

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Jean Carr, who often works the cash register at the South Side convenience store she and her husband own, said Newport cigarette sales, which used to total 80 to 140 packs a month, are now down to about 20 packs in a month’s time. Because of the drop, they have lost a volume discount from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Jean, has operated a convenience store for nearly 50 years in the 2200 block of Broad Rock Boulevard in South Side. Mrs. Carr, 75, said the store is now lucky to sell 20 packs

of Newport cigarettes a month compared with the 80 to 140 packs that were sold each month prior to the tax. The sales slump has led R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to withdraw its per-carton

discount, raising the price the Carrs must pay to buy Newport and Pall Mall cigarettes. “We had to sell at least eight cartons a month” to get the discount, she said.

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of native people,” press secretary Jim Nolan said Tuesday. Mr. Nolan also said upon Free Press query that he is unaware of any concerns raised by residents of Italian descent about the proclamation. “We are just focusing on this event,” he said, noting that the event is being organized by a human resources employee in charge of the city’s diversity and inclusion efforts involving its personnel. While the mayor’s action has drawn comments on

Facebook, there has been little in the way of public cheers or criticism on social media. But behind the scenes, the Free Press has been told some residents are registering their opposition to eliminating Columbus Day and believe Mayor Stoney could have designated another day to honor indigenous people. This year, the United Nations designated Aug. 9 as International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. “If he’s trying to build One Richmond as he says, this is not the way to do it,” said a City Hall employee,

who has heard from friends of Italian heritage who are offended. The employee requested anonymity before speaking about the matter. “I thought he was a smart politician. But what he has done is to favor one group and slap another in the face. If he did that in New York or Philadelphia, he’d be run out of town,” the employee said. “There are a lot of people with Italian backgrounds in this city. Why else would Richmond have a statue to Columbus? There is no reason to insult them to honor another group.”

Each carton holds 10 packs of cigarettes. The result is the Carrs sell Newports for $6.46 a pack, which is $1.05 more than the price across the county line. That’s also before the state’s 30-cent per pack cigarette tax and 5.3 percent sales tax are added. After all costs and taxes are taken out, “we’re making about 35 cents a pack,” said Mr. Carr. “That’s less than what the city is making.” He and his wife were already working seven days a week to make a living from the low-margin business. To improve income, they run a truck rental operation and sell beauty products. Mr. Carr for years also has offered car repair and inspection services. Still, the couple, who haven’t taken a vacation in 19 years, find their financial situation has grown worse since the tax. “Our sales volume has been cut in half” since the tax went into effect, Mrs. Carr said. “People aren’t going to stop here if they can just drive a few minutes longer and save money.” Free Press checks with convenience stores and small retailers in North Side and the West End turned up similar stories of regular customers now traveling outside the city to purchase cigarettes. Ms. Trammell said she has heard from virtually every convenience store owner in her district about falling sales and employee layoffs. “They are trying to make a living, and they can’t do it if city taxes drive people away,” Ms. Trammell said. “It’s just not right.”

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him in the chest after an altercation arose during the drug deal. One of the fugitives returned fire, shooting Mr. Brown twice and killing him, Assistant Chief Moore said. “As you know, there’s been speculation and rumors that have been shared by community leaders claiming that Mr. Brown’s death was related to the Amber Guyger trial and somehow the Dallas Police Department was responsible,” Assistant Chief Moore said during the news conference. “I assure you that is simply not true, and I encourage those leaders to be mindful of their actions moving forward because their words have jeopardized the integrity of the city of Dallas as well as the Dallas Police Department.” It is unclear how the three men came into contact with Mr. Brown or why they would have driven more than 300 miles from central Louisiana to purchase marijuana in Texas. Mr. Brown’s slaying occurred less than 6 miles from the apartment complex where he lived and where his across-the-hall neighbor, Mr. Jean, was fatally shot by Ms. Guyger, who had left work but was still wearing her police uniform when the shooting occurred. During the trial, Ms. Guyger claimed she walked into Mr. Jean’s apartment by mistake, thinking it was hers on the floor below. She testified that she saw Mr. Jean and immediately assumed he was a burglar and shot him twice. Mr. Jean, a 26-year-old accountant, was sitting on his couch, watching television and eating ice cream. Mr. Brown was visibly shaken by the shooting and cried during his testimony at Ms. Guyger’s trial. He testified that he was down the hall from the apartment when he heard the voices of two people who sounded like they were meeting by “surprise.” The gunshots followed “right after,” he said. Looking through his apartment door’s peephole, he said he could see Ms. Guyger walking back and forth while talking on the phone. Lee Merritt, an attorney for Mr. Jean’s family who is now also representing Mr. Brown’s family, said Mr. Brown should have been under protection after testifying at the trial. Mr. Brown also was poised to testify in the upcoming civil case Mr. Jean’s family has filed against the City of Dallas in the death of their son. Mr. Merritt said Mr. Brown would have been one of the first witnesses. Mr. Merritt, the Brown family and officials with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund have requested an independent investigation into Mr. Brown’s death. Mr. Merritt urged the Dallas Police Department to hand off the investigation to another law enforcement agency as a way to remove a cloud over the investigation’s reliability and to bolster public trust.

Left, Brandt Jean, 18, hugs Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer convicted of murder in the death of his older brother, Botham Jean. The two embraced after he delivered his impact statement during the trial’s sentencing phase. Right, at the trial’s end, Dallas District Judge Tammy Kemp leaves the bench and hugs Ms. Guyger before the former officer is taken away to begin serving a 10-year sentence for Botham Jean’s murder. Potos by Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP pool

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tically come to expect African-Americans to forgive when violence is done to them. Too often, they said, the public acts as if African-Americans are not entitled to express anger, even when there is ample reason to be upset. “Very few communities in our nation have had to suffer as much as black people, who have also been robbed of the opportunity to emote from that experience,” said the Rev. Michael Waters, pastor of Joy Tabernacle African Methodist Episcopal Church in Dallas who has pushed for police reform in the city. “It’s about removing from black people the agency of their anger, suggesting that we don’t have a right to righteous indignation, that it is somehow unacceptable for Christian black people to tap into their frustration at a death-dealing system that has caused them to bury generations of their sons and daughters,” he continued. “I think that’s sinful.” For many, the scene during Amber Guyger’s sentencing Oct. 2 for murder recalled the extraordinary forbearance shown after the pastor and eight worshippers were shot to death at a historic African-American

church in Charleston, S.C., by a 21-year-old racist white man, Dylann Roof, in 2015. Within days, several relatives of the victims expressed their forgiveness for Mr. Roof and were widely praised across the United States for doing so. The Rev. Sharon Risher, whose mother, Ethel Lee Lance, was killed in the attack, was not among those who immediately forgave the killer. “It always seems like black people are given that heavy task of being able to forgive,” Rev. Risher said. The tendency to forgive, she said, is “part of a generational, DNA strand we have as black people,” a legacy of slavery. “For us to be able to live some kind of a decent existence and not carry rage and anger, we get to that point of having to forgive.” Activists have complained, too, that when a black person is killed by police, political leaders almost always plead for calm from the black community. “I stated a long time ago that if you’re more concerned about potential unrest than you are about potential injustice, that’s problematic,” Rev. Waters said. Many African-Americans welcomed the rare guilty verdict in Ms. Guyger’s trial last week. The officer, who was fired soon after

the shooting, said she mistakenly walked into Botham Jean’s apartment, thinking it was hers, and opened fire on what she thought was a burglar. The 26-year-old accountant was sitting eating ice cream. The trial and the sentencing featured Ms. Guyger’s tearful testimony, along with the disclosure she sent several offensive text messages about black people, and African-American character witnesses such as Ms. Guyger’s former colleague Cathy Odhiambo, who called the ex-officer “the sweetest person.” But it was the sentencing last week, where Ms. Guyger got 10 years in prison, that was the most striking. Mr. Jean’s brother, Brandt Jean, forgave her in the courtroom and hugged her. Then Judge Tammy Kemp came down from the bench and gave the convicted killer an embrace, too, along with a Bible to take with her to prison. Some black observers said that was too much and that anger is an appropriate response. Among them was activist Bree Newsome, who climbed a pole to take down a Confederate flag after the Charleston shootings. “I have a right to feel how I feel as a black person in this country, knowing that I could be the next hashtag that launches a protest,” she said.

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Friends of East End Cemetery wins $25,000 grant By George Copeland Jr.

Volunteers who have worked since 2013 to reclaim one of Richmond’s historic and formerly neglected African-American cemeteries are in high spirits after getting a new financial boost to their efforts to restore and archive a part of black history. The Friends of East End Cemetery was one of 40 groups each awarded $25,000 from the State Farm Neighborhood Assist Program for a new oral history project. The award winners, announced Sept. 25, were determined by Mr. Palmer votes cast by the public. “We are both thrilled and surprised,” said Brian Palmer, a freelance journalist who, with his wife, Erin Holloway Palmer, have long volunteered with cleanup and preservation efforts at the site. Mr. Palmer organized the nonprofit Friends of East End Cemetery group and now serves as its board president. “There were 2,000 people who applied (for grants) and then 200 finalists. To be among the 40 winners is just wonderful.” Originally established in 2012 as “Cause An Effect” before being renamed the following year,

East End Cemetery

the State Farm Neighborhood Assist Program provides grants annually to nonprofit groups across the United States, with a specific focus on initiatives related to education, safety and community development. More than 4 million votes were cast in this year’s contest, with only two Virginia-based groups winning — the Friends of East End Cemetery and After Prom Grand Finale in Southwest Virginia. The Friends of East End Cemetery will use the grant to collect oral histories about the people buried in the cemetery and for a digital

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mapping tool of the cemetery that was created through a partnership between Friends of East End, the University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University. The work will build on earlier efforts started by a grant from the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington that led to the creation of a website hosting information and

media on those interred at East End and other nearby African-American cemeteries. “I cannot speak for everyone in the Friends of the East End but, after the voting period ended, I believe none of us would have been terribly devastated if we had not been voted into the top 40,” Melissa Pocock, board secretary of the Friends group stated in an email to the Free Press. “The love and support from the Richmond community (and beyond!) for the cause was, by far, the greatest ‘win’.” For Mr. Palmer, the grant is the final piece needed for work the group has been planning for years, one that will enable the volunteer group and the descendants of those memorialized at East End Cemetery “to capture stories of their loved ones who were buried there and to capture stories of their Richmond, of their experiences at the cemetery and at Richmond at a particular time.” Friends of East End Cemetery is hosting a public victory celebration 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at the cemetery, 50 Evergreen Road, where cleanup and other activities will take place from 9 a.m. to noon.

VSU Trojan Explosion Marching Band suspended amid hazing allegations By George Copeland Jr.

All perfomances of the Virginia State University’s marching band have been suspended following allegations of hazing by band members, university officials said Monday. The choice to suspend the VSU Trojan Explosion Marching Band came from James Holden Jr., VSU director of university bands, as the VSU Police Department investigates the allegations, “some of which have been substantiated,” VSU spokesperson Pamela Tolson said in a statement. “The University administration takes ALL allegations of hazing very seriously and has a ZERO tolerance against hazing,” Ms. Tolson said. “The safety of students, faculty and staff is the Virginia State University administration’s top priority.” In a letter issued about the suspension, Mr. Holden said, “Certainly the band leadership shares

the administration’s philosophy that VSU does not condone any form of hazing and maintains a zero tolerance policy,” he stated. “Members of the band who do not uphold the values of the Trojan Explosion Marching Band and violate VSU policies and/or the Code of Virginia will be disciplined accordingly.” In April, the university suspended the campus Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity chapter over hazing allegations. The marching band at another CIAA school was suspended last November over hazing. Bowie State University’s Symphony of Soul was suspended from all off-campus performances for an entire year, and its music director resigned, after an investigation launched in the wake of student complaints found evidence of hazing and that the university’s music director likely knew of the abusive tradition of band members paddling and putting other students in physical and mental distress.

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City Hall die-in Members of Extinction Rebellion Richmond stage a silent die-in on the steps of City Hall around noon on Monday as members calling themselves the “Red Rebel Brigade” look on. The 11-minute action, designed to call attention to the need for action to abate climate change, came after the group delivered a Declaration of the Global Climate Emergency to the office of Mayor Levar M. Stoney, urging him and other officials to declare a climate state of emergency in the city. The group has demonstrated weekly in Monroe Park since June and was part of a global climate action on Monday in 60 countries. The group also was part of the recent Global Climate Strike urging federal, state and local elected officials to act.

Celebrates The Inauguration of Hakim J. Lucas, Ph.D. Thirteenth President & CEO of Virginia Union University

Sunday, October 13th “Unite in Celestial Praise” Inaugural Concert Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press

Honoring the elders At 100, every day is a celebration, but it’s even better when the community recognizes your longevity. Eleven Richmonders were honored Sept. 21 at the 7th Annual Mayor’s Centenarian Celebration to publicly recognize city residents who turned 100 or older during 2019. Nine of the honorees attending the luncheon event held at a Downtown hotel are, seated from left, Lillie Etta Corbin Berry, 101; Josephine Johnson Bigger, 102; Virginia Price White, 103; Hattie Smith Carter, 99; Juliette Stephens Hamilton, 101; and Marguerite Williams Price, 99. Honorees in the back row, from left, are Norbert Robert Kopecko, 100; Shirley Craze Wiegand, 100; and Henry Cesly, 102.

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October 10-12, 2019

Local News

Lt. Gov. Fairfax files amended suit in $400M defamation case By George Copeland Jr.

Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax’s lawsuit against CBS took another turn last week, when an amended lawsuit was filed Oct. 3, asserting that Richmond allies of a chief political rival, Mayor Levar M. Stoney, helped spread what he has called a “false” charge of sexual assault. The mayor has denied any involvement. The new information Lt. Gov. Fairfax added to the suit included text messages sent on Feb. 2 and 3 that Lt. Gov. Fairfax claims are evidence that Dr. Vanessa Tyson conspired with two

Richmond friends with close ties to Mayor Stoney to spread her claim that Lt. Gov. Fairfax assaulted her in 2004 while both were attending the Democratic Party’s national convention in Boston. Mayor Stoney is regarded as having ambitions to run for lieutenant governor in 2021. The mayor’s allies named in Lt. Gov. Fairfax’s civil suit are Dr. Thaddeus “Thad” Lt. Gov. Fairfax Williamson, a University of Richmond professor, former aide

Mayor to initiate gun reporting and distracted driving legislation By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Mayor Levar M. Stoney wants to fine people who fail to report a lost or stolen firearm within 24 hours and also crack down on drivers who are paying too much attention to their mobile phones. He announced that he will introduce ordinances on Monday for Richmond City Council to consider on both topics, with the language going beyond current state laws. On the gun law, the state legislature has regularly killed bills seeking to impose a reporting requirement on gun owners, many of whom do report lost or stolen guns. Speaking at a press conference Wednesday at City Hall, Mayor Stoney said he is “tired of waiting for the General Assembly” to pass such a law that would require individuals to notify the police department when their guns are missing or face a fine still to be determined. City Attorney Allen L. Jackson has advised that the city has authority under

its inherent police powers to impose the reporting requirement. Both Mayor Stoney and Police Chief Will Smith touted the requirement as a tool to help tackle gun crime and reduce trafficking in such weapons. A 2018 study by the Rand Corp., however, found no evidence that such reporting laws have any impact on crime or illegal gun sales. Chief Smith noted that 354 guns have been reported missing or stolen this year by owners seeking recovery, but others that were not reported missing are showing up at crime scenes. The new law would become effective immediately if approved by the council, the mayor’s staff said. On distracted driving, Mayor Stoney’s proposal calls for making the action a secondary offense in Richmond. Drivers stopped for swerving or speeding or running a stop sign could receive a secondary ticket if an officer has evidence that it was the result of using a mobile phone.

Mayor Stoney is proposing a $125 fine for a first offense and $250 for a second offense, or the same as the state imposes for texting while driving. State law currently bars teen drivers from handling a phone at all and bars adult drivers from texting or reading texts or from handling a phone in a work zone. However, adults are not barred from making and receiving calls or doing other things on a phone that do not involve texting. If approved by the council, “distracted driving will cost you,” the mayor stated, though the proposed law would not become effective until six months after passage. Police data show 73 accidents in Richmond in 2018 were caused by distracted driving. Mayor Stoney said his proposal would build on efforts to reduce fatal accidents in the city. He noted that since equipping 50 school buses with cameras earlier this year, more than 3,000 citations have been issued to drivers illegally passing while the bus was stopped for student pickups.

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to Mayor Stoney and a current candidate for Richmond’s 5th District City Council seat, and his wife, Adria Scharf, executive director of the Richmond Peace Education Center. Ms. Scharf has announced to her staff that she is

stepping down in November. An excerpt from the amended lawsuit reads: “On Sunday, February 3, 2019, Scharf sent an urgent message to Tyson alerting her that ‘[N]ortham may be forced to resign tomorrow.’ Northam’s resignation would immediately have elevated Fairfax to Virginia’s governorship. Because of this development, Scharf implored Tyson that ‘Thad and I think your story should get to the local press TODAY, rather than later.’ ” The email exchange between Dr. Tyson and Ms. Scharf took place at the height of calls for Gov. Ralph S. Northam’s resignation following the revelation that his page in his 1984 medical school yearbrook contained racist photos and is cited by the lawsuit and a statement by Lauren Burke, Lt. Gov. Fairfax’s press secretary, as evidence of “the behind-the-scenes coordination between Fairfax’s political rivals.” “These allegations reveal that these political foes of Fairfax desperately attempted to stop him from ascending to the Governorship of Virginia,” the statement reads. The amended suit also reaffirms its claim that CBS knew the allegations of sexual assault by Dr. Tyson and those of a second woman, Meredith Watson, were false before and after filming their interviews with anchor Gayle King that later aired. Ms. Watson has alleged Lt. Gov. Fairfax raped her in 1980 while they were both students at Duke University. Neither woman filed a police report after the alleged assaults, and both have not publicly responded to Lt. Gov. Fairfax’s request that they file a formal complaint and allow authorities in Boston and Durham, N.C., to investigate. Lt. Gov. Fairfax filed the $400 million defamation lawsuit against CBS in September, claiming that the televised interviews “promoted false statements” and caused him significant emotional harm.

Independent commission to redraw City Council districts? An independent commission might redraw the boundaries of City Council districts following the upcoming 2020 Census. The council’s Government Operations Committee is reviewing the idea of ending the tradition of having incumbent members of the governing body handle the redistricting that is done every 10 years. Councilman Andreas D. Addison, 1st District, chair of the committee, confirmed Monday that he plans to introduce legislation to establish a redistricting commission and drew interest from the committee’s two other members, 5th District Councilman Parker C. Agelasto and 9th District Councilman

Michael J. Jones. The idea came up as the committee voted Sept. 26 to forward to the full council Mr. Agelasto’s resolution backing a similar change for the process of redrawing state Senate and House of Delegate districts. Earlier this year, the General Assembly approved a constitutional amendment to set up such a commission. If it passes again during the 2020 legislative session, the measure would go to Virginia voters for approval. Mr. Agelasto’s resolution urges the General Assembly to follow through so that voters can make the ultimate decision. The full council is to consider the resolution Monday, Oct. 14. It is likely to pass after securing unanimous committee support.

“If we are going to ask the legislature to support this change, then we have to do it for ourselves,” Mr. Agelasto said. He said creation of an independent commission to redraw the City Council districts could usher in significant changes that would not occur if council members continue to make decisions on the new boundary lines. The national count of men, women and children is to be conducted April 1, with Census paperwork to be distributed to households in March. The U.S. Census Bureau plans to allow responses by mail, telephone and online. The results are to be issued in 2021 and will become the basis for the redrawing of boundaries for congressional, state and local election districts across the country.

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October 10-12, 2019

A free press The Richmond Free Press joins publications across the nation this week in observing the 79th Annual National Newspaper Week. This year’s theme is “Think F1rst — Know Your 5 Freedoms.” It is a homage to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the five basic freedoms it protects: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Those freedoms are guaranteed to all people and are critical to our democracy today just as when they were written into the cornerstone document of America democracy. At the Free Press, we take those freedoms seriously, particularly in this troubling time when authorities from the White House to city and town halls across the country seek to abridge or deny those freedoms. Others, including corporate giants and monied interests, twist those rights in their efforts to buy and influence public opinion and legislation. The Free Press remains dedicated to the vision and mission of our founder, the late Raymond H. Boone, who launched the first edition of the Free Press 27 years ago as an independent voice amid a landscape of newspaper monopolies. He was a true First Amendment advocate and believed Richmond needed “a strong gust of fresh air to vigorously fan the expression of ideas about public policy and, in the process, to encourage wide-open, uninhibited debate.” He also decried what he saw as a lack of respect for the First Amendment that he said had frustrated free expression in Richmond, particularly in the African-American community. Because of that, the entire community suffers by “failing to allow society to benefit from thoughts and ideas of the people.” He established the Free Press to reverse that through a dedication to fairness and justice; to a willingness to stand against evil, including racism; to holding politicians accountable; and to working for the revitalization of Downtown. This mission has served to produce a long string of positive results. They include news stories and editorials that, among many other accomplishments across nearly three decades, have caused: A Richmond judge who used racist comments on the internet to immediately resign; the rewriting of the city and state code that expunged unfair gender references; the abandonment of plans to relocate the city’s Main Post Office to the suburbs; and the exposure that contributed significantly to the granting of a gubernatorial pardon to a wrongly convicted Richmond man on a murder charge. In recognition of National Newspaper Week that ends Oct. 12, we hope our readers will stand with us, one of the few remaining independent news sources in Virginia, in knowing, embracing, using and advocating for the freedoms outlined in the First Amendment. Our democracy will thrive only if we continue to protect those freedoms.

First Amendment binds all American freedoms By Jack “Miles” Ventimiglia Freedom of the press, of speech, of religion, of assembly and to petition the government are woven, like stars in the flag, into the fabric of the First Amendment. The blood of patriots is the seed of the Republic. The founders and those who followed in their footsteps invested their lives in this country. They assured there would be freedom of religion, and from religion, so the government could neither bless nor ban what anyone believes, as occurs under radical theocracies and communist regimes. The founders secured freedom of speech, to assemble and to petition the government to redress grievances, which is denied by China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia and others that fear opposition. They also created one freedom that binds and protects all others, and has done so from before the founding of the republic — freedom of the press. More than four decades prior to the day when Congress ratified the Constitution, colonial printer John Peter Zenger in 1733 began to publish scathing, but true stories about the misdeeds of New York’s haughty royal governor. Mr. Zenger languished in prison for nearly 10 months for the crime of truth telling about a politician. But Mr. Zenger and his attorney made jurors understand a new concept — truth is a defense — and Mr. Zenger went free. Shielded by truth, journalists for nearly three centuries have been free to jab their pens at those who threaten the First Amendment. There are myriad examples involving religion alone. They include news reports about Congress trying to disenfranchise Mormons in the late 1880s and extend to modern times and the painful recognition that even vile speech, such as that practiced by Westboro Baptist Church, must be permitted as a religious liberty. Journalists help keep us free to question, learn and disagree. Now, as in the beginning, freedom of the press abides in the courage of men and women who report the news, whether those reports arise from between white columns in Washington, D.C., or beside the fountain at Lions Lake in Washington, Mo. A reporter’s work is often more routine than grandiose. On most days, reporters gather police and fire statistics; they report on the scandal de jour and the zoning board meeting; and they describe a range of human experiences, from a walk through a conservatory alive with iridescent blue morpho butterflies to a father and daughter found drowned on the Rio Grande’s muddy banks. But not all journalists complete routine days. A bullet killed Ernie Pyle in a safe zone on Ie Shima during World War II; he is one of many reporters who died to bring the public truth about war. Last year in Annapolis, Md., a man who rejected having his criminal record reported walked into The Capital Gazette and killed five employees. Routine days are not guaranteed. Seasoned reporters understand the importance of safeguarding the First Amendment. They know, also, that though telling the truth is made more difficult in these topsy-turvy times — when truth is flippantly called “lies” and lies are defended as truth — if they do not do their duty, then no one will. From time to time, explosions of criticism and unfettered hate may around them rage. But because reporters are loyal to the duties of a free press, including to challenge government leaders and policies, each of the First Amendment freedoms continues to wave like stripes in a flag emerging in the dawn’s early light. Mr. Ventimiglia is executive editor of The Excelsior Springs Daily Standard and the Richmond Daily News, two newspapers in Missouri.

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Congress is duty-bound to investigate Trump “Any attempt by a President to use the office of the presidency of the United States for personal political gain — rather than the national interest — fundamentally undermines our sovereignty, democracy and the Constitution ... Misuse of the office of the presidency for such a corrupt purpose would thus represent a clear breach of the trust placed in the President to faithfully execute the laws of the United States and to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.” – U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, chair of the Committee on Oversight and Reform; and U.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel, chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Ever since Russian interference in American democracy first was disclosed in September 2016, the words of President George Washington’s 1796 Farewell Address have been

invoked many times: “Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.” Credible allegations have been made that President Trump not only solicited a foreign

Marc H. Morial government for election assistance, but also sought help in discrediting a U.S. intelligence finding about previous foreign interference and implicitly threatened to withhold military aid if his requests were not honored. The gravity of these allegations cannot be overstated. Congress is duty-bound to conduct a thorough and comprehensive investigation to protect American democracy. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is correct when she says this is a sad time for our country. Regardless of where one falls along the political spectrum, no

one should take any pleasure in the idea that the commander in chief could be abusing the power of his office for personal and political gain. “Our tone must be prayerful, respectful, solemn, worthy of the Constitution,” Rep. Pelosi said. Nor should the impeachment process be abused for political gain. It is a remedy for only the most egregious betrayals of the public trust. Only a fact-driven, evidence-based inquiry can determine whether the remedy of impeachment is warranted. The integrity of American elections is sacrosanct for African-Americans, who have bled and died in defense of the right to vote. We, at the National Urban League, found reports that Russian interference specifically targeted African-Americans so troubling that we devoted our 2019 State of Black America report to an examination of the attacks. What we found puts the egregiousness of President Trump’s apparent efforts to absolve Russia into stark perspective. The greatest portion of Russia’s online disinformation

Fannie Lou Hamer, breast cancer and black women October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the proliferation of pink ribbons is starting. Predatory capitalists will make breast cancer their cause, producing pink Tshirts, pocketbooks, everything. It’s a mixed blessing, this awareness, because too many will make this both a marketing and a profit-making opportunity, while others will wonder how they can use their health insurance to afford a mammogram. Health equity is a major issue. There is a gap in health care and health access. It is especially sharp when it comes to the issue of breast cancer. While black women get breast cancer at a lower rate than white women, we are 42 percent more likely to die from it. And young black women under age 35 are twice as likely as white women to get breast cancer, and three times as likely to die from it. Black women also are three times as likely as white women to get triple-negative breast cancer, an especially aggressive form of breast cancer. I am privileged to know Ricki Fairley, a triple-negative breast cancer survivor and marketing maven who holds a leadership role at the nation’s oldest and largest black women’s breast cancer network group. Sisters Network describes itself as a “survivorship organization” that provides support for black women who are diagnosed with breast cancer. Ms. Fairley only recently joined the organization

as its vice president for strategic partnerships and national programs, and she is on a mission to raise awareness about breast cancer in the African-American community. Propelled by her own survivorship story, but also by the many women she has provided support for, she is passionate about why African-

Julianne Malveaux American women must be informed and engaged around breast cancer. Our civil rights icon, Fannie Lou Hamer, died of untreated breast cancer. She was just 59 when she made her transition, and one can only speculate about why this fearless leader had an untreated disease. Her untreated breast cancer was not the first collision she experienced with our racist health care system. At 44, she had surgery to remove a tumor and the hospital also gave her a hysterectomy without her consent. These unconsented sterilizations happened to lots of black women in Southern states. It eroded the trust many black women had in our health care system. Had Fannie Lou Hamer noticed a lump, would she have been inclined to return to the health care system that already had oppressed her? Probably not. Fannie Lou Hamer was poor and vocal in the South. Serena Williams is wealthy, black and an international superstar. Despite her privilege, Ms. Williams also experienced the differential way the health care system treats black women. Ms. Williams might have died giving birth to her daughter,

Alexandra. Because she was gracious enough to share her story, we are reminded that black women are all too often ignored or dismissed by health care providers. Racial bias in the medical field is not only real, but also life threatening. Reference Fannie Lou Hamer. Consider the thousands of black women who are being sidelined by a health care system that does not hear our voices. What must we do to ensure that black women don’t carry the heavy burden of health disparities? We must be mindful and aware of the risks of breast cancer. We must talk about breast care with our sisters and our young. We must engage in a policy conversation about the ways health insurance can support our breast health. Too often, health insurance covers some, but not all, of the cost of screening. We must engage our civic organizations in breast health education. We must remember Fannie Lou Hamer, who said she was “sick and tired of being sick and tired.” That means as tired as we are of being tired, we also must be committed to taking care of ourselves. Too many studies indicate black women ignore self-care for the care of others. The health care system is biased against black women and we must take our health care in our own hands. And during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we must be supportive of organizations like the Sisters Network, an organization that provides opportunities and services for the black women who are diagnosed with breast cancer. We must do this in the name of Fannie Lou Hamer. The writer is an economist

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effort was aimed at dissuading African-Americans from voting. Russian trolls exploited the credibility of legitimate online movements like #BlackLivesMatter, posing as activists, and abusing that trust to tamp down black voter participation. One Russian-created fake account, @WokeLuisa, garnered more than 50,000 followers, and its posts were highlighted by dozens of prominent news outlets. All patriotic Americans should be outraged. Our leaders should be doing everything within their power to protect the integrity of our elections and thwart foreign interference. If, instead, President Trump is trying to deflect blame for this attack on democracy away from Russia, it is right to question where his loyalties lie. The writer is president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League.

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Gift giving When my wife and I settled in the Richmond area from the then-smaller Fredericksburg region, we thought this area would be more tolerant and open-minded. Because of our fun-loving nature and quirkiness, we unconditionally gave gifts to people. However, our actions weren’t understood and the new people didn’t seem to comprehend our reason for sharing the gifts. Was it flirtation? Getting frisky? What was our motive? No one could relate to the feel-good sensation it gave us, and we were considered ridiculous, childish and pathetic. Richmond was a bigger town, but had small Southern minds. We considered returning and restarting in the Fredericksburg area. However, after Fredericksburg’s growth, fashioning it as a Washington suburb, we hunkered down in Richmond and became domes-

ticated to the area. Although it’s still frowned upon and oftentimes reprimanded, we still do extend gifts to those who have touched us within. We would like to express regret for any offense we have caused people, but we do not apologize for being ourselves.

Our sincere wish for society? That the restrictions of tolerance, equality and diversity be scrapped and everyone accept each other amenably, no matter the naïveté of our belief that “all you need is love.” RICK KNIGHT Henrico County

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Fall meeting materials will be available at http://www.ctb.virginia.gov/planning/fallmeetings/ beginning October 15, 2019. You may submit comments on any transportation projects and initiatives to OIPI Deputy Director Ronique Day, 1221 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23219 or PublicComments@OIPI.Virginia.gov. Comments will be accepted until November 30, 2019. The Commonwealth is committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, its services on the basis of race, color, or national origin, as protected by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you need further information on these policies or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, please contact the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Title VI Compliance Officer at 804-786-2730 or the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation’s Title VI Compliance Officer at 804-786-4440 (TTY users call 711).

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Stories by Fred Jeter

Track and field stars with local ties stand out in World Championship The Richmond area wasn’t David Rudisha in 2012. without rooting interests at the In his one season running for 2019 IAAF World Athletics ChamTexas A&M University, Brazier set pionships in Doha, Qatar. the NCAA record of 1:43.55. Two medalists — one gold, Brazier looms as the 800-meter one silver — are linked to Central favorite next summer at the 2020 Virginia. Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Donavan Brazier, the 800Also leaving his mark in Doha meter champion, is the nephew was Will Claye, husband of forof longtime Chesterfield County mer Hermitage High School and resident Percy Brazier. Virginia Tech standout Queen Donavan Brazier A native of Grand Rapids, Harrison. Mich., Brazier struck gold in an American record 1:42.34. In Doha, Claye took the silver medal in the triple jump, with That time broke the U.S. record of 1:42.6 set by Johnny Gray a leap of 17.74 meters. Finishing first at 17.92 meters was fellow in 1985. American Christian Taylor. The world 800-meter record of 1:40.9 was set by Kenyan Claye and Harrison were married in October 2016. Harrison

qualified for the 400-meter hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Claye won the silver medal in the triple jump at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. There was additional Virginia pride in Doha. Noah Lyles from T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria won the 200 meters in Doha, with a time of 19.83 seconds. Canadian Andre De Grasse took silver with a time of 19.95 seconds. Lyles is a possibility to win both the 100- and 200-meter races in Tokyo. He did not run the 100 meters in Doha. The event was won by American Christian Coleman in 9.76 seconds. The world 200-meter record is 19.19 seconds, set by Jamaican Usain Bolt in 2009.

VUU trounces VSU ‘Trojan Express’ rolls over Shaw; Livingstone 44-0; heads to rumble in now heading to Elizabeth City Pa. this Saturday

All aboard the Trojan Express. It’s hard to say what’s rumbling louder nowadays — Virginia State University’s offense or the Amtrak trains passing within earshot of campus. Clearly, VSU is back on track following an uncharacteristically ho-hum 2018 season with a 4-5 record. The Trojans are heading to Elizabeth City State University this Saturday, Oct. 12, with whistles steaming and the furnace burning overtime. After dismantling Shaw University 35-0 last Saturday in Ettrick, the VSU Trojans under Coach Reggie Barlow are 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the CIAA this season. In a four-game winning streak, VSU has overpowered its opponents 135-38. The Trojans have weapons aplenty starting with senior quarterback Cordelral Cook. The third-year starter from Atlanta is the epitome of the run-pass option quarterback. He’s as likely to lead the team in rushing as in passing. For the season, Cook has passed for 649 yards and four touchdowns and run for 343 yards and another four touchdowns. There is no shortage of qualified ball carriers to hand off to, either. Darius Hagans took the lead against Shaw University last Saturday, with 89 yards and a touchdown. The Trojans are averaging 259 yards overland, with 14 touchdowns and a 5.7-yard per carry average. The Orange and Blue introduced a new weapon against Shaw in freshman Donavan Goode from Trinity Episcopal High School in South Richmond. Goode, who had a 14-yard touchdown run, ranks with the fastest Trojans in memory. As a senior at Trinity, he set the state private schools’ record with a scorching 6.39 seconds in the 55-meter dash. The whippet-like newcomer is a secondgeneration Trojan. His dad, Ed Goode Sr., was a star defensive back for VSU under Coach Lou Anderson in the 1990s. VSU made life miserable for Shaw quarterback Torrin Campbell, the CIAA’s

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Virginia State University sophomore defensive lineman Javon Frazier takes down Shaw University running back Sidney Gibbs during last Saturday’s game at Rogers Stadium in Ettrick. Shaw’s offense was minimized, with VSU scoring a 35-0 victory.

VS. Road trip Saturday, Oct. 12: Virginia State University plays Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina. Kickoff: 1:30 p.m. Game to be broadcast on WVST Radio, 93.1 FM.

leading passer. Facing a relentless Trojans rush, Campbell completed just 18 of 45 passes and was sacked twice. Native Floridian William Lulu was VSU’s leading tackler with 10 stops. Lulu plays what VSU calls the MIKE position, similar to a middle linebacker. VSU will be the top-heavy road favorite

this week against the struggling ECSU Vikings. Elizabeth City State is 1-4 this season, with its lone win coming last Saturday over St. Augustine’s University, 27-17. VSU beat the Vikings 41-19 last year in Ettrick. The Trojans’ journey could get bumpy. On Saturday, Oct. 19, defending CIAA champion Bowie State University will come to Ettrick for a Northern Division showdown. Despite losing CIAA all-time passer Amir Hall to graduation, Bowie State continues to dominate. The Bulldogs are 5-0 following a 23-13 win over WinstonSalem State University last Saturday. Bowie State will provide the opposition for what will be homecoming weekend in Ettrick for the Trojans. The Amtrak trains will be making loud noises nearby as they always do. VSU fans can only hope for the same from their Trojans.

Winston-Salem State creates scholarship honoring Stephen A. Smith Winston-Salem State University has named an athletic scholarship honoring ESPN sportscaster Stephen A. Smith, a 1991 alumnus of the university. A native of New York City, Smith played basketball at Winston-Salem State under the late legendary Coach Clarence “Big House” Gaines. Smith wore jersey No. 20 as a Ram. Smith, as host of ESPN’s “First Take,” has become one of the most recognized personalities in sports journalism. The scholarship, a surprise to Smith, was announced during Smith’s show on Sept. 20 as he was broadcasting live from the 76ers Fieldhouse in Wilmington, Del., during HBCU Week. The announcement was made by Winston-Salem State Chancellor Elwood Robinson. The always heavily opinionated commentator is a member of the CIAA Athletic Hall of Fame.

Traditionally, schools try and book a “sure win” for homecoming to please the returning alumni. Not so this Saturday, Oct. 12, when the CIAA heavyweight Virginia Union University Panthers go up against Lincoln University of Pennsylvania for the Lions’ homecoming. Last year at Hovey Field, VUU pounded the Lions 90-0 in one of the most one-sided contests in modern college football annals. On paper at least, this weekend’s matchup could produce some of the same lopsided results. Coach Alvin Parker’s Panthers are 4-1 and brimming with optimism following their 44-0 rout last Saturday of previously unbeaten Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C. VUU is a combined 12-3 under Coach Parker during the last two seasons and feeling very much like a CIAA championship front runner and NCAA playoff aspirant. Meanwhile, Lincoln University is 0-5 this season and 10-75 overall since bringing back football in 2011. VUU has defeated the Lions seven straight years after losing at Lincoln 19-10 in 2011. The Panthers are prohibitive favorites this week. They dominated on offense, defense and special teams in ending what had been a dream season for Livingstone College. Quarterback Khalid Morris passed for 215 yards and four touchdowns. Charles Hall, the “Jersey Jet,” had six receptions for 129 yards and two touchdowns. Khalid Morris Morris, a former Thomas Dale High School standout who transferred to VUU from ASA College in New York, has been a steady beam of sunshine. VUU began this season with a question mark at quarterback following the graduation last May of standout, two-year starter Darius Taylor. But it has been a smooth transition. Morris has thrown for 1,017 yards, with 11 touchdowns and four interceptions. Hall, from Trenton, N.J., has emerged as among the NCAA Division II’s most dangerous deep threats. The sophomore has averaged a whopping 26 yards for his 21 receptions with seven touchdowns. VUU’s Tabyus Taylor rushed for 53 yards and one touchdown and caught an 18-yard pass. Sterling Hammond, in search of yet another CIAA Defensive Player of the Year Award, led defensively with eight tackles. Brazilian-born kicker Jefferson Souza drilled three field goals. Souza has nailed 11 of 12 3-point attempts while averaging 62 yards on his kickoffs. The Panthers return to Hovey Field on Saturday, Oct. 19 to celebrate their own homecoming against CIAA opponent Chowan University. VUU will be the clear homecoming favorite for that game. The Hawks are 1-4 and coming off a 66-20 loss last Saturday at Fayetteville State University. A note of caution regarding Lincoln University: The Lions showed some spunk last Saturday in its 26-19 loss in Charlotte, N.C., to Johnson C. Smith University. The Panthers’ pass defense could be tested. Lincoln quarterback Emmett Hunt threw for 329 yards and three touchdowns against the Golden Bulls. Prior to the competitive game at Johnson C. Smith, Lincoln had surrendered 201 points (50.2 average per game) in its previous four setbacks. While Lincoln has struggled on the gridiron, the university has many noteworthy accolades. Lincoln is the nation’s first degreegranting HBCU to provide arts and sciences for black males. Also, Fritz Pollard coached Lincoln football from 1918 to 1920 before going on to become first African-American coach on the pro level. And Lincoln alumni Thurgood Marshall (Class of 1930) and Langston Hughes (1929) have had commemorative stamps issued in their honor by the U.S. Postal Service.

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Popular ESPN sports analyst Stephen A. Smith, above center, poses with Winston-Salem State University Chancellor Elwood Robinson and the Red Sea of Sound after an athletic scholarship was named in Smith’s honor. Smith, who graduated from Winston-Salem State in 1991, played basketball under legendary Coach Clarence “Big House” Gaines.

Saturday, Oct. 12 Virginia Union University Panthers take on the Lincoln University Lions at Lincoln University’s homecoming in Pennsylvania. Kickoff: 1 p.m. Game to be broadcast on WNTW, 92.7 FM radio.

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Personality: Robert Dunham

Spotlight on Richmond teacher and founder of ‘Be the Change RVA’ Robert Dunham proves that when it comes to teachers, he’s a cut above the rest. Mr. Dunham was a fifth-grade teacher at Carver Elementary School in June when he did what many teachers do on a daily basis — go above and beyond the call of duty. Every year, Carver Elementary holds a “Moving On Ceremony” to congratulate fifthgraders completing elementary school and moving on to middle school, an honor students take great pride in as they dress up and share the spotlight as they enter the next phase of their education. Mr. Dunham had an inkling some of his students wanted to look good, including a fresh haircut, but they were unable to afford the grooming update and didn’t want to tell anyone. As he was leaving home the day of the ceremony, Mr. Dunham grabbed his hair clippers, just in case. After arriving at Carver, he saw some of his students needed a haircut and gave all of them a “fresh cut.” “I look at my students as my own children,” he says. “I wanted all of my students to look their best on their special day. That’s love.” Mr. Dunham says, especially for young boys, “a haircut makes you feel confident, very special, like you can do anything.” It was his third-grade teacher at Public School 165 in Brooklyn, N.Y., Ms. Henry, who made a huge impression on Mr. Dunham. “Ms. Henry embodies what I believe a teacher should do — teach with love,” Mr. Dunham says. “She saw something in me and she pushed me and pushed me, more and more, to do better. I keep up with her on Facebook to this day.” He says Richmond Public Schools now is pushing to teach the whole student. “RPS has students from a wide variety of backgrounds and so many different types of situations they go through at home,” Mr. Dunham says. “Teachers have to be able to impart in a child a desire to be uplifted, not just academically, but in every area of their lives. That’s what Ms. Henry did for me.” Little did Mr. Dunham know that a fellow teacher photographed his barbering skills that day at Carver. The photo went viral, hitting social media platforms and broadcast media outlets. The coverage sparked a call from one of America’s hottest daytime talk shows, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” Before Mr. Dunham knew it, he and his wife, Shaquana, were flying to Los Angeles for a live interview last June. He didn’t know he was in for another surprise the day of the show. Actor Dax Shepard, who was the guest host for Ms. DeGeneres that day, called the haircuts “a very beautiful gesture” and in return surprised Mr. Dunham with $10,000 to pay off his car and $10,000 toward a family trip to Disney World. The Walt Disney Company owns “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” After returning to Richmond, Mr. Dunham, who now teaches at Overby-Sheppard Elementary, founded “Be the Change RVA,” a nonprofit that partners with local barbershops to give students free haircuts and mentoring and tutoring from others working in various fields. “Be the Change RVA’s vision is to positively change the mind-

set and the world of children in various ways,” Mr. Dunham says. “This includes mentoring, volunteering, tutoring and providing services people need — like a haircut or tutoring. “Our purpose is to give children outlets to express themselves in positive and creative ways,” he says. “For our members who are from diverse personal and professional backgrounds, this is an opportunity to impart wisdom, information and knowledge to help young men to develop into their best selves.” One of the many messages Mr. Dunham has received online and in the mail from across the country, stated, “If I could get another hundred black male teachers like you, we can turn a lot of things around.” His response to all of the wellwishers and people donating to his nonprofit is straightforward and honest. “You saw my act of kindness, now you do me a favor. Take that energy from me. Go back to your community and do something kind for someone else. You’ll never know the impact you can have on someone’s life.” Meet this week’s Personality and a true change agent for the community, Robert Dunham: Date and place of birth: April 9, in Brooklyn, N.Y. No. 1 volunteer position: Founder of “Be the Change RVA,” a nonprofit that partners with local barbershops to give students free haircuts. Current residence: Richmond’s South Side. Alma maters: ASA College, Brooklyn, N.Y., associate degree in criminal justice; Virginia Commonwealth University, bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies, with minors in education and criminal justice; and Liberty University, master’s in special education. Family: Wife, Shaquana Armstrong-Dunham; and children, Madison Lee,14; Karah,12; Rhyan Leah, 7; and Sasha Olivia, 5. Why it’s important for young boys to have a “fresh cut”: For a young man, image is very important! The feeling you get when you walk out of the barbershop is like nothing else. You feel on top of the world and full of confidence. Most people will never understand how much confidence can help a young man inside and outside of the classroom. Reaction from Carver students and their families to the haircuts: Most of the students were excited because I wasn’t just providing a service. We connected on another level. I have always been close to all of my students and this small act of kindness seemed to bond us forever. The families have always been appreciative and were happy that some good news was coming out of Carver. Did the response to the photo that went vital surprise you: Absolutely! First, I didn’t even know my colleague Mrs. Randolph had taken the pictures. I was even more surprised that so many people were touched by this story. I received calls and emails from all over the country telling me how much this story had impacted them. When did the producer from “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” contact you and how did you react: The producer from “Ellen” called me the day before the end of the school year. My assistant

Want to go? What: Parents’ Night Out, a “Be the Change RVA” free event for parents of students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Where: Overby-Sheppard Elementary School, 2300 1st Ave. When: 5 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18. Details: Free dinner, free haircuts, music by a DJ and the Albert Hill Middle School Band; video gaming systems for children to play; homework stations with tutors to help students; open gym with basketball and other activities. Contact: Mr. Dunham at BetheChangeRVA1@gmail. com, visit the Facebook page, BetheChangeRVA, or call (804) 939-4207 or (804) 329-2515.

principal informed me that the producers wanted to talk to me. I thought they were trying to pull a prank on me until I picked up the phone and found out it was true. After the call, I ran around the school screaming, “I’m going to be on ‘Ellen!’ ” It was truly a surreal moment. What was it like flying to Los Angeles for the first time and being on TV: I was scared to death. I hadn’t flown on an airplane since I was 7, but my wife helped me get through it. I had never been on TV before, but I tried to play it cool until we were getting closer and closer to show time. I was freaking out a bit, but my wife looked at me and said, “Baby, take a deep breath. It’s going to be all right.” Were you nervous when you met actor Dax Shepard, the guest host on the show: Yes, absolutely. Dax Shepard is so down to earth. He doesn’t come off like some of the celebrities we see on television. During one of the breaks, he leaned in and asked me, “Hey, have you ever been on TV before?” and I responded, “NO!” He says, “Well, I can’t tell ’cause you are doing phenomenal.” What are you doing with the $20,000 the show gave you: So the story about our car situation and our Disney trip was absolutely true. The first thing I want to do is book our Disney vacation for my kids. Secondly, I intend to donate $2,000 to the Embrace Carver Foundation and $2,000 to my church, The Sanctuary-RIC. The rest I intend to put into savings as my wife and I are trying to purchase our

first home next year for our family. My family is extremely important to me and I’m extremely happy to have done something that my kids can be proud of. What is your vision for “Be the Change RVA”: I see my organization becoming a beacon of hope for children growing up in impoverished conditions. This is only the beginning as I am currently working on trying to acquire a facility that will house an after-school program where we will provide tutoring, mentoring, food and, of course, haircuts! The role and importance of “Be the Change RVA” in the community: There are many nonprofits that service children here in Richmond. My goal is not to compete with them, but to establish strong partnerships with them as we are all trying to accomplish the same goal — to positively impact the lives of children here in Richmond. We have all had that one person who comes along and sees something in you that you didn’t even know is there. Someone did that for me and I just want to do that for someone else. What is a teacher’s greatest reward: A teacher’s greatest reward is running into a student maybe five or 10 years down the line and find them doing something amazing with their life. That has always been my goal — to steer children toward

a bright future. What is a teacher’s greatest challenge: I think a teacher’s greatest challenge is debt. As teachers, we have to go to school for many years in order to obtain our license, but in doing so we acquire a great deal of student loan debt. I am currently $90,000 in debt and this is something that weighs every single day. What makes a good teacher: A good teacher is someone who can take on any challenge; advocates for their students; pushes their students; realizes that even though the work day ends at 4:30 p.m., a teacher’s job is never done; intentional during instruction; makes home visits; provides additional support for students who need it; and never ever gives up on their students, no matter what! How I start the day: I start my mornings with prayer, which I believe is key. The more positive energy you bring, the more you can give out. I help my wife get the kids ready for school and I’m usually at work by 8:30 a.m. I know there are many people that may have different faiths or beliefs, but I firmly believe that everyone should start the day with meditation and self-reflection to help prepare for the day. Quality I most admire in another person: Grit. A lot of people have dreams and goals, but they lack grit. If you have a dream, you have to protect it. But you also need grit for the tough times ahead.

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Happenings Richmond Folk Festival returns Oct. 11 through 13 The Richmond riverfront will again play host to a free suite of musical events across three days, seven stages and several blocks during the 15th Annual Richmond Folk Festival this weekend from Friday, Oct. 11, through Sunday, Oct. 13. The festival will feature more than 30 entertainers and performers from across the globe in an area stretching along the James River from 2nd to 7th streets in Downtown and neighboring Brown’s Island. Music styles and genres will include Memphis soul, Afro funk, Delta blues, West African balafon, Cajun music, Tuareg guitar,

Tuvan throat-singing, Scottish music, bluegrass, gospel, Greek folk music, carnatic music of India and Caribbean steel pan music. The event has grown to become one of the largest festivals in Virginia, with last year’s attendance at more than 220,000 people. Beyond the music and dancing, returning highlights include the Virginia Folklife Area showcasing artists from across the state; a family area with space-themed programming and activities provided by the Children’s Museum; food vendors selling dishes from around the globe; and a marketplace with a variety of merchandise.

Hours are 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11; noon to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12; and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. Pets, coolers, large backpacks, bikes, skateboards, alcohol and glass bottles and containers, kites, drones, Frisbees and other flying objects are not allowed. While parking is available for fees at garages around Downtown, free parking and shuttle buses from City Stadium, 3201 Maplewood Ave., will run regularly each day. The festival is produced by Venture Richmond Events. Details: www.richmondfolkfestival.org

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Legacy of 2nd Street

Thousands of people turned out for the 31st Annual 2nd Street Festival last weekend, celebrating and remembering the history and legacy that gave the illustrious Jackson Ward street its renown as “Black Wall Street” and the “Harlem of the South.” The free, two-day event featured a variety of music, food and entertainment, including walking tours and a parade of fraternities, sororities, religious and benevolent organizations with connections to Jackson Ward. Left, Terease Dixon dances to entertainment from one of four stages at the festival produced by Venture Richmond Events. The Soul Unlimited Band, right, wows the crowd during its performance last Saturday. Below, C.T. Woody, former Richmond sheriff, shows off his vintage Chevrolet with the vehicles shown at the festival by the Richmond Metropolitan Antique Car Club, while Caroline Johnson peruses art for sale by one of the many vendors and merchants.

Crab feast Oct. 13 to promote voting, community spirit James E. “J.J.” Minor once again is hosting a free crab feast to promote voting and community togetherness. The open-to-all event will be 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, on the grounds of the Bacon Retirement Community, 815 N. 35th St., said Mr. Minor, who is staging the get-out-thevote event with the Richmond Branch NAACP, the nonprofit Putting Communities Together and other sponsors. Mr. Minor is president of the Richmond NAACP. “We want people to come out, enjoy themselves and also have a chance to meet elected officials and candidates for office,” Mr. Minor said. “Along with plenty of food, we’ll have live entertainment, health screenings and a job fair to assist people with employment.” Along with the all-you-caneat crabs, he and others will be serving hamburgers, hot dogs and more. Dawn Sheppard, Donté McCutchen and the Shawn Stovall Choir will head the list of entertainers, he said. Confirmed political figures and candidates, he said, will include Mayor Levar M. Stoney, Attorney General Mark R. Herring, Delegates Lamont Bagby, Jeff Bourne, Betsy B. Carr and Delores L. McQuinn, state Senate candidate Joseph D. Morrissey, Henrico Board of Supervisors Chairman Tyrone Nelson and City Council members and School Board members from Richmond. Details: Mr. Minor, (804) 677-7340.

Queen Latifah to host Women’s Achieve Summit in Richmond Oct. 15

Rapper, singer-songwriter, actress-producer Queen Latifah is coming to Richmond. She will host of the Women’s Achieve Summit, a daylong event on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, featuring panel discussions, keynote speakers and sessions with women leaders in business, politics and social activism. The event is sponsored by American Evolution as part of Virginia’s 2019 Commemoration honoring 400 years of achievement by women in Virginia. This year is the 400th anniversary of the recruitment of 147 English women by the Virginia Company of London to join male settlers in Jamestown. U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner is honorary co-host of the event that will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Speakers include Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and author of “Earn It! You’re your Value and Grow Your Career, in Your 20s and Beyond;” Jay Ell Alexander, founder and CEO of The Vaughn Strategy and Black Girls RUN!; former astronaut Wendy Lawrence; Eboni K. Williams, attorney, author and Queen Latifah television personality; Nancy Redd, Miss Virginia 2003; Anne Richardson, chief of the Rappahannock Tribe; and Connie Nyholm, owner and CEO of Virginia International Raceway.

Virginia First Lady Pam Northam and former First Lady Susan Allen will participate on a panel, “Stepping into Public Life and Beyond: A Conversation with Virginia First Ladies.” Registration is now closed for the summit but you can still participate via livestream at AmericanEvolution2019.com. Other topics include breaking the glass ceiling, women in education and entrepreneurship. Additionally, at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14, the Virginia Women’s Monument Commission will dedicate “Voices from the Garden,” a monument in Capitol Square in Downtown dedicated to Virginia women. Details: www.americanevolution2019.com/events/ all-events.

Catena Parker Foundation to host walk for missing children The Catena L. Parker Foundation for Missing Children is hosting its annual walk to call attention to the issue of missing children 10 a.m. to noon

Saturday, Oct. 12. The walk will begin at the Science Museum of Virginia, 2500 W. Broad St., head east to 3rd and Broad streets and return

to the museum for a reception and fellowship. The walk is free, with donations to benefit the foundation that provides emotional support

and assistance to families of missing children. The foundation was started in 1994 by the family of 17year-old Catena L. Parker, a Richmond Community High School honor student who was abducted Sept. 18, 1990, on her way home from a class at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her remains were found behind the museum on Jan. 6, 1991; her abductor has

never been found. The foundation offers support to the families and friends of missing persons through monthly meetings at 5:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at the museum, provides information to enable easier child identification and works to educate the public about potential dangers and threats. Details: www.catenaparkerfoundation.com.

7 educators to be honored Oct. 12

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Tackling health disparities Dr. Betty N. Crutcher welcomes representatives of the W. Montague Cobb/National Medical Institute to the University of Richmond where her husband, Dr. Ronald Crutcher is president. With her, from left, are Martin Hamlette, executive director of the National Medical Association; Dr. Randall C. Morgan Jr., executive director of the Cobb Institute; Dr. Oliver T. Brooks, NMA president; Dr. Rahn K. Baley, Cobb board chair; and Terone B. Greene, Cobb board treasurer. UR’s first lady serves on the Cobb board and arranged the three-day visit last month of the board of the institute, whose mission is to use research and learning to reduce race-based health disparities and which also seeks to encourage more African-American college students to enter the medical field. The board met with representatives of UR and Virginia Commonwealth University to learn more about their diversity efforts. Founded in 2004, the Cobb Institute is named for a pioneering African-American anthropologist.

Seven retired Richmond educators, including former city schools Superintendent Lucille M. Brown, will be honored at a brunch celebrating the 400-year legacy of extraordinary AfricanAmerican women. The event will be held 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Peter Paul Development Center, 1708 N. 22nd St., it has been announced. Along with Dr. Brown, the honorees include Dr. Estelle Braxton Davis, Helen Guthrie, Virginia P. Jackson, Charlotte Melton, Thelma Pettis and Anna Washington. Richmond Delegate Delores L. McQuinn is joining with the Help Me Help You Foundation and the Alpha Zeta Chapter of the Phi Delta Kappa International professional educators association to sponsor the event. Tickets: $25. Details and tickets: Keith Westbrook, (804) 698-1070, (804) 301-0671 or deldmcquinn@house.virginia.gov.

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Faith News/Directory

Architect for black history museum in D.C. wins another big commission Free Press wire report

The project was an architectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dream and a potential nightmare: Design a tripartite worship space â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to include a Catholic church, a synagogue and a mosque â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the heart of the conflict-ridden Middle East, in order to promote tolerance and at the same time reflect the three great Abrahamic faiths, which are so often at loggerheads. For Sir David Adjaye, a star architect who designed the $540 million National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, the challenge was amplified by the fact that until 2018, when he designed an interSir David Adjaye denominational cathedral in Accra, Ghana, he had never built anything religious-themed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I had to dive straight into it all to get up to speed,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Adjaye told Religion News Service before the unveiling of his winning design on Sept. 20 at the New York Public Library in Manhattan. Even so, the architect is not unfamiliar with religion, nor with the tension of multifaith contexts. Mr. Adjaye, a youthful 53-year-old Briton who received a knighthood in 2017 for his work, won the competition to make this location a reality. Born in Tanzania of Ghanaian parents, Mr. Adjaye was raised as a Christian and grew up in the multiethnic, multireligious world of Tanzania. He also became familiar with life in Central and West Africa and the Middle East before moving to Europe as a young man. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was really inspired by all that,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Adjaye said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve really understood southern Christianity and northern Christianity, Judaism and Islam, and throw in there the Sikh religion, which is big in East Africa, and Hinduism. I was exposed to those cultures very early in my upbringing. So I feel like I have a sensitivity. But,â&#x20AC;? he added, with a smile, â&#x20AC;&#x153;that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make me an expert on the building.â&#x20AC;? The United Arab Emirates project, dubbed the Abrahamic Family House, was only put out for competition a few months ago, following the signing last February of the Document of Human Fraternity for World Peace by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayeb, the top religious leader in Sunni Islam. The document was signed in the United Arab Emirates, which has long promoted itself as a beacon

Image courtesy of Adjaye Associates

An aerial night view rendering of the Abrahamic Family House, including a mosque, from left, a Catholic church and synagogue, on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi.

of religious tolerance in the Arab world and the wider Middle East. The UAE wanted to follow up quickly with a concrete manifestation of the highconcept Human Fraternity document: A complex that would rise on Saadiyat Island, the cultural heart of Abu Dhabi, capital of the UAE. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My view is that every family reunion needs a great location, and right now we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have anywhere to go for a great family reunion,â&#x20AC;? said Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, a New York-based rabbi who last March was installed as the first chief rabbi of the Jewish community of the UAE. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea of doing this in the Middle East, in an Arabic country, in the context of the exodus of Jews and Christians from many Arab lands, is in my opinion a real sign of leadership.â&#x20AC;? The Abrahamic Family House actually will be three distinct houses of worship â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a Catholic church, a synagogue and a mosque. Rather than trying to meld the religions into one architectural concept, something critics of the entire initiative feared, Mr. Adjaye insisted on making them distinct yet interrelated, which is also a goal of the Human Fraternity project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I won!â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was compelled by the opportunity to show the relationship between all three.â&#x20AC;? Mr. Adjaye said he is â&#x20AC;&#x153;very obsessed with geographic specificityâ&#x20AC;? and is planning to use stone and materials from the region in the construction. The three buildings will all have the same footprint â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the exact size and capacity are still to be determined â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and structure and will be connected by a shared garden and plaza. But they each will have a layout and design

HOMECOMING & REVIVAL Celebration 2019

Theme: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pastor and People: Giving Glory to Godâ&#x20AC;? Sunday, October 20, 2019 11:00 AM Worship Service Guest Speaker: Rev. Dexter U. Nutall, Pastor New Bethel Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.

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Evangelist: Rev. Dr. James H. Harris, Pastor Second Baptist Church, Idlewood Ave.

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2604 Idlewood Avenue, Richmond, Va. 23220 (804) 353-6135 www.riverviewbaptistch.org Rev. Dr. Stephen L. Hewlett,Pastor Rev. Dr. Ralph Reavis, Sr. Pastor Emeritus

Sixth Baptist Church

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Dr. Kirkland R. Walton, Pastor

Mid-Day Bible Study 12 Noon Prayer & Praise 6:30 P.M. Bible Study 7 P.M. (Children/Youth/Adults)

Based On Each Division of Psalms

Unity Sunday Worship

SAVE THE DATE

Baptism ~ Communion Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.

Sunday, October 20th â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 5PM â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Gatheringâ&#x20AC;? (Spoken Word Cafe) Hosted by: Young Adults All Are Welcome â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Spread The Word (near Byrd Park)

(804) 359-1691 or 359-3498 Fax (804) 359-3798 www.sixthbaptistchurch.org drbibbs@sixthbaptistchurch.org

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2019 Homecoming & Fall Revival One Body Theme:

United by One Spirit

Homecoming Worship Services Sunday, October 13

I Corinthians 12:(13-14)

10:00 AM Rev. Dr. J. Elisha Burke Transitional Pastor

Dinner Served After Morning Worship

2:00 PM Rev. Dr. Theodore Brown Pastor, Quioccasin Baptist Church

Revival Services 7:00 PM Nightly

Monday, October 14th thru Wednesday, October 16th MONDAY OCT. 14TH Minister Gina Whitaker-Cannon

Grayland Baptist Church

TUESDAY OCT. 15TH Rev. Dr. Janet Copeland

St. John Baptist Church

Music rendered by the S. H. Thompson Memorial Choir and the Senior Choir.

400 South Addison Street Richmond, Va. 23220

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Thursdays:

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

WEDNESDAY OCT. 16TH Rev. Dr. Marlene Fuller

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church

2331 Broad Rock Boulevard â&#x20AC;˘ Richmond, Virginia 23224 804-231-4455 â&#x20AC;˘ Email: cabc2331@verizon.net

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18 East Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 â&#x20AC;˘ (804) 643-1987 Hours M-F 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Sat. 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Worship Opportunities:

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2019 11:00 AM Worship Celebration Message by: Pastor Bibbs Sermon Series (The Psalms) - Five Parts

Rev. Dr. Yvonne Jones20TH Bibbs, Pastor

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St. Peter Baptist Church

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that follows the specific religious requirements and traditions of each faith. The apse of the church will have a sculpture with spokes of light that echo the great Baroque apse of St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Basilica in Rome representing the Holy Spirit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great piece of art and a great inspiration,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Adjaye said. The synagogue is designed to mimic a sukkah, a tent or booth that Jews erect outside during the fall holiday of Sukkot. A sukkah is designed to recall the temporary dwellings the Israelites

used during their 40 years in the wilderness following the Exodus from Egypt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve designed the synagogue as sort of a permanent sukkah, to talk about the fragility of the religion, the fragility of life,â&#x20AC;? he said. The simple square floor plan of each of the buildings evokes the Kaaba, the cube-shaped shrine near the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s holiest site in its holiest city. The UAE mosque itself will have soaring arches in each wall â&#x20AC;&#x201D; traditional architectural features of mosques â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but the arches are elongated to let in more light than most mosques. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing about these three spaces that is repeating something,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Adjaye said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be learning about what all three are, but moving them into the 21st century.â&#x20AC;? These houses of worship also are designed to be used, not just admired. Thanks largely to an influx of migrant workers, the majority-Muslim UAE, with a population of about 8 million, is also home to hundreds of thousands of Christians, as well as an active Jewish community that numbers about 3,000. The timeline for the project is as ambitious as the concept. The Abrahamic Family House is scheduled to open in 2022. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More broadly, the big challenge is not about building this building,â&#x20AC;? Rabbi Sarna said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about building a house. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s building a home. There are so many huge and glitzy buildings around the Middle East. This is the start of a century-long task of building a home.â&#x20AC;?

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Faith From Our Past; Loving Into Our Future Guest Preacher: Waverly Brown, Pastor of Rosebud Baptist Church

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

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

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

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Obituaries/Faith Directory

Trailblazing actress Diahann Carroll succumbs to cancer at 84 Free Press wire report

Diahann Carroll, a versatile singer and stage actress who quietly blazed a trail for African-American women on American television in the late 1960s by playing a widowed nurse and single mother in “Julia,” died Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. She was 84. Ms. Carroll, whose career also was punctuated by a pioneering Tony Award and an Oscar nomination, had been suffering from cancer and died in her sleep at home in Los Angeles with her daughter by her side, said her manager, Brian Panella. “She had been fighting it for quite some time and did not want the world to know,” said Mr. Panella, who had managed Ms. Carroll’s career for 20 years. “Diahann Carroll walked this earth for 84 years and broke ground with every footstep. An icon. One of the all-time greats,” director Ava DuVernay wrote on Twitter. “She blazed trails through dense forests and elegantly left diamonds along the path for the rest of us to follow. Extraordinary life. Thank you, Ms. Carroll.” With a handful of movie roles and an award-winning Broadway career already under her belt, Ms. Carroll landed the title role in the 1968 situation comedy “Julia.” She played Julia Baker, a nurse struggling to raise a young son by herself after her husband was killed in the Vietnam War. The show, which ran for three seasons on NBC and earned Ms. Carroll a Golden Globe Award and Emmy nomination, was a breakthrough for African-American women who were only beginning to make inroads on the small screen at the time. Actress Nichelle Nichols first appeared two years earlier on “Star Trek” in the supporting role of communications officer Lt. Uhura. But “Julia” was the first primetime network series to star a black woman playing a professional character. NBC executives were wary about putting “Julia” on the network during the racial unrest of the 1960s, but it was an immediate hit. It had its critics, though, including some

who said Ms. Carroll’s character was not a realistic portrayal of a black American woman in the 1960s. “They said it was a fantasy,” Ms. Carroll recalled in 1998. “All of this was untrue. Much about the character of Julia I took from my own life, my family.” Ms. Carroll’s close friend and fellow vocalist from that era, Dionne Warwick, reacted with grief, saying, “My personal world has taken a downward spiral. Losing my dear friend and mentor comes as a true hurt to my heart.” Ms. Carroll’s success as “Julia” set

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her up for another title role in the 1974 movie, “Claudine,” for which she received an Academy Award nomination as best actress. Playing opposite James Earl Jones, she reprised her single-mother persona, this time living in Harlem with six children and on public relief. She went on to play numerous screen roles, mostly in television shows and made-for-TV movies, until just a few years ago. In addition to “Julia,” she is perhaps best remembered by TV audiences for her role as Dominique Deveraux, a glamorous diva on the 1980s hit prime-time soap opera “Dynasty.” Carol Diann Johnson was born in the Bronx borough of New York City on July 17, 1935, the daughter of a subway conductor. She began singing with her Harlem church choir at age 6, according to IMDB. com. She attended New York’s famed High

School for the Performing Arts. Modeling for Ebony magazine by the time she was 15, she adopted the more exotic-sounding Diahann Carroll as a teenager auditioning for singing gigs, it said. In 1954, she landed her first singing role on Broadway in the musical “House of Flowers,” before going on to play Clara in the Otto Preminger’s big-screen version of “Porgy and Bess” in 1959. She also had auditioned for the lead in Mr. Preminger’s 1954 film adaptation of “Carmen Jones,” but ended up cast in the supporting role of Myrt instead. Her performance as a fashion model in the 1962 Broadway musical interracial love story “No Strings” won her a Tony Award as best actress, a first for an African-American performer. More recently, she had a number of guest shots and small roles in TV series, including playing the mother of Isaiah Washington’s character, Dr. Preston Burke, on “Grey’s Anatomy,” and a stretch on the TV show “White Collar” as the widow June. Ms. Carroll, who had been married four times, also sang in nightclubs and recorded several record albums from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. In her 1998 memoir “Diahann,” Ms. Carroll traced her turbulent romantic life, which included liaisons with Harry Belafonte, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Sammy Davis Jr., Sidney Poitier and David Frost. She became engaged to Mr. Frost, but the engagement was canceled. An early marriage to nightclub owner Monte Kay resulted in Ms. Carroll’s only child, Suzanne, as well as a divorce. She also divorced her second husband, retail executive Freddie Glusman, later marrying magazine editor Robert DeLeon, who died. Her most celebrated marriage was in 1987 to singer Vic Damone, and the two appeared together in nightclubs. But they separated in 1991 and divorced several years later. “She was a tremendous talent and just a very unique human being,” Mr. Panella said. “I was blessed to have her as my client for all of that time.”

Homecoming

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2019

Theme: Homecoming A Day of Celebration Luke 15:22-23

SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:30 am MORNING WORSHIP 11 am Rev. Robert C. Davis

Theme: Jesus Loves The Little Children MONDAY, OCTOBER 14TH Rev. Sheila E. Hicks, Pastor

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

Rev. Dr. Robert Diggs, Pastor

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Dr. Sylvester T. Smith, Pastor “There’s A Place for You” Tuesday Sunday 10:30 AM Bible Study 9:30 AM Church School 6:30 PM Church-wide Bible Study 11:00 AM Worship Service 6:30 PM Men's Bible Study (Each 2nd and 4th) (Holy Communion Thursday each 2nd Sunday) Wednesday (Following 2nd Sunday) 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting

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Margaret Aurelia “Rea” Rodgers was a teacher’s teacher in Richmond Public Schools when it came to computers and technology. Based at what is now Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School where she taught math and science classes, Ms. Rodgers for years led workshops for other RPS educators to introduce them to computer basics and offer ways to integrate technology into their coursework. Her family described her enthusiasm for teaching “as infectious Ms. Rodgers not only to her students and those in the academic environment, but to her family as well. She was definitely a teacher who made others love learning.” Ms. Rodgers died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, at a Richmond hospital. She was 75. Her life was celebrated Saturday, Oct. 5, at the March Funeral Home in Henrico County. Born in Richmond to a family of seven children, she began her teaching career after graduating from Maggie Walker High School in 1961 and earning a bachelor’s degree at Virginia Union University. She would later earn a master’s from Virginia Commonwealth University and an Educational Computer Literacy certificate from J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. Ms. Rodgers first taught science courses at the middle and high school levels in Essex County before joining the faculty in Richmond. She spent most of her career in city schools at what was then called Mosby Middle School before retiring in 2001. Ms. Rodgers was a member of Riverview Baptist Church. Survivors include two brothers, Carter L. Rodgers and Coleman F. Rodgers. “The Church With A Welcome”

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Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, October 21, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2019-270 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1 East Main Street for the purpose of up to 20 single-family attached dwellings and one single-family detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located within the TOD-1 Transit Oriented Nodal District. The Pulse Corridor Plan designates the subject property as Downtown Mixed-Use which features high-density development with office buildings, apartments, and a mix of complementary uses, including regional destinations. High density is appropriate for these areas. The density of the proposed development would be approximately 22 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2019-271 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1301 Bellevue Avenue for the purpose of a dwelling unit within an existing accessory building, upon certain terms and conditions. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Single‑Family (LowDensity) uses. Primary uses in this category are single‑family detached dwellings at densities up to 7 units per acre. The density of the parcel if developed as proposed would be a ratio of approximately 12 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 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 AIDA HERRERA, Plaintiff v. HUGO ALVARADO JUARES, Defendant. Case No.: CL19002267-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 25th day of November, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 The Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER YVETTE SHIELDS, Plaintiff v. TILDEN SHIELDS, Defendant. Case No.: CL19001970-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown appear here on or before the 4th day of November, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 The Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

of Zion Reynolds, child, DOB 7/29/2008 & Zyrell Reynolds, child DOB 4/9/2018, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendants Natural Jefferson (Father), Unknown (Father’s), & Siaja Reynolds (Mother) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 1/7/2020, at 10:00 AM, Courtroom #2.

3965 et seq. of the Code of Virginia to sell the following parcels located in the City of Richmond, Virginia for payment of delinquent taxes: 3036 Dupont Avenue C0091033030 2714 Edgewood Avenue N0000695004 6507 Erhart Road C0070370002 2010 Fairfax Avenue S0000547005 2603 Fairfield Avenue E0120318001 3411 Florida Avenue N0001265019 2918 Hanes Avenue N0000887002 2911 Hull Street S0001343014 405 Hunt Avenue N0001554003 1101 Judson Road C0070261002 718 Lincoln Avenue N0180427027 3709 Loudon Street N0001658010 1807 Maddox Street E0120253010 1709 Mechanicsville Tpke E0120281004 3027 Meadow Bridge Road N0001058011 3015 Midlothian Turnpike S0001347025 450 Milton Street N0001459017 2114 Newbourne Street E0120286024 2006 Newman Road E0110126008 3106 P Street E0000723025 1807 Powell Road C0080217033 2106 Redd Street E0000665037 1414 Rogers Street E0000768012 2106 Sale Street E0000665045 2108 Sale Street E0000665046 2117 Selden Street E0120286008 812 Spring Street W0000167038 2903 Stockton Street S0001341011 2721 Terminal Avenue S0080521009 3413 Terminal Avenue C0090590002 2714 Toledo Avenue S0080844037 5943 Wainwright Drive C0050719038 1446 Whitehead Road C0070553047 6107 Winford Lane C0050508012 The owner/s of any property listed may redeem it at any time before the date of the sale by paying all accumulated taxes, penalties, interest and cost thereon, including the pro rata costs of publication hereunder. Gregory A. Lukanuski, Deputy City Attorney Office of the City Attorney for the City of Richmond 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia (804) 646-7949

Parkway, Tax Map Number N000-1222/006, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number NESW, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Terry L. Parrott and Kimberly A. Eley. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, TERRY L. PARROTT, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, KIMBERLY A. ELEY, 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 T ERRY L . PA RRO T T, KIMBERLY A. ELEY, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. LOUIS REED, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-4689 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 20 Thurman Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0070875/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Louis Reed, Barbara Mason, Brenda Mason, Evelyn Mason, Patricia S. Tinsley, Nora G. Jones, Billie S. Archer, Willie E Smith, Eileen M. Chapman, Dorothea Jennings and Daniel A. Smith. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, LOUIS REED, BARBARA MASON, BRENDA MASON, EVELYN MASON, PATRICIA S. TINSLEY, NORA G. JONES, BILLIE S. ARCHER, WILLIE E SMITH, EILEEN M. CHAPMAN, DOROTHEA JENNINGS and DANIEL A. SMITH, are to be proceed against by Order of Publication pursuant to Section 8.01-316(A)(3) of the Code of Virginia, 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 LOUIS REED, BARBARA MASON, BRENDA MASON, EVELYN MASON, PATRICIA S . T I N S L E Y, N OR A G . J O N E S , B I L L IE S . ARCHER, WILLIE E SMITH, EILEEN M. CHAPMAN, DOROTHEA JENNINGS, DANIEL A. SMITH, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VERNON EPPS, BEATRICE H E N D RIC K , ER N E S T H A RRI S J R . , E S T EE HARRIS, DAVID HARRIS, MAXINE BROWN, DONALD BASS, BARBARA SMITH, VERSAIL ALEXANDER, M A RI L Y N H I N T O N , CLIFTON STEED, JR., CLARA STEED, GLADYS REYNOLDS, KATHLEEN THOMPSON, WALLACE STEED, LISA CRAWFORD, JOE HINTON, JR., CHINY JOHNSON, CHRISTINE STEED, FANNY SINKFORD and STATIC MORTON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

Homes, LLC pka Gabby Homes, Inc. An Affidavit having been filed that DEBBIE HANKS, Registered Agent for GABBY HOMES, LLC, owner of record of said property, 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 DEBBIE HANKS, Registered Agent for GABBY HOMES, LLC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER EUNISHIA CRAWFORDSAUCIER, Plaintiff v. JEREMIAH SAUCIER, Defendant. Case No.: CL19002784-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 4th day of November, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: The 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 LESIA STEPHENSON, Plaintiff v. ERVIN HUDSON, Defendant. Case No.: CL19002721-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 4th day of November, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: The 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 DONALD COLEMAN, Plaintiff v. YAKEE MALONE, Defendant. Case No.: CL19002766-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 4th day of November, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: The 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 OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Julieta Mendoza Esmeralda Jorge Mendoza In the Matter of the Proposed Adoption Of a Child to Be Known as Andriy Rosales Tellez, Birth Certificate Registration 10429485 Registered in the Country of Mexico, Case No.: CA19000031 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the above-styled suit is for the petitioner, Jorge Mendoza, to adopt Andriy Rosales Tellez, the biological son of Julieta Mendoza Esmeralda and Francisco Crescencio Rosales Luna. It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the Respondent, Francisco Crescencio Rosales Luna, is not a resident of the State of Virginia and that his last known address is unknown, it is therefore ordered that Respondent, Francisco Crescencio Rosales Luna, appear before this Court on or before the 3rd day of October, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this suit. An Extract: Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk I ask for this: Jesse Baez, Esq. (VSB #85986) Hairfield Morton, PLC 2800 Buford Road, Suite 201 Richmond, Virginia 23235 (804) 320-6600 - telephone (804) 320-8040 - facsimile Counsel for Petitioners

Property VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING THELMA L. CHEATHAM a/k/a ESTATE OF THELMA LENORA CHEATHAM, By Alice A. Brooks, Administrator Plaintiff v. HEIRS AT LAW OF THELMA LENORA CHEATHAM DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES, OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THELMA LENORA CHEATHAM, CREDITORS WHETHER FUTURE OR AT THIS TIME NOT KNOWN, ET ALS, ALL MADE PARTIES DEFENDANTS TO THIS ACTION BY THE GENERAL DESCRIPTION, “PARTIES UNKNOWN” Defendants CASE#CL18-5382 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to confirm the heirs at law of THELMA L. CHEATHAM, who died intestate, in the City of Richmond, Va. On January 2, 2011. An affidavit has been filed, by the Administrator of her estate, Alice A. Brooks, that confirms THELMA L. CHEATHAM a/k/a THELMA LENORA CHEATHAM, had two sister who preceded her intestate, in death, namely (1) Edythe Cheatham Smith and (2) Odessa Vivian Cheatham; that Marquita C. Smith, survived her mother Edythe C. Smith but also died intestate on August 5, 2009; That no Last Will and Testament, nor heirs at law for the aforesaid Heirs at law of THELMA L. CHEATHAM have been identified or located, that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, and / or creditors with a current or future interest in said estate have been identified, despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suits by general description of “ PARTIES UNKNOWN”. IT IS ORDERED that t h e “ H E I R S AT L AW ” , DEVISEES ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS in interest of THELMA LENORA CHEATHAM and PARTIES UNKNOWN come forward and appear on or before December 1st, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interest in this matter. An Extract, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk I ASK FOR THIS John L. Taylor III, Attorney 2416 Jefferson Avenue Post Office Box 8027 Richmond, Virginia 23223 (804) 649-7688 (Phone) (804) 649-8757 (Fax) VA BAR# 19845 AT T Y J LTAY L O R 3 R D @ VERIZON.NET

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. CARLTON S. ROGERS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-1383 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 803 Jessamine Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000376/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Carlton S. Rogers, Franklin K. Rogers, Haywood R. Rogers, Chandra R. Roger and Myron P. Rogers. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, CARLTON S. ROGERS, FRANKLIN K. ROGERS, HAYWOOD R. ROGERS, and CHANDRA R. ROGER, 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, MYRON P. ROGERS, 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 CARLTON S. ROGERS, FRANKLIN K. ROGERS, HAYWOOD R. ROGERS, CHANDRA R. ROGER, MYRON P. ROGERS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JAMES HAYES, Plaintiff v. SHERYL HAYES, Defendant. Case No.: CL19001391-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 25th day of November, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Esquire Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ZION REYNOLDS & ZYRELL REYNOLDS Case No. J-93798-08-09-00, J-95854-07-08-00, J-95854-09-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Natural Jefferson (FATHER) & UNKNOWN (FATHER’S) & Siaja Reynolds (MOTHER),

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. TERRY L. PARROTT, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-1002 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1411 Brookland

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. BETTY HINTON, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL19-3886 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 209 East 15th Street, , Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000191/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Betty Hinton, James Jones, Jr., Rose Woody, Olita Robinson, Randy Rodriguez, Candy Pettaway, Vincent Rodriguez, Ronnette Rodriguez, Grace Steed, Carolyn Steed, David Steed, Jr., Clyde Epps Jr., Shirley Epps, Vernon Epps, Beatrice Hendrick, Ernest Harris Jr., Estee Harris, David Harris, Maxine Brown, Donald Bass, Barbara Smith, Versail Alexander, Marilyn Hinton, Clifton Steed, Jr., Clara Steed, Gladys Reynolds, Kathleen Thompson, Wallace Steed, Lisa Crawford, Joe Hinton, Jr., Chiny Johnson, Christine Steed, Fanny Sinkford and Static Mort. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, BETTY HINTON, JAMES JONES, JR., ROSE WOODY, OLITA ROBINSON, RANDY RO D RI G U E Z , C A N D Y P E T TAWAY, VI N CE N T RODRIGUEZ, RONNETTE RO D RI G U E Z , G R A CE STEED, CAROLYN STEED, DAVID STEED, JR., CLYDE EPPS JR., SHIRLEY EPPS, VERNON EPPS, BEATRICE H E N D RIC K , ER N E S T H A RRI S J R . , E S T EE HARRIS, DAVID HARRIS, MAXINE BROWN, DONALD BASS, BARBARA SMITH, VERSAIL ALEXANDER, M A RI L Y N H I N T O N , CLIFTON STEED, JR., CLARA STEED, GLADYS REYNOLDS, KATHLEEN THOMPSON, WALLACE STEED, LISA CRAWFORD, JOE HINTON, JR., CHINY JOHNSON, CHRISTINE STEED, FANNY SINKFORD and STATIC MORTON, are to be proceed against by Order of Publication pursuant to Section 8.01-316(A)(3) of the Code of Virginia, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that BETTY HINTON, JAMES JONES, JR., ROSE WOODY, OLITA ROBINSON, RANDY RO D RI G U E Z , C A N D Y P E T TAWAY, VI N CE N T RODRIGUEZ, RONNETTE RO D RI G U E Z , G R A CE STEED, CAROLYN STEED, DAVID STEED, JR., CLYDE EPPS JR., SHIRLEY EPPS, VERNON EPPS, BEATRICE H E N D RIC K , ER N E S T H A RRI S J R . , E S T EE HARRIS, DAVID HARRIS, MAXINE BROWN, DONALD BASS, BARBARA SMITH, VERSAIL ALEXANDER, M A RI L Y N H I N T O N , CLIFTON STEED, JR., CLARA STEED, GLADYS REYNOLDS, KATHLEEN THOMPSON, WALLACE STEED, LISA CRAWFORD, JOE HINTON, JR., CHINY JOHNSON, CHRISTINE STEED, FANNY SINKFORD and STATIC MORTON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. BETTY HINTON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-3887 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 211 East 15th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000191/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Betty Hinton, James Jones, Jr., Rose Woody, Olita Robinson, Randy Rodriguez, Candy Pettaway, Vincent Rodriguez, Ronnette Rodriguez, Grace Steed, Carolyn Steed, David Steed, Jr., Clyde Epps Jr., Shirley Epps, Vernon Epps, Beatrice Hendrick, Ernest Harris Jr., Estee Harris, David Harris, Maxine Brown, Donald Bass, Barbara Smith, Versail Alexander, Marilyn Hinton, Clifton Steed, Jr., Clara Steed, Gladys Reynolds, Kathleen Thompson, Wallace Steed, Lisa Crawford, Joe Hinton, Jr., Chiny Johnson, Christine Steed, Fanny Sinkford and Static Mort. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, BETTY HINTON, JAMES JONES, JR., ROSE WOODY, OLITA ROBINSON, RANDY RO D RI G U E Z , C A N D Y P E T TAWAY, VI N CE N T RODRIGUEZ, RONNETTE RO D RI G U E Z , G R A CE STEED, CAROLYN STEED, DAVID STEED, JR., CLYDE EPPS JR., SHIRLEY EPPS, VERNON EPPS, BEATRICE H E N D RIC K , ER N E S T H A RRI S J R . , E S T EE HARRIS, DAVID HARRIS, MAXINE BROWN, DONALD BASS, BARBARA SMITH, VERSAIL ALEXANDER, M A RI L Y N H I N T O N , CLIFTON STEED, JR., CLARA STEED, GLADYS REYNOLDS, KATHLEEN THOMPSON, WALLACE STEED, LISA CRAWFORD, JOE HINTON, JR., CHINY JOHNSON, CHRISTINE STEED, FANNY SINKFORD and STATIC MORTON, are to be proceed against by Order of Publication pursuant to Section 8.01-316(A)(3) of the Code of Virginia, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that BETTY HINTON, JAMES JONES, JR., ROSE WOODY, OLITA ROBINSON, RANDY RO D RI G U E Z , C A N D Y P E T TAWAY, VI N CE N T RODRIGUEZ, RONNETTE RO D RI G U E Z , G R A CE STEED, CAROLYN STEED, DAVID STEED, JR., CLYDE EPPS JR., SHIRLEY EPPS,

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. EDGAR A. TALBOTT, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-4730 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 414 Marx Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S000-0320/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/ of record, Edgar A. Talbott, Clinton L. Talbott, Phillip A. Talbott, Addie T. Parkerson, Carrie T. Anderson, Grace T. Butler, and Wilmay Elaine Talbott Centeno. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, EDGAR A. TALBOTT, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CLINTON L. TALBOTT, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, PHILLIP A. TALBOTT, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ADDIE T. PARKERSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CARRIE T. ANDERSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and GRACE T. BUTLER, 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, WILMAY ELAINE TALBOTT CENTENO, 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 EDGAR A. TALBOTT, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CLINTON L. TALBOTT, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, PHILLIP A. TALBOTT, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ADDIE T. PARKERSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CARRIE T. ANDERSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, GRACE T. BUTLER, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, WILMAY ELAINE TALBOTT CENTENO, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. GABBY HOMES, LLC, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-3424 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 912 Chimborazo Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0879/017, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Gabby Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. GABBY HOMES, LLC, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-3274 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 914 Chimborazo Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0879/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Gabby Homes, LLC pka Gabby Homes, Inc. An Affidavit having been filed that DEBBIE HANKS, Registered Agent for GABBY HOMES, LLC, owner of record of said property, 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 DEBBIE HANKS, Registered Agent for GABBY HOMES, LLC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. DONNELL SEWARD, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-3392 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1130 East 15th Street, Richmond, Virginia, 1130 East 15th Street, Tax Map Number S000-0636/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Donnell Seward, John Lee Seward, Jr. and Carolyn Y. Seward. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, DONNELL SEWARD, JOHN LEE SEWARD, JR, and CAROLYN Y. SEWARD, 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 D O N N E L L S E WA R D , JOHN LEE SEWARD, JR, CAROLYN Y. SEWARD, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL Continued on next page

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COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JONATHAN J. GILLIAM, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-3343 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2007 Newbourne Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E012-0312/002, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Jonathan J. Gilliam. 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 08-3983 on February 13, 2008, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that JMJ PROPERTIES, INC, a purged Virginia corporation, JAMES S. SEASE, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 03-39375 on October 10, 2003, JANIE BAYNE BLILEY, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0339375 on October 10, 2003, NANCY ANN ROGERS, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 08-3983 on February 13, 2008, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ELLIS INVESTMENT GROUP, INC, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-3801 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5205 Salem Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0100107/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Ellis Investment Group, Inc. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ELLIS INVESTMENT GROUP, INC, an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that BENNINGTON INCORPORATED, an entity purged from the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 54 page 786 on September 23, 1985, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that COLONIAL MORTGAGE & INVESTMENT, an entity purged from the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, BENEFICIARY of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 54 page 786 on September 23, 1985, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that ELLIS INVESTMENT GROUP, INC, an entity purged from the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, B E N N I N G T O N I N C O R P O R AT E D , a n entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 54 page 786 on September 23, 1985, COLONIAL MORTGAGE & INVESTMENT, an entity purged from the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, BENEFICIARY of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 54 page 786 on September 23, 1985, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

Corporation Commission, B E N N I N G T O N I N C O R P O R AT E D , a n entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 54 page 786 on September 23, 1985, COLONIAL MORTGAGE & INVESTMENT, an entity purged from the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, BENEFICIARY of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 54 page 786 on September 23, 1985, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000911/065, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Lelia Scott. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, LELIA SCOTT, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that L E L I A S C O T T, u p o n information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. LEROY BROWN, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-3889 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1312 North 22nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000615/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Leroy Brown and Mary Frances Brown. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, LEROY BROWN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and MARY FRANCES BROWN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that LEROY BROWN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MARY FRANCES BROWN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MAUREEN MORALES, TRUSTEE, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-2584 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3216 Carolina Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001157/005, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Maureen Morales and Anthony Bancroft, Trustees of the Maureen Bancroft 2002 Irrevocable Trust u/a dated June 27, 2002. An Affidavit having been filed that MAUREEN MORALES, TRUSTEE, Maureen Bancroft 2002 Irrevocable Trust u/a dated June 27, 2002, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that ANTHONY BANCROFT, TRUSTEE Maureen Bancroft 2002 Irrevocable Trust u/a dated June 27, 2002, who 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that MAUREEN MORALES, TRUSTEE, Maureen Bancroft 2002 Irrevocable Trust u/a dated June 27, 2002, ANTHONY BANCROFT, TRUSTEE Maureen Bancroft 2002 Irrevocable Trust u/a dated June 27, 2002, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JMJ PROPERTIES, INC, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-1384 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3402 Hull Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S000-2453/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, JMJ Properties, Inc. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JMJ PROPERTIES, INC, a purged Virginia corporation, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that JAMES S. SEASE, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 03-39375 on October 10, 2003, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that JANIE BAYNE BLILEY, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 03-39375 on October 10, 2003, 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 NANCY ANN ROGERS, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. AALIYAH TAYTIANNA KILPATRICK, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-6029 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3700 Dunston Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0002468/012, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Aaliyah Taytianna Kilpatrick and Ikieem Rakim Kilpatrick fka Ikieem Rakim Fordham. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, AALIYAH TAYTIANNA KILPATRICK, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that A A L I YA H TAY T I A N N A KILPATRICK, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. HOLLY SPRING, INC, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-4567 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1010 Holly Spring Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S007-1016/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Holly Spring, Inc. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, HOLLY SPRING, INC, a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission in 2014, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that HOLLY SPRING, INC, a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission in 2014, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 4, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. KROUSE, LLC, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-4237 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the properties briefly described as 2900 Krouse Street, Tax Map Number S008-0527/053, 2902 Krouse Street, Tax Map Number S008-0527/054, 2904 Krouse Street, Tax Map Number S008-0527/055, 2906 Krouse Street, Tax Map Number S008-0527/056, 2908 Krouse Street, Tax Map Number S008-0527/057, 2910 Krouse Street, Tax Map Number S008-0527/058, 2912 Krouse Street, Tax Map Number S008-0527/059, 2914 Krouse Street, Tax Map Number S008-0527/060, 2916 Krouse Street, Tax Map Number S0080527061 and 2101 Lumkin Avenue, Tax Map Number S008-0527/062, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Krouse, LLC. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner KROUSE, LLC, an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? 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

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ELLIS INVESTMENT GROUP, INC, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-3800 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5207 Salem Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0100107/005, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Ellis Investment Group, Inc. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ELLIS INVESTMENT GROUP, INC, an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that BENNINGTON INCORPORATED, an entity purged from the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 54 page 786 on September 23, 1985, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that COLONIAL MORTGAGE & INVESTMENT, an entity purged from the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, BENEFICIARY of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 54 page 786 on September 23, 1985, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that ELLIS INVESTMENT GROUP, INC, an entity purged from the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. LELIA SCOTT, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-3890 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2829 Midlothian

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. EDWIN MAURICE BEANE, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-3480 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4025 Crutchfield Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0002917/030, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Edwin Maurice Beane. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, EDWIN MAURICE BEANE, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that EDWIN MAURICE BEANE, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ROBERT LEE TERRY, SR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-3892 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2720 Haden Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0080772/019, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Robert Lee Terry, Sr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ROBERT LEE TERRY, SR, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that ROBERT LEE TERRY, SR, 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 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. GEORGE SUTTON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-3776 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1800 North 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0001078/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, George Sutton and Mary Lou Sutton. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, GEORGE SUTTON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and MARY LOU SUTTON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that GEORGE SUTTON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and MARY LOU SUTTON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before December 5, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND FRANK S. ROYAL, SR., Administrator Petitioner, v. Chesna Mitchell, et al. And Unknown Heirs. Defendants, In re: Estate of Barbara Jean Richardson, Deceased Case No.: CL19-42-57-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION This day came the Petitioner on his motion and Affidavit for an Order of Publication; and was argued by counsel. The object of this suit is for the Administrator to sell real estate of Barbara Jean Richardson, deceased. It appearing from the Affidavit that most of the Defedant heirs at law are non-Virginia residents, and whose last known addresses are not known; it is ordered that the Defendants appear before this court on or before the 12th day of November, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and do what is necessary to protect their interest herein. An Extract: Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Janipher W. Robinson, Ltd. Robinson and Greene 2415 Westwood Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23230 (804) 321-1728

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