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State accreditation and dropout data, recent audits reveal problems that have long plagued Richmond Public Schools

By Ronald E. Carrington

accredited with conditions, meaning they did not.

Educating all students reState data also show RPS mains a tough challenge for lags behind in other key areas, Richmond Public Schools. including on-time graduation While the data show the rates and attendance. majority of students complete One school, George Wash12 years and leave with a diington Carver Elementary, was ploma to start careers or begin not accredited, RPS Superinadditional study, Richmond tendent Jason Kamras stated, seems unable to make classbecause of the cheating scandal room education meaningful for on state Standards of Learning a substantial minority who end tests that was exposed earlier up dropping out. this year.

The latest report on school “Next year, Carver will be accreditation indicates the eduback for normal consideration Mr. Kamras cational divide in the city. of accreditation,” he said.

According to the Virginia Department of The accreditation lists reflect the changes Education’s accreditation report released on Sept. that VDOE has ushered in.

27, only 19 of Richmond’s 44 public schools Previously, VDOE awarded accreditation were awarded full accreditation, meaning they based solely on the percentage of students passing met state standards. Another 24 schools were Please turn to A4

19 accredited Richmond schools Here are the 19 Richmond Public Schools that received full accreditation from the Virginia Department of Education: • Barack Obama Elementary • Bellevue Elementary • Broad Rock Elementary • E.S.H. Greene Elementary • Elizabeth D. Redd Elementary • Fairfield Court Elementary • G.H. Reid Elementary • J.B. Fisher Elementary • J.L. Francis Elementary • John B. Cary Elementary • Linwood Holton Elementary • Mary Munford Elementary • Southampton Elementary • William Fox Elementary • Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts (Charter school) • Franklin Military Academy (6th through 12th grade) • Open High • Richmond Community High • Richmond Career Education and Employment Academy Note: Twenty-three other city schools were accredited with conditions, while accreditation was withheld from Carver Elementary School because of the recent SOL cheating scandal. Amelia Street Special Education School was accredited pending review of its alternative accreditation plan.

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Fun at the fair Gabby Wood takes a whirl on a merry-go-round with her 4-year-old son, Levi, last Sunday at the State Fair of Virginia. The annual event, featuring exhibits, farm animals, midway rides and food, runs through Sunday, Oct. 7, at the Meadow Event Park in Caroline County.

$13.5M surplus

That’s what city expects this year after crying money blues

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Just like last year and the year before, financial officials at City Hall were singing the hardship blues in May in reporting to Richmond City Council that revenues were barely keeping up with expenses.

They warned the council not to expect any big surplus.

And just as in those previous years, the same officials are now singing, “We’re in the money.”

In a recent report to City Council, city finance officials noted that it looks like the city ended the 2018 fiscal year on June 30 with a large amount of unspent taxpayers dollars.

This time, Richmond’s surplus is projected to be $13.5 million when the audit of the city’s books is completed in the next few weeks, a Finance Department report to City Council disclosed on Sept. 15. That’s about 2 percent of the approximately $700 million that the council put into the general fund for fiscal 2018. It’s also a bit smaller than the $16.8 million surplus reported last year when the

same scenario unfolded.

The biggest question is whether some of that money has to be used for a budget deficit involving the City Attorney’s Office that Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s administration previously neglected Mayor Stoney to mention.

The mayor is calling on council to allow $3.45 million of the surplus to go to the city’s legal team, but it is not clear that the council is ready to agree.

That amount represents a multiyear deficit that has built up in a special fund.

City Attorney Allen L. Jackson taps the fund to pay for four attorneys and three support staff to handle cases of abused and neglected children, foster care, adoptions and other Juvenile and Domestic Relations court issues for the city Department of Social Services.

Mr. Jackson said he was unaware of the fund’s shortfall and said he has never had

a problem paying the seven staff members.

However, it appears that the Department of Social Services has not been able to deliver $700,000 to $800,000 to that fund each year to cover the costs of Mr. Hilbert the employees and other legal expenses. It’s not clear why the shortfall developed, though it could relate to changes in state and federal reimbursement for such legal expenses, officials told the Free Press.

City Council has until Oct. 31 to decide whether to give the money to the City Attorney’s Office or wait until the next round of budget deliberations in the spring.

Rejecting the mayor’s request could mean the council might have a larger chunk of the surplus to undertake sidewalk improvements, street paving and other district projects, council members said this week.

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City moves homeless shelter from Downtown

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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The Conrad Center, located in Shockoe Valley, will be able to accommodate 150 to 175 people as the city’s overflow shelter for the homeless this winter. The building initially opened as a soup kitchen and most recently has housed the city Office of Community Wealth Building’s job development programs. The culinary program closed more than two years ago.

Homeless people in Richmond could face a bigger challenge to survive the coming winter’s bitter cold.

Instead of heading to the former Public Safety Building near City Hall to stay warm overnight, homeless people will need to go to the Conrad Center at 1400 Oliver Hill Way in Shockoe Valley.

Mayor Levar M. Stoney announced the change after he and city staff determined the space at the Public Safety Building was too “deplorable” to continue to be used for housing “some of our most vulnerable citizens.”

The decision came after a proposal collapsed last month from the operator of the city’s overflow shelter, Commonwealth Catholic Charities, to buy a former church on Bainbridge Street in South Side as a replacement space for homeless services.

For at least four years, the Public Safety Building has been the last-resort shelter when the overnight temperature is 40 degrees or below between Oct. 1 and April 15, and beds are filled in shelters operated by nonprofits such as CARITAS and the Salvation Army.

Unlike the Public Safety Building, the Conrad Center, a former soup kitchen the city now owns across from the Richmond Justice Center, is surrounded by steep hills. While the center is a short drive from City Hall, it is a longer and harder walk, particularly when people have to leave in the morning.

Mayor Stoney called the move a “temporary solution.”

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Leaf collection begins in city with changes The annual battle of the leaves kicked off in Richmond this week, but city homeowners will need to do more of the work this season to avoid a cleanup charge.

According to the Richmond Department of Public Works, the only free leaf collection service will be for residents who either bag their leaves for collection with their Supercans on their regular trash pickup day or for residents who take their leaves to the trash transfer sites in East Richmond or on Maury Street in South Side.

Residents who are physically unable to bag their leaves because of age or disability should contact the city’s Neighbor-to-Neighbor team at (804) 646-6528 for assistance, the department stated.

The department stated it would crank up its leaf vacuuming service beginning Nov. 1, but would charge $30 for the service, a fee set by City Council, but which officials said only covers a portion of the cost.

Department officials promised to respond to leaf vacuum requests within two weeks and noted that the charge can be added to residents’ utility bills.

Residents who live north of the James River can take advantage of a requirement that the department vacuum leaves off streets in the North Side, the Fan, Downtown and the East End to help keep them out of the combined storm and wastewater sewer system.

The requirement is part of the city’s permit for operating the system, department spokeswoman Sharon North confirmed.

She said the department could charge the $30 fee, but only if it could be determined who raked the leaves into the street.

Details: (804) 646-5323, www.Richmondgov.com./Public Works or leafprogram@Richmondgov.com.

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Monroe Park is once again open to the public other dignitaries. The reopening capped a project following the biggest facelift in its 167-year history that took 22 months and cost about $6.3 million, as a public green space. The centerpiece of the park with about half coming from private donors. The is the Checkers House, which has been remodeled to Slices of life and scenes nearly 8-acre space was Richmond’s first public provide room for a coffee shop, modern restrooms park when the city acquired the land in 1851. The in Richmond and space for city and Virginia Commonwealth reopening will allow churches and other groups to University police officers. Below, Mayor Levar M. Stoney, center, resume serving meals to the homeless on weekends. The Monroe cuts the ribbon to reopen the park on Sept. 27. He is flanked by Park Conservancy has a 30-year lease with the city to operate and VCU President Michael Rao and Alice M. Massie, president of the manage the park in cooperation with the city’s Department of Parks, park’s new governing body, the Monroe Park Conservancy, and Recreation and Community Facilities.

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12th annual Infinite Scholars College Admission/ Scholarship Fair Oct. 6 Hundreds of high school students will head to Main Street Station, 1500 E. Main St., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, seeking to enroll in colleges and receive offers of financial support from nearly 50 places of higher learning.

The event: The 12th Annual Infinite Scholars College Admission/Scholarship Fair sponsored by the Delta House Foundation of the Richmond Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

Anna Gee, chair of the Richmond Infinite Scholars committee, said the event is open to all students and their parents. She said admissions officials from the participating schools are prepared to offer enrollment and scholarship packages.

Participating schools range from Alabama A&M University to Fayetteville State and Wheeling Jesuit universities.

Also on the list are at least 17 of Virginia’s public and private colleges and universities, from J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College to Hampton, Virginia State, Virginia Union and Virginia Tech universities and the University of Richmond and the University of Virginia.

Students should bring multiple copies of their transcripts, ACT/SAT test scores and letters of recommendation to present to college admissions officials, along with copies of their résumé and an essay on “Why I Want to Attend College.”

The sorority reported that the 2017 event attracted a record 925 students, who were awarded an average of $18,800 in scholarships. In all, participating schools provided $17.4 million in scholarships to attendees, the most since the Richmond chapter launched the event in 2007.

During the past eight years, participating college-bound students have been offered about $66 million in scholarships.

Details: www.infinitescholar.org.

Former national NAACP chair to speak Sunday in Richmond The Rev. Roslyn M. Brock, chairman emeritus of the national NAACP’s Board of Directors, will speak at Moore Street Missionary Baptist Church’s Women’s Day service 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 7.

A resident of Elkridge, Md., Rev. Brock ischief advocacy officer for Bon Secours Mercy Health. She was the youngest person at age Rev. Brock 44 and fourth woman to lead the NAACP board in 2010.

She earned her undergraduate degree in 1987 and her master’s of divinity in 2009 from Virginia Union University and serves as associate minister at the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria.

Dr. Alonza L. Lawrence is pastor of Moore Street Missionary Baptist, 1408 W. Leigh St.

Deadline Oct. 21 for 3rd Annual Veterans Day Essay Contest The Virginia War Memorial is holding its 3rd Annual Veterans Day Essay Contest for Virginia high school and middle school students.

With the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I on Nov. 11, this year’s contest theme is “Impact,” the impact of World War I on Virginia’s soldiers, families, communities or culture.

The high school and middle school winners each will receive a $250 prize, with each student’s teacher receiving $100 for use in his or her classroom. Essay winners also will be invited to read his or her essay at the state Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11 in Richmond.

Essays should be between 500 to 750 words and must be received by 11:59 p.m. Oct. 21.

The Virginia War Memorial, located at 621 S. Belvidere St., is a division of the state Department of Veterans Services.

Contest details and rules: www.vawarmemorial.org/essay contest or (804) 786-2060.

Gov. Northam vows to veto new Republican redistricting plan

By Jeremy M. Lazarus have the votes to uphold his veto, in calling the proNo deal. posed plan a rejection product.

That’s Democratic Gov. Ralph S. Northam’s response An override to a gubernatorial veto requires 67 to a new Republican plan to redistrict the Virginia votes. With the House split 50-49 with one vacancy, House of Delegates and overcome a court finding that the GOP has no chance to reach that number. the current plan illegally packs Democratic-leaning Gov. Northam stated that the “nature of the African-American voters into 11 districts. proceedings in the House Privileges and Elections “I will veto” the proposed plan if it is approved Committee reinforced my belief that this partisan by the House of Delegates and state Senate, the process should not continue and that the federal governor announced Tuesday, telling the legislature court is best positioned to construct a remedial Gov. Northam he wants the federal court that found the current plan districting plan.” unconstitutional to redraw the districts to make them legal.

In the governor’s view, the court is poised to deliver “fair and Gov. Northam issued his statement after a Republican- constitutional lines in time for the June 2019 primaries.” dominated House committee approved a new version of the plan “I have championed nonpartisan redistricting from my first and sent it to the full House for consideration. At least three campaign for public office in 2007,” Gov. Northam continued, Democrats in the 100-member House announced they would as he urged the House and Senate to take up previously rejected break ranks and join the 50 Republicans to pass it. proposals to improve redistricting fairness and to protect racial However, the governor joined the Democratic majority, who minorities that he advanced last session.

New City Charter change eyed to again help schools

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Political strategist Paul Goldman is considering leading a fresh effort to let Richmond voters speak out on modernizing the city’s mostly obsolete and crumbling public schools.

A year after 85 percent of voters backed his proposal to require the mayor to come up with a fully funded plan without raising taxes or to say why he could not, Mr. Goldman is now focusing on the prospect of giving city residents a say in whether replacing a new Richmond Coliseum is more important than replacing aging school buildings.

Thomas F. “Tom” Farrell II, the top executive at Dominion Energy, has been pushing a massive proposal to pay for a new Coliseum. Details of the plan are still under negotiation with Mayor Levar M. Stoney and his staff and have not gone before City Council.

However, under a broad outline of the plan that has been released to the public, Mr. Farrell and his allies would not put up any money. Instead, they want to attract private interests to create $1.4 billion in new development on public land near City Hall, including a luxury hotel, 2,800 apartments, offices and retail space. Under the plan, they would use 100 percent of the new taxes generated by the developments to repay the $220 million cost of replacing the nearly 50-year-old Coliseum with a modern 17,500-seat arena.

To Mr. Goldman, devoting 100 percent of the new taxes to build a Coliseum would be an excessive contribution from taxpayers

from what is known as a Tax Increment initiative on the ballot.

Financing District, or TIF. Just as was the case in 2017, he and his In Mr. Goldman’s view, approval of the allies would have a lot of work to do.

Coliseum plan would set back any prospect First, the Richmond Circuit Court would of upgrading the bulk of city schools and need to approve the proposed language ensure that the city’s mostly poor and of the City Charter change, and then he African-American students would continue and supporters would need to gather more to attend decaying school buildings. than 13,000 signatures of registered city “In other cities, TIF districts voters to get his proposal on provide just a share of the new the ballot. taxes,” with the rest going to And even if voters approve other needs, Mr. Goldman told the proposal at a future election, supporters last Saturday at a the proposed change in the City meeting where he presented Charter would need the approval the first draft of a referendum of the Virginia General Assembly he hopes eventually could go and the signature of the governor to voters. to go into effect.

His proposal would change In 2003, Mr. Goldman almost Mr. Goldman the City Charter to require that single-handedly led the effort to at least 49 percent of new taxes from a gather petition signatures that led to the TIF District be devoted to school construc- City Charter change that allows voters to tion projects. elect the mayor.

“This is not about opposing the Coliseum And last year, he overcame Mayor plan,” he said, but about fairness in the way Stoney’s opposition to get that first city tax dollars get used, particularly with charter-change proposal on public schools projections indicating that the city would on the ballot and through the General need to spend between $500 million and Assembly. $800 million to modernize its buildings.

Still, he is concerned that the mayor Mayor Stoney already has rejected that appears to be more focused on the Colikind of spending. So far, he has pushed seum project than on meeting the January through an increase in the sales tax on deadline for creating a school modernizameals to cover the cost of building three tion plan. new schools by 2020 and has pooh-poohed He’s also concerned that Mayor Stoney the idea of spending any more in the next and the City Council have largely ignored a five years. He has said that any additional proposal advanced by Republican state Sen. spending could undermine his efforts to William M. “Bill” Stanley Jr. of Franklin gain a triple A bond rating for the city. to use a new stream of state sales tax to Mr. Goldman plans to decide by next generate $3 billion in funding for public weekend whether to try to get this latest school construction across the state.

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School improvement grants fail to yield results

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Ask Mayor Levar M. Stoney what it will take to fix Richmond’s ailing public schools, and he has a succinct answer: More money from the state.

He’s now leading a campaign to boost state educational spending in Richmond and across Virginia.

“Since 2009, Virginia has decreased funding for K-12 education by an estimated $378 million per year,” he said, “and that needs to change.”

More money is also the favored solution of Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras, as well virtually all members of the Richmond School Board.

Mr. Kamras has complained that funding shortages are stymieing his efforts to carry out an aggressive academic improvement plan for city schools. And every spring, members of the School Board troop to City Council to complain about the failure to provide adequate funding.

But is more money the answer?

Not if the federally funded School Improvement Grant program offers any guidance.

Since 2010, the Virginia Department of Education annually has used the SIG program to pour millions of dollars into 15 Richmond schools. But $41 million later, there is virtually no evidence that the extra spending has turned

around the schools that range from Armstrong High to Woodville Elementary.

In the past eight years, according to RPS records, the money has paid for new computers and instructional equipment and for educational consultants who are touted as experts in revving up academic achievement.

Of the 15 schools that have received SIG dollars since the 2010-11 school year, only one school has seen significant improvement in the percentage of students passing state Standards of Learning tests. Yet that appears to have more to do with the people who were put in charge than the extra money.

In some of the city schools with SIG money, the percentage of students passing state SOL tests has fallen, hardly an optimistic outcome.

For example, Binford Middle School, whose curriculum was overhauled, has been awarded more than $2 million in SIG grants in the past five years, including $288,000 in the 2017-18 school year.

But in 2018, only 44 percent of students passed the SOL tests for writing, down from 50 percent in 2017. The percentage of students passing SOL tests in math also dropped to 45 percent in 2018, down 8 percent from 2016.

Since the 2012-2013 school year, John Marshall High School has been awarded more than $3 million in SIG grants. Even though 72 percent passed English SOL tests, just 54

State accreditation and dropout data, recent audits reveal problems that have long plagued Richmond Public Schools Continued from A1

SOL tests in core subjects — reading, writing, math, science and social studies.

Now Virginia has multiple quality measures for accreditation of schools. Along with pass rates on SOL tests, the new standards also measure how well each school has done in increasing academic performance and reducing the number of students who do not pass compared with previous years. Graduation rates, absenteeism and dropout rates also are measured, particularly at the high school level.

Schools that are near, meet or exceed state standards receive top- and second-tier ranking and are fully accredited. However, schools that rank below state standards on one or more of the quality measures is accredited with conditions.

Schools also can be denied accreditation if they don’t submit improvement plans.

By any measure, RPS, as well as its individual schools, have a ways to go to meet or exceed state averages.

For example, the state reported that 75 percent of the Class of 2018 graduated in June after four years of high school, the lowest on-time graduate percentage among the 132 school divisions in Virginia and a drop from 2016 when 80 percent of the Class of 2016 graduated in four years.

Richmond also faces an attendance challenge. VDOE data show that 20 percent of RPS students — one in five — are chronically absent at the high school and middle school levels, among the highest levels in Virginia.

Not surprisingly, the state reported that 20 percent of the Class of 2018 dropped out before graduation. That was the overall dropout rate for the division, the highest among all Virginia public school divisions.

The situation was even worse among students listed as English language learners. Two-thirds of that specific student group dropped out, state data show.

The state reports only added to the anxiety over public education in Richmond that was generated by the release of new audits from the Washington-based Council of the Great City Schools and The Education Trust. Mr. Kamras had requested the audits, with the results only confirming that Richmond schools are struggling.

The Education Trust, which analyzed data from the 2016-17 and 2015-16 school years, reported that Richmond’s graduation rates lagged behind state averages, both for students overall and for all individual student groups.

For example, while 88 percent of African-American students in Virginia completed high school in four years, just 80 percent did in Richmond.

Graduation rates also remain critically low for Richmond’s Latino students, with only 41 percent earning their high school diplomas in four years, compared with 81 percent statewide.

Richmond’s lowest graduation rates involve the five comprehensive high schools, the Education Trust found. By contrast, virtually all students at the city’s selective high schools — Open, Richmond Community and Franklin Mili-

tary Academy — graduated on time.

Half of graduates statewide earned an advanced diploma, signaling readiness for college or careers, while in Richmond, only about 25 percent did.

“This data tells us that we still have a long way to go,” said Richmond School Board Chairwoman Dawn Page.

“We are optimistic that some of our schools have made progress by showing growth on the new measures. We remain committed to the success of all of our students.”

Board member Jonathan Young, 4th District, said the audits confirm his low opinion of previous school administrations.

“RPS was criminal in the mistreatment of minority children, and these audits sealed the deal,” he said.

Still, he said, the audits were needed.

“I say that before you can fix a problem, you have to first admit that there is a problem.”

Since his arrival in February, Mr. Kamras has sought to tackle the problems that are well known and that the audits confirmed.

To help usher in change, the School Board approved Mr. Kamras’ new strategic plan, which outlines steps to support schools and enable each to meet current accreditation standards and provide the rich educational experiences parents want for their children.

“Our goal is to have 100 percent of our schools accredited by 2023,” Mr. Kamras stated in response to the state accreditation report.

Jeremy M. Lazarus contributed to this story.

percent of students who took the SOL test in writing passed in 2018, down from 65 percent in 2017. In science, less than half the students passed the SOL test in 2018, which was below the pass rates of the previous two years.

The Richmond Alternative School, which serves students with serious behavior problems and which has been awarded more than $2.5 million in SIG grants since the 2012-2013 school year, is the only one of the 15 where pass rates have increased dramatically.

In 2018, 77 percent of students at the school passed the state SOL test in reading, a jump from 22 percent in 2016. In math, 52 percent of students passed the SOL test, a big jump from 2016 when only 8 percent passed.

However, the change was ushered in after RPS stopped using its own staff and hired Texas-based Camelot Education to operate the alternative

school. While the 2018 results were far better than those in 2016, the improvements may have stalled. The percentage of RAS students passing the tests in 2018 lagged the 2017 results.

Other schools that have received SIG grants for multiple years include Blackwell Elementary, Boushall Middle, Chimborazo Elementary, Elkhardt-Thompson Middle, G.H. Reid Elementary, Ginter Park Elementary, Henderson Middle, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, Oak Grove-Bellmeade Elementary and Swansboro Elementary.

Fourteen of the SIG grant schools were accredited with conditions, according to the VDOE data. The 15th school, G.H. Reid Elementary, was listed as fully accredited, even though the percentage of students passing state SOL tests in 2018 was below the percentages reported in 2016 and 2017.

School Board responses Here are responses from Richmond School Board members to the accreditation and dropout reports and the two audits: Elizabeth “Liz” Doerr, 1st District “A lot of my schools in my district are accredited as we are close to full accreditation in a lot of respects. However, in order to continue that momentum, we need to continue doing what we are doing — creating an environment where Ms. Doerr we recruit the best and the brightest teachers, have strong parental involvement, offer rich curriculum and encourage families to stay in RPS and not go to the counties or private school.

J. “Scott” Barlow, 2nd District “I’m disappointed to see recent reports of lower-than-expected SOL pass rates and that we have so many schools that have not been fully accredited.

“Unfortunately, despite the efforts of many in RPS, these results are Mr. Barlow the result of decades of neglect of our school system.

“I will continue to advocate for the resources necessary to provide all of our kids with a highperforming school and dedicated teachers and administrators. I will support efforts by Jason Kamras and his administration to meet the plan goals, which includes a lofty goal of 100 percent school accreditation in the next five years.”

Kenya Gibson, 3rd District “I will continue to fight for every dollar our kids deserve to meet our essential needs.

“Ultimately, all of the work we do as a board impacts the classroom — retaining teachers, having enough bus drivers to get our students Ms. Gibson to school and maintaining safe buildings all impact academics.

Jonathan Young, 4th District “The solution is in creating a school district that treats teachers like the professionals they are instead of micromanaging adults and forcing them to teach to a test.

“If instead of penalizing teachers for taking Mr. Young ownership, we instead championed entrepreneurial values like risktaking, innovation, departing from orthodoxies,

celebrating differences and defying conformity, we could expect very different responses.

“Currently, RPS loses a fifth of our instructional workforce every year who take teaching jobs in the counties.”

Cheryl L. Burke, 7th District “It is the board’s responsibility to govern RPS and hold Superintendent Kamras accountable for every child’s success.

“While studying the data for the 7th District, I was pleased to see gains in English. However, Ms. Burke math and science (scores) continue to lull.

“As listed in the recent equity study, there are many reasons why there are little or no gains in those areas, such as teacher turnover and lack of resources in the community and schools.”

Dawn Page, 8th District and School Board chair “While it is encouraging to see that some of our schools have made progress by showing growth on the new measures, the (VDOE and two audits) tell us that we still have a long way to go.

“Collectively, we will Ms. Page support the leadership team in their efforts outlined in the strategic plan and aligned with our Corrective Action Plan to help all students achieve educational excellence that surpasses what is demonstrated on basic proficiency assessments.”

Linda B. Owen, 9th District “Iwillcontinuetosupport the families in my district as they interact with our schools. We made great strides in providing accommodations for those for whom English is an unfamiliar language as our Hispanic population continues to grow. Family Ms. Owen support is crucial in so many areas, especially attendance.

“Four of the five schools in my district are fully accredited, and the other one was fully accredited last year and is working hard to get all the sub-groups ready for full accreditation going forward.

“By continuing to support Superintendent Kamras and his staff in every way possible, I feel confident the administrative team will bring forth plans we will approve, and a budget to help us all move forward with district improvements.”

Richmond expects $13.5M surplus this year Continued from A1

The use of most of the surplus is dictated by a formula that City Council and the administration worked out last year.

Fifty percent of the surplus — between $5 million and $6.75 million, depending on the resolution of the special fund issue — must be added to the $118 million in virtually untouchable savings the city has amassed in a bid to gain a Triple A bond rating from New York rating firms.

Another 40 percent of the surplus — $4 million to $5.2 million — must go into the capital improvement maintenance reserve that allows the city to pay for some infrastructure projects rather than having to borrow the money.

City Council would control 10 percent of the surplus — $1 million to $1.34 million.

Mayor Stoney already has proposed ways to spend the council’s share. He wants $726,000 earmarked for as yet unexplained employee compensation and $250,000 set aside for paying for

post-retirement benefits for city workers.

He also wants the council to use the remaining $24,310 to cover the cost of his proposal to have GRTC provide free rides on Election Day. Meanwhile, council members are putting together their own lists of ways to spend the money.

Council President Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, is expected to call a special meeting before the October deadline so he and his eight colleagues can settle on how to use the surplus.

City moves homeless shelter from Downtown Continued from A1

“The long-term goal is to find permanent, suitable housing year-round so that we don’t have to have this same challenge every year,” the mayor continued. “That is why I support 6th District Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson’s ordinance that would require the city to develop a strategic plan to address homelessness.”

The Conrad Center, which currently houses job development programs operated by the city Office of Community Wealth Building, was chosen because it has suitable restrooms, reliable heat and enough sleeping space to accommodate 150 to 175 persons, according to city officials.

Community Wealth Building is relocating its

programs to the East District Center, 701 N. 25th St., during the winter.

“In an ideal scenario, we would have an organization or a ministry that would have been able to step up and commit to providing shelter during the winter months. And that organization or ministry would have access to a site in a neighborhood filled with residents who embrace the opportunity to help people in need,” said Reggie Gordon, interim deputy chief administrative officer for human services.

“That did not happen,” Mr. Gordon said.

“Therefore, the city will step up with the Conrad Center and rely on existing shelter, hoping that they, too, will be able to expand their bed space on the coldest nights.”

Unmentioned is the fact that the city also is

trying to clear out the Public Safety Building amid negotiations with a private group that wants to demolish the structure as part of a tentative redevelopment plan aimed at replacing the current Coliseum.

Mr. Gordon said people who lack a place to stay should start planning so they do not “have to rely on the city’s shelter.” Persons in need of help should call the Housing Crisis Line, (804) 972-0813, for a referral to the appropriate shelter.

He also urged people who may need to use the city shelter to go to Commonwealth Catholic Charities’ office, 511 W. Grace St., to secure a referral to the Conrad Center.

He said the referral would be required and warned that homeless people might be turned away if they don’t follow that procedure.

In past years, people who showed up at the overflow shelter were encouraged, but not required to have such a referral.

Mr. Gordon said the city’s shelter is just for warmth. People who come, he said, would not be fed and would not be allowed to bring pets inside.

Mr. Gordon noted that the city Department of Social Services can help people avoid homelessness and operates programs to assist residents facing gas or electric heating service disconnection. Residents may call the city’s Fuel Line, (804) 646-7046, for assistance.

Mr. Gordon also noted that Senior Connections, the Capital Area Agency on Aging, also offers heating help to the elderly and residents with disabilities, at (804) 343-3000.

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CAPE COAST, Ghana First Lady Melania Trump laid a wreath at a 17th century slave fortress in Ghana on Wednesday, vowing never to forget where Africans were held before being shipped away into further hardship, most across the Atlantic.

Ghana marks the start for her first major solo international trip for Mrs. Trump as first lady, a tour of Africa, a continent her husband has referred to derisively. She will visit Malawi, Kenya and Egypt as well.

“It’s very emotional ... I will never forget (the) incredible experience and the stories that I heard,” she said after seeing the dungeons and walking through the “door of no return,” the castle’s final exit toward the Atlantic Ocean.

President Trump has not visited Africa since taking office in 2017. In January, he described African nations as “shithole countries” during a discussion with lawmakers about immigration. He has denied making the remark.

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Minority doctors in residency programs routinely face racism

By Linda Carroll Reuters

Minority doctors in training routinely deal with bias, sometimes subtle, sometimes not so subtle, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that resident physicians from racial and ethnic minorities face a daily barrage of microaggressions as well as overt prejudice, according to the study published in JAMA Network Open.

“Minority residents appear to face extra challenges during a time already marked by considerable stress. Residency program leaders and accreditation bodies should work to address these challenges not only as an important wellness issue, but also to minimize potential damage to the minority pipeline,” said the study’s lead author, Dr. Aba Osseo-Asare, an assistant professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.

Although black people, Hispanics and Native Americans together make up one-third of the nation’s population, these three minorities constitute just 9 percent of physicians, the researchers noted. And part of that disparity may be due to biases minorities encounter in the pipeline, Dr. Osseo-Asare said in a phone interview.

By writing about the residents’ experiences, the researchers hope to raise awareness, Dr. OsseoAsare said. “Awareness can go a long way to help,” she added.

“Sometimes people feel they are not racist because they’re not aware of their unconscious bias.”

Dr. Osseo-Asare and her colleagues conducted in-depth one-on-one interviews with 27 minority residents from 21 residency programs.

A common issue for these residents was being mistaken for support staff, even for janitors, despite wearing a white coat, stethoscope, and identification badge showing they were physicians.

The study’s findings didn’t surprise Dr. Anthony Watkins, an assistant professor of surgery at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Watkins, an African-American, said, “it’s the kind of story we discuss among ourselves. A lot of what I read (in the study) I’ve experienced either personally or learned about from shared experiences.”

And, Dr. Watkins said, it’s not just something that medical students and residents have to deal with. He remembers one surgeon’s story in particular.

“When he walked into the operating room, they started telling him what needed to be cleaned,” Dr. Watkins said. “He told them, ‘I am the surgeon.’”

As recently as a few days ago, Watkins himself had a similar experience. “I walked in to talk to a patient,” he said in a phone interview. “I introduced myself and as soon as I finished taking the history and doing the physical, the patient asked, ‘When am I going to see Dr. Watkins?’”

has attracted world dignitaries including Mr. Trump’s predecessor, former President Obama, whose father was Kenyan and his mother Caucasian, his wife, Michelle, and their two children.

President Obama likened the tour to his visit to the site of the former Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald in Germany, saying it was reminiscent of the capacity of human beings to commit “great evil.” A plaque at the Ghana fortress commemorates President Obama’s visit.

During her tour on Wednesday, Mrs. Trump walked slowly with a guide through various wings, asking questions. She passed a row of cannons and descended into a dungeon where male slaves were held in chains.

“It’s really, really touching,” she said. “The dungeons that I saw, it’s really something that people should see and experience, and what happened so many years ago — it’s really a tragedy.”

After passing through the “door of no return,” she placed a wreath nearby and stood solemnly while her guide sang.

Before proceeding to the slave castle,

she visited the palace of the head chief of the area and obtained royal approval to visit the fortress after U.S. officials presented a gift of drinks to the chiefs.

The ceremony took place in Obama Hall at the Emintsimadze Palace, which was renamed in President Obama’s honor after his visit in 2009.

Mrs. Trump has made advocating for children her signature issue since becoming first lady. A U.S. official said the chief had invited two disabled children from a nearby school to the ceremony with the first lady, a break from local tradition in which it had previously been considered taboo to have anyone with handicaps in the palace. On Tuesday, her first day in Africa, Mrs. Trump was welcomed in Ghana’s capital, Accra, by Ghana’s First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo and a young girl who offered her flowers.

She also received a warm welcome at a local hospital, where she cooed over children, distributed stuffed animals and held a baby in her arms.

She later joined Mrs. Akufo-Addo for tea.

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First Lady Melania Trump made a new friend during her visit Tuesday to Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Ghana. Mrs. Trump is on a five-day, four-country tour in Africa, her first solo international trip to focusing on the well-being of children.

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WASHINGTON Marcus Dixon was sentenced to 10 years behind bars in Georgia for having sex with an underage white girl when he was 18. Dayonn Davis, another black youth, got a five-year prison sentence for stealing a $100 pair of shoes at gunpoint when he was 15.

It’s cases like those that minorities and others point to with frustration when they hear some of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s defenders say the sexual assault and underage-drinking accusations against the U.S. Supreme Court nominee fall under the category of “Boys will be boys.’’

Some see a racial double standard at work, complaining that when young black people get into trouble, their actions rarely are viewed as youthful folly in the way that the misdeeds of privileged whites are.

“I think there is a very distinct difference between the benefit of the doubt that is extended to black males and to white males,’’ said Jarvis DeBerry, columnist and deputy opinion editor of NOLA. com/Times Picayune.

Studies show young black people are often perceived as older and less innocent than white white people their age, a phenomenon some say translates all too often into African-American youths being demonized as “thugs,’’ arrested, incarcerated and sometimes killed.

Judge Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, said a drunken young Judge Kavanaugh held her down, tried to take off her clothes and covered her mouth to muffle her screams when they were high school students in the 1980s. He has forcefully denied doing any such thing to anyone, and many supporters say they believe him.

Others have suggested that if it did happen, he might deserve a pass.

“Let’s say he did this exactly as she said. Should the fact that a 17-year-old, presumably very drunk kid did this, should this be disqualifying? That’s the question at the end of the day, isn’t it?’’

Bari Weiss, a New York Times opinion editor, said on MSNBC. Black boys as young as 10 are more likely to be mistaken as older, be perceived as guilty and face police violence if accused of a crime, according to an American Psychological Association report in 2014.

Adults likewise think that black girls are less innocent, are less in need of protection and nurturing, and seem older than white girls, according to a 2017 report from the Center on Poverty and Inequality at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Eileen M. Ahlen, assistant professor of criminal justice at Penn State University at Harrisburg, said it is not just young people who are treated differently.

Ms. Ahlen said research shows that there is disparate treatment at all stages of the justice system _ who’s stopped, who’s arrested, who gets bail, who gets prosecuted, severity of sentence, who gets parole _ with white people able to exit the criminal justice system earlier and with less impact than minorities.

Even when accounting for similar crimes, “generally, all else being equal, a person of color is going to receive a harsher sentence,’’ she said.

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Former city worker’s lawsuit alleges FMLA, overtime violations

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

For 11 years, Dikiviya Howell was considered a valuable city employee with an unblemished record and a willingness to work extra hours to ensure the job was done.

But her status changed this year after the single mother was forced to stay home to care for two seriously ill children, and she was fired in June for being “absent without leave.”

In a federal lawsuit she filed last month seeking reinstatement and back pay, Ms. Howell paints a picture of city management that she alleges fails to protect employees and, instead, deliberately violates city policies and federal laws, mistreating workers and eliminating pay they are owed.

So far, city officials have had no response to the lawsuit that potentially could undermine Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s effort to portray his administration as a caring champion of City Hall workers.

“The city has been served with the complaint and will respond in a timely manner, but does not otherwise comment on pending litigation,” City Attorney Allen L. Jackson stated in response to a Free Press query.

As outlined in the suit that attorney Nichole B. Vanderslice filed on her behalf, Ms. Howell began working at City Hall in 2006, with problems developing after she accepted a position in 2014 as a tax enforcement officer in the Department of Finance.

In that position, the suit states, her responsibilities included “identifying and locating unregistered businesses and business activities,” securing compliance and collection of license fees and required taxes.

When she had to take off to care for her children because she couldn’t afford home health

care, the suit alleges that the department first approved her working part time from home, but then refused to pay for the work she did and then revoked her telecommuting privilege without any explanation.

According to the suit, Ms. Howell was blocked from downloading documents through her home computer when she tried to work from home, forcing her to go to City Hall to get them.

The suit also alleges that Finance Director John B. Wack then wrongly fired her for failing to return to the job while she was still eligible for leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, which provides employees time to care for sick relatives.

According to the suit, Valerie Weatherless, finance operations manager for billing, enforcement and other aspects of the commissioner of revenue side of the office, recommended and Mr. Wack approved Ms. Howell’s termination even though they never followed federal regulations requiring them to notify Ms. Howell how much time she had left under FMLA and in wrongly calculating the time.

The suit alleges that Ms. Howell’s superiors, including Mr. Wack, “retaliated against (Ms. Howell) in violation of the FMLA” when she notified them that her children’s conditions were improving and that she would be able to return to the office in mid-May, or about 15 days after the deadline ofApril 30 that Mr. Wack had imposed.

Even before her children’s health conditions developed, the suit alleges that Mr. Wack, who became city finance director in 2016, imposed an “informal policy” barring department employees from receiving overtime as required by law when they worked more than 40 hours

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“Ms. Howell frequently worked more than 40 hours a week,” the suit states, “especially during weeks in which she participated in late-night inspections and weekend festivals.”

According to the suit, Ms. Howell and her two colleagues in tax enforcement were “prohibited from recording in the city’s electronic time-keeping system more than 80 hours in any twoweek period,” and if she did, “her time-keeping records were amended to reduce her recorded hours to exactly 80, denying her earned overtime wages.”

Previous lawsuits over city violations of laws governing overtime have led to settlements and policy changes involving police officers, firefighters and social workers.

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Opportunity time It hasn’t been a week of good news for Richmond Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras and the Richmond School Board.

Since Sept. 27, several state reports and outside audits have been released showing that Richmond Public Schools needs the corrective intercession, guidance and boost that the entire community has long understood was needed in order to raise student achievement.

During the past week, we learned from the state Department of Education that: • Even under new rules, only 19 of Richmond’s 44 public schools are accredited, with accreditation withheld from Carver Elementary School this year because of the Standards of Learning cheating scandal orchestrated by its former principal.

• RPS has the lowest graduation rate in the state. Only 75.4 percent of RPS students graduated on time this year, with one in four city students from the Class of 2018 who started the ninth grade in 2014 dropping out.

Additionally, two independent audits of RPS reconfirmed previous findings that: • African-American students and students with disabilities are disproportionately disciplined and suspended from school.

• White students are more likely to be placed in gifted and advanced programs than African-American and Latino students.

• Absenteeism from school is more prevalent among African-American students, students with disabilities and those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

• RPS’ central office has suffered from mismanagement and that its current organizational structure could impair the school system’s ability to handle its finances.

According to the state Department of Education snapshot report, RPS has an enrollment of 25,015 students, 70.5 percent of whom are African-American, 15.7 percent of whom are Latino, 12.3 percent of whom are Caucasian and 1.2 percent of whom are Asian.

A majority of RPS students — 61.3 percent — are from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, while 16.5 percent of students have disabilities and 10.2 percent are English learners.

None of these reports and figures contains any surprises. Richmond’s graduation and accreditation rates and demographics have changed little during the past several years. The Richmond School Board and administration have been struggling with low performing schools, student underachievement and inequities in discipline and access to advanced classes for many years.

And we are certain that Mr. Kamras knew what he was undertaking when he signed a five-year contract to lead RPS starting last February.

Needless to say, with this latest slew of statistics rehashing the current obstacles and challenges, Mr. Kamras will be earning his $250,000 annual base salary. The 43-year-old former National Teacher of the Year is among the highest paid school superintendents in the area. But what is sorely needed in Richmond right now are expertise and vision, more than his former accolade.

Already, the community has shown its willingness to rally behind RPS with the recent approval of Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s meals tax plan to support construction of three new school buildings to replace dilapidated ones. On Wednesday, the mayor announced a new campaign, “Change for RVA Schools,” to encourage dining in Richmond restaurants as a way to support funding for new schools.

Hundreds of parents and community and corporate volunteers also turned out this summer to help spruce up schools, including nasty bathrooms, in time for students’ return to classes. Dozens of other efforts were undertaken by a variety of organizations, churches and individuals to provide backpacks and school supplies to Richmond students. Corporate donors also have contributed $2 million to expand after-school programs for youngsters.

So now the focus for improvement must pivot from the external to the internal and the structural and programming changes needed to enhance student instruction and achievement. That’s where we, the community, are relying heavily on Mr. Kamras’ leadership and the RPS board and administration brain trust to help lift Richmond schools out of this slump and help students advance.

We have seen some positive steps, with the hiring of Dr. Ram Bhagat to help put trauma-informed educational practices in place, and Gov. Ralph S. Northam’s announcement this week of a $217,000 grant to support a year-round or extended-year instructional program at Elkhardt-Thompson Middle School.

A Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission study found that achievement of historically underperforming students improved faster in extended-year programs than in schools following traditional calendars. And with none of Richmond’s middle schools being fully accredited this year, it is clear that RPS can use the state aid for innovation and improvement.

It’s time now for the heavy lifting if RPS is to truly get on the road to recovery. No more studies by well-paid consultants and double-talk from high-salaried administrators who offer little more than a rearrangement of deck chairs on the Titanic.

The time has come for real solutions and hands-on, day-to-day action if our students are to progress into jobs and higher education that will take them — and this city — to better heights in the future.

Richmond cannot attract the bevy of new businesses and residents it desires if RPS isn’t up to snuff. No family will want to move to the city if they are not confident that their children will get a solid education in the public schools.

More importantly, we owe it to the 25,015 RPS students and their families to be better than this.

The challenge awaits Mr. Kamras, the School Board, administrators and teachers. You have the attention and the backing of the community. Now let’s get busy.

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Why is the church silent on Confederate statues?

For months, a discussion has gone on about Confederate statues in Richmond, while in some cities, a few even in the South, those statues have been taken down.

We have heard from many voices, however, not much from the Christian church in general and, more specifically, those churches in close proximity to the statues that line Monument Avenue.

A drive from the Boulevard, where the Stonewall Jackson monument stands, to Stuart Circle where J.E.B. Stuart sits on his horse, would carry you pass five Christian churches.

A walk one block to the east would carry you to another church.

Why do I feel that these churches need to make a statement? Wasn’t slavery enacted and forced by the government?

Yes, it was. However, the

Christian church provided divine endorsement of the institution of slavery.

The first Africans came to the United States as indentured servants, just like many others.

Some were already Christians when they arrived, and others became Christians after their arrival.

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Dr. Leonard Edloe stated that a slave who had been baptized was “enfranchised” or made free. Yet by 1650, slavery had become an accepted institution in this land. Slavery became acceptable because Eurocentric theology did not see Africans made in the image of God. Verses in the Bible were both misinterpreted and perverted to enslave, negate and dehumanize the very descendants of the authors of the Bible.

The Bible’s description of slavery, which was the custom of the culture when the Bible was written, became prescriptive and ordained by God when it came to people of African

descent.

As the abolitionist movement grew, the debate over the treatment and ownership of humans caused many of the denominations in 1845 to divide. Some of those denominational and theological splits still survive today.

A Christian pastor, Dr. Charles Minnigerode, was called upon to bless the dedication of the Richmond monument to Robert E. Lee — a monument like the others, dedicated to a cause to maintain a way of life where an entire race of people was sentenced to a life below the margins, full of pain that many animals did not have to endure.

Many people have become accustomed to the monuments.

Many say that the monuments do not matter.

However, as long as they are allowed to stand, they give false testimony to the failings of not only a nation but to the faith based on the life of Jesus, who died to set all of humankind free.

The sight of these monuments and what really happened

should have people running back into their sanctuaries after worship, crying out, “What must I do to be saved?”

It is time for all Christians, but especially the Christians who worship in the shadows of these statues, to open their mouths and take a stand against the wrongs committed both by our commonwealth and our faith.

The writer is a former Richmond pharmacy owner and now pastor of New Hope Fellowship in Hartfield in Middlesex County.

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Betting on the champion A lot of people have won individual and team championships. Some have even set records. But there is one distinct difference between championships and records.

C h am p i o n ships can never be taken away; records can be broken.

G r e a t achievements bring great joy.

That is what winning does. You must have a high skill level and be able to execute shots at crunch time. A person’s ability to throw a pass in a tight window or to hit a winning 3-point shot requires superior athleticism.

I remember one of my coaches telling me that you play like you practice. If you practice in a sloppy manner, you will probably play in a less than determined way.

Many years ago, my physical education teacher, George Green, was also the boys’ basketball coach. Coach Green was an excellent teacher and a great basketball coach. In class, he would tell us that it’s hard, but it’s fair. That message resonated with me then, and stays with me today. I found that life

and sports mirror one another.

It takes special people in both arenas to achieve extraordinary things.

I have lived long enough to watch people make special contributions to our society. Dr.

Dr. James B. Ewers Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks were difference-makers in civil rights. Their personal sacrifices made a dream come true.

As you travel across America, you will see a lot of schools and buildings named in their honor. They were important figures and drew large crowds wherever they were.

The same is true in sports.

There are some athletes who are magnetic and draw large crowds. Muhammad Ali was a champion in the ring and out of the ring. Mr. Ali took on social issues and spoke passionately about them. He was a beacon for justice.

If you watched professional golf a few days ago, you saw another champion, Tiger Woods, win the Tour Championship.

We know that Tiger Woods made some mistakes in his life; they are well chronicled.

What happened to him probably would have made most people crumble, never to be

heard from again. But not Tiger Woods. Physically, he had four surgeries on his back. How do you recover successfully from that?

If you are a Tiger critic, then your immediate response is that he had enough money to be able to afford the best doctors and health care. Yes, but that’s not how the story ends. Tiger Woods also exhibited enormous determination to get back in the game.

Many of us didn’t pay much attention to golf before Tiger Woods. Old school guys like me can recall golfers like Lee Elder and Charlie Sifford. They paved the way for Tiger Woods.

Much of America was watching Tiger Woods and not watching professional football.

He made pro football seem not as important.

Some sports commentators had said he would never win another major championship.

Tiger last won a PGA event in 2013. Five years later, he stands in the winner’s circle again with his 80th tour title.

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The writer is the former associate dean for student affairs at Miami University of Ohio at Middletown and is president emeritus of the Teen Mentoring Committee of Ohio.

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Letters to the Editor Schools, broken pledges and future election

Let’s be honest: We have two school systems in Richmond. One is a private, mostly white student body attending modern, clean facilities providing the educational opportunities. The second is a public system, where a 90 percent minority and mostly poor student body attends the most decrepit, non-maintained, obsolete facilities in Virginia.

Former President Obama called such facilities “crumbling halls of shame.”

Former Mayors Tim Kaine and L. Douglas Wilder warned such aged facilities couldn’t provide the equal educational opportunities mandated by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision.

Richmond Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras calls the conditions “heartbreaking.”

That’s why every 2016 mayoral and City Council candidate promised to never support paying for a new Coliseum with taxpayer dollars until we end this shame by enacting a fully funded plan leaving no youngster behind.

But once elected, Mayor Levar M. Stoney and some members of City Council have broken

their pledge to poor minority students.

Mayor Stoney stated, “We have no money” — not even $200,000 to fix disgraceful bathrooms in Richmond’s public schools. Yet in his next breath, Mayor Stoney spent $500,000 with consultants to vet the Coliseum proposal. And he is pushing to spend more than $300 million in tax dollars so Tom Farrell’s development group can get their new Coliseum without investing even a $1.

My daughter, Kennedy, is an RPS first-grader.

Mr. Stoney and City Council have knowingly broken their pledge to her generation. In fact, their budget approach leaves students in far worse facility conditions for the foreseeable future.

So, what should Kennedy’s dad do?

Simple: Consider moving into a City Council district where my supporters live and run against an incumbent who backs the Stoney-Farrell antieducation Coliseum boondoggle.

JOSEPH D. “JOE” MORRISSEY Richmond The writer unsuccessfully ran for Richmond mayor against five other candidates in 2016.

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Rename Chesterfield roadway for MLK Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

Recently, I expressed some concerns of inclusion that I had on my mind at the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors meeting. Traveling to various cities and localities throughout our nation, I saw Dr. King’s name on the streets and highways in Baltimore; Kansas City, Mo.; and Des Moines, Iowa.

I also found his name lo-

cally on a bridge in Richmond and another bridge that crosses from Colonial Heights into Petersburg. A bust of the Nobel Peace Prize winner is in the Hopewell Plaza across from the new courthouse.

Then it occurred to me that Chesterfield County is absent this type of recognition for Dr. King.

I strongly recommended to Chesterfield County administrators that Dr. King be included with this type of recognition.

The county should consider renaming Jefferson Davis Highway as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Highway, at least from the Richmond city line to West Hundred Road.

I strongly believe this would be fitting and proper for all its citizens.

L.J. McCOY JR. Chester The writer is president of the Chesterfield County Branch NAACP.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF ORDER ESTABLISHING FURTHER PROCEEDINGS TO IMPLEMENT ADJUSTMENTS IN RATES FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX OBLIGATIONS OF VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY D/B/A DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA CASE NO. PUR-2018-00055 During its 2018 Session, the Virginia General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 966 (the “Bill”). The Bill was signed into law by the Governor of Virginia on March 9, 2018, as Chapter 296 of the 2018 Acts of Assembly. The Bill became effective July 1, 2018.

Among its provisions, Enactment Clause 6 of the Bill directs the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) to:

implement adjustments in the rates for generation and distribution services of incumbent electric utilities, as defined in § 56-576 of the Code of Virginia, effective April 1, 2019, to reflect the actual annual reductions in corporate income taxes to be paid by such utilities pursuant to the provisions of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (P.L. 115-97) and as of the effective date of such act.

Enactment Clause No. 7 of the Bill directs, in advance of the Commission’s determination as to rate reductions pursuant to Enactment Clause No. 6, Dominion Energy Virginia (“DEV” or “Company”) to “reduce its existing rates for generation and distribution services on an interim basis, within 30 days of July 1, 2018” by an amount “sufficient to reduce its annual revenues from such rates by an aggregate amount of $125 million.” The amount of the identified rate reduction is “attributable to reductions in the corporate income tax obligations of the utility pursuant to the provisions of the federal Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017[.]”

Enactment Clause No. 7 further states: In implementing any further reductions to the rates for generation and distribution services of … [DEV] effective April 1, 2019, pursuant to the sixth enactment of this act, the Com- ission shall consider this interim revenue requirement reduction, and its actions shall be limited to a true-up of this interim reduction amount to the actual annual reduction in corporate tax obligations of such utility as of the effective date of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017…

On April 16, 2018, the Commission issued an Order Directing Compliance Filings to Reflect Reductions in Federal Income Taxes (“Order”) pursuant to Enactment Clause No. 7 of the Bill. As directed by that Order, DEV submitted the required compliance filing on May 16, 2018, with revised tariffs and workpapers implementing the rate reductions directed in Enactment Clause No. 7. DEV subsequently filed certain revised tariff sheets and revised workpapers on June 14, 2018.

On September 11, 2018, the Commission entered an Order Establishing Further Proceedings that, among other things, directed DEV to file certain information (“Filing”), on or before October 9, 2018, quantifying the actual annual reduction in DEV’s corporate income tax obligations pursuant to the provisions of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

In addition, the Order Establishing Further Proceedings scheduled a public hearing on January 14, 2019, at 10 a.m., in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive testimony from members of the public and evidence related to the Filing from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness at this hearing should appear in the Commission’s courtroom fifteen (15) minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff.

The Company’s Filing and the Commission’s Order Establishing Further Proceedings are available for public inspection during regular business hours at each of the Company’s business offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Copies also may be obtained by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company, Lisa S. Booth, Esquire, Dominion Energy Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means.

Copies of the public version of all documents filed in this case also are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center, located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

Any person or entity may participate as a respondent in this proceeding by filing a notice of participation on or before October 23, 2018. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be submitted to Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”), any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent must be represented by counsel as required by Rule 5 VAC 5-20-30, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2018-00055.

On or before November 30, 2018, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission and serve on the Commission’s Staff, the Company, and all other respondents, any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case, and each witness’s testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of such testimony and exhibits shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. Respondents also shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, including 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service, and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2018-00055.

On or before January 7, 2019, any interested person may file written comments on the Filing with the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. Interested persons desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before January 7, 2019, by following the instructions on the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2018-00055.

All documents filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other respects, all filings shall comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice may be viewed at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and an official copy of the Commission’s Order Establishing Further Proceedings in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address above.

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

NOTICE OF PROPOSED REAL PROPERTY TAX INCREASE (Ref: VA Code § 58.1-3321) The City of Richmond proposes to increase property tax levies: Assessment Increase: Total 2019 assessed value of real property, excluding additional assessments due to new construction or improvements to property, exceeds last year’s total assessed value of real property by 7.3%.

Lowered Rate Necessary to Offset Increased Assessment: The tax rate which would levy the same amount of real estate tax as last year, when multiplied by the new total assessed value of real estate with the exclusions mentioned above, would be $1.129 per $100 of assessed value. This rate is known as the “lowered tax rate.”

Effective Rate Increase: The City of Richmond proposes to adopt the following tax rates: Tax Rate Difference from “Lowered tax rate” $1.20/$100 $0.071 per $100, or 6.29% This difference from the “Lowered tax rate” is known as the “effective tax rate increase.”

Individual property taxes may, however, increase at a percentage greater than or less than the above percentage.

Proposed Total Budget Increase: Based on the proposed real property tax rate of $1.20 and changes in other revenues, the total budget of the city of Richmond will exceed last year’s by 4.22 %.

A public hearing on the increase will be held on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, located at 900 E. Broad Street.

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Panthers quarterback Darius Taylor streaks past Livingstone College’s William Moore Jr. during last Saturday’s game at Hovey Field. Virginia Union University won the game 52-19.

Darius Taylor’s initials are “D.T.” but “T.D.” might be more and chances are good that alumni will have smiles on their apropos. faces.

Virginia Union University’s senior quarterback is on a touchThe Lions are 0-5 while being outscored 211-20. The down passing binge.

Pennsylvanians were 0-10 last year, including a 45-23 loss The Washington native sent statisticians scurrying to the re- to VUU. cord book following his air assault on Livingstone College last The Panthers are a solid bet to at least match their season scorSaturday. Taylor tied the VUU school record with six touchdown ing average of 36 points against a struggling Lincoln defense. passes in a 52-19 Panthers rout of Livingstone The VUU offense features weapons aplenty. at Hovey Field.

Calloway, nicknamed “Dooby,” is a 5-foot-9, Panthers vs. Lions Two of his six-point strikes went to freshman 160-pound playmaker who arrives with sparkling Saturday, Oct. 6 Kewann Calloway, an exciting newcomer from credentials. Playing both offense and defense Virginia Union University Florida. Calloway had four receptions overall at Fort Lauderdale High School, he made firstplays Lincoln University for 91 yards in what amounted to his VUU team All-Broward County and second team 7A o f Pe n n s y l va n i a fo r coming-out party.

All-State in Florida. homecoming at Hovey Taylor’s six touchdown tosses tied the VUU Quarterback Darius Taylor’s other primary Field. Kickoff: 1 p.m. record held by Lamar Little and Carl Wright. targets against Livingstone were Olu Izegwire Little threw for six touchdowns against Tuskegee — five catches for 86 yards — and Lavatiae University in 2002, while Wright lit up the scoreboard for six Kelly —four for 62 yards. touchdowns against Morgan State University in 1991.

The Panthers’ schedule toughens following what figures to be Taylor wasn’t picking on a weakling, either. Livingstone came a homecoming party. The team travels to Chowan University on into the game with back-to-back shutout victories.

Saturday, Oct. 13, setting up a pivotal match against powerhouse VUU’s “other” Taylor was center ring, too.

Bowie State University on Saturday, Oct. 20.

Sophomore Tabyus Taylor, the CIAA’s leading rusher, ran Games against Bowie State and then against Virginia State for 52 yards on 19 carries and caught five passes for another University in the Nov. 3 season finale may determine whether 55 yards.

VUU will be playing in the CIAA championship game Nov. Coach Alvin Parker’s explosive Panthers offense figures to 10 in Salem. have another productive game on Saturday, Oct. 6, against the VUU’s last CIAA title came in 2001 under former Coach CIAA’s bottom-ranked Lincoln University.

Willard Bailey. The Panthers’ Coach Parker served as an assistant It will be homecoming on VUU’s Lombardy Street campus on Coach Bailey’s staff in 2001.

VSU kicks it up a notch to beat Shaw 34-17

The 2018 Virginia State University football passes for 357 yards and two touchdowns. team is starting to look a lot like the 2017 verFavorite targets included senior Josh Harris sion, which is exciting news around Ettrick. from Hanover High School and freshman Andre Coach Reggie Barlow’s Men of Troy have won Jackson from Hampton. their last two games by a combined 77-31 and Harris had nine receptions for 132 yards rate a solid favorite this Saturday, Oct. 6, against against Shaw, bringing his season total to 22 invading Elizabeth City State University. catches for 281 yards. Jackson added five grabs Coming off a 10-1 CIAA championship sea- for 88 yards. son, the Trojans were slow out Demetrius Strickland, also of the starting blocks, suffering from Hampton, led the rushTrojans on two road losses and having ing game with 63 yards and a home turf another game canceled because touchdown on 15 carries.

Saturday, Oct. 6 of Hurricane Florence.

Nick Woolfolk, a sophomore Virginia State University Since then VSU has been from Richmond’s Thomas Jefplays Elizabeth City State kicking up a storm of its ferson High School, nailed four University at Rogers own. of five extra points. Woolfolk Stadium in Ettrick.

After winning 43-14 at Johnwas a rare four-sport athlete at Kickoff: 2 p.m. son C. Smith University on Sept.

TJ, excelling in football, bas22, the Trojans followed up with ketball, baseball and soccer. a 34-17 rout of Shaw in the long overdue home Elizabeth City State, whose schedule was opener last Saturday at Rogers Stadium. hit hardest by Hurricane Florence, has had an The Trojans will carry a 2-2 overall record unsteady season. The Vikings opened with a and a 2-0 CIAA mark into Saturday’s game 19-10 home win over Central State University with Elizabeth City State. History suggests a of Ohio before losing to the University of North third straight Trojans win.

Carolina-Pembroke 51-6.

Last year in North Carolina, VSU spanked ECSU’s games Sept. 15 with Winston-Salem the Vikings 56-0.

State University and Sept. 22 against Fayetteville VSU quarterback Cordelral Cook showed State University were canceled. Last Saturday, pinpoint control against Shaw, completing 31 ECSU posted a 24-17 loss to St. Augustine’s

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Virginia State University senior Josh Harris, a wide receiver from Hanover High School, slips past Shaw University’s Matthew Bush during last Saturday’s first home game at Rogers Stadium in Ettrick.

University.

First-year Vikings Coach Anthony Jones is a former SIAC Coach of the Year at Morehouse College and former SWAC Coach of the Year at Alabama A&M University. He was named ECSU’s football coach in April 2018.

VSU’s chances of repeating as CIAA champ will be tested Saturday, Oct. 13, when the Trojans travel to Bowie State University. The Bulldogs are 4-1 this season behind quarterback Amir Hall, who twice has been selected as the National Black College Football Player of the Year.

Penn State Coach James Franklin on course to win NCAA title Coach James Franklin is in The Nittany Lions likely position to make history one will need to run the table the day. It possibly could happen rest of way, however. There is as early as this season. little wiggle room in squeezing The talented Penn State into a four-team format that coach seems a strong bet to will conclude Jan. 7 in Santa become the first AfriClara, Calif. can-American coach At worse, Penn to win an NCAA State figures to play collegiate football in one of the higher title on the highest profile bowl games, level. such as the Rose Coach Franklin, Bowl, the Sugar Bowl 46, is a top contender or the Fiesta Bowl. among the 13AfricanThe Cotton and OrAmerican coaches in Coach Franklin ange bowls will serve the 130-school NCAA Football as playoff semifinal sites.

Bowl Subdivision, formerly Coach Franklin, a native known as Division 1A. Pennsylvanian, was the recordAfter starting the season setting quarterback at East 4-0, Franklin’s Nittany Lions Stroudsburg State University lost a brutally fought 27-26 before hopping into the nomadic game to Big Ten rival Ohio coaching profession.

State University last Saturday While some men stay at before a crowd of 111,000 fans the same job much of their in State College, Penn. adult lives, coaches rarely let Ohio State and Penn State are any dust gather on their suitbona fide juggernauts and each cases. Coach Franklin is no eventually could play — possibly exception, having served as a in a rematch — in the NCAA’s coaching assistant at Kutztown National Championship Playoffs State, East Stroudsburg, James in December and January.

Madison, Washington State and

Idaho State universities, the University of Maryland on two occasions, with the NFL Green Bay Packers and at Kansas State University before getting his first head coaching job in 2011 at Vanderbilt University, which is considered among the nation’s premier academic campuses.

At Vanderbilt, Coach Franklin went 40-18 in the rugged Southeast Conference before

landing the coveted post at what Nittany Lions fans call “Happy Valley.” His current annual salary is $5.6 million.

Penn State won national titles in 1982 and 1986 under former Coach Joe Paterno.

Something missing from Coach Franklin’s extensive résumé is any mention of coaching at historically black colleges and universities. In fact, none

FBS coach fraternity African-American coaches in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)

Coach School Season Current

Record Dino Babers Syracuse University third 12-17 James Franklin Penn State University fifth 40-18 Mike Jinks Bowling Green State Univ. third 7-21 Derek Mason Vanderbilt University fifth 20-33 Scottie Montgomery East Carolina University third 7-20 David Shaw Stanford University eighth 77-23 Lovie Smith University of Illinois third 7-21 Charlie Strong Univ. of South Florida second 14-2 Willie Taggart Florida State University first 2-2 Frank Wilson Univ. of Texas-San Antonio third 13-15 Everett Withers Texas State University third 5-23 Herm Edwards Arizona State University first 3-2 Kevin Sumlin University of Arizona first 2-2

of the 13 African-American head coaches at FBS schools have any HBCU experience.

Also, none of the 13 played at HBCUs. That is in contrast to the first African-American coach at the top tier schools.

In 1979, Willie E. Jeffries was named head coach at Wichita State University of the Division 1A Missouri Valley Conference.

Coach Jeffries went 21-32 at Wichita from 1979 to 1983.

Coach Jeffries played at South Carolina State University and was head coach at his alma mater before moving to Wichita.

After leaving Wichita, he later coached at Howard University before beginning a second stint at South Carolina State, where the team faced Virginia Union University several times.

There have been AfricanAmerican head coaches on national champion teams in lower divisions.

In 1978, Coach Rudy Hubbard guided Florida A&M University to the first NCAA 1-AA title — now called FCS. In 2008, Coach Mike London

led the University of Richmond to win the FCS crown.

Coach London, who used that success to earn a head coaching job at the University of Virginia, is now in his second season at Howard University.

In 1990 and 1992, former NFL running back Billy Joe coached Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, to NAIA titles. Central State won again in 1995 under Coach Richard Comegy.

HBCU coaches do not seem to be on the front burner for any positions at FBS schools. There are various theories why. The NCAA Division II HBCUs have fared very poorly in postseason play, with the exception being Winston-Salem University’s drive to the 2012 NCAA Division II finals.

The two FCS conferences made up largely of HBCUs, SWAC and MEAC, have eliminated themselves from NCAA postseason play in favor of the Celebration Bowl. This may deny those coaches some national exposure.

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Personality: Maiesha Hawkins Spotlight on volunteer chair of Slay for a Purpose Fashion Show When you have a vision that exudes sincerity and genuine caring in helping others, people can relate to what it stands for, applaud what you are doing and want to be counted as part of your effort.

This is the reason Maiesha Te’Rome Hawkins was drawn to The Faces Behind A Purpose for You, a local nonprofit that supports victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

The group is dedicated to the resilience of those who have been abused by offering enrichment activities, strategies and advocacy to improve family relations in safe environments.

Ms. Hawkins, who has volunteered with the organization for two years, is now volunteer chair of the group’s 3rd Annual Slay for a Purpose Fashion Show on Oct. 27 to benefit its work with survivors.

She says her work on behalf of the nonprofit is in homage to the organization’s founder, Timika Cousins, her longtime friend.

“Prior to becoming a part of the organization, I was neither involved with nor aware of how profound domestic violence really is,” Ms. Hawkins says.

“Having researched, read and interviewed people and educated myself on domestic violence, I can identify areas of domestic violence, which covers women, men and children.”

She says she discovered that domestic abuse comes in many forms — emotional, psychological, financial, sexual, physical and spiritual — by a perpetrator seeking to exert power and control over his or her victim.

In some situations, she said, abusers use religion and spiritual manipulation to victimize and hold domestic partners hostage in a marriage or relationship by using church doctrine.

“Our organization helps the abused come out of situations by using resources and services — developing safety plans, going to safe houses, taking a seminar — or working with other organizations with a mission of helping people end abuse,” Ms. Hawkins says.

The Faces Behind A Purpose for You’s services are designed to shape, mold, uplift and encourage people — men, women and children — to help bolster their resilience. The nonprofit believes the key is to build victims’ self-esteem and to educate them about the red flags of abuse through scenarios about the signs and layers of abuse.

Many of the women who belong to The Faces Behind A Purpose for You are survivors of some form of domestic abuse, Ms. Hawkins says.

When talking with and comforting a victim, the 39-yearold says, “it is easier to sit down with another person that has gone through a similar experience. Personable and transparent discussions about what you have gone through translates into understanding and empathy about someone else’s route to resilience.”

Part of the organization’s funding comes from its yearly October fashion show held during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The event, featuring fashion and entertainment, also has the purpose of bringing public awareness about domestic abuse and honoring survivors, living and dead.

The goal is to uphold the organization’s mission to inform and educate others about domestic violence and its effect on individuals and families “in every community, regardless of age, economic status, sexual orientation, gender, race or nationality,” Ms. Hawkins says.

This year there is a celebrity twist, featuring guest speakers Peter Thomas from “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” and Wanda from “South Beach

Want to go?

What: 3rd Annual Slay for a Purpose Fashion Show When: 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27 Where: Trinity Family Life Center, 3601 Dill Road Details: Special guests Peter Thomas from “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” and Wanda from “South Beach Tow.” Tickets: $20; www.eventbrite.com or call (804) 729-2229.

Fashion Show.

Date and place of birth: Jan. 12 in Richmond.

Current residence: Richmond.

E d u c a t i o n : G e o rg e Mason University and Capella University.

Tow,” a television show that ran from 2011 through 2014 about the day-to-day business of Tremont Towing, a family-run business in Miami.

“This is the first time we have had celebrities interested in speaking on our platform,” says the excited event chair.

“Both are coming to speak about their experience with domestic violence and being a survivor.”

Ms. Hawkins notes that the benefit fashion show is “a family-friendly event, featuring outstanding local designers and models who are domestic violence survivors, with all proceeds going toward our services for the Metro Richmond area.”

She says since the organization’s start three years ago, it has helped about 13 families going through abusive situations.

“We have great relationships with the city police department, Hilliard House (shelter), community advocates and many other groups sharing our mission and goals,” she says.

Meet an advocate for survivors of domestic abuse and this week’s Personality, Maiesha T. Hawkins: Occupation: IT project manager.

What I do: I oversee a department of more than 20 Wholesale Business Intelligence platforms for a very well-known financial institution.

No. 1 volunteer position: Chair, Slay for a Purpose

Family: Twin 14-yearold sons, Makye and Makhi Tyler; a sister, Melissa D. Hawkins; and brother, Tyrome A. Hawkins Jr. When and why I became involved with The Faces Behind A Purpose For You: I have known founder Timika Cousins for more than 15 years, and because I support her vision, I wanted to support her organization in evolving within our community while changing the lives of domestic violence survivors.

Services provided by the nonprofit: Safety planning, court advocacy and liaison services for emergency housing.

How I define “domestic violence”: A pattern of coercive, controlling behavior that is a pervasive, life-threatening crime affecting people in all communities regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, social standing and immigration status.

and make a wish, it would be: To end poverty.

How I start the day: Prayer then tea.

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Best late-night snack: Chamomile and lavender tea with a shot of cinnamon and a tad bit of honey.

Person who influenced me the most: My mother, Brenda P. Hawkins, my biggest fan and my hardest critic. Her influence is pressure, confirmation of why I am a diamond.

The book that influenced me the most: “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less” by Greg McKeown.

What I’m reading now: “The Wisdom of Sundays: Life Changing Insights from Super Soul Conversations” by Oprah Winfrey.

My next goal: I have so many, however, the dearest one will be to turn 40 years young on Jan. 12.

17th AnnUAl Lucille M. Brown Community

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Number of people served since founding: 13 families.

Most frequently requested service: Shelter and safety planning.

Saturday, October 20, 2018 the Claude Perkins living & learning Center Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.

Our biggest challenge: Operating as a nonprofit, our biggest challenge is restricted funds.

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A quote that I am inspired by: “All I need is faith the size of a mustard seed.”

The reason domestic violence exists: Lack of knowledge, mental illness and substance abuse.

We could do more if: We had more sponsorships, donations, etc.

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30th anniversary of 2nd Street Festival in Jackson Ward this weekend

Thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of Jackson Ward this weekend to enjoy the history, music, food and art of the 30th Annual 2nd Street Festival.

Free music and entertainment will be featured on four stages in the festival area that spans four city blocks that will be closed to vehicle traffic from 1st to 3rd streets between Broad and Jackson streets during the two-day event.

The free festival, produced by Venture Richmond Events, will kick off 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, with the L. Douglas Wilder Middle School Drumline on the Waverly B. Crawley Main Stage, followed at noon by students from Minds in Motion on the Eggleston Hotel Community Stage and Marsha Meekins & Company on the Joe Kennedy Jr. Jazz Stage. At 12:30 p.m., the Fitness Warriors will open on Nina’s Bistro Stage.

The festival continues through 7 p.m. Saturday, and reopens from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 7.

Musical headliners Stokley, the former lead singer of Mint Condition, will perform 5:30 p.m. Saturday, while The Art of Noise, with Heavy Hitter DJ Lonnie B and DJ Marc, will perform 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

Other performers during the festival include keyboardist Debo Dabney, comedian Antoine Scott, F.A.B.C. Music Ministry All Stars and dance and jump rope teams.

Historian Elvatrice Belsches will talk about 2nd Street’s illustrious history as the “Black Wall Street” and the “Harlem of the South” at 3:45 p.m. Sunday, while hourlong walking tours led by Gary Flowers will be available both days from

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Wine Women & Shoes benefit Oct. 7 Bon Secours Richmond Health Care Foundation will host Wine Women & Shoes, a fundraising event to help victims of abuse, 2 to 6 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 7, at the Hilton Richmond Hotel and Spa at Short Pump, 12042 W. Broad St. Ticketholders can shop the latest shoe styles and taste fine wines as they bid on auction items. Proceeds from the event will benefit Bon Secours Forensic Nursing, which is celebrating 25 years of helping victims of abuse and collecting and preserving evidence from victims of physical violence.

“We want to empower victims of domestic violence in all forms in our society, said Rita Henderson, co-chair of the event. “Bon Secours’ forensic nurses, who are on duty 24/7, are vital to our community.”

Details and tickets: wwww. winewomenandshoes.com/ Richmond, or call Rachel Wallace, (804) 281-8012.

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Classical dance Dancers perform a classical Indian dance — the “Bharanthnatyam” — during the 37th Annual Festival of India last Saturday and Sunday at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. The event allowed Richmonders to explore India’s diverse cultures and traditions through an array of foods, music, crafts and dance, including Bollywood and Bhangra dances. Proceeds from the event go largely to the Hindu Center of Virginia.

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the Maggie Walker National Historic Site at 2nd and Leigh streets.

Mr. Flowers also will lead a Renaissance Roll Call at 3:25 p.m. Saturday for fraternities, sororities and religious and benevolent organizations with connections to Jackson Ward. Participants are asked to wear uniforms, medallions and insignias for the event.

On Friday, Oct. 5, artist David Marion’s poster for the 30th anniversary of the festival will be unveiled. His art, along with other artists, will be featured on the festival’s Artists Row. The Richmond Metropolitan Antique Car Club also will show off their cars, while food and vendor wares will be available in the festival’s marketplace.

The festival also will feature a Kidz Zone with balloon twisting and special programming.

Details: www.venturerichmond.com

In some corners of the world, there are no corner pharmacies. Lifesaving treatments for diseases such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis are scarce.

That’s where Dr. Frank Gupton comes in. Thanks to a $25 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he’s reengineering the way medicines are made — improving efficiency, improving access and improving our world. That’s how we make it real.

Weddings bells will soon ring again for City Councilman Michael J. Jones, 9th District.

The full-time pastor of the Village of Faith church recently popped the question to his girlfriend, June Cober, director of promotions for Atlantic Records, and she said, “Yes.” Dr. Jones said the couple plans to marry next spring, though a date has not been set. Both have been previously married.

The 51-year-old Portsmouth native said he surprised Ms. Cober, 39, with the proposal.

He talked Ms. Cober into going to Chimborazo Park on Sept.

22 to watch the making of a video to promote an upcoming church event.

Dr. Jones said he arranged to have it look like a video shoot was taking place.

“Then I went off script and proposed,” he said. That was the real reason the video crew was there: To get the proposal on tape.

“June and I are happy that our two families are uniting,” he said. She has an 8-year-old daughter and he has a daughter, 20, and a son, 17.

“We are tremendously blessed to find love and are super excited about taking on the world together,” said Dr. Jones, who was first elected to Richmond City Council in 2016.

Dr. Jones and Ms. Cober met years ago, but went their separate ways, he said. About two years ago, they met again through social media and found out each other was divorced.

“I fell in love with Mike as a cheerleader for the work he does in the community and all he represents,” said Ms. Cober, who has worked with Dr. Jones on many of the philanthropic endeavors that he orchestrates through his church. “He’s a rare and special man, I can’t wait to work hand in hand with him as his wife.”

Dr. Jones, former pastor of Fourth Baptist Church in Richmond, has led the Village of Faith since 2005, which he founded with his ex-wife Tanya Jones. The couple divorced about six years ago.

The church has about 900 members on its rolls and operates in two locations, one in Sandston in Henrico County and the other in Midlothian in Chesterfield County.

Dr. Jones holds and undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado, a master’s in divinity from Virginia Union

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Faith News/Directory

New alliance seeks to improve lives of Highland Park residents

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Bernice Clack did not have to go to church last Sunday. Church came to her in the form of a volunteer crew from nearby St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Highland Park.

The six-member crew worked for several hours, putting a fresh coat of paint on her kitchen walls and her front porch.

“It’s wonderful,” said Ms. Clack, 82, a retired food factory worker who has lived in her modest home in the 3100 block of Letcher Street for 51 years. “At my age, it’s not easy to do what is needed.”

Along with several other elderly homeowners, Ms. Clack was the beneficiary of a new coalition of area churches, the Richmond Police Department and other civicminded individuals and groups seeking to improve ties with nearby Highland Park residents and regain their position as community support centers.

Dubbed The TEAM Ms. White from the group’s slogan, “Together Everyone Achieves More,” the new alliance drew 67 volunteers from 10 area churches, including St. Elizabeth, along with representatives from such groups as the Six Points Innovation Center and the Local Initiatives Support Corp. as well as a cadre of police officers who patrol the area.

Some, like the team from St. Elizabeth, undertook repairs and painting at homes in and around the North Side neighborhood.

Others, including the area’s City Council representative, Ellen F. Robertson, paired up and went door to door in various blocks to talk with residents about needs they have and to secure contact information from which to build a connective data base of emails and phone numbers.

The TEAM is the brainchild of Jo White, veteran commander of the Richmond Guardian Angels, which has been involved in community uplift in the North Side neighborhood for eight years.

Ms. White, who has partnered with a variety of nonprofit groups, said she realized earlier this year there was a missing piece: “The faith community.”

Since January, she has been calling on pastors of churches in the area to gauge interest in creating a service coalition and joining with willing participants to create a structure.

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Sunday’s “Day of Service” was the first effort. She said the next step is to follow up with coalition members “to talk about continuing the relationship building” among themselves and with community residents.

Ms. White said she believes such an alliance could be the catalyst for significant change, with participating churches becoming connection points for services.

“We envision churches as vibrant community hubs, lighthouses for the community,” she said.

But as “people move out and new people move in, some of the connections and relationships have gotten lost.”

That’s why, in her view, the most important element of the project involved having church volunteers going door to door to speak with residents without trying to recruit them to join a particular worship center.

Ms. White said the walk-and-talk approach led to 28 residents volunteering to take part in the Neighborhood Watch.

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“We went out to find out what people needed help for but, instead, most of the residents who were approached talked about things they wanted to help with,” she said.

And that’s what this movement is about, she said.

“The goal of The TEAM is for the churches to connect with the neighbors monthly, bimonthly or quarterly just to check on them, see how they are doing and if they have any needs.”

Ms. White said her hope is that if this can be made to work in Highland Park, the model can be used in other sections of the city to improve the ties between faith centers and the communities where they are located.

Along with St. Elizabeth, Ms. White reported that volunteers came from Fifth Street Baptist Church, which served as the home base, Fresh Anointing Cathedral, Highland Park Community Church, Living Faith Christian Fellowship and St. Mark Church of God in Christ.

Volunteers also came from churches outside Highland Park, including the new LUX Church in Jackson Ward, St. Giles Presbyterian Church in the West End and St. Paul’s Baptist Church in Henrico County.

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Colossians Baptist Church Newport News, VA

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Sunday, October 14, 2018 9:30 a.m. Church School 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship guest Speaker: Rev. Kevin L. Sykes, Pastor, St. James Baptist Church

A Church in Transition ReViVAl SeRViceS

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Faith News/Directory 150thChurch Anniversary Celebration Sunday, October 7, 2018 - 3:00pm Speaker: Rev. Dr. Anthony Chandler,

Cedar St. Baptist Church of God, Richmond, VA

Mon., October 8th – Wed. October 10th - 7:00pm Revivalist: Rev. Dr. Tremayne Johnson

Special Guest: Black Awakening Choir at VCU GWMA – Petersburg Chapter

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Belmead mansion

Nonprofit’s effort to buy St. EmmaSt. Francis property collapses

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A nearly two-year effort to protect the heritage of a sprawling Powhatan County site that was the home of two AfricanAmerican Catholic boarding schools has collapsed.

At the last minute, a key funding source, which the Free Press has identified as the Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund of Roanoke, pulled out of a deal that would have allowed the nonprofit Belmead on the James Inc. to purchase and keep the 2,265-acre property as a cultural and conservation site along the James River.

The site’s rich history includes the 70 years that it served as home to two celebrated Catholic schools for AfricanAmerican youths, St. Emma Military Academy for boys and the St. Francis de Sales School for Girls.

Both schools closed in the early 1970s, and only the historic mansion, Belmead, remains.

In a public statement announcing the deal’s collapse, Dr. Demetrius Venable, a Howard University physics professor who serves as president of the nonprofit, called it “imperative that we immediately identify lenders who will help us purchase Belmead before it is sold to a buyer who might not share our goal of preserving this unique property.”

Joe Elton, vice president of Belmead on the James, confirmed in an interview that the group had expected to wrap up the purchase of the property in September from the Philadelphia-based Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.

Instead, Mr. Elton, retired director of Virginia’s state parks, said the expected funding became unavailable.

“It’s disappointing,” Mr. Elton said.

“But we are not giving up. We are now searching for new sources of funds, including contributions from the 4,000 members of our organization. We’re hoping the sisters will give us 90 more days to try to make this happen before turning to other buyers.”

The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament religious order was started in 1891 by now Saint Katharine Drexel, an heiress who used her family’s fortune to open schools for Native Americans and AfricanAmericans. St. Francis and St. Emma, which were started in the 1890s, were a part of that effort.

The order, which is declining in numbers as the nuns age, did not respond to a request for comment, nor did the Chicago real estate firm that has been handling the sale since the property went on the market in 2016.

Members of the order lived on the property even after the schools closed, with the last three nuns leaving in 2017 as leaders of the order began entertaining offers.

At the time, the order stated that the decision to sell was made to avoid paying additional costs for maintenance and to boost funds to care for elderly nuns in the order, along with support for the order’s schools still open.

Nearly half the Powhatan County property is protected under a conservation easement, but about 1,200 acres could be

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Mount Olive Baptist Church

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Homecoming Service Sunday, October 7, 2018 10:30AM

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used for construction of homes, apartments or office space.

However, despite a plethora of offers from developers eager to subdivide the land, the order ended up accepting the offer from Belmead on the James, based on assurances that the money would be available.

While Mr. Elton would not talk about the specific price his organization offered, the county appraises the site at $7.3 million for tax purposes; indications have been that the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament wanted at least that much.

Since inking the purchase agreement, Mr. Elton said Belmead has raised about $1 million in grants from government and private conservation sources and was continuing to seek other grants.

The group also had secured a promise from a supposedly deep-pocket nonprofit fund that is involved with conservation.

While Mr. Elton declined to offer any details, others with knowledge said that the Legacy Fund had agreed to cover the cost of the purchase and allow Belmead to repay what essentially would be a loan over a series of years.

Mr. Elton would not identify that funding source, but the Free Press has been told by several supporters of Belmead’s purchase that the Roanoke-based Legacy Fund, led by wealthy businessman Tom Clarke, made the promise, but could not come up with the money when the sale was to be completed.

Neither Mr. Clarke nor the staff at the Legacy Fund’s office could be reached for comment.

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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 15, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2018-260 To reopen to public use and travel a portion of Patton Avenue located between Mactavish Avenue and a point 472.20± feet east of Mactavish Avenue consisting of 24,545± square feet that was closed to public use and travel by Ord. No. 2010192-182, adopted Oct. 25, 2010; to revoke a private use license for this same portion of Patton Avenue that was granted

by Ord. No. 2010-193-183, adopted Oct. 25, 2010; to vacate a public utility and drainage easement located in a closed portion of Highpoint Avenue consisting of 15,765± square feet granted

by Ord. No. 93-6-22, adopted Feb. 8, 1993; and to close, to public use and travel, a strip of public right of way along Patton Avenue, consisting of 4,095± square feet, but retaining a portion as a utility easement, consisting of 204± square feet; upon certain terms and conditions, and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept a dedication of access and utility easements along Patton Avenue, consisting of 20,907± square feet, in connection with the closing of such portion of Patton Avenue.

Ordinance No. 2018-261 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3020 East Franklin Street for the purpose of two singlefamily attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is in the R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential Zoning District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Public & Open Space. Primary uses in this category include publicly-owned and operated parks, recreation areas, open spaces, schools, libraries, cemeteries and other government and public service facilities (p. 135).

No residential density is specified for this land use designation. The proposed density of the development would be approximately 22 units per acre.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.

Richmondgov.com; the Main City Library located at 101 East Franklin Street; and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER shannon harris robertson, Plaintiff v. wayne robertson, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18003005-00 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 15th day of November, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO JAMES GERRARD TOWNES, Plaintiff, v.

TANYA LEE TOWNES, Defendant.

Civil Law No.: CL18-4729 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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styled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from the defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart without interruption and without cohabitation for a period of more than one year, since August 1, 2017.

And it appearing by Affidavit filed according to law that Tanya Lee Townes, the abovenamed defendant, is not a resident of this state and that due diligence has been used by or in behalf of plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city the defendant is, without effect.

It is therefore ORDERED that the said Tanya Lee Townes do appear in the Clerk’s Office of the Law Division of the Circuit Court of the County of Henrico, 4301 East Parham Road, Richmond, Virginia 23273, on or before 11/26/18 at 9:00 a.m. and do whatever necessary to protect her interest in this suit.

A Copy Teste: Heidi S. Barshinger, Clerk Rudolph C. McCollum, Jr. VSB#32825 PO Box 4595 Richmond, Virginia 23220 (804) 523-3900

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

v.

XENIA CAYETAUA REFUGI RIVAS MARROQUIN, Respondent Case No.: JJ093341-0200,-03-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Determine custody and visitation of Anderson S. Avalos Rivas (DOB: 6/8/02), whose Mother is Xenia Cayetaua Refugi Rivas Marroquin, and whose father is Narciso Dagoberto Avalos Monge, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 16.1-241A3.

Mother’s last known address is 2430 Brandy Street, Richmond, VA 23234.

It is ordered that the defendant Xenia Cayetaua Refugi Rivas Marroquin appear at the above-named Court and protect her interests on or before 11/07/2018 at 9:00 AM.

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

MICHAEL H. WHITLOCK, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-3206 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3125 Irvington Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C009-0565/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Michael H. Whitlock and Martin T. Whitlock.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, MICHAEL H. WHITLOCK and MARTIN T. WHITLOCK, 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 MICHAEL H. WHITLOCK, MARTIN T. WHITLOCK, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, THOMAS E. LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MAURICE LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROSE ARRINGTON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ARETHA LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/ or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that IDA F. DANDRIDGE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DANIEL LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JAMES DREWERY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MARION GILPIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MABEL KELLEY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, THOMAS E. LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MAURICE LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROSE ARRINGTON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ARETHA LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

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 IDA F. DANDRIDGE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DANIEL LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JAMES DREWERY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MARION GILPIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MABEL KELLEY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, THOMAS E. LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MAURICE LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROSE ARRINGTON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ARETHA LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER YAYA SAMBOU, Plaintiff v.

YAKHYA SARR, Defendant.

Case No.: CL17002029-00 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 15th day of November, 2018 at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom #2, and protect his interests.

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

DAVID WITCHER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18002122-00 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 15th day of November, 2018 at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom #2, and protect his interests.

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

MAYRA VAQUIZ ARUCHA, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18001679-00 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 15th day of November, 2018 at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom #2, and protect her interests.

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

HAMP FELTON III, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18002885-00 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 5th day of November, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ROY HARRIS, Plaintiff v.

THEODORA HARRIS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18002745-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 29th day of October, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

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

JEFREY PICA, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18000518-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 29th day of October, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

CUSTODY VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re TAj Rivers Case No. J-091790-09-10 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Unknown (Father) and Tulisa Rivers (Mother) of Taj Rivers, child DOB 10/26/2015. “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 Unknown (Father) and Tulisa Rivers to appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before 11/29/2018, at 10:40 AM, Courtroom #3.

Virginia: In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for the County of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re RIVAS MARROQUIN, Jeremy a NARCISO D AVALOS MONGE, Petitioner v.

XENIA CAYETAUA REFUGI RIVAS MARROQUIN, Respondent Case No.: JJ093340-0200,-03-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Determine custody and visitation of Jeremy Alejandro Rivas Marroquin (DOB: 3/13/05), whose Mother is Xenia Cayetaua Refugi Rivas Marroquin, and whose father is Narciso Dagoberto Avalos Monge, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 16.1-241A3. Mother’s last known address is 2430 Brandy Street, Richmond, VA 23234.

It is ordered that the defendant Xenia Cayetaua Refugi Rivas Marroquin appear at the above-named Court and protect her interests on or before 11/07/2018 at 9:00 AM. Virginia: In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for the County of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re AVALOS RIVAS, ANDERSON S, NARCISO D AVALOS MONGE, Petitioner Continued on next column

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

MARY S. SMITH, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-3947 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 23 South Morris Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number W0000399/032, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mary S. Smith, Howard Smith, Constance S. Wise, Delores S. Goode, Gwendolyn S. Fitzgerald, Aubrey Smith, Catherine M. Ready, Valarie R. Williams, Alma M. Williams and John A. W. Williams.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, MARY S. SMITH, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors i n i n t e r e s t , H OWA R D SMITH, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ELEANOR S. SMITH, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, GWENDOLYN S. FITZGERALD, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and CATHERINE M. READY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owners, CONSTANCE S. WISE, DELORES S. GOODE, VALARIE R. WILLIAMS, ALMA M. WILLIAMS, and JOHN A. W. WILLIAMS, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, AUBREY SMITH, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that said creditor, DISCOVER BANK, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 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 MARY S. SMITH, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, HOWARD SMITH, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, E L E A N OR S . S M I T H , upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, GWENDOLYN S. FITZGERALD, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CATHERINE M. READY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CONSTANCE S. WISE, DELORES S. GOODE, VALARIE R. WILLIAMS, ALMA M. WILLIAMS, JOHN A. W. WILLIAMS, AUBREY SMITH, DISCOVER BANK, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: Continued on next column

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.

CHIN UP, LLC, TRUSTEE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4120 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2316 North Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-0488/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Chin Up, LLC, Trustee of the 2314 North Avenue Land Trust.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, 2314 NORTH AVENUE LAND T R U S T, h a s n o t b e e n 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 2314 NORTH AVENUE LAND TRUST, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

CHIN UP, LLC, TRUSTEE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4099 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2312 North Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-0488/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Chin Up, LLC, Trustee of the 2308 North Avenue Land Trust.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, 2308 NORTH AVENUE LAND T R U S T, h a s n o t b e e n 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 2308 NORTH AVENUE LAND TRUST, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

GEORGE EDWARD BRANCH, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4327 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3713 Lawson Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0042906030, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, George Edward Branch.

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

I T IS OR D ERE D that GEORGE EDWARD BRANCH, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

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

IDA F. DANDRIDGE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-3996 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 715 Mitchell Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000280/002, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Ida F. Dandridge, Daniel Liggin, James Drewery, Marion Gilpin, Mabel Kelley, Thomas E. Liggin, Maurice Liggin, Rose Arrington and Aretha Liggin.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, IDA F. DANDRIDGE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DANIEL LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JAMES DREWERY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MARION GILPIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MABEL KELLEY, upon information and belief

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

IDA F. DANDRIDGE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-3995 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 713 Mitchell Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000280/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Ida F. Dandridge, Daniel Liggin, James Drewery, Marion Gilpin, Mabel Kelley, Thomas E. Liggin, Maurice Liggin, Rose Arrington and Aretha Liggin.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, IDA F. DANDRIDGE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DANIEL LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JAMES DREWERY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MARION GILPIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MABEL KELLEY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, THOMAS E. LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MAURICE LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROSE ARRINGTON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ARETHA LIGGIN, 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,

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

IDA F. DANDRIDGE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-3994 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 711 Mitchell Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000280/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Ida F. Dandridge, Daniel Liggin, James Drewery, Marion Gilpin, Mabel Kelley, Thomas E. Liggin, Maurice Liggin, Rose Arrington and Aretha Liggin.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, IDA F. DANDRIDGE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DANIEL LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JAMES DREWERY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MARION GILPIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MABEL KELLEY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, THOMAS E. LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MAURICE LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROSE ARRINGTON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ARETHA LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/ or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that IDA F. DANDRIDGE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DANIEL LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JAMES DREWERY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MARION GILPIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MABEL KELLEY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or

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

GOT, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4356 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3205 Stockton Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0002132/012, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, GOT, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, GOT, LLC, a cancelled Virginia corporation, 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 GOT, LLC, a cancelled Virginia corporation, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

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B6 October 4-6, 2018

Sports Plus MLB playoffs start Oct. 4

By Fred Jeter After a grinding seven-month regular season, Major League Baseball is starting all over this week with playoffs leading to the World Series.

There are story lines aplenty.

After going nearly seven decades without a World Series, will the Houston Astros — founded in 1962 — win the October classic for the second year running?

Will the long overdue Cleveland Indians win its first World Series since 1948?

Will the Boston Red Sox, the best team by far in the regular season, be top dog in the postseason, too?

Can the Atlanta Braves, improved from 72-90 in 2017 to 92-70 this season, keep it up?

Is it “Miller Time” finally for the Miller Park-based Milwaukee Brewers who are looking for their first World Series crown?

Housed near Hollywood, the Los Angeles Dodgers haven’t won a World Series since “Rain Man” was a box office hit in 1988.

DIVISIONAL MATCHUPS (Best of five) American League (Televised on TBS) • Wild Card (N.Y. Yankees/Oakland) winner at Boston, starts Friday, Oct. 5 • Cleveland at Houston, starts Friday, Oct. 5 National League (Televised on FS1/MLB networks) • Atlanta at Los Angeles, starts Thursday, Oct. 4 • Wild Card (Chicago Cubs/Colorado) at Milwaukee, starts Thursday, Oct. 4 Division champions Boston Red Sox Manager: Alex Cora, first year, native of Puerto Rico Record: 108-54, first in AL East Leading hitter: Mookie Betts, .346 Home run leader: J.D. Martinez, 41 RBI leader: Martinez, 130 Most pitching wins: Rick Porcello, 17 World Series titles: Eight; most recent in 2013 Fun fact: On Dec. 26, 1919, Boston made perhaps the worst transaction in sports history when team owner/theatrical agent Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees to help finance his Broadway play, “No, No Nanette.” Ruth would go on to become one of the sport’s all-time greats.

Cleveland Indians Manager: Terry Francona, sixth season Record: 91-71, first in AL Central Leading hitter: Mike Brantley, .309 Home run leader: Jose Ramirez, 39 RBI leader: Edwin Encarnacion, 107 Most pitching victories: Corey Kluber, 20-7 World Series titles: 1920 and 1948 Fun fact: In 1947, the Cleveland Indians introduced outfielder Larry Doby as the first African-American player in the American League. Doby became a seven-time All-Star and was inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988. In 1978, he served one season as manager of the Chicago White Sox. Houston Astros Manager: A.J. Hinch, fourth season Record: 103-59, first in AL West Leading hitter: Jose Altuve, .315 Home run leader: Alex Bregman, 31 RBI leader: Bregman, 103 Most pitching victories: Justin Verlander, 16-9 World Series titles: 2017 Fun fact: The Houston Astros joined the National League in 1962 as an expansion team, along with the New York Mets. The Franchise originally was called Colt .45s, but the name was changed to the Astros in 1965 when the team moved to the Astrodome, baseball’s first domed stadium.

Atlanta Braves Manager: Brian Snitker, fourth season Record: 90-72, first in NL East Leading hitter: Freddie Freeman, .309 Home run leader: Ronald Acuna Jr., 26 RBI leader: Freeman, 98 Most pitching victories: Mike Foltynewicz, 13-10 World Series titles: 1914, 1957 and 1995 Fun fact: From 1966 to 2008, Atlanta’s top farm club in the International League was the Richmond Braves. The Richmond Braves played at Parker Field from 1966 to 1984 and at The Diamond from 1985 to 2008. Stars included Tommie Aaron, Deion Sanders, Chipper Jones and John Smoltz.

Milwaukee Brewers Manager: Craig Counsell, fourth season Record: 96-67, first in NL Central (defeated Cubs in tie breaker) Leading hitter: Christian Yelich, .323 Home run leader: Yelich, 36 RBI leader: Jesus Aguilar, 142 Most pitching victories: Jhoulys Chacin, 15-8 World Series titles: None Fun fact: Hank Aaron began his career with the Milwaukee Braves and finished his career with the Milwaukee Brewers. “The Hammer” played for the Milwaukee Braves from 1954 to 1965 and with the Atlanta Braves from

1966 to 1974. He hit 22 homers with the Brewers in 1975-1976 at ages of 41 and 42. He hit his 755th and final homer July 20, 1976, at Milwaukee County Stadium.

Los Angeles Dodgers Manager: Dave Roberts, third season, lone African-American manager in the playoffs Record: 92-71, first in NL West Leading hitter: Justin Turner, .313 Home run leader: Max Muncy, 34 RBI leader: Matt Kemp, 85 Most pitching victories: Rich Hill, 11-5 World Series titles: Six; most recent 1988 Fun fact: While in Brooklyn, the Dodgers got a head start on baseball regarding the signing of African-American players.

Between 1947 and 1953, the Dodgers had four African-Americans who were named Rookies of the Year — infielder Jackie Robinson in 1947, pitcher Don Newcombe in 1949, pitcher Joe Black in 1952 and infielder Jim Gilliam in 1953. The Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958.

Special note: Wild card playoff entry New York Yankees (100-62, second in AL East behind Boston) set an all-time record for the most homers in a season with 266.

Giancarlo Stanton led the assault with 38.

Six different Yankees players swatted at least 20 homers.

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successors in interest, THOMAS E. LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MAURICE LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROSE ARRINGTON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ARETHA LIGGIN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

DEVELOPMENT, INC., an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-1237/022, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, George Hill and Ida Hill.

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

IT IS ORDERED that GEORGE HILL, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, IDA HILL, upon information and belief deceased, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

successors in interest, and GERALDINE ANDERSON, 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 VIVIAN CLAIBORNE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and THERESA HARRIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, who may have an ownership interest in said property have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; 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 MANUEL ANDERSON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, GERALDINE ANDERSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, VIVIAN CLAIBORNE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, THERESA HARRIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

W. A. GREGORY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4307 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 42 West 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000412/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, W. A. Gregory.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, W. A. GREGORY, per deeds filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book Deed Book 9, page 35 on July 16, 1888, Deed Book 30 page 250 in 1907 and Deed Book 31 page 179 in 1908, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that W. A. GREGORY, per deeds filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book Deed Book 9, page 35 on July 16, 1888, Deed Book 30 page 250 in 1907 and Deed Book 31 page 179 in 1908, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E012-0285/027, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Catherine M. Meredith.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CATHERINE M. MEREDITH, 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; FIRST RESOLUTION INVESTMENT CORP., an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/ or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that CATHERINE M. MEREDITH and FIRST RESOLUTION INVESTMENT CORP., an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

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

MANDEL D. SUTTON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18- 4001 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 704 Webster Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000280/010, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mandel D. Sutton.

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

IT IS ORDERED that MANDEL D. SUTTON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

THE FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR DEVELOPMENT, INC., et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4328 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3216 2nd Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001070004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, The Foundation for Senior Development, Inc.

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

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. LEONARD J. BYRD, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-3963 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2811 Burfoot Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0001121/023, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Leonard J. Byrd.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, LEONARD J. BYRD, 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 LEONARD J. BYRD, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

LEONARD J. BYRD, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-3964 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2810 Burfoot Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0001121/020, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Leonard J. Byrd.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, LEONARD J. BYRD, 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 LEONARD J. BYRD, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

GEORGE HILL, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4269 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

CHIN UP, LLC, TRUSTEE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-3946 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2009 Halifax Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000642/015, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Chin Up, LLC, Trustee of the 2009 Halifax Avenue Land Trust.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, 2009 HALIFAX AVENUE LAND TRUST, 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 2009 HALIFAX AVENUE LAND TRUST, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

MANUEL ANDERSON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4178 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1401 North 32nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0800/009, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Manuel Anderson and Geraldine Anderson.

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

PATRICIA DANIELS, TRUSTEE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-3451 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 201 Bermuda Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C006-0422/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Patricia Daniels, Michael Henderson and James I. Johnson, Jr., Trustees for the Crusade for Christ Family Worship Church.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, PAT R I C I A D A N I E L S , MICHAEL HENDERSON, and JAMES I. JOHNSON, JR., TRUSTEES for the Crusade for Christ Family Worship Church, 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 “Partie Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that PAT R I C I A D A N I E L S , MICHAEL HENDERSON, and JAMES I. JOHNSON, JR., TRUSTEES for the Crusade for Christ Family Wo r s h i p C h u r c h , a n d Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

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

LEONARD J. BYRD, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-3965 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 32 East 28th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0001121/002, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Leonard J. Byrd.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, LEONARD J. BYRD, 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 LEONARD J. BYRD, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

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

CATHERINE M. MEREDITH, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-3916 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2004 Newbourne Street,

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henrico.us/purchasing/ COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION BID ITB# 18-1750-9JCK High School Athletic Field Improvements – Phase 2 Henrico High School Highland Springs High School J. R. Tucker High School Due 2:30 pm, October 23, 2018 Additional information available at: http://www. henrico.us/purchasing/

LICENSE NK Broad street LLC Trading as: Nama & Switch, 13-15 W Broad Street, Richmond, City of Richmond, Virginia 23220-4212

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is applying to the VIRGINIA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) Authority for a Wine and Beer On Premise and Mixed Beverage Restaurant license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Neal Patel & Kunal Shah, Members LLC

NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at ww.w.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

ATTENTION: Kim Ulyssee Benson, Official 30 Day Legal Notice (09/06/2018 - 10/05/2018) Possible Inheritance, Call: (804) 477-9178

Thank you for your interest in applying for opportunities with The City of Richmond.

To see what opportunities are available, please refer to our website at www.richmondgov.com.

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Install/troubleshoot desktop computers, laptops, printers & phone systems. Mail resume to M. Byrom, McCandlish Holton, PC, P.O. Box 796, Richmond, VA 23218.

BID COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION ITB # 18-1752-9CLE – Montezuma Farm & Circle Water Line Rehabilitation – Provide ductile iron water line and appurtenances; water service connections, abandoning existing water lines, and restoring pavement.

Due 3:00 pm, October 23, 2018. Additional information available at: https://henrico. us/finance/divisions/ purchasing/.

COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide “A Proposal for Annual Engineering and Related Services, Geotechnical Quality Control and Special Inspections” Pursuant to RFP# 181754-9JCK is due by 2:30 p.m., October 26, 2018.

The Request for Proposal is available at: http://www.

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Trades Technician I (00089)

HIRING RANGE: $16,472-38,000 (Commensurate with qualifications and experience) CLOSING DATE: October 8, 2018 at 11:59 p.m.

GENERAL INFORMATION: John Tyler Community College is a two-year public institution of higher education and one of the largest of the 23 community colleges in Virginia. With campuses in Chester and Midlothian in the metropolitan Richmond area and at off-campus classrooms throughout the area, John Tyler Community College provides quality educational opportunities that inspire student success and community vitality. The College’s vision is a success story for every student.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide and maintain a safe, comfortable and attractive campus environment that is conducive to teaching and learning. This position is responsible for landscape maintenance of College grounds. Care and maintenance of lawns, plantings, flowerbeds, paved, and natural areas. Operation and maintenance of vehicles and equipment. Compliance with safety standards. Classroom set-ups and deliveries. Other duties as assigned by Supervisor of Building and Grounds. Primary worksite located at the Midlothian campus. Serves as essential personnel during inclement weather and/or College closures.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: High school diploma (or equivalent) required. Prior experience in grounds maintenance preferred. Certified pesticide applicator’s license required. Ability to follow oral and written instructions regarding a variety of grounds maintenance tasks, knowledge of planting and maintenance methods, and use of power grounds maintenance equipment. Requires ability to work outdoors in various weather conditions for extended periods of times. Excellent customer service and communication skills for interacting and collaborating with a diverse group of employees, subordinates, students, and visitors to the college campus. Ability to take initiative and contribute to a high level of team performance and morale with little supervision. Must be able to lift and carry 50 lbs. Valid Virginia Driver’s license is required. Background check required. *All full-time classified employees new to the Commonwealth of Virginia will serve a 12-month probationary period.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Acceptable application packages are those submitted through the Commonwealth of Virginia career website located at https://virginiajobs.peopleadmin.com/. REQUIRED: A fully completed state application. Applications which are not complete or state “see resume” will not be accepted. Applications submitted through other websites are not considered as applying to the position. Should you need assistance or have questions, please contact Cherie Watts at (804) 594-1417.

John Tyler Community College embraces a culture of diversity and inclusion that empowers anyone from anywhere to be successful in their academic and professional pursuits. We strive to provide an environment that is enriching to all by understanding and appreciating our dimensions of diversity, becoming global citizens, and welcoming new ways of engaging the unique contributions of all people.