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First day of school has ups and downs for Richmond families with online learning

By Ronald E. Carrington

When the first day of school came to an end Tuesday, Richmond Public Schools parents Safiya and Kendell Wilson happily exhaled.

Their sons, Kevin, 8, and Kyle, 6, are students at Chimborazo Elementary School. Kevin is in third grade, while Kyle is a first-grader.

The brothers had an easy time logging on with their Chromebooks and being on time for the first day after a quick walkthrough by Kyle’s teacher.

The Wilsons, who both work at night, were standing by to help out. They said they will do whatever needs to be done to make sure their sons stay excited and engaged as they work with their classmates and complete online and offline assignments.

For 24,000 RPS students and parents, this was a first day like no other. Because of the coronavirus, students will be learning online for at least the first semester.

“We are all about opening with love,” RPS Superintendent Jason Kamras said on Tuesday. “The administration knows virtual learning is new and scary. That’s why our mantra is ‘Low Stress. High Grace.’ Shower everyone with grace.”

Grace settled in at the Wilson household.

“Kevin and Kyle saw about 10 to 12 of their classmates and friends, as well as their teachers as they introduced themselves,” Mrs. Wilson said. “There were enough students on the screen to know that they understood the process. Thankfully, they got it.”

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Chimborazo Elementary School students Kyle, 6, left, and Kevin Wilson, 8, connect with their teachers and classmates Tuesday, the first day of school, using Chromebooks provided by Richmond Public Schools. The kitchen table at the Wilson family’s Fulton home was turned into a virtual classroom when school began at 9:15 a.m., with mom Safiya Wilson monitoring activity.

City day care program rolls out with waiting list

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Christopher J. Woody said he hasn’t slowed down since donating a kidney to his cousin for transplant in 2013. He will be featured on NASCAR driver Joey Gase’s No. 51 car to promote living donors during Saturday’s race at Richmond Raceway.

Man’s gift of life to be highlighted during NASCAR race Saturday

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

When a 14-year-old cousin’s kidneys failed, Christopher J. Woody stepped up after testing found him genetically compatible. He donated one of his kidneys to save Tyshawn Morris’ life.

This weekend, Donate Life Virginia and NASCAR driver Joey Gase are teaming up to make Mr. Woody the face of organ donation Saturday, Sept. 12, when the stock cars return to race the oval at Richmond Raceway in Henrico County.

The 35-year-old Richmond resident will have his face plastered on Mr. Gase’s car No. 51 of which Donate Life is a sponsor to help call attention to and promote organ donations from the living.

“This is the first time ever we will feature a living donor on the car,” said Lara Malbon, executive director of Donate Life Virginia, the state’s 40-year-old organ registry that has made car sponsorship an element of its marketPlease turn to A4

The new school year launched Tuesday with all classes online in Richmond, but the promise of a robust, city-supported day care program for children of working parents and for parents with weak links to the internet has yet to be fulfilled — and it is unclear when it will be.

As Mayor Levar M. Stoney announced Wednesday that the first two day care sites supported by city subsidies had opened, all 80 slots at the two sites being managed by the YMCA through its Student Success Program are already filled and have waiting lists.

Despite a rush to get more sites open, City Hall delivered its own blow to parents desperate for a safe and secure space to leave their children and where students could be linked into virtual Richmond Public School classes under adult supervision.

Even as he talked up the need, Mayor Stoney kept silent on the internal decision blocking use of the city’s recreation centers as potential day care sites.

Fearing his staff could be infected by COVID-19, Chris-

Paging Dr. Webb Political cards lined up for young, Black M.D.-J.D. from Charlottesville

By Reginald Stuart

This time a year ago, Dr. Cameron Webb of Charlottesville had no idea he would be among the top contenders this fall for election to the U.S. House of Representatives.

The 37-year-old Democrat, a former White House Fellow and physician at the University of Virginia Health System who holds both a medical degree and a law degree, is running in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District centered in the Piedmont region.

The district, which encompasses an area with more square miles than the state of New Jersey, stretches for more than 200 miles from Fauquier County in Northern Virginia through 21 counties and the cities of Charlottesville and Danville to the North Carolina border.

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topher Frelke, director of the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities, issued a statement last week that he would not allow any use of the community centers that have been shuttered almost since COVID-19 arrived in Richmond around March 18.

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

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

Location

Thursday, Sept. 10, 4 to 6 p.m.

Hotchkiss Field Community Center 701 E. Brookland Park Blvd. in North Side

Saturday, Sept. 12, 9 to 11 a.m.

Fairfield Middle School 5121 Nine Mile Road in Eastern Henrico If it rains, event moved to Sept. 14 at Diversity Richmond.

Monday, Sept. 14, 4 to 6 p.m.

Diversity Richmond 1407 Sherwood Ave. in North Side

Tuesday, Sept. 15, 4 to 6 p.m.

Broad Rock Community Center 4165 Ferguson Lane, South Side

Thursday, Sept. 17, 9 to 11 a.m.

Robinson Theater Community Arts Center 2903 Q St., East End

People are advised to bring an umbrella in case of inclement weather or to use as shade from the sun while waiting in line.

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

Walk-up testing will be offered while test supplies last.

The Chesterfield County Health Department also is offering free COVID-19 testing at the following location: Date

Location

Friday, Sept. 11, 5 to 7 p.m.

Faith and Family Center 7900 Walmsley Blvd.

Testing is encouraged for those who have COVID-19 symptoms, and it is free for those who are uninsured or underinsured.

Some appointments will be reserved for walk-ups, but appointments are recommended by contacting the Chesterfield County Health Department at (804) 318-8207.

The Virginia Department of Health reported on Wednesday a total of 129,289 positive cases of COVID-19 statewide, along with 10,008 hospitalizations and 2,697 deaths. Officials reported a 7.8 percent positivity rate statewide.

According to the data, African-Americans comprised 25.7 percent of cases and 26.8 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 31.8 percent of the cases and 10.8 percent of deaths.

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GRTC announces service changes beginning Sept. 13 Free Press staff report

On Sunday, Sept. 13, GRTC will usher in a series of service changes.

Those include upgraded Sunday service to Southside Plaza, reintroduction of regular service to Providence Park in North Side, improved connections with Bon Secours-St. Mary’s Hospital in Henrico County and a shutdown of service to the Oakwood section of Church Hill, the transit company has announced.

Here are the changes by route: 1) New Sunday-only route between Chamberlayne Avenue at Wilmer Avenue in Henrico County to Southside Plaza, with connections to routes 1A and 1C to improve reliability and ontime performance. Will operate on a 30-minute schedule.

1A) Chamberlayne/Hull/Midlothian. Sunday only, route will operate between Southside Plaza and Spring Rock Green Center on Midlothian Turnpike in Chesterfield County.

1C) Chamberlayne/Hull/Elkhardt. Sunday only, route will operate between Southside Plaza and Chippenham Shopping Center on Hull Street Road in Richmond, adjacent to the new River City Middle School.

2B) North Avenue/Jahnke/Midlothian. Adds bus stop at Hazelhurst Avenue and Ladies Mile Road to serve Providence Park.

(2A and 2C buses will not detour off North Avenue.)

39) Fairmount/Oakwood service suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. Service to The Market@25th continues via routes 7A, 7B and 12.

50) Service on Broad Street extended east to 2nd and Marshall streets, instead of ending at Meadow Street.

75) Three Chopt route canceled. (University of Richmond served by Route 77.)

76) Patterson Avenue route adjusted to serve Bon Secours-St. Mary’s Hospital.

77) Grove Avenue route adjusted to serve University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University academic campuses. Service to Willow Lawn and Bon Secours-St. Mary’s eliminated.

78) Cary/Maymont route to operate every 40 minutes, instead of every hour, to improve service.

79) Patterson/Parham route adjusted to serve Bon SecoursSt. Mary’s.

86 and 87) Broad Rock/Walmsley and Bellemeade/Hopkins routes separated to improve service.

28x) White Oak Village service canceled. (Service continues from White Oak to Downtown on routes 7A, 7B and 56.)

102x) King’s Dominion service suspended.

City to begin replacing sodium streetlights with LED lights During the next two years, Richmond will install longerlasting LED lights in 7,500 streetlights — the first big step to a full conversion.

The project, expected to cost more than $3.3 million, involves replacing the current high-pressure sodium lights with the lightemitting diodes, or LED lights, that consume less energy and last four times as long.

Richmond currently operates about 37,000 streetlights, according to the Department of Public Utilities.

The department began testing LED lighting in 2018 in six areas.

LED lighting initially is more expensive, costing $440 per fixture compared with $240 per fixture for sodium, the department stated. But the LED lights save money over time. They are 80 percent more efficient in generating light than sodium and last 20 years compared to five for the sodium lighting, the department noted.

Early in-person voting starts Friday, Sept. 18 Voting information The presidential election, as well as contests for U.S. Senate, Congress, Richmond City Council and Richmond School Board, will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

• Deadline to register to vote in November election: Tuesday, Oct. 13 • Early in-person voting: Friday, Sept. 18, through Saturday, Oct. 31 • Deadline to request an absentee ballot: Friday, Oct. 23 Contact: Virginia Department of Elections, www.elections. virginia.gov, for details on early in-person voting, voting by mail, requesting an absentee ballot to vote by mail and acceptable forms of ID to vote.

Richmond Early in-person voting: • Richmond Voter Registrar’s Office, 2134 W. Laburnum Ave. – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday • City Hall, 900 E. Broad St. in Downtown and Hickory Hill Community Center, 3000 E. Belt Blvd. in South Side – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday • All three locations open for early voting 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 24, and Saturday, Oct. 31 Details: (804) 646-5950 or www.richmondgov.com/registrar/ Henrico County Early in-person voting: • Henrico Western Government Center, Voter Registrar’s Office, Administration Building Annex Room 105, 4305 E. Parham Road – 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday • Henrico Eastern Government Center, Room 100, 3820 Nine Mile Road – 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

• Both locations open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, 17, 24 and 31 Details: (804) 501-4347 or henrico.us/registrar/ Chesterfield County Early in-person voting: • Chesterfield Voter Registrar’s Office, 9848 Lori Road – 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

• Beginning Monday, Oct. 19, four satellite locations open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. They are Meadowdale Library, 4301 Meadowdale Blvd.; LaPrade Library, 9000 Hull Street Road; North Courthouse Road Library, 325 Courthouse Road; and Ettrick-Matoaca Library, 4501 River Road.

• All five locations open for early voting 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 24, and Saturday, Oct. 31.

Details: (804) 748-1471 or www.chesterfield.gov/Registrar Hanover County Early in-person voting: • Hanover County Government Complex, Wickham Building, 7497 County Complex Road – 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday • Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, and Saturday, Oct. 31 Details: (804) 365-6080 or www.hanovercounty.gov/365/ voting

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Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

A new sign now sits on the grassy circle at Monument and Allen avenues where the Robert E. Lee statue sits. The original sign informally renaming the circle for Marcus-David Peters, a 24-year-old high school biology teacher who was shot and killed by Richmond Police officer in 2018 during what has been described as a mental crisis, was cut down by an unknown person or people around Aug. 16. State officials and law enforcement said at the time there was no official order for its removal. The new sign was put in place Aug. 30.

City Council approves ban of guns at protests, gatherings

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond Police gained a new tool to crack down on people carrying rifles, handguns or shotguns at protests or other gatherings, including during continuing racial justice and police brutality protests.

Richmond City Council voted 9-0 Tuesday to expand the previously approved gun ban that already makes it illegal to carry firearms into city buildings and parks.

The expansion would make it illegal to “possess, carry or transport” firearms, ammunition or firearm components on streets, medians and other city-owned property near gatherings that would require a city permit whether organizers secured one or not.

Although the mayor described the ordinance as applying to all public events and festivals held in Richmond, the proposal appears to be aimed at the armed volunteers

who accompany Black Lives Matter and racial justice protesters and have described themselves as providing security.

Mayor Levar M. Stoney introduced the proposal to City Council inAugust in the wake of loud criticism of armed security at recent BLM events and other demonstrations.

Police Chief Gerald M. Smith vigorously supported the measure. Since taking over as chief this summer, Chief Smith has taken a tougher approach to the protests that recently have appeared to wane, allowing more arrests for alleged transgressions despite a series of lawsuits alleging violations of constitutional rights or injury from police.

Under the new law, police would have to publicly post signs announcing the ban before enforcing it against armed people joining marches that disrupt traffic or attending public demonstrations at the Lee

statue and in other areas of the city.

The law would not apply to “spontaneous demonstrations,” but could be applied to any event announced via social media or other public source of information.

Violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor that carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a fine of up to $2,500.

Philip Van Cleave, president of the gun rights advocacy group Virginia Citizens Defense League, considers such laws an overreach that have little to do with public safety.

He is most concerned that the city law would impact people who have permits to carry concealed weapons.

According to Mr. Van Cleave, the law is a response to the sight of legally armed Black people participating in protests against police brutality and the fear that engenders even in Virginia where open carry of weapons is legal.

Consumers overtaxed?

Receipts show it happened, but now changed

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Be aware: Some corporations appear to be collecting more sales tax from customers than the state or local governments require.

One example is 7-Eleven, which has been overcharging for city meals taxes on beverages and food it discounts to customers using its rewards cards.

Take a medium cup of coffee, which 7-Eleven regularly sells for $1.69 in Richmond, but reduces to $1 for those with a rewards card.

The combined state and Richmond sales and meals tax on $1.69 amounts to 22 cents.

7-Eleven kept charging 22 cents in tax even when the price per cup was discounted to $1 so that people were being charged $1.22.

If the state and local taxes were applied to $1, the total price would be $1.13, or 9 cents less tax, which, according to the city Finance Department and state Department of Taxation, is the right amount.

After customers began asking questions, 7-Eleven reviewed its practice. In recent weeks, receipts show the company now is collecting the correct amount of tax from purchasers with rewards cards.

Both the state and city tax department require companies to collect tax on the price the customer is charged, even if it

is a discounted price.

The only time a company should charge tax at an undiscounted price is when a customer presents a manufacturer’s coupon that cuts the price, the state Department of Taxation’s policy states.

The reasoning: The customer is reducing the price, not the seller. But if the seller cuts the price before receiving money, then the sales tax is to be applied only to the price the customer pays, the department notes.

According to the department, a rewards card provided by a seller represents an internal decision to discount the price and is not the same as a coupon that an entity unrelated to the seller provides.

Committee recommends new names for Hanover’s ex-Confederate schools

By George Copeland, Jr.

Twin Rivers High School and Mechanicsville Middle School.

Those are the names a Hanover County school renaming committee have recommended to replace the Confederate names of the former Lee-Davis High and Stonewall Jackson Middle schools.

The recommendations, which will be up for final approval Sept. 16 by the Hanover School Board, were announced Tuesday following roughly three weeks of input from county residents.

The committee, made up of students, parents and community members, selected the names to reflect the county itself, while following School Board policy in not naming the schools after any people, living or deceased, according to a Hanover County Public Schools news release.

“Twin Rivers pays homage to the Pamunkey and Chickahominy rivers, which provide

the natural boundaries for the school community,” the news release read. “Mechanicsville is also in line with School Board policy and reflects the geographical location served by the school and is easily identifiable to anyone in the Mechanicsville community.”

The committee received more than 3,000 suggestions for new names for the schools, ranging from names tied to local history to the state tree and flower. The committee narrowed it down to 14 names for each school, with those names submitted to residents in a poll.

Based on the poll results, the committee then chose three finalists for each school, which were then submitted to the public in a second poll that closed Sept. 3. Those names were Creek Run, Willow Branch and Mechanicsville for the middle school and Clearview, Mechanicsville and Twin Rivers for the high school.

The Hanover School Board voted 4-3 on July 14 to rename the schools and their mas-

cots to eliminate ties to the Confederacy.

Robert N. Barnette Jr., president of the Hanover Branch NAACP, expressed his approval during a telephone interview Tuesday night of how the committee’s final two recommended names follow School Board policy and lack connection to or veneration of the Confederacy.

“I think our ancestors will rest easy now that our Black and brown kids don’t have to go to schools that were named for people who held our ancestors in captivity and slavery,” said Mr. Barnette, who has been one of the most consistent critics of the schools’ former names.

The Hanover NAACP filed a federal lawsuit last year seeking to have the Confederate names eliminated.

A separate school-based process to select new mascots will take place once the new names have been approved, according to officials. Details on that process will be available later.

Kanye West appeals judge’s ruling keeping his name off Virginia ballot Free Press wire, staff report

Rapper Kanye West is appealing a ruling by Richmond Circuit Court Judge Joi Jeter Taylor that would keep his name off the presidential ballots in Virginia.

Judge Taylor’s Sept. 3 ruling disqualified Mr. West because he failed to meet a requirement that 13 people pledge their support for his campaign. Judge Taylor ruled that 11 of the 13 “Elector Oaths” the West campaign submitted were invalid, including some that were “obtained by improper, fraudulent and/or misleading means.”

Earlier in September, a law firm with ties to prominent Democrats sued on behalf of two people who said they were tricked into signing such an oath.

Mr. West, who has hired new attorneys, filed the appeal Tuesday night, seeking expedited consideration. The presidential election is Nov. 3, with early voting scheduled to start next week on Sept. 18.

The attorneys, Trevor Stanley and Mark Braden, are with the firm BakerHostetler headquartered in Cleveland, and have extensive ties to the Republican Party, according to the Virginia Attorney General’s Office.

The two lawyers represented the Republican Party of Virginia in its opposition to suspending the witness requirement for Virginia’s June primary elections.

Mr. West announced a presidential bid in July, saying he’s seeking the nation’s highest office on a ticket he calls the “Birthday Party.” His quixotic campaign has led to lawsuits in several states over whether his name should be on ballots.

Democrats claim Republicans are pushing Mr. West’s candidacy in swing states to siphon Black votes from Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

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First day of school has ups and downs for Richmond families Continued from A1

ments,” Ms. Wilson said. “First Kyle did 10 jumping jacks while Kevin put together a puzzle with his class.

“My husband and I were excited because Kevin and Kyle were excited about school. It is working out,” she said. “So far, so good.”

But things were not going so smoothly for other families on Tuesday.

Sundae Smith, a single mother working the night shift at Tyson Foods, said she didn’t think RPS was ready for virtual teaching and students were not ready to try it.

Picking up lunch at Holton Elementary School for her 6-year-old daughter, Shaylynn, a first-grader, and her 3-year-old China Barksdale, a preschooler who was to attend Mary Scott Elementary, Ms. Smith felt overwhelmed and talked about chaos in the school.

“No one seems to know exactly what we are doing or what’s going on,” she said. “It feels like the district is winging it.”

To compound her frustrations, Ms. Smith said she does not have a desk at home for Shaylynn and will need to find a quiet space in her home for her daughter to participate in virtual learning every day.

Ms. Smith also wondered how preschoolers, with their very short attention span, will sit in front of a computer or laptop screen and learn.

Asked if she watches RPS School Board meetings or informational updates and discussions for parents and students on Zoom, Ms. Smith replied, “No, because my night shift does not allow the time.”

In an interview early Tuesday morning, Mr. Kamras acknowledged there would be some technological bumps as the school system, students and family get back into the educational groove.

Mr. Kamras and his wife have two sons Ezra,11, a sixthgrader at Henderson Middle School, and Akiva, 9, at Holton Elementary School.

He said the first week is for parents and students to get ac-

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Richmond Public Schools nutritional worker Yukuri Canesius, left, and Superintendent Jason Kamras welcome Thomas Jefferson High school student Syasia Anderson and her family Tuesday morning at the meal distribution site in the parking lot of Ms. Girlee’s Kitchen in Fulton before the start of virtual classes at 9:15 a.m.

climated to the new teaching process and to work through any technical issues so everyone becomes comfortable.

“We want everyone to be able to really dive in the second week,” Mr. Kamras said. “We have instructed teachers to not give tests or new material the first two weeks so that students can easily adjust to the new instructional format.”

While more than 16,000 Chromebooks were issued to students during the summer, more laptops were needed and are now on backlog and expected by the end of September. RPS issued tablets to students in the interim.

Additionally, tech support has been stepped up for teachers and families as the daily log-in volume has increased for full scale scheduling and ensuring access to assignments.

For families needing desks for their children, RPS is distribut-

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ing when the NASCAR series comes to Richmond.

“We feature an organ donor at every race on the car, but previously they were all deceased,” Ms. Malbon said.

She said she recommended to a board committee that Mr. Woody become the first living donor to be featured after he tagged her in an Instagram post about his donation experience. She found his story compelling and a way to promote such gifts.

“We need more people like him,” Ms. Malbon said. “People can wait up to five years for a donated kidney, and he shows that one can donate and live a full life.

That’s a story we need to tell.”

Mr. Woody is thrilled at the tribute and the message he will help send to others to give life while they are alive.

“I’m blessed to be part of this,” he said. “I want people to know they can give without having to be afraid the donation will limit them.”

The George Wythe High School graduate said he is proof.

“I was up and walking around one day after the surgery, and I’ve never looked back,” he said.

Mr. Woody, the busy father of a young son, works two jobs and runs The Woody Foundation, a nonprofit he founded to help young people build successful lives.

Mr. Woody donated his kidney for transplant in 2013. In the seven years since, “the donation has never slowed me down,” he said. “I play football, dance, skate and do everything I want to do.”

A cousin of former Richmond Sheriff

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Donate Life Virginia, the state’s organ registry organization, is the sponsor of the race car shown in this mock up that bears Christopher J. Woody’s likeness and will be driven in Saturday’s Federated Auto Parts 400 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race in Richmond.

C.T. Woody Jr., Mr. Woody believes so strongly in organ donation that he is on a list of potential donors to give 40 percent of his liver to a child in need.

“I know if I get the call that I’ll be helping a child regain health and have a chance at a fulfilling life,” he said.

Mr. Gase arrives in town later this week for the Go Bowling NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Friday, Sept. 11, and the Federated Auto Parts 400 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race on Saturday, Sept. 12. He could not immediately be reached for comment.

Mr. Gase, a 27-year-old native of Iowa, is scheduled to meet Mr. Woody at an area restaurant Saturday before the race starts.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Woody and his family cannot go to the track.

Mr. Gase, who began racing in 2001 in the junior division at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is well known as a passionate advocate for organ donation. When he was 18, he signed the papers to donate his mother’s organs following her sudden death from a brain aneurysm at age 44.

He often speaks about organ donation and uses his car to spread awareness of the need. At each race, his car is adorned with the face of a donor, recipient or a person on a waiting list.

“I’ve wanted to do what I can,” Mr. Gase previously has said. “I’ve been fortunate enough to meet two of my mom’s recipients and to see the impact, knowing if it wasn’t for my Mom choosing organ donation, they might not be here today.”

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children and pre-teens from 4 to 8 p.m. on school days.

That program, for youngsters ages 6 to 12, launched Tuesday at 20 recreation centers. Mr. Frelke said it would run Monday through Friday, weather permitting, until Oct. 23.

Meanwhile, Mayor Stoney said that efforts continue to start day care in five buildings the Richmond School Board has agreed to allow. One hundred slots will be available at each, including Blackwell, Miles Jones and Linwood Holton elementary schools, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School and Huguenot High School.

He said the sites are expected to open sometime in September, but there are still some hurdles to opening before a specific date can be announced.

City Hall and RPS are still crafting a memorandum of understanding required by the School Board to determine the parameters of use, the mayor said. Also, the buildings would need to be disinfected once they are cleared for use.

According to Eva Colen, the mayor’s senior policy adviser, four of the buildings would be used for YMCA Student Success Centers. The Y started its city programs Tuesday using two churches, Movement Church on Patterson Avenue in the West End and Battery Park Christian Church on Brook Road in North Side.

As a result of the city’s subsidy, the cost to parents would be relatively inexpensive — $33 a week at maximum, with free service for children of people receiving Temporary Aid for Needy Families, food stamps or other government assistance.

Private providers without subsidy are charging at least $85 a week to provide places where children can attend virtual classes while their parents work.

The city also plans to provide one school building to the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority, which offers services to special needs students with Individualized Education Programs, or IEPs. RBHA would get Medicaid reimbursement and not need city help, but would use the school building to serve 100 of its existing clients, Ms. Colen said. That program would not be open to others.

The question remains whether the plan for day care will fill the need, or if parents will be left to fend for themselves.

Demand is still uncertain. The only data available is from an RPS survey that drew 1,300 responses and found that 63 percent of responding parents, or 850, needed day care services for their children, largely to keep their jobs.

RPS Superintendent Jason Kamras acknowledged to a City Council committee last week that virtual school has turned up a major equity issue that RPS cannot resolve — the fact that broadband or high-speed internet service is at best spotty and often non-existent in public housing communities. They were never wired for it, he said.

Mr. Kamras said the school system has distributed some wireless hot spots in a bid to improve service, but he said those often operate well only in one room in a public housing residence.

He said parents with children in different grades face a challenge in trying to have each child attend his or her virtual class while another child is involved with

a completely different classroom.

He also acknowledged that not every student has RPS computer equipment linked to the RPS computer system.

Mr. Kamras said that RPS Chromebooks and tablets have been distributed to 95 percent of city students, but added that more than 1,200 students might not be able to have electronic devices until the end of the month. He said that because of an overwhelmed supply chain, the school system’s order for 10,000 laptops has not arrived. The delay, he said, would be compounded by the need to properly configure them to work on the RPS system.

That’s a problem that Shaquira Robinson is facing. Her children are still on summer vacation because the family has not yet received any RPS equipment.

“I have broadband and it works fine,” Ms. Robinson said. “But my kids have nothing to connect it to. I was told it could be several more weeks.”

She said she would put her children in day care so they could start classes, but with the city program barely underway, that is not an option.

Shamia Turner also lacks an RPS computer for her child who is starting kindergarten. She bought equipment to beef up the speed of internet service to her apartment in order to keep her job as a customer service representative.

She said city-sponsored day care would be helpful. Her home computer has to be reserved for her work.

The best she can do now is link her child to the classroom using her cell phone.

“However, there is no video. The teacher can only hear my child. That’s not really working well.”

ing 300 desks through the nonprofit organization, JUST C, that is purchasing additional desks to give to students in Central Virginia.

The desks can be picked up by families and educational pods at Clark Springs Elementary School in the West End by contacting Chenice Johnson at JUST C at (804) 244-0231.

The RPS administration has said it will have monthly updates for the School Board on the progress of virtual learning, as well as data on COVID-19 and vaccination availability to determine whether in-person learning will restart for the second semester, which begins Feb. 8.

On Tuesday morning, Jessica Stewart sat on a bench in front of Carver Elementary School after picking up food for her four children.

Her youngest, Dontae Taylor Jr., is in kindergarten at Carver.

The three older children are at Thomas Jefferson High School— Jamel Stewart, 17, a senior; J’Kayah Stewart, 16, a junior; and J’Kayla Stewart, 15, a freshman. All are computer savvy, enjoy virtual learning and did well following the shutdown in March when the coronavirus forced the closure of schools statewide for in-person learning.

Ms. Stewart is confident the fall semester will go well for her children. She also said she feels it’s best for them to learn at home during the pandemic.

“The online reopening is probably better for my children to learn,” Ms. Stewart said. “There is a lot of technology in the world.

They will be able to use it now. All of my children have computers. This is something students should have had already.”

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At a time when public health policy is front and center on the national agenda along with unrest over police brutality and racial inequality, Dr. Webb is ready for the Nov. 3 political contest.

Squeezed in between his work as a hospitalist, including treating patients with COVID-19, and helping organize and conduct coronavirus mitigation efforts, Dr. Webb won a fourway Democratic primary election in late June.

He was a White House Fellow in 2016-17, serving on the health care policy team during the final months of the Obama administration and the first months of the Trump administration. He also worked on criminal justice reform, education and workforce issues through President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative.

That experience, he said, gave him valuable insight in “learning just how powerful the levers are.”

He said his compassion for people and his professional credentials have prepared him to serve as an effective advocate in Washington.

“I think it’s the right time to have a voice like mine in these conversations,” he said.

He has the endorsement of a growing number of public interest groups, labor leaders and established politicians, including U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s vice presidential running mate.

If elected, Dr. Webb would become the first Black physician elected to the House of Representatives, according to the Congressional Research Service.

A native of Spotsylvania County, Dr. Webb earned his bachelor’s degree from U.Va., his medical degree from Wake Forest University and his law degree and health law certificate from Loyola University in Chicago.

Following the fellowship, he and his wife, Leigh-Ann, an emergency services doctor, moved to Charlottesville where they joined the U.Va. medical school staff. In addition to his work as a hospitalist, he is an assistant professor of medicine and public health science and serves as director of health policy and equity, focusing on the needs of underserved and marginalized communities.

Dr. Webb recalled that he and his wife and two children arrived in Charlottesville a week after the August 2017 violent protests and tragic death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who was killed by an avowed white supremacist who drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters during the neo-Nazi “Unite the Right” rally. The turmoil left many unsettled in the usually peaceful community.

If there were second thoughts about the decision to move to Charlottesville given the shattered peace, it did not prompt the couple to abandon course.

“It was a clarion call for us to do better and find a way to do true reconciliation,” Dr. Webb said.

He said he plans to bring his medical skills to the nation’s political operating room to work on health care, education, employment and climate issues.

“It’s up to me to show folks what I bring to the table,” said Dr. Webb. “I aim to be a healer in these spaces,” he said, adding that a growing number of emerging leaders want positive change in American society.

“When you have enough folks similarly minded, that’s when the magic happens,” he said, asserting he senses a growing push for health care for all, an improved criminal justice system and more work on ecology and the climate.

Dr. Webb’s service in the Charlottesville community quickly caught the eye of Dr. Wesley Bellamy, then vice mayor of Charlottesville and now interim chairman of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Virginia State University in Ettrick.

“He’s been very entrenched in the community,” said Dr. Bellamy, who is also a pre-law adviser at VSU. The two volunteered putting together COVID-19 testing for Charlottesville communities, Dr. Bellamy said. “He’s a unifier and energized different constituencies across the city.”

The upcoming election raises the possibility of Virginia gaining its third African-American member of Congress in the 11-member delegation. The two others, Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, who has represented the 3rd District Hampton Roads and Peninsula area since 1993, and 4th District Rep. A. Donald McEachin, who has represented Richmond, Petersburg and points south and east to Chesapeake since 2017, are running for re-election in November.

Dr. Bellamy said the 5th District race “will be a complex race, for sure.” Yet he echoes others in noting the political cards have stacked in Dr. Webb’s favor so far. In sweeping the June primary, Dr. Webb won approximately two-thirds of the 50,000 votes cast.

He now faces off with hard line conservative Republican Bob Good, a former athletics associate at Liberty University and a former member of the Campbell County Board of Supervisors.

Mr. Good defeated incumbent Rep. Denver Riggleman in a two-way GOP nomination contest in June.

Dr. Webb said he has taken nothing for granted in this congressional contest, given its mixed political history and knowing it has not been represented by a Democrat in 10 years.

“We know a lot of people,” he said humbly, noting he has talked with hundreds of people by phone, at virtual political meetings and at occasional, but small in-person gatherings.

He said he and his team “will do what we can.”

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Police reform legislation having tough time in General Assembly special session

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Police reforms and other legislation are hardly sailing through the Democratic-controlled General Assembly.

Three weeks into the special session that opened Aug. 18, none of the legislation sparked by the national wave of protests following the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd has passed both the House of Delegates and the state Senate.

As of Wednesday morning, according to the online legislative information system, the two houses have sent just one item to Gov. Ralph S. Northam to sign into law and passed 118 resolutions — 87 by the House and 31 by the Senate — commending organizations and individuals and remembering significant people who have died.

The one bill that has made it through both chambers was requested by the governor and was approved on party-line votes. It authorizes $2 million to reimburse local voter registrars for providing pre-paid postage on return envelopes to voters who will use mail-in ballots in the Nov. 3 election.

Approved Sept. 4, the legislation also authorizes local registrars to set up drop boxes to collect completed ballots people want to deliver by hand.

Even an amended budget to fill a potential $2.7 billion hole in the current two-year spending plan is still a work in progress, although that, along with police reform, was a key reason the

special session of the General Assembly was called.

Lobbyist R. Ronald Jordan told Richmond City Council on Tuesday that work on the state budget could linger into October.

A prime example of the struggle for police reform involves a bill that would strip away legal immunity from police officers accused in civil lawsuits of brutality and/or violations of constitutional rights and also allow their employers to be sued.

The proposed legislation also would allow individuals to file such suits in state courts.

Virginians now must sue in federal court.

Instead of swift passage, one version of the legislation already has died in the 40member Senate.

A similar bill in the 100member House had to be revived twice before finally passing 49-45 Tuesday, with two abstentions and four members not participating.

Richmond Delegate Jeff M. Bourne and Norfolk Delegate Jay Jones have spearheaded the House bill that would eliminate that protective legal doctrine of qualified immunity that often shields officers from liability in Virginia courts and also eliminates separate legal immunities that protect local and state governments as well as private companies that hire off-duty officers from such lawsuits.

Opposed by police chiefs, the bill would open the door

to taxpayers and companies having to foot the bill for big judgments resulting from a court or jury finding that one or more officers undertook actions that caused injury or harm or violated constitutional rights.

The House Democratic Caucus and the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus have listed the bill as a major priority in the wake of recent protests.

However, legislative observers believe there is little prospect the bill will become law and consider it more likely that it will land on the Senate’s scrap pile.

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Sen. Richard Saslaw, D-Fairfax, seated, talks with Sen. Tommy Norment, R-James City County, right, and Sen. Janet Howell, D-Fairfax, left, Sen. Mamie Locke, D-Hampton, and Sen. Adam Ebbin, D-Alexandria, last month during the Virginia Special Session in the temporary Senate chambers at the Science Museum of Virginia.

Challenge to wording on November ballot dismissed

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

state Board and Department of Elections have a ministerial duty “to prohibit the The Virginia Supreme Court on Wednes- printing of ballots containing the chalday dismissed an attempt to lenged ballot language.” block the state Board of ElecAccording the opinion, the tions from printing ballots, only duty of election officials is including proposed amendto ensure “the ballot question, in ments to the state Constitution the form decided by the General involving the drawing of lines Assembly, appears on the upcomfor political districts. ing general election ballot.”

Paul Goldman, a Democratic Any order that would precandidate for lieutenant govervent election officials from nor in 2021, had filed the legal doing so would “frustrate” the Mr. Goldman challenge on Aug. 27, claiming performance of that duty, the the General Assembly-authored description court ruled. of the proposed constitutional changes was In the upcoming Nov. 3 election, voters “inaccurate, deceptive and misleading.” are being asked to approve changes in the In its unanimous opinion, the court Virginia Constitution that would establish rejected Mr. Goldman’s assertion that the a 16-member commission to redraw the

lines of federal and state political districts after every 10-year Census rather than leaving it to General Assembly.

The ballot question, if approved, would change one section to remove the legislature’s line-drawing authority and add a new section that would authorize the commission to create district maps, or if they cannot agree, leave it to the state Supreme Court to draw the maps for General Assembly approval.

The state Democratic Party, which is not part of the suit, officially opposes the amendments.

OneVirginia 2021, an advocacy group for redistricting reform, is urging the amendments’ approval as a reform that could help end gerrymandering of districts based on which party controls the legislature.

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Red herring We were surprised by Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette W. McEachin asking the Richmond Circuit Court to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate whether Mayor Levar M. Stoney violated any laws in handling the removal of the cityowned Confederate statues.

We believe Mrs. McEachin, with a history of being a stand-up lawyer, is using this as a way to cover herself in what is becoming a political sideshow launched by City Councilwoman Kim B. Gray in her attempt to unseat the mayor in the November election.

In mid- to late August, Ms. Gray sent a letter to Mrs. McEachin saying that a probe was needed to determine whether any “procurement rules were violated and whether any criminal charges are warranted” because of Mayor Stoney using $1.8 million in city Department of Public Works funds to hire NAH LLC to remove the Confederate statues from Monument Avenue and several others around the city.

When recent protests over police brutality and racial injustice rocked the city and caused millions in property damage, City Council declared a local emergency that gave Mayor Stoney emergency powers. He used those emergency powers to order the removal of the Confederate statues after protesters toppled several in the city, including that of Jefferson Davis on Monument Avenue, two around the Virginia Commonwealth University campus and the statue of Columbus in Byrd Park, causing major safety concerns.

Ms. Gray was part of a unanimous City Council consensus at the time backing removal of the statues. She also joined the council on June 8 in granting the mayor authority to deal with the civil unrest in the city after Gov. Ralph S. Northam declared it an emergency.

Mayor Stoney’s administration awarded the no-bid contract to the Newport News-based company to remove the remaining city-owned statues. The company has ties to a man who has donated $4,000 to Mayor Stoney’s political action committees and campaigns since 2016, according to records.

The administration has said NAH was chosen after several companies turned down the job.

But Ms. Gray claims that raises suspicions.

We believe this is all a distraction and red herring pulling focus away from the more important issues facing the city, including police reform, the excessive methods and force Richmond Police continue to use on protesters and the severe and widespread health, economic, education and social impacts of COVID-19 on Richmond residents, schoolchildren, parents, workers and businesses.

We see this as a ploy by a mayoral candidate to use the divisions over the statues’ removal as a wedge to gain an advantage in the Nov. 3 election.

What a shame.

The Richmond City Council, including Ms. Gray, and Mayor Stoney and his administration should be sharply focused and steadily working on these critical issues, not sucked into a special investigator’s probe of how the statues were taken down.

The racist statues are down; they should have been down a long time ago. Period. Stop.

Is there enough smoke here to call in the fire brigade? We believe not.

We would hate to see this situation devolve into a political epidemic such as that sweeping Portsmouth. The current crisis in Portsmouth started with public protests and the toppling of one of the statues on a Confederate monument in town square.

But an underlying racial sickness in Portsmouth allowed the situation to snowball, leading in the last three weeks to inane charges against state Sen. Louise Lucas, one of the highest-ranking African-Americans in the General Assembly; her daughter and vice mayor of Portsmouth City Council; and nearly 20 others, including a Portsmouth School Board member, two officers of the local NAACP; and several members of the public defender’s office; the suspension of the Portsmouth police chief; the resignation of the city manager; and the firing of the city attorney.

We would hate to see Richmond, a city also dealing with a racial undercurrent, pulled downward by a similar undertow that started with the possible manipulation of a mayoral candidate and now Mrs. McEachin’s request seeking appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the handling of the Confederate monuments’ removal.

We believe in government transparency, and as long as the public is kept adequately informed, this matter should be resolved in a way that is best for the city.

Honoring the children and the new school year This week, we honor the children, families, teachers, counselors, administrators, bus drivers, food preparers and distributors and so many others who are giving their all to make the new school year successful.

Change isn’t always easy. And virtual learning, with its Zoom lessons and electronic distance from teachers, classmates and friends, is an adjustment for everyone.

We hope all the young people – the future leaders of our metro area – will lean in and embrace this time and find joy in learning, whether it is done from the kitchen table, the backyard or a hotspot outside Starbucks or Panera.

Knowledge is power. And ideas have power. They have legs and wings and can take us on inspiring journeys. Education, as Oprah Winfrey says, is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.

We offer students this poem by Mary Oliver: The Summer Day Who made the world?

Who made the swan, and the black bear?

Who made the grasshopper?

This grasshopper, I mean — the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down — who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes. Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.

Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.

I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.

I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day.

Tell me, what else should I have done?

Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

America can no longer stick its head in the sand to avoid seeing the serious flaws in the culture of American policing.

The plague of gratuitous violence against “the other” — mainly directed towards African-Americans — has now spread and targets anyone who dares to criticize any form of law enforcement in this country.

The countless instances of cops murdering African-Americans caught on video have crushed the denials of disparate treatment of people of color by police, along with their accusations that such claims are exaggerated and false.

There are too many cases of lethal animosity directed toward African-Americans to support the false “few rotten apples” defense that these are the acts of a small number of rogue cops who can easily be weeded out or retrained. Clearly the problem is systemic and goes to the very root of American policing. Every day, we witness more evidence that the entire barrel of apples is rotten in many cases.

In Kenosha, Wis., a young white man, visibly armed with a long gun that he had just used to murder two people, walked unimpeded past a troop of police responding to a call that there had been a shooting. This cultural blindness is aggravated by the fact that the police allowed this white killer to pass uninterrupted while a crowd of Black witnesses were pointing towards him and

Cops who hate shouting that he had just killed someone.

In defense of the white privilege the police afforded this killer, the chief law enforcement officer of Kenosha offered the totally illogical reasoning that his officers were experiencing “tunnel vision” as they were responding to a report that a shooting had just occurred and that is why they ignored the witnesses yelling and pointing out the killer.

Oscar H. Blayton The message is clear: White people have privilege and Black people — and those who ally with Black people ­— are not to be believed.

Some people now are pulling their heads out of the sand, and while blinking their eyes in the harsh light of this reality, proclaim that “things have really gotten bad.” But things have been bad for centuries. The Kerner Commission Report, written more than a half century ago, documented the very injustices and intolerable abuses visited on people of color that plague us today.

The Kerner Report was commissioned in 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the wake of civil unrest and riots by people of color that began in the mid-1960s in America’s cities. President Johnson said he wanted to find out what was causing this unrest.

White America was blind to the causes of pain inflicted upon people of color, but after a year of research, the Kerner

Commission reported: “Bad policing practices, a flawed justice system, unscrupulous consumer credit practices, poor or inadequate housing, high unemployment, voter suppression, and other culturally embedded forms of racial discrimination all converged to propel violent upheaval on the streets of African-American neighborhoods in American cities, north and south, east and west.”

White America took one look at this report and stuck its head back in the sand. Not wanting to offend his political base, the white middle class, President Johnson hoped to lay blame on outside agitators such as Communists and irresponsible journalists. But the report clearly laid the blame at the feet of white racism. White America was offended by the truth and their backlash contributed to a loss of support for President Johnson’s civil rights initiatives and led to the “law and order” climate that propelled Richard Nixon to the presidency in 1969 and introduced decades of militarized policing.

Not only has America disregarded the Kerner Report, but a more recent and even more startling red flag is being ignored.

Since 2006, an FBI intelligence assessment entitled, “White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement,” has sat largely ignored by most of America’s news media, politicians and citizens.

The Guardian newspaper, headquartered in England, recently published an article: “The FBI warned for years that police

If you hear it enough ...

Growing up in Louisiana, I was exposed to men and women who used animals to work their land and/or as a food source to sustain their families. It was fascinating that most of these men and women could gather their animals to a central location for feeding and other purposes with a unique sound, call or shout.

Because of scientific research, we understand the effect of “noise” on African-Americans is responsible for many significant behaviors. In the 1940s, noted Black psychologist Dr. Kenneth Clark and his wife performed an experiment where they asked Black children ages 6 to 9 to choose between Black and white dolls that were the same except skin color.

The test asked the children seven questions. “Show me… … the doll you like best or that you’d like to play with.” … the doll that’s the ‘nice’ doll.” … the doll that looks ‘bad.’” … the doll that looks like a white child.” … the doll that looks like a colored child.”

… the doll that looks like a Negro child.” … the doll that looks like you.”

At question six, most had identified the Black doll as “bad.” When asked question seven, many replied that the white doll looked like

Dr. E. Faye Williams them. Others refused to pick either doll or just started crying.

The Clark test was presented as evidence in the U.S. Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision and, more than any other instrument, demonstrated the psychological impact of the portrayal of image and character upon a group — how image can shape and influence conduct and behavior. Considering the historically stereotyped images of African-Americans, it is easy to understand our struggle to maintain positive character images rather than acceptance of the negativity projected/expected of us.

Those who enjoy history or who witnessed when we began to accept ourselves understand how we embraced the beauty of our natural selves and rejected the images of European beauty.

We rejected “processed” hair, straightening combs and skinlightening creams. Many can

still remember the pride and self-confidence that surged upon first hearing James Brown singing, “Say it Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud.”

Many are now consumed with concern about the impact of another “noise” influencing our communities. Throughout the ugliness of our 400-year experience, our musical artists provided us with music that was uplifting and projected positive outcomes. I believe the introduction of gangsta rap has had a profoundly negative impact on our community.

Asked to justify their “art,” some say, “It’s the only way we can make money.” Some report their white managers and producers tell them the filthier they are about Black people, the more money they’ll make. Denigrating our humanity becomes the norm and, through this genre, our worth comes into questionable value. Meanwhile, white promoters get the “gold.”

Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s minister of propaganda, said, “If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself.”

Our wounds are badly in need of healing. Our first step is to stop lying to ourselves.

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

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are cozy with the far right. Is no one listening?”

The article was written by a former FBI agent, Mike German, whose job it was to infiltrate white supremacist groups. He cites the FBI’s 2006 assessment and points out the fact that the criminal justice system “can never achieve its purported goal of fairness while white supremacists continue to hide within police departments.”

There are many good cops and many good police departments. But we turn a blind eye to the bad cops and the rotten departments at our own peril.

Policing based upon white supremacy and carried out by cops who hate is a destructive force that threatens the very fabric of our democracy. We must always strive to eliminate them and the politicians who support them.

The writer is a former Marine Corps combat pilot and human rights activist who practices law in Virginia.

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Please, only vote once; twice in the same election is a crime

I should not have to write this, but as an attorney I feel an obligation to inform those of your readers who might be taking the suggestions of President Trump seriously.

You know who they are. They are ones who believe him when he states he is truly smart. These are the people who, at Mr. Trump’s suggestion, engaged in disinfectant enemas or swallowed ultraviolet lights to cure COVID-19. They might believe that Frederick Douglass is still alive and doing a “great job.”

No. Seriously. Voting more than one time in a single election is a criminal violation. 52 United States Code §10307 (e)

establishes this act to be a crime, punishable with a fine not to exceed $10,000 or imprisonment for up to five years, or both fine and imprisonment.

As always, please feel free to fact-check my assertions. It is not complicated. Merely Google “crimes voting twice United States code.” That’s something Mr. Trump, while tweeting, overlooks as a feature on his smart phone.

Please take this warning seriously. There are people who stare into solar eclipses or propose 30-foot fences on the border with Mexico as if there are no 31-foot ladders in that nation. I would be

remiss if I didn’t inform, as a public announcement, that following Mr. Trump’s suggestions regarding double voting is a crime.

In the name of the late Congressman John Lewis and hundreds who died to secure the vote for all Americans, we must repay our debt and vote as never before. But only one time.

DAVID P. BAUGH Richmond The writer is a former federal prosecutor and veteran criminal defense attorney.

Schools, the pandemic and Biden-Harris’ vision for the future

As a teacher in Accomack County on the Eastern Shore, my colleagues and I would normally be spending this time greeting new classes of students at the door and helping each make the adjustment to new routines and a brand new chance to advance academically and socially.

But nothing is routine about school right now, as students, educators, families and community members in Virginia and across the nation try to cope with a global pandemic that has been tragically mishandled by the Trump administration.

Across the country, we’ve seen states and families grapple with the decision to resume in-person learning or stick with remote learning as the coronavirus pandemic still rages. Schools have experienced localized COVID-19 outbreaks in places where children have participated in in-person classes, then returned home to grandparents and vulnerable siblings.

In Virginia, as the new school year gets underway, we’re trying to avoid the same here. Deaths in the Commonwealth from COVID-19 are disproportionately high in communities of color,

Wakanda forever!

Re “Chadwick Boseman, who brought icons to life on the silver screen, dies at 43,” Free Press Sept. 3-5 edition: Chadwick Boseman died at the young age of 43 from colon cancer.

He loved his craft, people and life in general.

Some of his most beloved movies were “Black Panther;” “42,” as Jackie Robinson; “Marshall,” as U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall; and “Get On Up,” as James Brown.

Mr. Boseman lived his life to the fullest, even though he was diagnosed with cancer in 2016. He did not let taking chemotherapy or surgery slow him down. He continued to visit children at various hospitals with serious illnesses, including cancer.

In my opinion, Mr. Boseman kept his cancer a secret because he was not looking for sympathy or distraction from his acting roles. He continued to live his life normally as he possibly could under these extreme circumstances. He knew he was a role model for many so he played that part to the bitter end.

He was young when he died, but he did so much in a short period of time.

King, your work is now done on Earth, so you will now receive your heavenly reward. No more pain and suffering in silence. Thanks for the memories. Rest in peace.

Wakanda forever!

ERNEST PARKER JR. Richmond

and our children are more likely to live in multigenerational households with family members who are essential workers or have pre-existing conditions.

Our communities face inequality in access to health care, housing, transportation, employment and more. If we get this wrong, it will be communities of color that will be hit hardest yet again.

President Trump is putting our students’ and educators’ lives at risk by forcing schools across the country to open in-person in the middle of a pandemic he failed to contain. He defied his own government’s top public health experts and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for how schools can reopen safely. It is outrageous that the president and his administration would threaten to cut funding for schools during a time when they need it the most.

This is a complex issue with life-threatening effects. And while I know it is not the president’s style to think through difficult situations and take the proper precautions, the lives of our students and teachers are on the line.

When President Trump says the CDC guidelines are asking schools “to do very impractical things” to reopen, he is putting America’s future on the line to benefit himself politically.

Our students and teachers cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump.

There is never a time for a president’s dangerously selfish agenda to supersede the lives of Americans. That’s why I am proud to be supporting Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. They intend

to make the safe reopening of schools in America a top national priority. This means listening to public health experts, following the science and containing the virus. It means providing basic resources to keep students, educators and communities safe.

In fact, Mr. Biden and Sen. Harris have a five-step roadmap to reopening schools safely. They believe that we must get the virus under control, set national safety guidelines and empower local decision-making, provide emergency funding for public schools and child care providers, ensure high-quality learning and close the educational equality gap that has worsened severely during this pandemic.

It is past time that we address the systemic disparities in education for students of color. Mr. Biden’s plan will do just that. He’ll create White House-led initiatives to identify these disparities and work to address mental health and socioeconomic injustice and encourage teacher diversity. No more ignoring the science and doling out active threats of education funding cuts.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will work to eliminate COVID-19 and even the playing field at the same time. It is imperative we elect them in November. Our future is on the line.

DR. JAMES J. FEDDERMAN Accomack County The writer is a vocal music teacher on leave from the Accomack County Public Schools as he serves as president of the 40,000member Virginia Education Association.

Will statue removal be remedy for gender myopia?

I recently completed a book about high school hockey.

Because of budget cuts, there were several departments that were defunded, one being the female hockey league.

In trying not to have any spoiler alerts on this book, one of those female team members went for tryouts on the male hockey team—and made it! She fought all sorts of harassment on her way to becoming one of the best players on the team.

It made my skin boil each time I read that the most disapproval came from the adults who were coaches.

Because of those transparent insults, I began to reflect on all of the dialogue over the years concerning gender equality.

On many occasions, I have revealed the struggles of my wife and me when trying to step outside of our pigeonholing, only to be met with resistance.

However, in being honest, the major hostility came from those leaders who lectured in favor of inclusiveness.

In escaping our earlier conditionings, wouldn’t the

commanding step toward true gender equality be accepting each other as co-worker, team member in sports and recruited soldier in all aspects of life instead of being restricted by all of those antiquated mentalities such as “Happy wife, happy life,” “Treat her as your mother, sister or girlfriend” or “Men are strong and women are emotional”?

Now that the Confederate statues are disappearing from an oppressive nation, shouldn’t we

all be unchained also from deeprooted postures on gender?

I’m wondering if we truly are capable of unconditioned progressivism or are our leaders, like those once standing statues, so immovable that their indoctrinated myopia will conceive those same bigoted views when actually utilizing their inclusive sermons toward gender equality in the real world?

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Sports Stories by Fred Jeter Adrian Peterson

Peterson out, Gibson in as Washington NFL team’s featured back The Washington NFL team is handing the ball — and perhaps its foreseeable future — to a little-known rookie.

In doing so, the D.C. franchise has bid farewell to one of the game’s premier all-time ball carriers and a sure future Hall of Famer.

In a Sept. 4 move that rattled the NFL’s foundation, Washington released Adrian Peterson, preferring newcomer Antonio Gibson, and perhaps other options, as its featured back.

“It was a shock to me to say the least,” Peterson told The Washington Post.

The 35-year-old made it clear he’s nowhere near ready for the rocking chair. His agent’s phone began ringing as soon as Washington handed him his pink slip.

“This is another opportunity for me to further prove myself,” Peterson said. “It’s unfortunate they let me go, but it’ll be their loss, in my mind, and it’ll be another team’s gain.”

Peterson wasn’t unemployed long. Less than 48 hours after Washington showed him the door, he signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions.

He figures to build on his career totals wearing the Lions’ blue and silver jersey. Peterson has 14,216 career rushing yards, fifth on the all-time list.

He said earlier in D.C. training camp he has several years left and hopes to make a run at Emmitt Smith’s NFL career

Countdown to kickoff Sunday, Sept. 13 Philadelphia Eagles at Washington, 1 p.m., Fox TV rushing record.

Far from finished, Peterson accumulated 1,940 yards on the ground the past two seasons wearing jersey No. 26 for a Washington team that had serious offensive line problems.

By contrast, Gibson, 22, will be looking for his first pro yard — or first pro anything — when Washington opens at home Sunday, Sept. 13, against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Because of an absence of exhibition games or intrasquad scrimmages this season, Washington fans have yet to see No. 24 in a competitive setting.

A native of Georgia, the 6-foot-1, 228-pound Gibson was primarily a wide receiver at East Central Community College in Decatur, Miss., and at the University of Memphis. This past season, he caught 38 passes for 735 yards and eight touchdowns for Memphis. He ran 32 times for 369 yards and four touchdowns.

Antonio Gibson

The third round draft choice may be first-year Washington Coach Ron Rivera’s kind of back—meaning a dual threat as rusher and receiver.

Coach Rivera had great success with the Carolina Panthers with dual-threat Christian McCaffrey, who ran for 1,387 yards and caught passes for 1,005 yards a year ago.

Gibson displayed both speed and strength at the 2019 NFL Combine. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.39 seconds, did a 9-foot10 standing broad jump and made 16 bench-press repetitions at 225 pounds.

But Washington isn’t putting all its pigskins in Gibson’s basket.

Another “McCaffrey-type” performer is versatile newcomer J.D. McKissic, 27, who played last season in Detroit.

Also in the picture is Bryce Love, the former Stanford University standout who missed his rookie season in 2019 with a knee injury.

Washington’s running game looks much different now than just a few weeks before. Heading into training camp, Peterson and Derrius Guice were expected to carry the rushing load. But Guice was dismissed because of off-field legal issues and now Peterson has been sent packing.

Gibson may be the next McCaffrey and help Coach Rivera’s first edition Washington team to the playoffs.

But one thing is for sure: No. 26 is a tough act to follow.

Expect the unexpected as NFL kicks off season Sept. 10 The NFL is entering uncharted land.

Its 101st season, which starts Thursday, Sept. 10, will be noticeably different from the 100 preceding it.

COVID-19 hasn’t stopped the NFL from sprinting forward, but it will change the gameday experience for players and fans.

Most noticeably, games will be played at empty or near empty stadiums. Few or no fans.

No vendors. No cheerleaders. No pageantry.

Sloppy play can be expected, especially in the season’s early going, because of the absence of preseason contests and intrasquad scrimmages.

Expected positive virus tests are likely to affect rosters, resulting in individual quarantines. Teams may have more trouble than usual with continuity because of virus-induced player turnover.

At least 60 players leaguewide have opted out of the 2020 season because of health concerns.

Still, “The Show”— fueled by lucrative television deals — goes on.

Here are some items to think about in the NFL’s 2020-21 season.

Roll the dice: After many decades in California, the Raiders—formerly of Oakland and Los Angeles — are moving to Allegiant Stadium near Las Vegas.

No more “R word”: Finally, the Washington NFL franchise has buried its racist and offensive moniker. For now, the D.C. franchise will go by the Washington Football Team. The team also has changed its logo.

New digs in L.A.: Both the Rams and the Chargers are moving to Inglewood, Calif., where they will share SoFi Stadium.

Sideline changes: There are five head coaching changes — none involving AfricanAmericans.

Ron Rivera was fired by the Carolina Panthers and hired by Washington. Kevin Stefanski has replaced Freddie Kitchens in Cleveland.

Mike McCarthy has replaced Jason Garrett in Dallas. Joe Judge has replaced Pat Shurmur with the New York Giants. And Matt Rhule has replaced Rivera in Carolina.

Head of the pack: The defending Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs, led by quarterback sensation Patrick Mahomes II, is the clear front runner.

The more the merrier: The playoffs will expand from 12 to 14 teams with the addition of two wild cards.

Quarterback shuffle: Led by Tom Brady, a few veteran quarterbacks will be tossing spirals in new cities. Brady has gone from the New England Patriots to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Other quarterback moves: Teddy Bridge-

water — from the New Orleans Saints to the Carolina Panthers; Andy Dalton – from the Cincinnati Bengals to the Dallas Cowboys; Cam Newton – from the Carolina Panthers to the New England Patriots; Philip Rivers – from the L.A. Chargers to the Indianapolis Colts; and Jameis Winston — from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the New Orleans Saints.

New York, New York: Four-time Pro Bowl pick Eli Manning, who took the New York Giants to two Super Bowl championships, has retired.

Fresh face: The Cincinnati Bengals are hoping rookie quarterback Joe Burrow will turn the franchise’s fortunes around. By virtue of finishing with the worst record a year ago, the Bengals drafted first and took Burrow, the Heisman Trophy winner out of Louisiana State University.

R.I.P.: Since the end of the 2019 season, these NFL Hall of Famers have died — players Willie Wood, Willie Davis, Chris Doleman and Bobby Mitchell and Coach Don Shula.

Grand finale: Super Bowl LV will be played Feb. 7, 2021, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. Will the incomparable Brady be on the field for the Bucs that day?

Stay tuned: Until the pandemic is more under control, expect the unexpected in the upcoming months.

Let’s get it started Here are the NFL’s opening games for the 2020-21 season Thursday, Sept. 10 Houston at Kansas City, 8:20 p.m.; NFL Kickoff Classic on NBC Sunday, Sept. 13 Las Vegas at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

New York Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Miami at New England, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Green Bay at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Los Angeles Chargers at, 4:05 p.m.

Tampa at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

Dallas at Los Angeles Rams, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 14 Pittsburgh at New York Giants, 7:15 p.m.

Tennessee at Denver, 10:10 p.m.

College football gets underway

Virginia Tech defense will be looking to Rayshard Ashby this season Bud Foster has departed but the longtime Virginia Tech defensive coordinator didn’t leave the cupboard bare or the end zone unguarded.

Tech’s inside linebacker Rayshard Ashby enters his senior season with an expanding national reputation.

Wearing maroon and orange No. 23, the former L.C. Bird High School star resembles a human wrecking ball in the middle of the Hokies’ defense.

At just 5-foot-10, Ashby lacks height but not fight.

His muscular 237-pound frame comes ready to rumble every Saturday.

Some background: Foster had served as defensive coordinator since 1995 before stepping down at the end of 2019 season. His units, nicknamed the “Lunch Pail Defense” for their blue-collar attitude, traditionally ranked with Justin Hamilton the elite in the Atlantic Coast Conference and even the nation.

Virginia Tech’s new defensive coordinator is Justin Hamilton, a former Hokie player.

Hamilton’s first edition in the role figures to center around Ashby, who recently was selected to the AllACC Preseason Squad.

Ashby also has been named to the three prestigious 2020 “Watch Lists”—the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, the Chuck Bednarik Award and the Dick Butkus Award.

The Nagurski Trophy and Bednarik Award are awarded to the “Best Defensive Player in the Nation.”

The Butkus Award goes to the nation’s “Top Linebacker.”

Ashby is up for tackling every assignment or, better yet, ball carrier. He led the Hokies with 105 tackles as a sophomore. Last year, he shifted to an even higher gear, making 120 tackles, including 17 for losses. Five times in 2019, he was named ACC Linebacker of the Week.

Don’t be surprised if Ashby has caught the attention of the NFL scouts, despite his less than prototypical height.

A Hokie pedigree goes a long way.

Foster’s defense produced four NFL first round draft choices — DeAngelo Hall, Kyle Fuller and Tremaine and Terrell Edmunds.

Two of Foster’s former Hokies have made it the NFL Pro Bowl — Brandon Flowers and Kam Chancellor.

Tech alumni to have played in Jalen Payoute the Super Bowl are Chancellor, Roger Brown, Tyronne Drakeford, Cornell Brown and Pierson Prioleau.

More than 50 of Foster’s defenders have been drafted by NFL teams.

Ashby was recruited by Foster after earning State 5A Defensive Player of the Year honors as a senior at Bird High School in Chesterfield County.

The roughhouse linebacker isn’t the only former Skyhawks standout to adorn the Tech roster. Red-shirt freshman wide receiver Jalen Payoute is arguably the squad’s swiftest performer.

Payoute, listed at 6-foot-1 and 206 pounds, was the Virginia 5A State champion at 100 meters in 2018 with a time of 10.67 seconds. He played mostly quarterback during his senior season at Bird High School.

Rayshard Ashby

Hokies 2020 Here is the football schedule for Virginia Tech. Most kickoff times have not been announced.

Sept. 19 University of Virginia (Kickoff in Blacksburg to be televised on ABC at either 3:30 or 7:30 p.m.)

Sept. 26 North Carolina State University Oct. 3

at Duke University

Oct. 10

at University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Oct. 17

Boston College

Oct. 24

at Wake Forest University

Oct. 31

at University of Louisville

Nov. 7

Liberty University

Nov. 14

University of Miami

Nov. 21

at University of Pittsburgh

Dec. 5

Clemson University

Football is back.

The coronavirus has limited but not slammed the brakes on college football this season.

Among the NCAA Division I games played last Saturday, Army pounded Middle Tennessee 42-0 before 5,249 fans in West Point, N.Y. In other action, Marshall University defeated Eastern Kentucky 59-0 in Huntington, W.Va., and Southern Methodist University defeated Texas State 31-24 in Dallas.

The Naval Academy was host to Brigham Young University in Annapolis, Md., on Labor Day. Navy lost 55-3.

At 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

10, Atlantic Coast Conference action will commence with Alabama-Birmingham playing at the University of Miami.

Three Power 5 Conferences, the ACC, Southeast and Big 12, will have limited fall schedules this season with mostly inconference matchups.

Also, among FBS conferences, the American Athletic Conference, Sun Belt and Conference USA will play with some restrictions.

Old Dominion University, a member of Conference USA, has chosen not to play this fall.

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Personality: Hamilton Glass Spotlight on founder of Mending Walls RVA

If you’ve been in Richmond for any amount of time, you’ve likely seen some of muralist Hamilton Glass’ distinctive work — large, colorful murals outside Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in the East End; Refuge for Men hair salon alley on West Main Street; Boaz & Ruth on Meadowbridge Road in Highland Park; Emrick Flats in Jackson Ward; “Right of Passage” at the GRTC complex; and a collaborative mural done with Girls For A Change members at 24 E. Broad St. The native of Philadelphia most recently founded Mending Walls RVA, a public art project that seeks to combine creative collaboration with challenging conversation to enable empathy and connection through art during these tumultuous times of the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.

Through the project, 17 murals will be painted across the city, each done by pairs of artists from different cultures and backgrounds. This arrangement is meant “to create unique connections,” according to Mr. Glass, with the goal of giving the artists the chance to tell their stories together “in an effort to express healing through connection.”

The project is supported financially by The Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond, Altria and private donors, with the artists receiving stipends and free work materials.

“In this moment, we all are searching for more understanding,” says Mr. Glass.“This project will serve as a tool that would fuel connection through storytelling.”

So far, 22 artists, including Mr. Glass, have been paired for 11 of the project’s 17 murals. Eight murals have been completed, Mr. Glass says. The latest, “Her Flowers,” done by artists Amy Smith and S. Ross Browne and which focuses on young African-American women, debuted on Aug. 18 at 1100 Hull St. in South Side.

Mr. Glass worked with artist Matt Lively on a mural at 4 W. Broad St. on the sides of Image Enhancement Center and the former Rumors Bar and Grill. The mural is about the artists’ different childhoods and how discussing them built empathy for that time in their lives and the world views they developed.

According to its website, Mending Walls RVA is open to offers and suggestions for walls for its murals. It requests that the locations be in high traffic areas and connected with

minority-owned businesses.

Advertisements aren’t permitted within the murals.

“The hope is to bring about healing through public art, while adding something meaningful to the conversation of Black Lives Matter,” Mr. Glass says about the goals of Mending Walls RVA. It will host a Virtual Community Discussion 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 16, with the artists as they talk about their backgrounds and coming together to create murals reflecting the racial justice and Black Lives Matter movements.

Register at https://bit.ly/VirtualCommunityGathering.

Mr. Glass is balancing the Mending Walls project while he commences a separate project – a 200-foot “Black Lives Mural” to be painted in large yellow letters in the street Downtown leading to the Grace Street entrance of Capitol Square. Mr. Glass and artist Ed Trask are leading that privately funded project with Venture Richmond, a Downtown booster organization.

Mr. Glass cites recent events as his inspiration for starting Mending Walls, whose name was taken from a 1914 Robert Frost poem.

“As an artist, I needed to create to process all of the emotions that have been heightened with the pandemic and the social unrest,” Mr. Glass says.

“I knew that if I was feeling that way, my fellow creatives were feeling that way, and the community as well.”

He points to a mural created for ALB Tech as both the moment he considered himself an artist and when he realized the impact his work could have. The controversial mural led to a suite of responses and conversations.

Mr. Glass already is looking “to explore what’s next for Mending Walls” and what it could mean for the city.

“My hope for Richmond is that the artwork for Mending Walls helps continue the conversation we are having in these heightened times,” Mr. Glass says.“I hope Richmonders see themselves and challenge themselves to see others in the work in a way they may not have before.”

Meet conversation-sparking public artist and this week’s Personality, Hamilton Glass: Volunteer title: Artist and founder of Mending Walls RVA. Date and place of birth: May 27 in Philadelphia.

Where I live now: Richmond.

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impact: When I created the piece on ALB Tech of a politician with a gun to his head. Again, that was me expressing how I was feeling at the time and processing through my emotions. The response and conversations from people who liked it, and from those who didn’t, were interesting and inspired folks, but also forced some to get uncomfortable.

Why public art is vital for a community like Richmond: Because it lets us present our identity and express our city’s diversity in a way for us all to experience. It also removes barriers to experiencing art.

Occupation: Artist.

Community involvement: Public artist.

Alma mater: Bachelor’s in architecture, Hampton University.

Family: Wife, Taekia Glass, and two children, Sanaa Glass, 10, and Amai Glass, 4.

Mending Walls RVA is: Mending Walls is a public art project that brings together public artists from different cultures and backgrounds to create murals that address where we are now in society and how we can move forward through understanding and collaboration. Mending Walls pairs artists of different backgrounds to create unique connections and give them an opportunity to tell their story collaboratively in an effort to express healing through connection. In this moment, we all are searching for more understanding and this project will serve as a tool that would fuel connection through storytelling. The hope is to bring about healing through public art while adding something meaningful to the conversation of Black Lives Matter.

Intention for the artists participating in Mending Walls: My intention for all the artists participating is to have an experience in getting to know someone’s views outside of your own and having to step out of their own shoes to create a successful collaboration. It’s also to highlight other artists in the community.

Hope for Richmonders when viewing the murals: My hope is that the artwork for Mending Walls helps continue the conversation we are having in these heightened times. I hope Richmonders see themselves and challenge themselves to see others in the work in a way they may not have before.

Number of murals in project: There will be 17 murals total this year from the Mending Walls RVA project. Artists’ names and addresses of murals are: • Austin “Auz” Miles and Nico

Cathcart, 2928 North Ave. • Emily Herr and Amiri Richardson-Keys, 28 N. 20th St. • Jowarnise Caston and Ian C. Hess, Virginia Museum of History & Culture • Silly Genius and Nils Westergard, 3311 W. Broad St. • Prent Carroll and Charles Berger, 2907 W. Marshall St. • Noah Scalin and Alfonso Perez, 300 E. Broad St. • Hasson Roberts and Shaylen Broughton, 2626 W. Broad St. • MeMe and David Marion, 1625 Hull St. • Ed Trask and Jason Ford, 504 W. Broad St. • Amy Smith and S. Ross Browne, 1100 Hull St. • Hamilton Glass and Matt Lively, 4 W. Broad St. There are more addresses and artists to be announced in the coming weeks.

How to request a mural: Mending Walls is always looking for new locations for the public art that we support. In order to be considered as a potential site location, contact mendingwallsrva@gmail.com with the address of the wall, along with a photo and any other details that might be important about the location.

Themes covered in the murals: Mending Walls murals so far have spoken about everything from racial justice to childhood differences. Each mural is an organic conversation between two artists that produces a different dialogue on every wall.

To hear more about each wall from the artists, check out the Mending Walls podcast.

How I start the day: That this day is a chance to do more than the day before.

A perfect day for me is: Not having to answer one single email—which never happens.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: I am a big car enthusiast and watch fanatic.

A quote that I am most inspired by: “The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers.” — James Baldwin My friends describe me as: Laid back and hard-working.

At the top of my “to-do” list: Be more creative.

Best late-night snack: Pizza.

Best thing my parents ever taught me: I can do anything I can put my mind to.

Person who influenced me the most: My mother is one of the most self-motivated and hardest working individuals I know.

Favorite poet and why: At the moment, my favorite poem is “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost. The poem expresses the same sentiment of collaboration that is thought of in my project, which is why I named the project after the poem.

Author who influenced me the most: I’ve always loved James Baldwin. His thoughts around art have always spoken to me.

What I’m reading now: Honestly, I haven’t had the time to pick up a book in a while.

Next goal: To explore what’s next for Mending Walls. I believe empathy, connection and collaboration is the root of this movement, which has the opportunity to be a healing platform.

Mending Walls RVA’s mission: To bring artists of different cultural backgrounds together to create art that inspires empathy and connection.

Inspiration for Mending Walls RVA: As an artist, I needed to create to process all of the emotions that have been heightened with the pandemic and the social unrest. I knew that if I was feeling that way, my fellow creatives were feeling that way, and the community as well. With all of the conversations, or lack thereof, happening, I wanted to create space for people to have a moment to talk and create together.

Story behind the project name: Mending Walls was derived from a Robert Frost poem published in 1914. Mending Walls narrates a story of two neighbors working on a wall between their two farms. As the men work, the narrator questions the purpose of a wall “where it is we do not need the wall,” but as the story goes on, his neighbor replies twice with the proverb, “Good fences make good neighbors.” It’s these hard conversations that the Mending Walls project is looking to help facilitate through public art. Oddly enough, this is the second time Robert Frost has been an inspiration for my art.

I discovered him through a song that sampled his work.

What art is to me: Art to me is life. I try to use art to communicate the ideas that I don’t feel I have the words to articulate about my surroundings.

Why art inspires me: Art inspires me because it’s a universal language that empowers all. I believe creativity is something we all have and art is a vehicle to help display it.

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Happenings Celebrating 65 years in the time of COVID-19 Frank and Charlotte Strayhorn have celebrated a lot of anniversaries, but their 65th — celebrated during the coronavirus pandemic—is one they’ll always remember. The couple, both 87, were feted Saturday by friends and relatives in a parade of about 50 vehicles that drove by the couple’s home on Edgewood Avenue in North Side to offer congratulations. The Strayhorns, who were married in 1955 in Anchorage, Alaska, where he was serving in the military, were set up on the lawn outside their home where they waved and talked with the

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Bloomberg gives $100M to historically Black medical schools

ATLANTA Students currently in years two, three and four Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg of medical school will get retroactive scholarships is giving about $100 million to four historically of up to $25,000 a year, the schools said. MoreBlack medical schools over the next four years, house, Drew and the Howard medical schools with students getting up to $100,000 apiece. said the amount is their largest-ever gift.

Mr. Bloomberg, a billionaire who Morehouse School of Medicine made his fortune with the news and President Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice financial media organization that he said the gift will “lift the crushing burden owns, said he wants to increase the of student debt,” while Meharry Medical number of African-American docCollege President Dr. James E.K. Hiltors by reducing the debt burden of dreth said the money will help students students. choose to practice primary care medicine “More Black doctors will mean instead of higher-paying specialties, “almore Black lives saved and fewer lowing them to make decisions about Mr. Bloomberg health problems that limit economic where and how they practice based on opportunity,” Mr. Bloomberg said in a state- their passion, not a paycheck.” ment.

Mr. Bloomberg said it’s the first gift from Mr. Bloomberg is giving $34 million to his philanthropy arm’s Greenwood Initiative, Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., named for the African-American neighborhood $32.8 million to Howard University College of in Tulsa, Okla., that was the site of the 1921 Medicine in Washington, $26.3 million to the Tulsa Race Massacre. The initiative seeks to Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta and build generational wealth for Black families $7.7 million to Charles R. Drew University of and increase investment in Black communities Medicine in Los Angeles. and institutions.

George Washington professor, who claimed to be Black, comes clean about her racial background Free Press wire report

WASHINGTON George Washington University is investigating the case of a history professor who allegedly admitted to fraudulently pretending to be a Black woman for her entire career.

The university also said on Sept. 4 that she will not be teaching her classes this semester.

In a blog post that has gained internaMs. tional attention, a writer claiming to be Jessica Krug, a George Washington University associate professor of history, wrote that she is in fact a white Jewish woman from suburban Kansas City. The writer claimed she has lived most of her adult life “under various assumed identities within a Blackness that I had no right to claim: first North African Blackness, then US rooted Blackness, then Caribbean rooted Bronx Blackness.”

Ms. Krug did not respond

to a request on her blog page for comment.

In a statement released on the night of Sept. 4, University Provost Brian Blake and Dean Paul Wahlbeck wrote: “Dr. Krug will not be teaching her classes this semester.

We are working on developing a number of options for students in those classes, which will be communicated to affected students as soon as possible.”

The blog post atKrug tributed to Ms. Krug expresses deep remorse, calling the deception “the very epitome of violence, of thievery and appropriation.”

The writer blamed “unaddressed mental health demons” dating back to childhood and said she frequently thought of confessing the deception, “but my cowardice was always more powerful than my ethics.”

Ms. Krug’s biography on the GW website lists imperialism and colonialism and African-American history among her areas of expertise.

Her writings center heavily on issues of African culture and diaspora.

The post caused an immediate furor on social media, with Black academics, writers and activists recalling their interactions with Ms. Krug.

Hari Ziyad, editor of the online publication RaceBatr, which had published Ms. Krug’s writings, wrote on Twitter that Ms. Krug had confirmed the details of the blog post to him in a phone call on Sept. 3. He described Ms. Krug as “someone I called a friend up until this morning when she gave me a call admitting to everything written here.”

Ms. Krug’s public persona comes across in a video testimony to a New York City Council hearing on gentrification from June. Referring to herself as Jess La Bombalera, Ms. Krug refers to “my Black and brown siblings” in the antigentrification movement and criticizes “all these white New Yorkers” who “did not yield their time to Black and brown indigenous New Yorkers.”

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caravan of well-wishers. The Strayhorns’ sons, Ronald, Peter and Michael Strayhorn, had planned a 65th anniversary party but then COVID-19 hit.

So with all three living out of state in COVID19 hotspots, they arranged the celebration with the help of cousins living in the Richmond area.

After the parade, they held a Zoom party attended virtually by more than 100 people that featured a magician, games, musical entertainment by grandchildren, a video look back at their 65 years together and toasts from their sons and family.

The Strayhorns’ advice for a happy marriage: Listen to your spouse and allow him or her to grow in their own direction. And despite problems that come with any marriage, keep working at it. Mr. Strayhorn is a retired auto mechanic and Mrs. Strayhorn is retired from the U.S. Postal Service.

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Dr. Diane Harris Marsh, trailblazing dentist and wife of former state Sen. Henry L. Marsh III, dies at 84

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Dr. Diane Elaine Harris Marsh was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;super momâ&#x20AC;? before the term was coined, according to her family.

She juggled with aplomb her multiple roles as a trailblazing community dentist, talented artist, devoted mother and chief cheerleader for her husband, attorney Henry L. Marsh III, as he took on major civil rights cases and built his career in public service, including becoming Richmondâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first Black mayor and later serving in the state Senate.

Mr. Marsh said his wife of 58 years enabled him to travel out of town for days and weeks on significant civil rights cases. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew everything would be taken care of at home,â&#x20AC;? the 86-year-old Mr. Marsh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing I did would have been possible without the support she provided.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anyone who spent real time with her was struck by her grace, dignity, elegance, humility, compassion and beauty,â&#x20AC;? her son, Dwayne S. Marsh of San Francisco, wrote in a published tribute. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her strength of character and devotion to family were unmatched and elevated everyone whose life she touched.â&#x20AC;?

Sidelined by crippling illness for 23 years, Dr. Marshâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roles as a professional and caring individual are being remembered following her death on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, at her family residence in Church Hill. She was 84.

The family held a private ceremony Saturday, Sept. 5, and plans to hold a public memorial service after the pandemic ends.

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Born in Richmond, Dr. Marsh was the daughter of the late Dr. Vernon J. Harris Sr., a physician in Church Hill for five decades and for whom a community medical clinic on 25th Street in the area is named.

Growing up, Dr. Marsh and her older sister, the late Dr. Jean L. Harris, often accompanied their father on house calls.

While Jean Harris went on to become a physician like her father and later rose Dr. Harris Marsh to serve as state secretary of health and human resources under Gov. John N. Dalton, Dr. Marsh was influenced by the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dentist, the late Dr. Francis M. Foster, to make her mark in that field.

Dr. Marsh graduated with an art degree from Virginia Union University, where she met her future husband. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just clicked; it was love at first sight,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Marsh said.

Both had grown up just blocks from each other in Church Hill. But they attended different high schools â&#x20AC;&#x201D; she, Maggie L. Walker and he, Armstrong.

Mr. Marsh went to Washington where he worked and went to law school at Howard University. After graduating from VUU two years later, Dr. Marsh joined him and enrolled in Howard Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dental school.

After she graduated in 1961, the couple returned to Richmond where Dr. Marsh set up her dental practice in her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s medical office at 2906 Q St. Mr. Marsh, meanwhile, began a civil rights law firm with Samuel W. Tucker where he practiced for 50 years.

At the time, according to state records, Dr. Marsh was among the few female dentists in Virginia and one of the rare

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African-American women in the field. She served thousands of patients for 36 years before arthritis and illness forced her to shut down the practice. Former patients still tell her children about the service she provided. Some still wear the dentures Dr. Marsh made.

While operating her practice, Dr. Marsh also taught students in the dental school at Virginia Commonwealth University as an adjunct professor, including some of the young women and men she inspired to go into the field.

Her children also speak of the love and guidance she provided to them in their formative years that allowed them to avoid some of the mistakes of their peers as they matured. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She never missed a game, a recital or a concert,â&#x20AC;? her children noted.

Today, her children reflect the commitment to service and community of their parents. Her son, Dwayne, and daughter, Nadine Marsh-Carter, a former Richmond School Board member who also has a law degree, run people-helping nonprofit organizations. Mr. Marsh is chief executive officer of Northern California Grantmakers, which battles homelessness, while Ms. Marsh-Carter is the president and chief executive officer of the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Home Society of Virginia, an adoption agency.

Another daughter, Sonya M. Craft, now of Richmond, also is involved in education as a high school physics teacher.

Dr. Marsh also was â&#x20AC;&#x153;a gifted sculptor, talented pianist and creative photographer,â&#x20AC;? her son wrote, although she rarely showcased her gifts outside the family home.

Dr. Marsh was a member of Cedar Street Baptist Church of God and the Richmond Chapter of The Links.

In addition to her husband and children, Dr. Marsh is survived by a brother, Vernon J. Harris Jr. of Utica, N.Y., a retired engineer whose career included working on the Apollo mission for NASA; six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

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Legal Notices Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BETHANY DEUTSCH, Plaintiff v.

CHARLES DEUTSCH, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20003603-00 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 27th day of October, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

SHAWN BROWN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20002490-00 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 27th day of October, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

STACIE DERRICOTT, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20001689-00 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 27th day of October, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

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

LAUREN HOLMSLEY, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20003403-00 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 19th day of October, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

ROBERT PEARSON, JR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL20001800-00 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.

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It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 1st day of October, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect interests.

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

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 1st day of October, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

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

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Gregory A. Lukanuski, Deputy City Attorney Office of the City Attorney for the City of Richmond 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia (804) 646-7949

been filed that said owners, WILLIAM MCKINLEY PERRY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and WILLIE MARY PERRY, 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 WILLIAM MCKINLEY PERRY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, WILLIE MARY PERRY, 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 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that THE WRIGHT CHOICE 401K PLAN, LLC, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation C o m m i s s i o n , CO L I N CONNELLY, TRUSTEE on a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 06-3302 on January 20, 2006, or his successor/s in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMBER 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER TINA BALDERSON, Plaintiff v.

GERALD JOHNSON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19002605-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 1st day of October, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

CHRISTIAN ALFREDO GARCIA VEGA, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20003011-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce based on the ground of separation over one year.

It is ORDERED that Christian Alfredo Garcia Vega appear at the above-named court and protect his interests on or before September 25, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Mark H. Schmidt, Plaintiff’s Attorney VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER DARIEN SMITH, Plaintiff v.

YCOLA PERSON SMITH, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20003149-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 1st day of October, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

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

MARCUS BRADSHAW, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20002955-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 1st day of October, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

IRIS HAMN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19000950-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO JOHNIE R. W. REIVES, II, Plaintiff v.

CECELIA R. REIVES, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19-4829 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this action is for Plaintiff, Johnie R. Reives, II, to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from Defendant, Cecelia R. Reives, on the ground of having lived separate and apart, without cohabitation and without interruption, for a period in excess of one year, and it appearing from an Affidavit for Order of Publication that diligence was used by or on behalf of Plaintiff, without effect, to ascertain the location of Defendant and that she cannot be found, it is therefore

ORDERED that Defendant appear before this Court on the 28th day of September, 2020, at 9:00AM, and do what is necessary to protect her interest herein.

An Extract, Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BRENDA JORDAN-WEST, Plaintiff v.

CHARLES WEST, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20003291-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown appear here on or before the 7th day of October, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

Custody VIRGINA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO IN THE MATTER OF: The proposed adoption of Ava Nicole Townes and Steven Jeremiah Townes By Latesha Alexis Peay and Henry Earl Peay, Jr. CASE NO: CA20-21-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: 1. Terminate the parental rights of the birth father, Steven Alan Townes, Jr., the biological birth father of Ava Nicole Townes and Steven Jeremiah Townes; 2. To grant leave to Henry Earl Peay, Jr to adopt, Ava Nicole Townes date of birth July 14, 2014; and Steven Jeremiah Townes date of birth is December 28, 2010; and 3. To have the name of said children names changed to Ava Nicole Peay and Jeremiah Lamont Peay.

It is ORDERED that Steven Alan Townes, Jr., appear at the above-named Court and protect her interests on or before October 26, 2020.

An Extract Teste: Heidi S. Barshinger, Clerk I ask for this: Lynn L. Robinson, Esquire (VSB #43143) 8 West Leigh Stre t Richmond, Virginia 23220 TEL: (804) 225-9027 FAX: (804) 225-9076

PROPERTY Notice Judicial Sale of Real Estate Notice is hereby given that at least thirty days from the date of this notice the City of Richmond will commence judicial proceedings under the authority of Virginia Code Section 58.1-3965 et seq. to sell the following real estate for payment of delinquent taxes: 1621 North 22nd Street E0000859023 1411 1/2 North 23rd Street E0000709024 417 North 31st Street E0000730025 900 North 36th Street E0001110011 1833 Alaska Drive C0060607078 2327 Carrington Street Continued on next column

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

GLORIA CONSTELLO SIBLEY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2253 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 417 Smith Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000241/035, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Gloria Constello Sibley aka Gloria S. Elam.

An Affidavit having been filed that DONALD WEBB, upon information and belief deceased, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument N u m b e r 11 - 2 0 4 8 9 o n December 1, 2011, or his successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that ALAN G. REESE, Registered Agent for A.G. REESE & ASSOCIATES, PC, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 11-20489 on December 1, 2011, 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 DONALD WEBB, upon information and belief deceased, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 1120489 on December 1, 2011, or his successor/s in title, that ALAN G. REESE, Registered Agent for A.G. REESE & ASSOCIATES, PC, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 1120489 on December 1, 2011, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMBER 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

PAUL HENDERSON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2175 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 120 Lipscomb Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S000/0150-017, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Paul Henderson, Joyce Thompson, Marvin W. Loundie, Jr., Kenneth Thompson and Herbert Thompson.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, PAUL HENDERSON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and JOYCE THOMPSON, 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, KENNETH THOMPSON and HERBERT THOMPSON, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and has/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 PAUL HENDERSON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JOYCE THOMPSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, KENNETH THOMPSON and HERBERT THOMPSON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMBER 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

BEATRICE N. WILLIAMS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2089 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2404 Halifax Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000767/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Beatrice N. Williams.

An Affidavit having been filed that REGISTERED AGENTS, INC, Registered Agent for VAK M8 FUND, LLC, Beneficiary on a corporate assignment of Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 18-5776 on March 27, 2018, 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 REGISTERED AGENTS, INC, Registered Agent for VAK M8 FUND, LLC, Beneficiary on a corporate assignment of Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 185776 on March 27, 2018, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMBER 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

WILLIAM MCKINLEY PERRY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2621 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2317 M Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000293/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, William McKinley Perry and Willie Mary Perry.

An Affidavit having

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

THE WRIGHT CHOICE 401K PLAN, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2362 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5308 Linwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0080176/028, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, The Wright Choice 401K Plan, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, THE WRIGHT CHOICE 401K PLAN, LLC, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that COLIN CONNELLY, TRUSTEE on a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 06-3302 on January 20, 2006, or his successor/s in title, have not been located and /have not

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

BILLY W. PERSON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2966 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2012 Gordon Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000642/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Billy W. Person and Annie P. Person.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, BILLY W. PERSON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and ANNIE P. PERSON, 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 BILLY W. PERSON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ANNIE P. PERSON, 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 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney

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900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

EMMA TATE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2174 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3019 Garland Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-0974/034, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Emma Tate, Freddie Nunnally, Sandra Moody-Babbington, Archer Nunnally, Jr., Azalea N u n n a l l y, P h e n o m e n a Jackson, Charles Tate, Merele Mitchell, Aaron Mitchell and Ashley Mitchell.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, EMMA TATE, FREDDIE NUNNALLY, SANDRA M OO D Y BABBINGTON, ARCHER NUNNALLY, JR, AZALEA NUNNALLY, PHENOMENA JACKSON, CHARLES TATE, MERELE MITCHELL, AARON MITCHELL, and ASHLEY MITCHELL, are to be proceed against by Order of Publication pursuant to Section 8.01-316(A)(3) of the Code of Virginia, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that EMMA TATE, FREDDIE N U N N A L LY, S A N D R A MOODY-BABBINGTON, A RC H ER N U N N A L LY, JR, AZALEA NUNNALLY, PHENOMENA JACKSON, CHARLES TATE, MERELE M I T C H E L L , A A RO N MITCHELL, ASHLEY MITCHELL, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEmber 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

RAYMOND DAVIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2121 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 7026 Forest Hill Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0040660/048, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Raymond Davis and Ruth Davis.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, RAYMOND DAVIS, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and RUTH DAVIS, 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 LILA G. LOIZOS, who may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that RAYMOND DAVIS, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, RUTH DAVIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, LILA G. LOIZOS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMBER 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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described as 6922 Forest Hill Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0040662/028, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Randy K. Davis.

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

IT IS ORDERED that Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMBER 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

ROSA L. STOKES, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2965 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2117 Ford Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000598/025, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Rosa L. Stokes.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ROSA L. STOKES, 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 ROSA L. STOKES, 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 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

THE BEARDED HOUSE FLIPPER, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3789 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2115 Ford Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000598/024, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, The Bearded House Flipper, LLC.

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

IT IS ORDERED that THE BEARDED HOUSE FLIPPER, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMBER 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

RANDY K. DAVIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2120 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.

CYNTHIA LEAR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2102 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2014 Fairfield Avenue, Richmond, Virginia,

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Tax Map Number E0001237/014, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Cynthia Lear, Edward Miller, Jr., Anthony Miller, Eurlyne Golden, William Antonio Bridy and James Miller.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, CYNTHIA LEAR, EDWARD MILLER, JR, ANTHONY M I L L E R , E U R LY N E GOLDEN, and WILLIAM ANTONIO BRIDY, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, JAMES MILLER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that CYNTHIA LEAR, EDWARD MILLER, JR, ANTHONY M I L L E R , E U R LY N E GOLDEN, WILLIAM ANTONIO BRIDY, JAMES MILLER, 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 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that P. DAWN WALKER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMBER 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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MICHAEL T. WILLIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2021 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1518 Rear West Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number W000-0604/050, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Michael T. Willis and JMG Patience, LLC.

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

IT IS ORDERED that MICHAEL T. WILLIS, JMG PATIENCE, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMBER 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, VERONICA W. ARMSTRONG, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMBER 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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 MARIAN B. CHAMBERS, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CHARLES E. BURKE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROGER C. BURKE, JR, GREGORY D. BURKE, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMBER 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

is to subject the property briefly described as 1811 North 24th Street, Tax Map Number E000-1083/006, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, William L. Johnson, Jr, Alice Y. Sanders, Grace L. Brown, Carl E. Johnson, Sr, Juanita Bingham, Calvin Johnson, Ellis Douglas, Anthony Douglas, Charles Douglas, Bernard Douglas, and Eugene Douglas.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, HELENA JOHNSON, WILLIAM L. JOHNSON, JR, ALICE Y. SANDERS, GRACE L. BROWN, CARL E. JOHNSON, SR, JUANITA BINGHAM, CALVIN JOHNSON, ELLIS DOUGLAS, ANTHONY DOUGLAS, CHARLES DOUGLAS, BERNARD DOUGLAS, and EUGENE DOUGLAS, are to be proceed against by Order of Publication pursuant to Section 8.01-316(A)(3) of the Code of Virginia, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that HELENA JOHNSON, WILLIAM L. JOHNSON, JR, ALICE Y. SANDERS, GRACE L. BROWN, CARL E. JOHNSON, SR, JUANITA BINGHAM, CALVIN JOHNSON, ELLIS DOUGLAS, ANTHONY DOUGLAS, CHARLES DOUGLAS, BERNARD DOUGLAS, EUGENE DOUGLAS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before November 12, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

(Tax Parcel Identification No. E0001086010) (the “Subject Property”) and vesting QLOV with fee simple title to the Subject Property.

And it appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the following persons may have an interest in the Subject Property and that they are not residents of the Commonwealth and/or their names and/or addresses are not known and that diligence has been used by and on behalf of Plaintiffs to ascertain such names and addresses without effect: A’RIYAN MILES JAMES MILES YOLANDA MILES HEIKO MOESSNER THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF LUCILLE B. MILES and PARTIES UNKNOWN

It is ORDERED that the aforesaid parties appear on or before October 14, 2020, in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, Virginia and do what is necessary to protect their interests.

I ask for this: Godfrey T. Pinn, Jr. (VSB No. 43106) Adam N. Harrell, Jr. (VSB No. 22098) Harrell & Chambliss LLP Eighth & Main Building 707 East Main Street, Suite 1000 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 643-8401 – main dial (804) 648-2707 – main fax gpinn@hclawfirm.com aharrell@hclawfirm.com Counsel for Plaintiffs

SANTO EDUVIGES SECOBAR, JUAN VARGAS COL, LUIS MIGUEL GOMEZ, JUAN CARLOS ALVARADO MORALES, FIDEL FRANCISCO CRUZ ESTRAD, KATHY PICKING, TRUSTEE, CAMOLIV LAND TRUST, ALVINA E. L. MANUEL, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 15, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

JACK M. MATTHEWS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2664 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2603 Columbia Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0080379/013, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Jack M. Matthews and Elizabeth W. Matthews, both upon information and belief deceased.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, JACK M . M AT T H E W S , u p o n information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and ELIZABETH W. MATTHEWS, 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 JACK M. MATTHEWS, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ELIZABETH W. MATTHEWS, 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 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

P. DAWN WALKER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-1935 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2700 Clearfield Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0080772/032, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, P. Dawn Walker.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, P. DAWN WALKER, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this Continued on next column

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

FERRA M. DIGGS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-1837 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1902 Chelsea Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000833/021, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Ferra M. Diggs, Amanda J. Kelly-Morris, Melvaughan E. Cottman and Cotina Cottman.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, FERRA M. DIGGS, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owners, AMANDA J. KELLY-MORRIS and COTINA COTTMAN, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, MELVAUGHAN E. COTTMAN, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that RICHMOND ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC, LTD, an entity not listed 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 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 FERRA M. DIGGS, AMANDA J. KELLY-MORRIS, COTINA COTTMAN, MELVAUGHAN E. COTTMAN, RICHMOND ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC, LTD, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMBER 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

DELORES S. ANDERSON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3244 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1312 Chambers Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0071182/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Delores S. Anderson.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, DELORES S. 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, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that DELORES S. ANDERSON, 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 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

THE WRIGHT CHOICE 401K PLAN, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2249 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 706 Belt Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C006-0193/002, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, The Wright Choice 401K Plan, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, THE WRIGHT CHOICE 401K PLAN, LLC, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that THE WRIGHT CHOICE 401K PLAN, LLC, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMBER 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

RUTH A. LYONS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2177 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1409 North 31st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000719/014, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Ruth A. Lyons, Florence L. Roane, William G. Roane, Alvin W. Roane, Jr, Rosa M. West, James Roane and Marvin Roane.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, RUTH A. LYONS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, FLORENCE L. ROANE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, WILLIAM G. ROANE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ALVIN W. ROANE, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and ROSA M. WEST, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, JAMES ROANE, 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 RUTH A. LYONS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, FLORENCE L. ROANE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, WILLIAM G. ROANE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ALVIN W. ROANE, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROSA M. WEST, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JAMES ROANE, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMBER 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

NATHANIEL M. WOOTTON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2084 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1214 North 35th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0001273/035, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Nathaniel M. Wootton.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, NATHANIEL M. WOOTTON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that VERONICA W. ARMSTRONG, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that NATHANIEL M. WOOTTON,

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

MARIAN B. CHAMBERS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-1986 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 808 North 31st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000630/048, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Marian B. Chambers, Charles E. Burke, both upon information and belief deceased, Roger C. Burke, Jr. and Gregory D. Burke.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, MARIAN B. CHAMBERS, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and CHARLES E. BURKE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owners, ROGER C. BURKE, JR, and GREGORY D. BURKE, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address,

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

JONATHAN BULLOCK, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-138 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1005 North 27th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000476/035, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Jonathan Bullock and RJR Ventures, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JONATHAN BULLOCK, 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 JONATHAN BULLOCK, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMBER 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

LYNWOOD B. HARRIS, III, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2570 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1810 North 25th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0001083/009, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Lynwood B. Harris, III.

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

IT IS ORDERED that LYNWOOD B. HARRIS, III, 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 12, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

HELENA JOHNSON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2622 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.

THOMAS DHAITI, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-62 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1712 North 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000936008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Thomas Dhaiti.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, THOMAS DHAITA, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that T H O M A S D H A I TA a n d Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 8, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND John Marshall Courts Building QUALITY LIFE OF VIRGINIA, LLC, and LARRY C. MILES, SR., as Trustee of Word for Living Ministries Plaintiffs, v.

A’RIYAN MILES, JAMES MILES, YOLANDA MILES, HEIKO MOESSNER, and any unknown heirs, beneficiaries, devisees, assigns, creditors, successors-in-interest, and any other unknown persons claiming by, through and under Lucille B. Miles, deceased, and any unknown persons claiming an interest in City of Richmond Tax Parcel No. E0001086010, if any there be (“UNKNOWN PARTIES”), Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3965-2 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

In this proceeding, plaintiffs Quality Life of Virginia, LLC (“QLOV”) and Larry C. Miles, Sr., as Trustee of Word for Living Ministries (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), seek inter alia the entry of an Order declaring that QLOV is the rightful owner of the property located at 1738 North 28th Street, Richmond, Virginia 23223 Continued on next column

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

CAMOLIV LAND TRUST, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-5186 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 410 North Madison Street, Tax Map Number N000-0181/013, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Camoliv Land Trust.

An Affidavit having been filed that said creditors, LUIS F R A N C I S C O H U E R TA , ALEX ABIMAEL HERRERA GONZALES, CESAR HUERTA DIAZ, DAVID VA L E N C I A A R T E A G A , GERARDO HERNANDEZ FACUNDO, GONZALES AGUILAR, IMELDA DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, IVON M O D E S TA G O M E Z , KARLA ESPINOZA, JOSE MARAZAN MIRANDA, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIS, JORGE MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MANUEL MALONADO, PA S T O R A N T O N I O ESCOBAR MUNOZ, RENA MALDONADO, ROBERTO MORENA CISNEROS, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, VICTOR ESPINO, DAVID GAMERO, ROSA YESENIA ESCOBAR, TEODOSIA S A U C E D O , R A FA E L ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, MARIE ALVAREZ, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL CORTEZ, JOSE, ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, M AY N O R M A U R I C I O MUNOZ BONILLA, JOSE ATLLANO ARIOS JAIME, SANTO EDUVIGES SECOBAR, JUAN VARGAS COL, LUIS MIGUEL GOMEZ, JUAN CARLOS ALVARADO MORALES, and FIDEL FRANCISCO CRUZ ESTRADA, are to be proceed against by Order of Publication pursuant to Section 8.01-316(A)(3) of the Code of Virginia; that KATHY PICKING, TRUSTEE, CAMOLIV LAND TRUST, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that ALVINA E. L. MANUEL, who may be a creditor with an interest in said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that LUIS FRANCISCO HUERTA, ALEX ABIMAEL HERRERA GONZALES, CESAR HUERTA DIAZ, DAVID VA L E N C I A A R T E A G A , GERARDO HERNANDEZ FACUNDO, GONZALES AGUILAR, IMELDA DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, IVON M O D E S TA G O M E Z , KARLA ESPINOZA, JOSE MARAZAN MIRANDA, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIS, JORGE MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MANUEL MALONADO, PA S T O R A N T O N I O ESCOBAR MUNOZ, RENA MALDONADO, ROBERTO MORENA CISNEROS, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, VICTOR ESPINO, DAVID GAMERO, ROSA YESENIA ESCOBAR, TEODOSIA S A U C E D O , R A FA E L ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, MARIE ALVAREZ, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL CORTEZ, JOSE, ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, M AY N O R M A U R I C I O MUNOZ BONILLA, JOSE ATLLANO ARIOS JAIME, Continued on next column

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

THEODORE ISSAAC KNIGHT, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2255 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 917 Saint John Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000107/035, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Theodore Issaac Knight.

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

IT IS ORDERED that Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 8, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

SARAH R. CHAPMAN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2361 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2006 Redwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120276/020, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Sarah R. Chapman.

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

IT IS ORDERED that Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 8, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

BENSON F, WOO, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2020 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2625 Q Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000475/013, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Benson Woo and Cynthia S. Woo.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, BENSON F. WOO and CYNTHIA S. WOO, 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 BENSON F. WOO, CYNTHIA S. WOO, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 8, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. Continued on next column

Richmond Free Press

B6 September 10-12, 2020

Sports Plus

By Fred Jeter

One of Virginia Commonwealth Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most memorable basketball victories came at the expense of one of the sportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iconic coaches â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the late Coach John Thompson Jr. of the Georgetown University Hoyas.

On March 1, 1978, the VCU Rams posted their first-ever, postseason triumph, an 88-75 win over the Hoyas.

It came in the semifinals of the East Coast Athletic Conference, or ECAC, South playoffs at the Smith Center on the campus of George Washington University in the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what got it started for VCU,â&#x20AC;? recalled point guard Ed Sherod. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That put us on the map. And you couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss that big guy (Coach Thompson) over there with the towel on his shoulder.â&#x20AC;?

Coach Thompson, a towering 6-foot-10 legendary figure in basketball, died Aug. 30, 2020.

Coach Thompson, who played from 1964 to 1966 with the NBAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Boston Celtics, went on to coach the Hoyas from 1972 to 1999, taking the team to the NCAA Tournament 20 times, including three NCAA title games in the 1980s and winning the national championship in 1984.

Coincidentally, Coach Thompson recruited Sherod when he was among the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading scorers at John Marshall High School under Coach Frank Threatts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was a shooting guard and Coach Thompson was really looking for a point guard,â&#x20AC;? Sherod recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But then I wound up at the point for VCU.â&#x20AC;?

VCU did not gain full NCAA Division I status until the 1974-75 season. The Rams were a distinct underdog playing in D.C. against the Hoyas, who were building a national reputation under Coach Thompson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We shocked a lot of people,â&#x20AC;? recalled Chip Noe, a senior forward on the VCU team at the time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a huge victory. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rate it in the top five all time for VCU. Well, at least the top 10.â&#x20AC;?

At the time, Coach Thompson was in his sixth season as Georgetown coach. By that time,

Ed Sherod, Penny Elliott and Danny Kottak

Beating Coach John Thompsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hoyas remains a sweet memory for former VCU Rams his Hoyas had been to the NCAAs in 1975 and 1976 and to the NIT in 1977.

By contrast, VCU, then under second-year Coach Dana Kirk, had never been to any postseason event. All previous VCU seasons had ended with the final game of the regular season.

The Rams were still playing some home games in the tiny Franklin Street Gymnasium.

Both VCU and Georgetown were basically independent in 1977-78, but loosely affiliated with the far-flung ECAC. Many VCU fans didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know of the conference affiliation.

VCU joined the Sun Belt Conference while Georgetown entered the Big East, both prior to the 1979-80 season.

For that VCU-Georgetown postseason game in 1978, the Rams rode up to D.C. with three freshmen starters, Sherod, Penny Elliott from Clearwater, Fla., and Danny Kottak from Louisville.

The headline in the March 2 daily city newspaper after the Ramsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; victory read: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rams Rip Hoyas with Freshmen.â&#x20AC;?

Other starters were Gerald Henderson from Richmondâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Huguenot High School and Ren Watson from Buckingham, who were recruited to VCU under previous Coach Chuck Noe, team member Chip Noeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father.

A catalyst off the bench was Wes Carmack, a left-handed transfer from Buffalo State Col-

lege in New York. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wes was flying all over the place,â&#x20AC;? Sherod recalled of the night the Rams beat the Hoyas.

Others seeing time were Tony DiMaria, Greg Ringo and Tim Harris from Henrico High School.

Henderson, who played against Georgetown with an injured knee and scored just four points, and Sherod went on to play in the NBA. Â Watson, who remains VCUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time shot blocker, had 11 points and 10 rebounds against the Hoyas.

Still, star of the night honors went to Kottak, a slender 6-foot-5 wing forward who was playing with a heavily taped left ankle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For two days leading up to the game, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if Danny would play,â&#x20AC;? Noe recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was on crutches. Then he went out there and went freakinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nuts.â&#x20AC;?

In scoring 29 points, Kottak, aka â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Instamatic,â&#x20AC;? hit 13 of 15 from the floorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;mostly from long range, three of three from the foul line and, surprisingly, collected 11 rebounds.

Sherod was 9-for-12 from the field, scored 26 points and choreographed an efficient offense. The always excitable Carmack added 14 off the bench.

The Hoyas were one man down as starter Derrick Jackson was ill and did not play.

Rams vs. Hoyas Part II

Like his father, Coach John Thompson III, who coached at Georgetown from 2004 to 2017, had little success going up against the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams.

In the second round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament, the Rams defeated the Hoyas 74-56 at Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s United Center.

The Rams went on to defeat Purdue, Florida State and Kansas before falling to Butler University in the NCAA semifinals in Houston.Â

Coach Thompson made no excuses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We played a good ball club and  they beat us,â&#x20AC;? Coach Thompson told the media. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unfortunate that he (Jackson) wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there, but those are the breaks of the game. It would be unfair to say he was the difference.â&#x20AC;?

Coach Thompson posted a 596-239 record at Georgetown in 27 seasons and was the first Black coach to win an NCAA Division I national title in 1984.

The 1978 season didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end that night for either squad.

VCU lost soon after that to St. Bonaventure in the ECAC finals in Rochester, N.Y., and was denied its first ever NCAA berth. From there, the Rams traveled to the University of Detroit where they fell in the first round of the NIT. Georgetown also was invited to the NIT and defeated the University of Virginia and the University of Dayton before falling to North Carolina State University in the semifinals.

Had VCU defeated Detroit and one more opponent, the Rams and Hoyas would have had a March rematch in the NIT semifinals.

Still, Rams fans will forever recall the winter of 1978 more for the groundbreaking win against Coach Thompsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hoyas than for the two losses to close the campaign. VCU finished 24-5. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After that game,â&#x20AC;? Sherod said of the Georgetown matchup, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we knew we could play with anyone. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say that victory carried us for seasons to come.â&#x20AC;?

Lou Brock, MLBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former stolen base king, dies at 81

Lou Brock, among the greatest MLB leadoff hitters and known for stealing bases, died on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020.

He was 81 and living in St. Louis.

Mr. Brock helped the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and two World Series titles. He was a six-time National League All-Star and eight-time NL stolen base champ.

Playing 1961 to 1979, the left-handed outfielder stole 938 bases, including 118 in 1974. He was the all-time leader in stolen bases before being surpassed by Rickey Henderson.

Mr. Brock was born in Arkansas to a family of sharecroppers that moved to Louisiana when he was a toddler. He played baseball at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., before signing as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs in 1960.

Mr. Brock was traded from the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1964 for pitcher Ernie Broglio. It is considered

one of the most lopsided trades in big league annals.

The fleet Mr. Brock went on to score 10,332 runs, with 486 doubles, 141 triples and 149 home runs.

Known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Running Redbirdâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Base Burglar,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Brock became an ordained minister and an entrepreneur.

Lou Brock His creations included the Brocka-brella, an umbrella hat that fits onto the head. They were big sellers at St. Louis games on rainy days.

After retiring in 1979, Mr. Brock briefly worked as a baseball analyst for ABC and the Chicago White Sox. He also had a florist business in the St. Louis area.

He was a regular at Cardinals games. Whenever he was introduced, the crowd chanted â&#x20AC;&#x153;Louuuuuuu.â&#x20AC;? His fans never forgot.

Mr. Brockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 20 jersey was retired by St. Louis. He was inducted into Baseballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall of Fame in 1984.

Mr. Brock had been in declining health.

A diabetic, he had a leg amputated in 2015 and was diagnosed with cancer in 2017.

His son, Lou Brock Jr., starred as a football player at the University of Southern California and played two seasons as a defensive back in the NFL.

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City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

SHANAE A. GEORGE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2367 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 700 Northside Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001154/026, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Shanae A. George.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, SHANAE A. GEORGE, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that MICHAEL J. CHAMPLIN, TRUSTEE, of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0348979 on December 23, 2003, has not filed a response to this action; that LEXINGTON COURT, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, BENEFICIARY of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 03-48979 on December 23, 2003, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that HARRISON MCCARGO, upon information and belief deceased, BENEFICIARY of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 04-4507 on February 12, 2004, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;?

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SHANAE A. GEORGE, MICHAEL J. CHAMPLIN, TRUSTEE, of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0348979 on December 23, 2003, LEXINGTON COURT, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, BENEFICIARY of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0348979 on December 23, 2003, HARRISON MCCARGO, upon information and belief deceased, BENEFICIARY of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 04-4507 on February 12, 2004, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 8, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that PIONEER MORTGAGE CORPORATION, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission TRUSTEE, of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 203 page 759 on May 31, 1989, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE COMPANY an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, B E N E F I C I A RY o f a n Assignment of Deed of Trust filed at Deed Book 333 page 19444 on February 1, 1999, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that VIRGINIA WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CENTER, PC, an entity listed as inactive 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;?

IT IS ORDERED that SAMMY M. COPPEDGE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, TOMMY O. COPPEDGE, REBECCA F R AU N B E R G E R a k a REBECCA FRAUNRUBER, P I O N E E R M O RT G AG E CORPORATION, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission TRUSTEE, of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 203 pag e 759 on May 31, 1989, NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE COMPANY an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, B E N E F I C I A RY o f a n Assignment of Deed of Trust filed at Deed Book 333 page 19444 on February 1, 1999, VIRGINIA WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CENTER, PC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come

forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 8, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

WILL A. SCHULTZ, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2256 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2904 Seminary Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000861/005, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Will A. Schultz and Julia F. Schultz.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, WILL A. SCHULTZ, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and JULIA F. SCHULTZ, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;?

IT IS ORDERED that WILL A. SCHULTZ, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JULIA F. SCHULTZ, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 8, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney

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

SAMMY M. COPPEDGE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2178 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4038 McKay Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0090398/100, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Sammy M. Coppedge.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, SAMMY M. COPPEDGE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that TOMMY O. COPPEDGE and REBECCA F R AU N B E R G E R a k a REBECCA FRAUNRUBER, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, Continued on next column

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900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

ABC License Vape Shop Inc. Trading as: Vape and Play 4203 N Ave, Richmond Henrico, Virginia 23222 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage C ontrol (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Wine and Beer off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

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

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C ontrol (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Day Spa license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

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

La Fronterna Mexican Restaurant and Bar LLC Trading as: La Fronterna Mexican Restaurant and Bar 1412 Starling Dr Ste C Richmond, Virginia 23229-5543 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage C ontrol (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Wine and Beer On Premises and Mixed Beverage Restaurant license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

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

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