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3 City Council aides receive $97,000 total in severance, vacation pay

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond City Council quietly approved severance packages totaling more than $97,000 for three departing council employees even as council members expressed shock and dismay over similar payments to four departing

employees of former Mayor Dwight C. Jones.

The hefty packages were provided to the aides or liaisons of former Council members Jonathan T. Baliles, 1st District; Kathy C. Graziano, 4th District; and Michelle R. Mosby, 9th District. The aides lost their jobs when the three council members

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Throngs of people, many wearing signature knit pink hats, crowd Independence Avenue last Saturday for the Women’s March on Washington.

Trump inaugurated amid hail of protests Free Press staff, wire report

WASHINGTON Republican Donald J. Trump launched his presidency with a blunt inaugural address, a fist pump and promises to give power to the people and put “America first.”

And in the days since he was sworn in last Friday as the nation’s 45th commander in chief, he been drafting and signing orders to carry out campaign promises — from gutting the Affordable Care Act that many of his supporters rely on to restarting construc-

tion of oil and gas pipelines that were halted due to concerns about environmental damage.

Despite arriving in office with the lowest approval ratings of any modern president, he and Republican allies who dominate Congress were unfazed and

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and around the world.

Pushing ahead, President Trump on Wednesday ordered the start of construction of a U.S.-Mexican border wall with taxpayer funds and a renewed promise to get a resistant Mexico to cover the estimated $14 billion cost.

The oldest and richest president ever to serve, the 70-year-old chief executive, who has raked in millions of dollars running for office and who expects to become even richer with the money he will make

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did not seek re-election and left office Dec. 31.

In December and early January, City Council approved resolutions authorizing severance packages for Timothy E. Grimes, Uzziah A. Harris and Yueh H. “Eli” Wong.

However, the amounts paid to them were not publicly disclosed until the Free Press requested the information.

Mr. Grimes, who had worked for Ms. Graziano since January 2013 and ran unsuccessfully for her City Council seat in November, received $19,207.

That included $15,904 in severance and $3,304 for unused vacation, according to a report from Steven R. Skinner, Richmond City Council public information manager.

Mr. Harris, who had worked for Ms. Mosby since October 2013, was paid $38,682. That included $29,580 in severance and $9,102 in unused vacation, the report stated.

Mr. Wong, who worked as a liaison since 2007, first for former 9th District Councilman Douglas G. Conner and then for Mr. Baliles since 2013, received $39,200. That included $31,881 in severance and $7,319 for unused vacation, the report stated.

Collectively, the three former council employees received $97,089 in parting pay as prescribed by the city pay plan and a severance ordinance the council approved on Dec. 13, 2004.

City Attorney Allen L. Jackson approved the payments as to form and legality, just as he did for the four people who once reported to former Mayor Jones.

Mayor Jones’ former aides, executive assistant Cheryl Ivey Green, press secretary Tammy Hawley, chief of staff Mark Kronenthal and deputy chief of staff Don Mark, were paid a collective $226,000 in severance and unused vacation.

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Heat, water problems plague residents in new Highland Park apartment building

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Stelios Varias/TPX Images of the Day

These photos taken at the National Mall in Washington show the crowds attending inaugural ceremonies for President Trump and President Obama. At left, the photo at President Trump’s inauguration, taken at 12:01 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, as President Trump was taking the oath of office. At right, the photo at President Obama’s first inauguration, taken at 1:27 p.m. Jan. 20, 2009, around the time President Obama finished his inaugural address.

Crowd comparison angers Trump Free Press staff report

To President Trump, size apparently does matter.

The new president and some of his staff went ballistic after images went viral showing how much smaller the crowd was at his inauguration on Friday, Jan. 20, compared to the crowd at President Obama’s inauguration in 2009.

The photos were taken by Reuters photographers from the same vantage point overlooking the National Mall on the observation level near the top of the Washington Monument.

The photos, circulated by Reuters news service as side-by-side images, did not state which crowd was larger. President Obama’s first Please turn to A4

Ernest L. Fox has stopped showering since moving into the new Highland Park Senior Apartments, a former school building being converted into 77 residential apartments at East Brookland Park Boulevard and Second Avenue.

“I can’t get any hot water,” said the retired welder, one of 24 residents who have moved into the incomplete building from the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s Fay Towers, which is scheduled to close.

“I have to boil water to shave and wash myself,” said the 68-year-old Richmond native. “It’s really frustrating.”

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Ernest L. Fox uses his fingers to test the water temperature in his new apartment. He says water never gets hot enough to use for shaving or showering.

Petersburg group petitions court to boot mayor, councilman

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

President Donald Trump is sworn in last Friday by Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court, with his wife, Melania, holding the Bible and their son, Barron, nearby.

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Furious over the financial crisis that grips Petersburg, a faction of city voters has taken the rare step of asking a judge to remove two members of Petersburg City Council they blame for the city’s condition, Mayor Samuel Parham, 3rd Ward, and his predecessor, Councilman and former Mayor W. Howard Myers, 5th Ward.

Their future as elected officials is now in the hands of Petersburg Circuit Court Judge Joseph M. Teefey Jr. Judge Teefey has ordered both men to

appear in court 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6.

He could decide after hearing evidence whether to oust Mayor Parham and Mr. Myers, whose current four-year terms extend through December 2018.

Removal would lead to a special election to fill their seats.

The court request comes as the Robert Bobb Group, a consulting firm brought in to help the city, continues work to repair the city’s finances.

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GRTC cleared to test ride-share programs for elderly, disabled

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond City Council this week cleared the way for GRTC to test the use of taxicabs and ride-sharing programs like Uber and Lyft to improve its service to elderly and disabled riders who rely on its specialty paratransit van service known as CARE van.

The council voted 9-0 to approve the pilot program.

However, GRTC has yet to receive any applications from providers for the pilot program.

Under the ordinance, riders would pay $6 for a one-way ride while GRTC would pay $15. The customer would have to pick up any additional cost.

Surprisingly, the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1220, which opposes the pilot program, did not attend the meeting or an earlier hearing in a council committee to raise objections.

Frank Tunstall, president and business agent for the union local that represents CARE van and regular bus drivers and mechanics, indicated that the council’s action would be of little consequence given GRTC’s struggle to secure any interested parties.

GRTC announced the pilot program last Mr. Tunstall year, but the bidding deadline came and went Nov. 30 without any interest from private paratransit, taxi or ride-sharing programs.

GRTC has kept the procurement open in hopes that will change and that the program might be able to launch at some point.

Customer complaints over poor CARE van service have dogged GRTC, and the transit company wants to test the changes as a way to reduce problems that its vendor, MV Transportation, has not been able to solve.

One reason for delays in pickups and returns has been a shortage of drivers.

The situation grew more difficult during the past two weeks when a Northern Virginia company recruited nine CARE van drivers to work at a much higher pay rate.

Mr. Tunstall said that the nine drivers are now being picked up each day to go to their new jobs, creating more vacancies.

He said the problem is temporary as 11 drivers are in training and soon could fill some of the vacancies.

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Slices of life and scenes in Richmond This honorary street sign pays tribute to the late Andrew N. “Bo” Hobbs Jr., the former longtime girls’ basketball coach at Thomas Jefferson High School.

Mr. Hobbs’ brother, Kevin Hobbs, right, spoke at the sign’s unveiling ceremony last Saturday. Location: Hawthorne Avenue and Lancaster Road on the edge of Battery Park. Richmond City Councilman Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, won council approval for the sign to remember Mr. Hobbs, a longtime resident of the area who died Sept. 19. He coached the team for 17 years before retiring in 2013. He also officiated at area high school and college football games for 25 years.

Courtesy Chris A. Hilbert

Broad Street lane 4 named to Mayor Stoney’s staff closures for GRTC Pulse construction

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Broad Street is about to become more congested between 1st and Harrison streets because of construction of stations for the GRTC Pulse, the bus rapid transit system, GRTC has announced.

Beginning this week or possibly next, the bus company stated that one eastbound lane and one westbound lane will be shut down to allow demolition of the concrete median and development of the stations along the Pulse route.

The reduction in travel lanes also is expected to impact street parking along Broad Street.

Drivers already have experienced some construction disruption near the state Department of Motor Vehicles building on West Broad Street, where the first BRT station is under construction. And there was some disruption last week as crews worked in the median between Foushee and Thompson streets.

This work will be more extensive and is expected to affect traffic for several months.

Further information: (804) 980-0084 or www.ridegrtc.com/ brt/construction-info/.

VUU to host Honda Campus All-Star Challenge qualifiers Ten historically black colleges and universities will compete next month at Virginia Union University for a spot in the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge.

VUU has competed in the annual academic challenge since 1990, but this is the first year the private Richmond university will host one of the qualifying tournaments to select 48 teams for the finals to be held in California in April.

The qualifying competition, which will be open to the public, will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, in VUU’s L. Douglas Wilder Library and Learning Resource Center.

VUU’s team will test its knowledge of various subjects against teams from three other Virginia schools, Hampton, Norfolk State and Virginia State universities, and teams from Savannah State University of Georgia, Morgan State University of Maryland, Elizabeth City State University of North Carolina, Central State University of Ohio, Fisk University of Tennessee and West Virginia State University.

Correction Three bills in the General Assembly restricting student suspension from school were introduced by Republican Delegate Richard P. “Dickie” Bell of Staunton.

Because of a reporting error, the measures were credited incorrectly to another member of the House of Delegates in an article published in the Jan. 19-21 edition about the Virginia NAACP’s support of GOP-sponsored student suspension reform.

The Free Press regrets the error.

Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney has added four new people to his staff at City Hall, including three policy advisers and a senior assistant, as he seek to put his stamp on the city government.

The new appointees are former City Councilman Jonathan T. “Jon” Baliles, University of Richmond professor Thad Williamson, former campaign aide Lisa Speller-Davis and a former aide to Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Rushawna Senior.

Mr. Baliles Mr. Baliles’ appointment came as no surprise.

The former 1st District councilman ran against Mayor Stoney, then helped him win by dropping out and endorsing him in the waning days of the campaign.

A former city planner and insurance broker, Mr. Baliles will be the senior policy adviser for innovation and initially will earn $85,000 a year.

Mayor Stoney said in that role, Mr. Baliles would help him improve the efficiency and accountability of government operations, oversee economic development Mayor Stoney and lay plans for improving neighborhoods and commercial areas.

A co-founder of the RVA Street Art Festival, Mr. Baliles “brings with him a deep knowledge of City Hall and Richmond and will be an invaluable asset in helping us transform the expectations of city government,” Mayor Stoney said.

Dr. Williamson, former director of the city’s anti-poverty Office of Community Wealth Building under former Mayor Dwight C. Jones, was named Mayor Stoney’s senior adviser for opportunity.

Dr. Williamson, who also was Mayor Stoney’s transition director, will work 16 hours a week in his city position while retaining

Ms. Speller-Davis

Ms. Senior

Dr. Williamson

his teaching position at the University of Richmond. To be paid $44,000 a year for his city work, Dr. Williamson will focus on issues involving poverty and education, the mayor said.

Ms. Speller-Davis, a registered nurse and a nonprofit founder, was named the mayor’s senior policy adviser for engagement.

She is to be paid $110,000 a year and her role will be to build relationships with community groups and the public and ensure their involvement in various policy areas.

“Lisa will play a pivotal role in ensuring that residents have the opportunity to contribute to the development of plans and policies that will shape the future of our city,” the mayor said.

Finally, he named Ms. Senior as his senior assistant to ensure a “high-functioning and responsive Mayor’s Office.” She is to be paid $70,000.

A member of the Army National Guard, she previously served as a policy analyst and legislative coordinator for Gov. McAuliffe on issues of public safety, homeland security, veterans’ affairs and defense and as an assistant program coordinator for the state Department of Motor Vehicles.

Earlier, Mayor Stoney named Lincoln Saunders, a former chief of staff to Virginia First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe, to serve as his chief of staff at a salary of $125,000 a year and named James S. “Jim” Nolan, a former Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter, as his press secretary at a salary of $110,000 a year.

16 to graduate from police academy The Richmond Police Department is gaining some badly needed reinforcements.

Sixteen recruits are to graduate from the training academy this week and immediately join the ranks of the department. They are the first of more than 70 new officers who are expected to join the city police force in the next nine months.

“When these recruits entered training July 1, I said that graduation day couldn’t come fast enough. Well, that day has finally arrived, ” Chief Alfred Durham told the Free Press.

“We are truly excited to have these new officers who are ready to serve and protect,” Chief Durham said Monday as he prepared to welcome the new officers at the graduation ceremony scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Statistics from the department show how much the 16 new officers — and a 17th who was injured and will join after he

recovers and finishes the academy — are needed at a time when the department is battling a spike in crime.

As of Jan. 16, the department reported having 715 sworn officers on its rolls, or 35 short of the authorized strength of 750.

However, 28 of those 715 officers were unavailable due to military service, injury or disciplinary action, while 37 are listed as recruits in training, including the 16 new graduates, the department stated.

The bottom line: The department had 650 officers and detectives available for duty, down six from the reported December strength of 656 officers as the result of resignations and retirements.

The graduating recruits will boost the department’s available strength to 666 officers, but those graduates will not be assigned immediately to the streets on their own.

“They will be in field training for eight weeks — paired with an experienced officer,” said Gene Lepley, police department spokesman. “That means they will not be

on their own until mid-March.”

Until then, the actual available strength will be around 650, the smallest number in recent years.

Still, their presence will be a start in rebuilding the force.

Currently, a second recruit class of 18 is in training, according to Chief Durham.

The class started in November, with graduation expected in May, he said.

Two more classes of 20 each are to start in the next month or so, and a total of 40 recruits could graduate between July and September, if all goes well. This would be the first time the academy would have three classes in training at one time, the chief said.

Richmond City Council last month approved spending $1.7 million to enable Chief Durham to start those two new classes and committed to providing an additional $1.7 million in the 2017-18 budget that will begin July 1 to cover the full cost of training and adding 40 officers to the force. – JEREMY M. LAZARUS

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3 candidates vying for House seat in Feb. 7 special election

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Jeff M. Bourne appeared to be on a glide path to win the Tuesday, Feb. 7, special election for the Richmond seat in the House of Delegates that became vacant when Jennifer L. McClellan won a special election and moved up to the state Senate earlier this month.

Mr. Bourne, a Richmond School Board member and deputy attorney general, secured the crucial Democratic nomination last Friday. Already, he has sent two mailers to alert voters in the 71st House District to his candidacy.

However, his path to victory just got a little bumpy.

Two more candidates — both considered long-shots — jumped into the race with hopes of beating Mr. Bourne, who said he would give up his 3rd District School Board seat and his state legal post if he wins.

The new candidates are: John Barclay, a Libertarian Party member and eighth-grade math and science teacher at Richmond’s Franklin Military Academy, and Regie Ford, a mortgage consultant with SunTrust Mortgage, according to the state Board of Elections.

Mr. Barclay, a Church Hill resident, stated on his Facebook page that his decision to run is “a manifestation of both my love

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for the city and the state.”

Mr. Ford, a former president of the Richmond Crusade for Voters who resigned last summer to avoid being removed by members, initially sought to challenge Mr. Bourne for the Democratic nomination.

However, he decided to run as an independent after he missed last week’s deadline to submit his paperwork and $1,500 filing fee for the Democratic Party nomination. His submission was rejected when it was filed 45 minutes late.

The deadline to file as an independent candidate was Tuesday, Jan. 24.

The winner of the special election is expected to take the seat

Heat, water problems plague residents in new Highland Park apartment building Continued from A1

his second-floor apartment because the heat did not work.

He said his apartment wasn’t warm until last Friday when the maintenance staff raised the thermostat’s setting to 78 degrees and opened a heat vent in his bedroom.

Residents have limited control of their thermostats and can adjust them only between 68 and 72 degrees, according to Luann Tia Blount, a spokesman for the nonprofit developer, Community Preservation and Development Corp. of Silver Spring, Md. Mr. Fox is not alone among new residents complaining about the complex that was supposed to be a major improvement over the aging Fay Towers and for the Highland Park area.

Mr. Fox and others related their latest problems with the building to the Free Press last Saturday after Ms. Blount insisted earlier last week that the hot water complaints had been handled.

CPDC is pouring $11.4 million into the project as part of carrying out its contract with the RRHA to replace the 200 units in Fay Towers.

But the new units have not satisfied Hazel Bachoo, 63, a production specialist with Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods. She said Saturday her hot water still isn’t working properly.

“The water turns lukewarm when you’re taking a shower,” she said.

She also said her apartment isn’t warm enough on cold nights. While the thermostat in her apartment has been set at 74, the apartment felt drafty and cooler than the temperature setting.

Another tenant, Charlie Emanuel, a retired cook, said he wishes he could take a bath like he used to at Fay Towers, but he, too, has found that the hot water runs out before he can fill the tub.

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inauguration set a record for attendance, with an estimated 1.8 million people, officials reported at the time.

People circulated the two photos on social media adding their own commentary, which sent the new administration over the edge.

President Trump criticized the “dishonest media” for showing pictures of empty spaces on the mall. In remarks he made Saturday, Jan. 21, at the CIA headquarters, he said he saw a sea of people that he estimated at 1 million to 1.5 million strong.

Later that day, White House spokesman Sean Spicer accused the media of engaging in “deliberately false reporting.”

“This was the largest audience ever to witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe,” an angry Mr. Spicer said.

On Monday, Mr. Spicer said he stands by the remark, given the “tens of millions of people that watched it online.”

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This former Richmond school building is now the Highland Park Senior Apartments. The $11.4 million development is to feature 77 units when finished.

And he worries about security after discovering that the security lock on the front door easily can be opened.

“I’ve reported it, but no one wants to listen. They just brush me off,” he said after showing a reporter how easily the door can be opened.

Visitors are supposed to call a tenant or the office and be buzzed into the apartment building after identifying themselves.

However, the electronically controlled door opens by pressing two buttons without a visitor having to call anyone.

The complex was supposed to be finished last fall, but work is still being done on more than half the building.

The city provided CPDC with a temporary occupancy permit for the completed portion while work continues in other parts of the building.

That has created problems for tenants at Fay Towers, who were tapped to occupy the units.

For example, Lindell Jackson and Shirley Tolliver packed up in October after being notified that their new apartments in Highland Park Senior Apartments would be ready shortly.

But the move still hasn’t taken place. They now maneuver around the still packed items that fill the main rooms of their Fay Towers apartments.

Both feel that CPDC officials

made promises they haven’t kept. And they are disappointed with the curt treatment they feel they have received from RRHA and CPDC apartment management staff in trying to get answers.

Ms. Jackson is now fearful that she’ll be forced to take a tiny efficiency apartment after being required to sign a lease without first seeing her new unit. She said CPDC keeps changing the unit she is to occupy while refusing to provide a moving date.

“I was promised an apartment similar in size to the one bedroom I now have,” she said.

“But the only apartment I was shown was an efficiency with a tiny closet for a bedroom.

There’s not enough room to fit the headboard of my bed.”

Instead of a joyful move to a new unit, “I’m so stressed out I can’t sleep,” said Ms. Jackson, who said she is embarrassed that she went on television last year to sing the praises of the new apartment development.

Ms. Tolliver, too, is upset about the planned move. Like Ms. Jackson, she used to work as a nursing assistant. Both are disabled.

She said that the move has become a “big mess.”

In response to Free Press questions, Ms. Blount said CPDC has ensured that its

property manager, S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co., “ has worked with each resident to orient them to the new building and highlight differences between the plumbing and HVAC systems at Fay Towers versus Highland Park.”

She said the company has raised the temperature on hot water heaters to accommodate residents who say the water is not hot enough, although Mr. Fox, Ms. Bachoo and Mr. Emanuel said nothing has changed.

Ms. Blount said the thermostats typically are set no higher than 72 degrees to save on heating costs. But the thermostats in Mr. Fox’s and Mr. Emanuel’s units were set at higher temperatures because of their complaints.

As for Ms. Jackson’s concern that she might be shoehorned into a far smaller unit than at Fay Towers, Ms. Blount acknowledged that some of the units have “smaller bedrooms compared to what (residents) had at Fay Towers. RRHA and CPDC have worked considerably to assign each resident to a unit that matches their needs.”

She added, “We placed a high priority on residents with handicaps or limited mobility and are continuing to work to try to accommodate every resident where feasible.”

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as president, also ordered punishment for cities shielding undocumented immigrants; made plans to allow torture of prisoners and to reopen CIA secret detention camps; and began moving to bar entry to refugees from war-torn Middle Eastern and African nations.

He also ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to wipe out pages on its website relating to climate change, essentially eliminating government and public access to scientific reports and data.

Facing an estimated 200,000 people at his inauguration who sprawled across the National Mall, he spoke over the competing chants of approval and protest. The new president pledged in his 16-minute speech to empower America’s “forgotten men and women.”

As he had during his campaign as the Republican nominee, President Trump portrayed the nation as violent and economically shattered, lamenting “American carnage,” closed factories and weak U.S. leadership.

Ironically, his promise to make “buy American” the watchword of his administration was belied by the $25 red caps supporters wore emblazoned with his signature slogan, “Make America Great Again.” All were made in China, Bangladesh and Vietnam — clear evidence that “Do as I say, not as I do” likely will guide his policies.

In his address, he ripped into Washington’s longtime leaders as he stood among them at the

U.S. Capitol. He charged that the powerbrokers had flourished while the people suffered.

He focused on nationalism — “At the bedrock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the United States of America.

“From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this day forward, it’s going to be only, ‘America First,’ ” President Trump said.

He also vowed to bring jobs back to the United States, and “eradicate completely” Islamic terrorism.

In sharp contrast to the hope and optimism of his predecessor, the new president arrived with a message fear, anger and isolation that resonated with white, working class people who appear not to care about his close ties to Communist Russia and its leader, Vladimir Putin, whom U.S. intelligence agencies have determined worked to aid his election.

More than 60 House Democrats refused to attend his swearing-in ceremony — just as Republicans legislators had avoided President Obama’s ceremony — in the shadow of the Capitol dome.

One Democrat who sat among the dignitaries was Hillary Clinton, who was widely expected by both parties to be the one taking the oath of office, but lost to Mr. Trump in an upset that stunned even him and his staff.

At a post-ceremony luncheon at the Capitol, President Trump asked the Republicans and Democrats present to recognize Mrs. Clinton, and those in the room rose and applauded.

by Friday, Feb. 10, or sooner, early enough to cast votes in the House of Delegates before the General Assembly’s scheduled adjournment on Saturday, Feb. 25.

The House district includes 25 precincts primarily in the North Side and East End of Richmond, with a few precincts in Henrico County.

Richmond Voter Registrar Kirk Showalter, who had raised concerns earlier about a lack of funds to cover the special elections, said she will be able to cover the cost of the Feb. 7 balloting using about $80,000 from funds she had earmarked to cover the cost of the June party primary elections in the races for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.

She said she might have to use an additional $30,000 of those funds if Mr. Bourne should win and the Richmond School Board decides to hold a special election to fill his seat rather than appoint someone until the next election in November.

She said she is in talks with the city administration about replacing the money ahead of the June primaries.

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remained on the City Council payroll and collected his city paycheck while running for election to succeed Ms. Graziano for the 4th District council seat.

However, Ms. Graziano said that she and Mr. Grimes checked with the City Attorney’s Office and received an opinion that his run for office while working for the councilwoman would not violate any law or city policy.

Mr. Grimes “wouldn’t have done it otherwise,” Ms. Graziano said.

In response to a Free Press query, Mr. Jackson stated Ms. Graziano was correct.

He noted that a city ordinance only bans employees in the “classified service” from running for office and holding a position in the city government.

However, Mr. Grimes was a member of the “unclassified service,” which is not covered by that law, Mr. Jackson said.

“I don’t know why” there is a difference, he said.

The classified service generally includes rank-and-file city employees who have some civil service-like protections for their jobs.

The unclassified service generally is reserved for upper management and those who are at-will employees who can be fired without cause.

Petersburg group petitions court to boot mayor, councilman Continued from A1

Bobb Group’s proposed amendments to the current budget to bring it into balance. The consulting group also is pressing to collect unpaid taxes and delinquent utility bills to improve revenues and could propose selling surplus city properties to raise additional money.

That has not soothed Clean Sweep Petersburg, a group that has hammered the City Council for more than a year — particularly the four-member majority that Mayor Parham and Mr. Myers have led that has controlled policy and spending — over a flawed water billing system and failed oversight of the budget.

The founders and leaders of the group, Gina Harrison and Barbara Rudolph, spent months securing the required number of signatures in each ward — 10 percent of registered voters — and drawing up the case for removal.

The petitions had the backing of 276 voters in the 3rd Ward and 195 voters in the 5th Ward, Mayor Parham Mr. Myers Ms. Harrison said.

Last Friday, on the same day President Trump was inaugurated, Clean Sweep Petersburg filed the paperwork with the court.

Ms. Harrison said the group is working on a similar petition to remove Petersburg Treasurer Kevin A. Brown, who faces re-election this year.

The separate removal petitions for the council members includes the same allegations — that Mayor Parham and Mr. Myers should be removed “due to neglect, misuse of office and incompetence in the performance of duties that had a material adverse effect on the conduct of the office.”

Mayor Parham and Mr. Myers, who are being represented by the city attorney’s office, plan to mount a vigorous defense.

“As God is my witness,” Mayor Parham said after hearing of the removal petition, “I have sought to make the best decisions I could with the information that was available.”

He said he believes that will be the finding when Judge Teefey considers the matter.

“I welcome the process,” said Mr. Myers after he was notified. “I have properly carried out my council duties,” and critics will not be able to prove otherwise, he said.

The petitions outline at least 11 instances in the past year in which the two men allegedly either ignored critical financial information, failed to take action or undertook secret actions in violation of state law.

For example, the petition states that on Feb. 2, 2016, Mr. Parham, Mr. Myers and other members of the council “received a public warning of Petersburg’s dangerous financial position” from the city’s external audit firm.

However, the petition alleges none of that information was made public or included in the official minutes of the City Council meeting in violation of state law.

In addition, the petitions state that the men knew and took no action to “address the city’s failure” to make required payments, most notably mandatory payments into the state pension fund the city had to make on behalf of city employees.

The two also are accused of conducting themselves in office “in such a way as to govern Petersburg chaotically, unpredictably, secretly and wastefully.”

The petitions allege they, as council’s leaders, approved practices that allowed for “uncontrolled, irresponsible budgeting and cash management practices,” resulting in a sharp downgrade in the city’s bond rating and reducing the city’s ability to borrow.

Mayor Parham, 41, who runs a family-owned cleaning service, is in his first four-year term on the City Council. He was elected mayor by a 4-3 vote this month and previously served as vice mayor.

Mr. Myers, 57, works for a security business. He is serving his second term on City Council. He served two years as mayor beginning in 2015.

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Bank branch to close in Highland Park

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The last Bank of America branch located in a majority African-American neighborhood of Richmond is scheduled to close in two months, according to the bank’s website.

The branch at 1307 E. Brookland Park Blvd. in the Highland Park community in North Side has been a fixture for decades.

Created by banks long ago absorbed into Bank of America, the branch has hung on through hard times, when the community was more of a hotbed of crime than retail commerce.

Now Bank of America is pulling out just as crime ebbs and the area experiences a wave of new growth and development.

Richmond City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson is mounting a community effort to save the branch that she calls “a vital resource,” given residents will have to walk or ride two to three miles to conduct banking business.

On Tuesday night, she held a strategy meeting to start a campaign of calls and letter writing to encourage bank officials to rescind the decision to close the branch.

However, it appears unlikely that Bank of American would be interested in reversing its decision.

The Highland Park branch

Bank of America branch at 1307 E. Brookland Park Blvd.

is the latest to be impacted by the bank firm’s seven-yearold strategy of paring branch numbers as a result of the Great Recession and a shift in the way consumers bank.

While other major banks also have been reducing the number of branches, Bank of America has been the most aggressive, financial publications have reported.

Bank of America has eliminated at least 1,400 branches nationwide since 2008, going from 6,100 branches at its peak to 4,629 last fall, according to the bank’s reports.

Bank officials have justified the closings by pointing out the sharp increase in customers banking by computer or mobile phones or through upgraded ATMs that can accept deposits as well as dispense money.

Last year, the bank reported that it had 21 million customers actively using their cell

phones to bank, with18 percent of deposit transactions being completed over smartphones.

“That’s better for customers.

It’s also better for our shareholders,” said Brian Moynihan, Bank of America chairman and chief executive officer. “It’s one-tenth the cost of walking into a branch.”

Still, in Richmond, the closing decisions Bank of America has made in recent years appear to have a racial tinge.

Outside of the largely white financial district in Downtown, Bank of America’s Highland Park branch is the only branch east of U.S. 1 in South Side or North Side, according to the bank’s branch location maps.

The neighborhoods east of U.S. 1 generally are majority African-American or Latino.

Once the Highland Park branch closes, Bank of America customers would need to go Downtown, to Broad Street in the

President Obama commutes sentences of more than 500 nonviolent federal offenders

By Reginald Stuart Special to the Richmond Free Press

President Obama used some of his final hours in the White House making good on his promises to help imprisoned nonviolent federal offenders get a second chance. He commuted the sentences of more than 500 federal prisoners.

More than a dozen Virginians, including two from Richmond, were among those covered by one of two commutation packages issued by President Obama last week as he and his White House team were packing their bags after eight years of national leadership.

In the last two commutation and pardon orders issued in his final days in office, President Obama included Virginians from Richmond, Norfolk, Spotsylvania, Amelia, Petersburg and Lynchburg.

The commutations were hailed by Kemba Smith Pradia, a Richmond native and sentencing reform advocate, who expressed some concern about how President Trump will address the federal drug laws, which are viewed as harsh and inequitable in their treatment of nonviolent offenders and are increasingly unpopular.

“I’m grateful President Obama granted so many commutations, but I know people who were denied and they deserved a second chance at life,” said Ms. Pradia, who, in the 1990s as a Hampton University student, pleaded guilty to violating federal drug laws. Her 24½ –year sentence was commuted by former President Clinton after she spent nearly seven years in prison. She was a first-time, nonviolent offender.

She has since graduated from Virginia Union University, is married with two children and lives in Hampton Roads, where she continues her national work on behalf of sentencing reform.

“President Obama was only trying to provide relief for individuals because he knew Congress wasn’t going to pass any legislation that would have corrected the so many wrongs,” said Ms. Pradia. “So the fight continues to try to change legislation.

“But I hope that until then, someone can influence President Trump to continue granting commutations for deserving individuals.”

All told, President Obama issued more than 1,700 commutations over the course of eight years.

The commutations last week did not equate to the former president waving a magic wand freeing those directly affected.

None of the commutations were for immediate release. Some range from a few more months to several years in prison before the commutations take effect.

Most also have conditions of some kind, such as a felon’s agreement to enroll in various post-prison resettlement programs after release.

Still, prison time was dramatically cut by President Obama for scores of the thousands of men and women incarcerated for nonviolent illegal drug offenses, most of them convictions for possession of illegal drugs with the intent to sell small quantities.

For years, President Obama was among a growing number of political, civic, religious and educational leaders to attack federal mandatory minimum

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sentences for first time, nonviolent offenders as too harsh.

Reform advocates said they hope President Obama’s outgoing gesture will serve as an incentive to his successor.

“This was a very significant use of his clemency powers,” said Mark Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, a Washington-based organization that has worked for 30 years toward a fair and equitable criminal justice system.

President Obama “left a substantial number of people serving very harsh sentences,” said Mr. Mauer, who has followed commutation and pardon actions by presidents for years.

While he was disappointed more was not done, Mr. Mauer said the former president “set the bar high for President Trump to exceed, if not match, his deeds.”

President Trump has made no public comments about addressing the fate of the thousands of federal prison inmates serving harsh sentences for their nonviolent illegal drug crimes.

“I’m just glad he (President Obama) decided to do this — to stand up,” said Debbie Campbell, communications outreach associate for Families Against Mandatory Minimums, the Washington-based citizen’s advocacy group started when the federal mandatory minimum prison laws were enacted by Congress in the late 1980s.

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West End, to Stratford Hills in South Side or a few other western areas in the city’s South Side or to Henrico or Chesterfield counties to find a branch.

Bank of America did not respond to a Free Press request for comment.

However, predominantly black neighborhoods in many cities have long been void of regional and national bank branches along with outlets

of major retailers and grocery chains.

Financial analysts point to the cost savings Bank of America has achieved, but also note that the company has needed to do so to make up for the huge legal costs the bank has incurred in fighting multiple lawsuits related to problem mortgages that resulted in the 2008 financial meltdown.

Fewer branches means

Bank of America needs fewer employees to handle routine services like deposits that customers can do themselves.

However, Mr. Moynihan noted that the bank’s surviving branches are gaining more specialists in mortgages and investments to meet customer demand for face-to-face assistance in buying homes, saving for college and investing in retirement accounts.

Carson Road (Route 703) Bridge Replacement Dinwiddie County Pardon Our Dust Public Information Meeting Tuesday, February 7, 2017 6-7:30 p.m.

(Inclement weather date: Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017) Carson Volunteer Fire Department 19806 Halifax Road, Carson, Virginia 23830 The Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a “Pardon Our Dust” public information meeting to discuss the construction impacts of the Carson Road (Route 703) bridge replacement project over Rowanty Creek in Dinwiddie County. The bridge will be closed during construction and traffic will use a detour.

Construction will begin in February 2017 and the contract completion date is in winter 2017.

The meeting will be held in an open house format, which will provide the flexibility to allow participants to meet and discuss the project directly with project staff members.

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General Assembly A message from Senator Jennifer McClellan We are now two weeks into the 2017 Session, and the pace has picked up dramatically. As we celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday and ushered in the Trump Administration, the Senate considered several bills introduced by Republican Senator Richard Stuart that increase penalties for civil disobedience.

These bills are part of a troubling trend by Republican legislators in several states to quash civil disobedience and curb First Amendment rights in the wake of the Black Lives Matter Movement, Trump Presidency protests, and the recent Women’s March on Washington. In addition to Virginia, similar bills have been introduced in Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Washington.

Three of the bills considered in the Virginia Senate were killed in the Courts of Justice Committee on MLK Day: SB 1056 would have increased from a Class 3 to a Class 1 misdemeanor for crossing or remaining within police lines or barricades without proper authorization; SB 1057 would have doubled the maximum jail time to 10 years in prison for participating in civil disobedience that causes harm to a person or property; and SB 1058 proposed felony charges against protesters who block any road in Virginia, punishable by up to 5 years in prison.

The final bill reported out of the Committee and was debated on the Senate floor Monday. SB 1055 increases penalties for failure to leave the place of any riot or unlawful assembly after having been lawfully warned to disperse. Rather than a Class 3 misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $500, such an offense would be a Class 1 misdemeanor punishable by up to 12 months in jail, up to a $2500 fine, or both. Given how broadly unlawful assembly is defined, this bill went too far.

Considering that many of the rights we enjoy today were the result of civil disobedience and unlawful assembly, I strongly opposed SB 1055, and spoke out against it on the Senate floor. As noted by the ACLU in its opposition to the bill, it is often hard to hear police orders to disperse from a protest because of the noise. This bill would subject bystanders to a protest to jail time, particularly those recording the protest who are ordered to leave. Fortunately, the bill was defeated on a 14-26 vote.

Senate Republicans also defeated bills in committee last week to increase Virginia's minimum wage (SB 785 and SB 979), remove unconstitutional TRAP regulations that require abortion clinics to meet the same standards as hospitals (SB 877), and to authorize DMV to issue driver’s privilege cards to drivers who can prove that they pay Virginia income tax, have valid car insurance, and meet statewide driving and road safety standards (SB 1345).

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Women’s instinct A woman’s instinct is usually spot on.

In this case, it was the instinct of a small group of women to convene a march in Washington to protest the inauguration of President Trump.

Bucking the call to give the new president some time in office to see what he will do, the women felt the urgency to come together to show their opposition to the new leader of the free world, who was swept into office despite rhetoric demeaning, demonizing and threatening to women.

He has given a wink and a nod to the world that his past actions denigrating immigrants, disabled people, Muslims, people of color, LGBTQ people and victims of sexual assault and harassment were OK, and that his plans as president that would negatively impact women also are OK. We applaud the courage and instinct of these women, whose call to action resulted in one of the largest civil actions anyone has seen around the world.

On Saturday, Jan. 21, nearly 1 million women turned out in Washington and another 5 million combined in cities across the United States and for sister protests in more than 50 countries around the globe.

According to all accounts and measures, the evidence shows the Women’s March on Washington on Saturday alone drew more people than President Trump’s inauguration on Friday, Jan. 20.

The marchers’ unified message to the new Trump administration was clear: Women’s rights are human rights, and they will not stand down in defending women and others marginalized by the new government.

It is certain that resistance is needed.

Less than a week into the new Trump regime, he has signed executive orders to roll back the Affordable Care Act, beginning the process to cut 20 million Americans from health insurance coverage and to defund women’s health programs worldwide, including Planned Parenthood, by ordering that no federal dollars can go to organizations that provide abortion services.

On Wednesday, President Trump signed orders calling for the construction of a wall on the U.S.Mexico border, increasing border patrol forces and deporting larger numbers of undocumented immigrants. His orders will seek to end sanctuary cities and the practice of releasing undocumented immigrants detained by federal authorities before trial.

Additional executive orders advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, overturning the halt to both projects that took place under President Obama. We believe the pipelines will have potentially devastating impacts on the environment and on those who live in the watershed of their routes.

The Dakota Access pipeline, to run 1,172 miles through four states from North Dakota to Southern Illinois, threatens drinking water from Lake Oahe and would destroy sacred ground of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota. The 1,200 mile Keystone XL pipeline, planned to carry more than 800,000 barrels of oil daily from Canada through Montana and five other states to oil refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast, is a recipe for disaster because of possible breaches that can contaminate land and crucial water supplies along the way.

This is not the time to remain silent. We know this president is sensitive when it comes to size.

So we urge people in Richmond, in the Commonwealth and across the nation to continue to march, rally and turn out to have their voices heard about the impact of his executive orders and policies on health care, reproductive rights, the environment and immigrants and their families.

On Tuesday, rallies were held outside the home offices of many members of Congress, including Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia. Keep the pressure on. Let your elected representative, no matter his or her party affiliation, know how you want the government to respond.

Let your instinct be your guide. Don’t wait until you are acted upon. Continue to speak up. Speak out. Drive the change you want to see.

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‘Racial delusions’ fuel Obamacare opponents Surely, President Obama’s greatest legacy is the Affordable Care Act. More than 20 million people have received health care coverage under the act, largely from the extension of Medicaid to cover lower-wage workers and their families.

Insurance companies have not only been required to deal fairly with those afflicted with ailments, they also have been forced by law to limit what they rake off in administration and profits.

This is a big deal.

Lives are being saved. Illnesses are being treated. Family finances are being protected. A smaller percentage of Americans go without coverage than ever in the history of the country. This is the most important extension of health coverage since the passage of Medicare under President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Millions more, however, were turned away on the altar of meanness and ideology. So, naturally, the Republican Congress — dedicated to reversing all things Obama — has made repealing the Affordable Health Care Act, or what they call Obamacare, its first order of business. Repeal — plus the defunding of Planned Parent-

hood’s programs for women’s health — is the centerpiece of the reconciliation bill Republicans are pushing through Congress.

This opposition to the Affordable Care Act is founded, in large part, on racial delusions. President Obama was charged with providing health care for “those

Jesse L. Jackson Sr. people” — people of color — at the cost of hard-working Americans. Blue-collar white voters, particularly in the Midwestern states that gave President Trump the 2016 election, were the most skeptical about the law.

As Ronald Brownstein pointed out in The Atlantic, based on data from the Urban Institute, “more non-college-educated whites gained coverage than college-educated whites and minorities combined in all five of the key Rustbelt states that flipped from Obama in 2012 to Trump in 2016: Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.”

There were stunning reductions in the number of uninsured blue-collar white people in states that President Trump won in November — roughly 50 percent in Ohio, Iowa and Michigan, 60 percent in West Virginia and Kentucky, and 40 percent in Indiana, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

This was largely because those states adopted the ACA extension of Medicaid to cover lower-wage workers. Where Republican governors refused to extend Medicaid, low-wage workers of all races were left out.

President Trump promised that he would not allow people to “die on the streets” with health care repeal. He also promised not to touch entitlements, which would include Medicaid as well as Medicare and Social Security. He named GOP Rep. Tom Price of Georgia to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, however, and Rep. Price has detailed and destructive plans for what comes after repeal of the ACA. He would roll back the Medicaid extension, much of the subsidies for others getting insurance in the health insurance exchanges and much of the regulation forcing insurance companies and hospitals to limit price hikes.

If he has is way, Rep. Price will also go after Medicare and Social Security as well. The result will be to strip many of the 20 million people — white people and people of color — of the health coverage they now have.

This calamity is utterly unnecessary. The ACA, as President Obama acknowledged, has flaws and is need of reform. The best first steps would be to crack

‘Hope for best; plan for worst’ The economic philosophies of Democrats and Republicans are drastically different.

While neither party is interested in dismantling the predatory capitalism that extracts surplus value from workers, Republicans are more interested in reinforcing predatory capitalism and “free markets,” while Democrats are more interested in ameliorating the effects of predatory capitalism and regulating markets in ways that produce somewhat more equitable results than so-called free markets.

Democrats are more likely to protect and support workers, while Republicans are more likely to oppress them. Thus, many Democrats have advocated for an increased minimum wage, while Republicans have opposed it.

There are generalizations here. Conservative Democrats are likely to be supportive of Republican “free market” rhetoric. Once upon a time there were liberal Republicans (I think they are now extinct) that would side with Democrats on some issues.

We can expect Republicans in Congress to eliminate regulations, lower taxes and support the business climate. The stock market, which was predicted to lose momentum in the case of

a Trump election, has actually gained.

Is this sustainable?

Economist and former Harvard University President Lawrence Summers acknowledges that the Republican approach to the economy might “drive

Julianne Malveaux major increases in investment and hiring, setting off a virtuous circle of economic growth and rising confidence.” But he says the Trump administration will face enough challenges that we should “hope for the best and plan for the worst.”

The International Monetary Fund, or IMF, predicted world economic growth at 3.4 percent, with U.S. growth at about 2 percent and far more robust growth in China and India, where growth is likely to exceed 6 percent. But the IMF cautions that restrictions on global trade also will constrain global growth. In both the United Kingdom and the United States, there has been resistance to globalization and an eagerness to renegotiate trade treaties.

Who will benefit from this increased growth?

Certainly not the folks at the bottom. Indeed, one might attribute President Trump’s Electoral College victory to the fact that macroeconomic growth indicators have not quite trickled down. The heavily pro-business Republican leadership is counting on the trickle down to create

jobs for the 99 percent. They can’t force capitalists to use the proceeds from their tax cuts to create jobs. Indeed, when banks were bailed out, they held onto the money that politicians hoped they would loan to small businesses to stimulate growth and economic expansion.

African-Americans with moderate incomes (the average African-American family income is about $35,000), others who a similarly situated, lowerincome people and the economically vulnerable are not likely to gain in the “new economy.”

Businesses, however, are likely to do very well.

Is America made “great again” if economic vulnerability increases? I think not!

President Obama was able to stabilize the economy. The unemployment rate is below 5 percent (although labor force participation is lower than it should be), growth has been stable and the stock market has been strong. The benefits of this strong economy were not evenly distributed, though.

It is even less likely that the benefits of the growth that the IMF predicts will be evenly distributed. Markets don’t distribute benefits fairly. Political will is a factor in fair and even distribution.

What’s next for the economy?

The 1 percent will benefit, and the rest of us will experience increased vulnerability.

The writer is an economist and author.

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down on drug company prices and to create a public option in the exchanges that would help keep insurance companies honest. Neither of these reforms is on the Republican agenda.

President Obama sensibly said while in office that he would support any Republican plan that was better than the ACA. Despite Republicans’ posturing, they offered nothing that meets that test.

President Trump’s bumptious course has made Americans appreciate even more the grace and maturity with which President Obama governed. Now Republicans, in their hurry to eviscerate President Obama’s historic accomplishment, are about to make us appreciate it all the more.

But unless a handful of Republican senators break ranks, that appreciation will come too late to help the millions of people who will be placed at risk.

The writer is founder and president of the national Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

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Congratulations to Richmond Free Press Congratulations on the 25th anniversary of the Richmond Free Press!

The contribution that the Free Press has made to this city, state and nation is incalculable. Ray and Jean Boone have created a voice — and presented a vision — for a more just, equitable and tolerant society that is a beacon for all of us.

How things change Being an old Army vet now at the age of 75, I find it hard to understand the world of 2017.

More than 50 years ago, I was on active duty stationed in France. At that time, we were in the middle of the “Cold War” with the former Soviet Union.

Now that President Donald Trump has all of these affiliations with Russia, he would have been labeled a “pinko commie” back then.

PAUL LA PIERRE JR. Richmond

I am saddened that (the late Free Press founder and editor) Raymond H. Boone is not here to receive the plaudits for all that has been accomplished. His work and life have left a really important mark on our world. We would not be where we are today without all of your efforts.

As we move into a forbidding new era, your voice will be

needed more than ever.

So congratulations again for all you, Ray and the Free Press have done for us. We look forward to much more to come.

RICHARD S. REYNOLDS III Richmond

Circus folding its tent The world today and Jesus will impact the city Now with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus coming to a close, Richmond will be without: 1 – A major circus coming to town.

2 – The State Fair of Virginia.

3 – Colonial Downs horseracing and side betting.

4 – The Fourth of July celebration at Brown’s Island.

5 – The ice skating rink on Broad Street in Downtown.

6 – The dropping of the ball in Carytown on New Year’s Eve. 7 – The Stone Soul Music Festival on Brown’s Island.

My family could get to all of these events and activities on public transportation. Now that they have either folded or left the city, that’s no longer the case.

I say pull the curtain on Richmond because, as a non-drinker, there really is nothing for me to enjoy!

S.M. DEASE Richmond

Trump inaugural address Text of President Trump’s inaugural address Friday, Jan. 20, as prepared for delivery.

Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world: Thank you.

We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and to restore its promise for all of our people.

Together, we will determine the course of America and the world for years to come.

We will face challenges. We will confront hardships. But we will get the job done.

Every four years, we gather on these steps to carry out the orderly and peaceful transfer of power, and we are grateful to President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama for their gracious aid throughout this transition. They have been magnificent.

Today’s ceremony, however, has very special meaning.

Because today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another, or from one party to another — but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the American people.

For too long, a small group in our nation’s capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost.

Washington flourished — but the people did not share in its wealth.

Politicians prospered — but the jobs left, and the factories closed.

The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country.

Their victories have not been your victories; their triumphs have not been your triumphs; and while they celebrated in our nation’s capital, there was little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land.

That all changes — starting right here, and right now, because this moment is your moment: it belongs to you.

It belongs to everyone gathered here today and everyone watching all across America.

This is your day. This is your celebration.

And this, the United States of America, is your country.

What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people.

January 20, 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again.

The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.

Everyone is listening to you now.

You came by the tens of millions to become part of an historic movement the likes of which the world has never seen before.

At the center of this movement is a crucial conviction: that a nation exists to serve its citizens.

Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves.

These are the just and reasonable demands of a righteous public.

But for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists: Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation; an education system, flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of knowledge; and the crime and gangs and drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential.

This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.

We are one nation — and their pain is our pain. Their dreams are our dreams; and their success will be our success. We share one heart, one home, and one glorious destiny.

The oath of office I take today is an oath of allegiance to all Americans.

For many decades, we’ve enriched foreign industry at the expense of American industry; Subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military; We’ve defended other nation’s borders while refusing to defend our own; And spent trillions of dollars overseas while America’s infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay.

We’ve made other countries rich while the wealth, strength, and confidence of our country has disappeared over the horizon.

One by one, the factories shuttered and left our shores, with not even a thought about the millions upon millions of American workers left behind.

The wealth of our middle class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed across the entire world.

But that is the past. And now we are looking only to the future.

We assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, and in every hall of power.

From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land.

From this moment on, it’s going to be America first.

Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs, will be made to benefit American workers and American families.

We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies, and destroying our jobs. Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength.

I will fight for you with every breath in my body — and I will never, ever let you down.

America will start winning again, winning like never before.

We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams.

We will build new roads, and highways, and bridges, and airports, and tunnels, and railways all across our wonderful nation.

We will get our people off of welfare and back to work — rebuilding our country with American hands and American labor.

We will follow two simple rules: Buy American and Hire American.

We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world — but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first.

We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine as an example for everyone to follow.

We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones — and unite the civilized world against Radical Islamic Terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the Earth.

At the bedrock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the United States of America, and through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other.

When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.

The Bible tells us, “how good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity.”

We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity.

When America is united, America is totally unstoppable.

There should be no fear — we are protected, and we will always be protected.

We will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement and, most importantly, we are protected by God. Finally, we must think big and dream even bigger.

In America, we understand that a nation is only living as long as it is striving.

We will no longer accept politicians who are all talk and no action — constantly complaining but never doing anything about it.

The time for empty talk is over.

Now arrives the hour of action.

Do not let anyone tell you it cannot be done. No challenge can match the heart and fight and spirit of America.

We will not fail. Our country will thrive and prosper again.

We stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the Earth from the miseries of disease, and to harness the energies, industries and technologies of tomorrow.

A new national pride will stir our souls, lift our sights, and heal our divisions.

It is time to remember that old wisdom of our soldiers who will never forget: that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots, we all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American flag.

And whether a child is born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the windswept plains of Nebraska, they look up at the same night sky, they fill their heart with the same dreams, and they are infused with the breath of life by the same almighty Creator.

So to all Americans, in every city near and far, small and large, from mountain to mountain, and from ocean to ocean, hear these words: You will never be ignored again.

Your voice, your hopes, and your dreams, will define our American destiny. And your courage and goodness and love will forever guide us along the way.

Together, We Will Make America Strong Again.

We Will Make America Wealthy Again.

We Will Make America Proud Again.

We Will Make America Safe Again.

And, Yes, Together, We Will Make America Great Again.

Thank you, God Bless You, And God Bless America.

I believe thousands of years ago people who believed in only one God thought the best way to worship this God was to build houses of worship.

Jesus came to tell the world a better way to worship God. Jesus taught people to use their time and money to help others in need and to lay up their treasures in heaven and not on Earth.

Today, the world has hatred, crime and terrorism because people did not obey Jesus.

MORTON C. MILES JR. Williamsburg

ELECTION NOTICE TO CITY OF RICHMOND RESIDENTS A SPECI A L ELE C TIO N FOR THE VI R GINI A HOUSE O F DE LEGA TES, 71S T D ISTRIC T, WI LL BE HE LD ON TUESD A Y, FEB RUAR Y 7, 20 17 The only City of Richmond precincts involved in this election are: 203, 204, 206, 208, 213, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 505, 602, 603, 604, 606, 607, 701, 702, 706, 707 and 708 The polls will be open from 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM

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I-95 Ramp Improvement at Franklin Street Richmond City Willingness to Hold a Public Hearing The Virginia Department of Transportation is proposing to improve the ramp from I-95 south to Franklin St. (Exit 74B) in the City of Richmond.

This project will increase the capacity on the ramp to reduce congestion on the ramp and the southbound through lanes.

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If your concerns cannot be satisfied, VDOT is willing to hold a public hearing. You may request that a public hearing be held by sending a written request to David Steele, P.E., project manager, Virginia Department of Transportation, Richmond District, 2430 Pine Forest Drive, Colonial Heights, VA 23834-9002 or DavidA.Steele@vdot.virginia.gov on or prior to February 8, 2016. If a request for a public hearing is received, notice of the date, time and place of the hearing will be posted.

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Richmonder clinches middleweight boxing title Richmonder Immanuwel Aleem is the new World Boxing Council’s Silver Middleweight champion.

The 23-year-old Thomas Jefferson High School alumnus scored a sixth round technical knockout over Ukrainian Ievgen Khytrov on Saturday, Jan. 14, on the undercard at the bout at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Aleem, now 17-0-1, knocked Khytrov down in the third round Immanuwel Aleem and again in the sixth round before the match was stopped by the referee.

It was Khytrov’s first loss after 14 straight victories.

The WBC’s Silver Division, which had been vacant prior to the Aleem-Khytrov bout, is one peg below the top world class.

The Mexico City-based organization’s overall No. 1 worldranked middleweight (under 160 pounds) is Gennady “GGG” Golovkin of Kazakhstan.

Aleem trains out of Ninth Dimension Sports Circle Boxing Gym on Richmond’s South Side. The gym is operated by Aleem’s father, Omar Aleem.

The lone blemish on Aleem’s pro record is a draw April 19, 2016, against Jonathan Cepeda in Bethlehem, Pa. Of Aleem’s 17 pro fights, 10 victories have been through knockout.

Former NFL player from Newport News among 11 to be inducted into VIA Hall of Fame Leroy Keyes, who ranks as one of the most talented and versatile athletes in state history, is among those named to the Virginia Interscholastic Association (VIA) Hall of Fame.

VIA’s 11-person Hall of Fame Class of 2017 will be inducted 5 p.m. Friday, June 23, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Charlottesville.

VIA, which was headquartered at Virginia State University, governed all extracurricular activities for Virginia’s public schools for black students from 1954 until 1970 during segregation.

Keyes, from Carver High School in Newport News, is most remembered as a two-time, All-American football back at Purdue University. In 1969, he was the runner-up to O.J. Simpson for the coveted Heisman Trophy and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles as the third pick overall in the NFL draft.

At Carver, Keyes rushed for 44 career touchdowns, scored more than 2,000 basketball points and is considered the first state athlete to jump more than 24 feet in the long jump.

Another athlete from Hampton Roads who will be inducted into the VIA Hall of Fame is Walter Lovett, a 1947 graduate of George Phenix High School in Hampton.

Lovett went on to coach football at Carver High School in Newport News, leading the team to the 1961 VIA title.

From Carver, he became coach at Virginia State College, guiding the Trojans to 1970 and 1972 CIAA crowns and a 23-6-1 overall record.

He later coached football from 1974 through 1980 at Hampton University while also serving as athletic director.

Others in the VIA Hall of Fame Class of 2017: • Mattie Parham Belle, Carver High School in Chester, Class of 1951, basketball.

• Milbert Archer Megginson, Dunbar High School in Lynchburg, Class of 1969, basketball.

• Marty Miller, Langston High School in Danville, Class of 1964, baseball.

• Charles Price, Parker-Gray High School in Alexandria, Class of 1941, football.

• Howard Allen, Langston High School in Danville, coach.

• Harry Waters, Dunbar High School in Lynchburg, coach.

• Garwin DeBerry, Burley High School in Charlottesville, coach, teacher and mentor.

• Clarence Oliver, Carter G. Woodson High School in Hopewell and Petersburg High School, music.

• Knox Tull, George Phenix High School in Hampton, engineering.

Tickets for the VIA Hall of Fame banquet are $50 and may be ordered before June 1 through the VIA Heritage Association, 819 Henry Ave., Charlottesville, Va., 22903.

Stories by Fred Jeter

VUU, VSU may meet in CIAA Tournament Something may happen this winter that has never happened before in CIAA basketball history.

Based on results at hand, it would be no shock if neighborly rivals Virginia Union University and Virginia State University are to meet in the CIAA tournament finals Feb. 25 in Charlotte, N.C. There never has been a season in which the Panthers and the Trojans were seemingly more on a collision course at the top On the court of the standings.

Saturday, Jan. 28 Both squads are hot.

Virginia Union University VUU (15-5) had won seven plays Chowan University at of its eight games entering the Barco-Stevens Hall. week, including a 77-75 double Virginia State University overtime win on Saturday, Jan. plays Lincoln University of 21, over visiting Lincoln UniPennsylvania at the Multiversity of Pennsylvania.

Purpose Center in Ettrick.

The lone loss during that run Tipoff for both games: 4 p.m. was to VSU in the Freedom Classic on Jan. 15.

VSU (15-3) had won nine straight games, including a 77-71 victory at Elizabeth City State University on Saturday, Jan. 21.

VUU senior guard Ray Anderson had 21 points against Lincoln University, lifting his career total to 1,724. That pushes Anderson past Warren Peebles (1,707 points) and into seventh place on the career points chart. Next on the list is Greg Williams (1,827 points).

Anderson’s current 18.7 points average per game leads the CIAA by nearly two points per game over St. Augustine’s University’s Quincy January (16.9 average points per game).

With the help of added games in the CIAA tourney and the NCAAs, Anderson has a shot at becoming VUU’s third 2,000-point plus scorer, joining Mike Davis (2,756) and A.J. English (2,396).

CIAA Northern Division Standings (Standings as of Jan. 22)

Division CIAA Virginia State University 3-0 7-1 Virginia Union University 2-1 7-1 Chowan University 2-1 5-3 Lincoln University 2-1 5-4 Bowie State University 0-3 4-5 Elizabeth City State University 0-3 0-7

Overall 15-3 15-5 11-5 6-12 7-12 1-14

Trey Brown was 4-for-4 on 3-pointers and had 19 points to lead VSU’s latest triumph.

Under Coach Lonnie Blow Jr., VSU is 39-9 for the past two seasons.

VSU has won the CIAA title only three times — 1947, 1988 and 2016. The Trojans defeated North Carolina Central University in the 1947 finals, Norfolk State University in 1988 and Livingstone College a year ago.

VUU has 17 tournament titles, including 13 between 1979 and 2006. The Panthers have never faced the Trojans in any of their championships.

All of the CIAA Southern Division schools are struggling.

St. Augustine’s University (10-10) began the week as the only Southern Division entry as high as .500.

Prior to any tournament interaction, VSU and VUU will play a second regularly scheduled game 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Barco-Stevens Hall in Richmond. The game likely will determine the Northern Division champ.

The CIAA tournament began in 1946 with North Carolina Central University defeating VUU in the final at Turner’s Arena in Washington.

A-10 slugfest set for Saturday at Siegel Center Virginia Commonwealth University’s famous homecourt advantage is about to be tested.

The University of Dayton Flyers are coming to the Siegel Center on Friday, Jan. 27, to determine temporary first place in the Atlantic 10 Conference basketball standings.

The Rams are 15-5 overall and 5-2 in the A-10, after pounding LaSalle University 90-52 last Sunday, Jan. 22, before a partying, sold out crowd of 7,637 rocking the Siegel Center.

The game marks the Rams’ 93rd consecutive sellout at the Siegel Center on West Broad Street.

Dayton is 15-4 overall and 6-1 in the A-10, following its 67-46 home win over St. Louis University on Jan. 22.

VCU rarely loses at home, and rarely is the final score even

A-10 summit Friday Jan. 27 Virginia Commonwealth University plays University of Dayton at the Siegel Center.

Tipoff 9 p.m. Game to be broadcast on ESPN2.

close. Blowouts often follow sellouts. The Rams’ last four home victories — against Howard University, University of Massachusetts, George Washington University and LaSalle University — have been by an average of 32 points.

According to CollegeBasketballReview.com, the Rams began this season with the 11th best home floor in the NCAA Division I, having posted a 181-29 record since 1999.

After many seasons playing at the Richmond Coliseum, VCU opened the Siegel Center on

Nov. 19, 1999, with a 79-74 victory over the University of Louisville, setting a tone.

The Rams are 9-1 at the Siegel Center this season. The team’s only loss was to Georgia Tech, 76-73, in overtime on Dec. 7.

Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., is rated the single most difficult home court to crack.

LaSalle University came to Richmond with a five-game winning streak, but the Explorers were no match for the revved up Rams, who were coming off two straight road losses.

Emerging standout Ahmed Hamdy-Mohamed had 13 points and 11 rebounds. The 6-foot-9 senior from Egypt now has had double-doubles in two of his last three outings.

JeQuan Lewis, anA-10 Player of the Year candidate, had 15 points and five assists in the rout.

Freshman Samir Doughty added 15 points off the bench.

VCU and Dayton tied for the regular season A-10 title a year ago, but the Flyers garnered the top tournament seed based on its victory over VCU during the last, regular season game in Dayton.

The Rams are 6-3 all time against the Ohioans, but Dayton did score a 59-55 win at the Siegel Center in 2015.

Success at the box office often spells success on the floor. It is fitting that Dayton and VCU lead the league in attendance as well as standings. The Flyers average 12,931 fans at home. Restricted by its seating capacity, VCU ranks second at 7,637.

However, in terms of deafening noise and intimidation, VCU is clearly the last place in the A-10 any visiting teams dare to travel.

Jordan Talley using hoop skills at UNCW Jordan Talley has carried his winning kept fouling Talley on his power dribble Richmond area fans. basketball formula from Central Virginia drives to the hoop. He took advantage, At Henrico High, he helped Coach Vance to the North Carolina coast. sinking 12 of 16 free throws.

Harmon’s Warriors to the 2013 State AAA The former Henrico High School guard is “I do whatever the team needs,” Tal- title at the Siegel Center in Richmond. The stirring a hoops revival at the University of ley said. “Against Charleston, the driving Warriors finished 30-2, trouncing John MarNorth Carolina at Wilmington, a mid-major lanes were open. I just took what they shall High School 72-48 in the final. program flirting with Top 25 recognition. gave me.”

In Talley’s two seasons as a starter at “We’ve never made the Top 25,” Talley, Talley was UNCW Coach Kevin Keatts’ Henrico High, the Warriors were 38-5. a junior majoring in recreation and sports very first signing in the spring of 2014.

“Jordan was a fierce, competitive bulldog leadership, told the Free Press in a phone In the six years before Talley arrived, of a player — a winner,” Coach Harmon interview. recalled. “His play was unselfish and Henrico High School Warriors near and far “That’s the plan — to get his ability to make his teammates there.” better was off the charts.”

Here are some former Henrico High School Warriors now active in college basketball: The Seahawks of the Parham Talley prepped during the 2014 • Jordan Talley, junior, UNC-Wilmington Road-based Colonial Athletic season at Fishburne Military Academy • De’Monte Buckingham, freshman, University of Association began the week in Waynesboro before signing with Richmond with a 19-2 record and are in UNCW. He has averaged about nine • Ryan Pearson, junior, Naval Academy the “receiving votes” category points and four assists for the Sea• Marvin Smith Jr., junior, UNC-Greensboro of Associated Press rankings. hawks in three powerful seasons.

• Walter Williams, sophomore, Virginia State University Also, UNCW has an RPI Talley is a respected sports name • Tim Jones, senior, Virginia Wesleyan College power ranking of about 26 out around Richmond, but more for base• Jay Allen, senior, Lynchburg College of 351 Division I schools. ball than basketball. His dad played • Richard Sanders, freshman, Clarendon (Texas) Junior Talley, the 6-foot son of for the Tuckahoe Little League in the College • Jamal Newton, freshman, Mary Washington University Oscar and Crystal Talley, was at 1976 World Series in Williamsport, Also in action: his best on Jan. 19 in UNCW’s Pa., and for West End Post #361 in • Gus Rowland, Moravian Prep in North Carolina 65-59 victory at the College of the American Legion World Series • Justin Coleman, Harlem Globetrotters Charleston. in 1981 in Sumter, S.C. Off the bench, Talley had 17 The older Talley was an All-Metro points, two assists and just one turnover in UNCW was 58-129 overall. With Talley, outfielder at Douglas Freeman High School 22 minutes. His aggressive defense helped the Seahawks were 18-14 in 2015 and and was twice drafted by the Pittsburgh limit the College of Charleston to a feeble 25-7 a year ago.

Pirates, first out of Freeman High School 29 percent shooting.

UNCW won the CAA Tournament last and later from Ferrum College.

“We knew from the jump it would be a winter before dropping a 93-85 decision Jordan Talley played shortstop and defensive battle and that was our empha- to Duke University in the NCAAs at pitched in the West Richmond Little League sis,” Talley said. “My job is to anchor our Providence, R.I. at Byrd Park, and also at Wilder Middle defense on the other team’s point guard.

This season, the Seahawks were voted School. But by time he reached Henrico If my energy is at a high level, others (his the CAA preseason favorite, and they High, Talley was all about winning basteammates) will follow.” haven’t disappointed. ketball — and nothing has changed since Offensively, the College of Charleston Talley’s success isn’t surprising to his moving to Carolina.

NFL to start fall 2017 season with 8 head coaches of color

The Rooney Rule seems to be working, albeit slowly.

It seems likely the NFL will start the fall 2017 season with eight minority head coaches, seven of whom are AfricanAmerican.

That ties the record of eight set in 2011.

New additions to the 32-man fraternity are Vance Joseph with the Denver Broncos and Anthony Lynn with the new Los Angeles Chargers, formerly the San Diego Chargers.

Five coaches were fired and one retired during the 2016 season, all of whom are white.

Joseph and Lynn join Marvin Lewis of the Cincinnati Bengals,

Hue Jackson of the Cleveland Browns, Jim Caldwell of the Detroit Lions, Todd Bowles of the New York Jets and Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers as the NFL’s African-American coaches.

The Carolina Panthers’ Ron Rivera is Latino; he is the son of a Puerto Rican father and a Mexican-American mother.

The Rooney Rule was implemented in 2003 following questionable firings of AfricanAmerican coaches Tony Dungy in Tampa Bay and Dennis Green in Minnesota.

Named after the Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney, the Rooney Rule requires teams to

interview at least one minority candidate for head coaching and general manager positions.

“The rule is firmly embedded,” Robert Gulliver, the NFL’s chief human resources officer, told the Associated Press. “It makes us better.”

African-Americans make up about 70 percent of the NFL’s active players.

At Denver, Joseph succeeds retiring Gary Kubiak one season after the Broncos won Super Bowl.

The 44-year-old Joseph, a former University of Colorado quarterback, was defensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins during the 2016 sea-

son after serving two previous seasons as defensive backs coach for Cincinnati.

Joseph played two seasons in the NFL as a defensive back — in 1995 with the New York Jets and in 1996 with the Indianapolis Colts.

Lynn, 48, is a former Texas Tech running back who was offensive coordinator during the 2016 season with the Buffalo Bills. He was head coach during the final game of the season following the firing of Rex Ryan.

The Los Angeles Chargers job opened following firing of Mike McCoy. By far, the most success-

ful current African-American coach is Tomlin, a native Virginian who has a 103-57 mark in Pittsburgh with a Super Bowl triumph in 2008 and seven playoff seasons since 2007.

Just 44, Tomlin was born in Hampton and starred as a defensive back at Denbigh High School and the College of William & Mary.

His father, Ed Tomlin, was a standout player at Hampton University in the 1960s and was drafted by the Baltimore Colts.

Only Bowles has an affiliation as a player or coach with historically black colleges and universities. Bowles played at

Temple University but started his coaching career at Morehouse College in Atlanta in 1997 and Grambling State University in Louisiana in 1998-99.

In the NFL modern era, there were no African-American head coaches until the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders hired Art Shell in 1989. Shell became a Hall of Fame offensive lineman for the Raiders following a college career at the former Maryland State College.

One NFL spot remains open.

Starting this week, the San Francisco 49ers were searching for a coach following Chip Kelly’s firing.

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Personality: Coach Shawn Stiffler Spotlight on the 2017 Paul Keyes RBI Award winner The love of baseball was almost inevitable for Shawn Stiffler, head baseball coach at Virginia Commonwealth University for the past five years.

His grandfather, Tom Qualters, a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox, cultivated his passion for the game. His grandfather also helped carve his career path to becoming a baseball coach and mentor to players.

For his positive impact on the game of baseball in Metro Richmond, the 37-year-old coach will be honored with the 2017 Paul Keyes Richmond Baseball Impact (RBI) Award.

It will be presented by the Richmond Flying Squirrels on Thursday, Feb. 2, during the Flying Squirrels’ Hot Stove Banquet charity event at the Siegel Center. San Francisco Giants Manager Bruce Bochy will be the keynote speaker.

“I’m not quite sure I’ve done enough to live up to his legacy,” Coach Stiffler says, speaking of his former boss and mentor for whom the award is named. “But I’m deeply moved and honored.”

Mr. Keyes served as VCU’s head baseball coach for 18 years until his death from cancer in November 2012 at age 50. As coach, the Newport News native won a record 603 games, had 12 consecutive winning seasons and led the VCU Rams to five Colonial Athletic Association titles.

Coach Stiffler worked under Mr. Keyes for six seasons as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for the team. He stepped into the role of head coach for VCU when Mr. Keyes died.

“Coach Keyes was my main influence once I became a coach,” he says. “He was a

good and encouraging mentor, and to be honored in his name is just humbling.”

Mr. Stiffler began sports playing Wiffle ball as a youngster. He went on to play youth football, baseball, basketball and soccer. Around age 9 or 10, he says his interest in baseball began to grow.

After playing for his high school and college baseball teams, he decided on coaching as a career. In his 10 years at VCU, he has coached 29 MLB draft picks.

Baseball, he notes, is a great metaphor for life. He uses principles of the game to teach his players principles such as focusing on a common goal, supporting and contributing to one another’s success and keeping the big picture in mind.

“If you get caught up in just outcomes (such as batting averages), the game will beat you down,” he says. ”You have to continue to work, continue to drive and develop.”

While Coach Stiffler’s team learns lessons from him, a major life lesson arrived for him about six weeks ago, when his daughter, Penn, was

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born with a congenital heart defect. For the first four weeks of her life, her home was the intensive care unit at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville. She has been home in Richmond for two weeks, he says.

Through struggle in watching the newest addition to his family fight for her life, Coach Stiffler maintains his commitment to gratitude and positivity.

“I believe my daughter was born to me for a reason, and that we are lucky she was born to us, and I’m sure she will change our lives for the better more than anything else.”

Meet this week’s Personality, baseball and life coach, Shawn Stiffler: Date and place of birth: April 2 in Somerset, Penn.

Current residence: Richmond.

Alma mater: Bachelor’s degree in communications, George Mason University, 2001.

Family: Wife, Jennifer, and three children, Wade, Scout and Penn.

Latest honor: 2017 Paul Keyes Richmond Baseball Impact Award presented by the Richmond Flying Squirrels.

How I got news about this award: The CEO of the Flying Squirrels contacted me and let me know they wanted to consider me for the award.

Last week, VCU’s athletic director, Ed McLaughlin, informed me.

baseball in high school and college, and coaching gives me an opportunity to stay with the game, work with young people and have a positive impact as much as I can.

How much time I spend coaching: During a typical day, up to 16 hours overall, including investing time in building VCU’s program and about three hours on the field.

Who influenced me to become a coach: My father and grandfather initially cultivated my love of the game.

But once I started coaching, Coach Keyes had the biggest influence on me.

Teaching philosophy: I try to intertwine baseball and life lessons to help the young men I work with.

Best late-night snack: Usually, it’s whatever my wife has in the house. But I really like something crunchy, like almonds and cashews. And a bowl of ice cream is never far away either.

Quality I most admire in another person: Positivity.

Within two seconds of a conversation, you know if a person is positive and if they care about you at all. That’s what I look for in my players when recruiting — are they an energy giver or energy taker.

The best thing my parents ever taught me: Compassion.

Next goal: Continue to build VCU’s baseball program.

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Reaction: I was quite taken aback because I had a relationship with Coach Keyes. I spent time with him. I was there when he passed away.

Why I’m a coach: I played

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7 to be honored as 2017 Strong Men & Women

Seven civic-minded professionals announced as the 2017 Strong Men & Women in Virginia History include scientists, a judge, a news anchor and a state lawmaker.

The honorees will be recognized at a ceremony Wednesday, Feb. 1, sponsored by the Library of Virginia and Dominion Resources.

The program honors men and women who have persevered through struggles and challenges to achieve and have an impact on the community.

This year’s Strong Men & Women in Virginia History honorees are: Capt. William E. “Bill” Bailey of Accomack is a retired Army aviation officer. Recently inducted into the Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame, Capt. Bailey has 50 years of aviation experience. He served in the Army for 20 years, flying helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft in Vietnam. Among the numerous medals he earned are three Bronze Stars, including one for valor, two Distinguished Flying Crosses and three Purple Hearts. After retiring from the military, he worked as a commercial airline pilot for 20 years, recruiting and training about 200 African-American pilots. He currently lives in Stafford County.

The late Charles Spurgeon Johnson of Bristol was a sociologist, author and expert on race relations. A Virginia Union University alumnus, he was the first African-American to serve as president of Fisk University from 1946 to 1956.

Prior to accepting a teaching position at Fisk in 1928, he served as research director for the National Urban League. He also

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served on a commission for the League of Nations. He died in October 1956.

The late Benjamin J. Lambert III of Richmond, also a VUU alumnus, was an optometrist who served in the Virginia House of Delegates and, later, the Virginia Senate for nearly three decades. He served on numerous boards and commissions, including the VUU Board of Visitors, the Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems Authority and Dominion Resources.

He received numerous awards for his civic activities, which also paved the way for others by his success in many roles, such as becoming the first African-American male to represent Virginia on the Democratic National Committee.

Judge Mary Bennett Malveaux of Richmond is the second African-American in state history to serve on the 11-member Virginia Court of Appeals. Prior to her appointment to the appeals court in April 2016, she served for five years on the Henrico General District Court. She has experience both as a defense lawyer and a prosecutor.

Leonard “Doc” Muse of Arlington has owned and operated Green Valley Pharmacy, now identified as a national landmark, for 65 years. A World War II veteran, and Howard University alumnus, he purchased a vacant grocery store to serve African-Americans in the community. At a time when white-owned store clerks insisted that African-Americans use an entrance at the back of their stores, Dr. Muse offered a dignified alternative.

The late Stephanie T. Rochon-Moten of Richmond was

well known for her work as a local television news anchor and advocate of breast cancer awareness. Inducted into the National Women of Achievement Hall of Fame in 2000, Mrs. RochonMoten also received the American Cancer Society’s Regional Media Award for her Buddy Check 6 news reports. She died in June 2015.

Dr. Margaret Ellen Mayo Tolbert of Suffolk is a biochemist, author and advocate of increasing the number of AfricanAmericans in STEM fields and programs. She is a retired senior adviser at the National Science Foundation. She has authored several publications addressing diversity needs in the STEM professions. She served as a chemistry professor and director of the Carver Research Foundation at Tuskegee University from 1979 to 1988. She also was the director of the Division of Educational Programs at Argonne National Laboratory from 1994 to 1996.

Also to be recognized at the celebration are winners of the high school writing contest held in conjunction with the Strong Men & Women program.

The 2017 student winners: Grace Lu, a sophomore at Douglas Freeman High School in Henrico County; Indya Gipson, a junior at Nansemond River High School in Suffolk; Meenakshi Balan, a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County; and Hunter Davis, a senior at Gate City High School in Scott County.

Each student winner receives a MacBook Air computer and a $1,000 prize.

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Nationally renowned storyteller Sheila Arnold Jones of Hampton will be among three performers at the Hearts Afire Storytelling Festival this weekend at First Baptist Church, 2709 Monument Ave. Ms. Jones, who has presented stories to groups across the country, is CEO and lead performer for History’s Alive! She also presents historical character interpretation for Colonial Williamsburg and its annual summer Teacher Institute.

Others presenting at the three-day storytelling festival are Linda Goodman of Waxhaw, N.C., and Tim Lowry of Charleston, S.C. The festival is not recommended for children under age 12.

Performances will be held 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, and 3 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 29.

Tickets are available at www.eventbrite. com/e/hearts-afire-storytelling-festival-2017tickets-27682300506.

I n f o : G a y l e Tu r n e r a t g a y l e @ storytellerschannel.com or (804) 243-1001.

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The Richmond Free Press was recognized by Richmond City Council on Monday on the occasion of the newspaper’s 25th anniversary.

A resolution adopted by the body lauded the independently owned and operated newspaper that has served the Richmond community since its founding by the late Raymond H. Boone on Jan. 16, 1992.

Accepting the resolution are, from left, Free Press Publisher Jean Patterson Boone, widow of the Free Press founder, and Managing Editor Bonnie V. Winston.

The resolution was presented at the meeting by City Council President Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, center.

Joining him are council members, from left, Andreas D. Addison, 1st District; Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District; Kimberly B. Gray, 2nd District; Reva M. Trammell, 8th District; Vice President Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District; Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District; Kristen N. Larson, 4th District; and Michael J. Jones, 9th District.

Area Black History Month events History, art, culture and the triumphs of African-American people will mark area programs and celebrations during Black History Month.

Activities including art exhibits, films, musical performances and more will highlight the festivities, which are scheduled from Jan. 27 through Feb. 26.

All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.

Jan. 27 “Community”: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, Pine Camp Arts and Community Center, 4901 Old Brook Road. Art exhibit features works by local artists Virginia R. Coleman and Cheryl Clayton. Sponsored by the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities. Info: (804) 646-1087.

Sunday, Feb.19, VCU’s Grace Street Theater, 934 W. Grace St. Richmond Peace Education Center’s annual tribute to the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Info: RPEC@rpec.org of (804) 232-1002.

lothian Campus, 800 Charter Colony Pkwy., Eliades Hall, E113/E115. Presented by Andrea Dunford, professor of English. Info: Holly Walker, (804) 594-1530 or hwalker@tcc.edu.

“First Friday: Plunky and Oneness”: 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Boulevard.

Juju Jazz Funk concert. Info: (804) 340-1405.

Jan. 30 “Carry On: The Life and Legacy of Maggie Lena Walker”: 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, Grace Street Theater, 934 W. Grace St. Short film from the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site traces the trials and triumphs of Richmond’s pioneering banker and civil rights activist.

Sponsored by the National Park Service. Info: www. nps.gov/mawa.

“Black Lives Matter Art Show”: 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3., First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond, 1000 Blanton Ave. A multicultural art show featuring the theme “Black Lives Matter.” Entries currently being accepted; for entry form and details, contact Jennifer Yane at JenniferUnlimited1@gmail.com with “BLM Art Show” in the subject line. Info: (804) 282-4436.

“Message from a Slave”: 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, Friday, Feb. 10, Thursday, Feb. 16, Friday, Feb.17, and Saturday, Feb. 18; 10 a.m. Feb. 15, Pine Camp Arts and Community Center, 4901 Old Brook Rd. The play tells the story of a woman’s journey from a life of freedom into slavery. Sponsored by Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities. Info: (804) 646-1087.

Jan. 31 “Jack Johnson Exhibition”: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, Premier Bank, 320 N. First St. J&S Studio and Gallery owner Jack Johnson will discuss his work as a sculptor; refreshments will be served. Sponsored by African American Heritage Association of Virginia. Info: Kent Ruffin at (804) 649-7400 or kent@aahava.com.

“Race Against Prime Time”: 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, John Tyler Community College Midlothian Campus, 800 Charter Colony Pkwy., Hamel Hall, H109.

Documentary screening and discussion, led by Michael Ruiz, sociology instructor. Info: Holly Walker, (804) 594-1530 or hwalker@tcc.edu.

Feb. 1 “Slavery by Another Name”: Noon Wednesday, Feb. 1, John Tyler Community College Chester Campus, 13101 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Bird Hall, B132.

Documentary screening and discussion led by Dr. James Williams, sociology professor. Info: Holly Walker, 594-1530 or hwalker@tcc.edu.

Feb. 2 “From Tragedy to Triumph – The Martha Ann Fields Story”: 4 and 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 2, Virginia Union University’s Belgian Theatre, 1500 N. Lombardy St. Play tells the story of the trials and triumphs of a woman enslaved in Hanover County who escaped to freedom in 1862. Featuring actress Valerie Davis. Sponsored by VUU Theatre Program. Info: (804) 257-5600.

“Black History Month Out Loud”: 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, John Tyler Community College Midlothian Campus, 800 Charter Colony Pkwy., T Building, Lynn Theatre. Members of the college’s Theatre Club present readings from black writers and selections from plays.

Led by Kerrigan Sullivan, theatre professor. Info: Holly Walker, (804) 594-1530 or hwalker@tcc.edu.

Feb. 3 “First Fridays at the Seminary: Celebrating Dr. John W. Kinney”: 5:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 3, reception at the Black History Museum, 122 W. Leigh St., with “God’s Half Acre: Virginia Union University and Freedom’s Religion,” a presentation by Dr. Kinney, dean of VUU’s Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, at 7 p.m., Ebenezer Baptist Church, 216 W. Leigh St. Sponsored by VUU’s Center for Lifelong Learning and Leadership. Info: (804) 257-5600.

“Generation Dream 2017”: 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, Richmond Public Library Main Library Downtown, 101 E. Franklin St.; 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 1000 Mosby St.; and 3:30 p.m.,

“Murry DePillars: Double Vision”: Friday, Feb. 3 through Saturday, June 3, Black History Museum, 122 W. Leigh St. Art exhibition features 37 pieces by the late Dr. DePillars, artist and former dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts (1976-1995). Info: (804) 780-9093.

“Obscura”: 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, Elegba Folklore Society Cultural Center, 101 E. Broad St. Artist Nicole Wandera will discuss her collection of paintings. Info: Janine Bell, (804) 644-3900.

Feb. 4 “Matinees with Miss Maggie”: 1 p.m. Saturdays, Feb. 4-25, Maggie Walker Historic Site, 600 N. 2nd St. Film series focusing on the lives and accomplishments of Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, Ella Baker and Shirley Chisolm. Sponsored by the National Park Service. Info: (804) 771-2017 or www.nps.gov/mawa.

“Slavery & Freedom: Monticello and the National Museum of African American History and Culture with John W. Franklin”: 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, Milstein Theater at Monticello in Charlottesville. John W. Franklin, senior manager of the office of external affairs at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, talks about the new museum in Washington. Info: www.monticello.org Feb. 7 “United Voices: Raising Awareness through Song &Word – National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day”: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, Black History Museum, 122 W. Leigh St. Persons living with and affected by HIV/ AIDS will share stories of triumph and overcoming adversity. In partnership with Diversity Richmond.

Info: (804) 622-4646 ext. 203.

“Defining Generations: African-American Artists”: 1 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 7- 28, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Boulevard. $90; VMFA members, $75. The work of artists Hank Willis Thomas, Barkley Hendricks, Elizabeth Catlett and Louis Draper will be featured in the sessions on African-American artists.

Info: (804) 340-1405.

Feb. 9 “From These Roots: A Musical Tribute to AfricanAmerican Heritage”: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, Black History Museum, 122 W. Leigh St. Binford Middle School Orchestra and Chorus to perform with Soul of Dance performing arts dance troupe. Info: www. blackhistorymuseum.org.

“Protecting Our Women: The Rhetoric of Race, Rape and Lynching on ‘Black Wall Street’ ”: 11 a.m.

Thursday, Feb. 9, John Tyler Community College Mid-

“Ethnic Notions”: 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, John Tyler Community College Chester Campus, 13101 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Bird Hall, B124. Documentary screening and discussion led by Dr. Christine Diggs, human services professor. Panel discussion on continued marginalization of African-Americans. Info: Holly Walker, 594-1530 or hwalker@tcc.edu.

Feb. 10 “The Exclusive Blacklist”: 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, Black History Museum, 122 W. Leigh St. Wine from African-American wineries, hors d’oeuvres and jazz.

Info: (804) 780-9093.

“The Importance of Black History Month”: 1 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 10, Wall Auditorium, Virginia Union University, 1500 Lombardy St. Spanish instructor Tia Javier will discuss obstacles of growing up as an Afro Latino in the Dominican Republic and French professor Ima Hicks will discuss the black influence and her experience traveling to France. Sponsored by the VUU Department of Languages and Literature. Info: (804) 257-5600.

Feb. 11 “A Master Class in Entrepreneurship with Miko Branch”: 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, Virginia Union University, 1500 Lombardy St. The co-founder and CEO of Miss Jessie’s hair care products teaches a class in entrepreneurship. Sponsored by the BND Institute of Media and Culture and the Center for the Study of the Urban Child at VUU. Info: (804) 257-5600.

“The History of Iconic African-American Figures in Advertisement: Aunt Jemima, Uncle Bens and Rastus”: 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, Henrico County Public Library, Varina Branch, 1875 New Market Road.

Learn about these iconic figures from a collection of more than 30 collectables.

“Colonial Williamsburg’s Inaugural REV Talk: Michael Twitty”: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, Kimball Theater in Colonial Williamsburg’s Merchant Square. Culinary historian and author Michael Twitty will share insights and answer audience questions. Info: (757) 220-7287.

Feb. 13 “New York African Burial Ground”: 9:30 a.m.

Monday, Feb. 13, John Tyler Community College Midlothian Campus, 800 Charter Colony Pkwy., Hamel Hall, H109. Presentation by Allison Talibi, sociology adjunct instructor. Info: Holly Walker, (804) 594-1530 or hwalker@tcc.edu.

Feb. 15 “The Black LGBTQ Experience: Lecture and Dialogue with Dr. Ravi Perry”: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, Black History Museum. Dr. Perry will lead a discussion on the experience of black LGBTQ communities. Info: (804) 622-4646, ext. 203.

“ ‘Jump in the Sun’ by Zora Neale Hurston”: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, John Tyler Community College Chester Campus, 13101 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Bird Hall, B124. Presentation, discussion and film excerpts, with discussion led by Saajida Chohan, English instructor. Info: Holly Walker, (804) 594-1530 or hwalker@tcc.edu.

Feb. 16 “Artist Talk: LeRoy Henderson”: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Boulevard. $8; VMFA members, $5. Info: (804) 340-1405.

“Richard Wright: ‘Black Boy’ documentary”: 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, John Tyler Community College Chester Campus, 13101 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Bird Hall, B124. Discussion led by Meredith Privott, English instructor. Info: Holly Walker, (804) 594-1530 or hwalker@tcc.edu.

Feb. 17 “Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown”: 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, VUU’s Belgian Theatre, 1500 N. Lombardy St. Performance tells the story of a enslaved Richmond man who escaped to freedom at the age of 33 by arranging to have himself mailed in a wooden crate to abolitionists in Philadelphia in 1849. Sponsored by the VUU Theatre Program. Info: (804) 257-5600.

“Cross Cultural Connections: Rethinking Black History Month and the Influence of African Diaspora”: 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, Wall Auditorium, Virginia Union University, 1500 Lombardy St. Dr. Monique Leslie Akassi, chair of the VUU Department of Languages and Literature, will share her experience traveling to Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa. Dr. Michael Orok, dean of the VUU School of Humanities and Social Sciences, will offer an Africana perspective. Info: (804) 257-5600.

Feb. 21 “A Narrative Through Verse – Readings spanning the history of African-American Poetry”: 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 21, John Tyler Community College Chester Campus, 13101 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Bird Hall, B124 campus; and 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, John Tyler Community College Midlothian Campus, 800 Charter Colony Pkwy., T Building, Lynn Theatre, T112.

Presented by JTCC Writing Center. Info: Holly Walker, (804) 594-1530 or hwalker@tcc.edu.

Feb. 23 “Dr. Peter Wallenstein – Race, Sex and the Freedom to Marry: Loving v. Virginia”: 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, Black History Museum, 122 W. Leigh St. Virginia Tech history professor Dr. Peter Wallenstein, author of “Tell the Court I Love My Wife: Race, Marriage and Law – An American History,” discusses the landmark civil rights case, Loving v. Virginia. Info: www.blackhistorymuseum.org.

Feb. 26 “Hidden No More: Pioneering Black Women Mathematicians Tell Their Stories”: 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, Black History Museum, 122 W. Leigh St., Dr. Christine Darden, mathematician and NASA employee for nearly 40 years and one of the women portrayed in the recent film, “Hidden Figures,” will be joined

by Estelle Amy Smith and journalist Michael Paul Williams for a discussion. Info: www.blackhistorymuseum.org/.

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Left, several hundred protesters hold signs and chant as they march last Friday from Abner Clay Park in Richmond’s Jackson Ward in a demonstration by #disruptJ20.

Above, about 60 people hold a vigil and protest at the Bell Tower in Capitol Square in Downtown last Friday as President Trump was taking the oath of office in Washington.

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Protests in Richmond, D.C. Marchers take to the streets of city and nation’s capital surrounding Trump inauguration

Photos by Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Protesters fill the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station in Washington and then pour into the streets with signs and banners.

Participants in the Women’s March on Washington include thousands of men who support women’s rights as human rights.

Marchers take a break and selfies surrounded by a plethora of protest signs left outside the new Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington.

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Legal Notices Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO TARA HOGGES, Plaintiff v.

JAVONE HOGGES, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16-3126-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from Javone Hogges on the ground that the parties have lived separate and apart for a period exceeding one year.

It appearing by affidavit that the Defendant’s last known address is not known, the Defendant’s present whereabouts are unknown, and diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city the Defendant is without effect, it is ORDERED that the Defendant appear before this Court on or before February 13, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. and protect her interest herein.

A Copy, Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk Lambert & Associates LLC Linda Y. Lambert, Esquire 321 North 23rd St. Richmond, Virginia 23223 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND ANGELO ANTOIN BATTLE, Plaintiff v.

KACO MARIE ELLIS BATTLE, Defendant.

Civil Action No.: 15-1055-008 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 having lived separate and apart continuously without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period of more than one year, pursuant to section 20-91(A)(9) of the Code of Virginia.

It is ORDERED that KACO MARIE ELLIS BATTLE, appear at the above-named court and protect her interests on or before the 9th day of March, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.

A Copy, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER DAJUAN BRIAN WILLIAMS, Plaintiff v.

MECHELLE WILLIAMS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16002473-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 7th day of March, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

BELETE DERESH, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16-3534 ORDER OF PUBLICATION December 27, 2016

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce.

WHEREFORE, an affidavit having been filed by the Plaintiff that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of Belete Deresh, it is ORDERED that Belete Deresh appear before this Court on March 17, 2017, at 8:30 a.m., to protect his interests herein.

An Extract, Teste: WENDY S. HUGHES, Clerk Mary Ashby Brown, Esquire (VSB #74718) Friedman Law Firm, P.C. 9401 Courthouse Road, Suite A Chesterfield, VA 23832 (804) 717-1969 (telephone) (804) 748-4161 (telecopier) mabrown@friedmanlawva.com Counsel for the Plaintiff/Wife VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER LOUISE DAVIS, Plaintiff v.

ROBERT DAVIS, JR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL170000018-00 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 28th day of February, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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(804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JESSICA CERNA, Plaintiff v.

JOSE CERNA, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16003524-00 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 28th day of February, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

JOHN SUMLER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16003467-00 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 22nd day of February, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

CUSTODY virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the COunty of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Lilah m rodriguez, Juvenile Madeline v. Johansel D. Rodriguez Case No. JJ076177-02-00,03-00 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON

The object of this suit is to: Determine custody and visitation of Lilah Michelle Rodriguez (DOB: 8/13/10), whose Mother is Madeline Lugo and whose Father is Johansel D. Rodriguez, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 16.1-241A3. Johansel D. Rodriguez’s whereabouts are unknown.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Johansel D. Rodriguez appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his interests on or before March 20, 2017at 10:00 A.M. virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re A’miracle Gassoway, Juvenile Case No. JJ090866-12 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Darrell Meredith (Father) and Unknown, (Father), of A’miracle Gassoway, child, DOB 4/8/2015, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsbility for support

It is ORDERED that the defendant Darrell Meredith (Father) and Unknown (Father), appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before March 22, 2017, at 2:30 PM, Court Room #5. virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the COUNty of NEW KENT Commonwealth of Virginia, in re SIANNA KAY PINN, Juvenile Kenneth R. Gumbs, Carolyn Gumbs v. Daniel Reid Pinn Case No. JJ006429-03-00 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON

The object of this suit is to: Determine legal and physical custody of a child known as Sianna Kay Pinn, born June 10, 2011, to Katherine Lindsey Gumbs and Daniel Reid Pinn.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Daniel Reid Pinn appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before March 27, 2017, at 9:00 A.M.

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CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

Case No.: CL16-3806-4 OLIVER C. LAWRENCE, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1426 North 19th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E000-0771/012, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, OLIVER C. LAWRENCE.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, OLIVER C. LAWRENCE, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that ALVINA E. I. MANUEL, LUIS FRANCISCO HUERTA, IVON MODESTA GOMEZ, JOSE ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, M AY N OR M A U RICIO MUNOZ BONILLA, LUIS M IC H E L G O M E Z , a n d RENE MALDONADO, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that FIDEL FRANCISCO CRUZ E S T R A D A , T EO D O S I A SAUCEDO, JOSE MORAZAN MIRANDA, RAFAEL ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, RO B ER T O M ORE N O CI S N ERO S , M A N U E L MALDONADO, GONZALES A G U I L A R , J OR G E C .

MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MARIO ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, DAVID EUGENIO GAMERO ANDORO, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL COR T E Z , VIC T OR M .

ESPINO, PASTOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR MUNOZ, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ, JOSE ATLLANO ARMIOS JAIME, S A N T O S E D U RI G E S ESCOBAR, JUAN VARGAS CO, DAVID VALENCIA A R T E A G A , G ER A R D O HERNANDEZ FACUNDO a / k / a G ER A R D O F. H ER N A N D E Z , CE S A R H U ER TA D I A Z , A L E X A B I M A E L H ERRER A GONZALES, IMELDO DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, KARLA ESPINOZA, JUAN CAROLOS ALVARADO MORALES a/k/a JUAN C A R L O S A LVA R A D O MORALES, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that 1901-1915 WHITCOMB STREET, LLC., A Dissolved Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, and 8409 STAPLES MILL ROAD, LLC, An Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, which may be creditors with an interest in said property, are foreign entities, and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest 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 OLIVER C. LAWRENCE, ALVINA E. I. MANUEL, LUIS FRANCISCO HUERTA, IVON MODESTA GOMEZ, JOSE ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, M AY N OR M A U RICIO MUNOZ BONILLA, LUIS M IC H E L G O M E Z , a n d RE N E M A L D O N A D O , FIDEL FRANCISCO CRUZ E S T R A D A , T EO D O S I A SAUCEDO, JOSE MORAZAN MIRANDA, RAFAEL ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, RO B ER T O M ORE N O CI S N ERO S , M A N U E L MALDONADO, GONZALES A G U I L A R , J OR G E C .

MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MARIO ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, DAVID EUGENIO GAMERO ANDORO, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL COR T E Z , VIC T OR M .

ESPINO, PASTOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR MUNOZ, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ, JOSE ATLLANO ARMIOS JAIME, S A N T O S E D U RI G E S ESCOBAR, JUAN VARGAS CO, DAVID VALENCIA A R T E A G A , G ER A R D O HERNANDEZ FACUNDO a / k / a G ER A R D O F. H ER N A N D E Z , CE S A R H U ER TA D I A Z , A L E X A B I M A E L H ERRER A GONZALES, IMELDO DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, KARLA ESPINOZA, JUAN CAROLOS ALVARADO MORALES a/k/a JUAN C A R L O S A LVA R A D O M OR A L E S , 1 9 0 1 - 1 9 1 5 W H I T CO M B S T REE T, LLC., A Dissolved Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, 8409 STAPLES MILL ROAD, LLC, An Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 23, 2017, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

Case No.: CL16-3805-4 OLIVER C. LAWRENCE, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1428 North 19th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E000-0771/030, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, OLIVER C. LAWRENCE.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, OLIVER C. LAWRENCE, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that ALVINA E. I. MANUEL, LUIS FRANCISCO HUERTA, IVON MODESTA GOMEZ, JOSE ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, M AY N OR M A U RICIO MUNOZ BONILLA, LUIS M IC H E L G O M E Z , a n d RENE MALDONADO, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that FIDEL FRANCISCO CRUZ E S T R A D A , T EO D O S I A SAUCEDO, JOSE MORAZAN MIRANDA, RAFAEL ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, RO B ER T O M ORE N O CI S N ERO S , M A N U E L MALDONADO, GONZALES A G U I L A R , J OR G E C .

MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MARIO ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, DAVID EUGENIO GAMERO ANDORO, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL COR T E Z , VIC T OR M .

ESPINO, PASTOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR MUNOZ, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ, JOSE ATLLANO ARMIOS JAIME, S A N T O S E D U RI G E S ESCOBAR, JUAN VARGAS CO, DAVID VALENCIA A R T E A G A , G ER A R D O HERNANDEZ FACUNDO a / k / a G ER A R D O F. H ER N A N D E Z , CE S A R H U ER TA D I A Z , A L E X A B I M A E L H ERRER A GONZALES, IMELDO DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, KARLA ESPINOZA, JUAN CAROLOS ALVARADO MORALES a/k/a JUAN C A R L O S A LVA R A D O MORALES, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that 1901-1915 WHITCOMB STREET, LLC., A Dissolved Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, and 8409 STAPLES MILL ROAD, LLC, An Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, which may be creditors with an interest in said property, are foreign entities, and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest 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 OLIVER C. LAWRENCE, ALVINA E. I. MANUEL, LUIS FRANCISCO HUERTA, IVON MODESTA GOMEZ, JOSE ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, M AY N OR M A U RICIO MUNOZ BONILLA, LUIS M IC H E L G O M E Z , a n d RE N E M A L D O N A D O , FIDEL FRANCISCO CRUZ E S T R A D A , T EO D O S I A SAUCEDO, JOSE MORAZAN MIRANDA, RAFAEL ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, RO B ER T O M ORE N O CI S N ERO S , M A N U E L MALDONADO, GONZALES A G U I L A R , J OR G E C .

MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MARIO ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, DAVID EUGENIO GAMERO ANDORO, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL COR T E Z , VIC T OR M .

ESPINO, PASTOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR MUNOZ, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ, JOSE ATLLANO ARMIOS JAIME, S A N T O S E D U RI G E S ESCOBAR, JUAN VARGAS CO, DAVID VALENCIA A R T E A G A , G ER A R D O HERNANDEZ FACUNDO a / k / a G ER A R D O F. H ER N A N D E Z , CE S A R H U ER TA D I A Z , A L E X A B I M A E L H ERRER A GONZALES, IMELDO DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, KARLA ESPINOZA, JUAN CAROLOS ALVARADO MORALES a/k/a JUAN C A R L O S A LVA R A D O M OR A L E S , 1 9 0 1 - 1 9 1 5 W H I T CO M B S T REE T, LLC., A Dissolved Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, 8409 STAPLES MILL ROAD, LLC, An Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 23, 2017, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

Case No.: CL16-3804-4 L. V. LAWRENCE AS TRUSTEE OF THE LMT LAND TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 1, 2009, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2308 Green Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# N000-0845/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, L. V. LAWRENCE AS TRUSTEE OF THE LMT LAND TRUST U N D ER A G REE M E N T DATED NOVEMBER 1, 2009.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, L. V. LAWRENCE AS TRUSTEE OF THE LMT LAND TRUST U N D ER A G REE M E N T DATED NOVEMBER 1, 2009, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that OLIVER C. LAWRENCE, prior owner in chain-of-title, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that ALVINA E. I. MANUEL, LUIS FRANCISCO HUERTA, IVON MODESTA GOMEZ, M AY N OR M A U RICIO MUNOZ BONILLA, LUIS MICHEL GOMEZ, and RENE MALDONADO, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that FIDEL FRANCISCO CRUZ ESTRADA, TEODOSIA SAUCEDO, JOSE MORAZAN MIRANDA, RAFAEL ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, RO B ER T O M ORE N O CI S N ERO S , M A N U E L MALDONADO, GONZALES A G U I L A R , J OR G E C .

MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MARIO ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, DAVID EUGENIO GAMERO ANDORO, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL COR T E Z , VIC TOR M .

ESPINO, JOSE ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, PASTOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR MUNOZ, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ, JOSE ATLLANO ARMIOS JAIME, S A N T O S E D U RI G E S ESCOBAR, JUAN VARGAS CO, DAVID VALENCIA A R T E A G A , G ER A R D O HERNANDEZ FACUNDO a / k / a G ER A R D O F. H ER N A N D E Z , CE S A R H U ER TA D I A Z , A L E X A B I M A E L H ERRER A GONZALES, IMELDO DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, KARLA ESPINOZA, JUAN CAROLOS ALVARADO MORALES a/k/a JUAN CARLOS ALVARADOMORALES, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that 1901-1915 WHITCOMB STREET, LLC., A Dissolved Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, and 8409 STAPLES MILL ROAD, LLC, An Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, which may be creditors with an interest in said property, are foreign entities, and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest 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 L. V. LAWRENCE AS TRUSTEE OF THE LMT LAND TRUST U N D ER A G REE M E N T DATED NOVEMBER 1, 2009, OLIVER C. LAWRENCE, ALVINA E. I. MANUEL, LUIS FRANCISCO HUERTA, IVON MODESTA GOMEZ, M AY N OR M A U RICIO MUNOZ BONILLA, LUIS MICHEL GOMEZ, RENE MALDONADO, FIDEL F R A N CI S CO CR U Z E S T R A D A , T EO D O S I A SAUCEDO, JOSE MORAZAN MIRANDA, RAFAEL ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, RO B ER T O M ORE N O CI S N ERO S , M A N U E L MALDONADO, GONZALES A G U I L A R , J OR G E C .

MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MARIO ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, DAVID EUGENIO GAMERO ANDORO, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL COR T E Z , VIC T OR M .

ESPINO, JOSE ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, PASTOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR MUNOZ, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ, JOSE ATLLANO ARMIOS JAIME, S A N T O S E D U RI G E S ESCOBAR, JUAN VARGAS CO, DAVID VALENCIA A R T E A G A , G ER A R D O HERNANDEZ FACUNDO a / k / a G ER A R D O F. H ER N A N D E Z , CE S A R H U ER TA D I A Z , A L E X A B I M A E L H ERRER A GONZALES, IMELDO DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, KARLA ESPINOZA, JUAN CAROLOS ALVARADO MORALES a/k/a JUAN CARLOS ALVARADO-MORALES, 1901-1915 WHITCOMB STREET, LLC., A Dissolved Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, 8409 STAPLES MILL ROAD, LLC, An Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, and

Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 23, 2017, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

or Other Holder of a Certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust Dated March 27, 1997 and Recorded July 17, 1997, in Instrument Number 9715416, 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, or the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, whose names are not known; that ROBERT H. SMALLENBERG, Trustee, who may be Trustee of certain Note secured a Deed of Trust dated March 27, 1997 and recorded July 17, 1997, at Instrument Number 97-15416, in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, Virginia, 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, or his successor/s in title, whose names are not known; that HOYLE S. WALTERS, 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 his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that RICHMOND PROPERTIES INC, A Terminated or Purged Virginia Corporation, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not field 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 MIDATLANTIC PROPERTIES, INC., a/k/a MID ATLANTIC PROPERTIES, INC, Entity # 0419355-3, KURTIS FORD PARSCH, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, ROBERT J. TAGGART OR ORDER, or Other Holder of a Certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust Dated March 27, 1997 and Recorded July 17, 1997, in Instrument Number 97-15416, the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROBERT H. SMALLENBERG, Trustee of certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated March 27, 1997 and recorded July 17, 1997, at Instrument Number 97-15416, or his successor/s in title, HOYLE S. WALTERS, RICHMOND PROPERTIES INC, A Terminated or Purged Virginia Corporation, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 24, 2017, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that ROBERT L. BROWN a/k/a ROBERT L. BROWN, SR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ROBERT L. BROWN a/k/a ROBERT L. BROWN, SR., DOROTHY BROWN, CECIL BROWN, STUART BROWN, ROBERT L . B RO W N , III , a / k / a ROBERT LESLIE BROWN, III, ROBERT L. BROWN, JR., a/k/a ROBERT LESLIE BROWN, JR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ROBERT L. BROWN, JR., a/k/a ROBERT LESLIE BROWN, JR., and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 23, 2017, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

Case No.: CL16-2320-4 MIDATLANTIC PROPERTIES, INC., a/k/a MID ATLANTIC PROPERTIES, INC, Entity # 0419355-3, A Terminated Virginia Corporation, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 814 Norton Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# N000-0572/012, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, MID ATLANTIC PROPERTIES, INC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said o w n e r, M I D AT L A N T IC P RO P ER T IE S , I N C . , a / k / a M I D AT L A N T IC PROPERTIES, INC, Entity # 0419355-3, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that KURTIS FORD PARSCH, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, who may have an ownership interest in said property, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that ROBERT J. TAGGART OR ORDER,

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

Case No.: CL16-4506-4 MILDRED B. SMITH a/k/a MILLIE SMITH a/k/a MILLIE BRITT SMITH, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF MILDRED B. SMITH a/k/a MILLIE SMITH a/k/a MILLIE BRITT SMITH, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2113 Warwick Avenue, , Richmond, Virginia, Ta x M a p / G P I N # S 0 0 7 1632/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Herman F. Blake, Sr., Estate.

An Affidavit having been filed that owner per Status of Public Records Report for the subject property, MILDRED B. SMITH a/k/a MILLIE SMITH a/k/a MILLIE BRITT SMITH, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of MILDRED B. SMITH a/k/a MILLIE SMITH a/k/a MILLIE BRITT SMITH, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF HERMAN F. BLAKE a/k/a HERMAN F. BLAKE, SR., DECEASED, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that FRANCES HIRT, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that PAT BRITT, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that TALMAGE BRITT, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, whose names are not known; 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 MILDRED B. SMITH a/k/a MILLIE SMITH a/k/a MILLIE BRITT SMITH, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of MILDRED B. SMITH a/k/a MILLIE SMITH a/k/a MILLIE BRITT SMITH, ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR S U CCE S S OR S I N INTEREST OF HERMAN F. BLAKE a/k/a HERMAN F. BLAKE, SR., DECEASED, FRANCES HIRT, PAT BRITT, TALMAGE BRITT, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 23, 2017, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

ROBERT L. BROWN a/k/a ROBERT L. BROWN, SR., Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF ROBERT L. BROWN a/k/a ROBERT L. BROWN, SR., et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL16-5190-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1408 Willis Street, Richmond, Virginia, TaxMap/GPIN# S007-1231/018, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Robert L. Brown, III, Camesha Brown, Cecil Brown, Dorothy Brown, and Stuart Brown.

An Affidavit having been filed that said prior owner, ROBERT L. BROWN a/k/a ROBERT L. BROWN, SR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ROBERT L. BROWN a/k/a ROBERT L. BROWN, SR., have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that DOROTHY BROWN, CECIL BROWN, STUART BROWN, and ROBERT L. BROWN, III, a/k/a ROBERT LESLIE BROWN, III, 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, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that ROBERT L. BROWN, JR., a/k/a ROBERT LESLIE BROWN, JR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ROBERT L. BROWN, JR., a/k/a ROBERT LESLIE BROWN, JR., who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1630 NORTH 28TH STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0864/016 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Case No. CL15-27611, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1630 NORTH 28TH STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 417 NORTH 33RD STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0884/026 Continued on next page

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Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Tower Building Properties, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Case No. CL15-31211, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 417 NORTH 33RD STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

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to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2118 LAMB AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-0450/001

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 19, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. GEORGE TUNSTALL a/k/a GEORGE HERBERT TUNSTALL, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF GEORGE TUNSTALL a/k/a GEORGE HERBERT TUNSTALL, et al., Case No. CL16-4426-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 511 HUNT Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 28, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. H AT T I E B R O O K S a/k/a HATTIE BROOKS GRAHAM, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF HATTIE BROOKS a/k/a HATTIE BROOKS GRAHAM, et al., Case No. CL16-4491-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1202 North 33RD STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. JOHN BICK WINSTON, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF JOHN BICK WINSTON, et al., Case No. CL16-2602-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2118 LAMB AVENUE, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219

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Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 511 HUNT Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-1558/006

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1202 North 33RD STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0802/010

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(804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1816 BAINBRIDGE STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S000-0242/001 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., , Case No. CL15-3781-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1816 BAINBRIDGE STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3126 5TH AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-0998/017 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. James H. White a/k/a James Hampton White Jr., et al., Case No. CL15-41861, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3126 5TH AVENUE, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 630 NORTH 30TH STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0573/011

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 28, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

AMAZING ENTERPRISES, An Entity Not Registered with the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporate Commission, et al., Case No. CL16-14054, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 200 JEFFERSON D AV I S H I G H W AY, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., , Case No. CL15-4190-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 630 NORTH 30TH STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact:

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Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 200 JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S000-0352/008

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1107 NORTH 35TH STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-1275/004 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., , Case No. CL15-3508-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1107 NORTH 35TH STREET Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1122 NORTH 24TH STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0517/003 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., , Case No. CL15-2700-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1122 NORTH 24TH STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1401 OAKWOOD AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-1273/009 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 28, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v VIRGINIA M. GAINES a/k/a VIRGINIA BLAND GAINES, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF VIRGINIA M. GAINES a/k/a VIRGINIA BLAND GAINES, et al., Case No. CL16-457-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1401 OAKWOOD AV E N U E , R i c h m o n d , Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ Continued on next page

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or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1503 WILLIS STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

November 28, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. DEBORAH S. TAYLOR n/k/a DEBORAH J. AGEE, et al., Case No. CL16-23214, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2410 ROYALL AVENUE, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1420 SPOTSYLVANIA STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0606/001 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 28, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. INTEGRITIES, INC., a/k/a INTEGRITIES I N C O R P O R AT E D , A Te r m i n a t e d V i r g i n i a Corporation, et al., Case No. CL16-2823-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1420 SPOTSYLVANIA STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

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Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1421 GARBER STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E010-0076/010 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 28, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

LONG BEACH MORTGAGE COMPANY, A Delaware Corporation, et al., Case No. CL16-2393-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1421 GARBER STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1503 WILLIS STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007-1329/036 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. CHARLES L. JANUARY a/k/a CHARLES L. JANUARY, SR., Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF CHARLES L. JANUARY a/k/a CHARLES L. JANUARY, SR, et al., Case No. CL16-3406-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, Continued on next column

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1704 HICKORY Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-0364/033

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 28, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

TIFFANY LOU HENDERSON SCOTT p/k/a TIFFANY LOU HENDERSON, et al., Case No. CL16-2621-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1619 ROGERS STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants,

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 19, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. WILLIAM GREEN a/k/a WILLIAM GREENE, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF WILLIAM GREEN a/k/a WILLIAM GREENE, et al., Case No. CL16-3433-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1704 HICKORY Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is

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Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1619 ROGERS STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-1235/010

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1823 ROSE AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-0330/003 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 28, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. W. E . R O B I N S O N a/k/a WALTER EDWARD ROBINSON, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN I N T E R E S T O F W. E .

ROBINSON a/k/a WALTER EDWARD ROBINSON, et al., Case No. CL16-2005-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1823 ROSE AVENUE, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2410 ROYALL AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007-1578/005 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on Continued on next column

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2716 ALEXANDER Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S008-0844/049

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 19, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. BAYOU PROPERTIES, LLC., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Case No. CL16-29421, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2712 A L E X A N D E R Av e n u e , Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 19, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. BAYOU PROPERTIES, LLC., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Case No. CL16-29421, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2716 A L E X A N D E R Av e n u e , Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the

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Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2712 ALEXANDER Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S008-0844/048

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3209 FENDALL AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-1037/044 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

RICHMOND REAL ESTATE, LLC, Entity No. S065139-0, A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Case No. CL16-2708-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3209 FENDALL AVENUE, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3301 FLORIDA Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-1264/014 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court Continued on next page

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of the City of Richmond on December 19, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Rosalyn Powell, Jerone Powell, and Gerald Powell, et al., Case No. CL16-25024, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3301 FLORIDA Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

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zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1303 WILLIS STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007-1180/008

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., , Case No. CL15-3834-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1718 NORTH 29TH STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental,

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on May 20, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. James R. Marchand, et al., Case No. CL16-756-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1303 Willis Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the

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Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1718 NORTH 29TH STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0951/022

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City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Plaintiff, v.

CASE NO. 14-2530 $ 1748.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND ALI RIZVI; CASE NO. 14-243 $ 12943.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND D’JAN ROBINSON; CASE NO. 12-680 $ 1113.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND DOMINIQUE STEWART; CASE NO. 15-4061 $ 3288.60 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND MICHAEL TYSON; CASE NO. 12-2926 $ 1019.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND BRIANA PATTERSON; CASE NO. 13-954 $ 2452.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND NICHOLAS GRAHAM; Defendants.

ORDER

The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to V a .

Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2-249) (Michie 1999).

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before February 13, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests.

I ask for this: Janet Jin Ah Lee Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney

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CASE NO. 15-2790 $ 1066.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND BRANDON CARMON; CASE NO. 13-959 $ 1026.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND MONTEE STEWART; CASE NO. 12-4508 2007 CHRYSLER VIN# 1A4GJ45R67B180328, AND FATEH AL-HAYANI; CASE NO. 13-1120 $ 1422.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND GERALD WARD Defendants.

ORDER

The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to V a .

Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2-249) (Michie 1999).

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before February 15, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests.

I ask for this: Janet Jin Ah Lee Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney

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

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

CASE NO. 13-2786 $ 2230.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND ANTONIO KING; CASE NO. 15-1613 $ 834.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND DAVON DAVIS; CASE NO. 16-1310 $ 1599.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND BRANDON J. EPPS; CASE NO. 12-595 $ 1160.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND DAVID BEIRNE; CASE NO. 12-4087 ONE LOT OF ELECTRONICS [(1) VIZIO 32” TV Serial# LAQKHLMM3305942, (2) SONY Wii Serial #LU83917251, AND (3) SONY PS3 Serial# CG157904138CECH-20001A] AND SHANESHA HILL Defendants.

ORDER

The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to V a .

Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2-249) (Michie 1999).

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before March 1, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do

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what is necessary to protect his or her interests.

I ask for this: Janet Jin Ah Lee Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney

ROBERT GETFIELD; Defendants.

ORDER

The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to V a .

Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2-249) (Michie 1999).

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before February 13, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests.

I ask for this: Janet Jin Ah Lee Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney

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

CASE NO. 13-2787 2003 DODGE RAM VIN# 1D7HU18D73S280213, AND ANTONIO KING; CASE NO. 14-997 $ 4162.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND ARCHIE DAWKINS; CASE NO. 12-999 $ 2073.97 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND LINWOOD TUNSTALL; CASE NO. 15-335 $ 3277.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND CURTIS BROADIE; CASE NO. 12-4088 $ 2466.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND SHANESHA HILL; CASE NO. 13-1118 $ 12692.50 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND ROBERT RICHARD; CASE NO. 13-2261 $ 1301.07 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND KYLE JOHNSON Defendants.

ORDER

The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to V a .

Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2-249) (Michie 1999).

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before February 14, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests.

I ask for this: Janet Jin Ah Lee Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Plaintiff, v.

CASE NO. 14-4233 $ 1932.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND COREY DARK; CASE NO. 14-1382 $ 20285.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND EARL HILL; CASE NO. 13-39 $ 1933.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND ANDY MATTHEWS; CASE NO. 12-1243 $ 4205.60 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND ANTHONY CANNELLA; CASE NO. 15-2009 $ 308.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND SHARHONDA LEE; CASE NO. 13-1114 $ 107328.62.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND Continued from previous column

The City of Richmond announces the following project(s) available for services relating to: RFP W170014237 External Auditing Services Receipt Date: Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 3:30 PM Receipt Location: 900 East Broad Street, 11th Floor, Room 1104, Richmond, VA 23219 Pre-Proposal Meeting: Thursday, February 2, 2017 @ at 10:00 AM, at 900 East Broad Street, 11th Floor, Room 1104, Richmond, VA 23219 Information or copies of the above solicitation is available by contacting Procurement Services, at the City of Richmond website (www.RichmondGov. com), or at 11th Floor of City Hall, 900 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. Phone (804) 646-5716 or faxed (804) 646-5989. The City of Richmond encourages all contractors to participate in the procurement process.

For reference purposes, documents may be examined at the above location.

NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA NEW HANOVER COUNTY. IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE, DISTRICT COURT DIVISION Neighborhood Networks Publishing, Inc. - Plaintiff, vs.

North Winds Mechanical Systems, and Charlie Francis, individually - Defendants..

TO: North Winds Mechanical Systems, and Charlie Francis, individually – Defendants,

Take Notice that a pleading seeking relief against North Winds Mechanical Systems, and Charlie Francis, individually – Defendants, has been filed on November 14, 2016 in the above entitled Complaint. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows.

The Complaint asserts that Charlie Frances (individually) and North Winds Mechanical Systems entered into a contract with Neighborhood Networks Publishing, Inc. on April 2, 2015 and did default on said contract on or about October 24, 2015.

The Complaint reads that the Plaintiff have and recover judgment against Defendants North Winds Mechanical Systems, and Charlie Francis, individually in the amount of $23,930.00; that the Plaintiff be awarded its reasonable attorneys’ fees of $3,589.50 which represents 15% of the total amount owed when suit was filed under the Advertising Agreement and N.C. Gen. Stat. §6-21.2, and as otherwise provided by law.

That the costs of this action be taxed by the Court as against the Defendants; and for such other relief as the Court deems just and proper.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than March 9, 2017 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This the 26th day of January, 2017.

Woody White, Attorney for the Plaintiff NC Bar Number 21302 2004 Eastwood Road Wilmington, NC 28403 Richmond Free Press is seeking a reliable and creative person for a part-time graphics position. Enthusiastic individual must be proficient in Macintosh Creative Suite Design software (Indesign and Photoshop) to produce accurate, high quality camera-ready advertisements and news page layouts for print production.

Meticulous attention to details. Ability to be flexible and work under deadline cooperatively in a team environment is essential. Submit resumé and samples of work to address: Human Resources, Richmond Free Press, P.O. Box 27709, Richmond, Virginia 23261. No phone calls please.

Part-time Job Opening Mount Olive Baptist Church in Glen Allen, Virginia has the following part-time job opening:

Staff Pianist/Hammond Organist/ Auxiliary Accompanist

Please visit the church’s website at www.mobcva.org to view the complete job announcement for this position.

This position will be open until �illed.

A Criminal History Background Check and/or credit history check are required.

TransiT sysTem

CUSTOMER SERVICE/ CALL CENTER REPRESENTATIVE

Part-Time $13.02 per hour (Increases to $13.52 after successful completion of the probationary period) Closes: February 2, 2017 GRTC is seeking candidates who possess excellent customer service skills for available positions in our Customer Service Call Center.

The qualified candidates will be at least 21 years of age, have a high school education, 1 year of call center experience and the ability to work in a high call volume environment. Candidates should apply online at www.ridegrtc.com. Only online applications are accepted.

GRTC is an equal opportunity employer with a drug-free work environment.

Information Technology Support Specialist (FULL-TIME) Richmond Ambulance Authority seeks an Information Technology Support Specialist.

This position is primarily responsible for supporting users in both LAN and WAN environments to access various programs and hardware devices. The applicant must have a working knowledge and experience in Windows XP and above, Microsoft Office products and hardware maintenance and troubleshooting. Linux is a plus. Must be able to provide quality customer service as well as possess excellent internal and external communication skills. Organizational skills and dependability are required.

To apply, please visit www.raaems.org to submit an Application no later than 5:00 PM January 26, 2017.

EOE/AA

The City of Richmond is seeking to fill the following positions: Business Analysis Manager 25M00000126 Department of Finance Apply by 02/05/17 Engineer II – Right of Way/Development Review 29M00000115 Department of Public Works Apply by 02/05/17 Operations Manager 87M00000039 Department of Emergency Communications Apply by 02/05/17 Tax Representative – Motor Vehicle 22M00000707 Department of Finance Apply by 02/05/17 ****************** For an exciting career with the City of Richmond, visit our website for additional information and apply today! www.richmondgov.com EOE M/F/D/V

OperatiOns Business analyst - HOmeOwnersHip Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA), one of the nation’s top Housing Finance Agencies, is looking for an Operations Business Analyst to join its Homeownership Division in Richmond. Being a key member of the team, the successful candidate will consult with VHDA management and provide analysis on new programs and products, strategy, business processes, policy and procedure.

This position will compile, analyze, and interpret data to make strategic and tactical recommendations to management. The incumbent will apply mortgage banking experience to support and encourage innovation by identifying business problems and developing solution options and business opportunities.

The successful candidate must be results driven and customer focused. Bachelor’s degree in a finance related field or equivalent experience is required. Candidate must have 9–12 years of diverse business experience in mortgage banking and at least 2 years of organizational strategic planning experience. Proficiency in SQL and MS Excel is also required.

If you are looking for a position that is professionally and personally rewarding, where you will have the opportunity to continuously grow your skills; work with business data in the housing finance field; and turn challenges into opportunities, please submit your cover letter and resume online only at: http://www.vhda.com/about/careers An EOE This position is open until filled.

Credit and background checks will be performed as a condition of employment.

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