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On the affluent south side of Baton Rouge, a clutch of plastic balloons bobs in front of the gas station where a former Marine shot and killed three police officers last Sunday. On the impoverished north side of the city, a pile of flowers and a spraypainted portrait mark the spot where resident Alton Sterling was killed by police two weeks ago. Mr. Sterling’s funeral services July 15 drew hundreds of mourners, with the exception of Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden. The impromptu shrines in Louisiana’s state capital illustrate the heartache on both sides of a confrontation over police use of lethal force against mostly African-American men and targeted killings in Dallas and Baton Rouge by African-American gunmen bearing racial grievPlease turn to A4
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of the House of Delegates and current Norfolk Circuit Court judge, initiated the approach during his tenure as director of the state Department of Juvenile Justice with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The goal of the program is to provide alternatives to detention for teens facing lower-level charges. The program both has helped end overcrowding at the Richmond Detention Center and proved that youths awaiting trial on delinquency charges could remain in the community, sometimes with and sometimes without electronic monitors. Please turn to A4
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Donald J. Trump, the Republican nominee for president, introduces his wife, Melania, who addressed delegates Monday during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
After 26 years, Judge Roberts retiring from juvenile court By Jeremy M. Lazarus
done to make the system fairer and more just. And I worked hard to create and support programs that For 26 years, Judge Angela Edwards Roberts made a difference.” has been a presence in the Richmond Juvenile She will not put her black robe away for and Domestic Relations Court. good. Along with her colleagues, she has dealt with “This is not the end,” Judge Roberts said. “I all the sad, messy issues involving individuals plan to take six months off to relax. And then I and families — ranging from cutody battles to expect to sit in as a substitute judge.” stalking and domestic abuse to teens involved in Judge Roberts made history in Virginia when, in bad behavior and criminal activity. She also has 1990, she was the first African-American woman experienced the joy of helping create families to win election from the General Assembly to through adoption. serve on any court. “The work we do is emotionally draining,” She started out in the old juvenile courthouse Judge Roberts said. “We see everything that goes on Mecklenburg Street, but within six years, she wrong with society. People come to us when they and her colleagues were moved into a new $13 million courts and detention complex named for the late renowned attorney Oliver W. Hill Sr. located on a street named for him — a source of pride to her. During more than two decades, Judge Roberts has left her mark on the court. Among other achievements, she helped overhaul the administration of the court and the scheduling of cases that ended “cattlecall” dockets. She also helped create several annual events at the court, including Adoption Day to celebrate new families. “Judge Roberts is a leader, a mentor and a role model,” Judge Marilyn C. Goss wrote on behalf of herself, Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press Chief Judge AshJudge Angela Edwards Roberts became the first elected Africanley K. Tunner and American female judge in Virginia in 1990. Judge Richard B. Campbell, the two other juvenile court judges who hear cases at the have nowhere else to go, when things go wrong Oliver Hill Courts Building. and they need to fix them. And that’s what we Among other things, Judge Roberts set the try to do.” Now 62, the judge with a dimple-cheeked tone, particularly for new judges. “She has run smile who often has had to hide behind a stern her courtroom with dignity and expected the best judicial mask is counting down the days until from all who have appeared before her,” Judge Goss wrote. she retires. While noting that Judge Roberts built a reputaAlready packing her office, her final day will be July 29. tion as a “strong, no-nonsense judge,” Judge Goss For her, the time is right to retire, and she said Judge Roberts has been “an advocate for said in a recent interview that she leaves with change,” particularly in dealing with juveniles. “no regrets.” She is credited with pushing the Richmond “I care deeply about the people who come court to embrace the Juvenile Detention Alternative before me. I asked continuously what could be Initiative after Jerrauld C. Jones, a former member
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Donald J. Trump crossed the threshold of history the way he ran the Republican race: Soaked in drama, surrounded by back-stabbing, jeered by well-heeled critics as a no-hope amateur, cheered by a die-hard base and embraced at the finish line by his family. The billionaire businessman was officially nominated as the Republican Party’s candidate for president Tuesday in a surreal day befitting one of the most surreal campaigns in modern political history. It started with intrigue over how the party of Honest Abe managed to allow the nominee’s wife to deliver a speech sprinkled with paragraphs of pilfered oratory. Hours later, it ended with his children hugging on the convention floor as he officially reached the number of necessary delegates. Pixels of digital fireworks erupted on the overhead scoreboard. A Muzak-style rendition of “New York, New York,” blared on the speakers. And on the convention floor, the nominee’s namesake officially put him over the top in the roll call from his home state. “Congratulations, Dad. We love you,” Donald Trump Jr. shouted above the rumble of a loud-but-not-unanimous crowd, which chanted, “Trump! Trump! Trump!” “It’s not a campaign anymore. It’s a movement. It’s my honor to be able to throw Donald Trump over the top in the delegate count tonight,” Donald Jr. said. There were only faint remnants of the once-bitter opposition to Mr. Trump within the party. The vote from New York was followed by Puerto Rico, which announced its delegates belonged to U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida. The crowd also booed as the delegation from the nation’s capital, the District of Columbia, awarded Mr. Trump zero delegates. But Mr. Trump won handily. His moment of triumph came in yet another day that presidential election historians will note for its novelty. On Monday night, Melania Trump had recited near-verbatim snippets of a 2008 speech from First Lady Michelle Obama, causing a bout of finger-pointing at the Republican convention. There were calls Tuesday for heads to roll — again. The GOP party chair suggested someone should be fired. Donald Trump’s campaign manager, who was just fired, suggested some-
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Black-owned business hopes to find success at NFL training camp By Reginald Stuart
Herman Baskerville is optimistic about the start next Thursday of the 2016 summer training camp in Richmond for Washington’s professional football team. For sure, hosting nearly three weeks of professional football
training gives the city countless chances to showcase its tourist attractions, parks, theaters, schools, hotels, houses of worship and dining spots. Mr. Baskerville, owner of Big Herm’s Kitchen, a take-out restaurant on North 2nd Street in Jackson Ward, hopes he and his employees will benefit
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Swing high Fahdor Rivers, 6, provides some brotherly love and a big push for his 2-year-old sister, Zinai Brooks, who gleefully glided back and forth on the toddler swings at the Carter Jones Park on Perry Street in South Side. The youngsters’ mother, Ashley Brooks, was close by with a watchful eye. Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press
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Abby Klein creates a work of art Friday atop a storm drain on Tredegar Street near Brown’s Island as curious passers-by watch her progress. She is one of five artists selected by the Richmond Department of Public Utilities from 55 for the first phase of the Storm Drain Art Project. Ms. Klein’s work is titled, “You drop it, I drink it.” The other four artists who are painting drains along Tredegar Street are Alfonso Perez Acosta, Nicole Gomez, Melissa Greedy and Richard Lucente.
Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones’ administration has temporarily pulled back from seeking development teams for the redevelopment of the 60 acres of land the city owns on North Boulevard around The Diamond. The city’s top development official, Lee Downey, told the Free Press he expected to issue the city’s request for qualifications (RFQ) for developers last week, but said Monday that the RFQ is on hold “because of a technical issue.” He did not go into specifics, but said he is hoping the issue can be resolved quickly so the RFQ can be issued before the end of the month. — Jeremy M. Lazarus
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Richmond Public schools seeking volunteers for cleanup projects Volunteers are being sought to carry out projects to beautify city schools next week. Richmond Public Schools is teaming with HandsOn Greater Richmond to recruit volunteers to join employees from Altria, Genworth Financial and Building a Better RPS who have already committed to helping with the various projects. Below is a list of dates, schools and projects where help is needed: Monday, July 25, 9 a.m. to noon: • Armstrong High School, 2300 Cool Lane, landscaping and interior cleaning and repairs. • Franklin Military Academy, 701 N. 37th St., interior cleaning. Tuesday, July 26, 9 a.m. to noon: • Richmond Alternative School, 119 W. Leigh St., landscaping and interior cleaning and repairs. • Richmond Community High School, 201 E. Brookland Park Blvd., landscaping and interior repairs and cleaning. Wednesday, July 27, 9 a.m. to noon: • Huguenot High School, 7945 Forest Hill Ave., landscaping and interior cleaning and repairs. • Richmond Technical Center, 2020 Westwood Ave., landscaping and interior cleaning and repairs. Thursday, July 28, 9 a.m. to noon: • Open High School, 600 S. Pine St., landscaping. • Thomas Jefferson High School, 4100 W. Grace St., landscaping and interior cleaning and repairs. Information: RPS, (804) 780-7100 or www.handsonrva.org — Jeremy M. Lazarus
VSU organizations recognized by HBCU Digest Virginia State University has been named “the best” in two categories by HBCU Digest. The Ettrick university’s latest wins came during an awards ceremony last Friday in Washington. HBCU Digest, which publishes news and commentary about black colleges and universities, announced the VSU Gospel Chorale won the Best Gospel Choir category and the VSU Girlz at the Gate won Best Student Organization. VSU beat out more than 600 entries to be named finalists in six categories, winning the top prize in two. “I am proud of all of our outstanding students and organizations,” said VSU President Dr. Makola Abdullah, who attended the event with more than two dozen VSU staff members and supporters. “These awards are further proof that VSU does not only provide transformative academic opportunities, but is also an excellent venue for students to participate and excel in extracurricular activities.” The VSU Gospel Chorale made headlines recently after winning the “Steve Harvey Neighborhood Awards” and being featured as a finalist on “America’s Got Talent.” The chorale also created an Internet buzz after it began an impromptu serenade of passengers on board a flight from Amsterdam to Dallas. Girlz at the Gate also made news because of its faith-based support of VSU. The organization, which was started four years ago by 2016 graduates Raven McGriff and Frednesha Sanders, is an intercessory prayer team that walks the campus each morning at 5:30 to pray for the university, its students, administrators and staff. This is the sixth year for the HBCU Awards. Finalists are selected based on media exposure and impact on institutional progress during the academic year. — Bonnie N. Davis
City health department offering free sports physicals The Richmond City Health District will provide free sports physicals to high school and middle school youths ages 13 and older at the Gilpin and Hillside Community Resource centers. The schedule: Gilpin Resource Center, 436 Calhoun St., 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Aug. 2. Hillside Resource Center, 1615 Glenfield Ave., 1 to 5 p.m. Aug. 2. What to bring: A current April 2016 Virginia High School League (VHSL) Athletic Parental Consent/Physical Exam Form that is completed and signed by the student and parent or guardian. Youngsters must be accompanied by a parent or adult. The physicals are free. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are preferred. The VHSL form can be downloaded at www.vhsl.org/doc/ upload/smac-ppe-20160404.pdf For more information and appointments, please call the Gilpin Center at (804) 786-1960 or the Hillside Center at (804) 2307740 — Bonnie N. Davis
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The city is paying a commission of $300 to each artist and later plans to award a $200 prize to the artist whose work the public votes as their favorite. The project was set up as a fun, creative approach to educate the public to keep the drains free of litter and not use the drains to get rid of oil and other toxins that could pollute the city’s waterways and, ultimately, the James River into which storm water flows.
Planning commission gives Walker statue final oK proposal but only if it was supported by private donations. “I have no words. I am overwhelmed,” said Melvin Jones, a Maggie L. Walker High School alumnus who has lobbied for seven years to secure a statue honoring Mrs. Walker. Work on the plaza is expected to begin within two months and possibly to be completed by December, city officials said. Though depicted in white in renderings, the approved design calls for the plaza to be of green granite inset with five darker bands of granite. The plaza is to feature gray granite benches and three trees. The live oak tree now growing on the site is to be removed, and a short section of Brook Road is to be closed to make room for the 6,600-square-foot plaza, according to the approved plan. Among those happy about the vote is the statue’s sculptor, Antonio “Toby” Mendez of Maryland, who has been involved with the plaza design, along with VBH, a Massachusetts-based firm. “This vote means we can now move forward to create this memorial to Maggie Walker that will tell her story to future generations. To have a role in this is the best a sculptor can pray for,” he said. Mr. Mendez said he already is moving on the design of the $300,000 statue he was commissioned to create. Mr. Mendez said that he expects to complete the 9- to 10-foot clay version
by the end of September and to send the figure to a Baltimore foundry by October Coming soon: The statue and memorial for casting into bronze. He said the foundry plaza honoring Richmond great Maggie would have five months to complete the L. Walker at a gateway to the historical work, but could be done sooner, depending African-American section of Downtown on its scheduled work. known as Jackson Ward. The timing may prevent the statue Capping 18 months of talks, review from being set up on its 40-inch granite and discussion, the Richmond Planning pedestal and from being dedicated before Commission sealed the deal Monday by Mayor Jones leaves office Dec. 31. Mr. approving the location and design of the Mendez said the ceremony could be held memorial plaza in which the statue will in March. stand at the current intersection of Brook Not everyone is happy that the city’s Road and Adams and Broad streets to Public Arts Commission has been saddled salute the pioneering woman. with the lion’s share of the project’s cost. Mrs. Walker has long been among The commission agreed to pick up the the most admired Richmond figures for $300,000 cost of the statue. But the comthe role she played. As the leader of a mission was not notified until earlier this fraternal group, she battled bigotry and month that, according to a city estimate, other crippling conditions at a time when it would also have to pay an additional women, at best, had second class status. $192,000 for granite items in the plaza Her greatest achievement came in 1903 that will be inscribed with information when she became the first woman to about and quotes from Mrs. Walker — a found and lead a bank to take savings and move that will reduce funds it can use to make loans to promote betterment of the pay for art for other buildings. African-American community. The Department of Public Works and Her statue will be the first the city has the Department of Public Utilities are to created to honor a woman and the second pick up the remaining expenses, estimated statue in Richmond honoring a woman. at about $302,000. The city has indicated The first is a tribute to civil rights activist that the actual cost of the plaza would Barbara Johns that the state developed in run about $494,000, but has included an Capitol Square. additional $124,000 for contingencies or With a unanimous vote, the Planning unexpected expenses. Commission, which has the final say on Sarah Driggs, a Public Arts Commission public art, cleared the way for the city member who chaired the site selection to spend up to $660,000 in taxpayer committee, expressed support funds to develop the plaza where the for the plaza, but was dismayed statue will stand. that the Jones administration The approval of the plaza plan, “ignored and manipulated” the which assures the project will move commission process to gain adforward, is a triumph for Mayor ditional funds. Dwight C. Jones at a time when he Jennie Dotts, a real estate is struggling to keep the city’s budget broker who has supported the in balance. statue, but has been outspoken Two years ago, he spearheaded the in opposing the site and the loss effort to use public funds to make this of the live oak tree, also said the project happen. city used an unfair process. She While some critics still question said the statue was supposed to the cost and site, the mayor issued be paid for by private donations a statement after the voting calling in recalling the 2010 council the Planning Commission’s action vote, “and now the taxpayers “gratifying.” are on the hook.” “The vision for the Maggie L. However, for Gary Flowers, anWalker statue and this project has other advocate for the project, the been under discussion for quite some vote to move ahead to create this time. … This is right for our city, memorial “is long overdue.” our state and our country,” stated Another Maggie Walker High Mayor Jones. School alumnus, J. Maurice Artist’s Rendering He won support from Richmond Hopkins, also hailed the comCity Council to make this a city Work on the 6,600-square-foot plaza at Adams and Broad mission’s action, calling the project in 2014, four years after streets for the Maggie L. Walker statue is expected to Walker memorial artwork “that the council had approved a statue begin within two months. will bring the city together.” By Jeremy M. Lazarus
GRTC seeks public’s ideas at four meetings By Jeremy M. Lazarus
Imagine GRTC buses arriving every 15 minutes on major city thoroughfares such as Chamberlayne Avenue and Hull Street? That’s the idea the bus company and the City of Richmond are considering as officials ponder ways to improve public transit in Richmond. Beginning next week, the city will host four meetings to get public feedback on three concepts for changing service — one that would dramatically speed up service on some routes, but slow it on others; one that would expand bus service to more of the city, but offer slower service on all routes; and a third concept that would try to combine the best of both. The first public meeting will be 7 p.m. July 26 at the Southside Community Services Center, 4100 Hull St., and the second at 7 p.m. July 27 at the Department of Motor Vehicles headquarters, 2300 W. Broad St. The final two public meetings will be 7 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Powhatan Community Center, 5051 Northampton St. in Fulton, and 7 p.m. Aug. 4 at Richmond Community High School, 201 E. Brookland Park Blvd. According to city officials, the goal is to learn what kind of service residents
want as Richmond seeks to link regular bus service with the pending bus rapid transit system (BRT), for which construction is expected to start within two to three months and service in fall 2017. The $65 million BRT service is expected to provide service every 10 to 15 minutes along the 7.6-mile route mostly along Broad Street, from The Shops at Willow Lawn to the west to Rockett’s Landing to the east. That’s in sharp contrast to current service on regular routes, where waits of 30 minutes to an hour are not unusual. Improving service is becoming essential to GRTC, which has seen ridership drop in the past four years. GRTC attracts fewer riders than its peer systems in cities such as Albany, N.Y.; Charlotte, N.C.; Raleigh, N.C.; and Tucson, Ariz. All three concepts call for improving service by reducing bus stops to an average of one every three blocks, particularly in Downtown, according to a report from the consulting company hired to develop new ideas for the city, Michael Baker International. Also, all buses would be shifted to operate on schedules that would be easier for riders to understand, according to the consulting firm. The first concept for change, called
high ridership, would be the most radical in terms of speeding up service. That concept calls for fast, 15-minute service along main streets such as Mechanicsville Turnpike that run through the most densely populated sections of the city and where residents are more likely to consider bus service. Based on the consultant’s concept, GRTC could provide the speedier service on up to half its current city routes, which has won a thumbs-up in rider surveys conducted by the consultants. However, it would mean reduced service on routes that serve areas with fewer residents, the consulting firm said, reducing access in some areas. The second concept, called high coverage, calls for GRTC to expand service to more neighborhoods to increase access to public transit, according to the consultants. However, the big drawback is that GRTC would need to provide slower service across the board, the consultants note, with a majority of buses running every 45 to 60 minutes. The third concept would mostly retain the relatively slow current service, but would provide two or three routes with 15-minute service, mostly along Chamberlayne Avenue, Cowardin Avenue and Jefferson Davis Highway.
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one should be fired. And one of Mr. Trump’s closest, longtime political advisers who, according to the campaign, was fired, but who insisted he quit, also said someone should be fired. Roger Stone said there should be consequences for what happened: About 7 percent of Mrs. Trump’s speech appeared to be taken from Mrs. Obama. “Sloppy staff work at a minimum,” Mr. Stone told a breakfast panel organized at the convention by the website Politico. “It’s sloppy staff work and somebody should go.” Mr. Stone was a former Nixon White House staffer and New York confidant of Mr. Trump’s who acted as his political aide in his previous flirtations with presidential runs. He parted ways with the campaign last year, but still speaks with Mr. Trump and remains a staunch supporter. He downplayed the notion that the snafu might have any effect on voters. The public won’t care about the lifted lines, he said, and most will probably remember the image, presence and presentation of the candidate’s wife. Mr. Stone compared Melania Trump to Jacqueline Kennedy — as refined women speaking different languages, comfortable
in front of the camera, great political assets to their husbands, but uncomfortable speaking publicly. Mr. Trump’s senior staff attempted to close ranks, blaming Hillary Clinton and the media for making a big deal of a string of coincidental words. However, the rival Democrats had nothing to do with viral videos that spread across social media after an out-of-work journalist tweeted comparisons with Mrs. Obama’s speech from 2008. The theme of that apparently plagiarized passage? Honesty and hard work. “From a young age, my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise, that you treat people with respect,” Mrs. Trump said, largely lifting from Mrs. Obama’s remarks. Mrs. Trump had told an interviewer before delivering the speech that she’d written it herself, with minimal help. The campaign later issued a confusing statement that said she had indeed received help, without assigning any blame. When Republican Party chair Reince Priebus was asked at an event Tuesday whether he’d fire a speechwriter who committed plagiarism, he replied, “Probably … The distraction gets you off
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2013, the first year the team moved its training operations to Richmond from Pennsylvania. After the Free Press raised serious questions about the lack of local and minority-vendor inclusion, Mr. Baskerville and Neverett Eggleston Jr., owner of Croaker’s Spot, were the two minority vendors allowed to sell food at the camp during the team’s second summer training year in Richmond, 2014. Mr. Baskerville, who has returned to the Bon Secours-sponsored training facility since then, hopes the third time is a charm for business success. The first year “was not good at all,” said Mr. Baskerville, echoing other vendors who experienced the same rough start in 2014. The second year “was better,” he said. This year, he hopes business at the training camp continues to improve. “Trying to keep momentum going,” said Mr. Baskerville, noting nothing is guaranteed beyond the chance to be among those selling. Indeed, including minority business owners among the vendors every year stands as a measure of the city’s sensitivity to ensuring a James Haskens/Richmond Free Press segments of its population and workforce are reflected in all its does. Training camp may be Herman Baskerville, owner of Big Herm’s just a few weeks every year, all acknowledge. Kitchen, oversees operations at his food tent Still, the crowds expected for this year’s camp last year at the Washington NFL training camp July 28 through Aug. 14 can provide vendors on West Leigh Street. Mr. Baskerville is one of and their crews with employment, income the minority-owned vendors selected this year to return to the camp that opens July 28. and experience. “We’ve made a concerted effort to include are for commercial vendors, she said, noting the minority vendors,” said Tony Wyllie, senior vice president of the football team. “We’ve not state Department of Motor Vehicles and the city’s tourism office have two. neglected anyone.” Of the four remaining spaces, two of those Neither the football team nor any city agency vendors are minority-owned businesses, she said, keeps an official tab on vendor inclusion year to year, making it impossible to measure with the same number as last summer. She declined any specificity what the city, Bon Secours or to name the businesses. Vendors who operate inside the training camp the team have achieved over the years. grounds do not pay upfront fees to the football “We met our 40 percent goal in minority vendor inclusion” in the facility’s construction, team or Bon Secours. Instead, they pay the said Tammy Hawley, press secretary to Richmond team a negotiated percentage of their revenue from sales. Mayor Dwight C. Jones. The public is admitted free to the camp — She noted that vendors chosen to operate inside the training center are the responsibility highlighted this year by 22 public games — alof the team, while those on the walkway leading though visitor registration is required. Mr. Wyllie echoed Mr. Baskerville and others to the facility are the responsibility of SMG, the Richmond firm that manages the property. Bon in voicing optimism for this year’s training season Secours, which leases the facility from the city, for a variety of reasons. The team is promoting surrenders its control of vendor selection during the Richmond camp as a “family destination,” including a detailed connection to places to visit the training camp. Mr. Wyllie said two of the four major train- in Richmond and Washington. Its list of new ing camp vendors this year are minority owned. “special events” includes a kids’ day, football Big Herm’s Kitchen is one of the two, he said. fiesta and cheerleader camp. An official list is to be announced this week or The team also will introduce Kirk Cousins as next week. its starting quarterback for 2016. Mr. Cousins, a Lesa Williams of SMG said her company member of the team for several years, replaces manages six spaces along the entryway into the injury-ridden Robert Griffin III, known as “RGIII,” camp and stadium grounds. Not all of those spaces who has moved on to the Cleveland Browns.
message a little.” Fired Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, now an analyst at CNN, also urged the dismissal of whoever oversaw the Melania Trump speech. His rivalry with Mr. Trump’s current campaign manager led to frequent media leaks this spring between the warring camps. The leaks resumed Tuesday. NBC reported that some staff were suggesting Mrs. Trump herself had meddled with the speech. Another report said Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort was in charge of the project. Some critics cast the gaffe as a sign Mr. Trump’s campaign is a high-stakes amateur hour in which he’s getting out-fundraised, out-organized at the ground level and outsmarted on digital platforms like social media. Yet, Mr. Stone said, Mr. Trump is still competitive. While the vast majority of polls show Mr. Trump losing the popular vote nationally, he has been neck-and-neck with Mrs. Clinton in key states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida. “This is a jump-ball,” said Mr. Stone. “This is a 50-50 race.” Mr. Trump delivers his acceptance speech Thursday.
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ances against white officers. The differences between law enforcement and activists who have protested a series of police-involved shootings across the United States in the past two years seemed briefly to have been set aside in Baton Rouge in the immediate aftermath of last Sunday’s murders that officials described as assassinations. Public safety officials and civil rights leaders denounced the killer, identified as 29-yearold Gavin Long of Kansas City, Mo., as a visitor without ties to Baton Rouge who came to their city with intent to do harm. Two of the officers killed were from the Baton Rouge Police Department. They were identified as Montrell Jackson, 32, a 10-year veteran, and Matthew Gerald, 41, who had been serving for less than a year, officials said. Also killed was Brad Garafola, 45, a 24-year veteran of the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, officials said. Officer Jackson is AfricanAmerican; his funeral will take place 11 a.m. July 25 at Living Faith Christian Center in Baton Rouge. Officer Gerald and Officer Garafola are white. Officer Gerald’s funeral will be 11 a.m. July 22 at Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, while Officer Garafola’s funeral will be 2 p.m. July 23 at Istrouma Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. “People on all sides, people who were peacefully protesting the Sterling incident, are just as heartbroken over this as everyone in the law enforcement community,” said Louisiana State Representative Barry Ivey, a Republican who represents Baton Rouge. But some African-American residents worried the ambush could shift attention away from Mr. Sterling’s July 5 death, which many saw as just the latest example of heavy-handed policing. “How many more innocent people have to be killed before they bring those two officers to justice?” asked Quenton Williams, who described his
own struggles with the court system as visitors took photos and laid flowers in front of the convenience store where Mr. Sterling was killed. Civil rights leaders said they would continue to press for police reforms, even as they urged frustrated residents to refrain from street protests. “Just getting a crowd begets tension in and of itself,” said the Rev. Lee Wesley, a leader of the interfaith group Together Baton Rouge. The Baton Rouge Police Department faces a federal investigation over Mr. Sterling’s death, and is still operating under a decades-old agreement with the federal government to hire more black officers. Residents said their city had been returning to normal before the killing of the officers. The protests following Mr. Sterling’s death had petered out and police had not made any arrests for reasons of civil unrest for six days, officials said. But even as Sunday’s killings prompted an outpouring of goodwill from locals determined to try to use it to soothe longstanding racial tensions, there were signs it may have hardened
others’ positions in the debate over police conduct. An emotional Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie said the military-style tactics that are criticized by activists made it possible for Mr. Long to be shot dead from 100 yards away before he could kill more police officers. “We are up against a force that is not playing by the rules. They didn’t play by the rules in Dallas, they didn’t play by the rules here,” Chief Dabadie said. In Dallas on July 7, five police officers were killed near the scene of a peaceful demonstration by a former U.S. Army reservist, Micah Xavier Johnson. Maxine Crump, executive director of Dialogue on Race Louisiana, said that since Sunday’s attack she has been “inundated” with offers from people wanting to be part of discussions on how to improve race relations. “I do not think this has set us back,” Ms. Crump said. Some believe progress is unlikely to be made anytime soon. “We won’t heal this in a week or a month,” said Louisiana state Sen. Mack “Bodi” White.
Richmond events for healing Community events continue this week in Richmond to address the issues of violence, policing, healing and peace. Among them: Teen poetry workshop, youth forum and open mic night: Friday, July 22, at Atlas, 114 W. Marshall St., sponsored by ART 180. The poetry workshop, held 4 to 6 p.m., will be led by John Blake, a National Poetry Slam finalist and experienced poetry teacher. Teens can use the poetry to express their thoughts on various issues. Poems created in the workshop can be shared in the Black Lives Matter Youth Forum and Open Mic from 6 to 8 p.m. Information: Michael Guedri, program manager,
or Taekia Glass, program director, at (804) 233-4180.
Three Parks Walk for Peace: 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 22, sponsored by the Neighborhood Resource Center, Central Montessori School and other community groups. The event is focused on sharing and encouraging a pathway to peace. Children and adults are invited to bring quotes of peace. The walk will make stops at Chimborazo Park, 3215 E. Broad St., 5:30 p.m.; Patrick Henry Park, 25th and Broad streets, 6 p.m.; and Jefferson Park, 21st and Marshall streets, 6:30 p.m. People can join the walk at any of the stops. Information: Central Montessori School, (804) 447-7493.
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Judge Roberts is proud the Richmond juvenile court has served for 11 years as a model site for this effort, which has dramatically reduced the numbers and percentages of youths in detention without increasing the risk to public safety or boosting the number of repeat offenders. The program has been so successful that it has influenced adult corrections, which has begun developing more programs to divert people from jail. “I initially thought that locking up juveniles to punish them was the best deterrent for delinquency,” she said. “I soon realized that some kids kept coming back no matter how many times you lock them up.” She said she learned a different approach was needed, one she has advocated since. “The law recognizes that juveniles make foolish decisions and should be given sometimes multiple opportunities to learn from their mistakes without having lifelong consequences, except for serious felonies such as murder, rape or armed robbery.” One result, she said, is that J&DR courts now work more closely with
schools and community-based agencies to get much-needed services into the homes before and during the contact youths have with the court. Judge Roberts said her tenure also taught her the importance of listening to the teens who came before her so that her decisions were better informed. “To often, underlying problems bring youths into the system, including undiagnosed mental health issues, substance abuse or family dysfunction, including domestic violence,” she said. Judges and others in the system need to understand and take such issues into account, she said. Born in Washington, Judge Roberts learned the sting of segregation growing up in Caroline County. That set the course of her life. “I attended segregated schools until forced integration came when I was in the 10th grade. I watched riots and unrest on TV and read about lawyers who were trying to change the laws and make a better world. I decided as a teen that I wanted to become a lawyer and make a difference through changing the system.” Taking a different tack, she went on to Virginia Tech, where she earned a bachelor’s degree with honors in
political science in 1975. After working two years as a state budget analyst, she went on to earn her law degree in 1980 from Emory University in Atlanta, where she began practicing law. She left Atlanta for Richmond, where she initially joined the practice of the late Leonard W. Lambert. She went on to become the first African-American female assistant commonwealth’s attorney. Before her election to the bench, she also served as the first AfricanAmerican assistant bar counsel for the Virginia State Bar. Judge Roberts acknowledges that she hadn’t focused on becoming a judge. “It wasn’t really my idea,” she recalls. But with vacancies on the Richmond J&DR court, she said then-Gov. L. Douglas Wilder as well as legislators such as former Delegate Jean Cunningham and the late Delegates Frank Hall and Roland Ealey persuaded her. “Jean Cunningham advanced my name and led the delegation in securing my appointment,” she said. “Judicial appointments are a political process. You must have legislative support,” although endorsements from bar associations and community groups help. Judge Roberts has been widely
recognized for her role in the courts, and received appointments from several governors and Virginia chief justices to serve on advisory committees and boards that focused on juvenile justice, district courts, domestic violence and other matters related to courts and representation of defendants. She has received numerous honors, including, most recently, the Old Dominion Bar Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Judge Roberts has been married for 31 years to Roscoe C. Roberts, a senior assistant attorney general who currently serves as general counsel for the University of Virginia. She is the mother of two sons, Anthony Roberts, a senior associate with Bain Capital in Atlanta, and Navy Lt. Justin Roberts, now stationed in Jacksonville, Fla. She is active in Fifth Street Baptist Church, is an avid golfer and participates in the Richmond Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and the Commonwealth Chapter of The Links Inc., along with other communityminded groups. As she steps down, she recognizes that the court can only do so much, even in collaboration with others, in-
cluding police and the commonwealth’s attorney’s office. “I continue to be concerned about the high rates of truancy, school dropouts and teen pregnancy” that play a major part in continuing the cycle of poverty and court involvement, she said. “It really does take a village to raise a child. When guidance in the home is lacking, extended family, schools, the faith community, mentors and others must step in to assist. It’s our responsibility to help. Children do learn what they live, so the lessons can and must be taught by all of us.” If she could change one thing, Judge Roberts would want to see the schools do more to “redirect problem behavior.” “Rather than excessive suspensions or expulsions, there needs to be more emphasis on linking youths with community resources,” she said. What is she most proud of? “Having a small role in naming the courthouse after the legal giant Oliver White Hill Sr.,” Judge Roberts said. “I have been proud to work in a building that memorializes someone who fought his whole career for fairness and justice for all.”
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Va. Supreme Court hears felon voting rights restoration case Free Press staff, wire reports
Did Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe have the power to issue a blanket order restoring the rights of more than 200,000 felons? That’s the issue the Virginia Supreme Court is pondering after hearing arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit that some critics believe could have an impact on the November presidential election. As the arguments went on inside, more than 100 people supporting the governor’s order held a rally at the Bell Tower at Capitol Square and marched to the Supreme Court building nearby. Among the speakers were several felons whose rights have been restored. Participants in the rally, organized by a coalition of more than 20 organizations, also attended workshops on voter registration, protecting elections and redistricting reform. The seven justices listened to arguments by lawyers from both sides, but did not say when they would decide the Republican lawsuit challenging the governor’s order. GOP leaders have suggested that Gov. McAuliffe’s unprecedented executive order on April 22 giving blanket restoration of rights to felons could increase the Democratic vote and help tip the vote in Virginia in favor of Hillary Clinton, his party’s presumptive presidential candidate. A lawyer for leaders in the Republican-controlled General Assembly argued to the court that Gov. McAuliffe exceeded his authority by restoring voting rights en masse, rather than on a case-by-case basis. “Never in Virginia’s 240-year history has a governor exercised clemency power en masse,” Charles Cooper told the justices, arguing that past practice and the language of the Virginia Constitution clearly indicate that the restoration of a felon’s voting rights must be done individually. He also argued that allowing a mass of felons to vote would dilute the vote of non-felons in November, although state elections officials report that fewer than 12,000 have registered to date. “It is inherent in the right to vote, the right to cast a full vote,” he told the court. Virginia Solicitor General Stuart Raphael, however, urged the justices to throw out the case, arguing that the GOP lawmakers lack legal standing to challenge the governor’s action because they cannot show they were personally harmed. And just because no governor in Virginia history has used the power doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, he told the court, saying, “If the Constitution provides the power, it doesn’t get lost from non-use.” Gov. McAuliffe’s order restored the voting rights of every felon in Virginia who had completed his or her prison sentence and finished any supervised release, parole or probation as of April 22. The plaintiffs have asked the court to block the governor’s action, which also allows felons to serve on juries, seek election to public office and be a notary public. When the governor issued his initial order in April, the administration estimated about 206,000 people would qualify, a number that has grown with the governor’s issuance of at least one additional executive order restoring the rights of other felons
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More than 100 people march to the Virginia Supreme Court building following Tuesday’s rally in Capitol Square supporting Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s order restoring voting rights to more than 200,000 felons.
who qualified after the first order. If the Republicans win the suit, the state’s highest court would prohibit election officials from further registering felons covered by the governor’s orders and could require cancellation of the registration of felons who already signed up to vote. Gov. McAuliffe has said that should the plaintiffs win the suit, he would immediately restore the rights of felons with individual orders. Virginia is one of four states whose constitutions permanently disenfranchise felons unless the governor uses the constitutional authority to restore voting rights, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan civil liberties group.
Gov. McAuliffe and other Democrats have said the restoration of rights to felons who have served their sentences and completed probation is long overdue. The McAuliffe administration, though, has refused to release the names of felons whose rights have been restored, promising to do so at the next session of the General Assembly when such a report is traditionally provided. Such secrecy drew criticism on Tuesday from Justice William Mims. “I cannot understand why a document of such importance has been shielded from litigants and the citizens of Virginia,” he said.
Police killings – and killings of police – a major issue at NAACP convention
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, left, is accompanied by national NAACP board member Hazel Dukes as she arrives to deliver the keynote speech last Monday to thousands of delegates attending the civil rights organization’s 107th annual convention in Cincinnati.
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CINCINNATI An estimated 10,000 delegates from throughout the country converged on Cincinnati for the national NAACP’s 107th annual convention here that began last Saturday. With the theme, “Our Lives Matter: Our Votes Count,” many of the conference’s keynote programs and speakers, which included Hillary Clinton and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, largely focused on America’s growing violence. Before the conference’s end on Wednesday,
the nation’s oldest civil rights organization took up other critical issues, including attempts to dismantle the federal Voting Rights Act, inequities in the criminal justice system, health disparities and the environment, education and economic opportunity. While many of those issues were discussed, the recent shooting deaths of black men in Baton Rouge, La., and Minnesota by police and the killing of a total of eight police officers by black men in Dallas and Baton Rouge took center stage. Mrs. Clinton, the presumptive Democratic
presidential candidate in the Nov. 8 election, promised in her remarks to convention attendees Monday to bring the “full weight of the law” against people who kill police officers if she becomes the next president. “Anyone who kills a police officer and anyone who helps must be held accountable,” Mrs. Clinton said. “As president, I will bring the full weight of the law to bear to make sure those who kill police officers are brought to justice.” The penalties for killing a police officer are rightly more severe than those for killing a civilian because police are symbols of the rule of law, she said. Mrs. Clinton’s remarks came amid heightened tensions between police forces and many black and Latino Americans, who have been rallying in protests across the country against a spate of police killings of black men, often unarmed, during encounters. A former African-American soldier killed five police officers during one such protest in Dallas on July 7. On Sunday, another AfricanAmerican former Marine sergeant killed three police officers in Baton Rouge. The police killings followed the recent shooting deaths of two black men shortly after the July 4 holiday. On July 5, Alton Sterling, 37, was killed by police outside a Baton Rouge, La. convenience store. A day later, July 6, Philando Castile was killed by police after being pulled over in Falcon Heights, Minn., a suburb of St. Paul. In her keynote speech, NAACP chairman Roslyn M. Brock decried the killings and violence. “The violence to which black people are being subjected is devastating,” Ms. Brock stated. “We have witnessed in recent years and recent days horrendous testimony and documented evidence of unarmed people of color being hunted
and injured and murdered by law enforcement personnel with little or no accountability for these violations of civil rights and desecrations of human rights. There must be accountability. And there must be radical change in the way we do policing.” Adding that while she does not minimize the work of the police, Ms. Brock said there must be a demand for “police forces that reflect our communities and police who live amongst us and work with us to make our neighborhoods safer. We also demand an end to the outrageously disproportionate arrests of black people for crimes like marijuana possession and having a broken taillight for which white people are almost never prosecuted. It is exhausting dealing on a daily basis with such blatant, petty injustices.” In a speech sprinkled with biblical reference on Sunday, Gov. Kasich condemned the slayings of police officers while urging that people work together for healing. The Republican said he learned just before taking the stage Sunday evening of the shooting of a police officer in Milwaukee. That officer was seriously wounded, police said. “And I know everyone in this … auditorium condemns these terrible murders,” Gov. Kasich said, as his audience burst into applause. “The Lord wants us to heal. The Lord wants us to work together. The Lord doesn’t want violence.” He described his initiative for a statewide collaborative effort in Ohio on police-community relations. The bipartisan special board, which grew from a series of police shootings of African-Americans in the state, has been working on statewide policy for use of deadly force, improving recruiting of police to reflect more community diversity, developing data collection, and improving police-community understanding from both sides.
Hayden is new Librarian of Congress Trice Edney News Wire
The U. S. Senate has confirmed Dr. Carla D. Hayden as the 14th Librarian of Congress. The 74-18 vote for the nominee of President Obama for the key position came on July 13. Dr. Hayden is the first African-American and first woman to hold the position. Her appointment at the Library of Congress is for 10 years. A native of Tallahassee, Fla., Dr. Hayden was chief executive officer of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore and was a former president of the American Library Association. “This is truly a great honor to be nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to lead the nation’s library, the Library of Congress,” Dr. Hayden said in a state-
ment. “It has been my privilege to serve the citizens of She succeeds Acting Librarian David S. Mao, Baltimore for 23 years and help restore the Enoch Pratt who has served since the retirement of Dr. James Free Library as a world-renowned institution. H. Billington on Sept. 30. “I look forward to working with the dedicated staff “Dr. Hayden won high praise during recent of the Library of Congress. I will be honored to build civil unrest in some Baltimore neighborhoods for on the legacy and accomplishments of my predecessors keeping library branches open citywide to continue in this position, to be part of a continuing movement to service and provide citizens with safe havens,” said open the treasure chest that is the Library of Congress a release announcing her confirmation. even further and to make it a place that can be found and She served as ALA president from 2003 to 2004 used by everyone.” and led the organization’s opposition to the federal The Library of Congress is the largest library in the Patriot Act, which gave the U.S. Justice Department Dr. Hayden world with 162 million items in its collections. It also overand the FBI power to access library users’ records. Dr. Hayden earned a bachelor’s degree from Roosevelt Unisees the U.S. Copyright Office and the Congressional Research Service. It serves Congress and makes its research collections versity and her master’s and doctoral degrees from the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago. accessible on site and online.
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A clear reason to vote If ever we need a good reason or motivation to vote, it’s here. Look no further than the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Already by Day 3 of the event that ends Thursday with the official coronation of Donald J. Trump as the GOP presidential nominee, we’ve heard speaker after speaker paint a picture of America and the world that is so frighteningly different from ours. What is more troubling — and the best motivation for voting yet — are the solutions they offer to the problems: Build a wall, build up the police, build up the military and kill, lock up, deport and destroy the enemy. And who is the enemy? Well, from the convention rhetoric, it sounds like us and people of color who look like us. They have blamed President Obama and the Black Lives Matter movement for violence against police officers. They cheered when Sheriff David Clarke of Wisconsin announced that the senior officer in Baltimore was acquitted in the nearly spine-severing death of bicyclist Freddie Gray. They said they believe there are no inequities in the criminal justice system and that America is a land of liberty and justice for all. We know all too well from experience and news reports around the country that, too often, there is no equal justice. Ohio, like Virginia, is an “open carry” state, meaning the law allows you to openly carry a firearm. Well, even the white, card-carrying NRA gun nuts who had planned to bring their weapons outside the Quicken Loans Arena in a misguided show of their 2nd Amendment right to bear arms thought twice after Sunday’s killing of three police officers in Baton Rouge, La., by a mentally ill former Marine sergeant. If they realized the police are on edge and can’t tell the good guys from the bad guys with all the weapons, imagine what would have happened had a bunch of brothers shown up outside the GOP convention openly carrying guns in a show of their Constitutional right? It would have been “Tragedy on the Cuyahoga River.” The venom being spewed at this convention should motivate all people of conscience to vote — old, young, black, white, immigrant, descendents of immigrants and enslaved, Native Americans, Latinos, Asians and those with Middle Eastern and African roots. U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa told the convention-goers that ISIS is present in all 50 states. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told the crowd that ISIS has vowed to embed operatives among Syrian refugees. Be afraid. Be very afraid was their underlying message. While we eschew the recent spate of violence against people of color and police in the United States, as well as that committed by terrorists here and abroad, we’ve heard no GOP solutions that address the longtime inequities and disparities in education, jobs, housing, health and other resources that can lead to lasting change and peaceful communities. Nothing has changed for the GOP. They are a xenophobic, narrow-minded and stingy bunch that want to make America great again by burrowing in a hole, hoarding all the resources and eliminating anyone who makes them face the nation’s diversity and global changes. We can’t say it enough — Vote on Nov. 8.
Stolen culture, stolen words First it was Elvis taking our music. Then it was Bo Derek co-opting our cornrows. Now it’s Melania Trump stealing First Lady Michelle Obama’s words. We were amazed, then puzzled and now infuriated that Mrs. Trump, her husband’s campaign staff and a bevy of their political sycophants are trying to downplay the uneducated model-turned-Trump wife No. 3 and First Lady-wannabe plagiarizing whole passages of the speech the Harvard-educated Mrs. Obama delivered at the Democratic National Convention in 2008. Mrs. Trump embarrassed herself and her strident husband Monday night before a GOP convention hall full of supporters in Cleveland and a television audience of 23 million viewers. It was no wonder she received immediate, glowing, postspeech praise from panels of reporters and pundits on CNN, MSNBC and FOX News alike. It turns out, it wasn’t her speech. The words were the thoughts of an intelligent, thoughtful woman with deep feelings and insight. But as an hour or so passed, and news began spreading that Mrs. Trump had stolen key ideas and phrases from Mrs. Obama, the tone began changing. Initially, some of the media personalities made excuses for her — English isn’t her first language, her husband is running with a bare-bones staff, these same themes are touched on by everyone. Only the African-Americans on the panels — Joy Reid on MSNBC and Van Jones on CNN — insisted that what had gone down was wrong and that Mrs. Trump should be judged with the same ruler and standards that Mrs. Obama is measured against. And when the clips of Mrs. Trump were played side by side with excerpts of Mrs. Obama’s 2008 address, the faces of many white commentators fell. It was undeniable. Calls then came for heads to roll, for someone to be fired and that an explanation be found of how the copycat happened. Finally on Wednesday, a ballet dancer and speechwriter working for Mr. Trump’s company claimed responsibility and offered her resignation. Mr. Trump didn’t accept it. We believe that the Trumps owe America an apology — starting with a personal, televised apology to Mrs. Obama. This typifies the Trump campaign, where he plays by his own rules, refuses to acknowledge his own mistakes and then has the nerve to call others liars when he is the biggest fabricator. Earlier in the day Monday, Mrs. Trump told NBC’s Matt Lauer that she had written the speech herself, with just a little help. There’s a difference between honoring a culture and stealing from it, as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has said. The Trumps have dishonored so many.
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Gun violence demands action As the Republican Party holds its national convention in Cleveland, Americans remain shaken by the shootings of police in Dallas and Baton Rouge, La., following the police shootings of black men in Baton Rouge and Falcon Heights, Minn. I spoke at the funeral of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, weeping with his family and friends as they remembered and mourned their loved one who was slain on July 5 by police officers. I later spoke to the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives in Washington, D.C., where I was surrounded by police leaders from various communities. I witnessed their tears as they mourned the deaths of their fellow police officers in Baton Rouge and Dallas. There is a national call for mourning, for a conversation, for peace. But we need more than a conversation, more than weeping for our lost loved ones. We need common sense and action. The police now are stupe-
fied. They face people armed with weapons of war — assault rifles designed for battlefields, not for American street corners. There is no defense against snipers armed with such weapons. No police chief in America supports easy access to military-style weapons. They
Jesse L. Jackson Sr. want these weapons banned. The call for such bans used to have bipartisan support. Now the gun lobby has turned it into partisan gridlock. Those who loudly proclaim that they fully champion law and order simultaneously allow police enemies to be armed to the teeth. But the police are crying out even as they are being buried to be protected from these weapons. Some on the right denounce Black Lives Matter, blaming the protesters for fanning antagonism toward the police that triggers the attacks on them. This doesn’t make sense. Black Lives Matter’s nonviolent demonstrations began after numerous videos revealed blacks being shot at point-blank range by police. Following some of these incidents, police witnesses filed false reports,
covering up what happened. Police killings without accountability sparked nonviolent demonstrations across the country. The discipline of the demonstrators has been impressive. In fact, the demonstrations deter violent attacks by offering a nonviolent outlet for pain and outrage. They have not created the tensions between the police and the community. Rather, unabated police shootings and mistreatment of African-Americans have caused the tension. The videos do not cause the tensions. They simply ensure that those outside the black community can now see with their own eyes what AfricanAmericans have known for a long time. The two men who killed police in Dallas and Baton Rouge did not come out of the Civil Rights Movement. They came out of the military, where they were trained to shoot, to make bombs, to ambush, to kill. They were veterans of war, not of the nonviolent movement that seeks justice for all. They returned from risking their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan to communities plagued by real economic fears and racial anxieties. Post-traumatic stress disor-
The status quo Like millions, I am shocked and appalled by the needless killing of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, five Dallas police officers, and three Baton Rouge police officers. Respect for humanity requires that we reject, in the strongest terms, the unwarranted and unjustified taking of life. I search earnestly for answers to the “why?” of their executions and the reason that, after 240 years, our nation still sustains a level of racial hatred and intolerance that fuels these acts of violence. Anyone giving an honest look at our national tragedy of racial violence, especially the epidemic of cop-on-citizen homicide, will agree that we, as a nation, have a conflict of major proportion that must be addressed and resolved if any of us are to live with the assurance of even a modicum of peace. The back and forth response of violence and retaliation can only lead to our mutual destruction. Accomplishing a successful negotiation between conflicting entities is, more often than not, a monumental task. Those who practice this type of negotiation will usually identify three
essential requirements for success: There must be agreement between parties as to the nature of the conflict; the conflicting parties must communicate in a “common” language; and the conflicting parties must communicate honestly without ulterior motive or deceit. Although I don’t profess to offer an empirical evaluation of these elements of resolution
E. Faye Williams as they apply to our “national disgrace,” I can offer a personal evaluation based upon years of observation. First, there appears to be insufficient understanding and agreement as to the nature of our problem among those with the authority and responsibility to make constructive change. My assessment is that few, with the exception of those experiencing racial discrimination, understand the cumulative effect of discriminatory acts. I’m reminded of the old adage that one can only beat a dog for so long before he’ll attack out of rage and frustration at receiving needless beatings. Unlike the time when some of us were conditioned to accept the indignities of discrimination “as a matter of the way things were,” most black people are no longer willing to accept these indignities that accumulate in our psyches and eventually
distort our relationships with others and our place in the world. Too many white people feign ignorance of the racial discrimination impacting our community and consider the acts as isolated incidents which have little or no connection to a larger reality. They don’t see that with each act of racial injustice or violence, there’s a corresponding increase in the level of anger in our communities. Lacking a common understanding of the problem, there’s little hope that we can establish a reasoned dialogue. We’re speaking uncommon languages to each other. I refer to those who listened to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani explain that, instead of police violence, the real problem in our community is black-on-black violence. Failing to acknowledge multigenerational practices that have left many of us unable to compete economically or to maintain minimal parity with white people, Mr. Giuliani doubled-down on justifying disparate and unethical policing practices in black communities. His motives are clear. Mr. Giuliani, like too many others, wishes to maintain the social status quo — so nothing changes. The writer is national president of the National Congress of Black Women.
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der is real, yet mental health assistance is too limited and weapons of war too readily available. The mix is toxic and sometimes lethal. Law and order bluster won’t solve this challenge. Neither will level-headed conversations between police and communities. We need action such as background checks to keep the mentally unbalanced and those on terrorist lists from buying guns. Doing nothing means things will get worse. Police are on edge for good reason. Civilians are on edge about the police for good reason. Military assault weapons flood our communities. The violence diverts attention and action on real needs such as jobs and housing, schools and health care. Enough bluster. It is time for common sense and action. The writer is founder and president of the national Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
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Sometimes ‘dangerous’ people haven’t been diagnosed with a mental illness Re Editorial, “One recipe for change,” July 14-16 edition: Responding to the sentence, “We need to stop people from purchasing weapons if they are mentally ill, or on terrorist watch lists, or “no fly” list, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) was designed to justify insurance payments for psychiatric treatment. It was not designed to separate the dangerous from non-dangerous. There are any number of people walking around with an official DSM diagnosis who are not dangerous. And there are any number of people walking around without diagnosis who are dangerous. George Zimmerman immediately
jumps to mind. As for “no fly” lists, it is worth remembering that the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts found himself on one, proving, if anything, that the list was probably compiled by a Republican. But it is certainly no guide to who should and should not carry a gun. An adequate psychological assessment for prospective gun purchasers should take about three and a half months, like the assessment for a transportation worker identification card at the Port of Richmond, not 10 minutes. Kenneth Nygren Richmond
Don’t be afraid to look in your own house I have a problem with parents who are afraid to go into their children’s bedrooms or sleeping quarters. The shooter of the five police officers in Dallas lived at home. The shooter at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., lived at home. If their mothers had gone into their bedrooms on a regular basis, they would have found all of that stuff that the police later found and took out of the home. If parents start looking and searching, they may run across drugs, guns, bomb-making materials, hit lists and pictures. They may prevent
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the danger and killing that is on their family member’s mind. I challenge all parents, regardless of race, to go into your child’s room or any person’s room who is living in your home. You may be able to prevent danger. Then you won’t have to look stupid or shocked when the police come into your home and start taking stuff out on live TV, and you’re saying things like, “I didn’t know!” The killing can stop if you just look within your home and don’t be afraid to talk about it.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY D/B/A DOMINION VIRGINIA POWER FOR REVISION OF RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE: RIDER S, VIRGINIA CITY HYBRID ENERGY CENTER CASE NO. PUE-2016-00062 On June 1, 2016, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Virginia Power (“Dominion Virginia Power” or “Company”), pursuant to § 56-585.1 A 6 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”), filed with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) an annual update with respect to the Company’s rate adjustment clause, Rider S (“Application”). Through its Application, the Company seeks to recover costs associated with the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center (“VCHEC” or “Project”), a 610 megawatt nominal coal-fueled generating plant and associated transmission interconnection facilities located in Wise County, Virginia. In Case No. PUE-2007-00066, the Commission approved the development of VCHEC. In conjunction with its approval of VCHEC, the Commission also approved a rate adjustment clause, designated Rider S, which allowed Dominion Virginia Power to recover costs associated with the development of the Project, including projected construction work in progress and any associated allowance for funds used during construction. According to Dominion Virginia Power, VCHEC became fully operational on July 10, 2012. In this proceeding, Dominion Virginia Power has asked the Commission to approve Rider S for the rate year beginning April 1, 2017, and ending March 31, 2018 (“2017 Rate Year”). The two key components of the proposed total revenue requirement for the 2017 Rate Year are the Projected Cost Recovery Factor and the Actual Cost True-Up Factor. The Company is requesting a Projected Cost Recovery Factor revenue requirement of $230,706,000 and an Actual Cost True-Up Factor revenue requirement of $23,215,000. Thus, the Company is requesting a total revenue requirement of $253,921,000 for service rendered during the 2017 Rate Year. Dominion Virginia Power utilized a rate of return on common equity (“ROE”) of 11.5% for purposes of calculating the Projected Cost Recovery Factor in this case. This ROE comprises a general ROE of 10.5%, plus a 100 basis point enhanced return applicable to a conventional coal generating station as described in § 56-585.1 A 6 of the Code. For purposes of calculating the Actual Cost True-Up Factor, including an accompanying correction to the 2014 calendar year Actual Cost True-up Factor, the Company utilized an ROE of 11%, which comprises the general ROE of 10% approved by the Commission in its Final Order in Case No. PUE-2013-00020, plus the 100 basis point enhanced return. If the proposed Rider S for the 2017 Rate Year is approved, the impact on customer bills would depend on the customer’s rate schedule and usage. According to Dominion Virginia Power, implementation of its proposed Rider S on April 1, 2017, would increase the monthly bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by approximately $0.54. The Company has calculated the proposed Rider S rates in accordance with the same methodology as used for rates approved by the Commission in the most recent Rider S proceeding, Case No. PUE-2015-00060. Interested persons are encouraged to review the Application and supporting documents for the details of these and other proposals. TAKE NOTICE that the Commission may apportion revenues among customer classes and/or design rates in a manner differing from that shown in the Application and supporting documents and thus may adopt rates that differ from those appearing in the Company’s Application and supporting documents. The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing that, among other things, bifurcated ROE issues from the remainder of the case and scheduled a public hearing on December 7, 2016, at 10 a.m., in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive testimony from members of the public on the Company’s Application. At this public hearing evidence related to non-ROE aspects of the Application will also be received from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness at this hearing should appear in the Commission’s courtroom fifteen (15) minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff. A public hearing on ROE issues in this case and in Case Nos. PUE-2016-00059, PUE-2016-00060, PUE-2016-00061, and PUE-2016-00063 shall be convened by the Commission on January 18, 2017, at 10 a.m., in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. At this public hearing evidence and testimony related to ROE aspects of the Application will be received from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. The public version of the Company’s Application, as well as the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing, are available for public inspection during regular business hours at each of the Company’s business offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Copies also may be obtained by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company, Lisa S. Booth, Esquire, Dominion Resources Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means. Copies of the public version of the Application and other documents filed in this case also are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. On or before November 30, 2016, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s Application shall file written comments on the Application with Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before November 30, 2016, by following the instructions on the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUE-2016-00062. On or before September 16, 2016, any person or entity wishing to participate as a respondent in this proceeding may do so by filing a notice of participation. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”), any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUE-2016-00062. For additional information about participation as a respondent, any person or entity should obtain a copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing. On or before October 21, 2016, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission, and serve on the Commission’s Staff, the Company, and all other respondents, any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case, and each witness’s testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of such testimony and exhibits shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. Respondents also shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, including: 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service; 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format; and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUE-2016-00062. The Commission’s Rules of Practice may be viewed at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and an official copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY d/b/a DOMINION VIRGINIA POWER
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Richmond women’s football team heading to championship The Richmond hard as they do.” Black Widows were Asked if she returned born last August with the favor with a few detera “want ad” seeking mined blows of her own, female football players she nodded politely. on Meetup.com. Widows player April A dozen or so curiBryant, a receiver/defenous women showed up sive back with the team for the first meeting, and a soldier at Fort Lee, and a spark was lit. is among WFA leaders Then those women with 60 tackles and four told their friends. interceptions. Word spread. Now, The Widows’ quarless than a year after terback, now commuting their social networkfrom Chicago, is quicksiling origins, the Richver Katelyn Wright, who mond Black Widows has passed for 407 yards are on the threshold and eight touchdowns. of a national cham“I love absolutely evpionship. erything – the adrenalin The Widows, many rush, camaraderie, the with hair tucked under Pamela Goode frustration, the mental black helmets, will The Richmond Black Widows practice hard at St. Joseph’s Villa last week to get ready and physical aspect; it’s face Acadiana Zydeco for the WFA championship game Saturday in Pittsburgh. my outlet,” Wright said of Opelousas, La., on about playing with the Friday, July 22, for the team. Tier 3 title of the full contact Women’s Football Transportation for the title game in Pittsburgh. Some of the players have extensive athletic Alliance (WFA). Among the standouts is Shanice Cole, who resumes. Others don’t. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. at North Allegheny starts at wide receiver and defensive end. “We’ve got ’em from every walk of life,” High School in Pittsburgh. Cole sparkled in basketball and softball at said the Widows assistant Coach Brian West, a The Widows are 6-3 in their maiden season Highland Springs High School and became a former L.C. Bird High School football star. after defeating Keystone Assault, Md., 14-8 in standout basketball player at Winthrop University “We’ve got military, girls that have played a June 25 semifinal playoff at Virginia Union in Rock Hill, S.C., where she led the NCAA all kinds of sports and some that never played University’s Hovey Field. Division I team in scoring and rebounding as anything.” Wearing red and black uniforms, the Widows, a senior in 2010. There is no fee to join the team; the players under Coach Bill Donati, had Hovey Field home Along the way, she yearned to play football, however, must furnish their own helmets and dates with the Philadelphia Phantomz, the DC but opportunity never knocked until hearing shoulder pads. Coach Donati, who has helped Divas, the Tri-Cities Thunder (Tenn.) and most about the Widows. coach Goochland High School to the state Group recently the Assault. Road trips were to play “Once I came out, it was all I expected – and A championship in 2012, says the Widows are Tri-Cities, Fayetteville Fierce (North Carolina), more,” Cole said. no one-year wonder. Philadelphia and Assault. “This season, we didn’t make any cuts,” he Asked about “and more,” she said: The Widows are traveling as a team via Groome “I really didn’t think the women would hit as said. “Anyone who came out got to play. In
the future, I’m thinking there may be cuts as interest grows. “These are women who were never allowed to play. Now that they have the chance, they love it.” There are no size requirements. Widows players range from more than 200 pounds down to 109-pound Charlie Gold. “I tried to play football in high school and the coach laughed at me — no girls on his team,” said Gold, who went to J.R. Tucker High School. “Here’s to you, coach.”
Richmond Black Widows fast facts Owner: Sarah Schkeeper, who doubles as an offensive guard Head Coach/General Manager: Bill Donati Assistant coach: Brian West Players: Women mostly ages 18 and up; 17-year-olds can play with parental consent. Some players are in their 40s. Home field: Virginia Union University’s Hovey Field Practice fields: St. Joseph’s Villa and Pearson’s Corner Elementary School in Hanover County League affiliation: Women’s Football Alliance, Northeast Conference, Colonial Division; wfafootball.net Season: Early April through July Website: RichmondBlackWidows.com Twitter: @rvaBlackWidows Facebook: Richmond Black Widows Info and contact: rvablackwidows@ gmail.com
Former VUU standout signs African-Americans made with Finland team their marks at early Olympics When it comes to inclusion of AfricanAmerican athletes, the U.S. Olympic track and field team got nearly a half-century head start on other high-profile sports. In 1904, George Poage became the first African-American to represent the United States in the Olympic games. The event was held that year in St. Louis, in conjunction with the World’s Fair. Having graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in history, the 24-year-old Poage made history of his own in St. Louis, winning bronze medals in the 200- and 400-meter hurdles. He also raced in the 60-meter dash trials. There were no black Americans at the 1896 Olympic games in Athens or the games in Paris in 1900. However, a black Frenchman, Constantin Henriquez, who was born in Haiti, won a gold medal for rugby union in Paris. Poage was born in Hannibal, Mo., and lived most of his early life in La Crosse, Wis., where he graduated as the class salutatorian from La Crosse High School. At the University of Wisconsin, he became the first African-American Big 10 Conference track champ with victories as a hurdler. Poage faced hurdles off the track, too. The St. Louis Olympics and World’s Fair were tarnished by Jim Crow laws that mandated segregated facilities for white and black spectators. Poage was pressured by black groups George Poage to boycott the Olympic games in protest, but he chose to compete anyway, preferring to let his fast feet make a statement. Four years later, at the 1908 London Olympics, John Baxter Taylor became the first African-American gold medalist when he ran the third leg on the victorious United States 4x400 relay team. Taylor, who was born to former slaves in Washington, also ran the individual 400-meter race in London in perhaps the strangest ending to any Olympic event ever. After winning his quarterfinal and semifinal heats, Taylor was a favorite among four finalists to win the 400. However, during the race, American John Carpenter was charged with obstructing British runner Wyndham Halswelle, and officials ruled that the race be repeated — without Carpenter. As a show of support, Taylor and William Robbins declined to run again and Halswelle won the medal running alone. Tragically, Taylor, who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in veterinary medicine, died a few months after the 1908 Games of typhoid fever. He was 26. All-white delegations from Cuba and South
Africa competed in the Olympics beginning in 1896, but few other Caribbean and sub-Saharan African nations were present. Following World Wa r II, Olympic organizers reached out to make the games truly global. Ethiopia and Kenya joined the competition in 1956 and began producing an assembly John Baxter Taylor line of long distance gold medalists At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Ethiopia’s Abebe Bikila was the first champion from a subSaharan African nation. Caribbean nations, including Jamaica and Trinidad, began sending teams to the Olympics in 1948 with some of world’s fastest sprinters. Jamaican Arthur Wint became the first Caribbean champ with a 400-meter victory at the 1948 Olympic games in London. Team USA will include a large number of African-American athletes at this year’s games in Rio de Janeiro. African-Americans will be competing not only in track and field, but also in gymnastics, boxing and basketball. But it was Poage who got there first and made a lasting mark. Later in life, Poage taught at the all-black Charles Sumner School in Milwaukee, worked on a farm in Minnesota and for the last 20 years of his professional life was a postal clerk in Chicago. Because the Olympics were strictly amateur events in those days, Poage never cashed in financially on his St. Louis achievements. Under his photo in the University of Wisconsin’s 1903 yearbook was this inscription: “Of matchless swiftness; but of silent pace.” Poignantly, the caption would link his dazzling speed with subsequent years of anonymity working in Chicago at a post office.
First African-Americans in top tier U.S. sports Olympic track & field: George Poage, 1904 NFL: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Los Angeles Rams, 1946 Major League Baseball: Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947 NBA: Earl Lloyd, Washington Capitals, 1950 USTA: Althea Gibson, 1950 NHL: Willie O’Ree, 1958, Boston Bruins PGA: Charlie Sifford, 1961 NASCAR: Wendell Scott, 1961
Kiana Johnson is heading for Finland. The former Virginia Union University basketball sensation has signed a contract with the Forssan Alku team in Forssa, Finland. The nine-team Finnish women’s professional league begins play later this summer. The Finnish word for basketball is “koripallo.” Forssa is a town of about 18,000 on the southern tip of
helping the Panthers to a the Scandinavian 28-3 overall record. nation. VUU won the CIAA The dynamic and Atlantic Regional 5-foot-6 Johnson tournaments and adwas CIAA and vanced to the NCAA NCAADivision II Division II Sweet 16. Player of the Year A native of Chicago, last season under Johnson played three VUU CoachAnnseasons at Michigan Marie Gilbert. Johnson led Kiana Johnson State before transferring to VUU. She is on track the NCAA in scoring (29.2 points per game) to receive a degree in psycholand assists (8.6 per game) while ogy later this year.
Bradley helps AL to All-Star victory Richmond was well represented at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 12 in San Diego. Jackie Bradley Jr., the starting left fielder, went 2-for-2, helping the American League to a 4-2 win over the National League. Bradley, who plays for the Boston
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Red Sox, was born in Richmond and moved to Prince George County as a middle school student. Facing National League starter Johnny Cueto, Bradley reached on an infield single in the second inning. He added a single off Drew Pomeranz in the fourth inning.
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Virginia State While playing at University basketball Middleburg Acadcoach Lonnie Blow Jr. emy in Northern has added two building Virginia, Corum avblocks to an already eraged 12 points and strong foundation. six rebounds and Coming off its was named Virginia first CIAA champiIndependent Schools onship since 1988, Division III Player of Richard Coach Blow has the Year. Granberry announced signing VSU is coming 6-foot-8 junior college transfer off perhaps its best season in Richard Granberry and 6-foot- history. 6 incoming freshman Andrew The Trojans were 24-6 en Corum. route to winning the CIAA title Granberry, originally from in Charlotte and advancing to Chester, Pa., averaged 16 points the second round of the NCAA and seven rebounds last season Division II Tournament in West while helping Neosha County Virginia. Community College in Kansas Coach Blow’s squad moves to a 30-6 record. full time this coming season into
the new 5,100-seat arena on campus, the VSU Multipurpose Building. The TroAndrew jansplayed Corum just one game at the facility last year. Most of the team’s key contributors from 2015-16 are returning. The list of veterans includes All-CIAA player Elijah Moore, All-CIAA Tournament team player Kevin Williams and All-CIAA freshman team player Walter Williams.
NSU basketball team to play in Costa Rica
NSU Coach Robert Jones’ squad will Norfolk State University play the University of Ottawa, Canada, on is getting a jump start on the Aug. 13, a Costa Rican team on Aug. 14 and 2016-17 basketball season. Brock University, Canada, on Aug. 15. The Spartans will travel to Side trips are planned to Holy Spirit Orthe Central American nation of phanage, Crocodile Bridge and the Vista Los Costa Rica Aug. 12 through 17 Suenos Rainforest. for exhibition games against NSU is rebuilding its team after losing three teams that are to be played its top three scorers — Jeff Short, D’Shon in the capital, San Jose. Taylor and Charles Oliver — from last The team also will do some season’s MEAC championship squad. sightseeing. Coach Jones Of the 13 players traveling to Costa Rica, The NCAA allows teams to travel internationally to play every four years. eight are newcomers to NSU’s program. The Spartans’ last overseas trip was in 2012 In preparation, teams are permitted 10 practice to the Bahamas. sessions prior to departure.
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these prestigious scholarships. Thus, we need to ensure that we insert ourselves when necessary and then start our own. Awareness is key.” Meet this week’s scholarly Personality, Tyra Zuri Hayes Beaman: Date and place of birth: Nov. 3 in Henrico County Current residence: Washington, D.C. Family: Parents, Liz Hayes Mackey and Brad Mackey; and grandparents, Frances Hayes and Joseph Hayes. Alma maters: Bachelor of arts in international studies from Spelman College. When I learned I was selected for the Fulbright Fellowship: I learned I was a Fulbright Fellow while driving home from my Senior Soirée during my last week of undergrad. First reaction: I screamed in disbelief! Senior week was filled with so many blessings, love and positivity, and it was overwhelming to receive such an amazing honor. Number of finalists selected from Spelman: Spelman had four finalists and each finalist became a Fulbright Scholarship recipient. When I learned I was selected for the Rangel Fellowship: It was spring break during my senior year, and I had returned to my compound after exploring and learning about the plight of Haitian slaves during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries at a former slave plantation along the coast of Haiti. First reaction: I could not stop crying! After competing as a Rhodes Scholar finalist, I was a bit broken down after not receiving the Rhodes. However, receiving the Rangel Fellowship on that particular day, in that particular space, felt almost divine. Haiti was the first country I had ever visited outside of the United States during my freshman year at Spelman and one of my first personal interactions with a U.S. ambassador. My first experience in Haiti is truly the reason why I want to become a U.S. foreign service officer. In the words of Pamela White, “Haiti is too rich to be poor.” Number of Rangel finalists selected from Spelman: This year, my Spelman sister Sadé’Tuckett and I both received the fellowship. Reaction of family: Curiosity and excitement! My Mom and Dad understood what receiving both of the fellowships would mean. However, a lot of my family and close friends were not sure what this meant for my future, my safety and security and my long-term plans and dreams. I do not have anyone else in my family who has
What is involved in the Fulbright Fellowship Teaching Assistant program: As a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, I will be supporting an instructor teaching grammar and culture and sharing my experiences with students who seek to soon travel to the United States from the Dominican Republic for school. What is involved as a Rangel Fellow: We are expected to complete a fellowship on Capitol Hill, complete two years of graduate study in international or public policy and commit five years to the U.S. Foreign Service. What I expect from them: I expect for the fellowships to remind me each day why I have chosen this career path. I know that sometimes my schedule will be hectic or I will suffer from some microagression that will shake me up. But essentially, each of those experiences, good and bad, will remind me why I, as a young black, American woman must be at the table making international policy decisions. It is my responsibility to be in these spaces, and I hope that my fellowships, directors and advisers will continue to support my desire and growth throughout the next few years.
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Long before Tyra Zuri Hayes Beamangraduated with honors from Spelman College in May 2016, she was working toward becoming a U.S. foreign service officer by studying abroad in Argentina, Uruguay, Haiti and South Africa. The Richmond resident has received two new honors that bring her career goal into arm’s reach. She is a 2016 recipient of a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship and an equally prestigious Charles B. Rangel International Fellowship. As a Rangel Fellow, Ms. Beaman, 22, is working on Capitol Hill for Congressman Gregory W. Meeks of New York. In September, she will be a teaching assistant in the Dominican Republic as a Fulbright Fellow. After her 10-month teaching fellowship ends, Ms. Beaman will return to Washington to pursue a master’s in foreign service at Georgetown University. “My efforts to serve as a future foreign service officer will allow me to help show Americans that most nations worldwide can offer and teach us Americans so much more than” what is shown in the media, she says. “The world is such a magnificent place with beautiful people whose stories need to be illuminated and stories that need to be heard.” Ms. Beaman’s interest in service, particular among diverse communities, started as a student in the International Baccalaureate program at Henrico High School with leadership roles in the Virginia NAACP Youth and College Division, voter education drives and working to help mentally disabled students become more fully involved in school activities. Her work continued in Atlanta at Spelman, where she was a Spelman Social Justice Fellow, a Student Government Association officer, a Change Agent Fellow for the Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Institute and vice president of the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance. Ms. Beaman, who has received eight other fellowships and scholarships in addition to the Fulbright and Rangel awards, readily acknowledges the importance and impact that fellowships can have. “Fellowships are access,” she says.“Throughout my time at Spelman, each summer I had a fellowship that not only introduced me to a new field or sector, but provided me with a community of like-minded individuals that I have continued to (connect with) along my journey.” Her passion, ingenuity and ability to build bridges are among the strengths she brings to both fellowships. In 2014, she initiated “Difficult Dialogues: Intercollegiate Discussion on Race, Class and Gender” between racially and socioeconomically diverse groups of college students in Metro Atlanta. She built transnational relationships through participating in several study abroad programs. Her experience led her to create Black Beyond Borders, a forprofit company to help prepare African-American students to travel and study abroad. “Studying abroad and traveling are two of the most important things that a young person in college can do, especially if you’re a black American,” Ms. Beaman says. “It opens your eyes to not only the possibilities to serve and learn, but it helps offer another narrative to others” about how American identity looks and sounds, she says. Ms. Beaman says “prayer and meditation” are key for helping to determine her place in life. She encourages anyone who is applying for a fellow to “surround yourself with other recipients of that fellowship.” “So many black students I speak with about the Fulbright or Rangel fellowships say they would not have known about the programs had I not mentioned it,” she says. “We historically have not been invited into the circles that will share, promote and support young people seeking
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Gordon Parks exhibit opens Saturday at VMFA An exhibit featuring works by the noted late photographer Gordon Parks opens Saturday at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibit, “Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott,” will be on view through Oct. 30 at the museum, 200 N. Boulevard. It features 42 photographs that examine life during segregation in 1950s America. As the first African-American photographer hired full time by Life magazine, Mr. Parks frequently was given assignments involving social issues affecting black America. For an assignment on the impact of school segregation, Mr. Parks returned to his hometown of Fort Scott, Kan., to reconnect with childhood friends with whom he attended elementary school. However, only one was still living in Fort Scott. So, to hear their stories, Mr. Parks traveled to Kansas City, St. Louis, Columbus, Detroit and Chicago, and his narrative shifted to the Great Migration by AfricanAmericans. Mr. Parks The resulting series of photographs were intended to accompany an article he planned to call “Back to Fort Scott,” but his story was never published. Organized around each of these cities and families, “Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott” features previously unpublished photographs and a seven-page draft of Mr. Parks’ text for the article. “We are honored to present an exhibition featuring works by Gordon Parks, one of the most celebrated African-
American artists of his time, whose photographs reveal so much about this significant moment in our nation’s history,” VMFA Director Alex Nyerges said. The exhibit includes photos from the VMFA’s collection alongside those from the Gordon Parks Foundation. Several events will be held in conjunction with the exhibit. Among them: Art history classes: “Art for Social Change: A History of Documentary Photography,” with Jeffrey Allison, Paul Mellon Collection educator and manager of statewide programs, 1 to 2:30 p.m. July 27 and July 28; $15; VMFA members, $12. 3 in 30 Galley Talk: Gordon Parks, with Dr. Sarah Eckhardt, VMFA associate curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, 11 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 6; 6 to 7 p.m. Sept. 8; free. Public Conversation: Parks at Life, with Karen E. Haas, Lane Curator of Photographs, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Peter W. Kunhardt, executive director, The Gordon Parks Foundation, and Dr. Eckhardt, 11 a.m. to noon, Sept. 28; free, but tickets required. Gordon Parks Mini Film Festival: Oct. 13 and Oct. 14. Three major films directed by Mr. Parks will be shown over the two-day event. “The Learning Tree,” 6 p.m., Oct. 13; “Leadbelly,” 1 p.m. Oct. 14; and “Shaft,” 6 p.m. Oct. 14; $8; VMFA members, $5; short gallery tours of the exhibit follow the films. Book Club: “The Learning Tree,” 5 to 6:15 p.m. Oct. 13; $8; VMFA members, $5. For more information visit, www.vmfa. museum or call (804) 340-1400.
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This 1950 photo of an elderly woman only known as Mrs. Jefferson is among the 42 photographs in the exhibit, “Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott,” which is opening at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
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Celebrating Maggie L. Walker’s 152nd birthday
Linking with Cuba Gladys Abella, right, with the Martin Luther King Center in Havana, Cuba, is assisted by translator Claudia De La Cruz of the IFCO/Pastors for Peace as she discusses life in Cuba under the U.S. trade and travel embargo. She spoke during a July 7 meeting at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church in the East End that focused on links between Cuba and Africans. Her visit was organized by the African Awareness Association.
Festive balloons greet Brandon Clark and other guests who attended the “Sharing Our Stories” 152nd birthday celebration last Saturday honoring the late banking pioneer Maggie L. Walker. The event recognizing Mrs. Walker, the first woman in the nation to charter and run a bank, was held by the National Park Service at the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site in Jackson Ward. Above, Ranger Patrick Clark leads a tour of her home for visitors during the celebration, which included an oral history booth for people to share their memories of Jackson Ward and what Mrs. Walker means to them. The event also included a recognition ceremony for high school students who completed the Maggie L. Walker Summer Youth Leadership Institute and a discussion of the film “Black Wall Street: The Money, The Music & The People,” led by filmmaker Rebekah L. Pierce.
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ASALH executive director recruiting at July 28 meeting at VUU Sylvia Y. Cyrus, executive director of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, will participate in a community meeting to recruit volunteers and panel members for the organization’s 101st national conference slated to be held in Richmond in October. The community meeting will be held 6 p.m. Thursday, July 28, at the L. Douglas Wilder Library & Learning Resource Center, 1500 N. Lombardy St. Volunteers are needed to help recruit local vendors and artisans, history makers to serve on panels, potential sponsors, session monitors and local entertainers for the national conference Oct. 5 through 9. The 2016 conference theme: “Hallowed Grounds: Sites of African-American Memories.” For more information, please call Benita Johnson, the local arrangements coordinator, at (804) 357-3981.
5th Annual VUU Burning Sands Alumni golf tournament July 30 The Burning Sands Alumni Football Club of Virginia Union University will host its 5th Annual Golf Tournament on Saturday, July 30, at The Golf Club at Brickshire, 5520 Virginia Park Drive in Providence Forge. This tournament, which raises money to support student and athlete recruitment for VUU, will honor the late Benjamin J. Lambert III, a Richmond optometrist and longtime member of the Virginia General Assembly who graduated from VUU and served on its Board of Trustees. Registration begins at 8 a.m., with putting, chipping and long drive contests at 8:30 a.m. and a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Male and female teams of four are encouraged, along with singles. The cost, which includes lunch and prizes, is $100 per golfer. For more information, please call Lamont Clayton at (804) 543-9702 or Angriess Scott at (804) 840-4819.
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New UR program offers beer brewer certificate Responding to the explosion of breweries in Central Virginia, the University of Richmond will begin offering this fall a yearlong program to train professional brewers. The private university, founded in 1830 by Baptists, is teaming up with 10 area beer companies to provide the new certificate program. The class will start in October in UR’s School of Professional and Continuing Studies (SPCS), according to UR spokeswoman Cynthia Price. “This program is the first of its kind in the Richmond area, and as far as we know, the state,” said Tom Parfitt, SPCS senior program manager. “This program is not about home brewing. It’s designed for individuals who want to start their own craft beer business or get a job at a brewery.” He said students will learn the craft brewing business, from the procurement of raw materials to the proper handling, processing, packaging and distribution of the final product. The certification will include 11 different classes, field experiences and a one-month, 20-hour internship. Mr. Parfitt said UR’s partners, who see this as creating a pipeline to secure trained personnel, include Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Strangeways Brewery, Triple Crossing Brewery, The Answer Brewpub, Old Bust Head Brewing Company, Midnight Brewery, Steam Bell Beer Works, Copper Fox Distillery, Lickinghole Creek Farm and Rusty Beaver Brewery. Details: http://spcs.richmond.edu/noncredit/careers/beer-brewer or call (804) 287-6572.
Richmond area dancer wins bronze medal in National ACT-SO Competition
A Richmond area student won a bronze medal in dance at the national NAACP ACT-SO Competition. Keola Jones, a rising junior at Henrico High School’s Center for the Arts, was the lone member of the Richmond Branch NAACP team to win a medal in the ACT-SO events held during the NAACP’s annual convention in Cincinnati. She won for her dance performance set to the song “Pearls” by Sade and choreographed by Rodney Williams of the City Dance Theatre of Richmond. Along with the medal, she was awarded a tablet computer, a $1,000 scholarship and other prizes. The Richmond team also included Tiel Love and Aaron Reid, who competed in the poetry and dramatics categories, respectively, as well as adults on the Richmond NAACP ACT-SO Committee, including chair Mary Love and co-chair Monique Randolph. While they didn’t win medals, Tiel was selected to perform at the convention in the ACT-SO band and Aaron was selected to sing in the ACT-SO choir at the awards Miss. Jones ceremony last Sunday. Keola also was selected to perform at the ceremony with the ACT-SO dance troupe under the direction of choreographer Anthony Burrell. Overall, 96 youths were awarded gold, silver and bronze medals in 32 categories. More than 700 youths representing about 200 NAACP branches across the nation participated in the ACTSO finals last Friday. ACT-SO, which stands for Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics, is a yearlong program design to encourage academic and cultural achievement among AfricanAmerican high school students. Like the other youths in the national competition, the three Richmond youths won gold medals in the local competition to win the opportunity to compete in the national finals at the convention.
Promoting leadership Former Bennett College President Julianne Malveaux, right, is greeted by Dr. Delta R. Bowers, president of the Richmond Metropolitan Area Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women. Dr. Malveaux, an economist and author, was the keynote speaker for the organization’s national leadership retreat held June 22 through 25 at a Richmond area hotel. More than 200 women from across the country attended the retreat, which focused on the organization’s advocacy efforts in health, education and economic empowerment.
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“Nelson Mandela International Day,” formalized by the U.N. General Assembly in November 2009, recalls the late South African president’s contribution to the culture of peace and freedom on his birthday — July 18. It comes as Americans reflect on a wrenching two weeks of race-related violence and the undeniable evidence of the persistence of intolerance that Mr. Mandela devoted his life to oppose. The Nelson Mandela Foundation promotes acts of service to humanity on his birthday in his honor. In December 2015, the U.N. General Assembly extended the scope of Nelson Mandela International Day to raise awareness about
persons in detention and to call for humane In 2015, U.N. staff volunteers in New York treatment of the incarcerated. partnered with GreenThumb, East New York In South Africa, the 7th Annual Bikers for Farms, and the U.N. Food Garden to plant Mandela Day will take the call for seedlings, pull weeds and water service to remote areas. plant beds in community gardens “We have crossed over 12,000 across the city. kilometers since the inception In Geneva, the Permanent Misof this initiative in 2010 and sion of South Africa and Serve assisted over 20 charitable orthe City Geneva have mobilized ganizations through Bikers for volunteers to help the poor and Mandela Day. We look forward marginalized in the city. to paying tribute to Madiba’s (Mr. Mr. Mandela’s widow, Graca Mandela’s) unwavering legacy Machel, speaking to students once again. We believe that every earlier this month at the Dr. Matsmall action of goodwill leads to hole Motshekga Primary School a larger movement in the right in Tembisa, South Africa, said, Mr. Mandela “Mandela Day gives us a way direction,” said organizer Zelda la Grange, formerly Mr. Mandela’s personal to energize our collective commitment, and it helps to know you are not doing this alone secretary.
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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence will be Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s running mate. Mr. Trump made it official July 15 — fittingly in a tweet. Mr. Pence became governor of the Hoosier State in 2013. Previously, he worked as a lawyer, president of the Indiana Policy Review, political talk radio show host and U.S. congressman. He has described Mr. Pence himself as a “pretty ordinary Christian” and as “a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order. But he also once said, “I made a commitment to Christ. I’m a born-again, evangelical Catholic.” That’s not a combination you hear every day, as journalist Craig Fehrman, who has covered the Indiana governor for Indiana Monthly, has pointed out. Here are five faith facts about Mr. Pence and how his unusual faith mix has shaped him as a politician. 1. He was raised Catholic and later attended an evangelical megachurch. Growing up in an Irish Catholic family that reportedly revered the Kennedys, Mr. Pence served as an altar boy and went to parochial school in Columbus, Ind., according to Mr. Fehrman. Mr. Pence has said he made that “commitment to Christ” while taking part in a nondenominational Christian student group
in college, according to the journalist. Mr. Pence told The Indianapolis Star that he and his family attended Grace Evangelical Church in the 1990s, but by 2013, he told Mr. Fehrman they were “kind of looking for a church.” 2. He supported causes important to evangelicals as a congressman. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2000 until his election as governor in 2013, Mr. Pence had a “reputation as a culture warrior (that) was unsullied,” according to Roll Call. The website lists his bona fides: He opposed the expansion of abortion rights and federal spending on embryonic stem cell research, pushed a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage and briefly cut off new federal funding for Planned Parenthood. 3. He clashed with the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis over refugees. Late last year, Mr. Pence clashed with the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis when he halted state support for efforts to relocate refugees, citing security concerns. The archdiocese defied him by welcoming a Syrian family to the city anyway. In the end, the governor said that while he disagreed with the archdiocese’s action, he would not block food stamps and other state aid for the family. On the other hand, he came out against Mr. Trump’s plan to halt all Muslim immigration to the United States, tweeting last December that “calls to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. are offensive and unconstitutional.” 4. He supports Israel. Pundits have said one reason Mr. Trump may have picked Mr. Pence is that the
governor’s strong, pro-Israel sentiment would shore up Mr. Trump’s shaky relationship with Jewish voters. Speaking before AIPAC in 2009, then-Rep. Pence linked his support for Israel with his faith: “Let me say emphatically, like the overwhelming majority of my constituents, my Christian faith compels me to cherish the state of Israel.” He backed that up last December at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s conference when he said: “Israel’s enemies are our enemies, Israel’s cause is our cause. If this world knows nothing else, let it know this: America stands with Israel.” 5. He signed Indiana’s controversial “religious freedom” law. Last year, Mr. Pence found himself at the center of a storm when he supported Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which would have allowed businesses and individuals to refuse to do business with some people based on their own religious beliefs. In his 2016 State of the State address, he added: “I will not support any bill that diminishes the religious freedom of Hoosiers or that interferes with the constitutional rights of our citizens to live out their beliefs in worship, service or work. … No one should ever fear persecution because of their deeply held religious beliefs.” His stance on the issue made him the darling of evangelicals and other conservatives, and he signed the bill into law in March. But a week later, he had to sign a revised version after major corporations, organizations and celebrities vowed to boycott Indiana.
Work to continue Saturday at historic cemeteries By Jeremy M. Lazarus
The work to restore historic, but neglected, Evergreen and East End cemeteries will continue this weekend, Marvin Harris, a leader in the effort, has announced. The work is to begin 8 a.m. Saturday, July 23, Mr. Harris said, and the goal is to clear 4 acres of the 60-acre burial grounds that sit on Henrico County’s border with Richmond. The cemeteries are located north of the city’s Oakwood Cemetery, in the vicinity of 50 Evergreen Road, a side street off Nine Mile Road. The two neglected private cemeteries Mr. Harris are the burial grounds for several AfricanAmerican leaders, including Maggie L. Walker and John Mitchell Jr., as well as thousands of other Richmond area residents. Mr. Harris is a member of the Maggie L. Walker High School Class of 1967, which has committed to clearing trees and overgrown vegetation in the cemeteries in preparation for the class’ 50th anniversary reunion next year. The group is working with another volunteer, John Shuck, who has been working to clear the cemeteries for eight years. Earlier this month, Virginia Outdoors Foundation set aside $400,000 to assist the effort, with the money to go largely to untangling the title to the property and ensuring it will remain undeveloped and accessible to the public. However, the work of cleaning up and restoring the property still rests on volunteers, Mr. Harris said. “To date, about 68 volunteers and 13 companies have pitched
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Mayoral candidate town hall July 26 Fourth Baptist Church will host a public town hall meeting for Richmond’s mayoral candidates 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, at the church, 2800 P St., in the East End. Church and community members will be able to ask questions of the candidates, all eight of whom have been invited to participate, said Brian Robertson, the church member coordinating the event. For more information, call Mr. Robertson at (804) 938-5218.
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Evangelicals gather on D.C. Mall to pray during ‘Together 2016’ By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service
WASHINGTON Evangelical Christians converged on the nation’s capital last Saturday for a prayer rally on one of the hottest days of the summer. With the nation reeling from recent shootings and shocked by news of a terrorist attack in France and an attempted coup in Turkey, speakers at “Together 2016” cited the global events from the stage and spoke of the challenges facing Americans. “Jesus can heal our nation,” said former Southern Baptist Convention President Ronnie Floyd to applause and cries of “Amen.” “Jesus can heal relationships. America is like a broken bone that needs to be put back into its correct place in order to experience healing.” With their calls for prayer and unity, speakers generally focused on spiritual rather than concrete solutions to the nation’s problems. The event had been promoted by Pope Francis and noted by President Obama. Nick Hall, 34, the leader of the Pulse ministry that organized the event focused on millennials, also addressed the crowd in the shadow of the Washington Monument. “God, we don’t need to hear from some man or some woman,” he said in an opening prayer. “God, we don’t need to hear from some band. We need to hear from heaven today. That’s why we’ve come.” Others taking the stage included some of the top names in evangelicalism, preachers such as Josh McDowell and Samuel Rodriguez, Christian artist Lecrae and the group Hillsong United. Mr. Hall, speaking especially to the millennials, said, “We want to get the hashtag #Jesus ChangesEverything trending around the world today.” It remained one of the top trending tweets on Twitter hours after the event.
The event and poet Amena Brown in follows many a spoken word segment that other religion- featured calls for forgiveness related gather- and reconciliation related to ings — both of racism and privilege. “We will not be the people believers and nonbelievers who turn a blind eye to injus— on what is tice,” cried Ms. Voskamp. known as the “We will use our voices, nation’s front our time, our resources to l a w n . T o - effect change,” replied Ms. gether 2016 Brown. was planned As the event drew to a close, in ways simi- many pledged to pray more and lar to Prom- study the Bible. Charlene Atise Keepers’ kins, 49, who attends a mostly 1997 “sacred black Bible church in Dallas, a s s e m b l y ” said she hopes to encourage for evangeli- greater work across racial lines cal Christian in her church community. men — but this “One of the things that we time including talked about while out there women. was helping people who are T h e p r o - Christians understand what it gram, which means to be as one body in included an Christ,” she said. “How do unusually high we look more like Christ and Adelle M. Banks/RNS photo n u m b e r o f less like ourselves? I think that A multiethnic crowd gathers Saturday near the Washington Monument for “Together 2016,” an evangelical women speak- would help a lot in the issues Christian prayer rally. The flags were at half-mast for the victims of the terrorist attack in Nice, France, ers for an evan- that our nation is facing if the on July 14. gelical gather- church would start to look more Some of the prayers from ing, featured Ms. Voskamp like the church.” Many in the multiethnic will die this year because of crowd joined in as contempo- starvation while we spend $60 the stage were tied to pleas rary Christian singer Michael W. billion this year trying to lose for improved family and race relations. Smith sang a song about com- weight.” Some members of the au“Let me die for my home, passion. As people wearing beach hats and hovering under dience prayed for others who let me die for my community, umbrellas sweated and fanned they thought needed a divine let me die for a white man, let Rev. Darryl G. Thompson, Pastor me die for a black man, let me themselves, they offered bottles touch. Schedule 2016 Theme: Jennifer Yeisley, 31, a non- die for an Hispanic man, let me of water and welcomed others through The Year of Restoration to the scant shady spots in denominational Christian from die for an Asian man,” prayed Sunday, September 11, 2016 8775 Mount Olive Avenue earshot of the stage’s speakers Rockville, Md., got on her knees gospel artist Kirk Franklin. “Let Sunday School and Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 and prayed for Jackie Herbert- me get out of the way so you and songs. New Members Class (804) 262-9614 Phone 8:30 AM Although cut short due son, 73, from Brooksville, Fla., can be God in my life.” (804) 262-2397 Fax to the heat, the event moved who sat in a wheelchair, her Worship Service www.mobcva.org (One Powerful Service) methodically through discus- toes curled by arthritis. 10:00 AM While the crowd included sions of how to “reset,” with sermons and prayers calling for many millennials, there were also repentance, prayer and service. families and senior citizens. “My husband has been The generation of Facebook and 2604 Idlewood Avenue Twitter was urged to put down praying for a revival in this Richmond, Va. 23220 (804) 353-6135 cellphones and meet people for nation,” Ms. Herbertson said www.riverviewbaptistch.org coffee instead, and to think of her spouse, Bill, adding he Rev. Dr. Stephen L. Hewlett, about people less fortunate than had written to congressmen Pastor Rev. Dr. Ralph Reavis, Sr. and evangelist Billy Graham. themselves. Pastor Emeritus “We, the people of the cross, “He wanted to see us all get 2006 Decatur Street · Richmond, VA 23224 SUNDAY SCHOOL - 9:45 A.M. repent of 1.2 million children together and pray. So when 804.859.1985 · zbcoffice@verizon.net SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE who will be trafficked around we heard about this one … we 11:00 A.M. Celebrates the globe this year while we wanted to come.” care more about traffic reports,” THE 35TH PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY OF prayed Christian author Ann DR. ROBERT L. PETTIS, SR. Voskamp, “repent of the 3.1 “Pastoring and Preaching with Eloquence and Humility” (million) children under 5 who 1127 North 28th St., Richmond, VA 23223-6624 • Office: (804) 644-1402 (Psalms 25:9; Acts 18:24-25)
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Legal Notices Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND VIVIAN N. LUCAS-GRAVES, Plaintiff v. (case no. CL15-1011) CLIFTON D. GRAVES, Defendant. ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii from the defendant on the grounds of more than one year of continuous separation; An Affidavit having been filed that the whereabouts of the Defendant are unknown and is not readily available for service of process; it is ORDERED that Clifton D. Graves appear before this Court on or before August 26, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this matter; An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD DAVID A. DUNN, Plaintiff v. MARICHO GARZON AL-AG, Defendant. Case No.: CL16-1127 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to grant David A. Dunn, the Plaintiff, an annulment from Maricho Garzon Al-Ag, the Defendant, on the ground that the marriage is void ab initio. WHEREFORE, an affidavit having been filed that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of Maricho Garzon Al-Ag, it is hereby ORDERED that Maricho Garzon Al-Ag appear before this Court on Sept. 14, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., to protect her interests herein. An Extract, Teste: WENDY S. HUGHES, Clerk Rick A. Friedman, II, Esq. Wyatt J. Taylor, Esq. Friedman Law Firm, P.C. 9401 Courthouse Rd., Suite A Chesterfield, VA 23832 (804) 717-1969 Telephone (804) 748-4161 Telecopier rfriedman@friedmanlawva.com wtaylor@friedmanlawva.com VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER YENIFER GARCIA BROKS, Plaintiff v. PASQUAL GONZALEZ GONZALEZ, Defendant. Case No.: CL16001903-00 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 30th day of August, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom 2 and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure 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 KOFI NYARKO, Plaintiff v. KATHERINE NYARKO, Defendant. Case No.: CL16001735-00 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 six months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, who is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 30th day of August, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her 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 CITY OF RICHMOND MONIREH MIRSHAHI, Plaintiff v. REZA CHERAGHI, Defendant. CL No.: CL16001511-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to grant Monireh Mirshahi, the Plaintiff, a divorce from Reza Cheraghi, the Defendant, on the ground that Plaintiff and the Defendant have lived separate and apart for a period in excess of one year. WHEREFORE, an affidavit having been filed that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of Reza Cheraghi, it is hereby ORDERED that Reza Cheraghi appear before this Court to protect his interest herein. A Copy, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk I ask for this: Soulmaz Taghavi, Esq. (VSB# 88036) Fayad Law, P.C. 8501 Mayland Dr. Suite 101 Richmond, Virginia 23294 Phone: (804) 249-4747 Fax: (571) 384-1817 Email: info@fayadlaw.com Continued on next column
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for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before __AUGUST 18, 2016, 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
property, recorded March 12, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-06727, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that MARC DENNING a/k/a MARC DENNIENG, As to a possible $20,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a possible $20,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 11, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 12, 2008, in Instrument Number 0806727, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action response, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, 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 THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; 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 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 21, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 22, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-04875, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 21, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 22, 2008, in Instrument Number 0804875, or its successor/s in title, WALTER L. HOOKER. Who May Be Deceased, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, and his Successor/s In Interest, who may be Trustee/s of a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 21, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 22, 2008, in Instrument Number 0804875, RACHEL MEYERS, As to $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,00.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 11, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 12, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-06727, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, BRIAN MEYERS, As to $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,00.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 11, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 12, 2008, in Instrument Number 0806727, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, STANLEY MEYERS, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest and JANET MEYERS, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of $15,00.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 11, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 12, 2008, in Instrument Number 0806727, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JOEL FINE, As to part of a $75,000.00 Interest and LAURA FINE, As to part of a $75,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $75,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 11, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 12, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-067275, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, BARRY WIESS, As to part of a $66,000.00 Interest and ELIZABETH PULLY, As to part of a $66,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $66,00.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 11, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 12, 2008, in Instrument Number 0806727, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, MARC DENNING a/k/a MARC DENNIENG, As to a possible $20,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a possible $20,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 11, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 12, 2008,
in Instrument Number 0806727, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 18, 2016, 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
heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, 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 THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, ALAN KATZ OR LYNN KATZ, who may be the holders of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 4, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 5, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-06040, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, BERTRAM PEARSON, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of BERTRAM PEARSON, who may be the holder/s of a $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 4, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 5, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-06040, ALLAN M. MULLIAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of ALLAN M. MULLIAN, who may be the holder/s of a $41,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 4, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 5, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-06040, WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 4, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 5, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-06040, and WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, Trustee, of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 8, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded May 9, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-12732, WALTER L. HOOKER, Who May Be Deceased, or his Successor in Interest, as Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, OLD DOMINION FINACIAL SEVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 8, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded May 9, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-06040, or its devisees, assignees or successors in title, RONALD E. ROBINSON, who may be the holder of a $75,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 8, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded May 9, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-12732, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, RONALD W. ADOLF, who may be the holder of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 8, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded May 9, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-12732, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 18, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.
a / k / a B ER N ICE J E A N MARTIN, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF BERNICE G. MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE GENE MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE JEAN MARTIN, et al., Defendants. ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4706 Castlewood Road, Richmond, Virginia, TaxMap/GPIN# S0090459/023, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Bernice G. Martin. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner BERNICE G. MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE GENE MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE JEAN MARTIN, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of BERNICE G. MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE GENE MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE JEAN MARTIN, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that TERRY MARTIN a/k/a TERRY GENE MARTIN, 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; 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 BERNICE G. MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE GENE MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE JEAN MARTIN, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of BERNICE G. MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE GENE MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE JEAN MARTIN, TERRY MARTIN a/k/a TERRY GENE MARTIN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 18, 2016, 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.: CL15-3509-1 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants. ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “1204 North 32nd Street,” Richmond,
Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E000-0721/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that JOEL GIURTINO a/k/a JOEL GUIRANTIO and PAT GIURTINO a/k/a PAT GUIRANTIO, who may be the holders of a $30,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 15, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded February 16, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-005060, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that PAMELA T. SILVER, As to part of a $10,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $10,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 15, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded February 16, 2005, in Instrument Number 05005060, whose last known post-office address is 2102 Haviland Drive, Henrico, Virginia 23229, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that CAPITAL FUNDING AND CONSULTING, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 15, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 16, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-16702, or its successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that TOM CLARK, AS Former Manager, who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 15, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 16, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-16702, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, 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 THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, JOEL GIURTINO a/k/a JOEL GUIRANTIO and PAT GIURTINO a/k/a PAT GUIRANTIO, who may be the holders of a $30,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 15, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded February 16, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-005060, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, , or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, PAMELA T. SILVER, As to part of a $10,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $10,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 15, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded February 16, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-005060, Or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, CAPITAL FUNDING AND CONSULTING, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 15, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 16, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-16702, or its successor/s in title, TOM CLARK, AS Former Manager, who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 15, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 16, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-16702, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee
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Counsel for the Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF KING AND QUEEN MOSES GOLDEN, JR., Plaintiff v. VONDA GOLDEN, Defendant. Case No.: CL16-29-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from Vonda Golden 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 the 17th day of August, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. and protect her interest herein. A Copy, Teste: VANESSA D. PORTER, Clerk Linda Y. Lambert, Esquire Leonard W Lambert & Assoc. 321 North 23rd Street Richmond, VA 23223 (804) 648-3325 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ASHLEY JIMENEZ, Plaintiff v. ABRAHAM JIMENEZMANUEL, Defendant. Case No.: CL16001718-00 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 8th day of August, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom 2 and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure 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 JASON NICELY, SR., Plaintiff v. AGNES SMALL-NICELY, Defendant. Case No.: CL16001059-00 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 8th day of August, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom 2 and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure 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 City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Terrell Rainey, Juvenile Children’s Home Society of Virginia v. Unknown Birth Father OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Pursuant to Va. Code §§ 63.2-1205 and 63.2-1250, Children’s Home Society of Virginia is requesting that the Court terminate the residual parental rights of any possible unknown birth father and transfer custody of the infant; Terrell Rainey, d/o/b 02/3/16 to the Children’s Home Society of Virginia with the right to place the infant for adoption. It is ORDERED that the defendant, Unknown Birth Father, appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his interests on or before 8/23/2016, at 10:00 AM. Sherry A. Fox, Esq. Thompson McMullan, PC 100 Shockoe Slip, 3rd Floor Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 698-6252
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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.: CL15-3448-1 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants. ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1722 North 29th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E0000951/019, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 21, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 22, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-04875, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 21, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 22, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-04875, or its successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that WALTER L. HOOKER. Who May Be Deceased, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, and his Successor/s In Interest, who may be Trustee/s of a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 21, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 22, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-04875, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that RACHEL MEYERS, As to $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,00.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 11, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 12, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-06727, whose last known post-office address is 1606 Stoneycreek Drive, Henrico, Virginia 23238, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that BRIAN MEYERS, As to $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,00.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 11, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 12, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-06727, whose last known post-office address is 1606 Stoneycreek Drive, Henrico, Virginia 23238, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that STANLEY MEYERS, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest and JANET MEYERS, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of $15,00.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 11, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 12, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-06727, whose last known post-office address is 1606 Stoneycreek Drive, Henrico, Virginia 23238, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that JOEL FINE, As to part of a $75,000.00 Interest and LAURA FINE, As to part of a $75,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $75,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 11, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 12, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-067275, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that BARRY WIESS, As to part of a $66,000.00 Interest and ELIZABETH PULLY, As to part of a $66,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $66,00.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 11, 2008, with respect to said Continued on next column
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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.: CL15-3172-1 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants. ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “1710 North 29th Street,” Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E000-0951/026, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that ALAN KATZ OR LYNN KATZ, who may be the holders of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 4, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 5, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-06040, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that BERTRAM PEARSON, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of BERTRAM PEARSON, who may be the holder/s of a $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 4, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 5, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-06040, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that ALLAN M. MULLIAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of ALLAN M. MULLIAN, who may be the holder/s of a $41,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 4, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 5, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-06040, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 4, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded March 5, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-06040, and WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, Trustee, of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 8, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded May 9, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-12732, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that WALTER L. HOOKER, Who May Be Deceased, or his Successor in Interest, as Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that OLD DOMINION FINACIAL SEVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 8, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded May 9, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-06040, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or its devisees, assignees or successors in title; that RONALD E. ROBINSON, who may be the holder of a $75,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 8, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded May 9, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-12732, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that RONALD W. ADOLF, who may be the holder of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 8, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded May 9, 2008, in Instrument Number 08-12732, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his Continued on next column
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. Case No.: CL15-3510-1 BERNICE G. MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE GENE MARTIN
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. Case No.: CL15-955-1 PREMIER INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants. ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3101 Q Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/ GPIN# E000-0723/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Premier Investment Properties, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, PREMIER INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that RONALD W. ADOLF, who may be the holder of a $13,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded March 13, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-8582, said deed of trust being assumed by Premier Investment properties, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, dated December 22, 2004 and recorded December 22, 2004 in Instrument Number 04-0042236, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that LEONA BERNSTEIN, who may be the holder of a $12,000.00 Interest and of part of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded March 13, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-8582, said deed of trust being assumed by Premier Investment properties, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, dated December 22, 2004 and recorded December 22, 2004 in Instrument Number 04-0042236, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that PAMELA T. SILVER, who may be the holder of part of an $11,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded March 13, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-8582, said deed of trust being assumed by Premier Investment properties, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, dated December 22, 2004 and recorded December 22, 2004 in Instrument Number 04-0042236, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that BERNICE SLIPOW, who may be the holder of part of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Bal-
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loon Deed of Trust dated March 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded March 13, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-8582, said deed of trust being assumed by Premier Investment properties, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, dated December 22, 2004 and recorded December 22, 2004 in Instrument Number 04-0042236, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ISAAC I. SILVER, who may be the holder of $5,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded March 13, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-8582, said deed of trust being assumed by Premier Investment properties, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, dated December 22, 2004 and recorded December 22, 2004 in Instrument Number 04-0042236, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that WILLIAM K. PEMBER, who may be the holder of $30,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated December 22, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded December 22, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-042237, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that MARION STEIN, who may be the holder of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated December 22, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded December 22, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-042237, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that HOME IMPROVEMENT FINANCIAL SERVICE, which may be the holder of $8,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated December 22, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded December 22, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-042237, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or its heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ALAN KATZ, LYNN KATZ, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, TRUSTEE FOR THE EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE and RICHARD KRIDER, 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 DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that PREMIER INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, RONALD W. ADOLF, who may be the holder of a $13,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded March 13, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-8582, said deed of trust being assumed by Premier Investment properties, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, dated December 22, 2004 and recorded December 22, 2004 in Instrument Number 04-0042236, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, LEONA BERNSTEIN, who may be the holder of a $12,000.00 Interest and of part of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded March 13, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-8582, said deed of trust being assumed by Premier Investment properties, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, dated December 22, 2004 and recorded December 22, 2004 in Instrument Number 04-0042236, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, PAMELA T. SILVER, who may be the holder of part of an $11,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded March 13, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-8582, said deed of trust being assumed by Premier Investment properties, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, dated December 22, 2004 and recorded December 22, 2004 in Instrument Number 04-0042236, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, that
BERNICE SLIPOW, who may be the holder of part of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded March 13, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-8582, said deed of trust being assumed by Premier Investment properties, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, dated December 22, 2004 and recorded December 22, 2004 in Instrument Number 04-0042236, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ISAAC I. SILVER, who may be the holder of $5,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded March 13, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-8582, said deed of trust being assumed by Premier Investment properties, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, dated December 22, 2004 and recorded December 22, 2004 in Instrument Number 04-0042236, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, WILLIAM K. PEMBER, who may be the holder of $30,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated December 22, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded December 22, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-042237, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, MARION STEIN, who may be the holder of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated December 22, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded December 22, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-042237, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, HOME IMPROVEMENT FINANCIAL SERVICE, which may be the holder of $8,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated December 22, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded December 22, 2004, in Instrument Number 04042237, or its heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ALAN KATZ, LYNN KATZ, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, TRUSTEE FOR THE EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD KRIDER, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 18, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.
or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 18, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.
JOEL FINE, As to $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 14, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded March 17, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-9521, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, DIANE SCHANK, As to $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $10, 00.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 14, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded March 17, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-9521, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 18, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.
June 7, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded June 9, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-19400, or its heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and JAY S. SCHWARTZ, TRUSTEE FOR THE EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, 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 THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, MARSHALL E. McCALL, JR., Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Credit Line Deed of Trust dated May 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded May 12, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-016948, or his successor/s in title, OLIVER D. RUDY, who may be deceased, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Credit Line Deed of Trust dated May 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded May 12, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-016948, or his successor/s in title, GEORGE DUMIGAN and LEAH DUMIGAN, who may be the holders of a $30,000.00 Interest in in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated June 7, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded June 9, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-19400, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, HAROLD H. GOTSCHALL a/k/a HAL GOTTSCHALL and LINDA GOTTSCHALL, who may be the holders of a $18,900.00 Interest in in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated June 7, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded June 9, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-19400, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of a $8,600.00 Interest in in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated June 7, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded June 9, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-19400, or its heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, TRUSTEE FOR THE EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 18, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. Case No.: CL14-3066-1 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants. ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2306 Fairmount
Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E0000617/019, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Company. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that MARSHALL E. McCALL, JR., Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Credit Line Deed of Trust dated May 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded May 12, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-016948, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his successor/s in title; that OLIVER D. RUDY, who may be deceased, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Credit Line Deed of Trust dated May 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded May 12, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-016948, or his successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that JOEL FINE and LAURA FINE, who may be the holders of $14,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated June 10, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded June 10, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-018914, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that SEYMOUR PEARSON, who may be deceased, and his Successor/s in Title, As Trustee for a $27,000.00 Interest and HAZEL PEARSON, who may be deceased, and her Successor/s in Title, As Trustee for a $27,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of a $27,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated June 10, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded June 10, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-018914, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that JONATHAN COHEN, who may be the holder of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated June 10, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded June 10, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-018914, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ISAAC SILVER, who may be the holder of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated June 10, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded June 10, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-018914, has not been personally located and has not file a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that PAMELA SILVER, who may be the holder of part of a $1,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated June 10, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded June 10, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-018914, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD KRIDER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and JAY S. SCHWARTZ, TRUSTEE FOR THE EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, 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 THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, MARSHALL E. McCALL, JR., Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Credit Line Deed of Trust dated May 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded May 12, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-016948, or his successor/s in title, OLIVER D. RUDY, who may be deceased, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Credit Line Deed of Trust dated May 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded May 12, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-016948, or his successor/s in title, JOEL FINE and LAURA FINE, who may be the holders of $14,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed
of Trust dated June 10, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded June 10, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-018914, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, SEYMOUR PEARSON, who may be deceased, and his Successor/s in Title, As Trustee for a $27,000.00 Interest and HAZEL PEARSON, who may be deceased, and her Successor/s in Title, As Trustee for a $27,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of a $27,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated June 10, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded June 10, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-018914, JONATHAN COHEN, who may be the holder of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated June 10, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded June 10, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-018914, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ISAAC SILVER, who may be the holder of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated June 10, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded June 10, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-018914, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, PAMELA SILVER, who may be the holder of part of a $1,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated June 10, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded June 10, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-018914, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD KRIDER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and JAY S. SCHWARTZ, TRUSTEE FOR THE EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 18, 2016, 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.: CL15-2303-1 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants. ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1614 North 28th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E0000864/022, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Company. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that ARTHUR V. ADAMS, TRUSTEE FOR THE AUTHUR V. ADAMS REVOCABLE TRUST, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 6, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded February 9, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-004045, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title of said Trust and/or Trustee; that WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Cancelled Virginia Corporation, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 6, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded February 9, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-004045, or its successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that WALTER L. HOOKER, who may be deceased, and his Successor in Interest, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that PHYLLIS MARK, who may be the holder of a $30,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 9, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded September 14, 2005 in Instrument
Number 05-031644, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that JOEL FINE and LAURA FINE, who may be the holders of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 9, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded September 14, 2005 in Instrument Number 05-031644, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that PAMELA SILVER, who may be the holder of part of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 9, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded September 14, 2005 in Instrument Number 05031644, has not been personally located and has not file a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that MARY L. GENTRY, who may be the holder of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 9, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded September 14, 2005 in Instrument Number 05-031644, has not been located and has not file a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and JAY S. SCHWARTZ, TRUSTEE FOR THE EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, 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 THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, ARTHUR V. ADAMS, TRUSTEE FOR THE AUTHUR V. ADAMS REVOCABLE TRUST, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 6, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded February 9, 2004, in Instrument Number 04004045, or the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title of said Trust and/or Trustee, WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Cancelled Virginia Corporation, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 6, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded February 9, 2004, in Instrument Number 04004045, or its successor/s in title, that WALTER L. HOOKER, who may be deceased, and his Successor in Interest, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, PHYLLIS MARK, who may be the holder of a $30,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 9, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded September 14, 2005 in Instrument Number 05-031644, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JOEL FINE and LAURA FINE, who may be the holders of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 9, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded September 14, 2005 in Instrument Number 05-031644, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, PAMELA SILVER, who may be the holder of part of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 9, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded September 14, 2005 in Instrument Number 05-031644, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, MARY L. GENTRY, who may be the holder of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 9, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded September 14, 2005 in Instrument Number 05-031644, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and JAY S. SCHWARTZ, TRUSTEE FOR THE EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees
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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
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.: CL15-3125-1 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants. ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1320 North 28th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E0000622/002, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that ROBERT GOLDEN, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, and CAROLE GOLDEN, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $20,00.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 14, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded March 17, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-9521, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 14, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded March 17, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-9521, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that that JOEL FINE, As to $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 14, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded March 17, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-9521, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that DIANE SCHANK, As to $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $10, 00.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 14, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded March 17, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-9521, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, 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 THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; 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 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, ROBERT GOLDEN, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, and CAROLE GOLDEN, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $20,00.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 14, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded March 17, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-9521, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 14, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded March 17, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-9521, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title,
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.: CL15-3511-4 ROBERT T. CARTER a/k/a ROBERT TAYLOR CARTER, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF ROBERT T. CARTER a/k/a ROBERT TAYLOR CARTER, et al., Defendants. ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2420 Haden Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# S008-0779/00, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Robert T. Carter. An Affidavit having been filed that ROBERT T. CARTER a/k/a ROBERT TAYLOR CARTER, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ROBERT T. CARTER a/k/a ROBERT TAYLOR CARTER, have not been located and haves not filed a response to this action; that MARY BURSTON CARTER a/k/a MARY BRUSO CARTER a/k/a MARY LOUISE CARTER, Who May Be Deceased, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of MARY BURSTON CARTER a/k/a MARY BRUSO CARTER a/k/a MARY LOUISE CARTER, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and haves not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that ROBERT T. CARTER a/k/a ROBERT TAYLOR CARTER, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ROBERT T. CARTER a/k/a ROBERT TAYLOR CARTER, MARY BURSTON CARTER a/k/a MARY BRUSO CARTER a/k/a MARY LOUISE CARTER, Who May Be Deceased, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of MARY BURSTON CARTER a/k/a MARY BRUSO CARTER a/k/a MARY LOUISE CARTER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 18, 2016, 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.: CL14-3610-1 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants. ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2301 Fairfax Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# S000-0459/022, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Company. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that MARSHALL E. McCALL, JR., Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Credit Line Deed of Trust dated May 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded May 12, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-016948, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his successor/s in title; that OLIVER D. RUDY, who may be deceased, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Credit Line Deed of Trust dated May 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded May 12, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-016948, or his successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that GEORGE DUMIGAN and LEAH DUMIGAN, who may be the holders of a $30,000.00 Interest in in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated June 7, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded June 9, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-19400, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that HAROLD H. GOTSCHALL a/k/a HAL GOTTSCHALL and LINDA GOTTSCHALL, who may be the holders of a $18,900.00 Interest in in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated June 7, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded June 9, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-19400, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of a $8,600.00 Interest in in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated
An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940
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