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3 dead in 3 days City inmate deaths raise questions about medical care By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The deaths of three inmates with health problems are once again raising questions about the quality of medical services at Richmond’s jail. All three men suffered health emergencies last week and succumbed, according to the office of veteran Sheriff C.T. Woody Jr. The office identified the inmates as Shawn Samuel Jr., 22, Zachary E. Tuggle, 29, and Javon A. Morris, 38 — the first inmates to die in the year-old Richmond City Justice Center in Shockoe Valley. Mr. Morris, who had a heart condition, was under medical care in the jail while the other two died in their cells from as yet unexplained causes. However, it is now known that Mr. Samuel was diabetic and Mr. Tuggle had epilepsy. Questions hover about whether they were receiving appropriate treatment and medication.

In a statement released Tuesday, Sheriff Woody characterized their deaths as a “private, tragic situation for the families involved, and we mourn with them.” Sheriff Woody Richmond has long had more inmate deaths from medical conditions than any other jail in the area, in part because those arrested often come in with untreated conditions. Since Sheriff Woody took charge of jail operations in 2006, an average of six inmates have died each year of medical conditions among the thousands of people housed annually at the jail. That’s about two to six times the average for other jails in nearby localities. About 1,000 inmates a day are

housed at the jail. The sheriff has defended the standard medical care provided at the jail, calling it better than that received by many of the inmates before incarceration. However, the death rate at the jail was expected to fall sharply after the new Justice Center opened with a state-of-the art medical tier that was developed to upgrade care and reduce the flow of inmates needing hospital treatment. On the city’s website, Sheriff Woody boasts about the medical services that can be provided in the new jail that replaced a crumbling, outdated and overcrowded facility. He notes that the new medical tier has 18 specialty beds and is “designed to provide maximum, onsite care” for the inmates he calls “residents.” Services offered at the Justice Center include X-rays and dialysis. There

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Bojangles’ customer James “J.J.” Minor feels insulted by a manager’s remark made when he returned fast food chicken box filled with cash.

Drive-thru order comes with $4,500 By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The surprising story of Richmonder James “J.J.” Minor and the Bojangles’ fried chicken chain now is circulating everywhere the English language is read, thanks to the Internet and social media. The story began simply enough: Mr. Minor was a customer who wasn’t pleased when the chicken he ordered at a Bojangles’ drive-through window turned out to be cold. So he asked the drive-thru attendant at the chain’s outlet at Laburnum Avenue and Nine Mile Road to replace his order with hotter food. He got a shock when he received a box a few minutes later. Instead of piping hot chicken, he found “a bunch of cash and SunTrust Please turn to A3

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Family of woman found hanged in Texas jail calls for federal probe alma mater, Prairie View A&M University, and would not have taken her own life. However, they Was Sandra Bland murdered? acknowledged that she had posted That’s what distraught family a video blog several months ago and friends of the 28-year-old saying she was struggling with woman are asking after she was depression. discovered hanging by a plastic Her family and other advocates garbage bag in a Texas jail cell have called for U.S. Attorney three days after she was arrested General Loretta Lynch and the during a routine traffic stop that U.S. Justice Department to launch turned confrontational. a federal probe. The coroner’s office quickly The Texas Rangers and the ruled Ms. Bland’s July 13 death FBI are jointly investigating her a suicide. However, in a stunning death. An independent autopsy development late Wednesday, the Ms. Bland has been ordered. Texas district attorney’s office said The case has gained national attention, with questions the autopsy was defective and a second one is needed. Ms. Bland’s family said she moved to Texas from swirling about possible tampering with the dashcam video Chicago and was excited about starting a new job at her retrieved from the arresting Texas trooper’s car and the alleged racist history of the sheriff in charge of the Waller County Jail. At a news conference Monday, Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis said there were “too many questions” to determine how she died and that “this is being treated like a murder investigation.” On Monday, authorities released a three-hour video taken from outside Ms. Bland’s jail cell. The video shows a period of about 90 minutes with no activity in the hallway leading to her cell. The video does not show the inside of her cell or even her cell door. It then shows a deputy reacting to what she sees while looking in the cell, triggering a frenzy of activity.

Bagby handily wins 74th House District seat

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By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Lamont Bagby just jumped from the Henrico School Board into the General Assembly. The 38-year-old Democrat was sworn in this week to the House of Delegates after winning a smashing victory over challenger David M. Lambert, an independent candidate, Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press in Tuesday’s special election for the Lamont Bagby enjoys a triumphant 74th House District seat. moment after being declared The newest member of the Virthe winner of Tuesday’s special ginia Legislative Black Caucus, Mr. election for the 74th District seat Bagby was the clear choice of the in the House of Delegates. nearly 2,600 voters who turned out for the rare summer election to fill the seat Joseph D. Morrissey vacated in the spring to run for a state Senate seat. Mr. Bagby received 2,192 votes, or 85 percent of those cast in the district that includes much of Eastern Henrico County, all of Charles City County and one precinct in Richmond. He won in all three localities, overwhelming Mr. Lambert, who received only 398 votes. Mr. Lambert is the son of late former state Sen. Benjamin J. Lambert III. He is expected to face off again with Mr. Bagby in the Nov. 4 general election for the right to fill the seat for a full two-year term. Tuesday’s result shows Mr. Lambert is a long shot at best. Republican House Speaker William J. Howell, who wanted Mr. Morris-

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Black vendors hoping for bigger score at NFL camp By Joey Matthews

One giant leap All eyes are on 3-year-old Gabrielle Ba as she sails through the air and down a slide. She and her playmates were having fun Saturday at the 2nd Annual Brookland Park Boulevard History Festival on North Side. The free community event attracted hundreds of people and included entertainment, a farmer’s market, health screenings and lots of food and fun. Please see additional photos on B1. Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

The owners of Big Herm’s Kitchen and Croaker’s Spot — two popular local black-owned eateries — hope fans will bring a hardier appetite to the Washington professional football team’s training camp than they did to last year’s. Herman Baskerville, owner of Big Herm’s Kitchen, and Neverett Eggleston Jr., owner of Croaker’s Spot, have their fingers crossed that new camp hours will entice more fans to buy their tasty chicken and fish platters.

The camp is scheduled to open Thursday, July 30, and conclude Sunday, Aug. 16, at the Bon Secours-sponsored facility on West Leigh Street behind the Science Museum of Virginia. Mr. Baskerville and Mr. Eggleston both reported lackluster sales to the Free Press during last year’s camp that attracted about 165,000 fans over 17 days. They complained that early-morning and late-afternoon camp hours hurt their businesses. Practices began about 8:30 most mornings last year, as the D.C. team

tried to avoid the scathing heat, and ended well before the lunch hour. The players did not return to training until after 4 p.m. and the workouts ended before the dinner hour. At this year’s camp, the time between daily sessions has been sliced, with the D.C. team holding walk-through sessions at 10:45 a.m. and returning for practices at 3 p.m. “I hope people will hang around between the two sessions, mingle and buy more Please turn to A3

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The Henrico County Police Department is introducing a new initiative seeking to strengthen its ties with leaders of the faith community. The initiative, known as the Faith Community Coalition, will be introduced at meetings Thursday, July 23, at the Henrico County Training Center, 7701 E. Parham Road, and on Monday, July 27, at the Henrico Theater, 305 E. Nine Mile Road. Both meetings will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Participants at the free sessions will meet station captains and community ofﬁcers who serve in their precincts, said Henrico Police Capt. Linda Toney, who works in the department’s community services ofﬁce. Participants will learn about the coalition’s vision and mission and discuss the department’s training toward fair and impartial policing, she said. For more information: www.henrico.us/police or (804) 5015393. — JOEY MATTHEWS

Slices of life and scenes in Richmond This giant American flag is draped outside the Observation Deck on the 18th floor of City Hall. Mayor Dwight C. Jones had the nearly three-story banner unfurled from the top floor last week in response to a visit from the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Downtown. The flag, which reaches down to the 16th floor, is prominently on display on the Broad Street side of the building.

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Mayor Jones pushes regional effort for ballpark, children’s hospital By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Mayor Dwight C. Jones is hoping to leave more of a legacy when his second term ends in less than 17 months. So he has come up with a new idea: To champion development of an independent, freestanding children’s hospital on North Boulevard in place of The Diamond, the home of the San Francisco Giant’s Double A affiliate the Flying Squirrels. Prospects for the hospital appear to be as much of a long shot as his failed plan to build a new stadium for the Squirrels in Shockoe Bottom. After all, the three hospital systems in the Richmond area — Bon Secours, HCA and VCU — already have rejected the project after years of discussions in which the mayor publicly had little participation. And in a city that lacks the money or borrowing capacity to fix up most of its crumbling schools, the mayor has yet to identify a source of funding for such a hospital, which officials estimated could cost more than $500 million to build and operate. Still, he is pushing ahead. Mayor Jones announced his new big idea last Friday. In doing so, he dropped his go-italone approach to baseball and finally embraced City Council’s call since February for him to try a regional approach in seeking a new home for the Squirrels, though he proffered it as his own idea.

In his announcement, he stated that “the conversation around a freestanding children’s hospital has driven a renewed commitment to regional cooperation among the City of Richmond, Henrico County and Chesterfield County,” particularly on the issue of the stadium. He stated that he began regional talks after advocates for the hospital, mainly pediatricians, surgeons and other children’s physical and mental health specialists, “indicated the Boulevard is their preferred site.” The mayor stated he met with Henrico County Manager John Vithoulkas and Chesterfield County Administrator Jay Stegmaier “to advance this important regional priority” and essentially notify them that the Squirrels could lose their Diamond home after the 2017 season, based on his hopes that the hospital would be on its way to becoming more than talk, even though he would be out of office by then. As a result of the regional discussions and a meeting with Squirrels and Eastern League officials who want a new stadium and believe one was promised when the team moved here six years ago, Mayor Jones stated he and the county leaders forged an agreement on starting the process of creating a new baseball home for the team. The Squirrels will work with the localities to identify potential sites, he said, while he will endorse a City Council proposal to extend the Squirrels’ current lease on The Diamond through 2017. The agreement, he said, also calls for the city

and the county administrations to work together to consider a final site, financing options, construction schedules and other details for a team he described “as a great asset to our region.” At this point, his plan assumes the boards of supervisors of both counties and the council would be on board. Neither Henrico nor Chesterfield’s governing bodies have indicated in recent years that a baseball stadium is a priority for them, given other needs. In fact, in November 2013 when Mayor Jones announced his Shockoe Bottom stadium plan, he indicated that neither Henrico nor Chesterfield had any interest. Later, both counties willingly agreed to transfer ownership of The Diamond, and responsibility for its upkeep, from a regional authority to the city. Still, the mayor optimistically stated that his effort “renews our commitment to an open and comprehensive approach to advancing regional priorities, starting with the children’s hospital.” The mayor’s new approach drew praise from other city leaders. “Regional cooperation is something Richmond City Council has long been an advocate for,” council President Michelle R. Mosby, 9th District, stated in responding to the mayor’s statement. “I’m confident that we can reason together and move forward in a direction that benefits Richmond residents and the metro Richmond community as a whole.” Councilman Parker Agelasto, 5th District, who from the start opposed the mayor’s plan

for a baseball stadium in Shockoe Bottom, said he is pleased that “regional conversations have received a kick start” in providing options for the Squirrels. When it comes to the stadium, he said one thing is clear: “How we would finance it would need to be a regional conversation.” Despite the mayor’s statement eliminating the Boulevard, however, Mr. Agelasto is not ruling out the idea that baseball could remain at its current site, but in a new stadium. “All I heard in conversations was that baseball should be on the Boulevard,” he said. Meanwhile, Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, who supported the plan to move the stadium to Shockoe Bottom, said she’s not certain that the mayor’s statement rules out any site, including Shockoe Bottom. “I wouldn’t say that was out of the picture,” she said. She said as she understands it, the goal is to “explore the best option” in concert with the two counties. As for the hospital, she agrees with the mayor and the physicians pushing the idea that such a children’s medical center “is desperately needed” so that children with rare conditions would not have to leave the area for treatment. Despite the current obstacles, including the lack of interest from the existing hospital companies, she believes “it is possible to work it out” and end up with a hospital. Other council members did not respond to a request for comment.

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food from us,” Mr. Baskerville said. “Nobody made money last year,” he said Monday. “It was humdrum for everyone, no matter what” team officials said publicly. Mr. Eggleston said near the end of last year’s camp, “I’ve been doing this for 64 years, and this was the worst I’ve seen.” He said he hopes to do better this year. Food vendors, restaurants and fast food establishments surrounding the camp also complained that the hours provided little incentive for camp attendees to buy lunch or dinner. Last year was the first time Big Herm’s and Croaker’s Spot were able to sell food inside the camp after a campaign in 2013, led by the late Free Press Editor/Publisher Raymond H. Boone, documented the discriminatory training camp deal that

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of money? Is this a setup? Is someone stealing?” When he asked what would have happened if he hadn’t returned the money, the manager responded with what Mr. Minor considered a snippy remark: “We would’ve called the authorities on you.” He said he quickly felt his good deed was not properly appreciated. “Most folks would just have driven off and learned about their find after they got where they were going,” he said. If Mr. Minor was looking for a sizeable reward,

he didn’t get it. Another manager came out to his car offering effusive thanks and a complimentary tailgate party. He said he didn’t want it. In response, Mr. Minor called the Bojangles’ corporate headquarters. While the company is checking into the situation to make sure it doesn’t happen again, Mr. Minor said he was offered a $100 gift certificate. He turned that down, too. “In the end, it’s not about a cash reward,” he said. “It’s about doing the right thing and not being disrespected by a big corporation when you do.”

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Will parole return to Virginia?

Gov. appoints commission to consider possibility By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Thirty-three elderly inmates from the state prison in Buckingham County have sent a petition to Gov. Terry McAuliffe urging him to consider reinstating parole in Virginia. In the petition, the inmates noted the abolition of parole has “not significantly prevented, reduced or deterred crime.” Instead, the requirement that convicts serve at least 85 percent of their time has ballooned the state prison population from around 18,000 in 1994 to more than 30,000 in 2014, they wrote. “It costs Virginia’s taxpayers approximately $30,000 a year to keep long-term, rehabilitated prisoners locked up for crimes we committed years ago in our youth,” the inmates continued. Studies have shown that parole saves money, costing less than $4,000 per person a year, or seven times less than the cost of housing one prisoner. The savings, the inmates stated, could go to meet other needs, such as “financing

early childhood education; pay raises for underpaid schoolteachers; rebuilding antiquated and dilapidated school buildings; (and providing) community-based” programs to treat drug abuse, reduce domestic and gang violence and serve the homeless and unemployed.” Gov. McAuliffe While it’s unknown how much influence the petition had, what is known is that Gov. McAuliffe has set up a commission to reconsider parole and offer recommendations before the start of the next session of the General Assembly. His move comes as Congress begins to consider whether parole and other reforms are needed to reduce the huge federal prison population. Gov. McAuliffe named Republican Mark Earley, a former state attorney general, to lead the commission with two Democratic members

of his cabinet, Brian Moran, secretary of public safety, and Levar Stoney, secretary of the commonwealth. The governor explained that 20 years have passed since parole was banned during the administration of Republican Gov. George Allen. That time span makes it “appropriate to determine if it is the best, most cost-effective way to keep people safe,” Gov. McAuliffe stated. He said the commission would evaluate the policy, assess progress and public safety outcomes and determine whether the intended goals of abolishing parole for felony offenders have been achieved. In 1994, when parole was abolished, Gov. McAuliffe stated that “supporters argued that abolishing parole and requiring felony offenders to serve at least 85 percent of their sentences would reduce re-offenses and recidivism while strengthening public safety.” He noted that the state has more than adequate data to determine if the policy worked and still needs to be in place.

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also is a hyperbaric oxygen chamber to, among other things, treat infections from diabetes and other diseases. The suite also can offer female inmates gynecological and obstetrical services and there’s space to provide dental services. On the website, Sheriff Woody also celebrates the hiring of NaphCare, a Birmingham, Ala., company that promotes itself as providing top-notch medical services for client correctional facilities. Richmond awarded the company a threeyear, $6.2 million contract last October to provide jail medical services. Portsmouth and Virginia Beach also have hired the company. NaphCare replaced the former provider, Nashville, Tenn.-based Correct Care Solutions that was hired in 2011. Requests for comment from Bradley J. Cain, NaphCare’s general counsel and the company’s designated spokesman, went unanswered. On its website, NaphCare cites its modern practices, including providing a system that creates electronic health records for inmates in the jails its serves and the proactive medical service it provides. That includes a program in which all arriving inmates receive a health assessment and mental health and TB screening before entering the general population. Treatment plans for each inmate also are developed and started immediately to prevent the spread of disease, the company states. “Our staff is trained to always be on the lookout for important clinical issues and to use such opportunities for brief interventions, such as patient-focused education,” the company also states on its website.

“This interaction creates opportunities for scheduling physician visits and mental health evaluations. Reactive care can cause potentially dangerous situations.” But the death of the three inmates suggests shortcomings in the company’s actual practices at Richmond’s jail, which just recently received full accreditation from the Virginia Department of Corrections for complying with all state standards. Mr. Morris was arrested on a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from an incident in March and admitted to the jail July 14, according to court records. He was awaiting a hearing. It’s not clear why he was not released on bond. At some point, he was admitted to the jail’s medical tier. Around 6:46 p.m. July 15, the jail’s medical staff called 911 for medical help to transport Mr. Morris to VCU Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 8:22 p.m. While Sheriff Woody released a statement that Mr. Morris died “a natural death,” the state Medical Examiner’s Office went further, attributing his death to heart disease. The official cause of death was stated to be coronary atherosclerosis, or arterial blockage, a serious condition that might have been relieved if he had been transported to the hospital far sooner. Whether the NaphCare staff on site properly diagnosed and dealt with Mr. Morris’ condition is unknown. The Medical Examiner’s Office lists as “pending” the cause of death of Mr. Samuel and Mr. Tuggle. The family of Mr. Tuggle fears he died because he was not receiving medication to control his seizures. Mr. Tuggle’s attorney, James A. Bullard Jr., a former prosecutor

now in private legal practice, publicly raised the allegation Tuesday that failure to provide medication led to an uncontrolled seizure that killed him. Mr. Tuggle had been in jail since Oct. 31 while awaiting trial on felony charges of illegal possession and concealment of a gun, along with charges of possession of marijuana and larceny. The Sheriff’s Office has not commented on the allegation. The office stated that at 12:24 p.m. July 13, Mr. Tuggle “was involved in a medical emergency in his cell. The medical department responded” along with the city’s Emergency Medical Services personnel. At 1:11 p.m., he was pronounced dead, the sheriff’s office noted. The Sheriff’s Office is jointly investigating his death with Richmond Police and is keeping mum while awaiting the medical examiner’s report. Mr. Samuel, meanwhile, had been at the jail since Sept. 29, the Sheriff’s Office stated. He was serving two years and eight months of a 12-year sentence, 10 years of which were suspended, for conviction on six charges of burglary, larceny and escape. In Mr. Samuel’s case, the Sheriff’s Office also has declined to comment on whether he succumbed because the jail’s medical staff did not allow him to follow the strict regimen of taking insulin that his diabetic condition required. Mr. Samuel was found unresponsive in his cell at 3:15 a.m. July 15 during an inmate bed check. The Sheriff’s Office stated that attempts to revive Mr. Samuel were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at 3:53 a.m. A joint sheriff-police investigation also is underway in his death.

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Lamont Bagby, the newest member of the House of Delegates, center, talks with supporters Tuesday night during his victory celebration at a Shockoe Bottom restaurant. They are, from left, Mayor Dwight C. Jones; restaurant owner Genet Semere; Grant Neely, the mayor’s chief of staff; the Rev. Tyrone E. Nelson of the Henrico County Board of Supervisors; and Levar Stoney, secretary of the commonwealth.

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sey to resign from the legislature because of his recent legal troubles, joined House Democrats in offering Mr. Bagby congratulations. “It hasn’t hit me yet,” Mr. Bagby said as he headed to his victory party at a Shockoe Bottom wine shop and restaurant. “Our team worked hard,” he said. Ahead of the vote, “I felt like we had it. A lot of people were giving me the thumbs up in the last few days.” Mr. Bagby, who was first elected to the Henrico School Board in 2007, said that education would be his top priority in the legislature. The full-time director of operations for the nonprofit Peter Paul Development Center in Richmond, Mr. Bagby said he

wants to be involved in the bipartisan effort to reform the state’s Standards of Learning tests and address other state mandates that local boards face. He said he also wants to have an “impact on bringing jobs to the district” and look at ways to improve the way mental health is addressed by the criminal justice system. “I think sheriffs and commonwealth’s attorneys believe more can be done and I hope to have an impact in that discussion.” Meanwhile, his seat on the School Board is now vacant. He expects the remaining four board members to appoint a temporary replacement to the Fairfield District seat ahead of the upcoming November election. Mr. Bagby said he is endorsing the Rev. Roscoe D. Cooper III, pastor of Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church and a Henrico High School alumnus, in the election.

He also called on the commission to study whether Virginia is properly rehabilitating offenders and preparing them to re-enter communities as productive citizens. He also wants the commission to look at the length of sentences and to consider whether long sentences are appropriate for nonviolent offenders. The governor did not mention one item that the petition from the prisoners underlined — increased use of the governor’s clemency powers to allow early conditional release for elderly prisoners. According to the petition, “between 1994 and 2010, only 15 geriatric prisoners were granted early release despite the growing costs to taxpayers for their end-of-life medical care.” All 33 inmates on the petition are serving long terms. In their petition, they noted their records behind bars show they have learned their lesson and deserve to be considered for conditional released. “As it presently stands, we will die in prison before our release dates unless Gov. McAuliffe exercises his clemency power.”

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Contradicting arguments that she had killed herself, authoriPat Sullivan/Associated Press ties found a Bible and a book Sheriff Smith titled “101 Ways to Find God’s Purpose for Your Life” beside her body. Protesters have staged demonstrations outside the jail, with her case now taken up by people who say it is the latest example of racial bias and excessive force by law enforcement against African-Americans. A memorial for Ms. Bland held at Prairie View A&M on Tuesday night drew about 300 people. “I am angry because of the way she died,” her mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, said at the memorial. “All I want to know is why.” Ms. Bland was arrested July 10 by state Trooper Brian Encinia after he pulled her over for allegedly failing to signal during a lane change. A 52-minute dashcam video of the incident, released by the Texas Department of Public Safety on Tuesday, starts with the end of an unrelated traffic stop. The trooper then makes a U-turn and ends up behind Ms. Bland’s Hyundai Azera with Illinois plates. Her car can be seen in the left-hand lane of two lanes as Trooper Encinia’s patrol car approaches her. She then moves from the left lane into the right lane, and the trooper pulls her over about 4:30 p.m. During the stop, the trooper asks Ms. Bland if she is irritated. She replies that she is upset about being stopped for such a minor issue. The trooper asks her to put out her cigarette. She refuses, saying she is in her own vehicle, and he tells her she is under arrest. At that point, the video shows the trooper demanding she get out of her car. He tries to pull her out. He then points a Taser and shouts: “I will light you up.” When she finally steps out of the vehicle, the trooper orders her to the side of the road. There, the confrontation continues off-camera, but it is still audible. The two keep yelling at each other as the officer tries to put Ms. Bland in handcuffs and waits for other troopers to arrive. Still off camera, Ms. Bland can be heard protesting her arrest, repeatedly using expletives and calling the trooper a “pussy.” She screams that he’s about to break her wrists and complains that he knocked her head into the ground. Ms. Bland was taken into custody and charged with assaulting an officer, a felony. Three days later, authorities found her hanging in her jail cell, sparking national outrage and many unanswered questions about her death. Trooper Encinia, 30, has been put on administrative leave after a preliminary investigation found he violated the Texas Department of Public Safety’s traffic stop and courtesy procedures during the stop. He has been a state trooper with the department for a little more than a year. He previously worked as a district chief at a fire department, according to his LinkedIn profile. Critics also are accusing the Texas Department of Public Safety of editing the dashcam tape because there are several spots in which cars and people disappear and reappear. Also, the audio ends more than a minute before the video images do. In a statement to reporters Wednesday morning, Tom Vinger, press secretary for the state police agency, said the video was unedited and blamed the problem on technology. Officials promised to upload a glitch-free video of the traffic stop later on Wednesday. Waller County Sheriff Glenn Smith, who made the initial public comments about Ms. Bland’s death, reportedly was suspended and later fired as police chief of Hempstead, Texas, in 2007 because of complaints of racism. Ms. Bland’s body has been flown back to Chicago by her family, with her funeral scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, July 25, at the DuPage African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lisle, Ill., where she was active in several of the church’s ministries, including the Girl Scouts, Sisters in Praise & Voices of Tomorrow and with the Women’s Day Committee. The Rev. James F. Miller, pastor of the suburban Chicago church, posted a note on the church website stating that in tribute to Ms. Bland, the church had a “Prayer Walk” Sunday around the grounds, “as a public expression of unity and a desire for justice in her case along with so many others.” He also noted that a petition urging “a comprehensive investigation with integrity” regarding the circumstances surrounding her death would be circulated.

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Pamela V. Hammond is on track to become the first woman to lead Virginia State University in the school’s 132-year history, the Free Press has learned. School sources said Dr. Hammond, the current provost or chief academic officer at Hampton University, has emerged as the board of visitors’ choice to become interim president to replace Dr. Keith T. Miller, who submitted his resignation Oct. 31. The sources said Dr. Hammond is scheduled to meet with the board this Thursday, Nov. 13 — the date the board set for choosing an interim leader for the university in Ettrick. If all goes well, the board is expected to vote approval and introduce her as the choice for interim chief executive during the session, the sources said. The sources said Dr. Hammond is expected to serve while the board conducts a national search for the school’s 14th president. She would be regarded as a potential candidate, sources said, depending on her work as interim. Her start date could not be learned, but it could be soon after Jan. 1. Dr. Miller is to officially leave the post Dec. 31. A former nurse educator, Dr. Hammond will take over a public university grappling with major budget troubles as a result of an enrollment drop of more than 1,000 students. The problems led to cuts in student services and could force faculty and staff layoffs. She will arrive as VSU experiments with a new schedule

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Coach Michele Drayton enjoys being back with her players and assistant coach Wade Ellegood in the Albert H. Hill Middle School gymnasium Tuesday.

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“I felt loved and appreciated,” Coach Drayton told the Free Press Wednesday. “It was a special feeling for me to be back and get such a welcome. “It was like coming home,” she added. Parents of the players, along with her Albert Hill colleagues, walked over and welcomed her back with more hugs and well wishes. Although still weak from the stroke, Coach Drayton sat on the gymnasium bench and watched as her assistant, Wade Ellegood, coached Albert Hill to a win over Elkhardt in the Richmond Public Schools middle school playoff opener. “I felt like taking over, but he did a good job,” a happy Coach Drayton said afterward of her anxiety of having to watch,

instead of coach. Albert Hill lost its next game to the team from Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School last Thursday in the playoff semifinals. But the Albert Hill players and Coach Drayton have much to be proud of. The team completed an 11-1 season, which included a 10-0 regular season. Under Coach Drayton, Albert Hill has recorded four consecutive unbeaten regular seasons and won the middle school league championship in 2011, finishing 13-0. Coach Drayton, 46, said she knew something was seriously amiss just prior to suffering the stroke. She had been experiencing a series of headaches and felt

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for providing information that resulted in the quick arrest. “The community really came together to seek justice for little Marty, the hero,” he said. Police said Marty’s sister first reported the attacker to be a white male, but later recanted and identified a black, 16-yearold neighbor as the attacker. She told police the teenager had threatened to hurt her if she told on him. It has been reported the suspect’s name is Mariese Washington. He has a history of violent behavior that includes a 2010 attack in the Mosby Court housing community on a 3-year-old boy. He hit the boy in the back of the head with a hammer. Th attack required the child to receive 100 staples and a metal plate in his head. The boy has spent four years in recovery, according to his family. The alleged killer of Marty made his first appearance in Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on Monday in front of Judge Ashley K. Tunner. Authorities have declined to identify the suspect because

Will Mayor Dwight C. Jones be throwing out the first pitch at a new Shockoe Bottom baseball stadium two years from now? Not likely, if a City Council revolt against the stadium succeeds. Five members, led by Jonathan T. Baliles, the 1st District representative and potential 2016 mayoral candidate, undertook the revolt. They did so by removing from the proposed budget $12.6 million that was considered essential to creating a new home for the minor league Richmond Flying Squirrels in the low-lying area of Downtown where the city was born and that later became infamous as the largest slave market north of New Orleans. Sending shockwaves through City Hall, the five began the revolt against the stadium last Thursday as the nine council members worked to craft the next capital budget, the spending plan for city construction. The stadium money was earmarked to redo underground piping for flood control. Without the money, the work to meet federal regulations for building in a flood plain could not be done. The stadium site near 17th and East Broad streets is defined as being in the flood plain. Mr. Baliles was joined in the decision to remove the $12.6 million and reallocate it to other city needs, such as improvements for aging school buildings, by Council President Charles R. Samuels, 2nd District; Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District; and the two staunch stadium foes, Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District, and Reva M. Trammell, 8th District. The four members who wanted to keep the stadium money in place included: Council Vice President Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District; Kathy C. Graziano, 4th District; Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District, and Michelle R. Mosby, 9th District. The move is the first clear evidence that the mayor and his legion of business supporters

Shamika Fauntleroy accompanied her father Tuesday morning from their hometown of Tappahannock to the VCU Medical Center, where he was to undergo surgery. “My father looked at me when we got there and told me to go take care of my business first,” Ms. Fauntleroy told the Free Press. She and her longtime partner, Kristea Thompson, then drove the short distance to the John Marshall Courts Building in Richmond’s Downtown, where they bought a marriage license around 10 a.m. The two Tappahannock residents became the first African-American couple and 12th overall to purchase a marriage license from the Richmond Circuit Court Clerk’s Office after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex marriages in Virginia and four /A6 other states Monday. They told the Free Press they plan to wed as soon as they can make the arrangements. The partners of 10 years already had celebrated their union at a Sept. 6 commitment service with family and friends at a home off Riverside Drive on South Side. “We already had that bond, but we wanted to take care of it legally as well,” Ms. Fauntleroy said. On Monday, the Supreme Court effectively allowed same-sex marriage to proceed in Virginia when it refused to take up a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that overturned the same-sex marriage ban. Gay and lesbian couples hurried to Virginia courthouses shortly after the news. Edward F. Jewett, clerk of the Richmond Circuit Court, said his office anticipated the change and, in August, changed gender references on marriage licenses to refer instead to spouses rather than husband and wife. Ms. Fauntleroy, 28, said she was on her job as an assistant manager at a Hardee’s restaurant in Warsaw when she heard the news that the marriage ban had been lifted. “I was like this,” she said, gleefully raising her arms with a mile-wide smile. “We had waited so long for this moment.” She called the Essex County Circuit Court about a license, “but they had no idea what had happened and could not help us,” she said. That’s when she and Ms. Thompson formulated plan B — to buy a license in Richmond. “This brings me the happiness I always wanted, to be able to legally say I’m going to share my life with her,” Ms. Fauntleroy said, sitting outside the John Marshall building with her future wife. “It’s a blessing,” Ms. Thompson, 30, an employee at June Parker Oil Co. in Tappahannock, added. “This shows things are Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press changing in each and every way.”

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Above, Martin “Marty” Cobb, 8, was killed while defending his beloved 12-year-old sister during a sexual assault on her last Thursday on South Side; right, grieving children comfort each other at Saturday evening’s community vigil to honor Marty.

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Eight-year-old Martin “Marty” Cobb and his 12-year-old sister had a special bond. They were by all accounts inseparable as siblings, best friends and playmates. “They were never apart,” said the Rev. Theodore L. Hughey, the pastor at Abundant Life Church of God in Christ, the family’s church. They would ride bikes and big wheelers together, play side by side with children in their South Side neighborhood and brag about their mother’s fine down-home cooking, he told the Free Press.

Marty had a special affinity for keys of any type, the pastor added. In a tragic event that has captured the nation’s heart, Marty now is being fondly remembered as a courageous hero. Local and national media are telling the heart-rending story of how Marty died last Thursday afternoon bravely trying to protect his beloved sister from a sexual predator as they played near railroad tracks behind the family’s home in the 200 block of Brandon Road. A 16-year-old boy was arrested Saturday and charged with Marty’s murder and the attack on his sister, who sur-

vived and is recovering at a local hospital. Marty died from severe head trauma, police later reported. Neighbors reported the attacker struck Marty in the head with a brick. Last Saturday evening, about 200 family members, friends, neighbors and other community members somberly gathered outside Abundant Life to honor the endearing child with the small frame, indomitable spirit and warm, loving smile. Prior to the vigil, loved ones assembled around a sign in Marty’s yard that read: “Martin: A real hero lived, fought and died here.”

“Little Marty is a hero,” stated City Council member Reva M. Trammell, who spoke at the vigil and represents the 8th District where the grieving family lives. “He was there when his sister needed him the most,” she added in response to a Free Press query. “Marty’s beautiful smile and his love for his sister will always be with us. Marty will always be in our hearts, and he will never, ever be forgotten.” Charles Willis, executive director of the Citizens Against Crime group that has helped lead vigils for more than 20 years in the city, said the turnout reflects a caring community. “Even though a crisis of this nature happens, this shows the strength of not only the city, but of the community,” Mr. Willis said. “When trouble comes to any community, we will respond in a positive fashion.” He described Marty’s mother, Sharain Spruill, as “very, very, very upset as well as hurt and trying to wrap her mind around why this happened her son.” Major Steve Drew, who directs Support Services with the Richmond Police Department, praised neighborhood residents

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Shamika Fauntleroy, left, and Kristea Thompson are planning a wedding ceremony after obtaining a marriage license Tuesday at the John Marshall Courts Building in Downtown.

Court ruling moves Va. to historic change By Jeremy M. Lazarus and Joey Matthews

Virginia joined the tidal wave of historic change this week, with the U.S. Supreme Court opening the door for same-sex marriage in the commonwealth. The nation’s highest court at its opening session Monday refused to take up a ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that overturned Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban. By leaving intact Virginia’s lower court ruling striking down a ban on gay marriage, as well

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Adilrah Johnson, 8, enjoys fresh-cut fries held by her mother, Shoshana. Mother and daughter tasted their way through Sunday’s GRAZE on Grace, a foodie’s delight. The first-time event featured nearly 30 restaurants and specialty food providers celebrating local and seasonal cuisine — from oysters on the half shell to banana tacos. Location: East Grace Street, between North 4th and North 7th streets.

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This is a view of the decaying property Montoya D. Phipps bought from the City of Petersburg for $5,000 and recently sold for $50,000. Location: 530-32 Fleet St., just across the Appomattox River from Virginia State University.

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where he, too, resides. There is no evidence that Mr. Myers pushed the sale of the property in the 500 block of Fleet Street to Mr. Phipps. Petersburg council records also support Mr. Myers’ assertion that “I had no involvement” in the vote approving the sale. Mr. Myers is listed as abstaining from the otherwise unanimous vote of support for the recommendation from City Manager William Johnson III to sell the Fleet Street property to Mr. Phipps without any strings attached. But even if there was no connection to Mr. Myers, this sale exemplifies the shortcomings of the program whose goal is to rev up development and job creation in a city that

Virginia State University is heading into its biggest game of the season minus a key component — quarterback Tarian Ayres. Mr. Ayres, a 20-year-old sophomore from Dillwyn, has been suspended from playing in the CIAA championship game Saturday against Winston-Salem State University, school officials announced. The school-mandated suspension stems from Mr. Ayres’ arrest Sunday, Nov. 9, on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, underage possession of alcohol and speeding. He was arrested 2:05 a.m. Sunday about 25 miles southeast of Ettrick in Waverly, where he was stopped on U.S. 460. Mr. Ayres was clocked driving 52 mph in a 35 mph zone, and was spotted crossing the highway’s double solid line near Main Street. Waverly Police Officer C.M. Washington said he determined Mr. Ayres was intoxicated after administering sobriety checks, including a breathalyzer test. There were two passengers in Mr. Ayres’ car at the time of the arrest. He is scheduled to appear Nov. 18 in Sussex County General District Court.

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Montague D. Phipps had big dreams three years ago when he bought a derelict duplex from the City of Petersburg for the rock-bottom price of $5,000. But when his dreams fell apart, he still came out ahead. He recently sold the still-ramshackle building for $50,000 — a far different outcome than he and the Petersburg government envisioned when Mr. Phipps was approved to buy the property in 2011. His case is attracting attention in part because he was able to flip the property for a profit and because of his ties to Petersburg City Councilman W. Howard Myers, who defeated a challenger Nov. 4 to win a second term as the Ward 5 representative.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. Just months after stepping down as head of the nation’s largest civil rights organization, former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous is changing his career from an East Coast political activist to a West Coast venture capitalist. It’s a switch he hopes will help further his goal of growing opportunities for black people and Latinos in the booming tech economy. “My life’s mission has been leveling the playing field and closing gaps in opportunity and success,” Mr. Jealous, 41, said. “I’m excited about trying a difMr. Jealous ferent approach.” The Northern California native and selfconfessed computer geek will be joining entrepreneurs Mitchell Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein at their venture capital investment firm that backs information technology start-ups committed to making a positive social impact. Fred Turner, who studies culture and technology as an associate professor at Stanford University, said it’s “fascinating that a person of his caliber and experience would move into this space.” Mr. Turner said there’s a deep question going on in the U.S. about how to accomplish positive social change. “In the Silicon Valley, they approach it entrepreneurially. In Washington, they approach it politically,” Mr. Turner said. “These are two very different modes.” Mr. Jealous said he and his family will remain in Silver Spring, Md., but he’ll commute to the West Coast about once a month. Mr. Jealous was named to the NAACP’s top post in 2008 after Free Press Editor/Publisher

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Nicole Pries, left, and Lindsey Oliver kiss after an impromptu ceremony outside the Downtown courthouse Monday. They became the first same-sex couple to wed in Richmond.

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Two years ago, the Republican-controlled General Assembly was accused of creating new congressional districts that packed Democratic-leaning black voters into the 3rd House District, reducing the influence of black voters on congressional elections in adjacent districts. This week, a divided federal court panel upheld critics’ complaints in finding that black voters were illegally overloaded into the district represented by

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Latin Ballet members Monte Jones and Ana Ines King deliver a flashy dance move Saturday at the lively ¿Qué Pasa? Festival in Downtown. The event’s name translates to “what’s happening” in English, and there was plenty happening at this spring showcase of Latin American culture, music, art and food. Location: The Canal Walk near 14th and Canal streets.

LOS ANGELES R&B superstar Chris Brown finally got some good news. A Los Angeles judge has said that the Tappahannock, Va., native could be released as early as this week from jail if attorneys can agree to terms for his release. The news comes as the pop star deals with criminal cases on the East Coast and West Coast. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Brandlin had earlier indicated Mr. Brown could be facing anywhere from a few months to more than a year in jail. Unfortunately for him, Mr.

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Virginia’s lone black congressman, Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott. Rep. Scott, a Democrat, has represented the district for 22 years. The district includes parts of Richmond, Newport News, Hampton and Norfolk and the counties of Henrico and Prince George, and all of Petersburg and Portsmouth and the counties of Rep. Scott Charles City and Surry. In a 2-1 decision, the panel deemed the current map in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause and ordered the state legislature to redraw the boundaries of the district by April 1. If not, the federal court panel will redraw the lines. Tuesday’s decision is expected to have a ripple effect and require redrawing the boundaries of the adjacent 2nd and 4th House districts and possibly others to rebalance populations.

The 2nd and 4th districts are represented by Republican Reps. Scott Rigell and J. Randy Forbes, respectively. But the upcoming congressional elections scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 4, will go forward with the current district lines. Along with writing the opinion for the panel’s majority, Judge Allyson K. Duncan of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also issued a separate order allowing the November elections to “proceed as scheduled under the existing redistricting plan,” but she barred future elections until a new redistricting plan is adopted. She and U.S. District Judge Liam O’ Grady, who joined her opinion, deemed it too late to do anything for the current round of elections. The third member of the panel, U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne, found no reason to overturn the redistricting plan.

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on a Richmond radio talk show. “We’re going to work through the challenges we have today and come out of this a bigger, a better and a stronger university,” Dr. Miller told the audience of “The Jack Gravely Show.” In addition, Dr. Miller has announced he will hold separate meetings for students and faculty to provide more information on the school’s fiscal outlook and on the steps the university is taking to overcome what it now lists as a $19 million shortfall in revenue. He is slated to hold the town hall-style sessions

DALLAS The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States died Wednesday morning in a hospital here. The case of Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian who came to the United States on Sept. 20, put health authorities on alert for the deadly virus spreading outside of West Africa. About 48 people who Mr. Duncan had direct or indirect contact with Mr. Duncan since his arrival were being monitored, but none have shown any symptoms as of Wednesday evening, according to health officials. Mr. Duncan’s case has led to expanded efforts by U.S. authorities to combat the spread of Ebola at its source in West Africa — and raised questions about the effectiveness of airport screening and hospital preparedness. Mr. Duncan, 42, became ill after arriving in Dallas to visit family. He went to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Sept. 25, but initially was sent home with antibiotics. His

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Dr. Keith T. Miller is pushing back against perceptions that he has been secretive and lacks the leadership skills to overcome Virginia State University’s financial woes. Facing student protests, faculty grumbling and alumni concerns about the university’s money troubles, Dr. Miller is taking fresh steps to open lines of communication and to quell efforts to force him to resign. Last week, he appeared with Hyisheem Calier, president of VSU’s Student Government Association,

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construction projects and in repairing broken streetlights, administration officials have told the council. So far, the mayor remains mum on whether he would consider vetoing some or all of council’s changes to his spending plan. The full list of changes that the council plans to make to Mayor Jones’ proposed twoyear budget will be on view Friday, May 8. That’s when the governing body will hold a special meeting to formally introduce its amendments to the mayor’s budget for the 2016 and 2017 fiscal years that will begin July 1. Council is to vote on its proposals Friday, May 15, at another special meeting. Christopher L. Beschler, the city’s acting chief administrative officer (CAO), said the council’s proposals “will have a impact,” but he said he and his staff would need more time to understand the effects that council’s changes will cause. For Selena Cuffee-Glenn,

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complaint involves only one or two incidents. In a decision issued May 7, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that even isolated incidents of racial abuse such as the one Ms. Boyer-Liberto faced can be enough to allow workers to seek damages and also to create a cause of action against employers who terminate a worker for reporting such abuse. Essentially, the court sent a message that racial bigotry has no place in the workplace. All 15 sitting judges of the court participated in hearing the

A Maryland waitress who was fired after reporting that a manager twice called her “a porch monkey” has become a key figure in bolstering protections for workers who face racial harassment and abuse on the job. A federal appeals court in Richmond is using the civil rights lawsuit that Reya C. Boyer-Liberto filed against the resort hotel where she worked in 2010 to bolster efforts of workers who seek legal redress for a hostile workplace — even when their

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Rayvon Owen’s eyes sparkled with delight. When the limousine carrying Rayvon and his mother, Patrice Fitzgerald, pulled up to the James Center in Downtown last Friday, about 1,000 cheering fans were waiting for him in the rain. “It’s crazy! It’s an insane feeling! I’m overwhelmed by happiness!” he told a Free Press reporter. Rayvon, who attended the Center for the Arts at Henrico High School and sang in the Richmond Boys Choir, returned home to a hero’s welcome after earning a spot in the Top 4 in the popular “American Idol” nationally televised singing competition. It is broadcast locally on Fox’s WRLH-TV Channel 35 in the Richmond area. While he was eliminated Wednesday night, he elicited

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“We take an all-hands-on-deck approach to educating our children.” That’s how George Washington Carver Elementary School Principal Kiwana Yates enthusiastically describes the full community involvement approach she and her staff utilize. With it, they have achieved academic success against tall odds in the largely impoverished community served by the school at 1110 W. Leigh St. “Each school faces different challenges,” the third-year Carver principal told the Free Press. “A kid is a kid, and it doesn’t really matter where they come from. It takes a level of excellence from the teacher and the ability of the school to meet the needs of each child.” Carver is among only 11 of Richmond’s 44 public schools to earn full accreditation from the Virginia Department of Education after surpassing state standards in four core Standards of Learning tests administered last spring. Carver, with 95 percent of its 592 students in kindergarten through fifth grade being African-American, scored an average of 90 in science, 88 in English and 84 each in math and history. At least 75 percent of a school’s students must pass English and at least 70 percent must pass the other three tests in order for the school to be fully accredited. Carver also has been recognized as a Title I Distinguished School by the Virginia Department of Education. To qualify, a disadvantaged school receiving additional federal aid must meet all state and federal accountability requirements for two years and achieve average reading and mathematic SOL scores at the 60th percentile or higher. The school’s theme this year is “The Jewel of the Carver Community.” Early in the school year, Ms. Yates and her staff organized an “SOLabration,” a day of creative learning activities capped by a family fun night to recognize their accreditation. Staff wore “SOLabration” shirts to mark the day.

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cheers from audience members in the California studio and brought a positive spotlight to Richmond. “He has made our city and our region so very proud,” Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones told the cheering audience of fans of all ages gathered for his homecoming celebration — from adoring teens to joyous office workers, including a Chesterfield County mom who presented Rayvon with a box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Rayvon was joined by 2006 “American Idol” finalist Elliott Yamin of Richmond, who congratulated him with a big bear hug. The mayor called Rayvon “a positive role model” for young people from the area. Ready to sing, Rayvon took the microphone and bellowed,

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The Richmond Police Department has stayed free of public accusations of police brutality as “Black Lives Matter” demonstrations grow locally and across the nation to protest atrocities by white police officers in the black community. The nearly 740-officer force has garnered mostly praise for its community policing efforts to gain closer ties with neighborhoods in the city it serves. Incoming Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham vows to take those efforts up a notch. “There’s always room for improvement,” the 51-year-old Washington native and current Richmond Police deputy chief of administration said Monday after he was introduced by Major Dwight C. Jones as the city’s next police chief in a news conference at City Hall. The mayor named his new top cop as a national furor grows over killings by white police officers of unarmed black men such as Eric Garner in New York City in July; Michael Brown Jr. in Ferguson, Mo., in August; and Rumain Brisbon in Phoenix in December. In Richmond, young people in recent weeks have demonstrated and staged “die-ins” in Downtown and in the Fan District to draw attention to mthe police killings and the overall neglect of the black community. m “I want to acknowledge that

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Joyce Kenney holds an image of her grandson, Ra’Keem Adkins, 22, who was shot and killed in the Mosby Court public housing community May 7. Right, more than 200 people, including Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham, march from Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School to Mosby Court calling for an end to the violence.

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applause about a dozen times. However, he bluntly told the audience of city officials, politicos, community advocates and ordinary citizens, “We’ll reach our full potential only when we move beyond the tale of two cities.” He cited some of his administration’s povertyfighting efforts. Among those: • Opening the new Office of Community Wealth Building last June to spearhead the city’s anti-poverty initiatives. • Building new schools such as the $63 million Huguenot High School, the first new high school in the city since 1968. • Reducing concentrated pockets of poverty in the East End by transforming public housing communities into mixed-income neighborhoods. • Attracting new businesses, such as Stone Brewing Company in the Fulton neighborhood, to expand the city’s tax base and provide jobs. • Increasing workforce training. • Landing a $25 million federal grant for bus rapid transit along Broad Street from Rocketts Landing in the East End to Willow Lawn so people can get to jobs. • Opening the new Richmond Justice Center in Shockoe Valley and the Day Reporting Center in Downtown to provide more opportunities for offenders to gain rehabilitative services and decrease their prospects of returning to jail.

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Mayor Dwight C. Jones spoke of “a tale of two cities” in his State of the City address. “Right now, one part of town is vibrant, prosperous and forward-looking,” he told an attentive audience of about 300 people Jan. 29 in the auditorium at Huguenot High School on South Side. “And then when you cross the Martin Luther King Bridge, you find another Richmond — one that has largely been ignored, overlooked and shunned. “The old Richmond allowed a generation of Richmonders to believe that they don’t have a chance to succeed,” he added. “Leaders made a decision to create public housing projects and push thousands of poor people into them.” The mayor spoke of a “resurgent” city early and often in his 22-minute speech that was greeted with

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For most of her adult life, Joyce Kenney has been an advocate for people living in the Mosby Court public housing community and other poor neighborhoods in the city. In that time, she has lobbied for more resources for people in disadvantaged communities. She also has attended countless vigils to comfort those mourning the deaths of their loved ones due to violence in the streets. On Tuesday night, it was Ms. Kenney’s turn to be consoled by community members. Her grandson, Ra’Keem Adkins, 22, was one of five shooting victims in Richmond May 7. He was shot multiple times and died on the sidewalk in the 1900 block of Redd Street shortly after 10 p.m. in Mosby Court in the city’s East End. Earlier in the day, Sylvester Nichols, 24, was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Family Dollar Store in the 6500 block of Midlothian Turnpike on South Side. A third man also was shot that night about three miles away and taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Angered by the ongoing black-on-black violence in the city, community activist J.J. Minor said he began planning an anti-violence rally last Saturday with the Mosby Court Tenant Council and fellow activist Charles Willis, who grew up in Mosby Court. “I’m tired and frustrated by the blackon-black crime,” Mr. Minor told the Free Press prior to the rally as he and other volunteers prepared hamburgers and hot dogs to serve along with potato chips, soft drinks and water to rally attendees.

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He pointed to a decrepit basketball court a few yards from where Mr. Adkins was killed. The baskets had bent rims and no nets. “Look at that,” he said, shaking his head. “The city needs to step up to the plate and put more resources in impoverished communities.” He said he plans to contact community members, city officials, educators, business leaders and faith leaders to convene Please turn to A5

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BALTIMORE There’s an uneasy quiet in Baltimore after six police officers were charged last week in the mysterious death of Freddie Gray while he was in their custody. Underneath the calm simmers apprehension and anger in the African-American community — ready to erupt again at any moment — if there’s another incident of police brutality against a black man in the town known as “Charm City.” That grim reality was clear Monday afternoon when angry community members

and officers in riot gear quickly converged in West Baltimore after an erroneous TV report stated police had shot and perhaps fatally injured a young African-American man who was seen running away from pursuing officers. The volatile scene was near where Mr. Gray, 25, was arrested by Baltimore police on April 12 and later M hospitalized with severe spinal and larynx injuries suffered

after being handcuffed and tossed into a police van. He died April 19. But on Twitter, the Baltimore police department said reports of a man being shot were “not true,” and the potentially violent situation was defused. Baltimore has been on edge since Mr. Gray’s death. His death sparked days of peaceful protests that were marred by violence just hours after Mr. Gray’s funeral April 27. A citywide curfew was lifted Sunday, and Maryland Nation

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By Jeremy M. Lazarus until the Petersburg City Council decides whether to build a new The Petersburg City Jail is holding facility at a projected going to be shut down in March cost of $5 million. — forcing Petersburg Sheriff Sheriff Crawford, who has Vanessa Crawford to lay off the been fighting the decision, almajority of her staff of 98 depuready has warned that Petersburg ties and civilian employees. would have to pay Riverside Petersburg Mayor W. Howard nearly $3 million a year to house Myers announced Monday that the city’s inmates. That’s about the decision is final. as much as the city now spends Sheriff Crawford Saying Petersburg cannot afto operate its own jail. ford the $22 million to replace its antiquated The city also would incur a bigger bill for jail, Mayor Myers said that effective March prisoner transportation expenses and would 1, all new arrestees would be housed at the tie up police officers who will have to travel Riverside Regional Jail, located about 10 farther to book prisoners, she said. miles away in Prince George County. Sheriff Crawford said the decision would Current inmates would be transferred on force her to lay off at least 55 of her 78 or about March 15 to the regional facility deputies. She also will have to eliminate a that opened in 1997, was expanded in 2010 major share of the department’s 20 civiland can house up to 2,000 inmates. ian employees. The Petersburg jail, which houses about She and the remaining staff would be 200 inmates, dates to 1968. limited to providing security at the holding Petersburg is one of seven localities facility and the courthouse and serving civil that built and manages Riverside Regional papers. She noted that salaries of the half Jail. The city’s women prisoners already dozen deputies she would need to staff are housed there. the lockup would have to be paid by the After the transfer is complete, the city. The state only picks up the salaries mayor said the jail’s only use would be of deputies assigned to a jail. as a temporary lockup for inmates going Please turn to A4 to court or awaiting transfer to Riverside

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Selena Cuffee-Glenn just received a $5,700 salary bump — from $203,000 a year to $208,700 — though she will not start work as the city’s top administrator until Monday, May 18. mm HerM benefits package also has been m sweetened with a $5,700 increase in a retirement benefit paid by the city. City Council asked no questions about the unexpected pay hike in voting 9-0 Monday to confirm the former Suffolk city manager as Richmond’s new chief administrative officer. In mid-April when Mayor Dwight C. Jones announced Ms. Cuffee-Glenn Ms. Cuffee-Glenn as his choice for the No. 2 post at City Hall, he said she would start at $203,000 a year. WstipuHis staff even produced the offer letter she signed lating her salary and a host of other benefits, including a $950 monthly car allowance and $15,000 a year in deferred compensation, essentially a retirement savings plan. Her new starting pay of $208,700 is listed in the ordinance that council members approved without public comment. Her deferred pay now is shown as $20,700 a year, with a $1,000 increase for each year of service, according to the ordinance. One thing that was eliminated in the altered package is the $950 monthly car allowance, which would have totaled to $11,400 a year. Apparently, Ms. Cuffee-Glenn traded the car allowance for improved starting pay and an increase in deferred compensation. Asked about the changes, Tammy Hawley, the press secretary for Mayor Jones, responded that the mayor and Ms. Cuffee-Glenn “ended up renegotiating some things.”

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“I’ve tried to commit suicide multiple times,” she said. “I’ve had many friends who face homelessness, have been incarcerated, many who don’t graduate from high school and others who got pregnant. “Life’s rough when you don’t have any support,” she continued. “Imagine not having anybody to call on Mother’s Day.” Now 22, Ms. Smith lives in Hillside Court in South Richmond. She spoke with a Free Press reporter last week at the West End headquarters of the Children’s Home Society of Virginia, an organization that she credits with providing her with services and guidance. The organization is collaborating with the Better Housing Coalition in Richmond to provide housing and supportive services to young adults being booted out of foster care on their 18th birthday. The Possibilities Project, as the collaboration is called, would start by housing 20 young people early next year, then add more

young adults as the project develops. In Virginia, children automatically “age out” of foster care when they reach age 18. According to the Children’s Home Society, about 700 young people fall into that category Ms. Smith each year in Virginia. Within two years, according to the organization, one in four of those young people will be incarcerated, one in five will be homeless and fewer than one in six will graduate from high school. Advocates point out that housing is an

especially critical need for this young and vulnerable population. They provided sad and gripping accounts of how some teens in foster care are packed up and taken to homeless shelters when they turn 18. One available option is independent living programs that are coordinated through local social services departments in Virginia. Youths no longer eligible for foster care can get housing until age 21 as long as they adhere to a contract requiring they are enrolled in school, working or in a counseling or treatment program. The contracts are personalized, designed to meet the specific needs of the young person. While under contract, they can receive Please turn to A4

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Did the Democratic Party of Virginia violate the U.S. Constitution and the federal Voting Rights Act in choosing its nominee to compete in a recent special election for a House of Delegates seat? Yes, say three African-Americans, who are taking their case to federal court. The trio allege the party trampled on their voting rights and those of thousands of Democrats like them in its zeal to eliminate Henrico Delegate Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey as a nominee in the election he went on to win Jan. 13 as an independent. David M. Lambert, Gary G. Hill Sr. and his sister-in-law, Linda D. Hill, filed the suit Friday. According to their suit, the Democrats’ method of nomination intentionally excluded them and other African-American voters living in the majority-black 74th House of Delegates District, which includes Charles City County, 26 precincts

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Doing the dawdle Sometimes it takes this city forever to get things done. Take the statue to the great lady of Richmond, Maggie L. Walker, who rose from poverty to become, among other things, the first African-American female to charter and run a bank in this country. Richmond just celebrated the 151st birthday of Mrs. Walker on July 15. A statue honoring this activist go-getter who made things happen during a time of harsh segregation and male domination has been talked about for at least 15 years. Things finally started moving in 2013 when City Council approved funding for the statue at the request of Mayor Dwight C. Jones. The vote came with little fanfare. As a result of the funding for the statue, the city’s Public Art Commission, which is responsible for developing monuments, markers, statues and similar items on city property, put the Maggie Walker statue on its to-do list. A year ago, the commission began the process of selecting a sculptor. We researched it and found that the winning sculptor was selected in March. If you haven’t heard about it, don’t be surMaggie L. Walker prised. The commission refuses to say who has been selected. Neither will the Jones administration. And that’s as far as this project has gone. Why the delay and the secrecy? The site apparently is still up in the air. Since 2000, City Council has designated it to be placed at Lonesome Pine Park — the little triangle with a tree in it where Broad Street, Adams Street and Brook Road converge. Council’s reason: The site would provide prominent frontage on Richmond’s main drag. However, advocates inside the administration and the commission argue for putting the statue in Abner Clay Park at West Leigh Street and Brook Road in the heart of Jackson Ward, the historic center of Richmond’s black community and where Mrs. Walker’s bank and other operations were located before and after her death in 1934. There is some logic to that idea. The city is targeting Abner Clay Park for a $750,000 facelift in the next two years, and the new home of the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia is being developed in a historic armory across Leigh Street. None of this, of course, is being talked about publicly. So now, in the midst of the information vacuum, and the tempest over Confederate symbols on public property, the public has started to weigh in — with calls and Facebook posts suggesting the city raise a statue to Mrs. Walker on Monument Avenue. Because the tree-lined avenue’s best sites are taken by monuments to Confederate traitors, advocates urge that at least one of those statues should go, most notably the one to Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States during the Civil War who now serves as a poster child for white supremacists. What is clear is that Mayor Jones and his administration, as well as the Public Art Commission, have lollygagged long enough to ensure the statue project cannot get done in time for the international bike races in September that the mayor and others claim will bring thousands of visitors to Richmond and be broadcast nationally and overseas. Instead, visitors and viewers abroad will see Richmond’s attachment to its inglorious past — through an elegant boulevard of statuary memorializing its Confederate past as the capital of slavery. The optics aren’t good. Whether this was the mayor’s intention or not, this is what has happened because he has been doing Richmond’s favorite dance — the dawdle — while failing to move the Maggie Walker statue project along. Perhaps it was to be expected. The Jones administration has not even been able to complete the audit of city spending during the 2014 fiscal year — more than 12 months after that fiscal year ended. This is the reality for our city, which, in contrast to Mrs. Walker, is largely content to plod along and spend time talking about our potential. A first-tier city? Really?

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White racism costs white people, too Although he forged a distinguished career as a 10-term Republican Congressman from the early 1950s to the early 1970s, and later as a judge on the Virginia Supreme Court, Richard H. Poff is but a minor footnote in American history. In October 1971, Mr. Poff informed President Nixon that he did not wish to be nominated for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. I wrote about why Mr. Poff turned down the nomination many Washington insiders expected to come his way when he died four years ago. His story illuminates a reality of American society that’s rarely discussed: The high cost of white racism to those on the white side of the color line. I’ve been pondering that point since the murder of the Emanuel A.M.E. Church Nine drew an immediate outpouring of sympathy from many white people in the South and elsewhere and provoked widespread public outrage against the display of the Confederate

flag on public property. That interracial call for change has followed the interracial protests of the last two years against the police killings of black and Hispanic Americans and suggests that, more and more, white people and other people

Lee A. Daniels of color understand the “cost” of white racism they must pay, too. It’s that development, amid the conservative movement’s continual race-mongering, the GOP’s reflexive opposition to every Obama proposal, and especially the sordid anti-Latino demagoguery of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, that makes what Mr. Poff did in 1971 and what he said about it worth considering. Like nearly every other Southern senator and representative during the 1950s and 1960s, Mr. Poff marched in lockstep with the white South’s campaign of “Massive Resistance” to the Civil Rights Movement. He wasn’t one of the demagogues who delighted in disparaging black Americans and denouncing civil rights legislation. He just

went quietly along with those who did. In 1971, six years after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 had changed the South’s and the nation’s political calculus, the civil rights groups (who in 1969 and 1970 had engineered the defeat of two other Nixon Supreme Court nominees from the South) declared the cost to him of that past: Their unyielding opposition. Less than a fortnight later, Mr. Poff withdrew his name. Three months earlier, Mr. Poff gave a remarkable interview to a local Virginia newspaper in which he discussed his civil rights record with extraordinary candor. Among the things he said was this: “I can only say that segregation is wrong today, it was wrong yesterday. Segregation was never right. But it is one of the most lamentable frailties of mankind that when one’s wrong is most grievous, his self-justification is most passionate, perhaps in the pitiful hope that the fervor of his self-defense will somehow prove him right. But this doesn’t make it so. And he doesn’t fool himself.” If I’m correct in reading his incisive and poignant words as regret for his moral cowardice

Breaking new ground in Ferguson From the ashes of a Ferguson, Mo., convenience store burned in the unrest following Michael Brown’s death will rise the new Urban League Community Empowerment Center. The center, set to complete construction in fall 2016, will house the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis’ recently launched Save Our Sons program. The workforcetraining program will provide lifeand community-changing assistance to AfricanAmerican men living in Ferguson and surrounding North St. Louis County communities. The four-week training program serves to broaden access to education, job training, economic selfreliance and employment for its participants. Since the initiative’s launch in January, more than 100 black men from Ferguson and its surrounding neighborhoods have found gainful employment. Along with three other social services organizations, Provident, Better Family Life and Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, the center also will offer counseling for housing, assistance with utilities and rent, as well as mental health services. The Save Our Sons initiative

has proven its value and now it can continue to provide its much-needed services in a new home. Eleven months ago, a QuikTrip stood where the new empowerment center will one day stand. The nondescript convenience store at the corner of West Florissant Avenue and Northwinds Estates Drive was set on fire the day after Mr. Brown’s death, and in the days that followed, it became a powerful symbol and staging ground for protesters and rallies.

Marc H. Morial QuikTrip, an Oklahoma-based chain of convenience stores, had the lot cleared, erected a fence, demolished the store’s remains and contacted the Urban League with an offer to donate the property and a request that a community center be built in its place. This is how we rebuild communities. This is how we work as partners — private, corporate and government — to save our cities. This is what a commitment to changing lives for the better and empowering our fellow citizens to become productive members of their communities looks like. From once scorched land, a beacon of hope and lasting change will rise. At a site once marred by anger and violence born of tragedy, the Urban League and community members— including Lesley McSpad-

den, the mother of Michael Brown—broke ground together, determined to bestow meaning and purpose to pain. Building a new empowerment center in Ferguson represents tangible movement on the issues of social injustice and inequality that create the cycle of poverty and violence that entrap so many of our citizens in our nation’s most vulnerable communities. The new empowerment center means we put boots on the ground and listened to the needs of the community. Urban League President Michael P. McMilllan has said the community center and its direction and purpose are a direct result of conversations the organization had with young people following Mr. Brown’s death. The center also will be the catalyst for further development in the area, kicking off business development along the West Florissant Avenue corridor. Debate and conversation have their rightful place in our nation, but rhetoric without resources and a resoluteness to enact reforms leaves us in the same place it found us. Debate and conversation may sometimes represent motion, but building the Community Empowerment Center represents movement — movement in a positive direction with a higher purpose. Marc H. Morial is president and CEO of the National Urban League.

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on the civil rights issues of the day, then let’s consider a what-if: What if Mr. Poff, by all accounts an honorable, thoughtful man, had resisted the demagogues of the day in the 1950s and 1960s and had been joined by some of the other Congressional Southerners? Would that have made a difference in that era’s fight for democracy in the South and across the country? Would America have seen then a visible cohort of white Southerners standing up against bigotry and for tolerance similar to what has occurred in the last six weeks in some areas of the South? A final question: Is America still paying the cost of the inaction of too many white people like Mr. Poff? Lee A. Daniels is a journalist based in New York City.

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Symbols of heritage or hate? Some people flying the rebel flag are saying it’s for their heritage. How about someone who only flies the rebel flag and never flies the American flag, and they have a Nazi “SS”

insignia painted on their tree? Is that a symbol of heritage? M. M. Goodman Henrico County

Democrats suppressed, mistreated black people

Re “Eye Opening,” editorial July 16-18 edition: Your editorial had much of interest to your readers, but you failed to tell the whole story. Your readers should be told that it was the Democratic Party for about 150 years, down through Massive Resistance, which waived the Confederate Flag and suppressed and mistreated the enslaved and later free black population in Virginia with some coordination with the KKK. The current Republican actions to allow use of the Confederate flag on federal property, including national cemeteries and in national

parks are relatively unimportant and minor by comparison, and have a justification as individual rights and free speech. Do not let your politics interfere with your Free Press editorial goals. Your readers will benefit from the current exhibit at the Library of Virginia dealing with the conditions in Virginia during Reconstruction. See also the Library of Virginia pamphlet on “A full vote, a free ballot, and a fair count” published in 2000. URCHIE B. ELLIS Henrico County

Women after Cosby’s money

Re “Case against Bill Cosby continues to escalate,” July 16-18 edition: In Bill Cosby’s defense, I really don’t believe he raped all those women. Those women knew he was married and they shouldn’t have gone in a room with him by themselves.

And it’s telling that they’re only saying all these things after all these years. He’s an old man now, and I think all they want is his money. That’s just disgraceful. VIVIAN CHRISTIAN Henrico County

Confederate constitution tells story A flag represents its country and that country’s Constitution. Those for whom we built Confederate monuments swore to uphold the Confederate Constitution. The Richmond Free Press should print the entire Constitution of the Confederate States and let people read what the Confederate flag and the Confederate monuments stand for. RANDY WRIGHT Richmond Editor’s note: Here is a link to the Constitution of the Confederate States dated March 11, 1861. http://avalon.law.yale. edu/19th_century/csa_csa.asp This is on the website of the Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy at the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale University.

Churches, pastors stance on same-sex marriage For the most part, our pulpits were silent when the freedom of religion and conscience became a matter of state licensure in 1954 when churches were included in the Internal Revenue Code, section 501(c) (3), as mere nonprofit organizations. For the most part, our pulpits were silent when the freedom to pray and read the Bible was removed from our public schools in 1962 and 1963. For the most part, our pulpits were silent when the freedom of God-ordained self-defense became a state-sanctioned license and privilege in 1968.

For the most part, our pulpits were silent when the God-ordained right to life of unborn babies was expunged in 1973. For the most part, our pulpits have been silent as our natural rights of privacy and local autonomy began being stripped from us in 2001. And, now, the most important institution in human history — holy matrimony — has been “redefined” by Caesar’s court. Now God has forced his pastors and churches to take a stand. There is no beating around the bush anymore. There is no avoiding the issue. Pastors and churches

will either submit to Christ or they will submit to Caesar. There is no middle ground. There is no more fence straddling. A question for church members is out there: What are you going to do if your pastor agrees to marry same-sex couples? If your pastor will not take a stand on this, he won’t take a stand on anything. And if he hasn’t said anything from the pulpit already, why are you still there? JADINE S. JETT Glen Allen

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, FOR REVISION OF RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE: RIDER B, BIOMASS CONVERSIONS OF THE ALTAVISTA, HOPEWELL, AND SOUTHAMPTON POWER STATIONS CASE NO. PUE-2015-00058 On June 1, 2015, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Virginia Power (“Dominion Virginia Power” or “Company”) filed an annual update with respect to the Company’s rate adjustment clause, Rider B (“Application”). The Company filed its Application pursuant to § 56-585.1 A 6 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”) and the directive contained in Ordering Paragraph (4) of the Final Order issued by the State Corporation Commission of Virginia (“Commission”) in Case No. PUE-2014-00050 (“2014 Rider B Proceeding”). Through its Application, Dominion Virginia Power seeks to recover costs associated with the major unit modifications of the Altavista, Hopewell, and Southampton power stations (collectively, the “Biomass Conversions”). In Case No. PUE-2011-00073, the Commission approved a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the Biomass Conversions. In conjunction with its approval of the Biomass Conversions, the Commission also approved a rate adjustment clause, designated Rider B, which allowed Dominion Virginia Power to recover its costs associated with the major unit modifications of the Biomass Conversions. In Case Nos. PUE-2012-00072, PUE-2013-00060, and in the 2014 Rider B Proceeding, the Commission approved updates to Rider B. According to Dominion Virginia Power, Altavista became fully operational as a biomass fueled unit on July 12, 2013, Hopewell became fully operational as a biomass fueled unit on October 18, 2013, and Southampton became fully operational as a biomass fueled unit on November 28, 2013. In this proceeding, Dominion Virginia Power has asked the Commission to approve an update to Rider B for the rate year beginning April 1, 2016, and ending March 31, 2017 (“2016 Rate Year”). The Company is requesting a total revenue requirement of approximately $29,698,000 for service rendered during the 2016 Rate Year. The two key components of the proposed total revenue requirement 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 $12,958,000, and an Actual Cost True-Up Factor revenue requirement of $16,740,000. Dominion Virginia Power utilized a rate of return on common equity (“ROE”) of 12.00% for purposes of calculating the revenue requirement in this case. This ROE is comprised of a general ROE of 10.00% approved by the Commission in its Final Order in Case No. PUE-2013-00020, plus a 200 basis point enhanced return applicable to qualifying renewable powered generation facilities as described in § 56-585.1 A 6 of the Code. If the proposed Rider B for the 2016 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 B on April 1, 2016, would increase the monthly bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by approximately $0.39. The Company states that it has calculated the proposed Rider B rates in accordance with the same methodology as used for rates approved by the Commission in the 2014 Rider B Proceeding. 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, scheduled a public hearing on January 26, 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 and evidence related to the Application from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness at this hearing should appear fifteen (15) minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff. Individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in the hearing should contact the Commission at least seven (7) days before the scheduled hearing at 1-800-552-7945 (voice). The public version of the Company’s Application and 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 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 6, 2015, 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 Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 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-2015-00058. 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 December 4, 2015, 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 and Procedure, 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-2015-00058. On or before January 19, 2016, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s Application shall file written comments on the Application with the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before January 19, 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-2015-00058. The Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure may be viewed at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure 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

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF A FILING BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY OF AN INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN CASE NO. PUE-2015-00035 On July 1, 2015, Virginia Electric and Power Company (“Dominion Virginia Power” or “Company”) filed with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) the Company’s Integrated Resource Plan (“IRP”) pursuant to § 56-599 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”). An IRP, as defined by § 56-597 of the Code, is “a document developed by an electric utility that provides a forecast of its load obligations and a plan to meet those obligations by supply side and demand side resources over the ensuing 15 years to promote reasonable prices, reliable service, energy independence, and environmental responsibility.” Pursuant to § 56-599 C of the Code, the Commission determines whether an IRP is reasonable and in the public interest. Dominion Virginia Power states that it serves approximately 2.5 million electric customers in Virginia and North Carolina and that the Company’s combined service territory in these two states covers approximately 30,000 square miles. As indicated in its IRP, Dominion Virginia Power is a member of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”), the operator of the wholesale electric grid in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States. The Company states that the IRP was prepared for its service territories in Virginia and North Carolina, which are both within the PJM region. According to the Company, the IRP encompasses the 15-year planning period from 2016 to 2030 and is based on the Company’s current assumptions regarding load growth, commodity price projections, economic conditions, environmental regulations, construction and equipment costs, demand-side management programs, and many other regulatory and market developments that the Company expects to occur in the future. Dominion Virginia Power states in its filing that its objective in developing the IRP was to identify the mix of resources necessary to meet future energy and capacity requirements in an efficient and reliable manner at the lowest reasonable cost, while considering future uncertainties. According to the Company, these uncertainties include commodity price volatility; reliability concerns based on overreliance on any single fuel source; and changing regulatory requirements, particularly regulation by the United States Environmental Protection Agency of carbon dioxide emissions from new and existing electric generation. The 2015 Session of the Virginia General Assembly enacted legislation (“2015 Amendments”) that, among other things, amended the IRP statutes to require that IRPs evaluate the effect of current and pending environmental regulations upon the continued operation of existing electric generation facilities or options for construction of new electric generation facilities and the most cost-effective means of complying with current and pending environmental regulations. The Company indicates that the IRP filing conforms to the requirements of the IRP statutes, as modified by the 2015 Amendments. The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing on October 20, 2015, at 10 a.m., in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive testimony from members of the public and evidence related to the IRP from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness at this hearing should appear fifteen (15) minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff. Individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in the hearing should contact the Commission at least seven (7) days before the scheduled hearing at 1-800-552-7945. The public version of the Company’s IRP and 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 IRP and documents filed in this case also are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center, located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Any person or entity may participate as a respondent in this proceeding by filing, on or before August 21, 2015, a notice of participation. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be submitted to Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 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-2015-00035. 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 September 15, 2015, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission, and serve on the Commission’s Staff, the Company, and all other respondents, any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case, and each witness’s testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of such testimony and exhibits shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. Respondents also shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, including, but not limited to: 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-2015-00035. On or before October 13, 2015, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s IRP shall file written comments on the IRP with the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before October 13, 2015, 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-2015-00035. The Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure may be viewed at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure 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 set forth above. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY d/b/a DOMINION VIRGINIA POWER

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Fred Owusu Sekyere, the 29-year-old defensive midfielder for the Richmond Kickers, is a powerhouse against West Bromwich Albion in a July 19 exhibition game at City Stadium.

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Ghanaian Fred Sekyere strikes for Richmond Kickers Fred Owusu Sekyere is the Richmond Kickers’ diminutive dynamo. The defensive midfielder draws attention for his small stature — 5-foot-7, 147 pounds — and engaging smile, but mostly for his considerable speed and skill. Everything he does, he does fast. He thinks fast, reacts fast and when it comes to flying feet, none are faster than Sekyere’s. “I’m really quick with the ball on my feet,” he said. He adds: “It’s hard to take it from me.” To imagine Sekyere on the pitch, think of The Roadrunner racing circles around a frustrated Wile E. Coyote. Sekyere, 29, was a nervous teenager when he boarded a jet and flew from his homeland, Ghana in West Africa, to Richmond to attend Virginia Commonwealth University and play soccer. That was in 2006 after being “discovered” in a tryout camp in Ghana by former Rams Coach Tim O’Sullivan. After traveling more than 5,000 miles and crossing an ocean, he played four seasons for the Rams and earned a degree in criminal justice.

Ghanaian Rams Soccer player Fred Owusu Sekyere wasn’t the first athlete of Ghanaian ancestry to suit up for Virginia Commonwealth University. Although born in Austria, the Kodjoe brothers, Patrick and Boris, were sons of Ghanaian physician Dr. Eric Kodjoe. Patrick played basketball under Coach Sonny Smith 1998 through 2000. Older brother Boris posted 75 tennis singles wins in a Rams career ending in 1996. Boris went on to become a fashion model and actor, and in 2002 was named among the “50 Most Beautiful People in the World,” by People magazine.

He never really left Central Virginia. When Sekyere was signed by the Richmond Kickers last January, the team’s coach, Leigh Cowlishaw, said: “He’s at the prime of his career and ready to make an impact on his hometown team.” Actually, he hails from Kumasi, Ghana’s largest city, but Richmond has become his adopted

hometown. He has no plans of leaving. Between VCU soccer and joining the Kickers full time, Sekyere coached various youth groups including OwnTouch and Kids in Discovery. He also played for RVA FC and last year with the Charlotte Eagles, where he amassed more than 2,000 energetic minutes. During much of the time he was playing at VCU and coaching, he trained unofficially with the Kickers. Given the chance to suit up for Richmond, the “tiny terror” has become a midfield mainstay. In helping the locals to a 7-3-8 record in the USL Pro League, he is third on the squad in minutes played with 1,179. His fancy footwork in the middle of the field is a front and center reason why opponents are averaging a scant 1.09 goals per game. Even West Bromwich Albion of the English Premier League could manage just a 2-1 squeaker over the Kickers in last Sunday’s City Stadium exhibition before nearly 7,000 fans. In addition to playing for the Kickers, Sekyere coaches the program’s 10-11 boys youth team.

His pupils refer to him simply as “Coach Fred.” “I’ve been blessed,” Sekyere, a devout Christian, told the Free Press. “I’ve been blessed with God-given ability and blessed to have come to Richmond.” Sekyere is a second generation soccer star. His father, Dickson Owusu Sekyere, known as “Emba,” played for the Kumasi Asante Kotoko Porcupines club team, among the strongest in Africa. His father represented Ghana in the Africa Cup. “I never saw my father in action, but I have heard from many others he was a great player,” said Sekyere. Sekyere is a full head shorter than many of the men he defends and dribbles against. Some may see that as a disadvantage. Ever the optimist, Sekyere prefers to see his size as a plus. “I know some opponents look at me and think they can run over me, but I don’t make it easy on them,” he explains cheerfully. “While they’re thinking, ‘He’s short,’I’m making my move. Then it’s too late for them.”

VUU coach brings on husband as assistant First-year Virginia Union University women’s basketball coach AnnMarie Gilbert didn’t have to search far to find one of her assistant coaches. It’s her husband, Jonathan Walker, a former VUU standout guard. “We’ve always been very supportive of each other, but we’ve never worked together,’ said Coach Gilbert. “I think it is going to be awesome.” Walker, who previously coached at Cuyahoga Community College near Cleveland, will serve on a volunteer basis. The Panthers’ full-time assistant is Jasmine Young, a former Monacan High School and East Carolina University star. Young was most recently assistant coach at Powhatan High School. Coach Gilbert has been active on the recruiting front. A touted Panthers’ newcomer will be 5-foot-7 Kiana Johnson,

a three-year starter at Michigan State University before sitting out last year. Johnson averaged 8.4 points and six assists for the Big 10 Spartans in 2013-14. She will have one year of eligibility at VUU. Another signee is 5-foot-9 Jamica Ruffin from Lenoir Community College in North Carolina. Ruffin has two seasons of VUU eligibility. Coach Gilbert has verbal commitments from guards Zana Godoy and Ashley Smith from Jonathan Walker Hartford Community College in Connecticut. Smith averaged 16.6 points and Godoy 8.6 points this past season. In April, Coach Gilbert was named to succeed departing coach Barvenia Wooten-Cherry, whose five-year record was 48-95.

NSU’s Alex Mauricio makes move to mound

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Little League phenom Mo’ne Davis accepts the ESPY Award for Best Breakthrough Athlete at last week’s ceremony in Los Angeles.

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Mo’ne Davis continues to add to her already crowded trophy shelf. The teen sensation’s latest accolade? She won Best Breakthrough Athlete on July 15 at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles. The ESPYs are the ESPN network’s annual sports awards for the world’s best athletes. In winning the honor, the 14-year-old pitching star from Philadelphia beat golfing sensation Jordan Spieth, Ohio State University quarterback Cardale Jones and New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. Displaying the humility that has won her a legion of fans across the nation, Mo’ne addressed the audience full of great athletes and coaches and a nationwide television audience. “I want to thank my parents, my coach and my teammates for helping me be the person I am today and for helping me get all the support I can no matter what happens,” she said to a loud ovation. Mo’ne became a sensation in August 2014 after leading the Taney Dragons to a 4-0 victory over Nashville, Tenn., in the Little League World Series. She became the first girl to win and pitch a shutout in a Little League World Series game. She since has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, starred in a Spike Lee-directed car commercial and had her jersey displayed in baseball’s Hall of Fame. Sports Illustrated Kids also named the Little League star its Sports Kid of the Year. In June, Mo’ne took a turn on the mound as her Philadelphia-based Anderson Monarchs team routed the Metropolitan Junior Baseball League team 19-2 at Glen Allen Stadium at RF&P Park in Henrico County.

It was almost like Alex Mauricio went to bed a shortstop and woke up a pitcher. Mauricio showed off a powerful right arm last spring by throwing out runners from his position as shortstop for Norfolk State University’s baseball team. This summer, he’s putting that lively wing to use from a different diamond location — the pitcher’s mound. The 6-foot, 170-pound rising sophomore has made the Valley League All-Star team on the strength of dominating performances coming out of the bullpen. In 11 relief appearances through July 17 for the Waynesboro Generals, the hard-throwing Mauricio from Manchester High School in Chesterfield County had 29 strikeouts and just eight walks while posting a 1.90 ERA. His mound menu includes a mittpopping fastball, slider, curve and splitter (split-fingered fastball). “I’m throwing in the low 90s (miles per hour) on a good day and I hope to get it a little higher toward the end of the season,” he said. He fired one scoreless inning of relief in the Valley All-Star Game on July 12 in Harrisonburg. Most of Mauricio’s assignments come near closing time, in tense eighth and ninth innings. “I really don’t see it as pressure,” he said. “Yes, it puts a lot of responsibility on my shoulders, but I like that.” The Valley League is one of several collegiate, wooden bat leagues around America subsidized by Major League Baseball.Waynesboro is the defending Valley champ. There were approximately 30 MLB scouts in attendance for this year’s Valley showcase. Mauricio sparkled as a pitcher and shortstop at Manchester High — Class of 2014 — under Coach Ricky Saunders. His older brother, Jonathan, was a year ahead of Alex at Manchester (Class of 2013) and also plays for NSU. Jonathan Mauricio is pitching this summer for the Prince George Blue Sox of the Virginia Commonwealth Baseball League.

Alex’s role has changed dramatically since NSU’s season ended. For NSU, he was primarily the shortstop, hitting .256 and contributing defensively with 35 putouts and 54 assists. He pitched just two innings for the Alex Mauricio Spartans. For Waynesboro, he has become exclusively a pitcher. “My future may be as a pitcher, but it’s too soon to tell,” he said. “I still think I have a lot of potential as a shortstop.” At Manchester High, Mauricio was a second team All-Dominion District and Conference 12 performer as both a pitcher and infielder. Mauricio is the son of Romauld and Carolina Mauricio, who are natives of The

Philippines and Nicaragua, respectively. Baseball is becoming more and more of a multiracial sport at HBCUs. Savannah State University’s Charles Sikes, who is white, was named MEAC Player of the Year. Catcher Connor Andrus, also who is white, was named tournament MVP for CIAAchampion Winston-Salem State University. Whether as a pitcher or middle infielder, Mauricio is hopeful his baseball career will continue past college. “I’d like to think I’ll be good enough for the next level (pros),” said Mauricio, a sociology and criminal justice major. NSU’s only current pro baseball player is Ernie Banks Jr., no relation to the Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer. From Deep Creek High School in Chesapeake, outfielder Banks was selected in the 44th round of the 2007 draft. Banks now plays for Garden State Grays of the Canadian-American Association Independent League.

Baseball greats got start at HBCUs Some of baseball’s all-time greats attended historically black colleges and universities. Here’s a sampling: Southern University: Lou Brock (outfield, 1961-1979), with St. Louis, broke Ty Cobb’s career stolen base record; named to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985. Florida A&M University: Andre Dawson (outfield, 1976-1996), “Awesome Dawson” was eight-time All-Star with the Expos and the Cubs; named to Hall of Fame in 2010. Grambling State University: Ralph Garr (outfield, 1968-1980), “The Roadrunner” was career .305 hitter; played for Richmond in the minors before breaking in with Atlanta. Shaw University: Chuck Hinton (outfield, 1961-1971), a 1964 All-Star; among the first African-Americans to play for the Washington Senators. Morgan State University: Joe Black (pitcher, 1952-1957), playing for Brooklyn in 1952, he became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game. Jackson State University: Dennis Boyd (pitcher, 1982-1991): The entertaining “Oil Can” won 78 games and fanned 799 batters mostly with Boston. North Carolina A&T State University: Al

Holland (pitcher, 1977-1987), All-Star in 1984 and Rolaids Reliever of the Year in 1983 with Philadelphia. Tennessee State University: George Altman (first base, 1959-1967), hit 101 homers, mostly with the Cubs, before adding 205 more in the Japanese League. Tuskegee University: Leon Wagner (outfield, 1958-1969), “Daddy Wags” slugged 211 homers and drove in 669 runs and was a three-time All-Star. Morehouse College: Donn Clendenon (first base, 1961-1972), slugged 159 homers, but best known as MVP of the 1969 World Series won by New York Mets. From Virginia schools … Virginia State University: Al Bumbry (outfield, 1972-1985), “The Bumblebee” was American League Rookie of the Year in 1973 and an All-Star in 1980 with Baltimore. Virginia Union University: Larry Doby (outfield, 1947-1959), played basketball but not baseball while in college; first black player in American League; Hall of Fame 1998. Norfolk State University: Terry Bradshaw played outfield with St. Louis, 1995-1996; Eric Crozier was first a baseman with Toronto in 2004.

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Personality: Robin M. Brown Spotlight on Grand Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star Robin M. Brown seeks to make a positive difference in the lives of children and others in the community. That’s why she joined the Richmond-based Order of the Eastern Star of Virginia at the behest of her mother-in-law, Erma R. Brown, in 1996. The fraternal organization is affiliated with the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Virginia Free and Accepted Masons. Nearly two decades later, Mrs. Brown heads the peoplehelping organization as its 57th Grand Worthy Matron. She ascended to the position from her previous post as Grand Associate Matron. The Prince George County resident was elected to a twoyear term in July 2014. The organization is “based on the Bible” and works “to enhance the community,” according its website. Mrs. Brown, 52, is presiding this week over the organization’s 114th annual convention at a Chesterfield County hotel. More than 600 delegates, Masons and Sisters from surrounding jurisdictions were expected at the four-day event that concludes Thursday, July 23. On Monday night, organizers kicked off the convention by awarding more than $30,000 in scholarships to college-bound students, as well as to several charitable organizations, including the United Negro College Fund. Mrs. Brown says her No. 1 goal is to “encourage members to work together in love and unity to increase our membership.”

The best way to achieve that goal is “to display those qualities” herself, she says. So she is “working in harmony” with Roger C. Brown, (no relation) most worshipful grand master of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Virginia “to spread that same love to our membership,” Mrs. Brown says. The Virginia order enjoyed a peak membership of about 10,000 in the 1980s, she says. Today, statewide membership stands at about 3,600 members, she notes, with about 1,000 members in Metro Richmond. Mrs. Brown says her next goal is to run for the position of vice president of the Conference of Grand Worthy Matrons at a national conference to be held in New Jersey. Stay tuned.

Here’s a look at this week’s Personality, Robin M. Brown: Occupation: Paralegal for a personal injury law firm. Date and place of birth: Nov. 21 in Chesterfield County. Education: Graduated from Midlothian High School and attended Commonwealth College. Family: Husband, Floyd M. Brown Jr., one daughter, Regan, and four sons, Demond, Ethan, Geran and Thomas. Number of district and chapters in Richmond: Richmond has two Eastern Star Districts. District #5 chapters — Richmond #1, East End #79, Carey Wheaton #204, Fannie Lewis #4, Nannie J. Perkins #161, Queen Ebony #241. District #35 chapters — Hannah #26, Henrico #78, Elizabeth Harris #86, Mary C. Stewart #128, Eva M. Jackson #211, Elizabeth S. Spurlock #236. No. 1 project with Eastern Star now: My current project is the Triple Crown Contest, which gives each individual an opportunity to display his or her ability to lead. Next up: In September, we will join Most Worshipful Grand Master Roger C. Brown as he convenes the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Virginia’s 14th Annual Communication in Hampton. The power of the Grand Worthy Matron: To oversee the direction and future of

this organization. The Grand Worthy Matron is like the CEO of any company. What is expected of a Grand Worthy Matron: It is my responsibility to maintain peace and harmony within our organization. How the public perceives OES members: Many people are not familiar with our organization. But for those who are, they perceive us to be ladies in white dresses who belong to a secret organization. How OES members desire to be perceived: We do not want to be perceived as a secret organization because we are working in the communities giving charitable donations. The biggest challenge to Eastern Stars and Masons: To have the public understand exactly what we do to help the greater community. Definition of a leader: Someone who has the ability to influence others through respect and not fear. If I had more time, I would: Find other ways that our organization can help the greater community. Favorite late-night snack: Life Savers Gummies. Three words that best describe me: Dedicated, caring and honest. I place top value on: Doing the right thing. Book I’m now reading: “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. Best time of my life: Every day is the best time of my life!

Past, present come together at history festival

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Hundreds of people turned out Saturday to celebrate a North Side neighborhood at the Brookland Park Boulevard History Festival. People enjoyed a plethora of entertainment, food and games at the event, which was held on the boulevard between North and Fendall avenues. Above, Richmond R&B singer Bri Luv performs to a rapt audience. Caleb Penn, left, gets assistance from Khiri Nichols in planning his next chess move.

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Billy Dee Williams to appear at Comic Con Richmond Legendary Hollywood heartthrob Billy Dee Williams will join “Star Trek” icon William Shatner, aka Capt. James T. Kirk, and other celebrities at Wizard World Comic Con Richmond. The multigenre entertainment and comic convention is scheduled for Friday, July 31, through Sunday, Aug. 2, at the Greater Richmond Convention Mr. Williams Mr. Shatner Center. Hours are 3 to 8 p.m. July 31, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 1 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 2. In addition to Mr. Shatner and Mr. Williams, who played the role of Lando Calrissian in the “Star Wars” movies “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi,” other highlighted participants in interactive sessions include Sean Astin and Billy Boyd of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy; Michael Cudlitz of the hit cable TV series “The Walking Dead;” and the World Wrestling Entertainment diva known as Paige. Other events scheduled at the convention include costume contests for adults, free gaming and evening parties. Single-day tickets, plus fees, are $42.45 for Friday, $53.18 for Saturday and $47.81 for Sunday. Tickets for all three days start as low as $85.39, which includes fees. For more information: www.wizardworld.com/homerichmond.html.

Self-published author turns work into play Raymond Goode is a selfmade author. The 37-year-old Chesterfield County resident broke from the traditional publishing scene. He writes, then self-publishes and markets his books, selling them on street corners and in barber and beauty shops. Now, he has taken his work to the next level by turning his first book, “Through Their Eyes,” into a play. The event also will feature a hip-hop dance production from Anoshi Entertainment and paintings based on his play, he added. He’ll present the play 8 p.m. Saturday, July 25, at the Henrico Theatre, 305 E. Nine Mile Road in Highland Springs. Tickets are $10. His play is drawn from the monologues he created for his book after asking 50 people a series of questions and then coming up with a story about how each person might propose marriage or be proposed to. The play draws on six of the monologues, he said. He won’t be in the show, but will be directing the 16-member cast. A big man with a round face and a willingness to talk up his books to anyone he meets, Mr. Goode estimates he has sold about 15,000 copies of his four books in the past five years. “It’s how I make my living,” he said. The Meadowbrook High School graduate found an oddball route to making a living writing, as described in his second book, “Road to Oprah.” Five years ago, the former youth counselor quit his Richmond job, gathered his savings

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and took off for Chicago on a mission to get on “Oprah,” Oprah Winfrey’s long-running, but now canceled afternoon talk show. Along the way, the engine blew on his car and he spent time in a hospital after stepping on a nail. When he finally reached Chicago, he had so little money that he lived mainly on bread and cheese in an unheated unit in a self-storage building. His new “home” was a five-minute walk from Harpo Studios, where “Oprah” was produced. For three months, he stood outside the studios 12 hours a day with a sign calling for recognition. He said he met a lot of people, although he never got to see Oprah, who apparently was unaware of his persistent presence. Even so, he said, “I had a blast.” His friends and family thought he was a bit nuts to go on such a quixotic adventure, he said. Some still question his decision to make his living writing and selling his books. But he said he’s happy. “This is life,” he said. “You’re supposed to enjoy yourself. And I am. I’m doing it my way.”

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Nation of Islam to mark its 85th anniversary Saturday

The Nation of Islam is commemorating its 85th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March at an event Saturday, July 25, at Virginia Commonwealth University. The free event is called “Celebrating the 85th Anniversary from the Nation of Islam to Muslims in America.”

It will be 2 to 8 p.m. in the Student Commons Activity Center, 907 Floyd Ave. Wallace Mohammed II, the son of Imam W. Deen Mohammed of the Mosque Cares in Chicago, is scheduled to speak. The interfaith, multicultural event is designed to promote

cultural and religious diversity, according to the Virginia Shura Planning Council, which is organizing the event. Entertainment, international foods, exhibits, a walk-thru movie cinema and a fashion finale will be featured. For more information: www.85anniversary.org or (804) 370-8207.

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Since June 17, Muslims marking Ramadan observed the holy month of fasting in the Islamic calendar. Eid celebrations break the fast and begin the 10th month on the Islamic lunar calendar at the sight of the new moon. American Muslims, along with Muslims in several other countries, recognized the holiday last Friday because of astronomical estimates from the Fiqh Council of North America that predicts when the new moon will be visible. On Eid, or the Feast of Breaking the Fast, Muslims pray early in the morning, exchange gifts and celebrate and eat with family throughout the day. The joyous celebration lasts three days. President Obama brings attention to Ramadan each year with an annual Iftar dinner — the evening meal after sunset that concludes fasting for each day — at the White House. In June, President Obama invited members of the White House staff, elected officials and young leaders and women in the Muslim community to celebrate. In a statement issued Friday, July 17, he sent “warmest wishes to Muslims in the United States and around the world” for the holiday, which he said, “marks a new beginning for each individual — a reason to celebrate and express gratitude.” For some American Muslims, the joyous day may be hard to celebrate. Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told USA TODAY anti-Muslim hate crimes across the United States make it difficult to relax and enjoy the holiday. “We’re dealing with this almost on a daily basis,” Mr. Hooper said. “We hope that the larger society supports the ending of these crimes.” Mr. Hooper cited an incident in New York on Tuesday, July 14, when the New York Police Department said a man punched

Mount Olive Baptist Church Rev. Darryl G. Thompson, Pastor

2015 Theme: The Year of Moving Forward

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8775 Mount Olive Avenue Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 (804) 262-9614 Phone (804) 262-2397 Fax www.mobcva.org

Summer Worship Schedule

Sunday, June 7, 2015 Sunday, September 13, 2015

Worship Service 10:00 AM Sunday School and New Members Class 8:30 AM

parel that reflect their culture — especially on religious occasions. “Some people who feel that it is necessary to dress in a way to reflect the culture that they came from may get certain looks that make them feel uncomfortable,” Mr. Nawash said. Because of his apparel choices, he said he does not feel discriminated against while celebrating religious holidays. In fact, he said, many Americans embrace Muslims and aspire to learn more about Muslim religious traditions. He said he often wears a suit, and his wife chooses not wear a hijab or head scarf. “The last thing that comes to our mind is any bias towards Muslims,” Mr. Nawash said. “It really doesn’t cross our minds.” Mr. Nawash and his family celebrated Eid Bryan R. Smith/Associated Press with presents and a trip to Williamsburg. Worshipers in New York’s East Harlem neighborhood take part in the traditional He compared the celebration to how prayer marking the end of Ramadan with the Eid al-Fitr holiday on July 17. Christians celebrate Christmas — with Prayers took place outside the Masjid Aqsa-Salam mosque. many presents and family time. a woman and yelled anti-Muslim sentiments at her. The 19-year“We want the kids to feel that this is their holiday because old woman suffered a fractured jaw from the incident. you don’t necessarily see lights or anything out there like you “These are the kinds of things that will be at the back of your do on Christmas,” he said. mind,” Mr. Hooper said. Kamal Nawash, founder of the Free Muslims Coalition, an organization that aims to denounce misconceptions and stereotypes about the Muslim community, said he believes anti-Muslim hate crimes happen predominately to Muslims who wear certain ap2300 Cool Lane, Richmond, Virginia 23223 804-795-5784 (Armstrong High School Auditorium)

Star Fellowship Baptist Church ★

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Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

2223 Keswick Ave., Richmond, Virginia 23224 • 804-233-0059 Rev. Larry D. Barham, Sr., Pastor

7th Church

Anniversary Sunday, July 26, 2015 11:00 a.m.

Guest Speaker: Rev. Dr. Earl Bledsoe Pastor Emeritus, Great Hope Baptist Church Richmond, VA

Come Join Us! Reverend Dr. Lester D. Frye Pastor and Founder

… and Listen to our Radio Broadcast Sundays at 10:15 a.m. on WCLM 1450 AM

Jesus went throughout Galilee teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness among the people. - Matthew 4:23

To empower people of God spiritually, mentally and emotionally for successful living.

Theme:

Standing Together Glorifying God (Ephesians 4:16) We would be most delighted if you would make plans to join us for this very special worship experience as we lift up the name of Jesus and thank Him for allowing us to see our 7th church anniversary. Dinner will be served immediately following the worship service.

Zion Baptist Church

New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

1701 Turner Road, North Chesterfield, Virginia 23225 (804) 276-0791 fax (804)276-5272 www.ndec.net

Remember... At New Deliverance, You Are Home! See you there and bring a friend.

2006 Decatur Street · Richmond, VA 23224 804.232.2867 · zbcofﬁce@verizon.net

Celebrates The 34th Pastoral Anniversary of

Dr. Robert L. Pettis, Sr. “He Walks with a Calming Faith” ~Psalm 23:2

Bishop G. O. Glenn D. Min., Founder Mother Marcietia S. Glenn First Lady

Ebenezer Baptist Church

Sunday

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216 W. Leigh St. • Richmond, Va. 23220 • Tel: 804-643-3366 Fax: 804-643-3367 • Email: ebcofﬁce1@comcast.net • web: ebcrichmond.org Sunday Worship Sunday Church School Service of Holy Communion Service of Baptism Life Application Bible Class Mid-Week Senior Adult Fellowship Wednesday Meditation & Bible Study Homework & Tutoring Scouting Program Thursday Bible Study

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Dr. Levy M. Armwood, Pastor  Dr. Wallace J. Cook, Pastor Emeritus

Sunday, August 2, 2015 Morning Worship, 10:00 AM

Guest Preacher: Rev. David L. Chapman

Interim Executive Minister, Baptist General Convention of Virginia

Evening Worship, 4:00 PM

Guest Preacher: Dr. Rodney D. Waller

Pastor, First African Baptist Church, Richmond Reception immediately following evening service

8 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service

Wednesday Services Senior Citizens Noonday Bible Study Every Wed. 12noon-1pm Bible Study Count: noonday Wednesday night 7 p.m. Prayer Sanctuary - All Are Welcome!

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MONDAY-FRIDAY Nutrition Center and Clothes Closet 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. 823 North 31st Street Richmond, VA 23223 (804) 226-0150 Office www.31sbc.org

8:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer

You can now view Sunday Morning Service “AS IT HAPPENS” online! Also, for your convenience, we now offer “full online giving.” Visit www.ndec.net.

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Hebrew 12:14 (KJV) Tune in on Sunday Morning to WTVR - Channel 6 - 8:30 a.m. Sunday TV Broadcast WTVZ 9 a.m. Norfolk/Tidewater Thursday & Friday Radio Broadcast WREJ 1540 AM Radio - 8:15 a.m.- 8:30 a.m.

THE NEW DELIVERANCE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (NDCA)

ENROLL NOW!!! Accepting applications for children 2 yrs. old to 3rd Grade Our NDCA curriculum also consists of a Before and After program. Now Enrolling for our Nursery Ages 6 weeks - 2yrs. old. For more information Please call (804) 276-4433 Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm

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July 23-25, 2015

Faith News/Directory

Church opens in former 12-step meeting place By Joey Matthews

A new church has opened at the former site of a popular 12-step meeting place for recovering alcoholics and addicts on South Side. Overflow International Church Ministry, which operates as a nonprofit under Connor Ministries Inc., opened in early May at 6000 Midlothian Turnpike. That’s where the Rebos Center operated for more than three decades as a clubhouse and meeting place for 12-step groups. Rebos sold the building to Connor Ministries in April and moved next door to a smaller brick building, where it now holds recovery meetings. “One of our church members happened to drive by one day as they were putting up the (for sale) sign in April,” said Apostle Charlie A. Connor III, who pastors the church along with his wife, Michelle Connor. “They called me and I went there with the broker the same day to look at the building. “We bought it about a month later,” he added, declining to name the purchase price. Connors Ministries Inc. was founded in 2006 and most recently was based in three suites in an office building in North Chesterfield County. The church meets for Sunday school 9:45 a.m. each week, has its worship service at 11 a.m. and meets Wednesdays at 7 p.m. for Bible study. Apostle Connor said he does not collect a salary as a pastor. He and his wife operate a day care out of their

Photos by Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Left, Apostle Charlie A. Connor III, of Overflow International Church Ministry sits in one of the pews at the new South Side church. Above, the church at 6000 Midlothian Turnpike previously housed the Rebos Center, where recovery groups have met for the last three decades.

home in North Chesterfield County. The church has several ministries, including a clothes and food giveaway each August, Apostle Connor said. They also partner with a homeless shelter and support several charitable organizations financially, he said. Apostle Connor, 42, graduated from Mt. Sinai Bible College in Little Washington, N.C., in 1999 with a theology degree. He was affirmed as an apostle in November 2013.

Communion wine ban in prisons rejected By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Can prisons ban inmates from drinking communion wine at religious services behind bars? The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says no. The court’s decision came in reinstating an inmate’s challenge to the Virginia prison system’s policy barring inmates from drinking communion wine. The ruling July 9 reverses a lower court’s decision that threw out an inmate’s 2012 lawsuit challenging the ban, along with other prison policies, on grounds of religious freedom. The appeals court ruling opens the door for a trial in the case. A three-judge panel found that the complete wine ban violates a federal law requiring prisons to accommodate inmates’ religious beliefs unless the government can show that the only way to ensure security is to

disregard specific beliefs. A ban on communion wine for inmates does not meet that test, Judge Roger L. Gregory wrote for a unanimous panel that included Judge Henry F. Floyd and the court’s chief judge, William B. Traxler Jr. An inmate who calls himself Jesus Emmanuel Jehovah brought the challenge against Harold Clarke, director of the state Department of Corrections, and other state prison officials. Mr. Jehovah is imprisoned at the Sussex I Prison in Southside Virginia. In a summary, Judge Gregory wrote, “Mr. Jehovah claimed that the prison system was preventing him from taking communion in the manner required by his religious beliefs. His religion mandates that he take communion by drinking red wine and consuming bread

Riverview

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

Union Baptist Church 1813 Everett Street Richmond, Virginia 23224 804-231-5884 Reverend Robert C. Davis, Pastor

Celebrates

Reverend Robert C. 39 th Davis

SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:45 A.M. SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE 11:00 A.M. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL JULY 6 - 10, 2015 6:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M.

Anniversary

Sunday, July 26, 2015

9:30 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Speaker: Reverend Dr. Thomas Simmons Associate Minister Quioccasin Baptist Church Theme: “Appreciating Our Pastor, Who Emulates God’s Greatest Gift- Love”

with histories of alcoholism from partaking, applying the same security measures in use for medication to wine or limiting any ruling to solely allowing Mr. Jehovah to drink communion wine. If the case went to trial, “a reasonable jury could find (that there are alternatives) so ‘obvious’ and ‘easy’ as to suggest the ban is ‘an exaggerated response,’” Judge Gregory stated in quoting from a previous case involving inmate religious freedom. The decision also reinstated two other religious freedom issues raised in the lawsuit by Mr. Jehovah, who previously has used the names Robert Gabriel Love and Gabriel Alexander. Those issues include the Sussex prison barring Mr. Jehovah from working in prison

FirstM iBaptist Church dlothian

13800 Westfield Dr., Midlothian,VA 23113 804-794-5583 • www.fbcm1846.com

Service Times Sunday

Church School 9:45AM Worship 11:00AM

Tuesday

Bible Study 12 Noon

Wednesday Youth & Adult Bible Study 7:00PM Prayer & Praise 8:15PM

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Moore Street Missionary

Baptist Church

1408 W. Leigh Street • 358-6403

Dr. Alonza Lawrence Pastor

Sundays

Church School 8:30 A.M. Morning Worship 10:00 A.M.

Tuesdays

Bible Study 12 noon

Wednesdays

New Mercies Ministry 6:00 A.M. Youth Bible Study 6:00 P.M. Adult Bible Study 6:30 P.M.

Rev. Pernell J. Johnson, Pastor

Good Shepherd Baptist Church

6:30 PM Prayer Meeting

(Faith Tabernacle Christian Center, Newport News, VA)

Broad Rock Baptist Church 5106 Walmsley Blvd., Richmond, VA 23224 804-276-2740 • 804-276-6535 (fax) www.BRBCONLINE.org

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Early Morning Worship ~ 8 a.m. Sunday School ~ 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship ~ 11 a.m. 4th Sunday Uniﬁed Worship Service ~ 9:30 a.m. Bible Study: Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. & 7 p.m. Radio Ministry: Sunday: 9:30 a.m. {1540 AM}

“MAKE IT HAPPEN” Pastor Kevin Cook

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11:00 AM Mid-day Meditation

Theme for 2015: Becoming a Five-Star Church of Excellence I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phil. 4:13

We Are Growing In The Kingdom As We Grow The Kingdom with Word, Worship and Witness

SUNDAY, July 26, 2015 9AM The Family Altar (A time for meditation, healing, and deliverance)

10:40AM Worship & Praise 11AM Divine Worship Message by: Pastor Bibbs In touch with the man upstairs (part one) Mark 1:40-45 Now Registering For Summer Camp, 2015 SBC Is The Place To Be Twitter sixthbaptistrva

Rev. Dr. Yvonne Jones Bibbs, Pastor

WEDNESDAY

First African

Sixth Baptist Church

22 E. Leigh Street, Richmond, VA 23219 • 643-3825 thesharonbaptistchurch.com Rev. Dr. Paul A. Coles, Pastor

6:00 a.m. Prayer Service 6:30 a.m. Bible Study

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Sharon Baptist Church

8:00 a.m. Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Guest Speaker: Apostle Shelia Simons

Mr. Jehovah had met the threshold for showing that his religious beliefs were substantially burdened, and that he is entitled to a full hearing for relief in the lower federal district court in Alexandria.

Dr. Sylvester T. Smith, Pastor “There’s A Place for You”

“The Church With A Welcome”

SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2015 Seniors Recognition Day

jobs because he objected to working on Saturdays and Sundays, his Sabbath days, and housing him with nonbelievers who harassed him about his religious beliefs. Judge Gregory found that

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dipped in honey, olive oil, sugar, cinnamon and water.” In Christianity, the bread and wine of communion represent the body and blood of Christ as symbolized by Jesus during the Last Supper just hours before the crucifixion. In the 18-page opinion, Judge Gregory noted that Virginia prisons allow ministers to drink wine at communion services, meaning “wine is already permitted on the premises.” Judge Gregory also noted that state prison policies have swung from an outright ban on inmates drinking communion wine to allowing inmates to dip bread in communion wine and now back to a total ban. In reinstating the lawsuit, Judge Gregory wrote that Mr. Jehovah had proposed reasonable, less restrictive alternatives, including barring inmates

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St. Peter Baptist Church Dr. Kirkland R. Walton, Pastor

Worship Opportunities Sundays:

Morning Worship Church School Morning Worship

8 A.M. 9:30 A.M. 11 A.M.

Bible Study is in summer recess and will resume October 1st.

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Unity Sundays (2nd Sundays) Church School Morning Worship

Thursdays:

8:30 A.M. 10 A.M.

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Youth Emphasis Sunday Sunday, July 26, 2015 Emphasis during 11 a.m. service Daily bible readings can be found on our website.

2040 Mountain Road • Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Office 804-262-0230 • Fax 804-262-4651 • www.stpeterbaptist.net

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Richmond Free Press

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Legal Notices Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND BEAUTIFUL COURAGEOUS YOUNG, Plaintiff v. DARLO MONTA YOUNG, Defendant. Chancery No.: CL15-2396-00-7 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 September 2, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HENRICO COREY M. CROUCH, Plaintiff v. SHERRI L. COLLINS, Defendant. Case No.: CL15-372 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce in the Henrico Circuit Court from the defendant on the grounds of a one year separation. It is ORDERED that Sherri L. Collins appear at the above named Court and protect her interest she may have in this matter on or before September 14, 2015. A Copy, Teste: YVONNE G. SMITH, Clerk I ASK FOR THIS: Wes B. Witmeyer (VSB#88115) THE WITMEYER LAW FIRM, LLC 10035 Sliding Hill Road, Suite 102 Ashland, VA 23005 804-752-0130 (phone) 804-752-0133 (fax) Counsel for Plaintiff COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO LOUAY ABDULJABBAR, Plaintiff v. SHAYMAA MOHSIN KHALEEL AL-BAYATI, Defendant. Case No.: CL15001493-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from SHAYMAA MOHSIN KHALEEL AL BAYATI on the grounds that the Parties have lived separate and apart continuously and without cohabitation or interruption for a period in excess of one year. It appearing by affidavit that the Defendant’s present whereabouts are unknown and due diligence has been used by or on behalf of LOUAY ABDULJABBAR, Plaintiff, to ascertain in what county or city the defendant is without effect; it is ORDERED that the Defendant appear before this Court, on the 24th day of August, 2015, at 9:30 a.m., and protect her interests herein. A Copy, Teste: YVONNE G. SMITH, Clerk The undersigned respectfully requests this: Alexandra D. Bowen, Esquire (VSB#19419) Bowen Ten Cardani, PC 3957 Westerre Parkway, Suite 105 Richmond, Virginia 23233 804-755-7599 804-755-7550 (facsimile) sbowen@betclawva.com Counsel for Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ANTONIO PITTMAN, Plaintiff v. LISA PITTMAN, Defendant. Case No.: CL14002388-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 14th day of August, 2015 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 COUNTY OF HANOVER THOMAS KYLE, Plaintiff v. MONIQUE KYLE, Defendant. Case No.: CL15001514-00 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 26th day of August, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. Continued on next column

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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

DEANDRE MOORE AND ANY UNKNOWN BIRTH FATHER, J91079-2, J91079-3 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Pursuant to VA Code § 16.1-277.01, Children’s Home Society of Virginia is requesting that the Court terminate the residual parental rights of the named birth father, Deandre Moore, and any unknown birth father, whose identity and whereabouts are unknown, and transfer custody of the infant, Sadia Margaret Robertson DOB 02/26/15 to the Children’s Home Society of Virginia with the right to place the infant for adoption. It is ORDERED that the defendant Deandre Moore or any Unknown Birth Father appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before October 1, 2015 at 9:20 a.m. Sherry A. Fox, Esq. ThompsonMcMullan, PC 100 Shockoe Slip Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-698-6231

all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendants Latonya Shearer, Edward Bailey, Malory T. Shearer Jr., Kenneth Garland and Unknown Father, appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before September, 3, 2015 at 10:20 a.m. Kate D. O’Leary, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493 virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND iN rE: SHAIAYGNE D. WILLIAMS-SMITH OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Unknown Father (Father) of Shaiaygne D. WilliamsSmith, child, DOB 5/22/1998, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendant Unknown Father appear at the above-named Court and protect his interest on or before September, 24, 2015 at 9:40 a.m. Kate D. O’Leary, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493

of a $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 25, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 27, 2005, in Instrument No. 05002847, GERALDINE WEISS, As to Part of a $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 25, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 27, 2005, in Instrument No. 05-002847, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, LEONA BERNSTEIN, As to $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 25, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 27, 2005, in Instrument No. 05-002847, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, MIRIAN GERSHMAN MULLIAN a/k/a MIMI MULLIAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of MIRIAN GERSHMAN MULLIAN a/k/a MIMI MULLIAN, who may be the holder/s of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust February 2, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded February 3, 2006, in Instrument No. 0603951, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, RICHARD D. KRIDER, 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 14, 2015, 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 JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND iN rE: Ed’Tonia Baskerville and MALLORY SHEARER OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Latonya Shearer (Mother) of Ed’tonia Baskerville, child, DOB 9/5/2003 and Mallory Shearer, child, DOB 12/31/2009 and Edward Bailey (Father) of Ed’tonia Baskerville, child, DOB 9/5/2003 and Malory T. Shearer, Jr. (Father), Kenneth Garland (Father) and Unknown Father of Mallory Shearer, child, DOB 12/31/2009 “RPR” means

action, or their successor/s in title; that OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICE, INC., a/k/a OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICEs, INC, A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of a $5,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05270, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; 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 Deed of Trust, Assignment and Security Agreement dated December 14, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded December 17, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-40460, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that GASTROINTESTINAL SPECIALIST, INC., A Virginia Corporation, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and RICHARD D. 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 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; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 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 TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, WILLIAM C. MURPHY, III, Sole Child of Carolyn C. Christina Murphy, Deceased, daughter of Marie Cornelius Christian, Deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, CAROLYN C. CHRISTIAN, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF CAROLYN C. CHRISTIAN, NICK P. SEFCHOK a/k/a N. PAUL SEFCHOK, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of NICK P. SEFCHOK a/k/a N. PAUL SEFCHOK, As to part of a $45,000.00 Interest and HILDA SEFCHOK, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of HILDA SEFCHOK, As to part of a $45,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $45,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05270, WILLIAM WALTHER, As to part of a $34,500.00 Interest and JEANNE WALTHER, As to part of a $34,500.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $34,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05270, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, WILLIAM K. PEMBER and SUSAN M. PEMBER, Trustees of THE WILLIAM K PEMBER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 8, 2003, As to $50,000.00 Interest, which may be the holder of $50,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05270, or their successor/s in title, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICE, INC., a/k/a OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICEs, INC, A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of a $5,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05270, 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 Deed of Trust, Assignment and Security Agreement dated December 14, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded December 17, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-40460, GASTROINTESTINAL SPECIALIST, INC., A Virginia Corporation, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, RICHARD D. KRIDER, 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 14, 2015, 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.: CL14-3247-1 TOWER BUILDING 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 “1111 North 35th Street,” TaxMap/GPIN# E000-1275/005, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, 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, As to part of a $30,000.00 Interest and PAT GIURTINO a/k/a PAT GUIRANTIO, As to part of a $30,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $30,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 25, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 27, 2005, in Instrument No.

05-002847, 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 DR. SIDNEY GOLDSTEIN, As to $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 25, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 27, 2005, in Instrument No. 05-002847, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that AYLSE GOLDSTEIN, As to $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 25, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 27, 2005, in Instrument No. 05-002847, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that LEONARD WEISS, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of LEONARD WEISS, As to Part of a $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 25, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 27, 2005, in Instrument No. 05-002847, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that GERALDINE WEISS, As to Part of a $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 25, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 27, 2005, in Instrument No. 05-002847, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that LEONA BERNSTEIN, As to $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 25, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 27, 2005, in Instrument No. 05-002847, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that MIRIAN GERSHMAN MULLIAN a/k/a MIMI MULLIAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of MIRIAN GERSHMAN MULLIAN a/k/a MIMI MULLIAN, who may be the holder/s of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust February 2, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded February 3, 2006, in Instrument No. 0603951, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and RICHARD D. 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 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; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 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 TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, JOEL GIURTINO a/k/a JOEL GUIRANTIO, As to part of a $30,000.00 Interest and PAT GIURTINO a/k/a PAT GUIRANTIO, As to part of a $30,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $30,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 25, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 27, 2005, in Instrument No. 05-002847, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, DR. SIDNEY GOLDSTEIN, As to $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 25, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 27, 2005, in Instrument No. 05-002847, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, AYLSE GOLDSTEIN, As to $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 25, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 27, 2005, in Instrument No. 05-002847, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, LEONARD WEISS, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of LEONARD WEISS, As to Part

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SHANDRA ROBINSON, Plaintiff v. RUDOLPH ROBINSON, SR., Defendant. Case No.: CL15001376-00 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 14th day of August, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER PATINA SHARPE, Plaintiff v. ROBERT GRAVES, Defendant. Case No.: CL15001377-00 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 14th day of August, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JENNIFER MCGARVEY, Plaintiff v. ZACHARY MCGARVEY, Defendant. Case No.: CL15000952-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 19th day of August, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

CUSTODY virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Elizabeth Mary Edmondson, A Juvenile CHILDREN’S HOME SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA V. UNKNOWN BIRTH FATHER, J-91080-02 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Pursuant to VA Code § 16.1-277.01, Children’s Home Society of Virginia is requesting that the Court terminate the residual parental rights of the unknown birth father, whose identity and whereabouts are unknown; and transfer custody of the infant Elizabeth Mary Edmondson, DOB 12/25/14 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 October 1, 2015 at 9:40 a.m. Sherry A. Fox, Esq. ThompsonMcMullan, PC 100 Shockoe Slip Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-698-6231 virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re SADIA MARGARET ROBERTSON, A Juvenile CHILDREN’S HOME SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA V. Continued on next column

virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re DEARA SHORT, DREVON JONES, & DAVION JONES, Juveniles Case No. J088368-06, JJ079466-08, & JJ079465-07 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of David Darell Jones, (Father), and Deara Short, child, DOB 9/12/2013, Davion Jones, child, DOB 11/7/2005, and Drevon Jones, child, DOB 7/29/2007, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendant David Darell Jones, appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before September 14, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. Kate D. O’Leary, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493 virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND iN rE: aiden marvincarter flack OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Henry Jones, (Father), and Shereka Lashay Flack (Mother), of Aiden Marvin-Carter Flack, child, DOB 1/10/2012, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendant Henry Jones, and Shereka Lashay Flack, appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before September, 15, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Kate O’Leary, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493 virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re majesty Dabney, juvenile Case No. J86264-09-11 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Herman Gibson (Father), and ClenTonya Dabney, (Mother), of Majesty Dabney, child, DOB7/10/2002, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendants Herman Gibson, and ClenTonya Dabney, appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before September 22, 2015 at 2:15 p.m. Kate D. O’Leary, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493

virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND iN rE: Baby Boy Barrett a/k/a Jackson barrett Children’s home society of virginia v. unknown birth father OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Pursuant to VA Code § 16.1277.01, the Children’s Home Society of Virginia is requesting that the Court terminate the parental rights of the unknown birth father, whose identity and whereabouts are unknown and transfer custody of the infant. Baby Boy Barrett a/k/a Jackson Barrett, d/o/b 04/13/15 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/ or her interests on or before September 8, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Sherry A. Fox, Esq. Thompson McMullan, PC 100 Shockoe Slip Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-698-6231 virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND iN rE: destini monique parker OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Tiffany Lorraine Parker (Mother), Robert Turner (Father), and Unknown Father (Father) of Destini Monique Parker, child, DOB 5/15/2014, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendant Tiffany Lorraine Parker, Robert Turner, and Unknown Father appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before August, 17, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Kate D. O’Leary, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493

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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.: CL14-3065-1 TOWER BUILDING 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 “1210 North 32nd Street,” TaxMap/GPIN# E000-0712/012, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that WILLIAM C. MURPHY, III, Sole Child of Carolyn C. Christina Murphy, Deceased, daughter of Marie Cornelius Christian, Deceased, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that CAROLYN C. CHRISTIAN, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF CAROLYN C. CHRISTIAN, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that NICK P. SEFCHOK a/k/a N. PAUL SEFCHOK, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of NICK P. SEFCHOK a/k/a N. PAUL SEFCHOK, As to part of a $45,000.00 Interest and HILDA SEFCHOK, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of HILDA SEFCHOK, As to part of a $45,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $45,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05270, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that WILLIAM WALTHER, As to part of a $34,500.00 Interest and JEANNE WALTHER, As to part of a $34,500.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $34,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05270, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that WILLIAM K. PEMBER and SUSAN M. PEMBER, Trustees of THE WILLIAM K PEMBER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 8, 2003, As to $50,000.00 Interest, which may be the holder of $50,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05270, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this 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.: CL15-957-1 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 “1217 North 29th Street,” Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E0000565/032, 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 STANLEY MEYERS, As to part of a $25,750.00 Interest and JANET MEYERS, As to part of a $25,750.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $25,750.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded August 15, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-030626, have not been personally located and 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 Interest, As Trustee of a $25,700.00 Interest and HAZEL PEARSON, Who May Be Deceased, and her Successor/s in Interest, As Trustee of a $25,700.00 Interest, who may be the Trustees of a $25,750.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded August 15, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-030626, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that MIMI S. MULLIAN a/k/a MIRIAN GERSHAM MULLIAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of MIMI S. MULLIAN a/k/a MIRIAN GERSHAM MULLIAN, or other Holder/s of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 28, 2005 with respect to said property, recorded July 28, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-025062, 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 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, STANLEY MEYERS, As to part of a $25,750.00 Interest and JANET MEYERS, As to part of a $25,750.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $25,750.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded August 15, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-030626, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, SEYMOUR PEARSON, Who May Be Deceased, and his Successor/s in Interest, As Trustee of a $25,700.00 Interest and HAZEL PEARSON, Who May Be Deceased, and her Successor/s in Interest, As Trustee of a $25,700.00 Interest, who may be the Trustees of a $25,750.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 12, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded August 15, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-030626, MIMI S. MULLIAN a/k/a MIRIAN GERSHAM MULLIAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of MIMI S. MULLIAN a/k/a MIRIAN GERSHAM MULLIAN, or other Holder/s of Continued on next page

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a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 28, 2005 with respect to said property, recorded July 28, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-025062, 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 14, 2015, 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

for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, 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, MARC A. HIGHFILL, who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Purchase Money Deed of Trust dated January 20, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded January 31, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-3535, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, RUTH WOLFF, As to $25,000.000 Interest, who may be the holder of a $25,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 27, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded March 3, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-007260, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, LENORA GREENBURG, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of LENORA GREENBURG, As to $22,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $22,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 27, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded March 3, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-007260, HAROLD H. GOTTSCHALL a/k/a HAL GOTTSCHALL, As to part of a $34,000.00 Interest and LINDA GOTTSCHALL As to part of a $34,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $34,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded July 14, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-023204, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ROBERT GOLDEN, As to part of a $16,000.00 Interest and CAROL GOLDEN, As to part of a $16,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $16,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2005, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, PAMELA T. SILVER, As to part of a $2,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $2,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded July 14, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-023204, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, BRYAN S. SILVER, As to a possible $2,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $2,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded July 14, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-023204, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, 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 14, 2015, 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

dated February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05272, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, SIDNEY GOLDSTEIN, As to part of a $10,000.00 Interest, 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 February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05272, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, SANDI GOLDSTEIN, Who May Be Deceased and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of SANDI GOLDSTEIN, As to part of a $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of part of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05272, MAYNARD GREENBLAT, Who May Be Deceased and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of MAYNARD GREENBLAT, As to part of a $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of part of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05272, NICK SEFCHOK, As to a $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05272, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ALAN KATZ, LYNN KATZ, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, 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 14, 2015, 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.: CL14-3285-1 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 “1207 North 24TH Street”, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E000-0560/022, 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., 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 JUNIOUS TAYLOR, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of JUNIOUS TAYLOR, As to part of a ½ Interest, who may be the holder/s of part of a ½ Interest in interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 26, 2002, with respect to said property, recorded December 4, 2002, in Instrument Number 02-038136, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that HERBERT CHUTTER, as to part of a ½ Interest and DOROTHY CHUTTER, as to part of a ½ Interest, who may be the holders of a ½ Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 26, 2002, with respect to said property, recorded December 4, 2002, in Instrument Number 02-038136, 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, whose names are unknown; that ADA ALLEN, As to $81,000.000 Interest, who may be the holder of $81,000.00 Interest in interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 21, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded July 29, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-025341, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that HERBERT CHUTTER, as to part of a $23,000.00 Interest and DOROTHY CHUTTER, as to part of a $23,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $23,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 21, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded July 29, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-025341, 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, whose names are unknown; that DAVID COHEN, As to $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 23, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded August 26, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-29282, 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 JONATHAN COHEN, As to $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 23, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded August 26, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-29282, 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 ALAN KATZ, LYNN KATZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, 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; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 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, JUNIOUS TAYLOR, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of JUNIOUS TAYLOR, As to part of a ½ Interest, who may be the holder/s of part of a ½ Interest in interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 26, 2002, with respect to said property, recorded December 4, 2002, in Instrument Number 02-038136, HERBERT CHUTTER, as to part of a ½ Interest and DOROTHY CHUTTER, as to part of a ½ Interest, who may be the holders of a ½ Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 26, 2002, with respect to said

property, recorded December 4, 2002, in Instrument Number 02-038136, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ADA ALLEN, As to $81,000.000 Interest, who may be the holder of $81,000.00 Interest in interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 21, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded July 29, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-025341, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, HERBERT CHUTTER, as to part of a $23,000.00 Interest and DOROTHY CHUTTER, as to part of a $23,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $23,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 21, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded July 29, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-025341, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, DAVID COHEN, As to $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 23, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded August 26, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-29282, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JONATHAN COHEN, As to $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 23, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded August 26, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-29282, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ALAN KATZ, LYNN KATZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, 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, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 14, 2015, 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.: CL14-3245-1 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 1309 (formerly 1305) North 27th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/ GPIN# E000-0622/020, 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 LARRY CARRINGTON, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of LARRY CARRINGTON, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that GERALD H. FINE, TRUSTEE, GERALD H. FINE REVOCABLE TRUST DATED 9/10/92, As to a $20,000.00 Interest, which may be the holder of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 14, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded January 15, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-001532, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or his successor/s in title; that RONALD W. ADOLF, As to a $10,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $10,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 14, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded January 15, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-001532, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that JOSEPH FITZGERALD, As to part of a $18,000.00 Interest and GAIL FITZGERALD, As to part of a $18,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of part of $18,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 14, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded January 15, 2004, in Instru-

ment Number 04-001532, 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 JOEL GIURTINO, As to part of a $30,000.00 Interest and PAT GIURTINO, As to part of a $30,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $30,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 14, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 18, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-001699, 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 GERALDINE WEISS, As to $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 14, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 18, 2005, in Instrument Number 05001699, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ISAAC I. SILVER, As to $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 14, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 18, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-001699, 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, As to a $6,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $6,500.00 certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 14, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 18, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-001699, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his 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, 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 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, LARRY CARRINGTON, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of LARRY CARRINGTON, GERALD H. FINE, TRUSTEE, GERALD H. FINE REVOCABLE TRUST DATED 9/10/92, As to a $20,000.00 Interest, which may be the holder of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 14, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded January 15, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-001532, or his successor/s in title, RONALD W. ADOLF, As to a $10,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $10,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 14, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded January 15, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-001532, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JOSEPH FITZGERALD, As to part of a $18,000.00 Interest and GAIL FITZGERALD, As to part of a $18,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of part of $18,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 14, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded January 15, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-001532, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JOEL GIURTINO, As to part of a $30,000.00 Interest and PAT GIURTINO, As to part of a $30,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $30,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 14, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 18, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-001699, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, GERALDINE WEISS, As to $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 14, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 18, 2005, in Instru-

ment Number 05-001699, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ISAAC I. SILVER, As to $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 14, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded January 18, 2005, in Instrument Number 05001699, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, RONALD W. ADOLF, As to a $10,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $10,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 14, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded January 15, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-001532, or his 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, 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 14, 2015, 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.: CL15-108-1 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 “1702 Hickory Street”, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# N000-0364/034, 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 RANDOLPH COX, Who May Be Deceased and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of RANDOLPH COX, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that JUNIUS ELWOOD COX a/k/a JAMES EDWARD COX, Who May Be Deceased and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of JUNIUS ELWOOD COX a/k/a JAMES EDWARD COX, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that WILLIAM WALTHER, As to part of a $70,000.00 Interest and JEANNE WALTHER, As to part of a $70,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $70,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05272, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that SIDNEY GOLDSTEIN, As to part of a $10,000.00 Interest, 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 February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05272, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response in this matter, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that SANDI GOLDSTEIN, Who May Be Deceased and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of SANDI GOLDSTEIN, As to part of a $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of part of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05272, have not been located and have not filed a response in this matter; that MAYNARD GREENBLAT, Who May Be Deceased and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of MAYNARD GREENBLAT, As to part of a $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of part of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05272, have not been located and have not filed a response in this matter; that NICK SEFCHOK, As to a $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 13, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded February 13, 2007, in Instrument No. 07-05272, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response in this matter; that ALAN KATZ, LYNN KATZ, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, 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, RANDOLPH COX, Who May Be Deceased and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of RANDOLPH COX, JUNIUS ELWOOD COX a/k/a JAMES EDWARD COX, Who May Be Deceased and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of JUNIUS ELWOOD COX a/k/a JAMES EDWARD COX, WILLIAM WALTHER, As to part of a $70,000.00 Interest and JEANNE WALTHER, As to part of a $70,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $70,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust

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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.: CL15-1571-1 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 “1313 North 27th Street (formerly 1309 North 27th Street),” Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E0000622/022, 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. 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 MARC A. HIGHFILL, who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Purchase Money Deed of Trust dated January 20, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded January 31, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-3535, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that RUTH WOLFF, As to $25,000.000 Interest, who may be the holder of a $25,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 27, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded March 3, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-007260, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that LENORA GREENBURG, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of LENORA GREENBURG, As to $22,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $22,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 27, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded March 3, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-007260, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that HAROLD H. GOTTSCHALL a/k/a HAL GOTTSCHALL, As to part of a $34,000.00 Interest and LINDA GOTTSCHALL As to part of a $34,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $34,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded July 14, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-023204, 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 ROBERT GOLDEN, As to part of a $16,000.00 Interest and CAROL GOLDEN, As to part of a $16,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $16,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2005, have not been located and 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 $2,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $2,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded July 14, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-023204, 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 BRYAN S. SILVER, As to a possible $2,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $2,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded July 14, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-023204, has not been 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 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.: CL14-3246-1 TOWER BUILDING 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 “908 North 33rd Street,” TaxMap/GPIN# E000-0805/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and RICHARD D. 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 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; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 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 TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, RICHARD D. KRIDER, 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 14, 2015, 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

Notice PLUSH, LLC Trading as: PLUSH Restaurant and Lounge 1708 E. Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23223 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia D epartment of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) for a Mix Beverage, Wine and Beer license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Juan Wilson, Co-owner NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL The University of Virginia seeks a firm to provide: Integrated Space Planning Consulting Services To view a copy of RFP # LP071315 go to Procurement Services Site: http://www.procurement. virginia.edu/main/ publicpostings/RFP.html, or email: lp3s@virginia.edu

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Treveon Graham kicks up Spurs in summer league championship

Former Virginia Commonwealth University star Treveon Graham slices to the basket to score two of his 22 points Monday in the San Antonio Spurs’ win over the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Summer League Championship in Las Vegas.

By Joey Matthews

Former Virginia Commonwealth University star Treveon Graham is making a strong bid to earn a spot on the roster of the NBA powerhouse San Antonio Spurs or on their Development League team. Graham, a 6-foot-6 All-Atlantic 10 top performer, came off the bench Monday and scored 22 points to help lift the Spurs to a 93-90 win over the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Summer League Championship in Las Vegas. Both summer league teams were comprised of players the teams drafted in June, undrafted rookies like Graham, free agent signees and other young players vying for spots on NBA or D-League teams. Graham’s stellar effort also helped Becky Hammon become the first female head coach to guide a team to the NBA Summer League championship. Last season, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich named Coach Hammon as the first female assistant coach in NBA regular season history.

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➲ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Capital Region Airport Commission (“Commission”), which owns and operates Richmond International Airport, to consider adoption of a resolution to revise Parts I, II, III, IV, VII, IX, and XIV to its Rules and Regulations Regarding Conduct and Activities on the Property of the Capital Region Airport Commission (“Rules and Regulations”) at its next regularly scheduled monthly business meeting on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, commencing at 8:00 a.m. in the Commission’s Board Room, located in the Airport Terminal Building, 1 Richard E. Byrd Terminal Drive, Richmond International Airport, Virginia, 23250. A public hearing will be held during such meeting at which time and place any person may appear and be heard for or against the adoption of the proposed revisions to the Rules and Regulations. A full copy of the proposed revisions to the current Rules and Regulations and the proposed resolution to amend the Rules and Regulations may be viewed from a link on the Commission’s web site at http://www.flyric.com/ or directly at http://www.flyric.com/news/Rules_Reg_Pub_Hearing_2015.pdf. A hard copy of the proposed revisions to the current Rules and Regulations and the proposed resolution to amend the Rules and Regulations may be viewed at the Commission’s offices located at 1 Richard E. Byrd Terminal Drive, Suite C located on the second floor of the terminal building, Richmond, Virginia 23250, and written comments in advance of the meeting may be addressed to Mr. Jon E. Mathiasen, A.A.E., President and CEO, Capital Region Airport Commission, at the same address. CAPITAL REGION AIRPORT COMMISSION BY: Douglas E. Blum, Chief Financial Officer

The City of Richmond is seeking to fill the following position: Director of Information Technology 20M00000075 Department of Information Technology Apply by Continuous Financial/Statistical Analyst 35M00000902 Department of Public Utilities Apply by 8/2/2015 Master Plumber 30M00000068 Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities Apply by 08/02/2015 ****************** For an exciting career with the City of Richmond, visit our website for additional information and apply today! www.richmondgov.com EOE M/F/D/V

An application can be obtained from www.graylandbaptist.org The Richmond City Sheriff’s Office is in possession of firearms, related paraphernalia and abandoned property have gone unclaimed by the owner(s). Reasonable attempt to notify the owner(s) have been taken. These weapons shall be destroyed per tenants of 15.2-1719, 15.2-1720, 15.2-1721 and 19.2-386.29. Anyone making claim to any of the items may do so by contacting Major J. D. Jenkins 804-646-0068. Proof of legal ownership will be required to make a claim.

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Program Specialist (Early Intervention Professional Development) The Partnership for People with Disabilities at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is seeking a dynamic professional to serve as a program specialist as part of the professional development team of the Integrated Training Collaborative that oversees personnel development under Early Intervention (Part C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act for statewide providers. The Program Specialist in Early Intervention Professional Development will be responsible for developing and providing professional development (resources, e-learning and face-to-face training) related to Early Intervention. This position also provides leadership for local, state, and federal organizations and committees to support and promote professional development. The Program Specialist in Early Intervention Professional Development will also work closely with project staff, key stakeholders, and funders to ensure successful completion of contract deliverables. Required education, experience and licensure include but are not limited to the following: Master’s degree in education, eLearning (or similar specialty), adult learning, early childhood education, early childhood special education, social work, nursing, speech-language pathology, physical therapy, occupational therapy or infant/early childhood mental health; knowledge of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part C; at least 3 years of extensive experience in early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities; knowledge of and experience with principles of effective eLearning and adult learning practices; experience facilitating collaborative work with other agencies and providers; experience in providing professional development, consultation and technical assistance; and a demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment and a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusiveness or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU. This is a full time twelve month position at the Partnership for People with Disabilities at VCU. This position is grant funded through June 30, 2016. For a complete job description, please contact Bobbi Piguet at bjpiguet@vcu.edu or (804) 828-3878. Applicants must submit an application online at https://www.vcujobs.com as well as the following: 1) an application letter, describing how your education and employment experiences meet the required qualifications: 2) a complete curriculum vitae or resume; and 3) three current references who we may contact directly (including phone numbers and email addresses). Application submission deadline is August 3, 2015. The position may be housed at the Partnership for People with Disabilities located at VCU in Richmond or as a telecommuting position. The successful candidate must be able to travel frequently throughout the state to participate in grant activities as well as some out of state travel. Travel expenses will only be reimbursed from VCU or a more economical departure location). Applicants cannot start work at VCU until a background check process has been completed. Full benefits will accompany the position. “Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action university providing access to education and employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender, religion, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, political affiliation or disability.”

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The Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) seeks an experienced international marketing professional to aggressively promote Virginia to Asian companies in order to attract their business facilities. Join a team located in 6 countries that recruits international companies into Virginia. The International Investment Manager will generate international projects by conducting extensive marketing outreach, and will work with company executives and regional and local economic developers to successfully locate new business operations in Virginia. Private-sector experience or relevant international economic development experience preferred, as well as a demonstrated ability to aggressively sell and close deals while effectively providing client support. Salary minimum: $64,300. All candidates must apply through our website http://www.yesvirginia. org/AboutUs/Employment. Application deadline: July 31, 2015. VEDP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, veteran status, political affiliation, genetics, or against otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities. It is VEDP’s intent that its employment and personnel policies and practices conform to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding non-discrimination and affirmative action. Applicants requiring more information or requiring assistance may contact VEDP Human Resources at 1-804-545-5630 or vedphr@yesvirginia.org. TDD 1-800-828-1120 EOE/M/F/V/D

The Henrico County, Virginia, Economic Development Authority (EDA) is seeking a Business Attraction Manager to plan and execute the EDA’s business attraction program. Duties include: management and oversight of 2 staff members, execute marketing program to targeted domestic and international companies, coordinate with marketing agency on electronic and other marketing channels, manage active projects to closure, and other duties as assigned. The successful candidate must have a 4 year college degree and a minimum of 7 years of experience in economic development or a relevant field. Starting salary: $70,403. Application deadline: August 10, 2015. Email resume to wendy@henrico.com. EOE

Richmond Ambulance Authority Notice of Request for Proposal Replacement Generator Solution Solicitation Number: 15-04 The Richmond Ambulance Authority, a high performance EMS system located in Richmond, Virginia, announces its intent to bid for the provision of a Replacement Generator Solution. The successful bidder will provide a plan and cost proposal for providing the Replacement Generator Solution to the Authority. All proposals must be received at Authority offices no later than 3pm, EDT on August 27, 2015. Interested parties may obtain a copy of the Request for Proposal (RFP) for Replacement Generator Solution 15-04 by contacting: Tiffany Ford Compliance Director Richmond Ambulance Authority 2400 Hermitage Road Richmond, Virginia, 23220 804-254-1185 tford@raaems.org