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Davis must go

Commission recommends removing Confederate president’s statue, but not others

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Baltimore, New Orleans, Louisville, Ky., and even Memphis, Tenn., have gotten rid of their statues of racist Confederate traitors who fought to keep black people enslaved.

So have 26 other cities.

But Richmond will not join them in removing those in-yourface symbols of white supremacy and black suppression.

Instead, it expects to keep them in place to influence future generations.

At least, that’s the recommendation from the seven-member Monument Avenue Commission that Mayor Levar M. Stoney set up last June to consider what to do with the statues with which Richmond has been identified for more than a century.

Capping an 11-month study, the commission led by Christy

Coleman, CEO of the American Civil War Museum, and Dr. Gregg Kimball of the Library of Virginia, issued a 115-page report Monday laying out its proposals.

While the commission did call for removing the monument to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, it made clear that the city would need to clear a series of legal hurdles, including changing the Ms. Coleman city’s master plan.

“Of all the statues, this one is most unabashedly Lost Cause in its design and sentiment,” the commission wrote, referring to the post-Civil War movement to erect statues and create reverence for Confederate losers while erecting Jim Crow segregation laws and barriers to voting to keep black people as third-class citizens.

The commission included two members of City Council, Andreas Addison, 1st District, and Kim B. Gray, 2nd District.

The Free Press, which has called for the removal of the statues, had predicted last year that the commission would call for signage.

In a June 29, 2017, editorial after the commission was appointed, the Free Press decried the idea of putting “signs, historic markers or additional statues of the towering racists on horseback would be an affront … It would be like putting lipstick on a pig. It doesn’t work, and it isn’t pretty.”

Mayor Stoney praised the commission for its work and said he would study the report before moving forward with proposals to carry out the ideas of the commission, which is a study group without authority. The City Charter hands responsibility for statues Please turn to A4

Henrico man awarded patent for golf cart cover

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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John Houze Jr. holds in his right hand the patent for his retractable golf canopy that is attached to the roof of his golf cart. Mr. Houze also holds the application for the patent, which was filed two years ago and granted in May 2018.

Golf carts have been part of John Houze Jr.’s life for decades.

He’s used them as a player and has been around them as a golf course manager and golf shop owner.

He’s customized them. He’s wholesaled them.

And he drives one to get around the Mitchell Tree subdivision in Henrico County where he lives and the Indian Acres Club in Spotsylvania County where he vacations.

So it just seems appropriate that his first invention would be an improvement for a golf cart.

On May 15, the 84-year-old was awarded Patent 9,969,247 B1 for a retractable golf cart canopy to cover the rear area of the cart that is usually exposed.

“I was thrilled when this patent finally came through,” said Mr. Houze, a tall, trim man who speaks crisply. “It takes so much effort and expense to prepare an application. This patent shows I have really come up with something new and different.

The patent is just the first step. He’s now in talks with a company that wants to manufacture his canopy and market it to golf cart manufacturers, golf courses and individuals with carts.

“There are millions of golf carts, and most of them could use this canopy,” he said. “If just a fraction adopt my invention, I’ll do quite well.”

He noted that golf carts can be built with an 88-inch roof that would cover the rear area, but those are more expensive.

Most carts come with a 54-inch roof that leave the area where golf clubs ride exposed to the elements.

He said that the majority of golf carts today are outfitted with rear seats. He said in some areas, particularly resorts, carts are a popular way to get to the grocery store, a doctor’s office or Please turn to A4

Sickle cell advocate wins New development, fight for high-dose opioids residents behind city’s

to provide those with the niche genetic blood disease with far higher levels of George H. Carter appears to have won opioids without being forced to justify his fight to ensure that people like himself the treatment as is now required when who suffer from sickle cell disease can such potentially addictive drugs are get the high dosages of opioids needed prescribed to those in pain. to control the excruciating pain.

That would be a big change for the On June 15, Gov. Ralph S. Northam estimated 4,000 Virginians, mostly approved a regulation to make a change African-Americans, who live with that Mr. Carter pushed as administrator sickle cell, which creates red blood Mr. Carter and chief lobbyist for the nonprofit cells that are rigid, less durable and Sickle Cell – Virginia, the umbrella statewide crescent-shaped and can block blood vessels and organization with chapters in Richmond and the flow of oxygen, creating painful episodes. other localities.

The regulation change will allow physicians Please turn to A4

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

housing value jump

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The value of property is climbing in Richmond, most notably in areas such as Church Hill, Blackwell and Highland Park that were once stigmatized as less desirable because they were predominantly AfricanAmerican and low income.

The annual reassessment of homes and businesses for tax purposes shows the value of property in Richmond rose an average of 7.3 percent in the past 12 months, according to City Assessor Richie N. McKeithen.

“That’s the best showing since 2008 when values rose

Sheriff wants community work, shorter sentences exchange

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond Sheriff Antionette V. Irving wants more people sentenced to jail to be involved in community service work that includes picking up litter on public property and cleaning Richmond Public Schools buses.

Seeking to revive a once flourishing program, she said she is now Sheriff acquiring equipment and clothing for participants to use.

She hopes to initially have 10 to 20 people involved in the program and to expand from there. “We want to involve as many people as we can,” she told the Free Press in an interview last week.

Since taking office in January, Sheriff Irving

said that she already has had a few inmates involved in weekly cleanup projects through what she dubbed the Neat and Community Services programs.

In February, her spokeswoman, Alexis Carey, said the Sheriff’s Office began providing inmate help to other areas of the city that needed landscaping support and trash removal. Most Irving of those involved have been sentenced to community service rather than jail time.

Now Sheriff Irving is seeking to expand even further by using willing inmates who are sentenced to serve on weekends.

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It’s all in the wrists Mariesha Little rehearses with the HARPS Foundation – American Youth Harp Ensemble, which develops and offers programs and performances for children and youth in the greater Richmond area. HARPS also seeks to increase the appreciation, performance and therapeutic value of the harp in the U.S. and throughout the world.

8.1 percent,” he said, although that increase quickly began to roll back in the real estate market collapse as the Great Recession hit.

In the June 28 report, the city is broken into 106 separate areas and 42 were reported to have above-average value increases, which are largely based on real estate sales, and a good portion are far from familiar high-value neighborhoods such as The Fan and the West End. Among them is Highland Park in North Side. Across the still majority-black community, home values rose an average of 10 percent, with an increase of 16 percent in the Highland Park Plaza neighborhood. That’s a big turnaround from a few years ago when there were worries about whether home values would ever recover.

In Old Randolph, a still largely African-American area south of Idlewood in the near West End, home values spiked nearly 30 percent. Neighborhoods around City Stadium saw increases averaging 17 percent.

Other areas where values Please turn to A4

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Students’ free rides delayed until September Richmond high school students who hoped to hop on a GRTC bus and ride for free under a now city program will have to wait until the new school year begins in September.

The program is still being developed, City Hall and GRTC officials said this week.

“This is the startup year for the program,” James Nolan, the mayor’s press secretary, stated in response to a Free Press query.

The mayor called for providing the passes to allow public high school students to ride free in his proposed budget for the current 2018-19 fiscal year that began Sunday and City Council adopted the proposal in May. He said the program would be year-round when he announced the proposal, but this year it will run for 10 months until June 30, 2019, and expire if additional funds to support it were not included in the 2019-20 city budget.

More than 5,800 students would be eligible to receive passes to ride, according to Richmond enrollment figures.

The specific date for issuance of passes has not been set, and it is not clear that GRTC and the city are yet on the same page.

GRTC spokeswoman Carrie Rose Pace stated that at the “beginning of the fall semester, GRTC will go to all RPS high schools to provide the passes.”

Mr. Nolan, though, stated that public high school students “would receive their passes at enrollment prior to the school year.”

And to get a pass, a student would need a signed permission slip from a parent or guardian, he stated, as it is an “opt-in” program.

“Next year, GRTC will just enroll freshmen or new students or students who were not previously enrolled” or who did not previously provide a permission slip, he stated.

Once students have a pass, “it will be valid year-round, and there will be no need to renew each year,” Mr. Nolan stated, unless a student loses the pass or had the privilege to ride revoked for some reason.

A student also could receive a new pass if a parent or guardian who had asked for a pass to be deactivated granted permission for the student to have a new pass.

He said officials also are discussing a plan to allow graduated seniors whose passes would expire when they received their diploma to remain usable until June 30 of that year so they would have a little time to look for a job or undertake other activities.

Pulse passenger rates dip after debut The crush of passengers has disappeared along with the free rides on GRTC’s new Pulse and other buses.

O n M o n d a y, empty seats returned along with the regular fares, with most riders being people without cars who were headed to jobs and other destinations.

Passengers such as Jerry Sibley are still adjusting to the changes, including new route numSandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press bers, major route revisions, bus stop relocations and ticket-dispensing machines.

“I used to be able to jump on the 73 to get over to South Side. Now I have to catch one of the three buses, and I’m still not sure which one,” he said.

Still, love it or hate it, people are getting used to it.

“I don’t think about whether I like it or not,” said Cherry Harper, who was headed to an appointment about housing. “It’s here, and I have to live with it. I don’t have a car, so this is how I get around.”

The big question is whether GRTC will see more people using the system that has cost so much. Pulse alone required $65 million in federal, state and local tax dollars to develop.

GRTC has yet to release new ridership numbers, and it could be weeks or months before it is clear whether the overhaul has been a boon or a bust in terms of public transit usage.

So far there is no evidence that the revamp is generating an increase in passengers. Several drives past stations at different hours on Monday and Tuesday showed few places with more than one or two people waiting to board.

The new transfer point at 4th and Broad streets that is a stop for multiple routes was among the most crowded locations.

Last week, it was often standing-room-only on Pulse buses making the 7.6-mile run between Rocketts Landing and the Willow Lawn shopping area when service was free. GRTC reported that nearly 6,300 people took a ride on Pulse on opening day, June 24.

About 8,500 people took a trip on June 25 and nearly 8,000 did so on June 26, the last numbers GRTC has released.

This week, a spot survey indicated Pulse buses were doing well to carry 20 to 25 people per one-way trip and were easily completing a trip from east to west in 35 to 40 minutes.

Photos by Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond Volunteers from the Richmond Tennis Association add touches of color, including their own green thumbs, to the Arthur Ashe Monument at Monument and Roseneath avenues in Richmond’s West End. Joe Grover, above, cleans a bed of bright lilies and, Shima Gover, below, tackles weeds among plants that are provided by the City of Richmond. This is the fourth year that the association has conducted the beautification project.

Agency questions city’s plan to destroy historic warehouse

By Jeremy Lazarus

The fate of a landmark warehouse in the East End that was supposed to be transformed into Stone Brewing’s destination bistro and beer garden remains in limbo.

Three years after promising to renovate the Intermediate Terminal building with an $8 million loan offer from the city, Stone Brewing now wants to demolish and replace the building at 3101 E. Main St. with a modern structure.

But those plans have become more complicated.

Even as another party steps forward to try to buy the building, City Hall, which is backing Stone Brewing’s effort to demolish it, is now wrestling with a state agency over the building’s historical value and has been forced to suspend efforts to secure City Council approval to allow Stone Brewing

to proceed with its plan.

The city is engaged in the review of the building’s value because federal funds have been used in that area.

The state Department of Historic Resources (DHR) is questioning the city’s efforts to prove the vacant 1937 building does not deserve a listing on the state and national registers of historic places.

Both sides agree the building, once a major employment center for black workers, was developed as part of an ambitious Richmond effort to revive itself as a major port of call for shippers.

The city argues that the building now stands alone, as all the rest of the structures associated with the Intermediate Terminal have been wiped out, and is no longer related to anything. DHR suggests the building has enough value to be recognized on its own or to be

Expanded Medicaid, more time for recess among new state laws Free Press wire reports

Few riders buy money-saving passes Most GRTC passengers are electing to pay full cost rather than take advantage of the money-saving passes that the bus company offers.

The most recent GRTC ridership data show that most people either pay the fare in cash — $1.50 for a one-way trip and 25 cents for a transfer — or buy a one-day pass for $3.50 that provides unlimited rides and transfers.

The data show only a small fraction of riders buy a weekly unlimited ride pass for $17.50 and gain the $7 a week savings over the daily pass. And most regular riders also do not buy the monthly unlimited-ride pass for $60, which represents a savings of $45 over the one-day pass.

connected with the city’s remaining port area, Deepwater Terminal.

In another blow, DHR also has found the building to be made of reinforced concrete, rejecting the contrary claims from the city and Stone Brewing’s architects that the building is not sturdy enough.

Adding another complication, Jearald D. “Jerry” Cable, owner of the Tobacco Co., has sent the city a letter offering to purchase “the building at a fair market value.”

Mr. Cable wrote that he is stepping forward after “Stone Brewing, in effect, has said it will not live up to its legal commitment to renovate and save the historical Intermediate Terminal building.”

He stated that he would undertake a privately financed project to renovate the space, which would be far better than the subsidized deal the city has planned to undertake with Stone Brewing. Mr. Cable, along with other restaurant and brewery owners, see that deal as “subsidizing unfair competition” as the city does not offer them the same deal.

So far, the city has not responded to the unsolicited offer, but the proposal could bolster efforts by Councilman Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District, to get Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s administration to pull back and put the building on the market to see if the building could attract bids from others that might be more suitable for Richmond taxpayers.

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Rallying for justice Andrea Miller joins protesters during the “Families Belong Together Rally” at the Virginia State Capitol Bell Tower on Saturday, June 30.

Similar protests continue throughout the country in response to the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant parents and children entering the United States from Mexico.

Hundreds of new Virginia laws went into effect Sunday, July 1.

The biggest item to come out of the General Assembly this year was a bipartisan agreement to expand Medicaid eligibility to about 400,000 low-income adults. That agreement is part of a state budget that began July 1, but state officials said they don’t expect to begin enrolling newly eligible adults into the publicly funded health care program until next year.

Other notable new laws include raising the felony threshold for shoplifting from $200 to $500; allowing school boards to increase time students spend in recess; loosening restrictions on dogs visiting wineries and breweries; and legalizing slot-like machines at horse tracks and other locations.

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Senator questions cuts in schools’ maintenance funds

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The leader of a state Senate subcommittee that is taking a look at school building needs across Virginia wants to know whether Richmond’s decision to shrink spending on routine school maintenance by millions of dollars violates a U.S. Supreme Court decision and the state Constitution.

Republican state Sen. William M. Stanley of Franklin asked that question in a letter he sent Monday to Mayor Levar Stoney, adding fresh impetus to the policy debate over the city’s investment in aging and increasingly decrepit public school buildings.

Mayor Stoney so far has remained mum about a citizen-initiated, legislature-approved change to the City Charter that went into effect July 1.

That change requires him by Jan. 1 to come up with a fully funded plan to improve or replace all of the city’s decaying school buildings or say why he cannot do so without raising taxes.

In a return letter Tuesday to Sen. Stanley, the mayor wrote that both the Supreme Court decision and the state Constitution “speak to the responsibilities of the Commonwealth, not the locality. … Yet despite the requirements of the

Constitution state funding has decreased.

“It should be no surprise to you or your colleagues that, as more of our local dollars have been required to fill the gap left us by the Commonwealth, critical items like maintenance have been deferred,” the mayor continued in pointing the finger of blame at the state’s budget policies that he stated “are shortchanging our students.”

In his letter, Sen. Stanley cited Free Press and other newspaper reports about the mayor and council’s Sen. Stanley decision to reduce spending on routine maintenance from about $9.1 million in the budget year that ended June 30 to $1.6 million in the new budget year that began July 1, an 82 percent cut amounting to $7.5 million in eliminated funds.

Sen. Stanley asked the mayor to respond to this question: “Do you believe failing to provide the funding necessary to do basic maintenance to avoid conditions the school superintendent (Jason Kamras) called ‘heartbreaking’ is consis-

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to the Planning Commission and one of its arms, the Public Art Commission.

“Richmond has a long, complex and conflicted history, and the Confederate statues on Monument Avenue represents a shameful part of our past,” Mayor Stoney stated in responding to the report’s release.

“As I have said before, the statues on this beautiful street are Lost Cause myth and deception masquerading as history. They are monuments to Jim Crow that do not reflect the qualities of diversity, tolerance and equality we celebrate as values in our city today.

In his view, “the Commission’s report is unequivocal in its affirmation that there is an overwhelming desire and belief (that the statues) should not remain as they currently are. Something needs to change, and I could not agree more.”

Last year, after forming the commission, he had said he could support removal of the statues, but he has made it clear that any proposals he makes would follow the commission’s recommendations, even though they are not binding.

Others, though, found the report to be the kind of compromising half-measure that they believe is typical of Richmond.

Among them is Art Burton, founder and director of the Kinfolk Community Empowerment Center that works to uplift public housing residents. Mr. Burton also is an outspoken supporter of getting rid of the statues.

“Disappointing” is how he described the report.

He said that the decision to call for removal of the Jefferson Davis statue enabled the commission to avoid the centerpiece statue of Robert E. Lee. “That statue is the epicenter of the racial bigotry in this city, this state and this country.

So long as it stands, Richmond will never change,” he said.

He said he doubts that even the Davis statue would ever be removed. He said any move do so would likely trigger an outpouring of opposition, ultimately resulting in inaction while opening old wounds and an atmosphere of ill will.

The commission’s report also recommends creating an exhibit, a cell phone application and a video on the history of the monuments, while urging the city to install a monument to the United States Colored Troops in the vicinity of the Confederate statues as a counterpoint.

Confederate statues, flags and other iconography that have been displayed in public spaces for generations have come under fresh scrutiny since a white racist killed nine people in a black church on June 17, 2015 in Charleston, S.C. The issue hit closer to home last year during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. One of the white supremacists drove his car into a crowd of people who opposed his views, killing one person and injuring dozens more.

The full report is now available on the Monument Avenue Commission’s website.

tent with the Brown II decision and Article VIII Section I of the Virginia Constitution?”

Brown II refers to a 1955 Supreme Court decision that followed up on the famed 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision that overturned as unconstitutional state laws requiring public schools to be segregated by race. Brown II listed the keeping of school facilities in good condition for all students as one element that local governments had to address to eliminate segregated conditions.

Mayor Stoney The state constitutional provision Sen. Stanley cited directs the General Assembly to provide a free system of public schools and to “seek to ensure that an educational program of high quality is established and continually maintained.”

Sen. Stanley wrote that Mayor Stoney’s response to the question “will help me develop facility legislation for the 2019 General Assembly session.” He has yet to respond to Mayor Stoney’s answer.

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jumped include the Providence Park area of North Side, another largely African-American community where increases averaged about 15 percent.

Values shot up 13 percent in the Oakwood area of Church Hill and 15 percent in in neighborhoods around George Wythe High School in South Side. In the Old South neighborhoods of Swansboro, Blackwell and Manchester, 10 percent to 23 percent increases in value were common.

The assessments developed

by Mr. MeKeithen and his staff are the basis for the property tax bills the city will begin issuing early next year — and many people will begin to feel the rise in values in their pocketbooks as their bills increase.

The city, in its new 201819 budget, projected that the increase in real estate values would translate to a $20 million increase in the amount of real estate taxes colleted, which are

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local shops.

His invention involves installing supports on the rear of the cart and attaching the canopy. Like a moon roof in a car, his canopy is moveable so that the back end can be exposed or not, depending on conditions, he said.

If all goes well, he hopes that the canopy can be provided for $150 or less at retail, but he said it would depend on the cost of the manufacturer.

Still, he’s proud that he’s now a real inventor at his age. “I hope to inspire others to get out of the rocking chair.”

It’s taken years to get to this point. He said he came up with the idea about 16 years ago while managing the Spring Lake Golf Club in Henrico County. “I had this idea in the back of my mind. Then when I went home I dreamed about it, and it was a full-blown plan.”

He said it has just taken time to transform the dream into reality.

Growing up, he never expected golf to be a big part of his life.

He said he only learned the game after getting a job as a car salesman at Richmond Chrysler-Plymouth, the first black person on the sales side.

He said other salesmen would come back from their weekends and talk about their weekend play in a game he knew nothing about.

“I was always left out,” he said. He became determined to learn how to play and began hitting balls at a vacant field in Fairfield Court and on high school football fields in the offseason.

He became good enough to win amateur tournaments. He also found a mentor in a golf shop and started learning how to repair golf clubs, just one way he sought to learn more about the game he was determined to master.

After a year, he felt he had learned enough to start a mobile golf club repair business. He said he built the business by going to car dealerships and fixing clubs

The exchange of letters took place almost at the same time Davenport & Co., the city’s investment adviser, issued an updated report on the impending city investment in schools.

That report recommended that the only investment that the city should make in schools through 2023 should be the $150 million that would come from the 1.5 percent increase in the sales tax on restaurant and prepared meals that went into effect Sunday.

The extra tax, aimed at raising $9 million a year to repay that $150 million over 20 years, increased the city’s share of the sale tax from 6 percent to 7.5 percent and raised the total sales tax in Richmond on prepared food to 12.8 percent.

However, the School Board and City Hall are only planning to spend about $110 million of that new money, or at least $40 million less.

The $110 million is to be used to build two new elementary schools, Greene and George Mason, to replace their old buildings, and a new ElkhardtThompson Middle School. The rush is on to get them open by 2020 when the mayor is expected to be seeking re-election along with members of the council and the School Board.

The rest of the money remains unallocated.

for the salespeople.

That led him to open a golf shop Downtown in the now long gone 6th Street Marketplace. He later bought a second store in Williamsburg and another in South Carolina.

He sold them by 2001 when he took over management of the nine-hole Spring Lake, which was started in 1939 by a group of black golfers who were tired of the whites-only policies elsewhere. Mr. Houze joined in the 1960s after learning to play the game. The club was later sold to private owners.

Mr. Houze managed the club until 2006, when its owners sold it. One of the streets in the subdivision that now covers the former course is named in Mr. Houze’s honor.

Mr. Houze, who spent 20 years serving as treasurer of the Richmond Crusade for Voters, has his fingers crossed that his new invention will be a hit.

“I am confident that one day soon a lot of people will be using the Houze canopy.”

expected to yield at least $261 million to help cover costs.

With houses being most people’s biggest investment, rising values are good news in improving wealth. But for people on fixed incomes, increases also mean they have to dig deeper to pay the taxes.

Mr. McKeithen said the increase in value is being fueled by the wave of development in apartments and office buildings as well as continued growth in the city’s population. Since 2010, when the Census counted 204,000 residents, Richmond has added an estimated 23,000 new residents, according to Census Bureau projections. The city’s population is expected to easily top 230,000 people when the 2020 Census is conducted. If it does, it would be the largest number of people living in the city in at least 45 years.

In Mr. McKeithen’s view, the city’s growth has meant that value increases are seeping into neighborhoods on the east of Chamberlayne Avenue, long a racial dividing line in the city, though less so now.

“When houses are selling for $700,000 in the Fan, people begin looking at other options,” he said.

That includes areas that were once redlined because of their black population levels.

One example of a neighborhood that has become a hot spot is the residential area that links with FairmountAvenue and Nine Mile Road in the East End. Fifteen years ago, it was a big deal when renovated and newly built homes began selling for $120,000 along the streets, 21st to 24th, that sit east of the Mosby Court public housing community in the East End.

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not be paid, a sore point for some community activists who, in past years, came to City Council to protest such programs as slave labor.

Sheriff Irving’s plan is to shorten sentences for those who participate.

People who serve time at the jail, also known as the Richmond Justice Center, usually get one day cut from their sentence for each day they do not get into trouble. It is called “good time.”

Those who go out to work would get more “good time” credit, she said, unless the credit would drop their time below the minimum days a judge has required them to serve.

Sheriff Irving said that inmates in the regular jail, for now, could not participate. The only people who could, she said, would be those assigned to Community Custody, a separate area of the jail where people serve their sentences on weekends or who go to work or school during the day and stay at the jail at night and on weekends.

Currently about 78 people are serving sentences that way, data from the Justice Center show.

Sheriff Irving said she is working with Richmond Public Schools to provide people from Community Custody to clean school buses on the weekends. That could start to happen later this summer, she said, if all goes well.

For now, she said she is working on getting people involved in cleaning up parks and other public spaces. She said the program will allow people who are serving time to be more productive, get some exercise and make positive contributions to the community.

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The governor’s action endorses the state Board of Medicine’s 12-6 vote in February to add sickle cell disease to the short list of exemptions from the tough, 15-month-old emergency regulations governing the prescribing of opioids.

Prior to the change, the only exemptions from the regulations were for people being treated for cancer or those diagnosed with terminal conditions and in hospice or palliative care.

The change is now subject to public comment along with the rest of the final regulations regarding opioid prescription, according to William Harp, executive director of the state Board of Medicine. “If the regulations are not suspended by comment, then they will become effective Wednesday, Aug. 8,” Mr. Harp stated.

Mr. Carter, a retired City of Richmond senior procurement officer, cannot wait for that to happen.

The 72-year-old Richmond area resident has needed time and patience to get sickle cell disease recognized this way.

He had no success at the General

Assembly, he said. Members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus refused to champion the cause of sickle cell sufferers. Mr. Carter said that one delegate even refused to meet with him about the issue.

The Free Press also did not receive return calls or emails from two Caucus members, Delegate Lashrecse Aird of Petersburg and Delegate Marcia Price of Newport News, who serve on the committee that addresses opioids.

Mr. Carter refused to give up and took his case to the state Board of Medicine, along with other advocates from Sickle Cell-Virginia and from supportive physicians.

“If you haven’t experienced the pain, you just cannot imagine what it is like,” said Mr. Carter, who said he endures episodes at least two or three times a year.

Sickle cell disease pain is widely considered unique because it often begins in the first year of life and continues through adulthood, often growing in intensity as people age, according to researchers.

Some patients describe sickle cell pain as the worst pain one can suffer — far worse than postoperative pain and

at least as intense as cancer pain. It is a leading cause of emergency room visits and hospitalizations among sickle cell patients, and the frequency of admissions for pain is a strong predictor of premature death, according to researchers.

Two women who testified before the Board of Medicine told of the problems they faced when they had to rush their children who have the disease to the hospital since the regulations went into effect.

They said doctors would limit the dosage of opioids that were delivered and point to the regulations as justification even when the children continued to scream in pain. “There was just no way to comfort them,” one mother testified. “Regulations should not get in the way of good care.”

Mr. Carter said his longtime physician, refusing to get entangled with the new regulations, referred him to another doctor to handle the prescription of pain medication. “He (my doctor) just didn’t want to deal with everything that now goes with prescribing opioids,” Mr. Carter said.

He said his experience has turned out to be all too common for sickle cell sufferers, who require chronic

treatment of pain. Some need to take opioids on a daily or weekly basis because of their condition, he said, while others, like himself, who have fewer episodes, can deal with the pain mostly with less dangerous pain medications.

“We are not talking about people getting addicted,” he said. He said there is little evidence that people with sickle cell who take opioids during a pain crisis become addicts.

“I don’t take them unless I need them,’ he said, and “that’s true of others.”

Wally Smith, M.D., a professor of sickle cell disease at Virginia Commonwealth University, agrees that exempting sickle cell patients from opioid restrictions is the right thing to do.

He has treated thousands of sickle cell patients over the years, often with opioids.

“Contrary to popular belief, most patients with sickle cell disease who are on opioid painkillers don’t become addicts,” he said. “It is these patients who are hurt by the well-meaning war on opioids.”

Dr. Smith noted that the estimated prevalence of opioid addiction in the

sickle cell population is about 10 percent or about the same level as the average opioid addiction rate among most chronic pain sufferers in the United States.

Nevertheless, physicians fear that being blamed for opioid addiction and overdoses has led a growing number of doctors to withhold these powerful drugs from sickle cell patients.

Dr. Smith has a special term for it: Opio-phobia.

“There was physician opio-phobia before the current opioid epidemic,” he said. “The current epidemic has hyped that to new levels.”

The regulatory change could help prevent people with the disease from facing cutoffs from the medication that is effective against severe sickle cell pain, he said.

It could also keep some patients from ending up in emergency rooms when they are having a severe pain crisis, Dr. Smith said, and from being stigmatized as engaging in drugseeking behaviors.

“Long-term therapy with opioids can be safe and effective for sickle cell pain,” Dr. Smith said, adding that the regulatory change recognizes that.

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Summer safety is more than just sun safety.

Summer is here! We’re all excited about vacations, cookouts and days by the pool. But we should also be mindful of how to protect ourselves and loved ones.

Stay hydrated • Avoid the heat between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

• Begin hydrating 30 minutes before outdoor activities • Take water breaks every 15 to 20 minutes • Minimize caffeine and alcohol intake • Eat fruits and vegetables like watermelon, cucumbers, grapes and pineapple

Pool and ocean safety • Every day, about ten people die from drowning • Two of those ten are children under 14 • Small children should use arm flotation devices • Stay out of the water for at least 24 hours after a storm

Grill safety • Place your grill away from your home • Keep your children and pets away from the grill • Remove grease buildup on your grill • Never leave a lit grill unattended

Skin Cancer

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• Limit your time in the sun • Wear UV-blocking clothing like wide-brimmed hats, bright, long sleeved shirts and pants • Use SPF 15 or higher sunscreen • Apply sunscreen 30 minutes before going outside and reapply every 2 hours or immediately after swimming or excessive sweating • Protect your eyes with UV-blocking sunglasses • Keep infants six months and younger out of direct sunlight

We care about the health and safety of our communities. To learn more, visit vcuhealth.org. © 2018 VCU Health. All rights reserved. Sources: American Red Cross; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Fire Protection Association; Skin Cancer Foundation; VCU News; Virginia Department of Health.

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What to people of color is the Fourth of July?

Events of the past year recall the words and sentiment of Frederick Douglass, the noted abolitionist and editor, in his famed July Fourth address. Earlier this year, the orator and statesman was remembered in commemorations of his 200th birthday, including at Cedar Hill, his hilltop home in Washington’s Anacostia section, that has been preserved and maintained by the National Park Service as a national historic site.

Mr. Douglass, who was born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, escaped to New York, where he became a leader in the movement to abolish slavery and for women’s rights. He published the North Star, an influential antislavery newspaper, in Rochester, N.Y. Ultimately, he became marshal of the District of Columbia, U.S. ambassador to Haiti and adviser to several presidents. He also was nominated as the vice presidential running mate of women’s suffrage leader Victoria Woodhull on the Equal Rights Party ticket.

He died in February 1895 at age 77.

Frederick Douglass was the best known and most influential AfricanAmerican leader of the 1800s. He was born a slave in Maryland but managed to escape to the North in 1838.

He traveled to Massachusetts and settled in New Bedford, working as a laborer to support himself. In 1841, he attended a convention Frederick Douglass of the Massachusetts Antislavery Society and quickly came to the attention of its members, eventually becoming a leading figure in the New England antislavery movement.

In 1845, Mr. Douglass published his autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.” With the revelation that he was an escaped slave, Mr. Douglass became fearful of possible re-enslavement and fled to Great Britain, staying there for two years and giving lectures in support of the antislavery movement in America.

With the assistance of English Quakers, Mr. Douglass raised enough money to buy his own freedom and returned to America as a free man in 1847.

He settled in Rochester, N.Y., where he published The North Star, an abolitionist newspaper. He directed the local Underground Railroad, which smuggled escaped slaves into Canada, and worked to end racial segregation in Rochester’s public schools.

In 1852, the leading citizens of Rochester asked Mr. Douglass to give a speech as part of their Fourth of July celebrations. Mr. Douglass accepted their invitation.

In his speech, however, Mr. Douglass delivered a scathing attack on the hypocrisy of a nation celebrating freedom and independence with speeches, parades and platitudes, while, within its borders, nearly 4 million humans were being kept as slaves. … I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you this day rejoice are not enjoyed in common.

The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence bequeathed by your fathers is shared by you, not by me.

The sunlight that brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. … Fellow citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions, whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are today rendered more intolerable by the jubilant shouts that reach them. … What to the American slave is your Fourth of July? I answer, a day that reveals to him more than all other days of the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.

To him your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mock; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are to him mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation of the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of these United States at this very hour. … For revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival.

Frederick Douglass — July 4, 1852

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Newsroom attack feels like home invasion When news broke that a man with a shotgun had killed five employees in the Annapolis, Md., Capital Gazette newsroom, recent 24/7 media chatter about “civility” suddenly got real.

A lone gunman, reportedly carrying smoke grenades, opened fire with a shotgun in the Capital Gazette’s newsroom in a suburban industrial park. Witnesses describe a scene of total chaos, with staff members diving under desks— and tweeting their own story to the world outside.

Police arrested suspect Jarrod Ramos, who reportedly had a long-running grudge against the paper, and charged him with five counts of murder.

The deceased—described by colleagues as old-school newspaper people—sound like the sort of creative, dedicated folks who are familiar to just about every newsroom. You can hear echoes of the staff’s resilient spirit in a late announcement on the newspaper’s Twitter account where a defiant late-night tweet announced, “Yes, we’re putting out a damn paper tomorrow.”

And they did, which comes as little surprise to me. Newspeople tend to live for their next opportunity to report or comment on the news. We just don’t expect the news to be about us.

Yet ever since the terrorist

attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo left a dozen people dead and 11 injured in Paris in 2015, I know I am not alone among news workers in pushing the possibility of a similar attack here to the back of my mind. The perseverance of the

Clarence Page Capital Gazette staff should be an inspiration to us all — and not just in the news business.

It didn’t take long for news by reporters and editors who were covering their own story on social networks to be flooded with dispatches from the rest of the Twitterverse. Many chimed in with accusations, assumptions and conspiracy theories about who was responsible for the tragedy.

Many predictably try to fit the story into the national “incivility” debate that welled up earlier in the week after aides to President Donald Trump were verbally attacked while dining out after hours by opponents of the administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy.

But this episode doesn’t easily fit into the national leftversus-right political narratives.

The Capital Gazette is a classic example of the backbone of the news business: Local news.

It is here at the sort of midsize newspapers where so many of us journalists begin our careers and sometimes spend our entire careers, building a level of trust with the local community that enables local media to help

local government better serve the public.

But “fake news”? It’s not so easy to make that charge against papers and other media in a community small enough for people to hold local journalists as accountable as next door neighbors. Reporters know it, too. You want to be sure to get the story right and spell all the names correctly when you know you might well run into the people involved at a local church or supermarket.

With that, my heart goes out to the Capital Gazette staff, their families and to the community that knows them best, just as the newspaper knows the community.

As one of my colleagues observed, I feel as though tragedy has hit a member of my extended family. I have often advised journalism students that, “If you plan to stay in this business, get used to the people who are working around you. You’ll probably see them again. Media are a very small world.”

Indeed, I feel as though I know those who were killed while doing their jobs, based on the descriptions given by their co-workers at the paper.

Gerald Fischman was editor of the editorial page, which, after the deaths, ran a mostly blank page and a message that included the words, “We are speechless.”

Wendi Winters was a community reporter who also oversaw editing of special publications and wrote a “Teen of the Week”

Dems can stall another Scalia on High Court President Trump has made it crystal clear that his SCOTUS picks will be reincarnations of the hard-line late Antonin Scalia. He was as good as his word with his first pick Neil Gorsuch. His majority vote to nail abortion, union dues, and approve No. 45’s Muslim travel ban was terrorizing proof of that.

No. 45 wasted no time telling one and all that he’ll pick from a list of 25 names for a replacement for retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. The list has been carefully culled by the hard-right Heritage Foundation.

At first glance, President Trump seemingly holds all the political cards in ramming his pick through.

The initial battle will be in the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Democrats will use every procedural tactic to stall a confirmation vote. That will buy some time. But the nomination will eventually go to the Senate for a vote. It only takes a simple Senate majority to confirm. Even if the 49 Senate Democrats vote against the nominee, the GOP has the 50 votes plus one with the almost certain vote of VP Mike Pence if needed to get the magic 51 total. The only weapon that Democrats supposedly have to halt or at least

slow down No. 45 plopping a Scalia clone on the Supreme Court is the filibuster.

But that’s shaky at best since Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has already torpedoed that when he summarily cut off debate on Justice Gorsuch; the so-called “nuclear option.” OK, but the Democrats are far from impotent when it comes to fighting No. 45 even

Earl O. Hutchinson with that roadblock.

Here are the things they can try anyway.

They can still try a filibuster. It only takes one senator to keep the debate on a court nominee going until he or she runs out of verbiage. Debate on an odious Trump appointee can continue for up to 30 more hours and even this can be extended subject to another three-fifths vote to end it. But even this might not end it. When confirmation is put to a voice vote, a senator can challenge the tally and demand that the names of who voted for what be put on paper. It must be granted if it is seconded by one-fifth of the senators present.

A single senator can block a motion from heading to the Senate floor for a vote simply by telling the Democratic Party leadership that he or she intends to take the action. It can be a secret hold or a public hold.

A senator can also gab. There is generally no formal limit on how long a senator may speak.

The same senator can double down the next day with again one or two speeches on the same subject.

Democrats can also force a Trump pick to go through 30 hours of debate on his or her qualifications, background, and fitness for the post. It is jarring, acrimonious, and can keep the heat and public attention on the dubious qualifications and nefarious views of the choice.

Again, Mr. McConnell will step in if any of these tactics are used to stop them in their tracks. But they could buy time The X factor in all of this is not the tactics the Democrats have at their disposal but the Democrats. A handful of Red State Democratic senators voted to confirm Justice Gorsuch.

The pressure will be on them again to do the same with this Trump pick. Still, the GOP gave Democrats a template on how to use every Senate ploy to heckle, harass and, stall Trump’s SCOTUS nominee. The question is do they have the stomach to do what the GOP did with President Obama and use the labyrinth rules of the Senate to check No. 45? If not, we’ll have yet anther Scalia clone on the bench for decades to come.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. He is the author of the forthcoming “Why Black Lives Do Matter.”

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John McNamara was an oldschool professional who “didn’t wear a fedora,” a colleague said, “but maybe he should have.”

Rebecca Smith was recently hired as a sales assistant in the Annapolis office after working in marketing for a health care organization, according to the Baltimore Sun. Rob Hiaasen was a former features writer for The Baltimore Sun who joined the Capital Gazette in 2010 as an assistant editor and columnist. He also taught journalism as an adjunct at the University of Maryland.

The brother of best-selling author and Miami Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen, Rob’s humorous online columns reveal how he, like his brother, had mastered the art of giving readers something to chuckle and think about amid the depressing front page news of the day. We could use some of that humor now.

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Letter to the Editor Human rights not suspended when crossing lines

Lady Liberty, once a beacon of hope for the world’s desperate and persecuted, became a hollow symbol on June 11 when U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, announced “zerotolerance” policies that deny relief to asylum seekers fleeing domestic or gang violence.

As if that were not enough, the Trump administration also decided to steal children from their parents, to cage them in order to send a message to other would-be asylum seekers living to our South. Sessions and Trump want those living in Central America not to brave the arduous trek to our border and decided to use innocent children to make a point.

What has ensued amounts to government-sanctioned terrorism aimed at the brownskinned, so-called “outsider.”

And Trump is not coy. In his speeches, he paints all darkskinned immigrants with the same brush, describing them as “criminal gang members and rapists” and referring to them as “vermin.” This is scapegoating, which is not only detestable but also dangerous, particularly for the people who are being blamed for every social ill.

Trump’s rhetoric opens the door to cruelty and abuse, and his words are used to justify treating the people at detention centers as less than human.

But, because they are men, women and children deserving of fairness, mercy, compassion, sympathy and care, we cannot turn our backs on any of them. And we should definitely not traumatize them. Human rights are not suspended as soon as a person steps over an arbitrary line of latitude.

The human rights abuses must stop.

Kortenay C. Gardiner Richmond The writer is the owner of Pegasus Grant Writers LLC.

July 5-7, 2018

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. PUR-2018-00083 •Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) has applied for approval to revise its rate adjustment clause, Rider B. •Dominion requests a total revenue requirement of $54.189 million for its 2019 Rider B. •A Hearing Examiner appointed by the Commission will hear the case on November 28, 2018, at 10 a.m.

•Further information about this case is available on the State Corporation Commission’s website at: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

On June 1, 2018, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion” or “Company”), pursuant to § 56-585.1 A 6 of the Code of Virginia, filed with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) an annual update of the Company’s rate adjustment clause, Rider B (“Application”). Through its Application, the Company seeks to recover costs associated with the Altavista, Hopewell, and Southampton Power Stations from coal-burning generation facilities to renewable biomass generation facilities (collectively, the “Biomass Conversion Projects” or “Conversions”).

In 2012, the Commission approved Dominion’s proposed Conversions as major unit modifications, reissued amended certificates of public convenience and necessity, and approved a rate adjustment clause, designated Rider B, for Dominion to recover costs associated with the Conversions. The Biomass Conversion Projects became operational as biomass fueled units as scheduled during 2013.

In this proceeding, Dominion has asked the Commission to approve Rider B for the rate year beginning April 1, 2019, and ending March 31, 2020 (“2019 Rate Year”). The two components of the proposed total revenue requirement for the 2019 Rate Year are the Projected Cost Recovery Factor and the Actual Cost True-Up Factor. The Company is requesting a Projected Cost Recovery Factor revenue requirement of $29,080,000 and an Actual Cost True-Up Factor revenue requirement of $25,109,000. Thus, the Company is requesting a total revenue requirement of $54,189,000 for service rendered during the 2019 Rate Year.

In addition, in response to the Commission Staff’s (“Staff”) concerns in Case No. PUR-2017-00070 (“2017 Annual Update”), Dominion introduces an adjustment to the Actual Cost True-Up Factor, referred to as the Interim True-Up Factor, related to renewable energy certificates (“RECs”) and production tax credits (“PTCs”), which will credit to, or recover from, customers any over/under collection of actual projected RECs and PTCs from January 2018 through March 2019. Dominion further represents that the Company’s revenue requirement in this case complies with the 2017 Annual Update directive to address the capital balance discrepancy identified by Staff.

For purposes of calculating the Projected Cost Recovery Factor in this case, Dominion used a rate of return on common equity (“ROE”) of 9.2%, which comprises the general ROE approved by the Commission in its Final Order in Case No. PUR-2017-00038. For purposes of calculating the Actual Cost True-Up Factor, the Company used an ROE of 11.6% for the months of January 2017 through March 2017, which comprises the general ROE of 9.6% approved by the Commission in its Final Order in Case No. PUE-2015-00058, plus the 200 basis point enhanced return; an ROE of 11.4% for the period of April 1, 2017, through November 28, 2017, which comprises the general ROE of 9.4% approved by the Commission in its Order in Case No. PUE-2016-00059, plus the 200 basis point enhanced return; and an ROE of 11.2% for the period of November 29, 2017, through December 31, 2017, which comprises the general ROE of 9.2% approved by the Commission in its 2017 ROE Order, plus the 200 basis point enhanced return.

If the proposed Rider B for the 2019 Rate Year is approved, the impact on customer bills would depend on the customer’s rate schedule and usage. According to Dominion, implementation of its proposed Rider B on April 1, 2019, would increase the bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by approximately $0.26.

The Company proposes a change in the methodology for the calculation of a certain allocation factor beginning in 2018 to recognize the output of certain non-utility generators to be used to allocate cost responsibility to the Virginia jurisdiction. In addition, with the exception of the removal of certain Federal and retail choice customers from the Virginia Jurisdiction, the Company indicates it has calculated the proposed Rider B rates in accordance with the same methodology as used for rates approved by the Commission in the most recent 2017 Annual Update.

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 November 28, 2018, 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 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.

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

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

On or before November 20, 2018, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s Application shall file written comments on the Application with Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before November 20, 2018, 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. PUR-2018-00083.

On or before August 31, 2018, any person or entity wishing to participate as a respondent in this proceeding may do so by filing a notice of participation. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”), any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent must be represented by counsel as required by Rule 5 VAC 5-20-30, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2018-00083.

On or before October 1, 2018, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission, and serve on the Commission’s Staff, the Company, and all other respondents, any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case, and each witness’s testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of such testimony and exhibits shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. In all filings, respondents shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, including 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service, and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR 2018-00083.

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

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

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR APPROVAL AND CERTIFICATION OF ELECTRIC FACILITIES: CHESTERFIELD-LAKESIDE LINE #217 230 KV TRANSMISSION LINE REBUILD CASE NO. PUR-2018-00082 On May 31, 2018, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion” or “Company”) filed with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) an application for approval and for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct and operate electric transmission facilities in Chesterfield County, Virginia, and Henrico County, Virginia (“Application”). Dominion filed the Application pursuant to § 56-46.1 of the Code of Virginia and the Utility Facilities Act, Code § 56 265.1 et seq.

Dominion proposes: (i) to rebuild, entirely within an existing right-of-way or on Company-owned property, approximately 21.3 miles of existing 230 kV transmission Line #217 from the Company’s existing Chesterfield Substation in Chesterfield County to the Company’s existing Lakeside Substation in Henrico County; (ii) to remove or replace certain structures on Line #287 located on or near Chesterfield Power Station property, two of which share a common structure with Line #217; and, (iii) to perform minor work at the related substations (collectively, the “Rebuild Project”).

Dominion states that the Rebuild Project is necessary to resolve generation deliverability violations identified by PJM Interconnection LLC and to address Line #217 nearing its end of life.

The Company states that the needed in-service date for the Rebuild Project is June 1, 2020. The estimated cost of the Rebuild Project is approximately $31.6 million. The estimated cost for transmission line work is approximately $31.0 million, and the estimated cost for substation work is approximately $0.6 million.

The proposed route for the Rebuild Project is approximately 21.3 miles of existing transmission line corridor currently occupied by the existing Chesterfield-Lakeside 230 kV transmission Line #217. The route is in Chesterfield (0.5 mile) and Henrico (20.8 miles) Counties. The Rebuild Project originates in Chesterfield County at the Chesterfield Substation located at the Chesterfield Power Station off Coxendale Road. From the Chesterfield Power Station, the route generally heads northeast from the station property for 0.5 miles and continues northeast into Henrico County after the line crosses the James River. The line continues in a northeasterly direction for approximately 5.6 miles. Then, for 2.4 miles, the line continues in a north-northwesterly direction for 12.8 miles and terminates at Lakeside Substation in Henrico County off Hilliard Road. The existing structures for the entire Rebuild Project range in height from 45 to 228 feet, and the proposed structures range in height from 55 to 228 feet. The existing average structure height is 63 feet, and the proposed average structure height is 74 feet.

All distances and directions are approximate. A sketch map of the route accompanies this notice. A more detailed map of the route may be viewed on the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/pur/elec/transline.aspx.

The Commission may consider a route not significantly different from the routes described in this notice without additional notice to the public.

A more complete description of the Rebuild Project may be found in the Company’s Application.

The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing in this proceeding that, among other things, scheduled a public evidentiary hearing to be held on November 5, 2018, 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.

Copies of the Application and documents filed in this case 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.

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Sports Stories by Fred Jeter

LeBron banks on Lakers

Hooray for Hollywood.

The Golden State Warriors may have won the NBA championship, but now the Los Angeles Lakers clearly have the biggest prize in the offseason.

Heading to La La Land is the game’s most dominant player, LeBron James, aka “King James.”

It took a king-sized salary offer to close the deal that’s got everyone talking.

The 6-foot-8, 33-year-old with a body-builders’ physique has inked a four-year, guaranteed contract for $154 million, with an option to leave after three years. The announcement came July 1, stealing the global sporting spotlight from even the World Cup soccer games in Russia.

James met with Lakers owner Magic Johnson on Saturday, June 30, at James’ estate in exclusive Brentwood to hammer out details of the contract. His other options reportedly were to stay in Cleveland or go to the Philadelphia 76ers.

The previous week, James vacationed with his family in the Caribbean resort of Anguilla, mulling over his decision.

It makes sense that James is heading to Southern California where he owns two estates and a film production studio.

It has been a poorly kept secret that James’ wife, Savannah, has been exploring private schools in the Los Angeles area for the couples’ two sons, LeBron Jr.and Bryce, and daughter Zhuri.

James spent the previous four years with the Cleveland Cavaliers, near his hometown of Akron, each time leading the franchise to NBA finals.

Showing no sign of aging, the four-time MVP averaged 28 points, nine rebounds and nine assists this past season while appearing in every regular season and playoff game.

The Lakers, now coached by Luke Walton, have won 16 NBA titles going back to their

days in Minnesota, but have missed the playoffs each season since 2013.

The Lakers were just 35-47 this past season with a roster featuring flashy ball handler Lonzo Ball, who averaged 10.2 points, 6.9 rebounds and 7.2 assists this past season as a rookie.

It will be interesting to track how James, often the lead handler himself, will coexist with Ball, who much prefers having the ball in his own hand.

L.A.’s first round draft pick this season is 7-footer Moe Wagner out of Michigan State.

Also, the Lakers may still be negotiating for All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard, whose status in San Antonio remains iffy.

As outspoken as he is immensely talented, James figures to have a convincing hand in the Lakers’ future decision making.

James is one of those rare individuals who seems larger than life, almost like a storybook hero come true. And what better place to spread

Rodriguez ‘bats’ on nabbing Squirrels’ title Luigi Rodriguez didn’t wait for Independence Day to set off fireworks for the Richmond Flying Squirrels.

The 25-year-old outfielder with the piping-hot bat is one of five Squirrels selected for the July 11 Eastern League All-Star Game in Trenton, N.J. Hitting left-handed for manager Willie Harris, he’s heading to New Jersey with impeccable credentials.

But first he’ll be invested in a five-game series with the invading Akron Rubber Ducks, that started yesterday, July 4, at a sold out Diamond.

Through 62 games, the native of the Dominican Republic was hitting .344 (72for-209) with five doubles, four triples, 10 home runs and 13 stolen bases.

Rodriguez is second in Eastern League average behind New Hampshire’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr., with a stunning .407 in 53 games.

Guerrero is the son of the former big leaguer by the same name.

Luigi Rodriguez Rodriguez, obtained by the San Francisco organization in the offseason from the Cleveland chain, is bidding to become Richmond’s second the Eastern League batting champ.

Matt Duffy (now with the Tampa Bay Rays) led the Eastern League in 2014 at .332.

Ralph Garr, as a member of the Richmond Braves in 1970, hit .386 to lead the International League. Garr, known as “The Roadrunner,” went on to an illustrious big league career.

In 1994, Bobby Moore hit .366 for the R-Braves, but didn’t have enough plate appearances to qualify for a title.

That’s the catch.

To qualify for the lead, a player must average 2.7 plate appearances per number of games per team plays. So Rodriguez will need 378 chances to become the league batting king. He now has about 240 with two months left.

First and foremost, all minor league players wish to advance.

The next stop on San Francisco’s ladder is Sacramento of the AAA Pacific Coast League.

Flying Squirrels return to nest Here is the latest home game lineup for the Richmond Flying Squirrels, with the opponent, date and game time: Thursday: vs. Akron, July 5, 6:35 p.m.

Friday: vs. Akron, July 6, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday: vs. Akron, July 7, 6:05 p.m. *Akron Rubber Ducks are Eastern League AA affiliate of the Cleveland Indians

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Noah Lyles declares victory during the U.S. Championships Athletics meet.

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A former Virginian is currently the fastest man on the planet.

Noah Lyles won the USA Track and Field championships 100-meter title June 22 with a 9.88 clocking in Des Moines, Iowa.

In doing so, the 20-year-old former T.C. Williams High of Alexandria standout posted a Drake Stadium record and also the fastest time in the world this calendar year.

Jamaican Usain Bolt, now retired, set the existing world record with a 9.58 in Berlin, Germany, in 2009.

James Harden has gone from the sixth man to the main man in the NBA. The Houston Rockets’ 6-foot-5 shooting guard was named league MVP on June 25 at the NBA Awards Show in Santa Monica, Calif.

Other finalists for the coveted title were LeBron James and New Orleans’ Anthony Davis .

A six-time All-Star and two-time MVP runner-up, Harden’s career has taken off since being traded from Oklahoma City to Houston in 2012.

While with the Rockets, Harden has the most combined points, assists and rebounds of any NBA player.

In 2012, with OKC, Harden played in the shadows of Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant, and was named the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year.

James Harden A native of Los Angeles and a former Arizona State All-American, Harden averaged 30.4 points, 8.8 assists and 5.4 rebounds this season, pacing Houston with the best record in the Western Conference.

The 28-year-old with his signature beard becomes Houston’s first MVP since Hakeem Olajuwon in 1994. Petersburg native Moses Malone was MVP with the Rockets in 1979 and 1982.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA’s all-time MVP leader with a combined six for Milwaukee and the L.A. Lakers. Bill Russell and Michael Jordan are next with five MVPs each. Wilt Chamberlain and LeBron James both have four MVPs and Malone, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird have three each.

Other awards: Coach of Year: Dwane Casey. After guiding Toronto to the top record in the Eastern Conference, Casey has since been fired by the Raptors and since hired by the Detroit Pistons.

Sixth Man of Year: Lou Williams, Los Angeles Clippers Defensive Player of the Year: Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz.

Most Improved: Victor Oladipo, Indiana Pacers.

Rookie of the Year: Ben Simmons, Philadelphia 76ers.

Lifetime Achievement: Oscar Robertson, NBA’s career leader in triple doubles.

Mookie Betts scores big in baseball, bowling The Boston Red Sox have Major League Baseball’s best record (56-28) entering this week.

Many contend, at least among New Englanders, the Bosox also may have the best all-round player, too, in right-fielder Mookie Betts.

The ever-improving 25-year-old Nashville native opened this week as the second leading vote getter for the July 17 All-Star Game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. With 2.38 million votes (cast by fans) as of June 26, only reigning American League MVP Jose Altuve of Houston had more votes (2.41 million).

It’s no wonder why. Through 62 games (he missed about 15 games with an abdominal strain), Betts was hitting .341 with 20 homers, 41 runs batted in, 14 stolen bases and an onbase percentage of .431.

The powerhouse 5-foot-9, 180-pounder is also considered among the games’ elite outfielders, both in terms of range and throwing arm.

It’s conceivable that he could not only contend for the AL Triple Crown (average, homers, RBI), but also for the Quadruple Crown, if you add stolen bases.

Betts is on a roll, literally, in more ways than one.

He’s about as smooth at the bowling alley as he is in right field or the batter’s box.

In 2015 and 2017, Betts competed in the Professional Bowlers Association World Series in Reno, Nev. He has rolled perfect games (300) in 2013, 2016 and 2017.

In 2010, he was named Tennessee Boys

Mookie Betts

(meaning U-18) Bowler of the Year.

He started young in both baseball and bowling, largely due to his mother, Diana, an avid bowler who just happened to also be her son’s first baseball coach.

As the All-Star game approaches, here is more Mookie trivia: Name game: His full name is Markus Lyle Betts, meaning he has the same initials as Major League Baseball, MLB. It wasn’t by accident.

The catchy nickname comes from former NBA basketball standout Mookie Blaylock, a favorite of Betts’ parents (Diana and Willie).

It has nothing to do with another famous Mookie, former New York Mets outfielder

Mookie Wilson.

Big numbers: Not only does Betts accumulate large numbers with his bat, his jersey number (50) ranks highest among everyday players.

Numbers in the 50’s are generally reserved for pitchers.

Family tree: Baseball runs in the family.

Betts’ first cousin, once removed, is former big leaguer Terry Shumbert, who played for seven different MLB teams between 1990 and 2003.

Predictability: Young baseball players are taught to hit to all fields, to keep pitchers and defenses guessing. Betts doesn’t subscribe to that theory.

A notorious pull hitter, virtually all his dam-

age is done to left field and the grandstand seats beyond the fences.

Size doesn’t matter: At least not to Betts.

Should he choose to enter the home run contest the night before the All-Star Game, he should be among the shortest swingers ever at just 5-foot-9.

Something of a modern day “Toy Cannon,” (smallish slugger Jim Wynn was first to get that tag), Betts could be the most ordinary-size man in decades to contend for the shortest AL longball crown.

Blacks in Boston: The Massachusetts city doesn’t have the best reputation for racial diversity, and for good reason.

The Red Sox were the last MLB team to integrate. A dozen years after Jackie Robinson debuted with Brooklyn, Beantown finally introduced its first African-American player, Elijah “Pumpsie” Green, on July 21, 1959. No star, Green was primarily a pinch runner and sometimes infielder.

Much has changed. Boston is now among the most diverse MLB teams with a lineup that includes Richmonder Jackie Bradley Jr. in centerfield.

Richmond background: In 2014, Betts played 54 games for Boston’s AA Eastern League affiliate, the Portland, Maine, Sea Dogs, the Flying Squirrels opponent.

Ba$eball: While baseball has lost popularity in black community (especially in the inner city), the sport certainly pays the bills.

Betts, or better Bett$, is under contract for $10.5 million this season. And that’s not all. His endorsements include Nike’s Jordan Brand, Axe Bats and Vita Coco (coconut water).

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Spotlight on Henrico County Public Schools’ Gilman Teacher of the Year Being an educator can be physically and emotionally draining, says Nichole L. Gross, a Henrico County Public Schools teacher.

“If you’re not tired by the end of the day, you are not doing your job,” Ms. Gross firmly believes.

The eighth-grade English teacher at Fairfield Middle School should know. She recently was named Henrico County Public Schools’Gilman Teacher of the Year. The award is presented to educators who excel in the classroom and build strong relationships in the community.

Ms. Gross’ success in the classroom doesn’t stop when the school day ends. It is not unusual for her to not only spend time in her students’ communities, but to also coordinate fundraisers for children in Flint, Mich., or assist with water relief efforts in areas such as South Sudan.

Despite the countless hours she spends teaching, mentoring and volunteering, Ms. Gross, 37, says she was surprised when she learned that she was one of five finalists for the Gilman award.

“I was completely shocked when I was announced as the Teacher of the Year for the entire county,” says Ms. Gross, who worked in information technology before joining Fairfield 10 years ago. Her passion for improving literacy in underprivileged communities inspired her teaching career.

One might also say that teaching is part of her DNA in that her grandmother, Ethelene Coleman, was an English teacher in Brunswick County, Va. “I never met my grandmother,” Ms. Gross says. “And people who knew her or who had my grandmother as their English teacher have told me that my writing was so much (like) hers and how great she was as an educator.”

But that wasn’t the only education-minded person in Ms. Gross’family. Her grandfather raised her father, Michael Gross, to read a newspaper every single day. That habit was passed down to Ms. Gross’ household, where literacy was always at the forefront.

“I’m thankful now to be able to give other children the same opportunity for which I have a passion,” she says.

Ms. Gross grew up in Washington, D.C. Her father formerly taught at Houston Elementary School, and also managed youth programs in public housing communities.

He now directs a shelter for homeless people in Northern Virginia.

Her passion for teaching reading in underprivileged communities began at age 16 while assisting her father in his public housing programs.

She created her own reading program through a youth summer employment program.

“My dad gave me that experience from the beginning, and it helped me along my journey to becoming an educator and (learning) the importance of building relationships,” Ms. Gross says.

Her human relations skills were among reasons that Ms. Gross’ faculty peers nominated her for Teacher of the Year at Fairfield Middle School, which was the beginning of her road to Henrico County’s Teacher of the Year.

“As a teacher, I try to build a relationship with all of my students and I spend a lot of time outside of the classroom doing volunteer work and going into the community,” Ms. Gross says.

She also attends high school football games and events in her students’ communities.

Ms. Gross believes that every child, notwithstanding their socioeconomic situation or physical or mental capacity, has the ability succeed academically and live out their dreams.

“I get a great sense of

accomplishment and pride in the children I teach because I don’t have children of my own,” she says. “My students are my children. It is my job to seek out ways to help each of my students in achieving success and growth.”

Meet this week’s Personality and award-winning educator, Nicole L. Gross: Occupation: Eighth-grade English teacher and athletic director, Fairfield Middle School in Henrico County.

Community involvement: Represented Fairfield Middle School at several community events such as National Night Out; volunteered at the Annual Walk for Lupus in Richmond (2013 – 2017); volunteered for the Annual Thanksgiving Dinner/Coat & Clothes Giveaway in Richmond (2009 – 2017); sponsored a weekend trip to the Virginia Children’s Book Festival that allowed several of my students to meet various authors in 2017.

Date and place of birth: Feb. 7 in Charlottesville.

Current residence: Richmond’s Highland Park neighborhood.

Alma maters: Capella University, master’s in education with a specialization in reading and literacy, and Virginia State University, bachelor’s in English.

First reaction to top teacher award news: I was already surprised when I was told I was one of the five finalists and completely shocked when I was announced as the Teacher of the Year for the entire county.

How I got the news: It was announced at the large HCPS Gilman Awards Ceremony in May 2018.

Foremost reward of teaching: My greatest reward in being a teacher is celebrating every success of each of my students, no matter how big or small.

Foremost challenge: I work really hard at building and maintaining strong and meaningful relationships with my students, so my greatest challenge is in practicing self-care.

I have to remember to take care of myself emotionally and physically.

What I do to engage my students: I constantly seek ways to make learning as relevant for my students as possible, whether it be through literature or something like creating grammar-related lyrics to popular songs.

Advice to aspiring teachers: When you become a teacher, make it your business to build relationships with each of your students and keep your expectations high for each of them.

When kids know that you genuinely care, they will work hard to meet your expectations.

Role of parents in learning process: Parents are crucial to the learning process, especially when it comes to literacy.

Biggest problem facing students today: One of the primary issues I see in education has to do with the cultural obstacles that have been preventing key intervention strategies from closing the achievement gaps.

What needs to be done: I believe that one of the most important strategies for dismantling inequitable school practices that contribute to racial and gender inequity is to address professional attitudes, values and beliefs. As an instructional leader, I think it is important to provide staff development (programs) that address and develop these dispositions, as well as confronting prejudices and stereotypes. Although there are many teachers who are highly knowledgeable about academic content, there are also many who do not have the experience or cultural sensitivity necessary to promote and develop educational environments that are equitable and inclusive. Cultural competence is an important factor in being able to make learning relevant and achievable for all students.

A good teacher is: An excellent educator is not only one who can instruct with high efficiency, but one who understands her students’ skills, abilities and shortcomings impact their desire to try. It is my belief that the first step to empowering our youths in achieving success is making sure they have the literacy skills necessary to compete in the challenging world.

A good student is: One who advocates for him/herself and understands the importance of self-efficacy. My goal is for my students to acknowledge the way they learn and how they can thrive in any learning environment.

Favorite subject in school: Ironically, my favorite subject in school was always math because numbers always make sense. This is probably why I always look for formulaic ways to teach reading and writing.

How I start the day: I start every day knowing that at least one of my students will achieve some level of success.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: Sit in my house alone with no television and no music.

Just quiet.

A quote that I am inspired by: “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”— Booker T. Washington.

How I unwind: I enjoy taking my dog to the park for long

walks and duck watching.

The top of my “to do” list is: Travel to Africa. I am currently a finalist for the R.E.B. Awards.

If I win, that is what I will do with my award.

Person who influenced me the most: My paternal grandfather, George William Gross. Even though he passed away when I was 9, his life lessons and wisdom continue to be at the forefront of who I am as a person.

Book that influenced me the most: “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker because it was the first book that I read.

What I’m reading now: “Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo” by Zora Neal Hurston. This is a newly released book based on her interviews in 1931 with Cudjo Lewis, the last living survivor of the Middle Passage. I’m also rereading “Dear Martin”

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Next goal: I am going back to school in August to earn my post graduate certificate in educational leadership.

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A young girl’s hair loss inspires children’s book

By Ronald E. Carrington

Taylor Ellis never missed a day as a student at Carver Elementary School, and when she graduated from the Richmond Public School three weeks ago, she did so with a 3.9 grade point average, the highest in her class.

Taylor, 10, also won awards from her school principal and the district’s superintendent, in addition to earning a spot as a graduation speaker.

Two days before graduation, Taylor celebrated more good news. “Hair in My Brush,” a book that she authored with her mother , LaTesha Young, was published.

The children’s book tells a powerful message that reflects the loss of Taylor’s hair six months ago.

In September 2017, Taylor was diagnosed with alopecia, a noncontagious condition of hair loss thought to be caused by the body’s immune system attacking the hair follicles.

“I wrote the book to encourage people and to prevent teasing and bullying,” Taylor said in a recent Free Press interview.

Alopecia begins with a sudden appearance of round or oval patches of hair loss.

Those patches are slick or smooth, without scaling or broken hairs.

The book’s main character, Briana, a young African-American girl, is a reflection of Taylor’s journey dealing with

her diagnosis and discovering, with the help of her mother, that her hair does not define her.

The young daughter and her mother take a journey together showing that, regardless of her loss of hair, Briana is smart, beautiful and capable of anything.

Last September, as Taylor was starting fifth grade, she was diagnosed with alopecia after her mother noticed small bald spots in the back of her head that started to appear when combing her hair.

“After she was diagnosed, I found out it was genetic on (her father’s) side of the family,” Ms. Young said while seated next to her daughter during the Free Press interview.

“Her paternal great-grandmother, greataunt and grandmother had alopecia and I had no idea what it was when it was happening to Taylor,” Ms. Young said.

Kevin Ellis, Taylor’s father, said that his mother lost her hair at age 28, and “has been dealing with it for more than 40 years.”

“If this had happened to her when she was 18 or 19, it would have been different because of the many type of ways you can wear your hair,” said Mr. Ellis, adding that it was difficult when he learned of his daughter’s diagnosis. “I was so sad and it bothered me a lot.”

Ms. Young also was concerned.

“When people see children with alopecia, their first thought is that they are sick or have cancer,” she said.

She mainly feared that other children would tease Taylor because they did not understand her diagnosis.

While researching alopecia, the mother and daughter discovered there were no books for elementary-age children of color and no physical support groups in the Richmond area.

She researched the National Alopecia Foundation website and found that the closest support group is in Reston, Va. The news disappointed and alarmed the family.

“The book was written because kids at school were not really nice to her when they found out her hair was falling out,” Taylor said . “I wanted them to understand how I felt and what alopecia is.”

Now her friends at school think “Hair In My Brush” is a great book because it helps people understand the condition.

During a June 30 book signing, a steady stream of friends, family, neighbors and classmates came out to purchase autographed copies of the book.

“There has been a lot of word-of-mouth support in Richmond,” Ms. Young says. “I received a delivery the Wednesday after the book was published and can’t keep it in stock.”

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An unidentified state worker, top, takes a break at OnTheSquareVA, a farmers’ market that opened recently at 1314 East Grace St. behind the Governor’s Mansion.

The market is open every Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and will run through the end of September.

Felicia Fowler, right, who also works for the state, is glad she can shop for fresh vegetables near her workplace.

Virginia State University’s increased enroll- creases, and more than $800,000 in funding to ment, agricultural research platform and athletic the school’s Agricultural Research Station. Paired success are among reasons it is the HBCU Digest’s with success in football and men’s basketball, choice for 2018 HBCU of the Year. officials credited the VSU community for its The Ettrick, Va., university’s ranking was full investment in the school’s success. announced during the HBCU Digest’s 2018 “It’s because of the incredible hard work and Historically Black Colleges and Universities commitment of our wonderful faculty and staff Awards ceremony on June 22 in Baltimore. The who give of their time to our students,” Presiawards honor achievement in HBCUs throughout dent Abdullah said in a press release. “It’s our the United States. The ceremony was hosted by alumni who set a high standard for our students HBCU Digest, an online blog, which to follow. It’s the dedication of our reports news about HBCUs. Board of Visitors for all that they do In addition to being named HBCU of for the University.” the Year, VSU, a finalist in seven catHBCU Digest also recognized egories, was honored with Best Board Hampton University for its achieveof Trustees of the Year, and student ments.

Brianna Bundick-Kelly was named the The university captured the award Female Student of the Year. for Best Student Organization and The other five categories were: Best President William Harvey was honored President Male Athlete of the Year, Alumna of with a lifetime achievement award, Abdullah the Year, Male Coach of the Year, Best which was named in his honor.

Men’s Team of the Year and Male President of “We must become more vocal and more the Year. involved in support of the wonderful work In 2017, VSU’s Reginald F. Lewis College that we continue to do,” Dr. Harvey said in of Business earned the Best Business Program his remarks to more than 250 HBCU college award and President Makola M. Abdullah, Ph.D. leaders, alumni and students. was named the Male President of the Year.

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VIRGINIA BEACH Two years ago, Pharrell Williams co-produced the movie “Hidden Figures.”

It’s the true story of three African-American women — mathematicians from Virginia — whose efforts enabled a then-segregated NASAto launch astronaut John Glenn into Earth’s orbit.

The Oscar-nominated movie portrays NASA’s Langley Re-

search Center in Hampton in the 1960s. But it wasn’t filmed on-site, or even in Virginia. The movie was shot in Georgia, where film tax incentives are more favorable.

Mr. Williams, a Virginia Beach native, found it odd that, while the events happened in his home state, it was being filmed elsewhere.

“As I stood on set among all of this positivity and productive energy, I asked myself why were we telling a Hampton Roads

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“Virginia raised me and made me who I am today,” Mr. Williams, also famous for his singing and songwriting, said in a recent email to The Virginian Pilot.

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Delegate Glenn Davis, who represents the 84th House District in Virginia Beach, said he supports the idea and plans to draft legislation for increasing tax incentives for film production in the state.

“Pharrell Williams has always wanted to bring back and help grow the film industry in Virginia Beach and create opportunities for others to have in his home city,” Delegate Davis said.

There’s just one problem.

In Virginia, there’s a $6.5 million cap on film incentives that will end in 2022.

“The amount is not enough to create critical mass, to build infrastructure,” said Andy Edmunds, director of the Virginia Film Office.

By contrast, Georgia has no limit on incentives and no end date. Last year, the state gave up hundreds of millions in taxes on film production, but the film industry shelled out more than $2 billion there.

Delegate Davis said he believes Virginia has several assets that make it attractive — historic sites, beaches and mountains — all of which could bring down production costs.

“There are other things that Virginia can bring to the table that other states don’t have,” he said, adding, “It all comes down to what separates Virginia from everything else.

“It comes down to Pharrell’s passion. That’s what sets this completely apart.”

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When Joe Jackson, the patriarch and architect behind the musical Jackson family dynasty died on June 27, some media organizations focused on the negative stories. Mr. Jackson often was described as overly strict, a villain and verbally abusive toward his nine children that include superstars Janet Jackson and the late Michael Jackson, who died in 2009.

However, at least one Richmonder who found his own success in show business, remembers the 89-year-old Mr. Jackson in a more positive light.

“Joe Jackson was one of the greatest fathers of all time,” said Steve K. Branch, a former concert promoter and nightclub owner. “A lot of people complain that he was a bad father, but he looked after his kids.”

Mr. Branch, whose 35-year career included bringing musicians to the Richmond Coliseum and his former nightclubs that included Ivory’s, Armani’s, City Lights, the Slip at Shockoe and Bixby’s, recalls how the City of Richmond gave Mr. Jackson and his sons, the Jackson 5, a “key to the city” when the group appeared here in the early 1970s.

“I have never heard people in the coliseum being as loud,” Mr. Branch said, recalling the crowd’s reaction. “He may have ruled with an iron fist, but he took his family to heights that he probably never imagined.”

Known by many as “Joe” Jackson, he died last Wednesday at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas with his wife, Katherine, along with some of his children and grandchildren, at his bedside.

It had been reported that the family patriarch had been battling terminal pancreatic cancer and was “not doing well.”

Sources told the Associated Press that Mr. Jackson was buried in a private ceremony at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif. It is the same cemetery where Michael Jackson is entombed in

a mausoleum.

Mr. Jackson, who was born July 26, 1928, in Fountain Hill, Ark., was the eldest of four children. His father, Samuel Jackson, was a high school teacher, and his mother, Crystal Lee King, was a housewife.

Mr. Jackson was 12 when his parents separated, and he followed his father to Oakland, Calif.

After high school, he moved to East Chicago, Ind., where his mother had settled, and became an amateur boxer for a short time.

In 1949, he married Katherine Scruse, and settled in Gary, Ind. Mr. Jackson had ambitions of being a marquee name in his own right, first as a boxer and in the mid-1950s, a guitarist. He and his brother Luther launched a band called The Falcons, with the intention to book gigs for extra money but never tasted success.

After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson moved into a home on Jackson Street in Gary, where he worked as a crane operator at a steel mill as they welcomed their first of 10 children, Maureen “Rebbie” Jackson.

Rebbie was followed by Sigmund “Jackie” Jackson in 1951, Toriano “Tito” Jackson in 1953, Jermaine Jackson in 1954, La Toya Jackson in 1956, Marlon Jackson in 1957, Michael Jackson in 1958, Steven Randall “Randy” Jackson in 1961 and Janet Jackson in 1966.

Marlon’s twin, Brandon, died soon after birth.

Mr. Jackson put his own musical ambitions aside to work in the steel mills to support his wife and children and far surpassed his own dreams through his children.

Mrs. Jackson would sing around the house and that was cited as a crucial musical influence by her budding talented children.

As the family grew to nine children, Mr. Jackson came to realize the truly gifted musicians in his family were his children. They all occupied a tiny house on, as fate would

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“We’d perform for him and he’d critique us. If you messed up, you got hit, sometimes with a belt, sometimes with a switch. My father was real strict with us — real strict,” Michael Jackson wrote in his 1985 autobiography, “Moonwalk.”

Randy Jackson, the youngest Jackson brother, replaced Jermaine in the mid-1970s when the group left Motown and became The Jacksons at CBS and Jermaine, then married to founder Berry Gordy’s daughter Hazel, stayed behind and launched a solo career.

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This became the first phase of superstardom for the Jackson family. At the height of their stardom, The Jackson 5 sold millions of records and had their own variety show.

Mr. Jackson, the unlikely star maker demanded nothing less than perfection as he drove his children toward stardom.

To a remarkable degree, he succeeded.

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aged her career, too, putting her in the Jacksons’ variety show in the early 1970s, where she charmed with her Mae West routine, and shepherding her acting career on shows like “Good Times.”

But soon after she put out “Control,” her breakthrough album at 19, Miss Jackson severed managerial ties with her father.

All nine of the Jackson family children had a hand in producing major hit records, and Michael Jackson would become the most popular recording artist of the 1980s.

“Papa Joe,” as he would become known, ruled through his stern, intimidating and unflinching presence, which became so indelible it was part of black popular culture, even referenced in song and on TV. Mr. Jackson’s success in guiding his children’s early careers led to a star-studded social lifestyle.

However, by the time the Jackson children became adults, most of the siblings had dismissed their father as their manager.

Michael and Joseph’s relationship was famously fractured. Michael revered his mother, Katherine, but kept his distance from his father.

Michael Jackson acknowledged their complicated relationship in a 2001 speech about healthy relationships between parents and their children.

In his autobiography, Joseph Jackson acknowledged having been a stern parent, saying he believed it was the only way to prepare his children for the tough world of show business. However, he always denied physically abusing his children.

By 2005, no longer involved in his children’s careers, Joseph Jackson launched a boot camp for aspiring hip-hop artists, promoting lyrics without vulgarity and sponsoring competitions for young artists from across the country.

He spent most of his time at a home in Las Vegas and traveled the country auditioning talent for the competition.

For many years before that, he and his wife had lived in an estate they built in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley where he had hoped his children would remain with him at least until they were married and had families.

However the entire family was estranged, and Mr. Jackson, a dandy who wore a pencil-thin mustache and huge diamond pinky ring, faced allegations by his wife, Katherine, of infidelity.

She filed for divorce twice but never followed through.

“We just let our troubles die out,” Michael Jackson said in 1988, following reconciliation.

“We survived. We love each other, and we have children.

That’s why we’re together.”

In a recent Radio Disney awards ceremony acceptance speech, Janet Jackson thanked her father by saying, “My mother nourished me with the most extravagant love imaginable.”

“My father, my incredible father drove me to be the best I can. My siblings set an incredibly high standard, a high bar for artistic excellence.”

Joe Jackson is survived by his wife, Katherine, and their children Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, La Toya, Marlon, Randy and Janet. Mr. Jackson is also survived by another daughter, Joh’Vonnie, by Cheryl Terrell.

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Beverly Crawford, who ran law firm with husband, Sa’ad El-Amin, remembered for her passions Family and friends gathered Saturday, June 30, to celebrate the life of Beverly Diane Crawford, a former attorney and wife of former City Councilman Sa’ad El-Amin.

The Richmond native and mother of two children succumbed to cancer on Tuesday, June 19, after a four-year battle. She was 63.

A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and Howard Law School, Ms. Crawford’s career included work as a staff attorney for Central Virginia Legal Aid and as a legislative aide for the late Dr. Benjamin J. Lambert III during his tenure in the House of Delegates and, most recently, for Delegate Delores L. McQuinn.

The list also includes her service as general counsel and assistant director of government relations for the Virginia Education Association and her 11 years of partnership in private practice

with her husband in the firm they founded after they married in 1991.

She specialized in civil rights and employment law.

During her legal career, she also taught as an adjunct professor of constitutional law at Virginia Commonwealth University and an adjunct director of the employment clinic for a time at the University of Richmond.

Ms. Crawford also served Ms. Crawford on the board of the Richmond Community Action Program (now CAP-UP) and for a time as president of the board. She also served on the Richmond

Slave Trail Commission and volunteered with Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden and the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

The Virginia State Bar revoked her law license in 2002 for allegedly mismanaging a client’s estate.

“The law was her profession,” Mr. El-Amin, her husband of 27 years, said at her memorial service, but “her passions were her children and family, music and art and cooking.”

Ms. Crawford also filled the family’s North Side home with art from Africa and local artists.

Survivors also include her daughters, Marissa El-Amin and Alana El-Amin; a stepson JeRoyd W. Greene III; two stepdaughters, Nicole Taylor and Lisa Bennett; two sisters, Jacqueline Holmes and Deborah Ames; a brother, Michael Crawford; and nine grandchildren.

Historic cemetery’s cleanup has drawn nearly 8,000 volunteer visits started his volunteer work in Evergreen 10 years ago, but then shifted to East End. The Friends of East End Cemetery are markHe said “it took almost 8,000 volunteer visits ing the five-year anniversary of cleaning up and and 360 scheduled work days” to clear half of restoring the historic African-American burial East End, including work last weekend. ground in Eastern Henrico County.

He said multiple community groups have “In that five years, we have cleared about taken part through the years, but he also cited eight of the 16 acres of its original over- the work of a small cadre of regular volunteers, growth and uncovered almost 3,000 grave such as Bruce Tarr who has worked with him markers, making it possible for families to since 2013. visit the graves of relatives,” according to Other regular volunteers include Justin John Shuck, who launched the volunteer Curtis, Maurice Fountain, Erin and Bruce effort in 2013.

Palmer, Melissa Pocock and Mark That’s a big step forward for the Schmieder, Mr. Shuck said. He also long-abandoned private cemetery said Jess Kilgore has pitched in when that dates to the mid-1890s and is his job permits. believed to be the burial ground for Mr. Shuck said sporadic donaabout 17,000 people. tions have enabled the Friends of The cemetery at 50 Evergreen East End to pay for taking down Road in Henrico County borders some of the trees that threaten the the better known and larger Evergravesites, but more financial help green Cemetery, which sits on the is needed.

Richmond side of the boundary line.

He said the group will apply to Dating to 1891, Evergreen is where the state for support. The state has Maggie L. Walker, John Mitchell Jr. set aside money for tending historic and other greats are buried along African-American cemeteries, includwith thousands of ordinary black ing Evergreen and East End, and Mr. Shuck citizens. a new law, effective July 1, allows The two private cemeteries have been ne- groups such as the Friends of East End to apglected for decades, and volunteers like Mr. ply for funding.

Shuck have largely led efforts to clear out vines, The state has set aside $24,375 to assist in bushes, weeds and trees that have overtaken tending 4,875 graves of people buried between the plots.

1890 and 1900 in East End Cemetery. That With help from the state, the Richmond- amounts to $5 a grave. based EnRichmond Foundation has purchased Mr. Shuck said the Friends of East End the 60-acre Evergreen and begun efforts to welcomes anyone interested in helping maintain improve maintenance. The foundation also has the cleared areas or clear the acreage that is filed petitions with the Henrico Circuit Court to still overgrown. gain ownership of East End Cemetery.

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July 5-7, 2018 B5

Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, July 16, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, July 23, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2018-186 To amend Ord. No. 2008-111-133, adopted Jun. 23, 2008, which conditionally rezones the properties known as 1000 and 1100 Jefferson Davis Highway (also known as the Model Tobacco Site) from the M-1 Light Industrial District to the B-6 Mixed-Use Business District (Conditional), upon certain proffered conditions, to revise the proffered conditions.

The property is zoned B-6 Mixed-Use Urban Business. The Master Plan recommends Mixed Use land use for the subject property, which includes combinations of office, retail, personal service, general commercial, and service uses and, in some cases, multi-family residential and dwelling units above ground floor commercial.

Ordinance No. 2018-187 To rezone the properties known as 210 and 212 Brinser Street; 101, 103, 105, 115, and 117 Thurman Street; and 2400 Elton Street from the M-1 Light Industrial District to the B-6 MixedUse Business District.

The property is zoned M-1 Light Industrial.

The Master Plan recommends Mixed-Use land use for the subject property, which includes “combinations of office, retail, personal service, general commercial, and service uses and, in some cases, multi-family residential and dwelling units above ground floor commercial” (p. 134). The B-6 district is a typical zoning classification to accommodate this land use category.

Ordinance No. 2018-188 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 74-221-232, adopted Oct. 29, 1974, as last amended by Ord. No. 2003-70-60, adopted Mar. 24, 2003, which authorized a special use of the property known as 6100 Jahnke Road and legitimized an increase in the number of permitted restaurants and the permitted floor area for the restaurant use in an existing shopping center, to authorize up to three restaurants, upon certain terms and conditions.

The property is currently zoned R-3 Single-Family Residential. The City of Richmond’s current Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Single Family Medium Density. As stated in the plan, “Primary uses are single-family and twofamily dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi-public uses.

Ordinance No. 2018-189 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 2005-323-278, adopted Dec. 12, 2005, which authorized the use of the properties known as 110-118 West Marshall Street for the purpose of constructing additions to and renovating the buildings to accommodate 23 condominium dwelling units, commercial space, and accessory parking, to instead authorize 22 condominium dwelling units and additional commercial space, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is zoned R-O2 Residential Office. The City of Richmond’s Pulse Corridor Plan designates a land use category for the subject property as Neighborhood Mixed Use. Neighborhood Mixed use areas are cohesive districts that provide a mix of uses, but with a larger amount of residential uses than other mixed use districts. They are an urban, walkable environment with limited neighborhood oriented uses incorporated along key commercial corridors and at corner sites.

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property for Single Family Medium Density (SF-MD) uses which includes, single-family and twofamily dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi-public uses. The density of the proposed development would be approximately 33 units per acre.

is, without effect.

It is therefore ordered that the said Chastity Antoinette Willis do appear in the Clerk’s Office of the Law Division of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North 9th Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, on or before July 22, 2018 and do whatever necessary to protect her interest in this suit.

An Extract, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk McCollum At Law, P.C. 422 East Franklin Street, Suite 301 Richmond, Virginia 23219 Telephone (804) 523-3900

to subject the property briefly described as 613 North 30th St, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0632/034, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CHARLES FLEMING.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CHARLES FLEMING, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that RUTH DUKES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and SUSIE F. HALL, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that AUDREY E. HALL, ROMAINE WILSON, E L EA N OR B RA X TO N , GRACE GREE N , a n d KENNETH FLEMING, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that ALFRED FLEMING, who may have an ownership interest, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that CHARLES FLEMING, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, RUTH DUKES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, SUSIE F. HALL, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, AUDREY E. HALL, ROMAINE WILSON, E L EA N OR B RA X TO N , GRACE GREEN, KENNETH F L EMI N G , A L F RED FLEMING, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 23, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

name of the owner of record, OTIS H. GAINES.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, OTIS H. GAINES, owner per a deed filed in the records of the Henrico Circuit Court at Deed Book 214B page 425 on March 24 1920, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that OTIS H. GAINES, owner per a deed filed in the records of the Henrico Circuit Court at Deed Book 214B page 425 on March 24 1920, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest,and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 23, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 23, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

IT IS ORDERED that SAMOVER INC, a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 23, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

B. BYRD, upon information and belief, deceased, prior owner in chain-of-title, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 23, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

Ordinance No. 2018-191 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3117 West Cary Street for the purpose of permitting certain signs, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located in the UB Urban Business District and the PO-2 Carytown Parking Overlay District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a land use category for the subject property as Community Commercial. Primary uses include office, retail, personal service and other commercial and service uses, intended to provide the shopping and service needs of residents of a number of nearby neighborhoods or a section of the C i t y. A s c o m p a r e d to Neighborhood Commercial, this category includes a broader range of uses of greater scale and intensity, with greater vehicular access and orientation, but that are also compatible with nearby residential areas.

Ordinance No. 2018-192 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 800, 802, and 806 North 32nd Street for the purpose of up to four single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is zoned in the R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential District. The City of Richmond’s current Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Single Family Residential at medium densities.

Primary uses for this category are single-family and two-family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. The density of the proposed development would be approximately 24 units per acre.

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

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

Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SAMANTHA FISCHBACH, Plaintiff v.

CHARLES FISCHBACH, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18000798-00 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 16th day of August, 2018 at 9:00 AM and protect his interests.

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

Ordinance No. 2018-190 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1715 Rear Hanover Avenue for the purpose of a single-family dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is zoned R-6 SingleFamily Residential.

The City of Richmond’s current Master Plan designates the subject

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

CHASTITY ANTOINETTE WILLIS, Defendant.

Civil Law No.: CL18-2494-2 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from the defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart without interruption and without cohabitation for a period of more than one year, since February 15, 2017.

And it appearing by Affidavit filed according to law that Chastity Antoinette Willis, the above-named defendant, is not a resident of this state and that due diligence has been used by or in behalf of plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city the defendant

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Virginia: in the circuit court OF the county of chesterfield ashley-ann mary miller Plaintiff v. corey michael miller Defendant.

Case No. 041CL16001912 order of publication May 2, 2018

That the object of this suit is to obtain a divorce a vinculo martrimonii from the defendant on the grounds of more than one year of continuous separation; An Affidavit having been filed that the Plaintiff has been unable to locate the Defendant, it is ordered that Corey Michael Miller appear before this Court on or before July 17, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this matter.

An Extract Teste: WENDY S. HUGHES, Clerk

custody Virginia: In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re AIDAN TYLER CHADICK Case No.: J-094964-04-05 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Unknown (Father) and Melissa Chadick (Mother) of Aidan Tyler Chadick, child DOB 09/20/2017.

“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) and Melissa Chadick to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 08/28/2018, 9:20 AM COURTROOM #2.

Virginia: In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ashley nicole rivera, Case No.: JJ095510-01-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Grant sole and legal custody of Ashley Cabrera Rivera pursuant to Virginia Code 16.1-241A3

It is ordered that the defendant mario cabrera martinez appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before September 20, 2018, 10:45 AM. Virginia: in the circuit court of the city of richmond Walter Alexander Ventura Veronica Patricia Garcia Orellana In the Matter of the Proposed Adoption of a Child to Be Known as Irma Rebeca Ventura, Birth Certificate Registration No. 67-2007, Vol II. Registered in the Country of El Salvador CA 18-277 order of publication

The object of the abovestyled suit is for the petitioner, Walter Alexander Ventura, to adopt Irma Rebeca Castillo, the biological daughter of Veronica Patricia Garcia Orellana and Josias Lemuel Castillo Salazar.

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the Respondent, Josias Lemuel Castillo Salazar, is not a resident of the State of Virginia and that his last known address is unknown, it is therefore ORDERED that Respondent, Josias Lemuel Castillo Salazar, appear before this Court on or before the 3rd day of August, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this suit.

A Copy Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk I ask for this: Jesse Baez, Esq. (VSB #85986) Hairfield Morton, PLC 2800 Buford Road, Suite 201 Richmond, Virginia 23235 (804) 320-6600 Counsel for Petitioners

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

ARMAND E. ROMAN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-2353 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5621 Cary Street Road, Unit 2, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number W022-0162/031, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Armand E. Roman Trust.

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

IT IS ORDERED that ARMA N D E . ROMA N , Trustee of the Armand E. Roman Trust, JOHN WILLIAM RAY, Trustee of the Armand E. Roman Trust, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 23, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

ELLEMSENTERPRISES, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-2075 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3213 2nd Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001072/015, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, ELLEMSENTERPRISES, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ELLEMSENTERPRISES, LLC, an entity cancelled in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that RBA CAPITAL, LP, Beneficiary of an assignment of deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 08-30730 on December 9, 2008, a foreign limited partnership transacting business in Virginia without a certificate of registration, has not file 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 ELLEMSENTERPRISES, LLC, an entity cancelled in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, that RBA CAPITAL, LP, Beneficiary of an assignment of deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0830730 on December 9, 2008, a foreign limited partnership transacting business in Virginia without a certificate of registration, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 23, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

CHARLES FLEMING, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-2346 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is

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

OTIS H. GAINES, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-2934 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 708 Cheatwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0180453/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the

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

SAMOVER, INC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-2499 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2016 Newbourne Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E012-0285/019, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, SAMOVER, INC.

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

IT IS ORDERED that SAMOVER, INC, a corporation purged from the

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

CARL ELMORE DAVIS, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. : CL18-2855 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2000 Selden Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120257/021, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, CARL ELMORE DAVIS, MORRIS HERVELYN DAVIS, JACOB GEORGE DAVIS, LILLIE GAY DAVIS.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, CARL ELMORE DAVIS, MORRIS HERVELYN DAVIS, JACOB GEORGE DAVIS, LILLIE GAY DAVIS, 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 CARL ELMORE DAVIS, MORRIS HERVELYN DAVIS, JACOB GEORGE DAVIS, LILLIE GAY DAVIS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 23, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

VIRGINIA LEE BROWN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-2077 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1613 West Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number W0000656/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, VIRGINIA LEE BROWN.

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

IT IS ORDERED that VIRGINIA LEE BROWN, AR N ETHIA B L OWE , SHERYL MCDOWNEY and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 23, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

SAMOVER INC., et al.

Defendants.

Case No. : CL18-2725 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1500 North 36th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0001544/028, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, SAMOVER INC.

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

MVP HOMES, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-2078 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1424 North 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000706/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, MVP HOMES LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MVP HOMES, LLC, a corporation purged from the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that PAMELA L. VANHOUTEN, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 09-15158 on July 8, 2009, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that MVP HOMES LLC, a corporation purged from the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, PAMELA L. VANHOUTEN, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 09-15158 on July 8, 2009, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 23, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

NEXT CALL INC, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. : CL18-2371 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 60 West Clopton Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000793013, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, NEXT CALL INC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, NEXT CALL, INC, an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that RUFUS BYRD, upon information and belief, deceased, prior owner in chain-of-title, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title and BIRDIE B. BYRD, upon information and belief, deceased, prior owner in chain-of-title, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, 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.”

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

FRITZ P. FRANK, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-2009 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2618 Whitcomb Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120171/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Fritz P. Frank.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, FRITZ P. FRANK, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that MARY A . F RA N K , ROMO L A E L I Z A B ETH MAC K EY, K ATHERI N E CECE L IA BALL, BEAUFORD JOSEPH FRANK, FREDERICK ELMO FRANK, CECELIA S. KIRK, ANDREW BRYANT, HELEN K I N K ER , SHIR L EY M .

TAYLOR, JACK E. MACKEY, CAROL MACKEY COOKE, and ALAN B. MACKEY, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that PEGGY T. MACKEY, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that FRITZ P. FRANK, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MARY A. FRANK, ROMOLA E L I Z A B ETH MAC K EY, K ATHERI N E CECE L IA BALL, BEAUFORD JOSEPH FRANK, FREDERICK ELMO FRANK, CECELIA S. KIRK, ANDREW BRYANT, HELEN K I N K ER , SHIR L EY M .

TAYLOR, JACK E. MACKEY, CAROL MACKEY COOKE, ALAN B. MACKEY, PEGGY T. MACKEY, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

GJG FAMILY LC, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-2347 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4812 Radford Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number W0190018/022, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, GJG FAMILY LC.

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

IT IS ORDERED that GJG FAMILY LC and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before August 23, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

ABRAHAM WATKINS, et al.

Defendants.

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Sports Plus

World Cup tackles color complex

By Fred Jeter

France won its only World Cup in 1998 with the theme “Black-Blanc-Beur,” meaning black, white and Arab (or North African),” a slogan celebrating integrated France.

This year’s French entry into the 2018 World Cup in Russia is all that, and then some, as the highly diverse team advances to quarterfinals against Uruguay on July 6.

Of 14 players to take the pitch through three group games and one Knockout Round, nine are from Africa, the French Caribbean, or have parents from those locales.

Two shining brightest are Kylian Mbappe and Paul Pogba.

Mbappe’s father is from Cameroon and his mother is from Algeria.

In France’s quarterfinal 4-3 win over Argentina on June 30, Mbappe, 19, became the youngest to score two goals in a World Cup Knockout Round since 17-year-old Pele did so for Brazil in 1958.

Pogba, 25, of Guinean parents, is an attacking central midfielder who ranks among the world’s elite players.

France is cheering now but the multicultural makeup of the national squad has at times sparked controversy.

Although nonwhite players have represented the French national team since 1931, there

Diverse French team advances to quarterfinals of World Cup in Russia.

have been cries from far-right groups that some athletes weren’t “genuinely” of French descent.

In 2011, senior officials in the French Football Federation (FFF), including National Coach Laurent Blanc, backed plans for a 30 percent quota for nonwhite players qualifying for advance training by age 13, according to Mediapart, a French investigative news website.

Both the FFF and Coach Blanc later denied those reports, stating that meetings were more about “style of play” than color.

Coach Blanc has since been cleared of any violations.

The current roster is as di-

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verse as they come, with athletes who have ancestral links to Martinique, Cameroon, Guinea, Togo, Mali, Mauritania, Angola, Algeria and Congo.

It’s a rare blend, but the bouncing soccer ball doesn’t stop to distinguish color or race, and France’s “Black, Blanc, Beur” may be just the spicy recipe for a second World Cup trophy.

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AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 300 West 22nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000491/040, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, ABRAHAM WATKINS.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ABRAHAM WATKINS, upon information and belief deceased, owner per deed filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 27 page 144 on August 28, 1905, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and 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 ABRAHAM WATKINS and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

A.M., before this Court and do what is necessary to protect their interests.

An Extract Teste: Heidi S. Barshinger, Clerk

and do what is necessary to protect their interests.

An Extract Teste: Heidi S. Barshinger, Clerk

and known as 4 South Holly Avenue in Henrico County, Virginia, and being the same real estate conveyed to Joseph A. Towler and Avon W. Towler by deed from Lillian P. Adams dated August 30, 1973, recorded August 30, 1973, in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Henrico, Virginia, in Deed Book 1572, Page 124.

And, it appearing by affidavit filed according to law that Any and All Interested Parties, the above-named defendants, cannot be located, it is therefore ORDERED that the said Any and All Interested Parties need to appear on September 7, 2018 at 9:30 A.M., before this Court and do what is necessary to protect their interests.

An Extract Teste: Heidi S. Barshinger, Clerk

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HENRICO JOSEPH A. TOWLER and AVON W. TOWLER Plaintiff, v.

ANY AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Defendants.

Case No.: CL17004844-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the abovestyled suit is to quiet title to the real estate known as Tax Parcel Number 822724-6945, containing .1377 acres, more or less, located on and known as 1-3 West Nine Mile Road in Henrico County, Virginia, and being the same real estate conveyed to Joseph A. Towler and Avon W. Towler by deed from Julian B. Lipscomb and Sue Lipscomb, dated September 6, 1968, recorded September 6, 1968, in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Henrico, Virginia, in Deed Book 1377, Page 46.

And, it appearing by affidavit filed according to law that Any and All Interested Parties, the above-named defendants, cannot be located, it is therefore ORDERED that the said Any and All Interested Parties need to appear on September 7, 2018 at 9:30 Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HENRICO JOSEPH A. TOWLER and AVON W. TOWLER Plaintiff, v.

ANY AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Defendants.

Case No.: CL17004845-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the abovestyled suit is to quiet title to the real estate known as Tax Parcel Number 822724-5948, containing .6214 acres, more or less, located on and known as 5 West Nine Mile Road in Henrico County, Virginia, and being the same real estate conveyed to Joseph A. Towler and Avon W. Towler by deed of assumption from D.W.Thomas and Evelyn G. Thomas and C.O. Groome, Jr. and Vivian M. Groome, dated December 30, 1976, recorded January 6, 1977, in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Henrico, Virginia, in Deed Book 1712, Page 487.

And, it appearing by affidavit filed according to law that Any and All Interested Parties, the above-named defendant, cannot be located, it is therefore ORDERED that the said Any and All Interested Parties need to appear on or before September 7, 2018 at 9:30 A.M., before this Court

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HENRICO JOSEPH A. TOWLER and AVON W. TOWLER Plaintiff, v.

ANY AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Defendants.

Case No.: CL17004846-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the abovestyled suit is to quiet title to the real estate known as Tax Parcel Number 822-7246038, containing .13 acres, more or less, located on Continued on next column

Commonwealth of Virginia

request for ProPosals 154760-tw Set Aside for DSBSD-Certified Small Business Participation Only For Term Contract for Architect/Engineering Services for Salem District Predominately. Statewide at VDOT’s discretion.

Documents are located at www.eva.virginia.gov and available from the individual indicated below.

Inquiries should be directed to: Tamerra Webb at tamerra.webb@vdot.virginia.gov, or (804) 786-5325 Proposals will be received in accordance with the information posted at www.eva.virginia.gov until 2:00 P.M. local time on July 25, 2018.

Communications Assistant Hiring Range: Up to $20.00/hr Closes: July 13, 2018 @ 5 p.m.

The Virginia Board for People with Disabilities is recruiting a part-time Communications Assistant. The position will assist with on line and print communications content, contact list and data management, web content mgt., and communications analytics. View detail and application requirements at https://virginiajobs.peopleadmin.com/ postings/115533. This is a wage (non-benefit) position limited to 1,500 hours/yr. Minorities and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. EEO/AA/TTY. Reasonable Accommodations upon Request

Policy Analyst

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

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The Virginia Board for People with Disabilities is recruiting for a part-time Policy Analyst. This is a one year restricted grant funded position (ending June 30, 2019) with an option for renewal for a total of 4 years. The incumbent will work approximately 1,500 hours conducting policy research and analysis related to the Board’s responsibilities in a Project of National Significance. View job description and application requirements at http://virginiajobs.peopleadmin. com/postings/116017. This is a wage (non-benefit) position limited to 1,500 hours per year. Minorities and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. EEO/ AA/TTY. Reasonable Accommodations upon Request.

Freelance Writers: Richmond Free Press has immediate opportunities for freelance writers. Newspaper experience is a requirement. To be considered, please send 5 samples of your writing, along with a cover letter to news@richmond freepress.com or mail to: Richmond Free Press, P. O. Box 27709, Richmond, VA 23261. No phone calls.

Part – time Open Until Filled

GRTC seeks a results oriented professional who excels in working in a fast-paced environment.

This position is responsible for supervising and monitoring the activities of the bus operators on a daily basis. The ideal candidate will possess integrity, excellent problem solving skills, proven decision-making skills and excellent communication skills. High School diploma or equivalent required, with a Associates or Bachelor’s Degree preferred. Previous experience in the transit industry highly desirable.

Must be able to pass a background check, pre-employment drug test and DOT physical.

A CDL Class B or higher with a Passenger endorsement is required. Those interested in the position may apply online at www.ridegrtc. com. GRTC is an equal opportunity employer with a drug-free work environment.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL #VTC 18-156 The Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) has issued a Request for Proposal #VTC 18-156 to enter into an agreement with a qualified firm to prepare a Tourism Development Plan for the Commonwealth of Virginia in order to build capacity so that the VTC can better facilitate, guide, and support the economic success of the Virginia tourism industry and contribute to the quality of life of Virginia residents. Sealed proposals are due not later than 4 p.m. EDT on August 8, 2018. Full details are contained in the Request for Proposal.

A MAnDATORy pre-proposal conference/ teleconference will be held at 10 a.m. EDT, July 23, 2018, and requires pre-registration by 4 p.m. EDT, July 19, 2018. Proposals will only be accepted from those Offerors who are represented at this pre-proposal conference/teleconference.

In order not to miss any important deadlines, please read, immediately, the announcement of the RFP for important details aboue eVA registration, small business certification, conference/teleconference pre-registration deadline, etc. The RFP announcement may be found on the VTC website at https://www.vatc. org/operations/request-for-proposal-tourismdevelopment-plan/. Copies of the Request for Proposal #VTC 18-156 may be downloaded from the VTC website at https://www.vatc.org/wpcontent/uploads/2018/06/TourismPlan2018RFP. pdf. All inquiries regarding the RFP should be sent via email to TourismDevelopmentPlan2018RFP@ virginia.org or by contacting Ginny Griffin at (804) 545-5519.

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GRTC TRANSIT SYSTEM CUSTOM SHELTER REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT INVITATION FOR BIDS GRTC Transit System invites all interested parties to submit bids for providing custom shelter removal and replacement. Interested firms may download a copy of IFB # 167-18-03 from GRTC’s website www.ridegrtc.com (menu options: About Us, then Procurement) or obtain a copy by calling Tonya Thompson, Director of Procurement at (804) 358-3871 ext 372.

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The VCU School of Education seeks applications for the position of Executive Director of the Office of Strategic Engagement, with a start date of August 10, 2018. At VCU, we believe different perspectives and expertise enhance possibilities and solutions. This philosophy drives our recruitment process, so we welcome applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, who will contribute to an already diverse community of faculty, staff, and students.

The mission of the Office of Strategic Engagement is to leverage the resources and capabilities within the VCU School of Education with regional and international schools to develop mutually beneficial pre-service and in-service programs that increase capabilities and performance of educators.

The Executive Director will provide effective leadership across all projects and activities of the Office of Strategic Engagement and will conceptualize the development of curriculum and learning approaches designed to provide professional learning targeted to regional and local division-specific needs.

Questions may be directed to Dr. Thomas Beatty, Search Chair via email at thbeatty@vcu.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position closing date, July 13, 2018.

For additional information and to apply, please follow this link: https://www. vcujobs.com/postings/80382.

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An optional pre-bid meeting will be held on July 11, 2018 at 10:00 am. Bids are due no later than 11:00 am on August 1, 2018. All inquiries pertaining to the request or any questions in reference to the solicitation documents should be directed to: Tonya Thompson Director of Procurement (804) 358-3871, extension 372 Supplier diversity program – “providing equal opportunities for small businesses”