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Jack W. Gravely appears poised to resign as executive director of the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP, the Free Press has learned.

Mr. Gravely, a radio talk show host and former state NAACP executive director who returned to the leadership position in April 2015, was not immediately available for comment.

However, a source close to events said Mr. Gravely is expected to call a news conference Friday, June 24, to announce

his decision to leave, ending his efforts to rebuild the slumping civil rights group.

According to the source, Mr. Gravely is ready to depart because of strained relations between him and several key state executive board members, including the current president, Linda Thomas of Caroline County, and James E. Ghee of Farmville.

“Jack feels he has been relegated to being an office boy,” the source said, describing the situation as a struggle over Mr.

June 23-25, 2016

House sit-in Mr. Burt

Family photo

Orlando victim to be buried in Amelia

Scores of Democratic lawmakers, led by civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, refuse to leave the U.S. House of Representatives until gun control measures are passed

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By Bonnie V. Winston

The last time Marie Morton Hart of Richmond saw her grandnephew, Darryl Roman “DJ” Burt II, it was a joyous time.

“We had a family reunion last July at Andrews Air Force Base, and DJ flew in from his home in Jacksonville to surprise his mother,” the 79-year-old South Side resident said.

It was a special time for DJ and his parents, Darryl Burt, a military retiree who grew up in Richmond’s Church Hill, and his wife, Felicia Jackson Burt, who grew up in Amelia County.

This weekend, the Burt family will reunite — surrounded by a cadre of family and friends and uplifted by an outpouring of support — to bury DJ in Amelia County.

The 29-year-old Mr. Burt, an outgoing hard worker, community volunteer and financial aid officer at Keiser University in Florida, was killed in the June 12 deadly shooting rampage at Please turn to A4

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Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts tweeted a photo from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday showing the sit-in demanding common sense gun control legislation to keep suspected terrorists from buying guns and tightening background checks. Sitting on the floor in the center is Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, who led the historic action.

Democratic lawmakers, using 1960s tactics to press their point, staged an surprise sit-in on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, demanding the chamber remain in session until the Republican leadership agrees to a vote on gun control legislation.

Nearly 200 legislators, including several members of the Senate, joined in the protest led

by Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement and one of the original Freedom Riders who led the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, student sit-ins and voter registration drives throughout the South that paved the way for the historic Selma to Montgomery march in Alabama in 1965.

Chanting “No bill, no break!” the lawmakers disrupted the House session and occupied the floor of the chamber. Photos of the action were sent via Instagram, Twitter and other social media alerting the public, even after the House cameras that broadcast the sessions were turned off.

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Siblings win ‘Teacher of the Year’ Coach Lancaster

By Bonnie N. Davis

As teachers for Richmond Public Schools, siblings Gilbert Carter Jr. and Ridgely Carter-Minter took different paths to the classroom.

Yet, their recent recognition as Teacher of the Year at their respective schools is singularly rooted in a Richmond family legacy known for teaching excellence.

Mr. Carter, 34, was named Teacher of the Year at Boushall Middle School in South Side, where he teaches eighth grade special education.

Shortly after learning about her brother’s honor in May, Mrs. Carter-Minter, 31, also was named Teacher of the Year — at Woodville Elementary School in the East End, where she teaches fifth grade.

Each school in Richmond selects an

outstanding teacher to compete for Richmond Public Schools’ “Teacher of the Year.” Those teachers, selected by peer review within their school, are chosen on the basis of contributions they make to students, the school division and the community. An awards ceremony selecting Richmond’s overall Teacher of the Year will take place later this year.

Mr. Carter and Mrs. Carter-Minter are products not only of Richmond Public Schools, they come from a large, extended family whose members are replete with their own recognition as classroom teachers and school administrators.

The Carter siblings’ father, the late Gilbert L. Carter Sr., taught law at Virginia State College (now University) and was assistant dean of student life at Virginia Commonwealth University. He

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Ridgely Carter-Minter and her brother, Gilbert Carter Jr., were named Teacher of the Year at their respective schools in Richmond. Mrs. Carter-Minter teaches fifth grade at Woodville Elementary School, and Mr. Carter is a special education teacher at Boushall Middle School.

later worked for the City of Richmond and Virginia Union University.

Herman L. Carter, Mr. Carter Sr.’s brother and the Carter siblings’ uncle, taught chemistry at Armstrong High School before becoming a principal at Kennedy and John Marshall high schools.

The family ties to education don’t stop there. Sheron Carter-Gunter, the Carter siblings’ first cousin and Herman Carter’s daughter, currently is principal at Franklin Military Academy in Richmond.

Other family members serve as an English specialist and in the performing arts for Richmond Public Schools.

Mr. Carter said both his father and uncle would be proud of his and his sister’s accomplishments. Their father died in October 2015, nine months after the death of their uncle. For both men, education was a high priority and they encouraged their children to enjoy the process and rewards it can offer, Mr. Carter said.

Mr. Carter said their influence “without a doubt” fueled his zest for teaching, even though he did not immediately follow that path.

Growing up, Mr. Carter dreamed of an engineering career, which led him to Virginia Tech, where he graduated in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies and an engineering minor.

After graduation, he worked for three years as an industrial engineer for UPS. Looking to switch careers, he hadn’t thought much about teaching, although family members often told him to give it a try.

“I kept denying it, denying it and denying it,” he said. An eventual visit to his sister’s classroom as a volunteer reader led to him “falling in love with teaching,” he said.

He later became a substitute teacher before enrolling in and completing Virginia Union University’s Teacher Licensure Program. He joined Boushall Middle School seven years ago, and considers his career switch “one of the best decisions I ever made.”

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starts new chapter

By Fred Jeter

George Lancaster says he has retired.

Officially he has after 37 seasons and two Virginia championships at Highland Springs High School in Henrico County.

But the more the 71-year-old coaching legend talks, the more you learn another chapter may yet unfold.

Coach Lancaster is in the process of moving back to his hometown of Chase City in Mecklenburg County, where he just may pop up with a whistle around his neck at Bluestone High School.

“The girls (varsity coaching) job is available and I’ve talked to the principal about it,” Coach Lancaster told the Free Press.

“I’ve got a vested interest. I have a granddaughter who plays softball at Bluestone, and many relatives and old friends living there.”

He added: “And if I’m not the head coach, I’d be happy to be an assistant,” he said, noting his interest in assisting Bluestone High’s boys Coach Ben Sizemore.

“Actually, I coached Ben’s older brother,” Coach Lancaster said.

Girls, too: Records show Coach Lancaster is leaving Highland Springs High with 704 boys’ victories, the fourth highest in state public school annals.

The first 30 wins came in three seasons at Richmond’s Huguenot High School before moving to Highland Springs High in 1979.

But there are more victories that don’t show up, at least initially, on the ledger.

Along with the boys’ wins, he picked up an additional 53 victories as the Springers’ girls coach. He coached Highland Springs’ girls basketball two years, Please turn to A4

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These scenes show examples of the impact of the June 16 storm that hammered Richmond and Henrico County and knocked out power to nearly 120,000 homes and businesses in the two localities. Left, Laurie Petersen photographs a tree split during the raging winds at Monument and Roseneath avenues in the West End. Right, Brad Spangler takes a closer look at a car crushed under trees felled by the storm that packed 70 mph winds and dropped 1.6 inches of rain.

Location: Seminary and Claremont avenues in North Side.

Richmond area damage estimates ranged from $2 million to

Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond $5 million, including $770,000 in damage to 10 Richmond school buildings. Officials said all but $100,000 of the schools damage would be covered by insurance. Dominion brought in hundreds of workers, who helped restore power by late

Monday. Fifty crews from the City of Richmond, meanwhile, cleared fallen trees blocking 156 streets and removed 700 tons of tree debris through Tuesday. As of Tuesday night, Byrd Park, Battery Park Pool and Bryan Park had yet to reopen.

The city and Henrico County are offering to haul away tree limbs from residents’ property. In the city, residents can place limbs and brush near the curb or alley for pickup. County residents must register for service at (804) 501-4275 or online at www.henrico.us/services/storm-debris-pickup. The county’s deadline to sign up is Friday, June 24.

City Council to deal with budget deficit

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Mayor Dwight C. Jones wants Richmond City Council to allow him to tap the city’s piggy bank to keep red ink from staining the city’s books.

The council is to consider the mayor’s plan to fill the projected $5.8 million deficit at its meeting Monday, June 27.

The deficit includes $1.9 million in costs for clearing a major snowstorm last winter. And while it is small, representing less than 1 penny per dollar in the city’s $708.2 million budget, it is embarrassing for the mayor as he heads to the end of his second and final term unable to develop the kind of economic growth and revenues to keep up with rising city expenses.

The mayor’s plan calls for mostly shifting money from savings to fill the deficit.

The goal: To ensure the city will be able to close its books on the 2015-16 fiscal year June 30 with revenues and expenses balanced as required by state law.

The projected deficit is based on information provided prior to last week’s severe thunderstorm, which could require additional funding shifts to cover the city’s cleanup costs.

City Councilman Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District, said he plans to vote against the mayor’s proposal to protest the administration’s decision to wait until the last minute.

“Essentially, the council has no choice, Mayor Jones but to pass” the mayor’s plan to meet the June 30 deadline, he said. That’s not the way it should work, he said.

Under the city’s charter, City Council is empowered to control the city’s purse and needs to be more involved in monitoring revenues and spending during the year, he said.

Mr. Agelasto said he and Councilman Jonathan T. Baliles,

E-book purchasers may be due refund Electronics giant Apple Inc. has begun coughing up refunds to e-book buyers in a price-fixing settlement.

According to Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring, the company began distributing $11 million to $15 million in account credits and checks Tuesday to state residents who purchased e-books, or electronic books, through the company’s site.

“Virginia consumers will finally be compensated for these anti-competitive, anti-consumer business practices,” Mr. Herring stated in an announcement.

The money going to Virginians is part of the $400 million settlement with Apple that resulted from a 2013 federal court case in which the company was found guilty of price fixing with five publishers.

The refunds are for overpricing e-books consumers purchased between April 1, 2010, and May 21, 2012.

Mr. Herring Consumers who bought New York Times best-sellers are to receive a refund of $6.93 per book, Mr. Herring stated, while the refund will be $1.57 per book for any that did not make the New York Times list during that 25-month period.

Mr. Herring said the refunds remained on hold while the company appealed the price-fixing verdict. The verdict and the company’s liability for refunds became effective after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case in March.

Five publishers, including Simon & Schuster Inc. and Penguin Group, previously settled for $166 million, about $4 million of which went to Virginia e-book buyers.

Most of the money from the publishers’ settlement was distributed in March 2014 to customers who bought e-books through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Sony and Google, as well as those who used Apple. Some of that money remains and continues to be distributed to consumers, Mr. Herring stated.

The total $566 million payout, including the money from Apple and the publishers, is about twice the size of the actual damages consumers suffered, Mr. Herring stated.

Virginia was among 33 states that joined in suing Apple and the five publishers in the price-fixing case.

Consumers with questions about the lawsuit and its settlement may go to www.ebooklawsuits.com or call (866) 686-9333. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

1st District, have introduced a resolution that would require the city administration to come to the City Council every three months “to make needed adjustments.” That would “more closely align agency budgets with their projected expenditures,” Mr. Agelasto said.

The council already requires the administration to submit financial reports every three months, but has not sought to force budget adjustments based on the information.

Along with the $1.9 million in extra expenses from the winter storm, the deficit is largely the result of increased spending by the police, fire and sheriff’s departments, particularly for overtime for officers and firefighters and unexpected extra expenses, such as medical care for jail inmates.

Under the mayor’s plan, $1.67 million of the deficit would be covered by higher than expected revenues and by shifting unspent funds from some departments that under-spent their budgets to those that went over budget. The rest, $4.1 million, would come from savings.

Richmond’s revenues actually grew by $6.67 million in the past 12 months, but $5 million was restricted because it came from the Governor’s Opportunity Fund for use in the development of Stone Brewery in Fulton, according to city Budget Director Jay A. Brown.

While the $5 million was not specifically identified in the city’s quarterly reports to the council, Mr. Brown said that money could only be used for “Stone Brewery and for nothing else.”

Correction Republican Marty Williams, who is challenging incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Robert C. “ Bobby” Scott in the 3rd Congressional District, is a retired Chesapeake police sergeant and a member of the Chesapeake Planning Commission. His public service was misstated in the June 16 edition of the Free Press, which regrets the error.

Clarification Kennedy Morrissey, the 3½-year-old daughter of Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey, lives with her mother, Tyra Oliver, and stays Wednesdays and every other weekend with her father under a joint custody arrangement.

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Barbershop talk Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham tries a new outreach tactic — meeting people informally in a barbershop to hear their concerns. Minus his familiar uniform, he held the session last Saturday at the Celebrity Barber Lounge, 406 N. 1st St. in Jackson Ward. About 20 people turned out. Behind him, owner John R. Dean, who gave the chief the idea, puts the finishing touches on a customer’s cut.

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There’s an old cliché that’s been passed down from generation to generation. Usually spoken in response to a task that can’t be done or a challenge that can’t be met. It’s the ideal response to a task as simple as opening the lid on a jar that refuses to cooperate and calls your manhood into question. It’s just three little words—“Be a man.”

Men have been answering that call to achieve the status quo for centuries. However, when it comes to men’s health, maintaining that masculine fortitude seems to be of less concern.

Ironically, most men consider themselves to be protectors and

the mighty supplier of their family’s needs. Not realizing that by ignoring the signs and symptoms of health issues they are endangering themselves and leaving the families they care for, vulnerable.

And there are quite a few health issues that seem to thrive among men.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading threat. In cardiovascular disease, plaques from cholesterol gradually block the arteries in the heart and brain. These plaques can become unstable, causing a blood cot to form and block the artery, resulting in a heart attack or stroke. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in five men will die from cardiovascular disease.

Lung cancer is aggressive and spreads early, sometimes even before it starts to cause symptoms or show up on X-ray.

Less than 50 percent of men diagnosed with lung cancer are alive one year later. Even as smoking numbers in the U.S are on the decline, lung cancer is still a leading killer.

Prostate cancer is probably one of the most well-known men’s health issues. Of course, the big hesitation for most men with this is getting screened. Screening requires a rectal exam and a blood test. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), roughly 1 in 7 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. About 6 cases out of 10 are diagnosed in men age 65 or older. ACS estimates that there will be over 180,000 new cases this year and over 25,000 deaths, and that’s just in the U.S.

Skin Cancer accounts for nearly half of all cancers in the U.S., but men over the age of 50 are more than twice as likely to develop and die from skin cancer. As with other issues, it is not that men are naturally more vulnerable to skin cancer, but men typically get more sun exposure, while making fewer visits to the doctor.

Depression can be devastating for men. According to research, men battling depression are more likely to develop heart disease. It’s an emotional disturbance that most men tend to hide. Left untreated, depression can lead many to anger, rage, loneliness and then suicide.

Diabetes is a silent starter—often without warning symptoms. It develops over time with increasing blood sugar levels that bring about the frequent urination and thirst that finally sends men to the doctor to see what’s going on. In diabetes, excess glucose affects the blood vessels and nerves throughout the body, and if left undiagnosed and untreated, leads to heart attacks, strokes, blindness and kidney failure. It can even result in amputations. Moderate weight loss in conjunction with 30 minutes of physical activity a day can reduce the chance of diabetes by more than 50 percent in men.

It is important for men to know that there is help available.

It all starts with getting a checkup and paying more attention.

Know the signs and symptoms of the leading men’s health issues and those based on family history. And if there is a question or concern, call your physician.

Why won’t men ever ask for directions? No matter how lost they might be, they see themselves as capable, strong, intelligent men. And since they’re in the driver’s seat, they take it upon themselves to sort out the navigation problems. But, the issue really has nothing to do with the actual help. It’s about being too much of a man to ask another man for it in the first place. It’s man-pride. It speaks to a primal existence for men. However, nowadays men also have Google Maps and Waze.

It’s no big surprise that when it comes to going to the doctor, men don’t. Or for the most part, they aren’t always the keenest on it. It seems a bit counter culture for men, who are usually all about maintenance when it comes to their things. And a lot of men are taught at a young age to be tough, strong and in control. If they get a knocked around a bit the advice from dad is usually, “Just walk it off.”

But men’s health is nothing to just walk off. Antonio Ab-

bate, M.D., Ph. D. and Vice Chairman of the Division of Cardiology at VCU Pauley Heart Center says, “Most men just don’t think that they need a checkup. They’ll take their car for checkup, but they won’t go for one.”

“Life is busy,” said Abbate, “we all do a million things—we have work, family, hobbies and health does not come as a top priority when you’re young and strong and think nothing is going to happen to you.” With the popularity of magazines like Men’s Health and Men’s Fitness, one might think that men are paying more attention to their bodies. And in some ways they are, but those truly informative articles fight for attention with, “How to Sculpt the Perfect Biceps” and “Getting Summer Ready with 5 Belly Busting Tips.”

Some of the biggest health challenges for men are cardiovascular disease. Issues like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), and stroke become more of a concern as men age. Some of the danger is attributed to the fact that men put their health last on their list of priorities.

So unlike women, by the time men are older they are discovering existing health issues for the first time. Some of those issues may have been less serious if discovered and treated earlier.

Abbate said, “Many times I am meeting patients when they have been admitted to the hospital for a heart attack and I tell them that this will change your life.” Those patients will have to take their heart health even more serious than before. Abbate wants men to know that if they think they’re having a heart problem to act immediately. “If you think you’re having a heart at-

tack dial 911,” said Abbate, “I’ve had patients tell me that they thought it was just indigestion that just wasn’t going away.”

It’s important to know the risks. Family history plays a big part in men’s health. Abbate said, “Family history is very important. You should know what your family history is like, and that is not just your brothers and sisters and parents. You should also know about your aunts, uncles and grandparents.”

Giving the doctors a more complete family history helps them better understand the risks so that they can help men live a healthier lifestyle, minus the complications. According to Abbate, “Healthy lifestyle and exercise help, but there are many medications that can help save their life and reduce their risk.

The most important health risk factor that men should eliminate quickly is smoking.”

film. Other times it’s clumsy and not thought out at all, like on the TV show Ridiculousness and in the thousands of fail videos on YouTube. Nevertheless, we all do it in some capacity. VCU Health is using medical research and the science of movement to help runners find their stride.

VCU Run Lab combines the expertise of sports biomechanists, exercise physiologists, and coaches to help athletes of all levels run better. The program is headed by associate professor D.S. Blaise Williams III, PT and Ph. D. For Dr. Williams and his team, running isn’t just about performance; it’s also about health.

The team at VCU Run Lab is unique in its working Moving—everybody’s doing it. Sometimes it’s planned structure. Students and clinical researchers from Physical and beautiful, like in a ballet or a choreographed martial arts Therapy and the Department of Kinesiology and Health,

work side-by-side. The intention is to educate students and the community on the best practices for running and running health.

Using the most advanced technology the running assessments consist of a detailed running history, measures of flexibility strength and alignment, along with a 3-D gait analysis. They also collect measurements of the heart and lungs to design specific training programs for the runner. No matter whether you’re a rookie runner, marathon veteran or simply trying to get back into the swing of things after an injury, the program will be specific to the data collected on you.

Richmond is the perfect place for this kind of program— recognized as one of the “Most Runner Friendly Cities in the United States” by the Road Runners Club of America.

Believe it or not, some health issues seem to strike African-Americans harder and more often than other racial groups. Some of that is due to health disparities and access to care, while other pats of it have a lesser-understood association. Here are a just a few: • Diabetes is 60 percent more common in African-American.

• African-Americans are three more times likely to die of Asthma.

• Deaths from lung scarring (sarcoidosis) are 16 times more common in African-Americans.

• African-American men are 50 percent more likely to develop lung cancer.

• Strokes kill four times more 35 to 54-year-old African-Americans.

• Nearly 42 percent of African-American men have high blood pressure.

• Cancer treatment is equally successful, yet African-American men have a 20 percent higher cancer death rate.

Source: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, American Asthma Foundation, American Cancer Association

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no more.”

Democrats urged passage of gun control measures, such as tighter background checks and legislation to curb the sale of weapons to people on government watch lists.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters members intend to continue their sit-in as long as it takes to get a vote on a bill.

The move echoed last week’s filibuster by Senate Democrats to protest inaction on guns in the wake of the June 12 massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., where a gunman killed 49 people and wounded 53 in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, who represents Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District, joined the sit-in, calling on Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan and other GOP lawmakers to allow an immediate vote to keep guns out of dangerous hands.

“Our message is clear,” Rep. Scott said through a spokesman. “It’s not going to be business as usual. We’re committed to continue this effort until the people’s House does its job.”

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus stood in unity with Rep. Lewis, calling the action historic.

“Congress can no longer simply hold moments of silence for the victims of gun violence,” said Rep. G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina, chairman of the CBC. “We must act, and we will not leave the House floor or Washington without taking action to prevent the next tragedy.”

A number of Democratic senators joined the protest, including Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who remains in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Corey Booker of New Jersey and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, all of whom have been mentioned as potential running mates for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

While many people called the House sit-in unprecedented, a similar action happened in August 2008, when House Republicans, then in the minority, took the floor to demand a vote on allowing offshore drilling.

After last week’s Senate filibuster, the Senate’s Republican majority scheduled votes on four gun control measures — all of which failed Monday.

House Republicans have declined to advance gun control legislation. Speaker Ryan said earlier Wednesday he was “waiting to see what the Senate does” before discussing the topic.

On Tuesday, Sens. Kaine and Mark R. Warner of Virginia pledged to continue fighting to keep guns out of the hands of suspected terrorists after measures were blocked Monday in largely partyline votes that showed the lingering political power in Congress of gun rights defenders and the National Rifle Association.

The Orlando gunman, Omar Mateen, who was born in the United States to Afghan parents, pledged allegiance to Islamic State during his June 12 rampage before he was fatally shot by police.

Sen. Warner said his office was flooded with phone calls and emails following the tragedy by people making it clear they wanted action taken by Congress.

“We don’t just want to hear thoughts and prayers on behalf of the victims — we want to see action to address gun violence,” Sen. Warner said, quoting the callers.

“In the wake of this attack, members of Congress must be willing to take a fresh look at solutions to make our communities safer while protecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners.”

He said as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, he understands the challenges in dealing with the terrorists’ threats.

But given those challenges, “it makes absolutely no sense to me that the Senate would refuse to take these common sense steps to strengthen our background check system and close a dangerous loophole that allows suspected terrorists to legally purchase guns,” he said.

“While no single law will end gun violence or completely protect us from terrorism, it is clear that Americans want action.”

Sen. Kaine called it “appalling” that the measures failed, particularly for Virginians, who have seen their share of gun violence in recent years.

“Virginians are far too familiar with the consequences of gun violence,” Sen. Kaine said. “While I was governor, the Commonwealth witnessed what was, until last week, the worst mass shooting in U.S. history,” he said, referencing the shooting deaths of 32 people at Virginia Tech in April 2007.

“During my time in the Senate, we have seen three Virginians shot on live television,” he said referring to the fatal shooting last August of Roanoke television reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward and the wounding of Roanoke chamber of commerce executive Vicki Gardner, during a live morning show broadcast.

“Newtown, Charleston, San Bernardino, Orlando and the countless daily gun deaths that receive less attention show the dire price Americans pay for congressional inaction.” Sen. Kaine continued. “I hope that my colleagues will reconsider and act

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Gravely’s ability to operate independently.

Reached Wednesday, Ms. Thomas said she was unaware of any resignation plans. “I would be saddened and disappointed if that is Mr. Gravely’s intention,” she said, declining further comment.

Mr. Gravely, also host of “The Jack Gravely Show,” on WLEE 990 AM, was brought on to revive the state group.

The group floundered for more than a year after the state board, led by then- President Carmen Taylor of Hampton, dismissed the group’s longtime executive director, King Salim Khalfani, in February 2014.

Mr. Khalfani’s departure left the state office on the campus of Virginia Union University without any employees. The door was locked and the phone went unanswered for months.

Mr. Gravely initially planned to stay just a year until a new executive director could be hired. He continued to serve amid still unresolved discussions with the board about extending his contract.

Under Ms. Thomas, the board recently made changes, including severing ties with Rodney Thomas, no relation to Ms. Thomas, who was hired more than a year ago to provide lobbying services for the organization at the Virginia General Assembly.

This has been Mr. Gravely’s second stint as executive director.

He originally held the post for nearly 10 years, from November 1976 to January 1985.

He then moved to Arlington County to work as a special assistant to the county manager and then held positions at National Public Radio, the national NAACP and the Federal Communications Commission before returning to Richmond.

He started his talk show on WLEE in 2008. He earlier had a talk show on WRVA radio that ended in 2002.

on this issue before another tragedy strikes.”

Accusing the U.S. Senate for its “shameful display of cowardice,” President Obama expressed disgust for the vote. “Gun violence requires more than moments of silence,” the president said on Twitter. “It requires action. In failing that test, the Senate failed the American people.”

The four defeated measures were a bitter setback to advocates who have failed to get even modest gun curbs through Congress despite repeated mass shootings.

Sen. Kaine is among a bipartisan group of eight senators still hoping to forge a compromise for later in the week aimed at keeping firearms away from people on terrorism watch lists.

That effort, however, faces an uphill battle, with critics in both parties skeptical about its chances.

As the political parties remain largely locked in their positions, polls show Americans are increasingly in favor of more restrictions on guns in a country with more than 310 million weapons, about one for every citizen.

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an Orlando nightclub. He is among the 49 victims being mourned across the nation in the largest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

Just hours before his death, Mr. Burt had walked across a stage — his happy family in the audience — to receive his master’s degree in human resources management and graduate certificate in business administration from Keller Graduate School of Management. Afterward, he had gone to Orlando with four friends to celebrate.

“He loved to dance,” Mrs. Hart said.

“And his brother, Roger, who’s 20, would have been at the club with him but the family had an early flight out the next morning.

“It’s devastating for them,” she said.

“They are going to bury him in his cap and gown.”

The close-knit family has ties still to Richmond and Amelia, where DJ would visit frequently with his family. In Richmond, he would attend First Baptist Church, South Richmond, led by Richmond’s mayor, the Rev. Dwight C. Jones. His grandmother on his mother’s side, the Rev. Marian R. Jackson, is associate pastor of Manassa Hill Baptist Church in Amelia Court House, where Mr. Burt will be buried.

The church is too small to hold the crowd expected for his funeral service.

Instead, it will be held at noon Saturday, June 25, at Amelia County High School on Otterburn Road. The family will receive guests following the funeral at the Amelia County Veterans Center, 16440 Five Forks

Road, in Amelia Court House.

Mr. Burt’s death has had a large impact in the small community about 35 miles southwest of Richmond. Paul Wilson, owner of V.Y. Scott Funeral Home in Amelia that is handling the arrangements, is a distant cousin.

“The phone has been ringing off the hook” at the funeral home, Mr. Wilson said, from concerned people everywhere. “The university in Jacksonville, where he was employed, is bringing a busload to the funeral,” he said.

With his father’s military career, the family made several moves, Mrs. Hart said, before settling in retirement in Avon, Ind. Young Mr. Burt grew up in Georgetown, Ky., and later went to Plainfield High School outside of Indianapolis, where he was on the Academic Superbowl Team, and involved in several clubs and student government.

After graduating in 2005, he went to Claflin University in Orangeburg, S.C., where he sang with the university’s Male Chorus. Mr. Burt sang with the choir when it traveled to Richmond during a spring break to perform at Fifth Baptist Church on West Cary Street in the West End, Mrs. Hart said.

His death was announced at the church last Sunday by Pastor Ricardo L. Brown.

Even as a young man, Mr. Burt had a presence and charisma that made him successful in working with others. He was a manager of a McDonald’s restaurant at age 18 and later rose to become a district manager and training officer for the company’s Jacksonville, Fla., district.

At one point, he managed a Forever 21 clothing store in South Carolina, garnering praise from employees he encouraged and groomed along the way.

In his most recent work with Keiser University, Mr. Burt focused on helping veterans returning to college with financial aid and other supportive services.

“Darryl was a highly respected employee and friend, and his contributions to our students and his colleagues will not be forgotten,” said Kelli Lane, university vice chancellor.

In late 2015, he joined the Jacksonville Jaycees, a community service organization, where, in a few short months, he spearheaded a clothing drive for homeless families.

“Both socially and professionally, he was always interested in making a positive impact on people’s lives and in the community,” said Shawn DeVries, president of the Jacksonville organization.

When he went to Orlando to dance after earning his latest degree, no one expected they would be burying him soon, Mrs. Hart said. One of the friends he went with was wounded in the attack, she said. The others escaped.

“It’s just sad, sad,” Mrs. Hart said, adding the family is “trying to hold up” until the funeral Saturday.

Mr. Burt’s parents didn’t want to speak publicly yet about their son.

“Please keep us lifted in your prayers,” his mother wrote on Facebook. “This is absolutely the hardest thing we’ve had to do. But we refuse to let the hatred of others steal the joy of our child. Our God is bigger.”

Siblings win ‘Teacher of the Year’ Continued from A1

Mrs. Carter-Minter decided that teaching would be her calling before she graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 2002. Inspired by her family and many of her teachers whom she admired, Mrs. Carter-Minter mentored and tutored fellow students at a local library and during summer school while she was a teenager.

After enrolling at Old Dominion University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, she continued to work each summer as a peer tutor for

Richmond schools and worked as a substitute teacher on days she did not have classes during the academic year.

Over time, Mrs. Carter-Minter developed an affinity for working with lowerachieving students from the inner-city. She believes that her ability to relate to such students has led to the “small, personal gains” that she sees them develop by the time they leave her classroom.

Woodville Elementary serves children from Creighton Court, Whitcomb Court, Mosby Court and Fairfield Court public housing communities. As a result, many of the students experience situations at home

that lead them to lash out at others or to display inappropriate behavior, she said.

“It’s important to listen to them and let them explain what’s going on and to talk to their parents,” said Mrs. CarterMinter. “Once you do so, then you begin to understand their actions.”

Mr. Carter, who teaches algebra to students ages 13 to 15, agrees.

“There is satisfaction and joy in seeing them grow from September until now,” he said. “I enjoy building relationships with them and giving them what they need individually because they are not all the same.”

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1979 and 1980, when girls’ hoops were a fall sport.

Later, he coached Highland Springs’ girls two seasons in the mid-1980s when schools played girl-boy doubleheaders.

Almost a Jaguar: Coach Lancaster’s association with Highland Springs High almost never happened. He said he came within an eyelash of passing on the Springers’ offer and accepting a coaching job at Armstrong-Kennedy.

This was prior to the 1979-80 season, and during the five-year era of high school complexes in Richmond.

The Armstrong-Kennedy Jaguars, Jefferson-Huguenot-Wythe Trojans and Marshall-Walker Cavaliers were the athletic teams for the complexes.

Secret Games: Much has been written about the interracial “Secret Game,” behind locked doors, between Duke and North Carolina Central universities in 1944, when such games were taboo and even illegal.

Coach Lancaster recalls his own “secret games” — matching all-white Bluestone High School with all-black West End High School in Mecklenburg County in the early 1960s.

“We weren’t allowed to play official games, so we got together in an old tobacco barn and played secret games of our own,” he recalled.

“It was at the corner of Endly and Fourth streets. Someone put up baskets in there. I still remember what it looked like.”

Coach Lancaster was a standout for West End High School.

Trojans guard: Coach Lancaster was a play-making guard for Virginia State University in the mid-1960s, even earning CIAA All-Tournament honors in 1966. His teammates included two 6-foot-10 players, Ernie Brock and Frank Stephens, who went on to play for the Harlem Globetrotters.

Coach Lancaster is a member of the VSU Hall of Fame.

City League: Coach Lancaster didn’t stop playing when he left VSU. He was MVP

Coaches to remember Here is a list of the most successful high school boys’ basketball coaches in Virginia and the Richmond area based on victory total.

All-time Virginia High School League leaders 897 wins — Paul Hatcher, R.E. Lee High School, Staunton, 1968-2015 755 — Bill Littlepage, Hopewell High School, 1963-2007 725 — Jack Baker, Maury High School, Norfolk, 1978-active 704 — George Lancaster, Huguenot and Highland Springs high schools, 1976-2016

Local leaders Warren Rutledge won 949 games at private Benedictine High, 1957-2000.

Local public school coaches with impressive totals include: 626 wins — William Lawson Jr., Carver High School, Chester; Matoaca High School, Petersburg 559 — Frank Threatts, St. Emma’s Military Academy, Powhatan; John Marshall High School, Richmond 536 — Stretch Gardner, Maggie L. Walker High School, Richmond.

528 — Maxie Robinson, Armstrong High School, Richmond 449 — Bob Booker, George Wythe High School, Richmond Sources: Virginia High School League and former Associated Press Sports Editor Marshall Johnson. Statistics have been updated since Mr. Johnson’s death in 2013.

in 1974 of the Richmond City Rec League with teammates such as Fred Bibby, the brother of NBA guard Henry Bibby.

All-time Springers: Coach Lancaster’s glittering list of All-Metro Springers started in 1983 with Brian Washington, a brilliant athlete who later played eight NFL seasons.

Metro Players of the Year under Coach Lancaster were J.J. Williams in 1992, Andre Ingram in 2003, Brandon Rozzell who shared the honor with Benedictine’s Ed Davis in 2007 and Jarvis Threatt in 2011.

Although he wasn’t All-Metro, Coach Lancaster lists Jay Threatt, Jarvis’ brother, as “probably the best point guard to ever play around here.”

Overall, Coach Lancaster refers to his decades-long assembly line of talent as “a blessing.”

He downplays his Xs and Os, saying, “tricky plays don’t win games — tricky players do.”

Protégé: Coach Lancaster’s first “name player” was 5-foot-9 Ricky Stokes (about Coach Lancaster’s height), who dazzled

three years at Huguenot High before transferring to Highland Springs High.

Stokes later joined Ralph Sampson at the University of Virginia and is currently associate commissioner of the Mid-American Conference. Stokes also is a former head coach at Virginia Tech and East Carolina University.

No. 1 in Virginia: Highland Springs High won the state Group AAA championship in 2003, beating South Lakes High of Reston 50-35. The Springers repeated in 2007, with a 70-52 victory over George Washington High School of Danville at the Siegel Center. From the 2007 champs, Brandon Rozzell became a top gun for Virginia Commonwealth University’s 2011 Final Four squad.

The beat goes on: Coach Lancaster isn’t exiting with the cupboard bare. Twelve players will return from the last season’s roster at Highland Springs. Expectations for the 2016-17 season are high, as usual.

Coach Lancaster has recommended former player and assistant coach Reggie Tennyson as his successor.

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Justice’s scathing dissent slams high court ruling on illegal police stops Free Press wire reports

WASHINGTON In a powerful dissent to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that took an expansive view of the limits the Constitution places on police misconduct, Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday seemed to address the people most affected by unfortunate encounters with the police — black and brown Americans.

“Do not be soothed by the opinion’s technical language: This case allows the police to stop you on the street, demand your identification, and check it for outstanding traffic warrants — even if you are doing nothing wrong,” Justice Sotomayor wrote in the opening paragraph of her response to Utah v. Strieff, which the court decided in a 5-3 vote.

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the majority opinion released Monday.

The case had asked the justices to decide whether evidence uncovered during an unlawful police stop could be used against the person in possession of it — a question that requires an interpretation of the Fourth Amendment‘s prohibitions against unreasonable searches and seizures.

It turns out that Edward Strieff, the Utah man at the center of the case, had been stopped by a police officer who had a hunch that Mr. Strieff was engaged in drug activity but didn’t have any real “reasonable suspicion” that he actually was, which is required by the Constitution for investigatory stops.

Or, as Justice Sotomayor put it: “In his search for lawbreaking, the officer in this case himself broke the law.”

But then the officer got lucky: When he ran Mr. Strieff’s driver’s license through his system, he noticed his suspect had a minor traffic warrant for an unpaid ticket. That meant the

In clear: VSU accreditation

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

officer could hold Mr. Strieff and check him for contraband.

Then the officer got really lucky: He found methamphetamines in Mr. Strieff’s pocket, which provided a basis for an arrest and later charge of drug possession.

In his opinion, Justice Thomas decided that the drugs — the “poisonous fruit“ of the officer’s illegal stop — could be used against Mr. Strieff at his trial, even though the officer initially had violated Mr. Strieff’s rights.

He described the incident as the result of a couple of “at most negligent” mistakes on the officer’s part and downplayed its broader significance.

Justice Sotomayor wasn’t having any of this.

And in an opinion joined

by Justice Ruth Bader Justice Thomas Ginsburg, she questioned the premises of the majority — that “lawless police conduct” here was somehow uncommon or somehow not “systemic.”

“Respectfully, nothing about this case is isolated,” Justice Sotomayor wrote.

Justice Elena Kagan wrote a separate dissent noting that the majority’s approach “creates unfortunate incentives for the police.”

Displaying a keen understanding of the ongoing national conversation surrounding police brutality and abuse, Justice Sotomayor cited a broad range of examples of misconduct: The damning Department of Justice’s report on Ferguson, Mo.; studies on the prevalence of outstanding warrants and debt by criminal defendants; and the pattern of unconstitutional practices from numerous police departments, such as those in New York

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Justice Sotomayor

them,” Justice Sotomayor wrote.

“By legitimizing the conduct that produces this double consciousness, this case tells everyone, white and black, guilty and innocent, that an officer can verify your legal status at any time,” she wrote. “It says that your body is subject to invasion while courts excuse the violation of your rights. It implies that you are not a citizen of a democracy but the subject of a carceral state, just waiting to be cataloged.

“We must not pretend that the countless people who are routinely targeted by police are ‘isolated.’ They are the canaries in the coal mine whose deaths, civil and literal, warn us that no one can breathe in this atmosphere,” Justice Sotomayor wrote.

“They are the ones who recognize that unlawful police stops corrode all our civil liberties and threaten all our lives. Until their voices matter too, our justice system will continue to be anything but.”

Pinkney Eppes fails to qualify for Nov. School Board election

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Virginia State University is back in the good graces of its accrediting agency.

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) voted June 16 to remove VSU from “warning” status and restore the Petersburg area university to unblemished accreditation.

The decision ends a year of uncertainty for VSU, which has been on warning since June 2015. Warning status means SACS has found a school is not fully meeting accrediting standards and needs to address specific issues.

VSU’s new president, Dr. Makola M. Abdullah, Dr. Abdullah put a priority on getting the warning label lifted since arriving Feb. 1.

“Over the past few months, we have worked diligently to provide documentation” to address SACS’ concerns, Dr. Abdullah stated, and to assure SACS that VSU is “devoting the necessary resources to not only meet, but to exceed these accreditation standards.”

That includes responding to SACS’ concerns about the relationship between the university and the independent VSU Real Estate Foundation.

Dr. Abdullah stated that the scrutiny from SACS “afforded us the opportunity to be intentional about enhancing policies, programs, services and operations. We are confident that the (SACS decision) will further secure VSU’s sustainability as a highly effective and fiscally stable university dedicated to providing opportunities for a quality education. We have remained committed to this mission since 1882.”

VSU Rector Harry Black, chairman of the VSU Board of Visitors, praised Dr. Abdullah and his staff for working “tirelessly to ensure that VSU met and exceeded … standards.

Congratulations to the professionals at VSU for continuing to provide excellent academic opportunities for students.”

VSU reported enrolling 4,696 undergraduate and graduate students in August 2015, or about 400 fewer students than in August 2014, and about 1,100 fewer than in August 2013.

Dr. Abdullah is pushing to rebuild enrollment and stated that he expects the SACS decision to assist VSU in attracting more students.

City, St. Louis and Newark, N.J. In a section that wasn’t joined by Justice Ginsburg, Justice Sotomayor wrote “from my professional experiences” about the dire consequences faced by all the men and women who find themselves in the crosshairs of the criminal justice system.

One by one, she ran through instances of a Supreme Court all too willing to grant police more power to detain, arrest and search citizens — based on pretextual reasons, the way they look or even suspicion that they had broken a law that doesn’t exist.

She underscored that all bets are off once a person is caught in this system.

“Even if you are innocent, you will now join the 65 million Americans with an arrest record and experience the ‘civil death’ of discrimination by employers, landlords, and whoever else conducts a background check,” she continued.

Mr. Strieff may have been white, “but it is no secret that people of color are disproportionate victims of this type of scrutiny,” she added, citing “The New Jim Crow,” Michelle Alexander’s seminal book exploring the culture of the mass incarceration of black people in the United States.

Justice Sotomayor also referenced the writings of W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin and Ta-Nehisi Coates — three black intellectuals from three different eras — to show how people of color have it harder than others and how things don’t seem to change.

“For generations, black and brown parents have given their children ‘the talk’ — instructing them never to run down the street; always keep your hands where they can be seen; do not even think of talking back to a stranger— all out of fear of how an officer with a gun will react to

The Richmond School Board is losing another incumbent member.

Tichi Pinkney Eppes, who represents the 9th District, was notified this week by the city Electoral Board that she had too few signatures on her candidate petitions to qualify for the November School Board election.

Ms. Pinkney Eppes said she fell seven signatures short of the required 125 — a virtual repeat of four years ago when she sued in federal court to get her name on the ballot after being notified of a shortfall in the number of signatures.

This time, she said she will not fight the disqualification to seek a second, four-year term, virtually assuring the election of her challenger, Linda Owen, who will be the only contender for the seat representing a part of South Side.

“I see this as a sign. I prayed to God to show me if this was the role I should be in,” Ms. Pinkney Eppes, 53, said Wednesday, “and God has given this sign that I can’t get the work done as a politician. I am not a very good politician.”

She joins four other incumbents who will not be returning to the board in January. They include Kim B. Gray, 2nd District, and Kristen Larson, 4th District, who are running for seats on Richmond City Council, and Dr. Derik E. Jones, 8th District, and Donald Coleman, 7th District, who Ms. Pinkney decided to leave the board Eppes for personal reasons.

J.E. Dawson Boyer, who was appointed to fill the 1st District seat after Glen Sturtevant was elected to the state Senate last fall, will run for the seat in November.

Ms. Pinkney Eppes said that her disqualification would clear the way for her to become an advocate for individual children and others who need someone to speak on their behalf.

She previously was an advocate for employees in the Attorney General’s Office.

In recent months, she confirmed that she went beyond her School Board duties to serve as an advocate for families in her district and go with

them to meetings with school employees to set up individualized education programs (IEPs) for their children.

The resignation of Richmond Public Schools director of exceptional education, Zenia Burnett, was announced Wednesday. She went public with her concern that Ms. Pinkney Eppes and another School Board member, Mamie Taylor, 5th District, were using their positions to interfere with the IEP development by serving as advocates for specific families.

Ms. Pinkney Eppes said her work as an advocate in those cases “re-energized me as to my purpose outside of politics.”

This is not the first time she has been criticized for going beyond her board duties. In October 2014, the School Board censured Ms. Pinkney Eppes after she admitted she tried to transfer confidential student files to a private company that provides psychological services for students.

While she was unable to open the files, she said at the time she did it to help bring services to students who she said were not getting mandated services from the school system.

Student advocate arrested again

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

In the face of a federal probe, Chesterfield Public Schools is doubling down on its efforts to keep an advocate for disabled students from taking part in meetings to help develop individualized education programs (IEPs) for students.

For the third time in the past 14 months, Kandise N. Lucas has been arrested at a Chesterfield school for trespassing.

The latest arrest, on June 10 at Ecoff Elementary School in Chester, occurred when she went to the school for an IEP meeting a parent had invited her attend.

Officials at the school barred Ms. Lucas and then called police when she did not leave. Ms. Lucas was issued a summons for trespassing, according to the police department.

She said her protests to school officials and the police officer that the arrest violates federal and state laws, as well as federal regulations barring such arrests, went unheeded.

Ms. Lucas returned to the school June 16 with a Chesterfield Branch NAACP official in a bid to attend a second meeting, but left to avoid another arrest when school officials again called police.

Ms. Lucas is to make her first appearance in Chesterfield General District Court Ms. Lucas on Monday, June 27.

The action comes as the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights probes her complaint that she was wrongfully arrested in April 2015 for trespassing at Meadowbrook High School in violation of federal laws and regulations that protect student advocates.

In that case, Ms. Lucas initially was found guilty in Chesterfield General District Court, but was acquitted March 16 after she appealed

to Chesterfield Circuit Court.

Circuit Court Judge Timothy J. Hauler found her not guilty after determining Ms. Lucas had a “good faith” expectation that a parent’s invitation to attend an IEP meeting allowed her to be on the school grounds.

In January, Ms. Lucas was acquitted of trespassing at Falling Creek Middle School after a court determined there was no evidence she was on school property, despite the claim of a school secretary.

Ms. Lucas said she hopes Chesterfield Commonwealth’s Attorney William W. Davenport will decline to prosecute the new trespassing charge based on Judge Hauler’s ruling.

She said that she also plans to seek an order from Judge Hauler barring school officials from having her arrested in the future for seeking to attend IEP meetings.

“It has become ridiculous,” Ms. Lucas said.

“They are trying to intimidate me, and that is not going to work.”

Creighton Court area transformation moving forward

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Gov. Terry McAuliffe is pitching in $2.5 million to assist Richmond in transforming the impoverished Creighton Court area of the East End into a model, mixed-income community.

The governor went to the East End on Wednesday to announce Richmond as a winner of a Vibrant Community Initiative grant.

The grant will support development of a $45 million subdivision on the 20acre site where the former Armstrong High School now stands at 1611 N. 31st St., just south of Nine Mile Road.

The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority is taking the lead on the project, with major financial support

from City Hall, which has made this project a signature effort to deconcentrate poverty and stimulate growth in a depressed part of Richmond.

Work is expected to start in October with the demolition of the old Armstrong building, followed by six months of site work and then construction on the first of the planned 256 new residences, 220 apartments and 36 single-family homes.

The development could take two to five years to complete, and would not include any new schools.

The new subdivision is the first step in a proposed massive revamp of the largely impoverished area, which is to include a separate $220 million redo of nearby Creighton Court, a 504-unit

public housing community just north of Nine Mile Road and a stone’s throw from the former school.

The plan is to remake the Armstrong site first and move in some residents from Creighton Court so that initial work on transforming the public housing area could begin by 2018, according to officials.

Up to half of the planned units at the Armstrong site are to be set aside for Creighton Court residents. That includes 35 units for families and 90 units for elderly people, with the remainder marketed to anyone who wants to live in the area.

The Armstrong development is an expensive project, equaling about $156,250 per unit. It is perhaps the largest

housing investment ever in the city’s East End. It would be dwarfed, however, by the proposed Creighton redevelopment, which is to provide 604 new units at a cost of $343,750 per unit.

The grant from the state symbolizes the significant government contributions that are required to make the Armstrong development possible. City Hall plans to pitch in $15 million to create streets and alleys, redo underground infrastructure and support construction of the development. The development also will rely on $10 million to $12 million in low-income tax credits.

RRHA hired The Community Builders, a nonprofit Washingtonbased developer of affordable housing, to carry out the project and then

worked with community residents and others to craft the development plan for the Armstrong subdivision that won city approval.

Residents also worked with RRHA and consultants to craft the separate Creighton Court plan for new apartments that will mix public housing residents with other renters.

RRHA and the city are rushing to complete and submit an application by next Tuesday for a $30 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Winning the grant would allow RRHA and its partners to jump-start work in Creighton Court. RRHA has said it would still proceed with that development, but it would go slower.

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The ’60s revisited Sometimes it just takes an old dog to teach the young ones new tricks.

So we were giddy with enthusiasm and hope on Wednesday when Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, whose civil rights cred was solidified on Bloody Sunday on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama in 1965, led a remarkable sit-in of nearly 200 Democratic lawmakers on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Their demand: A vote on common sense gun control measures, including prohibiting gun sales to suspected terrorists on the U.S. government no-fly list, and tougher background checks before all gun purchases.

Like a tree planted by the water, the contingent remained unmoved at Free Press deadline Wednesday evening.

Will the historic sit-in yield results?

We don’t know. But we are sick and tired of hearing all the legislative yapping about how things need to change, and Republicans callously standing by doing nothing. No one was willing to take action until Rep. Lewis.

If it takes a throwback to the 1960s to spark significant action, then we’re all for it.

We’re also happy to see the young’uns learning a lesson from the seasoned 76-year-old Rep. Lewis, who knows what leadership really is.

Massacres such as the horrific mass shootings in Orlando, Virginia Tech, San Bernadino, Calif., Newtown, Conn., Aurora, Colo., and others should not be the new normal.

This tweet sent on Wednesday shows the note Rep. Keith Ellison received from his mother. The Minnesota Democrat is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and the first Muslim elected to Congress.

Trump and the First Amendment Donald J. Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee for president, has given us one more reason to call into question his judgment.

On June 13, Mr. Trump revoked the The Washington Post’s credentials to cover his campaign events.

That may be a relief to the unlucky journalist who drew the short straw and found himself or herself assigned to cover a Trump rally even for a few hours. Trepidation — for a host of reasons — best describes the pervasive feeling that enshrouded the Richmond Free Press newsroom when it was learned Mr. Trump was coming to RVA. Nevertheless, kicking journalists out of America’s biggest, most important salute to democracy — a presidential campaign culminating in a national election — is, well, un-American. It shows Mr. Trump’s flagrant disregard for the importance of a free and independent press and borders on disdain for the U.S. Constitution and First Amendment rights.

Unhappy with a Washington Post headline on an article about his statements following the Orlando mass shooting, Mr. Trump posted this to Facebook: “Based on the incredibly inaccurate coverage and reporting of the record setting Trump campaign, we are hereby revoking the press credentials of the phony and dishonest Washington Post.”

Denying The Post access to his campaign events is only Mr. Trump’s latest attempt to control the media. Previously, he banned a number of news outlets from attending his events and press conferences, including Politico, The Huffington Post, Univision, Mother Jones, the Des Moines Register, the New Hampshire Union Leader, Buzzfeed, Foreign Policy, Fusion, Gawker and the Daily Beast.

In a recent TV interview, he accused Amazon founder Jeffrey P. Bezos of using his ownership of The Post to deflect scrutiny of Amazon’s taxes and suggested he would launch an antitrust investigation of Amazon if he becomes president.

Undeterred, The Post and other news organizations refuse to be squelched and have continued reporting on Mr. Trump’s activities.

Donald Trump is dangerous. Rather than adhering to the principles set up under the Constitution and going by the laws of the land, Donald Trump makes up his own rules — and breaks those, too, when he wants.

History has shown us how fascists and dictators have moved to control and shut down the independent media when they come to power.

What happens when, if president, Mr. Trump gets really tough questions?

This is only the latest example of the clear and present danger he represents.

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Terrorist’s act a hate crime

The shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando was horrific.

Nobody would argue that.

But the fact that the shooter dubbed himself a sympathizer with ISIS, fitting the description of “terrorist,” has created movement in the Congress that no other mass shooting up until now has been able to inspire.

There is something wrong with that.

I thought that surely when the children at Sandy Hook Elementary School were blown to bits by 20-year-old Adam Lanza, that the Congress, many of whom purport to be “pro life,” would act. I thought the lawmakers would unite and create some type of gun control legislation that would make it harder for some people to get guns.

At the least, I thought they would reinstate the ban on assault weapons. But Congress did nothing. Not even the brutally

maimed bodies of little children could move the Congress to act.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) had a hold, it seemed, that took precedence with the specious assertion that the president was trying to take away the Second Amendment rights of

Susan K. Smith Americans. The argument is so full of holes, so weightless, that it defies any attempt to rationally challenge it.

Nothing, it seemed, would shake even the Democrats in the House and Senate. All of the lawmakers, or nearly all of them, dug their heels in — dead, mangled children notwithstanding.

But with the word “terrorism” invoked, the mood has shifted a bit. As soon as it became apparent that this man who claimed connections with ISIS, albeit distant, the media ate it up. This was a terrorism attack. This … was against America. This … was something different, worthy of greater attention and involvement from lawmakers.

So, deaths wrought by white Christians wielding guns are not worthy of serious consideration for some kind of gun control?

The rights of people to buy guns — not just guns, but assault weapons — should be protected even if that means they shoot up innocent people, except in the case of the shooter being a Muslim? The massacre of innocent people is OK until the shooter sympathizes with ISIS? Congressional representatives who heretofore have been silent about or in opposition to any form of gun control are now speaking out.

What the media is completely ignoring, as it continues to vilify Islam, is that there are a lot of Christians, white and black, who are “radicalized” as well as there are Muslims. While the media is saying that Islam hates homosexuality, plenty of Christians hate it, too. Some Christians have even said that the murdered 49 people at Pulse got what they deserved.

Radical Muslims and radical Christians are not that much different when it comes to this

Do black lives really matter?

In 1991, Latasha Harlins was shot in the back of her head and killed by Soon Ja Du, a Korean storeowner in Los Angeles. Ms. Du received a $500 fine, 400 hours of community service and five years’ probation from Judge Joyce Karlin, who ignored the penalty of 16 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter. Ms. Du received no prison time for her callous act of murder — execution style — of a 15-year-old African-American girl over a $1.79 container of orange juice. This case, and the outrage it brought, foreshadowed the Los Angeles civil unrest now known as the Rodney King Riot in 1992.

Harkening back to the Harlins case, I think about the fact that in 2016, black lives really don’t matter to some police officers, prosecutors, judges and other black folks. Preserving Latasha’s life was not worth $1.79, and to add insult to injury, the person who killed her only had to pay a $500 fine.

Since that time, thousands of black men, women and children have been killed, 1,134 by police officers in 2015, according to The Guardian. In Chicago alone there have been 1,454 shootings and 279 killed — 207 of them African-American — so far this year. So just who are we trying to convince that black lives matter, other than politicians? And if black lives matter, how much do they matter? How much are they worth?

We have recently seen millions of dollars being paid to victims’ families, but it pales in comparison to the number of lives lost. Just the black men and women killed by police, if divided into those millions of

public dollars — tax dollars — the individual amounts would be embarrassing and insulting, just as in Latasha Harlins’ case. But who cares, right?

If members of any other group in this country were being killed at the same rate as black folks, there would be a collec-

James Clingman tive outrage and indignation such that the problem would be addressed, if not solved, almost immediately.

Moreover, on the economic side of things, just look at the Orlando shootings. Four days after that tragedy, $4 million was raised for the victims, and all we hear in the news reports is advocacy for the “LGBT community.” When have we heard so much sympathy and advocacy for black folks on those news shows? When have we raised significant amounts of money for black victims? When have we seen LGBT news reporters take commercial breaks in order to shed tears for black victims? If 12-year-old Tamir Rice didn’t make that happen, nothing will.

Money is pouring into Orlando from private corporations, in part, because the LBGT community is willing to leverage their dollars in return for corporate support. Don’t be mad at them; that’s what we should be doing.

The Orlando Magic, Disney, the Florida baseball teams and Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, have given money and other support in the aftermath of the latest shootings.

During the past three years, we also have seen corporations use their power to affect political change on behalf of the gay community. Yet corporations, despite earning much of their profit from black consumers, did virtually nothing for Eric Garner’s family, Sandra Bland’s family, John

Crawford’s family or Ezell Ford’s family. Why not?

Politically speaking, while 20 bullet-riddled bodies of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in New Jersey couldn’t move them, politicians will surely act now on gun law legislation because many of those killed in Orlando were LGBT, the NRA notwithstanding. What if that had been a black club?

So, do our lives matter? And who are we trying to convince that they do matter? First, our lives must matter to us. We must be just as willing to bring our causes to the forefront as gay people and other groups. We should see red, black, and green colors everywhere when we are killed or aggrieved. No one else is going to do that for us, so we must do it for ourselves. Are we afraid? Ashamed? Apathetic?

Where does this leave black people? Latasha Harlins, Tamir Rice and all of those killed in between and since, are calling out from their graves for us to respond appropriately to what happened to them. Our charge is to make our lives matter to us, first and foremost, and then show a united front to this nation that we will not be relegated to a subordinate class and continue to be ignored, dismissed and trampled upon by groups that continually parlay our misery into their benefit.

Until other groups begin to support us the way we have supported them in this country throughout history, we must commit ourselves to a “never again” approach and take charge of our own destiny, our own causes and our own security.

The only black things that matter are dollars and votes, so why not leverage them to get what we want?

The writer is founder of the Greater Cincinnati African-American Chamber of Commerce.

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What the media is not concentrating on as hard is the fact that this tragedy seems as much a hate crime as it was a terrorist attack, and perhaps the shooter was in conflict because he was struggling with identifying and accepting his own sexuality.

What better way to kill that which you don’t like in yourself than to kill someone outside yourself who represents what you are trying to deny?

Those who want to prove that “radical Islamic terrorism” is on the rise are almost gleeful. This attack proves their premise that terrorism is the major issue of our time, and adds fuel to their argument that President Obama is the cause of it all.

Meanwhile, assault weapons are still on the market, the media is still feeding the fear about Muslims and people continue to be mutilated by weapons of war. This is in a so-called civilized society.

It is disheartening and disturbing, but it is the America that we live in today.

The writer is an ordained minister and author who lives in Columbus, Ohio.

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Kudos to committed Dominion workers

During the latest episode of storms, we had plenty of lightning, high winds and rain that caused power outages in many areas. Many of the trees and power lines had fallen, which caused a dangerous situation.

Many of the Dominion workers worked double shifts around the clock until this situation was resolved. You could see Dominion employees working morning, noon and night.

I appreciated the constant updates they gave me on their progress in my area. Some of my neighbors got power before me, but I remained patient and knew they were doing their best and my electricity would be restored sooner or later. It came on about 5 p.m. Sunday.

A lady said that she asked one Dominion worker why he was working a double shift on Father’s Day and he replied it was necessary until he got all of his customers straight.

This, my friends, is what I

call commitment.

Dominion workers, I, along with others, would like to thank you for your dedication and perseverance in ensuring we have power in our homes and businesses. To you, we send out a big salute.

DEBORAH MEADE Midlothian

u Each week I look forward to reading the Richmond Free Press’ unique feature stories. But last week’s puff piece on Joe Morrissey’s wedding was very disappointing.

I believe in redemption and will not relate the details in this limited space, but his long public history reveals a very flawed character.

Regarding the mayoralty of the City of Richmond, and that’s what current newspaper exposure is all about, Mr. Morrissey does not meet the ethical threshold to manage such daunting responsibilities or be the role model this city needs. His candidacy is an insult to Richmond’s citizens and should not be encouraged.

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By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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

Heartwarming return for Albert Hill coach Coach Michele Drayton walked into the Albert H. Hill Middle School gym for the first time since suffering a stroke last month.

The players on her girls’ basketball team excitedly ran over, showering her with hugs.

Surrounding her, they applauded and yelled, “Let’s win this one for Coach Drayton!”

Putting their hands together in a team huddle, they yelled, “Do it for Coach Drayton! One! Two! Three!”

It was a heartwarming homecoming for the longtime Albert Hill hoops coach, who returned to the team Nov. 4. She suffered a stroke Oct. 2 at her North Side home.

“I felt loved and appreciated,” Coach Drayton told the Free Press Wednesday.

“It was a special feeling for me to be back and get such a welcome.

“It was like coming home,” she added.

Parents of the players, along with her Albert Hill colleagues, walked over and welcomed her back with more hugs and well wishes.

Although still weak from the stroke, Coach Drayton sat on the gymnasium bench and watched as her assistant, Wade Ellegood, coached Albert Hill to a win over Elkhardt in the Richmond Public Schools middle school playoff opener.

“I felt like taking over, but he did a good job,” a happy Coach Drayton said afterward of her anxiety of having to watch,

instead of coach.

Albert Hill lost its next game to the team from Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School last Thursday in the playoff semifinals.

But the Albert Hill players and Coach Drayton have much to be proud of. The team completed an 11-1 season, which included a 10-0 regular season.

Under Coach Drayton, Albert Hill has recorded four consecutive unbeaten regular seasons and won the middle school league championship in 2011, finishing 13-0.

Coach Drayton, 46, said she knew something was seriously amiss just prior to suffering the stroke. She had been experiencing a series of headaches and felt

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Pamela V. Hammond is on track to become the first woman to lead Virginia State University in the school’s 132-year history, the Free Press has learned.

School sources said Dr. Hammond, the current provost or chief academic officer at Hampton University, has emerged as the board of visitors’ choice to become interim president to replace Dr. Keith T. Miller, who submitted his resignation Oct. 31.

The sources said Dr. Hammond is scheduled to meet with the board this Thursday, Nov. 13 — the date the board set for choosing an interim leader for the university in Ettrick.

If all goes well, the board is expected to vote approval and introduce her as the choice for interim chief executive during the session, the sources said.

The sources said Dr. Hammond is expected to serve while the board conducts a national search for the school’s 14th president. She would be regarded as a potential candidate, sources said, depending on her work as interim.

Her start date could not be learned, but it could be soon after Jan. 1.

Dr. Miller is to officially leave the post Dec. 31.

A former nurse educator, Dr. Hammond will take over a public university grappling with major budget troubles as a result of an enrollment drop of more than 1,000 students. The problems led to cuts in student services and could force faculty and staff layoffs.

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where he, too, resides.

There is no evidence that Mr. Myers pushed the sale of the property in the 500 block of Fleet Street to Mr. Phipps.

Petersburg council records also support Mr. Myers’ assertion that “I had no involvement” in the vote approving the sale.

Mr. Myers is listed as abstaining from the otherwise unanimous vote of support for the recommendation from City Manager William Johnson III to sell the Fleet Street property to Mr. Phipps without any strings attached.

But even if there was no connection to Mr. Myers, this sale exemplifies the shortcomings of the program whose goal is to rev up development and job creation in a city that

Virginia State University is heading into its biggest game of the season minus a key component — quarterback Tarian Ayres.

Mr. Ayres, a 20-year-old sophomore from Dillwyn, has been suspended from playing in the CIAA championship game Saturday against Winston-Salem State University, school officials announced.

The school-mandated suspension stems from Mr. Ayres’ arrest Sunday, Nov. 9, on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, underage possession of alcohol and speeding.

He was arrested 2:05 a.m. Sunday about 25 miles southeast of Ettrick in Waverly, where he was stopped on U.S. 460.

Mr. Ayres was clocked driving 52 mph in a 35 mph zone, and was spotted crossing the highway’s double solid line near Main Street.

Waverly Police Officer C.M. Washington said he determined Mr. Ayres was intoxicated after administering sobriety checks, including a breathalyzer test.

There were two passengers in Mr. Ayres’ car at the time of the arrest. He is scheduled to appear Nov. 18 in Sussex County General District Court.

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Petersburg man lost dream, but made $45,000 profit Montague D. Phipps had big dreams three years ago when he bought a derelict duplex from the City of Petersburg for the rock-bottom price of $5,000.

But when his dreams fell apart, he still came out ahead.

He recently sold the still-ramshackle building for $50,000 — a far different outcome than he and the Petersburg government envisioned when Mr. Phipps was approved to buy the property in 2011.

His case is attracting attention in part because he was able to flip the property for a profit and because of his ties to Petersburg City Councilman W. Howard Myers, who defeated a challenger Nov. 4 to win a second term as the Ward 5 representative.

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

Mr. Phipps, an adjunct design instructor at Virginia State University, also makes his home and operates his interior design

business out of an apartment he leases from Mr. Myers. The apartment is in a five-unit building that Mr. Myers owns and

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By Jeremy C. Jones Will Mayor Dwightfirst pitch out the be throwing Bottom at a new Shockoetwo years baseball stadium from now? a City CounNot likely, if the stadium cil revolt against succeeds. led by JonaFive members, 1st District the than T. Baliles, and potential representative candidate, un“Marty” Above, Martin killed while mayoral 2016 revolt.

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By Joey Matthews Police said later to be s for building 8th District the attacker trauma, police federal regulation not be done. tor added. first reported lives. that has capreported the attacker Martin “Marbut later recanted his sister with family flood plain could 17th and In a tragic event heart, Marty Neighbors Eight-year-old 12-year-old in the head was there when added a white male, a black, 16-year- in a near “He site Marty nation’s his she struck stadium the The ed most,” tured identified defined as ty” Cobb and needed him the fondly remember query. and as the attacker. East Broad streets is a brick. special bond. evening, about in response to a Free Press his old neighbor sister had a by all accounts now is being s hero. the teenager being in the flood plain.

Last Saturday and in They were She told police media are beautiful smile best as a courageou her if members, friends, was joined as siblings, Mr. Baliles remove the Local and nationaling story of 200 familyand other community “Marty’shis sister will always be had threatened to hurt inseparable to love for neighbors playmates. always be she told on him. the decision and reallocate telling the heart-rend friends and somberly gathered with us. Marty will reported the never apart,” how Marty died last Thursday will never, as to members Life to honor It has been is Mariese $12.6 million “They were needs, such hearts, and he bravely trying Theodore L. outside Abundant to other city aging school with the in our forgotten.” suspect’s name said the Rev. at Abundant afternoon beloved sister from for a history it endearing child ever be pastor executive Washington. He has improvements Council Presiprotect his played the frame, indomitable spirit Hughey, the that includes Charles Willis, , by of God in Christ, a sexual predator as they 2nd the small smile.

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Mr. Jealous, trying a diffinally got some excited about ” judge has A Los Angeles ferent approach. and selfMr. Jealous Tappahannock, said that the California native entrecould be released The Northern geek will be joining Va., native week from jail Kapor Klein confessed computer as early as this agree to terms Kapor and Freada that backs can preneurs Mitchell if attorneys investment firm to d capital committe at their venture for his release. as the pop technology start-ups information The news comes social impact. techcriminal cases making a positivewho studies culture and star deals with West and Stanford Coast at Fred Turner, on the East associate professor a person nology as an it’s “fascinating that Coast. into County SupeUniversity, said experience would move Los Angeles and James Brandlin of his caliber rior Court Judge Mr. Brown question going this space.” had earlier indicated there’s a deep anywhere from Mr. Turner said how to accomplish positive could be facing to more than a about on in the U.S. a few months enapproach it in jail. social change.

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By David P. Baugh Is gay the new black? Have ans supplante gays and lesbid African-A mericans as oppressed American the most lesbians the Several African-A minority? right to wrenched from the recent opinions mericans have asked marry. their homeland me if granting gays abused, as Africans. the right to s, raped and Ironicall y, and lesbians Commentary marry the majority Being black African-American will have any impact Virginia which, it was do is not a choice, upon vote in the issue,not get a being gay. racial marriage in 1967, had its ban and neither On Oct. 6, 2014,civil rights. regardon inter- about is overturned.

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By Joey Matthews Shamika Fauntlero y accompan Tappahannock ied her to the VCU Medical Center,father Tuesday morning “My father looked at me from their hometown where he was first,” Ms. Fauntlero when to undergo surgery. of y told the Free we got there and told She and her me to go take Press. care of my Marshall Courtslongtime partner, Kristea business around 10 a.m. Building in Richmond Thompson, then drove the ’s Downtow n, where they short distance to the John The two Tappahan bought a marriage nock residents African-American license became the couple first and 12th overall a marriage license to purchase from the Richmond Clerk’s Office Circuit after the U.S. the way for Supreme Court Court same-sex marriages cleared other states in Virginia and Monday. four They told the Free Press they as they can plan to make wed as soon Shamika Fauntlero The partners the arrangements. /A6 of 10 years already y, left, and obtaining with family Kristea a marriage had and friends license Tuesday Thompson are planning at a home off celebrated their union “We already at a Sept. at the John a wedding Riverside Drive had that bond, Marshall Courts ceremony said. on South Side. 6 commitment service but we wanted after Building in to take care Downtown.

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By Jeremy couples hurried M. Lazarus shortly after to Virginia the news. and Joey Matthews courthouses Edward F. Jewett, clerk Virginia joined his office anticipate of the the tidal d the change Richmond Circuit Court, wave of historic references on change this marriage licenses and, in August, changed said week, with than husband gender to refer instead the and Court opening U.S. Supreme to spouses rather Ms. Fauntlero wife. the door for y, 28, said she same-sex marriage manager at a was on her in the comHardee’s restaurant job as an assistant monwealth. news that the in Warsaw marriage ban The nation’s had been lifted. when she heard the “I was like at its opening highest court mile-wide smile.this,” she said, gleefully raising her arms “We had waited refused to takesession Monday She called with a so long up a ruling the 4th U.S. Circuit by “but they had the Essex County Circuit for this moment.”

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By Jeremy M. Lazarus Two years ago, Virginia’s lone the Republica black congressAssembly was n-controlled man, Rep. Robert accused General of districts that packed creating new C. “Bobby” congressional Scott.

The 2nd and Democratic-leaning the 3rd House 4th districts Rep. Scott, black voters into Republican District, reducing are represent a Democrat Reps. Scott voters on congressio the ed by Rigell and J. respectively. nal elections influence of black represented the district , has Randy Forbes, This week, for 22 years. The district But the upcoming a divided federal in adjacent districts. critics’ complaint includes court panel congressional Free Press uled for Tuesday, upheld of Richmond, Newport parts elections schedwire reports illegally overloades in finding that black Nov. 4, will current district voters were Hampton and Norfolk News, go forward d into the district lines. with the and the counties The first person DALLAS represented Along with

by George, of Henrico and Prince diagnosed with Ebola in majority, Judge writing the opinion for and all of Petersburg the United States Portsmouth Circuit Court Allyson K. Duncan of the panel’s died Wednesday and the countiesand morning in of the 4th U.S. hospital Charles City a allowing the Appeals also issued a of here. and Surry. separate order November Rep. Scott In a 2-1 decision, The scheduled under elections to “proceed as Duncan, case of Thomas Eric the panel deemed map in violation she barred futurethe existing redistricti a Liberian ng plan,” but to Protection Clause of the U.S. Constituti the current plan is adopted. elections until a the United Stateswho came new redistricti on’s Equal and ordered on Sept. redraw the boundarie ng 20, put health the state legislature She and U.S. District s of the district to the federal court authorities Judge Liam joined her opinion, on O’ Grady, who alert panel will redraw by April 1. If not, deemed it too Tuesday’s decision for the current for the the lines. late to do anything round is expected effect and require deadly virus The third member of elections. to have a ripple redrawing of the adjacent 2nd spreading and 4th House the boundaries of the Robert E. Payne, found panel, U.S. District Judge others to rebalance outside of no reason to redistricting districts and plan. overturn the West possibly populations.

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President Obama has set yet another precedent with his choice to succeed U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

Loretta Lynch, a 55-yearold Greensboro, N.C., native and Harvard educated lawyer, would be the nation’s first African-American female attorney general if confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

As the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York since 2010, Ms. Lynch has worked on numerous high-profile cases involving Ms. Lynch police brutality, bank fraud and money laundering.

Sources close to the Obama administration said they expected Ms. Lynch would generate little controversy, making for a smooth Senate confirmation process.

The Senate twice previously has confirmed her nomination to federal prosecutor jobs, most recently in 2010.

But senior Senate Democrats and White House aides said Ms. Lynch’s confirmation likely would be delayed until the new session of Congress starts in January. Her nomination then will rest in the hands of Republicans, who will control the upper chamber as a result of the Nov. 4 elections.

Known for her low-key personality, Ms. Lynch has stirred little controversy during two tenures as U.S. attorney. She served in the position under President Bill Clinton from 1999 to 2001, before leaving for private practice. President Obama appointed her to the post once again in 2010.

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LeBron James powered the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 93-89 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Sunday in an electriEric Risberg/Associated Press fying Game 7 to complete an improbable comeback unlike any LeBron James, center, celebrates on the court with teammates following the Cleveland Cavaliers’ NBA championship seen before and capture their first NBA championship. victory Sunday over the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, Calif. Below, Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors With the win over the top-seeded Warriors, who celebrated a reacts when play stops in the second half of the title game against Cleveland. The Warriors played Game 7 on their championship on Cleveland’s home court last year, the Cavaliers home turf, the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. became the first team to rally from a 3-1 series deficit in the He wore a blue “Ultimate Warrior” T-shirt while holding the best-of-seven NBA Finals and win the title.

“I’ve had the goal for two years since I came back to bring a glittering NBA championship trophy over his head.

As he walked down the steps to the tarmac, the crow showchampionship to the city,” said an emotional James, who returned to the Cavaliers in 2014 after a four-year stint with Miami that ered him with chants of “MVP! MVP!” before breaking into “Let’s Go Cavs!” included a pair of NBA championships.

The back-and-forth game lived up to its billing as it was tight “I gave it everything that I had. I poured my heart, my blood, throughout and included 20 lead changes. No team was able to my sweat and my tears into this game.”

When the final buzzer sounded to end what was the closest pull ahead by more than eight points.

Facing elimination in each of their previous two games, James game of the finals, an emotional James dropped to the floor carried the Cavs back from the brink as they became only the before he was mobbed by his teammates.

James led Cleveland in the championship-clinching win with third team to force a Game 7 after falling behind 3-1 in the a triple-double as he recorded 27 points, 11 rebounds and 11 championship round.

For the Warriors, who had a record 73 wins during the 82assists en route to being named the Most Valuable Player of the game regular season, Sunday’s defeat marked the first time since NBA Finals for a third time.

Cary Edmondson/USA TODAY Sports The win ends decades of heartbreak for the city of Cleveland, November 2013 that they have lost three consecutive games.

“It wasn’t easy what we accomplished, and it’s not an easy just take the good with the bad.” which had not won a professional sports championship since the After a record-smashing regular season, the Warriors could pill to swallow what we didn’t accomplish,” said two-time league 1964 Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.

For James, the win not only marks his third NBA title, but MVP Stephen Curry, who had 17 points in the loss. “So got to not cap off the campaign with a second successive title, unable to deliver the knockout punch it will go down as the single after going up 3-1 in the bestgreatest achievement of his of-seven series. storied career as it fulfills his The Warriors were ultimately promise to deliver a title to his undone in the series by the home state of Ohio.

Big league baseball consisted of just 16 teams

By Fred Jeter disappearance of their high“I came back for a reason. I in 1948, compared to 30 now. And the NFL in 1964, octane offense, a suspension of came back to bring a championIt has been a long time between sips of cham- prior to the NFL-AFL merger, had just 14 teams, defensive stalwart Draymond ship to our city,” said James, who pagne in Northeast Ohio. compared to 32 today.

Green, a season-ending injury was in tears as he wrapped his Led by LeBron James’ MVP performance, the To illustrate the football famine, tickets for the to rim-protecting center Andrew arms around the Larry O’Brien Cleveland Cavaliers scored a heroic Game 7 win 1964 NFL Championship Game, played between Bogut and defensive specialist Championship Trophy.

Sunday night over the favored Golden State Warriors the Browns and the Baltimore Colts at Cleveland’s Andre Iguodala dealing with a “I knew what I was capable to clinch the NBA title and end decades of sports Municipal Stadium, were $6, $8 and $10 — about balky back. of doing. I knew what I learned frustration in the Midwest city. what a ballpark hot dog or beer might cost now.

The Cleveland Cavaliers were an NBA expanPaced by the great running back Jim Brown “Just an incredible run that in the last couple years that I Jim Brown sion squad in 1970. They reached the playoff finals and fleet young receiver Paul Warfield, the 1964 obviously didn’t end the way was gone, and I knew I had the in 2007, losing 4-0 to the San Antonio Spurs and Cleveland Browns trounced the favored Colts 27-0, we wanted it to,” said Warright ingredients and the right falling 4-2 to Golden State in the 2015 finals. after going 10-3-1 in the regular season. It was Jim riors Coach Steve Kerr. “It’s blueprint to help this franchise Actually, Cleveland did win a pro Brown’s next to last season. been an incredible two-year get back to a place that we’ve basketball crown in 1962 — as the The next year, Cleveland lost to the run. We’re disappointed that it never been.”

Cleveland Pipers — by defeating the Green Bay Packers in the 1965 championdidn’t go our way at the end, A beaming James returned Kansas City Steers in the finals of the ship that would be Jim Brown’s final perbut that’s life.” home Monday to a wild celebrashort-lived American Basketball League, formance in pads. He retired after 1965 When the Warriors raced tion when he stepped off the which is not to be confused with the ABA. to enter the film industry. out to a 3-1 series lead, the team plane in Cleveland. The The Pipers made history by starting the To underscore how long it’s been since the Cleveland Indians baseball Cavs were left for dead by mere sight of James set off loud John McLendon season with Coach John McLendon, the first African-American to coach a profesteam won it all, their 1948 opponent many impartial observers who cheers from adoring fans. sional franchise. was the Boston Braves, who would expected Golden State to run The plane touched down Coach McLendon was replaced by Bill later move to Milwaukee in 1953 and to away with the series. around 12:30 p.m. and was given LeBron James Sharman during the season. It was ABL’s Atlanta in 1966.

But with their backs against a water salute of giant arches only season of operation.

Cleveland defeated Boston 4-2, with the wall, a Cavaliers team that spraying over the aircraft. When Coach McLendon then went on to coach the two prominent African-American players on the once seem overmatched never the door to the plane opened ABA’s Denver Rockets, which later became the team — Larry Doby, who became the American gave up in their quest for a and players started filing out, Denver Nuggets of the NBA. League’s first black player in 1947, and ageless maiden NBA title.

“We Are the Champions,” the He has been inducted into the Naismith Memo- hurler Satchel Paige, who had joined the Indians “I knew what we were caiconic theme by British rock rial Basketball Hall of Fame, the National Collegiate July 9, 1948, as a 42-year-old rookie.

Basketball Hall of Fame and the CIAA Hall of Fame, Doby and Paige were the first African-Americans pable of, even being down 3-1, band Queen, blared through Larry Doby which is now named for Coach McLendon, who to play in a World Series and Doby was the first black versus the greatest regular sealoud speakers. had a successful coaching career at several CIAA man to make a World Series home run. son team ever,” said James.

Many of the Cavaliers hung schools, including Hampton University and North To show how different things were in 1948, the “Everybody counted us out out on top of the plane’s staircase Carolina Central University.

Indians were led by one of the last “player-managers,” and that’s when we strived the so they could capture overhead As for Cleveland’s other pro sports teams, Lou Boudreau, who remained an active shortstop most, and that’s definitely when video of the crowd before championships also have been elusive. until 1952.

I strived the most when everydescending the steps onto the The NFL Cleveland Browns last prevailed in 1964, Cleveland had little luck on ice, too. body counted me out.” tarmac. While the players did not three seasons prior to the birth of the Super Bowl, The Cleveland Barons hockey team played the A championship parade address the crowd, the loudest and the Cleveland Indians’ most recent World Series 1976-77 and 1977-78 NHL seasons at Richfield and rally were planned for cheer was reserved for James, title was 1948, just the second year the baseball Coliseum and went 47-88 before ceasing operachampionship was telecast. tions. downtown Cleveland on who appeared to take a shot at Satchel Paige Wednesday. the Warriors as he disembarked.

Dry spell broken for Cleveland’s pro teams

Henrico senior wins state title in 2 events

By Fred Jeter

Craig McElroy

The term “country comes to the city” could be the title of Craig McElroy’s athletic fortunes.

McElroy spent his freshman and sophomore seasons at rural Charles City High School, enrollment 285.

As a junior, he transferred to suburban Henrico High School, enrollment 1,780.

During the transition, he never broke stride and wasn’t intimidated by the more consistently stiffer competition.

Charles City High competes in Division 1A, Virginia’s smallest classification based on public school enrollment.

Henrico High competes in 5A, the second from the largest division.

“I wasn’t worried about transferring,” McElroy said. “Athletes from big schools bleed same as you. It’s all about who works the hardest.”

No one will question McElroy’s training regimen or all-round athleticism after he won the high jump (6-6) and 110-meter high hurdles (14.36 seconds) at the State 5A meet in Newport News on June 3 and 4.

The long-stemmed, 6-foot-5 McElroy also raced a leg on the Warriors’ fourth place 4x100 relay quartet.

“Winning at states meant a lot to me,” he said.

“I wanted to go out with a bang as a senior.”

He will continue track and field on an athletic

scholarship at Norfolk State University.

McElroy also played wide receiver and safety on the Henrico High football team, but has no plans of doubling up in sports at NSU. At Henrico High, McElroy was introduced to Coach Lamont Bowles, who is one of Virginia’s most respected hurdling mentors. When Bowles was a senior at Richmond’s John Marshall High School, he ran the high hurdles in a blistering 13.7 seconds, while finishing third in the state Group AAA in 1976. Bowles went on to become a CIAA champion at Virginia State University.

McElroy is among numerous champions Coach Bowles has coached at Henrico High.

Others include Drequan Hoskey, who went on to shine in football and track at the University of Virginia, and Carlton Edwards, currently a track standout at North Carolina Central University.

Another hurdler on the rise is Henrico High sophomore Chauncy Chewning, who was fourth at the 5A state competition in 15.11.

In working with McElroy, Coach Bowles says “precision” was always the key word.

“Craig has tremendous ability and, at 6-foot-5, he looks like he was born to run the hurdles.

“All that’s good, but you still have to be precise, become a technician and be able to maintain composure at full speed with everyone screaming and hollering at you,” Coach Bowles said.

The precision didn’t come overnight.

At the state outdoor competition in 2015 and the state indoor competition last February, McElroy tripped over a hurdle and did not place.

He got it right just in time.

In fact, on June 11 he ran a personal best — 14.29 — in winning the DMV Meet of the Elite in Northern Virginia. It’s an even stronger field than the 5A States.

McElroy and his family felt the move to Henrico would enable him to maximize his considerable potential. As a junior, he moved into the Henrico zone with his father, Craig McElroy Sr., a Henrico High alumnus, and grandmother, Elizabeth Richardson.

Right away, he picked up his weight room conditioning under Henrico High assistant football Coach Gary Chilcoat, the former head coach at Varina High School.

McElroy had flashed potential at Charles City High, where he trained under Coach John Christian, a former teammate of Coach Bowles at VSU. As a sophomore, McElroy was fifth in hurdles (15.8) and 14th in high jump (5-10) at 1A state competition at Radford University.

Now he faces another transition — from high school hurdles, 36 inches high, to college, 42 inches.

Success breeds confidence and it seems apropos NSU has the same colors as Henrico High — green and gold.

“I’ve done the work,” McElroy said of advancing to the next level. “It should be a piece of cake.”

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Personality: Maureen S. Patterson Spotlight on the new president of the Midlothian Rotary Club When Maureen S. Patterson is installed next Wednesday as president of the Midlothian Rotary Club, she will be become the club’s first AfricanAmerican woman president.

She will preside over a club that has only one other African-American member.

Mrs. Patterson believes that the 33-year-old Rotary branch has few African-American members because of a lack of knowledge about the international organization that has 1.2 million members.

During her one-year term, she plans to focus on the Rotary’s “core value” of diversity to recruit business, professional and community leaders to the organization.

“I just don’t think the knowledge is out there,” she said.

“There are a lot of affluent black people who would be involved if they knew about it.

My role is to get the word out and make Rotary known.”

Mrs. Patterson’s selling points will include the organization’s motto, “Service Above Self.” That service is performed by members in countless ways in the community, in the workplace and throughout the world, she said.

Before joining the Midlothian Rotary, Mrs. Patterson worked with students at Richmond’s Clark Springs Elementary School through the Virginia Mentoring Partnership program for 15 years.

Seeking to continue her outreach, it was the Rotary’s focus on service and its “FourWay Test” that convinced Mrs. Patterson to join the organization in 2009.

The Four-Way Test, she explains, is an ethical guide for Rotarians to use in evaluating their personal and professional relationships by asking four questions: Of the things we think, say or do: 1) Is it the truth?

2) Is it fair to all concerned?

3) Will it build goodwill and better friendships?

4) Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

“From that information, I knew this was an organization I wanted to be part of,” Mrs. Patterson says. “Its guiding principles provide Rotarians with a strong, common purpose and direction. These principles serve as a foundation for our relationships with each other and the action we take in the world.”

Mrs. Patterson says that inviting diverse groups of people and organizations to Rotary Club meetings is one way to make her club more visible. She referenced a visit from Chesterfield County’s Mega Mentors, a volunteer organization of more than 100 business professionals who support the academic achievements of African-American and under-represented students in seven Chesterfield County Schools.

In May, Mega Mentors representatives, who are predominantly African-American, attended a Midlothian Rotary club meeting to inform members how they can be-

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Several Rotary members accepted Mega Mentor’s offer and since have participated in activities to assist the organization, Mrs. Patterson said.

Meet this week’s Personality who seeks to serve, Maureen S. Patterson: No. 1 volunteer position: President of the Midlothian Rotary Club after June 29 installation. Midlothian Rotary Club is in Rotary International District 7600.

Occupation: Licensed Virginia Realtor and a property manager.

Place of birth: Cincinnati.

Current residence: Powhatan County.

Alma maters: Bachelor’s degree in paralegal studies from the University of Richmond’s School of Continuing Studies, magna cum laude; MBA in management and technology from the University of Maryland University College.

Family: Husband, Mark Patterson; son and daughter, Sean Patterson and Alleen Davis.

Rotary is: A worldwide organization of more than 1.2 million business, professional and community leaders. Members of Rotary clubs, known as Rotarians, provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

When Rotary International was founded: The first rotary club meeting was held in Chicago on Feb. 23, 1905. The name Rotary International was adopted in 1922.

Rotary International mission: We provide service to others, promote integrity and advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through our fellowship of business, professional and community leaders.

Why is this organization important: Rotarians are leaders who act responsibly and take action to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Rotarians develop community service projects that address many of today’s most critical issues, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, illiteracy and violence. They also support programs for youths, educa-

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When elected president: I was nominated as a director on the Midothian Rotary Club’s Board of Directors in 2012. After serving three years on the board, I was elected presidentelect in July 2015. My year as president begins July 1.

Significance of your election: The Midlothian Rotary Club has had two other women presidents since it was chartered in 1983. I will be the first African-American woman to lead the club.

Total number of club members: 81.

Number of women: 14.

Number of African-American members: Two. Number of clubs nationwide: 7,690.

My No. 1 goal as club president: Be a vibrant club.

Strategy for achieving it: I will keep members engaged and inspired. We will be out promoting Rotary in our community through our service projects and fundraisers. During my presidency, I will focus on ways to recruit, inspire, and engage millennials, while at the same time ensuring our older club members are equally inspired and engaged.

Rotary’s No. 1 goal today: All Rotarians worldwide are united in a campaign for the global eradication of polio. PolioPlus is the volunteer arm of the global partnership dedicated to eradicating polio. For more than 20 years, Rotary has led the private sector in the global effort to rid the world of this crippling disease. Today, PolioPlus and its role in the initiative is recognized worldwide as a model of public-private cooperation in pursuit of a humanitarian goal. In addition to providing financial and volunteer support, Rotary works to urge support from other public and private sector partners. This includes the campaign to End Polio Now, inspired by the extraordinary challenge grants received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Definition of a leader: An optimistic person that has an inspiring vision for a group or organization, and then has the ability to unite, engage, inspire, motivate and provide the tools for the group/organization members to successfully achieve desired outcomes.

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SOLD Iconic Ebony, JET magazines no longer owned

by Johnson Publishing Co. Frederick H. Lowe Trice Edney News Wire

Johnson Publishing Co. of Chicago has sold Ebony and JET magazines for an undisclosed price to Clear View Group LLC, an Austin, Texas-based private equity firm, to pay down debt and to concentrate on Fashion Fair Cosmetics.

“This deal allows JPC to reduce its debt associated with the media business and focus its attention on the archives and continue to invest in its cosmetics business, Fashion Fair Cosmetics,” company officials said in a series of quotes and unattributed statements but not a news release printed on the company’s letterhead announcing the sale.

The deal, which was signed in May and disclosed Tuesday, includes the assumption of JPC’s debt. It also continues the dismantling of Johnson Publishing Co., an iconic black-owned business founded in 1942 by brilliant entrepreneur John H. Johnson with the publication of Negro Digest.

Mr. Johnson died in 2005.

Even the name Johnson Publishing Co. may eventually disappear.

The company once owned a book division and a radio station.

Mr. Johnson also was chairman of Supreme Life Insurance Co. In 2010, Columbia College of Chicago purchased for its library Johnson Publishing Co.’s 11-story headquarters on Chicago’s South Michigan Avenue.

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The original covers of Ebony and JET, from 1945 and 1951 respectively, symbolize the once proud history of Johnson Publishing Co., which will focus on cosmetics after disposing of the magazines.

Linda Johnson Rice, daughter of the magazines’ creator, the late John H. Johnson, though, will have a role in ensuring their continuance as a board member of the publications’ new owner, Ebony Media.

owed to RR Donnelley, the Chicago-based printing company. Ebony and JET magazines moved out of its headquarters in 2012 and Columbia College never moved in.

Now the building, which was Mr. Johnson’s pride and joy, is again up for sale. The company is still trying to sell its archival

photo collection.

To shore its sagging finances, JPC took on a big partner. JP Morgan Chase, the nation’s largest and the world’s ninth largest bank based on assets, is the company’s part owner.

Mr. Johnson founded the monthly magazine Ebony in 1945 and JET, a popular pocketbook-size news weekly with short one-paragraph stories, in 1951. JET published in every weekly issue a centerfold of a bikini-clad black woman, which was popular with readers.

JET is now sold only online.

While JET was JPC’s news magazine, Ebony was the company’s moneymaker. Its initial run of 25,000 copies quickly sold out. At one time, Ebony was on the coffee tables of nearly every black home in America. It reported on African-American life ignored by the white press. Ebony

still has a monthly circulation of 9.3 million, according to the company’s website.

Lately, Ebony and JET have struggled against digital competitors. The deal to sell Ebony and JET follows a rumored failed attempt by businessman and former Los Angeles Lakers star Erving “Magic” Johnson to buy the company and to move it to Los Angeles.

Ebony and JET will become part of Ebony Media, which will be based in Chicago. Linda Johnson Rice, Mr. Johnson’s daughter, will serve as chairman emeritus and a board member of Ebony Media.

“We are excited about the future of Ebony Media and the opportunity to position the enterprise for long-term growth,” Michael Gibson, CEO of Clear View Group and chairman of Ebony Media, said in a statement.

“Our team has a true understanding of the Ebony brand as well as its legacy, and is committed to providing its audience with premium content across all media platforms.”

Few details could be learned about Clear View Group, which has a second office in Houston. It specializes in private equity acquisitions of U.S.-based, middle market companies, company officials said in a news release.

Johnson Publishing Co. will continue to invest in Fashion Fair Cosmetics, which was founded in 1973 by Mr. Johnson’s wife and JPC co-founder Eunice Johnson. The company may drop JPC’s name.

Desiree Rogers, JPC’s CEO, will focus on Fashion Fair Cosmetics.

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Mandela Fellows at VCU Fifty emerging leaders in the fields of public management, business and entrepreneurship from various African nations pose with Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao and several staff members following an event Monday welcoming them to the Richmond campus. Participants in the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders will hear from scholars and elected officials and visit local businesses while in residence at VCU through July 31. The group also is scheduled to attend a reception hosted by Gov. Terry McAuliffe and First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe at the Executive Mansion and the annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony at Monticello. The VCU fellows are part of a larger coalition of 1,000 young leaders being hosted across the nation this summer through the Young African Leaders Initiative and President Obama’s effort to invest in the next generation of global leaders.

Cosby due in court in July Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA Bill Cosby will return to a Pennsylvania courtroom next month as he tries again to question his accuser in a sexual assault case before it is sent to trial.

The entertainer is slated to be in a suburban Philadelphia court July 7 over the decadeold complaint involving former Temple University employee Andrea Constand.

Mr. Cosby is accused of drugging and molesting Ms. Constand in 2004. He insisted their encounter was consensual.

A lower court judge upheld criminal sex-assault charges last month after prosecutors offered Ms. Constand’s 2005 police statement as evidence at the preliminary hearing. Pennsylvania law currently allows the use of such hearsay testimony early on. However, the state Supreme Court is reviewing the issue.

Defense lawyers want the right to cross-examine Ms.

Constand at the pretrial stage.

Common Pleas Judge Steven T. O’Neill has agreed to weigh the request, scheduling the hearing to determine if Mr. Cosby was properly held for trial.

Prosecutors in a filing Monday said the defense has no right to “prematurely attack” Ms. Constand at a preliminary hearing. They noted that an accuser’s credibility is not an issue at that stage.

Mr. Cosby, 78, remains free on $1 million bail. Judge O’Neill has not yet set a trial date.

Also Monday, the state Supreme Court again turned down Mr. Cosby’s appeal over the legality of the charges. Mr. Cosby argued that he had a deal with a former prosecutor that he would never be charged for Ms. Constand’s complaint.

A new prosecutor reopened the case last year and filed charges after new evidence emerged from Ms. Constand’s civil lawsuit and dozens more accusers came forward with similar complaints about Mr. Cosby.

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Happenings Blues revue at Unity Richmond

“Blues Gal,” a musical revue and showcase highlighting the private and public lives of women blues legends, will take place Friday, June 24, and Saturday, June 25.

The revue will salute the early dominance and contributions of artists such as Ma Rainey (Diana Carver), Bessie Smith (Myrna Jefferson), Sippie Wallace (Zita Correll), Big Mama Thornton (Lucretia M. Anderson) and Bonnie Raitt (Ashley Pelli), according to Cultural Libations, organizer of the event.

Richmond blues singer De Lady E, popularly known as “Earth Mother of the Blues,” will be honored at Saturday’s performance.

Yemaja Jubilee, who is directing the show with LeRoi Boyd, said the blues singers’ ability to connect with audiences through their often pain-filled songs have made them enduring figures.

“Blues Gal” will not only introduce the audience to the legends’ music, “but also tell their stories, which will serve as inspiration and a model for facing life’s challenges,” Ms. Jubilee said.

Both shows are 7:30 p.m. at Unity Richmond, 800 Blanton Ave. Although there is no admission fee, donations are requested.

For more information, call Ms. Jubilee, (434) 808-2472, or Mr. Boyd, (757) 285-2117.

Photos by Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Big fun on the big slide on Byrd Byrd Street in Downtown was turned into a giant water slide Saturday with Slide the City, a 1,000 feet of fun that drew long lines of bathing suit-clad people ready to enjoy the summer. The weather was right for the event produced by Sack Lunch Productions. Employing the theme “the ultimate block party,” the event also featured food, music and street entertainers. A portion of the proceeds are going to Special Olympics Virginia.

Local radio station holds fundraiser

Preston Brown is hoping that listeners will help him raise $25,000 for improvements to the WCLM-AM 1450 station he has owned since 1996.

Mr. Brown said the station, which features a combination of talk shows and music, needs to replace its antenna and other equipment to expand the broadcast area, now limited to portions of Richmond.

The 62-year-old businessman said he no longer can foot the bill after 20 years of station ownership.

“I’ve carried the station for years,” he said, noting it has never made money because it has not attracted enough advertising Mr. Brown dollars.

He said he would keep the struggling station on the air if he cannot raise the money, but “it will remain limited.”

To help raise money, Mr. Brown is hosting a support program for the station 3 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at New Bridge Baptist Church, 5807 Nine Mile Road.

The program will include speeches from fans of the station, candidates for public office and musical performances from Big G, J-Unity, Sons of Praise, the Crusading Trumpeteers and the Golden Jubilees.

The program, which is to air on WCLM, is open to the public without charge, but a donation plate will be passed, Mr. Brown said.

Mr. Brown said he also set up a page for contributions at the fundraising site www.gofundme.com/wclmradio.

Details: www.wclmradioonline.com or (804) 231-7685.

Jefferson descendant Obamas find their to tell ‘complete story’ post-White House home in new job at Monticello Trice Edney News Wire

A descendant of President Thomas Jefferson and his slave, Sally Hemings, plans to help more people learn the “complete story” of Monticello as its new community engagement officer.

Gayle Jessup White of Henrico County said she is “thrilled” about her position at what was once Mr. Jefferson’s primary plantation home in Charlottesville.

Mrs. For years, Mrs. White heard family members discuss their connection to Thomas Jefferson through Mrs.White’s great-grandmother, Rachael Robinson, a domestic servant. Mrs. Robinson is said to have had a relationship with Moncure Robinson Taylor, Mr. Jefferson’s great-great-grandson.

Mrs. White, while serving as a Jefferson Studies Fellow, conducted her own research to determine the truth in her family’s oral stories. DNA testing eventually confirmed that Taylor family descendants are Mrs. White’s third and fourth cousins, according to published reports.

Before being selected for the newly created position, Mrs. White said she spent countless hours at Monticello, a place that she reveres

because of Mr. Jefferson’s influence as the third president of the United States. Mr. Jefferson, who drafted the Declaration of Independence, broke ground on Monticello in 1768, with construction starting in 1769, according to Monticello’s website.

Scholars and others often discuss the paradox of Mr. Jefferson, who advocated for freedom from the British crown and personal liberties, yet White he owned slaves.

After years of speculation, DNA tests in 1998 concluded that there is a high probability that Mr. Jefferson fathered six of Ms. Hemings’ children. Mrs. White’s great-great- grandmother, Sallie Hemmans, was the daughter of Peter Hemings, an older brother of Jefferson’s slave, Sally Hemings.

Mrs. White, who started her new job two weeks ago, said that, in addition to telling the story of Monticello’s enslaved community, she also wants to be “of service to Charlottesville.”

“What I have to accomplish is to go out to the community and to see how we can listen to become a more connected community,” said Mrs. White. “I don’t want to talk. I want to listen.”

In the spirit of the ancestors

After President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pack up in January and move out of the White House, they will settle into another mansion in Washington’s wealthy Kalorama neighborhood in Northwest, near Rock Creek Park and Embassy Row. Politico reported the 8,200-square-foot mansion sits on a quarter of an acre of land.

The house, which was built in 1928, has nine bedrooms and eight-and-a-half bathrooms. It also has a two-car garage and a gated courtyard for eight to 10 vehicles.

The Obamas, who plan to live in Washington until younger daughter Sasha graduates from high school, will lease the property.

Joe Lockhart, White House press secretary for President Bill Clinton, and Giovanna Gray Lockhart own the home, which was purchased in May

2014 for $5.3 million.

Mr. Lockhart moved in February to Manhattan to become executive vice president of communications for the National Football League, and Ms. Lockhart will handle special projects for Glamour

magazine.

President Obama is the first president in decades to remain in Washington following his tenure in office. President Woodrow Wilson stayed in Washington when his term ended in 1921.

Photos by Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Lifting up the spirit of those who have come before, right, Janine Bell, executive director of the Elegba Folklore Society, opens the annual Juneteenth celebration last weekend marking African-American liberation from slavery. Richmond’s event featured speakers, a youth summit, music and dance. It culminated with a 2-mile, torch-lit walk along the Slave Trail between the Manchester Docks off Maury Street, where slave ships on the James River loaded and unloaded human cargo, and the site of Lumpkin’s Jail, a once notorious slave jail and auction site near Broad and 16th streets in Downtown.

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Mr. Trump also reiterated his support for more scrutiny of mosques, saying that could resemble a controversial New York City surveillance program that has been shut down.

“If you go to France right now, they’re doing it in France. In fact, in some instances they’re closing down mosques,” he said.

Reuters Republican Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States should consider more racial profiling in response to a question about whether he supported greater law enforcement scrutiny of Muslim Americans after the Orlando mass shooting.

“I think profiling is something that we’re going to have to start thinking about as a country,” Mr. Trump told CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

“You look at Israel and you look at others, and they do it and they do it successfully. And you know, I hate the concept of profiling, but we have to start using common sense,” he said when asked if he supported increased profiling of Muslims in America.

Last week, Mr. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for the Nov. 8 election, sparked criticism from many in his party for his comments on Muslim Americans after the June 12 Orlando attack, in which a U.S.-born Muslim man killed 49 people at a gay nightclub.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2016 1P.M. - UNTIL

“A Caring Community Committed to Listening, Loving, Learning and Leaning While Launching into our Future.”

Message by: Rev. Larry D. Barham, Sr.

June 26, 2016

Joinus for morning worshipat 10:30 A.M. as we celebrate Men’s Day.

Come join in the fellowship, with food, fun and worship though the preached word and song!

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Upcoming Events June 25, 2016 Men’s Weekend & Community Day CARITAS Furniture Drive, Cookout, Health Screenings, Workshops & Vendor Presentations

Sunday Service 10 a.m.

Church School 8:45 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 7p.m.

Transportation Services 232-2867 “Reclaiming the Lost by Proclaiming the Gospel”

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Good Shepherd Baptist Church

Music by: Women's Day Choir

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

A MISSION BASED CHURCH FAMILY EXCITING MINISTRIES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS & SENIOR ADULTS BIBLE REVELATION TEACHING DIVERSE MUSIC MINISTRY LOVING, CARING ENVIRONMENT

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Rose Brown Adams, entrepreneur, dies at 68 Rose Brown Adams embraced and lived life to the fullest. Friends and loved ones remember her as being energetic, entrepreneurial and always willing to help others.

Still shaken by her recent death, her husband, Dr. Randy Adams, a Richmond pediatric dentist, said he has lost his best friend.

“I lost my sporting and traveling partner, my wife and my lover,” he said.

The couple was married on June 4, 1977.

Mrs. Adams is being remembered following her death Friday, June 17, 2016. She was 68.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 23, at March Funeral Home,

2110 E. Laburnum Ave. A graduate of Maggie L. Walker Her life and legacy will be celebrated High School, Mrs. Adams received a 11 a.m. Friday, June 24, at Fifth Baptist bachelor’s degree in education and a Church, 1415 W. Cary St. Interment master’s degree in guidance from Virwill be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. ginia Commonwealth University. While The Richmond Free Press featured her career started at Nabisco Inc., her Dr. and Mrs. Adams earlier this year in entrepreneurial spirit led her to open its annual Valentine’s “Love Stories,” Tutti Frutti, a yogurt and sandwich Feb. 11-13 edition. shop in the 6th Street Marketplace in In the article, they wrote: “We have Downtown and later at Innsbrook. lived a wonderful and blessed life toAfter working several years as an Mrs. Adams gether and continue to ‘live life.’Our new entrepreneur, Mrs. Adams began a motto: Live and love life while remembering the teaching career at the Adult Career Development Center. She later became a guidance counselor at friendship you shared in the very beginning.”

G.H. Reid and Ginter Park elementary schools.

Dr. Adams said his wife enjoyed volunteer work and board service, which included the Richmond Metropolitan Business League. She was a member of the Epicureans Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and a charter member of the Commonwealth Chapter of The Links Inc. She also was a member of several VCU sports booster organizations, including VCU Women for Women’s Athletics.

In addition to her husband, survivors include two daughters, Taryn Blount of Richmond and Taasha Taylor of Atlanta, five grandchildren, and one brother, Fred D. Brown Jr.

Legal Notices/Employment Opportunities 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 Tuesday, July 5, 2016 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 25, 2016 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. 2016-186 To close, to public use and travel, a portion of an alley bounded by Nine Mile Road, North 31st Street, V Street and North 30th Street, consisting of 542± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2016-187 To close, to public use and travel, an alley bounded

by T Street, North 27th Street, O Street, and North 26 th Street, consisting of 2,040± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2016-188 To close, to public travel, portions of public rights-of-way known as Fulton Street and Old Williamsburg Avenue between Goddin Street and Williamsburg Avenue, consisting of 27,176± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions, in connection with the development of Fulton Memorial Park.

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 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.

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Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SARAH M. O’ROURKE, Plaintiff v.

THOMAS J. O’ROURKE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16-1180 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is for the petitioner to obtain a divorce from defendant.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, Thomas J. O’Rourke, whose last known address was 308 North Snead Street, Ashland, Virginia 23005, and whose whereabouts are now unknown, appear here on or before the 8th day of August, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. Courtroom 2 to protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Susan Gerber Counsel for Plaintiff 206 DeSota Drive Richmond, Virginia 23229 (804) 741-3438 Fax: (804) 754-7298 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JESSIE WILSON, Plaintiff v.

GILVIA WILSON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16001624-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 26th day of July, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MARINA PAZ, Plaintiff v.

ALAN PAZ-CONDE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16001690-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 8th day of August, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.

Courtroom 2 and protect his interests.

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

Commonwealth of Virginia, in re CHEYENNE LANE, Juvenile Case No. JJ092167-03-00 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Unknown, (Father), of CHEYENNE LANE, child, DOB 02/24/2016, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Unknown (Father), appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before 10/31/2016, at 2:00 PM, Court Room #4.

Diane Abato, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JEANNETTE PILLSBURY, Plaintiff v.

ELWIN PILLSBURY, JR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL16001623-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 26th day of July, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

JERRI WILLIAMS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16001432-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 15th day of July, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.

Courtroom 2 and protect her interests.

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

CUSTODY virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the COUNty of HENRICO Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Baby girl taylor, Juvenile Tammy Mills v.

Unknown Birth Father OrDEr Of puBLicatiON

The object of this suit is to: Pursuant to Va Code § 16.1-277.01, Tammy Mills is requesting that the Court terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Unknown Birth Father, whose identify and whereabouts are unknown, and transfer custody of infant, Baby Girl Taylor, d/o/b 10/16/15 to Tammy Mills.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Unknown Birth Father appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 8/24/2016, at 10:00 AM, Court Room #4. virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Continued on next column

virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt IN the COunty of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re EMILY ELIZABETH JEAN & DYLAN JAMES CAROLINA BLUE MCMILLIAN, JIM HARFORD WILLIAMS v.

JOSHUA RAY JEAN & ELIZABETH ANN MCMILLIAN Case No. JJ067715-06-00, JJ052464-07-00 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON

The object of this suit is to: Determine custody of Emily Elizabeth Jean (DOB: 1/5/05) and Dylan James Jean (DOB: 12/3/01), whose mother is Elizabeth Ann McMillian, and whose father is Joshua Ray Jean, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 16.1-241A3.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Joshua Ray Jean & Elizabeth Ann McMillian appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before August 8, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re SOPHIA RINEHULTS, Juvenile Case No. JJ091775-04, OrDEr Of puBLicatiON

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Unknown, (Father), of S O P H I A RI N E H U LT S , child, DOB 11/06/2015, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Unknown (Father), appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before 9/7/2016, at 9:30 AM, Court Room #5.

Diane Abato, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493

PROPERTY VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HANOVER Estate of Charles Lewis Carter, Sr. by Charlotte Braxton, Alice Hicks and Ida Mae Hill Co-executors of the Estate, Petitioners v.

Platinum Financial Services, Inc., Defendant.

Case No.: CL16001678-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to have a judgment released where the judgment creditor can not be found.

It appearing from an affidavit that due diligence has been used on behalf of Petitioners to ascertain in what county or city the Defendant is, without effect, it is Ordered that Defendant appear before this Court on August 8th, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. Courtroom 2 and do what is necessary to protect it’s interest herein.

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(804) 798-1661 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

Case No.: CL15-4187-1 LAVERNE SAULS, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3313 5TH Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, TaxMap/GPIN# N0051186/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Laverne Sauls, Robert T. Burrell, Michael A. Burrell, Shelia L. Burrell, Deborah B. Herbert, Kevin L. Burrell, James A. Burrell and Bernadette Burrell.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, LAVERNE SAULS, ROBERT T. BURRELL, MICHAEL A. BURRELL, SHEILA L. BURRELL, DEBORAH B. HERBERT, KEVIN L. BURRELL, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their her last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owners, LORETTA BURRELL, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of LORETTA BURRELL and HORACE BURRELL a/k/a HORACE BURRELL, JR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of HORACE BURRELL a/k/a HORACE BURRELL, JR., have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, JAMES A. BURRELL, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, BERNADETTE BURRELL a/k/a BERNADETTE J. BURRELL, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, Any unknown heirs, devisees, assignees, or successors of THOMASINE ETHERIDGE BURRELL a/k/a THOMASINE C. BURRELL, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that 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 LAVERNE SAULS, ROBERT T. BURRELL, MICHAEL A. BURRELL, SHEILA L. BURRELL, DEBORAH B. HERBERT, KEVIN L. BURRELL, LORETTA BURRELL, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of LORETTA BURRELL, HORACE BURRELL a/k/a HORACE BURRELL, JR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of HORACE BURRELL a/k/a HORACE BURRELL, JR., JAMES A. BURRELL, BERNADETTE BURRELL a/k/a BERNADETTE J. BURRELL, Any unknown heirs, devisees, assignees, or successors of THOMASINE ETHERIDGE BURRELL a/k/a THOMASINE C. BURRELL, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 22, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

Case No.: CL16-1871-4 ARTHUR COLEMAN a/k/a ARTHUR JAMES COLEMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF ARTHUR COLEMAN a/k/a ARTHUR JAMES COLEMAN, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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scribed as 210 KERN Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/ GPIN# S007-0874/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Arthur Coleman.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ARTHUR COLEMAN a/k/a ARTHUR JAMES COLEMAN, who may be deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest of ARTHUR COLEMAN a/k/a ARTHUR JAMES COLEMAN, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that ELLA MAE COLEMAN a/k/a ELLA K. COLEMAN a/k/a ELLA KENNEY COLEMAN, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ELLA MAE COLEMAN a/k/a ELLA K. COLEMAN a/k/a ELLA KENNEY COLEMAN and MAMIE SMITH a/k/a MAMIE C. SMITH a/k/a MAMIE SMITH DELANEY, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of MAMIE SMITH a/k/a MAMIE C. SMITH a/k/a MAMIE SMITH DELANEY, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that RUTH ELLA BOYD, 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 ARTHUR COLEMAN a/k/a ARTHUR JAMES COLEMAN, who may be deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest of ARTHUR COLEMAN a/k/a ARTHUR JAMES COLEMAN, ELLA MAE COLEMAN a/k/a ELLA K. COLEMAN a/k/a ELLA KENNEY COLEMAN, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ELLA MAE COLEMAN a/k/a ELLA K. COLEMAN a/k/a ELLA KENNEY COLEMAN, MAMIE SMITH a/k/a MAMIE C. SMITH a/k/a MAMIE SMITH DELANEY, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of MAMIE SMITH a/k/a MAMIE C. SMITH a/k/a MAMIE SMITH DELANEY, RUTH ELLA BOYD, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 22, 2016, and do what is neces-

sary 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

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

Case No.: CL16-2154-4 4SITE INVESTMENT GROUP LLC, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2800 HOPKINS Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# TaxMap/GPIN# C009-0606/010, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, 4SITE INVESTMENT GROUP LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, 4SITE INVESTMENT GROUP LLC, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that CARLTON V. CROSSIN, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; 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 4SITE INVESTMENT GROUP LLC, CARLTON V. CROSSIN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before _JULY 22, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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Sports Plus Stories by Fred Jeter

Squirrels, others commit to sports field upgrade The neglected baseball field at Charlie D. Sydnor Playground at the J.H. Blackwell Community Center in South Richmond is overgrown with weeds and unsafe for organized games.

The uplifting news is that a dramatic transformation is in the works.

As part of “Renovating Richmond’s Recreation,” the Sydnor Playground diamond is one of several around the city in line for a major makeover.

Richmond Flying Squirrels Charities, the Barton Malow Foundation and Richmond International Raceway are teaming up to make a difference.

At an estimated cost of some $100,000, the three organizations plan to build dugouts, completely re-do the infield with new dirt and re-seed the outfield.

Groundbreaking ceremonies last Thursday at the community center drew Mayor Dwight C. Jones, City Council President Michelle Mosby, Todd “Parney” Parnell, the Flying Squirrels’ vice president and chief operating officer, and “Nutzy,” the Flying Squirrels’ mascot, among other officials and participants.

For an added touch, a group of youngsters wearing hard hats christened the project with a few shovelfuls of dirt.

Judging from the looks of the playing field, no one has swung a bat there in a long time. Football bleachers are in the way in what would be short leftfield.

The Sydnor field is sandwiched between basketball courts and a football field and is designed for children 12 and under.

Providing hands-on labor in the joint project will be students with the Henrico County Vocational-Technical Education Foundation.

The field should be ready for play next spring in the Richmond Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities sports program.

Similar work is planned for later this year on a diamond at Bellemeade Community Center, also in South Richmond.

Other fields in line for upgrades include those at the Westover Community Center in South Richmond and Hotchkiss Field on North Side.

The community can contribute to the effort by attending the

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Todd “Parney” Parnell, vice president and chief operating officer of the Richmond Flying Squirrels baseball team, right, guides a cadre of youngsters at last Thursday’s ceremony announcing the baseball field makeover at Charlie D. Sydnor Playground in South Richmond.

Richmond Flying Squirrels’ game Aug. 12 at The Diamond. Some of the proceeds from the game, billed as “Field of Dreams Fest: A Night at the Diamond,” will go toward the field renovations.

The Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities operates a youth baseball program separate from the Metropolitan Junior Baseball League that is based at Summer Hill Playground for U-12 play in South Richmond and

Henrico High School for older boys.

The MJBL, providing more travel options, will be taking four allstar teams to Chicago on July 18-23 for the Inner City Classic.

A third baseball organization in the city, Richmond Little League, is based at Byrd Park and St. Christopher’s School.

The Richmond Little League will begin participation in Little League District 5 tournaments later this month.

VSU names new defensive coordinator

Dwone Sanders may be a newcomer at Virginia State University but he is a familiar face to VSU football Coach Reggie Barlow.

Sanders has been named defensive coordinator by firstyear head Coach Barlow, who succeeded Byron Thweatt earlier this year.

There is a clear BarlowSanders connection.

When Coach Barlow was playing football at Alabama Sate University in the midCoach Sanders 1990s, Coach Sanders was an assistant coach for the Southwestern Athletic Conference school.

“He (Sanders) coached me in college and left a lasting impression,” said Coach Barlow. “So I have always wanted to work with him since then.”

A native of New Orleans and graduate of McNeese State University in Louisiana, Sanders has been around the coaching block.

In addition to his three-year stint at Alabama State, he has served as an assistant at three high schools and also at Penn State University as a graduate assistant, Southeast Missouri State and Utah State universities.

Coach Sanders was head coach 2013 to 2015 at Langston University in Oklahoma, where he was 14-12 overall.

His teams were 5-5 in 2013, 7-4 in 2014 and 2-3 in 2015, when he stepped down at midseason.

VSU, coming off a 6-4 season under Coach Thweatt, will open its 2016 season under Coach Barlow Sept.

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AFL All-Star Earl Faison, Virginia native, dies at 77 Native Virginian Earl Faison, a five-time American Football League All-Star with the San Diego Chargers, died Sunday, June 12, 2016, at his home in Prescott, Ariz.

He was 77.

Mr. Faison starred at Huntington High School in Newport News, where he led the Vikings to a combined six Virginia Interscholastic Association state championships in football, basketball and track and field.

The 6-foot-5, 270-pound defensive end, known as Earl Faison “Tree,” went on to gain AllAmerican honors at Indiana University.

In 1961, Mr. Faison was selected seventh overall

by San Diego in the AFL draft. He was Rookie of the Year in 1961 and was a ringleader on the Chargers’ 1963 AFL championship squad.

Following his playing career, Mr. Faison became a successful coach at San Diego’s Lincoln High School, where his stars included future Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Allen. He was later principal at San Diego’s University City High School.

He also dabbled in acting and appeared on “The Beverly Hillbillies” and “The Six Million Dollar Man” television shows.

Mr. Faison is a member of the Chargers, Indiana University and Virginia Sports halls of fame.

The bronze statue of Josh Gibson at Nationals Park in Washington

by Omri Amrany for the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities was unveiled in April 2009. Gibson, the home run king, died in January 1947 at age 35, just months before Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Statue of Josh Gibson greets visitors at the Washington Nationals Stadium The greatest baseball player in Washington history never played for the old Washington Senators or current Major League Baseball team Washington Nationals.

That is Josh Gibson, the super slugging catcher credited with a career total of nearly 800 home runs.

Gibson suited up for the Homestead Grays, a Negro League team that played a majority of their games in 1940s at the old Griffith Stadium in Ledroit Park. The team also played at Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field.

Griffith Stadium has since been demolished and is now the site of Howard University Hospital.

As a tribute to D.C. history and the Negro Leagues, fans attending Nats games are greeted by three statues at the entrance of the Nationals Stadium on South Capitol Street.

One is of pitcher Walter Johnson, the first Senators pitcher from 1907 to 1927,

another of powerful Frank Howard, with the Senators 1965 to 1972, and a third of Gibson.

Named to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, Gibson was a 6-foot-1, 210-pound native Georgian with astonishing power from the right-handed side of plate.

He is credited with hitting the longest ball ever at Yankees Stadium — 580 feet.

At Griffith Stadium, only two men ever launched a shot over the bleachers in distant left-center. Mickey Mantle did it once. Gibson did it twice.

Like many old stadiums, Griffith Stadium was not symmetrical. It was 320 feet down right field line but a distant 388 to the leftfield foul pole.

Gibson was among the few to reach it regularly, prompting Senators’ owner Clark Griffith to say, “Josh Gibson hit more home runs into our left-field seats than the entire American League put together.”

Nine times Gibson led the Negro National League in homers, with a high of 75 home runs in 1931.

His career total of some 800 homers includes play in the Negro Leagues, as well as pro games in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

Babe Ruth held the major league’s career home run record of 714 for decades before his mark was passed by Hank Aaron (755), and eventually by Barry Bonds (762).

After breaking Aaron’s mark in 2007, Bonds credited Gibson with being “the real home run king.”

During his playing days, mostly in the 1930s and 1940s when African-American players were excluded from the major leagues, Gibson was referred to by the white media as the “black Babe Ruth.”

Others saw it differently.

Many African-Americans referred to Ruth as the “white Josh Gibson.”

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