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Process that boots judges under review Justice Cleo E. Powell of Va. Supreme Court to head panel

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Clement Britt

The city’s valedictorians, left to right: Annia Fountain of Thomas Jefferson, Lamar Greene of Richmond Community, Isabel Waters of Open High, Devin Evans of George Wythe, Mia Noel of Franklin Military, Andre Charles of Armstrong, Syeda Haider of Thomas Jefferson, Kyhiem Banks of John Marshall and Erykah Adams of Huguenot. More coverage on B1, B2.

Richmond’s stellar valedictorians

Call them the best of the Class 2015 when it comes to grades.

Here are the members of the Class of 2015 who recorded the highest GPAs for their high school since they started as ninth-graders in 2011.

By high school, they are: Armstrong: Valedictorian Andre Charles, 4.47 GPA; salutatorian Mikquasha Wyatt.

Franklin Military: Valedictorian Cadet Lt. Mia Noel, 3.54 GPA; salutatorian Cadet Maj. Jade Lewis.

Huguenot: Valedictorian Erykah Adams, 4.39 GPA;

salutatorian Rudy Li. Thomas Jefferson: Co-valedictorians Syeda Haider, 4.8 GPA, and Annia Fountain, 4.8 GPA. John Marshall: Valedictorian Kyhiem Banks, 4.3 GPA; salutatorian Randaisha Nikens.

Open High: Valedictorian Isabel Waters, 4.49 GPA; salutatorian Gillian Throckmorton.

Richmond Community: Valedictorian Lamar Greene, 4.91 GPA; salutatorian Jasmine Cousins.

George Wythe: Valedictorian Devin Evans, 4.24 GPA; salutatorian Yusef Jones.

The Virginia Supreme Court is putting its process to evaluate judges under the microscope.

The planned review comes just months after the General Assembly used the process to justify the ouster of five sitting judges, including veteran Richmond General District Court Judge Birdie H. Jamison.

The five whom the legislature did not reelect to new terms on the bench included three women, two of whom are African-American.

The legislature’s action sent shockwaves through the state’s judicial ranks.

The concerns have reached Virginia Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons.

He wants a second look taken at the Judicial Performance Evaluation Program, which relies on surveys of lawyers. He wants to ensure the Justice Powell results are as reliable as advertised.

To that end, Chief Justice Lemons just set up an advisory committee of judges and lawyers to “consider matters related to the operation of the program” that the General Assembly required the court to establish.

State Supreme Court Justice Cleo E. Powell has been named to chair the 14-member advisory committee that is to meet at least twice a year.

She acknowledged “major hiccups” in the initial use of the process when she spoke during a panel discussion last Friday during the Old Dominion Bar Association’s annual conference.

Panelists also included Richmond Judge Marilyn C. Goss, chief Please turn to A6

Legal freedom fighters

At 75, ODBA’s struggle for justice continues

By Jack White

Primary elections Tuesday, June 9

Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham works at strengthening community ties by attending community meetings and leading antiviolence rallies, including this one May 12 in the Mosby Court public housing community.

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Next week, Richmond voters will go to the polls.

Primary elections will be held in two area Senate and two area House of Delegates districts on Tuesday, June 9, to determine who will carry the Democratic banner into the general election in November.

Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for voters to elect their choices in the 10th and 16th Senate districts and in the 69th and 74th House districts.

Separately, Petersburg area voters will be choosing from among five candidates vying for the Democratic primary nomination in the 63rd House District.

Candidates are making their final appeals to the voters leading up to Tuesday’s primary elections.

Area registrars are forecasting that fewer than 10 percent of voters will turn out to make their voices heard in these intra-party battles that largely have been shoe-leather affairs in which candidates have gone door-to-door seeking support.

The likely low participation makes it hard to predict the outcome.

Here is a roundup of the races: Please turn to A4

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First 100 days

Police chief reflects on good, bad, ugly

By Joey Matthews

Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham marked his 100th day in office last Sunday.

It was not the kind of day he had hoped for or envisioned.

There were two separate shootings and two separate stabbing incidents in the city — all in a span of less than 17 hours.

The result: Two men died — one in a South

Side shooting, another by stabbing in the West End — and three others were injured, one critically.

It was one of the bloodiest days since Chief Durham became Richmond’s top cop Feb. 20.

The day capped an especially brutal weekend of violence in Richmond that began May 29, when a man was shot and killed on South Side.

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Stephanie Rochon dies

Ms. Rochon

WTVR CBS6 news anchor Stephanie Rochon died in Richmond on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, after a battle with cancer.

Ms. Rochon, 50, had been with WTVR since July 1999 and anchored newscasts at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.

She was married and had two sons.

Born in Tacoma, Wash., she graduated from Louisiana State University in 1987 with a degree in broadcast journalism.

She was a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and the Richmond Chapter of The Links.

When black lawyers from across Virginia gathered in Richmond last week to mark the 75th anniversary of the Old Dominion Bar Association, far more than nostalgia was on their minds.

The three-day commemoration of the legal triumphs over discrimination won by the founding generation of one of the nation’s oldest statewide black bar associations was mixed with soul searching about the ODBA’s future relevance at a time when segregation is no more than a fading memory for many black attorneys.

Even as OBDA members gathered at the State Capitol to wash down canapés with white wine near statues of Confederates like Robert E. Lee, there was a sense that the passion for racial justice that animated the group’s formation had, in the words of former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, “been hijacked,” and that OBDA sadly is no longer what it once was.

Paradoxically, it was the very success of ODBA’s pioneering members in fighting racism that laid the groundwork for its current plight. That process started in 1940 when a black attorney, Frederic Charles Carter of Richmond, protested an attempt by white officials to confine him to a small segregated alcove in the law library at the state’s highest court.

Eighteen months later in April 1942, 25 Ms. Holland black lawyers from across the state held the ODBA’s first official meeting and elected legendary civil rights attorney Oliver W. Hill of Richmond as president. Over the years, its members filed case after case to dismantle segregation in Virginia and throughout the United States.

The result, generations later, is an unprecedented flowering of opportunity for African-Americans, including black attorneys, that has led some of them to question whether predominately African-American professional groups such as the OBDA are still necessary.

As the association’s current president Helivi L. Holland told the Free Press, “In the 1940s, the OBDA was the only bar association that black lawyers could join because of segregation.

It was the only place that black lawyers could get together for support and networking and camaraderie.”

Today, says Ms. Holland, who serves as Suffolk’s city attorney, black lawyers have many more choices.

“We have members who are doing very well in areas of the law that our founders may have never dreamed of,” she said.

“If there’s an area of law we didn’t get into, it was by choice, not because of a blatant policy that kept us out.”

That means, says Ms. Holland, that some black lawyers no longer enlist in black organizations like the OBDA, opting instead to join local bar associations and specialized legal groups in which white lawyers predominate. Ms. Holland estimates that while the ODBA has grown by roughly 25 percent during the past year to about 140 dues-paying members, that probably Please turn to A6

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Guardian Angels hosts ‘Honk for Missing Children’ Jo White hopes to hear plenty of honking horns Sunday, June 7.

That will be the sound of support for efforts to locate missing children, according to Ms. White, president of the Richmond Chapter of the Guardian Angels, an anti-crime group.

“We’ll be hosting our ‘Honk for Missing Children’ from 3 to 5 pm. at Chamberlayne Avenue and Brookland Park Boulevard,” said Ms. White. She and members of the volunteer public safety group will be holding up signs to encourage drivers to blow their horns as they pass through the busy intersection.

Her chapter will be taking part in the Guardian Angels’ 2nd Annual International Honk for Missing Children to call attention to the problem.

The FBI reported nearly 500,000 children missing in the United States in 2014, or roughly 1,300 children each day, which is typical most years. Many are runaways or are taken by relatives involved in custody disputes. But at least 60,000 children a year are taken by strangers.

“In the Richmond area, there are 17 children that have been missing for at least a year,” Ms. White said. “This event is one way to call attention to these children whom the public often forgets after a short time. We also encourage people to pray that these children are found soon.”

Details: Ms. White at richmondva@guardianangels.org or (804) 937-6836. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

State vital records now online Millions of individual records of births, deaths, marriages and divorces in Virginia in the past 100 years are now available online, Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced this week.

It took two years, but more than 16 million vital records held by the Virginia Department of Health have been digitized and indexed, the governor stated Tuesday.

He made the announcement in celebrating a partnership between the state and Ancestry.com, a private company that specializes in genealogy information. The partnership made the online records available to the public.

The records available include births and deaths since 1912, marriages reported since 1936 and divorces recorded since 1918, according to state officials.

People can gain access to the records without charge through VDH’s Division of Vital Records website or through the Library of Virginia’s website, Gov. McAuliffe stated.

Scanned images of the original documents also are being made available through Ancestry.com, which offers the information to subscribers to its genealogy service.

State officials stated that every effort was made to ensure the records were kept secure and protected from misuse during the scanning process.

New records will be put online as they become available, officials said.

The project is among the first of its kind involving vital records and could become a model for other states.

“Having all Virginia vital records digitized will help preserve the rich history of Virginia’s people and make family history research more accessible,” the governor stated.

State Health Commissioner Marissa J. Levine said that the project also would help “people to explore their ancestry and possibly identify family health conditions or hereditary risk factors.”

The General Assembly approved legislation in 2012 supporting the effort. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

Have your say in new name for Thompson Middle Thompson-Elkhardt Middle School.

Or Elkhardt-Thompson Middle School.

Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Dana T. Bedden says his administration will propose either of those two names for the “new” middle school that will open in the fall in the building that currently houses Thompson Middle School on South Side.

“It’s a safe option,” Dr. Bedden said of the two recommended names at Monday’s School Board meeting at Huguenot High School, which is next to Thompson Middle School on Forest Hill Avenue.

But those names are not the only options.

The School Board has scheduled two public meetings over the next two weeks to allow the public to suggest names for the new school.

The first is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 8, at the Southside Community Service Center, 4100 Hull St., at Southside Plaza.

The second is to be a part of the regularly scheduled School Board meeting 6 p.m. Monday, June 15, in the auditorium at Huguenot High School, 7945 Forest Hill Ave. Dr. Bedden said he’d like the board to adopt a new name no later than July 13.

That would allow the school administration to forward the new name to the Virginia Department of Education, which in turn would send it to the U.S. Department of Education, which then would allocate a new federal ID number to the new school.

The name change would allow the new school to receive conditional state accreditation in its first year. Currently, Thompson is denied accreditation by the state education department and is trying to make improvements with the help of a consultant approved by, and largely paid for, by the state. Elkhardt is accredited with warning, which is one step from being denied accreditation.

A new federal ID also would open the door for more federal funds to flow into the new school for nutrition assistance and other programs.

The new school in the Thompson building would accommodate current Thompson students while adding students who previously attended Elkhardt Middle School on South Side. The Elkhardt building was closed in February because of mold and other air quality issues, sending about 500 students across town to the former Clark Springs Elementary School building in the Randolph neighborhood near Virginia Commonwealth University.

The addition of those students to the Thompson building would nearly double the student population from 500 to about 1,000. — JOEY MATTHEWS

Photos along the fencing celebrate supporters of this community garden in Richmond’s Carver neighborhood.

Location: West Leigh and Kinney streets. The garden is one of five the nonprofit organization

Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

Tricycle Gardens has created in the city to promote urban farming, community togetherness, exercise and healthy eating.

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City DPW head quits over Harvard dispute

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Since he arrived in 2011, James A. Jackson has pushed for change in the Richmond Department of Public Works.

Instead of top-down leadership, he has spearheaded a team approach, worked to replaced outdated equipment and sought to address the backlog of citizen complaints about services.

Evidence of his leadership can be seen in the city’s stepped up efforts to patch streets, prune trees, collect refuse, mow grass and improve alleys and the increased satisfaction levels residents express about city services.

On his watch, the city has developed an assessment of streets to provide a priority list for repaving and inventoried the trees on city property to improve management. There is now an accurate inventory of the city’s fleet, and a clear plan for maintaining and replacing equipment.

In the coming months, new initiatives he has pursued will enable the city to use energy savings to fund millions of dollars in needed renovations to fire stations and other city buildings and expand recycling to cut the amount of trash the city sends to landfills.

As a result, Mr. Jackson, an enthusiastic

man with a quick smile, seemed encouragement that he reapply entrenched in his position. “when my organization supported So his abrupt resignation last my attendance.” week from his $137,000-a-year The saga began in early April job came as a surprise. when he notified Mr. Beschler, His boss, Christopher Beschler, then serving as interim CAO, that deputy chief administrative officer he was among 70 state and local for operations, accepted Mr. Jackofficials Harvard had accepted son’s resignation effective May 27, for the course from about 2,500 one day after he submitted it. applicants.

Mr. Beschler and Selena CuffeeMr. Jackson said Mr. Beschler Mr. Jackson Glenn, Richmond’s chief adminiskept dragging his feet about altrative officer, declined to comment, citing the lowing him to attend. Mr. Jackson said all he city policy of not commenting on personnel got from Mr. Beschler were repeated promises matters. that the city would pick up the $12,400 tab However, according to documents Mr. Jack- for the course and give Mr. Jackson a leave son provided to the Free Press, he quit after of absence so he would not need to use vaMr. Beschler and Ms. Cuffee-Glenn would not cation time. allow him to attend a prestigious, three-week In a May 12 email to Mr. Jackson, Mr. summer management course for state and local Beschler again promised to get an invoice government officials at Harvard University. signed to cover the tuition for the July session “I was ready to pay for it myself,” Mr. at Harvard. But Mr. Jackson said that promise Jackson said, adding that he could not get ap- was never kept before Ms. Cuffee-Glenn took proval to use his vacation time to attend the over as CAO on May 18. course he believed would assist him in being The final straw, Mr. Jackson said, came a a better manager. few days later when he received a call May He said as a result of the delays and his res- 22 from Ms. Cuffee-Glenn while he was in ignation, Harvard rescinded its invitation with Kansas City attending the memorial service for

his father-in-law.

He said Ms. Cuffee-Glenn offered condolences but said she could not approve his request to attend the Harvard course because she would need time to review his department’s operations.

Mr. Jackson said she promised to get back to him after he asked if he could use his vacation time to attend.

However, when he hadn’t heard anything from her by May 26, he came to the conclusion that she wouldn’t conduct her review in a timeframe that would allow him to attend the course.

“With no further recourse, I submitted my letter of resignation” from the department, he said.

Harvard rescinded its invitation to him after he resigned from his job.

“This is not a busy time of the year for my department. I thought the administration would be happy” that he was trying to improve himself.

Instead, he said he could not get any support.

Mr. Jackson said he and his wife, Saundra, have been happy in Richmond, and he had hopes he would be able to continue as director after the next mayor is elected in 2016.

In the end, “I could not trust the administration,” Mr. Jackson said.

Police chief’s first 100 days Continued from A1

after an argument broke out among a group of people at Hotchkiss Field on North Side.

Police are investigating the two shooting deaths last weekend as homicides. They are the 10th and 11th so far in 2015. The stabbing death is classified by Richmond Police as a death investigation or as Gene Lepley, a police spokesperson, explained, “a sudden, unexplained death that has no strong evidence that a homicide has occurred.”

Chief Durham discussed those incidents and others, crime trends and crime-fighting strategies at a press conference Monday in front of the John Marshall Courts Building in Downtown.

“I’m really saddened about the violence that occurred over the weekend,” he told reporters.

Despite the uptick in violence over the weekend, the chief reported Richmond has reported “11 homicides, compared to 19 at this time frame last year.” Five of the homicides have been solved.

“The city also is experiencing a 16 percent decrease in our violent crimes and a 10 percent decrease in property crime,” he added.

Chief Durham assessed his first 100 days, saying, “I think I’m doing pretty good for myself.”

In an effort to strengthen community ties,

the chief has attended more than 30 community meetings, forums and events and held community forums known as “Peeps and Police.”

The chief said he’ll consider reorganizing parts of the department and continue developing a two-year strategic plan.

He attributed the overall declines in violent crime to effective community policing by his officers and improved cooperation from the community in identifying criminal activities and gun-toting criminals.

“I have been so impressed with the relationships with the community and our officers,” he said.

He added, “We’re headed in the right direction.

There are still folks with weapons who think that’s the way to solve issues. We cannot continue to have these folks come into the community and wreak havoc and take other’s lives.”

To that end, Chief Durham said Richmond Police would kick off its annual summer crimefighting strategy known as the “Fugitives and Firearms Initiative” Wednesday, June 3, to “track down folks with illegal firearms.”

In summers past, dozens of illegal guns have been taken off the streets annually through the initiative.

“I want this to be a safe and happy summer for all in this city,” Chief Durham said.

He also announced that the Richmond Com-

Senate District 10

Ms. Francis

Mr. Gecker

Senate District 16

Mr. McMurtrie

Sen. Dance

Mr. Bagby

House District 69

Del. Preston

Del. Carr

Mr. Brown

House District 63

House District 74

Mr. Adkins

monwealth’s Attorney’s Office has notified him it will not criminally charge Officer Stacy Rogers for shooting a man during a foot pursuit in April outside a hotel on Midlothian Turnpike.

The incident began when Officer Rogers approached Roderick D. Hardy of Dinwiddie County in front of a room at the hotel. Wearing a police uniform, he identified himself as an officer and asked to speak with Mr. Hardy, who then began running, according to police.

The Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office has confirmed Officer Rogers’ account that Mr. Hardy pulled a gun during the pursuit and pointed it at the officer after the fleeing man fell to the ground. Officer Andre Guevara also was involved in the chase.

Officer Rogers fired a single shot that struck Mr. Hardy in the chest. He was taken to the hospital, treated and now is being held in the Richmond Justice Center awaiting trial on charges of assault on a law enforcement officer, possession of a firearm by a felon and brandishing a firearm. His gun was recovered immediately following the incident.

Chief Durham praised the Richmond community for letting the investigation take its course and said Officer Rogers is back on the job. He was placed on administrative leave with pay pending the results of the investigation.

Mr. Young

Ms. Aird

Mr. Brown

Mr. Jones

Mr. Muse

Ms. Rawlinson

Primary elections Tuesday, June 9 Continued from A1 Senate District 10: Three candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination to take on Republican and city School Board member Glenn H. Sturtevant Jr. and Libertarian Carl Richard Loser in the November general election. The district includes western and southwestern parts of Richmond, part of central and eastern Chesterfield County and all of Powhatan County.

Fighting to win the Democratic nomination are Emily C. Francis, Daniel A. Gecker and Alex B. McMurtrie Jr. Mr. Gecker, a lawyer and member of the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors, is considered the front-runner in the race, having corralled endorsements from Gov. Terry McAuliffe and most of the Democratic elected officials. He touts his record on education, transportation and regional cooperation.

Mr. McMurtrie, an attorney who previously served in the House of Delegates, has self-financed his campaign and made his top issue his claim that the state has gone down the wrong road in shifting money for public education to road building, though he has struggled to prove his claim.

Ms. Francis, a veteran lobbyist for conservation groups, has promoted herself as a fresh face who has experience in public policy as a lobbyist for conservation groups.

Senate District 16: This race features a headto-head contest between incumbent Sen. Rosalyn R. Dance, a former delegate who won the Senate seat in a special election last year, and freshman Delegate Joseph E. Preston, who won a special election to replace Sen. Dance in the House in January, and is now trying to unseat her.

Delegate Preston is considered the underdog in a race where Sen. Dance has raised more money

and corralled more endorsements. His main theme is that Sen. Dance has been ineffective and voted too often with Republicans and that he would be a stronger supporter of Democratic positions. Delegate Preston has the support of Henry L. Marsh III, a civil rights attorney who held the Senate seat for nearly 24 years before stepping down last summer.

Gov. McAuliffe and a majority of elected Democrats have lined up behind Sen. Dance, including the chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus, Henrico Sen. A. Donald McEachin. Sen. Dance also has won three recent elections against Democratic and independent opponents who attacked her for being too cozy with the GOP. The winner is likely to face former Delegate Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey, who has announced he will run as an independent in November’s general election after failing to make the primary ballot.

The district stretches from Church Hill in Richmond to Petersburg and includes parts of Hopewell and of the counties of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and Prince George.

House District 69: Incumbent Delegate Betsy B. Carr is facing Richmond businessman Preston T. Brown, who is making another long-shot attempt to gain public office. Delegate Carr is the favorite to win re-election.

The primary appears to be tantamount to election.

So far, no Republican or independent has filed to run in November, so the winner of the Democratic contest is likely to have no opposition in the general election. The district includes most of South Richmond and a small part of Chesterfield County.

House District 74: Three Democrats are vying for the party’s nod in a district that includes a sliver of north Richmond, part of Central and Eastern Henrico County and all of Charles City County.

The candidates are Stephen R. Adkins, Lamont Bagby and Leonidas B. Young II.

The contest is primarily between Mr. Bagby and Mr. Young.

Mr. Bagby, a veteran Henrico County School Board member, has gained virtually all of the endorsements of elected Democrats at the state and local level. He also is receiving the support of the Henrico Education Association and other organizations.

Mr. Young, a minister and former Richmond mayor, is seeking to become the first felon whose rights have been restored to become a member of the General Assembly. He has the backing of Mr. Morrissey, who gave up the House seat when he moved out of the district in the spring to run for the Senate District 16 seat.

Mr. Adkins, chief of the Chickahominy Indian tribe, appears to be doing little campaigning after putting his name on the ballot.

The winner would face David Lambert, son of the late former Sen. Benjamin J. Lambert III, who is running as an independent.

House District 63: The Petersburg area contest essentially involves replacing outgoing Delegate Preston. The contest features the following candidates: Lashrecse D. Aird, Larry D. Brown Sr., W.H. “Mouse” Jones Jr., Atiba H. Muse and Gerry J. Rawlinson. The winner of the primary appears likely to be unchallenged in November.

Ms. Aird, a protégé of Sen. Dance, and Ms. Rawlinson, a businesswoman, are considered to be the front-runners in a race where all of the candidates are promoting themselves as the most capable to hold the seat. Mr. Muse, a member of the Petersburg School Board, has had little money to get his message out. Mr. Brown, a Dinwiddie minister, and Mr. Jones, a businessman, previously fell short in the race for the seat that Delegate Preston won.

Pvt. Johnson

Sgt. Shemin

WWI soldiers receive long overdue honors Reuters

WASHINGTON President Obama on Tuesday awarded posthumous Medals of Honor to two soldiers from World War I, one an AfricanAmerican and the other a Jew, who arguably were denied the honor earlier because of discrimination.

The medals, the United States’ highest military honor for valor, went to Pvt. Henry Johnson, of Albany, N.Y., and Sgt. William Shemin of Bayonne, N.J., 97 years after they saved comrades on French battlefields.

“They both risked their own lives to save the lives of others,” President Obama said in the White House ceremony. “It’s never too late to say ‘Thank you.’”

Mr. Johnson, a member of the allblack 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the “Harlem Hellfighters,” and Pvt. Needham Roberts fought off an attack by a raiding party of at least a dozen Germans while on night sentry duty on May 15, 1918.

Wounded and under heavy fire, Mr. Johnson forced the Germans to retreat and kept Mr. Roberts, who was badly wounded, from being taken prisoner, the president said.

The Army’s website for Mr. Johnson said he advanced armed only with a knife.

Command Sgt. Maj. Louis Wilson of the New York National Guard accepted the medal on Mr. Johnson’s behalf.

Mr. Shemin, a Jewish soldier who served with the 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, repeatedly exposed himself to heavy fire to rescue wounded soldiers from Aug. 7 to Aug. 9, 1918.

When officers and other non-commissioned officers became casualties, Mr. Shemin took command of his platoon until he was wounded on Aug. 9.

Two of Mr. Shemin’s daughters, Elsie Shemin-Roth of Webster Grove, Mo., and Ina Bass of Somers, N.Y., accepted the Medal of Honor on behalf of their father.

There have been concerns that discrimination prevented Mr. Johnson and Mr. Shemin from being awarded the Medal of Honor. Army policy kept black troops from fighting alongside white units, and the Harlem Hellfighters served beside French colonial troops.

France awarded Mr. Johnson and Mr. Shemin the Croix de Guerre with palm for their heroic actions in combat.

President Obama said Mr. Johnson had been denied a Purple Heart medal despite being wounded 21 times and being so disabled he could not return to his pre-war job as a railway porter. He died in 1929.

Mr. Shemin received the Distinguished Service Cross, one step below the Medal of Honor, despite having been nominated for the highest honor. Mr. Shemin died in 1973.

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1.5% raise slated for schools employees

By Joey Matthews

Richmond Public Schools teachers, guidance counselors, school social workers, psychologists and others working on a teacher pay scale will get a 1.57 percent increase beginning July 1.

That comes after the Richmond School Board voted 9-0 to approve the additional pay at Monday’s meeting at Huguenot High School on South Side.

The pay hike would be used to compensate those employees for working three additional professional development days in the 2015-16 school year.

All other RPS employees will get a 1.5 percent increase.

The vote came six days after the board approved a $271.5 million budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

Richmond Education Association President Charlotte B. Hayer told board members she was not happy with the slight increases in pay.

Board Vice Chair Kristen N. Larson, 4th District, said board members wanted higher pay increases, but their hands were tied by scarce financial resources.

“We had asked for $24 million (in additional funds for fiscal year 2015-16), but we only got $9 million,” she said. “I think we did the best we could working with what we had.”

She said she and other board members hope to further address RPS pay inequities in coming years.

Superintendent Dana T. Bedden originally sought an additional $24 million that he said would best address school needs for the year. But after several rounds of give and take between the board, City Council and Mayor Dwight C. Jones, the board settled for a compromise spending plan that includes an additional $9 million in funding over the current year’s budget.

“We preserved the academic improvement plan” introduced

by Dr. Bedden in January, Ms. Larson said. “About one third of the (additional funds) will go to implement that. That’s pretty

significant.”

The budget also includes money for a new curriculum at Binford Middle School that combines arts and college prep programs.

Funding also is included to hire more staff to train teachers and to oversee academic progress, as well as reduce class sizes for kindergarten through third grade, improve bilingual programs and upgrade compliance with exceptional education standards.

The spending plan also includes money to address higher insurance premiums and the district taking over truancy enforcement from the city.

Baker Elementary conversion plan on track The Richmond School Board has cleared the way for the old Baker Elementary School in Gilpin Court to be converted into 55 new apartments for the elderly and disabled.

The School Board voted 9-0 Monday night to deed the vacant building to the

city, which is then expected to transfer the property at 100 W. Baker St. to the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

As reported by the Free Press in the May 21-23 edition, RRHA is planning to transform the building into 55 apartment

units as part of its arrangement to replace 200 units in the nearby 11-story Frederic A. Fay Towers. RRHA plans to have the renovation of the school undertaken by the Community Preservation and Development Corp. of Washington, its development partner in replacing the high-rise.

VSU hit in state auditor’s draft report

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Virginia State University is facing unexpected financial challenges as a result of sloppy management during the tenure of former President Keith T. Miller, according to a draft of a state audit of the school’s spending during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2014.

VSU might have to shell out $1.6 million a year to the company that provides cafeteria meals, Thompson Hospitality, because far fewer students are paying for meal plans than the university agreed to pay Thompson to provide.

According to the draft from the state Auditor of Public Accounts, Dr. Miller, who resigned last fall, and his staff optimistically projected big growth in the number of students paying for meal plans at a time when enrollment was starting to fall sharply.

In 2014, the school signed up an average of 2,200 students per semester for meal plans. However, a multiyear contract Dr. Miller signed with Thompson includes VSU’s agreement to pay for 2,800 meal plans per semester whether or not that many plans were sold to students.

The auditors noted that VSU did earlier this year to become execunot conduct any analysis to detertive vice president, chief of staff mine if it could meet the 2,800 goal and treasurer at Governors State for which it is on the hook.

University outside Chicago.

The draft report also suggests The report points to 56 solethat VSU might have to sharply source contracts that Dr. Miller’s raise student fees to prevent red administration awarded. Almost all ink from engulfing the $84 milof the contracts were out of comlion convocation center that Dr. pliance with the state’s purchasing Miller began building and which rules, the report states. Among other is expected to open next fall. The problems, VSU never checked the auditor noted that the university fairness of the prices its contracwould need to beef up financial tors charged and might have paid support of the center if 2012 projecmore for goods and services than Dr. Miller tions prove correct and the center it should have. fails to generate enough revenue to cover its In addition, VSU awarded three emergency operating costs. contracts that did not meet standards.

The draft report also found VSU is acMeanwhile, Dr. Miller agreed to pay $40,000 cumulating too little money to cover campus a month to an information technology firm, Elmaintenance needs. As of 2014, VSU built up lucian, to manage its computer operations. VSU $5 million in deferred projects. has not required the company to comply with Among a host of other findings, the draft the state’s computer security standards. report states that Dr. Miller and his staff VSU also “violated all procurement stanflouted procurement rules in awarding con- dards,” according to the report, in awarding tracts. The staff included David J. Meadows, a $135,000 contract to Solutions4Change, a VSU’s former chief financial officer, who left business consulting firm. The company has

not been required to document the specific services and results it has provided, the draft report states.

That’s also the case for enrollment management firm Royall & Company that VSU agreed to pay $725,775 to aid in recruiting students, the report states. The contract “does not have clear deliverables,” the report states, meaning the company did not offer a clear explanation of the services it would provide.

Even worse, auditors found that the provost, Dr. W. Weldon Hill, was unaware he was supposed to manage the contract and monitor the company’s work.

Interim VSU President Pamela V. Hammond has not yet issued her response to the report. She is to meet with the state auditors Friday to offer her views before the draft becomes final.

“The report that has been made public is a draft that contains a number of unsubstantiated findings,” VSU spokesman Tom Reed stated in an email response to the Free Press.

He expressed disappointment that the report was provided to the Free Press and other media because the “finished report may present a different set of conclusions.”

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ABA president-elect challenges ODBA for the future

By Joey Matthews

The president-elect of the American Bar Association praised the trailblazing accomplishments of the historic Old Dominion Bar Association at its 75th anniversary commemorative gala banquet Saturday night at a Henrico County conference center.

“Those individuals who founded the Old Dominion Bar Association are the giants that have led us to where we are today,” Paulette Brown told the audience of 150 people that included state and federal lawmakers, judges and attorneys.

“We stand on their shoulders. They opened doors for us and let us know that we are capable of doing great things,” she added.

Ms. Brown is a partner at Locke Lord LLP in the labor and employment practice group in Morristown, N.J. She is to begin her yearlong term as the first female AfricanAmerican president of the 136-year-old largely white bar association Aug. 4.

She told audience members there’s still much work left to be done to help fulfill the ODBA’s mission of justice for all.

Ms. Brown “Today, too many people feel that they are outside the umbrella of justice,” she said. “African-American lawyers like those in the Old Dominion Bar Association have historically led the way in ensuring equal justice. And your organization, I know, stands ready to continue to do that.”

She emphasized the imperative to ensure voting rights in communities of color, reverse the school to prison pipeline, bring about a more fair criminal justice system and to prepare the next generation of African-American attorneys and judges to represent the poor and voiceless as “America is expected to get browner and more culturally diverse.”

“We have to be ready for the change, ready to go beyond assumptions of what’s acceptable,” Ms. Brown said.

“From my hometown of Baltimore, to Ferguson to Staten Island to North Charleston, S.C., and most recently to Los Angeles, we’ve seen how the lives of people of color are still not given the respect they deserve as citizens of our democracy.”

Ms. Brown saluted early ODBA members Frederic Charles Carter, Oliver W. Hill and Spottswood W. Robinson III, as well as Charles Hamilton Houston, dean of the Howard University Law School and chief legal counsel for the NAACP, who trained a generation of black civil rights attorneys in strategies to challenge Jim Crow laws through legal means.

“We need to have an acute understanding of our history in order to propel ourselves and others,” Ms. Brown said. “We need to have a continued vigilance and pursuit of civil and human rights. These issues are more important than ever.”

Saturday’s gala banquet and dance added an exclamation mark to a series of events designed to highlight the important work the ODBA continues to do to advocate for justice.

The audience included ODBA trailblazers, including former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, the nation’s first African-American elected governor; U.S. Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, the first AfricanAmerican to represent Virginia in Congress since Reconstruction; retired Justice John Charles Thomas, the first African-American appointed to the Virginia Supreme Court; Judge Roger L. Gregory, the first African-American to serve on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; and Robert J. Grey Jr., the second African-American to serve as president of the American Bar Association and the

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represents only about half the black lawyers in the state.

That trend is troubling to some black lawyers. Among them is Aubrey W. “Champ” Fountain III of Richmond firm Harrell & Chambliss, which, with 10 attorneys, is the largest black law firm in the state.

Born in 1968, Mr. Fountain has been practicing law since 1997. Before attending law school, Mr. Fountain worked as a paralegal in the legendary Richmond law firm Hill Tucker & Marsh, started by civil rights lawyers Mr. Hill and Samuel W. Tucker who later were joined by former state Sen. Henry L. Marsh III. Mr. Fountain’s exposure to titans of civil rights litigation shaped his view of what it means to be a legal freedom fighter.

“Being around those lawyers almost compelled me to become an advocate for the voiceless and the hopeless and those who could not defend themselves,” Mr. Fountain told the Free Press.

But, he says, his generation of black lawyers has not always provided similar mentorship to young black attorneys.

“Lawyers around my age need to be a bridge to the next generation, to connect them to the traditions that shaped us. Some of the younger lawyers seem totally oblivious to them.”

There are, of course, exceptions to that dreary trend, such as Stacey E. Lee, a 30-year-old associate at Harrell & Chambliss. Now president of the Hill-Tucker Bar Association, Richmond’s local black bar group, she helped spearhead support for Richmond General District Court Judge Birdie H. Jamison, who was ousted by the Republican-dominated state legislature in a controversial proceeding earlier this year.

Judge Jamison must leave the bench Nov. 30 after 24 years.

Many young black lawyers, Ms. Lee said, “think we’ve arrived. They don’t seem to re-

alize that the fight is not yet over.”

T h e ODBA is taking steps to make sure that its memMr. Fountain bers are prepared to win the next round in that battle. Among other things, it has improved its online presence by hiring a professional webmaster and expanded its outreach to young attorneys and law students.

But it remains to be seen if such measures will be enough to reverse the powerful trends that stand in the way of the next generation of legal freedom fighters.

For the ODBA and its members, there is only one real choice — evolve or die.

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Enjoying the Old Dominion Bar Association’s 75th anniversary gala banquet Saturday night are, from left, Richmond attorney Robert J. Grey Jr., former president of the American Bar Association; ABA President-elect Paulette Brown, banquet speaker; ODBA conference chairwoman Beverly Burton; ODBA President Helivi L. Holland; and Vinceretta Chiles, ODBA immediate past president.

first to chair the ABA’s House of Delegates.

“The history of America is tied to the history of the AfricanAmerican lawyers,” Gov. Wilder, an ODBA member for 55 years, told the Free Press prior to the banquet. “That’s why the bar is not here to celebrate these 75 years, but to commemorate what these 75 years have meant. And our job is to re-instill in others the need to keep that flame lighted for the kindling of human progress.”

William T. Mason Jr. of Norfolk, another early ODBA member, said there’s plenty more work for the group to do.

“All the problems with our judicial system haven’t gone away,” he said, citing the disproportionate number of African-American men behind bars. “There are still many things wrong.”

Also in the audience were the two grandsons of ODBA founder Frederic Charles Carter — Frederic Charles Carter III and Scott Holt Carter.

The ODBA recognized Mr. Mason with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Attorney Bruce E. Robinson of South Hill received the Harold Marsh Community Service Award. And Judge Alfreda Talton-Harris, chief judge of the Southampton County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, received the ODBA’s 2015 President’s Award.

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The Old Dominion Bar Association’s annual conference opened last Thursday with a special session of the Supreme Court of Virginia, where the African-American justices who have served on the state’s highest court were recognized.

The honorees, left to right, retired Justice John Charles Thomas, Linda G. Hassell, widow of the late Chief Justice Leroy R. Hassell Sr., Justice Cleo E. Powell, and Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn. Above, Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons, left, who presided at the court’s special session, talks with Attorney General Mark R. Herring, who spoke at the court session commemorating the ODBA’s 75th anniversary.

Left, former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, center, talks with the grandsons of an ODBA founder, Frederic Charles Carter Sr., at Saturday night’s banquet. They are Scott H. Carter, left, and Frederic Charles Carter III.

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judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, and University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias.

Justice Powell said the review appears to be warranted.

However, she offered no promises of change and declined to discuss what issues the committee might deal with.

However, the establishment of the committee could ease some of the tensions and concerns among sitting judges about the impact of the evaluation process that could determine their future.

“I’ve heard from many of my colleagues who are on pins and needles,” Portsmouth Circuit Court Judge Kenneth R. Melvin said in speaking at the ODBA panel discussion.

Still nothing the committee recommends will impact Judge Jamison or the other jurists whom the legislature essentially voted to remove.

Judge Jamison, who has served 24 years, must leave the bench Nov. 30 after failing to win re-election by the legislature to a new six-year term.

Jacqueline S. McClenney, a veteran attorney and chairwoman of the Richmond booster group Venture Richmond, was the assembly’s choice to replace Judge Jamison. She will take over the judgeship Dec. 1.

The four other judges the legislature removed include: Karen J. Burrell, who was chief judge of the Norfolk Circuit Court,

an African-American; Pamela E. Hutchens, a Virginia Beach General District Court judge; and two white male judges, David L. Williams, chief judge of the Chesapeake General District Court, and Alfred O. Masters Jr., a Newport News General District Court judge, who was near the mandatory retirement age of 70.

The Supreme Court put the evaluation tool in place last year. The evaluation of each judge is based on the results from a survey of lawyers who regularly appear in the judge’s court. The lawyers answer an anonymous questionnaire that seeks to look at such qualities as fairness, temperament and courtroom management.

Virginia Commonwealth University’s Survey Research Lab conducts the survey for each judge and compiles the results on behalf of the court.

During the recent legislative session, a General Assembly panel led by Henrico Delegate Manoli Loupassi relied heavily on the survey results in deciding on reappointments to the bench.

Of the 32 judges up for reappointment, only about 18 were evaluated under the new process.

During the ODBA panel, Judge Powell began taking notes after members of the audience told her that surveys were sent to lawyers who might not have appeared before a jurist they were asked to rate.

More safeguards are needed

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Richmond General District Court Judge Birdie H. Jamison, Chief Deputy Attorney General Cynthia Hudson and 4th U.S. Circuit Court Judge Roger L. Gregory attend an ODBA reception at the state Capitol rotunda Thursday.

to ensure only lawyers who practice before the judges are participating in the ratings, several people said.

Judge Jamison, who was in the audience, also questioned whether the results of the questionnaires deserved to be taken at face value.

She said that the low ratings she received on the survey did not square with her record.

Judge Jamison said she had

never been the target of an official complaint during her two decades on the bench, but still received low marks for fairness in her courtroom.

Judge Jamison expressed concern that the survey could become a tool to intimidate judges.

She said attorneys could use the survey to retaliate against judges whose rulings they do not like.

That would be a threat to judicial independence, she said.

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Lighting the way Today, we light a candle for Raymond H. Boone, the late founder, editor and publisher of the Richmond Free Press.

On the first anniversary of his death on June 3, 2014, we remember the light he brought to the Richmond region through his vision and leadership.

His passion for justice, equality and fairness ignited a flame of hope and change in this city.

His desire to empower and uplift the community was put into practice in the columns and editorials of this newspaper through its battles against racism, through holding politicians and elected officials accountable to the people, through educating readers on critical issues and through generating ideas leading to action to benefit Raymond H. the community as Boone a whole.

He believed in the power of ideas, and he had the energy to bring them to fruition.

Mr. Boone also believed in the dignity of the individual, the transformative power of education, the unwavering strength of the First Amendment and the principles of truth, integrity and excellence.

We miss him, and we have heard from scores of readers and people throughout the community that you miss him, too.

We appreciate the foundation he began 23 years ago here at the Free Press. And we want our readers to know that our staff is dedicated to the principles he lived and worked for so tirelessly.

As we mark the anniversary of his death, we at the Free Press pledge to pursue his vision and mission and strive to spread the radiance of the flame he ignited.

Right, Mr. Boone stands in the Free Press board room. Below, he speaks to the Occupy Movement.

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Changing the face of currency Let’s do this. Put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.

It’s time for the face of this nation’s currency to catch up with the great changes this country has undergone since the end of the Jim Crow era.

Putting the no-nonsense image of Ms. Tubman, a black woman who served her people as a conductor of the Underground Railroad — and served her country as a Union Army spy during the Civil War — would be a powerful reflection of that change.

With the exception of Abraham Lincoln, the white men on the face of every denomination of our nation’s paper currency, from the $1 to $100 bills, had a hand in slavery. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses Grant and Benjamin Franklin all owned slaves. Alexander Hamilton bought and sold them.

Gen. Grant helped win the Civil War and Jefferson signed a law that banned slave importation, but those acts hardly diminish

the fact that they treated blacks as chattel.

Some people might excuse the behavior of these men as being acceptable behavior of the times in which they lived. But Tubman’s moral compass took her in another direction during a period

DeWayne Wickham when the enslavement of black people was widely condoned in every circle of American life and codified into law.

Owning and trafficking slaves didn’t require any great courage of the men whose faces are on the most widely used U.S. currency bills. But sneaking onto the plantations of slavers in the dead of the night to spirit away some of the people they held in bondage did. Ms. Tubman repeatedly risked her life to deliver other black people from slavery after she escaped from a Maryland plantation in 1849.

Abolitionist John Brown called Ms. Tubman “one of the bravest persons on this continent.” Fredrick Douglass called her “Moses.” The supporters of slavery put a price on her head that was to be paid in

American dollars. How ironic it would be to have her face move from a wanted poster to the currency that made her a target of bounty hunters.

For her service to this nation, Ms. Tubman got little respect.

She got a small widow’s pension for the service of her second husband, Nelson Davis, as a soldier during the Civil War. When she died in 1913, she had a few dollars to her name.

If Treasury Secretary Jack Lew gives in to public pressure and puts Ms. Tubman’s image on the $20 bill, millions of those bills will carry her likeness and her name.

This would be more than meaningless symbolism.

Black Enterprise magazine recently reported that the buying power of black people will be $1.1 trillion this year. That’s the kind of economic empowerment Ms. Tubman could not have contemplated, but which her efforts to end the enslavement of black people helped to produce.

To be sure, Ms. Tubman worked to gut slavery, which was then a large pillar of America’s economy. She certainly inflicted some wounds. But her service as a nurse, cook and a

‘Equity and Excellence’ needed

Time to fish There is an old saying that if you give someone a fish, he or she can eat for a day. But if you teach people to fish, they can feed themselves for a lifetime.

Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led thousands of marchers to Montgomery, Ala., to demand that African-Americans be given equal access to the ballot.

People were beaten and some killed before passage of the federal Voting Rights Act protecting the right of all people to participate in the basic democratic process.

Medgar Evers, Viola Liuzzo, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner and Dr. King gave their lives not to just give us one fish — the vote. They also were trying to teach us to fish.

On Tuesday, polls in Metro Richmond and Petersburg will open at 6 a.m. for primary elections. Candidates are running for their party’s nomination for various offices, including for the state Senate and the House of Delegates.

We urge our readers to go to the polls and support the candidate of their choice.

Voters often lament that they are faced with choosing the lesser of two evils when it comes to candidates. Primary elections curb that problem by giving us the opportunity to turn out for the person we want to see run and win the office during the future general election.

We can make our vote as effective as possible by voting for the individual and/or persons who will best represent us and our interests.

The polls close at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

All across the country, people are gathering to observe an annual academic rite of passage — graduation. In a scene that will be played out countless times during this season of celebration, family and friends will dutifully take their seats in auditoriums and at sports fields around the nation and proudly look on as their loved ones walk across stages to receive their diplomas or degrees and, finally, turn the tassel on their graduation caps.

This tradition holds much more significance than its primary function as the formal recognition of a student’s academic achievement. It also is firmly rooted in our American belief that education, particularly higher education, is the key to greater opportunity and the chance to live the American dream.

The era when a high school diploma was enough to climb the ladder into America’s middle class is long gone. In today’s increasingly high-tech society, a college education, or degree, has become the minimum requirement for that climb up our nation’s social and economic opportunity ladders.

Access to college, therefore, cannot remain a privilege

afforded to a few when it has become a prerequisite to achieve greater success.

In recognition of this, the National Urban League is

Marc H. Morial spearheading the “Equity and Excellence Project.” The project has six areas of academic focus tightly related to our organization’s mission, including common core standards and improved access to highquality curricula and effective teachers.

The higher education initiative of the “Equity and Excellence” project is run at three National Urban League affiliates. The Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, the Urban League of Springfield and the Urban League of LexingtonFayette County, in Kentuckey.

In those communities which mirror so many black and brown communities in our country, national and local advocacy and engagement efforts are underway to ensure that more of our young people go to college.

Right now, there is much to celebrate in our country when it comes to academic achievement in African-American and Latino communities. Today, we enjoy the highest high school graduation rates in history.

More students of color are in

college and dropout rates are at historic lows. But more work lies ahead.

When a young man or woman is denied access to opportunity through education, we all lose. That potential graduate loses a well-known and well-worn path to individual success. College Board research demonstrated that people with bachelor degrees earned over $21,000 more than high school graduates. People with some college and no post-secondary degree earned 14 percent more than high school graduates who worked full time. When young people are not obtaining postsecondary degrees, our nation suffers from the loss of their talent, their increased tax revenues, their civic engagement and more.

As was often quoted by President John F. Kennedy, “a rising tide lifts all boats.” We need to rethink our funding of grants. We need to take a serious look at our student loan system. We, as a nation, need to confront all the obstacles to equity in access to quality postsecondary education. The return on our investment of the time, effort and money necessary to increase college attainment and completion would be a competitive American workforce, a stronger economy and thriving communities.

The writer is president of the National Urban League.

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Union Army scout and spy suggests that Ms. Tubman wanted to build a new America.

Her efforts, it can be argued, helped lay the groundwork for two mighty waves of change.

The first, Reconstruction that took place during the post-Civil War years that saw the election of former slaves to Congress and the passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution. The next wave — the Second Reconstruction — has seen the current number of African-Americans in Congress swell to 48 members and ushered in the election of the nation’s first black president.

Putting Ms. Tubman’s face on the $20 bill would be a fitting tribute to this progress.

The writer is dean of Morgan State University's School of Global Journalism and Communication.

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Job elimination strikes a chord Mayor Dwight C. Jones and most of Richmond City Council continue to budget in shortsighted ways.

Under the mayor’s tenure, hundreds of jobs with benefits — jobs that people can raise a family on — have been eliminated. These public sector jobs are the primary vehicle for moving people into the middle class. And many, such as trash collection and in public works, are among the few jobs available for working-class people.

If the work needs to be done and it is contracted out, it costs

more than having city employees do the work and it is a system that is vulnerable to cronyism and corruption. The most recent example of this brought to light was the $60,000 bill to celebrate the opening of a new school building.

The mayor says we must preserve our bond rating as justification for eliminating positions that provide city services.

Could it be that the bond rating serves the business sector and the resources for corporate welfare and that he just doesn’t

consider as priorities filling potholes, picking up bulk trash, fixing broken stoplights and sewer lines, issuing building permits, educating our children and maintaining our parks?

The utter lack of vision and profound dysfunction of the city starts in the mayor’s office and trickles down from there.

SUZANNE J. KELLER Richmond

Morrissey should ‘stay out of the public eye’ Why does Joe Morrissey seem to have such support in the black community?

Since I moved to Virginia three years ago, he has been involved in one scandal after another.

As I understand it, he is the father now of four children out of wedlock. He has been to jail several times, and even served in the House of Delegates while on work release from a conviction for having sex with an underage girl. He had to wear an ankle monitor as he cast votes in the House. As a lawyer, he has been disbarred

in the past for his misconduct.

And now, after months and months of denial, he finally admits that he fathered a child by a teenager and says he, a middle-aged man, plans to marry this girl, who is young enough to be his daughter.

He seems to have absolutely no impulse control, an ego that is massive, deep character flaws and, lastly, no shame. Why he has a cadre of supporters in the black community, I don’t know.

I sincerely doubt that a black politician with a similar list of unseemly actions would engender such

Investment in students pays dividends

Last fall, the alumni of Virginia Union University kicked off the “Invest in a Student” campaign and raffle, the first of its kind for the alumni of VUU. Tickets were sold to alumni and friends around the state and all over the country.

The grand prize was a 2015 Series 3 BMW and the winning ticket was drawn during VUU’s 3rd Annual Scholarship Gala and Masquerade Ball on April 24.

Mayor Dwight C. Jones, a VUU alumnus who hosted the gala, drew the winning ticket.

Robert Youngblood of Richmond was the grand prize winner.

Proceeds from the “Invest in a Student” campaign will provide scholarships for VUU this fall. To qualify, the eight to 10 students must be enrolled in one of the university’s four undergraduate academic schools, exhibit financial need and be active in the life of the university.

Scholarship awards may average $3,000 and the university’s

FinancialAid Office will manage the scholarship funds.

The VUU National Alumni Association is humbled by the outpouring of support received for a venture of this kind.

Alumni, friends and members of the community purchased tickets and gave donations.

It is true that an individual can make a difference in the

life of a young person. Your generosity serves as a good investment in the future generation. We are grateful.

loyalty in either the black or white communities.

So why does Mr. Morrissey get a free pass?

The photograph that he recently released with his teenage paramour and their baby in 19th century attire was offensive on many levels.

Everything I have read about him or heard from him tells me that he is not a man that I can trust or respect. Nor is he someone that I would want representing me in our state government. And as the father of two daughters, his

continued presence on the public stage outrages, offends and sickens me.

When I see him standing at a press conference with a host of black leaders and clergy behind him, I become embarrassed and disgusted.

He needs to just go away, take care of all of his children and stay out of the public eye.

MARC A. BOOKER Chesterfield County

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I intend to create a new paradigm of leadership. We must work to bring and create jobs and economic growth in the district and the Commonwealth overall. We should utilize existing laws that were adopted to resolve many of the economic and poverty issues we face today.

I will work to improve all aspects of government so that legislation that is passed and laws already in existence will be implemented for the benefit of the people. I will help to lift up the needy and not the greedy. I will inform the citizens of just how the legislature really works.

The citizens don't really have a clue as to how the corporations and well-paid lobbyists use money to have their way and have their say. The people don't have lobbyists. I will be the lobbyist and advocate for the people. I will inform the people of just how government is conducted and on those matters that are not in our interest.

Yes, I support the Democratic Party platform of Medicaid Expansion, Voter Inclusion not voter suppression, fairness in the awarding of state contracts, Non-Partisan Redistricting, Ending the School House to Prison House Pipeline, Job Creation, and improving the infrastructure of our localities like the Old Manchester district and the Hull Street Business Corridor. I will work to have the Commonwealth fully implement the recommendations of the Procurement and Supplier Diversity Disparity Studies of 2004 and 2011. I will be honest and forthright. I will always be true to the people's needs. The reason that we have such low voter participation is because the people realize that they have gotten the shaft. A vote for me is a vote for you! I will utilize the bully pulpit to awaken the sleeping giant. My agenda is the people's agenda not the corporate agenda. Vote for Preston Brown, June 9th in the Democratic Primary. A vote for ME is a vote for YOU

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Sports Stories by Fred Jeter

Cleveland, Golden State gear up for NBA Finals The spotlight couldn’t get any brighter or the stakes any higher. Professional basketball’s annual main event is about to tip off.

This year’s NBA Finals, with the Cleveland Cavaliers against the Golden State Warriors, features two piping hot teams and a pair of the world’s premier individual talents.

Each squad is oozing with momentum.

Cleveland posted a 12-2 playoff record en LeBron James route to the final, while Golden State dispatched three playoff foes with a 12-3 mark.

There is star appeal aplenty.

Cleveland’s do-it-all LeBron James is a four-time League MVP. Golden State’s Stephen Curry, considered one of the greatest shooters of all time, was MVP this season.

This NBA season started with 30 teams hungry for success.

The list was pared to 16 for the playoffs.

Now it’s down to two — two powerful teams and two superstars, each yearning to earn the year’s final hurrah.

How they arrived Western Conference champion Golden State was 67-15 during the regular season. In the playoff series, the Warriors defeated New Orleans 4-0, Memphis 4-2 and Houston 4-1.

Eastern Conference champion Cleveland was 53-29 during the regular season. In the playoff series, the Cavaliers defeated

VUU, VSU athletes named to CIAA All-Academic team

Athletes at Virginia Union and Virginia State universities have been named to the CIAA’s AllAcademic team.

VUU tennis player Anthony Michael and VSU basketball star Tiffanie Adair were first team picks.

Michael is a sophomore

Tiffanie Adair

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biology major from Nigeria.

Adair is a senior health and physical education major from Spartanburg, S.C. To be eligible, studentathletes must have achieved a cumulative 3.2 GPA. Earning second team All-Academic honors were VUU golfer Taylor Nelson and VSU football linebacker Brandon Robinson.

Nelson is a senior mathematics major from Newport News. Robinson is a senior criminal justice major from Mechanicsville.

(All games televised on ABC)

Game One: Thursday, June 4, Cleveland at Golden State, 9 p.m.

Game Two: Sunday, June 7, Cleveland at Golden State, 8 p.m.

Game Three: Tuesday, June 9, Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m.

Game Four: Thursday, June 11, Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m.

Game Five: Sunday, June 14, Cleveland at Golden State, 8 p.m. * Game Six: Tuesday, June 16, Golden State at Cleveland, 9 p.m. * Game Seven: Friday, June 19, Cleveland at Golden State, 9 p.m. * * If necessary in best of seven format.

Boston 4-0, Chicago 4-2 and Atlanta 4-0.

Venues Games 1, 2, 5 and 7 are scheduled for the Warriors’ Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., with a seating capacity of 19,596.

Games 3, 4 and 6 are scheduled for the Cavaliers’ Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, with a capacity of 20,567.

Playoffs statistics for the leaders Warriors scoring: Stephen Curry, 29.2 points; Klay Thompson, 19.7; Draymond Green, 14.0; and Harrison Barnes, 11.3.

Rebounding: Green, 10.8 and Andrew Bogut, 8.6. Assists: Curry, 6.4; Green, 5.3. Cavaliers scoring: LeBron James, 27.6 points; Kyrie Irving, 18.7; J.R. Smith, 13.5; and Iman Shumbert, 10.1.Rebounding: James, 10.4; Tristan Thompson, 9.9; and Timofey Mozgov, 7.2 Assists: James, 8.3; Irving, 3.7; and Matt Dellavedova 2.6.

Injury bug Golden State: Klay Thompson suffered a concussion in Game 5 against Houston and his status for the final remains unclear.

Cleveland: Missing star forward Kevin Love (shoulder surgery); Kyrie Irving has been limited with a leg injury.

Foreign flavor Golden State: Native Nigerian (by way of Vanderbilt) Festus Ezeli, at 6-foot-11, 265 pounds, has playoff averages of 3.2 points, Stephen Curry 3.0 rebounds.

Cleveland: From Russia, 7-foot-1 and 250 pounds, Mozgov averaged 9.1 points and 7.2 rebounds in the playoffs.

Past success Golden State: The Warriors’ last NBA title was in 1975. Al Attles was coach and Rick Barry was named MVP. Cleveland: The Cavaliers have never won an NBA title. The team’s only other trip to the final was in 2007, during James’ first stint with the franchise.

Virginia connections Golden State: Back-up forward James Michael McAdoo played at Norfolk Christian and collegiate ball at the University of North Carolina; Curry is the son of Dell Curry, who played at Fort Defiance High School in Augusta County and Virginia Tech.

Cleveland: Back-up guard Joe Harris is a rookie from the University of Virginia.

Baseball’s Jalen Rudolph of TJ layer of the year conference player If Richmond Public Schools was to name an All-Round Athlete of the Year, Jalen Rudolph would deserve serious consideration.

With distinction, Rudolph wore red, white and black jerseys No. 1, No. 15 and No. 10 this past school year for Thomas Jefferson High School’s Vikings.

He wore No. 1 as football quarterback/defensive back, earning AllConference 26 honors for Coach Chad Hornik.

During basketball, he was No. 15 as Coach Kendrick Warren’s defensive sparkplug.

Finally this spring, he was clearly the Vikings’ most versatile talent in baseball, wearing No. 10 for Coach Harold Henry.

Pitching, roaming centerfield, batting leadoff and scurrying around the bases, the slender, 5-foot-11 left-hander was named Conference 26 Player of the Year, while also being named All-Conference pitcher and center fielder.

Rudolph’s all-round talents helped Thomas Jefferson High to a runnerup finish May 29 behind Hopewell High School in the Conference 26 tournament and a trip to the 3A East Region playoffs for the second straight year.

Leave it to someone name Rudolph to become a shining light and lead the way for the West End school.

“Jalen had a fantastic senior season,” said Coach Henry.

Prince George player among area’s top scorers If you missed seeing Ariel Stephenson play basketball for Prince George High School, you’ll have a chance to spot her in upcoming seasons at Wake Forest University.

The 5-foot-11 guard finished her high school career as the eighth leading scorer in what was the former Virginia Group AAA, and as the No. 2 all-time scorer in the Richmond-Petersburg area.

Stephenson, the daughter of Adriene Stephenson and the late Juan P. Stephenson, finished four varsity seasons with 2,307 points. The All-State pick has signed a full scholarship offer to continue playing basketball for the Demon Deacons in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Virginia’s all-time scorer is La’Keisha Frett, who had 3,290 points at PhoebusHampton between 1989 and 1993.

Ariel Stephenson Remaining the top all-time scorer in what was the old Central Region (Richmond-Petersburg area) is Chantel Adkins.

Playing for her mother, Jean Adkins, at Henrico High School, Chantel had 2,320 points in a career ending in 1991. Chantel Adkins went on to star at Temple University in Philadelphia.

Women’s high school basketball all-time point scorers Player

La’Keisha Frett Courtni Green Jasmine Thomas Katie Smrcka-Duffy Chris Moreland JoNiqua Guilford Chantel Adkins Ariel Stephenson

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3,290 2,626 2,594 2,463 2,361 2,352 2,320 2,307

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“On the baseball diamond, he’s got it all — speed and power, a rocket for an arm.

H e ’s one of the best pitchers and outfielders in the area.”

On the mound at Petersburg Sports Complex where the tournament was played, Rudolph fired a 1-hitter with nine strikeouts as Thomas Jefferson High defeated host Petersburg High School 11-1 to assure back-toback region berths.

In his fourth varsity season, Rudolph hit .450 this spring, with one home run, three triples and 30 stolen bases.

He’s a self-taught pitcher with a fastball in the low 80s and a variety of teasing off-speed deliveries.

“I learned how to throw a curve and a change up from YouTube videos,” Rudolph said. “I practiced in my backyard at home, throwing into a crate the size of a strike zone.”

Coach Henry’s Vikings have evolved as clearly the city’s top baseball program during the past four seasons.

This season, Thomas Jefferson High was 5-0 against its Richmond rivals. The Vikings defeated John Marshall High School twice, 11-1 and 14-1. It also defeated Armstrong High School 14-1, Huguenot High School 12-0, and George Wythe High School 12-1.

“What makes me most proud is that our team got better every year,” Rudolph said.

“We only won two games my freshman year.

Then it was four, then six and seven this season. And I’m optimistic TJ will continue to improve after I’m gone.”

Rudolph has honed his diamond skills through various city baseball programs, including the Metropolitan Junior Baseball League.

He also has gained experience through the 3D Baseball program, The Richmond Outreach Center church and with the Westover Warriors

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All-Conference 26 Baseball Pitcher: Jalen Rudolph, Thomas Jefferson High School, and Jordan Evans, Petersburg High School; First Base: Nemo Nunez, Hopewell High School; Second Base: Sam Irwin, Thomas Jefferson High; Shortstop: Jeremiah Rivera, Hopewell; Third Base: Andre Mack, Armstrong High School; and Catcher: Theo Roman, Thomas Jefferson High; Outfield: Jalen Rudolph, Thomas Jefferson High; Tyrone Green, Thomas Jefferson High; Deshawn Waller, Armstrong High; Utility: David Bullock, Petersburg High; Designated Hitter: Tyrin Glover, Thomas Jefferson High.

Second Team First base: Zach Smith, Thomas Jefferson High; Second Base: Mark Godwin, Petersburg High; Third Base: Vernon Baugh, Petersburg High; Shortstop: David Bullock, Petersburg

based at Westover Playground.

“I used to just go to Westover and wait for someone to show up, someone to pitch with or who could pitch to me,” he said. “Usually it was against older boys.”

During summers, he competed with a Metro-based team entered in the Chesterfield Baseball Clubs’ league at Rockwood Park.

The swift southpaw is far from finished.

He has the grades — above a 3.0 GPA — and the baseball skills to get to the next level.

Virginia State University, Norfolk State University and Lynchburg College are among the schools with baseball teams expressing interest in the versatile Viking.

He also has drawn recruiting interest on the gridiron.

Rudolph had six touchdowns, running and passing, and had four defensive interceptions.

He was selected for the Big River Rivalry all-star game held at RandolphMacon College.

The Vikings’ man for all seasons lives with his mother, Nakia Rudolph, in South Richmond and earns spending money working the cash register at Sears.

Rudolph will leave Thomas Jefferson High School with a diploma and a proud smile on his face, knowing he was the best player on the best team in Richmond.

High; Catcher: Travis Hogan, Hopewell High.

Outfield: Hunter Johnson, Hopewell High; Lamont Jones, Petersburg High; Jacob Rockwell, Hopewell High; Utility: Jovon Brooks, Thomas Jefferson High; Designated Hitter: Barry Griffin, Huguenot High.

All-Academic Jordan Evans, Petersburg High; Sam Irwin, Thomas Jefferson High; Andre Mack, Armstrong High; Theo Roman, Thomas Jefferson High; Tyrone Green, Thomas Jefferson High; Deshawn Waller, Armstrong High; David Bullock, Petersburg High; Zach Smith, Thomas Jefferson High; Vernon Baugh, Petersburg High; Jacob Rockwell, Hopewell, and Barry Griffin, Huguenot High.

Player of the Year: Jalen Rudolph, Thomas Jefferson High Co-Coach of the Year: Harold Henry, Thomas Jefferson High, and Mike Teasley, Petersburg High.

Local track stars make website’s all-time Top 10 With spring track and field in full gear, let’s call a timeout to reflect on some blasts from the past.

Numerous area athletes have popped up on an impressive, recently released list of Virginia’s all-time, outdoor high school track and field performers.

The list was authored by Nolan Jez and was published on MileStat.com, a website with Virginia high school track and field news.

Jez’s list combines all enrollment classifications among public and private schools. In some events, Jez’s lists goes more than 100 deep. The list does not include athletes who competed in the Virginia Interscholastic Association (VIA) prior to its merger with the all-white Virginia High School League in the 1960s.

Jez’s records date to at least 1972, the year Ferguson High School’s Ronnie Ray set a national 400 mark of 45.74 at the state meet.

Ray’s mark has since been eclipsed

by Woodrow Wilson’s LaShawn Merritt (45.24) in 2004.

Here are local athletes ranked among the state’s all-time Top 10: Boys 100 meters: Ben Singleton, John F. Kennedy High School, second, 1994, 10.36 Girls 100: Shanneka Claiborne, Matoaca High School, fourth, 2007, 11.62; Dawn Sowell, JeffersonHuguenot-Wythe High School, 10th, 1984, 11.7 Girls 200: Sowell, JHW High, second, 1984, 23.50; Denise Cox, Marshall-Walker High School, ninth, 1980, 23.6 Girls 4x100 relay: JHW High, fifth, 1984, 46.36; Hermitage High School, ninth, 2005, 46.54 Boys 110 hurdles: Karl Williams, George Wythe High School, fourth, 1976, 13.4; Valentino Robinson, Thomas Jefferson High School, ninth, 1978, 13.6 Girls 300 hurdles: Queen Harrison, Hermitage High, ninth, 2006, 42.15; Kim Townes, Highland Springs High School, ninth, 1992, 42.18 Girls 800: Megan Moye, Cosby High School, fourth, 2012, 2:07.4 Girls 1,600: Moye, Cosby High, third, 2012, 4:44.22 Boys 1,600: Matt Novak, Deep Run High School, 9th, 2015, 4:06.68 Girls 3,200: Moye, Cosby High, seventh, 2012, 10:21.98 Girls 4x400 relay: Marshall-Walker High, seventh, 1983, 3:14.15 Pole vault: Kevin Brown, Henrico High School, third, 1989, 15-7 Shot put: Robert Lee, TJ High, eighth, 1987, 61-4;

Tyler Powell, Cosby High, ninth, 2014, 61-2.5 Girls discus: Kae Watson, Hermitage High, seventh, 1949, 149-0; Sherry Green, JHW, ninth, 1989, 147-3; Theresa Smith, Highland Springs High, 10th 1982, 147-0 Girls long jump: Piper Bressant, JHW High, second 1981, 20-6.5; Tamela Penny, Hermitage High, eighth, 1981, 20-2 Boys triple jump: Cournelious “Bang” Cousins, Hermitage High, eighth, 1979, 50-5 Girls triple jump: Mia Aghaji, Matoaca High, 2007, 40-113/4 Boys high jump: Alexander Coles, Armstrong High, eighth, 1987, 7-1; Mark Banks, JHW High, 1981, 7-03/4 Girls high jump: Tamela Penny, Hermitage High, third, 1980, 5-11 Jefferson-Huguenot-Wythe (JHW) complex was one of three schools between 1980 and 1985 that were athletic mergers, of sorts, of the city’s comprehensive high schools.

Jim Holdren, now coaching at Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School, was head coach of the JeffersonHuguenot-Wythe Trojans track.

Former Jefferson-Huguenot-Wythe sprinter Martin Smith is listed on a similar list of indoor performers. Smith holds the 55-meter mark of 6.17 set in 1983.

Other Richmond complex high schools were the Marshall-Walker Cavaliers and the ArmstrongKennedy Jaguars.

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Personality: Lamar Antoine Greene Spotlight on Richmond Public Schools’ highest achieving student Lamar Antoine Greene draws his inspiration to be a classroom standout from his mother, Kimberly Greene, who is a dental assistant.

“I am motivated to study because I have seen how hard my mother works to provide for me and it has made me so humble and independent,” he says. “I want to make a decent living for myself while utilizing my skills and talents to help others.”

The goal-driven young man says he set his focus on being the top student in his class academically at Richmond Community High School on North Side “since my freshman year.”

Lamar can now proudly proclaim, “Mission accomplished!” as he puts the finishing touches on the valedictory address he will deliver Wednesday, June 10, at the Altria Theater, during Richmond Community High School’s Class of 2015’s commencement.

His 4.9 GPA also ranks him as No. 1 academically among Richmond Public Schools’ 1,209 graduates.

He attributes his classroom success to “my strong work ethic, natural curiosity and resilience.”

“I have no set amount of time that I devote to studying,” he adds. “I study the material until I feel comfortable with it and I know that I know it.”

He says the climb to the top of the academic mountain has not always been easy.

“Attitude is so essential to scoring high,” he says. “It is important not to be discouraged by setbacks and to work through rough patches.”

Lamar’s stellar classroom work has attracted scholarship offers from more than a dozen colleges and universities totaling more than $1 million, with the scholarship amounts ranging from $50,000 to nearly $240,000.

After studying the offers, he selected Emory University in Atlanta, where he will matriculate in the fall backed with $50,000 in scholarship money.

“I chose Emory because I felt it was the best out of state college that met my personal needs and career goals while still being affordable,” he explains.

He says he would like to become a physician or health care executive.

Not just locking himself into a room to study night and day, Lamar also has excelled in many other communityimproving roles.

Among them: He is president of the school’s Key Club, cochair of the Honor Council, historian of his school’s Future Business Leaders of America chapter, yearbook editor, vice president of the Mu Alpha Theta math honor society and a member of Partnership for the Future. He also has volunteered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond and completed an internship with Health Diagnostic Laboratory in Jackson Ward.

Here’s a look at this outstanding student scholar, Lamar Antoine Greene: Date and place of birth: July 6 in Richmond.

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hard work necessary to reach that goal.

Most unforgettable experience at my high school: My entire class spent a week in Charleston, S.C., during my junior year. The city was breathtaking and a lot of fun.

Excitement level about going to college: I am completely stoked about attending Emory because I know it is an academically challenging, top 20 nationally ranked university in Atlanta with lots of opportunities for me to grow as a student and a person.

Richmond.

Reaction to valedictorian honor: I was excited and relieved.

Family’s reaction: My family has expressed how proud they are of me and that they know I will continue to excel in life.

Main point I will make in valedictory address: I really want to express my gratitude to everyone who helped me and to stress the point of everyone in my graduating class staying true to themselves.

Universities that made scholarship offers with amounts: • Virginia State University $40,000 • South Carolina State University - $88,960 • R o a n o k e C o l l e g e $78,000 • Johnson C. Smith University - $72,000 • Virginia Union University $64,000 • Virginia Commonwealth University - $52,000 Provost Scholarship • Ferrum College - $72,000 • The College of William & Mary - $77,664 • University of Richmond $238,520 with Oldham Scholar Distinction • Emory University - $48,238 Emory Grant and Loan Replacement Grant • Johns Hopkins University - $57,000 Hopkins Grant • University of Pennsylvania - $58,205 Markel Scholarship and Penn Grant • B r o w n U n i v e r s i t y $56,525 Total amount: $1,003,112.

A good teacher is: One who goes out of his/her way in order to help students learn.

These are the teachers that push us to work hard and meet our potential because they care.

Ultimate ambition: To be happy doing something I love while making a positive difference in the lives of others.

The secret to earning “A’s”: There is no secret to earning “A’s” because everyone is capable. In order to get “A’s,” you need to follow directions, be persistent and complete the

I will major in: Human health (subject to change).

Reason: I like the human health major offered at Emory because it includes courses in health care ethics, nutrition, disease and so many other topics that I am truly interested in. It would allow me to learn about health care in depth, which would be perfect before I complete graduate school for health care administration or medical school.

Teacher who influenced me the most: I cannot say that I have had one teacher who influenced me the most because I have had some stellar teachers in my public education.

What I’ll do this summer: I will be interning at the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities.

What I like most about Richmond: The city has that historic feel to it, and I find it to be quite charming.

What I like least: Street parking and 5 o’clock traffic.

No. 1 suggestion for improving Richmond: Improving/ expanding the parking in popular areas of the city such as Carytown and Shockoe Bottom.

Hobbies: In my spare time I like to write poetry, listen to music and sing.

Perfect day: Going out with a group of close friends to see a movie or to get a meal from one of our favorite restaurants.

How I relax: Taking a shower or listening to music.

Best late-night snack: A red velvet cupcake.

Three words that best describe me: Studious, ambitious and caring.

Nobody knows that: I am self-conscious because I always try to give off a confident persona.

The person who influenced me the most: My mom has definitely influenced me the most. Seeing how hard she has worked as a single parent has inspired me.

My outlook for the future: I see a future for myself that is bright because I have

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finally come to understand that failures and setbacks are just temporary delays on my dreams and goals. Setbacks and failures do not define me.

The book that influenced me the most: “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates”

by Wes Moore. I thought it was truly inspirational and showed that we must work to create our own opportunities because it’s about where you are going without forgetting where you come from.

What I’m reading now: I just started reading the novel “Connect: Building Success Through People, Purpose and Performance” by Keith Harrell and Hattie Hill. The book teaches young visionaries, such as myself, how to make their own success.

My next goal: My next shortterm goal is to have a good experience at my summer internship and my long-term goal is to get acclimated to college, where I will work hard to be successful.

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Richmond high school graduations start Tuesday Break out the caps and gowns. It’s graduation time in Richmond.

Excited seniors are counting down the days to their commencement and earning diplomas marking the finish of 13 years of education that began in kindergarten — and the start of the next chapter of their lives.

This year, Richmond Public Schools will only hold individual school ceremonies for a total of 1,209 students earning diplomas.

The big convocation that took place in the past has been scrapped this year “due to a steady decline in participation by our graduates and their families,” according to RPS spokeswoman Cletisha Lovelace.

Superintendent Dana T. Bedden made the decision after consulting with principals, 2015 student class officers and parents, Ms. Lovelace said.

Here is the upcoming graduation schedule by date, place and school:

Tuesday, June 9 Location: Altria Theater, Laurel and Main streets Noon — George Wythe High School, 217 graduates. Commencement speaker: Timothy Mallory, RPS chief of safety and security. Valedictory address: Devin Evans.

3 p.m. — Armstrong High School, 212 graduates. Commencement speaker: Andre Charles, valedictorian.

6 p.m. — Huguenot High School, 278 graduates. Commencement speaker: The Rev. Roscoe D. Cooper III, pastor, Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church.

Wednesday, June 10 Location: Altria Theater, Laurel and Main streets Noon — Richmond Community High School, 33 graduates.

Commencement speaker: Kimberly Bridges of the Virginia Department of Education and former Richmond School Board member.

3 p.m. — Thomas Jefferson High School, 225 graduates.

Commencement speaker: Ervin Johnson, founder and director, DreamMakers Academy.

6 p.m. — John Marshall High School, 160 graduates. Commencement speaker: The Rev. Tyrone Nelson, pastor, Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, and member, Henrico County Board of Supervisors.

Thursday, June 11 Location: Maymont Park, Garden Hall, 1700 Hampton St. 11 a.m. — Amelia Street School, 1 graduate.

Location: Dr. Allix B. James Chapel, Coburn Hall, Virginia Union University 1:30 p.m. — Open High School, 48 graduates. Commencement speaker: Isabel Waters, valedictorian.

4 p.m. — Franklin Military Academy, 35 graduates. Commencement speakers: Cadet 2nd Lt. Mia Noel, valedictorian; Cadet Maj. Jade Lawson, salutatorian; and Cadet Maj. Keara Dean, battalion executive officer.

Separately, 83 participants in the Richmond Alternative School were awarded GEDs or high school equivalency degrees Tuesday, June 2, at a regional ceremony at Glen Allen High School in Henrico County.

Photos by James Haskins/Richmond Free Press

Tattoo splendor From left, MaSum Hyodo, Shameer Snell and Dave Alinea show their intricate tattoos for photos at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. They are facing the lens of photo-artist Glen McClure of Norfolk, whom the museum hired to take portraits of Richmonders who sport creative and evocative tattoos. The portraits, taken last Friday, are part of the museum’s promotion of its new exhibit, “Japanese Tattoo: Perseverance, Art and Tradition.” The exhibit, which runs through Sept. 27, showcases the beauty and art of Japanese tattooing.

Dogwood Dell blossoms with Festival of the Arts Richmond’s free summer Festival of the Arts at Dogwood Dell will launch its new season Sunday, June 7, with a Renaissance-style fair and a production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”

The fair will kick off 4 p.m. on the grounds of the 2,400-seat amphitheatre in Byrd Park. The event will feature a strolling magician, stilt walker and juggler eager to pump up the family fun. There also will be games, face painting and stage demonstrations of pratfalls and sword fights.

The day will be capped off with players from the Henley Street Theatre presenting the timeless tragedy of the star-crossed lovers at 8 p.m.

More than 45 shows will be presented for children and adults during the 59th edition of the summer festival. Most shows will be offered on the weekends.

The festival will feature bluegrass, soul and jazz concerts from the likes of Kris Davis and the Lonesomes, jazz performer David Esleck, jazz group KOS and funk artist James “Plunky” Branch Jr. and Oneness.

Festival highlights also will include the annual July 4 concert and fireworks celebrating Independence Day, the 8th Annual Latin Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 11, and the 6th Annual Gospel Festival on Sunday July 12.

The Broadway musical “Man of La Mancha” will open Friday, July 24, for five performances over successive weekends.

The festival will wrap up with a Native American Culture Event on Aug. 23 and Virginia Opera’s “Opera in the Park” on Aug. 29.

Most shows will be presented at Dogwood Dell. There will be children’s shows at the nearby Ha’Penny Stage. Also, at least nine children’s productions will be offered at the stage at Pine Camp through the summer.

Shows and times: (804) 646-1031 or richmondgov.com/ parks.

Summer Jam on June 15 He is Richmond’s kid heartthrob.

And Charles Jones III, aka “Young Prince Charles,” is scheduled to showcase his high-energy rap at Summer Jam 2015.

The hot summer concert also will feature about a dozen other rap and hip-hop artists from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 13, in Festival Park, next to the Richmond Coliseum, at 601 E. Leigh St. in Downtown.

Young Prince Charles started rapping when he was 5, recorded his first song at 6 and opened for Grammy Award winner Soulja Boy at 7.

Yo u n g P r i n c e Charles, now 13, is in the seventh grade at Richmond’s Albert Hill Middle School.

He’s also trying to positively impact the community in other ways. At a recent antiviolence rally in the Mosby Court public Young Prince Charles housing community, Young Prince Charles read an anti-bullying pledge to the audience.

Others scheduled to perform at Summer

Jam include Yazz The Greatest, who plays Hakeem on the hit TV show “Empire;” and Jaquees.

Also on tap are Amera J, DJ Priest, Young Waq On Da Track, Famous2Most, Manny Rocko, Taeler Mone, Lil Kaotik, Silento and others, according to event organizers.

Tickets are $35 for general admission and $75 for VIP meet and greet.

Tickets are available at Ticketmaster. com, the Richmond Coliseum box office, DTLR locations or the Altria box office.

For more information: (804) 591-7542.

Youth Jazz Guild students receive scholarships

James Haskins/Richmond Free Press

Big catch for little guy Jonathan Massenberg II doesn’t let height or age trump him. The youngster went airborne to snag the football missed by volunteer Aidin Gonzalez at the Friends Association for Children’s Community Health Fair last Saturday in Gilpin Court. In addition to cooking demonstrations, health screenings and fitness classes, the fair featured a Kids Fun Zone where youngsters tossed footballs, hurled water balloons and enjoyed face painting.

Six students from the Richmond Youth Jazz Guild collectively have been awarded $381,000 in college scholarships, according to Ashby Anderson, guild founder and artistic director.

Mr. Anderson, a jazz composer and performer, proudly called this the largest amount ever awarded to members of the performing arts program he founded in 2008 and that operates from a converted warehouse in Shockoe Bottom.

He also announced that guild members have won nearly $30,000 in additional scholarships to participate in summer performing arts programs at Berklee College of Music, the Interlochen Center for the Arts and Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Mr. Anderson said the 2015 results boost the total scholarship amount awarded to guild members to more than $1 million in the seven years since the program began.

Of the six winners of college scholarships, two are graduating from Open High School in Richmond.

They are trumpeter Drew Anderson,

who has been awarded a scholarship worth $170,000 to The New School in New York, and pianist Ayinde Williams, who has been awarded a scholarship worth $86,400 to the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.

Drew also has received a $3,500 scholarship to attend the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Summer Jazz Academy, while Ayinde also has been awarded a Berklee College scholarship worth $5,078 to attend the school’s five-week summer performance program in Boston, as well as a $500 scholarship from the Young Arts Foundation to support her participation.

Other guild winners of college scholarships include three Henrico County students: Pete Dennis, bass player, of Deep Run High, $40,800 from Temple University in Philadelphia; Brenten Layne, drums and percussion, of Hermitage High, $20,000 from Virginia State University in Ettrick; and Stephen Lewis, pianist, of Highland Springs High, $40,000 from Norfolk State University.

The sixth scholarship winner is Jalen Nicholas, pianist, of Matoaca High in

Chesterfield County, who was awarded $20,000 from Hampton University.

Other guild members who won summer scholarships are: George Maddox, pianist, 10th grade, Hanover High, $5,078, from Berklee College; Kofi Shepsu, ninth grade, drums, Appomattox Regional Governor’s School, $5,078 from Berklee College; Ariyana Woody, ninth grade, bass player, Appomattox Regional, $5,078 from Berklee College; and Jake Zaslav, trumpeter, Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School, $1,000 to attend the Interlochen Center for the Arts’ summer program and $3,000 to attend the Berklee College summer program.

Mr. Anderson also announced that three other guild members have been accepted to college music programs: Emory Freeman, saxophone, Thomas Dale High of Chesterfield, is headed to Virginia Commonwealth University; Spencer McCollum, saxophone, Thomas Jefferson High, is headed to Temple; and Brandon Shaw, saxophone, of Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School, is headed to Virginia Tech.

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Faith News/Directory

Lettie Coleman Madison, 105, developed social work department at VUU

By Joey Matthews

For more than a century — 105 years to be exact — Lettie Coleman Madison used her vast reservoir of talents and experiences to help transform the lives of others.

The daughter of a sharecropper and granddaughter of freed slaves, she left no stone unturned while seeking to help others.

She was a lifelong advocate for human rights as a social worker, college professor, author, philanthropist, church member and, later, as a retiree.

“I have been able to turn many of the stumbling blocks I faced into stepping stones,” Mrs. Madison wrote in 2004 correspondence to the Free Press. “I tried to develop those talents with which God has endowed me.”

Among her proudest accomplishments: She developed Virginia Union University’s Department of Social Work from a single course to a department with full accreditation after she joined the faculty in 1965.

Mrs. Madison is being remembered following her death Saturday, May 23, 2015, in Richmond.

She was 105.

Her life will be celebrated at a memorial service 11 a.m. Friday, June 5, at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 216 W. Leigh St., in Jackson Ward.

One of her students at VUU was Mayor Dwight C. Jones, whom she taught sociology.

When Mayor Jones once considered leaving Richmond to take a ministerial position in New Jersey, Mrs. Madison told him he should stay in Richmond because he had a bright future here.

“I loved her very much,” Mayor Jones reflected on Monday. “She was an erudite and a class act.

“She was a part of the wonderful cadre of excellent role models in Virginia Union’s faculty that took an intimate interest in students

and in students’ lives,” the Hanover County on Sept. 16, mayor added. “And she took 1909. a special liking to me. I think She joined the Bethany one reason is that we were Baptist Church in Montpelier at both from the North. She had an early age and was teaching lived in Montclair, N.J., and I Sunday School at age 12. was from Philadelphia.”

Her early education in pubMrs. Madison retired from lic schools took her to Bethany Virginia Union in 1977, but School in Hanover and later continued her lifelong mission Virginia Randolph in Henrico to help others in the comCounty. She graduated from munity for nearly four more Hampton Academy at Hampton decades.

Institute (now University) in In 2000, Mrs. Madison 1929. She was the first member was honored with a Lifetime of her family to graduate from Achievement Award by the high school.

National Association of Social Mrs. Madison studied social Mrs. Madison Workers. work at Rutgers University beEven in her twilight years, she was a beacon ginning in 1930. She worked full time in social of hope and inspiration to others, particularly work while attending college. She graduated in spotlighting the achievements of the African- from Rutgers with honors in 1934.

American community.

In 1940, she married Thomas D. Madison, Mrs. Madison started a black history sym- formerly of Lynchburg. They were married for posium at Westminster Canterbury Richmond, 25 years until his death in 1965. They raised a retirement community on North Side where his daughter, the late Ione Madison. she lived for more than 25 years. It later was Mrs. Madison earned a master’s degree in named the Lettie Madison Black History Month sociology in 1949 from Fordham University Symposium in her honor and continues today. despite the degrading experiences she endured Among those who have spoken at the annual because of racism. In 1969, she recorded her February event: Mayor Jones; Judge Roger L. experiences in her first of four books, “The Gregory, the first African-American to serve on Black Social Worker.” the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; and Dr. She also studied social work at Columbia Jamelle S. Wilson, the first African-American University in New York City, and at Montclair superintendent of Hanover County Public (N.J.) State Teacher’s College.

Schools.

Mrs. Madison’s first social work position “I was so impressed with her,” Judge Gregory was with the Department of Public Welfare said. “She was a woman with such a long and in 1934 in Montclair. She went on to become illustrious career who continued to inform and director of freshmen women at Hampton Ininspire a multicultural audience that could ap- stitute and adjunct professor of social work preciate the power and promise of so many at Rutgers. heroes and heroines.”

In 1952, Mrs. Madison joined the staff at Essex Mrs. Madison was born in Montpelier in County Mental Hygiene Clinics in Montclair,

where she served as a psychiatric social worker supervisor until 1965.

She moved to Richmond in 1965 to join the staff at Virginia Union. In addition to her formative work with the Department of Social Work, she helped organize the National Association of Social Workers and the Association of Black Social Workers.

She also was a member of the National Association of Deans of Women, the Council on Social Work Education, the Virginia Social Science Association and the American Association of University Professors.

She belonged to Ebenezer Baptist Church, the Treble Clef and Book Lovers Club, the Caucus and Center on Black Aged, the Council on Black Social Welfare and the State Library.

She received numerous accolades for her service on boards and for decades of contributions to social work.

Her philanthropy also involved donations to the nonprofit Community Foundation, to fund scholarships for students attending Virginia Union and Hampton universities.

She wrote three other books: “Profiles in Upward Mobility: A Study in the Black Family,” “A Soul Looks Back” and “Step by Step.” The last two books were written by Mrs. Madison in the final years of her life and reflected on her experiences.

“She was a great person. She never stopped striving,” said the Rev. Cleveland Mallory, associate minister at Shady Grove Baptist Church in Gum Spring, who described himself as her “foster grandson.”

She continued to give to others even in her death. She donated her body to the State Anatomical Program of the Virginia Department of Health for research.

Mrs. Madison is survived by a stepgranddaughter, stepgrandson and a host of other family and friends.

Respect for Life Academy sets June 19 graduation Seven students from the Respect for Life Academy, accompanied by school director Zatima Brown and other faculty, walked from their classes to a Downtown credit union Monday.

The students, ages 10 to 14, opened junior savings accounts at Partners Financial Federal Credit Union at 400 N. 8th St. Respect for Life Academy collaborates with the credit union to teach the young people through an economics class to save money,

balance checkbooks, purchase items and other financial matters.

It’s one of many innovative approaches to real-life learning at the small school at 408 E. Main St. that is run by Muhammad Mosque #24 of the Nation of Islam.

The school has 14 students in grades pre-K through 12, six of whom will participate in the 2nd Annual Graduation & Celebration of Independent Education on Friday, June 19.

The ceremony is 5 p.m. at the Bill “Bojangles” Robinson Theater and Community Arts Center, 2903 Q St. in the East End. The keynote address will be given by Student Minister Nuri Muhammad of Indianapolis.

A donation of $25 includes dinner and jazz provided by the Debo Dabney Group of Richmond.

For more information: (804) 231-2155 or (804) 412-5406.

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Obituary/Faith Directory

Former Globetrotter Marques Haynes dies at 89 Free Press wire report

PHOENIX Marques Haynes’ dribbling skills wowed fans in more than 100 countries. He was a showstopper, a player who helped make the Harlem Globetrotters beloved ambassadors of basketball around the world.

Mr. Haynes, often called the greatest dribbler in basketball history, was laid to rest Friday, May 29, 2015, in Plano, Texas, where he had lived since the 1970s. Mr. Haynes died of natural causes Friday, May 22, 2015. He was 89.

“Basketball has lost one of its most iconic figures,” Globetrotters CEO Kurt Schneider said.

In two stints with the touring team — from 1947 to 1953 and 1972 to 1979 — Mr. Haynes played in more than 1,200 games for a team that combined dazzling skills, theatrical flair and comedic antics.

The Globetrotters will dedicate their 90th anniversary tour in 2016 to Mr. Haynes and will wear a uniform patch in tribute.

“Marques was a pioneer, helping pave the way for people of all races to have opportunities to play basketball, and for the sport to explode on a

after leading Langston to a win over Globies. Mr. Haynes remained at the school, but after graduation joined the Globetrotters. He led them to victories against the George Mikan-led Minneapolis Lakers of the NBA in 1948 and 1949.

Mr. Haynes was more than a mere showman on the court, although his dribbling skills were eye-popping displays that often had opponents standing and watching in awe. He led Booker T. Washington High School in his hometown of

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SUNDAY SCHOOL - 9:45 A.M. SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE 11:00 A.M.

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Church School Morning Worship

11:00 AM Mid-day Meditation

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Worship Opportunities

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

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

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Sunday, June 14, 2015

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Bible Study 12 noon

June 15 - June 17 - 7:00 p.m.

Speaker: Rev. Phillip Knight Pastor, Rock Hill Baptist Church Guest Choirs Each Night

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Celebrating 106 years of Serving the Lord Sunday, June 14, 2015 11:15 am - Pastor Jones Music: Triumphant Mass Choir 3:00 pm - Dr. Emory Berry & 4th Baptist Church Family

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Baptist Church global scale,” Mr. Schneider said. “His unique and groundbreaking style of play set the tone for modern basketball as we know it. Anyone involved with basketball worldwide is indebted to Marques. He was the consummate Globetrotter.”

While playing at Langston (Oklahoma) University, the acrobatic Mr. Haynes caught the attention of Globetrotters owner Abe Saperstein in 1946

Mr. Haynes led Langston in scoring all four years and the team had a 112-3 record, including a 59-game winning streak. The Globetrotters retired Mr. Haynes’ No. 20 jersey in 2001, one of only five players to be so honored.

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Triumphant Mr. Haynes

Sand Springs, Okla., to the unofficial national championship in 1941 and was a scholastic All-American that season. He then starred at Langston, an NAIA school where he was a four-time all-conference selection and team MVP.

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Thursdays:

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Mid-Day Bible Study 12 Noon Prayer & Praise 6:30 P.M. Bible Study 7 P.M. (Children/Youth/Adults)

The Senior Choir of St. Peter Baptist Church will celebrate their

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Centennial Reunion Concert of the Little People’s and Young People’s Choirs

Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

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

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

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

2015 Theme: The Year of Moving Forward 8775 Mount Olive Avenue, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 (804) 262-9614 Phone (804) 262-2397 Fax www.mobcva.org

19th Pastoral Family Anniversary Sunday, June 7, 2015 10:00 AM Guest Preacher: Rev. Jaimal Hayes, Pastor Abner Baptist Church, Ashland, VA

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Legal Notices/Employment Opportunities City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, June 8, 2015 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 ordinance: Ordinance No. 2015-127 To amend and reordain City Code § 78-208, concerning the deferred retirement option program, for the purpose extending the participation period in the deferred retirement option program.

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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FELICIA HARRIS, Plaintiff v.

MONTAI HOWARD, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000956-00 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 18th day of June, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before July 20, 2015 at 9:20 a.m.

Kate D. O’Leary, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER OLIVIA MERCER, Plaintiff v.

KOJOE OPUKOA, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000954-00 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 18th day of June, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND iN rE: JALIN EUBANKS OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Jermel Bailey (Father) of Jalin Eubanks, child, DOB 11/27/2008 “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 Jermel Bailey, appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interests on or before July 29, 2015 at 2:15 p.m.

Kate D. O’Leary, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493

PROPERTY

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER

virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND iN rE: TRISTIAN EDWARD ANDERSON OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Jessica Lauren Stephenson (Mother), Stanton M. Douglas (Father) and Unknown Father (Father) of Tristian Edward Anderson child, DOB 5/18/2014, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Jessica Lauren Stephenson, Stanton M. Douglas and Unknown Father

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

Case No.: CL15-1146-1 BESSIE COVINGTON a/k/a BESSIE COVINGTON JONES a/k/a BESSIE GOLDIE COVINGTON p/k/a BESSIE GOLDIE VALENTINE, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF BESSIE COVINGTON a/k/a BESSIE COVINGTON JONES a/k/a BESSIE GOLDIE COVINGTON p/k/a BESSIE GOLDIE VALENTINE, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “308 North 33rd Street”, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E000-0811/012, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Bessie Covington.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, BESSIE COVINGTON a/k/a BESSIE COVINGTON JONES a/k/a BESSIE GOLDIE COVINGTON p/k/a BESSIE GOLDIE VALENTINE, Who May Be Deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of BESSIE COVINGTON a/k/a BESSIE COVINGTON JONES a/k/a BESSIE GOLDIE COVINGTON p/k/a BESSIE GOLDIE VALENTINE, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that WILLIAM COVINGTON, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of WILLIAM COVINGTON, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that WILLIAM EDWARD JONES, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that BARBARA ANN WHITE, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that BERNSTEIN ASSOCIATES a/k/a BERNSTEIN ASSOCIATES, L.C., A Purged Virginia Limited Liability Company t/a HAWTHORNE HALL APARTMENTS, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that BESSIE COVINGTON a/k/a BESSIE COVINGTON JONES a/k/a BESSIE GOLDIE COVINGTON p/k/a BESSIE GOLDIE VALENTINE, Who May Be Deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of BESSIE COVINGTON a/k/a BESSIE COVINGTON JONES a/k/a BESSIE GOLDIE COVINGTON p/k/a BESSIE GOLDIE VALENTINE, WILLIAM COVINGTON, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of WILLIAM COVINGTON, WILLIAM EDWARD JONES, BARBARA ANN WHITE, BERNSTEIN ASSOCIATES a/k/a BERNSTEIN ASSOCIATES, L.C., A Purged Virginia Limited Liability Company t/a HAWTHORNE HALL APARTMENTS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 17, 2014, 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

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Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HANOVER CHARLES EDWARD STANLEY, Plaintiff v.

SANDRA MARIE STANLEY, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15001158-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony, from the defendant, on the ground that the parties hereto have lived separate and apart, without cohabitation and without interruption for one year.

And it appearing from an affidavit that the defendant is not a resident of Virginia, it is Ordered that the defendant appear before this Court on July 15, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. pursuant to this notice and protect her interest herein.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I Ask For This: Donald M. White, Esquire 130 Thompson Street Ashland, Virginia 23005 (804) 798-1661 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BRIAN FERRELL, SR., Plaintiff v.

DJUANA FERRELL, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000775-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 24th day of July, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CiTY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING DEMMIE ANTOINETTE PENNIX, Plaintiff v.

NORMAN ERIC PENNIX, Defendant.

Civil Law No.: CL11-2157-6 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from the defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart without interruption and without cohabitation and for a period of more than one year, since March 15, 2003.

And it appearing by Affidavit filed according to law that Norman Eric Pennix, the above-named defendant, is not a resident of this state and that due diligence has been used by or in behalf of plaintiff to ascertian in what county or city the defendant is, without effect.

It is therefore ORDERED that the said Norman Eric Pennix do appear in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North 9th Street, Richmond, Virginia 23819, on or before June 17, 2015, and do whatever necessary to protect his interest in this suit.

A Copy, Teste: EDWARD JEWETT, Clerk I ask for this: Rudolph C. McCollum, Jr. VSB#32825 P.O. Box 4595 Richmond, Virginia 23220 Phone (804) 523-3900 Fax (804) 523-3901

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BARTOLOME DIAZ, Plaintiff v.

SAKEENA DIAZ, Defendant.

Case No.: CL14001848-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 24th day of June, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

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

CUSTODY virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND iN rE: Parker robbins and elisa gonzales OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Immer Gonzales (Putative Father) and Unknown Father (Father) of Parker Robbins child, DOB 4/28/2014 and Unknown Father (Father) of Elisa Gonzales, child, DOB 5/3/2013 “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 Immer Gonzales and Unknown Father appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before September 9, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.

Kate D. O’Leary, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493

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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.: C14-3947-1 WILBERT J. BELLAMY, SR., Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF WILBERT J. BELLAMY, SR., et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “3125 Veranda Avenue”, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# N0001054/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Wilbert J. Bellamy and Janet H. Bellamy.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, WILBERT J. BELLAMY, SR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of WILBERT J. BELLAMY, SR., have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that WILLIAM J. PANTELE and DONALD C. BURRIESCI, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that WILBERT J. BELLAMY, SR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of WILBERT J. BELLAMY, SR., WILLIAM J. PANTELE, DONALD C. BURRIESCI, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 19, 2015, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 480 E. Richmond Road, Henrico County, Virginia In execution of a Deed of Trust dated January 12, 2009 and recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Henrico County on January 12, 2009 in Deed Book 4592, page 2177, in the original principal amount of $15,000, default having arrived under the Deed of Trust and the payments of the debts served thereby, and being instructed by the Noteholder to do so, the undersigned, having been duly appointed Substitute Trustee(s), will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder in front of the Henrico County Circuit Courthouse, located at 4301 E. Parham Rd., Henrico, VA 23228 on June 16, 2015 at 1:00 p.m., the described property commonly known as Lot E, Richmond Road, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit:

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, containing one acre, more or less, lying and being in Fairfield District, Henrico County, Virginia on the west line of East Richmond Road, as shown by the plat of Arthur M. Moseley, Certified Land Surveyor, dated December 4, 1965, a copy of which is attached to a deed recorded in Deed Book 1269, page 173 and described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point marked by a rod 142 feet south of the southwest corner of Dabbs House Road and its intersection with East Richmond Road; thence running along the west line of East Richmond Road and its intersection with East Richmond Road, S. 27 degrees 17’ 00” E 150 feet to a point marked by a rod; thence S. 67 degrees 52’ 11” West 278.64 feet to a rod; thence North 79 degrees 46’ 30” W. 90.67 feet to a rod; thence N. 5 degrees 45’ 27” East 83.23 feet to a rod; thence N. 62 degrees 49’ 00” E. 303.95 feet to a rod and point of beginning.

This conveyance is subject to easements, restrictions, conditions, and reservations of record affecting the title to the property hereinabove described.

The beneficiary reserves the right to bid at said sale.

TERMS: ALL CASH. A Bidder’s deposit in the form of cash, certified or cashier’s check in the amount of $10,000.00 or 10% of the successful bid, whichever is lower, may be required of any bidder at the time of sale. Closing within fifteen (15) days of sale. Time is of the essence. Sale subject to seller confirmation. Additional terms will be announced at sale.

This notice is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Tucker L. Henley, Esquire BLACKBURN, CONTE, SCHILLING & CLICK, P.C. 300 West Main Street Richmond, VA 23220 Phone: (804) 782-1111 Fax: (804) 648-3914

The School Board of the City of Richmond will hold a public hearing to receive public comment on the renaming of Thompson Middle School.

The hearings will be held on:

Monday, June 15, 2015 6:15 – 6:45 p.m.

Huguenot High School, Auditorium 7945 Forest Hill Avenue Richmond, VA For information, please contact the School Board Office at (804) 780-7716.

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this proceeding should contact the Clerk of the School Board no later than three (3) business days prior to the meeting at (804) 780-7716.

If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency by calling the Americans with Disabilities Act Office TTY line at (804) 780-6226.

Angela C. Lewis Clerk

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TRANSIT AMENITIES: INSTALLATIONS, RELOCATIONS and REMOVALS INVITATION FOR BIDS

GRTC Transit System invites all interested parties to submit proposals for providing transit amenities services. Interested firms may download a copy of IFB # 140-15-09 from GRTC’s website www.ridegrtc.com (menu options: About Us, then Procurement) or obtain a copy by calling Allan Cox at (804) 358-3871 ext 371.

An optional pre-bid conference will be held on June 9, 2015 at 10:00 am. Responses are due no later than 11:00 am on June 26, 2015. All inquiries pertaining to the request or any questions in reference to the solicitation documents should be directed to: Allan Cox Purchasing Manager (804) 358-3871, extension 371 Supplier diversity program – “providing equal opportunities for small businesses”

NBC12 seeks part-time news/content specialist.

Qualified candidates should have experience in all areas of broadcast operations including microwave, tape editing, graphics, camera and audio.

Good computer and internet skills. Work schedule may include days, nights and weekends. Apply on line at https://careers-raycommedia.icims.com Drug Screen required. EOE M/F/D/V.

Director of Communications Pos #00009 (Public Relations Specialist IV) Hiring Range – up to $55,000

The Virginia Board for People with Disabilities is recruiting for a Director of Communications to help achieve its policy and advocacy goals through strategic communication in multiple modalities. It’s a great opportunity for a highly motivated, creative individual to join a small and unique state agency. For complete posting including duties and qualifications, visit https://virginiajobs.peopleadmin.com/postings/13607 to create and submit your application, resume and cover letter. Application Closing Date: Monday, June 15.

Minorities, people with disabilities, Veterans, and people with National Service experience are encouraged to apply. AA/EEO/TTY/REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION UPON REQUEST

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GRTC TRANSIT SYSTEM FAREBOX ROUTERS INVITATION FOR BIDS GRTC Transit System invites all interested parties to submit proposals for providing farebox routers.

Interested firms may download a copy of IFB# 139-15-08 from GRTC’s website www.ridegrtc. com (menu options: About Us, then Procurement) or obtain a copy by calling Tonya Thompson, Director of Procurement at (804) 358-3871 ext 372.

No Pre-Bid meeting will be held for this procurement.

Responses are due no later than 11:00 am on June 30, 2015. All inquiries pertaining to the request or any questions in reference to the solicitation documents should be directed to:

SALES MANAGER NBC12 - WWBT, the #1 TV station in Richmond, VA, one of the top 10 destination cities in the country, seeks a dynamic Local/National Sales Manager. Successful candidate must have extensive advertising sales experience. Management experience strongly preferred. Knowledge and success selling digital media, new business development, working with advertising agencies and a deep understanding of TV ratings also a must. We are looking for someone who can lead an experienced local sales team and develop new talent to help position us for success well into the future.

Apply on line at https://careers-raycommedia. icims.com. EOE M/F/D/V Drug Screen and MVR check required.

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Salary: Commensurate with Experience Closes: June 12, 2015 GRTC Transit System in Richmond, Virginia is currently seeking a qualified candidate for HR Specialist/Recruiter. The successful candidate will provide support to the Organization to include assisting line managers in all aspects of the recruitment cycle. 2-3 years of broad human resource experience and extensive experience in all areas of recruitment required. A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field and/ or equivalent experience required.

(J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA) Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from an ALA accredited school.

TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Full-time, twelvemonth professional faculty-ranked appointment.

Salary commensurate with the education and experience of the applicant. Salary range: $53,883$103,737. Approximate maximum hiring salary: $55,586. Additional information is available at the College's website: www.reynolds.edu.

APPLICATION PROCESS: Application reviews will begin JULY 23, 2015 and continue until the position is filled.

AA/EOE/ADA/Veterans are encouraged to apply.

For a more detailed job description and the ability to apply online, please visit www.ridegrtc. com. A pre-employment drug screening will be required.

GRTC is an equal opportunity employer with a drug-free work environment.

The City of Richmond is seeking to fill the following positions: Construction Inspector II, Storm Water 35M00000831 Department of Public Utilities Apply by 6/14/2015

Special Education Teachers Posting #00002682 Speech Language Pathologist Posting #00002986 Occupational Therapist Posting #00002987 Physical Therapist Posting #00002652 Audiologist - Posting #00003047 Itinerant Teacher of the Blind or Visually Impaired – Posting #0003048 School Nurse - RN/BSN Posting # 00003535 For application and full job description, access www.richmond.k12.va.us.

Richmond Public Schools will conduct a background investigation, tuberculosis screening and drug/alcohol testing as a condition of employment. EOE.

Contract Compliance Specialist 34M00000001 Department of Minority Business Development Apply by 6/14/2015 Engineer I 35M00000174 Department of Public Utilities Continuous Family Services Worker – Preservation 27M00000191 Department of Social Services Apply by 06/14/2015 Utilities Instrument & Control Technician II, Water Utility 35M00000266 Department of Public Utilities Apply by 6/14/2015

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Serena heads to semifinals match in French Open Reuters

PARIS If there were any lingering doubts that Serena Williams could claim a third French Open title at this year’s tournament they were swiftly dispelled in an expertly executed quarterfinal victory over Sara Errani on Wednesday.

Serena, the world No. 1 and a Roland Garros champion in 2002 and 2013, had been troubled in her three previous rounds. But a 6-1, 6-3 crushing of the Italian clay court ace showed the American was still a clear favorite to claim another Suzanne Lenglen Cup. On Thursday, Serena will face the 23rd-seeded Swiss Timea Bacsinszky, who beat Belgian sensation Alison van Uytvanck 6-4, 7-5, for a place in Saturday’s final, where either 2008 champion Ana Ivanovic or Czech Lucie Safarova await.

Having lost the first set in her three previous matches at Roland Garros, Serena was hoping to get off to a better start which she did, setting the tone by breaking in Errani’s first service game.

A brilliant backhand passing shot handed Errani an immediate break back, but Serena was in the groove and dominated the rest of the match.

“I definitely felt more in control, and I felt I had to be again, going up against a player who plays well on this surface in particular,” said Serena, who has only been in three previous semifinals at the French Open.

Serena, however, says she is not feeling the strain of chasing her 20th major singles title.

“I’m not putting too much pressure on myself ... I’m surprised I’m still in the tournament, so this is really cool for me,” she said.

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Charges dismissed against VCU’s Alie-Cox A misdemeanor assault Alie-Cox stood nearby with charge against Virginia his back turned.

Commonwealth University Richmond Commonbasketball center Mo Aliewealth’s Attorney Michael Cox has been dismissed Herring said, “The footage did after his accuser admitted not show Mo Alie-Cox striking her claim against him was the woman at all.” false and based on mistaken Richmond General District identity.

Court Judge Eugene Cheek She also apologized in a Sr. dismissed the charge on letter presented in court.

Tuesday after prosecutor Morgan Kaye had filed a Cynthia Micklem said Kaye police report claiming Aliehad written a letter apoloCox had punched her in the gizing to Alie-Cox for her face during an altercation “false accusation and the at a Shockoe Slip nightclub subsequent defamation of on April 3, the same night your character.”

Shaka Smart resigned as VCU She also wrote that she Mo Alie-Cox coach. didn’t intend to create “this But surveillance video from Society Social situation of embarrassment for you, Virginia Club in the 1400 block of East Cary Street Commonwealth University, the basketball showed Kaye fighting with a woman while team or myself … I clearly mistook your

identity and have never felt guiltier about this whole situation.”

Alie-Cox is a 6-foot-6, 250-pound rising

junior from Northern Virginia. As a sophomore he started all 36 games, averaging 7.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocked shots.

More changes at VCU after Smart Virginia Commonwealth University basketball players and recruits continue to scatter after the departure of former Coach Shaka Smart.

Terry Larrier has transferred to the University of Connecticut, where he will sit out the 2015-16 season and then have three seasons of eligibility for the Huskies.

A native of New York City, the 6-foot-7 Larrier requested and was granted his release after Coach Smart left VCU to become the basketball coach at the University of Texas.

As a freshman, Larrier averaged 6.6 points and 3.0 rebounds for VCU while playing 18.5 minutes per game.

Three players signed to the VCU Rams

starting the upcoming season by Coach Smart have found new college homes after being given their releases.

Tevin Mack has signed with the University of Texas, Kenny Williams with the University of North Carolina and Jordan Murphy with the University of Minnesota.

Former VCU Athletic Director Norwood Teague is now athletic director at Minnesota and former VCU assistant athletic director Mike Ellis is now executive associate athletic director for the Gophers.

Murphy, who is from San Antonio, Texas, averaged 24 points and 11 rebounds as a senior at San Antonio’s Brennan High School.

VCU, U.Va. in NCAA baseball Super Regional competition Vi r g i n i a Commonwealth University’s Rams have taken care of baseball business in Dallas. Now, feeling the wind at their back, it’s on to Logan Farrar South Florida.

Coach Shawn Stiffler’s Atlantic 10 Conference champions will play perennial powerhouse University of Miami in the NCAA Super Regional in Coral Gables, Fla. The first game in the best-of-three series is noon Friday, June 5.

Game 2 is Saturday, June 6, and Game 3, if necessary, is Sunday,

June 7. The games have noon first pitches.

Meanwhile, the University of Virginia, 37-22, will square off against the University of Maryland, 42-22, in another best-of-three Super Regional matchup 4 p.m. Friday, June 5, in Charlottesville.

Game 2 of that matchup is scheduled for Saturday, June 6, and Game 3, if necessary, is Sunday, June 7. Both games are scheduled to start at 3 p.m.

Coach Dennis Womack’s Cavaliers won three consecutive games in the Lake Elsinore (Calif.) Regional to advance, including a 14-10, 11 inning win over Southern California on Sunday night. It was the U.Va. team’s sixth regional title in the past seven years.

If VCU and U.Va. win in the Super Regional competition, they will advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., starting Saturday, June 13.

Daniel To qualify Concepcion for the Super Regional, VCU defeated host Dallas Baptist, 3-1, in the June 1 final of the Dallas Regional.

The Rams, now 40-23, have won 14 of their last 15 games. Their only loss during that stretch was to Dallas Baptist, 2-1, in the first game of the double-elimination

region finals.

A VCU catalyst has been sophomore leadoff hitter/center fielder Logan Farrar from Woodbridge High School.

Farrar is hitting .309, with 49 runs scored (tying Matt Davis for team honors) and 77 hits (second among the Rams to Vimael Machin).

The fleet Farrar made a spectacular, full-speed, diving, bellyflopping catch for the final out of VCU’s Atlantic 10 championship game win over Rhode Island.

Farrar was an All-Northwest Region standout in both baseball and football at Woodbridge High.

His gridiron feats included a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

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Cam Newton signs record $103.8M contract extension with Carolina Panthers Free Press wire report

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Quarterback Cam Newton has agreed to a franchise record $103.8 million, fiveyear contract extension with the Carolina Panthers.

Newton will earn $67.6 million over the first three years, the most money ever paid to an NFL player during the first three years of a contract, said a person familiar with negotiations. The source spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the financial terms of the extension have not been released.

Newton’s contract is the largest ever paid by Panthers owner Jerry Richardson since the team started in 1995. It will keep the quarterback under contract through the 2020 season.

It tops the blockbuster six-year, $72 million deal defensive end Charles Johnson received in 2011, shortly after Newton was

drafted.

“I’ve said all along Cam is our franchise quarterback and we are absolutely thrilled that we got the extension done,” Panthers general manager Dave Gettleman said in a press release Tuesday.

Cam Newton The 26-year-old Newton has been to two Pro Bowls and led Carolina to back-to-back NFC South championships since the Panthers made him the No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 NFL draft. He is 30-31-1 as a starter, with a 1-2 mark in the postseason.

Newton started immediately as a rookie, taking over a team that went 2-14 in 2010.

It took four seasons, but Newton finally got his first playoff win last year when the Panthers beat Arizona 27-16 in the NFC

wild card playoffs.

Since 2011, Newton has completed 59.5 percent of his passes and has a quarterback rating of 85.4, which ranks 19th in the NFL, according to STATS. Newton’s 82 touchdown passes are the 14th most in the NFL and he leads all QBs with 33 TDs rushing.

Newton was entering the final year of his rookie contract and was scheduled to make $14.67 million in 2015.

Newton was named the NFL offensive rookie of the year in 2011 after throwing for 4,051 yards and combined for 35 touchdowns — 21 passing and 14 rushing. He is the only quarterback in league history to throw for at least 3,000 yards and run for at least 500 yards in each of his first four seasons.

The Panthers finished 7-8-1 last season but still won the NFC South. Carolina’s season ended with a loss to Seattle in the divisional playoffs.

are Machin and relief pitcher Daniel Concepcion, both from Puerto Rico.

Machin is VCU’s leading hitter at .347. Concepcion added his Vimael Machin school record 15th save in the region-clinching win in Dallas.

While this marks VCU’s first trip to the Super Regionals, it is familiar territory for Miami. The Hurricanes have qualified for the College World Series on 23 occasions and won the event four times, most recently in 2001.

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C.L. Belle’s

To advertise

in the Richmond Free Press call 644-0496.

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95 a day

FREE Pickup in Richmond Area

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