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Pulse to start service June 24

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Sunday, June 24.

That’s the day GRTC will launch the biggest overhaul of bus service in generations, one the company hopes that regular riders will cheer and that will bring new people to use public transit.

At 5 a.m. that day, the bus rapid transit Pulse service is scheduled to start taking passengers on the 7.6-mile route between The Shops at Willow Lawn to the west and Rocketts Landing to the east.

The start will be a big relief for businesses and motorists who have navigated through nearly two years of construction.

Pulse will run daily every 10 minutes during rush hour and every 15 minutes at other times through 1 a.m. on the east-west route that largely follows Broad Street.

At the same time, GRTC will begin launching its big revision of city bus routes.

GRTC spokeswoman Carrie Rose Pace said the full revamp of routes will take effect on Monday, June 25.

Dubbed the Richmond Transit Network Plan, the overhaul means most buses will no longer stop at the 9th Street transfer center on weekdays and Saturdays between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m., but will make direct runs between points.

After 7 p.m. on most days and on Sundays, buses will stop at the transit center when service will be pared down, Ms. Pace said.

Still, the changes overall are expected to result in “faster, more consistent, more direct and more reliable service,” she said.

GRTC also hopes that people will start noticing newer, quieter buses are running the routes as the transit company shifts from diesel to compressed natural gas. Three of four buses are now running on CNG. Along with revamping

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Warning: Smoking may cause eviction New smoke-free policy takes effect Aug.1 for all RRHA properties, including 4,000 public housing units in city

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Richmond’s public housing residents no longer will be able to smoke inside their units, on patios or balconies or in stairwells under the smoking ban that goes into effect Aug. 1. With the ban to be written into leases, violators may be subject to eviction.

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Bill Cosby, used to the high life as one of America’s biggest stars, likely will see his entourage of aides replaced by an inmate paid pennies to help the legally blind comedian navigate life behind bars after he is sentenced for sexual assault.

Mr. Cosby, 80, faces up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced in the next three months for drugging and raping Andrea Constand, 45, in 2004 at his sprawling compound outside Philadelphia. He is appealing the verdict, which could potentially delay his imprisonment for months or even years.

Should Mr. Cosby eventually leave the world of private jets and luxury hotel suites, the disgraced star of the 1980s

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Bill Cosby, 80, leaves the Norristown, Pa., courthouse after being convicted April 26 of drugging and raping Andrea Constand at his home outside Philadelphia in 2004.

Residents of public housing in Richmond are facing a ban on smoking in three months.

The ban will be instituted on Aug. 1 and will involve all of the buildings of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Orlando Artze, the RRHA’s interim chief executive officer, told the Free Press on Monday.

RRHA officials did not initiate the ban. Instead, they are required to institute the smoke-free policy by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the federal agency that funds and oversees the government-owned units for people with low incomes.

In February 2017, just after President Trump took office, HUD published a regulation that banned smoking within 25 feet of any public housing unit.

That means no smoking within any unit, including patios, balconies, stairwells or other common areas, management offices and any building connected with public housing.

HUD left enforcement to the local public housing authorities; RRHA officials have not said how the new policy will be enforced.

However, the HUD regulation requires RRHA to incorporate the smoking ban in its leases with residents, which could make violators subject to eviction. It is unclear whether RRHA would issue warnings for first or second violations.

RRHA and other local public housing authorities across the country were given 18 months to put smoke-free policies in place, with Aug. 1 being the deadline.

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No more money for school maintenance

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The huge difference is exposing a Already he has more than 3,200 longstanding disconnect between City maintenance requests that he said he Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Hall and the school system in informacannot afford to address. And that list Kamras is alarmed. tion sharing on RPS’ spending for capital is expected to grow because RPS will He just found out that, as of March 31, RPS items such as roofs and heating systems have very little new money after July 1, has only $881,143 left through June 30 to spend that the mayor’s Educational Compact when the new budget year begins. The on school maintenance needs. has failed to cure. problem sets up a potential nightmare That’s far short of the $13.2 million in unspent Both sides are pointing fingers, but scenario of having multiple aging boilers maintenance dollars that Mayor Levar M. Stoney the bottom line is that Mr. Kamras sees or obsolete air conditioning systems fail Mr. Kamras reported that RPS had available when he presented difficulty ahead in maintaining the more at the same time possibly requiring an his proposed 2018-19 and 2019-20 spending plans than 30 obsolete school buildings that the majority emergency bailout from the city. to Richmond City Council in March. of RPS students attend.

What is known is that the mayor relied on the $13.2 million figure in drafting his proposal to provide RPS with $1.6 million in new maintenance dollars in the next budget year that begins July 1.

And City Council also relied on that $13.2 million figure to support the mayor and rebuff the School Board’s request for $31 million in additional funding for maintenance in the next

By Jeremy M. Lazarus a Free Press report in the April 26-28 budget. Not a single dollar has been added. edition that Mr. Wack eliminated about Mr. Kamras made a last-ditch effort April 27 The director of the Richmond Finance $240,000 in past due taxes, penalties and to provide the latest figures to the mayor’s staff Department will not seek legislation to interest on ticket sales for the Richmond and the council to show that school maintenance reform the assessment and collection of Jazz Festival. funds were almost exhausted and that the city is admissions taxes.

Mr. Wack took the action, according to relying on faulty numbers.

Instead, John B. Wack said he is sources, after finding the city’s law regardAccording to city Budget Director Jay Brown, working with the office of City Attorney ing the tax was “ambiguous” and could the report from Mr. Kamras was the first response Allen L. Jackson to develop “a detailed not be enforced against the festival. from RPS to council and city requests since midMr. Wack policy and procedure” for staff to use in The City Code requires that “any March for updated information. dealing with the tax and its collection. person receiving any payment for admission to any Mr. Kamras issued the report in hopes of getMr. Wack provided that information to Rich- place of amusement or entertainment” collect the ting the council to provide additional maintenance mond City Council during a budget review ses- 7 percent tax, unless there is a specific exemption, funds, but the council did not make any changes sion and restated it to the Free Press in response such as for a museum and botanical garden. in funding for schools as it wrapped up its budget to a query.

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Into the art Samaya Waldo, 10, contemplates the work of Kareen Jones, a Fairfield Middle School student, during ART 180’s “The Really Big Show.” The festivities drew hundreds of art lovers last Saturday to the grounds of the Science Museum of Virginia. Please see more photos, Page B2.

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Calvin Farr named new director of city Department of Public Utilities Calvin D. Farr Jr., 43, will be the next director of the Richmond Department of Public Utilities.

Mayor Levar M. Stoney announced the appointment of Mr. Farr last week. Mr. Farr currently is assistant commissioner for watershed management in Atlanta.

Mayor Stoney said Mr. Farr was selected after a national search.

“He stood out to the selection committee because of his professionalism, experience and passion to protect the environment and provide good customer service,” the mayor stated.

“I’m truly honored to be selected as the new DPU director and excited by the chalMr. Farr lenges and opportunities that DPU faces,” Mr. Farr stated in the news release announcing his selection. “I look forward to helping shape and implement strategy to continue to provide premier utility service that meets or exceeds Richmond’s goals.”

A graduate of Old Dominion University in civil engineering, Mr. Farr starts his job later this month managing the city’s water, wastewater, gas, electric streetlight and stormwater utilities.

His starting salary: $150,000 a year, or more than any previous utilities director.

He will succeed Robert Steidel, who oversees utilities and public works as the city’s deputy chief administrator for operations. Rosemary Green, who has served as interim director since Mr. Steidel’s promotion last year, will return to serving as a DPU deputy director.

Mr. Farr brings more than 21 years of experience to his post, according to his résumé.

As assistant commissioner in Atlanta, he has been involved with overseeing a $350 million project to increase that city’s water reserve from three days to more than 30 days through the creation of a new reservoir.

He previously spent more than 10 years with the Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission, which supplies most of the drinking water and wastewater treatment for Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in Maryland.

Earlier in his career, he worked for several private companies involved in utility consulting work.

He also has a master’s in environmental engineering from Johns Hopkins University and an executive master’s degree in public management from the University of MarylandCollege Park.

RPS to host Healthy Family Expo this Saturday Get a child registered for preschool. Sign up for summer school. Get the booster vaccination needed to enter sixth grade.

And enjoy some entertainment.

It’s all happening 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at Richmond Public Schools’ annual Healthy Family Expo at the Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center, 3001 N. Boulevard.

The event is free and open to the public.

This is the third year for the expo, said Michelle Henry, a health specialist with RPS’ Virginia Preschool Initiative. It will feature performances by the Greene Elementary School Orchestra, the Overby-Sheppard Honey Bees dance and cheer team, children from three RPS preschools as well as a presentation of folklore from the Dominican Republican and a Zumba demonstration.

A main focus of the event, Ms. Henry said, is to enable people to take care of business with RPS, including registering children and young people for various programs such as preschool and summer school.

The Richmond City Health District also will be offering TDaP vaccinations for students who will be graduating from fifth grade this year and entering middle school in the fall. Students are required to get the booster shot for tetanus, diptheria and whooping cough, or pertussis.

Health workers from the Capital Area Health Network and students from Fortis College will offer free blood pressure screenings.

Details: Ms. Henry, (804) 780-6218.

Community forum on gun safety and violence set for May 5 Richmond Delegate Delores L. McQuinn will host a town hall meeting on school and community safety 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, May 5, at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 1000 Mosby St. in the East End. The town hall is the first in a series of public forums, called the Safe Virginia Initiative, that members of the Virginia House Democratic Caucus plan to hold across the state through October to focus on the issues of gun safety, gun violence and the factors that lead to gun violence.

The caucus wants to gather information to create recommendations for changes in Delegate McQuinn state laws and policies.

Panelists for Saturday’s event include Richmond School Board member Felicia Cosby, 6th District; the Rev. Marcus Martin of Newbridge Baptist Church; Stephanie Younger, a youth activist with the Richmond Peace Education Center; Richmond Deputy Police Chief Eric English; and City Council President Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District.

Details: Keith Westbrook or Birdie Jamison, (804) 698-1270 or deldmcquinn@house.virginia.gov.

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This stump, left, is all that remains of the Slices of life and scenes dying sycamore in Richmond that once stood, above, in front of Spencer Turner’s North Side home. The city Department of Public Works authorized the removal of the city tree last Friday from the property in the 100 block of West Lancaster Road. The Free Press sent queries to several city officials about the tree for an article published in last week’s edition about Mr. Turner’s unsuccessful efforts to have it removed.

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New teen career, college center planned by Boys & Girls Clubs

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

He said BGCMR is working with Richmond Public Schools to find a new site in the East End. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond is moving The Richmond School Board is mulling a proposal to use land on forward to develop a new $5 million teen center in the East the Woodville Elementary School campus at 2000 N. 28th St. End with a focus on providing career and college guidance for Mr. McFarlane said other sites also are being considered.

15- to 18-year-olds.

BGCMR serves about 1,400 youths ages 8 to 14 Todd McFarlane, executive director of the nonprofit at its clubs in North Side, South Side, Petersburg and organization, said BGCMR has seen a great need to at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School and Fairfield aid young people in finding direction with a new kind Court Elementary School in the East End, he said. of programming that its clubs currently don’t offer.

More than 500 youngsters are served at the East He said finding a new site for the center is now End clubs, Mr. McFarlane said. However, teens need the main holdup. a place of their own, he said.

BGCMR has raised the funds it needs to build the new He said the new center would have its own procenter as part of a larger campaign that is still underway, gramming aimed at helping youths prepare for the he said. On its website, the group touts its success in next step in life through apprenticeships, internships, Mr. McFarlane raising $20.7 million toward the $25 million goal. tutoring and other programs.

Construction might have been underway if the initial site had Mr. McFarlane said while the city already has developed Future worked, Mr. McFarlane said.

Centers in city high schools to provide similar services, he said “We planned to develop the building on the campus of Mar- he believes the need for such services outstrips the programs tin Luther King Jr. Middle School,” where BGCMR already that can be provided within the schools. operates a club, Mr. McFarlane said, but environmental issues If all goes well, he said, the new center could be open by halted that plan.

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Franklin Street travel lanes being revamped for bikes, ‘floating parking’

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Congestion warning: Franklin Street in Downtown is about to shrink to one lane of traffic except during the morning rush hour from 6 to 9 a.m., when two travel lanes will be open.

City Hall is completing development of a two-way cycle lane on Franklin Street between Belvidere and 9th streets in the left curb lane. The city also is changing parking rules, resulting in fewer travel lanes for vehicles.

Because the bike lane will be in the curb lane previously used for parking, the new rules will allow cars and trucks to park most of the day in the left travel lane next to the bike lane, according to Jakob Helmboldt, city pedestrian, bicycle and trails coordinator It’s called “floating parking,” with motorists allowed to use the lane unless someone is parked in it, he said.

Meanwhile, the right curb lane would be reserved for parking 24 hours a day, he said. Cars will not have to move during the morning rush hour, he said.

Currently, both curb lanes are open during the morning rush, providing four traffic lanes.

That means that the only open lane without any prospect of parked vehicles would be the right travel lane, according

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A new freshly painted bike lane on Franklin Street Downtown.

to Mr. Helmboldt’s description.

This change was first envisioned in 2013 as the city developed a plan to expand bike lanes citywide.

In January 2015, Richmond City Council

endorsed development of the cycle lane that at the time was to take one lane from Franklin and one lane from Main Street. Main Street was eliminated because the traffic was too heavy, Mr. Helmboldt said.

Many people and businesses in the area got the first inkling the project was underway when “No Parking” signs went up April 11, followed by workers painting the bike lanes.

Mr. Helmboldt said more striping remains to be done and new signs will be installed. The $370,000 project is scheduled to be completed by the end of May, he said.

So far, City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, and her aide, Kiya Stokes, said they have not received any complaints.

Councilwoman Kim B. Gray, who took office in 2017 after the plan was developed, worries the project could cause traffic congestion. She noted that southbound traffic on Belvidere Street, or U.S. 1, is now being routed into Downtown on Franklin Street as well as Marshall Street now that the left turn lane onto Broad Street has been removed.

She wonders how sensible it is for the city to reduce the number of travel lanes for cars and trucks on Franklin Street while at the same time making the street more of an entry for vehicles headed into Downtown.

“I’m not sure that works,” she said.

Henrico schools to host workshop series

Henrico County Public Schools’ Department of Family and Community Engagement continues its Family Learning Series with a series of free workshops around the county during May. The workshops: Tuesday, May 8, noon to 1:30 p.m., Varina Library, 1875 New Market Road, “SOLs and Your Students.” How to help your child prepare for SOL assessment tests.

Wednesday, May 9, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave., “SOL Preparation.”

Review strategies for success on the SOLs,

along with information about practice tests and other resources on the Virginia Department of Education’s website.

Tuesday, May 15, noon to 1:30 p.m., New Bridge Learning Center, 5915 Nine Mile Road; “Understanding Dyslexia and Other Reading Problems.” Facts about dyslexia and strategies to address challenges it can pose for students, families and teachers.

Wednesday, May 16, 6 to 7:30 p.m., New Bridge Learning Center, 5915 Nine Mile Road, “Raising a Confident Child: What’s Your Parenting Style?” How to

empower children with healthy self-esteem and avoid feelings of entitlement. Discover your parenting style and how to use it effectively.

Tuesday, May 22, noon to 1:30 p.m., New Bridge Learning Center, 5915 Nine Mile Road, “Summer Enrichment Activities.”

Explore summer learning and experiential activities for children of all ages, including at-home activities, camps and other summer resources in Central Virginia.

Details and registration: Terry Talbott, (804) 652-3787 or tktalbot@ henrico. k12.va.us.

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Henrico School Board member Roscoe D. Cooper III arrested for misdemeanor assault Free Press staff report

Henrico School Board member Roscoe D. Cooper III is once again the subject of a criminal court action, but this time the county police are on his side.

Six months after being convicted of drunk driving, he now faces a misdemeanor assault charge brought by a man whom Mr. Cooper police have charged with a strangulation attack on Mr. Cooper, who also is pastor of Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church.

The man is Paul L. Foote Jr., court records show. Authorities have said he is engaged to Christy G. Cooper, Mr. Cooper’s ex-wife.

Mr. Foote was arrested on the felony charge after police were called April 20 to break up a parking lot fight involving the two men outside a Short Pump area hotel.

According to reports, Mr. Cooper allegedly was attacked after he went to the hotel to sign papers for a scholarship for his son.

Mr. Foote is due in court Tuesday, May 8, for arraignment on that charge. Mr. Foote took out an assault warrant against Mr. Cooper this week, according to Henrico General District

Court records, which show the warrant was filed on Tuesday.

Mr. Cooper is scheduled to be arraigned Monday, May 14.

The situation may be related to the Coopers’ divorce. Court records show the legal fight went on for two and a half years before a court officially ended their marriage last December.

Last year, during the months leading up to the divorce, Mr. Cooper was arrested several times for traffic offenses, including one for drunken driving and two others for speeding.

Since November, he has had to attend classes in a state Alcohol Safety Action Program and has had a restricted license to drive as a first offender.

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change,” Mr. Artze stated in response to a Free Press query. “We will be doing outreach to residents through Aug. 1 and beyond,” including providing explanatory materials.

HUD’s publication of the smoke-free regulation in the Federal Register capped the agency’s seven-year campaign to eliminate smoking in public housing to improve the health of residents and to eliminate extra maintenance costs resulting from indoor smoking.

While other Obama-era regulations have been repealed by Congress

or President Trump’s administration, Dr. Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who serves as President Trump’s cabinet secretary for HUD, has made no move to repeal the smoking ban.

At least 600 public housing authorities already have imposed smoke-free policies, while hundreds like RRHA are poised to do so. Overall, 1.2 million public housing units, including the 3,900 to 4,000 in Richmond, will be affected, HUD stated.

The HUD regulation that RRHA must enforce will ban smoking of cigarettes, cigars, pipes and hookahs. The HUD regulations did not mention e-cigarettes, but RRHA could ban them as well.

RRHA has yet to address that issue.

Meanwhile, RRHA is still scrambling to fix all 411 units where heating failed in whole or in part during the winter.

In an update on April 25, Mr. Artze stated that the heat has been fixed in 354 units, leaving just 57 to be completed.

“We are looking at a completion date of May 15,” Mr. Artze stated.

That’s 30 days after RRHA’s self-imposed deadline of April 15.

He stated that the remaining units are taking more time to fix because workers must replace blocked water pipes that have kept radiators from working. He acknowledged that the new deadline could be missed, but said RRHA is committed to completing all the work as soon as possible.

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to be completed Monday, May 14.

About the only major change made by City Council to the capital spending plan was to shift $2.1 million from spending on public art to what were described as desperately needed street paving and repairs and replacement and repair of decaying and dangerous sidewalks.

City Council came up with about $3 million in extra revenue, including $1.2 million to be generated by raising the city vehicle registration fee by $7 for each car or truck, and an additional $2 million in the tax on real estate that is projected to be generated by faster than anticipated increases in property values.

However, the $3 million went to meet other needs, including providing a 1 percent mid-year wage increase for city employees and enabling restaurants and others who remit meals taxes to take a fee to cover part of their costs of collecting the tax. The city meals tax will be going up by 1.5 percent July 1 to pay for construction of four new schools.

In a report to the School Board on Monday after his effort to lobby the City Council failed, Mr. Kamras stated that RPS is being shortchanged on maintenance because of the city’s failure to update its information in a timely fashion.

He pointed to a chart from the mayor’s budget detailing the $13.2 million in maintenance money RPS supposedly has. That chart contained a city note stating that “RPS reconciles with our (the city’s) financial records once a year in June. Therefore, if they have any encumbrances or expenditures against this account … we are not aware.”

In the city’s response to a Free Press query, Mr. Brown stated Wednesday, “We stand behind the information that was presented to City Council on March 6 and that is provided in the budget document.”

To help ensure both sides have the same numbers, Mr. Brown said he and his staff are working with RPS to improve its reporting of maintenance expenditures to the city.

He also noted that on March 13 and April 5, City Council and the administration sent requests to RPS for updated figures on maintenance spending, but the only response was Mr. Kamras’ report on April 27.

“At no time between March 6 and April 26 were we notified

by RPS that the figures provided were inconsistent with their records,” Mr. Brown stated.

According to Mr. Kamras’ figures, RPS has spent $3 million to $9 million a year on school maintenance since July 1, 2016.

During the current year, he reported that the school system already has spent nearly $3.3 million on projects, with another $5.8 million in maintenance dollars being used to pay off the leases on school buses and an outstanding maintenance debt.

RPS still has several other pots of money, but none of it can be used for school maintenance.

For example, the largest pot contains about $14 million that the council provided two years ago to pay for the design and planning of new schools. The city reported that only $9.5 million remained in that fund, another discrepancy.

Mr. Kamras also noted that RPS has about $3.3 million that, under a federal court order, is restricted to paying for ramps, elevators and other items that ensure that school buildings meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Finally, RPS has $1.2 million in grant funds, generated by the wave of school shootings elsewhere, that the school system can only use for cameras, door locks and other school safety needs.

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Johnson Inc., the company that stages the festival. The company argued for four years that it was not required to collect admissions tax for the jazz festival because it was held at Maymont, which is exempt from the tax, according to a source. The festival rents Maymont, which is listed as a community partner for the festival and run by a nonprofit foundation.

Prior to Mr. Wack’s decision, the Finance Department had rejected Johnson Inc.’s position, found that Maymont’s exemption did not apply and had undertaken several collection efforts, the sources told the Free Press. Individual taxpayer information is not public information.

In his response to the Free Press, Mr. Wack stated that he told City Council members that he had requested “some of the City Code language be modified,” but he said the City Attorney’s Office preferred to work with his department on developing a detailed policy and procedure for his staff.

Mr. Wack said the “policy and procedure hasn’t been finalized, but it won’t be introduced as legislation.”

routes, GRTC also will end a detour that has moved buses off Broad Street and put them on Grace and Franklin streets in Downtown.

The overhaul also will mean stepped up weekday service to the Richmond International Airport, with runs every 30 minutes. There also will be improved service to other parts of Henrico County,

Ms. Pace said, although recently approved expansion of service to Short Pump will not happen until later this year.

New bus signs and bus stops also will be activated.

To help regular riders adjust and attract new people, GRTC expects to offer free rides on all buses through at least July 31 — a seven-day price break, Ms. Pace said.

GRTC obtained a grant to cover the

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This Pulse station located Downtown on Broad Street is one of 14 stations along the 7.6-mile route between Rocketts Landing and The Shops at Willow Lawn.

cost, Ms. Pace said. The money will become available as soon as Richmond City Council gives the green light to use the money to cover the cost of the free rides. That is expected to happen in late May or early June.

The $64 million Pulse is another project that began during the tenure of former Mayor Dwight C. Jones.

“One quarter of the city’s population and two-thirds of all jobs in Richmond are within a half mile of the Pulse,” current Mayor Levar M. Stoney said.

He hopes Pulse, along with revamped bus service, will raise the profile of public transit and make it more than just a service for people who cannot afford cars.

Ahead of the launch, the project builder, Lane Construction, will be finishing landscaping and installing signs at the Pulse stations. Final road work also needs to be completed, including installation of pedestrian curb ramps and sidewalk repairs.

GRTC, meanwhile, will be conducting tests of the new system through May. Ms. Pace said drivers and cyclists are getting used to the Pulse lanes on the street.

She urged people to stay out of the lanes as part of adjusting to the change.

However, drivers will be allowed to make right turns from Pulse’s curbside lanes in Downtown, and cyclists also can use the curbside bus-only lanes after a Pulse bus has passed.

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television hit “The Cosby Show” will become probably the best-known celebrity to hear the gates of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections shut behind him, according to a department spokeswoman, Susan McNaughton.

She said previous and current highprofile inmates have included legislators, ex-police officers and Jerry Sandusky, a former Pennsylvania State University football coach convicted in 2012 of being a serial child molester.

Another is Mumia Abu-Jamal, a political activist convicted in the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer. Mr. AbuJamal’s lawyers argued in court Monday that he should be granted a new trial because of bias of a state Supreme Court judge who heard his appeal.

Mr. Cosby’s 2005 admission that he drugged women to have sex with them was the most compelling piece of evidence leading a Pennsylvania jury to finding him guilty April 26 of sexual assault, one of the jurors told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday.

That admission, which the actor made when he was facing a civil lawsuit, had also been a key piece of evidence for prosecutors in Mr. Cosby’s first trial on the charges, which ended last year with that jury unable to reach a verdict.

“It was his deposition,” Harrison Snyder, 22, told ABC. “Mr. Cosby admitted to giving these Quaaludes to women, young women, in order to have sex with them.”

The seven-man, five-woman jury that included Mr. Snyder reached a unanimous decision after 12 hours of deliberations, about 10 months after the previous jury deadlocked in his first trial on the same charges, prompting the judge to declare a mistrial.

In the deposition from the 2005 civil lawsuit filed by Ms. Constand, Mr. Cosby described giving drugs, including the sedative Quaaludes, and alcohol to women

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Andrea Constand, 45, left, embraces prosecutor Kristen Feden during a news conference April 26 after a jury found Bill Cosby guilty of drugging and raping her.

before sex, hosting Ms. Constand at his home and a slew of other acts.

Prosecutors presented new witnesses at Mr. Cosby’s latest trial that the judge had blocked in 2017, including five other women who accused him of drugging and assaulting them.

Mr. Snyder told ABC that he had been unfamiliar with Mr. Cosby and the #MeToo movement against sexual assault and harassment before the trial because he does not watch the news. He said he was not initially sure that Mr. Cosby was guilty. He was convinced after hearing the evidence.

“If you were there, you would say the same thing. You would say that he’s guilty,” Mr. Snyder said. “I have no doubt at all.”

Incarceration will be a stark change for Mr. Cosby, whose net worth was estimated in 2016 by Fortune magazine at $400 million, with $100 million invested in real estate, including homes in New York, Massachusetts and Nevada. He also owned a private jet, artwork and dozens of classic cars.

Once Mr. Cosby arrives behind bars,

he will face an “incarceration reception process” to determine his health care and psychological treatment needs, his security level, and to which of 22 male prisons he will be sent, Ms. McNaughton said.

He will be one of just 83 inmates age 80 or older, and one of very few who are legally blind, she said. Such prisoners typically are assigned a sighted inmate, who is paid 19 cents to 42 cents an hour to assist them and lead them through the facility.

“Certainly Mr. Cosby would be fine,” Ms. McNaughton said. “Of course they (the inmate assistants) are screened, and there is a lot of monitoring and supervision.”

Like most inmates, Mr. Cosby likely will be allowed to receive and send emails, which also are screened for security purposes. Most inmates use prison-approved tablet computers.

Mr. Cosby’s prison assistant also might help sort any fan mail that passes a security screening.

“No drugs or contraband or influence of escape,” Ms. McNaughton said. “If it clears through the mailroom, it’s delivered to the inmate.”

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Brian Hunt, the father of Delecia Waddy, 24, who has been missing from Bowling Green since March 9, 2017, tries to gather himself, below right, during an emotional Richmond Missing Persons Day Rally last Saturday at Chimborazo Park.

The second annual event was sponsored by the Richmond Police Department and Toni Jacobs, mother of 21-year-old Keeshae Jacobs who was last seen in her Westover neighborhood in South Side on Sept. 26, 2016. The event was designed to show support for families whose loved ones are missing

and provide tools to the community to stay safe. Below left, members of Friends for Farrakhan pick up information about Ms. Jacobs, while Richmond Police Chief, at left, Alfred Durham addresses the crowd. As of April 28, Richmond Police is investigating 34 missing persons cases, of which 13 are children. Information about any missing persons in Richmond may be turned in to police anonymously at Crime Stoppers, (804) 780-1000. Information also may be sent by text to Crime Stoppers at 274637 under the heading “ITip.”

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ATLANTA A lawyer for Desmond Marrow said this week the charges against the former NFL player should be dropped, as police and prosecutors in Georgia said they are reviewing the arrest in which officers allegedly used excessive force.

Video circulated online last week of the Dec. 2 arrest of Mr. Marrow in a shopping center parking lot in McDonough, Ga., just south of Atlanta.

Mr. Marrow, 30, is a former University of Toledo football player who signed in 2012 with the Houston Texans, but was cut during preseason. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers picked him up but he didn’t make the team.

In the one-minute video clip, officers can be seen forcefully taking a handcuffed Mr. Marrow to the ground by sweeping his legs out from under him as he yells, “I’m not even fighting back.” When he’s on the ground, an officer puts his hand on Mr. Marrow’s throat for several seconds and Mr. Marrow says, “I can’t breathe,” while another officer Mr. Marrow tells him to settle down.

Chris Stewart, an attorney for Mr. Marrow, said it’s clear from the video that Mr. Marrow wasn’t resisting and the officers used excessive force. The officers should be fired and the charges against Mr. Marrow should be dropped, Mr. Stewart said.

Robbie Swinson, who witnessed Mr. Marrow’s arrest, said in a phone interview Monday that the video “speaks for itself, and it shows excessive force” because Mr. Marrow was already handcuffed. But he said it only shows a tiny slice of a long encounter and that Mr. Marrow aggressively chased another vehicle down the road and in the parking lot, talked about shooting people and then scuffled with police as they tried to handcuff him.

Although a use of force review was done at the time of the arrest, Henry County Police Chief Mark Amerman earlier in April ordered an internal affairs investigation, department spokesman Capt. Joey Smith stated in an email last week. One of the officers was placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the investigation, he said.

“The Henry County Police Department takes any charges of excessive use of force very seriously and wants to assure the public that this event will be fully investigated,” Capt. Smith said.

Henry County District Attorney Darius Pattillo said in a statement emailed on April 27 that his office is conducting a parallel investigation to determine whether the use of force was justified. That is being done by a review panel that includes Mr. Pattillo, his chief investigator, another veteran prosecutor and a use of force expert.

“The portion of the video distributed is graphic and violent, and we understand why people are disturbed by this,” Mr. Pattillo said. “I can assure you that once the investigation is complete, we will respond appropriately.”

His office also is examining the charges against Mr. Marrow, including felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer, misdemeanor reckless driving and misdemeanor aggressive driving.

Mr. Marrow told The Associated Press in an April 27 interview that he was driving when two white men pulled up next to him and started yelling racial slurs and threw a cup of coffee at him. He stayed calm but drove fast to follow them and get their license plate number. He said he followed them into a parking lot to talk to them.

One of the men listed on the police report as a victim disputes that. Scott Davis told the AP by phone on Monday that Mr. Marrow began aggressively riding his bumper, cursed at him and his friend, threw a rock at their car and yelled that he had a loaded gun and would shoot them.

At one point, Mr. Marrow pulled in front of them, Mr. Davis

said, and tried to block them and appeared to be getting out of his truck. Mr. Davis said he then threw a can of Coke to slow Mr. Marrow down so they could get away. Mr. Marrow, he said, then followed them into the shopping center parking lot and chased them, “driving like a madman,” as Mr. Davis called 911.

Mr. Swinson said he saw Mr. Marrow chasing a car along the road and then saw him continue to chase the car through the parking lot. Worried that one of them would hit someone in the parking lot, Mr. Swinson said he tried to get between the

two cars to stop them.

He blocked Mr. Marrow, who got out of the car complaining that the men in the other car had thrown some liquid at his car and hollering that he had a gun, Mr. Swinson said.

Police found no weapons when they searched Mr. Marrow and decided to arrest him after speaking to the alleged victims and witnesses who said they saw Mr. Marrow aggressively chasing another vehicle and making threats, according to a police report.

Richmond residents frustrated by police stops don’t go to the police when they have issues with an officer’s conduct, she said.

“This isn’t a process that About 30 residents of the gets resolved quickly. A third city’s Blackwell neighborof the complaints hadn’t hood voiced their frustration been resolved by the end last Saturday over what some of 2017. And this is probsee as discriminatory police ably also something that’s stops and other interactions off-putting for citizens in with Richmond Police. making those complaints,” The residents gathered Dr. Coston said. at the Blackwell Commu“The amount of time that it nity Center for a meeting takes is problematic. Of course organized by New Virginia it takes time to investigate, but Majority and other justice at the same time, people don’t advocacy groups that have want to complain and feel like been pushing the Richmond that’s not doing anything,” Police Department to release she added. data on traffic stops, the use Dr. Coston said that if the of stop-and-frisk methods and complaints had a positive outother tactics. come, people would probably “Traffic stops and stopfeel confident about going to and-frisks are conduits for the police to report issues they the mass incarceration of have had with an officer. black people in Richmond CNS photo by Aya Driouche There are a number of and across America,” said ways community members Assaddique Abdul-Rahman, Virginia Commonwealth University Professor Liz Coston community organizer for discusses use of force and complaint data released by the can gather data missing from Richmond Police Department.

Richmond Police statistics, New Virginia Majority.

After months of prodding by New Virginia Majority, Dr. Coston said. For example, she said, advocacy groups could the Legal Aid Justice Center, the Advancement Project and canvass neighborhoods, knock on doors and conduct surveys.

“The bottom line is people don’t want to go to the poSoutherners on New Ground, Richmond Police began publicly releasing data on the use of force and complaints. The data lice, so these are all routes of gathering data — whether it’s includes the race and gender of civilians involved, as well people’s stories or numbers,” Coston said.

Mr. Abdul-Rahman said the No. 1 issue in the community as where the incidents occurred.

In addition, community members have secured a com- is its relationship with the police. “Many of the residents live mitment from Richmond Police to start releasing data on in fear and feel that their community is targeted,” he said.

Port Johnson, who attended the Blackwell meeting, agreed stop-and-frisks and traffic stops.

Dr. Liz Coston, a Virginia Commonwealth University that some neighborhoods are treated differently than others.

Ms. Johnson recalled visiting three police precincts — two sociology professor and board member with the Virginia Anti-Violence Project, reported on the complaint data released in predominantly African-American neighborhoods and one in a white neighborhood. She said the precinct in the white by the police.

In 2017, Richmond Police received a total of 109 complaints: neighborhood provided surveys for residents, asking if they had any concerns. The precincts in the two African-American § Forty, or about 37 percent, came from citizens. § The rest were departmental complaints — for example, didn’t provide a way for residents to share their thoughts or if an officer observes or oversees something he or she thinks concerns, she said.

Ms. Johnson said she believes that holding community is improper, the officer would report that internally to the meetings and discussing possible solutions is vital. authorities.

“Transparency allows for remediation, authenticity and Dr. Coston called the data “problematic,” noting that there were a number of open cases. That may explain why people justice,” she said.

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GPA miscalculations impact RPS students

By Ronald E. Carrington

Richmond Public Schools officials acknowledged Monday that four years of miscalculating students’ grade point averages have led to errors on students’ transcripts.

Vickie Oakley, the RPS interim chief academic officer, told the Richmond School Board at its meeting this week that the errors have caused problems this year for some college-bound seniors, particularly those in dual enrollment courses at Open High School and the International Baccalaureate program at Thomas Jefferson

High School.

The problems, which have lowered students’ actual GPAs, also could lower a student’s class ranking and have a negative effect on merit-based college scholarships.

The problems have gone on since the 20122013 school year, officials said. They apologized for the long-standing errors and vowed to correct transcripts for students, many of whom were up against early May deadlines to accept college admissions offers and submit a deposit to hold their place at the college.

“The administration became aware that RPS

has not implemented this policy with fidelity and has not done so for the last four years,” Ms. Oakley informed the board. “The program study book did not match the policy and there should be great oversight between the policy and what is practiced.”

Parents of college-bound seniors are furious because the errors put college admissions and scholarship opportunities on the line for students preparing to graduate.

Betsy Milburn, whose son attends Open High School, spoke during the meeting’s public comment period and scolded the board and school

Public hearings set to rename school named for a Confederate

By Ronald E. Carrington

The Richmond School Board wants public input in changing the name of J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School, the only school in the city named for a Confederate.

The board voted on a plan, including a timeline presented by special adviser Meiko Timmons, under which it will vote on renaming the school at its June 18 meeting.

Before then, the public can comment on changing the school’s name at two public hearings at the school, located at 3101 Fendall Ave. in North Side, from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, and from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 19.

A third public hearing is scheduled 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, at Virginia Union University.

Richmonders also may comment at the School Board’s meeting on Monday, June 4, or submit comments and ideas for new names on the Richmond Public Schools’ website, www.rvaschools.net, beginning Monday, May 7.

“We want to make this as collaborative as possible,” said Superintendent Jason Kamras.

The board signaled its intent

to rename the school at its April 9 meeting, voting 8-1 to review the name of the school that is overwhelming African-American, as well as the names of schools throughout the district.

Officials said at the time they want to create a positive and inclusive learning environment for all students, and that includes the North Side school’s name.

“We need to send a message to our community and to our students, in particular, that diversity and inclusiveness are values of ours,” said School Board member James “Scott” Barlow, 6th District.

According to the plan, a “renaming team” will be established by Monday, May 7, to help organize the community sessions, review the comments and “provide guidance” to Mr. Kamras on making a recommendation to the School Board. The renaming team will consist of two students, two teachers, two support staff and two family members from Stuart School, two community stakeholders, two School Board members and two administrators, according to the plan.

School Board member Kenya Gibson, 3rd District, cautioned the board to consider the cost of

J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School

the name change and how it might affect the school’s budget.

“I want to make sure that we know all of the moving parts to this name changing process,” Ms. Gibson said.

The City of Petersburg estimated its cost of renaming three elementary

schools at $6,000 per school. That includes lettering on the buildings, updating outdoor signs, replacing the top section of stage curtains and replacing doormats. A private citizen, who wanted to remain anonymous, donated money to defray the cost, officials said.

administration for lack of oversight and offered corrective measures.

She suggested that “the board provide open information for parents to check classes and credits for accuracy in their child’s transcript; provide detailed information on classes and grades; and continue to develop a process for consistent, clear and concise and real transcripts.”

“This information should be archived online and accessible by any parent or any student who wants to see if the class taken and credit given is correct,” Ms. Milburn told the board.

Ms. Oakley said all transcripts for students in grades 9 through 11 will be audited and updated by the end of the school year. For graduating seniors, transcripts are being updated and corrected and GPAs and class rankings will be sent

by Tuesday, May 8, to students and colleges, she said.

Ms. Oakley was not clear on how many students have been affected during the past four years, but said 104 students have been impacted during the current academic year.

School Board member Cheryl Burke, 7th District, said she was disappointed by the errors.

“I am concerned about students who are in college that can’t afford to be there because their grade point averages were not calculated in the correct manner. That could be causing them hardship right now,” she said. “This is unforgiveable. This is absolutely unforgiveable.”

Board chairwoman Dawn Page was equally alarmed.

“As a parent of twins that recently graduated, I know they could have received more money for college, and every other student. This has an immense impact in our community,” Ms. Page said. “This is unacceptable.”

In mid-April Superintendent Jason Kamras sent a letter to RPS parents and families explaining the issue related to the calculation of GPAs and explained that RPS failed to follow board policy that requires extra weight, or “quality points,” to be assigned to dual enrollment and IB classes.

“We are in the process of correcting this so that our students’ GPAs reflect Board policy,” Mr. Kamras wrote. “Please note that no student’s rank will fall as a result of the update.”

The School Board and administration are reviewing the GPA policy for IB and dual enrollment courses and will recommend any changes by Aug. 1. Additionally, officials said internal controls will be implemented to ensure no errors occur in the future.

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Personal drama overshadows elected service We were gravely disappointed by news of the arrest yet again of Henrico School Board member Roscoe D. Cooper III. The 43-year-old Mr. Cooper has given a lot to the community in terms of service. He has been pastor of Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church since 2003, serves on the board of the Capital Area Health Network and was elected to represent the people of the Fairfield District on the Henrico School Board.

We supported Mr. Cooper in his 2015 campaign. He won the election by a mere 42 votes. We noted in endorsing him that his record as a visionary and problem-solver for health needs in the community and as an advocate and successful administrator would be a major boost in addressing and correcting the inequities in funding, facilities, discipline and support for schoolchildren in Eastern Henrico.

But Mr. Cooper’s arrest this week on a misdemeanor assault charge — the fourth publicly known incident since 2017 — has put him in the headlines once again for a seemingly messy domestic situation that places a cloud over his reputation and judgment and is distracting from his ability to serve.

Certainly, we all face personal situations that can divert and sap our focus and energy at work, such as a divorce, the illness of a child or spouse, the death of a loved one or serious problems with our children at school or at home, to name a few. We can reduce our work schedule, use vacation time or the Family and Medical Leave Act to take time off to get our situations and ourselves in order.

In Mr. Cooper’s case, we recommend that he step down from the School Board to take the time — and privacy — he needs to get a handle on the personal issues that are causing instability and headlines.

The Fairfield District, which has long been shortchanged, needs an upstanding representative without personal drama who can focus full attention on the needs of the schools and the students. This is particularly critical during the board’s current discussions with the Henrico Board of Supervisors on teacher salaries and retention and classroom overcrowding.

How School Board members address these issues today may impact the county’s schools for years to come.

Just weeks before his arrest in August 2017 on charges of driving under the influence and refusing to take a blood alcohol or breathalyzer test, Mr. Cooper told his congregation that flawed people are still good.

Yes, we believe that. But we expect more from our elected officials, including our School Board members who stand not only as advocates for our children, but as positive role models for behavior and achievement.

The Fairfield District needs more and deserves better.

May Day and pay inequities Rallies and marches took place on Tuesday across the United States and the globe to highlight the rights of workers and labor issues.

The annual May Day celebration, occurring on May 1, is known as International Workers’ Day. In several large U.S. cities, marchers also took aim at the Trump administration’s policies, including recent immigration crackdowns that many said target workers in the lowest-paying jobs. They also decried the administration’s decision to end temporary protected status for immigrants from nations such as Haiti, Sudan, El Salvador and Nicaragua who are fleeing from conflict or natural disaster.

Marchers also called attention to President Trump’s racist, xenophobic and homophobic rhetoric and policies, as well as his proposals and actions that are hostile to the environment. Many called for voters to turn out at the polls for the November midterm congressional elections.

We believe May Day is another time for pointing out the disgraceful inequities in pay for most American workers.

Thanks to a new federal regulation, publicly traded U.S. corporations must disclose for the first time how much their chief executives are making compared with their median workers.

The results so far only confirm what we already know — that wealth isn’t shared with workers. Ninety-nine percent of the American people toil for low wages while the top 1 percent get richer.

Reports from several corporations filed earlier this year show the CEO of Marathon Petroleum made 935 times more pay than his typical employee in 2017. Other reports show an even more widely skewed imbalance in the CEO-to-worker pay ratio, including: • Temp agency Manpower — 2,483 to1 • Amusement park Six Flags — 1,920 to 1 • Del Monte produce — 1,465 to 1 • Apparel maker VF — 1,353 to 1 • Auto parts maker Aptiv — 2,526 to 1 The figures lend even more evidence to the fact that income inequality exists throughout our communities and that this serious issue needs to be addressed. The recent Trump administration tax cut that had a trickle-down effect of some companies offering one-time bonuses or rebates to their workers is not salve for the gaping wound that is hurting American families.

African-Americans and other workers of color bear a large brunt of the greed, with a recent report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research showing that workers of color are paid less than their white male colleagues, irrespective of having a college degree.

We renew our call for the minimum wage in Virginia and across the nation to be raised to $15 an hour. We also call for companies to stop their shameful greedy practice of fattening the pocketbooks of their top executives, while ignoring the wage needs of those who make their companies profitable.

A company is only as strong as those who do the work.

Workers should be justly rewarded.

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How do you mend a broken heart?

I used to love me some Bill Cosby, not only because he was America’s Dad, but also because he was fun and funny.

Most of the times that I was around him, I felt lifted. He had that deep, “Heh, heh, heh,” laugh and that sweet smile. And then he loved some HBCUs, so what could you say?

Yeah, there was that irascible thing, that pull up your pants and don’t steal the cake preachy conversation. But there was the $20 million that he and wife Camille Cosby gave to Spelman College and the fraction of which I was able to wangle from him for Bennett College.

We had this conversation, once upon a time, when he said that he loved me, and I replied, “As much as you love Dr. (Johnnetta) Cole?” And he said, “Yeah.” So I said, “Where is my $20 million? If you love me even 10 percent as much, I get $2 million.” He laughed.

I laughed. He spent a day at Bennett College talking to my students.

Now he has been convicted

as a sexual predator. And while there will be an appeal, the fact that more than 60 women have made accusations is daunting.

Even if half of them are piling on, enough of them have made the case that a man who has been an amazing philanthropist also has been an awful sexual predator. How do I mend my

Julianne Malveaux broken heart?

Indeed, my heart is broken.

It started breaking with the first allegation. It continued to break as the accusations piled up. How could I — how could we — reconcile the image of a man whose humor and dad-liness engaged a generation with a man who, by his own admission, drugged women so he could have nonconsensual sex with them? What is real, what is fake, and how do we begin to enjoy powerful episodes of “The Cosby Show” without thinking of the man who was just convicted?

So do we throw the art out?

Do we decide that the engaging body of work is now worthless because the creator is horribly flawed? Do we decide that “Fat Albert” wasn’t really fat and funny, that Theo and Rudy

weren’t amazing kids, that “I Spy” didn’t spy, that the Cosby body of work is useless?

I will make no excuses for a man who has been convicted as a sexual predator, even as I confess my affection for him. But I wonder if we can separate the art from its creator, especially when we consider the fact that Mr. Cosby broke so many barriers as he created his art. And while he deserves more than a wink and a nod or a slap on the wrist, I think it also is important to consider context.

Who taught this man to be a sexual predator? Was this the norm in Hollywood at that time?

Mr. Cosby was raised well enough to know the difference between right and wrong, and he was not only wrong but also butt wrong to drug women to have sex with them. One could be a misunderstanding. Sixty is an epidemic. Even if half of them are making it up, 30, 20, 10 or even one is more than enough.

So my heart breaks for our culture and for that which many will throw away. Meaning, do Mr. Cosby’s crimes invalidate his art? Will all eight seasons of “The Cosby Show” be kicked to the curb because its creator is an extraordinarily flawed man? Will

Honor victims with action “From 1986 to 1996, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sponsored high-quality, peer-reviewed research into the underlying causes of gun violence. People who kept guns in their homes did not — despite their hopes — gain protection … Instead, residents in homes with a gun faced a 2.7-fold greater risk of homicide and a 4.8-fold greater risk of suicide. The National Rifle Association moved to suppress the dissemination of these results and to block funding of future government research into the causes of firearm injuries. …

As a consequence, U.S. scientists cannot answer the most basic question: What works to prevent firearm injuries?”

— Mark Rosenberg, former director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the CDC and former U.S. Rep. Jay Dickey, an Arkansas Republican who sponsored (to his later regret) the amendment that blocks the CDC from funding gun injury prevention research.

The April 22 tragedy at a Nashville area Waffle House brings the nation’s gun death toll to 4,422 in 2018 and the number of mass shooting victims to 69.

The relentless pace of gun violence in America threatens to dull our outrage and focus on the perpetrators threatens to bury the memory of the victims and the

heroism of those who showed grace under pressure.

The Nashville shooter snuffed out the lives of four young people: Taurean Sanderlin, 29; Joe Perez, 20; DeEbony Groves, 21; and Akilah DaSilva, 23.

Known as “T” by his friends, Mr. Sanderlin had worked at the Waffle House as a cook

Marc H. Morial for about five years. Mr. Perez worked as a subcontractor for a moving company. Ms. Groves, a former standout high school basketball player, made Dean’s List at Belmont University.

Mr. DaSilva, who went by the nickname Natrix, studied musical engineering at Middle Tennessee State University.

From this tragedy has emerged a hero. Not only did James Shaw Jr. tackle the gunman and wrest away his AR-15 assault rifle — severely burning his hands in the process — but he also set up a memorial fund for the victims, raising nearly $100,000. In interviews, Mr. Shaw said he wants his 4-year-old daughter to grow up in a less violent world.

“I hope we can bring violence in all facets — not just gun violence, but all facets of violence — to an end,” he said.

Admirers have created a college fund for Mr. Shaw’s daughter.

Law enforcement has not identified a motive for the shootings, but the gunman’s history of mental health issues and delusions is well documented.

It’s beyond question the man

shouldn’t have had access to firearms. His guns had, in fact, been confiscated and his license to carry them revoked in Illinois.

The guns were released to the shooter’s father, who returned them to the shooter when he moved to Tennessee.

Federal law allows for weapons to be seized when someone is convicted of a felony or involuntarily committed for mental health treatment. But Illinois is one of only a few states where firearms can be seized if someone’s behavior constitutes a “clear and present danger” but does not necessarily rise to a felony conviction or involuntary commitment.

It’s unclear whether the shooter’s father violated federal law by returning the guns, but there is no law in Tennessee that would have barred him from possessing them.

As if the nation needed another reminder, we must reinstate the federal ban on assault weapons and impose a limit on magazine capacity. It is only because the Waffle House shooter paused to reload that Mr. Shaw had the opportunity to disarm him and save countless lives.

The most important way we can honor the memory of Taurean Sanderlin, Joe Perez, DeEbony Groves and Akilah DaSilva, and fulfill the vision of James Shaw Jr., is to vote for leaders who will heed the demands of the majority of Americans and enact sensible gun reforms.

The writer is president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League.

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a moment in history, a moment when the ensemble depiction of a dynamic black middle class family entertained a nation, be obliterated by the judgment of one man?

I am not sure of the answer.

I am certain, though, that my heart is broken.

Mr. Cosby will appeal and he may prevail. Or, he may not. But I am among those who cherish the memories of “The Cosby Show,” the Cosby philanthropist, the funny and irascible man who came to my campus, talked good sense to my students and cared.

Cheers to him for lifting up black colleges. Shame on him for violating women. How can I reconcile these images? How can I mend my broken heart?

The writer is an economist, author and former president of Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C.

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Hunger can hamper higher education efforts A 22-year-old mother of two young children decides to go to class rather than pick up an extra shift at the doctor’s office where she works. The decision, while beneficial to her education, means she won’t have enough money to feed herself and her children sufficiently that month.

An adult learner, recently laid off from his company and working hard to transition to a new, better-paying industry, is studying late into the night in the on-campus library. He hasn’t eaten for two days and the hunger pangs are making it increasingly difficult for him to focus on his work.

An 18-year-old freshman, receiving full Pell scholarship funds that allow him to go to school full time and enter the workforce on schedule, can’t pay for both his rent and food with the money from his part-time, on-campus job. He sleeps in his car at night and relies on visits to the local food pantry to get enough to eat.

These are the increasingly desperate stories of community college students across America. Make no mistake: They are real, and it is a crisis.

Rockland County, N.Y., where I serve as president of Rockland Community College, ranks in the top 1 percent nationally in median income. And yet, I hear stories of my students sleeping in their cars. I am updated regularly on the increasing reliance of my students on our on-campus food pantry to get enough to eat. Every community college in the nation is affected by this problem, not just those in low-income areas.

In March 2017, the Wisconsin HOPE Lab and the American Community College Trustees surveyed 33,000 students at 70 community colleges across 24 states. The results are difficult to bear. Sixty-seven percent of community college students in the survey were reported to be “food insecure,� which was defined as “the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods, or the ability to acquire such foods in a socially acceptable manner.� One-third of students in the survey were

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Every community college president and board of trustees must take this crisis seriously. There are clear recommendations made by the Wisconsin HOPE Lab. • If an institution does not yet have a one-stop location staffed full time by a case manager or licensed therapist, the time is right for an investment in such a center. At Rockland Community College, our Connection Center conducts an intake of every student who comes in for help. These students then are connected to campus, county and community resources, including our on-campus food pantry, local area food banks, assistance with SNAP applications and other types of direct support. • Ensure that your campus has or is working toward creative approaches to addressing food insecurity. Open an on-campus food pantry and market it appropriately, coordinate benefits ac-

cess programs with your local Department of Health and Human Services, and work closely with your local elected officials to attack the problem of food insecurity on campus, including applying for federal and state grants. • Engage with your faculty, staff and alumni to provide for an emergency aid program that will provide financial support and other aid to students in need. These programs serve as popular fundraising opportunities at community colleges. At Rockland Community College, more than $1 million has been donated during the past decade to the Herbert Kurz President’s Student Support Fund, which has provided direct support for students suffering from food and housing insecurity. • Finally, regularly assess how your college’s efforts are affecting the issue of food insecurity on your campus. Survey students, conduct focus groups and ensure that you have a quality team of competent administrators overseeing your institution’s efforts to help students suffering from hunger.

Most of us go into this work as community college presidents because we want to do everything we can to lift up students from poverty and help provide them with opportunity that will lead to career mobility and success. Many of our students are trying hard and falling short, not because of their intellect or work ethic, but because of circumstances beyond their control that take place outside of the classroom. It is incumbent upon us as educators and institutional leaders to protect the students in our charge. Let’s do better to solve this crisis.

The writer is the seventh president of Rockland Community College in New York.

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Thousands of students on our campuses are going hungry every day. Community college presidents love to talk about strategies for degree completion to assist students in entering the workforce and moving up the career ladder. There is no doubt that earning an associate degree lifts students out of poverty. But to ensure this path to a stable future, many students who attend community college have to bear the burden of their economic

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Varina Elementary School 2551 New Market Road Henrico, VA 23231 Find out about the proposed project to add left turn lanes on east and westbound Route 5 at Buffin Road and a right turn lane on northbound Buffin Road to eastbound Route 5.

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Baseball so white

Flying Squirrels, other San Fran affiliates, have few or no African-American players While baseball has become overwhelmingly white in the United States, it remains popular among aspiring hitters and pitchers of color from the Caribbean and South America.

For ample evidence, check out the Richmond Flying Squirrels and their big league affiliate San Francisco Giants.

Aside from Squirrels manager Willie Harris, there are no AfricanAmericans on Richmond’s roster

heading into this week’s action.

However, Harris’ lineup is filled with talented Latinos. Top performers have been infielder Ali Castillo from Venezuela, and left fielder Luigi Rodriguez and infielder Miguel Gómez, both from the Dominican Republic.

Cuban outfielder Daniel Carbonell has speed and power and remains a prospect.

Also born in the United States with Latin connections are third baseman

‘Giants win the pennant!’

The 1951 New York Giants were among the first big league clubs with a strong African-American presence.

The 1951 Giants defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-4 at the Polo Grounds in New York City for the National League pennant on a walkoff home run from Bobby Thomson.

The dramatic blast resulted in perhaps the most famous call in sports annals — “The Giants Win the Pennant! The Giants Win the Pennant!” — by WMCA radio broadcaster Russ Hodges.

The New York Giants’ lineup featured three African-Americans — third baseman Hank Thompson, Monte Irvin in left field and 20-year-old rookie Willie Mays in center field.

The Giants, who moved to San Francisco in 1958, can boast of having some of the top AfricanAmerican players in sports history, starting with the incomparable Mays, who many consider the GOAT, the greatest of all time.

Others include Barry Bonds, baseball’s all-time home run king; his father, Bobby Bonds, among the top players of his era; and Willie McCovey, who ranks with the top slugging first basemen.

This shows how the culture has shifted.

If Mays, the older and younger Bonds and McCovey were to come along today, they may have bypassed baseball entirely and played other sports.

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Noah Arenado of Puerto Rican and Cuban ancestry, and catcher Aramis Garcia of Cuban ancestry.

The remainder of the local roster is all white.

This trend is consistent throughout the San Francisco Giants organization.

Just two African-Americans are on the San Francisco roster — outfielders Andrew McCutchen and Austin Jackson, both of whom were acquired via trades this season. The Giants’ roster also includes six Latinos.

At the Giants’ Triple A club, the Sacramento River Cats, one peg above Richmond, there are no AfricanAmericans and seven Latinos.

It’s similar across the Major League Baseball landscape.

On opening day rosters counting the disabled list, only 7.8 percent (a total of 68) of big leaguers were African-American, up from 7.1 percent

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a year go.

Major markets were no exception.

The New York Mets opened with no African-Americans; the Los Angeles Dodgers opened with just one, 33-yearold outfielder Matt Kemp.

While African-American numbers are paltry, international participation is about 28 percent, with most of the players from Caribbean islands and Venezuela.

Baseball’s administrators see sunlight on the horizon.

Since 2012, there have been 41 African-Americans selected in the first round of the MLB draft. History indicates first round picks are on the fast track to “The Show.”

Meanwhile, pro baseball rosters will be top heavy with a blend of native-born Caucasians, mostly with college backgrounds, and Latinos, often signed at ages 16 and 17.

The Richmond Free Press asked Richmond Flying Squirrels CEO Todd “Parney” Parnell about the absence of African-Americans on the team’s current roster. Here is his reply: “While we don’t control the roster, we do control our efforts in the community to reach out and get all kids interested in playing our great game. For years, that effort has focused on rebuilding fields in the inner city to make them better, more attractive and safe.

“Our relationship with the MJBL (Metropolitan Junior Baseball League) has been pivotal in developing relationships with coaches, players and parents alike, as well as our annual youth baseball tournament that has city players playing against players from the entire region.”

The Squirrels’ parent organization, the San Francisco Giants, assign all players to their minor league affiliates. Minor league teams do not scout and sign their own players.

VT’s Edmunds brothers make NFL draft history

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Lots of brothers have made it to the NFL. Some have played on the same team or been selected in the same draft.

But siblings Tremaine and Terrell Edmunds of Danville made history April 26 as the first brothers selected in the same opening round.

Linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, 19, was picked 16th by the Buffalo Bills. Then older brother safety Terrell Edmunds, 21, was chosen 28th by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Both played for Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.

Their older brother, Trey Edmunds, who played for Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland, was a rookie running back with the New Orleans Saints last year.

Talk about family pride.

“Man, it was great,” Tre-

maine said. “Definitely to see my other brother get drafted tonight, it was a big-time relief for my whole family. I know everybody’s excited and I’m excited. It’s a long time coming, but we can finally say that we made it.”

Tremaine will be one of the youngest players in the league.

“I’ve always been a young guy, whatever team that I was on,” Tremaine said. “I’m a mature guy ... Just listened to my dad, my brother because they’ve been through the process, try to get things from them and continue to do the things I was doing and be the best player that I can be.”

The Edmunds siblings’father is Ferrell Edmunds, who played seven NFL seasons at tight end.

It was a competitive household

for his sons.

“Very competitive,” Terrell said. “We stayed in like a culde-sac with my cousins as well, so we were all out there playing pickup. We called it pick-up and dive. So like, you pick up the ball and then you run. It is a never-ending game.

“So you pick up the ball, you run until you get tackled,” Terrell continued. “If you get tackled, you got to throw the ball in the air. So outside people were losing teeth, coming in with cuts all over and everything.

But we just kept on playing.

So it’s definitely competitive.

And in any sport — basketball, too, because we were basketball players, too, so competitive all the time.”

Two of the Edmunds brothers could meet on Dec. 23 when Pittsburgh is at New Orleans.

Virginia State’s Trenton Cannon drafted by New York Jets

Virginia State University’s Trenton Cannon has shown the CIAA the special talents he has on a football field.

Now he hopes to show the NFL. “I can’t believe I’m a New York Jet,” Cannon said after being selected by the New York Jets last Saturday in the sixth round of the NFL Draft in Arlington, Texas.

“This is what I’ve worked for and dreamed of since I was a kid,” he said.

Known as “Boom,” the 5-foot-11, 185-pound Cannon from Hampton rewrote the record book wearing the Trojans’ orange and blue.

In three seasons at VSU after transferring from Shepherd University in West Virginia, the running back became VSU’s all-time leader in rushing yardage (4,246) and rushing touchdowns (44).

He led VSU to an undefeated regular season and CIAA title in 2017. He was named CIAA Offensive Player of the Year and the winner of the Lanier Award as Virginia’s best small college player.

In 11 games as a senior, Cannon rushed for 1,638 yards (7.7 yards per carry) and 17 touchdowns.

A receiving threat as well, Cannon had 21 pass receptions for 225 yards and three touchdowns.

He also has been a dynamic kickoff returner, averaging 32.6 yards per chance with three career touchdowns.

Soon after Cannon’s named was called by the Jets, he was phoned by the Jets’ general manager, Mike Maccagnan.

“We’re real excited about this pick,”

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Trenton Cannon scores big.

Maccagnan told Cannon. “We think you have a lot of skills that can help us, especially with returns and runbacks.”

Maccagnan then handed the phone to Jets special teams Coach Brant Boyer.

“Can’t wait to see you,” Boyer told Cannon. “Come and get ready to go to work.”

Cannon was timed at 4.4 seconds in the 40-yard dash on Trojans Pro Day, but it is his ability to change directions at full speed that makes him such a nightmare

for tacklers.

The versatile back becomes VSU’s first NFL draft selection since defensive end Kelvin Kinney was taken by Washington in the sixth round of the 1996 draft.

VSU offensive lineman James Brown was taken in the third round by the Dallas Cowboys in 1992. Brown went on to play 114 NFL games, including 86 as a starter.

Prior to Brown, VSU offensive tackle Mike Hayes, from Richmond’s John Marshall High, was drafted in 1974 by the New York Giants.

Two of the most famous VSU players reaching the NFL were James Mitchell of Danville, who played on the defensive line for the Detroit Lions 1970 to 1977, and Larry Brooks, from Prince George County, who starred on the defensive line for the Los Angeles Rams 1972 to 1983.

In all, 10 Trojans have been drafted, starting with defensive back Lyn Hart in 1965 by the Buffalo Bills.

Cannon was not heavily recruited coming out of Hampton’s Kecoughtan High School and played sparingly as a freshman at Shepherd University.

He came into his own as a VSU Trojan, setting single season rushing records as a sophomore, junior and senior.

Of the Jets’ six draft picks, Cannon is the lone offensive back.

“Trojan Nation, I want to thank you for the all the love and support,” Cannon said. “But the work has just begun. New York, let’s get to work.”

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Washington NFL team picks 2 in draft to fill holes The Washington NFL team finished dead last — 32nd — in defense against the run during the 2017 NFL season.

Da’Ron Payne has been chosen to help plug the sieve.

The 6-foot-3, 311-pound Payne, out of the University of Alabama, was Washington’s first round pick in last week’s NFL Draft. He was the 13th overall pick.

Payne was the Defensive Most Valuable Player in Alabama wins over both Clemson University and the UniverDa’Ron Payne Derrius Guise sity of Georgia in last year’s National Championship playoffs.

Washington Coach Jay Gruden said he plans to employ Payne at the position of nose guard.

It marks the second straight year Washington has picked a defensive lineman from Alabama at No. 1. Last season’s top selection was Jonathan Allen, whose rookie season was cut shot by injury.

Another problem area for Washington is its running game.

Second round pick Derrius Guise from Louisiana State University may be the answer.

The 5-foot-11, 224-pound Guise rushed for 3,074 yards in three seasons at LSU, averaging 7.1 yards per carry.

As a team, Washington averaged just 3.6 yards a carry last season, placing 28th overall in running offense.

Like Payne, Guise forfeited the final season of his college eligibility to enter the NFL Draft.

Washington fans can see Payne and Guise when preseason training begins in late July at the Bon Secours Training Center in Richmond.

VCU hires Jamal Brunt as assistant coach

Coach Brunt

The travel routes between Virginia Commonwealth University and Miami, Fla., go both ways.

Earlier in April, VCU Rams assistant Coach Jeremy Ballard resigned to become head coach at Florida International University in Miami.

Last weekend, VCU named Jamal Brunt as Ballard’s replacement. Coach Brunt has been the assistant coach for the past three seasons at the University of Miami.

Brunt should know his way around central Virginia and need no time get-

ting acquainted with VCU Coach Mike Rhoades.

Previously, Brunt, a Baltimore native, played for and later coached with Coach Rhoades at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland. Then he spent 10 seasons as assistant coach at the University of

Richmond.

Also leaving VCU last month for Florida International University was Joey Rodriguez, the Rams’ director of operations and a South Florida native.

Rodriguez was a leading scorer on the Rams’ 2011 NCAA Final Four squad.

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Personality: Christopher J. Woody Sr. Spotlight on founder of The Woody Foundation Christopher J. Woody Sr. is a very happy man with an enormous giving heart.

He is the founder of The Woody Foundation, a nonprofit organization started in 2008 to improve the quality of life for inner city youths through partnerships with other organizations.

The foundation provides resources to children and families living in low-income environments and assisting them as they strive to reach their fullest potential.

Mr. Woody, 33, started the foundation after a co-worker at his former job at the South Side Richmond Boys & Girls Club on Bainbridge Street told him,“Why don’t you incorporate your dancing and start a nonprofit to help other children in the community?”

Mr. Woody’s journey of giving started when he was growing up in South Side at 30th and Decatur streets.

“My mom, Deborah Oliver, is a humble virtuous woman, a woman after God’s own heart. During my 33 years on this Earth, I have never seen my mother tell anyone no,” he says.

“I got the spirit of giving from seeing her giving all the time — seeing her give to people who were less fortunate than my family, people who were in need.”

In addition to his job at Chippenham Hospital making sure nurses and patients have adequate supplies, Mr. Woody is a professional dancer and has opened for many entertainers that have come to Richmond, including Al Green, Lyfe Jennings and UniverSoul Circus.

He enjoys break dancing, hip-hop, square dancing and line dancing — especially with his favorite DJs Mr. G and Camille.

“My dancing and my foundation are targeted to the city’s youths. When you look at the city, there are few opportunities or outlets for the children,” he says. “I started off in 2008 by doing a candy drive for the Boys & Girls Club.”

From there, Mr. Woody teamed up with the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority donating Thanksgiving turkeys to senior residents.

That was followed by working with the Marines’ Toys for Tots collection during the Christmas season and contributing to “The Spirit of Giving” started by his church, Crusade for Christ Christian Church Ministries.

From there, the foundation took off, he notes. He contacts potential sponsors to support his projects, but most of the time, the money comes out of his pocket, he says.

His foundation’s latest project is centered on cancer treatment and cancer survivors.

“Most people focus on breast cancer. They really push all of the rest of the cancers aside,” says Mr. Woody who donated a kidney to his 13-year-old cousin in 2013.

The idea to help cancer survivors hit him last year when he met a 3-year-old with cancer. He supplied her entire Christmas.

Community involvement: Founder, The Woody Foundation.

Date and place of birth: Jan. 6 in Richmond.

Current: Richmond’s South Side.

Education: George Wythe High School Class of 2003.

Family: Mom, Deborah Oliver; two adopted sisters, Catherine Cobbs and Le’Andra Oliver; and son, Christopher James Woody Jr.

“So I said I was going to do an event that brings all of the cancers together and let the survivors and their friends and supporters celebrate life,” Mr. Woody says.

“Survivors of the Colors Cancer Awareness Affair: A Celebration of Life” is scheduled for June 2 at the Military Retirees Club on Chamberlayne Avenue.

In October, he plans to present his third annual fundraiser “All Black with a Splash of Color.”

The foundation’s quiet generosity is rewarding, he says, when people come up to him and let him know how the foundation has helped their lives.

“In 2017, I went skating because I love to rollerskate,” Mr. Woody recalls. “A woman walked up to me and said, ‘Hey, I have to thank you.’

“I said, ‘Thank me?’

“And then the woman said, ‘You helped me when I really needed help at Christmas time.

You let me come to your home and let my daughter pick out anything that she wanted for Christmas when we really didn’t have it.’ ” Mayor Levar M. Stoney presented him with a proclamation in 2017 acknowledging The Woody Foundation’s “Spirit of Giving” project.

The Woody Foundation reflects the attitude and perspective of its founder.

“I am always happy. I love to be humble and grateful,” Mr. Woody says. “There is someone out here going through something that’s more serious than what you are going though. I work in a hospital and I see it every day.

“Why complain when I am not lying in a hospital. No one has to give me a bath.

No one is feeding me and I am breathing with the help of God. I have to be grateful. I can’t complain.

“When people ask me how I am doing, I say I am doing wonderful.”

Meet this week’s Personality and giving spirit, Christopher J. Woody Sr.: Occupation: Supply chain tech for Chippenham Hospital.

Reason for founding The Woody Foundation: I wanted to be a great role model to the youths of the city as well as my son.

Foremost mission: The Woody Foundation’s mission is to improve the quality of life for inner city youths in the Richmond area by identifying approaches that work, strengthen their impact and expand their reach so that more young people may benefit.

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ART 180 @ 20 Mixed media work by Larry Reid, a student at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, are among the highlights of “The Really Big Show,” ART 180’s 20th anniversary bash held last Saturday on the grounds of the Science Museum of Virginia. The festival featured the talent and work of young Richmonders who participate in ART 180’s programs at 14 schools and centers around the metro area. ART 180 gives a platform to young people from underfunded schools or from challenging circumstances through art. A group gathers to explore R3ANIMATION in which student artists from the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center use animation techniques to remix music videos. Hundreds of people enjoyed the festivities that included music, food and activities. DJ Loud Visuals provides music, above left, while Jo-lynn Carter creates big bubbles, below, in the kids’ activity zone. The celebration marked an important milestone for the organization that started with its first project at the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club in the East End in July 1998.

Food, fun and entertainment will highlight Richmond’s 17th Annual Qué Pasa? Festival sponsored by the Virginia Hispanic Chamber.

The free festival will be held 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 5 — Cinco de Mayo — along the Canal Walk at 139 Virginia St. in Shockoe Slip.

The festival attracts up to 20,000 people every spring, highlighting and celebrating Virginia’s growing and thriving Hispanic communities. Food, music, dancing, canal boat rides, art and entertainment draw people from across Virginia and beyond.

This year’s food will include flavors from Peru, Venezuela, Mexico, Cuba and other Latin American countries.

Dancers from an array of groups, including Salsa Rueda Club, Latin Ballet of Richmond, The Cosby International Dance Club, Salsa Bachata Congress, Happiness Dance Studio and Claves Unidos, will perform.

Michel Zajur, president of the Virginia Hispanic Chamber, and his wife, Lisa, will release their first children’s book, “The Piñata Story,” illustrated by Samira Mobayed Murray.

During the month of April, the chamber held a challenge for organizations to make piñatas that will be displayed at the festival to try to beat the world record for the largest display of piñatas.

After the festival, the piñatas will be displayed at local venues for the community to enjoy. Later, they will be filled and donated to schools, families and programs in the Richmond area.

Details: Virginia Hispanic Chamber, (804) 378-4099 or www. vahcc.com.

Richmond NAACP to observe 100th birthday with May 17 event

Kanye West sounds off on slavery, his opioid addiction and Trump Reuters

LOS ANGELES Rapper Kanye West on Tuesday described slavery as a choice, praised President Trump for doing “the impossible” by becoming president, and attributed his 2016 mental breakdown to opioid addiction.

In the latest in a series of startling interviews, tweets and videos, Mr. West, 40, also revealed he had undergone liposuction some years ago because he did not want to be called fat.

The Grammy Award-winning musician’s most controversial comments came in a rambling video interview at the Southern California offices of celebrity website TMZ.com.

Mr. West emerged from a year’s silence on Twitter two weeks ago to post up to 20 tweets an hour on topics ranging from politics to philosophy and fashion.

At one point in the TMZ interview, shown on its website, Mr. West says, “When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years? That sounds like a choice.”

Amid a social media outcry, Mr. West later said on Twitter, “Of course I know that slaves did not get shackled and put on a boat by free will. My point is for us to have stayed in that position even though the numbers were on our side means that we were mentally enslaved.”

The national NAACP said in a Twitter response addressed to Mr. West, “There is a lot of misinformation out there and we are happy to provide insight. Black people have fought against slavery since we first landed on this continent.”

On Tuesday, the “Jesus Walks” singer also gave the first details of his November 2016 admission to a Los Angeles psychiatric hospital after a series of curtailed concerts

and political rants.

“I was drugged out,” he said in the TMZ interview. “Two days before I was taken to the hospital, I was on opioids. I was addicted to opioids.”

He said he was given painkillers after undergoing previously unreported liposuction surgery, adding, “I got liposuction, because I didn’t want y’all to call me fat.”

In a separate video released on Tuesday to match his new single “Ye vs. the People,” Mr. West discussed the support he voiced for Trump last week, which caused controversy among many of his fans.

Asked what he admires about the president, Mr. West told fellow rapper T.I., “the ability to do what no one said you can do, to do the impossible.”

In the single, Mr. West raps lines like “Make America Great Again had a negative perception/I took it, wore it, rocked it, gave it a new direction.”

Kanye West talks to TMZ senior producer Van Lathan during an interview earlier this week.

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The Richmond Branch NAACP will mark its 100th birthday with a Freedom Fund Gala set for Thursday, May 17, at the Claude G. Perkins Living and Learning Center at Virginia Union University, it has been announced.

The event will begin with a 6 p.m. reception, followed by dinner at 7 p.m.

The keynote speaker: Bakari T. SellMr. Sellers ers, 33, a CNN commentator and former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives who is listed among the influential Americans under age 40 by TIME magazine and The Root.

The civil rights organization also plans to honor individuals for their work to advance the NAACP’s goals and to better the community.

Tickets: $100 or $1,000 per table.

Details: www.rvanaacpfreedomfund2018@gmail.com or contact Delegate Delores L. McQuinn, (804) 687-3293.

Trumpeter Terell Stafford to perform May 8 for music educator series Richmond will rock as the Richmond Jazz Society features Terell Stafford, one of America’s gifted and versatile trumpet players.

The New York-based musician will perform 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 8, at Capital Ale House’s Downtown Music Hall, 623 E. Main St. Tickets are $35 in advance, $40 at the door. His appearance is part of the Richmond Jazz Society’s Guest Music Educator series.

“Terell has a very exciting, animated and emotional style in playing jazz,” said B.J. Brown, executive director of the jazz society. “He respects the elders — Lewis Armstrong, Mr. Stafford Clifford Brown — but then he puts his own groove on it and it comes out with this explosive, tenacious delivery. The audience will be awed by what they hear from him.”

Mr. Stafford is director of Jazz Studies and chair of Instrumental Studies at Temple University. He also is founder and band leader of the Terell Stafford Quintet and managing and artistic director of the Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia.

He will be joined by Tim Warfield on sax, Bruce Barth on piano, Nathan Pence on bass and Billy Williams Jr. on drums.

Details: www.vajazz.org/guest-educators-concert-series, (804) 643-1972 or email rjs@vajazz.org.

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Student speakers: Janay Cameron of Virginia Commonwealth UniverMidlothian, general studies, pre-BSN sity, 10 a.m., Richmond Coliseum, specialization associate degree; Lauren 601 E. Leigh St. Speaker: Actor and Sanford of Chesterfield, general studVCU alumnus Boris Kodjoe. ies associate degree; Warren Reid of College of William & Mary, 9 Farmville, funeral services associate a.m., Zable Stadium on campus, Wildegree; and Julia Bailey of Hopewell, liamsburg. Speaker: U.S. Sen. Mark Mr. Boseman liberal arts associate degree and paraR. Warner. legal studies career studies certificate.

Richard Bland Community College, 4 p.m., Saturday, May 12 Statesman Hall on campus, 11301 Johnson Road, Howard University, 10 a.m., Upper Quadrangle Petersburg. Speaker: Gov. Ralph S. Northam. of the main campus, 2400 6th St., N.W., WashingSunday, May 13 ton. Speaker: Actor and HU alumnus Chadwick Hampton University, 10 a.m., Armstrong StaBoseman, star of the movie “Black Panther.” dium, HU campus, Hampton. Speaker: Hollywood Virginia Union University, 10 a.m., Hovey costume designer and HU alumna Ruth Carter, Field on VUU campus, 1500 N. Lombardy St. the first African-American costume designer to (In the event of inclement weather, Arthur Ashe be nominated for an Academy Award.

Jr. Athletic Center, 3001 N. Boulevard.) Speaker: Virginia State University, 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.,

VSU Multi-Purpose Center, 20809 2nd Ave., Petersburg. Speaker at 9 a.m. ceremony: Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax; at 2 p.m. ceremony, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner.

University of Richmond, 2 p.m., Robins Center on campus. Speaker: Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, 12:30 p.m., Stuart C. Siegel Center at VCU, 1200 W. Broad St. Speaker: Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney.

Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20 University of Virginia, 10 a.m., the Lawn on campus, Charlottesville. Speaker: President Teresa A. Sullivan.

Saturday, June 2 Randolph-Macon College, 10 a.m., Frank E. Brown Fountain Plaza on campus, Ashland.

Speaker: Elizabeth E. Kiss, president of Agnes Scott College.

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Saturday, May 5 Norfolk State University, 9 a.m., William “Dick” Price Stadium,700 Park Ave. Norfolk.

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Jean L. Fountain, longtime educator, civic leader, dies at 75

Lillie L. Taylor, longtime RPS administrator, succumbs at 88 The life and faith of Lillie Lipscomb Taylor, a former teacher and longtime supervisor of business and economic education programs for Richmond Public Schools, was celebrated during a funeral service Thursday, April 26, 2018, at Great Hope Baptist Church.

Mrs. Taylor, who was active with her church, sorority and numerous other organizations, died Friday, April 20, 2018. She was 88.

A native of South Boston, Mrs. Taylor earned a bachelor’s degree in business education from Virginia State College, where she was the first Miss ROTC in 1948.

She started her career as a secretary at the state Department of Education in Richmond before moving to Charlottesville to teach at Burley High School.

Returning to Richmond, she taught briefly at John M. Gandy School in Hanover and seven years at Maggie L. Walker High School before taking a leave of absence.

Mrs. Taylor Returning to the classroom, Mrs. Taylor taught at East End Middle School and later John F. Kennedy High School before being assigned as the head of the business education department at Huguenot High School.

She spent the last 20 years of her career with Richmond Public Schools in administration, serving as supervisor of business and economic education programs. She retired in 1992.

Mrs. Taylor offered her expertise and active engagement to numerous organizations and boards, including Junior Achievement Inc., The Virginia Council on Economic Education, the Richmond Economic Development Council and the Administrative Management Society.

She also served for 12 years on the board of directors of Richmond Community Hospital.

Mrs. Taylor was recognized with numerous awards, including the Outstanding Service Award from the Virginia Council of Economic Education. She also was inducted into the Richmond Business Education Hall of Fame.

She was a member of Great Hope Baptist Church in the East End for 55 years, serving as chairman of numerous committees, including the church’s 50th Anniversary Committee.

She also was active for 67 years with the Upsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., serving in various capacities, including president. The sorority held an Ivy Beyond the Wall ceremony on Wednesday, April 26. Internment was in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Mrs. Taylor was preceded in death by her husband, Morris Taylor Sr., and her daughter, Patrice Taylor Johnson.

Survivors include her daughter, Debra Gayle Taylor; sons, Morris Taylor Jr. and Stephen Bryan Taylor; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a sister, Alice Lipscomb Jernigan; and other family and friends.

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Union University with a degree in biology and a minor in education.

She later earned a master’s in guidance and counseling from the University of Richmond in 1971, the first AfricanAmerican to do so, and continued to take courses toward a doctoral degree at Virginia State and Virginia Commonwealth universities.

During her career, she represented Richmond Public Schools in helping Mrs. Fountain to determine recipients of the annual R.E.B. Awards and also was a member of the tournament committee when the CIAA held its annual basketball tournament in Richmond.

Mrs. Fountain also was active in various organizations.

She was a past national vice president of Chums Inc., a past national president of and past president of the Richmond chapter of Club Dejour Inc., and active in the Richmond Alumnae

Blanche Amanda Barcroft Her roles in her family, her Washington spent 36 years church and the community teaching elementary students were celebrated Friday, April reading, writing and the rudi27, at Ebenezer Baptist Church ments of science. in Jackson Ward, the church She spent three years teachwhere she served as a Girl ing at the former Kingston Scout leader, taught Vacation Elementary School in ChesBible School, sang in the terfield County and moved to Women’s and Mass choirs, Fairfield Court Elementary in participated in the Handbell Richmond, where she spent 33 Choir and played piano and Mrs. Washington years teaching. organ for various programs.

Along with regular subjects, she also Born in Richmond, Mrs. Washington gave piano lessons to many of her students graduated from Armstrong High School before she retired in 1988. and became a teacher after earning Mrs. Washington succumbed to illness on her bachelor’s degree at Virginia State Saturday, April 21, 2018. She was 86.

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Outside the classroom, she was active in various organizations, including the Richmond Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, The Delta Pearls, The Dilettantes and The Mr. and Mrs. Club.

She also participated in the Armstrong High School Reunion Committee and helped found the Golden Girls for retired Fairfield Court Elementary teachers.

Her husband, Linwood M. Washington, and daughter, Lt. Col. Linda M. Washington, preceded her in death.

Survivors include her daughters, Barbara W. Battle and Diane W. Mason; three grandchildren; and five greatgrandchldren.

Rita J.T. Williams, former teacher, Head Start instructor, dies at 66 Carver Elementary School is mourning the loss of one of staff members, Rita Jane Taylor Williams, who succumbed to illness on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. She was 66.

Ms. Williams’ life was celebrated Thursday, April 26, at Fifth Baptist Church, where she was a lifelong member.

A graduate of John Marshall High School, she began teaching after earning her bachelor’s degree from Virginia State University in 1981.

Ms. Williams taught in Petersburg Public Schools and worked with preschool children in the Head Start program of the Richmond Community Action Program. She was the worthy matron of the Elizabeth Harris Chapter, No. 86, Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors include her daughter, Tiffany Overton; two sisters, Kim Whittaker and Sharon Whittaker; a brother, Alpfonzo Taylor; four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

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Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta and the chapter’s Delta House Foundation.

She also served as president of the board of the Virginia Randolph Foundation and as director of the Vacation Bible School at Quioccasin Baptist Church along with her work at Providence Park Baptist.

Survivors include her husband of 53 years, Aubrey W. Fountain II; her children, attorney Aubrey W. Fountain III and Dr. Tami Fountain-Ellis; surrogate son, James Davis; and Childfund International sponsored son, Losuru Espande of Kenya; sisters Marguerite L. Cowans and Dr. Paula L. Cavens; and four grandchildren.

Mrs. Fountain’s burial in a Goochland County cemetery was disrupted when an elderly woman hit the gas instead of the brake on a road within the cemetery, striking a couple headed to the gravesite, according to the sheriff’s office. First responders took the injured husband and wife to the hospital for treatment. Their condition is unknown. No charges were placed against the driver at the scene, the sheriff’s office said.

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Jean Lankford Fountain wore different hats as an educator, but always under the banner of Richmond Public Schools.

Starting as a science teacher, Mrs. Fountain went on serve as a guidance counselor, a coordinator for human resources and an assistant principal, first at John F. Kennedy High, which has since merged into Armstrong High School, and later at Mosby Middle, now Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School.

Her multiple roles are being remembered following her death Monday, April 23, 2018. She was 75.

Family and friends celebrated her life Friday, April 27, at Providence Park Baptist Church, where she was an active, lifelong member, serving on various committees and a member of the Ladies Usher Board.

Her family said that “whatever her position, she worked diligently, always going the extra mile for the kids. She was a role model.”

Mrs. Fountain, who retired in 2002, is credited with creating a mentorship program for African-American youths at Kennedy High. After moving to human resources, she set up an orientation program for new teachers and also created a program under which retired teachers mentored the newly hired.

Through the years, she also was tapped to coordinate special events, such as the annual convocation for graduates, college fairs and School Board ceremonies.

Born in Richmond, Mrs. Fountain grew up in Henrico County, where she graduated from Virginia Randolph School. She began her career in education in 1965 after graduating from Virginia

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Assemblies of God elects first woman executive in more than a century

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service

The top U.S. board of the Assemblies of God has unanimously elected its first woman general secretary in the Pentecostal denomination’s more than 100-year history.

The Rev. Donna L. Barrett, the lead pastor of an Independence, Ohio, church, will fill the unexpired term of the Rev. James T. Bradford, the denomination announced April 23.

Rev. Bradford resigned earlier in April to serve as senior pastor at Central Assembly, a flagship church of the denomination in Springfield, Mo. Rev. Barrett, 58, who was a paralegal before pursuing the ministry, has been an Assemblies of God minister since 1988 and has served on state and national organizations of the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination. The religious body claims 3.2 million adherents in the United States and 68 million worldwide. An estimated 9 percent of the denomination’s U.S. members are African-American, while another 20 percent are Latino and 4 percent are Asian and Pacific Islanders.

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U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan forced out the Jesuit priest who had served as chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives since 2011 because he said in a prayer during deliberations on tax cuts that lawmakers should be “fair to all Americans,” a news report stated last week.

The Rev. Patrick Conroy’s letter of resignation said he was stepping down because of a request from the Wisconsin Republican, who is also a Catholic.

“As you have requested, I hereby offer my resignation as the 60th Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives,” stated Rev. Conroy’s April 15 letter to Speaker Ryan.

Four sources — two from each political party — said that Rev. Conroy was told he had to retire or he would be canned.

Some of the sources said Speaker Ryan thought Rev.

“Through her service as a church to some sacred or immutable principle.” planter, district leader, and general pres“It’s taken eight years from that time byter, Donna has shown humility paired to elect the first women to the AG Execuwith a special gifting for leadership,” said tive Leadership Team, so Donna Barrett’s General Superintendent Doug Clay. “I’ve election is a big deal,” said Dr. Griffith, seen God use her time and time again to author of “Moral Combat: How Sex Dispeak wisdom into difficult circumstances vided American Christians and Fractured at the district and national level.”

American Politics.”

In her role as general secretary, Rev. “One could argue, however, that her elecBarrett will oversee credentialing of minis- tion fits well with the denomination’s earliest ters, chartering of churches and collecting history, even if women’s leadership was of official statistics. It is the third-ranking disrupted for some decades in between.” position in Assemblies leadership after While 24 percent of Assemblies of God general superintendent and assistant general ministers are women, other denominations, such superintendent. Her term begins June 1. as the Southern Baptist Convention, continue R. Marie Griffith, director of the John C. to maintain that Scripture teaches that women Danforth Center on Religion and Politics should not assume the role of pastor. at Washington University in St. Louis, said “I’m humbled at this invitation to serve that the Assemblies of God, founded in a fellowship I love,” Rev. Barrett said. “I 1914, has had a “fascinating history” of look forward to what God has in His heart women’s leadership, with women leading for the future of the Assemblies God and congregations and speaking from pulpits The I’m Koinonia honored to be part of this outstanding Christian Church in its early days and later often finding Celebrates team of leaders.” its 44th Anniversary their roles restricted.

Mark Forrester, a spokesman for the Theme: “Transforming Into a People of But in 2010, the General Presbytery, a Assemblies of God, said women have policymaking body, determined that “we previouslyDestiny” served on executive teams of cannot find convincing evidence that the other national fellowships of the worldwide ministry of women is restricted according denomination.

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Sunday, November 27, 2016 House Speaker Paul Ryan Rev. Ollie Hendrick forces out chaplain Conroy favored Democrats in the House, and cited the prayer and the priest’s invitation to a Muslim to offer a prayer before the chambers as the reasons behind the chaplain’s forced resignation.

Democrats believe that Speaker Ryan pushed Rev. Conroy out “because Republicans thought he was aligned with Democrats,” according to a senior Democratic aide familiar with the discussion.

One Democratic lawmaker said Speaker Ryan objected to the prayer on the House floor that Republicans viewed as critical of the GOP tax cut bill.

A second Democratic aide said that Rev. Conroy’s ouster was “largely driven by a speech on the tax bill that the Speaker didn’t like,” and also offered the second explanation.

“Some of the more conservative evangelical Republicans didn’t like that the Father had invited a Muslim person to give the opening prayer,” the

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Speaker 4:00 PRyan .M. that she disagreed But a senior GOP aide with this decision.”

Rev. Dr. Robert A. said Rev. Conroy’s exit “was Speaker Ryan has appointed WinfreeReps. Mark Walknot because of any particular Republican prayer.” er of and North Carolina and Tim the New Life Deliverance House Minority Leader Walberg of Michigan, both Tabernacle Nancy Pelosi of California former pastors, to lead the brought up the forced resig- search for a new chaplain after nation during the Democrats’ Rev. Conroy leaves at the end whip meeting in the Capitol of this month. on April 26.

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10:00 a.m. - Women’s Day Unity Worship Service Guest Minister: Dr. Naomi H. Davis

May 5-6, 2018 COMMUNITY DAY Saturday, May 5, 2018 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm Free Food, Games, Face Painting, Community Resources

WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday, May 6, 2018 11:00 am Rev. Keith Edmonds, Senior Pastor Koinonia Christian Church

3:30 pm Apostle Michael Bennett, Pastor Church of God in Richmond

Presented by: The Koinonia Christian Church Rev. Keith E. Edmonds, Sr., Senior Pastor 3600 McRand St., Richmond, VA, 23224 • (804) 231-0092

Celebration

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Women’s Day

Saturday, May 5, 2018

Women’s Prayer Breakfast 9:00 am – 12 noon

Sunday, May 6, 2018 8:30 a.m. – Sunday School Presenter: Dr. Tamura Lomax 9:45 a.m. – Praise and Worship 10 a.m.Corporate Morning Worship: Dr. Neichell Guidry, Dean of Sister Chapel Spellman College, Atlanta, GA

From Nursery – College Student Also Women’s & Men’s Classes

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Sunday, May 6, 2018

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Family, Friends Community Day

New Church School Classes

Through Faith and Prayer” Deuteronomy 31:6 NKJV 7:00 p.m. - Women’s Bible Study Guest Minister: Rev. Dr. Michelle K. McQueen-Williams

Come Worship With Us! 10:45 AM - Worship Service Message by: Pastor Bibbs

Dr. Kirkland R. Walton, Pastor

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We Embrace Diversity — Love For All!

Sunday, May 6, 2018

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Koinonia

Theme: SUPERWOMEN; God’s Women Transformed

Theme for 2018-2020: Mobilizing For Ministry Refreshing The Old and Emerging The New A 21st Century Church With Ministry For Everyone

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New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

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

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

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Dr. Wallace J. Cook, Pastor Emeritus  Rev. Dr. James E. Leary, Interim Pastor

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

2018 Theme: The Year of Transition (Romans 8:28-29)

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

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Hebrew 12:14 (KJV)

Sunday 8:00 a.m. Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Worship Service

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Wednesday Evening Bible Study 7 p.m. Prayer

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Richmond Free Press

B6 May 3-5, 2018

Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, May 21, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinance: Ordinance No. 2018-135 To conditionally rezone the property known as 104 North Belvidere Street from the R-73 Multifamily Residential District to the B-4 Central Business District (Conditional), upon certain proffered conditions. The City of Richmond’s Pulse Corridor Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Nodal Mixed-Use. The Nodal Mixed-Use designation is a transitoriented district located immediately adjacent to the Pulse BRT or other frequent transit service at key gateways and prominent places in the city in order to provide for significant, urbanform development in appropriate locations.

Ordinance No. 2018-136 To conditionally rezone the properties known as 701, 705, and a portion of 715 West 19th Street from the R-53 Multifamily Residential District to the RF-2C Riverfront District (Conditional); a portion of the property known as 715 West 19th Street, a portion of the property known as 1701 Stonewall Avenue, and 700 Cowardin Avenue from the B-3 General Business District to the RF-2C Riverfront District (Conditional); and a portion of the property known as 1701 Stonewall Avenue from the M-1 Light Industrial District to the RF-2C Riverfront District (Conditional), upon certain proffered conditions. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject properties as a combination of Multi-Family (medium density) and SingleFamily (medium density).

Primary uses for the Multi-Family (medium density) designation are multi-family dwellings at densities up to 20 units per acre, and include day nurseries, adult day care and residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi-public uses. Primary uses for the Single-Family (medium density) designation are single-family and twofamily dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre, and include residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi-public uses. (p. 133).

Ordinance No. 2018-137 To rezone the property known as 127 North 17th Street from the M-1 Light Industrial District to the TOD-1 TransitOriented Nodal District.

The City’s Pulse Corridor Plan recommends Neighborhood Mixed-Use land use for the subject property. Neighborhood Mixed-Use areas are cohesive districts that provide a mix of uses, but with a larger amount of residential uses than other mixed-use districts.

Ordinance No. 2018-138 To authorize the special use of the property known as 800 West Marshall Street for the purpose of a mixed-use building containing a restaurant and up to two dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located in an R-7 Single- and TwoFamily Urban Residential Zoning District. The City of Richmond’s Pulse Corridor Plan designates a land use category for the subject property as Neighborhood Mixed Use. Neighborhood Mixed use areas are cohesive districts that provide a mix of uses, but with a larger amount of residential uses than other mixed use districts. No residential density is specified for this land use category.

The proposed residential density of the site would be approximately 33 units per acre.

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

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of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER VANESSA GARCIA-BROWN, Plaintiff v.

KENNETH BROWN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18001438-00 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 11th day of June, 2018 at 9:00 AM and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 Virginia: In the City of Richmond CIRCUIT COURT KIMBA DANIEL, Plaintiff, v.

RAQUEL DANIEL, Defendant.

Case Nos.: CL17-2888-2 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of separation over one year.

It appearing from an affidavit that dilgence was used by or on behalf of the plaintiff, without effect, to ascertain the location of the defendant, Raquel Daniel, and that she cannot be found, it is ordered that the defendant appear before this Court before June 27, 2018, and do what is necessary to protect her interest herein.

A Copy, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk I ask for this: Benjamin S. Tyree (VSB #: 82745) COMMONWEALTH DIVORCE PLLC 41 Welford Lane Newport News, VA 23606 Telephone: (540) 570-6814 Counsel for Plaintiff Virginia: In the Circuit Court FOR the City of Richmond KODY ROBERT COLLINS, Plaintiff, v.

HANNAH L. BRIGHT, Defendant.

Case Nos.: CL17-5687-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is for the Plaintiff, Kody Robert Collins, by counsel, to obtain a divorce from Hannah L. Bright.

It appearing by affidavit that the Defendant’s last known address is no longer valid and the Defendant’s present whereabouts are unknown, the Plaintiff knows that Defendant does not reside at her residence last known to him; that Plaintiff has not known Defendant’s whereabouts for over a year; that Plaintiff’s counsel attempted to locate Defendant via a paid public records search software, which did not yield results for this Defendant.

It is therefore ORDERED that the Defendant appear before this Court on or before May 17, 2018 and protect her interests herein.

A Copy, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk I ASK FOR THIS: Erik D. Baines, Esquire (VSB # 83618) BARNES & DIEHL, P.C. Boulders VI – Suite A 7401 Beaufont Springs Drive Richmond, VA 23225 (804) 796-1000 (telephone) (804) 796-1730 (facsimile) ebaines@barnesfamilylaw.com Counsel for Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER KAREN WEDDING, Plaintiff v.

RICHARD WEDDING, JR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL17002831-00 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 29th day of May, 2018 at 9:00 AM and protect his interests.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MARK GRAY, SR., Plaintiff v.

TOMICKA GRAY, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18001276-00 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 29th day of May, 2018 at 9:00 AM and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

§ 8.01-316, the Court finds that there exists sufficient grounds for causing service of process by publication.

Therefore, it is ORDERED that the legal father, Steven Edwards, appear at the above-named Court to protect his interests at 9:30am on June 8, 2018. Should the legal father not appear or otherwise make known his position, then he is hereby notified that any and all of his parental rights will be terminated.

A Copy Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk We ask for this: Colleen Marea Quinn, Esq. (VSB # 29282) Locke & Quinn 4928 West Broad Street P.O. Box 11708 Richmond, VA 23230 Telephone: (804) 285-6253 Fax: (804) 545-9400 Email: quinn@lockequinn.com Counsel for Petitioners

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 FANNIE C. WHITE and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 28, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that COLUMBUS R. DABNEY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 28, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

IT IS ORDERED that RICHARD E. SOUELS, A.J. BRENT and EDWIN B. BROOKS, JR, Trustees of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 137 page 2118 on July 13, 1987, BYRON MILES, Trustee of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0216602 on May 30, 2002, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 28, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Barbara Ann Kennedy, Willie Mae Kennedy Lee, Harold S. Kennedy, Gloria Jean Kennedy Mason and David Elmo Kennedy.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, BARBARA ANN KENNEDY, WILLIE MAE KENNEDY LEE, and DAVID ELMO KENNEDY, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, HAROLD S. KENNEDY, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, GLORIA JEAN KENNEDY MASON, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that WILLIAM H. KENNEDY, prior deceased owner, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that SYLVIA KENNEDY, prior deceased owner, upon information and belief pre-deceased William H. Kennedy, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that BARBARA ANN KENNEDY, WILLIE MAE KENNEDY L EE , D A VI D E L MO KENNEDY, HAROLD S. K E N N E D Y, G L ORI A JEAN KENNEDY MASON, WILLIAM H. KENNEDY, prior deceased owner, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors, SYLVIA KENNEDY, prior deceased owner, upon information and belief pre-deceased William H. Kennedy, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 24, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

Custody VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ZaniyaH perkins Case No. J-080506-16-17 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Deonte Williams (Father) and Unknown (Father) of Zaniyah Perkins, child DOB 04/02/2008. “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 defendants Deonte Williams and Unknown (Father) appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before 06/14/2018, at 9:00 AM, Courtroom #3 VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re DEREoNA SHAMEKA WILLIAMS & DONALD ALFONSO WILLIAMS Case No. J-087846-15-00, J-087847-16-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Unknown (Father) of Dereona Shameka Williams, child DOB 10/30/2011 and Donald Alfonso Williams, C h i l d D O B 1 0 / 3 0 / 11 .

“RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Unknown (Father) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 07/31/2018, at 9:00 AM, Courtroom #2 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HANOVER In the matter of the adoption of a child to be known as Lucas Bernardes O’Brien by Paul Bradley O’Brien CA18000005 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is for entry of a Final Decree of a minor child to be known as, Lucas Bernardes O’Brien by his step-parent, Paul Bradley O’Brien, and to enter such orders as necessary and appropriate during the course of this suit.

An affidavit having been filed that the whereabouts and/or residence of the putative birth father has been unknown to the petitioners since on or before December 31, 2011, it is ORDERED that the putative birth father, Luiz do Prado Sousa appear before this Court on the 21st day of May 2018, at 9:00AM and protect his interests.

A Copy Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, Clerk Eileen McNeil Newkirk, Esq. (VSB # 40187) The McNeil Law Group 2315 East Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23223 Telephone (804) 648-5580 Facsimile (804) 648-5583

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HANOVER In the matter of the adoption of a child known as Jordan Raymond Ransome by Ernest Edmund Johnston and Jennifer Marie Rodill Johnston Defendant.

Case No.: CA17000025 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this abovestyled suit is to waive the consent of Joshua Raymont Ransome, birth father and Caitlin Raine Walton Ransome, birth mother of Jordan Raymond Ransome, to the adoption of Jordan Raymond Ransome by Ernest Edmund Johnston and Jennifer Marie Rodill Johnston and approve an Interlocutory Order of Adoption.

And it appearing by affidavit filed herein that the whereabouts of Joshua Raymont Ransome and Caitlin Raine Walton Ransome are unknown, and that due diligence to locate Joshua Raymont Ransome and Caitlin Raine Walton Ransome has been used, without effect, it is therefore ORDERED that Joshua Raymont Ransome and Caitlin Raine Walton Ransome appear on or before May 30, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hanover Circuit Court and do what is necessary to protect their interest.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Susan H. Brewer VSB# 15889 2224 Park Avenue Richmond, Va. 23220-2715 Telephone: (804) 359-0897 SusanBrewer97@gmail.com VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HANOVER Commonwealth of Virginia, In re: Steven Martin Getz, Jr., Case No. CL18001000-00 and Sawyer Graham Thomas Getz, Case No. CL18001002-00,

The object of this suit is to change the last name of Steven Getz, Jr. and Sawyer Getz to Adams.

It is ORDERED that Steven M. Getz, Sr. appear at the above-named Court and protect his Interests on or before June 25, 2018 at 10:30 a.m., Court Room 2.

ORDER Virginia: In the Circuit Court OF the City of Richmond IN RE: ESTATE OF MARY ALYCE BOWERS, DECEASED SHOW CAUSE ORDER

It appearing that a report of the accounts of Paul G. Izzo, Executor of the estate of Mary Alyce Bowers, deceased, and the debts and demands against such estate has been filed with the Clerk’s Office, and that six months have elapsed since qualification, on motion of the personal representative, it is

ORDERED that the creditors of, and all others interested in, the estate, show cause, if any they can, at 11:00 AM on the 25th day of May, 2018, before this Court at its courtroom against the payment and delivery of the estate to the persons thereunto entitled, without refunding bonds; An Extract: Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk I ASK FOR THIS: Thompson McMullan, P.C. 100 Shockoe Slip, 3rd Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-698-6222

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

WILLIAM A. SCHUTTE, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-1159 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2106 Kimrod Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C008-0331/040, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, William A. Schutte, Jr.

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

IT IS ORDERED that WILLIAM A. SCHUTTE, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 28, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

DAVID THORNE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-4995 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2322 Venable Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000425/017, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, David Thorne.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, DAVID THORNE, 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 DAVID THORNE, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 28, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO IN RE: The Step-Parent Adoption of Bradon Maddox Edwards to be known as Bradon Maddox Davenport a Minor, by Nathan and Jennifer Davenport Case No.: CA16-7 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

After review of the Affidavit and Petition for Order of Publication filed by counsel for Petitioners, Nathan and Jennifer Davenport, which object of such Affidavit and Petition is to effectuate an adoption and terminate the legal father’s parental rights, and pursuant to Virginia Code

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

FANNIE C. WHITE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-1568 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 606 Akron Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0180480/018, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Fannie C. White.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, FANNIE C. WHITE, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in

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

COLUMBUS R. DABNEY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-1580 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2402½ Rear Venable Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0470/036, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Columbus R. Dabney.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, COLUMBUS R. DABNEY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so

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PROPERTY

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

RYLAND E. JONES, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-4617 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2521 5th Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000661/018, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Ryland E. Jones.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, RYLAND E. JONES, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his/her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that H. P. RAPP, INC, an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Trustee of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0111617 on May 11, 2001, or its successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF ATLANTA, Beneficiary of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 01-11617 on May 11, 2001, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that WADE A. KIZER, Trustee of deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0119139 on July 26, 2001, 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 RYLAND E. JONES, H. P. RAPP, INC, an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Trustee of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 01-11617 on May 11, 2001, or its successor/s in title, FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF ATLANTA, Beneficiary of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 01-11617 on May 11, 2001, WADE A. KIZER, Trustee of deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 01-19139 on July 26, 2001, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 28, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

RICHARD E. SOUELS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-962 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3212 Cliff Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001140/023, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Richard E. Souels.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, RICHARD E. SOUELS, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that A.J. BRENT and EDWIN B. BROOKS, JR, Trustees of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 137 page 2118 on July 13, 1987, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that BYRON MILES, Trustee of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 02-16602 on May 30, 2002, has been served Continued on next column

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

GABBY HOMES, INC. aka GABBY HOMES, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-1748 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3403 Maryland Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001161/012, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Gabby Homes, Inc. aka Gabby Homes, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner GABBY HOMES, INC. aka GABBY HOMES, LLC, a terminated Virginia corporation, 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 GABBY HOMES, INC. aka G A B B Y H OMES , L LC , a t e r m i n a t e d Vi r g i n i a corporation, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 28, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

ROGER BASTIEN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-1552 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1004 North 3rd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000086/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Roger Bastien.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ROGER BASTIEN, 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 ROGER BASTIEN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 28, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

BARBARA ANN KENNEDY, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-5589 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

FLORENCE I. LUNDY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-325 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 452 East Ladies Mile Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-1664/013, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, against Florence I. Lundy and Grace D. Williams.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, F LOREN CE I. L U N D Y, who has been served by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, GRACE D. WILLIAMS, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that F LOREN CE I. L U N D Y, GRACE D. WILLIAMS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 24, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

FLORENCE I. LUNDY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-324 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 454 East Ladies Mile Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-1664/012, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Florence I. Lundy and Grace D. Williams.

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by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 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 FLORENCE I. LUNDY, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 24, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and ELSIE MAE C. BALL, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, 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 JAMES S. BALL, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ELSIE MAE C. BALL, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 24, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

v.

WILLIE LEE BRAXTON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-1471 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1411 North 30th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000718/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Willie Lee Braxton and Minerva Jones Braxton.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, WILLIE LEE BRAXTON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, MINERVA JONES BRAXTON, 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 WILLIE LEE BRAXTON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, MINERVA JONES BRAXTON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 24, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, John Melvin Walker and Berta Mae Walker.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, JOHN MELVIN WALKER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and BERTA MAE WALKER, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that JAMES WALKER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and VINCENT WALKER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that DAVID WALKER, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that COMPREHENSIVE FORECLOSURE SERVICES CORPORATION, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 399 page 545 on May 30, 1972, has not filed a response to this action; that SOUTH HILL INTERNAL MEDICINE, E . Wa r r e n M a t t h e w s , Registered Agent, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, 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 JOHN MELVIN WALKER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, BERTA MAE WALKER, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JAMES WALKER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, VINCENT WALKER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, D AV I D WALKER, COMPREHENSIVE FORECLOSURE SERVICES CORPORATION, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 399 page 545 on May 30, 1972, SOUTH HILL INTERNAL MEDICINE, E . Wa r r e n M a t t h e w s , Registered Agent, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 24, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 599 Page 1245 on November 16, 1983, described as “Parcel II” a portion of which was omitted from the deed filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 05-5223 on February 17, 2005, NORMAN SEAY, Beneficiary of Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 09-24625 on November 4, 2009, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 24, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and GRACIE D. BELL, who upon information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that BRENDA B. TRIBETT, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that EVERETT M. FIELDS, who 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 ERVIN G. BELL, who upon information and belief is deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, GRACIE D. BELL, who upon information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, B R E N D A B . T R I B E T T, EVERETT M. FIELDS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 24, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SPECIAL COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Pursuant to the terms of Orders of Sale entered in the Richmond Circuit Court, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction the following real estate at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia on Wednesday May 16, 2018 at 3:00pm, or as soon thereafter as may be effected. The sale is subject to the terms and conditions below and any terms and conditions which may be announced on the day of auction. Announcements made on the day of the auction take precedence over any prior written or verbal terms of sale.

2612 3rd Avenue N0000716001 City of Richmond v. Virginia M. Hickman, et al.

CL17-4638

3301 4th Avenue N00051184001 City of Richmond v.

Franklin James Pollard, Sr. et al.

CL17-3725 1313 North 22nd Street E0000616021 City of Richmond v. TriState Huskies, LLC, et al.

CL18-466 1824 North 28th Street E0120426002 City of Richmond v. TriState Huskies, LLC, et al.

CL18-467 509 North 28th Street E0000528025 City of Richmond v. Joseph Bagby, et al.

CL17-5573 312 North 32nd Street E0000731011 City of Richmond v. Retro, LLC, et al.

CL17-5258 607 North 37th Street E0001415008 City of Richmond v. Mary A. Brooks, et al.

CL17-5142 4418 Arnwood Road C0090972034 City of Richmond v. Jack W. Biggins, et al.

CL17-6053 701A Belt Boulevard C0060158003 City of Richmond v. J. Conrad Smith, et al.

CL17-5605 2023 Boston Avenue S0000348021 City of Richmond v. Joseph Walker, et al.

CL17-3981 300 East Brookland Park Boulevard N0000978012 City of Richmond v. Junius Ross, et al.

CL17-5285 2310 Burton Street E0000427022 City of Richmond v.

Fernando Jenkins, et al.

CL17-3984 716 Cheatwood Avenue N0180453021 City of Richmond v. Mary Nelson Johnson, et al.

CL17-4814 1913 Chelsea Street E0000832007 City of Richmond v. Alma Jeffers Wright, et al.

CL17-5060 6321 Daytona Drive C0070553036 City of Richmond v. Maud J. Shepperson, et al.

CL18-110 3409 Deerwood Road S0080781051 City of Richmond v. MIttie Geneoria Goff, et al.

CL17-5576 2003 Dinwiddie Avenue S0000346014 City of Richmond v.

Angeline Taylor, et al.

CL17-5016 1511 Drewry Street S0071332021 City of Richmond v. Willie R. Joyner, Jr., et al.

CL17-4890 2403 Everett Street S0000565013 City of Richmond v. TriHuskies, LLC, et al.

CL18-468 2304 Fairfax Avenue S0000550004 City of Richmond v. TriHuskies, LLC, et al.

CL18-469 2214 Ford Avenue E0000756003 City of Richmond v. Irma Wines, et al.

CL17-2423 606 Freeman Road W0001586006 City of Richmond v. Marvin C. Durham, et al.

CL17-5141 4100 Grantlake Road C0080829050 City of Richmond v.

Richmond Christian Charities, Inc., et al.

CL18-184 2717 Girffin Avenue N0000697020 City of Richmond v. Michael Kilday, et al.

CL17-5059 2100 Halifax Avenue S0000763010 City of Richmond v. Titus W. Jones, et al.

CL17-5143 5400 Hansdale Road C0080736002 City of Richmond v. Hiram C. Smith, et al.

CL18-299 1501 Hull Street S0000197014 City of Richmond v. Northern Virginia Investments, LLC, et al.

CL17-4866 2322 Hull Street S0000681008 City of Richmond v.

Anthony V. Archer, et al.

CL17-5469 2852 Hull Street S0001222007 City of Richmond v. Hiram C. Smith, et al.

CL17-5575 3937 Hull Street Road C0060158005 City of Richmond v. J. Conrad Smith, et al.

CL17-5836 2001 Ingram Avenue S0000762011 City of Richmond v.

Miranda Squire, et al.

CL17-4076 2003 Ingram Avenue S0000762012 City of Richmond v.

Miranda Squire, et al.

CL17-4077 4005 Jefferson Davis Highway S0090144003 City of Richmond v. Mizan Khan, et al.

CL17-4994 3716 Lawson Street S0002905004 City of Richmond v. Lucas Byrd, et al.

CL17-5441 2 West Leigh Street N0000104027 City of Richmond v. Clarine B. Taylor, et al.

CL18-465 115 Lipscomb Street S0000151012 City of Richmond v. TriState Huskies, LLC, et al.

CL18-470 2312 Lumkin Avenue S0080525010

City of Richmond v.

Newstart Properties, LLC, et al.

CL17-4762 1406 Lynhaven Avenue S0071229015 City of Richmond v. Stanley W. Jones, et al.

CL17-4117 1603 Magnolia Street N0000661002 City of Richmond v. Ann M. Morris, et al.

CL17-4763 2417 Marion Mashore Street S0000566023 City of Richmond v. Lottie Miller, et al.

CL17-6033 1415 Mechanicsville Turnpike E0000768027 City of Richmond v. Robert H. Smallenberg, et al.

CL17-5033 1429 Mechanicsville Turnpike E0000768034 City of Richmond v. Calvin Booker, et al.

CL17-5827 1317 Minefee Street S0071134051 City of Richmond v.

Communications, Inc., et al.

CL17-4807 1337 Minefee Street S0071134035 City of Richmond v.

Communications, Inc., et al.

CL17-5851 207 Minor Street N0000375004 City of Richmond v. Indiana T. Hill CL17-4764 1611 National Street E0002912008 City of Richmond v.

Donavan L. Marrow, et al.

CL17-5826 2615 North Avenue N0000642015 City of Richmond v. W. S. Watkins, Jr., et al.

CL17-5150 2505 Oakland Avenue S0071376010 City of Richmond v. John G. Dunn, Jr., et al.

CL17-6120 1316 Overlook Street S0071180023 City of Richmond v. William E. Fisher Jr., et al.

CL17-5619 974 Pink Street E0000425010 City of Richmond v. RJR Ventures, LLC, et al.

CL17-4215 3101 Porter Street S0001357003 City of Richmond v. Mark D. Militana, et al.

CL17-4786 2510 Q Street E0000519018 City of Richmond v. Wildcat Investments, LLC, et al.

CL17-5884 1431 Rogers Street E0000771023 City of Richmond v. Sam M. Fleming, et al.

CL17-5914 2708 Selden Street E0120292009 City of Richmond v. Robert L. Snow, et al.

CL17-3127 1807 T Street E0000612003 City of Richmond v. Arthur R. King Jr., et al.

CL17-4255 4100 Terminal Avenue C0090449030 City of Richmond v. Grace B. Walker CL17-5620 4100 Rear Terminal Avenue C0090449038 City of Richmond v. A.L. Hendrick, et al.

CL17-6054 5328 Troy Road C0080377018 City of Richmond v.

Barbara A. Custalow, et al.

CL17-5151 2318 Venable Street E0000425019 City of Richmond v. Vernon Woody, et al.

CL17-4173 2405 Whitcomb Street E0120224066 City of Richmond v. Vernon Woody, et al.

CL17-4637 2100 Wood Street E0001056020 City of Richmond v. Vernon Woody, et al.

CL17-6005 TERMS OF SALE: All sales are subject to confirmation by the Richmond Circuit Court. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal the total purchase price. The highest bidder shall deposit 20% of the total purchase price, or $2500.00, whichever is greater, at the time of the auction. Bids which are less than $2500.00 shall be paid in full at the time of the auction. The highest bidder shall deposit the balance of the purchase price with the Special Commissioner by a date and in a form as identified by the Special Commissioner in a settlement instruction letter. Deed recordation costs will be the responsibility of the highest bidder and shall also be deposited with the Special Commissioner by a date and in a form as identified by the Special Commissioner in a settlement instruction letter.

Time is of the essence. The Special Commissioner may require a defaulting highest bidder to forfeit the deposit, and seek other legal or equitable rights, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Richmond Circuit Court. Conveyance will be made by either a special commissioner’s deed or a special warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate taxes made as of the date of the confirmation by court.

Properties are sold “as is” without any representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, subject to the rights of any person in possession, and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether

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

FRESH START PROPERTY SOLUTIONS, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-987 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 609 Overbrook Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-0592/009, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Fresh Start Property Solutions, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that CORA D. FARMER, upon information and belief deceased, who may have an ownership interest in the property per a deed filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 750 page 1957 on April 19, 1979, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that BARRY T. FARMER, upon information and belief deceased, who may have an ownership interest in the property per a deed filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 750 page 1957 on April 19, 1979, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that EUGENE V. FARMER, upon information and belief deceased, who may have an ownership interest in the property per a deed filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 804 page 1021 on December 1, 1982, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that CORA D. FARMER, upon information and belief deceased, who may have an ownership interest in the property per a deed filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 750 page 1957 on April 19, 1979, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, that BARRY T. FARMER, upon information and belief deceased, who may have an ownership interest in the property per a deed filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 750 page 1957 on April 19, 1979, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, EUGENE V. FARMER, upon information and belief deceased, who may have an ownership interest in the property per a deed filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 804 page 1021 on December 1, 1982, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 24, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

JAMES S. BALL, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-1470 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1201½ North 31st Street,, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0721/019, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner(s) of record, [ownrec1].

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

EVA BERNSTEIN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-1519 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1204 North 19th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000552/013, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Eva Bernstein.

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

IT IS ORDERED that EVA BERNSTEIN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 24, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

H L INVESTMENT CORPORATION, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-1437 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1401 North 29th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000717/018, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, H L INVESTMENT CORPORATION.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, H L INVESTMENT CORPORATION, an entity purged from the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, 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 H L INVESTMENT CORPORATION, an entity purged from the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 24, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

R. B. CHAFFIN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-188 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1709 Claiborne Street Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number W0000646/009, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, R. B. CHAFFIN, Trustee for John H. Chaffin.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JOHN H. CHAFFIN, who died on June 30, 1951 per his will filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Will Book 12 page 294, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that R. B. CHAFFIN, upon information and belief deceased, Trustee for John H. Chaffin, as evidenced by a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 192-C page 101 on February 12, 1907, or his successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that SARAH CHAFFIN BROOKS, JOHN H. CHAFFIN, JR, and WILLIAM W. CHAFFIN, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JOHN H. CHAFFIN, who died on June 30, 1951 per his will filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Will Book 12 page 294, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, R. B. CHAFFIN, upon information and belief deceased, Trustee for John H. Chaffin, as evidenced by a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 192-C page 101 on February 12, 1907, or his successor/s in title, SARAH CHAFFIN BROOKS, JOHN H. CHAFFIN, JR, WILLIAM W. CHAFFIN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 24, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

NANNIE BELLE PARHAM, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-1269 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2919 S Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0565/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner(s) of record, [ownrec1].

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

IT IS ORDERED that NANNIE BELLE PARHAM, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 24, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

S. L. SNELLINGS, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. : CL18-1270 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3612 Stockton Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0060058/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, S. L. Snellings.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, S. L. SNELLINGS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, 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 S. L. SNELLINGS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 24, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

JOHN MELVIN WALKER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-253 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1900 Maury Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000290/009, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate

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

BELIEVE & RECEIVE MINISTRIES, INC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-5825 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2610 Hull Street aka 2608, 2612 and 2614 Hull Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000787/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Believe & Receive Ministries, Inc. aka Believe & Receive Ministry, Inc .

An Affidavit having been filed that THOMAS R. WRENN, owner of the property per a deed filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 599 Page 1245 on November 16, 1983, described as “Parcel II” a portion of which was omitted from the deed filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 05-5223 on February 17, 2005, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that NORMAN SEAY, Beneficiary of Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 09-24625 on November 4, 2009, 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 THOMAS R. WRENN, owner of the property per a deed filed in the records of the

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

ERVIN G. BELL, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-5622 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3812 Terminal Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0090505/002, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Ervin G. Bell and Gracie D. Bell.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ERVIN G. BELL, who upon information and belief is

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

ERVIN G. BELL, et al, Defendants Case No.: CL17-5621 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3816 Terminal Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0090505/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Ervin G. Bell and Gracie D. Bell.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ERVIN G. BELL, who upon information and belief is deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and GRACIE D. BELL, who upon information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that BRENDA B. TRIBETT, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that EVERETT M. FIELDS, who 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 ERVIN G. BELL, who upon information and belief is deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, GRACIE D. BELL, who upon information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, B R E N D A B . T R I B E T T, EVERETT M. FIELDS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 24, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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May 3-5, 2018

Sports Plus

John Marshall standout Isaiah Todd transferring

By Fred Jeter

Isaiah Todd, arguably the area’s top college prospect since Moses Malone, is changing basketball addresses.

After leading Richmond’s John Marshall High School to the State 3A title this past winter as a sophomore, the 6-foot-10 Todd is transferring to Trinity Academy, a Christian-based private school in Raleigh, N.C. Trinity went 8-17 this past season competing in the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association.

In Raleigh, Todd will be closer to his personal trainer, Drew Hanlen, CEO of Pure Sweat Basketball.

Hanlen’s list of former clients includes current NBA players Joel Embiid, Andrew Wiggins, Bradley Beal and Jameer Nelson.

Todd is ranked by all scouting services as among the top prospects for the Class of 2020. He already has scholarship offers from most of the nation’s premier basketball programs.

John Marshall High won the state championship without a senior in the lineup. Even without Todd, the Justices should continue to be a powerhouse under Coach Ty White.

Todd’s exit is a continuation of a trend. In recent years, some of the top local players have transferred to private schools.

Isaiah Todd

Among them: Ed Davis: After starting at Hanover High, he transferred to Benedictine as

a junior. He currently is a member of the NBA Portland Trail Blazers.

Robert Johnson: After earning All-Metro honors at L.C. Bird High School in Chesterfield, he transferred to Benedictine and went on to become a four-year regular at Indiana University.

Andrew White: After starring at Thomas Dale High School in Chesterfield, he transferred to The Miller School. He is now under contract with the NBA Atlanta Hawks.

Devin Robinson: After starting his career at Manchester High School in Chesterfield, he transferred to Christchurch School. He is now under contract with the NBA Washington

Wizards.

Michael Gbinije: Originally at Thomas Dale High, he later played at Christchurch and Benedictine. He is now with the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G-League.

Curtis “Cujo” Jones: Began his career at Highland Springs High School in Henrico before transferring to Huntington Prep in West Virginia. He is now playing at Indiana University.

Another standout athlete now playing high school hoops elsewhere is Joe Bamisile. After starting at St. Christopher’s School, Bamisile is now at Montverde Academy in Florida, Class of 2020.

Golf club apologizes for calling cops on black women members Free Press wire report

YORK, Pa. A golf club in Pennsylvania has apologized for calling police on a group of black women after the co-owner and his father said they were playing too slowly and refused requests to leave the course.

“I felt we were discriminated against,” one of the women, Myneca Ojo, told the York Daily Record. “It was a horrific experience.”

Sandra Thompson and four friends met Saturday, April 21, to play a round of golf at the Grandview Golf Club, where they are all members, she told the newspaper.

At the second hole, a white man whose son co-owns the club came up to them twice to complain that they weren’t keeping up with the pace of play. Ms. Thompson, an attorney and the head of the York Chapter NAACP, told the newspaper it was untrue.

On the same hole, another member of the group, Sandra Harrison, said she spoke with a Grandview golf pro, who said they were fine since they were keeping pace with the group ahead of them.

Despite that, the women skipped the third hole to avoid any other issues, she said.

It’s part of golf etiquette that slow-moving players let groups behind them play through if they are holding things up, and often golf courses have personnel who monitor the pace of play, letting golfers know when they are taking too long.

The five are part of a larger group of local women known as Sisters in the Fairway. The group has been around for at least a decade, and

Courtesy of Myneca Ojo on Facebook

The five golfers met with discrimination at a Pennsylvania golf club where they are members are part of Sisters in the Fairway. They are, from left, Carolyn Dow, Sandra Harrison, Karen Crosby, Sandra Thompson and Myneca Ojo.

all of its members are experienced players who have golfed all over the county and the world, Ms. Thompson said. They’re very familiar with golf etiquette, she said.

After the ninth hole, where it is customary to take a break before continuing on the next nine holes, three of the group decided to leave because they were so shaken up by the earlier treatment, the women told the paper.

Ms. Thompson said the man from the second hole, identified as former York County Commis-

sioner Steve Chronister; his son, club co-owner Jordan Chronister; and several other white, male employees approached the remaining two women and said they took too long of a break and they needed to leave the course.

The women argued they took an appropriate break, and that the men behind them were still on their beer break and not ready to tee off, as seen in a video Ms. Thompson gave the newspaper. The women were told that the police had been called, and so they waited.

Northern York County Regional Police arrived, conducted interviews and left without charging anyone.

“We were called there for an issue. The issue did not warrant any charges,” Police Chief Mark Bentzel said. “All parties left and we left as well.”

A phone listing for Steve Chronister rang busy on April 23. He told the York Daily Record he didn’t have time to comment on April 22.

Jordan Chronister’s wife and co-owner of the club, JJ Chronister, said April 22 she called the women personally to apologize.

“We sincerely apologize to the women for making them feel uncomfortable here at Grandview, that is not our intention in any way,” she told the newspaper. “We want all of our members to feel valued and that they can come out here and have a great time, play golf and enjoy the experience.”

She said she hopes to meet with them to discuss how the club can use what happened as a learning experience and do better in the future.

Ms. Thompson said she’s not sure a meeting is what needs to happen.

“There needs to be something more substantial to understand they don’t treat people in this manner,” she said.

The encounter comes after two AfricanAmerican men in Philadelphia were handcuffed and arrested on April 12 after a Starbucks employee called police because they hadn’t bought anything in the store. The two men told The Associated Press that they were waiting for a business associate to arrive.

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filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of a property may disclose. It is assumed that bidders will make a visual exterior inspection of a property within the limits of the law, determine the suitability of a property for their purposes, and otherwise perform due diligence prior to the auction. Any costs incurred to inspect a property are at the expense of the bidder.

The acceptance of a bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City of Richmond.

Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. Please be advised that in order to qualify as a bidder at this auction, you may not owe delinquent taxes to the City of Richmond and you may not be a defendant in any pending delinquent tax matter.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding notices of code violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law.

Questions concerning the properties or the tax sale process may be directed to the Special Commissioner by email at greg.lukanuski@ richmondgov.com or by phone at (804) 646-7949, or to Christie Hamlin by email at Christie.hamlin@ richmondgov.com or by phone at (804) 646-6940.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Senior Assistant City Attorney Special Commissioner 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, VA 23219

TransiT sysTem

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING GRTC TRANSIT SYSTEM A public hearing will be held by GRTC Transit System at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, in the administrative offices at GRTC, located at 301 East Belt Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia 23224 to consider GRTC’s Proposed Federal FY 2018 Program of Projects pursuant to section 5307 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). The Federal Transit Administration has made available, as part of the Richmond Metropolitan Urbanized Area, its application for federal assistance described as follows: I.

The Program of Projects lists capital projects for which GRTC will seek federal financial assistance during the period October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2018. Included are the repair of the GRTC administrative parking lots and funding for the Transit Development Plan.

Application for Financial Assistance II.

High Priority Flex - Planning: This application requests funding for projects described in Section I that total $155,700 of which $124,560 is the federal share and $31,140 is the non-federal share. The non-federal share is expected to be obtained from the City of Richmond appropriated from general funds and funds appropriated by the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation.

III.

FHWA: This application requests funding for projects described in Section I that total $1,218,750 of which $975,000 is the federal share and $243,750 is the nonfederal share. The non-federal share is expected to be obtained from the City of Richmond appropriated from general funds and funds appropriated by the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation.

IV.

Comprehensive Planning: These projects conform to comprehensive land use and transportation planning for the Richmond Metropolitan area and are included in the Richmond Regional Transportation Planning Organization’s Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) and Long-Range Transportation Plan. At the hearing, GRTC will afford the opportunity for interested persons to be heard with respect to the social, economic, and environmental aspects of the projects. Interested persons and agencies may submit, orally or in writing, comments and recommendations with respect to the projects. Copies of the final Program of Projects, GRTC’s five-year capital plan and/or a copy of the Transportation Improvement Program are available for public inspection in the Office of the CEO, GRTC Transit System, 301 East Belt Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia 23224.

GRTC’s Proposed Federal Program of Projects will be the final program unless amended.

BID COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION ITB # 18-1647-4CLE – Gambles Mill Sewer Pumping Station Equipment Installation - This project consists of removing existing pumps, piping, valves, and flow meter and wet well demolition, installing new pumps, flow meter, and valves and wet well improvements. Due 3:00 pm, May 30, 2018. Additional information available at: https://henrico.us/finance/ divisions/purchasing/.

COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION BID ITB# 18-1652-4JCK Henrico Area Mental Health and Developmental Services East Clinic Due 2:30 pm, June 5, 2018 Additional information available at: http://www. henrico.us/purchasing/

The City of Richmond announces the following project(s) available for services relating to: IFB M180020056 – Carnation Street Sidewalk Project (NFO) EN15127-951, C501, UPC 107515 Due Date: May 22, 2018 at 2:30 P.M. Receipt Location: 900 East Broad Street, Room 1104, 11th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219 Opening Date: May 23, 2018 at 2:30 P.M. Information or copies of the above solicitation is available by contacting Procurement Services, at the City of Richmond website (www.RichmondGov. com), or at 11th Floor of City Hall, 900 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. Phone (804) 646-5716 or faxed (804) 646-5989. The City of Richmond encourages all contractors to participate in the procurement process.

For reference purposes, documents may be examined at the above location.

The City of Richmond announces the following project(s) available for services relating to: IFB M180022366 – Midlothian Turnpike Bridges over Belt Boulevard Rehabilitation Project (VDOT Project 0060-127-861, P-101, C-501, B-631, B-627, UPC 104887) Due Date: May 24, 2018 at 2:30 P.M. Receipt Location: 900 East Broad Street, Room 1104, 11th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219 Opening Date: May 25, 2018 at 2:30 P.M. Pre-bid Date: May 9, 2018 at 2:30 P.M. Pre-bid Location: City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Room 1104, 11th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219 Information or copies of the above solicitation is available by contacting Procurement Services, at the City of Richmond website (www.RichmondGov. com), or at 11th Floor of City Hall, 900 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. Phone (804) 646-5716 or faxed (804) 646-5989. The City of Richmond encourages all contractors to participate in the procurement process.

For reference purposes, documents may be examined at the above location.

TransiT sysTem

GRTC TRANSIT SYSTEM GENERAL CLEANING AND TRASH REMOVAL SERVICES REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS GRTC Transit System invites all interested parties to submit proposals for providing general cleaning and trash removal services. Interested firms may download a copy of RFP # 166-18-02 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.

An optional pre-proposal conference will be held on May 7, 2018 at 10:00 am. Responses are due no later than 11:00 am on May 23, 2018. All inquiries pertaining to the request or any questions in reference to the solicitation documents should be directed to: Tonya Thompson Director of Procurement (804) 358-3871, extension 372 Supplier diversity program – “providing equal opportunities for small businesses”

CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) supports the Chief Executive Officer by overseeing the Authority’s financial activities, as well as the administrative functions including human resources, finance, reimbursement, strategic planning, and leadership development. As a part of the executive team, the CAO champions the agency’s mission and culture.

To apply, please visit raaems.org to complete an application. Applications must be received no later than 5:00 pm on May 11, 2018.

Assisted Living Facility has the following positions open.

PCA or CNA to work, PRN, Medication Aide and experience Housekeeper. Provide a current TB report when applying. All references will be checked. Good pay – Goody days off.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Call for appointment (804) 222-5133.

Assisted Living Facility has following position open.

Experience Licensed Medication Aide, please provide a current TB report when applying.

Please provide a copy of your Medication license.

All references will be checked.

Good pay – Good days off.

Call (804) 222-5133 for appointment.

Thank you for your interest in applying for opportunities with The City of Richmond.

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

EOE M/F/D/V Research Scientist (Altria Client Services LLC - Richmond, VA): Plan & coord analytical-sensory research strategies for the dvlpmt of new tobacco & non-tobacco product concepts utilizing specialized scientific knowl in Sensomics. Leverage knowl in isolation & elucidation of structure & function of active biomolecules (e.g. Solvent Assisted Flavor Evaporation (SAFE), Gas Chromatography Olfactometry (GCO), Aroma Extract Dilution Analysis (AEDA), Taste Dilution Analysis (TDA) & Stable Isotope Dilution Assays (SIDA)) to plan & coord research activities for flavor dvlpmt. Reqs: Ph.D. or equiv in Food Chemistry or a closely related field plus 2 yrs exp as an Associate Research Scientist or related occupation. Must have 2 yrs of exp: utilizing specialized scientific knowl in Sensomics; isolating & extracting volatile fractions from tobacco or non-tobacco products using Solvent Assisted Flavor Evaporation (SAFE) & analyzing organic flavor compounds (qualitative & quantitative) in complex mixtures; dvpg & applying high resolution analytical techniques (Chromatographic & spectroscopic) w/ specific know-how in hyphenated techniques (e.g. GC/GC/MS & LC/MS/MS); conducting flavor analysis using the Odor Activity Value (OAV) concept supported by gas chromatography olfactometry (GC/O) coupled w/ dilution techniques such as Aroma Extract Dilution Analysis (AEDA) & Stable Isotope Dilution Assays (SIDA); knowl &/or exp w/ the aroma & taste characters of flavor compounds, aroma & taste interaction & flavor release methodologies, flavor reaction pathways, & flavorprecursor relationships; & applying aroma or taste recombinants to the creation &/or optimization of flavors for tobacco or non-tobacco products. Each Altria company is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or other protected class. Send resumes to: http://www. altria.com/Careers, Req. #18141BR

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