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38th Richmond Marathon Saturday By Fred Jeter

A modern, recreational version of this will unfold Saturday, Nov. 14, when more than 20,000 runners will show off their strides in the 38th Anthem Richmond Marathon. Last year’s field of 21,657 included a record turnout of 6,549 runners for the full, 26.2-mile marathon. Ben Zywicki Please turn to A4

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Little could Greek courier Pheidippides have known he was kick-starting an activity that would endure for centuries. The sport now known as the marathon is said to stem from 490 B.C. when Pheidippides ran from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce the outnumbered Greek army had defeated the invading Persians.

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Children’s hospital axed Plan for Boulevard facility lacked key support By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Remembering veterans Wreaths surround the statue Memory at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond. Wednesday was Veterans Day, and Gov. Terry McAuliffe placed one of the wreaths during a ceremony honoring all veterans at the Shrine of Memory. Located on South Belvidere Street above the James River in Downtown, the shrine has engraved stone and glass walls with the names of Virginians who died in battle from War World II through the Persian Gulf War. The Torch of Liberty, an eternal flame, burns at the feet of Memory, representing that patriotism is everlasting.

ance. The other group, HCA, never supported the hospital. Richmond may get a new children’s Ms. Busser acknowledged that the hospital, but it won’t be going up on alliance could not get Bon Secours the Boulevard. and VCU back to the table. The alliThe vision of a $400 million ance’s plan was based on having both inpatient, child-focused treatment hospital groups turn over most of their center rising on the site where the in-house pediatric operations to a new minor league Richmond Squirrels play hospital they would not control — a baseball has evaporated. That clears prospect that Bon Secours and VCU the way for the city to begin planning found did not make operational or Ms. Busser for a splashy retail-office-residential financial sense. complex on the 62 acres of municipal property While Ms. Busser said Monday the “alliance that includes the aging Diamond baseball stadium is not quitting, but just taking a step back to see and the Arthur Ashe Athletic Center. what other options might be available,” she and The future of the valuable property became other alliance staff members are being laid off, clearer this week when Katherine Busser, out- reducing the alliance to a volunteer operation. going CEO of the Virginia Children’s Hospital “I’m not surprised” that the prospect of a Alliance, notified Richmond City Council Mon- Boulevard hospital has died, said Councilday that her group would not meet a December man Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, a staunch deadline to begin the process of seeking state supporter of the idea. He said his own checks approval for development of a proposed free- with people in the field showed “the numbers standing hospital for children. did not work.” As a result, she said the alliance and its chief A firmer prospect for a new children’s hosally, PACKids, a coalition of area pediatricians pital lies with VCU, which confirmed that it and specialists, no longer would keep the hold has begun early work on plans to develop such on the property that Mayor Dwight C. Jones a facility on its medical campus — its fourth and the council had granted in July to give the attempt in the past 16 years. alliance time to prepare its application. According to VCU officials, a new hospital Prospects for the hospital largely disappeared would address the need for at least 75 pediatric in May when two of the area’s three major beds and complement VCU’s outpatient chilhospital groups, Bon Secours and VCU Health, dren’s center that will open next year across the medical arm of Virginia Commonwealth from City Hall. University, pulled out of talks with the alliAt this point, the officials said VCU is looking to couple a children’s hospital with plans to modernize clinical space for adult and child cancer and heart patients as it begins the process of updating its master plan for the medical campus. It could take five to eight years to translate such plans into construction reality. One site being considered for a new facility Please turn to A4

New program helps youths with jobs Photo courtesy of Trice Edney News Wire/Twitter.com/Gary Pinkel

University of Missouri football Coach Gary Pinkel tweeted this photo of protesters, including students, team members, professors and coaches, with the message, “The Mizzou Family stands as one. We are united. We are behind our players.”

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COLUMBIA, Mo. The University of Missouri’s president stepped down Monday, and its chancellor moved aside, after protests by the school’s students and football team over alleged inaction against racial abuse on campus. President Tim Wolfe’s high-profile resignation, followed hours later by news that Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin would move to a new job, was the latest shock to the state of Missouri, and the United States at large, which has been roiled for more than a year by racial tensions after a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black teen in nearby Ferguson, Mo., in August 2014. Then, as demonstrations continued at the university and spread to other college campuses across the country, a suspect was taken into custody on Wednesday for making online threats to shoot African-Americans at the university. The announcement followed a post on the social media smartphone app Yik Yak on Tuesday, tagged for the college town of Columbia. The posting read: “I’m going to stand my ground tomorrow and shoot every black person I see.” In a campuswide alert early Wednesday, police said they had apprehended the suspect, Hunter Park, a 21-year-old student at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, about 100 miles south of Columbia, on suspicion of making a terroristic threat on the social network. They said the suspect “was not located on or near the MU campus at the time of the threat.” The threat prompted stepped-up security on

the university campus, but classes were operating on a regular schedule, authorities said. Unrest at the university, widely known as “Mizzou,” started on Sept. 12 when Payton Head, president of the Missouri Student Association, said on his Facebook page that vile, anti-black slurs were hurled at him by someone in a pickup truck while he walked on campus. He said the university did not address the incident for nearly a week. His post went viral, and the lack of any strong reaction by Mr. Wolfe as head of the four-campus university system, led to demonstrations at the school’s homecoming parade in early October. At the time, about 10 AfricanAmerican students linked arms in front of the

red convertible that Mr. Wolfe was riding in during the parade. According to local news reports, as they blocked the car, they took turns reciting points in history where MU students had endured discrimination. Instead of talking with students, Mr. Wolfe tried to drive around them, a video of the demonstration shows. The president’s driver didn’t get past the line, but hit one of the student demonstrators with the car. Mr. Wolfe, according to the video, watched as onlookers manhandled the students and yelled at them. Columbia police also threatened the protesters with pepper spray while Mr. Wolfe Please turn to A4

Coalition to City Council: Slow your roll on rapid transit By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Slow down the rush to install bus rapid transit (BRT) in Richmond and take the time to ensure that the service will not become an expensive boondoggle. That’s the message an alliance of 11 civic groups delivered to Richmond City Council on Monday night in calling attention to the potential drawbacks of the developing service. While the $54 million BRT project dubbed GRTC Pulse is still undergoing design review, speakers from RVA Coalition sought to raise concerns for the council to weigh before the governing body considers putting a final stamp

of approval on a project they previously have endorsed. On a night when the top issue on council’s agenda involved the tax rate to be imposed on owners of homes and businesses, coalition representatives gave council an earful about their BRT concerns. One big one is that the 20,000 city residents — largely African-Americans — who rely on bus service would be disconnected from BRT because the planned 8-mile route skirts black neighborhoods and would do little to improve their access to jobs and services. Please turn to A4

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Billie Brown knows about youth unemployment. As the founder and owner of a temporary staffing agency that she began almost 16 years ago, she regularly sees young adults who cannot get work because they lack skills, have a felony record or never earned a high school diploma. Dismayed at how little was being done to help them, Ms. Brown and her company, Excel Management Services, have teamed with Saint Paul’s Baptist Church to try to make a dent in the problem. Together, the partners have created Success by 25 Ms. Brown to help unemployed 17- to 20-year-olds get life-changing academic help, skills training and placement in jobs. Launched in September, Success by 25 plans to enroll 125 young people in its first 12 months and has been awarded a $900,000 grant from the Capital Region Workforce Partnership to support the effort. CRWP uses federal funds to operate three area workforce centers to help people find jobs. CRWP hired Success by 25 to replace a previous contractor for youth services. The program already has enrolled its first 31 students and is still working with 40 enrollees who started with the previous youth contractor. In December, at least 30 new enrollees will start, with new participants being added every three months. Next week, Ms. Brown, her staff and current program participants will hold a public information session to get the word out about the new effort. The session will take place from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at Saint Paul’s Baptist Church — Belt Boulevard Campus, 700 E. Belt Blvd., across from Southside Plaza in South Side. “Youth unemployment is a huge problem in the Richmond region,” Ms. Brown noted. People in the 17 to 20 age group represent the largest and fastest growing segment of the impoverished, she said. “Nearly half of our youths in that age Please turn to A4

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Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond With the help of a bullhorn, Gina Lyles leads more than 200 demonstrators on a social justice march through Downtown last Friday. The group marched from the State Capitol to ART 180 on West Marshall Street calling for an end to the school-to-prison pipeline in Virginia. Organizers want a reform of the juvenile justice system that often incarcerates youths for minor infractions at a high cost to young people and the state. Marchers wore T-shirts and held signs, including a lighted sign with the message, “Prisons Don’t Work.” The march was organized by Mark Strandquist and Trey Hartt of Performance Statistics, a collaboration of Richmond area artists and legal advocates that is a part of the statewide RISE for Youth Coalition for juvenile justice reform.

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Black History Museum lighting up the night with ceremony Nov. 20 Lights will shine at the new Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia. The museum will hold an illumination ceremony 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at the building at 122 W. Leigh St., museum Director Tasha Chambers has announced. The museum is scheduled to open to the public during the last week of December after the completion of a $13 million renovation and expansion of the building that once served as home to the historic Leigh Street Armory. The illumination event is free and open to the public. Ofﬁcials from the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, American Civil War Museum, The Valentine, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Virginia Historical Society are scheduled to unveil a historical marker and new Black History Museum sign. Richmond native, author and lecturer Selden Richardson is scheduled to speak at the ceremony. The Richmond Boys Choir also will perform. Refreshments will be provided. For more information: www.blackhistorymuseum.org/news. — JOEY MATTHEWS

GRTC unlimited fare passes start Sunday GRTC passengers can begin using unlimited ride passes Sunday, Nov. 15, according to Carrie Rose Pace, the transit company spokesperson. Cost of the unlimited ride passes: $3.50 for a day pass, $17.50 for a seven-day pass and $60 for a 30-day pass for most riders. Richmond City Council on Monday approved reduced-price, unlimited ride passes for people 65 and older, the disabled, Medicare recipients and youths ages 6 to 18. Passes for those groups will cost $1.75 for a day pass, $8.25 for a seven-day pass and $35 for 30 days of unlimited rides. Also effective Nov. 15, GRTC will eliminate 25-cent transfers. Instead, passengers can purchase a “One Ride Plus” pass for $1.75 that would allow ticket holders to ride one bus and transfer to a second to complete a journey. Previously, riders bought a ﬁrst ticket for $1.50, then paid 25 cents for a separate transfer ticket. The new fare passes can be purchased through GRTC’s online Transit Store, www.ridegrtc.com/planning-your-trip/transit-store. For more information on the new bus passes, go to www. ridegrtc.com/fares/new-fare-passes. — JOEY MATTHEWS

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remained seated in the car. Mr. Wolfe’s handling of the entire incident drew protests from students. Also last month, a swastika drawn in feces was found at a university dormitory, according to the Residence Halls Association. Protests reached a critical point last weekend when the university’s black football players refused to practice or play until Mr. Wolfe stepped down. Some teachers and students also threatened to boycott classes. In a televised news conference on Monday held to announce his resignation, an emotional Mr. Wolfe said, “I take full responsibility for this frustration and I take full responsibility for the inaction that has occurred.” “My decision to resign comes out of love, not hate,” he added, quoting passages from the Bible. “Please, please use this resignation to heal, not to hate.” Up until Monday, Mr. Wolfe had shown no inclination to resign, although he had acknowledged change was needed and had planned a new “diversity and inclusion strategy” to be released in April. The university’s board also issued an apology later on Monday and said that Chancellor Loftin would relinquish that role and take up the new job of director for research facility development on Jan. 1. “To those who have suffered, I apologize on behalf of the university for being slow to respond to experiences

that are unacceptable and offensive in our campus communities and in our society,” Donald Cupps, chair of the University of Missouri Board of Curators, said in a statement. On Tuesday, the Mr. Wolfe university named Chuck Henson, a black law professor and associate dean, as its first interim vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity. The appointment followed an emergency meeting of the four-campus system’s governing board Monday. The meeting concluded with promises of restoring a “culture of respect” while providing additional, though unspecified, support for aggrieved students and a renewed commitment to bolster minority hiring and recruitment. The football team, nicknamed the Tigers, suspended practice last Saturday and Sunday, and more than 30 black players had vowed not to return until Mr. Wolfe resigned or was fired. That would have been a financial hit to the university, which, under its contract, would have had to pay $1 million to its next opponent, Brigham Young University, if the Tigers failed to play. Football activities resumed on Tuesday in preparation for Saturday’s game against Brigham Young. In addition to the team’s action, graduate student Jonathan Butler held a weeklong hunger strike, which he ended

on Monday. “It should not have taken this much, and it is disgusting and vile that we find ourselves in the place that we do,” Mr. Butler told reporters on campus after Mr. Wolfe announced his resignaMr. Loftin tion. Protests on campus had been led by a group called ConcernedStudent1950, which says African-American students have endured decades of racial slurs and believes white students benefit from favoritism in many aspects of campus life. The group, which takes its name from the year the university first admitted AfricanAmerican students, on Monday demanded an immediate meeting with the university’s faculty council, Board of Curators and the governor of Missouri to discuss shared governance of the school. “While today may seem bright to some, this is just a beginning in dismantling systems of oppression in higher education, specifically the UM system,” Marshall Allen, a member of the group, told more than 500 people gathered on campus. “This was the right decision to help the university turn the page, and for its leaders to recommit to ending racism on campus,” U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, a Democrat and graduate of the school, said in an emailed statement. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, also a Democrat, welcomed the move.

Coalition to City Council: Slow your roll on rapid transit Continued from A1

Speakers from the coalition also warned that Richmond taxpayers could end up being saddled with a $2 million to $5 million operating deficit that would steal money from public schools and public safety. They also raised worries that the construction and operation of GRTC Pulse would undermine the burgeoning apartment and business developments along Broad Street, the main street on which GRTC Pulse will run. It’s a far different perspective on GRTC Pulse than that offered by the public transit company and its supporters, including Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who wants the new service operational before he leaves office in early 2018. For supporters including the Rev. Ben Campbell, who spoke at the meeting, GRTC Pulse is viewed as the kind of modern service the city needs to advance public transit within and outside the city. They cite its promise of faster service along the route that will link Willow Lawn Shopping Center to the west with Rocketts Landing to the east, where the Stone Brewery operation is being built. Now projected to carry 3,500 people a day or 1.2 million passengers a year, the wheeled buses on this route would have 14 stations, or fewer stops than most routes, dedicated lanes along curbs or in the median and would start new trips every 10 to 15 minutes — a huge improvement over the 30 minute and longer headways on regular routes. GRTC has yet to provide any specifics on how existing routes would connect with GRTC Pulse, though officials have said that issue would be addressed before operations begin, now projected for October 2017. Construction of the first stations is to begin next spring if all approvals are in place. GRTC spokeswoman Carrie Rose Pace said the company is fully aware of the connection issue. She said a study is underway to consider how to improve connections between local routes and GRTC Pulse, with a portion of the study specifically

looking at routes in the East End. However, the coalition believes that council would do well to halt any action on GRTC Pulse until the transit company can provide more information. Arthur L. Burton, founder of Kinfolks Community, made that point, telling the council it would be wrong to approve the project without such information. Before the meeting, he said, “Don’t we have a right to know how the arms and feet (local bus routes) fit together with Pulse? Right now, we have no idea.” That’s also the concern that Roy Bryant of the Richmond Branch NAACP raised. He said the planned route essentially stays away from African-American communities and could mean ordinary people “cannot get on the bus.” That would violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, he said. Councilwoman Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District, said later that she has made “connectivity” a condition of her support for GRTC Pulse. She said the transit company must provide strong and ample connections to the BRT line for her constituents in Church Hill and Fulton. Speakers also pointed to the cost of keeping the service running 17 to 18 hours a day, seven days a week. “Where will the money come from to cover the deficit, which could run $2 million to $5 million a year?” said Jonathan Marcus, chairman of the coalition and

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president of the West Grace Street Association. “Will you take it from schools or public safety?” Jeff Marshall of the Historic Jackson Ward Association also hammered that point, noting that the subsidies the city is gaining to develop GRTC Pulse will not be there when it comes to keeping the service in operation. Broad Street coffee-shop owner Steve Garnett said he fears that the construction could kill his business by keeping customers away, which he said happened during the international cycling competition in September. Meanwhile, on the tax issue, council voted 8-1 to keep the real estate tax rate at $1.20 for each $100 of assessed value. Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell cast the only opposing vote. With property values up an average of 3.31 percent, council’s decision will mean that some property owners will have bigger tax bills. In other business, council once again endorsed the Free Press program of “Love Lights” that seeks to light up Downtown buildings during the holiday season, and approved posting an honorary street sign bearing the name of Alicia C. Rasin on the Church Hill street where she lived. Ms. Rasin, who died last month, was the city’s longtime volunteer “ambassador of compassion” who provided comfort and support to families of homicide victims.

New program helps youths with jobs Continued from A1

cohort are unemployed,” she said, with the highest unemployment rate among African-American youths in the CRWP service area that includes Richmond and Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and Powhatan counties. Ms. Brown said the goal of Success by 25 is to place participants in jobs that would enable them to be self-supporting and that would open the door to careers. To do that, she said each participant will be able to earn certified training in such areas as health care, manufacturing, hospitality and retail and computer technology. That training would enable them

to become pharmacy technicians, handle medical billing, weld, drive a forklift, cook in a restaurant or work for a hotel, Ms. Brown said. The training will be through courses currently provided by J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College and Richmond’s Workforce Innovation Center, among others. In addition, those who need to finish high school are taking online courses to satisfy diploma requirements through an adult high school based in Richmond’s North Side called Dream Academy. Ms. Brown said she is using experience with her company to handle the employment piece. A separate nonprofit she set up earlier, Another Chance to

Excel (ACE), is providing enrollees with programs on life skills and workforce readiness to ensure they are prepared to be in the workforce. Finally, Saint Paul’s Baptist, through a nonprofit affiliate called Nia, is providing mentoring and crucial transportation to enable students to get back and forth to various courses. Nia also is handling the administration of the grant, Ms. Brown said. In order for Success by 25 to be rated a success, CRWP is requiring that at least 55 percent of those enrolled have jobs paying $8 to $10 an hour after one year. “We want to do better than that.” Ms. Brown. “We want every one of our enrollees to be employed.”

Children’s hospital plan axed Continued from A1

is a parking deck that sits next door to VCU Medical Center. The site could accommodate a high-rise tower. Another is the two-block area bounded by Marshall, Leigh, 9th and 10th streets that is filled largely by the city’s aging Public Safety Building. The city would have to allow VCU to acquire the building. Meanwhile, Mayor Jones, with support from five members of the council, is looking to move on the redevelopment of the Boulevard property. The city has spent at least $12 million to relocate repair shops and other facilities from the property and to clean up the land. Under a resolution to be passed at the December meeting, the council would “support a strategy to achieve the ‘highest and best’ use for the cityowned real estate in the area of the city bounded by Interstate 64 / 95 to the north, Hermitage Road to the east, West Leigh Street to the south, and North Boulevard to the west and a time frame for developing this strategy.” The plans call for public meetings in January to receive comments from residents on what to do with the property. During the next months, the city would incorporate the comments and unveil a strategy so that by May, it could begin soliciting development proposals. The goal is to select a master developer in June. One big question is whether the Flying Squirrels would be left homeless. Under an agreement with the city and its suburban neighbors, the team searched in June for another site for baseball, but found none as good as the Boulevard. The team’s lease on The Diamond is good only for two more seasons as the city has long planned to tear down the baseball stadium as part of the envisioned redevelopment. Whether a new stadium for the team would be shoehorned into the “highest and best” use plan remains to be seen, but unless the team has huge public support, it could be left out. So far, neither Henrico nor Chesterfield counties has shown much interest in providing a stadium for the team.

38th Richmond Marathon to run on Saturday Continued from A1

of Colorado won the main event in 2:18.35. Zywicki became the first American to break the tape since Norfolk’s Michael Harrison in 2000. The last Richmond area champ was Tim Covington from Clover Hill High in 1998. Between Harrison and Zywicki, the winners all have been lithe striders from Kenya and Ethiopia. Ethiopian Waynishet Abebe was last year’s women’s champion in 2:39.26. Men’s and women’s 38th Anthem marathon winners will be Richmond Marathon awarded $2,500, with a Saturday, Nov. 14 Schedule $2,500 bonus for breaking records. 7 a.m. 8K starts Record holders are at Broad and 8th streets male runner Kennedy Kemei, 2:13:45 in 2011, 7:30 a.m. and female runner Irina Half marathon starts at Broad and 7th streets Suvorova, 2:31.25 in 2000. 7:45 a.m. Predicting winners is Full marathon starts dicey. Thom Suddeth, the at Grace and 5th streets Richmond Marathon’s Finish line for all races – elite runners director, said 5th and Tredegar streets the majority of contend3 p.m. ers in that category typiCourse closes cally don’t enter until the Details: day before the event. www.richmondmarathon.com Only a tiny percentage of today’s marathon enthusiasts receive anything more than a commemorative T-shirt, pat on the back and feeling of accomplishment. The marathon’s races — an 8K and full and half marathons — all begin and end in Downtown. Numerous and frequent road closures will take place along the course, which runs through Downtown, to Lakeside and the Bryan Park area, along Monument Avenue, a part of Grove Avenue and River Road across the Huguenot Bridge, and south of the James River along Riverside Drive, Forest Hill Avenue and Semmes Avenue to the Lee Bridge. Race organizers hope spectators will line the route to offer encouragement to runners. Musical entertainment will be provided along the course, with several groups slated to perform at the finish line. A post-race party with food and children’s activities will be at Brown’s Island Downtown near the finish line. In conjunction with the race, the Allianz Global Assistance Health and Fitness Expo will be held at the Arthur Ashe Athletic Center, 3001 N. Boulevard, from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13. For more information on the marathon, including a route map, go to www.richmondmarathon.com or call (804) 285-9495.

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On their shoulders From the black soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War to the University of Missouri students and football players of color who learned this week the power of unity and strategic action, the fight by African-Americans for respect and equal treatment in this country has been a long one. It started long before the icons of the Civil Rights Movement refused to give up their seats on buses (Irene Morgan, Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks) or were jailed in Birmingham (Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph Abernathy, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. et al) and in cities and towns across the South. And it likely will continue long after the struggles of the current era are added as chapters to the history books. Veterans Day provides an opportunity to reclaim the history of those whose battles have propelled our progress toward securing the rights held sacrosanct by the nation’s founders and that frame the core of the U.S. Constitution. Scholars and observers alike believe that the military service of African-Americans throughout history has helped drive individual and group advancement. Veterans who put their lives on the line abroad to protect and defend the United States could not abide the unequal and second-class mistreatment they received when they returned home. Richmonder L. Douglas Wilder, who became the nation’s first African-American elected governor in 1989 in Virginia, credits his military service during the Korean War with his decision to attend law school and to pursue a political career. He talked about it Tuesday night at the Library of Virginia during a book signing for his new memoir, “Son of Virginia: A Life in America’s Political Arena.” “Returning home from the war was bittersweet,” Gov. Wilder wrote in the book. “I was alive, but the truth of my circumstances became depressingly clear. I had been called to fight for the freedom of a people when I did not have that same freedom.” Months after his return, he applied and was accepted to Howard University Law School, graduating in 1959. With his election 10 years later as the first African-American in the Virginia Senate since 1890, he ushered in a 40-year-plus political career that has included gains for the African-American community even as it lifted the entire state. We urge our readers to rediscover the history of our military past and the authentic stories of the AfricanAmerican heroes — male and female — whose service has been instrumental in the progress of our race. Among them: The 1st Rhode Island Regiment and Royal Ethiopian Regiment of the Revolutionary War; the 14 Medal of Honor winners from the Battle of New Market Heights just outside of Richmond during the Civil War; the 9th and 10th Cavalry during the Spanish-American War; the 369th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the “Harlem Hellfighters” during WWI, that, along with African-American soldiers from the 370th, 371st and 372nd regiments, saw action on French battlefields and were awarded France’s prestigious Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Service Cross for exceptional gallantry in action; the 761st Tank Battalion and the exemplary Tuskegee Airmen of WWII; and the 13 African-American men for whom the Navy has named ships, including the USS Gravely, USS Harmon, USS Brown and USS Miller. The lessons of the past may illuminate the path toward progress tomorrow.

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Racial bias in jury selection Illegal and unconstitutional jury selection procedures cast doubt on the integrity of the whole judicial process. They create the appearance of bias in the decision of individual cases, and they increase the risk of actual bias as well. – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Peters v. Kiff (1972) During the Reconstruction Era, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The act guaranteed all citizens, particularly African-Americans, equal treatment and access to public accommodations, public transportation and protected their right to serve on juries. On Nov. 2, 140 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a Georgia death penalty case that serves as an intolerable reminder that people of color continue to be unlawfully excluded from jury service because of their race. In 1987, Timothy Foster, an African-American, was convicted and sentenced to death by an all-white jury in

the murder of an elderly white woman. Mr. Foster, who was 18 at the time of the crime, is seeking a new trial on the basis of racial discrimination by the prosecution, who he claims deliberately singled out and purged all prospective African-

Marc H. Morial American jurors. Coincidentally, Mr. Foster’s death sentence came only a year after the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in Batson v. Kentucky that excluding potential jurors based on race was unconstitutional and violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The clear message of Batson v. Kentucky to not exclude jurors based on race failed to police the behavior of prosecutors in Mr. Foster’s case. His case is a textbook example of racial discrimination that is often so hard to prove. In this rare instance of well-documented misconduct, prosecutors used a variety of methods to single out and remove potential AfricanAmerican jurors. After getting access to the prosecution’s jury selection notes in 2006, Mr. Foster’s lawyer found “an arsenal of smoking guns in this case,” including prosecutors highlighting the names of po-

tential black jurors, circling the word “black” on questionnaires, and taking note of black jurors as “B#1” or “B#2.” Despite the efforts of our federal government and the U.S. Supreme Court to address and eliminate racial discrimination in the jury selection process, the practice continues to run rampant and unchecked throughout our criminal justice system — a system where more than half of the people on death row are people of color. AfricanAmericans make up 42 percent of that number, while they make up only 12 percent of the U.S. population. Deliberately excluding people of color from juries only serves to undermine our confidence in the credibility of our nation’s criminal justice system. How can we believe justice is being served if the system is so blatantly rigged? Studies have shown that diversity makes for a better jury. In comparison to all-white juries, racially diverse juries are said to take longer to deliberate, consider a wider variety of perspectives when deciding and make fewer factual errors. We cannot allow our constitutional right to be judged by a jury of our peers to be abused based on a prosecutor’s implicit or explicit racial bias. Lives are at stake.

Testing failing our students Across the country, parents have been in revolt against highstakes standardized testing, with kids tested over and over again while creativ ity is cut out of classroom curricula. Parents — particularly in targeted urban schools from Chicago to Boston — also are marching against the forced closing of neighborhood schools, displacing kids and shutting down needed neighborhood centers. Now there is more and more evidence that the parents have it right — and the deep-pocket “reformers” are simply wrong. First, the Obama administration — which has pushed highstakes testing as central to its education agenda — announced that kids were being tested too often, with too much school time devoted to preparing for and taking required tests. In what a writer for The New Yorker described as a major “mea culpa,” the administration now recommends that standardized testing be limited to 2 percent of class time. Maybe music, art and creativity will have a chance once more. Second, a report by the Center for Media

and Democracy on charter schools — the centerpiece of the so-called reformers’ agenda — reports that some $3.7 billion in federal money has been larded onto charter schools in the past two decades with virtually no accountability. Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. The result is often a simple rip-off — schools that never open or open for a few months and shut down. Some highly touted cyber charters — schools featuring online courses — are, as Education Week reported, essentially useless, like not going to school at all. Others, like the highly touted New York Success Academy Schools, apparently boost their test scores by identifying low-performing students who have “got to go” and finding ways to get rid of them. And now the National Assessment of Education Progress, the gold standard for measuring progress, reports that American students have lost ground in math, and either were stagnant (fourth-graders) or worse (eigth-graders) in reading. Charters are spreading like kudzu; wall-to-wall standardized testing is nearly universal — and the parents are right: It isn’t working. The reality, as

National Education Association President Lily Eskelsen Garcia has pointed out, is that the nations that have outperformed the United States in recent years don’t do the things that the deep-pockets reformers have been touting. They don’t terrorize teachers; they train, respect and pay them. They don’t set up private charters and drain money from public education; they devote more resources to the poorest students, not less. They don’t do repeated high-stakes standardized testing; they evaluate teachers and students carefully, mentor them and improve them. The school “reformers” are hurting, not helping. Closing neighborhood schools too often divorces parents from their students’ schools. Demeaning teachers is leading to higher turnover, when experience is central to becoming a good teacher. Repeated standardized testing takes the joy out of learning, making kids less likely to find their strength. As Jeff Bryant of the Education Opportunity Network writes, parents are driving an “education spring,” revolting against an elite reform agenda that is driving away good teachers, undermining public schools and draining funds and fun from our public schools. Parents are right to keep the pressure on.

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If we are going to effectively address prosecutorial misconduct, there must be real enforcement of rulings like Batson v. Kentucky to prevent the exclusion of jurors based on their race. Along with enforcement, there must be punishment. Right now, prosecutors are not taken to task when racial bias rears its ugly head during jury selection. With enforcement and monitoring, we can discover the patterns and punish the offenders. Mr. Foster’s case has pulled back the curtain on an ugly and unlawful practice that we must remedy if we want a criminal justice system we can believe in. Fortunately, we are decades past the all-white juries of the Jim Crow era, but we have a long way to go if we are committed to bring justice into our jury pools for all of our nation’s citizens.

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Study all the candidates Not too far off from these so-called presidential debates will be the Republican and Democratic parties’ nominating conventions. Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson lead the Republican candidates, according to most polls. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders lead the Democrats, according to the polls. Who are these people vying for your vote and mine? While I am not a political expert, the way I see it, those voting for Mr. Trump or Dr. Carson will be the direct cause for sane, fair-minded, intelligent voters to put Mrs. Clinton in the White House. If by some stroke of luck Mr. Trump wins the race to the White House, we will be at war with somebody within his first term of office. He is a businessman — not a politician — who hates everybody that does not agree with him. With Mr. Trump at the helm of this nation, we

will have no allies and many more enemies than we have now. Dr. Carson is no better. His stand on cops versus the bad guys really scares me and others. Foot-in-mouth disease is his real problem. Mrs. Clinton has a lot of issues she needs to clear up and questions that need answers. The only candidate that does not sound like a politician is Sen. Sanders. He attacks the heart of subjects brought forth. I have to wonder, though, if at his age he is really up to the stressful job of running this country. For now, I am studying all the candidates. With Election Day on the horizon, we will have to choose who we feel will do the best job for all of the people, not just some of the people. FRANK A. ROANE Richmond

Budget deal better than default The House and Senate passed a bipartisan budget deal recently that addresses spending caps, the debt limit, Medicare premiums, Social Security Disability Insurance and many other items important to Virginians. This budget addressed issues that Congress desperately needed to tackle, and I’m happy to have voted in favor of the deal. Nearly three years ago, I arrived in the Senate calling for action to prevent the non-strategic, across-the-board cuts we call “sequester” that would hurt our national security and economy. The across-the-board cuts were set up to be so terrible that they would never be allowed to go into effect, yet they have been in place for three years. Under sequestration, we’ve seen devastating effects, particularly in the defense community but also in the broader economy. In 2013, I supported a budget deal crafted by Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Paul Ryan because it provided some relief to defense and non-defense programs from the arbitrary sequester caps and gave certainty to businesses and families around the Commonwealth. But it still left a spending policy put in place in 2011 to drive decision-making in 2015 when threats from ISIL and increasing cyber attacks weren’t foreseen. Without further action, these cuts would still be on the table this year without another compromise. This new deal provides more than $100 billion in sequester relief over two years for both defense and non-defense purposes, providing much-needed certainty for Virginia’s families, while helping businesses and the defense community better plan for the future. It also prevents

certain Medicare beneficiaries from experiencing a significant increase in premiums next year and protects disabled Americans from a potential 20 percent reduction in benefits. The deal also raises the debt ceiling, avoiding a catastrophic default on our debt, which would have roiled financial markets. I especially applaud the fact that this will be another two-year budget deal. Two-year budgets provide certainty, which has a significant positive impact on the economy. I came to the Senate a strong supporter of two-year budgeting due to my experience as Virginia’s governor, and it is good to see others in Congress finally embracing this helpful reform. The agreement is not perfect. I, for one, wish we were able to fully replace sequestration and reach a long-term budget deal to address the debt, make Medicare and Social Security solvent over the long term and reform the tax code. But the reality is this deal is a dramatic improvement over the threat of a government debt default, more indiscriminate budget cuts and crisis budgeting. The budget agreement also proves that Congress is still able to find meaningful compromise, and I look forward to working across the aisle on other issues impacting our families and businesses, from strengthening our schools to fixing our roads and bridges. U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine Washington The writer represents Virginia in the U.S. Senate.

Main Street (Route 5) Bridge Replacement over Railroad City of Richmond Willingness to Hold a Public Hearing

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is proposing a bridge replacement of the Main St. (Rt. 5) bridge over the Norfolk Southern railroad. The road will be closed and a detour will be in place during construction. Review project information at VDOT’s Richmond District Office located at 2430 Pine Forest Drive in Colonial Heights, 23834-9002, 804-5246000, 1-800-367-7623, or TTY/TDD 711. Please call ahead to ensure the availability of appropriate personnel to answer your questions. If your concerns cannot be satisfied, VDOT is willing to hold a public hearing. You may request that a public hearing be held by sending a written request to Joe Fecek, P.E., project manager, Virginia Department of Transportation, Richmond District, 2430 Pine Forest Drive, Colonial Heights, VA 23834-9002 or Joe.Fecek@VDOT.virginia.gov on or prior to November 16, 2015. If a request for a public hearing is received, notice of the date, time and place of the hearing will be posted. VDOT ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you have questions or concerns about your civil rights in regards to this project or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact the project manager listed above. State Project: 0005-127-957,P101, B630, C501, R201

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, FOR REVISION OF RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE: RIDER BW, BRUNSWICK COUNTY POWER STATION CASE NO. PUE-2015-00102 On October 1, 2015, Virginia Electric and Power Company ("Dominion Virginia Power" or "Company") filed with the State Corporation Commission ("Commission") an application and supporting documents ("Application") for revision of a rate adjustment clause, Rider BW, for the Brunswick County Power Station, a 1,358 megawatt ("MW") (nominal) natural gas-fired combined-cycle electric generating facility, including related interconnection facilities, ("Project") in Brunswick County, Virginia. The Company filed its Application pursuant to § 56-585.1 A 6 of the Code of Virginia ("Subsection A 6") and the directive contained in Ordering Paragraph (4) of the Final Order issued by the Commission on April 21, 2015, in Case No. PUE-2014-00103 ("2014 Update Proceeding"). The Company states that it has filed its Application to: (1) inform the Commission of the status of the Project and its projected expenditures; and (2) present the Company's proposed revenue requirement, including proposed cost allocation, rate design, and accounting treatment for service rendered during the proposed rate year commencing September 1, 2016, extending through August 31, 2017 ("Rate Year") for Rider BW. According to Dominion Virginia Power, the Project is currently on schedule to be fully operational in May 2016. The Company represents that the Project as a whole is below budget. Forecasted construction costs have decreased by 4.6% of the original forecasted construction costs to $1.21 billion (excluding financing costs), or $891/kilowatt at the 1,358 MW (nominal) rating. Notwithstanding, Dominion Virginia Power represents that there have been cost variances from original estimates both upward and downward within specific cost categories and subcategories, which are detailed in its Application. Dominion Virginia Power states that it has used an 11% enhanced rate of return on common equity ("ROE") to calculate the proposed revenue requirement over the Rate Year. This includes: a general ROE of 10% approved in the Company’s 2013 Biennial Review; and an ROE adder of 100 basis points as described in Subsection A 6 for a combined-cycle generating station and as authorized by this Commission in Case No. PUE-2012-00128 for the first ten years of the Project's service life. Dominion Virginia Power represents that it used its December 31, 2014 year-end capital structure and year-end cost of capital for purposes of setting proposed rates during the Rate Year. Dominion Virginia Power also represents that the two components of the revenue requirement are the Projected Cost Recovery Factor and the Actual Cost True-up Factor. The Application defines the Projected Cost Recovery Factor as the projected financing costs on invested capital for the Rate Year, plus income taxes on the equity component of the return, and projected operating costs of the plant during the Rate Year. The Actual Cost True-up Factor will credit to, or recover from, customers any over/under recovery of costs from the most recently completed calendar year. The Company is requesting, in this Application, the recovery of a Projected Cost Recovery Factor of $153,141,000 and an Actual Cost True-up factor of $3,066,000, or a total revenue requirement of $156,207,000. Dominion Virginia Power states that it has calculated the revised Rider BW rates in accordance with the same methodology as the rates approved by the Commission in the Company's 2014 Update Proceeding. If the proposed Rider BW revision is approved, the impact on customer bills for usage on and after September 1, 2016, would depend on the customer's rate schedule and usage. For example, implementation of Dominion Virginia Power's proposal would, according to the Application, increase the monthly bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month by $1.20. TAKE NOTICE that the Commission may apportion revenues among customer classes and/or design rates in a manner differing from that shown in the Application and supporting documents and thus may adopt rates that differ from those appearing in the Company’s Application and supporting documents. The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing ("Order") in this case that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing on March 8, 2016, at 10 a.m., in the Commission's second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive testimony from members of the public and evidence related to the Application from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission's Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness at this hearing should appear fifteen (15) minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission's Bailiff. Individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in the hearing should contact the Commission at least seven (7) days before the scheduled hearing at 1-800-552-7945 (voice) or 1-804-3719206 (TDD). The public version of the Company's Application and the Commission's Order are available for public inspection during regular business hours at each of the Company's business offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Copies also may be obtained by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company, Lisa S. Booth, Esquire, Dominion Resources Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means. Copies of the public version of all filed documents, including the Application, also are available for interested persons to review in the Commission's Document Control Center, located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission's website: http://www.scc. virginia.gov/case. Any person or entity may participate as a respondent in this proceeding by filing a notice of participation on or before December 29, 2015. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be submitted to Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 232182118. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure ("Rules"), any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUE-2015-00102. For additional information about participation as a respondent, any person or entity should obtain a copy of the Commission's Order. On or before March 1, 2016, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company's Application shall file written comments with the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before March 1, 2016, by following the instructions on the Commission's website: http://www.scc. virginia.gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUE-2015-00102. The Commission's Rules may be viewed at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission's Rules and an official copy of the Commission's Order in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

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NBA takes bite out of Big Apple Classic By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Virginia Union University’s basketball team will be staying in Richmond this year to take on CIAA rival Virginia State University, rather than heading to New York. The trip to the Barclays Center for the Big Apple Classic, originally set for Sunday, Dec. 6, has been called off. The classic, which Richmond-based Johnson Inc. stages and which features CIAA and MEAC teams, will not be held this year because of a conflict with the NBA. As a result, VUU will face the Trojans in the “Battle of

I-95 South” at the 6,000-seat Arthur Ashe Athletic Center in Richmond at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. Tickets are $20, with a $5 discount for senior citizens and veterans and a $10 discount for visiting students with an ID. This is the third time in the past nine years that a scheduling conflict has benched the Big Apple Classic. This year, the tournament’s date was lost to the Brooklyn Nets, the home team at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Nets will be taking on the Golden State Warriors that Sunday, prime time for the classic.

The Big Apple Classic traditionally features VUU and a CIAA rival, either VSU or Bowie State University, and two teams from the MEAC Conference, “The NBA has first claim on the center,” said Jasmine Robertson, spokesperson for Johnson Inc. marketing and public relations firm. She said the Big Apple Classic plans to return to the Barclays Center in December 2016. “We have a multiyear contract,” she said, with the hope that the NBA will not bump the tournament again.

Panthers win 28-27 over Trojans; now looking for NCAA bid By Fred Jeter

Virginia Union University wide receiver Chazton McKenzie looks for running room during Saturday’s big game against Virginia State University. James Haskins/Richmond Free Press

NCAA Division II Super Region 1 poll

(Updated Nov. 9) Shepherd University (W.Va.)................. 9-0 Bowie State University (Md.)................. 9-0 University of Charleston (W.Va.)............ 9-1 Slippery Rock University (Pa.)............... 9-1 Assumption College (Mass.).................. 9-1 Indiana University (Pa.)......................... 7-2 Virginia Union University....................... 8-1 California University (Pa.)...................... 7-3 University of New Haven (Conn.).......... 7-3 Glenville State College (W.Va.)............. 7-3 Only games against NCAA Division II opponents count in the poll. Bowie State and VUU have losses to FCS teams.

Virginia Union University has rested its case — a powerful case for sure — in its effort to win a NCAA football playoff invitation. Now the Panthers anxiously await the verdict. The NCAA Division II Super Region 1 pairings will be announced shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15. There is no panel vote per se. The seven-team regional field will be selected on a mathematical formula based on the teams’ win-loss records and strength of schedule. The latest poll has Bowie State University holding strong at No. 2 and VUU at No. 7. First-round games are Saturday, Nov. 21. The 28-game event culminates in a championship match Dec. 19 in Kansas City, Mo. VUU is among the nation’s most improved programs under second-year Coach Mark James. The university relied on a late rally to nip Virginia State University 28-27 in the rain in Ettrick last Saturday. “We’ve gone from 3-7 (during Coach Michael Bailey’s final coaching season) to 7-3 (last year) to 8-2 with the possibility of the NCAAs. We’ve done about all we can do,” said Coach James. VUU trailed 24-13 at halftime at VSU before quarterback Shawheem Dowdy and tailback Hakeem Holland picked up the pace. Dowdy passed for 352 yards and three touchdowns, including late-game strikes of 15 yards to Olu Izegwire and 54 yards to Chazto McKenzie. Holland raced for 64 yards and a touchdown to push his seasonal rushing total to 1,103 — the second highest ever by a VUU freshman behind Andre Braxton, who rushed for 1,383 yards in 1997. The Baltimore native also snagged a pivotal 2-point conversion from Dowdy.

Defensively, Paulin Miano had three tackles behind the line of scrimmage at VSU, lifting his season total to 21, a school record. Kevin Williams set the old mark of 19 in 1991. Joe Blanks led in total tackles against the Trojans with nine. Hopeful of more games to play, VUU is 8-2 overall and 6-1 in the CIAA. Losses were to Gardner-Webb University (13-9) and Bowie State (23-19). “We’re eight points from being undefeated, and in both our losses, we dominated the statistics,” said Coach James. “That’s pretty exciting.” Coach James said his Panthers will practice this week on a normal schedule in anticipation of the university’s first playoff invitation since 1991 when Joe Taylor, now VUU’s athletic director, was VUU’s coach. VUU has been dominant statistically this season on both sides of the ball. The Panthers were second in the CIAA in scoring at 33 points per game and total offense with 436 yards per game. Bowie State led in both categories. Defensively, VUU ranked first in total yards allowed per game — 221 — and rushing yards —73. The Panthers finished second in the CIAA Northern Division behind Bowie State and are denied a trip to the Nov. 14 CIAA conference championship game in Durham, N.C. The CIAA title game will match Bowie State against Southern Division champion WinstonSalem State University, which is 5-5 overall and 5-2 in the CIAA. Bowie State qualified despite having two CIAA victories nullified for an ineligible player. Winston-Salem advanced despite losses to Chowan University, which is fourth in the

Taking it to the boards

Hoops season starts this weekend for VUU, VSU Basketball season is about to start for Virginia Union University and Virginia State University. Both CIAA schools open this weekend with a pair of games against non-conference opponents. For VUU, the first test for new Coach Jay Butler will be 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, against Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, W.Va. Coach Butler’s Panthers will face host Shepherd as part of the Clarion Hotel Conference Challenge. On Sunday, Nov. 15, VUU will face Wheeling Jesuit University of West Virginia at 4 p.m. VUU’s first home game at Barco-Stevens Hall will be 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, against Bluefield State College. Coach Butler inherits a program that was 9-18 last season under Coach Tony Sheals. Returning is leading scorer Ray Anderson, a 6-foot-3 junior guard who has averaged 15 points a game during the last two seasons. Coach Butler, a VUU alumnus from the Class of 1998, is a former guard for the Panthers. He helped the team win three CIAA titles and advance to four NCAA tournaments.

He has spent the last 11 years coaching at the University of the District of Columbia, where he guided the UDC women’s program to 177 victories and four NCAA appearances. Coach Butler Coach Butler becomes VUU’s fourth coach since Coach Dave Robbins retired in 2008. Coach Willard Coker was 55-25 in three seasons, followed by Coach Luqman Jaaber who was 31-49 in three seasons, and Coach Sheals, who was reassigned within the university after one season. Like Coach Butler, Coaches Coker and Jaaber were former VUU guards under Coach Robbins. After dominating the CIAA for almost 30 years, the Panthers have lost their CIAA tournament openers for six straight years. Coach Lonnie Blow Jr. will begin his third coaching season at Virginia State University this weekend with two games in the Trojans’ Tipoff Classic at Daniel Gymnasium on campus.

VSU will play Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13. The Trojans then face Glenville State College of West Virginia 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. Coach Blow Also playing in the Tipoff Classic is CIAA member St. Augustine’s University. The Falcons will play Glenville State on Nov. 13 and Slippery Rock University on Nov. 14. Both games start at 6 p.m. Coach Blow’s Trojans were 18-8 last year, and lost their CIAA tournament opener to Fayetteville State University. This year’s team won’t have AllCIAA picks Tyrece Little and Lamar Kearse and 6-foot-11 center Alphonso Leary. VSU plans to open its $84 million Multipurpose Center on Jan. 7 against Winston-Salem State University. The VSU Multipurpose Center will seat about 5,100 for basketball. The Trojans have played in the 3,200-seat Daniel Gymnasium since the late 1960s.

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Virginia State University quarterback Tarian Ayres is upended by a Virginia Union University defender during Saturday’s 28-27 win by the Panthers over the host Trojans at Rogers Stadium in Ettrick.

Northern Division and Shaw University, which finished 1-9. Under first-year Coach Byron Thweatt, VSU finished a hard-luck 6-4 overall and 4-3 in the CIAA. The Trojans lost to VUU 28-27 and Bowie State 22-19. A highlight this season for VSU was sophomore Trenton Cannon, who rushed for a school record of 1,178 yards, breaking the old mark of 1,142 set by Jordan Anderson in 2013. Cannon rushed for 158 yards against VUU and caught a 67-yard touchdown pass from Tarian Ayres.

Pugh to be inducted in Black College Football Hall of Fame Former Elizabeth City State University star Jethro Pugh, who died Jan. 7, has been named to the Black College Football Hall of Fame. Mr. Pugh will be inducted posthumously Feb. 27 during ceremonies at the Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Ga. Inductees also will be honored Dec. 19 during the Celebration Bowl in Atlanta. The bowl game will be a match between the MEAC and SWAC championship Jethro Pugh teams. Others named to the 2016 Hall of Fame Class include Ken Burrough and Lloyd “Judge” Wells of Texas Southern University, Otis Taylor of Prairie View A&M University, Emmitt Thomas of Bishop College and Aeneas Williams of Southern University. From Windsor, N.C., Mr. Pugh was an All-CIAA defensive end for Elizabeth City State in 1963 and 1964. The 6-foot-6 lineman played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1965 to 1978, helping the team to two Super Bowls in 1972 and 1978. A feared pass rusher, Mr. Pugh recorded 95.5 sacks during his pro career, including 15.5 in 1968. He enjoyed the fourth longest career of any Cowboy player, behind only Ed “Too Tall” Jones, Bill Bates and Mark Tuinei.

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izing that children may not begin at the same starting point. Children have different experiences, background knowledge and life situations that affect their learning. Advice to aspiring teachers: Approach each day as an opportunity to enhance, enrich and encourage the learning of others. Role of parents in learning process: Parents are an integral part. Their involvement helps encourage a positive partnership between home and school. This sends a strong message to our students. She has been an exceptional education teacher at Fox Elementary since 2000 and currently is a mentor teacher, a role she has held for nearly five years. Let’s learn about this week’s Personality, Christie W. Rasberry: Date and place of birth: April 28 in Richmond. Education: Bachelor’s degree, Hampton University; master’s degree, Virginia Commonwealth University. Family: Husband, Calvin, and two children, Hunter Wallace III and Crystal Willis. Criteria used to evaluate the nominees for teacher of the year include: Contributions to the field of education, demonstration of innovative practices, effective schoolcommunity relations and the use of effective strategies to improve instruction. Foremost reward of teaching: I love the sparkle or the “ah-ha” moment when children suddenly realize that they can achieve a skill. I love it when children become independent and show what they know. Foremost challenge is: Real-

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Happenings New play highlights renowned Richmond actor Charles Gilpin By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The name of renowned actor Charles S. Gilpin has long faded in Richmond and elsewhere. Here in his birthplace, the only recognition for the 1920s Broadway star is the public housing community that is named for him — Gilpin Court, located just north of Downtown. Now Richmond artist, pianist and composer James Pettis is seeking renewed recognition for Mr. Gilpin and his achievement as the first African-American actor to gain national attention on Broadway. Mr. Pettis is producing, directing and staging a show about the actor titled, “Holding On: The Life & Legacy of Charles Gilpin.” The play will debut 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at the 400-seat Henrico Theatre, 305 E. Nine Mile Road in Highland Springs. Tickets are $15. Mr. Pettis said the production that includes dancing and singing has been gestating for four decades. Mr. Pettis said he first learned about Mr. Gilpin when he

lived in New York and rented a room in the home of Isabel Spiller, whose living room was a salon for many of the writers and artists associated with the Harem Renaissance. He said he hobnobbed with the likes of James Baldwin and got an earful about Mr. Gilpin, who was best known for his portrayal of Brutus Jones in Eugene O’Neill’s celebrated play “Emperor Jones” on Broadway. Mr. Gilpin also played the role in an acclaimed touring show in cities across the country. In an era of harsh segregaMr. Gilpin tion, Mr. Gilpin earned headlines in newspapers across the country, was awarded the NAACP’s Spingarn Medal in 1921 and was honored at the White House by then-President Warren G. Harding.

In the show, Mr. Pettis will trace Mr. Gilpin’s rise from a performer with minstrel shows — he escaped segregated Richmond by joining a touring troupe at age 18 — and his rise to Broadway. The production also will recall Mr. Gilpin’s celebrated quarrel with Mr. O’Neill over the use of the “n” word in the “Emperor Jones” script. The disagreement ultimately resulted in Mr. O’Neill replacing Mr. Gilpin with Paul Robeson in a London production of “Emperor Jones.” Mr. Gilpin later fell into obscurity, poverty and alcoholism that led to his death in 1930 at age 52. “He was a huge star in his time and his story deserves to be told,” said Mr. Pettis, who now devotes much of his time to providing private piano lessons at his studio in Church Hill. Previously, Mr. Pettis produced a revival in Richmond and other communities of James Weldon Johnson’s “God’s Trombones.” He said while the premiere will be the only production of the Gilpin play at this time, he hopes a longer run is possible at other Richmond locations, such as the new Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia.

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Happenings N.C. Moral Monday leader urges local NAACP to mobilize Free Press staff report

“This is no time for foolishness,” said the Rev. William J. Barber II in an energizing message at the Richmond Branch NAACP’s Freedom Fund Awards Gala last Saturday. Dr. Barber urged the audience of about 300 people to fight against inequities in Virginia as they have since 2013 with regular and massive Moral Monday demonstrations in North Carolina — by protesting the General Assembly’s refusal to expand Medicaid health care to hundred of thousands of uninsured Virginians and by “mobilizing and marching our voters to the polls.” He called the 20 ministers in attendance to the foot of the stage at Second Baptist Church of South Richmond and challenged them to plan “the first civil disobedience” to push Virginia to expand Medicaid. “In such a time in this country where the Constitution says there is equal protection under the law, too many people are sniffing Koch — what’s being put out by the conservative Koch brothers — and are drunk on the poison of the Tea Party,” Dr. Barber said. The 52-year-old pastor and president of the North Carolina NAACP also serves on the board of the national NAACP. He has worked tirelessly, though unsuccessfully, against rollbacks in voting rights in North Carolina that affect African-Americans and communities of color. He said the NAACP has a mission to educate people about the inequities and injustices perpetrated in communities across the South, including inequitable funding for education, a lack of health care for all, unfairness in the criminal justice system and policies such as refusing to raise the minimum wage that are anti-labor and anti-poor people. He said while African-Americans are disproportionately affected in many cases, large numbers of white people also are harmed by the decades-long strategies designed to pit black people and white people against one another. “It’s more than the Republican Party,” he continued. “It’s extremists. The Democrats don’t do what they should when they have the power. And the Republicans do what they shouldn’t when they get the power.

housing residents and others. • Freedom Fighter Award: Southern Christian Leadership Conference and its Richmond chapter president, the Rev. Rodney Hunter, pastor of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church in Church Hill. • Great Expectations Youth Award: Elijah Coles-Brown, a Henrico County fifth-grader, who inspires audiences with speeches on social justice issues. • Housing Education Award: Christie V. Smith, executive director of Neighborhood Housing Services of Richmond. • Media Award: Preston Brown, president of WCLM 1450 AM radio station and publisher of Heart & Soul newspaper in Richmond. • NAACP President’s Award: Eddie L. Radden Jr., a lifetime member of the NAACP and a current Richmond Branch NAACP member. • NAACP Youth Award: Pascaline Ezouah, president of the Virginia Commonwealth University NAACP Chapter. “This is no time for foolishness,’ Dr. William J. Barber II said in making in his impassioned address to the 300 participants at the Richmond Branch NAACP’s Freedom Fund Awards Gala. Location: Second Baptist Church of South Richmond.

“When race trumps common sense, it’s no time for foolishness.” He also called on the audience to undergo a “three-hour fast” because of a catering snafu at the event, saying he personally would refund the $40 ticket price of anyone who wasn’t fed by his message. Richmond NAACP President Lynetta Thompson and James “J.J.” Minor, the master of ceremonies, carried off the event despite the banquet food being served after 10 p.m. The audience enjoyed music of Jazz Friends and an interpretive dance by Neolani Corey, all local students. The civil rights organization also presented several awards to people and organizations making a difference in the community. • Religious Affairs Award/Interfaith Community Service Award: Dr. Morris Henderson, pastor of Thirty-first Street Baptist Church in the East End. • Trailblazer Award: Virginia Alliance Against Mass Incarceration and its past chairman, Dr. Emory Berry Jr., pastor of Fourth Baptist Church in the East End. • Civil Rights Unsung Hero: Dr. Edward H. Peeples, a retired professor in Public Health and Behavioral Science at Virginia Commonwealth University. • Economic Empowerment: Photos by Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press Arthur Burton, founder and NAACP award winners, from left: Preston Brown, Christie V. Smith, Dr. Edward H. Peeples, executive director of Kinfolks Pascaline Ezouah, Elijah Coles-Brown, Dr. Morris Henderson, Eddie L. Radden Jr. and Dr. Emory Community, a group seeking to uplift Mosby Court public Berry Jr. Also honored but not pictured, Arthur L. Burton and the Rev. Rodney Hunter.

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Melvin S. Jones Jr., founder and president of the Maggie L. Walker Statue Foundation, accepts congratulations Monday from Richmond City Councilman Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, as Mayor Dwight C. Jones and Council President Michelle R. Mosby applaud his honor. Mr. Jones was recognized by council for his advocacy efforts since 2008 to erect a statue in the city for Mrs. Walker, the first AfricanAmerican woman to establish and become president of a bank. As a result of his efforts, a monument commemorating Mrs. Walker is to be placed on a plaza at Broad and Adams streets in Downtown, with a target completion date of the fall of 2016. Also recognized Monday by council: Historic Mount Carmel Baptist Church at 3200 E. Broad St. in the East End, celebrating its 128th anniversary; and the Upsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., now marking its 90th anniversary.

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James M. Fultz Jr., 66, first male president of National Medical Association Auxiliary James M. Fultz Jr. showed a candid sense of humor when he spoke of his role as the husband of a prominent Richmond physician. The Midlothian resident told the Free Press in a 2008 Personality feature that being a physician’s husband means “picking up dinner, eating alone in the evening and waiting in the emergency room after leaving a social function.” Mr. Fultz spoke to the newspaper after his election as the first male president of the Na-

tional Medication Association Auxiliary in the 72-year history of the national organization of doctors’ spouses dedicated to supporting the physicians’ goals and mission. The NMA represents more than 30,000 African-American physicians across the United States, with the goal of advancing the science of medicine for people of African descent, including elimination of health disparities. Mr. Fultz’s wife, Dr. Lornel G. Tompkins, a pulmonary and critical care physician in

Petersburg cemetery gets historical marker A state historical marker now commemorates the People’s Memorial Cemetery in Petersburg. The marker was unveiled last Sunday at the entrance of the 175-year-old African-American burial ground at 334 S. Crater Road. Petersburg City Manager William E. Johnson III and city preservation planner Kathleen Morgan were among the speakers at the marker’s dedication, along with Dr. Lauranett Lee of the Virginia Historical Society and Dr. Lucious Edwards, retired archivist of Virginia State University. The cemetery dates to 1840 when “28 members of Petersburg’s large community of free African Americans purchased a one-acre

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The play, free and open to the public, was written by Portsmouth playwright Sheri Bailey, who owns SB, Ink production company. In the play, eight trailblazers who had a major impact on the American slavery narrative are wax figures living in a museum where the curator has hung a Confederate flag. Using their actual words from speeches and writings mixed

Jackson Ward church hosts Social Justice Weekend Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church in Jackson Ward is hosting a “Social Justice Weekend” Saturday, Nov. 14, and Sunday, Nov. 15. The free conference will focus on the biblical message in Matthew, Chapter 25 that says, “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in. “I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after

me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.” Two pastors will speak at Saturday’s event that will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church, 14 W. Duval St., led by the Rev. Tyrone Nelson. The Rev. Traci Blackmon, pastor of Christ the King United Church of Christ in Florissant, Mo., will speak at 10 a.m. Rev. Blackmon served as president of the Ferguson Commission established by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon

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

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to study the underlying issues raised by the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown Jr. by a white police officer in August 2014. Following lunch, the Rev. Freddie Haynes, pastor at Friendship West Baptist Church in Dallas, will speak. Rev. Blackmon also will preach at the 10:45 a.m. worship service Sunday. Participants are encouraged to preregister by calling (804) 648-7511 or going online to www.SMZBC.org.

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in with contemporary references, the characters debate and then vote on whether or not to burn the flag. A discussion will follow the play, with audience members being asked to cast their votes. Information: Contact Ms. Bailey at (757) 609-7066 or email sheribailey99@yahoo.com.

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Richmond Christian Center sending up a prayer for $ By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Thursday, Dec. 17. That’s the deadline for the bankrupt Richmond Christian Center to pay $200,000 in back taxes and overdue legal and accounting bills. Without that payment, the 32-year South Side church will not be able to emerge from bankruptcy and their lender would halt plans to refinance the remaining $2.2 million on the mortgage. If the bills aren’t paid, the church would once again face foreclosure and sale of the sanctuary and other properties in and around the 200 block of Cowardin Avenue. And this time, bankruptcy protection would not be an option. Three months ago, three volunteer trustees who now lead the church radiated confidence that the church would emerge from bankruptcy after months of help from a court-appointed trustee who had spurned a sale and worked with them and the congregation to put their finances in order. With help from an aggressive property management firm, the trio of church trustees leased much of the church’s vacant property to various businesses, ranging from a women’s fitness company to a day care center and a nonprofit youth basketball program — bringing in much-needed funds. The church trustees also quickly raised $50,000 toward the $200,000 goal, in part with the assistance of former members of the church. Richmond Christian Center once was one of the largest churches in the area, with more than 3,000 members. The rolls have shrunk to about 150 people who attend the church’s two

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This Aug. 28 photo shows the Rev. Calvin W. Yarbrough and Rhonda Hickman, two of the Richmond Christian Center’s trustees, when they were optimistic about raising the $200,000 the church needs to emerge from bankruptcy. They and a third trustee, Raymond Partridge, now say the church is still $150,000 short.

Sunday services. In an interview Tuesday, the trustees, Rhonda Hickman, the Rev. Calvin W. Yarbrough and Raymond Partridge, acknowledged

they are facing a daunting challenge to reach the $200,000 goal and achieve a resurrection of the church that has been under bankruptcy protection for two years. Since September, their representatives twice have had to tell U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Keith L. Phillips that the church needed more time to pay the bills, including the fees for the court-appointed trustee, Bruce Matson, and experts he hired. “We’ve had two extensions,” Rev. Yarbrough said. “Now it’s three strikes and you’re out.” Ms. Hickman said Mr. Matson plans to come to the church Sunday to emphasize that point. Ms. Hickman said she and the church’s other trustees are doing everything they can. They are holding fundraisers, tapping the core members of the congregation and encouraging supporters to give. They’ve even set up a GoFundMe page. Mr. Matson said if the fundraising fails, all of the donated money that has been properly recorded would be returned to the givers rather than used to pay bills. Ms. Hickman hopes that promise will coax reluctant potential contributors to give. She said some people have preferred to give money to aid RCC founder and pastor, Stephen A. Parson, who has been on unpaid leave since February and has seen his income dry up. “That’s their right,” Ms. Hickman said, “but it does put the building and property in jeopardy.” Will their fundraising work? That’s still unknown, Ms. Hickman said. “We’re leaving it up to God that people will come through for us.”

Denzel preaches gratitude at C.O.G.I.C. gathering Religion News Service

ST. LOUIS Hollywood star Denzel Washington, the son of a pastor, preached a sermon of gratefulness to hundreds of members of the Church of God in Christ at their annual Holy Congregation in downtown St. Louis. “I pray that you put your slippers way under your bed at night, so that when you wake in the morning you have to start on your knees to find them. And while you’re down there, say thank you,” he told the crowd Nov. 7, at a $200-a-plate banquet at the Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel to raise money for the denomination’s charity work. “It is impossible to be grateful and hateful at the same time,” he said. “We have to have an attitude of gratitude.” The acclaimed actor grew up in the Church of God in Christ. He, his wife and children still attend the denomination’s West Angeles church in Los Angeles. His father, Denzel Washington Sr., was a pastor and, according to his son, a good father. The actor talked of the comfort he got in hearing his father’s car pull into the driveway every evening. It gave him a sense of stability. A church woman also gave him a hint of his career to come, he said. Mr. Washington remembered sitting in his mother’s beauty shop as a young man. He was flunking out of college with a 1.7 GPA. “I had no future. I was sitting in the chair looking in the mirror,” he said, when he heard a woman

speak from under a hair dryer. “Young man, you’re going to travel the world and speak to millions of people,” she said. “You are going to preach.” His mother told him that the woman was thought to have the gift of predicting the future. “I guess she was right,” said Mr. Washington. These days, Mr. Washington is trying to go beyond speaking through his movies by speaking more often to groups about his faith and “what God has done for me.” Mr. Washington, whose roles have ranged from civil rights icon Malcolm X to an Oscarwinning role as a corrupt police detective, led the church members in reciting the Lord’s Prayer. “Faith and optimism can add years to your life,” he told those at the banquet. “A bad attitude is like a flat tire. Until you change it, you’re not going anywhere,” he said, urging the audience to “use the power of prayer in everything we do.” The Church of God in Christ is the largest African-American Pentecostal denomination, with about 12,000 congregations. The last census of membership by the denomination, done about 15 years ago, counted 6.5 million “saints,” or adherents. Leaders say there are more members now. They say the church is growing and putting more emphasis on social justice issues. The denomination’s urban initiatives program helps churches develop programs in five areas: Access to quality education, economic develop-

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Actor Denzel Washington, who grew up in the Church of God in Christ denomination, speaks Nov. 7 in St. Louis during a banquet for the Pentecostal church organization’s charity.

ment, crime prevention, strengthening families and financial literacy. This is the sixth time the denomination’s

annual Holy Convocation has been held in St. Louis since leaving its home base, Memphis, Tenn., in 2009.

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The Nation of Islam will team up with 100 Black Men of America, an influential national black male organization dedicated to improving the quality of life within communities, to reinvigorate local organizing committees nationwide to move their agenda forward. Minister Louis Farrakhan revealed his detailed plans before a group of about 200 people in Washington last month, following the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March on Oct. 10. “I didn’t create the march. It was God,” Minister Farrakhan said. “It was a peaceful event and there was no drinking, no smoking. It was a glimpse of

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heaven.” Minister Farrakhan said that his organization, along with 100 Black Men and other committees, will work to develop nine ministries in the black community to help improve people’s lives. Those major ministries are in the fields of education, justice, health and human services, agriculture, science and technology, trade and commerce, and arts and culture. Another ministry will focus on the spiritual development of people of color that will be led by ministers called by their deities. Minister Farrakhan provided some details in his plan, such as the need for black people to buy more real estate and take control of the education system in their communities. “You cannot have economic development without ownership of land,” he said. “We should develop a curriculum that we control. Black people are the only race on the face of the earth that is educated by others.” Regarding politics, Minister Farrakhan said that black people should be very selective about the candidate they support in next year’s presidential election. “If they aren’t talking about justice, you should hold your vote,” he said. “You should not register as a Democrat. You should not register as a Republican, but as an inde-

pendent.” Minister Farrakhan said that black people should leverage their votes for concrete resources and policies that will benefit the race. “As we get stronger, we should form our own political party,” he said. In the past, membership in local organizing committees (LOCs) consisted mainly of members of the Nation of Islam, he said. But that won’t be the case going forward. “We need to grow beyond our group,” he said. “The LOCs should be strengthened with people who have skills in organizing. Those of you skilled in organizing need to teach it and show us how to do it.” Thomas Dortch, chairman emeritus of 100 Black Men, said the organization is happy to work with the Nation of Islam and the committees. “Name me one other person who can send out a call and have 100,000 or 1 million respond,” Mr. Dortch said. Mr. Dortch said his organization will recruit 10,000 men and 10,000 women to work on improving the black community, just what Minister Farrakhan called for in his speech on Oct. 10. One of the criticisms leveled by some black leaders after the 1995 march was that there was no legislative agenda to present to the federal government or the individual states. Both Minister Farrakhan and

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Mr. Dortch said that the 1995 march was about black men atoning for their sins and taking responsibility for their families and communities. Following the 1995 march, Minister Farrakhan called for an independent black political movement and a separate, self-sustaining black economy. He also demanded the U.S. government pay reparations to descendants of slaves. In moving forward with action this go-around, Minister Farrakhan gave a copy of “The National Agenda: Public Policy Issues, Analyses and Programming Plan of Action for 2000- 2008” to attendees at the post-march meeting. “You have the power to bring about the change you desire,” he told the audience members.

Richmond Free Press

November 12-14, 2015

Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, December 14, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2015-230 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $25,000.00 from the National Association of County and City Health Officials and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Social Services by $25,000.00 for the purpose of reducing disparities in breastfeeding in the city through peer and professional support. (Committee: Education and Human Services, Thursday, November 12, 2015, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2015-232 To amend and reordain City Code § 2-302, concerning the functions of the Department of Economic and Community Development, and to amend ch. 2 of the City Code by adding therein a new art. VIII, concerning the City’s development process, consisting of div. 1 (§§ 2-1401—2-1402), concerning general matters, div. 2 (§§ 2-1411—21415), concerning the planning process, div. 3 (§§ 2-1421—2-1426), concerning redevelopment and development projects, and div. 4 (§§ 2-1431—2-1435), concerning economic development projects, for the purpose of establishing a framework for planning, development, review, and approval of projects that involve contributions by the City. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 19, 2015, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2015-233 To amend and reordain City Code §§ 98-263, concerning the eligibility of residential real property in redevelopment and conservation areas and rehabilitation districts for partial tax exemption, 98-264, concerning the application requirements for such partial tax exemption, and 98-265, concerning the amount of such exemption and the basis for taxes during construction, for the purposes of adjusting applicable threshold requirements to qualify for such exemption, adding maximum rent limits for certain dwelling units, authorizing an additional exemption period for certain structures and requiring that property owners file annual renewal applications with the City Assessor. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 19, 2015, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2015-234 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept grant funds in the amount of $42,000.00 from the Duffield Family Foundation, doing business as Maddie’s Fund, and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Office of Animal Care and Control by $42,000.00 for the purpose of providing medical care and treatment for homeless animals in the city of Richmond. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 19, 2015, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2015-235 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Lease between the City of Richmond, as lessee, and A N T Corporation, as lessor, for the purpose of leasing a portion of the property known as 1630 Chamberlayne Avenue for use by the Office of Animal Care and Control to erect a fenced-in area to exercise shelter dogs. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 19, 2015, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2015-236 To amend Ord. No. 201573-84, adopted May 15, 2015, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 General Fund Budget, for the purpose of further specifying and clarifying the intent of certain line items within the NonDepartmental Agency. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 19, 2015, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber)

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73-84, adopted May 15, 2015, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by transferring and re-appropriating funds in the amount of $2,150,000 from the NonDepartmental agency to various agencies for the purpose of funding pay adjustments. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 19, 2015, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2015-238 To amend Ord. No. 201557-83, adopted May 15, 2015, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Special Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by creating therein a new Office of Community Wealth Building agency and transferring (i) the Center for Workforce Innovation Program special fund, with an appropriated amount of $229,000, from the Department of Economic and Community Development agency to the new Office of Community Wealth Building agency and (ii) $300,000 appropriated by Ord. No. 2015-141-151, adopted Jul. 27, 2015, from the Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services agency to the new Office of Community Wealth Building agency, for the purpose of providing for the use of these grant funds by the Office of Community Wealth Building. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 19, 2015, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2015-239 To amend Ord. No. 201573-84, adopted May 15, 2015, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by creating therein a new Office of Community Wealth Building agency, transferring funds in the total amount of $1,317,436 from various agencies, and re-appropriating these transferred funds in the total amount of $1,317,436 to the new Office of Community Wealth Building agency for the purpose of providing funds for the operation of the Office of Community Wealth Building. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 19, 2015, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2015-240 To amend ch. 2, art. IV of the City Code by adding therein a new div. 24, consisting of §§ 2-826—2829, concerning the Office of Community Wealth Building; to amend City Code § 2-302, concerning the functions of the Department of Economic and Community Development; and to amend City Code § 2-921, concerning the composition of the Maggie L. Walker Initiative Citizens Advisory Board, all for the purpose of establishing an Office of Community Wealth Building to implement a comprehensive poverty reduction initiative for the City. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 19, 2015, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2015-241 To amend and reordain City Code § 78-341, concerning an additional retirement allowance for certain city officials, for the purpose of adding the Director of the Office of Community Wealth Building to the senior executive group for retirement system purposes. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 19, 2015, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2015-242 To amend the pay plan adopted by Ord. No. 93117-159 on May 24, 1993, to include a new classification of Director, Office of Community Wealth Building in the unclassified executive service. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 19, 2015, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Jean V. Capel City Clerk

Divorce

Ordinance No. 2015-237 To amend Ord. No. 2015-

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND BONITA ROSS, Plaintiff v. JERSON ROSS, Defendant. Case No.: CL12003758-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit

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is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 8th day of December, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. An Extract, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

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 10th day of December, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re DEONTAY LAMARK WENDEL COTTMAN, Juvenile Case No. JJ011895-06, 07, 08 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of John Cliffton Smith, (Father), and Unknown, (Father), of Deontay Lamark Wendel Cottman, child, DOB 4/15/2003, “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 John Cliffton Smith, (Father), and Unknown (Father), appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before January 4, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. Matthew Morris, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493

including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendant Unknown (Father), appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before January 13, 2016 at 9:40 a.m. Diane Abato, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493

virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JALEIGHA LYNETTE CARTER, Juvenile Case No. JJ090009-05,06 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Unknown, (Father), Shanelle Lavette Carter, (Mother), of Jaleigha Lynette Carter, child, DOB 10/14/2014, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendant Unknown (Father), and Shanelle Lavette Carter, (Mother) appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before January 13, 2016 at 11:40 A.M. Diane Abato, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493

is to: Determine custody and visitation of Briley Tetreault (DOB: 2/6/2015),whose mother is Ashley Petty, and whose father is purported to be John Harrington. It is ORDERED that the defendant John Harrington appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before December 14, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. Stephen Bloomquest, Esq. 5913 Harbour Park Drive Midlothian, VA 23112

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ANGELO FAROUK, Plaintiff v. DENISE RASAKARIASY, Defendant. Case No.: CL15002441-00 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 4th day of January, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JOSEPH EJELE, Plaintiff v. ELIZABETH EJELE, Defendant. Case No.: CL15002425-00 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 22nd day of December, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER TAMMY OWEN-CREWS, Plaintiff v. EDDIE CREWS, Defendant. Case No.: CL15002404-00 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 22nd day of December, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JUAN PEREZ TORRES, Plaintiff v. SAMANTHA LEE PEREZ, Defendant. Case No.: CL15-4317 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is for the petitioner to obtain a divorce from defendant. It is ORDERED that the defendant, Samantha Lee Perez, whose last known address was 75 Hamilton Dr., Chester, Va. 23831 and whose whereabouts are now unknown, appear here on or before the 30th day of November, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. to protect her interests. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Susan Gerber, Esquire 206 DeSota Drive Richmond, Virginia 23229 (804) 741-3438 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JOHN SUTTON, JR., Plaintiff v. CLAUDIA TOLLIVER, Defendant. Case No.: CL12001903-00 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 Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER AUTUMN HUDSON, Plaintiff v. GILBERT RALLS, Defendant. Case No.: CL15-2342 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 10th day of December, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER CHERYL BROWN, Plaintiff v. OLIVER BROWN, Defendant. Case No.: CL15000155-00 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 10th day of December, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND ADEKEMI ANIKE FAKULUJO, Plaintiff, v. OJEAFESE ASIKHIA, Defendant. Case No.: CL15-3545-4 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 separation for over twelve (12) months. It appearing from an affidavit that diligence was used by or on behalf of the plaintiff, without effect, to ascertain the location of the defendant, Ojeafese Asikhia, and that he cannot be found, it is ordered that the defendant appear before this Court before November 23, 2015, 2015, and do what is necessary to protect his interest herein. A Copy: Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk Benjamin S. Tyree (VSB#82745) Mark H. Schmidt (VSB #44521) Commonwealth Divorce PLLC 11712 Jefferson Avenue, Suite C478 Newport News, Virginia 23606-4406 Telephone: (540) 570-6814 Counsel for the Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER AUTUMN DAVIS, Plaintiff v. LORENZO DAVIS, Defendant. Case No.: CL15001529-00 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 is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 2nd day of December, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

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virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt IN the COunty of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re aubrey strader addison hertsch ayden hertsch crystal & James Lacy v. emily strader Case Nos. JJ051300-06-00, 07-00 JJ056149-10-00, 11-00 JJ072869-10-00, 11-00 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the parental rights of Emily Strader and Dennis Hertsch, Jr., who are the parents of Addison Hertsch (DOB: 7/13/05) and Ayden Hertsch (DOB: 9/15/09); and, to terminate the parental rights of Emily Strader and Robert Scheetz, who are the parents of Aubrey Strader (DOB: 9/28/02), pursuant to Virginia Code Section 16.1-283. It is ORDERED that the defendant Emily Strader appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 01/13/2016, 10:00 AM. Jeremiah M. Yourth, Esq. Owen & Owens, PLC 15521 Midlothian Tpke. Ste 300 Midlothian, VA 22113 virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re KHALIL HAITI CARR, Juvenile Case No. J-84537-7 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Qhahhaar Simmons, the identified birth father of Khalil Haiti Carr and any other possible birth father of Khalil Haiti Carr, whose identity and whereabouts are unknown. It is ORDERED that the defendant Qhahhaar Simmons appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before December 22, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. Christopher M. Malone, Thompson McMullan, P.C., 100 Shockoe Slip, 3rd Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-698-6231 virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt IN the COunty of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Milton Josue ramirez sandra maribel ramirez v. esteban ovidio del valle Case No. JJ087910-01-00, 02-00 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: (1) Determine custody of Milton Josue Ramirez (DOB: 11/25/98), whose mother is Sandra Maribel Ramirez, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 16.1-241A3 (2) To make factual findings that will permit Milton Josue Ramirez to apply for special immigrant juvenile status with the United States citizenship and immigration services pursuant to section 101 (A) (27)(J) of the immigration and nationality act, 8 USC section 1101(A)(27)(J), 8 C.F.R. Section 204.11 It is ORDERED that the defendant Esteban Ovidio Del Valle appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 01/20/2016, 9:00 AM. Eileen P. Blessinger, Esq. Blessinger Legal, PLLC 7389 Lee Hwy, Ste 320 Falls Church, VA 22042 virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re LAMONTE LEON CHARITY, Juvenile Case No. JJ085852-09-00 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Unknown, (Father), of Lamonte Leon Charity, child, DOB 11/14/2001, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO RONALD CLAY TRENT and brenda gayle trent, Petitioners. In re: SAVANNAH VERSHELL CRONIN, Birth Certificate Registration No. 2934107 Registered in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Case No.: CA15-37 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this action is the adoption of Savannah Vershell Cronin, a child under the age of eighteen (18) years who is a “close relative” of Petitioners Ronald Clay Trent and Brenda Gayle Trent as defined by section 63.2-1242.1 of the Virginia Code. It appearing by affidavit that the last address of Phillip Stephen Cronin, the birth father, is unknown, that Phillip Stephen Cronin’s present whereabouts are unknown, and diligence has been used by the Petitioners to ascertain in what county or city Phillip Stephen Cronin is located to no effect, it is ORDERED that Phillip Stephen Cronin appear before this Court on or before December 1st, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests herein. An Extract Teste: YVONNE G. SMITH, Clerk I ask for this: W. Mark Dunn, Atty. Shaheen Law Firm, P.C. 8890 Three Chopt Road Richmond, VA 23229 (804) 474-9418 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO RONALD CLAY TRENT and brenda gayle trent, Petitioners. In re: Aubrey nethaniel cronin, Birth Certificate Registration No. 4305485 Registered in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Case No.: CA15-36 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this action is the adoption of Aubrey Nethaniel Cronin, a child under the age of eighteen (18) years who is a “close relative” of Petitioners Ronald Clay Trent and Brenda Gayle Trent as defined by section 63.2-1242.1 of the Virginia Code. It appearing by affidavit that the last address of Phillip Stephen Cronin, the birth father, is unknown, that Phillip Stephen Cronin’s present whereabouts are unknown, and diligence has been used by the Petitioners to ascertain in what county or city Phillip Stephen Cronin is located to no effect, it is ORDERED that Phillip Stephen Cronin appear before this Court on or before December 1st, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests herein. An Extract Teste: YVONNE G. SMITH, Clerk I ask for this: W. Mark Dunn, Atty. Shaheen Law Firm, P.C. 8890 Three Chopt Road Richmond, VA 23229 (804) 474-9418 Continued on next column

virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JABARRIE LEE CARTER, Juvenile Case No. JJ090010-05, 06 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Unknown, (Father), Shanelle Lavette Carter, (Mother), of Jabarrie Lee Carter, child, DOB 12/09/2010, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendant Unknown (Father), and Shanelle Lavette Carter, (Mother) appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before January 13, 2016 at 11:40 A.M. Diane Abato, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493 virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt IN the COunty of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re briley tetreault, Catherine & matthew petty v. Ashley petty & john harrington Case No. JJ086654-06-00, -07-00,-08-00 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HENRICO CARLOS ENRIQUE HERRERA MARTINEZ and SILVIA GUTIERREZ BERNAL, Petitioners. v. LUIS G. BARAHONA, Respondent. In re: Christopher Alexander Barahona Gutierrez (DOB 06/01/2009) Case No.: CA15-24 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to grant Carlos Enrique Herrera Martinez and Silvia Gutierrez Bernal, the Petitioners, an adoption of the minor child Christopher Alexander Barahona Gutierrez. WHEREFORE, affidavits having been filed that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of Luis G. Barahona, the Respondent, it is hereby ORDERED that LUIS G. BARAHONA appear before this Court on December 1, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. to protect his interests herein. An Extract Teste: Yvonne G. Smith, Clerk Mary Ashby Brown, Esquire Friedman Law Firm, P.C. 9620 Iron Bridge Road Suite 101 Chesterfield, VA 23832 (804) 717-1969 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HENRICO CARLOS ENRIQUE HERRERA MARTINEZ and SILVIA GUTIERREZ BERNAL, Petitioners. v. SERGIO ARRIAGA, Respondent. In re: Emily Arriaga Gutierrez (DOB 10/23/2004) Case No.: CA15-26 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to grant Carlos Enrique Herrera Martinez and Silvia Gutierrez Bernal, the Petitioners, an adoption of the minor child Emily Arriaga Gutierrez. WHEREFORE, affidavits having been filed that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of Sergio Arriaga, the Respondent, it is hereby ORDERED that SERGIO ARRIAGA appear before this Court on December 1, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. to protect his interests herein. An Extract Teste: Yvonne G. Smith, Clerk Mary Ashby Brown, Esquire Friedman Law Firm, P.C. 9620 Iron Bridge Road Suite 101 Chesterfield, VA 23832 (804) 717-1969

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is soliciting proposals for: INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS Proposals for this IFQC will be received at VMFA until: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 2 PM EDT Copies of RFP #23811082015 may be downloaded from eVA at www.eva.virginia.gov.

PUBLIC MEETINGS CITY OF RICHMOND FY 2016-20 Five Year Consolidated Plan The City of Richmond is required by The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) develop a Five Year Consolidated Plan for its entitlement programs. This document combines the planning, application and reporting requirements for four HUD entitlement programs for which the City of Richmond receives funds: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA). In order to prepare this plan, the City must have input from the citizens on needs, particularly low and moderate income residents as well as other interested parties in Richmond in the areas of housing and community development. These needs should relate to providing decent affordable housing, providing a more suitable neighborhood environment, or expanding economic opportunities in this community. To that end four focus groups have been designated to participate in the process. The focus groups and scheduled meeting times are listed below. All focus group meetings are open to the public. The City of Richmond does not discriminate on the basis of disability status in the admission or access to, or treatment in its federally assisted programs or activities: Virginia Relay Center – TDD users 1-800-828-1120. Housing Organizations, Developers and Non-Profits Meeting Wednesday December 2, 2015 10:00-12:00 P.M. Main Street Station, 1500 E. Main Street, Suite 400 Government Representatives and Financial Institutions Meeting Wednesday December 2, 2015 3:00-5:00 P.M. Main Street Station, 1500 E. Main Street, Suite 400 Special Needs Representatives Meeting Tuesday December 8, 2015 10:00-12:00 P.M. Main Street Station, 1500 E. Main Street, Suite 400 Private Citizens and Community Groups Meeting Tuesday December 8, 2015 6:00-8:00 P.M. Main Street Station, 1500 E. Main Street, Suite 400 For additional information please contact: Economic and Community Development at 804-646-5633 www.richmondgov.com

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Legal Notice/Employment Opportunities DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES

Wanted Church Director/Pianist

DMAS is charged with ensuring proper MEDICAID services to qualified recipients. The Agency seeks qualified candidates for the following positions:

Established church is seeking an individual to direct and play piano for a Mass choir. Requires the ability to play hymns, traditional and contemporary gospel music. Sight-reading is a plus however not required. Contact E. Stanley at (804) 627-3349

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Commonwealth of Virginia Virginia Department of Transportation REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS – 153080-CMW

Chief Medical Officer - #00519 Senior Policy Analyst - #00648 Behavioral Health Advisor - #00333 Appeals Division General Operations Manager - #00843

This solicitation involves replacement of three Safety Rest Area buildings and related site work at existing Safety Rest Area sites on Interstate 95 at the following locations (Northbound I-95 at Skippers, Virginia; Northbound I-95 at Caroline County (Ladysmith), Virginia; Southbound I-95 at Caroline County (Ladysmith), Virginia).The general scope of work includes demolition, construction, and project management required for replacement of the existing Safety Rest Area buildings at each of the identified locations. It is important to note that this is not a highway construction project and the interstate access ramps at each Safety Rest Area are not to be impacted or altered. The anticipated construction start date is April 1, 2016; the anticipated construction completion date is April 1, 2017. (DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF SAFETY REST AREA FACILITIES (MULTIPLE SITES) – 153080-CMW. There will not be a PreQualification Conference.

Please visit our website at www.dmas.virginia.gov or Monster.com for more information. An online application is required. Faxed, e-mailed, or paper applications will not be accepted. Visit http://jobs.virginia.gov for application details. EEO/AA/ADA

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The Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) is seeking a Digital Marketing Content Specialist to market Virginia’s tourism assets via best practices in business and web-based technologies. Responsibilities include researching, writing, and creating e-mail campaigns, blogs, event calendars and feature articles; managing content pages for various VTC managed websites; provide updates to the VTC and Virginia is for Lovers social media platforms; and assisting with eCRM planning strategies, content ideas and developing tactics for digital communications to consumers.

The Department assures compliance with Title VI Requirements of nondiscrimination in all activities pursuant to this advertisement.

All candidates must apply through our website www.vatc.org/ administration/employment/. Resume required. Application deadline: November 25, 2015. EOE/M/F/V/D

Employment Opportunities

Mortgage – Records Management

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Director of Parking and Transportation

VHDA is looking for an experienced Records Analyst to assist in the management of mortgage records in the Homeownership Division. The position requires experience in reviewing, imaging, and filing mortgage documents, the ability to collaborate with and occasionally supervise coworkers, and the ability to track and route documents held by third party custodians. The ideal candidate will have related experience in a fast-paced environment, along with demonstrated interpersonal and organizational skills, the ability to work on concurrent assignments with a high degree of accuracy, and a demonstrated history of seeking and mastering new responsibilities. Experience with Virginia mortgage loan documents, the electronic records management system eDOCS, maintaining document retention schedules, and with loan sales to Ginnie Mae a plus. If you possess these skills/ qualifications, please send a cover letter stating salary requirements and your resume to:

This office provides oversight of the University’s parking, transportation and fleet management programs throughout both MCV and Monroe Park Campuses. Located in Richmond, Virginia, VCU enrolls more than 32,000 students, 15,000 full-time, 7,000 part-time employees, and 2,200 full-time instructional faculty members that this unit provides services and facilities for. Position Summary

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644-0496 Business Development officer - HomeownersHip Unique opportunity for experienced residential mortgage lending professional to utilize skills and knowledge supporting our affordable housing mission. Responsibilities include promotion of VHDA homeownership programs through direct contact and support of lenders, non-profits and local governmental agencies. Provide information and training to stakeholders and participate in outreach initiatives to provide information to potential homebuyers. Provide internal support related to underwriting and loan review and response to customer inquiries.

The Director will provide leadership and oversight of the University’s parking, transportation and fleet management programs. VCU Parking System includes an inventory of 14,000 spaces located in 12 parking decks, 40 surface lots and 25 leased facilities; all transit and shuttle services with ridership exceeding 1.2 million annually; and oversight of the University’s fleet management program for approximately 280 vehicles in inventory. To apply and view the full job description, visit https://www.vcujobs.com/postings/47662 Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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

Candidates must possess several years in the mortgage lending industry specifically related to residential mortgage loan origination, underwriting or other area providing in-depth knowledge of mortgage lending policies, procedures and mortgage requirements and regulations. In addition, candidates must possess excellent communication skills, experience providing customer support and training and the ability to build and maintain business relationships. Experience in development of presentations and trainings using a broad spectrum of techniques and technology applications are required. Candidates must possess a good driving record and be willing to perform extensive in state travel (50% - 75% of time) with potential concentration in the Hampton Roads area. Ideal candidates possess experience working with industry partners in Virginia with detailed understanding of VHDA loan programs and requirements and experience in outreach and business development. Knowledge and skills to perform underwriting responsibilities preferred. VHDA offers an excellent working environment, generous benefit plans and market competitive compensation. If you meet the above stated criteria, please submit your resume with cover letter stating salary requirements online only at: http://www.vhda.com/about/careers An EOE This position closes Monday, November 30th, 2015 Hiring Range: $59,439 – 77,271 Background and credit checks will be performed as a condition of employment

Richmond Free Press is seeking a reliable and creative person for a parttime graphics position. Enthusiastic individual must be proficient in Indesign and Photoshop. Design accurate, high quality camera-ready advertisements and news page layouts for print production. Duties will include weekly website maintenance. Meticulous attention to details. Ability to be flexible and work under deadline cooperatively in a team environment is essential. Submit resumé and samples of work to address below. Human Resources Richmond Free Press P.O. Box 27709 Richmond, Virginia 23261 No phone calls please

Opening Soon in Short Pump, VA!!! The World’s Foremost Outfitter is expanding and seeking Retail Management professionals with a passion for the outdoors, to join our Short Pump, VA Retail Store, scheduled to open in Spring 2016.

Now Hiring Retail Managers Sr. Operations Manager (#25263BR) Sales Floor Manager (#25264BR) Club Manager (#25265BR) Marketing Manager (#25266BR) Customer Experience Manager (#25267BR) Inventory/ Receiving Manager (#25268BR) Firearms Manager (#25271BR) Hardlines Manager (#25269BR)

Established church is seeking an individual to direct and play for a Young Adult and Youth choirs. Requires the ability to play traditional and contemporary gospel music. Sight-reading is a plus however not required. Contact E. Stanley at (804) 627-3349

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All proposals must be received by 2:00 p.m. on December 8, 2015, local time at the Virginia Department of Transportation, Central Office Mail Center – Loading Dock Entrance, 1401 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, Attention Calisha Williams, ASD. A copy of Request for Qualifications 153080-CMW may be obtained via the website, www.eva.state.va.us, Calisha.Williams@vdot.virginia. gov or by calling 804-371-6730, for TDD requests, please call 804-371-8499.

Hiring Range: $33,987 – 44,181

Wanted Church Director/Pianist

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We offer a competitive salary, affordable health benefits, 401k plan and generous merchandise discounts.

Apply online at www.cabelas.jobs Cabela’s is an Equal Opportunity Employer and seeks to create an inclusive workplace that embraces diverse backgrounds, life experience, and perspectives. Cabela’s shows commitment to the men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces by providing meaningful, challenging career opportunities where military skills and experience may be applied. BGC and Drug Testing required.

Digital account assistant WWBT-NBC12 in Richmond, Virginia seeks a Digital Account Assistant with a background in digital advertising and/or digital services. Idea candidate should be highly analytical, computer savvy and have the ability to multiple task using a variety of reporting tools to assist our sales team. Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite required with good Power Point skills. Position reports to Digital Sales Manager and will support both digital only sellers and Broadcast Account Executives in the execution of their digital advertising campaigns. Drug screen and MVR check required. Apply online at https://careers-raycommedia.icims.com. EOE-M/F/D/V

The City of Richmond is seeking to fill the following position: Assistant Controller 25M00000070 Department of Finance Apply by 11/22/2015 Chief of Revenue Administration Revenue Administrator 25M00000080 Department of Finance Apply by 11/22/2015 Controller 25M00000121 Department of Finance Apply by 11/22/2015 Marketing Specialist - Energy Services Division Public Utilities 35M00000577 Apply by 11/29/15 Systems Operations Analyst II Management Information Systems Division Public Utilities 35M00000704 Apply by 11/22/15 Utilities Instrument & Control Technician II - Water Utility Public Utilities 35M00000266 Apply by 11/29/15 ****************** For an exciting career with the City of Richmond, visit our website for additional information and apply today! www.richmondgov.com EOE M/F/D/V