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More than 2,000 anti-Trump protesters march from Virginia Commonwealth University to Carytown and back on Saturday. Protests also were held Wednesday at the University of Richmond.

Uncertainty reigns as President-elect Trump prepares to take office

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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President-elect Donald Trump spent the past week solidifying his White House transition team.

President-elect Donald Trump has jangled nerves with his unexpected Election Day victory and his appointment of a firebrand arch conservative, former Richmonder Steve Bannon, as his chief strategist.

Protests featuring chants of “Not my president” broke out in Richmond and other cities as disappointed supporters of defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton took to the streets in the days following the election to register their disapproval of the outcome.

On Monday, thousands of students in Los Angeles and other cities walked out of schools to demonstrate against the appointment of Mr. Bannon, joining an array of critics in Congress and elsewhere who fear Mr. Bannon could lift the white nationalist movement and Ku Klux Klan sympathizers into the top levels of the Trump White House.

At the same time, Trump supporters went on their own rampage, with the FBI reporting more than 400 incidents of hate-filled attacks on AfricanAmericans, Muslims and others.

Meanwhile, rumors and speculation continue to swirl as the transition from President Obama to

President-elect Trump moves ahead.

Lies were Mr. Trump’s verbal currency of choice during the campaign, and his comments since his election victory have swung back and forth, leaving uncertainty about the policies he intends to carry out.

Will he build a wall on the Mexican border?

Destroy Obamacare? Privatize Medicare? Tear up international defense, trade, climate and nuclear agreements? Unleash police against AfricanAmericans? Eliminate protections for children of Please turn to A4

Richmond’s Kay Coles James leading Trump transition

By Lauren Northington

As a black female Republican, Kay Coles James sits in contrast to the images of white men who often are characterized as the base of the political right.

Mrs. James, a Richmond native who is unapologetically conservative and quite adroit at maneuvering and serving in high Republican circles, is now a part of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team.

She has been tapped to lead the transition efforts

at the federal Office of Personnel Management, where she was director under former GOP President George W. Bush.

Mrs. James and former U.S. Attorney General Edwin “Ed” Meese under President Ronald Reagan will head the management and budget agency transition work group.

This is not her first time chairing a Republican

Mrs. James

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Advocacy groups bracing for change

By Lauren Northington

President-elect Donald Trump pledged during his campaign to “Make America Great Again” by building a wall between the United States and Mexico, nationalizing stop-and-frisk policing, banning Muslim immigration, de-funding Planned Parenthood and dismantling federal policies, including environmental protections.

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Virginia that have spent the last eight years pushing for legal protections under a progressive Obama administration are turning to a new strategy in preparation for a new administration led by a real estate tycoon and reality television star with no political experience.

The NAACP, Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union, Equality Virginia and the Sierra Club are localizing their fights, mobilizing protesters and preparing for a defensive campaign for an unpredictable four years.

“The president-elect has a record of saying things he doesn’t mean, but a lot of things can happen based on what he says,” said James Parrish, executive director of Equality Virginia, a statewide advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Virginians.

Mr. Trump’s list of 21 candidates he may review for an appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court features several conservative opponents of marriage equality.

But for state LGBT advocates, said

Mr. Parrish, the focus is not explicitly on marriage equality or transgender bathroom laws — both topics visited by the U.S. Supreme Court — but on the easily reversible non-discrimination executive orders signed

by President Obama. Among them: Executive Order 13672, which prohibits federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of gender and sexual orientation.

Mr. Parrish also is worried about who will be appointed to replace Loretta Lynch as head of the U.S. Justice Department.

He fears it may be someone who won’t “have an interest in hate crimes against LGBTQ people.”

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Election Day less than smooth for local voter

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Eugene M. Price finally has been told his vote will count, six days after the Nov. 8 election.

The 73-year-old Richmond auto mechanic said Monday he got a call from the city Voter Registrar’s Office telling him that the provisional ballot he cast was accepted and would be included in the city’s total vote after it was determined that he was properly registered to vote and that his name should have been on the voter rolls.

For Mr. Price, it was vindication for the hours he spent on Election Day struggling to vote after learning his name somehow had been removed from the list of registered voters at Richmond’s Precinct 301 at John Marshall High School.

“I’ve voted in every election since 1993, when Gov. (L. Douglas) Wilder restored my right to vote,” said Mr. Price, who owned and operated a repair shop in North Side for 34 years before suffering a mild heart attack and closing the shop a few months ago.

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Eugene M. Price is still disturbed by the fact that he had to fight for his right to vote on Election Day. His name was removed from the list of registered voters even though he has voted in every election since 1993.

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Richmond Mayor-elect Levar Stoney, left, meets at City Hall with Mayor Dwight C. Jones on Nov. 10 about the transition.

Mayor-elect Stoney plans to be ‘hands-on, visible, transparent’

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

As he looks forward to becoming Richmond’s next mayor, Levar Stoney is planning to be more visible after he takes office.

As he puts it, he wants to be a “hands-on, visible and transparent mayor who can be a champion for accountability, measure outputs and inputs and, at the end of the day, say that the buck stops with me.”

His plan to see and be seen in City Hall and across the city — and to be fully engaged in operations — would be in marked contrast with Mayor Dwight C. Jones, who generally has preferred to be involved with the “big picture” strategy and to leave the city’s day-to-day affairs to the managers he put in place and the employees who report to them.

As Mr. Stoney begins his transition from candidate to city chief executive, the 35-year-old York County native has begun laying out his plans for when he takes office Jan 1. He also named a transition team to help him prepare for the big day.

His two transition co-chairs are City Hall outsiders: Tiffany Jana, a former actress who is now president and CEO of TMI Consulting, which works with governments and businesses on ways to overcome bias and promote diversity and inclusion; and Bill Leighty, a lobbyist and former chief of staff to two former Democratic governors, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner.

However, Mr. Stoney’s transition director worked for Mayor Jones on poverty issues. He is Dr. Thad Williamson, an associate professor at the University of Richmond who was the first and now former director of the city’s Office of Community Wealth Building. Mayor Jones and the City Council established the office to find ways to reduce poverty.

“I am eager to move forward with key action steps that I highlighted throughout my campaign,” said Mr. Stoney, who won the most votes in five City Council districts on Election Please turn to A4

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Fight brewing over Richmond NAACP leadership

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A leadership fight has entangled the Richmond Branch NAACP. President Lynetta Thompson is facing opposition in her bid for re-election to a second, two-year term.

Her challengers are Dr. Ravi K. Perry, an associate professor of political science at Virginia Commonwealth University, and James J. “J.J.” Minor, chairman of the Richmond City Democratic Committee and son of Richmond Delegate Delores L. McQuinn.

The three candidates will square off in the branch’s election for officers and directors next Tuesday, Nov. 22.

NAACP members who have been financial for at least 30 days are eligible to cast a ballot from noon to 6 p.m. at Club 533, 700 N. 3rd St. in Jackson Ward.

Results are to be announced during the branch meeting that will follow the election at the club.

The Richmond NAACP has about 800 people on its membership rolls.

“I don’t mind being challenged,” Ms. Thompson said. “I’m just wondering why they are challenging me rather than seeking to work together.”

She said during her first two years, the number of people attending meetings and participating on committees has grown as the branch has become more involved in issues involving schools and public transit.

Among other things, she noted the branch has filed a civil rights complaint against Richmond Public Schools for high levels of suspensions of African-American and disabled students.

During her tenure, the branch also has challenged the Bus Rapid Transit system over concerns about GRTC’s ability to serve other areas of the city and provide adequate connections to the BRT. Dr. Perry, along with teaching, serves as president of the VCU-based National Association for Ethnic Studies. He also has been out in the community. He serves on the board of Diversity Richmond and garnered headlines when he led a program on “white privilege” at Glen Allen High School in Henrico during Black History Month last February.

Mr. Minor, meanwhile, is active in Democratic politics, working on various campaigns and also leading the city Democratic committee.

He apparently has been on the outs with Ms. Thompson after she spoke at a Richmond City Council meeting in support of expanding a memorial to enslaved people in Shockoe Bottom. In her comments, she apparently was critical of Delegate McQuinn’s leadership of the Richmond Slave Trail Commission, which is playing a role in the memorial’s development.

Others suggest that Mr. Minor is seeking to expand his influence or is trying to find a new leadership post because of the backlash he could face from the city Democratic committee for organizing a political action committee to support candidates for City Council and the Richmond School Board that Mr. Minor favored but who did not receive the city Democratic committee’s endorsement.

On Oct. 25, two weeks before the November election, Mr. Minor and Sandra Antoine, vice chair of the city Democratic committee, filed papers with the state Department of Elections to establish the Greater Richmond Regional Democratic Coalition PAC. Mr. Minor listed himself as president of the PAC, which ultimately endorsed five candidates whom the city Democratic committee did not back, including two incumbent council members, Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, and Reva M. Trammell, 8th District, both of whom were re-elected on Nov. 8. Three other candidates the PAC supported did not win their races for city office.

Delegate McClellan to run for McEachin’s state Senate seat Richmond Delegate Jennifer L. McClellan is going to run for the 9th District Senate seat in a still-to-be-announced special election.

The five-term legislator announced Monday that she would seek to succeed A. Donald McEachin, who will be giving up the state Senate seat following his election last week to the U.S. House of Representatives. He will represent the 4th Congressional District in Washington.

Sen. McEachin, according to a spokesman, plans to resign his state Senate seat effective Jan. 3, the day he is to be sworn into the House.

Delegate McClellan is expected to be challenged for the Democratic Party nomination by freshman Henrico Delegate Lamont Bagby. The nomination contest essentially would decide the election in the district that includes heavily Democratic parts of Delegate Richmond, Henrico and Hanover counties McClellan and all of Charles City County.

Calling Sen. McEachin “an exemplary state senator and a strong progressive champion,” Delegate McClellan said that, if elected, she would be “a strong passionate voice for social justice and a champion for residents of the district.”

Moving up to the Senate would give “me an opportunity to build on my work in the House of Delegates,” Delegate McClellan said, where she has been an advocate for public education, safe neighborhoods and economic opportunity.

A graduate of the University of Richmond and its law school, Delegate McClellan has served in the House of Delegates since 2006 and currently is vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus.

She is assistant general counsel for Verizon Communications.

— JEREMY M. LAZARUS

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The first of 14 stations for GRTC’s Bus Rapid About $65 million is being poured into Transit is under construction. developing the speedier bus line — dubbed Work began last week on the station located The Pulse — that will run 7.6 miles between on the north side of the 2200 block of West Slices of life and scenes Rocketts Landing in the east to The Shops at Broad Street between Allison and Strawberry Willow Lawn in the west. in Richmond streets, officials said. The work has closed the The city is contributing $7.6 million and Henwestbound curb lane on Broad Street in that area. rico County $400,000. The federal government is providing $25 Separately, the work to relocate utilities continues along the million, with the state contributing the remaining $32 million. south side of Broad Street and along East Main Street to make The Pulse is expected to be in operation next October, ofway for additional transit stations. ficials have said.

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Gov. McAuliffe announces cyber security training program for vets

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Military veterans are being offered a new opportunity to protect and serve.

But this time, they won’t need to carry weapons.

On Veterans Day last week, Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced the launch of Cyber Vets Virginia, which aims to enlist former service members in positions to protect computer systems.

“We currently have 17,000 open cyber security jobs in Virginia, and our veteran community is extremely well-suited to help close the workforce gap in this growing industry,” the governor said in announcing the new initiative.

He said the state is working with partners to build innovative pathways for job training and career development in that sector.

That includes, he said, joining a pilot project to provide free cyber training to veterans in partnership with companies including CISCO, Amazon Web Services

and ISC2, and nonprofits such as the Institute for Veterans and Military Families’ Onward to Opportunity program.

The initiative is designed to connect veterans with opportunities through its new portal, CyGov. McAuliffe berJobs.virginia.gov, which details job opportunities.

The state also is offering information on education and training programs at community colleges and four-year schools, financial aid and other tools at a second website, cybervets.virginia.gov, state officials said.

“Cyber security is a key pillar in the new Virginia economy, and filling the cyber workforce pipeline is critical to sustaining long-term industry growth in the future,” said Secretary of Technology Karen Jackson.

“The launch of both the pilot program Cyber Vets Virginia and the Cyber Jobs Portal underscores our commitment to cyber security and our desire for our veterans to be part of this workforce.”

Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam said the cyber initiative builds on the administration’s efforts to improve the lives of veterans.

Now running for governor, the Democrat cited the Virginia Values Veterans program that has helped 20,000 veterans find work, a separate program that will help connect returning medics and corpsmen to health care jobs and the housing effort that has enabled Virginia to become the first state to functionally end homelessness among veterans.

“These initiatives are examples of the significant results we can produce when the governor’s administration and General Assembly work together,” Lt. Gov. Northam said. “I look forward to continuing our work to improve access to health care, education and jobs for our veterans.”

School Board to host Town Hall Nov. 21 The Richmond School Board will host a community town hall meeting to share findings from a recent independent study on the school system’s budget.

The town hall will be 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, at Virginia Union University’s Living and Learning Center, 1500 N. Lombardy St. The town hall will follow the School Board’s regular meeting that will start at 6 p.m. at VUU. The budget analysis, conducted by Bellwether

Education Partners, was designed to build a better understanding of the school district’s budget and to help identify opportunities to maximize the budget for student success.

The study was commissioned by Richmond Public Schools, the City of Richmond, representatives from the Richmond Management Roundtable and community members. It was funded in partnership with the Robins Foundation and The Community Foundation. — LAUREN NORTHINGTON

Plan introduced to lease City Stadium to Richmond Kickers

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

City Stadium — the aging city-owned sports facility in the near West End that hosts soccer and football games — could soon become the permanent home of the Richmond Kickers soccer team.

Under a proposal introduced to Richmond City Council Monday night, Mayor Dwight C. Jones’ administration is seeking permission to issue a 40-year lease on the 88-year-old stadium at 3301 Maplewood Ave. to a private party.

The proposal is based on a deal that the Kickers presented to the city, Councilman Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District, confirmed. That deal calls for the team to take over management of the 20,000-seat stadium and to invest at least $20 million in upgrades.

With expectations that City Council will approve the lease legislation possibly as early as mid-December, the plan appears likely to usher in a new era for the stadium

and ensure that it would remain a sports complex as the neighboring community has urged.

While other parties could compete for the lease, they would have to match or exceed the terms the Kickers have presented to the administration, officials said.

That includes the team’s commitment to invest $20 million over the 40-year term of the lease to replace, renovate or reconstruct the stadium, including the seating and the press box, Mr. Agelasto said.

The proposal calls for a $1 a year lease in exchange for the team paying property taxes on the stadium and taking over maintenance from the city, Mr. Agelasto said.

In addition, the team has agreed, depending on scheduling, to allow Richmond’s youth sports programs to use the field, including city recreation soccer and football programs and city high school football programs.

Mr. Agelasto said high school teams that once played at the stadium now use Virginia Union University’s field when needed.

Dating to 1928, City Stadium was once home to the fabled Armstrong Walker Classic football clashes on Thanksgiving weekend.

For years, the city leased the stadium to the University of Richmond for its football program. The Kickers also have been a longtime tenant. The stadium, though, is past its prime, with the city largely avoiding spending on improvements.

With the Kickers holding exhibition matches featuring international teams and with soccer’s increasing popularity, the team is seeking to improve the stadium to hold larger crowds.

“This represents a huge commitment by the team. We are going to have to come out to support them” to make sure this agreement works, Mr. Agelasto said.

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President Obama shakes hands with Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House during the president-elect’s first meeting with the president on Nov. 10 to discuss the transition.

Uncertainty reigns as President-elect Trump prepares to take office Continued from A1

illegal immigrants? Create a registry for Muslim Americans? Prosecute Mrs. Clinton?

For now, uncertainty also reigns when it comes to President-elect Trump’s picks for his cabinet and other top posts, the people who will carry out whatever his policies prove to be.

So far, his only other pick has been his chief of staff, Washington insider Reince Priebus, chair of the Republican National Committee.

Uncertainty is the watchword surrounding his transition team that is helping the businessman and novice politician sort through the multiple choices for top posts.

Either the work is going “smoothly,” as Mr. Trump asserted Wednesday or the transition is in a chaotic state, as various news media have reported, particularly following the surprise firings of former insiders. Among those getting the ax was New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie whom Vice President-elect Mike Pence replaced as transition chair.

Adding to the transition uncertainty are stories of foreign allies who have struggled to reach Mr. Trump and worries from political veterans who have seen the operation up close.

Meanwhile, there are worries about Mr. Trump

and his sprawling business empire. gestures matter.

While he has said he would turn over “I did say to him, as I’ve said operations to his children to avoid a publicly,” the president continued, conflict of interest, questions remain “that, because of the bitterness and about whether the policies he pursues ferocity of the campaigns, it’s really will benefit his personal interests. important to try to send some signals Reports that he has sought top of unity and to reach out to minorsecurity clearance for his children ity groups or women or others that and a son-in-law who was a close were concerned about the tenor of confidante in his campaign — though the campaign.” denied by his transition team — are He also urged Clinton supporters to Mr. Bannon adding to the uncertainty about the understand that the election is over. incoming president.

“Look, the people have spoken,” the president President Obama, who will leave office Fri- said. “Donald Trump will be the next president, day, Jan. 20, when Mr. Trump is sworn in, has the 45th president. And those who didn’t vote urged calm and unity and advised his soon-to-be for him have to recognize that’s how democsuccessor to do the same. racy works.”

President Obama met with his successor last Mr. Trump, who repeatedly bashed President week and made that call then and at a White Obama in seeking election, called him a “very House press conference Monday, even though good man” after their meeting and expressed during the campaign he had railed that Mr. interest in seeking his advice.

Trump was “unfit to be president.”

President Obama is optimistic Mr. Trump “I’ve been encouraged by his statements will govern fairly, despite a campaign in which on election night about the need for unity, he spewed hate and venom against women, his interest in being president for all people,” African-Americans, the handicapped, immigrants President Obama said in stressing the need for and others. a peaceful transition. “In an election like this In President Obama’s view, President-elect that was so hotly contested and so divided, Trump must and likely will adjust his tempera-

ment when he confronts the realities of his new job — a taste of which he is now getting during the transition.

The current president believes the freewheeling businessman will learn quickly that he cannot be as outspoken as he was during the long campaign if he wants to avoid unexpected consequences.

“This office has a way of waking you up,” President Obama said. “Those aspects of his positions or predispositions that don’t match up with reality, he will find shaken up pretty quick because reality has a way of asserting itself.”

Still, he predicts Mr. Trump will be pragmatic and would avoid approaching the country’s problems from an ideological perspective.

“There are going to be certain elements of his temperament that will not serve him well, unless he recognizes them and corrects them,” President Obama said. “Because when you’re a candidate, and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impact,” he said, “than it does when you’re president of the United States.

“Everybody around the world is paying attention. Markets move.”

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Vandals spraypainted a message about the Nov. 8 presidential election on monuments to Confederates Jefferson Davis, above, and Matthew Fontaine Maury on Monument Avenue on Nov. 9. The graffiti was removed by Wednesday.

Richmond’s Kay Coles James leading Trump transition

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transition team.

The Hampton University graduate led Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s transition team in 2010.

She also served as state secretary of health and human resources under former Gov. George Allen, and later was the dean of the Robertson School of Government at Regent University, a private, Christian school in Virginia Beach.

She is the founder and president of the Gloucester Institute, a leadership training program for African-American young adults based in Richmond and Gloucester County that seeks to “cultivate a society of ‘solutionists’ in minority communities,” according to its website.

Reached Wednesday by the Free Press, Mrs. James said she did not want

to comment at this time.

She spent her early childhood in Richmond’s public housing while integrating the city’s public schools.

She has served in various capacities of several Republican administrations during her 30-year public service career.

President George W. Bush appointed her director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in 2001. During the fall of that same year, she authored a book, “What I Wish I’d Known Before I Got Married,” which offered advice on children, finances, intimacy and faith.

“Everywhere I look, I see problems that cry out to be solved. African-American poverty should be going down — instead, it’s rising. Our children should be thriving — instead, millions of them live in broken homes. Our streets should be peaceful — instead, violence continues to take a

devastating toll. Our schools should be nurturing excellence — instead, far too many of them are factories of failure,” Mrs. James wrote in a commentary piece published by the conservative Heritage Foundation’s news organization in August.

It was in response to Mr. Trump urging black voters to support him.

“It’s not OK that so many consultants and pundits would rather play politics than help save my people,” she went on to write. “Fortunately, many others genuinely care about economic advancement and social justice for all Americans. … Some now call the Republican Party home because they recognize conservative policies offer the common sense solutions my community needs. Others try to encourage the Democratic Party to adopt more effective conservative policy solutions.”

Day to claim outright victory over his two closest rivals, former Downtown booster John F. “Jack” Berry and attorney Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey.

Ticking off items at the heart of his campaign, Mr. Stoney stated his top priority would involve “launching a comprehensive performance review and audit of all departments of city government” to find ways to improve and upgrade services. Such a review is likely to require hiring an outside firm.

He also is promising to implement the recommendations from the audit during his first, four-year term.

On other fronts, Mr. Stoney is offering few specifics as of yet. He said he would be developing an education pact with Richmond Public Schools and City Council “to improve our schools in a collaborative spirit.” How that would work, however, is still a question.

Mr. Stoney said he also plans to make the needs of children a priority “in my first proposed budget,” which he will need to deliver to the council by early March, but again he offered little in the way of specifics.

Meanwhile, he plans “to assemble a team of talented and committed professionals to join me.”

It remains uncertain what that will mean for Mayor Jones’ current management team, including his No. 2, Selena Cuffee-Glenn, Richmond’s chief administrative officer or CAO; Lenora Reid, chief financial officer; John Burtula, chief operating officer; and Lee Downey, chief economic development officer.

It also is uncertain what will happen for city employees in the management ranks, though, unquestionably Mr. Stoney’s words have created nervousness among department heads and other staff whose future with the city will depend on the approval of the chief executive and the CAO. While Mr. Stoney has more transition members to appoint, he said the transition process would be guided by the policies he laid out in his campaign and would involve lots of homework.

“As part of this transition process, I will be requesting detailed updates and status reports on all departments and major policy areas from Mayor Jones,” he said.

Mr. Stoney has no experience in local government. His management experience includes serving as director of the state Democratic Party and as secretary of the commonwealth under Gov. Terry McAuliffe, where he was in charge of helping the governor fill seats on state boards and commissions and helping felons get their rights restored.

Nonetheless, Mr. Stoney remains confident in his ability to take charge.

“The city is ready for a new and dynamic leader who is ready to take the city to a new level,” he said.

His aspiration is to fill that bill.

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Transforming the Standards of Care Expert attention from dedicated nurses defines the Thomas Palliative Care program at VCU Health.

When critically ill patients want to talk, Felicia Noland, RN, knows to stop what she is doing to be near their bedside.

“You use eye contact and body language to let them know that, at that moment, you’re right there with them,” she says.

Noland calls it “being present,” and it’s a philosophy that pervades the Thomas Palliative Care Unit at VCU Massey Cancer Center, where patients not only cope with the pain of cancer, traumatic brain injury, or end-stage heart or liver disease, but are often coming to terms with dying.

“Important conversations can happen at any time,” says Bart Bobb, APN. “We have the support here to help our patients right away.”

Noland and Bobb are part of the unit’s multidisciplinary team that includes physicians, fellows, socials workers, a chaplain, a pharmacist and a psychologist, all specially trained in palliative care. These experts address the holistic needs of their patients through pain and symptom management, as well as emotional and spiritual support.

Care is offered 24-hours a day, seven days a week in the 11-bed unit, located on the fourth floor of the MCV North Hos-

pital. In some rooms, the hospital’s only ceiling fans spin; the circulating air provides comfort to those who are short of breath.

One prostate cancer patient has been in the unit one month. He appreciates how the staff takes him to the hospital’s outdoor healing garden for a little break, and how the nurses respond quickly to his calls for assistance. “I don’t think that I could find a better place as far as cancer treatment,” he says. “They treat me wonderfully.”

Dorothy Martin of Lynchburg says, “The nurses are very attentive to their patients.

We are their number one priority.” Martin is recovering in the unit following radiation treatments for pancreatic cancer.

In the family room, volunteers like Barbara Geer provide comfort to families, preparing iced tea and coffee, and baking cookies in the afternoons. The visiting family members “are often quite upset. Sometimes they need someone to talk to,” she says. Geer’s husband, Tommy, was a patient in the unit before succumbing to cancer in March 2002. “He died very quietly and peacefully and in no pain. Everybody here was very supportive and caring,” says Geer, who has volunteered for the unit since December 2002.

Contrary to what many believe, the facility is not just for hospice patients, says Bobb. Many of the patients are also seeking aggressive treatments, such as chemotherapy, even as they get their pain under control. About 70-75 percent of patients will be discharged from the unit.

The specialized team also provides on-call palliative care consultations for patients throughout the VCU Health System.

Additionally, outpatient care is offered through the General On-

cology Clinic in the North Hospital, a satellite oncology clinic in Stony Point, and an embedded clinic within the bone marrow transplant program. Some patients come to the clinics once a month for care.

Both inpatients and outpatients are regularly asked to rank their pain and various symptoms on a scale of 1 to 10 using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS).

“That gives us a way of really making sure that we know what’s going on with the whole person,” says medical director Danielle Noreika, M.D. “Let’s say you come in with severe pain and you fill out the rest of your ESAS and I see that you’re also having a lot of problems with anxiety, depression and sleep. Those are going to make your pain experience worse, and that’s something that is important for me to know to address.”

Care is patient-centered, with treatment plans aligned with the individual’s wishes. When providing support to dying patients, palliative care “can often go against the grain of conventional medical wisdom because we can operate in the here-and-now as opposed to the future,” says Bobb. For example, high-dose radiation is used to shrink tumors for comfort rather than curative purposes. Similarly, large doses of oral steroids — normally limited because of their potential for harmful long-term side effects — can help relieve pain, nausea, bowel obstruction and swelling, including brain metastases, in terminal patients.

The nurses also provide support to family members. “I nurse the family as much as I nurse the patient. As illness progresses the roles change and you have sensitive conversations and you embrace mortality — those things hit everybody deeply,” says Dawn Quinn, RN, a nurse for 43 years.

Staff members go to extraordinary lengths to fulfill special requests for patients—whether holding a wedding onsite or decorating a room in a beach theme for a patient who dreamed of a Hawaiian getaway. One patient in her final days was reunited with her beloved horse in the Massey Cancer Center valet parking circle.

“The nurse took the patient outside in her bed — it was a nice day. They brought the horse, and let it out of its trailer, and the horse was able to put its muzzle up to the patient.

It just was remarkable,” says nurse clinician Laura Shanks, CNS. “It pulls at you.”

Your Journey to Wellness Starts Here VCU Health was the first hospital in the state to receive the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for advanced palliative care. This included both Massey Cancer Center and Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU.

Palliative Care Unit Approved for Facility Dog

The Thomas Palliative Care Unit at VCU Massey Cancer Center is about to take the therapy dog concept to a new level by adopting a facility dog.

“We’re really excited about it,” says Nurse Manager Jessica Gray, MS. “It’s kind of like we’re waiting for a baby.”

The idea, approved unanimously by staff, was inspired by the success of a similar program at the Virginia Treatment Center for Children, a VCU Health pediatric psychiatric inpatient unit. Gray applied for a dog through Canine Companions for Independence, a national organization that breeds, trains and places service dogs and facility dogs, which are a mix between Labrador and Golden Retrievers.

Following an extensive application process, Gray attended an interview at the organization’s Northeast Regional facilities in Long Island. In September, VCU Health was approved for a dog, and put on the 6-12 month waiting list — though Gray says it could be sooner. Once the dog is available, she will return to Long Island for a two-week team training program.

While the unit currently participates in the volunteer-run Dogs on Call program, the pets are limited to two-hour shifts.

“Given that VCU Health is a large organization, it’s kind of hit or miss when you might see a dog.” The new Canine Companion will be able to work up to 40 hours per week in the unit, with a kennel available for breaks. “The dog will come and go to work with me,” she says.

Visits with dogs — whether a therapy dog or a family pet — are extremely popular with patients. Research shows that “even 10 minutes of a dog laying with a patient calms the patient’s breathing, can help to decrease pain, stress and anxiety,” she says, noting that taking pet breaks can help staff as well.

“Certainly, our staff up here deals with a lot of intense emotions, feelings, death and dying on pretty much a daily basis.”

The dogs are trained in over 40 different commands, and patients can work on their strength or Activities of daily living, by brushing them or throwing balls to them, she says. “Sometimes patients aren’t responsive to anything or anybody, but you bring an animal in and sometimes they wake up.

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Documents show letter carriers’ pay reduced

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

internal investigative arm, was notified nearly a month ago about the problem. A representative of the inspector general’s office also did not respond to a request for comment.

Under their contract, letter carriers are to be paid time-anda-half if they work longer than eight hours in a day. They also are to receive double time if they work more than 10 hours in one day.

Sources said the time reductions are an effort to prevent the carriers from receiving overtime pay.

For example, on Aug. 22, a carrier worked 10½ hours based on the clock-in and clock-out times. But the total hours worked were reduced to 8½ by an unidentified supervisor. The carrier was paid based on the supervisor’s entry on the clock ring.

In another example, a carrier who had recorded working about 10 hours on Aug. 25 had those hours reduced to around 8 hours by an unidentified supervisor whose entry was used in

determining the carrier’s pay.

“Most carriers don’t notice or can’t prove their time has been altered because they don’t keep their own detailed records,” one source told the Free Press.

It is unclear how long the practice has been going on and how many carriers have been affected because the documents provide a snapshot of a short period of time.

Sources told the Free Press this is just one example of the problems within the Main Post Office on Brook Road in North Side.

Recently, the Postal Service reinstated and awarded back pay to three Richmond carriers who had been fired for allegedly throwing away mail rather than delivering it. The three were exonerated and the allegations dismissed as false.

In other cases, some carriers have been denied a mandatory $400 uniform allowance, sources said.

Proposals to build 2 schools, redo George Wythe under review

Travers to lead Richmond Crusade for Voters

At least three supervisors in Richmond’s Main Post Office appear to routinely change the time cards of letter carriers — without the carriers’ knowledge or permission — in order to reduce their pay.

Documents provided to the Free Press for five carriers show that their digital time cards — called “clock rings” — were altered a collective total of 16 times during a sample period between Aug. 20 and Sept. 2.

The carriers asked that their names not be used for this article for fear of retribution. They also declined to name the supervisors.

Howard G. O’Conner, who has been Richmond’s postmaster since 2005, could not be reached for comment.

The Office of Inspector General, the U.S. Postal Service’s

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond Public Schools might provide incoming Mayor Levar Stoney with a potential blueprint for addressing the problem of outdated and increasingly worn-out school buildings.

The Free Press has learned that three private groups have submitted proposals for a first-phase program that would include renovating George Wythe High School and replacing two increasingly overcrowded buildings, Elkhardt-Thompson Middle School and Greene Elementary.

All of the buildings are located in South Side, where growth is overwhelming existing buildings and led to the reopening this year of Summer Hill Elementary, which previously was closed.

Already, the three new schools built on South Side by Mayor Dwight C. Jones’ administration — Broad Rock and Oak Grove elementary schools and Huguenot High — are at or over capacity.

The competition was triggered at least 60 days ago when Roanoke-based Branch Construction Co. and its partner, Bowers Family Enterprises, submitted a proposal under the state’s Public-Private Educational Facilities Infrastructure Act for the potential $100 million in construction work.

As required, RPS opened the proposal to other bidders and has received proposals from two other unidentified groups.

Tommy Kranz, assistant superintendent for support services, is going through the details of the three proposals. He plans to submit his findings and recommendations to Richmond schools Superintendent Dana T. Bedden and the RPS leadership team.

Then, he is to present the information to the Richmond School Board in December or January amid preparations for the new schools budget.

School Board Chairman Jeff M. Bourne said he is aware of the competition, but like the rest of the board has yet to see

any proposals or recommendations.

He said he was told the Branch Construction proposal came to the school system after the Jones administration declined to consider it. However, he said the school system, which has its own governing board, viewed using the PPEA as a potential fresh approach to funding modern school buildings that would provide more space.

Mr. Bourne said the hope now is that the school system might redirect some of the money it receives from the city to support this effort, or that the new mayor would be more interested in considering a PPEA proposal, which might require $7 million to $9 million a year in city financial support.

During the past two years, Mr. Kranz repeatedly has urged action for new school construction, with predictions of big increases in student numbers. His forecasts are proving all too accurate, he noted, particularly in South Side, which is experiencing the highest population growth, in part, because of the area’s growing Latino population and the construction of new homes and apartments in South Side that are attracting families with children.

Greene now has at least 24 modular buildings on site to accommodate the overflow of students who can no longer fit into the school building.

Meanwhile, Elkhardt-Thompson’s student population is bulging, but has little room to add modular classrooms, he said.

If a replacement were to be built, one site might be the former home of Elkhardt Middle on Midlothian Turnpike.

George Wythe High is close to capacity and would be hard-pressed to accommodate the increases in student numbers that are due to come from its feeder middle schools, Mr. Kranz said.

Still, the PPEA proposals could be a tough sell to the city at a time when officials have been advised that Richmond has nearly run out of borrowing capacity and is likely unable to do much borrow-

ing over the next five years. Davenport & Co. provided that view in July in a report that suggested that the city might have to raise taxes if it wanted to increase its debt capacity. But Mayor-elect Stoney, as well as most of the current City Council members, have indicated little support for increasing the tax burden.

Still, city and RPS leaders and elected officials know the school buildings and their internal systems just keep getting older.

Richmond operates 47 school buildings.

Only eight were built in the last 20 years, including four during Mayor Jones’ tenure.

The remainder have an average age of 60 and most have roofing, electrical and heating and cooling systems that are past their useful life.

Mr. Kranz said he doesn’t know what the school system would do if boilers at George Wythe stop operating. He would have at least 900 students to move, and the only potential space would be in school buildings in North Side. He said students would need to be dispersed among at least three buildings. Such a scenario would drive up pupil transportation costs, he said, which were reduced recently to save money.

“That’s the kind of thing,” he said, “that keeps me up at night.”

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Bernice E. Travers will be the new leader of the Richmond Crusade for Voters.

The business consultant and veteran Crusade member was elected Tuesday night as president of the organization that is marking its 60th year of promoting African-American inclusion in political affairs in the city.

She will take over in January from current President Corey Nicholson, an attorney, who did not run for the office. Mr. Nicholson moved up to the presidency in July after the organization’s previous president, Regie Ford, resigned.

“My goals are to improve the image and the visibility of the Crusade and to grow the Ms. Travers membership,” Ms. Travers said.

She said she also wants the Crusade, which was founded in 1956 during the era of segregation, to do more to monitor and hold Richmond’s elected officials accountable.

She plans to get the organization more involved in such issues as education and in promoting economic justice and AfricanAmerican inclusion in city contracts.

Other newly elected officers are Milondra Coleman, first vice president; Delores Murray, second vice president; Reginald M. “Reggie” Malone Sr., financial secretary; Francesca Leigh-Davis, corresponding secretary; Johnny Walker, treasurer; Nathan Beyah, parliamentarian; John Houze, sergeant at arms; and Michael Dickinson, historian.

Norrell School, annex to close on North Side For the past few years, Richmond schools employees have replaced students in the old Albert V. Norrell Elementary School on Fendell Avenue and the nearby Norrell Annex on West Graham Road, buildings named for one of the first African-American principals in Richmond.

Now the employees are to be moved out and the two buildings are to be shut down as part of money-saving moves the Richmond School Board approved in June.

Closing the Norrell buildings is estimated to save about $300,000 a year.

Tommy Kranz, assistant superintendent for

support services, said the moves likely will begin after Thanksgiving and be completed by midDecember.

He said the Head Start operation would be moved to the reopened Ruffin Road building in South Side, once used as a preschool and for primary grades.

Offices of staff psychologists and other employees who deal with families and disabled children will move to revamped space on the third floor of the Richmond Alternative School on Leigh Street.

Others offices, such as risk management, will be moved into school system space in City Hall, he said. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

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worries are strengthening.

This week, President-elect Trump tapped Myron Ebell to head the transition team at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Mr. Ebell, who has fervently denied the existence of climate change, is director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a libertarian think tank “dedicated to advancing the principles of limited government.”

“With what we’ve heard this week from President-elect Trump, we are very concerned about the environmental protections that have been gained and we were hoping to make progress on,” said Kate Addleson, director of the Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club.

The environmental advocacy group, which boasts 15,000 members statewide, helped lobby for state Executive Order 57, issued earlier this year, that works to reduce carbon emission from Virginia’s power plants.

“We fundamentally don’t believe that a strong economy has to come at the expense of environmental protection,” Ms. Addleson told the Free Press. “All people deserve a healthy environment, a healthy economy and climate.”

But Mr. Trump’s most recent political appointments suggest that progressive interest groups should look forward to toughening up.

Mr. Trump surprised supporters and proponents alike by appointing Steven Bannon, executive chairman of Breitbart News, as his chief strategist on Sunday. Breitbart News pushes the white nationalist agenda of the alt-right, including racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism.

Mr. Bannon, 62, was born in Norfolk and grew up in Richmond’s North Side as the middle child of five from an Irish Catholic family.

A1972 Benedictine High School and 1976 Virginia Tech graduate, Mr. Bannon was a parishioner and altar server at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Ginter Park, where his father still lives.

He has said his alt-right documentary films are “imbued with the conservative populist values I was raised on in Richmond.”

His controversial views have spurred calls from Democrats, some Republicans and conservatives alike, including more than 170 members of Congress, for President-elect Trump to remove him from the important post in the interest of national healing and unity.

There also are reports from the Trump camp of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a proponent of the former “stop-andfrisk” policing in New York that largely targeted African-American and Hispanic males, becoming the next U.S. secretary of state.

“The president-elect has not offered any definitive policy statements, but it’s rather telling that his close association with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani does signal that he would be supportive of stop-and-frisk policies nationally,” said Linda Thomas, president of the Virginia State Conference

Photos by Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Protesters chant and carry signs as they march east on Cary Street during an anti-Trump demonstration that lasted several hours. Right, Virginia Commonwealth University student Brianna Scott weeps during the anti-Trump “RVA Grabs Back Rally” last weekend.

of the NAACP. Like other state advocacy leaders, Ms. Thomas refuses to take one step backward.

“The best thing any citizen can do, and especially citizens of color, is to stay informed and stay involved. That’s critically important,” she said.

“Now more than ever, it is critical that Virginians stay abreast of legislation in the Virginia General Assembly. It’s vital we stay abreast of local and state law enforcement policies and hiring practices because those are the things that affect our everyday existence.”

Mr. Trump is poised to impact funding of Planned Parenthood, a women’s health organization. His vice president, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, helped lead the effort to de-fund that state’s Planned Parenthood clinics when he served in the Indiana legislature.

As far as Donald Trump’s stance on women’s health funding, he offered his most definitive, albeit befuddled, response in February during a Republican primary debate: “ … Millions and millions of women — cervical cancer, breast cancer — are helped by Planned Parenthood. So you can say whatever you want, but they have millions of women going through Planned Parenthood that are helped greatly. And I wouldn’t fund it.”

In an interview broadcast last Sunday on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” President-elect Trump said his nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court definitely will be pro-life.

Asked what would women seeking abortions be left to do if Roe v.

Wade, the law legalizing abortion in the United States, is overturned, he said, “Well, perhaps they have to go to another state.”

For Virginia’s abortion and women’s health services advocates, the confusion is a lot more comforting than disheartening.

“It’s critical to look at Trump’s immediate response after the

election — that he would be a president for the whole country.

And we hope that is not just the case for the alt-right,” said Beth Lynk, Virginia policy press officer for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Nonetheless, like other advocates, Ms. Lynk is mobilizing her “troops” to lobby local politicians, she said. Through mechanisms like volunteering, signing online petitions and sharing personal stories, “we won’t go back,” she said. “We’re investing in our people-power, and waiting to see if Trump is going to live up to his promise to be president for all Americans.”

Last week’s election results also prompted proponents of civil liberties to reach for their wallets. The ACLU, which works through the courts and legislatures to protect the rights of often marginalized Americans, has received 120,000 donations totaling more than $7.2 million since last week, according to the organization’s national website.

That’s “the greatest outpouring of support for the ACLU” in history, said Bill Farrar, director of public policy and communications for the ACLU of Virginia.

The support has the ACLU ready to legally fight against mass deportations of immigrants, stop-and-frisk policing, the defunding of Planned Parenthood and to help protect transgender rights, he said.

But like most Americans, Mr. Farrar has no idea how Presidentelect Trump’s policy plans will come to fruition.

“We’re going to see how it plays out. They are alarming,” he said.

Mr. Parrish of Equality Virginia captured the pervasive precarious state now surrounding advocacy groups.

“The president-elect has proven not to be a man of his word. So right now, you have to take it all seriously. It’s very worrisome.”

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News The presidential election on Nov. 8 has been a flashpoint for people across the nation. Protesters have taken to the streets, joined, in some cases, by counterprotesters registering their support for President-elect Donald Trump.

The Richmond Free Press asked people on the street:

How will Donald Trump’s win impact your life?

Interviews by Lauren Northington and photos by Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Marcus White West End of Richmond “As far as him actually keeping his promises to America, I’m going to give him a shot because he is our president.

But I’m not expecting anything from him.

“I am anxious to see how the ‘stop and search’ among minorities will go down once he gets into office. I was anxious to see prison reform, but I don’t think anything will come about.”

Kenny Ellis Louisville, Ky. “I have a felony from Kentucky so I was not able to vote. I would have voted for Hillary, but it is what it is.

It just seems like she would have been a better president than Trump.”

Tara Clary South Side of Richmond “Hopefully, his tax plan will benefit the working class and middle class. I’m kind of excited, though, because I feel like he’s a wild card, and I’m interested in seeing how it’s going to play out. I think the White House will humble him. He has no choice but to be humble. Maybe with people surrounding him, he’ll get the wisdom to run the White House effectively.”

Travis Johnson Highland Springs “I can’t believe he actually made it to become the Republican representative for president of this country. That says a lot about the people of this country.

So we need to get it together. ...When I was in the Army, everyone we were fighting in Afghanistan looked just like us. It’s not our war, it’s not our conflict. They are us; they just got taken over by a different group of people.”

Amy Wildermann Richmond “I’m concerned about who he is looking to appoint as head of the EPA, a climate change denier who obviously doesn’t believe in science. So who knows what he’s going to do for environmental protection.

I’m concerned about his usage of racial slurs … I don’t want him to take away Obamacare. … There are a lot of things I’m worried about.”

Lorraine Edwards Richmond “I’m trying to give him the benefit of the doubt that ultimately he cares about the country and he’s going to try and make decisions that help everybody. His history does not demonstrate that, but I’m hoping that the enormity of this position, the reality of it, sends him in a different direction. Now, him choosing Stephen Bannon as his policy adviser doesn’t suggest that we’re going down a good path. But I’m still going to try and withhold a little bit of judgment and not get into a panic.”

How did Hillary Clinton win popular vote, but lose election?

Special from Trice Edney News Wire

In last week’s presidential election, Republican Donald Trump won 289 Electoral College votes, more than the 270 needed for him to become the nation’s 45th president.

Mr. Trump will move into the White House on Jan. 20.

Yet his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, won the popular vote. She currently leads Mr. Trump by more than 700,000 votes — 61.3 million to 60.6 million — with several million votes left to be counted. Mrs. Clinton conceded the race, acknowledging Mr. Trump as the winner.

How can this be?

The Electoral College system, which was championed by James Madison, the nation’s fourth president and one of the country’s Founding Fathers, is based on protecting slavery, according to numerous history scholars.

Mr. Madison was a Virginia slaveholder.

In 1787 at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, slaves accounted for 40 percent of Virginia’s population, making it the most populous of the 13 original colonies.

Some of Constitutional Convention attendees wanted the American people to vote directly for president. Mr. Madison,

however, argued that a direct vote would disadvantage Southern states because Northern states had more white men, the only individuals allowed to vote at the time, and thus more voters.

Black people couldn’t vote.

The convention attendees reached a compromise establishing the Electoral College, with each state given a number of electoral votes based on the state’s population. The compromise counted the whole number of free persons in the states, as well as “three fifths” of all other persons — black slaves. As a result, Southern states were given more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and more electors who selected the president.

The meeting of the electors is where they vote for president and vice president, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress.

Today, the Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president.

The Civil War ended slavery and the three-fifths of a man compromise, but the Electoral College is still in place.

Tuesday’s election is the fifth time in U.S. presidential history that the winner has lost the popular vote.

In 2000, Democrat Al Gore won 539,000 more votes than Republican George W. Bush, but President Bush won more

Electoral College votes and claimed the presidency.

Following the Nov. 8 election, Change.org launched an online petition drive to persuade electors to cast their ballots for Mrs. Clinton — because she won the popular vote.

On Dec. 19, Electoral College electors will vote from their individual states.

Change.org wants 3 million people to sign the petition. If the electors don’t vote the way their state voted, they will be fined, Change.org noted.

One of the critics of the Electoral College is President-elect Trump. In 2012, he said the Electoral College was “a disaster for democracy.”

Asked about that in an interview that aired last Sunday on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” he said, “I’m not going to change my mind just because I won,” he said. “But I would rather see it where you went with simple votes. You know, you get 100 million votes and somebody else gets 90 million votes and you win.”

However, Mr. Trump may have changed his mind. At 5:40 a.m. Tuesday, he Tweeted: “The Electoral College is actually genius in that it brings all states, including the smaller ones, into play. Campaigning is much different!”

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problems that cropped up on Election Day. “It’s been very distressing to deal with this,” Mr. Price said. “I had two people ask me how I could notarize their papers if I couldn’t even vote. I had to go see my doctor to make sure I wasn’t having another heart attack because I had this pain in my chest.”

Mr. Price said he went to vote about 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, but was turned away after election officials told him his name was not on the voter rolls.

He said when he protested and showed the voter card he has carried since 2012, the chief election officer at the precinct called the Voter Registrar’s Office in City Hall for guidance.

“She said she was told that I couldn’t even vote a provisional ballot,” said Mr. Price.

He said he started dialing anyone he could think of who might help. He reached a staff member at the state Department of Elections who intervened. With the state staffer’s help, the city’s ruling was reversed and Mr. Price was able to cast a provisional ballot.

While he cast the ballot around 2:45 p.m., he was told he would have to bring evidence to the city registrar’s office the next day to show he was eligible.

He said spent two hours at the office before being told provisional ballots would not be dealt with that day.

Voter Registrar Kirk Showalter said she is barred by state law from discussing Mr. Price’s situation. However, she said provisional ballots are checked to determine if they should be counted without additional evidence.

“If someone’s registration was mistakenly removed, that would be corrected and the provisional ballot would be counted,” she said.

Ms. Showalter said other people were turned away from city polls because they were not registered.

That included some felons who had registered to vote after Gov. Terry McAuliffe restored their rights last May. Apparently, they may not have realized their initial registration was revoked by the Virginia Supreme Court in late July and failed to re-register to vote after Gov. McAuliffe restored their rights for a second time in mid-August.

Some people ran into trouble because they had moved and not updated their address, Ms. Showalter said.

“This is why we encourage everyone to check their registration before the deadline to ensure problems can be dealt with before the deadline,” Ms. Showalter said.

There were other glitches. At one Richmond precinct, Ms. Showalter said, an election officer wrongly required people to vote a provisional ballot if they were on the inactive voter list because they had not voted in several years.

“We corrected that” after receiving complaints, she said.

Then the precinct official stopped “issuing provisional ballots” even when it was appropriate, she said, “and we corrected that.”

At a few precincts in Henrico and Chesterfield, machine breakdowns left people waiting in line until they could be fixed. There also was a machine problem at a South Richmond precinct.

Still, voting largely went smoothly in the city, with lines moving relatively quickly. Indeed, Richmond’s biggest problem was registering and reporting the precinct results.

It was after 1 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, when final tallies were entered for the 65 precincts at which people voted in person on Tuesday.

“One precinct was really late coming in, while another had to be called in,” Ms. Showalter said. “Some we had in, but didn’t realize the results hadn’t been entered until our final review in the wee hours.”

The tentative final tally wasn’t completed until just after 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, when Ms. Showalter’s office finished counting results of 7,438 absentee ballots.

Ms. Showalter said “an usually high number” — about 900 — had to be hand-counted, which took much longer than expected. The counting team spent six hours Tuesday, Nov. 8, and needed at least six more hours Wednesday, Nov. 9, to complete the task, she said.

She said about 400 of the hand-counted ballots were email ballots that voters printed out and that could not be read on the machine. Others were damaged or rejected by the machine because of errors voters made in marking their ballots, she said. On ballots with errors, she said the counting team had to spend time trying to determine each voter’s intent.

Free Press staff, wire reports

While Hillary Clinton didn’t break the glass ceiling last week to become the nation’s first female president, other barriers were broken in races around the country.

Here are some of the progressive results from the Nov. 8 election nationally: • Kamala Harris of California, a Howard University graduate, became the first Indian-American and second African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate. She is the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India.

• Lisa Blunt Rochester became the first woman and AfricanAmerican to represent Delaware in Congress. U.S. Rep.-elect Rochester told the Philadelphia Inquirer that she decided to run after the sudden death of her husband two years ago. She used his life insurance money to help fund her campaign.

• Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada became the first Latina U.S. senator. She replaces Sen. Harry Reid, the Democratic minority leader who retired from office. She is also the first female senator to represent Nevada. She is the granddaughter of Mexican immigrants.

• Darren Soto became the first Puerto Rican to represent Florida in Congress.

• Adriano Espaillat of New York became the first DominicanAmerican elected to Congress. Born in the Dominican Republic, he came to the United States on a tourist visa and stayed illegally, meaning he is also the first congressman to formerly be an undocumented immigrant.

• Stephanie Murphy of Florida became the first VietnameseAmerican elected to Congress.

• Pramila Jayapal of the state of Washington became the first Indian-American woman elected to Congress.

• Kate Brown of Oregon became the first openly bisexual person to be elected governor of a U.S. state. She was the incumbent in Oregon, although this was her first time running for election to the position.

• Jason Elliott became the first openly gay man to be elected to the South Carolina legislature.

• Ilhan Omar of Minnesota became the first Somali-American to be elected a state legislator. She also is a Muslim.

• Brenda Lopez became the first Latina elected to the General Assembly in Georgia. She is an immigrant and an immigration lawyer.

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Personnel is policy Nine days have passed since Donald Trump was named the winner of the presidential election, and the world has not come to an end — although for many, it may seem like it.

Certainly, the Trump victory has turned the world upside down.

Consider this: He drew the ire of thousands of people when he said he wouldn’t accept the results of the election. Now, ironically, thousands of people in cities from Portland to New York — even Richmond — have taken to the streets signifying their widespread difficulty in accepting the results of the election.

“Not my president,” some of the signs have read.

“I respect the presidency, but not the presidentelect,” others have said.

The topsy-turvy continues as Republican leaders, including House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, urge the nation’s discontented to give President-elect Trump “a chance.”

These are the same GOP leaders who for months during the campaign sought to distance themselves from the vulgar, smut-mouth, bigoted candidate Trump. Speaker Ryan even disinvited Mr. Trump to a GOP election rally in Wisconsin because he didn’t want to appear with him. Now they want us to “give him a chance.”

Speaker Ryan also was among the GOP crew that met the night of President Obama’s first inauguration in 2009 to map out strategies to tank his presidency.

“Let’s make him a one-term president,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said of the nation’s first African-American president.

And he, Speaker Ryan and other GOP members of Congress spent the past eight years blocking President Obama at every turn — from significant legislation to his pick for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Where was Speaker Ryan’s magnanimous “give him a chance” when President Obama took office?

Perhaps the most wry example of life turned upside down strikes President Obama. In the final days of his presidency, this man of grace, class and intelligence is tasked with trying to put lipstick on the pig Americans voted into office as he meets around the world with NATO leaders and other allies who are just as perplexed by the election results as we are. He is trying to assure them that the world, the alliances and the treaties as we know them will not be voided.

We applaud those who refuse to take the Trump presidency in silence. The next steps are to continue to watch what he does, then mobilize and apply pressure to ensure that the progress in health care, voting rights, civil rights, gay rights, women’s reproductive rights, environmental protections and other important areas are not retrenched under a false banner of making America great again.

As one pundit pointed out, personnel is policy, and we can tell where a Trump presidency will be headed by the people he places in top offices.

The president-elect claimed in his Nov. 9 victory speech that it was time to “bind the wounds of division” and unite the country. But he has selected as his chief strategist Steve Bannon, a former Richmonder whose work as head of Breitbart News championed racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia. White nationalists and hatemongers, including David Duke, former KKK grand dragon, and American Nazi Party Chairman Rocky J. Suhadya, have praised his appointment.

Mr. Bannon’s appointment gives the green light to America’s racist haters who have taken part in acts of harassment, intimidation and violence against Muslims, Latinos, African-Americans, Jews, women and other minorities in this country since the election.

Under Mr. Bannon, Breitbart News declared that the “Confederate flag proclaims a glorious heritage” and that the alt-right is a “smarter” version of “oldschool racist skinheads.”

How can a president’s top adviser help bring healing to the nation when he espouses such views?

No, we can’t dump Trump, but we can keep our eyes open and continue applying pressure.

We join concerned groups, such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Anti-Defamation League and scores of right-minded lawmakers who call for President-elect Trump to rescind his appointment of Mr. Bannon. We join them in saying “no” to Mr. Bannon.

Keep the pressure on.

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How will we respond to election?

What started as laughable and incredulous has become reality: Donald Trump is now our president-elect.

No one seems to be laughing now. Many people seem to be in a state of dismay and disbelief. It appears many people drank the Kool-Aid of the mainstream media polls and felt as though former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would coast into the White House with ease.

However, her defeat should not be a surprise. We must remember there is still an undercurrent of racism in this country. I am not just speaking of those who said they weren’t going to vote for Mr. Trump, yet knew they would.

I am also speaking of those who may not have supported him, but still have their own hidden bigotry.

There was a large contingent of people who didn’t support Mrs. Clinton because she is a woman.

Some men have the archaic mentality that women are good to look at but they do not want to be “ruled” by any woman.

Additionally, some AfricanAmerican women harbor a

Rev. William C. Archer vehement resentment against Caucasian women. For both groups, they would still rather see a President-elect Trump because he represents the norm.

For them, it’s normal to go to work and see a Caucasian male in a position of power. For them, it’s normal that men make up the majority of pastorates and other positions of power in the church. Electing Mr. Trump is going back to what they feel is a sense of normalcy. In their eyes, his slogan was really “Make America Normal Again.”

This election is proof that

some of us want to remain in our closet of bigotry and division. We only “unashamedly” emerge and display this bigoted side when it seems to be in our best interest, and then we retreat back to our closet.

The question now becomes “Where do we go from here?”

The country has a huge sensitive scab now that can become infected at any moment.

To President-elect Trump: Now that you have won, how will you respond? Will you remember those who came out of the shadows to vote for your victory, or will you really seek to make America great for all?

Those who voted for you, or chose you as the lesser of two evils, are going to hold you to a higher standard than those who did not support you.

Those who voted for you now want you to make good on the promises.

For those who didn’t support President-elect Trump, this is not the time to wallow in sad-

What about the children?

“I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories. We must dissent from the indifference.

We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust ...We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.” — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall As far back as June 2015, the National Urban League called upon all presidential candidates to refrain from using racially divisive and disparaging language in their campaigns.

In the ensuing months, we heard an unprecedented call to ban all Muslims from the nation, even U.S. citizens. That call was followed by more than two dozen anti-Muslim attacks in the United States, ranging from a cab driver shot in Pittsburgh to the deliberate torching of a Somali restaurant in Grand Forks, N.D. The owner of a food market in Queens, N.Y., was beaten by a customer who vowed to “kill Muslims.”

The level of vitriol against immigrants and racial and ethnic minorities was amped so high during the campaign that the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, coined the term “The Trump Effect” to describe the alarming level of fear and anxiety among children of color over

racial tensions and their fears of being deported.

According to an SPLC survey of teachers: • More than two-thirds of the teachers reported that students — mainly immigrants, children of immigrants and Muslims — expressed concerns or fears

Marc H. Morial about what would happen to them or their families after the election.

• More than half have seen an increase in uncivil political discourse.

• More than one-third have observed an increase in antiMuslim or anti-immigrant sentiment.

• More than 40 percent were hesitant to teach about the election.

Other children have been using the word “Trump” as a taunt or as a chant as they gang up on others.

More than two-thirds — 67 percent — of educators reported that young people in their schools — most often immigrants, children of immigrants, Muslims, AfricanAmericans and other students of color — had expressed concern about what might happen to them or their families after the election.

Close to one-third of the students in American classrooms are children of foreign-born parents. This year, they are scared, stressed and in need of reassurance and support from teachers. Muslim children are harassed and worried. Even

native-born African-American children, whose families arrived here before the American Revolution, ask about being sent back to Africa. Others, especially younger students, have worries that are the stuff of nightmares, like a return to slavery or being rounded up and put into camps.

Overall, these vulnerable students are disillusioned and depressed at the hatred they have heard from candidates, in the news, from classmates and even, sometimes, from trusted adults.

As we said throughout the campaign, religious and racial bigotry are not core American values. In fact, such bigotry is more than unpatriotic. It threatens our national security.

So, where do we go from here?

We are hopeful, now that the election is over, our presidentelect and his supporters will adopt a more sober approach to issues of racial justice. He has called for the country to unite, and we will take him at his word.

Our duty as citizens is to hold him to his word. We have the power to define patriotism in the 21st century, and there’s no room in that definition for bigotry.

Some people have mused that the campaign has served as a poultice of sorts, drawing the poisons of hate and intolerance to the surface. This is our opportunity to cleanse them away.

The writer is president of the National Urban League.

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ness or defeat. The votes have been tallied and this country must live with the results as was expected of others had Mrs. Clinton won.

Will you sit in self-pity and apathy? With a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate belonging to the same political party as the president-elect, will you now begin to galvanize and actually see the importance of making your voice heard during every election and not just once every four years?

There’s so much good that can come out of this. The question is are we all going to work together for the betterment of this country or will we allow this to further divide us, opening a wound whose infection could consume us all?

The writer is pastor of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Doswell.

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Gwen Ifill, Washington journalist, was also a historymaker

By Wayne Dawkins

Gwen Ifill, a preacher’s kid who grew up in New York public housing to embark on a nearly four-decade journalism career and became the gold standard of Washington political reporting, died Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, after a yearlong battle with cancer. She was 61.

Ms. Ifill moderated the February presidential debate between Democratic primary rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. In May, the longtime PBS news anchor took a leave of absence as co-anchor of “The PBS NewsHour” and moderator of “Washington Week” to address health issues.

One of Ms. Ifill’s final PBS stories was a report on the opening of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

After graduation from Simmons College in Boston in 1977, Ms. Ifill began her career as a reporter at the Boston Herald-American newspaper. She covered local politics there before moving to the Baltimore Evening Sun and later advancing to the big time — covering the White House for The Washington Post and subsequently The New York Times.

Yet, those lofty media perches were not enough.

In 1994, Tim Russert of NBC’s “Meet the Press” persuaded Ms. Ifill to leave the print world and become a political correspondent at NBC News.

She thrived in television and made her next move to PBS and the “NewsHour.”

She made history in 1999 when she was named the moderator of “Washington Week in Review,” the Friday roundtable show that assembled the best Washington journalists as analysts. Ms. Ifill

ran that table.

In 2013, Ms. Ifill, with Judy Woodruff, again made history as an allwomen anchor team of the “NewsHour.”

Through a stellar career, Ms. Ifill beat back prejudice and ignorance from co-workers and others.

As an intern in Boston, a co-worker left her a note with a racial epithet telling her to “go home.” Another time, a fellow journalist asked her if she was “in the tank” for Barack Obama during his run for Ms. president, she recalled in an interview with The Washington Post. “I’m still capable of looking at his pros and cons in a political sense,” she said at the time. “No one’s ever assumed a white reporter can’t cover a white candidate.”

Ms. Ifill said that while covering the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, she was probably the only Washington journalist on the cabinet-level beat who actually lived at one time in federally subsidized housing.

In appreciations posted since her death, Ms. Ifill’s media colleagues and friends repeated this phrase: She projected warmth and authority. Even when asking tough policy questions, she delivered those questions with a smile that solicited explanation instead of confrontation.

“I always appreciated Gwen’s reporting,” President Obama said at a Monday afternoon news

conference, “even when I was on the receiving end of one of her tough and thorough interviews.”

Plaudits also came from the Congressional Black Caucus through its chairman, U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina.

“Ms. Ifill was among the nation’s finest political correspondents as she was gracious and poised when addressing some of the most pressing issues facing the country,” he said. “Her voice will be Ifill missed among journalism and broadcasts, but her legacy will continue to have a lasting impact on how we view news and journalism today.

At the same time Ms. Ifill projected authority, she was always well informed and curious.

Among her numerous pioneering achievements was moderating vice presidential debates in 2004 and 2008. She had a knack for asking the necessary questions elite journalists ask of leading politicians, yet she always kept an “us” question in her purse for black America.

During the 2004 debate between GOP vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney and Democratic opponent John Edwards, she asked the candidates to explain what the government response should be to AIDS, which was afflicting African-American women disproportionately.

Both stunned candidates babbled their answers.

The 2008 vice presidential debate between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Sarah Palin was a pop culture treat. Ms. Palin pivoted so frequently and bizarrely from Ms. Ifill’s policy questions that in a “Saturday Night Live” skit, Queen Latifah parodied Ms. Ifill as the nonplussed moderator, a portrayal that Ms. Ifill later said was funny.

Ms. Ifill gave bullies and fools no quarter.

In 2007, shock jock Don Imus called Rutgers University women’s basketball team members “nappy-headed ho’s.” During the ensuing public uproar, Mr. Imus also falsely denied that he had said of Ms. Ifill years earlier, “Isn’t The Times wonderful? It lets the cleaning lady cover the White House.”

In response, Ms. Ifill, who was then established at PBS, wrote an op-ed rebutting Mr. Imus that was published in The New York Times. He soon was jettisoned from his radio platform.

Ms. Ifill was honored with numerous awards for her work and accomplishments by organizations, including the National Association of Black Journalists, Harvard University’s Joan Shorenstein Center, the Peabody Awards and the Radio and Television News Directors Association.

She also was a best-selling author. Her first book, “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama,” was released the day of President Obama’s first inauguration in 2009.

Indeed, Ms. Ifill was an authority, but she will be remembered most for her warmth and grace.

The writer is a professor of professional practice at Hampton University’s Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications.

Free Press readers react to Nov. 8 presidential election

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The Day After

November 9, 2016.

The sun didn’t come out this morning.

The sky is dark and gloomy, and Mother Earth’s cheeks are wet with tears.

So are mine.

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I’ve been writing letters to the Richmond Free Press for more than 12 years. I have never been at a loss for words. I have never grappled to organize my thoughts. I have had a 40-year love affair with words and politics, yet, this morning, I am empty.

My Jewish conservative Republican friend called from California crying — no words. Most of my friends and family have turned to the Scriptures, but no words of their own.

My wife said she just wanted to go back to sleep like it all was a bad dream.

Everyone was quiet at the corner 7-Eleven this morning.

Even my mother in South Carolina was escaping through working in her fall garden.

“No time to talk,” she said.

A loud silence was everywhere.

We can’t afford to stay silent long. We have too much to lose. The pundits pontificated that the election of Donald Trump was about white males giving voice to displeasure with America.

White males are saying America is headed in the wrong direction. They have fallen prey to the vision of 1950s America.

But remember that out of the 1950s America came 1960s America. We, as a people, organized.

We, as a people, advanced our voice in the face of racism, segregation and ignorance. We, as a people, stood up every time we were knocked down.

Nov. 9, 2016, must be the day we roll our calendars back to when we were truly stronger together.

This morning, African-Americans woke up, not in a different America, but one that never really changed, never evolved from the America of 50 years ago. Today, we must not let down those who braved the battle back then.

One of the black men who braved the battle was Mr. Raymond H. Boone, the late founder and publisher of the Richmond Free Press. A dozen years ago, he walked across 5th Street to meet the young man running the Hotel John Marshall. He encouraged me to lend my voice to the struggle.

In the middle of all the silence around me this morning, Mr. Boone came to mind. No, no, this is not a time to be silent.

NOVEMbER 10-12, 2016

I stand still, as stunned as I was years ago when six men mugged me on a dark street.

I am terrified.

Disrespect, discrimination, bullying, bigotry, misogyny, xenophobia — six specters surround me.

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Hillary Clinton a telephone call from Democrat college votes needed Wednesday after receiving more than the 270 electoral claims victory about 3 a.m.

Republican Donald Trump showed Mr. Trump had won her head bowed with emotion, Hillary Clinton contest. Election results Left, conceding the presidential left, and his son, baron.

Wednesday. running mate Mike Pence, speech in New York on to win. He is flanked by supporters at a formal concession addresses her staff and

‘They kilt us, but they ain’t whupped us yet’ Carlos Barria/Reuters

I hear the voice of men who controlled theatre jobs in the 1960s and ’70s, Men who tried to cop a feel as I escaped through the door.

Democrat Hillary Clinton of

defeated in one After receivingnatio the presidential election restunning n’s most political upsets in history I’m older now. sults, it has felt like a nightmare for so many.

I’m a Nasty Woman with the T-shirt to prove it, But I’m gonna stay right here until my Jesus But I’m not brave enough to face the demise of my ideals. comes, and fight the forward fight against the I cry like a baby. purely evil trinity of racism, classism and sexism. Yes, right here at home in America. yor gestmyma ununtil y’s yo As if in kindergarten, I scribble on a picture in the morning I’mne gonna here Jesus be citright y to serve Sto comes, and fight the forward fight against the paper.

I draw a mustache, glasses, hairy warts. strategically evil trinity of racism, classism and sexism everywhere it raises its evil head I hear my mother’s advice about bullying, “Be above it and economically, socially and politically.

I’m gonna pray right here until my Jesus beyond it.”

I hear Michelle Obama, “When they go low, we go high.” comes, and fight the forward fight against the “I’m trying,” I say. morally evil trinity of racism, classism and sexism. For the real-life, jagged-edged struggle for I don’t want food or wine. civil and human rights right here in America I feel my forehead. and abroad continues!!!

Heartsick doesn’t come with a fever, just tears and nausea.

Now is the time to tap into our true divine purpose and serve God as never before by servI worry about friends who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, ing hurting humanity right here in America. The hurting humanity all around us is in tremendous atheist, Muslim …

I wear a safety pin to show solidarity with immigrants. need of overwhelming inner healing and esI click “sad” on posts of Facebook friends. sential wholeness for the deeply wounded soul We all feel horrible. of America.

Buzzards puke.

I call on all spiritual, community and government leaders to come together as never before We have elected Donald Trump president of the United States. to make a meaningful and lasting difference in We climb under our blankies and curl up in fetal positions. the lives of our people.

Tomorrow we will get dressed, dry our tears, and find a way through this alien world.

REV. ARTHUR L. MACKEY JR. The sun will come out.

Roosevelt, N.Y. The writer is senior pastor of Mount Sinai FRANCES BROADDUS-CRUTCHFIELD Baptist Church Cathedral in New York Powhatan County ◆ Mike Segar/Reuters

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listens as unfavorable election York.

A Clinton supporter dejectedly an Election Night rally in New results are reported during

Free Press staff and wire reports WASHINGTON a mandate Wednesday for Emboldened Republicans claimed election as the 45th president Donald Trump after his stunning of the United States.

Tuesday night in several key With results too close to call went to bed not knowing the battleground states, many people reports broke about 2:45 a.m. election’s outcome. But news Clinton had telephoned her Wednesday that Democrat Hillary acknowledging that he had Republican opponent to concede, college votes to clinch the garnered the required 270 electoral

presidency. about 3 a.m. to address Mr. Trump then took the stage waiting at a victory rally hundreds of his jubilant supporters for America to bind the “time in Manhattan. He said it was wounds of division.” our land that I will be president “I pledge to every citizen of

at an early morning rally Trump supporters celebrate roll in. returns showing victory Wednesday as election

legitimacy of his presidency.

Mr. Trump unfit for the President Obama, who had declared for all Americans,” he said.

White House on Thursday. for the 70-year-old celebrity presidency, invited him to the It was an astonishing victory raw as she addressed a crowd who capitalized on voters’ Mrs. Clinton’s emotions were businessman and political novice of racial tensions and overtears, who gathered in a New of supporters, eyes wet with economic anxieties, took advantage allegations during a hard-fought York ballroom late Wednesday morning where she conceded came a string of sexual assault the election. battle to win the White House.

President Bill Clinton, and Joined by her husband, former was introduced by her vice and A10 daughter Chelsea, Mrs. Clinton Related stories on A6, A7 Sen. Tim Kaine of Richmond. presidential running mate, U.S. because, in the words of Langssecretary of state and U.S. “I’m proud of Hillary Clinton Mrs. Clinton, a former U.S. a Kaine said, his told crestfallen supporters in has held fast to dreams,” Sen. senator representing New York, deserved ton Hughes, she victor GOP Holton, the former Virginia the Anne that eyes filled with tears. His wife, late-morning address Wednesday by his side. “She’s been in battles secretary of education, was then a “chance to lead.” her way, she accepted it but smooth transition of power. before where, if it didn’t go President Obama pledged a success in uniting and leading “We are now all rooting for his said of the man who spent years Please turn to A8 the country,” President Obama the challenging birthplace and questioning President Obama’s

an opportunity names on the ballot and three with of the race out to win. Three people dropped after the ballots were printed.

By Jeremy M. Lazarus expensive in The race was among the most million poured next mayor of city history, with more than $1.7 Berry raised Levar Stoney will be the Mr. and Stoney Mr. into the contest.

Richmond. apiece. him as the lion’s share, about $775,000 the election Belying earlier polls that portrayedswept to Stoney Mr. Stoney appears to have won an also-ran in the contest, Mr. when the Richmond elecWednesday a.m.

Tuesday’s in 1:30 victory around a surprising outright the results from nine City Council Voter Registrar’s Office reported tion by capturing five of the the last few precincts. districts — the magic number. until around of the citywide However, he did not claim victory He also won the largest slice 20 hours later — opponents in 8 p.m. Wednesday — nearly vote, 36 percent, against four 6th and 7th results from the 5th, after the registrar’s office posted claiming wins in the 2nd, 3rd, ballots. were predicting a delayed count of 7,438 absentee 8th and 9th districts on a night when many runoff election Mr. Morrissey, who won the deadlock resulting in a December executive. popular vote with the in trailed and chief next districts to determine the city’s the race around about 20 percent, conceded became clear he and A10 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when it Related stories on A4, A8 and had won too could not win five districts Democratic few votes to be in a runoff.

Parlaying support from the 4th districts Mr. Stoney Mr. Berry, who won the 1st and establishment and younger voters, vote, with about favorites, accordand was second in the popular shocked the two pre-election absentee votes Joseph D. “Joe” 34 percent, conceded after the overtake Mr. ing to the polls — attorney not booster John came in and showed he would Morrissey and former Downtown Mr. Stoney Stoney in the 3rd District, which F. “Jack” Berry.

Ava Reaves McAuliffe won by 600 votes.

A close associate of Gov. Terry website at a Downtown the mayorvictory late Tuesday night The tallies on the city government in the and a former member of his cabinet, Levar Stoney cheers in Mr. Berry Mayor Dwight Richmond Mayor-elect indicate Mr. Stoney defeated by campaign staff and supporters. elect is set to replace outgoing 36 percent, to 33,447 will be the restaurant while surrounded are popular vote, 35,525, or C. Jones on Jan. 1. He apparently 35. was a distant they matter by making sure we age or 34 percent. Mr. Morrissey votes “improving the our families deon they focus to services youngest Richmond mayor at and y them the premium 21 percent. new mayor accountabilit by strengthening providing ahead third with 20,995, or “It is my commitment, as the benefited from two lives of Richmond children stated in a Free Press interview aphe new a apparently serve,” Stoney energy, Mr. fresh in of the city, to inject Richmonders “People pay top dollar to live to take this city our schools.” events in the final days before have a mayor of the election. services.” proach and some new ideas “It is time for Richmond to Richmond; they need top dollar said, claiming candidates, to the next level,” Mr. Stoney children they matter by investStarting out with 18 announced Please turn to A8 the final votes who tells our our citizens they eight victory Wednesday night after ing in our schools, who tells for Richmond mayor ended with with jobs and tells the race were counted. and matter by connecting them He promised to promote transparency

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Department of Public Works Biodegradable Bags Give-Away November 19, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Get an early start. City residents will be given up to 5 bags for leaf disposal while supplies last. Proof of residency is required.

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Dadi Beyene, 28, of Ethiopia clinched the men’s first-place finish, running 26.2 miles in 2 hours,19 minutes and 36 seconds.

The 39th edition of the Richmond Marathon, like many of the races before it, was dominated by runners from East Africa.

More than 17,000 mostly local and state runners and enthusiasts lined up Saturday in Downtown for the three races — the 26.2-mile marathon, the 13.1-mile half-marathon and an 8K race.

Richmond Mayor-elect Levar Stoney served as official starter.

Ethiopians runners Dadi Beyene won the men’s championship and Bizuwork Getahun took the women’s title.

Beyene, 28, and Getahun, 27, each received $2,500 from the organizing group, Sports Backers, for their first place finishes.

With temperatures struggling to hit 40 degrees, Beyene won in 2:19:36, well off the record 2:13:45 set by Kenyan Kennedy Kemei

Ethiopian runners win 2016 marathon

in 2011.

Kemei, now 38, finished third this year in 2:20:03. Second behind Beyene was Kenyan Peter Limo in 2:19:41. Coloradoan Ben Zywicki, the 2014 men’s champ, dropped out at the 20-mile mark with an injury.

Kenyan runners clinched second through fifth places this year. Sixth-place Greg Mariano of Arlington was the first American to place in 2:27:44.

Getahun’s 2:37:51 was the fastest women’s winning time since 2002. The record, 2:31:25, was established by Russian Irina Suvorova in 2000.

Ethiopian women now have won the last six Richmond Marathons.

Taking second for the women runners was Susanna Sullivan of Reston in 2:42:34.

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Bizuwork Getahun, 27, of Ethiopia snaps through the finish line to become the women’s winner of the 2016 Richmond Marathon. Her time, 2 hours, 37 minutes and 51 seconds, was the fastest women’s winning time since 2002.

also was won by an Ethiopian, Girma Gebre, successfully defending his 2015 crown. The 23-year-old covered the 13.1-mile course in 1:04:41, with Rachid Ezzounlou of Morocco placing second.

The top two women’s half-marathon runners were Kenyans Joan Aiyabei in 1:12:25 and Veronicah Maini in 1:12:50.

The VCU Health 8K, which is 5 miles, went to John Crain of Blowing Rock, N.C., in 23:09.

Monicah Ngige, an 18-year-old Kenyan, was the women’s 8K winner in 25:53.

Traditionally, the elite East African runners register for the Richmond event at the last minute.

Beyene didn’t enter this year’s marathon until the night before and was assigned No. 1138.

Most elite runners are identifiable by single- and double-digit numbers.

Ethiopia, located on the Horn of Africa north

of Kenya, is the world’s 27th largest nation with about 99.5 million people. It’s status in global running in significantly higher.

Since 1960, Ethiopians have won 22 gold, 10 silver and 21 bronze medals at the Summer Olympics, all in long-distance races.

During the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, Ethiopian Almaz Ayana won the women’s 10,000-meter gold in Olympic record time.

In all, Ethiopians won eight medals in Brazil, including two silver and five bronze.

The first Olympic Ethiopian gold medalist was Abebe Bikila, who won the marathon in the 1960 Olympics in Rome while racing barefoot. Bikila successfully defended his title at the Tokyo Olympic games in 1964 while wearing shoes.

The 40th Richmond Marathon will be Nov. 11, 2017.

VUU scores 2 wins at Earl Lloyd Classic

A mix of veterans and newcomers has Virginia Union University feeling optimistic about its upcoming basketball season.

VUU opened last weekend with a 86-83 overtime win over host West Virginia State University and a 88-77 victory over the University of Virginia-Wise in the Earl Lloyd Classic in Institute, W.Va. Second-year Coach Jay Butler hopes to add two more victories to the tally this weekend in the VUU Holiday Inn West End Classic on Saturday, Nov. 19, and Sunday, Nov. 20, at Barco-Stevens Hall.

“It’s hard coming out of West Virginia with two wins,” said Coach Butler. “We’ll try and keep it rolling.”

All-CIAA player Ray Anderson, as expected, was the leader in West Virginia.

Anderson’s 50-foot heave from a stride beyond half court was the difference in the overtime win over West Virginia State University.

“It looked good when it left his hand,” said Coach Butler.

“Anytime the ball is in Ray’s hand, we feel pretty good.”

Anderson had 30 points against West Virginia State and 23

Home opener Virginia Union University will open its home basketball season this weekend in its inaugural VUU Holiday Inn West End Classic at Barco-Stevens Hall on the VUU campus.

Saturday, Nov. 19 Virginia Union University vs. Post University of Waterbury, Conn., 5 p.m.

Elizabeth City State University vs.

Washington Adventist University of Takoma Park, Md., 7 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 20 Elizabeth City State vs. Post University, 2 p.m.

VUU vs. Washington Adventist, 4 p.m.

against U.Va.-Wise.

Junior Kory Cooley and senior Tavon Mealy also sparkled in the Mountain State. Cooley hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 points against West Virginia State.

Mealy had 18 points and 12 rebounds against U.Va.-Wise.

A host of newcomers also contributed.

Will Jenkins, a 6-foot-7 post player originally from Baltimore, had 13 points, 11 rebounds and four blocked shots against U.Va.Wise. Jenkins is a sophomore who transferred from St. Thomas Aquinas College in New York.

“Will loves to block shots and he gives us a lot of energy off the bench,” said Coach Butler. “I’m really happy with my bench.

We’ve got some guys who can really come in and play.”

First-year Panthers Todd Hughes and Jimmy Paige added more life to the opening weekend party. The 6-foot-3 Hughes, a transfer from Delaware State University, had 11 points in his first VUU game against West Virginia State.

Paige, a 6-foot-5 transfer from Siena, N.Y., dropped in 14 points against West Virginia State to open his VUU career.

John Mitchell, a 6-foot-9 senior playing on a tender knee, had seven rebounds and three blocked shots against U.Va.-Wise in just 17 minutes.

Coach Butler does not feel Mitchell’s injury is serious and expects him to rejoin the starting lineup this weekend at BarcoStevens Hall.

VSU ends season with win; Winston-Salem State wins CIAA

Virginia State University has added an exclamation mark to an already bold-letter football season.

In a late addition to the Trojans’ schedule, VSU traveled 635 miles to defeat Tuskegee University in Alabama 45-35 last Saturday.

The Trojans finished the season 9-2 overall under first-year Coach Reggie Barlow.

Despite falling to 8-2, Tuskegee University advances to the NCAA Division II playoffs and will travel to Newberry College in South Carolina to play on Saturday, Nov. 19.

Despite its strong finish, VSU failed to make the NCAA playoffs. Instead, CIAA champion Winston-Salem State University advances to play this Saturday at Long Island University-Post in New York.

The Trojans’ game at Tuskegee wasn’t arranged until after VSU routed Virginia Union University 49-21 on Nov. 5 in Richmond.

Alabama is familiar turf for Coach Barlow. He is from Montgomery, Ala., 39 miles from Tuskegee, and played and coached at Alabama State University in Montgomery.

“Our guys knew it would be a challenge, but they really wanted the opportunity,” Coach Barlow said of the extended season.

VSU employed its usual recipe for victory, “ground and pound,” plus an added ingredient — kick returns — in dismantling the Golden Tigers.

Trenton Cannon rushed for 99 yards and two touchdowns and Kavon Bellamy added 82 yards on the ground.

Cannon, who is from Hampton, added a 75-yard kickoff return for six points and Marcus VanHook scored another touchdown on a 79-yard punt return.

The versatile Cannon closed his junior season with 21 touchdowns —18 rushing, two receiving and another on a kick runback. His 1,214 yards rushing breaks his own record of 1,128 set a year ago.

VSU was dominant statistically as well.

Consider these season totals:

Courtesy Winston-Salem State University Athletic Department

The Winston-Salem State University Rams football team celebrates their second consecutive CIAA championship following last Saturday’s 43-33 victory over Bowie State University. Below, Virginia State University running back Trenton Cannon carries the ball, helping the Trojans to a 45-35 victory over Tuskegee University last Saturday in Alabama.

• The Trojans scored 431 points; opponents, 221.

• VSU had 239 first downs; opponents, 176.

• The Trojans rushed for 3,029 yards; opponents, 1,158.

• VSU accumulated 4,545 yards total offense; opponents, 3,248.

• The Trojans had 11 interceptions; opponents, 4.

• VSU had 40 quarterback sacks; opponents, 11.

VSU’s Bryant Frazier, the CIAA Defensive Player of the Year, finished with 14.5 sacks, adding two more at Tuskegee.

The CIAA Southern Division champion, Winston-Salem State University, and the Northern Division champ, Bowie State University, were the only teams to defeat VSU. Winston-Salem State upended Bowie State 43-33 in Salem on Nov. 12 to win its second straight CIAA title. Winston-Salem State quarterback Rod Tinsley passed for three touchdowns.

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Personality: Clary W. Carleton Spotlight on Richmond’s 2017 Teacher of the Year Clary W. Carleton, Richmond Public Schools 2017 Teacher of the Year, could be a prototype for encouraging students to use their spirit of protest productively.

Mrs. Carleton, an English teacher at Open High School, places top value on “the need for a more just society.”

She uses her extra time to coordinate field trips to theatrical venues throughout the city for her students and shares her love for literature and the arts.

The most powerful thing about being a teacher, she says, is building meaningful relationships and inspiring her students “to stretch themselves so they can reach their full potential.”

Mrs. Carleton, who has been a teacher since 1999, was among several nominees for the award. She was recognized with the other nominees, during a Nov. 10 ceremony at a Downtown hotel.

As Richmond’s 2017 Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Carleton received a $1,000 cash award, an iPad Air and a complimentary one-night stay at the Crowne Plaza Richmond Downtown hotel.

Wells Fargo, the program sponsor, provided cash awards to the top three finalists, as well as iPad Airs to the top 10 finalists.

“Teaching became something I felt called to do because I realized its centrality for individual and social progress,” Mrs. Carleton says. “I began to understand the transformative power of education.”

She adds, “I offer students a positive, safe and equitable environment where they are expected to reach toward their best selves and take intellectual risks.”

Her teaching philosophy reads like a graduate level social science course and has been successful in helping her to inspire students. It encompasses three elements, she says: First, a commitment to democratic values and social justice. Second, an appreciation of adolescent intellectual potential as well as their social and emotional needs. And third, the belief that literacy is a path to wisdom and joy.

First teaching job: Midlothian High School in Chesterfield County.

students expect.

First reaction to top teacher award news: Shock and awe.

A good student is: Open to new ways of thinking and learning.

How I got the news: At an awards ceremony on Nov. 10.

Why I became a teacher: I wanted to do something purposeful with my life that involved serving others. It was my initial education class at VCU that helped me see the real potential of public education to help individuals and society evolve.

The biggest problem facing students today, she says, is social media.

“It can encourage constant comparison, a need for validation and incivility.

Some students also seem to have shorter attention spans and a desire for immediate gratification — the antithesis of the learning process,” she says.

Her recommendation for students?

“We should all be able to unplug for extended periods of time without damage to our psyche.”

Meet the Richmond Public Schools 2017 Teacher of the Year and this week’s Personality, Clary Washington Carleton: Date of birth: May 1968.

Current residence: Richmond.

Alma maters: Bachelor of arts, art history, George Mason University, 1990; master’s, English literature, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1998; post-baccalaureate certificate, secondary education/ English, VCU; post-master’s certificate, educational leadership and policy studies, University of Richmond, expected May 2017.

Family: Spouse, Lee Carleton, and children, Holden, 8, and Huxley Ann, 5.

I enjoy English because: I get to share my love of language and literature with others.

Foremost reward of teaching: Building authentic relationships with students and inspiring them to stretch themselves so they can reach their full potential.

Foremost challenge: There is never enough time to do all that my students need and deserve.

Advice to aspiring teachers: Teaching is hard work that requires sacrifice of time and ego. Teachers need to have seemingly infinite amounts of patience, compassion and intellectual curiosity if they want to have a real impact on students. New teachers should seek out positive support to navigate the often unrealistic demands that are part of the current education system. A sense of humor is vital.

Role of parents in learning process: Parents are an essential ally for any teacher.

Gaining the trust and confidence of parents can take time, but it is always time well spent. Parents know their children in a way teachers don’t, and they can provide insight into learning that is invaluable.

A good teacher is: Patient, kind and encouraging.

Favorite subject in school: English, history and art.

Prized possession: A day-ofthe-dead cake topper from my wedding cake.

Perfect day: A good hike along the James River with my family.

If I were to choose another career in life, I would: Be a costume maker.

Reason: I love fabric, design, sewing, the theater and playing dress-up.

Three words that best describe me: Curious, passionate and reflective.

The one thing that I can’t stand: The results of the recent presidential election.

Person who influenced me the most: My mother and father — both smart, compassionate and encouraging individuals.

Book that influenced me the most: “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a lyrical novel about the corruption of the American dream, misplaced love and hope.

What I’m reading now: “Saturday” by Ian McEwan.

Next goal: To complete the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Program at UR and receive my endorsement in administration and supervision.

How cell phones and social media impact schoolwork: The phone is a constant distraction for my students.

Some students have difficulty sustaining deep concentration without becoming distracted by it. Learning often requires more effort, more struggle and more focus than some

Former Gov. McDonnell to teach at Regent as Virginia’s attorney general and a state lawmaker, starts the job in Former Gov. Bob McDonnell January. has a new job.

In April 2014, he was appointed He will teach government and as a visiting professor in governpolicy at private Regent University ment at Liberty University, a private, in Virginia Beach.

Christian institution in Farmville.

The announcement Tuesday But the university removed him from officials at the private, from the staff after his conviction Christian university comes more in September 2014. than two months after federal Mr. McDonnell remained free prosecutors dropped their corrupas his appeal worked its way Mr. McDonnell tion case against Mr. McDonnell through the federal courts, and and his wife. was given a part-time job by a friend as In June, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a consultant with Bay Mechanical Inc. in the former Republican governor’s 2014 con- Virginia Beach, a mechanical contracting viction for accepting gifts from a wealthy firm. He was working for the company as businessman. late as April 2016.

The university said Mr. McDonnell will In 2015, he and his sister, Maureen, started help establish a Governor’s Center for Fed- The McDonnell Group, a firm engaged in eralism and Civility. The initiative will assist corporate and small business consulting. the states in understanding their role in a Earlier this year, Mr. McDonnell also federal society. was working as a consultant to The ESG Mr. McDonnell said in a statement that his Companies on the plan for a new arena in “painful journey through the justice system” Virginia Beach. refocused his attention from politics to people It is unclear if he will continue consulting and policy. Mr. McDonnell, who also served while teaching at Regent University.

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In the light A youngster interacts with Miatta Kawinzi’s art installation “Gatherin’ Place” during InLight Richmond 2016, an annual one-night, free outdoor exhibition of light-based art and performances organized by 1708 Gallery. This year’s event was held last Friday in Scott’s Addition, where people wandered among the creative array of lighted exhibits on walls, pathways, sidewalks and green spaces. Jellyfish-shaped lanterns were part of the event’s kickoff Community Lantern Parade.

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Collard greens: Only $66 at Neiman Marcus

By Lauren Northington

four 12-ounce trays of frozen, seasoned collards serves 8 to 10 people.

For those challenged in the kitchen and looking for help for Thanksgiving dinner, it’s too late; Neiman Marcus collards are sold out.

Nonetheless, scores of people took to Twitter to express outrage at the price point of the down-home staple and to accuse Neiman Marcus of appropriating black food culture. “[They] better taste like unicorn tears and Prince’s bath water,” The Root wrote on Twitter in response.

Several people commented using the hashtag “gentrified greens.”

“What type of gentrified hot mess is this?!” one Twitter user wrote.

“WalMart will sell you collards $4/lb, prewashed …Your grandpa might have greens in his backyard,” wrote another.

“I hope every one of my ancestors haunts

First, cultural appropriation Twitter police called out the popular food blog “Thug Kitchen” in 2013 when a 29-year-old white couple from Hollywood revealed themselves as the anonymous authors of the highly acclaimed blog written largely in black vernacular English.

Then earlier this year, Black Twitter blasted Kylie Jenner for cooking her beau, Young Money recording artist Tyga, common soul food staples like candied yams, macaroni and cheese and chicken.

Now, the cultural appropriation police on social media are calling foul once again — this time on luxury department store Neiman Marcus.

The company, known to many Americans as “Needless Markup,” is selling $66 collard greens.

With shipping charges, the $81.50 order of

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While the collards are all gone, shoppers with expensive tastes can turn to other Neiman Marcus offerings: $92 tamales and $38 cornbread that feeds four.

This week, the tamales are 25 percent off at $69­ — shipping and handling not included.

The Richmond Branch NAACP is having their Branch Election on Tuesday, November 22, 2016, for the election of Officers and At-Large Members of the Executive Committee.

The election will take place at Club 533, 700 3rd Street.

Polls will open from 12 noon - 6:00 p.m.

In order to vote in a Branch election, one must be a member in good standing 30 days prior to the election. You must present a form of ID to vote.

Candidates on ballot for President: Lynetta Thompson, Ravi Perry and James Minor, III (J.J.)

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the mess out of the person at Neiman Marcus who thought of gentrified greens,” said another post.

“The food that was considered poor people’s food, or Southern food, or black food, is now being advertised and sold by a luxury brand,” Nicole Taylor, author of “The Up South Cookbook” told

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Year-old Nevaeah Scott, above, has other interests rather than the stew offered by her mother, Deanna Scott, at the recent 2016 Brunswick Stew Festival. The 17th Street Farmers’ Market in Shockoe Bottom became a wonderful kitchen on Nov. 5 as Meredith Minter of Highland Springs, left, and other cooks stirred and served enormous vats of brunswick stew.

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Still upset about the outcome of the recent election?

Veteran Richmond artist S. Ross Browne is offering a different way to deal with that election stress — a painting class that includes a meditation session and fresh mimosas of champagne and orange juice.

Mr. Browne will hold the class 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, at his newly opened studio, 1100 Hull St. in South Side.

“All skill levels will be welcome,” Mr. Browne. “Everyone’s heard about the election protests. I wanted to provide

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Free Thanksgiving meal Nov.19 in South Side The Richmond Christian Center in South Side will be the host site for a pre-Thanksgiving feast for the less fortunate.

The event, called “A Thanksgiving Meal,” will be held noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, in the fellowship hall of the church at 214 Cowardin Ave., it has been announced.

The nonprofit We Care RVA is teaming up with the church’s property manager, Ujima Properties LLC, to offer the free pro-

gram that will include musical performances.

C.J. Richardson, founder and director of We Care RVA, came up with the idea for the event that precedes a host of other similar free meal events that will be offered on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 24.

“We wanted to do something to benefit people who are having a rough time, and we decided to do it before Thanks-

giving to make it easier for volunteers, many of whom will be elsewhere on the holiday,” said Forondo B. Holmes, a co-owner of Ujima.

“We’re planning for up to 200 people, but everyone is welcome,” Mr. Holmes said.

Additional information: Mr. Holmes, (804) 305-1660, or Mr. Richardson, (804) 439-4741.

Sixth Baptist Church

Mission Statement: People of God developing Disciples for Jesus Christ through Preaching and Teaching of God’s Holy Word reaching the people of the Church and the Community.

Theme for 2016: Becoming a Five-Star Church of Excellence

Sharon Baptist Church

We Are Growing In The Kingdom As We Grow The Kingdom with Word, Worship and Witness

22 E. Leigh Street, Richmond, VA 23219 • 643-3825 thesharonbaptistchurch.com Rev. Dr. Paul A. Coles, Pastor

Sunday, November 20, 2016 8:30 a.m. ... Sunday School

WEDNESDAYS 6:00 p.m. ..... Prayer Service 6:30 p.m. ..... Bible Study

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Sunday, November 20, 2016 10:45 AM Divine Worship Message by Pastor

New Vision Mobilizing For Ministry Part 11 “Refreshing The Old And Emerging The New”

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Worship Opportunities Sundays:

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Church School Morning Worship

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Bible Study will be in recess on November 17th & November 24th Unity Sundays (2nd Sundays): and will reconvene on December 1st.

Quioccasin Baptist Church Sesquicentennial Anniversary

Thanksgiving Eve Service

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9011 Quioccasin Road Henrico, Virginia 23229 Church Office: (804) 741-2313 – Fax: (804) 741-1501

Wednesday, November 23, 2016 7:00 p.m.

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New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

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

Thanksgiving Day Services:

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Sunday, November 20, 2016 11:15 a.m.

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Trump’s religious mentor was mentored by Bishop T.D. Jakes

DURHAM, N.C. Less than a day after the man she spiritually mentored won the presidential election, the pastor who has been called “Donald Trump’s God whisperer” preached a black church revival in North Carolina’s most pro-Hillary Clinton county.

The Rev. Paula White did not come to Durham to talk about politics. She did not mention Mr. Trump. And many among her listeners seemed unaware of her now famous connection.

Instead, the celebrity preacher in stiletto boots and a black dress gave her personal testimony Nov. 9, as her husband, former Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain, played music softly in the background.

“You are in a year of greatness. You are in a year of restoration,” Rev. White preached to a group of some 100 worshippers, almost all of them African-American. They had gathered in a large, windowless room at Faith Assembly Christian Center, a simple building in a predominantly black neighborhood of Durham.

Asked afterward about her ties with President-elect Trump, she declined to be interviewed “out of respect for the church.”

Pacing around the stage, her Southern accent thickening as she grew more animated, Rev. White echoed basic themes of the prosperity gospel: God wants people to thrive. It is possible to transform your life through positive thinking and prayer.

“I want you to wake up tomorrow with a different attitude. I want you to change your mind. Because when you change your mind, you change your circumstance,” she said.

These are themes that might sound familiar to Mr. Trump, who has praised Norman Vincent Peale, a mid-20th century pastor whose willingness to link faith, positive thinking and personal success helped lay the groundwork for today’s prosperity gospel preachers.

This preaching often shies away from explicit invocations of politics. If Rev. White does become a kind of Billy Graham to

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the Trump administration, she will have to balance that role with the apolitical message of the prosperity gospel that aims to cross racial and political lines.

Rev. White is the lead pastor of the New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Fla., an Orlando suburb.

Her mother was an alcoholic and her father killed himself when she was 5. She has been married three times. During her sermon last week, she spoke about surviving physical and sexual abuse and being called “trailer trash.”

Although she is Caucasian, the pastor first gained national prominence as a preacher on Black Entertainment Television in the early 2000s. Her mentor is Bishop T.D. Jakes of The Potter’s House, whom she calls her “spiritual father.”

Rev. White’s TV, radio and megachurch ministries have been lucrative. In 2007, the St. Petersburg Times reported that she owned a $2.1 million house in Florida, had a condo in Trump

African-American faith leaders mourn, vow to continue fight after election

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service

Back when so many thought Hillary Clinton would be the next president, two dozen African-American leaders wrote to the Democratic nominee asking her to explain her policies related to the poor and the police.

African Methodist Episcopal Bishop Frank M. Reid III said black clergy will make some of the same demands of President-elect Donald Trump.

“Mr. Trump, you’ve said that you want to bring jobs into the black community, strengthen the education system, etc.,” Bishop Reid said, imagining a future conversation after the “mind-blowing” election.

“Purely as a political arrangement, we’re saying, ‘Let’s work together to do that.’ ” Some African-American faith leaders, reeling from the election of Mr. Trump, say they intend to soldier on, reach out to those with whom they disagree and continue to fight for the social issues they care about, such as increasing the minimum wage and improving public schools.

After concerted get-out-the-vote efforts — from “text-a-thons” to phone banks — by black denominations, PICO National Network and other groups, some leaders say they’re still trying to figure out why Mr. Trump won.

“It’s like a mourning. It’s like a funeral in some parts of America, in black America, among Muslim Americans and among immigrants I’ve talked to this morning,” the Rev. Barbara Williams-Skinner, co-chair of the National African-American Clergy Network, said the day after Election Day. She noted that the presidential election had an undertone of racial animosity and took place for the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated portions of the fed-

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eral Voting Rights Act that provided voter protections.

“It makes a difference when your polling place moves to the suburbs and … when there’s no Sunday transportation where pastors can take their people to the polls after a

service,” she said.

The Rev. James C. Perkins, president of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, voiced similar concerns.

“Despite the election conclusion, the PNBC will still pursue our social justice agenda to get the Voting Rights Act restored,” he said in a statement. “It was clear during this election that voter suppression impacted African-Americans, seniors and others negatively.”

Evangelical Ralph Reed, chairman of the conservative Faith and Freedom Coalition, noted that exit polls indicated that Mr. Trump received 8 percent of the black vote, 2 percentage points more than GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney gained in 2012.

“Trump’s not going to get a lot of credit, but when was the last time you saw a Republican nominee for president, or vice president, or any Republican politician of national stature since Jack Kemp who went into African-American churches in a general (election) and say, ‘I want to be your champion’?” Rev. Reed asked during remarks at the National Press Club on Nov. 9.

Pastor Michael McBride, director of the “Live Free Campaign” of PICO National

Network, said Mr. Trump’s outreach to African-Americans was not the reason he won because the overwhelming majority of black voters favored Mrs. Clinton.

In fact, he said, support for Mrs. Clinton helped downRev. Williamsballot measures his Skinner network advocated. They included minimum wage increases in several states, expanded pre-kindergarten in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, and increased public bus service in Indianapolis.

Like Rev. Reid, he said African-American faith leaders will need to join other religious people of color to determine a strategic way forward after Mr. Trump’s election.

“I’m shocked and still, at the same time, I think I am also resolved to make sure that we do all that we can to make him as great a president as he can be, and protect those whom we love from the terrible president he could be,” said Rev. McBride.

He said some of his network’s plans for a Clinton administration will remain the same with Mr. Trump, but added there may be a need to prepare for “this rise of white nationalism” or a potential “unleashed” law enforcement community.

“The black church has been fighting for liberation for all people since the black church was forged so our marching orders aren’t any different,” Rev. McBride added.

“We just have to recalibrate.”

Jerome Socolovsky, RNS editor-in-chief, contributed to this report.

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They became friends.

In the past year, Rev. White has spoken at Trump rallies and helped organize meetings between the candidate and evangelical leaders. She went on CNN last month to talk about his faith. She delivered a closing prayer at the Republican National Convention.

“I can tell you with confidence that I have heard Mr. Trump verbally acknowledge his faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of his sins through prayer, and I absolutely believe he is a Christian who is growing like the rest of us,” Rev. White told The Christian Post in July.

Rev. White, who speaks in tongues as part of the Pentecostal practice of praying in a language they do not know, understand or control, is not universally popular among evangelicals. The prominent Southern Baptist leader Russell Moore has referred to her as “a charlatan” and “a heretic.”

But Mr. Trump won the election, in part, by capturing 81 percent of the white evangelical vote. It is likely that Rev. White will play some role in the upcoming administration.

Those politics seemed far away at Durham’s End of the Year Breakthrough Revival on Nov. 9. The multiday gathering was organized by D.L. Massey, a Homeland Security Administration employee at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport who pastors a storefront church in Durham.

“I use the funds from these conferences to keep the church alive and to keep it going and to help people in need,” said Pastor Massey.

Asked about Rev. White’s affiliation with Mr. Trump, he sounded confused. “I don’t know anything about that,” he said.

“I wish I had.”

“I picked her because she has a ministry to empower people,” Pastor Massey added. “And she crosses the race line.”

The Rev. Mary McKenzie, pastor of Faith Assembly Christian Center, which hosted the event, said she did know about Rev. White’s association with Mr. Trump, but “I don’t think she’s going to be involved in politics. She is going to be ministering unto him,” Rev. McKenzie continued. “She’s just giving him what the Word of God says.”

Rev. McKenzie and her late husband, LeRoy McKenzie III, founded the youth-focused Faith Assembly Christian Center in 1993 after a man fatally shot their nephew and wounded five others who had tried to steal a moped from his property.

In Durham, Rev. White received a warm reception.

Lavette Connelly of Raleigh had never seen Rev. White in person, but she used to watch her TV show. Ms. Connelly said she found Rev. White’s life story inspiring: “If she can make it, then you can make it.”

Ms. Connelly wasn’t familiar with Rev. White’s involvement with the Trump campaign. But she said it wasn’t relevant: “We’re all trying to make it to heaven.”

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Legal Notices Continued from previous column

Public Meeting When: Tuesday, November 22 Where: Main Library, 101 E Franklin Street Time: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

The Department of Public Works is seeking your feedback on the design of bicycle infrastructure along 10 corridors across the City, totaling 25 miles, to implement the vision and goals of the City’s Bicycle Master Plan.

Join us to ask questions and get up-to-date information on the proposed recommendations and typical roadway sections for the following important corridors. Your feedback is encouraged!

• S. 17th Street (from the Capital Trail to the Farmer’s Market) • Brook Road (from Charity to Azalea) • Franklin Street (from Laurel to 9th) • Government Road (from 36th to Williamsburg) • Grayland Avenue (from Robinson to Harrison) • Malvern Avenue (from Cary to Cutshaw ) • Patterson Avenue (from Commonwealth to Thompson) • Semmes Avenue (from Forest Hill to Cowardin) • Westover Hills Boulevard (from Forest Hill to Nickel Bridge) • Williamsburg Avenue/Road (from Main Street to Government Road) For more information, contact Jakob Helmboldt at (804) 646-7141 or jakob.helmboldt@richmondgov.com 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 12, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2016-271 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Commonwealth’s Development Opportunity Fund Performance Agreement between the City of Richmond, CoStar Realty Information, Inc., the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond, and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to facilitate the establishment of CoStar Realty Information, Inc.’s business operations in the city of Richmond and to set forth the responsibilities of the parties. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 17, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2016-272 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $278,890 from James Madison University and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Gas Utility Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the gas utility renewal fund for the purpose of converting dieselpowered utility vehicle engines to engines fueled by compressed natural g a s . ( CO M M I T T EE : Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 17, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2016-273 To p r o v i d e f o r t h e granting by the City of Richmond to the person, firm or corporation to be ascertained in the manner prescribed by law of a ground lease on certain property located at 3301 Maplewood Avenue, known as City Stadium, and 800 Freeman Road for the construction, renovation, or reconstruction of improvements on such property primarily for use as a sports complex in accordance with a certain Deed of Ground Lease. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, November 17, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2016-274 To designate the 2500 Block of Hawthorne Avenue in honor of Andrew “Bo” Hobbs. ( CO M M I T T EE : L a n d Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2016-275 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Standard Project Administration Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Department of Transportation for the purpose of installing sidewalk and landscaping on West Broad Street from Hamilton Street to Laurel Street. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2016-276 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of Continued on next column

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the City of Richmond, to execute a Standard Project Administration Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Department of Transportation for the purpose of developing and administering the I-95 and Broad Street Interchange Area project. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber)

To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $860,451 from Central Virginia Investments/ Rocketts Landing, LLC and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 General Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Police by $860,451 for the purpose of funding an additional police recruit class. (COMMITTEE: Public Safety, Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber)

Ordinance No. 2016-277 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute an Agreement between City of Richmond and Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Transportation for Adjustment of Water Facilities between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Department of Transportation to facilitate the replacement of existing water utility facilities and an existing bridge as part of the Route 5 (East Main Street) Bridge Replacement over Norfolk Southern Railroad project. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2016-278 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a First Amended and Restated Dove Street Redevelopment Program Area Implementation Program Cooperation Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority for the purpose of making a grant to the Authority for the design, development, and implementation of various street, sidewalk, alley, water, sewer, and drainage infrastructure improvements necessary for the redevelopment of the Dove Street Redevelopment Area in the city of Richmond.

(COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2016-279 To reduce the speed limit on Parkwood Avenue between its intersection with South Harrison Street and its intersection with South Meadow Street from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour. (COMMITTEE: Public Safety, Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2016-280 To reduce the speed limit on Virginia State Route 161, also known as Park Drive, between its intersection with Blanton Avenue and its intersection with Pump House Drive from 35 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour. (COMMITTEE: Public Safety, Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2016-281 To amend Ord. No. 2016053, adopted May 13, 2016, which adopted the Fiscal Year 20162017 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by transferring funds representing anticipated savings from the renegotiation of employer contributions for employee health benefits in the amount of $835,517 from various City agencies and appropriating the transferred funds to the Department of Police for the purpose of funding an additional police recruit class. (COMMITTEE: Public Safety, Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2016-282 Continued on next column

Ordinance No. 2016-298 To repeal ch. 2, art. V, div. 10 of the City Code, consisting of §§ 2-1002 and 2-1003, concerning the Carillon Advisory Committee, for the purpose of abolishing the Carillon Advisory Committee.

(COMMITTEE: Education and Human Services, Thursday, December 8, 2016, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2016-299 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $198,355.00 from the Virginia Department of Social Services and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 20162017 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Social Services by $198,355.00 for the purpose of hiring three employees for the Healthy Families program.

(COMMITTEE: Education and Human Services, Thursday, December 8, 2016, 5:00 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.

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Jean V. Capel City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ARBEXY ROMERO GARCIA, Plaintiff v.

MELVIN MARTINEZ ESCOBAR, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16003024-00 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 6th day of January, 2017 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 ALPFONZO TAYLOR, Plaintiff v.

CONNIE TAYLOR, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16003042-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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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 6th day of January, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

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

KENNETH LAVERRALL THOMAS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16-4523-2 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony, from the defendant on the grounds, that the parties have lived separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption, and with the plaintiff’s intent to terminate the marriage, for a period exceeding one (1) year.

It appearing by affidavit that the Plaintiff has no knowledge of the Defendant’s current address and the defendant’s present whereabouts are unknown and due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city the defendant is, without effect.

It is accordingly ORDERED that KENNETH L AV E R R A L L T H O M A S , the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear before this Court on or before December 2, 2016 and do what is necessary to protect his interest herein.

A Copy, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk John L. Taylor, III, Esquire 2416 Jefferson Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23223 (804) 649-7688 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JAMES CECIL THOMAS, Plaintiff v.

EASTER MAE THOMAS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16002924-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

And it appearing from an affidavit that the whereabouts of the defendant are unknown and that she may not be a resident of Virginia, it is Ordered that the defendant appear before this Court on December 15, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. pursuant to this notice and protect her interest herein.

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

JAWASKY JOHNSON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16000567-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 16th day of December, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

IESHA BOYD, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16001854-00 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 15th day of December, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

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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 ANGELA CAJERO, Plaintiff v.

EDUARDO CAJERO, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16002884-00 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 12th day of December, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

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it is ORDERED that the Defendant appear before this Court on or before the 16th day of December, 2016 at 8:30 a.m., to protect her interests.

An Extract Teste: WENDY S. HUGHES, Clerk Earl J. Gee, Esquire, (VSB 20043) Counsel for Plaintiff McEachin & Gee, P.C. 211 East German School Road Richmond, VA 23224 (804) 226-4111 (phone) (804) 864-5292 (fax)

TUNSTALL, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of MICHAEL TUNSTALL, A L VI N T U N S T A L L , H ER B ER T T U N S TA L L , C A RO LY N T U N S TA L L , VIVI A N T U N S T A L L , VIRGINIA TUNSTALL, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 16, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

DOROTHY E. GREENE a/k/a DOROTHY G. PAGE, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of DOROTHY E. GREEN a/k/a DOROTHY E. GREENE a/k/a DOROTHY G. PAGE, WILLIAM GREEN, JR., a/k/a WILLIAM GREENE, JR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of WILLIAM GREEN, JR., a/k/a WILLIAM GREENE, JR., C. BERNICE GREEN n/k/a CAMILLIA BERNICE ELLERBE a/k/a C A R N I L L A B ER N ICE GREEN ELLERBE a/k/a BERNIECE G. ELLERBEE a/k/a CAMILLA B. ELLERBE, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of C. BERNICE GREEN n/k/a CAMILLIA BERNICE ELLERBE a/k/a CARNILLA BERNICE GREEN ELLERBE a/k/a BERNIECE G. ELLERBEE a/k/a CAMILLA B. ELLERBE, JAMES E. GREEN a/k/a JAMES E. GREENE, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of JAMES E. GREEN a/k/a JAMES E. GREENE, MARRILYN G. TUCKER a/k/a MARILYNN G. TUCKER, JAMES STANLEY PAGE, Jr., a/k/a JAMES GREEN a/k/a JAMES GREENE, ERNEST W. GREEN a/k/a ERNEST W. GREENE, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 18, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

CUSTODY virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re COLBY LANE, Juvenile Case No. JJ078169-14 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Unknown, (Father), of Colby Lane, child, DOB 7/16/2002, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Unknown (Father), appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/ her interest on or before April 24, 2017 at 9:20 AM, Court Room #4.

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

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

virgiNia: iN thE CIrcuit Court for the county of chesterfield ERIC C. HAMILTON, Plaintiff v.

JUDY M. HAMILTON, Defendant.

Case No. CL16-2582 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for one year or more. An Affidavit having been filed that diligence has been used by and on behalf of the Plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city such Defendant is, without effect,

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

GEORGE TUNSTALL a/k/a GEORGE HERBERT TUNSTALL, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF GEORGE TUNSTALL a/k/a GEORGE HERBERT TUNSTALL, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL16-4426-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 511 Hunt Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, TaxMap/ GPIN#N000-1558/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, George Tunstall a/k/a George Herbert Tunstall, who may be deceased.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, GEORGE TUNSTALL a/k/a GEORGE HERBERT TUNSTALL, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of GEORGE TUNSTALL a/k/a GEORGE HERBERT TUNSTALL, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that KATHRYN T. TUNSTALL, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that MICHAEL TUNSTALL, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of MICHAEL TUNSTALL, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that ALVIN TUNSTALL, H ER B ER T T U N S TA L L , C A RO LY N T U N S TA L L , VIVIAN TUNSTALL, and VIRGINIA TUNSTALL, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that G EOR G E T U N S TA L L a/k/a GEORGE HERBERT TUNSTALL, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of GEORGE TUNSTALL a/k/a GEORGE HERBERT T U N S TA L L , K AT H RY N T. TUNSTALL, MICHAEL

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

WILLIAM GREEN a/k/a WILLIAM GREENE, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF WILLIAM GREEN a/k/a WILLIAM GREENE, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL16-3433-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1704 Hickory Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# N0000364/033, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, William Green, who may be deceased, and Edith Green, who may be deceased.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, WILLIAM GREEN a/k/a WILLIAM GREENE, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of WILLIAM GREEN a/k/a WILLIAM GREENE and EDITH GREEN a/k/a EDITH Q. GREENE, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of EDITH GREEN a/k/a EDITH Q. GREENE, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that JOSEPH N. GREEN a/k/a JOSEPH GREENE, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of JOSEPH N. GREEN a/k/a JOSEPH GREENE, DOROTHY E. GREEN a/k/a DOROTHY E. GREENE a/k/a DOROTHY G. PAGE, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of DOROTHY E. GREEN a/k/a DOROTHY E. GREENE a/k/a DOROTHY G. PAGE, WILLIAM GREEN, JR., a/k/a WILLIAM GREENE, JR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of WILLIAM GREEN, JR., a/k/a WILLIAM GREENE, JR., C. BERNICE GREEN n/k/a CAMILLIA BERNICE ELLERBE a/k/a C A R N I L L A B ER N ICE GREEN ELLERBE a/k/a BERNIECE G. ELLERBEE a/k/a CAMILLA B. ELLERBE, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of C. BERNICE GREEN n/k/a CAMILLIA BERNICE ELLERBE a/k/a C A R N I L L A B ER N ICE GREEN ELLERBE a/k/a BERNIECE G. ELLERBEE a/k/a CAMILLA B. ELLERBE, JAMES E. GREEN a/k/a JAMES E. GREENE, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of JAMES E. GREEN a/k/a JAMES E. GREENE, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that MARRILYN G. TUCKER a/k/a MARILYNN G. TUCKER, who may have an ownership interest in said property, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action; that JAMES STANLEY PAGE, Jr., a/k/a JAMES GREEN a/k/a JAMES GREENE, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been physically located and has not filed a response to this action; that ERNEST W. GREEN a/k/a ERNEST W. GREENE, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that WILLIAM GREEN a/k/a WILLIAM GREENE, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of WILLIAM GREEN a/k/a WILLIAM GREENE, EDITH GREEN a/k/a EDITH Q. GREENE, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of EDITH GREEN a/k/a EDITH Q. GREENE, JOSEPH N. GREEN a/k/a JOSEPH GREENE, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of JOSEPH N. GREEN a/k/a JOSEPH GREENE, DOROTHY E. GREEN a/k/a

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

ROSALYN POWELL, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL16-2502-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3301 Florida Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, TaxMap/GPIN# N000-1264/014, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Rosalyn Powell, Jerone Powell, and Gerald Powell.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, RO S A LY N P O W E L L , JERONE POWELL a/k/a JEROME LAMONT POWELL, GERALD POWELL a/k/a GERALD JEROD POWELL a/k/a JEROLD POWELL, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that PEGGY JEAN WHITE p/k/a PEGGY J. POWELL, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR S U CCE S S OR S I N INTEREST OF PEGGY JEAN WHITE p/k/a PEGGY J. POWELL, that PEGGY JEAN WHITE p/k/a PEGGY J. POWELL, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF PEGGY JEAN WHITE p/k/a PEGGY J. POWELL, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that WITTSTADT TITLE & ESCROW COMPANY, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, or its Successor/s in Interest, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated September 22, 1995, with respect to said property, recorded September 27, 1995, in Instrument No. 95018264, ALEXANDER N. SIMON and ALLEN W. SMITH, as Trustees; Assigned on January 5, 1996 as Instrument No. 96-251 to EQUICREDT CORPORATION OF AMERICAN; Assigned on January 5, 1996 as Instrument No. 96-252 to BANK OF AMERICA ILLINOIS; Deed of Appointment of Substitute Trustee recorded April 3, 2000 as Instrument No. 007444 to Appoint EQUITY TRUSTEES, LLCAs Substitute Trustee; Assigned on March 14, 2005 as Instrument No. 05-007922 to EQUICREDIT C O R P O R AT I O N O F AMERICA; Deed of Appointment of Substitute Trustee recorded December 21, 2007 as Instrument No. 07-41033 to Appoint WITTSTADT TITLE AND ESCROW COMPANY, LLC As Substitute Trustee, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that AAPCO OF RICHMOND, INC., A Purged Entity per Virginia State Corporation Commission, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that RO S A LY N P O W E L L ,

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER AMY BARNETT, Plaintiff v.

TRAVIS BARNETT, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16002888-00 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 12th day of December, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

TENAYA GORDON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15002143-00 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 12th day of December, 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 PATRICIA NOEL, Plaintiff v.

SAMUEL NOEL, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16002844-00 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 7th day of December, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt IN the COunty of Charles city Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JEREMIAH DAVID DONSON v.

Unknown Father Case No. JJ002407-01-00, JJ002407-02-00 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON

The object of this suit is to: Determine custody and visitation of Jeremiah David Donson.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Unknown Father appear at the above-named Court and protect his interests on or before January 11, 2017at 9:00 A.M.

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

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JERONE POWELL a/k/a JEROME LAMONT POWELL, GERALD POWELL a/k/a GERALD JEROD POWELL a/k/a JEROLD POWELL, PEGGY JEAN WHITE p/k/a PEGGY J. POWELL, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF PEGGY JEAN WHITE p/k/a PEGGY J. POWELL, that PEGGY JEAN WHITE p/k/a PEGGY J. POWELL, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF PEGGY JEAN WHITE p/k/a PEGGY J. POWELL, W I T T S TA D T T I T L E & ESCROW COMPANY, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, or its Successor/s in Interest, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated September 22, 1995, with respect to said property, recorded September 27, 1995, in Instrument No. 95018264, ALEXANDER N. SIMON and ALLEN W. SMITH, as Trustees; Assigned on January 5, 1996 as Instrument No. 96-251 to EQUICREDT CORPORATION OF AMERICAN; Assigned on January 5, 1996 as Instrument No. 96-252 to BANK OF AMERICA ILLINOIS; Deed of Appointment of Substitute Trustee recorded April 3, 2000 as Instrument No. 007444 to Appoint EQUITY TRUSTEES, LLCAs Substitute Trustee; Assigned on March 14, 2005 as Instrument No. 05-007922 to EQUICREDIT C O R P O R AT I O N O F AMERICA; Deed of Appointment of Substitute Trustee recorded December 21, 2007 as Instrument No. 07-41033 to Appoint WITTSTADT TITLE AND ESCROW COMPANY, LLC As Substitute Trustee, AAPCO OF RICHMOND, INC., A Purged Entity per Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 16, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

Plaintiff, v.

BAYOU PROPERTIES, LLC., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, Defendants.

Case No.: CL16-2942-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the parcels briefly described as 2712 Alexander Avenue, Tax Map/ GPIN#S008-0844/048 and 2716 Alexander Avenue, Tax Map/GPIN#S008-0844/049, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record BAYOU PROPERTIES, LLC., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, B AY O U P R O P E R T I E S , LLC., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that ENERGY, LLC, A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, As Former Member and Trustee in Liquidation for Bayou Properties, LLC, which may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that LUIS FRANCISO HUERTA, FIDEL FRANCISCO CRUZ ESTRADA, ROSA YESENIA MIRANDA p/k/a ROSA YESENIA ESCOBAR, M AY N O R M A U R I C I O MUNOZ BONILLA, LUIS MICHEL GOMEZ, RENE MALDONADO, and ALVINA E. L. MANUEL, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that TEODOSIA SAUCEDO, JOSE MORAZAN MIRANDA, RAFAEL ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, ROBERTO MORENO CISNEROS, MANUEL MALDONADO, GONZALES AGUILAR, JORGE C. MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MARIO ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, DAVID EUGENIO GAMERO ANDORO, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL CORTEZ, IVON MODESTA GOMEZ, VICTOR M. ESPINO, JOSE ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, PASTOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR MUNOZ, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ, JOSE ATLLANO ARMIOS JAIME, SANTOS EDURIGES ESCOBAR, JUAN VARGAS CO, DAVID VALENCIA ARTEAGA, GERARDO HERNANDEZ FACUNDO a / k / a G E R A R D O F. HERNANDEZ, CESAR

H U E R TA D I A Z , A L E X ABIMAEL HERRERA GONZALES, IMELDO DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, KARLA ESPINOZA, JUAN CAROLOS ALVARADO MORALES a/k/a JUAN CARLOS ALVARADOMORALES, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that 19011915 WHITCOMB STREET, LLC, An Inactive Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not filed a response to this matter; that 8409 STAPLES MILL ROAD, LLC., An Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, Successor in Interest to STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not filed a response to this matter; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that BAYOU PROPERTIES, LLC., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, ENERGY, LLC, A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, As Former Member and Trustee in Liquidation for Bayou Properties, LLC, LUIS FRANCISO HUERTA, FIDEL FRANCISCO CRUZ ESTRADA, ROSA YESENIA MIRANDA p/k/a ROSA YESENIA ESCOBAR, M AY N O R M A U R I C I O MUNOZ BONILLA, LUIS MICHEL GOMEZ, RENE MALDONADO, ALVINA E. L. MANUEL, TEODOSIA SAUCEDO, JOSE MORAZAN MIRANDA, RAFAEL ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, ROBERTO MORENO CISNEROS, MANUEL MALDONADO, GONZALES AGUILAR, JORGE C. MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MARIO ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, DAVID EUGENIO GAMERO ANDORO, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL CORTEZ, IVON MODESTA GOMEZ, VICTOR M. ESPINO, JOSE ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, PASTOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR MUNOZ, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ, JOSE ATLLANO ARMIOS JAIME, SANTOS EDURIGES

ESCOBAR, JUAN VARGAS CO, DAVID VALENCIA ARTEAGA, GERARDO HERNANDEZ FACUNDO a / k / a G E R A R D O F. HERNANDEZ, CESAR H U E R TA D I A Z , A L E X ABIMAEL HERRERA GONZALES, IMELDO DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, KARLA ESPINOZA, JUAN CAROLOS ALVARADO MORALES a/k/a JUAN C A R L O S A LVA R A D O MORALES, 1901-1915 W H I T C O M B S T R E E T, LLC, An Inactive Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, 8409 STAPLES MILL ROAD, LLC., An Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, Successor in Interest to STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 16. 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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A mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held on November 18, 2016 at 1:30 pm. Responses are due no later than 11:00 am on December 9, 2016. All inquiries pertaining to the request or any questions in reference to the solicitation documents should be directed to: Tonya Thompson Director of Procurement (804) 358.3871, extension 372

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Sports Plus Stories by Fred Jeter

John Marshall scholar-athlete Greg Jones signs with JMU Two of Greg Jones’ favorite things are basketballs and books.

The John Marshall High School senior’s impeccable credentials as a student and an athlete have earned him a full scholarship to James Madison University.

Before teammates, friends, family, media and lots of cameras gathered in the high school’s library, the 6-foot-6 Jones officially signed Wednesday, Nov. 9, with the NCAA Division I school in Harrisonburg.

At the signing, Jones wore a purple bowtie and gold chain, reflecting JMU’s official colors, purple and gold.

As upward bound young men go, Jones takes a back seat to almost no one.

“Ever since he joined us as a freshman, Greg has been thinking ‘next level,’ ” said John Marshall High Coach Ty White. “I’m as proud of him as any athlete I’ve ever coached.”

Jones, who turns 18 next month, is an imposing force on the low post. He averaged 15.3 points, 11.5 rebounds and two blocked shots per game as a junior, leading John Marshall to a 24-7 record and the State 3A semifinals.

A four-year starter, he’ll commence his senior season with 961 points.

The bar has been set high for his farewell tour.

“Our goals are to win conference, region and state” titles, he said.

Academically, Jones is just as impressive.

Taking honors courses, Jones has posted a 4.1 GPA and ranks second in the senior class to Donovan Walls, GPA 4.2, who spoke at the signing.

“Anytime you see me, you can expect Greg to be nearby,” said Walls. “We’re always helping each other.”

Seated at the signing table with Jones were his mother, Jennifer Mack; sister, Domonique Mack; younger brother, Diego Smith; and grandmother, Loretta Studwood.

“Then I’d give him a snack,” she added with a chuckle.

Ever the statesman, Jones made sure to credit his family and coaches for his success. He bestowed high praise on Coach White and also on Assistant Coach Rudy Cunningham, who has choreographed many of Jones’ individual workouts, both during the season and the offseason.

That name may sound familiar to older hoops fans.

Coach Cunningham’s father is legendary shot blocker Rudy “The Reject” Cunningham of Maggie Walker High School’s 1976 state championship team.

A perennial juggernaut under Coach White, Jones and Walls have holes to fill following the graduation loss of Jeremy Carter-Sheppard, now playing at East Carolina University, and Xavier Trent, now at Clarendon College in Texas, and the transfer of Isaiah Anderson to Benedictine.

Firmly plugging at least one vacancy is 6-foot-9 Isaiah Todd, among the nations’ top-rated freshmen.

“Isaiah is my ally inside,” said Jones. “He dunks on me. I dunk on him. It goes back and forth.”

John Marshall is 64-17 overall in Jones’ three previous seasons.

This year’s schedule includes something most rare on the high school level — a plane trip.

Courtesy of Richmond Public Schools The Justices will be jetting to the Atlanta area John Marshall High School hoops standout Greg Jones makes his for the Dec. 27 through 29 Tournament of Champions college choice official — James Madison University. His mother, in Marietta, Ga. Jennifer Mack, and brother, Diego Smith, were with him on John Marshall won the State 3A title in 2014, Jones’ signing day, Nov. 9, at the school library. freshman campaign.

“When Greg would come home from school, before he’d “Greg came in a champion,” Coach White said. “Now the go out to play, he’d always do his homework first thing,” Ms. plan is for him to go out a champion.”

Studwood said about her grandson’s early upbringing.

Huguenot hoops star Taya Robinson going to VCU

Taya Robinson

The Huguenot High School-to-Virginia Commonwealth University basketball connection has clicked again.

Taya Robinson is the latest Falcon to announce her intentions of becoming a VCU Ram. The 5-foot-11 do-it-all senior officially signed with VCU Coach Beth O’Boyle at a ceremony last week at the Forest Hill Avenue high school.

Coincidentally, Robinson’s coach at Huguenot is none other than Bo Jones Jr., who was among VCU’s all-time scorers (1,334, 1998 through 2001) under Coach Mack McCarthy.

The Huguenot-to-VCU path was first traveled in the 1970s, when Gerald Henderson signed under VCU Coach Chuck Noe. It helps that the schools are just 7 miles apart.

Henderson went on to star at VCU (1,542 points, 1975 through 1979) and eventually helped the Boston Celtics (1981), the Seattle SuperSonics (1984) and the Detroit Pistons (1990) to NBA championships.

Robinson commences her senior season with 1,452 career points. She is second all-time at Huguenot behind Daeisha “Dae-Dae” Brown, who had 1,975 points before moving on to Longwood University in 2012.

On the male side, Coach Jones is the Falcons’ all-time scorer with 1,900 points. He played at Huguenot under his father, Coach Bo Jones Sr. Robinson is the kind of versatile athlete who might lead the Falcons in scoring, rebounding, assists or steals, or all of the above. She’s at home anywhere on the court.

“I’d go so far as to compare her style to LeBron” James, said Coach Jones Jr. “Her first priority is to get all her teammates involved. But if she has to, Taya can mash the gas.”

As a freshman, she poured in 41 points in a regional playoff game against Lafayette.

“I’ll never forget it —Taya scored 16 straight points,” recalled Coach Jones.

Answering to “Bubble Gum,” Robinson is

the daughter of Mark and Teresa Robinson. Mr. Robinson is a former football standout at Virginia State University and a former Armstrong High School football coach.

Along with her athletic prowess, Robinson is a consistent honor roll student.

Before coming to Huguenot, Taya helped take Lucille Brown Middle School to the City Middle Schools championship.

She was introduced to hoops at the Manchester YMCA on an 8-foot basket and soon after joined a program at Saint Paul’s Baptist Church.

Robinson has played on the same Boo Williams AAU travel team as Monacan senior Megan Walker, who last week signed with perennial NCAA champion, the University of Connecticut.

As a junior, Robinson averaged 22 points, five rebounds and four assists but missed the latter part of the season with a leg stress fracture.

East Carolina, Mississippi, Auburn and Virginia Tech were the other colleges on Robinson’s list.

VCU sharpshooters are 1961 VUU hoops star leads best in Rams record book Panthers’ 1,000-point Club Call them the “Bullseye Brothers.”

The two most accurate shooters in Virginia Commonwealth University basketball history are featured on Coach Will Wade’s current roster, with a season that opened Nov. 11 with an 80-67 win over visiting University of North Mo Alie-Cox Carolina-Asheville.

Based on records dating to 1968, 6-foot-7, fifth-year senior Mo Alie-Cox and 6-foot-7 junior Justin Tillman rank No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, among the best shooting Rams of all-time, albeit from close range.

The Rams will lean on the twosome for inside scoring as they take dead aim on a difficult slice of their schedule.

After playing lightweight Binghamton University of New York at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, at the Siegel Center, VCU will fly to Paradise Island in The Bahamas to compete in the highprofile Battle 4 Atlantis during Thanksgiving weekend.

VCU will face Big 12 Conference powerhouse Baylor University on Nov. 23. Other universities competing in the three-day event continuing Nov. 24 and Nov. 25 are Michigan State, St. John’s, Wichita, Louisiana State, Old Dominion and Louisville.

From Lorton in Northern Virginia, the powerful 250-pound, Alie-Cox began this season with a VCU best career .590 field goal.

Right behind him at .580 is Tillman, the springy Detroit native renowned for his theatrical dunk.

1,000-point Panthers Before Alie-Cox and Justin Tillman Tillman, the Rams all-time percentage leader was Bernard Hopkins (.571, 1994 through 1996.)

The Bullseye Brothers also rank No. 1 and No. 2 for single season accuracy.

Alie-Cox hit .612 last season; Tillman .603.

The previous single season leader was Bernard Harris, who shot .603 in the 1971-72 season.

Before an 84th straight Siegel Center sellout crowd of 7,637, the hot shooting continued in the Rams’ opening win over UNC-Asheville as Alie-Cox hit 5 of 7 from the floor and scored 15 points, while Tillman hit 7 of 11 for 14 points.

To be fair, Alie-Cox and Tillman aren’t among the squad’s better jump shooters and are not 3-point threats. Tillman has never nailed a VCU “trey” and Alie-Cox had just one as a freshman.

A year ago, VCU launched 716 3-pointers, making 255; Alie-Cox and Tillman accounted for one attempt (by Tillman) and no connections from the distance.

Their glowing percentages are based on calculated shot selection close to or above the basket, and a wise game plan designed to get them involved.

Mike Davis A.J. English Jamie Waller Charles Oakley Terry Davis Greg Williams Warren Peebles Darius Hargrove Duan Crockett Bruce Spraggins Braxton Byerson Nathan Cannady Brad Byerson Andrew Hazley *Ray Anderson Thomas Meredith Derrick Johnson Troy Phillips Tony Dallas Jonathan Walker Jackie Jackson Luqman Jaaber Ralph Hunter Brandon Braxton

2,758 2,396 2,298 1,935 1,875 1,827 1,707 1,642 1,555 1,507 1,443 1,412 1,382 1,368 1,351 1,307 1,243 1,233 1,231 1,194 1,166 1,112 1,106 1,070

* current

Johnson selected to NCAA Division II Management Council

Felicia Johnson

Felicia Johnson’s busy schedule just got busier.

The veteran Virginia Union University administrator has been selected to represent the CIAA on the NCAA Division II Management Council.

The Management Council reports directly to the Presidents Council and is charged with recommending administrative policy and regulations.

Johnson, who joined the VUU staff in 2007, serves as the university’s associate athletic direc-

tor, senior woman administrator and director of compliance.

She is also a member of the National Association for College Women Athletics Administrators and the NCAA Division II Nominating Committee.

Ms. Johnson is a 2003 honors graduate of VUU and lettered in volleyball, softball and bowling.

She earned a master’s degree in 2007 from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Jim Junot never scored a point in basketball for Virginia Union University, but he’s good at counting them for others.

Thanks to Junot, VUU’s veteran sports information director, the Panthers have a long overdue list of all-time scorers.

To come up with this historical chart, Junot Mike Davis tabulated decades of old box scores and records dating to 1960.

Junot concedes there may yet be some holes in his research and welcomes additional information. He’s particularly concerned with the 1978, 1979 and 1980 seasons for which no individual statistics have been found.

Larry Holmes, the 1979 CIAA tournament MVP, and Keith Valentine, the 1980 CIAA and NCAA MVP, were among the standouts during that period.

Still, you’ve got to start somewhere and VUU’s 1,000-Point Club begins with the legendary Mike Davis, who dazzled under Coach “Tricky Tom” Harris in the late 1960s.

From Brooklyn, N.Y., Davis led the NCAA College Division in scoring in 1969 and finished with the school record of 2,758 career points.

Known as “The Crusher,” Davis was the CIAA Player of the Year in 1969 and is the CIAA’s second all-time scorer behind Earl Monroe, who tallied 2,935 points for Winston-Salem State University from 1964 through 1967.

Davis was a first round draft pick of the NBA’s Baltimore Bullets in 1969 and made the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1970.

Junot’s list also includes Bruce Spraggins and “Jumpin” Jackie Jackson from the early 1960s. Spraggins was the first Panther drafted by the NBA — the Philadelphia Warriors in 1961.

Jackson was drafted in 1962, also by Philadelphia, but spent most of his professional career with the Harlem Globetrotters.

Current VUU Panther Ray Anderson has 1,351 points heading into his senior year and final collegiate season.

The 6-foot-3 guard from Wilmington, Del., has at least an outside shot at becoming VUU’s fourth 2,000-point scorer, joining Davis, A.J. English and Jamie Waller.

“The Crusher’s” total, however, remains untouchable.

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Richmond Free Press

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