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Ebola: Is Richmond prepared? she had recently returned from a trip to West Africa, where the current Ebola outbreak began in 2013.

She was transferred Monday evening to VCU Medical Center, where she was placed in isolation.

George Jones, a spokesman with the Richmond City Health District, said Tuesday that blood tests has determined the woman does not have Ebola.

Still, she is being held in isolation this week as officials await test results from additional samples sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As questions are raised in Texas about the treatment of affected patients and the protection of health care workers and the public, public health officials in Virginia say they are prepared for an Ebola outbreak in the commonwealth.

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Fears and concerns about the deadly Ebola virus are spreading in Texas and across the nation after a second health care worker in Dallas has been quarantined with the disease.

The big question here: Is Richmond ready should an incident occur?

Earlier this week, Richmond faced a trial run of sorts when a woman entered CrossOver Ministry’s health clinic on South Side exhibiting Ebola-like symptoms. She told doctors, who found she had a low-grade fever, that

world-renowned infectious disease experts who are available 24/7,” Dr. Gonzalo Bearman told the Free Press.

He chairs VCU Medical Center’s Division of Infectious Diseases.

The hospital also has “the facilities to provide the necessary isolation and confinement of any infectious disease situation, including Ebola,” he added.

The VCU infrastructure includes negative pressure rooms, he explained. Such rooms

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VSU president answers students, faculty

By Joey Matthews

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Dr. Keith T. Miller, president of Virginia State University, addresses questions last Thursday.

Dr. Keith T. Miller, the beleaguered president of Virginia State University, stood face to face with concerned faculty members, staff and students.

He assured them his administration is doing all it can to plug a $19.6 million shortfall in revenue without sharper cuts to staff and student services.

“All the universities that are having challenging times address the budget in a number of ways. We’ve prioritized people and academics,” he said last Thursday. “We will work through this challenge together.”

The leader of the 132-year-old, historically black institution is facing perhaps his toughest challenge since taking the helm of the university four years ago.

The circle of concern is growing. In the coming days, Dr. Miller may be answering more questions as thousands of alumni flock to the campus for homecoming and as the board of visitors gathers for a special session.

Since the start of the school year in August, VSU has closed four dormitories, cut cafeteria services at its sparkling Gateway Hall, eliminated classes and curbed evening programs.

The administration’s moves were designed to close a roughly $19.6 million budget gap for the 2014-15 year. The shortfall comprises $12.1 million in auxiliary services such as dormitories and food services, $5.8 million in tuitions and fees and a $1.56 million reduction in state support, according to an internal VSU budget document.

The losses in revenue are largely due to the Miller administration overestimating the number of student who would attend the university this year and live in its dorms and apartments.

Only 4,995 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled, or 752 fewer than in 2013 and 505 less than the budget’s projected 5,500 students.

The university also overestimated the number of students who would live in its residential units by more than 900 students.

Students have been stunned by the cuts in services. They mounted a protest rally two weeks ago calling for Dr. Miller’s resignation and that of members of his leadership team. They questioned why VSU’s administration had not foreseen the shortfall and were critical of what they said was a lack of communication about the financial problems and the impact on them.

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Ferguson protests grew with people, agendas a white police officer, protesters challenged the outsiders who arrived in Ferguson pushing an array of agendas.

“The outside people don’t know the real struggle,” said Tory Russell, a local organizer with Hands Up United, which helped put together the weekend demonstrations dubbed Ferguson October. “I can’t afford to Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press Activists in Ferguson, Mo., march to the police station Monday, buy plane tickets and carrying crosses bearing the names of slain black men. hotel rooms like all of these (people) can.

Free Press wire reports They come and cause trouble ST. LOUIS with their expensive phones It started with the shooting of one unarmed teenager. and then go home to their rich But over the course of two months, that one tragic death has neighborhoods.” often been lost in the haze of protests and politics.

In Ferguson and nearby St. Many protesters in Ferguson, Mo., want to keep their anger Louis, young local leaders want focused on the fatal police shooting of unarmed 18-year-old to keep their focus on demands Michael Brown Jr. as their movement takes on a national dimen- for the arrest and indictment sion that threatens to dilute it. of Darren Wilson, the police During a weekend of demonstrations marking the two-month officer who shot Mr. Brown anniversary since Mr. Brown, an African-American, was killed by and triggered a national uproar

Roman Catholic Church shifts attitude toward gays

over racial profiling and police brutality.

But members of the Occupy Wall Street movement, the Revolutionary Communist Party and even Palestinian activists have joined the protests.

At Saturday’s rally in downtown St. Louis to kick off the weekend’s events, protesters carried signs regarding everything from Palestine to climate

change. Socialists handed out newsletters and activists from Minneapolis telling people about their drive to change police rules in their city.

On Sunday and Monday, the focus seemed to return to Mr. Brown, with chants and signs almost all geared toward the central demand for accountability for Mr. Wilson.

Outside activists say every-

one needs to take a stand — and the issues in Ferguson resound nationally.

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Stone Brewing bringing jobs, craft beer to Richmond

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

More beer, please.

That’s what Richmond is getting after California-based Stone Brewing Co. agreed to make Virginia’s capital city the home of its first East Coast brewery and restaurant operation.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Mayor Dwight C. Jones joined company officials in a brew-studded celebration last Thursday in Capitol Square after Richmond beat out Norfolk and Columbus, Ohio, for the $74 million investment.

The win is a big deal for this job-hungry city where one in four people lives in poverty.

Stone is promising to generate more than 100 new jobs in its first phase and up to 288

within three to five years.

Just as important, the new arrival is projected to generate more than $1.2 million a year in new tax revenue for city coffers.

The brewery’s decision also bolsters Richmond’s growing reputation as a craft beer center that has been fueled by the likes of Ardent, Blue Bee, Isley, Legend and Hardywood.

Based in suburban San Diego, Stone is one of the nation’s top 10 producers of specialty or craft beer, the fastest growing segment in the nation’s steadily shrinking beer market, and is known for such offerings as Levitation Ale, Arrogant Bastard Ale and its India Pale Ale line.

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The Vatican on Tuesday stressed the paper VATICAN CITY was still a “work in progress” and a definitive The Roman Catholic Church is signaling a version would be issued after the meeting, known seismic shift in its attitude toward gay people. as a synod, ends Sunday.

A Vatican document issued Monday called for The final version will serve for further reflecthe church to accept tion among Catholics gays and recognize around the world.

65 same-sex couples positive aspects of The progressive obtain marriage licenses same-sex couples. move by the Catholic The report, prechurch comes just Richmond-area circuit courts issued 65 samepared after a week of days after Virginia sex marriage licenses during the first week such discussions among an and several other unions have been legal in Virginia. assembly of 200 bishstates legalized sameIn a check of court clerk’s offices, the Free ops convened by Pope sex marriage.

Press learned that Richmond led its suburban Francis, stated that While Roman neighbors in issuing licenses to wed to 30 homosexuals have Catholic gay rights same-sex couples. “gifts and qualities groups around the Henrico County followed with 21, followed to offer.” world hailed the paper

by Chesterfield County with 11 and Hanover The church should as a breakthrough, County with three. challenge itself to find conservatives conVirginia clerks’ offices began issuing same“a fraternal space” for demned it as a betraysex marriage licenses Oct. 6 after the U.S. gays without comal of Church teaching Supreme Court left intact a ruling by the 4th promising Catholic and said its language U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals striking down doctrine on family had sowed confusion Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage. and matrimony, the among the faithful. report said.

Conservative RoIt is a signal that the church may follow the man Catholic prelates on Tuesday vowed to powerful example set by Pope Francis, known as change the Vatican document. the “People’s Pope,” in the first 18 months of his Cardinal Raymond Burke, a former archbishop papacy. He has urged believers not to condemn of St. Louis who now serves as a Vatican official, unconventional family situations, but instead accused liberals on the committee that prepared to focus on serving the poor while practicing the text of railroading the assembly. He said it understanding, openness and mercy. did not reflect a consensus position.

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Never too young Three-year-old Trey Manley cheers on the Virginia Union University Panthers during their homecoming victory Saturday at Hovey Field. Please see page B2 for more homecoming photos.

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New playground equipment slated for 2 elementary schools Playground equipment will be replaced at two city elementary schools, the Richmond School Board has decided.

The board has approved replacing the swings, slides and other play equipment that arsonists destroyed at Fairfield Court and Overby-Sheppard elementary schools during the summer, according to Kristen Larson, board vice president.

She said money for the playground equipment — estimated to cost between $100,000 to $150,000 for each school — was included in a $500,000 appropriation for playgrounds that the board approved Oct. 6.

A major share of the money will be used to upgrade rubber matting for the equipment to material that is more fire resistant, Ms. Larson said. “We will be upgrading the matting at 42 school playground sites.”

A few schools have multiple playgrounds.

The old matting is made of recycled tires and was easily set on fire, she said. The blaze created large plumes of black smoke and was enough to melt the hard plastic in the equipment itself.

Flammable petroleum is an ingredient of tires.

The upgraded matting will be covered with more fire retardant or resistant material, making it tougher to set on fire or go up in flames.

Poet Rita Dove wins Weinstein Prize Rita Dove has been the poet laureate of Virginia and the United States.

She won the Pulitzer Prize for her collection of poems on her maternal grandparents, “Thomas and Beulah.”

This week, the University of Virginia English professor will receive her latest writing honor at a Richmond ceremony — the 2014 Carole Weinstein Prize in Poetry, which comes with a $10,000 prize.

Ms. Dove is to be presented the award at the Library of Virginia’s annual Literary Awards Celebration on Saturday, Oct. 18.

The Weinstein award, created in 2005, seeks to recognize writers that make a significant contribution to the art of poetry.

The selection committee cited Ms. Dove as “a vital presence in American verse, by virtue of the ambition and resonance of her verse and for her role as a public Ms. Dove spokesperson for poetry.”

The committee also described her as a “poet of such accomplishment, sensitivity and music” who “eschews the narrow and embraces the human. She speaks to all of us.”

Ms. Dove served as U.S. poet laureate from 1993 to 1995.

At the time, she was the youngest person named to the post and the first African-American.

Her collections of poetry include “Sonata Mulattica,” “American Smooth,” “Mother Love,” “On the Bus with Rosa Parks,” “Grace Notes” and “Selected Poems.” She also has published a collection of short stories, “Fifth Sunday”; a novel, “Through the Ivory Gate”; a collection of her poet laureate lectures at the Library of Congress, “The Poet’s World”; and a verse drama, “The Darker Face of the Earth.”

A graduate of the University of Miami, Ms. Dove won the Pulitzer Prize while teaching in 1987 at Arizona State University. She has won numerous awards and honors since, including 20 honorary doctorates and the Library of Virginia’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

New VUU center named for Perkins The newly dedicated Living and Learning Center at Virginia Union University is now named for the current president, Dr. Claude G. Perkins.

VUU’s board of trustees announced the decision Oct. 10 after receiving a $2.1 million gift to support the center— the largest donation from an individual in the school’s history.

VUU did not name the philanthropist.

“The donor wishes to remain anonymous,” VUU spokeswoman Vanessa Coombs stated in response to a Free Press query.

The Living and Learning Center officially opened a few weeks ago. It is the first new Dr. Perkins building on the campus in 17 years and the first new dorm in 48 years.

In 2012, when ground was broken for the new building, the board announced it would name the structure for Robert J. Brown, a wealthy management consultant in North Carolina who pledged $2 million for the project. Mr. Brown, who attended VUU in the 1950s, is a member of the board of trustees.

However, at the opening ribbon cutting, the building was named the Virginia Union University Living and Learning Center.

There was no public explanation for the change. Sources told the Free Press at the time that Mr. Brown did not provide the promised gift.

Crusade forum Sunday The Richmond Crusade for Voters will host a forum featuring candidates for state and federal offices 6 p.m. this Sunday.

Location: Ellison Hall on the campus of Virginia Union University.

Candidates confirmed to speak early this week include Delegate Rosalyn R. Dance and local businessman Preston Brown, who are running for the state Senate seat vacated by Henry L. Marsh III. Delegate Dance is the Democratic nominee, while Mr. Brown is running as an independent.

Dave Brat, who pulled off a shocking GOP primary upset of former U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, is slated to attend.

Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, D-Va., also has confirmed his attendance, said Rodney Thomas, the Crusade’s communications chairman.

Rep. Scott is seeking election to his 12th term representing the 3rd District in Congress.

Mr. Thomas said Monday that Robert C. Sarvis, the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, also is scheduled to appear. He said incumbent Sen. Mark R. Warner, a Democrat, and Ed W. Gillespie, the Republican challenger, had not yet confirmed.

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Passers-by will now find it easier to know who’s performing at the Altria Theater. An eyecatching marquee on the Main Street side was completed last week. It joins a large picturesque marquee, pictured here, on the front of the building on Laurel Street that was unveiled last February.

The theater has undergone a $60 million renovation. Its 87th anniversary is Tuesday, Oct. 28.

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Bedbugs New push to sign up uninsured Virginians for health coverage still sore problem 135546_01 at Fay Towers More than 100 people will be deployed across the state beginning Nov. 15 to assist uninsured Virginians to sign up for subsidized health coverage.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced the state has received a $9.3 million federal grant to pay the wages and benefits for the new cadre of insurance aides.

“We will use the money to put more boots on the ground to make sure indi-

viduals and families find the best low-cost insurance options,” the governor stated in his announcement.

The target audience: An estimated 300,000 Virginians who qualify for tax credits to help them purchase insurance — but didn’t — after Obamacare went into effect last year, Gov. McAuliffe stated.

He has set a goal of enrolling 160,000 people by the Feb. 15 deadline. That would

add to the 216,000 Virginians who already have enrolled in health coverage.

The state plans to partner with the Virginia Community Healthcare Association and the Virginia Poverty Law Center in hiring aides to work in Richmond and other parts of the state.

“We are very excited about this opportunity to help more Virginians know about and enroll in affordable health

insurance options,” added Jill Hanken, staff attorney for the Virginia Poverty Law Center.

The new effort, though, will not impact the estimated 400,000 adults who make too little to pay for health insurance and are blocked from receiving health coverage through Medicaid because the General Assembly has refused to expand the insurance program.

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Bedbugs continue to be a biting problem for residents of Frederic A. Fay Towers in Gilpin Court.

“We just can’t seem to get rid of them,” said Julia Solomon, president of the tenant advisory council at the 11-story high-rise that serves senior citizens and the disabled.

Concern over the tiny, blood-sucking insects has gained the attention of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, which operates the 200-unit building at 1st and Hill streets.

RRHA is conducting an “inspection of all units and common areas at Fay Towers,” agency spokesman Justin Tinsley stated Tuesday in an email response to a Free Press query. The inspection is to be completed Friday, he stated.

Once the results are in, “scheduled treatments for specific units cited for bed bugs will be implemented,” Mr. Tinsley stated. He noted that this is the second time the agency has inspected the building.

Along with treatments, RRHA also seeks to educate staff and residents about bedbug prevention and detection using an integrated pest management strategy developed in consultation with an expert on the insects, Dr. Dimi Miller of Virginia Tech.

Ms. Solomon said she became aware of a bedbug problem after she moved into the building three years ago.

She said she also has been bitten in common areas, such as the elevator and activity room.

She sprays her apartment regularly to ward off the insects. However, that hasn’t kept other residents from having problems, she said.

One reason the problem might continue, she said, is that RRHA moves slowly to address complaints about the insects, which get into mattresses and clothes and reproduce quickly.

“It can take weeks” for RRHA to authorize spraying for a single apartment, she said, and “by then, the infestation is full blown” in that unit, and the tenant can be carrying eggs and insects to other places in the building.

Ms. Solomon, who has been lobbying RRHA for more attention to bedbugs since becoming council president in May, said that residents in at least 10 apartments are currently complaining about being bitten.

While waiting for RRHA to act, she said she has encouraged tenants to buy a product called diatomaceous earth to spread in their apartments.

“That product has been very effective for those who have used it,” she said.

Lonnie McLaurin, a fouryear resident, said, “I never heard of bedbugs until I came to live here.”

He still has more than 50 welts on his arms and chests from the bites he got from the insects after his unit was invaded during the summer.

He said RRHA twice authorized a professional exterminator to spray his apartment, though he said it took up to six weeks for each treatment.

He said the second treatment in late September seems to have cleared out the bugs. “I haven’t had a problem since.

But there are plenty of others who still do.”

Mr. McLaurin said that RRHA keeps “going apartment by apartment. They need to fumigate the whole building.”

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VSU president answers students, faculty Continued from A1

Dr. Miller responded with separate back-to-back town hall sessions last week, first with the faculty and then with students.

He also provided a four-page handout with questions and answers about VSU’s budget shortfall and talked about his plan to return the university to firm financial footing.

“We may have minimal staff reductions,” he said, but other options would be considered first, including not filling vacancies, reducing service contracts and re-evaluating operating budgets.

At least 30 faculty positions remain vacant.

Dr. Miller disputed assertions that his administration was unprepared for the money shortfall, saying the problems were anticipated and necessary cuts were made. “That’s why we can say today that our budget is balanced,” he said.

“Some immediate cuts were made to ensure the continuation of the university’s core services and operations,” he told the anxious students.

To boost enrollment, he said VSU would increase its presence on community college campuses. He also plans to hold additional open houses at the Ettrick campus to attract new students.

He also has hired a marketing firm, Royall & Company, to generate student prospects. He said the company projects garnering 25,000 applications, with 5 percent, or 1,250, of the applicants expected to enroll.

And he touted the creation of a new position of executive director for enrollment management that he expects to fill by Oct. 25.

Dr. Miller also announced plans for a fundraising campaign to produce at least $2 million annually.

The funds would provide financial assistance to students who might otherwise be denied enrollment based on a reduction in federal loan and scholarship assistance.

Seventy percent of VSU students depend on federal tuition aid and loans, according to the university, and the loss of $3.4 million in such support is a

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Virginia State University senior Anthony Jackson poses questions to President Keith T. Miller during a town hall meeting with students last Thursday on the Ettrick campus.

key reason for the drop in enrollment.

The board of visitors’ Institutional Advancement Committee is slated to meet Friday, Oct. 17. The full board is to hold a special meeting Friday, Oct. 31.

To assuage claims that he’s out of touch, Dr. Miller promised that he and members of his leadership staff would meet each month with students and faculty.

Dr. Miller also sought to stamp out any rumors that VSU is nearing extinction or that it is at risk for losing its accreditation.

“Accreditation is a priority,” he added. “We have recently received three re-affirmations of accreditation.”

Dr. Miller said VSU faces challenges similar to those at other HBCUs, as well as at other colleges and universities across the country facing enrollment declines. He called the challenges “the new normal in higher education.”

Some private schools that lack the state support

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The company already has two breweries at its home base and has a third under development in Berlin, Germany.

If all goes well, the new Stone operation could produce 120,000 barrels in its first year and grow to 500,000 barrels over time. That’s huge for a craft brewer.

Currently, Virginia’s 82 craft brewers collectively produce about 130,000 barrels a year.

Stone president and co-founder Steve Wagner said Richmond’s ability “to meet our extensive site requirements” ultimately made it the choice. He cited the city’s “vibrant energy, impressive craft beer culture and the uniqueness of the property” as other reasons.

And Richmond’s location at the intersection of two interstates also was a lure for a company eager to ship to customers on this side of the country.

Mayor Jones’ administration also offered an almost unprecedented package of incentives that the company ultimately could not refuse.

That includes helping the company with the upfront costs of developing the planned brewery site, a 12.5-acre tract fronting Williamsburg Avenue in the historic community of Fulton, one of the earliest places of English settlement in Richmond.

As outlined by the mayor’s office, if City Council approves the deal as anticipated, the city plans to: • Borrow $23 million in taxpayer-supported general obligation bonds to develop the 200,000-square-foot production center. The city would recover the debt by having Stone lease back the space for 25 years at a rent large enough cover the interest and principal.

The city would own the building but use its Economic Development Authority to build the plant and serve as landlord. The city is to get a $5 million state grant to cover design and other costs. According to the city, the company would be responsible for the additional cost of property taxes and maintenance of the plant.

• Borrow another $8 million to cover the cost of developing a separate, landscaped beer garden and restaurant next to the James River, with the company again leasing back the property at a high enough rent. The target site is projected to be the now vacant Intermediate Terminal in the 3100 block of East Main Street, though the current owners have yet to sign off.

• Provide the company with grants worth $2 million over time using tax revenue generated by the company and moderate the cost of treating the new plants wastewater. That would be on top of the additional grants and tax breaks the state plans to provide the company for buying Virginia agricultural products, hiring local residents and developing in an enterprise zone.

The brewery is expected to be on the fast track for construction.

A majority of the nine council members have signaled a readiness to stamp approval on the mayor’s proposals. The council this week approved special-use permits to allow the brewery’s development at the property and wiped out a restriction limiting beer production at the site to no more than 100,000 barrels a year.

The company’s aim is to start brewing beer in January 2016.

that backs VSU have closed. One example is St. Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, which shut down in June 2013 because of financial troubles and drooping enrollment.

VSU will get it first big crack at enlisting large numbers of alumni in its fundraising efforts this Sunday when a week of homecoming activities begin.

The events will include dinners, dances, comedy and gospel shows and next Saturday’s football game.

“We will reach out to our alumni about our need for student financial aid,” said Tom Reed, a VSU spokesperson.

He estimated 20,000 alumni and guests would attend the annual celebration.

A Free Press query Tuesday to VUU Alumni Association President Franklin Johnson asking how his group plans to gain more alumni support in fundraising efforts went unanswered.

Free Press founder among honorees at Richmond NAACP

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

role in enabling new generations to achieve the American dream.

The “struggle continues for an equal educaAmerica cannot afford to continue to have tion for all.” one-fifth of high school students drop out before Dr. Dana T. Bedden, superintendent of Richmond graduation, he said. He expressed concern that Public Schools, made that African-American, Hispanic point in his keynote speech and economically disadvanto the Richmond Branch taged students represent NAACP’s Freedom Fund the highest percentage of Awards dinner-dance gala dropouts. marking the branch’s While the nation espouses 97th year. a “no child left behind” Using the NAACP philosophy, the reality is mantra of “the struggle that “certain children are continues,” Dr. Bedden left behind,” he said. told the audience of 250 He challenged the that public education is NAACP to make support facing major challenges in of public education a top trying to reach the “kids at priority in pursuing equality the back of the class.” for the next generation.

Education is the way The event was emceed up for poor children, he by veteran TV anchor and said. But resources for reporter Cheryl Miller and Paulette Singleton/Richmond Free Press important elements of featured the vibrant, upbeat education, including art Free Press Publisher Jean P. Boone singing of FM Stereo, an a and physical education, are being stripped away capella student group from Richmond’s Franklin both locally and nationally. That must change, he Military Academy. They performed under the said, to enable public schools to prepare young direction of Daniel Fox. people for success in life.

The branch, led by Sylvia C. Wood, also The event, held last Friday at a Downtown honored seven other people and one organization hotel, included the posthumous presentation of the in the following areas: Economic Empowerment, organization’s Civil Rights Award to Raymond H. Malcolm E. Thomas, president and CEO of Boone, the late founder, publisher and editor of Ty’s Hauling and Paving; Education Excellence, Dr. Claude G. Perkins, president of Virginia the Richmond Free Press.

Jean P. Boone, current publisher of the award- Union University; and Health Education, Juan winning newspaper, accepted the award for her M. Pierce Sr., founder and executive director of the Minority Health Consortium Inc. husband, who succumbed to cancer in June.

Also, Housing Education, Jerryl E. Bennett, “My husband would be so pleased to receive this tribute,” Mrs. Boone said, recalling that Mr. Boone public housing educational outreach executive began his lifelong commitment to the NAACP as with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban a teenager when he founded and led the Suffolk Development; Religion Affairs, Dr. Rodney D. Waller, pastor of First African Baptist Church; youth chapter of the civil rights organization.

“He was the epitome of a believer in the im- Voter Empowerment, Betty L. Squire, voter rights portance of education. He believed in justice. He advocate and former City Council member; and believed in doing what is right,” Mrs. Boone said. Youth Award, Meta Staten, a sophomore at the “And he believed all of us have a role to play to University of Phoenix.

The branch also presented its Youth Work make this a better Richmond, a better state and a Award to the nonprofit Roses and Wings Girls better country.”

In his address, Dr. Bedden expressed dismay Mentoring Program led by Margaret P. Johnson, at what he sees as the continuing erosion in the an active Richmond branch member who also trust and commitment to public education and its chaired the gala committee.

Ebola: Is Richmond prepared?

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have ventilation systems that allow air to enter but not leave, thus decreasing the spread of contaminated air.

The hospital also has plenty of single-occupancy rooms, along with contact and airborne precautionary gear for health care workers to wear.

Personnel working with infectious diseases have access to enhanced personal protective suits, goggles, face shields, masks, double gloves and shoe covers.

“Our interdisciplinary team has undergone simulation training for major infectious disease events, and is well prepared,”

Dr. Bearman said. “We remain very vigilant in assessing all patients coming to VCU Medical Center and take all necessary precautions when suspicious circumstances arise with any potential infectious disease.”

While the Ebola epidemic might present a scare to the average person, preparing for its spread is part of the routine for public health professionals.

“Every day, we investigate communicable disease reports that mostly go unnoticed,” Dr. Laurie Forlano, the state epidemiologist, told the Free Press.

“Hospitals conduct training and drills in handling infections.”

She reiterated Dr. Bearman’s statements, stressing that Virginia health care workers have the equipment and training to deal with myriad communicable diseases, including Ebola.

Dr. Forlano said Virginia regulations already require reports on diseases including salmonella, influenza, measles, mumps, tuberculosis and yellow fever.

She did concede, however, that Ebola is somewhat different “because of the level of anxiety and fear.”

Meanwhile, early Wednesday, nurse Amber Joy Vinson became the second nurse to test positive for the Ebola virus

in Dallas.

Like the first nurse, Nina Pham, who was diagnosed with the disease, Ms. Vinson took care of Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian who became the first person diagnosed with the deadly virus in the United States. Mr. Duncan was diagnosed Sept. 30 and died Oct. 8 at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.

In addition to the two health care workers, 75 other hospital workers in Dallas are being monitored for Ebola, along with passengers on a Cleveland-toDallas commercial airline flight with Ms. Vinson the night before she entered the hospital. Of-

ficials said they expect to see more cases.

Ms. Pham was diagnosed with the disease Sunday. She was in stable condition, hospital officials said Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the director of the CDC acknowledged Tuesday his agency should have sent “a more robust hospital infection control team” to Dallas immediately after learning that a man from West Africa had Ebola.

“I wish we had put a team like this on the ground the day the first patient was diagnosed,” Dr. Thomas Frieden said. “We will do that from today onward with any case anywhere in the U.S.,” Dr. Frieden added.

VSU gets new grants Amid its budget struggles, Virginia State University is finding success in winning significant federal grants.

That includes a five-year, $3.25 million grant from the U.S. Labor Department to develop a program to train veterans and others to work as technicians building and maintaining wireless phone and computer networks.

VSU is one of only two universities in the country to be awarded the grant, the Labor Department stated in its announcement.

The university will team with Richard Bland College, a two-year institution in Petersburg, in using the grant to train students for skilled, high-wage careers in wireless infrastructure.

VSU also plans to work with the Professional Communications Industry Association (PCIA) to develop appropriate credentials. The university credited Dr. Ronald Johnson.

Dr. Johnson with creating ties with between VSU and PCIA. Dr. Johnson is an alumnus who works closely with the telecommunications industry.

In a news release on the grant, Dr. Johnson called the program a first step toward VSU “becoming a valuable partner with PCIA and the telecommunication industry.”

Separately, VSU has been awarded a $485,000 grant to set up state-of-the-art sequencing equipment for DNA, the building block of cells.

The equipment will be used to support the research of Dr. Xianfa Xie, an assistant biology professor, into microbes that can help transform wood and other plant material into biolfuels, VSU stated in announcing the award from the U.S. Department of Defense.

In addition, the equipment will allow Dr. Xie’s team to study microbiomes, or communities of microorganisms that play a role in human health, and on the way chemicals that are ingested or breathed can cause diseases like cancer, VSU stated.

The equipment also is expected to benefit other researchers at VSU in the areas of agriculture, computer science, mathematics and engineering and to serve researchers at other schools, VSU stated.

Ferguson protests grew Continued from A1

professor and activist Cornel West.

“People in Ferguson stood up and that put the question of police murder of black people right out in front of all of society,” said Mr. Dix, who is black.

“Everybody has to take a stand, and that’s what the weekend is a reflection of. More and more people taking a stand.”

A number of local protesters demanded to take the stage at the Sunday speakers’ rally at the Chaifetz Arena at St. Louis University, where they challenged national figures such as the president of the NAACP. Locals allege that national figures showed up for the weekend’s carefully arranged events, but weren’t around to endure the tear gas, rain and arrests that many local activists have faced in the more than 60 days of on-and-off protests since Mr. Brown’s death.

“Tear gas made me stronger,” shouted one of the young local men.

Rapper Tef Poe, who has become a leader in the local movement, spoke about how spontaneous, untrained and raw his movement is.

“We’re not organizers,” he said. “We’re just real people who saw a problem.”

The musician said he was frustrated by local clergy who have not joined protests on the streets, but have turned out for the speeches at the arena.

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Funeral service Friday for Frances Lambert For many years, the five Lambert brothers gathered on Sunday mornings at their mother’s home in Western Henrico County.

Mary Frances Warden Lambert would serve breakfast to sons John, Benjamin, Abbot, Richard and Leonard before the family left for worship services at Westwood Baptist Church in Richmond’s Far West End. Friends would stop by as well to share good stories and good times.

They were times Mrs. Lambert cherished.

“Family and friends meant everything to her son,” Leonard Lambert, said. “She loved everyone and everyone loved her.”

The Richmond community is remembering and celebrating the life of Mrs. Lambert, who nourished the souls and spirits of countless people with her gentle kindness and a popular catering business that was famous throughout the area and beyond.

The nurturing mother and successful businesswoman died , Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, at age 102.

Her wake is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, at Scott’s Funeral Home, 115 E. Brookland Park Blvd. on North Side.

A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 17, at Fifth Street Baptist Church, 2800 Third Ave., in Highland Park.

Along with her husband, Benjamin J. Lambert Jr., Mrs. Lambert started in 1950 the successful Lambert Catering, whose succulent dishes were a highlight of parties, weddings, debutante balls, formal events and celebrations by everyone from governors, doctors and business executives to art enthusiasts, church groups and women’s clubs for nearly 30 years.

Known for her tasty Smithfield ham biscuits, finger sandwiches, seafood casseroles, chicken and beef dishes, cheese balls, appetizers and desserts, Mrs. Lambert prided herself on the high quality and expert preparation of her food. Her culinary talent drew the attention of Town & Country magazine, which noted on its pages, “It’s not a party without the Lamberts.”

Renowned actor Vincent Price included one of her recipes in his cookbook after enjoying her food at a dinner at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, where she and her husband were the official caterers for many years.

They also catered functions at the Virginia Executive Mansion for Govs. Thomas B. Stanley, James Lindsay Almond Jr., Albertis S. Harrison Jr., Mills E. Godwin Jr. and A. Linwood Holton Jr. Mrs. Lambert, known as Frances, was matriarch to one of Richmond’s best known and accomplished families. The business became a springboard for the seven Lambert children, who, beginning at age 12, worked with the business and learned important life lessons in the process, including the value of education, hard

Mary Frances Warden Lambert

work and service to the community. Later, they and many of their college and professional school friends from Virginia Union University and Howard University, earned money working with the catering business as they finished their degrees.

“She was the wind beneath our wings,” said her daughter, Dr. Anne Lambert Johnson.

The Lambert siblings followed their parents’ teachings and example and carved out successful community-driven careers.

“My mother said it was important to be educated and give something back to the church and to the community,” said Leonard Lambert.

Of their high-achieving children: The late Dr. Benjamin J. “Benny” Lambert III served in the General Assembly for 30 years. He was the first African-American

Dunnaville running for circuit court clerk in Chesterfield Peter G. Dunnaville is on a trailblazing mission in Chesterfield County.

He is running for the office of clerk of the county’s circuit court. The election is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 4.

The 40-year-old Midlothian resident, who was mentored by several of Virginia’s civil rights icons, is the first African-American to run for a constitutional office in Chesterfield in nearly two decades, Larry Haake, the county’s voter registrar, told the Free Press Monday.

Peter Dunnaville “I’ve been in this office since 1995 and I know no other AfricanAmericans have run for constitutional offices in that time,” Mr. Haake said.

The five constitutional offices in Virginia locales are the commissioner of revenue, treasurer, sheriff, clerk of court and commonwealth’s attorney.

Mr. Dunnaville said one reason he’s running is to give more diverse representation to

the county.

“When communities don’t have people that are reflective of them, people are not going to know that their needs are being understood or met,” Mr. Dunnaville said.

Mr. Dunnaville described himself as “a public servant, not a politician.” He earned a law degree from the College of William & Mary Law School and, in 2011, served as a magistrate in Virginia’s 16th Judicial District that spans from Goochland County to Charlottesville.

During the past year, he has been a contract document reviewer for law firms.

Mr. Dunnaville earned a bachelor’s degree from The University of Virginia. He also holds a master’s in environmental law from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco.

He said he has been mentored by some of the top legal minds.

He served as a legal assistant to the late Oliver W. Hill Sr., former state Sen. Henry L. Marsh III, and his father, Clarence M. Dunnaville Jr. All were longtime civil rights attorneys.

named to the powerful Senate Finance Committee. Leonard, a Richmond attorney, was the first African-American named a substitute judge for the Richmond General District Court. Richard owns Scott’s Funeral Home on North Side. John is a retired accountant. Dr. Elizabeth Johns is a retired divisional chair of the social science and public service department at Northern Virginia Community College. Dr. Anne Lambert Johnson was the first African-American woman to practice dentistry in the greater Kansas City area. Abbot, now deceased, was a vice president at Thalhimers department store.

Mrs. Lambert was recognized for her excellence in the Cookbook of Virginia Caterers and several other cooking publications.

She retired from the catering business in 1974 to serve as chairwoman of the social committee at Westwood Baptist Church, where she was a lifelong member and the church’s oldest member until her death.

In 1974, the Commonwealth of Virginia honored Mrs. Lambert as “Mother of the Year” for her community service.

She also was recognized by the Ministers Wives of Richmond, Astoria Club, Delver’s Women’s Club and the Royal Duchess Club, of which she was a member.

Mrs. Lambert was selected as one of the Top 10 Outstanding Women by the YMCA for home engineering in 1979. A year later, she and her husband were honored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews for community service.

They also were inducted into the Greater Richmond Business Hall of Fame.

Mrs. Lambert also earned the Pioneers in Business award from the Metropolitan Business League.

“She was a strong, amazing lady,” Leonard Lambert said.

“She had a strong mind right up until the very end.”

Born in Richmond on July 29, 1912, Mrs. Lambert was the youngest of seven children. She attended Hartshorn Elementary Memorial School and Armstrong High School. She left school to assist in educating her sisters and brothers.

She and her husband met through friends and were married in 1934. Mr. Lambert died in 1989.

Survivors include five children, 20 grandchildren, 17 greatgrandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and a host of other family members.

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Righting the VSU ship We were saddened when the efforts to save St. Paul’s College in Lawrenceville were unsuccessful.

The historically black university closed in June 2013 and now sits largely vacant.

We don’t want closure and cobwebs to be the fate of Virginia State University.

Founded in 1882, VSU is another HBCU that has a long and proud history of launching the futures of brilliant young people who’ve contributed around the globe.

It’s clear, however, that VSU’s president, Dr. Keith T. Miller, must take immediate measures to get the university back on solid ground financially. The chorus of students and others questioning his leadership and calling for his resignation is disconcerting as its cadence grows.

In the past, members of the Virginia General Assembly have mentioned picking off many of VSU’s innovative programs, such as its aquaculture program, and transferring them to other state schools such as Virginia Tech.

In North Carolina, lawmakers have targeted HBCUs for closure to alleviate budget problems.

We must not let that happen in Virginia, and we must not let that happen to VSU. We must not let the circling buzzards alight.

We call on VSU’s board of visitors to get ahead of the situation and move with haste to guide the university to a better financial course.

As nearly 20,000 alumni converge on the Petersburg area for fun-filled homecoming activities, we encourage them to party with a purpose.

As alumni and supporters get decked out for “Jazz on the Hill,” fire up their grills for tailgate spreads and rock with the Trojan Explosion Marching Band at the homecoming football game, we strongly suggest they open their wallets one more time — for something really important — to sustain VSU for the long term.

Identity theft The Chickahominy Tribe recently celebrated its 62nd annual Fall Festival and Pow-Wow in Charles City County. As colorful and wonderful as the celebration was, it brings to mind a very ugly fact about Virginia.

Since Capt. John Smith set foot on Virginia soil in 1607, there has been a clash of cultures, much of it exacerbated by notions of racial superiority. And in 1619, just 12 years after Smith first encountered the Chickahominy, the Mattaponi and many other of Virginia’s indigenous people, Africans were brought to this colony as enslaved laborers.

Fast forward 400 years, and we find a Virginia where many of its citizens are the product of the mix of these three groups — Europeans, Native Americans and Africans. It is moot, at this point, to say to what degree this mixing was forced or consensual. But the fact of this mixing is seen in the faces of many Virginians today. There has been such a blending of these three groups that it is impossible to discern one from the other, except perhaps by DNA testing.

Yet in Virginia, “race” is often a barrier. The centuries-long attempts to keep European and African identities separate has bled onto the identity of Native Americans.

Large numbers of Virginians of Europeans ancestry claim some Native American ancestry. But while claiming this partial Native American identity, these descendants of Europeans reject the notion that just as many, if not more, descendants of Africans have legitimate claims to Native American ancestors as well.

Enter Walter Plecker, the physician who headed Virginia’s Bureau of Vital Statistics from 1912 to 1946. As the creator of and chief lobbyist for Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act of 1924, he is symptomatic of the poison of racism. Because of Dr. Plecker, many of the records needed now to trace cultural heritage to Virginia’s indigenous people were altered or destroyed.

For many African-Americans, whose family histories are lost in the bowels of slavery, this is a double blow.

Nationally, 269,421 people identified themselves as both African-American and Native American in the 2010 Census.

Compare that to 1.4 million people who claimed a dual whiteNative American identity.

Another 230,848 people identified themselves as a three-way mix — white, African-American and Native American.

To hold to the belief that there are blond descendants of the Native Americans of Virginia, but no black descendants, is another way in which Virginians will maintain a divide between each other.

Nobel’s young lady We congratulate 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai, who last week was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

She’s the intrepid young woman who was shot in the head by masked gunmen as she made her way home from school on a bus in Pakistan in 2012. Authorities determined the shooting was in retaliation for her blog posts against the Taliban’s efforts to deny women an education.

Despite her severe wounds, which were treated in a British hospital, she continues to lend her voice and passion to the causes of young women.

When more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped earlier this year by the terrorist group Boko Haram, she traveled to Nigeria to demand their release.

She recently established a fund supporting local education advocacy efforts for Syrian refugees in Jordan and girls in Pakistan, Nigeria and Kenya.

Despite death threats, she has advocated for girls’ education since she was 11. She has become an international symbol of hope and peace.

The committee’s award sends a resounding message to the world about the need to support the universal struggle for education.

It also speaks volumes about the lessons we can learn from the young.

We salute the committee and we salute Malala Yousafzai for her courageous and extraordinary efforts.

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Republicans still earn ‘F’ on civil rights The Leadership Conference of Civil Rights, a coalition of more than 200 human rights groups, has issued a new congressional report card that reaches the same conclusion of similar analyses by the NAACP in recent years: When it comes to issues important to the civil rights community, every Republican in the House and Senate gets an F. The LCCR graded each federal lawmaker on a points system. No Republican supported key civil rights measures more than 45 percent of the time. Even grading on a generous academic curve, that translates to a clear F. The bills on which members of Congress were graded included a Fair Housing Amendment, workforce reinvestment, financial reform, gender equality and child tax credit extension.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and the lone black GOP senator, Tim Scott, S.C., each earned a zero. Presumptive presidential candidates Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Rep. Paul Ryan, RWis., scored zero and 5 percent, respectively.

In a warm-up to his presidential run, Sen. Paul has been criticizing his own party for not

making overtures to black voters.

In an interview with CNN last week, he said, “I think in the Republican Party, the biggest mistake we’ve made in the last several decades is we haven’t gone into the African-American community, into the NAACP and say, “You know what, we are concerned about what’s going on in your cities and we have plans.

George Curry They may be different than the Democrats’, but we do have plans and we do want to help.”

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has said the GOP plans to actively compete for the black vote.

Speaking to the National Association of Black Journalists’ convention in Boston during the summer, he said, “We have become a national party that has decided it is OK to show up every four years — about five months before an election,” he said. “We’ve become a national party that’s really just a U-Haul trailer of cash for a presidential nominee.”

He said that had changed under his watch. He noted that he had launched a “full-time engagement program” to attract African-American, Latino and Asian voters. ”We’re in this for the long haul. We’ve got to get this right,” he proclaimed.

But getting it right involves

more than invoking new language while continuing the same old patterns. And that’s exactly what Republicans are doing with their votes in Congress and their constant attacks on President Obama.

Their best performers on civil rights voted wrong more than half of the time, according to the LCCR report card. Rep. Christopher Gibson of New York was the top-rated Republican at 45 percent, followed by Sen. Susan Collins of Maine with 43 percent.

Most Republicans in Congress did far worse.

In the Senate, 18 Republican scored zero.

In the House, 119 of 233 Republicans earned zeros. Another 57 earned only 5 points, meaning 176 of 233 Republicans scored 5 percent or lower.

By contrast, the entire congressional delegations of President Obama’s native Hawaii, Vermont, Massachusetts (excluding John Kerry, who resigned), and Rhode Island each earned 100. Nine of Maryland’s 10-member delegation earned 100.

Though GOP leaders are using — in the words of George W. Bush ­­— kinder, gentler language, they remain downright hostile to civil rights.

It hasn’t always been this way.

In the 1960s, for example, civil rights was a bipartisan issue. If you look at the proportion of each major party voting for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a larger

Race inequities persist in small towns What a disappointment.

Officials have retracted their promising report that voter registration surged by more than 3,000 in Ferguson, Mo., since Aug. 9, when the fatal shooting of Michael B r o w n J r. , an unarmed black 18-yearold, by a white police officer touched off protests.

The St. Louis County Election Board now says only 128 new people registered. The original figure turned out to be the number of previously registered voters who had re-registered to change their address or other personal information, according to Rita Days, St. Louis County’s director of elections.

That’s still good news for democracy, although not as much as I hoped. Racial unrest in Ferguson has underscored how much elections matter.

Although 67 percent of its 21,000 residents are black, the mayor and five out of six Ferguson City Council members are white, and only three members of its 53-person police force are African-American.

Democracy fails when civic engagement is weak. In our system, if you feel misruled, it is not only your right but your civic obligation to vote the old

rascals out, even at the risk of voting new ones in.

Otherwise, you leave the

Clarence Page choice up to other people who might not have your community’s best interests in mind.

Professor Jessica L. Trounstine, a political scientist at the University of California, Merced, has found the most common reasons include voter apathy in low-visibility local elections, transient populations and lack of information about the candidates and election days.

Ferguson’s racially tilted government, many reasonably believe, reflects a similar disparity in voter turnout in its local elections. Blacks and whites had very similar turnout rates in Ferguson in the 2012 presidential year, according to an analysis by The Washington Post and the Catalist data-collection organization.

However, white Ferguson residents in the April 2013 municipal elections were three times more likely to vote than black residents, who turned out at only 6 percent.

Ferguson matters, then, not only as a racial tragedy unfolding in news media, but also as a symbol of what The New Republic’s editor Franklin Foer recently called “boom times for provincial autocrats” across the country.

One well-known example highlighted by the Ferguson

unrest was the militarization of local police, causing peace officers to look and behave more like an invading army.

The most egregious example of this era of virtually unchallenged state and local abuses, as Mr. Foer argues, might be civil-asset forfeiture. Intended originally to go after drug lords and the like, civil-asset forfeiture allows law enforcement in many states to seize a person’s cash or property without ever charging him or her with a crime.

All the authorities have to do is claim they believe the property was acquired illegally.

Although this tactic is often used legitimately, horror stories include a SWAT team raid on a party at the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit in May 2008. Guests were knocked to the ground and forced to hand over their cars. Their offense?

Partying in a space that wasn’t properly permitted.

Justice Department investigators are looking into a similar abuse in Ferguson, where police processed an average of three warrants for each household.

Millions in fines and court fees were collected from the city’s poorest residents to fund various city operations.

Those are the same sort of residents who are least likely to turn out and vote in local elections. I expect their future turnout to improve significantly. ©2014 Tribune Media Services Inc.

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percentage of Republicans voted for the landmark measure than Democrats. Unlike today, black Republicans, including Secretary of Transportation Bill Coleman and Assistant Secretary of Labor Arthur Fletcher, championed civil rights. Today, however, blacks like Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas stand against everything Coleman and Fletcher stood for.

Also, white moderates have been chased out of the party in deference to right-wing tea party zealots. Consequently, at a time when the GOP was poised to become the dominant party, its move to the far right has made it impossible for it to reach that goal in an increasingly diverse America.

Republicans can run for the White House in 2016, but they can’t run away from the their party’s record on civil rights.

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Common link for gay, African-American communities Re “No time for hate,” Oct. 9-11 edition: Thank you very much for your thoughtful and courageous editorial.

Several months ago I attended a news conference at City Hall that was conducted by local ministers, many of whom were African-American. They all spoke in opposition to same-sex marriage.

As I listened to them quote scriptures and denounce GLBT people, I felt a chill go up my spine. It was not that they were talking about me. It was that my mind went back to the 1970s when I was in high school. Those were the same scriptures, the same words, that I had heard white “people of God” use to justify segregation.

While the civil rights struggles of AfricanAmericans and the GLBT community have differences, one common link is that no one chooses their sexual orientation any more than someone chooses their skin color. I have total respect for faith traditions, but this is a civil rights matter.

It is long past the time that we put down the weapons and learn to live together peacefully. Editorials such as yours serve as a catalyst to bring that about.

BILL HARRISON Richmond The writer is president and executive director of the Richmond Gay Community Foundation.

Gay marriage is clash between good and evil The clash over gay marriage is emblematic of the larger, and much older, clash between good and evil.

On the one hand, on the natural marriage side, we have a world view that recognizes absolute truth — that acknowledges the fixed moral and natural law, authored and enforced by the Creator who designed and defined the very institution over which we quarrel. Those with this world view concede that every man, woman and child will, one day, stand before Him to face final judgment for what they did, or did not, do during their stint here on Earth.

On the unnatural marriage side for marriage equality, we have a world view that denies absolute truth. It imagines there are no fixed lines of demarcation between right and wrong — that morality is entirely relative.

Since those with this world view either deny God’s very existence or believe that

some version of God, like marriage, can be defined, or redefined, in the mind of the beholder, they claim accountability to no one.

So who is right?

It’s simple. Those who acknowledge objective reality, natural morality and absolute truth are right.

Mankind can no more redefine marriage to include same-sex pairings than can he suspend the laws of gravity.

Yet these arrogant, godless, black-robed autocrats on the U.S. Supreme Court presume to do just that.

Here’s the good news: God will not be mocked.

MATT BARBER Lynchburg The writer is an adjunct assistant professor at the Liberty University School of Law.

Fair and open process needed for brewery project Apparently the city’s Economic Development Authority, which is not covered by key state and city bid laws, is going to oversee construction of the new brewery of Stone Brewing Co. If so, this opens up the possibility of “no bid” deals or deals that can be effectively given to the politically connected.

If public money is going to build the facility — and the plan seems to be to issue general obligation bonds backed by the City of Richmond — then it is only fair to have assurances that the bidding will be conducted in a fair, competitive way.

Since the state is putting in enough money to trigger the bidding rules under the state’s procurement law, this should not be a worry, depending on how the project is defined for purposes of state law. City Hall has played games here before.

Still, will we later learn about secret 20 percent partnership deals or illegal 40 percent guarantees of business to friends

of this politician or that?

Again, history suggests questions be asked about such issues.

It takes public money to attract these projects. Anyone who thinks differently is living in an alternative universe.

Every city and state is competing with each other, and a business owner has a perfect right to cut his or her best deal.

This is capitalism, in the beer business or any business.

But when all is said and done, if a deal involves public money, we need open, transparent and fair processes.

The law seems clear on that point.

But until we hear City Hall confirm the right thing will be done — either directly or through the Economic Development Authority — we need to pay close attention to ensure that it is.

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In its Petition, Dominion Virginia Power seeks approval to implement three new DSM programs as the Company’s “Phase IV” programs. Specifically, the Company requests that the Commission permit the Company to implement the following proposed DSM programs for the five-year period of May 1, 2015, through April 30, 2020, subject to future extensions as requested by the Company and granted by the Commission: • Income and Age Qualifying Home Improvement Program; • Residential Appliance Recycling Program; and • Qualifying Small Business Improvement Program.

According to the Company, all of its proposed Phase IV programs are energy efficiency programs as defined by § 56-576 of the Code. The Company proposes a five-year spending cap for the proposed Phase IV programs in the amount of $106,277,154, which is inclusive of operating costs, estimated revenue reductions related to energy efficiency programs (“lost revenues”), common costs, return on capital expenditures, margins on operation and maintenance expenses, and evaluation, measurement and verification costs. The Company further proposes that spending within the cap be flexible among the programs and requests the ability to exceed the spending cap by no more than 5%.

Additionally, the Company requests approval of an annual update to continue two rate adjustment clauses, Riders C1A and C2A, for the May 1, 2015 through April 30, 2016 rate year (“Rate Year”) for recovery of: (i) Rate Year costs associated with programs previously approved by the Commission in Case No. PUE-2011-00093 (“Phase II programs”) and Case No. PUE-2013-00072 (approving Phase III programs), (ii) calendar year 2013 true-up of costs associated with the Company’s approved Phase II programs; (iii) Rate Year costs and calendar year 2013 true-up costs associated with the Company’s Electric Vehicle Pilot Program, which was approved by the Commission in Case No. PUE-2011-00014; and (iv) Rate Year costs associated with the Company’s proposed Phase IV programs.

The cost components for Riders C1A and C2A are comprised of a Rate Year projected revenue requirement, which includes operating expenses that are projected to be incurred during the Rate Year, and a monthly true-up adjustment, which compares actual costs for the 2013 calendar year to the actual revenues collected during the same period. For Rider C1A, Dominion Virginia Power requests recovery of a total revenue requirement credit of $1,554,020, which consists of a Rate Year projected revenue requirement in the amount of $1,011,740, and a monthly true-up adjustment credit of $2,565,760. For Rider C2A, Dominion Virginia Power requests a total revenue requirement of $48,570,382, which consists of a Rate Year projected revenue requirement of $53,416,997 and a monthly true-up adjustment credit of $4,846,615.

The proposed total revenue requirement for Riders C1A and C2A is $47,016,361. According to the Company, compared to the rates currently in effect, the proposed revenue requirement represents a decrease of approximately $2,549,707 for Rider C1A and an increase of approximately $18,666,908 for Rider C2A. Dominion Virginia Power states that it is not seeking recovery of lost revenues related to energy efficiency programs at this time; however, the Company further states that it is not waiving any right to seek such lost revenues in future proceedings for the Rate Year.

For purposes of calculating the Rate Year projected revenue requirement, the Company has utilized a general rate of return on common equity (“ROE”) of 10.0%. A 10.0% ROE was approved by the Commission in Case No. PUE-2013-00020. For purposes of the 2013 calendar year monthly true-up adjustment, the Company has utilized the ROE of 10.4% approved by the Commission in the Company’s 2011 Biennial Review Proceeding for the months of January 2013 through November 2013, and has utilized the 10.0% ROE approved by the Commission in the Company’s 2013 Biennial Review Proceeding for the month of December 2013.

Dominion Virginia Power proposes that the revised Riders C1A and C2A be applicable for usage, for billing purposes, fifteen calendar days following the issuance of an order by the Commission approving Riders C1A and C2A, or May 1, 2015, whichever is later. According to the Company, implementation of the proposed Riders C1A and C2A on May 1, 2015, would increase the monthly bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by $0.25.

With one exception, the Company has calculated the rates for revised Riders C1A and C2A in accordance with the same methodology used to calculate rates in the Company’s prior DSM proceedings. The Company proposes that the Rider C1A and C2A rates for Rate Schedules 5, 6, 6TS, and 7 be equal to the rate of the customer class that contributes the most kilowatt hours to that rate schedule. According to the Company, making this change in methodology would simplify and clarify the overall rate calculation without making a material change to the resulting Rider C1A and C2A rates by rate schedule.

The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing on March 10, 2015, at 10 a.m., in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive testimony from members of the public and evidence related to the Petition from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness at this hearing should appear fifteen (15) minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff. Individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in the hearing should contact the Commission at least seven (7) days before the scheduled hearing at 1-800-552-7945 (voice) or 1-804-371-9206 (TDD).

The public version of the Company’s Petition and the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing are available for public inspection during regular business hours at each of the Company’s business offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Copies also may be obtained by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company, Lisa S. Booth, Esquire, Dominion Resources Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means.

Copies of the public version of the Petition and documents filed in this case also are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center, located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

Any person or entity may participate as a respondent in this proceeding by filing, on or before December 4, 2014, a notice of participation. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be submitted to Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent simultaneously to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUE-2014-00071. For additional information about participation as a respondent, any person or entity should obtain a copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing.

On or before January 22, 2015, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission, and serve on the Commission’s Staff, the Company, and all other respondents, any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of such testimony and exhibits shall be submitted to Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. Respondents also shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, including: 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service; 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format; and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUE-2014-00071.

On or before March 4, 2015, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s Petition shall file with Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118, written comments on the Petition. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before March 4, 2015, by following the instructions on the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUE-2014-00071.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure may be viewed at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure and an official copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing in this proceeding may be obtained from Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118.

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McDowell pours it on for VUU homecoming win • Quarterback Kenneth Graham was 14 You can add another weapon to of 25 passing for 338 yards and two TDs. Virginia Union University’s growing Nine different receivers caught passes. football arsenal.

• Game-breaker Donte Gross had three As if upcoming foes didn’t have receptions for 53 yards and the day’s first enough to worry about before, now TD, bringing his season total to 19 catches, Cassious McDowell has been unveiled 542 yards and six touchdowns. in maroon and steel colors.

And it could have been worse.

Hapless Lincoln (Pa.) had no defense “Basically, we ran the ball the whole for the elusive tailback last week as the fourth quarter to shorten the game,” said 5-1 Panthers racked up historic numbers James. in a 78-13 homecoming win at Hovey He recalled when McDowell was the Field. opposition rather than an ally. James was With only a handful of carries in coaching Boyd Anderson High in South VUU’s first five games, Lincoln had to Florida when McDowell was playing for wonder, “Who’s No. 23?” nearby Deerfield Beach.

Com“I remember they beat us his senior plicating Oct. 18 year,” said James. the scoutVirginia Union University McDowell’s Deerfield teammates ing report, (3-0) at Chowan included Denard “Shoelace” Robinson, the native University (0-3), 7 p.m. who is now with the NFL’s Jacksonville Floridian Jaguars. is listed as During his three seasons at Toledo, Mca wide receiver on the VUU roster.

Dowell rushed for 372 yards in 2012 and A transfer from Division I Toledo of 137 last year. He has just this one season the Mid-American Conference, the 5 on Lombardy Street. foot-9, 190-pound McDowell raced for VUU will be favored to improve to 174 yards on just nine carries and scored James Haskins/Richmond Free Press 6-1 Saturday at North Carolina’s Chowan four touchdowns on runs of 67, 49, 10 VUU quarterback Kenneth Graham fires off a pass at Hovey Field during the homecoming game University, which is coming off a 39-11 and one yard. loss to Bowie State.

All of his scoring came in the first against Lincoln University.

“We’re starting to change the culture,” three periods. times tackled (5). said James.

“Day by day, week by week, we’re getting a “Cassious is a very explosive runner. All he needs is a McDowell’s 19.5 yard-per-carry average was the most by little better.” crease,” said VUU first-year coach Mark James. a Panthers back since Judge Thomas averaged 20 per tote in Sure enough, VUU’s scoring total has improved each So why did it take so long to show him off?

1976 against St. Paul’s.

“He’d been injured,” said James. “This was really the first His four rushing TDs were one short of the school record of week, from 12 in the opener against Siena Heights, to 21 to 25 to 27 to 31 to 78. week he was full strength.” five, set in 1926 by R.S. Morton against Johnson C. Smith.

To be fair, the Panthers haven’t played any national Operating behind a well-choreographed offensive line that Other big Panther statistical feats from last Saturday’s contenders. The records of the five victims are a combined included 314-pound, room-clearing center Addison Hayes, Mc- game: Dowell got that crease – and then some – against Lincoln.

• VUU’s 78 points were the most since 1921, when the 8-21. Chowan is 1-5.

In fact, VUU may not face another team with a winning Hayes, from Savannah, Ga., was converted to a center Panthers defeated Morgan State 85-0. record until it meets Virginia State in its regular season final after spending the past two seasons as a backup defensive • The 697 yards of total offense broke the old mark of 623 egame at Hovey Field on Nov. 8. lineman. set against Norfolk State in 1992.

By then, you can be sure the opposition will know who Among those applauding the position transition was • Troy Krepich’s 10 extra-point kicks were an all-time No. 23 is.

McDowell, who scored almost as many touchdowns (4) as mark, as were his 11 tries.

VSU Trojans trounce Elizabeth City State “Kavon is a workhorse,” said It has been more than a season and a half already, and no CIAA team has figured out Scott. “He’s an all-round player. a way to beat football coach Latrell Scott’s Against Bowie, he scored a touchdown, then went down on the kickVirginia State University Trojans.

The second-year VSU coach improved to off and made the next tackle.”

He played linebacker during 10-0 over two seasons against conference his freshman year, foes following last Saturday’s but was converted to 41-14 rout of Elizabeth City offense this season to State University at Rogers Oct. 18 help fill the void of Stadium.

Virginia State (3-0) at last year’s top rusher, The Trojans will try to Bowie State (2-1), 4 p.m.

Jordan Anderson. extend their two-year winning Bellamy hails streak to 11 this Saturday at Bowie State, Md. A year ago, VSU needed from arguably Virginia’s best high school football program. Hampton overtime to subdue the Bulldogs.

“Bowie is well coached and physical. We’re High has won 17 state titles and sent nine players to the NFL, including expecting a tough game,” said Scott.

Under sixth-year coach Damon Wilson, hall of famers Chris Hanburger and Bowie State is 2-4 overall, but feeling Dwight Stephenson.

“When I was playing at Hampsome momentum from a 39-11 victory over ton University, we used to go Chowan University.

VSU was 9-1l last year, but 7-0 in the CIAA over on Friday nights and watch (future NFL player) Ronald Curry,” en route to a Northern Division crown.

The Trojans opened this season with non- recalled Scott.

“You know if a kid comes conference losses to Division II heavyweights California (Pa.) and Lenoir-Rhyne. VSU now from Hampton, he has been well has won four straight games overall and is coached by Mike Smith.”

While serving as assistant coach 3-0 in the league.

Scott says the challenging early schedule at the University of Virginia, Scott helped coach former Hampton has paid off.

James Haskins/Richmond Free Press “We used those games as a measuring High stars Armando Curry and VSU freshman Earl Hughes, from Chesterfield’s L.C. Bird High School, goes in for a touchdown Marques Hagans. device,” said Scott. against Elizabeth City State University.

While Bellamy is a pounder, “No question, we want to face stiff competition. We’re looking to play in the freshman Earl Hughes is a crowdtackles, and Andre Rawls with a touchdown in Durham.

CIAA championship game and in the NCAA pleasing break-away threat.

The CIAA championship was canceled return of an interception.

From current state champion L.C. Bird Division II playoffs.”

Scott insists he’s not looking past last year following an altercation between In pummeling Elizabeth City, versatile High School in Chesterfield County, Hughes Bowie.

VSU and Winston-Salem players the day tailback Kavon Bellamy scored three touch- ran 11 times for 56 yards and a touchdown “I credit the kids and my staff for the before the game. downs, twice on runs and the other on pass against Elizabeth City. success,” said Scott. “But we can be beat Junior receiver Jaivon Smallwood made on any given Saturday. We just need to keep from Tarian Ayres.

CIAA Standings The 5-foot-10, 205-pound sophomore eight catches for 132 yards and a TD. doing what we’re doing.”

Northern Division Ayres is second in the CIAA with 225 from Hampton High ran 29 times for 139 More and more, the CIAA North looks

CIAA Overall yards. He added five pass receptions for passing yards per game. like it could come down to VSU against Virginia Union 3-0 5-1 Overall, the VSU offense amassed 397 an improved Virginia Union. That game another 52 yards.

Virginia State 3-0 4-2 Elizabeth City State 2-1 2-4 Bellamy was called on to carry the load yards on 76 plays, for an average of 5.2 will be played Nov. 8 in Richmond. Again, Bowie State 1-2 2-4 because of a thigh injury suffered by Trey yards per snap.

Winston-Salem State University is the Chowan 0-3 1-5 Defensive standouts were Andrew Faison runaway favorite in the CIAA South. The Johnson, who had been the top rusher through Lincoln 0-3 1-5 Jr. and Brandon Robinson, both with seven CIAA championship game will be Nov. 15 five games.

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The City of Richmond is gearing up for its 10th Annual Imagine Festival noon to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18.

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The forensic accountant has been involved with the nonprofit since 2011.

The organization, founded in 1919, seeks to be “the leading civic organization to conduct research into major issues and policies that affect the Richmond metropolitan area,” according to its website.

Mr. Jackson has undertaken increasing responsibility with the organization, starting with his election as treasurer in 2012. In September, he was elected to a second term as president.

The club’s recent guest speakers have included a bevy of state and local officials focusing on everything from government and schools to transportation and crime.

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Last week, a federal court panel found that the Republican-controlled General Assembly had illegally packed Democratic-leaning black voters into Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District represented by Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott. The overload reduces the influence of black voters on congressional elections in adjacent districts.

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Washington-based go-go band Trouble Funk gets the crowd going.

Eddie Hoffman wows the crowd with his moves at the Thrown Down on Brown break dancing competition.

Mexican Mariachi dancers show off fancy footwork during their performance.

A member of the Bailey Hummingbirds Gospel Brass Band blows his trumpet.

An estimated 125,000 people turned out for last weekend’s 10th Annual Richmond Folk Festival held along the banks of the James River and on Brown’s Island.

Braving overcast and rainy conditions, festival-goers danced and swayed to rhythmic beats and soulful tunes of more than 35 groups from around the globe.

Hip-hop legends at Richmond Coliseum If you want to go back in the day, Friday night’s Masters of Ceremony Hip Hop Reunion may be the place for you.

Nearly a dozen legends of hip-hop, including DMX, Doug E. Fresh and Big Daddy Kane, will perform at the Richmond Coliseum.

The showcase kicks off at 8 p.m.

Also hitting the stage will be EPMD, Rakim, Slick Rick, Naughty by Nature, Special Ed and Biz Markie.

While his mainstream success peaked in the 1980s with DJ Eric B., Rakim is widely considered one of the best MCs of all time. The duo’s debut album, 1987’s “Paid in Full,” has topped several lists of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time.

Doug E. Fresh and Biz Markie are known for their beatboxing and melodic rhymes. Both perform as DJs all over the country.

Slick Rick is known for his trademark eye patch and elaborate storytelling, such as in “La Di Da Di” and “Children’s Story.”

Big Daddy Kane and Special Ed were part of the socially conscious subgenre of hip-hop that was prevalent in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Naughty by Nature, a trio from New Jersey, took the pop scene by storm with 1991’s “O.P.P.” They broke up in 2003, but started performing again nine years later.

DMX is known for his distinctive gravelly delivery of hardcore lyrics. He has performed and recorded consistently since the late 1990s.

Trending Topic, a new hip-hop group, also will be featured.

Local radio personalities King Tutt and DJ Drake will also take part.

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Cycling summit set for women riders Girl power on wheels.

That’s one way to sum up the inaugural Richmond Women’s Cycling Summit scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 23.

The goal of the summit is “to empower women to ride bicycles and participate in their communities as riders and leaders,” according to organizers.

The event is co-sponsored by the Richmond Area Bicycling Association and Virginia Bicycling Federation.

After a 5 p.m. group ride through the city’s Arts District, a panel of female cyclists will convene at 7 p.m. at the Virginia War Memorial’s Freedom Hall , 621 S. Belvedere St. Panelists will discuss issues relevant and important to female cyclists and start a conversation about empowering female cyclists in the Richmond area.

The ride will start at Lamplighter Coffee, 26 N. Morris St. in The Fan. Information: (804) 763-9646.

Christopher Woody joins the beat with his tambourine.

Families enjoyed food and fun with a range of activities for all ages.

Venture Richmond produced the $1.4 million festival.

Organizers expect to have final tabulations on private donations from attendees to the festival by the end of this week.

Homecoming memories Photos by James Haskins/Richmond Free Press

Rain couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of students and alumni who enjoyed a weekend of activities at Virginia Union University’s homecoming celebration. Mr. and Miss VUU, Wesley Arthur and Tiera Sedden, are introduced during the homecoming football game against Lincoln University. VUU’s Rah-Rahs kept the crowd cheering during Saturday’s game. VUU’s Darrell Lamb completes a reception as fans and teammates cheer him on. The VUU Panthers were victorious, 78-13.

Historical marker dedication set for Sunday in Dinwiddie The first African-American high school in Dinwiddie County will be commemorated Sunday with the unveiling of a state historical marker.

Dinwiddie Normal and Industrial School was built in 1898. When the building burned down in 1953, Southside High School was erected on the site. Both schools were dedicated to the education of African-American students during the years of segregation in Virginia.

Both schools will be honored during the marker unveiling that 2:30 p.m., October 19 at the former school, 12318 Boydton Plank Road in Dinwiddie.

The Virginia Department of Historic Resources approved the marker, which offers the history and significance of the site.

Southside High welcomed 520 students when it was opened in 1954, the same year as the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case that outlawed the discriminatory “separate but equal” education that existed in Virginia and many other states.

The school was closed in 2012. The building now houses the Historic Southside High School Education Center, the home of the county’s adult education program.

Speakers at the dedication will include

W. David Clark, superintendent of Dinwiddie County Public Schools; County Administrator Kevin Massengill; School Board Chairwoman Barbara Pittman; Board of Supervisors Chairman William Chavis; and Lena McDonald of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

Several former Southside High students will participate in the ceremony, including Sharon B. Yates and Yvette Robinson, Class of 1968; Mary Benjamin, Class of 1964; Marquerita Ragsdale, Class of 1965; and Cheryl Epps, Class of 1966. Former teacher Hattie Walker will speak as well.

Richmond Free Press

October 16-18, 2014

Delivering perspective.

“I wanted to be an obstetrician in grade school, before I really even knew what that was. In Nigeria, pregnancy procedures used to mean life or death. If you couldn’t deliver the baby, you died. I still remember holding my aunt’s baby after her C-section. That moment — that lifelong dream — is what led me to med school.”

– Faith Ajayi, B.S. 2013 Biomedical engineering

More moments at makeitreal.vcu.edu an equal opportunity/affirmative action university

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Coalition of church groups, others help trailer park residents to improve homes

By Joey Matthews

He said about 80 other trailers remain occupied.

Mr. Soffee, 66, told the Free Press he’s struggling to pay the bills to operate the mobile home park. Further condemnations could force him to close the park and sell the property, he said.

He noted that a longtime tenant plans to move because he cannot afford the thousands of dollars it would take to meet code standards.

Mr. Soffee has owned and managed Rudd’s since 1997, when he inherited it from an aunt who died.

He also has been asked by the city to bring up to code about 100 electrical pedestals outside the trailers.

Mr. Soffee said an electrical contractor he hired has refurbished nearly half of the pedestals so far. He said he expects the rest to be repaired within the next few weeks.

Phil Storey, an attorney with the Richmond-based Legal Aid Justice Center that is helping lead coalition efforts, said they submitted a plan to Douglas H. Murrow, the city’s commissioner of buildings, in July.

“They asked us for drawings and calculations showing how we’re going to make sure it’s structurally sound,” Mr. Storey said.

Mr. Murrow assessed the plan positively.

Father Shay Auerbach has a deep affection for the families that live in Rudd’s Trailer Park on South Side.

Many of them attend Mass at the nearby Sacred Heart Catholic Church where he serves as pastor. Others seek social services at the Sacred Heart Center he directs in the 1400 block of Perry Street.

“They are a very tight-knit community, great family people who really love and look out for one another,” Father Auerbach told the Free Press.

He said he is deeply concerned about the fate of the families that are being evicted as part of an ongoing code enforcement effort by city inspectors at Rudd’s.

“A lot of them are beyond the safety net,” Father Auerbach said of the residents at Rudd’s at 2911 Jefferson Davis Highway.

Many of the park’s residents are Latino.

A recently formed Mobile Home Park Coalition has been helping residents repair or install permanent heating sources, flooring, porches, windows and doors to satisfy the state’s code requirements for manufactured homes.

Father Auerbach is part of the diverse coalition made up of faith-based organizations, legal aid, nonprofits and others that have reached out to help.

“We’re trying to mobilize volunteers and resources to help the residents bring their trailers up to code,” Father Auerbach said. “They very much value the community they live in.”

Rudd’s owner Ronnie Soffee told the Free Press about 20 trailers have been condemned.

He said those residents have moved out since the city sweep started in February.

“We are in agreement with the basic concept of the proposal. However, we are working on specific details to assure compliance with the state building code regulations,” he told the Free Press in an emailed response to a query.

Meanwhile, coalition members are pushing ahead to assist the predominately Latino community.

Chief among those helping is Olivia Leon-Vitervo, a Thomas Jefferson High School senior, who lives in the park with her family.

She translates city communications to frightened and often confused Latino neighbors, who do not speak or understand English. She also attends coalition meetings and updates her neighbors on what they need to do to meet code requirements.

Contractor Bobby Nisbeth, a a member of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart parish, also has been an integral part of the effort, volunteering hundreds of hours in coordination and repair efforts.

“It’s really the call of the church to serve the poorest of the poor,” Mr. Nisbeth said of his reasons for pitching in.

“Instead of wanting others to understand our needs, wouldn’t it be better to help our neighbors in need?”

The group also has enlisted

the aid of structural engineer Charles R. Field of Obsidian Inc. and master electrician Oswaldo Gavilan of A+ Contractors.

“A lot of people from the community who don’t necessarily have a stake in this have come forward to help”, Mr. Storey said.

Other members of the coalition are Sacred Heart, Cathedral of the Sacred Heart’s social justice committee, First Baptist Church of Monument Avenue, the Knights of Columbus, Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity at Virginia Commonwealth University; and about a dozen area nonprofits.

Mr. Murrow said he directed six inspectors to comb through Rudd’s after two mobile home parks had fires in recent years.

One was at Rudd’s in 2012.

Mr. Soffee said this is the fourth time he recalls city inspectors conducting searches of the 50-year-old, family-owned trailer park.

Mr. Murrow said “plans for similar sweeps in the near future are being developed” for the approximately 530 mobile homes in the city.

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

Dr. Sylvester T. Smith, Pastor “There’s A Place for You”

Teach | Praise | Preach

Praise: Choirs And Congregation Sermon #2 By Pastor: I Will Be An Unifying Church Member

12:30 - Depart To Serve Rev. Dr. Yvonne Jones Bibbs, Pastor

400 South Addison Street, Richmond, Va. 23220

(near Byrd Park)

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(804) 359-1691 or 359-3498 Fax (804) 359-3798 www.sixthbaptistchurch.org

Triumphant

Baptist Church

2003 Lamb Avenue Dr. Arthur M. Jones, Sr., Pastor (804) 321-7622 Church School - 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service - 11:15 a.m.

Bible Study: Tuesday - 9 a.m.

Wednesday - 7 p.m.

Prayer Services: Wednesday (1st & 3rd ) 7 a.m.

Every Wednesday 8 p.m.

Communion - 1st Sunday

Riverview Baptist Church Homecoming 2014

“Pastor & People: Seeking God’s Power Through Prayer”

Missionary

Baptist Church

Sunday, OctOber 19, 2014 • 11:00 am Service

Dr. Alonza Lawrence

OctOber 20, 2014 - OctOber 22, 2014

nigHtly Revival

1408 W. Leigh Street • 358-6403

ServiceS - 7:00p.m.

Sundays

Guest Evangelist:

Rev. Dr. Robert A. Diggs, Sr.

Early Morning Worship 8:00 A.M. Church School 9:30 A.M. Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.

Tabernacle Baptist Church Petersburg, VA.

Tuesdays

Wednesdays

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

St. Peter Baptist Church

2604 Idlewood Avenue • Richmond, Va. 23220 • (804) 353-6135 www.riverviewbaptistch.org

Rev. Dr. Stephen L. Hewlett, Pastor

Rev. Dr. Ralph Reavis, Sr., Pastor Emeritus

Grayland Baptist ChurCh

The Church Where “Everybody is Somebody and Jesus is Lord.”

2301 Third Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23222 • Phone: (804) 329-7313 • Fax: (804) 329-6420 www.graylandbaptistchurch.org • Rev. Dr. Clifton Whitaker Jr., Senior Pastor

Come Worship with Us and Receive a Spiritual Blessing!

Dr. Kirkland R. Walton, Pastor

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Worship Opportunities Sundays: Morning Worship Church School Morning Worship

Sunday, October 19, 2014 New Order Of Service For Sixth Weeks:

Book : I Am A Church Member

By Thom S. Rainer Teacher: Rev. Inga Greene

Bible Study 12 noon

11:00 AM Mid-day Meditation

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phil. 4:13

10:30 A.M. - Congregational Teaching:

Pastor

1127 North 28th St., Richmond, VA 23223-6624 • Office: (804) 644-1402

6:30 PM Prayer Meeting

Theme for 2014: Becoming a Five-Star Church of Excellence

Moore Street

Good Shepherd Baptist Church Tuesday Sunday 10:30 AM Bible Study 9:30 AM Church School 6:30 PM Church-wide Bible Study 11:00 AM Worship Service 6:30 PM Men's Bible Study (Each 2nd and 4th) (Holy Communion Thursday each 2nd Sunday) Wednesday (Following 2nd Sunday)

Sixth Baptist Church

Sermon by the Pastor Music by the Male Chorus We invite you to our Annual “Women In Red & White” program at 3:30pm Featuring the Vaughan Singers and the Jordan Sisters Sponsored by the Deaconess Ministry

8 A.M. 9:30 A.M. 11 A.M.

Unity Sundays (2nd Sundays) Church School 8:30 A.M. Morning Worship 10 A.M. Thursdays: Mid-Day Bible Study 12 Noon Prayer & Praise 6:30 P.M. Bible Study 7 P.M. (Children/Youth/Adults) 2040 Mountain Road • Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Office 804-262-0230 • Fax 804-262-4651 • www.stpeterbaptist.net

Services:

8:30 a.m. Church School and New Members Class 9:45 a.m. Praise & Worship • 10:00 a.m. Divine Worship Wednesdays - 7:00 p.m. Prayer Service & Bible Study

Rev. Dr. Clifton Whitaker Jr.

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2223 Keswick Ave., Richmond, Virginia 23224 • 804-233-0059

Installation of

Rev. Larry D. Barham, Sr. as Pastor of the Star Fellowship Baptist Church Saturday, October 18, 2014 2:00 p.m.

Guest Speaker: Rev. John Barham, Sr., Pastor Allen Grove Baptist Church of Halifax, NC and the Jordan Chapel Baptist Church of Warrenton, NC Contact the Church Office for additional information.

“The Church With A Welcome”

First Union Baptist Church

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

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Annual Harvest Homecoming October 20 – 23, 2014 Monday - Thursday

Revival 7:00p.m.

Prayer and Praise

2300 Cool Lane, Richmond, Virginia 23223 804-795-5784 (Armstrong High School Auditorium)

Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

“Moving Forward: Doing Greater Work”

Come Join Us!

11:00 a.m. - Morning Worship 3:00 p.m. – Gospel Explosion Special Guest: Soldiers Of Vision Oct. 20 - Rev. DR. Paul FlOweRs Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Mechanicville, VA Oct. 21 - Rev. RalPh hODge Second Baptist Church, Southside-Rich. VA

Oct 22 - Rev. DR. veRnOn huRte New Light Baptist Church, Richmond, VA

Oct. 23 - Rev. PeteR evans Colosssian Baptist Church, Newport News, VA

Reverend Dr. Lester D. Frye Pastor and Founder

To empower people of God spiritually, mentally and emotionally for successful living.

… and Listen to our Radio Broadcast Sundays at 10:15 a.m. on WCLM 1450 AM

Jesus went throughout Galilee teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

- Matthew 4:23

6231 Pole Green Road, Mechanicsville, VA 23116 (804) 746-4095 • Fax (804) 746-0347

Sunday Church School 8:45 a.m.

Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

Every Monday & Tuesday Morning Prayer (605) 475-4000 424949# Thursday Bible Study 11:30 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Come visit us on Facebook at: First Union Baptist Church Mechanicsville

Rev. Lewis R. Yancey, II & First Lady Jewel Yancey

Richmond Free Press

October 16-18, 2014

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Mental health to be topic at church conference Depression long has been considered as a sign of weakness by many in the AfricanAmerican community, said the Rev. Tyrone Nelson, pastor of Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church in Jackson Ward.

“In African-American cultures, people have always been told to get their physical health checked out, but they don’t want to talk about mental health,” Rev. Nelson said.

“They equate mental illness as being crazy and want to keep it inside the house.

“Many churches have also considered it a taboo topic.

They don’t want to talk about it.

That’s why Rev. Nelson said his church is partnering with Virginia Union University’s Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology to present the church’s sixth annual “Holistic Hurt, Wholistic Healing Conference.”

The conference is scheduled Friday, Oct. 17, through Sunday, Oct. 19, at the church at 14 W. Duval St.

Ebenezer Baptist Church 1858

Let’s roll

216 W. Leigh St. • Richmond, Va. 23220 • Tel: 804-643-3366 Fax: 804-643-3367 • Email: ebcoffice1@comcast.net • web: ebcrichmond.org

Music and food from around the world were among the attractions at the International Food Festival sponsored recently by the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. From left, Sister Maria; Be Be Tran, president of the Richmond Vietnamese Association; and Thu Le Pham, a retired Hanover County French teacher, roll fresh Vietnamese spring rolls for the crowd’s enjoyment. Proceeds from the event will benefit various Catholic missions in Richmond. Location: 800 block of Cathedral Place near Virginia Commonwealth University’s Monroe Park Campus.

Faith and conservation groups host speaker on climate change “Faith and the Social Contract.”

That’s the theme a Richmond-area climate change advocate is scheduled to address at the University of Richmond’s Downtown campus next Thursday.

Archie Abaire of Beaverdam will speak 6 to 8 p.m.

Oct. 23.

Location: Multipurpose Room at UR’s Downtown Campus, 626 E. Broad St. The Sierra Club of Virginia and Virginia Interfaith Power and Light are organizing the event, according to Kendyl Crawford, a program coordinator with the Sierra Club.

“Climate change is one of the biggest moral challenges of our time and a deeply ethical issue,” stated the Sierra Club, led by Executive Director Glen Besa, in a release touting the event.

“The faith community has traditionally played a large role in achieving social justice and we hope to engage the community on this issue.”

Mr. Abaire, 68, a retired information technology specialist, is a steering committee member of Virginia Interfaith Power and Light.

The group “works with congregations of all faiths across Virginia to save energy, go green and respond to climate change,” according to its website.

Mr. Abaire practices the Bahá’í Faith, which emphasizes the spiritual unity of all mankind through one God. Details on the event: Kendyl Crawford, (804) 225-9113, extension 1006, or kendyl. crawford@sierraclub.org.

Union Baptist Church

Sunday, October 19 4 p.m.

In Concert:

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1813 Everett Street Richmond, Virginia 23224 804-231-5884 Reverend Robert C. Davis, Pastor

Mrs. Isabelle LeSane and Daniel B. Glenn

FirstM iBaptist Church dlothian 13800 Westfield Dr., Midlothian, VA 23113 804-794-5583 • www.firstbaptistchurch1846.com

Rev. Pernell J. Johnson, Pastor

Service Times Sunday

Church School 9:45AM Worship 11:00AM

Tuesday

Bible Study 12:00PM

Wednesday

Youth & Adult Bible Study 7:00PM Prayer & Praise 8:15PM

Van Transportation Available, Call 804-794-5583

Thirty-first Street Baptist Church

everence e with elevanc R ing Dr. Morris Henderson, Senior Pastor bin m o ❖ C SUNDAYS Church School 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. ❖

WEDNESDAYS Bible Study 12:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. ❖

MONDAY-FRIDAY Nutrition Center and Clothes Closet 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

823 North 31st Street Richmond, VA 23223 (804) 226-0150 Office www.31sbc.org

New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

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

Men Acknowledging Christ Retreat Theme: “The Challenge” -Spirit Vs. Flesh Romans 7:18-19 & 8:5-6

October 16 -18, 2014

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

2014 Theme:

The Year of Increase

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Sundays

8:00 a.m.

Early Morning Worship 9:30 a.m.

Church School 11:00 a.m.

Morning Worship

Tuesdays

Noon Day Bible Study

Wednesdays

6:30 p.m.

Prayer and Praise 7:00 p.m.

Bible Study

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8775 Mount Olive Ave., Glen Allen, Va. 23060 (804) 262-9614 Phone (804) 262-2397 Fax www.mobcva.org

“The People’s Church”

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

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

Wednesday Services Senior Citizens Noonday Bible Study Every Wed. 12noon-1pm

Holiday Inn Conference Center 5655 Greenwich Road Virginia Beach, VA 23462 For more information contact Deacon William Anthony at (804) 869-4283 or TonyTony6@verizon.net.

Tune in on sunday morning to wTvr - channel 6 - 8:30 a.m. sunday Tv Broadcast wTvZ 9 a.m. Norfolk/Tidewater Thursday & Friday radio Broadcast wrEJ 1540 am radio - 8:15 a.m.- 8:30 a.m.

Sanctuary - All Are Welcome!

7:00 p.m. Prayer 7:30 p.m. Mid-Week Revival/ Bible Study Count: 107

Saturday

8:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer

You can now view Sunday Morning Service “AS IT HAPPENS” online!

Also, for your convenience, we now offer “full online giving.”

Visit www.ndec.net.

THE NEw DElivEraNcE cHrisTiaN acaDEmy (NDca)

ENROLL NOW!!!

Accepting applications for children 2 yrs. old to 3rd Grade Our NDCA curriculum also consists of a Before and After program.

Now Enrolling for our Nursery Ages 6 weeks - 2yrs. old.

For more information Please call (804) 276-4433 Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm

Sunday Worship Sunday Church School Service of Holy Communion Service of Baptism Life Application Bible Class Mid-Week Senior Adult Fellowship Wednesday Meditation & Bible Study Homework & Tutoring Scouting Program Thursday Bible Study

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11:00 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

Every 3rd Sunday 2nd Sunday, 11 a.m.

Mon. 6:30 p.m.

Tues. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Wed. 7:45 p.m.

Wed. 4:30 p.m.

Wed. 6:00 p.m.

Thurs., 11:45 a.m.

Join

Dr. Levy M. Armwood, Pastor  Dr. Wallace J. Cook, Pastor Emeritus

Terrie M. Williams, a New York City-based licensed clinical therapist and author of the book, “Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting,” is scheduled to deliver the keynote address following lunch 12:30 p.m.

Saturday. She also will speak at 9 a.m. the same day.

A host of mental health experts and faith leaders will lead workshops.

Topics will include “Understanding and Navigating the Mental Health System,” “Spiritual path out of a depression,” “Suicide” and “What Can I Do to Help a Loved One?” A dramatic presentation, “Black Blues,” will follow dinner 6 p.m. Friday.

A “Dance of Redemption” will begin at 6 p.m.

Saturday.

The conference will conclude with a 10:45 a.m. worship service Sunday.

More than 300 people have registered for the free conference so far.

Details on the conference: (804) 648-7511 or www. holistichurt-wholistichealing. org.

Garland Avenue Baptist Church for

Homecoming 2014

“Families in Christ: Encountering, Embracing and Encouraging His Will”

Sunday, October 19, 2014 11:00 a.m. Worship Service The worship service and fellowship will be uplifting as we hear from our pastor, Dr. Jeffery O. Smith. Come and be blessed by the word.

2700 Garland Avenue, Richmond, Va. 23222 (804)321-1372

“Pastor and People United in Greater Ministry”

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Richmond Free Press

Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL Public Notice Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, November 3, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, November 10, 2014 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. 2014-121 As Amended To authorize the special use of the property known as 1650 Overbrook Road for the purpose of [uses permitted in the B-7 Mixed-Use Business District and] authorizing multifamily dwellings with up to [one hundred seventy-three (173)] two hundred five (205) dwelling units and other site amenities, upon certain terms and conditions.

The property is currently zoned M-1 Light Industrial, which does not permit the proposed multifamily use of the property. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for industrial development. In keeping with the industrial zoning and Master Plan land use designation, the property has most recently been used for furniture sales.

Ordinance No. 2014-192 As Amended To authorize the special use of the [property] properties known as 116 East Brookland Park Boulevard, 3004 Lamb Avenue, 3008 Lamb Avenue and 3014 Lamb Avenue for the purpose of permitting the construction and occupancy of a funeral home chapel with accessory parking, upon certain terms and conditions. The Richmond Master Plan designates this property as Community Commercial and Single-Family (Medium Density). Primary uses for the Community Commercial designation include, office, personal service and retail uses, intended to provide the daily convenience shopping and service needs of adjacent neighborhood residents. Such uses are typically small scale and low intensity, have limited hours of operation, involve a high percentage of walk-in trade and minimal vehicular traffic, and are especially compatible with adjacent low to medium density residential uses.

Ordinance No. 2014-221 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1600 Monument Avenue for the purpose of authorizing outdoor dining for an existing restaurant, upon certain terms and conditions. The existing restaurant is considered a nonconforming use and any expansion of that use, including the proposed outdoor dining, requires a special use permit. The Richmond Master Plan designates this property as Single-Family (Medium Density). Primary uses for the Single-Family designation are, “single-family and two-family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi-public uses.

Ordinance No. 2014-222 To authorize the special use of the property known as 2319 Grove Avenue for the purpose of authorizing an expansion to an existing day nursery, upon certain terms and conditions. The existing day nursery is considered a nonconforming use and any expansion of that use, including the proposed building addition, requires a special use permit. The Richmond Master Plan designates this property as Single-Family (medium density) in the Near West Planning District. Primary uses are single-family and two-family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi-public uses.

Ordinance No. 2014-223 To authorize the special use of the property known as 2319 M Street for the purpose of a twofamily detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan recommends Mixed Use (Residential) land use for the property. The Master Plan defines the primary uses for this category as single-, two-, and multifamily dwellings, live/work units and neighborhoodserving commercial uses developed in a traditional urban form. No residential density ranges are specified for this land use desContinued on next column

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ignation. The proposed special use permit would allow a residential density of approximately 40 units per acre.

propriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Capital Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Public Works’ Virginia Capital Trail – Phase II project in the Transportation category by $617,037 for the purpose of funding the construction of Segment 2 of the Virginia Capital Trail.

Ordinance No. 2014-210 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $157,104 from the State Compensation Board and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 General Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office by $157,104 for the purpose of increasing the salaries and benefits of Assistant Commonwealth Attorneys. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, October 23, 2014, 2:30 p.m., Council Chamber)

Grant Contract between the City of Richmond and the Greater Richmond Transit Company for the purpose of making a $350,000 grant to the Greater Richmond Transit Company from the funds appropriated to the Department of Economic and Community Development to support the development of the Greater Richmond Transit Company’s Broad Street Bus Rapid Transit System project. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, October 23, 2014, 2:30 p.m., Council Chamber)

of Nehemiah D. Mayes, child, DOB 11/11/10 “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 Dontae M. Sanders, Unknown Father, appear at the above-named Court and protect his interest on or before November 18, 2014 at 2:15 p.m.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER GERALD BROWN, Plaintiff v.

LAKETICHA BROWN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL14002190-00 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 20th day of November, 2014 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

Case No.: CL14002086-00 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 November, 2014 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

Ordinance No. 2014-224 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3200 Utah Place for the purpose of authorizing a day nursery for up to 12 children, upon certain terms and conditions. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan recommends Single-Family Low Density land use for the subject property. Primary uses in this category includes single-family detached dwellings at densities up to seven units per acre and residential support uses such as churches, parks, and recreational facilities.

Ordinance No. 2014-225 To authorize the special use of the property known as 5204 Clarence Street for the purpose of authorizing a day nursery for up to 12 children, upon certain terms and conditions.

The City of Richmond’s Master Plan recommends Single-Family Low Density land use for the subject property. Primary uses in this category includes single-family detached dwellings at densities up to seven units per acre and residential support uses such as churches, parks, and recreational facilities.

Ordinance No. 2014-226 To authorize the special use of the property known as 707 East Main Street for the purpose of the installation of two roof signs, upon certain terms and conditions. The City of Richmond’s Downtown Plan designates the subject property as being in the “Urban Core Area”.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so.

Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Jean V. Capel City Clerk

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, October 27, 2014 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. 2014-189 As Amended To authorize NewPath Networks, LLC, to encroach upon the public right-of-way with proposed overhead and underground fiber optic cables, guy wires, conduit, hand-holes and shortrange cellular transmission nodes encroachment, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2014-198 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $20,000 from The 100 Club and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 General Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Emergency Communications by $20,000 for the purpose of implementing the PulsePoint Respond and PulsePoint AED programs.

Ordinance No. 2014-199 To amend and reordain City Code § 10-92, concerning cruelty to animals, to prohibit the use of certain instruments in the training or control of elephants. (COMMITTEE: Education and Human Services, Wednesday, October 15, 2014, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2014-200 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $323,248 from the Virginia Department of Transportation and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Capital Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Public Works’ TEA 21 Safety Improvements project in the Infrastructure Construction and Maintenance category by $323,248 for the purpose of funding the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Brookland Park Boulevard, Dill Avenue, 2nd Avenue and Meadowbridge Road.

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Ordinance No. 2014-202 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $2,027,729 from the Virginia Department of Transportation and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Capital Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Public Works’ Midlothian Turnpike U.S. 60/Belt Boulevard Bridge/ Interchange Improvement - RSTP project in the Infrastructure Construction and Maintenance category by $2,027,729 for the purpose of funding the rehabilitation of the bridge carrying Midlothian Turnpike over Belt Boulevard.

Ordinance No. 2014-203 To declare surplus and to direct the sale of Cityowned real estate located at 313 North 24th Street and 2407 East Marshall Street for $250,000 to Sterling Bilder, LLC, for the purpose of the construction of a mixed-use development including commercial, residential and civic space.

Ordinance No. 2014-204 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Stadium Use Agreement between the City of Richmond and Navigators Baseball LP, for the purpose of granting Navigators Baseball LP a right to use the property known as The Diamond, located at 3001 North Boulevard.

(COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2014-205 To amend and reordain City Code § 26-2, concerning the authority of the Chief Administrative Officer to lease real estate and the terms and conditions of such leases, for the purpose of authorizing the Chief Administrative Officer to lease city-owned real estate for periods of less than one year without a determination by the City Council that such real estate is not devoted to and not immediately needed for public use.

(COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2014-206 To amend Ord. No. 2013238-219, adopted Dec. 9, 2013, which changed the use of a portion of the Cityowned real estate known as the Public Safety Building and located at 501 North 9th Street so that such City-owned real estate will be used as a shelter for homeless persons in the city of Richmond who would otherwise be exposed to extreme temperatures and inclement weather conditions, to expand the area within the Public Safety Building to be used as such a shelter.

(COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2014-207 To abandon the fire access easement located in the block bounded by North 5th Street, Interstate 95, Navy Hill Drive, and East Jackson Street. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2014-208 To amend and reordain ch.

2, art. V of the City Code by adding therein a new div. 7.2 (§§ 2-1035—21037) for the purpose of establishing a Richmond Archaeological Commission. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2014-209 To amend Ord. No. 201462-99, adopted May 27, 2014, which adopted a General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 2014-2015 and made appropriations pursuant thereto, to transfer $50,000 from the Non-Departmental agency, Richmond Public Schools Education Foundation, Inc. – Chimborazo IB Program line item and to appropriate $50,000 to the Non-Departmental agency, Richmond Public Schools Education Foundation, Inc. – Armstrong Freshman Academy line item for the purpose of funding Armstrong High School’s Freshman Academy. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, October 23, 2014, 2:30 p.m., Council Chamber) Continued on next column

Ordinance No. 2014-211 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $10,637 from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services; to transfer $50,000 in matching funds from the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 General Fund Budget, Judiciary – Commonwealth Attorney account; and to appropriate the total amount of $60,637 to the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Judiciary agency’s Victim Witness special fund by $60,637 for the purpose of supporting the Victim Witness Program in promoting the sensitive treatment of victims of and witnesses to crime, assisting victims and witnesses in dealing with the criminal justice system and increasing the number of successful prosecutions by improving the efficiency of the criminal justice system.

(COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, October 23, 2014, 2:30 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2014-212 To amend Ord. No. 201462-99, adopted May 27, 2014, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 General Fund Budget, for the purpose of further specifying and clarifying the intent of certain line items within the NonDepartmental Agency.

(COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, October 23, 2014, 2:30 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2014-213 To amend Ord. No. 201453-96, adopted May 27, 2014, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Special Fund Budget, by creating a new special fund for the Department of Economic and Community Development entitled “Center for Workforce Innovation;” to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept $106,970 from the Virginia Department of Social Services; and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Economic and Community Development’s Center for Workforce Innovation special fund by $106,970 for the purpose of increasing services and supplementing existing services to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training participants.

(COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, October 23, 2014, 2:30 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2014-214 To amend Ord. No. 201462-99, adopted May 27, 2014, which adopts the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 General Fund Budget and appropriates the estimated revenues for such fiscal year, to transfer $1,750,000 from a NonDepartmental agency line item for Fund Balance Commitments and to appropriate the transferred funds in the amount of $1,750,000 to a new NonDepartmental agency line item for the purpose of making a grant to Virginia Performing Arts Foundation, Inc. pursuant to City Charter § 2.02(g). (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, October 23, 2014, 2:30 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2014-215 To amend and reordain City Code § 106-531, concerning definitions related to Biochemical Oxygen Demand; and to amend and reordain the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for section 106-587(e)(2), concerning the strong wastewater charge, for the purpose of modifying the surcharge for wastewater produced by manufacturing classified in the North American Industry Classification System Codes 312120 for beer and 312130 for cider. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, October 23, 2014, 2:30 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2014-216 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Continued on next column

Ordinance No. 2014-217 To amend ch. 18 of the City Code by adding therein a new art. XII, consisting of new sections 18-626, 18-627, 18-636, 18-646 and 18-647, concerning tourism zones, for the purpose of establishing a Downtown Tourism Zone pursuant to Va. Code § 58.1-3851. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, October 23, 2014, 2:30 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2014-218 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Stone Brewing Company Performance Agreement between the City of Richmond, the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond and Koochenvagner’s Brewing Co., doing business as Stone Brewing Co., for the purpose of stimulating revitalization and promoting tourism in the City. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, October 23, 2014, 2:30 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2014-219 To amend and reordain City Code §§ 2-1027 and 2-1028, concerning the Career and Technical Education Commission and the Advisory Board of Recreation and Parks, respectively, for the purpose of eliminating the requirement that appointments to the Commission and Board be made by resolution. (COMMITTEE: Governmental Operations, Thursday, October 23, 2014, 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. Monday through Friday.

Jean V. Capel City Clerk

CUSTODY Order of Publication Henrico Couty Circuit Court Comomwealth of Virginia, in re Jessica Santana (name change minor) Leah MoRRIS v.

Thiago Santana Case No. CL14-1295 The object of this is to notify Thiago Andrade Lopes Santana of name change hearing.

It is ORDERED that Thiago Andrade Lopes Santana appear at the above-named court and protect his interests on or before November 7, 2014 at 9am.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Cordelle damone coleman

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of John Lee Jones (Putative Father), Unknown Father and Belinda Coleman (Mother) of Cordelle Damone Coleman, child, DOB 02/27/14 “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendant John Lee Jones, Unknown Father, and Belinda Coleman appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before November 24, 2014 at 11:20 a.m.

Ramona L. Taylor, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-3493

Commonwealth of Virginia Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re TAJAHA RYQUAL WHITE

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Wayne MacDonald (Putative Father) and Unknown Father (Father) of Tajaha Ryqual White, child, DOB 02/03/98 “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 Wayne MacDonald and Unknown Father, appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before November 5, 2014 at 9:30 a.m.

Shunda T. Giles, Esq. 730 East Broad Street 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-3493 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF Henrico ON THE 28TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2014 NATASHA L. JONES, Plaintiff v.

JAMES T. COPELAND, JR., Defendant Case No. CL14-2039 Order of Publication The object of the above-styled suit is to change the name of Inara Jamila Copeland to Inara Jamila Jones. And, it appearing by affidavit filed according to law that James T. Copeland, Jr., the above-named defendant, is not able to be located, it is therefore ORDERED that the said James T. Copeland, Jr. appear on or before the 24th day of October, 2014, in the Clerk’s Office of this Court and do what is necessary to protect his interests.

A COPY TESTE, Yvonne G. Smith, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF Henrico ON THE 28TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2014 NATASHA L. JONES, Plaintiff v.

JAMES T. COPELAND, JR., Defendant Case No. CL14-2038 Order of Publication The object of the above-styled suit is to change the name of Taj Khepre Copeland to Taj Khepre Jones. And, it appearing by affidavit filed according to law that James T. Copeland, Jr., the abovenamed defendant, is not able to be located, it is therefore ORDERED that the said James T. Copeland, Jr. appear on or before the 24th day of October, 2014, in the Clerk’s Office of this Court and do what is necessary to protect his interests.

A COPY TESTE, Yvonne G. Smith, Clerk (

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re NEHEMIAH D. MAYES

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Dontae M. Sanders (Putative Father) and Unknown Father

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD BARBARA FAY BENT, Plaintiff, v.

CHENCLAIR ROY BENT, Defendant Civil Law No.: CL14-2920 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from the defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart without interruption and without cohabitation for a period of more than one year, since October 9, 2012.

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

It is therefore ORDERED that the said Chenclair Roy Bent do appear in the Clerk’s Office of the Law Division of the Circuit Court of the County of Chesterfield, 9500 Courthouse Road, Chesterfield, Virginia 23832, on or before 11/20/2014 at 8:30A.M. and do whatever necessary to protect his interest in this suit.

A Copy Teste: Mary E. Craze Clerk of Circuit Court I ask for this; Rudolph C. McCollum, Jr. P.O. Box 4595 Richmond, VA 23220 804-523-3900

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BRENDA BANTON, Plaintiff v.

JOSEPH BANTON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL14002195-00 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 20th day of November, 2014 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER STARLENE PITTMAN, Plaintiff v.

JOE PITTMAN, III, Defendant.

Case No.: CL14002189-00 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 20th day of November, 2014 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 ORDER OF PUBLICATION CHESTERFIELD CIRCUIT COURT LINDA MARIE (COUCH) NAPIER, Plaintiff v.

JOHN EDWARD NAPIER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL14-2432 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce.

It is ORDERED that John Edward Napier appear at the above-named court and protect his interests on or before December 8, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.

A Extract Teste: MARY E. CRAZE, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JOY STEVENSON, Plaintiff v.

DAMION WRIGHT, Defendant.

Case No.: CL14002135-00 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 14th day of November, 2014 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 COURTNEY WILLIAMS, Plaintiff v.

SHAYLA STUBBS, Defendant.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO RONALD ANTHONY ADAMS, Plaintiff v.

LINDA GAIL ADAMS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL14-2125 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from the defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart without interruption and without cohabitation for a period of more than one year, since September 29, 2003. And it appearing by Affidavit filed according to law that Linda Gail Adams, the above-named defendant, is not a residednt of this state and that due diligence has been used by or in behalf of plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city the defendant is, without effect.

It is therefore ORDERED that the said Linda Gail Adams do appear in the Clerk’s Office of the Law Division of the Circuit Court of the County of Henrico, 4301 East Parham Road, Henrico, Virginia 23273, on or before November 10, 2014 at 9 a.m. and do whatever necessary to protect her interest in this suit.

A Copy, Teste: YVONNE SMITH, Clerk I ask for this: Rudolph C. McCollum, Jr. VSB# 32825 P.O. Box 4595 Richmond, Virginia 23220 Phone - (804) 523-3900 Fax - (804) 523-3901 Order of Publication Commonwealth of Virginia City of Richmond Circuit Court Debbie Montes-Tovar v.

Rolando Tovar-Trujillo Case No. CL14-3091-7

The object of this suit is to: Obtain a divorce a vincullo matrimoni or from the bonds of matrimony.

It appearing from an affidavit that the defendant is that diligence has been used without effect, by or on the behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what country or city defendant is.

It is ORDERED that Rolando Tovar-Trujillo appear at the above-named court and protect his/her interests on or before November 14, 2014 at 9:00 a.m.

A Copy Teste: Edward Jewett, Clerk

PROPERTY VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HENRICO KATHLEEN J. SHIFFLETT (Complainant) v.

Estate of Thelma L. Beadles, Estate of Lola M. Beadles, Estate of Richard T. Martin, Estate of Carrie B. Martin, Mary Banks, Heir in the Estate of Carrie B. Martin, and, Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Successors in Interest and/or Assigns of THELMA L. BEADLES, LOLA M. BEADLES, RICHARD T. MARTIN and CARRIE B. MARTIN, if any there be, PARTIES UNKNOWN, (Respondents) CASE NO.: CL14-2191 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of the abovestyled suit is for the Plaintfiff to obtain interest in the ingress/ egress bordering parcels free of encumbrances by adverse possession as they purchased these parcels, which are on either side of said ingress/ egress. Lines and conduits for the Plaintiff’s septic system run underneath the ingress/ egress from the improved portion of property to drainage fields on the opposite of the ingress/egress. Plaintiffs have continuously maintained the portion of ingress/egress and have contnuously utilized the same as their own for a period of over 25 years.

And, it appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the Plaintiffs have exercised due diligence in attempting to search for and contact living heirs of Thelma L. Beadles, Lola M. Beadles, Richard T. Martin, and Carrie B. Martin, deceased, to no avail.

The said Respondants shall appear on or before the 10th day of November, 2014, in the Clerk’s Office of this Court and do what is necessary to protect their interest.

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VSB# 47568 Christensen Law, Inc. P.O. Box 775 Sandston, Virginia 23150 (804) 326-2154 (804) 326-2158 fax VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

HENRY WEATHERFORD a/k/a HENRY WATKINS WEATHERFORD, JR., Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF HENRY WEATHERFORD a/k/a HENRY WATKINS WEATHERFORD, JR., et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL14-805-1 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “1215 North 32nd Street”, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E000-0802/019, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Henry Weatherford a/k/a Henry Watkins Weatherford, who may be deceased, and George R. Newby, Jr.

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a/k/a HENRY WATKINS WEATHERFORD, JR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of HENRY WEATHERFROD a/k/a HENRY WATKINS WEATHERFORD, JR., has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that JAMES W. DILLARD, who may be deceased, who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated August 25, 1988 with respect to said property, recorded in Deed Book 176, Page 2253, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that ROBERT R. JONES, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated August 25, 1988 with respect to said property, recorded in Deed Book 176, Page 2253, or his successor/s in title, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that SHERWOOD A. JONES, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated August 25, 1988 with respect to said property, recorded in Deed Book 176, Page 2253, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his successor/s in title; that J. L. McCOY a/k/a JONATHAN L. McCOY, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated August 25, 1988 with respect to said property, recorded in Deed Book 176, Page 2253, has not been

located and has not filed a response to this action, or his successor/s in title; 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.”

McCOY a/k/a JONATHAN L. McCOY, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated August 25, 1988 with respect to said property, recorded in Deed Book 176, Page 2253, or his successor/s in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMBER 7, 2014, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

IT IS ORDERED that HENRY WEATHERFORD a/k/a HENRY WATKINS WEATHERFORD, JR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of HENRY WEATHERFROD a/k/a HENRY WATKINS W E AT H E R F O R D , J R . , JAMES W. DILLARD, who may be deceased, who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated August 25, 1988 with respect to said property, recorded in Deed Book 176, Page 2253, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ROBERT R. JONES, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated August 25, 1988 with respect to said property, recorded in Deed Book 176, Page 2253, or his successor/s in title, SHERWOOD A. JONES, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated August 25, 1988 with respect to said property, recorded in Deed Book 176, Page 2253, or his successor/s in title, J. L.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Capital Region Airport Commission (“Commission”), which owns and operates Richmond International Airport, to consider adoption of a Resolution to revise Parts I, II, IV, and VI to its Rules and Regulations Regarding Conduct and Activities on the Property of the Capital Region Airport Commission (“Rules and Regulations”) at its next regularly scheduled monthly business meeting on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, commencing at 8:00 a.m. in the Commission’s Board Room, located in the Airport Terminal Building, 1 Richard E. Byrd Terminal Drive, Richmond International Airport, Virginia, 23250. A public hearing will be held during such meeting at which time and place any person may appear and be heard for or against the adoption of the proposed revisions to the Rules and Regulations. A full copy of the current Rules and Regulations, the proposed revisions to the Rules and Regulations, and the proposed Resolution to amend the Rules and Regulations may be viewed from a link on the Commission’s web site at http://www.flyric.com/ or directly at http://www.flyrichmond.com/index.php/ about-us/rules-and-regulations. A hard copy of the current Rules and Regulations, the proposed revisions to the Rules and Regulations, and the proposed Resolution to amend the Rules and Regulations may be viewed at the Commission’s offices located at 1 Richard E. Byrd Terminal Drive, Suite C located on the second floor of the terminal building, Richmond, Virginia 23250. Written comments in advance of the meeting may be addressed to Mr. Jon E. Mathiasen, A.A.E., President and CEO, Capital Region Airport Commission, at the same address.

CAPITAl REgION AIRPORT COMMISSION BY : Douglas E. Elum, Chief Financial Officer

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

Bids COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION IFB # 14-9660-9CE – Aboveground Fuel Storage Tanks Mountain Road Water Pumping Station and Almond Creek Sewage Pumping Station - This project consists of providing two new aboveground 1,000 gallon fuel storage tanks. Due 2:00 pm, November 12, 2014. Additional information available at: http://www.co.henrico.va.us/ purchasing/.

DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES FEMALE OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES EMERGING SMALL BUSINESSES GODSEY & SON, INC.is seeking bids for subcontract work on the following project: TOWN OF LOUISA WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS NORTHEN LOOP. We are specifically interested in the following trades: Hauling.

MBE/WBE firms are encouraged to submit bids If interested please contact our office at 804-222-9278 or fax 804-222-0199.

EEO/Drug Free Workplace

DIRECTOR NBC12 seeks experienced director. Responsibilities include directing/technical directing, preproduction, audio operation, floor directing, robotic camera operation. Experience with Kahuna HD Video switcher, Chyron/Thunder and audio consoles a plus. Social media competency required.

Qualified applicants only apply on line at https:// careers-raycommedia.icims.com. Drug Screen required. EOE M/F/D/V.

EARN UP TO $25/HR WITH UBER Drive with Uber in your free time and earn up to $25 an hour. Set your own schedule. Be your own boss. Apply online today at t.uber.com/rva

Procurement Supervisor Salary Range: $57,011- $102,446

IRC75991. To apply or for additional information visit the County of Henrico online: www.henricojobs.com. EOE

Equipment Operator III/ Preventive Maintenance Salary Range: $29,572 - $53,140

Maintain and operate heavy road equipment. IRC75493. Apply: henricojobs.com before 10/28/14. EOE

Virginia Union University Adjunct Faculty – Spanish School of Humanities and Social Sciences We are currently seeking applications for an adjunct faculty position in Spanish. The application packet should contain a letter of interest, curriculum vita, philosophy of teaching, and a copy of graduate transcripts, sample publication and syllabi, and three current letters of recommendation (at least one of which addresses teaching qualifications).

Send to Virginia Union University, Office of Human Resources, Attn: Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1500 North Lombardy Street, Richmond, VA 23220 or e-mailed to Resumes@vuu.edu.

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE CW Richmond is one of the top rated CW affiliates in the country located in beautiful, historic Richmond, Virginia. We have an opening for an energetic and motivated Account Executive with a minimum of 2 years advertising sales experience. You’ll be responsible for selling broadcast TV and digital advertising to direct clients and advertising agencies. If you are a creative person who wants to take advantage of this unique opportunity, we want to meet with you! Send resume with cover letter and salary requirements to: CW Richmond, 5710 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, VA 23225 Attn: Adam Brown or email adambrown@ cwrichmond.tv. EOE M/F/D/V MVR check and Drug Screen required.

Ad Sales Executive

Nursing Instructor for Practical Nursing (Position #FO202)

(J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA) Associate Degree in Nursing and an unrestricted Registered Nurse’s license. Minimum of five (5) years of medical-surgical clinical experience or its equivalent within the past eight (8) years. Preemployment security screening is required.

TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Full-time nine-month teaching faculty-ranked appointment. Salary range: $41,263-$69,510. Additional information is available at the College's website: www.reynolds.edu.

APPLICATION PROCESS: Application reviews will begin JANUARY 8, 2015, and will be accepted until the position is filled.

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

(Richmond Metro Area) The Richmond Free Press is looking to fill an advertising sales position immediately that is open for a gogetter who knows the Richmond Metro area. Familiarity with ad agencies who represent clients in the Richmond area market a plus. Reliable transportation.

Must possess effective verbal and communication skills.

Salary + quarterly bonus upon meeting benchmarks set by the employer. Send your resume along with a letter of interest with emphasis on past ad sales achievements and skills, including salary requirements to: advertising@rich mondfreepress.com No phone calls.

Engineering Instructor/Program Head (Position #GO005)

(J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA) Master's degree in Engineering; or Master’s degree with 18 graduate semester hours in Engineering. Pre-employment security screening is required.

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Sports Plus Stories by Fred Jeter

Armstrong suffers close loss to Highland Springs

Neither an untimely cloudhigh schools. burst nor the first loss of the The Wildcats seem to have season has dampened spirits of a lock for a 3A Regional Armstrong High football. berth and likely first-round “We really feel good about home game. finishing strong,” the Wildcats’ “We could even get two coach Kedrick Moody said after home games,” said Moody. a 35-30 loss to Henrico County’s Armstrong reached the Highland Springs High School playoffs last year, with a last Friday.

3-8 mark, before being dealt Armstrong, in the 3A sports a first-round loss at James enrollment classification, fell to Monroe High School in 5-1, while the Springers, rated Fredericksburg.

5A, improve to 6-0.

Armstrong has not deDespite dreary weather, nearly feated Highland Springs 2,000 fans — many toting umsince 1992, several coaching brellas — showed up in the city’s changes ago. The score of East End for the much-anticipated that win for the Wildcats collision of the unbeatens. was 12-7.

“This is the biggest crowd That score was confirmed in my three years by far,” said using an old yearbook by Armstrong Athletic Director the Springers’ new athletic Ksaan Brown. “We turned away director, Michael Bailey. He James Haskins/Richmond Free Press at least another 100 because we is the former athletic director were already at capacity.” and football coach at Virginia Armstrong quarterback De’Shaun Waller winds up for a pass in the Wildcats’ game Brown said his ticket sales against Highland Springs High School.

Union University. during the week were around Brown concedes his re1,000 and that Highland Springs sold another 300 tickets. cords go back only three years, when he arrived as athletic director at The Wildcats took a 14-6 lead before Highland Springs began to seize Armstrong. control with a crunching ground game.

In that 1992 game, with Otis Brayboy coaching the Wildcats, Armstrong’s Armstrong quarterback De’Shaun Waller passed for 114 yards and two star quarterback was JuWawn Tune. Tune’s son, JuWawn Tune Jr., now plays touchdowns — to Anthony Freeman and LeRobert Alexander. Waller also for Highland Springs and caught a 19-yard pass in the Henrico school’s win ran for another 78 yards and another touchdown. over the Wildcats.

“Highland Springs knew we were there,” said Moody. “The stage wasn’t Meanwhile, MaxPreps.com has become something of a Bible for high too bright for us. But by the same token, we don’t believe in moral victories school athletics. The problem is MaxPreps goes back only to 2006. any more. We think we can win any game.”

Since then, and counting games this season, Armstrong is 0-9 against The game will be remembered for its rock ’em, sock ’em blocking and Highland Springs, 0-8 against Hanover, 0-8 against Lee-Davis, 1-8 against tackling.

Varina, and 1-7 against Henrico.

“It was the ‘black and blue’ game — very physical. Highland Springs “I don’t care about all that,” Moody said of the previous losses. “We’re wore black. We wore blue. But both teams were black and blue from bruises not living in the past. We’re living in this year and only worried about who after,” he said. we’re playing next.”

Armstrong travels to Hanover this Friday, then to Atlee Oct. 24, before And Moody’s prediction for the upcoming trip to Hanover? finishing the regular season with home games against Lee-Davis and Henrico “We’re looking to start a new winning streak.”

High Schools Conference 26, 3A East

Last week’s results

Highland Springs 35, Armstrong 30 Monacan 36, Huguenot 0 Hopewell 68, Colonial Heights 30 Clover Hill 53, George Wythe 6 Thomas Jefferson 21, John Marshall 14 Petersburg 24, Matoaca 21 Games Oct. 17 Armstrong at Hanover, 7 p.m.

Hopewell at Petersburg, 7:30 p.m.

Huguenot at L.C. Bird, 7:30 p.m.

Mills Godwin vs. John Marshall, 7 p.m. at City Stadium Game Oct. 18 Patrick Henry at Thomas Jefferson, 1 p.m.

Records Armstrong 5-1 Hopewell 3-3 Petersburg 3-3 George Wythe 1-5 John Marshall 1-5 Thomas Jefferson 1-5 Huguenot 1-6 Note: Conference 26 schools do not play a round-robin schedule.

Regional playoff berths are to be determined by overall records.

Who’s the greatest? Derek Jeter, of course Among the fun things about first black player in the majors baseball, or any sport, is debating during the modern era; .311 batthe question, “Who’s the best of ting average; 1947 Major League all time?”

Rookie of the Year; 1949 National With the much-celebrated League MVP; led Dodgers to the retirement of New York Yankees 1955 World Series crown. shortstop/captain Derek Jeter, Runner-up: Rod Carew, it’s only natural to argue where Minnesota Twins/California he ranks on the all-time list of Angels, 1967-85; .328 batting superstars. average, 18-time All-Star, 1977 Was he the greatest Yankee?

American League MVP. How about the greatest big Third base: Ray Dandridge, league shortstop?

Negro Leagues/Minor Leagues, Over 20 glorious years in The 1933-55; native of Richmond’s Bronx, the man wearing No. 2 East End; .355 batting average; a in pinstripes in such dignified magician with a glove; no other fashion played 2,747 games and black third sackers in the Hall collected 3,456 hits, 544 doubles, of Fame.

260 homers and 1,311 RBI, while Left field: Rickey HenderSteven Senne/Associated Press Retired New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter speaks hitting .310. son, many teams, 1979-03; allAnd that’s not counting all to the media after the last game of his 20-year career on time base stealing champ with Jeter did on the brightest stage Sept. 28. The future Hall of Famer spent all 20 seasons 1,406; single-season base-stealing of all — spurring the Yankees to with the Yankees. champ (130 in 1982). five World Series titles.

Runner-up: Willie Stargell, A creature of habit, Jeter used the same model bat (Louisville Pittsburgh Pirates, 1962-82; 475 homers, 1,540 RBI. Slugger P72, 34-inch, 32 ounces) his entire professional career, Right field: Hank Aaron, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves/ starting in Tampa of the Gulf Coast League in 1992.

Milwaukee Brewers, 1954-76; ranks first in all-time RBI (2,297), And, yes, there is a Richmond connection. extra-base hits (1,477) and total bases (6,856); second all-time in In 1994, the year before he was called up to New York, Jeter, homers (755); who was 21 at the time, made several trips to The Diamond with Runner-up: Tony Gwynn, San Diego Padres,1982-01; .338 the International League’s Columbus Clippers. batting average.

You might say he “inherited” his shortstop skills from his dad, Center field: Willie Mays, New York and San Francisco Giants/ Dr. Sanderson Charles Jeter, who played shortstop at Fisk Univer- New York Mets, 1951-73; blasted 660 homers, stole 338 bases; sity in Nashville. spectacular glove.

There are 51 former Yankees in the National Baseball Hall of Runner-up: Andre Dawson, 1976-96; 438 homers, 314 steals, Fame. Only three — Rickey Henderson, Reggie Jackson, Dave 1,591 RBI, mostly with Expos and Cubs; 1977 National League Winfield — are black, and none played his whole career in the Rookie of the Year; 1987 National League MVP with last-place Big Apple.

Cubs.

Jeter is a shoo-in for the Hall of Fame when he becomes eliDesignated hitter: Frank Thomas, 1990-08; 521 homers, 1,704 gible in 2020.

RBI, .301 batting average, mostly with the Chicago White Sox; no So just for fun, let’s select baseball’s all-time black team, with other black DH in Hall of Fame. only Hall of Famers, or sure-to-be Hall of Famers. We’re leaving allPitchers: Satchel Paige, 1926-65; played in Negro Leagues, time home run champ Barry Bonds off due to “character” issues. MLB, semi-pro and Minor Leagues; regarded as greatest hurler Here are my picks: in Negro Leagues; pitched last MLB game with Kansas City A’s Catcher: Roy Campanella, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1948-57; eight- at age 59. time All-Star, three-time National League MVP. Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals, 1959-75; 251 wins, 3,117 Runner-up: Josh Gibson, Negro Leagues, 1930-46; .359 batting strikeouts, 2.91 ERA, two-time National League Cy Young Award average, mostly with the Homestead Grays. winner, 1968 National League MVP. First base: Willie McCovey, 1959-80; slugged 521 homers, Juan Marichal, 1960-75; 243 wins, 2.89 ERA, mostly with mostly with the San Francisco Giants. the San Francisco Giants.

Runner-up: Eddie Murray, 1977-97; 504 homers, 1,917 RBI, Ferguson Jenkins, 1965-83; 284 wins, 3,192 strikeouts, mostly mostly with the Baltimore Orioles. with the Chicago Cubs; 1971 National League Cy Young Award Second base: Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947-56; winner.

Relief pitcher: Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees, 1995-2013; 652 saves; was to pitching mound what Jeter was to shortstop; eligible for Hall of Fame in 2019.

Shortstop: Derek Jeter.

Runner-up: Ernie Banks, Chicago Cubs, 1953-71; 512 homers, 1,636 RBI, moved to first base later in career; two-time National League MVP. Captain: Every team wants its captain to be not only talented, but durable, humble and courageous under pressure.

You want a player other teammates look up to.

And one who is a role model for youngsters.

In this case, it’s an easy choice. On this or any other team, Derek Jeter is captain.

And you can add the words “of all time.”

VCU basketball enters season ranked No. 1 in conference Virginia Commonwealth University is the unanimous preseason pick to finish first in Atlantic 10 Conference basketball this season.

Coach Shaka Smart’s Rams have reached three straight NCAA tournaments. The team received all the first place votes cast by coaches and journalists at Media Day recently at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. George Washington, Dayton, Massachusetts and Richmond were picked second through fifth, respectively.

VCU seniors Treveon Graham and Briante Weber were named preseason All-Atlantic 10.

Graham is within 605 points of becoming VCU’s all-time scorer based on stats starting with the 1968-69 season.

Eric Maynor is listed as VCU’s all-time scorer with 1,953 points scored from 2005 through 2008, but Len Creech scored 2,019 points for VCU and its precursor, Richmond Professional Institute, combined, from 1965 to 1967 and 1968 through 1969.

RPI and the Medical College of Virginia merged in 1968, forming VCU. Weber averaged 9.4 points last season while leading the nation with 3.5 steals per game.

VCU basketball opens Nov. 14 against Tennessee in the Veteran’s Classic in Annapolis, Md. Game time is 6:30 p.m. on the CBS Sports Network.

Black players fill rosters at top-ranked Mississippi schools In terms of percentage of total population, Mississippi is by far the state with the highest African-American population.

That percentage is well reflected in the makeup of the undefeated Southeastern Conference football squads at Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi “Ole Miss”.

In this week’s Associated Press rankings, Mississippi State is No. 1 and Mississippi is No. 3.

Of 105 players pictured on the Mississippi State Bulldogs’ roster, 90 are black.

For Mississippi’s Rebels, 75 of 107 pictured are black.

Many of the white players at Mississippi State and Ole Miss are kickers and non-scholarship walk-ons.

The state of Mississippi is 37.3 percent black.

The states with the next highest black populations are

Louisiana, 31.9 percent; Georgia, 30 percent; Maryland, 29.4 percent; South Carolina, 28.5 percent; Alabama, 26.4 percent; Delaware, 20.9; and Virginia, 19.9 percent.

The University of Mississippi, located in Oxford, integrated in 1962 with the celebrated case of civil rights activist James Meredith.

Mississippi State, in Starkville, opened its doors to black people in 1965 with Richard E. Holmes, who later became a medical doctor.

The first black football player at Mississippi was Ben Williams in 1972. Williams went on to an All-Pro career as a defensive lineman with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills.

Mississippi State’s first black player was defensive tackle Robert Bell in 1970. Bell graduated with a degree in business in 1973.

There are five comprehensive historically black colleges in Mississippi — Mississippi Valley State, Jackson State, Alcorn State, Rust College and Tougaloo College, and two community colleges, Coahoma Community College and Hinds Community College.

At one time, HBCUs were the only institutions open to black students and they claim many great players among their alumni. Now, however, many black players are seeking the brighter stages of the more highly publicized Southeastern Conference schools.

Jackson State has produced NFL Hall of Famers the late Walter Payton, Lem Barney and Jackie Slater, while Mississippi Valley is the alma mater of Hall of Famers Deacon Jones and Jerry Rice. Alcorn alumni include the late Steve McNair, who was the Tennessee Titans’ quarterback in the 1999 Super Bowl.