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Justifiable homicide Richmond Police officer cleared in May shooting death of teacher Marcus-David Peters, who was naked and unarmed

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Justifiable homicide.

That’s the ruling Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael N. Herring has applied to the bizarre and tragic case of 24-year-old Marcus-David Peters, the unarmed man who was fatally shot by a police officer last spring off of Interstate 95 while apparently suffering mental distress.

Mr. Peters was a highly regarded high school biology teacher in Essex County, where he had earned a reputation as a caring and capable educator, according to Mr. Herring.

Outside the classroom, Mr. Peters, who was known for his sense of humor and positive attitude, volunteered building houses with Habitat

of those around him,” and did for Humanity and worked part not break the law in firing the time in security at The Jefferson two shots that killed Mr. Peters, Hotel in Downtown. according to the detailed report But he was far different when Mr. Herring co-authored with he was shot after crashing his car Assistant Commonwealth’s Aton May 14 in a grassy area beside torney LaToya H. Croxton. the Chamberlayne Avenue ramp leading to Interstate 95.

“The use of deadly force was Then, he was naked and … necessary given the unique cirrunning full bore at Richmond cumstances,” the report states.

As a result, Officer Nyantakyi Police Officer Michael Nyantakyi will not face any criminal charges, while yelling that he would kill Mr. Herring stated in a finding the 10-year veteran, according Mr. Peters that was widely anticipated. to a 17-page report Mr. Herring issued Aug. 31.

The officer, who like Mr. Peters is African“The officer reasonably regarded Mr. Peters American, has been on paid administrative leave as a direct threat to his life and to the safety since the shooting. As a result of Mr. Herring’s

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finding, Officer Nyantakyi is now on desk duty, the department disclosed, but won’t return to full duty until an internal probe determines that he followed department policy for using deadly force.

Police Chief Alfred Durham has reported firing or forcing the resignation of 19 officers for policy violations since he took office in 2015 and has said he has three more dismissals pending. But Officer Nyantakyi is not expected to be among them, despite the continuing debate about his actions and department policies on handling mentally ill individuals.

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3 African-Americans running for governor in 3 states

By Reginald Stuart

President Trump has angered and mobilized voters across the nation to the point that many have been challenged to turn out en masse this fall to register and vote for candidates who reject his oft time bitter rhetoric.

For sure, black Americans have clinched historic roles in the battle to halt and reverse President Trump’s agenda,

with a record three African-American candidates running for governor this November in three states — Florida, Georgia and Maryland.

Each is trying to return their state’s governorship to Democratic control.

In the process, political analysts said, the three contenders represent a new chapter for the Democratic Party.

They reflect the emerging leadership that is younger, more

female, broadly diverse and socially progressive, according to analysts.

With the exception of Maryland, their Republican opponents are hard-line Trump supporters, dissenting from his agenda quietly when they do.

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Black businesses feeling left out area’s oldest black business trade group, and president of Astyra Corp., a Richmond-based information techToo many black-owned businesses are feeling left nology consulting firm. out of a booming Richmond economy.

Mr. Young, who also serves on the board of the This Thursday, a coalition of business and comRichmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, munity organizations is to make that point during said that the coalition wants a seat at the table when an invitation-only dinner meeting with Richmond development decisions are made at City Hall. officials and to urge increased inclusion of blackMBL is one of six organizations taking part in owned businesses in government spending for goods the meeting that is to include members of City Mr. Bowers and services.

Council, the city administration, the Richmond Dubbed “Unanimity Consensus,” the coalition is seeking School Board and school administration and staff and other to present a united front at the Sept. 6 meeting at the Virginia board members.

Home for Boys and Girls in Henrico County.

The other five organizations include the Black Business The aim: To put a renewed focus on ensuring participation Alliance of Virginia, the Richmond Branch NAACP, the Richof “black business in all types of contracting,” said Samuel S. Please turn to A4 Young Jr., board chair of the Metropolitan Business League, the

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Major cracks begin to show in Trump White House Reuters

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First day welcome Barack Obama Elementary School Principal Jennifer Moore welcomes 7-year-old Christopher Pleasants to the first day of school Tuesday. The youngster started second grade at the North Side school that was renamed in mid-June to honor the nation’s first African-American president. Opened in 1922, the Fendall Avenue school had been named for a Confederate general. Please see more photos, B2.

WASHINGTON Senior officials in President Trump’s administration have been working from within to frustrate parts of his agenda to protect the country from his worst impulses, an anonymous Trump official wrote in a column published by the New York Times on Wednesday.

In the piece, the official described “early whispers” among members of President Trump’s Cabinet to take steps to remove him as president, but added they decided against it to avoid a constitutional crisis.

The official wrote that the root of the problem is that President Trump is amoral and not moored to any discernible principles that guide his decision-making.

“It may be cold comfort in this chaotic era, but Americans should know that there are adults in the room,” the author wrote.

Asked about the column during a White House event, the president called it a “gutless editorial,” bashed the New York Times as “failing” and ticked off economic achievements that he said were proof of his leadership.

Staring into the cameras, he said: “Nobody is going to come close to beating me in 2020 because of what we’ve done.”

The Times took what it called the rare step of publishing an opinion column by the official under an agreement to keep the author’s name secret. It said the senior administration official’s job would be jeopardized by its disclosure.

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Bike lane hearing Sept. 11

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Want bike lanes on Brook Road? Hate the idea?

Next Tuesday, Sept. 11, residents can speak their minds about the proposal to reduce the four-lane road to two lanes for traffic, with one lane in each direction reserved for cyclists and parking.

City Council members Kim B. Gray, 2nd District, and Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, whose districts include Brook Road, will host a public hearing on the proposal at 6 p.m. at the Richmond Police Training Academy, 1202 W. Graham Road, next to the Virginia Union University campus.

The council members have introduced legislation to stop construction of the bike lanes on Brook Road between West Charity Street and Azalea Avenue. The bike lanes have been in the works since council approved a bike master plan in 2015. Ms. Gray was not on the council at the time.

Work is not expected to begin until next year, but the plans would be halted if City Council approves the legislation.

Officials have said about $1.2 million in federal funding is earmarked for the project, which would create bike lanes similar to those on Franklin Street that have reduced vehicle traffic mostly to one lane between Belvidere Street and 9th Street.

Ahead of the public hearing, Ms. Gray and Mr. Hilbert issued a letter to Mayor Levar M. Stoney renewing their request for an independent traffic and safety study to consider the impact of the bike lanes.

This is their second request for a study. The Stoney administration has yet to respond, Ms. Gray and Mr. Hilbert said.

In the letter, Ms. Gray and Mr. Hilbert noted that the administration opposes their ordinance, but also noted that the administration has not provided “any acknowledgement of the legitimate safety concerns of the residents, business owners and motorists who use the Brook Road corridor.”

The council members stated there are “many ongoing and unresolved safety issues” involving existing bike lanes, adding that “these significant safety issues must be addressed comprehensively before any new bike lanes are added.”

They stated they have no answers for constituents who want to know what would happen when four lanes narrow to two lanes at busy intersections along Brook Road.

Some people who park in driveways at their homes are worried about being able to back out safely through a bike lane and into the one lane reserved for vehicle traffic, the two council members stated.

Supporters have argued the installation of the bicycle lanes would force traffic using Brook Road to slow down.

Breil named to new city post Have a complaint about city services?

Contact Peter Breil.

He has been tapped to lead City Hall’s new Department of Citizen Service and Response that was set up to upgrade service delivery and improve the connection with city residents.

And handle complaints.

Mayor Levar M. Stoney announced Mr. Breil’s appointment Tuesday. His starting Mr. Breil salary: $125,000 a year, the city said.

“I am looking forward to the ideas and leadership Peter will bring to this department to help better connect City Hall to city residents,” the mayor stated.

A Virginia Tech graduate who has managed call centers and customer contact operations for Capital One and Time Warner Cable during the past 15 years, Mr. Breil will oversee the city’s 311 call center and the new online system at www.RVA311.com.

“Richmond residents deserve an efficient and responsive system to process their requests for assistance,” Mr. Breil stated in the announcement.

“I’m excited about the challenge,” continued Mr. Breil, who earned a master’s degree in international studies from the University of South Carolina and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.

City seeks election officers Interested in serving as an election officer in the upcoming election on Tuesday, Nov. 6?

The Richmond Voter Registrar is looking for 200 people to help at the polls on Election Day. Generally, the workday will begin at 5:15 a.m. and end past 7 p.m., when polls close.

Duties may include helping set up voting equipment, greeting and managing the flow of voters, checking voters’ names in the voter poll books and helping tally results.

Starting pay is $130 for working on Election Day. Election officers will be paid $15 to complete a required training class. Classes will be held in September and October.

Applications are available from the Richmond Office of the General Registrar, Room 105 in Richmond City Hall, 900 E. Broad St., or online at https://apps.elections.virginia.gov/onlineforms/ officerofelection.

Information: Richmond Voter Registrar, (804) 646-5950.

VUU, VSU awarded grants Virginia Union and Virginia State universities have been awarded National Park Service grants to aid in the preservation and upgrade of aging campus buildings, 4th District Congressman A. Donald McEachin announced Tuesday.

VUU will receive $500,000 to support renovations to Huntley Hall, a dormitory that dates to the early 1900s.

Meanwhile, VSU has been granted $274,278 to support work on Storum Hall and $493,815 for work on Vawter Hall. Storum Hall currently serves as a center for alumni affairs and university fundraising, while Vawter Hall, which dates to 1908, houses academic offices.

Church Hill Reunion Sept. 8 The Church Hill Reunion will mark its 35th year of providing fun, fellowship and community uplift this weekend.

The annual event is scheduled to take place noon to 6 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 8, at its traditional venue, Ethel Bailey Furman Park, 818 N. 28th St., James E. “J.J.” Minor III, president of the Reunion Committee, has announced.

Along with family-oriented activities, the event also will honor political leaders and community benefactors, Mr. Minor said.

Honorees are to include, former state Sen. Henry L. Marsh III, a longtime Church Hill representative; Leroy Allen, former president of the Reunion Committee; Harold Harris, recreational instructor for the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club; and Mary Thompson, a community advocate and founder of the New Visions Civic League.

Two current Church Hill representatives, Delegate Delores L. McQuinn, D-70th, and City Council member Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District, also are to be honored, Mr. Minor said.

The outdoor get-together is the committee’s signature event, Mr. Minor said, but the group also raises money to provide school supplies and back-to-school clothing for East End children.

Details: Mr. Minor at (804) 677-7340 or Tanya Brice at (804) 304-5279.

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Heavy machinery digs up the ground in the second phase of RRHA’s effort to replace Jackson Ward to prepare for construction of the 200 units in Fay Towers. Of the 154 new a 154-unit apartment complex. Dwight Snead units, 72 are earmarked for current residents of Construction Co. is undertaking site work Slices of life and scenes Fay Towers, located four blocks north on 1st in Richmond for the $33 million development in the block Street in Gilpin Court. The other 82 units are bounded by 1st and 2nd streets between Duval and Jackson to be available to the public. The development corporation is streets, where St. Joseph’s Catholic Church once stood. The set to start work this fall on the final phase: Creating 51 units former brick convent for the church awaits renovation as part in the former Baker Elementary School in Gilpin Court, about of this development. The nonprofit Community Preservation and three blocks west of this site. The first phase, installation of Development Corp. is undertaking the work in a partnership 77 apartments in a former Highland Park school building, was with Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority. This is completed about 18 months ago.

Monroe Park Conservancy issues new guidelines for feeding

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Feeding the homeless will return to Monroe Park once it reopens, but with new rules that will limit the number of charities that can operate at one time, according to Alice M. Massie, president of the park’s governing body, the Monroe Park Conservancy.

The rules are included in an email Ms. Massie sent last week to representatives of volunteer food distribution groups, including the Richmond Chapter of Food Not Bombs. The Free Press obtained a copy.

While Ms. Massie’s message did not include a specific date when the park would be open and usable again, the questionand-answer format of her message states that the park would have a designated area for serving food, which would be allowed

on Saturdays and Sundays.

The message notes that three time slots have been set up for each weekend day, with only two groups allowed in the designated area per time slot: 8 to 10 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m.

“To help manage the designated space, we ask that you pre-register,” the message continued, noting that feeding people on sidewalks would not be permitted.

The approval to participate also will be good only for three months, the message states, and would need to be renewed if a charity wants to continue for the following three-month period.

“We are currently registering for September-December,” the message added.

City Council created the nonprofit conservancy to manage Monroe Park, the city’s first park, once it reopens. A significant green space for 167 years, the

park sits between Downtown and Virginia Commonwealth University in the block bounded by Belvidere, Main, Franklin and Laurel streets.

The 7.5-acre park was closed in November 2016 for a $6 million renovation project. Heavy rain and slower than anticipated construction work have pushed the project into its 22nd month, well beyond the 18 months originally anticipated.

Abner Clay Park in Jackson Ward has become an alternative site for weekend food distribution. Groups that take part in the effort have been hopeful of returning to Monroe Park.

At this point, it is unclear what impact the new rules might have.

The start date has yet to be announced.

The park remains fenced off despite earlier reports that the fencing would come down on Aug. 29.

Court may wind up redrawing lines for House of Delegates districts

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Federal judges could end up redrawing the boundaries of 11 districts in the House of Delegates — including four in the Richmond-Petersburg area and seven in Hampton Roads — that were found to be illegally overloaded with black voters.

Packing black voters into a small number of districts makes surrounding districts more populated with white voters and more Republican.

In a rebuke to Virginia Republicans who narrowly control the Virginia General Assembly, the three-judge panel that found the districts unconstitutional refused to extend an Oct. 30 deadline while the GOP appeals the court’s order to redraw the lines to the U.S. Supreme Court.

In its Aug. 30 order, the panel wrote that delaying a remedial plan likely would result in the 2019 Virginia House of Delegates elections proceeding under unconstitutional districts, which it could not allow.

The court’s rejection was issued the same day that the General Assembly met in a special redistricting session at the State Capitol. Lawmakers bickered over new redistricting maps that Democrats had advanced and then left without taking any action.

No additional special sessions have been

set as Republicans head to the U.S. Supreme Court to try to overturn the panel’s order issued after finding that race was the key factor in drawing the 11 districts.

On Tuesday, attorneys for Republican House Speaker Kirk Cox and the Republican House Caucus argued that other factors were far more important than race in urging the nation’s highest court to keep the current districts in place.

Unless the nation’s highest court intervenes, the judicial panel would take on the task of redistricting if the deadline passes without the legislature approving a new map, which now seems increasingly unlikely.

That’s what happened two years ago after Virginia Republicans declined to change the boundaries of the state’s congressional districts after courts found African-American voters were illegally packed into the 3rd Congressional District represented by U.S. Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott.

The court-drawn changes led to the creation of a redrawn 4th Congressional District that now includes Richmond and the election of a second African-American, Democratic Rep. A. Donald McEachin, to the state’s congressional delegation.

The U.S. Supreme Court later upheld the lower court’s redrawing of the congressional districts.

The nation’s highest court has shown little sympathy for the GOP cause in the current House of Delegates case, having already essentially rejected the current GOP-drawn House map and returned it to the three-judge panel.

Any revamping of the 11 majorityblack House districts would mean some African-American voters would be moved into adjacent districts.

Overall, the changes could impact 29 to 33 of the state’s 100 House districts, lawmakers and election officials have said.

Political experts suggested that the moves could narrow or eliminate a Republican advantage in some of the districts.

For example, Newport News Republican Delegate David E. Yancey retained his 94th District seat after winning a tiebreaker last year after he and his Democratic challenger, Shelly Simonds, ended with the same number of votes.

Also, Republican Delegate Riley Ingram, who is considering retirement, has narrowly held off a Democratic challenger in the 62nd District in the last two elections. A move of a few more black voters into the district that now includes majority-white parts of Hopewell and the counties of Henrico, Chesterfield and Prince George, is seen as making it even harder for a Republican to hold the seat.

New laws tighten school suspension practices

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Ahead of the start of the new school year, new policies have been in place to reduce long-term suspensions of misbehaving students across the state.

The key changes that the General Assembly approved and that Gov. Ralph S. Northam signed into law include: • Limiting suspensions of children in pre-kindergarten to third grade to no more than three days and barring expulsion of those students from public schools.

• Limiting long-term suspensions of older students to no more than 45 days.

What impact the new laws will have remains uncertain, particularly as both include major loopholes that allow school officials to impose far longer suspensions.

Longer suspensions can be imposed on young pupils as well as older students if the alleged offenses involve weapons possession, drugs, violence against another person or a credible threat of violence or yet-to-be defined aggravated circumstances, the bills state.

State Sen. William M. Stanley Jr., R-Franklin, championed the legislation affecting young students, while Delegate Jeff M. Bourne, a Richmond Democrat, led the charge to limit the time for long-term suspensions of older students.

Both lawmakers expressed concern about the disruption of education that suspensions can cause.

The two legislators appeared to be making an effort to address issues spotlighted by the Legal Aid Justice Center in a report and later update titled “Suspended Progress” that are based on state data on public school discipline.

However, Delegate Bourne’s legislation does not address short-term suspensions of 10 days or less that affect most students who are disciplined and largely involve minor offenses such as cell phone possession or disrespect, according the Legal Aid Justice Center’s findings.

The 2017 report found that Virginia public schools during the 2015-16 school year issued an estimated 127,255 short-term disciplinary suspensions of 10 days or less to about 70,000 individual students. In

other words, some students were suspended short-term more than once.

The Bourne legislation mostly addresses the 3,000 students who received long-term suspensions, according to the report, meaning they were barred from schools for at least 11 days and at most for up to a year.

However, the “Suspended Progress” report did not offer any data on the average number of days that students were suspended.

Statewide, 282 students were expelled for a year, the report found.

The report spotlighted the discipline imposed on young children in finding that Virginia schools issued “more than 17,300 short-term suspensions and at least 93 long-term suspensions just to children in pre-K through third grade.”

However, the report again did not include any data on the length of the short-term suspensions for young children.

The Legal Aid Justice Center report also raised concern that suspension rates for African-American students and for students with disabilities continue to be far higher than for any other groups of children.

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Kaepernick draws fire again — this time over Nike ad Free Press wire report

Controversy continues to surround former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick two years after he first took a knee during the national anthem to protest the oppression of people of color and continuing police brutality against African-Americans.

Now, protesters on social media are calling for people to burn their Nike sneakers and boycott the sporting goods maker after Nike chose Mr. Kaepernick to participate in its new ad campaign.

Mr. Kaepernick will be one of several faces for a campaign marking the 30th anniversary of Nike’s “Just Do It” slogan.

More than 30,000 people were tweeting with the hashtag #NikeBoycott on Tuesday morning, making it among the top trending topics on Twitter. Some posted images of themselves burning and ripping their Nike shoes and apparel.

“First the @NFL forces me to choose between my favorite sport and my country.

I chose country,” Twitter user @sclancy79 said in a post retweeted 16,000 times.

“Then @Nike forces me to choose between my favorite shoes and my country.

Since when did the American Flag and the National Anthem become offensive?”

Others edited the ad to show images of U.S. Army veterans with the same caption, criticizing Nike for signing the athlete and saying it disrespected the memory of fallen soldiers.

Still, there were a large number of other users who responded positively to Nike taking a stand on social issues.

Athletes including LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Serena Williams and Chris Paul showed support, posting images of Mr. Kaepernick’s ad on their Instagram profiles.

Even former Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad weighed in on the latest controversy, tweeting: “The #NFL season will start this week, unfortunately once again @Kaepernick7 is not on a NFL roster. Even though he is one of the best Quarterbacks in the league.”

Shares in the Beaverton, Ore.-based Nike Inc. fell more than 2 percent after Mr. Kaepernick posted a black-andwhite close-up of himself on Instagram on Monday featuring the Nike logo and “Just do it” slogan, along with the quote: “Believe in something.

Even if it means sacrificing everything.”

Mr. Kaepernick has been sponsored by Nike since 2011, but reportedly negotiated a new deal with the brand that will include a signature shoe and apparel.

President Trump has been critical of athletes taking a knee during the national anthem and has said he would love to see NFL owners fire football players who disrespect the American flag.

Nike is the latest sports brand to face boycott calls, which industry analysts said can alienate some customers, while winning over others, but often blow over quickly.

“Nike is not a stranger for backing sporting personalities who take views and act on them. Politicizing sport is likely to result in polarizing demographics,” said John Guy, an analyst at Mainfirst Bank in London.

“Freedom of speech is one of America’s core tenants, so placing this freedom within a sporting context for a brand as big as Nike will always make headlines,” he added.

Under Armour faced criticism last year after its chief executive made comments supporting President Trump, while Adidas drew calls in May to cut its ties to rapper Kanye West after he described slavery as a choice and praised President Trump.

The customers Nike could lose will be more than made up for by attracting new younger consumers who are looking to buy brands that stand behind political topics, said Jessica Ramirez, a retail analyst with Jane Hali & Associates. Noting the fleeting effect of calls for boycotts of Under Armour and Adidas, she added: “We don’t hear much about it today.”

Some analysts said the boycott would not have a big impact on Nike, which in June reported a major sales rebound in its North America business and forecast strong growth for 2019.

“The alt-right calls for a Nike boycott will fail just like the boycott of Dick’s Sporting Goods failed,” said Matt Powell, a senior adviser with market research firm NPD Group. “Old angry white guys are not a core demographic for Nike.”

Gun rights supporters called for the boycott of Dick’s Sporting Goods earlier this year after the retailer stopped selling assault rifles and high-capacity magazines following the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.

Another analyst, GlobalData Retail’s Neil Saunders, said the campaign will harm Nike in middle America, where it is battling Germany’s Adidas for dominance in the sneaker market.

“The company’s stand may go down well on its native West Coast; it will be far less welcome in many other locations,” he said.

Nike, which confirmed on Monday that Mr. Kaepernick was part of the campaign and called him “one of the inspirational athletes of his generation,” did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday.

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Pressley to become first African-American woman to represent Massachusetts in Congress Free Press staff, wire reports

BOSTON Add the name Ayanna Pressley to the list of African-American underdogs who are achieving unprecedented political success.

Ms. Pressley scored a stunning upset of 10-term U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, positioning herself to become the first African-American woman to represent Massachusetts in Congress.

She will not have a Republican challenger on the November ballot in this Boston-based district, once represented by future President John F. Kennedy. It is one of the most left-leaning districts in the country.

Her triumph delivered another stark message to the Democratic establishment that newcomers on the insurgent left are unwilling to wait their turn.

Ms. Pressley propelled her candidacy with urgency, arguing that in the age of Trump, “change can’t wait.”

Her victory carried echoes of the surprise win in June by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who trounced a longtime House incumbent, Rep. Joseph Crowley, in New York and other unexpected wins in Georgia and Florida.

Addressing jubilant supporters at a union hall in Dorchester on Tuesday night, Ms. Pressley called it a win for “people who feel seen and heard for the first time in their lives, a stakehold in democracy and a promise for our future. That is the real victory, that is bigger than any electoral victory. And I want to thank you all for being foot soldiers in this movement and for ushering in this change.”

Rep. Capuano conceded with barely 13 percent of the votes counted, commending his rival.

“Ayanna Pressley is going to be a good congresswoman, and I will tell you that Massachusetts will be well served,” he said.

Ms. Pressley, who in 2009 became the first African-American woman elected to the Boston City Council, overcame a powerful lineup of the Massachusetts political establishment. Rep. Capuano, 66, has held the congressional seat for 20 years, and had the backing of every major Democratic political figure, including Mayor Martin J. Walsh of Boston, who deployed his extensive political machine on Tuesday on Rep. Capuano’s behalf.

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Balloons fall from the ceiling as Ayanna Pressley is declared the winner of Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Congress in Massachusetts. Defeating a longtime congressman, Ms. Pressley has no Republican opponent in the November general election.

Currently, just two of the state’s nine representatives in Congress are women, and one is retiring. It was not until 2012 that Massachusetts elected its first woman — Elizabeth Warren — to the U.S. Senate. It has never elected a female governor.

The late Edward W. Brooke III of Massachusetts was the first African-American in the nation popularly elected to the U.S. Senate. A Republican, he represented that state from 1967 to 1979.

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Emory University political science professor Andra Gillespie, a Richmond area native who earned her degree at the University of Virginia. “They are hoping to present plans to address the economic anxieties of the average working family.”

All three gubernatorial contests present distinct challenges to the contenders, regardless of party, based on the views of political analysts.

In Florida, where Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum scored a surprise win in last week’s Democratic Party primary, the challenge is stitching together party leaders who all endorsed him after the primary contest, then raising interest among others.

Mr. Gillum won only 34 percent of the vote to clinch the party nomination. He has to build from there.

In Georgia, where Spelman College graduate and tax lawyer Stacey Abrams swept the Democratic primary decisively, winning 70 percent of the votes, the challenge is to continue her impressive campaign to register more historically unregistered voters and to get out the vote by knocking on doors house by house.

As for champions backing her cause, Ms. Abrams, a former Georgia state legislator, has the support of former President Obama and civil rights icon and Georgia Congressman John Lewis.

The Maryland contest, pitting former national NAACP chief Ben Jealous against current GOP Gov. Larry Hogan, presents a different set of tough challenges, analysts said.

Not only did Mr. Jealous divide the Democratic vote to win the primary, he defeated Rushern Baker, chief executive of heavily Democratic Prince George’s County and one of Maryland’s most respected Democrats with a history in state government.

Gov. Hogan had marginal competition in the Republican primary despite his repeated criticism of President Trump and solid opposition to most of Trump’s agenda. Gov. Hogan, a former Howard County executive, has enjoyed high bipartisan ratings during his four years of working with a Democratic-controlled state legislature.

Mr. Jealous lacks strong broad-based Democratic support and trails Gov. Hogan by a long distance in fundraising.

“They have a governor who is really popular in the state,” said Bowie State University government professor William Lewis. Gov. Hogan has been “very cautious” not to disrupt the civil, bipartisan relationship between leaders of the two political parties.

All three gubernatorial candidates have plugged into the national network of African-American sororities, fraternities and other civic and social organizations to raise money for campaigns that could land them in the history books of their states.

Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, who in November 1989 became the first elected African-American governor in the nation, could not be reached to discuss the three new candidates.

But political scientists who have followed Mr. Wilder’s career and public service offered some comparisons.

Mr. Wilder, a longtime state senator who was elected Vir-

ginia’s lieutenant governor in 1985, was a seasoned politician who learned and earned political footing with years of public service, political scientists said. The record of service and his high profile in the state’s capital city made him easier to accept as the state’s leader, they said. Before his bid for governor, he had proven leadership skills and was a fiscal conservative, much like his Republican predecessors, analysts said.

Also, the political climate in Virginia was more tolerant then than it is today, they said, attributing the souring climate to President Trump.

“The younger generation of blacks are beginning to percolate,” said historian Alvin Thornell, a veteran political scientist who spent decades at Howard University. “The older whites have become inactive as illustrated in the recent political contests in New York and Massachusetts. They just were aging and dropping out.”

The Democratic effort this election season will hinge on “New

Deal” Democrats returning to the ranks as they did in the 1960, and the candidates’ and party’s success in recruiting and getting new voters to the polls, Dr. Thornell and other analysts said.

They estimated nearly one-third of traditional Democrats have become conservative Republicans or dropped from political participation. This loss must be made up with new registration and participation efforts, like that launched in Georgia by Ms. Abrams.

“All of these candidates see whites as part of their coalition,” said Dr. Gillespie, noting that Democrats need to build from the ancestors of traditional Democrats, continue courting Latino voters and register and get to the polls people who have not voted in the past.

For Republicans, the formula is to keep the Trump wire sparked, they said.

For sure, analysts said, Republicans are loading up for a political rhetoric battle.

Black businesses feeling left out of economic boom in Richmond Continued from A1

mond Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Urban League Young Professionals and Youngpreneurs, an organization for younger business people.

“This is a historical moment for these organizations. Instead of operating separately, these groups with about 1,400 members are finding common ground on the issue of black business and community betterment,” said A. Hugo “Al” Bowers, president of the Black Business Alliance as well as of his family-owned Bowers Corp.

“We realized that in order to gain the strength we need to move forward in this economic climate, we have to come together,” said Mr. Bowers, who considers the coalition a critical element in uplifting black businesses.

He said there is too much talk about “opportunity.”

“I have an opportunity to take a walk in the morning, drive my car and meet with friends, but all of that revolves around the ability to make money,” he said.

And that means securing contracts, which he calls “the lifeblood that sustains

any viable business and propels it into the future.”

Mr. Bowers said everyone understands there are state laws that must be followed, but he said the coalition wants to offer advice and guidance so that black businesses can benefit even “within that box.”

He said that he and others are concerned that city spending with black-owned businesses has retreated from its peak of $36.4 million in fiscal year 2014.

City data show government spending with black-owned businesses fell to $20.1 million in fiscal 2017, or 43 percent below the peak. At the peak, the city was building four new schools and a new jail.

Total city spending with non-whiteowned companies totaled $28.2 million in fiscal 2017, 48 percent less than the 2014 peak of $54.2 million.

The city typically spends 85 percent to 90 percent of its procurement dollars with white-owned companies.

Mr. Bowers noted that the city previously set a goal of spending 40 percent of its construction dollars with non-white companies, particularly on the new jail and the four schools. While he said the city

never reached that goal, it’s a goal that deserves to be reinstated, he said.

As it stands now, Mr. Bowers and others see more struggle than advancement for black businesses in Richmond despite the hundreds of millions of dollars being invested in new construction and company growth.

While Richmond’s economic boom is helping, black businesses are not getting the kind of share that might be expected, Mr. Bowers said. Despite a groaning banquet table, black businesses are still getting the scraps, he said.

“We’re busy, but we’re not busy enough,” said Loren M. Glasper, vice president of Richmond-based Ty’s Hauling and Paving Inc. “Sure there are one or two companies that are thriving, but we want all of the companies to be sustainable,” Mr. Bowers said. “This is about building the proper foundation to ensure that can happen.

“We are working together because we want black businesses to have a future.

And at this point, many of them won’t be here tomorrow if something does not change. That’s why this initiative is so important.”

Major cracks begin to show in Trump White House Continued from A1

President Trump

son resign.

The article further fueled accusations by critics that President Trump is unstable and unfit for the presidency and seemed likely to resurrect talk among some Democrats about potentially impeaching the president should they take control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November elections.

There was an immediate guessing game in Washington about who wrote the article and whether it came from someone within the White House or in another government agency.

The opinion piece followed publication on Tuesday of the first excerpts from a book by famed Watergate reporter Bob Woodward de-

scribing chaos in the White House.

Mr. Woodward reported that Defense Secretary James Mattis rejected a recommendation from President Trump for the U.S. military to kill Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to excerpts published by the Washington Post.

Mr. Mattis dismissed the book as “a uniquely Washington brand of literature,” and President Trump has called it “total fiction.”

In the Times piece, the official wrote: “Given the instability many witnessed, there were early whispers within the Cabinet of invoking the 25th Amendment, which would start a complex process for removing the president.

“But no one wanted to precipitate a constitutional crisis. So we will do what we can to steer the administration in the right direction

until — one way or another — it’s over,” the author added.

Under the 25th Amendment, adopted in 1967, the vice president and a majority of either Cabinet officials or “such other body as Congress may by law provide” may declare in writing that the president “is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”

It has never been used to strip a president from power and would be a complicated process.

“We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made America safer and more prosperous,” the writer said. “But we believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic.”

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Blackwell Historic District consideration delayed until Oct.

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A state agency is hitting the pause button on a decision to create a new historic district covering much of the Blackwell neighborhood in South Side.

Julie Langan, director of the state Department of Historic Resources, announced that the Blackwell district would be considered at a special meeting of the two boards that must approve the proposal, the state Board of Historic Resources and the State Review Board.

The meeting is to be held 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at New Life Deliverance Tabernacle, 900 Decatur St. in Blackwell.

Ms. Langan stated that two recent developments forced the

agency to postpone the presentation that had been scheduled for the two boards’ joint meeting on Thursday, Sept. 20, in Petersburg.

One reason is a snafu involving the legally required issuance of letters notifying property owners of the upcoming meeting.

She stated the agency discovered that a third-party company the state Department of Historic Resources had paid did not send out many of the letters.

In addition, she stated that the National Park Service also has requested that DHR create a separate district for Blackwell rather than attaching it to the existing Manchester historical district. Ms. Langan stated the agency is complying with the unexpected request from the federal agency that oversees the

National Register of Historic Places.

“We hate to postpone the presentation,” Ms. Langan stated, “but the upside is that the presentation will be in Blackwell.”

This is the second postponement for consideration of the proposed district, which originally was scheduled to be considered in June. Ms. Langan put it off until September after Blackwell residents complained of not having enough information and the agency held an unprecedented series of community sessions to explain the proposal that private developers are spearheading.

Ms. Langan has said that proposals for historic districts generally can be derailed only if a majority of property owners send in notarized letters of objection. So far, only one Blackwell property owner has provided an objection.

Richmond Police officer cleared in May shooting death Continued from A1

a badge have claimed the lives of 34 people already this year, the slaying of Mr. Peters has remained a standout, fueled by the anger of his sister, Princess Blanding, and allies who see him as another unarmed black man gunned down by a law enforcement officer.

An educator herself and former assistant principal at Essex County High School, Ms. Blanding condemned Mr. Herring’s decision to clear Officer Nyantakyi of criminal wrongdoing at a gathering of supporters last Friday afternoon outside the John Marshall Courts Building where Mr. Herring and his staff are based.

Decrying the report as an effort to “demonize and dehumanize” her brother, Ms. Blanding insisted that “there is no justification for why Marcus isn’t here right now. We will fight to see that this doesn’t happen again.”

She and others want the city to create a civilian review board to investigate police shootings and also want officers to have more options for using non-lethal force.

Mr. Herring’s report does not include any recommendations for policy changes and essentially supports and confirms previous city Police Department statements about the events that led to the shooting.

During an earlier news conference last Friday morning at the courts building, Mr. Herring said, “I don’t know how it could have been done any differently.”

According to the report, Mr. Peters had smoked marijuana after getting home from the high school and then drove to The Jefferson Hotel, where he ended up stripping off his clothes inside the hotel and driving away naked.

Officer Nyantakyi got involved after seeing Mr. Peters crash into a car at Franklin and Belvidere streets and speed off northbound on Belvidere Street.

The officer also saw Mr. Peters leave his car after crashing by the interstate entrance ramp and dash onto I-95, where he was struck by a car and rolled and flapped around on the highway.

While the officer reported via radio that Mr. Peters appeared mentally unstable and requested backup, the reports states, “The officer couldn’t stand by and let Mr. Peters continue to break down on 95.”

While much of the story in the report is known, the pages offer new insights into the case.

That includes Mr. Peters’ previously undisclosed use of a

cocktail of marijuana and unprescribed Ritalin, a drug used to treat attention deficit disorder, but which can create erratic and psychotic behavior in some.

Ms. Blanding insisted her brother did not illegally use drugs and also had touted an autopsy report as finding none.

However, residue from the Ritalin and THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, were disclosed in a separate toxicology report that was released later.

Mr. Herring’s report notes that investigators turned up a witness who admitted giving Mr. Peters a bottle of generic Ritalin and another who said Mr. Peters admitted taking the medicine. Evidence also developed about Mr. Peters’ use of marijuana.

According to the report, Mr. Peters’ mental decline “started one to two weeks before his death.”

One witness told investigators that Mr. Peters had been acting “a little bit weird” in the week before the shooting, the report Ms. Blanding noted. There also were concerns about Mr. Peters’ strange behavior at school, the report stated, adding that one witness claimed that Mr. Peters’ relatives discussed the situation on Mother’s Day, the day before he was shot.

The report seeks to make it clear the shooting of the Virginia Commonwealth University graduate was tragic, but the result of Mr. Peters’ specific actions that day.

“Regardless of the cause of Mr. Peters’ behavior, whether it was the result of a mental health crisis or whether it was drug induced, he was acting erratically and dangerously,” the report states.

“In no way are we suggesting that individuals suffering from mental illness should be killed by law enforcement,” the report continues. “Indeed like most Richmonders, we are disturbed by the outcome, particularly because Mr. Peters was an accomplished young man devoted to public service.”

Ms. Blanding and her supporters are fervent in their belief that Mr. Peters would be alive today if the department trained officers to use non-lethal options for dealing with people with mental issues.

The report notes that Officer Nyantakyi first fired a Taser in seeking to stop Mr. Peters, but that did not work. One of the two prongs did not connect.

The report called ideas that the officer could shoot to wound an unrealistic fantasy that is promoted by TV dramas and movies.

The report also stated that Officer Nyantakyi considered engaging hand-to-hand with Mr. Peters but did not “because of Mr. Mr. Herring Peters’ erratic behavior, his unresponsiveness to pain after being hit by a car when he ran into the roadway and fear that Mr. Peters might land on top of him.”

Still awaiting backup units, the officer indicated he knew Mr. Peters was unarmed when the teacher rushed him, but indicated that Mr. Peters was grabbing him and his gun when he fired, the report states.

To the officer, “it was ‘an all-out fight between the two’ to gain control of the gun,” the report continues The officer only fired when Mr. Peters continued to charge, the report states.

DMV mobile service center to be outside City Hall on Sept. 7 The state Department of Motor Vehicles will operate its mobile customer service center outside Richmond City Hall, 900 E. Broad St. in Downtown, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7.

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Kavanaugh and chaos We are witnessing a magnitude of chaos and desperation rarely seen in Washington with the U.S. Senate hearings this week on President Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh.

On one side, we have the Republicans who are so desperate to protect President Trump and hang on to their majority in Congress that they are steamrolling through Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation despite the myriad of problems surrounding his nomination and the process.

On the other side, we have the Democrats — and members of the public — who are so bent on stopping the hearings that their disruptions are turning the process into a circus.

Seventy people were arrested Tuesday, the first day of the hearings, as protesters sequentially shouted from the back of the hearing room. Each protester was carted off by Capitol Police, only to have the shouts arise again a few minutes later by a new protester.

We understand that democracy can be loud and messy, particularly when it comes to constitutionally protected free speech.

But our big issue is this: How can any U.S. senator fairly and adequately determine Judge Kavanaugh’s fitness to serve on the nation’s highest court when he was nominated by a president operating under a growing legal and ethical cloud?

We are talking about a president whose instability and lack of fitness to hold office is so clearly visible that members of his White House staff were considering a mutiny — invoking the 25th Amendment of the Constitution to start the process to remove him, according to an unnamed insider’s op-ed published Wednesday by the New York Times.

President Trump has been implicated in federal crimes by Michael Cohen, his former personal lawyer.

Mr. Cohen pleaded guilty last month to two counts of violating federal campaign laws by making payments to two women to conceal their sexual affairs with Mr. Trump in order to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential campaign.

Mr. Cohen told the judge in federal court in New York that Mr. Trump directed him to make the payments to the women, one a porn star, and the other a former Playboy playmate whose hush money was funneled through a newspaper tabloid.

An unindicted co-conspirator in the case, Mr. Trump nominated Judge Kavanaugh for the vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Kavanaugh has written previously that a sitting president cannot be criminally indicted or the subject of a criminal investigation while in office.

Additionally, we all know that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating possible collusion by President Trump and his campaign with the Russians to hack the 2016 president election. On the day that Mr. Cohen pleaded guilty to the campaign violations along with five counts of tax evasion and one count of bank fraud, Mr. Trump’s former presidential campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was found guilty by a federal court jury in Northern Virginia of eight counts of financial fraud.

We now have court records proving that Mr. Trump and those closest to him have broken the law. So by putting Judge Kavanaugh on the U.S. Supreme Court, Mr. Trump is assured of having a justice who will protect him when he makes a legal move to free himself from prosecution. Judge Kavanaugh represents Mr. Trump’s get-out-of-jail-free card.

The president, who is under criminal investigation, should not be allowed to choose his own judge in a case that in all likelihood will go before the U.S. Supreme Court. Like all elected officials, Mr. Trump is accountable to the people and to the laws of the land. He should not be held above the law by Judge Kavanaugh or any other judge in this nation.

For public officials, there should be no immunity from accountability — including prosecution — particularly when it comes to the person who holds the highest elected position in our nation.

But Mr. Trump continues to put our democracy on the brink of a breakdown with his despicable actions. We cannot let his efforts to protect himself ruin the character and impartiality of our nation’s highest court.

We call on members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to stop these confirmation hearings until Mr. Mueller’s investigation is complete.

We also call on the White House and Republicans to release all the documents related to Judge Kavanaugh so that senators can have a complete record with which to evaluate his nomination.

We urge our readers to call Virginia’s U.S. senators, Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, as well as Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee that is holding the hearings, and members of the committee to tell them to suspend the confirmation process for Judge Kavanaugh until the Mueller investigation is complete.

The Senate switchboard number is (202) 2243121.

It is imperative that our democracy not be pulverized by a president or lawmakers motivated by their self-interests. America and Americans deserve better than that.

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White House war against federal workers The economy is doing well, crows the pugilist-in-chief, complaining that he doesn’t get enough credit for the things that he has done to “make America great again.”

Every time a positive number is released, he brags like a banty rooster.

GDP growth higher than expected? He did it.

Unemployment rate down? He did that, too.

He has little to say about the fact that wages remain stagnant. And he has dared to scold the chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank about increasing interest rates, which is a reasonable strategy during economic expansion.

So if the economy is doing so well, why has the president declared that federal workers will not get the 2.1 percent pay increase budgeted for them for 2019?

He says our economy can’t afford it. But his tax cuts will cause the deficit to balloon by $1.5 trillion.

We can afford to give businesses $1 trillion in tax cuts, spend $200 billion providing rich folks a break by eliminating the estate tax, and throw ordinary people $300 billion in tax cuts,

with folks at the top getting most of the break. But we can’t afford to pay 2 million federal workers $25 billion in raises!

The raises represent just 2 percent of the cost of the tax cut. The president says this is a cost-cutting measure, but many see it otherwise. Indeed, since he came to Washington pledging to “drain the swamp,” he has had it in for federal employees.

Julianne Malveaux His pledge to “drain the swamp” is now laughable. The conviction of his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, along with the guilty plea of his personal attorney suggest that he added quite a few of his own alligators to the swamp he pledged to drain.

The troubled resignations of his feed-at-the-trough cabinet members like former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price are proof positive that 45 did not want to drain the swamp but profit from it.

A thorough investigation of the way that 45 and his family have financially benefited from his presidency would be most illuminating. Consider the money the Trump family extracts from the hotel; the trademarks First

Daughter Exploiter Ivanka has been able to obtain from the Chinese government, perhaps in exchange for implied favorable treatment from her daddy; the exploitation of federal resources whenever 45 plays golf at one of his own golf courses, with our government paying for it. This guy is not draining the swamp; he is swimming in it.

At the same time, his attack on federal employees is reprehensible. Why can we afford $1.5 trillion in tax cuts but not $25 billion in raises? And why does 45 keep bragging about the healthy economy while playing poor with federal workers?

Actually, we can afford the raises, just like we provided the tax cut. It is a matter of choice.

This administration has attacked the rights and dignity of federal workers from the moment he stepped into office. Legislation has been passed to make it easier to fire federal employees.

Workers in federal offices have been capriciously reassigned, often given the choice of moving or losing their jobs. Federal employee unions have been challenged and attacked, with rules about union activity changing with little notice, office space taken away from union workers and other assaults.

Now, 45 is escalating this war on federal workers, taking away their very modest pay increases for the year.

Trump and violence

Is he serious? Does President Trump really think there will be “violence” from the left if Republicans lose control of Congress in the November midterm elections? Isn’t the whole point of winning an election to get what you want without turning to violence?

Yet, “violence” was in President Trump’s forecast in a recent closed-door meeting with evangelical leaders at the White House, according to audio obtained by NBC and The New York Times.

“They will overturn everything that we’ve done, and they’ll do it quickly and violently, and violently,” President Trump said.

“There’s violence. When you look at antifa, and you look at some of these groups — these are violent people.”

Sometimes. But antifa, a loosely knit, far-left movement, tends to live up to its name, which is short for “anti-fascist,” by showing up at far-right-wing events, such as the infamous rally by torch-bearing white supremacists in Charlottesville last year.

After one of the neo-Nazis drove his car into a peaceful crowd of counterprotesters, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuring 19 others, President Trump put “blame on both sides,” then shamelessly added that there also were some “very fine people on both sides,” including the side that included the neo-Nazis.

Is he serious? Or is President Trump just describing a movie that’s playing in his own head?

After all, President Trump has hardly been a peacenik when it comes to cheerleading for violence. After a protester interrupted a Las Vegas rally in

Clarence Page February 2016, he growled, “I’d like to punch him in the face, I’ll tell ya.”

“Get him out!,” he said as a protester was escorted out of another rally in Warren, Mich., in March 2016. “Try not to hurt him. If you do, I’ll defend you in court.”

At a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he told supporters to “knock the crap out of” would-be hecklers. At another rally, less than a month after President Trump said he wanted to punch a protester in the face, one of his supporters actually did.

Yet President Trump told the religious leaders on Aug. 27, “The level of hatred, the level of anger is unbelievable” on the left, as if his own habit of rooting for violence was not well known.

But talking about the ragtag antifa group helped President Trump avoid other awkward issues, such as his own rather unchaste Ten Commandments violations alleged by stripper Stormy Daniels.

Expressing a willingness to look the other way so long as President Trump delivers with his appointment of conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices,

Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council famously said of the Daniels case that the president should “get a mulligan ... get a do-over.”

President Trump may well get another mulligan for urging the Christian leaders in the White House meeting to break federal law by openly supporting him from the pulpit.

Among other achievements that he said they must preserve, he claimed to have overturned the provision in federal tax law known as the JohnsonAmendment that bars churches from endorsing political candidates. He not only cannot overturn a law without congressional approval, but the executive order he signed is worded in a way that leaves the Johnson Amendment untouched.

It’s not nice to spread falsehoods, especially to religious leaders. But as they are encouraged by today’s culture wars to feel like an oppressed minority, it’s not shocking to see evangelicals view him as a secular “savior,” the label some Trump conservatives have used to mock President Obama’s supporters.

But his words apparently do have an impact. Robert Chain, 68, of Encino, Calif., was arrested and charged Aug. 30 with making “credible” threats of violence to Boston Globe employees, calling the newspaper the “enemy of the people.”

Yes, that’s the Stalinesque label President Trump gives to media who deliver news that President Trump doesn’t like. We media workers are not enemies of the people. We’re just people whom President Trump wants to call his enemy.

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In some ways, this seems directed at the federal workforce in Washington, Maryland and Northern Virginia, all areas that have no love for the blustering, bullying 45th president. But the federal workforce is national, and there are heavy concentrations in California, and in Trump-loving states like Texas, Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania. Notably, 18 percent of the federal workforce is African-American.

If Democrats win the midterm elections in November and the U.S. House of Representatives, this attack on federal workers will stop.

Congress can halt this edict to suspend raises through legislation, but the Republican-majority House is too bonded to the swamp-dwelling president to do the right thing.

This is yet another reason to tune it up and turn out the vote in November.

The writer is an economist and author.

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Immigrants, Caucasians, Native Americans and ‘America as we know it’ At one time, this country was the home of those labeled Native Americans.

Slowly, then rather viciously, this country became home to invading Europeans, many of them criminals, murderers, thieves, debtors and rapists — the rejects of their various countries and communities. They made Native Americans, and all their various tribes, the enemy.

Native Americans sought to defend themselves from these invading immigrants forcefully taking over the land, killing off the animals that provided food and other necessities and polluting the waters. But they ended up being killed, many of

their families exterminated by the invading Europeans and their military or confined to land these invaders didn’t want.

These invaders took over the land, declared it theirs and made Native Americans non-entities. Various tribes had to plead to be recognized by a federal government in order to receive some of the services made available to and by the invading immigrants.

If oil or other valuable commodities or minerals were discovered on the “useless” land on which Native Americans were forced to live, often the Native Americans would be moved, often without receiving any of the financial benefits from the oil or mineral extraction.

For anyone who is not a Native American to criticize today’s immigrants as taking away from “America as we know it” should not be allowed, especially from some folks like Laura Ingraham of the FOX News Channel.

Native Americans are the only ones who can plausibly, accurately and truthfully make such statements. Anyone else who is not a Native American should be laughed out of the room for uttering such nonsense and ideas.

RODNEY B. THOMAS Richmond

Finding Memories of the ‘Queen of Soul’ our ‘moral center’

Our longest war has not been in Afghanistan. It has been the war waged against the American people by our politicians in Washington.

They have steadily passed laws to make life a living hell for the American people while talking about “compromise” and acting in a “civilized” manner toward each other.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson is right. We need to find our “moral center,” not political compromise in governance.

When Koch Industries, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo dollars are steadily buying politicians, we, the American people, are the losers.

Wells Fargo executives can commit all sorts of crimes against customers and not have to set a foot in a prison. Yet ordinary citizens can be stopped by police who have rolled up windows because the officers “smell marijuana,” another case of driving while black.

In former President Obama, we had a president who was respected around the world. The American

people twice elected him, only to have the evil, racist white male Republicans in Congress treat him with total disrespect. Those white male Republicans were waging war against the wishes of the American people by blocking his judicial nominees and other efforts on our behalf, including health care, which other countries have for their citizens.

Our longest war started in 1776 with the continuation of slavery at the start of a new country. It continues today with the evil likes of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Ted Cruz.

On them and other Republicans like them, we can smell the strong stench of racism, whether or not car windows are rolled up.

We need to stop them and their cohorts from driving America into the ground.

To the Rev. Jesse Jackson, I say a loud, “Amen!”

My most precious memory of the great Aretha Franklin occurred in the early 1970s when I was an associate editor of Ebony magazine and working in Johnson Publishing Co.’s New York office.

The Rockefeller Center office was headquarters for Ebony’s advertising department. It only had five editorial staffers — myself, JET magazine editor Cordell Thompson, administrative assistant Bernice Bryant and photographers Marshall Wilson and Pulitzer Prize winner Moneta Sleet.

Cordell wrote JET’s hugely popular New York Beat column. If he was away on assignment or vacation, I had the opportunity to write that column. It so happened that he was away when Aretha was scheduled to do a concert in New York City’s Radio City Music Hall.

During the concert, between songs, Aretha posed, profiled and strutted around the stage, very proud of her new slimness. It was a Diana Ross kind of performance as far as I was concerned and somewhat distracting because it was not the Aretha we were familiar with — that Aretha would sit at the piano or stand at the mic and carry us on a soulful journey with

her powerful, compelling, incredible singing.

When writing New York Beat, I wrote that I wished Aretha would understand that she didn’t have to do all that posing and strutting. All we needed from her was her glorious voice.

Several months later, she was scheduled for a concert in Westchester County, which is in New York’s regional area. The day before her appearance I received a phone call from Barbara Harris, a public relations expert for Atlantic Records, Aretha’s recording company. Ms. Harris told me that she had just gotten off the phone with Aretha who told her to make sure I attended her concert and to bring me backstage when it was over.

“Uh-oh!” I thought, “She’s going to blast me for my comment in JET.” The concert was right on time. Aretha didn’t pose or strut around the stage. She sat at the piano and stood at the mic and mesmerized the packed audience with her incomparable, soul-stirring singing.

Immediately after her last song, Ms. Harris took me backstage. When we walked into Aretha’s dressing room, she was sitting in a chair looking as though she was waiting for us.

“Good evening, Miss Franklin,” I said nervously.

After greeting me, Aretha said in a calm voice, “I read what you wrote in JET. What do you think about this concert?”

Relieved by the non-hostile tone in her voice, I said, “That’s exactly what I wrote about. You were absolutely incredible.”

She smiled and we had a brief 5-minute conversation, mostly about my love of her singing and her whole style.

Ms. Harris then led me out of the dressing room.

That is my most precious memory of Aretha Franklin.

There is a quote listing three kinds of people in the world — those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what’s happening. Aretha Franklin was most definitely one of those folks who made things happen in the AfricanAmerican, national and international cultural arenas.

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Panthers roar to 34-28 overtime win in season opener “Darius managed the game Two Taylors added up to well. He moved the team in one exciting Virginia Union a good way,” Coach Parker University football victory as said. the Alvin Parker coaching era “One of the things we ask got underway. of Darius is to avoid turnovers.

Tailback Tabyus Taylor and Today, he had no intercepquarterback Darius Taylor, while tions.” unrelated biologically, share a Defensively, sophomore common trait of athleticism on defensive back Tovias Parker the gridiron. had two interceptions, the The two provided much of second in overtime, along with the offensive fireworks in the six tackles.

Panthers’ 34-28 overtime vicParker, who is no relation tory last Saturday over Seton to the coach, hails from MiHill University of Pennsylvaami Jackson High School in nia before some 5,000 fans at Florida, where he was recruited Hovey Field. by the likes of the University “Tabyus’ numbers speak of Miami. for themselves,” Coach Parker The Panthers’ overtime said. “He toted it for us today. victory was VUU’s first since That’s the mode we’re looking 1996. Coincidentally, Coach for. If he can do that week after Parker was a running back in week, we’ll be a hard team that game in which VUU beat to beat.”

Fayetteville State University Tabyus Taylor, a 250-pound 18-12 in overtime. former All-State performer VUU’s home stand conat Hopewell High School, tinues Saturday, Sept. 8, with rumbled for 175 yards on 25 Carson-Newman University of carries with two touchdowns, Jefferson City, Tenn., coming including the game winner in to Hovey Field for a 1 p.m. overtime. Taylor, who is as kickoff. big as many lineman, failed to The Eagles, a member of gain yards on only one of his the NCAA Division II South 25 carries.

James Haskins/Richmond Free Press “Coach told me I’d be getting Virginia Union University wide receiver Olu Izegwire, left, is taken down by Seton Hill University’s Daquan Glover during Atlantic Conference, lost 19-9 on Aug. 30 at juggernaut a lot of reps, and that it was up last Saturday’s opening game at Hovey Field.

University of West Florida in to me what I did with them,” Pensacola. Carson-Newman Tabyus Taylor said.

Looking for win was 8-3 last season.

“The sky’s the limit for this team.”

Saturday, Sept. 8 Known for its ground and pound style, Carson-Newman The bruising ball carrier also caught three passes for Virginia Union University rushed for 330 yards in Florida while attempting just three another 15 yards and a touchdown catch from Darius Taylor plays Carson-Newman passes. that tied the game near the end of regulation.

University of Tennessee Among Carson-Newman’s noted alumni is Sanders In his second season as VUU quarterback, Darius Tayat Hovey Field.

Shiver, a former Pro Bowl linebacker for the Super Bowl lor threw for 181 yards and two touchdowns, including Kickoff: 1 p.m. champion Baltimore Colts and a former Bowie State Unia 69-yard highlight reel aerial to Olu Izegwire to open versity coach. the scoring.

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VSU looking for first win after bowing to NSU in Labor Day Classic There’s good news and not so good news regarding Virginia State University football.

The uplifting news is that 2017 VSU sensation Trenton Cannon appears to have made the NFL New York Jets’ 53man roster.

The discouraging news is that VSU is still looking for someone to replace Cannon, the Trojans’ all-time ground gainer.

The Trojans had too many penalties (13 for 137 yards) and too few rushing yards (82 for 27 carries) in VSU’s 34-13 loss to Norfolk State University last Saturday in the Labor Day Classic.

Demetrius Strickland, a sophomore from Hampton (the same hometown as Cannon), ran 14 times for 40 yards, but it wasn’t nearly enough as NSU dominated the game’s second half.

Another candidate is former L.C. Bird High School All-State Stephen Mines, who picked up 11 yards on two carries against the Spartans.

As is usually the case in college football, the school with the higher NCAA classification prevailed.

NSU, a member of the

Football Championship Subdivision, had 26 first downs to 14 for VSU, a CIAA, NCAA Division II team, and 361 total yards to 267 for the visitors from Ettrick.

Now VSU Coach Reggie Barlow’s squad is in danger of falling to 0-2 with a tough

On the road again Saturday, Sept. 8 Virginia State University plays at Robert Morris University in Moon Township, Pa. Kickoff: Noon.

trip to Robert Morris University near Pittsburgh on Saturday, Sept. 8.

Morris University, which is 0-1 after an opening loss at the University of Dayton, will be VSU’s second straight FCS opponent. The Colonials compete in the Northeast Conference.

Morris University’s basketball team has appeared in the NCAA Division I tournament eight times.

The Trojans had better get used to bus rides. VSU stays on the road to face St. Augustine’s University on Saturday,

Sept. 15, and Johnson C. Smith University on Saturday, Sept.

22, before returning to Ettrick and making its Rogers Stadium debut on Saturday, Sept. 29, against Shaw University.

Defeats have been rare in Ettrick during the past two years. The Trojans are coming off one of their best seasons in history. VSU won the CIAA title a year ago and finished 10-1, with the lone loss in the NCAA playoffs.

The Trojans are 19-4 under Coach Barlow in two seasons plus one game.

Returning quarterback Cordelral Cook completed 14 of 26 passes for 170 yards, with a first quarter touchdown to Tre’Quan Reed. Cook suffered two costly interceptions.

Meanwhile, Coach Barlow will continue to experiment with different ball carriers in hopes of discovering the next Cannon.

Consider: Cannon wasn’t hailed as a superstar when he arrived at VSU after transferring from Shepherd University.

He continuously improved in the Trojans’ orange and blue, eventually becoming CIAA Offensive Player of the Year as a senior.

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Virginia State University defensive back Diontae Bruce goes airborne trying to snatch the catch from Norfolk State University wide receiver Chuma Awanna during the Labor Day Classic last Saturday in Norfolk.

During the Jets’ four exhibition games, Cannon, a fifth round NFL draft pick, led the team in rushing (27 carries for 92 yards), was tied for first in receiving (seven catches for 35 yards) while also sparkling as a punt and kickoff returner.

Wearing No. 40, the athlete known as “Boom” had a 31-yard punt return in the exhibition finale against Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.

The Jets open their regular season on Monday, Sept. 10,

Spartans hoping for long shot win over JMU Norfolk State University’s football role has quickly switched from clear favorite to distant long shot.

The Spartans won last Saturday’s Labor Day Classic — a game they were expected to win — with a 34-13 victory over Virginia State University at Dick Price Stadium before a crowd of 15,173.

Now NSU is hoping for a victory in a game few give it a chance to win.

It’s the game against James Madison University, the two-time NCAA FCS champion and defending national runner-up.

The game will be played Saturday, Sept. 8, at NSU. The Dukes drubbed the Spartans 75-14 last year in Harrisonburg.

At least NSU will carry some momentum into Week 2 of the season.

Avenging a painful upset loss to

Mission unlikely Saturday, Sept. 8 Norfolk State University plays James Madison University at Dick Price Stadium, Norfolk.

Kickoff: 6 p.m.

NCAA Division II VSU a year ago, the FCS Spartans dominated the action at the Labor Day Classic despite losing their starting quarterback to a third-period ejection.

Quarterback Juwan Carter was disqualified for kicking a Trojans tackler in the helmet after an aggressive take-down.

At least that was the explanation the referee gave to the NSU sidelines.

With Carter sidelined, freshman D’Andre Thomas came to the rescue,

hitting Chuma Awanna with a 15-yard scoring pass that put NSU up 17-7.

NSU went on to outscore the visitors 17-0 in the fourth period.

Carter, a former Highland Springs High School standout, was 15 for 27 for 185 yards before being sent to the showers.

“The only comment I want to make on Pootie’s (Carter) ejection is that D’Andre came off the bench and played his butt off,” NSU Coach Latrell Scott said in

a postgame news conference.

“Pootie’s a good kid. If he did do it, I’m sure it was a mistake. We’ll bounce back.”

Aaron Savage, a 210-pound junior from Baltimore, rushed for a career high 112 yards and two touchdowns for NSU. Defensively, former James River High School athlete Quintreil Chung led with 12 tackles and former Armstrong High School standout Nigel Chavis recovered a fumble. Nhyre’ Quinerly had two interceptions.

After falling to VSU to start the 2017 season, NSU never fully recovered and finished 4-7.

This season, the Spartans are off to a more encouraging start, but maintaining traction won’t be easy with powerful JMU invading South Hampton Roads.

at Detroit against the Detroit Lions. The game starts at 7:10 p.m., and will be broadcast on ESPN. The Jets’depth chart has Cannon listed third at tailback.

The last Trojans to play in the NFL were defensive end Kelvin Kinney with Washington in 1997 and 1998, and offensive tackle James Brown, who played with the Jets, the Miami Dolphins and the Cleveland Browns in a pro career spanning 1993 to 2000.

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Personality: Joeffrey Trimmingham Spotlight on board president of ART 180 What ART 180 does is more than art. The Jackson Wardbased nonprofit creates a space where young people can open doors to express themselves through the arts and to share their stories with others.

That self-expression benefits not only the youths, but potentially their families and the community.

“The mission is so near and dear to my heart in so many ways,” says Joeffrey Trimmingham, who will become president of ART180’s board of directors later this month.

Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, ART 180 was founded by Marlene Paul and Kathleen Lane to bring artists and volunteers together to work with Richmond’s young people in after-school arts projects that build selfesteem.

Mr. Trimmingham met Ms. Paul by happenstance and began talking.

“She was intrigued by what I was doing and, conversely, I was intrigued by Art 180,”he says. “That led to several conversations, and several years later, I got involved on (ART 180’s) Development Committee because it was an area that I hadn’t served before on a board. I thought it would be a good place to learn about ART 180, as well as make a contribution.”

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“There is a lot of time spent on a personal, oneto-one basis trying to uncover what is happening with the kids in our programs,” he says.

“Ultimately, we hope to develop young people so they can leverage their voices later on in their lives to be used for the betterment of the world.”

Meet youth advocate and this week’s Personality, Joeffrey Trimmingham: Occupation: Owner of Philip Reese consulting firm. provisation and self-advocacy through a joint program with the Legal Aid Justice Center.

About 200 young people are engaged in ART 180’s programs at any given time during the school year, with about 100 participating during the summer.

The organization also operates Atlas, a teen arts center, next door.

Mr. Trimmingham’s life soundtrack is filled with music, art, travel and new experiences.

The eighth child of Irma and John Trimmingham, Mr. Trimmingham moved with his family from Trinidad to Nebraska when he was 9. Arriving one day after a blizzard, he says it was a shock because he had never seen snow before and didn’t know what it was.

“That was a big change for the entire family,” he recalls.

After eight years, the family moved to the Washington, D.C., area before Mr. Trimmingham returned to the Midwest for college and graduate school.

He earned a master’s of fine arts in industrial design from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2006.

“Industrial design was one way that I leveraged my passion for art and things technical,” he says.

Art has always been a part of his life. He played percussion for a significant part of his youth through adulthood, including being part of the marching band at Northwestern University for three years.

“If I hadn’t had music in my life when I was a kid, I wouldn’t be the person that I am today,” Mr. Trimmingham says.

“Those creative pursuits are really very important for young people to develop completely. If they are missing those outlets in school or other parts of their lives, I feel that can be detrimental to them.”

Part of ART 180’s work with young people is to help them learn skills, including problem solving, as they develop a relationship with the professional artists and

Date and place of birth: Sept. 19 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Current residence: Richmond.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, Northwestern University; master’s in industrial design, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Family: Wife, Paitra, and children, Alex and Chris.

No. 1 volunteer position: President, ART 180 Board of Directors.

Why I became involved with ART 180: Creativity is about problem solving, and I want to play a role in ensuring that youths learn to harness their creativity. We need their talents to help solve our most pressing challenges.

What ART 180 means to me: ART 180 is a safe training ground for creative youths and a showplace for sharing their talents. It’s also a place where I can see a fantastic cross-section of our city on any given First Friday.

ART 180 program: We work with 200 young people at any given time during the school year and around 100 over the summer.

ART 180 could do more if: We could engage more people who are committed to helping all of our children achieve their best.

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Enthusiasm ruled the day Tuesday as students across Metro Richmond headed to class for the start of a new school year. Clockwise from top left, at the newly named Obama Elementary School in North Side, Ruth R. Little, a retired teacher from the Fendall Avenue school, greets students with pencils as they arrive, while fourth-grader Adonis Pringle, 9, awaits the doors opening for the first time. Jaden Hanes, 4, gets a shape up Monday from barber Golden Shelton at Cedar Street Baptist Church of God’s Barber & Beauty Day. Barbers and beauticians donated their time and talents to help youngsters look good for the first day of school.

Jayla Bethune, 9, tries on a pair of new sneakers at George Wythe High School on Monday at the 13th Annual Labor Day New Shoes for Back to School. The program, started as a women’s ministry at Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church in Jackson Ward, has grown to include 16 churches and a synagogue, who work to provide more than 4,000 pairs of shoes to area youngsters. Parents escort their children to Obama Elementary on the first day, while Richmond schools Superintendent Jason Kamras welcomes first-grader Karlaija Lewis, 6, to the school.

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Richmond area residents took to the river, parks and football stadiums during Labor Day Weekend, the unofficial end of summer. The weather, though warm and humid, largely cooperated for the many fun outdoor activities and cookouts that took place during the long holiday weekend.

Axel Garcia, 6, enjoys the cool water of the James River, where he frolicked with family at Pony Pasture in South Side. Below, alumni and supporters of James Haskins/Richmond Free Press Virginia State University traveled to Dick Price Stadium at Norfolk State University for the Labor Day Classic, the gridiron matchup last Saturday that drew a crowd of more than 15,000 people. It was the inaugural game on NSU’s upgraded synthetic turf field. VSU’s Trojan Explosion Marching Band performs with the Essence of Troy dancers, while NSU’s Hot Ice dancers show off moves of their own backed up by the NSU Spartan Legion Marching Band. NSU also held a promotion ceremony for Cmdr. Samuel Hoard Jr., a former Navy lieutenant commander and NSU alumnus. His family joins him on the field for the ceremony performed by Rear Adm. Jesse A. Wilson Jr., commander of Naval Surface Force Atlantic.

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Politics and a party U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, center, hit the campaign trail Monday at Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott’s 42nd Annual Labor Day Cookout. The event, hosted at Rep. Scott’s waterfront family home in Newport News, kicks off the political season as hundreds of people enjoy hot dogs, hamburgers and talking with a bevy of state and local politicians who attend. This year, more than 35 officeholders mingled among the crowd. Several, including Gov. Ralph S. Northam, Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax, Attorney General Mark Herring, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner, Rep. Scott and Sen. Kaine addressed the crowd about the impact of elections and the importance of going to the polls on Nov. 6. Sen. Kaine, a Democrat, faces a Republican opponent in the upcoming election. He talked about the work he and the party have done on behalf of all people compared with the policies promoted by the GOP that he said benefit the wealthy few. Pausing for a photo with Sen. Kaine are his wife, former Virginia Secretary of Education Anne Holton and Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney.

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Together in the pulpit at Greater Grace Temple during the service are, from left, Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam; the Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network; the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. of the National PUSH Rainbow Coalition; and former President Bill Clinton. Mourners at the packed Greater Grace Temple in Detroit rise near the end of the eight-hour service for Ms. Franklin.

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DETROIT The “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin was remembered and celebrated in a star-studded marathon funeral service last Friday that drew laughter, tears and, as with any large family gathering, controversy.

The nearly nine-hour service at Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple featured tributes by 27 speakers, ranging from former President Bill Clinton to childhood friend Smokey Robinson, and musical performances by 19 others, including the powerful voices of Gladys Knight, Jennifer Hudson, Chaka Khan, Shirley Caesar and Ariana Grande.

The 76-year-old, who began her musical career as a child singing gospel at her minister father’s New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, died Aug. 16 at her Detroit home from pancreatic cancer.

More than 100 pink Cadillacs escorted the hearse carrying the late singer’s casket to the church, where crowds of fans gathered outside, many wearing their Sunday best.

Ms. Franklin was a fan of Cadillacs, particularly pink Cadillacs, and sang about them in her 1985 hit, “Freeway of Love.”

Many of the owners and drivers were Mary Kay cosmetics representatives who had won their signature pink Cadillacs. But others were Cadillac owners who had driven in from as far as Texas and North Carolina for the auto tribute.

“This is as close as you get to royalty here in America, and Aretha earned every bit of it,” said Missy Settlers, 53, an automotive parts assembler.

While the funeral had been billed as closed to the public, some fans were admitted into the church to sit behind Ms. Franklin’s family.

“Come on, this is a church service. Lift your voices!” Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, pastor of Greater Grace Temple who officiated at the funeral, exhorted the congregation as the large choir and orchestra swayed behind him. The church swelled with the sound of music.

More than eight music-filled hours later, Stevie Wonder took to the stage to close out the ceremony with a performance of his song “As,” the crowd joining him in its refrain, “I’ll be lovin’ you always.”

“She had the voice of a generation, maybe the voice of a century,” President Clinton said, describing himself as an Aretha Franklin “groupie” long before he became president.

Ending his remarks, President Clinton held the microphone to his smartphone and played Ms. Franklin’s 1968 hit “Think” over the church’s speakers.

Civil rights leaders Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton were on stage to honor Ms. Franklin’s contributions to black empowerment, sharing the pulpit with Nation of Islam Leader Minister Louis Farrakhan.

Rev. Sharpton lauded Ms. Franklin for providing the soundtrack of the Civil Rights Movement, with

Franklin last week, Rev. Jackson Ariana and to her fans and to the whole Hislamented that the lines to vote often panic community,” Bishop Ellis said. “When aren’t nearly as long. you’re doing a program for nine hours you try “Aretha was on the battleground to keep it lively, you try to insert some jokes for 60 years,” Rev. Jackson told here and there.” the audience. “We have long lines Meanwhile, Ms. Franklin’s family on Monday to celebrate death, and short lines called the eulogy delivered by the Rev. Jasper for voting. Something is missing. Williams Jr. offensive and distasteful.

If you leave here today and don’t His fiery, old school eulogy described children register to vote, you’re dishonoring being in a home without a father as “abortion Aretha.” after birth” and said black lives do not matter Judge Greg Mathis, one of Ms. unless black people stop killing each other.

Franklin’s many friends who often “He spoke for 50 minutes and at no time did talked politics with her, said that his he properly eulogize her,” said Vaughn Franklast conversation with Ms. Franklin lin, the late singer’s nephew, who said he was earlier this summer was about the delivering a statement for the family. ongoing water crisis in Flint, Mich., Many thought Rev. Williams, who is pastor of where government negligence has Salem Bible Church in Atlanta, took a shot at Ms. Paul Sancya/Associated Press left residents living with lead-tainted Franklin, who was a single mother of four boys.

Jordan Franklin breaks down as he and his sister, water since 2014.

The family selected Rev. Williams because Victorie Franklin, speak about their grandmother, “Her last words to me ... were he has spoken at other family memorials in the Aretha Franklin, during her funeral service last Friday.

‘Go back up there and sock it to past, most prominently at the funeral for Ms. songs such as her signature 1967 hit “Respect.” ’em!,’ ” Judge Mathis told the crowd before Franklin’s father 34 years ago.

“She was a black woman in a white man’s vowing that he would in her memory.

The pastor said the last time he spoke with world,” Rev. Sharpton said, as mourners cheered.

Georgetown University professor Michael Aretha Franklin was a few months ago. His eu“She was rooted in the black church, she was Eric Dyson took several shots at President Trump logy “caught the entire family off guard,” Vaughn bathed in the black church, and she took the in his remarks, assigning the president several Franklin said. The family had not discussed what black church downtown and made folks that nicknames — “orange apparition,” “lugubrious Rev. Williams would say in advance, he said. didn’t know what the Holy Ghost was shout leech,” “doppleganger of deceit in the middle of a concert.” and deceit,” “lethal liar,” “dimMs. Franklin was recalled as both an American witted dictator” and “foolish institution, who sang at the presidential inaugura- fascist.” tions of Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack “She ain’t work for you,” Dr. Obama, and as an aunt and grandmother, who Dyson shouted over applause. took her young relatives shopping or to see “She worked above you. She Disney on Ice shows. worked beyond you. Get your “Nothing sounded better to me than the way preposition right.” my grandma sings,” Victorie Franklin said.

Late Friday, Ms. Franklin’s Motown singer and friend Smokey Robinson casket was entombed in Detroit’s crooned a few lines of his song “Really Gonna Woodlawn Cemetery near her Miss You.” Ariana Grande belted out “Natural father, the Rev. C.L. Franklin; Woman” while Gladys Knight took on “You’ll her brother, Cecil Franklin; and Never Walk Alone.” her sisters, Carolyn and Erma An ensemble performance of “Precious Lord” Franklin.

Photos by Paul Sancya/Associated Press so moved the congregation that the officiant told Later Friday, Bishop Ellis Motown singer Smokey Robinson, who has been Ms. the orchestra to keep going as clergy danced on apologized to Ms. Grande for Franklin’s friend since childhood, crooned a short song the stage, expanding a program that by then was how he touched her onstage and after giving remarks, while actress Cicely Tyson talks already running two hours behind schedule. joked about seeing her name on about Ms. Franklin’s global impact.

Her civil rights legacy was mentioned often the funeral program and thinking during the service. Several speakers used the it was a new item on the Taco Bell menu.

“It has been very, very distasteful,” he said. moment to continue to demand respect for black Rev. Williams was blasted on social media During the service, he awkwardly greeted America. Amid the personal reflections were calls Ms. Grande on stage after she performed. Im- for misogyny, bigotry and the perpetuation of to register and turn out to vote in November ages of the moment showed Bishop Ellis’ hand false science on race. He blamed integration and condemnation of President Trump, who, holding her well above her waist, his finger and the Civil Rights Movement for ripping the upon her death, referred to Ms. Franklin as pressing against one side of her chest. Many heart out of black micro-economies that once “someone who worked for me” — a comment people posted close-up images of the moment relied on black-owned small businesses such as that rankled many. grocery stores, hotels and banks. on Twitter, tagging it #RespectAriana.

“No — she used to perform for you,” Rev. Rev. Williams heard resistance at the funeral “It would never be my intention to touch any Sharpton said to cheers and applause from the woman’s breast … I don’t know, I guess I put my itself. Singer Stevie Wonder yelled out, “Black crowd. “She worked for us. Aretha never took arm around her,” he told the Associated Press. lives matter” after the pastor said, “No, black orders from nobody but God.” “Maybe I crossed the border. Maybe I was too lives do not matter” during his eulogy.

Others seized on President Trump’s comments friendly or familiar. But, again, I apologize.”

The pastor has not backed down from anyand Ms. Franklin’s message of dignity to speak He said he hugged all the performers during thing he said, noting that he respects the family’s to the present social and political climate. In the service. opinion. “I understand it,” he said. “I regret it. pointing out the long lines to pay tribute to Ms. “I personally and sincerely apologize to But I’m sorry they feel that way.”

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A final farewell Former President Obama speaks last Saturday at the memorial service of U.S. Sen. John McCain at the National Cathedral in Washington.

This poem is for someone WONDERFUL as loved as one could be!

For you were our EVERYTHING in life but God called and set you free!

Sometimes life can feel so unkind when hearts are torn in two …

But nothing ever could compare to the pain we experienced losing YOU! Stephone all the love you left behind forever will live on.

And so until we meet again, rest peacefully our dear SON. Forever in our hearts, Mama and Daddy

Maricia S. and Samuel P. Hayes WE MISS YOU DADDY! DeAndra’ and Keyona

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By Ron Carrington

Petersburg High School’s Marching Crimson Wave has been trying to raise money for new uniforms for the marching band since spring.

“The Wave’s current uniforms are more than 15 years old,” said Leigh Ann McKelway, public information officer for Petersburg Public Schools. “After that many years of teenage wear and tear, the uniforms are falling apart.”

Because of that, the band “performs in wind suits and Tshirts instead,” she said.

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Vacation Bible School decided to make it their mission to help the band raise money for new uniforms.

“MBC’s children wanted to attach a real purpose to their Vacation Bible School theme — ‘Game On: Gearing Up for Life’s Big Game!’ ” said the Rev. Lamont A. Hobbs, pastor of the church.

The group established #Just One-MBC460 Campaign to help fundraise for the band.

The youths raised more than $1,000, church officials said.

“Financial support in any amount makes a big differ-

Saturday September 15, 2018 6:00pm

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ence,” said church administrator Alisha Scurlock.

The band’s goal is to buy 100 uniforms. With each uniform costing $460, The Wave needs $46,000.

School officials said more than $35,800 had come in by the end of July.

In addition to a GoFundMe page, the band has held events around Petersburg to help raise needed dollars. The Wave has performed at churches, played at the Chick-fil-A at South Park Mall and hosted a battle of the bands showcasing high school and college bands.

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Legal Notices/Employment Opportunities Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER YVONNE CAMERON, Plaintiff v.

JOSEPH CAMERON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18002679-00 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 15th day of October, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

CUSTODY VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Zachery Levonta Tanner Case No. J-81987-04-05-06 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Joseph Waller Dandridge, Jr. (FATHER), Unknown Father (FATHER) & Ashley Cherelle Tanner (MOTHER) of Zachery Levonta Tanner. child, DOB 1/19/2018. “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendants Joseph Waller Dandridge, Jr. (Father), Unknown Father (Father) & Ashley Cherelle Tanner (Mother) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 11/20/2018, at 2:00 PM, Courtroom #2.

Virginia: In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for the County of Chesterfield In re: Hope Olivia Allen, Cassie Jenkins, V. Erik Allen, Respondents Case No.: JJ079676-05-01 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Modify custody of Hope Olivia Allen (DOB: 5/17/08), whose mother is Cassie Jenkins, and whose father is Erik Allen, pursuant to Virginia code section 16.1-241A3. Erik Allen’s last known address is 3061 Walmsley Blvd, N. Chestefield, Va.

It is ordered that the defendant Erik Allen appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 10/01/2018 at 11:00 AM. Virginia: In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for the County of Chesterfield In re: Laprade, joseph david & laprade, Lillieanne marie, Petitioners, v. kenneth & kaylyn laprade, Respondents Case No.: JJ081108-07-00, -08-00, -09-00, -10-00; JJ087748-05-00, -06-00, -07-00, -08-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Determine custody and visitation of Joseph David Laprade (DOB: 8/20/14 - JJ087748-05-00, -06-00, -07-00, -08-00) and Lillieanne Marie Laprade (DOB: 3/15/13 - JJ081108-0700, -08-00, -09-00, -10-00), whose mother is Kaylyn Marie Laprade, and whose father is Kenneth Vernon Laprade, III, pursuant to Virginia code section 16.1-241A3. Mother and Father’s last known address is Chester Budget Inn (13201 Jefferson Davis Highway, Chester, VA)

It is ordered that the defendants Kenneth Laprade, III and Kaylyn Laprade appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before 10/01/2018 at 11:00 AM.

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION

TO: JOHN L. SAUNDERS, if living, and if he be dead, then the heirs, devisees, and successors in title of JOHN L. SAUNDERS, who are made PARTIES defendant by general description of PARTIES UNKNOWN; The object of this suit is to quiet title to and establish title by adverse possession in the plaintiff to a certain tract of land described as follows:

ALL that certain piece or parcel of land, lying and being in South Anna District, Hanover County, Virginia, containing 0.6347 acres as shown on the plat of survey prepared by Frederick A. Gibson & Associates, P.C., Professional Land Surveyors, dated March 26, 1999, entitled, “Plat Showing Improvements on a 0.6347 Acre Parcel of Land Situated on the Northern Line of State Route No. 623, in the South Anna District of Hanover County, Virginia,” a copy of which is recorded in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court, Hanover County, Virginia, in Deed Book 1450, page 448.

Being a portion of the land conveyed to John L. Saunders by deed from John R. Taylor, Clerk, dated December 19, 1888, and recorded in Deed Book 24, page 38.

An affidavit having been made and signed that the whereabouts of John L. Saunders are unknown and it is not known whether he is living or dead and that there may be unknown heirs of John L. Saunders whose names and post office addresses are unknown, it is hereby ORDERED that each of said parties appear on or before October 29, 2018 at 9:00am, and do whatever is necessary to protect their interest in said land.

It is further ORDERED that this Order of Publication be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in the Richmond Free Press, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Hanover.

Circuit Court of Hanover County We ask for this: Grayson S. Johnson V.S.B. #12636 Christopher C. Johnson V.S.B. #82255 Johnson & Johnson Attorneys at Law, P.C. P. O. Box 100 Rockville, VA 23146 Phone (804)749-3241 Fax (804)749-3321

interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that INTERFAITH HOUSING C O R P O R AT I O N , a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

in the name of the owner of record, Bruce Robinson.

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

IT IS ORDERED that BRUCE ROBINSON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

Charles B. Kiser.

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

IT IS ORDERED that CHARLES B. KISER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

Plaintiff, v.

CLARENCE JONES, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4134 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3210 Richmond Henrico Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-1258/042, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Clarence Jones and Mary C. Jones.

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

IT IS ORDERED that CLARENCE JONES, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MARY C. JONES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

their interests in this matter.

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

CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

Case No.: CL18-1124 OLD DOMINION INVESTMENTS, LLC, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2817 North Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000785/019, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Old Dominion Investments, LLC, a cancelled Virginia corporation.

An Affidavit having been filed that KEVIN W. WALSH, Trustee of a Credit Line Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 06-42726 on December 12, 2006, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his/her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that DAVID M. DILUIGI, Trustee of Deeds of Trust, Security Agreement and Assignment of Leases and Rents, filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 10-10752 and 10-10753 on June 17, 2010, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that HUMBERTO M. SALOMON, Trustee of Deeds of Trust, Security Agreement and Assignment of Leases and Rents, filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 10-10752 and 10-10753 on June 17, 2010, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that KEVIN W. WALSH, Trustee of a Credit Line Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 06-42726 on December 12, 2006, DAVID M. DILUIGI, Trustee of Deeds of Trust, Security Agreement and Assignment of Leases and Rents, filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 10-10752 and 1010753 on June 17, 2010, HUMBERTO M. SALOMON, Trustee of Deeds of Trust, Security Agreement and Assignment of Leases and Rents, filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 10-10752 and 1010753 on June 17, 2010, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

INTERFAITH HOUSING CORPORATION, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4014 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1009 North 26th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000475/034, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, INTERFAITH HOUSING CORPORATION.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, INTERFAITH HOUSING C O R P O R AT I O N , a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that INTERFAITH HOUSING C O R P O R AT I O N , a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HANOVER GAY L. CAUTHORN (A/K/A GAY L. CAUTHORNE), Plaintiff v.

JOHN L. SAUNDERS, if living, and if he be dead, then the heirs, devisees, and successors in title of JOHN L. SAUNDERS, who are made PARTIES defendant by general description of PARTIES UNKNOWN, Defendants

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

INTERFAITH HOUSING CORPORATION, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4011 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1001 North 26th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000475/031, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, INTERFAITH HOUSING CORPORATION.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, INTERFAITH HOUSING C O R P O R AT I O N , a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in

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

INTERFAITH HOUSING CORPORATION, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4012 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1005 North 26th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000475/032, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, INTERFAITH HOUSING CORPORATION.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, INTERFAITH HOUSING C O R P O R AT I O N , a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that INTERFAITH HOUSING C O R P O R AT I O N , a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

INTERFAITH HOUSING CORPORATION, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4013 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1007 North 26th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000475/033, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, INTERFAITH HOUSING CORPORATION.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, INTERFAITH HOUSING C O R P O R AT I O N , a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that INTERFAITH HOUSING C O R P O R AT I O N , a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

SAMOVER, INC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4177 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1417 North 29th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000717/026, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Samover, Inc.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, SAMOVER, INC, a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that SAMOVER, INC, a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

MARY WADE CLAYTON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4156 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2014 Newbourne Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E012-0285/020, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mary Wade Clayton.

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

IT IS ORDERED that MARY WADE CLAYTON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

BRUCE ROBINSON, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. : CL18-4179 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1106½ North 32nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0722/013, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon

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

CHARLES B. KISER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-3936 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2100 Redd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000665/041, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record,

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

JACK HINES, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4136 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2101 Redd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000604/025, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Jack Hines and Sarah Little Hines.

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

IT IS ORDERED that JACK HINES, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, SARAH LITTLE HINES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

THELMA SOR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4098 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2803 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000911/048, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Thelma Sor, Catherine Pickenpack and Lucille Pickenpack.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, THELMA SOR, CATHERINE P I C K E N PA C K , and LUCILLE PICKENPACK, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that THELMA SOR, CATHERINE PICKENPACK, LUCILLE PICKENPACK, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

MARY C. JONES, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4135 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3218 Richmond Henrico Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-1258/039, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mary C. Jones.

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

IT IS ORDERED that MARY C. JONES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

LOVE ENTERPRISES, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4132 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3315 Cliff Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001546/033, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Love Enterprises.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, LOVE ENTERPRISES, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/ or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

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

LOVE ENTERPRISES, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4133 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3319 Cliff Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001546/034, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Love Enterprises.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, LOVE ENTERPRISES, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/ or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that LOVE ENTERPRISES, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

Case No.: CL18-3209 DERRICK MCLAUREN, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4024 McKay Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0090398/1, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Derrick McLauren and Debra Renee McLauren aka Debra Washington.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, DERRICK MCLAUREN and DEBRA RENEE MCLAUREN aka DEBRA WASHINGTON, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that MELLON BANK (MD), an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 96-21412 on October 11, 1996 and assignment of beneficiary at Instrument Number 96-21413 on October 11, 1996, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that CHESTERFIELD MINI STORAGE, an entity not appearing in the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/ or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that DERRICK MCLAUREN, DEBRA RENEE MCLAUREN aka DEBRA WASHINGTON, MELLON BANK (MD), an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 96-21412 on October 11, 1996 and assignment of beneficiary at Instrument Number 96-21413 on October 11, 1996, CHESTERFIELD MINI STORAGE, an entity not appearing in the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

Case No.: CL18-3497 MARVIN A. DOUGHTIE, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1237 North 37th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0001411/018, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Marvin A. Doughtie and Richard T. Fuller.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, RICHARD T. FULLER, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC, an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 371 page 64 on November 3, 1993, or its successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that RICHARD T. FULLER, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC, an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 371 page 64 on November 3, 1993, or its successors in title, and Parties Unknown, come

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B6 September 6-8, 2018

Sports Plus Stories by Fred Jeter

Huguenot High’s Kevin Gayles is a successful student of the game Kevin Gayles Jr. knows the way to the end zone.

The swift, sure-handed Huguenot High School wide receiver needs no GPS or compass to reach his preferred gridiron destination.

“I like scoring touchdowns because of what it does for my teammates,” he said. “You can see the excitement in their faces. It makes them play that much harder.”

Gayles’ name and the mention of touchdowns often are included in the same sentence.

The 6-foot-1, 195-pound junior tallied 16 touchdowns last year as a sophomore and added three more this season in the Falcons’ opening victory at Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk.

Against the Norfolk school, Gayles had five catches for 153 yards and two touchdowns, plus an 80-yard kickoff return that wound up in, you guessed it, the end zone.

The touchdown binge continued Aug. 30 at Jamestown High School in Williamsburg, where Gayles snared a 70-yard, six-point bomb from quarterback Jaylen Tyler.

The Huguenot-Jamestown game was suspended midway in the first half because of harsh weather, with the Falcons up 7-0. The game will resume Oct. 10.

Under first-year Coach Jared Taylor, the

Falcons’ next game is Friday, Sept. 7, at James River High School in Chesterfield County.

It’s not like Gayles is going to catch anyone by surprise anymore. His ever-expanding résumé will draw special attention from rival defenses.

To help combat that, he’ll line up at various spots in the Falcons’ attack to keep opponents’ guessing.

“Kevin is already one of the top receivers in Virginia,” Coach Taylor said. “He’s a special, special kid. And the great thing is that he has a work ethic to match his physical talents.”

With Coach Taylor, Gayles made an unofficial recruiting visit to the University of Virginia last Saturday for the U.Va. game against the University of Richmond.

“They rolled out the red carpet for us,” Coach Taylor said.

Ohio State University is another school in contact with the 16-year-old Falcon.

Gayles wears the green and gold No. 3 jersey for a reason.

“It’s all about my family. We’re a threesome — my mom (LaKeisha) and brother (Lamont),” he said.

In his younger years, Gayles was more about art than athletics.

“I stayed inside, drawing mostly,” he said.

“My uncle told me I needed to get outside more

and play with the boys, and he signed me up for the rec league.”

Playing fullback and linebacker, he was part of some city championship teams with the Southside Ducks.

His conversion to receiver came in ninth grade on Huguenot’s junior varsity team. As a sign of six pointers to come, Gayles snared 14 touchdown passes as a JV player from Tyler, now his varsity battery mate.

Tyler backed up Merlys Manuel at quarterback last season. Manuel is now on a football scholarship at Virginia State University.

Gayles is blessed with multiple talents. His artwork has drawn much attention. In elementary school, he drew the yearbook cover — a raven — for the G.H. Reid Elementary School Ravens.

Other examples of his work have been displayed in Huguenot hallways.

His athleticism extends to the basketball court.

Gayles was a key component last winter on Huguenot’s glory ride to the State Division 4 finals.

His brother, Lamont, a freshman, doesn’t play football but plans to try out for Huguenot basketball.

Gayles’ football success is as much about preparation as physical attributes.

Asked about hobbies, he responded, “All I do at home is watch football videos of other wide receiv-

Kevin Gayles

ers. Odell Beckham Jr. is my favorite. I watch the college and NFL players and study all they do.”

Gayles is clearly a student of the game.

Then under Friday night lights, he’s the one teaching the lessons, often holding class in the end zone.

Baylor’s baseball skills expected to draw college, pro scouts Two physical assets baseball players covet most are power at the plate and speed on the base paths.

Jamari Baylor has a high supply of both.

The senior at Benedictine College Preparatory is a rare blend of home runs and stolen bases, not to mention his smooth glove and rocket arm at shortstop.

“Jamari is very, very special,” says Cadets’ Coach Sean Ryan. “He has really taken off as a prospect.”

Baylor, nicknamed “Five” to match his jersey number, is high on confidence as well as talent.

“I like to get on base and let the other guys drive me in. Or if you need power, I can hit for power,” he said.

The tag “Five” also matches his “tool” box. In baseball lingo, a “five tool player” is one who can hit, hit for power, run, throw and field.

Coach Ryan expects a flock of college and pro scouts to visit the Goochland campus during Baylor’s senior season.

Baylor is coming off a brilliant junior season in which he won All-Metro and All-State honors, while spurring Benedictine to a 24-3 record.

James At the military school some 17 miles west of Richmond, Baylor delivered a steady drum beat of hits, eight of which left the park.

His junior year statistics included a .482 batting average, 35 runs scored, 28 runs batted in and a whopping 25 stolen bases.

It helps that the tightly muscled 6-foot, 190-pound Baylor has been clocked at a breezy 6.59 seconds for the 60-yard dash, baseball’s standard

measuring distance.

He also excels in another measuring barometer — miles per hour. His fastball has been radar timed as high as 92 mph.

“My primary position is shortstop, but if you need someone to pitch, I’ll hop on the bump (mound),” he said.

Baylor The right-hander’s longball power is largely to right centerfield, or what he calls the “back side.”

The son of Crystal Allen, Baylor grew up in Caroline County and credits his early athletic training to his grandfather, Ellis Allen.

“That’s who got me started in baseball, football and soccer,” said Baylor. “In fact, my middle name is Ellis, like his.”

While Baylor excelled in all sports,

baseball emerged as his main focus.

“I loved football but I loved baseball more,” he said.

This is Baylor’s second season at Benedictine. He transferred to the rural campus from Deep Run High School in Western Henrico County. A key reason for the change was to re-classify—in Baylor’s case, repeating 11th grade.

The move helped him mature both physically and academically.

With an Aug. 25 birthday, Baylor would have finished high school at 17. As it is, he’ll be 18 his entire senior season.

“It really helped me, re-classing,” he said. “I’ve grown a lot in the last year, at least a couple inches, gotten stronger. In fact, I never hit a home run until this past spring.”

Baylor plays for the nationally recognized Virginia Cardinals during the offseason. Baylor’s travels included

a trip to the Perfect Game National Showcase in Tampa, Fla., where he sparkled.

“After that, I started getting lots of calls,” he said.

He attended a University of North Carolina camp but is more likely to enroll at a two-year college if higher education is in his future.

Baseball players can be drafted out of high school and it’s not unreasonable to think he’ll have his name called in the June 2019 draft.

“We’ve had some outstanding players at Benedictine who’ve gone on to play Division I in college,” Coach Ryan said. “But we’ve never really had a pro prospect. It would be neat to see pro scouts in our stands next season.”

If scouts are looking for power and speed personified, they may find what they’re looking for on River Road in Goochland.

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forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

Tax Map Number E0000383/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Sallie Eugenia Smith, Nancy Alberta Lewis, Phyllis Diane Robertson and Mildred Louise Smith aka Mildred S. Baltimore.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, SALLIE EUGENIA SMITH, NANCY ALBERTA LEWIS, PHYLLIS DIANE ROBERTSON, MILDRED LOUISE SMITH aka MILDRED S. BALTIMORE, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that SALLIE EUGENIA SMITH, NANCY ALBERTA LEWIS, PHYLLIS DIANE ROBERTSON, MILDRED LOUISE SMITH aka MILDRED S. BALTIMORE, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

CHARLES W. THOMAS, TRUSTEE, CLARA BELLE ELAM, TRUSTEE, and JOYCE COOKS, TRUSTEE, Trustees of The Church of God of Prophecy, or their successor/s in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owners, LEON HOWELL, TRUSTEE, and LUCY ELLSWORTH, TRUSTEE, Trustees of The Church of God of Prophecy, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, or their successor/s in interest; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that WILLIE ELAM, TRUSTEE, CHARLES W. THOMAS, TRUSTEE, CLARA BELLE ELAM, TRUSTEE, JOYCE COOKS, TRUSTEE, LEON HOWELL, TRUSTEE, and LUCY ELLSWORTH, TRUSTEE, Trustees of The Church of God of P r o p h e c y, o r t h e i r successor/s in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do

what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

Case No.: CL18-3448 WILLIE D. BULLOCK, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 817 Norton Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000517/030, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Willie D. Bullock.

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

IT IS ORDERED that WILLIE D. BULLOCK, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOber 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

Case No.: CL18-2522 SALLIE EUGENIA SMITH, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 504 North 26th Street,, Richmond, Virginia, Continued on next column

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

Case No.: CL18-3452 WILLIE ELAM, TRUSTEE, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 229 Bermuda Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0060422/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Willie Elam, Charles W. Thomas, Leon Howell, Clara Belle Elam, Joyce Cooks and Lucy Ellsworth, Trustees of The Church of God of Prophecy.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, WILLIE ELAM, TRUSTEE, Continued on next column

License Pittman Holdings LLC Trading as: Maple Bourbon, 1116 E. Main St. Richmond, Virginia 23219-3545 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia D e p art m e n t of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) for a Wine and Beer on Premises/ Mixed Beverage Restaurant license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Jaynell Pittman-Shaw, owner NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www. abc.virginia.gov or 800-5523200.

ATTENTION: Kim Ulyssee Benson, Official 30 Day Legal Notice (09/06/2018 - 10/05/2018) Possible Inheritance, Call: (804) 477-9178

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Commonwealth of Virginia

Greater Anointing Church is seeking a skilled ChurCh musiCiAn fluent in traditional gospel choir music as well as modern contemporary praise and worship to serve during worship services on Sunday mornings. Candidates must be able to play a keyboard and pass a background check. Call 804-292-9393 or email bmurray218@gmail.com or fax resume to (804) 282-5980.

Applications are now being accepted for the following positions.

PCA or CNA needed for 12 hour shift.

House-keeper (Part-time) Please bring a curent TB report when applying.

All references will be checked.

Good pay – Good days off.

Call for appointment. Tel: 222-5133

Thank you for your interest in applying for opportunities with The City of Richmond.

To see what opportunities are available, please refer to our website at www.richmondgov.com.

EOE M/F/D/V Events Coordinator

Richmond non-profit seeks high energy, detail and customer service oriented individual to coordinate event rental spaces and events. Position is responsible for maintaining on-line calendars, contract negotiations, collection of fees, hiring security, obtaining event supplies, room setup and breakdown. Schedule somewhat flexible, some evenings and weekends required. Position is full-time with benefits. Spanish speaking a plus but not required.

Skills and Requirements: • Knowledge of Excel and Outlook; • Understanding of contracts/leases; • Customer service experience preferably in events or concierge capacity; • Management experience to oversee paid and volunteer staff; • Ability to work independently to set goals and meet deadlines.

• Must pass criminal background check; • Valid driver’s license; • Ability to do small building repairs and oversee contractors a plus.

Applicants please email resume to info@DiversityRichmond.org No phone calls, please.

AvAilAble Downtown Richmond first floor office suite 5th and Franklin Streets 422 East Franklin Street Richmond, Virginia 23219

804.358.5543 Bedros Bandazian

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request for ProPosals 154881-Blw The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is requesting proposals from qualified firms to Administer, Operate and Maintain their Integrated Directional Signing Program (IDSP). All proposals must be received by 2:00 P.M. September 10, 2018 at the Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT); Central Office Mail Center- Loading Dock Entrance; 1401 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. A PreProposal Conference Will Not Be Held.

For a copy of the request for proposals (RFP# 154881-BLW), visit the website www.eva.virginia. gov. For questions or additional information email Brenda Williams at; brenda.williams@vdot. virginia.gov or by calling (804)786-2777. For TDD requests, please call (804) 371-8499. VDOT assures compliance with Title VI Requirements of non-discrimination in all activities pursuant to this advertisement.

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