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Hanover’s Confederate school names eliminated By George Copeland Jr.

1959 during Massive Resistance. African-American students could not attend the school. Stonewall Jackson Middle, named for another Confederate general, opened in 1969, just months after the county submitted its school desegregation plan to the Please turn to A4

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The Hanover County School Board voted 4-3 Tuesday night to change the names and mascots of Lee-Davis High School and Stonewall Jackson Middle School. The vote signals a sea change in the overwhelmingly white

county with an ugly legacy of racial segregation and animosity, and follows months of pressure by students, advocates and the NAACP to remove the names honoring Confederates from the public school buildings. Lee-Davis High School, named for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, opened in

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Questions swirl around judge

By Ronald E. Carrington

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Lawyers representing Mayor Levar M. Stoney and the city have rushed to the Virginia Supreme Court, requesting the state’s highest court overturn a Richmond Circuit Court judge’s 60-day injunction barring the mayor from using emergency authority to take down Confederate statues. The request was filed Tuesday. No date for a hearing has been set on whether Judge Bradley B. Cavedo overstepped his authority. The action followed a July 9 hearing at which Judge Cavedo, the silver-haired, 18-year court veteran who lives on Monument Avenue near the former site of the statue of Confederate Please turn to A4

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Members of the Richmond School Board prepare to vote on a reopening plan for the fall during a virtual meeting via Zoom on Tuesday night. The four-hour meeting was viewed by more than 17,000 people.

Free COVID-19 testing Free community testing for COVID-19 continues. The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations: DATE

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Thursday, July 16, 9 to 11 a.m.

Tuckahoe Middle School

9000 Three Chopt Road in Western Henrico County

Tuesday, July 21, 9 to 11 a.m.

Hotchkiss Field 4701 E. Brookland Community Center Park Blvd., North Side

Thursday, July 23, 4 to 6 p.m.

Randolph Community Center

5121 Nine Mile Road, Eastern Henrico County

Saturday, July 25, 9 to 11 a.m.

Fairfield Middle School

5121 Nine Mile Road, Eastern Henrico County

People are advised to bring an umbrella in case of inclement weather or to use as shade from the sun while waiting in line. Appointments are encouraged by calling the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Walk-up testing will be offered while test supplies last. The Chesterfield Health District is hosting free testing for those who are uninsured or underinsured at the following locations: DATE

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Saturday, July 18 9 a.m. to noon

The Heights Baptist Church

17201 Jefferson Davis Highway Drive-thru testing only

Falling Creek Ironworks Park

6407 Jefferson Davis Highway

Crystal Lake Apartments

3501 Meadowdale Blvd.

Wednesday, July 22 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 29 5 to 7 p.m.

Testing is limited, with some walk-up testing available. People with COVID-19 symptoms should make an appointment for testing by calling the Chesterfield Health Department at (804) 318-8207. State officials are ramping up enforcement of mask and social distancing rules after a sudden rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Virginia. On Wednesday, state Department of Health officials reported 1,084 new positive cases of the coronavirus, pushing the statewide total to 73,527. That’s an increase of 6,152 cases since last week at this time. Hospitalizations were up 328 from last week to 6,905, while deaths also increased by 87 to 1,992. In Richmond, the number of positive cases has increased by 152 since last week to 2,473, with a total of 36 deaths. Employees of the state health department and the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control will conduct unannounced visits to ensure that restaurants and businesses are adhering to face covering and social distancing rules, Gov. Ralph S. Northam said Tuesday. He encouraged businesses to actively enforce regulations or risk having their licenses revoked. He said patrons who refuse to abide by the rules are trespassing and businesses can choose to call the police, he said. Gov. Northam said officials also are considering reducing the permitted size of public gatherings.

Richmond Public Schools students will continue learning online this fall when the 2020-21 academic year starts Sept. 8. The Richmond School Board voted 8-1 Tuesday night to reopen schools only virtually this fall for all grade levels as a matter of health and safety during the coronavirus pandemic. The vote confirmed reopening under Option E — fully virtual learning — that was supported by the Richmond Education Association. The association, which represents the school district’s educators, called for 100 percent virtual instruction in a letter last week to Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras. The letter detailed the concerns about teachers going back to the classroom to teach during COVID-19, citing many of the environmental shortcomings of the buildings – poor air quality, HVAC issues and open-concept classrooms — that could put Please turn to A4

Chief Smith embraces police reform, but wants to control it from the catbird seat By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Richmond Police Chief Gerald M. Smith is getting to know the Richmond community, learning the department and working to boost the morale of officers in the wake of recent protests.

New Richmond Police Chief Gerald M. Smith is raising a yellow caution flag for those pushing to reform the department and support budget cuts to “defund the police.” In his first news conference since taking the helm July 1, Chief Smith told reporters Tuesday that he and ranking officers would need to play a major role in any discussion of reforms or budget reductions and that he would have to have the final say on putting recommendations in place. “We are the professionals,” Chief Smith said. “We are the

ones who know how the profession works, what will work, what the rate of change can be and how fast it should go.” Chief Smith, 51, served 29 years with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in North Carolina before taking the Richmond job. He is still learning the Richmond police force while trying to build up the sagging morale of front line officers and getting out in the community so people can get to know him. He said he is not opposed to vigorous discussion of police reform, and sees that it likely Please turn to A4

Washington NFL team drops racist name Free Press wire report

The most polarizing name in North American professional sports is gone. Washington’s NFL team announced Monday that it will retire its offensive name and Indian head logo in a decision made after sponsors stepped up pressure to scrap a name that the franchise has used since 1933 but long has been criticized as racist by Native American rights groups. Team owner Dan Snyder, who bought the franchise in 1999, previously said he would never change the name but softened his stance after FedEx, which owns the naming rights to the team’s suburban stadium in Landover, Md., urged the NFL club to rebrand. The team said on July 3 it would conduct a thorough review of the club’s name. “Today, we are announcing we will be retiring the … name and logo upon completion of this review,” the team said in a statement. The team did not provide a timeline for when the review

would be completed. Its statement did not specify a reason for the name change, but it comes at a time of reckoning over racial injustice, iconography and racism in the United States. Mr. Snyder and Ron Rivera, the team’s new head coach, “are working closely to develop a new name and design approach that will enhance the standing of our proud, tradition rich franchise and inspire our sponsors, fans and community for the next 100 years,” the team said. “We commend the Washington NFL team for eliminating a brand that disrespected, demeaned and stereotyped all Native people,” the National Congress of American Indians said in a statement on Monday. “And we call on all other sports teams and corporate brands to retire all caricatures of Native Americans that they use as their mascots.” Critics have ramped up pressure on the team to change its name following nationwide and global racial justice protests in the wake of George Floyd’s killing on May 25 at the hands of a

Minneapolis police officer. In June, a group of more than 80 socially minded investment firms, collectively with more than $620 billion in assets under management, urged FedEx, Nike and PepsiCo to terminate relationships with the team unless it changed its name. PepsiCo and Nike both fol-

lowed FedEx’s lead and said they welcomed the call for a review of the team’s name. The pressure from FedEx was particularly important because Frederick Smith, the company’s chief executive officer, owns part of the team. Please turn to A4

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Mommy and me Patricia Robinson, 29, and her daughter, Dejahna Tyler, 7, enjoy the sunshine and each other’s company during a recent outing at Jefferson Park in Church Hill. The family lives in North Side.

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New RPS HR director comes from system with similar challenges Sandra Lee has her work cut out for her. As the new chief talent officer, also known as human resources director, for Richmond Public Schools, she will be working hard to fill about 88 vacant teacher positions before the classes begin online this fall. The number of teacher vacancies has been fluctuating because of the coronavirus pandemic. And recruitMs. Lee ing and retaining teachers will be one of her main goals, even with the pandemic aside. But Ms. Lee, who officially started on July 1, takes it all in stride. “At this time last school year, RPS was well over 150 vacancies,” she said. “There is progress being made with recruiting and hiring.” She said teacher prospects are waiting to learn about reopening plans. They also are waiting on the most competitive offers – salary, benefits and technology – during a time when there is a teacher shortage nationally. RPS Superintendent Jason Kamras said Ms. Lee initially will conduct focus groups and make herself available to teachers as they share their perspectives. She also will create a way for teachers to inform the administration of any health issues during the pandemic, allowing them to receive support they need to be safe, healthy and successful instructors. Mr. Kamras said he also plans for Ms. Lee to join various committee Zoom conferences with the school reopening planning committee and the Teacher Advisory Council, to name a few, that will give her an opportunity to interact directly with teachers. She also will lead RPS’ transition from their current HR computer system to a more modern human resources information system. The school district’s top HR position has been vacant for more than six months. Ms. Lee “has had a combination of professional experience as she has worked with urban education as well as with children living in poverty,” Mr. Kamras said. She comes to Richmond from New Mexico, where she was the director of human resources at Gallup-McKinley County Schools just outside of Albuquerque. About 80 percent of its students were from the Navajo Nation and the Zuni Pueblo. “The school system she served has many of the same challenges as RPS,” Mr. Kamras said. She worked as a teacher and a principal both in New Mexico and with the San Francisco Unified School District. She has a bachelor’s in cultural anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s in curriculum and instruction from Arizona State University and a master’s in educational administration from Eastern New Mexico University. Additionally, she is a practicing mediator and a Society of Human Resource Management senior certified professional. In an interview, Ms. Lee said Richmond’s Dreams4RPS strategic plan is one of the most ambitious equity plans in the nation for improving schools and education. “I feel really fortunate and humbled to be part of this team,” she said. “I believe all students are looking for really meaningful and relevant opportunities to learning, especially now during the coronavirus challenges.” She said she chose Richmond, a place she has visited in the past to see family and friends, “because of the district’s clear commitment to equity in student learning so students can thrive in school and beyond. “I feel this is the right place at the right time, especially for raising my two young daughters, Ayuna, 5, and Zeniya, 8.” Both will be RPS students. She said she and her husband, Zachary Cress, believe Richmond is a great area to raise a young family. And she plans to do everything possible to make schools effective and meaningful for students. “I want them to learn and thrive,” she said.

Housing aid for families impacted by COVID-19 Many of the estimated 3,800 Richmond area families facing court hearings that could lead to eviction may qualify for the state’s new rent relief program. The program launched June 29 by Gov. Ralph S. Northam provides relief for those who have lost jobs or faced reduced income since April 1 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and have fallen behind on paying their monthly rent. The program serves people based on income and payment levels. For renters, there are two options, which hinge on landlord approval. Under the first, the plan would pay up to four months rent, including the current rent and three months past due, if the landlord agrees to absorb three months of past due rent and drops the late payment charges. The second option would provide payment of the current rent and one past due month if the landlord agrees to a six-month repayment plan. Those needing help may call ACTS, a housing counseling nonprofit, at (804) 644-2401.

Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

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From hand-held signs to spray paint on statue pedestals and banners, the proclamation that Black Lives Matter, or BLM, is visible across the city. Here, a sunflower adds a splash of color to a supportive homemade flag flying in front of a home in The Fan. Location: Kensington Avenue.

Fund grows to help pay for Confederate statues’ removal By Reginald Stuart

When city officials decided to promptly remove the Confederate statues along Monument Avenue and other parts of the city, everything was in place for the action except the money to pay for it. The estimated $1.8 million tab for the removal will require some more squeezing Ms. Lafayette of an already squeezed local government budget, city officials acknowledge. A corps of civic-minded volunteers has emerged and is trying to raise the needed money privately to give to the City of Richmond to directly pay the costs of moving the large statues. The group, going by MoveTheMonuments.org, is using the nonprofit Maggie Walker Community Land Trust as its transfer agent to handle contributions, which will be tax deductible. While in gear for roughly two weeks or so, the Move The Monuments campaign has raised more than $25,000 from a myriad of donors, including nearly $15,000 on its GoFundMe page. With the city dealing with the unexpected economic and human costs of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers felt people would want to step up to the plate to help pay for the removal of the Confederate symbols of hate and oppression. Any excess contributions will be given to Richmond Public Schools, organizers said. “The financial impact of being on the right side of history could have an unintended impact on scarce resources allocated for education, housing, infrastructure improvements and much more,” the group explains on its site. “That is exactly why Move the Monuments was created.” “I knew the city couldn’t afford this,” said Shannon Harton, a Richmond Realtor and organizer of MoveTheMounments.org. “This started when I wanted to help,” he said, noting he shared his idea of privately raising money to help with the city’s cost with colleagues. They thought it had merit and helped him work out the details. Within a few days, Mr. Harton was in touch with Laura Dillard Lafayette, a Richmond native and chief executive officer

of the Richmond Association of Realtors, who offered a plan to make contributions tax deductible. Ms. Lafayette chairs the Maggie Walker Community Land Trust and brought the idea to the board, which agreed to be the financial conduit. Today, in addition to having its own website, Move The Monuments has a postal Mr. Harton mailing address and the GoFundMe page to collect donations, Mr. Harton and Ms. Lafayette noted, adding they are ready to work the phones, mail and internet to raise the needed funds. “The statues need to come down because they are horrible symbols,” said Ms. Lafayette, a graduate of Manchester High School in Chesterfield and the College of William & Mary. “The city of Richmond does not have $1.8 million laying around,” she said. Ms. Lafayette also served as press secretary to former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder during his administration and during his campaign. “We feel very strongly we are giving to close the gap,” she said, noting the city faces a wide gap between anticipated revenue and needed resources during the current economic crisis caused by the pandemic. “We look at the monuments as relics of our past. If someone’s conviction is the monuments should come down, then we suggest they put their money behind that conviction,” she said. Ms. Lafayette and Mr. Harton said they are trying to raise the needed revenue as soon as possible, noting that the urgency tends to diminish as the statues come down. “I don’t have a concern if we don’t get it done in a couple of weeks,” said Mr. Harton, a past PTA president at Westover Hills Elementary School. He said he knows fundraising takes time and patience. “The urgency is to get it paid for,” he said. Ms. Lafayette echoed his sentiment in talking about the challenge. “If the statues come down, it’s still the same cause,” she said. “That removal has to be paid for.”

Low-key efforts waged to remove statue of segregationist Harry F. Byrd Sr. from Capitol Square By George Copeland Jr. and Jeremy M. Lazarus

In the midst of widespread efforts to remove Confederate memorials, a similar change may be on the way for Richmond’s Capitol Square. Calls have come to remove from Capitol grounds the statue of Harry F. Byrd Sr., a former U.S. senator, Virginia governor and arch-segregationist who helped lead Virginia’s infamous “Massive Resistance” campaign to thwart the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 decision outlawing segregated schools as unconstitutional. The most recent initiative comes courtesy of Paul Goldman, a former Virginia Democratic Party chairman, who has filed a formal request with the Capitol Square Preservation Council to remove the statue. Mr. Goldman stressed that the removal should be done in a “lawful fashion,” which he felt would be a fitting response to Mr. Byrd’s legacy, which includes “unlawfully” resisting federal orders to desegregate Virginia schools

and a statewide “political machine” of white supremacy whose hold has lessened only in recent years. “He is the epitome of separate but equal,” said Mr. Goldman, who initially spoke out against the statue in 2001. “There’s no reason for his statue to be there.” Mr. Goldman’s request follows that of Delegate Jerrauld C. “Jay” Jones of Norfolk, a member of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus. Delegate Jones, a Democrat, is introducing a bill during the next General Assembly statue to have the Byrd statue removed. He cited legislation introduced in the last legislative session by Republican Delegate Wendell S. Walker of Lynchburg as a key inspiration. At the time, Delegate Walker said his bill calling for the removal of the statue of Mr. Byrd, a Democrat, was meant to challenge the priorities of Democrats who supported legislation focused on the many Confederate statues across the state. But rather than hesitating at

the idea of removing a statue of a fellow Democrat, Democratic lawmakers were enthusiastic about the idea, prompting Delegate Walker to withdraw his bill from consideration. “I have every intention of introducing a bill to bring the Harry Byrd statue down that currently stands on Capitol Square,” Delegate Jones told the

Free Press. “I look forward to having the conversations on the committees and I look forward to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle supporting the effort to bring that statue down.” Delegate Walker’s unintentional actions also may have led to the approval of $50,000 in the revised state budget for the development of interpretive signs to be placed beside the statue about Mr. Byrd’s role as an architect of Massive Resistance. Officials fostered the shutdown of public schools in Prince Edward County and several other Virginia localities rather than desegregate. Delegate Lamont Bagby, chairman of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, said he approves of the effort “to provide some context of how (Mr. Byrd) and his actions impacted the Commonwealth,” even if it doesn’t go far enough in addressing the statue’s presence in Capitol Square. However, there is little word on any similar efforts to rid the inside and grounds of the State Capitol of multiple memorials to Confederates. That includes

statues of Confederate Gens. Stonewall Jackson and William “Extra Billy” Smith and a lifesized statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in the Old House Chamber on the spot where he reportedly accepted the commission to lead Virginia’s Confederate Army against the United States. Little also been said about plans for a statue of Sally L. Tompkins, a Confederate hospital administrator, that is to be added to the Virginia Women’s Monument unveiled last October in Capitol Square. Delegate Bagby has stressed repeatedly that the presence of these monuments to Confederates is not being ignored, and that discussion continues among members of the General Assembly and within the VLBC over their place within the Capitol. “Members have already announced commitments to continue work toward removing those statues and images from the Capitol grounds,” Delegate Bagby said. “I guarantee if they remain on the Capitol grounds, it won’t be because of a lack of effort” to remove them.

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Threat of COVID-19 keeping RPS students at home Continued from A1

the health of students, teachers and staff in jeopardy. Teachers, parents and other advocates also raised concerns about whether schools could be adequately set up and equipped to handle new state guidelines calling for desks to be at least 3 feet apart and for students to wear masks and socially distance at least 3 feet apart during inclass instruction. The board also received medical data and information during a meeting last week and presented by Dr. Danny Avula, director of the Richmond City Health District, and a team of doctors. The board also reviewed advisory committee input and public comments from parents, teachers and staff. Mr. Kamras acknowledged the decision was

challenging for all involved. School Board member Jonathan Young, 4th District, cast the sole dissenting vote. In a Free Press interview earlier Tuesday, he said he couldn’t support Option E because there was no in-person teaching. He said RPS student participation in online learning fell from 15,000 to 9,000 since March, when schools statewide were shut down to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “This is one issue that tempered my enthusiasm for all virtual learning,” Mr. Young said. Under the virtual learning plan approved Tuesday night, lessons during the fall semester will be presented live online by teachers and supplemented with pre-recorded materials. Teachers will use a “playlist” to document when a student is working independently on instructional content assigned by their teacher.

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FedEx paid $205 million for the long-term naming rights to the team’s stadium. The lease at FedEx Field expires in 2027, and dropping the name keeps open various possibilities in Maryland, Virginia and Washington for the team’s new stadium and headquarters. District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser has said the name was an “obstacle” to Mr. Snyder building on the old RFK Stadium site, which is believed to be his preference. Mayor Bowser said she welcomed the name change but there were still obstacles to overcome before the team’s return from suburban Maryland became a serious possibility. “Yes, we want to change the name and change the location,” she said. “The Washington football team should be playing in Washington.” The team was founded in New England in

will take place because of Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s newly appointed, 24-member Task Force to Reimagine Public Safety. The task force, which includes a retired police officer and two current officers, is charged with coming up with recommendations for reforming police operations. A protégé of former Richmond Police Chief Rodney Monroe, Chief Smith said he plans to set up his own external and internal committees to consider proposals for departmental improvement, which he said he would push just as he did in Charlotte. He noted he led a successful effort there to overhaul police recruiting to improve diversity. Still, he already embraces some reforms — most notably creating better connections with health professionals as part of the fight against crime and creation of a civilian oversight board with subpoena powers to investigate alleged police misconduct. He said in Charlotte, which has a police oversight board without subpoena power, both the board and the department often were frustrated that complainants couldn’t be compelled to testify. Often, if hearings were held, “it would show what an officer did right,” he said. The lack of subpoena power prevents such information from being heard by the public. Mayor Stoney selected Chief Smith to take charge of Richmond’s beleaguered police department that is under fire for its actions and failure to prevent damage during weeks of protests against police violence and racial injustice since the May 25 killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis. The Richmond Police Department is facing multiple lawsuits stemming from local actions against protesters. Chief Smith said he would oppose cutting the department’s budget to shift money elsewhere. “Defund the police is the wrong issue,” he said. “We need to seek to fund the change we are seeking. If there is an education gap, fund

1932 as the Boston Braves. Its name was changed the following year and it moved to Washington in 1937. A dozen Native leaders and organizations wrote NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell last week demanding an immediate end to Washington’s use of the name. Mr. Goodell, who has fielded questions on the topic for years, said he supported the review. “The NFL and Dan Snyder, we have to

to close that gap. If there are health disparities, fund that.” He said the department will not become more effective with less money. He noted the current budget is essentially “set in stone,” taking effect on July 1, the day he arrived. At this point, City Council has no control over police spending; only the mayor can propose budget amendments. He also noted that those decrying police spending may find the police department could need “more dollars, not less” to accomplish what is being sought. An outbreak of violence not connected with the protests buttresses Chief Smith’s claims about department needs. Just hours after the news conference, officers responded to a spate of five shootings between Tuesday evening and early Wednesday morning in North Side, Church Hill and South Side that left two people dead and four others wounded, including two girls ages 3 and 6. One of the deaths was that of a 15-year-old boy. The violence has refocused attention on police coverage and whether there are enough officers to ensure public safety. The department reports having 677 officers available for duty out of the 734 currently on the roster. City Councilman Michael J. Jones, 9th District, and Councilwoman Stephanie A. Lynch, 5th District, have become leading advocates for police reform along with Mayor Stoney. The two are pressing City Council to have the administration ban the use of tear gas, rubber bullets and pepper spray for crowd control. Both remain upset over what they saw as the police department’s overly aggressive use of those methods against peaceful demonstrators. As chair of City Council’s Finance Committee that is to meet Thursday, Dr. Jones is planning legislation to give the council more oversight over the funding police receive from sales of seized cars, guns and other items and to urge Mayor Stoney to shift some funds police might receive for mental health services to other agencies.

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federal court. “The decision by the School Board today was long overdue and a first step toward racial justice in Hanover County,” said Robert N. Barnette Jr., chair of the Hanover Branch NAACP and the state NAACP. “We are encouraged that the Hanover County School Board made the right choice today.” Earlier this month, Gov. Ralph S. Northam encouraged school boards across the state to “evaluate the history behind your school names” and to drop racist names and those symbolizing oppression. Mr. Barnette and the Hanover NAACP have been one of the School Board’s most vocal and consistent critics, filing a federal lawsuit last August alleging the Confederate names and mascots violate African-American students’ constitutional rights by forcing them

year-round school. “Right now, I think that students are in need of year-round school and will benefit from it as well,” Dr. Sapini said. The board will talk about the option of year-round school at its next meeting 6 p.m. Monday, July 20. Board member Kenya Gibson, 3rd District, was pleased that the district placed the health of students, teachers and staff above all else. “This is not just about our students. It is about the neighbors of our students and staff. This is a public health issue that impacts the entire community,” Ms. Gibson said. Tuesday’s board meeting, which lasted four hours and was held online via Zoom, was viewed by more than 17,000 people and generated more than 1,000 comments. Officials said 90 percent of the comments supported Option E.

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That includes a pre-recorded instructional video followed by practice using applications such as i-Ready, Reflex Math, Flocabulary, Gizmos and Edgenuity. The teacher would provide assignments, feedback and grades. As the School Board works to determine whether to reopen schools for in-person learning beginning in February, the board asked that Mr. Kamras and the school administration provide members with progress reports about the virtual learning at each board meeting, with an emphasis on accountability for teachers and students. Board member Dr. Patrick Sapini, 5th District, stressed the importance of accountability, as students with special needs and individual education programs will need additional support. He added that the vote for online learning opens up the discussion for

“to champion a legacy of segregation and oppression in order to participate in school activities.” While the suit was dismissed in May, the NAACP plans to continue its appeal, despite Tuesday’s vote by the School Mr. Barnette Board, Mr. Barnette said, in case the School Board drags its feet on the change. No timeline has been given, although a new committee is to make recommendations for new names with public input. Principals Charles Stevens and Quentin Ballard of Lee-Davis High and Jackson Middle schools, respectively, are to work with their staffs and student bodies to select new school mascots, with the School Board having final approval on the new names and mascots chosen.

commend them on making the right call to change the name,” said Oneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter, leader of the “Change the Mascot” campaign. “Dan Snyder won today because now he has a legacy that will be different from the racial slur that was the team name. I know that’s not an easy thing to do, but it was the right thing to do.” The name could become the Redtails, Redwolves or Redhawks. Redtails or Red Tails — an homage to the Tuskegee Airmen from World War II — is the favorite on online sportsbook BetOnline, and the group said it “would be honored and pleased to work with the organization during and after the (name change) process, should this name be adopted.” This will be the NFL’s first name change since the late 1990s when the Tennessee Oilers

became the Titans two seasons after moving from Houston to Nashville. The Washington team has won three Super Bowls and is one of the NFL’s marquee franchises, ranked by Forbes last September as the league’s seventh most valuable franchise at $3.4 billion. In June, a memorial to the team’s founding owner, George Preston Marshall, who fought against the racial integration of the NFL, was removed from RFK Stadium, the team’s former home in Washington. “Our fight continues,” Crystal Echo Hawk of the Native American advocacy group IllumiNative said in a statement. “We will not rest until the offensive use of Native imagery, logos and names are eradicated from professional, collegiate and (other school) sports. The time is now to stand in solidarity and declare that racism will not be tolerated.”

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Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, used his authority to stop the city from taking down the last remaining statue. That statue, located on North Side, is to traitor and slavery-defending Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill, whom the judge termed “an American war veteran.” Mayor Stoney, who already had 11 other Confederate statues and symbols removed, had said that the city had no plans to imRegina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press mediately remove the statue Parts of three tarp-covered Confederate statues are visible at Hermitage Road and La- from Interstate 95 outside the city Wastewater Treatment burnum Avenue as sits over Plant located off Maury Street in South Side. The globe the general’s tomb. that sat behind the statue of Confederate Matthew Fontaine Judge Cavedo’s 60-day Maury on Monument Avenue appears to be under one tarp. injunction is largely symbolic as City Council is using a new state law use those powers to prevent the demonstrators granting authority to remove racist symbols from damaging businesses and property largely of the Confederacy and plans to vote to do so during the first three days of the protests. Appearing to violate his oath to be impartial, on Monday, Aug. 3, with Gen. Hill’s statue on Judge Cavedo lectured Mayor Stoney, who sat the list. Still, Judge Cavedo’s action appeared to silently in front of him. The judge said the be far over the top to those observing in the statues were not the problem, but the mayor’s courtroom. He has drawn the attention of the failure to maintain law and order. The judge said police officers told him that Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, which never raised an objection during the three times he has they were under orders not to arrest those won General Assembly election to the bench, demonstrating against racial injustice and police brutality, spurred the killing of George Floyd most recently in 2019. The injunction is just the latest action Judge by a Minneapolis police officer. The judge seethed about demonstrations Cavedo has taken to block removal of the Confederate icons. Last month, he blocked Gov. outside the John Marshall Courts Building to Ralph S. Northam from removing the towering protest eviction hearings, describing them as state-owned statue of the Confederate’s top invasions. The only evidence in the case — what was military commander, Gen. Robert E. Lee, from Monument Avenue claiming that the governor uncontradicted —was presented by the city and the mayor’s attorney, Jeffrey Breit. Both city had no authority to do so. In the city case last week, Judge Cavedo took Public Works Director Bobby Vincent and city the action on behalf of an unidentified plaintiff Emergency Communications Director Stephen M. Willoughby testified that the demonstrations who was listed only as “Anonymous.” As the city’s lead lawyer, Robert M. Rolfe, have calmed down since the removal of the noted in court, the plaintiff proffered no evi- Confederate statues. Some saw the hearing as exposing the real dence that he was suffering irreparable harm or met any of the other requirements state and Judge Cavedo, the son of a Richmond dentist and federal courts impose to issue what is called who largely enjoyed a life of white privilege. Forty-three years ago, as a senior at the “an extraordinary remedy.” Mr. Rolfe cited a long-standing state Supreme University of Richmond, he wrote a column Court precedent that requires a plaintiff to show for The Collegian, the student newspaper, titled a particular harm, not just a general objection to “What Does U.S. Life Offer Me?” Published in the April 14, 1977, edition, a government action — in this case, the mayor’s use of his authority as the city’s director of Judge Cavedo wrote that he planned to leave the country because he could not abide the growth emergency management. Unfazed, Judge Cavedo rejected that argument of powerful government agencies that were inby declaring he was not bound to follow state terfering with his life, notably the Federal Trade Supreme Court precedents in his courtroom. Commission, the Food and Drug Administration He then found that Anonymous, represented by and the Environmental Protection Agency. He cited the U.S. Department of Health, an attorney from Bedford in Western Virginia, had standing to sue and was suffering sufficient Education and Welfare as reaching “into the heart of our freedom over the way we arrange harm to justify a restraining order. Rumors quickly began circulating that Judge our lives.” While he has a reputation as a good judge, Cavedo, himself, is Anonymous and arranged for an attorney from outside Richmond to take defense attorney David Baugh said he is not the case on the condition that his identity would surprised about Judge Cavedo’s actions in this case, calling it in character. not be revealed. He said Judge Cavedo is notorious for sidThough no evidence has surfaced to support such a claim, Judge Cavedo did not seek ing with the commonwealth when it comes to to disguise his fury at Mayor Stoney for using crime and punishment. “I’ve had lawyers ask emergency powers to take down the statues in an for my help with a case” in order to force Judge effort to prevent demonstrators from trying and Cavedo to recuse himself and get another judge hurting themselves in the process, but failing to to hear the case, he said.

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Judge Cavedo Events and new information arising during the past few days give us grave concerns about the continued involvement of Richmond Circuit Court Judge Bradley B. Cavedo in the legal cases regarding the Confederate statues on Monument Avenue. Judge Cavedo has issued an indefinite injunction barring Gov. Ralph S. Northam from removing the state-owned statute of Confederate Robert E. Lee from Monument Avenue. He also, in a separate case, has issued a 60-day injunction barring Mayor Levar M. Stoney and the City of Richmond from removing any more Confederate statues. That order was issued late last week, after work crews had removed the last of the city-owned statues on Monument Avenue and others in Monroe Park and on Libby Hill. At least one city-owned Confederate statue remains standing and is impacted by Judge Cavedo’s order. We believe that Judge Cavedo should never have heard these cases for several reasons. He lives in the Monument Avenue Historic District where the Lee statue stands and where many of the city-owned statues stood before being taken down. We believe that’s a conflict and should preclude him from hearing any of these cases because he potentially stands to financially benefit – or lose – in property value and tax treatment with the statues gone. Also, Judge Cavedo’s comments from the bench show that he has too much of an emotional investment or attachment to the statues and cannot render an impartial decision. He has called protesters “rioters” and a Confederate an “American war veteran,” and criticized Mayor Stoney for his handling of the early protests that resulted in Richmond having three different police chiefs over the course of a little more than two and a half weeks. Judge Cavedo also has shown flagrant disregard for the public when it comes to these cases. He allowed a plaintiff seeking to block the statues’ removal to file anonymously, which, in our humble opinion, should not fly in a case with this much public interest. In this highly contentious and significant case that greatly impacts the residents of this city, the people — as well as the defendant, Mayor Levar M. Stoney — have a right to know who has filed the lawsuit to block the statues’ removal. For all we know, it could be Judge Cavedo or one of his family members. By allowing an anonymous filing, Judge Cavedo has given a cloak of protection to someone who may not even live in Virginia or have legal standing to bring the suit. The judge also held two initial hearings in the Lee statue case without notice to the public, to the media or to Attorney General Mark R. Herring as the lawyer for the Commonwealth. The hearings also were held without a court reporter present, so there is no record of what was said and done, all issues that have been criticized by Mr. Herring in his efforts to defend Gov. Northam’s directive to remove the Lee statue. Chillingly, an editorial Judge Cavedo wrote 43 years ago while an undergraduate student at the University of Richmond shows his disdain for Black people and many of our concerns. In the editorial page column published in the April 14, 1977, edition of The Collegian newspaper, the longtime Richmond resident who attended Thomas Jefferson High School during the early years of school busing, complains about school desegregation and the “solicitous paternalism of the federal courts, which … nearly wrecked my high school education by instituting a massive busing plan that caused more upheaval in my school and life than most people could imagine.” He also criticizes then-President Jimmy Carter’s proposal to allow instant voter registration. “This scheme will allow the parasites of this nation to become the dominating force in politics,” he wrote. He said they “soak billions from the government” and “do not bother to register in advance … and usually do not vote.” We know who he was talking about. We have long held that neo-Confederate, neo-Nazi and Ku Klux Klan members and sympathizers may not be among those marching around the Lee statue carrying assault-style rifles and waving Confederate flags. Instead, they wear suits and robes and sit on our state and federal courts, hold CEO positions at our workplaces and run our schools, banks and criminal justice system, all making decisions that can have major negative consequences for the lives, livelihoods and opportunities for success for African-Americans and people of color. Judge Cavedo’s college editorial has gone viral on social media, raising the concern of several members of the General Assembly, which elects our state’s judges. While we acknowledge that a person’s perspective can change over 40 years, this person clearly hasn’t. Judge Cavedo’s words then, and his actions now, speak loudly and clearly to African-Americans, people of color and people of conscience. They also bring into question his own biases and whether anyone of color standing before him in court has received a fair and impartial hearing. For the best interests of our future and his reputation, we urge him to step down from hearing any of the cases regarding Confederate statues.

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At least six Black children were killed during the “Fourth of You Lie” weekend. They weren’t doing anything wrong, just attending a community picnic, or going to visit a grandmother, or riding in a car. One of the children, Secoriea Turner, 8, lived in Atlanta. The day after the killing, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, emotionally addressed the killers. “You shot and killed a baby,” she said. “This random Wild, Wild West, shoot ’em up because you can, has got to stop. It has to stop.” She went on to say, “Enough is enough. You can’t blame this on a police officer. You can’t say this is about criminal justice reform. This is about some people carrying weapons who shot up a car with an 8-year-old baby in the car. For what?” In Washington, 11-year-old Davon McNeal, ironically attending an anti-violence cookout organized by his mother, was shot in the head. An 18-year old has been arrested, and there are two other suspects. In Atlanta, Philadelphia, Chi-

cago, San Francisco and New York, our children are being murdered. We can get thousands to the streets for a Black Lives Matter protest. How many can we get out for Natalia Wallace, 7, killed in Chicago, or Jace Young, 6, of San Francisco who was killed attending a birthday party? In 2019, 692 children under

Julianne Malveaux the age of 12 were killed or injured. In 2014, 603 were killed or wounded. The Gun Violence Archive, which has been counting gun deaths since 2013, states there were 733 child deaths or injuries in 2017, the peak year since the organization began collecting the data. The murdered children are never the intended victims. Instead, somebody with more firepower than sense shoots into a crowd, not caring who they hit. And they’ve been killing our children. I could write dissertations about why angry and unemployed young men are running around with guns, settling scores and securing reputations with no regard for others. But I’m sick of the sociological explanations and the excuses. I’m with Mayor

Bottoms. Enough is enough. How do we stop it? How do we dismantle the gun culture that dominates so many of our inner cities? Will it take new laws? Harsher penalties for illegal gun use? Conservatives are right to say we may lose fewer Black lives to police violence than to street gun violence. Even as we resist police brutality, structural racism and other inequities, we must fight the enemy within, the callous young men who engage in gunplay on public streets when anybody could be walking by. How to get through to them? Dr. Cornel West, a professor emeritus at Princeton University, once described these young men as nihilistic, believing that life has no intrinsic value, simply not caring about social norms and moral values. Anyone who would shoot a deadly weapon into a crowd has no regard for human life. And perhaps one could argue that these young men do not value human life because human life has not valued them. But I’m sick of making excuses for sociopaths, even as I understand the forces that created them. These shootings have to stop! I love looking at Black children, looking at their small, partly

Rezoning best for schools Headlines have ricocheted across the nation about Richmond City Council’s support for removing the Confederate monuments. While this is an important step, let us not be too quick to celebrate symbolism that is not accompanied by other sweeping and concrete changes to fundamentally improve our city. One such change needs to be ensuring equity within our schools by demanding that the Richmond School Board again take up the initiative to drastically rezone Richmond Public Schools. The state Department of Education’s guidance for reopening schools calls for physical distancing and sanitation requirements. But attendance phases, masks and desks 3 to 6 feet apart are not enough. As a Ph.D. candidate studying race, inequality and language at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education and a former RPS teacher, I am compelled to call on the Richmond School Board to finally put children before politics by rezoning across our racially and socioeconomically segregated schools. Many of our most impoverished schools are too overcrowded to safely reopen. The elementary schools in South Side, and many other schools across the district, carry an average capacity of more than 100 percent. Of the two new elementary schools that thankfully will open in the fall, both will only replace

current buildings and will still not completely alleviate the overcrowding problem. Trying to keep school-age children apart will be challenging enough, but will be impossible in schools bursting at the seams. This overcrowding is not a new consideration. It is unlikely that residents have forgotten the months of public debate over

Danielle M. Greene rezoning that led to a lukewarm decision by the School Board that changed little, even in the face of severely overcrowded and strikingly racially segregated schools. With more than 24,000 students in the district, a mere 1,500 were affected by rezoning. The board appeared more swayed by the thinly veiled “Massive Resistance 2.0” talking points from West End parentadvocates. Other concerned parents were instead offered a dangerous social experiment to move small numbers of Black students into wealthier white schools by lottery. Despite claims to have the best interest of children at heart, little was done to balance the racially and economically stratified city. The decision was not “a step forward,” as claimed by members of the School Board; it was a step to nowhere. Nine of Virginia’s Top 20 most segregated schools are in Richmond and nothing has been done about it. In the wake of COVID-19, a responsible plan to reopen the district’s schools must include a method to see the numbers balanced. If we are indeed serious about the safety of our most

marginalized students, then we must take action to see that their schools are capable of enacting measures that allow them to be distant from one another. As it stands, there are many schools in RPS that cannot meet that present challenge. Rezoning will not happen overnight. But now is the time to think about big sweeping changes in education because the problems that we face are great. Any School Board member who is not committed to re-imagining what “could be” inside of Richmond schools does not deserve his or her seat. If the board’s only concern is making it back to the inequitable status quo from which we came, then now is the time to reflect on whether those concerns are community-based or self-serving. As we look toward reopening schools responsibly, focus should be centered on how to protect the city’s most vulnerable students and families. In 2019, the argument of prioritizing our students’ ability to obtain equal and equitable educations through aggressive rezoning policies did not work. In 2020, in the light of public pressure for a more just society and for the sake of public health, the School Board should return to the table to make a good faith effort to reduce overcrowding through rezoning. While they are at it, the board also should work to get rid of the racially and socioeconomically segregated schools. We cannot return to schools post-COVID19 without it. For the sake of this city, put our children first. Removing symbols and names is important, but it isn’t nearly enough.

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unformed faces and wondering what kind of adult they will evolve into. Too many gun-toting criminals ensure that some of our children won’t have the opportunity to grow up. Class differences among African-Americans mean that some fall asleep to the sounds of gunfire while others know shooting from television. When we say it takes a village to raise a child, what happens to the villagers that would rob a child of life? We need to call these villains out. We need to ask their associates to call them out. When you say Black Lives Matter when you march and chant, think of 11-year Davon McNeal, 6-year-old Jace Young, 8-year-old Secoriea Turner or 7-year-old Natalia Wallace. Their Black lives matter, too. What must we do to protect our children? The writer is an author, economist and educator.

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Safe voting during the pandemic As a young political activist, my 18th birthday was monumental because I would be able vote. However, I turned 18 on Nov. 24, 2016, and missed the opportunity that year to participate in one of the most significant and historical presidential elections that will happen in my lifetime. I have participated in every election since I gained the right to vote. But I fear that I will miss another chance to participate in a monumental election that will shape my generationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political, economic and social future.Â As COVID-19 cases rise across the country, many states have yet to implement options for voters to safely cast their ballot during the pandemic. In early March, theÂ Virginia General Assembly passed a law allowing no-excuse absentee voting. Now, so long as a registered voter requests an absentee ballot, he or she can vote. Though no-excuse voting is a move in the right direction,Â Virginians have to step up to ensure that voters across the United States have access to a similarly safe voting option. Funding from the proposed federal HEROES Act would allow states across the country to expand online voter registra-

Possible names for the Washington NFL team The Washington NFL franchise is a disgrace!Â In the year 2020, Washington team owner Daniel Snyder cannot possibly continue to rationalize keeping his ridiculously racist team name in the face of widespread, righteous public condemnation. As Rep. RaĂşl M. Grijalva of Arizona, chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, said:Â â&#x20AC;&#x153;The time (for the current team name) has ended.Â There is no way to justify it.Â You either step into this century or you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;? In 1997, the NBA franchise in Washington willingly changed its name from â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bulletsâ&#x20AC;? to â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wizards.â&#x20AC;?Â So whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mr. Snyderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problem other than being a bigot? As silly as some of these monikers are, any one of them would be preferable to Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current NFL team name:Â Â Washington RedcoatsÂ Washington Rednecks Washington Redrums Washington Red Dawns Washington Red Foxes Washington Red Lines Washington Red Rovers Washington Red Tides Washington Red Riding Hoods Washington Red SparrowsÂ

tion options, extend early voting periods to prevent crowded polling places, establish safe and sanitized in-person polling places that adhere to CDC guidelines and increase absentee ballots.Â Even Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing voting systems are not enough to protect votersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rights and health, which makes the passage of the HEROES Act even more imperative. Expanded federal funding for election security measures is necessary to protect voters who need in-person voting options, including people without mail access, those who need assistance voting in their primary language, many Native Americans living on reservations and people with disabilities. Virginia needs additional funding to invest in supplies and resources that will ensure that those who vote in person can do so safely. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Infection has advisedÂ that poll workers regularly clean frequently touched surfaces, wash hands frequently and disinfect voting machines and other equipment. Funds are needed to provide PPE, hand sanitizer, soap and masks for poll workers, as well as disposable

pens to mark paper ballots.Â The federal government is obligated to ensure that voters are not disenfranchised from voting during the pandemic. Congress needs to step up and allocate the necessary funding to secure our vote. The U.S. House of Representatives already has passed the HEROES Act. Now the U.S. Senate needs to act fast. State officials need sufficient time to make necessary purchases and put systems in place before November. If the HEROES Act is not passed in the U.S. Senate, Virginians will remember our leadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; failure to secure our right to vote. SARAH LIM Powhatan

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Trombone Dude turns it up near the base of the Lee statue, where on Friday evening, right, local artist Dustin Klein projects an image of Richmond hometown hero Arthur Ashe Jr. in honor of the tennis great’s birthday on July 10. The photo shows Mr. Ashe holding up the championship trophy after his historic win in the men’s singles competition at Wimbledon on July 5, 1975.

Signs of change Protests and demonstrations continue at the so-called Marcus-David Peters Circle around the Lee statue on Monument Avenue, outside City Hall and throughout the city as people of all ages seek systemic reform and equity in justice, housing, jobs and education.

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Scores of protesters wore black, carried signs and made noise in a peaceful “Reclamation Revival” demonstration Sunday that began with a walk from Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in the East End to City Hall in Downtown. Protesters emphasized racial justice and the urgent need for police reform during the march and at the final sit-in on Marshall Street outside City Hall.

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Jasmin McDougle, 23, of Virginia Beach brings attention to justice for Elijah McClain, the 23-year-old massage therapist who died after a police encounter in Aurora, Colo., on Aug. 24, 2019. He was walking home from a convenience store when he was stopped by police and put in a chokehold. Paramedics called to the scene administered ketamine to sedate him. He died seven days later after being removed from life support. Three officers involved were put on administrative leave at the time and have since been reassigned. A main demand of protesters, including this peaceful sit-in last Friday at the Lee statue by the 381 Movement, is to stop the police killing of African-Americans and people of color.

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Naomi Isaac, left, and Chelsea Higgs Wise lead a group called “Defend Black Life” during Sunday’s march to City Hall from Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. The group seeks a range of police and justice reforms, including establishing an independent civilian review board to investigate alleged police misconduct and reopening the case of Marcus-David Peters, the 24-year-old biology teacher who, naked and unarmed, was killed by a Richmond Police officer in May 2018 during what has been described as a mental crisis.

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Lux Aghomo, 17, front, uses a small bullhorn to start the chants during RISE For Youth’s “Extra Mile for Justice Parade” last Saturday at Monroe Park to benefit the organization’s inaugural youth development academy to start next year.

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Sports Stories by Fred Jeter

football, fall sports latest casualty of COVID-19 CIAA football for 2020 ended before it began. Decisions about whether to conduct winter and spring sports The historically Black athletic conference that includes Vir- “will be discussed as efforts to flatten the curve of new COVID-19 ginia Union and Virginia State universities has canceled its fall cases progress,” CIAA officials stated. season because of COVID-19 safety concerns. VUU’s football team, which was 7-3 a year ago, was set to “This was a difficult decision but remains consistent with our open the 2020-21 season with a revitalized football stadium and long-standing priority of always acting in the best interest of our non-conference games at Hampton University on Sept. 5 and at student-athletes, coaches and support staff,” CIAA Commissioner Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, N.C., on Sept. 12. Jacqie McWilliams said in a statement issued late last week. The Panthers’ homecoming was set for Oct. 10 “There will be no athletic competition in the fall.” against Lincoln University. However, athletic scholarships will be honored VSU’s homecoming was scheduled for Oct. 24, for fall sport athletes — football, golf and men’s and also against Lincoln University. women’s cross-country. It’s hard imagining homecoming in April, but it There is a sliver of sunlight in this time of may be preferable to no homecoming at all. gloom. Spring football also would face the issue of having The CIAA is considering the option of moving to work around the traditional spring break. football to the spring, specifically March, April and VSU, coming off an 8-2 season, was scheduled to Commissioner May. Details regarding the timeframe have not been open this year at Norfolk State University on Sept. 5 Jacqie determined. and at Tuskegee University in Alabama on Sept. 12. McWilliams While plans are sketchy, that likely would mean VSU was to play at VUU in the regular season confidence-only schedules and no NCAA playoffs to follow. finale on Nov. 7, with the CIAA championship game set for The CIAA football champion has an automatic bid to the NCAA Nov. 14 in Salem. Division II football championships. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, or SIAC, “The main priority … is the safety and well-being of our the NCAA’s other historically Black Division II conference, has students and staff,” stated Dr. Makola Abdullah, president of announced a similar plan to eliminate fall sports. Virginia State University and chairman of the CIAA board of It’s a growing trend because of COVID-19. Washington & directors. Lee University, an NCAA Division III school in Lexington, has “Although this decision is not ideal, it does afford all of announced the cancelation of all fall sports for 2020. us an opportunity to continue working through best practices The two teams were Washington&Lee is a member of the to ensure our communities as a whole are in the best possible Virginia-based Old Dominion Athletic Conference, or ODAC, position moving forward.” that also includes Randolph-Macon College in Ashland.

scheduled for on Oct. 31. For now, at least, ODAC officials have said it is “committed to the return of fall competition.” Meanwhile, the NCAA Division I Big 10 and Pac 12 conferences have announced cancellation of all non-league games for 2020. Other cancellations are likely to follow. So far, the CIAA has not addressed the issue of men’s and women’s basketball. Hoops practice commences in mid-October, with games starting in November. This is the season in which the popular CIAA Basketball Tournament was moving to Baltimore after a long run in Charlotte, N.C. While the CIAA has struggled in postseason NCAA football, it has been a powerhouse in basketball, dating back to the 1960s. CIAA basketball teams have won five NCAA Division II men’s titles and two on the women’s side. VUU won the men’s Division II basketball championship in 1980, 1992 and 2005. North Carolina Central University prevailed in 1989 and Winston-Salem State University in 1967. The Lady Panthers won the NCAA Division II women’s basketball crown in 1983, while Shaw University took top honors in 2012. VUU also was the runner-up in 1984 and 2017.

Late VUU Panther William Dillon named to College Football Hall of Fame The late William Dillon, renowned for his exciting interceptions, has picked off another honor. A three-time Associated Press Little All-American safety at Virginia Union University, “Dill” has been named to the College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Induction ceremonies are scheduled for Dec. 7, 2021, at the Hilton Midtown in New York City. Selections are made by the National Football Foundation based in Irving, Texas. A native of Detroit, Mr. Dillon played for the VUU Panthers

VUU to add All-American and All-State track recruits Virginia Union University can hardly wait to hear the starting gun for the 2020-2021 track and field and cross-country seasons. Panthers Coach Melissa Ferry, who coaches both the men’s and women’s track programs, has landed a bumper crop of athletes with a variety of All-American and All-State honors. VUU won the 2019 CIAA cross-country title. The spring outdoor track season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. And high school track and field was terminated last spring for the same reason. Incoming Panthers include: • Jalen Hinton (Western Branch High School, Chesapeake): Hurdler/sprinter. • Willie Hinton IV (Deep Creek High, Chesapeake): Cross-country and long distance track. • Anthony Morgan (Coffeyville Community College in Kansas.): Quarter miler. • Eric Pierce (Hermitage High School, Henrico County): Sprinter. • Eric White (Greenbrier High School, Evans, Ga.): Sprinter/hurdler. Incoming Lady Panthers include: • Jade Lane (E.C. Glass High School, Lynchburg): Long/triple jumper. • Kayla Lee (King’s Fork High School, Suffolk): Sprinter. • Jaelyn Bedell (Lincoln College Preparatory High School, Kansas City, Mo.): Triple and high jumper; also plays volleyball.

from 1979 to 1982 under Coach Willard Bailey. He accumulated 30 career interceptions, including 16 as a sophomore, and was twice named CIAA Defensive Player of the Year. While he was at VUU, the Panthers posted a 38-8-1 record and made their first four appearances in the NCAA Division II playoffs. Mr. Dillon was not drafted by the NFL, but had a long preseason tryout with the Seattle Seahawks. Following his football career, Mr. Dillon became a prominent high school basketball official and excelled in softball.

He is a member of the Central Virginia ASA Hall of Fame, in addition to being named to the VUU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008. Mr. Dillon died Dec. 17, 2017. He also is one of four former CIAA standouts elected to the Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Others are running back Tim Newsome, at Winston-Salem State University in the 1970s; Coach Eddie Hurt of Virginia University of Lynchburg and Morgan State University from 1925 to 1959; and Coach Gideon Smith of Hampton University from 1921 to 1940.

William Dillon

The inductees also will be honored at their respective schools with a National Football Foundation On-Campus Salute during the 2021 season.

‘Culture shift’ bringing some top b-ball prospects to HBCUs HBCU basketball prospects are looking up partly because of what Norfolk State University basketball Coach Robert Jones terms a “culture shift.” Last month, Coach Jones signed highly touted 6-foot-8 forward Nate Tabor of Queens, N.Y., beating out the likes of St. John’s, Auburn, Louisiana State University and the University of Connecticut. “As talk of a culture shift in collegiate sports has become relevant recently, Nate Tabor has decided to start that shift,” Coach Jones said. “It’s not every day we or other HBCUs get a Top 100 (in the nation) player.” Tabor is rated a four-star recruit on a scale of 1 to 5 by ESPN. He is considered the No. 38 forward nationwide. He originally committed to St. John’s but opted out following the dismissal of Red Storm Coach Chris Mullin. Now he’s headed to NSU. “No question Nate is our highest rated recruit since I got here,” Coach Jones said. “In fact, it’s not even close.” Coach Jones was an NSU assistant coach from 2007 to 2013. Since becoming head coach during the 2013-14 season, his head coaching record is 84-28 in MEAC play. Tabor played at Sacred Heart High School in Waterbury, Conn., as a junior. He also drew much attention with the New York Rens travel team. This past season, Tabor attended South Shore High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., but did not play. He has met all NCAA academic standards and will be eligible to play for the Spartans on Day one of the 2020-21 season. “Usually, if an HBCU gets a top-rated player, it’s as a transfer,” Coach Jones said. “We’re so happy Nate will be coming in as a freshman.”

NSU’s good fortune came prior to recent news that 6-foot-11 Makur Maker, a five-star recruit out of Hillcrest Prep in Phoenix, Ariz., was headed to Howard University. Bison Coach Ken Blakeney beat out the University of Kentucky, UCLA and the University of Memphis to land Maker, who was born in Kenya and lived in Australia before coming to the United States. “I need to make the HBCU move real so others will follow,” Maker said on Twitter. He’s hoping that perhaps Mikey Williams, 16, of San Diego, a five-star recruit and one of the top players nationally in the Class of 2023, will follow and attend an HBCU. “On your side my boy let’s shock the world!!!,” Makur tweeted to Williams.

Nate Tabor

Williams has listed several HBCUs, including NSU and Hampton University, on his early list of college favorites. ••• There are tall barriers to clear for HBCUs signing heavily recruited basketball prospects. Game attendance at HBCUs lags behind many other NCAA Division I conferences. North Carolina A&T State University led the MEAC in attendance last season with 2,796 fans per game. South Carolina State University was last with an average of just 606 attendees per game. Although MEAC has TV contracts with ESPNU and Flow, its games aren’t televised nearly as much as some conferences. Then there’s the NBA issue. Currently, only two NBA players came from HBCUs—Robert Covington, out of Tennessee State University, with the Houston Rockets, and Kyle O’Quinn, out of NSU, with the Philadelphia 76ers. Coincidentally, Coach Jones recruited O’Quinn to NSU out of New York. “But it was nothing like Nate,” Coach Jones said. “Robert only had one scholarship

offer – NSU’s. He developed into an NBA player while he was here.” As for Tabor’s high ceiling, Coach Jones said, “Nate can do it all. He’s got NBA potential.” ••• The MEAC and SWAC are the only historically Black Division I NCAA conferences. The winners of both leagues receive automatic berths into the Division I tournament. The CIAA and SIAC are in the NCAA Division II and face a much taller climb in landing big-name prospects. That said, Virginia Union University, a member of the CIAA, has sent Mike Davis, Charles Oakley, Terry Davis, Jamie Waller, A.J. English and Ben Wallace to the NBA. Wallace was the most recent in 1996. The last CIAA player drafted into the NBA was Shaw University’s Flip Murray in 2002. O’Quinn was the last MEAC player drafted in 2012 after No. 15 seed NSU scored a stunning NCAA upset of No. 2 seed University of Missouri in the NCAA Tournament’s first round. Coach Jones is trying to balance the enthusiasm of the moment with reality in assessing the future of HBCUs attracting top talent. “The social climate being what it is now brings HBCUs more to the forefront,” Coach Jones said. “But it’s going to take more than two (Tabor and Maker) to complete a culture shift.”

From HBCU to NBA Some of the NBA’s biggest names got their start at HBCUs. Here are a few: • Al Attles, North Carolina A&T State University • Sam Jones, North Carolina Central University • Bob Dandridge, Norfolk State University • Dick Barnett, Tennessee State University • Earl Monroe, Winston-Salem State University • Willis Reed, Grambling State University • Zelmo Beaty, Prairie View A&M University • Marvin Webster, Morgan State University • Rick Mahorn, Hampton University • Avery Johnson, Southern University • Mike Davis and Charles Oakley, both NBA first round draft picks, and Ben Wallace, four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, Virginia Union University

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Personality: Shelby Brown McDowney Spotlight on founder of Mission From The Heart Foundation When a letter arrived from the Internal Revenue Service confirming that Shelby Brown McDowneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newly formed organization, Mission From The Heart Foundation, received its nonprofit classification, it was like a ray of sunshine on a rainy day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I opened the mailbox and saw the letter, I started jumping up and down and dancing in the rain,â&#x20AC;? Ms. McDowney says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never forget the day.â&#x20AC;? That was in 2019. It was a significant moment of joy and an early milestone for the foundation that has strived to be a helping hand for homeless children and underserved families across the Richmond region. The foundation provides a wealth of resources for students and others experiencing homelessnessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;from clothes and toiletry items to school supplies and housing assistance. It also has grown to include Community Caring Closets inside schools and holiday meals for families and toys for children. And it was all sparked by Ms. McDowneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work as a journalist reporting on poverty, homelessness and the plight of everyday people. Ms. McDowney, who uses her maiden name Shelby Brown when she reports for CBS6 News in Richmond, worked in Georgia and Alabama before coming to Richmond nearly 20 years ago. She grew up in Williamsburg and left the state after college to pursue her career. Her reporting experiences often led her to lend a helping hand to x 10.5.pdf 1 7/6/20 those she11interviewed.

In recent years, her husband and friends encouraged her to bring her idea to life â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to create a foundation as an avenue to better the lives of people in need and â&#x20AC;&#x153;pour love back into the community.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have always been struck by how much need is out there in the world,â&#x20AC;? Ms. McDowney says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just wanted to do something to help.â&#x20AC;? During the foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent effort to help people during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ms. McDowneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s employer joined in for a weeklong telethon as part of the VA Together campaign. The foundation, along with the VA Together Fund and RVA Homeless Intervention Program, is now accepting applications for the rent/mortgage assistance program and already has helped dozens of families keep a roof over their heads through direct payments to landlords and mortgage companies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe we should all strive to leave this world a little bit better than we found it,â&#x20AC;? she says. Meet an upbeat believer in giving to others from the heart and this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Personality, Shelby Brown McDowney: No. 1 volunteer position: Founder, Mission From The Heart Foundation. Occupation: Broadcast journalist/news reporter at WTVR-CBS6 News. Date and place of birth: April 30 in Richmond. Current residence: Chester. Education: Graduate of Lafayette High School in Wil3:33 PM liamsburg/James City County

in 1989. Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in broadcast journalism in 1993 from James Madison University. (Goooo Dukes!!) Family: Husband, Daniel McDowney; daughter, Mycah, 13, and son, Daniel Jr., 12; and my mom, Evelyn Brown, who lives with us. We call her Grandma Doll! She was blessed with 13 children, so I have seven brothers and five sisters! Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m number 12 out of 13. Plus I have two bonus siblings, a brother and sister from my dad. When Mission From The Heart Foundation was founded: In the fall of 2018, we began our outreach to the community. Eight months later, we received our 501(c) (3) (nonprofit) designation from the IRS. Story behind the name: Through the years, I found myself covering so many sad, difficult, unbelievable stories

that tugged on my heart long after the news was over. I often found my way back to the people or families in need to extend a helping hand. Those moments truly lifted my heart. That, coupled with encouragement from my husband and friends, inspired me to take a leap of faith to create Mission From The Heart Foundation. Volunteers help me pour love back into the community and it is coming right from the heart. Hence the name! Why I am excited: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited that Mission From The Heart Foundation continues to get exposure in the region and support from the business community. This allows us to help more people. Dream for Foundation: Owning Mission From The Heart Foundation homes. One day, it would be a dream to be able to assist families experiencing homelessness by offering transitional housing, coupled with a program to help with employment resources, budgeting, saving and, ultimately, home ownership. Foundation partners: We receive wonderful support from my CBS6 News family. Our nonprofit also has been blessed to receive donations from generous community partners year-round. That includes individuals, families, local churches, civic groups, sororities and fraternities and the business community. We are grateful that our efforts have been supported

through grants provided by donors such as Walmart, the Scripps-Howard Foundation, Amazon, Columbia Gas and 7-Eleven. Personal goal for the future: With my husband, our biggest goal is to raise loving, hard-working, responsible children who understand the importance of giving back to the community. We want to make sure they have all the tools they need to be successful and stand on their own. Professional goal for the future: To elevate Mission From The Heart Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s profile and reach across the Commonwealth and offer assistance to more homeless students and families in need in Virginia. Outlook at start of day: I start by thanking God for blessing me and my family. I also try to spend quiet time each morning to sip some tea, read my devotions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; love my Bible app! â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and taking time out to gather my thoughts and focus on what is ahead for the day. A quote that I am inspired by: Start each day with a grateful heart! Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: Cook on a regular basis. This really trips my mom out and my other family members because they know how much I never enjoyed cooking despite coming from a family full of folks who can burn! During the pandemic, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had to literally step up to the plate. Best late-night snack: Warm chocolate chip cookies with vanilla bean ice cream. The best thing my parents

ever taught me: How important it is to build a relationship with God and to lean on Him for guidance in everything I do. How important it is to love everyone. Treat everybody like you want to be treated! My father also taught me about forgiveness and what grace is â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and how important it is to extend it to others. You never know when you will need someone to do the same for you. The one thing I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand: Fake people. I am a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatyou-see-is-what-you-getâ&#x20AC;? kind of person. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard for me to pretend. Book that influenced me the most: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Five People You Meet In Heavenâ&#x20AC;? by Mitch Albom. The premise of this book is that when you get to heaven, the biggest mysteries of your life will be revealed to you though five people in your lifetime that shaped/ changed the trajectory of your life. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to know why so many of the things in my life have happened and think it would be awesome to see/ meet the five people who had a hand in that. It is part of the reason Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so mindful about how I treat people and how I interact with them, knowing I could possibly be one of their five. What Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m reading now: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Praying the Scriptures for Your Teensâ&#x20AC;? by Jodie Berndt. My next goal: Obtain more professional leadership development in the nonprofit sector and identify more funding sources so that Mission From The Heart Foundation can increase services for those in need.

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Happenings Help for women in addiction to expand with new CARITAS center in South Side By Jeremy M. Lazarus

In a bit more than two months, Richmond will have a new shelter and treatment center for women struggling with addiction and homelessness. Four years in the making, the new CARITAS Center is heading to completion in a former tobacco factory at 2220 Stockton St. in South Side. When it is opened in mid- to late September, it will rank as the largest women’s shelter in the Richmond area. Supported by $12 million in tax credits and more than $15 million in donations, the $27 million project will provide a multifaceted operation to shelter and enable women to kick their habits and gain training to quickly become employed. The total cost includes the $1.5 million CARITAS spent to buy the building in 2016 and the estimated $600,000 in increased costs the organization will face in the first year to operate the building. The building will be the new home of CARITAS, the area’s largest shelter program for the homeless, and include a 28-bed emergency shelter for women, a 120-bed treatment program to help female addicts attain sobriety and a workforce training program to help them get on their feet. In addition, the nonprofit’s furniture bank, which annually helps about 800 low-income families furnish their homes, will take up about one-third of the renovated building. Along with CARITAS offices that for the first time will be under one roof, the complex will include 47 rental units, mostly for graduates of the program, but with at least 15 units available for men and community members seeking sober living units. The new rental units will replace houses typically rented by CARITAS to provide sober living, primarily for men. The new rental units will enable the organization to give up paying other owners and to add another stream of revenue. CARITAS also will sell its current headquarters on High Street in North Side once it consolidates. Karen J. Stanley, who has led CARITAS for 20 years, has her fingers crossed that the movein can begin soon after Labor Day. The executive director is proud that the project is coming together to add much needed

A view of a kitchen at CARITAS’ new emergency shelter for women. The complex also will contain the nonprofit’s furniture bank that helps about 800 low-income families annually furnish their homes.

service space at a time when the community is grappling with pandemic-fueled crises involving eviction and homelessness, and during a period when other treatment programs are struggling to serve addicts as a result of COVID-19. “I believe this development represents good news for the community,” Ms. Stanley said. It is unclear how much impact the pandemic and the rules for masks and social distancing will have on the planned programming. To Ms. Stanley, the building is ideal and seemed to be “meant for us.” CARITAS bought the vacant structure four years ago from a development company that architects H. Louis Salomonsky and David J. White are involved with. Philip Morris closed its blended-leaf operations in the building more than 20 years ago. With 150,000 square feet, the building has enough room to house all of the programs as well as previously scattered CARITAS employees. It is surrounded by other commercial operations. The new facility will dramatically expand the beds available to provide residential treatment for women, whom Ms. Stanley said have long been underserved in this area. Before this development, the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority operated the most significant residential treatment operation for women. Of the 146 treatment beds at RBHA’s

North Side center, at least 54 are reserved for women. Still, often there is a 30- to 90-day waiting list to get in, and CARITAS previously had to send desperate women to Raleigh, N.C., and Louisville, Ky., for addiction treatment. This is the largest project in the 36-year history of the organization. The nonprofit has been around since the mid-1980s, when a group of churches opened their doors to house the homeless during the winter. Formally organized as Congregations Around Richmond Involved to Assure Shelter in 1987, CARITAS, which relies heavily on volunteers, has become an indispensable social services organization. For the first 20 years, CARITAS focused on providing night and day shelter for individuals and families with the help of congregations that volunteered space. Drug addiction became a major element in 2007 when Ms. Stanley added the title of executive director of The Healing Place, a 214-bed men’s shelter and drug treatment center that operates in a former industrial space on Dinwiddie Avenue, about a mile east of the new center. Brought to Richmond in 2005 from Louisville, The Healing Place operates a drug treatment program that claims a 70 percent success rate in helping men stay sober. The Healing Place includes a 36-bed shelter and 178 beds for those willing

to engage in treatment. Merged into CARITAS in 2012, The Healing Place for Men will be the model for the women’s program at the CARITAS Center, Ms. Stanley said. According to Ms. Stanley, “the primary program will be the Residential Recovery Program, and the majority of beds, 120, will be designated for that purpose.” For those who arrive high but do not need hospitalization, the first step would be placement in a 12-bed stabilization unit called “Safe Off the Streets.” There also would be a 28bed emergency shelter where addicted women could speak with peer mentors who are in recovery, even if those provided shelter decline further services, Ms. Stanley said. Those willing to start their recovery journey would begin with a four- to eight-week program called “Off-the-Streets.” Participants will be required to attend classes, attend Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous meetings and abide by the rules, she said. Those who complete “Offthe-Streets” enter the three- to six-month Recovery program, which, along with educational programming, requires participants to volunteer doing laundry, cleaning the building or providing security. The final step, called “Works,” is designed around an intensive five-week job readiness program that would include training in computer and life skills.

Former Negro League Baseball players to highlight MJBL’s Bonds Symposium Two former players with Negro League Baseball will speak on a virtual panel as part of the Metropolitan Junior Baseball League’s annual Bobby Bonds Symposium. Sam Allen, 84, of Norfolk, who led the Negro League in runs scored in 1957 when he played for the Kansas City Monarchs, and Ken Free, 81, of Greensboro, N.C., who played in the last Negro League AllStar game in 1959 at Comiskey Park in Chicago, will be part of the panel 8 p.m. Mr. Free Monday, July 27. The panel is one of four weekly online presentations, beginning Monday, July 20, through Monday, Aug. 10, by the MJBL for the Bonds Symposium. All panels are free and are open to the public for participation via Zoom video conferencing. Each starts at 8 p.m. Sign-up is through the MJBL’s website, www.mjbl.org. “We thought it important to continue the event even though COVID-19 has canceled our on-field games,” said William M.T. Forrester Jr., executive director of the MJBL that was founded in 1966 to provide organized baseball to Black youngsters during segregation. The MJBL now has teams in 16 states and the Bahamas. “With all that’s going on with the Black Lives Matter movement now, we felt it is a great time to talk about baseball during the time of unrest 100 years ago, and how baseball was one of the largest economic engines we had at the time,” Mr. Forrester said. “It was the second largest revenue producer in the Black community behind Madam C.J. Walker’s beauty products,” he said. The symposium’s first panel on Monday, July 20, will talk about the “what ifs,” Mr. Forrester said. “What if we had continued the investment in the Negro Leagues? How strong an organization would it be now and the impact it would have economically on our communities – with the owners, the players, the managers, the concession people and the hotels? What will it take to get engaged like that again?” Speaking on the first panel will be Jerry “The Sage” Manuel, a former Major League Baseball player in the late 1970s and

early 1980s who went on become the first African-American manager in MLB. He managed the Chicago White Sox from 1998 to 2003 and the New York Mets from 2008 to 2010. Other panelists are baseball Coach Edwin Thompson of Eastern Kentucky University, one of three African-American head baseball coaches at NCAA Division I schools; Ricky Clemons, a sports management lecturer at Howard University and former vice president Mr. Allen of MLB’s National League; and moderator Dr. Wilmer Leon, host of a nationally broadcast talk show on SiriusXM radio. The panel on Monday, July 27, will focus on the 100th anniversary of Negro League Baseball, which is being celebrated this year. In addition to Mr. Allen and Mr. Free, the panel will include Emmy-nominated director Lauren Meyer, whose documentary, “The Other Boys of Summer,” tells the story of racism, segregation and civil rights through the lives of Negro League players. In addition to playing for the Monarchs, Mr. Allen played for the Raleigh Tigers and the Memphis Red Sox before he was drafted into the Army in 1960. Mr. Free, who played with the Raleigh Tigers in 1959, later signed a contract with the New York Mets and played five seasons with minor league teams through 1964. In 1978, he became the first full-time commissioner of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, or MEAC. He served in that role until mid-1996. The panel on Monday, Aug. 3, will focus on African-American baseball coaching. Panelists will include Jimmy Williams, a MJBL board member and former professional baseball player and former head baseball coach at Howard University, and Coach Terrance Whittle, head baseball coach at Stillman College, an HBCU in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The final panel on Monday Aug. 10, will discuss the Black heroes in baseball and how to revive interest in the game within the African-American community. Panelists include Corey Nicholson, national chairman of the MJBL, and Barksdale Haggins of Dallas, a MJBL board member. Details: www.mjbl.org or Mr. Forrester at (804) 539-2227.

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Karen J. Stanley, president and chief executive officer of CARITAS, shows off the exterior of the new $27 million, 150,000-square-foot complex at 2200 Stockton St. in South Side that will be dedicated largely to helping women overcome addiction. The center includes space for a 120-bed treatment program and a 28-bed emergency shelter for women.

Then comes the 90-day transition phase that follows graduation, during which clients would need to find work, Ms. Stanley said. There will be 21 beds for women who reach this stage. “We have found that 90 percent of the men who go through program are able to find employment within 30 days,” Ms. Stanley said. As is the case with the men’s program, CARITAS would follow graduates and provide two years of support through the “After Works” program. There also will be five

rooms with space for 18 peer mentors, the cadre of volunteers who stay on site to help those coming behind them, Ms. Stanley said. And “there will be a visitation suite so moms can spend a weekend with their children,” she said. “We are not allowing kids in the program so the women can really focus on their recovery. This is a way our clients can reconnect.” CARITAS, which serves about 4,000 people a year, has an annual operating budget of $5 million and about 80 employees.

Exhibit on 1920s Richmond opening at The Valentine Upheaval was in the air. Forget today. Think 100 years ago when the Roaring ’20s ushered in jazz, launched women’s liberation and other social changes, but also became the heyday of the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow. These shoes, circa 1927, The Valentine, Rich- were a gift to The Valentine mond’s history museum from Mrs. Charles Beatty that is just reopening fol- Moore. lowing its pandemic closure, will unveil its new exhibition on the era on Tuesday, July 21, it has been announced. Titled “Ain’t Misbehavin’: 1920s Richmond,” the exhibit offers a view of the era with a showcase of the fashions of that day from its collection. The exhibit will run through March 21 at the museum, 1015 E. Clay St. Admission is free, but tickets are required in order to safely provide social distancing for patrons, according to the museum. Tickets and timed reservations are available online at Valentiner.tamretail.net, by calling the museum at (804) 649-0711 or via email to info@thevalentine.org. Separately, the Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Contemporary Art at Belvidere and Broad streets also will reopen Friday, July 17. The ICA features several shows that were in place before it shut down in March, including “Provocations: Guadalupe Maravilla” and “The Otolith Group: Xenogenesis.” The museum is free, but tickets for timed entry are required, along with face masks for all visitors age 11 and older. Details and tickets: www.icavcu.org or (804) 828-2823.

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Dr. Oliver W. ‘Duke’ Hill Jr., retired VSU professor, administrator and researcher, dies at 70 By Jeremy M. Lazarus

While his celebrated attorney father devoted his life to using the law to break down racial barriers, Dr. Oliver White Hill Jr. focused his attention on eliminating racial disparities in education. Considered a thoughtful man and known for his mild manner, wry humor and positive outlook, Dr. Hill, called “Duke” or “Dukey” by friends and family, earned national attention for his research on school reform and on bias in testing during his nearly 40 years at Virginia State University. Alarmed that math anxiety was leading too many AfricanAmerican students to shy away from futures in science fields, the professor and longtime chairman of the VSU Depart-

ment of Psychology sought to solve the problem. Employing a mentoring approach, “he did lots of work on using meditation, reflection and mindfulness as a means of reducing student stress over tests and math,” said Dr. Kimberly P. Boyd, a VSU psychology professor and colleague of Dr. Hill. Dr. Hill also partnered with VSU mathematics professor Dr. Dawit Haile to receive a National Science Foundation grant to bring to the campus the Algebra Project, a creation of educator and civil rights activist Robert P. “Bob” Moses to increase math learning among African-Americans. They tested the project in Petersburg and used it in seeking to improve public school math instruction by working with

middle and high school teachers. The ultimate goal was increased AfricanAmerican student Dr. Hill interest in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math. The project has since spread to other cities, including Atlanta. As the university put it in a statement, Dr. Hill “transformed lives. He dedicated a great deal of his research and his passion to creating a pathway to educational opportunities.” VSU also credited him with being “instrumental in creating

the university’s first doctoral program,” a Ph.D. in health psychology. He retired last year from VSU after briefly serving as interim dean of the College of Natural and Health Sciences. Dr. Hill’s contributions are being remembered following his death Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Relatives said he died from cardiac arrest. He was 70. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, July 18, at Scott’s Funeral Chapel, 116 E. Brookland Park Blvd, where the service will be livestreamed at www.scottsfuneralhome.com. Dr. Hill lived long enough to witness the beginning of the removal of the Confederate statues, symbols of racial hatred in the city where he was born and against which he and his family had fought.

Dr. Hill was the son of the late noted civil rights attorney Oliver W. Hill Sr., a member of the legal team that helped win the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case, and the late Richmond educator Beresenia Hill. Growing up in Richmond, Dr. Hill talked about the crosses that were burned on the family’s lawn in North Side and the hate mail his father received from foes of integration as he and attorneys in his law firm battled to enforce the Brown decision declaring government-enforced segregation of classrooms unconstitutional. As a young teen, Dr. Hill was among the students who desegregated Chandler Junior High in North Side. Despite his father’s hopes he would become a lawyer, Dr. Hill found his niche in the study of the mind. After finishing John Marshall High School, he went on to earn his undergraduate degree in psychology from Howard University and later earned master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Michigan. But the most significant education he received came when he took a trip to India to spend time studying and learning transcendental meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who taught the art of avoiding distracting thoughts and gaining a state of relaxed awareness. His education in medita-

tion influenced his work as a professor. “He focused on mindfulness and cognition,” Dr. Boyd said. “He believed with the right encouragement, students could develop a belief in their ability that would enable their brains to change to understand math concepts.” Respected both personally and professionally, Dr. Hill was a “light spirit,” Dr. Boyd said. As department chair, he would “make time for meetings with colleagues to reflect on the goodness of the world and reaffirm the power of self.” His son, Jamaa BickleyKing, a political data analyst and founder, president and chairman of the influential political organizing group New Virginia Majority, said Dr. Hill “always kept his cool. I can only remember two times in my life when I saw him get upset.” “He was always willing to talk with anyone,” his son continued. “He volunteered at the jails to help people there learn meditation to deal with their anger issues. And I can remember him speaking with young men who were looking for some direction in their lives and needed someone to talk with.” In addition to his son, Dr. Hill is survived by his wife of 39 years, Dr. Renee B. Hill, a retired VSU philosophy professor; two daughters, Jananda Hill and Maia H. King; and three grandchildren.

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Carr, director of ministry and the death of George Floyd, a Black administrative support staff atÂ First man killed May 25 by Minneapolis Baptist Church of GlenardenÂ in police. Maryland. In recent days, activist Shaun When she grew up and began KingÂ calledÂ for statues depicting to study the Bible on her own, she Jesus as European to come down started to wonder about that painting alongside Confederate monuments, and the message it sent.Â calling the depiction a â&#x20AC;&#x153;form of â&#x20AC;&#x153;It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make sense that this white supremacy.â&#x20AC;? Associated Press/Bob Schutz picture was of this white guy,â&#x20AC;? Hugo- and Nebula AwardThe Rev. J. Manning Potts of Nashville, Tenn., left, she said. winning science fiction author Nnedi presents the 1957 Upper Room Award for World Rev. Carr isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the first to ques- Christian Fellowship to artist Warner Sallman of Okorafor echoed that sentiment on tion Mr. Sallmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s image of Jesus Chicago at a dinner meeting of church and government Twitter. and the impact it has had not only offficials on Oct. 3, 1957, at the National Press Club â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;blond blue-eyed jesusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on theology but also on the wider in Washington, D.C. Mr. Sallman was honored for his IS a form of white supremacy,â&#x20AC;? culture. As protesters around the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Head of Christâ&#x20AC;? painting shown in the background. sheÂ tweeted.Â United States tear down statues of Dr. Anthea Butler, associate Confederate heroes and demand an accounting for the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s professor of religious studies and Africana studies at the University long legacy of racism, some in the church are asking if the time of Pennsylvania, also has warned of the damaging impact of depichas come to cancel so-called white Jesus, including Mr. Sallmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tions of white Jesus. famous painting.Â â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every time you see white Jesus, you see The New York Times onceÂ labeledÂ Mr. Sallman the â&#x20AC;&#x153;best- white supremacy,â&#x20AC;? she said recently on the Reliknown artistâ&#x20AC;? of the 20th century, despite the fact that few gion News Service video series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Becoming Less recognized his name. Racist: Lighting the Path to Anti-Racism.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sallman, who died in 1968, was a religious painter and illustraMr. Sallmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jesus was â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Jesus you saw tor whose most popular picture, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Head of Christ,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; achieved a mass in all the Black Baptist churches,â&#x20AC;? Dr. Butler popularity that makes Warholâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soup can seem positively obscure,â&#x20AC;? told RNS in a follow-up interview.Â William Grimes wrote in the New York Times in 1994.Â But Mr. Sallmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jesus did not look like The image began as a charcoal sketch for the first issue of Black Christians, according to the scholar. Dr. Butler The Covenant Companion, a youth magazine for a denomination Instead, she said, Jesus looked â&#x20AC;&#x153;like the people known as the Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant. who were beating you up in the streets or setting dogs on you.â&#x20AC;? Mr. Sallman, who grew up in the denomination that is now known That Jesus sent a message, Dr. Butler said. as the Evangelical Covenant Church, was a Chicago-based commercial â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Jesus is white and God is white,â&#x20AC;? she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;then authorartist. Wanting to appeal to young adults, he gave his Jesus a â&#x20AC;&#x153;very ity is white.â&#x20AC;? similar feeling to an image of a school or professional photo of the Edward J. Blum, who co-authored the 2014 book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Color time making it more accessible and familiar to the audience,â&#x20AC;? said Tai Lipan, gallery director at Indianaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anderson University, which has housed theÂ Warner Sallman CollectionÂ since the 1980s. His approach worked. The image was so popular that the 1940 1127 North 28th St., Richmond, VA 23223 s Office: (804) 644-1402 graduating class of North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago Dr. Sylvester T. Smith, Pastor commissioned Mr. Sallman to create a painting based on his drawâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A Place for Youâ&#x20AC;? ing as their class gift to the school,Â according to the Evangelical Covenant Churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official magazine. Due to the COVID-19 Corona Virus Mr. Sallman painted a copy for the school but sold the original All regular activities have been â&#x20AC;&#x153;Head of Christâ&#x20AC;? to religious publisher Kriebel and Bates, and what suspended until further years ofnotice. Christian ng i Ms. Lipan calls a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Protestant iconâ&#x20AC;? was born. t Serv a r b e l â&#x20AC;&#x153;This particular image of Jesus met the dawn of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Mad Men,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; CeVisit https://youtu.be/qqzhnIEQyQcice for inspirational messages from Pastor Smith of the marketing agency,â&#x20AC;? saidÂ Matthew Anderson, affiliate professor of theological studies at Concordia University in Montreal. The image quickly spread, printed on prayer cards and circulated by organizations, missionaries and a wide range of churches â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Catholic and Protestant, evangelical and mainline, white and Black. 1858 Copies accompanied soldiers into battle during World War II, handed out by the Salvation Army and YMCA through the 216 W. Leigh St. â&#x20AC;˘ Richmond, Va. 23220 USO. Millions of cards produced in a project called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christ Tel: 804-643-3366 â&#x20AC;˘ Fax: 804-643-3367 in Every Purseâ&#x20AC;? that was endorsed by then-President Dwight Email: ebcofďŹ ce1@yahoo.com â&#x20AC;˘ web: www.richmondebenezer.com Eisenhower andÂ Trump family pastorÂ Norman Vincent Peale were distributed all around the world.Â For surely I know the plans I have for you, The image appeared on pencils, bookmarks, lamps and clocks and was hung in courtrooms, police stations, libraries says the Lord, plans for your welfare and and schools. It became what scholar David Morgan has heard not for harm, to give you a future with hope. called a â&#x20AC;&#x153;photograph of Jesus.â&#x20AC;? (Jeremiah 29:11, NRSV) Along the way, Mr. Sallmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s image crowded out other depictions of Jesus.Â Please visit our website Ebenezer Baptist Church Dr. Anderson said that it has been common for people to depict Richmond, VA for updates Jesus as a member of their culture or their ethnic group.Â http://www.richmondebenezer.com â&#x20AC;&#x153;If a person thinks thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only possible representation of Dr. Wallace J. Cook, Pastor Emeritus Jesus, then thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the problem starts,â&#x20AC;? he said.Â Rev. Dr. Adam L. Bond, Pastor-Elect Dr. Morgan, professor of religious studies at Duke University,

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of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America,â&#x20AC;? said many Christians remain hesitant to give up the image of white Jesus. He believes the continued popularity of white depictions of Jesus are â&#x20AC;&#x153;an example of how far in some respects the United States has not moved.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;If white Jesus canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be put to death, how could it possibly be the case that systemic racism is done?â&#x20AC;? Mr. Blum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because this is one that just seems obvious. This one seems easy to give up.â&#x20AC;? Jemar Tisby, whose 2019 book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Complicity in Racismâ&#x20AC;? appeared onÂ The New York Times best-seller listÂ this week, said that believing in a white Jesus â&#x20AC;&#x153;denigrates the image of God in Black people and other people of color.â&#x20AC;? Mr. Tisby said that depicting Jesus as only white has theological implications. It narrows Christiansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; understanding of Jesus, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To say that Jesus is Black â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or, more broadly, to say that Jesus is not white â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is to say that Jesus identifies with the oppressed and that the experience of marginalized people is not foreign to God, but that God is on the side of those who, inÂ Matthew 25, Jesus refers to as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;the least of these,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;? he said. Still, Mr. Tisby is hopeful, pointing to a number of diverse images of Jesus that offer alternatives to Mr. Sallmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. A decade after Mr. Sallman painted his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Head of Christ,â&#x20AC;? Korean artist Kim Ki-chang created aÂ picture cycle of the life of ChristÂ in traditional Korean clothing and settings, featuring figures from Korean folk religion. More recently, Sofia Minson, a New Zealand artist with NgÄ ti Porou MÄ ori, English, Swedish and Irish heritage,Â reimagined Mr. Sallmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s JesusÂ as an Indigenous MÄ ori man with a traditional face tattoo. And there are numerous popular depictions of Jesus as Black.Â Vincent Barzoniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;His Voyage: Life of Jesus,â&#x20AC;? depicts Jesus with dark skin and dreadlocks, his wrists bound, while Franciscan friar Robert Lentzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jesus Christ Liberatorâ&#x20AC;? depicts Jesus as a Black man in the style of a Greek icon. Janet McKenzieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jesus of the People,â&#x20AC;? modeled on a Black woman, was chosen as the winner of the National Catholic Reporterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1999 competition to answer the question, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What would Jesus Christ look like in the year 2000?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one depiction that is coming to the fore, and that, I think, is illustrative that people are resisting a monolithic vision of Jesusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; embodied self and, and understanding that his very incarnation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the fact that God became a human being in itself â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is a way of identifying with all peoples everywhere,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Tisby said. These days, Rev. Carr said, she tries to avoid locking Jesus into one image. She also is more concerned about how Jesus is represented in the lives of Christians rather than in a piece of art. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not so much the picture and my question about who Jesus is,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more really the picture of who I look across the aisle and see as representing a different Jesus.â&#x20AC;?

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Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, July 27, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2020-107 As Amended To authorize the special use of the property known as 2126 Rosewood Avenue for the purpose of an existing singlefamily dwelling with an accessory dwelling unit, upon certain terms and conditions. Ordinance No. 2020-140 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 85-77-79, adopted Apr. 15, 1985, as amended by Ord. No. 2001-169-164, adopted May 28, 2001, which authorized the special use of the property known as 3103 Ellwood Avenue, to authorize the elimination of the operator occupied residency requirement of the second floor dwelling unit, additional signage and awning installation, to authorize an office use, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is within the R‑48 Multi‑Family Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Single‑Family Medium Density. Primary uses for this category include single‑family and two‑family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi‑public uses. Ordinance No. 2020-141 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1110 North 35th Street for the purpose of two single-family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located within the R‑5 Single‑Family Residential zoning district. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Single‑Family (Low Density) uses. Primary use is single‑family detached dwellings at densities up to seven units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi‑public uses. The density of the parcel if developed as proposed would be a ratio of approximately 12 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2020-142 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 1705, 1707, and 1711 Westover Hills Boulevard, and 4922 New Kent Road for the purpose of retail, office, and commercial uses accessory to an existing church, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located within the R‑5 Single‑Family Residential zoning district. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Single‑Family (Low Density) uses. Primary use is single‑family detached dwellings at densities up to seven units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi‑public uses. Ordinance No. 2020-143 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3416 East Broad Street for the purpose of a twofamily attached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is currently located in the R-8 Urban Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Single‑Family Medium Density. Primary uses for this category include single‑family and two‑family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. The density of the parcel if developed as proposed would be approximately 29 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2020-144 To conditionally rezone the properties known as 3307 Cutshaw Avenue and 3311 Cutshaw Avenue from the R-48 Multifamily Residential District to the R-63 Multifamily Urban Residential District (Conditional), upon certain proffered conditions. The City of Richmond’s Pulse Corridor Plan designates a future land use category for this property as Tr a n s i t i o n a l . T h e s e areas provide a gradual transition between intense commercial areas and primarily single‑family residential areas. No residential density is specified for this land Continued on next column

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use designation. Ordinance No. 2020-145 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to submit a Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as an application for the receipt of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) funds, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funds; to accept funds from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the total amount of $8,224,401.00; and to appropriate $8,224,401.00 for various projects. Ordinance No. 2020-146 To amend Ord. No. 2020050, adopted May 11, 2020, which adopted the Fiscal Year 20202021 Special Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by increasing estimated revenues from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the amount appropriated to the Department of Housing and Community Development’s Special Fund by $418,767.00, for the purpose of funding housing, community and economic development activities, and assistance for low- and moderateincome persons and special needs populations. Ordinance No. 2020-147 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to enter into the Twenty-Third Commercial Area Revitalization Effort Program Cooperation Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond for the purpose of providing for the operation of the Commercial Area R e v i t a l i z a t i o n E ff o r t (“CARE”) Program. ( C O M M I T T E E : Finance & Economic Development, Thursday, July 16, 2020, 1:00 p.m.) Ordinance No. 2020-148 To amend ch. 26, art. V of the City Code by adding therein a new div. 10 (§§ 26-590—26-599) for the purpose of providing for the partial exemption of certain rehabilitated commercial or industrial structures from real estate taxation. (COMMITTEE: Finance & Economic Development, Thursday, July 16, 2020, 1:00 p.m.) Ordinance No. 2020-152 To designate the 4000, 4100, 4200, and 4300 blocks of Crutchfield Street in honor of the late Leslie D. Jackson. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing, and Transportation, Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 1:00 p.m.) Ordinance No. 2020-153 To rename that portion of U.S. Route 1, known as Jefferson Davis Highway and located within the corporate boundaries of the City, from its northerly terminus at its intersection with Hull Street to its southerly terminus at the corporate limits of the City near its intersection with Walmsley Boulevard, as “Richmond Highway.” (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing, and Transportation, Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 1:00 p.m.) This meeting will be held through electronic communication means pursuant to and in compliance with Ordinance No. 2020093, adopted April 9, 2020. This meeting will be open to participation through electronic communication means by the public and closed to in-person participation by the public. Less than a quorum of Richmond City Council will assemble in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, and most Council members and other staff will participate by teleconference/ videoconference via Microsoft Teams. Video of the meeting will be streamed live online at the following web address: https:// r i c h m o n d v a . l e g i s t a r. com/Calendar.aspx. To watch the meeting’s live stream at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “In Progress” in the farthest right hand column entitled, “Video”. The agenda for the Richmond City Council meeting is accessible through the City’s legislative website at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. aspx. To view the agenda at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “Agenda” Continued on next column

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associated with the July 27, 2020 Richmond City Council Formal meeting listed in the calendar. Interested citizens who wish to speak at the Richmond City Council meeting will be given an opportunity to do so by following the “Formal Meeting Access and Public Participation Instructions” attached to the July 27, 2020 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda. Citizens are encouraged to provide their comments in writing to CityClerksOffice@ richmondgov.com in lieu of calling in. The person responsible for receiving comments in writing is Candice D. Reid, City Clerk. All comments received prior to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, July 27, 2020, will be provided to Council members prior to the meeting and will be included in the record of the meeting. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at http:// www.richmondgov.com/ CityClerk/index.aspx. Candice D. Reid City Clerk

City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, August 3, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinance: Ordinance No. 2020-154 To p r o v i d e f o r t h e removal of certain monuments on Cityowned property, provide for the disposition of such monuments, and repeal an ordinance accepting the General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson monument, adopted Mar. 3, 1920, as authorized by Va. Code § 15.21812. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 1:00 p.m.) This meeting will be open to in-person participation, and for participation through electronic communication means in the same manner as described in Ordinance No. 2020-093, adopted April 9, 2020. Staff and the public will have the option to participate by teleconference/ videoconference via Microsoft Teams rather than in-person. Video of the meeting will be streamed live online at the following web address: https:// r i c h m o n d v a . l e g i s t a r. com/Calendar.aspx. To watch the meeting’s live stream at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “In Progress” in the farthest right hand column entitled, “Video”. The agenda for the Richmond City Council meeting is accessible through the City’s legislative website at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. aspx. To view the agenda at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “Agenda” associated with the August 3, 2020 Richmond City Council Special meeting listed in the calendar. Interested citizens who wish to speak at the Richmond City Council meeting will be given an opportunity to present their views either by attending the meeting or by following the “Meeting Access and Public Participation Instructions” attached to the August 3, 2020 Richmond City Council Special meeting agenda. Citizens are encouraged to provide their comments in writing to CityClerksOffice@ richmondgov.com in lieu of calling in. The person responsible for receiving comments in writing is Candice D. Reid, City Clerk. All comments received prior to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 3, 2020, will be provided to Council members prior to the meeting and will be included in the record of the meeting. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at http:// www.richmondgov.com/ CityClerk/index.aspx. Candice D. Reid City Clerk

City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, July 27, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following ordinance: Ordinance No. 2020-155 To establish a Task Force on the Establishment of a Civilian Review Board to review and provide recommendations concerning the creation of such a board. (COMMITTEE: Governmental Operations, Thursday, July 23, 2020, 12:00 p.m.) This meeting will be held through electronic communication means pursuant to and in compliance with Ordinance No. 2020093, adopted April 9, 2020. This meeting will be open to participation through electronic communication means by the public and closed to in-person participation by the public. Less than a quorum of Richmond City Council will assemble in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, and most Council members and other staff will participate by teleconference/ videoconference via Microsoft Teams. Video of the meeting will be streamed live online at the following web address: https:// r i c h m o n d v a . l e g i s t a r. com/Calendar.aspx. To watch the meeting’s live stream at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “In Progress” in the farthest right hand column entitled, “Video”. The agenda for the Richmond City Council meeting is accessible through the City’s legislative website at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. aspx. To view the agenda at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “Agenda” associated with the July 27, 2020 Richmond City Council Formal meeting listed in the calendar. Interested citizens who wish to speak at the Richmond City Council meeting will be given an opportunity to do so by following the “Formal Meeting Access and Public Participation Instructions” attached to the July 27, 2020 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda. Citizens are encouraged to provide their comments in writing to CityClerksOffice@ richmondgov.com in lieu of calling in. The person responsible for receiving comments in writing is Candice D. Reid, City Clerk. All comments received prior to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, July 27, 2020, will be provided to Council members prior to the meeting and will be included in the record of the meeting. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at http:// www.richmondgov.com/ CityClerk/index.aspx. Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG KAYLA CATHERINE EVANS, Plaintiff v. ERIC JERRELL EVANS, Defendant Case No.: CL20-436 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 and cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 20th day of August, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: Maytee E. Parham, Clerk I ask for this: Melissa-Kay B. Adams, Esq. (VSB# 78311) Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc. 229 N. Sycamore Street Petersburg, VA 23803 (Phone) 804-518-2127; (fax) 804-861-4311 Counsel for Plaintiff

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Case No.: CL20002065-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 11th day of August, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER AHMED BAKEER, Plaintiff v. LORENE LEEMBRUGGEN, Defendant. Case No.: CL20002066-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 11th day of August, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER CHERON ROSE, Plaintiff v. STEPHEN PORTER, Defendant. Case No.: CL20002064-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 11th day of August, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MELISSA SCHIFFMAN, Plaintiff v. JOSEPH SCHIFFMAN, Defendant. Case No.: CL19003298-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 11th day of August, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER DAVID TRAN, Plaintiff v. JULIE VU, Defendant.

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JENNIFER LILLY, Plaintiff v. MICHAEL WALKER, Defendant. Case No.: CL20002063-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 11th day of August, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR.,

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Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND FELICIA L. HASKINS, Plaintiff v. JEREMY A. WALKER, Defendant. Case No.: CL20-2355-2 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is for the petitioner to obtain a divorce from the defendant. It is ORDERED that the defendant, Jeremy A. Walker, whose last known address was 3213 Terminal Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23234, and whose whereabouts are now unknown, appear here on or before the 3rd day of August, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. to protect his interests. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BETTY TILLMAN, Plaintiff v. WILLIAM SHIPP, III, Defendant. Case No.: CL20001752-00 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 27th day of July, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER WALLESHA CARTER, Plaintiff v. SHAE CARTER, Defendant. Case No.: CL20001565-00 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 27th day of July, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Esquire Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BHARAT PATEL, Plaintiff v. DAXA DALAL, Defendant. Case No.: CL20001751-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, who is a nonresident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, appear here on or before the 27th day of July, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MELINDA MILLER, Plaintiff v. ROBERT MILLER, JR., Defendant. Case No.: CL20001042-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, who is a nonresident, appear here on or Continued on next column

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Case No. J-98251-05-06-07 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) U nknown ( Father ) , JANAY CARTER (MOTHER), & QUENTIN BOOKER of Jaytuan Carter child, DOB 11/6/2019 “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 Unknown Father (Father), Janay Carter (Mother), & Quentin Booker (Father) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 9/16/2020, at 11:00AM, Courtroom #5

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR COUNTY OF HENRICO SANNAH HOLMES, Plaintiff v. RAYMOND FREDERICK HOLMES III, Defendant Case No.: CL20-2328 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this action is to obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii from the Defendant on the grounds of having lived separate and apart for more than one year; Upon affidavit that after due diligence, Defendant’s whereabouts remain unknown to Plaintiff; It is ORDERED that the Defendant appear and protect his interests on or before August 3, 2020. A Copy Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk

CUSTODY VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ANNA ELIZABETH HARRIS RDSS v. UNKNOWN FATHER Case No. J-96895-06-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Unknown (Father), of Anna Elizabeth Harris, child, DOB 6/28/2008, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendants, Unknown Father (Father), to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 10/28/2020, at 9:00 AM, Courtroom #5. VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Azariah thompson-hughes a juvenile RDSS, Plaintiff v. Unknown Father, Defendant Case No. JJ-88668-16-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Unknown (Father), of Azariah Thompson-Hughes child, DOB 10/23/2011 “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 Unknown Father (Father) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 9/29/2020, at 11:20AM, Courtroom #2 VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Kaitlyn annmarie smith a juvenile RDSS, Plaintiff v. Unknown Father, Miracle Smith Defendants Case No. JJ097304-04-05 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Unknown (Father), & MIRACLE SMITH (MOTHER) of Kaitlyn Annmarie Smith child, DOB 5/15/2019 “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 Unknown Father (Father) & Miracle Smith (Mother) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 9/2/2020, at 10:20AM, Courtroom #5

VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JA-MOD GARDLEYCEPHAS a juvenile RDSS, Plaintiff v. VENETRIA STARKES, ALEXANDER CEPHAS Defendants Case No. J-77702-09-10 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) ALEXANDER CEPHAS (Father), & VENETRIA STARKES (MOTHER) of JaMod Gardley-Cephas child, DOB 9/7/2007 “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 Alexander Cephas (Father) & Venetria Starkes (Mother) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 9/8/2020, at 2:00PM, Courtroom #2

PROPERTIES VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. SHIRLEY HARVEY, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-1628 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 314 Preston Street, Richmond, Virginia, , Tax Map Number N0000088016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Shirley Harvey and Gloria P. Arrington. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, GLORIA P. ARRINGTON, 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 GLORIA P. ARRINGTON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 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 804-646-7949

VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JAYTUAN CARTER a juvenile RDSS, Plaintiff v. Unknown Father, JANAY CARTER & QUENTIN BOOKER Defendants

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MAYNARD F. BATES, JR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-1631 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2617 Redwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120334018, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Maynard F. Bates, Jr., Willie Louis Bland, Jr. and Falisha H. Gaines. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, MAYNARD F. BATES, JR, WILLIE LOUIS BLAND, JR, and FALISHA H. GAINES, who has 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 BARCLAYS BANK DELAWARE, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with

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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 MAYNARD F. BATES, JR, WILLIE LOUIS BLAND, JR, FALISHA H. GAINES, B A R C L AY S BANK DELAWARE, 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 SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 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 804-646-7949

successors in interest, and MARY BEATRICE BECOAT, 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 EUGENE BECOAT, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MARY BEATRICE BECOAT, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 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 804-646-7949

name of the owner of record, Emma S. Stafford. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, EMMA S. STAFFORD, 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 EMMA S. STAFFORD, upon information and belief deceased or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 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 804-646-7949

thereon in the name of the owner of record, Forest View Land Company Incorporated. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, FOREST VIEW LAND COMPANY, I N C O R P O R AT E D , a n 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 FOREST VIEW LAND C O M PA N Y, I N C O R P O R AT E D , a n entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 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 804-646-7949

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ALBERT P. BROWN, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5253 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2920 P Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000569021, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Albert P. Brown and Tayna W. Brown. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ALBERT P. BROWN, 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 LEON LONNIE COWARD, SR, who may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that ALBERT P. BROWN, LEON LONNIE COWARD, SR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. EUGENE BECOAT, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-1630 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3307 North Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001356020, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Eugene Becoat and Mary Beatrice Becoat. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, EUGENE BECOAT, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. DONALD D. SPELLMAN, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-1633 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4005 Tyrone Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0090141015, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Donald D. Spellman. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, DONALD D. SPELLMAN, 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 DONALD D. SPELLMAN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 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 804-646-7949

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. NATHANIEL JOHNSON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-1627 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4501 Kelnor Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0060538074, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Nathaniel Johnson. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, NATHANIEL JOHNSON, 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 NATHANIEL JOHNSON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 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 804-646-7949

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. EMMA S. STAFFORD, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-1683 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1601 North 25th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000862001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. FOREST VIEW LAND COMPANY, INCORPORATED, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-2461 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4909 Bassett Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0060444016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND ANGELO D’LIMA, et al, Plaintiffs, v. ESTATE OF ROD B. RADIVOJEVIC, et al, Defendants. Case Number: CL20000939-00-7 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to quiet the title of a certain property in the City of Richmond located at 3312 W Grace Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23221, City of Richmond Tax Parcel ID W0001523030 (the “Property”). IT APPEARING by the affidavit filed with this Court that the defendant or defendants to be served are made parties to this suit by the general description of “parties unknown” (the “Parties Unknown”), and are deemed interested in the subject of this instant matter, i.e. the Property”. The nature of the interest of the Parties Unknown are rights inherited through a relevant will or through intestacy from the previous owner. Rod B. Radivojevic, after his death. It is ORDERED that the Parties Unknown appear before this Court, located at the John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, on or before the 24th day of July, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests herein. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk

LICENSE Harkar Gogi II Inc. Trading as: Market Place 101 E Brookland Park Blvd Richmond Richmond City, Virginia 23222-2711 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage C ontrol (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Wine & Beer Off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Harjot Singh,President 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.

Notice of Public Hearing on the Submission of the Henrico County 2020-25 Consolidated Plan and the 2020-21 Annual Action Plan Henrico County is a participant in the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program Grant (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and is required to submit a Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan (Plan) to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by August 15, 2020. The Henrico County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 7:00 PM in the Board Room in the County Administration Building at Parham and Hungary Spring Roads to consider a resolution to authorize submission of a Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan and to approve the proposed used of funds for 2020-21. Remote participation is available for this meeting following procedures located at https:// henrico.us/supervisors/next-meeting/. Funding for the 2020-21 program year is as follows: 2020-21 CDBG Entitlement Grant CDBG Funds Brought Forward 2020-21 HOME Entitlement Grant 2020-21 Emergency Solutions Grant Total Funds Available

$1,729,959 $36,371 $919,624 $147,484 $2,833,438

A complete list of projects recommended for funding is available at https://henrico.us/revit Anyone may attend the meeting and express an opinion on the above matter. In addition, anyone may be heard remotely during the meeting by phone or through the internet by completing and submitting the signup form in advance of the meeting. The signup form is available at https://henrico.us/services/ citizen-participation-registration/. Alternatively, anyone may submit written comments in advance of the meeting by email to har66@henrico.us, through the County’s webpage listed above, or by regular mail to Clerk, Henrico County Board of Supervisors, P.O. Box 90775, Henrico, VA 23273-0775. Any written comments received in advance of the meeting will be provided to the Board of Supervisors before the hearing and included in the record of the hearing. A copy of the proposed resolution is available for examination in the lobby of the County Administration Building at Parham and Hungary Spring Roads between 8:00 am. and 4:30 pm. each business day, in the Office of the County Manager in the same building by appointment, and online at https://henrico.us/services/citizen-participation-registration/ and at https://henrico.us/revit. The draft 2020-2025 Consolidated Plan, which contains the Annual Action Plan, is available for review at https:// henrico.us/revit or by contacting the Department of Community Revitalization at 804-501-7617 or revitalization@henrico.us. For additional information, please call the Department of Community Revitalization at 501-7617 or email revitalization@henrico.us.

The City of Richmond announces the following project(s) available for services relating to: RFP No. 200008881 Richmond City Justice Center Pharmaceutical Services Due Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2020/Time: 3:00 P.M. NOTE: Offerors choosing to submit proposals through hand-delivery should allow extra time for delivery of proposals. Due to COVID-19, handdelivered proposals will be accepted only during the hours of 9:00 A.M to 4:00 P.M. Monday through Friday at the 9th Street entrance to City Hall at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23221. Offerors choosing to hand-deliver proposals must call Lesley R. Brown at 804-718-1319 when arriving at City Hall, and Lesley R. Brown will meet the offeror at the 9th Street entrance of City Hall to collect the submittal. Proposals will not be accepted after the Due Date and Time listed above. Pre-Proposal Meeting: A conference call is scheduled for July 22, 2020, at 10:00 A.M. For all information pertaining to this RFP conference call, please logon to the Richmond website (www.RichmondGov.com).

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CITIzEN INFORmATION mEETING Bethelehem Road Improvements Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Time: 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Location: Libbie Mill Library 2100 Libbie Lake East Street, Henrico, VA

Assisted Living Facility has openings for the following positions: PCA or CNA must have experience working with Alzheimer’s and Dementia residents. Part-time House-keeper must have experience working in Assisted Living Facility. When applying please bring current TB report. Good pay – Good days off. Please call (804) 222-6402

If unable to attend in person, the project information and comment form are available online at: https:// henrico.us/projects/bethlehem-improvements/ 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

DEAN, ONLINE LEARNING #FA417 Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA With student success as the overarching institutional goal, the Dean of Online Learning provides leadership, reinforcement of institutional values and principles, strategic planning, supervision and management for Reynolds Online and its faculty, staff, and students to ensure quality and consistent delivery of academic services. The Dean of Online Learning reports to the Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs for the academic, administrative, and fiscal operations of Reynolds Online. The Dean acts as the internal and external spokesperson for Reynolds Online and its program and coordinates with academic and administrative units of the college to plan, implement and assess quality educational courses and programs. TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Full-time, twelve-month administrative faculty-ranked appointment. Salary commensurate with the education and experience of the applicant. Salary range: $67,932 - $140,320. Approximate maximum hiring salary: $105,000. Application reviews will begin, August 20, 2020. Additional information is available at the College’s website: www.reynolds.edu. AA/EOE/ADA/Veterans/ AmeriCorps/Peace Corps/Other National Service

CIRCUIT COURT CLERK’S OFFICE, CITY OF RICHMOND DEPUTY CLERK Full Time

Immediate opportunity for energetic, dependable

RICHMOND FREE PRESS and professional candidate to work in downtown courts building. Must be-detail-oriented and possess Issue: Thurs/Weekly Deadline: MON@noon excellent customer service and telephone skills. Prior Size: 2 col (2.625) x 5” experience working in a court environment is a plus. COVER LETTER, RESUME AND SALARY HISTORY ARE REQUIRED PLEASE SUBMIT ALL THREE TO:

CircuitCourtClerkEmployment@Richmondgov.com OR RICHMOND CIRCUIT COURT CLERK’S OFFICE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT 400 NORTH 9TH STREET RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23219 NO WALK-INS OR PHONE CALLS EOE