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Reaching the peak Robert Dortch’s pilgrimage to Mount Kilimanjaro

By Charles Taylor

Richmonder Robert Dortch Jr. is a man of faith. So he was pleased to learn that his guide up Mount Kilimanjaro was named Emmanuel. In the Bible, Emmanuel means “God with us.”

On Aug. 22 at 11 a.m., Mr. Dortch, along with Tanzanian guide Emmanuel Kimaro, reached the summit. Uhuru Peak tops out at 19,341 feet. Kilimanjaro is Africa’s tallest mountain.

“I’m humbled and honored by this moment and what this experience can mean for me, for my sons, my family and hopefully, Black people. That we can dream a different kind of dreams,” he wrote in his journal the next day.

And with that, Mr. Dortch joined a small but growing number of Black American explorers ever to have scaled the world’s highest peaks. In May 2022, a group of seven African-American climbers summited Mount Everest in Nepal, becoming the first group Mr. Dortch of its size to do so. Their feat doubled the number of Black people who had ever summited Everest.

“Very few African-Americans come here for the journey like this,” Mr. Kimaro, 40, said via email. “We lead about 30 Kilimanjaro groups a year, but only one or two groups will consist of an African-American or a black person of any other nationality.”

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On Aug. 22 at 11 a.m., Robert Dortch, along with Tanzanian guide Emmanuel Kimaro, reached the summit. Uhuru Peak tops out at 19,341 feet. Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa’s tallest mountain.

Davis named to Richmond voters have few voices Hall of Fame in next week’s midterm elections

By Debora Timms

Bonnie Newman Davis, managing editor of the Richmond Free Press, was among several alumni and leaders recognized on Oct. 28 by North Carolina A&T State University’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Hall of Fame.

The inaugural induction ceremony took place on the university’s campus in Greensboro, N.C. Ms. Davis, who became managing editor at the Free Press last May, wrote her first article for her college newspaper after taking a journalism course during her junior year at NCA&T. That article and others later appeared in The Carolina Peacemaker, Greensboro’s Black-owned newspaper. After graduating from A&T with a bachelor’s in English in 1979, she earned a master’s Ms. Davis degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1980.

After graduate school and several newspaper internships in North Carolina, Kentucky and Ann Arbor, Ms. Davis became a reporter and editor at the Richmond News Leader and, later, the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Additionally, Ms. Davis has served as a journalism professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and at NCA&T, where she was the Greensboro News & Record/Janice Bryant Howroyd Endowed Professor from 2011 to 2015. She has served on the boards of several local and national journalism organizations, including the National Association of Black Journalists.

Her book, “Truth Tellers: The Power and Presence of Black Women Journalists Since 1960,” will be released later this month.

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By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The country is just a few days away from an election that will determine whether Democrats or Republicans will control one or both houses of Congress.

Voters across the country will make that decision Tuesday, Nov. 8, when they go to the polls All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for election along with 35 seats in the 100member U.S. Senate.

The forecast is for the country to vote for gridlock.

Based on pre-election polling of samples of voters, abortion-condemning Republicans who have embraced and spread the lie that President Biden did not legitimately win the 2020 election are expected to easily win more than the 218 House seats needed for a majority.

Democrats now hold 220 seats to 212 for the GOP, with three vacancies.

However, with inflation running rampant, violent crime on

Commentary now split 50-50 with tie-breaking Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris able to give her party a slight majority, according to polls and pundits.

Political watchers are following races ranked as neck-and-neck in 10 states that will decide control: Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin.

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Worries grow about City’s policy for sheltering the homeless

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

For apparently the first time in a decade, City Hall did not open a temporary shelter for the homeless when the temperature, including the wind chill, recently fell below 40 degrees.

While the forecast temperature was above 40 degrees, a stiff northern breeze that also was forecast made it feel like 39

CoStar expansion a shining example

A time for fun Ja’Nya Williams 6, and her brother, Kevin Williams Jr., 2, attended Sen. Jennifer L. McClellan’s 15th Annual Community Harvest Festival at the Science Museum of Virginia for a Halloween outing on Monday evening. Please see more photos on B2.

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Tuesday was a banner day for Richmond as ground was broken on one of the biggest single private developments in city history.

The groundbreaking launched the $460 million complex that real estate data firm CoStar Group is undertaking on 5th Street near the riverfront, providing the company with space to add 2,000 new jobs and boost its total to more than 3,000 in the city.

Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin and Mayor Levar M. Stoney joined CoStar founder and Chief Executive Andrew Florance to mark the formal start of construction of the complex, which is to include a 26-story skyscraper and a smaller six-story multipurpose building.

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the upswing and the president’s popularity low, Republicans are predicted to win at least 225 seats and possibly as many as 243 seats, more than enough to remove California Democrat Nancy Pelosi as House speaker and replace her with California Republican Kevin McCarthy.

Republicans also have a chance to win the Senate,

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degrees in the city – triggering a policy in place since 2012 that requires an overflow shelter.

In response to a Free Press query, the city’s spokeswoman, Petula Burks, director of the city’s office of Strategic Communications, maintained that policy is still in force but declined to answer follow-up questions.

According to Rhonda Sneed, founding Ms. Sneed executive director of the homeless feeding and support group Blessing Warriors RVA, the city’s inaction on making a shelter available last weekend is in line with what she heard city officials explain at a recent meeting on shelter operations.

“They said that the temperature must be 40 degrees or below and that wind chill would not be considered,” said Ms. Sneed, who is upset that the city has modified the policy. “All the nonprofit shelters are filled, so there is no place for people to go.”

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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations: • Thursday, Nov. 3 & Nov. 10, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Southside Women, Infants and Children Office, 509 E. Southside Plaza; 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. - Fulton Neighborhood Resource Center, 1519 Williamsburg Road.

• Wednesday, Nov. 9 & Nov. 16, 8 to 10 a.m. - Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, 1440 N Laburnum Ave. Call the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 2053501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for more information

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Election Day closings In observance of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 8, please note the following: Government offices City of Richmond offices: Closed.

Henrico County offices: Open.

Chesterfield County offices: Open.

State offices: Open.

Federal offices: Open.

Courts Richmond, Henrico County and Chesterfield County courts: Closed.

Public libraries Richmond Public Library: Closed.

Henrico County and Chesterfield Public Library: Open.

Library of Virginia: Closed.

CVWMA trash pickup and recycling: Regular schedule.

U.S. Postal Service: Regular delivery.

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles: Customer service centers closed.

GRTC: Regular schedule.

ABC stores: Regular hours.

Banks and financial institutions: Most are open.

Malls, major retailers and movie theaters: Most have regular hours.

Free Press offices: Open.

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Chesterfield and Henrico voters to decide on bonds for schools, other projects

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Voters in Henrico and Chesterfield counties are being asked to allow their governments to borrow a half-billion dollars apiece to spend on schools, libraries, public safety and other infrastructure needs.

In Henrico, the ballots include four yes or no questions on the sale of bonds, or debt. If all were approved, the county could fund a projected $511.35 million on proposed projects.

The biggest question facing voters is whether to authorize bonds totaling $340.5 million to be used to build two new schools and renovate, rebuild or expand six others.

The ballot also seeks to gain voter approval for $83.85 million in bonds to improve fire stations and other public safety infrastructure, $37 million for recreation and parks and $50 million in bonds for storm draining and flood prevention.

In Chesterfield, voters will face just one question, whether to endorse the county’s proposal to sell $540 million in bonds.

The county’s plan calls for borrowing $375 million to build two new schools, replace four others and expand one high school.

With voter approval, another $81 million is to be used to expand or replace four fire stations and improve four police stations; $45.7 million is to be used to build a new library, replace an existing library and expand a third; and $38.2 million is to be used to upgrade recreation and parks facilities.

New name for Lee Bridge withdrawn

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

For now, the name of slavery-defending Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will remain on the Route 1 bridge over the James River in Richmond.

Plans to rename the span the Belvidere Bridge were scotched Wednesday when the sponsor of the renaming resolution, 5th District City Councilwoman Stephanie A. Lynch, withdrew it.

Council was poised to vote on her proposal Monday, Nov. 14.

Ms. Lynch did not publicly comment, but her decision followed a report in the Oct. 20 edition of the Free Press on the name. The news story noted that Belvidere was the name of a long-gone Richmond plantation that operated with enslaved people.

The original owner, William Byrd III, son of Richmond’s founder, named as Belvidere the plantation home he built in the 1750s overlooking the James in what is now Oregon Hill. The name means “beautiful view” in Italian.

Ms. Lynch has been pushing to rename the bridge for the past two years, but has seen little progress and offered Belvidere as a way to break the impasse.

City Council to consider real estate tax rate

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The question of whether Richmond property owners will see a cut in the real estate tax rate is still up in the air.

The full City Council is scheduled to consider the issue at its next meeting, Monday, Nov. 14.

Council’s three-member Finance Committee declined to issue a recommendation at its Oct. 27 meeting and sent all of the proposals on the table to the governing body.

The pending proposals would keep the current property tax rate of $1.20 per $100 of assessed value that has been in place since L. Douglas Wilder was mayor in 2007; cut the rate to $1.16 per $100 of value; or reduce the rate nearly 13 cents to $1.072 per $100 of value.

Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

A ceremonial mechanical excavator is on site for the groundbreaking at the CoStar Group’s campus in Downtown Richmond in front of the current CoStar headquarters building at 5th and Tredegar streets. CoStar, founded in 1987, provides commercial real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces for real estate transactions. Community partners, CoStar employees and the public witnessed the ceremonial groundbreaking and announcements about the $460 million project that is projected to bring at least 2,000 new jobs to the area.

Four RPS teachers receive 2022 R.E.B. Awards for Teaching Excellence Free Press staff report

Richmond Public Schools, along with The Community Foundation and the R.E.B. Foundation, has announced four schoolteachers as winners of the 2022 R.E.B. Awards for Teaching Excellence.

Considered among the best in their field, the instructors demonstrate a sincere passion for teaching while also serving as mentors, coaches, and champions for their students.

Selected from 75 nominees submitted by students, parents, and colleagues, 16 winners and 9 finalists will receive cash grants totaling $206,000.

The R.E.B. Awards provide opportunities for area public school teachers to continue their own love of learning as they pursue adventures of a lifetime.

Connected by a desire to make their lessons relevant, all 2022 awardees will have the chance to collect real-life experiences, stories, and artifacts to renew their passion for teaching and enhance their ability to bring subject matter to life for their students.

This year’s winners are: • Jamar Billups, Armstrong High School, $12,500 Mr. Billups will explore the universal humanity at the core of creating and revering symbols

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Richmond Public Schools winners of the 2022 R.E.B. Awards for Teaching Excellence are, above, Ashleigh Russell, and below, John Ryan Nunez, Monica Thomas-Moore and Jamal Billups.

by drawing connections in how those in London and Jerusalem hold reverence for their respective symbols to those who live and die in the gang-infested projects of Richmond.

• John Ryan Nunez, Franklin Military Academy, $13,500 Mr. Nunez will delve into the relationship between Hawaii’s people and its natural environment in order to explore the

influence of tropical ecosystems on his Pacific Islander heritage and the impact of Hawaiian civilization on the natural flora and fauna.

• Ashleigh Russell, Albert Hill Middle School, $13,000 Ms. Russell will travel the United States and Mexico to make real-world cultural connections that will heighten student engagement in mathematical

understanding by providing a culturally responsive learning environment.

• Monica Thomas-Moore, Barack Obama Elementary School,$7,500 Mrs. Thomas-Moore will travel to Paris to learn new cooking styles in order to enhance skills and share with students how math and science play a large role in our daily lives.

Grace E. Harris leadership conference promises to empower Free Press staff report

Leadership coaches from throughout Virginia will discuss personal and professional success during a “Seizing Tomorrow, Today” conference on Nov. 4 at the Richmond Marriott. The conference, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. is sponsored by the Grace E. Harris Institute at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Conference organizers say the program will provide attendees “opportunities to grow, develop, and learn with practical solutions for success at home and work.

“The conference is for emerging and experienced and creative, and bold lead-

ers who are motivated and positioned to maximize their potential through educational and empowering sessions.”

Dr. Janet Taylor, a renowned psychiatrist, and self-help expert, will be the keynote speaker.

Considered as someone who is on the frontlines battling the emotional and economic impact of mental illness, Dr. Taylor frequently is featured on “Good Morning America” and “Today.” She is an expert in the neuroscience of Implicit Bias, Conscious Allyship and Leadership. Dr. Taylor is the author of “The Courageous Classroom: Creating A Culture of Safety for Students to Learn and Thrive.” She holds

a M.D. from the University of Louisville, completed her psychiatric residency at New York Medical College and obtained an MPH from Columbia University.

The conference registration fee includes a continental breakfast, lunch, afternoon break, program materials, and conference swag.

The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute is housed in the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at VCU. It was established in 1999 in honor of the late Grace E. Harris, Ph.D., who served the university in various roles, including as dean, vice provost, provost and acting president

Richmond’s eviction filings surpass pre-pandemic levels, says legal aid litigator

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Deputies from the Richmond Sheriff’s Office had a packed schedule of 126 evictions to oversee this week.

“As far as I can tell, this is a new weekly record” for the city, said Martin “Marty” Wegbreit, director of litigation for the Central Virginia Legal Aid’s Richmond office.

The previous peak for sheriff-conducted evictions in Richmond had been 79 evictions in the first week in October.

Lawyers from Legal Aid and the separate Legal Aid Justice Center continue to be swamped with cases as people face evictions now that a federally funded state rental relief program has run out of money.

Since July 1, landlords have filed nearly

4,000 cases in Richmond seeking evictions, according to data compiled by the Legal Services Corp.

“Richmond faces the exact same eviction crisis we faced when the New York Times exposed the problem in April 2018,” Mr. Wegbreit noted. The filings and court-awarded judgments for evictions “are near, and sometimes above, pre-pandemic levels.”

Most of the evictions have so far involved private complexes.

A prime example is the 500-unit James River Pointe complex on German School Road in South Side.

The new owner, AION Partners of New York, has been moving to evict 255 households – or more than half – from the complex for rent arrears. Tenants in court have claimed that the

previous owners failed to credit their accounts for rent relief, but the majority are expected to lose their units.

One of the city’s biggest landlords, the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, has largely avoided evictions of some of the area’s poorest families. RRHA reported that only five families have been evicted since the restart of lease enforcement last January.

RRHA’s new chief executive officer, Steven B. Nesmith, was to brief City Council next Monday, Nov. 7, on the agency’s plans on that front.

Still, hundreds of families are at risk. In October, when Mr. Nesmith took charge, RRHA reported 1,795 families, or 61 percent of the nearly 3,000 households occupying RRHA apartments, were in arrears on rent.

Of those households in arrears, 96 owe $5,000 or more in back rent, while another 523 households owe $1,000 or more in back rent and 372 households owe $500 or more, according to RRHA. While rent relief has helped some, at least 400 households who had applied and were counting on help from the state fund learned Oct. 10 that the $1 billion in rent relief had been exhausted and there would be no further help.

RRHA has spent the past 18 months urging those households in arrears to get on a repayment plan, but reported that as of October only 49 plans were active.

According to RRHA’s fact sheet, the authority planned to issue 30-day last notices this month and to begin the process of going to court in the coming months.

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Virginians now may register and vote the same day

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Hard to believe, but Virginia now allows people to register and vote when they go to the polls, even on Election Day. Approved in 2020, same-day voter registration went into effect this month for early voters and for those who wait until Tuesday, Nov. 8, to cast their ballots.

Those seeking to register and vote on the same day need to bring some form of identification, just like other voters.

There are 13 different types listed, ranging from a utility bill or bank statement to a driver’s license, military or student ID or passport, according to the Virginia Department of Elections.

Those who take advantage of same-day registration will receive a provisional ballot that will be put aside rather than being immediately counted, the department has stated.

That will give election officials time to verify the registration information and check the state’s voter system to prevent duplicate registrations, the department noted.

The check of the information will determine whether the vote is to be counted or voided, the department has stated.

The initiative is meant to expand voting, advocates say, allowing people who realize at the last minute that they want to participate to do so.

However, same-day voter registration appears likely to stay in place only as long as Democrats hold a majority in either the House of Delegates or the state Senate.

Republicans in the General Assembly oppose the plan that makes it easier for people to vote.

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Richmond Mayon receives his COVID-19 booster shot and flu shot on Oct. 13 to show that both shots can safely be administered the same day. on testing sites, or go online at vax.rchd.com.

The Virginia Department of Health also has a list of COVID19 testing locations around the state at www.vdh.virginia.gov/ coronavirus/covid-19-testing/covid-19-testing-sites.

Want a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot?

The Richmond and Henrico health districts are offering free walkup COVID-19 and flu vaccines at the following locations: • Thursday, Nov. 3 & Nov. 10, 1 to 4 p.m. - Richmond Henrico Health District, 400 E. Cary St., Pfizer for ages 6 months and older, Moderna for ages 6 months to 5 years old and ages 18 years and older, appointments encouraged.

• Wednesday, Nov. 9 & Nov. 16, 2 to 4 p.m. - Henrico Health District West Headquarters, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive, Pfizer for ages 6 months and older, Moderna for ages 6 months to 5 years old and ages 18 years and older, Novavax and Flu shots, appointments encouraged.

• Wednesday, Nov. 9, 3 to 5 p.m. - Mosby Resource Center, 1536 Coalter St., Flu shots, open to the public.

People can schedule an appointment online at vase.vdh.virginia. gov, vaccinate.virginia.gov or vax.rchd.com, or by calling (804) 2053501 or (877) VAX-IN-VA (1-877-829-4682).

VaccineFinder.org and vaccines.gov also allow people to find nearby pharmacies and clinics that offer the COVID-19 vaccine and booster.

Those who are getting a booster shot should bring their vaccine card to confirm the date and type of vaccine received.

RHHD also offers at-home vaccinations by calling (804) 205-3501 to schedule appointments.

New COVID-19 boosters, updated to better protect against the latest variants of the virus, are now available. The new Pfizer booster is approved for those aged 12 and up, while the new Moderna booster is for those aged 18 and older.

As with previous COVID-19 boosters, the new doses can only be received after an initial two vaccine shots, and those who qualify are instructed to wait at least two months after their second COVID19 vaccine.

The Richmond and Henrico Health Districts is now offering bivalent Pfizer and Moderna boosters to children between the ages of 5 to 11 in clinics in the near future. Children in this age range will be eligible after at least two months since their last vaccine dose.

New COVID-19 cases in Virginia rose by 5 percent during the last week, according to the Virginia Department of Health, and data from the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association showed hospitalizations statewide increased by 6 percent.

Richmond and the counties of Chesterfield, Henrico and Hanover have remained at low levels of community COVID-19. Two localities in Virginia are ranked at high community COVID levels, while 35 are ranked at medium.

A total of 1,094 new cases of COVID-19 were reported statewide Wednesday for the 24-hour period, contributing to an overall state total of 2,114,758 cases in Virginia since the pandemic’s outbreak. As of Wednesday, there have been 455,866 hospitalizations and 22,211 deaths statewide. The state’s seven-day positivity rate dropped to 8.9 percent on Wednesday. Last week, the positivity rate was 9 percent.

On Wednesday, state health officials reported that 73.1 percent of the state’s population has been fully vaccinated. State data also showed that over 4.5 million people in Virginia have received booster shots or third doses of the vaccine.

Among ages 5 to 11 in Virginia, 338,845 have received their first shots as of Wednesday, accounting for 46.8 percent of the age group in the state, while 297,589 children, or 41.1 percent, are fully vaccinated. In this age group, 54,181 children have received a monovalent booster, making up 7.5 percent, while 7,698 have gotten a bivalent booster shot, accounting for 2.7 percent of this group.

As of Wednesday, 54,727 children from the ages of zero to four have received their first doses, making up 12 percent of the population in Virginia, while 40,146 are fully vaccinated, or 8.8 percent of the population. As of Wednesday, fewer than 176,830 cases, 1,066 hospitalizations and 15 deaths have been recorded among children in the state.

State data also shows that African-Americans comprised 22.1 percent of cases statewide and 22.9 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 11.2 percent of cases and 4.9 percent of deaths.

As of Wednesday, Richmond reported a total of 58,542 cases, 1,216 hospitalizations and 549 deaths; Henrico County, 82,600 cases, 1,643 hospitalizations and 1,029 deaths; Chesterfield County, 92,576 cases, 1,676 hospitalizations and 831 deaths; and Hanover County, 26,792 cases, 821 hospitalizations and 325 deaths.

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District, will have little say in the matter.

The only contest on the ballot is a rematch between threeterm incumbent Rep. A. Donald McEachin and his unheralded Republican challenger, the Rev. Leon Benjamin, an election denier who has refused to accept the 2020 election despite being drubbed by a three-to-one margin.

Rep. McEachin is confident of winning and has barely mounted a campaign. So far there is no indication that Rev. Benjamin has made any inroads. A few yard signs are about the only indicator that he is in the race in a district that is regarded as a safe Democratic seat.

Democrats currently hold seven of the state’s 11 House seats, all of which have been redrawn to reflect the population changes reported in the 2020 Census, with closely watched contests in three of those districts.

Three incumbent Democratic woman, who first won in 2018, are battling three Republican challengers.

Topping the list is the 2nd Congressional District contest around Virginia Beach and Norfolk that pits incumbent Democrat Elaine Luria, a retired Navy commander, against Republican state Sen. Jen Kiggans, a retired Navy helicopter pilot and nurse practitioner.

Another big contest is in the largely rural 7th Congressional

District in Central Virginia where incumbent Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA officer, is battling Yesli Vega, a member of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors and a former police officer who is vying to become Virginia’s first Latina representative in Congress.

Finally, there is the race in the 10th District in Northern Virginia where incumbent Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton, a lawyer, is seeking to hold off Republican challenger Hung Cao, a retired Navy captain.

How much the change will matter to ordinary Americans remains to be seen.

Even if they win control, Republicans would have a tough time installing a conservative agenda.

If the predictions prove right, the GOP would still lack the 60 votes needed to push most legislation through the Senate and they would lack the supermajorities needed to override a presidential veto.

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more people living with their children in cars or sleeping on sidewalks or in doorways. While nighttime temperatures of 50 degrees or better are forecast for the coming days, chillier low temperatures are on the way as winter approaches.

Ms. Sneed said she and members of her organization are out on the street 10 to 14 hours a day delivering food, blankets, clothes to the unsheltered. “We’re serving 200 people a day and we’re getting stretched thin.”

She said her group was largely able to meet the need with a daily distribution of 50 to 60 sandwiches, bowls of soup and dozens of hardboiled eggs, but that no longer can go far enough.

“Our food demand has doubled because of the increasing numbers of people we are finding.”

City Hall, though, is not rushing to fill the shelter gap. Next Monday, Nov. 7, City Council will hold a special meeting to authorize city officials to spend about $900,000 on inclement weather shelters at four locations.

However, the city’s plan as outlined by Sherrill Hampton, director of the city’s Housing and Community Development Department, calls for only one 60-bed shelter to open, and there is no guarantee that will happen.

The ordinances to be passed would allow Ms. Hampton’s department to spend $615,0000 with Commonwealth Catholic Charities of Virginia to operate that small shelter, leaving three others closed until more money is found.

However, CCC, which plans to use space at the Salvation Army’s new location at 1900 Chamberlayne Avenue, stated on Oct. 10 that no agreement has been reached with the city to open the shelter.

CCC confirmed this week that there is still no agreement.

In its public statement, CCC stated that it proposed to serve up

to 150 people at that location, but found out later that it would only be paid for operating 60 beds, with three other locations to be paid to operate shelters with 30 beds apiece to create a total of 150 beds.

The 30-bed sites are be located at Fifth Street Baptist Church in North Side and at United Nations Church and the newly founded RVA Sister’s Keeper, both in South Side, according to the city’s plan.

According to CCC’s statement, “We have been waiting for detailed information regarding how the city proposes to coordinate access to sites with available beds, how transportation will be ensured should a community member arrive to a site with no occupancy and how a standard level of care will be provided” at the four sites.

“CCC has not committed to operating this model this winter, and we informed the city that a Nov. 15 opening is extremely unlikely,” the statement continued. Nov. 15 is the date that Ms. Hampton projected to City Council that the CCC shelter would open.

Under the city’s plan, the three other shelters are to remain closed until additional money can be found. Sharon Ebert, deputy city administrator for economic development, has stated that publicly.

Despite that, funding was somehow found two weeks ago when a cold snap plunged low temperatures into the 30s. The city, with no public announcement, at the last minute opened temporary spaces at Linwood Robinson Senior Center in Church Hill and at United Nations Church on Cowardin Avenue.

Open for two nights, those spaces only served single adults; families with children were not provided shelter.

“If you have kids, you are on your own,” Ms. Sneed said.

“At that meeting, we were told that that the city had no plans to provide a family shelter.”

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going to see opportunities become not just realities in people’s lives, and it’s going to happen right here,” he said.

Mayor Stoney said that the development represents important growth that will produce both jobs and revenue “to improve the quality of life for those who live, work and do businesses in our city.”

Mr. Florance expressed his pride in the opportunity to create one of the city’s tallest buildings on “an amazing and really beautiful piece of land.”

The complex is to sit next to the company’s nine-story Richmond headquarters at 501 S. 5th St. Mr. Florance announced nearly a year ago the plan for the development, and the company’s design and construction team are now pushing to get this complex finished in two years.

The state is contributing $15 million to assist with the cost of sidewalks and other public infrastructure.

William Chilton, the architect behind energy giant Dominion’s 20-story headquarters that opened in 2019 in Downtown, has led the design effort.

Among other things, the complex is to include fitness and wellness spaces, an auditorium, 50,000 square feet of green roof terraces as well as space for retail and restaurants and 2.65 acres of outdoor green space, the company has said.

Mr. Florance said the new buildings enable employees to, among other things, focus on drone imagery, 3D visualization, digital imagery, forecasting, machine learning, econometrics and photogrammetry.

The new space also will allow the company to expand its residential and international businesses, he said.

Based in Washington, CoStar has grown by leaps and bounds in Richmond since it arrived in 2017. Richmond beat out Charlotte, N.C., as the chosen site for the company’s operations, marketing, sales and global research center.

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Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, CoStar Group founder and CEO Andy Florence, Secretary of Commerce and Trade for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Caren Merrick, Richmond City Councilperson Ellen Robertson, and Economic Development Director for the City of Richmond Leonard Sledge dig in Tuesday for the groundbreaking for CoStar’s $460 million expansion project. Joining them were Richmond City Council members Katherine Jordan, left, and Ann-Frances Lambert and First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin also attended the ceremony.

Mayor Stoney previously described CoStar’s expansion as a “game-changer” that would be a key element of the city’s post-pandemic renaissance.

The company already employs more than 1,000 people, ranking it among the top 25 private employers. The company expects the expansion of employees to add several billion dollars to its annual payroll.

In addition, the completion of these new buildings will make CoStar one of the city’s top taxpayers.

Davis named to Hall of Fame Continued from A1

• Sandra Daye Hughes — The 1969 NCA&T graduate achieved numerous “firsts” in her career as a pioneering news reporter and talk show host in Greensboro. She also served as an adjunct professor of journalism at her alma mater.

• Nagatha Tonkins – A former TV news reporter, she joined the faculty at NCA&T in 1986, helping to develop the journalism department’s curricula for new majors, numerous courses and programs, and playing a role in its accreditation. After teaching at A&T for 22 years, she later taught at Elon University

for 12 years.

• Anthony Welborne Sr. — During his 50-year career with NCA&T, Mr. Welborne installed the university’s first television studio and established its radio station. He continues to serve as WNAA station manager and a university lecturer.

• Gail Boone Wiggins - Mrs. Wiggins recently retired from NCA&T after 38 years of service where she filled many roles, including stints as interim chair during two successful reaccreditations of the JOMC department. NCA&T continues to have one of only three nationally accredited journalism programs in North Carolina.

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Robert Dortch’s pilgrimage to Mount Kilimanjaro Continued from A1

Robert Dortch at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro with two of his Tanzanian guides, left John Masawe, Robert Dortch and Emmanuel Kimaro.

Mr. Dortch is even rarer. Of Mr. Kimaro’s typical clientele, only about 10 percent come solo, and he’s been a mountain guide for more than 15 years.

Day 1 of Mr. Dortch’s eight-day journey began at Lemosho Gate, the start of one of the longest routes up Kilimanjaro. It was there that one of the locals greeted him, saying, “You’re home, brother.

You’re home.”

Mr. Dortch said it brought him to tears then, and it nearly did again as his voice broke with emotion while recounting the experience recently. That day would bring a four-hour hike before making camp that night. It was one of his tough-

est days that week.

Kilimanjaro is considered a “walk-up” mountain because trekkers don’t need equipment like ropes, harnesses or ice axes.

But it’s no less treacherous due to the risk of high-altitude sickness, which can be fatal. According to the Kilimanjaro National Park Authority, says Mr. Kimaro, about 60 percent of those who attempt to reach the summit are successful.

Mr. Dortch began training for the expedition last May. He worked out regularly about five days a week for 45 - 60 minutes at a time, he explains, focusing on cardio to build stamina and endurance, free weights for strength and yoga and stretching to maintain flexibility.

Still, his first day on the mountain was taxing. Mr. Kimaro told him “pole pole” (pronounced poh-leh poh-leh in Swahili): “Slow down, you’re going too fast!”

That first night at Big Tree Camp, “I’m hearing the sounds, the monkeys. It’s below freezing,” Mr. Dortch recalls. “I’m awake the entire night.”

He hadn’t taken Mr. Kimaro’s advice to camp outdoors back in “the States” before taking on this challenge – and regretted it in hindsight. A crew of seven, including guides, a cook and porters, were not far away.

Feeling increasingly isolated, he needed to make “some kind of connection.” “I can’t receive information. I can’t give information. I’m up in that tent far away from home. What am I doing here?” he remembers asking himself. He reached for a smartphone he’d brought to use as a camera. To his surprise, he was able to listen offline to music from his Pandora subscription: Lauryn Hill, Donald Lawrence, Anthony Hamilton.

“It spoke to my spirit. It was familiar, and it was comforting to me and affirming,” he explains, especially Mr. Lawrence’s gospel music. It helped to refocus on his purpose.

Mr. Dortch, 56, is a bit of a renaissance man. He’s a philanthropist, certified executive coach, father of two adult sons and a photographer/artist. He formerly was senior minister at Shiloh Baptist Church in Chesterfield County for a decade, and was interim pastor at another church in the county.

His son, Malcolm, 25, isn’t surprised by his father’s sense of

Photos courtesy Robert Dortch

Kilimanjaro is considered a “walk-up” mountain because trekkers don’t need equipment like ropes, harnesses or ice axes. But it’s no less treacherous due to the risk of high-altitude sickness, which can be fatal.

adventure. He’s biked down Pike’s Peak in Colorado with his dad.

But one night on the mountain, Mr. Dortch was able to reach his eldest son by mobile phone. They spoke for about 10 minutes.

“I was surprised to hear his voice,” Malcolm Dortch said. “To be honest, I was excited, but then I was also a little alarmed. He was a little emotional, and he was saying it’s the hardest thing he ever did. He was crying a little bit.”

That wasn’t unusual. “My sons have seen me cry,” Mr. Dortch says, noting that those tears involved joy or sorrow. They’d never seen him cry about “something being hard and challenging.”

Days later, his last night of hiking began around 2:30 a.m.

“All you could see in the darkness was the headlamps from everyone trekking up the mountain,” he recalls.

His guides, Emmanuel and John, started singing. “And even though they were singing in Swahili, I knew they were singing spirituals and it made me smile,” Mr. Dortch says. At about 6:30 a.m., he turned around and saw the “most beautiful” sunrise. “I took a picture in my mind and kept moving.”

Soon, he began to see some people turning back, unable to make it to the top. “I was sad for them because I knew it must have hurt,” he says. Blood-stained cloths from nosebleeds littered the ground.

“Breathing was hard. Emmanuel kept saying ‘breathe and pole pole.’”

As Mr. Dortch approached the summit, others who had preceded him were still lingering. “Then the crowd started leaving, and the (African) guides hugged me and said, ‘We’re proud of you brother!” Those words brought more tears, and yet they encouraged me.”

Andrew Alexander King, a California-based Black explorer and CEO of The Between Two Worlds Project, has climbed Kilimanjaro twice. “You rarely see a person of color or a marginalized community standing on a summit and getting the publicity or notoriety or accolades with it,” he says.

Costs can be a barrier to such excursions, he adds, noting that

often, climbers – such as some who have summited Kilimanjaro and Everest – have sought sponsorship for their expeditions.

And what is the cost? Mr. Dortch isn’t specific about Kilimanjaro but allows that a trip like his – which also included a three-day safari in Serengeti National Park – can range from $6,000 to $10,000.

Eight days on Kilimanjaro can forge strong bonds – the trust involved, the complete surrender to virtual strangers. Since Mr. Dortch’s expedition, he and Mr. Kimaro have kept in touch via Messenger, WhatsApp and email, the guide says. They’ve become friends.

“Robert was curious to know more including the social and economic perspectives, and he had time to talk to the crews,” Mr. Kimaro says. “His attitude toward others is something I will never forget.”

Rather than go through some faceless company, it was important for Mr. Dortch to connect directly with an African entrepreneur like Mr. Kimaro, whose African Golden Expeditions is among a handful of Black-helmed businesses providing such services. He recalls telling Mr. Kimaro, “I’m not here to get a deal. While I want to do this, it’s important to be able to support what you’re doing.”

Meanwhile, he’s passing these same values along to his sons, Malcolm, and 22-year-old Solomon.

“I will always support you in living and carrying out your dreams,” Mr. Dortch says of the lesson he’s passing on. “The dreams that are inside of you, whatever they may be. Everybody has a mountain.”

Mr. Dortch will discuss his Mount Kilimanjaro journey on Dec. 8 at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia.

To register, visit https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/ eventReg?oeidk=a07ejg65t2xce20a604&oseq=&c=&ch= Charles Taylor is a freelance writer formerly based in Richmond.

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John Marshall’s Dennis Parker picks N.C. State

By Fred Jeter

Photos by Regina H. Boone/ Richmond Free Press

John Marshall High School senior Dennis Parker Jr. reaches for his fatheras his mother watches following his Oct. 26 announcemnt that he’s attending N.C. State University.

Dennis Parker Jr. has decided to take his talents from the capital of Virginia to the capital of North Carolina.

The versatile 6-foot-6 John Marshall High School senior announced Oct. 26 he is headed to North Carolina State in Raleigh, starting with the 2023-24 season.

Georgetown and Oklahoma State were the others in Parker’s “Final Three” choices. VCU, Texas A&M and Kansas also were among his many additional suitors.

“Dennis is a great person coming from a great family – and he works his butt off,” said JM Coach Ty White.

“He has major upside. Don’t

be surprised if he’s shaking hands with the (NBA) Commissioner in a few years.”

Parker averaged 20 points and seven rebounds a season ago, leading JM to its fourth state title since 2014. The Justices would have been heavily favored for a fifth in 2021 had it not been for the cancellation of the season.

The son of Dennis Sr. (former JM football player) and Andrea, Parker also is the godson of Milton Bell, the 1988 Metro Player of Year for JM. After breaking into Coach White’s first five as a freshman, Parker now sees what could be another state title run this winter.

Among the returnees are dynamic junior guard Damon

Armstrong/Walker football rivalry celebrated in new Black History Museum exhibit

By Holly Rodriguez

A legacy created from a 40year football rivalry between Armstrong and Maggie Walker high schools, the only two schools for Black students for decades, will be remembered this month at the 2nd Annual Armstrong Walker Football Classic Legacy Project Celebration. The first event is an exhibit at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center, featuring memorabilia collected and on display from alumni, staff and Richmonders who attended both schools.

The museum will host a private reception at 6 p.m.

and public reception at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 3. The exhibit will be on display through the end of November.

Items on display will include football jerseys, cheerleader uniforms, photos, yearbooks and other items compiled and catalogued over the past year.

Jonathan Davis, a teacher at the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center, is a 1978 graduate of Maggie Walker Hish School, and says the exhibit hearkens back to an important time in Richmond’s history.

“From 1938 to 1978, Armstrong and Walker were the only two high schools Black kids could attend,” he said.

“But despite the rivalry, the two schools developed a camaraderie and a cohesiveness in the Black community not seen since.” He said many students believe the rivalry between the

two schools was one of the biggest ones in the country.

With so many people in Richmond impacted by gun violence and unwilling to see beyond each another’s differences, he said the project is a reminder to the community that rivals don’t necessarily have to be enemies.

“In this day and age, we are do divided, there is so much violence, and people are feeling so disconnected with social media, we want to remind people of a time when we were able to come together and enjoy one other despite differences,” he said .“We also want to make sure we educate the youth about the history of the schools and what we did back then.”

In addition to the exhibit, in homage to the 40 years both teams battled it out on the field after Thanksgiving,

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“Lil’ Redd” Thompson and Dominique Bailey. Promising JV graduates include 6-foot-6 Keon Hill and guard Amari McCall.

On the debit side, 6-foot-10 Tyler Mason has transferred to a school in Minnesota, and 6-foot-5 AllMetro Steve Stinson has transferred to Class 4 state champ Dennis Parker Jr., a standout scholar Varina.

JM went 22-4 and basketball star, was joined by his last season, finish- mother, Andrea Parker, and his father Dennis Parker Sr. ing with a flourish.

The Justices won their six Class of North Carolina.

2 playoff games by an average Parker, the 2022 Metro Player of 38 points. of the Year, was runner up to Coach White’s strategy each Rockbridge’s Tyler Nickel last season is to play a back-breaking year for State Class 2 Player of the early schedule against national Year. Nickel is now a freshman level teams. He believes the early player at North Carolina. challenges prime his Justices In choosing N.C. State, Parker for the more local and state looked past the recent record competition.” under fifth-year Coach Kevin This go-round, JM is entered Keatts. The Wolfpack was 11-21 in the Chick-Fil-A Classic in last season and 4-16 in ACC. Lexington, S.C., along with N.C. State won NCAA national the likes of IMG Academy titles in 1974 and ’83. of Florida, Oak Hill, Va., and Parker is not the first city Southern Cal Academy. standout to choose N.C. State.

Also, JM will be playing in the From Maggie Walker High, MLK/Kevin Durant tournament Clyde Austin played for the in Northern Virginia. Games are Wolfpack 1976 to ’80. He averalso set against DeMatha, Md., as aged 12 points and four assists well as Millbrook and Highlands for his 115-game career.

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James River Park gains key acreage at trailhead

By Jeremy Lazarus

Private property that provides an entry to a popular trail in James River Park is being donated to the city.

The donation from Josh and Carrie Belt Rogers of nearly 3.5 acres of their property near the Boulevard Bridge that is the starting and ending point for the Buttermilk Trail was announced Wednesday.

The section of trail, variously called Buttermilk Heights Trail or Buttermilk Trail West, is one of the three portions of the trail that run 4.5 miles along the south bank of the river.

The couple worked with the Capital Region Land Conservancy to ensure the public would have access to the trail in perpetuity.

According to CRLC, the Rogers subdivided their land and are giving the trailhead land to the conservancy, which plans to donate it to the city to be a piece of the nationally celebrated park.

The Friends of James River Park provided a

$25,000 grant to facilitate the legal work.

“Carrie and I grew up in this neighborhood —Westover Hills — independently developing our love of the outdoors by playing in these woods and hiking these trails when they were still just animal trails,” Mr. Rogers stated.

Together, “we have been proud to protect the public use of these trails for the past 15 years and are thrilled this land will be conserved as parkland for all to enjoy for generations to come,” the couple noted in the announcement.

Fourth District City Councilwoman Kristen M. Nye praised the couple for expanding the park that “is regional attraction boasting over 2 million visitors a year.”

Parker C. Agelasto, CRLC executive director, who spearheaded the agreement with the Rogers, called it a boon for the public and for a healthier community.

The land could have supported 10 new homes, Mr. Agelasto stated, but instead will remain in its natural state from now on.

Henrico County’s leaf collection starts Nov. 7 Free Press staff report

Henrico County will begin providing annual leaf collection services starting Monday, Nov. 7, with both free and paid options available for county residents.

The free collection of bagged leaves will run through Feb. 11. Crews will work week to week in one of five zones, with each zone being collected twice during the course of the program.

Residents living outside these areas can order free pickup of bagged leaves by calling (804) 727-8779.

Residents are encouraged to place their bags at the curb or road’s edge by 7 a.m. Monday of their collection week. Bags should only contain leaves and be free of trash and debris.

They must also be accessible from the street as crews are not authorized to enter private property.

There is no limit on the number of bags that residents can place out for pickup.

Henrico also will offer vacuum leaf collection from Nov. 7 to Dec. 2 and again from Feb. 27 to March 31. Residents may order the $30

service online or by calling (804) 727-8779 beginning Nov. 7. All orders that are received

by Dec. 2 will be collected by the end of the year. Leaves should be placed at the curb or road’s edge and should be free of trash, sticks and other debris.

Whether using bagged pickup or vacuum service, residents are requested to avoid placing bags or loose leaves in traffic lanes, parking spaces, storm drains or ditches. In addition to creating a potential traffic hazard, misplaced leaves can block drainage and contribute to stormwater pollution.

Henrico’s public use areas located at 2075 Charles City Road and 10600 Fords Country Lane offer residents another disposal option. Bagged leaves will be accepted at no cost from Nov. 7 through Feb. 11. Public use areas are open daily from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., except for certain holidays.

Additional information, zone maps and pickup schedules are available from the Department of Public Utilities at https://henrico.us/services/ bagged-leaf-collection/

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Get out and vote The midterm election cycle hasn’t generated much buzz in Richmond. While a few registration and get-out-the vote drives have occurred, the hubbub of activity usually associated with election-year cycles has been absent.

Yard signs, fervent rallies and all the other fanfare normally associated with elections have gone missing.

That’s not to say that we don’t have anything to add to spirited contests that are taking place elsewhere. But after a heated presidential race two years ago and last year’s surprising gubernatorial win in Virginia by a corporate newcomer, perhaps we have earned the right to watch from the sidelines while observing neck-and-neck contests in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania.

But we still must vote.

The polls surveyed likely voters across four key Senate races: Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania. Mark Kelly, the Democratic incumbent in Arizona, holds the biggest lead, ahead of Blake Masters by a 51 percent to 45 percent margin. Nevada is the tightest of the races, with the Democratic incumbent, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, and her Republican challenger, Adam Laxalt, locked in a dead-heat at 47 percent. In Georgia, Senator Raphael Warnock leads narrowly in a tight race over his Republican opponent, Herschel Walker, at 49 to 46 percent, reports the New York Times.

Yet, as we participate in spectator politics from afar, many of the key concerns for voters in those states concern Virginia voters, too.

While Republicans benefit from a host of factors — a jittery economy, high inflation, worries about crime — the debate over abortion rights and concerns about gun violence have allowed Democrats to cling to some advantage in the Senate race, various news reports show.

As we watch, however, it’s wise not be get too comfortable. Imagine, if you will, that Democrat Donald McEachin, running for re-election in his 4th District Congressional sear, who barely has campaigned as he seeks reelection to his district seat were to lose in an upset?

One of Rep. McEachin’s campaign mailers delivered to some area homes show him as a promising young lawmakers on one side and an older gray-haired statesman on the other.

“Times have changed. My priorities haven’t,” reads the glossy handbill. “Every one of us has a right to be heard.

Rep. McEachin then goes on to note how he has always stood up for the values and principles of our community. “So progress reaches all of us.”

Rep. McEachin further cites his work to lower drug prices, protect abortion rights and support common sense gun laws as reasons to re-elect him.

While some have raised questions about how strongly Rep. McEachin supports Black cemeteries, he no doubt has used his position to drive home many of the other areas he addresses.

Let’s vote to keep Donald McEachin in office.

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Race neutrality is anti-Blackness

During this Supreme Court session, the justices will tackle affirmative action in two cases brought by “Students for Fair Admissions,” opposing affirmative action policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. According to its website, this group represents “20,000 students, parents, and others who believe that racial classifications and preferences to college admissions a r e u n f a i r, unnecessary, and unconstitutional.”

Where were these people when Black people were explicitly excluded from college admissions? Where were they when Black folks had to sue to be admitted?

Consider the George V. McLaurin. Oklahoma State Regents case, where Mr. McLaurin, a Black man, was denied admission to a graduate program at Oklahoma University solely because of his race. In 1950, it was illegal in Oklahoma to attend, teach at, or operate an educational institution that admitted both white and Black students.

Taxpayers, including Black citizens, funded this university.

This was affirmative action for white folks, but no “Students for Fair Admissions” challenged the racist policy.

Anti-blackness was accept-

able historically, and it is alive and well today. The bizarre concept of race neutrality in a racist society is nothing more than historical denial. These “Students for Fair Admission” have embraced the absolute unfairness of how national public policy is tilted against Black people.

Enslavement was not raceneutral. Jim Crow laws were not race neutral. Fair Housing

Julianne Malveaux redlining was not race neutral.

But these Students for Fair Admissions want race neutrality. They need the education in American history they missed since they did not study how so-called race neutrality has harmed Black people.

Once admitted to Oklahoma University, George McLaurin was segregated in the library, classrooms, and cafeteria. The lower court ruled that his “inconvenience” was minor. The Supreme Court found for Mr. McLaurin, but only after a multiyear battle. Meanwhile, Oklahoma University found his classroom presence so onerous that he was forced to listen to lectures in a closet that was separate from the classroom space for other students.

Mr. McLaurin was not the only student who attempted admission to Oklahoma State University, nor the only one who challenged them in court. Ada

Lois Sopuel Fisher applied to OU’s law school but was denied entry because of her race. Thanks to the NAACP and the McLaurin agitation, she was admitted in 1949 and graduated in 1951.

She was appointed to the OU Board of Regents in 1992.

In Oklahoma and many other states, justice delayed has been justice denied. Like many other plaintiffs, Mr. McLaurin was over 60 when he pursued his case. He held a master’s degree and was a professor at HBCU Langston University for more than 30 years. But the Supreme Court case seemed to take its toll on him. There is no record that he graduated, although his wife, Peninah, earned a master’s in home economics from OU in 1954. George McLaurin died in 1968.

Do these Students for Fair Admissions know this? Do they care that George McLaurin, and so many others, experienced no fairness? Does it matter to them that the antidote to this unfairness is affirmative action?

Or do privileged white people and white-adjacent people (like the Asian Americans who embrace anti-Blackness and white privilege) simmer in their faux superiority to attack Black people?

Affirmative action opened doors that had, for so long, been shut in the face of Black students.

These “Students for Fair Admissions” want to close the doors again. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has his fingerprints all

Atwater ghost haunts midterm elections

“It is not new to see antisemitism or overt racism in politics.

What is new is after years … in which it was clear that to be credible in public life politicians had to reject prejudice, it’s now been normalized in ways that are really quite breathtaking.” — ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt Vi o l e n t crime, which fell during the height of the COVID19 pandemic, has returned to a level last seen in 2016. A majority of the perpetrators of violent crime are white. And undocumented immigrants are far less likely than native-born Americans to commit violent crimes.

Political ads flooding the airwaves, however, paint a starkly different and wildly misleading picture, “portraying chaos by depicting Black rioters and Hispanic immigrants illegally racing across the border,” the New York Times reports.

These ads aren’t really about crime or immigration, however.

They’re about race.

The effort is especially pronounced in the effort to defeat candidates of color. In Wisconsin, opponents of Mandela Barnes, the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, distributed a mailer in which the color of Mr. Barnes’ skin was darkened. Another ad brands Mr. Barnes as “different” and “dangerous” while flashing the images of three congress members of color, none of whom has campaigned with him.

In Georgia, images of gubernatorial candidate Stacy Abrams have been darkened by her opponent’s campaign.

It’s not just the candidates whose images are being darkened: An ad distributed in several House districts in New Mexico shows a barber with darkened hands, and suggests that he is a sex offender.

Research shows that people subconsciously associate darker skin with negative personality traits and crime. This bias

Marc H. Morial is linked to deadly consequences like police shootings and substandard medical care. Responsible public servants should work to counteract it. Instead, far too many are all to happy to exploit it for political gain.

Racism has always been present in American political campaigns, but the “Willie Horton” ads of the 1988 presidential campaign, have gone down in history as a low point.

Mr. Horton, who was serving a life sentence in Massachusetts for murder, committed a vicious sexual assault in Maryland after he absconded from a weekend furlough. Candidate George H.W. Bush missed no opportunity to link Mr. Horton to his opponent, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. Bush campaign manager, Lee Atwater, said: “By the time we’re finished, they’re going to wonder whether Willie Horton is Dukakis’s running mate.”

Photos of Mr. Dukakis paired with Mr. Horton’s mugshot flooded airwaves and mailboxes.

Yet few in the Dukakis’campaign or the media called out the obvious appeal to racism at the time.

And that, in large part, was why it was so successful.

“The most important and underplayed lesson of the Horton message is that, in a racially divided society that aspires to equality, the injection of race into campaigns poses a great danger to democratic politics—so long as the injection of race takes place under cover,” political scientist Tali Mendelberg wrote in The Race Card: Campaign Strategy, Implicit Messages, and the Norm of Equality. “When a society has repudiated racism, yet racial conflict persists, candidates can win by playing the race card only through implicit racial appeals. The implicit nature of these appeals allows them to prime racial stereotypes, fears, and resentments while appearing not to do so. When an implicit appeal is rendered explicit—when other elites bring the racial meaning of the appeal to voters’ attention—it appears to violate the norm of racial equality. It then loses its ability to prime white voters’ racial predispositions.”

There is no question that many of the ads being used to stoke racial animosity “violate the norm of racial equality.”

Politicians like Tommy Tuberville, who explicitly tarred all Black Americans as “criminals” and Marjorie Taylor Green, who invokes “Replacement Theory” conspiracy theory long promoted by white nationalists, seem to have dispensed with the “implicit” aspect of the strategy.

By calling out racism, in all its forms, we can deflate the power of these repugnant appeals.

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over this. Two of his former law clerks are the attorneys for Students for Fair Admissions.

Clarence Thomas is a study of racial contradictions, but the best analysis comes from Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, who said that whether a snake is Black or white, it is still a snake.

Clarence Thomas would describe himself as a constitutional strict constructionist. I’d call him an example of how Black folk can embrace anti-Blackness and deny history in their effort to appease and embrace white predatory capitalists.

The Students for Fair Admissions and their Clarence Thomas-connected allies deny history, but they are not alone in their anti-Black attacks. Let’s not fall for their rhetoric of “race neutrality .” Denying race history and racial oppression is nothing more than virulent anti-Blackness.

The writer is an economist, author and dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at Cal State LA.

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People rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Monday as the court begins to hear oral arguments in two cases that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions.

Affirmative action in jeopardy after justices raise doubts

By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko The Associated Press

WASHINGTON The survival of affirmative action in higher education appeared to be in serious trouble Monday at a conservativedominated Supreme Court after hours of debate over vexing questions of race.

The most diverse court in the nation’s history — among the nine justices are four women, two Black people and a Latina — is weighing challenges to admissions programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard that use race among many factors in seeking a diverse student body.

The court’s six conservative justices all expressed doubts about the practice, which has been upheld under Supreme Court decisions reaching back to 1978. The court’s three liberals defended the programs, which are similar to those used by many other private and public universities.

Getting rid of race-conscious college admissions would have a “destabilizing” effect that would cause the ranks of Black and Latino students to plummet at the nation’s most selective schools, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, representing the Biden administration, said.

Following the overturning of the half-century abortion precedent of Roe v. Wade in June, the cases offer a big new test of whether the court, with its 6-3 conservative edge, will sharply steer the law to the right on another contentious cultural issue that conservatives have had in their sights for years.

The questions the justices offered further laid bare the stark ideological divisions on the court in an era of intense political polarization in the country.

Justice Clarence Thomas, the court’s second Black justice, who has a long record of opposition to affirmative action programs and other conservative positions, noted he didn’t go to racially diverse schools, at one point saying, “I’ve heard the word ‘diversity’ quite a few times, and I don’t have a clue what it means.” He also challenged defenders of affirmative action to “tell me what the educational benefits are.”

Justice Amy Coney Barrett, another conservative, pointed to one of the court’s previous affirmative action cases and said it anticipated a halt to its use in declaring that any classification based on race was “dangerous” and had to have an end point.

She was among several conservatives who pushed lawyers representing the schools and the Biden administration to venture a guess when that day would come.

“Your position is that race matters because it’s necessary for diversity, which is necessary for the sort of education you want. It’s not going to stop mattering at some particular point,” said Chief Justice John Roberts, who has long been skeptical of considerations of race.

Justice Samuel Alito likened affirmative action to a footrace in which a minority applicant gets to “start five yards closer to the finish line.” But liberal Jus-

tice Sonia Sotomayor, the court’s first Hispanic member, rejected that comparison saying what universities are doing is looking at students as a whole.

Likewise, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court’s newest justice and its first Black woman, also said race was being used among 40 different factors at the University of North Carolina as part of a broad review of applicants.

“They’re looking at the full person with all of these characteristics,” she said.

Justice Elena Kagan, who was the first female dean at Harvard Law School earlier in her career, called universities the “pipelines to leadership in our society” and suggested that without affirmative action minority enrollment will drop.

“I thought part of what it meant to be an American and to believe in American pluralism is that actually our institutions, you know, are reflective of who we are as a people in all our variety,” she said.

The Supreme Court has twice upheld race-conscious

college admissions programs in the past 19 years, including just six years ago.

But that was before the three appointees of former President Trump joined. Justice Jackson was chosen this year by President Biden.

Lower courts have upheld the programs at both UNC and Harvard, rejecting claims that the schools discriminated against white and Asian-American applicants.

The cases are brought by conservative activist Edward Blum, who also was behind an earlier affirmative action challenge against the University of Texas as well as the case that led the court in 2013 to end the use of a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act. Mr. Blum formed Students for Fair Admissions, which filed the lawsuits against both schools in 2014.

The group argues that the Constitution forbids the use of race in college admissions and calls for overturning earlier Supreme Court decisions that state otherwise.

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VUU’s 26-21 loss to Chowan may derail NCAA playoff hopes Few saw this coming. the setback, and were leading Virginia Union’s joyride of the nation in scoring offense. a football season has struck an What now? The Panthers are unexpected speed bump. Now 8-1 and facing danger in the the Panthers must make sure form of its menacing next-doorit’s not a dead end. neighbor Virginia State.

With a CIAA Northern DiviThe Panthers will travel to sion title on the line, VUU was Ettrick to play the surging Troa 26-21 loser to jans Saturday at Chowan before noon at Rogers 5,715 shocked Stadium. Under and disappointfirst-year Coach The Backyard ed fans Oct. 29 at Henry Frazier, Brawl Hovey Stadium/ VSU is 6-3 Saturday, Nov. 5 Lanier Field. (reversing last Virginia Union at VUU had deyear’s 3-6) and Virginia State, Rogers feated the Hawks feeling frisky.

Stadium, Ettrick, four straight seaAdded incennoon kickoff. sons and seven tive: Saturday is of the past eight Senior Day. and was a clear favorite against A second loss could possibly the non-HBCU visitors from derail the Panthers’ NCAA North Carolina. playoff hopes. The 28-team The worm has turned. Now, field consists of seven teams Chowan will face Southern each from four Regions. kingpin Fayetteville State in The CIAA is in Super Region the CIAA Championship Game 2, along with schools in the Nov. 12 in Salem.

SIAC, Gulf South and South The event has been in Salem Atlantic Conferences. since 2016 and VUU has never VUU went to the playoffs qualified, although it has been a five times under Coach Willard close second several times.

Bailey, three times under Joe Coach Alvin Parker’s North- Taylor and, most recently, in siders were ranked 10th in the 2015 under Mark James.

AFCA Division II poll prior to The loss to Chowan wasn’t

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VUU’s Armonii Burden (5) runs a fumble recovery for a 65-yard touchdown.

without a historic touch. Jada Byers piled up 109 rushing yards, bringing his bulging season bag to 1,669. That enables the sophomore to pass Andre Braxton as the all-time Panther single-season rusher. Braxton gained 1,660 yards in 2000.

Still, an offense averaging nearly 50 points settled for 21, with a third of that coming on a long TD fumble return by defensive end Armonii Burden.

Quarterback Jahkari Grant was under pressure throughout.

The senior passed for 177 yards, but was picked off three times (one returned for a TD) and sacked on seven occasions.

VUU must forget about Chowan and concentrate on

an invigorated The previous In the latest NCAA VSU squad. The week vs. ElizaDivision II poll, Trojans tuned beth City, Bailey up for the finale had 115 yards VUU is fifth in with a 42-21 rout overland with Super Region 2 of Lincoln in Hagans adding 1. Delta State Pennsylvania.

111.

2. Benedict In each of VSU would 3, Wingate VSU’s last two love winning 4. West Florida victories, it has to send its se5. VUU prevailed with niors out with a 6. Tusculum a dominant seventh-victory 7. Tuskegee ground game, bang and snatch led by “Flash current bragging ‘n’ Dash” ball carriers Darius rights in a rivalry dating to Hagans and Upton Bailey.

1900.

Bailey raced for 183 yards VUU, meanwhile, is aiming and three touchdowns on for a ninth victory and the real 13 carries against Lincoln, possibility of more to come while Hagans added 153 on when the NCAA tourney opens 27 tries.

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Top Heisman prospect has Virginia ties Hendon Hooker was at Virginia Tech before 2021 transfer to Tennessee It’s becoming routine. Since 2006, Black quarterbacks have won the Heisman Trophy seven times and have been close to winning on many other occasions.

The trend is likely to continue this season with one of the top-tier candidates having Virginia connections.

Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker played three seasons at Virginia Tech before transferring to Rocky Top in 2021. Listed as a redshirt senior, he was awarded a fifth year of eligibility (three at Tech, two at UT) due to the pandemic.

Additionally, Hooker has HBCU ties. His father, QB Alan Hooker, was the HBCU National Offensive Player at North Carolina A&T in 1984.

Hendon’s brother, Alston, is a redshirt freshman QB at A&T, having played in four games.

The other leading Black QB Heisman candidates are Alabama’s Bryce Young and Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud.

With about five weeks left in the regular season, here are the most likely Heisman recipients. Heisman voting includes regular season and conference championship games only.

The votes by a national media panel and former Heisman winners are counted prior to FBS playoff and bowl games. It is announced in early December.

Introducing …

Young (QB, Alabama, junior): The Tides’ dual-threat sensation is seeking to become the first back-to-back Heisman winner since Ohio State running back Archie Griffin in 1974 and 1975.

Young had a tough QB act to follow in Tuscaloosa. He was preceded by Mac Jones, who was third in Heisman voting in 2020 and is now the No. 1 arm with the New England Patriots.

To repeat, Young might need to lead ‘Bama to the SEC title and do so in heroic fashion.

Stroud (QB, Ohio State, red-shirt sophomore): The native Californian

followed Justin Fields, who was third in Heisman voting in 2019 and is now the starting QB for the Chicago Bears. Stroud was a Heisman finalist last year.

Stroud might have won the top prize a year ago except for the Buckeyes’ 42-27 loss to Michigan in a Big 10 super Hendon showdown before more than 111,000 people in Ann Arbor.

Stroud likely will need to lead OSU to victory this season over Michigan to be presented the Heisman.

Blake Corum (running back, Michigan, junior): The 5-foot-8 human cannonball also has Virginia connections. He was born in Fauquier County.

He moved with his family at an early age to Maryland.

For most of the 1900s, running backs dominated the Heisman voting. No More.

Corum will need to play his game of a lifetime against OSU to be No. 1.

Max Duggan (QB, Texas Christian, senior): It’s been a long wait between Heismans for the Horned Frogs. TCU’s

only winner was QB Davey O’Brien from the 1938 national championship team.

This Max Duggan has no connection to the 1983 Neil Simon cinema comedy “Max Dugan Returns.”

The Horned Frogs will need to run the table and Hooker slip into the FBS playoffs for Duggan to prevail as college’s best player. Even then, unlikely.

Hooker (QB, Tennessee, redshirt senior): Statistics to date: 156-for-219 passing (71 percent); 2,338 yards, 21 TDs, one interception.

To win the Heisman, it helps to have a “Heisman Moment.”

Hooker had his Oct. 15, in Knoxville, when he guided the Vols to a 52-49 victory over Alabama, breaking a 15-year losing streak against the Tide.

Before national TV cameras and 101,915 fanatics at Neyland Stadium, Hooker threw for 385 yards and five touchdowns, and engineered a last-gasp drive that led to the winning field goal with 0:00 left on the clock.

Perhaps more than that, the dusting of ‘Bama triggered a post-game celebration in Orange that won’t soon be forgotten by the millions who saw it … and certainly not by the Heisman voters.

Hooker returns to the grand stage Saturday, Nov. 5, when No. 3 UT plays at No. 1 Georgia; 3:30 p.m., CBS. Heisman PS: UT has never had a Heisman winner. In 1987, quarterback Peyton Manning finished second behind Michigan’s Charles Woodson.

“And the winner is …”

Black quarterbacks who won Heisman Trophy 1989 1993 2006 2010 2011 2013 2016 2018 2021

Andre Ware, Houston Charlie Ward, Florida State Troy Smith, Ohio State Cam Newton, Auburn Robert Griffin III, Baylor Jameis Winston, Florida State Lamar Jackson, Louisville Kyler Murray, Oklahoma Bryce Young, Alabama

Norfolk State University has been picked to “three-peat” this season as MEAC basketball champ.

Receiving 11 of 12 first-place votes from a panel of coaches and sports publicists, the Spartans are top-heavy favorites to win the league title for a third straight year.

NSU has 12 returning players, including 2022 MEAC Player of Year Joe Bryant, from last season’s 24-7, NCAA Big Dance qualifying outfit.

Joining Bryant (from Norfolk’s Lake Taylor High) on the preseason All-MEAC first team is graduate student Kris Bankston. Redshirt senior Dana Tate Jr. was named to the third team.

Now a fifth-year senior, Bryant averaged 16.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.4 steals last year while also ranking among the nation’s top free throw shooters at 91.5 percent. He was BoxToRow HBCU Player of Year.

Joining the veterans is highly touted 6-foot-4 freshman George Beale from King’s Fork high in Suffolk.

Averaging 23 points per game, Beale was first-team AllState last winter while leading King’s Fork to the State Class 4 semifinals (losing to eventual champ Varina).

Coach Robert Jones’ Spartans open Nov. 7 at home against Virginia University of Lynchburg.

The Green & Gold will be seriously tested No. 11 at Baylor University in Waco, Tex., and Nov. 14 at UCLA. Another top attraction will be Dec. 3 at crosstown rival Old Dominion.

Following NSU in the MEAC poll is North Carolina Central (one first place vote), Howard, Morgan State, Coppin State and Maryland-Eastern Shore.

The road to the MEAC title runs through Norfolk, literally.

The MEAC tournament will be March 8-11 at Norfolk Scope.

Players of color plentiful in World Series despite lack of Black players For the first time since 1950, there are zero African-American players on either World Series 26-man opening roster.

There are numerous players of color on both the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies, but none are African-American, meaning people of African ancestry born in the U.S. Players of color on the Phillies’ original World Series roster include shortstop Edmundo Sosa (from Panama), second baseman Jean Segura (Dominican Republic), and pitchers Seranthony Dominguez (Dominican) and Jose Alvarado and Ranger Suarez (both from Venezuela).

Managed by African-American Dusty Baker, the Astros’ roster has perhaps a record 14 players of color, all from the Caribbean, Mexico or South America.

They are pitchers Hector Neris, Bryan Abreu, Luis Garcia, Cristian Javier, Jose Urquidy and Framber Valdez.

Also included are infielders Jose Altuve, Aledmys Diaz, Maurico Dubon, Yuli Gurriel and Jeremy Pena, plus outfielder Yordan Alvarez and catchers Martin Maldonado and Christian Vasquez.

The last time there were no African-Americans

on either roster was 1950 when the New York Yankees played the Phillies.

Overall, Major League Baseball is only about 12 percent African-American but nearly 30 percent players of color.

Since 1964 there have been nine AfricanAmerican MVPs – Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson (twice each), Frank Robinson, Donn Clendenon, Willie Stargell, Dave Stewart, Derek Jeter, Jermaine Dye and George Springer.

There have been many more players of color MVPs from other nations, most recently the Atlanta Braves’ Jorge Soler (Cuba) last year.

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Personality: Dr. Lester D. Frye Spotlight on president of the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond and Vicinity In a time of adjustment and reinvention for communities as a whole, Lester ewaine. Frye is working to guide both toward a better future.

As president of the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond and Vicinity, Dr. Frye’s newest role culminates nearly a decade of work with the organization. And while the position brings its own challenges and responsibilities, he is ready to lead its efforts in “kingdom building, justice and equality for all God’s people,” he says.

“All of my life I have always been a leader pushing against the odds,” says Dr. Frye when asked why he accepted the role.

Dr. Frye, the oldest of six children, grew up in public housing in Braddock, Pa. near Pittsburgh. His background helped him develop the leadership qualities he uses when working with the ministers’ conference and in other aspects of his life.

From playing point guard on his high school basketball team to helping athletes who struggled, Dr. Frye eventually built and honed a competitive, analytical and appreciative approach to leadership.

Although Richmond initially was a bit of a challenge for Dr. Frye when he arrived in the city, he soon found his grounding in the church. He served with the Seventh Street Memorial Baptist Church for 16 years before founding the Healing and Living Waters Ministry in 2004, which eventually led him to BMCRV, where he put his skills to work in service of its mission. “(I’ve) been exhibiting these leadership qualities all my life,” Dr. Frye says. “I want to continue to build on some

of the things that we needed to do.

“I’m real honored to be president at this point, and stay on top of issues, and do what we need to do to bring righteousness and justice to all people.”

Installed as the Baptist Ministers’ incoming president in August, Dr. Frye seeks to empower marginalized communities in areas of housing, education and employment.

This goal has him balancing numerous responsibilities and initiatives inside and outside the organization, including his work with Today’s Black Agenda, where he serves as a founding member, and the new Black Coalition of Change group, formed in the wake of social justice activism since 2020.

This work is not without its challenges. Through it all, however, Dr. Frye firmly believes that his faith ultimately will render him success.

“God has really brought me from a mighty long way,” Dr. Frye says, “and I’ve been able to keep that leadership quality and lead people on every avenue.”

Meet a leader in Richmond’s religious and community spaces and the week’s Personality, Lester D. Frye: Volunteer position: President of the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond and Vicinity.

Occupation: Pastor, Healing and Living Waters Ministry.

Date and place of birth: April 7 in Pittsburgh.

Where I live now: Henrico County.

Education: Graduate, Braddock Senior High School, Braddock, Pa.; doctor of divinity, The Interdenominational

School of Theology Bowling Green, bachelor’s in religious education and master’s degrees in Christian education and divinity from Virginia University of Lynchburg.

Family: Married to Crystal Rene Frye. Five children, 14 grandchildren, 7 greatgrandchildren, four brothers, four sisters.

Baptist Ministers’Conference of Richmond and Vicinity (BMCRV) is: A theological legacy of faith, spiritual growth, community involvement, and leadership. It is an august body of laborers for Jesus Christ.

Our fellowship is spiritually enriching as we endeavor to equip, inform, encourage and empower one another to do the will and work of the Lord!!! A significant part of BMCRV’s primary effort is to advocate and speak up about critical issues politically without being partisan, not in support of any politician or political party.

BMCRV’s mission — just like Jesus’ — is to advocate for those

in need and the downtrodden in our society.

When and why founded: The organization was founded in 1929 for preaches and pastors to fellowship, stay informed of current events that affect our communities, and continue to fight for justice, equality and human rights, while sharing ideas, visions and prophecies for the uplifting and building of the spiritual kingdom of God through our congregations.

Founders: Great pastors such as Dr. William L. Ransome, who served as president from 19291948. Also Dr. C.S. McCall and Dr. Robert L. Taylor.

Why I accepted the role as president: All of my life I have always been a leader pushing against the odds. And through life’s experiences, (including) victories and defeats, God has prepared me for such a time as this to lead this prestigious, unapologetic, committed and unwavering body of Christ baptized believers in kingdombuilding, justice and equality for all God’s people.

Length of term: Two years with an option of a third year but approval each year from our membership.

Number one goal: To empower the disenfranchised, marginalized and oppressed people of God to spiritually grow and mature in this fight for life. Organize and promote togetherness to have a united voice in order to achieve fair educational, housing, employment and generational wealth opportunities.

Strategy for achieving goals: Promoting togetherness, eradi-

cating racism and working together for the common goal of equality and justice.

Role of the church in 2022: To promote and create disciples for kingdom-building. To repair, resuscitate and regenerate the family structure caring for our children spiritually and educationally. To help facilitate the empowerment of all people, to live and practice the way of Jesus Christ for righteous living and prosperity.

How churches have changed: Over these last three years through this pandemic, the church has had to reinvent itself.

With the loss of a wealth of knowledge with the passing of so many of our senior citizens, it has been hard to pass on the values handed down through generations. The inability to fellowship in our churches has brought on a dynamic of depression and stress that once was relieved through worship and fellowship of the saints. New ways of worshipping through Zoom and telecommunication are the norm but the personal choice has been lost. Giving to the church has slowed down, causing some houses of worship to lose ministries that were valuable and viable. But through it all, God’s word has never changed and the future is beginning to evolve into what God has intended it to be. The church just needs to hold on.

Help is on the way.

Role of church and addressing crime: To continue to preach and teach the concepts of the Bible, its laws and commandment for daily living.

Role of church and addressing racism: Work on eradication of this decease that has created a divide in people both Black and white.

Role of church and LGBTQ+

community: To encourage and promote self-expression of one’s self while also teaching and modeling the word of God. Role of church and gender equality: Simply put “equality.”

A perfect day for me: Reading my Bible, praying, exercising and thoughtful mediation. Also watching my favorite team or person play and win in the sporting arena.

Something about me that people may not know: How aggressive I have pursued my passions in life always pushing, sacrificing and committing to endure through it all to the end. Love to win, love to win in any endeavor whether it is sports, love and life.

A quote that inspires me: “To be or not to be, that is the question.”

My friends describe me as: Driven, compassionate, knowable and discerning.

Best late-night snack: Peanut butter and olives.

The best thing my parents ever taught me: Be the best you can be at everything you set your hands to do.

The person who influenced me the most: My high school basketball coach.

Book that influenced me the most: “Plug In: The Key to Building and Maintaining a Successful Ministry,” by Daniel Robertson Jr. What I’m reading now: “An Old Story for This New Day and other Sermons and Addresses,” by Rev. Dr. William Lee Ransome Next goal: Complete my autobiography and continue to fight the good fight of the gospel through preaching and teaching.

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Richmond Public Library is proud to present its fourth annual Read Up Richmond event featuring Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James (A Brief History of Seven Killings; Moon Witch, Spider King) in conversation with Njelle Hamilton (Phonographic Memories: Popular Music and the Contemporary Caribbean Novel). Read Up Richmond is made possible by the RPL Foundation and the Friends of the Library.

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Tons of treats Hundreds of costumed children, their families and friends showed up on Monday for an evening of fun during Sen. Jennifer L. McClellan’s 15th Annual Community Harvest Festival at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond. The festival returned after a two-year pandemic hiatus, and at least 2,000 children and adults were expected during the free event, the senator said in a news release. Among the celebrants were, above, Jacari Birchett, 4 months, dressed as a little Gizmo.

Santa and Nutzy, left, also were on hand at the festival, as well as members of the rest of the Birchett family of Richmond. In addition to candy, participants helped themselves to pizza, ice cream, and free home COVID-19 tests.

Award-winning author Dawnie Walton at VCU library

Author Dawnie Walton will read from and discuss her debut novel, “The Final Revival of Opal & Nev” on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. at the James Branch Cabell Library, Room 303, 901 Park Ave. The book, which explores identity, place and the influence of pop culture, was chosen as the winner of the 2022 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award from nearly 200 submissions. In addition Ms. Walton to the Cabell award, Ms. Walton’s book won the 2022 Aspen Words Literary Prize, and was named one of the

best books of 2021 by The Washington Post, NPR, Esquire, and former President Obama.

The audio book version of the novel also won the 2022 Audie Award for Fiction.

The in-person event is free and can be livestreamed. Registration is required to attend the event in person or online by visiting www. support.vcu.edu/event/Novelist For questions or accommodations, please contact the VCU Libraries Events Office at rbpander@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0593.

Migos rapper Takeoff dead after Houston shooting, rep says

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. and Juan A. Lozano The Associated Press

The rapper Takeoff, best known for his work with the Grammy-nominated trio Migos, is dead after a shooting early Tuesday outside a bowling alley in Houston, a representative confirmed. He was 28.

Kirsnick Khari Ball, known as Takeoff, was part of Migos along with Quavo and Offset. A representative for members of Migos who was not authorized to speak publicly confirmed the death to The Associated Press.

Police responded shortly after 2:30 a.m. to reports of a shooting at 810 Billiards & Bowling, where dozens of people had gathered on a balcony outside of the third-floor bowling alley, police said. Officers discovered one man dead when they arrived.

An AP reporter at the scene observed a body loaded into a medical examiner’s van around 10 a.m., more than seven hours after the shooting.

Security guards who were in the area heard the shooting but did not see who did it, a police spokesperson said. Two other people were injured and taken to hospitals in private vehicles.

No arrests have been announced and few details were released about what led up to the shooting, but Houston police planned a news conference

Kirsnick Khari Ball, known as Takeoff, was one-third of the platinum-selling rap group Migos.

for Tuesday afternoon. Media members at the scene later Tuesday morning were being kept across the street, which was otherwise blocked off to the public, and 810 Billiards & Bowling’s management did not immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment.

Tuesday morning, several fans had gathered across the street from the bowling alley, which is in a three-story downtown Houston retail complex that includes high-end restaurants, a House of Blues and is near a Four Seasons hotel.

Isaiah Lopez, 24, said he rushed down from his home in the Houston suburb of Humble

after hearing Takeoff had been killed.

“He was one of our favorites, mine and my brother’s. It’s all we would listen to,” Mr. Lopez said as he carried a dozen roses he hoped to place near the site of the shooting. “As soon as my brother called me and said, ‘Takeoff is gone,’ I had to come over here and pay my respects.”

Thomas Moreno, 30, who lives about five minutes away from the site of the shooting, said he had met Takeoff at an event at a Houston bar and restaurant in June and said he was “a real nice guy.”

“I feel it’s just another good person gone too soon,” Mr.

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Moreno said. “This happens every day but it hurts even more when it’s somebody so talented and so young.”

Takeoff was the youngest member of Migos, the rap trio from suburban Atlanta that also featured his uncle Quavo and cousin Offset. They first broke through with the massive hit “Versace” in 2013. The song was remixed by Drake, heightening its popularity.

The group had four Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, though Takeoff was not on their multiweek No. 1 hit “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert.

They put out a trilogy of albums called “Culture,” “Culture II” and “Culture III,” with the first two albums hitting No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. They also earned an ASCAP Vanguard Award in 2018 for their streaming success with multiplatinum songs like “Motorsport (featuring Cardi B and Nicki Minaj),” “Stir Fry,” and “Walk It Talk It.”

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Black church tradition survives Georgia’s voting changes

By Sudhin Thanawala and Gary Fields The Associated Press

ATLANTA Black church leaders and activists in Georgia rallied Sunday in a push to get congregants to vote — a long-standing tradition known as “souls to the polls” that is taking on greater meaning this year amid new obstacles to casting a ballot in the midterm elections.

At Rainbow Baptist Church just outside Atlanta, about two dozen cars and a large bus emblazoned with the image of civil rights icon John Lewis formed a caravan in the parking lot.

Teresa Hardy, an organizer with voting rights group The Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda, led a prayer before the caravan set out for a polling site at a nearby mall.

“Your rights are being taken away,” said Comarkco Blackett, a minister at Rainbow Baptist. “We have to get out, stand together across color boundaries.”

State lawmakers nearly did away with Sunday voting under a bill signed into law last year.

The Republican-sponsored legislation followed former President Trump’s false claims that voter fraud cost him reelection in 2020.

Republicans said Georgia’s new law was necessary to restore confidence in the state’s election system. Civil rights advocates saw it as an attack on Black vot-

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ers, who helped Democrats win the presidential contest in Georgia in 2020 for the firs t Ms. Butler time since 1992 and later take the state’s two U.S. Senate seats. They are pushing back by redoubling efforts to turn out Black voters.

“No matter what barriers they try to put in place, we’re going to find a way for our people to get around those barriers so they can actually exercise their right to vote,” said

Helen Butler, executive director of the P e o p l e ’s Agenda.

Sunday’s caravan ended Rev. Richardson at a strip mall, where several dozen people held signs encouraging passersby to vote. Georgia has experienced a significant jump in turnout during early voting, which runs through Nov. 4. As of Friday morning, more than 1.25 million voters had cast ballots in person, according to the secretary of state’s office, a jump

of more than 50 percent from the 2018 midterm contest.

“Our ancestors fought far harder than we’re fighting,” said Rhonda Taylor, a leader in the AME Church in Atlanta who participated in Sunday’s rally.

“We got to keep going.”

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta who is facing reelection in November, attended a separate “souls to the polls” event at a church in Atlanta.

“Souls to the polls” reflects the Black church’s central role in the fight for justice and freedom in the U.S., said Rev. W. Franklyn Richardson, chairman

of the board of trustees of the Conference of National Black Churches.

Rev. Richardson said efforts like it are particularly critical this election cycle.

“It’s the cumulative accomplishment of our people that is being challenged and threatened that makes this such an urgent

election,” he said.

The idea for “souls to the polls” goes back to the Civil Rights Movement. The Rev. George Lee, a Black Mississippi entrepreneur, was assassinated by white supremacists in 1955 after he helped nearly 100 Black residents register to vote in the town of Belzoni.

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In Appreciation and Loving Memory The countless expressions of sympathy, compassion and love expressed upon the untimely and unexpected death of my only beloved son, Tony Binga, are appreciated beyond measure.

Tony, or AJ, as he was known to many, was my rock.

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Legal Notices/Employment Opportunities 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, November 14, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2022-219 As Amended To repeal City Code §§ 11-19—11-50, concerning sound control, to repeal City Code § 26-929, concerning advertising and vehicles carrying sound devices on streets, and to amend ch. 11, art. II of the City Code by adding therein new §§ 11-32—11-38 for the purpose of modifying the City’s sound control program.

Ordinance No. 2022-270 To amend and reordain City Code § 26-355, concerning the levy of tax on real estate, to establish a tax rate of $1.20 for the tax year beginning Jan. 1, 2023, pursuant to Va. Code § 58.1-3321(b), and increasing such rate from the Rolled Back Tax Rate of $1.072 as computed in accordance with Va. Code § 58.1-3321(a).

Ordinance No. 2022-271 To amend and reordain City Code § 26-355, concerning the levy of tax on real estate, to establish a tax rate of $1.16 for the tax year beginning Jan. 1, 2023, pursuant to Va. Code § 58.1-3321(b), and increasing such rate from the Rolled Back Tax Rate of $1.072 as computed in accordance with Va. Code § 58.1-3321(a).

Ordinance No. 2022-275 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Legacy Nexus Foundation Grant Contract between the City of Richmond and the Legacy Nexus Foundation, for the purpose of implementing a skilled trades training credentialing program.

Ordinance No. 2022-276 To rename the bridge in the city of Richmond known as the Robert E. Lee Memorial Bridge as “Belvidere Bridge,” and to repeal Res. No. 2020-R043, adopted June 22, 2020.

Ordinance No. 2022-277 To amend Ord. No. 201428-35, adopted Mar. 24, 2014, which granted a conservation and openspace easement on the property generally known as Bandy Field Park to the Friends of Bandy Field, Inc., to amend the conservation and openspace easement on the property generally known as Bandy Field Park to the Friends of Bandy Field, Inc., for the purpose of adding the Capital Region Land Conservancy as a grantee to the Bandy Field conservation and openspace easement.

Ordinance No. 2022-278 To amend and reordain City Code § 26-355, concerning the levy of tax on real estate, to establish a tax rate of $1.10 for the tax year beginning Jan. 1, 2023, pursuant to Va. Code § 58.1-3321(b), and increasing such rate from the Rolled Back Tax Rate of $1.072 as computed in accordance with Va. Code § 58.1-3321(a).

Ordinance No. 2022-279 To amend Ord. No. 2022055, adopted May 9, 2022, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, to transfer $372,165.00 from the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, and appropriate such $372,165.00 to the Department of Emergency Communications, for the purpose of moving the funding for the Office of Emergency Management from the Department of Fire and Emergency Services to its new location within the Department of Emergency Communications.

Ordinance No. 2022-280 To amend Ord. No. 2022055, adopted May 9, 2022, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, to transfer $75,000.00 from the Department of Housing and Community Development, and appropriate such $75,000.00 to the Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services for the purpose of moving the funding for the position of “Homeless Services Assistant” from the Department of Housing and Community Development to a new position within the Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services called the “Programs and Operations Manager.”

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To amend Ord. No. 2022055, adopted May 9, 2022, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, to transfer $55,119.00 from the Office of Community Wealth Building, and appropriate s u c h $ 5 5 , 11 9 . 0 0 t o the Office of Strategic Communications and Civic Engagement, for the purpose of moving the funding for the position of “Human Services Technician/ Coordinator for the Community Ambassador Program” from the Office of Community Wealth Building to a new position within the Office of Strategic Communications and Civic Engagement called the “Neighborhood Support Coordinator.”

Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Department of Transportation to provide funding for the Richmond Signal System project for the purpose of completing upgrades to the City’s traffic signal communication network to improve traffic flow and safety.

Ordinance No. 2022-282 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $45,000.00 from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, to amend the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Special Fund Budget by creating a new special fund for the Department of Emergency Communications called the Mobile Camera Platform Grant Special Fund, and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Emergency Communications’ Mobile Camera Platform Grant Special Fund by $45,000.00 for the purpose of funding the purchase of a mobile camera platform.

Ordinance No. 2022-283 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept $11,987.86 from the Washington/ Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area and Mercyhurst University and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Adult Drug Court’s RADTC - Step Up and Out Program special fund by $11,987.86 for the purpose of funding increased substance abuse treatment and supportive housing costs for the Richmond Adult Drug Treatment Court’s RADTC – Step Up and Out Program.

Ordinance No. 2022-284 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept the second tranche of American Rescue Plan Act funds in the amount of $77,439,914.00 from the United States Department of the Treasury; to amend the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 General Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the General Fund Budget for certain agencies and reserves for contingencies by $16,939,914.00; to amend the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Capital Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities for certain existing and new capital improvement projects in the Culture and Recreation category by $60,500,000.00all for the purpose of funding the City’s efforts to recover from the economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in accordance with the American Rescue Plan Act. Ordinance No. 2022-285 To declare that a public necessity exists and to authorize the acquisition by gift, purchase, condemnation or otherwise, permanent utility easements for the public purpose of facilitating the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Robin Road sewer replacement project.

Ordinance No. 2022-286 To declare a public necessity for and to authorize the acquisition of ±16.87 acres, in fee simple from CSX Transportation, Inc., and in connection therewith, to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Purchase Sale Agreement between the City and CSX Transportation, Inc., for the purpose of facilitating the implementation of the James River Branch Trail project in the city of Richmond.

Ordinance No. 2022-287 To designate the 2900 block of Brook Road, between Hammond Avenue and Sherwood Avenue, in honor of Ellalee Fountain Flowers.

Ordinance No. 2022-281

Ordinance No. 2022-288 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Standard Project Administration

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Ordinance No. 2022-289 To repeal City Code §§ 2-375—2-377, concerning emergency management, to amend ch. 2, art.

IV, div. 20 of the City Code by adding therein new §§ 2-730—2-732, and to amend City Code §§ 2-728, concerning the creation of the Department of Emergency Communications, 2-729, concerning certain emergency communications agreements and fees, 1048, concerning definitions for the administration of burglar alarms,10-50, concerning duties of alarm companies, 1051, concerning duties of alarm users, and 1052, concerning alarm permit requirements, for the purpose of moving emergency management functions to the City’s Department of Emergency Communications and changing the name of the Department of Emergency Communications to the Department of Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so by following the instructions referenced in the November 14, 2022 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda.

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

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Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ANELIA VAUGHN, Plaintiff v.

JORDAN VAUGHN, SR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL22000708-00 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 13th day of December, 2022 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 MICHELLE HARRIS TEMPLETON, Plaintiff v.

NATHAN TEMPLETON Defendant.

Case No.: CL22003118-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown appear here on or before the 7th day of December, 2022 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 HENRICO THERESA EVANGALINA BURWELL, Plaintiff v.

THAD HARLEY BURWELL, Defendant.

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terminate the marriage, for a period exceeding twelve (12) months, namely since January 9, 2014.

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

It is accordingly ORDERED that Thad Harley Burwell whose whereabouts are unknown, appear before this court on or before the 5th day of December, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and do what is necessary to protect his interests herein.

A Copy, Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk Richard J Oulton, Esq VSB #29640 America Law Group, Inc 8501 Mayland Drive #106 Henrico VA 23294 (804) 308-0051 Fax (804) 308-0053

Affidavit having been made and filed that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the identities and/or locations of certain parties to be served, and that there are or might be persons whose names are unknown, interested in the subject matter of this suit; It is ORDERED that the unknown heirs, descendants, devisees, assigns, and/or successors in title to John T. Glasgow, Annie C. Glasgow, Hazel T. Glasgow and Mary C. Glasgow, if living and if not living, their heirs at-law; and other unknown heirs or parties who have an interest in the subject matter of this suit, who are proceeded against as Unknown Heirs and Parties Unknown, appear before Court on or before December 13, 2022 to protect their interests, if any, in this suit.

I ask for this: Curtis D. Gordon, Esq., V.S.B. #25325 DANKOS, GORDON & TUCKER, P.C. 1360 East Parham Road, Suite 200 Richmond, VA 23228 Telephone: (804) 262-8000 Facsimile: (804) 262-8088 Email: cgordon@ dankosgordon.com Email: kroberts@ dankosgordon.com Counsel for Plaintiff

to subject the property briefly described as 3720 Cottrell Road, Tax Map Number C0080948032, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Marilynn Woods Howard.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, M A RI L Y N N W O O D S HOWARD, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, 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 MARILYNN WOODS HOWARD, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 15, 2022 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 FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ROBIN SHEARIN, Plaintiff v.

DEXTER SHEARIN Defendant.

Case No.: CL22002971-00 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 28th day of November, 2022 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 BRET ALDEN, Plaintiff v.

MARILYN ALDEN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22002972-00 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 28th day of November, 2022 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

PROPERTY

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

SHEILA A. ANDERSON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-3550 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 826 North 35th Street, Tax Map Number E0000966001, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Sheila A. Anderson and Charnelle E. Smith.

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

IT IS ORDERED that SHEILA A. ANDERSON, CHARNELLE E. SMITH, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 12, 2023 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.

Roy E. Willis, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-4398 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3113 Letcher Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001053011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Roy Edward Willis and Lillian M. Willis.

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

IT IS ORDERED that Roy Edward Willis, Lillian M. Willis and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 15, 2022 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

AUCTION In accordance with Virginia Code 43-34; 46.2-644.03 from the Henrico General District Court, Case# GV2200408-00, the Henrico County Sheriff’s Office will set at public auction the contents located at 407 West Nine Mile Rd in Henrico, VA, on 11-18-22, 9:00 a.m.

The inspection of the item will begin at 8:30 a.m. The item for sale is 2020, Ford Escape, IFMCU0F64LUB77477, NO KEYS, NOT RUNNING. Payments shall be cash only, paid in full and all property must be removed on sale day unless arrangements are made prior with the Plaintiff.

All property is sold “AS IS, WHERE IS” with no warranties.

ABC LICENSE Rich Nail Lounge LLC Trading as: Rich Nail Lounge LLC 1106 Hull Street Richmond, VA 23224-4060 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage C ontrol (ABC) AUTHORITY for a retail marketplace license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Mercedes Buck, Owner Date notice posted at establishment: November 3, 2022 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) 552-3200.

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 Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 2611 Bells Road is seeking a Full-Time Pastor. He or she must be deeply rooted in the Baptist doctrine.

Having experience as a pastor is preferred.

Theology training and having the desire to preach, teach, care for God’s people, and be guided by God is necessary.

The deadline for accepting resumes is December 2, 2022. Please submit a cover letter and resume to Mount Olive Baptist Church, Attn: Pastoral Search Committee, P. O. Box 37369, Richmond, VA 23234. No emails or hand deliveries will be accepted.

This is an equal employment opportunity.

Part-Time Custodian

15 hours per week Salary Commensurate with Experience Mount Olive Baptist Church is seeking a part-time Custodian during the morning hours from Monday – Friday, 9 A.M. – 12 P.M. Duties include but are not limited to: opening and/or closing church buildings in accordance with scheduled activities and or events, keeping the church buildings and grounds clean Preferred candidate should possess previous custodian and/or sexton experience as well as experience in operating a floor buffer. A Criminal History Background Check is required.

This position will remain opened until filled.

Applicants may pick up an application from the church office or submit a resume in lieu of an application to: Mount Olive Baptist Church, 8775 Mt. Olive Avenue, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060. The e-mail address is mstyles@mobcva.org, and the fax number is (804) 262-2397. For more information, please call (804)-262-9614 ext. 227 Application can also be filled out online at https://www.mobcva.org/job-openings Freelance Writers: Richmond Free Press has immediate opportunities for freelance writers.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND RICKY COSBY Plaintiff, v.

JOHN T. GLASGOW; ANNIE C. GLASGOW; HAZEL T. GLASGOW; MARY C. GLASGOW, and if deceased the heirs at law of John T. Glasgow, Annie C. Glasgow, Hazel T. Glasgow, Mary C. Glasgow; and the Unknown heirs, descendants, devisees, assigns, and/or successors in title to John T. Glasgow, Annie C. Glasgow, Hazel T. Glasgow and Mary C. Glasgow, if any there be, the consorts of any of the said unknown heirs who are married, the lien creditors of the said unknown heirs, if any, and other persons who may have an interest in the subject matter of this suit, whose names are unknown and are included in the general description of “UNKNOWN HEIRS and PARTIES UNKNOWN” Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-441812 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to claim title to a certain parcel of land situated in the City of Richmond, Virginia, being previously owned by John T. Glasgow, Annie C. Glasgow, Hazel T. Glasgow and Mary C. Glasgow, more particularly described as follows: No. 603 North 31st Street, For your convenience, the Richmond Free Press designated as 603 on a plat offers you the opportunity to receive of said adjacent parcel by T. the Richmond Free Press in the mail.

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