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Trouble doubles Petersburg’s creditors lining up, suing to get paid By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Dironna Moore Belton is counting on a flood of money pouring into Petersburg’s treasury in coming days from residents paying their first quarter property tax bills. If the $4 million or so the interim city manager is anticipating comes in, Ms. Belton would have more than enough to pay the next principal and interest payments due on Petersburg city bonds. And that payment, estimated at $1.53 million in city financial documents, would prevent state Secretary of Finance Richard D. “Ric” Brown from seizing state money allocated to Petersburg for other purposes and using it to prevent default on those bonds. That’s one of the challenges that Ms. Ms. Belton Belton is coping with in seeking to keep the Petersburg government afloat amid an ongoing financial crisis for the city of 33,000 people. Despite budget cuts and tax increases the Petersburg City Council approved, the city remains short of cash to pay its workers and bills. It also remains unable to gain a short-term loan from lenders, who remain skeptical the debt would be repaid. Trying to keep a handle on the problem, Ms. Belton is receiving daily reports on the city’s cash situation and the bills that are due. She also has centralized approval of all payments in her office, ending the practice in place when she arrived last March of having at least 30 people able to spend city money. But that has not stopped the challenges from coming. The latest challenge hit Wednesday, when the regional body Please turn to A4

State seeks improvement in RPS special ed By Lauren Northington

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The National Museum of African American History and Culture, located on the National Mall near the Washington Monument, will display more than 33,000 artifacts highlighting the culture and history of black people in America. Below, deacon’s chairs from Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church in Jackson Ward are featured in a museum display on African-American ministers. The Richmond church was founded in 1867 by the Rev. John Jasper.

New D.C. museum opens with links to local people, history By Lauren Northington

When the National Museum of African American History and Culture opens this weekend with fanfare, a dedication ceremony Saturday with President Obama and other dignitaries and an anticipated crowd of thousands, a 130-year-old bell shipped to the museum from Williamsburg will ring — and acknowledge history. The bell is among several historic items — and people — from the Greater Richmond area linked to the opening celebration of the $300 million museum that is part of the Smithsonian Institution. Designed by architect David Adjaye of Freelon Adjaye Bond/ SmithGroup, the new 400,000square-foot building is at ConstituCourtesy of Baltimore Tuskegee Alumni Club Richmond resident and tion Avenue and 14th Street NW veterinarian Dr. Danielle Spencer- on the Washington Mall, near the David, who starred as the little Washington Monument. sister “Dee” on the 1970s The building, with its contempositcom “What’s Happening!!,” is rary design, will be filled with more included in a museum exhibit. than 33,000 cultural and historical artifacts devoted “exclusively to the documentation of African-American life, history and culture” spanning more than 400 years, according to the Smithsonian website.

The Virginia Department of Education is not satisfied with the state of special education in Richmond Public Schools, according to a report delivered Monday night to the Richmond School Board — the first meeting of the academic year. Based on data collected by the state agency from the 20132014, 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 academic years, the department found that RPS “needs assistance” with improving educational quality for students with learning disabilities. The department concluded that RPS’ programs for special needs students rated only 73 on a scale of 100 in providing its most detailed analysis of such programs. The department determined the rating after analyzing 100 randomly selected student records, conducting 94 classroom walkthroughs in 10 different Richmond schools and holding interviews with groups of students, teachers and administrators. Richmond schools Superintendent Dana T. Bedden requested the state review two years ago; however, he was not at the meeting. According to his schedule, Dr. Bedden was in Washington to participate in a government seminar on the challenges of educating girls of color, particularly those who suffer trauma. Richmond has about 4,000 students in special education Photo by Ayasha Sledge programs, which is nearly one in six students in the school system. Nia Saunders, 8, a student at Linwood Holton According to the state re- Elementary School, snaps a photo at the port, RPS received low scores Sept. 15 opening reception of the inaugural for moving too slowly to AFRIKANA Independent Film Festival. The identify students with learn- three-day event at venues across the city ing disabilities, for having an showcased dozens of films by Africanoutsized proportion of African- American filmmakers and featured inspiring

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Va. Supreme Court rejects contempt charge for governor By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Gov. Terry McAuliffe is now free to keep restoring the voting rights of felons who have served their time — a relief to more than 18,000 people whose rights he has restored since Aug. 22. The Virginia Supreme Court refused to wade further into this increasingly partisan battle and threw out another Republican attempt to restrict the governor’s constitutional authority to restore voting rights. On Sept. 15, the court dismissed with little comment a request from GOP leaders in the General Assembly to hold Gov. McAuliffe in contempt for shifting from a blanket restoration of rights to a fast-paced, individual restoration of the right of felons to vote. Restoring a person’s rights also allows him or her to run for office, serve on juries and become a notary public. Earlier in the summer, the state’s highest court blocked the governor from restoring the rights of more than 200,000 felons en masse after GOP House Speaker William J. Howell of Fredericksburg and GOP Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment of James City County, challenged his authority to do what no other governor had ever done. For Gov. McAuliffe, the court’s terse decision to throw out the follow-up contempt request represents a win in a bitter fight that could lead to an attempt to change the state Constitution to strip future governors of the authority to restore felons’ rights — an authority in place for 186 years. “I am pleased that the Supreme Court has dismissed the case Republicans filed in their latest attempt to prevent individuals who have served their time having

a full voice in our society,” Gov. McAuliffe stated after learning of the court’s decision. “It is my hope,” he continued, “that the court’s validation of the process we are using will convince Republicans to drop their divisive efforts to prevent Virginians from regaining their voting rights and focus their energy and resources on making Virginia a better place to live for the people who elected all of us to lead.” Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring, who represented the governor before the court, added that “this contempt motion was completely baseless, and I’m glad that the Supreme Court dispatched it so quickly. “Gov. McAuliffe is doing the right thing in giving these Virginians back their voice and their vote and I hope the legislature will join the effort,” he added. Republican leaders indicated they are finished trying to restrain Gov. McAuliffe through the courts, but would take up legislation at the next General Assembly session in January to push for restraining the governor’s authority. “We are disappointed, but respect the Supreme Court’s order,” Speaker Howell stated. “Throughout this process, our goal was to hold the governor accountable to the Constitution and the rule of law. The governor stretched the bounds of the Virginia Constitution and sought to expand executive power in a manner we viewed as inappropriate and reckless. “The General Assembly must now review the Constitution’s provision governing felon voting,” Howell added. “The current provisions of the constitution are vague, vulnerable to executive overreach. Several Please turn to A4

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Jason Aldridge gathers clippings Friday afternoon from the live oak tree in Downtown that was taken down last weekend to make way for the planned Maggie L. Walker statue and plaza. The tree, growing at the triangular intersection of Brook Road and Broad and Adams streets since 1989, became a source of controversy for the Walker monument, as some people wanted it to be removed, while others believed it should stay, in part, because this type of oak is rare in Virginia because of the climate. City workers took it down Saturday, leaving a stump upon which a message was written: “Sorry Friend – TRN.” Clipping collectors say they are hoping to root them to grow new trees. Groundbreaking on the plaza is slated for 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29.

Richmond Ambulance Authority marks 25 years of service By Jeremy M. Lazarus

For thousands of Richmond residents, the Richmond Ambulance Authority has been a lifesaver. On Wednesday, the ambulance service marked its 25th year of providing emergency medical services. Created in 1991 by the Richmond City Council and city manager in response to a failing EMS system, RAA now ranks among the best in the country in providing pre-hospital health care to people who are injured or suffer a heart attack or other life-threatening conditions. “When RAA was created 25 years ago, EMS service in the city was in complete disarray, with multiple ambulance companies competing for the highest-paying transports, leaving some sectors of the city without coverage,” said Chip Decker, the authority’s chief executive officer. “There was no accountability, which is why the Richmond Ambulance Authority was created and given responsibility for providing Mr. Decker EMS services,” Mr. Decker said. “The creation of the authority placed the patient first and guaranteed performance to the city’s residents. Over the course of these 25 years, the City of Richmond truly has gained a world-class EMS system.” Since 2007, the RAA has been self-operated after severing ties with a contractor, he said, ensuring speedier and more efficient service in partnership with the city Department of Fireand Emergency Service. He said RAA has earned a reputation as a high-performance EMS agency, most notably for its groundbreaking use of data and information systems to position ambulances to meet or exceed its goal of responding to a call in under 9 minutes. On average, RAA responds daily to 200 calls and transports about 140 people to area hospitals, Mr. Decker said. In the 2016 fiscal year that ended July 1, RAA responded to 66,000 calls, up 53 percent from the 43,000 calls RAA handled in 1991. The RAA’s consistent level of service, its implementation of clinical trials of medicine and equipment and its public education programs have not gone unnoticed, he said. In 2015, the EMS World Magazine and the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians named RAA the Career EMS Agency of the Year.

He also noted that RAA is among the rare EMS operations to earn accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services and to be named an Accredited Center of Excellence by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch. The authority also has had an impact on EMS internationally, most recently with its partnership with the Panamerican Trauma Society, Mr. Decker said. Trauma surgeons from Central and South America are coming to Richmond to participate in the PTS’ observer program, he said. The program allows surgeons to spend weeks at a time em-

bedded with RAA to fully understand the role an EMS organization plays in the overall trauma system, he said, allowing those physicians to take the lessons learned in Richmond and apply them in their own countries. In the past nine years, RAA also has hosted government officials, doctors and EMS personnel from other U.S. cities and abroad seeking to learn more about the operation. They have come from England, Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Holland, Norway, Columbia, Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Australia, Turkmenistan and Taiwan.

Free CPR instruction on Monday

Do you know how to give CPR to someone whose heart stops? VCU Health wants to make sure you do because cardiopulmonary resuscitation can double or triple the chance of survival. The health system has announced it will offer hands-only CPR instruction without

charge next week at event it will host with Sports Backers and the American Heart Association. The program is 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, at the Sports Backers Stadium, 100 AvenueT:6.4375” of Champions, next to The Diamond baseball stadium on The

Boulevard, according to VCU Health. Demonstrations will begin at 6 p.m., including an interactive hands-on experience for families. Participants also are to receive a free CPR Anytime Kit to practice or to teach hands-only CPR to relatives and friends. Details: (804) 828-7823.

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Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey picked up his first significant endorsement this week in the race for Richmond’s mayor, winning the backing of the Richmond Crusade for Voters. The city’s oldest and largest African-American political group threw its support behind the former delegate at its meeting Tuesday, according to interim Crusade President Corey Nicholson. He said Mr. Morrissey secured the most votes from the membership to win the group’s support. Other mayoral candidates winning significant votes included Jack Berry, who came in second, and Levar Stoney, who finished third in the contest for the Crusade’s endorsement, Mr. Nicholson said. In the Richmond City Council races, the Crusade snubbed two incumbents, Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, and Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District, who are among five council members seeking re-election for another four-year term. Along with three incumbents, the Crusade backed six newcomers. By district, the Crusade’s choices are: Harry H. Warner Jr., 1st District; A.S. “Charlie” Diradour, 2nd District; Milondra B. Coleman, 3rd District; Johnny S. Walker, 4th District; Garrett L. Sawyer, 5th District; incumbent Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District; incumbent Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District; incumbent Reva M. Trammell, 8th District; and Michael J. Jones, 9th District. In Richmond School Board races, the Crusade also snubbed incumbent Shonda M. Harris-Muhammed, 6th District, one of three incumbents seeking new four-year terms. The Crusade endorsements went to: Liz B. Doer, 1st District; Mariah L. White, 2nd District; incumbent Jeff M. Bourne, 3rd District; Sean M. Smith, 4th District; incumbent Mamie L. Taylor, 5th District; Felicia D. Cosby, 6th District; Nadine D. Marsh-Carter, 7th District; Dawn C. Page, 8th District; and no endorsement in the 9th District, where newcomer Linda D. Baker is running unopposed. The Crusade also endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton for president and state Sen. A. Donald McEachin, a Democrat, for the 4th District congressional seat. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

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New D.C. museum opens with local links Continued from A1

The bell from Williamsburg’s historic First Baptist Church was removed from the church last week and sent to Washington. The church was formed in 1776 by a group of enslaved and free black people, and is believed to be among the first black Baptist churches in the nation organized for and by AfricanAmericans. The bell was purchased in 1886, but was silent since the 1950s until recently. It was restored in partnership with Colonial Williamsburg, and rang for the first time in decades in February when the church launched the “Let Freedom Ring Challenge.” More than 4,000 people from across the nation came to historic church on Scotland Street to ring the bell for racial healing, while thousands of others across the world rang it virtually online. Several of the museum’s artifacts have roots in Richmond, including belongings of Dr. Danielle Spencer-David, who is best known for her portrayal of “Dee,” the little sister in the popular 1970s sitcom, “What’s Happening!!” Now a Richmond resident and veterinarian, Dr. Spencer-David will be celebrated at the museum for her role on the show that aired for three seasons on ABC. “I can hardly believe it’s happening,” Dr. Spencer-David told the Richmond Free Press. “To be a part of a show that was speaking to the African-American community… shows like ‘What’s Happening!!’ and ‘Good Times’ was an honor in itself, but now more than 40 years later to be honored is unbelievable.” Excerpts from the script of “What’s Happening!!” along with materials from the set, the cast and photos will be featured in the performing arts and entertainment section of the museum. Various works from late photographer and Richmond native Louis Draper will be featured in the culture section of the museum. Mr. Draper, who lived in Richmond for more than 20 years, was known as a founding member of the 1960s African-American photography collective “Kamoinge,” meaning “a group of people acting together” in the Bantu language Kikuyu. Several pieces from Mr. Draper’s 40,000-plus negatives and proof sheets will be on display. Richmond resident Pamela H. Lawton had an opportunity to see both Mr. Draper’s photos and her own family heirlooms during a preview Sept. 17 of the museum and is still celebrating. She was invited after donating personal items of her great-greatgrandfather, Richard T. Jones, a longtime aide and clerk to Civil War Gen. Philip Sheridan. Mr. Jones’ diary of their 1882 mission to save public lands in the West from private development was donated to the Smithsonian. That land is now Yellowstone National Park. “Seeing the items on display, and walking through the museum where the entire history of my people is laid out for all to see and learn from, was emotionally mind-blowing, but in a positive way,” said Dr. Lawton, an associate professor of art education at Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition to the diary, the family donated Mr. Jones’ Armyissued, pearl-handled revolver and other family items. Benjamin Ross, church historian of Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church in Jackson Ward, also attended the preview to see the church’s donation — two deacon’s chairs made in 1900 in Vienna

Trouble doubles in Petersburg Continued from A1

that treats Petersburg’s sewage sued the city, seeking $1.2 million that has gone unpaid since May apparently because Ms. Belton diverted fees residents paid for the service to cover more urgent bills. In its filing, the South Central Wastewater Authority, which also treats sewage for four neighboring localities, is asking the Petersburg Circuit Court to order the city to turn over those fees so it can recoup what it has spent and continue to provide service to residents. South Central also is going a step further and asking the court to appoint a receiver to ensure that the money the city’s residents pay for the service “is used for its intended purpose.” While the city intends to defend itself, the action from the authority adds to the line of creditors going to court seeking payment for services they have provided. Ms. Belton has dealt with some of the challenges. For example, when the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority threatened to suspend trash service, Ms. Belton came up with money to pay for the July and August bills and past due amounts, keeping the service going. Ms. Belton also has ended the threat that Petersburg might not be able hold elections in November by paying some long overdue bills and ensuring that crucial vendors would print ballots and prepare the city’s voting machines. Still, Dawn Williams, Petersburg’s longtime voter registrar, said she is worried about being able to pay her small staff overtime and to hire three part-time workers in order to handle the volume of work involved in a presidential election. “It’s our Super Bowl,” she said. Just paying for fuel to keep the city’s fleet in operation, including police cars, is proving to be a challenge. And keeping police cars on the street has become a problem. This week, nearly two dozen police cars were parked at the city’s garage awaiting maintenance from service personnel who are not there. Virtually all have quit or been laid off. Interim Police Chief William Rohde was given permission this week to farm out the work on the aging fleet to local garages. But there are other challenges that are unresolved. His officers have had to turn in city-supplied cell phones because the bill for service is no longer being paid. And there are reports that the wireless service that allows officers to check license plates and warrants on computers in their patrol cars could be shut off next week because the city cannot pay for the service. And with a freeze on hiring, Chief Rohde cannot replace more than a dozen officers who have left in recent weeks for other job opportunities. Separately, Ms. Belton last Friday had to cancel delivery of two new fire trucks the city previously ordered but can no longer afford. The supplier, though, could become another creditor heading to the courthouse because one of the custom trucks was 90 percent complete when the cancellation order was issued. However, the City Council that depends on Ms. Belton to deal with these challenges continues to look for a permanent city manager, with little sign that she has mustered the support among the seven members to win the job herself. This week, the council voted to hire a firm to conduct a fresh search after an attempt last week to hire a deputy city manager from Fayetteville, N.C., flopped. Meanwhile, Ms. Belton continues to work with the funding she has to keep the city going.

ward County and other Virginia localities closed their public schools rather than integrate. The tactic, known as “Massive Resistance,” was championed by Virginia’s segregationist leaders, including U.S. Sen. Harry F. Byrd Sr. In Prince Edward County, the schools were closed from 1959 until 1964, and while provisions were made for white students to receive government-subsidized educations at private schools, no provisions were made for African-American children. “The photographs and postcard were created during a near century-long struggle for African-Americans to improve their lives in the United States,” said Dr. Wesley Chenault, head of special collections and arCourtesy of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation chives at VCU’s James Branch The bell from historic First Baptist Church of Williamsburg, which was sent to Cabell Library. Washington last week, will ring during the dedication Saturday of the National Museum of African American Culture and History. Dr. Rex M. Ellis of Williamsburg, a VCU graduate who by Austrian furniture makes Jacob and Josef Kohn. earned his master’s of divinity from Virginia Union University “This is, of course, a big moment at the church to be a part and a doctorate from the College of William & Mary, has served of the new museum,” he said. as associate director for curatorial affairs at the new museum Mr. Ross has served as church historian for 32 years. The church since 2008. He previously was vice president of the historic area donated the chairs, which it had for 116 years, in August 2013. for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Sixth Mount Zion was founded in 1867 by the renowned The museum’s three-day opening festival, called “Freedom Rev. John Jasper. Mr. Ross said the church has had ties with Sounds: A Community Celebration,” will begin Friday, Sept. the Smithsonian since 1988, when the church was featured in a 23, and continue through Sunday, Sept. 25. Smithsonian-published book on the rise of black churches. The festival, which is free and open to the public, will feaSixth Mount Zion’s sanctuary, built in 1897, will be shown ture performances from Public Enemy, The Roots and dozens at the museum in 1978 photos submitted by VCU Libraries’ of other artists in unique themes for each day. Friday’s theme Special Collections and Archives. VCU also submitted an is “Homecoming,” Saturday’s is “Celebration” and Sunday’s is early 1900s postcard of the iconic Jackson Ward church and a “Call and Response.” digitized photograph of Robert R. Morton School for African Distinguished guests will include First Lady Michelle Obama, Americans. former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush, Chief Justice The Morton School was built in 1953 in Prince Edward John Roberts Jr. and civil rights icon and Congressman John County following a student-led strike in protest of segregated Lewis of Georgia, among others. and inferior schools. After the 1954 landmark Brown v. Board For more information about the museum, including to reserve of Education case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Prince Ed- passes, go to http://nmaahc.si.edu.

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American students labeled as disabled, for having too few disabled students being able to pass state Standards of Learning tests and for having too few students with disabilities graduate with a standard or advanced diploma. The state Department of Education gave RPS its highest scores on correcting past non-compliance and for submitting accurate information. Still, the state’s report represents fresh dismay for the embattled school system. During the three years in which the state collected data, only 30 percent of special needs students in city schools passed state SOL reading tests, far below the state average. Across the state, 45 percent of students with disabilities pass such SOL tests. The data also show that Richmond schools suspended or expelled students with special needs at a rate 2.5 times that of their non-disabled peers. In addition, African-American students in Richmond were twice as likely to be identified for special education services compared with similar students in Newport News and Norfolk. Brenda James, the mother of three special needs children in Richmond schools, called the report an outrage. “They treat my children like they’re in jail or in the military,” she said. “They’re just trying to discipline them without educating them. Teachers and administrators don’t speak to the kids’ feelings and emotions, and they don’t talk to the

parents about how to show love and affection. They don’t need discipline, they need attention.” Her son, a sophomore at George Wythe High School, completed his first Individualized Education Program, or IEP, at Boushall Middle School after being diagnosed with PTSD and being suspended from school for 30 days in 2014 for fighting. “My son is tall and heavy for his size, but they think he’s intimidating. He just does not like to see people bullied,” Ms. James said. Ms. James’ daughter, a ninth-grader at Richmond Alternative School, was expelled from Boushall Middle in the seventh grade and has attended Richmond Alternative School off and on since. Ms. James, who spoke at Monday’s meeting, is particularly concerned about her daughter’s math and reading abilities and wants to ensure her IEP does not prevent her from later going to college. “I want to make sure her math and reading are sound. She went back to school in May after being suspended for almost a year. How did she get her A, B and C’s, and she hadn’t been in school all year? They keep passing her.” As is the case in other school systems, RPS develops IEPs for students who are identified as having special needs because of behavior, mental challenges or learning problems, such as dyslexia. A student with an IEP often is removed from a standard classroom environment into an exceptional education environment. An IEP defines individual learning objectives — outside of collective classroom

objectives — that are supposed to help the child reach his or her individualized educational goals. Dr. Samantha Marsh Hollins, director of the state Office of Special Education Program Improvement, presented the report. However, after the15-minute presentation, Dr. Hollins declined to respond to questions from the School Board. Instead, she left it to Dr. Michelle Boyd, executive director of exceptional education for RPS, to respond, which did not sit well with members of the board. “Am I sending her (Dr. Boyd) all of the questions that the Virginia Department of Education refuses to answer?” School Board member Shonda M. HarrisMuhammad, 6th District, asked. “This presentation does not represent collaboration,” she continued. “I am not going to ask questions to a department that will not answer my questions in public.” According to a complaint that the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and the Legal Aid Justice Center have filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, 98 percent of the long-term suspensions that Richmond handed out in the 2014-2015 school year were to African-American students. Students with disabilities made up 63 percent of the expulsions. When asked by the Free Press about the state of special education in her own district, School Board member Mamie L. Taylor, 5th District, replied, “No success stories so far.”

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proposals have already emerged, and we expect others to come forward.” Sen. Norment already has proposed a constitutional amendment that would automatically restore voting rights to nonviolent felons who have completed their sentences and paid any restitution, court costs and fees. But it also would bar violent felons from ever having their rights restored. Gov. McAuliffe and other Democrats complain that the payment requirement for nonviolent felons would amount to a modern day poll tax, although Democrats in the state Senate previously supported a similar amendment with a payment requirement that Republicans killed. In 2015, Gov. McAuliffe dropped any requirement that felons first pay court costs and fees and began restoring rights for those who had fully completed their sentences, including probation and parole. At that time, Republicans did not object to

that move because it involved restore the rights of 200,000 only nonviolent offenders. felons or more before he leaves Republicans began to object office using the procedures now when the governor moved in in place. April to an en masse restoration It takes at least two years for violent as well as nonviolent to get a constitutional amendoffenders who had completed ment on the ballot for voters to their terms. consider. The General Assembly Republican Delegate Greg first must pass a proposal in two Gov. McAuliffe Hadeeb of Salem has introduced separate sessions, separated by his own proposed amendment in the an election of members. That means any House. Like Sen. Norment, his proposal measure passed in the 2017 legislative seswould automatically restore the rights of sion would have to pass again in the 2018 nonviolent felons who have served their session, following the election of a new time and paid court debts. However the governor and members of the House. Hadeeb proposal would allow violent felons Virginia is one of four states that perto apply to the governor for restoration manently disenfranchises felons, with the of rights two years after completing their governor being the only official who can sentences and paying court debts. restore their rights. Republican Delegates Peter Farrell and Gov. McAuliffe has pushed harder to John O’Bannon of Henrico County plan restore felons’ rights than any of his preto co-patron that proposal. decessors. It remains to be seen whether Such proposals, though, would not the Republican backlash will block his impact Gov. McAuliffe, who will be out successors from taking a similar aggresof office in early January 2018 and could sive approach on the issue.

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For African-American men, health screening is critical at age 50 and beyond. If you are an African-American man hitting his 50s, your life just got a bit trickier. Maybe you’ve never given prostate cancer a second thought, but you should, because your risk of developing the disease — based on age and race — just increased, according to B. Mayer Grob, M.D. at VCU Health. Dr. Grob is a professor of surgery and director of the Urology Residency Program. He also serves as the chief of urology at McGuire VA Medical Center. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. The disease strikes at the gland that is partly responsible for making semen in the male reproductive system. When cancer appears in the gland, cells grow out of control and overtake healthy tissue. It affects one in eight men, at large, but disproportionately hits African-American men harder. About one in six black men is likely to develop prostate cancer. That’s the challenging news, but there is hope, especially for those who live in the Richmond region and have access to one of the top medical teams in the United States when it comes to detecting prostate cancer. At VCU Health, the medical team in the department of radiology has utilized a highly successful process using state-ofthe-art technology to help identify prostate tumors that might go undetected elsewhere. For the past five years, Dr. Jinxing Yu, the director of oncologic and prostate imaging in the department of radiology at VCU Health, has led a team of medical experts in a cancer detection process that now has an 86 percent tumor detection rate when patients with a suspicious lesion on the prostate MRI underwent an imaging guided targeted biopsy. “The average detection rate at other medical centers in the United States is usually lower, between 40 and 80 percent,” Yu says. Prostate cancer can first be indicated when a male patient undergoes routine blood testing through a primary care provider. The prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, is a protein that relates to the occurrence of cancer in the prostate. The PSA level is measured by the nanograms of the protein occurring in one milliliter of blood. A normal PSA test would be less than four nanograms per milliliter. When a doctor sees an abnormally high PSA result in a

male patient, they may opt to have the patient undergo a transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy to test tissue in the prostate gland for cancer. In the TRUS biopsy process, 12 random tissue samples are taken from the prostate. But the randomness of tissue sampling has a likelihood of letting cancerous tissues go undetected, meaning that a patient might be in need of multiple repeated Jinxing Yu, M.D., Professor biopsies. and Director of Oncologic Over the past five years, and Prostate Imaging Yu has utilized diagnostic VCU Health techniques using magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, technology to increase his team’s accuracy in detecting prostate tumors. By using an MRI scanner, Yu can perform a targeted biopsy allowing him to take tissue samples directly from a lesion. “We can put a needle right into a lesion. This imaging technique is so good,” Yu says, “we can identify those tumors often missed by the TRUS biopsy.” Interpreting a prostate MRI to be able to diagnose cancer correctly is a skill that can take years to develop. Yu and his team look for certain patterns that are typical of cancer on each of the different image sequences. “If we put those characteristic features together from each sequence, then we can say with a high degree of confidence that this area is concerning for cancer and potentially target it for biopsy,” says Dr. Sarah Winks, an attending physician in the department of radiology. Yu says the technology itself is only half of the reason for VCU Health’s success in detecting prostate cancer. By working closely together with urologists and radiation oncologists in the Massey Cancer Center during the past five years, he says, his medical team has become much more attuned to the MR images and can zero in on tumors more quickly. “Teamwork and technique matters,” he says. “People’s experience matters, so that’s why less experienced providers may miss a lesion on prostate MRI and so the diagnosis.”

On a September morning at his office at VCU Medical Center, Yu recalled the case of a 63-year-old patient who had tested with a PSA level of 72. His urologist performed five different TRUS biopsies with negative results. But the patient sought another opinion at VCU Medical Center where Yu and his team identified a tumor. The patient then underwent a prostatectomy and not the PSA is undetectable. “Even if some tumors are very, very small (less than 5mm), you’ll still be able to tell if you have the experience,” Yu notes. VCU Health’s success in screening patients for prostate cancer has grown exponentially in the last five years, beginning with 50 screenings and now reaching more than 1,200 of prostate MRI studies in the last year. Yu has seen how MRI technology has changed prostate patients’ care. “Five years ago, 95 percent of patients with prostate cancer or a high PSA would never get any imaging,” Yu said. “Right now, I think probably 50 or 60 percent get imaging which often provides very valuable information to the referring physicians.” Sometimes, these are patients pushing their doctors for a referral as one of Yu’s patients did last year. For men with prostate cancer, the long-term prospects are hopeful. According to the American Cancer Society, the five-

The experience of Andrew Harder, a former patient at VCU Medical Center, illustrates the challenging path many men may travel simply to get reliable answers about their

prostate health. It was 2009 when Harder, an MRI technologist, received news that a standard blood test showed he had an abnormally high prostate-antigen, or PSA, level. The measurement of a man’s PSA level can indicate the occurrence of cancer cells in the prostate gland, a part of the male reproductive system that helps create semen. When the PSA is above 4 nanograms per milliliter of blood, it can be the early warning of a prostate tumor. Harder’s PSA was nine. The level rose to 20 by the time Harder had an appointment with a urologist. So, the physician referred him to the next step, a transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy, which involves taking random tissue samples from 12 cross sections of the prostate. Harder, age 60, underwent three TRUS biopsies over the next two years, and all of them were inconclusive. “It is frustrating to have a bunch of biopsies with a rising PSA and no proof of cancer,” Harder says.

After Harder’s third biopsy, he was referred to Dr. Jinxing Yu at VCU Medical Center. By then, Harder’s PSA was around 30. Yu is the director of oncologic and prostate imaging in the Department of Radiology at VCU Health. Since 2011, Yu developed diagnostic techniques using MRI technology to investigate difﬁcult cases like Harder’s. It took only one MRI for Yu to identify the tumor in Harder’s prostate gland. Then, using an MRI scanner, Yu conducted a targeted biopsy and was able to take a tissue sample directly from Harder’s tumor. In 2012, Harder began a cancer treatment plan that included hormone therapy for six months to shrink the tumor and prostate. Radiation treatment took him all the way to remission. Today, Andrew Harder’s PSA is normal, thanks to the team at VCU Massey Cancer Center.

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Prostate cancer affects the prostate gland, which is part of the male reproductive system that helps make semen. The chance of developing prostate cancer increases aggressively in men beginning at age 50, but more than 60 percent of the positive diagnoses occur in men 65 or older. African-American men are more likely than Caucasian men to develop prostate cancer and are two times more likely to die from the disease. PSA — The prostate-speciﬁc antigen is a protein that

year survival rate for prostate cancer patients who undergo treatment is 99 percent. At VCU Health, Yu and his team are helping more of those men get the tumor diagnosed and treatment they need. “We are conﬁdent in saying we are one of the best prostate MRI programs in the country.”

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can indicate the occurrence of cancer in the prostate. The PSA level is measured by the nanograms of the protein occurring in one milliliter of blood. A normal PSA test would be four nanograms per milliliter. TRUS biopsy — A transrectal ultrasound sampling of tissue from the prostate gland to test for the presence of cancer. A TRUS biopsy takes 12 random samples from throughout the gland, but a negative result (indicating no cancer) can often reﬂect the fact that none of the bisopsy needles passed through

the cancer. This is referred to as a false negative. For those with high PSA levels, a repeat biopsy may be needed. There is a hereditary risk of prostate cancer. A man’s risk more than doubles if he has a brother or father with a history of the disease. The risk is much higher for men with several affected relatives, especially if their relatives were young when the cancer was found.

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Family of Sandra Bland reaches $1.9M settlement in her Texas death Reuters AUSTIN, TEXAS The family of an African-American motorist found hanged in her Texas jail cell after being held in police custody following a traffic stop has reached a $1.9 million settlement in a wrongful death suit against law enforcement, their lawyer said last week. The Texas Department of Public Safety and the Waller County Jail, run by the local sheriff, will pay the family of Sandra Bland, Chicago-based lawyer Cannon Lambert said in an interview following the settlement agreement reached Sept. 15. The county jail also will step up staff training and inmate monitoring, and have a nurse or emergency medical technician available for all shifts as part of the settlement, he said. “This is the beginning, not the end,” said Mr. Lambert, who added that Ms. Bland’s Ms. Bland mother, Geneva ReedVeal, had insisted that jail reform be included in the settlement. The Texas Department of Public Safety said it had not settled litigation regarding Ms. Bland and was not a party to any agreements between the plaintiffs and Waller County defendants. Mr. Lambert said that in the settlement, the

Department of Public Safety, whose liability is capped by state statutes, will pay $100,000 and the jail will pay $1.8 million. Ms. Bland, 28, was found dead in her cell three days after her July 2015 arrest, with a trash bag around her neck. Critics said race was a factor in her being pulled over while driving, and for her arrest, which they said was sparked by the trooper escalating tensions. The Waller County Sheriff’s Office said an agreement had been reached but was not yet final. It said the deal’s details were still confidential. “The Waller County defendants also emphasize they vigorously deny any fault or wrongdoing, and the potential settlement does not involve any such admissions,” it said in a statement. Ms. Bland was pulled over in her car on July 10 by then-state trooper Brian Encinia for failing to signal a lane change in Waller County, about 50 miles northwest of Houston. She was charged with assaulting an officer. The Department of Public Safety faulted Mr. Encinia for his conduct during the stop and later fired him. A dashcam video showed him shouting at Ms. Bland and failing to answer her when she asked repeatedly why she was being arrested. Shortly after her death, Ms. Bland’s family filed the wrongful death suit against Mr. Encinia, the Waller County sheriff’s office and her jailers. They also questioned an autopsy report that described her death as a suicide by hanging. Mr. Encinia was indicted on a misdemeanor charge of lying in the arrest report he wrote about the incident.

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Monroe Park to get a $6M renovation By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Monroe Park is about to get a $6 million facelift. The nonprofit Monroe Park Conservancy raised the $3 million in private funds to contribute to the renovation of the 165-year-old park, clearing the way for work to begin in early November, it was announced Wednesday. The announcement is winning cheers from park supporters, but is considered a blow to volunteers and organizations that feed the homeless in the park on weekends. They will have to relocate during the 12 to 18 months of work. Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones issued the announcement with Dr. Michael Rao, president of Virginia Commonwealth University, and Alice Massie, MPC president. Dating to 1851, the park, bounded by Belvidere, Main, Laurel and Franklin streets, sits next to VCU’s Monroe Park Campus and has long been a centerpiece of the city. During its history, it has hosted the state fair, served as a mustering point for troops and hosted an array of community events. “Many of us have labored for more than a decade to launch the renovation of Richmond’s oldest park,” Ms. Massie said. “It’s exciting to know the work can now begin.” MPC promised to raise $3 million to support the park’s facelift after Richmond City Council granted the group a 30-year lease to manage the park in March 2014. The park’s redevelopment and stewardship have remained on hold as the fundraising proceeded. Mayor Jones praised the conservancy for securing private support to match the city’s investment.

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“It’s time to put shovels in the ground and begin bringing this beautiful park back to life,” he said. The mayor said he would send legislation to City Council on Monday, Sept. 26, seeking authorization to accept the conservancy’s funds for the renovation. If approved as anticipated, the council’s action would be followed by a ceremony in November when the city would formally close the park to begin the work, the mayor said. The first step, Mayor Jones said, would include extensive infrastructure upgrades to antiquated underground sewer, gas, water and electrical systems. The city has set aside nearly $3 million for that work, which would be followed by the above-ground renovations. Monroe Park was designed in the 19th century to be a safe,

accessible, inviting and engaging green space, Ms. Massie said. MPC plans to ensure that the park will continue that focus after it reopens, she said. The goal, she said, is for Monroe Park to continue to be a place that is welcoming to everyone — from lawn athletes to picnickers and patrons of the arts. During construction, admission to the park is expected to be tightly controlled and limited based on safety concerns. Two organizations, Homeward and the United Way of Greater Richmond, are expected to work with individuals and groups interested in providing food and clothing to homeless Richmonders in need. No plans have been announced for creating a replacement site for helping the homeless during the renovations.

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It took 19 months, but Kanawha Plaza, which sits above the Downtown Expressway, is once again open to the public after a $2.9 million facelift, including restoration of the fountain. This view shows the revamped park looking south toward the Federal Reserve building. Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones led the ribbon-cutting Tuesday to reopen the park that is bounded by 7th, 9th, Canal and Byrd streets and that once was more used by the homeless than nearby office workers. The park now includes space for food trucks. Officials said that the open, grassy space provides potential room for athletic events, running activities and concerts. The architectural firm of Kelso & Easter handled the redesign and Southwood Building Systems was the general contractor.

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President Obama motivates voters at Congressional Black Caucus dinner By Hazel Trice Edney

WASHINGTON President Obama had barely begun his remarks Saturday night before shouts of “I love you!” came from the audience, tributes to his final speech to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Phoenix Awards Dinner. He returned the words, but did not linger. He quickly moved to the business at hand — hammering the urgency for black voters to support Democrat Hillary Clinton at the polls Nov. 8, delivering arguably his most powerful address to the “conscious of the Congress.” With thunder in his voice, President Obama said to repeated applause, “There’s no such thing as a vote that doesn’t matter! It all matters! And after we have achieved historic turnout in 2008 and 2012, especially in the African-American community, I will consider it a personal insult, an insult to my legacy, if this community lets down its guard and fails to activate itself in this election. You want to give me a good sendoff? Go vote! And I’m going to be working as hard as I can these next seven weeks to make sure folks do.” As billionaire businessman Republican Donald J. Trump attempts to discourage black votes from Mrs. Clinton, and supporters of former Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders express hopelessness — some vowing not to vote — President Obama reminded what’s at stake as voters choose between Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Trump. “Hope is on the ballot. And fear is on the ballot, too,” he said. President Obama began his speech joking that he had an “extra spring in my step tonight” because he was “so relieved that the whole birther thing is over.” As a political maneuver, Mr. Trump held a press conference last week finally acknowledging that President Obama was born in the United States. For eight years, Mr. Trump tried to spread lies and doubt, claiming that the president was born in Kenya. CBC members responded with an impromptu press conference reminding voters

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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet an applauding crowd last Saturday at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 46th Annual Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington.

of what they described as Mr. Trump’s bigotry and racism as he used the “birther” stance to undermine the legitimacy of America’s first African-American president. Looking around the audience of thousands, President Obama seized the opportunity to thank those who had elected him twice, despite staunch racism against him. “We do want to take this opportunity just to say thank you — say thank you for your support over the years — to say thank you for your friendship, to say thank you for your prayers,” he said to applause. “As I just look across this auditorium, there are so many people here who lifted us up, who steadied us when

things got tough.” Noting that he was glad that he was not just a symbol, but substance, he listed a number of successes of his administration: • Fighting back from “the worst recession in 80 years” and turning around an economy that “was in free fall.” • Helped businesses create more than 15 million new jobs. • Expanded health care through the Affordable Care Act, under which 20 million Americans, including 3 million African-Americans, were able to get health insurance. • Began reformation of the nation’s criminal justice system by reducing the federal prison population, ending the use of solitary confinement for juveniles, banning the box for federal employers, reinvigorating the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, pushing to ensure police and communities are working together to help make streets safe and the law is applied equally. • Across every race and age group in America, incomes rose and poverty fell during the last year. • Typical household incomes rose by about $2,800. More than 3.5 million people were lifted out of poverty, including 1 million children. The audience applauded wildly as the president ticked off the successes, which he said have not been quick nor easy. He added that much of it is unfinished.

Earlier in the evening, Mrs. Clinton addressed the audience, warning against the devices of “prejudice and paranoia.” “We need ideas, not insults, real plans to help struggling Americans in communities that have been left out and left behind, not prejudice and paranoia,” Mrs. Clinton said. “We can’t let Barack Obama’s legacy fall into the hands of someone who doesn’t understand that, whose dangerous and divisive vision for our country will drag us backward.” Mrs. Clinton received the CBC Trailblazer Award during the event. Pushing to continue his legacy, President Obama said voter turnout will be key in the presidential election. “If we are going to advance the cause of justice and equality and of prosperity and freedom, then we also have to acknowledge that even if we eliminated every restriction on voting, we would still have one of the lowest voting rates among free peoples,” the president said. “That’s not good. That is on us,” he said. “I am reminded of all those folks who had to count bubbles in a bar of soap, beaten trying to register voters in Mississippi, risked everything so that they could pull that lever. So if I hear anybody saying their vote does not matter, that it doesn’t matter who we elect — read up on your history. It matters. We’ve got to get people to vote.”

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Profiling candidates When it comes to African-Americans and other people of color in this country, it is going to get worse before it gets better. Our latest trauma came last Friday in Tulsa, Okla., where 40-year-old Terence Crutcher, a father of four and unarmed, was waiting outside his SUV that had broken down while he was on his way home from a music appreciation course at a local community college. Instead of responding police officers helping him, Officer Betty Shelby shot him at close range in the upper right chest, while Officer Tyler Turnbough zapped him with a Taser about the same time. Police dashcam video, as well as aerial video taken from a police helicopter, show that Mr. Crutcher’s hands were in the air and that he didn’t lunge at or threaten the officers when he was shot and killed. Maybe we didn’t receive the memo, but since when does a motorist with a broken-down vehicle need to raise his or her hands in the air like a suspect to get help from the police? Of course, as with many other cases of African-Americans being killed at the hands of police, the official police version of events differs from the truth caught on video. In Tulsa, officials said the officers fired after Mr. Crutcher put his hand through the SUV’s window to reach for something. Noted attorney Benjamin Crump, who is helping to represent the Crutcher family, pointed out that the video shows the SUVs windows were up. Mr. Crutcher apparently wasn’t reaching for anything and, in fact, had one hand still in the air when Officer Shelby fired the fatal shot. This latest disturbing news comes just days after the family of motorist Sandra Bland reached a $1.9 million settlement with Texas officials following her hanging death July 2015 in a Waller County jail. According to the Los Angeles Times, in the last five months, about $17 million has been paid out to the families of police shooting victims, all of whom are African-American. The responses from the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates about the latest police slaying have been telling. In talking with radio show host Steve Harvey on Tuesday, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton said: “Maybe I can by speaking directly to white people say, ‘Look, this is not who we are,’ ” she said. “We’ve got to do everything possible to improve policing, to go right at implicit bias.” “We gotta tackle the systemic racism,” she continued. “In Tulsa? An unarmed man? With his hands in the air? I mean, this is just unbearable, and it needs to be intolerable.” “We have got to rein in what is absolutely inexplicable, and we’ve got to have law enforcement respect communities and communities respect law enforcement because they have to work together,” she said to Mr. Harvey. “We’ve gotta change laws to protect people, to protect everything about them, and we’ve got to be a clear and loud voice for our society being what it should be — the city on the hill striving for the more perfect union.” Speaking Wednesday at a Cleveland Heights church, Republican candidate Donald Trump said he is a “tremendous believer in the police and law and enforcement.” But after viewing the video, it looked like Mr. Crutcher had done everything right, he said, adding he is “very, very troubled” by the actions of Officer Shelby. He said: “People that choke, people that do that, maybe they can’t be doing what they’re doing.” Appearing on Fox News Monday, Mr. Trump reiterated his support for racial profiling in the wake of the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey by a naturalized citizen from Afghanistan. “Our local police — they know who a lot of these people are. They are afraid to do anything about it because they don’t want to be accused of profiling,” Mr. Trump said. He did not say what attributes he suggests police use to profile people. However, it is illegal for police to subject people to disparate treatment based on race and other protected classes. Make no mistake. The police in Tulsa came into the situation profiling Mr. Crutcher as a threat because he was a large black man. The audio from the police helicopter in which two officers were flying, including Officer Shelby’s husband, who also is a cop, is clear. One says: “It’s time for the Taser.” The other says: “He looks like a bad dude, may be on something.” Mr. Crutcher was pegged from the start as a criminal on drugs. If police already are killing people of color as the result of racial profiling, what will happen if the leader of the nation is OK with it? One more reason to think again before going into the voting booth on Nov. 8. Just say “no” to Trump.

Scot free We are glad the sad, sordid saga of former Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, is finally over. On Sept. 8, federal prosecutors announced they would not seek a second trial against the pair on corruption charges after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned their convictions in June. While Mr. McDonnell and his wife are now free, they continue to be an embarrassment to themselves, their family and the people of Virginia. We believe the jury convictions were correct, as were their sentences to prison. But we also believe in the rule of law, and so we now acquiesce to the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. The question remains: How could an elected official and his spouse take more than $170,000 in gifts and loans from someone seeking to do business with the state and consider it OK? We are heartened that Gov. Terry McAuliffe and a majority of the members of the Virginia General Assembly view that as problematic and moved to tighten Virginia’s laws regarding gifts and conflicts of interest. In a nutshell, the new law, which took effect earlier this year, prohibits all state and local government officials and candidates for office and their immediate family members from soliciting or accepting gifts totaling $100 or more from lobbyists, lobbyists’ principals or someone seeking a contract from the government entity. While officials acknowledge the law has some remaining kinks that need to be worked out, we believe it is a step in the right direction. And we call on all candidates in this November’s races for state and local offices, including Richmond mayor, City Council and School Board, to familiarize themselves with the new law to ensure they don’t run afoul of it. Let Mr. and Mrs. McDonnell’s experience be a lesson to all.

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Trump and the birthers News Flash: Donald Trump now believes that President Obama was born in the country of which he is president. That news may be a relief to the president, although I doubt that he was losing much sleep over it. After a night of oddly competing statements from Mr. Trump and his own campaign team, the Republican presidential nominee announced three things at his new Washington hotel. Two of those things were false. “Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy,” he declared on Sept. 16. “I finished it. I finished it.” No, there’s no evidence that his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton or her campaign had anything to do with starting birtherism, as PolitiFact found in 2015. But the bizarre “birther” movement was fading in 2011 when Mr. Trump, the TV star and real estate developer, gave it new life through his well-developed capacity for self-promotion. And he hasn’t finished it, either. Diehard birthers and other paranoids will believe what they want to believe, undeterred by anything so trivial as evidence

or a lack of it. Some folks still can’t wrap their minds around the possibility that Americans actually elected a black president, even after the president seemed to put it to rest with his roast of Mr. Trump at the 2011 White House Correspondents’

Clarence Page Association dinner. President Obama hilariously flashed his long-form birth certificate that night on a giant screen as Hulk Hogan’s theme song, “(I am a) Real American,” rocked the room. Mr. Trump “can finally get back to the issues that matter,” the president told the black-tie crowd that included an unsmiling Mr. Trump. “Like: Did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And — where are Biggie and Tupac?” Yet the one true thing Mr. Trump said about the issue last week was his concession that, “President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period.” He left the podium without taking questions. The issue had served its purpose. Now after years of feeding hate and suspicion, Mr. Trump was eager to move on. In a private August email among others that hackers recently leaked, former Secretary of State Colin Powell told the

uncensored truth: “Yup, the whole birther movement was racist,” Mr. Powell, a Republican who endorsed President Obama, wrote. “That’s what the 99% believe. When Trump couldn’t keep that up he said he also wanted to see if the certificate noted that he was a Muslim. ... As I have said before, ‘What if he was?’ Muslims are born as Americans every day.” Responsible leaders in our very diverse society know they face a choice with their appeals to communities undergoing economic and demographic change: They can try to calm public fears and anxieties or they can try to exploit them to win votes. Having benefitted from his divide-and-conquer strategy, Mr. Trump has been reluctant to leave it, even as he tries to broaden his appeal to skeptical Republicans and independent swing voters who don’t want to be associated with such other questionable Trump fans as David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan leader and current U.S. Senate candidate in Louisiana. The night before Mr. Trump conceded that President Obama really is a natural-born citizen, his campaign issued a statement through spokesman Jason Miller saying, “Mr. Trump believes that President Obama was born in the United States.” Trump’s campaign manager,

On ‘deplorables,’ Clinton was right If you accept television pundit opinions, Hillary Clinton did a very bad thing. She called a portion of Donald J. Trump supporters “deplorables.” More accurately, she said, “To be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump supporters into what I call the ‘basket of deplorables.’ Right? The racists, sexists, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic, you name it ...” She went on to add, “And unfortunately, there are people like that and he (Donald Trump) has lifted them up. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people, now have 11 million. He tweets and retweets offensive, hateful, meanspirited rhetoric.” Trump supporters also participated in their own criticism of Mrs. Clinton’s statement through staged and unscripted protests. Certainly, before her statement, Mrs. Clinton knew it would be met with disagreement and controversy — especially from those who fit the description. Unlike her critics, I find little upsetting. I would find it objectionable if it were based on falsehoods instead of truth. With examination of facts, her statement can be justified. Mrs. Clinton’s statement presents a well-needed wake-up call to all who are ambivalent about the Nov. 8 presidential election or who cling to “The Bern,” former Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, over all others. I am situated so that, short of a nuclear holocaust or AfricanAmerican genocide, I could prob-

ably endure a Trump administration. My concern is for millions of people of color who cling precariously to survival. Beyond Mr. Trump’s threat to abolish the federal minimum wage, whether he wins or loses, the social unrest generated by his campaign foreshadows racial unrest beyond

E. Faye Williams Election Day. The racist elements of Trump’s supporters and campaign are indisputable. Ku Klux Klan leader and Louisiana U.S. Senate candidate David Duke has endorsed Mr. Trump’s candidacy and admonished white people that voting for someone other than Mr. Trump “is really treason to (their) heritage.” A Klan member in Richmond, Va., identified only as “Imperial Wizard,” stated, “The reason a lot of Klan members like Donald Trump is because a lot of what he believes in, we believe in.” Richard Spencer, president of the white nationalist think tank National Policy Institute, Peter Brimelow of the anti-immigrant site VDARE and Jared Taylor, eugenicist and editor of the white supremacist site American Renaissance, held a press conference at the Willard Hotel in Washington praising Mr. Trump for providing them a platform for national exposure. Indisputable is that Mr. Trump’s campaign has motivated/instigated/given “voice” and exposure to all manner of hatred and intolerance. But I digress. This is about “The Deplorables” who believe in Mr. Trump and that which motivates their thinking: • 31 percent “strongly agree”

that “social policies, such as affirmative action, discriminate unfairly against white people.” • 32 percent placed white people closer to the top level of “intelligence” than black people. • 65 percent believe President Obama is a Muslim. • 59 percent believe President Obama was not born in the United States. • 31 percent support banning Muslims from entering the United States. • 62 percent support establishing a Muslim database. • 33 percent think practicing Islam should be illegal. • 40 percent support shutting down all mosques in the United States. • A March through June 2016 Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll determined Trump supporters are more likely to describe AfricanAmericans as “criminal,” “unintelligent,” “lazy” and “violent” than supporters of Mrs. Clinton. In his article published in Salon, writer Chauncey DeVega sums it up, “Trump is not an outlier ... he perfectly embodies the racist attitudes and beliefs of the Republican Party in the post civil rights era ... Trump’s supporters have enthusiastically embraced the Republican Party’s racism towards people of color, in general, and against black Americans, in particular.” It’s deplorable for a presidential candidate to foment the vitriol of the Trump candidacy. It’s deplorable for large numbers of Americans to be possessed of the hatred and intolerance demonstrated by Trump followers. Restating Forrest Gump, “Deplorable is what deplorables do.” The writer is national president of the National Congress of Black Women.

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Kellyanne Conway, has been saying the same in recent weeks. But why not Mr. Trump himself? A few hours before Mr. Miller’s statement, Mr. Trump awkwardly had dodged the question of President Obama’s birth after it was put to him by the Washington Post’s Robert Costa in Ohio. “I’ll answer the question at the right time,” Mr. Trump told Mr.Costa. “I just don’t want to answer it yet.” Maybe he had to sleep on it. Even after Trump surrogate Ben Carson said Mr. Trump should apologize to black Americans for the birther business, Mr. Trump was slow to let it go. Polls offer a big reason why. A mid-summer NBC News/Survey Monkey poll, for example, found that 80 percent of Democrats agreed with the statement that “Barack Obama was born in the United States,” while 41 percent of Republicans disagreed with it. Are they in the “basket of deplorables” that Mrs. Clinton recently — and controversially — identified as a major portion of Mr. Trump’s voters? Of course, every Trump supporter is not a racist. But, if the shoe fits, wear it.

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Morrissey’s wife speaks her mind My husband, Joe Morrissey, is seeking to be I fell in love with Joe. Some people make Richmond’s next mayor. Tired of seeing so many light of that. Some call it a mistake. But Joe people ignored in parts of our city, Joe wants to Morrissey is my husband and the father of our fight for those in every ward, doing everything two beautiful children, Chase and Bella. How from fixing potholes to overhauling our schools could you look at those two perfect children — be they off of Hull or Cary Street. and call that a mistake? Sadly, few of those connected to City Hall or Joe’s enemies have used me without my those writing articles about this election want to permission. Using me to attack him, talking talk about Joe fighting for Richmonders. Instead, about me like I’m a victim, talking about our they want to talk about something else: Me. For relationship like it’s not real. This should come more than three years now, the same people who as no surprise to many of us in Richmond. trust munity trust ce-com munaway ity F the dignity of black women and have always been against Joe have throwntomy ild poliTaking u m b o -c e Re c tes $2M ild politreating us FRas name at my husband like it’s a weapon. n dona s $2M to bu ee ethough we aren’t people capable l Jorda ate Michae Jordan don e ir a n Can you imagine of making our own choices are tactics older hael up the Richmond Billio picking aire Mic Billion Times-Dispatch and seeing Jeff Schapiro describe than Hollywood Cemetery. you as an “alleged sexting partner-turned-wife My name is Myrna Morrissey and I am a voter, and the mother of two of his five children by four a full-timeestudent, l nod a wife and a mother of two. sid ntia l nod ric pre a to women”? Another Richmond Times-Dispatch I love my husband and support him because I ti is n h e h it sid eiling w h historic pre it believe he’ll be the kind of fighter for Richmond glass c“also reporter referred to me as the woman w rs g e tt in il a nton sh tters glass ce lary Cli was known as his wife.”HilThat hurtful. that he has been for our children and me. ha smost Clinton ry la il H Black women across Richmond know what Don’t let Joe’s enemies take my voice away it’s like to have their dignity taken from them. — I’m perfectly capable of speaking for myself. We know what it’s like for a largely white I just did! establishment and press to assume that your decisions and choices are not your own. But Myrna Morrissey that doesn’t make it right. Richmond

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On August 1, 2016, Virginia Electric and Power Company (“Dominion Virginia Power” or “Company”) filed with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) an application (“Application”) for approval and a certificate of public convenience and necessity (“CPCN”) to construct and operate an approximately 17.6 megawatt (nominal alternating current (“AC”)) utility scale solar electric generating facility on the Naval Air Station Oceana in the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia (“Oceana Solar Facility”). The Company requests approval and a CPCN for the Oceana Solar Facility pursuant to §§ 56-46.1 and 56-580 D of the Code of Virginia (“Code”) and the Commission’s Filing Requirements in Support of Applications for Authority to Construct and Operate an Electric Generating Facility (“Generation Rules”). Dominion Virginia Power filed a Motion for Entry of a Protective Order and Additional Protective Treatment (“Motion for Protective Order”), as well as a proposed protective order, with its Application. According to the Application, Dominion Virginia Power proposes to build the Oceana Solar Facility on approximately 93 acres of federal property, which is currently used for farming, on the Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia. As proposed, the Oceana Solar Facility would include ground mounted, single axis tracking photovoltaic arrays, and would interconnect using 34.5 kilovolt distribution-level facilities (together with the proposed Oceana Solar Facility, the “Project”). If approved, Dominion Virginia Power expects the proposed Project to begin commercial operation on or about December 2017. According to the Application, Dominion Virginia Power plans to build and operate the Project, if approved, as part of a “public-private partnership.” The Company states that the electrical output of the Oceana Solar Facility would be dedicated solely to the Commonwealth of Virginia (“Commonwealth”), a non-jurisdictional customer of the Company, and that the Commonwealth has agreed to purchase this electrical output at a negotiated price for a term of 25 years. Additionally, the Company will retire renewable energy credits in an amount equivalent to those generated by the Project on the Commonwealth’s behalf. Dominion Virginia Power estimates the cost of the proposed Project to be approximately $39.6 million, excluding financing costs, or approximately $2,252/kilowatt at the 17.6 megawatt (nominal AC) rating. Dominion Virginia Power states that it is not seeking to recover the cost of the Project from its Virginia jurisdictional customers through either a rate adjustment clause or base rates. The Company states that there will be no impacts to its Virginia jurisdictional cost of service, base rates, fuel rates, or rate adjustment clauses as a result of the Company’s ownership and operation of the Project during the 25-year term of the agreements described above. Interested persons are encouraged to review the Application and supporting documents for the details of these and other proposals. The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing in this case that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing at 10 a.m. on January 31, 2017, in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive the testimony of public witnesses and the evidence of the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness should appear at the hearing location fifteen (15) minutes before the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff. Copies of the public version of all documents filed in this case are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center, located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Copies of the public version of the Company’s Application and the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing also may be inspected during regular business hours at each of the Company’s business offices in the Commonwealth. 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VUU beats CIAA defending champ Winston-Salem State The clouds have parted, as least for now. After two deflating losses, the Virginia Union University Panthers are heading to Fayetteville State University this Saturday, Sept. 24, with a victory under their belts and a smile on their faces. Coach Mark James’ squad is 1-2 after a rousing 37-14 win last Saturday against its longtime nemesis, Winston-Salem State University. VUU’s decisive win broke a six-game losing streak and marked VUU’s first victory since 2002 at Winston-Salem State’s Bowman Gray Stadium. The Panthers dominated the defending CIAA champions, leading 27-7 at halftime while piling up 421 yards total in offense. “We really didn’t want to go 0-3 and that was our focus the whole week,” said Coach James. VUU attacked from all directions. Quarterback Shawheem Dowdy hit 14 of 19 passes for 212 yards and two touchdowns before exiting with a knee injury described as “slight” by VUU officials. Dowdy was replaced by former starter Kenneth Graham. Transfer Jusse Yorke made 10 catches for 143 yards and two touchdowns. VUU’s single-game receptions record of 12 was set by Stacy Graves in 1994 against Norfolk State University. Yorke is from Boyd Anderson High in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where Coach James coached prior to coming to VUU. Yorke played at ASA College in Brooklyn, N.Y., and briefly was at Old Dominion University before joining the Panthers and Coach James on the Lombardy Street campus. William Stanback, fighting off a queasy stomach, carried 23 times for 119 yards and three touchdowns.

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Virginia Union University running back William Stanback is tackled during last Saturday’s game against Winston-Salem State University. Stanback had three touchdowns in the Panthers’ 37-14 victory over the CIAA champions.

There was plenty of drama. During the first quarter, Stanback ran to the sidelines and lost his lunch. Coach James called timeout, giving his star back a chance to recover. Stanback never missed a down. “The pregame meal was at an Italian place,” said 6-foot-2, 230-pound Stanback. “I had grilled chicken and pasta and I guess I had too much.” A transfer from the University of South Florida, Stanback is second in CIAA rushing to Virginia State University’s Kavon Bellamy,

with 105.7 yards per game. JeanClaude Brooks added a 44-yard field goal. The VUU field goal record of 48 yards was set by Hug Flores-Diaz in 2006 against West Virginia Wesleyan College. Eddie Johnson, Karl Calhoun and Rodeshawn Joseph led the defense with nine tackles each. Joseph and Sterling Hammond made interceptions. During the game, senior defensive back Michael Brown suffered a head-neck injury and was carried off the field on a stretcher. He was taken

to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and did not return to Richmond with the team. According to Jim Junot, VUU sports information director, Brown had “movement in all extremities; that doctors were waiting for swelling to go down before determining what to do.” Also, running back Hakeem Holland suffered a “stinger” to the shoulder and played only briefly. Fayetteville State University is 0-3 after Division II losses to Chowan University (14-12), University of North Carolina-Pembroke (5028) and last Saturday to FCS Elon University (26-3.) The FayPanthers etteville State North Carolina bound University Saturday, Sept. 24 Broncos are Virginia Union University in their first plays at Fayetteville State season under University. Kickoff: 6 p.m. Coach RichNick Jeralds Stadium ard Hayes. in Fayetteville, N.C. He succeeds Lawrence Kershaw, who was 15-15 in three Fayetteville State University seasons, including 4-6 a season ago. Coach Hayes was defensive coordinator at Winston-Salem State University from 2010 to 2015, helping the Rams to a 60-13 record and four CIAA titles. He is the nephew of CIAA Hall of Fame Coach Bill Hayes, who won 195 games at Winston-Salem State and North Carolina A&T State universities from 1976 to 2003. VUU returns home to Hovey Field on Oct. 1 to face St. Augustine’s University. The Panthers’ homecoming will be Oct. 8 against Lincoln University.

VSU wins Kentucky matchup; meets Winston-Salem State on Saturday Kavon Bellamy is listed as a running back, met during the regular season since 2005. On the road again but battering ram might better describe his role Winston-Salem State is the defending CIAA for the Virginia State University Trojans. champion, but a wobbly 1-2 this season after Saturday, Sept. 24 He pounds and pounds until he gets where a home loss last Saturday to Virginia Union Virginia State University he wants to go. University. at Winston-Salem State University. The senior from Hampton leads the CIAA in VSU’s victory trifecta has come from playKickoff: 6 p.m. rushing and, not coincidentally, the Trojans are ing non-conference schools — at Lenoir-Rhyne Bowman Gray Stadium in off to a 3-0 start for the first time since 1997. University of North Carolina, at home against Winston-Salem, N.C. Following a 20-7 victory last Saturday over Tusculum College of Tennessee and at Kentucky Kentucky State University in the rain and mud State University. in Frankfort, Ky., the Trojans head to Winston-Salem State Now the Trojans need to take care of business within the University on Saturday, Sept. 24, with hopes of going 4-0 under CIAA. Four of the Trojans final six games will be at Rogers Photo courtesy of Virginia State University first-year Coach Reggie Barlow. Stadium, starting Oct. 1 against Livingstone College. VSU’s Virginia State University junior Tyquante Simms rushes This will be VSU’s first game against Winston-Salem State homecoming is Oct. 22 against Lincoln University. for a gain as the Trojans beat Kentucky State University since defeating the Rams for the CIAA title in 2014. They haven’t However, pivotal games against Bowie State and Virginia Union last Saturday 20-7 in Frankfort, Ky. universities — the CIAA teams to defeat VSU a year ago — will be played away from Ettrick. Bellamy’s uniform was easily the muddiest on the field last Saturday in Kentucky. By the fourth quarter, his No. 5 jersey was impossible to read as he carried 25 times for 116 yards and his third and fourth touchdowns of the season. Down and dirty was fine for Bellamy, a George Lancaster says there is one aspect March, Coach Lancaster left the door ajar female basketball no-nonsense runner who prefers to plow over of coaching he’s looking forward to even more for other opportunities. There was no rocking player. defenders rather than get around them. than the home court advantage. chair in his retirement game plan. With fewer than “They just lined up and played smash-mouth It’s the hometown advantage. “I don’t rock and I don’t play much golf,” 500 students, Bluefootball,” said well-traveled Kentucky State Coach Lancaster, 71, has been named coach he said with a laugh. stone High comcoach John L. Smith. of the Bluestone High School Barons’ girls’ Chase City was always on his mind. petes in the 3A Quad Coach Smith is a former head coach at Weber basketball team in his hometown of Chase “Over the years, I’ve kept two houses — Rivers Conference State, Idaho, Utah State, Arkansas, Louisville, City in Mecklenburg County. my grandfather’s house in Chase City, and 34 with Amelia, Michigan State and Fort Lewis. He was Big 10 “Contrary to Thomas Wolfe’s book, ‘You the house in Richmond near Maymont Park,” Brunswick, GoochCoach Lancaster Coach of the Year at Michigan State in 2004. Can’t Go Home Again,’ I have returned to my he said. “Right now, I’m trying to sell the land, Greensville, After missing a share of 2015 with a gimpy native home with an even greater crush on Richmond home.” Nottoway and Prince Edward. ankle, Bellamy, a former linebacker, has been her,” he told the Richmond Free Press. Coach Lancaster is a member of the “I think there is talent here. I’m just hopfull strength this season, with the statistics to Coach Lancaster says Bluestone High is “just Mecklenburg Country Club and is planning ing to stir up some interest,” Coach Lancaster verify it. a stone’s throw” from West End High School, a basketball fundraising tournament. said. Individually, he is atop the CIAA with an where he shot hoops in the early 1960s. “We’re all extremely excited” about the By contrast, 5A Highland Springs High average of 111.3 rushing yards. As a unit, VSU Bluestone High School has landed one of next chapter in his career, said Bluestone has about 1,800 students. leads the CIAA by a wide margin with 247.7 the most decorated coaches in state history. High Athletic Director Dan Powell. “Everyone Coach Lancaster said he can’t wait to get yards per outing. In a career spanning nearly a half century, around Chase City knows Coach Lancaster. I started, while acknowledging his new job Bellamy has 335 seasonal yards, followed Coach Lancaster is a member of the halls of met him at a JV game about five years ago. won’t be easy. by Trenton Cannon with 200. fame of the Virginia High School League, I’ve even seen him at our baseball games.” Bluestone High’s girls’ team was 14-10 After three games, VSU has rushed 729 yards Virginia State University and the Virginia Chase City, with a population of about 2,500, last season under Coach Avery Jackson, but and averaged 4.9 yards per carry compared to Interscholastic Association. is located 101 miles southwest of Richmond. seven of the top eight scorers were seniors. opponents’ 285 yards and 2.4 yards per carry. Coach Lancaster has the fourth most boys’ Its population is about 53 percent white and Coach Lancaster becomes Bluestone’s fourth Third-year starting quarterback Tarian Ayres team coaching wins — 704 victories — in 45 percent African-American. coach in the last five years. has thrown just 50 passes through three games. Virginia High School League history during Bluestone High has produced two prominent “My strength is my ability to mentor,” In the deep mud at Frankfort, he tossed for just stints at Richmond’s Huguenot High School pro athletes — Jerome Kersey, who played said Coach Lancaster. “I want the girls to set 12 yards. from 1972 to 1978 and Highland Springs in the NBA from 1984 to 2001, and Michael goals for achievement and let them know the Geo Feggins again led the VSU defense with High School in Henrico County from 1979 Tucker, a major league baseball player from sacrifices they will need to make to achieve 13 tackles. Bryant Frazier and Brandon Lynch to 2016. 1995 to 2006. them. added nine tackles each and Bryce Bradley had His Highland Springs Springers won State Carmille Barnette, whose number 43 jersey “One of the first things I hope to do is an interception. Group AAA titles in 2003 and 2007. was retired at Longwood University in the establish a youth league program through the Under first-year defensive coordinator Dwone After retiring from Highland Springs in early 1990s, is considered the town’s all-time Y on Saturday mornings.” Sanders, VSU has limited foes to a total of 26 points and an average of only 201 yards total offense.

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Spotlight on new president of the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond and Vicinity Dr. Cheryl Ivey Green wears many hats. She is the senior assistant to Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones. She is the executive minister of ministries at First Baptist Church of South Richmond. And she now is the new president of the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond and Vicinity. Elected to the post in May, Dr. Ivey Green was installed as president in an evening ceremony last Sunday at First Baptist. She succeeds Dr. Marlon Haskell, pastor of Chicago Avenue Baptist Church, in the two-year post. Dr. Ivey Green believes that while the core mission of the church never changes, the church changes and grows over time to meet the needs of people. She sees her new role as one helping Richmond area pastors tailor their ministerial development “to meet the unique needs of their communities.” “The role of the church is to meet the spiritual, physical and often emotional needs of God’s people,” says Dr. Ivey Green. “As times change, people change, needs change — and the church changes to meet the needs of the time.” Known for hosting its citywide revival each year, the Baptist Ministers’ Conference maintains a membership of about 75 to 100 ministers who represent churches in Richmond, Chesterfield, Henrico, Hanover, Goochland and other surrounding counties. The organization works to foster social, political, economic, educational and religious development in the community. Dr. Ivey Green’s passion and interest in leadership training and development, as well as her educational and field credentials, including a doctor of ministry in preaching and leadership from United Theological Seminary, earned her a vote of confidence — and selection — from the organization’s members. She plans to use her platform as president to provide tools to clergy who hope to enact transformation in their communities. She hopes area pastors can continue to highlight the power of assembly to fight social, economic and spiritual ills. Dr. Ivey Green is very connected to her communities. She is a member and chaplain of the Richmond Metropolitan Area Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, serves on the board of the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority and recently completed several terms on the Board of Directors of the Southside Child Development Center. The greatest challenge facing the Baptist Ministers’ Conference, she says, is “for the church to remain relevant in this age of technology.” Apps like SermonAudio, YouVersion and Bible Hub have increased access to sermons, and many area churches live-stream their services so anyone can watch anywhere they are. According to the annual Pew Research Center survey on worship trends in the United States, nearly 37 percent of Americans who do not attend church regularly or at all point to an issue directly related to religion or church itself — beliefs that attending worship services is important. “Streaming, pod-casting and other alternative worship mediums appear to diminish the need to assemble for worship,” Dr. Ivey Green says. But the power is in getting together, she continues. “The gathering of God’s people has always been the strength of the church and community.” Meet a leader of church leaders and this week’s Personality, Dr. Cheryl Ivey Green: Date and place of birth: April 30 in Newport News.

Current residence: Richmond. Alma maters: B.S., mathematical sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University; master’s of divinity, School of Theology, Virginia Union University; doctor of ministry in preaching and leadership, United Theological Seminary. Family: I am a widow, but am so blessed to have the full support of my immediate family, my mother and my siblings. Why I accepted this responsibility: I believe it is part of the next dimension in my call to serve. I also accepted because of the vote of confidence and the support I have received from the clergy in the community. When BMCRV was founded and why: I’m not certain of the exact founding date of the conference. It was organized to provide fellowship, ministerial development, promote the general welfare of its members and to aid in the propagation of Christian influence in general. How churches have changed: The church has sometimes slipped into the mode of allowing God’s word to be more about feeling than conviction. If we are not careful, church will become more of an event than a God experience, becoming lukewarm — neither hot nor cold. Given the challenges we face as a people, we need the strength and power of God’s word to sustain us. What should role of church be during this punishing economic period: Our responsibility is not only to provide assistance to persons seeking food, clothing and shelter, but also to empower, educate and connect those we serve to resources available to aid them during these tough economic times. Role of women in church: To continue to point God’s people to Christ The church is in the business of saving souls. That’s our bottom line. Our role, like that of men, should be to point to the way of salvation for those who are lost. Women have always been a strong source of support for churches and ministries. I am challenged with the belief that the expected role of women in the church should be different than that of men. How has it changed: I don’t believe our role has changed. The role of women has always been the same. We have throughout history served and supported the church, and provided strong financial resources to support ministry. What has changed is the acceptance of women in roles traditionally held by men. This is something I believe we

will continue to see grow as the number of women attending seminary begins to outpace the number of men enrolled. What I’m working on now: As quiet as it is kept, I’m currently working on two books: “The Arms of Aaron: The High Calling of Leadership Support.” The second is “God’s Truck: The True Joy of Giving.” It is about living a life of generosity. Why I became a minister: I wish I could say I chose to become a minister, but I actually answered God’s call to ministry in 1997 and preached my initial sermon on June 28, 1998. A minister’s greatest reward: Is winning souls for Christ and witnessing one’s role in the spiritual growth and development of disciples. Challenge: I believe the greatest challenge is maintaining balance in life — honoring time with God, family, friends and especially self. Role of church in eliminating social ills: The church has to give voice to the social ills we face in our communities. Faith without works is dead. We must be willing to be the Martin Luther Kings of our time, recognizing we may not witness the mountaintop, but we can surely be counted as those who were part of the journey. Advice to prospective ministers: You will not learn everything in the classroom. Wait your turn. I’m speaking of active waiting, which means to work while you wait. You will catch more than you are taught as you observe. So be slow to speak and quick to listen. I would advise them to remain faithful to whatever they are assigned. Do everything as unto the Lord. God does the promoting and responds to our faithfulness. Politics and the church are: Are not mutually exclusive. What makes a good leader: A good leader sets the vision and a course of action, builds and supports team, builds relationships, empowers others and is a lifelong learner. What drives me: My passion for Christ, heart for the work of the ministry and things I truly believe in. This drive is present in whatever context I’m planted for ministry. Three words that best describe me: Loyal, committed and generous. How I start the day: Prayer, meditation and cross fit/walking. I place top value on: Strong relationships with God, family and friends. Hobby: Watching and capturing pictures of sunrises and watching classic movies. Best late-night snack: Ben & Jerry’s Chunky Monkey Ice Cream. Perfect evening: Relaxing with family and friends and playing Scrabble. No one knows that I: Have a burning desire to someday become a major philanthropist, and that I have yet to overcome my fear of cats. When people first meet me they think: I am kind, compassionate

and understanding. No. 1 pet peeve: Gossiping. The best thing my parents ever taught me was: Work hard and you will be rewarded; to vote; it is a privilege to serve; and to always look out for my sisters and brothers and bring someone up behind you. Person who influenced me the most: My mom, Carnetta Ivey. Book that influenced me the most: I am an avid reader so it is difficult for me to point to one book that has influenced me. “The Leadership Challenge” by Barry Posner and James M. Kouzes, “The 360 by Degree Leader” by John Maxwell and “Leading from the Second Chair” by Mike Bonem and Roger Patterson are staples in my library. I also have been influenced and enjoy reading books by Barbara Brown Taylor, Dr. Cleophus J. LaRue and Fred Craddock. Book I’m reading now: “Think Better” by Tim Hurson. Next goal: To visit Paris and to fully live my best life.

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Happenings Emmy Awards filled with color, politics Free Press wire report

LOS ANGELES Diversity ruled at Sunday’s Emmy Awards, where a record 21 nominees of color were up for the annual awards for television and cable shows in contrast to this year’s all-white Oscars acting lineup. Several took home Emmys, many for the

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Regina King poses backstage with her Emmy Award for outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or movie for her role in “American Crime.”

first time. “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” FX’s 10-hour dramatization of the former football player’s 1995 double murder trial and sensational acquittal won nine Emmys, including best limited series and awards for actors Courtney B. Vance and Sterling K. Brown. The drama earned the second-highest number of nominations, with fan favorite “Game of Thrones” leading with 23 nominations. Regina King won the award for supporting actress in a limited series for or movie “American Crime,” her second trophy for the program. Comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele were honored for their sketch series “Key & Peele.” Egyptian-American Rami Malek beat veterans Kevin Spacey and Liev Schreiber to scoop his first Emmy for playing a socially inept computer hacker in “Mr. Robot.” “Oh my God. Please tell me you are seeing this too,” said a stunned Mr. Malek, 35. Indian-American Aziz Ansari shared a writing Emmy with AsianAmerican Alan Yang for their comedy series “Master of None.” But Viola Davis of “How to Get Away With Murder” failed to repeat her 2015 best drama actress win, the first for a woman of color. Jeffrey Tambor, who won best comedy actor for a second time for his role as a father who transitions to a woman in Amazon’s groundbreaking “Transparent,” called on Hollywood to make him the last non-transgender actor to get such a role. Fantasy drama series “Game of Thrones” and comedy “Veep” proved repeat winners for cable giant HBO, with “Game of Thrones” being honored as top drama for the second consecutive year and becoming the most honored primetime TV series ever. “Veep” repeated as best comedy series, with its star, “Julia Louis-Dreyfus, winning a recordbreaking sixth Emmy as best comedy actress for

her role in the satirical White House comedy in which she plays a graspingly ambitious and inept president battling to stay in power. A shaking Ms. Louis-Dreyfus ended her speech by dedicating the trophy to her father, who she said died last Friday. Sarah Paulson, who played losing Los Angeles trial prosecutor Marcia Clark in “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” won for outstanding lead actress in a limited series. She brought Ms. Clark along with her to the Emmys.

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Funnymen KeeganMichael Key, left, and Jordan Peele kiss their Emmy Awards after the show. They won the Emmy for outstanding variety sketch series for their comedy show, “Key & Peele.” Left, Sterling K. Brown shows off the outstanding supporting actor in a limited series Emmy he won for a movie portraying prosecutor Christopher Darden in “The People v. O.J. Simpson.” Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

“The more I learned about the real Marcia Clark ... the more I had to recognize that I, along with the rest of the world, had been superficial and careless in my judgment,” said Ms. Paulson, accepting her first Emmy.

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Courtney B. Vance accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for his role as the late renowned defense attorney Johnnie Cochran in “The People v. O.J. Simpson.” Mr. Vance acknowledged his wife, actress Angela Bassett, in accepting the award.

Host Jimmy Kimmel opened Sunday’s show with a string of jokes about Republican presidential contender and former “Celebrity Apprentice” star Donald J. Trump. “If Donald Trump gets elected and he builds that wall, the first person we are throwing over it is Mark Burnett,” quipped Mr. Kimmel, addressing Mr. Burnett, the British producer who created “Celebrity Apprentice.” “Saturday Night Live” comedian Kate McKinnon, who plays Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, won supporting comedy actress, and John Oliver’s biting “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” won the Emmy for variety talk series.

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Imagine living and working hundreds of miles away from your family for years, with no smartphone, no internet, no means of transportation and no sense of how far you are from home. Now imagine being unable to read or write, but figuring out a way to communicate. This was the reality of dozens of enslaved people from Abingdon, in Southwest Virginia, who had family members who were taken to live and work in Richmond at the Governor’s Mansion. Hannah Valentine and Lethe Jackson were house slaves on the Abingdon farm of former Virginia Gov. David Campbell. When Gov. Campbell and his wife, Mary, moved into the Executive Mansion in 1837 with several of their slaves, Ms. Valentine and Mr. Jackson were made to stay in Abingdon to care for the homestead. But during Gov. Campbell’s four-year term in office, Ms. Valentine and Mr. Jackson managed to send several letters from the farm to their children and other relatives enslaved in the Richmond mansion. The letters are being memorialized in a newly redesigned Executive Mansion garden. The garden, located directly behind the old slave quarters of the mansion that was built in 1812, was dedicated Wednesday as the ValentineJackson Memorial Garden. The small ceremony took place amid a torrential downpour. “It is very unusual to have documented thoughts

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The new Valentine-Jackson Memorial Garden enshrines the memories and letters of the Valentine and Jackson families, enslaved people who were brought to the Virginia Executive Mansion in 1837 by Gov. David Campbell of Abingdon. The garden sits outside the mansion’s old slave quarters that were renovated in 1999 and now serve as guest bedrooms. Plaques around the garden wall contain excerpts from the letters.

Executive Mansion dedicates garden to memory of enslaved of enslaved persons on record in our archives,” said First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe, wife of Gov. Terry McAuliffe. “There was something very forward-thinking about the idea that these people who were also part of the story thought that there was meaning and value in being able to communicate.” Four letters found in Duke University’s archives were filled with the longing and anxiety of separation. Excerpts of an 1838 letter from Mrs. Valentine to her husband, Michael Valentine, at the mansion, detail the health of their children and

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those of other enslaved persons still in Abingdon. “Our children are very well and are free from the cough which usually succeeds the measles. Tell Eliza her children grow very fast. They do not talk much about her now, but seem to be very well satisfied without her. I begin to feel anxious to see you all. I am afraid my patience will be quite worn out if you do not come back soon,” Mrs. Valentine wrote. Archivists now know she had not seen her husband for at least a year when the letter was written. The Valentine-Jackson Memorial Garden, one of three on the mansion’s property in Capitol Square in Downtown, was developed in collaboration with the Urban and Regional Planning program students and faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University’s L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, the Virginia Capitol Foundation, the Capitol Square Preservation Foundation, the mansion’s Citizens’Advisory Council and the Garden Club of Virginia. “We have come to have a deeper understanding of the lives and suffering of these families,” said Mrs. McAuliffe. “The letters give unique insight and show us the intimate feelings of families separated by slavery. As parents, it is extremely difficult

to imagine being forcibly separated from our children. It has been a very personal and poignant coming to terms with the reality of what enslaved peoples endured.” Charles Funk Masonry restored the mansion’s original slave kitchen, and Bunkie Trinite Trophies helped create the plaques along the garden wall that contain excerpts from the letters. Tom Camden, an associate professor and head of Special Collections and Archives at Washington and Lee University in Lexington and member of the mansion Citizens’ Advisory Council first brought the letters to Mrs. McAuliffe’s attention in an April 2014 meeting. According to Mr. Camden, literate slaves wrote the letters on behalf of Mrs. Valentine and Mr. Jackson. After his return to Abingdon in 1840, Gov. Campbell purchased Mary Burwell, a literate slave who taught Mrs. Valentine and Mr. Jackson how to read and write. Copies of the original letters can be found online at the Special Collections Library at Duke University. The mansion’s slave quarters have been used as guest bedrooms since 1999 renovations, but still feature the original kitchen used by the enslaved to prepare meals for the first family and their guests. Mrs. McAuliffe hopes that the ValentineJackson Memorial Garden will not only memorialize the enslaved persons who worked in the mansion, but reignite interest in the connection of humans and nature. “We hope to provide a place of reflection and remembrance and to give context to the heartbreak and suffering endured by individuals like Hannah and Lethe, who were separated from their family members who lived and worked at the Governor’s Mansion.” Tours of the mansion, which will now include the Valentine-Jackson Memorial Garden, are free and open to the public. Tours are held 10 to noon and 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and last approximately 30 minutes. For details, or to make optional reservations for a mansion tour, go to https://executivemansion. virginia.gov/tours.

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Obituaries/Faith News/Directory

Andrew ‘Bo’ Hobbs, longtime TJ coach, dies at 57 By Fred Jeter

Mr. Hobbs

Andrew Nicholas “Bo” Hobbs Jr., former athlete and basketball coach at Richmond’s Thomas Jefferson High School, died Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. Virginia State Police Sgt. Stephan M. Vick said his death off a bridge at Interstates 895 and 95 in Chesterfield County is being investigated as a suicide. Mr. Hobbs, 57, was a retired U.S. Postal Service employee. He served in the Marine Corps before going to work for the post office. A member of the Thomas Jefferson Class of 1977, Mr. Hobbs was a football defensive back in high school. He later returned to serve as coach of the girls’ basketball team for 15 years. His final season was 2012-13. Most recently, Mr. Hobbs was a teacher’s assistant at Montrose Elementary School in Henrico County. “Of all the kids I coached at TJ, none were

Judge suggests Gov. Pence’s Syrian refugee ban rooted in religious bias By Stephanie Wang Religion News Service

INDIANAPOLIS “Wait, wait,” Judge Frank H. Easterbrook said, taking a tone of dry incredulity. “The governor of Indiana knows more about the status of Syrian refugees than the U.S. State Department does?” On Sept. 14, a panel of three judges of the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals lashed into Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s attempted ban of Syrian refugees resettling in the state. Indiana Solicitor General Thomas Fisher explained that Gov. Pence was concerned that the United States cannot properly screen Syrian refugees for potential terrorist threats, based on a statement from the FBI. That’s why the Pence administration said he tried to cut off resettlement agencies from state grants, which flow through the federal refugee program for refugees entering the state from Syria. The state was challenging an injunction by federal Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, which blocked Gov. Pence’s order and deemed it unconstitutional discrimination. The state is being sued by Exodus Refugee Immigration, which has resettled more than 130 Syrian refugees in Indiana this year despite Gov. Pence’s directive. Judges’ repeated and pointed questioning during last week’s hearing seemed to center on how Gov. Pence, now the Republican vice presidential candidate and running mate of Donald J. Trump, justifies the singling out of Syrians and whether he has the authority over the federal government to do so. The court will rule at a later date. “Are Syrians the only Muslims that Indiana fears?” Judge Richard A. Posner asked. “Well, this has nothing to do with religion,” Mr. Fisher replied. “This has to do with what’s going on in Syria.” “Oh, of course it does,” Judge Posner said. “Oh, I object to that, your honor,” Mr. Fisher said. “Look,” Judge Posner said, “if you look at the attacks, the terrorist attacks on the United States — 9/11, the attacks in New York, Boston, San Bernardino — they’re all by Muslims. ISIS is Muslim. Al Qaeda was Muslim. Right? You understand that, don’t you?” “I do,” Mr. Fisher said. “I don’t —” “Do you understand that?” Judge Posner said. “Now, my question is —” “I said I did,” Mr. Fisher said, “and the governor’s directive doesn’t go into religion.” “Don’t interrupt me,” Judge Posner said. Judge Easterbrook stepped in: “Attempting to argue over a judge is not a productive method of argument.” “So,” Judge Posner continued. “Is it your view that Syrians are the only potential terrorists in the United States?” “People from Syria are the ones where we lack the intelligence,” Mr. Fisher said. “That’s what the FBI director and the assistant FBI director have said.” “So we have perfect intelligence about all other potential terrorists?” Judge Posner asked. “ISIS, and all those people?” “Of course not,” Mr. Fisher said. “Well, why have you singled out Syrians?” Judge Posner asked. Mr. Fisher reiterated that Gov. Pence’s concerns arose from the FBI director’s comments. “In other words, we have enough information to prevent terrorist attacks by anybody who is not from Syria? Is that what you’re saying? Is that what the FBI says? We’re perfectly secure” — Judge Posner chuckled — “against everyone except Syrians?” “No,” Mr. Fisher said. “That’s preposterous, right?” Judge Posner said. “Yes,” Mr. Fisher said. The judges asked what part of the law allows Indiana to partially back out of the refugee grant program. They asked why Indiana could “pick and choose” when it participates. “So you want Indiana to be safe, and you want these people to go to other states,” Judge Posner said. “… Well, why should Indiana be safer than, say, Illinois?” Before Mr. Fisher could answer fully, Judge Posner added: “Do you want all the states to do this? And then there’s no more Syrian refugees?” Mr. Fisher said two governors have withdrawn entirely from the grant program in question. “And that’s fine,” Judge Easterbrook said. “That is the state’s right to withdraw from the grant program. But Indiana hasn’t done it. … It’s like the Medicaid Act. You can choose to be in, you can choose to be out, but if you’re in, you play by the government’s rules.” As Mr. Fisher responded, Judge Easterbrook let out another deep sigh. “The president of the United States has determined that the United States knows enough to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees,” Judge Easterbrook said. “That’s the president’s decision. It may be right; it may be wrong. I don’t see how a governor can disagree with the president by saying, well, the FBI director may have given him contrary advice.”

nicer than Bo,” recalled former Thomas Jefferson football Coach Lloyd Swelnis. “He was a classy kid.” Dave Robbins was another of Mr. Hobbs’ football coaches at the school. “Bo was always so pleasant, friendly, always smiling,” said Robbins, who later became basketball coach at Virginia Union University. “Bo really took his job as the TJ girls’ coach seriously,” said Robbins. “He’d come to our (VUU) practices, always looking to learn.” Mr. Hobbs was on Thomas Jefferson High’s Hall of Fame Committee and served as public address announcer the past three seasons for Vikings’ boys’ and girls’ basketball. “We’re devastated,” said Dr. Bill Holt, the school’s activities director. “He was always so upbeat and I know all the girls he coached just loved him.” As coach, he stressed the motto, “We Are One!” An all-round athlete, Mr. Hobbs played for years on the state championship flag football team called

the Nighthawks. The team featured many former Thomas Jefferson High athletes, including quarterback Ricky Johnson. Mr. Hobbs also served as a football official for the CIAA and the Virginia High School League. He was honored with the Central Virginia Football Association’s Stretch Gardner Award for outstanding service. He also was a longtime volunteer at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond. “Bo did so much for others. He was so strong, reaching out,” said his niece, Jerlicia Hobbs. “To best remember him, we ask others to ‘Be a Bo’ — to do for others what Bo did.” Mr. Hobbs was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he sang in the Men’s Chorus. A celebration of his life will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at Saint Paul’s Baptist Church, 4247 Creighton Road. In addition to his niece, survivors include his brother, Kevin Hobbs, and sister, Denise Hobbs Howard.

Winningest HU coach dies at 70 A memorial service for Henry “Hank” Ford, the most successful basketball coach in Hampton University history, will be held Saturday, Sept. 24, at Dickerson A.M.E. Church in Georgetown, S.C. Burial will follow in Santee, S.C. Mr. Ford, 70, died Sunday, Sept. 11, in Atlanta. As the head basketball coach at HU, Mr. Ford posted a 228-120 record between 1975 and Mr. Ford 1987. His Pirates won CIAA titles in 1982 and 1983. Mr. Ford was named the CIAA tournament’s Most Outstanding Coach four times. His star players at HU included NBA-bound Rick Mahorn from 1976 to 1980. Many of his players received all-conference, all-district and All-American honors, while three of his players were named Most Valuable Player of the CIAA tournament. Mr. Ford also was named NAIA District 19 Coach of the Year in 1980. Mr. Ford moved from coaching to administration at HU in 1987, where he served in a

number of capacities, including assistant director of athletics, NCAA compliance officer and development officer for athletics. Before joining HU, Mr. Ford was an assistant professor and head basketball coach at Tuskegee University and was an instructor, basketball and swim-

ming coach at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. He left Hampton to become director of athletics at Alfred University in New York, and later athletic director at Howard University from 1996 to 2000. In 2001, he was named athletic director at Savannah

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State University. Mr. Ford was inducted into the Hampton University and CIAA halls of fame. Mr. Ford is the brother of Jake Ford, all-time basketball scorer at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. Jake Ford served as his brother’s assistant coach at Hampton.

Stephone Andre Hayes February 12, 1976 – September 5, 2016  Acknowledgment 

Perhaps you sent a lovely card or sat quietly in a chair. Perhaps you sent a floral piece – If so, we saw it there. Perhaps you spoke words of kindness Or sent a prayer our way, Prayers that were so meaningful – special in every way! Perhaps you were not there at all Just thought of us today, Whatever you did to console our hearts Will last an eternity. What can we say but THANK YOU! The outpour of love extended from state to state has embraced us in every way. The LOVE you showed for our beloved Stephone really touched our hearts! We are so grateful for every act of sympathy and kindness shown. Keep us in your prayers! Samuel P. and Maricia S. Hayes

Broad Rock Baptist Church

Sept. 25, 2016

5106 Walmsley Blvd., Richmond, VA 23224 804-276-2740 • 804-276-6535 (fax) www.BRBCONLINE.org

Early Morning Worship ~ 8 a.m. Sunday School ~ 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship ~ 11 a.m. 4th Sunday Uniﬁed Worship Service ~ 9:30 a.m. Bible Study: Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. & 7 p.m. Sermons Available at BRBCONLINE.org

“MAKE IT HAPPEN” Pastor Kevin Cook

New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

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

Remember... At New Deliverance, You Are Home! See you there and bring a friend.

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

Sunday

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Hebrew 12:14 (KJV) www.ndec.net

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

Wednesday Services Noonday Bible Study 12noon-1:00 p.m. Attendance Sanctuary - All Are Welcome! Wednesday Evening Bible Study 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Attendance -

Saturday 8:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer

You can now view Sunday Morning Service “AS IT HAPPENS” online! Also, for your convenience.

Tune in on Sunday Morning to WTVR - Channel 6 - 8:30 a.m. THE NEW DELIVERANCE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (NDCA)

ENROLL NOW!!! Accepting applications for children 2 yrs. old to 3rd Grade Our NDCA curriculum also consists of a Before and After program. Now Enrolling for our Nursery Ages 6 weeks - 2yrs. old. For more information Please call (804) 276-4433 Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm

10:30 A.M. Join us as we celebrate Christian Education!

This Week Christian Education Sunday Guest Minister: Rev. Zita Lee

Upcoming Events

109 Church Anniversary th

Saved by Grace, Goodness and Greatness

Sunday, October 9, 2016 @ 2:30 P.M. Weekly Worship: Sundays @ 10:30 A.M. Church School: Sundays @ 9:00 A.M. Bible Study: Wednesdays @ Noon & 7:00 P.M. 2901 Mechanicsville Turnpike, Richmond, VA 23223 (804) 648-2472 ~ www.mmbcrva.org Dr. Price London Davis, Senior Pastor

2016 AnnuAl RevivAl SeRviceS

Please Memorial join us for our Annual RevivalChurch Mosby Baptist

September 26, 2016 thru Loving, “AMonday, Caring Community Committed to Listening, Thursday, September 29, 2016 Learning and Leaning While Launching into our Future.” 7:30 PM nightly

Upcoming Even

Guest Speakers

monday: Rev. Dr. Yvonne Bibbs, and 109th Church Annive sixth Baptist Church Saved by Grace, Goodness and

Sunday, October 9, 2016 @ Special Guests: Rev. Dr. Roscoe Cooper & the Rising Mo Wednesday: Rev. l. W. Moore and tuesday: Rev. Dr. James D. Harris, second Baptist Church mt. Vernon Baptist Church thursday: rev. Dr. Stephen l. W. Hewlett and riverview Baptist Church

Service g in m co e m o H Annual Rev. Dr. Price L. Davis, Pastor

Sunday, October 2, 2016 1 Service Only – 10:45 AM

Guest speaker: Rev. Otis lockhart, Pastor hollywood Baptist Church, Powhatan, Va

Fifth Baptist Church

1415 West Cary street riChmond, Va 23220

Richmond Free Press

September 22-24, 2016

Faith News/Directory

Study puts monetary value on good works done by U.S. religious organizations He found that congregations and religiously oriented charity groups are responsible for 130,000 alcohol and drug abuse recovery programs; 94,000 programs to support veterans and their families; 26,000 programs to prevent HIV/AIDS and to support people living with the disease; and 121,000 programs to train and support the unemployed. They also operate more than 50,000 schools. He also determined that churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship employ hundreds of thousands of people and buy everything from flowers to computers to snow removal services. He believes the $1.2 trillion figure he came up with is a “conservative” valuation of the annual work of religious organizations in American society. Why crunch the numbers? Dr. Grim believes it is good to know the impact religion has on the nation. Dr. Grim also wants congregations and clergy — and the society that benefits from the charitable work— to appreciate the size

Religion News Service

Religion is worth $1.2 trillion a year to the American economy, according to the first comprehensive study of the question. “In perspective, that would make religion the 15th largest national economy in the world, ahead of 180 other countries in terms of value,” according to the study’s author, Brian J. Grim, president of the Religious Freedom and Business Foundation and an associate scholar at Georgetown University’s Religious Freedom Project. “That would also make American religion larger than the global revenues of the top 10 tech companies, including Apple, Amazon and Google, or the combined annual revenue of the six largest American oil companies,” Lauren Markoe/Religion News Service Dr. Grim said as he released the study Sept. 14 in a speech at the National Press Club Brian Grim, associate scholar at Georgetown University’s Religious in Washington. Liberty Project, presents his study Dr. Grim understands why the religious Sept. 14 at the National Press and nonreligious alike might look upon the Club in Washington. exercise of valuing religion’s contribution to the economy skeptically. of the contribution. To put a value on the work of the nation’s 344,000 religious In a country where people often hear much more about the congregations representing all faiths, Dr. Grim looked at the evils committed by religious people — from sex abuse scandals schools, the soup kitchens, the addiction recovery programs to genocide — it’s time for some “balance,” Dr. Grim said. and other activities they run and the programs’ impacts on loEven clergy often downplay the value of their work, said Ram cal economies. Cnaan, director of the Program for Religion and Social Policy

Good Shepherd Baptist Church

Mount Olive Baptist Church

1127 North 28th St., Richmond, VA 23223-6624 • Office: (804) 644-1402 Dr. Sylvester T. Smith, Pastor “There’s A Place for You”

Rev. Darryl G. Thompson, Pastor

2016 Theme: The Year of Restoration

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

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

11:00 AM Mid-day Meditation

St. Peter Baptist Church Dr. Kirkland R. Walton, Pastor

Research at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Cnaan, who attended the National Press Club presentation to help Dr. Grim unveil his work, said the study would allow the religious to take pride in their contributions. “This is a new day for the people who study congregations,” he said of Dr. Grim’s work, “The Socio-economic Contribution of Religion to American Society: An Empirical Analysis.” “This is the beginning of a national debate — not if religion is important but how much it is important,” Dr. Cnaan said. Dr. Grim said that secular organizations like the Red Cross and the Cancer Society and the host of other nonprofits certainly contribute generously to the social health of the nation. Indeed, he said if the work of the religiously motivated did not exist, “I don’t think we would see all the good of society disappearing. However, I think it would be significantly less.” William A. Galston, a Brookings Institution scholar and a former Clinton administration domestic policy adviser who writes on religion and society, called Dr. Grim’s estimate of $1.2 trillion “a sensible number.” Dr. Grim’s paper, Dr. Galston said, can be used by religious organizations as “a credible calling card to get in the door” of policymakers who have too long undervalued their importance to society. Mission Statement: People of God developing Disciples for Jesus Christ through Preaching and Teaching of God’s Holy Word reaching the people of the Church and the Community.

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

Sundays

8:00 a.m. Early Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship

Christian Education Sunday Wednesdays Sunday, September 25, 2016 6:00 p.m. ..... Prayer Service 6:30 p.m. ..... Bible Study 8:30 a.m. ... Sunday School

Tuesdays

Sixth Baptist Church

Noon Day Bible Study

Morning Worship Church School Morning Worship

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

Unity Sundays (2nd Sundays) Church School Morning Worship

Thursday: Bible Study will reconvene September 29, 2016.

Union Baptist Church Men’s Ministry Presents…..

8:30 A.M. 10 A.M.

100 Men In Black

Christian Education & Youth Emphasis Sunday

Sunday, September 25, 2016

Emphasis during 11 a.m. service

September 25, 2016

8:00 AM - Fellowship Breakfast Speaker: Rev. Ronald Cooper

11:00 AM – Annual Men’s Day Service

Speaker: Rev. Carlos Garrett

2040 Mountain Road • Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Office 804-262-0230 • Fax 804-262-4651 • www.stpeterbaptist.net

3:30 PM – Musicial Concert Featuring

Zion Baptist Church

The Male Choir of Union Baptist and Friends

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

Wednesdays

6:30 p.m. Prayer and Praise 7:00 p.m. Adult Bible Study

With Mission, Growth, Prayer, Purpose, Vision We Are Growing In The Kingdom As We Grow The Kingdom Sunday, Sept.25, 2016 with Word, Worship and Witness

10:45AM Worship & Praise 11AM Divine Worship Message by Pastor Bibbs New Series - Mobilizing For Ministry

2006 Decatur Street, Richmond, VA 23224 Dr. Robert L. Pettis, Sr., Pastor

“Homecoming Matthew 5:13-16

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Fall Revival

Prayer & Praise begins 7:00 PM nightly

Monday, October 3, 2016 and Tuesday, October 4, 2016 Guest Preacher: Rev. Larry Collins, Pastor Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Powhatan, VA

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

Rev. Dr. Yvonne Jones Bibbs, Pastor

Rev. Dr. Stephen L. Hewlett, Pastor Rev. Dr. Ralph Reavis, Sr. Pastor Emeritus

9:45 A.M. 11:00 A.M.

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Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016

Free Kidney Health Screening 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Guest Preacher: Rev. Victor Davis, Pastor Bethlehem Baptist Church, Richmond, VA “Reclaiming the Lost by Proclaiming the Gospel”

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Ebenezer Baptist Church 1858

“The People’s Church”

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

Ebenezer Baptist Church Homecoming

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ChurCh SChool - 9:30 AM. Morning WorShip - 10:30 AM

8:45 a.m. 10 a.m.

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

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Sunday, September 25, 2016 Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Theme: “Potent Faith Yields Potent Service” Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Keith Savage First Baptist Church, Manassas, VA 

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(near Byrd Park)

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

Thirty-first Street Baptist Church

Children’s Church Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016

400 South Addison Street Richmond, Va. 23220

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“Redeemed, Renewed and Rekindled”

October 3rd thru October 5th

Baptist Church

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804-859-1985 | zbcoffice@verizon.net

Morning Service - 10:30 AM Dinner following service Homecoming Service - 3:00 PM Featuring Praise Dancers and Youth Choirs

New Church School Classes From Nursery – College Student Also Women’s & Men’s Classes

Riverview

Sunday School Worship Service

1:30 p.m. Bible Study

10:00 a.m... Morning Worship

Worship Opportunities Sundays:

Thursdays

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Richmond Free Press

Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, October 10, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2016-226 To amend Ord. No. 2016116, adopted Apr. 25, 2016, which authorized the Chief Administrative Officer to submit a Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as an application for the receipt of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) funds, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funds; accepted funds from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the total amount of $6,362,297; and appropriated $6,562,297 for various projects, for the purpose of authorizing the cancellation of 16 CDBG activities, accepting $5,940 in additional HOME funds, and appropriating this $5,940 for the Citywide Owner Occupied Home Repair project. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, September 22, 2016, 2:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2016-231 pTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Computer-Aided Dispatch Interface User Agreement between the City of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University for the purpose of allowing the Virginia Commonwealth University Police Department to become an operational user of the Department of Emergency Communications’ computer-aided dispatch and mobile data communications systems and facilitating interoperability between the Department of Police and the Virginia Commonwealth University Police Department. (Committee: Public Safety, Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Jean V. Capel City Clerk City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Tuesday, October 3, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, October 10, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2016-232 To close, to public use and travel, a portion of an alley and a turnaround bounded by Brookland Parkway, Brook Road, Sherwood Avenue, I-95/I-64, and Robin Hood Road, consisting of 6,557± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions, and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept a dedication of property, consisting of 443± square feet, for a new turnaround for right-of-way purposes in the block bounded by Brookland Parkway, Brook Road, Sherwood Avenue, I-95/I-64, and Robin Hood Road.

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There are no established residential density ranges for these land use categories or the proposed zoning districts.

are R-5A, R-6 and R-7. Primary uses in this category are single-family and two-family dwelling units, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. The proposed development would establish a residential density of approximately 24 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2016-234 To conditionally rezone the properties known as 111 Hull Street and a portion of 1 Hull Street from the RF-1 Riverfront District to the B-4C Central Business District (Conditional). The City of Richmond Riverfront Plan designates the subject property, referred to as South Canal Lofts, formerly Federal Paperboard Co., for future development, stating the plan anticipates incremental redevelopment of under-utilized parcels and languishing former industrial sites. Ordinance No. 2016-235 To rezone the property known as 2400 East Franklin Street from the M-1 Light Industrial District to the R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential District. The Master Plan recommends Single-Family (mediumdensity) land uses for the property, which establishes recommended densities at 8 to 20 units per acre. The proposed R-6 zoning establishes densities up to 14.5 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2016-236 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1400 Roseneath Road for the purpose of a multifamily dwelling with up to 364 dwelling units and commercial uses permitted in the B-6 Mixed-Use Business District, upon certain terms and conditions. The Master Plan designates the property for industrial uses and does not establish any recommended residential density ranges. The proposed ordinance would establish a residential density of 143 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2016-237 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1901 Stuart Avenue for the purposes of a multifamily dwelling with three dwelling units and the reconstruction of an existing two-car garage, upon certain terms and conditions. The Richmond Master Plan designates this property as SingleFamily (medium density) in the East Planning District. “Primary uses are multi-family dwellings at densities up to 20 units per acre. Includes day nurseries, adult day care and residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities and limited public and semi-public uses (p. 133).” Ordinance No. 2016-238 To authorize the special use of the property known as 2925 West Leigh Street for the purpose of a single-family attached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. The Master Plan designates the property for industrial uses and does not establish any recommended residential density ranges. The proposed ordinance would legitimize the existing single-family use at a density range of 17.9 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2016-239 To authorize the special use of the property known as 2927 West Leigh Street for the purpose of a single-family attached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. The Master Plan designates the property for industrial uses and does not establish any recommended residential density ranges. The proposed ordinance would legitimize the existing single-family use at a density range of 18.2 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2016-240 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3325 Florida Avenue for use as a day nursery for up to 12 children, upon certain terms and conditions. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan recommends Single-Family Low Density land use for the subject property. Primary uses in this category includes single-family detached dwellings at densities up to seven units per acre and residential support uses such as churches, parks, and recreational facilities.

Ordinance No. 2016-233 To rezone the properties known as 1400, 1404, 1408, 1410, 1412, 1414 and 1416 North 27th Street from the R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential District to the UB-2 Urban Business District and the properties known as 1401 and 1403 North 26th Street; 1418, 1420 and 1422 North 27th Streets; and 2603, 2605, 2607, and 2623 Nine Mile Road from the B-2 Community Business District to the UB-2 Urban Business District. The Master Plan designates the properties for Institutional and Transitional Office land uses.

Ordinance No. 2016-241 To authorize the special use of the property known as 404 North 33rd Street for the purpose of a twofamily detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. Such a use is permitted in the R-8 district; however the subject property does not meet the minimum lot area or minimum lot width requirements for a two-family detached dwelling in the R-8 district. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property along 33rd Street for Single-Family (Medium Density) land use. Typical zoning classifications that may accommodate this land use category

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Ordinance No. 2016-242 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 97-287-289, adopted Oct. 13, 1997, as previously amended by Ord. No. 98-246-275, adopted Sept. 14, 1998, and Ord. No. 2007-11585, adopted Apr. 23, 2007, which authorized a special use of the property known as 2418-2422 East Franklin Street to provide for a lot split, to remove the property known as 2400 East Franklin Street from the special use permit, upon certain terms and conditions. The Master Plan recommends SingleFamily (medium-density) land uses for the property, which establishes recommended densities at 8 to 20 units per acre. The proposed amendment to remove 2400 East Franklin Street from the special use permit would establish a residential density of 27.7 units per acre for 2422 East Franklin Street. Ordinance No. 2016-243 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 84-188-174, adopted Aug. 27, 1984, as previously amended by Ord. No. 89-391-90-16, adopted Jan. 22, 1990, which authorized the special use of 504 and 506 Libbie Avenue, for the purpose of expanding the existing non-medical office use and allowing off-site uses to use the parking area. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan recommends Mixed Use land use for the property. The Master Plan defines the primary uses for this category as combinations of office, retail, personal service, general commercial and service uses and, in some cases, multi-family residential and dwelling units above ground floor commercial. Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Jean V. Capel City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER CHRISTOPHER WASHINGTON, Plaintiff v. KEISHA WASHINGTON, Defendant. Case No.: CL16000956-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 10th day of November, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom 2 and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER NICHOLAS OTEY, Plaintiff v. KATINA OTEY, Defendant. Case No.: CL15003157 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 10th day of November, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom 2 and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO LEON COWARD, SR., Plaintiff Continued on next column

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v. NELIDA MONTALVOCOWARD, Defendant. Civil Law No.: CL16-713 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from the defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart without interruption and without cohabitation for a period of more than one year, since May 15, 2010. And it appearing by Affidavit filed according to law that Nelida Montalvo-Coward, the above-named defendant, is not a resident of this state and that due diligence has been used by or in behalf of plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city the defendant is, without effect. It is therefore ORDERED that the said Nelida MontalvoCoward do appear in the Clerk’s Office of the Law Division of the Circuit Court of the County of Henrico, 4301 East Parham Road, Henrico, Virginia 23273, on or before October 29, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. and do whatever necessary to protect his interest in this suit. A Copy Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk I ask for this: Rudolph C. McCollum, Jr. Esq. VSB # 32825 P.O. Box 4595 Richmond, VA 23220 Phone (804) 523-3900 Fax (804) 523-3901

CUSTODY VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO LEA YADIN, Petitioner In Re: Maya Tudor Case No.: CL16001939-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is for Lea Yadin (Mother), by counsel, to obtain a name change for her daughter, a minor, from Maya AnneMarie Tudor to Maya Sarah Yadin. It appearing by affidavit that the Father’s last known address is no longer valid and the Father’s present whereabouts are unknown, the Mother sought service of process on the Father at his last known residence, and the Sheriff of Hampton City, Virginia has filed a return of service stating that Father was not found and was unable to make service of process; additionally Mother mailed a copy of the peitition to Father which came back “moved left no address,” it is therefore; ORDERED that the Father appear before this Court on or before October 27, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests herein. A Copy Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk Henrico Circuit Court I ask for this: Jennifer M. Fox (VSB #39574) BARNES & DIEHL, P.C. Lockwood Business Center 9097 Atlee Station Road, Suite 319 Mechanicsville, Virginia 23116 (804) 569-5515 (telephone) (804) 569-5501 (facsimile) jfox@barnesfamilylaw.com Counsel for Petitioner virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re KYMON JASHAUD CEPHAS, Juvenile v. TIFFANY HILL (Mother) JJ079462-16 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Tiffany Hill, (Mother) of Kymon Jashaud Cephas, child, DOB 4/26/2006, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support It is ORDERED that the defendant, Tiffany Hill (Mother), appear at the above-named Court and protect her interest on or before 11/17/2016, at 11:40 AM. Court Room #3. Kate O’Leary, Esq. 730 E. Broad St, 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-3493 virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JAMAR RASHEED CEPHAS JR., Juvenile v. TIFFANY HILL (Mother) JJ042758-16 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Tiffany Hill, (Mother) of Jamar Rasheed Cephas Jr., child, DOB 3/22/2002, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support It is ORDERED that the defendant, Tiffany Hill (Mother), appear at the above-named Court and protect her interest on or before 11/17/2016, at 11:40 AM. Court Room #3. Kate O’Leary, Esq. Continued on next column

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cured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 5, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded August 10, 2004, in Instrument Number, 04046915, BEVERLY SALKIN, as to a $26,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $26,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 5, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded August 10, 2004, in Instrument Number, 04-046915, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, HERBERT CHUTTER, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of HERBERT CHUTTER, as to part of a $10,500.00 Interest, who may be the holders of part of a $10,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 5, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded August 10, 2004, in Instrument Number, 04-046915, DOROTHY CHUTTER, as to part of a $10,500.00 Interest, who may be the holders of part of a $10,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 5, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded August 10, 2004, in Instrument Number, 04-046915, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 28, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

successors in title; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRI BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; 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 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, ROBERT GOLDEN, as to a ½ Interest, AND CAROL GOLDEN, as to a ½ Interest, who may be the holders of a 1/2 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 27, 2002, with respect to said property, recorded March 28, 2002, in Instrument Number, 02-009495, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, HAL GOTTSCHALL a/k/a HAROLD H. GOTTSCHALL, as to a ½ Interest AND LINDA GOTTSCHALL, as to a ½ Interest, who may be the holders of a 1/2 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated March 27, 2002, with respect to said property, recorded March 28, 2002, in Instrument Number, 02-009495, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, DAVID GROSSMAN, who may be deceased, who may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated December 1, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded December 5, 2005, in Instrument Number, 0542606, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, SHIRLEY GROSSMAN, who may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated December 1, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded December 5, 2005, in Instrument Number, 0542606, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ISAAC I. SILVER, who may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated December 1, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded December 5, 2005, in Instrument Number, 05-42606, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRI BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 28, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

signees or successor/s in interest of EMILY H. JANUARY a/k/a EMILY HAYNES JANUARY, have not been located and/or has not filed a response to this action; that CHARLETTE T. WOOLRIDGE, TATIA WILLIAMS, CHARLES LEVON JANUARY, JR., who may have an ownership interest in said property, 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 CHARLES L. JANUARY a/k/a CHARLES L. JANUARY, SR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of CHARLES L. JANUARY a/k/a CHARLES L. JANUARY, SR., EMILY H. JANUARY a/k/a EMILY HAYNES JANUARY, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of EMILY H. JANUARY a/k/a EMILY HAYNES JANUARY, CHARLETTE T. WOOLRIDGE, TATIA WILLIAMS, CHARLES LEVON JANUARY, JR., and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 28, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL15-3508-1 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1107 North 35th Street, Richmond, Virginia, TaxMap/GPIN# E0001275/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that SUSAN M. PEMBER, Trustee, WILLIAM K.PEMBER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED JULY 8, 2003, said trust which may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 11, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded January 16, 2007, in Instrument Number, 07-01642, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or her successor/s in title; that ABNER SALKIN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of ABNER SALKIN, as to a $26,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $26,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 5, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded August 10, 2004, in Instrument Number, 04-046915, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that BEVERLY SALKIN, as to a $26,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $26,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 5, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded August 10, 2004, in Instrument Number, 04-046915, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that HERBERT CHUTTER, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of HERBERT CHUTTER, as to part of a $10,500.00 Interest, who may be the holders of part of a $10,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 5, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded August 10, 2004, in Instrument Number, 04-046915, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that DOROTHY CHUTTER, as to part of a $10,500.00 Interest, who may be the holders of part of a $10,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 5, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded August 10, 2004, in Instrument Number, 04-046915, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; 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 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, SUSAN M. PEMBER, Trustee, WILLIAM K.PEMBER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED JULY 8, 2003, said trust which may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 11, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded January 16, 2007, in Instrument Number, 07-01642, or her successor/s in title, ABNER SALKIN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of ABNER SALKIN, as to a $26,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $26,000.00 Interest in a certain Note se-

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. CHARLES L. JANUARY a/k/a CHARLES L. JANUARY, SR., Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF CHARLES L. JANUARY a/k/a CHARLES L. JANUARY, SR., et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL16-3406-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1503 Willis Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/ GPIN# S007-1329/036, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CHARLES L. JANUARY, SR., An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CHARLES L. JANUARY a/k/a CHARLES L. JANUARY, SR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of CHARLES L. JANUARY a/k/a CHARLES L. JANUARY, SR., have not been located and/or has not filed a response to this action; that EMILY H. JANUARY a/k/a EMILY HAYNES JANUARY, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, as-

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. Case No.: CL15-2761-1 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL15-2761-1 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1630 North 28th Street, Richmond, Virginia, TaxMap/GPIN# E0000864/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that ROBERT GOLDEN and CAROL GOLDEN, who may be the holders of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 6, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded July 7, 2005, in Instrument Number, 05-022359, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., (A Terminate Virginia Corporation), which may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 6, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded July 7, 2005, in Instrument Number, 05-022359, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or it’s assignees or successors in title; that FRANK GROSSMAN, TRUSTEE for the ROSE BASS COHEN TRUST BENEFIT OF SYLVIA GROSSMAN, which may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 6, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded July 7, 2005, in Instrument Number, 05-022359, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that RONALD W. ADOLF, who may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 6, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded July 7, 2005, in Instrument Number, 05-022359, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ALLAN MULLIAN, who may be deceased, who may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 28, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded July 28, 2005, in Instrument Number, 05-025067, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, who may be creditors with an interest

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in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; 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 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, ROBERT GOLDEN and CAROL GOLDEN, who may be the holders of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 6, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded July 7, 2005, in Instrument Number, 05-022359, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., (ATerminate Virginia Corporation), which may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 6, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded July 7, 2005, in Instrument Number, 05-022359, or it’s assignees or successors in title; FRANK GROSSMAN, TRUSTEE for the ROSE BASS COHEN TRUST BENEFIT OF SYLVIA GROSSMAN, which may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 6, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded July 7, 2005, in Instrument Number, 05-022359, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, RONALD W. ADOLF, who may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 6, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded July 7, 2005, in Instrument Number, 05-022359, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ALLAN MULLIAN, who may be deceased, who may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 28, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded July 28, 2005, in Instrument Number, 05-025067, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 28, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

been located and has not filed a response to this action, or its successor/s in title; that WALTER L. HOOKER, Who May Be Deceased, as Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, or his Successors in Interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that MICHAEL C. HALL, Trustee for a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated September 22, 1999, with respect to said property, recorded September 24, 1999, in Instrument Number 99-26803, or his successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded June 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 0721427, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that WALTER L. HOOKER, who may be deceased, Trustee for a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded June 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-21427, or his Successor in Interest; that JOSEPH FITZGERALD, As to part of a $5,000.00 Interest, and GAIL FITZGERALD, As to part of a $5,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $5,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded June 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-21427, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed as response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that GORDON BRUCE, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/ in interest of GORDON BRUCE, A to part of a$10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of part of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that GLORIA ADAMS, As to a $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded June 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-21427, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, As to a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of a $25,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded June 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-21427, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that ABNER SALKIN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of ABNER SALKIN, As to a $12,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of a $12,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded June 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-21427, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that BEVERLEY SALKIN a/k/a BEVERLEY WILCOX SALKIN, As to a $12,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $12,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded June 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-21427, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that WALTER L. HOOKER, who may be deceased, As Trustee, MARY JANE HOOKER TRUST, As to a $25,000.00 Interest, or his Successor in Interest, which may be the holder of a $25,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded June 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-21427, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that RICHMOND REAL ESTATE, LLC., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, ARDEN B. BOURGEOIS, As Former Member/Manager, ESTATE OF ARTHUR RUCKER OR ORDER, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated September 22, 1999, with respect to said property, recorded September 24, 1999, in Instrument Number 99-26803, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, WALTER

L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, Trustee for a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated September 22, 1999, with respect to said property, recorded September 24, 1999, in Instrument Number 99-26803, or its successor/s in title, WALTER L. HOOKER, Who May Be Deceased, as Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, or his Successors in Interest, MICHAEL C. HALL, Trustee for a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated September 22, 1999, with respect to said property, recorded September 24, 1999, in Instrument Number 99-26803, or his successor/s in title, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded June 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-21427, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, WALTER L. HOOKER, who may be deceased, Trustee for a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded June 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-21427, or his Successor in Interest, JOSEPH FITZGERALD, As to part of a $5,000.00 Interest, and GAIL FITZGERALD, As to part of a $5,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $5,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded June 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 0721427, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; GORDON BRUCE, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/ in interest of GORDON BRUCE, A to part of a$10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of part of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, GLORIA ADAMS, As to a $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded June 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-21427, her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, As to a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of a $25,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded June 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-21427, ABNER SALKIN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of ABNER SALKIN, As to a $12,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of a $12,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded June 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-21427, BEVERLEY SALKIN a/k/a BEVERLEY WILCOX SALKIN, As to a $12,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $12,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded June 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-21427, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, WALTER L. HOOKER, who may be deceased, As Trustee, MARY JANE HOOKER TRUST, As to a $25,000.00 Interest, or his Successor in Interest, which may be the holder of a $25,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded June 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-21427, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 28, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

2822 Purcell Street E0120374022 2824 Purcell Street E0120374006 511 West Marshall Street N0000240005 1414 North 31st Street E0000718008 2909 Hanes Avenue N0000889020 1309 North 22nd Street E0000616019 2419 Carrington Street E0000471011 521 St. James Street N0000078042 1408 Willis Street S0071231018 2609 Dale Avenue S0090301029 1616 North 31st Street E0000795045 211 West Brookland Park Blvd. N0000887032 112 South Colonial Avenue W0001281019 The owner/s of any property listed may redeem it at any time before the date of the sale by paying all accumulated taxes, penalties, interest and cost thereon, including the pro rata cost of publication hereunder.

devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ROBERT H. WINSTON, SR., a/k/a ROBERT HERSHELL WINSTON, SR., PAMELA W. JOHNSON, LATOYA MAYO, ROBERT HERSHELL WINSTON, JR., JESSE U. WINSTON a/k/a JESSE UVERNON WINSTON, SR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of JESSE U. WINSTON a/k/a JESSE UVERNON WINSTON, SR., DELORES M. WINSTON, JESSE UVERNON WINSTON, JR., PLATINUM FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION, A Dissolved Maryland Corporation, Assignee of FCC NATIONAL BANK ta FIRST CARD, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 28, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 28, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; 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 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, R. N. HILLSMAN, III a/k/a ROSSER NOLAND HILLSMAN, III, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of R. N. HILLSMAN, III a/k/a ROSSER NOLAND HILLSMAN, III, who may be the holder/s of a certain Note secured by a secured by a Purchase Money Deed of Trust dated May 10, 2001, with respect to said property, recorded May 13, 2002, in Instrument Number 02-14625, ARTHUR MULLIAN, As President, HOME IMPROVEMENT FINANCIAL SERVICE, as to $50,000.00 Interest, which may be the holder of $50,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 12, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded May 13, 2005, in Instrument Number, 05-015586, or Mr. Mullian’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, RONALD ADOLPH, as to $8,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $8,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 12, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded May 13, 2005, in Instrument Number, 05-015586, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, RICHARD D. KRIDER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 28, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

Transact Business in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated May 29, 1998 and recorded July 13, 1998, in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court, City of Richmond, Virginia, in Instrument No. 98-18038, has not filed a response to this action and hat 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 EMPIRE MORTGAGE XI, INC., A Maryland Corporation Not Authorized to Transact Business in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated May 29, 1998, and recorded July 13, 1998, in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court, City of Richmond, Virginia, in Instrument No. 98-18038, or it’s heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 28, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. Office of the City Attorney City of Richmond 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940

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

Notice Judicial Sale of Real Property Owner/s of the below listed properties are hereby given Notice that thirty (30) days from the date of this notice, proceedings will be commenced under the authority of Section 58.1-3965 et seq. of the Code of Virginia to sell the following parcels located in the City of Richmond, Virginia for payment of delinquent taxes: 514 North 26th Street E000-0383/004 1522 North 27th Street E000-0713/002 1906 Chelsea Street E000-0833/019 522 Chimborazo Boulevard E0000883002 1400 Bryan Street E0000604014 1402 Bryan Street E0000604013 2200 Fairmount Avenue E0000616018 623 West Lancaster Road N0000594001 2820 Purcell Street E0120374008

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JOHN BICK WINSTON, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF JOHN BICK WINSTON, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL16-2602-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2118 Lamb Avenue Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# N000-0450/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, MARY E. WINSTON a/k/a MARY ELLA WINSTON, who may be deceased. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MARY E. WINSTON a/k/a MARY ELLA WINSTON, who may be deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest of MARY E. WINSTON a/k/a MARY ELLA WINSTON, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, JOHN BICK WINSTON, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of JOHN BICK WINSTON, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that ROBERT H. WINSTON, SR., a/k/a ROBERT HERSHELL WINSTON, SR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ROBERT H. WINSTON, SR., a/k/a ROBERT HERSHELL WINSTON, SR., have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that PAMELA W. JOHNSON and LATOYA MAYO, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that ROBERT HERSHELL WINSTON, JR., who may have an ownership interest in said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that JESSE U. WINSTON a/k/a JESSE UVERNON WINSTON, SR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of JESSE U. WINSTON a/k/a JESSE UVERNON WINSTON, SR., who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that DELORES M. WINSTON and JESSE UVERNON WINSTON, JR., who may have an ownership interest in said property, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that PLATINUM FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION, A Dissolved Maryland Corporation, Assignee of FCC NATIONAL BANK ta FIRST CARD, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that MARY E. WINSTON a/k/a MARY ELLA WINSTON, who may be deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest of MARY E. WINSTON a/k/a MARY ELLA WINSTON, JOHN BICK WINSTON, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of JOHN BICK WINSTON, ROBERT H. WINSTON, SR., a/k/a ROBERT HERSHELL WINSTON, SR., who may be deceased and the heirs,

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL15-3121-1 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 417 North 33rd Street”, TaxMap/GPIN# E000-0884/026, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that NANCY WEISS, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Title of NANCY WEISS, who may be the holder/s of a $95,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 1, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded November 1, 2008, in Instrument No. 0826138, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 1, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded November 1, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-26138, or its successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that WALTER L. HOOKER, Who May Be Deceased or his Successor/s in Title, As Trustee in Liquidation, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and RICHARD D. KRIDER, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this matter; 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 TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, NANCY WEISS, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Title of NANCY WEISS, who may be the holder/s of a $95,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 1, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded November 1, 2008, in Instrument No. 0826138, WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 1, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded November 1, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-26138, or its successor/s in title, WALTER L. HOOKER, Who May Be Deceased or his Successor/s in Title, As Trustee in Liquidation, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, RICHARD D. KRIDER, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be

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

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL15-4190-1 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 630 North 30th Street, Richmond, Virginia, TaxMap/GPIN# E0000573/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that R. N. HILLSMAN, III a/k/a ROSSER NOLAND HILLSMAN, III, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of R. N. HILLSMAN, III a/k/a ROSSER NOLAND HILLSMAN, III, who may be the holder/s of a certain Note secured by a secured by a Purchase Money Deed of Trust dated May 10, 2001, with respect to said property, recorded May 13, 2002, in Instrument Number 02-14625, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that ARTHUR MULLIAN, As President, HOME IMPROVEMENT FINANCIAL SERVICE, as to $50,000.00 Interest, which may be the holder of $50,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 12, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded May 13, 2005, in Instrument Number, 05-015586, or Mr. Mullian’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that RONALD ADOLPH, as to $8,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $8,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 12, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded May 13, 2005, in Instrument Number, 05-015586, has not been personally and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, RICHARD D. KRIDER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of Continued on next column

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Washington Wizards to practice in Richmond

The Washington Wizards, a pro basketball franchise with old ties to Richmond, are coming to Virginia Commonwealth University’s Siegel Center. The NBA Eastern Conference affiliate will conduct preseason practices at VCU’s Broad Street facility Sept. 27 trough Oct. 1. Only the Friday, Sept. 30, evening session will be open to the public. Washington previously held preseason training at VCU from 2003 to 2009. More recently, the team conducted drills at George Mason University, the Verizon Center in Washington and Towson University. The Wizards are paying VCU $9,000 plus expenses to rent the

Siegel Center, home of the Atlantic 10 Conference Rams. Washington was 41-41 last season and missed the playoffs. Since then, the team has fired Coach Randy Wittman and hired Scott Brooks. The Wizards open their preseason exhibition games Oct. 4 at the Verizon Center against the Miami Heat. Washington and Richmond have long been linked by standout player Bobby Dandridge out of Maggie L. Walker High School. Dandridge, who starred collegiately at Norfolk State University, helped Washington to its only NBA title in 1978, when the team was called the Washington Bullets. Dandridge averaged 19 points and six rebounds that

season, working the front court with Elvin Hayes and Wes Unseld. Four former Virginia Union University standouts played for Washington. Terry Davis played with Washington from 1997 to 1999. He has the distinction of scoring the first basket at the MCI Center, now the Verizon Center. Another VUU standout, Ben Wallace, began his NBA career in Washington in 1996. A.J. English suited up for Washington from 1990 to 1992, and Charles Oakley was with the D.C. franchise in 2002 and 2003. Before moving to Washington, the franchise was in Baltimore and known as the Baltimore Bullets. Mike

Wizards schedule at VCU

Tuesday, Sept. 27 – noon to 5 or 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28 – noon to 5 or 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29 – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30 – 10 a.m. to noon and 6 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The evening session on Friday, Sept. 30, is open to public; all other practices are closed.

Davis, VUU’s all-time scorer, was the Bullets’ first round draft choice in 1969. Davis played with the Bullets during the 1969-70 season and again in 1972. Former VCU great Richard “Dickie Red” Jones was drafted by Washington in 1975 but did not make the team. The team left Baltimore and moved to the Capital Center in Landover,

Md., in 1973 and was known as the Capital Bullets. The team became the Washington Bullets in 1974 and has been called the Washington Wizards since 1997. The Wizards aren’t the first pro team to hold preseason workouts at VCU. In 1971, the ABA Virginia Squires held practices at VCU’s Franklin Street Gym.

‘Lovable Losers’ get push this season from black players The Chicago Cubs — that’s right, the Chicago Cubs! — are baseball’s very best team, at least for now. Nicknamed the “Lovable Losers,” the Cubbies haven’t won a World Series since 1908, which was eight years before they moved into quaint Wrigley Field on Chicago’s North Side. Now aided by a notable cadre of black players, the Cubs are getting even for past torment. The now fierce Cubs became the first team to clinch a playoff berth on Sept. 15. They also are on pace to win at least 100 games (94-53 with 15 left on Sept. 17) and will surely earn top seed for the National League playoffs. A first World Series crown since President Theodore Roosevelt’s administration sits in their crosshairs. Here’s a review of the Cubbies’ history of black players through the decades, and a look at today’s power-packed lineup: The past The franchise’s first black player was Ernie Banks in 1953. He became known as “Mr. Cub” and “Mr. Sunshine.” From Dallas, the shortstop/first baseman was a 14-time All-Star and two-time league Most Valuable Player while

Aroldis Chapman Addison Russell

Jason Heyward

walloping 512 home runs. Banks, easily the most beloved Cubbie ever, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977. Other African-American hall of famers wearing the Cubs’ blue pinstripes: Lou Brock, Andre Dawson, Monte Irvin, Fergie Jenkins and Billy Williams. Bullpen ace Lee Smith retired as baseball’s all-time saves leader in 2006, but has yet to enter the hall of fame. Present headliners Aroldis “Cuban Missile” Chapman:The fastest pitcher in big league history was acquired from the New York Yankees on July 25. The

Jorge Soler

Willson Contreras

southpaw’s hummer was clocked at a record 105.1 mph in 2011 and averages 100-plus. A Cuban defector in 2010, he had fanned 627 in 372 career innings entering last weekend. With the Cubs, he has 14 saves, 1.25 ERA and 34 whiffs in 22 frames. Addison Russell: The 22-year-old Floridian was the National League’s starting All-Star shortstop. He had 20 homers, 91 RBI entering week. Coincidentally, Wrigley Field is on West Addison Street in Chicago. Dexter Fowler: The 30-year-old Georgian ranks with elite centerfielders. Originally drafted by Colorado, Fowler switched from hitting right-handed

to exclusively left-handed on the pro level. Jason “J-Hey Kid” Heyward: The 6-foot-5, 240-pound, left-handed right fielder originally was a first round draft choice of Atlanta. The son of Dartmouth graduates is in first year with the Cubs after stints in Atlanta and St. Louis. Jorge Soler: The muscular Cuban defector adds plenty of power as a rotating outfielder. Just 24, he is in his third season with the Cubs. Carl “String Bean Slinger” Edwards: The South Carolinian is the right-handed bullpen equivalent of Chapman. The 6-foot-3, 170-pounder fanned 41 in the first 30 innings with 2.70 ERA. Willson Contreras: Sharing catching duties, the 25-year-old Venezuelan rookie socked nine homers in his first 221 at-bats. Javier Baez: Fleet and versatile defensively, the Jacksonville, Fla., native has added 13 homers, 50 RBI and 12 stolen bases coming off the bench. He is a former first round draft choice. Cubs baseball has been more associated with Wrigley’s ivy-covered outfield fence, hand-turned scoreboard, rambunctious “Bleacher Bums,” rooftop seating atop adjacent apartments — and for a long, long time, with continued futility on the diamond. Those times have changed.

Employment Opportunities Saint Mark Baptist Church, serving the Goochland Virginia and surrounding communities, is seeking a

Music Director/Choir Director and Organist/Pianist.

As music is a key component in our Worship Services, we are seeking a person with a strong background and commitment to both traditional and contemporary styles of gospel music, experience with choral leadership and excellent communication skills. The salary of this part-time position will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Please send resumes with references by e-mail to stmarkmaidens@aol.com or by mail to Saint Mark Baptist Church, C/O Marie Hewlett, Clerk, 4596 Factory Mill Rd, Maidens Va 23102.

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER/ FUSION COMPANY: Modify existing software to correct errors to adapt it to new hardware or to upgrade interfaces and improve performance. Consult with customers or other departments on project status, proposals, or technical issues, such as software system design or maintenance; REQMTS: (i) a Master’s Degree in Comp & Information Sci, Comp Eng, Info Systems or closely related field; & (ii) 3 yrs’ exp in the alternate occup of Consultant Programmer, Software Eng or closely related occupation or any combination thereof; and (iii) 3 yrs’ concurrent exp in ASP.Net applications, C#, WPF and PL/SQL; JOB LOCATION: Richmond/ VA; qualified applicants should send their cvr ltr, CV, salary reqrmts and references by mail to: c/o Tiffany Fortune, Director, HR and Corp Services, Fusion Company, 9950 Mayland Drive, Richmond, VA 23233.

St. Peter Baptist Church A progressive suburban church is seeking grant writers and a video media technician. Interested persons please forward resumes to spbcoffice@verizon.net. Salaries are negotiable.

(Position #FO049)

TransiT sysTem

AssistAnt Project MAnAger Commensurate Upon Experience Closes: October 10, 2016

GRTC Transit System is currently seeking candidates, 21 years of age and older with a BA in Planning, Architecture, Engineering or a related field and at least 1-3 years of experience in capital project management, for an Assistant Project Manager position. BA in Planning, Architecture, Engineering or related field preferred or equivalent. 1-3 years’ experience in capital project management including experience in construction management preferred. A combination of education and experience is required. Valid driver’s License required. For a more detailed job description and the ability to apply online, please visit www.ridegrtc.com. A pre-employment drug screening and DOT physical will be required. GRTC is an equal opportunity employer with a drug-free work environment.

Monthly Bonuses up to $500+. Guaranteed Hometime. BCBS Benefits. No Touch. CDL-A 1yr exp.

$850

(Position #FO217)

AA/EOE/ADA/Veterans/ AmeriCorps/Peace Corps/ Other National Service Alumni are encouraged to apply.

Drivers:

(J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA) Associates or Bachelor’s degree in Opticianry. Minimum of three (3) years of occupational experience in the field of ophthalmic optics. Minimum of two (2) years of teaching experience in an accredited opticianry program. Current or eligible for Virginia state optician license. American Board of Opticianry and/or National Contact Lens Examiners certification(s). Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing. The selected candidate must be able to successfully pass the college’s preemployment security screening. TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Full-time, twelvemonth teaching faculty ranked appointment. Salary commensurate with the education and experience of the applicant. Salary range: $42,501-$136,373. Approximate maximum hiring salary: $79,220. Additional information is available at the College’s website: www.reynolds.edu. APPLICATION PROCESS: Review of applications will begin November 3, 2016, and will be accepted until the position is filled.

(J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA) Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a field related to Dental Assisting. At least two (2) years of occupational experience in dental assisting. Must have current Dental Assisting National Board “Certified Dental Assistant” credential, or a licensed dental hygienist with a current “Certified Dental Assistant” credential, or be a dentist licensed to practice dentistry in the Commonwealth of Virginia; and must have occupational experience in the application of fourhanded dentistry principles, either as a dental assistant or working with a chairside assistant. The selected candidate must be able to pass the college’s pre-employment security screening. TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Full-time, ninemonth teaching faculty ranked appointment. Salary commensurate with the education and experience of the applicant. Salary range: $31,876-$102,279. Approximate maximum hiring salary: $58,977. Additional information is available at the College’s website: www.reynolds.edu. APPLICATION PROCESS: Review of applications will begin November 3, 2016, and will be accepted until the position is filled.

$1,275 per week +

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Opticianry Instructor/ Program Head

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NNT: 844-499-0662 Freelance Writers: The Richmond Free Press has immediate opportunities for freelance writers. Newspaper experience is a requirement. To be considered, please send 5 samples of your writing, along with a cover letter to newsrichmondfreepress.com or mail to: Richmond Free Press, P. O. Box 27709, Richmond, VA 23261. No phone calls.

News specialist

NBC12 seeks part-time news/content specialist. The successful candidate will be required to shoot and run live shots for Richmond’s number one morning news. The candidate must also have experience in editing, graphics, camera and audio. Good computer and internet skills are a must. Work schedule will include early mornings. Apply on line at https://careers-raycommedia.icims.com Drug Screen and MVR check required. EOE M/F/D/V.

The City of Richmond is seeking to fill the following positions: Equipment Operator IV 29M00000392 Public Works Apply by 10/02/2016 Equipment Operator III – Stormwater 35M00000826 Public Utilities Apply by 10/09/2016 Library Assistant I-Part-Time 03M00000085 Richmond Public Library Apply by 10/02/2016 Maintenance Worker I – Stormwater 35M00000817 Public Utilities Apply by 10/02/2016

Mortgage Banking Senior ClaimS reCovery offiCer VHDA is seeking an individual with experience and overall knowledge of FHA, VA, FNMA, Rural Development and PMI servicing guidelines to join the Homeownership Division as a Sr. Claims Recovery Officer. Responsibilities include filing foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure and short sale claims and processing claim funds ensuring compliance with Insurer/Investor regulations and guidelines. The Senior Claims Recovery Officer will analyze files to ensure full recovery of allowable expenses and provide a monthly report of detailed loan level accounting of loan losses. Candidates must possess several years (3-5 years preferred) of experience understanding FHA, VA, FNMA and Rural Development regulations and guidelines and must have experience filing claims. Candidates must have experience using the Black Knight MSP mortgage servicing system, FHA Connection, Valeri and PMI web portals. Ideal candidates will handle the preparation, answer questions and provide documentation for auditors both internal and external. Successful candidate must possess strong financial/ accounting abilities and be proficient in MS Office Suite. Attention to detail, organization and analytical skills are required. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package. Interested persons must submit a resume and cover letter stating salary requirements online only at: http://www.vhda.com/about/careers An EOE This position closes at midnight on Thursday, September 29, 2016. Credit and Background checks will be performed as a condition of employment. Hiring range - $46,294 – 60,181

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Planning I- (Planning & Preservation) 05M00000093 Planning and Development Review Apply by 10/02/2016 Production Technician II 30TEMP00014 Information Technology Apply by 10/02/2016 Systems Developer 20M00000036 Information Technology Apply by 10/02/2016 Systems Engineer 20M00000018 Information Technology Apply by 10/02/2016 Tax Representative 25M00000042 Finance Apply by 10/02/2016 ****************** For an exciting career with the City of Richmond, visit our website for additional information and apply today! www.richmondgov.com EOE M/F/D/V