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‘Whoop! There it is’

Former lawmaker and teenage girlfriend take relationship public he embattled Joe Morrissey has finally publicly admitted that he is the father of his teenaged girlfriend’s son.

In a press conference at his law office, the two sat side-by-side as they explained their relationship and introduced their son, Chase, to a media-filled room.

“I absolutely love being a mom,” said Morrissey’s girlfriend Myrna Pride, 19 — nearly 40 years Morrissey’s junior.

They describe their relationship as any other. They started off friends first. Then as they grew to know each other, feelings developed.

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Last December, Morrissey was sentenced to 12 months in jail, with six months suspended after he entered an Alford plea to a misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, now identified as Pride. Almost a year ago, in June, a grand jury had indicted Morrissey on felony charges connected to his relationship with Pride, whom prosecutors identified as a 17-year-old girl who worked as a part time receptionist at Morrissey’s Richmond law firm, Morrissey & Goldman.

Following his plea and backlash,

“Morrissey’s fathering of black children outside of marriage is disturbingly reminiscence of the days of African-American enslavement.”

- Former Richmond councilman, Sa’ad El-Amin The two currently live together and appear to be happy as they occasionally stole peeks at one another during the press conference.

“We’re two consenting adults who had a child,” Morrissey, 57, said. “I love Myrna. We have a great life.

She makes me laugh.”

The two want to share a life that’s not as focused in the media as it is now. That may be difficult, a fact that Pride realizes.

“It took a long time to come to terms with sharing my personal life,” Pride said. “Whether I like it or not my life was made public.”

Also public was the time Morrissey spent in jail for his relationship with

from his fellow Democrats and from Republicans, Morrissey resigned his Virginia House of Delegates seat but, to the chagrin of many, ran for election in a special election, winning his seat back.

Now, Morrissey says that he wants to clear his name of any wrongdoing and set the record straight about his relationship with Pride.

“We got pregnant when she was 18 and I was thrilled she was going to have a baby,” he said.”

While the two may want a normal life, that may not be in the cards.

Morrissey has been accused in public as being a “hit it and quit it” type of man, who spends little

Joe Morrissey and his girlfriend answered questions from the media about their relationship. PHOTO: PAULETTE SHIPMAN-SINGLETON time with his children. He has four children by four different women.

Morrissey described that accusation as completely false and “hurtful.”

He said that he is very engaged in his children’s life and offended that anyone would say otherwise. He’s so engaged that he, along with Pride, admits that he gets up with Chase the most.

When asked about marriage, Morrissey didn’t evade the question.

He pronounced that the two are going to get married and possibly more children are on the way.

Morrissey is no stranger to getting in trouble due to his own actions.

As a prosecutor and lawyer, he had been involved in courthouse fisticuffs, berating judges and also been accused of fraud. He lost his law license for several years and worked hard to get it reinstated. He

previously spent five days in jail for a 1991 courthouse fight.

Still, he is largely popular in his district, which covers parts of Richmond and Henrico County, and has a large black population. He is expected to announce his candidacy for the Virginia Senate, as an independent.

“I am a fighter for the people,” Morrissey has said, explaining his success. Still, in the black community, opinions about him are varied.

Former Richmond city councilman, Sa’ad El-Amin, has been one of Morrissey’s harshest critics. Last week, El-Amin penned a piece dissecting “the Yin and Yang” of Morrissey.

“Morrissey looks to his AfricanAmerican constituents as his power base,” noted El-Amin. On the positive (continued on page 2)

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side, Morrissey has served his African-American constituency well.

“I have often said that his outspokenness on issues important to African-Americans has made him one of the ‘blackest’ members of the Virginia General Assembly. In addition, Morrissey is one of the best ‘retail’ politicians around because he stays in contact with his constituents and works his district with energy and a sensitivity that suggests that he really cares. This is one of the reasons Morrissey was re-elected after he resigned his seat in the House of Delegates and ran as an independent after his conviction.

“On the negative side, Morrissey engages in highly irresponsible behavior because of his addiction to young African-American girls he makes pregnant and then moves on to another young woman. The most devastating part of Morrissey’s behavior is that he fathers children with young African-American females without even a thought of marrying them.”

Other instances of disrespect to the black community, according to El-Amin’s piece, include a recent photo of Morrissey, Pride and their infant in antebellum costumes made public last week, and the “sweetheart deal” prosecutors gave Morrissey last December on the eve of a trial on felony charges that could have landed him in prison for years.

“The prosecutor made loud noises about how strong his case was against Morrissey,” notes El-Amin.

“But, ...Morrissey served only a fraction of his sentence most of which was on work release. In so doing, the prosecutor crafted a plea agreement that “was equivalent to an acquittal of Morrissey. In offering this ridiculous deal, the prosecutor trivialized the injury to the AfricanAmerican victim.”

El-Amin, a former lawyer, contends that what was not made public was “the fact that Morrissey may well have been motivated to take the deal

because a mock jury his defense team used to determine his vulnerability to the charges rejected his explanations of how the evidence came into existence. A member of the mock jury informed me of their results.”

Morrissey’s felony charges included possession and distribution of child pornography. Prosecutors said the latter charge came about because Morrissey sent a nude photo of the teenager to a friend. Morrissey vehemently denied the allegations and claimed his cellphone was hacked.

A recent staged photograph Morrissey sent reporters depicts him, the 19-year old mother of his infant child and the child.

El-Amin’s issue with the Morrissey photo sent last week is its imagery. “[B]y sending the photograph to a reporter which shows him posing as Clark Gable in ‘Gone with the Wind’ standing over the victim from his recent felony incident and their infant child. Morrissey’s hand on the mother’s suggests that she and the child are his personal property over which he has total dominion and control.

“This photograph suggests to me that Morrissey views the AfricanAmerican community as his personal playground and that he either lacks insight or simply does not care about is destructive and self-absorbed predations in and on our beloved community.”

Additionally, noted El-Amin, “Morrissey has contributed to the single-parent epidemic in the black community because it is without question that two-parent households are much more ideal and supportive than a one-parent household.

“Nevertheless, Morrissey continues to father children without the benefit of a two-parent environment. While he may provide for them financially, this does make up for not having a full-time father in the house.

Morrissey’s behavior harkens back to the period of our chattel

enslavement when the master impregnated his female property and in so doing increased his wealth and well-being at the expense of the children he fathered. These men routinely enslaved their biological children and even put them on the auction block. Adding insult to injury, the children fathered by the master were not permitted to inherit any of his wealth despite the fact that they were largely responsible for his wealth.

“When the cost to the17-year-old and her family are tallied, Morrissey, in satisfying his own pleasure and ego, has virtually destroyed this family. The 19-year-old’s mother life now hangs in jeopardy. Because of

her attempt to protect and defend Morrissey, she now finds itself in harm’s way because she and Morrissey were indicted for perjury because of the alleged falsity of documents Morrissey introduced to convince the judge in the contributing to the delinquency case to give him the lenient sentence he received.

“Morrissey as he usually does, escaped prosecution on the perjury charge because a judge recently ruled that since the acts were part of the original prosecution, Morrissey cannot now be prosecuted for any matters growing out of that event because it was covered under his plea agreement.”

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Virginia Legislature sees few competitive races in 2015 as voters lose out KATHRYN WATSON If you don’t have much competition in your local legislative races, you’re not alone.

All of Virginia’s 140 House and Senate seats are up for grabs this November, but that may not be obvious considering how few races will be on ballots. With less than a month to go before the June primaries, most incumbents unchallenged.

The last filing deadline for candidates who aren’t affiliated with a party is June 9. Of the 100 House seats up for grabs, so far only 33 of them have more than one candidate vying for that seat in the November general election. Of those, only 10 have primary contests in June, according to the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project. Of 40 Senate seats up for election, only 17 have more than one candidate in the race, and there will be just eight primary contests.

It isn’t in voters’ best interest when incumbents have no competition, said Toni-Michelle C. Travis, an associate professor of government and politics

at George Mason University in Fairfax.

“With competition, we really get hopefully the best candidate,” she said. “… I think we get candidates who are computer savvy and looking ahead.”

In 2,011 state legislative races across the country, 62 percent of senate races fielded more than one candidate from a major party and

55.5 percent of house races had more than one major party candidate, according to Ballotpedia.

There are several reasons why Virginia is particularly uncompetitive, said Travis, who has followed Virginia politics for years.

The way Virginia’s districts are drawn is one of the biggest factors, she said.

“One district is very heavily one party or the other, so the other party says, ‘well, it’s not worth putting the money in.’”

Virginia’s politicians are also very well known within their communities, making it tougher for a newcomer to break through, she said.

“And then there’s voter fatigue, I think,” Travis said.

Given that Virginia has off-year elections, voters have to head to the poll virtually every single year. That gets tiresome when people have busy lives, she added. Primaries are particularly bad.

Primary turnout in Virginia has varied since 2007 from a dismal low of 1.4 percent of registered voters to a still-dismal low of 16.4 percent, VPAP found.

In contrast, 29 percent of registered voters showed up for the 2011 General Assembly general election in 2011; 43 percent turned out for the gubernatorial race in 2013; and 72 percent turned out for the 2012 presidential election.

When candidates don’t have competitive races, voters don’t get the fresh perspectives and energy that the statehouse desperately needs, she said.

“It (Virginia) always looks back.

It’s always revering history,” Travis said. “… Generally speaking, we’re not putting people in office who are looking ahead, be they environmental, information technology issues or whatever.” © Watchdog.org, Virginia Bureau

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Virginia ranks number 11 on a list of worst states for Medicare waste, overbilling Medicare $100 million in 2013, according to the most recent annual report by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Improper Medicare billing among the state’s healthcare providers increased $56 million over the previous year.

“With waste on the rise, it is vital to have policies in place that help preserve Medicare’s solvency,” said Kristin Walter, spokesperson for the Council for Medicare Integrity, which advocates in support of CMS’ Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program. “I would urge anyone with an interest in the responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars to contact their local members of Congress and ask them to support the Recovery Audit Program.”

Since 2011, the rate of Medicare improper payments has risen steadily from 8.6 percent to 12.7 percent[i], equating to a Medicare Trust Fund loss of $46 billion in FY2014 alone[ii]. Because of this trend, healthcare officials estimate the Medicare Trust Fund will be insolvent by 2030[iii].

According to CMS, the RAC program is a valuable tool for reducing improper payments in Medicare. With an average accuracy rating of 96 percent, RACs have recovered more than $8.9 billion in improper Medicare payments since the program started in 2009.

Despite the program’s success, recovery auditing has come under attack by provider groups pushing for less oversight of Medicare payments.

Many of these providers, however, account for a majority of Medicare waste. According to CMS, inpatient hospitals account for 94 percent of overbillings to Medicare[vi]. For example, an OIG Medicare Compliance Review report released in 2013 found Mary Washington Hospital overbilled Medicare $327,180 in improper payments alone.

“Unfortunately, the problem of improper Medicare payments is not limited to any one state or hospital,” said Walter. “It is an epidemic of waste that demands a commitment to preserve and strengthen the RAC program.”

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WH recognizes VCU student and other former foster care youth for community contributions mother, but by the age of seven, I was back in foster care. At the age of nine, I was adopted by a very abusive woman. And by 13, I became experienced in couch surfing because I would be locked out. So, by 15, I re-entered foster care. And, at 19, I decided to come to VCU.”

“I really believe that when you know better, you do better.”

BRIAN MCNEIL Sixto Cancel, a senior Virginia Commonwealth University student, was among a dozen former foster youth who were recognized last week by the White House for making a difference in their communities.

Cancel, a senior in the Department of Political Science in the College of Humanities and Sciences, is the founder of Think of Us, a newly launched nonprofit organization that aims to use data, technology and multimedia to provide tools that help young people in foster care, as well as adults who work with foster care youth.

“I really believe that when you know better, you do better. And when we start looking at the outcomes of people who experience foster care, and they age out at 18, with no supports or services, by the age of

26 only 2.5 percent of us achieve a bachelor's degree. Almost half of us experience homelessness by that age,” said Cancel. “There’s so many negative outcomes that you have to ask yourself: What can you do to help?”

The White House recognized Cancel and 11 other former foster youth as “Champions of Change” in honor of their courage, resilience, contributions to their communities, and commitment to furthering their education.

The event, which was part of National Foster Care Month, featured remarks by Arne Duncan, the U.S. secretary of education, and Roy L. Austin Jr., deputy assistant to the president for urban affairs, justice and opportunity.

“It’s humbling and it makes me realize how far one can go with their passion and their advocacy,”

Cancel said. “It’s a testament to what can happen when you stick to your mission and work towards it every day.”

Think of Us recently opened an office in Richmond, at 913 W. Grace St., and has started developing content, notably including an online training course for a grocery store chain that will train employees on how to best work with foster care youth.

“In the last couple of months we have been able to bring in over $20,000 but still need people’s help to invest their donation in us,” he said.

Cancel grew up in foster care in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and had to deal with poverty, abuse and the difficulty of keeping up in school without parental support.

“I entered foster care at 11 months,” Cancel said. “By the age of six, I was living with my biological

Cancel got involved with volunteering when he was a teenager, serving on the youth advisory board of the local Department of Children and Families.

“That’s where I started to look at problem-solving,” he said. “There are these things that happen within the system, how can we begin to be productive and help bring light and possible solutions to this?”

Through the youth board, Cancel created a program called Stellar Works, in which several of his high school teachers volunteered to provide SAT prep and after-school education assistance to young people in the foster care system.

In 2011, he got involved with the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, a national nonprofit that helps young people successfully transition from foster care to adulthood. As a Young Fellow with the organization, Cancel advocated to National Governors Association and U.S. Congress in support of policies that better support asset development for young people, particularly those in the foster care system.

“All young people need to develop certain assets, but for young people in foster care who age out at age 18 (continued on page 9 )

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Explaining ‘NO’ vote against justice for human trafficking ROBERT C. “BOBBY” SCOTT Editor’s note: The House of Representatives recently voted 420-3 with nine absentions, to pass S. 178, “Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act,” an omnibus trafficking bill that incorporates several bipartisan trafficking bills.

The legislation, according to proponents, would help protect foster youth from falling victim to sex traffickers and would require states to identify child sex trafficking victims and make sure they receive appropriate services. It also would provide policymakers with information by requiring reports on numbers of sex trafficking victims to ensure legislative approaches are effective.

The bill, which also passed in the U.S. Senate, amends the federal criminal code to impose an additional assessment of $5,000 on those convicted of an offense involving: (1) peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons; (2) sexual abuse; (3) sexual exploitation and other abuse of children; (4) transportation for illegal sexual activity; or (5) human smuggling in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (exempting any individual involved in the smuggling of an alien who is the alien’s spouse, parent, son, or daughter).

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the president for a signature.

Scott explains his vote below: Human trafficking is abhorrent and a form of modern-day slavery. And as a co-chair of the Congressional Human Trafficking Caucus, I am committed to ensuring that we end this illegal trade and provide the necessary support for survivors.

S. 178 incorporates numerous bi-partisan human trafficking bills that I strongly support and will significantly help curtail this illegal trade and provide additional support for survivors. Unfortunately, the bill includes a provision that unnecessarily expands mandatory minimum sentencing.

Mandatory minimum sentences have been studied extensively and have been found to distort rational sentencing systems, discriminate against minorities, waste money, and often require a judge to impose sentences that violate common sense.

To add insult to injury, studies have shown that mandatory minimum sentences fail to reduce crime.

Under section 118 of this bill, the advertising of sex trafficking will result in a mandatory penalty of 10 or 15 years, depending on the circumstances of the crime. There The LEGACY welcomes all signed letters and all respectful opinions.

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is no doubt that many of these individuals prosecuted under this provision of the bill should receive long prison sentences, but in some cases a mandatory sentence of 10 or 15 years may not be justified.

This is particularly troublesome when you consider the possible scope of defendants who could be prosecuted under this provision of the bill. Notably, the prohibition on advertising does not only apply to the sex trafficker who places the ad, or the employee who accepted the ad, but also includes those who benefit financially from the ad.

That category would include all of the employees of the ad company, including the receptionist or the computer guy, everybody whose paycheck indirectly comes from the payment for the ad, and an employee who may have seen the ads or read in the paper that the company publishes some questionable ads but decided to look the other way. They

should be held responsible for their complicity and many of their actions may warrant a sentence of 15 years or even more, but certainly not all of them.

The judge should have the discretion to consider all the facts and the culpability of the particular defendant. Instead, this provision of the bill unnecessarily takes that discretion away, and requires the judge to impose a 10 or 15 year sentence regardless of whether that sentence makes any sense or not.

Mandatory minimum sentences didn't get into the criminal code all at once but one at a time, each one part of an otherwise good bill. If we expect to get rid of mandatory minimums, we have to first stop passing new ones like this.

“This bill contains a new mandatory minimum that someday will require a judge to impose a sentence that violates common sense. Therefore, I voted ‘NO’

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

End govt spying The USA PATRIOT Act is set to expire June first, absent congressional action.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has expressed opposition to renewing the act without reforms that would end or limit the National Security Agency’s bulk spying on the phone data of American Citizens.

While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell seeks an extension for the act as is, Senate Democrats and some Republicans, including Rand Paul, threaten to filibuster a renewal without reforms. This follows a federal court ruling that the NSA’s mass phone data collection program, exposed by Edward Snowden in 2013, is illegal. The house has responded by passing USA Freedom Act, which would end the phone surveillance program, but expand other surveillance programs and reauthorize the patriot act.

With this bill heading to the Senate critics, such as Fight For the Future, argue that, “It completely fails to meaningfully curtail mass surveillance and actually codifies some of the worst modern spying practices into law.”

One example they bring up is that the bill would permit surveillance of video chats. It is also generally accepted that the surveillance state will take any bill that is passed to it limits as it did with the PATRIOT Act. This is especially true if the state can do so in secret, as it did before Snowden’s revelation.

A recent ACLU survey revealed a near universal support for curtailing

the surveillance activities of the NSA, among potential voters. Yet the Senate’s republican leadership’s desire to leave the PATRIOT Act, shows the disconnect between the average American and high ranking politicians.

Government spying on millions of Americans not only violates our purported right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure it does nothing to keep anyone safe. Americans do not wish to live in an Orwellian dystopia where the government is privy to all our communications and free to use the information as it pleases.

The U.S. government has a long ugly history of lying to its citizens, supporting murderous dictatorships, engaging in unethical human experiments, subverting peaceful opposition, and generally being unaccountable to its population. This is the nature of governments and it will only be made worse if large scale spying on ordinary people is permitted.

Secretive state agencies are not to be trusted, as are the politicians that have ties to them. It is highly unlikely the state is going to voluntarily end its unethical spying programs without massive pressure from the public.

The state is a largely unaccountable entity with a monopoly on coercive violence that entitles it to violate the rights it claims to protect. While the state itself should ultimately be rolled back, its surveillance wing is a good place to start. In the meantime mechanisms such as encryption can protect our data from unwelcome

eyes, and open expressions of opposition will keep the state surveillance programs to busy for their own good.

John C. Wilson

Dems to Morrissey: Take a hike, Joe Editor’s note: In honor of Joe Morrissey’s recent revelations, we recap a previous 2015 saga.

Well, well, what do we have here?

Let’s see: Del. Joe Morrissey (I) decides to run for the state senate, D-16 against incumbent Sen. Rosalyn Dance (D) and challenger Del. Joe Preston (D).

This time as a Democrat in a June 9 primary. The district encompasses Petersburg, parts of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Hopewell and Prince George County.

The scourge of the party big-wigs, “Fightin’ Joe” becomes the immediate favorite in the race if he qualifies for primary ballot access.

Morrissey says he collected 600 signatures (he needs 250 to qualify for the June 9 primary ballot)...but he claims he has no one to take them.

And either does Preston.

Why? Because the Democratic chair of the 16th state senate district quit unexpectedly.

So there is no one available to take the petitions from Morrissey or Preston.

The deadline was looming. How convenient.

Two representatives from Morrissey’s camp went to the

Petersburg Regional Library to present their paperwork to the 16th state senate legislative nominating chairperson.

Morrissey campaign operatives requested that the signatures be precleared -- which is not uncommon in state legislative races.

The chairperson, a Petersburg resident and well-known supporter of Dance, refused to accept the signatures for pre-clearance, which was her prerogative under the rules.

That’s just hardball politics.

Morrissey said he called personally and asked what the problem was.

“She said: ‘I spoke with somebody in the state Democratic committee and they told me I could not accept them for pre-clearance.’ She would not tell me who this person was,” Morrissey stated. “I asked her three times for a name.”

Then suddenly, according to Morrissey, the chairperson resigned her position. So there was no one designated to receive Morrissey’s or Preston’s nominating petitions.

The establishment party stalwarts couldn’t beat Morrissey in the courts, they couldn’t beat him with a dubious looking police raid at his campaign offices the day before the special election in January, and much to their chagrin they couldn’t beat him at the ballot box.

Morrissey romped as an independent despite spending his nights in the county jail. Now he is free, having served his sentence.

Welcome to the USSR: Richmond Democratic Party style.

John Fredericks

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Keeping the Faith Pushing stones In Greek mythology there was a mighty king named Sisyphus.

In his day he was an entrepreneur with a Trumplike self-image, and presided over his territorial and commercial empire like a cagey Wall Street tycoon. His tactics, however, more resembled those of Tony Soprano than Jack Welch, for Sisyphus was a treacherous man.

If you read the mythologies about Sisyphus you find him so irritating to the gods that they banished him to hell twice (three times, actually, according to some accounts). But he was such a wily character he could even negotiate an escape from the underworld. Nevertheless, his trickery finally caught up with him as such things seem to do.

For his many crimes against humanity and the heavens he was condemned to an eternity of frustratingly hard labor. His endless assignment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a hill, taking all of his strength to do so. Then, every time Sisyphus arrived with his rock at the top of the hill, it would roll back down to the bottom. Sisyphus would be forced to begin the process all over again. According to the Greeks, he is still struggling with that stone today.

In issues of faith many of us lead a Sisyphean existence. We are always pushing that rock up the hill only to see it slip away just as we “arrive” at a resting place. Proof of our effort is betrayed by words like: “I have got to do better…I must try harder…I need to give more…I should pray longer…

I’m not good enough…I ought to read the Bible more often.”

Faith becomes a terribly heavy burden that we are pushing up the hill. Like Sisyphus, with his shoulder eternally shoved against the stone, or like the perpetual hamster on a never ending exercise wheel, we turn liberating grace into a repressive pseudo-holiness that is nothing short of a deathtrap.

This concept is completely foreign to the spirituality of Jesus. Matthew 11 frames the contrast best. I love Eugene Peterson’s translation of Jesus’ anti-Sisyphean maxim found there: “Are you tired? Worn out?

Burned out on religion? Come to me.

Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.”

It’s quite the disparity. Granted, faith and spirituality are not passive. A healthy faith and a vibrant spirituality do not develop spontaneously without some level of decision or intentionality. We have to give these our attention. But too many of us have an overly-inflated sense of personal responsibility.

We think that our spiritual journey and growth depends upon all that we can do. Many of us live - or exist rather, as we haven’t learned to really live - with the old Protestant work ethic hanging around our necks like a yoke. Boiled down to a bumper sticker mantra we think: “If it’s going to be, then it’s up to me.” That’s nothing short of sacrilege, even if it sounds resolute and brave.

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Being a follower of Christ is not about being an adherent to one of the world’s great religions. God save us from enduring any more of that.

No, being a follower of Christ is the discipline of being still, and learning to trust the way that leads to life.

There will always be another stone to push up a hill, another mile to

run, another burden to bear. But faith should not be one of these.

Faith, particularly faith in the person of Christ, is not a ball-andchain, holding us down in a slave’s hell. It is the very means to live a light and free life.

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Among Christian groups, evangelicals’ dropoff is less steep Unlike some other groups of Christians in the U.S., evangelical Protestants have not declined much as a share of the U.S. population in recent years, according to a new Pew Research Center study.

The Pew 2014 Religious Landscape Study finds that since 2007, when a similar survey was conducted, the share of evangelical Protestants has fallen only modestly, from 26.3 percent of the adult population to 25.4 percent. By contrast, both Roman Catholics and mainline Protestants have declined by more than three percentage points during the same period.

Looking at the raw numbers, the evangelical population actually appears to have grown slightly over the last seven years, rising from roughly 60 million to about 62 million.

Again, this contrasts with mainline Protestants and Catholics, who together have lost several million adherents during the same time period.

One big reason evangelical

Protestants have not declined at the same rate as other major Christian groups is that they are gaining new converts at a greater rate than they are losing people who were raised in the tradition. While 8.4 percent of Americans were raised as evangelicals and have since left evangelicalism for another faith (or no faith), even more U.S. adults (9.8 percent were raised in another faith (or without a religious affiliation) and have since become evangelicals.

The same cannot be said for Catholics and mainline Protestants.

For instance, a significant share of all American adults – 12.9 percent – are former Catholics, while only 2 percent have converted to Catholicism after being raised outside the Catholic Church.

And 10.4 percent of the nation’s population is made up of former mainline Protestants, while only 6.1 percent have joined mainline churches after being raised in another tradition.

Like the country as a whole,

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of Us, which is where we're at now.”

Last year, Think of Us received the most votes by the community to win the People's Choice Award in VCU’s Next Big Idea Competition, an online competition where members of the VCU Community submit ideas for a companies, products and services.

Cancel has also served as a member of the National Foster Care and Alumni Policy Council and as an advisory member to the American Institutes for Research LGBTQQA Advisory Board. He currently serves as a board member of the North American Council on Adoptable Children.

In addition to last week’s event at the White House, Cancel recently attended a tech meetup and an emerging leaders conference at the White House.

“We’ve been able to talk with United States Chief Technology Officer about what we’re doing and she’s been really supportive and has opened some doors for us,” he said.

“And I’ll be going back to the White House at the end of the month for a presentation on normalcy within foster care.”

or 21, you need to be 10 times more prepared than someone who has a supportive family to fall back on while they’re in college.”

“All young people need to develop certain assets, but for young people in foster care who age out at age 18 or 21, you need to be 10 times more prepared than someone who has a supportive family to fall back on while they’re in college,” he said.

The following year, Cancel took part in the Clinton Global Initiative University, which linked him up with 1,000 other young people from around the world who are trying to solve problems, as well as potential funders.

“I met young people who are just doing amazing, amazing problemsolving things. From trying to solve famine issues in different communities of developing countries to develop new plastic polymers that allow people to carry more water to more places,” he said. “They got us to really elevate our thinking and that’s when I thought up the idea of Think

evangelicals also are becoming more ethnically and racially diverse, with non-white people making up roughly a quarter (24 percent) of the group – up from 19 percent in 2007. By contrast, there is less diversity in the mainline Protestant churches (14 percent non-white), but much more in the Catholic Church (41 percent non-white, including a large share of

Hispanics).

To look at it another way, white evangelical Protestants now make up nearly one-in-five (19 percent) of the nation’s adult population, while evangelical members of other racial and ethnic groups make up roughly another 6 percent of U.S. adults.

Hispanics are the largest group among non-white evangelicals.

VSU animation program ranked 46th in U.S.

Nicholas Petko – My Monster; Mr. Anh Do Animation Career Review has ranked Virginia State University’s (VSU) animation program 46th in the nation among public institutions, up from last year’s ranking of 90. VSU’s program is the nation’s highest ranked HBCU and one of only two Virginia universities, the other being Virginia Tech, to be ranked. More than 500 public, private and for-profit institutions in the United States have animation programs.

Animation Career Review is an online resource for aspiring animators, game designers, digital artists and graphic designers. In compiling this year’s ranking, Animation Career Review considered hundreds of schools in the country that offer programs geared toward animation or game design.

Criteria used in compiling the rankings included: academic reputation, admission selectivity, depth and breadth of the program and faculty, value as it relates to tuition and indebtedness and geographic location.

VSU’s department of art and design offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts in animation and an animation minor. The program was created in 2008 and recently graduated its third class. Graduates have been accepted into highly respected schools, including Savannah College of Art & Design and Full Sail.

“We are absolutely thrilled to achieve this ranking, especially considering the small and relatively new nature of the program,” said department chair Thomas Larose. “We must give credit to Mr. Anh Do, as he built the program and we consider him its heart and soul.”

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VSU athletics sweep CIAA honors for administration and top programs

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) awarded Virginia State University its three highest athletic honors at the conference’s annual Spring General Assembly Meeting and End-of-Year Awards Reception in Richmond.

The CIAA named VSU Athletic Director Peggy Davis 2015 the conference Athletic Director of the Year. The award was voted by the Athletic Director’s Association. This marks the fifth time since 2007 that Davis has received this honor. The award recognizes commitment and administrative excellence within the campus, conference and community

environment.

The CIAA presented the Trojans with the 2015 Loretta Taylor and the C.H. Williams All-Sports Awards for its women’s and men’s athletic programs, respectively. This is the second consecutive year VSU has received these honors. These awards are given to the top female and male athletic programs within the conference, based on championship finishes.

“To receive both the Taylor and Williams awards in the same year is extraordinary,” said VSU Interim President Pamela V. Hammond.

“That Mrs. Davis was able to

Peggy Davis is the 2015 the conference Athletic Director of the Year lead the VSU athletic program to accomplishing this honor in consecutive years is unprecedented.”

VSU athletics wrapped up a banner year at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships last week in Allendale, MI. In the past year, VSU teams

claimed CIAA championships in football and women’s basketball.

The Trojans continue to stay true to a mission of “creating academic and athletic champions in the conference and NCAA through excellence in: Scholarship, Sportsmanship, Ethical Behavior, Community Service and Diversity.”

PFAC welcoming military families as a Blue Star Museum The Peninsula Fine Arts Center will offer free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel through Labor Day, Sept. 7.

PFAC is proud to again be participating in the Blue Star Museums program, a collaboration of the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense and more than 2,000 museums. Beginning May 26, active duty military personnel (including the National Guard and Reserve) and their families will receive free admission to PFAC. The Blue Star Museums program provides families an opportunity to enjoy the nation’s cultural heritage and learn more about their new communities after a military move.

Families visiting PFAC between May 26 and June 28 will see the “The Original Art: Celebrating Fine Art of Children’s Book Illustration” exhibit, featuring the year’s best children’s books published in the U.S. in 2014. Families are invited

to return after July 11, when the new exhibition, “American Scenery: Different Views in the Hudson River School Painting,” will showcase 116 paintings from the Hudson River School, a loose collective of artists working in New England from 1825-1875. Works comprise American’s first native style, and the collection was first exhibited at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Pennsylvania.

The Blue Star Museum Program runs through Sept. 1. The free admission program is available to any bearer of a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), a DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID) or a DD Form 1173-1 ID, which includes any active duty U.S. military – Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, as well as members of the National Guard and Reserve, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps – and up to five family members.

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Virginians for the Arts seeking Ask Alma Hampton Roads applicants for I need a few Dominion ArtStars Awards ‘hang-out’

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friends Dear Alma,

Virginians for the Arts (VFTA), in partnership with Dominion Resources, is seeking applicants from Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore for its fifth annual Dominion ArtStars Awards.

The 2015 awards will celebrate arts and education in the community, recognizing arts organizations that best demonstrate and advance the synergy of arts and education.

These awards emphasize the contributions of arts organizations through their partnership and collaboration with schools across the Commonwealth.

Rappahannock Foundation for the Arts, ARTS FOR YOUTH Program in Kilmarnock, and the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts Student Matinees & Artists in Schools Program were some of the most recent winners of a Shining Star Award, for their extrodinary impact on the community; ability to successfully develop community partnerships as well as business, legislative, and loal community support; contributions to K-12 education; and demonstrated sustained excellence through the years.

"The Dominion ArtStars Awards offer arts organizations in Virginia the opportunity to be recognized on a statewide platform," said VFTA President John “Butch” Davies, III. "We are grateful for Dominion’s continued partnership with VFTA to celebrate the meaningful social and economic impact of the arts and appreciate Dominion’s commitment to helping the environment, critical community needs, and education."

“Dominion is pleased to partner with VFTA in honoring these exceptional arts programs across

the Commonwealth,” said Hunter A. Applewhite, president of the Dominion Foundation. “We value their contributions toward building vibrant communities and driving a stronger economy.”

Applicants may select one program serving Pre-K through 12th Grade students for consideration in the following categories: -Shining Star Award ($5,000).

VFTA and Dominion will present one Shining Star Award to a Virginia organization with (i) a qualifying arts and education program in existence for six or more years and (ii) an annual budget of $1 million or higher.

-Regional Shining Star Awards ($5,000 each). VFTA and Dominion will present five regional Shining Star Awards, one in each region to an arts organization with (i) a qualifying arts and education program in existence for six or more years and (ii) with an annual budget of less than $1 million.

-Rising Star Awards ($1,000 each). VFTA and Dominion will present two Rising Star Awards, each to a Virginia organization with a qualifying arts and education program in existence for three to five years, regardless of annual budgets.

Virginians for the Arts will accept entries beginning April 16th and ending June 19th by email at artstars@vaforarts.org.

Applicants must be 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations headquartered in Virginia. Judging will occur over the summer and award winners will be announced in September with official recognition to follow.

Entry forms are available online at www.VaForArts.org.

I have a nice majority of friends.

However, I hang out mostly with my cousin. I am a year older; she is 18.

With this being said, she has friends that are in her group range and vice versa. All my friends left for college while I stayed my first two years at home to save money.

While being full-time at work and school, I still have leisure time. I find myself isolated because my cousin periodically hangs out with her set of friends more. I believe that because they seem to be more on her “level” and I don’t do half of the things they do. All this is fine.

I just find myself bored on most occasions because I don’t have any friends to hang out with.

I don’t think going out by yourself is that much fun and finding real friends these days are like finding money on the street. What should I do?

Anonymous Dear Anonymous, What a fantastic question and I’m so glad you asked. Sweet pea, you are just getting started with life. Your biggest problem should be time. Believe me when I say, there’s a world full of activities and adventures for you to explore.

Here’s what I’d suggest. If you run, join a running group. Check out the site blackgirlsrun.com. Do you sing?

Join a church or community choir.

Take a cooking or swimming class.

Tennis, maybe? My cousin Eric enjoys graphic design and art, check out comic-con.org.

Cause TBT, the question is: what incites your interest? Once you think of something, search that particular group on Facebook. That’s a good start. How about Zumba! Girl, you gotta shake that ‘thang’ – show no shame.

Excuse me, I got carried away,

back to my Salt & ‘Pepa’ days.

What I’m saying is: Challenge your comfort zone, expand your horizons.

It’s ok to hang out with family and friends, but take some time to explore other hobbies that may interest you as an individual.

Depending on where you live, volunteer at a hospital, or with animals at a local shelter. I know some senior citizens who would love your company. Get out and do something for someone else.

There’s more to life than just empty hanging. You’re mission should be to hang out with a purpose. Pour into yourself a hobby or activity that reaps the benefits of attaining a personal goal. Something that engages you and causes you to lose track of time. You’ll meet new friends and a variety of great people who share the same interest.

Get started now, today. Write down every activity you’ve ever dreamed of trying, regardless of location, destination, cost or going at it alone.

My advice, young heart – run free, be brave, be bold, you can do it. Side note: I know you’re almost grown, but always tell your parents where you’re going. Before you know it, you’ll have more on your plate than you can chew. Email me back and let me know how it’s going. I can’t wait to hear! ***** Want advice? E-mail questions to alwaysaskalma@yahoo.com. Follow her on Facebook at “Ask Alma” and twitter @almaaskalma *****

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5 major banks plead guilty to financial crimes Rigging of foreign exchange market makes felons of top banks AMY CONNOLLY WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Five global banks have pleaded guilty to felony charges related to manipulating foreign currencies and interest rates in their favor and have agreed to pay more than $2.7 billion in collective penalties, the Justice Department announced last week.

Four banks -- Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays and the Royal Bank of Scotland -- admitted to violations that included rigging foreign exchange prices for U.S. dollars and euros dating back to December 2007.

UBS was also involved in the scam, but received conditional immunity from federal charges because it reported the misconduct.

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said the settlement ends the “breathtaking flagrancy,” in which traders from competing banks conspired to rig the $5.3 trilliona-day foreign-exchange currency market to maximize their profits.

The $2.5 billion in criminal fines levied represent the largest antitrust penalties ever obtained by U.S. authorities, Lynch said.

“The penalty all these banks will now pay is fitting considering the long-running and egregious nature of their anticompetitive conduct. It is commensurate with the pervasive harm done. And it should deter competitors in the future from chasing profits without regard to fairness, to the law or to the public welfare,” she said.

She did not comment about charges against individual bank employees, saying it is an ongoing investigation.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, however,

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said traders in the foreign-exchange market colluded to manipulate the market for profit. Wednesday, five banks pleaded guilty to criminal charges and agreed to pay more than $5 billion in collective penalties. PHOTO: Pete Marovich/UPI expressed disappointment with the Department of Justice’s “failure” to hold any individuals criminally accountable. In addition, Waters expressed concern with reports that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will allow these banks to continue doing business as usual, by waiving certain bad actor disqualifications in the securities laws.

“The banks are entering guilty pleas and paying fines, yet no one is going to jail for this criminal behavior, said Waters, despite the fact, according to the DOJ, that the banks in question accounted for 25 percent of the $500 billiona-day dollars-to-euros spot market, meaning this so-called ‘record fine’ is literally a drop in the bucket.

“The matter gets worse with reports that, despite my calls for increased transparency, the SEC appears to have rubber-stamped waivers for these institutions, allowing them to continue doing

business as if no crime was committed, said Waters, a California representative. “By granting these waivers of bad actor disqualifications without a rigorous, fair and public process, we have failed to protect our investors, the public, and the markets – and we have done nothing to deter future misconduct by these institutions.”

Waters noted that each day, countless low-level offenders are put in prison for crimes far less serious than what these banks have pled guilty to.

“Meanwhile, big banks continue to receive waivers and modest fines – with nobody facing jail time,” said Waters. “Now, only the Department of Labor can appropriately hold these institutions to account, with a transparent and public waiver process.”

U.S. authorities said currency traders formed an invitation-only group they called "The Cartel," using chatrooms to manipulate the

exchange rate between euros and dollars using coded language to their benefit. In one of the chatroom conversations, a Barclays trader, desperate to join The Cartel, was given a one-month trial and warned, "mess this up and sleep with one eye open at night."

"By agreeing not to buy or sell at certain times the traders protected each other's trading positions by withholding supply of or demand for currency and suppressing competition in the FX market," the Department of Justice said.

Each bank agreed to pay a criminal fine proportional to its involvement, the DOJ said.

-- Citicorp, which was involved from as early as December 2007 until at least January 2013, agreed to pay $925 million.

-- Barclays, involved from as early as December 2007 until July 2011, and then from December 2011 until August 2012, has agreed to pay a (continued on page 13)

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Dance fitness program helps participants get healthier Since its launch on April 13, the ‘Dance Your Way to Fitness Program’ in the Gilpin Court Community of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA) has enjoyed a successful month, according to organizers. The program is a partnership between RRHA, the YMCA of Greater Richmond, and Sports Backers, with support from the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation, and aims to bring increased opportunities for physical fitness and an active lifestyle to residents of RRHA communities.

“The program has been even better than anticipated,” says Tricia Puryear, Vice President of Collaborations and Partnerships at the YMCA of Greater Richmond.

“People of all ages, genders, and abilities have come out and participated in great numbers and great spirit – we’ve seen so much energy and engagement!”

‘Dance Your Way to Fitness’ is hosted at the Calhoun Center in Gilpin Court three times per week, and is scheduled to run through June 19th. Residents from all RRHA communities are welcome to attend, with initial registration bringing in over 80 signups. RRHA employees also participate in the classes, helping break down barriers and form a closer bond between residents and staff members.

‘Dance Your Way to Fitness,’ as the name implies, is a dance-based fitness program that aims to offer an enjoyable way for residents of RRHA communities to get active and learn more about improving their physical health. During the first three weeks of the program, participants have already experienced Zumba, Tai Chi, the Jitterbug, and other forms of group exercise.

During the inaugural session, the VCU School of Nursing offered free

Reversing the trend of overcriminalization by bringing about reform On Thursday, May 28, the Center for American Progress and PICO National Network will host a discussion on criminal justice reform and how policymakers and advocates can begin to reverse the trend of overcriminalization of people of color and address its lasting consequences, including reforming policing practices and removing barriers to opportunity for people with criminal records.

The United States is the world’s leader in incarceration, with 2.2 million people currently in the nation’s prisons or jails. Mass incarceration and overcriminalization have particularly affected communities of color, which make up more than 60 percent of the population behind bars.

Furthermore, between 70 million and 100 million—or one in three Americans—now have a criminal record, which can serve as a barrier to many of the basic building blocks of economic security and mobility, such as employment and housing.

These trends have become major drivers of poverty; if not for mass incarceration and the criminal records that can haunt people for decades thereafter, our nation’s poverty rate would have decreased one-fifth between 1980 and 2004. Recent events in cities across the nation have highlighted the lack of opportunity, inequities, and challenges confronting many U.S. communities; raised serious questions about police practices; and helped fuel the need for comprehensive criminal justice reform.

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health screenings for all participants and will do the same at the last session on June 19.

“Our aim was for participants to use their initial health screenings to see what needs improvement and make positive lifestyle changes,” said Jacki Quinlan, community fitness engagement specialist at Sports Backers. “With the exercise they do during the program each week and the other changes they’re making to become more physically active, we’re hoping that they see significant (from page 12) fine of $650 million. Barclays has also agreed to pay an additional $60 million criminal penalty based on its violation of the non-prosecution agreement in the June 2012 London interbank offered rate, or Libor, scandal.

-- JPMorgan, involved from at least as early as July 2010 until January 2013, agreed to pay a fine of $550 million.

-- RBS, involved from at least as early as December 2007 until at least April 2010, agreed to pay a fine of $395 million.

-- UBS agreed to plead guilty to manipulating the Libor and other benchmark interest rates and pay a $203 million criminal penalty, after breaching its December 2012 non-prosecution agreement in the scandal.

The global foreign exchange market, FX, is massive yet mostly unregulated. The penalties and pleas represent a first for parent banking companies, which are usually left off the hook in scandals and

progress by the end of the program.”

Although the inaugural ‘Dance Your Way to Fitness’ program is scheduled to conclude on June 19, the initial success of the project has spurred talks of renewing the program for another session in the fall.

“I plan to come to as many classes as my schedule allows,” said Vickie Johnson, RRHA resident. “This is great for community. People will be able to get out of the house and get some exercise!” investigations. It's also a victory for the DOJ, widely criticized for being too lenient with big banks.

The felony charges mark the latest in a global crackdown on manipulation of financial benchmarks, including the 2012 Libor scandal that saw banks rigging rates for profit.

Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins said he shared the frustration of shareholders and colleagues “that some individuals have once more brought our company and industry into disrepute.”

“Dealing with these issues, including taking the appropriate disciplinary action against the individuals involved, is a necessary and important part of our plan to transform Barclays and remains a key priority,” said Jenkins.

Eight additional Barclays employees who participated in the wrongdoing are being terminated, said Benjamin Lawsky, the superintendent of New York’s Department of Financial Services, the regulator that oversees the bank’s U.S. operations.

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President speaks at USCG graduation, meets Dr.Hooker The class of 2015 was the first incoming group under Coast Guard Rear Admiral Sandra L. Stosz, the first female superintendent to lead a U.S. service academy, and they represented the most diverse graduating class in the academy's history, officials said. A third of the newly commissioned ensigns come from underrepresented minority groups.

Many of the young men and women were in elementary school when the Department of Homeland Security, which they have now joined, was formed after the 9/11 attacks.

Unlike a typical graduation, families and friends in the stadium stands remained respectfully quiet as each graduate was called on stage to receive their commission from the commander-in-chief. A satellite TV truck could be heard buzzing in the background.

The new officers have 30 days of leave before dispersing to cutters or sectors around the country. Some are headed to flight school in Pensacola, Fla., and a handful of others will return to their home nations.

Others will report to Coast Guard Cutter Forward in Portsmouth, Va. President Barack Obama told the audience of how the first AfricanAmerican woman to serve in the Coast Guard was victimized by the

white mobs.

“Down in the front row is Dr. Olivia Hooker,” said the president.

“In 1921, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when she was just six years old, her African American community was attacked by white mobs -- it was a horrific racial incident. And hundreds of innocent African Americans were killed. The mobs destroyed her father’s clothing store.

They looted her house. They even burned the little clothes for her doll.

“And Olivia could have given in to bitterness. She could have been pessimistic about her country.

Instead, she made it better. So in World War II, she enlisted as a SPAR, becoming the first African American woman in the Coast Guard. As a yeoman in Boston, she served with distinction. By the time the war was won, she was discharged, she was a petty officer second class.

“With the GI Bill, Olivia earned her master’s, then her doctorate. She has been a professor and mentor to her students, a passionate advocate for Americans with disabilities, a psychologist counseling young children, a caregiver at the height of the AIDS epidemic, a tireless voice for justice and equality. A few months ago, Olivia turned 100 years old.”

Top: President Barack Obama waves to the crowd as he heads to the stage past saluting cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's 134th Commencement Wednesday. Obama delivered the keynote address to the 218 graduates of the Class of 2015.

Bottom: Newly graduated ensigns toss their caps into the air as they divest themselves of cadet symbols, a traditional part of the ceremony, at the conclusion of at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s 134th Commencement. PHOTOS: Cloe Poisson

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft with Dr. Olivia J. Hooker, who had a building dedicated to her at Coast Guard Sector New York in Staten Island, New York, March 12. PHOTO: U.S. Coast Guard

About Dr. Hooker A ceremony was held in March at Coast Guard Sector New York in Staten Island, in March to officially rename the Sector New York Galley in honor of Dr. Olivia Hooker, 100, who holds the distinction of being the first AfricanAmerican woman admitted into the U.S. Coast Guard.

Dr. Hooker earned her bachelor’s degree from Ohio State University and taught third grade before enlisting in the service in 1945 as a SPAR (Semper Paratus, Always Ready), the acronym used for Coast Guard female service personnel during World War II. She initially tried to enlist in the Navy as a WAVE, but they would not admit her due to her race. She served dutifully earning numerous awards for her skills while working in the Boston Coast Guard station. In June 1946, the SPAR program disbanded and Dr. Hooker earned the rank of Petty Officer 2nd Class.

Following her Coast Guard enlistment, Dr. Hooker went on to earn a masters degree in psychological services from Teachers College at Columbia University and a doctoral degree from the University of Rochester.

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Va.’s rural roads among most deficient in U.S. America’s rural transportation system is in need of repairs and modernization to support economic growth in the nation’s Heartland, which is a critical source of energy, food and fiber and home to an aging and increasingly diverse population that is heavily reliant on the quality of its transportation system.

A new report released by TRIP evaluates the safety and condition of the nation’s rural roads and bridges and finds that the nation’s rural transportation system is in need of improvements to address deficient roads and bridges, high crash rates and inadequate connectivity and capacity.

TRIP, a national non-profit transportation research group based in Washington, D.C., found that rural roads in Virginia have significant deficiencies. In 2013, 19 percent of Virginia’s rural roads were in poor condition, the 17th highest rate in the nation.

“In 2013, Virginia made an historic investment in its transportation infrastructure,” said Jeffrey C. Southard, executive vice president of the Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance.

“Unfortunately, because the federal government continues to delay a decision to adequately invest in transportation infrastructure, more of Virginia’s transportation revenues have to be used to urban and suburban investments. This means that rural road networks continue to be underfunded.”

The quality of life in America’s small communities and rural areas and the health of the nation’s rural economy is highly reliant on the quality of the nation’s transportation system, particularly its roads, highways and bridges. America’s rural transportation system provides the first and last link in the supply chain from farm to market while supporting the tourism industry and enabling the production of energy, food and fiber. Rural Americans are more reliant on the quality of their transportation system than their urban counterparts.

Will Wilkins “America’s rural transportation network plays a key role in the success and quality of life for U.S. farmers and ranchers,” said Bob Stallman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. “But deteriorated and deficient rural roads and bridges are hindering our nation’s agricultural goods from reaching markets at home and abroad and slowing the pace of economic growth in rural America.

Securing the appropriate resources at the local, state and federal levels will allow for the improvements needed to provide a rural transportation system that will keep goods moving, improve quality of life and quicken the pace of economic growth.”

The federal surface transportation program is a critical source of funding for rural roads. However, the current federal surface transportation program is set to expire in a few days, on May 31.

“The 61 million people who live in America’s rural heartland deserve a transportation system that is safe, efficient and reliable,” said Kathleen Bower, AAA vice president of public affairs. “It is up to Congress to pass a fully funded, long-term bill to improve our nation’s rural roads before the Highway Trust Fund runs out of money this summer.”

The TRIP report finds that the U.S. needs to adopt transportation policies that will improve rural transportation connectivity, safety and conditions to provide the nation’s small communities and rural areas with safe and efficient access to support quality of life and enhance economic productivity.

To accomplish this, the report recommends modernizing and extending key routes to accommodate

personal and commercial travel, implementing needed roadway safety improvements, improving public transit access to rural areas, and adequately funding the preservation and maintenance of rural transportation assets.

“America’s rural transportation system enables the farm to market supply chain, supports our tourism and energy industries, and allows for the production of the goods and services that are vital to our nation’s economic health and growth,” said Janet Kavinoky, executive director of Transportation and Infrastructure at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

“But years of inadequate transportation funding have left a deficient rural transportation network that does not meet presentday demands. Improving the transportation system will create jobs today and leave a lasting asset

for future generations.”

“The safety and quality of life in America’s small communities and rural areas and the health of the nation’s economy ride on our rural transportation system. The nation’s rural roads provide crucial links from farm to market, move manufactured and energy products, and provide access to countless tourism, social and recreational destinations,” said Will Wilkins, executive director of TRIP. “But, with long-term federal transportation legislation stuck in political gridlock in Washington, America’s rural communities and economies could face even higher unemployment and decline. Funding the modernization of our rural transportation system will create jobs and help ensure long-term economic development and quality of life in rural America.”

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5.28, 2 p.m.

Start your own art journal and doodle, write, paint, scrapbook and more no matter where you are in your cancer journey. The Massey Cancer Center will show you guided ideas or you can follow your own vision during the art journaling your cancer experience event at North Hospital - Patient Resource Library, MCV Campus in Richmond.

Journals and materials will be supplied.

Facilitated by Unicia Buster from VCU Arts in Healthcare. For more information, contact Heather Martin, 804-828-8709 or martinhj@vcu.edu

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Dad & Me

The LEGACY is putting together a special edition for Father’s Day spotlighting dedicated fathers. This is an awesome opportunity to recognize dads that go over and beyond the call of duty in the name of fatherhood. It will appear in The LEGACY’s Daddy & Me edition that will circulate June 17- 23.

By simply submitting a photo of an outstanding father with his children, you can provide your loved one with a memorable Father’s Day 2015 keepsake.

All ads are $50. Submission deadline is June 5 at 12 p.m. and should be emailed to aj.simon@legacynewspaper.com. Please provide a short statement in 100 words or less describing what being a dad means and how this particular dad lives the true meaning of fatherhood. Photos should be sent as a jpg, tif or pdf attachments in high resolution. Please include a phone number where you can be reached.

Call 804-644-9060 to pay by credit card or stop by the office located at 105 1/2 E. Clay Street, Richmond, for cash payments by June 5th to ensure inclusion in this special edition.

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Hannah's Women, Inc. a nonprofit whose mission is to unite families and birth vision by offering access to educational programs, will offer a free computer skills workshop on Saturday, May 30. This workshop will be sponsored by the VCU Department of Statistical Sciences.

For more information, call Lucy R. Hudson, founder and director, at 434-378-1849.

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You are invited to attend Harvest Sunday at First Baptist Church of Hampton, 229 North King Street, Hampton, VA. Rev. Dr. Richard W. Wills, Sr. is the Pastor. Harvest Sunday will be held May 31, 2015, at 10:15 AM. Come and witness an inspiring, spiritual worship service and fellowship. Everyone is welcome!

Call (757) 723-0988, Extension 14 for more information.

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NAMI of Central Virginia will sponsor a Free Family-to-Family Education Program specifically for families of individuals diagnosed with serious mental illness. The 6-week series of classes takes place on Saturday of each week starting on June 6 from 9:30 to 3 p.m., at Sandston Presbyterian Church, 13 N. Confederate Avenue, Sandston.

The class will not meet the weekend of July 4.

The course will cover information about schizophrenia, the mood disorders (bipolar disorder and major depression), panic disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder; coping skills such as handling crisis and relapse; basic information about medications; listening and communication techniques; problem-solving skills; recovery and rehabilitation; and self-care around worry and stress. The curriculum has been written by an experienced family member mental health professional and the course will be taught by NAMI family member volunteers who have taken intensive training as course instructors.

The course is designed specifically for parents, siblings, spouses, teen-age and adult children and significant others of persons with severe and persistent mental illness.

The course is not appropriate for individuals who themselves suffer from one of the major mental illnesses. NAMI-CVA offers a separate course, Peer-to-Peer education, for individuals who suffer from one of the major mental illnesses.

The course is free. For more information or to register, call Jeff Conley at 804-285-1749 or email jeff. conley@namicentralvirginia.org.

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Chiller Plant Replacement at Virginia Air and Space Museum, A Mandatory Pre-bid meeting will be held onsite Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. local time at the Air and Space Museum, 600 Settler’s Landing Road, Hampton, VA 23669.

Coliseum Lake Water Quality Retrofit, A Mandatory Pre-bid conference will be held on Monday, June 1, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. local time in the Public Works Conference Room, 22 Lincoln Street, 4th floor, Hampton, VA 23669.

For additional information, see our web page at http://www.hampton.gov/bids-contracts

A withdrawal of bid due to error shall be in accordance with Section 2.24330 of the Code of Virginia. All forms relating to these solicitations may be obtained from the above listed address or for further information call; (757) 727-2200. The right is reserved to reject any and all responses, to make awards in whole or in part, and to waive any informality in submittals.

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