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‘No one handed out medals’ Retired Richmond fireman recalls heroic work saving elderly residents in fire 44 years ago

Judge Jackson

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Ketanji Jackson to be sworn in The Associated Press

WASHINGTON Nearly three months after she won confirmation to the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson is officially becoming a justice.

Judge Jackson, 51, will be sworn as the court’s 116th justice Thursday, just as the man she is replacing, Justice Stephen Breyer, retires.

The judicial pas de deux is set to take place at noon, the moment Justice Breyer said in a letter to President Biden on Wednesday that his retirement will take effect after nearly 28 Please turn to A4

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William “Junie” Bullock, left, was a Richmond firefighter for 18 years, during which time he heroically rescued several residents from the ninth floor of the Boxwood Building at Imperial Plaza on Bellevue Avenue. The 79-year-old Richmond native has never been recognized for his heroics on June 11, 1978. He shares memories of that day with retired firefighter Jack R. McIntyre, 72, who was driving the Company 46 ladder truck that enabled Mr. Bullock to gain entry to the top floor of the building.

As the firetrucks roared up, an elderly woman was screaming for help out of a half-open window as smoke billowed around her.

She would be the first person that firefighter William “Junie” Bullock would rescue that day from the ninth floor of the Boxwood Building at Imperial Plaza, a five-building complex for retirees located on Bellevue Avenue in North Side that had opened 11 years earlier.

In pitch-black conditions, he would single-handedly lead another 11 trapped people to safety 44 years ago in one of the great rescues in the annals of the Richmond Fire Department.

The 79-year-old Richmond native, who left the department after 18 years to start a painting company that he continues to operate, has never been recognized for his heroics on June 11, 1978.

“At the time, you were lucky to get a pat on the shoulder or an ‘attaboy,’ but no one handed out medals,” said retired firefighter Jack R. McIntyre, 72, who was driving the Company 46 ladder truck that enabled Mr. Bullock to gain entry to the top floor of the building.

The emergency began around 7:15 a.m. when a kitchen fire broke out in apartment 808 that sent thick smoke billowing through the hallways of that floor and the one above, according to a newspaper report at the time.

While the fire was contained to the apartment, the smoke would kill one resident and send 14 others to two area hospitals for treatment.

Driving up to the scene, Mr. McIntyre spotted the screaming woman in a corner unit on the 9th floor and at the direction of Mr. Please turn to A4

The U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision and what it means for Virginia states led by Democrats have taken steps to protect abortion access. The decision also The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday over- sets up the potential for legal fights between turned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that the states over whether providers and those had provided a constitutional right who help women obtain abortions to abortion. The June 24 ruling is can be sued or prosecuted. expected to lead to abortion bans How does the ruling impact in roughly half the states, although Virginia? the timing of those laws taking Political control: Virginia effect varies. has a Republican governor who Some Republican-led states will says he would support new stateban or severely limit abortion imlevel restrictions on abortion. Gov. mediately, while other restrictions Glenn Youngkin said Friday that he Gov. Youngkin will take effect later. At least one will seek legislation to ban most state, Texas, is waiting until after the Supreme abortions after 15 weeks. Gov. Youngkin Court issues its formal judgment in the case, told The Washington Post he has asked four which is separate from the opinion issued antiabortion Republican lawmakers to draft Friday and could take about a month.

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Collective bargaining vote delayed again

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

There will be a City Council vote to settle whether to allow city workers to engage in collective bargaining.

The only mystery is when it will happen.

There are options for the vote to be held at the final meeting this month, but potentially the vote could happen at the first or second meeting in September.

Two ordinances to authorize city workers to unionize were on Monday

night’s agenda, but during the informal session, Council President Cynthia I. Newbille once again gained agreement to postpone consideration while awaiting an amended version.

Eighth District City Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell said Monday night that a final version of the legislation is still being crafted, even as speakers on behalf of employees called for quicker action.

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Activist Kam (who prefers not to use her last name) leads hundreds in a rally at City Hall and a march through the city June 24 in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v.

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More than 3 dozen groups nominated for city’s health equity partners

By George Copeland Jr. Dr. Newbille

Ms. Trammell

Carlos Bernate

Kids’ play A game of soccer is always on the menu as these energetic children demonstrated on June 25 during the 15th Latino Festival at Sacred Heart Church on Perry Street in Richmond’s South Side.

The city of Richmond’s latest COVID-19 relief effort is underway, with three local groups working to help neighborhoods that face the biggest health disparities as part of the city’s new Health Equity Fund.

According to the Richmond and Henrico Health District, which is helping to manage the HEF, 51 community-based groups and organizations have so far been nominated as part of the next wave of potential partners. The number of nominations received within a week of the process opening to the public speaks to the interest in the HEF and its potential to resolve long-standing health inequities in Richmond.

“It’s really exciting for us to see this process come to life and to see nominations roll in,” said RHHD food access specialist Hannah Quigley last Friday.

“We’ve tried to be intentional in creating a simple funding process that centers racial equity and community voices in every step of the process.”

Richmond has committed an initial $5 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to address the medical obstacles faced by marginalized communities through HEF, the first of its kind in Virginia. As detailed

by RHHD, nominees looking for HEF investments are expected “to engage in new projects or expand existing projects to better promote health equity and racial justice and address health disparities in Richmond.”

If selected, HEF recipients will review COVID-19 disparities such as mental health,

substance use and recovery, maternal child health, food access and security and health care access.

So far $230,000 has been invested in three local organizations as part of the initiative’s first steps. They are Crossover Healthcare Ministry, Nolef Turns and the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority.

“This is the kind of investment we must make to establish health equity for our most vulnerable communities,” said Mayor Levar M. Stoney several Please turn to A4

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

The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations: • Thursday, June 30, and July 7, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Fulton Neighborhood Resource Center, 1519 Williamsburg Road.

• Wednesday, July 6, 8 to 10 a.m. - East Henrico Recreation Center, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave. Call the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for

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July 4 holiday closings In observance of the Fourth of July holiday on Monday, July 4, please note the following: Government offices City of Richmond offices: Closed.

Henrico County offices: Closed.

Chesterfield County offices: Closed.

State offices: Closed.

Federal offices: Closed.

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

Public libraries Richmond Public Library: Closed.

Henrico County and Chesterfield Public Library: Closed.

Library of Virginia: Closed Saturday, July 2, and Monday, July 4.

CVWMA trash pickup and recycling: No pickup Monday, July 4. All pickups from July 5 to July 9 are delayed by one day.

U.S. Postal Service: No mail or package delivery.

Virginia Department of

Motor Vehicles: Customer service centers closed.

GRTC: Buses will run on a Sunday schedule on Monday, July 4, with no express service. All standing CARE reservations are canceled on Monday, July 4, and customers will have to set any trips for that day.

The Administrative Office will be closed to the public Monday, with no lost and found appointments that day. GRTC’s Customer Service Call Center will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, July 4.

ABC stores: All stores will close at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 4.

Banks and financial institutions: Most are Closed.

Malls, major retailers and movie theaters: Varies. Inquire at specific locations.

Free Press offices: Closed.

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Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

Some 12,000 American flags now wave on the Virginia War Memorial hill’s grounds for the Fourth Annual Virginia War Memorial Hill of Heroes. The flags were installed June 24 by volunteers, including soldiers from Fort Lee. The flags honor the 12,000 Virginian men and women who gave their lives while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces from World War II through today. The display is free for visitors to the Virginia War Memorial, 621 South Belvidere St.

Enrichmond Foundation’s status is unclear

The nonprofit has been an umbrella for some 85 volunteer organizations

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The Ingrammettes

City’s Legendary Ingramettes earn NEA award

By Holly Rodriguez

The Legendary Ingramettes, a gospel group that has performed more than 60 years, has received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. They are the first group from Richmond to earn the distinction, and one of 10 recipients in 2022 who will receive a $25,000 monetary award, according to the NEA. The NEA started the award in 1982 to recognize “recipients’ artistic excellence and support their continuing contributions to our nation’s traditional arts heritage.”

The world-famous group performed at the unveiling of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington and in 2019, traveled to Bulgaria and Serbia to perform.

Maggie Ingram started the group to supMs. Ingram port herself and her five children when her husband abandoned them — she played music and her children sang. She drove the family from Florida to Richmond in 1961, arriving on Christmas Eve. Once in Richmond, she started working for civil rights icon Oliver Hill Sr. and later owned a child care business. Maggie Ingram and The Ingramettes debuted in Richmond at the Hood Temple AME Zion Church.

Ms. Ingram died in 2015.

Today, Rev. Almeta Ingram-Miller, Maggie Ingram’s daughter, is the only original member of the group, but the singers are related to one another. “Take A Look In The Book” is the group’s first album without the family matriarch and was recorded in Richmond over three days. Rev. Ingram-Miller now leads the group. Produced by Jon Lohman, the recordings are part of the Virginia Folklife Program at Virginia Humanities and include traditional spirituals and “new Appalachian sources like Ola Belle Reed and Bill Withers.”

The group will perform a virtual concert Sept. 22. Information about the upcoming performance and the group can be found on their website: https://legendaryingramettes.com/.

Correction

A headline in the June 23-25 edition of the Richmond Free Press incorrectly identified the firm that is a partner with the KLM Scholarship Foundation. The correct name of the firm is Impact Makers.

The Free Press regrets the error.

A 32-year-old foundation that was created to support the city Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities and that is now the owner of two historic Black cemeteries may have collapsed.

The Free Press has been told that the Enrichmond Foundation’s board has resigned without notice or replacement and that the foundation’s treasury may have been depleted.

A source described the situation as “a real mess.”

J. David Young, the listed chairman of the board, declined to confirm whether he is still serving. “I have no comment at this time” is all Mr. Young would say when reached at the Friends Association for Children, where he serves as executive director.

The listed treasurer, Vicky Steinruck, also declined to clarify the foundation’s status.

The director of administration and finance at the Virginia Association of Counties, Ms. Steinruck only said “I have not been active with the foundation for some time.”

Enrichmond is located in Main Street Station in Shockoe Bottom. Its website no longer includes a listing of staff.

The foundation, which dates to 1990, has served as an umbrella nonprofit for at least 85 volunteer organizations that support individual parks and undertake other recreation initiatives.

Since 2017, with the assistance of a state foundation, Enrichmond has taken ownership of the long-neglected Evergreen and East End cemeteries that straddle the Richmond-Henrico County border near Oakwood Cemetery.

The two private cemeteries are the last resting places of thousands of Black people, including such luminaries as businesswoman Maggie L. Walker and fiery

newspaper editor, banker and politician John Mitchell Jr. The foundation has received small amounts of city funding, but largely has been self-supporting and independent in operation.

The foundation appears to have last filed a required financial statement with the Internal Revenue Service in 2019, according to Guidestar, which compiles such reports. The foundation that year reported $1.176 million in revenue, $1.543 million in expenses and a shrunken fund balance of $304,307, or about 50 percent less than in 2018.

John Sydnor, who served 11 years as Enrichmond’s executive director, left the organization last year. He has listed himself on Linkedin as being engaged in fundraising and communications for the Local Initiative Support Corp. Virginia. He could not be reached for comment.

Henrico homeowner disturbed by N.C. firm’s shoddy work on her property

By Jeremy M. Lazerus

Brenda F. Peters was certain that she owned every bit of the property on which the brick bungalow she bought 10 years ago stands in Eastern Henrico County.

That’s why the 72-year-old retired nurse was shocked to see a crew of men in her backyard in the 3300 block of Gaulding Lane engaged in some activity she had not authorized.

Ms. Peters immediately called the police June 3 to report the trespassers, but the officers who came left without doing anything.

It turns out that Ms. Peters and her neighbors do not completely own their properties, just as most homeowners do not.

In the case of the homes on Gaulding Lane, their deeds include a reference to an eightfoot utility easement, according to the Henrico Department of Public Works.

Utility crews or contactors can come on their property to install new lines or replace old ones without permission, the department noted.

The crew that came on Ms. Peters’ property was from a North Carolina firm. Lamberts Cable Splicing LLC, which had a contract from Verizon to lay new Fios lines in this area as Verizon continues to expand that service to areas previously unserved.

Verizon later confirmed that

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Brenda Peters stands outside her Henrico County home where, without notice, utility crews or contactors installed new lines but left tubing and other debris behind “for weeks,” she said. “It was a mess.”

Lamberts had been hired to do this work.

“They could have given us some kind of notice,” Ms. Peters said frostily, saying she wouldn’t have been so upset if the information had been shared. While Verizon claimed the company put information about the work on front doorknobs, Ms. Peters said that

never happened.

She also is frustrated that workers from the company failed to have other underground utility lines marked before beginning work. As a result, she said that on June 16 they broke the buried Dominion Energy transformer that serves her property and cut off the power to her home.

“They never said anything, never apologized and never notified Dominion,” Ms. Peters said. “They just left. I got my power back on after Dominion responded hours later and found out what had happened.”

She also remains unimpressed that it took the company until Tuesday to finally finish laying the wiring through her backyard. “They left their tubing and other items in my backyard for weeks. It has been a mess,” she said. “And there was nothing that could be done about it.”

Ms. Peters is not alone in feeling invaded when Lamberts conducts work. Though the company is not affiliated, the Better Business Bureau website features complaints seven homeowners have filed against Lamberts since 2019 on previous wire-laying projects for Verizon and Frontier.

That’s relatively few, but the complaints are heart-felt. One cited Lamberts as “highly unprofessional and disrespectful of homeowners rights.”

Another cited Lamberts’ failure to provide notice to homeowners of the impending work, while others cited the damage that Lamberts workers caused.

In one case, a homeowner said workers broke an irrigation valve while trenching and left without reporting or correcting the problem, leaving the homeowner to cope with the sudden flood of water.

Sesha Joi Moon to oversee diversity and inclusion on Capitol Hill Sesha Joi Moon, a Richmond native and co-founder of a Richmond-based nonprofit, has been named the director of the House of Representatives Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

Dr. Moon, a DEI expert, currently is the chief diversity officer and director of diversity, equity and inclusivity at the Department of Commerce’s (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced Dr. Moon’s appointment this week.

“Dr. Moon brings the skilled leadership this essential office needs to continue empowering diverse voices and building more open, welcoming workplaces on Capitol Hill,” Ms. Pelosi said in a press release.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion works to improve “the

recruitment, retention and development of a diverse House workforce.” The nonpartisan, independent office was established in 2019.

Dr. Moon’s prior posts include senior talent management strategist at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and human capital officer and senior policy specialist at the D.C. Department of Human Resources.

She earned a Ph.D. in public adminMs. Moon istration and policy from Old Dominion University, as well as master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Black studies from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Dr. Moon’s DEI expertise has landed her in various roles with several organizations, ranging from mentorship to shaping

policy. She is a board member with the St. Jude 5K Walk/Run D.C., and is co-founder of The JXN Project, a Richmond nonprofit that she started with her sister, Enjoli Moon, to illuminate Jackson Ward’s rich history and its “often under-told narrative in the evolution of the Black American experience.”

As part of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities’ summit on STEM Innovation, Commercialization, and Entrepreneurship, Dr. Moon was the strategic lead in forming a partnership between the Merck Foundation and the United Negro College Fund.

While at the DOC she has received the Commerce Spirit Award and Spotlight on Commerce for LGBT Pride Month.

Dr. Moon currently resides in northern Virginia with her wife, Janice Pritchet, and their cockapoo, Benji.

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Retired Richmond fireman recalls heroic work saving elderly residents in fire 44 years ago Continued from A1

Bullock drove onto the lawn by the parking lot which had a rise, miring the wheels into an area made soggy by recent rains.

With the building set into a valley, Mr. McIntyre said that the only hope to get the 100-foot ladder to her window was to get on a high point.

With an air-pack strapped on, Mr. Bullock said he went up and found the ladder had cracked the window so he was able to knock out the glass with his helmet. That allowed him to get inside to help the woman. Before leaving, she urged him to help her neighbor.

Behind Mr. Bullock came the third firefighter on the truck, Ernest Logan, now deceased, who had been riding on the rear of the truck controlling the tiller.

Mr. Bullock got the woman out the window and sent her down the ladder with Mr. Logan, who was not wearing an air-pack and so was not allowed by Mr. Bullock to enter the smoke-filled apartment.

A few minutes later, he went next door and found the woman who was struggling to breathe. He picked her up and almost lost her when he tripped over a coffee table.

“That’s a common problem,” Mr. McIntyre said. “You might be able to walk through your apartment blindfolded, but we have no idea how the furniture is placed. And when there is no light, it is easy to run into chairs and tables you don’t know are there.”

Mr. Bullock said he was able to get to the door but said he felt disoriented when entering the hallway, unsure of where to go.

Then a Henrico County firefighter opened a stairway door.

“I was alright then,” Mr. Bullock said.

He handed the woman off to the firefighter and then went back into the smoke to knock on each apartment door and get the residents out.

Mr. Bullock said his air-pack was almost out of oxygen, but he put the mask on each person who responded and led them

Free COVID-19 vaccines Continued from A1 more information on testing sites, or go online at vax.rchd. com.

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

Want a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot?

The Richmond and Henrico health districts are offering free walk-up COVID-19 vaccines at the following locations: • Thursday, June 30 and Friday, July 8, 1 to 4 p.m. Richmond Henrico Health District, 400 E. Cary St., Pfizer for ages six months and older, Moderna for ages six months to five years old and ages 12 years and older, appointment only.

• Friday, July 1, 1 to 4 p.m. and Tuesday, July 5, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Henrico East Health Department, 1400 N. Laburnum Ave., Pfizer for ages six months and older, Moderna for ages six months to five years old and ages 12 years and older, appointment only.

• Wednesday, July 6, 9 a.m. to nNoon - Henrico West Headquarters, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive, Pfizer for ages six months and older, Moderna for ages six months to five years old and ages 12 years and older, appointment only; 2 to 4 p.m. - First African Baptist Church, 2700 Hanes Ave., Pfizer for ages five to eleven years old and ages 12 and older, and Moderna, walk ups or appointments.

• Friday, July 8, noon to 4 p.m. - Richmond Henrico Health District, 400 E. Cary St., Pfizer for ages six months and older, Moderna for ages six months to five years old and ages 12 years and older, appointment only.

Vaccinations and booster shots are available for all eligible on a walk-in basis. People still may schedule an appointment online at vaccinate.virginia.gov or vax.rchd.com, or by calling (804) 205-3501 or (877) VAX-IN-VA (1-877-829-4682).

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

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

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

New COVID-19 cases in Virginia decreased by two percent last week, according to the Virginia Department of Health, while hospitalization data from the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association didn’t show any appreciable change statewide within the same period.

Community COVID-19 levels in the city of Richmond and counties of Chesterfield and Hanover have dropped to medium, while Henrico County remains at a high level of community COVID-19.

Local health officials said Tuesday it’s possible Richmond and other nearby localities at medium levels might drop to low community levels when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide the latest data, though they also warned that these localities could potentially reach high community levels again.

A total of 3,258 new cases of COVID-19 were reported statewide Wednesday for the 24-hour period, contributing to an overall state total of 1,865,917 cases in Virginia since the pandemic’s outbreak. As of Wednesday, there have been 452,359 hospitalizations and 20,571 deaths statewide.

The state’s seven-day positivity rate rose to 19.9 percent on Wednesday. Last week, the positivity rate was 17.6 percent.

On Tuesday, state health officials reported that 73.2 percent of the state’s population has been fully vaccinated, while 81.8 percent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

State data also showed that over 3.1 million people in Virginia have received booster shots or third doses of the vaccine.

Among those ages 5 to 11 in Virginia, 324,129 have received their first shots as of Monday, accounting for 44.7 percent of the age group in the state, while 277,400 children, or 38.3 percent, are fully vaccinated and 23,486 children have received a third vaccine dose or booster, making up 3.2 percent of that age group. As of Wednesday, fewer than 154,600 cases, 915 hospitalizations and 11 deaths have been recorded among children in the state.

State data also shows that African-Americans comprised 22 percent of cases statewide and 23.1 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 11.5 percent of cases and 5.1 percent of deaths.

Reported total COVID-19 data as of Tuesday, June 28, 2022 Cases Hospitalizations Deaths 1,128 514 Richmond 49,921 Henrico County 73,117 1,512 948 Chesterfield County 81,276 1,500 768 Hanover County 23,889 722 290

to the stairway exit.

He did not wear the mask himself, following a common practice of firefighters then to brave smoke without any protection.

Mr. Bullock and Mr. McIntyre recall officers who never wore a mask in working in a blazing, priding themselves on being “smoke-eaters.” Mr. McIntyre remembers getting hazed by older firefighters when he started masking up after joining the department in 1975.

In this case, Mr. Bullock said the “smoke was not that bad” so he kept going. In the end, he was able to find and escort everyone else in the apartments on the floor to safety, 11 in all,

he recalled.

“I was young, and this is what we were trained to do,” he said, even if it went unrecognized.

Mr. Bullock is proud that a son, William B. Bullock, followed in his Richmond firefighter footsteps and was recently promoted to captain.

He said his son got his start participating as a teen in the Fire Department’s Fire Explorer program, which Mr. Bullock said is now defunct. He said restarting the program could be a great way to encourage young people to become firefighters and help end the numbers shortfall the department is experiencing.

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the legislation. He told the Post that a cutoff at 20 weeks might be necessary to build consensus in the divided Virginia legislature, where Republicans control the House and Democrats control the Senate.

Gov. Youngkin generally supports exceptions to abortion restrictions in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is in danger.

Background: In recent years, when Democrats were in full control of state government, lawmakers rolled back abortion restrictions. They ended strict building code requirements on facilities where abortions are performed and did away with requirements that a patient seeking an abortion undergo a 24-hour waiting period and ultrasound. Advocates said the changes would make Virginia a haven for abortion access in the South. Republican victories in the November elections shook up the state’s political landscape, but Senate

Democrats defeated several measures that would have limited abortion access during the 2022 legislative session.

Effect of Supreme Court ruling: There will be no immediate change to abortion laws in Virginia now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned. Some abortion providers expect to see an uptick in patients seeking care in Virginia from neighboring states with “trigger laws” that would ban abortion.

What’s next: The future of abortion access is Virginia is murky. Senate Democrats say they intend to continue blocking attempts to roll back abortion access, though they control the chamber by the narrowest possible margin and have one caucus member who personally opposes abortion and says he is open to new restrictions.

Republicans also have a narrow hold on the House, with several moderate members.

Every seat in the General Assembly will be on the ballot in 2023.

Meanwhile, hours after the Supreme

Court ruling, hundreds of protesters marched along Richmond streets to voice their disappointment.

“I actually cried because I was overcome with emotions and grief,” said one of the lead protesters, a Virginia Commonwealth student who goes by the name Kam. “I also was angry and wanted to express my anger because it’s a personal connection.”

The film major who celebrates her 20th birthday June 30 said that despite her frustration, she refuses to give up and will continue to fight for women to make their own decisions about their bodies.

As a frequent speaker during protest rallies, Kam said she will remember the words of Mariame Kaba, the American activist, grassroots organizer, and educator who advocates for the abolition of the prison industrial complex.

“Let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair,” she said, quoting Ms. Kaba. “Let’s not go back, let’s build something better.”

Ketanji Jackson to be sworn in as Breyer retires from Supreme Court Continued from A1

years on the nation’s highest court.

The court is expected to issue its final opinions earlier Thursday in a momentous and rancorous term that included overturning Roe v. Wade’s guarantee of the right to an abortion. The remaining cases are a challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate climatewarming emissions from power plants, and Biden’s bid to end the Trump-era “remain in Mexico” asylum program.

In a ceremony the court said it will stream live on its website, Judge Jackson will recite two oaths required of Supreme Court justices, one administered by Justice Breyer and the other by Chief Justice John Roberts.

Judge Jackson, a federal judge since 2013, will be the first Black woman to serve as a justice. She will be joining three women, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett — the first time four women will serve together on the nine-member court.

President Biden nominated Jackson in February, a month after Justice Breyer, 83, announced he would retire at the end of the court’s term, assuming his successor had been confirmed. Justice Breyer’s earlier-than-usual announcement and the condition he attached was a recognition of the Democrats’ tenuous hold on the Senate in an era of hyper-partisanship, especially surrounding federal judgeships.

The Senate confirmed Judge Jackson’s nomination in early April by a 53-47 mostly

party-line vote that included support from three Republicans.

She has been in a sort of judicial limbo ever since, remaining a judge on the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., but not hearing any cases. President Biden elevated her to that court from the district judgeship to which she was appointed by President Obama.

Judge Jackson will be able to begin work immediately, but the court will have just finished the bulk of its work until the fall, apart from emergency appeals that occasionally arise. That will give her time to settle in and familiarize herself with the roughly two dozen cases the court already has agreed to hear starting in October as well as hundreds of appeals that will pile up over the summer.

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weeks ago when the first HEF partners were announced. “It’s the right thing to do. It’s been long overdue. I’m glad that we are involved and engaged, and there’s much more to come.”

According to RHHD, the initial round of funding distributed $50,000 to Crossover Healthcare Ministry to provide bilingual medical assistance and increase its capac-

ity when it comes to testing, vaccinations, and educating patients and the community at large.

Nolef Turns was granted $90,000 to provide crisis and transitional shelter assistance to Richmond residents exiting incarceration who have a history of or an increased likelihood of substance abuse.

Assistance will range from harm reduction and social services support, to rental aid and case management.

Finally, $90,000 was allocated to the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority for a full-time clinician to ensure they can provide their mental health services in RHHD Resource Centers in the city’s public housing and lower-income communities.

The current nomination process continues through July 28.

To submit a local group or project for consideration, visit http://rhhd.gov/hef.

Collective bargaining vote delayed again Continued from A1

District Councilwoman Kristen M. Nye, who did not attend, are still working with interim City Attorney Haskell C. Brown III to iron out the final wording.

“We want to get this right the first time,” she told her colleagues.

Ms. Trammell expressed doubt that the final version would be completed in time to be introduced Tuesday, July 5, when the council will meet as a committee. If that does not happen, then the introduction might not happen until the next regularly scheduled meeting of council on July 25.

One additional option is for the council to hold a special meeting in mid-July to introduce the legislation, if it is ready, so collective bargaining could be considered at the July meeting.

With no planned meetings in August, council would either have to call a special meeting during that month to consider the legislation or wait to take it up when they return to holding regular sessions after Labor Day. With so many options, Dr. Newbille could not spell out a concrete schedule on when the vote might happen.

Six members of council have already

signed on to the original Trammell-Nye legislation that was introduced last December. That ordinance would authorize bargaining units for all city employees.

The second ordinance is from Mayor Levar M. Stoney and was introduced at the same time. That legislation has gained little traction with council members because it would limit unionizing to labor and trade employees in Public Works and Public Utilities, preventing police officers, firefighters and other workers from having unions to directly bargain with the city.

At Monday night’s meeting, Maurice Black of the Department of Public Works was among those urging the council to speed up the process. He and others called it a “golden opportunity” to finally give workers a seat at the table to negotiate on issues involving pay, health and safety issues and working conditions.

In other business, the council accepted a donation of $3.7 million from the Friends of the Richmond Mounted Squad that will allow the city to finally replace its derelict stables for police horses with a new facility to be located at 601 N. 39th St. The council also paused in accepting from the School Board the former home of the REAL School at 4929 Chamber-

layne Ave. after hearing an appeal from 73-year-old contractor Kenneth Williams who has operated the Adult Alternative Program there for the past nine years to offer construction training for people released from jails and prisons.

His program has been locked out of the building since the School Board voted to deem the building surplus and return it to city control.

Council wanted to get more information, with Council Vice President Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, and Michael J. Jones, 9th District, indicating they support ensuring that Mr. Williams’ program can continue to operate.

The councilwoman whose district includes the building, Ann-Frances Lambert, 3rd District, was less enthusiastic. She said she would prefer a robust community engagement process to ensure “we put this building to the highest and best use” in terms of services. She said there are multiple options.

Ms. Lambert said the council needed to accept the building so that the process of determining what would go into the space could begin. But on a 5-4 vote, council agreed to send the ordinance back to committee for further discussion.

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Meadow Farm hosts lights celebration on July 4

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More than 50 people will be sworn in as American citizens during a naturalization ceremony on July 4 at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture. Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory of the Richmond-based U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals will administer the oath to the new citizens. This photo is from a past ceremony.

Citizenship ceremony Monday at Virginia Museum of History and Culture Along with fireworks and other festivities, Richmond will mark Independence Day with a ceremony at which more than 50 people from around the globe will be sworn in as citizens of this country.

The Virginia Museum of History and Culture will host the naturalization ceremony 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 4, in the Commonwealth Hall, the museum’s new two-story event space, in honor of the 246th anniversary of the nation’s issuance of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain in 1776.

Judge Gregory Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory of the Richmond-based U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals will administer the oath at an event that will be open to the public at the museum, 428 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd.

Attendees can purchase admission to see the museum’s latest exhibit, “American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith,” a traveling exhibit created by the Smithsonian Institution. The exhibit examines the foundation of America’s government and the story of the nations experiment in a government of, by and for the people, according to the museum.

Details: Taylor Fuqua, (804) 342 9665 or Virginiahistory. org.

Marissa Rosen

Rueby Wood

Jessica Vosk

Triangle Players bring Broadway to Richmond An ensemble of Broadway performers will appear in “Arts Ignite Richmond: A Broadway Spectacular” at the Richmond Triangle Players’ Robert B. Moss Theatre on July 9 at 7:30 p.m.

The theatre is located at 1300 Altamont Ave. Conceived by Dr. Keith Bell and Mary-Mitchell Campbell (“Company,” “The Prom,” “Mean Girls”), audience members will be given a glimpse into Broadway’s living room that includes personal journeys and Broadways hits.

Appearing will be Jessica Vosk, who made her Carnegie Hall debut with a sold-out solo show in November 2021. She will make her London debut at Cadogan Hall this summer.

Also appearing are Marissa Rosen (“Legally Blonde,” “Footloose”), and Rueby Wood (“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Disney’s Better Nate Than Ever”).

Arts Ignite, a New York-based nonprofit organization, empowers youths to expand their creative capacity and sense of community.

Tickets may be purchased online at https://donate.artsignite. org/richmond

Henrico County will present its annual Red, White and Lights community celebration of Independence Day on Monday, July 4 at Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park, 3400 Mountain Road.

The free event will begin at 4 p.m. and offer an evening of family entertainment, including the Richmond Symphony’s performance of patriotic and America-themed selections and a laser-light show finale.

Gates will be open from 4 to 8:45 p.m.

Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs, and they must be in the event area to see and hear the show.

“Red, White and Lights is a wonderful, family-friendly event that truly offers

something for everyone – live music, a kids’ zone, roaming entertainers and, of course, a one-of-a-kind laser-light show set to music by our very own Richmond Symphony,” said Patrick W. Nalley, director of the Division of Recreation and Parks, which produced the event.

“Henrico County is proud to share such a great event with our community as we come together to celebrate our nation’s independence.”

Festivities will include a Kids’ Zone, featuring a “beach party” with inflatables, face painting, giant bubbles and balloon animals, plus roving entertainment from Jonathan the Juggler and Uncle Sam on Stilts. Meadow Farm’s kitchen, farm-

house and Parsons Center will be open to guests.

On the stage, the musical performances will begin with Soul Expressions and Mountain Highway. Richmond Symphony will appear with No BS! Brass Band at 8 p.m., before capping the evening with a performance to laser lights beginning at 9:15 p.m. All performances will occur under The Big Tent, a stateof-the-art mobile stage that allows the Richmond Symphony to take its music into communities.

Food trucks will be onsite to provide a meal or snack. For event details and tips, visit henrico.us/rec or henrico.us/ calendar/red-white-and-lights-2022.

Dogwood Dell Fourth of July festivities Independence Day activities return to the Dogwood Dell Amphitheater with a celebration hosted by the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities, as part of the 65th annual Festival of Arts.

The event, free and open to the public, will include the reading and presentation of the Declaration of Independence, performances from the Richmond Jazz Concert Band and the Richmond Concert Band, and end with fireworks set to the 1812 Overture. Vendors and family activities will be available

for visitors throughout the event.

Arthur Ashe Boulevard will close to all vehicular traffic at 6 p.m., and no-parking areas will be enforced at select sections of the 700 to 1000 block of Blanton Avenue, Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Park Drive, and Idlewood Avenue.

Free parking is available for the event, with overflow parking at City Stadium on 3201 Maplewood Ave. Free shuttle bus services to and from the stadium will be available starting at 4 p.m.

For more information, call (804) 646-3677.

Architects for future George Wythe High gather comments, ideas from public

By Holly Rodriguez

The idea of a new George Wythe High School is beginning to take shape, but a rendering shared with an audience of about 60 in the school’s auditorium Tuesday night is only a starting point said RRMM Architect’s president and CEO Duane Harver.

“STEM/STEAM and fine arts were being considered as themes for the design, and this rendering is based on a fine arts theme,” and not yet fully customized to the specific needs of George Wythe, Mr. Harver said.

RRMM Architects is the firm in charge of designing the new school and the meeting was the kickoff to a series of four public meetings to get public input and suggestions on the design for the new school.

Dr. Erin Brown, director of Family and Community Engagement for Richmond Public Schools, said her department’s goals for the project are for students and families to be informed and heard.

Chasity Rodriguez, South Side regional hub coordinator with RPS, said outreach that has already been conducted to get public input included student engagement activities, staff walking through neighborhoods to talk to residents, targeted events, speaking with advisory boards that included students, staff and teachers and more. A committee including parents, students, community members, RPS staff, board members and a school administrator will be created to work on incorporating feedback from the community into the design.

The firm shared a timeline indicating construction would begin in 2025 and the new facility will be completed and ready for move-in by 2026.

Mr. Harver walked the audience through every room of the rendering. Some new features that do not exist in the current building included a circular administration building, secure entrances and one cafeteria to replace the two existing ones. He repeatedly emphasized that the rendering is a draft, based on the request

George Wythe High School

for proposals submitted by RPS, and that changes to the design were expected. In the spirit of transparency, the company plans to provide online tracking software that will enable the public to follow the design and construction process.

Audience questions ranged from general concepts, such as sustainability, to the more specific, such as storage and parking spaces for students and staff, and space to display alumni memorabilia.

Lakeisha Williams, a parent and teacher, had several questions for Mr. Harver, including the desire to maintain two cafeterias and green spaces for students.

Mr. Carver responded that the one, larger cafeteria would have a capacity for more than 600 students. The plan for the courtyard was to use artificial instead of natural grass to keep maintenance costs down. “But the courtyard is not yet designed — you tell us what you want to do and we will do it,” he said.

He also said that the construction plan would include measures to meet LEED silver certification. LEED standards are established by the U.S. Green Building Council for sustainability measures to be followed. They require construction of the building to enhance individual human health, protect and restore water sources, promote sustainable and reiterative material cycles and more. LEED quality standards

range from silver to gold to platinums with the latter reflecting the highest sustainability standards.

When asked about additional sustainability measures, such as solar panels for the building, Mr. Harver said the maintenance costs could be too high.

Jimmy Hart, football and track and field coach at George Wythe, expressed the desire that teachers and staff working directly with students be heard. “You need to have conversations with those here on the ground, who can see what is needed.”

He also asked about including a track and field area, not currently in the rendering, and said an outdoor basketball court is not a good idea.

“People in the community have used the outdoor basketball court before, left trash and destroyed the property,” he said.

Monica Mclean, a librarian at George Wythe, asked about designated testing space. “Right now, students often go to the library for testing and the library has to be shut down” to other students, she said.

Mr. Harver said auxiliary space is incorporated into the current design.

The next community meeting will take place at RPS Summer Fest, Dr. Brown said.

RRMM will give a presentation at the beginning and the end of the event. Summer Fest will be at George Wythe High School on July 23 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case The Associated Press

NEW YORK Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for using his fame to sexually abuse young fans, including some who were just children, in a systematic scheme that went on for decades.

Through tears and anger, several of Mr. Kelly’s accusers told a court in New York, and the singer himself, that he had misled and preyed upon them.

“You made me do things that broke my spirit. I literally wished I would die because of how low you made me feel,” said one unnamed survivor, directly addressing Mr. Kelly, who kept his hands folded and his eyes downcast.

“Do you remember that?” she asked.

Mr. Kelly, 55, didn’t give a statement and showed no

reaction on hearing his penalty, which also included a $100,000 fine. He has denied wrongdoing, and plans to appeal his conviction.

The Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling songwriter was found guilty last year of racketeering and sex trafficking at a trial that gave voice to accusers who had previously wondered if their stories were being ignored because they were Black women.

Victims “are no longer the preyed-on individuals we once were,” another one of his accusers said at the sentencing.

“There wasn’t a day in my life, up until this moment, that I actually believed that the judicial system would come through for Black and brown girls,” she added outside court.

The woman said Mr. Kelly victimized her after she went to a concert when she was 17.

“I was afraid, naive and didn’t know how to handle

Elizabeth Williams/Associated Press

In this courtroom sketch, R. Kelly briefly addresses Judge Ann Donnelly during his sentencing June 29 in federal court in New York. R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse.

the situation,” she said, so she didn’t speak up at the time.

“Silence,” she said, “is a very lonely place.”

Mr. Kelly’s lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean, said she was “devastated” by the sentence and saddened by what she

had heard.

“He’s a human being. He feels what other people are feeling. But that doesn’t mean that he can accept responsibility in the way that the government would like him to and other people would like him to.

Because he disagrees with the characterizations that have been made about him,” she said.

“I hope this sentencing serves as its own testimony that it doesn’t matter how powerful, rich or famous your abuser may be or how small they make you feel — justice only hears the truth,” Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said Wednesday.

At the trial, evidence also was presented about a fraudulent marriage scheme hatched to protect Mr. Kelly after he feared he had impregnated R&B phenom Aaliyah in 1994 when she was just 15. Witnesses said they were married in matching jogging suits using a license

falsely listing her age as 18; he was 27 at the time.

Aaliyah worked with Mr. Kelly, who wrote and produced her 1994 debut album, “Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number.”

She died in a plane crash in 2001 at age 22.

Mr. Kelly didn’t testify at his trial, but his then-lawyers portrayed his accusers as girlfriends and groupies who weren’t forced to do anything against their will and stayed with him because they enjoyed the perks of his lifestyle.

His current lawyers had argued he should get no more than 10 years in prison because he had a traumatic childhood “involving severe, prolonged childhood sexual abuse, poverty, and violence.”

As an adult with “literacy deficiencies,” the star was “repeatedly defrauded and financially abused, often by the people he paid to protect him,” his lawyers said.

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Mr. Douglass

‘America reigns without a rival’ As we approach America’s celebration of its independence on July 4, many of us do so with sadness, trepidation and outright anger. And with good reason.

The recent spate of mass shootings, the unfathomable rollback of Roe v. Wade, the despair in learning that more than 50 migrants seeking a new life only to meet death in a tractor trailer are just a smidgen of the horrific events played out in this country over the past few weeks.

And when we watch the Jan. 6 hearings that livestream the barbarism that took place in the U.S. Capitol nearly 18 months ago, we can’t help but recall the words and sentiment of Frederick Douglass, the noted abolitionist and editor, in his famed July Fourth address.

Mr. Douglass, who was born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, escaped to New York, where he became a leader in the movement to abolish slavery and for women’s rights. He published the North Star, an influential anti-slavery newspaper, in Rochester, N.Y. Ultimately, he became marshal of the District of Columbia, U.S. ambassador to Haiti and adviser to several presidents. He also was nominated as the vice presidential running mate of women’s suffrage leader Victoria Woodhull on the Equal Rights Party ticket. He died in February 1895 at age 77.

Frederick Douglass was the best known and most influential African-American leader of the 1800s. He was born a slave in Maryland but managed to escape to the North in 1838.

He traveled to Massachusetts and settled in New Bedford, working as a laborer to support himself. In 1841, he attended a convention of the Massachusetts Antislavery Society and quickly came to the attention of its members, eventually becoming a leading figure in the New England antislavery movement.

In 1845, Mr. Douglass published his autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.” With the revelation that he was an escaped slave, Mr. Douglass became fearful of possible re-enslavement and fled to Great Britain, staying there for two years and giving lectures in support of the anti-slavery movement in America.

With the assistance of English Quakers, Mr. Douglass raised enough money to buy his own freedom and returned to America as a free man in 1847.

He settled in Rochester, N.Y., where he published The North Star, an abolitionist newspaper. He directed the local Underground Railroad, which smuggled escaped slaves into Canada, and worked to end racial segregation in Rochester’s public schools.

In 1852, the leading citizens of Rochester asked Mr. Douglass to give a speech as part of their Fourth of July celebrations. Mr. Douglass accepted their invitation.

In his speech, however, Mr. Douglass delivered a scathing attack on the hypocrisy of a nation celebrating freedom and independence with speeches, parades and platitudes, while, within its borders, nearly 4 million humans were being kept as slaves. “… I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you this day rejoice are not enjoyed in common.

The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence bequeathed by your fathers is shared by you, not by me.

The sunlight that brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. … Fellow citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions, whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are today rendered more intolerable by the jubilant shouts that reach them. … What to the American slave is your Fourth of July? I answer, a day that reveals to him more than all other days of the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.

To him your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mock; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are to him mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.

There is not a nation of the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of these United States at this very hour. … For revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival.”

Frederick Douglass — July 4, 1852

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Roe v. Wade impacts Black women The Supreme Court just dealt a devastating blow to reproductive rights. With its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, five Republican-appointed Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court swept away half a century of progress and eviscerated women’s rights and equality. After last month’s leaked opinion, we knew this moment could come, but that doesn’t make the news any easier to digest.

For Black women in this country, today’s decision is especially devastating. Thirteen percent of American women are Black, but 38 percent of people receiving abortion care are Black. Abortion is necessary health care — and a lack of access can quite literally mean life or death for many Black women. This is especially true for Black women who have lower incomes, live in rural areas, and do not have access to health care because of systemic racism and discrimination.

According to CDC data, Black women are nearly three times more likely to die during childbirth than white women and are more likely to face maternal health issues. With new abortion restrictions and bans, these health outcomes

are expected to get even worse: a 2021 Duke University study estimated the potential death toll following a total abortion ban and found a 33 percent increase in Black women who died due to pregnancy-related complications.

The states that are already

Glynda Carr moving to ban abortion are among those with the largest Black populations in the country. Consider Mississippi, the state with the highest percentage of Black residents in the nation, and one of the 13 states with a “trigger law” that ensured the Dobbs decision would result in a near-immediate ban on abortion access. Three other states with the highest proportion of Black residents — Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas — have these trigger laws in place, and many other states, especially in the South, are moving to severely restrict or outright ban abortion.

The impact of new abortion bans and restrictions will be felt most acutely by poor and working class Black women — Black women are significantly more likely to live in poverty compared to white women. For these women, the overturning of Roe won’t mean that abortions will end; it will mean that access to critical, potentially

life-saving health care will move hundreds of miles out of reach.

It will mean time off of work (likely unpaid) and travel and childcare costs — expenses that may not be possible for women living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to simply put meals on the table.

At a time like this, when daughters suddenly have fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers, it is challenging to imagine a way forward. But the answer is to do everything we can to restore our rights and ensure every woman has access to the health care they need and deserve, a right afforded to them under our nation’s Constitution.

To do that, we need to elect and elevate more Black women.

Black women have been at the forefront of the fight to protect and expand reproductive rights — from members of Congress like Reps. Cori Bush, Ayanna Pressley, and Lauren Underwood, to our first Black woman Vice President Kamala Harris, to soon-to-be-seated Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

We must elect Stacey Abrams to lead the state of Georgia — one of the states that is now positioned to severely restrict, or overturn the right to access abortion care under the leadership of its current Governor, Brian Kemp. And finally, we need to not only encourage, but

Now that Roe is gone, what’s next?

Now that the Supreme Court has overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide in 1973, could same-sex marriage be next?

Or even interracial marriage?

I’m not too worried about interracial marriage since, to coin an old phrase, the justices themselves have skin in the game.

Justice Clarence Thomas and recently confirmed nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, for example, are African-Americans married to white spouses, which, at the very least, would make for awkward deliberations if the issue were to be brought back to the high court.

Yet the issue returned, if somewhat accidentally, during Judge Jackson’s confirmation hearings when Republican senators suggested that the historic 2015 Obergefell v.

Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage should be revisited.

After Republican Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana suggested that such matters as same-sex marriage should be left up to the states, he was asked whether he thought the Supreme Court should also leave interracial marriage to the states.

He responded affirmatively, saying the diversity of views in our federal system is part of “the beauty of the system.”

Indeed, that was the notso-beautiful system until 1967 when 16 states, mostly in the South, still retained so-called anti-miscegenation laws. The case involved Mildred Loving, a woman of color, and her white husband, Richard Loving, who

Clarence Page had been sentenced to a year in prison for marrying each other.

Ah, yes, how America’s racial etiquette has changed since the late 1960s—and for the better.

By 2013, a Gallup tracking poll found that 87 percent of American adults approved of marriage between the races, compared with only about 20 percent approval at the time of the Loving decision.

That, I would argue, is how the system is supposed to work. Over time, history shows, most of the American public tends to become more tolerant of diversity and respectful of individual rights, including abortion rights.

But not without some pushback that sometimes spills over into other still-simmering issues.

Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health abortion decision tried to draw distinct lines between its holdings and other rulings.

But in a separate opinion, his fellow conservative, Justice Thomas, called explicitly for the court to “reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold,

Lawrence and Obergefell,” referring respectively to decisions on contraception, sodomy and same-sex marriage.

The high court’s conservative wing is feeling its new muscle, now that former President Trump’s appointees have built a 6-3 majority for themselves.

And, for advocates of bodily rights and freedoms, more bad news could be on its way.

“The Court’s decision to erase the right to access an abortion will not only lead to the denial of critical health care services,” said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, “but also criminal consequences for women and health care providers in states eager to embrace draconian restrictions.”

But nobody on either side of this debate had reason to expect anything different. Anti-abortion conservatives, particularly in organizations on the religious right, have been working for this day since Roe was decided.

“The pro-abortion rights movement can best fight back initially by supporting abortion funds that can help women access critical care when they need it. Younger people need to hear how things were in the bad old pre-Roe days as we older folks see them coming again.

Too many on the pro-abortion rights side have been snoozing for too long, too complacent about past victories. Now it’s wake-up time.

The writer is a syndicated columnist and senior member of the Chicago Tribune editorial board.

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throw our unwavering support behind more Black women from all across the country to run for office — women who personally understand the deep impact that a lack of health care and abortion restrictions have on communities that have lacked fair representation for far too long.

Today and every day, I stand with my partners and allies ready to continue the critical fight for access to affordable, safe, legal abortions for all women, no matter where they live, how they identify, or how much money they have.

We will not back down.

The writer is president and CEO of Higher Heights for America, the only national organization providing Black women with a political home exclusively dedicated to harnessing their power to expand Black women’s elected representation and voting participation, and advance progressive policies.

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White evangelicals are taking over the country Hiding in plain sight for decades has been a campaign by white evangelicals to change America and subjugate women. They have taken control of the Republican Party and it is probable that Donald Trump was scripted to deliver their message. This campaign goes back to Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority and Phyllis Schafly, who almost single-handedly sabotaged the ERA. This history has been brilliantly told in Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s “Jesus and John Wayne: How Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a

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Sports Stories by Fred Jeter

Williams makes ‘con-Vince-ing’ case to Memphis Vince Williams is on a roll. Already he has one of his long sneakers in the NBA door. Now he hopes to continue his luck in Las Vegas.

There’s no time for the former VCU standout to let his foot off the gas.

To the surprise of many “experts,” Williams was the second round (47th overall) pick of the Memphis Grizzlies in the June 24 NBA Draft in Brooklyn.

In the numerous mock drafts preceding the real draft, his name had not shown up in the top 60.

The versatile 6-foot-6, 205-pound, AllAtlantic 10 athlete from Toledo must have made a “con-Vince-ing” case to NBA scouts at the G-League Combine and also during individual team workouts.

Memphis was one of 13 teams giving Williams closer scrutiny in private sessions. They liked what they saw in terms of his three-point accuracy, determined defense and, in general, all-round skills.

It’s just the beginning.

Next up for Williams is the NBA2K23 Summer League in Vegas. The Grizzlies summer league squad will play July 9, 10, 12 and 14 with ESPNU and NBATV coverage.

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Williams, who wore No. 10 for VCU, has been assigned No. 5 by Memphis.

More on Williams: He was one of only four seniors selected out of 58 total picks. It may have helped that he is a young senior. He won’t turn 22 until Aug. 30.

The former Ram is one of four Grizzly draftees that will be showing their talents in Vegas.

The others are 6-foot-8 Jake LaRavia (19th pick out of Wake Forest), 6-foot-5 David Roddy (23rd out of Colorado State) and 6-foot Kennedy Chandler (38th out of Tennessee).

If any of the rookies fail to make Memphis’ opening roster, they will likely start the season with the franchise’s G-League affiliate Memphis

Hustle in nearby Southaven, Miss.

There were no fancy suits and shiny chains for Williams on draft night. He watched the show with family and friends in his hometown of Toledo. He flew to Memphis the next day for an intro presser.

The Griz, led by sensation Ja Morant, is coming off an outstanding season in which it posted a 56-26 record. Memphis was eliminated by eventual champion Golden State in the Western Conference semifinals.

Williams is the 23rd VCU player drafted by an NBA team. However, that includes two players — Greg McDougald and Marc Jackson — who started their careers at VCU,

only to transfer.

u Duke’s Five Guys: Incoming Duke coach Jon Scheyer will have some holes to fill. Five Blue Devils underclassmen were selected, starting with No. 1 overall Paolo Banchero.

Others were Mark Williams (15th), A.J. Griffin

Virginia’s courtship with NBA’s first round draft picks While there were none this year, Virginia’s colleges and universities have a rich history of producing NBA first round draft choices.

The Commonwealth’s very first No. 1 selection was Virginia Union University’s Mike Davis, drafted

by Baltimore in 1969. Davis rewarded the Bullets by making the NBAAll-Rookie team in 1970.

Most recent were VCU’s Bones Hyland last year, drafted by Denver, and the University of Virginia’s Trey Murphy, selected by Memphis.

Over the long haul, U.Va. has been the far-and-away leader with 12 first round picks, most notably firstoverall Ralph Sampson by Houston in 1983.

Following is a list of Virginia college athletes selected in the first round of the NBA draft, with year drafted, position picked overall, and selecting team:

University of Virginia Barry Parkhill, 1973, 15th, Portland; Wally Walker,

1976, fifth, Portland; Jeff Lamp, 1981, 15th Portland; Ralph Sampson, 1983, first, Houston; Lance Blanks, 1990, 26th, Detroit; Bryant Stith, 1992, 13th, Denver; Cory Alexander, 1995, 29th, San Antonio; Courtney Alexander, 2000, 13th, Orlando; Justin Anderson, 2015, 21st, Dallas; Ty Jerome, 2019, 24th, Philadelphia; DeAndre Hunter, 2019, fourth, L.A. Lakers; Trey Murphy, 2021, 17th, Memphis.

VCU Eric Maynor, 2009, 20th, Utah; Larry Sanders, 2010, 15th, Milwaukee; Bones Hyland, 2021, 26th, Denver.

Virginia Union Mike Davis, 1969, 14th, Baltimore; Charles Oakley, 1985, ninth, Cleveland.

Old Dominion Chris Gatling, 1991, 16th,

Golden State; Cal Bowdler, 1999, 17th, Atlanta.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Paolo Banchero

Virginia Tech Dell Curry, 1986, 15th, Utah; Nickeil AlexanderWalker, 17th, Brooklyn There have been many “Near No. 1’s” over the years.

For example, VCU’s Jesse Dark was the second round, 32nd overall pick by the Knicks in 1974, and VUU’s A.J. English was the second round, 37th selection in 1990,

by Washington.

Norfolk State’s Kyle O’Quinn was the second round, 49th overall pick by Orlando in 2012. Rick Mahorn of Hampton was the second round, 35th overall pick by Washington in 1980.

In case you are wondering, Bobby Dandridge was a fourth round, 45th overall pick in 1969, out of Norfolk State. Ben Wallace went undrafted out of Virginia Union.

It goes to show you never know. Both Dandridge and Wallace are now in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

(16th), Wendell Moore (26th) and Trevor Keels 42nd. That is the most picks from one team since the Draft went to two rounds in 1989.

Everyone knew Banchero had the “wow” factor on the court. Then, for his acceptance, he “wowed” a national ESPN audience with a light-up-the-room purple outfit with a diamond studded chain around neck.

There’s a story behind it. Banchero is of American-Italian ancestry. Both parents are former athletes at University of Washington, where purple is a team color.

His parents wanted him to attend Washington, but he chose Duke instead.

“The purple is a tribute to my parents,” he said, “and my way of saying ‘I’m sorry.’”

The 7-foot Williams attended Norfolk Academy in Norfolk, Va. before transferring to the IMG Academy in Florida.

Ignite: Centered in Walnut Creek, Cal., this is a G-League affiliate that serves as a college alternative for top prospects. Players can earn up to $500,000. Three Ignite athletes were taken in this draft, following three in 2021, including ex-John Marshall High star Isaiah Todd.

Foreign Legion: The National Basketball Association might consider adding the letters “Inter” to its title. The league has become “International.”

This year’s draft included two players each from Italy, Australia, Spain and Serbia, and one each from New Zealand, France and Brazil.

Pro basketball is all in the family for many NBA draftees

By Donald J. Adams Jr.

After being selected with the fifth overall pick by the Detroit Pistons in the NBA draft June 23, Jaden Ivey celebrated with his family and quickly went to the stage to shake Commissioner Adam Silver’s hand.

As he proceeded to walk off stage, he was overcome with emotion, and tears continued to stream down his face as he spoke with ESPN’s Monica McNutt. Ivey’s mother, Niele Ivey, was right by his side.

Ms. Ivey, current head women’s basketball coach at Notre Dame and the first Black women’s basketball head coach in the school’s history, was a respectable player in her own right.

Having played in the WNBA for five seasons, Ivey instilled basketball in Jaden early on, growing his love for the game.

Other basketball family ties highlighted the glitzy program featuring velvet sofas and other modernistic, high-tech and high-fashion touches.

Selected with the first overall pick, Paolo Banchero’s mother Rhonda Smith-Banchero also played in the WNBA for five seasons, having left Washington University as its all-time leading scorer.

Jabari Smith Jr., the Houston Rockets third overall draft selections’ father, Jabari Smith Sr., played for multiple teams in the NBA in the early 2000s.

Seven picks after Smith Jr. was selected, Johnny Davis was taken 10th overall by the Washington Wizards. His father, Mark Davis, also briefly played in the NBA in the late 1980s.

The family affair did not only stop in the first 10 picks as former Duke Blue Devils Mark Williams and A.J Grif-

Britton Wilson

Fred Kerley

Melissa Jefferson

Britton Wilson finishes second at USATF Championships

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Jaden Ivey dons a Detroit Pistons cap after being selected fifth overall June 23 by the Pistons in the NBA basketball draft in New York.

fin were selected back-to-back with the 15th and 16th overall selections.

Griffin’s father, Adrian, a current assistant coach for the Portland Trailblazers, played in the NBA for nearly a decade while Williams’ older sister, Elizabeth, currently plays for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA. In addition to those drafted, the Los Angeles Lakers signed free agent deals with the sons of two former NBA legends, Scottie Pippen and Shaquille O’Neal.

Scotty Pippen Jr. and Shareef O’Neal will both have the opportunity to compete for roster spots this summer.

Children following in the footsteps of their parents is nothing new in the NBA. Still, it takes a lot for a professional athlete to succeed in a league that features under 400 total players.

To have a family member who has had professional ex-

perience can be crucial if not essential for a young NBA player’s success.

The NBA finals rosters were full of players whose family members played professional basketball.

Most notably the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors featured three players; Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Gary Payton Jr., whose fathers all were former NBA players.

Al Horford and Grant Williams of the Boston Celtics both have family connections with the NBA. Horford’s father, Tito, played in the league for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Washington Bullets. Williams’ cousins Salim and Damon Stoudamire, both played in the professional arena.

David Stoudamire helped coach Williams as an assistant for the Celtics this year.

It is no surprise many of the most accomplished players

in the NBA have these family connections.

Seeing the work ethic, daily life, routine and sacrifices of family members front and center can be all it takes to give many young players an upper hand when it comes to achieving and sustaining success in the NBA. The writer is a Richmond Free Press summer intern.

It took a world-record performance to prevent Britton Wilson from being the U.S. 400-meter hurdles champion.

The former Mills Godwin High star finished second to Sydney McLaughlin June 25 at the USATF Championships in Eugene, Ore. McLaughlin broke the tape in 51.41, snapping her own world mark of 51.46 set last August at the Tokyo Olympics.

Wilson, running in the lane beside McLaughlin, was second in 53.08.

Earlier this season, Wilson won both the 400 hurdles and open 400 while representing Arkansas at the Southeastern Conference meet. She then won the NCAA title in the 400 hurdles.

Next up for McLaughlin and Wilson is the World Championships July 15-24, also in Eugene.

Fred Kerley and Melissa Jefferson are the best in the U.S., and now they’re thinking global.

Competing June 25 at the USATF Championships in Eugene, Ore., Kerley won the men’s 100 meters while Jefferson finished first among women.

Kerley prevailed in the finals in 9.77 after clocking 9.76 in the semifinals. Those are the best times in the world this season and sixth fastest in history.

Jefferson, a student at Coastal Carolina, won her final in a wind-aided 10.69.

Both advance to the World Championships July 15-24 on the track in Oregon.

Caleb Swanigan dies at age 25 Caleb Swanigan’s basketball star shined bright but not nearly long enough.

At the age of 25, the former Purdue University All-American and NBA first round draft choice died June 20 in Fort Wayne, Ind. The 6-foot-9 Indianapolis native was the Big 10 Player of the Year in 2017 and was selected by Portland in the first round of the 2017 draft. As a Purdue senior, he enjoyed four 20-20 games, meaning at least 20 points and 20 rebounds.

He also played with Sacramento before hooking up with pro teams abroad in Greece and Dubai.

No cause of death has been released to the public.

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“Look Back, Focus Forward” was the theme for the Elegba Folklore Society’s Juneteenth “2022 Freedom Celebration” event at Richmond’s African Burial Ground in Shockoe Bottom on June 26. The evening event featured Elegba’s African dancers, music and vendors. This was the 26th anniversary of the event, which also included a youth summit, speakers and a night walk.

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If it’s June, it must be Black Music Month Free Press staff report

She pays homage to musicians who came before her, acknowledging the early While Juneteenth has been a primary fo- legal barriers and social challenges of cus for many Black Americans throughout industry contributors such as Don Shirley, June, another observance — Black Music Billie Holiday, Sammy Davis Jr., Nat King Month — has also captured Cole, Pearl Bailey, Earl Gardner their attention. and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Also known as African“Despite their enormous talAmerican Music Appreciation ent, they were beaten up, denied Month, the designation was access to places of lodging, created by President Jimmy forced to use separate entry Carter in 1979 and formally ways from whites and were paid sanctioned as a national, monthless money,” Ms. North said. long observance in 2000.

“Yet, these artists, who have Ms. Meeks Black Music Appreciation been performing and releasing Month and its celebration is music from nearly every corner “intricately woven into the tapestry of of the world in many languages, soldiered our Nation,” President Biden said in is- on and left a tremendous legacy of music suing a proclamation for the recognition that was enjoyed by more than just Black on June 2. people. They made a difference and paved “Perhaps no music has had as pro- the way for the rest of us.” found and powerful an impact in shaping Marsha Meekins is a classically-trained America’s musical score as Black music,” musician and jazz enthusiast who founded President Biden said. “For generations, The Jazz Ladies, an all-female jazz enBlack music has conveyed semble in 1983. the hopes and struggles of a She credits the Richmond resilient people — spirituals Jazz Society’s jazz sessions in mourning the original sin of the late 1970s for piquing her slavery and later heralding interest in the genre. freedom from bondage, hard “I started going and listentruths told through jazz and the ing and questioning and finally sounds of Motown during the sitting in (on Jazz Society sesCivil Rights Movement, and sions). In no time at all, I began Ms. North hip-hop and rhythm and blues playing with the Chapter Two that remind us of the work that band in Petersburg. Then I still lies ahead.” started my own ensemble called Wave in Indeed, Black music runs the gamut of 1981,” Ms. Meekins recalled. “I would like musical genres that also include spiritu- to shout out several musicians who helped als, blues, pop and rock ‘n roll. From me when I first ventured into playing jazz. churches, concert halls, civil rights rallies Namely Debo Dabney, Jim Coles, Hannon and backyard barbecues, Black music is a Lane, Plunky Branch, Glennroy Bailey, universal rallying cry that can lift souls Pearl White and many others. and soothe spirits.

Ms. Meekins said she is “still doing In Richmond, there is no shortage my thing with The Marsha Meekins & of Black musicians and fans of Black Company Jazz Band,” and will perform music. at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts at “Black music has a global presence 6 p.m. on July 6. and it’s multidimensional,” said jazz artist Kemel Patton, who uses music as and singer Sharon Rae North, a former motivation and therapy when leading his Richmonder who now lives in Northern line dancing events throughout Richmond, Virginia. has a special place in his heart for Mr. Ms. North, who sings jazz (straight- Branch. ahead, contemporary, smooth, standards), “Plunky (James Branch) is one of was a first ballot contender in the Best my all-time favorite musicians who has Jazz Vocal Album category for the 59th crossed boundaries of all genres to eduAnnual Grammy Awards in 2017, and cate, entertain, encourage and motivate. had two songs hit the Billboard Smooth His music makes you dance, sing and Jazz Chart. take action.”

Marie Dumont-Pierce of Chesterfield, left, feels the music and dances with Nissa Edmonds of Norfolk, who is a part of a group called, Natural vyb Mas Carnival Band. Ms. DumontPierce is in her carnival costume during the 2nd annual Caribbean American Heritage Festival June 25 at Henrico County’s Dorey Park in Varina. The free event attracted long lines of people waiting to enter the park for the food trucks, vendors and live music.

Patron Saint festivals, or Fiestas Patronales, are celebrated in Latino communities everywhere, including Richmond. On Saturday, June 25, crowds showed up for the 15th RVA Latino Festival at Sacred Heart Church in South Side Richmond. The 1400 Perry St. celebration brought together families and friends to enjoy raffles, food, games, music and performances.

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Happenings Personality: Taylor Thornley Keeney Spotlight on founder and executive director of Little Hands Virginia In December 2018, inspiration led Taylor Thornley Keeney to reshape community child care in the Richmond region.

Pregnant at the time with her daughter, Frances, she was cleaning out her son’s closet to find baby items to donate to a mother in need.

However, her attempts to disperse her child’s belongings soon hit a roadblock.

While support for families in need is widely available during the holidays, and certain organizations aid school-aged children, there was a “gap in our ecosystem of support,” when it came to consistently providing items such as diapers, clothes, car seats and other essentials for young children, Ms. Keeney said.

It was a gap that made Ms. Keeney’s efforts to donate to families difficult, but also inspired her to find a solution. After six months of work and discussion with potential partners, Little Hands Virginia began operation in August 2019, with Ms. Keeney as its founder and executive director helping to bring needed items to what she describes as Virginia’s most vulnerable population.

“If we can better support children from day one, we can improve outcomes down the road,” she says. “Little Hands is all about making sure babies are clean, healthy and cared for, and supporting families at the same time.”

As Little Hands’founder, Ms. Keeney has seen firsthand its substantial growth in just three years. First launching in 2019 with five partners, the Little Hands network had grown to 15 partners helping them support about 25 children every month by the end of the year.

It now reaches more than 120 children monthly through over 60 partners.

As the families helped by Little Hands grew, so did its network of supporters, which now includes Richmond, Hopewell, Petersburg and the counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, Goochland and New Kent. As a result, Little Hands’ operations rapidly outgrew Ms. Keeney’s garage to a room at Second Baptist Church on River and Gaskins roads in 2019. It relocated to the Shops at Stratford Hills on Forest Hill Avenue in 2021.

Much of this growth has been driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, which increased the need for help from Little Hands.

Higher prices, scarcity of items and health-related concerns also contributed to Little Hands’ growth.

Ms. Keeney foresees Little Hands’ future growth tied to retaining current partners while developing relationships with new partners, an enhanced focus on fundraising, and learning from other groups with similar missions.

“We want to make sure every possible partner that works with low-income families with young children knows who we are and knows they can come to us when a child needs items,” Ms. Keeney says. “We are also figuring out the best model to make sure families that need support month-over-month receive that support, and that we aren’t just helping families one time when longer-term assistance is needed.”

The service Little Hands provides remains in high demand, and it’s one filled with potential obstacles for those involved with its operations. However, Ms. Keeney and others are dedicated to the good the group has done in just three years for the community.

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The praise and thanks Ms. Keeney sees from the people Little Hands has helped stand as testament to the inspiration she felt and the choices she made in December 2018, when a simple act of helping someone in need inspired a new service for hundreds of families.

“Throughout the pandemic I have been so driven to support families — particularly moms,” Ms. Keeney says. “It’s a tough time to be a parent, and even harder to be a low-income parent with everything going on.

“I want Little Hands to be there for every baby and mom and parent that needs diapers, needs items that as a mom I know I so often took for granted when my kids were babies.”

Meet a community provider of early child care necessities, Taylor Thornley Keeney: Volunteer position: Founder and executive director of Little Hands Virginia.

Occupation: Public affairs consultant.

Date and place of birth: Nov. 28 in Fullerton, Calif.

Where I live now: Goochland.

I have lived in the Richmond area for 13 years.

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Family: Husband, Carter, and two children, Taliaferro, 4, and Frances, 3.

Little Hands Virginia is: a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides essentials to young children (newborn to 3 years old) in need in Central Virginia.

Mission: Little Hands Virginia makes sure that children have the essentials to thrive from “Day One.” Working with our network of over 60 partners (local and state agencies, school districts, homeless shelters, hospitals, and other nonprofits), we identify children in need of support in the Greater Richmond region, bundle up the items needed, and deliver directly to the family.

When and where founded: Little Hands Virginia was founded in May of 2019 and launched in August of 2019 with five partners. By that winter we were supporting about 25 children per month through a

helping families one time when longer-term assistance in needed.

Strategy for achieving goals: Everything we do is about partnerships. We know we can’t do what we do alone. That’s why it was key that we had partners the day we launched to refer families to us. We also are cognizant that we are really good at providing essential items to families for their children, but families that need, for example, diapers from us probably need other support, too. So having partners that we can refer families to for more comprehensive assistance is so key. network of about 15 partners.

Today, we reach over 120 children each month. We started in my garage, which we quickly outgrew, and added a storage unit – which we immediately outgrew as well. In the Fall of 2019, we moved into a classroom at Second Baptist Church (River and Gaskins roads) – which we also outgrew pretty immediately. We were thrilled to move into our current office at the Shops at Stratford Hills on Forest Hill Avenue in the Spring of 2021. The office is really centrally located to the three localities we primarily serve – Richmond, Henrico and Chesterfield – which is so important for our volunteers doing the deliveries and being accessible to the families we work with.

Story behind the name: We like to say “Lend a helping hand to Greater Richmond’s littlest hands.” Little Hands supports the littlest hands in our community – babies.

Number one goal or project for Little Hands Virginia: At just three years old, right now we are focused on identifying gaps in our work. We want to make sure every possible partner that works with low-income families with young children knows who we are and knows they can come us when a child needs items. We are also figuring out the best model to make sure families that need support month-over-month receive that support, and that we aren’t just

Immediate needs: Diapers! But all joking aside, diapers are requested in almost every referral, and there are certain size diapers and pullups that we always need. It’s the items that (are required to be new) that we are constantly running out of. We have a drives page on our website that we update with the items we need most - https://littlehandsva. org/drive.

Various ways individuals can lend a hand: We have three main ways to volunteer: in the office, helping with deliveries, and washing clothes at home. A majority of the more than 120 requests we fill each month are delivered directly to families by volunteers. We have regular donation hours throughout the week that are manned by a volunteer. We post our monthly volunteer opportunities online at littlehandsva.org/volunteer.

Various ways groups can lend a hand: Admittedly, group volunteering is a little harder.

We just don’t have the space for groups. We do occasionally have needs for groups, especially when we receive pallets of in-kind donations delivered.

We have a sign up for groups who are interested in helping at littlehandsva.org/volunteer.

Parents’ reactions to Little Hands Virginia: One example: “I cannot express my gratitude to you all enough. What you do is incredible and impacts the lives of our families and their little ones in a huge way. Thank you sincerely. (Mom) is delighted to

have the items you provided; this takes a significant amount of stress off of her family in this time.” — Social worker with Family Lifelines Little Hands Virginia partners with: We work with over 60 partners throughout Central Virginia (littlehandsva.org/about for a list) that refer families to us. Our partners include social services, departments of health, early intervention, parent infant programs, school districts, police departments, and other state and local agencies in Central Virginia. We also partner with family homeless shelters and every hospital in the area, a well as nonprofits ranging from Family Lifeline and the YMCA, to prisoner reentry programs, and ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation. The only requirement to be a partner is that the organization helps low-income families.

Upcoming events: For the summer, we are participating in a lot of other organizations’ community events. Our next event is in October when we do our annual preschool drive for some of the low-cost items we regularly have to purchase.

If your preschool would like to participate, please email me! taylor@littlehandsva.org A perfect day for me is: Coffee in bed, a morning run, then playing with the kids until (in the summer) we can head to the pool. My husband and I love to cook so definitely finishing the day grilling and drinking wine in the backyard while the kids play until the sun goes down.

What I am learning about myself during the pandemic: How much my heart is pulled to help people. Throughout the pandemic I have been so driven to support families – especially moms.

What babies teach me most: That there is hope in this world.

If we can better support children from day one, we can improve outcomes down the road. Little Hands is all about making sure babies are clean, healthy, cared for and supporting families..

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: I love to garden. My husband and I built raised beds last year and the kids help me plant and take care of them.

Gardening is very therapeutic to me.

A quote that inspires me: “There is always room at our table.” That this quote inspires me is probably unsurprising given the mission of Little Hands. But it’s also the approach I try to take as we raise our kids. Teaching them to be kind to every child at school, talking about why Little Hands exists and why it matters, and always having an open door for friends and family.

My friends describe me as: Driven.

Best late-night snack: Ice cream — can’t keep it in the house for that reason!

The best thing my parents ever taught me: Try everything. My parents really pushed my brother and me to be “well rounded,” and in the process I learned about a lot of different things and experienced a lot.

The person who influenced me the most: I had the same teacher in third, fourth and sixth grade – Ms. Gaither. She was so critical to my love of learning and particularly of writing, which ultimately became a huge part of my career. But her passion for education and the arts really shaped my world view at a pretty young age.

Book that influenced me the most : “Tuesdays with Morrie”

by Mitch Albom.

What I’m reading now: “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” by Gail Honeyman.Next goal: Actually, personally, on the topic of books, this year I had a goal of reading one book a month and rotating between fiction and nonfiction. I’m very behind. I really want to rededicate myself to doing that.

On the topic of Little Hands, since the day we launched we have gotten a lot of outreach about expanding to other regions in Virginia. Now that the pandemic is mostly behind us and we have a good grasp on the Richmond region we are starting to have conversations again about expansion. I would love to see Little Hands have “regions” all across the Commonwealth where there is a need and interest.

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Sixth Mount Zion Pastor Dorothy L. Hughes, a business honors Rev. Jasper owner and gospel musician, dies Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church in Richmond has installed an interpretative sign at the gravesite of its founding pastor, the Rev. John Jasper, in celebration of his 210th birthday.

The installation was completed Tuesday afternoon at Woodland Cemetery off Magnolia Avenue, according to Benjamin Ross, the church’s historian, ahead of Rev. Jasper’s birthday, which is Independence Day, July 4.

The colorful sign includes images and text about the life of Rev. Jasper, who could lay claim to being Richmond’s best known Black preacher in the postCivil War era.

Last year, the church installed a new foundation for the tall obelisk that marks Rev. Jasper’s grave.

Born enslaved in 1809, Rev. Jasper Rev. Jasper along with 10 others founded Sixth Mount Zion in 1867 in an abandoned stable that once served Confederate horses, but quickly moved to larger quarters.

The growing church moved to its permanent site, 14 W. Duval St., and then built the larger church that now stands on the location in 1890. Rev. Jasper led the church until his death in 1901.

Rev. Jasper was best known for his signature sermon, “De Sun Do Move, The Earth Am Square,” which he first preached in 1878, positing that the sun revolved around the earth. He also earned attention for other sermons, including “Where Sin Comes From” and “A Stone Cut Out of the Mountain.”

‘Blessing of Elders’ lauds 7 Black Christian luminaries at Museum of the Bible

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service

WASHINGTON Well-known names from the world of gospel music and the Black church gathered at the Museum of the Bible to hail the contributions of AfricanAmerican churches and to call for continued efforts toward building unity and bridging divides.

The “Blessing of the Elders,” an awards celebration held

Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service

The Rev. A.R. Bernard speaks June 23 after being honored at the “Blessing of the Elders” awards ceremony at the Museum of the Bible in Washington.

June23 just blocks from the U.S. Capitol, specifically honored seven leaders known for their contributions in megachurches, denominational leadership, civil rights, music and religious broadcasting.

The Rev. A.R. Bernard, an honoree and a Brooklyn, N.Y., pastor, described the Black church, in its varied expressions, as a repository of Black culture in America.

“Embracing Christianity, Blacks didn’t seek to imitate white Christianity — oh no, instead we created a parallel religious culture, our own brand of Christianity with our own hymns, music, style of worship, much influenced by the challenge of slavery,” Rev. Bernard said in the museum’s World Stage Theater.

Jon Sharpe, the museum’s chief relations officer, and the Rev. Tony Lowden, pastor of the Georgia church where

former President Jimmy Carter is a member, took the stage to explain how the predominantly Black gathering came to be.

Mr. Sharpe said he had a vision two decades ago that “the Black church is going to lead spiritual renewal in America.”

The museum executive, who is white, shared his idea over dinner with Rev. Lowden, an African-American man who had attended a 2020 fatherhood conference at the museum. The museum opened in 2017. Rev. Lowden said the concept — which Rev. Bernard now calls a “movement” — resonated with him.

“There was a move that we had to answer, asking us to come together, go around the nation to talk about how we can bring the Black church together to lead,” Rev. Lowden said.

Over the course of the more than three-hour ceremony, coming together and overcoming were recurrent themes.

“The only way we can go forward now is with ‘love one another,’” said honoree John Perkins, a civil rights veteran and reconciliation advocate.

Other honorees included Shirley Caesar, known for her award-winning gospel singing.”

Bishop Vashti McKenzie, the first woman prelate in the more than 200-year-old African Methodist Episcopal Church; and Bishop Charles E. Blake Sr., the former top leader of the Church of God in Christ.

Moore Street Missionary Baptist Church

1408 W. Leigh Street · Richmond, Va. 23220 (804) 358—6403

Dr. Alonza L. Lawrence, Pastor

Before founding the church, she was certified in supporting individuals with mental disabilities and launched Joshua Home Family Services LLC, which now has locations in Chesterfield County and Danville.

Pastor Hughes also won attention as a church singer and as a writer of short church plays, her family said.

She later expanded the skits into the gospel production “How I Got Over” that at one time featured Grammy Award winner Shirley Caesar.

She was predeceased by her husband, Ernest W. Hughes Jr. Hughes Survivors include her children, the Rev. Cynthia D. Brown, Earnestine A. Clarke, Deborah M. Hammond, Pastor Darryl Hughes and Kizzy N. Hughes; two brothers, Grady N. Hughes and Moses “Jimmy” Lynch; nine grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

Former RRHA manager James W. ‘Dick’ Harris Sr. dies For more than three decades, James Willard “Dick” Mr. Harris will be interred with his wife in Mt. Harris Sr. was a familiar face to public housing resiCalvary Cemetery, 1400 S. Randolph St. dents in Richmond.

Born in Newport News in 1931 during the Great Mr. Harris managed several of the communities Depression, he met Dr. Harris while the two were during his tenure with the Richmond Redevelopment students at Hampton Institute (now University). He and Housing Authority, including Gilpin and Fairfield starred in football and track at Hampton. courts.

They moved to Richmond so she could pursue a “Everywhere we go, we run into former residents graduate degree at the Richmond Professional Institute, who remember him,” said his daughter, Gayle E. Harlater VCU, and he took a position with RRHA that ris. “He was kind, cheerful and caring, but also nosy turned into a career. and bossy and into everyone’s business. That made “He loved it,” his daughter said.

Mr. Harris him memorable.”

After retiring, he enjoyed “spending time with Mr. Harris also was the husband of the late Grace E. Harris, family and friends,” Ms. Harris said. “He joked and laughed who served as a dean, provost and acting president of Virginia with everyone.”

Commonwealth University before her death in 2018.

Survivors include two other children, Gail Ford of Smyrna, He succumbed to illness on Sunday, June 26, 2022, his fam- Ga., and James W. Harris Jr. of Richmond; one grandson, Jullian ily said. He was 91.

Harrison; and a great-granddaughter, Sloane Harrison.

Family and friends will celebrate his life at 11 a.m., July 5, The family requests that memorial contributions be made to at Scott’s Funeral Home Chapel, 116 E. Brookland Park Blvd., Hampton University’s James “Dick” Harris Scholarship Fund that with the Rev. Aljanon C. Wills officiating. In advance of the has been created to provide scholarships for student athletes. service, a viewing will be held July 3 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the funeral home.

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

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

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Sharon Baptist Church 500 E. Laburnum Avenue, Richmond, VA 23222 www.sharonbaptistchurchrichmond.org (804) 643-3825 Rev. Dr. Paul A. Coles, Pastor

Sundays Morning Worship 10:00 A.M.

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Good Shepherd Baptist Church

We Embrace Diversity — Love For All!

400 South Addison Street Richmond, Va. 23220

(near Byrd Park)

Rev. Dr. Yvonne Jones Bibbs, Pastor

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

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

“Due to the Corona Virus Pandemic, Services Are Cancelled, until further notice; but, please join us, by visiting BRBCOnline.org or YouTube (Broad Rock Baptist Church).”

“MAKE IT HAPPEN” Pastor Kevin Cook

Triumphant

Baptist Church 2003 Lamb Avenue Richmond, VA 23222 Dr. Arthur M. Jones, Sr., Pastor (804) 321-7622 OPEN FOR IN PERSON WORSHIP Morning Worship - 11 am Conference Calls are still available at: ( 503) 300-6860 PIN: 273149 Facebook@:triumphantbaptist

“Your Home In God’s Kingdom”

Worship With Us This Week!

Morning Worship On Site & Virtual July 3, 2022 @ 10:00 A.M. Looking for a welcoming place to worship this week?

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This Week We Celebrate Holy Communion Additional Opportunities to Engage with Us: *Faith Formation/ Church School (Sat. @ 9:00 AM) Zoom Meeting ID: 952 9164 9805 /Passcode: 2901 *Bible Study (Wed. @ 7:00 PM) Zoom Meeting ID: 854 8862 2296 *Give Via: http://mmbcrva.org/give Or through Givelify 2901 Mechanicsville Turnpike, Richmond, VA 23223 (804) 648-2472 ~ www.mmbcrva.org Dr. Price London Davis, Senior Pastor

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Pastor Dorothy Lee Lynch Hughes, founder and leader of Victory Christian Center RVA in Richmond and owner of two residential homes for the disabled, has died.

Pastor Hughes, who, according to her family, also won acclaim for her gospel musical “How I Got Over,” passed away Monday, June 20, 2022. She was 83.

Her life was celebrated with a six-hour service Saturday, June 25, at St. Mark Church of God in Christ in North Side, and she was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

Pastor Pastor Hughes, who was born and raised in Richmond, founded her church in 2004 as the Bread of Life Family Worship Center in South Side. Long based at 3120 Hull St., the church’s name was later changed to Victory and relocated two years ago to 3509 Midlothian Turnpike.

Antioch Baptist Church “Redeeming God’s People for Gods Purpose”

1384 New Market Road, Richmond, Virginia 23231 | 804-222-8835

SERVICES

SUNDAY WORSHIP HOUR – 10:00 A.M. CHILDREN’S CHURCH & BUS MINISTRY AVAILABLE SUNDAY SCHOOL (FOR ALL AGES) – 9:00 A.M. TUESDAY MID-DAY BIBLE STUDY – 12 NOON WEDNESDAY MID-WEEK PRAYER & BIBLE STUDY – 7:00 P.M. A MISSION BASED CHURCH FAMILY EXCITING MINISTRIES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS & SENIOR ADULTS BIBLE REVELATION TEACHING DIVERSE MUSIC MINISTRY LOVING, CARING ENVIRONMENT

DR. JAMES L. SAILES PASTOR

Richmond Free Press

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Legal Notices 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 Monday, July 18, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, July 25, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2022-203 To close, to public use and travel, an alley in the block bounded by Maury Street, East 4 th Street, Everett Street, and East 3rd Street, consisting of 1,980± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2022-204 To close, to public use and travel, Anderson Street and an east-west alley that bisects Anderson Street located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Government Road and Glenwood Avenue consisting of 18,660± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2022-205 To amend Ord. No. 2000410-2001-10, adopted Jan. 8, 2001, as previously amended by Ord. No. 2001-220-231, adopted Jul. 23, 2001, and Ord. No. 2017-242, adopted May 29, 2019, which approved the “Shops at Stratford Hills Community Unit Plan,” for the purpose of increasing the area subject to the community unit plan by 2.85 acres to 67.4± acres and modifying the development standards, under certain terms and conditions. Richmond 300 recommends a future land use of “Corridor MixedUse” for the front portion of the property, where the new commercial building is proposed. Primary uses recommended for this land use category include commercial (retail/office/personal service), multi-family residential, cultural and open space. Secondary uses include singlefamily, institutional and government. Richmond 300 recommends a future land use of “Neighborhood Mixed-Use” for the rear portion of the property, where the new singlefamily attached dwellings are proposed. The primary uses recommended for Neighborhood Mixed-Use are single-family houses, accessory dwelling units, duplexes, small multifamily buildings (typically 3-10 units) and open space. Secondary uses include large multi-family buildings (10+ units), retail/ office/personal service, institutional, cultural and government.

Ordinance No. 2022-206 To amend Ord. No. 2020269, adopted January 11, 2021, which authorized the special use of the properties known as 502, 504, 506, 508, 512, and 514 Westview Avenue for the purpose of up to 12 single-family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions, to authorize the special use of the properties now known as 502, 502 ½, 504, 504 ½, 506, 506 ½, 508, 512, 512 ½, 514, and 514 ½ Westview Avenue for the purpose of up to ten single-family detached dwellings. The properties are situated in a R-4 Single Family Residential zoning district. The City of Richmond’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates these parcels as Residential, which is defined as neighborhoods consisting primarily of single-family houses on large- or medium-sized lots more homogeneous in nature. The density of the proposed development is approximately 7.7 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2022-207 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 2022-097, adopted Apr. 25, 2022, which conditionally rezoned the properties known as 3329 Hopkins Road and 3425 Hopkins Road from the R-4 SingleFamily Residential District to the R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential District, to include the property known as 3511 Hopkins Road in the conditional rezoning from the R-4 SingleFamily Residential District to the R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential District, upon certain proffered conditions. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates these parcels as Neighborhood Mixed Use. Primary Uses: Single-family houses, accessory dwelling units, duplexes, small multifamily buildings (typically 3-10 units), and open space. Secondary Uses: Large multifamily buildings (10+units), retail/ office/personal service, Continued on next column

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Road and 217 Roseneath Road for the purpose of two two-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions.

The property is situated within R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential District. The Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Neighborhood Mixed Use. Primary Uses: Singlefamily houses, accessory dwelling units, duplexes, small multi-family buildings (typically 3-10 units), and open space.

Secondary Uses: Large multi-family buildings (10+units), retail/office/ personal service, institutional, cultural, and government.

units, upon certain terms and conditions. The zoning of the property is R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential.

The Richmond 300 Master Plan recommends Neighborhood MixedUses for the property described as existing or new highly-walkable urban neighborhoods that are predominantly residential with a small, but critical, percentage of parcels providing retail, office, personal service, and institutional.

MARIA GUARASCIO, Plaintiff, v.

DANNY GUARASCIO, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22-2970-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart, without any cohabitation and without any interruption, for a period of more than one year.

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the Defendant, Danny Guarascio, is not a resident of the State of Virginia and that his last known address is unknown, it is therefore ORDERED that Defendant, Danny Guarascio, appear before this Court on or before the 8th day of August 2022, and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this suit.

A Copy Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk I ask for this: Jesse Baez, Esq. (VSB #85986) Brooks & Baez 9100 Arboretum Pkwy., Suite 190 Richmond, VA 23236 T: (804) 570-7473 F: (804) 548-4215 Counsel for Plaintiff

of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown appear here on or before the 26th day of July, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

name of the owners of record, Carroll H. Ellis, Jr. and Boyd Patrick Ellis.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, B CARROLL H. ELLIS, JR and BOYD PATRICK ELLIS, 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 CARROLL H. ELLIS, JR, BOYD PATRICK ELLIS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 11, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

Annie Ruth Earlene Carney If you are, or are related to these individuals, or can confirm their death please contact the Barber Law Firm, @ (804) 386-5837, or Jbarber89@ thebarberpractice.com

Ordinance No. 2022-210 To authorize the special use of the property known as 421 North 33rd Street for the purpose of a mixeduse building with office use on the ground floor and one dwelling unit on the second floor, upon certain terms and conditions. The Richmond 300 Master Plan recommends a future land use of “Neighborhood Mixed-Use” for the property. The primary uses recommended for Neighborhood Mixed-Use are single-family houses, accessory dwelling units, duplexes, small multifamily buildings (typically 3-10 units) and open space. Secondary uses include large multi-family buildings (10+ units), retail/ office/personal service, institutional, cultural and government.

Ordinance No. 2022-211 To authorize the special use of the property known as 615 Albemarle Street for the purpose of a dwelling unit within an accessory building to a single-family attached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions.

The property is situated within a R-7 Singleand Two-Family Urban Residential District. The Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Neighborhood Mixed Use. Primary Uses: Singlefamily houses, accessory dwelling units, duplexes, small multi-family buildings (typically 3-10 units), and open space.

Secondary Uses: Large multi-family buildings (10+units), retail/office/ personal service, institutional, cultural, and government.

Ordinance No. 2022-212 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 1117 North Arthur Ashe Boulevard, 1119 North Arthur Ashe Boulevard, and 1201 North Arthur Ashe Boulevard for the purpose of a mixeduse building containing dwelling units, amenity space, commercial space, and structured parking spaces, upon certain terms and conditions.

The property is located in the TOD-1 TransitOriented Nodal District.

The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates a future land use for the subject property as The Richmond 300 master plan recommends Destination Mixed‑Use Land Use for the subject property, which is described as key gateways featuring prominent destinations, such as retail, sports venues, and large employers, as well as housing and open space.

Ordinance No. 2022-213 To authorize the special use of the property known as 2320 Burton Street for the purpose of two single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions.

The property is situated in a R-63 Multifamily Urban Residential D i s t r i c t . T h e C i t y ’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the property as Neighborhood Mixed‑Use. The proposed single‑family attached dwellings are a primary use under this designation.

Ordinance No. 2022-214 To authorize the special use of the property known as 309 West Hooper Street for the purpose of a single-family detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in an R-5 - Residential (Single Family) zone. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates a future land use for the subject property as Residential.

Primary Uses: Singlefamily houses, accessory dwelling units, and open space. Secondary Uses: Duplexes and small multi-family buildings (typically 3-10 units), institutional, and cultural.

Secondary uses may be found along major streets. The density of the proposed development is approximately 30 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2022-215 To authorize the special use of the property known as 2301 Old Dominion Street for the purpose of an industrial use within an addition to an existing building, upon certain terms and conditions.

The property is split between the M-1 Light Industrial zone and the R-6 Residential (SingleFamily Attached) zone.

The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates a future land use for the subject property as Community Mixed Use. Primary Uses: Retail/office/ personal service, multi-family residential, cultural, and open space. Secondary Uses: Single-family houses, institutional, and government.

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Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so by following the instructions referenced in the July 25, 2022 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at https:// www.rva.gov/office-cityclerk, and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Candice D. Reid 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, July 5, 2022 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, July 25, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2022-189 To rezone the property known as 807 Oliver Hill Way from the M-1 Light Industrial District to the TOD-1 Transit-Oriented Nodal District. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates a future land use for the subject property as Destination Mixed Use and is adjacent to the Shockoe National/ Regional Priority Growth Node. Primary Uses: Retail/office/personal service, multi-family residential, cultural, and open space. Secondary Uses: Institutional and government. This application only includes a request to change the zoning designation of the property, no development plans have been submitted at this time.

Ordinance No. 2022-190 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 80-260-81-41, adopted Mar. 9, 1981, as previously amended

by Ord. Nos. 81-152-138, adopted August 24, 1981, 84-110-83, adopted May 29, 1984, 89-318-295, adopted Nov. 13, 1989, 2006-26-52, adopted Feb. 27, 2006, 2006-260-263, adopted Oct. 23, 2006, 2012-163-164, adopted Oct. 8, 2012, 2017-169, adopted Oct. 9, 2017, and Ord. No. 2022-036, adopted Mar. 28, 2022, concerning the Beaufont Oaks Community Unit Plan, to amend the use of the parcel known as 7000 West Carnation Street to allow for multifamily use.

The property is situated in an R-3 Single-Family Residential District. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates a future land use for the subject property as Destination Mixed Use. Primary Uses: Retail/office/ personal service, multi-family residential, cultural, and open space. Secondary Uses: Institutional and Government. The density of the proposed development is approximately 40 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2022-191 To repeal ch. 16, art.

II (§§ 16-19—16-31) of the City Code; to amend ch. 30, art. VI, div. 10.1 by adding therein a new section 30-691.1:1, concerning definitions for the Affordable Dwelling Unit Density Program; and to amend City Code §§ 30691, 30-691.1, 30-691.2, 30-691.3, 30-691.4, 30691.6, 30-691.7, 30-691.8, 30-691.9, 30-691.11, for the purpose of revising the Affordable Housing Dwelling Unit Density Program as authorized by Va. Code § 15.2-2305.1.

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Ordinance No. 2022-193 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1117 West Leigh Street for the purpose of a twofamily detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located in the R-8 Urban Residential District. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates a future land use for the subject property as Neighborhood MixedUse, which is defined as existing or new highly-walkable urban neighborhoods that are predominantly residential with a small, but critical, percentage of parcels providing retail, office, personal service, and institutional uses. The proposed density of the parcel is 2 units upon .03 acres, or 67 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2022-194 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1207 Porter Street for the purpose of a dwelling unit within an accessory building to a single-family dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. The zoning of the property is R-8 Urban Residential.

The Richmond 300 Master Plan recommends Neighborhood MixedUse land use for the p r o p e r t y, w h i c h i s described as existing or new highly-walkable urban neighborhoods that are predominantly residential with a small, but critical, percentage of parcels providing retail, office, personal service, and institutional uses.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so by following the instructions referenced in the July 25, 2022 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at https:// www.rva.gov/office-cityclerk, and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND TADESHA LATRICE (BALL) WILLIAMS, Plaintiff v.

AVRON NATHANIEL WILLIAMS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22-1959-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Obtain a Divorce A VINCULLO MATRIMONII OR FROM THE BONDS OF MATRIMONY. It appearing from an affidavit that the defendant is: that diligence has been used without effect, by or on the behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city defendant is and the last known address of the Defendant is as follows: L/K/A 6847 Carnation St. Apt A Richmond, VA 23225 It is ORDERED that Avron Nathaniel Williams appear at the above-named court and protect his/her interests on or before July 18, 2022, 9 AM. An Extract, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER DENISE DAVIS, Plaintiff v.

ULYSSES ALSTON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001680-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 1st day of August, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER LATRICIA KNIGHT, Plaintiff v.

ANTOINE KNIGHT, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001723-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 1st day of August, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER WANDA VARGAS DIAZ, Plaintiff v.

RONALD SOTO PERDOMO, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001652-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 26th day of July, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER KORTNI BOXLEY, Plaintiff v.

LARRY BOXLEY, JR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001650-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown appear here on or before the 26th day of July, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER CREASY MCQUEEN, Plaintiff v.

CAROLYN MCQUEEN-KENNEY, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001293-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown appear here on or before the 26th day of July, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Esquire Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ARLENE GUZMAN RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff v.

RONALD PERDOMO, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001653-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown appear here on or before the 26th day of July, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER KIMBERLY A . KRUGER, Plaintiff v.

RANDY A. KRUGER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001528-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart, without any cohabitation and without any interruption, for a period of more than one year.

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the Defendant, RANDY A. KRUGER, cannot be located within the State of Virginia and that his last known address is unknown, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendant, RANDY A. KRUGER, appear before this Court on or before the 19th day of July, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this suit.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Mary P. Adams, Esq. VSB No. 24551 Hairfield Morton, PLC 2800 Buford Road, Suite 201 Richmond, Virginia 23235 (804) 320-6600 - telephone (804) 320-8040 - facsimile madams@hmalaw.com Counsel for the Plaintiff

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

JUDY B. HARRIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-2207 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2907 Seminary Avenue, Tax Map Number N000-0864/018, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Judy B. Harris.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JUDY B. HARRIS, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that ACORN SALES COMPANY, INC, JOHN AMES, Registered Agent, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, which has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to the registered agent’s last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that BETTY BAUGH’S ANIMAL CENTER, LLC, ELIZABETH BAUGH HARRISON, Registered Agent, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, which has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to the registered agent’s last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JUDY B. HARRIS, ACORN SALES COMPANY, INC, JOHN AMES, Registered Agent, BETTY BAUGH’S ANIMAL CENTER, LLC, ELIZABETH BAUGH HARRISON, Registered Agent, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 CARNEY / DARDEN Richmond, Virginia The object of this listing is to locate the following individuals concerning Real and Personal property: Eddie Carney Benjamin Darden Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HENRICO E. MICHAEL HARRIS, GERTRUDE H. MCDONNOUGH and SHERWOOD A HARRIS, Plaintiffs, v.

ALTON B. COLEMAN, DERWIN K. COLEMAN, LACOUNTES D. COLEMAN, RICHARD L. SMITH, JR., WILLIAM WALLER, MARGIE PAGE THOMPSON, if she be living or if she be dead, her heirs, devisees, creditors, and successorsin-title as “Parties Unknown,” MARGIE FRANCES THOMPSON, if she be living or if she be dead, her heirs, devisees, creditors, and successorsin-title as “Parties Unknown,” EMMETT THOMPSON, if he be living or if he be dead, his heirs, devisees, creditors, and successorsin-title as “Parties Unknown,” JOYCE H. SMITH, if she be living or if she be dead, her heirs, devisees, creditors, and successorsin-title as “Parties Unknown,” FRANCELLA H. COLEMAN, if she be living or if she be dead, her heirs, devisees, creditors, and successors-in-title as “Parties Unknown,” LILLIAN PAGE HARRIS, if she be living or if she be dead, her heirs, devisees, creditors, and successorsin-title as “Parties Unknown” and LAKEITA SMITH WALLER, if she be living or if she be dead, her heirs, devisees, creditors, and successors-in-title as “Parties Unknown,” Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-2737 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to approve the partition and/or sale of a parcel of land located in Henrico County, Virginia commonly known as Three (3) acres - Verna Court (ADJ Wingfield), Henrico, Virginia 23228, Parcel ID No. 779761-1821 (the “Property”).

It appearing that there may be additional heirs of the Property who are now unknown parties, it is ORDERED that: Those unknown heirs or unknown parties of interest appear before this Court on or before July 18, 2022 after due publication of this Order of Publication in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court, Henrico County, Virginia and do what it is necessary to protect their interest herein.

A Copy, Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk I ask for this: Gerald W. S. Carter (VSB #29792) HARRELL & CHAMBLISS LLP Eighth & Main Building 707 East Main Street, Suite 1000 Richmond, VA 23219 804.915.3224 (direct dial) 804.915.3244 (direct fax) Email:gcarter@hclawfirm.com

ABC LICENSE SR Venture Inc. Trading as: S & N Super Market 3420 Courthouse Road Hopewell, Virginia 23860 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia Department of A lcoholic B everage C ontrol (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Convenience Grocery Store license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Harjot Singh, President Date notice posted at establishment: May 13, 2022 NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www. abc.virginia.gov or (800) 552-3200.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER GRACE KATAHENA, Plaintiff v.

JOHN OKAAH, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001651-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground

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

CARROLL H. ELLIS, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1898 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2800 Fendall Avenue, Tax Map Number N000-0777/012, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the

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