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Kiara S. Thompson, Richmond’s Teacher of the Year, followed her heart and turned to teaching more than six years ago

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Kiara S. Thompson, an eighth-grade Earth science and biology teacher at Boushall Middle School, breaks into tears as she is surprised May 6 in her classroom by Superintendent Jason Kamras, second from right, and Mayor Levar M. Stoney, with their announcement that she was selected Richmond’s Teacher of the Year.

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Richmond’s last Confederate monument to come down – A.P. Hill on North Side

City Council approves new 2022-23 budget

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The new blueprint for City Hall spending after July 1 that includes significant pay jumps for city employees is now in place.

With brisk dispatch Monday night, City Council approved 28 ordinances related to the new 2022-23 budget that totals more than $2.3 billion, or about $10,105 for every man, woman and child in the city.

Included in the package was a record general fund budget of $838.7 million – equivalent to $3,650 per city resident – that is the key element in providing services and the pay hikes.

Mayor Levar M. Stoney stated that passage of the budget package “moves Richmond toward a brighter, more vibrant future.”

Chief Smith The plan includes a $17 million investment in pay increases for first responders, most notably police officers and firefighters, whose starting pay is now the lowest in Central Virginia. The pay increases that will be awarded are aimed at boosting retention, particularly on a police force that reportedly has more than 130 vacancies in its sworn ranks.

“The impact this budget will have on the work life and the personal lives of our employees will be felt in a positive way for years t City Council’s action.

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Kiara Shenae Thompson was on her way to becoming a biologist and health care worker when she volunteered at a community center tutoring elementary and middle school students in science concepts and found what she considers her true calling — teaching.

“Just being able to help them and them saying to me, ‘Oh my gosh, I wish you were my teacher,’ let me know that I needed to go ahead and pursue teaching,” she said.

“It’s been so rewarding. I’m just so glad that I followed my heart,” said the 31-year-old Henrico County native, who is starting her sixth year teaching eighth-grade Earth science and biology at Thomas Boushall Middle School in South Side.

Ms. Thompson’s passion for education was celebrated last Friday when she got a big surprise — notification that she was selected as Richmond’s 2022 Teacher of the Year.

She learned she had won when Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras, Mayor Levar M. Stoney, other elected officials, family members and a gaggle of TV crews and news reporters invaded her classroom.

Ms. Thompson teared up as cheers rang out from her students and the assemblage.

“It was very exciting, very overwhelming. I couldn’t believe it,” Ms. Thompson said later.

Mr. Kamras had visited the classroom the day before to deliver a gift to Ms. Thompson for being a finalist for the honor. At the time, she said she thought the delivery meant she was a runner-up.

A.P. Hill statue

The last standing Confederate monument in Richmond is on the way out.

City Council cleared the way Monday night for the removal of the statue of Confederate Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill Jr. that dominates the intersection of Laburnum Avenue and Hermitage Road in North Side.

The city took down its other Confederate monuments nearly two years ago and conveyed ownership to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia earlier this year.

But officials haven’t been able to move forward with removing the Hill monument because the

general is buried beneath it.

After months of fruitless talks with Hill family descendants, Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s administration is fed up and ready to act to get rid of the statue that has stood at the site for 130 years.

Acting on an expedited resolution, the council voted 9-0 to approve the administration’s request for authority to transfer the statue and monument to the Jackson Ward-based Black History Museum.

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New history marker going up for Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground; mixed results on Confederate markers A new state history marker to a long forgotten Black cemetery in Richmond is on the way, while two highway markers to the city’s Confederate past have been removed.

It has taken a year, but the marker for the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground where 22,000 people were interred in North Side will soon go up.

A dedication ceremony is scheduled

for 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 12, at 5th and Hospital streets, the site of the segregated cemetery that the City of Richmond operated for enslaved and free Black people between 1816 and 1879 and then promptly forgot.

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Black Catholic nuns:

A compelling, long-overlooked history

By David Crary Associated Press

Even as a young adult, Shannen Dee Williams – who grew up Black and Catholic in Memphis, Tenn., – knew of only one Black nun, and a fake one at that: Sister Mary Clarence, as played by Whoopi Goldberg in the comic film “Sister Act.”

After 14 years of tenacious research, Ms. Williams, a history professor at the University of Dayton, arguably now knows more about America’s Black nuns than anyone in the world. Her comprehensive and compelling history of them,

Confederate marker on the lawn of the Marsh Courthouse in Manchester.

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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Watch that curve Jaliyah Blue, 2, takes a ride on a slide at the annual Strawberry Street Festival held last Saturday at Clark Springs Elementary School in Randolph. The event typically takes place at William Fox School in The Fan. But the school sustained major damage in a fire in February, and the students were moved earlier this week to Clark Springs. The festival benefits the Fox Elementary PTA and featured carnival games, a raffle, food trucks, music and strawberries.

Courtesy Sister Cora Marie Billings/Shannen Dee Williams via AP

This 1956 photo shows Sister Cora Marie Billings, now of Richmond, center, who was 17 at the time and became the first Black nun admitted into the Sisters of Mercy in Philadelphia.

Later, she was the first Black nun to teach in a Catholic high school in Philadelphia and was a co-founder of the National Black Sisters’ Conference in the 1960s.

Free community testing for COVID19 continues.

The Richmond and Henrico County health districts, which are not offering testing through Saturday, May 14, offered alternate options for the following days and locations. The times and places are good beyond May 14: • Monday to Sunday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.—BetterMed Urgent Care all locations, 3200 Rockbridge St., 1380 N. Parham Road, 12214 W. Broad St. and 5215 W. Broad St. Walk-ins

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2nd casino referendum to proceed regardless of state budget language, city official says

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The question of whether Richmond should have a casinoresort in South Side will once again be on the November ballot, according to the city’s director of economic development.

Leonard L. Sledge told City Council on Monday night that voters will get a second chance to determine the fate of a proposed $565 million hotel and casino that a Black-owned media company, Urban One, is proposing for 100 acres at the Bells Road interchange of Interstate 95.

Mr. Sledge said no one appealed the Richmond Circuit Court order giving voters a new opportunity to decide the question.

The initial vote on the casino-resort was defeated last November by 1,493 votes out of the nearly 79,000 votes that were cast.

City Council cleared the way earlier this year by approving a plan for second vote Mr. Sledge to see if enough votes could be changed to secure approval of the project.

As a result of the court order, the approved ballot that the Richmond Electoral Board will develop with city Voter Registrar Keith G. Balmer and print for the Nov. 8 general election will include the casino issue, along with the contest for the area’s congressional representative.

According to Mr. Sledge, the casino question will be on the ballot even if language survives in the 2022-23 state budget that would bar Richmond from holding a referendum for a year.

At this point, the state Senate and House of Delegates have yet to agree on a new budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, so it is unknown whether Senate language barring a Richmond vote will remain in the final product, he said.

Mr. Sledge said the city is lobbying to get the prohibition removed from the budget bill. It was inserted to give the legislature’s fiscal watchdog, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, time to determine if Petersburg would be a viable substitute for Richmond.

However, Mr. Sledge said the view of City Hall is that such language will not override the court order and prevent the vote from taking place in the city.

The language on the ballot again would ask voters to approve the proposal from Maryland-based Urban One to develop a 250room hotel and casino-resort on land located near the Philip Morris cigarette factory.

RPS chief operating officer quits

By Ronald E. Carrington

Alana Gonzalez, the chief operating officer for Richmond Public Schools, has submitted her resignation, effective Friday, May 20.

In a private email sent two weeks ago to members of the Richmond School Board, Superintendent Jason Kamras communicated that Ms. Gonzalez, who has been in the job since March 1, 2021, felt she could not effectively perform her duties given the current political climate in which she has felt “harassed, undermined and demeaned” by the board.

The email was leaked to the media; Mr. Kamras did not want to comment on its contents.

Ms. Gonzalez’s resignation comes as RPS has major projects underway and on the drawing board, including construction of a new George Wythe High School; overseeing the clearing, stabilization and rebuilding of Fox Elementary School, which was nearly destroyed by fire in February; and the logistics for the rezoned River City Middle School, with students from the South Side school scheduled to attend Lucille Brown, Boushall or Binford middle schools for the upcoming 2022-23 academic year.

Additionally, as the COO, Ms. Gonzalez and her office oversee RPS’ finances, food services and building maintenance, as well as other operational jobs.

According to Mr. Kamras, her departure means more work for RPS’ remaining leadership team members. He made it crystal clear to the School Board that many operational projects will be delayed as the administrative team is already stretched to the breaking point.

“It is going to be tough,” Mr. Kamras told the Free Press.

“The administration is going to split up operational responsibilities and give the work to other teams. We are already stretched thin and the resignation will stretch us event thinner.”

According to the RPS administration, hiring a new administrative leader takes six to eight months. However, because of the ever-present political tensions among the School Board, as well as consistent opposition to the superintendent’s recommendations by board members, hiring for all jobs has been difficult.

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Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

Downed tree limbs are piled along Main Street behind the Main Library in Downtown after brisk winds and heavy rain pummeled the city May 6. Friday Cheers and other outdoor events were canceled, and some schools closed early after the U.S. Weather Service included Richmond in a tornado watch. No twisters developed, but more than an inch of rain soaked the area during the storm.

Fox students get warm welcome at Clark Springs Elementary building

By Ronald E. Carrington

Students from Fox Elementary School started their first day of classes Monday at their new home—Clark Springs Elementary School, which will be their temporary campus for the remainder of the school year.

The students have been displaced from the Fox building since Feb. 11, when a massive fire destroyed sections of the 111-year-old structure on Hanover Avenue in The Fan. Since then, classes initially were taught virtually before students returned to in-person learning March 23 in space provided by First Baptist Church on Monument Avenue. The church was a short stopover while Clark Springs got a $800,000 spruce up—including fresh paint, new doors, electrical upgrades, plumbing repairs, mold removal, new ceiling tiles and a new fire panel—to make it ready for occupancy. A new roof will be put on this summer, officials said, along with installation of a new gym floor.

Richmond Public Schools officials expect the Dance Street building in Randolph will host the students until restoration of the Fox building is completed.

Welcoming the students on Monday were Fox Principal Daniela Jacobs; Richmond Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras; Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney; School Board Chairwoman Shonda Harris-Muhammed, 6th District; and School Board members Mariah L. White, 2nd District, and Stephanie M. Rizzi, 5th District.

The Fox school mascot also was on hand.

The youngsters were greeted with banners, balloons and upbeat music played by D.J. Tony, aka Tony Fernandez. Franklin Military Academy cadets standing outside formed an arch with their swords that students walked through to enter the building.

“We cannot thank Fox teachers enough

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Students from Fox Elementary are welcomed Monday to their latest home at Clark Springs Elementary School in Randolph by cadets from Franklin Military Academy and their sword arch. Music, balloons, banners and city and school officials greeted the youngsters with high-fives and “good morning” wishes as they entered.

for all the transitions that they’ve gone through to support their kids,” Mr. Kamras told the parents assembled at Clark Springs.

Teachers decorated classrooms and hallways last week.

“We are nothing, if not resilient,” Mr. Kamras told the Free Press. “The opening of Clark Springs demonstrated that.

The district worked around the clock to make that facility ready for folks. The teachers made it absolutely beautiful for the students.”

He returned to the school at the end of the day, where students were enjoying the playground and parents had gathered to talk.

Mr. Kamras said the goal is to get Fox reopened in fall 2024, but so much

is still up in the air. The fire investigation continues as debris is being removed from the burned structure, which he said needs to be stabilized. Asbestos also must be removed before any rebuilding can start, he said.

“We’re still many months away from even being able to start the process of the renovation,” he told the Free Press. “I don’t think we should commit to any timelines until we know exactly what that’s going to look like.”

Meanwhile, the Strawberry Street Festival, which is held annually at Fox Elementary School, was moved last Saturday to Clark Springs, where strawberries, live music, carnival games and food trucks drew hundreds of people. Proceeds from the event go to the Fox PTA.

City Council wants more time to study, consider collective bargaining

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

City Council hit the pause button Monday on authorizing collective bargaining for city employees.

A week after six members signed onto an ordinance that would have cleared the way for employees to begin the unionizing process, members began pulling back after being briefed Monday on the complexities and potential impacts.

City Council President Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District, indicated that the council will need at least one more session and potentially several more meetings to consider the issue before any ordinance could move to the floor for a vote.

The temporary halt comes as the union process moves forward for employees of Richmond Public Schools.

While all members of council and Mayor Levar M. Stoney have endorsed the concept of allowing collective bargaining for city employees, agreement on how many employees would be allowed to organize and the details of what a union could bargain about remain unsettled.

At this point, there are two competing ordinances, Mayor Stoney’s proposal to create a pilot program limiting collective bargaining to labor and trades employees until after he leaves office in 2024, and a City Council-backed plan that would open the door for all employees to become union members. The City Council plan would create three bargaining units, one for police, one for firefighters and one for other city workers.

Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell, 8th District, who has joined with Councilwoman Kristen Nye, 4th District, in advancing the broader ordinance, expressed frustration at the apparent reversal.

“What has changed?” she asked in accusing her colleagues of making up excuses for not moving faster to endorse collective bargaining for all employees.

She said city employees speak at her district meetings, call her on the phone and leave messages in her mailbox “about the horrible conditions” they face and the need for a union to address the Dr. Newbille Ms. Trammell situation. She said many are Black employees who describe what they see as a hostile management that will not listen to their concerns.

Lincoln Saunders, the city’s chief administrative officer, emphasized during a briefing that rushing into authorizing all employees to unionize could result in restrictions or elimination of management’s ability to hire, fire, promote and reward employees, adjust work schedules and make staffing decisions based on changes in priorities.

He said Mayor Stoney’s administration is focused on protecting “management’s rights” in seeking to improve government efficiency. And he urged the council to consider phasing in unionization to give the administration time to create policies and procedures, hire a labor relations staff and prepare the internal management to deal with the changes.

His comments hit home with Councilwoman Ann-Frances Lambert, 3rd District, who had her name removed as a co-patron of the Trammell-Nye ordinance.

“I removed my name from the paper because there are numerous questions that have to be answered, and it’s a lot to wade through. The Trammell-Nye proposal does not address some concerns that I have about one of the proposed bargaining units,” she stated in response to a Free Press query.

While Ms. Lambert, a former city employee, stated that she

supports collective bargaining, she stated that “more discussions need to be held” to iron out some of the problems and concerns. She also stated the two ordinances now before council might “not be the only options we have” for authorizing employee unions.

Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, is a co-patron of the ordinance, but made it clear that she was not ready to vote Ms. Lambert for the Trammell-Nye proposal. She said she wants to ensure that city workers have an opportunity to better understand what unionization would mean so each could decide whether it would be good or bad.

Other members were also chary about moving forward. Councilman Michael J. Jones, 9th District, who is planning to run for a seat in the House of Delegates, is hoping that a compromise can be worked out between the competing papers.

“I don’t want to vote for the lesser of two evils,” Dr. Jones said. He warned colleagues to be cautious about moving too quickly to pass something that would bring regrets later. “Once we go down this road, there is no turning back.”

Another looming consideration for council members is the role the council would play. Final approval of any union contracts, and the final say over any spending that would result from collective bargaining agreements, would need to win the approval of the governing body.

Councilman Andreas D. Addison, 1st District, said that the council needs to hear from representatives of localities that already have approved collective bargaining to find out how it is working.

The upshot: Collective bargaining is now on hold, along with another big issue on the council’s agenda—creation of a civilian review board to review complaints against police officers.

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Kiara S. Thompson, Richmond’s Teacher of the Year, followed her heart and turned to teaching more than six years ago Continued from A1

The superintendent said he was impressed with what he found.

“I could tell from the moment I walked into your classroom yesterday, and you saw it again today, that you love your students and they love you,” Mr. Kamras said.

One of her students also offered a glowing testimonial.

Ms. Thompson makes “school a place that you want to be and science a subject you need to know,” said Daquanna Jones.

The only middle school teacher among the five finalists, Ms. Thompson now moves on to compete in the upcoming Region One competition in a quest to earn state Teacher of the Year accolades.

Boushall Middle School Principal LaTonya Waller, who was state Teacher of the Year in 2011, has her fingers crossed that Ms. Thompson could be the second educator at the school to be tops in Virginia.

Richmond educator Rodney Robinson, who was the 2019 National Teacher of the Year and is now a senior policy adviser to Mr. Kamras, hopes Ms. Thompson can go all the way, too.

Whatever happens, Ms. Thompson said, “I will always cherish this moment.”

Her mother, Monique Thompson, and sister, Ashley, a mental health counselor, were among those applauding.

“I’m so proud,” her mother said.

School Board Chairwoman Shonda HarrisMuhammed, 6th District; School Board member Nicole Jones, 9th District; and state Sen. Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey also took part in honoring Ms. Thompson.

Teaching at Boushall can be challenging for even the best of teachers. A major share of the students struggle to achieve classroom success, according to the data.

Ms. Thompson, who earned her bachelor’s and a master’s from Old Dominion University after graduating from Varina High School, said her hope is to be a role model and inspiration for young people.

“My students experience so much change.

I want to be one of those positive things they have going on in their lives,” Ms. Thompson said. “I want them to feel my classroom is a safe space for them, where they can be comfortable and engaged.”

Free COVID-19 vaccines Continued from A1 welcome or book appointments at www.bettermedcare.com/ region/greater-richmond.

• Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9 a.m. to noon—Capital Area Health Network, 719 N. 25th St. Book appointments by calling (804) 780-0840. Drive-up testing for those ages 5 and older.

• Tuesdays and Fridays, 1 to 4 p.m. and 8 to 11 a.m.— CrossOver Healthcare Ministry, 108 Cowardin Ave. and 8600 Quioccasin Road. Book appointments by calling (804) 6552794, option 6. Drive-up testing for those ages3 and older.

• Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.—Health Brigade, 1010 N. Thompson St. Book appointments by calling (804) 533-2741. Drive-up testing for all ages.

• Monday to Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Thursday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.—Planned Parenthood, 201 N. Hamilton St. and 1122 N. 25th St. Book appointments by calling (804) 355-4358 or (804) 508-6045. Drive-up or in-clinic testing for ages 13 and older.

All events listed accept the uninsured, with no additional costs for testing.

Call the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for more information on testing sites, or go online at vax.rchd. com.

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

Want a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot?

The Richmond and Henrico health districts are offering free walk-up COVID-19 vaccines at the following locations: • Friday, May 13, 3 to 5 p.m. – Southwood Anniversary Celebration Event, Clarkson Road and Southwood Parkway, Pfizer and Moderna; 4 to 6 p.m.—Fulton Neighborhood Resource Center, 1519 Williamsburg Road, Pfizer and Moderna.

Children ages 5 to 17 may only receive the Pfizer vaccine. 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-INVA (1-877-829-4682).

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

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

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

A total of 2,764 new cases of COVID-19 were reported statewide Wednesday for the 24-hour period, contributing to an overall state total of 1,726,749 cases in Virginia since the pandemic’s outbreak. As of Wednesday, there have been 450,095 hospitalizations and 20,301 deaths statewide.

The state’s seven-day positivity rate rose to 13.4 percent on Wednesday. Last week, the positivity rate was 10.4 percent.

On Wednesday, state health officials reported that 73.4 percent of the state’s population has been fully vaccinated, while 82 percent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

State data also showed that more than 3 million people in Virginia have received booster shots or third doses of the vaccine.

Among those ages 5 to 11 in Virginia, 315,560 have received their first shots, accounting for 43.6 percent of the age group in the state, while 269,319 children, or 37.2 percent, are fully vaccinated and 595 children have received a booster shot or third dose. As of Wednesday, fewer than 143,950 cases, 869 hospitalizations and 10 deaths have been recorded among children in the state.

State data also show that African-Americans comprised 22.2 percent of cases statewide and 23.2 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 11.8 percent of cases and 5.1 percent of deaths.

Reported COVID-19 data as of Wednesday, May 11, 2022 Cases Hospitalizations Deaths Richmond 45,961 1,096 513 Henrico County 67,062 1,456 934 Chesterfield County 75,112 1,421 760 Hanover County 22,273 603 285

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Richmond Teacher of the Year Kiara S. Thompson, left, happily pauses last Friday for a selfie with other former honorees who shared in her joy, including Boushall Middle School Principal LaTonya Waller, who was Virginia Teacher of the Year in 2011; Rodney A. Robinson, second from right, the National Teacher of the Year in 2019; and Superintendent Jason Kamras, the National Teacher of the Year in 2005. Ms. Thompson will represent Richmond Public Schools in the state’s consideration of Region One Teacher of the Year.

Ms. Thompson said she understands what many of the students are dealing with.

“A lot of the times, some will discount and discredit people, depending on where they live, the color of their skin and other factors,” Ms. Thompson said. “None of those things matter

in terms of education or anything else really.

We should really do our best to get everybody an equitable education.”

Going forward, she pledged “to continue to uphold and educate my students and put our students at the center of all decision-making.”

City Council approves new 2022-23 budget Continued from A1

minimum wage from $13 an hour to $17 an hour for the lowest paid employees.

Also included is a $300 bonus for each city retiree after a cost-of-living increase proved too expensive.

The budget also includes a $15 million increase in spending on public education, pushing the city’s annual contribution to Richmond Public Schools to more than $200 million for the first time.

Most of that new funding is to match a state plan to raise pay by 5 percent for teachers and staff and cover an accompanying increase in benefit costs.

The city spending plan also includes

Mayor Stoney

a one-time increase in the city subsidy to the Richmond Ambulance Authority of more than $3.5 million to prevent cuts in service. The city’s total support for the RAA will top $7.5 million for the

first time.

In addition, Mayor Stoney stated the new plan includes the first investment of $500,000 into a new Children’s Fund to enable the city Office of Children and Families to support summer programming and youth employment

initiatives. Another $1.5 million has been allocated to support and expand after-school programs operated by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities.

The budget also boosts to $727,000 in funding for the city-supported Eviction Diversion Program that seeks to prevent families from losing their homes and fulfills a promise to boost the pay of public defenders to put their salaries on a par with prosecutors.

In other business, the council also cleared the way for the Rev. Garry M. Callis Sr. to create a community center and new home base for his Children of Light Foundation at 6 W. 21st St. in South Side.

Richmond’s last Confederate monument to come down – A.P. Hill on North Side Continued from A1

to engaged in a community process to determine what happens to the items.

The removal date for the A.P. Hill statue is still up in the air.

Lincoln Saunders, the city’s chief administrative officer, said the first step will be to get an order from Richmond Circuit Court allowing the city to transfer the general’s remains that are buried at the site to Fairview Cemetery in Culpeper, his hometown.

City Attorney Haskell C. Brown III is preparing the request that could be presented to the court this week, Mr. Saunders indicated.

Gen. Hill’s remains have been a key sticking point. Killed in 1865 in one of the last battles of the Civil War, the general’s

body — after several other stops — was interred at the North Side site in 1892, with the statue serving as his grave marker. The land was provided by Richmond cigarette baron Lewis Ginter.

City officials did not respond to a Free Press request for an explanation of a solesource contract being awarded to Bennett Funeral Home in Richmond to handle the transfer, reinterment and marking of the new grave if the order is granted, rather than allowing other funeral homes, including Black-owned operations, to compete.

It is not known whether any of the Hill family descendants may contest the removal of the remains. The property upon which the statue is located apparently is not owned by the city. There is no record on file that the city ever took possession of

what amounts to a traffic circle, according to the City Attorney’s Office.

However, the property is being treated as city owned as no record of ownership of the small plot of land has turned up, and no one has stepped forward to claim it.

The statue and circle have long been considered a traffic hazard.

The Hermitage Road Historic District Association has been urging the city to remove the statue for nearly two years.

Team HenryEnterprises, a Black-owned construction company, already has been awarded a contract to remove the statue and pedestal of the slavery-defending military man. The company previously removed other Confederate white supremacist symbols from Monument Avenue and from other locations in the city.

New history marker going up for Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground; mixed results on Confederate markers Continued from A1

country, City Hall sold the 30-acre site and allowed private businesses to pave over and build a store on it. Railroad tracks and a portion of Interstate 95/64 were permitted to run through it.

No one paid attention until a Texas teacher, Lenora C. McQueen, began an unrelenting lobbying campaign four years ago to protect the burial ground where some of her ancestors are buried.

As the result of her efforts, the city has repurchased a 1.5-acre portion of the cemetery’s grounds, although it has yet to remove a former service station and parking area, and the burial ground has gained listing on the Virginia and national registers of historic places.

Ms. McQueen, who also won support from the state Department of Historic Resources to fund and place the marker on the site in June 2021, teamed with Richmond cemetery expert Dr. Ryan K. Smith to write the text.

“This sign will call attention to what should be a sacred site and hopefully cre-

ate more respect and better treatment for the last resting place of so many,” Ms. McQueen said.

Meanwhile, City Hall quietly has removed two stone markers from city property at Maury Street and Harwood avenues that officially designated a portion of U.S. 1 in South Side as Jefferson Davis Highway, which has been renamed Richmond Highway.

The city Department of Public Works undertook the removal without the kind of fanfare that was involved with the removal of Confederate statues. It was noticed by community activist Michael Sarahan, who had been lobbying for the work to be done.

Mr. Sarahan also has been urging the city to remove a huge stone marker to Richmond Confederate units that still sits on the lawn of the Henry L. Marsh III and Harold M. Marsh Sr. Manchester Courthouse at 9th and Hull streets.

However, the city has not taken any action, even though judges at the building named for the two prominent Black lawyers are supportive.

According to Robert Steidel, the city’s deputy chief administrative officer, the delay in removal of that marker is due to city staff being preoccupied by the statue of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill in North Side. He also stated that the city also would need to follow the process required to remove a marker that is a registered historic landmark with the state and federal governments. He added that the removal would be undertaken when resources are available.

Mr. Sarahan noted that the city had no problem removing the Jefferson Davis Highway markers from city property, even though, they, too, were registered landmarks.

Separately, City Council has not acted to remove all Confederate symbolism. The council appears to have dropped the idea of renaming the Robert E. Lee Bridge or changing any of the Confederate street names that are still commonplace. There is no mention of any plans for such action on the agenda of the governing body or of any of the council committees. – JEREMY M. LAZARUS

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Black Catholic nuns: A compelling, long-overlooked history Continued from A1

“Subversive Habits,” will be published Tuesday, May 17.

Ms. Williams found that many Black nuns were modest about their achievements and reticent about sharing details of bad experiences, such as encountering racism and discrimination. Some acknowledged wrenching events only after Ms. Williams confronted them with details gleaned from other sources.

“For me, it was about recognizing the ways in which trauma silences people in ways they may not even be aware of,” she said.

The story is told chronologically, yet always in the context of a theme Ms. Williams forcefully outlines in her preface: That the nearly 200-year history of Black nuns in the United States has been overlooked or suppressed by those who resented or disrespected them.

“For far too long, scholars of the American, Catholic and Black pasts have unconsciously or consciously declared — by virtue of misrepresentation, marginalization, and outright erasure — that the history of Black Catholic nuns does not matter,” Ms. Williams writes, depicting her book as proof that their history “has always mattered.”

The book arrives as numerous American institutions, including religious groups, grapple with their racist pasts and shine a spotlight on their communities’ overlooked Black pioneers.

Ms. Williams begins her narrative in the pre-Civil War era when some Black women — even in slave-holding states — found their way into Catholic sisterhood. Some entered previously whites-only orders, often in subservient roles, while a few trailblazing women succeeded in forming orders for Black nuns in Baltimore and New Orleans.

Even as the number of American nuns — of all races — shrinks relentlessly, that Baltimore order founded in 1829 remains intact, continuing its mission to educate Black youths. Some current members of the Oblate Sisters of Providence help run Saint Frances Academy, a high school serving lowincome Black neighborhoods.

Some of the most detailed passages in “Subversive Habits” recount the Jim Crow era, extending from the 1870s through the 1950s, when Black nuns were not spared from the segregation and discrimination endured by many other African-Americans.

In the 1960s, Ms. Williams writes, Black nuns often were discouraged or blocked by their white superiors from engaging in the civil rights struggle.

Yet one of them, Sister Mary Antona Ebo, was on the front lines of marchers who gathered in Selma, Ala., in 1965 in support of Black voting rights and in protest of the violence of Bloody Sunday when white state troopers brutally dispersed peaceful Black demonstrators. An Associated Press photo of Sister Ebo and other nuns in the march on March 10, 1965 — three days after Bloody Sunday — ran on the front pages of many newspapers.

During two decades before Selma, Sister Ebo faced repeated struggles to break down racial barriers. At one point she was denied admittance to Catholic nursing schools because of her race, and later endured segregation policies at the white-led order of sisters she joined in St. Louis in 1946, according to Ms. Williams.

The idea for “Subversive Habits” took shape in 2007, when Ms. Williams, then a graduate student at Rutgers University, was desperately seeking a compelling topic for a paper due in a seminar on African-American history.

At the library, she searched through microfilm editions of Black-owned newspapers and came across a 1968 article in the Pittsburgh Courier about a group of Catholic nuns forming the National Black Sisters’ Conference.

The accompanying photo, of four smiling Black nuns, “literally stopped me in my tracks,” she said. “I was raised Catholic … How did I not know that Black nuns existed?”

Mesmerized by her discovery, she began devouring “everything I could that had been published about Black Catholic history,” while setting out to interview the founding members of the National Black Sisters’ Conference.

Among the women Ms. Williams

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In 1990, Sister Cora Marie Billings became the first Black woman in the United States to manage a Catholic parish when she was named pastoral coordinator for St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Richmond’s Highland Park.

interviewed extensively was Patricia Grey, who was a nun in the Sisters of Mercy and a founder of the NBSC before leaving religious life in 1974.

Ms. Grey shared with The Associated Press some painful memories from 1960, when — as an aspiring nurse — she was rejected for membership in a Catholic order because she was Black.

“I was so hurt and disappointed, I couldn’t believe it,” she said about reading that rejection letter. “I remember crumbling it up and I didn’t even want to look at it again or think about it again.”

Ms. Grey initially was reluctant to assist with “Subversive Habits,” but eventually shared her own story and her personal archives after urging Ms. Williams to write about “the mostly unsung and under-researched history” of America’s Black nuns.

“If you can, try to tell all of our stories,” Ms. Grey told her.

Ms. Williams set out to do just that – scouring overlooked archives, previously sealed church records and out-of-print books, while conducting more than 100 interviews.

“I bore witness to a profoundly unfamiliar history that disrupts and revises much of what has been said

and written about the U.S. Catholic Church and the place of Black people within it,” Ms. Williams writes. “Because it is impossible to narrate Black sisters’ journey in the United States— accurately and honestly—without confronting the Church’s largely unacknowledged and unreconciled histories of colonialism, slavery, and segregation.”

Historians have been unable to identify the nation’s first Black Catholic nun, but Ms. Williams recounts some of the earliest moves to bring Black women into Catholic religious orders – in some cases on the expectation they would function as servants.

One of the oldest Black sisterhoods, the Sisters of the Holy Family, formed in New Orleans in 1842 because white sisterhoods in Louisiana, including the slave-holding Ursuline order, refused to accept African-Americans.

The principal founder of that New Orleans order — Henriette Delille — and Oblate Sisters of Providence founder Mary Lange are among three Black nuns from the United States designated by Catholic officials as worthy of consideration for sainthood.

The other is Sister Thea Bowman, a beloved educator, evangelist and singer who died in Mississippi in 1990 and is buried in Ms. Williams’ hometown of Memphis.

Researching less prominent nuns, Ms. Williams faced many challenges — for example tracking down Catholic sisters who were known to their contemporaries by their religious names but were listed in archives by their secular names.

Among the many pioneers is Sister Cora Marie Billings, who as a 17-year-old in 1956 became the first Black person admitted into the Sisters of Mercy in Philadelphia. Later, she was the first Black nun to teach in a Catholic high school in Philadelphia and was a co-founder of the National Black Sisters’ Conference.

In 1990, Sister Billings became the first Black woman in the United States to manage a Catholic parish when she was named pastoral coordinator for St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Richmond, Va. “I’ve gone through many situations of racism and oppression throughout my life,” Sister Billings told The

Associated Press. “But somehow or other, I’ve just dealt with it and then kept on going.”

According to recent figures from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, there are about 400 African American religious sisters, out of a total of roughly 40,000 nuns.

That overall figure is only onefourth of the 160,000 nuns in 1970, according to statistics compiled by Catholic researchers at Georgetown University. Whatever their races, many of the remaining nuns are elderly, and the influx of youthful novices is sparse.

The Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence used to have more than 300 members, according to its superior general, Sister Rita Michelle Proctor, and now has less than 50 – most of them living at the motherhouse in Baltimore’s outskirts.

“Though we’re small, we are still about serving God and God’s people,” Sister Proctor said. “Most of us are elderly, but we still want to do so for as long as God is calling us to.”

Even with diminished ranks, the Oblate Sisters continue to operate Saint Frances Academy, founded in Baltimore by Mary Lange in 1828.

The coed school is the country’s oldest continually operating Black Catholic educational facility, with a mission prioritizing help for “the poor and the neglected.”

Ms. Williams, in an interview with the AP, said she was considering leaving the Catholic church — due partly to its handling of racial issues — at the time she started researching Black nuns. Hearing their histories, in their own voices, revitalized her faith, she said.

“As these women were telling me their stories, they were also preaching to me in a such a beautiful way,” Ms. Williams said. “It wasn’t done in a way that reflected any anger—they had already made their peace with it, despite the unholy discrimination they had faced.”

What keeps her in the church now, Ms. Williams said, is a commitment to these women who chose to share their stories.

“It took a lot for them to get it out,” she said. “I remain in awe of these women, of their faithfulness.”

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And I have decided to wrap up my story at the Richmond Free Press. I am stepping down as managing editor after seven and a half years. This edition of the newspaper is my last.

The pandemic has brought many things into focus, and I believe it is time to close this chapter in my professional career.

It has been an incredible experience. Since September 2014 when I came on board at the Free Press, the city, state and nation have undergone many changes — some positive and encouraging and others clearly pointing out the critical and urgent work that remains to be done.

During that time, Richmond has had five different police chiefs, three different school superintendents, two different mayors and significant turnovers within the School Board and City Council.

The crushing injustice we witnessed with the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands of police sparked demands for an end to police brutality and for a commitment to social justice and equality in Richmond and around the world. His death changed the perspectives of thousands of people and literally changed our city’s landscape. Daily massive demonstrations swept through our city and led to the removal of the towering racist reminders of hate and white supremacy from Monument Avenue and elsewhere.

While those Confederate statues now belong to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia in Jackson Ward, we must not allow the burden of preserving these symbols of hate to divert resources away from the pressing need to educate our city about its long, profound and rich Black heritage. And we must not withdraw from the conversation about the statues’ ultimate use or stop demanding a seat at the table where these types of decisions will be made.

Our city also has been changed by the global pandemic of COVID-19, which forced people indoors and businesses and schools to close. More than 20,200 Virginians — including more than 500 living in Richmond alone — have lost their lives to the virus and its ugly complications, while thousands more have been hospitalized and untold numbers still live with the coronavirus’ lingering effects.

But many Richmonders have discovered silver linings during the quiet, including clearer perspectives on the importance of family and self-care and a greater understanding of how we are all connected and how the actions of one can have a great impact on us all.

We have witnessed the dedication of front line workers, from doctors, nurses, therapists and other health care professionals to grocery clerks and public transportation workers.

We have seen the innovation of families and teachers to bring stability and a sense of normalcy to children and young adults as they continue to learn and grow. This is a testament to our community’s resiliency.

During the past seven and a half years, our city and state have been rocked by scandals surrounding elected officials, arising from offensive blackface appearances, sex with minors and charges of nonconsensual sex with women. We have been plagued by shootings and killings that have horrified the community and devastated families.

But we have seen people pull together during these struggles and challenges. Nearly 400 people have been highlighted as Free Press “Personality” of the week during the past seven and a half years. These are people who have given freely of their time and talents for the benefit of the larger community.

We also have celebrated our own National Teacher of the Year — Richmond’s Rodney Robinson — cheered seven Richmond teachers of the year and added Juneteenth to the state and national holiday calendar. While Juneteenth has its roots in Texas, it is a tangible reminder that until all of us are free, none of us are free.

Recent state and national elections and appointments have swept into power those hell-bent on turning the clock back.

We are facing real assaults on women’s health rights, voting rights, LGBTQ rights, equal rights and the truth. This is a call to all of us that we must continue to fight “until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream,” as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. urged.

The struggle is not over, and we, as a city and a people, continue to face challenges to our well-being and quality of life. Whatever may come, we, at the Free Press, know our readers count on us to inform them, to provide a platform for their voices to be heard in matters affecting our city and state and to be their advocates on important issues.

The Free Press always has been, and always will be, the mirror exposing Richmond’s bigotry to the rest of the world and crusading for the progress that our community needs.

That will not change.

I am both humbled and honored to have been a part of the legacy and important mission of the Free Press launched 30 years ago by our visionary founder, editor and publisher, the late Raymond H. Boone Sr. The newspaper remains in steady hands with his widow, our current publisher, Jean Patterson Boone, and a dedicated staff who bring hard work and a real commitment to the Free Press mission each week.

Our success is measured, in part, by the awards we win each year from our peers at the Virginia Press Association and the National Newspaper Publishers Association. And during the past seven and a half years, we have been recognized with a combined total of 117 awards, including 15 this year from the VPA. That’s pretty terrific!

But what is even more impressive is how readers on their own accord will pick up a dozen or more copies of the Free Press each week from a box near them — or sometimes they will drive all the way Downtown to get papers from our box in front of the building — and deliver them to family, friends, church members, the homebound and others. That shows, more than any award, how valued our work is to the community, and helps to explain why we care so much about our readers. That’s also one of the takeaways from my time here that I will treasure the most.

For each of you, the story continues, and I will be reading.

Continuing the struggle for justice, Bonnie V. Winston

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Roe v. Wade and the far right’s extreme plans Things are about to get worse for millions of vulnerable people in our country.

It looks like the far rightwing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court is getting ready to reverse Roe v. Wade, the 50-yearold ruling that recognized a pregnant woman’s right to have an abortion.

Abortion is legal today, but pretty soon that will no longer be the case in most of the country.

A leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling expected to be released in June indicates that the court will rule that there is no constitutional protection for abortion. Bans will go into effect in many states immediately, and others will follow soon. That will leave millions of women and LGBTQ people — and their spouses and partners — less free and less in control of their own health, lives and families.

Like many laws and policy decisions handed down from

on high, the harm will fall hardest on those with the fewest resources and political power — people of color and low-income people. It is hard to take.

How did this happen?

In the long term, it happened because opponents of the

Ben Jealous right to choose spent decades building a movement to make it happen. They invested time and money to elect like-minded politicians. They pushed Republican presidents to fill federal courts with judges who were willing, if not eager, to restrict or ban legal access to abortion. They made it a top priority when deciding whether and how to vote.

In the short term, it happened because Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election.

To energize the Republican Party’s ideological base, President Trump promised them judges who would overturn Roe v. Wade. They took the deal he offered. They turned out to vote. And with help

from Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, President Trump gave them kind of judges they wanted.

And now that they have the power to impose their will, Americans’ freedom will shrink and American families will suffer.

In fact, many are already suffering. Anti-choice activists have harassed and sometimes killed abortion providers.

Judges have been letting state legislators pile on more and more restrictions on abortion care. As a result, in some states, the right to abortion care may exist in theory, but in reality, it is virtually nonexistent because clinics and providers have disappeared.

There are hard times and hard decisions ahead. There are also lessons to be learned and acted on.

One important lesson is that the U.S. Supreme Court has a big impact on our lives, even though most of us don’t think about it in the day to day. We should all pay more attention.

We should pay attention when the far right tells us what they plan to do with their political

Black History Museum saving Confederate statues: Let’s talk about it On Jan. 24, a resolution to transfer the title and ownership to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia of the five Confederate statues that were removed from Monument Avenue—including four of which the City of Richmond has owned for more than 100 years — was approved by a unanimous vote of Richmond City Council.

This transfer of ownership was unacceptable and preposterous. And to add insult to injury, City Council refused to conduct meaningful public hearings before approving this resolution. In fact, the resolution was put on the council’s consent agenda, where only pending legislation deemed to be routine and noncontroversial, and which council intends to vote unanimously to support and approve, is placed.

This council meeting was virtual, requiring those who wanted to participate to either own or have access to a computer. This created an unacceptable limitation on the right of the public to speak for or against this paper, which was designed to accomplish that end.

The Black History Museum’s Board of Directors had to be out of their minds to accept title and ownership to these symbols of oppres-

sion, inhumanity, cruelty and disrespect to people of African descent.

Moreover, the toxicity of the statues would never be neutralized or erased because they are symbolic of a thinking and actions that created our pain and suffering.

Marland Buckner Jr., the interim executive director of

Sa’ad El-Amin the Black History Museum, agreed to take title to these statues so that the museum could re-contextualized them.

This was, and continues to be, a fool’s errand because the literal meaning of re-contextualizing a symbol such as a statue is to put or place it in a different environment or setting.

Given the history of the Confederacy, it should have been apparent to anyone who has any understanding of this racist and inhumane regime that nothing can make these statues capable of being re-contextualized.

Now the Black History Museum has taken title and ownership to the statues without being given any money

by City Council to allow recontextualizing, even if that could be accomplished.

Now, and for the foreseeable future, the museum owns statues of a regime that enslaved millions of African descended people for 246 years from cradle to grave and, thereafter, created

and maintained the system of Jim Crow, which separated our people, including many of us who are still living and treated as nonpersons.

With that said, the leadership of the Black History Museum has clearly and certainly lost its cotton-picking mind and has sold us down the river just as surely as happened to our ancestors during chattel enslavement.

There are those in our community who support this madness, including Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Michael Paul Williams, who wrote a column posted Feb. 4 on the website of the Richmond Times-Dispatch titled, “The fate of Richmond’s Confederate monuments lies in the hands of a Black institution.

As it should be.”

While I truly respect Mr. Williams for the important work he has done over the years, on this subject, I can only say, “Michael, you got this one wrong!”

However, as it is said, “It is an ill wind that blows no good.”

I invite Mr. Buckner and Mr. Williams to publicly debate our respective positions and have the Richmond Free Press moderate. This will allow for us to disagree without being disagreeable and perhaps we can salvage something good from something not so good.

The writer, a graduate of Yale Law School, is a former member of Richmond City Council and president of Strategic and Litigation Consultants.

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power. They have been loud and clear about their intent to overturn Roe v. Wade. But many Americans refused to believe that the threat to Roe v. Wade was real. They just could not imagine a 21st century America in which women and doctors are treated like criminals for seeking or providing abortion care.

We no longer need to imagine that kind of scenario. We’re about to live it.

And that’s why we also have to pay attention to the consequences of our voting behavior.

The writer, a former national president and chief executive officer of the NAACP, serves as president of People for the American Way. He also teaches leadership at the University of Pennsylvania.

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‘The government State employee excoriates Virginia’s should not butt in’ new return-to-the-workplace policy on abortions I am a 59-year-old woman who believes in life. I am against abortion, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a good reason for a woman to get an abortion.

There could be a woman who is a single parent of four children already and she found out she is pregnant again. But she knows there is no way she can afford to raise another child on what she makes when she and her four children are already struggling.

Yes, she can apply for government assistance, but is that what she wants to do or is that what the government wants her to do?

There could be a woman who was raped and became pregnant, and to carry this child to term could cause her mental anguish.

And every time she looks at this child could cause her to hate this child.

This is where children feel unwanted and then turn to the streets to grow up. Is this what the woman who was raped wants her child to feel?

There also are medical conditions that would cause a woman to have an abortion. This is where you hear families asking, “Do I save the mother or the child?”

A family should not have to choose one or the other, but the woman and her family have the right to discuss the issue and choose what is best for them and the government should not interfere.

In my opinion, no matter the situation, the mother and her family, her doctor and those she wishes to confide in have the right to choose what is best and the government should not butt in and say if she gets an abortion she will be charged with a felony.

I am underpaid, I am tired and I am frustrated.

Being a government employee used to mean something. I have held both federal and state level government jobs. Government jobs used to be stable, used to have more meaning than paper pushing, used to have pay commensurate with the job skill level and used to have great benefits.

When the new state retirement plan came out around seven or eight years ago, it took away the great retirement benefits previous government employees used to have. In fact, the retirement plan has changed several times now, revealing a more confusing structure with less employee benefit with each iteration.

Now, the latest kick in the pants: Effective July 5, all Virginia Department of Human Resource Management employees can only telework one day a week max, and it has to be an approved job by the director.

Most state employees have spent the better part of two years working from home due to the COVID-19 crisis. During this time, employees have maintained the status quo and were able to complete

PENNY EAKES Henrico County

their work from home with no major interruptions.

My boss, ever the analytical neurotic, kept meticulous records of employee productivity level. While he/she would have gladly made us come into the office in the middle of the end of times and the building on fire, he/she ended up not being able to prove we were any less effective from home.

Additionally, we had a wonderful agency director who understood the strange and discomforting times we were going through and had as many employees work from home as possible.

All of this to say we were productive.

When our work had no meaning, when we were and are severely underpaid, when we have a bleak retirement prediction, at least we could work in the comfort and safety of our homes.

Whether you believe COVID-19 is over or not has no bearing on this fact. State employees have worked from home for more than two years now and to take it away with a unilateral decision without weighing the pros and cons and job type is a punishment.

Gas is sitting pretty at $4.25 per gallon and now the state asks us to commute every day into an office to perform a job that we did satisfactorily at home. There is no such thing as “office culture” that we need to return to.

If “culture” is my grey cube, I want no part of it.

Our raises are few and far between, and when they come, are not enough to keep pace with inflation. So now that gas is at a super high, we are now taking a pay cut to come into an office where we do not want to be.

Why do we not evaluate each job and determine whether it can be worked from home? Why can we not evaluate the employee based on their annual evaluation whether work from home is suitable?

All I know is this: I am job searching, and I know everyone around me is as well.

Virginia, you have screwed yourself.

Good luck keeping good employees and good luck hiring. You don’t get any sympathy from me when your cubicles are empty.

L. SMITH Richmond

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Real issue behind mental illness is lack of support During the past couple of years, there have been way too many celebrities, such as Naomi Judd, who have succumbed to mental illness. Having to see the accolades of those celebs who fought but lost the battle to their mental health complications is somber indeed.

However, isn’t it interesting how it still takes people of notoriety to shed light upon societal disabilities when there are countless others in supporting life roles struggling with the same issues?

I have shared my own struggles with suicidal feelings and mental health issues, while also acknowledging the patronizing insensitivities encountered from teachers, bosses and even some in the mental health field when shared.

Nevertheless, I do wonder how many people will have to perish before legislators become involved and endorse a statute to fight the real illness behind mental health — the lack of providing medicinal, therapeutic, homeopathic and psychological support.

RICK KNIGHT Henrico County

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Commencements Virginia Union University

Social activist Tamika D. Mallory, who delivered the commencement address, smiles after receiving an honorary degree. She is flanked by Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, left, chairman of the VUU Board of Trustees, and VUU President Hakim J. Lucas.

Anthony Samuels of Trenton, N.J., gets close to the podium to photograph his daughter, VUU valedictorian Brielle Le’Shay Samuels, as she spoke during the ceremony. Tears of pride and joy streamed down his cheeks as he captured the moment.

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Dr. Lucille M. Brown, an Armstrong High School graduate, 1950 graduate of VUU, member of the VUU Board of Trustees and former superintendent of Richmond Public Schools, is give a motorized escort by campus police to the commencement exercises at Hovey Stadium.

Members of the graduating class march into the stadium at the start of last Saturday’s 123rd Commencement exercises. It was the first in-person commencement at VUU since 2019, and graduates of the classes of 2020 and 2021 also marched.

Tyonna Parker of Washington, D.C., a chemistry major who also minored in mathematics, takes a quick selfie during the ceremony. VUU President Hakim J. Lucas asked students to pause and take a selfie and tag themselves on social media.

Norfolk State University

Photos by Randy Singleton

Norfolk State University commencement speaker and actor Keith David, second from right, is all smiles after receiving the Presidential Medallion during the ceremony last Saturday. With him are, from left, NSU Rector and 2000 NSU graduate Devon M. Henry, chief executive officer and president of Team Henry Enterprises, the contracting firm that removed the Confederate statues from Richmond’s Monument Avenue; NSU President

Javaune Adams-Gaston and Provost DoVeanna Fulton. Above, newly commissioned Army ROTC officers, from left, Desiree Alford, Willie Bright and Monteau Jones smile during Norfolk State University’s commencement last Saturday at Echols Memorial Hall Arena. Center, Makayla Taylor, left, and Searra Wiggins intently follow the commencement program.

Hampton University

Left, Dr. William R. “Bill” Harvey offers words of advice to graduates during his final commencement as Hampton University’s president. He is retiring in June after 44 years at the helm. Above, Rashida Jones, president of MSNBC and a 2002 graduate of Hampton University, receives the Outstanding 20Year Alumna Award.

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Zahria Brandon, center left, adjusts the academic hood of Taylor Robinson during Hampton University’s commencement last Sunday at the HU Convocation Center.

VP Harris urges grads to tackle problems in unsettled world Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris urged graduates of Tennessee State University on Saturday to apply their leadership skills to help tackle the multitude of challenges posed by an unsettled world.

In her undergraduate commencement speech at the historically Black university in Nashville, Tenn., Vice President Harris said the Class of 2022 stands “on the brink of a new frontier,” pointing to the prospects of more breakthroughs in technology and medical research.

But with war raging in Ukraine, the risks from climate change and basic freedoms under threat in the United States, graduates are stepping off into an uncertain future, she said.

The vice president also stressed her connection to the TSU graduates as a fellow graduate of another historically Black university. She recalled seeing Howard University, her alma mater,

the first time she flew on the vice presidential helicopter. While reminiscing about her time as a student, she said it reinforced the realization that “I could be anything, do anything, even if it had never been done before — like you.”

Vice President Harris — the first female U.S. vice president, and the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent in the role — received a rousing welcome from the commencement crowd.

While the graduates are entering a world “full of possibility,” the vice president also pointed to a series of challenges threatening “fundamental principles” across the globe and in the United States.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens “international rules and norms,” she said. In the United States, she pointed to the need to protect voting rights and women’s rights.

“You graduate into an unsettled world both abroad and here at home,”

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Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the commencement address during the Tennessee State University graduation ceremony last Saturday in Nashville, Tenn.

the vice president said. “In the United States, we are once again forced to defend fundamental principles that

we hoped were long settled,” she said.

“Principles like the freedom to vote, the rights of women to make decisions

about their own bodies. Even what constitutes the truth, especially in an era when anyone can post anything online and claim it is a fact.”

The vice president pointed to roiling issues like climate change that have accelerated and other problems that have long persisted—disparities in wealth, access to health care and in the criminal justice system.

“And graduates, I look at this unsettled world and yes, I then see the challenges,” she said. “But I’m here to tell you, I also see the opportunities. The opportunities for your leadership.”

In stressing their potential, she told the graduates that they survived a global pandemic and have the advantage of growing up in the digital age.

“There is no limit to your capacity for greatness and there is no obstacle you cannot overcome,” she said. “And there is no barrier you cannot break.”

Vice President Harris received an honorary degree from TSU during the ceremony.

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Sports

Stories by Fred Jeter

VUU Panthers to kick off 2022-23 football season on a Thursday night Virginia Union University is doing Alvin Parker. “We have made some great something a little unusual for the upcoming relationships out West.” football season.

Johnson enrolled at VUU in January Instead of opening on a traditional and was one of four quarterbacks who took Saturday, as they have for a snaps during the Panthers’ spring century or more, the Panthers game. All had their moments. will start on Thursday, Sept.

“We will have a battle going 1, against invading Virginia into fall camp,” Coach Parker University of Lynchburg. added.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at In just seven games at Foothill, Hovey Stadium on the VUU the 6-foot-2, 210-pound Johnson campus. completed 85 of 153 passes for The game will serve as the 1,449 yards, with 18 touchdowns annual Willard Bailey Classic, Aajon Johnson and only two interceptions. honoring Hall of Fame Coach Willard Whoever VUU’s next quarterback is, he Bailey, who served as VUU coach from will have formidable weapons. Returning 1971 to 1983, and then again from 1995 are CIAA Freshman of the Year Jada Byers to 2003. and All-CIAA receiver Charles Hall.

Coach Alvin Parker’s Panthers were 6-4 Byers rushed for 978 yards and 12 overall last season and 5-2 in the CIAA. The touchdowns, averaging 5.4 yards per carry. team finished second in the CIAA Northern Among the nation’s top deep threats, Hall Division to Bowie State University. made 33 receptions for 813 yards and There is a vacancy at VUU’s quarterback six touchdowns, averaging 24.6 yards position. Last season’s regulars, gradu- per catch. ate students Khalid Morris and E’mond u Caldwell, have moved on.

Virginia University of Lynchburg, an A newcomer to watch is Aajon John- HBCU affiliate of the National Christian son, a transfer from Foothill College, a Colleges Athletic Association, has anpublic community college, in Los Altos nounced a challenging 10-game football Hills, Calif. A native of Atherton, Calif., schedule with all 10 on the road. he should have at least two seasons of Following its trip to Richmond on Sept. eligibility for VUU. 1 to play the Panthers, the VUL Dragons “We have been recruiting the Cal JUCO will travel to Presbyterian College in South system for a while now,” said VUU Coach Carolina; Delaware State University; North

Carolina Central University; Morgan State University in Maryland; Savannah State University in Georgia; South Carolina State University; Southern University in Louisiana; Webber International University in Florida; and The Citadel in South Carolina.

New kids on the block Here are Virginia Union University’s football signees from the NCAA’s February signing period.

High school recruits: Jalen Mayo, Hampton, safety; Daquan Boone, Southampton, line; De’Andre Crump, Varina, line; Davon Lum, Delaware, fullback; Brady Myers, Florida, kicker; Deante Newsome, Chesapeake, linebacker.

Also, Joseph Rounds, Suffolk, line; Jordan Cotman, Chester, receiver; D o n ova n O we n s, C h e s a p e a ke, safety; Jimmi Reed, Southampton, fullback; Zachary Weaver, Dinwiddie, linebacker; and Reginald Vick, North Carolina, receiver.

Junior college transfer: Aajon Johnson, California, quarterback

Washington Commanders hope to score big this season with new draftees The NFL team in Washington has been spinning its wheels for years. The club now called the Commanders has gone 31-50 since its last winning season in 2016 (8-7-1).

Jahan Dotson Phidarian Mathis Loyal fans of the burgundy and gold are hopeful a fresh crop of newcomers will enable the franchise to shift back into gear and return to the glory days of the 1980s and 1990s when Washington won three Super Bowls.

Sam Howell Cole Turner The NFL Draft was held April 28 through 30 in Las Vegas. The Commanders have rolled the dice and are hoping to “get lucky” with these draftees.

First round: Jahan Dotson (wide receiver, Penn State). The 16th overall pick hopes to turn up the volume on a much too quiet offense in D.C. He knows the way to the end zone, scoring 25 touchdowns for the Nittany Lions.

Second round: Phidarian Mathis (defensive lineman, University of Alabama). Roll Tide. The 6-foot-4, 312-pound former Alabama captain raised his stock with an outstanding showing at the Senior Bowl.

Third round: Brian Robinson (running back, Alabama). ’Bama, again. Robinson was at his best at the 2021 Cotton Bowl, rushing for 204 yards against Cincinnati and winning the MVP Award.

Fourth round: Percy Butler (safety, University of LouisianaLafayette). Stirs memories of the 1990 draft when Washington picked Ragin’ Cajun Brian Mitchell, who became one of franchise’s all-time greats.

Fifth round: Sam Howell (quarterback, University of North Carolina). Passed for 10,283 yards and 92 touchdowns at UNC. He will challenge newcomer Carson Wentz and returnee Taylor

Heinicke for quarterback snaps.

Fifth round: Cole Turner (tight end, University of Nevada): The 6-foot-6, 246pound athlete will start off no more Brian Robinson Percy Butler than third on the depth chart behind Logan Thomas and John Bates. His 10 touchdowns were second most in the nation last year among tight ends.

Seventh round: Chris Paul (guard, University of TulChris Paul Christian Holmes sa). Not to be confused with the NBA star of the same name, this larger Chris Paul — 6-foot-4 and 313 pounds — was selected to the NCAA Committee for Cultural Diversity and Equity.

Seventh round: Christian Holmes (cornerback, Oklahoma State). Scored very high (9.1 on 10.0 scale) in Relative Athletic Score (RAS). He could help on special teams and as “nickel back.”

You never know. You can’t judge a player by his draft pick any more than you can judge a book by its cover.

Let’s start with first rounders. Defensive tackle Bobby Wilson (drafted 17th overall, 1991), receiver Desmond Howard (picked fourth in 1992), quarterback Heath Shuler (chosen third in 1994) and Josh Doctson (drafted 22nd overall in 2016) were all busts inside the Beltway.

On the other side, Larry Brown (eighth round, 1969) became one of Washington’s all-timers; Monte Coleman (11th round, 1979) helped D.C. to three Super Bowls; and London Fletcher (undrafted) went on to set an NFL record for most consecutive games played by a linebacker.

Sometimes a team has to get a little lucky to find what it’s looking for.

Efton J. Reid

Rasier Bolton

2 Richmond area basketball players may hit the court for Gonzaga next season What are the chances?

Richmond is some 2,500 miles from Spokane, Wash., but it’s possible two former area players will be suiting up for Gonzaga University basketball next season.

Efton J. Reid, a former standout at Steward School in Western Henrico, has announced he is transferring to Gonzaga from Louisiana State University. He will have three seasons of eligibility at the Jesuit school in Spokane.

There is a chance the 7-foot Reid will join Petersburg native Rasir Bolton on the Zags’ 2022-23 roster. Bolton has declared for the NBA draft but has until June 1 to make a final determination. Bolton’s name is not showing up on any of the NBA Mock Drafts.

This past season, the 6-foot-3 guard averaged 11.2 points for the 28-4 Zags, while hitting 46 percent of his 3-point attempts. In four college seasons, Bolton has 1,495 points and 183 3-pointers.

Bolton, 22, played locally at Millwood School in Midlothian and had stops at Penn State and Iowa State before landing last season at juggernaut Gonzaga.

Reid, 20, averaged 6.3 points and 4.5 rebounds for LSU this past season, while starting 34 games as a freshman. He placed his name in the transfer portal following Tigers Coach Will Wade’s dismissal due to “Notice of Allegations” by the NCAA. Gonzaga reached the NCAA Finals in 2017 and 2021 and has been to 12 Sweet Sixteens since 1999. Coach Mark Few’s squad was ranked as high as No. 1 nationally much of this past season.

Nikola Jokic is NBA’s MVP for second year straight Nikola Jokić has done it again.

The Denver Nuggets’ 6-foot-11 center has won his second straight NBA MVP award.

Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers finished second for the second straight year.

The award is decided by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Voting is based Nikola Jokic on regular season play only.

Known as “The Joker,” the Serbian born Jokić averaged 27.1 points, 13.8 rebounds and 7.9 assists.

The 27-year-old Jokić becomes the first player in NBA history to score at least 2,000 points, grab at least 1,000 rebounds and pass for at least 500 assists in the same season. His teammates included rookie Nah’Shon “Bones” Hyland from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Jokić is the 14th player in NBA history to win back-to-back MVP crowns.

Samantha Cunningham of VSU earns All-CIAA honors Virginia State University softball slugger Samantha Cunningham went out with a bang, or rather a sharp ping from her metal alloy bat.

In her final season wearing the Trojans’ orange and blue, the senior third base player from Waukegan, Ill., earned All-CIAA honors while leading the conference in hitting at .467.

Samantha Cunningham finished with 13 doubles, Cunningham three home runs, 29 runs batted in and struck out only four times in more than 100 plate appearances.

Earning second team honors for the Trojans were designated player Macy Beville from nearby Dinwiddie and pitcher Alaijah Pratt from Lusby, Md. Also, Pratt and Desmyn Owens of Lawrenceville made the All-Freshman team.

Under first-year Coach Jameshia Smith, VSU finished 20-13 overall and 13-4 in the CIAA. The Trojans’ season ended with a 6-4 loss to Bowie State University on May 7 in the loser’s bracket final of the CIAA Tournament in Glen Allen.

Delaware State president, athletes decry search of team bus by Georgia deputies Associated Press

SAVANNAH, Ga. The president of Delaware State University, a historically Black college, accused sheriff’s deputies in Georgia of intimidating and humiliating the university’s women’s lacrosse team when deputies pulled over the athletes’ bus and searched it for drugs.

Delaware State University President Tony Allen said he’s “incensed” by the April 20 traffic stop along Interstate 95 south of Savannah as the team returned from a game in Florida. In a letter to students and faculty, Dr. Allen said nothing illegal was found and campus officials were “exploring options for recourse — legal and otherwise.”

“We do not intend to let this or any other incident like it pass idly by,” Dr. Allen said in the letter posted Monday on the university’s social media pages.

Liberty County, Ga., Sheriff William Bowman, who is Black, said Tuesday his office is conducting a formal review of the traffic stop. He said deputies had stopped other commercial vehicles the same morning along I-95 and found drugs on a

different bus. The team’s chartered bus was stopped because it was traveling in the left lane, which is a violation of Georgia law, he said.

The sheriff said deputies decided to search the team’s bus when a drug-sniffing dog “alerted” alongside it.

“I do not exercise racial profiling, allow racial profiling or encourage racial profiling,” Sheriff Bowman told reporters. The sheriff added that based on what he already knows, “I believe the stop was legal.”

No one was arrested or charged. The sheriff said the bus driver was given a warning.

Video posted online by one of the Delaware State lacrosse players shows two white deputies on the bus. One of them tells the bus passengers that possessing marijuana remains illegal in Georgia.

“If there is anything in y’all’s luggage, we’re probably going to find it, OK,” the deputy says. “I’m not looking for a little bit of marijuana, but I’m pretty sure you guys’ chaperones are probably going to be disappointed in you if we find any.”

The deputy continues : “You guys are on a lacrosse team, correct? If there is something in there that is questionable, please tell me now. Because if we find it, guess what? We’re not going to be able to help you.”

Sydney Anderson, the student who posted the video, wrote in the campus publication The Hornet Newspaper that team members felt there was “underlying racism” behind the search.

“The team members were in shock, as they witnessed the officers rambling through their bags,” Ms. Anderson wrote. “They brought the K-9 dog out to sniff their luggage. The cops began tossing underwear and other feminine products, in an attempt to locate narcotics.”

Georgia courts have held that the odor of marijuana is enough to give police probable cause to search vehicles without a warrant.

The sheriff said he welcomes feedback from the lacrosse team.

“We realize that in this current environment, even a traffic stop can be alarming to citizens, especially African-Americans,” Sheriff Bowman said.

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Dr. Kate Hoof is helping Richmond kids put the pedal to the metal.

As board president of Richmond Cycling Corps, Dr. Hoof is a key part of the nonprofit organization’s efforts to educate and empower the middle and high school youths of the East End’s public housing communities by using cycling to build character and physical and mental health and lessons that go beyond the streets and bike paths of the city.

“Cycling is just the hook that we use to bring in students,” Dr. Hoof says. “Once they are in the program, we tailor our approach to each student individually. The goal is to work with schools and parents to provide student support where and when it’s needed.”

Dr. Hoof ’s belief in the positive elements of cycling is clear from her experience. She has had a deep connection to multiple cycling programs over the years. She has created videos for World T.E.A.M. Sports and journeyed to southeast Asia to document grant programs for Cultural Vistas.

She extolls the benefits of what she calls the “Great Reset” that comes when you use a bicycle for exercise and stress relief.

“Study after study has shown the positive impacts that endurance exercise has on mental and physical health,” Dr. Hoof says.

“It helps provide anyone of any age some clarity and focus. It also helps our participants set, work toward, and achieve goals.”

RCC aims to support the youths in the program beyond just the cycling experience.

Through the students’ middle school and high school years, RCC builds support in a variety of outlets, from establishing structure and stability for youths to providing employment opportunities through local businesses and The Kickstand, a local bike rental company operated by

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Happenings Personality: Dr. Kate Hoof Spotlight on board president of Richmond Cycling Corps RCC youths and alumni.

As board president, Dr. Hoof seeks to guide RCC toward longterm sustainability. A major principle behind this strategy is to “always pivot towards relevant outreach,” according to Dr. Hoof.

At 7 p.m. Monday, May 16, RCC is hosting the premiere of a short film about the program’s Legacy Cycling team that was filmed last year as the youths practiced in Richmond and raced in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The event, to be held at the Byrd Theatre in Carytown, is a fundraiser for the Richmond Cycling Corps and will feature a silent auction, raffle items and food and beverages. Tickets are $20 and are available at rccxshimano. eventbrite.com.

With a small staff of three, RCC is not able to bring in as many kids as wanted into the programs. Still, they work to maintain a high quality of service rather than a large quantity of participants. However, volunteering opportunities are available for those who want to help the group expand its outreach to more youths in the East End. And for youths unable to afford bicycles and the related gear, Dr. Hoof says RCC works to accommodate those who may not have the means for cycling.

“The Richmond Cycling Corps provides everything,” Dr. Hoof says. “Cycling as a sport can be inherently exclusive. Bikes, helmets, cycling clothes, race fees, etc.—it all adds up!

“We offer the students in our program an open door to a sport that has a high barrier to entry.”

It’s just one aspect of an organization that regularly works to help better the lives of youths by putting rubber to

the road.

Meet a leader helping youths through cycling and this week’s Personality, Dr. Kate Hoof: No. 1 volunteer position: Board president, Richmond Cycling Corps.

Occupation: Instructional designer for Instructure, an educational tech company.

Date and place of birth: Sept.

16 in Richmond.

Where I live now: Richmond.

Education: Bachelor ’s in English, master’s in education and doctorate in leadership, all from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Mission of Richmond Cycling Corps: To educate and empower the lives of Richmond youths living in the heart of the East End by constantly pivoting toward relevant outreach.

Founder: Craig Dodson.

When and why founded: The Richmond Cycling Corps was founded in early 2010 as an

extension of Richmond Pro Cycling, an outreachbased professional cycling team here in Richmond.

After starting an afterschool cycling program, Craig Dodson, our founder, quickly realized that the students that he was working with could use more help than just what an after-school program could offer. He pivoted towards a more holistic approach to outreach and met each student where they were in order to help them with their individual needs.

Where Richmond Cycling Corps is located: The Richmond Cycling Corps operates out of the Armstrong Bike Park in Richmond’s East End. It is centrally located between Fairfield Court and Creighton Court, right next to Armstrong High School. For eight years now, the Armstrong Bike Park has been a feature in the community and a convenient home base for our program that serves youths from all over the East End. Who does Richmond Cycling Corps serve: The Richmond Cycling Corps serves the youths of the East End. Our approach is through the lens of “quality, not quantity.” When the RCC team meets new students — usually through teacher/school administration recommendation or through word-of-mouth through the neighborhood — we stick with them. We try to work with middle school-age students and mentor them throughout their middle school and high school careers. The students in the program stay in the program.

No. 1 goal or project as board president: To guide the organization toward a sustainable future.

Strategy for achieving goals:

One of our guiding principles is to always pivot toward relevant outreach. If we find that a policy or program that we have is stagnating or not keeping up with the dynamic environment that is Richmond’s East End, we will absolutely change to meet those needs. This principle has helped us to stay relevant for more than a decade, and we always find ourselves right where we want to be.

Biggest challenge Richmond Cycling Corps faces: There are always more kids that could use our programs. Not being able to help all kids in the East End is a challenge with our small staff of three that has always valued quality of service more than the quantity of service.

Matt Kuhn, Ryan Hamlet and Brad Kaplan are great with the kids. If we could only have 50 Matts, Ryans and Brads, we could bring more kids into the program.

Richmond Cycling Corps partners with: The Richmond Cycling Corps is proud to partner with Shimano and Endura, two major companies in the cycling industry that provide both material and financial support. Locally, we partner with the Anna Julia Cooper School to provide cycling to their middle schoolers. We also partner with local bike shops such as Outpost, Carytown Bikes and Pedal Power.

How to become involved as a cyclist: The best way to become involved as a cyclist would be to join one of our middle school practices. We are always looking for volunteers to join these practices. They are a great way to help students and to hone your cycling skills.

How to become involved as a volunteer: Send an email to info@richmondcyclingcorps. org or a message via Instagram or Facebook.

Upcoming event: On Monday, May 16, at 7 p.m. RCC is going to premiere a short film about the program at the Byrd Theatre in Carytown. Shimano, one of our industry partners, sent a world-class film crew to town to highlight the program. The evening is also a fundraiser for RCC and will feature food, drink, raffle items and a silent auction. Proceeds from the $20 ticket price go directly to RCC. Tickets can be purchased at rccxshimano.eventbrite.com.

A perfect day for me: Would involve mountain biking, friends and pizza, preferably overseas.

Cycling for me is: A workout, a social outlet and a good time.

What I am learning about myself during the pandemic: That I’m a true introvert.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: Traveling solo internationally.

My friends describe me as: Adventurous.

At the top of my “to-do” list is: I don’t do lists.

Best late-night snack: I don’t do late-night snacks either. Not on my list!

Best thing my parents ever taught me: The value of education and the opportunities it brings.

Person who influenced me the most: My Mom. Book that influenced me the most: As a former English teacher, there are too many to list, but I’ve learned important lessons about humanity from Chinua Achebe in “Things Fall Apart,” Rory Stewart in “The Places in Between,” Jhumpa Lahiri in “The Namesake” and “Calypso” by David Sedaris.

What I’m reading now: “Behold the Dreamers” by Imbolo Mbue.

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Happenings ‘A Strange Loop’ earns a leading 11 Tony Award nominations Associated Press

NEW YORK “A Strange Loop,” Michael R. Jackson’s critically cheered theater meta-journey earned a leading 11 Tony Award nominations Monday as Broadway joined the national discussion of race by embracing an envelope-pushing Black-written and Black-led musical.

Mr. Jackson’s 2020 Pulitzer Prize drama winner about a Black gay man writing a show about a Black gay man earned nods for best musical, best leading man in newcomer Jaquel Spivey and best featured actress for L Morgan Lee, who becomes the first openly transgender performer to be nominated for a Tony Award.

The show also was nominated for scenic design, lighting, sound, orchestrations, Stephen Brackett’s direction and John-Andrew Morrison for featured actor.

“I hoped my collaborators would be acknowledged. That actually, in a weird way, was much more exciting to me,” Mr. Jackson told The Associated Press. “Even if we hadn’t gotten any nominations, I would have been disappointed, but I also would have known how powerful the show has been resonating with people.”

Playwright Lynn Nottage had two reasons to smile Monday morning: Her book for the Michael Jackson musical “MJ” was nominated for best book and her play, “Clyde’s,” got a nod for best play.

“This has been a historic season for a multitude of reasons. There’s been a diversity of Black voices on Broadway in unprecedented numbers.

Theater came back after being dark for almost two years and we made art while facing down COVID. And so this feels particularly good given all of the circumstances,” Ms. Nottage said.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson of “Modern Family” fame got a nomination for “Take Me Out,” as did Jesse Williams, the “Grey’s Anatomy” star making his

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This combination of three separate photos shows, from left, James Jackson, Jr., Jaquel Spivey, L. Morgan Lee during a performance of “A Strange Loop, “ Brittney Mack during a performance of “Six,” and Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster during a production of “The Music Man.” Nominations for this year’s Tony Awards were announced Monday.

Broadway debut. Mr. Williams thanked the audience for coming with him on a complex ride.

“This is my first time having this experience in the box, having experience on stage, and that fellowship, that dynamic, that partnership, that reliance we have with each other, that interplay with the audience is critical and something new to me. So it’s a thrilling ride,” Mr. Williams said.

Right behind “A Strange Loop” is a tie with 10 nominations each for “MJ,” a bio musical of the King of Pop stuffed with his biggest hits, and “Paradise Square,” a musical about Irish immigrants and Black Americans jostling to survive in New York around the time of the Civil War. The rest of the best new musical category includes “Six,” the corrective feminist take on the six wives of England’s Henry VIII; “Girl From the North Country,” which uses the songs of Bob Dylan to weave a Depressionera story in the Midwest; and “Mr. Saturday Night,” a reworking of Billy Crystal’s film about a bitter, old insult

comic chasing a last laugh.

Two of the best play nominees are about economics — “Skeleton Crew,” Dominique Morisseau’s play about blue-collar job insecurity in a Detroit auto stamping plant in 2008, and “The Lehman Trilogy,” Stefano Massini’s play spanning 150 years about what led to the collapse of financial giant Lehman Brothers.

There’s also “Clyde’s,” Ms. Nottage’s play about a group of ex-cons trying to restart their lives at a truck stop diner, and “The Minutes,” Tracey Letts’ depiction of a small-town city council meeting that exposes backstabbing, greed and the larger delusions in American history.

“Hangmen,” Martin McDonagh’s look at an executioner-turned-pub owner forced to grapple with his past when capital punishment is made illegal in the United Kingdom, also earned a best play nod.

One of its actors is Alfie Allen, making his Broadway debut and who got nominated as a featured actor. “I’m out having some pancakes, and I am

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This image released by Polk & Co. shows Uzo Aduba, from left, Kara Young, Ron Cephas, Edmund Donovan and Reza Salazar during a performance of “Clyde’s,” Lynn Nottage’s play about a group of excons trying to restart their lives at a truck stop diner.

having a lovely morning,” he said.

The “Hangmen” ensemble has been welcoming, he said, like a family.

“Everybody was just so supportive of each other, and I’m still pinching myself a little bit. It’s amazing.”

There were four musical revivals during the season, but only three got nominations—“The Music Man” which celebrates America’s soul with a traveling con man in a small Iowa town starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, who each have two Tonys and were each nominated this time as well.

The two other entries in the musical revival category are “Caroline, Or Change,” Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s show that explores America’s racial, social and economic divisions in 1963 Louisiana, and “Company,” Stephen Sondheim’s exploration of a single person’s conflicted feelings about commitment, this time with a gender-switching of the lead character.

That left “Funny Girl,” the classic American show starring Beanie Feldstein about the rise of a comic star of the Ziegfeld Follies, out of the running. It got only one nod, for Jared Grimes as best featured actor in a musical.

Mr. Grimes, a triple threat whose heroes include Sammy Davis Jr. and Gregory Hines and whose performance includes an electrifying tap dance number, took the traditionally white character Eddie Ryan and remade it as a young Black man.

“Eddie Ryan is a big leap for us in the direction of just understanding that we can be everything and anything. We just need a chance,” he said. “I like to think that we’re making good strides.”

Nominations for best play revival are “Trouble in Mind,” Alice Childress’ play about a Broadway play that explores the racial divide in the 1950s; “How I Learned to Drive,” Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning memory play told by the survivor of childhood sexual abuse, starring two nominees: Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse; and “American Buffalo,” David Mamet’s look at loyalty and greed set in a junk shop starring Laurence Fishburne, Darren Criss and

Sam Rockwell, the latter the only actor in the play nominated.

The others are “Take Me Out,” Richard Greenberg’s exploration of what happens when a baseball superstar comes out as gay; and “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enough,” playwright Ntozake Shange’s exploration of Black womanhood. That work also made history. Camille A. Brown, the first Black woman to direct and choreograph a Broadway play since 1955, earned nominations in both categories.

Ms. Brown noted the amazing amount of Black playwrights represented this season and wanted to acknowledge another Black woman in her category—Lileana Blain-Cruz, who was nominated for directing a revival of “The Skin of Our Teeth.”

“I’d love to see more Black female directors get opportunities to direct on Broadway, more people of color sharing stories and just for it to continue to expand,” she said, on her way to celebrate with her mother.

The season — with a whopping 34 new productions — represents a full return to theaters after nearly two years of a pandemic-mandated shutdown. Many nominees talked about how they had worried theater might never return.

“I’m just so grateful, and also just so happy that Broadway is alive and well,” said Jennifer Simard, who was nominated for “Company.” “Because there was a minute there when I wasn’t sure we’d be back after the pandemic.

So I am so grateful.”

Neither Matthew Broderick nor his wife Sarah Jessica Parker earned nominations for a revival of “Plaza Suite,” but Patti LuPone got one for “Company” and so did LaChanze for “Trouble in Mind.”

Ruth Negga earned a nomination for “Macbeth,” but her co-star Daniel Craig came up empty. Tony winner Phylicia Rashad got her first nomination in more than 15 years with “Skeleton Crew” and “Saturday Night Live” veteran Rachel Dratch earned a Tony nod in the feminist farce “POTUS.” One eye-raising decision was not to hand Katrina Lenk a nod for her work in “Company.”

The nominees for best actress in a musical nominees are Sharon D Clarke of “Caroline, Or Change,” Foster in “The Music Man,” Joaquina Kalukango for “Paradise Square,” Carmen Cusack in “Flying Over Sunset” and Mare Winningham in “Girl From the North Country.”

Joining Mr. Spivey, Mr. Jackman and Mr. McClure in the best actor in a musical category are Crystal for “Mr. Saturday Night” and Myles Frost, whose King of Pop in “MJ” was a moonwalking triumph. The best actor in a play category is dominated by the three leads in “The Lehman Trilogy” — Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Adrian Lester. The rest are Mr. Morse, Mr. Rockwell, Ruben Santiago-Hudson in “Lackawanna Blues” and David Threlfall from “Hangmen.”

The Tony Awards will be held at Radio City Music Hall on June 12.

The ceremony will air live on CBS and Paramount+ starting at 8 p.m.

W&M dedicates memorial to those who were enslaved by the university Free Press wire, staff report

WILLIAMSBURG William & Mary, the nation’s second oldest institution of higher education, dedicated a brick memorial last Saturday that honors people who were enslaved by the university.

The memorial, called “Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved,” is 20 feet high and 16 feet wide and resembles a fireplace hearth symbolizing a place of community and the center of domestic enslavement. A vessel that will hold a fire that will burn on special occasions will be installed later, officials said.

The memorial, designed by the Richmondbased architectural firm Baskervill, cost more than $2.9 million to build, including construction and material costs that were impacted by supply chain delays and construction inflation.

The university was chartered in 1693. It benefited from enslaved labor for 170 years.

It’s unclear how many people the university enslaved, but historians have discovered the names of more than 100 people owned by the college or its employees and students.

Black bricks embedded in the memorial are engraved with the names of those who had been enslaved, while some of the bricks say, “Unknown Person,” reflecting enslaved individuals who were mentioned in the school’s

records but were unnamed.

Research conducted by The Lemon Project, an initiative started by the university in 2009 to uncover the university’s connection to slavery, provided the names immortalized on the memorial.

Enslaved people made the bricks that built the Wren Building, and they erected the building itself.

“Slaves were as inseparable a part of the college as the old bricks of the College Building itself,” Jennifer Oast wrote in a book about slavery in Virginia.

“Frank acknowledgment of painful facts is powerful and necessary for a healthy, pluralistic democracy,” said W&M President Katherine A. Rowe. “ “We have much work still to do at William & Mary. Yet, by naming plainly the dehumanization of those enslaved here and their agency as human beings, this memorial begins to fulfill our collective responsibility to affirm the value of labor that has been invisible and to recover and share stories that have gone untold here in Williamsburg, in the Commonwealth and in our country.”

The memorial’s cost was covered by private funds and contributions from the board of visitors.

More than 800 people attended the dedica-

Rendering of “Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved”

tion. Speakers included Jody Allen of Hanover County, assistant professor of history and the Robert Francis Engs director of The Lemon Project, while Dr. Hermine Pinson, the Frances L. & Edwin L. Cummings Professor of English and African Studies, read an original poem.

Libations also were poured and participants laid flowers at the base of the memorial.

“Although this is a wonderful achievement, it is only one step in our ongoing work of inclusive excellence and reconciliation as we share a richer, fuller and more inclusive history of William & Mary,” said Chon Glover, W&M’s chief diversity officer.

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“May we remember and honor our ancestors and the legacy they left for us as long as the sun shines and the waters flow.”

William & Mary, chartered in 1693, is a public, state-supported institution. It enrolled its first Black student – a graduate student – in 1951 and its first Black undergraduate student in 1963. It wasn’t until 1967 that the university allowed the first three Black students to live on campus.

During the 2020-21 academic year, the university enrolled about 6,200 undergraduates, about 410 of whom identified as AfricanAmerican.

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Happenings Virginia Museum of History & Culture reopens May 14 after $30M renovation

By Ronald E. Carrington

The Virginia Museum of History & Culture will reopen this weekend after a two-year, $30 million renovation with a celebration featuring new exhibits, rich family stories, entertainment, activities and food trucks.

The event is free and will take place 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 14, and Sunday, May 15, at the museum, 428 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd.

“The museum has a magical new spirit of better connecting to the local community as well as the Commonwealth, while making the museum more vibrant,” Jamie O. Bosket, the museum’s president and chief executive officer, told the Free Press this week.

“In a stronger way than the museum ever has, the VMHC tells a story that is reflective of all Virginians,” Mr. Bosket said.

“From the moment you walk into the new entryway, visitors will see ‘Faces of Virginia.’ These 71 portraits, looking like all Virginians, tell the story of the Commonwealth across time that resonant and reflect all visitors’ stories.”

The museum is a re-imagined 250,000-square-foot complex, two-thirds of which has been renovated. In addition to the new two-story entrance atrium, the museum has an orientation theater that will show “Virginia: As Far As You Can Imagine,” a 17minute film highlighting moments and scenes in Virginia history that serve as an introduction to the museum and its holdings.

The museum also now has about 50 percent more exhibit space, a new research library, community meeting and gathering spaces and a new café and museum store.

The exhibits are designed to open minds as they offer different perspectives and make connections between yesterday and today by presenting history through a fresh and accessible lens.

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Visitors to the newly renovated Virginia Museum of History & Culture at 428 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd. will see from the rear an enlarged facility with a wide veranda and public greenspace for events and gatherings and 50 percent more exhibition space inside.

“Our Commonwealth,” the centerpiece marquee long-term exhibition, launches audiences on a memorable and scenic journey with living murals — large-scale, changing digital projections — and custom soundscapes that immerse visitors in the arts, culture, food, music, industry and people of each region of the state.

Other new exhibits feature stories and artifacts from partner organizations and cultural institutions, including the Smithsonian. Exhibits include, “American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith,” examining the government’s founding and continuing evolution; “The Lost Cause: Myths, Monuments & Murals,” which explores the history of the South’s Lost Cause in the Civil War with military murals and the sculpture of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that the state had removed from Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol in 2020 after 111 years; “Uncommon Strength,” an exhibit in partnership with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, about the archaeological interpretation of artifacts; “Treasures of Virginia,” a display of items related to individuals or events that helped shape the state and the nation; and “History Matters,” selections from the museum’s more than 9 million-item collection.

The museum is owned and operated by the Virginia Historical Society, a private, nonprofit organization that was started in 1831.

The changes were guided by the museum’s strategic plan as it looks

toward its 300th anniversary in 2031 and the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026.

“The museum’s content will aid visitors in seeing and speaking absolute truths about Virginia’s history,” Mr. Bosket said.

“We must remember all parts of our history,” he said.

One of the artifacts displayed in the museum’s Great Hall is a 1918 Kline Kar, one of only two known surviving automobiles made by the Kline Motor Car Company. Founded in 1909 in York, Penn., the company moved to Richmond in 1911 and produced about 6,000 cars before closing in 1924.

A.D. Price, a Black businessman, philanthropist and civic leader who started A.D. Price Funeral Home in Jackson Ward in 1881, owned the vehicle.

There also are historical images of the late Katherine G. Johnson of Newport News, the trailblazing NASA mathematician whose calculations helped launch the first manned space flight in 1961 and who was immortalized in the film “Hidden Figures;” family trees and diaries; and lockets and portraits that speak to the way families remember their decedents and themselves.

“The exhibits, messages and information are quite striking,” Mr. Bosket said.

Details about the grand reopening events and the new exhibits: virginiahistory.org.

Left, this 1918, seven-passenger touring car produced by Kline Motor Car Company was part of the fleet owned by A.D. Price, a prosperous Black businessman and Richmond funeral home director. The car is one of two known to still exist of about 6,000 made. It is on display in the museum’s Great Hall. More than 9 million artifacts are in the museum’s vast collection, with many items featured in “Our Commonwealth,” an exhibit that will immerse visitors in the culture, food, arts, music, industry and people of each region of the state. This region features everything from Virginia’s noted pork industry, right, in Smithfield to watermen working Virginia’s rivers and coastline.

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Pastor Anthony Franklin Sr. sees his mission as giving back wherever a community has needs

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

For years, Pastor Anthony Franklin Sr. struggled to pay the rent and keep the lights on for the small non-denominational Richmond church he founded called Truth Ministries.

Then the pandemic hit and everything changed, according to Pastor Franklin, who juggles his ministry with his role as a full-time sergeant with the Richmond Police Department.

Along with other faith leaders, Pastor Franklin took church services virtual and suddenly found his message of community service attracting listeners from around the country and overseas.

“We were about to close,” said the 52-year-old native of Wichita, Kan. But, suddenly, he said, participation in services and Bible study shot up from a steady 25 to 30 members to 1,500 to 2,000 participants each week from 30 states, England and other English-speaking countries.

Two years later, still unpaid as a minister, Pastor Franklin has found himself involved in building a school for children in poverty-stricken Sierra Leone in West Africa and has taken oversight of four churches he has renamed Truth Ministries An Altar of Nations.

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“When members tell us a trip to Sierra Leone and were about problems in their commu- shocked at the conditions.

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Recently, Pastor Franklin, challenge to survive.

“I’ve never seen such povhis wife, the Rev. Joy M. Franklin, who leads an active erty in my life,” Pastor Franklin women’s ministry and handles said. “There was an open sewer church finances, and other drain going down the middle members of the church trav- of the sidewalk.”

Bishop Samai turned eled to Grand Rapids, Mich., over four churches to Pasto feed the homeless.

“It was snowing when we tor Franklin to supervise, got there,” he said. “We ran out putting Pastor Franklin on track to become a bishop. of food and clothing.”

Pastor Franklin also found On another mission trip, he said, Truth Ministries members appalling conditions when he went into a North Carolina visited a school. He said the grocery store and paid for students, who wore homemade other people’s groceries. He uniforms, came to learn in a said the members also created 20-year-old building made of a traffic jam at a nearby gas converted chicken coops that station when they paid for had a leaky roof and dirt floors.

They had few books and no people’s fuel.

Pastor Franklin who earlier other tools. The bathroom was in his law enforcement career a decrepit outhouse with one led the protection detail for stall, he said.

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He said work has begun and, when finished, the school will have 11 classrooms that can serve 340 students and a bathroom with at least five stalls.

He said the project could cost $20,000 in U.S. currency but is likely to take $35,000 due to the widespread corruption.

Still, he said the project benefits because U.S. money goes much further in a country wracked by crushing inflation.

It takes 12,800 Sierra Leone leones, as their currency is called, to equal 1 U.S. dollar.

“If I work overtime and off duty, I can make enough to build a classroom,” he said. “And I’ll just keep doing it until the work is done. I don’t ask the church because I don’t want to push anyone to give.”

Pastor Franklin long wanted to be a minister, but he said he left the seminary when the professor in the Bible study took up a collection in class.

“That really offended me,” he said.

He said he started reading on his own and found his way back to the ministry at the Temple of Judah in Church Hill, where he was ordained.

He established Truth Ministries in rented space at 4719 W. Broad St. Members include minister and rising gospel star Mervin Mayo, who also is a Richmond Police officer.

Pastor Franklin has plans to focus on ministry full time after he retires from the police force in less than two years.

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For nearly 30 years, Arthur David “Art” Toth Jr. was the go-to person in Richmond for full-figured women who wanted to dress well.

First in Chesterfield County and later in Richmond’s West End, Mr. Toth created a comfort zone for plus-sized females that he dubbed “La Grande Dame.” Women “of a certain size,” as one put it, flocked to his store to buy the fashions he offered until he was forced to close after the pandemic undermined the supply chain and chased customers away.

“There have been a lot of tears shed,” he was quoted as saying before he shuttered the store in mid-August 2020.

An outgoing person, Mr. Toth “never met a stranger,” said Jerome Legions, president of the Carver Area Civic Improvement League.

“He was outgoing and always looked out for his friends. And you met him, he considered you a friend. He always wanted to know about projects we were working on and always provided support.”

A breeder of prize Welsh terriers, Mr. Toth Mr. Toth lost his battle with cancer on Sunday, April 24, 2022. He was 65. His memorial service was private.

Raised in the Detroit suburb of Eastpointe, Mich., Mr. Toth began a career in retail after graduating from Michigan State University. He started at the J.L. Hudson Department Stores in Detroit, and later moved to Richmond to serve as a divisional vice president for two major department store chains, first Miller & Rhoads and then for Thalhimer’s before its remaining stores were converted to the Hecht’s brand.

Mr. Toth left to start his own retail business in 1992, specializing in clothing for women sizes 12 to 24.

He opened the first La Grande Dame store in Stony Point Shopping Center on Huguenot Road in the county. Ten years later, he moved to the retail shopping area on Grove Avenue near Libbie Avenue. His store provided women with access to designers such as Fridaze, Lafayette 148, Eileen Fisher and Joan Vass.

Mr. Toth also was active in Diversity Richmond, serving four years as board chair of the organization that champions LGBTQ causes.

In the dog world, he earned high regard. In 2006, his Welsh terrier earned “Best in Breed” honors at the premier Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

He was a past president of the Virginia Terrier Club and also served on the board of the Virginia Kennel Club.

Survivors include his life partner, Steven N. Forstner; his brother, Joseph Toth; and his sister, Gloria Lynn Bradley.

The family requests contributions in Mr. Toth’s memory be made to Bon Secours Hospice or Melanoma.org.

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City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, May 23, 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. 2022-114 As Amended To p r o v i d e f o r t h e granting by the City of Richmond to the person, firm or corporation to be ascertained in the manner prescribed by law of a nonexclusive easement over, under, through, upon, and across certain portions of the property located at 8800 West Huguenot Road for the laying, construction, operation, and maintenance of one or more lines of underground conduits and cables and all equipment, accessories, and appurtenances necessary in connection therewith to provide electrical service for the construction of new water capacity facilities and a pump station by the County of Chesterfield on a portion of Lewis G. Larus Park located at 8850 West Huguenot Road in the city of Richmond with a certain Right of Way Agreement.

Ordinance No. 2022-115 As Amended To p r o v i d e f o r t h e granting by the City of Richmond to the person, firm or corporation to be ascertained in the manner prescribed by law of a nonexclusive easement over, under, through, upon, and across certain portions of the property located at 8850 West Huguenot Road for the laying, construction, operation, and maintenance of one or more lines of underground conduits and cables and all equipment, accessories, and appurtenances necessary in connection therewith to provide electrical service for the construction of new water capacity facilities and a pump station by the County of Chesterfield on a portion of Lewis G. Larus Park located at 8850 West Huguenot Road in the city of Richmond with a certain Right of Way Agreement.

Ordinance No. 2022-128 To amend (i) City Code §§ 8-394, concerning the purpose of the division, (ii) 8-395, concerning definitions, (iii) 8-396, concerning appointment of a Community Garden Coordinator; designation of parcels; and Community Garden Coordinator duties, and (iv) 8-399, concerning the issuance and denial of permits, for the purpose of expanding allowed uses, updating the process for designation of parcels and liability coverage requirements, providing due notice to garden permit holders, and allowing for multiyear permits. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, 1:30 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2022-129 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute Lease Amendment No. 3 to a U.S. Government Lease for Real Property (Short Form) with Lease Number GS-03PLVA00156 between the City of Richmond and the Government of the United States of America, for the purpose of exercising the five-year renewal option and changing the annual rent for leasing 45 parking spaces within a City-owned parking facility located at 501 North 7th Street. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, May 19, 2022, 1:00 p.m.)

proposals, generally, and 8-67, concerning payment, for the purpose of clarifying the timing and form of deposits required and to authorize a submission fee for proposals submitted in response to certain solicitations for the sale of City-owned property. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, May 19, 2022, 1:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2022-131 To authorize the issuance of general obligation equipment notes of the City of Richmond in the maximum principal amount of $3,500,000 to finance the cost of equipment for the following purposes and uses: acquisition of computer, radio, office, solid waste collection, o ff i c e f u r n i t u r e a n d miscellaneous equipment and vehicles for the various departments, bureaus and agencies of the City and its authorities; and to authorize the Director of Finance, with the approval of the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City, to sell equipment notes to finance the acquisition of such equipment, and to authorize the issuance of taxable notes, for the same purposes and uses, in the same maximum principal amount and payable over the same period as such general obligation equipment notes.

Ordinance No. 2022-132 To amend City Code §§ 9-26, 9-27, 9-28, 9-30, 9-31, and 9-32, concerning the boundary descriptions for City Council and School Board Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7, for the purpose of changing the boundaries between City Council and School Board Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 as required for decennial redistricting.

Ordinance No. 2022-133 To repeal City Code § 9-69, concerning Precinct 203; to amend City Code §§ 9-66, 9-70, 9-73, 9-74, 9-75, 9-76, 9-80, 9-81, 9-82, 9-83, 9-87, 9-88, 9-97, 9-98, 9-102, 9-103, 9-106, 9-107, 9-112, 9-114, 9-115, and 9-128; and to amend ch. 9, art. III of the City Code by adding therein new sections 9-76.1, 9-86.1, 9-108.1, and 9-115.1, all concerning election precinct boundary descriptions for the purpose of establishing new election precinct boundaries.

Ordinance No. 2022-134 To amend and reordain City Code § 9-58, which assigns polling places in the city, to remove the polling place for abolished Precinct 203 and to establish new polling places for new Precincts 216, 311, 611, and 709.

Ordinance No. 2022-135 To amend Ord. No. 2021040, adopted May 24, 2021, which adopted the Fiscal Year 20212022 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, to (i) create a new line item in the NonDepartmental agency entitled “Richmond Behavioral Health Foundation,” (ii) transfer $366,102.00 from the Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services, and (iii) appropriate such $366,102.00 to the new “Richmond Behavioral Health Foundation” line item in the NonDepartmental agency, all for the purpose of providing for the Richmond Behavioral Health Foundation to serve as fiscal agent for a trauma and healing response network coordinated by the Richmond and Henrico Health District.

Ordinance No. 2022-136 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $23,153.00 from the Virginia Resources Authority and to amend Ord. No. 2021051, adopted May 24, 2021, which adopted the Fiscal Year 20212022 Stormwater Utility Budget and appropriated the estimated receipts of the stormwater utility, by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the stormwater utility by $23,153.00 for the purpose of funding a planning and capacity building project for the City of Richmond.

Ordinance No. 2022-130 To amend City Code §§ 8-59, concerning deposits for the sale of City-owned property, 8-61, concerning solicitation of offers by invitation for bids, 8-62, concerning the solicitation of offers by request for

Ordinance No. 2022-137 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $19,394.00 from the Virginia Resources Authority and to amend Ord. No. 2021051, adopted May 24, 2021, which adopted the Fiscal Year 20212022 Stormwater Utility Budget and appropriated the estimated receipts of the stormwater utility, by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to

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the stormwater utility by $19,394.00 for the purpose of funding a planning and capacity building project for levy surveying, reporting, and engineering review of the survey report by a thirdparty consultant for the City of Richmond.

Ordinance No. 2022-138 To amend Ord. No. 2021040, adopted May 24, 2021, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by changing the uses and allocation of the Council District Funds for the Third District pursuant to Va. Code § 15.2-2503 for the purpose of providing for vehicle mileage used by the Council Member in the representation of the Third District.

Ordinance No. 2022-139 To amend Ord. No. 2021040, adopted May 24, 2021, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by changing the uses and allocation of the Council District Funds for the Fourth District pursuant to Va. Code § 15.2-2503 for the purpose of providing for vehicle mileage used by the Council Member in the representation of the Fourth District.

Ordinance No. 2022-140 To declare surplus and direct the conveyance of the City-owned real estate known as 601 East Leigh Street, consisting of 7.36± acres, for nominal consideration to the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond for the purpose of facilitating the redevelopment of the real estate.

Ordinance No. 2022-141 To declare a public necessity for the acquisition of and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept from a certain property owner a 20± foot wide limited access easement located at 3B Manchester Road and the dedication as public right-of-way of a portion of 3A Manchester Road, consisting of 3,710.92± square feet, for the purpose of providing for vehicular access by the City across and generally following the northern boundary of 3B Manchester Road and for the widening of the Manchester Road public right-of-way on a portion of the property known as 3A Manchester Road.

Ordinance No. 2022-142 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Grant Agreement between the Virginia Resources Authority and the City of Richmond for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of up to $23,153.00 to fund a planning and capacity building project for the City of Richmond.

(COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, May 19, 2022, 1:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2022-143 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Grant Agreement between the Virginia Resources Authority and the City of Richmond for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of up to $19,394.00 to fund a planning and capacity building project for levy surveying, reporting, and engineering review of the survey report by a third-party consultant for the City of Richmond.

(COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, May 19, 2022, 1:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2022-144 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Coliseum Parcel Redevelopment Cooperation Agreement between the City of Richmond, Virginia and the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond, Virginia for the purpose of facilitating the sale and redevelopment of the City-owned property located at 601 East Leigh Street. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, May 19, 2022, 1:00 p.m.)

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so by following the instructions referenced in the May 23, 2022 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at https:// www.rva.gov/office-cityclerk, and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER TAVONYA WHITING-ELLIS, Plaintiff v.

ROBERT ELLIS, IV, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22-1034 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown appear here on or before the 27th day of June, 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 PATRICE EVANS, Plaintiff v.

TERRELL EVANS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22000373-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown appear here on or before the 27th day of June, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

ADRIANA LOPEZ PORTILLO, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001268-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown appear here on or before the 27th day of June, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

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

HAMID JAMAL HAMID, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21-7642 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony on the ground of that the parties have lived separate without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period of more than one (1) year.

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that diligence has been used by or on behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what county or corporation the defendant is, without effect, and that his last known adress is 9016 Patterson Avenue, #10, Henrico, VA 23229, located in the County of Henrico, Virginia, it is therefore ORDERED, that the said defendant, Hamid Jamal Hamid, appear before this Court on or before June 20th 2022, and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this suit.

A Copy, Teste: HEIDI BARSHINGER, Clerk I ask for this: Richard M. Bing (VSB #18457) RICHARD M. BING, P.C. 7400 Beaufont Springs Drive, Suite 300 Richmond, Virginia 23225 Telephone (804) 272-7900 Facsimile (804) 747-1921 rbing@binglawoffice.com VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ASTRID CHEVEZGONZALEZ, Plaintiff v.

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JOSE GONZALEZ-MIXCO, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001197-00 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 15th day of June, 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

interests.

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

the name of the owners of record, Elaine R. Vaughan, Kevin Wallace and Keith Wallace.

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

IT IS ORDERED that ELAINE R. VAUGHAN, KEVIN WALLACE, KEITH WALLACE, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 14, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ADELAIDA LANZO, Plaintiff v.

JOEL CASTRO-ROMERO, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001208-00 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 15th day of June, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: The 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 DAWUD NUBIAN, Plaintiff v.

DIANE SIMMONS-BROWN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001198-00 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 15th day of June, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: The 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 AMEERA DELANDRO, Plaintiff v.

DORIAN DELANDRO, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20004189-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 3rd day of June, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 The 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 ANGELA SIDELL, Plaintiff v.

JOSE CORTEZ, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001139-00 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.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ANDREA HARRIS, Plaintiff v.

RASHON FRENCH, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22000674-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 3rd day of June, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 The 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 SHIRLENE JEAN, Plaintiff v.

JOHNNY ACHIL, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001138-00 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 22nd day of June, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

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

PHYLLIS HOYLE BAILEY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1668 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 616 South Pine Street, Tax Map Number W000-0161/014, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Phyllis Hoyle Bailey.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, PHYLLIS HOYLE BAILEY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that PHYLLIS HOYLE BAILEY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 14, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, ELAINE R. VAUGHAN, et al, Defendants.

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

L. BLAINE CARTER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1199 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2401 Floyd Avenue, Tax Map Number W000-1078/011, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, L. Blaine Carter.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, L. BLAINE CARTER, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that CACH, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with 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 L. BLAINE CARTER, CACH, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 14, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

FRANK M. MITCHELL, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1133 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1006 Faye Street, Tax Map Number C005-0690/012, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Frank M. Mitchell, Jr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, FRANK M. MITCHELL, JR, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that FRANK M. MITCHELL, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 14, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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of Richmond, Virginia for payment of delinquent taxes: 2806 4th Avenue N0000810007 1112 North 24th Street E0000517008 905 North 27th Street E0000477027 29 West 28th Street S0000911082 1805 North 29th Street E0000952042 1807 North 29th Street E0000952062 618 North 32nd Street E0000728003 1300 1/3 North 32nd Street E0000720012 1300 2/3 North 32nd Street E0000720011 1216 West Cary Street W0000441024 3449 West Cary Street W0001591009 5621 Cary Street Road U2 W0220162031 3005 Clarendon Drive C0011053022 2407 East Clay Street E0000337004 3606 Florida Avenue N0001372009 4030 Forest Hill Avenue Unit 3 S0002923048 4030 Forest Hill Avenue Unit 4 S0002923049 4030 Forest Hill Avenue Unit 7 S0002923052 4030 Forest Hill Avenue Unit 27 S0002923071 3109 French Street W0001337001 6421 Glyndon Lane C0040945026 1804 Gordon Avenue S0000641006 400 East Grace Street W0000025024B 4114 Hillcrest Road S0002318027 1010 Holly Spring Avenue S0071016011 2666 Hull Street S0000905002 3052 Hull Street S0001581006 3075 Hull Street S0001714015 5258 Hull Street Road C0070176062 2301 North Lombardy Street N0000629023 2309 North Lombardy Street N0000629027 2311 North Lombardy Street N0000629029 3220 Marlboro Court C0040348020 2001 Monteiro Street N0000414024 3717 Moody Avenue S0002467017 311 South Mulberry Street W0001156028 2419 Oakland Avenue S0071377010 2306 Parkwood Avenue W0001034023 2308 Parkwood Avenue W0001034025 2310 Parkwood Avenue W0001034026 1802 Richmond Highway S0071174018 2322 Rosewood Avenue W0001031026 3263 Stratford Road C0030061040 1416 Westover Gardens Boulevard C0050463018 677 Westover Woods Circle C0050825015 1426 Whitehead Road C0070553044 1603 Williamsburg Road E0100049001 1611 Williamsburg Road E0100049004 1005 Willow Lawn Drive W0200079022 The owner/s of any property listed may redeem it at any time before the date of the sale by paying all accumulated taxes, penalties, interest and cost thereon, including the pro rata costs of publication hereunder.

Gregory A. Lukanuski, Deputy City Attorney Office of the City Attorney for the City of Richmond 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia (804) 646-7949

Notice Judicial Sale of Real Property Owner/s of the below listed properties are hereby given notice that thirty (30) days from the date of this notice, proceedings will be commenced under the authority of Section 58.13965 et seq. of the Code of Virginia to sell the following parcels located in the City

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

MICHAEL BARRETT, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1024 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 205 North Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Tax Map Number W0001204/017, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Michael Barrett.

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

IT IS ORDERED that MICHAEL BARRETT, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

RONALD K. CHARITY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-121 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 401 Mitchell Street, Tax Map Number N000-0222/014, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Ronald K. Charity, Hezekiah C. Charity and Donald R. Ford, all upon information and belief deceased, and Solon B. Mitchell and Clarence H. Mitchell.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, RONALD K. CHARITY, upon information and belief deceased, DONALD R. FORD, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, HEZEKIAH C. CHARITY, upon information and belief deceased, and DONALD R. FORD, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, CLARENCE H. MITCHELL, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that RONALD K. CHARITY, upon information and belief deceased, DONALD R. FORD, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, HEZEKIAH C. CHARITY, upon information and belief deceased, DONALD R. FORD, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CLARENCE H. MITCHELL, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

JERRY LEWIS, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1625 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 901 North 36th Street, Tax Map Number E000-1279/001, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Jerry Lewis, Jr., Edward L. Boisseau, Jr., Charlie Jones, all upon information and belief deceased, and Evelyn Lewis.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, JERRY LEWIS, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, EDWARD L. BOISSEAU, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and CHARLIE JONES, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, EVELYN LEWIS, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JERRY LEWIS, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, EDWARD L. BOISSEAU, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CHARLIE JONES, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, EVELYN LEWIS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2022 and do what is necessary Continued on next column

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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

N000-0329/025, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, KM Realty, LLC. An Affidavit having been filed that 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 Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 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

forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

JERRY LEWIS, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1626 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 909 North 36th Street, Tax Map Number E000-1279/008, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Jerry Lewis, Jr. and Everlenia Jones, both upon information and belief deceased.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, JERRY LEWIS, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and EVERLENIA JONES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JERRY LEWIS, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, EVERLENIA JONES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

D. DAVIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1628 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1422 Carlisle Avenue, Tax Map Number E000-2812/010, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Dorothy D. Davis.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, DOROTHY D. DAVIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that GREENWOOD TRUST, INC, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, as servicing agent for Discover Card, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that DOROTHY D. DAVIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, GREENWOOD TRUST, INC, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, as servicing agent for Discover Card, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

KM REALTY, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-307 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1812 Rose Avenue, Tax Map Number Continued on next column

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

RUSSELL S. LUNNING, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1623 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1905 North 22nd Street, Tax Map Number E000-1239/003, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Russell S. Lunning,.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, RUSSELL S. LUNNING, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that RUSSELL S. LUNNING, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

COLETTE L. WALLACEBEARD, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-547 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2100 Harwood Street, Tax Map Number S007-1180/006, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Colette L. Wallace-Beard, Arnita Wallace, Carnetta Scott and Tiffany Wallace.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, COLETTE L. WALLACEBEARD, ARNITA WALLACE, CARNETTA SCOTT, and TIFFANY WALLACE, 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 has/ have not filed a response to this action, that FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF RICHMOND, an entity not appearing in the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, BENEFICIARY of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 440 page 201 on March 28, 1974, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that COLETTE L. WALLACEBEARD, ARNITA WALLACE, C A R N E T T A S C O T T, TIFFANY WALLACE, FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF RICHMOND, an entity not appearing in the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, BENEFICIARY of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 440 page 201 on March 28, 1974, and Parties Unknown, come Continued on next column

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

MILES H. JOYNER, III, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-299 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3405 Hull Street, Tax Map Number S000-2454/010, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Miles H. Joyner, III. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MILES H. JOYNER, III, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that NANCY ANN ROGERS, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 08-3980 on February 13, 2008, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that MILES H. JOYNER, III, NANCY ANN ROGERS, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 08-3980 on February 13, 2008, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 17, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

SHIRLEY A. ROANE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1627 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1216 East Brookland Park Boulevard, Tax Map Number N0000987/013, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Shirley A. Roane.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, SHIRLEY A. ROANE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that SHIRLEY A. ROANE, upon information and belief deceased, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 14, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

CHARLES C. HARTRIDGE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-5048 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1315 North 31st Street, Tax Map Number E000-0720/021, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record, Charles C. Hartridge.

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ONTHEMOVE1, LLC. state members (nationals): An Affidavit having been Virginians: and civilians who The City of Richmond expressly reserves the right to filed that ONTHEMOVE1, in the public are known as reject any and all bids. The successful bidder shall LLC ENTITY, the owner of Kay-Edo: Jungle and Mikaela reimburse the City for all costs incurred in connection record, FELICIA CRAWLEY, Sinclair: Smith (Kwaku and with the advertisement of this ordinance in accordance Registered Agent, who has Anu privately) are obliged with section 15.2-2101 of the Code of Virginia and shall been served by posting and by to declare and exercise post the bond required by the ordinance. mailing a copy of the complaint sacred rights to ALL worlds to their last known address, that their seed offspring $ FRS\ RI WKH IXOO WH[W RI WKH RUGLQDQFH LV RQ ÀOH LQ WKH has not been personally (property, interest, “res”) was &LW\ &OHUN·V 2IÀFH DQG WKH IXOO WH[W RI WKH RUGLQDQFH DQG located and has not filed a birthed onto this earthly plane Right of Way Agreement to be executed is available at: response to this action, and September twenty seventh, that any heirs, devisees, two thousand twenty-one, https://richmondva.legistar.com/LegislationDetail. assignees, successors in six minutes into the tenth aspx?ID=5552601&GUID=E365E026-76F3-482Finterest, successors in title hour at night. This religious % %) %$ '( 2SWLRQV 6HDUFK and/or any creditors with record of our Starseed’s a current or future interest arrival has been handwritten, Please address any questions or bids to: in said property, have not autographed, sealed and been identified and/or served registered privately in the Candice D. Reid, City Clerk despite diligent efforts to do so family Bible, established as a City of Richmond and are defendants to this suit sacred Trust. The Starseed’s (DVW %URDG 6WUHHW 6XLWH by the general description of confirmed measurements Richmond, Virginia 23219 “Parties Unknown.” were six pounds and six (804) 646-7955 IT IS ORDERED that ounces, eighteen inches ONTHEMOVE1, LLC in length; having brown ENTITY, FELICIA CRAWLEY, eyes & brown hair. The Registered Agent, and REQUEST FOR BIDS Natural guardians’ flesh and Parties Unknown, come For Easement, Franchise, Privilege, Lease or Right blood female offspring was forward to appear on or before Over, Under, Through, Upon and Across homeborn on the soil of JUNE 16, 2022 and do what 8800 West Huguenot Road the sovereign Virginia State is necessary to protect their In the City of Richmond delivered by her fatherinterests in this matter. guardian, witnessed by An Extract, Teste: The City of Richmond is seeking bids for a non-exclusive two given the earthy name Edward F. Jewett, Clerk easement over, under, through, upon, and across Nova after baptized into Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. certain portions of the property located at 8800 West the Ministry and bonded to City of Richmond, Huguenot Road for the laying, construction, operation, the Land/Soil. Nova will be Office of the City Attorney and maintenance of one or more lines of underground identified in the public as 900 E. Broad Street conduits and cables and all equipment, accessories, and Nova-Celeste: Jungle hold Richmond, VA 23219 appurtenances necessary in connection therewith to for harmless and indemnified.

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Reconstruction Acts/Laws. All 700 E Main Street other confidential medical files Richmond, Virginia 23219 All bids for the easement hereby offered to be granted and personal information are The above establishment is PXVW EH VXEPLWWHG LQ ZULWLQJ WR WKH &LW\ &OHUN·V RIÀFH stored within the family Bible, applying to the Virginia by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 20, 2022. Bids will be held in Trust. No volunteer, D e p artme n t of SUHVHQWHG WR WKH SUHVLGLQJ RIÀFHU RI WKH &RXQFLO RI WKH sinner, person, alleged debt Alcoholic Beverage City of Richmond on Monday, May 23, 2022, at 6:00 collector, unauthorized power C o n trol (ABC) p.m. in open session and then will be presented by the of attorney, guardian ward, or AUTHORITY for a Beer/ SUHVLGLQJ RIÀFHU WR WKH &RXQFLO DQG EH GHDOW ZLWK DQG foreign state (public or private Wine/Mixed license to sell acted upon in the mode prescribed by law. organizations) can breach or manufacture alcoholic this Trust, and/or cause beverages.

The City of Richmond expressly reserves the right suffering without remedy. It Neal Patel, Partner/Owner to reject any and all bids. The successful bidder shall is the intent and purpose to Date notice posted at reimburse the City for all costs incurred in connection protect the use, enjoyment, establishment: 5/6/2022 with the advertisement of this ordinance in accordance and the pursuit of happiness of NOTE: Objections to the with section 15.2-2101 of the Code of Virginia and shall private, Nova as she engages issuance of this license must post the bond required by the ordinance. in the world as the living soul. be submitted to ABC no Nova will become the age of later than 30 days from the $ FRS\ RI WKH IXOO WH[W RI WKH RUGLQDQFH LV RQ ÀOH LQ WKH &LW\ majority to handle her affairs publishing date of the first &OHUN·V 2IÀFH DQG WKH IXOO WH[W RI WKH RUGLQDQFH DQG 5LJKW September twenty seventh of two required newspaper of Way Agreement to be executed is available at: two thousand thirtynine. Until legal notices. Objections then, all matters regarding should be registered at www. https://richmondva.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.

Nova and any derivative abc.virginia.gov or (800) aspx?ID=5552601&GUID=E365E026-76F3-482F-907Bthereof will be communicated 552-3200. %) %$ '( 2SWLRQV 6HDUFK with the sacred guardians and RVA Rooftop LLC ministry. This proclamation, Trading as: Please address any questions or bids to: oath is with the Prime Creator.

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Richmond, Virginia 23219 (DVW %URDG 6WUHHW 6XLWH All rights reserved, without The above establishment is Richmond, Virginia 23219 recourse, without repentance. applying to the Virginia (804) 646-7955 R E 1 6 4 5 0 8 0 9 3 U S - 0 11 D e p artme n t of SS-02.

Alcoholic Beverage C o n trol (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Beer/ Wine/Mixed license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Neal Patel, Partner/Owner Date notice posted at establishment: 5/6/2022 NOTE: Objections to the The City of Richmond announces the following project(s) available for issuance of this license must services relating to: be submitted to ABC no IFB No. 220009177: Resurfacing Portions Belt Boulevard (N), Bells later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first Road (W), and Bells Road (E) of two required newspaper Pre-Proposal Conference Call Meeting: May 18, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. legal notices. Objections For all information pertaining to this IFB conference call, please logon to should be registered at www. abc.virginia.gov or (800) the Richmond website (www.RVA.GOV).

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Proposal Due Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2022/Time: 11AM.

Information or copies of the above solicitations are available by contacting Procurement Services, at the City of Richmond website (www.RVA. GOV), or faxed (804) 646-5989. The City of Richmond encourages all contractors to participate in the procurement process.