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Above, Delegate Don L. Scott Jr., center, celebrates wins by the Democrats. The Virginia House of Delegates Minority Leader is poised to be the first Black Speaker of the House. Right, Democrat Lashrecse Aird is congratulated at the Omni Hotel Tuesday night for her win against Republican challenger Eric Ditri n Petersburg and Eastern Henrico County with 58% of the vote in the race for the new 13th Senate District.

Dems win Va. House, Senate

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin went all in on winning Republican majorities in the state House and Senate — and lost.

Unofficial results from Tuesday’s elections show Virginia Democrats again will be in charge of both houses of the General Assembly.

Democrats made protection of abortion a

central theme of the campaign and the outcome showed that remains a potent message amid preparations for the 2024 presidential election.

More election coverage on A5, A6 The Virginia victories for Democrats came as voters in increasingly Republican Ohio voted to enshrine abortion protection in their state’s

constitution and Kentucky voters re-elected a pro-abortion governor.

According to unofficial Virginia results, Democrats won 51 seats in the 100-member House to 49 for Republicans and secured 21 of the 40 seats in the state Senate, maintaining Democratic control of the upper chamber.

The outcome was a huge loss for Gov. Youngkin in his push to raise his profile as a

Voters reject casino bid a second time

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

By Darlene M. Johnson

Photos courtesy of Welford Williams Family

Welford Williams recently celebrated his 100th birthday with family and friends.

Right, Mr. Williams is shown during his days as a private first class in the Army.

A life that spans a century is a milestone few are privileged to celebrate. Welford Williams of Glen Allen was “blessed” to become a centenarian on Oct. 25.

Formerly one of the youngest members of his family, the World War II veteran is now the oldest person in his family.

“I’m kind of lucky to be able to do it,” Mr. Williams said several days before celebrating his 100th birthday on Oct. 21 at Virginia Crossings.

Along with dozens of greetings and well wishes from family members and friends were words from Daniel Gade, Ph.D., commissioner of the Virginia Department of Veterans Services.

“Our best wishes to U.S. Army veteran Welford Williams upon his 100th birthday,” Commissioner Gade said. “Mr. Williams is one the few remaining World War II veterans who answered the call to serve our Nation. Men and women such Please turn to A4

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WWII veteran reflects on a century of life

potential presidential contender and his fellow Republicans who had spent heavily in a bid to win both houses and move his agenda, including a ban on abortion after 15 weeks.

Instead of putting in place a new model for how Republicans can win, he now faces having to work more closely with the opposition.

Democrats celebrated at a watch party at a

After rebuffing repeated requests, Gov. Youngkin provides documents ahead of court hearing

No way. No how.

That was Richmond voters’ resounding response to the question of whether a $562 million casino-resort should be developed in South Side.

Of the 65,000 Richmonders who voted early or on Election Day on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Elections, the unofficial results showed nearly 40,000 or 62% voted no, while about 25,000 or 38% voted yes.

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For the first time, the Virginia State NAACP and its attorneys have gained a view of what they consider Republican Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin’s arbitrary process for restoring the rights of individuals released from prison.

The governor’s office released 680 pages Gov. Youngkin of internal documents in response to the Virginia NAACP’s Freedom of Information lawsuit just before a scheduled court hearing Nov. 3 on the issue.

The hearing was continued until later this month to allow the state NAACP and its lawyers time to review the information.

The document dump came as an “abrupt reversal” of the state’s position that virtually all of the documents were working papers and could be withheld as an exception to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Deputy Attorney General Stephen Popps described the release Please turn to A4

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Jasmine Norrell looks content after auditioning for the City Dance Theatre on Nov. 4. Please see more photos on B2.

Exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ member Yusef Salaam wins New York City Council seat Voters elect Democrat Cherelle Parker as Philadelphia’s 100th mayor — and the 1st woman The Associated Press

Exonerated “Central Park Five” member Yusef Salaam won a seat Tuesday on the New York City Council, completing a stunning reversal of fortune decades after he was wrongly imprisoned in an infamous rape case.

Mr. Salaam, a Democrat, will represent a central Harlem district on the City Council, having run unopposed for the seat in one of many local elections held across New York state Tuesday. He won his primary election in a landslide.

The victory comes more than two didacy was a reminder of what the decades after DNA evidence was used war on crime can look like when it to overturn the convictions of Salaam goes too far. and four other Black and Latino men Mr. Salaam was arrested along with in the 1989 rape and beating of a white Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, jogger in Central Park. Mr. Salaam was Raymond Santana and Korey Wise arrested at age 15 and imprisoned for and accused of attacking a woman almost seven years. running in Central Park.

“For me, this means that we can The crime dominated headlines in Mr. Salaam really become our ancestors’ wildest the city, inflaming racial tensions as dreams,” Mr. Salaam said in an interview before police rounded up Black and Latino men and the election. boys for interrogation. Former President Trump, In the city meanwhile, Mr. Salaam’s can- then just a brash real estate executive in the city,

took out large ads in newspapers that implored New York to bring back the death penalty.

The teens convicted in the attack served between five and 12 years in prison before the case was re-examined.

A serial rapist and murderer was eventually linked to the crime through DNA evidence and a confession. The convictions of the Central Park Five were vacated in 2002 and they received a combined $41 million settlement from the city.

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Free Thanksgiving meals and turkeys Free Press staff report

Young Achievers and Making Men, along with the Beta Gamma Lambda Educational Foundation, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Beta Gamma Lambda Chapter, The Links, Commonwealth (VA) Chapter, will sponsor a Turkey Giveaway on Nov. 18 from 12 to 2 p.m., 1830 Creighton Road, 23223.

Other sponsors include the Urban League of Greater Richmond and the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Richmond.

All are welcome and no registration is required. For more information, please contact Darryl Stuckey Sr., Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Beta Gamma Lambda Chapter at (240) 413-2000. u Richmond City Councilman Michael J. Jones has announced the 6th Annual The Giveback: Turkey Giveaway.

Turkeys will be available for a person or a family in Richmond that may be in need during the holiday. The giveaway will take place from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Nov. 18, at River City Middle School, 6300 Hull Street Road. Registration is required to reserve your turkey for pickup. If you have any questions about the event, would like to volunteer, or have trouble registering online, please contact ken.wright@rva.gov or call (804) 646-2779.

A free Thanksgiving Community Luncheon will take place at Diversity Richmond on Nov. 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The event is hosted by UGRC/Black Pride RVA. Diversity Richmond is located at 1407 Sherwood Ave. For more information, visit diversityrichmond.org/events

Street named in honor of former Richmond mayor The City of Richmond renamed a South Side street to honor former Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones, according to news reports.

At the corner of 16th and Decatur streets, you can now see a brown honorary street name sign for “Dr. Dwight C. Jones Way,” in honor of Richmond’s 79th Mayor, Dr. Dwight C. Jones.

Sunday’s celebration and sign reveal Dr. Jones honored Dr. Jones and his more than 50 years in public service.

“When I think about it, it’s very hard for me to process the fact that I’ve been at this church for 50 years, but the numbers don’t lie and my legs don’t lie,” Dr. Jones, whose First Baptist Church of South Richmond is located on the block, said in a comment to a WTVR CBS 6 reporter.

During his two tenures as Richmond mayor from 2009 through 2016, Dr. Jones helped build four new schools, spearhead the revitalization of Main Street Station, and start a shuttle service to help Richmonders living in food deserts get transportation to grocery stores, WTVR stated.

RPS announces open enrollment applications Free Press staff report

Families can now apply for open enrollment schools, specialty schools and regional Governor’s Schools for the 2024-2025 Richmond school year at www.attendrvaschools.com. Applications for specialty and regional Governor’s Schools must be submitted by Friday, Dec. 1, at 4:30 p.m.

Families have until Feb. 1, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. to submit applications for open enrollment schools and to the Governor’s Career and Technical Education Academy for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math at the Richmond Technical Center.

Information sessions about the application process, Enroll RPS, and school options will be presented by Richmond Public Schools, with more information to be available at www.rvaschools. net/enroll when details are finalized.

Information on recent changes to applications for Richmond Community High School, Open High, and Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School can be found at www.rvaschools.net/studentsfamilies/enroll/school-applications. Additional questions should be sent to enrollrps@rvaschools.net No late applications will be accepted for any reason, according to RPS officials.

COVID-19 updates The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following location: • Thursday, Nov. 9, 1 to 5 p.m. - Henrico Arms Apartments, 1566 Edgelawn Circle.

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 COVID-19 testing locations around the state at www.vdh.virginia.gov/ coronavirus/covid-19-testing/covid-19-testing-sites.

Want a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot?

Those interested can schedule an appointment with RHHD by calling (804) 205-3501. Vaccines.gov also allows people to find nearby pharmacies and clinics that offer the COVID-19 vaccine and booster, and those interested can also text your ZIP code to 438829 or call 1-800-232-0233.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently recommends that children between the ages of six months to 4 years old may need multiple doses of the updated vaccines depending on their COVID-19 vaccine status and whether they had previously received Pfizer and Moderna.

Waiting periods for additional vaccines can range from three to eight weeks or four to eight weeks depending on the vaccine dose previously received.

Children between the ages of 5 to 11 years old who are unvaccinated or have received a vaccine before Sept. 12, 2023 should get one updated Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

Those age 12 and older who are unvaccinated should get either one updated Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or two doses of the updated Novavax vaccine. People in that age range who received a vaccine before Sept. 12, 2023, should get one updated Pfizer, Moderna or Novavax vaccine.

People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised may get additional doses of updated COVID-19 vaccine, and are encouraged to talk with their health care providers about how and when to receive them.

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Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

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Phillips J. Mckenzie and James C. Weeks of LK Vass painting company are repainting an old service station in vibrant shades of red, black and green. The building stands at the Historic Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground, 1305 N. 5th St. Giant letters noting that 22,00 people were buried in the once forgotten cemetery will be added to the rear of building that faces Interstate 64.

War Memorial hosts Veterans Day ceremony The Virginia War Memorial will host its 67th annual ceremony on Friday, Nov. 10, to honor and remember all men and women who served or continue to serve in every branch of U.S. armed forces from the Revolutionary War to now.

During the ceremony, winners of the 2023 Virginia War Memorial Veterans Day Student Essay Contest and the Virginia Military Family of the Year will be announced. There also will be a special recognition of Blue Star families and 248th birthday of the U.S Marine Corps.

The event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the Memorial surface lot, parking deck and on the street.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive one half-hour early to be seated.

The Virginia War Memorial will be open

for public tours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: E. Bruce Heilman Amphitheater and Shrine of Memory-20th Century (outdoors) Virginia War Memorial, 621 S. Belvidere St., Richmond, Va. 23220 Who: The Honorable Winsome Earle-Sears, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Major General James W. Ring, Adjutant General of Virginia Daniel M. Gade, Commissioner, Virginia Department of Veterans Services (DVS) Dr. Clay Mountcastle, Director, Virginia War Memorial Service medleys and patriotic music performed by 29th Division Band, Virginia National Guard.

For more information, visit www.dvs. virginia.gov

Chesterfield to celebrate Veterans Day Nov. 11

Community is invited to 2 p.m. ceremony at fairgrounds Free Press staff report

School System). Previously the first woman and person of Chesterfield County and color to serve as Commanding the Chesterfield County HisGeneral of the 91st Training torical Society of Virginia Division, Brig. Gen. Wallace invite the public to attend is a recipient of the Legion of this year ’s Veterans Day Merit and Army Bronze Star Ceremony on Saturday, Nov. Medal, among many other 11, at 2 p.m. at the Vietnam awards and decorations.

Veterans Memorial Building Brig. Gen. Wallace CBS 6 “Virginia This Mornat the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds ing” host Bill Bevins will serve as the (10300 Courthouse Road). event’s master of ceremonies with students The event will include a keynote ad- from Gill Grove Christian Church and the dress from Brig. Gen. Patricia Wallace, Thomas Dale High School Band performthe first female commanding general of ing musical selections. the 80th Training Command (The Army

Veterans Day 2023 Holiday In observance of Veterans Day on Saturday, Nov. 11, please note the following for the City of Richmond and counties of Henrico, Hanover and Chesterfield: Government offices Local government offices in Richmond and the counties of Henrico, Chesterfield and Hanover will be closed Friday, Nov. 10.

State and federal offices will be closed on Friday, Nov. 10.

Courts Closed Friday, Nov. 10.

Public schools Open Friday, Nov. 10, for Richmond, Henrico County and Chesterfield County public schools.

Public libraries and Library of Virginia Closed Friday, Nov. 10. Richmond Public Library also will be closed on Saturday, Nov. 11 for Veterans Day, while the Library of Virginia will be closed Saturday, Nov. 11, to accommodate the Richmond Marathon.

Trash and recycling Collections will be on a regular schedule.

Banks, credit unions and other financial institutions Closed.

U.S. Postal Service No delivery Saturday, Nov. 11.

Department of Motor Vehicles customer service centers Closed Friday, Nov. 10.

Malls, major retailers, movie theaters Varies; inquire at specific locations.

ABC stores All stores will operate on a regular schedule Saturday, Nov. 11.

GRTC GRTC operates a normal weekday schedule on Friday, Nov. 10, though there will be no express service.

All CARE standing reservations will operate as normal.

Free Press office: Closed.

VSU offers campus housing to youngsters whose parents are students Virginia State University hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at University Apartments at Ettrick yesterday to showcase the university’s new student-parent housing program. The program provides special campus housing for six student parents (students who also are parents) and their young children.

VSU leadership also met with officials from Generation Hope, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting student parents, to discuss current and future initiatives on campus.

Additionally, VSU has added special child-friendly study rooms in the university library and a lactation station on campus for nursing mothers. It is making changing tables available in female and male bathrooms if they have the required space. Student-parent parking also is being developed for expectant mothers, and the goal is to have designated signage at every academic building. Thanks to a grant, VSU also can assist the student parents with childcare costs.

In recent years, VSU has ramped up its effort to ensure student parents have the necessary resources to achieve their academic goals while simultaneously providing for their families.

After conducting a campus-wide survey, the university identified that one of the

significant challenges that student parents face is paying for child care. VSU Assistant Vice President of Student Success and Engagement Regina Barnett-Tyler applied for the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) grant. In September 2022, the university was awarded $1.45 million by the U.S. Department of Education to provide student parents with child care funding for four years.

“We did a survey to determine what Ms. Barnett-Tyler services student parents needed, and affordable childcare was the top response,” said Ms. Barnett-Tyler.

“Since we’ve received the grant, it has just been a blessing for students, particularly low-income students, who don’t have the resources to further their education.”

Today, 13 VSU student parents receive funds to pay for child care so they can focus on graduating.

Tonya Wright is a 42-year-old mother of two working on her second degree from VSU. Admittedly, Ms. Wright doesn’t need child care or housing for her family.

However, she says VSU has been more than accommodating since she returned

to school in 2019.

“They work with us a whole lot more,” Ms. Wright said. “Sometimes I would have to bring my youngest daughter to class with me, and the university realized there needed to be more resources available to student parents.”

Over the years, VSU has had discussions about doing more for its studentparent population. So, the university decided to join the second cohort of Generation Hope’s FamilyU technical assistance program.

Last May, VSU established a Family Study Room in the library so student parents would have a place to bring their children when they weren’t in class. The room gives parenting students a place to study and complete coursework while simultaneously keeping their children safe and occupied with books and coloring.

“We really want to create a sense of community,” said Corey Poarch, VSU’s Student Parent Fellow for Generation Hope.

As a Student Parent Fellow, Mr. Poarch attends workshops organized by Generation Hope to advocate for other student parents at VSU. Mr. Poarch expressed his pride in the progress made by the university and its increased awareness of the unique needs of student parents.

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Democrats win Virginia House and Senate Continued from A1

Downtown Richmond hotel.

“Tomorrow is the first day of a new Virginia,” said Portsmouth Delegate Don L. Scott Jr., the leader of House Democrats who is on track to become the first Black speaker of the House.

Hampton state Sen. Mamie E. Locke and Fairfax state Sen. Scott A. Surovell drew cheers as they held up two bricks painted blue symbolizing the “brick wall” that Democrats have generated in the Senate to portions of Gov. Youngkin’s agenda.

“It’s official: there will be absolutely no abortion ban legislation sent to Glenn Youngkin’s desk for the duration of his term in office, period, as we have thwarted MAGA Republicans’ attempt to take total control of our government and our bodies,” said Sen. Locke, chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus, in referencing former President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.

Jaime Harrison, chair of the Democratic National Committee, described the Virginia results as bullish for Democrats.

“This is a huge sign of Democrats’ continued momentum heading into 2024,” he wrote in a statement. “With so much on the line, voters showed up at the ballot box and sent the GOP a stark warning — betting big on the MAGA agenda doesn’t fly with everyday Americans, and it will cost them once again in 2024.”

Democrats held the Senate after winning four of the eight most

competitive races. One of the critical victories was that of Henrico schoolteacher and Delegate Schuyler T. VanValkenberg who upset Republic incumbent Siobahan S. Dunnavant, a physician.

Another win that proved crucial came in the 31st Senate District where Democrat Russet Perry, a former CIA operative and prosecutor, defeated Republican businessman Juan Pablo Segura for an open seat.

Republicans countered with a big win the 24th Senate District where former York County Sheriff J.D. “Danny” Diggs upset incumbent Democratic Sen. T. Monty Mason.

Republicans also won a hard-fought contest in the 27th Senate District as Republican Delegate won over Democrat Joel Griffin and independent Monica Gary.

Democrats secured the majority of 21 senators when incumbent Democrat Aaron B. Rouse won his rematch with Republican businessman Kevin H. Adams in the 22nd Senate District in Virginia Beach.

In House races, Democrats won four of the eight most competitive races including a key win in the 87th House District in Hampton Roads where technology specialist Michael Feggans upset Republican incumbent Karen Greenhalgh.

Attorney Joshua Thomas also aided the Democratic bid for a majority by defeating Republican John Stirrup in the 21st House District in Prince William County. Mr. Stirrup was caught on tape advocating for a total ban on abortion late in the campaign

Voters reject casino bid a second time

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who had strongly backed this second attempt to win voter support after the measure was narrowly defeated in the first vote in 2021.

Results from Tuesday show that the casino measure lost in seven of the nine council districts, winning only the 8th and 9th council districts in South Side. Even in those two districts, one-third of the voters opposed the development.

The huge loss virtually guarantees that no third attempt will be made to seek voter support.

Dubbed the Richmond Grand Resort & Casino, the project was to be a joint venture of Kentucky-based Churchill Downs, which operates racing and gambling venues, and Maryland-based Urban One, the largest Black-owned radio and media company.

In a bid to win, the companies poured nearly $10 million into a high-powered campaign, but issued a concession statement as the voting results showed their plan was a rejection product.

“We are proud to have run a community-centered campaign to create more opportunities for residents of this great city to rise into the middle class,” the Richmond Wins Vote Yes Referendum Committee stated.

“We are grateful to the thousands of Richmonders who voted for good jobs and a stronger city, especially those in South Side who poured their hearts into this project,” the statement concluded.

As was the case in 2021, the campaign promoted the development as an entertainment

Petersburg going for casino Petersburg Mayor Sam Parham jumped for joy Tuesday after learning Richmond voters had rejected a proposed casino-resort for the second time.

Mayor Parham said he would be contacting members of the General Assembly to urge support for Petersburg as a replacement for Richmond.

The Cockade City has already selected The Cordish Cos. as their preferred developer, and the company previously unveiled plans for a $650 million casino-resort.

During the 2023 session, the legislature rejected outgoing state Sen. Joseph D. Morrissey’s efforts to substitute Petersburg for Richmond, clearing the way for a second failed vote in the state capital.

A state study has projected that a casino in Petersburg would be as successful as one in Richmond.

Mayor Parham said Petersburg should have a better chance to secure legislative approval in 2024 and could well have the support of Republican Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin, who has made improving the majority-Black city a priority of his administration.

Jeremy M. Lazarus center that would create 1,300 jobs, a public park, a concert venue, a 250-room hotel and other amenities.

Council and the mayor had backed the project largely due to the new revenue it would produce. Upon passage, the city was to receive a one-time payment of $26.5 million and was projected to receive $30 million in annual revenues.

Foes argued that the casino could only raise such money by generating huge losses for players, most of whom would be lower income.

Heading into the election, a recent poll had indicated that the campaign was faltering and could fail.

The no side gained a surprise boost in the final weeks from a frustrated Cathy Hughes, founder and chair of Urban One, when she went on air to

vent her disappointment with foes seeking to block the casino project.

Speaking on Oct. 18 on Praise 104.7 FM “Richmond Grand Update” program with host Gary Flowers, Ms. Hughes criticized U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine for his past opposition and two Black activists who have publicly opposed the casino, Allan-Charles Chipman and Chelsea Higgs Wise.

According to taped clips from the show, she characterized middle-class Black Richmonders who oppose the casino versus working-class Black Richmonders who support it as “house n—s and field n—s,” with Mr. Flowers chiming in that opponents were “self-hating Black people.”

Then on Oct. 25, guest radio host Preston L. Brown unleashed another torrent on

behalf of Urban One’s 99.5 FM The Box, including calling Paul Goldman, the founder and leader of the No Means No Casino Referendum Committee, “a Jew who got the same trait as Judas. He’s a white Jew with the background of Judas.”

While Urban One pulled Mr. Brown off the air and issued an apology, the damage was done after clips of Mr. Brown’s statements began circulating on social media.

In a statement after his campaign won, Mr. Goldman, whose track record includes managing L. Douglas Wilder’s historic campaigns for lieutenant governor and for governor, described the election as a repudiation of those who would use such rhetoric in a statement issued after the polls closed.

“The people of Richmond have made the following clear: You can’t build a new city on old resentments. For too long, the politics of Richmond has been controlled by politicians and their allies who put their own self interest before the public interest,” he stated.

“Today, the people of Richmond said clearly those days are over. Those who can’t put aside the politics of resentment need to step aside, and I think we all know who they are,” he continued.

Mayor Stoney pledged after the vote to “to continue to be a voice for communities that have been historically overlooked and underserved.

“I will work for more accessible and affordable child care, for good paying jobs, and for an abundance of opportunities for ALL Richmonders — no matter their zip code or socioeconomic status.”

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as Mr. Williams were truly members of “The Greatest Generation.”

We are proud that Virginia is home to nearly 700,000 veterans like him who unselfishly gave of themselves to protect our freedoms. To Mr. Williams, we say, “Happy Birthday” and “Thank You For Your Service.”

To further recognize and honor Mr. Williams, the VDVS will present Mr. Williams with a special DVS WWII Veteran Challenge Coin. A military tradition, challenge coins are meant to instill unit pride, improve esprit de corps and reward hard work and excellence.

Overcoming obstacles

Growing up in Church Hill in the 1920s and 1930s was not easy, Mr. Williams said during a recent interview. Four of his siblings died as babies and he was the third youngest out of eight surviving siblings. His father, Willie Williams, died in 1933, and Mr. Williams dropped out of Maggie L. Walker High School to help his mother, Pearl Elora Williams take care of his younger siblings.

“He learned how to provide for a family at an early age,” said Mr. Williams’ daughter, Valeta Williams, 66.

In April 1943, Mr. Williams, at age 19, was drafted into World War II and served as a private first class. He was sent to Fort Meade in Maryland for induction and Fort Dix in New Jersey for basic training, Mr. Williams recalled in “Black Warriors: The Legacy,” a book by Albert E. Williams. Mr. Williams was later sent to Camp Maxey in Texas where he was one of 120-150 mostly Black men assigned to the 3393 Quartermaster Truck Company.

In May 1944, the group was sent to Camp Shank in New York to prepare to go overseas. They then were dispatched to the European Theater of Operation in England the same month, about two weeks before D-Day on June 6, 1944, Mr. Williams recalled.

The D-Day operation of June 6, 1944, brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history. The operation, given the codename OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France, according to the Eisenhower Presidential Library.

On July 6, 1944, Mr. Williams’ unit landed on Omaha Beach in France with the duty to supply combat units with armor, rations and other needs. Mr. Williams occasionally served as a guard for military police and prisoners.

Mr. Williams’ unit also was part of the Red Ball Express, named after the strategically placed red balls the truck drivers followed along the route taken to supply combat units. The destination was not always known, Mr. Williams said. The unit traveled through Europe and Trévières, France, was the first town where he saw the “true devastation of war.”

Mr. Williams was involved in five battle campaigns and was discharged Dec. 26, 1945. He was awarded five bronze medals and received recognition during the discharge process, Ms. Williams said.

Returning to Richmond

Mr. Williams went on to have a daughter and later married, Willie Mae Williams, with whom he had seven children. The couple was married for 67 years until Mrs. Williams’ death in February 2022.

His most fulfilling position was working at the U.S. Post Office, he said, noting that he retired from both the post office and the Henrico County Historical Society for the Brookland District.

Mr. Williams regretted dropping out of high school, and always wanted to go back to school and earn his high school diploma, Ms. Williams said. He filled the gap with a lifelong focus on learning by taking correspondence courses in photography and music.

“We’ve heard this a lot in the years; that he felt like he was too old to go to school with the younger kids at that point,” she explained.

“So that’s why he would start buying books and reading a lot. It’s how he started to pick up on what he missed out on.”

In 2002, Mr. Williams’ desire for a high school diploma was granted when he received an honorary high school diploma from the Virginia Board of Education.

Family ties

Mr. Williams since has spent years at the Library of Virginia researching his family’s roots, viewing films, birth certificates, marriage licenses and other family records, Ms. Williams said. He traced his family’s roots as far back as the 1700s, something he considers as one of his greatest achievements.

Today, Ms. Williams and her sister, Winifred Williams, 68, are caretakers for their father. Mr. Williams enjoys sleeping in late until the afternoon, watching television, doing crossword puzzles or word searches and looking through his “100s of photo albums,” Ms. Williams said.

Mr. Williams’ advice on how to become a centenarian?

“Take care of yourself, eat well and rest a lot,” he said.

and was unable to recover.

Democrats, though, were unable to pad their majority when Republican incumbent Kimberly A. “Kim” Taylor held her Petersburg-area seat against Democratic challenger Kimberly Pope Adams.

Henrico County also was a House battleground, but the parties split key seats.

Incumbent Democratic Delegate Rodney Willett was able to hold off Republican challenger Riley Shaia in the 58th House District, but Democrats lost the open 57th House District seat when Republican David Owen narrowly defeated Democratic rival Susanna Gibson.

In trouble after it was discovered she was featured on an internet site having sex with her husband, Ms. Gibson won narrowly in Henrico, but fell to Mr. Owen after losing Goochland County precincts by a 2-1 margin.

While Democrats focused on abortion, gun control and environmental protection, Republicans centered their messages around issues like lowering taxes, supporting parental involvement in schools, rolling back Democrat-sponsored clean energy mandates and improving public safety.

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“as an exercise in discretion” and other officials called it an effort reduce conflict with the civil rights group, which has been pushing for the documents since June.

According to a statement from attorneys for the NAACP, which is represented by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Hogan Lovells US LLP, the documents “reveal a process completely lacking in consistency or clear standards in preventing thousands of returning citizens from participating in Virginia’s ongoing elections.”

Virginia is one of the only states left where citizens convicted of felonies are stripped of their civil rights for life unless Mr. Barnette the governor intervenes.

The key question is whether Gov. Youngkin, like previous governors, has absolute discretion to restore those rights to felons under the state’s constitution.

The issue of the governor’s authority is now the main subject of a separate lawsuit that released felon George Hawkins Sr. is pursuing in federal court after being rejected for restoration of rights.

U.S. Judge John A. Gibney Jr. last month rejected the state’s request to dismiss the constitutional challenge that Mr. Hawkins has filed as premature, but is expected to more fully consider the issue at a hearing scheduled for next March.

The question of Gov. Youngkin’s authority is front and center as a result of policy change he made earlier this year.

Without any announcement, Gov. Youngkin abruptly junked the almost automatic restoration of voting rights for released felons that began in 2013 under Republican Gov. Robert F. “Bob” McDonnell and accelerated under his Democratic successors, Terry McAuliffe and Ralph Northam.

Their initiatives had restored to tens of thousands of felons the right to vote, serve on juries, run for office and serve as notaries to verify signatures.

Outgoing state NAACP President Robert Barnette Jr. hopes that the situation will change.

“This cannot be allowed to continue,” he wrote in a statement. “We demand that the governor end this discriminatory policy and restore the rights of all current and future applicants without equivocation and without further delay.”

Concern about voting rights has increased under Gov. Youngkin, particularly after it was learned that the Department of Elections purged at least 3,400 felons with restored rights from the voting rolls based on inaccurate information.

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Mr. Salaam campaigned on easing poverty and combatting gentrification in Harlem. He often mentioned his conviction and imprisonment on the trail — his place as a symbol of injustice helping to animate the overwhelmingly Black district and propel him to victory.

“I am really the ambassador for everyone’s pain,” he said.

“In many ways, I went through that for our people so I can now lead them.”

Meanwhile, voters elected two women for the first time to lead Philadelphia and Pennsylvania’s second-largest county, installing Democrat Cherelle Parker as the 100th mayor of the state’s largest city and Democrat Sara Innamorato as executive of the county that includes Pittsburgh.

Ms. Parker, 51, who has held office at the state and local level after first becoming involved in politics as a teenager, emerged from a crowded field in the May party primary as the only leading Black candidate and was heavily favored over Republican David Oh in the Democratic stronghold city. She will replace Democrat Jim Kenney, who was ineligible for reelection due to term limits.

Across the state in Allegheny County, Innamorato, 37, defeated Republican Joe Rockey, a political newcomer. The former state legislator who campaigned on progressive models to modernize county government will replace Democrat Rich Fitzgerald, who has served in the role since 2012 and was ineligible for reelection due to term limits.

The races will set the electoral stage for 2024, when Pennsylvania will be a presidential battleground state, with candidates taking lessons about how Democrats see crime and the strength of progressives in local races.

To the tune of “Ladies First,” an emotional Ms. Parker appeared and addressed supporters at her election night watch party, repeating campaign promises to address struggles with crime, education, jobs and poverty. She vowed to work with Philadelphia’s state legislative delegation and City Council to move the city forward.

“Who is Cherelle Parker going to be? A get-it-done Philadelphian. A get-it-done mayor who won’t ever forget her deep roots,” she said. “I’m Philly-born, I’m Philly-bred and I’ll be Philadelphian ’til I’m dead.”

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Henrico County historic election results Henrico County voters for the first time appear to have elected three Black members to the county’s Board of Supervisors with unofficial results from Tuesday’s election indicating the governing body will have a 4-1 Democratic majority when the new terms begin in January.

County voters also awarded fresh terms to incumbent constitutional officers, including Sheriff Alisa A. Gregory, who easily secured her second term despite the uproar over seven county deputies being charged with second degree murder in the death of a mentally ill patient, Irvo Otieno.

On the supervisor front, unofficial results indicate that

Democratic attorney Misty D. Whitehead upset veteran Republican Three Chopt Supervisor Thomas D. Branin by 261 votes out of the 23,589 ballots cast in the closest race for a supervisor seat.

The two other Black members will be the Rev. Tyrone Nelson, who was unopposed for re-election for the Varina District seat, and the Rev. Roscoe D. Cooper III, a School Board member who bested two challengers in the Fairfield District to win the race to succeed retiring veteran supervisor Frank J. Thornton.

Democrat Jody K. Rogish also bested Republican Gregory R. Baka in the race to succeed outgoing supervisor Patricia S.

O’Bannon as the representative for the Tuckahoe District.

Sheriff Gregory won 65 percent of the vote to defeat her challenger, Harold L. Ford, a Richmond Police officer.

Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon L. Taylor also won her fourth term in securing 61 percent of the vote to defeat Republican challenger Shannon L. Dillon.

In the closest race, Republican Circuit Court Clerk Heidi S. Barshinger apparently won a second eight-year term. Unofficial results indicate she overcame a stiff challenge from Democrat Graham S. “Gray” Montrose by 1,005 votes out of the 103,846 votes cast in the race.

Ohio votes to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use, becoming 24th state to do so The Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio Ohio voters approved a measure legalizing recreational marijuana on Tuesday, defying Republican legislative leaders who failed to pass the proposed law.

Passage of Issue 2 makes Ohio the 24th state to allow adult cannabis use for non-medical purposes.

“Marijuana is no longer a controversial issue,” said Tom Haren, spokesman for the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol. “Ohioans demonstrated this by passing State Issue 2 in a landslide. Ohioans are being extremely clear on the future they want for our state: adult-use marijuana legal and regulated.”

The new law will allow adults 21 and over to buy and possess up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis and to grow plants at home. A 10% tax will be imposed on purchases, to be spent on administrative costs, addiction treatment, municipalities with dispensaries and social equity and jobs programs supporting the industry itself.

The election’s outcome represents a blow to GOP lawmakers, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine and business and manufacturing organizations concerned about its impact on workplace and traffic safety.

But as a citizen-initiated statute, the law is subject to change. Republicans who remain opposed to it in the Legislature are free to make tweaks to the law — or even repeal it, though

the political stakes are higher now that the voters have approved it.

Among concerns raised by opponents that lawmakers may revisit is the measure’s tax structure, which earmarks none of the earnings for Ohio counties that administer social services programs directed at drug use, addiction and other issues that could rise due to Issue 2’s passage.

“This fight is not over,” Smart Approaches to Marijuana Action President Kevin Sabet said in a statement. He called on state lawmakers to eliminate provisions of Issue 2 that allow for commercial sales, advertising and production, at a minimum.

Republican Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman said lawmakers may also reconsider “questionable language” regarding limits on THC, the compound that gives marijuana its high.

“This statute was written by the marijuana industry and should not be treated as a cash grab for their cash crop at the expense of a state trying to emerge from the opioid epidemic,” he said in a text sent by his spokesperson.

For the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, voter approval marked the culmination of the proposal’s yearslong fight to become law.

GOP Secretary of State Frank LaRose first submitted petitions to the Ohio General Assembly on behalf of the coalition in January 2022, triggering a four-month countdown for lawmakers to act. Republican legislative leaders didn’t, and lawmakers asserted the group’s petitions arrived

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A sign against Issue 2 to legalize recreational marijuana use sits near a polling place on Election Day in Cincinnati.

too late for 2022 ballots.

A lawsuit and settlement ensued, under which the group agreed to wait until this year.

Scott Milburn, spokesperson for the opposition campaign Protect Ohio Workers and Families, called Tuesday’s result disappointing. He said the debate now shifts to the Statehouse.

“This ticking time bomb crafted in secret by a Columbus law firm will now be cracked open by the Legislature in the full light of day so they can defuse it in an open, public process before it blows up in Ohio’s face,” he said in a statement.

LeafLink, a large wholesale cannabis market-

place, commended Ohio residents on approving Issue 2 and urged lawmakers to promptly enact the law as passed.

“This vote presents a tremendous opportunity for the state where legal adult-use sales are projected to exceed $1 billion annually,” Policy Director Rodney Holcombe said in a statement. “This move puts Ohio in league with 23 other states that have taken this significant stride forward. We have witnessed firsthand the positive impact of legalized cannabis, including job creation, tax revenue for vital government services and unique business opportunities for entrepreneurs.”

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Election News

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Black candidates gain historic election results

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

History was made Tuesday night with the election of a record number of Black candidates to the General Assembly.

Of the 53 Black candidates who ran for legislative seats, a record 32 won, including 30 Democrats and two Republicans.

Among the high notes, Portsmouth Delegate Don L. Scott Jr. appears to be on his way to becoming the first Black speaker of the House of Delegates.

Delegate Scott easily won re-election and as the current minority leader of the House Democrats is first in line to vault into the speaker’s chair if Democratic victories for at least 51 of the 100 House seats are confirmed when the election is certified.

In addition, a record 24 Black members will hold seats in the House, 23 Democrats and one Republican, when the next session of the legislature convenes in January.

At least five will come from the Richmond area, including veteran Delegate Delores L. McQuinn and four newcomers, Rae C. Cousins and Michael J. Jones of Richmond, Debra D. Gardner of Chesterfield and Destiny Levere Bolling of Henrico.

Black candidates won three of the key races for the House to boost Democratic efforts to win control.

In Hampton Roads, Democrat Michael B. Feggans upset Republican incumbent Karen S. Greenhalgh to win the 97th House District, while Democrat Nadarus E. Clark defeated Republican Michael Dillender to win the 84th House District seat.

In the Fredericksburg area, Democrat Joshua G. Cole defeated Republican Lee Peters to win the 65th House District seat.

In addition, a record eight Black senators will be seated in January in the 40-member chamber, seven Democrats and one Republican.

The Republican will be J.D. “Danny” Diggs, the former sheriff of York County and Poquoson, who upset Democratic incumbent T. Monty Mason in the 24th Senate District, which includes Williamsburg and Newport News as well as York County.

On the Democratic side, incumbent Sens. Lamont Bagby of Richmond, Mamie E. Locke of Hampton, L. Louise Lucas of Portsmouth and Aaron Rouse of Virginia Beach will be joined by newcomers Lashrecse Aird of Petersburg, Angelia Williams Graves of Norfolk and Jennifer D. Carroll Foy of Prince William County.

Sen. Rouse’s win in his rematch with Republican Kevin Adams in the 22nd Senate District was regarded as key to the

Democrats retaining a majority in the Senate.

The Black members of the House of Delegates will include Republican A.C. Cordoza, 86th District and the following Democrats: Adele Mclure, 2nd District; Charniele Herring, 9th District; Karen A. Keys-Gamarra, 7th District; Rozia A. “J.R.” Henson Jr., 19th District; Michelle-Ann Maldonado, 20th District; Candi P.M. King, 23rd District; Luke E. Torian, 24th District; Briana D. Sewell, 25th District; and Joshua G. Cole, 65th District.

Also, Debra D. Gardner, 76th District; Michael J. Jones, 77th District; Rae C. Cousins, 79th District; Destiny Levere Bolling, 80th District; Delores L. McQuinn, 81st District; Nadarius E. Clark, 84th District; Jeion A. Ward, 87th District; Don L. Scott Jr., 88th District; C.E. “Cliff” Hayes Jr., 91st District; Bonita Grace Anthony, 92nd District; Jackie Hope Glass, 93rd District; Alex Q. Askew, 95th District; and Michael B. Feggans, 97th District.

Also, Democrat Altoosa R. Reaser, who won the 27th House District, will be the first Iranian-American to serve in the House.

And Democrat Suhas Subramanayam, who won in the 32nd Senate District, will be the first Hindu to serve in the upper chamber.

House votes to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib over her Israel-Hamas rhetoric in a stunning rebuke

By Farnoush Amiri The Associated Press

WASHINGTON The House voted late Tuesday to censure Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan — the only Palestinian American in Congress — an extraordinary rebuke of her rhetoric about the Israel-Hamas war.

The 234-188 tally came after enough Democrats joined with Republicans to censure Rep. Tlaib, a punishment one step below expulsion from the House. The three-term congresswoman has long been a target of criticism for her views on the decades-long conflict in the Middle East.

The debate on the censure

resolution on Tuesday afternoon was emotional and intense. Republican Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia pushed the measure in response to what he called Rep. Tlaib’s promotion of antisemitic rhetoric. He said she has “levied unbelievable falsehoods about our greatest ally, Israel, and the attack on Oct.r 7.”

With other Democrats standing by her side, Rep. Tlaib defended her stance, saying she “will not be silenced and I will not let you distort my words.”

She added that her criticism of Israel always has been directed toward its government and its leadership under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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said. “The idea that against her last week. criticizing the govBut since then, many ernment of Israel is of her colleagues, antisemitic sets a very including prominent dangerous precedent.

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Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., the lone Democrat to vote with Republicans on Tuesday to advance the censure resolution, said he believed it was important to debate the slogan “from the river to the sea.”

“It is nothing else but the call for the destruction of Israel and murder of Jews,” the Jewish Democrat said. “I will always defend the right to free speech. Tlaib has the right to say whatever she wants.”

He added, “But it cannot go

unanswered.”

While the censure of a lawmaker carries no practical effect, it amounts to severe reproach from colleagues, as lawmakers who are censured are usually asked to stand in the well of the House as the censure resolution against them is read aloud.

But the resolution against Rep. Tlaib did not call for the public admonishment.

With the vote, Rep. Tlaib will become the second MuslimAmerican woman in Congress to be formally admonished this year for her criticism of Israel.

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was removed in February from the House Foreign Affairs Committee for similar comments she made about Israel.

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Local News

Richmond marathon street closings Free Press staff report

Richmond residents and visitors are advised to be aware of street closings and no parking zones that will go into effect Friday, Nov. 10, and Saturday, Nov. 11, as part of the Richmond Marathon. Vehicles parked along the race course will be towed to ensure safety during the event.

South 5th Street between Bragg and Tredegar Street will be closed from 10 a.m. on Friday to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Tredegar Street between South 7th Street and the Brown’s Island/2nd Street Connector will be closed from 10 a.m. Friday to 6 p.m.

Saturday.

5th Street between East Grace and Byrd Street, and South 5th Street between Byrd and Bragg Street between Byrd and Bragg Street will be closed from 5 p.m. Friday to 5 p.m.

Saturday.

West Grace Street between Arthur Ashe Boulevard and North Allen Avenue, and Arthur Ashe Boulevard between West Broad Street and Monument Avenue will be closed between 4 and 9 a.m. Saturday on the Southbound sides.

Parts of Grove Avenue,

Monument Avenue, Broad Street, Westmoreland Street and River and Cary Street Road will be closed from 4 to 10 a.m. Saturday, while parts of North Mulberry Street, Bellevue Avenue, Huguenot Road, and Crestwood Road will be closed from 4 to 11 a.m.

Parts of Maple Avenue, North 6th Street, Longview Drive, Forest Hill Avenue, Windsorview Drive, Riverside Drive, Scottview Drive and Wallowa Road will be closed from 4 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Parts of Semmes Avenue, one/southbound lane of Belvidere, one/southbound lane of Cowardin Avenue, Riverside Drive, West 21st Street, two/ southbound Lanes of the Lee Bridge, and West Main Street will be closed from 4 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Parts of Fauquier and Pope Avenue will be closed from 4 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, and parts of North Lombardy Street, East Franklin Street, Grace Street, Brook Road, Hermitage Road, North 3rd Street and Arthur Ashe Boulevard will be closed from 4 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Tredegar Street between Dominion Resources and Brown’s Island Way/2nd Street Connec-

tor will be closed from 4 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, while Lorraine Avenue between Crestwood and Brook Road will be closed from 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.

No parking will be allowed on parts of South 5th Street, Tredegar Street on Friday, Nov. 10, starting at 10 a.m., and 5th Street between East Grace and Bragg Street will be closed at 4 p.m.

At 9 p.m. on Friday, parts of Broad, North Mulberry and Grace Street, Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Monument Avenue, West Main, North Lombardy and East Franklin Street, North 3rd and 5th Street, Hermitage Road, Pope Avenue, Crestwood Road, Bellevue and Fauquier Avenue, Brook Road, Lorraine Avenue, Tredegar and West 21st Street, Semmes Avenue, Riverside Drive, Wallowa Road, Windsorview, Longview and Scottview Drive, Westmoreland Street, Grove Avenue and Maple Avenue, River/Cary Street Road and Forest Hill will be closed to parking.

Information may change, with additional streets closed as needed. The latest information, including route maps, can be found @RichmondPolice on X/formerly Twitter.

Shockoe Heritage Center to advance

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

City Hall is taking another step toward the creation of a heritage center inside Main Street Station to tell the story of the Shockoe area and the slave trade that once dominated the area’s development.

Two ordinances that were introduced to City Council on Monday and are set to be passed at the Nov. 13 meeting would authorize the city to contract with the fledgling Shockoe Foundation to plan, develop and operate the center and to raise money to keep it going.

The Mellon Foundation provided $11 million to the city in December 2022 to create the center.

“The center is being designed to orient visitors to the history of Shockoe generally and in particularly to Richmond’s role in the domestic slave trade,” said the foundation’s attorney, Gregory Werkheiser, a partner with his wife Marion Werkheiser in the Richmond-based

Cultural Heritage Partners LLP law firm.

Mr. Werkheiser said the city is turning to the foundation to get around certain legal limits that would make it difficult for the city to be “efficient in executing and sustaining operations and programming.”

He said it is common practice for the city to identify a partner that would not face limitations, for example, in “being able to solicit private funds to ensure the sustainability of the center and the campus.”

He said his law firm is involved to ensure compliance with “legal requirements and best practices.”

Created 14 years ago, Cultural Heritage Partners remains the only firm in the nation, Mr. Werkheiser said, that specializes in the laws and litigation involving cultural heritage.

The center targeted for the training center is separate from plans for creation of a museum focused on slavery that is proposed for the area.

That project remains stalled.

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Moving on.

Or not.

The news that a second referendum to build a casino resort in Richmond was defeated a second time in two years probably surprised no one tuned to local news reports over the past week.

In days leading up to Tuesday’s election, a torrent of finger pointing, loose lips and namecalling littered social media. Unfortunately, much of the uproar stemmed from comments made on the airwaves of a Richmond radio station owned and operated by Urban One, one of the developers in the proposed $562 million Richmond Grand Resort & Casino. The other developer for the now-defunct project was Churchill Downs.

We won’t repeat the offensive rhetoric that perhaps led to the referendum’s defeat; readers can find snippets of it on the front page of this edition.

But with more than 60% of votes cast opposing the casino, let’s just say that it’s time for the city to turn its attention to other economically viable projects that all Richmonders can wholeheartedly support.

Before we move on, we extend our congratulations to city leaders for their role and vision in supporting the proposed casino that would have been built in Richmond’s 8th District in South Side where big dreams and bright developments are in short supply. So are the projected 1,300 jobs and $55,000 average annual salaries with benefits that the casino would have provided.

Kudos, too, to entrepreneurs Cathy Hughes and her son, Alfred C. Liggins III, for their willingness to be bold and fight the good fight. Not once but twice.

Years from now, after the dust has settled, Richmond will wake up and realize what it, once again, let slip through its fingers.

Or maybe not.

It’s sad, really, that the casino defeat follows the 2020 death of the much-heralded Navy Hill development and long abandoned plans to make Richmond’s James River mirror that of San Antonio and other riverside cities.

Wishful thinking.

Meanwhile, Chesterfield and Henrico counties announce gleaming new cultural, manufacturing, recreational and sporting facilities practically daily.

And Petersburg, for years dismissed by many as a loser, appears primed to bring a casino to that locale. Petersburg Mayor Sam Parham told the Free Press that he plans to contact members of the General Assembly to urge support for Petersburg as a replacement for Richmond.

During the 2023 session, the legislature rejected outgoing state Sen. Joseph D. Morrissey’s efforts to substitute Petersburg for Richmond, clearing the way for a second failed vote in the state capital, the Free Press reports in this edition.

Mayor Parham said Petersburg should have a better chance to secure legislative approval in 2024 and could well have the support of Republican Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin, who has made improving the majority-Black city a priority of his administration.

The operative word is “should.”

Good luck with that, Mayor Parham.

Thank you for your service, Mr. Welford Williams Friday is Veterans Day, which honors all of those who have served the country in war or peace — dead or alive — although it’s largely intended to thank living veterans for their sacrifices.

Veterans Day originally was called Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War I, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.

World War I officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. However, the fighting ended about seven months before that when the Allies and Germany put into effect an armistice on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

For that reason, Nov. 11, 1918, was largely considered the end of “the war to end all wars” and dubbed Armistice Day. In 1926, Congress officially recognized it as the end of the war, and in 1938, it became an official holiday, primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I. But then World War II and the Korean War happened, so on June 1, 1954, at the urging of veterans service organizations, Congress amended the commemoration yet again by changing the word “armistice” to “veterans” so the day would honor American veterans of all wars.

Thuse, we are honored that one veteran in particular, Welford Williams, agreed to share his World War II military experience with our Richmond Free Press audiences in this edition.

Having recently celebrated his 100th birthday, we are thankful for Mr. Williams’ presence and service.

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Making connections that can help save the planet If we’re going to realize the climate benefits of historic federal support for clean energy and jobs approved in the last two years, connections are the key. And I’m not just talking about electrifying homes and buildings.

We n e e d to connect people to the benefits spread throughout the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Act. We do that by connecting people to others in the communities where they live and with the individuals, local units of government, and non-profits who can help them take advantage of a lengthy list of tax credits and rebates for everything from electric cars to more energy efficient windows and doors.

The need is clear. Seven in 10 Americans say they know little or nothing about the IRA by name. The same is true for specific parts of the package like tax credits for home solar panels and heat pumps.

Bobby Foley of Elephant Energy, a climate tech start-up

in Colorado, sees the information gaps and hears the questions up close. “We are on the ground, scoping out a heat pump with homeowners and installing it.”

Mr. Foley can help make sure homeowners use rebates from a local utility and the city of Denver, alongside state and federal tax credits, to cut the cost on a new $20,000 electric heat pump

Ben Jealous to heat and cool their homes by more than half. He can install heat pumps in homes without ducts and in places where temperatures drop below zero. The result is far less carbon and 300% greater energy efficiency than a furnace and air conditioner at substantially lower monthly cost to the customer, he said.

But the people Mr. Foley meets already know enough to at least inquire. There are more than 100 programs scattered through the $370 billion in the IRA that aim to assist individuals, businesses, and state and local governments. Projections show that if we can use all that money thoughtfully and equitably, we can cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40%.

There’s a good deal of evidence to show that people need help to connect. The National Council on Aging, for example, estimates seniors leave $30 billion of potential government assistance for food, housing, and health care unclaimed.

There’s often a lack of awareness or misconceptions about the difficulty of applying. The non-profit Code for America, which works to make government more effective and accessible, found that even the words used to offer programs like tax credits and food assistance to Americans makes a difference in their response rate.

For clean energy incentives, many states also have stepped in with their own support that can significantly improve the attractiveness of acting to switch to a cleaner product. That’s means the opportunities can vary a lot from place to place.

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A segregationist in the House Many are rejoicing that Republicans finally got around to electing a speaker, thus breaking the logjam that began when Trump acolyte Matt Goetz (R-Fla.) introduced legislation to eliminate Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.). In selecting Louisiana’s Mike Johnson, Republicans chose a self-avowed “evangelical Southern Christian” (read racist segregationist) who is anti-choice, anti-gay rights (and marriage), and anti-education.

Rep. Johnson is an affable segregationist who has made few enemies in his scant four terms in Congress.

The media keeps describing him as “unknown.” Still, while he is a congressman who does not stand out in a crowd, he is hardly unknown to the Republican inner circle who followed his lead when he opposed counting the electoral votes that chose President Biden. House Republicans didn’t just vote for an affable unknown; they voted for a segregationist election denier who is in close touch with the former president.

So, those who say they want a post-Trump Republican Party are not telling the truth. These Republicans want a House speaker who is Donald Trump without the vitriol but a segregationist nonetheless. They are so eager to have this election denier at their helm because many of them are closet election deniers. And in embracing this election denier, they are rejecting the Constitution and the role of law in our politics.

They want to win at any cost, even if it means that they embrace segregation. I’m not

surprised! These are the people who want to go back to the “good old days” when Black people stayed in our place, women remained in the kitchen, gay folks were invisible, and abortion was unheard of. Are there any moderate Republicans? Are there any unafraid of the despotic former president?

Rep. Johnson’s career has been marked by his assertive willingness to take away the rights of others, all done with the smile that contributes to his reputation for friendliness. So, he would impose a national ban on abortion. He would disallow

Julianne Malveaux gay people from having sex in their own homes. He describes gay marriage as “deviant,” but he does it with a smile. He doesn’t raise his voice or shake his fist. He simply works to take away other people’s rights.

Rep. Johnson’s views on women and abortion are especially troubling. He says women need to have more children, and outlawing abortion will make that happen. For him, I suppose, women are nothing more than breed cows designed to populate the labor force whether we want to or not. He adheres to the “great replacement theory” that Democrats are encouraging immigration to replace “American” voters with immigrants.

He has referred to nonexistent “open borders” in his speeches, following the Trump playbook of inciting resistance against immigrant people.

Rep. Johnson has never been a fiery rhetorician. For the most part, he stays behind the scenes. And he knows that, as a speaker, he can’t spout off extremist positions. So, when asked about marriage equality, Rep. Johnson says it is the law of

the land, and he will do nothing to attempt to reverse it. Roe v.

Wade was also the law of the land. Then came Dobbs, with the three most recent Supreme Court Justices – Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Comey-Barrett all swore under oath that they would “uphold the law of the land” and would not nullify Roe. But they did it in the Dobbs case when they got an opening. I will not be surprised if, given new Congressional conservative leadership, they support the same thing in this Supreme Court.

There are many regressive legislative possibilities on the table for a segregationist like Mike Johnson. He already has indicated that he will proceed with a Biden impeachment inquiry. He is likely to support anything that undermines affirmative action both in higher education and in the workplace, with the encouragement of deep pockets racists.

Alarmingly, Rep. Johnson has been described by Alex Johnson, executive director of Social Security Works, as “an enemy of Social Security.” If the House Speaker had his way, he would raise the retirement age, lower the cost-of-living increases, and privatize Social Security. And Republican legislators would likely go along with it, even though they represent Social Security recipients, to embrace a Trump-driven segregationist agenda.

Some describe Rep. Johnson’s rise to the speakership as the accidental elevation of a relative unknown. I say it was planned. Look at his record.

Look at his statements. And understand that the fight for economic and social justice is “on” with the segregationist leader in the House.

The writer is is an economist and educator.

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for funds from the infrastructure package to transition their transportation to electric school buses.

Communities can share $1 billion a year. School buses account for the largest public bus fleet across the country, but school systems “often get overlooked in climate action,” Ms. Ashley noted.

School Board members might have sticker shock — electric buses can cost more than two times new diesel buses, Ms. Ashley said. But the federal incentives and the far lower operating costs change that perspective.

Communities recognize the need and favor of government support for a cleaner economy It’s something most of us believe in. But we need to ensure support doesn’t stay written on the pages of legislation. We need to learn more — preferably from using the incentives ourselves — and share that knowledge with others who can benefit from it.

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Biden administration says colleges must fight ‘alarming rise’ in antisemitism and Islamophobia

By Collin Binkley The Associated Press

WASHINGTON The Biden administration is warning U.S. schools and colleges that they must take immediate action to stop antisemitism and Islamophobia on their campuses, citing an “alarming rise” in threats and harassment.

In a Tuesday letter, the Education Department said there’s “renewed urgency” to fight discrimination against students during the Israel-Hamas war.

The letter reminds schools of their legal duty to protect students and intervene to stop harassment that disrupts their education.

“The rise of reports of hate incidents on our college campuses in the wake of the IsraelHamas conflict is deeply traumatic for students and should be alarming to all Americans,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement.

“Antisemitism, Islamophobia and all other forms of hatred go against everything we stand for as a nation.”

Universities have faced mounting criticism over their response to the war and its reverberations at U.S. schools.

Jewish and Muslim students on many campuses say too little is being done to keep them safe. Protests have sometimes turned violent, including at a recent demonstration at Tulane University, while threats of violence have upended campuses, including Cornell University.

Antisemitism policies at public city colleges in New York will be reviewed, the governor says.

The Education Department letter offered few specifics on how colleges should respond, and it did little to answer questions about where to draw the line between political speech and harassment. Instead, it outlined schools’ broad duties under the Civil Rights Act. It states schools must intervene to stop conduct that is “objectively offensive and is so severe or pervasive that it limits or denies a person’s ability to participate in or benefit from the recipient’s education program or activity.” It urged schools to “be vigilant in protecting your students’ rights.”

The Education Department investigates reports of civil rights violations at schools and universities. Institutions can face penalties up to a loss of federal money.

Meeting with a group of Jewish students from Baltimore colleges last week, Secretary Cardona said he was “appalled and horrified” by incidents of antisemitism on U.S. campuses.

A White House official at the meeting noted that attacks on Arabs and Muslims have been

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versity. But more needs to be done to help colleges identify antisemitism or Islamophobia and prevent it in the first place, he said.

“It requires the school or the administration or even the federal government to really take a stand,” he said.

On many campuses, Muslim and Arab students say they also feel unsafe. At Stanford University, a driver accelerated

into an Arab student who was walking to class on Friday.

Police are investigating it as a hate crime. At Yale University, someone wrote “death to Palestine” on a campus whiteboard last month.

In a statement, the Stanford student criticized the university’s response. Abdulwahab Omira said the school waited six hours to issue a statement and diminished the severity of

the attack.

Federal law enforcement officials are working with campus police to assess threats.

The Biden administration said it will take other steps as it unrolls its national strategy against antisemitism — an effort inspired by a 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. It’s also working on a new strategy to counter Islamophobia.

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Samuel Winkler wears a Hillel kippah during a Nov. 2 visit by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to Towson University to discuss antisemitism on college campuses in Towson, Md. The Biden administration is warning U.S. schools and colleges that they must take immediate action to stop antisemitism and Islamophobia on their campuses, citing an “alarming rise” in threats and harassment.

on the rise too.

At the meeting, students called on Secretary Cardona to help colleges prevent the type of casual antisemitism that they fear will escalate into violence.

Students at Towson University said a prayer gathering was disrupted when other students wrote “(expletive) the Jews” on a nearby chalkboard. Online chat boards have been littered with antisemitic insults, they said, some singling out Jews on campus.

Makayla Bernstein, president of Towson Hillel, said the Education Department’s letter is a strong start but needs to go farther. She was hoping for clearer guidance to help colleges

identify rhetoric or behavior that should be considered antisemitic.

“Leaders on our campus have been having a hard time knowing where the line is,” Ms. Bernstein said. Anything short of violence has been tolerated, she added, with other forms of antisemitism “falling through the cracks.”

“Hopefully our president will be reading this letter and realize that there are many students who are afraid to walk around campus right now,” she said.

The letter serves as a firm warning that there are consequences if colleges fail to protect Jewish or Muslim students, said Steven Doctorman, a Jewish student at Johns Hopkins Uni-

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As Northern DiviThis is arguably sion winner, VUU (9the most dominant 1) will face Southern season for a VUU kingpin Fayetteville program that took up Coach Parker State (8-2) at 3 p.m. at football in 1900.

Salem, Va., Stadium Along with the (1008 Texas St.).

9-1 record. The Panthers have Saturday’s game will serve outscored their opponents, 361 as a rematch. points to 98, and outgained The Panthers’ only loss their foes, 3,641 yards to was by 10-7 to Fayetteville 1,831. on Sept. 23 during a tropical As usual, Jada Byers put storm at drenched and wind- on a show for the home crowd swept Hovey. against VSU. The junior from VUU is overdue for a con- New Jersey ran for 155 yards ference crown. The Panthers’ on 27 tries and caught one last title came in 2001 under of Christian Reid’s four TD Coach Willard Bailey. passes. Kory Fleming, Said VUU will carry a six-game Sidibe and Ricky Key had winning streak to Salem while the others.

Fayetteville’s Broncos have Defensively, junior linewon eight straight. backer Jabrill Norman had 12

After southern losses, VUU seeks northern victories Following a difficult trip to the Deep South, the Virginia Union University basketball team is now pointing north.

Coach Jay Butler’s rebuilding Panthers dropped two games last weekend in Lakeland, Joshua Caine Tahj Harding Fla. – losing to Florida Southern 79-62 and Emporia (Kansas) State, 72-59.

Coming up is a trip to Millersville, Pa., to play Mansfield, Pa., State on Saturday and host Millersville on Sunday.

In Florida, 6-foot-7 freshman Joshua Caine was a bright spot, scoring 14 points and blocking three shots in the loss to host Southern.

Preseason All-CIAA Tahj Harding had 18 points in the loss to Emporia.

VUU has only two returning players from last year’s squad.

City high schools to host quarterfinal regionals This has been a banner season for Richmond City high school football, and the best could be yet to come.

Local fans won’t have to travel far to see some playoff action.

Thomas Jefferson, Armstrong and Huguenot will all host quarterfinal regional games Friday, Nov. 10, with 7 p.m. kickoffs.

Region 3B – No. 1 seed Thomas Jefferson vs. No. 8 Goochland at Hovey Field; No. 4 Armstrong vs. No. 5 William Monroe (of Standardsville) at Virginia State’s Rogers Stadium.

If TJ and Armstrong both win, they will face each other Nov. 18 at Hovey. TJ defeated the Wildcats, 28-12 in a regular season game Oct. 27.

If TJ keeps winning, it could play three regional games at Hovey, plus a state semifinal.

Region 4B – No. 3 Huguenot vs. No. 6 Powhatan at the “Falcons’ Nest” on Forest Hill Avenue.

TJ, under Coach Eric Harris, went 9-0 while outscoring the oppositions, 395-67. The Vikings finished their regular schedule with a 23-7 win at Colonial Heights.

Armstrong, under Coach Jeremy Pruitt, went 7-3 with closing wins over Manassas Park, 54-0, and Mechanicsville, 44-7.

In his first season with the Falcons, Coach Charles Scott led Huguenot to a 7-2 record that including finishing wins over Midlothian (30-15) and Monacan (41-6).

There are three rounds of regional play, followed by State semifinals Dec. 2 and finals Dec. 9. Both the Class 3 and 4 championships will be at Liberty University in Lynchburg.

late going. The CIAA’s rushing leader missed two full games and part of another earlier this season with a leg injury.

Byers did not play in the first game against the Broncos.

Last Saturday’s crowd may have been as big a story as the game itself. VUU’s previous record of 12,150 was set Oct. 29, 1983, in a 16-6 win over VSU. Thousands more flooded the area surrounding Hovey. The

Photos by James Haskins/Richmond Free Press

Below, Virginia Union University’s running back Jada Byers, No. 3, skirts past Virginia State University’s Quedrion Miles. A record crowd of 15,000 came out for Saturday’s VUU-VSU match at Hovey Field.

overflow reminded old-timers of the long-ago ArmstrongWalker throng on Thanksgiving Weekend at City Stadium.

The Trojans didn’t go down easily. VSU moved the ball effectively behind “Air” Jordan Davis (24 for 42 passing, 380 yards) but fell short in the place-kicking game.

VSU missed field goals of 33, 39 and 39 yards and a failed extra-point effort led to two points for VUU on a safety return. That’s 11 points the visitors left on the scoreboard.

In Salem, VUU will likely need to win to advance to the NCAA Division II playoffs starting Nov. 18. There are no automatic playoff bids in Division II. The top seven from Super Region 2 will move on to the region quarterfinals. A lessthan-impressive strength of schedule has foiled the Panthers in this year’s polling.

VUU picked up one boldletter victory by downing VSU (finishing 8-2); ousting defending CIAA champ Fayetteville would add a second take-notice win and possibly punch a ticket to the NCAAs. For tickets: VUU’s Martin E. Gray Building or through Ticketmaster.com. Cost: $15 in advance, $25 at the gate. Student and youth tickets are $10.

TJ’s King has ‘designs’ on success There are two different sides to Isaiah King.

On the football field, he is the consummate middle linebacker — wideshouldered, locomotive strong and ready to rumble.

Off the fields, King is an aspiring fashion designer.

The Thomas Jefferson High School senior splits his time between making fierce tackles for the 9-0 Vikings and as founder and CEO of “1motionapparel. com.”

He has established a website, but it was not up and running as of last week.

In the meantime, he hopes to take orders over his cell phone.

“Since I don’t have time for a regular part-time job, it was something I could do at home on my phone,” he said.

“I draw the designs for shirts, hats, shorts, hoodies, etc., and get help from a graphic designer.”

Many of his customers are his classmates.

If the fashion business isn’t booming yet, it is for Vikings football, in search of their first-ever undefeated season and state championship since the era of segregation.

TJ won state crowns in 1942 and 1953.

The 6-foot-1, 210-pound King leads TJ in tackles with about 70 heading into the opening round of the Class 3 Region B playoffs. He also had two interceptions

Isaiah King

against J.R. Tucker, one of which he ran back for a touchdown.

“Isaiah is our motivational leader,” says Coach Eric Harris. “He’s really physical and likes to pound the rock.

“He’s one of our top candidates for AllRegion honors and even All-State.”

King’s spearheads a rock ’em, sock ’em defense that has allowed just 67 points all season and boasts three shutouts.

Along with serving as a wrecking ball in the middle of the defense, King takes

his turns as a bruising fullback and aggressive special teams’ player.

TJ hasn’t won a state title since integration and the advent of the state playoffs, but King has. He was a top backup as a sophomore on Varina’s 2021 State Class 4 championship.

His family moved from Eastern Henrico to the city last year. This is his second and final season as a Viking and he aims to maximize it.

“We work hard all week, and we like to show off on game nights,” he said.

“We like to think of ourselves as the most physical team around. We may be under-looked by some, but we don’t feel that way. We feel we can beat anyone on our schedule.”

A nearly straight-A student, King aspires to play college football and possibly follow one of his role models, Shamar Graham, to nearby Virginia Union.

Graham sparkled at TJ as a linebacker and running back and is now a key cog in the VUU defense.

For now, King says he’s “wide open” for college offers.

He’s hopeful playoff games at VUU’s Hovey Field will provide more recognition and opportunities to impress college scouts.

Wherever he goes, he hopes to make a physical impact on the field while also displaying a passion for fashion off it.

Corey Seager’s two-time MVP win If Reggie Jackson was “Mr. October,” as he came to be known, then Corey Seager might well be “Mr. November.”

On Nov. 1 in Phoenix, Seager struck the final blows in the Texas Rangers’ triumph over the Arizona Diamondbacks for the World Series crown.

The Rangers eliminated the D-Backs, four victories to one, in the annual Fall Classic.

Playing shortstop, the left-handed swinging Seager was 6-for-21 at the plate with three homers, six runs batted in, and six runs scored.

He becomes just the fourth man in baseball annals to win the Series MVP twice. Seager first won MVP in 2021 with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Others were pitchers Sandy Koufax and Bob Gibson and outfielder Reggie Jackson.

Jackson won MVP honors with Oakland in 1973 and the New York Yankees Corey Seager in 1977.

Koufax prevailed in 1963 and 1965 with Los Angeles Dodgers while Gibson was voted best with St. Louis in ’64 (as first Black MVP) and ’67.

Earning chants of “Reg-gie! Reg-gie! at Yankee Stadium, Jackson homered three times against the Dodgers Oct. 18, 1977,

in the deciding Game Six of the Series.

Soon he became “Mr. October.”

The Series is later now due to more playoff tiers.

The lone African-American in the current Rangers lineup was leadoff-hitting second baseman Marcus Semien, who homered in the clincher.

Other players of color shining for the victors were right-fielder Adolis Garcia, centerfielder Leody Taveras and relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman. Garcia was a candidate for MVP honors before missing the final two games with injury.

Texas is managed by Bruce Bochy, whose son, Brett, pitched for the Richmond Flying Squirrels in 2012.

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Personality: Peter C. Pettit Spotlight on The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond board president For Richmonders who want to stay active in their older years, Peter Christian Pettit is helping them access avenues for exploration and growth.

As president of The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond board of directors, Mr. Pettit is part of the decision-making process that provides older residents new ways to stay active and engaged. And while the circumstances to him leading the organization were unfortunate, Mr. Pettit believes that he has had a positive experience so far.

“It’s been busier than I’d thought it would be, but it’s been good,” Mr. Pettit says. “We’re getting some things done and I enjoy the role.”

Since its founding in March 1984 as a branch of the larger Shepherd’s Center of America, The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond has helped older adults in the area continue to grow and live full lives through education, discussion, friendship and travel programs.

The Shepherd’s Center offers classes in art, music, science, government, current events, foreign languages, memoir writing, genealogy, exercise, and other areas of interest.

Courses mainly are taught by retired professors, professionals, and community leaders.

A luncheon speaker series also provides insight into issues, community happenings and organizations of interest to senior citizens. Courses and lunch talks are offered in person and some are also presented online. In addition, transportation services provide rides to older citizens who can no longer drive to medical and dental appointments or to the grocery store.

It was such activities that drew Mr. Pettit to The Shepherd’s Center in 2016 when

he sought to explore his interest in German language.

He participated in a German language program through the organization’s Open University program.

During the program, Mr. Pettit learned about The Shepherd’s Center’s transportation service for older adults, and began working with the organization as a volunteer driver. He later served on the board’s client services committee.

Tragedy struck The Shepherd’s Center late last year when the board’s then-president Stephanie Churchill died. Hal Costley, the board’s past president, filled Ms. Churchill’s role on an interim basis until Mr. Pettit was selected as board president last July.

It was a role now heavy with history, but one Mr. Pettit was willing to assume due to the value he saw in the organization and its mission.

“I accepted the responsibility because I admired the stimulation of minds and the compassionate response to the needs of older citizens that the center brings through its programs,” Mr. Pettit says.

“The Shepherd’s Center is one of Richmond’s best kept secrets — even after 40 years!”

Mr. Pettit says. “I will be successful when that is no longer true.”

With a one-year term for board presidents that is typically renewed for another term, Mr. Pettit is open to continuing the role well into 2024.

“At this point, I’m open to a second term,” Mr. Pettit says.

“I think people have been pretty open and enthusiastic about the fact that I took the role, so I’ve been happy with that.”

Meet a leader among Richmond’s older adults and this week’s Personality, Peter Christian Pettit:

at nominal cost during three eight-week sessions annually.

When Richmond affiliate was founded: March 1984. We are celebrating our 40th anniversary this spring!

Richmond founder: The Rev. Robert S. Seiler.

When, where and by whom was the National Shepherd’s Center of America founded:The Shepherd’s Center of America was founded in 1971 – 1972 in Kansas City, Mo., by Elbert Cole.

Volunteer position: President, board of directors, The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond.

Occupation: Retired IT and business process analyst, MeadWestvaco (now part of WestRock).

Birthplace: Wayne County, Mich.

Where I live now: Midlothian.

Education: Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music, The University of Michigan; MBA, The University of Toledo.

Family: Wife Carol Pettit, son Jeffrey W. Pettit.

The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond (TSCOR) is: A nonprofit organization in which older adults are dedicated to helping other older adults remain active, independent and engaged. We do this primarily through our lifelong learning programs and our transportation services. Our Open University provides a wide array of courses

Mission: The mission of Shepherd’s Centers is focused on creating meaningful opportunities for service, lifelong learning, individual well-being and independent living designed by, with and for older adults through an interfaith network of community-based organizations. Our vision is to transform the concept of aging into an empowering experience for living a life of meaning for current and future generations.

Our values are rooted in the philosophy of what all religions and people have in common — a responsibility to do good and help others. We seek to provide all individuals with meaningful experiences for personal growth and self-expression.

For healthy, active lifestyles; for social and recreational opportunities to build friendships.

By helping our neighbors, we help our communities.

Richmond headquarters: 3111 Northside Avenue, #400, Richmond, VA 23228. As of Jan. 1, 2024, the headquarters will be at 5101 Monument Ave., Suite #104, Richmond.

Ways to become involved as

a client: Contact our office at (804) 355-7282 or visit us online at tscor.org.

As a volunteer: Visit our website at https://tscor.org/ volunteer/ or contact our office at (804) 355-7282.

TSCOR is funded: Through the generosity of our members, legacies and bequests, various foundations, congregations and matching gift programs. Except for funds widely available during the pandemic, we receive no government subsidies.

Strategy for achieving goals: Aggressively getting the word out about the organization and the value we bring to the community, and making sure that we are known for the excellence of the services that we provide.

No. 1 challenge: Our current number one challenge is to find volunteers who are enthusiastic about our mission and helping us achieve our goals.

Upcoming events: The Open University Winter Session begins Jan. 15, 2024, followed by our 40th anniversary celebration in March. For other events, keep your eyes on tscor.org!

How I start the day: With a good cup of coffee, 20 minutes of stretching and then a long walk by the Swift Creek Reservoir.

Three words that best describe me: Quiet, open and serious.

If I had 10 extra minutes in the day: Read the commentary of someone with an alternate point of view.

Best late-night snack: A freshly baked oatmeal raisin cookie.

The music I listen to most is: Being a former musician and having two degrees in music,

I mostly listen to classical music.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: Edit (and view!) photos taken during various travels – those are our souvenirs.

A quote that inspires me: “The Buck stops here.” — Harry Truman At the top of my “to-do” list: Get my “to-do” list organized!

The best thing my parents ever taught me: Don’t pay much attention to people’s flaws — we all have them.

Instead, find the goodness in people. Also, my mother was one who paid a lot of attention to the older adults around her, helping when and where possible. That set an example that I have tried to follow.

The person who influenced me the most: My (late) older brother John, who was the best “big brother” that a kid could ever hope to have had.

Book that influenced me the most: “First Things First” by Stephen Covey — as it was, for me, a primer about focusing on what is most important.

What I’m reading now: “Grant” by Ron Chernow – Ulysses S. Grant’s presidency (1869 to 1877) and his impact on the nation, beyond his Civil War contributions, has been significantly underestimated by historians.

Next goal: Increasing The Shepherd’s Center volunteer base — especially volunteer drivers to ensure that we have enough to meet our demand, as well as increasing the reach and the diversity of our membership and participation in the Open University.

The Market @ 25th In 2023, VPM partnered with artist David Marion of Liberated Flow to design a mural in The Market @ 25th’s community room. The purpose of the mural is to reflect the culture and history of the Church Hill community alongside VPM’s mission to educate, entertain and inspire from childhood through adulthood.

Photo courtesy of Monica Pedynkowski

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Happenings ‘Kemba’, a film based on Richmonder’s life of love, prison and redemption, makes screen debut

By Debora Timms

particularly Black women, who were being warehoused in a justice system “Kemba,” a movie based on the operated on automatic pilot.” true story of Richmond native Kemba Speaking by phone ahead of the Smith, made its world premiere this Fort Lauderdale screening, Ms. Smith week at the Fort Lauderdale Interna- said that “a movie has always been tional Film Festival. out there” ever since Mr. Stuart wrote In a May 1996 Emerge magazine ar- the Emerge article. ticle, “Kemba’s Nightmare,” Ms. Smith was pregnant journalist Reginald Stuart when she was sentenced in wrote about Ms. Smith, who 1994 as a first-time, nonwas serving time in federal violent offender to 24.5 prison after pleading guilty years without the possibility two years earlier to conspiraof parole under mandacy to distribute crack cocaine tory minimum sentencing related to her boyfriend’s guidelines enacted under illegal activities. the Anti-Drug Abuse Act Ms. Smith Mr. Stuart described Ms. of 1986 signed into law by Smith as a young, sheltered woman President Reagan as part of America’s attending college at Hampton Univer- “War on Drugs.” sity who falls in love with a man, only “It felt surreal,” Ms. Smith said about to find out was a physically abusive having this time in her life portrayed on drug dealer. the big screen. “I had the opportunity “Although Ms. Smith made a poor to help with the script, be involved decision, and she had to pay for her in picking out talent and to be on set mistake, Emerge exposed the insanity working alongside the director.” of new mandatory minimum laws,” Ms. Smith one of the film’s exwrote George Curry, the magazine’s ecutive producers. The screenplay is editor, in the “Best of Emerge Maga- written by Christine Swanson, the film zine.” “Ms. Smith was a nonviolent is directed by Kelley Kali, and Nesta offender, yet she was sentenced to Cooper plays Ms. Smith in the film. remain in prison through 2016. Ms. When filming took place in a GeorSmith put a face on many young people, gia prison facility, Ms. Smith was there

to provide notes on the scenes. She acknowledged experiencing anxiety from the visit.

“That showed me that healing is an ongoing process even so many years later,” she said, noting that Dec. 22 will mark 23 years since she was granted clemency by President Clinton and released from prison.

“I was fortunate to have gotten a miracle,” Ms. Smith said about the release that resulted from the hard work of various organizations such

as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and her parents, William “Gus” Smith and Odessa Smith, whom she calls “heroes” for their unconditional love in standing by her.

She added there is also a sense of “survivor’s guilt” too because she was given clemency while others she says also are deserving remain behind bars such as Michelle West, who was also sentenced in 1994 as a first-time offender in a drug conspiracy case to life plus 50 years.

Bringing attention to cases such as this and helping to humanize those who are incarcerated is one of the reasons why Ms. Smith feels “Kemba” is an important movie.

“Our society incarcerates about 2 million people — more than any other country in the world,” Ms. Smith said.

“I hope my story can help to move communities and stakeholders to push for legislation that gives people a second chance.”

She also hopes that it can open conversations on so many other issues — how important it is for young people especially to recognize that the decisions they make can have life and death consequences, the need healthy communication between parents and children, issues surrounding domestic

violence and the impacts of mass incarceration.

Since her release from prison in 2000, Ms. Smith has earned a bachelor’s in social work from Virginia Union University and a law degree from Howard University School of Law. She has also worked toward criminal justice reform with many of the same organizations that helped her gain her release, and she has served on both the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission and the Virginia Parole Board.

She also is married and the proud mother of a son and a daughter.

“When I share my story, it is always with the hope of being able to impact other people, impact policy and humanize my experience,” Ms. Smith said.

“Some aspects are painful, but I am also proud of the woman I’ve become and that I was able to get to this point.”

“Kemba” will be screening this month at the Black Harvest Film Festival in Chicago, the St. Louis International Film Festival and the Rome Independent Film Festival. It will air next year on BET. Emerge magazine ceased publication in 2000, and Mr. Curry is deceased.

Mr. Stuart is an occasional writer for the Richmond Free Press.

So you think you can dance?

Photos by Brian Palmer

Richmond area youths auditioned for the City Dance Theater Nov. 4 at Pine Camp Cultural Arts Center. The City Dance Theater is an award-winning ensemble of approximately 15 young men and women. Together they bring excitement and creativity to movement.

The dance theater is known for its energetic, crowdpleasing performances throughout the state of Virginia.

Students who have achieved the necessary technique and strength may audition for our performing company, according to the dance theater’s website.

These dancers appear throughout the region, and also travel to dance competitions. As a competition team they have achieved national recognition. They have performed at Disney Worlds’ Magic Kingdom and Epcot Center, with the Richmond Symphony, and at Dogwood Dell. They also perform at local festivals, half-time shows and other special events.

Under the direction of Annette Holt and Rodney Williams, performances include classical ballet, jazz and modern dance.

Richmond Symphony to perform long-overlooked ‘Negro Folk Symphony’ When the Richmond Symphony takes the stage for two performances this weekend, one of the pieces they will perform is being billed as “the greatest symphony you’ve never heard.”

First premiered to critical acclaim in 1934, “Negro Folk Symphony” by William Dawson never achieved widespread success. It became the African-American composer’s first and last symphony, and has only been performed a handful of times since. Now Richmond audiences will get to hear it conducted by the symphony’s music director, Valentina Peleggi.

“Until a couple of years ago I had never heard about this symphony,” Ms. Peleggi confided in a recent Zoom interview.

She said she found the work by chance searching online for new music during the pandemic.

Obtaining the score for the relatively obscure piece was not easy; however, she was drawn in by the sound, the history and the idea of what the composer was trying to create.

“It was embracing two worlds and two cultures into one piece of music. Negro folk music and the symphony,” Ms. Peleggi explained. “What I really loved was that the goal was to bring people together — to create a bond and an embrace.”

The Italian-born conductor has worked with orchestras around the world. She was working in Brazil when she saw the opening for music director at the Richmond Symphony.

She applied, in part, because former associate conductor Marin Alsop shared how she

was given her first opportunity as a female conductor by the symphony in the late 1980s.

Her interview was interrupted by the start of lockdowns, but Ms. Peleggi said she fell in love with Richmond. She took the job during the 2020-

display during the Nov. 11 and Nov. 12 performances that have freedom as a common thread.

“Negro Folk Symphony” features unique instruments specific to the piece including drums and a bell that is struck repeatedly to represent church bells tolling. A reminder, said Ms. Peleggi, “of those for whom there was no memorial during the 250 years of slavery in the United States of America.”

Adolphus Hailstork’s 2nd Piano Concerto, “The Peaceable Kingdom,” also will be premiered along Mr. Dawson Ms. Peleggi with a two-conductor 21 season, and her contract meditation between Ms. Pelegwas recently extended through gi and associate conductor 2027-28.

Chia-Hsuan Lin of Roxanna “There is something in- Panufnik’s “Across the Line credibly rare and special in of Dreams” which tells a story Richmond,” Ms. Peleggi said. about Harriet Tubman and “There is great talent in the Rani Lakshmibai, separated orchestra. The musicians are by an ocean but both fighting really, truly artists with a com- against oppression. bination of passion, enthusiasm For more information or and talent.” to purchase tickets visit richAll of which will be on mondsymphony.com.

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Faith News/Directory Celebrating community

Two churches step out from the past together

By Debora Timms

Two Dinwiddie County Baptist churches, Rocky Branch in Sutherland and Central in Church Road, both celebrated their 150-year anniversaries in October. To mark the occasion, the predominately white congregation of Central Baptist and the predominately Black congregation of Rocky Branch Baptist did something that would have been unthinkable all those years ago — they came together in worship and fellowship.

Central Baptist’s Pastor Jacob Drake is a Tennessee native.

He assumed his first full-time pastorate in 2019.

“When we here, our 1-yearold daughter would nap in the car and we didn’t wake her if we didn’t have to,” Pastor Drake said by telephone recently, explaining how this driving around led him to see the sign for Rocky Branch’s church and its founding date of 1873.

“I thought, ‘Wow! There’s another Baptist church that was founded the exact same year as (Central Baptist),’” he added. “I went home and told my wife and she thought it was a great idea for the churches to do something together.”

As a result, Pastor Drake’s wife, Emily, and their daughter, Joanna, helped bring about the joint celebrations.

Although life and a pandemic delayed the idea, Pastor Drake said his wife was the driving force that made sure the idea never went away. He reached out to Rocky Branch in March and spoke with Rev. Herbert Anderson, a longtime member of the church. The church currently is without a pastor.

Rev. Anderson, 94, was born and raised in Petersburg, but he has been a member of his wife Odena’s home church since they married 70 years ago.

When he brought Pastor Drake’s suggestion to the church, they thought it was a great idea and

Lynn Harrison photos

Left, Central Baptist presented Rocky Branch with a cross made from the trunk of a 100plus-year-old tree that once stood on Central Baptist’s grounds. Pastor Jacob Drake said the gift, which was made during joint worship services at Rocky Branch on Sunday, Oct. 29, was a “symbolic gesture of brotherhood” linking the two churches, both founded 150 years ago. From left, Deacon Billy Creech from Central Baptist; Deacon Debera Bonner, chair of Rocky Branch Deacon Board; Rev. Herbert Anderson of Rocky Branch and Central’s Pastor Jacob Drake. Above, congregants of Central Baptist and Rocky Branch Baptist churches gather for photographs the same day.

an anniversary planning committee was formed.

Rocky Branch member Cheryl Fitzgerald was the committee chair. She played an active role in the church community over the years and again since moving back in December 2022.

She shared by email some of the history of the two churches located just five miles apart. At their founding, Central Baptist’s congregation was made up of white people while Rocky Branch’s Black congregation

were most likely newly freed slaves. Prior to the end of slavery, their church services were not in a building like the white church, but in a bush arbor - an open-sided pole structure with a brush roof to keep the weather off worshippers.

The committee planned two joint worship services. The first was led by Pastor Drake on Oct. 15 at Central Baptist.

Rev. Anderson joined in offering communion and a dinner followed.

“Two churches getting to-

gether on a Sunday morning is fairly unheard of. I didn’t know what it would look like,” Pastor Drake said. “Never in my life have I been part of something so sacred and so spiritual. It felt like a homecoming and a celebration.”

It was a lovely fellowship and well-received by the community,” Rev. Anderson added in a telephone interview. “Those I’ve had the chance to talk to are excited to have something more than once a year. I told Pastor Drake we need to start

thinking of something down the road.”

The congregants weren’t the only ones that came together.

The choirs also joined forces with Emily Drake, Central’s interim music director.

On Saturday, Oct. 28, the two congregations also hosted a community day with health screenings, vendors, a car show, activities for the kids, raffles and live entertainment. Ms. Fitzgerald said more than 200 people enjoyed the fun, fellowship and fine weather.

The second joint worship was the next morning, Oct. 29, this time at Rocky Branch. Pastor Drake again led the services, Paster Norwood Carson, one of Rocky Branch’s former pastors, was the guest preacher and Rev. Anderson provided a historical reflection.

“It was a wonderful experience,” Rev. Anderson said, sharing the comment he made to end his reflection. “Dr. King had a dream 60 years ago. I feel that this was a fulfillment of that between these two churches.”

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In Loving Memory

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Deacon Emeritus

Evangeline Carroll Brooks

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

November 8, 2022 – November 8, 2023

Dr. Alonza L. Lawrence, Pastor

Today’s the anniversary of the day that I lost you.

Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure.

You are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure.

Continue to rest with the heavenly angels.

With thanks to everyone for your continued support through calls, prayers, and thoughts over the past year.

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Sunday Worship Opportunities: 10 A.M. [In-person and Livestream] Sunday Church School Opportunities: Adults [In-person] at 8:30 A.M. Children [Virtual] online via our website.

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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, November 13, 2023 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. 2023-321 To amend Ord. No. 2023071, adopted May 8, 2023, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by (i) transferring the total amount of $1,389,467.00 from various NonDepartmental agencies, (ii) creating a new line item entitled “Salvation Army - 1900 Chamberlayne” in the NonDepartmental agency, and (iii) appropriating $1,389,467.00 of the transferred funds to such new line item in the NonDepartmental agency, all for the purpose of making a grant to operate an inclement weather shelter at 1900 Chamberlayne Avenue.

Ordinance No. 2023-322 To amend Ord. No. 2023071, adopted May 8, 2023, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by revising the title of the Non-Departmental line item entitled “JWC Foundation” to “The Richmond Night Market Foundation” for the purpose of reflecting the correct name of the entity for which the appropriation for this line item may be expended.

Ordinance No. 2023-323 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Lease Agreement between the City of Richmond, as lessor, and The Shockoe Foundation, as lessee, for the purpose of facilitating the development and operation of a cultural space in a portion of the Main Street Station train shed located at 1500B East Main Street in the city of Richmond.

Ordinance No. 2023-324 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Subgrant and Operating Agreement between the City of Richmond and The Shockoe Foundation, for the purpose of supporting the planning, development, and initial operations of a cultural space to be located at the Main Street Station train shed in the city of Richmond.

Ordinance No. 2023-325 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Grant Contract between the City of Richmond and The Salvation Army for the purpose of funding the operation of an inclement weather shelter at 1900 Chamberlayne Avenue for the period of time between December 1, 2023, and April 15, 2024. (COMMITTEE: Education and Human Services, Thursday, November 9, 2023, 2:00 p.m.)

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so by following the instructions referenced in the November 13, 2023 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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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 on Monday, November 13, 2023 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 ordinance: Ordinance No. 2023-311 To amend Ord. No. 2022310, adopted Jan. 9, 2023, which amended City Code § 26-1065, concerning Downtown General Special Service and Assessment District boundaries, for the purpose of expanding the Downtown General Special Service Assessment District to include the Manchester area of the city, to change the effective date from Jan. 1, 2023, to Jan. 1, 2024.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so by following the instructions referenced in the November 13, 2023 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 OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD GWENDOLYN P. DENT, Plaintiff, v.

ANTHONY L. DENT Defendant.

CASE NO.: 23-1918-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION TO: Anthony L. Dent 2401 Long Hill Court Midlothian, Virginia 23112 (804) 467-4827 DATE: October 25, 2023 The object of this suit is for Plaintiff to obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii from the Defendant, Anthony L. Dent, on the grounds of the parties having lived separate and apart, continuously and without interruption for more than one (1) year, and the parties having one (1) child born of this marriage, namely Bryson Carter Dent, born December 16, 2004, age 19, and emancipated; and an affidavit having been made and signed that due diligence has been used to ascertain the Defendant’s location and residence without success; and that his last known address is as indicated above; and accordingly, it is therefore ADJUDGED, ORDERED a n d D E CR E E D t h a t Defendant shall appear and protect his interests as he deems necessary within fifty (50) days from the date of entry of this Order; being December 8, 2023 at 8:30 A.M. An Extract, Teste: WENDY S. HUGHES, Clerk I ask for this: William D. Hamner, Esq. (VSB #17836) Lane & Hamner, P.C. 3520-A Courthouse Road North Chesterfield, Virginia 23236 (804) 912-1439; Fax: (804) 912-1439 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF HOPEWELL CAROLYN ANNETTE ALEXANDER Plaintiff, v.

DAVIS TITUS ALEXANDER, Defendant.

Case No. CL2022-27 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit, brought by Carolyn Annette Alexander, is a Complaint for divorce. It appearing from an affidavit that the Defendant, Davis Titus Alexander, is a nonresident individual; it is hereby ORDERED that the Defendant appear before this Court on or before November 30, 2023, to protect his interest herein; A Copy Teste: TAMARA J. WARD, Clerk I ask for this: W. Allan Burns Jr. VSB #68002 CRAVENS & NOLL, PC. 15871 City View Drive, Suite 300 Midlothian, VA 23113 (804) 330-9220 Telephone (804) 330-9458 Facsimile Counsel for the Plaintiff

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It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 19th day of December, 2023 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 IMMANUEL WATSON BEY, Plaintiff v.

TIERRA BEY, Defendant.

Case No.: CL23001306-00 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 18th day of December, 2023 at 9:00 AM, and protect her 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 GLORIA MOUNTFORD, III, Plaintiff v.

RUFUS MOUNTFORD, III, Defendant.

Case No.: CL23003503-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 13th day of December, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. 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 BALWINDER SINGH MALHI, Plaintiff v.

AMARJIT KAUR, Defendant.

Case No.: CL23002867-00 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 a Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 11th day of December, 2023 and protect her 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 WANDA KARGBO, Plaintiff v.

SOLOMON KARGBO, Defendant.

Case No.: CL23003563-00 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.

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SANDRA PERKINS, Plaintiff v.

BOBBY PERKINS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL23001696-00 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 a Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 11th day of December, 2023 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

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Robinson and Joan K. Robinson, as Co-Trustees under the William F. Robinson and Joan K. Robinson Revocable Declaration of Trust Dated November 6, 2007, if any and other persons who may have an interest in the subject matter of this suit, whose names are unknown and are included in the general description of “PARTIES UNKNOWN” Defendants.

Case No.: CL23-7026 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to quiet the title for a certain parcel of real property situated in the County of Henrico, Virginia, being owned by Leonardo Reyes and Michael William Patterson more particularly described as follows: ALL that certain tract, piece or parcel of land, lying and being in the County of Henrico, about four miles from the City of Richmond, adjoining the old Osbourne School House property and bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on a road leading from the Osbourne Turnpike toward new Market Road, which road is known as the School House Road, at which point is 10.43 chains from said Osbourne Turnpike, thence leaving said School House Road N. 4 W. chains to a corner, then N. 85E. 114 feet to a corner, thence at right angle 2.65 chains to a corner on the said School House Road, thence along said School House Road in a westerly direction 114 feet to the point of beginning, and containing one half of once acre.

William F. Robinson and Joan K. Robinson, as Co-Trustees under the William F. Robinson and Joan K. Robinson Revocable Declaration of Trust Dated November 6, 2007, and the unknown successors in interest to William F. Robinson and Joan K. Robinson, as Co-Trustees under the William F. Robinson and Joan K. Robinson Revocable Declaration of Trust Dated November 6, 2007, may have

an interest in the property by a duly recorded lien, to wit: Deed of Trust from the William F. Robinson and Joan K. Robinson Revocable Declaration of Trust Dated November 6, 2007, dated September 10, 2014, recorded September 22, 2014 in the Clerk’s Office, Henrico County, Virginia.

Affidavit having been made and filed that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the identities and/or locations of certain parties to be served, and that there are or may be persons whose names are unknown, interested in the subject matter of this suit; It is ORDERED that William F. Robinson and Joan K. Robinson, as Co-Trustees under the William F. Robinson and Joan K. Robinson Revocable Declaration of Trust Dated November 6, 2007, if then living or if dead, their assigns or successors in interest, and other unknown parties who have an interest in the subject matter of this suit, who are proceeded against as PARTIES UNKNOWN, appear before Court on or before January 5, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. to protect their interests, if any, in this suit.

A Copy Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk I ask for this: Curtis D. Gordon, Esquire, V.S.B. #25325 Jason L. Shaber, Esquire, V.S.B. #96186 DANKOS, GORDON & TUCKER, P.C. 1360 E. Parham Road, Suite 200 Richmond, Virginia 23228 Telephone: (804) 377-7427 Facsimile: (804) 262-8088 Email: cgordon@ dankosgordon.com Email: jshaber@ dankosgordon.com Counsel for Plaintiff

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE FAMILY COURT FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF HORRY Case No.: 2023-DR-26-1052 South Carolina Department of Social Services, Plaintiff, vs.

Clyde Peele, Kelvin Townsell, Natasha SUMMONS AND NOTICES Norris, Beverly White and John Doe, [REMOVAL] IN THE INTERESTS OF: Child Born 2006 Child Born 2008 Child Born 2010 Minor Under the Age of 18.

TO: Defendant, JOHN DOE YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and served with the complaint in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Horry County, 1301 Second Avenue, Conway, SC 29526, on the 5th day of May 2023, a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request. You are not required to answer the complaint, but if you do, you should serve a copy of your answer upon Plaintiff through its attorney, 1951 Industrial Park Road, Conway, SC 29526.

PLEASE TA K E FURTHER NOTICE that, as a named Defendant in this action, you have the right to be present and represented by an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, the Court will appoint an attorney to represent you. It is your responsibility to contact the Clerk of Court’s Office, 1301 Second Avenue, Conway, SC 29526, to apply for appointment of an attorney to represent you if you cannot afford an attorney.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that: (1) the Guardian ad Litem (GAL) who is appointed by the Court in this action to represent the best interests of the child(ren) will provide the Family Court with a written report that includes an evaluation and assessment of the issues brought before the Court along with recommendations; (2) the GAL’s written report will be available for review twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the hearing; (3) you may review the report at the GAL Program county office.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED of a Merits/ Permanency Planning Hearing to be held at the Horry County Family Court, Horry County Government and Justice Center, 1301 2nd Avenue, Conway, South Carolina, on Thursday, January 11, 2024, at 10:00 a.m.

S.C. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES Lucas M. Oates Attorney for Plaintiff S.C. Department of Social Services 1951 Industrial Park Road Conway, SC 29526 Phone: 843-366-1569 Fax: 843-366-1653 SC Bar No.: 100866 October 17, 2023 Conway, South Carolina VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING In the matter of the adoption of Harper Grace Robbins

By Mary Burwell Mayo Case # CA 23000059-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the abovestyled suit is to waive the consent of Justin Smith Robbins birth father of Harper Grace Robbins, to the adoption of Harper Grace Robbins by Mary Burwell Mayo and approve a Final Order of Adoption. And it appearing by affidavit filed herein that the whereabouts of Justin Smith Robbins is unknown, and that due diligence to locate Justin Smith Robbins has been used. without effect it is therefore ORDERED that Justin Smith Robbins appear on or before December 15.

2023 at 9:00 a.m. at the Richmond Circuit Court and do what is necessary to protect his interest.

An Extract, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk Susan H. Brewer VSB#15889 2224 Park Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23220-2715 Telephone: (804) 359-0897 SusanBrewer97@gmail.com

PROPERTy VIRGINIA: IN THE HENRICO COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT SHAMICA WINCKLER and DOMICA WINCKLER Plaintiffs, v.

WILLIAM F. ROBINSON, CO-TRUSTEE UNDER THE WILLIAM F. ROBINSON AND JOAN K. ROBINSON REVOCABLE DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED NOVEMBER 6, 2007 and JOAN K. ROBINSON, CO-TRUSTEE UNDER THE WILLIAM F. ROBINSON AND JOAN K. ROBINSON REVOCABLE DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED NOVEMBER 6, 2007 and HUNTER R. WELLS, Esquire, Trustee and The Unknown successors in interest to William F. Continued on next column

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applying to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage C ontrol (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Mixed Beverage Limited Caterer to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia. gov or 800 552-3200.

Lyra’s Natural Kitchen 9200 Stony Point Pkwy Richmond, Virginia 23235-1971 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage C ontrol (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Retail Wine and Beer On and Off Premises to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Ida J Hite, Owner NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia. gov or 800 552-3200.

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Hours 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Salary negotiable. General duties to include handling of delicate and confidential church business. Maintaining Sunday attendance records, scheduling of church events, maintaining church calendar, printing of bulletins, communicating with church vendors and maintenance of financial documents.

Must be well versed with Quick books, Word and Excel.

Excellent command of language and communication skills. Excellent interpersonal skills desired. For in depth job description call the church office at (804)733-7561 or send resumes to church email at zionbapt2@verizon.net

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