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Virginia Teacher of the Year

RPS’ Rodney A. Robinson, who teaches history at Virgie Binford Education Center inside the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center, wins prestigious award

By Ronald E. Carrington

Perspiration, inspiration and dedication to excellence have propelled distinguished Richmond teacher Rodney A. Robinson to the high honor of 2019 Virginia Teacher of the Year.

The award was announced Tuesday evening by First Lady Pam Northam at a recognition ceremony and reception in the grand Marble Hall of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

The 40-year-old Mr. Robinson, who since 2015 has taught history and social studies at Virgie Binford Education Center inside the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center, is the first Richmond Public Schools teacher to win the state honor since 2011.

He now becomes Virginia’s nominee for the 2019 National Teacher of the Year, which will be announced next spring at a White House ceremony.

In front of a gathering of state and local education officials, teachers from across the state and family members of Virginia’s seven other regional teacher honorees, Mr. Robinson tearfully thanked his mother, Sylvia Robinson, whose illness prevented her from attending, for being an inspiration for him growing up in Church Hill. She had an in-home day care center and taught GED classes at Richmond’s Armstrong High School.

He said he was sure his late father, a construction worker, was smiling down on him at the achievement.

He also thanked the love of his life, his wife Summer Robinson, his brother and his aunt, and he acknowledged the students he works with each and every day, calling them “my inspiration.”

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VUU to take on Duke in N.C.

Free Press wire reports

By Fred Jeter

Virginia Union University faces long odds Tuesday, Oct. 23, when Coach Jay Butler’s Panthers play powerhouse Duke University in an exhibition basketball game in Durham, N.C. Tipoff is 7 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Duke’s campus.

The Blue Devils have won five NCAA titles and been runners-up on six occasions.

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Rodney A. Robinson, the 2019 Virginia Teacher of the Year, holds the trophy he received Tuesday night at the awards ceremony at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

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Cooing with the music Five-month-old Coen Cheeley enjoys the music from the arms of mother Laura Cheeley at the Richmond Folk Festival last Saturday on Brown’s Island. The free, three-day event on the Downtown riverfront, produced

by Venture Richmond and the City of Richmond, drew musicians from across the nation and around the globe and large, appreciative crowds through the weekend.

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Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex are expecting.

The news set Twitter alight Monday as Kensington Palace confirmed speculation that had been rampant in recent British tabloids and announced that the royal couple will welcome their first child next spring, around a year after their glittering wedding injected Hollywood glamour and African-American style into the British royal family.

The baby will be seventh in line to the British throne.

“Their Royal Highnesses have appreciated all of the support they have received from people around the world since their wedding in May and are delighted to be able to share this happy news with the public,”

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Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the expecting Duchess of Sussex, meet Ruby, a mother koala, during their visit Tuesday to Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. The koala recently gave birth to two joeys that have been named for the royal couple.

the couple’s Kensington Palace office said in a statement.

Media reports in the United Kingdom and the United States already are speculating on names and what the baby will

Documentary film captures noted hip-hop artist ‘Speech’ of Arrested Development helping men incarcerated at the Richmond City Justice Center make strides toward better lives through music

Songs of redemption

By Samantha Willis

For 10 days, hip-hop artist Todd “Speech” Thomas, the front man for Arrested Development, worked inside the Richmond City Justice Center helping inmates to tell their stories via music.

They sang, rapped and played out their pain in music, part of a method to unearth the past and open new chapters in the lives.

It was all captured on film in a documentary, “16 Bars,” that will premiere locally

on Monday, Nov. 4, at the Byrd Theatre in Carytown.

Several years ago, “I was watching a TV show, and saw Sheriff (C.T.) Woody’s work at the jail and the different organizations giving their time and efforts trying to rehabilitate the incarcerated men in positive, healthy ways, and I respected that,” said Mr. Thomas, a Grammy Award-winning artist Courtesy of REAL LIFE program and activist who has been internationally Tennyson “Teddy” Jackson, who appears in the Please turn to A4

documentary, talks about his life just days after his release from the jail.

look like given 34-year-old Harry’s red hair and 37-year-old Meghan’s ethnic background.

Her father, Thomas Markle, is white, while her mother, Doria Ragland, is AfricanAmerican.

Ms. Ragland, a 62-year-old yoga instructor in California, visited the couple in England twice last month, according to published reports, and was said to be preparing to move to the UK to be closer to her daughter when she quit her job as a social worker in Los Angeles in August.

“Ms. Doria Ragland is very happy about the lovely news and she looks forward to welcoming her first grandchild,” the Kensington Palace statement read.

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City continues to grow rainy day fund, but no interest earned

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

City Council is poised to exceed its policy goal for saving taxpayer dollars.

The result makes it likely that council will lock up millions of extra dollars in the city’s rainy day fund that could be used for improv-

ing services.

That includes city youth and adult recreation programs that a recent internal city report shows are virtually on a starvation diet compared with the robust spending on such programs in Alexandria, Hampton, Norfolk and other peer cities in Virginia.

A Free Press review of council’s plans for a projected $13.5 million surplus from fiscal 2018 that ended June 30 shows that the governing body is planning to move at least $5 million more into virtually untouchable “rainy day” accounts.

That would boost the city’s savings fund to

at least $122.7 million or about $556 for each city resident, according to financial reports. And there is a prospect that City Council could push the savings total to $124.4 million, or about $565 per city resident, the reports indicate.

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Kamras calls for tax hike to support schools

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

More money, please.

That’s the call from Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras.

He issued that call in an email Wednesday urging City Council to raise an additional $20 million for public schools by raising the tax rate on homes, business property and other real estate for the first time in 10 years.

His proposal, considered a long shot by most observers, calls for the council to raise the property tax rate by 10 cents — from the current $1.20 to $1.30 per $100 of assessed value — and to earmark the projected $20 million to RPS, with about $13 million to support his academic improvement plan and the remainder to pay for new school construction.

The current rate translates to a $1,200 Mr. Kamras city tax bill on property valued at $100,000; it would go to $1,300 if the council adopted the Kamras request.

Council is still mulling the real estate tax rate to be effective in January 2019, with most members focusing on the question of a reduction.

The current proposal before the council would maintain the $1.20 rate, which has been in place since 2008.

Mr. Kamras acknowledged that his proposal is likely to create a backlash.

School Board member Jonathan Young, 4th District, became the first critic.

“I will fight this proposed tax increase with every ounce of breath in my body,” he said, calling for better management rather than a tax hike.

City of Richmond to hold e-cycling event Saturday Need to get rid of old televisions and computers or buckets of paint?

Safe, environmentally friendly recycling will be offered to Richmond residents from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, the city Department of Public Works announced.

The latest e-cycling event will allow people to get rid of old electronic equipment as well as pesticides, herbicides and old paint, according to the announcement. People also can drop off five boxes of documents for shredding at no charge.

Most of the items, ranging from hard drives to VCRs, camcorders, phones and stereos, will be accepted for free.

However, there will be costs for disposing of TVs, computer monitors and printers. The fee is $12 for LCD TVs; $23 for a regular TV or computer monitor 27 inches or smaller and $30 for such items above 27 inches; and $2.50 for each desktop printer and $7.50 for each office printer.

DPW also plans to give away up to five lawn and leaf bags to each city resident who requests them and will accept small recycling bins residents no longer need that can be reused in city schools.

Details: E. Paige Hairston, (804) 646-3659.

City lawyers deny allegations in fired employee’s lawsuit

City Hall is asking a federal court to dismiss a terminated employee’s lawsuit that accuses the city of failing to pay overtime and also of violating the federal Family Medical Leave Act in firing her when she was forced to stay home to care for two sick children.

In the response filed Oct. 8, the city denied Dikiviya T. Howell’s allegations and argued to the court that her case should be dismissed for lack of substantial evidence.

In the suit she filed in September, Ms. Howell claimed that officials in the City of Richmond Finance Department where she worked for four years instituted an “informal policy” in 2016 that prevented her and other tax enforcement employees from receiving overtime.

And when the single mother had to care for her children, she alleged officials interfered with her federally protected right to take medical leave to care for a family member, retaliated by blocking her from working from home and fired her for taking the leave.

In the response filed by two assistant city attorneys, Richard E. Hill Jr. and Wirt P. Marks IV, the city denied Ms. Howell’s allegation of mistreatment while on family medical leave.

Mr. Hill and Mr. Marks wrote that the Finance Department has required employees to seek approval for overtime, but denied that employees were unfairly denied overtime pay. Instead, they wrote that the city followed federal rules and regulations.

Ms. Howell filed the suit seeking reinstatement and back pay.

She had worked for the city since 2006 and joined the Finance Department in 2014 as a tax enforcement officer.

Ms. Howell claimed that she sought to work from home while caring for her two sick children, but was blocked from doing so by the department’s management. She ultimately was fired when she did not obey an order to return to work even though she claims she was still eligible for family medical leave.

The U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia has not set any dates for a settlement conference or a trial. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

Henrico offers free flu shots The Henrico County Health Department will offer free flu vaccinations on a first-come, first-served basis at two upcoming clinics, it has been announced.

The first will be 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the Mount Vernon Adult Education Center, 7850 Carousel Lane near Broad Street and Parham Road.

The second will be 2 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at the East Henrico Health Department Office, 1400 N. Laburnum Ave. The immunizations are available for county residents age 6 months and older.

Additionally, information and screening kits on colorectal cancer will be available with support from the nonprofit group Hitting Cancer Below the Belt.

Details: www.henrico.US/health.

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Opportunity time

This broken railing at George Washington Carver Elementary School on West Leigh Street is on track for repair as the result of the intervention of a volunteer and a generous donor.

Evidence that even small repairs to school buildings can get dragged out, the railing fix has been on the to-do list of Richmond Public Schools since at least the summer, according to City Councilwoman Kim B. Gray, 2nd District.

The broken piece now sits in front of emergency exit doors Slices of life and scenes from the school’s basement in Richmond auditorium.

Ms. Gray doesn’t know when the railing broke, but she said she noticed it while volunteering during the cleanup blitz before the school year started. She said she mentioned it to Superintendent Jason Kamras in late August and called him on Labor Day about it, but nothing happened.

This week, Ms. Gray said volunteer Deborah Corliss got fed up after weeks of seeming inaction and found a contractor willing to install the railing for $500, including doing the needed masonry work. Ms. Gray said real estate owner and developer Carter Snipes stepped up to cover the cost.

Ms. Gray said Mr. Kamras has given approval for the work

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to be done; the school system expected to spend $5,000 for the repair based on bids it received, she said.

RPS spokeswoman Kenita Bowers told the Free Press that even repairs like this take time. She stated that “our facilities team was aware” and was working behind the scenes on the process to get the work done. She stated the staff first needed to get a cost estimate for the repairs and then go through the procurement process.

Ms. Gray said that the repair could be completed this Friday if the weather cooperates.

City Council committee delays action on Arthur Ashe Boulevard, other items

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

City Councilwoman Kim B. Gray, 2nd District, hit the pause button on her proposal to rename the Boulevard for Arthur Ashe to honor the late Richmond-born tennis great and renowned humanitarian.

Saying she wanted to “provide more time for dialogue,” Ms. Gray secured a 60-day delay until Tuesday, Dec. 18, before the plan is to be considered by the Richmond City Council’s Ms. Land Use, Housing and Transportation Committee.

The proposal must clear the committee to get a hearing from the nine-member council.

Also at the committee’s Tuesday meeting, the three members again tabled action on a proposal to kill bike lanes planned for Brook Road. It now is to be considered at the Nov. 20 meeting.

The bike lane delay also was at the request of Ms. Gray, a committee member.

The committee also put a 30-day hold on a proposal from Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s administration to authorize electric scooter rental companies to operate in Richmond.

The committee put the scooter rental measure on hold to allow time to review amendments the administration plans to introduce at the City Council meeting on

Tuesday, Nov. 13, which has been moved from its normal Monday because of the Veterans Day holiday.

The idea of renaming the Boulevard for Mr. Ashe initially drew cheers from the public and seemed to be on a fast track for approval.

But Ms. Gray acknowledged that the proposal has been hit by a backlash from many of the mostly white residents and business owners on the street who want to preserve the Boulevard name.

The criticism, she said, has Gray included outlandish claims, such as assertions that property deeds would need to be changed if the street name is changed. She said that has been debunked by the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office.

Ms. Gray also noted accusations that she introduced the proposal without first consulting a Boulevard civic group. That group, she said, has been defunct for years.

However, Ms. Gray is concerned the blowback is eroding support from her council colleagues.

City Council rejected similar renaming plans in 1993 just after Mr. Ashe died, and again in 2003, on the 10th anniversary of Mr. Ashe’s death.

Mr. Ashe was the first and only AfricanAmerican male tennis player to win three Grand Slam titles — the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.

Ms. Gray said three council members

told her they are prepared to vote against the proposal.

She said the delay would give her time to “shore up support” among residents and council members.

The Land Use Committee, which is chaired by Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, and includes Councilwoman Kristen N. Larson, 4th District, agreed to send several major policy proposals to the council.

Those include Ms. Robertson’s proposal requiring that 15 percent of housing units carry lower or affordable rents in any residential development in which the city provides land or any investment of taxpayer funds.

The committee also referred legislation to the council that would require the administration to monitor and ensure that buyers of tax delinquent properties carry out development agreements with the city, including completing renovations within a stipulated time period.

Other non-controversial items that cleared the committee include the administration’s plan to use $950,000 in state highway funds to improve a stretch of Jefferson Davis Highway and of Semmes Avenue in South Side.

The committee also endorsed a plan to relocate a Verizon utility line to allow the city to open to public use an athletic field at Hickory Hill Community Center on East Belt Boulevard in South Side.

Richmond Circuit Court clears way for ballot initiative on schools vs. Coliseum

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The Richmond Circuit Court this week cleared the way for political strategist Paul Goldman to launch a challenge to a brewing $1.2 billion proposal to replace the 47-year-old Richmond Coliseum.

While City Hall continues to work with a private group to wrap up the details of the Coliseum plan, Mr. Goldman announced Tuesday that the court has approved the language of his “Choosing Children over Costly Coliseums” ballot initiative, enabling him and a cadre of volunteers with his Put Schools First group to begin gathering signatures to put a City Charter change before city voters.

“This is the only legal way for RVA citizens to tell their leaders to put schools first,” ahead of a Coliseum development, said Mr. Goldman, who has been campaigning for years to get the city to modernize outdated and poorly maintained buildings most students attend.

Jim Nolan, spokesman for Mayor Levar M. Stoney who has expressed interest but has not yet publicly embraced the Coliseum

proposal, responded Wednesday, Mr. Goldman’s ballot initia“We have not seen nor are we tive calls for changing the City familiar with the referendum Charter to require that up to 49 proposal,” from Mr. Goldman. percent of any tax dollars generMr. Goldman’s ballot initiaated in a tax district go to pay tive to change the City Charter for modernizing schools. would strike at the financial “This is Plan B to save Richunderpinnings of the current outmond’s reputation,” Mr. Goldlines of the plan that Dominion man stated in an email to the Mr. Goldman Energy’s top executive, Thomas Free Press. “Putting a publicly F. “Tom” Farrell II, is spearheading that financed, $500 million sports coliseum calls for replacing the 1971 Coliseum with ahead of fixing decrepit, obsolete and ina modern $220 million, 17,500-seat arena tolerable school buildings for its 90 percent on the same site. minority public school children would To repay the money that would be have been expected from RVA leaders in borrowed to finance the cost of develop- 1918, but is immoral, irresponsible and ing the arena, the Farrell proposal calls indefensible in 2018.” for private developers to build a convenThe court’s approval of the language gives tion hotel, offices, retail shops and 2,800 Mr. Goldman nine months to collect the apartments in a 10-block area around the nearly 14,000 signatures of registered voters Downtown building. needed to get his issue on the ballot.

The city, under the plan, would create a If he and his team are able to collect tax district in order to dedicate 100 percent those signatures, the court would then order of the taxes generated by those projects an advisory referendum to allow voters to repay over 30 years the $500 million to decide whether to send the proposed in principal and interest that Mr. Goldman charter change to the General Assembly projects as the ultimate cost. and governor for final approval.

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Teacher of the Year Rodney A. Robinson Continued from A1

“My students are the most vulnerable children in society from the constant pressure of urban living,” Mr. Robinson told the audience. “They have made mistakes that they are paying for, but they still persevere and strive for success despite being a statistic.”

He asked people to think back to when they were teenagers and recall the worse thing they did at that age.

“Then imagine all of the people you met in the schools — teachers, counselors, principals and janitors — judging you at that moment of weakness,” he said. “Would you have been given the opportunity to be where you are today or the person you are today?” he asked.

“My students, who are my inspiration, are faced with these challenges every day and desire a great teacher like every other student in Virginia.

They are my heartbeat and I will fight for them, and every other child, to be successful. ” After the ceremony, Mr. Robinson beamed with emotion as he spoke with the Free Press.

“I am so happy now — for my students and my co-workers. We all work hard and it is a blessing to be honored and recognized for the work we are doing day in and day out,” he said.

Mr. Robinson received prizes from several of the program’s sponsors: a $5,000 award and ring from Apple Federal Credit Union Foundation; a $2,000 award from the Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen law firm; $1,000 from Dominion Energy Services Inc.; a Virginia Museum membership; and more.

A history graduate of Virginia State University who earned a master’s in educational administration and supervision from Virginia Commonwealth University, Mr. Robinson took his first job in education teaching civics and economics at Lucille M. Brown Middle School in 2000.

During the course of his 19-year career with Richmond Public Schools, he taught world geography and U.S. history at George Wythe High School before moving in 2003 to teach government, history and geography at Armstrong High School, where he was named that school’s Teacher of the Year in 2009.

He was recognized in 2012 with the R.E.B. Award for Teaching Excellence; received a 2013 Veterans of Foreign Wars National Citizenship Education Teacher Recognition Award; and has participated in the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute designed to strengthen teaching in public schools across the country where his curriculum units have been published.

Last November, he was named Richmond

Public Schools Teacher of the Year and was selected as one of Virginia’s eight regional teachers of the year in September.

Mr. Robinson said this is the first time a teacher working through the juvenile justice system has won the award.

“I hope this is not the last time a teacher in my situation will win this award,” he said. “We do a lot of hard work in the Department of Juvenile Justice and state-operated programs.”

In addition to book learning, he has his students engage in volunteer work to help them understand the need to give back to the community.

Among their volunteer work: Voter registration drives, work with Boys and Girls Clubs and cleanup efforts at historical African-American cemeteries and at the former Lumpkin’s Jail site in Shockoe Bottom, a former slave pen that in 1867 became a school and the origins of Virginia Union University.

He considers it part of the life experiences that students can learn from.

RPS Superintendent Jason Kamras and Richmond School Board Chair Dawn Page, who attended Tuesday’s ceremony, were overjoyed.

“This is awesome, awesome, awesome,” Ms. Page said. “We are so proud of Rodney! He’s a brilliant example of teachers in the Richmond Public Schools.”

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the person became incarcerated, why they did what they did, why they continue to do what they do,” Dr. Scarborough said.

Part of that rehabilitation process requires creativity, said Dr. Scarborough, who has worked full time as program director at the jail since 2013.

The jail studio’s recording equipment had been donated by Virginia Commonwealth University a few years prior, she noted, and is used as part of the music education component of the REAL LIFE program.

Mr. Thomas “spent the better part of 10 days in the jail, working with the guys, listening to their stories,” Dr. Scarborough recounted.

regarded for his socially conscious lyrics for more than three decades.

That television program, “This Is Life with Lisa Ling,” originally aired on CNN in 2015 and spotlighted innovative rehabilitation programming at the Richmond City Jail, now known as the Richmond City Justice Center.

Mr. Thomas said he felt compelled to get involved. And after about two years of dialogue with administrators at the jail, decided to come to Richmond, spend a week and a half the incarcerated men and record music with them in the jail’s makeshift recording studio.

Mr. Thomas’ team contacted filmmaker Sam Bathrick of the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Resonant Pictures to take the idea further. Mr. Bathrick and his film crew were responsible for adding sight to the sound Mr. Thomas and the inmates created.

The filming started in April 2017, with the last filming in December 2017, which coincided with the end of Sheriff Woody’s administration. The current sheriff, Dr. Antionette V. Irving, took office in January.

“We were thrilled to work Courtesy of REAL LIFE program with Speech, of course, but I don’t think we knew exactly Arrested Development lead man Todd “Speech” what we were going to do,” Thomas, right, works with inmates in the Richmond City Justice Center’s small recording said Mr. Bathrick, whose film studio.

“200 Miles” premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. “Once “He even spent a night in the jail.” we started working together though, the The result was a collection of music creative process just took hold. (The film) composed and performed by the inmates. piloted itself.”

Mr. Thomas coached and produced as the Four men participating in the jail’s men sang and rapped their stories or played REAL LIFE program appear in “16 Bars.” them on instruments.

Their struggles show plainly on the screen: It was a transformative experience, said Substance abuse and addiction, criminal Mr. Thomas, underscoring how he has actions that landed them behind bars, com- long been concerned about how America plicated relationships with their families, over-corrects criminality in a way that is to name a few. unhealthy and unjust, especially toward In the documentary, the men work African-Americans. to identify and correct negative patterns “There is a disproportionate number of of behavior and learn to make positive black men in jail and prison,” Mr. Thomas choices to benefit their futures, said Dr. said in a telephone interview from Atlanta, Sarah Scarborough, founder of REAL his longtime base.

LIFE, a nonprofit that began in 2013 as “My son is 23. He knows four or five a rehabilitation and recidivism reduction people who have done time in prison. At program for the incarcerated and former that young age, he knows that many black inmates at Richmond City Jail. men — personally — who have been sent “The whole premise of the REAL LIFE away. There’s something very wrong in program is behavior modification. (We) that, something very broken.” address the behaviors associated with why According to a report issued in January

by the U.S. Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics, roughly 486,900 African-Americans were incarcerated in state and federal prisons at the end of 2016. While African-Americans comprise 12 percent of the U.S. population, they made up 33 percent of the number of sentenced prisoners.

The REAL LIFE program helps current and former inmates at the Richmond jail and others suffering adverse circumstances rebuild their lives and perspectives.

The men’s music-making in the documentary reflects their desire for change, Dr. Scarborough said, and offers viewers a different perspective of the incarcerated and a chance to expand their perspective.

“The film really shows the human side to these men who are behind bars — that they made bad decisions, but that they are real people with real emotions, real talent, who have real families,” she said.

“The message goes even deeper than the music.”

Mr. Bathrick said the documentary also sheds light on the many challenges people face when re-entering society after incarceration, and the impact that process has not only on individuals, but their families and communities.

“It’s one thing to be in jail, but when you come back, the world you left is still there,” he said. “The environment that led you to criminal activity is still there.”

The film, he said, shows “coming back to your old life and transforming it into your new life.”

Tennyson “Teddy” Jackson, who appears in the film mere days after his release from jail, echoes that sentiment on screen as he recounts his dark past and bright future.

“I feel guilt; I feel a little shame,” he said. “At the same time, I feel empowered. Because I feel like, if I can change, anybody could.”

Mr. Kamras also offered glowing comments.

“His commitment, love and passion for his students, especially the ones needing him the most, are examples of the shining light RPS is in the commonwealth and will be for the nation.

Rodney is going to help us rise as we lead the way in education,” Mr. Kamras said.

In addition to teaching, Mr. Robinson coaches and officiates Little League, middle and high school sporting events in the East End. He also serves on the RPS Teacher Advisory Committee and on Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s Education Compact and has assisted in putting policies and plans in place to benefit all RPS students.

Two previous Virginia teachers of the year, B. Philip Bigler of Fairfax County and Mary V. Bicouvaris of Hampton, were named National Teacher of the Year in 1998 and 1989, respectively.

The other seven 2019 Virginia Regional Teachers of the Year are Stephen J. Legawiec of Williamsburg-James City County (Region 2); Daniel N. Reichard of Stafford County (Region 3); Timothy W. Cotman Jr. of Arlington County (Region 4); Christine M. Grim of Rockingham County (Region 5); Jamie F. Nichols of Roanoke (Region 6); Charlcia D. Burke Jones of Lee County (Region 7); and Ashley N. Blackwell of Cumberland County (Region 8).

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VUU has won three NCAA Division II crowns, most recently in 2004.

Since 2010, Duke has agreed to face the CIAA champion in what amounts to a preseason practice game. Results haven’t CIAA champ vs. been favorable for CIAA teams.

Duke University The Blue Devils are 8-0 in the Tuesday, Oct. 23 series, with eight blowouts.

Virginia Union University VUU claimed the CIAA title plays Duke University at last winter in Charlotte, N.C., Cameron Indoor Stadium but lost most of its firepower in Durham, N.C. Tipoff: 7 p.m., to graduation. televised on ACCN Extra Duke was 29-8 last year but lost three stars — Marvin Bagley, Wendell Carter and Grayson Allen — in the first round of the NBA draft.

Duke’s top newcomer is Zion Williamson, the nation’s No. 1 ranked high school player in the Class of 2018.

Results from past CIAA champ-Duke matches 2017 — Duke 116, Bowie State University 53 2016 — Duke 90, Virginia State University 59 2015 — Duke 119, Livingstone College 54 2014 — Duke 115, Livingstone College 58 2013 — Duke 103, Bowie State University 67 2012 — Duke 69, Winston-Salem State University 45 2011 — Duke 80, Shaw University 66 2010 — Duke 141, St. Augustine’s University 68

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Prince Charles, also were “delighted” by the baby news, according to the statement.

British media said Prince Harry and Meghan told the royal family last Friday, when they attended the wedding of Prince Harry’s cousin, Princess Eugenie, at Windsor Castle, where Harry and Meghan were married five months ago.

No mention was made of Mr. Markle, whose personal issues and behavior have served as a source of embarrassment and Want to go? contention even before his absence from the couple’s wedding What: Screening of the documentary last spring that mixed traditional British pomp with a gospel “16 Bars,” featuring four participants choir and other nods to Ms. Markle’s American heritage. in the Richmond City Justice Center’s The former film and television actress traded her successful REAL LIFE program who worked with career for love and a future of royal duties.

Todd “Speech” Thomas of Arrested The news emerged shortly after the royal couple landed inAustralia Development to write and record music reflecting their lives. for their first overseas tour, a busy trip that also will take them to New Zealand and the South Pacific islands of Tonga and Fiji.

When: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4.

The couple is promoting the Invictus Games in Australia, an Where: Byrd Theatre, 2908 W. Cary St. important cause for the couple. Prince Harry created the popular Details: The screening is free and international multi-sport event in which wounded, injured or sick open to the public, but tickets are armed services personnel and veterans take part in sports, including recommended because seating is limited. wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball and indoor rowing.

Register: www.eventbee.com/v/ Braving rain, well-wishers lined the streets to Admiralty reallife/event?eid=122676402#/rsvp House, the official residence of the governor-general of Australia in Kirribilli, where the pair were later spotted by local press enjoying a walk, hand in hand, through the grounds as they recovered from the long plane journey. fund to $16.25 million. generates interest income, reducing the pressure on Their official duties began The extra money would boost the total savings the council to set aside surplus dollars. on Tuesday with a ferry trip to at least 17 percent for fiscal 2019, a small but Finance Director John B. Wack confirmed the across Sydney Harbour and significant difference when more than $100 million current policy is to avoid putting any of the savings past the Opera House, a visit to is involved. “at risk.”

Taronga Zoo to see koalas and The balances in the savings accounts do not apHe said that the city has relied on the savings a viewing of a contemporary pear in budget documents and only show up in the during the year to pay expenses while waiting for indigenous dance troupe. annual audit. the inflow of fresh dollars as taxpayers begin to pay The couple attended a welStill, the money now in savings represents one of property tax bills, beginning in the early winter and come event Tuesday in Sydney the city’s biggest uses of taxpayer dollars, eclipsed continuing into the summer. with Australia’s Governor only by the expenditures for public safety and public By having the savings, Mr. Wack said the city no General Peter Cosgrove and education. longer has to pay expensive interest to borrow money his wife, Lady Lynne Cosgrove, The totals in savings also represent five times the to carry it through the lean period before new tax pay- where they were presented with tax dollars the city spends on parks, recreation and ments begin flowing into the city’s coffers. The city a stuffed toy kangaroo and her culture and four times the amount spent on public stopped issuing revenue anticipation notes in 2011. joey. Afterward, Meghan said, works to clean, repair and pave streets, grade alleys, However, with the city’s population and property “Our very first baby gift.” prune trees and pick up trash. values rising, the city is borrowing much less from The child will not be a prince Councilman Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District, was savings to keep going during the lean period. or a princess unless Queen Elizathe only member of the governing body to respond According to a city financial report, nearly $100 beth authorizes such a title before to a Free Press request for comment on the pending million of the rainy day savings sat in non-interest the birth. Instead, royal experts decision to overfill the savings accounts. He said that bearing accounts in fiscal 2018, meaning it was not said if a boy, the child would council can save more than the policy goals require. needed to temporarily cover expenses. officially be styled the Earl of He also acknowledged that none of the money in the Those saved dollars could have generated between Dumbarton — one of Prince rainy day fund is being invested. He said that council $450,000 and $2.5 million if the money had been in an Harry’s subsidiary titles — and has yet to set a policy to ensure that the saved money interest-bearing account or a blue chip investment.

Lady Windsor if a girl.

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However, the policy goal that council approved in 2017 in concert with Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s financial staff would permit less money to be accumulated in savings balances: $115 million for fiscal 2018 when $690.7 million was budgeted in the general fund and $120 million for fiscal 2019, the current budget year that began July 1 and which provides for $719.9 million in the general fund.

The council goal calls for the city to have the equivalent of 16.67 percent of the general fund budget in savings, 3 percent in a contingency fund and 13.67 percent in the so-called unassigned fund balance.

Currently, there is $10 million in the contingency fund and $107.7 million in the unassigned fund balance the mayor controls.

Before the policy was changed, the city would have been required to maintain only about $92 million in the combined rainy day fund.

One proposal City Council is considering would boost the contingency fund to $14.5 million and the unassigned fund balance to $108.2 million. A second proposal also would increase the unassigned fund balance by $500,000, but increase the contingency

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BOSTON Harvard University discriminates against Asian-American applicants in order to limit how many it admits, a lawyer for a group suing the school said on Monday at the start of a trial that could have wider implications for the role of race in U.S. college admissions.

The trial in federal court in Boston pits the Ivy League school against Students for Fair Admissions, which was founded by an antiaffirmative action activist and whose case is backed by the Trump administration.

The case eventually could reach the U.S. Supreme Court, giving the newly cemented five-member conservative majority a chance to bar the use of affirmative action to help minority applicants get into college, legal experts say.

In previous rulings on affirmative action, which aims to offset historic patterns of racial discrimination, the nation’s highest court has allowed colleges to include race as one factor among others in assessing applicants.

In his opening statement, Adam Mortara, a lawyer for SFFA, accused Harvard of going further than the court has allowed by engaging in “racial balancing” and keeping Asian-American admissions in the years before SFFA sued in 2014 at or under 20 percent annually.

Mr. Mortara said while Asian-Americans outperformed other groups on academic measures, they received low scores on the “personal” rating that measures an applicant’s subjective likability and grit, a fact he said Harvard cannot prove was not due to racial bias.

“There’s an Asian-American penalty, and it’s significant,” he said.

William Lee, a lawyer for Harvard, countered that SFFA’s claims were based on heavily manipulated data and “invective accusations and innuendo.”

“Harvard never considers an applicant’s race to be negative,” Mr. Lee told U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs, who is presiding over the non-jury trial. “If it considers race at all, it is always considered in a positive way.”

He said the U.S. Supreme Court had long supported Harvard’s approach, describing it as an “illuminating example” in a landmark 1978 ruling that allowed race to be considered in college admissions in order to promote diversity.

“We’re here because SFFA would like to change that law,” he said.

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Wearing stickers on his face, an advocate attends “Rally for the American Dream – Equal Education Rights for All” in Boston ahead of the start of Monday’s court hearing in the lawsuit accusing Harvard University of discriminating against AsianAmerican student applicants.

Asian-Americans, who represent about 6 percent of the U.S. population, comprise 23 percent of Harvard’s current freshman class.

SFFA is headed by Edward Blum, an activist involved in other high-profile cases that have challenged the use of race in colleges admissions.

The U.S. Justice Department, which launched a related probe of Harvard after Republican President Donald Trump took office last year, has backed SFFA’s case, saying Harvard has not seriously considered alternative, race-neutral approaches to admissions.

The Justice Department last month launched a similar investigation into whether Yale University also discriminates against Asian-Americans, an allegation it denies.

Jennifer Holmes, a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund representing 25 Harvard student and alumni organizations who support Harvard’s defense, told Judge Burroughs that the university’s policies are helping it move beyond its past as a “bastion of the white, privileged and male.”

“The remedy SFFA seeks would slash the number of minorities on campus and turn back the clock to a time when whites dominated the campus,” she said.

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Congratulations!

We offer a hearty congratulations to Rodney A. Robinson, Virginia’s 2019 Teacher of the Year.

Mr. Robinson was awarded the prestigious honor at a ceremony Tuesday night in Richmond.

The Richmond Free Press featured him in November 2017 following his selection as Richmond Public Schools 2018 Teacher of the Year.

The 40-year-old, who comes from humble beginnings, has a sure passion for education and teaching youngsters, even in the most dire of circumstances. Since 2015, he has taught history and social studies at the Virgie Binford Education Center, a school located inside the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center.

He works hard and enjoys an assignment that many others would shy away from, inspiring young people to learn and become their better selves.

“All students can learn,” he says. “It is up to the stakeholders of the school to provide the students with all the tools they may need to learn,” he told the Free Press in 2017.

“The more difficult the concept or topic, the more fun I try to make it,” Mr. Robinson said at the time. “When students are entertained, learning can rarely feel like learning. Through the use of games and music, student learning can be dramatically increased. I allow my students to create songs, skits and poems to help them better understand difficult concepts.”

What he’s doing apparently is working.

Mr. Robinson, who was one of eight regional teachers of the year, was selected as the state’s top teacher after being interviewed by a committee that included representatives of professional and educational associations and the business community.

He now goes on as Virginia’s representative for consideration as National Teacher of the Year.

We wish Mr. Robinson continued success in the classroom and in other areas of his life. While teaching isn’t magic, perhaps the strategies and techniques he uses with his students can be replicated for success throughout the public schools in Richmond and the surrounding areas.

We are happy to have his talent paving the way for our city’s youths.

Good news We call our readers’ attention to a well done report, “Witness to the killing,” published by the Washington Post on Wednesday that spotlights Richmond.

In it, Richmond is highlighted as an exception among 50 major American cities surveyed by The Post where witnesses come forward and cooperate with police to solve homicides.

According to The Post’s database, the Richmond Police Department had the highest homicide arrest rate — in more than 70 percent of cases since 2007 — thanks to people coming forward and testifying. Police said persistent community outreach efforts have helped forge that success.

The Post’s report focuses on the October 2016 homicide of Carmella “Diane” Winston, a 52-year-old bystander (and no relation to the Free Press managing editor) who, with her mother and young nieces and nephew, was delivering Sunday dinner to her uncle in Gilpin Court when a stray bullet came through the windshield of their parked car and killed her.

The report points to the brave action of one eyewitness, Kenneth Moore, who came forward and how the Richmond Police Department helped him and his family when others tried to retaliate two weeks after the murder trial.

According to the report, there were 22 homicides in the impoverished Gilpin Court public housing community and the surrounding blocks between 2007 and 2017. All but one of the victims was African-American. Police made an arrest in 18 of the cases.

The article, and its attendant video report, offer a behind-the-scenes look at what happened in the case, with interviews with the victim’s family, police investigators, Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham and the witness.

A link to The Post report is here: https:/wapo. st/2J6ejiU. We laud all involved for bringing closure and justice in the Winston case and for telling their story to Washington Post journalists for the public to understand the process and see the importance of coming forward — for the victim’s family’s sake and for the benefit of Gilpin Court and other neighborhoods.

The report shows clearly how the cooperation of just a single witness can help the entire community.

We are grateful for the daily work of the Richmond Police Department to build bridges in the community to help solve violent crimes, and for the courage of witnesses coming forward. Yes, their actions greatly help Richmond to be a standout in the nation in clearing homicide cases.

What is needed next is support for the sustained efforts

by Chief Durham, Mayor Levar M. Stoney and others to reduce the number of homicides that plague our community.

That includes financial and other backing of after-school programs for young people; jobs programs for all people living on the margins; uplift for our impoverished neighborhoods; help for our crime solving and victim-witness assistance programs; and vision, energy and the political will to move toward change.

According to RPD data, there have been 39 homicides in the city this year as of Oct. 14. That is 17 fewer homicides than at this same time in 2017, when 56 people had been killed by homicide. That’s a 30 percent decrease.

With continued positive and focused efforts, we can keep the good news coming for Richmond.

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Trump and ‘Medi-scare’

Maybe Donald Trump really believes his hype about the “lying media.” That might explain why his effort to produce a commentary longer than a tweet contains enough falsehoods to have fact checkers working overtime.

His oped published Oct. 10 by USA Today mostly recycles old conservative attacks against government-run health care, spiced with a few new insults to slam proposals by some Democrats to expand Medicare to cover all Americans, not just seniors.

President Trump and his fellow Republican leaders have tried to do the opposite. As President Trump put it during his campaign, he’d like to “repeal Obamacare and replace it with something terrific.”

Unfortunately, Republican lawmakers have not produced anything terrific enough to persuade even a consensus of fellow Republican lawmakers.

But the president doesn’t let a lack of facts, accuracy or new ideas get in the way of his effort to bash whatever the Dems have in mind.

His message: Be afraid.

“The Democrats’ plan ... would mean the end of choice for seniors over their own health-care decisions,” he said at one point. “Instead, Demo-

crats would give total power and control over seniors’ health care decisions to the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.” That logic reminds me of the often-quoted senior at a South Carolina town hall meeting in

Clarence Page 2009 who reportedly told thenRepublican Rep. Bob Inglis to “keep your government hands off my Medicare.” Sorry, sir, but the government’s hands are all over this popular government health insurance program.

But that’s about how silly President Trump sounds as he unearths tired anti-commie clichés and scary scenarios of Medicare being snatched away from hard-working seniors by “radical” Democrats promoting “open-borders socialism” as they “model America’s economy after (the socialized medicine in) Venezuela.”

I can understand why the president might be a little panicked as the November midterm elections approach. Democrats have embraced health care as a central campaign issue in response to public demand — and for the special joy of watching Republican candidates twist themselves into knots posing as protectors of programs they have repeatedly tried to shrink or destroy.

In fact, as those who have been paying attention should have noticed by now, it is congressional Republicans who

have been trying repeatedly to repeal the Affordable Care Act, popularly called Obamacare, despite their inability to agree on a replacement even among themselves.

But, as much as the GOP might like to duck and dodge the issue, voters who are facing rising health care costs and fading access to coverage haven’t forgotten.

The latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds 81 percent of voters think health care is “most important” or “very important” for candidates to discuss. That’s a virtual tie with the other leader on the list: “corruption in Washington.” The swamp is not drained, Mr. President.

The poll also found that 4 in 10 Americans are “very worried” that they or a family member will lose coverage if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the ACA’s pre-existing conditions protections, a concern that crosses party lines even when our political leaders don’t.

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, one of Obamacare’s most popular — and costly — features is its coverage for the estimated 52 million people who have a preexisting condition that would have led to a denial of insurance in the individual market before the ACA came along.

The “Medicare for All” plan was proposed last year by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, whose failed presidential campaign as a Democrat helped to re-ignite national interest in a

Demanding respect A few years before Aretha Franklin sang “Respect,” Otis Redding’s version had a laudable meaning, too. When Aretha sang “Respect” in 1967, she turned the song into something women have never let go. The song became a powerful anthem for m a n y, b u t moreso for black women.

It still resonates with us today. Her version was not just about resonating with our civil rights.

It also resonated with our feminine side.

Anyway, you look at it, “Respect” is a most powerful song for black people, especially for black women. Whenever we hear that song, we know she made it for us.

Today we are still crying out for respect. When I hear black men and women getting rich at the expense of black women, it’s painful. Too many rappers have taken the 30 pieces of silver to denigrate us, and I’ll be the first to admit, it’s done not only by men, but by a growing number of black women rappers.

If you’ve ever listened to the vulgarity in some of the songs,

you can be sure those who are backing them financially or otherwise never intended for us to believe they’re talking about women other than black women.

Yet, it’s the black woman who has given birth to them and nursed them to adulthood while she herself may have

Dr. E. Faye Williams had little or no joy in life. But she cared about her sons and daughters to the extent that she could without ever complaining. Life most likely had not treated her with respect, but she gave the best she had to her children.

Unfortunately, some of them grew to be influenced by outside influences who taught them and paid them to disrespect their mothers, daughters, nieces, wives and girlfriends.

It’s time for us to get back to promoting respect for black women and girls.

Recently, the National Congress of Black Women joined with Bob Law, chair of National Black Leadership Alliance, and Kwabena Rasuli, chair of Clear the Airwaves Project, to once again work to end the travesty of what negative rapping is doing

to our community, especially to black women. Aretha has left us, but our desire for respect is still with us.

Bob Law reminds us that our ancestors have won every challenge they’ve seriously taken on. There was a time we were in slavery. They brought us up from slavery. We now have a right to be educated. We now have a right to non-segregated housing. Once we couldn’t vote; now we can.

Our ancestors made a difference then, and we have a duty to make a difference now.

We must change the conditions under which our children grow.

Some believe they can only make a living by denigrating our people, especially women.

It’s time for us to support conscious rappers and artists who work to perfect our community.

We met with many powerful women during the joint initiative and media chose not to carry our story, but the word got out. Action followed — and we can do it again.

It’s time to “wake up and stay woke.” The time has come for us to demand respect with more than our words.

The writer is president of the National Congress of Black Women.

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President Trump correctly cites studies that estimate the “Medicare for all” idea would add $32.6 trillion in costs to the federal government over 10 years. But the president leaves out the Sanders argument that costs of the program would shrink over time, along with overall national health expenditures.

And lawmakers in both parties have other proposals that are worth debating, none of which call for the United States to imitate Venezuela.

But instead of engaging the debate honestly, President Trump turns to name-calling and falsehoods to spread Mediscare scenarios of devilish Democrats. He’s entitled to his opinion — and I’m entitled to hold my nose while I read it.

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President Lincoln was a traitor and other ‘truths’ In his letter to the editor, Dr. Ravi Perry accuses Confederate soldiers of being “by definition, traitors to the nation.” He is either ignorant of history or he is a “Court Historian” willfully indoctrinating his credulous students with what Voltaire called “the propaganda of the victorious.”

There was a hue and cry to try Jefferson Davis for treason after the Civil War, but the sound councils of constitutional law said he would be exonerated, thereby exposing and embarrassing the “Lincoln myth” and, therefore, he was never tried.

It was President Abraham Lincoln who committed treason when he, without the consent of Congress waged the bloodiest war in the history of the Western Hemisphere. It was President Lincoln who did not recognize the seceded states as being out of the Union, and thereby, by his own definition, committed treason in violation of the U.S. Constitution by waging war on them.

Later, when people of the United States railed against President Lincoln’s war and usurpation of powers not granted him by the Constitution, he further committed treason by suspending the

writ of habeas corpus and locking up tens of thousands of U.S. citizens without trial when the civil courts were open.

So much for his “government of the people, by the people and for the people” not perishing from the earth.

Do not confuse the many reasons for secession with the single cause for the war, which was secession itself. That was what the war was about.

This sad war was not waged by the “righteous North” to free the slaves from the “evil South” as the myth of American history would have it. It was President Lincoln’s war to prevent Confederate independence, just as the war in 1776 was King George III’s war to prevent colonial independence.

The slavery issue was merely the smelly red herring to cover the tracks of Northern imperialism and Puritan hubris. And emancipation — only of slaves behind Confederate lines — was merely a war measure to deprive the Confederacy of its support troops.

When President Lincoln was asked what should be done with the freedmen, he said let them root, hog or die.

Give Monroe Park back to the community

Although the Richmond Planning Commission refused to allow the Monroe Park Conservancy to place an illuminated Dominion Energy sign inside Monroe Park, a landmark which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the conservancy has named certain parts of the park they are hawking for rental on their website, including Dominion Energy Pavilion and Ordway and Cutshaw lawns.

General Albert Ordway was a Union officer during the Civil War, while Col. Wilfred E. Cutshaw was a Confederate officer.

Although both men served our city after the war with accomplishment and dignity, I question the message that the conservancy is sending to potential park users. I also question the conservancy’s authority to do so without navigating the proper city processes.

Because Mayor Levar M. Stoney and City Councilwoman Kim Gray, 2nd District, are on the conservancy’s executive

This notice is to inform all Chesterfield NAACP Branch active members in good standing of an election of officers (president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, chaplain, and committee members).

All active members are eligible to vote.

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board, I wonder if there was even a vote on the matter or if this scenario was cooked up behind closed doors.

The conservancy agreed in 2014 to abide by a City Council resolution that would diversify their governing board with community stakeholders.

The conservancy should honor that agreement or its 30-year lease on the park should be terminated.

We taxpayers have invested $4 million in what many have called a botched renovation of Monroe Park, with a significant portion of the old growth tree canopy destroyed, the WWII Memorial desecrated and all public restrooms removed.

It’s time to give the park back to the Richmond community.

CHARLES T. WOODSON Richmond

and absentee voting, where voters have to specify a reason why they can’t vote on Election Day, and that is it. This is as nonprogressive as it gets.

According to a TIME magazine article in 2016, 37 states and the District of Columbia have early voting.

In the next Virginia General Assembly session, this should be one of the top issues. Denying an early voting opportunity is just another voter suppression method. This is embarrassing!

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Tuesday, November 20, 2018 • 6 p.m.

Virginia needs early voting In North Carolina on Wednesday, Oct. 17, individuals began voting in the November midterm election. It is called early voting — not absentee voting.

In North Carolina, early voting runs from Oct. 17 through Nov. 3.

Of course, Election Day is on Nov. 6, when North Carolina’s 13 congressional seats will be up for election.

North Carolina is by no means the most progressive among the states, but it is way out in front of Virginia in this area.

Why don’t we have early voting in Virginia?

We don’t even talk about it. We have voting on Election Day

Freed from their masters’ care, about one quarter of the population did die from starvation, disease and neglect by their liberators between 1862 and 1870.

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VSU banking on a homecoming win this Saturday This has been a “what if” football season for the Virginia State University Trojans.

During the homecoming game this weekend, Trojans fans can’t help but ask “What if?” regarding three painful road losses that has VSU on the outside looking in at CIAA title and NCAA aspirations.

Third-year Coach Reggie Barlow’s squad figures to put smiles on faces Saturday, Oct. 20, against Lincoln University of Pennsylvania. The Lincoln Lions lost at Virginia Union University 90-0 on Oct. 3, but rallied Homecoming to beat Elizabeth City State University in Ettrick last Saturday.

Saturday, Oct. 20 It was Lincoln’s first win in two Virginia State University years. plays Lincoln University of VSU, the defending CIAA chamPennsylvania at Rogers pion, is 3-3 this season, but not that Stadium for homecoming.

Kickoff: 2 p.m. far from being 6-0. The Trojans led Robert Morris University 19-7 in the fourth quarter of the Sept. 8 game and trailed Norfolk State University by only 17-13 entering the fourth quarter of that game on Sept. 1. But the Trojans wound up losing both games — away from home — against higher classified, FCS programs.

VSU is in the NCAA Division II. Still, the most haunting loss came last Saturday at Bowie State University, where the Trojans outplayed the Bulldogs most everywhere except on the scoreboard.

VSU led in rushing yardage, 184-102; passing yardage, 215-171; total yardage, 399 to 273; and in first downs, 22-15.

Statistically, at least, VSU quarterback Cordelral Cook outshined Bowie State quarterback Amir Hall, the 2017 Black College Football Player of Photos by Randy Singleton the Year. Cook accounted for a 298 yard total offense to Hall’s 179.

Virginia State University quarterback Cordelral Cook tries to hang onto the ball while under pressure from the While Hall is the CIAA’s premier passer, Cook may well be the Bowie State University defense at last Saturday’s game in Maryland. The VSU Trojans fell to the Bulldogs 20-15. league’s top dual-threat quarterback.

Three lost fumbles were VSU’s downfall against the Bulldogs, including one inside the Bowie State Virginia Union University ing — 99 yards by halftime While VUU boasts a balanced offense, Bowie 5-yard line in the waning seconds of sits alone in first place in the — and four touchdowns on 29 State’s attack mostly revolves around quarterback the game’s first half.

Also, VSU narrowly missed reCIAA Northern Division, but carries, spoiling the host team’s Hall, the reigning Black College Football Player staying there won’t be easy. homecoming. of the Year. Statistically, the 6-foot-4 senior from covering an onside kick in the game’s The Panthers are atop a slipFor the season, the 250-pound Upper Marlboro, Md., ranks with the top quarter- final minutes that might have made the difference. pery perch. powerhouse from Hopewell backs in CIAA history.

Now here’s the good news: The Bowie State University, with has rushing 876 yards with 15 For the season, Hall leads the CIAA by a wide margin, quarterback extraordinaire Amir touchdowns. Taylor leads the with 331 yards passing per game and 17 touchdowns. Trojans are still in contention for the Hall, is heading toward Hovey CIAA in both touchdowns and For his career, Hall has passed for 9,522 yards CIAA Northern Division title and a trip Darius Taylor Amir Hall to Salem for the CIAA championship Field for a game this Saturday, rushing and is among game on Nov. 10.

Oct. 20, with winning on its the NCAA Division II

Northern Division standings Showdown Here’s how that could happen: mind. national leaders.

Overall Conference Saturday, Oct. 20 The Trojans must defeat Lincoln Saturday’s televised 1:05 p.m.

Tabyus Taylor, with Virginia Union University plays Virginia Union University 5-1 4-0 University, Chowan University and kickoff will have major impli15 rushing touchdowns, Bowie State University at Hovey Bowie State University 5-2 3-1 Virginia Union University to close cations for the CIAA Northern is chasing VUU’s allField; Veteran’s Appreciation Day Virginia State University 3-3 3-1 the regular season and hope that VUU and Lucille M. Brown Community Division and overall conference time leader, Andre Chowan University 1-2 2-4 knocks off Bowie State this weekend Youth Bowl. Kickoff: 1:05 p.m. championships, and also for the Braxton with 26 touchLincoln University 1-6 1-3 Televised on ASPiRE TV. in Richmond.

NCAA Division II playoffs. downs set in 2003.

Elizabeth City State University 1-4 0-3 Its unlikely Bowie State will lose With a road victory on The Panthers travel Lombardy Street, the Bowie State Bulldogs would effectively via air, too. Quarterback Darius Taylor and 88 touchdowns. He is one touchdown toss to any team but VUU, considering its wrestle away the No. 1 spot from VUU. Also, Bowie completed 16 of 23 passes for 224 yards and two behind the all-time CIAA leader, Earl Harvey, who favorable closeout schedule against State will be the prohibitive favorite during the touchdowns, both to Jewiston Dawkins who turned threw 89 touchdowns for North Carolina Central Lincoln and Elizabeth City State University. final two weeks of the season in its games against four catches into 119 yards.

University in the mid-1980s.

VSU’s best bet might be hoping for Lincoln University of Pennsylvania and Elizabeth In winning four straight games, VUU has outThe VUU secondary will be hard pressed to prevent City State University. scored its opponents 217-76 under first-year Coach Hall from re-writing the record book at Hovey Field. a three-way tie for the division title Both Bowie State and the VUU Panthers feel a Alvin Parker.

Absent from Hall’s record is a CIAA title on his and to prevail on a chaotic series of stiff wind at their backs.

Both VUU’s record and the Taylors’ statistics résumé. In fact, Bowie State has won the CIAA title tie breakers.

In the meantime, in this most fesWith its “Taylor Terrors” sparking the offense, might beam ever brighter if not for the Sept. 15 only once — in 1989 — and that was later erased tive of campus weekends, Trojans the Panthers are coming off a solid 48-38 victory game against Johnson C. Smith University that was because of a rules violation. at Chowan University, the same Chowan that upset canceled because of Hurricane Florence.

If the Bulldogs are to win the CIAA title this fall, fans will be wondering “what if?”

Bowie State the week before.

Johnson C. Smith is 1-4, while being outscored they will have to defeat a VUU program that also They’re so close to having a great VUU sophomore running back Tabyus Taylor 168-92 points. VUU would be an overwhelming is suffering a long title drought. The Panthers’ last season, but for now must settle for something less. punctured Chowan’s defense for 177 yards rush- favorite if the game were to be rescheduled.

CIAA title was in 2001.

VUU to face formidable Bowie State at Hovey Field

Edward Curtis pushes through grief to deliver for Armstrong Armstrong High School’s Edward Curtis Jr. plays his rugged brand of football with more than just flesh and bone.

The senior is also fueled by a brimming tank of emotion.

Curtis, who lines up at wide receiver and linebacker for the Armstrong Wildcats, saw his father, Edward Curtis Sr., die of a heart attack last spring at age 40. The tragedy was absent any advance warning.

Father and son were working out together for an upcoming football exposure camp when catastrophe struck.

“March 21, 4:41 p.m.,” Curtis recounted of his father’s death.

They couldn’t have been closer.

“My father taught me everything I know,” Curtis said.

The elder Curtis started his son in football in Utica, N.Y., before the family moved to Central Virginia. They were so alike, they even shared the same nickname, “Doolie.” Curtis said it means “Father’s Child.”

Curtis lives with his mother, Chiquita Curtis in Richmond’s East End but sometimes stays with Armstrong Coach Ken Painter.

“I talk to Doolie’s mother two or three times a week,” Coach Painter said. “We’re like family.”

Mr. Curtis won’t be forgotten. Every tackle Curtis makes, he does in his father’s honor.

The same goes for all his crunching blocks and sure-handed pass receptions.

in traffic, in the back of the end zone, underdog. The move was made last spring, prior just inside the pylon, setting off a long to his father’s death. overdue East End celebration.

“Not too many kids want to transfer into “Doolie’s got a strong grip. He Armstrong,” said Coach Painter, noting he wasn’t letting it go,” Coach Painter had seen several of his own frontline players said. transfer elsewhere.

The dramatic touchdown was the “We really welcomed him. He’s our big fish. And gleaming pinnacle of the Wildcats’ he’s the one most colleges are talking about.” season.

Curtis echoes that feeling.

Wildcats stats Thomas and Cur“We (Curtis’ family) thought Jaqueal Thomas tis have shared the it would be better to be a big109-for-154 passing, 1,021 spotlight — albeit ger fish in a smaller pond,” yards, seven touchdowns; an elusive one — Curtis explained. “At Highland 92 carries for 450 yards, for the often underSprings, I was only going one four touchdowns manned Wildcats. way there. I was hoping for Edward Curtis Jr. Armstrong is a Divimore exposure.”

70 tackles, four forced sion 3 school, based The strategy has worked. fumbles, six sacks and 19 on enrollment, facing Curtis has received interest from tackles for losses a difficult schedule of numerous CIAA and MEAC Division 4 and Divischools and said he is leaning sion 5 suburban opponents. toward Norfolk State University.

James Haskins/Richmond Free Press Lee-Davis is in Division 5.

In the meantime, he vows “to finish this Edward Curtis Jr. Next up for the Wildcats is a trip season strong” and help propel Armstrong into Mr. Curtis would have been extremely proud of to western Hanover County on Friday, Oct. 19, the playoffs.

As much as he cares about being a Wildcat, his powerfully built, 6-foot, 210-pound son during to meet Patrick Henry High School, another he’ll never forget his father’s strong influence.

Armstrong’s Oct. 5 upset victory over Hanover Division 5 opponent.

Curtis has gone from one extreme to the other Coach Painter explains.

County’s Lee-Davis High School. After trailing “On the bus rides, Doolie usually sits by by as many as 14 points, the previously winless in terms of team status. He began his career at three-time State 5A champion Highland Springs himself and reflects. And you’ll see him tear Wildcats rallied for a 34-29 victory.

Clinching the victory was a late-game touch- High School in Henrico County. Along with up. I say, ‘Go ahead, let the tears flow.’

“But once the game begins, he gives us 100 down pass to Curtis by quarterback Jacqueal his parents, he made the decision to move into Thomas. On a fade pattern, Curtis made the grab, Richmond and play for Armstrong, a perennial percent.”

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Personality: Hattie W. Hamlin

Spotlight on new board chair of Leadership Metro Richmond “Leadership Metro Richmond is an organization that has done tremendous work and has sent leaders throughout the commonwealth as well as the nation. It is the linchpin of all of what makes up our region.”

This is the observation of Hattie W. Hamlin, Leadership Metro Richmond board chair and a 2003 graduate of the program.

Created in 1980, LMR is a community leadership development and engagement organization with a mission to connect and educate diverse groups of community leaders, inspiring them to serve the greater Richmond region.

The nonprofit’s innovative programs address racial and gender divides in Metro Richmond’s community leadership.

LMR is now a network of more than 2,000 members from the business, nonprofit and government sectors of the community who have the ability to lead, as well as a desire to serve.

“Servant leadership is a concept that means a lot of things,” says Ms. Hamlin, who became board chair last spring.

“To me, it means someone that is flexible enough to step up when necessary to do the work that needs to be done in the way it needs to be done.

“If you have the ability to lead, especially when a leader is needed, you can also serve because not everyone needs to be the leader. Leaders certainly need people in the group with the ability to serve and support the leadership.”

Ms. Hamlin is just that type of leader forging the path for the “Leadership Quest Class of 2019.”

Its one-year program brings together 60 to 70 people from across the region to discuss and tackle a variety of issues as they are exposed to movers, shakers and decision makers who provide real time perspectives.

The class is a reflection of the region’s population, which is completely necessary in developing leaders that are thoughtful, diverse and inclusive.

“People who go through LMR have to work to do it and are sincere in wanting to complete” it, Ms. Hamlin says.

“You go in as one person and you come out on the other side as a different person and a wiser person.”

Through the program, participants are transformed as they become connected to people they otherwise would not meet or get to know. Collectively, participants have an opportunity to look at Metro Richmond as a whole, as well as the needs of the entire region.

“Classes are exposed to issues and challenges they may not normally be exposed to, or may have only read about in the daily or weekly newspapers,” Ms. Hamlin says, reflecting on her 2003 LMR experience.

“With LMR, you sit down in an educational environment with maybe all of the county managers, or all of the region’s law enforcement, to have a discussion about regional issues.

“If you open up your mind and absorb all of that for whatever it means to you, you will learn a great deal.”

The new board chair is also excited and supportive of Myra Goodman Smith, LMR’s president and chief executive officer, who leads a very experienced and highly talented professional staff through the nonprofit’s daily operations.

Ms. Smith, who spent more than 20 years at the United Way of Greater Richmond, has a font of references and resources.

“She has a vast knowledge of issues in Metro Richmond, as well as where those issues came from and, historically, how those issues where tackled as well as who worked on those issues at the time,” Ms. Hamlin says. She knows “who the players were, what they did and how they came to a consensus. Her input and institutional knowledge is so valuable. That is so hard to put on paper or in marketing material.”

The new chair’s takeaway from her class experience — as well as her observation in her new role — is very clear and easily stated: “LMR’s group experience is reinforcement of the fact that everybody’s voice needs to be heard.”

“I don’t think many safe places exist in this present

climate, especially in the world now where, every day, there seems to be more tribalism,” she laments.

However, LMR provides a brighter outlook because of its history of bringing people and communities together for a single purpose — advancing the goals and conditions of the metro region.

“You may not agree with what is said, but it still deserves to be heard,” Ms. Hamlin says.

“If you listen, you may learn something about an opposing view or a different way to attack a challenge.”

Meet community leader and this week’s Personality, Hattie W. Hamlin: Occupation: Retired commercial banker.

No. 1 volunteer position: Chair of the board, Leadership Metro Richmond.

Place of birth: Southwest Virginia.

Current residence: Midlothian.

Education: Bachelor’s in mass communications, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Family: Married with two children.

Why I wanted to serve with LMR: To give back to the organization that has given so much to me.

LMR’s mission: To connect, educate and inspire community leaders across the Richmond region.

Number of students per year: Between 60 and 70.

Number served since inception: There are more than 2,000 LMR alumni.

Latest LMR achievements: LMR’s programs such as Leadership Quest, Board Connector, Board Leaders Roundtable, Lora M. Robins Speaker Series and Off the Cuff are all ongoing programming that serve to support our mission to connect, educate and inspire.

L M R ’s N o . 1 p r o j e c t now: Leadership Quest Class of 2019.

Number of graduates in area elected positions: Our graduates mirror our region and include individuals who have been publicly recognized as key leaders in our area and leaders who quietly make significant impacts in their communities. We currently have approximately 21 LMR alumni in elected positions, including members of city councils, county boards of supervisors, school boards, sheriffs and Congress.

LMR is financially supported by: Our achievements would not be possible without the support of our many donors, corporate partners, foundations and event sponsors.

Your foremost LMR goal: To ensure the success of the programs for 2018-19, as well as to develop a new strategic plan to make sure that LMR continues to successfully address the current challenges of our region and its leadership needs.

A good leader is: A servant leader.

Impact of LMR on my life and career: LMR introduced me to the concept of servant leadership and how it can transform communities. LMR allowed

me to establish professional connections and networks that I maintain today.

Status of Richmond area’s leadership: Since its inception in 1980, LMR has been an integral resource for Richmond’s leadership by providing strong programming designed in response to our region’s changing needs.

How I start the day: With prayer.

A perfect day for me is: A day spent with my family.

How I unwind: Being a sports fan with my husband.

The top of my “to do” list: Fulfilling my commitment to LMR. Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: Spend time at the beach — any beach, anywhere, any time!

Best late-night snack: Anything chocolate!

A quote that I am inspired by is: “Service is the rent we pay for living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.” — Marian Wright Edelman The best thing my parents ever taught me: Anything is possible if you’re willing to work hard for it.

Person who influenced me the most: My father.

What I’m reading now: “Barracoon: The Story of the Last ‘Black Cargo’ ” by Zora Neal Hurston.

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is: Be true to yourself because God doesn’t make mistakes.

Next goal: Take my granddaughter to Disney World.

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Music, food, folks and fun at Richmond Folk Festival The roots, richness and variety of music and cultures were on display at the festival. Above, New Orleans bounce artist Ricky B. moves the crowd.

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Happenings Richmond’s riverfront was alive with music last weekend for the 14th Annual Richmond Folk Festival. Thousands of people flocked to the free, three-day festival where more than 30 performers and entertainers from around the globe were on seven stages.

Above, Sona Jobarteh of Gambia is one of the first female virtuosos on the 21-string kora, an instrument played mostly in West Africa.

Gospel and R&B legend Mavis Staples, right, was among the headliners on Saturday.

Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners of Elton, La., have spectators dancing with the unique accordion sound. Janine Bell, right, and Jarene Fleming stop and dance to the salsa sounds of Orquesta el Macabeo of Puerto Rico on Sunday.

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Happenings 14th Annual Imagine Festival Oct. 20

The 14th Annual Imagine Festival showcasing the many ethnic cultures that make up the Richmond community, will be held noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Broad Rock Sports Complex, 4802 Warwick Road in South Side.

The free family-friendly event, sponsored by the City of Richmond’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, will feature a range of community performance groups, health screenings, exhibits, arts and crafts and games.

Music and dance groups scheduled to take the stage include Claves Unidos, Lion

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Remembering Gabriel Nearly two dozen people gathered Oct. 10 to mark the 218th anniversary of the death of Gabriel, the enslaved blacksmith who planned a rebellion in 1800 in what is now Henrico County. Gabriel fled after his plan was thwarted. He was captured near Norfolk and returned to the Richmond area where he was hanged on Oct. 10, 1800, in the area near the African Burial Ground in Shockoe Bottom. Last week’s commemoration was hosted by the Sacred Ground Reclamation Project of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality, which advocates for a 9-acre memorial park to be created on the site. Left, Anita Johnson reads the plaque at an obelisk erected in memory of the African-Americans buried on the site near Broad and 15th Street.

3rd Annual Beer & Oyster Block Party Saturday

Armstrong High Class of 1968 to celebrate 50th reunion

The Armstrong High School Class of 1968 will celebrate its 50th reunion this weekend with a host of events.

A class member social will be held 7 to 10

p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, followed by a dinnerdance 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20.

From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, the reunion class will have a worship

service and brunch.

All events will be held at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, 1800 Lakeside Ave. Details: Marvin Tart, (804) 347-7810.

The 3rd Annual Beer & Oyster Block Party will be held from 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, outside host Union Market, 2306 Jefferson Ave. Raw and roasted oysters will be featured, along with other food, beverages, wine tastings, music and vendors.

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Mount Olive Baptist Church

Theme for 2018-2020: Mobilizing For Ministry Refreshing The Old and Emerging The New We Embrace Diversity — Love For All! A 21st Century Church With Ministry For Everyone

2018 Theme: The Year of Transition

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

Message by: Pastor Bibbs

Adult Fitness Class

6:30 p.m.

Prayer and Praise 7:00 p.m.

Bible Study

Sunday 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Worship Service

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Wed. 6:45 p.m.

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St. Peter Baptist Church Worship Opportunities Sundays:

Morning Worship Church School Morning Worship

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

Unity Sundays (2nd Sundays): Church School Morning Worship

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on Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. “#Throwback Sunday” I Chronicles 16:8-12 NIRV Youth Summit at 11:00 a.m.

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Saturday, October 20, 2018

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Sunday, October 21, 2018 11 a.m. Worship Service

Tuesday OcT. 23rd - Thursday OcT. 25Th 6:30PM - Prayer/Praise ~ 7:00PM - Guest Speaker rev. Pernell J. Johnson, Pastor of First Baptist Midlothian

All are invited.

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R l e a h c Mi r lebration e C o y r t a s s r e a v P d A nn i 3r Sunday, October 21, 2018 9:45 AM Corporate Worship Guest Minister:

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Monday, October 22, 2018

The Westwood Baptist Church Family Extends A Warm Heartfelt Happy Birthday,

To Our Beloved Pastor Michael R. Lomax

Office: 804-288-3224 • Church: 804-288-3223 • http://westwoodbaptist-va.org

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Bible Study - Wednesday - 7 p.m.

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Pastor Phillip E Knight, Sr., Rock Hill Baptist Church, Mechanicsville, VA

2003 Lamb Avenue Richmond, VA 23222 Dr. Arthur M. Jones, Sr., Pastor (804) 321-7622

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“The Church With A Welcome”

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WedneSday 12:00 p.m. Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Bible Study

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3200 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23223• (804) 226-1176

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Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

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Faith News/Obituary/Directory

‘Fashioned for the Kingdom’ two-day women’s conference set for Oct. 26, 27 A two-day conference to help women embrace their vision, maximize their potential and fulfill their purpose will be held Friday, Oct. 26, and Saturday, Oct. 27, at The Westin Richmond, 6631 W. Broad St. The conference, Fashioned for the Kingdom Women’s Healing and Deliverance Conference, is hosted by JTD Ministries and Johnna Tyler Davis, associate pastor of Life Changing Ministries International in Goochland.

Habakkuk 2:2-3

PILGRIM JOURNEY BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Angelo V. Chatmon, Pastor

Friday’s session will be held from 4 to 10 p.m., while the Saturday session will be from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Spiritual impartation, biblical teachings, presentations, spoken word, praise and worship will be featured.

Health and wellness issues also will be addressed, including domestic violence and mental health.

Registration cost: $110 at www.eventbrite.com.

Details: Crystal Snead, (804) 601-1122.

Pastor Davis

7204 Bethlehem Road

Mr. Wilkins

along with Charles McLeod from Matoaca High School and Don Ross from Armstrong High School.

He helped propel Rams basketball from obscurity to NCAA Division I status. He posted career averages of 23.8

Homecoming and Revival celebRation 2018

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points and 13.5 rebounds per game, both No. 1 for all time among the Rams.

He scored 45 points against West Liberty in 1968 and 40 points against Virginia Union University in 1971 in his final home game at the Franklin Street Gymnasium.

Mr. Wilkins’ 1,716 career points — fourth on VCU’s career list — were accumulated in just three seasons. The alumnus of Richmond’s Maggie L. Walker High School played one season at Fayetteville State University before transferring to VCU, where he played two

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Pastoral Anniversar h t The ReveRend y 15 dR. CaRla e. lighTfooT Anniversary Banquet

Saturday, October 27, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.

Tappahannock-Essex Firehouse

620 Airport Road, Tappahannock, VA 22560 Guest Speaker: Rev. Angelo Chatmon, Pastor Pilgrim Journey Baptist Church, Henrico, Virginia University Pastor, Virginia Union University

Anniversary Worship Services

Sunday, October 28, 2018 10:00 a.m. - Guest Preacher: Rev. Leslie Stevens, Associate Minister, New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Durham, NC

3:00 p.m. - Guest Preacher: Bishop Darryl K. Williams, Pastor First Baptist Church, Loretto, VA

Banquet tickets $30 Adults, $15 Children 12 and under Call Patricia J. Holmes (804) 443-9390 by October 21 to purchase

Good Shepherd Baptist Church

New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

Dr. Sylvester T. Smith, Pastor “There’s A Place for You”

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

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

Remember...

At New Deliverance, You Are Home!

See you there and bring a friend.

11:00 AM Mid-day Meditation

Sunday, October 21 • 11:00 a.m.

SERM O N : Rev. DR. Stephen L. hewLett, paStoR Dinner will be served after the service.

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Riverview Baptist Church

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Rev. Dr. Ralph Reavis, Sr. Pastor Emeritus

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Thank you to the following bereaved families for allowing us to serve you during the month of September 2018. You are still in our prayers and thoughts.

View full obituaries online at www.wilsonafs.com Frances W. Carter Clyrine I. Belgrave Charles C. Burton James L. Brooks Brenda Howard Rosa Lee Gephart Keith A. Jones, Sr. Cherry M. Burwell-Davis

Wilbur L. Page Novella J. Brown Ralph H. Crawley, Sr. Benjamin Dale Allen, Sr. Shirley Marie Walton V Iris V. Salmon-Cromwell Dant B. Brooks

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Our NDCA curriculum also consists of a Before and After program.

Now Enrolling for our Nursery Ages 6 weeks - 2yrs. old.

For more information Please call (804) 276-4433 Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm

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Early Morning Worship ~ 8 a.m.

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seasons under Coach Benny Dees and his senior year under Coach Chuck Noe. He grew up on Idlewood Avenue, just west of the VCU campus. He started a pipeline from Maggie L. Walker to VCU that also included Jesse Dark, Cornell Jones and Richard Jones.

Mr. Wilkins was inducted into the VCU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1996.

For years, VCU’s older fans have pushed for his jersey number — 40 — to be retired and hung from the rafters at the Siegel Center.

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1127 North 28th St., Richmond, VA 23223-6624 • Office: (804) 644-1402

Homecoming Service

Henrico, VA 23228

CELEBRATING 127 YEARS - LIVING TOGETHER IN LOVE

Charles ‘Jabo’ Wilkins, trailblazing player for the VCU Rams, dies at 70 In Virginia Commonwealth University’s storied basketball history, few players shined brighter than Richmond native Charles “Jabo” Wilkins.

A trailblazing hero for the Rams from 1968 to 1971, Mr. Wilkins died of brain cancer Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, in Greenville, N.C., at age 70.

Mr. Wilkins’ death was announced Monday by VCU officials.

A funeral service is scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at Paradise Outreach Ministry in Greenville.

A slender 6-foot-3 forward with phenomenal jumping ability and plenty of charisma, Mr. Wilkins was among VCU’s first African-American players,

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Cupcakes with Cuties (4 - 12 yr olds)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH AND WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH 7:00PM Ironbridge

Fall Revival

Guest Revivalist: Bishop John Guns, Senior Pastor St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, Jacksonville, FL

45th Anniversary Gala FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH 7:00PM Ironbridge Multipurpose Facility 6201 Iron Bridge Rd, Chesterfield, VA Tickets $75 per person A Formal Affair

Celebration Sunday

NOVEMBER 11TH 9:15AM Ironbridge Honoring Senior Pastor Dr. Dwight C. Jones Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Guest Preacher

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBSITE OR CALL OUR CHURCH OFFICE.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ANNIE WITCHER, Plaintiff v.

DAVID WITCHER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18002122-00 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 15th day of November, 2018 at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom #2, and protect his interests.

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

DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re TAj Rivers Case No. J-091790-09-10 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Unknown (Father) and Tulisa Rivers (Mother) of Taj Rivers, child DOB 10/26/2015. “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendants Unknown (Father) and Tulisa Rivers to appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before 11/29/2018, at 10:40 AM, Courtroom #3.

plus 10% of the winning bid.

High bidders will pay at the time of the auction a deposit of at least 20% of the purchase price, or $2500.00, whichever is greater. If the purchase price is under $2500.00, high bidders will pay in full at the time of the auction. High bidders will pay the balance of the purchase price to the Special Commissioner, and deed recordation costs, by a date and in a form as stated in a settlement instruction letter. Time is of the essence.

If a high bidder defaults by not making these payments in full, on time, and in the required form, the Special Commissioner will retain the deposit, and may seek other remedies to include the cost of resale or any resulting deficiency. Settlement shall occur when the Richmond Circuit Court enters an Order of Confirmation. Conveyance shall be either by a special commissioner’s deed or a special warranty deed. Real estate taxes will be adjusted as of the date of entry for the Order of Confirmation.

Properties are sold “as is” without any representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, subject to the rights of any person in possession, and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of a property may disclose. It is assumed that bidders will make a visual exterior inspection of a property within the limits of the law, determine the suitability of a property for their purposes, and otherwise perform due diligence prior to the auction.

T h e S p e c i a l Commissioner’s acceptance of a bid shall not limit any powers vested in the City of Richmond. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. Individuals owing delinquent taxes to the City of Richmond, and defendants in pending delinquent tax cases, are not qualified to bid at this auction. Bidders must certify by affidavit that they do not own, directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding notices of violation for building, zoning or other local ordinances.

Questions may be directed to Gregory A. Lukanuski at greg.lukanuski@ richmondgov.com / (804) 646-7949, or to Christie Hamlin at christie.hamlin@ richmondgov.com / (804) 646-6940.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Deputy City Attorney Special Commissioner 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, VA 23219

0104/020, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Donald J. Both, Dana R. Hammermeister, Donald T. Both and David C. Both.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, DONALD J. BOTH, DANA R . HA M M ER M EISTER , and DONALD T. BOTH, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, DAVID C. BOTH, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that DONALD J. BOTH, DANA R . HA M M ER M EISTER , DONALD T. BOTH, DAVID C. BOTH, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

GEORGE TAYLOR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4453 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1605 North 22nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000859/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, George Taylor.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, GEORGE TAYLOR, per a deed filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 811 page 1385 on May 23, 1983, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that GEORGE TAYLOR, per a deed filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 811 page 1385 on May 23, 1983, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

IT IS ORDERED that IRE N E B ROW N , u p o n information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and CLINTON E. CRUMP, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, IDEL HARRINGTON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JAMES OTIS WATKINS, upon information and belief deceased, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ALEASE MORRIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROSA M AYS , u p o n information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ALBERT WATKINS, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JOSEPH WATKINS, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, NAZARIE MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DELORES DEANE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, GERALDINE SCOTT, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CORINE TAYLOR, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, GARNETT SAUNDERS, C L ARE N CE WAT K I N S , KAREN MOORE, EUGENE WAT K I N S , ETHA L PAYTON, DENISE ROBIN HE N D ERSO N , D ERE K A N Z Y HE N D ERSO N , RHENA BROWN TOMLIN, C L AU D ETTE B ROW N , RO B ERT A . M OORE , JR, AUBREY MOORE, SR, KEVIN MOORE, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

VIRGINIA:

VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

3213 2nd Avenue City Of Richmond v.

Ellemsenterprises, LLC, et al.

CL18-2075 1004 North 3rd Street City Of Richmond v. Roger Bastien, et al.

CL18-1552 209 East 13th Street City Of Richmond v. MVP Homes, LLC, et al.

CL18-222 1204 North 19th Street City Of Richmond v. Eva Berstein, et al.

CL18-1519 1424 North 21st Street City Of Richmond v. MVP Homes, LLC, et al.

CL18-2078 300 West 22nd Street City Of Richmond v.

Abraham Watkins, et al.

CL18-2651 1205 North 26th Street City Of Richmond v. Ruth H. Davis, et al.

CL18-1848 1508 North 27th Street City Of Richmond v. Dorothy Jefferson, et al.

CL18-2047 2408 North 28th Street City Of Richmond v.

Houston R. Watts, et al.

CL18-2869

1401 North 29th Street City Of Richmond v. H. L. Investment Corporation, et al.

CL18-1437 613 North 30th Street City Of Richmond v.

Charles Fleming, et al.

CL18-2346 1411 North 30th Street City Of Richmond v. Willie Lee Braxton, et al.

CL18-1471 1201½ North 31st Street City Of Richmond v. James S. Ball, et al.

CL18-1470 1111 North 32nd Street City Of Richmond v. David Riley, et al.

CL18-2238 1311 North 32nd Street City Of Richmond v. Sydney O. Lyons, et al.

CL18-3208 1322 North 32nd Street City Of Richmond v. Henry Hill, et al.

CL18-3572 1406 North 32nd Street City Of Richmond v.

Sharonda Ware, et al.

CL18-2076 1323 North 34th Street City of Richmond v. Edwin Tyrone Davis, Sr., et al.

CL18-2052 1806 Albany Avenue City Of Richmond v. Emmett Carlton Cook, et al.

CL18-2115 1208 Carlisle Avenue City Of Richmond v. Marvin A. Doughtie, et al.

CL18-2126 1613 West Cary Street City Of Richmond v. Virginia Lee Brown, et al.

CL18-2077 708 Cheatwood Avenue City Of Richmond v. Otis H. Gaines, et al.

CL18-2934 710 Cheatwood Avenue City Of Richmond v.

Thomas Easley, et al.

CL18-2933 1314 West Clay Street City Of Richmond v. Next Call, Inc., et al.

CL18-2221 3212 Cliff Avenue City Of Richmond v. Richard E. Souels, et al.

CL18-962 1340 Drewry Street City Of Richmond v. Leigh W. Elliott, et al.

CL18-1549 2310 Fairmount Avenue City Of Richmond v. John Howlett, et al.

CL18-1164 2021 Ford Avenue City Of Richmond v. Alfonza P. Gordon, et al.

CL18-1747 3806 Glenwood Avenue City Of Richmond v. Charles E. Chappelle, et al.

CL18-3236 4751 Lovells Road City Of Richmond v. Alice C. Cook, et al.

CL18-2008 2407 Marion Mashore Street City Of Richmond v. Ruby J. Parham, et al.

CL18-2010 2919 East Marshall Street City Of Richmond v. Jairus S. King, et al.

CL18-2380 2016 Newbourne Street City Of Richmond v.

Samover Inc., et al.

CL18-2499 2100 Newbourne Street City Of Richmond v. Richard J. Jordan, et al.

CL18-2350 2102 Newbourne Street City Of Richmond v.

Richard J. Jordan, et al.

CL18-2351 2400 North Avenue City Of Richmond v.

Tashmahal, LTD, et al.

CL18-870 2607 O Street City Of Richmond v. John Boyd, Sr., et al.

CL18-607 5817 Orcutt Lane City Of Richmond v. S.L. Sheffield, et al.

CL18-2182 3111 Q Street City Of Richmond v. North American Acceptance Corp., et al.

CL18-1847 2819 Richmond Henrico Turnpike City Of Richmond v. Helen Earle Wilson, et al.

CL18-1845 311 West Roberts Street City Of Richmond v. Edward D. Henderson, Jr., et al.

CL17-4787 3409 S Street City Of Richmond v. Shirley Jefferson, et al.

CL18-3498 2000 Selden Street City Of Richmond v. Carl Elmore Davis, et al.

CL18-2855 1408 Spotsylvania Street City Of Richmond v. Virginia Harris, et al.

CL18-3210 1410 Spotsylvania Street City Of Richmond v. Lewis L. Mason, et al.

CL18-3211 2934 Springview Drive City Of Richmond v. Donna Maria White Decker, et al.

CL18-1158 2320 T Street City Of Richmond v. Neal Kennedy, et al.

CL18-111 2616 Whitcomb Street City Of Richmond v.

Andrew J. Guerpillon, et al.

CL18-2048 2618 Whitcomb Street City Of Richmond v. Fritz P. Frank, et al.

CL18-2009 2620 Whitcomb Street City Of Richmond v.

Rosena O’Sullivan, et al.

CL18-2049 1410 Whitehead Road City Of Richmond v. Ruby Taylor, et al.

CL18-2660 1906 Wood Street City Of Richmond v. Mary Booker, et al.

CL18-2183 TERMS OF SALE: All sales are subject to confirmation by the Richmond Circuit Court. The purchase price will include the winning bid

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

DONALD J. BOTH, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-3260 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2523 Coles Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S009-

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Divorce Virginia: In the Circuit Court of the COUNty of HENRICO Dorcus Gwendolyn bowen, Plaintiff, v. junior barrinton jones, Defendant.

Civil Law No.: CL18-4894 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from the defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart without interruption and without cohabitation for a period of more than one year, since August 15, 2012.

And it appearing by Affidavit filed according to law that Junior Barrinton Jones, the above-named defendant, is not a resident of this state and that due diligence has been used by or in behalf of plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city the defendant is, without effect.

It is therefore ORDERED that the said Junior Barrinton Jones do appear in the Clerk’s Office of the Law Division of the Circuit Court of the County of Henrico, 4301 East Parham Road, Richmond, Virginia 23273, on or before December 10, 2018 and do whatever necessary to protect his interest in this suit.

A Copy, Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk I ask for this: Rudolph C. McCollum, Jr. VSB #32825 P.O. Box 4595 Richmond, Virginia 23220 Phone (804) 523-3900 Fax (804) 523-3901 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER shannon harris robertson, Plaintiff v. wayne robertson, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18003005-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 15th day of November, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO JAMES GERRARD TOWNES, Plaintiff, v.

TANYA LEE TOWNES, Defendant.

Civil Law No.: CL18-4729 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from the defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart without interruption and without cohabitation for a period of more than one year, since August 1, 2017. And it appearing by Affidavit filed according to law that Tanya Lee Townes, the above-named defendant, is not a resident of this state and that due diligence has been used by or in behalf of plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city the defendant is, without effect.

It is therefore ORDERED that the said Tanya Lee Townes do appear in the Clerk’s Office of the Law Division of the Circuit Court of the County of Henrico, 4301 East Parham Road, Richmond, Virginia 23273, on or before 11/26/18 at 9:00 a.m. and do whatever necessary to protect her interest in this suit.

A Copy Teste: Heidi S. Barshinger, Clerk Rudolph C. McCollum, Jr. VSB#32825 PO Box 4595 Richmond, Virginia 23220 (804) 523-3900 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER YAYA SAMBOU, Plaintiff v.

YAKHYA SARR, Defendant.

Case No.: CL17002029-00 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 15th day of November, 2018 at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom #2, and protect his interests.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER WILLIAM SARMINTO MARTINEZ, Plaintiff v.

MAYRA VAQUIZ ARUCHA, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18001679-00 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 15th day of November, 2018 at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom #2, and protect her interests.

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

HAMP FELTON III, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18002885-00 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 5th day of November, 2018 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

CUSTODY Virginia: In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for the County of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ENTHONY ARIEL PORTILLO LAZO, GREYSI PORTILLO MEMBRENO Petitioner v.

NELSY BELEN LAZO MEMBRENO & KUMAN MADRID, Respondents Case No.: JJ093638-01-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Determine custody of Enthony Ariel Portillo Lazo (DOB: 9/24/05), whose mother is Nelsy Belen Lazo Membreno, and whose father is Kuman Madrid, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 16.1241A3. Mother’s and Father’s whereabouts are unknown.

It is ordered that the defendants Nelsy Belen Lazo Membreno & Kuman Madrid appear at the abovenamed Court and protect their interests on or before 12/07/2018 at 12:00 PM. Virginia: In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court HENRICO Commonwealth of Virginia, in re MEDRANO RIVAS, RICARDO A, Case No.: JJ103315-01-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Grant sole legal custody to Reina Rivas Zelaya.

It is ordered that the defendant David Antonio Medrano appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before November 15, 2018, 9:00 AM.

Virginia: In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for the County of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re RIVAS MARROQUIN, Jeremy a NARCISO D AVALOS MONGE, Petitioner v.

XENIA CAYETAUA REFUGI RIVAS MARROQUIN, Respondent Case No.: JJ093340-0200,-03-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Determine custody and visitation of Jeremy Alejandro Rivas Marroquin (DOB: 3/13/05), whose Mother is Xenia Cayetaua Refugi Rivas Marroquin, and whose father is Narciso Dagoberto Avalos Monge, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 16.1-241A3. Mother’s last known address is 2430 Brandy Street, Richmond, VA 23234.

It is ordered that the defendant Xenia Cayetaua Refugi Rivas Marroquin appear at the above-named Court and protect her interests on or before 11/07/2018 at 9:00 AM. Virginia: In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for the County of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re AVALOS RIVAS, ANDERSON S, NARCISO D AVALOS MONGE, Petitioner v.

XENIA CAYETAUA REFUGI RIVAS MARROQUIN, Respondent Case No.: JJ093341-0200,-03-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Determine custody and visitation of Anderson S. Avalos Rivas (DOB: 6/8/02), whose Mother is Xenia Cayetaua Refugi Rivas Marroquin, and whose father is Narciso Dagoberto Avalos Monge, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 16.1-241A3.

Mother’s last known address is 2430 Brandy Street, Richmond, VA 23234.

It is ordered that the defendant Xenia Cayetaua Refugi Rivas Marroquin appear at the above-named Court and protect her interests on or before 11/07/2018 at 9:00 AM.

PROPERTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SPECIAL COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Pursuant to the terms of Orders of Sale entered in the Richmond Circuit Court, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction the following real estate at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia on Wednesday November 14, 2018 at 3:00pm, or as soon thereafter as may be effected.

The sale is subject to the terms and conditions below and any terms and conditions which may be announced on the day of auction. Announcements made on the day of the auction take precedence over any prior written or verbal terms of sale.

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

MINNIE M. STEWART, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4353 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1009 North 3rd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000088/026, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Minnie M. Stewart and Thomas R. Steward, Jr.

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

IT IS ORDERED that MINNIE M. STEWART, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, THOMAS R. STEWARD, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

SAMUEL I. JONES, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4355 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2214 Carrington Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000469/018, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Samuel I. Jones and Catherine W. Jones.

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

IT IS ORDERED that SAMUEL I. JONES, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CATHERINE W. JONES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

VIRGINIA:

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

IRENE BROWN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-2112 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1316 Nelwood Drive, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0002402/010, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Irene Brown and Clinton E. Crump.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, IRENE BROWN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and CLINTON E. CRUMP, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that IDEL HARRINGTON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JAMES OTIS WATKINS, upon information and belief deceased, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ALEASE MORRIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROSA M AYS , u p o n information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ALBERT WATKINS, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JOSEPH WATKINS, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, NAZARIE MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DELORES DEANE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, GERALDINE SCOTT, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and CORINE TAYLOR, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that GARNETT SAUNDERS, CLARENCE WATKINS, and KAREN MOORE, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this action; that EUGENE WATKINS, ETHAL PAYTON, DENISE ROBIN HE N D ERSO N , D ERE K ANZY HENDERSON, and RHENA BROWN TOMLIN, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that CLAUDETTE BROWN, ROBERT A. MOORE, JR, AUBREY MOORE, SR, and KEVIN MOORE, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally

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

PEARL HARRIS, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. : CL18-4393 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2114 P Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0468/015, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Pearl Harris.

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

IT IS ORDERED that PEARL HARRIS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

GEORGE L. STANLEY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4564 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1209 North 31st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000721/023 to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, George L. Stanley and Bennie Lee Callaham, Sr.

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

IT IS ORDERED that GEORGE L. STANLEY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, BENNIE LEE CALLAHAM, SR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL Continued on next page

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B8 October 18-20, 2018

Sports Plus Stories by Fred Jeter

Survey picks Golden State Warriors for repeat title; LeBron James for MVP Richmond Flying Squirrels end season with EL’s best attendance, worst record The Richmond Flying Squirrels finished last in victories but first in attendance for the 2018 Eastern League season.

The baseball team, under first-year Manager Willie Harris, drew a total of 396,686 fans with an average attendance of 6,198 for 64 dates at The Diamond.

The Reading Fightin Phils of Reading, Penn., was second in attendance with an average of 5,713 fans per game.

On the field, the Flying Squirrels were 62-76, last in the EL’s Western Division.

The Flying Squirrels are a Class AA affiliate of the major league San Francisco Giants. The team’s continued high attendance is a tribute to nightly promotions and a family-friendly environment at The Spinning the turnstiles Diamond dubbed Here are the Richmond Flying Squirrels’ annual attendance “Funnville.” figures: It also helps that

Average the Flying SquirYear attendance rels draw from the 2010 6,626 EL’s largest market.

2011 6,679 Richmond’s metro 2012 6,257 population of about 2013 6,689 1.26 million ranks 2014 6,336 44th in the United 2015 6,055 States and has the 2016 5,745 largest population 2017 6,034 by far among EL 2018 6,198 affiliates.

Today’s NBA seems to be tilted toward the West Coast.

According to the basketball league’s 30 general managers, the Oakland-based Golden State Warriors are picked to win their third straight NBA championship title and fourth in five years.

With the league’s 73rd season opening this week, here are predictions from the annual NBA.com GM Survey.

Best team: Golden State Warriors, with 87 percent of first place votes; the Boston Celtics and Houston rockets tied for second, with 7 percent of the votes.

2018-19 MVP: LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers, 30 percent; Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors, 27 percent; Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans, 17 percent; and James Harden of the Houston Rockets, 10 percent.

Best point guard: Steph Curry, Golden State Warriors, 57 percent; Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder, 17 percent; and Kyrie Irving, Boston Celtics, and Chris Paul, Houston Rockets, tied at 10 percent.

Best shooting guard: Harden, 73 percent; Klay Thompson, Golden State Warriors, 10 percent; and Curry, 7 percent.

Best small forward: James, 57 percent; Durant, 40 percent; and Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks, 3 percent.

Best power forward: Davis, 57 percent; James, 33 percent; and Durant, 17 percent.

Best center: Davis, 40 percent; Joel Imbiid, Philadelphia 76ers, 33 percent;

and Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota Timberwolves, 7 percent.

Best defensive player: Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz, and Kawhi Leonard, Toronto Raptors, 37 perElton Brand cent; and Draymond Green, Golden State, 17 percent.

Rookie of the year: Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks, 43 percent; and Marvin Bagley, Sacramento Kings, and Wendell Carter, Chicago Bulls, 17 percent each.

Most improved team: LA Lakers, 80 percent; and Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns, 7 percent each.

Best coach: Brad Stevens, Boston Celtics, 47 percent; Gregg Popovich, San Antonio Spurs, 30 percent; and Steve Kerr, Golden State, and Mike D’Antoni, Houston Rockets, 7 percent each.

Best home-court advantage: Golden State, 50 percent; Utah Jazz, 27 percent; and Denver Nuggets, 13 percent.

Other NBA items of note: The NBA All-Star Game: Feb. 17 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C. Playoffs: Regular season ends April 10, with playoffs starting April 13.

Top draft pick: Incoming No. 1 pick is Deandre Ayton of Phoenix from the University of Arizona.

New head coaches: Lloyd Pierce (Atlanta Hawks); James Borrego (Charlotte Hornets); Dwane Casey (Detroit Pistons);

Mike Budenholzer (Milwaukee); David Fizdale (New York Knicks); Steve Clifford (Orlando Magic); Igor Kokoskov (Phoenix); Nick Nurse (Toronto).

General managJames Jones ers: There are two new African-American GMs, Elton Brand in Philadelphia and James Jones in Phoenix.

Stadium updates: The Milwaukee Bucks move into the Fiserv Forum after playing 1988 through 2018 at the Bradley Center. This will be the final season the Golden State Warriors play at the Oracle Center in Oakland. The team moves next season to Chase Center in San Francisco.

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COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

MINNIE STEWART, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4354 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1011 North 3rd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000088/027, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Minnie Stewart.

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

IT IS ORDERED that MINNIE STEWART, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before NOVEMber 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

IT IS ORDERED that BERTHA C. FIELDS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DORCAS C. QUARLES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CHARLES K. CAMPBELL, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that BERNARD WAYNE AKA BERNARD WAYNE RUCKER, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that CEDRIC B. RUCKER, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that MICHELLE I. RUCKER, who may have an ownership interest in said property, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that BARBARA J. RUCKER, upon information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, BERNARD WAYNE AKA BERNARD WAYNE RUCKER, CEDRIC B. RUCKER, MICHELLE I. RUCKER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before DECEMBER 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, BEULAH B. SCHLOSSER, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ADELE B. GUNNING, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and MILDRED B. TRESLER, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that LOLA B. SAYLOR, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, BEULAH B. SCHLOSSER, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ADELE B. GUNNING, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MILDRED B. TRESLER, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or

successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

AFFINITY DEVELOPERS, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4450 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 256 East Ladies Mile Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-1658/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Affinity Developers, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, AFFINITY DEVELOPERS, LLC, an entity cancelled in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that AFFINITY DEVELOPERS, LLC, an entity cancelled in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and Continued on next column

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

AFFINITY DEVELOPERS, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4451 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 258 East Ladies Mile Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-1658/005, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Affinity Developers, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, AFFINITY DEVELOPERS, LLC, an entity cancelled in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that AFFINITY DEVELOPERS, LLC, an entity cancelled in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

BERTHA C. FIELDS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4484 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1009 North 2nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000086/012, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Bertha C. Fields, Dorcas C. Quarles and Charles K. Campbell.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, BERTHA C. FIELDS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DORCAS C. QUARLES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Continued on next column

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

GOLDIE B. TERRY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4188 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1322 North 34th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000875/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Goldie B. Terry and William B. Mitchell.

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

IT IS ORDERED that GOLDIE B. TERRY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, WILLIAM B. MITCHELL, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

RAYMOND J. THORNTON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4406 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1603 North 22nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000859/015, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Raymond J. Thornton and Queen V. Thornton.

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

IT IS ORDERED that RAYMOND J. THORNTON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and QUEEN V. THORNTON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

BARBARA J. RUCKER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-986 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2112 P Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0468/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Barbara J. Rucker.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, BARBARA J. RUCKER, upon information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or Continued on next column

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

DAVID HOUSE PROPERTIES, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4137 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2403 Ruffin Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S008-0668/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, David House Properties, LLC.

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

IT IS ORDERED that DAVID HOUSE, Registered Agent for DAVID HOUSE PROPERTIES, LLC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do Continued on next column

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

LEWIS GIST, SR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4452 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2518 Porter Street,, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000695/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Lewis Gist, Sr. and Leona H. Gist.

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

IT IS ORDERED that LEWIS GIST, SR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, LEONA H. GIST, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before decEMber 18, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

LOLA B. SAYLOR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4565 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3113 Veranda Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001054/021, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Lola B. Saylor, Beulah B. Schlosser, Adele B. Gunning and Mildred B. Tresler.

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Proposals COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide “A Proposal for Architectural and Engineering Services J.R. Tucker & Highland Springs High Schools” Pursuant to RFP #18-1767-10JCK is due by 2:30 p.m., November 2, 2018.

The Request for Proposal is available at: http://www. henrico.us/purchasing/

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