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DJ Lonnie B Center?

Richmond City Councilman Michael J. Jones is getting pushback on his plan to rename Southside Community Center for local music celeb

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Lady Luck visits Va. in Mega Millions

By Ronald E. Carrington

Money! Money! Money!

Americans took a deep breath Tuesday night, praying to be the lucky winner of the biggest drawing in Mega Millions history.

Lottery officials said Wednesday the lone ticket worth $1.537 billion was purchased at a rural South Carolina convenience store outside Simpsonville, a city of about 18,000 residents near Greenville.

No one had stepped forward by Free Press deadline Wednesday night to claim the super jackpot.

The winning numbers: 5, 28, 62, 65 and 70, with a Mega Ball of 5.

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Richmond City Councilman Michael J. Jones stands in front of the Southside Community Center on Old Warwick Road as he talks up his plan to rename the 18-acre city property for Lonnie Battle, a popular local DJ known professionally as DJ Lonnie B.

A brewing battle over an unusual proposal to rename a city recreation center in South Side for a popular area DJ has exposed a largely unnoticed snafu involving the city property.

Ninth District City Councilman Michael J. Jones disclosed what he calls “the big mistake” as he began his campaign to rename the Southside Community Center in honor of Lonnie Battle, aka DJ Lonnie B, who grew up near the center but now lives in Chesterfield County.

The proposal is drawing pushback from current and past members of City Council.

Four years after purchasing the 18-acre property that was the former ROC church for $1.7 million, City Hall has given up on using most of the existing buildings to create a major indoor recreational and service complex on the site at 6255 Old Warwick Road, Councilman Jones said Monday.

DJ Lonnie B A closer inspection of the multiple buildings, which in the councilman’s view was not properly done before the purchase, has found that the majority of the structures would be too costly to renovate.

As a result, they are slated to be demolished, he said, so plans could be made for future construction of replacement space. When that might happen remains uncertain, given the city’s limited debt capacity and need to focus on decaying schools.

The buildings marked for demolition include the former Richmond Outreach Center’s sanctuary, education space, teen recreation center and chapel, he said. Those buildings are now boarded up.

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Virginia playing central role in high-stakes Nov. 6 election

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Call it a high-stakes referendum on Donald Trump’s presidency and the Republican agenda that includes proposals to slash spending on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and antipoverty programs to pay for tax cuts, appoint

conservative judges to roll back voting rights and affirmative action, eliminate environmental protections and end abortions.

That’s the high-stakes reality that voters will face in the upcoming election on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

In less than two weeks, voters in Richmond

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Young book lover Lorenzo Kenup, 3, finds his power dressed as a dragon as he and his mother, Alma Kenup, peruse book offerings at the first RVA Booklovers’ Festival last Saturday in Jefferson Park. The event featured about 40 authors and poets in readings and book talks, including Joshua P. Cole, principal at Ecoff Elementary School in Chester, whose children’s book, “The Character Club,” garnered Lorenzo’s attention.

Virginia First Lady Pam Northam also spoke.

Proceeds from the event were to benefit local literacy organizations.

Richmond Flying Squirrels to host 2019 Eastern League All-Star Game

By Fred Jeter

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Enrollment begins Nov. 1 for Medicaid expansion

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Shanté Williams is among tens of thousands of Virginians patiently waiting for Thursday, Nov. 1, to arrive. That’s the start date for enrollment in the state’s expanded Medicaid program.

The Richmond convenience store clerk is vowing to be among the first in line to sign up for health insurance under Virginia’s expanded Medicaid program when enrollment begins for a projected 423,000 Virginia adults who cannot afford coverage and did not previously qualify for taxpayer-supported coverage.

“Do you know what this means? I won’t have go to an emergency room when I get sick. I can see a doctor,” the 36-year-old single mother of two said with bubbling enthusiasm.

“My children have coverage under a state program, but I don’t qualify,” she said. “I make too much. I had hoped Obamacare would help, but I can’t afford insurance even with the

and across the country will have their chance In the closely watched 7th District that into continue Republican rule or end one-party cludes parts of Henrico and Chesterfield councontrol of Washington in filling the 435 seats in ties, former CIA operative Abigail Spanberger, a the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 seats Democrat, is challenging GOP Rep. Dave Brat, in the 100-member U.S. Senate. who is seeking a second term.

Virginia will be at the center of the Dozens of governor’s mansions and decision-making to determine control statehouses also will be up for grabs y of Congress.

TU esda Special Free Press election Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim coverage on A6, A7 and A8 Kaine is running for re-election for a new six year-term in the Senate against archconservative Trump on Nov. 6, with major attention supporter Corey Stewart, chairman on Florida, Georgia and Maryland Nov. 6 of the Prince William County Board where, respectively, progressive of Supervisors who has been tied to African-Americans Andrew Gillum, adherents of white supremacy.

Stacey Abrams and Ben Jealous are vying Virginia also has several closely watched to make history as the first people of color to congressional races, although Richmond’s lead each of their states.

Democratic congressman, A. Donald McEachin, In Richmond, voters in the Church Hill area 4th District, now appears to be far ahead of also will be filling a School Board seat. And challengers Ryan McAdams, a Republican, and Peter Wells, a Libertarian candidate.

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subsidy. What the state is doing for people like me is a godsend.”

Information on the expansion, eligibility and enrolling can be found at www.coverva.org or by calling toll-free (855) 247-8282. For the deaf or hearing impaired, call (888) 221-1590.

The Richmond Department of Social Services and other social services offices also are to provide assistance to those who need help signing up.

Gov. Ralph S. Northam, who pushed the expansion through a once fiercely opposed General Assembly last May, hopes that every adult who qualifies will take advantage of the enrollment period that will run through Saturday, Dec. 15.

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All-Star baseball is coming to Richmond next summer.

The host Richmond Flying Squirrels announced a four-day schedule of activities to coincide with the Eastern League All-Star Game.

The game itself will be played July 10 at The Diamond, featuring some of the bright young stars from all around professional baseball.

Preliminary action will start July 7, with Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney presiding over an introductory event on Brown’s Island on the James River in Downtown.

Action on July 8 will feature the All-Star Country Music Jam at Richmond Raceway, with the main attraction on July 9 a Celebrity Home-Run Derby at The Diamond.

This year’s All-Star events will be sponsored by Genworth.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels are the AA affiliate of the San Francisco Giants.

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Todd “Parney” Parnell, vice president and chief operating officer for the Richmond Flying Squirrels, makes the big announcement Tuesday at The Diamond.

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City surplus shrinks

Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The city’s end-of-year surplus is a little smaller.

Richmond City Council has been notified that an initial September projection that $13.5 million was unspent at the close of fiscal year 2018 on June 30 was too generous.

According to the latest figures released last week, City Hall ended the year with a $12.5 million surplus, or about $57 per city resident. The final figure will be confirmed when the city’s annual audit is completed, expected early in November.

Based on recommended commitments, the council could wind up with only $263,533 from the surplus to spend as it chooses.

The council is to meet 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, to finalize action on using the surplus.

As it stands now, retired city employees will not benefit, despite hopes that some of the surplus could be directed to a cost-of-living adjustment in their pensions.

Mayor Levar M. Stoney pledged in March that if the city ended fiscal year 2018 with a surplus, he would “propose a budget amendment to use a portion of that surplus to fund a 1 percent Cost of Living Adjustment for our retirees.” But that COLA is not on the mayor’s list of recommendations.

Instead, the Stoney administration and the council’s Finance and Economic Development Committee are recommending a big chunk of the surplus, $5.38 million, be spent to eliminate deficits in two funds related to legal work involving the City Attorney’s Office.

The deficits started building in 2014, but kept being ignored, city officials said. City officials now say the negative balances have become too large and need to be dealt with.

The committee also joined the mayor in recommending that $2.57 million be added to the city’s rainy day funds and followed the administration’s recommendation to put $250,000 into a fund for retiree benefits other than pensions. Another $2 million is recommended to go into a fund to pay for capital improvements.

And $2 million is earmarked to go to the Richmond Retirement System to provide additional investment dollars to support pensions, under an amendment that 5th District Councilman Parker C. Agelasto won approval for a year ago.

If the council agrees with the commitments for handling the surplus that came out of committee, that would leave $263,533.

Mayor Stoney is recommending that the money be assigned to a special purpose: Employee compensation, but he has not told the council who would get the money.

Seventh District Councilwoman Cynthia I. Newbille, chair of the Finance Committee, sought to direct $100,000 to marketing for businesses in Shockoe Bottom that have been damaged by the slow-paced redevelopment of the 17th Street Farmers’ Market. The work was supposed to be finished in May. The revamped market is officially set to reopen in a ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30.

However, three committee members objected, and that proposal did not move on, leaving the full council to make the decision on the use of the money.

$13.67M in scholarships awarded at recent Infinite Scholars program

Nearly 50 colleges and universities awarded $13.67 million in scholarships to Richmond area students at the annual Richmond Infinite Scholars college admission and scholarship fair on Oct. 6, it has been announced.

Gov. Ralph S. Northam and retired educator Thomas Ousley, who founded the national nonprofit Infinite Scholars program, were on hand for the fair that was held at Main Street Station.

The Delta House Foundation, the charity arm of the Richmond Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, hosted the program and reported that 860 students participated.

Mr. Ousley launched the first Infinite Scholar event in 2003 to aid African-American and other financially disadvantaged students gain the scholarship support they need to attend a twoyear or four-year college or university.

Then a teacher in St. Louis, Mr. Ousley created the program “because I was tired of hearing students tell me they couldn’t afford college,” he said.

His goal was to have students meet with admissions officials who could award scholarships on the spot.

His model of bringing students and school representatives together garnered significant recognition and led him to develop the nonprofit that operates in St. Louis and has spread to Virginia and 10 other states.

This was the 12th year the sorority has hosted the fair in Richmond.

Artists Mee-Mee Caston, left, and Sir James Thornhill, right, begin painting a new mural on a concrete wall that faces Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School on Mosby Street in the East End. A volunteer team of about 10 students participated in designing the new tribute to Dr. King and also will take part in the painting, Mr. Thornhill said. On Monday, he and Ms. Caston were mostly working up high on a part of the mural that students cannot reach. The new work is visible on the wall adjacent to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge linking Downtown to the East End. The work will complement the first King tribute mural completed by youths in a summer program sponsored by the City of

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Richmond that was created by Mr. Thornhill and muralist Hamilton Glass through their Unity Street Project. Unity Street also is carrying out this second mural, with support from Ms. Caston and other members of the Black American Artists Alliance of Richmond.

New proposed map for House of Delegates boundaries expected Dec. 7

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A proposed map showing revamped House of Delegates districts is expected to be released Friday, Dec. 7, according to the U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia.

A federal three-judge panel hired Bernard Grofman, an economics and political science professor at the University of California-Irvine, to redraw the lines after five districts in the Richmond area and six in Hampton Roads previously were found to be illegally packed with African-American voters.

Boundaries of up to 30 districts may be affected when the map is redrawn, providing relief to voters who successfully sued to overturn the current map. The court found the map was gerrymandered to benefit Republicans by putting more Democrat-leaning AfricanAmericans in a few districts and reducing their influence in adjacent districts.

The court wants to release Dr. Grofman’s map during the first week of December and then seek further input before settling on a final map to be used in the 2019 when all 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates and all 40 seats in the state

Senate will be up for election.

This is Dr. Grofman’s second stint as a special master. In 2015, he was called on by the court to redraw Virginia’s congressional districts after another three-judge panel found the 3rd Congressional District also was over packed with African-American voters.

His map led Richmond to become part of a freshly drawn 4th Congressional District and the election of A. Donald McEachin, previously a state senator, to represent the district. Congressman McEachin is now running for re-election against a Republican and a Libertarian challenger.

Richmond NAACP to host ‘get the vote out’ crabfest Sunday The Richmond Branch NAACP will host a free crab feast 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, in an effort to rev up voter interest in the upcoming election.

Location: 815 N. 35th St. on the grounds of the Bacon Retirement Community.

The event is dubbed “JJ’s Crab & Q” for the branch president, James E. “J.J.” Minor III. He announced that the event also will include speakers and entertainment. Radio personality “Miss Community” Clovia Lawrence of KISS 99.3 and 105.7 FM also is to lead a motorcade to promote voting in the election on Tuesday, Nov. 6, Mr. Minor announced.

Details: (804) 677-7340.

Feeding programs resume at Monroe Park

An estimated 150 people flowed into Monroe Park last Sunday afternoon for meals that students from a Richmond seminary offered, according to Alice M. Massie, president of the Monroe Park Conservancy, the park’s governing body.

Ms. Massie said the seminary students are just one of the organizations signing up through the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities to offer meals on the weekend at the park to people in need.

She said her only concern is that people receiving help often are careless about the paper and plastic that comes with the food.

She said she hopes those who sponsor the feeding programs “will encourage participants to pick up after themselves” to avoid littering the newly reopened park.

She said the conservancy has set up three time slots each weekend day for food distribution. Two groups can distribute food during each period: 8 to 10 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m.

Feeding programs can take place except when other events are taking place in the park, she said.

Details and scheduling: Nathan Burrell, (804) 646-0036, or Natasha Toliver, (804) 646-0761. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

Site of the Church Hill North Revitalization

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Church Hill North construction to begin

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Additional phases are planned for a project that is to generate more than 250 What’s special about Tuesday, Oct. 30? new housing units, but no information has It’s the long-awaited launch date for been disclosed on construction beyond the construction of new housing on the site first 105 housing units. of the former Armstrong High School in It has been nearly two years since the East End. then-Gov. Terry McAuliffe At 10 a.m., a swarm of digjoined officials in a ceremonial nitaries, including Mayor Levar groundbreaking for the project M. Stoney, will join members of that represents the starting point the Creighton Court community in replacing the Creighton Court in announcing the first phase public housing community. of building — a 45-unit senior Residents are to be moved apartment and 60 units largely into the completed units, and for public housing residents their old units are to be razed Mr. Artze now living in Creighton Court, to make way for Creighton’s a stone’s throw away. future redevelopment, which still appears Projected cost of the 105 units: About to be years away. $23 million, according to the city.

Mr. Artze and others have said that it took Orlando Artze, interim executive direc- time to take down the old school building tor of the Richmond Redevelopment and and undertake the pre-construction work Housing Authority, confirmed this week of preparing the ground and installing new that the stalled project in the 1600 block utility lines so construction could begin. of North 31st Street is finally getting unHeavy rains made the site work take derway — at least the first phases. longer, and RRHA’s partner, The Com-

munity Builders of Boston, also needed extra time to arrange financing, which proved more difficult than anticipated, Mr. Artze said.

Questions about the project remain, including whether Creighton residents have secured any of the construction jobs and whether area black-owned businesses will receive any subcontracts on this job.

RRHA and The Community Builders have not issued any public statements indicating they have kept promises of diversity and inclusion in this development.

Mayor Stoney and the city government also remain silent on the inclusion issue, even though the city has reported that taxpayers have invested more than $9 million to pay for the demolition and site work, which is separate and apart from the $23 million price tag. City taxpayers also have contributed to the construction cost.

City Councilwoman Cynthia I. Newbille, who has said she is monitoring the situation, also has not issued statements about economic inclusion of black-owned companies.

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Plan to rename Southside Community Center for DJ Lonnie B is getting pushback Continued from A1

gymnasium that the city spent more than $2 million to renovate and that also includes offices, a computer lab and meeting space, and a metal building that houses a practice space for Jerry Royster’s city-sponsored Cobra Boxing Academy and a fully furnished fitness center that is expected to open soon.

Councilman Jones loves the center, but wishes the city had developed the indoor recreation center at the Broad Rock Sports Complex, three miles southeast at Warwick and Broad Rock roads, where it originally had been planned to go. That would have allowed the city to use the Southside Center property for a mixed-use development that could have created jobs and new tax revenue.

The purchase happened well before Councilman Jones took office in 2017 and was approved while Dr. Dwight C. Jones, no relation, was mayor and Michelle Mosby was the 9th District City Council representative.

Enrollment begins Nov. 1 for Medicaid expansion Continued from A1

adults to community doctors, hospitals and emergency services, as well as to preventive and wellness services, but will not extend to routine dental, vision or hearing services.

Meanwhile, the state is poised to receive at least $1.7 billion a year in new federal money to help underwrite the cost.

The expanded health coverage is aimed at men and women ages 19 to 64 who are too young for Medicare and who meet income requirements based on family size. Even those with pre-existing conditions will be eligible, according to information at coverva.org.

Those who enroll will have six plans to choose from once they pass the income eligibility test, coverva.org states. The managed care options are to be provided through Aetna, Anthem, Magellan, Optima Health, United Healthcare and Virginia Premier.

For some, getting past the first hurdle will be easy. For example, Ms. Williams, with a three-member household that includes her two children, will be eligible if her gross income is $28,677 or less before taxes and deductions, or the equivalent of $13.78 an hour for a 40-hour a week job.

“I qualify, believe me,” said Ms. Williams, who said she is paid about $10 an hour as a store clerk.

Until this expansion, an adult in a three-person household with at least one child was limited to making $6,900 a year in gross income to qualify for Medicaid, state officials said.

The expansion also ensures coverage for childless adults who live alone and are not disabled. They were ineligible until now under Virginia’s Medicaid guidelines.

Such adults now will qualify if their gross income before taxes and deductions is $16,754 or less, the equivalent of an $8 an hour, 40-hour-a-week job or just above the $7.25 an hour minimum wage. Disabled individuals living alone who made less than $9,800 a year previously qualified; now they can make up to $16,754 a year.

In a two-person household, adults with a gross annual income at or below $22,715 are eligible, while adults in a family of four can qualify if their gross income is $34,638 a year or less.

The income limits are expected to rise each year as the government adjusts the poverty line for inflation.

The new health insurance will not be completely free, according to the legislation that passed and the governor signed into law. Republicans insisted on imposing a premium ranging from $1 a month to 2 percent of income, and there could be co-pays for some services. Specifics are not yet available on the website.

Republicans also insisted on imposing a work requirement, though the Northam administration has said the requirement is still awating federal approval and could take up to two years to fully implement.

As written, participants in the Medicaid expansion must work, attend school, take part in a job-training program or participate in some kind of “community engagement” that has yet to be defined.

However, there are numerous exemptions, such as for women who are pregnant or have just given birth, a parent caring for a dependent child, a person who is suffering from a serious illness or disability or a person who has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness.

Despite that, the health care expansion should ultimately boost health outcomes for “thousands of Virginia adults,” stated Dr. Daniel Carey, state secretary of health and human resources.

Among other things, people like Ms. Williams who enroll will gain “a comprehensive package of health services, including coverage for visits to primary and specialty care doctors, hospital stays and prescription medications,” Dr. Carey stated.

“Individuals with chronic diseases will have access to the sustained care that is essential to maintain their health,” he continued.

He also noted that the new coverage means “Virginians requiring behavioral health and addiction treatment will be connected to a robust array of services.

“This new coverage will help individuals across the commonwealth who are our friends, our neighbors, our caregivers and the people we meet daily in coffee shops and restaurants,” added Dr. Jennifer Lee, director of the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services that will manage the program.

“This is not only historic for the commonwealth, but also greatly significant for the thousands of human services professionals statewide who are dedicated daily to helping Virginians achieve well-being,” stated Duke Storen, commissioner of the Virginia Department of Social Services.

“Those of us who share a mission of providing vital services to Virginians understand first-hand how access to health coverage reaches far beyond the individual.

“Families and communities that both support and surround our most vulnerable citizens will reap the rewards of a healthier adult population,” he noted.

Trying to make the best of the situation, Councilman Jones is advocating for renaming the center for Mr. Battle as a way to attract more people to take advantage of its offerings, including youth and adult sports programs, after-school programs, senior programs and job search and support services.

He said Mr. Battle “is the kind of person ordinary people connect with” as the result of his 23-year career in radio and his DJ work at parties and events such as the 2nd Street Festival and the Art of Noise.

The councilman describes Mr. Battle as an inspirational figure.

“He is from this neighborhood. He grew up here, graduated from Huguenot High and has gone on to do great things in his chosen field,” he said, which “is what we hope for all of our children.”

In the case of Mr. Battle, he has gone on to be “a DJ, a hip-hop artist, an on-air personality, a record producer, an entrepreneur and a staple on the cultural and arts scene,” the councilman said.

In a resolution he plans to introduce in November, Councilman Jones notes that Mr. Battle also is one of the “go-to professionals to break new recordings of national hip-hop and R&B artists” and has been recognized by major record labels for his influence.

Councilman Jones said he talked with people in the 9th District, council colleagues and the administration before asking the City Attorney’s Office to draft the legislation.

He pointed to the mostly congratulatory comments the proposal has generated after he posted the announcement. Mr. Battle stated

he was “humbled” by the nomination in his posted response.

However, before he introduces the legislation, Councilman Jones said he has scheduled a public meeting for 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at the center so “people on both sides can express their thoughts and opinions. I seek to lead, but I also listen.”

He said he could reconsider if he hears “overwhelming opposition.”

He recognizes that City Council generally has named its streets and buildings for the deceased. “I’m trying to do something different,” the councilman said.

However, the renaming proposal does not sit well with 2nd District Councilwoman Kim B. Gray, who said her phone has been ringing off hook from people who are opposed.

Ms. Gray, who is pushing to rename the Boulevard in honor of Richmond-born tennis great Arthur Ashe, said she agrees with callers that it would not be appropriate or fitting to honor Mr. Battle, whom she said lacks the stature and résumé of service typical for people who get their names on Richmond’s buildings and streets.

Plus, he has moved out of the city, she said, which should make him ineligible.

Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell, whose 8th District neighbors the 9th District, also said she would oppose any renaming, including Ms. Gray’s Arthur Ashe proposal.

She said that her constituents do not want the city spending money on new signs and name changes while neglecting services and raising taxes.

Ms. Mosby and another former 9th District representative, Gwen C. Hedgepeth, also have indicated opposition.

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voters at city polls could run across people seeking to get petitions signed to get a new initiative to support public school funding on a future ballot.

Still, the focus is on the congressional races where Democrats, crushed in the 2016 election with President Trump’s victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton, are working to win enough seats to retake control of one or both houses.

And for voters, this is their first chance to tell the president, who is spewing fresh falsehoods as he campaigns hard to keep Democrats out of power, how they feel about him since he took office nearly two years ago.

If Democrats do well and flip one or both chambers of Congress, they would be able to essentially serve as a block to President Trump’s and the Republicans’ legislative agenda — and possibly open serious investigations into the president, his administration and his associates.

But if the GOP retains control of both chambers, they’ll have a shot at introducing sweeping policy changes that could impact the nation for decades to come.

So far, the Republican agenda has been limited largely to deficit-boosting tax cuts.

But some analysts believe the conservative to-do list may include a renewed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, that has helped millions of people obtain health care coverage.

Democrats must hold 194 seats and flip at least 24 seats to gain a 218-vote majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.

In the Senate, Republicans could lose control if they lose just two seats. Democrats are struggling to make it happen while also trying to defend 26 seats now held by the party.

The big question is whether ordinary people who usually pay little attention to midterm elections will turn out to register their approval or displeasure with a president who routinely lies, lashes out at critics and seeks to undermine a free press and other American institutions.

Polls suggest that ordinary voters understand the stakes and are revved up to vote. States with early voting are already seeing surges in early turnout.

In Virginia, Sen. Kaine, a former governor and Richmond mayor, appears to be ahead of Mr. Stewart in the polls.

Most observers are focusing on sharply contested races in the 2nd, 5th, 7th and 10th Congressional districts that will determine

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Vice President Mike Pence arrives at Richmond International Airport last Saturday on Air Force One to campaign for several Virginia Republican congressional candidates, including 7th District Rep. Dave Brat, right, who is facing a close challenge from Democrat Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA operative. The vice president also attended a Downtown rally and private fundraiser for Ryan McAdams, an evangelical pastor who is challenging Democratic incumbent Rep. A. Donald McEachin in the 4th Congressional District.

if Republicans continue to hold seven of Virginia’s 11 seats in the House.

Four Democratic women, touting their support for Obamacare and their disdain for Republican fear-mongering, are leading the charge, including in the 7th District outside Richmond.

In the 2nd District around Virginia Beach, Elaine Luria, a former Navy commander, is seeking to upset incumbent GOP Rep. Scott Taylor, while in the rural 5th District, Democrat Leslie Cockburn, a veteran journalist, is seeking to win a seat the incumbent vacated against Republican rival Denver Riggleman.

In the 10th District in Northern Virginia, Democratic state Sen. Jennifer Wexton is seeking to oust incumbent Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock.

The big hope on both sides is that these races will spark an unusually large turnout.

Certainly, plenty of money is being spent to make it happen.

In the toss-up contests involving three Re-

publican incumbents, Reps. Brat, Comstock and Taylor, independent committees alone have spent $9.2 million on influence ads for and against, a Virginia record for races in non-presidential years, according to the nonprofit Virginia Public Access Project.

Sen. Kaine, who used his campaign to show support for Ms. Spanberger and the other Democratic candidates, is optimistic.

He has said he believes people are coming off the sidelines and are eager take part to decide the contests.

Former President Obama, who has emerged as the top Democrat making the case for the party this fall, hopes that is happening. With President Trump shredding his legacy, the nation’s first AfricanAmerican president returned to the political fray to implore voters to show up at the polls in November.

“Just a glance at recent headlines should tell you this moment really is different,” Mr. Obama said in a recent speech, “that the impacts of sitting on the sidelines are more dire.”

Lady Luck visits Va. in Mega Millions Continued from A1

over 30 years.

The ticketholder has up to 180 days to claim the prize and can remain anonymous.

Lottery fever struck the Richmond area as jackpot chasers waited in long lines ahead of Tuesday night’s drawing.

Virginia Lottery officials said as many as 12,700 tickets were sold per minute at the sales peak.

There was good news for several thousand Virginians. More than 451,000 Mega Millions tickets purchased in Virginia won prizes, state officials said Wednesday.

That includes two winning $1 million tickets. One was purchased in King William County at Chill Stop, 5033 Richmond

Tappahannock Highway in Aylett. The other was purchased at Giant Food, 4309 Dale Blvd. in Dale City.

There also was a single $30,000 Megaplier winning ticket sold at a Northern Virginia 7-Eleven, 11854 Sunrise Valley Drive in Reston.

And of 12 winning $10,000 tickets, two were purchased in the Richmond area — at the Fas Mart, 7559 Cold Harbor Road in Mechanicsville and the Styles Bi-Rite, 11300 Hull Street Road in Midlothian.

Despite the disappointment of not winning the top prize, lottery officials recommended that people still check their numbers. While no one won the Mega Millions drawing on Friday, Oct. 19, when the jackpot first hit $1 billion, more than 336,000 tickets bought in Virginia won prizes in that drawing.

Two tickets purchased in Virginia for that drawing are now worth $1 million.

They were purchased in Louisa County at Gum Spring BP, 911 Cross Country Road in Mineral, and at Whistle Stop, 11729 Old Franklin Turnpike, in Union Hall in Franklin County.

Two tickets won $20,000 — bought at Parham Pit Stop, 807 East Parham Road in Henrico, and 7-Eleven, 615 E. Market St. in Leesburg.

Five tickets each won $10,000, including one purchased in Richmond at a 7-Eleven, 1001 E. Main St., in Downtown.

The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday, Oct. 26, is a small $40 million.

The Mega Millions frenzy overshadowed Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, with the jackpot reaching a whopping $620 million.

Richmond Free Press

October 25-27, 2018

Nearly 1 in 4 African-American adults suffers from arthritis.

Arthritis means joint inflammation. However, joint inflammation is a symptom or sign rather than a specific diagnosis. Arthritis is often used to refer to any disorder that affects the joints.

Bone & Joint

Health

Arthritis among African Americans • The prevalence of arthritis in African Americans across the U.S. is 22.2%.

• Arthritis causes more pain in African Americans than in other races.

• 17% are less likely to report having arthritis.

Types of arthritis Signs and Symptoms • Pain or aching • Stiffness • Decreased range of motion • Swelling

Osteoarthritis: a disease that damages the slippery tissue that covers the ends of bones in a joint.

This allows bones to rub together. It’s sometimes call “wear and tear” arthritis and is the most common form of arthritis.

How to manage it • Walk, swim, or bike 30 minutes a day, five days a week.

• Go to effective physical activity programs.

• Join a self-management education class.

• Lose weight.

Gout: a kind of arthritis that causes painful and stiff joints.

Gout is caused by the buildup of crystals made of a substance called uric acid in your joints.

It often starts in the big toe and can cause lumps under the skin as well as kidney stones.

Signs and Symptoms

How to manage it

• • • •

• • • •

Pain, usually intense Swelling Redness Heat

Eat a healthy diet. Avoid foods that may trigger a gout flare.

Walk, swim, or bike 30 minutes a day, five days a week.

Go to effective physical activity programs.

Join a self-management education class.

The VCU Health 8k is a great way to exercise those joints and have some fun with the entire community. Join us November 10, and tour of some of Richmond’s most beautiful and historic neighborhoods. It’s five miles of smiles!

Visit richmondmarathon.com to register.

To schedule an appointment, call 804-828-7929. © 2018 VCU Health. All rights reserved. Sources: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CDC: Difference in the Prevalence and Impact of Arthritis among Racial/Ethnic Groups.

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Election Coverage

U.S. Senate race Stories by Reginald Stuart

Sen. Tim Kaine

Corey Stewart

Progressive Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine works across the aisle

Senate challenger Corey Stewart believes voters want him to speak his mind

When U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine went head to head in this fall’s three senatorial candidate debates, the Democrat repeatedly was credited for keeping his composure despite the political fire being hurled at him by his Republican opponent.

It’s nothing new for Sen. Kaine, observers said.

Whether on the neighborhood soccer field as a parental volunteer coach for one of his children years ago, or on today’s splinter-laced political trail, Sen. Kaine is known for staying focused on the goal, not altering his rhetoric to make his point and working tirelessly to keep the playing field level and open to as many people as possible.

Sen. Kaine, 60, has drawn on his wealth of wide-ranging public service, starting with working for Legal Aid helping the poor and low-income residents, to serving as a member of Richmond City Council, then mayor of Richmond and later governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010.

He parlayed that experience into national service as a U.S. senator from Virginia — he has represented the state in Washington since January 2013 — and later as Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential running mate in 2016.

“He was positive about a lot of good things for Richmond,” said Carolyn M. Lambert, a retired nurse and widow of the late state Sen. Benjamin J. Lambert III, reflecting on Sen. Kaine’s work on behalf of the city during much harder times in recent decades.

Today, Mrs. Lambert said, she still sees Sen. Kaine as “very progressive in his thinking, extremely bright, very capable and he knows what the needs are.

“He has been extremely positive and proactive,” she added. “His comments are constructive,” she said, echoing thoughts offered by other longtime Kaine constituents.

A Missouri native, Sen. Kaine came to Richmond after Harvard Law School and married Anne Holton, the daughter of former GOP Gov. Linwood Holton and former Richmond juvenile court judge who also served as state Secretary of

Education under former Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

Sen. Kaine is a longtime progressive Democrat who has championed moderate and liberal causes in Richmond and the state for years. He has high rankings from liberal and moderate national citizen action groups ranging from the Sierra Club environmental group to the National Abortion Rights Action League, or NARAL, to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

Alongtime booster of career and technical education, Sen. Kaine has campaigned on expanding jobs in Virginia through technical and vocational internships at Virginia shipyards that also would boost the nation’s military readiness.

He also has cited legislation he championed that would increase scholarships for students in cybersecurity programs.

While he talks about working across the aisle to get things done, Sen. Kaine has stood up against Republicans efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and in voting against the confirmation of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.

He also champions a Medicare X plan that would provide a public option, Medicare-like health insurance program for all. He also sponsored legislation that would restore key provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act. Opponents said Sen. Kaine might be hampered in delivering for Virginians if the November elections keep Republicans in control of Congress.

He has picked up support from established Virginia Republicans. Earlier this month, former U.S. Sen. John Warner, a Republican who also previously served as U.S. secretary of the Navy under former President Nixon, announced strong support for Sen. Kaine.

“Tim’s unquestioned integrity and moral character are sorely needed in the Senate a tthis most unusual time in our nation’s history,” former Sen. Warner said in a statement issued in late September. He underscored his decision by being Sen. Kaine’s guest at the Sept. 26 debate against his GOP challenger, Corey Stewart.

Corey Stewart was a young dock worker in his Great Lakes hometown of Duluth, Minn., when he almost lost his life in an accident readying to sail the waters once tread by the legendary ship the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

That summer job on the docks helped Mr. Stewart earn enough money to help pay for the cost of college, making him the first generation of his family to attend college and earn a degree.

The 50-year-old Republican later attended William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minn., and practices as an international trade attorney in Northern Virginia, where he also is in his fourth term as chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors.

He feels he has what it takes to unseat incumbent Democrat Tim Kaine for the U.S. Senate.

Recent polls show that Mr. Stewart trails Sen. Kaine. Yet, pollsters admit they are scrambling with uncertainty and trying to determine daily who’s up and who’s down in voter thinking. It’s a roller coaster ride federal lawmakers in Washington and President Trump have created for undecided voters in Virginia and elsewhere.

President Trump has “done a lot of things for the country, whether people like him or not,” said Mr. Stewart, who proudly backs the president and his agenda, from shuffling the deck on international trade agreements to building a costly wall between the United States and Mexico to curb illegal immigration.

Of his often offensive political rhetoric, Mr. Stewart said he finds people he meets “like to hear” his oratory. “They want to know where you stand,” he said. “I am a blunt person.”

He traces that characteristic to his childhood when an older brother told him he could become president.

“The average person appreciates the fact that I speak my mind,” he said.

Mr. Stewart, who represents a conservative Northern Virginia suburb that is 55 percent

minority, has been insistent in supporting President Trump’s opposition to any leniency in allowing undocumented immigrants in the country, with a focus on Spanish-speaking Mexicans.

He also adamantly opposes the removal of Confederate monuments from public places in Richmond, Charlottesville and other Virginia cities.

He and Sen. Kaine are unapologetic political opposites, which appears to give voters a clear choice at the polls on Nov. 6.

Mr. Stewart, who has trailed Sen. Kaine in fundraising and collection of influential endorsements since the campaign began, noted he may not have raised as much money as Sen. Kaine, but his money is coming from Virginia donors, rather than out-of-state sources.

He also touts the support he has from Asian-Americans in Prince William County, adding he has visited a mosque almost weekly in the final stages of his campaign to reinforce Muslim-American support.

Mr. Stewart said he differs from President Trump on several fronts, among them the travel ban against people from several largely Muslim nations. He said the ban was too hastily put together and impacts employers in Prince William County.

He also takes issue with President Trump’s opposition to pay raises for federal employees, asserting that federal workers “are being used as political football” by President Trump and others wrestling over federal spending.

Those concerns are mostly muted, however,

by Mr. Stewart’s regular political blasts, including those during campaign debates with Sen. Kaine. During each debate, Mr. Stewart reasserted that controversial Confederate monuments should be left alone and that all undocumented aliens should be deported immediately.

“People who know me know I’m far from being a racist,” Mr. Stewart said. “I’m just standing up for what I believe is right.”

City of Richmond Department of Public Works

2018 Leaf Collection Options Vacuum service begins November 1

Option

1

Bagged Collection (up to 10 bags) • Begins October 1, 2018 • Up to 10 bags collected on normal trash day • Biodegradable plastic bags preferred • Place bags near supercan

Option Unlimited Bag Collection by Sector

2

(Please see map)

DPW has divided the city into four sectors for bagged leaves based on trash collection days. During this period, residents may put out any number of bags for collection.

Wednesday Trash Collection (Sector 1 ) •Leaves must be bagged by October 31.

•All bagged leaves will be picked up between October 31 – November 14.

Thursday Trash Collection (Sector 2) • Leaves must be bagged by November 15.

• All bagged leaves will be picked up between November 15 – November 29.

Monday Trash Collection (Sector 3 ) • Leaves must be bagged by November 26.

• All bagged leaves will be picked up between November 26 – December 10.

Tuesday Trash Collection (Sector 4) • Leaves must be bagged by December 11.

•All bagged leaves will be picked up between December 11 – December 27 (two day delay with the holiday)

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Option

3

Vacuum Service | $30 per request Note: Vacuum service may be delayed during inclement weather.

NEW! Request through RVA311.com or by calling 3-1-1 •Available November 1, 2018,

(service will continue based on overall available funding)

• Rake leaves to front of property but not into the street or gutter • Leaves will be picked up within 15 days from date of request • NEW! Include payment on City of Richmond utility bill

Option

4

Do-it-Yourself Dispose of loose leaves at:

East Richmond Road Convenience Center 3800 East Richmond Road Richmond,VA 23223

For Schedule Information Call: 3-1-1 or 804-646-LEAF (Active October 1)

Maury Street Landfill 2900 Maury Street Richmond,VA 23224

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October 25-27, 2018

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Election Coverage

U.S. House of Representatives races Stories by Reginald Stuart

th 4 Congressional District

Incumbent Rep. A. Donald McEachin

GOP challenger Ryan McAdams

Rep. McEachin views health care as overarching issue of campaign When Richmond native and veteran attorney A. Donald McEachin decided to run for Virginia’s 4th District Congressional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, his decision nearly two years ago to shift political careers from state lawmaker to rookie member of Congress had it challenges.

Rep. McEachin had to meet scores of voters forced into the state’s redrawn 4th District that stretches from Richmond, and parts of Henrico and Chesterfield counties, through Petersburg to the North Carolina line and east to Chesapeake.

He had to learn issues important to them so they could quickly become important to him.

Once elected in November 2016, the 57-yearold Democrat had to learn in no short order how to climb the very difficult federal political high bars, a challenge made tougher for rookies and members of the political party out of power.

Now up for re-election, Rep. McEachin said he’s ready for battle at the voting booth next month, his efforts reinforced by the harsh rhetoric of President Trump and some members of the GOP. President Trump, he said, “opposes everything America stands for.”

He characterizes his opponent, GOP candidate Ryan McAdams, an evangelical pastor, as “a decent man” who is following the wrong political leader.

Despite President Trump’s divisive political rhetoric and his ability to overwhelm national news, Rep. McEachin said he has been able to work with lawmakers across the political aisle when it comes to legislation of importance to district residents.

He is a member of the influential House Armed Services Committee, giving him an important seat at an important table when lawmakers debate and recommend House actions on programs and spending on military related maters.

The 4th District includes thousands of active

duty and retired military personnel.

Among the variety of issues facing the Congress, Rep. McEachin views health care as the overarching issue in the election. It outranks other issues by a great margin, he said, pitting him and President Trump at opposite polls of the political spectrum.

He supports strengthening the Affordable Care Act, including protecting it from GOP attempts to eliminate health insurance coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. He also opposes efforts to replace Medicare with a voucher system or to have Medicaid funded through block grants that would shift costs to senior citizens and working-class families.

Rep. McEachin also has pushed for federal money for upgrades to crumbling infrastructure, including roads, bridges and access to broadband internet for rural areas, and inclusion of African-American communities in the improvements.

On the education front, he has sought increased funding for public education and to help students earn college degrees debt-free from public colleges and universities.

He also has requested federal-level probes and intervention into disparate discipline in area public schools for African-American students and students with disabilities and Section 8 housing communities in Henrico County.

In this bid to win re-election, he said he’s trying to “get out there and talk to everybody I can in the district.” He said he’s making a special effort to “reach out to college students,” noting most don’t understand “how they got here” and the history of progress through voting.

As for the Democratic Party’s midterm campaign slogan, “For the People,” Rep. McEachin added that his effort in Congress is not to bring Washington to the 4th District, but rather ensure Washington is doing all it can to serve the people of the district.

Ryan McAdams seeks repeal or defunding of Affordable Care Act Ryan McAdams has always liked a challenge, especially, he said, when it comes from God. That explains his decision to run on the Republican Party ticket to challenge 4th District Congressman A. Donald McEachin, a veteran Democratic lawmaker and seasoned attorney.

Mr. McAdams, a 41-year-old pastor who is on leave from his post as senior leader of Agape Mission Church in Williamsburg, said he was “called” two years ago in a spiritual dream urging him to run for the congressional seat to represent the people of his region.

“I’m not running as a swamp preacher,” said Mr. McAdams who, with his wife, has raised four children in Charles City County.

“I’m not a career politician,” he said. “I’m not trying to run a negative campaign. I very much support the president. I just don’t like his style.

“Some of the things he says, he tweets, it’s not my tone, not my style,” Mr. McAdams said. “I’m a conservative. I’m not an extreme person.”

Mr. McAdams, who moved with his parents to Williamsburg from California at age 16, traces his appetite for challenges to his high school days. A high school baseball player, he earned the ranking of Virginia High School Player of the Year. That got him a scholarship to Virginia Military Institute. Later, he transferred to Virginia Commonwealth University, where he earned a bachelor’s in psychology in 1994.

VMI gave him some footing in organization,

he said. His career as a social worker for the City of Williamsburg and pastor for the past 20 years helped him put the pieces together in reality, he said.

“I’m a very focused person,” said Mr. McAdams. “I’m running with a laser. I’m focused on winning.”

Vice President Mike Pence stumped for Mr. McAdams last Saturday at a rally and private fundraiser in Downtown in an effort to bolster President Trump’s agenda by preserving the GOP majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mr. McAdams believes the Affordable Care Act should be repealed and/or defunded with the free market system taking over health care.

He also supports more local control over education, 2nd Amendment gun rights and less government regulation. He also is opposed to a women’s right to choose an abortion and supports state and local programs that would “create positive alternatives.”

On the campaign trail, Mr. McAdams is making a special effort to court and recruit newcomers to the voting process. At last week’s rally, he gave prominent placement to African-American conservatives. Apostle Leon Benjamin Sr., senior pastor of New Life Harvest Church in South Side, led the rally, while the Rev. Calvin Duncan, a former VCU basketball star who is now pastor of Faith & Family Church in South Side, gave the invocation.

Win or lose, Mr. McAdams said, his campaign would be a “glory to God.”

th 7 Congressional District

GOP incumbent Rep. Dave Brat

Democratic challenger Abigail Spanberger

Rep. Dave Brat facing close re-election bid

Abigail Spanberger, a political newcomer, is part of ‘blue wave’

When longtime economics professorturned-political-rookie Dave Brat defeated House Republican Leader Eric Cantor in Mr. Cantor’s 2014 primary contest for re-election, the shocking upset made heads spin around the political universe.

Rep. Brat, 54, who left his post at RandolphMacon College to focus on his new political role, was reassured of voter confidence in 2016, when he won his re-election bid by 15 points more than his Democratic opponent.

Today, the political ground in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District is shaking again, most of it rooted in President Trump’s rhetoric and actions that is unsettling voters as the election nears.

Political operatives in all corners said Rep. Brat’s re-election contest against newcomer Democrat Abigail Spanberger is a toss-up with less than two weeks to go before Election Day on Nov. 6. No public or private polls show either contestant with a clear lead, despite Rep. Brat investing more than $1 million dollars into his re-election campaign and reporting approximately $1 million more to spend by election time.

Rep. Brat has the firm backing of President Trump and other national Republican political leaders. Still, observers said, some voters in the historically middle-class Republican district have mixed feelings about Rep. Brat and his future in office. Some voters are concerned about his close links to President Trump, as the president repeatedly spews offensive language about women, foreigners and other issues.

“You do have to make sure you run according to the culture of that district,” said Emory University political scientist Dr.Andra Gillespie, a Richmond area native familiar with Virginia politics. It’s the unsettled stomach in the 7th District that has

caused political analysts to cast the contest as deadlocked at this point, she said.

Rep. Brat, who has championed himself as an asset to a strong Republican presence in Congress, touts his standing as the only member of the House of Representatives with a Ph.D. That is a background Rep. Brat says is quite helpful as President Trump and company go about trying to boost military spending and dismantle much of the federal social role in helping America run, cut taxes and boost the federal deficit, all in short order.

Like President Trump, Rep. Brat sees the federal government playing a much smaller role in a range of regulations, from clean air and water standards to gun control and women’s reproductive health. As for the economy, Rep. Brat has long advocated free market actions as a solution to many of society’s social ills.

He made an articulate pitch for his re-election earlier this month at a political debate with Ms. Spanberger that reportedly drew approximately 400 people to a community college campus in Culpeper.

In the testy debate, Rep. Brat illuminated several examples of his stance as a Republican with conservative social views. Supported by the National Rife Association, he challenged gun control advocates, asserting the best way to prevent school shootings is to place armed school resource officers in schools and improve access to mental health resources.

Rep. Brat also took issue with proponents of expanding federal heath care programs.

He told the audience, as he has before, that he favors abolishing the Affordable Care Act and letting private health care providers compete more freely. That would force prices down, he said.

Abigail Spanberger had some tough personal choices to make this spring.

Telling her three daughters that she had once worked for the CIA was one — a tough one, she said.

Getting it out publicly ahead of people who wanted to cast the job as a negative was something she had to do in getting her family’s blessing for seeking another job — being a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

For sure, bits and pieces of Ms. Spanberger’s history have leaked out since the 39-year-old Democrat announced her decision to run for Congress against incumbent GOP Rep. Dave Brat, an economics professor who left academia in 2014 after unseating House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a shocking GOP primary.

Ms. Spanberger, who attended public schools in Henrico County and now lives in Glen Allen, went on to earn a bachelor’s from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Purdue University. Afterward, she became a federal employee, working first as a U.S. Postal Service inspector investigating money laundering and drug trafficking, then going to work for the CIA on assignments under Presidents Bush and Obama.

With several years of intelligence work behind her, Ms. Spanberger said she’s ready to give back to the country that has given her so much. Casting herself as a moderate liberal, she is considered by political analysts to be among the “blue wave” trying to halt President Trump’s relentless campaign to reverse decades of American effort at home and abroad.

Political pollsters say the contest is a

toss-up, with voters seeming endlessly split as the contest races toward Election Day on Nov. 6.

Ms. Spanberger, one of two former CIA employees running for Congress this fall (the other is a woman Democrat in Michigan), has aggressively campaigned around the largely middle class 7th District, one that is a rich mix of Richmond suburbs with portions of Henrico and Chesterfield counties and stretching north to Spotsylvania and west to Louisa, Orange and Culpeper counties.

In making her debut for political office, Ms. Spanberger has refused to take money from corporate political PACs, yet has raised more than $3 million for her campaign and gotten influential endorsements from former President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, among others.

She also has been endorsed by a number of national issue groups, including Emily’s List, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and CASA in Action.

In the single face-to-face debate between Ms. Spanberger and Rep. Brat, Ms. Spanberger made it clear that she is not running for office to emulate House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, although they share many similar views on social issues.

“This contest is interesting because you have a first-time female candidate, it’s in a Republican district that is increasingly competitive and it’s the type of suburban district Democrats are trying to flip,” said Emory University political scientist Dr. Andra Gillespie.

She notes the district is approximately 17 percent African-American and has an annual median family income of more than $60,000.

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Election Coverage

Richmond 7th District School Board race Stories by Ronald E. Carrington

Candidates Q&A Cheryl L. Burke

Gary S. Broderick

Age: 65 Occupation: Retired principal, Chimborazo Elementary School Education: Bachelor’s in early childhood education, St. Paul’s College; master’s in education supervision and administration, Virginia Commonwealth University; School Development Program Certification and International Baccalaureate Primary Years Certification, Yale University.

Civic/community activities: Richmond (VA) Chapter of The Links Inc. and Franklin Military Academy volunteer with FMA2 Focused Motivated Achievers.

Email: CherylBurkeRVA@gmail.com Telephone: (804) 356-5455 Website: www.cherylburkerva.com

Age: 37 Occupation: Community organizer and UPS truck loader Education: Bachelor’s in media arts, New Jersey City University Civic/community activities: Organizing with parents, students and teachers to defend and transform public education in Richmond Email: broderick4schoolboard@gmail.com Telephone: (804) 347-4942 Website: www.garysbroderick.com I became a candidate for the Richmond School Board because: We can build a top-notch public education system in Richmond. However, it requires taking a fundamentally different approach. We need a School Board that sees advocacy as a core responsibility, particularly fighting for full funding. That means leading the School Board in engaging in a public, needs-based budget process as I have pushed for as a community organizer. It also means pushing for the School Board to pass a resolution in favor of raising the corporate tax rate, then making funding a core assignment of the state lobbying subcommittee. We need a paradigm shift. Together, we can make it happen.

Top two issues facing Richmond Public Schools: These priorities, if addressed, will have a domino effect in addressing other critical issues.

1. We need more adults in the school buildings. Our students need more attention from teachers in smaller classrooms, reading specialists, guidance counselors and social workers. Our staff needs sustainable workloads to make the job a sustainable professional career choice. That also benefits students with the stability of seeing the same staff year after year.

2. We must improve literacy. If we don’t improve literacy rates in elementary schools, we are undermining the ability of our students to fall in love with learning and perform well academically.

How I plan to address those issues as a School Board member: The Commonwealth Institute just put out a report noting that, compared to 10 years ago, K-12 funding statewide has declined by 9 percent, staff levels are down and student enrollment is up.

With engaged School Board leadership, we can make sure our whole city knows. We can marshal the progressive energy and aspirations of our city to demand corporations pay their fair share of taxes to enable full funding of schools.

Increasing literacy rates will be possible similarly as we win funding for more reading specialists and displace the focus on SOL tests, which undermine reading comprehension.

Voters should support me for the Richmond School Board because: I am a change agent with a clear vision for every child in the 7th District and the City of Richmond and the modernization and renovation of current RPS facilities.

I am knowledgeable and lead by example, having served RPS for 38 years as a teacher, specialist and principal. I continue to build strong relationships built on trust, having lived in the 7th District for 26 years. I am patient yet persistent, asking tough questions and expecting results.

Top two issues facing Richmond Public Schools: 1. Modernization and renovation of current RPS facilities.

2. Hiring and retaining effective teachers.

How I plan to address those issues as a member of the School Board: I will continue to collaborate with the superintendent, mayor, City Council and General Assembly members to push for a more equitable distribution of funds for Richmond. I will empower 7th District stakeholders to attend meetings, write letters, make calls and vote in every election. My plan includes volunteering at local universities and colleges to encourage students to work in RPS and tapping our high school students to become endorsed as future teachers.

I will facilitate informal “Chat & Chew” gatherings for new teachers to offer sessions that will address such topics as building trusting relationships, discipline with love and plan for individual student success.

Bryce L. Robertson

Age: 30 Occupation: Immigration attorney Education: Bachelor’s degree in government, Cornell University, 2010; J.D., Villanova University School of Law, 2013 Civic/community activities: Board member, The Garden Schoolhouse, formerly, Chesterfield Innovative Academy for Girls; mentor with the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s “Pasaporte a la Educación” (Passport to Education) initiative Email: bryce@votebrycerobertson.com Telephone: (804) 852-9246 Website: www.votebrycerobertson.com I became a candidate for the Richmond School Board because: I can no longer sit back as a product and resident of the 7th District and watch our school system suffering under status quo and stagnation.

For too long, students of the 7th District have been victims of attending old and dilapidated school buildings, teachers have been victims of a severe lack of support and parents have been victims of a school district starved for desperately needed resources.

In this spirit, I want to make sure that every student in Richmond has every opportunity to see how powerful they are and to achieve their goals.

Top two issues facing Richmond Public Schools: RPS’ biggest challenge is not only how we address our need for funding, but how we channel those resources so that they are used most effectively, transparently and accountably.

Moreover, in the 7th District, our biggest challenge is tackling the trauma and poverty that many of our students face. We need to make sure that every student has the opportunity to recognize his or her potential, embrace their passions and excel.

How I plan to address those issues as a School Board member: I will push for greater transparency and accountability when it comes to funding, evaluate what funding resources we can tap into and push state leaders to make changes to the local composite index that unfairly deprives cities like Richmond of needed public education funding.

I also will fight for disciplinary policies that balance accountability with understanding, undergird our educators with the flexibility to better support their students in a trauma-informed way and push to integrate restorative justice practices into school life to promote a healthy emotional culture that supports the achievement of all students.

For Broderick, the key is organizing priorities for limited resources Gary S. Broderick moved to Richmond in January 2017, but he has deep ties to education advocacy and a track record of bringing together people of diverse backgrounds to demand high quality public education.

The 37-year-old community organizer and UPS truck loader has worked with New Virginia Majority and others to advocate for public schools. He has pushed for more money for public education and said he has lobbied for the School Board to adopt a needs-based budget and for there to be more public input in Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s Education Compact.

He served in a volunteer leadership role with 3rd District School Board member Kenya Gibson’s winning campaign in 2017. Now, he is seeking a seat on the board.

“I have a track record in advocacy, and that’s what we need on the School Board right now,” Mr. Broderick said.

He would like to see elected officials who represent the city on the local and state levels to champion raising Virginia’s corporate tax rate for more money for public education.

He said the corporate tax rate hasn’t been raised in 40 years and is one of the lowest in the country.

Mr. Broderick, who has not accepted any corporate contributions, believes one person, one vote is important for true democracy.

His advocacy journey started in Philadelphia, when the school system proposed to close 37 schools. He was part of a group of 19 that participated in civil disobedience in favor of keeping the schools open.

From there, he moved to Durham, N.C., where he worked as a learning assistant in an elementary school for a year and volunteered as an advocate with the Durham Association of Educators.

Running for the Richmond School

Board, Mr. Broderick has focused on things that he said must be done to interrupt the school-to-prison pipeline that he said has disproportionately impacted students at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School and Armstrong High School in the 7th District.

“At the core, we need more adults in the (school) buildings, particularly reading specialists, social workers and guidance counselors,” he said.

“Because there are not enough adults in the building, the RPS and building staff are relying on the Richmond Police Department to do the work that should be done by regular staff,” he said. “The RPD is used to enforce school policy — and that is an inappropriate role.”

Although Mr. Broderick has not visited any of the district schools, he said ongoing community discussions and negotiations should take place with the city police to discuss the appropriate role of school resource

officers.

“It also causes a conflict when children needing one-on-one attention are not getting it, which leads to acting out and the problem escalating,” he said.

He also believes restorative justice programs are part of the solution.

“When I think about restorative justice programs, I mean funds and dedicated staff but not a process where we give overworked teachers more on their plates that they have to do.”

Mr. Broderick also expressed concern about Superintendent Jason Kamras’ leadership and decisionmaking.

“I think there has been too much unilateral decision-making,” he said, referring to work hours for teachers and what time the school day should start for high schools. “What we saw was two different policy changes, both attempted unilaterally, yet formally requiring School Board approval.

“Those are decisions would have benefited from a structured dialogue starting three months earlier, as well as getting parents and teachers to chime in on what is best,” he said.

He said he is concerned that the School Board will be relegated to a “adviser role” if budget figures aren’t attached to items on the strategic plan.

“The real question to a strategy is not listing what you want for Christmas, but how do we organize the priorities with the resources we have,” he said.

“I am somebody who is prepared to do the work, offer leadership, fight and implement real communitygenerated solutions,” he said. But, he added, “we will consistently need people to show up at School Board meetings, City Council meetings and state legislative meetings.

“I believe, together, we can have world-class schools in Richmond. It is not magic.”

Burke attributes success on board to experience, engaging the community Cheryl L. Burke, a former Chimborazo Elementary School principal, wants to continue serving on the Richmond School Board.

She was chosen by the board last October to fill the 7th District seat on an interim basis after Nadine MarshCarter resigned following the 2017 death of her husband.

Ms. Burke and two others are running in the Nov. 6 special election to fill Ms. Marsh-Carter’s unexpired term through 2020.

“I believe that every child going to school in Richmond should have the opportunity to be successful, be it through accelerated programs or interventions,” Ms. Burke said in an

interview. “Every child’s needs need to be met.”

She is a firm believer in bringing together parents, teachers, faculty, staff, community members and other stakeholders to support Richmond Public Schools students.

“RPS has now taken the lead on that engagement,” she said.

At age 65 and with more than three decades of experience in education, Ms. Burke has evolved from teacher to principal to policymaker. She said she understands the needs of the 7th District and RPS as a whole.

She said when she was appointed principal at Chimborazo, it was one of the lowest performing schools in

the state.

“During my tenure, we were able to build up and become one of the top schools in the state and the only International Baccalaureate school in the city,” she recalled proudly, attributing the success to engaging the community.

By the time she retired in 2013 after 19 years at the school’s helm, dozens of groups, including businesses, were partnering with the school. AmeriCorps volunteers and many others would come to help clean up, spruce up and paint the building to make it more welcoming to students. She secured refurbished computers for students without them

and arranged for families in the East End to get reduced-price monthly internet service.

“I didn’t wait for someone to come in and tell me what to do,” she said.

Chimborazo’s “pattern of reform has to be jump-started as the catalyst for innovation and rehabilitation” elsewhere, she said.

She said it’s important that the superintendent’s strategic plan, which the School Board approved, doesn’t simply “go on the shelf,” along with plans for progress from Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s Education Compact.

What’s critical, she said, are

modernizing and renovating RPS facilities, improving infrastructure and technology access for all students and overcoming social and economic barriers.

Ms. Burke voted with the School Board to hire Superintendent Jason Kamras, who took office last February. She believes Mr. Kamras is in the process of rebuilding RPS’ credibility through transparency, engagement and relationship-building with the city’s administration and the community.

“As long as I am on the board, we will address the financial issues, graduation rates and the present inequities in the system,” she said.

Robertson seeks to expand ESL classes, trauma-informed care for RPS students Bryce L. Robertson, a 30-year-old Richmond native and immigration attorney, is a product of Richmond Public Schools.

Mr. Robertson serves as a board member with the Garden Schoolhouse, formerly Chesterfield Innovative Academy for Girls, as a mentor for youths in the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s “Passport to Education” Program and works with Cornell University’s Educational Policy Committee.

As a School Board candidate, he wants to expand English as a Second Language classes, trauma-informed care for students, increase access to pre-kindergarten program, leverage technology to better educate students, uplift teachers and close down the school-to-prison pipeline.

“It is time for change, community engagement, equity and transparency,”

Mr. Robertson said during an interview at Dyer Immigration and Law Group, where he has practiced law for five years.

While he has no children, he devotes his professional time defending residents who need it the most — from young, undocumented students known as DREAMers to victims of abuse.

“I grew up in Richmond attending Fourth Baptist Church and getting my hair cut on 25th street,” Mr. Robertson said. “This is my home and I love this city.”

But while he said many positive changes are taking place in the city, “I look at RPS, and the reality is we are still struggling to really uplift students, parents, our community and our teachers. I want to see more change.”

He believes community input is important in making decisions affecting the schools. Social and economic

justice and equity also are important for students, as well as empowering parents and teachers.

He said community engagement is critical particularly with the important issues “ahead of us — rezoning, school consolidation and transportation. We have to have community input on everything that impacts people.”

He wants students from historically black colleges and universities to have a stronger partnership with RPS that can enhance cultural sensitivity and social and economic dynamics with RPS students.

“We have bright children who are poised for success, but they don’t have the support they need to be successful,” Mr. Robertson said.

He bemoans the fact that “RPS has a problem where black and Hispanic students are expelled and suspended at higher rates than other students, along

with special needs students.”

“The reality is, we can’t just punish to punish,” he said. “We can’t use access to education as a punishment and send students away from the system. That causes more problems.

We have to create a culture of understanding.”

He advocates increased use of restorative justice practices in schools.

He wants to see more teacher and staff training for trauma-informed perspectives.

Mr. Robertson, who has bilingual clients and speaks Spanish, said more priority should be put on English language resources for the large number of students, particularly in South Side, for whom English isn’t their first language.

He believes the RPS administration under Superintendent Jason Kamras is heading in “the right direction.”

“I like where we are going with the strategic plan,” said Mr. Robertson, who frequents School Board meetings. “We need to use it and not put it away somewhere and forget it. We need to actually stick to it.”

He expressed disappointment in the latest RPS audits and school achievement results released by the Virginia Department of Education.

But the School Board “should keep Mr. Kamras and his administration accountable” when it comes to the many problems RPS faces, he said.

“Thank goodness we are having these conversations and resolutions as well as starting to have a dialogue with the city about reconciling the budget,” Mr. Robertson said.

“Now is the time we should leverage our strength as a community to ignite change so we can build bridges for students’ success,” he said.

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Darian Peterson shined in his Virginia Union University basketball debut, but it wasn’t enough to save the Panthers at Duke University.

Before 9,314 fans at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C., Duke beat VUU 106-64 in Tuesday night’s exhibition.

Peterson did his part, scoring 14 points — including two 3-pointers — and snaring five rebounds in 23 minutes of floor time.

A 6-foot-5 junior, Peterson helped Monacan High School in Chesterfield County to the State 4A championship in 2016.

He played the past two seasons at Concord University in West Virginia.

Jordan White added 13 points for VUU and Jemal Smith passed for eight assists.

Freshman sensation Zion Williamson had 29 points for the Blue Devils, hitting 11 of 13 shots from the floor.

VUU will open its regular season Nov. 10 at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania.

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Kamras and the tipping point There’s a tipping point for everything, where the small actions of a few propel the idea of urgent change to mass acceptance.

We saw that with the recent widespread public support for Richmond Public Schools.

After students walked out of classes and marched to City Hall and parents and children held rallies on the steps of City Hall, support began mounting for efforts to fix Richmond’s broken down public school buildings.

The backing grew as teachers and others spoke before City Council and at School Board meetings about the deplorable conditions young people faced daily, such as at George Mason Elementary School with rodent droppings on desks in the mornings, unusable restrooms, cold lunches and unheated classrooms with leaky ceilings.

The stories were sickening and saddening — and yet motivating.

When Mayor Levar M. Stoney called for increasing the city’s meals tax to provide money to replace some of the worst buildings, the public and City Council backed his request. People were willing to pay a little extra each time they eat out knowing the money will help improve Richmond schools.

Hundreds of volunteers also showed up this summer to clean, paint, fix bathrooms and hallways and spruce up buildings before classes started after Labor Day. Their sweat equity made them feel like they were doing something for the kids.

Now Superintendent Jason Kamras may have tipped public support for Richmond Public Schools to the off position when he suggested last week a 10 cent hike in the city’s real estate taxes to help schools.

He said the tax hike would generate $20 million to $24 million for RPS. He suggested that $13 million of that go toward operations, with the remainder earmarked for new school construction.

Here’s how the tax hike would affect the average city homeowner: It would increase the tax bill on a home valued at $100,000 by $100. The current rate of $1.20 per $100 of assessed value would rise to $1.30 per $100 in value, making the annual tax bill on a $100,000 home go from $1,200 to $1,300.

While that tax hike may not sound like much, Mr. Kamras fails to understand that real estate assessments of homes and property in the city have gone up 25 percent in some cases. The $100,000 home may now be valued at $125,000, making next year’s tax bill rise automatically to $1,500. Hiking the tax rate by 10 cents would raise the bill to $1,625.

That kind of increase may be enough to push senior citizens on fixed incomes and others living on the edge out of their homes and out of the city.

While Mr. Kamras suggested exempting low-income residents from the tax hike, he provided no details.

Richmond residents have shown they are invested in improving our school buildings and educational quality for the 24,000 youngsters attending RPS. But Mr. Kamras just soured that goodwill and support with his hasty call for a tax hike.

Mr. Kamras and the Richmond School Board are going to have to look inward before reaching out to taxpayers and asking for more money.

The public needs to see Mr. Kamras, the school administration and the School Board taking steps to cut back its $360 million annual budget. We need to see that RPS is using the resources it has in the best possible way before resorting to a real estate tax hike.

Mr. Kamras and the School Board also need to show some real progress in student achievement, graduation rates and outcomes when they hit up the public with such a request.

It’s too early for such a tax hike to be put on the table. No can do.

As author Malcolm Gladwell said: “The key to good decisionmaking is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.”

We urge Mr. Kamras, who has been in charge of RPS less than a year, to get a better understanding of the situation and a better grip on public sentiment. We’d hate to see him blow the momentum and groundswell of support for RPS.

Don’t be intimidated Thought for the week: If your vote is not important or doesn’t mean anything, then why are so many attempts made nationally to keep people of color from voting?

Reports coming in from across the nation detail the underhanded and treacherous attempts to keep African-Americans and others from the ballot box, including improperly purging people from the voter rolls; changing or eliminating voting precincts in African-American communities; requiring voters to present only certain forms of ID before they are given a ballot; and, strangely enough, circulating info to African-American communities with the wrong date of the election.

Even President Trump got in on efforts to intimidate voters from going to the polls. On Oct. 20, he tweeted: “All levels of government and Law Enforcement are watching carefully for VOTER FRAUD, including during EARLY VOTING. Cheat at your own peril. Violators will be subject to maximum penalties, both civil and criminal!”

Yes, there are people who know the power of your vote and the impact it can have in changing the direction of our nation. And they are willing to lie, cheat and steal to keep you from voting.

Yes, your one vote is important. And, yes, your vote means something.

Don’t believe anyone who tells you that a single vote doesn’t or can’t make a difference.

Exercise your constitutional right. Report any attempt by anyone to interfere with your right to vote by calling the Election Protection Hotline, (866) OUR-VOTE, run by a national, nonpartisan coalition of organizations that includes the national NAACP, the ACLU and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Department of Justice Voting Rights Hotline, (800) 253-3931.

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Vote on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

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Fear, falsehoods and fake ‘invasion’ As midterm elections approach, which frightens you most: Fear of Latin American refugees marching in a “caravan” toward our southern border? Or loss of your medical coverage for pre-existing conditions?

Such are the dominant themes that have boiled up for Republicans and Democrats, respectively, in their national contest to win control of Congress on Nov. 6.

Let’s call it the Fear Olympics. In his rallies, tweets and off-the-cuff press statements, President Trump has called the migrant caravan of asylum seekers moving north through Central America a “national emergency” and “an assault on our country” that includes “criminals and unknown Middle Easterners” in its ranks and surely must receive financial backing from “the Democrats.”

Unfortunately, he fails to back up any of that with hard evidence. Blaming Democrats for the caravan is a masterstroke of brazen demagogy, given how relentlessly President Trump has fueled fears of illegal immigrants and his drive to build a costly and unnecessary wall on our border with Mexico.

And Islamic State, among

other terrorist groups, surely can find less risky ways to try to sneak into this country than the long, long march of the caravan, a movement that was organized to help refugees use the strength of numbers to protect them on the dangerous journey to seek asylum in the United States.

Clarence Page Democrats, by contrast, have played to fears expressed by millions of Americans of losing or being denied health insurance. President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress have failed so far to abolish the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. But the administration has continued to trim its funding, despite the inability of congressional Republicans to agree even among themselves on a replacement.

Surprisingly, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gave Democrats a gift last week when he singled out “entitlements”— well-known Washington code for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — as “the real drivers of the debt” and called for them to be adjusted to “the demographics of the future.”

In other words, Sen. McConnell seeks to cut benefits to make up for the debt that has soared in the wake of Republican tax cuts that mostly benefited upper income brackets.

But after the tax cuts failed to produce the lasting surge in the polls for which Republicans had hoped — and after the second Latin American caravan in less than a year popped up on cable news channels — President Trump eagerly turned to the illegal immigrant fear card.

He falsely accuses the Democrats of promoting economic radicalism by advocating for an “open border,” which he says would bring rampant crime and social chaos. But his central focus has been the mostly Honduran immigrants making their way north. His potential remedies sound almost as dangerous as his rhetoric. He has promised to “put troops on the border,” if necessary. That makes a great punch line for his rally crowds, but this is not a military problem.

The caravan doesn’t want to invade or fight. They seek asylum, a legal status for which they must apply and wait for possible acceptance. That’s what we should have learned from the earlier, smaller April caravan. That one started out much larger than it ended, partly because of arrests and rejections

by Mexico’s authorities, acting with the Trump administration’s encouragement. The current caravan started in Honduras with about 160 migrants and has swelled to more than 7,000.

A new report by Amnesty International describes how the few hundred members of the

School grading practices inaccurate, inequitable The battle for equity in our schools is not only a fight to guarantee access to great teaching and high quality learning environments, programs and materials. The battle also includes the practices and policies that teachers use to describe students’ success or failure in school.

An issue often overlooked, grading is of critical importance. Grades determine so many decisions made about our children — whether they are promoted, qualify to play athletics, graduate, receive scholarships and get accepted to college.

Unfortunately, in too many schools and classrooms, teachers often unwittingly assign grades in ways that are unfair and make success more difficult for African-American and other underserved children. Teachers go to great lengths to identify what percentage quizzes, homework, tests, extra credit and class participation count toward the overall grade. But the seemingly objective way educators determine grades often are inaccurate, hide student achievement and actually perpetuate achievement gaps.

First, teachers inject subjectivity and biases into their grading.

In much the way that schools’ disciplinary actions often disproportionately punish AfricanAmerican, Latino, low-income and students with special needs, traditional grading practices too often are corrupted by implicit racial, class and gender biases that affect individual teachers’grading.

Teachers often include in grades a student’s “effort” or “participation”— a subjective judgment about that student which may have nothing to do with how much the student has learned.

Second, traditional grading rewards students with privilege and punishes students without them. When teachers award

Joe Feldman points for completing homework and extra credit, they are giving advantages to students with greater resources — those with college-educated parents who are available at home and can help with homework or the extra credit assignments — and making it harder for students who have weaker education backgrounds and fewer supports.

Third, grading often is based on calculations that depress student achievement and do not account for progress students make. A student may fail early on, but if they dramatically improve, their initial grades of F, combined with subsequent grades of A, average to a C for their final grade. This is a mathematically unsound approach that punishes students who have early struggles and conceals their progress and final achievement.

Even though teachers are dedicated to having every student succeed, they have never been trained in how to grade. They grade how they were graded and perpetuate the same unfair and biased methods.

Fortunately, new research has illuminated the harms of traditional grading and identified more equitable grading practices that are based on sound mathematical principles that (1) don’t

average performance over time, (2) value growth and knowledge instead of environment or behavior and (3) build soft skills like teamwork and communications skills without including them in grades. Grades based on these approaches have been shown to reduce failure rates, particularly for historically underserved students, and empower teachers to create more caring classrooms.

But ensuring that schools grade students equitably isn’t just the responsibility of teachers and principals. Parents have a crucial role to play. Parents can begin by asking their child’s teacher a simple question: What would be my child’s grade if it were based solely on his or her academic performance?

This can start an important and clarifying discussion with the teacher while encouraging the entire school to tackle a problem many have been unwilling to address. It is pertinent that parents understand what grades mean. As educators, it is important that we ensure grades clearly communicate a student’s academic performance.

It’s time for parents and teachers to ask these questions about grading. If we expect our children to succeed in school, we need to be sure that they are graded accurately and fairly. If we believe that our students can compete on the world stage, then we’d better make sure that we have grades that tell us clearly if they’re ready.

The writer is a former teacher and school and district administrator who is the founder of the Oakland, Calif.,-based Crescendo Education Group that helps educators introduce more equitable grading practices.

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April caravan who made it to the San Ysidro point of entry near San Diego were forced to wait on the Mexican side of the border as Customs and Border Protection agents admitted a few at a time over a course of weeks. Many were sent back when their Mexican travel documents expired while they were waiting.

The Trump administration’s policies intended to deter asylum seekers have had a lasting impact, including “zero-tolerance” prosecutions for illegal crossings, a slowdown in the processing of asylum applications and the separation of immigrant children from their parents — a highly controversial affront to human rights that the administration is considering reviving in a modified form.

All of these problems could and should be worked out sensibly in our political system if we can survive the nonsense of President Trump’s “scare-avan” campaign. For me, Election Day cannot come soon enough.

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Have we learned from ‘bitter lesson’ of not voting?

We must not ignore this election.

In 2008, black folks went to the polls in unprecedented numbers to elect our first African-American president, Barack Obama. The shame is that just two years later, when our president pleaded with us to vote in the 2010 elected to keep his Democratic allies in control of Congress, most of us chose to ignore him — a choice we would live to regret.

We stayed home while more Republicans voted, allowing “Tea Party” Republicans to take majority control of Congress

and giving them the power to block many of the progressive policies President Obama tried to enact.

On Tuesday, Nov. 6, we’ll see if we’ve learned from that bitter lesson.

We’ll have the rare chance to cast ballots to put a check on “45,” a man who has brought total disgrace to the highest elected office in this nation. He won’t be on the ballot, but his Republican enablers, the ones who support all of his vile actions, will be. They will never hold him accountable, so they must be

Democrats and racism Democrats hide their racism by accusing their opponents of the same. This happens on two such issues as immigration and abortion.

Regarding immigration, Gov. Ralph S. Northam, a Democrat, vetoed the sanctuary cities bill, while U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine called sanctuary cities a “phantom.” Both of these guys need to have their heads examined. This demonstrates no desire to protect Virginia citizens or to obey federal law. The non-citizen is their priority.

Think about this. If a black man, or any citizen, is stopped for a traffic violation and has an outstanding warrant, he will be taken in and locked up — sanctuary city or not.

Herein lies the racism. In a sanctuary city, an illegal alien stopped for a traffic violation and wanted for an immigration violation could be taken in. But a funny thing happens. Federal law requires local law enforcement to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and hold the person for pickup. In sanctuary cities, some will hold the illegals for 15 minutes and release them. Other cities will just release them. In plain language, the black man goes to jail and the illegal bypasses jail. What’s wrong with this picture?

What is important is that Republicans are focused on properly enforcing immigration laws. Democratic elected officials are willing to disobey those same laws at the peril of the citizens they are to protect.

The second issue is abortion. Abortion is a top killer in our community. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African-Americans make up 13 percent of the U.S. population and 37 percent of all abortions nationally.

In some cities, the abortion rate is higher than the birth rate among black Americans. Translation — negative black population growth.

There is a no more racist or evil organization than Planned Parenthood, whose political strength is based in the Democratic Party.

By killing the black unborn, they have truly achieved the desire of the Ku Klux Klan. Such a coincidence that the Klan was founded by the Democratic Party.

By way of President Trump, Republicans are moving to defund Planned Parenthood. That should greatly negate the genocide occurring in the black community. If we do not respect life in the beginning, we will surely not respect it in the end.

Racism is targeted to our emotions to deflect our thinking. It is time for black America to understand the Democrats’ hidden racism. It is time for black America to walk away from the Democratic Party and its agenda.

JAMES M. QUASH JR. Portsmouth The writer served as Portsmouth GOP chairman from 1996 to 1998.

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voted out and replaced by Democrats who will.

So on Nov. 6, let’s honor God, ourselves and our blessed ancestors who fought, bled and died to give us the right to vote.

No excuses.

We must not ignore this one!

OPHELIA GILLIAM Henrico County

No new taxes for RPS If there was any correlation whatsoever relative to spending and academic performance, then Richmond Public Schools would be among the best school districts in the state.

Instead, and despite spending nearly $15,000 per student per year, less than half of our schools in Richmond are accredited, we lose 22 percent of our teachers every year because of micromanagement and we graduate only two of every three students.

Does anyone really think that if we increase spending for RPS from $350 million a year to $400 million a year we will improve? Do any of my colleagues really think that if we increase per capita spending from what now amounts to $15,000 a year to $20,000, we will see any appreciable difference? It’s like the person in the cold complaining of the room temperature and the need to spend more money on raising the thermostat and never taking the time to find that a window in the rear of the house is open bleeding money.

Residents of the City of Richmond already are taxed on their houses significantly more than residents of Chesterfield, Henrico and Hanover. And unlike in the counties where they get some return on that investment, to suggest to bleed the taxpayers even more before doing something to demonstrate

a return on investment for RPS is not only insulting but surely should prompt a public outcry.

All of my constituents are willing and prepared to spend more than the counties do relative to education and it’s important to note that we currently spend much more per student than our suburban neighbors. But people expect RPS to manage their money in a way that we can pass simple audits, graduate our students and do the basics. But to date, RPS has not.

Only RPS would have the audacity to go back to the very people — the taxpayers — who have funded a broken RPS and ask them to put up even more money when, as a school district, we have demonstrated zero competence.

I will fight this proposed tax increase with every ounce in my body.

JONATHAN M. YOUNG Richmond The writer represents the 4th District on the Richmond School Board.

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Richmonder Jackie Bradley, AL series MVP, heads to World Series Baseball’s hottest bat — and perhaps the most interesting jersey number — just may belong to a native Richmonder.

The Boston Red Sox’s Jackie Bradley Jr. stroked a grand-slam and collected a whopping nine RBIs as the Red Sox defeated the Houston Astros 4-1 on Oct. 18 to clinch the American League pennant.

The 29-year-old Bradley was rewarded for his hitting and superb defense in centerfield by being named MVP of the AL Championship Series.

“I happened to come up in some big opportunities and big moments,” Bradley told the media afterward. “And I was able to cash in on those moments.”

Boston now advances to the 114th World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The games began Tuesday, Oct. 23, at Boston’s Fenway Park, with action moving to Los Angeles on Friday.

Now about those jersey digits: Since joining Boston’s roster in 2013, Bradley has worn No. 19 for a couple reasons.

First, he was born April 19, 1990, in Richmond.

Jackie Bradley The No. 19 is more important for the drama behind his birth. His mother, Alfreda Hagans, nearly suffered a miscarriage during a difficult pregnancy and was in labor 19 hours before Jackie was delivered.

His father, Jackie Bradley Sr., played basketball at Fayetteville State University, where he met Alfreda. As a married couple, they moved to Richmond, where Bradley Sr. became a GRTC bus driver.

Both Bradley Sr. and Jr. are named after the legendary R&B singer, Jackie Wilson, aka “Mr. Excitement.”

As a youngster, Bradley Jr. dabbled in the Metropolitan Junior Baseball League before advancing to various travel squads, such as the Richmond Braves.

Alfreda Hagans was working with the Virginia Department of Corrections at the time of Jackie’s birth. She later became a deputy sheriff and State Trooper.

In 1999, following a divorce, Alfreda Hagans took her two sons — Dominique Bradley is two years younger than Jackie — to Prince George to live with Mrs. Hagans’ mother, Martha Hagans.

Alfreda and Martha Hagans opened a Southern-style restaurant near Petersburg and became involved with the Full Gospel Holy Temple on Halifax Street in Petersburg.

Following an All-State career at Prince George High School, Bradley signed with the University of South Carolina and was named Most Outstanding Player in leading USC to the 2010 College World Series title.

Before each time at bat, Bradley uses his cleats to carve the initials “M.S.” near the batter’s box. That’s in honor of his best friend, Matt Saye, a former Prince George teammate, who died in an accident in 2010.

In Mr. Saye’s obituary published at the time in the Petersburg Progress-Index, Bradley is listed as Mr. Saye’s brother even though Saye is white, Bradley is AfricanAmerican and they are not biologically related.

Bradley is married to his high school sweetheart, Erin Helring, a Liberty University graduate. They have a 2-year-old daughter, Emerson.

The fleet Bosox centerfielder joined the Red Sox in 2013. However, he did not participate in what was the franchise’s last World Series title.

This time Bradley figures to be front and center. It will be hard to miss No. 19.

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Virginia State University freshman Jemourri La Pierre goes in for a touchdown — one of three he is credited with — during last Saturday’s homecoming game against Lincoln University at Rogers Stadium in Ettrick.

Virginia State University’s homecoming also served as a coming out party for Jemourri La Pierre.

The freshman wide-out went from unknown to unstoppable in the Trojans’ 54-7 romp last Saturday over visiting Lincoln University of Pennsylvania before a crowd of 5,012 fans at Rogers Stadium in Ettrick.

In his first significant action, the former L.C. Bird High School athlete caught five passes for 119 yards and three touchdowns — his first three as a collegian — including a show-stopping 76-yard touchdown.

La Pierre also looms as a track standout in orange and blue. Last spring, La Pierre, along with his twin brother Javon, paced L.C. Bird High to the State 5A track crown.

La Pierre posted personal bests of 11.05 seconds for 100 meters, 22.04 for 200 meters and 22 feet, 11¾ inches in the long jump. Jemourri and Javon both ran on Bird’s state championship 4x100 relay, clocking 41.6.

The lopsided CIAA football contest offered VSU fans a peek into the future, and the future is rosy.

Coming off the bench to relieve standout starter Cordelral Cook, junior quarterback Nick Winston took his share of bows. Winston hit four of six passes for 105 yards, with the 76-yarder to La Pierre the highlight.

Like La Pierre, Winston has local roots.

Winston starred at Lee-Davis High in Mechanicsville and originally signed with Norfolk State University Coach Latrell Scott, who formerly coached at VSU. Winston transferred to VSU this season from NSU and looms as the heir apparent to Cook next year.

While VSU fans were thrilled with the action-packed homecoming victory, they frowned at what was going on in Richmond.

Bowie State University’s victory last Saturday over Virginia Union University virtually eliminated the Trojans from the CIAA Northern Division title.

VSU was hoping a VUU win over Bowie State might force a three-way tie, then a string of tiebreakers might roll VSU’s way.

Now it seems Coach Reggie Barlow’s Trojans and VUU are vying for second place in the Northern Division. VSU plays host to Chowan University on Saturday, Oct. 27 — kickoff is 2 p.m. — and closes at VUU on Saturday, Nov. 3.

Chowan’s quarterback, Bryce Witt, hails from nearby Dinwiddie. The Hawks flexed their muscles three weeks ago by upsetting Bowie State.

VSU is especially tough at home.

The Trojans are 23-6 overall under Coach Barlow in three seasons and 11-1 at Rogers Stadium. The only VSU loss in Ettrick was to West Georgia last November in the NCAA Division II playoffs.

VUU’s hopes for CIAA title crushed by Bowie State The Panthers play at Elizabeth City State University on Saturday, Oct. 27, and close Saturday, Nov. 3, at home against Virginia State. A strong finish might elevate VUU into the NCAA Division II playoff discussion, although there are no assurances.

In falling to Bowie State, at least three Panthers sparkled: One on offense, one defensively and a third on special teams.

Tabyus Taylor rambled for 131 yards on 22 carries and added another 18 yards on five receptions from quarterback Darius Taylor.

Northern Division Record Taylor’s locomotive-style

Conference Overall runs, wearing jersey No. 9, Bowie State University 3-1 6-2 inspired ASPiRE television Virginia Union University 3-1 5-2 commentator Stan Lewter Virginia State University 3-1 4-3 Chowan University 2-2 3-4 to nickname him, “Engine, Lincoln University 1-3 1-7 Engine No. 9.”

Elizabeth City State University 0-4 1-5 The brutish 250-pound sophomore from Hopewell sity and Elizabeth City State University. Bowie now has 1,046 yards in just seven games State also holds a tiebreaker over Virginia State with a 6.0 yards per-carry average. He’s University, should the Trojans finish with the in position not only to lead the CIAA in rushing, but all of NCAA Division II. same conference record.

With a couple of minutes left against VUU let this one get away. The Panthers James Haskins/Richmond Free Press Bowie State, Taylor were facing their biggest Virginia Union University sophomore Bryan put on a show that Epps nearly picks off the ball from Bowie State divisional rivals — Bowie Saturday, Oct. 27 won’t soon be for- University during last Saturday’s hard-fought State and then VSU on football schedule gotten. Receiving a game at Hovey Field.

Nov. 3 — on its home Virginia Union University plays at kickoff at his own 5 turf at Hovey Field. That Elizabeth City State University. yard line, the big man ramprovided the Panthers a real Another attention-getter in maroon and steel Kickoff: 1 p.m. bled 95 yards for an apparent has been place kicker Jefferson Souza, a strongchance to run the table and Virginia State University plays touchdown, outlegging and legged sophomore from Deerfield Beach, Fla. extend the season to the Chowan University at Rogers outmaneuvering smaller Souza booted two field goals against Bowie Nov. 10 CIAA championStadium in Ettrick. Kickoff: 2 p.m. defenders en route. ship game in Salem.

State, including a 43-yarder.

Bowie State University plays An illegal downfield At least the Hovey Field He has nine field goals for the season, includat Lincoln University of block reduced the return to ing three beyond 40 yards, in 11 tries. Souza crowd and the ASPiRE Pennsylvania. Kickoff: 1 p.m.

61 yards, voiding the touch- needs one more trey to tie record holder Tony national television audience down. But there are few men Oby, who kicked 12 3-pointers in 2003. saw history last Saturday.

Hall completed 33 of 49 passes for 370 yards of Taylor’s size, on any level, capable of taking The steady Floridian is also 34-for-35 on and two touchdowns, the 89th and 90th of his it to the house in that jaw-dropping manner. extra points. On 52 kickoffs, his average distance Defensively, safety Sterling Hammond had 12 is 60.2 yards, usually reducing opposition to glitzy career.

The pair of touchdown tosses enabled Hall, tackles and a rare interception off Hall. Hammond mediocre field position. a senior from Upper Marlboro, Md., to pass had a second pick nullified by penalty.

VUU enjoyed some bright moments against The junior from Essex High School is the reign- Bowie State, but not enough. With Hall mostly North Carolina Central University’s Earl Harvey ing CIAA Defensive Player of the Year and among to blame, you might say the Panthers were as the CIAA’s all-time TD passer. the league’s top NFL prospects in decades.

Meanwhile, life goes on. “rained out” of a possible title.

Amir Hall has rained on Virginia Union University’s parade — “rain” coming in the form of a blizzard of pigskins.

The VUU Panthers’ painful 27-13 home defeat last Saturday by the Hall-led Bowie State University places VUU on the outside peering in at a CIAA Northern Division title.

Even if Panthers Coach Alvin Parker’s squad finishes 7-2 overall and 5-1 in the CIAA, the team likely would lose a head-to-head tiebreaker to Bowie State.

Bowie State finishes the season against two of the CIAA’s bottom feeders, Lincoln Univer-

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Personality: Jessica N. Thomas

Spotlight on chair of Alzheimer’s Association 2018 Walk to End Alzheimers On the first Saturday in November, 3,000 people are expected to gather in the river city to take a stand – and a walk – against Alzheimer’s disease.

That day is empowering, emotional and uplifting. It celebrates families and professional caregivers who are fighting to end Alzheimer’s.

This is how Jessica Thomas, chair of the Alzheimer’s Association 2018 Walk to End Alzheimer’s, views the Richmond event scheduled for Nov. 3.

The Alzheimer’s Association is a nonprofit organization that annually hosts more than 600 walks in communities nationwide. This is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research.

Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States that cannot be prevented, cured or slowed.

One in three seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. Almost two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease are women.

Ms. Thomas, as director of operations for Always Best Care Senior Services, became involved with the Richmond event when their national team sponsored the Alzheimer’s walk.

“This was our charity of choice,” Ms. Thomas says. “I started as a walker with my company’s team. That’s how my engagement kicked off.”

Through the organization, she has been able to attend educational seminars and go to national conferences where she has heard the latest information on research and studies being done as well as the progress toward curing Alzheimer’s.

Beyond that, one of the most important things she has been exposed to is getting to know family caregivers a lot better.

There are an estimated 16 million caregivers of people living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia in the United States.

As caregivers, their role is to advocate for the patient, make sure they are being seen by a neurologist for treatment options and ensure patients reach proper resources.

“A family care giver is a husband, wife, daughter or other family member or anyone caring for their loved one,” she explains.

“I get to hear their ‘get in

the weeds’ stories – what they do on a daily basis to care for their Alzheimer’s patient. That has helped me understand the disease a little bit better and how it affects people.”

The realities of Alzheimer’s can be heartbreaking, she says.

“There are children and grandchildren with parents and grandparents with Alzheimer’s that don’t know who they are,” Ms. Thomas said in a halting voice during a Free Press interview.

“There are daughters who dance at their wedding with their dads and their dads don’t know who they are dancing with.”

However, on the bright side, the Alzheimer’s Association is among the largest fundraisers for Alzheimer’s research.

“The association is pushing lots and lots of dollars to find a cure. We want our first survivor.

We no longer want just care and support. We want to know how to end this disease,” Ms. Thomas says.

“Our researchers and doctors truly believe that we are right on the cusp of doing that, but they have to have the funding to do so.”

The annual 3-mile Walk to End Alzheimer’s helps boost those funding efforts, but it is a large undertaking. With that, Ms. Thomas says, “There is a need for a very large group of volunteers to come out to support the event.” The volunteers behind the scenes make sure the day runs seamlessly.

“There is walking route entertainment, which includes a lot of different entertainment groups – bands, musicians, cheerleading and step squads,” the event chairs says.

“We need those people to encourage the runners and walkers and uplift the day.

“Most importantly, there is an advocacy aspect to the walk. It is really important walkers understand what we are advocating to the government and what type of research, funding and support we need for Alzheimer’s.

“The emotional effects of seeing a loved one going through the progressive stages of Alzheimer’s is a huge drain on family caregivers.

“The biggest thing we, at the Alzheimer’s Association, have to do is continuously educate our caregivers and let them know they are not alone.”

Meet this week’s Personality and a strong advocate for Alzheimer’s disease awareness and research, Jessica Thomas: No. 1 volunteer position: Chair, Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

Occupation: Director of operations, Always Best Care Senior Services.

Date and place of birth: Dec. 28, 1985, in Richmond.

Current residence: Winterpock area of Chesterfield County.

Education: Bachelor’s of science in therapeutic recreation from Longwood University.

Family: My husband, Daniel, the best dog ever, Molly, and five amazing nieces.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s goal: Our goal is to end Alzheimer’s and to see our first survivor.

Financial goal: $600,000.

What it’ll take to pull it off: We need the community’s continued support in doing so. We have a committee of 40+ volunteers that have been diligently working to plan for this event, spread the word and raise funds. We need to continue to tell people about the Walk, continue to fundraise and continue meeting with company leaders. I’ve learned that we just have to tell people what we are doing, and ask them

Want to go?

What: 2018 Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

When: Saturday, Nov. 3, with registration at 8:30 a.m., ceremony at 9:30 a.m. and walk at 10 a.m.

Where: Innsbrook, 4600 Cox Road.

Details: http:// act.alz.org/site/ TR?sid=23932&type=fr_in formational&pg=informatio nal&fr_id=11585

to support us.

How I’ll feel when it’s over: Energized! Energized to keep fighting for those that can’t fight.

Energized to share the support that was displayed to all of my employees and family caregivers fighting this fight. This event always re-energizes me. It’s the reason I fight all year long. The community comes together in such a beautiful way.

Expected number of walkers: 3,000.

Mission of Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Richmond: Eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected;

and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.

Services association provides: Care consultation to help with care planning and coping; community education and caregiver training; support groups; safety programs and trial match to identify clinical studies.

Importance of family support: Family support is essential as often the family is the first to identify the symptoms of Alzheimer’s and family members become caregivers to those diagnoses.

Foremost challenge facing underserved areas: The biggest challenge is educating the community about our resources and having them make that first contact with the Alzheimer’s Association.

What needs to be done: We have to continue to educate the community about the resources and support the Alzheimer’s Association provides to our community.

What is a brain healthy lifestyle: Participating in regular physical activity, staying socially engaged and maintaining good heart health.

How I start the day: I’m not

much of a morning person. I tend to keep to a full schedule and task list to keep me working through my goals of the day. I schedule everything, work and personal, or it just doesn’t fit.

The three words that best describe me: Leader. Volunteer.

Go-getter.

Best late-night snack: Popsicles.

I f I h a d m o re t i m e , I would: Travel and explore other cultures.

A quote that I am most inspired by: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi.

The person who influenced me the most: I’ve had a lot of people influence my life, but my grandparents have always set the standard for me.

Book that influenced me the most: “A Child Called It” by Dave Pelzer. I read this book when I was in high school and for some reason it spoke to me about dreams and ambitions.

What I’m reading now: I am an avid #BTeam member, so I am reading “Fail Until You Don’t. Fight. Grind. Repeat.”

by Bobby Bones.

Next goal: Become a mom.

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Happenings Remembering Virginia’s African-American WWI soldiers

By Elizabeth L. O’Leary

Breathtaking.

No word better describes the larger than life photographs of 20 African-American soldiers assembled in the “True Sons of Freedom” exhibition at the Library of Virginia in Downtown.

Although the uniformed figures posed for their portraits 100 years ago, they still meet our eyes with heart-tugging immediacy. The original photographs were pocket-size, taken in makeshift studios to send to family members and sweethearts back home. The soldiers have various expressions — confident, humorous and sometimes challenging.

The State Library’s small but powerful show commemorates the centennial anniversary of America’s involvement in World War I (19171918) and, more specifically, celebrates the role of black Virginians in that global conflict. The photos are part of a larger archive of first-person reports collected in the 1920s by the Virginia War History Commission to document the commonwealth’s participation in the Great War. When President Woodrow Wilson and the U.S. Congress declared war against Germany in April 1917, they committed American troops to a brutal struggle that already had raged for three years. The European combatants were bogged down in a stalemate along the Western Front, a 475-mile network of trenches and barbed wire.

The American forces would enter a horrific

arena of warfare that introduced tanks, aerial bombing and poison gas.

Ultimately, the United States mobilized 4 million men; 370,000 African-American soldiers and sailors entered the fight, with roughly 42,000 of them engaging in combat.

The call for service came at a time when AfricanAmericans were enduring what some scholars identify as the nadir in race relations. Southern states had disenfranchised black voters and had begun passing strict segregation laws. White supremacy was further enforced through assault and murder at the hands of vigilante lynch mobs and a reconstituted Ku Klux Klan.

Black leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois and, locally, Richmond Planet editor John Mitchell Jr. fully grasped the irony of President Wilson’s call to fight abroad to help “make the world safe for democracy.” Acknowledging that legalized discrimination denied African-Americans full citizenship, they nevertheless urged their participation. The sacrifice and bravery of black

Statue of WWII Tuskegee Airman to be unveiled Nov. 10 at BHMVA

A life-size statue of the late Lt. Col. ceremony by the French government.

He died in August 2008.

Howard L. Baugh of Petersburg, who was The Tuskegee Airmen are the centerpiece a member of the noted Tuskegee Airmen, will be unveiled Saturday, Nov. 10, at its of an exhibition at the museum, “Fighting for new home at the Black History Museum & the Right to Fight,” about African-American Cultural Center of Virginia, 122 W. Leigh St. experiences in WWII. It examines how hopes of equality inspired many Africanin Richmond’s Jackson Ward.

Americans to enlist in the service The unveiling, to be held 4 to despite the segregated non-combat 6 p.m., will be followed by a brief roles given to many recruits. program.

The airmen distinguished themThe statue was commissioned selves during the conflict, with by the Howard Baugh Chapter black servicemen and airmen reof the Tuskegee Airmen Inc. to turning to lay the groundwork for recognize the contributions and the Civil Rights Movement. accomplishments of the esteemed The exhibit, which runs through African-American aviators during Dec. 15, tells the stories of indiWorld War II. The airmen of the 99th Fighter Lt. Col. Howard vidual service members, including L. Baugh Benjamin O. Davis Jr., commander Squadron and the 332nd Fighter Group escorted bombers on air combat of the Tuskegee Airmen and the first Africanmissions over Europe. Of the 112 enemy American general in the Air Force. His father, aircraft shot down by the Tuskegee Airmen Benjamin O. Davis Sr., was the first Africanduring the war, Lt. Col. Baugh is credited American general in the U.S. Army.

The Black History Museum & Cultural with 1.5 of those aerial victories. During his lifetime, he was honored with numerous Center of Virginia is offering free admission to commendations, including the Distinguished veterans on Nov. 10 and Sunday, Nov. 11.

Registration is requested for the Baugh Flying Cross, the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and the U.S. Air Force Com- statue dedication at www.blackhistorymuseum.org or (804) 780-9093. mendation Medal.

For more information about the unveiling Lt. Col. Baugh also was among four Tuskegee Airmen awarded the French Le- call (804) 780-9093 or visit: http://blackhgion of Honor Award in Paris during a 2004 istorymuseum.org/

VSU homecoming spirit Hundreds of old friends, classmates and their families reunited at Virginia State University last weekend to celebrate homecoming 2018.

Students, staff, faculty and others turned out for a weeklong variety of homecoming programs, including a gospel extravaganza, comedy showdown, jazz and hip-hop concerts, the Presidential Scholarship golf tournament and coronation program for the homecoming court, that started Oct. 13 and culminated with the homecoming tailgate and football game last Saturday at Rogers Stadium on the Ettrick campus. Mr. VSU and Miss VSU 2018-19, Michael E. Snipes Jr. and Ja’Scotta B. Jefferson, right, are introduced with the royal court during halftime at last Sat-

urday’s game against Lincoln University, while current and past Woo Woos, VSU’s renowned cheerleaders, bottom right, pep up the crowd with a few moves. Members of the VSU Trojan Explosion Marching Band, below left, march in focused formation during the game. Kevin Barnes of Richmond, bottom left, handles the grill at a tailgate outside the stadium.

soldiers, they reasoned, would bring new focus to racial injustice at home.

Virginians responded quickly to the call to arms. In 1918, state draftees numbered close to 61,000 men. African-Americans made up 39 percent of the total — close to 24,000 Left, Harvey Elm Braxton of Accomack County served in Company A, 808th Pioneer Infantry and participated in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, a major part of the final Allied offensive in WWI. After the war, he returned to Accomack County and worked on his father’s farm.

Thomas Harrison Gee, right, of Lunenburg County served with the 510th Engineer Service Battalion, one of two African-American units from Virginia. He worked primarily on construction projects, such as building roads, tunnels and septic tanks for base hospitals. After the war, he farmed in Lunenburg County.

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troops. They, like the rest of the nation’s black recruits, were assigned to segregated units. The great majority were shuttled into noncombatant duties as laborers, mechanics, carpenters, stevedores and drivers.

A small segment from Virginia was transferred to the Army’s two all-black combat divisions, which fought with distinction under French command. Portsmouth native Christopher Columbus Watts documented his service with the famed 369th Infantry regiment, popularly known as the “Harlem Hellfighters.” After five months at the front, he returned home disabled from a gas attack and frozen feet. Later, for the war commission survey, Mr. Watts reflected, “I think the Negro deserves much credit for what he has done. ... There are no separations of race in war ... all men are the same.”

Of the state’s 3,700 war dead, approximately 600 black Virginians gave their lives — most of them from disease (the military was ravaged by a global flu pandemic). Nearly 100 were killed in action or died from battle wounds. Among them was Lt. Urbane Bass, a Richmond native who established his medical practice in Fredericksburg before the war. The Army field doctor was fatally wounded by an artillery shell while treating the wounded.

The Great War ended with a ceasefire agreement on Nov. 11, 1918. The following spring and summer, American troops returned to the United States to joyous homecoming parades.

Nonetheless, Virginia’s entrenched segregation

mandated that black soldiers march on different days and along different routes from their white comrades.

George H. Ben Johnson, editorial cartoonist for the Richmond Planet, found such pageantry meaningless. On June 21, 1919, he depicted an African-American soldier saluting a personification of Virginia. He implores her: “Don’t Camouflage with Drills. No, No!!

Cut out the flags and the hurrahs. Abolish the Jim Crow laws. ...

Do something of consequence for us.”

That same day, race riots broke out in Norfolk. It was one of several bloody uprisings across the country that marked the “Red Summer” of 1919.

In an essay for The Crisis magazine that spring, Mr. Du Bois urged the thousands of black veterans to marshal every ounce of “brain and brawn to fight a sterner, longer, more unbending battle against the forces of hell in our own land.”

He concluded: We return.

We return from fighting.

We return fighting.

Through new avenues of consciousness, service and determination, veterans of the Great War helped launch America’s modern Civil Rights Movement. Men like those pictured in the Library of Virginia’s exhibit helped inspire the next generation to bring it to fruition.

“True Sons of Freedom” is on view through Friday, Nov. 9, at the Library of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St. The exhibit is free and can be viewed during the library’s hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Log on to see photographs and learn more about Virginia’s black WWI soldiers: http://truesons.virginiamemory.com.

Commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armistice of World War I at the Carillon War Memorial in Byrd Park, 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11. Gov. Ralph S. Northam will officiate. Family activities follow from noon to 2 p.m. Details: http://vawarmemorial.org/event/commonweathvirginias-veterans-day-ceremony.

The writer is a community historian and retired associate curator of American art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

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North Side church offers healthy food to all in need

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

At 9 a.m. on any Saturday during the spring, summer and fall, Charles E. Fitzgerald is at his post in the gym at the Atlee Church in North Side, waiting to give away fresh greens, kale, collards, peppers, sweet potatoes and similar items to anyone who walks in.

In the seemingly prosperous, middle-class area where the church is located, this kind of service might seem unnecessary.

But Mr. Fitzgerald said looks are deceiving.

“It may not seem like it, but we have pockets of poverty in this area, and there are plenty of people who live around here who need this kind of healthy food,” said the 62-year-old Richmond native who serves as director of building and grounds for the church at 3121 Moss Side Ave. “That’s why I am doing this.”

The produce comes from Shalom Farms in Goochland County, a 10-year-old, regional nonprofit food production and community development project that the United Methodist Urban Ministries of Richmond launched in 2008.

The 12-acre operation produces tons of fresh vegetables each year in pursuing its mission to work with communities “to ensure access to healthy food.”

Shalom Farms operates a mobile store and provides produce to a network of community groups and participating retailers in Richmond’s Healthy Corner Store Initiative.

However, not all of the food that is harvested

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Charles E. Fitzgerald shows off a bounty of fresh peppers that he and other Atlee Church volunteers had ready for distribution at the Moss Side Avenue church last Saturday.

weekly gets distributed, and that’s where Mr. Fitzgerald comes in. He serves on the board and agreed to use space at the church as a

100 years of Faith and Family

distribution point.

He started out doing it once a month in concert with a food pantry run by the church.

Riverview Baptist Church

Celebrating

“The Church With A Welcome”

Sharon Baptist Church

2604 Idlewood Avenue, Richmond, Va. 23220 • (804) 353-6135 • www.riverviewbaptistch.org rev. dr. Stephen L. Hewlett, Pastor rev. dr. ralph reavis, Sr., Pastor Emeritus

1918-2018

Anniversary Service: Sunday, October 28, 2018 @10:45 Guest Preacher: Dr. Corey D. B. Walker

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Good Shepherd Baptist Church

500 E. Laburnum Avenue, Richmond, VA 23222 www.sharonbaptistchurchrichmond.org (804) 643-3825

Sunday, OctOber 28, 2018

Rev. Dr. Paul A. Coles, Pastor

Sunday ScHOOL - 9:45 a.M. WOrSHIP SerVIce - 11:00 a.M.

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Sunday, OctOber 28, 2018 8:30 AM - Sunday School thurSday, OctOber 25, 2018 10:00 AM - Morning Worship 6:30 PM - Praise and Prayer 7:00 PM - Speaker: rev. Pernell J. Johnson, Pastor First Baptist Midlothian Music: e . L. Fleming Gospel chorus

Annual Combined Ushers Anniversary Service

3:30 P.M. Guest Minister: rev. dr. Kenneth e. dennis, Sr., Pastor Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church

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

Dr. Sylvester T. Smith, Pastor

Broad Rock Baptist Church

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This year, he went to once a week, with help from a team of volunteers.

His team includes Kenneth Burnett Sr., Liller F. McGill and Kurk Wagner, who deliver the items to the church to be ready for the first arrivals on Saturdays.

Sometimes there is huge array, sometimes less, Mr. Fitzgerald said. “It just depends on what is available,” he said. “We never know until we go to the pickup point.”

And if some of the items are left, Mr. Fitzgerald has community leaders he calls who will arrange to get them into the homes of seniors, disabled people and others who could not get to the church.

“It’s a good system,” he said. He said the distribution this year would continue until just before Thanksgiving, when Shalom Farms will end its harvests and begin preparing for the spring.

Mr. Fitzgerald’s operation is part of a loose network that seeks to tackle hunger in the city.

Among the leaders are FeedMore and its Central Virginia Food Bank, which distributes mostly nonperishable items through churches and community locations.

Other places include Zion Baptist Church on Decatur Street in South Side, which has become a major distribution point for free food, ranging from meats and vegetables to cakes and breads donated by several area Kroger stores. On weekday afternoons and most weekends, the church is open to people who come for the items.

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Virginia attorney general launches clergy abuse hotline

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

People who have been sexually abused by a priest, minister or other faith leader have new options to tell their story.

On Wednesday, Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring launched the Virginia Clergy Abuse Hotline, (833) 454-9064, and a website, www.virginiaclergyhotline.com.

Information also may be sent via email to the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation, BCI81@vsp.virginia.gov.

Mr. Herring described the new, 24-hour

reporting methods as part of his

by Catholic clergy in Pennsylvania office’s efforts to root out criminal from the 1950s to the 1980s. sexual abuse of children.

“Like so many Americans, I read Mr. Herring stated that his main the grand jury report on clergy abuse focus is determining whether clergy in the Catholic dioceses in Pennsylin the Catholic dioceses in Virginia vania, and I felt sick. It made me engaged in such abuse and whether sick to see the extent of the damage leadership in the dioceses might have done, the efforts to cover it up and covered up or abetted such crimes. the complicity and enabling that went He stated he was motivated Attorney General on by powerful people who should Herring to launch the effort by the recent have known better and should have release of a Pennsylvania grand jury report done more to protect vulnerable children,” Mr. that documented sexual abuse and cover-up Herring stated.

“We shouldn’t assume the behavior and the problems are limited just to Pennsylvania or to one diocese. If there has been abuse or coverup in Virginia like there was in Pennsylvania, I want to know about it. I want to root it out, and I want to help survivors get justice and get on a path to healing.”

The hotline and the website are open to receive reports from people who have been abused by clergy or faith leaders of any denomination, he stated.

The hotlines allow for anonymous reporting, he stated.

U.S. Catholic bishops to meet amid growing sexual abuse crisis Religion News Service

VATICAN CITY Catholic bishops in the United States announced Tuesday that, at the behest of Pope Francis, they will meet for a weeklong retreat in Chicago in January.

The unprecedented move reflects the depth of the crisis they are facing with the sexual abuse scandal and the longstanding divisions within their ranks over the broader direction of American Catholicism.

The pope is sending an elderly and revered Franciscan priest, the Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa, who holds the title of Preacher of the Papal Household, to lead the retreat — just as he does each year at Lent for the pontiff and the Roman Curia.

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement thanking Pope Francis for sending Rev. Cantalamessa, who is 84 and rarely travels abroad, “to serve as the retreat director as we come together to pray on the intense matters before us.”

Bishop DiNardo is currently in Rome along with other top leaders of the U.S. church, as well as more than 260 other bishops from around the world, for a monthlong meeting of global church leaders and several dozen young adults to discuss Catholicism’s outreach to youths.

The discussions at this

meeting, called a synod, are a hallmark of the Jesuit pope’s preference for seeking reconciliation and solutions through common reflection and frank dialogues.

In fact, it was Pope Francis who suggested that the entire U.S. hierarchy hold a collective retreat when Bishop DiNardo and other leaders met with him in the Vatican in September to ask for the pope’s help amid a growing crisis.

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, who also is in Rome for the synod, will be the official host of the January retreat at Mundelein Seminary north of Chicago. He said in an interview Tuesday that Pope Francis is asking them “to come together to reflect on the situation as pastors but also to find a deeper sense of our own unity with each other and with him.”

Cardinal Cupich, who is seen as a strong ally of Pope Francis in the hierarchy, said he expects all active bishops and cardinals and many retired prelates, about 250 to 300 bishops in all, to attend the Jan. 2 through 8 retreat.

Cardinal Cupich said Pope Francis “doesn’t want us to just attack this as a technical problem.”

“This is a deeply spiritual problem, and I think that he really is on to something,” he said. “We should not be looking just at what are we to do in this moment but who are we and what are we becoming as a conference.”

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Doctrinal and political conservatives had come to dominate the American hierarchy under the long pontificate of St. John Paul II and then the eight-year papacy of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. But the election of Pope Francis in 2013 after Pope Benedict’s resignation signaled a new direction for the church, toward a more open, inclusive and pastoral approach.

Pope Francis’ style exposed and widened divisions within the church as many conservative American prelates, lay people and Catholic media openly opposed his efforts.

Those tensions were then compounded by a series of events that began in June when Pope Francis ordered retired Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a longtime leader in the U.S. church, to a life of seclusion, prayer and penance after the Vatican received credible reports that Cardinal McCarrick had sexually abused a boy several decades earlier.

It then emerged that Cardinal McCarrick also had a long history of sexually molesting seminarians when he was a bishop and archbishop in New Jersey.

In July, Pope Francis stripped him of his cardinal’s rank — a move almost without precedent — while a canonical trial continues that could lead to Cardinal McCarrick’s defrocking.

In August, the findings of a two-year investigation of abuse by Catholic clergy over the past 70 years was released by the Pennsylvania attorney general. The report detailed a horrific legacy of a thousand children abused by some 300 clerics.

While almost all the abuse took place years ago, the details infuriated the flock and the public and led to this month’s resignation of the current archbishop of Washington, Cardinal

Donald Wuerl, whose handling of abuse cases while bishop of Pittsburgh for 20 years was criticized in the report.

Complicating matters even further, a former Vatican ambassador, or nuncio, to the U.S., Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, has accused Pope Francis of covering up for Cardinal McCarrick, even though the 88-year-old had retired long before Pope Francis became pope.

Faced with this onslaught of bad news and devastated credibility, the U.S. hierarchy has scrambled to come up with a plan of action ahead of its annual administrative meeting in Baltimore in November, which is usually a fairly routine threeday confab.

This year, however, USCCB leaders are hoping to push the bishops to approve plans for

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cardinal accused of abuse or of covering up for abuse.

“I think we have to take action,” the cardinal said. “We are at a watershed moment. We have to deal with the issue of accountability, accountability of bishops, that has to happen. … We have to do everything possible to understand that this is a watershed moment, that accountability is key, that nobody is exempt.”

Cardinal Cupich said there have always been differences among bishops, just as there are divisions within the wider American church.

“What’s important is that we let the differences be expressed, for one thing, but also that we are willing to learn from each other, realizing that not any of us has the total answer,” he said. “We do need to find a pathway together.”

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Cardinal Cupich said Tuesday that he wants the bishops at their November meeting to go even further and require that all dioceses publicly list priests and bishops credibly accused of abuse. So far only about 50 out of 190 dioceses do so.

Cardinal Cupich also wants his colleagues to cede some of their zealously guarded autonomy to an independent review board of lay experts who would have the authority to investigate any bishop or

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Legal Notices Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD john edward hanes, Petitioner, v. katherine joyce hanes, Respondent.

Case No.: CL18-2587 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to seek a no-fault divorce on the grounds of the Petitioner, John E. Hanes, and the Respondent, Katherine J. Hanes, having lived separate and apart for a period of more than 12 months.

The Defendant, Katherine J. Hanes, as Respondent is deemed interested in the outcome of the relief sought by the petitioner, with the nature of such interest being described in the petition.

WHEREFORE, the aforesaid individual is hereby ORDERED to appear before this Court on or before December 14th, 2018, at 8:30 A.M., to do what is necessary to protect her interest.

A Copy, Teste: WENDY S HUGHES, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER angela Jordan, Plaintiff v. jeremy Jordan, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18003217-00 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 11th day of December, 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER Tryphenia White, Plaintiff v. nathaniel White, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18003203-00 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 7th day of December, 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MARTHA CRUZ HIGUERA, Plaintiff v.

JOHN LYTLE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18002680-00 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 28th 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 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.

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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

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.

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 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

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

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

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 H E N D ER S O N , D EREK 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 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, RO S A M AY S , 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 A RE N CE WAT KI N S , KAREN MOORE, EUGENE W A T KI N S , ETHAL PAYTON, DENISE ROBIN H E N D ER S O N , D EREK A N Z Y H E N D ER S O N , RHENA BROWN TOMLIN, C L A U D E T T E B ROW N , RO B ER T A . MOORE , JR, AUB REY 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

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 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

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 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.

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 Continued on next column

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 Continued on next column

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 Continued on next column

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 S0090104/020, 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 . H A MMERMEI S T ER , 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 . H A MMERMEI S T ER , 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 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: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

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VIRGINIA: 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 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, RO S A M AY S , 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, Continued on next column

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 Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL 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 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 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.: CL18-4451 Continued on next page

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Former ODU star Kent Bazemore a top money earner with Atlanta Hawks

By Fred Jeter

ing out of ODU in 2012 and appeared to be a journeyman, at best, until landing in Atlanta The list of the NBA’s highest paid players and finding his groove. includes many known marquee players — LeMuch of his first two pro seasons were spent Bron James, Steph Curry, Russell Westbrook, shuffling back and forth between the Golden James Harden and others.

State Warriors and Santa Cruz (Calif.)

Also on that list is a bit of a of the Developmental League. surprise.

He spent part of 2013-14 with the Lesser known — at least outside Los Angeles Lakers before suffering Virginia and his native North Carolina a foot injury and being waived.

— is Kent Bazemore. The former Old In Atlanta, his status has rocketed.

Dominion University star is a top monHe has become a top-dollar performer, ey earner among the Atlanta Hawks albeit minus — as of yet — any Allplayers, with a salary of $18,089,887 Star credentials.

Kent Bazemore for the upcoming season.

What Bazemore does is fill up The 6-foot-5 guard known as “3 and D” — for the stat sheet with plus achievements and play his ability to shoot 3-pointers and play defense shutdown defense against players of virtually — is in the third year of a four-year pact that any size. expands to more than $19 million next season.

Last season, the former Monarch averaged 13 An article in Peachtree Hoops refers to Ba- points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals zemore as “the best player (in the NBA) that per game. He hit 39 percent from beyond the nobody talks about.”

3-point arc and 80 percent at the foul line.

The 29-year-old originally from rural KelBazemore is well remembered around Richford, N.C., population 251 as of 2010, is about mond, at least among Virginia Commonwealth as close to a “rags to riches” story as you’ll University fans. ODU traveled to the Siegel find. The left-hander wasn’t even drafted com- Center all four seasons Bazemore played for

ODU. Also, all four Colonial Athletic Association tournaments during that span were played at the Richmond Coliseum. ODU won the CAA Tournament in 2010 and 2011 in Downtown with Bazemore a leading light.

He also was All-CAA as a senior while also earning the Lefty Driesell Award as the nation’s top defender. While Bazemore developed into a star at ODU, he wasn’t heavily recruited and was redshirted his freshman year.

Bazemore is a familiar name among Virginia Union University fans as well.

Kent’s younger brother, WyKevin, is a former standout at Winston-Salem State University. He is one of only four players to make All-CIAA four straight years. WyKevin helped Winston-Salem State to win the 2012 CIAA Tournament title.

After playing professionally in Spain, WyKevin Bazemore is now assistant hoops coach at the University of Virginia at Wise.

Kent Bazemore still has a ways to go to become ODU’s all-time NBA performer in terms of service. Mark West out of Petersburg High School played in the NBA from 1983 to 2000, covering 1,090 games. Bazemore is at 417 games, but with plenty of gas left.

Multimillionaires Club Here’s the top salary on each NBA team: Atlanta: Kent Bazemore, $18 million Boston: Gordon Hayward, $31.2 million Brooklyn: Allen Crabbe, $18.5 million New York Knicks: Enes Kanter, $18.6 million Philadelphia: Joel Imbiid, $25.4 million Toronto: Kawhi Leonard, $23.1 million Chicago: Jabari Parker, $20 million Cleveland: Kevin Love, $24.1 million Detroit: Blake Griffin, $32 million Indianapolis: Victor Oladipo, $21 million Milwaukee: Giannis Antetokounmpo, $23.1 million Charlotte: Nicolas Batum, $24 million Miami: Hassan Whiteside, $25.4 million Orlando: Aaron Gordon, $21.5 million Washington: Otto Porter, $26 million Golden State: Steph Curry, $37.4 million Los Angeles Clippers: Danilo Gallinari, $21.5 million Los Angeles Lakers: LeBron James, $35.6 million Phoenix: Ryan Anderson, $20.4 million Sacramento: Zach Robinson, $11.6 million Dallas: Harrison Barnes, $24.1 million Houston: James Harden, $35.6 million Memphis: Mike Conley, $30.5 million New Orleans: Jrue Holiday, $25.9 million San Antonio: DeMar DeRozan, $27.7 million Denver: Paul Millsap, $29.2 million Miami: Andrew Wiggins, $25.4 million Oklahoma City: Russell Westbrook, $35.6 million Portland: Damian Lillard, $27.9 million Utah: Rudy Gobert, $23.2 million

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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

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

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

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 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

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

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.

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 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.

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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.

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 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

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

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

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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

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.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, 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, 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

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LICENSE Unique Blessings Catering & Events LLC Trading as: The Hidden Spot 9826 Midlothian Tpke North Chesterfield, Virginia 23235-4812 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia D epartment of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) for a Wine and Beer On Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

J. Anderson, owner NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www. abc.virginia.gov or 800-5523200.

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AHtF, cDbg, HOMe, eSg and HOPWA Funds The City of Richmond is seeking comments from residents and interested parties on affordable housing and non-housing community development needs within the city.

These comments will be used to shape funding decisions for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, and in the preparation of Richmond’s Annual Action Plan for federal entitlement funds for the program year which begins July 1, 2019. The City will submit its Annual Action Plan to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funds. All funds shall directly benefit residents of the City of Richmond, except for HOPWA funds for which the City administers funds for the entire Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The Richmond Department of Housing and Community Development will hold a series of four public meetings to receive comments.

Hotchkiss Field Community Center - October 25, 2018, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm 701 E. Brookland Park Blvd, Richmond, VA 23222 Randolph Community Center – October 29, 2018, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm 1415 Grayland Ave, Richmond, VA 23220 Southside Plaza – October 30, 2018, 5:30 pm – 7 pm 4100 Hull Street Road, Richmond, VA 23224 East District Center (EDI) – November 8, 2018 5:30 pm – 7 pm 701 N. 25th Street, Richmond, VA 23223 Written comments may be submitted to 1500 E. Main Street, Suite 400, Richmond, VA 23219, or by email to christopher.yenson@richmondgov.com, no later than Friday, November 9, 2018.

For questions about the meeting, call 804-646-1766. The City of Richmond does not discriminate on the basis of disability status in the admission or access to, or treatment in, its federally assisted programs or activities. Virginia Relay Center – TDD users dial 711.

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