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Richmond School Board hears details after flunking Va. Dept. of Education review

By Holly Rodriguez

The Richmond School Board has its work cut out for it to get the city’s public school system fully accredited.

The Virginia Department of Education, which outlined chronic problems within Richmond Public Schools in a recent report, shared plans for getting the school system back on track at Monday night’s School Board meeting.

The recent VDOE review of RPS is the reason for the state’s involvement in the school system’s plan to resolve declining school performance.

Between the 2014-2015 academic year and the 2016-2017 school year, the number of city schools denied accreditation rose from three to 16 after failing to meet minimum VDOE standards.

“The review is a wake-up call to the sense of urgency that the board shares — an expectation in fostering a culture of accountability,” said School Board Chair Dawn Page. “This is unacceptable. How much longer do our children have to wait for excellent Ms. Page Dr. Staples schools?”

Steven R. Staples, the state superintendent of public instruction, discussed with the School Board two specific plans toward resolving RPS’ chronic issues — a memorandum of understanding and a corrective action plan.

The work to come is a tall order for the board, eight of whose members have held office only for six months. The ninth Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press member, 3rd District representative Cindy Menz-Erb, has held her seat for only three months.

The board also must function in the absence of a permanent schools Richmond’s J.E.B. Stewart Elementary School Principal Jennifer Moore gives kindergartners a big group hug last Friday, leader.

RPS Superintendent Dana T. Bedden resigned in late April in the last day of school. She reminded students to keep in mind her motto during the summer break: “Read, read, read.” a mutual agreement with the board. His last day is June 30.

During the summer, many students forget some of what they have learned during the school year. Called the “summer Thomas E. Kranz, RPS’ chief operating officer, will take over slide,” research indicates that reading just six books during the summer can help prevent loss of progress in reading. the post temporarily on July 1 until a permanent replacement is found. A national search for a superintendent is underway.

Dr. Billy K. Cannaday Jr., president of the VDOE board, briefly addressed the RPS board regarding the memorandum of the Justice Department launched more

By Saraya Wintersmith understanding. than 20 probes into police departments, “This is not just a document Former U.S. Attorney General Eric largely stemming from the rash of deaths that you sign,” he said. “We are Holder suggested Saturday that the of unarmed African-American men by here as partners because your federal Justice Department’s shift away police. children are our children.” from investigating local police agencies But earlier this year, current Attorney The five general focus areas could be detrimental to community trust- General Jeff Sessions ordered a review of of the memorandum include building efforts. all police department investigations and academics and student success; “The decision by leaders of the Justice reform agreements, signaling a sea-change leadership and governance; Department to pull back on our pattern by the Trump administration into invesoperations and support services; and practice investigations, I think, is a tigations of troubled police departments human resource leadership; big mistake,” Mr. Holder said of those and their abuses of the constitutional and community relations and now in charge of the federal office he rights of African-Americans and other communications. headed from 2009 until 2015 under former people of color.

A list of essential actions are President Obama.

Mr. Sessions’ directive, issued in April, to be completed for each cat“It doesn’t serve the police departments stated, “It is not the responsibility of the egory, with each action to have very well. The reality is that you’re more federal government to manage non-federal a specific person responsible effective at policing when you have the law enforcement agencies.” for implementing it, a person support of the community that you’re In a brief interview with the RichRegina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press monitoring the action, and a supposed to serve.” mond Free Press following his keynote Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is now chairman of the timeframe and documentation Under Mr. Holder, the nation’s first National Democratic Redistricting Committee working on fair redrawing African-American attorney general, Please turn to A4 of legislative district lines based on the 2020 Census.

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A hug to last through summer

Former AG Eric Holder takes aim at Trump, rollback of Obama progress in Richmond appearance

It’s a boy and a girl for Beyoncé, Jay Z Free Press wire reports

Leave it to a proud grandpa to spill the beans about the birth of his grandchildren.

That’s what happened Sunday when Mathew Knowles turned to Twitter to say his celebrity superstar daughter Beyoncé now was the mother of twins.

“They’re here!” Mr. Knowles tweeted, confirming earlier reports of the year’s most highly anticipated births.

The tweet included a digital birthday card that read: “Happy Birthday to the twins! Love, Grandad.”

The message was the first word from a family member about the birth of the twins, which took place June 12, according to several enterBeyoncé tainment media websites. Pink and blue balloon bouquets and stuffed animals were seen delivered to the Los Angeles hospital where Beyoncé’s husband, rap star and entrepreneur Jay Z, was seen visiting daily.

While the celebrity couple has yet to release an official birth announcement, reports are they have a new son and daughter.

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Study finds info on students’ emotional and physical disabilities left off referrals to cops, courts

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond area school divisions appear to be flouting federal and state regulations by withholding critical information when they refer special education students to law enforcement departments and the courts for serious misconduct, according to a new study.

The study, conducted by Henricobased Advocates for School Equity, found that schools divisions in Richmond and Chesterfield, Henrico and New Kent counMs. Lucas ties routinely don’t include information on the diagnosed conditions of the referred students or on their individualized education plans — despite regulations requiring them to do so.

Such information is crucial to help courts, commonwealth’s attorneys and others in law enforcement understand “how the

student’s disability might have influenced the actions that led to the referrals, said Kandise Lucas, a longtime advocate for special needs students and founder and leader of ASE. “What we are seeing are school systems contributing to the school-to-prison pipeline by not sharing vital evidence that courts and

prosecutors need and that would benefit a student with special needs who is referred to them,” Ms. Lucas said.

“This is one of the main reasons that Virginia is a top exporter of black male students to that despicable pipeline,” she said.

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RRHA to sell 26 homes to highest bidders

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A major opportunity to create affordable homes for families with below average incomes in Richmond is going by the wayside.

Next week, the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority will offer 26 houses scattered around the city to the highest bidders. Most of the houses

are boarded up and have been vacant for at least 10 years.

Higgenbotham Auctioneers has been contracted to handle the bidding at 10 a.m.

Thursday, June 29, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Downtown.

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City Council seeks to allocate surplus

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Just in case the city ends up with another big surplus when the 2017 fiscal year closes on June 30, Richmond City Council is trying to limit the mayor’s ability to put the extra money into a “rainy day” fund, or unassigned account, to make it off limits.

The effort is being fueled by Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s decision to prevent the council from tapping into a surprise $13 million surplus from fiscal year 2016 that boosted the city’s total balance in the unassigned account to $98 million.

That’s equal to about 11.7 percent of the combined total of the city’s general fund and the school system’s appropriations from the state and federal government.

Since 2012, City Council has required only a 10 percent unassigned fund balance, which would equal $84 million. Boosting the rainy day account beyond 10 percent, according to the mayor, is considered important to maintain excellent bond ratings that keep down the interest the city pays to borrow money.

In May, the council took the first step toward limiting the mayor’s control of surpluses by passing an ordinance proposed by 5th District Councilman Parker C. Agelasto. That ordinance would require the administration to contribute $2 million of any surplus above the 10 percent unassigned fund balance requirement to a new reserve fund to help improve the solvency of the city’s underfunded pension fund.

Now, 6th District Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson is offering another proposal for surplus funds if the city has money left from fiscal year 2017.

She wants council to create a committed reserve fund that could provide cost of living increases for city employees and Ms. Robertson possibly retirees.

Ms. Robertson told a council committee there is no guarantee there will be any large surplus.

But, if it happened, she said her plan could help provide good news for city employees who will not get a raise in fiscal year 2018, which begins July 1.

Under the budget the council approved, police officers and firefighters are the only employees who will receive a pay hike.

Ms. Robertson noted that city employees have received pay increases only twice in the past six years. In three other years, employees received small bonuses.

She said the city is falling behind in providing adequate pay and is starting to lose valued employees who are lured away by higher pay in surrounding jurisdictions. She said creating a reserve would demonstrate the council’s commitment to improving pay.

Ms. Robertson said her plan would allow funds in the reserve to pay for one-time expenses, such as new vehicles or computer equipment, freeing up general fund dollars to be used to improve pay.

She said the mayor still would have to authorize use of funds in the reserve, “but this would give us leverage.”

Her plan will be presented at the City Council meeting on Monday, June 26. However, she already is getting resistance from several members of the council, including Councilwomen Kim B. Gray, 2nd District, and Kristen N. Larson, 4th District.

Both have expressed concern that the creation of the fund would promise more than the council might be able to deliver.

Ms. Gray noted that raises approved in one year become a continuing obligation. She said council already has committed to a three-year plan to improve pay for public safety employees and might not be able to find the money in future years to cover a pay raise for all employees.

Ms. Gray said it would more straightforward to provide for raises for through the regular budget process.

Superintendent search firm to be announced Monday The Richmond School Board will approve a search firm to help with its search for a new schools superintendent during a special board meeting on Monday, June 26.

Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Dana T. Bedden’s last day on the job is June 30. Thomas K. Kranz, the school system’s chief operating officer, will take over as interim superintendent on July 1 until a permanent hire is selected.

The committee, which includes RPS representatives, teachers, parents and members of local advocacy groups such as Support Our Schools and the Richmond Branch NAACP, will evaluate candidate recommendations from the search firm.

The committee will have several responsibilities, including résumé review and checking candidates’ references.

“We are elected to do a job, and our ultimate responsibility is to hire a new superintendent,” said School Board chair Dawn Page.

She pointed out common characteristics for an ideal candidate that arose from a series of public forums in May — personable, a good communicator, approachable, traditional education background and a proven track record of success.

The board expects to select a new superintendent by September. — HOLLY RODRIGUEZ

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Jason Marshall, 9, receives a carton of registration. Meals are available at 84 sites milk and a boxed lunch from Richmond in Richmond, ranging from city recreation Police Chief Alfred Durham on Monday at centers, schools and public housing offices the launch of the “No Kid Hungry Virginia” Slices of life and scenes to churches and day care centers. The goal in Richmond summer meals program. Location: The city’s is to ensure children receive nutritious meals new Southside Community Center at 6255 Old Warwick Road. when school is not in session. In past years, only 35 percent Other officials serving meals include, from left: Richmond of city youths who receive free meals at school took advanCity Councilman Michael J. Jones, Mayor Levar M. Stoney, tage of the summer program. Mobile phones are making it Virginia’s First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe and Richmond simpler to find locations. Text the word FOOD or COMIDA Delegate Betsy B. Carr. Anyone 18 and under is eligible to 877-877 and then enter a ZIP code to get information on for free breakfast and lunch through the U.S. Department nearby sites and times of service. Locations also are listed of Agriculture-supported program without application or at www.fns.usda.gov/summerfoodrocks.

Initiative to get schools on Nov. ballot collects 6,619 signatures in one day

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

During the June 13 primary election, more than 6,600 Richmond voters signed petitions to put the issue of Richmond’s deteriorating schools on the city ballot in November, the Free Press has learned.

That’s more than half of the 10,400 signatures needed to get the measure on the Nov. 7 ballot.

Political strategist Paul Goldman, who is leading the effort with the Richmond Crusade for Voters, plans to announce the results at a press conference Thursday, June 22, at City Hall. He will be joined by other members of the Richmond School Modernization Referendum Committee, including Crusade President Bernice Travers.

Ahead of the announcement, Mr. Goldman praised the cadre of volunteers organized by the Crusade and other supporters of the initiative, saying they collected 6,619 signatures.

He called that total “an all-time, oneday haul for any such endeavor in Virginia ever. Even candidates for president and governor have never” collected that many signatures in one day, he said. He based that on his experience and campaign reports on petition drives for signatures.

In 2003, Mr. Goldman led the petition drive that allowed city residents to vote on whether to have an elected mayor. He said he never collected that many signatures in one day.

Among the volunteers collecting signatures was Grace Harris, 61, who recruited more than 20 people to work the polls in at least five City Council districts.

“I did it for the children,” the retired office manager said.

She said she plans to continue the work of collecting signatures at public events this summer.

That kind of effort would be needed to reach the goal of 10,400 valid signatures of registered voters, based on the City Charter provision for citizen initiatives.

That number represents 10 percent of the He has said the goal of the compact is total number of city voters in the most to create a “concrete plan to fund urgent recent presidential election. school facilities needs” and to develop a It’s also more than double the 5,000 long-term plan to provide sufficient opsignatures that a presidential candidate erating funds for schools and for needed must collect statewide to get on the Vir- support services, such as after-school ginia ballot. programs and family services.

To make the November ballot, the The compact would require quarterly signatures would need to be submitted by meetings between the mayor and the two mid-August to Richmond Circuit Court. elected bodies to discuss education issues The signatures must be verified before the and the needs of families and children. court can issue an order allowing The compact also would the initiative to be included on provide for appointment of a the ballot. team of elected representatives Mr. Goldman’s proposal calls and citizens to make policy for changing the City Charter to recommendations. The mayor require Mayor Levar M. Stoney also is proposing to create a to present within six months a children’s cabinet of city and fully funded plan to build new school officials to work collabschools, renovate the city’s 36 oratively on innovative services obsolete school buildings or to to uplift families. tell Richmond City Council and “I think people want to see Mr. Goldman the public it cannot be done. some action on this issue,” said If the initiative gets on the ballot and Mr. Goldman, who is skeptical that the passes, the proposal would go to the Gen- compact will yield much change. eral Assembly for final approval. It would In the past 20 years, Richmond has go into effect if approved by the House built eight new schools. But Mr. Goldof Delegates and state Senate and signed man noted that the majority of students by the governor. still attend classes in buildings “that are Mayor Stoney has yet to embrace this obsolete and in poor condition.” effort, saying he already is on the case. He is “Increasingly, I think people want pushing an educational compact to promote something done about that, and I think the greater collaboration between his office, number of signatures that were collected City Council and the School Board. reflects that sentiment,” he said.

Vincent promoted to head City Department of Public Works Bobby Vincent Jr. has just removed the the same pay that Mr. Adediran was receivword interim from his title. ing before he was dismissed. Mr. Vincent’s He is now director of public works for promotion to director was accompanied with the City of Richmond. an $8,000 raise to a $140,000 annual salary, He takes over with the goal of improving according to city spokesman Jim Nolan. services to residents, who have given the Mr. Vincent has 25 years of experience with cash-strapped department low ratings on filling the city. He started in an engineer position in potholes, mowing grass on city property and 1992 with the Department of Public Utilities, and in parks and handling other basic services. spent the next 14 years planning and managing Mr. Vincent His appointment comes as the department preventive maintenance and capital improvement embarks on a major project to upgrade 1,300 city alleys. projects involving the city water and sewage treatment “It’s an honor,” Mr. Vincent said after Mayor Levar plans and the combined sewer system.

M. Stoney announced the appointment, effective June He later switched to public works, where he held vari8. “I am looking forward to taking on key areas that ous management posts, including operations manager need improvement.” for roadway maintenance, interim director of general He had served as interim director since early Febru- services and chief of construction and inspections. ary, when the previous director, Emmanuel Adediran, He was later promoted to deputy director of operations, was fired. Mr. Adediran is now the director of public where he managed everything from refuse collection to works for the City of Petersburg. grass mowing, pothole repair and street cleaning and Mr. Vincent’s salary has increased. He was making paving. He also oversaw the Urban Forestry Division, $119,000 a year as deputy director of the department which plants and maintains trees in city parks and on and was bumped to $132,000 a year as interim director, city rights of way. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

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Spiritual practice Veteran Virginia State University art educator and artist Eugene R. Vango of Petersburg demonstrates the basics of portrait still life painting with Footlights, a spiritually based program for women military veterans from Richmond’s Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center. They are, from left, Renette Rawlings, Kimberly Winn, Felicia Moore, Cheryl Moses and Dianne Butts. Led by chaplain Brenda Phillips, the vets were investigating painting as a spiritual practice during a field trip with Mr. Vango at the L. Douglas Wilder Library and Learning Resource Center at Virginia Union University. It was the culminating activity of Footlights’ 10-week session.

Another session begins Sept. 14.

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June 22-24, 2017

46% of African-American men have heart disease.

June is Men’s Health Month and improving men’s health, especially heart health, is always top of mind. And here’s some good news — the experts at VCU Health Pauley Heart Center can help you create a plan to maintain a healthy heart. Here are a few tips that can get you started.

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To find a doctor or make an appointment, call 804-828-7929. © 2017 VCU Health. All rights reserved. Source: American Heart Association. 2016 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update.

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Former AG Eric Holder takes aim at Trump, rollback of Obama progress in Richmond appearance Continued from A1

remarks last Saturday at the Democratic Party of Virginia’s annual fundraising Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, Mr. Holder said it doesn’t do police or communities any good to leave claims of misconduct unexplored.

“The vast majority of police officers want to do a good job.

A lot of them are inadequately trained when it comes to the use of force, inadequately trained when it comes to implicit bias and they need to understand that stuff.”

He offered his 19-year-old son as an example of the peril many African-American males face even in innocent encounters with police.

“He’s the sweetest kid in the world. He’s a black kid and he’s big,” Mr. Holder said, describing his son.

“If you bring a set of preconceived biases as you see him, you don’t see the sweet kid that I know. You see a potential threat. That’s not good for him, but that’s also not good for the police.”

According to The Counted, an independent and ongoing project by The Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom, young African-American men faced the highest rate of killing by U.S. police in 2016. Statistics for the year showed continuing racial disparities, with African-American males ages 15 to 34 nine times more likely to be killed by police than other Americans.

Mr. Holder also said during the interview that the shooting last week at an Alexandria baseball field of Congressman Steve Scalise, the GOP House majority whip, and several others by an Illinois man whipped up by political rhetoric should be a lesson for public officials to be mindful of their words.

“There are a lot of unhinged people in this world. And if people who are in leadership positions use language that plays to the fears and prejudices of people with the wide availability of guns, that makes for a really toxic mix,” Mr. Holder said.

“It’s time to be responsible. It’s time for our leaders to act like grown-ups.”

Mr. Holder also praised Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein’s “wise choice” to appoint former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III as special counsel to oversee the investigation into ties between Russian officials and President Trump, his campaign and associates, and Russian influence on the 2016 presidential election.

Mr. Holder said he believes Mr. Mueller will make decisions “based on the facts and the law … and so I think we need to give him time so that he can find the facts.”

In his keynote address to about 900 Democratic Party faithful attending the Saturday evening dinner at a Downtown hotel, Mr.

They’re here: Beyoncé, Jay Z babies Continued from A1

hospital. The babies, according to the website, were premature and “under the lights.” While the website’s sources were not more specific, that typically means the babies are jaundiced because of elevated bilirubin levels. The lights lower bilirubin levels in the blood to eliminate jaundice.

The condition, which is common among babies born prematurely, is not dangerous in most cases.

Social media was abuzz in February when the 35-year-old singer, whose full name is Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, posted a photo of herself wearing a long veil and lingerie and caressing a noticeable baby bump.

In 2012, the birth of the couple’s first child, Blue Ivy, caused a media sensation, leading New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital to shut down part of its maternity wing to accommodate music’s royal couple.

Beyoncé, who has sold more than 100 million records as a solo artist, was formerly with Destiny’s Child, a group managed by her father.

Thanks to a successful world tour and the hit album “Lemonade,” she was the second highest paid entertainer in the year ending June 1, earning $105 million, Forbes stated.

Only Sean “Diddy” Combs topped her at $130 million.

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Left, Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney shares a laugh with U.S. Sen. Mark Warner as they arrive last Saturday at a Downtown hotel for the Democratic Party of Virginia’s annual fundraiser, the 2017 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner. The crowd cheered the Democratic ticket’s candidates for the November election. Above, they are, from left, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, who is seeking re-election; gubernatorial candidate and current Lt. Gov. Ralph S. Northam; and attorney Justin Fairfax, candidate for lieutenant governor.

Holder described Virginia as this year’s “epicenter of the political universe” because it is one of only two states holding a gubernatorial election this November. The other state is New Jersey.

Taking aim at President Trump and his alt-right affiliations, Mr. Holder called on Virginia Democrats to reject the Republican Party’s reigning brand of politics and policies.

“Unless proposed changes are rooted in the American values of tolerance, fairness, justice, logic, science and respect, they must be — in the great tradition of the unique American experience — opposed,” he said.

“We have come too far as a nation, we have sacrificed too much. We have made too much progress to allow the state of our nation to be undermined by the extreme part of a divided, minority administration, especially when the roots of this extreme faction are found in ideologies long-rejected and that are basically the worst of us.”

The event was timed to energize Democrats following last week’s primary elections in which voters chose Democratic Lt.

Gov. Ralph S. Northam to take on Edward W. “Ed” Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee chairman, for governor.

“In November, the Commonwealth will have the first opportunity to send a message to the present occupant of the White House and the extreme right wingers that surround him,” Mr. Holder said.

The former attorney general continues his public service now by spearheading the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a new effort aimed at preparing for the redrawing of legislative districts following the 2020 Census. Mr. Holder told the Free Press the committee’s impending work in Virginia was another pressing reason for his appearance at the JeffersonJackson Dinner.

“I think what happens here in Virginia is going to have an influence far beyond the borders of the Commonwealth,” he said.

A combination of “fair lines” and the stark contrast of Republican and Democratic philosophies, he said, ultimately will yield victory for the Democratic Party.

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presented the plan to the state Board of Education during a June 21 meeting. Approval of the plan is anticipated by Tuesday, June 27.

By July 17, RPS staff will begin to work with the VDOE on the corrective action plan.

“Some (long-range plans) may have to wait until you have completed the superintendent search,” Dr.

Staples told the School Board on Monday night.

Dr. Bedden told the board that RPS officials recto verify completion. ognized the problems identified in the department’s While the process is just starting and details are report prior to asking for their help. incomplete, actions outlined by the VDOE include “We invited the VDOE in for this review and we creating a plan to align a written, taught and tested (voluntarily) met with VDOE,” he stressed. curriculum; regularly reviewing the division’s orHe added that his attempt at transparency about ganizational chart to ensure alignschool system findings turned into a ment with the RPS strategic plan; blame game.

Richmond Public SchoolS AccReditAtion and creating a process to regularly “Show me a struggling school number number number number of number total of Schools of Schools of Schools Partially total Percent identify and assess community and system and I’ll show you a strugSchool of Schools number not Fully not Fully not Fully Accredited: number not Fully Year denied not Fully of Schools Accredited family needs. gling community,” he said, aligning Accredited Accredited Accredited Reconstituted Accreditation Accredited First Year Second Year third Year Schools One of the actions in the operaRPS progress with the uplift of the tions and support services category Richmond community as a whole.

20146 1 9 3 1 34 45 75.56% (2 Provisional-GCI) 2015 — conducting an assessment of fleet “This review creates accountabiloperations, which is a review of all 20150 3 14 4 5 26 44 59.09% ity as we look at the organizational 2016 of the school division’s vehicles — structure and the implementation of 20164 0 2 5 16 27 44 61.36% already has started. Results are to be instruction with positive outcomes,” 2017 released by Dec. 31.

Ms. Page said. “We need to own it, Source: Va. Dept. of Education Alongside Dr. Staples, Dr. Bedden accept it, address it and move on.”

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The study comes on the heels of previous reports by Virginia Tech and the Washington-based Center for Public Integrity that almost half of all students in Virginia referred to law enforcement and the courts come from the ranks of special education students.

“We do need to make sure that we are getting copies of a referred student’s IEP and any other document,” Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon L. Taylor stated in a response to the study.

“For the cases I have been involved with, I have been asking for the documents,” Ms. Taylor noted.

However, she noted that a law the General Assembly passed in 2016 largely has gone unused. That law allows juveniles and their lawyers to obtain school

documents related to their disabilities to use in their defense in criminal cases.

So far none of the school divisions in the ASE study has issued a response.

Officials at the Virginia Department of Education, which monitors school division compliance with federal regulations concerning special education, also largely dismissed the findings.

In an email, John Eisenberg, assistant state superintendent for special education and student services, notified Ms. Lucas that she would need to file a formal complaint through VDOE’s process before the study’s information would be considered.

Ms. Lucas said the study is based on her review of 171 disciplinary packages on students that the school divisions sent to commonwealth’s attorneys and area Juvenile and Domestic Relations

Courts between 2014 and 2017.

She said she reviewed 73 referral packages from Richmond, 44 from Chesterfield, 52 from Henrico and two from New Kent.

In every case, she said, the school division “did not include the student’s disability status or his or her IEP/504 as components of the referral package as required by a long-standing federal regulation covering special education referrals and a state regulation that mirrors the federal mandate.”

As concerning, she said, most of the referrals she reviewed involved “black male students with multiple disabilities and mental health issues,” who were facing criminal action rather than receiving help for behavior growing out of those disabilities.

Ms. Lucas said that too often the

school divisions hold internal hearings to consider a referral. But often information on the special education services a student is receiving is “not documented or even considered” at the hearing, she said.

She considers the situation part of the “institutionalized culture of racial and disability bigotry” that leads to more suspensions and greater punishment for African-American and disabled students.

She pointed to the example of a disabled Richmond student who has been suspended at least 50 times during the past six years, mostly for being disrespectful to teachers and the principal.

School officials, she said, find it easier to suspend the student, rather than trying to work with the student to change the behavior.

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ing officer, confirmed that the investors who purchase and fix up the properties will have no obligation to market them to low- and moderate-income families who increasingly struggle to find housing they can afford as area property values continue to rise.

Richmond City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, who has been a leading council advocate for affordable housing, calls the auction “a blow” to efforts to create affordable housing in a community that already has a severe shortage.

Recent studies indicate that one in three Richmond families pays more than 30 percent of their income for housing, while one in five families spends as much as 50 percent of income to cover rent or a mortgage.

Ms. Robertson, who chairs the city’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund Advisory Board, said the board would

have been interested in working with RRHA to keep the houses in the affordable category.

But she said RRHA never talked with her or, as far as she knows, any of the city staff associated with the housing trust fund about the possibility.

She said RRHA was able to go the auction route with approval from its overseeing agency, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, because of the city’s failure to create “a housing policy that requires all to address affordable housing, especially government and private groups receiving any housing funds from the city.”

“What’s missing is a policy and a vision and an agency charged with carrying out the city’s housing policy,” Ms. Robertson said.

Mr. Somanath defends the auction as a last-ditch method to get rid of the properties that have been moldering and degrading neighborhoods for at

least 10 years. RRHA acquired the houses over the last 50 years or more in an attempt to scatter public housing and to alleviate the concentration of low- to moderate-income housing.

Some of the homes were leased to families for decades, but RRHA has been unable to keep up the homes because of a decline in federal maintenance funds.

Mr. Somanath said RRHA created a program in 2007 to sell a batch of the homes to tenants, but after 11 sales, the program collapsed as the Great Recession tightened credit. A recent effort to resume sales to tenants failed when most could not qualify for mortgages, he said.

In a second step, RRHA then offered 64 of the houses to nonprofits for $1.

However, he said only project:HOMES and Habitat for Humanity responded.

Even larger groups like the Better Housing Coalition stayed away.

Candice Streett, executive director

of the Virginia Local Initiatives Support Corp., which lends to nonprofits for housing development, said other nonprofits were aware of the RRHA homes, but were too cash strapped or too tied up in other developments to take advantage.

Project:HOMES agreed to take 26 properties and Habitat agreed to take 12 under the condition that the organizations would renovate and market the houses within 18 months and would sell to families with incomes at or below 80 percent of the Richmond area median, Mr. Somanath said. The sale of those properties has not yet been completed.

(The Richmond area median income for a family of four in 2017 is $78,800. Four-person families with a total income of $61,900 are at 80 percent of median.)

Mr. Somanath confirmed that RRHA never sought approval to offer public housing residents or others the opportunity to buy for $1, even though

HUD has a program that allows people to buy foreclosed Federal Housing Administration properties for $1 if they do not sell within six months.

The good news, Mr. Somanath said, is that RRHA still has 54 more scattered site homes it soon will seek HUD approval to sell. That will offer another opportunity for affordable housing groups, he said.

That could open the door for some nonprofits that never were aware of the first round, such as Kenneth Williams, founder and director of the Adult Alternative Program that helps formerly incarcerated people re-enter society.

He said he did not learn about the 26 RRHA houses until a few weeks ago. His program needs inexpensive homes, he said. His organization helps former jail and prison inmates rebuild their lives by teaching them to renovate homes, which his group would seek to sell for a profit to support the organization.

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Black Lives Matter wins international peace prize award Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from NorthStarNewsToday.com The Sydney Peace Foundation, an initiative of the University of Sydney in Australia and the City of Sydney, has awarded its 2017 Peace Prize to the Blacks Lives Matter movement in the United States for bringing awareness to extrajudicial police murders of unarmed black men and women.

T h e award is the first time a movement, rather than an individual, has received the $50,000 prize, which Ms. Cullore will help Black Lives Matter continue its work. Previous recipients include Desmond Tutu, Naomi Klein, Noam Ms. Garza Chomsky and Indigenous Australian Sen. Pat Dobson.

The prize recognizes the vital contributions of leading globMs. Tometi al peacemakers, creates a platform so that their voices are heard and supports their vital work for a more just world.

Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi founded Black Lives Matter in 2013 after an all-women jury acquitted George Zimmerman, a Neighborhood Watch captain, of murdering an unarmed Trayvon Martin, 17, who was returning to his father’s house after going to the store.

Ms. Tometi also is founder of Black Alliance for Just

Immigration.

The three are Garza is scheduled to travel to Australia in November to receive the award.

Last year, Ms. Garza gave the keynote address during the “Festival of Dangerous Ideas ” at the Sydney Opera House.

The Peace Prize citation for Black Lives Matter reads, “For building a powerful movement for racial equality, courageously

reigniting a global conversation around state violence and racism.

And for harnessing the potential of new platforms and power of

people to inspire a bold movement for change at a time when peace is threatened by growing inequality.”

African-American officers described as heroes in ballpark shooting Associated Press One of the U.S. Capitol Police officers injured while defending members of Congress during a shooting last week at an Alexandria baseball field is a gregarious gym-goer and hard worker who adores his mother, his friends said. The other is a highachieving former college athlete who a former boss said “exudes confidence and dedication.”

Special Agents David Bailey

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and Crystal Griner, along with their colleague Henry Cabrera, who was not injured, are being hailed as heroes for their response to the gunman who opened fire June 14 during a congressional baseball team practice in Northern Virginia. The attack left three others, including U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, injured, but authorities and lawmakers who were at the park say the officers’ valor prevented what could have been a far worse tragedy.

“They ran right into the fire.

They ran right into those guns and the bullets, and they saved a lot of lives,” President Trump said of Agents Bailey and Griner at a news conference the day after the incident.

Agent Bailey was not shot but was treated for a minor injury and has been released from a hospital.

Agent Griner, who was shot in the ankle, was also released from a hospital where she and her wife were visited the night of the shooting by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, who brought them a bouquet of flowers, according to a White House pool report.

“She always struck me as incredibly focused, diligent and professional and ready to meet the mission,” he said, adding that the officers’ response was “brilliant and brave.”

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Adversity and accountability The pressure of adversity is the most powerful sustainer of accountability, so it has been said.

And the Richmond School Board certainly is feeling the pressure.

Even as the 2017 school year drew to a close last week, the board still faces overwhelming obstacles that stretch well beyond their usual struggle for funding, retention of teachers, backlog of maintenance on and repair of aged and decrepit school buildings and an abysmal record of 27 of the city’s 44 schools lacking full accreditation.

The pressure grows as the board now must also deal with escalating violence in the community that has claimed the lives of several Richmond Public Schools students.

Last week, 18-year-old Jacquesha “Billie” Clanton, a George Wythe High School student, was killed at the scene of a fight outside an apartment complex on Old Brook Road in North Side. Four people were shot — Billie fatally — when gunfire erupted.

Her death comes on the heels of two double homicides of RPS students in Mosby Court and in South Richmond.

Earlier this month, Richmond Police arrested two 11-year-olds and a 10-year-old in the shooting of a RPS employee during a break-in at the Norrell Annex building on North Side in May. Add to all that the pressure of the city school system receiving a failing grade in a review by the Virginia Department of Education. The report pointed out serious deficiencies in areas of leadership and governance and human resources.

That report is separate from the federal investigation by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights into RPS’ disparity in disciplinary practices for American-American students and students with disabilities.

With Superintendent Dana T. Bedden exiting at the end of June, the board is under a deadline to find a replacement.

Who would even consider taking the job to lead Richmond’s public school system? Superwoman and Superman exist only in comic books and the movies.

School Board Chairman Dawn Page succinctly stated the problem: “We are failing our children.”

The task of hiring a new superintendent is an enormous one, particularly for a board whose nine members are all new. But choosing the right person will be critical — not only for the school system and the city, but for the Richmond families who depend on public education for their children and its quality to ensure their children’s future success.

Because of the flurry of bad news, the staggering problems within RPS are plainly visible to the public.

But we remind our readers of the many positive things that are occurring in Richmond schools, and the accomplishments and achievements of scores of students whose stories don’t make headlines or the 11 o’clock news.

We have sought to feature on the pages of the Richmond Free Press some of the good news, including recent articles highlighting two young men at John Marshall High School who have excelled on and off the field to become valedictorian and salutatorian of the Class of 2017; the young woman at Richmond Community High School who is the highest achieving student within RPS with a 4.91 GPA; and the winners of various scholarships who are heading off to college to continue their studies.

The myriad of scholarships presented to RPS students each year from various community groups, church groups, sororities, fraternities, women’s and men’s organizations and nonprofits are indicative of the breadth of support and goodwill coming from the community.

Richmonders want to see our RPS students succeed.

We want to see them do well.

Now it’s up to the School Board to galvanize and expand community interest and action for the benefit of the 24,000 youngsters attending city schools.

It will take more than government dollars to turn around the school system — although money helps.

It will take the collective will and the consistent and sustained actions of many people and organizations joining together to help pull RPS out of the ditch and recalculate a route headed for a better direction.

The board must stop its late-night pajama parties — also known as closed executive sessions — and hold more of its deliberations in the public eye and at a time when people can attend. Only a handful of reporters and others remain when the School Board returns to open session at 1 a.m. and 3:15 a.m. to announce significant changes, such as the departure of Dr. Bedden and the hiring of an interim superintendent.

The public deserves better from the board, including more accountability.

To demonstrate it values public support, the School Board must go way beyond hosting community meetings asking what people want in a new superintendent.

That includes more frank and open discussions at a time when the public is present.

The School Board should not add to RPS’ problems and jeopardize the possibility of attracting the best superintendent possible by its thoughtless practices.

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Trumpcare: A pig in a poke I’ve always heard the expression, “What goes on in the dark comes out in the light.”

That statement is indicative of the faith that our forbearers had in the certainty of God’s justice. Although challenged, often from the darkest of places, truth and justice have a way of overcoming evil. In honest evaluation, we’ve seen truth win out at more than a few critical points in our history.

The 47 percent statement by Republican Mitt Romney during the 2008 presidential campaign was not made for public consumption. It was made in the confines of a secure campaign gathering among party loyalists who would surely keep it confidential. Yet, his utterance found its way into the public venue and revealed his true feelings about those less financially fortunate than him. When disclosed, Mr. Romney’s statement became the tool of his campaign’s destruction.

A similar scenario occurred in 2009, only a few hours after President Obama was sworn into office. Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and his cohorts in conspiracy

were discovered secretly and treasonously plotting the failure of the future Obama administration. Sen. McConnell is famously known for remarking that his primary objective was to assure that President Obama became a one term president. Sadly, Sen. McConnell has shown that in order to achieve that end, he was willing to see the nation fail along with

Dr. E. Faye Williams President Obama.

Now, nearly nine years later, Sen. McConnell and his minions are still trying. Their obsession with the ruination of former President Obama allows us to believe that they have not received the memo that President Obama’s term in office ended on Jan. 20, about six months ago.

Despite the fervent efforts of his adversaries, President Obama maintains worldwide love and respect. He is admired for forwardthinking leadership that elevates the potential for all Americans, as well as other citizens of spaceship Earth.

His adversaries continue their futile efforts to erase his highly successful legacy, but, like Muhammad Ali when he was stripped of his heavyweight title, President Obama remains the people’s

president. Those impacted by his good works realize how badly their lives would now suffer without them. What remains is a vicious group of sinister old men dedicated to using every underhanded scheme available to destroying the good without a reasonable or beneficial substitute.

From the bowels of the House of Representatives, an alternative Republican plan to President Obama’s Affordable Care Act spewed forth on March 24. Without input from Democratic legislators or public hearings, House Republicans rammed through their plan, which by estimates would result in 24 million Americans losing health insurance. Critical analysts understand that the major result of this plan would be a reward of $880 billion in tax relief to the wealthiest Americans.

First characterized as “dead on arrival,” the House plan was given little chance of passage in the U.S. Senate. Pundits, given their opportunities, guessed that there was little hope of health care “replacement and repeal” in 2017. We accepted that reasoning and our attention was diverted and drawn into a myriad of directions by the never-ending, malignant controversies growing from the Trump administration.

For those who are listening, we are being lulled into a false

Prison profit pipeline There is the adage that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. I fear it is the adage that may define the ways too many observers have filtered the 45 administration through a skewed lens.

There has been much commentary about 45’s twisted tweets, his threats to fire special counsel and former FBI chief Robert Mueller, and his general shenanigans. There has been much less focus on the way his appointees have quietly changed the rules of engagement for too many citizens.

According to a recent article in the Washington Post, the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia said that the Federal Communications Commission exceeded its authority when it capped the cost of phone calls made by prison inmates. FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, who championed this cause, described the court decision “as the greatest form of regulatory injustice I have seen in my 18 years as a regulator in the communications space.”

Ms. Clyburn is the only Democratic commissioner on the FCC, which has two vacant seats that 45 can appoint. She said the cost of prison phone calls is a civil rights issue. More than 2.7 million children have an incarcerated parent, and the high cost of prison phone calls prevents inmates from having regular contact with their family members.

The FCC was prepared to defend its caps on prison phone calls, which can cost as much as

$10 a minute, until our nation’s political leadership changed. Ajit Pai, a Republican member of the FCC — appointed by President Obama, who was required to appoint members of both parties — was elevated to FCC chairman.

The free-market Mr. Pai said FCC lawyers, who were prepared to defend rate caps in courts, no longer had authorization to do so. Mr. Pai did not have to make

Julianne Malveaux that call, but he did, apparently at the behest of 45. Now, private companies, many with monopoly arrangements with prisons, can set phone rates as high as they like.

The caps, which were as high as 25 cents a minute, much higher than the market costs of phone calls, allowed lots of room for profit because the real cost of a phone call is less than 2 cents a minute. But too many of the phone companies with monopoly arrangements with prisons were funding prison operations with contracts that looked very much like kickbacks. In other words, prison administrations were profiting from inmate misery.

Most research says that regular family contact is one of the ways that recidivism is prevented. Those incarcerated who have family ties return to the general population eager to continue to develop those connections, while those who have been isolated from their families may feel they have less to lose and are more easily arrested. It is in the public interest that those incarcerated maintain and nourish family contacts, but too many prison administrators have another idea. They want to make money from the desperate

situation of the incarcerated.

The current administration’s attempt to roll back Obama-era prison reforms is not restricted to the matter of prison phone calls. While former President Obama said he would cease to use private prisons to house federal inmates, 45’s U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Justice Department will use private prisons for federal inmates. This makes incarceration a profit center for companies that run faulty facilities that are likely to be unsafe and ineffective.

Incarceration is an enterprise and an economic development engine in some communities. Prisons are centers of employment. Those who invest in CoreCivic stock, for example, are investing in the possibility of increasing the rate of incarceration in the future.

Phone calls are simply the tip of the iceberg. Who manages prison commissaries, and how much more do their products cost than those that are commercially available?

How do people send money to their loved ones for commissary items, and how much must they pay to transmit monies? How many states require inmates to pay for health services? How many pay prisoners 18 or 25 cents an hour for prison labor, but charge them exorbitant amounts for services? Who regulates this and how likely are incarcerated people to be worse off thanks to 45 and his free-market minions?

FCC Commissioner Clyburn deserves our thanks for her commitment to the rights of those incarcerated. The rest of us should be repelled by the prison profit pipeline.

The writer is an economist, author and Founder of Economic Education.

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sense of security. Following the path of their legislative partners in the House, Senate Republicans have retreated into the deepest, darkest recesses of legislative secrecy to create a Senate version of Trumpcare that, for all intent and purpose, will be rammed through the Senate on short notice without public hearing, without public disclosure and with the absence of input from Democratic legislators.

Apparently, while the Republicans are dealing with “the Russia thing,” “the Comey thing” or the latest “Trump thing,” Sen. McConnell plans for people to accept the pig in a poke — a sight unseen, out of the dark health plan.

We must not play the game of Russian roulette with our health, which they present.

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

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Politicians put magicians to shame Our politicians are brilliant. They have been to the best law schools to make them that way. They have enough political tricks up their sleeves to put the world’s greatest magicians to shame.

Somebody gets drunk at a ballpark and yells a racial slur.

Politicians rush to the nearest microphone to express their phony indignation. Then they rush back to Capitol Hill to write, sponsor and pass laws that are horrible racial slurs mislabeled as “help people laws.” These laws, if correctly labeled, would be called “funnel more tax dollars to a few white males” laws. These politicians are stone sober while doing this.

Another great trick they have up their sleeves is to distract our attention from them, the politicians, who are our real problems.

Section 8 rental housing was set up to hand over millions of our federal tax dollars to a few white males who now own too much of America, thanks to this horrible law. All the tenants get are

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Of course, they believe Russia, Saudi Arabia and ISIS are responsible for this. When did we elect them to the Senate and to Congress?

If you have had enough of the political fun and games from both Democrats and Republicans, start now to advocate for more major political parties in America. Advocate for doing away with the Electoral College as the means of electing our president. We need politicians who are in office to help the average working people of America — not politicians who are constantly at the beck and call of Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and Wall Street while continually playing fun and games with the rest of America!

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here are not enough words of gratitude in the Webster dictionary to express my sincere appreciation for the many acts of kindness you blessed me with during my campaign. For the past several months, I have been hard at work campaigning to ensure my election to the House of Delegates. Not because I am proud of my long standing record to move the 70th District and Virginia forward, but I have been working hard so that I may be able to serve each and every constituent, so they might live healthy, happy and prosperous lives. While I am elected by citizens in areas of Chesterfield, Henrico and Richmond, I fully understand that each one of my votes impacts our great Commonwealth.

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Primed for November Primary winners Northam, Gillespie will carry Dem and GOP banners into gov. election

the polls.

And when the votes were counted, the results showed that he romped past his insurgent rival, one-term Congressman Tom S. Perriello, capturing 54 percent of the more 540,000 votes cast in the Democratic primary.

Mr. Perriello, who jumped into the race in early January in the wake of President Trump’s election, carried the endorsements of two progressive icons, U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

But he was hard-pressed to Lt. Gov. Northam differentiate himself from Lt. Gov. Northam, who came into the race with a fatter campaign war chest, an equally strong progressive record on issues ranging from health care to gun control and the endorsements of virtually every elected official in Virginia.

Lt. Gov. Northam is eager now to turn to the general election set for Nov. 7 and keep Virginia’s top elected office in Democratic hands.

“We’re ready to fight,” Lt. Gov. Northam told supporters at a post-election rally in Northern Virginia as he prepared to lead the Democratic ticket that will include newcomer Justin E. Fairfax as the lieutenant governor nominee and incumbent Attorney General Mark R. Herring, who sought a second term rather than challenge Lt. Gov. Northam.

In a sign of a unified party, Mr. Perriello already has embraced the ticket and pledged his support.

They will take on a Republican ticket representing a party that appears more splintered.

The Republican vote certainly confirmed the split between those who ardently support President Trump and those who do not.

Like Lt. Gov. Northam, Mr. Gillespie, 55, a former Republican National Committee chairman and counselor to former President George W. Bush, came into the three-way GOP gubernatorial primary expecting to win, having picked up most of the endorsements and financial support.

However, Mr. Gillespie, who lost to U.S. Sen. Mark Warner in 2014, barely eked out a victory over Corey A. Stewart, President Trump’s one-time Virginia campaign director.

More than 366,000 people voted in the contest. Mr. Gillespie, who drew scorn from Mr. Stewart for failing to embrace

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Antionette Irving steps outside her election party tuesday night to call her mother and share the news that she won the Democratic primary for Richmond sheriff. Her watch party at Cary 100 Restaurant & Lounge in Downtown turned into a victory party.

Irving beats longtime Richmond sheriff in major upset

Virginia’s next governor will either be Democrat Ralph S. Northam or Republican Edward W. “Ed” Gillespie.

The choice of the competitors was made by 900,000 voters who trooped to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in the primary elections for both political parties.

The turnout — representing about 16 percent of the state’s 5.4 million registered voters —was larger than observers expected.

Mr. Gillespie Both men were the favorites to win their respective primary contests.

After four years of serving as the No.2 state leader to Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Lt. Gov. Northam had a much easier time winning the nomination than his GOP rival and appears more likely to have a united party behind him.

The 57-year-old pediatric neurologist and former state senator from Norfolk came into the Democratic primary leading in

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

By every measure, Antionette V. Irving seemed to have no shot of winning her third attempt to unseat Richmond Sheriff C.T. Woody Jr. The popular sheriff had crushed Ms. Irving by 4-1 and 5-1 margins in her previous Democratic primary attempts to unseat him in 2009 and 2013.

For Tuesday’s primary, he had raised $100,000 to fuel his campaign, or 20 times her campaign war chest. In fact, her biggest donation was the $5,000 contribution she made.

Ms. Irving, who had made history as the first woman to reach the rank of major in the Henrico Sheriff’s Department a few years earlier, was undeterred.

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At an April community meeting, residents of Mosby Court pleaded with Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham for a crackdown to end the violence in the section of the public housing community located off Accommodation Street in the East End. He was urged to set up roadblocks to force people to show IDs to enter Mosby Court, to authorize officers to conduct pat downs and to take other steps to improve the safety of residents who have seen seven people killed and at least 19 others wounded this year in this small section of the city.

But the police chief said “that would be going too far,” said Arthur Burton, a Mosby Court advocate who created and operates Kinfolk Community Empowerment Center that works with residents for the betterment of the community.

Mr. Burton said the failure of city officials to take strong action to weed out of the community those with a propensity for violence laid the groundwork for the latest fatal shooting in Mosby Court, this time of a member of the Virginia State Police.

State Police Special Agent Michael T. Walter, 45, was shot in the head Friday evening allegedly by a convicted felon who lived in Mosby Court. Agent Walter died early Saturday at a Richmond hospital. A former Marine and father of three, he mentored youths in his time off duty and had mentored a youth wrestling club in Powhatan County.

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Former special Officer brad Hughes, who lost his legs in the line of duty in 2014, visits the memorial to Virginia state Police special Agent Michael T. Walter that sits outside of the state Police Headquarters on Midlothian Turnpike in Chesterfield County. Mr. Hughes said Tuesday that he knew Agent Walter and wanted to pay his respects.

gave way. She and her unborn child survived and are in recovery.

These incidents have led Congressman A. Donald McEachin to demand action at the sprawling apartment complex from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

He wants HUD either to force the owners to make essential improvements or to provide vouchers to

residents so they can move elsewhere, according to his spokeswoman, Jamitress Bowden.

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The new connection to Hoopla, which is to go live on Thursday, June 1, is one way that the resource-short library is using online services in carrying out its mission: “To inform, enrich, empower.”

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Former national NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous is launching a political career.

Perhaps recently best known as a surrogate for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, Mr. Jealous confirmed this week that he is running for governor of Maryland. He cited his long record of civil rights activism and the diversity of the state of Maryland as being in his favor.

“When I was president of the NAACP, I learned just how quickly my neighbors here were prepared to move forward on civil rights. In one year, we abolished the death penalty, we passed marriage equality, we passed the Dream Act. “I’m running for governor because I believe we’re prepared to move just as quickly in moving forward on education, on employment, on the environment while continuing to protect civil rights,” Mr. Jealous said

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Richmond Public Library doubles its digital offerings The Richmond Public Library just doubled its offerings of books, music, movies, TV shows, video games and other items, and it didn’t have to buy anything.

According to Library Director Scott Firestine, the library did it by hooking up with an online website called Hoopla and making the items available to patrons through its online library that is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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NBA draft looking for a few ‘freshmen’

John Marshall’s Isaiah Todd wins gold in Argentina Isaiah Todd is returning from South America with a gold medal.

The 6-foot-10 rising sophomore at Richmond’s John Marshall High School helped the United States team to the FIBA Americas U-16 Basketball Championship on June 14 through 18 in Formosa, Argentina.

The U.S. team trounced Canada 111-60 for the crown on Sunday, June 18. Earlier, the U.S. team routed Puerto Rico 110-69; the Dominican Republic, 94-45; Mexico, 127-52; and host Argentina, 121-49, in the semifinals.

Todd enjoyed one of his best games against Argentina, scoring eight points, grabbing nine rebounds and blocking a shot.

He had 12 points, five rebounds and two blocked shots against Mexico and seven points, eight rebounds and three blocks against Puerto Rico.

Todd made the U.S. team earlier in June at a tryout camp in Colorado Springs, Colo.

As a John Marshall freshman, Todd averaged 12.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.1 blocks, aiding the Justices to a 19-7 record and a trip to the state 3A quarterfinals.

Expect to hear the word “freshman” frequently during the NBA draft on Thursday, June 22.

Names from a list brimming with prospects who have completed just one college season figure to be called early and often.

Frank Mason It is possible the first 10 picks all will be freshmen, with University of Washington guard Markelle Fultz expected to be called first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers. Fultz went to high school at DeMatha Catholic High School in suburban Washington, D.C. After Fultz, look for these freshmen to be picked in the first round, with many being “lottery picks” — meaning the first 14: Lonzo Ball and T.J. Leaf (UCLA), Josh Jackson (Kansas), De’Aaron Fox and Malik Monk (Kentucky), Jayson Tatum and Harry Giles (Duke), Jonathan Isaac (Florida State) and Lauri Markkanen (Arizona).

Also, Zach Collins (Gonzaga), Dennis Smith Jr. (North Carolina State), Justin Patton (Creighton), Miles Bridges (Michigan State), Jarrett Allen (Texas) and Robert Williams (Texas A&M).

Clearly, the NBA is choosing raw talent and potential over proven ability. There may be no seniors taken in the first round.

Consensus Player of the Year Frank Mason III of Petersburg, having completed four sparkling years at Kansas, isn’t expected to be named until the NBA draft’s second round.

The 2006 draft was the first year of the controversial “One and Done” principle — meaning players becoming eligible for the NBA after one year of college.

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Prior to that, prep standouts such as LeBron James, Shawn Kemp, Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant rocketed straight from high school to the NBA. Local flavor: Mason (Petersburg High) will likely go in round two. Other second round long shots with area ties are Andrew White and Devin Robinson.

White starred at Thomas Dale High School in Chesterfield County and played at Kansas, Nebraska and most recently Syracuse as a senior this past year.

Robinson, who went to Chesterfield’s Manchester High School before transferring to Christchurch School, is leaving the University of Florida after his junior year.

Virginia Commonwealth University’s All-Atlantic 10 guard JeQuan Lewis and University of Richmond forward T.J. Cline, both seniors this past year, likely will join an NBA Development League team or sign with a team overseas.

The last VCU players drafted were Larry Sanders (15th overall, Milwaukee Bucks, 2010) and Eric Maynor (20th overall, Utah Jazz, 2009).

UR’s last draftee was Justin Harper in 2011 by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round.

No Cavaliers: This figures to be the first time since 2013 that ACC power

University of Virginia will not have a player drafted. Malcolm Brogdon was taken last year, Justin Anderson in 2015 and Joe Harris in 2014.

Foreign legion: International players also figure into the draft. Among those expected to be named early are Frank Ntilikina of France and Germany’s Isaiah Hartenstein.

Way back when: The draft began in 1947, when the NBA was known as the Basketball Association of America, or BAA. The first ever pick was Clifton McNeely, who was taken out of Texas Wesleyan by the Pittsburgh Ironmen. Showing the difference between then and now, McNeely passed on the NBA to take a high school coaching job.

The first African-American picked in the NBA draft was Duquesne University forward Chuck Cooper. He was selected by the Boston Celtics with the first pick in the second round of the 1950 draft. Cooper played at West Virginia State University before transferring to Duquesne.

Next stop: The NBA Details on the 2017 draft Date: Thursday, June 22.

Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. Televised: ESPN. Numbers of picks: Two rounds, with a total of 30 picks in each round.

First team to pick: Philadelphia 76ers.

First player likely to be picked: Markelle Fultz of the University of Washington.

Top 2 picks in MLB draft are African-American The future appears brighter for African-Americans in Major League Baseball.

The top two overall picks in the June 12 draft were AfricanAmericans from private Catholic high schools in California.

Picking first, the Minnesota Twins selected shortstop/centerfielder Royce Lewis from JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif.

The Cincinnati Reds, with the No. 2 selection, tabbed pitcher/ shortstop Hunter Greene from Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif.

Greene appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated earlier this spring and has been dubbed “The Black Babe Ruth” for his skills as a pitcher and as an every day positional player.

It is uncertain whether the Reds will utilize Greene on the mound or at shortstop.

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Also, African-American outfielder Jordon Abell from Kentucky was the 10th overall pick, selected by the Los Angeles Angels.

The San Francisco Giants, the major league affiliate of the Richmond Flying Squirrels, made Heliot Ramos of Puerto Rico its first selection with the 19th overall pick.

The number of African-Americans participating in big league baseball has dwindled in recent decades.

Only about 10 percent of the MLB players were African-American when the

season began.

Historically, among the more noteworthy first overall draft picks were Darryl Strawberry (by the New York Mets in 1980),

Alex Rodriguez (by the Seattle Mariners in 1993), Ken Griffey Jr. (by Seattle in 1987) and Virginian Justin Upton (by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2005).

Upton, hailing from Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake, currently plays for the Detroit Tigers.

The only two-time, No. 1 overall pick was African-American Danny Goodwin, who is also the only No. 1 draft pick from a historically black college or university.

Hunter Greene Goodwin was the first overall pick in 1971 out of a Peoria, Ind., high school. He was again the top pick in 1975 following four seasons at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La.

‘The Freeze’ a fan favorite at Atlanta Braves games

Among baseball’s budding attractions is an athlete who doesn’t hit homers, strike out batters or make dazzling plays.

His name is Nigel Talton, and he’s known around the Atlanta Braves’ SunTrust Park as “The Freeze.”

The former member of the Braves’ ground crew is the seemingly unbeatable headliner of a between-innings promotion called “Beat the Freeze.”

Wearing an arctic blue and white spandex outfit with hood and goggles, “The Freeze” gives challengers — Braves fans picked randomly — a huge head start in a footrace around the outfield warning track, going left to right.

Once “The Freeze” kicks into gear, he makes up the staggered start in a flash and blows past his challengers like a sleek Lamborghini leaving a clunker in its dust.

“I’m just having fun. I don’t have no pressure,” he told 13WMAZ, the CBS affiliate in Macon, Ga. “Win or Nigel Talton lose, I’m entertaining the fans.

“Running track is kind of stressful,” he continued. “But I know this will take the stress away.”

Talton, 26, boasts legitimate speed. He harbors hopes of making the U.S. Indoor Track and Field National Team in 2018 that will compete in the World Games in England.

He hasn’t given up dreams of qualifying for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

He is no overnight sensation. Before become “The Freeze,” he was a track star at Peach County High School in Fort Valley, Ga., and later at Iowa Western Community College and Shorter University in Rome, Ga. In 2012, he finished second in the NAIA Indoor 60-meter

NSU’s Alex Mauricio drafted by Yankees Former Norfolk State University and Manchester High School baseball standout Alex Mauricio is now an employee of the New York Yankees.

Named MEAC 2017 Player of the Year, Mauricio was selected by New York in the 27th round of Major League Baseball’s amateur draft on June 14.

As an NSU junior, Mauricio was impressive in many ways.

Offensively, he hit .345, with 17 doubles Alex Mauricio and 11 stolen bases. As a right-handed pitcher, he was 4-4, with a 3.49 earned-run average and 51 strikeouts.

He filled in as infielder and outfielder for NSU, but likely will concentrate on pitching as a professional.

Mauricio will pass up his senior year of eligibility at NSU to enter the Yankees’ minor league farm system. NCAA Division I baseball players become eligible for the draft following their junior year.

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His personal track bests are 6.73 seconds for 60 meters, 10.47 for 100 meters and 21.66 for 200 meters.

Talton joined the Atlanta Braves grounds crew in 2012. It wasn’t until last year — the team’s final season at Turner Field — that Talton began morphing into “The Freeze.” It started with a between-inning promotion called the “Stolen Base Challenge.”

That involved a chosen fan running from the warning track, picking up a base on the edge of the infield and running back to the warning track with the base in tow — all within 20 seconds.

Few fans succeeded, so Talton figured he’d give it a try.

“I think I did in 13 or 14 seconds,” he said.

Soon after, the idea of “The Freeze” was put in motion.

Talton’s “day job” is really a night job, serving as the graveyard shift security guard — midnight to 8 a.m. — at an Atlanta area school.

He also trains with the Kennesaw State University track team.

To date, no fan seems capable of giving Talton a competitive run. That’s why he has issued a challenge to Cincinnati Reds outfielder Billy Hamilton, arguably the fastest man in baseball. The Reds will visit Atlanta Aug. 18 through 20.

“I hope The Freeze can get an opportunity to run him,” said Talton, referring to himself in the third person. “But I won’t give Billy a head start.”

VUU to host inaugural Willard Bailey Classic in September

Football Coach Willard Bailey did so much for NCAA Division II playoffs.

Virginia Union University.

Bailey guided numerous Panthers to the NFL, Now it’s VUU’s chance to say thank you. including Herbert Scott, Anthony Leonard, Malcolm The Panthers’upcoming football game against CIAA Barnwell, Carl Bland and Pete Hunter. opponent Winston-Salem State University on Saturday, The Bailey Classic is expected to be an annual event, Sept. 16, will serve as the inaugural Willard Bailey with festivities commencing this year on Friday, Sept.

Classic at Hovey Field on the VUU campus.

15, with a social hour at 6 p.m., followed by a banquet Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. at 7 p.m. at the Dr. Claude Perkins Living and Learning Bailey, a 78-year-old Suffolk native, joined the Center on the VUU campus, 1500 N. Lombardy St. VUU coaching staff in 1964 as an assistant under Roanoke Mayor Sherman Lea, a former Panthers Coach Tom Harris. lineman, will serve as master of ceremonies.

Coach Bailey In two stints as VUU head coach — 1971 to Banquet tickets are $40; a table of 10 is $350.

1983 and 1995 to 2003 — Bailey posted a 157-72-6 record. Tickets go on sale Aug. 1. Details and tickets: VUU Athletic That includes five CIAA championships and five trips to the Department, (804) 342-1484.

CIAA fans: Get ready for Salem CIAA football fans might want to become familiar with Salem.

Located some 188 miles west of Richmond, Salem will host the conference’s championship football game through 2019.

The 2017 game matching the Northern and Southern Division winners will be Saturday, Nov. 11, at Salem Stadium, seating capacity 7,157.

Salem also will host the CIAA Football Media Day on July 20 at a hotel in that city.

This will be the second year the CIAA has determined its champion in Salem.

Last November, Winston-Salem State University defeated Bowie State University 43-33 before about 3,500 fans.

Previously, the game had been held in Durham, N.C., and Winston-Salem, N.C. In addition to football, Salem also will host the CIAA’s men’s and women’s

cross-country and women’s softball championships.

Here are dates and locations of other CIAA championship games for the 20172018 academic year: Men’s/women’s cross-country: Green Hill Park, Salem, Oct. 26.

Women’s volleyball: Virginia State University Multi-Purpose Center, Nov. 17-19.

Men’s/women’s indoor track and field: JDL FastTrack, Winston-Salem, N.C., Feb. 11-12, 2018.

Men’s/women’s basketball: Bojangles Coliseum and Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C., Feb. 27-March 3, 2018.

Women’s bowling: AMF Western Branch Lanes, Chesapeake, March 2324, 2018.

Men’s golf: The Crossings Golf Club, Glen Allen, April 19-20, 2018, host school Virginia Union University.

Women’s tennis: Bowie State University, Bowie, Md., April 19-21, 2018.

Women’s softball: Moyer Park, Salem, April 30-May 2, 2018.

Men’s/women’s outdoor track and field: Bowie State University, May 4-5, 2018.

Missing from the list is baseball.

Because the CIAA is down to five baseball-playing members, it is discontinuing sponsorship of the sport.

The NCAA requires at least six participants per conference. Winston-Salem State, Chowan, Virginia State, St. Augustine’s and Lincoln universities hope to continue baseball but without a season-ending and NCAA-qualifying tournament. VSU hosted the 2017 CIAA baseball tournament — won

by Winston-Salem State — at Whaley Colbert Field in Ettrick.

Virginia Union University has not fielded a baseball team since at least the 1950s.

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Personality: Malik and Annette Khan Spotlight on RPEC’s 2017 Peacemakers of the Year

For decades, Malik and Annette Khan have worked to build bridges between the Muslim community and others in the Richmond community.

Much of their work has been done through interfaith organizations and nurturing dialogue based on common interests and shared values.

One of the biggest obstacles they faced, Mr. Khan recalls, was immediately following the 9/11 terrorists attacks in 2001. At the time, he was president of the Islamic Center of Virginia.

“I had to convey and convince that all Muslims were not terrorists — that it was a few who had committed this hateful, heinous crime and that the majority of American Muslims were peace loving citizens.”

The Khans’ work, begun well before then, continues today with their active mentorship of Muslim young people in Greater Richmond and with the RVA Peace Festival. They also participate in several local organizations that promote peace and social justice.

For their years of work and commitment to peace, the Khans have been named the 2017 Peacemakers of the Year.

The award was presented to the Khans by the Richmond Peace Education Center last week at its member dinner.

Because it is Ramadan, a month when the Khans and Muslims around the world observe their faith’s rules of fasting daily from sunup to sundown, the RPEC’s board arranged the June 14 awards program around an iftar dinner in a spirit of solidarity and understanding.

Attendees waited until sunset to break the fast with the Khans, even though that meant serving dinner at 8:45 p.m.

It was a gesture not lost on the Khans, who were humbled by news of the award.

“It was totally unexpected and not sought after,” the couple says. “We think many others are more deserving.”

Receiving the annual award “gives us the opportunity to tell more Richmonders about organizations that do the work of peace and bridge building,” the Khans say, pointing to the RPEC, the Interfaith Council of Greater Richmond, Initiatives of Change/Hope in the Cities and the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities.

When the couple settled in Richmond nearly 30 years ago, they began hosting sessions with teens, offering discussion and life lessons beyond what the mosque offered. Topics included translations of prayer, what is fasting, why Muslims fast, how to pray at school and more.

“The group has grown to about 10 families who meet on Saturday or Sunday evenings,” Mrs. Khan says. “He meets with them to have conversations about how to respond to current events, and he mentors them.”

Through the years, they also have given presentations at various churches, schools and community centers about Islam to educate non-Muslims.

They also have hosted iftars in the community and arranged for Muslim teens to volunteer in the city.

In today’s climate, the Khans say that working toward peace is more important than ever.

“Acts of violence and/or hate not just against Muslims, but against all, including Jews, Sikhs and African-Americans, indicate that we have a long way to go,” Mr. Khan says. “Without peace, the consequences are too dark, grim and scary.”

Though the task is heavy, Mr. Khan believes that peace is best achieved through deliberate action.

“Talk is cheap. We need to be action oriented. We need to demonstrate through common causes that we can achieve a lot by joining hands. If all else fails, the least we can do is to convey that we must learn to respectfully live with differences.”

Mrs. Khan agrees, adding that learning the truth — that the word Islam means peace — is a step.

She advises people to go to the source to learn what being

Muslim is really about.

“We don’t have to believe the same thing,” she says. “Talk to Muslims. Talk to Sikhs. They are not Bin Laden. Invite someone into your home and have cookies or tea. Invite them in and get to know them.”

Meet this week’s Free Press Personality, peacemakers and bridge builders Malik and Annette Khan: Date and place of birth: Malik, September 1949 in Karachi, Pakistan; Annette, April 1956 in Omaha, Neb. Alma maters: Malik, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and master’s in mathematics from University of Karachi; Annette, bachelor of arts degree in social psychology, Park University.

Family: No children; Malik’s elderly mother lives with us.

One senior cat, Billou.

Latest honor: Recipients of the 2017 Peacemakers of the Year Award from the Richmond Peace Education Center.

Occupation: Malik, retired engineer and primary caregiver for my mother; Annette, administrative assistant at Al Madina School of Richmond.

Why this recognition is significant: We need peace in the Middle East and in the world.

Domestically, we need to foster a climate of diversity, harmony and acceptance across many factions — race, ethnicity and religion.

What is the biggest inspiration behind the youth group initiative you started 30 years ago: Muslim youths needed — and still need — more opportunities

to learn about their faith and the way to be good American Muslim citizens.

The RVA Peace Festival is: The centerpiece of the RVA Peace Festival has been and will continue to be an interfaith worship service. It has included speakers from the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Baha’i, Hindu and Sikh communities. In addition, the tragedy of 9/11 is remembered with a moment of silence and frequently includes the release of doves.

Mission of the festival: To provide an opportunity for children, youths and adults of Greater Richmond to gather in celebration of peace and diversity. It is our hope that this will foster a growing sense of community.

Idea for the festival started because: In summer 2004, members of the Bon Air United Methodist Church contacted members of the Islamic Center of Virginia and proposed that they join together, along with other faith-based organizations, to hold an event that would foster peace in the Richmond area.

Importance of peace: Internationally, we see the recurring loss of innocent lives and the continued destruction of cities in the Middle East. Domestically, the current climate dangerously breeds hate and contempt against all Muslims. We need to foster an environment of better understanding. Not all Muslims are terrorists.

Why we advocate for it: Because many people are bullied, harmed or even killed because of the hatred that comes from a lack of understanding.

Today’s young people are:

Many don’t show enough respect to their teachers and parents. They’re so used to getting their way and what they want. In our work with the youths, we expose them to active community service at an early age, in many cases with an interfaith group of students. They are our future.

How I see the world (Malik Khan): The world is comprised of good and bad, but I see it as the glass being half full. There are numerous challenges across the globe. But I have faith that eventually good and justice shall prevail, but it requires a lot of work.

How I see the world (Annette Khan): That most people follow the “Golden Rule” according to their own faith perspectives.

Nearly every faith has the same belief — either “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” or the opposite, “Don’t do to others what you don’t want done to you.”

Outlook at start of day (Malik Khan): As the primary caregiver for my elderly mother, my day starts out by trying to figure what she needs. If I had a phrase, it I would be, “How can I help her.”

Outlook at start of day (Annette Khan): Usually optimistic and hopeful.

Quote or phrase that keeps me motivated (Malik Khan): I remind myself constantly that I need to be patient.

Quote or phrase that keeps me motivated (Annette Khan): “Trust in Allah but tie up your camel.”

Nobody knows I (Malik Khan): Rode a horse once.

Nobody knows I (Annette Khan): Used to ride a motorcycle when I was in high school.

Book that influenced me the most (Malik Khan): “Principle of Islamic Jurisprudence” by Dr. Mohammad Hashim Kamali.

Book that influenced me the most (Annette Khan): “The Bible, the Qur’an and Science”

by Maurice Bucaille.

What I’m reading now (Malik Khan): I am studying the theory of relativity on my own. There is plenty of material on the internet, but one author and professor who really impresses me is Professor Leonard Susskind of Stanford University.

What I’m reading now (Annette Khan): “Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation” by Eboo Patel.

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is (Malik Khan): Have faith and be patient.

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is (Annette Khan): There really are more good people in the world than there is hate.

Next goal (Malik Khan): Perhaps write a book.

Next goal (Annette Khan): Continue with the school until I retire, and then devote more time for interfaith and peace activities.

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Groundbreaking for Capitol Square’s new Native American monument June 24

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Virginia’s Native Americans are moving closer to gaining their own monument in Capitol Square.

Eight years after the monument was first envisioned, a public groundbreaking ceremony for the Virginia Indian Tribute will be 10 a.m. Saturday, June 24, on the State Capitol grounds at 9th and Grace streets.

Olympian Billy Mills, a founder and spokesman for the nonprofit Running Strong for American Indian Youth, is to be the featured speaker at the event.

A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, Mr. Mills is best known for winning the gold medal in the 10,000-meter run in the 1964 Olympics.

The program will spotlight the proposed monument, titled “Mantle,” whose purpose, according to the Virginia Indian Commemorative Commission, is to recognize the “the lasting legacy and significance” of the original people of the state.

The commission and the Virginia Capitol Foundation, which is raising the estimated $900,000 needed for Mantle, are hosting the event.

The groundbreaking is an effort to call attention to the project and attract more donors. Construction is to start when the full amount is raised from private contributions.

To date, donors have contributed about $400,000, the foun-

Alan Michelson/Virginia Indian Commemorative Commission

This rendering is of “Mantle,” the proposed $900,000 tribute to Virginia’s Native Americans that New York artist Alan Michelson designed for Capitol Square in Richmond. The monument is to be shaped like a nautilus, a spiral seashell, with the main features to include a walkway, a reflecting pool and a stone wall on which to sit and meditate. It will be located on the Capitol grounds, near 9th street, between the Bell Tower and the Grace Street entrance.

dation reports.

When built, Mantle will be different from the busts and statues now in Capitol Square. The tribute will be shaped like a nautilus shell and feature a 5-foot winding footpath that will rise from and return to the earth, according to the commission’s description.

The monument also will feature a continuous stone wall that will serve as a bench, along with a pool, plants and other elements significant to Virginia’s indigenous tribes and the state.

Alan Michelson, a Mohawk installation artist, said he designed Mantle to be a meditation space for visitors.

“Mantle invites one to enter — from the east — and participate in it. It is not conceived as a static monument to be venerated, but an active one to be experienced by moving off the everyday grid and into the American Indian circle.”

The commission got its start in 2009 during the administration of Gov. Tim Kaine, who also led efforts to create the Civil Rights Monument that pays tribute to Barbara Johns, Oliver W. Hill Sr., Spottswood W. Robinson III and others who fought to end segregation in state schools and was the first tribute to African-Americans on the Capitol grounds.

How soon the monument will be installed will depend on the success of fundraising.

“We’re excited with the momentum and progress we’ve made so far,” said Colleen Dugan Messick, executive director of the Virginia Capitol Foundation, but more is needed to reach the goal.

VFH receives grant to more fully tell story of Va. slavery

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Honoring the ancestors Janine Bell of the Elegba Folklore Society and organizer of Richmond’s annual Juneteenth celebration leads the ceremony honoring African ancestors last Sunday at the African Burial Ground in Shockoe Bottom. More than 50 people attended the final event of “Juneteenth 2017, A Freedom Celebration.” The three-day event included a talk by noted cultural historian and Egyptologist Anthony T. Browder last Friday and a Backyard Party at Manchester Dock last Saturday, with panel discussions aimed at young people to learn the history of enslaved people in America and the “prequel” in Africa with thousands of years of history and culture.

Richmonder Melody Barnes, former Obama administration official, among TEDxRVA headliners As director of the U.S. Domestic Policy Council from 2009 through 2012, Melody C. Barnes worked with members of President Obama’s cabinet to coordinate the former president’s domestic policy agenda across federal agencies.

On Friday, June 23, Ms. Barnes, a Richmond native who has since co-founded the public affairs firm MB2 Solutions, will be among the array of speakers at TEDxRVA, whose 18-minute talks are designed to empower and inspire.

Now in its fifth year, TEDxRVA will be

held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Carpenter Theatre at Dominion Arts Center, 600 E. Grace St. in Downtown.

The theme: Change.

Speakers will foMs. Barnes cus on change — making it, how to create it and that which is in progress locally, nationally and globally.

In addition to Ms. Barnes, the nearly

two dozen other speakers and performers include Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye, a fetal surgeon; podcast hosts Amber J. Phillips and Jazmine “Da K.O.S.” Walker; psychologist Courtney D. Cogburn, community activist Arthur Burton, founder of Kinfolk Community; data scientist Vida C. Williams; and communications strategist Eneuri Acosta.

While the event is sold out, free, livestream viewing parties will be held at venues across the Richmond area.

Details: http://tedxrva.com or (804) 592-3330.

CHARLOTTESVILLE Students, scholars and others who want to know more about the African-American experience in Virginia soon may be able to take virtual reality tours of various sites in the state.

They also may be able to see three-dimensional views of artifacts related to slavery by checking out articles in the Encyclopedia of Virginia.

That’s the promise from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, which is planning to use modern technology to step up the information it provides about slavery and the lives of enslaved people through the digital encyclopedia.

The state-supported foundation is making the promise after receiving a $366,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create and distribute digital information on “Slavery and the AfricanAmerican Experience in Virginia” through online reference work.

The funding is timely for the state foundation. It arrived just after the General AsMr. Vaughan sembly asked the foundation to do more to tell the story of African-Americans in the state and to preserve and protect historic African-American sites beginning July 1.

According to Robert C. Vaughan III, founding president of VFH, the foundation has long sought to include the AfricanAmerican experience as part of its work.

Mr. Vaughan, who is retiring June 30 after 43 years at the foundation, said the grant would enable more to be done to tell the story of slavery from Colonial times to the start of the Civil War in 1861.

He said the grant means more primary documents and scholarly articles can be added to the encyclopedia.

Even better, said Matthew Gibson, the foundation’s director of digital initiatives, the grant will enable his group to work with the Virtual Curation Lab at Virginia Commonwealth University to incorporate 3D images of objects and artifacts related to slavery and African-American culture into the encyclopedia and to create 360-degree tours of sites through virtual reality technology.

Mr. Vaughan noted that the encyclopedia already has some content related to slavery, including entries on the Underground Railroad; Sally Hemings, the enslaved woman who had children

by Thomas Jefferson; and the uprising for freedom led by Gabriel among enslaved people in Henrico County in 1800.

“The funding will enable us to focus on building this content area and integrating it into the history curricula of public schools through collaboration with K-12 educators,” Mr. Vaughan said.

Mr. Gibson said the grant would allow the foundation to take its encyclopedia offerings to “a new level. To say that we are excited is an understatement.”

Bill Cosby’s case ends in mistrial, but civil suits waiting Entertainer Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial ended in a mistrial last Saturday, but his legal problems persist as he faces assault and defamation claims in civil lawsuits, where the bar for evidence is lower than in criminal cases.

At least 10 women have pending civil claims against Mr. Cosby in lawsuits filed in California and Massachusetts.

Two have brought claims against the 79-year-old entertainer for sexual assault. Others, barred from doing so because their claims were too old, have brought defamation claims against him, saying he smeared their reputations by publicly denying their accusations.

In civil lawsuits, plaintiffs need only show that the weight of evidence is on their side, meaning they have information to tip the scales above 50 percent in their favor, as opposed to criminal cases in which prosecutors must prove claims beyond a reasonable doubt.

The judge in the criminal case against Mr. Cosby in Pennsylvania declared a mistrial on Saturday after jurors said

they were deadlocked and unable to reach a unanimous verdict on charges that Mr. Cosby sexually assaultedAndrea Constand in 2004. At the time, Ms. Constand worked at Mr. Cosby’s alma mater, Temple University.

David Harris, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law who specializes in criminal justice, said the hung jury did not mean that a civil jury would clear Mr. Cosby of liability.

“There may not be enough evidence for a criminal conviction, but that does not rule out a civil verdict,” said Mr. Harris.

Approximately 60 accusations of sexual assault have been made against Mr. Cosby over a number of years, but only Ms. Constand’s resulted in criminal charges because the other alleged incidents were too old to prosecute. Mr. Cosby has denied all of the accusations.

Ms. Constand also sued Mr. Cosby in 2005 and settled for an undisclosed sum.

Women bringing civil cases would also likely find it easier to introduce testimony from other accusers to sup-

Matt Rourke/Associated Press

Bill Cosby is accompanied by his wife, Camille, to the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., during one of the final days of his criminal trial on sexual assault charges.

port claims that Mr. Cosby engaged in a pattern of assault, said Douglas Wigdor, a plaintiffs’ attorney who represents clients in sexual harassment cases.

Little testimony about other accusations against Mr. Cosby was allowed in the Pennsylvania trial because of the

strict standards for admitting evidence in criminal cases.

Prosecutors had sought to have 13 other accusers testify in Ms. Constand’s case, but the judge allowed only one, finding that more would unfairly prejudice the jury.

Paul Callan, who represented the

estate of Nicole Brown Simpson in a civil case against her ex-husband, former football star O.J. Simpson, after he was found not guilty of her murder, said courts are much stricter in excluding evidence in criminal cases because a conviction could lead to incarceration.

“In civil cases, the battle is over money damages, as opposed to sending someone to prison,” Mr. Callan said.

“In my experience, the courts tend to be far more liberal in allowing both sides to introduce a greater volume of evidence than the stricter rules in criminal cases.”

While Mr. Simpson was acquitted in the 1995 criminal case, a jury in the civil case ordered him to pay $25 million in punitive damages to the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald L. Goldman, who were together when they were killed. The jury also awarded $8.5 million in compensatory damages to Mr. Goldman’s family.

In the aggregate, Mr. Callan said, Mr. Cosby could face paying out a comparable amount because of the number of alleged victims.

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Like a fish Kole Macklin, 11, a member of the Hotchkiss Community Center Swim Team, works on his breaststroke at the center’s pool at 701 E. Brookland Park Blvd. Cloudy weather couldn’t keep the youngster away from the water last Saturday, when the city’s public pools opened for the season. The Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities operates nine pools, which offer lessons, family and adults-only swim time, as well as open swimming. Details: www.richmondgov.com (go to Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities page) or (804) 646-5733.

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Franklin Military Academy financial literacy course receives high marks

By Holly Rodriguez

The passionate discussion of Phyllis Jackson’s students can be heard long before reaching her classroom at Richmond’s Franklin Military Academy.

On a recent warm afternoon, Ms. Jackson’s students are divided into small groups to tackle an assignment in her economics and personal finance class: To figure out the cost of transportation to and from work and budgeting the money to cover it.

While every Virginia public high school student must take such a course to graduate, Ms. Jackson’s class received national recognition.

It was named one of the 2017 “100 Best w!se High Schools Teaching Personal Finance.”

Richmond Community High School was the only other public school in Richmond recognized by w!se, which stands for Working in Support of Education, a New York City-based educational nonprofit that honors schools of excellence participating in the financial literacy certification program.

The purpose of the Franklin Military Academy class is to equip students with basic financial literacy skills, such as balancing a checkbook, working within a budget and how to save money.

On this particular day, students are applying some of these skills to real-life scenarios. Ms. Jackson heads to the board at the front of the room and performs calculations showing the cost of gas every week to get to and from work. Using herself as an example, she calculates the mileage from her home to Franklin and the cost of gas per gallon to get the result for her total monthly gas expense.

“Now this doesn’t include money to go to the mall or go pick up your friends,” she said. “This is just to and from work only.”

Her cost: About $100 per month.

In another exercise, she gives each group scenarios that will impact their finances. The students must determine how they would respond.

Among the scenarios: Your mother is sick and you have to take two weeks off from work to help her, meaning you will have no

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Students in Phyllis Jackson’s financial literacy class at Franklin Military Academy work on a real-life scenario she outlined to help them calculate monthly budgets and to learn how to handle their personal finances.

income. What do you do?

You get a 5 percent raise. What do you do with the extra money?

“We put a great emphasis on preparing our kids for reality,” said Sheron Carter-Gunter, the school’s principal.

“One of the things we see as an obstacle to success is being able to navigate the world of finance and accumulate wealth. It

Relax, relate, release

Hundreds of people relax their minds and their bodies during the inaugural Peace Love RVA Yoga Festival last Saturday on Brown’s Island on the riverfront in Downtown. The grassroots festival, started by two Richmond friends, offered a day of music, food and free yoga classes led by some of the area’s top instructors for people at all levels. Bottom photo, Yogi Jonathan Miles starts his class with meditation. Below, another group goes into the downward-facing dog pose, while another class, left, stretches while seated.

is important to us here that (students) have the skills necessary to do those things.”

While the group assigned the loss in pay scenario determined they would cut extraneous expenses to meet their financial obligations for the month, the students with the unexpected pay raise had mixed responses. Some students said they would put the money in savings, while others said they would use the money to purchase something they wanted, such as clothing.

Ms. Jackson used the opportunity to share with students the cost of purchasing a cell phone and maintaining month-tomonth service.

“Your parents won’t be paying that bill forever,” she said with a laugh.

Ms. Carter-Gunter said that beyond this class, teachers and administrators at the school want every one of Franklin Military Academy’s 385 students in sixth through 12th grades to have additional skills that will increase their likelihood of post-high school success.

“When they walk out of these doors, we want them to be prepared,” she said.

The school offers technical courses for industry certifications in fields such as HVAC systems and graphic design. The school also provides an advanced diploma track to academically prepare students for college. It also offers Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery training to prepare students for entering the various branches of military service.

“The higher the student scores, the more opportunity for different military jobs,” Ms. Carter-Gunter said.

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Diversity in fashion Former fashion model Bethann Hardison, founder of Diversity Coalition to end racism on the runway, talks about diversity in the fashion industry during a conversation with Richmond historian Dr. Lauranett Lee on June 15 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Ms. Hardison also talked about the role of designer Yves Saint Laurent in bringing awareness of the representation of people of color to the industry. The program was inspired by the museum’s exhibition, “Yves Saint Laurent: The Perfection of Style,” which continues through Aug. 27.

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Graduates’ Sunday

Former Prince Hall Shriners top official dies at 88 “to inspire others to member. excel and to be the Mr. Gray was acrole model for the tive in Masonry and fraternity.” the Shriners for 50 He believed his years. top accomplishment A graduate of involved “improving Virginia Union Unithe image of Prince versity who later Hall Shriners,” earned a master’s which has 224 afin education from filiated temples and Virginia State UniMr. Gray 25,000 members. versity, Mr. Gray got Mr. Gray loved to wear the involved with the organization regalia of the organization, after returning to Richmond including the red fez. following 20 years of service He was disappointed that in the Navy. nonmembers too often perHe later joined Mocha Temceived Shriners as wearing ple No. 7, the Richmond affiliate funny hats “and always hav- of the Prince Hall Shriners. ing fun.”

In 1993, he was proud to He believed Shriners should head a regional Shriners Jubilee be “acknowledged as working Celebration in Richmond to in the community and for the good of mankind,” and noted that late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall was a

Earl Haddon Gray, a former national leader of the Prince Hall Shriners, has died.

Family and friends paid their final tributes to Mr. Gray on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at Scott’s Funeral Home Chapel in North Side.

The Richmond native succumbed to illness on Monday, June 12, 2017. He was 88.

Mr. Gray served as imperial potentate of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine North and South America Inc., Prince Hall Affiliation, from 1986 to 1988, and later chaired the Memphis, Tenn.,-based group’s grievances and appeals committee.

In a Free Press Personality feature in June 1993, he stated that his role as the organization’s top elected official was

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Invite You to Join Us in a Worship Service

SUNDAY WORSHIP HOUR – 10:00 A.M. CHILDREN’S CHURCH & BUS MINISTRY AVAILABLE SUNDAY SCHOOL (FOR ALL AGES) – 9:00 A.M. TUESDAY MID-DAY BIBLE STUDY – 12 NOON WEDNESDAY MID-WEEK PRAYER & BIBLE STUDY – 7:00 P.M.

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

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SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017 SUNDAY SCHOOL - 9:45 A.M. WORSHIP SERVICE - 11:00 A.M. 

Vacation Bible School June 26 - June 30

Reception Immediately Following Ellis/WhitE FElloWship hall

Morning Worship Church School Morning Worship

6:00 P.M. - 8:45 P.M.

Good Shepherd Baptist Church 1127 North 28th St., Richmond, VA 23223-6624 • Office: (804) 644-1402 Dr. Sylvester T. Smith, Pastor “There’s A Place for You”

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

Unity Sundays (2nd Sundays) Church School Morning Worship

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Sunday, the twenty-fifth of June Two Thousand Seventeen Four O’ Clock in the Afternoon

Sundays:

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Riverview

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Dr. Levy M. Armwood, Pastor • Dr. Wallace J. Cook, Pastor Emeritus

Pastor Kevin Cook

2017 Theme: The Year of Elevation

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216 W. Leigh St. • Richmond, Va. 23220 • Tel: 804-643-3366 Fax: 804-643-3367 • Email: ebcoffice1@yahoo.com• web: richmondebenezer.com

“MAKE IT HAPPEN”

Rev. Darryl G. Thompson, Pastor

9:30 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Morning Worship

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“The People’s Church”

Early Morning Worship ~ 8 a.m.

Sunday School ~ 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship ~ 11 a.m.

4th Sunday Unified Worship Service ~ 9:30 a.m.

Bible Study: Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Sermons Available at BRBCONLINE.org

Sunday, June 4 thru Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 Worship Service 10:00 AM Sunday School and New Members Class 8:30 AM 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM Worship Services will resume Sunday, Sept.17

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8:30 A.M. 10 A.M.

Thursdays:

Mid-Day Bible Study 12 Noon Prayer & Praise 6:30 P.M. Bible Study 7:00 P.M. (children/Youth/Adults)

Graduate Recognition Sunday

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

11:00 AM Mid-day Meditation

June 25, 2017 at 11 A.M.

The Graduation Message delivered by:

Mrs. Brenda Bowman Walton

First Lady of St. Peter Baptist Church Music rendered by The Sunbeam Choir and Sherri Robinson & Friends 2040 Mountain Road • Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Office 804-262-0230 • Fax 804-262-4651 • www.stpeterbaptist.net

DR. JAMES L. SAILES PASTOR

Pilgrim Journey Baptist Church 7204 Bethlehem Rd. Henrico, VA 23228

A MISSION BASED CHURCH FAMILY EXCITING MINISTRIES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS & SENIOR ADULTS BIBLE REVELATION TEACHING DIVERSE MUSIC MINISTRY LOVING, CARING ENVIRONMENT

Health & Wellness Fair

New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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

Sharon Baptist Church 22 E. Leigh Street, Richmond, VA 23219 • 643-3825 thesharonbaptistchurch.com Rev. Dr. Paul A. Coles, Pastor

n’s ay “My Sister’s Keeper: e m o W D Women Who Paved The Way” Theme:

Speaker:

Minister Brittnie Sykes

Join us for this family-friendly event.

6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. / NIGHTLY

8:30 Am - Sunday School 10:00 Am - morning Worship

Music: Women Day Choir Summer Location Change

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Sunday Services Bible Study 500 E. Laburnum Avenue

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Theme for 2016-2020: Mobilizing For Ministry Refreshing The Old and Emerging The New

A 21st Century Church With Ministry For Everyone

We Embrace Diversity — Love For All!

Come worship with us!

Communion Sunday

Health Screenings, Exhibitors, Demonstrations, Food, Music, Games, Prizes & More!

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL JUNE 26 - 30, 2017

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Rising mt. Zion Baptist Church, New Kent, VA

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Healthy Community on the Journey

Saturday, June 24

Mission Statement: People of God developing Disciples for Jesus Christ through Preaching and Teaching of God’s Holy Word reaching the people of the Church and the Community.

June 25, 2017 10:45 AM Morning Worship

Christ Kids And Christ Teens Worship Every Sunday Nursery During Church School and Worship

Thirty-first Street Baptist Church

Bishop G. O. Glenn D. Min., Pastor Mother Marcietia S. Glenn First Lady

Sunday 8:00 a.m. Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Worship Service

Wednesday Services Noonday Bible Study 12noon-1:00 p.m.

Attendance - 52 Sanctuary - All Are Welcome!

Wednesday Evening Bible Study 7 p.m.

Attendance - 120

Saturday 8:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer

You can now view Sunday Morning Service “AS IT HAPPENS” online!

Also, for your convenience.

WWW.MYVBS.ORG/NDEC

Tune in on Sunday Morning to WTVR-Channel 6 - 8:30 a.m.

THE NEW DELIVERANCE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (NDCA)

ENROLL NOW!!!

Accepting applications for children 2 yrs. old to 3rd Grade Our NDCA curriculum also consists of a Before and After program.

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

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(near Byrd Park)

June 25, 2017 10:30 A.M.

SUNDAYS Church School 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. ❖

WEDNESDAYS Bible Study 12:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. ❖

MONDAY-FRIDAY Nutrition Center and Clothes Closet 11:30 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.

823 North 31st Street Richmond, VA 23223 (804) 226-0150 Office www.31sbc.org

Join Us for Men’s Day Worship!

Men’s Weekend 2017 Sat. June 24, 2017 @ 11:00 A.M. ~ 3:00 P.M. Men’s Ministry Cookout & Health and Wellness Event

Sunday, June 25, 2017 Men’s Day

Weekly Worship: Sundays @ 10:30 A.M. Church School: Sundays @ 9:00 A.M. Bible Study: Wednesdays @ Noon & 7:00 P.M. 2901 Mechanicsville Turnpike, Richmond, VA 23223 (804) 648-2472 ~ www.mmbcrva.org Dr. Price London Davis, Senior Pastor

Mosby Memorial Baptist Church “A Caring Community Committed to Listening, Loving,

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

Mount Olive Baptist Church

Motivators Inc., which sponsored a literacy program.

He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and First United Presbyterian Church in North Side.

He was recognized for his community service work, including receiving an honorary doctorate from Virginia Union University and the Seagram’s Vanguard Award.

Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Jane Harris Gray; daughter Adrienne G. Rhone; and a granddaughter and a great-grandson.

The family requests memorial contributions be made to First United Presbyterian Church’s Building Fund, 3401 North Ave., Richmond, Va. 23222.

Ebenezer Baptist Church

Broad Rock Baptist Church

Summer Worship Schedule & Casual Dressing

mark the 64th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legitimized the Prince Hall Shriners.

In the 1929 decision, the nation’s highest court rejected a bid by white Shriners to stop the Prince Hall Shriners from using the name, designation, letters, emblems and regalia of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

The court granted equal status to the organization of AfricanAmerican Shriners.

Outside the Shriners, Mr. Gray was a full-time state employee. He retired as chief of the Virginia Employment Commission’s Labor Research Division.

Mr. Gray for years also led his own nonprofit, Community

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Legal Notices Divorce STATE OF MINNESOTA IN DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF NOBLES FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FAMILY COURT DIVISION Case Type 5: Dissolution Without Children In the Matter of the Marriage of: Maria Luisa Arias Franco, Petitioner, and Jose Moris Rodas Galves, Respondent.

SUMMONS Without Real Estate THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: WARNING: YOUR SPOUSE (HUSBAND OR WIFE) HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST YOU FOR DISSOLUTION OF YOUR MARRIAGE. THIS SUMMONS IS AN O F F ICI A L D OC U M E N T FROM THE COURT THAT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS. READ THIS SUMMONS CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT, CONTACT AN ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ADVICE. 1. The Petitioner (your spouse) has filed a lawsuit again you asking for dissolution of your marriage (divorce).

2. You must serve upon Petitioner and file with the court a written Answer to the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage, and you must pay the required filing fee.

Answer forms are available from the court administrator’s office. You must serve your Answer upon Petitioner within thirty (30) days of the date you were served with this Summons, not counting the day of service. If you do not serve and file your Answer, the court may give your spouse everything he or she is asking for in the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage.

3. This proceeding does not involve real property.

NOTICE OF TEMPORARY RESTRAINING PROVISIONS Under Minnesota law, service of this summons makes the following requirements apply to both parties to the action, unless they are modified by the court or the proceeding is dismissed:

(1) Neither party may dispose of any assets except (a) for the necessities of life or for the necessary generation of income or preservation of assets, (b) by an agreement of the parties in writing, or (c) for retaining counsel to carry on or to contest this proceeding.

(2) Neither party may harass the other party.

(3) All currently available insurance coverage must be maintained and continued without change in coverage or beneficiary designation.

(4) Parties to a marriage dissolution proceeding are encouraged to attempt alternative dispute resolution pursuant to Minnesota law.

Alternative dispute resolution includes mediation, arbitration, and other processes as set forth in the district court rules. You may contact the court administrator about resources in your area. If you cannot pay for mediation or alternative dispute resolution, in some counties, assistance may be available to you through a nonprofit provider or a court program. If you are a victim of domestic abuse or threats as defined in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 518B, you are not required to try mediation and you will not be penalized by the court in later proceedings.

IF YOU VIOLATE ANY OF THESE PROVISIONS, YOU WILL BE SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS BY THE COURT. Dated: 6/9/2017 /s/ Aaron M. Kinser Aaron M. Kinser Ahlquist & Wiltrout PC 419 Ninth Street, P.O. Box 475 Worthington, MN 56187-0475 Telephone: 507-372-2322 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO VICKIE LYNN SHUPE, Plaintiff v.

RICHARD ALAN SHUPE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL17-1263 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is for the Plaintiff, Vickie Lynn Shupe, by counsel, to obtain a divorce from Richard Alan Shupe.

It appearing by affidavit that the Defendant’s last known address is no longer valid and the Defendant’s present whereabouts are unknown.

It is therefore ORDERED that the Defendant appear before this Court on or before July 10, 2017, and protect his interests herein.

A Copy, Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk I ASK FOR THIS: Erik D. Baines, Esquire (VSB # 83618) BARNES 7 DIEHL, P.C. Boulders VI – Suite A 7401 Beaufont Springs Drive Richmond, VA 23225 (804) 796-1000 (telephone) (804) 796-1730 (facsimile) ebaines@barnesfamilylaw.com Counsel for Plaintiff

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 18th day of July, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

rights of; visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Edwina Ellis (Mother), Zohnelle Wiliams (Father) and Unknown (Father) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before July 31, 2017 at 11:00Am, courtroom #4

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND John Marshall Courts Building CHARLES ANTHONY GREGORY Plaintiff, v.

JILL JEANEEN NELSON Defendant.

Case No.: CL171099 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the groundof living separate and apart for a period exceeding one year.

It appearing by affidavit that Defendant’s present whereabouts are unknown, and Plaintiff having dilligently attempted to ascertain the county or city in which Defendant is located without effect, it is hereby ORDERED that the Defendant appear before the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, at 400 North Ninth St. Richmond, VA 23219 on or before Fifty (50) days from entry of this order on the docket; to protect any interests herein.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk I ask for this: Andrew S. Chen, Esq. Counsel for Plaintiff VSB#79562 113 Granite Spring Road Richmond, Virginia 23225 (804) 277-9381 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JOHANNA SANTOS, Plaintiff v.

MAGDALENO FLORES-RADILLA, Defendant.

Case No.: CL17001391-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 26th day of July, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

CUSTODY commonwealth of virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt FOR thE county Of hanover in re Jose said monroy Varela dob: 03/17/2004 Case No. jj031704-01-00 order of publication

The object of this suit is to grant sole legal and physical custody of Jose Said Monroy Varela, whose mother is Karen Alicia Varela Mena, the Petitioner, and whose father is Jose Walter Monroy Chavez, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 16.1-241A. Father’s whereabouts are unknown.

WHEREFORE, an affidavit having been filed that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of Jose Walter Monroy Chavez, it is hereby ORDERED that Jose Walter Monroy Chavez appear before the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for the County of Hanover on July 10, 2017 at 9:00 AM in order to protect his interest herein.

An Extract Teste: Soulmaz Taghavi, Esquire (VSB #88036) Novo Taghavi, Ltd. 1500 Forest Ave., STE. 124 Richmond, VA 23229 P: 804-614-6920 F: 804-528-4142 info@novotaghavi.com Counsel for the Petitioner

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MELISSA RUSSELL-EPPS, Plaintiff v.

DANTE EPPS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL17001014-00

virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ZEWINA WIlliams The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Edwina Ellis (Mother), Zohnelle Williams (Father) & Unknown (Father) of Zewina Williams, child DOB 06/19/2009. “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to

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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

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

Unknown.”

I T I S OR D ERE D that CHARLIE TAYLOR, D ECE A S E D , D A VI D G A I N YA R D , JR., DECEASED, LULA TAYLOR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 20, 2017, 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.

ROSALIE HAMER CLARK, DECEASED, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-1612 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1414 North 31st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000718/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, ROSALIE HAMER CLARK ESTATE.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, EARNESTINE H. CLARK, DECEASED has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, ROSALIE HAMER CLARK, DECEASED, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that LOUISE H. THOMAS, DECEASED, H E N RIE T TA S U M T ER , DECEASED, and HATTIE EATON, DECEASED, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; JACQUELINE T. SNOW and GREGORY HENDERSON, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to this/her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that DOROTHY H. DENNISTON, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that NORELL H. JACKSON, MIKKI H. WYNDER, ELMER HAMER, and JAMES HAMER, JR., who may have an ownership interest in said property, 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.”

I T I S OR D ERE D that EARNESTINE H. C L A R K , D ECE A S E D , ROSALIE HAMER CLARK, DECEASED, LOUISE H. THOMAS, DECEASED, H E N RIE T TA S U M T ER , D ECE A S E D , H AT T IE E AT O N , D ECE A S E D , JACQUELINE T. SNOW, GREGORY HENDERSON, DOROTHY H. DENNISTON, NORELL H. JACKSON, MIKKI H. WYNDER, ELMER HAMER, JAMES HAMER, JR., and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 24, 2017, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq.

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

FRANK CRAWLEY a/k/a FRANK CRAWLY, JR., Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF FRANK CRAWLEY a/k/a FRANK CRAWLY, JR., et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL16-4301 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2705 5th Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000719/019, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Frank Crawly Estate and Mary C. Crawley Estate.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, FRANK CRAWLEY a/k/a FRANK CRAWLY, JR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of FRANK CRAWLEY a/k/a FRANK CRAWLY, JR., have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that MARY E. CRAWLEY a/k/a MARY B. CRAWLEY a/k/a MARY BROWN CRAWLEY, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of MARY E. CRAWLEY a/k/a MARY B. CRAWLEY a/k/a MARY BROWN CRAWLEY, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that MAXINE LY N C H p / k / a M A X I N E CRAWLEY, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF MAXINE LYNCH p/k/a M A X I N E CR A W L E Y, WILLIAM CRAWLEY a/k/a WILLIAM MURCHISON CRAWLEY, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR S U CCE S S OR S I N INTEREST OF WILLIAM CRAWLEY a/k/a WILLIAM MURCHISON CRAWLEY, FRANK EDWARD “HAWK” CRAWLEY, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR S U CCE S S OR S I N INTEREST OF FRANK EDWARD “HAWK” CR A W L E Y, J ERO M E BROWN a/k/a JEROME ROSS BROWN, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF JEROME BROWN a/k/a JEROME ROSS BROWN, D O U G L A S CR AW L E Y a/k/a DOUGLAS EVERETT CRAWLEY, SR., Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF DOUGLAS CRAWLEY a/k/a DOUGLAS EVERETT CRAWLEY, SR., RANDY CRAWLEY, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR S U CCE S S OR S I N INTEREST OF RANDY CRAWLEY, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that BRENDA CRAWLEY, ANGELA WINSTON n/k/a ANGELA PORTER, FRANK E D W A R D CR A W L E Y, JR., THELMA CRAWLEY, LORETTA RICHARDSON a/k/a LORETTA BROWN RICHARDSON, MELVIN CRAWLEY a/k/a MELVIN

N. CRAWLEY, MONTESE FRA N CIS , S H EROND A CR A W L E Y, W I L L I A M HASTY, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who has 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; that CHRIS CRAWLEY, JR., and CAROLYN CRAWLEY, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that FAYE NICHOLSON a/k/a FAYE C. HINTON p/k/a FAYE R. CRAWLEY and TANGELA CRAWLEY-HARDY, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that C. B. GAY, Trustee, and W. F. BOWERS, JR., Trustee, Trustees of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated May 1, 1991, with respect to said property, recorded May 2, 1991, in Deed Book 266, Page 197, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that DAVID GRIPSHOVER, Registered Agent, CAPITAL & QUALITY PRODUCTS INC., which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his/her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that ENGINEERED SYSTEM, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that NATIONAL LOAN RECOVERIES, LLC, A Connecticut Limited Liability Company Not Authorized to Transact Business in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that FRANK CRAWLEY a/k/a FRANK CRAWLY, JR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of FRANK CRAWLEY a/k/a FRANK CRAWLY, JR., MARY E. CRAWLEY a/k/a MARY B. CRAWLEY a/k/a MARY BROWN CRAWLEY, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of MARY E. CRAWLEY a/k/a MARY B. CRAWLEY a/k/a MARY BROWN CRAWLEY, MAXINE LY N C H p / k / a M A X I N E CRAWLEY, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF MAXINE LYNCH p/k/a M A X I N E CR A W L E Y, WILLIAM CRAWLEY a/k/a WILLIAM MURCHISON CRAWLEY, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR S U CCE S S OR S I N INTEREST OF WILLIAM CRAWLEY a/k/a WILLIAM MURCHISON CRAWLEY, FRANK EDWARD “HAWK” CRAWLEY, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR S U CCE S S OR S I N INTEREST OF FRANK EDWARD “HAWK” CR A W L E Y, J ERO M E BROWN a/k/ JEROME ROSS BROWN, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF JEROME BROWN a/k/ JEROME ROSS BROWN, D O U G L A S CR AW L E Y a/k/a DOUGLAS EVERETT CRAWLEY, SR., Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF DOUGLAS CRAWLEY a/k/a DOUGLAS EVERETT CRAWLEY, SR., RANDY CRAWLEY, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF RANDY CRAWLEY, B RE N D A CR A W L E Y, ANGELA WINSTON n/k/a ANGELA PORTER, FRANK E D W A R D CR A W L E Y, JR., THELMA CRAWLEY, LORETTA RICHARDSON a/k/a LORETTA BROWN RICHARDSON, MELVIN CRAWLEY a/k/a MELVIN N. CRAWLEY, MONTESE FRANCIS, SHERONDA CR A W L E Y, W I L L I A M HASTY, CHRIS CRAWLEY, JR., CAROLYN CRAWLEY, FAYE NICHOLSON a/k/a FAYE C. HINTON p/k/a FAYE R. CRAWLEY and TANGELA CRAWLEY-HARDY, C. B. GAY, Trustee, and W. F. BOWERS, JR., Trustee, Trustees of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated May 1, 1991, with respect to said property, recorded May 2, 1991, in Deed Book 266, Page 197, D AVI D G RI P S H OVER , Registered Agent, CAPITAL & QUALITY PRODUCTS INC., ENGINEERED SYSTEM, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, NATIONAL LOAN RECOVERIES, LLC, A Connecticut Limited Liability Company Not Authorized to Transact Business in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 24, 2017, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Tony Lewis The object of this suit is to: Terminate; the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Edwina Ellis (Mother), Tony Lewis (Father) & Unknown (Father) of Tony Lewis child DOB 06/29/2010. “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 defendant Edwina Ellis ( M o t h e r ) , To n y L e w i s (Father) and Unknown (Father) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before July 31, 2017 at 11:00Am, courtroom #4 virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Milton omar claros ayala jose evaristo claros ayala v. Marta Elizabeth Ayala Pineda Case No. JJ0942030100 The object of this suit is to: Request sole custody and a Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Predicate Order for Milton Omar Ayala Claros.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Marta Elizabeth Ayala Pineda appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before August 17, 2017 at 10:10Am

PROPERTY

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.

JAMES LEWIS, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-1851 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3312 Belmont Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0080939/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, JAMES LEWIS and VIRGINIA JENNINGS LEWIS.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, JAMES LEWIS, DECEASED, and VIRGINIA JENNINGS LEWIS, DECEASED, 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 JAMES LEWIS, DECEASED, VIR G I N I A J E N N I N G S LEWIS, DECEASED, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 24, 2017, 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.

GARRETT O. HARLOW, DECEASED, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-2650 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3013 Hiden Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0090202/014, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, GARRETT O. HARLOW, DECEASED, and MARY A. HARLOW, DECEASED.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, GARRETT O. HARLOW, DECEASED, and MARY A. HARLOW, DECEASED, 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 GARRETT O. HARLOW, DECEASED, MARY A. HARLOW, DECEASED, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 24, 2017, 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.

LATISHA CARSON, a/k/a LATISHA L. WINSTON, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-1663 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 223 East 15th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000191/010, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, LATISHA CARSON, a/k/a LATISHA L. WINSTON.

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

IT IS ORDERED that LATISHA CARSON, a/k/a LATISHA L. WINSTON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 24, 2017, 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.

KAMROD CORPORATION f/k/a M.B.D., Inc., et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-2433 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2319 Fairmount Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000559/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, KAMROD CORPORATION.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, KAMROD CORPORATION f/k/a M.B.D., Inc., 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 KAMROD CORPORATION f/k/a M.B.D., Inc., and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 24, 2017, and do what is necessary to protect their Continued on next column

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

DWIGHT A. LANCASTER aka DWIGHT ALVIN LANCASTER, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-2538 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3113 Ellwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number W000-1406/021, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, DWIGHT A. LANCASTER aka DWIGHT ALVIN LANCASTER.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, DWIGHT A. LANCASTER a k a D W I G H T A LVI N LANCASTER, 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 DWIGHT A. LANCASTER a k a D W I G H T A LVI N LANCASTER and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before AUGUST 24, 2017, 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.

1422 N. 30th Street, LLC, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-1702 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1422 North 30th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000717/005, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, 1422 N. 30th Street, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that CHARLES COCHRAN, Trustee in Liquidation, 1422 N. 30th Street, LLC, 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, 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 C H A R L E S COC H R A N , Trustee in Liquidation, 1422 N. 30th Street, LLC and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 20, 2017, 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.

CHARLIE TAYLOR, DECEASED, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-2425 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1710 North 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, , Tax Map Number E0000936/009, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Charlie Taylor, Lula Taylor, and Davis Gainyard, Jr.,.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, C H A R L IE TAYLOR, DECEASED and DAVID GAINYARD, JR., DECEASED, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, LULA TAYLOR, 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 Continued on next column

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

ROBERT DALE MEFFORD, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-1853 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2228 Floyd Avenue,, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number W000-0998/033, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, ROBERT DALE MEFFORD.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ROBERT DALE MEFFORD, 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 ROBERT DALE MEFFORD and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 20, 2017, 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.

NEXT CALL, LLC, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-1852 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3413 East Marshall Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0974/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, NEXT CALL, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, NEXT CALL, LLC, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that ARONA MASSENBURG, Trustee in Liquidation, 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; 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 NEXT CALL, LLC, ARONA MASSENBURG, Trustee in Liquidation, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 20, 2017, 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

LICENSE Robert Lupica/ Urban Innovations LLC Trading as: The Circuit 3121 W. Leigh St. #A Richmond, VA 23230 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia D epartment of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) for a Beer and Wine On Premises and Off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

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

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL The University of Virginia seeks a firm to provide: Market Research To view a copy of RFP # MW061517 go to Procurement Services Site: http://www.procurement.virginia. edu/main/publicpostings/RFP. html, or email pur-rfp@virginia.edu

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PUBLIC NOTICE Virginia Department of Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Overall Triennial Goal on FHWA-Funded Projects For Fiscal Years October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2020

PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF RICHMOND 2016-2020 CONSOLIDATED PLAN & 2017 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), as required by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s regulations contained under 49 CFR Part 26, announces the proposed Disadvantaged Business Enterprise triennial goals for contractible opportunities administered through VDOT and funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT).

In accordance with HUD citizen participation requirements, a 30-day public comment period for the 2016-2020 Consolidated Plan and the proposed 2017 Annual Action Plan (City FY 2018) which began on April 7, 2017, will be extended to July 24, 2017. By this notice the City of Richmond announces the availability of the second year of the five year 2016-2020 Consolidated Plan also known as the proposed 2017 Annual Action Plan Budget is ready for public review and comment.

Notice is also hereby given that the Department of Economic and Community Development will hold a public hearing, as provided by the federal regulations and the citizen participation requirements of the Five Year Consolidated Plan, will be held on June 27, 2017, 6:00 P.M. at 1500 E. Main Street, for the purpose of considering the proposed Five Year Consolidated and Annual Action Plans and to provide public notice to: Further notice is also given that on Monday, July 24, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers, the Richmond City Council will hold a public hearing on the Mayor’s 2016-2020 Consolidated Plan and proposed 2017 Annual Action Plan budget for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) programs. The HOPWA funds are allocated to the City to administer for the Richmond-Petersburg MSA. The Plan will serve as a comprehensive planning document discussing Richmond’s community development and housing needs with particular emphasis on the provision of decent housing, a suitable living environment, assisting and preventing homelessness, assisting special needs community, and the expansion of economic opportunities, particularly for low and moderate income persons.

The funds below are federal entitlement dollars allocated to the City through the U. S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to implement the housing and community development priorities and activities identified in the five year Consolidated Plan, which is consistent with City’s Focus Area Priorities. Please be advised that Congress has not approved a budget for entitlement funds for the City’s fiscal year 2018. As a result the City is proposing the following draft budget with contingencies based on the final award from HUD. CDBG Entitlement Grant: HOME Entitlement Grant: ESG Entitlement Grant: HOPWA Regional Entitlement Grant (includes prior year surplus): Total Funds Available for FY 2018

$ 4,618,000 $1,236,354 $367,565 $926,929 $ 7,148,848

Project Description

Amount

Acquisition Mixed Use/Multi family Multifamily Development Single Family Construction Homeowner Repair Homeowner Repair Homeowner Assistance DECD/PH Single Family Construction Single Family Construction Single Family Construction Code Enforcement Homeowner Repair Loan Repayment Single Family Construction Multifamily/New Construction Single Family Rehabilitation

$ 250,000 $ 400,000 $ 100,000 $ 30,000 $ 400,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 100,000 $ 150,000 $ 90,000 $ 35,000 $ 125,000 $ 90,000 $ 260,000 $ 300,000 $ 150,000 $ 70,000 $ 2,950,000

Economic Development Neighborhood Economic Development Sub-Total - Economic Dev.

ED Technical Assistance

$ $

275,000 275,000

Planning & Administration Block Grant Administration and Housing Fair Housing Support and Outreach Finance/Monitoring Historic Review Neighborhood Planning Sub-Total - Planning & Admin.

Administration Administration Administration Administration Administration

$ $ $ $ $ $

250,000 60,000 133,000 52,000 288,000 783,000

Public Services Housing Code Enforcement Counseling Housing Counseling & Information Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Pathways to Independence-PS Positive Paths Residential Support for Homeless Families River City Roots: Urban Horticulture Youth Build in Community Sub-Total - Public Services TOTAL CDBG BUDGET

The methodology used in establishing the overall goal will be available for review, inspection, and comment until July 24, 2017 at http://www.virginiadot. org/business/bu-civil-rights-home.asp and at the following address from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Sharon Plymire Virginia Department of Transportation Civil Rights Division 1401 East Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 All comments and any questions should be sent to Sharon Plymire by email at sharon.plymire@vdot.virginia.gov or by phone at 804-786-4441.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RFP-154148

The following projects have been recommended for CDBG, HOME, ESG, and HOPWA allocations to undertake the following activities to preserve and revitalize the City’s neighborhoods and further the City’s economic growth for FY 2018: CDBG Projects Housing & Neighborhood Preservation 25th Street/Nine Mile Road Redev. Area 3200 W. Broad Street Baker School Church Hill Narrow Lot Homes Citywide Critical Home Repair Citywide Owner Occupied Home Repair Keystone Program City-wide DPA Lead Grant Reduction Activities * Matthews At Chestnut Hill * Mimosa Creek Model Block Development NIB Area Housing Code Enforcement Rebuilding Together Year Round * Section 108 Loan Repayment * The Hollands Townhomes at Warwick Phase II Venable Street Shell Rehab Sub-Total - Housing & Neigh Pres.

The DBE Triennial Overall Goal is 10.87% of the federal financial assistance to be expended on VDOT contracts and is effective from October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2020. The race/gender-conscious portion of the goal is 7.42% and the race/gender-neutral portion of the goal is 3.45%. The DBE overall goal is based upon demonstrable evidence of the availability of ready, willing, and able DBEs relative to all businesses ready, willing, and able to participate on DOT-assisted contracts.

Code Counseling Housing Counseling Health Services Housing Counseling Job Training Homeless Services Job Training Job Training

$ 90,000 $ 175,000 $ 100,000 $ 40,000 $ 25,000 $ 100,000 $ 30,000 $ 50,000 $ 610,000 $ 4,618,000

HOME Projects * Carver Affordable Homeownership Community Housing Empowerment NiB DPA Fair Housing Support and Outreach HOME Program Administration Model Block Development Revitalizing Blighted Properties Rose Corridor Affordable Housing Rose Corridor Development St. Luke Project * The Hollands TOTAL HOME BUDGET

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Single Family Construction Homeowner Assistance Administration Administration Single Family Construction Single Family Const./Rehab Single Family Const./Rehab Single Family Construction Multifamily Development Single Family Construction

AMOUNT $ 315,000 $ 140,400 $ 14,040 $ 79,236 $ 84,240 $ 168,480 $ 126,360 $ 168,480 $ 93,600 $ 46,518 $ 1,236,354

Emergency Solutions Grant Building Neighbors Rapid Re-Housing Program ESG Program Administration ESG Financial Monitoring Emergency Financial Assistance Program Emergency Shelter Program Homeward Community Information System Rapid Re-housing Short Term Shelter and Rapid Re-housing TOTAL ESG BUDGET

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Homeless Services Administration Administration Homeless Prevention Homeless Services Data Collection Homeless Services Homeless Services

Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS HOPWA CIS HOPWA Finance Monitoring HOPWA Greater Richmond HOPWA Program Administration Housing Assistance Program Stratford House TOTAL HOPWA BUDGET

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Data Management Administration Short/Long Term Financial Assistance Administration Short Term Financial Assistance Residential Facility

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

AMOUNT 20,000 7,065 3,000 25,000 55,000 7,500 60,000 190,000 367,565

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

AMOUNT 20,000 5,000 566,929 20,000 90,000 225,000 926,929

Copies of the 2016-2020 Consolidated Plan and proposed 2017 Annual Action Plan are available for public review in the City Department of Economic & Community Development, 1500 E Main ST, Suite 400, or at the Main Richmond Public Library at 101 E. Franklin Street, and at www.yesrichmondva.com. The City of Richmond does not discriminate on the basis of disability status in the admission of, or access to, or treatment in its federally assisted programs or activities. Virginia Relay Center - TDD Users - 1-800-828-1120.

Citizens and interested persons are invited to attend the public hearing and give their views regarding the use of CDBG, HOME, ESG and HOPWA funds for the Five-Year Consolidated Plan and proposed Annual Action Plan.

The City will arrange for reasonable accommodations for non-English speaking persons or those persons with visual, hearing, or mobility impairments when notified within five (5) business days of a meeting. Those unable to attend the meetings may send their comments and views in writing to: Mr. Daniel Mouer, Project Development Manager of Economic and Community Development, 1500 E. Main Street, Suite 400, Richmond, VA 23219 or by e-mail to Daniel.Mouer@richmondgov.com. Comments may also be sent by facsimile (804) 646-6358.

Research and develop receipt makeovers and menus for special dietary needs.

Bachelors or higher degree in Nutrition or a related field.

Bilingual, English and Mandarin Chinese.

To apply please send resume to Peterchang11424@gmail.com

The following needed to work at Assisted Living Facility.

Activity Person (part-time) PCA or CNA (full-time) PCA or CNA to work PRN Please bring a current TB report when applying.

All references will be checked.

Good pay. Good days off.

Call for appointment (804) 222-5133

Freelance Writers: The Richmond Free Press has immediate opportunities for freelance writers.

Newspaper experience is a requirement. To be considered, please send 5 samples of your writing, along with a cover letter to news@richmond freepress.com or mail to: Richmond Free Press, P. O. Box 27709, Richmond, VA 23261 No phone calls.

@RichmondFreePressUSA

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is requesting proposals from firms to provide Traffic Counting Devices, Installation, Operations, Maintenance, and Data.

All proposals must be received by 4:00 P.M. on July 31, 2017 at the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), Central Office Mail Center – Loading Dock Entrance, 1401 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23219. Attn: Theophilus Duncan, Contract Officer.

For a copy of the Request for Proposals (RFP154148), go to the website: www.eva.virginia. gov (solicitations & awards) and reference the solicitation number.

An optional pre-proposal conference will be held at 2 P.M., June 26, 2017, at the James Monroe Building, First Floor Conference Room B 101 N 14th St, Richmond, VA 23219. While the preproposal conference is optional, attendance is highly encouraged.

The Department assures compliance with Title VI requirements of non-discrimination in all activities pursuant to this advertisement.

For questions or additional information email: theophilus.duncan@vdot.virginia.gov.

Request foR PRoPosals Thirty First Street Baptist Church, in Richmond, Virginia, seeks proposals for contracted tax services.

All applicants must have relevant religious nonprofit experience. Questions and completed proposals shall be submitted via email to Church Treasurer at treasurer@31sbc.org. Complete proposals are due by 5:00 pm EST on Tuesday, July 11, 2017.

Selected bidder will be notified by July 28, 2017.

Work will begin on August 11, 2017. To view the RFP please visit www.31sbc.org

Manager, Adult Care Center in Louisa Co. Seeking highly qualified candidate to supervise daily operations, manage center’s budget and monitor protocols and procedures. Must have Bachelor’s degree and three years experience working with older adults. For more information visit,

www.jabacares.org

TransiT sysTem

Senior network AdminStrAtor Full time Salary $73,000 - $85,000 Closes: Open Until Filled

GRTC Transit System in Richmond, Virginia seeks a skilled candidate to manage GRTC’s network infrastructure and assist in the implementation of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) projects, including application maintenance, support and process improvements. A bachelor’s degree in Information Systems is highly preferred, with 5-7 years’ experience in various areas of information systems/application support. MCSA, MCSE, and A+ certifications are highly preferred. Experience in the Transit Industry preferred. The successful candidate will have working knowledge of antivirus software, Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server along with experience with Cisco Routers, Switches, VMWARE 5.1 Shoretel Phone Systems, and PIX devices. Excellent communication and problem solving skills required. Candidates may apply online at www.ridegrtc.com. A preemployment drug screening will be required.

GRTC is an equal opportunity employer with a drug-free work environment.

Graphic designer part-time

Richmond Free Press is seeking a reliable and creative person for a part-time position. Enthusiastic individual must be proficient in Indesign and Photoshop to produce accurate, high quality cameraready advertisements and news page layouts for print publication.

Meticulous attention to details. Ability to be flexible and work under deadline cooperatively in a team environment is essential.

Submit resumé and samples of work to: Human Resources, Richmond Free Press, P.O. Box 27709, Richmond, Virginia 23261.

No phone calls please.

Health Information Management (HIM) Instructor (Position #GO411) (J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA) Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. Two (2) years of clinical experience in a medical field or two (2) years of Health Information Management (HIM) management experience. A coding credential or HIM credential is required. The selected candidate must be able to successfully pass the college’s pre-employment security screening.

TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Needed for start of the Fall 2017 semester (August 16th). Restricted full-time, nine-month teaching faculty-ranked appointment. Salary range: $32,832-$108,508.

Approximate maximum hiring salary: $57,048.

Additional information is available at the College’s website: www.reynolds.edu.

APPLICATION PROCESS: Application reviews will begin JUNE 30, 2017, applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

AA/EOE/ADA/Veterans/AmeriCorps/ Peace Corps/Other National Service Alumni are encouraged to apply.

The City of Richmond is seeking to fill the following positions: Deputy Chief Administrative Officer – Human Services 14M00000010 Department of Human Services Apply by 07/09/17 Director of Human Resources 12M00000018 Department of Human Resources Apply by 07/09/17 Equipment Operator I – Wastewater Collections 35M00000415 Department of Public Utilities Apply by 07/02/17 Equipment Operator II – Stormwater Utility Program 35M00000834 Department of Public Utilities Apply by 07/02//17 Equipment Operator II – Wastewater Collections 35M00000337 Department of Public Utilities Apply by 07/02/17 Gas & Water Service Technician 35M00000522 Department of Public Utilities Apply by 07/02/17 Pipeline Technician I – Wastewater Collections 35M00000420 Department of Public Utilities Apply by 07/02/17 Retirement System Financial Administrator – Manager 18M00000009 Retirement Apply by 07/02/17 System Engineer – Network Team Project Leader 20M00000080 Department of Information Technology Apply by 07/02/17 Water Utility Specialist – Distribution (Day/Night Shift) – Multiple Positions 35M00000330 Department of Public Utilities Apply by 07/02/17 ****************** For an exciting career with the City of Richmond, visit our website for additional information and apply today! www.richmondgov.com EOE M/F/D/V