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City changes Richmond population grows; it’s no longer majority black

Mrs. Jordan

60 years late

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

After growing up in Richmond, Patti B. Wright joined the wave of people leaving the city for the suburbs when her son, Joshua M. “Josh” Wright, was a toddler.

But now that her son is grown, she felt “it no longer made sense to live out in the country at the end of a dirt road.”

That’s why the 63-year-old retired schoolteacher sold her three-bedroom cottage near Pocahontas State Park in Chesterfield County and bought an apartment in the former Miller & Rhoads building in the heart of Downtown.

“I love it,” she said. Plus, her new home sits just across the street from Pop’s Market, the relaxed café her son opened last year and where she now pitches in to help make it a success.

Ms. Wright is part of the returning wave of “emptynesters,” who along with a wave of newcomers with a penchant for urban living, have helped swell Richmond’s population to its highest level in 36 years — a big reason the boom in apartment and home construction is continuing in the capital city.

In data released last week, the Census Bureau estimated 220,289 people live in Richmond as of 2015, the most since at least 1979. The numbers confirm a Free Press projection published last summer.

The new estimate indicates the number of city residents has increased by 16,075 people, or 7.9 percent, since the last official count in 2010. At that time, 204,214 people were counted as living in Richmond — making it the state’s fourth most populous city after Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Chesapeake.

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Patti B. Wright shares a moment with her son, Joshua M. “Josh” Wright, at the restaurant he owns and operates at 415 E. Grace St. She moved back to the city after nearly three decades in Chesterfield County, joining the wave of people who are boosting the city’s population. As result of population growth in recent years, Richmond once again is on the list of the nation’s 100 largest cities.

April 7 opener

Flying Squirrels bringing their AA game

By Joey Matthews

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Richmond Flying Squirrels COO and Vice President Todd “Parney” Parnell says, “We work very hard in the front office to make the fan experience and player experience the best it can be” at The Diamond.

As the Richmond Flying Squirrels leave spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz., later this week and fly to Richmond on Sunday to prepare for their new Eastern League baseball season, their roster will include two players who are former first round draft picks, a third flame-throwing closer who consistently throws 100 mph fastballs and a new manager who spent the past three seasons at the helm of the Diablos Rojos in the Mexican League, leading the team to the 2014 league championship.

They will be among the people to watch when the Flying Squirrels open their season at The Diamond 1:05 p.m.

Thursday, April 7, against the Hartford Yard Goats.

“There’s always the energy and enthusiasm that being undefeated and in first place at this time of the year generates for the fans,” Todd “Parney” Parnell, the Squirrels COO and vice president, told the Free Press on Tuesday.

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As a young black girl in Stafford County, Va., in the 1950s, Gladys White Jordan saw up close how privilege was largely determined by skin color.

Her mother, a maid, kept house for the president and chancellor of the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, which then served as the selective women’s college of the University of Virginia.

As a teenager, Mrs. Jordan assisted her mother working in the kitchen and as a server during dinner parties for local dignitaries at Brompton, the president’s brick manse with a white-columned portico.

When the time came for Mrs. Jordan to consider her future, she dreamed of attending Mary Washington, and she broached the subject with her mother.

“The prevailing idea at that time is that you didn’t send girls to college because they were going to get married anyway, and someone was going to take care of them,” said Mrs. Jordan, 78, a Richmond resident since 1960. “But I wanted to go to college.”

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Mayoral prospects getting in, out of election race

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond School Board Chairman Jeff Bourne this week dropped out of the race for mayor before the contest even began.

After several months of considering a run, Mr. Bourne said Tuesday he decided that the time was not right for him and his family to get “involved in the kind of campaign that would be required.”

Also shouldering the responsibilities of his job as a Virginia deputy attorney general, Mr. Bourne said his wife and two young children “come first with me.” He said he didn’t believe he could make the time commitment needed to run for mayor.

He said he is still mulling whether to seek reelection to the 3rd District seat on the School Board or whether to run for the 3rd District City Council seat that Councilman Chris A. Hilbert would vacate to run for mayor.

Meanwhile, another candidate added his name to the already crowded field of mayoral hopefuls.

Alan Schintzius, a community activist who founded The Camel restaurant and night spot on West Broad Street, joined 11 other candidates who are making

plans to run in November to succeed Mayor Dwight C. Jones.

Mr. Schintzius has a long track record of community involvement, including taking part in the effort to create WRIR and other low-power, communitybased radio stations.

He also took part in successfully opposing Mayor Jones’ plan to develop a new baseball stadium in Shockoe Bottom, including creating and managing the “Shockoe Resistance” Facebook page.

Next week, he will join Mr. Hilbert and eight other candidates at the public forum for mayoral hopefuls that L. Douglas Wilder, a former mayor and governor, will host from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, at Coburn Hall on the campus of Virginia Union University, 1500 N. Lombardy St. Others who plan to be on the stage include: Jonathan T. Baliles, 1st District council representative; Jack Berry, retired director of the Downtown booster group Venture Richmond; Lillie Estes, a public housing activist; and Chad Ingold, a Richmond schoolteacher.

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Easter egg-citement The Cockrell siblings, Victoria, 2, front, Jermiah, 5, and Moriah, 4, rest in the grass with their Easter baskets Saturday at Maymont’s Dominion Family Easter. Hundreds of people of all ages enjoyed a variety of activities at the park in Richmond’s West End during the annual event. Please see related photographs on B3.

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Trial continued of Henrico cop charged in shooting The case of a Henrico County police officer, who was charged with malicious wounding for shooting into a car and injuring a woman in mid-December, has been postponed for two months.

The trial of Officer Joel Greenway, which was set to begin Monday, was put off until Tuesday, May 31, at the request of the officer’s lawyers.

Attorneys for the officer were granted more time to go through boxes of information that Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon L. Taylor provided in meeting disclosure requirements.

The officer remains free on a $10,000 bond.

A grand jury in late February indicted Officer Greenway for illegally discharging his weapon and seriously injuring the woman, Officer Kimberly McNeil, who was a passenger in a Greenway car driven by her fiancé, Robert Davis.

The officer initially claimed that he fired after the driver tried to strike him while driving away from an Exxon gas station in the 3600 block of Nine Mile Road that the officer said was closed for business. He said the couple’s car was suspiciously parked, and he was investigating around 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 16, according to the Henrico Police Department.

However, later details revealed that the gas station was still open and that the couple was preparing to drive off after buying gas when the officer accosted them.

According to the couple, the officer began firing into the car as they tried to leave, and that there was no attempt to hit the officer, who was standing beside the car. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

Richmond Public Schools undergoes staff changes

By Joey Matthews

Richmond Public Schools’ leadership team is undergoing a major makeover.

Ralph Westbay, who helped craft the school system’s current budget plan as the assistant superintendent for financial services, is retiring May 1.

Janice Garland, a chief driver of Superintendent Dana T. Bedden’s academic improvement plan as executive director for school improvement and innovation, is retiring April 1.

And Timothy Billups, who has led RPS’ effort to hire and retain quality teachers and other staff as executive director of human resources, is resigning effective April 1 to take the same position with Norfolk Public Schools.

RPS had not hired anyone to replace Ms. Garland or Mr. Billups as of Monday, March 21, according to RPS spokesperson Cletisha Lovelace.

The district has hired former RPS finance officers T. David Myers and Lynn Bragga from financial posts with Hanover County Public Schools to help fill the void left by the departure of Mr. Westbay and Betsy Drewry, who left her position as director of budget and planning Feb. 5 to become director of budget and finance with Prince George County Public Schools.

Mr. Myers will start April 1, with Mr. Westbay helping with his transition into the assistant superintendent job.

Mr. Myers has worked since 2013 as assistant superintendent of business and operations in Hanover. He also previously served as chief financial officer with Richmond Public Schools and had stints in financial operations with Henrico and Chesterfield public schools.

Ms. Bragga will step in March 31 as director of budget and planning with RPS. She has worked as director of budget and financial reporting with Hanover schools for the past three years.

Among other positions, she previously served as director of budget and financial reporting with RPS for nine years and was a budget analyst for 14 years.

Mr. Westbay’s departure comes at an inopportune time as RPS is in the midst of budget negotiations with Richmond City Council and Mayor Dwight C. Jones. The district is seeking an additional $18 million in city spending to fund pay raises for most of its teachers and other staff and to fully implement the academic improvement plan.

Mayor Jones has proposed level funding for RPS in his budget plan for fiscal year 2017, and City Council has indicated it likely will be unable to fund the amount requested by RPS. In response, Mr. Westbay and other staff proposed cutting $12.6 million from the RPS budget by closing six schools, increasing student-teacher ratios, changing its transportation of students to a hub bus system, contracting out janitorial services and closing two administrative offices.

Dr. Bedden said he is confident that RPS can navigate the loss of Mr. Westbay and other members of the leadership team.

Separately, the Virginia Department of Education has awarded Richmond Public Schools a $125,000 grant to host two cybersecurity camps for high school students this summer.

The cybercamps will be held at Thomas Jefferson High School and Franklin Military Academy and offer 70 hours of instructional time and include project-driven learning, field trips, guest speakers and a recognition program.

Each camp will host 25 students.

Also, RPS’ Office of Family and Community Engagement has opened its new Multicultural Services Center in the Southside Community Services Center, 4100 Hull St., in South Side.

The center is designed to support the district’s non-English speaking families and will be staffed with a school counselor, parent liaisons and interpreters.

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This new GRTC sign stands at Semmes So far, these more visible and informaAvenue and West 14th Street on South tive signs are going up on three routes: 32 Side. It is one of 300 new signs the bus Ginter Park that serves part of North Side, company is installing — giving riders Slices of life and scenes and 72 Ruffin Road and 73 Ampthill that information on the buses that will stop serve part of South Side. Installation began in Richmond there, and including a partial schedule March 18. GRTC calls it a pilot project and for the routes. wants customer feedback on the signs.

The signs installed 20 years ago included a statement, The company, which began work on the new signs eight “See Route Information On Back,” but no such information years ago, is promising to replace the 1,700 other signs on was ever posted. its remaining bus routes by 2017.

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Federal agency investigating local postal union election The U.S. Labor Department is investigating the conduct of the Dec. 16 election of officers for the Richmond-based Old Dominion Branch Local 496 of the National Association of Letter Carriers.

In question is the election of Thelma J. Hunt as the first female president of the 123-year-old local, one the oldest labor organizations in Richmond.

Ms. Hunt’s election is being challenged by Michael C. Milner, the runnerup, who has alleged 11 violations of

NALC election rules. He is seeking a new election.

Ms. Hunt won by 11 votes.

In seeking to overturn the December election results, Mr. Milner requested the probe by the Labor Department, which oversees union elections at the local, regional and national levels.

The probe began last week. Mr. Milner said investigators interviewed him March 23 and took documents that he believes support his case that the election was

mishandled.

The Labor Department is empowered to order a new vote if it finds election rules were violated.

Mr. Milner also filed a challenge to the election through the union’s procedure. On March 5, members of the local heard and rejected Mr. Milner’s claims. On March 20, he appealed that decision to the national union, which also can overturn improperly run local elections. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

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City Council OKs new housing developments

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond City Council has given the green light to two new developments that will bring new housing to the Carver and Fulton areas.

By a 9-0 vote, council members voted to designate 3 acres of property at Government Road and Glenwood Avenue near Fulton as a revitalization area, clearing the way for a 70-unit apartment complex that will include retail space.

Councilwoman Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District, who represents the area, urged passage under expedited consideration based on the plans for transforming the long vacant property that 20 years ago housed a mobile home park.

She said the project will create 50 apartments with affordable rents for working people, with the remaining 20 units to be set aside for people with Section 8 housing vouchers.

The council also unanimously approved a proposal from Carver developer Zarina Fazaldin to put four new townhouses on vacant land at 1400 Catherine St. near Carver Elementary School.

With strong support from the Carver community and the area’s representative, Councilman Charles R. Samuels, 2nd District, Ms. Fazaldin plans to develop the townhouses to face Kinney Street.

She also plans to renovate a two-story, brick carriage house in the rear of 1401 W. Leigh St. into a new home.

The projects complement work Ms. Fazaldin already has completed, including the conversion of 1401 W. Leigh St. into four apartments and the renovation of a duplex at 1405 W. Leigh St. In other business, the council also authorized the city’s chief administrative officer, Selena Cuffee-Glenn, to accept a $2 million state grant to help cover the $48 million cost of redoing Main Street Station’s former train shed.

Work is underway on the project that will transform the shed into a building that will include a new welcome center for Richmond visitors. The work is expected to be completed

by March 2017.

This is the third phase of the redevelopment of the train station. The $26.9 million first phase was completed in 2003 and

reopened the station. The $10.6 million second phase included a parking lot completed in 2007.

Currently only a few passenger trains serve the station, but there are prospects for future growth now that the state is working with rail giant CSX to improve the Acca train yard located

west of the city that has long been a bottleneck.

More than $130 million is being poured into redoing the tracks that will make it easier for passenger trains to travel between the Staples Mill Amtrak station and the Downtown Amtrak station at Main Street Station.

Richmonder earns aviator wings Justin Roberts, a 2010 Richmond Community High School graduate, earned his aviator “Wings of Gold” after completing pilot training at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas.

Ensign Roberts received his wings in a ceremony March 18. He will train in the P3 Orion aircraft at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Florida.

The P3 Orion is a four-engine, turboprop antisubmarine and maritime surveillance aircraft.

Ensign Roberts is a 2014 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., where he majored in math.

As a youth, he earned scouting’s highest rank of Eagle Scout as a member of Fifth Street Baptist Church’s Boy Scout Troop 476.

He is the son of attorney Roscoe Roberts and Judge Angela Roberts of the Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.

Ensign Roberts’ wife, 2nd Lt. Jazmind Roberts of Atlanta, a 2014 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Ensign Justin Roberts of Richmond, second from right, is joined by Academy, is in pilot training at Vance Air Force his family after receiving his wings at a recent ceremony in Texas.

From left, his father, Roscoe Roberts, wife 2nd Lt. Jazmind Roberts, Base in Enid, Okla. She will receive her wings on May 20. and mother Judge Angela Roberts.

Fulton streets may change for Bus Rapid Transit Richmond is moving forward with a proposed $7.9 million overhaul of Dock and East Main streets to improve the road network for the new Stone Brewing plant and the coming Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in the East End. The project appears to expand potential sites for development near the riverfront and the Virginia Capital Trail, the Richmond-to-Williamsburg bike and pedestrian connector.

Last week, the city Department of Public Works unveiled the proposed conceptual design at a public meeting at the Powhatan Community Center in Fulton.

The project calls for relocating Dock Street at Pear Street near Great Shiplock Park. Dock Street would be moved north so it would intersect with East Main Street (state Route 5) and two small streets, Peebles and Ash. Under the plan, Dock would intersect the three streets about 100 feet south of the location where Williamsburg Avenue splits off from East Main.

A roundabout also would be installed at the new intersection of Dock, East Main, Peebles and Ash. The project also calls for dramatically widening a stretch of East Main from the roundabout to Gillies Creek to provide room for street parking and bike lanes and for transit buses to pull in and out.

The design also calls for Nicholson Street next to the Stone Brewery plant to get sidewalks and landscaping. A traffic light or roundabout also would be installed at East Main and Nicholson.

The project also would result in the closure of about a half-mile stretch of Water Street between Ash and its intersection with East Main Street and Nicholson streets (Dock Street becomes Water Street eastbound after the roadway hits Ash Street.)

The closure of the street could create 3 to 5 acres of land that the city could market to developers.

The plan was created for Public Works by the design firm Whitman, Requardt & Associates.

If all goes well, according to the city, construction could get underway by March 2017.

The East Main Street improvements are to be completed within five months, and before the BRT is to begin operation in October. The rest of the work is to be completed by December 2017, according to the city’s tentative schedule. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

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Richmond population grows; no longer majority black Continued from A1

Based on the data, the increase in Richmond’s population is being fueled largely by growth in the white and Latino populations, creating a more diverse city.

As a result, African-Americans, who are estimated to number 108,293 people, no longer are a majority in Richmond.

Since 2010, the African-American population has slipped from 50.6 percent of the population to 49.7 percent of city residents, one of the lowest percentages since the 1980s.

According to the census, between 2010 and 2014, the percentage of people estimated to be white, including Latinos, rose from 40.8 percent to 44.7 percent, or by about 14,000 people to reach 97,380 people.

Only when the 2.2 percent of people who consider themselves being of two or more races are included does the African-American population comprise a slight majority.

“I don’t feel that makes much of a difference” whether Richmond is majority African-American or not, said former state Sen. Henry L. Marsh III, who made history in 1977 when he became the city’s first black mayor.

At the time, he was one of the five African-Americans who formed the first nonwhite majority on Richmond City Council that ushered in changes in employment and policies that transformed City Hall.

Mr. Marsh, a retired civil rights attorney, went on to serve Richmond in the state Senate for 22 years and now is a member of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. He said times have changed. He noted that the African-American community that was once concentrated in the city has spread into Henrico and Chesterfield counties, making the region more diverse than it was in 1977.

The fact that African-Americans no longer hold a majority in the city should not have much impact.

“It’s more complicated than race,” Mr. Marsh said, noting that simply having African-Americans as officeholders or in the city administration is no guarantee the community would benefit.

He called “it more important to have officials who want to help, who are sensitive to community needs and understand issues like poverty. There are black people I wouldn’t want to represent me, and there are white people I wouldn’t want to represent me. But there are also black and white people I would.

Race is just one factor.”

The census data also shows that 6.6 percent of Richmond residents are estimated to be Latino, while about 2.4 percent are Asian. Less than 1 percent are estimated to be either American Indian or Pacific islanders The growth in Richmond’s population signals a new day.

The city’s population peaked at 249,621 in 1970 after Richmond annexed a portion of Chesterfield County. Then the population began to shrink as people left, first from “white flight” from school

desegregation and later from “black flight” to the suburbs.

By 2000, the city’s population had fallen to 197,790, the lowest since around 1942 during World War II. Then, the turnaround began, slowly at first and then at a faster pace. Between 2000 and 2010, the city added an average of 642 people a year.

On average, the city has added about 2,600 residents a year since 2010. If the growth continues, the city’s population would top 232,000 when the next official count is conducted in 2020.

People such as Brian K. Chestnut now view the city as a refuge from stressful commutes.

Tired of battling increasingly congested rush hour traffic to get to and from his job in Downtown, Mr. Chestnut gave up his apartment in the Short Pump area of Henrico County last year and relocated to a house he rents on Richmond’s North Side.

“Now it takes me 10 minutes to get to work instead of 30 to 40 minutes,” said the 48-year-old civil engineer. “And my new place is great. Surprisingly, at night, it’s as quiet as the place I used to live. And the neighbors have been welcoming.”

The growth in Richmond has not halted population increases in the city’s closest neighbors. Since 2010, Henrico County has added about 19,000 residents, according to the census estimate, and had 325,155 residents as of 2015.

Chesterfield County has added about 19,300 people to reach 335,687 as of 2015, the county’s new estimate states.

Flying Squirrels bringing their AA game Continued from A1

“We believe we are putting a first-rate team on the field that the fans will be proud of.”

The Flying Squirrels missed the playoffs by one game last season after finishing with a record of 72-68.

The team will appear together for the first time this season 3 p.m. Monday, April 4, in a free, open-to-the-public Media Day event at The Diamond, 3001 N. Boulevard.

Top players to watch this season include shortstop Christian Arroyo, who was drafted in the first round in 2013 by the Squirrels’ parent organization, the San Francisco Giants, and is

considered a top prospect. He hit .304 with 28 doubles in 90 games last year with the Class A San Jose Giants.

Another first round pick, pitcher Tyler Beede, was taken in the first round in 2014. He came to the Flying Squirrels in the second half of last season and notched a disappointing 3-8 record, with a 5.23 earned-run average.

Another player sure to catch the fans’ attention is closer Ray Black, who struck out 51 batters in 25 innings last year in San Jose.

Mexican-born manager Miguel Ojeda comes highly recommended by current San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy, who managed him as a backup catcher with the San Diego Padres.

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Pitching in for Flint Faith and civic groups, businesses and people across the Richmond region are pitching in to help the residents of Flint, Mich., whose public water has been poisoned with high levels of lead. Joining the effort, Fourth Baptist Church Pastor Emory Berry Jr., above left, and Hermon Jones load bottled water onto a truck Wednesday at the East End church to be trucked and distributed to Flint residents. Similar volunteer efforts are being conducted at several churches. Flint’s water crisis began when Michigan officials decided to temporarily switch Flint’s water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River in 2014 as a cost-saving measure. Since then, children and adults have been sickened by the water, with reports of rashes, hair loss and other illnesses.

Fulfilling their mission as a developmental team for San Francisco since coming to Richmond in 2010, the team has produced 34 players that have gone on to play for San Francisco, which has won three of the past six World Series.

The Flying Squirrels are scheduled to play their first road games Monday, April 11, through Wednesday, April 13, at the Reading (Pa.) Phillies.

The Squirrels return to Richmond to celebrate Opening Night 6:35 p.m. Thursday, April 14, against the Altoona (Pa.) Curve.

NFL Hall of Famer and former Pittsburgh Steelers star running back Jerome Bettis, aka “The Bus,” will toss out the first pitch at the game. Gov. Terry McAuliffe also will be there to celebrate Opening Night, where the Flying Squirrels plan to reveal the fan-chosen name for their new female mascot that will join fan favorite Nutzy the Squirrel. A fireworks show will follow the game.

Parney said he became friends with Bettis after meeting in 2002 when Parney was the general manager of the Altoona Curve and “The Bus” was a part owner of Altoona while still playing with the Steelers.

“While we were playing golf together the day after New Year’s Day (2016) in Arizona, he (Bettis) asked me when our opening day was scheduled and said he’d like to come and throw out the first pitch,” Parney recalled. “We’re thrilled to have him coming here.”

On Friday, April 15, the team will give away Jackie Robinson shirts to the first 1,000 fans ages 15 and up who attend the 7:05 p.m. game against Altoona. The giveaway is to commemorate Robinson, the trailblazing Hall of Fame second baseman who was the first African-American to play in the major leagues with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

Even as the Flying Squirrels’ ownership continues to press for a new stadium on the Boulevard, San Francisco showed confidence in the team recently when it signed a four-year deal to remain its parent club.

“This has been a very positive place for the Giants to send their players and we work very hard in the front office to make the fan experience and player experience the best it can be,” Parney said.

“For our players, our goal is to make this the very best stop they will have in minor league baseball,” he said.

This season, fans will be allowed to bring their dogs to all Sunday home games, which will start at 12:05 p.m.

As for new ballpark amenities, Parney said fans should enjoy new digital menu boards on the concourse and a bar deck overlooking the bullpen in right field.

Tickets to Flying Squirrels games are $8 for general admission in advance, $9 the day of the game and $12 for field-level seats.

For ticket information or to learn of more promotional events, call (804) 359-3866 or go online to www.squirrelsbaseball.com.

Mayor Jones acknowledges stadium plan is dead The future of the Richmond Flying Squirrels Class AA baseball team in the city remains in limbo as it nears its season opener next week.

Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones cleared up one uncertainty this week when he acknowledged publicly that he has closed the door on his quest to build the team a new stadium in Shockoe Bottom as part of a larger $200 million economic development plan.

He told the Free Press on Tuesday through his spokesperson Tammy D. Hawley that it’s clear his November 2013 proposal, that also included building a new black history museum, a hotel, grocery store and apartments in Shockoe Bottom, is “not going to happen.”

The mayor signaled earlier he had given up on the Shockoe plan when he included no new funding request in his current budget proposal to pay for the infrastructure work that would be necessary to build a new stadium or other new developments there.

His plan also called for razing the Flying Squirrels’ home at The Diamond to clear the way for new development along the Boulevard.

The mayor said community members sent “a clear message” in a series of public forums during recent months that they want to “keep the Squirrels in their neighborhood.”

He emphasized, however, “Richmond taxpayers alone can’t build them a new home.

With these clear guideposts, I’m hopeful we can find a way for everyone to win.”

Flying Squirrels COO and Vice President Todd “Parney” Parnell said later Tuesday, “It has been clear for some time that” the mayor’s Shockoe stadium plan “was dead.”

City Council also reallocated money in the 2015-16 budget for infrastructure work at the proposed Shockoe stadium site to other projects.

Parney stressed that “we are currently focused on a long-term solution on the Boulevard in a manner that is workable and acceptable for all involved.

“I may be the most optimistic man in the universe,” he added, “but I fully believe everything will work out, and there will be a new ballpark right here or close to the Boulevard.”

Officials from Henrico and Chesterfield counties so far have balked at providing additional financial support to build a new stadium along the Boulevard and have offered no alternative plans to build a stadium for the Flying Squirrels in their locales.

— JOEY MATTHEWS

60 years late, Richmond woman honored by college Continued from A1

mother spoke to the president, her employer told her the school’s Board of Visitors had no interest in accepting an African-American woman, no matter how qualified, into its ranks.

Despite the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court decision, Mrs. Jordan’s admission was denied on the basis of her race. The privilege of an education at Mary Washington, Mrs. Jordan learned, was for white people only.

“I was just sad,” Mrs. Jordan said, but she did not give up on her goal of attaining a higher education. She soon enrolled at Virginia State University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in 1960 and a master’s degree in 1968.

“I realized that I wanted to go to school so you had to get over that feeling that you were rejected,” Mrs. Jordan said. “Move on, move on.”

Now, more than half a century later, the school that once turned her away has recognized her determination, honoring her with one of its most prestigious awards.

On March 14, she received Mary Washington University’s Monroe Medal, which acknowledges “extraordinary career achievement used

to benefit humanity and society.”

(A resolution adopted by the university’s board honors Mrs. Jordan “in recognition of her perseverance to succeed in the face of discrimination and her lifelong commitment to education, social justice and equal opportunity.”)

“People need to take the initiative to do something,” Mrs. Jordan told the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star. “You might fail, but your failure can open doors for others. We don’t succeed at everything, but suppose no one tries, suppose no one had applied.”

The first black student to enroll at Mary Washington, Jacquelyn Pulliam, came in 1962.

But the school’s first black graduate, Venus Jones, did not receive her degree in chemistry until 1968.

Mrs. Jordan told The Post that she saw how far Mary Washington has come when she looked beside her at the recent award ceremony: The school’s special assistant to the president for diversity and inclusion is Leah Cox, an AfricanAmerican woman.

“I said, ‘Wait a minute,’ ” Mrs. Jordan said, noting that Ms. Cox is “not a janitor or a custodian but in a decision-making role. That’s progress within itself.”

Mrs. Jordan accepted her denial from Mary

Washington with grace and achieved success at VSU. Upon graduation, she accepted a teaching position in King George County as an English instructor. But, at the time, because of Virginia’s discriminating policy of Massive Resistance, the school remained segregated. She went on to teach in Richmond.

In 1980, she became one of the first faculty members at Franklin Military Academy, the first public military school in the country. Twice she was elected Teacher of the Year at Franklin, Mrs. Jordan said. She retired in 1996 after 35 years in the classroom.

(Franklin Military Academy named its chapter of the National Honor Society for Mrs. Jordan.)

Mrs. Jordan said that she felt that it was her duty to take the setback she was dealt in 1956

and turn it into a success.

She said: “I’m a fighter. But you won’t see my fighting in the streets. Go fight in other ways. Go get the credentials you need, and then opportunities will open up for you.”

The fight for civil rights, she noted, was a collective movement.

“We can never forget that,” she said. “It was not a one-person effort.”

Mrs. Jordan said that she recognized that in even a small way she had played a role in pushing for integration at Mary Washington.

And her legacy at the school continued.

Her nephew, David White, graduated in 1991 from Mary Washington University and served for a time as a minority admissions recruiter.

“I’m proud of that,” she said.

Mayoral prospects getting in, out of race Continued from A1

Also, Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey, attorney and former member of the House of Delegates; Michelle R. Mosby, council president and 9th District representative; Richard S. “Rick” Tatnall, founder of community uplift group Richmond Replenish LLC; and Bruce Tyler, architect and

former 1st District councilman.

One person who will not participate is state Secretary of Administration Levar Stoney, who has all but declared his candidacy. Because he likely would have to resign to run, he has told supporters he wants to wait until closer to the June 14 deadline to file before getting into the race.

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City’s energy savings plan didn’t pan out

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Earlier this year, City Hall rejected a proposal to use energy savings to pay for $13 million in improvements to an array of city buildings, including replacing old boilers, aging windows and outdated lighting.

The reason: The proposal that Siemens Corp. advanced would have led the city to overpay for work it could do itself, or which it could finance at a lower interest cost, according to Selena Cuffee-Glenn, Richmond’s chief administrative officer.

Siemens has not responded to repeated requests for comment on the city’s rejection of its proposal that Ms. CuffeeGlenn and her staff consider an expensive boondoggle.

The proposal called for the city to pay for the cost of the work over 15 years, said John Buturla, deputy chief administrative officer for operations, who previously has used such performance programs.

He said up to half the items that Siemens proposed to install, including windows, lighting and door, would be written off over three to five years, making it unreasonable to finance them over 15 years.

He said the city can do most of such projects with its own workforce and with existing funds rather than farming out the work to Siemens at a higher cost.

Mr. Buturla said he found little need to engage Siemens in bigger projects involving the replacement of heating and cooling systems.

Virtually all of the work Siemens proposed on that score is included in the city’s capital program. “We already were planning to do them,” he said.

As a municipality, the city can borrow at lower interest rates than Siemens planned to charge, he said.

Mr. Buturla said that after closely examining the plan, it did not seem to offer much value to the city.

Ms. Cuffee-Glenn noted the city also had to be careful as the Siemens proposal would have added to the city’s debt level at a time when its borrowing

capacity is limited.

While not official debt, this type of plan would have been considered a moral obligation of the city, and rating agencies would have included it in the city’s debt burden.

She sad the good news for the city is that Siemens’ detailed proposal, for which the city paid about $300,000, would provide a blueprint for the work the city needs to do in more than 30 of its buildings.

While the city didn’t find much benefit, Mr. Buturla said that energy savings could be one way Richmond Public Schools might be able to pay for renovation of a few of its aging buildings.

Tommy Kranz, RPS’ assistant superintendent for operations, has said he is looking into using energy savings as a source to finance building improvements and hopes that up to $18 million might be generated. It could take a year for the detailed studies to be completed to determine whether energy savings could become another source of funding.

Richmond’s first African-American police officers in 1946 are, from left, Doctor P. Day, John W. Vann, Frank S. Randolph and Howard T. Braxton.

First African-American police officers to be remembered in April 30 ceremony

Officers Doctor P. Day, John W. Vann, Frank S. Randolph and Howard T. Braxton made history when they were hired May 1, 1946, by the Richmond Police Department.

They were the first African-Americans allowed to join the department since it was formed in 1807. Maj. E. Hudson Organ was Richmond’s police chief when they were hired.

The four officers were photographed about three months later after receiving their police uniforms.

More than three years later, Ruth B. Blair was the first AfricanAmerican woman hired as an officer on Dec. 16, 1949.

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the hiring of

the first black officers, the Richmond Black Police Officers Association and Engine Company #9 are hosting a special ceremony from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at the Hilton Richmond Downtown, 501 E. Broad St. Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham will give the keynote address at the event themed “Honoring Our Past, Embracing Our Future.”

Tickets are $50.

For more information, call Betty Squire at (804) 347-5289, Robert Jones at (804) 640-3621 or Thomas Williams at (804) 382-3644 or email E9andAssociates@gmail.com.

Richmond writer chosen for top artist residency program Longtime Richmond area writer Robin Farmer has been selected for the prestigious Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside, Calif.

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F a r m e r, 54, will be completing a novel, “Angel Dressed in Black,” while in residence Ms. Farmer April 13 through May 11 at the 563acre ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

She was chosen by Djerassi’s literature panel from among scores of applicants. She will be among 11 other artists in residence working on their crafts, including a choreographer, visual artists, a composer and other writers.

Ms. Farmer said she was encouraged to apply by Heidi W. Durrow, author of the New York Times bestseller “The Girl Who Fell from the Sky,” after attending a writers’ studio there last year.

“The next time we have a full moon, you’ll see me dancing on it. I’m really pleased to be selected,” Ms. Farmer said.

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Voting rights When voters across the nation head to the polls in November to cast ballots, it will be the first presidential election in 50 years without the full protection of the federal Voting Rights Act. In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to strike down critical provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that required 16 mostly Southern states — including Virginia — to get pre-clearance from the U.S. Justice Department before making any changes affecting voting because of their history of discrimination against African-Americans and other minorities.

Within days and months of the high court’s decision, Texas and Mississippi enacted more restrictive voter ID laws. North Carolina followed suit, cutting back its early voting and same-day registration that gave residents easier and broader access to voting.

Other states, including Virginia, put in tougher voting requirements.

In recent presidential primary elections, voters in many states faced long lines or being turned away at the polls because of these new, stiffer restrictions.

For example, in Maricopa County, Ariz., which includes Phoenix and Scottsdale and where minorities are 40 percent of the voting population, people had to wait in line for hours to cast ballots because county officials had reduced the number of polling places from 200 in 2012 to 60 in the March primary, allegedly because of a lack of money.

Oddly, in affluent Scottsdale, voters waited at most 30 minutes to vote. But in downtown Phoenix, which has a more diverse population, voters waited up to five hours to cast their ballots.

The Justice Department previously had blocked Maricopa County from reducing the number of polling places under the Voting Rights Act preclearance provision. Without the Justice Department oversight, we believe cuts in polling places were used to discourage people of color from voting.

Yes, it costs to run polling places, furnish voting machines and hire poll workers. But certainly, as Richmond and places across the country grapple with tightened budgets, we cannot balance our constitutional right to vote against a budget line item for snow removal. Access to voting is much too important, and we must remain vigilant that current budget proposals in Richmond and throughout the local area do not curb our access to the ballot box.

Just as President Obama’s election caused some people to falsely believe we are living in a “postracial” society and have no need for the Justice Department to police states for discriminatory attempts to curb voting, the rise of reactionary factions such as the Tea Party and Trump supporters should awaken us and move us to prevent conservative elements from obstructing the votes of people of color. Conservatives in Shelby County, Ala., mounted the court challenge that resulted in the elimination of the pre-clearance provision of the Voting Rights Act. In Virginia, free and fair access to the polls has been impacted by the 2014 mandate requiring voters to show photo identification in order to vote.

The list of acceptable IDs is not as draconian in Virginia as in Texas, where handgun permits are acceptable, but not student IDs. We also are heartened that the Virginia General Assembly required the state Department of Elections to make free photo ID cards available to voters through every general registrar’s office in the commonwealth. Still, there are more than 48,000 inactive voters in Richmond, Henrico, Hanover and Chesterfield alone. How many of those people who are registered to vote have not cast ballots because of ID problems or other obstacles?

Vestiges of discrimination are real. And until Congress restores the Justice Department pre-clearance requirement for Virginia and other states, it is up to us to ensure that the important constitutional right of all people to vote is not abridged, obstructed or played with.

November’s elections for president — as well as for congressional representatives, Richmond’s next mayor, City Council representatives and School Board members — are too important.

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Obamacare: Six years later Today, after almost a century of trying; today, after over a year of debate; today, after all the votes have been tallied, health insurance reform becomes law in the United States of America. Today. It is fitting that Congress passed this historic legislation this week. For as we mark the turning of spring, we also mark a new season in America. In a few moments, when I sign this bill, all of the overheated rhetoric over reform will finally confront the reality of reform.”

— President Obama at signing of Health Insurance Reform Bill, March 2010

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Health Care Act into law in the East Room of the White House.

Six years later, 20 million people who could not afford health insurance, or were deprived of life-saving coverage because of a pre-existing condition, now have health insurance coverage. Today, our nation

is actively narrowing the gap on adverse racial health care disparities. Today, under the law simultaneously loved and reviled as “Obamacare,” most insurance plans fully cover preventative health care services;

Marc H. Morial young adults, who might have otherwise been uninsured, get to stay on their parents’ health insurance plans until age 26; and women are no longer forced to pay more for health insurance because of their gender.

And that is why this week, I will add my voice to the legion of American voices congratulating the current administration on its signature health care law, as well as those calling for the necessary reforms to fix the law’s shortcomings and ensure that this generation and future generations of Americans experience health care as a right, not an exclusive and elusive privilege.

From sea to shining sea, health insurance coverage gains have been shared broadly among American communities. African-Americans have the highest mortality rate of any racial or ethnic group for cancer and Latino communities also suffer

from disproportionate rates of illness, such as cervical cancer, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Since the law’s hard-fought inception, the number of uninsured among African-Americans and white people has dropped by more than 50 percent. The Hispanic rate of uninsured has decreased by a quarter, with almost 4 million Hispanic adults gaining coverage under the law.

More than 2 million young adults, who were particularly likely to be uninsured after losing coverage under their parents’ health insurance, are now guaranteed insurance under their parents’ health plans until they are age 26.

Despite all of these gains, Republicans have continued to label the Affordable Care Act a disaster. How can 20 more million Americans with access to life-saving health care ever be described as a disaster? Yet, the Republicans have been engaged in a five-year effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The GOP has busied itself taking more than 50 votes to roll back the law and put the health of millions of Americans at risk. The GOP has never leveled with the American people about a GOP

A piece of Cuba I remember a line from Gil Scott-Heron in “The Bicentennial Blues,” where he was discussing the Nixon administration and this nation’s penchant for getting in on the economic action of other nations. He called Henry Kissinger the “International Godfather of Peace, a ‘piece’ of Vi e t N a m , a ‘piece’ of Laos, a ‘piece’ of Angola, a ‘piece’ of Cuba.” That line is fitting 40 years later as President Obama returns from Cuba accompanied by a dozen business executives.

I certainly support entrepreneurship and business development, especially for black people. And the opportunities for such abound in Cuba if the militaristic government allows it to flourish unfettered. After all, the monthly income for Cubans is around $20, so they could use the sales and marketing opportunities that surely will come with increased tourism and business.

Additionally, forward-thinking entrepreneurs from the United States can take advantage of these opportunities as well. I trust that many black businesspersons will act accordingly. The protracted embargo against Cuba can now be reversed to such a degree that all sides can win.

But there are caveats.

An article in International Business Times by Elizabeth Whitman, stated, “Some American businesses are positively

salivating at the prospect of finally tapping into Cuban markets, and now, U.S. President Barack Obama’s three-day trip to the island nation is offering a tantalizing taste of the possibilities — particularly for the select crew of business leaders who are tagging along.”

James Clingman That statement conjures up visions of lions going to visit a few sheep to show them how to take better care of themselves. Black Cubans have suffered discrimination and mistreatment for decades. They are at the bottom level of the Cuban economic strata. If our revised friendship fails to bring positive economic change to black Cubans, baseball, boxing and entertainment notwithstanding, then once again, as we saw in South Africa, black folks will be relegated to a narrow and crowded path to Cuba’s new prosperity.

Haiti and the Dominican Republic are examples of what happens to black people when it comes to economic discrimination, preference and skin tone.

The island, historically called Hispaniola, is now divided into two countries, separated by a mountain range and skin tone — those who are lighter complexioned and those who use bleaching cream to get that way versus darker people.

The Dominican Republic has flourishing tourism and accommodating infrastructure, far from what we see across the border in Haiti.

Cuba and black Cubans, especially, should be wary of what is being proposed as help for their island and be prepared to take advantage of the opportunities when they appear. So also should black owners of small businesses in this country.

Congressman Charles Rangel said, “As soon as our multinational corporations start receiving the benefits of the profits that will be made with trade, I think in the next election we will move any impediments to bring peace, tranquility and trade to our brothers and sisters in Cuba.” Really?

An article by Julia Cooke of Aljazeera America observed, “When Soviet subsidies ended ... racial inequality became more pronounced ... [Employees] in the country’s lucrative tourism industry were also white.”

The article continued, “Blacks spearheaded more black-market activities; jails held 85 percent darker-skinned Cubans. In Cuba’s particular version of stop-and-frisk, blacks were stopped on streets at far higher rates than whites.”

Cuban expert James Early offers an outstanding perspective on the opportunities that exist in Cuba for black entrepreneurs: “Despite much racial progress since 1959, the period ... has revealed the yet unbridged fissures around racial identity and racism in today’s Cuba.”

The lions are at the sheep gate. Be prepared to get your “piece” of the action.

The writer is founder of the Greater Cincinnati African-American Chamber of Commerce.

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alternative to the Affordable Care Act. Rather than take a position of slash and burn, we need to save what works and improve what doesn’t.

The Affordable Care Act is not the first large-scale government program to face its share of challenges or widespread criticism.

Obamacare shares company with the Social Security Act, which was described by a critic as a “fraud on the working man.”

Medicare widely was seen as a threat to American freedom.

Despite the heated rhetoric, both programs are still here serving the needs of Americans.

While the Affordable Care Act is nowhere near perfect, it is saving lives and putting an end to insurance practices that unfairly deny Americans insurance coverage. Obamacare has a long, bumpy road of reforms to travel, but in year six, it has also come a long way in providing better health choices for the American people.

The writer is president and CEO of the National Urban League.

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U.S. Senate elections should be the focus Students must focus on changing job market, world The firstAfrican-American president of the University of Richmond delivered a powerful message at Chester’s Second Baptist Church Men’s Fellowship, emphasizing the importance of mentoring and providing an education that allows all students to thrive.

Dr. Ronald A. Crutcher is also a distinguished classical musician. He expressed the need to celebrate change and talked about the opportunities available at the University of Richmond.

Recognizing today’s graduates may experience 15 to 20 jobs before they retire, he insisted that students must look beyond the present job market and focus on a changing world.

He pointed out UR has programs that support students who are the first in their families to attend college. For families whose incomes are less than $60,000 a year, their students may qualify for free tuition.

Dr. Crutcher responded to questions on PELL grants, the STEM program and the diversity the university has achieved.

He agreed that both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois had it right — education is the best weapon against racism.

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Most people are focused on the presidential hopefuls and the upcoming election that will decide who will succeed President Obama.

But the U.S. Senate is the real name of the game in this election if the winner of the White House wants to get anything done.

Consider if Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders wins in November and comes into office Jan. 20, 2017, facing a GOP-controlled House and a GOP-controlled Senate.

That means the new Democratic president would face a Congress set to delay, dither, obstruct, gut and torpedo initiatives and legislation — in short, the kind of Congress that President Obama has been saddled with for most of his tenure.

Then imagine if Donald Trump or Ted Cruz arrives in office facing a Democratic-controlled Senate. Now the script is gently flipped.

Such a Democratic Senate could prevent either from carrying out collective, oft-stated campaign pledges to build a bigger, longer border wall, plow more ground troops into multiple countries, repeal Obamacare or gut or eliminate the IRS, the EPA, the Department of Education and a litany of other federal agencies.

It would be harder for either to pack the U.S. Supreme Court and the rest of the judiciary with hard-core conservatives. In other words, Senate Democrats would be the firewall to halt a wholesale GOP effort to roll back the progress of the 20th century.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to keep the Senate in Republican hands. He has held private meetings with GOP party leaders in which he has said that the GOP must do everything to maintain a firewall against a Democratic president.

He took the virtually unheard of step of telling GOP Senate candidates and incumbents whose seats are on the block to feel free to distance themselves from the mostly likely GOP presidential nominee, Mr. Trump, if that’s what it takes to win.

The GOP majority in the Senate is vulnerable this year as the party must defend 24 seats, while Democrats need to defend only 10 seats. A swing of just four seats to the Democratic column would put Democrats in control of the Senate and give Mrs. Clinton or Sen. Sanders some space to at least get a hearing for a legislative agenda and on prospective cabinet, department, agency and judicial appointees.

It’s those appointments, starting with the U.S. Supreme Court, that has the GOP in a nervous sweat about Senate control. The Senate, not the House, is the sole determiner of who sits on the high court and the lower courts and bags key spots in federal agencies.

These are all top-grade posts that initiate, make and implement crucial policy decisions after many in Congress are long gone. The Senate majority leader has virtually dictatorial control over which of the president’s nominees are put to a confirmation vote.

Sen. McConnell has used that power, and at one point, had held up confirmation for 150 nominees President Obama wanted to place in executive and court spots.

That’s why winning the presidency will not be enough. The White House winner will need a friendly upper chamber of Congress to have a chance to get some of the people’s work done.

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Chesterfield player headed to Final Four with Syracuse The Virginia teams in the NCAA His freshman year was spent at Evangel basketball tournament are gone, but a Christian School in Chester (now Life NCAA Final Four

Chesterfield County player remains in Christian Academy), where he helped the Games to be played at NRG Stadium in the competition. tiny school to the Virginia Independent Houston and televised live on TBS Talented Michael Gbinije is headed to Schools (VIS) Division III state title.

the Final Four in Houston as Syracuse Next came a stint at Christchurch Semifinals: Saturday, April 2 University’s 6-foot-7 graduate student School, an Episcopal boarding school 6:09 p.m. – University of Oklahoma vs. point guard. in Middlesex County on the RappahanVillanova University The first thing you need to know nock River. about Gbinije is that the first letter of his Gbinije’s final stop on the high school 8:49 p.m. – Syracuse University vs. surname is silent — thus, his nickname circuit was Benedictine, where he spurred University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill “Silent G.” the Cadets to the Virginia Independent

Also answering to “Swaggy G,” he Schools Division I crown.

Championship game: is the central reason why the Orange, Along the way he suited up for Team 8 p.m. Monday, April 4 defying all odds, have advanced to the Takeover on the AAU travel circuit.

NCAA semifinals.

Gbinije signed with Duke University, His story starts in Africa. but wasn’t satisfied with his playing time as a freshman and transIn 1982, Frank Gbinije migrated to the United States from ferred to Syracuse University, sitting out the 2012-13 season. his homeland in Nigeria to study engineering and play soccer He is among the few transfers ever accepted by legendary at Temple University. That’s where he met Michael’s mother- Syracuse Coach Jim Boeheim in his 40 years of coaching. to-be, Yvette.

Now in his third year playing at SU, Gbinije, 23, has become The Gbinijes became a family on the move as civil engi- a leading man for the 10th seeded team from New York. neer Frank traveled the map from one construction project to This underdog bites. SU defeated the University of Dayton, another.

Middle Tennessee University, Gonzaga University and the No. Michael was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1992, and lived in 1 seed University of Virginia 68-62 in Sunday’s Elite 8 match Boise, Idaho, and Denver before the family moved to Chesterfield in Chicago.

County when he was 7.

Gbinije wears the No. 0 jersey, but he’s anything but a zero.

He dabbled in rec league soccer, but his towering frame made He made All-ACC, averaging 18 points, 4.5 assists and two him a natural for the hard court. steals per game during the regular season.

He shared his talents generously. As an eighth-grader, Gbinije In four NCAA outings, Gbinije has averaged 16 points, played on Thomas Dale High School’s junior varsity basketball four assists, 3.7 rebounds and 2.3 steals. He has clicked on six team.

3-pointers in the tournament and has shot more than 40 percent

Final Four

From an original field of 68 teams, four teams victoriously have played their way to the NCAA Tournament men’s semifinals in Houston:

North Carolina Tar Heels Record: 32-6 Conference: ACC Seed: No. 1 East Road to Houston: Defeated Florida Gulf Coast, Providence, Indiana, Notre Dame Past NCAA championships: 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005 and 2009 Coach: Roy Williams, 782-208 overall (418-101 at Kansas, 364-107 at UNC)

Syracuse Orange Record: 23-13 Conference: ACC Seed: No. 10 Midwest Road to Houston: Defeated Houston, Middle Tennessee, Gonzaga, Virginia Past NCAA championships: 2003 Coach: Jim Boeheim, 988-346, all at SU

Oklahoma Sooners Record: 29-7 Conference: Big 12 Seed: No. 2 West Road to Houston: Defeated Cal-Bakersfield, Virginia Commonwealth University, Texas A&M, Oregon Past NCAA championships: None Coach: Lon Kruger, 590-360 overall, 111-56 at Oklahoma; previous stops at Pan-American, Florida, Illinois, Nevada-Las Vegas

Villanova Wildcats Record: 33-5 Conference: Big East Seed: No. 2 South Road to Houston: Defeated Temple, Iowa, Miami, Kansas Past NCAA championships: 1985 Coach: Jay Wright, 472-242 (350-157 at Villanova, 122-85 at Hofstra)

VUU’s ‘hitting machine’ is winding up for final season Whether it’s a battle of the brains or a battle of brawn, Virginia Union University’s Taylor Hamilton is a home run hitter.

Her favorite letters are As and Bs, which she earns in the classroom, and RBIs, the runs batted in that she collects on the softball field.

The marketing major with a 3.7 gradepoint average was one of four VUU scholars selected for the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge — an academic competition among historically black colleges and universities.

Her athletic credentials deserve equal billing.

Answering to “TH,” Hamilton led the NCAA Division II in RBIs in 2015, and the explosive 5-foot-5 Willingboro, N.J., native is back for much more as a senior.

“Taylor is a hitting machine,” said VUU coach Sharika Joynes.

Hamilton’s 33-inch, 23-ounce DeMarini bat is her magic wand. She swings forcefully and, voilà, runs appear on the scoreboard and frowns on the faces of the Panthers’ opponents.

A year ago, Hamilton produced 40 RBIs in 27 games (1.48 per game), earning All-CIAA and All-CIAA Tournament honors.

To her surprise, she received a handsome plaque in the mail following the season for her statistical title.

“I didn’t even know there was such a thing,” she said of the NCAA award. “I was very happy to receive it. It’s about the best thing I ever won.”

She hasn’t eased up on the gas.

After 21 games, the slugging left fielder was hitting .500 with 32 RBIs (1.52 per game).

“She’s very scientific about it,” said Coach Joynes of TH’s hitting. “Taylor tweaks her stance and approaches almost every at bat to suit the occasion.”

The powerful, cleanup hitter launched her fifth home run last Saturday in VUU’s close 9-8 win over visiting Virginia State University (VSU won the second game of the double-header 5-4.)

from beyond the arc during the season.

He’s apt to lead the Orange in “perspiration,” too, averaging nearly 40 minutes per outing.

In derailing U.Va. in an epic comeback, Gbinije had 11 points, six assists, four rebounds and two steals in Michael Gbinije 39 productive minutes.

For Gbinije, the travels are far from over. Houston is just a stepping stone. He has legitimate professional dreams. But before he can pass and shoot in the NBA, the Gbinije story has another African chapter.

Last August, he helped the Nigerian National basketball team win the AfroBasket qualifying tournament in Tunisia to qualify for the Summer Olympics in Brazil.

Gbinije qualifies for the Nigerian squad because it is his father’s homeland.

So now basketball fans on two continents can cheer for the former Richmonder.

High jumper follows in dad’s footsteps, goes pro High jumper Vashti Cunningham has inherited athletic talent from her father, former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham.

And now, following in her dad’s footsteps, she is going pro.

The 18-year-old senior at Bishop Gorman High School near Las Vegas has signed a professional track and field contract with Nike.

In an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Mr. Cunningham termed his daughter’s deal “very lucrative.”

By signing with Nike, Cunningham will not be eligible to compete for Bishop Gorman this spring or on the college level.

Vashti This comes on the heels of Cunningham’s Cunningham jaw-dropping performance at the USA Track and Field Championships on March 12 in Portland, Ore. In becoming the event’s youngest female winner, Cunningham cleared 6-6¼, the best leap by any woman in the world this year.

It also stands as a World Junior record and a U.S. High School record.

Standing 6-foot-1, Cunningham becomes a leading candidate to represent the United States at this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The Olympic trials are July 1 through 10 in Eugene, Ore. The second best jump in the world this year is 6-5¾ by Ruth Beitia of Spain.

After Cunningham, the best jump by an American is 6-4¾

by Chaunte Lowe, 32, of Decatur, Ga. The women’s world record of 6-10¼ was set by Bulgarian Stefka Kostadinoa in 1987.

Randall Cunningham starred at the University of NevadaLas Vegas before embarking on a brilliant NFL career. He was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player in 1988 and 1990 with Philadelphia and again in 1998 with Minnesota.

Son of VUU legend finalist for Jerry West Award

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Slugger Taylor Hamilton of Virginia Union University’s softball team led the NCAA Division II last year with 40 RBIs in 27 games, earning CIAA honors.

Despite taking a mighty cut, she has struck out just four times in 62 plate appearances. No slow poke, she also has swiped three bases on four tries.

There is a history of speed in Hamilton’s family and, especially, at her alma mater, Willingboro High School.

Her older sister, Channel Hamilton, became a scholarship sprinter at the University of Vermont.

The most renowned Willingboro High alumnus is track icon Carl Lewis, who won nine Olympic gold medals.

“Mr. Lewis came back to Willingboro from time to time to volunteer with the track team as a coach,” said Hamilton.

“He worked with my sister some and I got him a couple of times.”

Hamilton was a member of the National Honor Society at Willingboro High while playing soccer, track (shot put) and softball.

“My mother played softball and my father played baseball,” she recalled. “As soon as I was old enough, they signed me up for softball.”

She was an All-Garden State standout at Willingboro and polished her craft at

Burlington County, N.J., Community College before enrolling at VUU. Hamilton discovered VUU during a weeklong bus tour of HBCUs that she participated in as a Willingboro High senior.

It helped that she was preceded at VUU

by Willingboro alum Quincy Lewis, no relation to Carl Lewis, who was the Panthers’ primary pitcher in 2014 and 2015.

Lewis left VUU as the program’s all-time leader in victories, 28, and strikeouts, 205.

While Lewis specialized in preventing runs with her lively arm, Hamilton is more into producing them with her DeMarini.

Away from the softball diamond and the classroom, she enjoys reading, poetry and movies.

In fact, it was in the category “movies” that she racked up points at the Campus All-Star Challenge Regional competition at Hampton University.

As graduation nears, she’s on a job search.

She would seem an ideal employment prospect. She promises to bring a strong academic credentials and her DeMarini bat to play on the company softball team.

A.J. English III, son of former Virginia Union University basketball great A.J. English Jr., is a finalist for the Jerry West Award honoring the top male shooting guard in NCAA Division I basketball.

The annual award, presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, will be announced April 8.

Other finalists are the University of Virginia’s Malcolm Brogdon, Duke University’s Grayson Allen, Villanova University’s Josh Hart and Buddy Hield of the University of Oklahoma.

Ohio State University’s D’Angelo Russell was last year’s West Award winner. He now A.J. English III plays with the Los Angeles Lakers.

English is a senior at Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y. He averaged 23 points, 6.2 assists and five rebounds this season, helping the Gaels to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament title.

Finishing strong, English scored 28 points with seven rebounds, six assists and three steals in Iona’s 94-81 loss to Iowa State University in the NCAA Tournament’s first round. That enabled him to close his college career with 2,004 points.

English Jr., who played at VUU from 1986 to 1990, finished with 2,396 points under former VUU Coach Dave Robbins.

The elder English amassed 1,001 points in 1990 alone at VUU. He led Division II in scoring (33.4 points per game) and was awarded NCAA Player of the Year honors.

Only two father-son acts in college history have passed 2,000 points in NCAA Division I. (The Englishes fall into a different category because VUU is in Division II.) Dell Curry scored 2,389 points at Virginia Tech from 1982 to 1986, while his son Stephen Curry had 2,635 points for Davidson College from 2006 to 2009.

Steve Burtt Sr. scored 2,524 points from 1980 to 1984 at Iona College, while Steve Burtt Jr. had 2,034 points from 2002 to 2006.

English III is third on Iona’s all-time leading scorer list behind the Burtts.

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Grindly Johnson is on a mission to increase business and job opportunities for women in the transportation industry.

“Women need to be involved in transportation because we are talented and make exceptional leaders,” says Ms. Johnson, who is Virginia’s deputy secretary of transportation.

“Women have a lot to contribute and we bring a unique perspective to the workplace,” she adds. “That’s why I support programs such as Transportation YOU, a mentoring program of the Women’s Transportation Seminar that offers young girls an introduction to a wide variety of transportation careers.”

To help more women make gains in the field of transportation, Ms. Johnson says, “I’m working with prime contractors and encouraging them to mentor small businesses. I’m also working with HNTB (a Kansas City-based architecture, civil engineering consulting and construction management firm) to provide Tolling 101 workshops for small businesses that will help them better compete for opportunities in the tolling industry.

“Additionally,” she adds, “I’ve been working with the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide small businesses with access to capital. Lack of capital is one of the main reasons why small businesses struggle. I’m working to help alleviate this barrier.”

Ms. Johnson was honored for her commitment to helping women make inroads in the transportation field as the recipient of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials Celebrating Women Who Move the Nation Award.

She was one of 14 women to receive the organization’s highest award at a ceremony March 16 in Washington.

“I was very excited and pleased to be recognized for something I’m extremely passionate about — mentoring women and minorities and helping small businesses,” Ms. Johnson says.

This week’s Personality, Grindly Johnson, is a mover and shaker: Place of birth: Chesapeake.

Current home: Richmond.

Alma mater: Norfolk State University, bachelor’s degree.

What this award means to me: It’s always nice to be recognized and to receive an award. However, when it’s for something I’m truly passionate about, it’s even more special. It’s a reminder that I need to keep doing what I’m doing.

Current status of women: We — women — are literally moving the nation.

Opportunities in the transportation field include: Accountants, engineers, scientists and specialists in civil rights, human resources, communications, public relations and procurement.

Why it is important to increase business and job opportunities for women in the transportation industry: Women have made tremendous strides in the transportation industry. We outnumber men in both college enrollment and college completion rates. Women also are more likely than men to continue their education after college. Fewer than 30 women are now serving as CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, or 5 percent. In 1995, there were none. Those statistics tell me there’s still plenty of room for growth in female leadership.

The secretary of transportation is responsible for: Oversight of the following agencies that HEADBOARD WAS $1135

provide a wide array of products and services, including road construction and repairs, rest area maintenance, regulating sea ports, airports and railways and issuing license plates and driver’s licenses: • Department of Aviation • Department of Motor Vehicles • Department of Rail and Public Transportation • Department of Transportation • Motor Vehicle Dealer Board • Office of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships • Virginia Commercial • Space Flight Authority • Virginia Port Authority My role as deputy secretary involves: I assist the secretary with policy decisions, communications and outreach.

Role of schools: I would encourage colleges and universities to continue recruitment efforts geared toward minorities and women.

Role of African-Americans and minority women in transportation industry: There should be no distinction in our roles. Minorities and women should be represented like everyone else.

The future of transportation in Virginia, including mass transit, driverless cars, high-speed trains: Transportation will be more multimodal in the coming years. We’ll be seamlessly connected — surface, transit and rail — in the Commonwealth.

The future also will include autonomous or driverless cars.

It’s so fascinating.

What the state needs to do: Continue to provide funding for critical transportation projects.

I place top value on: Faith and family.

What makes me tick: Paying it forward by mentoring and empowering others, especially women.

Prized possession: The diamond studs gifted to me by my father when I was in college.

Nobody knows I: Prefer to be quiet.

Best time of my life: Now.

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of Richmond was recently selected to participate in the 2016 Miss Teen pageant competition 1 p.m. this Sunday, April 3, 2016, at the Beacon Theatre on 401 N. Main Street in Hopewell, Virginia.

Jonaé will be competing for her share of monetary prizes and specialty gifts that will be distributed to contestants in the Miss Teen division, one of two divisions that will have young ladies ages 13 to 19 competing in modeling routines, which include casual wear and formal wear.

Personality is the number one aspect that each contestant is judged on during all phases of the competition. Jonaé will showcase her vibrant personality and engaging Miss Jonaé Crump speaking skills with this year’s judging panel.

If Jonaé were to win the title of Miss Teen, she would represent Richmond and the surrounding communities at the National Competition that will take place in Orlando, Florida.

More than $30,000 in prizes and awards will be presented at the National Competition in Orlando, Florida, where each winner will enjoy an expense paid trip of five nights and six days.

Jonaé gives a big thank you to her official sponsors — Croaker’s Spot Restaurant, Carey R. Charity General Contractor, Hylton & Company LLC, Leave It To Beaver Daycare, Veronica Taylor-Keller Williams Realtor, Cheryl Meekins Royal -D.C. Artistry, Prima Bella Couture Formals, Michaela’s Quality Bake Shop, MarKayz Makeup Studio & Mobile Spa, Southside Richmond Racers, The Treat Shop RVA, Pool Mike LLC, Suhaila Sahli Commit to fit, Little Hearts Daycare, Cub Scout Pack 414, the faculty and staff at LBMS and RCHS and family and friends — for their support because without them she couldn’t compete.

Any business, organization, or individual who may be interested in becoming a sponsor to Jonaé may contact the Miss Teen pageant coordinator at 1-877-403-6678.

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By Joey Matthews

Throngs of visitors are expected to view exhibits chronicling the enslavement and emancipation of hundreds of thousands of Africans and African-Americans in the United States when the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture opens this fall on the National Mall in Washington.

And they will see displays about President Obama’s historic election and leadership as the nation’s first African-American president.

“This will be the first time we’ve had the opportunity at the national level to try to look at the full scope of our history from Africa to the present,” John W. Franklin, senior manager in the Office of External Affairs with the museum, told the Free Press last week.

Visitors also will be able to trace transformative periods in the nation, such as the Civil Rights Movement and today’s Black Lives Matter movement. They will be able to view historic mementoes, such as the Bible of freedom fighter Nat Turner of Southampton County and items of Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman.

The history of other seminal figures ext. 14, or John Taylor at the same phone in sports, medicine, business, the number, ext. 16, or by going online to military, education and other fields, www.us.iofc.org/forum-series. as well as groups and institutions, will President Obama will cut the ribbe included. The museum will have a bon opening the museum Sept. 24, 400-seat theater, library, restaurant and which will be followed by a weeklong two changing exhibition galleries. celebration.

“Everywhere we went, every per“This is exciting in so many ways,” son and organization said, ‘You have said the 63-year-old Dr. Franklin, who to tell the truth,’ in this museum,” Dr. is the son of the late noted historian Franklin said. “I think people today John Hope Franklin. He said the Dr. Franklin will be pleased and our ancestors museum was the dream of Africanwould be pleased.”

American Civil War veterans in 1915, about Dr. Franklin will talk about “The Role of Mu- 50 years after the war’s conclusion. seums in Addressing Healing, History and Culture” “It has been a long time in the works,” he at a forum “Countdown to an Opening” from noon said. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, at the Library of The modern push for a museum began in Virginia, 800 E. Broad St., in Downtown. the 1970s and was delayed largely because of Also scheduled to take part in the program are opposition from some members of Congress.

Sandra G. Treadway, the librarian of Virginia; President George W. Bush finally signed the act William “Bill” Martin, director of The Valentine; creating the museum into law in 2003. and Christy Coleman, co-CEO of the American The museum originally was to open in the Civil War Museum. fall of 2015.

The free event is open to the public. Registration “Most museums take a while to be creis required. Contact Tee Turner at (804) 358-1764, ated,” said Dr. Franklin, who has worked on

African-American, African and African Diaspora programs for the past 28 years at the Smithsonian. “This one had to get the national support, politically and financially.

“It started without a collection, so we had to create a collection. We had to decide of all the millions of stories, which ones to tell,” he added. “Some people have given family treasures to this museum.”

The cost of the project, Dr. Franklin said, was originally estimated at $500 million, but is now at about $540 million. He said half of that was provided through congressional appropriations and half from donations from individuals, foundations and corporations.

“The museum exhibitions are research-based and advised by the scholarly community,” he added.

When people visit the museum, Dr. Franklin said, “everyone will learn something. And it will help people understand that African-American history is much more complex than what they’ve been presented.

“Everyone will see that this will be a treasure for the entire nation to enjoy,” he added.

Celebration for Spelman alumnae, friends April 10

Spelman College alumnae and friends of the Atlanta school are invited to celebrate the 135th Founders Day and the investiture of its 10th president, Mary Schmidt Campbell, by worshipping 11 a.m. Sunday, April 10, at Fifth Baptist Church, 1415 W. Cary St. The local celebration is being arranged by the Metro Richmond Chapter of the college’s national alumnae association, which also is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

The group will have lunch following the service at Southerly Restaurant at Southern Season, 2250 Staples Mill Road.

For more information, contact Patricia A. Jones, chapter president, at mrcnaasc@gmail. com or Brenda M. Macklin at bmmacklin@comcast.net.

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Sway makes his way to VCU Radio personality Sway Calloway, a VH1 music channel executive producer and host of Sirius XM Shade 45 show “Sway in the Morning,” shares a laugh with Virginia Commonwealth University students, from left, Terrence Everett, Jonathan Brooks and Terry Everett of B the Movement. Mr. Calloway was in Richmond last Thursday for the local premiere of his

short film, “The Cycle,” on the VCU campus. The film takes an in-depth look at the cycle of police violence in the African-American community.

He and actress Kaili Turner answered audience questions afterward.

The event was sponsored by the VCU Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Afrikana Film Festival and The Cheats Movement.

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Richmond area youths danced elegantly and demonstrated their social graces at the 4th Annual Richmond Renaissance Junior Cotillion sponsored by the James River Chapter of Jack and Jill of America. “Honoring our Legends” was the theme of the gala event held Saturday, March 19, at the Claude G. Perkins Living and Learning Center at Virginia Union University. Twenty-six middle-schoolers ages 11 to 13 mastered several skills in programs leading up to the cotillion. The chapter is one of more than 200 affiliates of Jack and Jill of America, a community service group that focuses on developing youngsters into future leaders.

Croaker’s adds a new spot — Sugar’s Crab Shack

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The popular Richmondbased Croaker’s Spot restaurant chain has a new addition — Sugar’s Crab Shack.

The drive-in, walk-up eatery quietly opened two weeks ago in the 2200 block of Chamberlayne Avenue and features lake trout, catfish and shrimp, as well as snow crab legs.

“We’ve been doing well since we opened,” said Neverett Eggleston Jr., one of the family members involved in the restaurant group that his son,

Neverett “Sugarfoot” Eggleston III, founded.

“Sugar” is the nickname of Neverett Jr.’s wife and mother of “Sugarfoot.”

Best known in Richmond for its South Side restaurant at 1020 Hull St., Croaker’s Spot also operates a restaurant in Petersburg. The restaurant group is now working on opening additional spots in Fredericksburg and Norfolk.

There also are plans to return to the 500 block of North 2nd Street in Jackson Ward, where the restaurant first opened.

The original location has been closed for several years.

Kelvin Hanson, a developer and partner in the restaurant business, indicated recently that he plans to include space for an additional restaurant on the first floor of the new apartments he is developing on the site of the former Eggleston Hotel at Second and Leigh streets.

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Aaris Moore, 5, center, and other wide-eyed children reach up to try and touch a giant bubble last Saturday at Maymont’s Dominion Family Easter celebration. The family friendly event featured an Easter egg hunt, bonnet making and parade and storytelling. Left, Destini Spain shows off the colorful bonnet she crafted alongside scores of other youngsters. Above right, jugglers, stilt walkers, magicians and musicians bring their skills and talents to entertain the crowds at Easter on Parade, the annual celebration of the season last Sunday along Monument Avenue. Right, dressed in colorful holiday outfits, from left, Heaven Johnson, 9, Precious Johnson, 6, Javien Tineo, 5, and Jaiden Taveras, 9, keep a close eye on what lands in Heaven’s hands as a magician performs a trick. People and pets alike donned bonnets and costumes to enjoy the day.

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Environmental rally set for Saturday Rep. Scott announces annual

Several environmental groups are organizing “RVA Day of Climate Action,” a day of rallies and action on environmental issues, on Saturday, April 2.

The gathering will start at 11 a.m. at the Governor’s Mansion at the corner of Governor and Capitol streets, and then march from Capitol Square to Brown’s Island, where the rally and events will continue until 1 p.m.

Participating groups are Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Environment Virginia, New Virginia Majority, Virginia Student Environmental Coalition, the Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club, Virginia League of Conservation Voters and Appalachian Voices.

For more information: Kendyl Crawford at (804) 476-4228 or kendyl.crawford@sierraclub.org.

Va. War Memorial 5K slated for April 23 The 5th Annual Virginia War Memorial/Priority 5K Run-Walk to Remember will take place 8 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at the memorial, 621 S. Belvidere St. “This event is unique in that it is the only running event in

the Greater Richmond area that gives civilians the opportunity to run with servicemen and servicewomen,” stated Jeb Hockman, a spokesman for the war memorial.

Priority Automotive is the primary race sponsor.

Registration is $25, with proceeds supporting the Virginia War Memorial Foundation’s educational program and outreach.

I n f o r m a t i o n : w w w. vawarmemorial.org or (804) 786-2060.

high school art competition

Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott has announced the annual art competition for students in grades 9 through 12 who live in his 3rd Congressional District.

The deadline for students to submit paintings, drawings, photographs and other artwork for the 23rd annual competition is Friday, April 22, according to a news release from the congressman’s office.

The competition is part of An Artistic Discovery, a nationwide program coordinated by members of the U.S. House of Representatives to recognize the artistic talents of young people.

The first place winner will receive a scholarship and travel to Washington to attend a

congressional reception in honor of all the winners from around the nation.

The work of the winner from each district also will be displayed in the Cannon Tunnel of the U.S. Capitol Building for a year.

Congressman Scott will present the first place winner and other finalists with certificates and other prizes.

Richmond area students can submit entries to the congressman’s Richmond District Office at 400 N. 8th St., Suite 430, in Downtown.

For more information: go to http://bobbyscott. house.gov/artcontest or call the congressman’s district office in Newport News at (757) 3801000.

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First family celebrates Easter at historic black church Free Press wire report

ALEXANDRIA President Obama and the first family attended Easter service at a historic African-American church that traces its origins to the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.

The Rev. Howard-John Wesley, pastor at the 198-year-old Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria’s Old Town, welcomed back the Obamas, whom he described as “the gorgeous family.” The Obamas also visited the church last Easter.

Streets around the church were blocked and people lined the sidewalk outside as they tried to get a glimpse of President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters, Malia, 17, and Sasha, 14.

The congregation, led by a choir clad in crimson, gold and white robes, joined in song early in the service, with Rev. Wesley asking them to share introductions, “but don’t act crazy” as the hundreds in attendance exchanged hugs and handshakes.

Many in the choir and audience smiled as they swayed and clapped to the music and sang the refrain “yes, He lives,” a reference to the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the event Christians

celebrate on Easter Sunday.

Rev. Wesley delivered a sermon that noted the suffering Jesus endured, and he encouraged the congregation to have faith that if God could raise Jesus from the dead, he can help them get through their hardships.

“No matter what you’re going through, you don’t have to be afraid because God can handle it,” Rev. Wesley said.

The Obamas spent about an hour at the service and returned to the White House, where workers and performers were preparing for the annual Easter Egg Roll that was held Monday on the South Lawn.

“Michelle and I join our fellow Christians in observing Good Friday and celebrating Easter this weekend,” President Obama said in a statement released last Friday. “This is a time to remember the sacrifices made for us and hold all who suffer close to our hearts.

“Yet it is also a time to rejoice, give thanks for the Resurrection and unite with Christians around the world in proclaiming, ‘Christ has risen; He has risen indeed.’

“We wish all who celebrate a blessed and joyful Easter.”

An official photo of the first family was posted Sunday to social media.

President Obama with his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha

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Christian leaders looking at fixed day for Easter

By Kim Chatelain NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune

For more than 1,500 years, Christian scholars have pondered a question that, by religion standards, is relatively straightforward: Should Jesus Christ’s resurrection be celebrated on the same Sunday every year?

Now, some influential Christian leaders are predicting that the world is just five to 10 years away from answering yes, by setting a fixed day for Easter.

The New Orleans area has a special interest in the issue because of Easter’s link to Mardi Gras and the various cultural events in the season leading to Fat Tuesday. If the predictions hold true, Carnival rituals between Jan. 6, which is Twelfth Night or King’s Day, and Ash Wednesday could be altered, along with school calendars, examination schedules and spring breaks for college students.

“Perhaps others would say, ‘What difference does it make?” said the Most Rev. Gregory Aymond, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New Orleans. “We have a very different kind of investment in this. It’s a very practical question for us, perhaps more so than others,

because of our deeply rooted traditions.”

In January, the spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, which includes the Episcopal Church in the United States, disclosed that the heads of Christian churches worldwide are close to signing an agreement on fixing Easter on either the second or third Sunday of April.

Pope Francis, head of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, already signaled his desire to set a common day, telling a global gathering of priests in Rome in June that “we have to come to an agreement.”

Discord over when to celebrate the Resurrection has reigned for centuries. Some scholars have referred to it as one of the oldest disagreements in Christianity.

Early Christians sought to celebrate Easter to coincide with Judaism’s Passover, for the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke place the Last Supper within that eight-day festival.

But because the Hebrew calendar is based on both solar and lunar cycles, Passover changes each year, which makes the date for Easter change as well.

Since the First Council of Nicaea, a gathering of bish-

ops convened by The international the Roman emperor drive eventually lost Constantine in the steam and those laws year 325 to codify were never enacted, their Christian faith, leaving the issue to Easter has been the be bandied about by first Sunday after religious scholars. the first full moon In January, howfollowing the spring ever, the Most Rev. equinox. This convoJustin Welby, archluted astronomical bishop of Canterbury Archbishop formula is baffling and head of the AnWelby to many and means the date of glican Communion, announced Easter varies from year to year his involvement in discussions by more than a month. Easter with Catholic representatives Sunday may fall as early as and the world’s other major March 22, although that hasn’t Christian denominations to happened since 1881. The latest agree on a fixed day for Easpossible date is April 25, which ter. That would solve one of last happened in 1943.

Christianity’s longest standing To further complicate mat- rifts, for in the 1,691 years ters, western Christians, in- since Nicaea, various parts of cluding Roman Catholics and Christianity have drifted apart, Protestants, often celebrate some using different calendars Easter on a date different to determine religious celebrafrom their Eastern Orthodox tions. Orthodox churches typicounterparts. That’s due to the cally celebrate Easter a week vagaries of the Julian and the after others, using the Julian Gregorian calendars and the calendar as a guide. spring equinox.

Religious leaders around As a result of these com- the world see value in letting plexities, discussions have followers of Christ worldwide taken place for centuries about celebrate his resurrection on the making Easter a set day each same day. They also recognize it year. In the 1920s, legisla- would have broad implications tion was passed in the United for students, tourism, retailers Kingdom, Australia and some and even sporting events. other countries to fix the day.

But reaching a consensus could prove more difficult than getting Congress to work in unison. Archbishop Welby suggested it would take at least

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five to 10 years to implement the change because some have already planned and printed calendars for the next several years.

He also said that establishing the set day was an ambitious undertaking, first attempted in the 10th century.

If religious leaders agree on the plan, secular governments likely would have to pass or amend legislation to carry it out. That could add time to the endeavor.

While setting a common day for Easter would have worldwide implications, it would be of special significance in New Orleans, which celebrates Mardi Gras exactly 47 days before Easter. Local religious leaders have expressed mixed views on the matter.

Archbishop Aymond said setting a day would “call for a great degree of agreement and cooperation” among various branches of Christianity.

“We would have to make sure everyone is on the same page,” he said.

Archbishop Aymond’s comments echoed those made by Pope Francis in June, when he indicated his desire to reach an agreement with other religious leaders. Otherwise, the pope joked, Christians could say to one another, “When did Christ rise from the dead? My Christ rose today, and yours next week.”

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Religious community comes together to reflect on the Resurrection

By Joey Matthews

Evangelist Michelle Turner of All Saints Episcopal Church in Henrico County held a wooden cross that she made as she walked with 50 others in the Stations of the Cross community walk Downtown to mark Good Friday.

“It’s my way of giving back my love to the Lord,” Ms. Turner said.

“He bore the cross and our sins,” she said, echoing the message of Easter, the foundation of Christian belief with the resurrection of Jesus on Sunday after being crucified on Good Friday.

Ms. Turner and the walkers began at Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church and walked to seven stations Downtown before returning to the Jackson Ward church.

The group made stops outside Centenary United Methodist Church, Second Presbyterian Church, St. Peter’s Catholic Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, City Hall, Hood Temple A.M.E. Zion Church and Sharon Baptist Church, where they were led in prayer.

At each station, they read aloud a portion of

the Easter story, from Jesus being condemned to death, to his crucifixion and being laid in the tomb before his resurrection.

The Rev. Reuben J. Boyd Jr., pastor of Third Street Bethel, said he and other pastors organized the walk not only to commemorate Good Friday but to promote racial understanding and reconciliation among faith groups.

“We felt it was important to reach across different denominations and races to show solidarity within the church,” Rev. Boyd said.

Pastors began meeting at monthly luncheons to discuss race-related issues in the aftermath of the slaying of eight African-American worshippers and their pastor in June 2015 by a white supremacist in Charleston, S.C. Dr. Ravi Perry, associate professor of political science at Virginia Commonwealth University and a member of Third Street Bethel, led the walkers in impromptu song.

“Were you there when they crucified my Lord,” Dr. Perry and others sang as they walked down West Clay Street.

“Soon and very soon, we are going to see

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Michelle Turner of All Saints Episcopal Church made the cross she carried on the Good Friday Stations of the Cross community walk.

the king,” they sang as they proceeded down East Marshall Street.

“I thought as long as we were walking, why not sing as well?” Dr. Perry said.

The Rev. Melanie Mullen of St. Paul’s

Episcopal Church said she was excited that the walk included churches from Henrico County and the city.

She said the walk was an opportunity to reflect on what “we’re sorry for and what we can do to make things right.”

Mark Wilcox of All Saints said it was important for him to join others in the walk because of his faith and “because we need to bring the Richmond community closer together and work to resolve our difficult race issues throughout the city. This is a place where we can face it.”

Outside City Hall, Ann Davis, who directs membership development at Centenary United Methodist, led walkers in reciting passages marking when Jesus was nailed to the cross.

“By your holy cross, you have redeemed the world,” the group responded.

“We’re coming together to show our love for Richmond and our love for God,” Ms. Davis said.

The Rev. Paul A. Coles, pastor of Sharon Baptist Church, leads a reading from the Easter story outside Centenary United Methodist Church on Grace Street, one of the stops on the Stations of the Cross walk last Friday.

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Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, April 11, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2016-046 To amend and reordain the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for section 27-245(a), concerning mandatory charges for using meters for on-street and off-street parking spaces, for the purpose of increasing on-street parking meter charges.

Ordinance No. 2016-047 To adopt the Department of Public Works’ Parking Enterprise Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 20162017; and to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Department of Public Works’ Parking Enterprise Fund for the said fiscal year for the operation and management of parking facilities.

Ordinance No. 2016-048 To adopt the Special Fund Budgets for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2016, and ending Jun. 30, 2017, and to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Special Revenue funds for the said fiscal year.

Ordinance No. 2016-049 To repeal ch. 10, art. III of the City Code, consisting of sections 10-48 through 10-52, and concerning fire and burglar alarm systems; to amend and reordain ch. 10 of the City Code by adding therein a new art. III, consisting of sections 10-48 through 10-55, concerning burglar alarms, for the purpose of implementing a procedure to issue alarm permits and assess charges for excessive false alarms; and to amend Appendix A of the City Code by repealing the fees set forth therein for section 10-51 and adding new fees for sections 10-52, concerning permits, and 10-53, concerning false alarms.

Ordinance No. 2016-050 To amend City Code §12-120, concerning rates and discounts for parking facilities operated by the City, to impose a penalty for late payments, and to amend the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for sections 12-120(a)(1), 12120(a)(2), 12-120(a)(3), 12-120(a)(4), 12-120(a) (5), 12-120(a)(6), 12120(a)(7), 12-120(a)(8), 12-120(a)(9), 12-120(a) (11), 12-120(a)(13), 12120(a)(14), 12-120(a) (17), 12-120(a)(21) and 12-120(a)(22) of the City Code, concerning rates and discounts for parking facilities operated by the City.

Ordinance No. 2016-051 To amend and reordain the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for section 23-42 (concerning fees for solid waste) of the City Code, effective as of the date of rendering bills for Cycle I in July, 2016, to establish revised charges for such services.

Ordinance No. 2016-052 To adopt the Debt Service Fund Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2016, and ending Jun. 30, 2017, and to appropriate the estimated expenditures from the Debt Service Fund for the said fiscal year.

Ordinance No. 2016-053 To adopt the General Fund Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2016, and ending Jun. 30, 2017; and to appropriate the estimated revenues for such fiscal year for the objects and purposes stated in the said budget.

Ordinance No. 2016-054 To amend and reordain the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for sections 26-873(a), 26-874(b), 26-931(a), 26932, 26-933(a), 26-940(a), 26-941(a), 26-941(b), 26942(a), 26-948(d), 26-951, 26-952(a), 26-953, 26-954, 26-955(a), 26-956(a), 26957, 26-958, 26-960(a), 26-961, 26-964, 26-967(a), 26-969, 26-970, 26-971, 26-972(a), 26-972(j), 26973, 26-974, 26-980(c), 26-989(b), 26-990(a), 26990(b), 26-991(a), 26992(a), 26-993, 26-994(a), 26-995, 26-996, 26-998, 26-1000, 26-1001(a), 26-1001(b), 26-1002(a), 26-1003, 26-1006(a), 261007(a), 26-1007(b), 261007(c), and 26-1008(a) concerning license fees to increase the license fee for certain licenses from $30.00 to $50.00.

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the fees set forth therein for City Code §§ 26-977 and 26-978.

Ordinance No. 2016-056 To amend City Code §§ 26-984 and 26-986, concerning license taxes for peddlers of crabs and for hawkers and hucksters, respectively, for the purpose of increasing the license tax for peddlers of crabs and for hawkers and hucksters from $225.00 to $300.00.

Ordinance No. 2016-057 To appropriate and to provide funds for financing the school budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2016, and ending Jun. 30, 2017.

Ordinance No. 2016-058 To accept a program of proposed Capital Improvement Projects for the fiscal year beginning Jul. 1, 2016, and for the four fiscal years thereafter; to adopt a Capital Budget for the fiscal year beginning Jul. 1, 2016; and to determine the means of financing the same.

Ordinance No. 2016-059 To adopt the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities’ Richmond Cemeteries Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2016, and ending Jun. 30, 2017; to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Richmond Cemeteries for the said fiscal year for the operation and management of the facilities.

Ordinance No. 2016-060 To adopt the Internal Service Fund Budgets for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2016, and ending Jun. 30, 2017, and to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Internal Service funds for the said fiscal year.

Ordinance No. 2016-061 To authorize the issuance of general obligation equipment notes of the City of Richmond in the maximum principal amount of $5,500,000 to finance the cost of equipment for the following purposes and uses: acquisition of equipment and vehicles for the stormwater utility of the City; to authorize the Director of Finance, with the approval of the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City, to sell equipment notes to finance the acquisition of such equipment; and to authorize the issuance of taxable notes, for the same purposes and uses, in the same maximum principal amount and payable over the same period as such general obligation equipment notes.

Ordinance No. 2016-062 To authorize the issuance of public utility revenue bonds of the City of Richmond in the maximum principal amount of $110,676,000 to finance the cost of capital improvement projects of the gas, water and wastewater utilities and public utilities buildings and facilities for the following purposes and uses: enlargement, extension, repair, replacement, improvement and equipping of the gas plant and transmission lines; enlargement, extension, repair, replacement, improvement and equipping of the waterworks plant and transmission lines; enlargement, extension, repair, replacement, improvement and equipping of the wastewater plant and intercepting lines; construction, reconstruction, repair, replacement, and improvement of sanitary and storm water sewers, pumping stations, drains and culverts; construction, reconstruction, repair, replacement, improvement and equipping of public utility buildings and facilities therefor, including but not limited to the stores division; and acquisition of real property and real property rights (including without limitation easements and rights-of-way) therefor as appropriate; to authorize the Director of Finance, with the approval of the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City, to sell such bonds for such capital improvement projects; to provide for the form, details and payment of such bonds; to approve the form of supplemental indenture of trust; to authorize the issuance of notes of the City in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds; and to authorize the issuance of taxable bonds, for the same purposes and uses, in the same maximum principal amount and payable over the same period as such public utility revenue bonds.

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needs, including traffic control facilities, streets, sidewalks and other public ways, bridges, storm sewers, drains and culverts, and refuse disposal facilities; participation in redevelopment, conservation and community development programs, including the construction, reconstruction, improvement and equipment for targeted public facilities included in these programs; construction, reconstruction, improvements and equipment for public institutional, operational, cultural, educational and entertainment buildings and facilities, including but not limited to the theaters, parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, libraries and museums; acquisition of real property therefor as appropriate; and the making of appropriations to the City’s Economic Development Authority (“EDA”) to be used by the EDA to finance capital expenditures or to make loans or grants to finance capital expenditures for the purposes of promoting economic development; to authorize the Director of Finance, with the approval of the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City, to sell such bonds for such capital improvement projects, to provide for the form, details and payment of such bonds; to authorize the issuance of notes of the City in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds; and to authorize the issuance of taxable bonds, for the same purposes and uses, in the same maximum principal amount and payable over the same period as such general obligation public improvement bonds.

Code, effective as of the date of rendering bills for Cycle I in July, 2016, to establish revised charges for such services.

Ordinance No. 2016-064 To cancel all authorized but unissued notes authorized by the City of Richmond in Fiscal Year 20142015, to authorize the issuance of general obligation equipment notes of the City of Richmond in the maximum principal amount of $5,000,000 to finance the cost of equipment for the following purposes and uses: acquisition of computer, radio, office, solid waste collection, office furniture and miscellaneous equipment and vehicles for the various departments, bureaus and agencies of the City, and equipment for City schools; and to authorize the Director of Finance, with the approval of the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City, to sell equipment notes to finance the acquisition of such equipment, and to authorize the issuance of taxable notes, for the same purposes and uses, in the same maximum principal amount and payable over the same period as such general obligation equipment notes.

Ordinance No. 2016-072 To adopt the Water Utility Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2016, and ending Jun. 30, 2017; to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Water Utility for the said fiscal year; and to make appropriations from the Water Utility Renewal Fund or Operating Fund for renewing, rebuilding or extending the plant and distribution system of the Water Utility and for the purchase of vehicles.

Ordinance No. 2016-065 To amend section 12A of Article III of Ord. No. 93-117-159, adopted May 24, 1993, concerning salary supplements for the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office, to provide the Commonwealth Attorney with a salary supplement of $46,768 and a contribution to the Virginia Retirement System on his behalf of $9,713 and to provide the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office with $783,169 for salary supplements and $185,229 for a contribution to the Virginia Retirement System for members of the office for Fiscal Year 2016-2017.

Ordinance No. 2016-066 To amend section 12B of Article III of Ord. No. 93-117-159, adopted May 24, 1993, concerning salary supplements for the Sheriff’s Office, to provide the Sheriff with a salary supplement of $23,069 and the Sheriff’s Office with $2,897,868 for salary supplements for members of the office for Fiscal Year 2016-2017.

Ordinance No. 2016-067 To amend and reordain the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for section 23-42(b) (concerning charges for recycling by the City) to increase the charges for recycling by the City.

Ordinance No. 2016-068 To amend and reordain sections 3 and 25 of Article III of Ordinance No. 93-117-159, adopted May 24, 1993, to suspend the Educational Incentive Program for certain Police and Fire Officers for Fiscal Year 2016-2017.

Ordinance No. 2016-055 To amend City Code §§ 26-977 (concerning vehicle license fees for motor vehicles) and 26978 (concerning vehicle license fees for motorcycles) for the purpose of providing that such license fees shall be equal to the equivalent fee imposed by Va. Code § 46.2-694, and to amend Appendix A of the City Code by repealing

Ordinance No. 2016-063 To authorize the issuance of general obligation public improvement bonds of the City of Richmond in the maximum principal amount of $62,500,000 to finance the cost of school projects and general capital improvement projects of the City for the following purposes and uses: construction, reconstruction, improvements and equipment for public schools; construction, reconstruction, improvement and equipment for various infrastructure

Ordinance No. 2016-069 To amend and reordain certain fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for sections 28650 (concerning fees for residential wastewater service), 28-651 (concerning fees for commercial wastewater service), 28-652 (concerning fees for industrial wastewater service), 28-653 (concerning fees for state and federal wastewater service), 28-654 (concerning fees for municipal wastewater service) and 28-799 (concerning fees for discharge of hauled materials into designated septage receiving stations by contractors) of the City

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Ordinance No. 2016-070 To amend and reordain the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for sections 28-326 (concerning fees for residential water service), 28-327 (concerning fees for commercial water service), 28328 (concerning fees for industrial water service), 28-329 (concerning fees for municipal water service), 28-330 (concerning fees for state and federal water service), 28-458 (concerning fees for water for fire protection) and 28-549 (concerning fees for water use during conservation periods) of the City Code, effective as of the date of rendering bills for Cycle I in July, 2016, to establish revised charges for such services.

Ordinance No. 2016-071 To amend and reordain the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for sections 28-191(2) and 28-191(3) (concerning fees for residential gas service), 28-192(2) (concerning fees for residential gas peaking service), 28193(2) (concerning fees for general gas service), 28-195(f) and 28-196(f) (concerning fees for transportation service), 28198(2) (concerning fees for municipal gas service), 28-202(c) (concerning fees for large volume gas sales service), and 28-203(c) (concerning fees for large volume, high load factor, gas sales service) of the City Code, effective as of the date of rendering bills for Cycle I in July 2016, to establish revised charges for such services.

Ordinance No. 2016-073 To adopt the Department of Public Utilities’ Stores Internal Service Fund Budgets for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2016, and ending Jun. 30, 2017; and to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Department of Public Utilities’ Stores Internal Service Funds for the said fiscal year.

Ordinance No. 2016-074 To adopt the Gas Utility Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2016, and ending Jun. 30, 2017; to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Gas Utility for the said fiscal year; and to make appropriations from the Gas Utility Renewal Fund or Operating Fund for renewing, rebuilding or extending the plant and distribution system of the Gas Utility and for the purchase of vehicles.

Ordinance No. 2016-075 To adopt the Wastewater Utility Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2016, and ending Jun. 30, 2017; to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Wastewater Utility for the said fiscal year; and to make appropriations from the Wastewater Utility Renewal Fund or Operating Fund for renewing, rebuilding or extending the plant and distribution system of the Wastewater Utility and for the purchase of vehicles.

Ordinance No. 2016-076 To adopt the Stormwater Utility Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2016, and ending Jun. 30, 2017; to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Stormwater Utility for the said fiscal year; and to make appropriations from the Stormwater Utility Renewal Fund or Operating Fund for renewing, rebuilding or extending the plant and distribution system of the stormwater utility and for the purchase of vehicles.

Ordinance No. 2016-077 To adopt the Electric Utility Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2016, and ending Jun. 30, 2017; to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Electric Utility for the said fiscal year; and to make appropriations from the Electric Utility Renewal Fund or Operating Fund for renewing, rebuilding or extending the plant and distribution system of the Electric Utility and for the purchase of vehicles.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so.

Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Jean V. Capel City Clerk

City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, April 11, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinance: Ordinance No. 2016-094 To amend and reordain City Code § 2-1082, concerning the composition of the Audit Committee, for the purpose of clarifying membership requirements. (Committee: Organizational Development, Monday, April 4, 2016, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2016-098 To declare that a public necessity exists and to authorize the acquisition of certain interests in real estate located east of Capitol Square for improvements related to Main Street Station and for public right-of-way purposes.

Ordinance No. 2016-099 To declare surplus and direct the conveyance of City-owned interests in real estate located east of Capitol Square for nominal consideration for the purpose of clarifying the property interests held by the City and the Commonwealth.

Ordinance No. 2016-100 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the total amount of $99,125 from the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy; and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Capital Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Public Works’ Fleet Replacement Program project in the City Equipment and Other Infrastructure Investment category by $99,125 for the purpose of abating the cost of purchasing replacement vehicles fueled by compressed natural gas.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so.

Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Jean V. Capel City Clerk

City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, April 18, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, April 25, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinance: Ordinance No. 2016-102 To authorize the conditional use of the property known as 100 South 14th Street for the purpose of authorizing a nightclub, upon certain terms and conditions. The Richmond Downtown Master Plan designates this property as an Urban Center Area.

“Shockoe Slip is also an example of a classic urban center condition, with a dense mix of office space, apartments, and retail located in four to six-story brick buildings that front the street. Pedestrians have an active presence in these neighborhoods (p. 3.26).”

Ordinance No. 2016-103 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1326 North 26th Street for the purpose of permitting a single family detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. The B-2 Community Business District does not permit single family dwelling units and therefore the applicant is requesting a special use permit. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan speaks of Land Use policies and strategies within the East Planning District. It states that infill development of like density and use is appropriate. In addition, the predominate land uses in the district are residential in nature, and these uses should be preserved. In general the plan shows that it is in keeping with traditional residential development patterns for the district in regards to density and land use.

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Ordinance No. 2016-104 To rezone the properties known as 423 Hull Street, 501 Hull Street, 505 Hull Street, 521 Hull Street, 601 Hull Street, 609 Hull Street, 490 Bainbridge Street, 500 Bainbridge Street, 600 Bainbridge Street, and 20 West 6th Street from B-7 MixedUse Business District to B-5 Central Business District. The Richmond Downtown Plan designates the property as part of the Urban Center Area, which is characterized by higher density, mixed-use development, typically arranged on a fine-grained street network, with wide sidewalks, regular tree planting, and minimal setbacks. No residential density is specified for the Urban Center Area.

Ordinance No. 2016-105 To close, to public use and travel, a portion of North 12th Street and Governor Street from its intersection with East Broad Street to its intersection with Bank Street, consisting of 50,337± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions, and to repeal Ord. No. 2005-162-152, adopted Jul. 25, 2005, and Ord. No. 2005-231-209, adopted Oct. 10, 2005.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so.

Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Jean V. Capel City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Andrea Jane Pforter, Plaintiff, v.

Jeremy Lee Pforter, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16-1070-4 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 separation for over one year.

It appearing from an affidavit that diligence was used by or on behalf of the plaintiff, without effect, to ascertain the location of the defendant, Jeremy Lee Pforter, and that he cannot be found, it is ordered that the defendant appear before this Court before June 16, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., and do what is necessary to protect his interest herein.

A Copy: Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Mark H. Schmidt (VSB # 44521) COMMONWEALTH DIVORCE PLLC 41 Welford Lane Newport News, Virginia 23606 Telephone: (804) 525-0826 Counsel for the Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SHARON HOLLAND, Plaintiff v.

REGINALD HOLLAND, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16000730-00 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 28th day of April, 2016 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD PHILLIP M. SAMPLE, Plaintiff v.

ANDREA LYNN SAMPLE, Defendant Case No.: 041CL15002757 ORDER OF PUBLICATION 2/26/2016

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for more than one year. An Affidavit having been filed that Defendant, Andrea Lynn Sample, is not a resident of the State of Virginia and that her last known address is 205 VFW Road, Lot 4, Grovetown, Georgia 30813, it is ORDERED that the Defendant appear before this Court on or before the 21st day of April, 2016 at 8:30 a.m., to protect her interest in this suit.

An Extract, Teste: WENDY S. HUGHES, Clerk Earl J. Gee, (VSB # 20043) McEachin & Gee, P.C. 211 East German School Road Richmond, VA 23224 (804) 864-5291 (phone) (804) 864-5292 (fax) Counsel for Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT Continued on next column

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COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MIRIAM DELGADO, Plaintiff v.

JOSEPH LUDWIG, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16000712-00 ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM

It appearing that the defendant, Joseph Ludwig, Inmate #1004888, is currently incarcerated in Greensville Correctional Center, 901 Corrections Way, Jarratt, VA 23870, and as such, is considered a person under a disability, on motion of the plaintiff, and pursuant to Virginia Code Section 8.01-297, the Court does appoint Theodore M. Galanides, Esquire, 262 East Williamsburg Road, Sandston, Virginia 23150, a discreet and competent attorney at law, as Guardian ad litem for the said Joseph Ludwig in this divorce proceeding and directs that the Guardian ad litem file such responsive pleadings on behalf of Joseph Ludwig as are deemed advisable within twenty four days of his receipt of this Order.

Let the Clerk certify copies of this Order to all Counsel of record and the herein appointed Guardian ad litem.

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

of April, 2016 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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER WILLETTA MOORE, Plaintiff v.

ANTHONY MOORE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16000657-00 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 20th day of April, 2016 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER RODJALYN PENDERGRASS-DAVIS, Plaintiff v.

REGINALD DAVIS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16000554-00 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 20th day of April, 2016 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ABDUL JOSEPH KOOMSON, Plaintiff v.

SANDRA BOONE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16000627-00 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 20th day of April, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ROBIN BARBER, Plaintiff v.

LEON BARBER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16000626-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER DIVONYA ROBINSON, Plaintiff v.

CLIFTON ROBINSON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000282-00 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 20th day of April, 2016 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MARISHA HICKS, Plaintiff v.

ROBERT HICKS, JR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL16000628-00 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 20th day of April, 2016 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ZERITA NEWMAN, Plaintiff v.

BRIAN NEWMAN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16000622-00 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 20th day of April, 2016 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER PATRICIA GRAHAM, Plaintiff v.

DAMIAN WILLIAMSON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16000549-00 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 20th day of April, 2016 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER WAVERLY FERRELL, Plaintiff v.

LEVONE FERRELL, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16000428-00 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 April, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

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Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ANTHONY EDMONDS, Plaintiff v.

JESSICA EDMONDS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL14000695-00 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 20th day of April, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her 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

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Virginia, in re KALIAwn JOVOAN ALEXANDER, CHARLENE & JAMES ALEXANDER v.

Unknown father & KEISHA ALEXANDER Case No. JJ087366-01-02-00 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Determine custody of Kaliawn Jovoan Alexander, (DOB: 5/6/2014),whose mother is Kiesha Alexander and whose father is unknown, pursuant to Section 16.1241(A3) of the Code of Virginia.

It is ORDERED that the defendant the unknown father appear at the above-named Court and protect his interests on or before May 16, 2016 at 9:00 A.M.

defendant the unknown father appear at the above-named Court and protect his interests on or before May 16, 2016 at 9:00 A.M.

TYRELL D. MOORE Case No. JJ060284-04-01 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Amend custody of Ky’rell Jovoante Alexander, (DOB: 8/29/2005),whose mother is Kiesha Alexander and whose father is Tyrell D. Moore (last known address 8120 Bradbury Road, Henrico, VA 23231), pursuant to Section 16.1-241(A3) of the Code of Virginia.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Tyrell D. Moore appear at the above-named Court and protect his interests on or before May 16, 2016 at 9:00 A.M.

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virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt IN the COunty of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re KENDRICK JAYLON ALEXANDER, CHARLOTTE ALEXANDER-PRYOR & RICHARDO PRYOR v.

Unknown father & KEISHA ALEXANDER Case No. JJ070871-03-00, 04-00 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Determine custody of Kendrick Jaylon Alexander, (DOB: 7/15/2009),whose mother is Kiesha Alexander and whose father is unknown, pursuant to Section 16.1241(A3) of the Code of Virginia.

It is ORDERED that the

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virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt IN the COunty of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Ky’RELl J ALEXANDER, CHARLOTTE ALEXANDER-PRYOR & RICHARDO PRYOR v.

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B8 March 31-April 2, 2016

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Serena upset in fourth round of Miami Open Associated Press

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. Serena Williams had been out of the tournament for less than 20 minutes when she climbed into her white Mini Cooper with the checkerboard top and pulled away from the players’ parking lot, fastening her seat belt as she drove.

A hasty departure, for sure.

Williams’ 20-match winning streak at Key Biscayne ended Monday with a 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-2 loss to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round of the upset-filled Miami Open.

Williams was bidding for her ninth title in the event and her fourth in a row. But after a grueling first set that lasted nearly an hour, the 21-time Grand Slam champion faded on a sweltering afternoon.

It was her earliest exit at Key Biscayne since 2000, when she lost in the fourth round to Jennifer Capriati.

“I did the best I could,” she said during a post-match news conference that lasted less than three minutes before she cut it off. “I can’t win every match. These players come out and play me like they’ve never played before in their lives. I have to be 300 percent every day.”

Williams, 34, will retain the No. 1 ranking, but she hasn’t won a tournament since earning her 69th title at Cincinnati in August.

“She’s still No. 1, and she still plays great,” Kuznetsova said. “I don’t see much to be depressed about.”

A wave of upsets continued on the men’s side, too, with No. 2 Andy Murray dropping the final five games against No. 26 Grigor Dimitrov to lose 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-3.

Murray played in the late afternoon and declined to blame the heat, but he committed 22 unforced errors in the final set and 55 total.

He was broken six times, including in his final three service games.

“I made many more mistakes than usual, especially in the third set,” said Murray, a two-time Key Biscayne champion. “He was more solid than me.”

Murray’s elimination leaves the tournament without four of the five top-seeded men. Among them only No. 1 Novak Djokovic reached the round of 16.

The No. 15-seeded Kuznetsova beat Wil-

Lynne Sladsky/Associated Press

Serena Williams hits a hard return in her losing effort against Svetlana Kuznetsova at Miami Open Monday. “I can’t win every match,” Serena said after the World No. 1 bowed to the long-shot No. 15 seed.

liams with defense, repeatedly extending points until she forced a mistake. The Russian finished with only 18 unforced errors to 55

for Williams.

In addition, Williams’ serve was uncharacteristically unreliable. She hit 13 aces but

also had nine double faults and was broken six times.

Williams said the 91-degree temperature — a record for the date — didn’t faze her.

“Physically I’m fine,” she said. “I don’t know, I guess I didn’t move today. Maybe that was one of the things that didn’t work out for me.”

Kuznetsova, 30, won Key Biscayne 10 years ago and is into the quarterfinals for the first time since 2009.

“I’m too old,” she told the crowd. “I’ve been many times on this court. I love being back here, and I’m really happy with my performance.”

Also sidelined were No. 3 seed Agnieszka Radwanska and No. 4 Garbine Muguruza.

Two-time champion Victoria Azarenka, seeded 13th, committed only 12 unforced errors and defeated Muguruza 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4). No. 19 Timea Bacsinszky eliminated Radwanska 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.

No. 2 Angelique Kerber played past midnight to eliminate Timea Babos 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.

In other men’s play, No. 12 Milos Raonic held every service game to beat the last American in the men’s draw, No. 22 Jack Sock, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

Williams lives 90 minutes from Key Biscayne and has long considered the event her home tournament. But the stadium was twothirds empty for her match, partly because of weather so uncomfortable some spectators draped towels over their heads seeking refuge from the sweltering sun.

Williams played a flawless tiebreaker, hitting two aces and three other winners. But after she lost serve to fall behind 3-1 in the second set, her play became more flat-footed.

At least twice she failed to pursue shots from Kuznetsova.

In the third set, Williams tried hitting balls as hard as she could, and some went for winners. But she double-faulted to fall behind 4-1, and Kuznetsova held twice to close out the victory.

There was no smiling by either player as they met at the net to shake hands. Kuznetsova improved to 3-8 against Williams and beat her for the first time since the 2009 French Open quarterfinals.

“It’s obviously disappointing,” Williams said, “but I’ve won here a lot, so it’s OK.”

Incentives extend Coach Wade’s contract to 2023-24 season After one year on the job, Virginia Commonwealth University officials obviously liked what they saw in basketball Coach Will Wade.

On Tuesday, the 33-year-old Wade agreed to an “enhancement rich” contract that will extend his position through the 2023-24 season.

“Coach Wade did an excellent job with our program this year and we’re excited about the future,” said VCU Athletic Director Ed McLaughlin in a prepared announcement.

Financial details were not announced but McLaughlin said the pact will include “enhancements” (salary

Russell Wilson at Forum April 2 Seattle Seahawks star quarterback Russell Wilson, out of Collegiate School in Henrico County, is scheduled to team up with renowned Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. for an evening of discussion 8 p.m.

Saturday, April 2, at the Richmond Forum at the Altria Theater.

Under the theme “Roots of a Champion,” Dr. Gates will talk w i t h Wi l s o n about the family legacy and influences that have made him the man he is today, according to organizers of the event, which Russell Wilson is sold out.

Wilson has earned plaudits from fans and peers alike for his leadership on and off the field.

In 2013, he earned Rookie of the Year honors in the National Football League, then he helped lead the Seahawks to the Super Bowl title in 2014 with a win over the Denver Broncos.

Dr. Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard. His also is a historian, literary scholar and social activist.

and other amenities) worth up to $750,000. The “enhancements” will be privately funded, McLaughlin said.

Last spring, Coach Wade signed a five-year deal as Shaka Smart’s successor worth about $1 million per year in base salary.

With added performance incentives this season, Wade picked up an additional $125,000.

“My wife (Lauren) and I love it here at VCU and we are excited about 2016-17 and beyond,” Coach Wade said.

The Rams were 25-11 this season while earning a share of the Atlantic

10 regular season championship and advancing to Round 32 of the NCAA Tournament with a win over Oregon State University.

VCU then was eliminated by the University of Oklahoma in a tense 8581 match in which the Rams led twice during the second half. Oklahoma has since advanced to the Final Four.

Time became an issue with the contract extension. VCU felt its coach was in demand elsewhere and didn’t want to lose him.

Coach Wade’s name was mentioned earlier this week as a possible replacement for Kevin Stallings at Vanderbilt

University in Nashville. Coach Stallings left Vanderbilt after 17 seasons to become coach at Pittsburgh.

Coach Wade is a native of Nashville and has deep family connections with the Southeastern Conference university.

VCU loses two starting seniors — Melvin Johnson and Korey Billbury — from this year, but a strong nucleus returns along with a promising group of recruits and red-shirts.

The Rams are likely to be a preseason pick to finish near or at the top of the Atlantic 10 Conference for the 2016-17 season.

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