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Descendant pushes to be recognized by Pamunkey Tribe despite vestiges of ‘Black Laws’

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The Pamunkey Indian Tribe’s fight in the General Assembly for the right to build gambling casinos in Richmond and Norfolk is shining a renewed spotlight on the tribe’s use of racial bigotry to ensure its survival.

The tribe’s history of white supremacist policies and practices — though sharply disputed by tribal Chief Robert Gray — have largely flown under the radar during this session of the General Assembly and went almost unnoticed during the tribe’s long years of applying for federal recognition.

According to documents the Free Press has obtained, the Pamunkey enacted “Black Laws” that mirrored Virginia laws to suppress African-Americans. The tribe did it to fend off efforts from hostile white neighbors to push them off their 1,200-acre reservation in King William County.

Beginning in 1861 as the Civil War started, the tribe passed an internal law authorizing the banishment of any

member whose family was connected in any way with African-Americans.

The racial cleansing was almost essential for the tribe, which supported the Union. Like other Virginia Indians, the Pamunkey were almost wiped out between 1924 and 1975 when the state refused to recognize Indians as a separate ethnic group and classified them as African-Americans.

During World War II, members of the Pamunkey and other Virginia tribes fought against being drafted if they were to be assigned to African-American units in the racially segregated military. As was the case in World War I, they would agree to be assigned only to white units.

Still, even after the state’s Racial Purity Law was repealed in 1975, the Pamunkey kept on its books its law banning interracial marriage.

The tribal law stated that “No member of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe shall intermarry with any other person other

Courtesy of Jasmine N. Anderson

Jasmine N. Anderson, seen here in her Essex County home, has amassed a voluminous file of documents, photos and other information in her five-year quest to prove her direct descent from Pamunkey ancestors.

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Developer interest in Coliseum and Downtown persists despite claims

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Developer interest in the vacant Richmond Coliseum and Downtown real estate near it appears to be alive and well.

Evidence of that interest continues to flow in, undermining previous claims that Richmond City Council’s Feb. 10 decision to kill the $1.5 billion Richmond Coliseum replacement plan and associated development would prevent anything from happening.

In recent weeks, reports have emerged that three new hotels are in the planning stage or are already underway on Main Street, Franklin Street and Duval Street in and around the city’s center.

Mayor Meanwhile, additional apartment construction is planned or moving forward in other parts of Downtown or on the fringe, including plans for replacing a gas station at Lombardy and Broad streets with a 12-story apartment building. That project was approved

by City Council on a 7-2 vote Monday night.

Even more telling, one ambitious company, Washington, D.C.-based Douglas Development, has submitted a proposal to buy the Coliseum and other nearby city property for $15 million.

In a Feb. 18 letter, the company, a major player in the nation’s capital and in Richmond’s Downtown, promised to renovate and reopen the Richmond Coliseum and undertake other development on 14 acres of city property in and around the arena.

While Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s administration on Feb. 20 brushed off the proposal as inadequate, the solicitation unquestionably was a wake-up call to City Hall and City Council that other developers are interested in that property.

Stoney The council rejected the $1.5 billion plan launched by Dominion Energy’s top executive, Thomas F. “Tom” Farrell II, and backed

by Mayor Stoney that would have replaced the Coliseum and created new offices, hotels, apartments and restaurants in Downtown. Officials

claimed rejecting the plan by the Navy Hill District Corp. would be a development killer.

Council Vice President Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, said the Douglas Development proposal shows that the city’s underused property in the Coliseum area is in demand and “that we need to get moving on this.”

Near the end of Monday’s council meeting, Council President Cynthia I. Newbille sought to do just that, based on a resolution council also

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School Board sends $436M budget to Mayor Stoney

By Ronald E. Carrington

Richmond Public Schools is calling on City Hall and taxpayers to boost spending on public education by $21 million during the next school year in a bid to advance its strategic plan for educational improvement.

Incorporating a 4 percent increase in pay for teachers and other staff, the RPS request for an increase in the city’s contribution would represent a 12 percent jump on the record $175 million city contribution being provided this year.

In a 6-1 vote with two abstentions, the Richmond School Board on Monday issued the call in approving a record $436 million spending plan to fund instruction and other operations in the 2020-21 fiscal year beginning July 1. That total does not

include any of the city funds is approved by the mayor to build, renovate or maintain and City Council, per pupil public school buildings. spending would rise from the The vote sent the proposed current $16,600 per student to “needs” budget to Mayor Levar around $18,200 per student, M. Stoney and his administra- an increase of $1,600 per tion to consider for student. inclusion in the budBoard Chairget plan for 2020-21 woman Linda Owen, that he will present 9th District, led the to Richmond City majority in approvCouncil on Friday, ing most of SuMarch 6. perintendent Jason Under the RPS Kamras’ budget recplan, the city’s conommendations to the tribution would rise mayor’s office. The Mr. Kamras to $196 million in board will approve fiscal 2020-21. That would its actual budget for the next add to the state’s contribution fiscal year in June, after City that is expected to jump $17 Council deals with the mayor’s million to around $152 million proposed spending plan and in total support and the nearly provides the actual figures on $90 million the school system the city’s contribution. receives from grants and federal During budget season last contributions.

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Landscape of The Coliseum in Downtown Richmond

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passed Feb. 10 laying out a path forward. That path includes creation of a plan for the public property that city residents could participate in developing and getting the city to appraise the property and develop an assessment of the infrastructure needs.

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Voters in Virginia are getting their chance to help select the Democratic contender to face President Trump in the fall election.

The high-stakes party primary will take place next Tuesday, March 3 — dubbed Super Tuesday because voters in 13 other states also will be casting ballots that day.

Polls in Richmond and across the state will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. to allow voters to make their choice.

Any registered voter can participate because Virginia does not require voters to list a party preference and there is no Republican primary.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg appear to be the front-runners in the Commonwealth, according to recent polling. But the only results that will count will be those from the ballot box.

Six other candidates are vying for voter support: Former Vice President Joe Biden, former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Sen. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, businessman Tom Steyer and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.

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Ready for Mardi Gras There’s nothing like a colorful mask and beads to get into the spirit of Mardi Gras.

Youngsters, from left, Kendall Lewis, 5; Qaiden Lewis, 6; Mekiyan Clanton, 11; and Khalil Abraham, 4, are ready for the festivities last Saturday at Dogtown Dance Theatre’s 10th Annual Mardi Gras RVA, which kicked off with a parade. See additional coverage, B3.

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On a clear or cloudy day, several Richmond schools are generating energy to help power their facility. Here, solar panels on the roof of Lucille M. Brown Middle School on Jahnke Road in South Side are the latest effort by Richmond Public Schools to “Go Green” and cut energy costs. Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras, Gov. Ralph S. Northam and other officials held a news conference last Friday at the school to announce that the last of 10 city schools now have solar panels. The panels will produce enough electricity to cover about 24 percent of the schools’ electrical needs. The $2.9 million project, which also includes an energy monitoring system, was completed during the summer and was paid for by a grant from RVA Slices of life and scenes Solar Fund, part of the in Richmond Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond, and were developed by Secure Futures Solar, a clean energy company. The panels will save RPS approximately $2 million in utility costs over the next 20 years, or about $100,000 annually, officials said. Officials said it is the largest solar energy system at a K-12 school division in Virginia to date.

The other city schools with solar panels are Huguenot High School, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School and Oak Grove, Miles J. Jones, Linwood Holton, Blackwell, Fisher, Broad Rock and G.H. Reid elementary schools.

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Judge dismisses $30M lawsuit stemming from traffic stop

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A judge has thrown out a Richmond woman’s $30 million lawsuit claiming civil rights violations by a Richmond Police officer and the city government after she was handcuffed during a traffic stop.

Retired Judge Joseph J. Ellis recently dismissed the year-old suit filed on behalf of Thelma N. Brown after upholding claims from the officer, Benjamin J. Frazer, and City Hall that they were immune from the lawsuit.

Judge Ellis of Spotsylvania County was appointed to hear the case after the Richmond Circuit Court judges asked the state Supreme Court to bring in an outside judge with no connections to the city.

The case stemmed from a nighttime traffic stop Nov. 19, 2018, on Midlothian Turnpike as Ms. Brown was driving home.

Officer Frazer, who is white, stopped Ms. Brown, who is African-American, and issued her two tickets, one for a defective headlight and the other for a defective taillight Officer Frazer on her vehicle. Before writing the tickets, he handcuffed her when she got out of the car.

The tickets ended up being dismissed in Richmond General District Court, and two attorneys, Christopher L. Anderson and David P. Baugh, filed the lawsuit in a bid to punish the officer and the city, but also, according to the suit, to encourage the city to “identify and develop strategies to actively discourage … discriminatory practices and equal justice violations.”

The suit alleged that Ms. Brown was a prime example of the mistreatment police mete out to African-American motorists, including putting them in restraints.

The city argued that it could not be sued under the doctrine of sovereign immunity that generally bars individuals from suing a governmental entity unless that entity has agreed to be sued.

Officer Frazer also claimed that he was due qualified immunity that courts generally afford police for their actions while on duty.

In this case, Officer Frazer argued that he did not arrest Ms. Brown, but simply held her in detention for both her safety and his while he completed writing the tickets. He said he was simply following standard police protocol.

St. Luke Building ready for tenants

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The historic 117-year-old office building in which Richmond business great Maggie L. Walker launched a bank and led a crusade for African-American economic independence has been renovated into an apartment building that is ready to welcome its first tenants.

The final touches are being applied to the St. Luke Building at 900 St. James St., the former home of the Independent Order of St. Luke, a fraternal society and burial insurance group that Mrs. Walker revived and led into the areas of banking, publishing and retailing.

Dodson Property Management of Richmond already is showing some of the units to potential renters.

Mrs. Walker led the construction of the order’s headquarters building in relocating

done, with hopes others will follow.

Beginning in 2017, they joined with attorney and developer Charles Ayers Jr. of River City Ventures to convert the four-story building into 12 apartments, with two more in an annex building next door. The cost was pegged at about $3.6 million.

Mr. Ayers said the first floor of the historic building is reserved for commercial space in which he said there has been substantial interest.

He said there also are talks about installing a community day care center in the final piece of the project, a vacant two-story home at the corner of St. James and Charity streets that long ago housed the state’s first post-Civil War orphanage for African-American children.

“Our goal has been to revive this area along with Maggie Walker’s vision of empowerment for our community,” said Wanda

St. Luke Building

the organization to Richmond. She also started the St. Luke’s Penny Savings Bank in the building in 1903, becoming the first African-American woman in the nation to charter and run a financial institution While relatively small compared to apartments planned elsewhere in the city, the development is big for the Gilpin Court area that lies north of Interstates 95 and 64 that dissected Jackson Ward in the 1950s and is best known for the public housing community that has been its most prominent feature since the early 1940s.

The idea of development in this area has essentially been a nonstarter for decades, until now.

While at least one other apartment project is in the works nearby, St. Luke Building owners Wanda and Margaret Stallings are taking the lead in showing what can be

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Stallings, whose family has owned the St. Luke Building and associated property for nearly 50 years. “This shows what can be accomplished and lays the foundation for a new day for this community.

“Where others see poverty, blight and decay, we see an opportunity to create a brighter future for the residents who make their home here and for our city,” said Ms. Stallings, daughter of the late James R. Stallings Sr., who bought the building from the declining St. Luke group in 1971 and amassed other properties around it as well as in Jackson Ward.

The proposed rents represent a sea change, ranging from $800 a month for an efficiency to $1,750 a month for a twobedroom, two-bath unit, Mr. Ayers said.

Although the renovation has taken nearly three years, the Stallings-Ayers group is

now far ahead of Richmond Redevelopment and Housing, which controls the bulk of the property in Gilpin Court and has bought up most of the remaining private holdings other than those owned by the Stallings and the family of the late Dr. Benjamin J. Lambert III, who maintained an optometry practice in Gilpin Court for several decades.

A few years ago, RRHA talked about transforming the public housing area into a mixed-income community, but that effort has long stalled as the city put priority on overhauling the Creighton Court public housing community in the East End. For the past five years, RRHA’s biggest project for Gilpin Court has involved replacing a 200-unit Fay Towers high rise for the elderly nearby at 1st and Hill streets.

Currently, a nonprofit partner is completing the second phase of that work with a 154-unit complex a few blocks south at 1st and Duval streets.

The final phase would involve the renovation of the former Baker School into 51 apartments located two blocks west of the St. Luke Building, but that work has yet to begin.

The Stallings still own several blocks and a total of 5 acres near the St. Luke Building that they are eyeing for future development.

Still, getting the St. Luke Building done proved a test of patience and stamina.

Wanda Stallings and Mr. Ayers struggled to get initial approvals and were forced to spend more on unplanned items that the city required to gain needed permits.

The building permit, alone, took seven months, as various departments threw up bureaucratic roadblocks that drew public criticism from then-City Council President Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District.

While at least one issue involving property taxes remains unresolved, Mr. Ayers said the atmosphere and relationship with the city has improved. He said the building recently received the occupancy permits that allow units to be leased.

Local architects receive Gray candidacy announcement set for Sunday; another mayoral challenger expected top industry recognition Two African-American architects are among five Virginians who have been named to receive the top honor of the American Institute of Architects — induction into the AIA’s College of Fellows, the equivalent of its hall of fame.

Robert L. Easter and R. Corey Clayborne, both of the Richmond area, will be celebrated at the Region of The Virginias Fellows Fete on March 28 in Richmond and again at the AIA Conference on Architecture in Los Angeles in mid-May. Mr. Easter, who currently serves as chair of the Hampton University Department of Architecture and as president of KEI Architects in Richmond, was cited as “a passionate, vocal and successful Mr. Easter Mr. Clayborne advocate for diversity and inclusion in the profession.

“His activism and leadership, including service as president of the National Organization of Minority Architects, inspires a stronger learning environment for students and emerging professionals,” the AIA stated.

Mr. Clayborne, executive vice president of AIA’s Virginia affiliate, deserves recognition, the AIA stated, for “creating a dramatically more diverse and sustainable leadership pipeline to the profession by accelerating the transition of students into practice, reshaping the path toward licensure and empowering young architects to leave a legacy.”

The inductees also include a third Richmond architect, H. Randolph Holmes Jr., president and senior principal at Glavé & Holmes Architecture, well known for adaptive reuse of historic buildings. Mr. Holmes was cited for creating “creating environments and spaces that elevate the human spirit.”

The AIA also honored Gregory L. Rutledge, an architect in Norfolk, and W. Kenneth Wiseman of Northern Virginia.

According to the AIA, induction into the College of Fellows is granted to members for exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society. Only about 3 percent of architects in the field earn the recognition.

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond City Councilwoman Kim B. Gray plans to formally announce her challenge to Mayor Levar M. Stoney this weekend.

The 2nd District council representative this week began issuing invitations to the announcement event set for 3 p.m. Sunday, March 1, at Bar Solita, 123 W. Broad St. Earlier this week, a second potential challenger to Mayor Stoney emerged.

Justin Griffin, a Church Hill-based lawyer who played a key role as a resident in helping to kill the mayor’s $1.5 billion Coliseum replacement and Downtown redevelopment plan, announced that he is “seriously exploring” a run for mayor.

Mr. Griffin, 30, said he is reviewing the

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prospect based on requests from people who have urged him to make the run.

He garnered widespread attention in the past 15 months with his NoColiseum. com website, where he said he presented a “detailed and honest analysis” of the project that Ms. Gray, 49, opposed and played a leadership role on the council in voting down the project.

“In the end, I was proud to stand with a diverse group of concerned Richmonders, and together, we were successful in educating City Council on why this was a bad deal for the city,” he wrote in his announcement.

“Now that Mayor Stoney’s arena plan has finally been rejected, we must actually do what we have always just talked about,” he continued.

In his view, Richmond’s elected officials have for years operated “with misplaced priorities. Instead of focusing with urgency on improving our schools and neighborhoods, they continue to spend all their time on big shiny projects and their political futures.

“No one in the current field of candidates would lead to a change in the status quo,” he stated. “Richmond deserves better.”

Panels to explore the UR’s history with race

By George Copeland Jr.

The University of Richmond is set to grapple with its history with race next week with two panels that will coincide with the institution’s 180th Founders Day on Wednesday, March 4.

The first, The Institutional History Panel from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, will focus on research into the remains of enslaved African-Americans discovered on the grounds of the campus. The panel will be held in the Brown-Alley Room in UR’s Weinstein Hall.

A report, researched and written by UR Professor Lauranett L. Lee, graduate student Shelby Driskill and others, was released last month and delves into the history of the site located near Westhampton Lake, including

its use as a slave burial ground.

Dr. Lee and Ms. Driskill will be part of the panel, which is open to the public, along with Dr. Edward Ayers, president emeritus of the university and co-chair of the University Memorialization Committee.

The Student Alumni Panel, set for 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, in UR’s Whitehurst Hall Living Room, also is open to the public. It is focused largely on connecting the UR community to the lives and legacies of the first African-American students enrolled at the private university.

The three, Madieth Malone, Barry Greene and Isabelle Thomas LeSane, enrolled in 1968 and graduated in 1972 and will attend the panel.

The two panels are co-sponsored by the

Richmond College Student Government Association and Westhampton College Government Association as a way to face and reflect on the school’s history, while also giving the university and the broader community a way to celebrate those who helped create a more inclusive school but have been largely unacknowledged.

“Acknowledging the complexities of the issues allows for us to be aware of our past and take active steps to move forward as an institution, to reconcile some of the history of this ground and prevent our history from being hidden,” said Richmond College-SGA representative Benjamin Weiser and Westhampton College SGA representative Claire Tate in a joint statement. Details: benjamin. weiser@richmond.edu.

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Descendant pushes to be recognized

by Pamunkey Tribe despite vestiges of ‘Black Laws’ Continued from A1

than those of white or Indian blood” and prescribed forfeiture “of their rights as members of the tribe” for violators. That “Ordinance of the Pamunkey Indian Reservation” remained intact until August 2014, according to U.S. Department of the Interior records, or nearly 50 years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage.

The federal government required the tribe to repeal the ordinance as part of gaining federal recognition in January 2016. Prior to repeal, the Congressional Black Caucus raised concern about official recognition for a tribe with such a racist law, but was overruled.

Virginia’s two U.S. senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, who both championed federal recognition of the Pamunkey and other Virginia tribes during their tenures as governors and on Capitol Hill, said in statements they were unaware of the tribe’s history in relation to African-Americans.

Gov. Ralph S. Northam’s office did not respond to a request for comment on the history of the tribe, which has long been part of the Virginia Council on Indians.

A 38-year veteran of a fully integrated Air Force, Chief Gray said he found it “offensive” that anyone would consider the tribe to be racially bigoted.

He said the so-called Black Laws “were not enforced” and are akin to the array of unconstitutional state laws promoting white supremacy that the General Assembly finally and officially eliminated from the state legal code during the current session.

Although the tribe has never issued a public apology for

the Black Laws, Chief Gray said the best evidence of the tribe’s outlook is the fact that tribe’s current membership rolls include several with AfricanAmerican spouses and also lists their children as members.

The exposure of the tribe’s racist past is largely the work of 30-year-old Essex County resident Jasmine N. Anderson, who has spent more than five years quietly working to gain recognition for herself and her relatives. They are members of the Dungee family that was banished from the tribe between 1865 and 1871 after a member opened a free school for newly freed slaves near the reservation.

“I have undisputed, direct ancestral ties to four Pamunkey Indian lines,” Ms. Anderson said.

That includes her six-times great-grandfather, Joseph Dungee Jr., and his brother, Jesse Dungee (also spelled Dungey and Dungy), a farmer and minister who represented King William County in the General Assembly from 1871 to 1873, and gained recognition as both a Pamunkey and as an AfricanAmerican legislator.

He also built and taught at the school, and also built and founded Mt. Nebo Baptist Church in King William County.

Despite amassing church rolls, 19th century census records and other documents to prove her Pamunkey tribal lineage and that of her relatives, Ms. Anderson’s applications — three since 2015 — have been rejected by Chief Gray and the tribal council.

She noted that a cousin, John Collins, who lives on the Pamunkey reservation, was assaulted after he spoke in support of recognition for

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Jasmine N. Anderson has a cousin who lives on the tranquil 1,200-acre Pamunkey Reservation nestled on the banks of the Pamunkey River in King William County.

Ms. Anderson and her family, and was told by his attacker that he should drop his efforts to bring “n……s” back to the reservation.

While most Virginia elected officials have ignored concerns about Pamunkey action to exclude her family, Ms. Anderson has garnered support from Wisconsin Congresswoman Gwen S. Moore, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, who has urged the tribe to end its blockade of Ms. Anderson’s admission to the tribe.

“I am confident that we share the goal of seeing the ugly history of the Pamunkey Black Laws truly put to rest so that the Pamunkey Tribe and

all its people can move into a prosperous future,” Rep. Moore wrote to the tribe in June.

Congresswoman Moore also has instituted an inquiry with the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs about the situation.

Chief Gray said the tribe’s decision to block Ms. Anderson stems from the membership requirements, which include being noted on the 1900 or the 1910 Census.

He said the federal government requires tribes to set up clear membership criteria that prevent wannabes who may have some ancestral connection from inclusion. The tribe now lists about 400 people as members.

He said Ms. Anderson,

despite her documents, cannot show that her family was listed as Indian on those two critical censuses.

According to Congresswoman Moore, that contradicts a promise made by Pamunkey Assistant Chief Brad Brown in August 2017 in which he stated the tribal council would “consider for membership” someone who presented compelling evidence of being descended from “a Pamunkey who lived on the reservation prior to 1900.”

The blockade galls Ms. Anderson.

“My family and I are proof that the legacy of the (tribe’s) racist past lives today and is intended to be perpetual,”

she said.

“The use of the 1900 and 1910 censuses as immutable base rolls is inherently racist because it is designed to exclude those Pamunkey Indians who were expunged from the rolls” before those censuses, she said.

She stated that the similar Virginia anti-intermarriage law that was struck down in the 1967 Loving case only called for punishment for the parties to a marriage.

“The tribe’s banishment punished all generations to come,” Ms. Anderson said. “I firmly believe my ancestors’ efforts to help people of color in the 1860s is the reason for my banishment today.”

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year, the council agreed with the mayor and provided an $18.5 million increase in city spending for the operations of public education — the biggest single rise in city support in at least two decades. That was also a 12 percent increase. The school system also received a separate $19 million to pay for maintenance of existing buildings.

Board members Kenya Gibson, 3rd District, and Dr. Patrick Sapini, 5th District, abstained and Jonathan Young, 4th District, voted against the latest budget proposal.

The approved RPS plan included a $4 million increase from the initial budget Mr. Kamras presented to the board on Jan. 21.

The additional money resulted from the inclusion of a larger proposed pay raise for teachers. Mr. Kamras initially proposed a 3 percent pay hike.

Mr. Young opposed the budget plan because he wanted deeper cuts in central office positions. In the 2019 budget planning, he led the board in making such cuts, and he sees the new plan reversing that action.

“I am disappointed in a plan that reverses last year’s good budget work regarding the cuts to the central office,” Mr. Young said. “That was a step in the right direction toward fixing our buildings in lieu of increasing positions Downtown.”

Ms. Gibson and Dr. Sapini could not bring themselves to vote for a spending plan they believe was unsupported by specific and adequate information on the way money would be spent on pilot projects and support positions for the second phase of the Dreams4RPS strategic plan.

“Questions seeking detailed information on the need for more teachers and bus drivers and on vacancies have gone unanswered.

Or when they are answered, they are somewhat late,” Dr. Sapini.

“That data, which we need to review, would help us make the right decision on budget matters.”

Dawn Page, 8th District, a School Board member since 2009 and the former chair, reminded the board that the state and city have not adequately funded the district for more than a decade.

“Right now, we are playing catch-up,” Ms. Page said. “We need far more dollars for resources for art, music and athletic equipment, as well as for more nurses, specialty programs and routes for transportation.

“If we want equity, we need to institute more Advanced Placement courses because we have to create learning environments so our students can compete,” she said.

To drive the point home, board member James “Scott” Barlow, 2nd District, emphasized the fact that “our job as a School Board is to advocate for the district and for the resources all of our students need.”

“Our funding needs far exceed what is reasonable to expect from the city and state this year,” he continued. “We have the obligation to request funds for all of the resources the district needs so we can set a starting place so advocates can help us out in getting additional funds.”

Anticipating that RPS might not receive the full amount it is requesting from the city, Mr. Barlow urged his colleagues to start ranking the school system’s needs. He said that the board needs to be prepared to make cuts if City Council does not provide full funding.

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such steps are accomplished, according to the resolution. Just as importantly, before any development could advance, the council would need to vote to list the property as surplus and available, which has not yet happened.

After council discussion, Dr. Newbille called on the council’s staff and the administration to develop by March 9 a tentative timeline for moving ahead.

Whether this effort will gain momentum is uncertain. Some council members already have expressed concerns.

Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, indicated that a rush to focus planning resources on the Coliseum area could undermine efforts to get small plans accomplished for other parts of the city that previously were requested and remain undone.

Councilwoman Stephanie A. Lynch, 5th District, also wants

the council to first take public soundings to determine if residents “want Richmond to be an arena city” before any plans are crafted.

And it is uncertain whether the administration or the council will have the time to move quickly on a fresh start.

The council is expected to be tied up through early May reviewing Mayor Stoney’s spending plan that is to be delivered on Friday, March 6. Separately, the city’s planning arm is busy trying to complete work and deliver by September for council consideration a new master plan to guide city development in the coming decades.

And, finally, campaign season is expected to be in full swing within a few months for the mayor and City Council members seeking re-election. With challengers beginning to emerge, the time to focus on the Coliseum area development is likely to be in short supply.

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Katherine G. Johnson, trailblazing NASA mathematician immortalized in the film ‘Hidden Figures,’ dies at 101 Free Press wire, staff report

Katherine G. Johnson, the mathematical genius whose calculations took her from a behind-the-scenes job in a segregated NASA as portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures” to a key role in sending humans to the moon, died on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, at her residence at an assisted living facility in Newport News.

She was 101, and an inspiration to people of all ages everywhere.

As her family worked out funeral details this week, tributes began pouring in.

“After a lifetime of reaching for the stars, today, Katherine Johnson landed among them,” former President Obama posted on Twitter.

“She spent decades as a hidden figure, breaking barriers behind the scenes. But by the end of her life, she had become a hero to millions — including Michelle and me.”

Mrs. Johnson was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom by the former president in November 2015, and in 2016 he cited her in his State of the Union address as an example of America’s spirit of discovery.

“Her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine posted to Twitter in announcing her death on Monday. He wrote the NASA family will never forget her “courage and the milestones we could not have reached without her. Her story and her grace continue to inspire the world.”

“She’s one of the greatest minds ever to grace our agency or our country,” then NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said when Mrs. Johnson was presented with the medal by President Obama.

In 2017, NASA named a research facility for Mrs. Johnson at the NASA Langley Research Facility in Hampton, and a year later, her alma mater, West Virginia State University, marked her 100th birthday in August 2018 by establishing a scholarship in her name David C. Bowman/NASA Langley and erecting a statue.

Katherine G. Johnson, whose pioneering 33-year career with NASA impacted the space program from the first manned space “Katherine Johnson was a pioneer for her work @NASA_Lan- flight in 1961 to the early years of the Space Shuttle program in the 1980s, receives high praise and recognition as the NASA gley that broke barriers of race and gender and helped take us to Langley Research Center in Hampton names the computational research facility in her honor in September 2017. the moon,” Gov. Ralph S. Northam posted on Twitter. “Across our Commonwealth and around the world, we mourn her loss and honor African-American co-workers ran the numbers for unmanned rocket She left after the first session to start a family with her husband, her remarkable life.” launches, test flights and airplane safety studies using pencils, slide James F. Goble, a chemistry teacher, and returned to teaching public Mrs. Johnson and her female African-American colleagues at the rules and mechanical calculating machines. But they did their work school when her three daughters, Constance, Joylette and Katherine fledgling NASA were known as “computers” when that term was in facilities separate from white female workers and were required grew older. used not for a programmed electronic device but for a woman who to use separate restrooms and dining facilities.

Mrs. Johnson went to work for the National Advisory Committee did computations. They were little known to the public for decades, Mrs. Johnson always said she was too busy with her work to be for Aeronautics, a forerunner of NASA, in Hampton in 1953 with but gained overdue recognition concerned with racism. dozens of other African-American women. when the book “Hidden Figures” “She didn’t close her eyes to Her husband died in 1956, and she married Army Lt. Col. James was published and the 2016 Oscarthe racism that existed,” Margot A. “Jim” Johnson in 1959. They were married for six decades until nominated movie starring Taraji P. Lee Shetterly wrote in “Hidden his death in March 2019.

Henson as Mrs. Johnson, hit the Figures.” “She knew just as well At NASA, Mrs. Johnson found herself in a realm made up alscreens. Mrs. Johnson attended the as any other black person the most exclusively of white men when she was chosen to be part of 2017AcademyAwards ceremony tax levied upon them because of the team supporting the 1961 mission that made Alan Shepard the in Hollywood, joining the film’s their color. But she didn’t feel it first American in space. She would go on to calculate crucial rocket cast in presenting an award for in the same way. She wished it trajectories, orbital paths and launch windows. documentaries. Mrs. Johnson was away, willed it out of existence Mrs. Johnson made the transition to the computer era and worked given a standing ovation. in as much as her daily life was on the shuttle program while writing or co-writing 26 research reports She had a groundbreaking concerned.” before retiring in 1986, NASA said. career of 33 years with the space As a youngster, Mrs. JohnShe said she was most proud of her contributions to the first moon agency, from 1953 until her son was fascinated by numbers mission, which included the calculations that synched the lunar lander retirement in 1986. Her work and counted everything, even craft and the orbiting command module. influenced every major space the steps she took while walking Even after retiring, she tutored young people in mathematics from Carlos Barria/Reuters program — from American’s first and the dishes she washed after her home in Hampton. She was active with her sorority, Alpha Kappa manned space flight by Mercury President Obama awards Katherine G. Johnson, then 97, dinner.

Alpha Sorority, and her church, Carver Memorial Presbyterian Church the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in civilian honor, during a ceremony Nov. 24, 2015, in the She grew up in White Sulphur in Newport News, where she sang in the choir.

1961 to the first moon landing in East Room of the White House.

Springs, W.Va., at a time when In May 2017, she gave the commencement address at Hampton 1969 by Apollo 11 astronauts and educational opportunities for University. Then 98, she delivered her remarks in a video recording the early years of the Space Shuttle program.

African-Americans were limited because of segregation. But her as she sat on the stage.

Astronaut John Glenn thought so much of Mrs. Johnson and mother, a former teacher, and her father, a farmer and handyman, Love learning, help others and do your best, she told the graduher work that he insisted she be consulted before his historic Earth- stressed education and moved the family 120 miles to Institute, W.Va., ates. orbiting flight in 1962. that had a high school for black children.

“You will do better if you cause other people to want to learn.

“Get (her) to check the numbers,” he said.

Mrs. Johnson’s math skills got her into West Virginia State College And you will do better if you at all times want to learn, want to “He knew I had done (the calculations) before for him and they at age 15. She zipped through the school’s math program, earning teach, want to help,” she said. trusted my work,” Mrs. Johnson told the Washington Post in 2017. degrees in math and French before becoming one of the first AfricanMrs. Johnson is survived by two daughters, Joylette Hylick and During the space race between the United States and the former American students to integrate the graduate school at West Virginia Katherine Moore, six grand-children and 11 great grandchildren. Her Soviet Union that began in the late 1950s, Mrs. Johnson and her University in 1938. daughter, Constance “Connie” Garcia,” died in 2010.

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“When Kobe Bryant died, a piece of me died,” said Mr. Jordan with tears streaming down his face. “Please rest in peace, little brother.”

Mr. Bryant, 41, and the others were killed on Jan. 26 in a crash in Calabasas, Calif., while en route to a youth basketball tournament at which Mr. Bryant was planning to coach his daughter and her teammates.

Mrs. Bryant filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Monday against the

shared love of the game.

Fans gathered outside the arena hours before the ceremony started, many of them clad in Lakers purple and gold.

“I have been a Kobe fan for a long, long time. It is so sad, especially with the children. But it has really brought the city together,” said Bubacar Drammeh, who stood outside the venue and planned to watch the memorial on TV. Inside the Staples Center, the mood

Agallery of basketball legends joined thousands of Kobe Bryant fans in Los Angeles on Monday to pay tribute to the transcendent NBA star, his daughter and seven others who died in a helicopter crash last month that shocked the world of sports and beyond.

The “Celebration of Life” memorial at the Staples Center, Mr. Bryant’s home arena during most of his storied 20-season career with the Los Angeles Lakers, featured an emotional address

by Mr. Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, who started dating Mr. Bryant when she was 17.

She told a rapt audience that included NBA luminaries and show business celebrities about the pain of losing her 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, “an amazingly sweet and gentle soul,” and the husband she called her “soulmate.”

“He was my everything,” she said of Mr. Bryant, who joined the NBA at age 18 straight out of high school to become a five-time champion and fourth-highest scorer in league history with 33,643 points.

Ringo H.W. Chu/Associated Press “God knew they couldn’t be on Many of the thousands of fans who attended Monday’s public remembrance this earth without each other,” Mrs. Bryant said, referring to her husband event for the former Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and his daughter, and daughter. “He had to bring them Gianna, dressed in the team colors of purple and yellow. home to heaven together.” company that owned the helicopter. was somber. Concession stands were Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson The pilot was one of those killed in closed and cell phone use discouraged. and former Bryant teammate Shaquille the accident.

Attendees were not allowed in if they O’Neal were among the basketball Hall An avid basketball player herself, arrived late. of Famers who attended the memorial, Gianna hoped one day to play for The proceedings attracted A-list which opened with a performance by the powerhouse collegiate program Hollywood stars, including Queen Beyoncé and a montage of Mr. Bry- at the University of Connecticut, and Latifah, Jennifer Lopez and Spike Lee. ant’s on-court highlights. she bonded with her father over their Grammy Award-winning musician

Alicia Keys performed the “Moonlight Sonata.”

Late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel cried as he read out the names of the deceased and expressed the shock felt by loyal fans of the self-proclaimed “Black Mamba,” who dazzled the Los Angeles community well beyond his time on the court, even winning an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2018.

“This is a sad day, but it is also a celebration of life, of their lives,” said Mr. Kimmel, who had Mr. Bryant on his show many times.

After his 20-year playing career, the Lakers retired both jersey numbers Mr. Bryant wore for the team — 8 and 24, which hang from the arena’s rafters along with the numbers of other Lakers’ greats, including Mr. Johnson and Mr. O’Neal.

During the annual NBA All-Star weekend three weeks after the crash, the league said it would name its All-Star Game Most Valuable Player honor for Mr. Bryant. It was won this year by Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Since his death, tributes to Mr. Bryant have appeared across the Los Angeles area, with his numbers displayed on the Santa Monica Pier Ferris wheel, city buses bearing “RIP Kobe” signs and purple and gold lights added to the pylons at LAX airport.

“In the game of basketball, in life, as a parent, Kobe left nothing in the tank,” said Mr. Jordan, articulating one of the reasons Mr. Bryant’s stardom transcended sports. “He left it all on the floor.”

Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press

Vanessa Bryant offers emotionfilled remarks about the life of her late husband, Kobe Bryant, and their 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, during Monday’s memorial service in Los Angeles.

Below, tears run down the face of former NBA star Michael Jordan as he speaks about his longtime friend and Los Angeles Lakers competitor during the “Celebration of Life” at the Staples Center.

Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press

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Joe Biden Former U.S. vice president Age: 77 Website: joebiden.com

Michael Bloomberg Former mayor of New York City Age: 77 Website: www. mikebloomberg.com

Pete Buttigieg Former mayor of South Bend, Ind. Age: 38 Website: peteforamerica.com

Tulsi Gabbard U.S. senator from Hawaii Age: 37 Website: www.tulsi2020.com

Amy Klobuchar U.S. senator from Minnesota Age: 59 Website: www. amyklobuchar.com

Bernie Sanders U.S. senator from Vermont Age: 78 Website: berniesanders.com

Tom Steyer Former hedge fund manager and activist Age: 62 Website: www.tomsteyer.com

Elizabeth Warren U.S. senator from Massachusetts Age: 70 Website: elizabethwarren.com

Enjoying recognition and respect earned as a former U.S. senator from Delaware and, later, as President Obama’s vice president, he is banking on his appeal to moderate voters.

A billionaire who has spent massive amounts of money on ads after entering the race late, he has spent a lot of time apologizing for his controversial “stop and frisk” policy as mayor. He is a big proponent of gun control and abating climate change.

One of the youngest ever presidential candidates, he is the first married gay man to run for president and an Afghanistan War veteran.

The first Hindu member of Congress, she has capitalized on her experience fighting in the Iraq war as a member of theArmy National Guard.

She supports lowering military spending by ending regime-change wars and wants to raise taxes on corporations while lowering them for small businesses and farmers.

A former prosecutor, she has taken up criminal justice and consumer protection issues.

A Democratic socialist, he leads the charge fighting income inequality and advocating for Medicare for all, a $15 federal minimum wage, free public college tuition and climate change legislation.

A billionaire who entered the race because he believes it’s paramount to defeat President Trump, he and his wife started a bank in Oakland to help underserved black and brown communities.

He also advocates for reparations for African-Americans and stemming climate change.

A former schoolteacher and law professor, she has sought a wealth tax on “ultra millionaires,” an overhaul of housing policies and universal health care.

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listed on the Virginia ballot, though those individuals have quit the race. They are Michael Bennet, Cory Booker, Julián Castro, Deval Patrick, Marianne Williamson and Andrew Yang.

The state Board of Elections said their names remain on the ballot because the candidates did not provide the required notice of withdrawal before the ballots were printed and absentee voting began in January.

The outcome of the election will determine how many delegates Virginia and the other Super Tuesday states will send to

the Democratic National Convention to represent each of the candidates on the first ballot. This is not a winner-take-all vote; the Democratic Party, instead, awards pledged delegates based on the proportion of the total vote each candidate receives.

Super Tuesday voting also will take place in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Vermont.

Delegate selection contests also will take place in American Samoa and for Democrats living overseas.

At stake are 1,357 delegates to the convention, or about one-third of the 3,979 pledged delegates who are slated to par-

ticipate in the first round balloting at the convention, according to the party.

That does not include senators, congressmen and other party and elected officials who are “super delegates” and who can only participate in selecting the Democratic challenger if there is no first round winner.

A candidate has to win just over half, or 1,991 pledged delegates to ensure a first round victory at the convention.

With so many candidates still in the race, no one expects Super Tuesday’s results to determine the winner. Instead, the likelihood is that candidates who fare poorly will drop out.

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Super Tuesday We urge our readers to turn out to vote on Tuesday, March 3.

That’s Super Tuesday, when voters in Virginia and 13 other states will cast ballots in the Democratic presidential primary election.

Voting in this election will guide Virginia’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention on who should become the Democratic nominee to run for president in November.

The last two televised presidential debates have been bruisers, with Democratic contenders beating each other up over a variety of consequential and not-so-consequential issues.

We believe the candidates — and most importantly, the voters — should keep their eyes on the prize: To defeat President Trump in November.

Voters must put an end to his reign of lunacy that has jeopardized our national security and our very democracy as this Republican continues to place his personal interests over those of the nation.

He continues to lie on any range of subjects, to cozy up to Russian President Vladimir Putin and to ignore U.S. intelligence warnings of Russian interference in the 2020 presidential elections like they did in the 2016 election to help President Trump get into office.

President Trump’s policies and practices have put children into cages on the U.S. border; pardoned or exonerated numerous corrupt politicians and business people federally convicted of fraud and/or bribery; cut taxes to help the super rich become even more wealthy, while pushing policy changes that will cut people from food stamps, health care programs, including Medicare and Obamacare, and other social safety net programs; rolled back environmental protections while opening unspoiled areas to oil interests for drilling; packed the nation’s federal courts with conservatives ready to reverse the legal progress of the last 50 years on issues like a woman’s right to choose an abortion; and created the potential for further damaging communities of color by exacerbating the school-to-prison pipeline.

We ask Virginia voters to go to the polls and choose the Democratic candidate who they believe will put the brakes on President Trump and set this nation back on a correct and more normal course.

It is imperative that we un-Trump America.

For those who cannot get to the polls on Tuesday, this Saturday, Feb. 29, is the last day for in-person absentee voting.

For Richmond residents, the city Voter Registrar’s Office on the first floor of City Hall, 900 E. Broad St., will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday for people to cast ballots. Officials ask that the public use the 9th Street entrance.

In Henrico, registered voters can cast ballots at two locations from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday — the Dabbs House Government Complex in the East End at 3830 E. Nine Mile Road, and in the West End at the Henrico Government Complex at 4305 E. Parham Road.

In Chesterfield, voters can cast ballots at the Chesterfield Voter Registrar’s Office at 9848 Lori Road from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.

The Hanover County Voter Registrar’s Office will be open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday for in-person absentee voting. The office is located in the Wickham Building near the courthouse at 7497 County Complex Road.

We remind our readers of just how important voting is and of Virginia’s sordid history keeping African-Americans from the ballot box.

Following the Civil War and emancipation, African-American adult men voted in Virginia beginning in 1867, with their impact felt with the election of African-Americans to the General Assembly in 1869.

But that power didn’t last long as white men sought to curb black political power in Virginia. The 1901-02 Virginia Constitutional Convention instituted two laws designed to disenfranchise African-Americans and circumvent the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1870, which guaranteed voting rights to black men. Those two laws: Voters had to prove to local election officials their “understanding” of the state Constitution, and they had to pay an annual poll tax of $1.50 in order to vote.

According to an exhibit at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, within 90 days of imposition of the laws, more than 125,000 of Virginia’s 147,000 African-American voters had been stricken from the rolls.

After the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in August 1920 giving women the right to vote, 2,410 African-American women in Virginia registered to vote in the Nov. 2, 1920, presidential election despite the literacy and poll tax requirements.

Republican Warren G. Harding, who was outspoken on civil rights for African-Americans, won that election.

According to the New York Times, in his first address to Congress, President Harding called for an anti-lynching law. He later traveled to the Deep South to call for equal political and economic rights for black people in a speech in Birmingham, Ala. “Whether you like it or not,” he told white audience members, “unless our democracy is a lie, you must stand for that equality.”

Like under former President Obama, a conservative Congress rebuffed President Harding in his efforts. His anti-lynching law was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, but not the U.S. Senate. And he wasn’t able to reverse the segregation of federal departments promulgated by his predecessor, Democratic President Woodrow Wilson, a native Virginian.

(On Wednesday, the House passed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act. The Senate passed a version of the bill last year. Once the two are reconciled, the legislation will go to the Oval Office for President Trump’s signature. We will see what he will do.)

It wasn’t until the 1960s that the federal government outlawed many of the methods used to disenfranchise black voters in Virginia and across the South.

In January 1964, the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified guaranteeing that the right to vote in any federal election “shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.”

And in August 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act guaranteeing that no person shall be denied the right to vote based on race. The act sought to overcome the barriers erected by state and local governments that prevented AfricanAmericans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution’s 15th Amendment.

Virginia’s voter rolls swelled with African-Americans registering to vote after the 1965 Voting Rights Act, with historic gains in the number of elected black office holders in the years following.

But efforts to abridge black voting rights continue through today, with President Trump’s Department of Justice ignoring many of the complaints about racial discrimination impacting voting.

Some of the same methods used at the turn of the 20th century to disenfranchise African-Americans are used today, including making polling places inaccessible to black and brown communities, running out of ballots and creating long lines to dissuade people from voting.

We believe that voting is critical to the progress of AfricanAmericans in this nation, and even more crucial now for the direction of our nation.

Your vote is your voice. Use it on Tuesday, March 3 — and in November.

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Housing programs jeopardized in Trump budget Once again, the White House budget proposal slashes funding and programs that many low- and moderate-income consumers rely upon.

From higher education to a repeated attack to deny the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau its full funding and financial independence from the annual congressional appropriations process, efforts to increase support to businesses continue while retreats from programs that citizens have come to rely upon is the crux of the proposal’s fiscal priorities.

Among federal agencies, one of the most severe budget cuts would occur at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. A proposed 15 percent reduction from current funding levels will mean $8.6 billion would either eliminate or severely cut programs serving many of the nation’s most vulnerable citizens and communities.

“This budget advances our key priorities, including empowering HUD-assisted families to achieve self-sufficiency,” HUD Secretary Ben Carson said. “For generations, the idea of the federal government providing housing assistance meant only one thing —helping to pay the rent so families can have a roof over their heads.”

Housing experts have a different perspective.

“With this proposal, President Trump and Secretary Carson make clear their willingness to increase evictions and homelessness — through rent hikes for some of the lowest income people in subsidized housing, and slashing or eliminating funding for programs that keep the poorest people in our country affordably and safely housed,” said Diane Yentel, president and chief executive officer of the

Charlene Crowell National Low Income Housing Coalition.

For example, public housing’s Capital Improvement Fund that provides revenues for major repairs, would end, while the public housing operating fund would be slashed 21 percent.

Together, these two cuts would worsen housing conditions for the estimated 1.2 million households living in public housing units managed by some 3,300 local public housing authorities across the country.

The biggest portion of the HUD cuts would end the $3.3 billion Community Development Block Grant program that uses a formula to support more than 1,200 metropolitan city, county and state governments. An additional 214 counties receive direct CDBG grants.

Begun in 1974, CDBG has earned longstanding bipartisan praise for its ability to lure much-needed private investment. According to the National Association of Counties, every CDBG dollar leverages $4.09 in

non-CDBG revenues. Further, it is one of the few federal programs that enable local communities to design community development services that respond to local priorities and needs.

Other HUD programs proposed to end include Choice Neighborhoods Initiatives, Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Vouchers, Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS. Although HUD would not close down its fair housing and equal opportunity efforts, its capacity to pursue equal housing would be cut 7 percent.

Tenant-based rental assistance also would have 21 percent fewer renewed contracts.

Even before the budget proposal’s release on Feb. 10, Lisa Rice, president and chief executive officer of the National Fair Housing Alliance, sounded an alarm on the heels of HUD’s announcement to abandon its rule promulgated during the Obama Administration, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, or AFFH. “Access to fair housing determines where we live, which in turn determines the quality of education and health services our children have access to, among other resources. That’s why HUD’s proposed AFFH rule is so troubling,” Ms. Rice said.

Nikitra Bailey, an executive vice president with the Center for Responsible Lending, also spoke out about HUD’s troubling actions against fair housing.

“The 2015 AFFH rule was designed to address the impact

#ReclaimYourVote “Voter suppression isn’t guns and hoses and bully clubs and Bull Connor. It’s administrative burdens that interfere with your right to vote. In the South, they try to stop you from getting on the rolls … and to stay on the rolls … and have your ballot be counted. We need our democracy to work, we need poverty to end, we need disenfranchisement to be a thing of the past, because when people are suppressed or oppressed it rages. It may be silent for some time but eventually it will come out.” – Stacey Abrams, former Georgia lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate During a hearing in 2017, California Congresswoman Maxine Waters secured her place as a social media hero when she dismissed the evasive meanderings of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin with the stern and uncompromising retort, “Reclaiming my time.”

Now, the National Urban League and BET Networks have turned Rep. Waters’ iconic catchphrase into a rallying cry. #ReclaimYourVote is a social change campaign committed to harnessing black collective power and increasing black participation

a state university. According to the Brennan Center for Justice, more than 80 percent of handgun licenses issued to Texans in 2018 went to white Texans, while more than half of the students in the University of Texas system are racial or ethnic minorities.

Meanwhile, Russia’s campaign to disrupt and influence our democracy continues. We must be vigilant against misinformation about the candidates and any efforts to mislead voters about election.

Marc H. Morial theOne of the most common tactics of hostile foreign actors is to was aimed at dissuading black abuse the trust in movements like Americans from voting, as our #BlackLivesMatter to insinuate 2019 State of Black America re- themselves into online communiport revealed. This illegal foreign ties to spread lies and dissuade operation unfortunately aligned black people from voting.

The nationwide perfectly with a wave of racially motivated voter suppression laws #ReclaimYourVote campaign that have swept the nation during will layout the most significant issues, break down otherwise the last several years. #ReclaimYourVote is our confusing processes and highlight specific ways where we can response.

Fully half of the states in the reclaim our collective power by nation have enacted restrictive harnessing the power of media, voter suppression laws aimed at entertainment and technology to racial minorities during the last drive civic engagement.

T h e n e x t p h a s e s o f 10 years. The 2013 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Shelby v. Holder, #ReclaimYourVote will focus which gutted a key provision of on rallying the community around the Voting Rights Act, opened the the critical matters that directly floodgate for racially motivated affect them with issues-based content and comprehensive voter suppression.

Texas, for example, passed analysis.

The writer is president and a strict voter ID law that allows voters to use a handgun license chief executive officer of the to vote, but not a student ID from National Urban League. in the 2020 Census and the 2020 Election.

With its primary channel reaching more than 90 million households, BET Networks is the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience.

The biggest part of Russia’s insidious operation to disrupt the 2016 presidential election

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of residential segregation and the harmful inequities that result from the discrimination behind it.

Discrimination in housing is not a thing of the past, it is ongoing and real,” she said.

Hannah Matthews, deputy executive director for policy with the Center for Law and Social Policy, a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization advancing policy solutions for low-income people, pointedly summarized the budget proposal.

“The roadmap laid out in the administration’s budget proposal is not a viable path forward, Ms. Matthews said. “Instead, we need a federal budget that invests in America’s future. We need investments that reduce poverty, promote economic opportunity and reduce racial and ethnic disparities.”

The writer is deputy communications director for the Center for Responsible Lending.

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Letters to the Editor

Thanks to City Council for voting down the Coliseum plan Re “Begin again: City Council majority strikes $1.5B Coliseum and Downtown development project, urging the administration to start over with public inclusion,” Free Press Feb. 13-15 edition: A heartfelt thanks goes out to the five Richmond City Council members who voted the Navy Hill project down.

They realized that this was not a viable project for taxpayers to be burdened with for many years to come.

Even a commission of experts that the council created to review this plan decided that the project was not viable and rejected it.

The majority of council was correct when they stated they would like more public involvement. I, along with others, was able to speak at some of the town hall meetings but there was hardly any public involvement in this project. It pretty much had been crafted by the time we saw it.

Some of the large corporations were involved because

they saw potential dollars would be available if the project was approved.

It also was mentioned that affordable housing would be created by the project. That never would have come into existence. The housing would have gone to whoever could afford it and also had good credit. This was just a ploy to help get this plan approved, but it did not work. City Council members saw through this smoke screen.

I am not saying the concept is a bad idea, but developers must be open to the ideas of the public and City Council before it is rolled out.

Let’s also look at more funding for the schools, homeless people, etc. If such vigor was shown in these areas instead of the Navy Hill project, we would have a better city and society.

Let’s do the right thing for the greater good and be more humanistic instead of materialistic.

ERNEST PARKER JR. Richmond

‘Confederate monuments speak truth to power’ Re “Confederate statues in State Capitol remain unaddressed,” Free Press Feb. 13-15 edition: The Confederate States formed no more of a “traitorous regime” for seceding from the voluntary Union of sovereign states to which they had voluntarily acceded than the 13 slaveholding colonies that had seceded from the British Empire in 1776 and formed the Union in the first place.

Secondly, the Confederacy held that the slavery issue was a state issue, not a national issue, just as the United States held at the time. Slavery was constitutional in the United States throughout the war, and in many Union states it was still legal.

The U.S. Constitution protected slavery in the United States until the passage of the 13th Amendment after the war was over. It was voluntarily ratified by both the victorious Northern states and the defeated Southern states — a United States gratefully relieved of a burden that had bedeviled them since colonial times.

So what was the war really about? Let us drop the racist progressive identity politics concerning Confederate monuments and follow the “Yankee dollar” — wealth originating with New England’s African slave trade (New York and Boston were the largest African slave trading ports in the world at the time of President Lincoln’s election) and the North’s manufacture of slave-picked cotton: The United States was constituted as a voluntary Union of sovereign states, but with Abraham Lincoln came a Northern political party that would usurp government power and turn the Southern states into its “cash cow” colonies just as England had done with her American colonies. As a result, seven Southern states withdrew peacefully from the Union.

But with the “Cotton Kingdom” out of the Union, the North’s “Mercantile Kingdom” would collapse, so President Lincoln

launched an armada against South Carolina to provoke her into firing the first shot and get the war he wanted. South Carolina responded, just as Massachusetts had responded to King George III’s provocation at Lexington and Concord.

Virginia stood for the Union until President Lincoln called for troops to subjugate the Confederacy, at which point she refused, immediately seceded and indicted President Lincoln for “choosing to inaugurate civil war.” Four other states followed Virginia out.

Virginia’s decision makes clear what that war was truly about: The North’s war against the South’s secession.

President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address — claiming his war of invasion, conquest and coerced political allegiance against the Confederacy was to save “government of the people by the people for the people” — is pure Orwellian “doublespeak,” while his Emancipation Proclamation plainly stated that slavery was alright as long as one was loyal to his government. But that exposes “the myth of American history” as a “red herring,” masking a murderous usurpation of power.

Confederate monuments speak truth to this power. No wonder the party of big government wants them torn down. To do so, the party is agitating a lie to stir emotions that will turn into votes.

One may tear down every monument to everyone who ever made a dime off slavery — from the Western Hemisphere to the European and African continents — and milk a lie until the political cows come home, but it won’t change a thing. The truth cannot be killed.

As Edmund Burke said of the French Revolution: You are gibbeting the carcass while your house is the haunt of robbers.

H.V. TRAYWICK JR. Richmond

Let the people decide Since the dawn of this republic, AfricanAmericans have been in a constant struggle to become fully vested in our right to vote. From being counted as three-fifths of a human being; to literacy tests; to poll taxes; to the fight to ratify the 15th Amendment; to the historic signing of the 1964 Voting Rights Act; to being disenfranchised by an overzealous criminal justice system or restrictive voter ID laws; African-Americans’ right to participate in the governance of this country constantly has been challenged and denied.

In the 21st century, minority representation is also at risk due to gerrymandering, the practice of politicians drawing their own district lines to create a political advantage. Oftentimes, this is done at the expense of black lawmakers.

However, in Virginia, a state steeped in a history of racial gerrymandering, a movement has grown to turn the page on this form of voter disenfranchisement.

Last year, the Virginia House of Delegates and state Senate voted to approve a constitutional amendment designed to end partisan and racial gerrymandering in the Commonwealth. The amendment included the following historic language: Every electoral district shall be drawn in accordance with the requirements of federal and state laws that address racial and ethnic fairness, including the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, and judicial decisions interpreting such laws. Districts shall provide, where practicable, opportunities for racial and ethnic communities to elect candidates of their choice.

Besides finally enshrining these protections

into the Virginia Constitution, the amendment removes the business of drawing voting districts from the backrooms of the General Assembly where politicians were able choose the citizens they wish to represent. The plan would appoint a bipartisan commission to draw fair districts in full view of the citizens.

Virginia law states that constitutional amendments must be passed in two consecutive years, so it again comes before the General Assembly, mostly made up of the same individuals who almost unanimously approved it in 2019. If approved by the General Assembly, it will be on the ballot this November for approval from to the ultimate arbiters of democracy — the citizens of Virginia.

After sailing back through the state Senate by a near unanimous vote, a strange thing happened: the Democratic leadership in the House of Delegates has seemingly refused to take up the constitutional amendment.

A small number of Democrats are pushing their own legislation to create an advisory commission that won’t legally bind the legislature to use their suggestions. They also say that a better solution is on the way in the coming years.

But this plan is not foolproof and has one major flaw: Democrats may not stay in power long enough to draft their so-called better idea.

Thus, instead of Virginia voters being able to make their own decision on whether they want constitutional protections now, the Democrats are asking African-Americans, the longtime victims of racial and partisan gerrymandering, to bet our voting rights on their continued electoral success.

Anyone with even a limited understanding of politics in Virginia knows how much of an impact

PUBLIC NOTICE Through Truck Traffic Restrictions Chesterfield County Notice is hereby given that the Virginia Department of Transportation is accepting written comments through March 25, 2020, regarding the restriction of through truck traffic for the following routes: 

Route 620 (Woods Edge Road) from Route 746 (Ruffin Mill Road) to Route 618 (Old Bermuda Hundred Road).The proposed restriction is 2.90 miles.

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Route 818 (Lawing Drive) from Route 620 (Woods Edge Road) to Route 618 (Old Bermuda Hundred Road).The proposed restriction is 0.55 miles.

The proposed alternate route for southbound trucks is via Route 618 (Old Bermuda Hundred Road) from Route 620 (Golf Course Road) to Route 1/301(Jefferson Davis Highway), via Route 1/301 (Jefferson Davis Highway) from Route 618 (Old Bermuda Hundred Road) to Route 10 (West Hundred Road), via Route 10 (West Hundred Road) from Route 1/301 (Jefferson Davis Highway) to I-95 south, via I-95 south from Route 10 (West Hundred Road) to Route 620 (Woods Edge Road), and via Route 620 (Woods Edge Road) from I-95 south to Route 746 (Ruffin Mill Road). The proposed alternate route is 7.22 miles.

The proposed alternate route for northbound trucks is via Route 620 (Woods Edge Road) from Route 746 (Ruffin Mill Road) to I-95 Northbound, via I-95 north from Route 620 (Woods Edge Road) to Route 10 (West Hundred Road), via Route 10 (West Hundred Road) from I-95 north to Route 618 (Old Bermuda Hundred Road), and via Route 618 (Old Bermuda Hundred Road) from Route 10 (West Hundred Road) to Route 620 (Golf Course Road). The proposed alternate route is 6.12 miles.

Comments can be sent to VDOT Chesterfield Residency Administrator, 3301 Speeks Drive, Midlothian, VA 23112.

the present occupant of the White House has had on recent state elections. Just ask the Republicans.

What if he’s not president after 2020?

Here’s the bottom line: African-Americans and other minority voters deserve the right to be able to vote on permanent constitutional protections.

We all know that the rights African-Americans enjoy as citizens are a direct result of constitutional amendments. With the federal Voting Rights Act on life support, putting these vital protections into the Virginia Constitution also will ensure protections in the Commonwealth.

The Democrats owe African-Americans protection from even the specter of racial gerrymandering. A constitutional amendment will provide that protection. But if we, as citizens, do not inject ourselves into this debate now, we will PAID ADVERTISEMENT

not get our chance in November to be the final arbiters on these constitutional protections.

If the Democrats in the House of Delegates are so confident that their law will provide better protection than this constitutional amendment, then pass it and the amendment and then let the people decide.

When did Democrats stop trusting the will of the people? If we allow this backroom deal to take our right to vote, then that is our fault.

Tell your representatives to let you decide what is best for you.

PHILLIP E. THOMPSON Loudoun County The writer is executive director of the National Black Nonpartisan Redistricting Organization.

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General Assembly

Affordable Housing and Evictions

By Senator Jennifer McClellan Every Virginian deserves the right to live in their community, without fear of economic peril due to housing costs. Unfortunately, that is not a reality for too many Virginians today. The National Low Income Housing Coalition estimates that Virginia has only enough housing for 54 of every 100 low-income families.

The affordable housing shortage is especially acute in the greater Richmond region. According to Virginia Tech’s Center for Housing Research, 125,000 people in region are “cost-burdened” by housing – meaning that they spend more than 30% of their gross monthly income on rent or mortgage.

There is widespread agreement that the basic cause of the affordable housing shortage is that wages and family income have not kept pace with the increased costs of construction and renovation.

This year, the General Assembly is poised to make major progress on addressing the affordable housing. First, the Senate budget maintains the Governor’s recommendation to increase funding by $56 million for the Virginia Housing Trust Fund, while the House budget recommends an increase of $46 million. This fund creates and preserves affordable housing and reduces homelessness in the Commonwealth through loans to reduce the cost of homeownership and rental housing and grants for targeted efforts to reduce homelessness.

The Richmond delegation also has introduced several pieces of legislation to address affordable housing. First, as a result of stakeholder meetings over the past two years, Delegate Betsy Carr and I introduced HB 1101 and SB 834 to provide local governments with another tool to incentive affordable housing through “inclusionary zoning” or “affordable dwelling unit” ordinances. Currently, only a few jurisdictions – mostly in Northern Virginia – have the full legal ability to easily create affordable dwelling ordinances that incentivize developers to create a certain number of affordable units. The remaining localities have a cumbersome process that many find too onerous to implement. HB 1101 and SB 834 provide a new, more flexible alternative for local governments – including those in the Richmond area– to pass affordable dwelling unit ordinances and increase the stock of affordable housing. HB 1101 has passed the Senate and SB 834 is pending in the House.

On behalf of the City of Richmond, I introduced two bills to give the city additional tools to incentivize affordable housing and address gentrification. First, SB 727 increases the maximum duration of a local real estate tax exemption for structures in conservation areas or rehabilitation districts from 15 years to 30 years. This bill has passed and awaits the Governor’s signature. Second, SB 725 authorizes the City to impose a tax rate on improvements to real property that is different than the City’s tax rate on the land upon which the improvements are located. This bill is pending in the House.

Delegate Jeff Bourne introduced HB 6 to prohibit landlords from discriminating on the basis of a person’s source of income to the list of unlawful housing discrimination practices. This bill will help those renters using Section 8 vouchers to avoid discrimination, and is pending in the Senate.

This session, we have the opportunity to act to ensure more Virginians can live in affordable housing. Let’s get it done.

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CIAA’s last hurrah in Charlotte Lady Panthers favored to win 4th crown in 5 years

VUU, VSU in good shape going into CIAA Tournament Virginia Union University has arrived at the 75th Annual CIAA Tournament with a full head of steam.

Meanwhile, Virginia State University stubbed its toe during the final preparations for the tournament in Charlotte, N.C. VUU defeated VSU 83-78 during last Saturday’s regular season finale at a filled-

Star watch: Few shine brighter than VUU senior guard Terrell Leach, who leads the conference with a 23.6 point average per game.

Then there are the “Bounce Brothers,” 6-foot-6 VUU forwards Jordan Peebles and Raemaad Wright.

In defeating VSU, Peebles had 15 points and 12 rebounds, while Wright had 12 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots. Together, the “Bounce Brothers” have blocked 72 shots.

VSU has no clear-cut star, but Coach Blow that doesn’t mean the squad doesn’t shine on attack. The Trojans, who seem to take turns as individual top gun, lead the CIAA in scoring average, 81.4 points.

B.J. Fitzgerald, a 6-foot-6 sophomore transfer from Norfolk State University, leads the Trojans with an 11.6 point average, followed by former Henrico High School star Walter Williams at 11.5 points.

VSU has earned the top seed despite losing its top five scorers from last year’s championship roster. Coach Blow won a CIAA title while coaching at St. Augustine’s University before he added two more titles at VSU. Farewell North Carolina: The CIAA Tournament has been in Charlotte, N.C., since 2006. Next year, the event is moving to Baltimore.

Host Johnson C. Smith University won the 2008 and 2009 CIAA titles but hasn’t made much noise since. The Golden Bulls, with the strongest crowd backing, may be primed for an overdue crown this year under Coach Steve Joyner Sr., who is among the longest tenured HBCU coaches.

This is Coach Joyner’s 28th season as the Golden Bulls’ head coach and before that, he coached the Johnson C. Smith

The Virginia Union University Lady Panthers have barely tapped the brakes in running roughshod over the CIAA women’s basketball tournament during the past five years.

Coach AnnMarie Gilbert’s Lady Panthers arrived at the tournament in Charlotte, N.C., as usual with the label of heavy favorite.

The numbers under Final CIAA men’s regular season standings Coach Gilbert are stagNorthern Division CIAA Overall gering. *Virginia State University 12-3 19-8 In her five seasons Virginia Union University 11-4 18-10 with the team, VUU is Bowie State University 8-7 16-13 134-17 overall and 70Lincoln University of Pennsylvania 5-10 8-18 10 in the CIAA regular Elizabeth City State University 4-11 12-16 season play, winning five *Virginia State University is the top seed in the Northern Division. straight Northern Division Coach Gilbert trophies.

Southern Division CIAA Overall Additionally, the tal*Johnson C. Smith University 13-4 19-7 ented Richmonders are Winston-Salem State University 13-4 16-10 10-1 in CIAA Tournament Fayetteville State University 10-7 21-7 play —with three titles Claflin University 9-8 13-15 in four years — under St. Augustine’s University 5-12 11-17 Coach Gilbert and 9-4 in Livingstone College 5-12 12-16 NCAA Division II playoff *Johnson C. Smith University earned the top seed in the Southern action.

Division based on a better divisional record.

The Lady Panthers Shameka McNeill were scheduled to play a quarterfinal game on Wednesday, Feb. 26, in Charlotte. If suc- to-the-rafters Barco-Stevens Hall, aka “The cessful, they will advance to the semifinals Sardine Can,” where the VUU Panthers at 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, and, if form were 13-1 this season. The Panthers go continues, to the final at 1 p.m. Saturday, into the tournament with a seven game Feb. 29. winning streak.

The Lady Panthers are ranked 12th nationStill, VSU is the CIAA Northern Divially and sion’s top seed going into the tournament fourth as the regular season champ, while VUU Ifunanya Okoye in the is No. 2 going into the tournament.

Atlantic Region, and can VSU Coach Lonnie Blow’s Trojans are Tournament schedules look forward to another trip eyeing a third tournament crown in the to the NCAAs in a couple last four years. Prior to the team’s recent CIAA tournament schedules at of weeks. success, VSU’s only CIAA titles were in Spectrum Center in Charlotte, There is depth aplenty on 1988 and 1947.

N.C. Coach Gilbert’s roster. When VUU last won the CIAA crown in 2018 Men’s games superstar Shareka McNeill sufunder Coach Jay Butler. The Panthers Quarterfinals fered a season-ending injury also claimed the title 12 times between Thursday, Feb. 27, 7 and 9 in December, others stepped 1979 and 2006 under former Coach Dave p.m. (The first quarterfinal set was Wednesday, Feb. 26, up, including her twin sister, Robbins. with Virginia State University Shameka McNeill. s c h e d u l e d a t 6 : 4 0 p. m .

Taking her turn in the Virginia Union University is spotlight last Saturday was to play 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. sophomore forward Ifunanya 27, against the survivor of Okoye, who enjoyed a “caWednesday’s game between reer game” with 31 points, Shaw and Fayetteville State 13 rebounds, three assists, universities.) two steals and two blocked Semifinals shots in the Lady Panthers’ Randolph-Macon College’s behind Buzz Anthony), first in Friday, Feb. 28, 7 and 9 p.m.

Final 66-49 win over Virginia State basketball squad is fueled up rebounding (8.1), first in field Saturday, Feb. 29, 4:30 p.m.

University. and prepared for postseason goal percentage (55 percent) Games to be broadcast on An influential newcomer takeoff. and first on the team and in Aspire TV. has been 6-foot-1 Dy’Manee Expecting to provide ample the Old Dominion Athletic Royal, a transfer from Florida firepower for a lengthy NCAA Conference in blocked shots Women’s games Quarterfinals A&M University. Royal avrun is freshman (2.9).

Thursday, Feb. 27: 1 and 3 erages nine points and eight Miles Mallory.

In fact, his 71 total p.m. (Virginia State University rebounds per game and forms The 6-foot-5 rejections is just two scheduled for a play-in game a formidable front line with newcomer from behind the school Tuesday, Feb. 25. The Virginia Okoye and Jasmine Carter.

Beltsville, Md., and seasonal standard 73 Union University Lady Panthers VUU women have won the St. Vincent Pallotti set by Pat Holland were scheduled for the first CIAATournament MVP trophy High School, is a in 1990. set of quarterfinal games on three of the last four years — top-of-the-list reaHeading to the Wednesday, Feb. 26.)

Kiana Johnson in 2016, Alexis son why the Yellow ODAC Tournament Semifinals Miles Mallory Johnson in 2018 and Shareka Jackets are placing this weekend in SaFriday, Feb. 28, 1 and 3 p.m.

Final McNeill last year. no limits on this season. lem, R-MC was 23-2 overall, Saturday, Feb. 29, 1 p.m.

There’s room for the name In helping the Ashland 11-0 at home and 15-1 in the Games to be broadcast on of another Lady Panther to be school to a national No. 2 NCAA ODAC. Aspire TV. inscribed on the trophy once Division III ranking, Mallory There have been few speed action ends this Saturday. is second on the team in scor- bumps. Mallory has been a ing (11.9 points average, and starter since opening night,

women’s teams.

Richmonders may recall Coach Joyner as the assistant at VUU in the 1970s under Coach Robert Moore.

While Caucasian stars have been rare in the CIAA Tournament, Coach Joyner potentially has one in 6-foot-6 Serbian native Nenad Milenkovic. A transfer from the University of South CarolinaAiken, Milenkovic scored 36 points on Jan. 25 against VUU, nailing six 3-pointers.

Not a man you want to foul, he has hit 87 percent of his free throws.

Coach Butler In the beginning: The CIAA Tournament was born in March 1946 at the 2,000-seat Turner’s Arena in Washington, D.C. Coach John B. McLendon Jr.’s North Carolina College Eagles (now North Carolina Central University) defeated Virginia Union 64-56 in the final. Morgan State upended Lincoln in the consolation game.

The event has come a long way over 75 years. The inaugural tournament operated on a $500 budget.

The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority estimated the 2019 tournament drew about 150,000 people attending games and other activities, having a $50 million economic impact.

Looking ahead: The CIAA champion earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional playoffs.

According to the latest poll before VSU’s loss to VUU, the Trojans were sixth in the regional poll but unranked nationally.

There are no guarantees an additional CIAA team will be extended a bid to the NCAA playoffs, placing pressure on the outcome of the CIAA Tournament.

CIAA schools have won five NCAA titles — Winston-Salem State in 1967; VUU in 1980, 1992 and 2005; and North Carolina Central in 1989.

Randolph-Macon heading into postseason with Miles Mallory averaging 29 minutes per contest.

This is among the top seasons so far in a rich R-MC history that featured a trip to the NCAA Division II Finals in 1977 under Coach Hal Nunnally, and a drive to the Division III Final Four in 2010 under Coach Nathan Davis. The school’s program went from Division II to Division III in 1990.

Also, R-MC was 28-2 in 2003 under Coach Mike Rhoades, who is now at Virginia Commonwealth University.

The 1974 Yellow Jackets, under Coach Paul Webb, went 27-3 and lost to eventual NCAA Division II champ Old Dominion University in the South Atlantic Regional.

Marrow sets new Hampton University scoring record Jermaine Marrow has surpassed one legend. Now he’s closing in another.

The Hampton University senior guard recently broke Rick Mahorn’s HU career scoring mark.

Mahorn, who went on to considerable NBA fame, scored 2,497 points from 1976 to 1980 at Hampton University.

Marrow has broken that record with a career total of 2,537 points following his 17Jermaine point performance Monday night in HampMarrow ton’s loss at Gardner-Webb University.

Marrow has averaged 24.2 points per game, the fourth highest in NCAA Division I. Next on Marrow’s checklist is the state of Virginia NCAA Division I mark set by Virginia Military Institute’s Reggie Williams from 2004 to 2008. Williams, from Prince George County, had 2,556 points at VMI before embarking on a long NBA career.

Hampton University plays at Radford University on Thursday, Feb. 27, and at home against the University of South CarolinaUpstate on Saturday, Feb. 29.

Marrow has been much more than just a scorer for Coach Buck Joyner. He also had 596 assists and 482 rebounds during his brilliant career.

Hampton is part of the Big South Conference. The athletic conference’s tournament begins Tuesday, March 3, with higher seeds hosting first round games.

Fletcher Johnson

Justin Wansley

Blasts from the past Here are a few of Randolph-Macon College’s most memorable victories from yesteryear.

1975 — Led by Fletcher Johnson, the Yellow Jackets stunned Georgetown University 84-74 at Crenshaw Gymnasium. Hoyas Coach John Thompson drew three technical fouls, was ejected from the game and watched the rest of the game through a crack in the locker room door.

1977 — R-MC upset the University of Richmond 71-64 at the Robins Center to earn a trip to the NCAA Division II tournament and eliminate UR from postseason consideration.

1977 — On a last-second jumper by Benny McKaig, R-MC topped Cheyney State University 65-63 in the NCAA quarterfinals at the former Richmond Arena. Cheyney State Coach John Chaney, who later coached at Temple University, attended the postgame news conference with tears streaming down his cheeks.

1989 — Connecting on 16 3-pointers, the Yellow Jackets upset No. 1 ranked Virginia Union University 86-82 in Ashland. On in-bounds play, Charlie Boyd threw a pass off the back of a defender, scooped up his own pass and scored.

Coach Josh Markel’s Yellow Jackets will be the No. 1 seed for the ODAC Tournament and a likely first round host for the NCAA Division III South Regional.

R-MC trailed only Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in the most recent NCAA Division III national poll. That was prior to a 63-54 loss last Saturday at Guilford College in the regular season finale.

Mallory is one of two African-American starters for R-MC, along with senior guard Korey Turner.

Turner, who played basketball in high school at Midlothian High School and Amelia Academy, is the sibling of former University of Richmond standout Darien Brothers.

While the R-MC program hasn’t always had many African-American players, there was been no shortage of quality.

Here are some examples: • Dennis Howard (19691972): The program’s first black player came to Ashland from Arlington and scored 941 points for Coach Paul Webb.

• Jerome Ross: After helping Maggie L. Walker High School to the 1971 state championship, the 6-foot-7 center became an integral part of Coach Webb’s Division II juggernaut.

• Fletcher Johnson (19701975): Coming from John Marshall High School, he set a career record of 2,216 points.

No one has approached that since. Hands down, “Fletch” is the program’s all-time great.

• Justin Wansley (20022006): Recruited out of Henrico High School, the son of former Virginia Tech star Ernest Wansley scored 1,566 points.

• Nathan Davis as player (1992-1996): The D.C. native scored 983 points under Coach Hal Nunnally.

• Nathan Davis as coach (2009-2015): As head coach, he led R-MC to a 141-39 record before moving on to Bucknell University.

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Personality: Quanda Lashun Baker Spotlight on local president of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Almost five years ago, Quanda Lashun Baker was among the charter members of the Richmond Metropolitan Area Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, establishing a branch of the women’s nonprofit organization dedicated to making a difference in the community.

Today, Ms. Baker is the chapter’s president, readying the group for their 3rd Annual Health Summit on March 14, just a few weeks shy of the chapter’s fifth year of advocacy work in the Greater Richmond area.

“It’s a momentous occasion,” Ms. Baker says. “I feel that we have learned a lot since our chartering. We have given back to the community a lot since our chartering.”

Already, it has been a fairly eventful year for the Georgia native and the chapter she has led since her election in October. Last month, the organization joined sister chapters from Charlottesville, Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia to lobby federal legislators at the U.S. Capitol for policies that would best benefit the lives of African-American women and girls.

For her part, Ms. Baker is a committed leader in the organization, following in the footsteps of the chapter’s founding president, Dr. Delta R. Bowers, who convinced her to become a member of the organization in 2014. Ms. Baker balances her responsibilities with the Richmond chapter with her duties on the organization’s national public relations, public policy, education and fund development committees.

“It’s hard, but it’s called time management,” Ms. Baker says when asked how she handles so

many roles. “To juggle it all, I have a calendar and I plan accordingly.”

Along with the health summit, the Richmond chapter of the NCBW furthers their gender equity and empowerment goals through their SisterNomic$ financial literacy workshops, their Phenomenal Women’s Jazz Luncheon Soiree and their Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament. The chapter also will be participating in the national NCBW’s phone banks, helping people register to vote.

The chapter is focused on promoting a holistic approach to health, one that focuses on methods of self-care that prioritize the well-being of those often expected and conditioned to place their friends’and families’ needs before their own.

“As women, we tend to care for others and not care for ourselves,” Ms. Baker says.

“This gives us an opportunity to see what we need to do as far as taking care of or having self-care for ourselves.”

Her only concern is that people in the community may not be aware of the event.

Ms. Baker has a plan for that, and is focused on raising the chapter’s profile by using social media to inform the Richmond community about the chapter’s free programs, including the health summit.

“The participation is not where it should be,” Ms. Baker says. “And this year, our focus is to get the word out more so that people know who we are and what we’re all about.”

Meet community and women’s equity advocate and this week’s Personality, Quanda Lashun Baker: Occupation: Chief operations officer, Clearview Counseling Services.

advocacy work is hard work.

How I plan to meet it: As a chapter, we will need to do a What: National Coalition of 100 Black 3rd Annual Women’s better job of communicating Health Summit: A Holistic Approach to Women’s Health our free advocacy programs so Theme: Metabolic Syndrome: The Silent Threat that the community can avail When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 14 themselves and participate.

Where: Claude G. Perkins Living and Learning Center, Virginia Union University, 1500 N. Lombardy St. How I start the day: I start Speakers include: Ashley Murphy and Natasha Randall, by thanking God for waking clinical social workers-therapists; Dr. Karen Jefferson, me up to see another day and obstetrician-gynecologist; Victoria Lynn, apiarist; Dr. asking Him for His grace and Joynita Nicholson, osteopathic physician; Dr. Camille mercy to get through the opHaisley-Royster, dermatologist; Kali Ashura, life coach portunities and obstacles of and spiritual guide and healer; Pastor Kim Ridley; and another day. moderator Dr. Daphne Bazile-Harrison, chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Bon Secours-Mercy Health Southside Quality I most admire in anRegional Hospital. other person: Extemporaneous Details: The event, which is free and open to the speaking. public, will include free, on-site medical screenings, food Something I love to do that demonstrations, voter registration, a raffle and door prizes most people would never and vendors. imagine: I am OCD when it Registration: www.eventbrite.com comes to cleaning.

Quote that I am inspired State University; mas- community. We are seeking by: “I have learned that people ter’s in human resources, professional black women who will forget what you said, people University of Maryland, are dedicated to volunteering will forget what you did, but University College. their talents to support the people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Family: Spouse, Merrill E. organization’s mission.

Baker III, and children, Shar- Why I am excited about Angelou. day, Danielle and Cameron. this organization: I am ex- How I unwind: By removing Mission of National Associa- cited about the impact that myself from everything, everytion of 100 Black Women: To this organization has made one and having alone time. advocate on behalf of black and continues to make. I am Best late-night snack: Sour women and girls to promote extremely excited about the cream and cheddar potato chips leadership development and programs we, the Richmond with Frank’s RedHot Sauce. gender equity in the areas of Metropolitan Area Chapter of At the top of my “to-do” list: health, education and eco- the National Coalition of 100 To vacation in Paris. nomic empowerment. NCBW Black Women, have done in Best thing my parents ever advocates on behalf of black the areas of health, education taught me: To always to do and public policy. women and girls through the right thing no matter what national and local action and Chapter’s top four projects: someone says or does. strategic alliances.

The annual Women’s Health When organization was Summit, the Phenomenal Wom- Person who influenced me founded: The national orga- en’s Jazz Luncheon Soiree, the the most: My mother, the late nization was founded Oct. 24, annual Scholarship Golf Tour- Ellen Frances Duncan.

1981. The Richmond chapter nament and My SisterNomic$ Book that influenced me the most: “Becoming” by former was chartered in March 2015. financial literacy workshops.

I am a charter member.

Chapter’s No. 1 challenge: First Lady Michelle Obama.

Number of Richmond chapter The branding of the NCBW If I’ve learned one thing RMAC in the Richmond com- in life, it is: Prayer changes members: 54.

Membership requirements: munity and informing the com- everything.

Membership is open to all black munity of who we are, what we My next goal: To complete women who want to make a do and the importance of why my doctoral degree in higher difference in the Richmond we do what we do, because education and leadership.

Want to go?

What I do: Provide supervision to all staff members, ensure compliance as required by the Department of Health and Behavioral Services, implement training programs for the staff, coordinate HR systems and processes, ensure adequate staffing and serve as a member of the leadership team.

No. 1 community involvement: President of the Richmond Metropolitan Area Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women. I also am national secretary for the National Coalition of 100 Black Women and serve on several of the national committees.

Other community involvement: I serve as the church clerk, at St. Peter Baptist church, in Glen Allen.

Date and place of birth: Sept.

15, in Thomasville, Ga. Current residence: Glen Allen.

Education: Bachelor’s in administrative systems, Albany

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Happenings Lizzo, ‘Just Mercy’ win top honors at NAACP Image Awards Free Press wire report

PASADENA, Calif.

Lizzo was named entertainer of the year and “Just Mercy” won best motion picture, best actor and best supporting actor Saturday at the NAACP Image Awards, as the show that recognizes entertainers of color ladled honors on the film that was snubbed by bigger shows

we actually have black nominees,“ Mr. Anderson said. He may well have been talking about “Just Mercy,” the acclaimed film that was snubbed by the Oscars, Golden Globes and other ceremonies in the long awards season.

Michael B. Jordan won best actor in a motion picture for his role as a crusading defense attorney in the film, and Jamie

actress in a film for her role in “Us,” and 15-year Marsai Martin won best supporting actress for her role in “Little” over superstar names including Jennifer Lopez, Janelle Monae and Octavia Spencer.

Miss Martin’s award went with three more she won Friday for her roles in “Little” and “black-ish” during the non-televised first night of the Image Awards.

“Thank you to all the beautiful black girls out there who inspire me every day,“ Miss Martin said as she accepted the supporting actress award.

Miss Martin’s “black-ish” cast mate Tracee Ellis Ross won best actress in a TV comedy series, her ninth career Image Award.

“I love being a part of this ever-growing chorus of black women owning our legacies,”

Photos by Chris Pizzello/Associated Press

Above, Lizzo accepts her top honor for entertainer of the year at the 51st Annual NAACP Image Awards last Saturday in Pasadena, Calif. Right, Michael B. Jordan accepts the award for best actor in a motion picture for his role as crusading Harvard-educated attorney Bryan Stevenson in the movie “Just Mercy.” The film’s co-star, Jamie Foxx, won an Image Award for best supporting actor.

throughout awards season.

“We are such a beautiful people, this is just a reminder of all the beautiful things that we can do,“ said Lizzo as she accepted the night’s last and biggest award, leaping and dancing off the stage at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium as the show ended.

Host Anthony Anderson of “black-ish” opened the show, telecast on BET for the first time, with a monologue that took a shot at the lack of diversity at the Oscars and Hollywood’s other ceremonies that handed out awards earlier in the year.

“Unlike other awards shows,

Mr. Foxx won best supporting actor for the wrongly convicted man he fought for.

“This project is a lot bigger than me. It’s about every person that’s wrongfully convicted and sitting in a jail cell right now,“ Mr. Jordan said as he accepted the award.

Mr. Foxx won his fifth career image award for his role in “Just Mercy,“ saying, “Thank you so much, black people, AfricanAmericans, and everything else we are.”

He added, “Its always great to get it from black folks because we are so talented.“ Lupita Nyong’o won best

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It was a big Image Awards all around for “black-ish,“ which took home seven, including best TV comedy and best actor in a TV comedy for Mr. Anderson.

The NAACP gave its Chairman’s Award, which goes to people who show exemplary public service and “create agents of change,” to civil rights legend U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia.

“The NAACP has been like a bridge over troubled waters,” Rep. Lewis, who is suffering from pancreatic cancer, said in a recorded acceptance speech from Washington. “We’re going to have some more troubled waters, and we’re going to need the NAACP.” Rihanna received the NAACP President’s Award for special achievement and distinguished public service. She called for racial, religious and cultural unity during her acceptance speech.

“If there’s anything that I’ve learned, it’s that we can only fix this world together,” Rihanna said. “We can’t do it divided.

Tell your friends to pull up.”

She added, “We’ve been denied opportunities since the beginning of time, and still we prevail ... Imagine what we can do if we do it together.”

Beyonce was the big winner at Friday night’s non-televised gala, winning six awards, including outstanding female artist and album. She also won outstanding duo/group for her collaboration with her 8-year-old daughter Blue Ivy, and Saint Jhn.

Governor, lawmakers hit the basketball court for cancer research

By Emma Gauthier Capital News Service

The governor, lobbyists, legislaPhotos by Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press tors and their assistants left Capitol Gov. Ralph S. Northam looks for an open Square last Thursday to face off on the basketball court for a cancer teammate to pass the ball to last Thursday during the 12th Annual Capitol Square Basketball research fundraiser.

Classic at Virginia Commonwealth University’s The game raised nearly $32,000 Siegel Center. The event was a fundraiser for for the Virginia Commonwealth Uni- VCU’s Massey Cancer Center. versity Massey Cancer Center.

The Massey Capitol Square Classic pitThe Siegel Center was filled primarily with ted the Governor’s Office and special guests House and Senate pages, teenagers involved in against lobbyists for one game and members a program to assist in the legislative process of the House of Delegates against state Senate during the General Assembly session. members in another match. The event, held at During halftime, the pages battled each VCU’s Siegel Center, is in its 12th year. other in a “spirit contest” to see who could “We’re finding new cures everyday for cheer the loudest. Rodney the Ram, VCU’s cancer and I just thank you all for that,” Gov. mascot, awarded the Senate pages the spirit Ralph S. Northam said. “We’re all here to trophy. have a good time, and I hope everybody is While the Senate appeared to have the safe and has a lot of fun. So let’s get ready rowdiest fans, that didn’t stop the House to play ball.” from stealing the game. Tension in the arena Gov. Northam broke out his red basket- rose when the Senate held a 2-point lead. ball shorts to play among team members With less than a second on the clock, the from his office. The Governor’s Office held House landed a 3-point shot, winning the a strong lead throughout the first game and game 26-25. won 42-25.

House pages immediately flooded the court “We are committed to trying to find cures to celebrate with their team. House Speaker for diseases that we do not have today,” VCU Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax, stood at the President Michael Rao said. “It takes a lot of center holding the trophy, chanting, “This work and tremendous research to help us get is our house.” to the place where we need to be.”

“I want to thank the folks in the House and The House and Senate teams consisted Senate because I know that, like everything, mainly of legislative assistants, although the only way to beat cancer is as a team,” there was a rule that each team must have said Dr. Robert Winn, the new director of two legislators on the court at all times. the Massey Cancer Center.

Gov. Ralph S. Northam high-fives members of his team as he comes off the court during the first quarter of the game last Thursday. The Governor’s Office took on lobbyists and won the first of the two-game fundraiser. Members of the House of Delegates and state Senate and their aides played in the second game with the House winning 26-25.

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Members of the Richmond 34, from left, Raymond B. Randolph Jr., Elizabeth Johnson Rice, Wendell T. Foster and Dr. Leroy M. Bray Jr., talk about their protest 60 years ago to desegregate the lunch counter and restaurant at the former Thalhimers department store in Downtown. The panel discussion, moderated by Dr. Kimberly Matthews, left, was held last Friday at Virginia Union University.

Members of the Richmond 34 remember their historic lunch counter protest in Downtown

By George Copeland Jr.

On Feb. 22, 1960, more than 200 Virginia Union University students protested the whitesonly policy at the restaurant and lunch counter at Thalhimers department store in Downtown, challenging its segregationist dining policy in solidarity with similar student efforts taking place across the country.

Thirty-four of the VUU students were arrested

by Richmond Police, their civil rights actions helping to push desegregation of Richmond restaurants and businesses.

Last week, several members of the Richmond 34, now in their 70s and 80s, connected with members of the Richmond community during a two-day, 60th anniversary commemoration of their historic protest during which they called for greater support from their alma mater and shared plans to ensure their mission continues.

“60 years and we’re still here!” said Elizabeth Johnson Rice of Richmond, who joined fellow Richmond 34 members Raymond B. Randolph Jr. of Connecticut, Wendell T. Foster of Richmond and Dr. Leroy M. Bray Jr. of Mechanicsville in a panel discussion last Friday as part of the commemoration.

The four-hour event, held at VUU’s L. Douglas Wilder Library and Learning Resource Center, largely focused on the group’s legacy and the context surrounding their actions. During a break in the event, they were presented with certificates of recognition from Gov. Ralph S. Northam delivered by Traci J. DeShazor, deputy secretary of the commonwealth.

“The 34 students were recognized as heroes,”

said VUU History Professor Raymond Hylton, as he traced the students’ impact through years of local and national history. “They sparked the campaign for human dignity.”

The commemoration also marked the first year since the criminal records of the Richmond 34 were expunged. The group had appealed their convictions, which were upheld in 1961 by the Virginia Supreme Court. Their case went to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1963 with the legal expertise of attorneys Thurgood Marshall, Oliver W. Hill Sr. and Clarence W. Newsome.

But the nation’s highest court remanded the case back to Virginia for a new hearing.

On Oct. 28, 1965, all of the charges against the Richmond 34 were dismissed, but their criminal records were not formally expunged until last year.

The Rev. Clarencia Shade of Newark, N.J., Mr. Newsome’s daughter, told the audience she was 6 when her father died and wasn’t able to fully understand his work before his death.

But she learned how his actions and the actions of others continue to be remembered in the Richmond community. Those connections, she said, speak to the larger web of relationships that defined the Richmond 34, from their cooperative efforts during the protest to community efforts to pay their bail following their arrest.

“Everyone played a role. Everyone had a part,” Rev. Shade said. “And today, we need to continue to follow that model to find our place so that we, too, can not only solidify but advance the cause of our own civil rights.”

Members of the Richmond 34 eagerly shared

their thoughts of how their sit-in affected their lives, their activism and how they want to see it remembered and carried forward.

“I came up through a time when I suffered a lot of indignities because of this thing that we call segregation,” said Dr. Bray. “I just wanted to see change — and still want to see change.”

Mr. Foster echoed that sentiment, describing the students’ actions as a stand against injustice and power, values he said need to be imparted to the young and old at this critical time in the United States.

“It’s very important for us at this stage in the life of this country to stand up and speak truth to injustice, truth to lies and truth to power,” Mr. Foster said, “because many people who are surrounding power are more concerned about being comfortable than being committed.”

Members criticized how their alma mater has handled its relationship with the group over the years. While they acknowledged that the VUU president at the time, the late Dr. Samuel DeWitt Proctor, had worked behind the scenes to ensure their safety during and after their arrest, members said they feel the university’s support for them waned considerably in the following decades. Their efforts had gone largely unremarked until 2010, when VUU recognized the 50th anniversary of the sit-in, the first celebration of its kind for the group.

As Ms. Rice noted, this lack of support is the reason why the group isn’t known as the VUU 34. She said the university’s celebration came years after members of the wider Richmond community had reached out to the Richmond 34 to support them and brainstorm

ways to memorialize their efforts.

“We have loved Virginia Union for all these years, but Virginia Union has not really embraced us,” Ms. Rice said.

Potential solutions offered by Richmond 34 members and those in the audience ranged from petitioning the university to become more active in helping VUU students to learn about this history, to a memorial similar to the one North Carolina A&T State University has on its campus honoring the Greensboro Four, who are noted for their protest launched on Feb. 1, 1960, at the Woolworth’s lunch counter there.

Ms. Rice said she, with her son Marcus E. Rice, is in the process of developing the Richmond 34 Foundation, a nonprofit that would seek to improve the community through workplace training, scholarships and more, while keeping the memory and mission of the Richmond 34 alive.

Regardless of what shape the legacy of the Richmond 34 takes in the future, those present believe their protest and arrest left an impact on the city, the nation and their lives.

Mr. Randolph, the first protester to enter the restaurant those 60 years ago, teared up as he talked about the lasting memories, the friendships and the markers that have since been placed where the department store once stood.

He said that legacy lives on in his children and grandchildren, but his father, who died 43 years ago, never lived to see it.

“The historical marker on Broad Street between 6th and 7th streets carries his name — Randolph v. Virginia,” Mr. Randolph said, his voice choked with emotion. “I wish he could have seen it.”

Richmond Black Restaurant Experience starts March 1 The sixth edition of the weeklong Richmond Black Restaurant Experience begins Sunday, March 1, with a food truck extravaganza from 1 to 5 p.m. at Kanawha Plaza, it has been announced.

The event will feature 10 food trucks offering everything from Southern soul food to Caribbean specialties and barbecue. A DJ, vendors and a kids’ zone also will be part of the festivities, according to Shemicia Bowen, Kelli Lemon and Amy Wentz, co-organizers

of the event.

The overall goal of the Black Restaurant Experience is to showcase the 35 participating black-owned restaurants and others involved in the food industry and encourage people to try their offerings.

The Black Restaurant Experience also seeks to ensure that black food preparers are recognized for their role in helping to elevate Richmond to national standing in the food world, organizers said.

Previously known as Rich-

mond Black Restaurant Week, the event will wrap up Sunday, March 8, with a final event, “Stick A Fork in It,” that will run from noon to 5 p.m. at the Altria Theater at Laurel and Main streets across from Monroe Park.

The event will offer small plates, featuring the creations of black-owned catering companies and restaurant chefs, tasting contests, cooking demonstrations and an artisan market.

Details, including participating restaurants: www.vablackrestaurantexperience.com.

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Mardi Gras RVA-style Mardi Gras Parade King LaMarr Jones leads the way for the Dogtown Dance Theatre’ s 10th Annual Mardi Gras RVA parade last Saturday along Bainbridge Street in South Side. People wearing colorful costumes and Mardi Gras beads fell in behind him. The dancing, singing and entertainment went on for 10 blocks, followed by a variety of dance performances inside Dogtown Dance Theatre, ranging from belly dancing to Latin and salsa, hip-hop, African and modern dance. The event attracted people of all ages who enjoyed New Orleans-style food, beverages, face painting, balloon art and other activities.

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Dr. Levy M. Armwood Jr., retired pastor, music teacher, dies at 79 Free Press staff report

Dr. Levy Mack Armwood Jr., retired pastor of historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Jackson Ward and a 32-year music teacher for Richmond Public Schools, has died.

Well known for his love of education and music and for his devotion to Ebenezer, Dr. Armwood succumbed to illness on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. He was 79.

Family and friends celebrated his life Saturday, Feb. 22, at Ebenezer, a church where he had served as a minister of music and pastor for 40 years.

The grandson of sharecroppers, Dr. Armwood was born and grew up in Washington, D.C., where he earned his undergraduate degree in music in 1967 and his master’s in music education in 1973 from Howard University and also sang in the school’s choirs.

Dr. Armwood came to Richmond in 1968 to join the Richmond Public Schools faculty as a music teacher.

Over the course of three decades, he taught at eight schools, most notably Thomas Jefferson High School and the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School. Along with teaching music, he was involved in directing students in musical productions and in choirs, often taking students to competitions.

After earning his master’s, he also served for seven years as an adjunct professor at Virginia Union University, where, among other things, he taught classes in voice and in music methods for elementary schoolteachers.

Dr. Armwood responded to the call to be a minister when was 42. He was licensed in 1982 at Ebenezer Baptist Church. He then

Dr. Armwood

earned a master’s in divinity at VUU’s Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology in 1988 and was ordained that same year.

In 1992 at age 52, he accepted the call to lead his first church, Providence Baptist Church in Ashland. During his tenure there, he earned his doctorate from VUU’s School of Theology in 1996.

Ten years later after taking the pulpit in Ashland, he became Ebenezer’s ninth pastor. He had established a deep connection with the church and the congregation as its minister of music for two decades, a post he held until he became pastor of Providence Baptist.

Soon after moving to Richmond in the late 1960s, Dr. Armwood became director of Ebenezer’s Sanctuary Choir. Under his direction,

the choir recorded its first album of anthems, spirituals and gospel songs during the 1980s. He also joined with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra in three performances of Handel’s “Messiah.”

Dr. Armwood was formally installed as Ebenezer’s pastor in 2003 and served until 2017. He stepped down as the church marked its 160th year. The church has operated since then with an interim pastor.

His family said that while ministry was his calling, his real passion was for music.

He took piano lessons as a child, and he found his voice in summer visits with his grandparents in South Carolina. He enjoyed the preaching and singing at their church and would return home to the nation’s capital to preach and sing to his dog, his family said.

He also became active in Israel Baptist Church in Washington, where he sang in the choir and ushered. He gained exposure to other communities in taking trips to conferences for ushers.

Dr. Armwood also joined friends in creating the Royal Echoes gospel group that sang in churches across Washington, his family said.

As a minister, he served on the regional board of the American Baptist Churches of the South and was a past president of the ABCOT Ministers Council. He also was a member of the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond and Vicinity.

Dr. Armwood was a member of the National Association of Negro Musicians, the Music Education Conference of America, the NAACP and Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity.

He also served on the board of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ Friends of African and African-American Art. Survivors include his wife of 34 years, Cookie A. Armwood.

Restaurateur, model B. Smith dies at 70 from early onset Alzheimer’s Free Press wire report

NEW YORK Barbara “B.” Smith, one of the nation’s top African-American models who went on to open restaurants, launch a successful home products line and write cookbooks, has died at her Long Island home at age 70 after battling early onset Alzheimer’s disease.

Ms. Smith’s family announced on social media that she died Saturday evening, Feb. 22, 2020.

“Heaven is shining even brighter now that it is graced with B.’s dazzling and unforgettable smile,” her husband, Dan Gasby, posted on Facebook.

Ms. Smith’s eponymous Manhattan restaurant opened in 1986 and attracted a following among affluent black New Yorkers, The New York Times recalled. Essence magazine described it as the place “where the who’s who of black Manhattan meet, greet and eat regularly.”

Ms. Smith wrote three cookbooks, founded three successful restaurants and launched a

nationally syndicated televiStewart,” a comparison she said sion show and a magazine. she didn’t mind though she beHer successful home products lieved the two lifestyle mavens line was one of the first by an were quite different.

African-American woman to “Martha Stewart has presented be sold at a nationwide retailer herself doing the things domestics when it debuted in 2001 at Bed and African-Americans have Bath & Beyond. done for years,” Ms. Smith said In 1976, she became the in a 1997 interview with New second black model to be on the York magazine. “We were always cover of Mademoiselle magazine, expected to redo the chairs and after Joli Jones in 1969. use everything in the garden.

“You epitomized class, true This is the legacy that I was left. beauty and dignity. Rest well Martha just got there first.”

Queen,” actress Viola Davis In the same interview, Mr. Ms. Smith wrote on Twitter.

Gasby said, “Martha is perfecMs. Smith was diagnosed with early onset tion and Barbara is passion.”

Alzheimer’s disease in 2013. Following her Ms. Smith began suffering from memory diagnosis, she and Mr. Gasby raised awareness problems years before her diagnosis. She once of the disease, and particularly its impacts on froze for several seconds while being interviewed the African-American community. on the “Today Show,” prompting a doctor’s visit Some described Ms. Smith as a “black Martha that led to her diagnosis. A few months later,

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Actress and film festival co-founder Ja’Net DuBois succumbs at 74 Free Press wire report

LOS ANGELES Ja’Net DuBois, who played the vivacious neighbor Willona Woods on the 1970s sitcom “Good Times,” composed and sang the theme song for television’s “The Jeffersons” and was one of the founders of the largest black film festival in the United States, has died.

Ms. DuBois’ song “Movin’ on Up” provided the upbeat intro to “The Jeffersons” during the show’s 11-season run from 1975 to 1985.

According to Ms. DuBois’ youngest daughter, Kesha Fields, the actress died in her sleep on Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, at her home in Glendale, Calif.

She was 74.

BernNadette Stanis, who played Thelma Evans Anderson on “Good Times” and remained close to Ms. DuBois, said she learned of her death on Feb. 18, from the actress’ daughter.

“She used to keep us laughing all the time,” Ms. Stanis said, warmly recalling her friend. “She was very, very talented. If she wasn’t singing ... she was creating a character to make us laugh.”

Ms. Stanis said Ms. DuBois appeared to be in good health when they appeared Feb. 1 at a fan meet-and-greet in Los Angeles with other “Good Times” co-stars Jimmie “J.J.” Walker, Johnny Brown and Ralph Carter.

Ms. DuBois had a prolific career beyond the 1970s hit “Good Times,” winning two Emmy Awards for her voice work on the WB series “The PJs.” Ms. DuBois’ character on “Good Times,” Willona, was the single, sexy neighbor and best friend to star Esther Rolle’s Florida Evans. Though the comedy had plenty of one-liners, Ms. DuBois’ appearances gave an extra dose of comedic relief.

Ms. DuBois showed off more of her dramatic skills when a young Janet Jackson joined the show as the abused child Penny. Ms. DuBois’ character would go on to adopt Penny, and the storyline also forged a long, close relationship between Ms. DuBois and Ms. Jackson, who would go on to become a multiplatinum superstar. Ms.

Ms. DuBois

Jackson later cast Ms. DuBois as her mother in her 1986 “Control” video.

Ms. Jackson paid tribute to Ms. DuBois in an Instagram post last week.

“I am so very saddened to hear my longtime friend Ja’Net DuBois has passed away. I saw first hand how she broke stereotypes and changed the landscape for Black women in entertainment,” Ms. Jackson wrote. “I’m grateful in recent years I had a chance to see her and create more lasting memories. I pray for comfort for all her family and friends.”

Ms. DuBois also was lauded by actor Danny Glover and Ayuko Babu, who were cofounders with Ms. DuBois of the Pan African Film and Arts Festival 28 years ago in Los Angeles. Each year, the festival screens more than 150 films made by and/or about people of African descent from around the world and has been designated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as an official qualifying film festival for live action and animation shorts for possible Academy Awards.

“Our sister, Ja’Net DuBois, epitomized a true, conscious Pan African artist who mastered the ability to be idealistic and practical at the same time,” their statement read. “In our contemporary times, she was able to use modern technology to spread her voice, her image, her spirit, her songs and our stories around the globe and touch us with humor, dignity and her ancient wisdom. …

With her death occurring in the

midst of the Pan African Film and Arts Festival, she left us an important message — support cultural institutions like her beloved Pan African Film and Arts Festival, and it will point you toward liberation and freedom. If not — like the bluesman, Taj Maahal sings — you’ll stumble and fall.”

Ms. DuBois’ career started in theater, where she appeared in Broadway productions of “Golden Boy” and “A Raisin in the Sun,” according to a biography on her website. Her performance in “The Hot l Baltimore” in Los Angeles caught the eye of Norman Lear, who developed “Good Times” and “The Jeffersons.”

she was missing in New York for a day.

In 2018, Mr. Gasby revealed that he was in a relationship with another woman while caring for his ailing wife, leading to harsh criticism from some of her fans. He fired back at critics with a Facebook post about the pain of living with Alzheimer’s in the family. “I love my wife but I can’t let her take away my life,” he wrote.

The couple co-authored a book, “Before I Forget: Love, Hope, Help and Acceptance in Our Fight Against Alzheimer’s,” and had partnered with the Brain Health Registry.

Ms. Smith, a native of Pennsylvania, began her career as a fashion model in Pittsburgh and went on to serve as a spokeswoman for Verizon, Colgate, Palmolive Oxy and McCormick’s Lawry seasonings. She hosted the nationally syndicated television show “B. Smith with Style” for nearly a decade, which aired on NBC stations.

Ms. Smith is survived by Mr. Gasby, whom she married in 1992, and her stepdaughter, Dana Gasby.

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Ms. DuBois’ Willona was a “true diva back then — fancy dressing, the wigs, doing the thing. ... the real woman woman,” Ms. Stanis said. “She brought it, didn’t she?”

Her film credits included 1970s “Diary of a Mad Housewife,” “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka” and “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle.”

She was credited in numerous other films as varied as “Basic Instinct,” “Next Friday” and “Tropic Thunder,” which included the song “Movin’ on Up.” In addition to Ms. Fields, Ms. DuBois is survived by a son, Provat Gupta, and another daughter, Rani Gupta.

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

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Noonday Bible Study 12:00 p.m. (Noon) Sanctuary - All Are Welcome!

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SATURDAY 8:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer

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Early Morning Worship ~ 8 a.m.

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

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

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Joining them last Sunday is Dr. Jerome C. Ross, right, pastor of the church on East Ladies Mile Road in North Side.

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

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2003 Lamb Avenue Dr. Arthur M. Jones, Sr., Pastor (804) 321-7622 Church School - 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service - 11:15 a.m.

3HARON "APTIST #HURCH 500 E. Laburnum Avenue, Richmond, VA 23222 www.sharonbaptistchurchrichmond.org (804) 643-3825

8:30 a.m. ....Sunday School 10:00 a.m. ...Morning Worship and Holy Communion

THURSDAYS WEDNESDAYS 1:30 p.m.

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St. Peter Baptist Church

SCRIPTURE: Joshua 4:5-8 COLORS: Red and White

Worship Opportunities Sundays: Unity Worship Every Sunday Thursdays: Church School 8:30 A.M. Mid-Day Bible Study 12 Noon Morning Worship 10 A.M. Bible Study 7 P.M. (Children/Youth/Adults) 1st Sundays Only: Children & Youth Church School will be held at 10 A.M.

Combined Ushers Emphasis Sunday Sunday, March 1, 2020

Prayer Services: Wednesday (1st & 3rd ) 7 a.m.

Every Wednesday 8 p.m.

We invite you to come worship with us as we plan to prepare for the Lenten Season.

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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, March 9, 2020 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. 2019-294 As Amended To close, to public use and travel, a portion of Greenville Avenue between its southern terminus and Kansas Avenue and a portion of a 16’ alley located in the adjacent block to the east of Greenville Avenue and bounded by Kansas Avenue to the north and Carter Street to the east, together consisting of 22,760± square feet, and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept the dedication of a 500 square foot right-ofway area for a turnaround near the proposed new southern terminus of the alley, all for the purpose of facilitating redevelopment of the area, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2020-045 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $1,959.00 from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Justice Services’ Community Corrections special fund by $1,959.00 for the purpose of funding staff development and the advancement of evidence based practices within the City’s community corrections program.

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.

Candice D. Reid 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, March 16, 2020 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, March 23, 2020 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. 2020-046 To rezone the property known as 2925 Garland Avenue from the UB Urban Business District and the PE-7 Brookland Park Boulevard / North Avenue Parking Exempt Parking Overlay District to the R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential District. The Master Plan calls for single-family medium density uses for the property. Primary uses are single-family and two-family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2020-047 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 2003-375-337, adopted Dec. 8, 2003, which authorized the special use of the property known as 1100-1102 West Cary Street and 20-22 South Harrison Street for the purpose of certain enumerated uses in accordance with such ordinance, to allow an outdoor pergola, upon certain terms and conditions. The zoning of the subject property is R‑63 Multi‑Family Urban Residential. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Single Family Medium Density land use. Primary uses are single family and two family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi-public uses.

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family detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. The current zoning for this property is R-5 Single Family Residential. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Single Family Low Density land uses which includes, single family detached dwellings at densities up to seven units per acre.

The proposed density of the development is approximately 13 units per acre.

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It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 31st day of March, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 16, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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

IT IS ORDERED that Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 16, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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

IT IS ORDERED that MAURICE P. WOOTEN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 16, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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

JOSHUA E. WHITE, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-150 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3205 Jeter Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001454/023, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Joshua E. White, Jr.

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

IT IS ORDERED that JOSHUA E. WHITE, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 16, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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

SALLIE C. DAY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-609 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the properties briefly described as 5715 Campbell Avenue, Tax Map Number E010-0227/030 and 1401 Stiff Street, Tax Map Number E010-0227/029, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Sallie C. Day and Jane Lester Wolfe.

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

IT IS ORDERED that SALLIE C. DAY, JANE LESTER WOLFE, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 16, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that TYROME COX, C O M M O N W E A LT H O F VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA D E PA R T M E N T OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, for the Virginia Housing Trust Fund fka the Virginia Housing Partnership Revolving Fund, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 96-11899 on June 12, 1996, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 16, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

on December 5, 1988, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his/her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that TRUSTEES OF ANTIOCH CHURCH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, MARVIN A. JAFFE, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 187 page 215 on December 5, 1988, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 16, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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.

Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JOHNELL HARRIS Plaintiff v.

CLIFTON HARRIS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL120000689-00 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 8th day of April, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER LARRY POLITE Plaintiff v.

CAROLYN POLITE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL120000690-00 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 8th day of April, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER NICHOLAS FRY, Plaintiff v.

JESSIE FRY, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19000982-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 31st day of March, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER STEWART YOUNG, JR. Plaintiff v.

LINDA YOUNG, Defendant.

Case No.: CL120000395-00 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 19th day of March, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

CUSTODY VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Life angelik crute Case No. J-96474-05-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) E R N E S H E L A P E R R YCRUTE (MOTHER), Life Angelik Crute, child, DOB 4/3/2017. “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendants Erneshla PerryCrute (Mother) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 4/15/2020, at 9:00 AM, Courtroom #5.

VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re AMAYA RAMIREZ, YESLI MELISSA Case No. JJ-096881-01-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Grant sole custody of Yesli Melissa, Amaya Ramirez pursuant to Code 16.1-241A3

It is ORDERED that the defendant Santos Julio Amaya appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before April 7, 2020, at 2:15 PM. VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re AMAYA RAMIREZ, LUIS FERNANDO Case No. JJ096882-01-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Grant sole custody of Luis Fernando Amaya Ramirez pursuant to Code 16.1-241A3

It is ORDERED that the defendant Santos Julio Amaya appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before April 7, 2020, at 2:15 PM.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BARBARA MORRIS, Plaintiff v.

FRANKLIN MORRIS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20000463-00 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

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

TRUE REVELATION CHURCH OF GOD, A VIRGINIA CORPORATION, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-5538 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1747 North 28th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000951/073, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Revelation Church of God, a Virginia Corporation.

An Affidavit having been filed that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do

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

WADE O. JOHNSON, III, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-5772 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1002 North 2nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000085/013, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record Wade O. Johnson, III and Geraldine S. Johnson.

An Affidavit having been filed that JOSEPH R. RIGGS, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 758 page 519 on September 20, 1979, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that TONY A. CIBO, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and ELINOR T. CIBO, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, Beneficiaries of Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 758 page 519 on September 20, 1979, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that JOHN W. HART, P. C., a purged business entity, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 08-5335 on February 28, 2008, or its successor/s in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that DEIDRE COLEY, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA RADDEN, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 08-5335 on February 28, 2008, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JOSEPH R. RIGGS, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 758 page 519 on September 20, 1979, TONY A. CIBO, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and ELINOR T. CIBO, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, Beneficiaries of Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 758 page 519 on September 20, 1979, JOHN W. HART, P. C., a purged business entity, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 08-5335 on February 28, 2008, or its successor/s in interest, DEIDRE COLEY, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA RADDEN, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 085335 on February 28, 2008, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 16, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

BYRON RUSSELL WALKER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-5212 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3209 North Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001134/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Byron Russell Walker.

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

KAREN WANDA BAKER TYLER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-5654 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2303 Lamb Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000545/014, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Karen Wanda Baker Tyler.

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

IT IS ORDERED that KAREN WANDA BAKER TYLER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 16, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

MAURICE P. WOOTEN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-5771 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1519 Mechanicsville Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0928/051, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Maurice P. Wooten.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MAURICE P. WOOTEN, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, Continued on next column

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

TYROME COX, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-5746 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4319 Angus Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number Tax Map Number C009-0901/044, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Tyrome Cox, Trevon Cox, Shaun Cox and Juan Cox.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, TYROME COX, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, for the Virginia Housing Trust Fund fka the Virginia Housing Partnership Revolving Fund, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 9611899 on June 12, 1996, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so Continued on next column

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

AGNES M. SIMMONS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-4100 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3311 5th Ave, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0051186/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Agnes M. Simmons, Nealease Judkins, James E. Evans, Maedell Eberhardt, Samuel Evans and Moses M. Evans.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, AGNES M. SIMMONS, NEALEASE JUDKINS, JAMES E. EVANS, MAEDELL EBERHARDT, S A M U E L E VA N S , a n d MOSES M. EVANS, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that AGNES M. SIMMONS, NEALEASE JUDKINS, J A M E S E . E VA N S , MAEDELL EBERHARDT, SAMUEL EVANS, MOSES M. EVANS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 16, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

TRUSTEES OF ANTIOCH CHURCH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-5605 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2712 Cheatham Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0080521/012, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Trustees of Antioch Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, TRUSTEES OF ANTIOCH CHURCH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that MARVIN A. JAFFE, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 187 page 215

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

WILLETTE JOYNERHOLLAND, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-5522 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1720 North 20th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000934/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Willette Joyner-Holland.

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

IT IS ORDERED that WILLETTE JOYNERHOLLAND, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 16, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

LICENSE Sandwiches vs Subs LLC Trading as: Sandwiches vs Subs 6333 Jahnke Road Richmond, Virginia 23225-4142 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage C ontrol (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Wine and Beer On Premises and Mixed Beverage Restaurant license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

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

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CONSOLIDATED PLAN PUBLIC NOTICE On Thursday, March 26, 2020, the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will hold a public hearing on items relating to the Commonwealth of Virginia’s administration of the Consolidated Action Plan 2020-2021 Action Plan.

The public hearing will be held at 11:00 AM until Noon in the 11th Floor Board Room of the Main Street Centre, 600 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. DHCD will be taking comments on the proposed 2020-2021 Action Plan including goals and objectives for housing and community development; the projected use of funding; the method for distributing $9,890,363 in HOME Investment Partnership funds; $2,885,391 in Emergency Solution Grant (ESG) funds; $1,087,223 in Housing for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funds, $4,432,124 in National Housing Trust Funds, and $18,152,427 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. Please note that funding amounts are estimates based on 2019-2020 funding.

Copies of the plan document may be requested by calling (804) 371-7100, (804) 371-7122, or (804) 371-7084 TDD. Persons requiring special accommodations should call (804) 371-7110. The Plan will appear on the agency’s web site at https://www.dhcd.virginia.gov/consolidated-plan.

The Department will receive written comments and testimony on the proposed 2020-2021 Action Plan through the close of business on April 17, 2020 at the following address: Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development Attention: Lyndsi Austin Main Street Centre 600 East Main Street, Suite 300 Richmond, Virginia 23219

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