The annual Leesburg Flower and Garden Festival drew “record crowds” over the weekend, according to Kara Rodriguez, the town’s public information officer.
The suspect, who has only been identified as a 55-year-old man from Riverview, fatally shot and killed a 38-year-old man, also from Riverview, while he was working as a clerk at the hotel.
“We feel your love and thank you for your support.”
They did not confirm the cause of Velvet’s death. A GoFundMe has since been made to cover funeral costs as well used to care for her family and cover outstanding debts.
“Mistress Velvet is an icon,” Kara Rodriguez wrote in the crowdfund. “Their life as an African feminist and revolutionary communist brings us closer to their fierce vision of [sex work] and trans liberation.
“Velvet, your presence in this world makes us better. Thank you for showing up unapologetically. We are all at a loss.”
Her spirited activism, from heading a sex workers activist campaign to her work with the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network, was a driving force for much of her life as she sought to uplift those around her.
Woman shares her Filipino culture, food to help others
ROBYN TAYLOR, The Winchester Star
March 14, 2021
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BERRYVILLE, Va. (AP) Shortly after 6 p.m. several nights a week a line of cars appears in front of what must be the most popular house on Mosby Boulevard.
One by one the cars pull up to the driveway. A box is handed over. Money exchanges hands. The car drives away and another pulls up to pick up their box.
But it’s not illicit substances in those boxes. It’s egg rolls. Or sometimes it’s chicken fried rice sprinkled with crunchy bacon. Or maybe barbecued chicken skewers.