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Summer 2017
Volume 23 Number 3 • Editor–Kristen Bailey-Hardy • Assistant Editor–Hayley Allison • Publisher–David Bailey • Art Director–John Sours • School Distribution–
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C O N T E N T S
VIRGINIA CAPITOL CONNECTIONS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE
On The Web
Women
Veteran
Friendly
page 9
Walker
Virtual
Education
page 11
Bell
Hail to
the Chief
page 6
Belefski
Flight Plan
for Future
Careers
page 10 Long
General
Registrars
page 4
Howard
4 A brief history of Virginia’s General Registrars
5 Elect No Strangers!
6 Highest Aspirations: Virginians Hear Hail to the Chief Again
9 Making Sure Virginia Is The Most Women Veteran Friendly
State In The Nation
10 Denbigh Aviation Academy Files Flight Plan
for Future Careers
11 Virtual Education
12 GAB: Soon to Be Gone…But Not Forgetten
13 If Those Walls Could Talk….
14 General Assembly Building Fence to Impact Pedestrian,
Vehicle Traffic through 2021
16 The Photography of Wanda Judd
18 Edgar Herbert “Herb” Thompson
18 The Past Still Matters
19 A Compressed World
21 Hospital and Healthcare Association
22 Tazewell County Makes Strides to Improve Healthcare Outcomes
24 Student Activism in Virginia:
From Women’s Rights to the Debt Owed to Slaves
25 Bluefield College Takes Action to Ease Student Load Debt
26 Remembering Maggie Lena Walker
28 This Week in Richmond
29 UVA Today features publication
of local tax rates
30 Association and Business Directory