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4 Possible Republican Renaissance?
5 When Virginia was first blue…
6 Pursuing Bi-Partisan Solutions to Enhance Behavioral Health
7 Dr. William “Fergie” Reid:
A Resilient Force in Virginia Civil Rights
9 Virginia’s Veterans Care Center Provide Top-Notch Care To
Veterans: New facilities to be built in Fauquier County and
the City of Virginia Beach will complement existing facilities
in Richmond and Roanoke
10 Virginia National Guard meets challenges of busy 2016
13 Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Development Team
Facilitating Tourism Business and Product Development
across the Commonwealth
14 Another Successful Virginia Economic Summit
and a Visit from Gubernatorial Hopefuls
15 From Guidance Counseling to School Counseling:
What’s Best for Students? Counselor Student 250:1 Ratios
16 The Photography of Wanda Judd
18 Families as a Resource for School Problems
19 Just Saying
20 Standing Rock: A Personal Reflection
22 Kaine
22 One Foot Out The Door
23 The PoorMans Dinner: Southwest Virginia’s Big Event
24 Play along the Border
25 Go Mobile with the Virginia Capitol Connections App
26 In Memoriam
26 Charles J. Colgan
27 The Honorable Chuck Colgan: Excerpts from an interview
published in the Spring 2012 issue of Virginia Capitol
Connections Quarterly Magazine
28 Alan Mayer
29 Policy Makers of the Year
30 Association and Business Directory
Winter 2017
Volume 23 Number 1 • Editor–Kristen Bailey-Hardy • Assistant Editor–Hayley Allison • Publisher–David Bailey • Art Director–John Sours • School Distribution–
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reserved. The views expressed in the articles of Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly Magazine, a non-partisan publication, are not necessarily those of the editors or publisher.
On the Cover
In the southwestern corner of Capitol Square, at the intersection of Ninth and
Franklin Streets, the red brick Bell Tower has stood since 1824. It was once
used for a guard house and the bell warned of fires. During the Civil War, the
bell sounded when Federal troops approached the city. More recently, it was an
office for Lt. Gov. Charles S. Robb (1978-82), and the Capitol Square Preservation
Council. It now serves as a Visitor Center for Virginia Touris
Cover photo by Wanda Judd
C O N T E N T S
VIRGINIA CAPITOL CONNECTIONS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE
On The Web
Force in
Civil Rights
page 7
reid
Republican Renaissance?
page 4
Farnsworth hanna
Blue
Virginia
page 5
Watkinson
Behavioral
Health
page 6
Wicker
Veterans & Guard page 9