HR QUICK GUIDE: The Northern
Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC) published the 15th
edition of the Quick Guide,
and index to more than 1,000
public and private agencies
offering a variety of human services to Northern
Virginians. The 2006 Guide provides information about services
including abuse and neglect of children or adults, alcohol
and drug abuse, budget counseling, consumer complaints
and protection, day care for children and adults,
disability issues, emergency needs, multi cultural
services, health care information, in home services,
rehabilitative services, shelters, and senior and youth
services. It helps case
managers, social workers, school guidance counselors,
mental health outreach workers, police personnel, and others to quickly find the
services that their clients need. Copies cost $3.50 each plus shipping and handling. Multiple copies are
available at a discount. For
more information call (703) 642-0700 or download the
order form from www.novaregion.org.
SHHH!
For travelers to and through Virginia during 2006–2007, a copy of the free, 68 page, full color
magazine, Virginia Secrets is a must have. It provides an
insider’s look at the Jamestown 2007
story beginning with The
New World feature film that
debuted in January. It gives due attention to the two Jamestown sites, Historic Jamestowne
and Jamestown Settlement,
providing details of the discovery of the 1607 fort
in 1996 and the ongoing archaeology and artifacts,
now on display at Historic
Jamestowne. The publication
has lots more, but to find out all about Virginia Secrets, call (800) 932-5827
or www.virginia.org/secrets.
MURPHY PARK: The Hon. W.
Tayloe Murphy Jr. and his wife
Helen have been honored by a historic building at Westmoreland State Park being named after them. Former Virginia Delegate and Secretary of
Natural Resources was and
continues to be a leading advocate for preservation. The building that will bear the Murphy name
was built by the Civilian
Conservation Corps in the
mid 1930s when Westmoreland became one of the first six original state
parks top open to the public on June 15, 1936. It
has served as the park’s restaurant, and though
finely crafted in its day, is undergoing restorations. For more information call Gary Waugh at
the Dept. of Conservation and Recreation at (804)
786-5045. 
