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  • Mother doesn't want son's death to be in vain

        The mother of an 18-year-old Williamsburg teen who drowned at Smith Mountain Lake Sept. 8 continues to mourn  the loss of her son while disputing some of the claims in the report about her son’s death.

        Ultimately, she hopes the story of her son’s death might help save someone else’s life in the future.

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  • Dinner draws record crowd

        About 220 people showed up for this month’s Farm Bureau annual dinner meeting. This is the largest crowd ever, according to Bill Nance, who heads the local organization.

        “Every year it gets a few more,” he said.

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  • Family has been farming here for more than 250 years

        Barry Turpin teaches U. S. history at E. C. Glass High School, in Lynchburg, but he also spends time with big black cows. In fact Turpin & Arthur Angus Farms, a beef cattle partnership, is his retirement business.

        He grew up on a farm and his family has been farming in Bedford County for a quarter of a millennium. His earliest ancestor to arrive in this area, Colonel Richard Calloway, was the first European farmer in Bedford County in the 1740s.

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  • Community comes together to help

    Thanks to a routine medical examination, Noah Okuley’s Hodgkins Lymphoma was diagnosed early.

        The 13-year-old was diagnosed with Stage II Hodgkins on Sept. 6 and is undergoing chemotherapy sessions at the University of Virginia. He goes up once a week with a break every two weeks.
        “The prognosis is good,” said Teri Apel, his mother.
        “The prognosis for Hodgkins Lymphoma is very good,” she added.
        Okuley has other things working in his favor.

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  • LHS student killed in crash

        Several hundred Liberty High School students and staff showed up at school Monday dressed in camouflage in tribute to a student from the school who was killed in a single vehicle crash early Sunday morning.
        The Virginia State Police are continuing their investigation into the crash that occurred around 12:15 a.m. on U.S. 460 just east of Route 898 in the Montvale area.

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  • Thaxton man carries on old country tradition

        Donald Phillips, of Thaxton, keeps an old country tradition alive. He plants two rows of broom corn in his garden and makes old-fashioned brooms from it.

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  • Reed steps down

        Robin Reed’s tenure as Foundation president lasted just over two years.

        On Friday, Sept. 28, the Board of Directors of the National D-Day Memorial Foundation accepted Reed’s resignation. Reed, who joined the Foundation in June 2010, stated that he would be pursuing other opportunities.

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  • 31st Centerfest draws big crowd

        Thousands filled the streets of Centertown Bedford Saturday as the 31st annual Centerfest provided something for everyone to enjoy.

        By mid-day, the streets were jam packed with festival goers taking in the crafts, foods, art, rides and numerous booths set up throughout Centertown streets.
        “We’ve had very good comments,” stated Sue Montgomery, executive director of Bedford Main Street, Inc., about the festival.

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  • Beware of those donation cans

        We’ve all seen those cans at checkout counters at various businesses and most of us probably never stop to wonder about whether they are legitimate.

        Vickie Overstreet certainly hadn’t wondered about this until last fall. That changed when she walked into a local business and saw a container collecting money for her son’s burial expenses.

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  • Bedford Domestic Violence Services plans fundraisers, events this month

        October is nationally recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and this is why Bedford Domestic Violence Services uses this month for both major fundraising and awareness efforts.

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