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  • Putney recovering well

        Delegate Lacey Putney is on track to a complete recovery after a series of radiation treatments for cancerous cells on his vocal chords.

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  • Community calendar and events (week of Sept. 5, 2012)

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  • Morning crash claims Moneta man

    An early Friday morning crash claimed the life of a Moneta man and injured a pair of brothers from Bedford.

    According to State Police, Daniel William Klosen, 68, of Moneta was northbound on Va. 122 when his 1995 Plymouth Voyager van crossed the center line near the point where the highway passes the former Campers Paradise. His van hit a southbound 1997 Ford F-150 head on.

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  • Painful journey

        A long painful journey began for Danny Perdue, of Moneta, after he was injured in an automobile accident on Jan. 20, 1989. Perdue, who was driving a 1977 Ford LTD Landau, was rear-ended.

        “I was rear ended at 55 mph,” he said. “It broke my seat loose.”
        An ambulance arrived but Perdue declined transport. He said that his car was still drivable, so he drove himself to the emergency room.

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  • Pie Lady turns 75

        Ruth Crouch, Bedford’s famous “Pie Lady,” turned 75 on Aug. 29 and the folks at Backstage Salon on South Bridge Street in Bedford gave her a little birthday celebration.

        Crouch, who formerly managed D. Reynolds before it closed at the end of last year has set up her sewing shop, doing alterations, at Backstage.
        “We wanted her to be with us so we could keep an eye on her,” said Annette Goad, who manages the salon.

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  • Keeping the memory alive

        Bedford has the National D-Day Memorial, dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the men who landed on D-Day, on June 6, 1944, and fought in the hedgerows of Normandy that summer.

         France, in turn, hosts 15,000 graves of American soldiers who died in that fighting. There, a French organization called Association Les Fleurs de la Memoire, is dedicated to keeping the memory alive by regularly placing flowers on these graves.

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  • Child drowns at Smith Mountain Lake

        At 12:26 p.m. Sunday Bedford County 911 dispatchers received a call from a Goodview residence reporting a 6-year-old child missing from the home on Smith Mountain Lake.
        The caller advised that the child had been missing 15 minutes prior to making the call. Rescue personnel along with law enforcement were dispatched to the scene.

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  • Community calendar and events (week of August 22, 2012)

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  • Community calendar and events (week of Aug. 22, 2012)

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  • Update: BCSO warns of possible water filtration system scam

         The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating numerous complaints from citizens of a possible water filtration system scam.

    Callers report that a white male, 40s, using the name Larry Foster, shows up at the home driving a white Lincoln with Kentucky License 305-EFZ. He says he is representing Advanced Rejuvenation in Danville, Va.

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