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  • Judge registers Vermont court order

    A complex story that began in Vermont found its way into Bedford County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court last week.

        In April, 2002,  Lisa Miller gave birth to a daughter, conceived via artificial insemination. Miller was living with a lesbian domestic partner, Janet Jenkins, in a civil union. The two had gone to Vermont to obtain a same sex civil union, legal in that state, while living in Virginia. Jenkins did not adopt the girl.

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  • GOP hopeful visits Bedford

    Mike McPadden, one of the candidates hoping to get the Republican nod to challenge Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello in November, stopped in Bedford last week.        He lives in North Garden, a town in Albemarle County, and works as a captain for Delta Airlines. McPadden said he originally began flying as a Naval aviator, earning his wings in 1981 and flying the P-3 Orion, an antisubmarine warfare aircraft, until 1986.

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  • SRHS principal reassigned

    Robert Stump, the principal at Staunton River High School, has been reassigned and will serve as part of the Bedford County Public Schools Central Office staff through the end of this school year.

        The move was announced through a press release by the school system Friday.

        Other moves were also announced, with all being in effect through June 30, 2010. Those include:

        • Edwin Zimmerman, principal of Goodview Elementary School, has been reassigned to serve as principal at SRHS;

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  • Workshop will provide landowners information on using controlled burns

    The Virginia Department of Forestry spent last Wednesday at Claytor Nature Preserve setting fires.

        There was a good reason for this. The Forestry Department, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Virginia Tech and the Virginia Cooperative Extension are holding a prescribed fire workshop for landowners at Claytor on Feb. 6, and they needed something to show the landowners who attend.

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  • School board looks at cutting budget

        Facing a potential budget shortfall of $5 million or more next year, the Bedford County School Board is looking at every possible solution to save money. That means all options are on the table, including reducing staff, increasing class sizes and even closing schools.

        At this point, there are more questions than answers about the 2010-2011 budget.

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  • Newman working to stop request

    who was convicted in 1990 for the 1985 murders of Derek and Nancy Haysom in Bedford County.

        Newman said Kaine’s decision was devastating to both the families of the Haysoms as well as Central Virginia, where Soering was tried and convicted in a trial that drew international attention because Soering was the son of a former German diplomat.

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  • Breaking: Kaine seeks to have Soering released to Germany

    For more than five years, Major Ricky Gardner, of the Bedford County Sheriff's Office, lived through the prosecution of Jens Soering for his role in the 1985 killings of  Derek and Nancy Haysom  at their Boonsboro home.

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  • More charges possible

    Former Staunton River football coach Rick Witt, released from custody following a bail hearing in Bedford County Circuit Court Friday, may face more charges as the investigation continues into his alleged relationships with one or more minors, according to authorities.

        Currently Witt, 36, is facing a single felony charge of taking indecent liberties with a minor while in Bedford County.  According to Commonwealth’s Attorney Randy Krantz, however, Witt could be facing additional charges.

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  • Hospice house breaks ground

    Back in 1999, a $2,000 gift to the Bedford Community Health Foundation helped it start an endowment fund to provide hospice services to those in need in the Bedford area. From that seed money an impressive movement began, highlighted Saturday by the groundbreaking for Bedford House, which once completed, will offer hospice services to area residents in the final stages of their lives.

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  • Supervisors consider dropping some meetings

        The Bedford County Board of Supervisors held its annual organizational meeting Monday night. District 3 Supervisor Roger Cheek was elected chairman and District 6 Supervisor Annie Pollard was elected vice chairman.

        The supervisors also took a look at what lies ahead in budget development for the next fiscal year. County Administrator Kathleen Guzi told the supervisors that this will be the third budget year in a row in which localities will face cuts in the amount of money they receive from the state.

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