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  • Bedford resident drops out of race for Republican nod

    Brad Rees, an Appomattox County native and Bedford resident, announced last week that he is no longer seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Congressman Tom Perriello in next year’s election. Rees was one of several people seeking the Republicans’ nod to try to unseat Perriello.

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  • Bedford has a new postmaster

    The new job for Bedford’s new postmaster represents both something new and a lot that’s familiar.

        Cindy Sours took charge on Sept. 3, replacing May Massie who retired this year. She comes from the Rocky Mount post office where she served as the supervisor. According to Sours, the supervisor is the second in command at the post office, working directly under the postmaster. So, becoming Bedford’s postmaster was a step up for her.

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  • All-Americans

    For the second year in a row, Jefferson Forest High School’s (JFHS) marching band will be represented in the U. S. Army All-American Marching Band. The Band performs at the U. S. Army All-American Bowl during half-time on Jan. 9.

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  • 'Tuesday Mourning'

        The Waynesboro Players, a community theater group in Waynesboro is kicking off its season with a play about Bedford’s D-Day experience.

        It’s called “Tuesday Mourning” and it got started when Duane Hahn read Alex Kershaw’s book “The Bedford Boys.” Hahn has been with the Waynesboro Players for 40 years and has written plays before. The book inspired him to do a play about these men.

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  • Bedford chips in to help a neighbor

    Since a major fire derailed Olde Liberty Station, efforts have been underway to help the restaurant’s staff who were left unemployed. Corey Crompton, the city’s IT manager, notes that unemployment benefits don’t do much for waiters and waitresses. Crompton said that the fire affected 50 people.

        Crompton’s involvement in this effort is as a member of the band Generic Folk, one of three bands that will perform a benefit concert for Olde Liberty Station employees at the Bower Center on Nov. 14.

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  • Memorial layoffs

    Almost half of the D-Day Memorial Foundation’s 24 full- and part-time employees have been laid off as a result of cost-cutting measures, according to Foundation Director Dr. William McIntosh.

        Eleven employees were notified last week about the decision.

        “Everybody has had their hours reduced already,” McIntosh said. “We have had a gradual reduction in benefits that has played out through this calendar year.”

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  • School board looks at future facility needs

    Last Thursday the Bedford County School Board worked through two draft plans for future facility needs for the school system, tentatively agreeing to one that calls for construction of a new middle school in the Liberty zone, as well as the expansion and renovation of Bedford Elementary and Forest Middle schools.

        In all, the plan accounts for about $50 million in construction costs with another $6 million proposed for new Central Office space.

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  • It's time to go to the polls

    The debate, last week, between Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell and Democratic candidate Creigh Deeds got off to an inauspicious start. Due to a technical malfunction in the audio feed, neither the TV audience nor people in the press room got to hear the candidates’ opening statements. The glitch was corrected in time for the debate, itself.

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  • County supervisors receive update on swine flu preparations

    The Bedford County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Monday to restate its support agreement with the Bedford County Public Service Authority (PSA) and also heard a report about local preparations should there be an increase in swine flu cases.

        According to County Administrator Kathleen Guzi, the supervisors passed a support agreement for bonds that the PSA issued. The bonds are through the Virginia Resource Authority, which is refinancing its bonds in order to get reduced rates. The VRA is asking the county to reaffirm its 2002 agreement.

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  • Competency hearing delayed until Nov. 4

    A competency hearing has been delayed for a Rhode Island man accused of traveling to Bedford County to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex.

        According to Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Wes Nance, the defense attorney for Andrew Fitzgerald Holloway, 22, of 774 West Shore Road, Warwick, R.I., had requested a second competency hearing for the accused.

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