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  • Getting Alarmed

    A state grant is making it possible for the Bedford Volunteer Fire Department to install free smoke detectors.

        The grant is from the Virginia Department of Health and has allowed the fire department to buy 500 smoke detectors. It also paid for tools to install the detectors and nine volt lithium batteries, according to Kenny Taggart, who is heading up the program. Taggart said that the grant requires these batteries, allegedly good for 10 years, rather than less expensive batteries.

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  • School board facing millions in funding cuts

        With Bedford County Schools expected to receive about $5 million less in state funding than last year, this year’s budget process is expected to be a challenge. That process will get underway this week as the school board holds a work session Thursday afternoon and then a public hearing on the budget that evening.

        “We’re looking at almost every single line item and every program,” stated Randy Hagler, director of finance for the school system. “It’s going to be a pretty difficult year.”

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  • State budget will challenge General Assembly

    Virginia’s General Assembly will face a serious budgetary challenge when it convenes in Richmond on Jan. 14.

        “The picture is not pretty,” commented Delegate Lacey Putney, chairman of the House of Delegates Appropriations Committee.

        The Appropriations Committee, one of 14 standing Committees of Virginia’s  House of Delegates, has jurisdiction over state budget matters, according to the committee’s Web site.

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  • Roosters turned over to county at hearing

        A Bedford County man facing charges for selling roosters for cockfighting will have to post a bond of $8,000 if he hopes to get the 40 birds confiscated from his property back.

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  • Caged

    A Bedford County man is facing charges for selling roosters for cockfighting, following his arrest last week as part of a pre-Christmas round-up of criminals in the county.

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  • Sheriff cites Bullet ad for arrests

    An advertisement, placed by the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office in The Bullet earlier this fall, is being credited by Sheriff Mike Brown as a catalyst to numerous arrests since it appeared, including several announced last week in a pre-Christmas round-up.

        During a news conference last Tuesday, the sheriff announced charges against 18 different individuals. Most of those charges involved the distribution of drugs including    marijuana,   cocaine and heroin.

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  • Boone wins Athena Award

        The Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce selected the area’s Athena Award from a field of nine nominees. The winner was announced at the Chamber’s annual Women of Influence Luncheon earlier this month.

        The winner was Mary Jo Boone. Boone, who serves as CEO of the Bedford Area YMCA, was nominated by a number of people associated with the Y.    

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  • House burns on Christmas Eve

        It wasn't the night before Christmas, but a Bedford couple's plans for Christmas day were radically altered. They were forced to flee their home in the wee hours of the morning of Dec. 24 when their house caught fire. Fortunately, they were able to escape the rapidly progressing fire without injury.

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  • Carrying water for Bedford County

    After several years of reacting to growth, the Bedford County Public Service Authority (PSA) now will attempt to spend some time on planning, according to Brian Key, the PSA’s director.

        Key took over the spigot from Willie Jones at the end of last year.

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  • New CASA volunteers sworn in at ceremony

    Judge Philip Wallace of the Bedford Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court swore in a group of new CASA volunteers Thursday evening.

        CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate. These are trained volunteers who are appointed by the court to be a voice for any children affected by a case that comes through that court. Their job is to investigate the situation and provide independent factual information to the court regarding the child. This report may contain recommendations as to the child’s welfare.

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