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    The Bedford Volunteer Fire Department honored its firefighters during an awards banquet that looked back on 2017, a year that marked 129 years of service for the department.

    A crew from the Big Island Volunteer Fire Company stood ready to answer calls that came in for Bedford. They also got dinner at the banquet, but they got theirs late. Shortly before the banquet began, they got called out.

    The annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. March/Program will be held Monday, January 15  at 10 a.m. at Washington Street Baptist Church.
    The march from the Courthouse to Washington Street Baptist Church/ Processional will be led by BCPS ROTC & Boys with a Dream.
    Special guests will include Minister Jonathan Slocumb, Oakmulgee Baptist Church; and Peaks of Otter Association Youth Choir under the direction of Rev. Edwin Taylor.
    The event is sponsored by the Bedford Chapter NAACP.

    Last month the Bedford Volunteer Fire Department set fire to some of the boxwoods in the Wharton Garden. This is not something they normally do. Usually they put out fires, not start them.

race, held last month, raised $2,500 for Friends of Bedford House.  According to Ronnie Gross, of Gross’ Orchard, this year was the 20th year the orchard sponsored the race. This year’s race drew 102 runners even though a rainy day suppressed turnout.

    “It ends up like a family reunion,” said Theresa Boyes, the race director.
    Boyes also runs in the race. She was a runner when she attended Liberty University. Boyes works as events coordinator at Avoca, the home of Charles Lynch.