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    The Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) will hold a public meeting at the Bedford Central Library Thursday night.

    What is the Virginia citizens Defense League?
    “It’s a grass roots gun rights organization,” said Philip Van Cleave, the organization’s president. “Our mission is to defend people’s right to defend themselves.”

    Linda Richie has come a long way in the past 25 years.

    In the fall of 1987, Richie found herself in what one would call a less than desirable situation.  Living in Washington, DC, Richie was separated from her husband and homeless, with three small children. 
    But instead of feeling sorry for herself, she decided that her family deserved better and put her mind to making things right.

    Last year more than 500 people packed the Liberty High School auditorium to watch the  United States Air Force’s Rhythm In Blue Jazz Ensemble concert. The group was scheduled for a return visit this Saturday, but that concert has been scrapped.
    And you can blame sequestration.

    A heart health brunch, sponsored by Bedford Memorial Hospital, began on a light note with a performance by Elvis Presley, locally know as Taylor Rodriguez.

    Rodriguez, who is 15, isn’t old enough to even remember the 20th century at all, let alone Elvis. Nevertheless, his Elvis impersonation is so good that he’s headed for Graceland to perform this summer during the annual commemoration of Presley’s death.