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  • Bulletin update: Ball to run as Constitution Party candidate for 19th House District

    Joshua Ball, 25 of Bedford announced his candidacy for the Virginia House of Delegates last week, seeking the seat in the 19th district being vacated by long-time independent Delegate Lacey Putney.

    Ball, a pastor in the Bedford area, announced his candidacy at the Bedford County Administration Building flanked by family and friends. He has secured the nomination of the Constitution Party of Virginia.

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  • Survey marking county’s agricultural landmarks

        The Bedford Historical Society embarked on a detailed survey of Bedford County’s agricultural history at the beginning of the year.

        According to Betty Gereau, a member of the Bedford Historical Society’s board of directors, a 1998 architectural survey stated that Bedford County contains some of the finest historic rural architecture in Virginia. Gereu stated in a news release that several rural historic studies have been done since then, but none have specifically addressed barns and agricultural outbuildings.

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  • CASA volunteers do their best to help save them, 'one child at a time'

        After a career as a sales/marketing manager, Michel Kordich was ready to retire—and volunteer. An experience she had shortly before retiring led her to become a CASA volunteer.

        CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate. A CASA is a volunteer that the Juvenile and Domestic Relations court judge can appoint when he’s handling a case that involves children. The CASA investigates the children’s needs and prepares a report for the judge.

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  • Kowalchuk carried the banner for WWII nurses

        A Huddleston woman who made her mark as a flight nurse during World War II and a volunteer here in Bedford County died Sunday night.

        Evelyn Kowalchuk, 93, served as a flight nurse during World War II and landed on the beaches of Normandy just three days after D-Day in her service as a nurse.
        Kowalchuk was born in Jersey City, N.J.  She obtained her R.N. Degree in October 1941 from Newark Memorial Hospital and entered the U.S. Army on Oct. 1, 1942. 

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  • Rustic run benefits cancer healing, wellness program

        It’s time to take a 5k run through Johnson’s Orchard for a worthy cause. The annual event aims to raise money for a wellness program at the Bedford area YMCA for cancer patients.

        The program—A Path to Healing, a Bridge to Wellness—grew out of Nancy Johnson’s personal experience with cancer. She noted that there were opportunities available to help cancer patients cope with the cancer, and the side effects of the treatment, but you couldn’t get them all in one place.

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  • Fires destroy homes

        A fire early Monday afternoon at a residence along Virginia Byway, Route 43, about seven miles south of Bedford, destroyed a home and shut down the road for several hours.

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  • Putney won't seek reelection

    Normally at this time of year, Delegate Lacey Putney announces his intention to run for reelection. This year is different.

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  • 2nd Amendment rights group to hold local meeting

        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.”

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  • Study: Sludge-based fertilizer may be causing human illnesses

        CHAPEL HILL, NC —Treated municipal sewage sludge—the solids from sewage treatment—may be causing illness in people up to a mile from where it is spread on land, according to a recent study.
        Those are the findings from researchers at the Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health.

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  • Bedford Area Habitat for Humanity celebrates with first homeowner

        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.

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