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  • Community garden opens

        First there was a short blast of rain. Then came the rainbow. Then it was time for the ribbon cutting.

        It made for a natural setting for the ceremony as a number of Bedford residents and local officials gathered to officially mark the opening of the Bedford Urban Garden (BUG) on Jackson Street.

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  • Long honored with state award

        Senior Virginia State Trooper Brandon Long has received the Outstanding Safety Achievement Award.

        Long received the award in Richmond last week. According to First Sergeant Michael Bailey, this award recognizes state troopers for outstanding efforts to promote public safety. It identifies troopers who excel in this effort.

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  • Boot Camp aims to help small businesses

        Union Bank and Trust representatives showed up at last week’s Business Boot Camp to present a check for $1,000 to help support the program. One of their own, Tammy Brown was teaching last week’s installment.

        Brown, who serves as Union’s business banking’s relationship manager and works out of the bank’s Forest office has taught several of these seminars. She said the goal is to provide small business owners with basic information.

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  • Bedford Farmer’s Market now taking EBT cards

        Nearly 300 people turned out on a sunny, warm morning for the Bedford Farmers Market’s first Saturday of its 2016 season.

        This year, the Market has a new feature. It is now accepting EBT cards. These are debit cards that people receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) money use to make their purchases. Rather than getting paper food stamps, the money is loaded on a debit card which recipients use to pay for purchases.

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  • CASA needs volunteers

        According to Susan Shutt, the Bedford CASA manager, the Bedford CASA office, which covers the town and the county, had 408 cases last year. This was the highest caseload of any CASA office in Central Virginia.

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  • Poplar Forest announces capital campaign

        Of Poplar Forest, Thomas Jefferson once wrote that it was “the most valuable of my possessions.”

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  • Bedford Humane Society seeks more volunteers; will hold meeting Thursday

        Holly Adams hopes there are some volunteers in this area who want to help take care of animals in need of a home.

        Adams is the newly installed president of the Bedford Humane Society and she says volunteers can help out the organization in a variety of ways. She encourages anyone interested to attend the Bedford Humane Society’s regular meeting this Thursday, May 5, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the County Administration Building in Bedford.

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  • Local man trains St. Bernards

    Jeff Creasey has gone to the dogs over the last few years.

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  • Bulletin staff win seven VPA awards

        The Bedford Bulletin continued to make its mark in the Virginia Press Association’s advertising and news contests, winning seven awards for work completed during 2015. The awards were announced at a banquet held Saturday, April 9 in Richmond.
        The Bulletin advertising and composition staff won three second place awards.
        In the Professional and Technology Services category, Mary Gaskins and Sharon DeLong teamed up for a second place advertisement for Riverside Vet with a Happy Fathers Day entry.

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  • Volunteers honored by Centra BMH

        “We are just honored and blessed to have you all here,” said Centra Bedford Memorial Hospital CEO Patti Jurkus, speaking before a gathering of the hospital’s volunteers.

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