Today's News

Some students from Liberty University recently helped teach students at Big Island Elementary School good health and hygiene practices.

    Students worked through six stations set up by the LU guests, learning about topics such as body odor, bad breath and spit and saliva. This is the third year Liberty U physical education and health students have held the Health Fair at the school.

The Smith Mountain Lake Charity Home Tour passed out checks for $15,000 to eight charities last week.

    The money was raised during the annual home tour held over three days in early October. People purchased $25 tickets to tour the interiors of elegant lake area houses volunteered by their owners. Eight houses were on this year’s tour.

    According to Marty Bowers, chairman of the home tour’s board, 1,800 people purchased tickets.

The Bedford Museum held a luncheon Nov. 13 to honor its volunteers.

    “It’s just actually a token of our appreciation to those who volunteer at the museum,” said Annie Pollard, chairman of the museum’s board.

    Pollard said that volunteers provide wide range of skills to the museum ranging from computer skills to providing information for books on Bedford area history that the museum produces.

    One current project is scanning ledger books to create digital images.

A customer at a Bedford beauty salon liked the place so much that she bought it.

    Kathy Grigg had been a customer of Hair Then and Now, located on South Bridge Street, for five years when she learned that it was up for sale. She and her husband, David, bought it in July.

    Grigg, who said she first started coming for facials, said that salon provided a full array of services and was constantly coming up with new offerings.