Today's News

A delegation from the school division’s central office made its rounds, Friday, with a surprise for three teachers.

    Each year Bedford County Public Schools chooses three teachers, elementary, middle school and high school as Teacher of the Year for the school year that is just about to end. One of them is also designated the county-wide Teacher of the Year. Candidates for this honor are nominated by their colleagues and the nominations are reviewed by a panel of teachers. The winners are surprised in person the morning after the decision is made.

As a student, Jami Key had several extraordinary teachers who impacted her life. Now she’s returning the favor to students in Bedford County and this past week was recognized for those efforts by being named as the school system’s Teacher of the Year.

    Key, a science and biology teacher at Liberty High School, has spent all of her teaching career — 23 years — at LHS. “It is quite an honor,” she said of being named Bedford County Teacher of the Year. “”We have lots of other deserving teachers.”

District 3 Supervisor Roger Cheek will be back for a run for another term on the Bedford County Board of Supervisors.

    At the end of April, Cheek had announced that he would not be a candidate for re-election in November. He said he wanted to spend more time on his business and with his family.

    What changed his mind?

    “The people changed it for me,” said Cheek. “I had people calling left and right, people stopping by.”

    One of them was Curry Martin.

As the 65th anniversary of D-Day approaches, Dr. William McIntosh, director of the National D-Day Memorial Foundation, has announced that the Foundation may not have enough money to continue to operate the Memorial after the end of summer.

    According to McIntosh, it costs $2.2 million each year to operate the Memorial. The site takes in $600,000 from visitors and donations make up the rest. Like all non-profit organizations, the Foundation has seen a drop in the donations it receives. He said that it has $300,000 in unrestricted funds in the bank.