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Today's News

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    Flames spread to Bedford

    For the past several years in our country, some politicians, news commentators and talk show hosts have fanned the flames of fear and suspicion over the question of illegal immigration.

    Now it appears those flames have jumped the fire line and are burning in Bedford. And the fire has jumped out of the forest of illegal immigration and has burned the private property of one company?s attempt to provide simple, decent housing to workers in a legal migrant worker program.

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  • Next year, we’ll start leaving Iraq

    It was certainly no coincidence that on the day last week when the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq was reached, a new poll showed yet another decline in the approval rating of the president who launched this war.

    George W. Bush, whose long-awaited exit from office gets closer and closer with the sweet passing of each day, is now at a pathetic 31 percent approval rating. There can be little doubt that the main reason for this is his stubborn insistence upon continuing a war and an occupation that the American public largely turned against in 2005.

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  • House leadership plays politics with America's security

    The national security of the United States is not something that should be a matter of political gamesmanship. However, one must question whether such is going on in the House of Representatives.

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  • Say 'thanks' before they're gone

    France buried its last World War I veteran last week.

    Actually, Lazare Ponticelli was Italian. Born at the end of 1897, he left Italy, when he was 9, to join his brothers who were already in France. When Germany invaded in August, 1914, Ponticelli, still 16 at the time, lied about his age in order to enlist in the Foreign Legion. He wanted to fight for the country that took him in.

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  • Working to decrease America’s dependence on foreign energy

    Each week, folks across the Sixth District and the nation are confronted with the rising cost of energy, from the gas pump to their electric and gas bills. Energy is vital to every sector of the U.S. economy, including homes, small businesses and industries. When energy supplies are tight, families and businesses are severely impacted by the resulting increase in energy costs.

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  • Pension program for veterans

    This is the first of four consecutive monthly articles scheduled for publication in this newspaper to address both compensation and pension benefits for veterans and eligible family members.

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  • Moneta man dies while working at project

    A Moneta man died last Wednesday as the result of a fall off of scaffolding while working at the Downtown Moneta project off Va. 122, according to the Bedford County Sheriff's Office.

    Donald Lee Patrick, 51, died as a result of falling from the scaffolding while working as an employee of Riverview Plumbing at the project, according to Major Ricky Gardner of the BCSO. Gardner said Patrick, who was on his first day at the job , had been working alone when he fell and was discovered by a co-worker. Gardner said Patrick died en route to the hospital.

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  • Woman dies in early-morning accident

    Stacy Doss, 30, of Vinton died as the result of a single-car accident early Friday morning.

    According to Virginia State Trooper A.S. Dayes, Doss was a passenger in the cream-colored 1993 Saturn when it left Bellevue Road traveling south and flipped over. Dayes said Doss, who was ejected from the vehicle, was wearing the shoulder harness of the seatbelt, but wasn't wearing the lap portion.

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  • Board acts on development requests

    Two residential development proposals in the Forest area met different fates Monday night.

    The supervisors voted 7-1 to deny a request to rezone the Jefferson Ridge Apartments complex from R-2 (medium density residential) to R-3 (medium density multi-family residential). This would allow the developer to build 91 townhouse units and convert the existing townhouse-style apartment units to condominiums for sale. The planning commission voted, last year, to deny the rezoning by a 4-3 vote.

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  • Chamber hands out honors at '50s themed dinner

    The Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce awarded honors at a '50s themed dinner last week.

    A social hour, prior to the dinner, featured recordings of '50s rock-and-roll. During the dinner, itself, "The A'Cafellas" sang music from the '50s, which adapted well to the male a'capella ensemble. The young men are from E. C. Glass High School and barely remember the '90s but all agreed that their performance was thoroughly professional.

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