Columns

    As Bedford County moves forward on building a new middle school in the Liberty attendance zone, some people want to make a mid-stream change. Instead of building a new middle school, they want to build a new high school and turn the current Liberty High School (LHS) campus into the middle school.

By Alan Denekas, MD
Medical Director, Emergency Department
Bedford Memorial Hospital

    Fall brings to mind many wonderful images,  like  red and gold leaves, harvests rolling in, sipping hot chocolate or cider in front of a crackling fireplace or gathering with loved ones around a full Thanksgiving table.  There are a number of things we can do to ensure that the season fulfills its promise of being healthy, warm, safe and fun.

The argument between Republicans these days – no matter how last week’s elections turned out – has been described this way: it’s a battle between the mathematicians and the priests.
    The mathematicians in this theory would be the small tent of GOP moderates, especially the ones who understand population demographics.

By Daniel M. Dellinger
 
    During the recent government shutdown many numbers were thrown around. But there is one number that stands out and it has nothing to do with the debate over the federal budget.
    More than one a day. That is how many members of our active-duty military, National Guard and Reserve forces have committed suicide over the last year. Simply put, we are losing more servicemembers by their own hands than we are by the enemy in Afghanistan.