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Today's Opinions

  • Aid and Attendance benefits

    By Bob Kibler
        Veterans and survivors who are eligible for a VA pension and require the aid and attendance of another person, or are housebound, may be eligible for additional monetary payment. These benefits are paid in addition to monthly pension, and they are not paid without eligibility to Pension.

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  • E. W. Jackson’s extremism shining forth

        Virginia Republicans have a difficult job trying to elect the “tea party” ticket they nominated for statewide office back in the spring.
        It’s bad enough that they’re saddled with the dubious candidacy of Ken Cuccinelli, the most ideological attorney general in the history of the state. He is a man who clearly used the office as his own personal platform for a right-wing agenda.

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  • Better support for fire departments needed

        Last month Jack Jones, the county’s director of fire and rescue, reminded the Bedford County Board of Supervisors how much it costs to equip a fire department.
        Jones was asking for funds for turn-out suits, the coats and pants firefighters wear. One item that he presented was a diagram showing how much it costs to equip a firefighter, including the air packs that allow them to go into a smoke-filled building. The total cost came to $11,088.

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  • Blatant terrorism

    It shouldn’t be a difficult decision.
        On Nov. 5, 2009, Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan pulled out a gun, shouted “Allahu akbar,” and began shooting at the Army military base Fort Hood in Texas. Thirteen people were killed, another 30 injured.

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  • Letters 08/07/13

    It’s a federal law

        In his headline John Barnhart calls it OBAMACARE. In his first paragraph, he calls it President Barack Obama’s healthcare law. 

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  • Continuing a pro-growth agenda

    By Congressman Robert Hurt

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  • Reining in regulations to stop government abuse

    Just a few days ago, President Obama announced that he would once again “pivot” to the economy. The bottom line of his speech: after four-and-a-half years of the Obama Administration, “We're not there yet.”

     

    The President is right. We’re not there yet.

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  • There are many healthy ways to meet your daily dairy requirements

    By Carter Davis
    Virginia Cooperative Extension Intern

        Since 1937, June has been recognized as what started out as Nation Milk Month now called National Dairy Month. 

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