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Bedford Memorial now part of Centra

    Bedford Memorial Hospital held a picnic on its front lawn, July 1, to formally mark its first day as part of Centra’s hospital system.

    “This is the day the Lord has made,” said Laura Carey, one of the hospital’s volunteer chaplains and the first speaker.
    Carey was born in the old John Russell Hospital, which Bedford Memorial replaced.
    “They were getting ready to tear it down and I had to be born,” she commented.

A Labor of Love

    If you enjoy Smith Mountain Lake, then you should thank Dr. Jeffrey Fong.

    Smith Mountain Lake exists because Smith Mountain Dam holds back the Roanoke River at a gap in Smith Mountain. Dr. Fong is the engineer who designed the dam.

Horse and Hound Wine Festival is Saturday

    Johnson’s Orchards will present its annual Horse and Hound Wine Festival, Saturday.

    The Festival is kid-friendly and dog-friendly eventwith a Kiddie Koral and a dog play area. People visiting the Festival are invited to bring both their children and their dogs.

JF, LHS to get new principals

back in August, Liberty and Jefferson Forest high schools will have new principals.    Current LHS Principal Tim Overstreet and JF Principal Tony Francis are moving to the Bedford County Public School system’s central office staff, the result of action taken during the school board’s meeting last Thursday.

Accolades continue

    “The accolades that have come to me are greater than they should have been,” commented former Delegate Lacey Putney a few weeks after receiving an honorary doctorate from Liberty University.
    This year marked the first General Assembly session that Putney was not a part of in more than half a century. First elected in 1961, Putney never lost an election in his life. He retired last year after announcing that he would not seek reelection.

World War II veterans to share experiences at D-Day Memorial

    The National D-Day Memorial will welcome a host of World War II veterans on Saturday, July 19th from 10am to 5pm during the Memorial’s annual Family Day event.  Veterans from the 8th Air Force, the 29th Infantry Division, Merchant Marines, Navy, Coast Guard, Marines and other military units will be on hand to talk to visitors throughout the day.

Thaxton gathers support

    While discussing the closing of Thaxton Elementary School wasn’t on the agenda for Thursday night’s Bedford County School Board meeting, several residents let it be known where they stand on the issue.

Sports Commentary: Third place?

 

Well, this World Cup business will finally be settled this Sunday.  Even though this column isn't about the World Cup, per se, I'll still throw out a prediction.  It could be way off, however, since the semifinals haven't taken place yet as this paper goes to press.  Nevertheless, I'll boldly go with Brazil over Netherlands, the former seemingly the New York Yankees of FIFA, and the latter the Buffalo Bills (three title games, three losses).

Rescuers, men they helped, meet again

    Dallas Neel just happened to be in the area when the call for a possible drowning in a pond off Krantz’s Corner Road was dispatched at 3:37 p.m. on May 16.

    “God put me at the right spot that day,” stated Neel, a conservation police officer with the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. “I was just glad I was in the right spot.”

Restructuring underway

The central office of Bedford County Public Schools will have some new faces and new titles this month as a result of action taken by the school board the past several meetings.
    As part of its effort to follow through with recommendations made in the state-mandated school efficiency study, the school board has voted to reorganize the central office staff structure to make it more in line with what the study suggested.