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Future taking root in the present

 

Good high school sports teams are not made overnight.

In nearly every sport, the work and development which takes place well before high school is what translates into success on the varsity fields and courts.

Such developmental efforts were on display in the Liberty and Forest zones last week.

The Bedford Area YMCA hosted a basketball camp, while the Forest Youth Athletic Association fields were the site of a football camp.

Dooley thanks council for fireworks support

    Andy Dooley, the Bedford Moose Lodge’s administrator and chairman of its fireworks committee, spoke to Bedford Town Council last week.
    “I thanked them for the donation and allowing public works to help us with the current fireworks,” he said in a phone interview.
    The town had made a $2,000 donation to support this year’s fireworks display.

Raising funds, building young men is ongoing mission of camp founder

    Dr. William B. Robertson is a brilliant fundraiser. Camp Virginia Jaycee exists because of his fundraising prowess.

    He is also a builder of men. This past week he was in the area doing both.

The camp
    Back in 1968, Dr. Robertson got the vision for building a camp for special needs people, along with the idea of how to raise money to build it. His idea was to by jars of apple jelly, wholesale, for 15 cents each and sell them for $1 each.

Out for a walk? How about picking up some litter along the way!

    A lot of people walk places in Bedford and the Keep Bedford Beautiful Commission (KBBC) has and idea about how to use all those eyes to help keep Bedford Beautiful.
    According to Ann Wood, KBBC’s chairman, the commission is encouraging people who walk the loop to pick up trash they find and take it to the first trash barrel they come to. Wood said the town has trash barrels on the loop. They are also encouraging people to pick up trash wherever they may see it.

Letters 07/16/14

Doing nothing has
consequences    

    The Bedford Bulletins editorial of July 2 on immigration reform stated,”in fact, the only reason Congress won’t take action on immigration reform now is because of the flood of illegal immigrants coming across the border right now-most of them children...the leadership was ready to act.”

Australian Army donates flag

    The National D-Day Memorial flies the flags of every allied nation that had forces that participated in the D-Day landings.

    The hilltop where the Memorial is located is probably the windiest spot in Bedford and the flags take a beating whipping in the wind everyday. Volunteers make repairs to them but, eventually, the flags must be replaced.