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A new approach

 

Surprises are rarely neutral:  They can be good or they can be bad.

For Steve Mills, Jefferson Forest's new head coach of the girls team, his early-season surprises clearly fall in the latter category.

Mills found out early in his tenure that he would begin his inaugural campaign absent two of the team's best players from last year.  Guards Cassidy Ratliff and Katie Cousins have opted not to play roundball this season.  Instead, the duo will focus on soccer, a sport in which they have proven acumen.

Girls basketball: Jefferson Forest 38, Staunton River 28

 

What's the opposite of sibling rivalry?

Whatever it's called, it was on display Monday night as a pair of Jefferson Forest sisters led the Lady Cavs to victory in their opening game of the season.

Senior Amber Evans and her younger sis, sophomore Ashley, paced the Lady Cavs to a 38-28 win over visiting Staunton River.

The game was all you might expect of the first game of the season:  a mixed bag of sharp plays, rusty shooting players trying to get comfortable with new teammates.

Festival of Trees is the biggest yet

    This year’s Festival of Trees has brightened the Bedford Welcome Center with 26 decorated Christmas trees.

    “This is the most we’ve had out of all the five years we’ve been doing this,” said Sue Trussell, whose duties include managing the Welcome Center’s events calendar.

LHS finds messy way to fill the Food Bank

A canned food drive at Liberty High School (LHS) received an enthusiastic response from the students. They brought 1,385 cans to school. The teens had an incentive.  The drive included an election in which the students could decide which faculty members would get a pie in the face on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

Board OK's land purchase for new school

    The Bedford County Board of Supervisors, last week, unanimously turned down a request by Patricia Bailey to rezone a four-acre tract on Va. 122 in Moneta. But the supervisors did approve a request by the school board to purchase property next to Liberty High School to build a new secondary school.

Photo of horse goes viral

    A photograph of a horse in Bedford near Otter River Elementary School, tied to a telephone pole, has gone viral on the Internet, bringing responses from all over the country.

    The Bedford County Sheriff's Office and the Dispatch Center fielded hundreds of calls last week about the photo posted on Facebook and many people from throughout the country also contacted media outlets about it.
    But  the  calls  appear to be for nought, according to Bedford County Sheriff Mike Brown.

Lynchburg man pleads guilty to computer solicitation

Rogers, 38, of Lynchburg could spend a long time in prison after pleading no contest, in Bedford County Circuit Court last week, to four computer solicitation charges. According to Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Wes Nance, each of the charges carries a sentence of five to 30 years in prison, with a mandatory five year sentence.

Worst president, ever

    It’s a highly coveted title, one that former President Jimmy Carter has proudly held for more than three decades. Now, however, I think it’s time to award the crown of “Worst President, Ever,” to a new “winner.” Yes, I believe the time has come to grant the honor of “Worst President, Ever” to President Barack Hussein Obama. The office of President of the United States has hit a new, historic, low under Number 44.

The Virginia Republican train wreck

Currently, the Virginia Republican Party is in the sorriest shape it’s been since the late 1960s, when a handful of GOP stalwarts began to build the party into something that could compete with Virginia Democrats.
    In the wake of the Democratic sweep of this November’s elections, and hampered by the right-wing extremists who have just about ruined it, the state GOP is sorely in need of a return to the drawing board.

Preparing for Winter Weather

The weekend forecast is showing signs of wintry weather for our area. The American Red Cross has ten ways residents can stay safe when bad weather threatens.