BELLEVUE COMMUNITY NEWS Volume 35 • Number 5 BellevueCommunityNews.com
August, 2013
August MessAge FroM MAyor riehl Well, it is hard to believe that it is August already. It seems like we just celebrated Memorial Day and now Labor Day is just around the corner. We have relief from last summer’s hot temperatures and the rains have kept our lawns green and gardens plentiful. On July 5th the Bellevue Police Department became one of only 78 law enforcement agencies, out of over 400 in the state, to receive the highest departmental honor for Kentucky law enforcement. Our department was awarded the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police “Fully Accredited” Status. This was a monumental task for our department to undertake. The dedicated effort and hard work of our officers joins our department with an elite group of law enforcement agencies across the state. The process was rigorous with a complete review in which the department had to meet, and in some cases exceed, 157 law enforcement standards in the areas of written policies, equipment, training, evidence to
Art Bellevue Renaissance is hosting the 12th Annual Art in the Park. You’ll find fantastic one-of-a-kind art and craft work plus music, belly dancing, and delicious food. See how these art forms transform the beautiful Bellevue Beach Park on Saturday, September 14 from 11 am to 5 pm. So many things to do in our beautiful Bellevue Beach Park in one day!
name a few. This accreditation shows the public that they have a competent and professional department. It gives the department pride and respect of other law enforcement agencies. It also lowers exposure from frivolous litigation and saves the City as much as 10% on liability insurance premiums. So a big “Thank You” to all the men and women of the Bellevue Police Department for all the hard work and effect to achieve this high honor. Great job! The Bellevue Beach Park has been the place to hang out this summer. The summer concert series have been very well attended and the movie nights have seen record crowds this year. September 14 is a great day to visit the park.. First will be Bellevue Renaissance’s “Art in the Park” followed by the last concert in the park, which will feature the home grown talent of Scott Sprague and Friends. This one has taken on the unofficial title of the “Bellevue Reunion” show. So come on down and check out the
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art, grab a bit to eat and stay around to see some old friends and listen to some great music. Mark your calendar for our annual Senior Citizens picnic at the Bellevue Vet’s on August 20 from 11:30 to 4:00. This is always a fun event for everyone! So, make your reservation by calling 431-8866 for an afternoon of music, fun, bingo, and story telling about the good old days. August will usher in the start of another school year in Bellevue. Please be on the lookout for all the children walking to school. Please slow down and be aware of anyone in the crosswalks around town and remember pedestrians have the right of way in crosswalks. Be sure to stop and let pedestrians cross. It is the law. Remember if you are planning any improvements to your home, don’t hesitate to call the City Building at 859-431-8888 for assistance from our helpful staff. Enjoy the rest of the summer and welcome back to school all the students and school staff.
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It’s a perfect time to purchase items for you or for gifts directly from the person that created them. When you’re hungry you’ll be able to take a break at the Culinary Arts Café and dine on specialties from Bellevue restaurants. If the kids are with you take them to the Art Machine area where they’ll be able to paint a picture and have it matted ready
for framing or hanging. It also takes volunteers to make this event happen. Please contact Jody at 4318866 or jody.robinson@bellevueky.org if you are interested. There’s even more! The City will host their final Second Saturday Concert in the Park 7 pm with Bellevue’s own, Scott Sprague and Friends.
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After 74 years in business Schneider’s Sweet Shop in Bellevue, Ky. will be expanding! The building next door to us (416 Fairfield Ave.) was demolished to make room for the expansion of 420 Fairfield Ave. We will be doubling the size of our manufacturing and storage area, and adding a garden type area for our customers to sit and enjoy our home made
ice cream and ice balls. Also we plan on using it as a place to hold activities during the Shop Bellevue nights and other city celebrations. In the future we will be expanding the actual retail area. We are targeting completion by next summer to coincide with the celebration of our 75th year in business at the same location!! Be sure to follow us on Facebook for any updates.
FAMily dinner/picnic August 25 On Sunday, August 25 the Bellevue Alliance will hold its monthly Bellevue Family Dinner in conjunction with the biannual Information Meeting to help kick off the school year. Bellevue residents are encouraged to gather at the Beach Park at 5:00 pm on Sunday, August 25 for a picnic. After eating and socializing, attendees will receive information about educational programs. Much of the
information will focus on Bellevue school activities and programs. Additionally, information about learning opportunities for young children, parents, and all other residents will be presented at this gathering. The Bellevue Alliance is focused on coordinating residents and groups in Bellevue to foster an edu-
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deAr bellevue, by Jeff Merman I had the pleasure of attending my first BHS Alumni Association Meeting, as the Class of 75 representative, last month. It was a rather eye opening
Webb-Fisher, the Treasurer is bonded & works with a Financial Board to invest experience. The first order the various Trust Accounts of business was codifying to maximize interest to asthe Bylaws. Ugh. As I got sure scholarships for years into listening to the busi- to come. Flo Mauser-Grey ness at hand, I was fascinat- navigated us through the ed with the sophistication busy agenda like a ship capof this organization. Julie tain, answering questions & recognizing points of order. The meeting progressed & I learned the Alumni Association also donates money to provide for student needs at the High School. Further, they assist paying for a program to assist in ACT preparation. Mr. David Eckstein shared there has been 3 straight years of improved scores thanks to this extra effort. We later discussed a “Perfect Attendance Program” to be sponsored by the Association to drive the school to 100% attendance. Current attendance is 95%. This is Excellent + 0 Drop Outs!!!! My own, Jefferson
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County Schools should do so well. I later asked him about other “Pride Points”. He sent me 7 pages of bragging points. Astonishing! Ironically, when I asked of the challenges he shared these: 1.Improving Basic Reading & Math Skills 2.Social/Economic Hardships Adverse to Education 3. Continual State Decreased Funding 4. Outdated Technology & Increased Student Technology Use 5. Career Interest Mentors The irony is these were the same issues in 1975, when I graduated- Same Stuff-Different Day. Yet the Association is partnering with the High School to do all they can to help. Tom Rechtin, representing the Bellevue Educational Foundation, spoke about an effort being made to create a trust to fund special needs within Bellevue Schools for years to come. Another fantastic benefit to Bellevue; another best kept secret! The place was a Who’s Who of passionate Bellevue Tigers-Julie, her Dad, Mr. Webb (Virgil) & daughter, Chelsea. Flo, Dave, Tom, Tom Swope, Ralph Schoulthies, Joe Stallenkamp, a Marine Vet who knew my Dad were there. Frank “Corky” Knapke introduced himself. He bragged of driving the farthest to attend each meeting from West Chester, OH. These were just the people I met near me or recognized. In all there were about 25 in attendance. All Tiger’s at heart! I learned all this on one July night because I attended an Alumni Association meeting. These little known things, that continue to impress me about our Association and its members. All this, is for $5 per year or $100 for a life time. Sadly,
not all alumni are members. Sadder still is the fact that few scholarship recipients belong to the Association. Something we should all work on! But more importantly, this entire “village” of folks dedicates their time & energy to care for our community & its high school. No matter where you went to school, it makes you proud to be a Tiger! Just another Proud Tiger, Jeff PS: BELLEVUETHIS I KNOW…- A good friend & classmate once shared: “This isn’t the Bellevue where we grew up!” I agreed at first, but thinking more about David Eckstein’s words I realize the issues we all worry about are likely no different than our parents: Increasing Crime; More substance abuse; More renters-few home owners; More challenges in the schools; How are we going to pay for it all? So what is new? Really, is there anything? I wonder how my grandchildren are going to ever be able to grow up the way I did & my kids did. Yet, all of us, at one time or another chooses to look at “the glass” & lament that it is half empty. On the other hand, why can’t we simply pour it into a different glass & be impressed at how it overflows. The point is we can do something to change our perspective; in doing so, we may find that things are likely better than we think. I know this-this is reinforced each time I visit our little town & learn such new things as I did at the recent Alumni meeting. So how can we all easily learn these facts? Folks share, they like my letters. I write what I
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see & feel about our town; its history; its people; things happening today. There are others who know good people & good things going on in Bellevue and can tell a story. Anything that we know today or from our past that makes our town great needs to be told to help “overfill our glass”. I know friends who have great stories of wonderful people & experiences about Bellevue I wish they would tell. Pictured above is the 2013 Bellevue Junior Olympics So I would like to chalTeam after they participated in the Campbell County lenge the Bellevue ComJunior Olympic Team Meet August 4 at Tower Park in Ft. munity News (BCN): A Thomas. Members of the team pictured are Paige Dun- new feature-Bellevue-This gan, Riley Dungan, Jacqueline Lawson, Paul McDonald, I know… Stories submitKatie Tatum, Andrea Watts, Cameron Williams, and Rayla ted by other favorite Sons Woodyard. Also participating for the Bellevue team were & Daughters about the best Courtney Schmits, Chris Riehl, and Seth Evers. kept secrets of the good things about our town. Wow, wouldn’t it be great if BCN had so many submittals that they had to run a special holiday feature to publish all that meet the criteria… I would propose some rules:
Pictured above are participants from Northern Kentucky in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Sports Camp held in Albion, Michigan, July 14-19. In the middle is Tony Semple, former offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions who was a clinician for the football camp. Others pictured are Patrick Allen, Buddy Lukens, Ryan Turley, Nathan Arnzen, Colin Duty, Michael Blankenship, Chris Riehl, Seth Evers, Jeffery Brinker, and Tyler Thompson.
Free & reduced MeAls For bellevue independent students
Grandview Elementary and Bellevue High students have a great opportunity to receive a nutritious breakfast and lunch every day at school. Families may qualify for their students to receive both meals free or reduced depending on your income by just filling out an application. Applications are available on our website at www.bellevue.kyschools.us under the food service link under forms. You may download the application and return to school or call Nina Wilz, Food Service Director, at 581-2848, Rob Sanders, Family Resource Director, at 261-9073, or Kathy Riley, Youth Service Director, at 261-4055 to receive an application or assistance. You may also check qualifications at www.nhs.ky.gov proceed to Programs link on the left NSLP/SBP/SMP, under General link go to income eligibility guidelines. If you have a financial change during the year you may apply at that time. We encourage all families to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity!
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1. Subject: Any person, place, thing, group or story that highlights what makes Bellevue Great!Simple, anyone who reads the BCN can submit an entry. 2. Not all submissions get published. (Sorry, space is limited) 3. As I have learned, the folks at BCN know best how to edit work submitted; Let them.
4. Nothing commercial or political; That is why BCN sells ads. 5. Let’s keep it positive-No negativity-leave that for the “Shock Jocks” & the “News Media”. 6. 500 words or less typed 7. BCN will evaluate submittals for content & the criteria above. Let’s see what happens. What is something great about our little town that you “KNOW” and would like to share!
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Free entertAinMent And big returns For your tAx dollArs By Alvena Stanfield Free entertainment. Free E-reader books. Free video games. Free movies. Free computer use. Free computer training. Guest speakers. Computer care and maintenance. Writers Groups. Mystery Club. Individual computer lessons. Little known details of Northern Kentucky. Sit and be Fit. Yes, all provided by your tax dollars. Get your
money’s worth…. Where? At the Libraries. These and others are offered by our libraries. Bring the children, the teens, the crafters. Bring the grandparents. There are fun things for every age, from baby to golden years, there’s so many choices, they’ll fill your events calendar and save you money. The library still has reading material too. Lots of novels, non-fiction, new
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$85.00 per golfer (Includes 18 Holes of Golf with Cart, Breakfast, Lunch, Awards and Prizes) Goetta and Egg Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Lunch will be served at 1:00 p.m. Cold Beverages throughout the day Note: Non-Golfers welcome… $30.00 for Lunch and refreshments! The BELLEVUE EDUCATION FOUNDATION is dedicated to improving the education experience for our students. Proceeds from this event go to expansion of the technology available to our students and teachers. If you would like to play, donate a prize and or sponsor a hole, please contact Sharon Eaglin the Bellevue Board of Education at 2612108. We hope you can be a part of our continued success. We look forward to hearing from you.
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releases, magazines, newspapers, big print and audio books,. They even provide weekly phone-in stories for the little ones. 859-5725039 is a 24-hour story line for them. Thursdays bring a new story every week. According to Dr. Penelope Summers, a person learns new skills or information by attaching the new stuff to alreadylearned stuff. So, whether your children are struggling or scholarly, the library has something to trigger learning while having fun. Adding new stuff to old stuff is even better for adults. The Council on Aging calls this “lifetime learning.” We all know “getting educated” might be boring. But having fun is never boring, no matter how many birthdays have passed. The Library is definitely THE fun-to-learn spot.
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• To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: • A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 first 2 verses Now is the time to consider planting a tree, and with that, thoughts of which tree. Will it be a native, predisposed to success in your yard? A small tree, which can be sited near the house, above a chair where you sit? A large tree, which will be there when you are gone to be enjoyed by the next generations? Will you want to provide for wildlife? Which features will delight other forms of life? And if you like to watch and feed birds, grow flowers (which are pollinated by bees and butterflies), or make a shady place for your dog to lie on hot days, you will add these desiderata to your consideration. How to choose? What do you like? How should the street look? Wouldn’t it behoove us to consider the whole picture of the street or a block? What is already growing there, and how should what you plant fit in to the picture? Perhaps part of the picture is a disruptive tree or plant that you would like to lose, and perhaps the neighbors would like that move on your part! Perhaps a tree has been injured or even truncated in a storm or other accident, and you are engaged in what is known as wishful thinking, that some-
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how it will pull out and recover. If you think of providing for wildlife and generations to come, you will think fairly large trees. Do not be discouraged. Trees that will be larger are programmed to live longer. This means a dividend to your cost and effort. Compare to planting something frilly and beautiful that will live maybe 5 years, probably not be native to this area, and suffer from every bug, fungus, virus, bacterium and nematode that with increasing frequency this warming atmosphere can produce. A larger tree provides shade & cooling, blocks wind, retains storm water, provides wildlife homes and nursery facilities (jumping off places for flight training), and cleans the air. Statistics: in Washington DC a 30”-diameter tree sequesters 90 lbs. of carbon annually, removing over 3 lbs. of pollutants. If you are not convinced: “In one study, 83% of realtors believe that mature trees have a ‘strong or moderate impact’ on the salability of homes listed for under $150,000; on homes over $250,000, this perception increases to 98%.” —Arbor National Mortgage & American Forests If you don’t think your property’s curb appeal is good, a prospective buyer won’t either. Happy planting! Trees are good! Plant trees! --Jo Anne Warren, Master Gardener