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COMMUNITY NEWS
February, 2020
Volume 42, Number 11
The Bellevue veTs “75Th AnniversAry”
In 1945, our club was formed by a group of Bellevue veterans who had returned from World War II. They decided to start a club for the veterans from our city of Bellevue. They called it the Bellevue Veterans Club and held their meetings at Resch’s Café until the membership grew and a larger place was needed to hold their meetings. The city building was that place for a time, as was the Avenue Café. In 1949 our present property was purchased and in a few years a ranch style building was built to house our membership. In 1970 our building was enlarged to the size of our present building. In 1955 our boy’s baseball program was started. Our
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An unknown author once said, “Leaders instill in their people a hope for success and a belief in themselves. Positive leaders empower people to accomplish their goals.” And at Holy Trinity School, that is exactly what teachers and staff are hoping to accomplish with the implementation of the Leader in Me program. Leader in Me (LiM) is a school leadership program based on Steven Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People.” Leader in Me is designed to enhance a school’s current curriculum by providing additional lessons in critical thinking,
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girls’ volleyball program was started in 1970. With these two programs came the start of our youth league program. This program was started for all boys and girls regardless of their talent or experience. Also in 1955 our club sponsored a team in the knothole league for the more experienced players. In 1975 two additional fields were added to our grounds. Lights were added to our first field and in 1991 they were added to a second field. Today hundreds of children are involved in our youth baseball and volleyball leagues and our knothole program. The children involved in these programs are from our local community.
We also have other activities such as softball for the men and co-ed softball leagues for the young adults. We have horseshoe leagues for the men, ladies and co-ed teams. Bellevue High School’s baseball team uses our field for their home games every year. Bellevue Youth Football has used our grounds for practices for many years. Our Christmas Relief Committee has a Christmas food program for needy families of the community. In 1995, a Ladies Auxiliary started working with us on our many activities. Our goal is and has been to help our community in any way we can. We’re proud to be a part of this fine community
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self-discipline, social-emotional skills, global awareness, appreciation of diversity, problem solving skills, and many more essential skills to prepare students for college, career, and life beyond school. Over the summer, Holy Trinity’s faculty and staff participated in a two day workshop for Leader in Me, and they regularly attend additional coaching days in order to meet with other LiM schools and gather ideas to bring to their students. Most recently, the LiM Lighthouse coordinators, Mrs. Christina Rice and Mrs. Sarah Stevie and principal Mrs. Katie Jacobs, spent two days in December observing a local elementary school in Boone County. Mrs. Jacobs, Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Stevie, along with the outstanding faculty and staff, have implemented a
system of school wide jobs for students to apply for and carry out, a shout out system for students caught being leaders, and many other exciting, positive changes. Students have LiM journals, and teachers and staff wear different “habit” shirts every Thursday to remind students what leadership habit everyone is working on. Banners have been created and hung in each hallway to serve as a reminder for students. Leader in Me has brought a tremendous positive change to Holy Trinity’s faculty and students. Student accomplishments are celebrated daily and weekly; students have been given a voice and a chance to lead their peers in various school wide jobs; teachers
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2-8-20 by Mayor Charlie Cleves Visioning Just like last year at this time, February promises to be one of our busiest months of the year. On Saturday morning February 8, the Board of Council met with City of Bellevue staff for a visioning session. I want to thank our staff which includes City Clerk/ Treasurer Mary Scott, City Engineer Mike Yeager, Police Chief Leland Estepp, Fire Chief Chris Adkins, Zoning Administrator Cindy Minter, Code Enforcement Director Tom McDaniel, Public Services Foreman Rick Mallery, Community Development Director Jody Robinson, City Attorney Dave Fessler and City Administrator Frank Warnock. Staff and the Board of Council met for a long morning to try to develop planning for the City in the upcoming year. Frank brought the idea of a visioning session from his days at Covington, and this process has been very helpful for Bellevue. We shared our ideas to try to reach a collective vision for the City. We did this last year and it worked. Many of the ideas that we talked about are now reality. I told everyone there how much I appreciated us working together. We don’t make much money as elected leaders, and we have to spend a lot of time at events like the visioning session. But we don’t do it for the money, we do it because we care. The visioning session asks, what is our vision? What are the goals? What do we need to do better? I should also note that we will soon be giving up a day of work to go to Frank-
fort to visit with legislative leaders and share some of our ideas and requests. This is the annual Kentucky League of Cities legislative event that connects local elected leaders with state legislators. We go there to meet with our legislators to lobby them with what is important to our City. No rest for the weary. I’ll be meeting with Frank and Mary to talk about the fiscal year budget that begins July 1, 2020. We go through the budget carefully. Just recently, we met with Sanitation District No. 1 to talk about the Shady Terrace area flooding issues, Covert Run, Lincoln Road, the industrial park, and the high school football field issues. If we could just raise the City up about 10 feet, we’d be out of the flood zone for the most part, but we can’t do that, so we’re taking a look at options. I have learned that meetings are a way of life. Frank and I have attended meetings recently with developers, Southbank, the monthly Mayors meetings, staff meetings and others, and that’s the way it is and has to be. In any event, I want to share a few of my ideas that I shared at the visioning session Saturday. It has been a pleasure working with Council and staff this past year. Together, we have accomplished a lot. Now, we’ve got more work to do. This is our 150th year in existence, and we want to make this a special year. Our Sesquicentennial Planning Committee has been working to plan events, and I hope we will take the time to pause, reflect and consider how we need to understand and appreciate how
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