BELLEVUE COMMUNITY NEWS “Your Hometown Newspaper for over 42Years”
September, 2019
Volume 42, Number 5
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Thank You Gloria
Gloria Bricking was honored at the August 28, 2019 Bellevue Board of Education meeting for her 20 years of service and dedication to the students, staff and community of Bellevue Independent Schools. Ms. Bricking retired with the closing of the 2018-2019 school year. Thank you, Ms. Bricking for all you have done for our school district and community. Pictured: Superintendent Robb Smith, Gloria Bricking
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by Alvena Stanfield You can read, right? Have you ever thought about your life if you could not? Picture it. Job opportunities, reading for enjoyment and information would not happen. Do you remember when you could not read? Probably not. Even if you don’t remember when, you were guided along by an adult who unraveled the idiosyncrasies (see, big word) of our incredibly complex language. Teacher’s job. True, but what if a child’s skillset is fragile. If the child cannot read by the end
of third grade, he or she is likely to NEVER BE ABLE TO. Reading’s not complex you say? Hmmm. Take thou, in the bible means you. Add gh. Even though you knew thou, what’s that silent gh doing there AND changing it from a person, noun, to a connector, a preposition. Of course we can then add an r making it through, another preposition. So, remove the r, add a t, changing it to thought and it’s a noun again. Why would today’s child, who has been exposed to visual and auditory (TV, DVD and video
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games) find himself or herself mystified by the written word? Do today’s parents read to their children? Even if they do, do they ask the kids to read along with them? There’s a guarantee that someone took time to teach you reading. So, how about returning that favor to one child per week for a half hour? There’s no pay but the reward of knowing you change a child’s future makes every half hour spent there priceless. The program is called One to One and is managed by the Northern Kentucky Education Council. They are setting up this year’s programs in many Northern Kentucky schools and are begging for volunteers. They provide training and ongoing support. So, how about it? Their email is nkyec.org (Northern Kentucky Education Council) and their phone is 859282-9214. Give it a try.
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by Mayor Charlie Cleves Have you noticed Fairfield Avenue in Bellevue recently? It is clean and filled with a plethora of colorful red, white and purple flowers, interesting businesses and people, too. The pleasant ambiance on the Avenue doesn’t just happen. It’s that way because of the efforts by shop owners, City volunteers and City staff. Folks are attracted to this area for a variety of reasons including the architecture, unique and interesting stores, and the taverns and restaurants. Now, Bellevue is being touted as a “foodie” town with options on Fairfield including Siam Orchard, Mrs. Teapot’s, Fairfield Market, Schneider’s Sweet Shop, Fessler’s, Avenue Brew, Elusive Cow, Bellevue Bistro, Three Spirits, and The Pretzel Place. A favorite meeting spot for many, Brozzart’s, has a new owner, and positive changes will be made there. Please do what you can to support these downtown restaurants and taverns. They deserve and need your support. I want to give a special note of thanks to Fairfield Avenue residents Jim and Bev McPhail. They go up and down Fairfield arranging and watering plants. They and all of the other volunteers’ efforts are noticed and greatly appreciated. Let’s go over a few other issues we’ve been working on lately. Lincoln Road Within the next 60 days you will be seeing surveyors on Lincoln Road. Our new City Engineer Mike Yeager is using all of the data collected from the residents along with his personal observations to design a more efficient system. Catch basins need to be added. Some need to be moved or the height changed so that they actually can capture the water. The size of the pipe on the lower section will have to
basin is being discussed. Even with a new design, which requires going back to SD1 for their approval since they are paying 50 percent of part of the bill, we are hopeful that the project should be started by spring at the latest. A close review of the design, and surveying are the first steps to be taken. Oh, and then there’s the little detail finding the money to pay for it. The latest price tag is about $2.5 million. Mr. Yeager is sharpening his pencil to see where we can produce positive results with a reasonable fund. Art In The Park By the time you are reading this the event has already set a new record for the number of artists in the show. There are more than 100 this year. Art in the Park is a special forum for artists to exhibit their work in a great location on the Ohio River, the Bellevue Beach Park. Community Development Director Jody Robinson works hard to bring all of the artists together along food and libation for the hundreds if not thousands or millions of patrons. Okay, maybe hundreds, but it’s a lot of people. Code Enforcement Board The word is out on the street, in that we mean business when it comes to our code enforcement effort in Bellevue. City Administrator Frank Warnock’s mantra at our staff meetings is that we have a duty to provide a clean and safe city for everyone here. There always seems to be a few who like to skirt the system, and create problems, but we’re going to do our best to provide a clean and safe environment. If you get a citation from the code enforcement officer and decide you are not going to pay the fine then please contact Code Enforcement Director Tom McDaniel and give your side of the
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