Friday, November 22, 2013
Christmas parade set for December 5 The Community Christmas Parade will be Thursday, Dec. 5, beginning at 6 p.m. and will again be sponsored by First National Bank. The parade route will start at the intersection of East Main Street (U.S. 20) and Broad Street — next to Immaculate Conception School — then will head west along U.S. 20 turning right onto Northwest Street and then right onto North Street, concluding up at the old Bellevue Middle School parking lot. There is no fee to enter the parade. Please contact Joelle Fritz at 419483-1370 if your business, club, group or organization is interested in participating in the parade.
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Today: Showers likely, mainly before 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 48. West wind 7 to 15 mph becoming north in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Tonight: A chance of showers before 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind 13 to 18 mph decreasing to 7 to 12 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Saturday: A chance of snow showers after 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a northwest wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Saturday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Blustery. Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 29. Sunday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Monday: A chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 37. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Monday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy. Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Tuesday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 33.
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School district deemed ‘exemplary’ By SALLY BOYD Neighbors Editor
Bellevue S chool District has been deemed “exemplary” by a team from the University of Cincinnati which is working in conjunction with the Ohio Department of Education to find Ohio districts which are working diligently to meet the federal Race to the Top
criteria. Larry Pitts, district curriculum director, provided members of the Bellevue Board of Education with a printed monthly report on the Race to the Top at the board’s November meeting Thursday evening. Although Pitts could not attend the meeting, in his report, he noted the district recently complet-
ed its fall 2013 Progress Monitoring Report, updating the Ohio Department of Education on the district’s progress in meeting the Race to the Top initiatives. “There are 42 target areas, each requiring a progress update, timeline implementation, potential obstacles, required resources, etc.,” Pitts’ report stated. “Each tar-
get area and any district comments are reviewed by the regional coordinator with the coordinator’s corresponding comments for each target. “Overall, the feedback from our coordinator puts our district in a very favorable position. Through the efforts of every staff member and administrator within our district we are above
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average…” According to Pitts’ report, the district received a letter from the University of Cincinnati Evaluation Services Center which labeled the local district “exemplary.” The team which submitted the letter said they hope to identify five schools in five different See SCHOOL | 2
FNB-Gibbs AG Outlook meeting set The First National Bank of Bellevue and Gibbs Equipment Inc. will host its annual Ag Outlook & Policy Meeting on Thursday, Dec. 12, at the Bellevue VFW Hall, U.S. 20 East. The event will also include Huron, Sandusky, Erie and Ottawa counties and their Ohio State University Extension agents, who will discuss what is ahead for farmers and agribusiness in 2014. The event will be at the VFW Hall, 6104 US 20, Bellevue. Registration is 4 p.m. The cost is $22 per person or make reservations by Thursday, Dec. 5, to attend as the sponsors’ guest. Featured speakers and topics are are Ian Sheldon, “Do China’s Rising Wages Mean the End of its Competitiveness?”; Carl Zulauf, “2013 Farm Bill Update”; and Matt Roberts, “Grain Marketing in an Era of Low Prices.” For more information or reservations, call Valerie Bumb at 419-4837340 or email bumb@fnblifetime. com. Information is also available at www.fnblifetime.com.
Photo by Becky Brooks
Kayla Burns sings to Cordell Rohlf in the Bellevue High School Drama Production of “Once on this Island”. The play continues at at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Bellevue Elementary School stage. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors.
Solemn events to mark Kennedy’s assassination JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press
DALLAS — Loose gatherings of the curious and conspiracy-minded at Dallas’ Dealey Plaza have marked past anniversaries of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, featuring everything from makeshift memorials to marching drummers to discussions about who else might have been in on the killing. But in the place where the president’s motorcade passed through and shots rang out on Nov. 22,
1963, a solemn ceremony on the 50th anniversary of his death designed to avoid such distractions will include brief remarks by the mayor and the tolling of church bells. It’s an approach that will be mirrored Friday in Boston, where the JFK Library and Museum will open a small exhibit of never-before-displayed items from Kennedy’s state funeral and host a musical tribute that will be closed to the public, and in Washington, See CEREMONY | 2
Tim Sharp | AP
In this 1995, file photo, people pause during a moment of silence at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Loose gatherings of the curious and conspiracy-minded have marked past anniversaries of the assassination. But a solemn ceremony on the 50th anniversary of his death will feature brief remarks by the mayor and the tolling of church bells.
‘Monster’ blast misses Earth SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON — Astronomers call it the monster. It was the biggest and brightest cosmic explosion ever witnessed. Had it been closer, Earth would have been toast. Because the blast was 3.7 billion light-years away, mankind was
spared. But orbiting telescopes got the fireworks show of a lifetime in April. The only bigger display astronomers know of was the Big Bang that created the universe, and no one was around to see that. What happened was a gamma ray burst, which happens when a massive star dies, collapses into
a brand-new black hole, explodes in what’s called a supernova and ejects energetic radiation. The radiation is as bright as can be as it travels across the universe at the speed of light. NASA telescopes in orbit have been seeing these types of bursts for more than two decades, See BLAST | 2
Kia recalling 96,000+ vans for suspensions DETROIT (AP) — Kia Motors Corp. is recalling more than 96,000 minivans in the U.S. and Canada because a suspension part can break and cause drivers to lose control of the vehicles. The recall affects Sedona minivans from 2006 through 2012. They were sold or registered in Canada and in 20 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., where salt is used to clear roads in the winter. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the lower control arms near the wheels can rust and break due to salt exposure. Kia dealers will inspect the parts and rustproof or replace them for free starting next month. In the U.S., the recall covers nearly 80,000 vans in Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, West Virginia or the District of Columbia. More than 16,000 Sedonas are covered in Canada. Kia said it doesn’t know of any injuries or crashes caused by the problem. Owners with questions can call the company at (800) 333-4542.
This artist’s rendition provided by NASA shows Kepler-69c, a super-Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of a star like our sun, located about 2,700 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. NASA | AP