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Hello to all. Well summer has come to an end on the calendar and fall is here. The cooler temperatures are upon us and soon the leaves will be will be changing into their glorious fall blaze of color. Dust off those rakes and leaf blowers because soon those leaves will be falling to the ground. The leaf truck has been checked out and will be making the rounds soon.

Speaking of cleaning up, our annual fall clean will take place this year from October 19 thru 25. Once again the dumpsters will be located on Van Voast Avenue next to the city building parking lot. Tires will be accepted, please stack them alongside the dumpsters. We will not be able to accept paint or liquids this year. Should you have larger items please call 859-261-0260 to have them picked up by our public ser-vice department and leave a message for pickup. So clean out the basement, garage, or outside around the house before winter arrives. Please remember this is a strictly a residential event.

Once again the annual “Art in the Park” event oc-curred on September 12 at the beach park. Each year this event gets better and better. A large crowd was on hand but the weather was less than perfect this year. This event is not possible without the tremendous sea of volunteers who make it run smoothly. A big hats off to all who do-nated their time to make Bel-levue shine again this year. Great job and see you again next year.

Later that evening we

held our last concert in the park that was well attended also. Thanks to Mary Scott for putting together a great line up this year and thanks to our Public Services De-partment, Police and Fire Departments for helping out to make these events happen.

In Vue shopping events are still the talk of the shop-ping world. Our next shop-ping event will take place on November 6 with the “Giving Thanks”. So come on down and shop and dine, bring a canned good or other non-perishable food item to donate, and enjoy an evening of great fun on Fairfield Ave. Planning is also under way for this year Christmas walk along Fairfield, coming up in November on the 28 and 29 this year. More details to fol-low.

Remember October is Fire prevention month so take time to check your smoke de-tectors in your home and your carbon monoxide detector for proper working order. In-stall new batteries or replace old units with new upgraded types. Take a few moments to do an in home safety check before the winter months set in. Also remember that day-lights savings time will end on November 1st and set those clocks back 1 hour.

Again if you are planning any last minute home repair projects around the house be-fore winter sets in don’t hesi-tate to call the city staff about proper permits, COA’s, and inspections that may pertain.

We are always ready to help. 859-431-8888. Have a great fall season and Happy Halloween!

The tenth annual Bel-levue Education Foundation golf outing held October 12th at Twin Oaks was a great suc-cess. Eighty one golfers and six+ volunteers brought in over $12,500. Added to that is the donation of $10,000 from Phyllis and Ken Web-ber (1959) for the Grandview Pilot Project (Pupils Interac-tion Learning with Outstand-ing Technology). Interesting that Mr. Webber was a pilot for P&G here in Cincinnati before his retirement.

It takes a village to pull off an event of this magni-tude. Door prize donations came from many businesses

by Jeff MermanThere’s a lady who’s

sure all that glitters is gold and she (Katie Craft) was crowned Queen of Home Coming. Nick Ackerson is King; The Junior Girls won the Powder Puff Game. The Band of Gold played a post-game concert; a part of their competition performance for the crowd. The Tigers played their hearts out. Home Com-ing was the first of many lasts, for the Class of ‘15. This was the last of a series of three events, for the Class of ’75, as we celebrated our 40th BHS class reunion. While bitter sweet, we had a blast!

The Reunion Concert at Bellevue Park started the par-ty. Stern wheelers on the river

and music of Dave Webster, Scott Sprague, Jake Walz and Whiskey Tango made for a great evening with class-mates and friends. There’s a feeling we had when we looked into the evening. And our spirits just didn’t want to be leaving.

An outdoor party-turned indoor, thanks to torrential rain on Labor Day Friday. It was a great get together, thanks to our hosts Steve and Pam Crawford.

Saturday it was off to a Pre-party and the SOLD-OUT “All Class Reunion Dinner”. Ralph and Carol Schoultheis did a fantastic job with their crew of vol-unteers organizing the Din-ner Party at Receptions in

Erlanger. Everyone enjoyed it and lingered for hours. The earliest class was 1944; latest 1984. Sad more classes did not participate. A great time was had by all.

The Class of ‘75 had the most attending, almost. We have the most Alumni Mem-bers. Our class showed our Black & Gold. Mary Alice Walter even put together a mini-Reflector to share. The four attending members of the Class of 57’ wanted a pic-ture to share with us. Pretty cool ladies!

The evening just couldn’t end, the “After-Party” was at Longnecks Bar. Even as we left,our heads were humming

here in Bellevue and some from outside the city. Thank you to all for those dona-tions. Bryan Veatch (1986), local district manger of Waf-fle House donated the break-fast. Rick Rothfuss (1969) and family was a main spon-sor of the event.

The Foundation began in 2003 at the initiation of past superintendent Wayne Starnes and a team he put to-gether to assist with organi-zation.

The mission of the Bel-levue Education Foundation is to support and recognize innovative programs that of-fer hands-on experiences for students, and to provide op-portunities for all segments of the community to actively contribute to the success of the students in the Bellevue Independent Schools. The ultimate mission is to assure the maximum achievement of every student by sup-porting a dedicated team of teachers, parents, staff and

administrators.“The golf outing is an

event I look forward to ev-ery year. The chance to con-nect with Bellevue Alumni is something I cherish.” Robb Smith, Superintendent Bel-levue Schools.

The planning team con-sisted of Steve Crawford (1975), Mike Almoslech-ner (1966), Gary Bricking (1961), Robb Smith, Wayne Starnes, Sharon Eaglin, Tom Rechtin (1954), Fred Riess (1969), George Koopman (1956).

The official photographer was Steve Gupser (1969).

If you don’t golf and missed the opportunity to do-nate to the Bellevue Educa-tion Foundation you can still do it. All donations are tax deductible. Send to Bellevue Education Foundation, 219 Center Street, Bellevue, KY 41073.

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dents of Bellevue. Fall is probably my favorite time of the year. The leaves turning brilliant colors, fall mums. Before I forget speaking about fall, the city is once again having “Fall Clean-Up Bellevue” starting on Oc-tober 19th through October 23rd. There will be two (2) 40 yard dumpsters located at our city building on Van Voast. This is for residents only and not for commercial use. As a resident you are en-couraged to take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of junk lying around, base-ment, garage or yard cleanout or getting rid of old worn out furniture. Remember you are still required to place any furniture and mattresses in plastic. If you are renting to tenants, please advise them as well. CSI will NOT pick

up furniture or mattresses not in plastic. We sell the bags at our cost at our city building for $3.00 per bag with twist ties.

During the month of Sep-tember we had 21 permits totaling over $283,669 dol-lars. This is a record month for permits and excellent for Bellevue property values. Please call if you are in doubt whether you need a permit. I will be glad to assist you with the process. If necessary, I can conduct an onsite visit with you to discuss a proj-ect. Remember, if you hire a contractor to do the work, always check to see that they have an occupational license, insurance and please get ref-erences. I have often heard that some people did not get what they paid for.

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The air is turning cool and crisp. The leaves are turning colors and falling. Autumn and Halloween dec-orations are beginning to fill yards, houses and businesses. Before we move from there into the Christmas season we’re asking you to celebrate Thanksgiving with us by giv-ing thanks.

One way we’re asking to give thanks is, many of us are more fortunate than oth-ers to know we can have a warm meal on the table and personal care products in the bathroom. For that reason we are asking you to bring non-perishable food and personal care items to Shop Bellevue! to donate. We will donate these much needed items to the St. Bernard food pantry in Dayton. You may even find some of our busi-nesses offering you some-thing special because you of your generosity.

During good times and even less than good times there is so much to be thank-ful for. Let’s fill historic Fair-field Avenue with gratitude – with what you are thankful for! How? It’s simple. We’ll

have post it notes to write your thoughts on and add it to one of the trees painted in the window. We hope to have a sea of post it notes fluttering in the autumn air with mes-sages from our shoppers and business owners. The beauty of gratitude to share – a mo-ment of reflection as we be-gin to move into the face pace of the holiday season.

You can count on each and every business giving thanks. It is because of you that historic Fairfield Avenue is a great and friendly des-tination. Your patronage is why they are a vital part of our community. Thank you for shopping our local inde-pendently owned businesses!

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Bellevue cont’d From pG 1and saying don’t go, in case you don’t know, our lives lie on the whispering wind.

Home Coming started at the Fill In for a Bellevue Tail-gate party and our last party. We made it to Gilligan Stadi-um and sat together, as a few new classmates joined us for the game. A “Tiger Gourmet Football Dinner” (Cascadia and Water),was a great treat thanks to the Boosters.

The field looked small sitting in the stands. The long ago packed stands had plenty of seats and standing room tonight. If those bleachers could talk the stories they would tell-then and now! Still, it was a lot of fun to see some old Bellevue Families-Krogman-Swope-Rechtin-Guidugli.

Our Reunion events were more than just seeing how each story came out. The gals talked and laughed. Some had not seen each other in years. The guys hung out. I talked to friends I had not seen since High School; oth-ers, it had just been a few weeks. On one occasion, it seemed like lunch at Cen-ter Street Cafeteria all over again. On another, I found myself visiting with two class mates- two of the most brilliant men I know. They challenged and awed me with their accomplishments. Still a third time, I visited with my Best Man; raised a glass with a bud whom, I was Best Man and several other dear friends. Coming home again

felt right. Ooh, it makes me wonder, Ooh, it really makes me wonder why we couldn’t visit more.

And as we wound on down the road the marathon “speed dating” sessions that took a weekend + 2 addi-tional events to complete had come to a close. We enjoyed small talk, food and drink, good music, and football. Stories of many pills, can-cers and procedures were too many. Sadly, two more classmates have passed-RIP. Many more good things too, and grand kids!

In the end, we had great committee-Julie Fischer-Steve Crawford-Mary Al-ice Walter-Greg James, Jim Verkamp-Jerry Harris. What a great time! It could not have been done without you.

The tune came to me at last. I recalled a quote from the movie, Stand by Me. “I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jeez, does any-one?” I don’t know about 12. But, these events, a bunch of contacts, phone calls and Facebook chats with a group about 30+ in all have let us visit that “sweet use to be”. We were 18 all over again, but different. It’s like the end of a movie. You want to see what happened to all the characters, but in our case the end isn’t written yet and the film is still rolling.. for all our sakes, for a long time to come.

Go Tigers!

by Robb SmithIf there is anything I’ve

noticed over the last 15 months since accepting the position of superintendent, it’s that the alumni of Bellev-ue Independent Schools are a proud lot who come together at a moment’s notice in times of jubilation or suffering. In fact, the manner in which this community rallies around one another is nothing short of amazing. The familial mind set has been passed down from one generation to the next, and continues to this day.

I was most recently re-minded of this togetherness at the Education Founda-tion golf outing where, once again, alumni from Bellevue raised over $20,000 for the

betterment of our district. These funds go directly to the students we serve in the form of instructional technology. For these funds, and for the opportunity to enjoy a day of golf alongside so many proud Tigers, I am grateful. From golfers, to hole sponsors, to event contributors, it was an outstanding day.

Apart from the fundrais-ing efforts, there are a num-ber of alumni who contribute to the district through coach-ing, volunteering in class-rooms, assisting with general maintenance, and in many other ways. Again, I am thankful for the commitment, but mostly, for having the op-portunity to join this band of like-minded individuals who collectively become some-

thing bigger than self.The work of a school dis-

trict is never complete. Our needs are plentiful and var-ied. So this is a call to all the alumni (or even invested community members) out there to come join the fold. There are opportunities to get involved with the school system you hold so dearly, all the while re-connecting with friends and classmates from the past. Your time and en-ergy may change the life of one of our students.

If you have interest in getting involved, please con-tact me at your convenience. The office number is (859) 261-2108 or you can email me at robb.smith@bellevue.kyschools.us . Tiger Pride.

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Looking for some Hal-loween fun with the kids? Unleash their creativity along historic Fairfield Ave-nue for In Vue’s Candy Corn & Crafts: A Halloween DIY Extravaganza on Saturday, October 18 from 11 am to 2 pm. Kids will have wicked

fun visiting our do-it-your-self craft stations to create spooktacular keepsakes and even win wickedly cool little prizes. There will be a small fee for some of the craft proj-ects to cover a portion of the costs.

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lar DIY crafts, visitors will also find shopping for Hal-loween goodies and delec-table eats from at the inde-pendently owned businesses located from the 200 to 700 blocks of Fairfield Avenue.

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take a Breath and Savor octoBerby Cindy NuneryOne thing I love about

October, is that it means I can finally open the windows and experience some cool fresh air. I think we are all weary of being shut up all summer trying to stay free from the hot sweltering days that have worn us all out, and allows us to finally think about fall col-or, pumpkins, and our favor-ite sweater. However, it also moves us to think about the impending holidays, which for some people is a not so pleasant time of year. You

start thinking about family dinners, possible conflicts, obligations, stretching your wallet, and all the hustle and bustle in going from one place to the next. Geeze...that just wore me out just sharing that, but I will try and reel myself in and simply focus on the good things that the fall weather brings.

I suppose it’s hard to stay focused and enjoy the present since all it takes is a stroll in-side one of the major stores and be faced with all the holiday decorations, which allows no time at all to just look forward to the one that’s just around the corner, which of course is Halloween. In other words…..who wants to look at Christmas stuff when it’s time for spider webs and trick or treating? I mean re-ally…...there is nothing worse to me than trying to pick out something decora-tive for Halloween, when it’s sitting next to Christmas an-gels and tinsel. I want to ful-ly enjoy October…..the cool weather, the leaves changing, the smell of pumpkin……..well whatever we associate with the season. Absolutely nothing wrong with angels and tinsel, but that’s another holiday, and I’m simply not ready to go there in my mind.

So let’s simply back up a few lines and enjoy breathing in the fresh cool air, and how that feels. See it as a much needed time of simply rec-ognizing that you did in fact get through another summer without melting or having a heat stroke, and found ways to stay inside in the cool, and hopefully most of those times were enjoyable in some way. Now like the cool fall breezes turn the leaves about 20 shades of red and orange, it can also whisk things away. Dead leaves, dirt, leftover grime from the heat, or of course those precious lungs that have been shut up inside for months. I’m sure we can all come up with things that would benefit from a cool fresh breeze. There…..I bet you just a took a nice deep breathe...right?

My thinking is…...Hal-loween is such a fun time of the year, where we all just get to act goofy for once. Dress up, eat candy, lighten it up a bit, and of course my personal favorite, caramel apples, and watching the kids have a good time. This can be such a fun time for every-one, young and old, so why not just open a window, take a deep breath, watch what the cool breeze blows away, and maybe splurge and have a pumpkin latte outside your favorite cafe with a friend. In other words, just relax, because you know how this season goes. The minute you finish reading this, the next couple of weeks will fly by before you can turn around, and I don’t want you to miss all the good stuff that comes when you savor October.

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Just wanted to send a huge job “well done” to the City of Dayton Staff for pro-viding our Seniors with a great picnic last Wednesday, we all had a blast and I en-joyed spending the day with my Senior Friends. As I mentioned last month Octo-ber is Fire Prevention Month, so I wanted to give you all a little history on how this all began.

Fire Prevention Week commemorates the Great Chicago Fire which hap-pened October 8-9, 1871. Rumor has it that Mrs O’Leary was milking her cow when it knocked over a lantern which started that huge fire. This two day blaze killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, de-stroyed more than 17,400 structures, and burned more than 2,000 acres. The tragedy inspired reform across Amer-ica, spurring new fire safety codes and public awareness campaigns. Each October, the National Fire Protection Association, (NFPA) serves as the official sponsor of a nationwide fire prevention campaign to highlight the importance of fire safety ed-ucation. This year’s theme focuses on making sure you have a working smoke alarm in every bedroom! The 2015 NFPA theme is “ Hear the Beep where you Sleep “ and as mentioned above, every bedroom needs a working Smoke Alarm!

You have heard me men-tion time and time again how important having a warning is in the event of a fire. I cannot stress enough, every home needs working smoke alarms. I encourage you all to install smoke alarms specifically in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on every level of the home, including the basement. Larger homes

may need additional alarms. For the best protection, use interconnected smoke alarms throughout the home so when one sounds they will all sound. I suggest you try this, if you have a smoke alarm in your bedroom hallway, close the bedroom door, have your children or another adult go into the bedroom, close the door then test the alarm to be sure it can be heard outside the door, if not then don’t hesitate to put an alarm in-side the bedroom. There may be someone hard of hearing or a child who won’t react to sound of a detector, in-stalling a complex, low-fre-quency audible signal works best. Separate appliances are available that produce this signal. Test the smoke alarms at least once a month by pushing the test button. A good idea is to save the in-structions that come with the alarms for testing and main-tenance. For smoke alarms with any battery, replace bat-teries at least once a year. If the alarm “chirps” replace the battery right away.

During the month of Oc-tober Fireman Joe and the Women & Men of your Fire Dept Bellevue-Dayton will be busy promoting this fire prevention campaign with firehouse visits, school pro-grams and fire drills. For more information about Fire Prevention Programs or activities across the US check out the NFPA Website. NFPA.COM or stop by the firehouse and pick up a bro-chure.

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sance Art in the Park Com-mittee wants to thank all the artists and craftsman that made the 14th Annual Art in the Park event possible. The event chair, Barry Baker, and the committee extend a gra-cious thanks to all the vol-unteers who work tirelessly before, during, and after the event; help shaping it into the wonderful event it has become. This year Jen Rus-chman received the Art in the Park volunteer award for all of her years of hard work as the volunteer coordinator and as an amazing leader. Please join us in thanking the following people and or-ganizations for their gener-ous support: the event ma-jor sponsors including The Party Source, Brandicorp, WNKU, and a LIFT grant along with sponsorships and support from The Friends of Bellevue, Becca Moix, and Buona Vita and support from the Bellevue Eagles, Gigi Enterprises, Avenue Brew, Barry Baker, Jon Rawe/Tro-phyAwards.com, Fastsigns of Cincinnati, Heidi & Matthew Bohman, Tim Wilhelm, The B-List, Lucky Rabbit Studio, Ken Swinson, Charlie Clev-es, Art Machine, St. John United Church of Christ, and the City of Bellevue.

Even with some rain we had a gorgeous and busy day

in the park and along historic Fairfield Avenue. Patrons had the opportunity to meet artists and craftspeople and purchase items they created while enjoying the beautiful Bellevue Beach Park. The Gazebo was filled with great music provided by Ben Walz, Drew Dog, and belly dancing and drumming with Tallu-lah’s Belly Dance Studio.

Congratulations to the winners judged by Billy Holodnak, Christine May-hew, Emily Brandehoff, Carolyn Dieringer and Kurt MayhewIn the category of Fine Craft former resident Bethany Kramer received first place with Tom Dietrich winning second, third place went to Trish MeLennan and the Honorable Mention was given to Kelli Fisher. The Fine Art first place winner was Jackie Slone, second place was Sheila Sweeney, third place went to Marianne Ziemer, and the Honorable Mention was given to Betsy Balzter. This year we had a tie so two People’s Choice awards were given. The re-cipients were Brian and Em-ily Harmon along with Sheila Sweeny.

Thank you for supporting locally-made art, craft, food, beer, and wine! It keeps our community thriving and unique.

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Grandview Elementary School re-introduced their Family Fall Festival this year on Friday October 2nd. De-spite the rain and gloomy conditions a strong crowd attended the event which hadn’t been held since 2013.

“We were so pleased to be able do this,” said new Grandview Principal Dr. Jenny Cox. “Our staff and the volunteers from all over our community worked re-ally hard on making this a success and I think they were rewarded with a great event.”

Toni Skees, Special Edu-cation Teacher at Grandview and one of the key organizers of the Family Fall Festival was pleased with the turnout as well. “The rain kind of af-fected the turnout maybe, but we were so pleased with the attendance and the students and their families had a ball,” she said.

Always the biggest draw of the event, the Basket Raf-fle again topped the partici-pation chart. The winners of the basket raffle were:

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A Time to Play - Sarah Lentini

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Festival was the Dunking Booth. Although the booth is outside and the rain and cold made for less than favor-able conditions, the cast of “Dunkees” still drew a large and vocal crowd. Assistant Principal, David Fuller; In-formation Technologist, Jim Seward; District Director of Curriculum Dr. David Rust; School Counselor, Teresa Al-len; and Bellevue Star Foot-ball Player Tyler Noonchester

gave the students plenty of fun choices to dunk into the tank.

Proceeds from the Fam-ily Fall Festival are used to benefit the students at Grand-view Elementary. “Part of the money raised is used for our Pilot Program that puts current technology in the hands of every student in our building,” said Dr. Cox. Other projects and programs that provide services and ma-terials for students will re-ceive portions of the money as well.

“We simply cannot thank people enough for their help, their donations and their par-ticipation in our festival,” said Mrs. Skees. “It’s a lot of hard work and a busy time for everyone, but the results are so worth it.”

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by Jo Anne Warren, Mas-ter Gardener, Tree Hugger

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;

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to

a time to plantmourn, and a time to dance;

Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3, verses 1-4

The time to plant a tree is the Fall, when the need to support top growth--leaves, fruit, nuts--is past, when the plant is shutting down to rest. That is true most importantly of deciduous trees, that drop their leaves. The reason that time is best for planting is that all the tree has to do then is settle in, arrange its

roots, and go to sleep. (We have spoken about conifers, and will do so again, but now let’s plant a deciduous tree or trees.)

The key to long-term success is the volume of soil available to the roots. A min-imum of 100-200 cubic feet of soil is a minimum neces-sary to sustain long-term growth.

Whenever possible, ur-ban designers should focus on planting trees in lawn areas adjacent to sidewalks rather than using confined tree pits! The cost of tree grates and guards would be better spent on importing good soil and providing more growing space. In addition to their cost, these devices can cause injury to trees as they grow.

A new idea has been put forth by the USDA Forest Service: plant a large pit with several trees in it:

So, food for thought as we strive to understand how a tree ‘sees’ things.

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Kentucky Public Retirees will meet on Monday No-vember 9, 2015 at Golden Coral 488 Orphanage Road Ft. Wright, Ky. We will gather at 11:45 a.m. for lunch and social time. Then around 12:30 p.m. we will have a guest speaker. After the speaker we will have a brief business meeting. Dur-ing this time we will have a letter writing campaign to our legislators about funding our pension plan in legisla-tive session January 2016. A list of questions to ask, paper,

envelops, and stamps will be provided at the meeting. We will discuss the up coming rally on January 27, 2016 at state capitol in Frankfort.

Membership is free from the month of joining to the end of the year December. Annual dues are $15 a year each for spouses and retirees. For more information con-tact Asom Ponananta NKY Chapter President at 859 512-5713 or Melissa Artopo-eus NKY Chapter Public Re-lations Lissa203@msn.com.

Submitted by Melissa Artopoeus

Venus in Fur, a Tony Award-winning comedy/drama, is wildly intelligent, funny, sexy, and a creative look at the innate power of women and how that power is reflected in the 21st cen-tury against a 19th century backdrop. It is a love story between a man who doesn’t know what he wants and a woman who knows exactly what she wants.

PLUSImmediately after each

performance, the cast will be available for photos on stage. Audiences can pick a scene from the play, insert themselves into that scene, and take pictures for social

networking.This production contains

adult language and situations and may not be suitable for all audiences.

Performances are Octo-ber 16, 17, 23, 24 at 8:00pm. Doors to the theatre open at 7:30pm. The Avenue Stage is housed in the St. John United Church of Christ building at 520 Fairfield Av-enue, Bellevue, KY (just 10 short blocks east of Newport on the Levy).

$20 Tickets are avail-able on-line at https://st-johnchurch.net/tickets or at the door. We accept cash or credit cards.

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The First Baptist Church will be having a Veterans Pro-gram on November 8th from 6-8 P.M. First Baptist Church Bellevue 332 Prospect St. Bellevue KY 41073. We are hoping many will join us, especially Veterans since this is a program to honor them.

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“Greatly Beloved”“…O Daniel, a man

greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright (Dan-iel 10:11)

Child of God, do you hesitate to appropriate this title? Ah! Has your unbelief made you forget that you are greatly beloved too? Must you not have been greatly beloved, to have been bought with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot? When God smote His only begotten son for you, what was this but greatly beloved?

You lived in sin, and ri-oted in it, must you not have been greatly beloved for God to have borne so patiently with you? You were called by grace and lead to a Savior, and made a child of God and an heir of heaven. All this proves, does it not, a very great and super abounding love?

Since that time, whether your path has been rough with troubles, or smooth with mercies, it has been full of proofs that you are a person greatly beloved. If the Lord has chasten you, yet not in anger; if He has made you

Some upcominG eventS at the neWport liBrarySignature Series: Rick Bragg7 pm Friday, Oct. 16New York Times best-sell-

ing author and Southern Living columnist Rick Bragg will dis-cuss his first book, All Over But TheShoutin’. A book sale and signing will follow the presenta-tion. An ASL interpreter will be present to sign at this event. Reg-istration required for free tickets.

Tabletop Haunted Houses6:30 pm Monday, Oct. 19Enter if you dare: DIY and

decorate your own Tabletop Haunted House! Ages 13 & up. No need to register.

Friends Book Sale9 am-noon Thurs, Oct. 22The Friends book store is

open the fourth Thursday of the month, January through October. No need to register.

Teen Read Week: Fun with Sand3 pm Thursday, Oct. 22From sand art to sand bottles,

it will be a day to play in the sand. Ages 12-19. Snacks provided No need to register.

Silent Dinner & Deaf Club Kick-off Event

6 pm Friday, Oct. 23We invite those from the deaf

community to enjoy an evening at the Newport Library with dinner and the chance to help us plan our

new monthly Deaf Club. We will also be introducing the Sorenson ntouch VP software that is loaded onto one computer at each of our branches and highlighting some of our other services available to the deaf and hard of hearing. An interpreter will be present. Dinner is free but registration is required.

Teen Read Week: Candy Casino3 pm Friday, Oct. 23Whether you like to play

games really like candy or both, today is the day for you! Ages 12-19. No need to register.

Programs for Children and Families

Cook the Book! A Delicious Story Time

10 am, Thursdays, Oct. 15, 22, 29

Read a tasty story and make and eat an easy recipe based on the book in our library kitchen!

Ages 3-6. Snacks provided. Registration required.

Ready for K Through Play: Preschool Story Time

10 am Mondays, Oct.19 & 26

Get kids ready for kindergar-ten with fun games, silly songs, rhymes and great stories. Ages 3-5. Registration required.

Bounce & Rhyme Story Time

10 am Tues, Oct.20 & 27Bond with your baby while

enjoying silly songs in our baby band and silly lap time bouncy rhymes that develop pre-literacy skills. Siblings welcome. Ages 0-2. Registration required.

Pajama Time7 pm Tues, Oct. 20 & 27Enjoy stories, songs, activi-

ties and a craft. Wear your PJs if you like! Only one registration necessary for Fall PJ Time.Ages 3-6.

Play Art4 pm Wednesdays, Oct. 21

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Oct. 7: Decorative Mini-Pumpkins; Oct 14: Design a Trick or Treat Loot Bag; Oct. 21: We Can Build It; Oct. 28: Play Art Mad Science Club – Spooky Sci-ence. Ages 3-6. Registration re-quired.

Super Saturday: Make a Spooky Gingerbread House!

3 pm Saturday, Oct. 17Make a spooky gingerbread

house out of a milk carton! Ages 6-11. Snacks provided. Registra-tion required.

Adventure Club: Be a Mad Scientist with NKU!

4 pm Tuesday, Oct. 20Have fun with chemistry

with students from NKU to honor National Chemistry Day. Ages 6-11. Registration required.

Little Monsters Halloween Party3 pm Saturday, Oct. 24Bring your little monster for

silly Halloween games, crafts and treats. Ages 2-6. Siblings wel-come. Registration required.

Adventure Club: Goose-bumps Carnival

4 pm Tuesday, Oct. 27Throw on your Halloween

costume and join us for creepy fun. Ages 6-11. Registration re-quired.

Super Saturday: Face Painting for Halloween

3 pm Saturday, Oct. 31Come have some spooky

punch and creepy snacks and have your face painted!

Ages 6-11. Registration re-quired.

Hours for all three branches are 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thurs-day; 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. The Web site address is www.cc-pl.org.

FOR MUCH MOREContact the Newport Library

at 859-572-5035. The Web site address is

www.cc-pl.org.

poor, yet in grace you have been rich. The more unwor-thy you feel yourself to be, the more evidence have you that nothing but unspeak-able love could have led the Lord Jesus to save such a soul as yours.

Now, if there be such love between God and us let us live in the influence and sweetness of it, and use the privilege of our position.

Do not let us approach our Lord as though we were strangers, or as though He were unwilling to hear us—for we are greatly beloved by our loving Father. “He that spared not His own son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us? all things?”

Come boldly, O believ-er, for despite the whisper-ings of Satan and the doubt-ing of thine own heart, thou are greatly beloved. Medi-tate on the exceeding great-ness and faithfulness of di-vine love this day, and so go to thy bed in peace.

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From the cornerOn Wednesdays St. John

United Church of Christ of-fers Morning Prayer at 7:32 a.m. Yes, 7:32 is correct. We offer two extra minutes for grace to those who may be running late. A small group gathers each Wednes-day for about 30 minutes to pray for each concern on the prayer list and to offer thanks, gratitude, and praise for God’s answered prayers. On Wednesday, September 30th I arrived early, around 6:45 a.m., unlocked the door for those who would be com-ing to pray, turned on one light in the Sanctuary and lit the candle. While I walked through the Church I was keenly aware that my left ear felt as if it was stopped up. I kept rubbing it, tapping it, even sticking my pinky in it to see if I could get it to pop clear. No luck.

The faithful group gath-ered and we began to pray. There is very little structure to our Morning Prayer time, but enough to help us focus as we begin our day and then move to the work schedules that lay ahead of us.

I was so focused on what was happening to my ear that the Scripture reading and written and spontane-ous prayers we shared are a blur of memory. I had voiced a prayer for my own healing as I struggled to keep balance and composure. But within 45 minutes my hearing was gone. As my prayer part-ners left the Sanctuary they said,call the doctor now, and left. It was especially quiet when the Church door closed that day. I felt lost, empty, and scared.

I have seen the ENT Doctor, had multiple hear-ing tests, experienced diz-

hearinG loSSziness, unbalanced, “white noise” roaring, a heightened awareness of noises I hadn’t typically noticed before, a new reality of how noisy our world actually is, vertigo (not pleasant!!!), and my first MRI. Thank God for such gifted and caring MRI nurses and technicians who helped this very claustrophobic mid-dle-aged man get through it without crying. I now know I have what is called, Sudden Asymmetrical Sensorineural hearing Loss.

This is all new to me, but even at this point I’ve realized that I could not have continued the way I was going. You see, I tend to be a workaholic. I’m al-ways working and often miss much of the goodness of life. Since this loss of hearing I have been forced to stop and rest (although even now it is still a challenge not to keep working and taking care of my ministry). My body has sent me in a spin – literally – I have to move slower, think differently, listen from a dif-

ferent perspective, be more patient with myself, rest, breath, and power down. I’m sure with time I’ll find a new pace of being, but right now I’m trying to rest.

While reflecting in prayer and writing in my journal these words came to me: “I had to rest to realize how much I needed rest. I had to stop hearing in order to hear. Now, what are you saying God? I’m saying that you need me, you want me. I am your rest, I am your peace, I am your comfort, and I am your guide. I am! Stay close by me. I will hold you up. Draw near to me and I will be closer to you than your breath. Come away and rest – Sabbath with me – cease and become alive again. Re-new your spirit.”

According to my doctor my hearing may return – but it may not. I am grateful be-yond measure to report, how-ever, that my MRI came back clear – no tumor! Thanks be to God!

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From the Corneris written by theRev. Keith M. Haithcock,Pastor & Teacher ofSt. JohnUnited Churchof Christon the corner ofFairfield and Ward Avenues.,Bellevue, KY(Photo by www.jennifersummer.com)

by Alvena StanfieldWhere did Halloween

originate? There is evidence it was a pagan feast during which the dead returned to life and participated in an en-tertaining evening with the living. Today, with the popu-larity of the zombie movies, novels, games (Zombiopoly is coming soon), and Hal-loween costumes, have we overlooked zombies? Was fear the origination of Hal-loween or was it the other way around?

Fear of the permanence of death has always been with us. It was especially terrifying during the sudden deaths caused by the Black Plague epidemic in the Mid-dle Ages Two-wheel carts rolled through the towns. The drivers shouted, “Bring out your dead.”

The loaded carts were backed up to a cavernous hole, lifted upward until the carcasses slid into the mass grave. Once dumped into the hole,movement by the almost-dead victim was ig-nored. Occasionally one of the almost-dead would man-age to crawl out and reach the grassy area surrounding the mass grave. Imagine the family member who, believ-ing their loved one was dead, dragged the body outside their home, dumped it onto a death cart then learned he or she had been found outside the mass grave, crawling or staggering.

Even greater tragedies occurred in the eighteenth century. Before the Span-ish and British exploration by sea England and Europe had not experienced sleeping sickness (trypanosomiasis).

This parasitic infection, if untreated, triggers a death-like sleep. Sadly some of its early victims awakened inside a buried casket. This was revealed after grave rob-bers found torn fingernails and claw marks on the inside of caskets. To prevent this in-dividuals were buried with a string attached to a bell out-side the grave. If the bell rang and if the person was rescued alive, they had truly “risen from the dead” aka zombie-like.

In addition to these fears associated with death and premature burial, Constan-tine (the warrior who de-clared himself Pope), had earlier initiated a religious celebration now held on No-vember 1 called “All Saints Day” to honor the heavenly dead. So, the fear-of-the revived-corpse day, became the night before, the night of the non-heavenly-risen dead, zombies.

Over centuries All Hal-low’s Eve became similar to Mardi Gras with a twist. It was a night of pranks and pranksters who hid behind masks and wreaked havoc on a community. To bribe those who would play devil-ish tricks, treats were offered to discourage them from their mischief. Today’s costumed child’s call, “Trick or Treat” is a shout quickly answered by dropping a piece of candy into a waiting bag.

Welcome to all zombies, power rangers, princesses, ghosts and ghouls. We have candy.

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