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Hello to all. The official start of summer has arrived -- the annual Bellevue-Dayton Memorial Day Parade. The parade is the signal for the beginning of summer in Bel-levue. The weather cooperated nicely, the crowds were great, and all the tributes to those who serve our country were wonderful and well deserved.

Please remember that school is out for the summer and be aware of all the chil-dren and adults walking and riding bikes around Bellevue. Slow down and be on the look-out for people wanting to cross at the crosswalks and let them cross. It is the law.

June will bring the start of our concert series at the Bel-levue Beach Park. The first concert will be on Saturday, June 14 at 7 pm,followed by the July 12 show with the an-nual fireworks display at 10pm after the concert. Come down to the riverfront and enjoy some great family fun and good music to boot. Also our movie nights will take place on June 27 and July 25. Again this year we will be teaming up with the Bellevue Alliance who will host their monthly gathering starting at 6 pm with a grill out in the park before the 9:30 pm movie start. So

come down and be part of the Bellevue Alliance and enjoy a great movie too.

The city-wide yard sale will take place on June 21. So dust off all those gently used items and sign up to take in this year’s event and hopefully earn some extra cash along the way. For those of you that want to host a yard sale that day; council waived the need for a permit. Please contact the clerk’s office for more in-formation at 859-431-8888 to be placed on the map.

As previously announced the city had a purchase agree-ment for the Marianne Theater. I am excited to report that we have officially closed on the property and have taken pos-session of one of the architec-tural gems of this region. Soon we will begin the public en-gagement part of the process to determine what the next life should be for this wonderful, historic building in Bellevue.

With the warmer weather here to stay we all want to get out and enjoy our many great neighborhood parks. Recently it has been brought to our at-tention that the parks may be in need of the routine main-tenance and some stepped up patrols by our law enforce-ment team. Should you see

any suspicious activity or have issue with anyone in the parks or anywhere in our community please call Campbell County Emergency Dispatch at 911 or the non-emergency number at 859-292-3622 and police will be dispatched to respond to your call. Soon signs will be posted in the park with these numbers for easy reference.

Hats off and a big thank you to the Bellevue Neigh-borhood Association for all their hard work that makes our parks clean and green. And for the beautiful job they did this spring and summer along Fairfield Avenue and the ex-pansion of pots and planters placed in the neighborhoods.

If you are planning any summer projects around the house don’t hesitate to call the city offices for assistance with planning and understand-ing the needs of permits, in-spections, or a certificate of appropriateness should you be in one of our historic dis-tricts. And remember to report any suspicious activity in your neighborhood to the police de-partment at 859-295-3622 or 911 if needed. We all are eyes and ears on many occasions so please don’t hesitate to call. Enjoy your summer and have a great 4th of July holiday.

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Each year the Bellevue Education Foundation spon-sors the Fred award to deserv-ing staff members of Bellevue Independent Schools. The Fred Award exemplifies trust-

worthy and approachable em-ployees, someone who builds relationships and empowers others to enjoy their job. The Fred Award recognitions ex-traordinary service. Congratu-

lations to the 2014 recipients: Jennifer M. Biddle, Sharon Eaglin, Jenny Klaber, Mickey Hill, Sandy Brun and Kathy Riley.

It’s that time of year again. Bellevue Renaissance is host-ing the City-Wide Yard Sale on Saturday, June 21 begin-ning at 8 am.

The yard sale is all about the 3 R’s of going green – re-cycling, reuse, and reduce. In addition to going green this provides you with all sorts of opportunities in one day:

1. Eliminate items you no longer need and make cool cash by hosting a yard sale.

2. Find a new treasure or that something you need by visiting one of the many yard sales in Bellevue.

3. Meet your neighbors and visitors, too.

4. See our neighbor-hoods.

The permit and fee are waived to encourage residents to participate. All you need to do is contact the city by stop-ping by or calling 431-8888 or 431-8866 to let us know the address of your yard sale. If you’d prefer to send an email sent it to jody.robinson@bel-levueky.org and she’ll make sure you’re on the list. We’re asking you for your address, so we can put you on the map of yard sales.

Bellevue Preschool held their annual community cook-out on May 8th. The community was able to enjoy a grilled hot dog along with some chips, pretzels, drinks and everyone’s favorite…desserts. Afterwards the children enjoyed an evening playing with their friends on the playground. Fun was had by all!

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Join Bellevue Renaissance for their July Third Saturday Celebration: Cruising on the Avenue on Saturday, July 19 from 2 to 6 pm. Cars.Cars.Cars.Beautiful cars.Classic cars. Show off your ride or just check out the scenery!Join classic car enthusiasts on his-

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toric Fairfield Avenue. See re-stored cars and other special vehicles of interest and talk to their owners at this free event. Stroll the street, shop and grab a bite to eat in one of our many locally owned restaurants. Do

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you would think summer is already here. It feels like July or August. With all the rain it is hard to keep up with yard work but it has to be done. I always enjoy talking with resi-dents but not about grass is-sues and blight. If you don’t want to hear from me (except to say hello) please take care of your yard. I know how hard it is but too often the grass gets out of control and over grown and hard to cut. Most residents have been doing a great job

maintaining their property and believe me the City appreci-ates it!

I have to mention again that when you are planning on hiring a contractor for a partic-ular job at your home whether it is a new roof, concrete drive-way and any work on your home they must have or pur-chase an occupational license to perform work in the City of Bellevue. This is a very simple and inexpensive process. The reason we have this ordinance folks, is to protect you the ho-meowner against fraud and poor workmanship. I have re-ceived a few calls about some-one being taken advantage of by a contractor. If you have a project and you want informa-tion about a building permit or occupational license, please feel free to call me. Many ho-meowners have called me for my building expertise or if they are allowed to do what they plan to do. I don’t mind at all coming to your home to discuss any questions you may have about a project. It is bet-ter to be safe and ask questions first.

Some of you may not know what my role is as a Code Enforcement Officer. I wear many hats and switch

from building inspector, en-forcement of occupational li-cense to code enforcement of city ordinances and interna-tional property maintenance codes. When I personally ob-serve or receive a complaint about blight, code violation or maintenance issue, I will make every effort to speak with the resident. I often leave a door hanger with the violation and follow up when necessary. The last thing I want to do is send a violation letter with an attached fine. You can avoid costly fines and penalties, by doing the right thing and keep-ing your property properly maintained.

Did you know?Foreclosed/bankruptcy

properties are often in limbo for months or even years. The city receives complaints about these properties and we make every effort to contact the re-sponsible party. Lending insti-tutions are not always known. The banks are supposed to have a property maintenance group but too often do not take care of the property. As a last resort our city public works will cut the grass. We are not permitted to go into a house that is foreclosed to clean it up nor do we cut the rear of the

property. We make every ef-fort to find the owner/bank to maintain the property.

Bellevue is extremely for-tunate that we have develop-ers who buy these properties when they become available and convert them into a nice livable home once again. I see these homes before and after they are renovated. It is amaz-ing the transformation of the combination of historic and modern remodeling. I have seen some homes that could have been torn down. Our city is reluctant to do that because of the historic value.

Lastly, I want to say a few words about our Bellevue Public Works Department. They wear many hats, do an outstanding job in keeping our city looking good and are a tremendous asset to our city. I am so impressed with their commitment to excellence and dedication to service. They take pride in all aspects of their job. These guys go the extra mile to keep our city looking so squared away. When you see them in the future, take the time to thank them for their dedication and hard work. They deserve credit for mak-ing the City of Bellevue clean and presentable. Thanks guys!

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To enter, you must follow @shopbellevueky on Insta-gram. You may submit your original photo by tagging #im-agesofbellevueky to upload to Instagram. Entries must be made by 11:59pm on Friday, July 27 to be eligible for priz-es. First place prize of $100 in Bellevue Bucks will be award-

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Sonny was born in 1928 to Bernard Louis Rechtin, Sr and Virginia Hunt Rechtin. Sonny’s grandfather Bernard Henry Rechtin, came from Germany and settled in Bel-levue in the late 1800’s. The house and garage on the North East Corner of Taylor Ave was owned by his father. Sonny lived there when he was two years old, then the family moved to Retreat St. in 1930. His son Randy and family still live in the same Retreat St. home. Ryan, his other son and family, also live in Bellevue. Sonny is the oldest of five sib-lings (Mary Jo, Tom, Dave, Nancy). The family also lived at 441 Van Voast from 1942 to 2004. In 1948 he graduated from Bellevue High School and was a member of the 1947 State Runner Up Baseball Team. While in school and af-ter graduation Sonny worked in his dad’s Bellevue/Dayton Auto Sales which was in Day-ton from 1937-1999. Swim-ming in the Ohio River, climb-ing trees, riding the hogs on Covert Run Pike was some of his boyhood activities. When

playing in Covert Run Creek he contacted Typhoid Fever. On November 3, 1950 Sonny was drafted into the Army. It was just the beginning of the Korean War. He completed his Basic Training at Fort Knox, then to Fort Benning, Ga. Af-ter Basic Training he was sent to Germany, completed his two years and returned home to Bellevue. When questioned what was the first thing you did when you came home he said “I headed straight to the Bar-ney’s Old Homestead Bar to meet my friends” The Home-stead was located at the corner of Fairfield and O’Fallon. He said at one time the Home-stead was also a hotel and peo-ple came from all over to vaca-tion at the hotel and visit the Bellevue Beaches. Sonny is a great neighbor. He watches out for his neighbors and helps if he can. “I love Bellevue, it’s a friendly, safe city.” Sonny is known as the “Mayor of the Avenue” because he frequents the restaurants and stores.

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Mark your calendars now for the thirteenth annual Art in the Park on September thir-teenth from 11 am to 5 pm, so you don’t miss this excit-ing event. Bellevue Renais-sance brings fine artists and crafts people to the beautiful Bellevue Beach Park for an incredible sale and exhibit of one-of-a-kind work. Enjoy the day with: Artists – Craftsmen – Musicians – Hands-on Art Programming for Kids – Food

and More! We hope you’ll consider

helping this event with a con-tribution and/or volunteering. Please contact Jody at 431-8866 or jody.robinson@bel-levueky.org for more informa-tion on these opportunities.

There’s even more! The City will host their final Sec-ond Saturday Concert in the Park 7 pm with Jamison Road – Country that rocks!

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Every year the Bellevue Board of Education appoints a student from Bellevue High School to serve as the Stu-dent Liaison. At each regular meeting, the student liaison presents a report, keeping the Board well-informed of stu-

dent events and activities. Mr. Starnes and the Board of Edu-cation recognized Chris Brock for serving in this capacity for the 2014-2015 school year at the May 21, 2014 meeting. Thank you, Chris, for your service to the Board.

“F.r.o.g” “There is no fear in love:

but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath tor-ment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love” (1John 4:18~

Fear can be an enormous problem, even for Christians. In these days there is much to be fearful of: failing health, dwindling finances, a crum-bling job market, and all the “what-ifs” that life offers us. Entire days, weeks and even months can be spent with our minds consumed with doubts, worries and fears causing utter torment.

Yet, Jesus does not expect us to live in torment. Being tormented by fear means we are focusing on the problem (or maybe even a perceived problem) rather than on God, whose perfect love can free us from that torment. We need to lift up our eyes above the problem and see the Problem Solver.

If our lives are fully sur-rendered to Christ, we can believe that “all things work together for good to them that love God.” During the dark-est times, it may be difficult to grasp this truth and really believe it. But it is possible to stand on His promises.

When we fully rely on the love and mercy of God to get us through each and every day, we can cast aside fear. You might think the fear will always remain, but it will be over shadowed by peace that Christ brings when we Fully Rely On God

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pulse that initiates an action or series of events. Now some may view this or experience it with a bit more intensity. My version reads like this.......deep intense emotional tur-moil that stems from an event that awakens a very specific memory....pleasant or trau-matic. The memories are well hidden, carefully tucked away, with a pretense of keeping them that way, usually because they are too painful to recall.

Now we all have memo-ries, good and bad.......pleas-ant and traumatic, and both can either bring a smile to your face or bring us to our knees, begging God for comfort. If it

is a pleasant memory, then of course there’s no problem.......it’s like the scent of wild flow-ers in a meadow, or a moment in time you experience with a loved one, but if it brings back days or events that sadden or frighten you, you simply want it to stop because it’s so painful. This usually happens because of unresolved issues from the past. I quite often en-vision those issues carefully tucked away in a drawer in the back of my closet. They were put there years ago, hoping that if I put them far enough away from me, nailed shut, securely stacked away along with old books, clothes or other items I no longer need, that I would be safe from them.....at least for a

long while. Yeh....right. Isn’t it amazing the games we play inside our heads just to keep from addressing something once and for all?

The interesting thing about triggers, is not that you were in fact experiencing one, but what you do with it next. This is a crucial time where you must be hyper- vigilant of emotions that are in fact based on having memories triggered, which require simply time to process them and let them go, or actually believing and trust-ing that it’s something real and can be acted upon. Precari-ous position for sure, and not taken lightly. Triggered emo-tions are like a double edged sword, good on one side, bad on the other.....and the trick is, being wise and aware enough to know which one you have before you.

I think the most impor-tant part of this, is knowing that something has been trig-gered....period. You don’t even have to figure out what to do next, but just allow the closet door to be opened, with nailed drawers to lay open, and sit with what’s inside. Painful it may be, but necessary before you take the next step, what-ever that will be for you. See that next step as life changing, which could make you bet-ter, bring clarity, affect those around you, so it’s very impor-tant that you decipher whether these thoughts and emotions that have come up are real or just based on feelings that were triggered.

If you are experiencing

triggersbeing “triggered”, don’t let it frighten you or keep you from moving forward. Sometimes we just need to go through a time of cleansing our hearts, minds, and souls, of past events, so we can get to the next place, whatever that looks like for you. God is our great comforter, so you won’t be alone while you look inside what has been nailed shut. You may feel like your guts are spilling out onto the floor........but it only seems that way, and it won’t kill you. Remember, what doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger.

As painful as triggers can be for many of us, it might be helpful to think of them as something good, that can help address painful memories, in order to move on to what is left to experience while we’re here.. Time is precious, and goes by quickly, so go ahead and open the closet door be-fore you get blindsided by a trigger.....remove the nails......see what’s inside. You might be pleasantly surprised........something nice you had for-gotten about that will make you smile.

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

This relatively new con-cept begins in 1962 with Ra-chel Carson’s Silent Spring sounded the tocsin against blanket pesticide use. Ms. Carson took on the all-pow-erful chemical companies, warning us that these chemi-cals would progress from the ground up all the way into our bodies, and although DDT was banned as an early result of her work, plenty of chemicals are still being used—by you in your yards or I miss my guess.

Abraham Lincoln famous-ly said when meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe, “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war?” Well, Rachel Carson just as famously ignited the environmental movement.

The latest development on that front is PHC, Plant Health Care, which advocates a systematic approach to care of trees and other landscape plants that can save you mon-ey, save your trees, and save our environment from ever-increasing toxic chemicals.

The International Society of Arboriculture (http://www.isa-arbor.com/) defines PHC as a holistic approach to plant care that focuses on the health and growth of the plants. Un-like IPM, (Integrated Pest Management) which focuses on monitoring and controlling pests, PHC advocates proper soil preparation, ditto plant se-

lection, includes preventative care, and incorporates pest management. IPM is brought in only where damage war-rants, and any and all control methods are those that are en-vironmentally friendly. http://www.treesaregood.com/tree-care/resources/PlantHealth-Care.pdf

If this isn’t an idea whose time has come, just look at the 2 billion pounds of pesticides applied annually in the U.S. alone. These poisons are not concentrated in the cornfields of Iowa—they are largely ap-plied to our yards, traffic and parking lot medians, and pub-lic parks, where we put down our blankets and share our pic-nics.

Few trees planted in urban settings will reach maturity without our intervention—to counter the stresses of air pol-lution, extreme weather, poor soil, compaction (compaction compaction compaction), and poor planting techniques.

PHC is to trees what well-ness programs are to us. Pre-vention. And help when things go wrong. [to be continued]

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introDuCing the Class oF 2027……..by Terri BakerThis time of year is when

you will probably come in contact with Wild Babies. Raccoons, Opossums, Bun-nies, Fox, Birds and Deer.

It can be hard to decide if you should help or just leave them alone. Sometimes you may just need to move the baby to a safer location, but still within the vicinity of the mother. Don’t worry the mother will not abandoned it just because you touched it. This is an old wives tale past down to keep our kids from touching everything. Please feel free to use this if you have a child that needs to leave something alone.

Wild BirdsThe most common one

you will see is the baby bird. If the baby has no feathers please try to get it back in the nest. If you put it back in the nest there is a chance that the parents will push it back out. Remember that nature works itself out, so there may be a problem with that baby. Par-ent birds are not going to waste their resources on a baby that is not going to make it. If the baby smells bad or has ants or maggots on it, DO NOT put it back in the nest. You will force the parents to abandon the entire nest. Fully feath-ered babies are different. No one gives these birds a hand book on proper parenting so parent birds push babies out of the nest to make room and when they think the baby is old enough to fly. Many times the baby does not make the trip down alive. Those that make that trip and are still alive will probably be approximately 3 days away from flying. So the parents will still come feed it and “talk” to it, but they do not have the ability to put it back in the nest, nor do they want the baby there. You can move the baby to a porch or deck or tree, but don’t take it too far away. Roaming Cats are the main problem to a baby bird. Cats are not a natural part of the eco system. Allowing your cat to roam free is extremely disrespectful to nature, not to mention your neighbors.

There are some birds federally protected. Keep that in mind Cat owners. Currently we only have one bird rehabilitator for our area if you need to speak to her or if you want informa-tion on becoming a licensed rehabilitator please call Ginger Rood 859-384-4022.

Wild RabbitsEveryone has heard of

someone mowing their lawn and running over a nest of bun-nies. I will be the first to tell you that mother Rabbits are dumb. They will place their nest right smack in the middle of a dog’s yard. They obvi-ously do not have the power

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to think ahead, but bunnies are not extinct so they must be doing something right? Even if the babies are injured you need to leave them there. The mother only comes twice to feed the babies. They do not lay with them and you will probably never see her. However, trying to raise a baby bunny is difficult. They can die from stress and most antibiotics. There is a special antibiotic you can use on rabbits, but let nature take care of it. Bunnies do amaz-ing at healing on their own. Their skin can be pulled back and they will heal better alone than with human intervention. If you want to re-member where a nest is so you can keep dogs away or not mow it again you can get a laundry basket and cut some entry/exit holes and put it upside down over top of the nest. If you need to verify mother is still coming (because you will never see her) put blades of grass or tissue paper over the babies check it the next day to see if it was disturbed. Please call if you are unsure if a baby needs a rehabilitator. I work really close with one and can get them to him, IF it is needed. Mother does a better job. If at all possible we need to leave babies with the original parent and save rehab for the urgent.

Raccoons, Opossums, Fox, Squirrels, Kittens, etc

Baby Raccoons, Squirrels and Opossums can become orphans. Moms can get hit by a car, trapped and relocated without the ba-bies. The nest can become victim to predators such as cats or tree trimmers may cut down a nest. These animals are considered nuisances to most people, but a baby always deserves a chance. Right?

If the babies (raccoons and squirrels) were still in a nest they need care until they are weaned. They may or may not have their eyes open yet.

Squirrels begin their lives pink and hair-less.

Raccoons are born like puppies, with hair. Their eyes and ears closed. Both Squirrels, kit-tens and Raccoons will be found in nests.

Opossums, on the other hand, are born pink and hairless, but will be in the mother’s pouch until they have hair and their eyes and

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bers help reduce slight swell-ing and can be very soothing for irritations like sunburns and some insect bites. So, keep cooled pieces from the refrig-erator on the swollen area.

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Colic: Chamomile tea can help calm intestinal muscles and relax your child. Steep it for around 4 minutes and serve once cooled, not giving your child more than 4 ounces (120ml) a day. Also, a chiro-practic adjustment may help by restoring proper nervous system control also allowing muscles to relax and the body to heal itself.

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Continuing from last month, Chief Auteri received the following two questions to our Fire Department on Fire Scene Operations. First, Quote, “ I was watching your guys at a recent fire and have seen them work at other fires and have often wondered why you guys cut holes in the roof and break windows “ ? Inside a fire there are a lot of gases, smoke, heat and it can get pret-ty intense, in order to vent the gases and smoke which also will eventually reduce the heat we use ventilation tactics. By opening or breaking windows, smoke and gases are released, this can also be accomplished by cutting a large hole in the roof or by the use of fans. Once the gases and smoke are vented, heat is reduced by wa-ter from the hose lines fighting

the fire. I can assure you, at the fire scene minimizing the damage at a fire is high pri-ority and what many people don’t see is the protection of interior furniture and materials by placing drapes or tarps over them.

Second; Quote, “ I see a fire truck racing to a call but it goes to a residence and there is no fire, what is going on there “ ? Our Paramedic Unit (280) is very busy, often an EMS Call is received when our unit is on other runs. Our Camp-bell County Fire Departments have a move up system that al-lows us to assist or cover other City Departments while they may be on other runs. If 280 is on another call, we respond with an Engine Company with a crew of three, one or all three being a Paramedic or EMT

to provide First Responder Evaluation while Newport, Ft Thomas or even Southgate will respond to cover until 280 is available again. We often provide the same service and move up to Newport, Ft Thom-as or any other city when their Units are on other calls. The same move up system often responds to large fires or other emergencies, so you can see we always have each other’s back so to speak.

We are always happy to answer any question or pro-vide any type of information program for our communi-ties, either at the firehouse or at your location. Please con-tact us at 261-0083 by phone or Stambushj@Hotmail.com - Auteri@fdbd.org -FDBD.ORG

Local school kids en-joy ice cream and ice balls at Schneider’s Sweet Shop!! At the end of the school year, they rewarded the kids for a good year by offering the lo-cal schools specials on ice cream and ice balls. This

year they had over 500 kids!! Hope all the kids had a great year! Schneider’s Sweet Shop is celebrating 75 years in business this year! They wish to thank all their loyal customers for making this happen!

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By Alvena StanfieldAs we move into summer-

time, parents and child care-givers must remember chil-dren die when left in cars on a hot day. Nationally four chil-dren have already died before June 1st this year, after being left in cars. Each year since 2008 an average of twelve children died, overheated, in

hot Cars kill ChilDrentheir carseats.

“I’d never forget my child,” parents say. That’s what those parents who lost their children would have said. That is, before they strapped their child into the car seat and work or other events distracted them.

To help stop these trag-edies, a local inventor has de-

veloped an inexpensive, eas-ily attached product to remind parents against the tragic loss of their child. The Backseat Baby alarm will hopefully save children. To see a vid-eo and learn more about this problem and the invention, visit www.backseatbabyalarm.com/Field-Test.html. The vid-eo includes information for or-dering the product which costs less than thirty dollars.

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Bellevue Renaissance pulls the community togeth-er on First Fridays around a theme. The theme in June is “Diversity: A Beautiful Mo-saic”. June is often when spring moves into summer and we look around and see the diversity found in God’s creation. It’s amazing. This year June is also when many Christians celebrate Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit. Also called Shavuot in Juda-ism, Pentecost is the ‘Feast of Weeks’ that commemo-rates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. The celebration of the Day of Pentecost for Christians is derived from the second chapter of the book of Acts in the New Testament.

The Bible is full of de-scriptions that tell of the di-versity of the Church: men, women, children, rich, poor, widow, single, married and

even different races. The Church was “astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.” (Acts 10.45) And amazingly God opened Phil-lips heart to go down into the water and baptize even the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8.38).

The modern Church has for centuries taken the mes-sage of God’s good news to people all over the world and now the world has come to us. And yet Sunday mornings are still the most segregated time of the week and the Church, although a people from every nation of the globe, does not always celebrate the rainbow of our diversity.

The miracle of Pentecost was that the dividers that sepa-rated came down just long enough to hear the people on the other side of the room, a minute to pay attention to our neighbors on the other side of the fence, an aw ha moment to heed the call of our co-worker of a different religion, a sound bite to take notice of the op-pression of our sisters hitting the glass ceilings of the cor-porate world, an on-the-spot experience to recognize that love is love no matter whose involved, and an instant to lis-ten and to hear.

The lesson says that the people who were there on that first Pentecost Day asked, “…how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native lan-guage?”

The signs of the Day of Pentecost were the noise from the sky like a strong blowing

FroM the Corner – “Diversity”Article continued from AprilSt. John United Church

of ChristThe first service for the

congregation of St. John Evan-gelical Church, now known as St. John UCC was held in the Balke Opera House in Sept.,1887. It was rented for $7.50 per month. A church historian, writing in a booklet issued at the time of the con-gregation’s 35th anniversary recalled that “much of our illustrious city of Bellevue was still fields of majestically waving corn tassels and the main thoroughfare, Fairfield Avenue, was but a winding lane, laying claim to no other distinction than being nause-atingly dusty in the summer time and impossibly muddy in the rainy winter season.”

The historian recalled that it was during the harvest

season of 1887 that a small group of citizen’s “strongly felt the need of an Evangeli-cal Church”. Meetings were held and after one on Sept 12, 1887, temporary officers were elected. These included John Wenderoth, President and Sec-retary, Albert Kuechler. Also attending the meeting were Frederick Nackenhorst, a tai-lor, George Demler, Valen-tine Meuer, William Timmer-mann, Charles Sherer, William Schmidt and Mr. Dresselhaus.

The first permanent pastor was the Rev. Paul Gerber dur-ing whose pastorate the lots on Foote avenue were purchased for $550. The next pastor was the Rev. E.A.Koenig, during whose pastorate the Church on Foote Ave. was built at a cost of $5270. The church was dedicated in Feb, 1891TO BE CONTINUED

wind and divided tongues that looked like fire. That would probably still get our atten-tion today. Perhaps we have these moments all the time but we’re just too occupied to no-tice; too involved in our own way to hear.

We could spend a lot of time deliberating the details and meanings of the events of Pentecost from all the sides of the theological table. But I think perhaps what is amazing about this lesson is that this experience is how God hears us all the time. While we can only seem to understand one another when we all speak the same language, God hears us not in spite of our differences but because of our differences. And God knows that when we begin to listen to one another because of our differences something great can happen if we let it.

ears are open. Most baby opossums will

perish when their mother is hit by a car either right away from the impact or they will starve. If you see baby opossums near or on a deceased opossum, please check the pouch for more. Or call Animal control and we will check it 859-292-3622.

If you find babies, place them in a box, keep them warm and call either Animal Control or a Certified Wildlife rehabil-itator. Do not feed them milk! The only thing you can safely give them until you get a hold of someone is a pedialyte type product.

If you find baby opos-sums or raccoons in your

garbage can, they are not in need of rescuing. If they were old enough to forage in your trash then they are old enough to live without our interven-tions. They love to sleep and eat. Nothing is better than waiting for your next meal to fall on you. If you want to tip your garbage can over and stand back, they may or may not leave in a hurry. If they do leave it is just temporary. They will return if you do not secure your cans good enough.

If you are interested in becoming a wildlife rehabber, please contact your local Fish and Wildlife representative. We currently only have 2 Re-habers in Campbell County. We could use more.

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