The Bellevue Gazette

Fall Sports 2008

Knight, Roth lead Lady Red runners By ANDY SMITH SportsEditor sports@gazettepublishingco.com The 2007 season for the Lady Red cross-country team was a rebuilding one as they finished seventh out of eight teams at the Northern Ohio League meet and eighth out 10 teams at the district meet. Lady Red coach Earl Mill ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Redmen offense will 'spread' the field again this season By Andy Smith Gazette Sports Editor sports@gazettepublishingco.com In 2007, the Bellevue Redmen football squad implemented a new "spread" offense. And while it took some time for the players to get used to the new system, the offensive punch it provided was effident as the Redmen won ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Redmen defense has By ANDY SMITH Gazette Sports Editor sports@gazettepublishingco.com The Redmen defense will have to replace six All-Northern Ohio League players from the 2007 defense. Key players the Redmen lost were team MVP defensive back Derek Brown, linebackers Ben Palsa and Aaron Contreras, defen ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Future bright for By ANDY SMITH Gazette Sports Editor sports@gazettepublishingco.com Bellevue will return five letter winners to the 2008 Lady Red tennis team. After finishing the season 11-7 last year, the Lady Red look to build on that record this season. Bellevue lost two key members of last ye ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Redmen return five By ANDY SMITH Gazette Sports Editor sports@gazettepublishingco.com Last season the Bellevue Redmen golf team had many new faces. This season those faces have matured as the Redmen return five lettermen. The Redmen opened the season at the Bucyrus Inventational with a seventh pla ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Redmen runners will have By ANDY SMITH Gazette Sports Editor sports@gazettepublishingco.com In his second season as Redmen cross-country coach, Lee Booze will be returning six lettermen including 2007 team MVP Scott Ackerman. Ackerman was a regional qualifier last season and is a senior co-captain this ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Redmen in state playoffs 1981 Division III Regional Semifinals At Lorain Elyria Catholic 7 Bellevue 6 1982 Division III Regional Semifinals At Bellevue Elyria Catholic 21 Bellevue 16 1987 Division III Regional Semifinals At Berea Bellevue 24 Garfield Hts. T ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Many new faces for By ANDY SMITH Gazette Sports Editor sports@gazettepublishingco.com "We > Me" That is the message on the back of the Lady Red volleyball team t-shirts. The Lady Red could not have picked a more fitting team slogan. The Northern Ohio League runner-ups in 2007 lost six lette ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Historic Lyme Village depicts life of the early 1900s Historic Lyme Village depicts life in the Firelands from the arrival of the first settlers to the early 1900s. Located east of Bellevue at 5001 St. Rt. 4 (between U.S. 20 and St. Rt. 113), Historic Lyme Village is operated by the volunteers of the Historic Lyme Village Association. Among the bu ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Go as far as your imagination will take you! By JESSICA DENNIS Gazette City Editor There's a place where you can go as far as your imagination will take you. You can fight villains, fire-breathing dragons and rescue maidens in castles. You can even take a trip around the world and visit the Great Wall of China, or learn how to surf, ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Fieldhouse latest in long lne of booster projects "No bond issue, no tax levy. Just the honest efforts and desires of the workers and contributors to provide Bellevue with desperately needed new athletic facilities." - September 27, 1966, Bellevue Gazette article on the construction of BAF stadium -------- What can you buy for $100,000 ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
BSA provides small town charm, world class culture By RACHEL SMITH Gazette Intern Small town charm. World class culture Ten years ago, hardly anyone in Bellevue knew what the BSA was. Today, the Bellevue Society for the Arts has become emersed in the community. The society is unique among theaters in the area due to it's adjacent lobb ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Sorrowful Mother Shrine, a place to reflect, find peace By RACHEL SMITH Gazette Intern The Sorrowful Mother Shrine has been receiving visitors from across the country for over 150 years. Located just six miles south of Bellevue on St. Rt. 269, the orginal shrine was built in 1850 by Father Francis de Sales Brunner. Various shrines have re ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
'The Earth Crack': My Tour Through Seneca Caverns By RACHEL SMITH Gazette Intern The Seneca Caverns received a lot of publicity this spring as flood waters bubbled up from the ground around the Bellevue area. Known as "The Earth Crack," Seneca Caverns offers tourists a chance to "peel" back the ground and explore. The caverns were di ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Mad River & NKP By RACHEL SMITH Gazette Intern When Bellevue residents think about trains, it is usually with a sigh as they wait at the crossings. One way to change these thoughts about trains is to visit the Mad River & NKP Train Museum. The museum opened in 1976 by the Madriver & Nickel P ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
New owners making improvements to Twin Lakes Golf Course By RACHEL SMITH Gazette Intern Bellevue residents who want to play a few holes of golf do not have to travel far. Twin Lakes Golf Course in conveniently located within the city limits on Decker Street. In June the course was purchased by a group of Bellevue residents who wanted to improve th ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Bill Fuehring's life was dedicated to the steel rails A brief biography of a railroader Bill Fuehring was born July 22, 1941, and was raised in Louisville, Kentucky. At the age of 14 he developed an interest in aviation and began working at a small privately owned airport in exchange for flying lessons. His fascination with airplanes lasted ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Norfolk Southern business cars, F-unit locomotives at museum What is the classiest way to travel in 2007? Forget stretch limos and private jets. How about the Norfolk Southern Office Car Train, seen earlier this year at the Masters golf tournament in Augusta and the Kentucky Derby? When Norfolk Southern executives want to travel in style or woo a client, this ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Bellevue home to largest railroad museum in Ohio In 1972, when the late Jean Leonard and a few friends gathered to share memories of railroads in and around Bellevue, little did they dream that a few short years later these memories would culminate into the largest railroad museum in Ohio. The Mad River and NKP Railroad Museum was built and n ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum The Mad River and NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue, will be re-dedicated to the memory of William H. (Bill) Fuehring on Saturday, June 21. This museum was originally dedicated as a lasting Bicentennial Project on June 25, 1976. Since that time it has grown to become the largest railroad museum i ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY