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		<title>The Panthers’ rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Continued from last week) York won it’s sixth straight and 21st win of the season in decisioning Ada 47–41 in the district opener. In the hectic final minutes of play with the score knotted at 38–38, Larry Bowersox put the Panthers up by two. Ada tied it at 40 seconds later. Jerry Bogner put York [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gwin era at York</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The impending consolidation of York School into the Bellevue School District was still one year away in 1967. The merger would mark the end of a rich basketball tradition that began Dec. 9, 1921. York played its first interscholastic game at Thompson losing 29–7. C. Huber is credited with scoring York’s first field goal. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What prices were like in Bellevue in 1939</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last century, 1939, to be exact, we scanned some of the prices the shopper paid for groceries. The A and P store, then located at 120 East Main St., offered these bargain prices — Pillsbury’s Best Flour, 24 ounce bag, 75 cents; Post Toasties or Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, two large packages, 17 cents; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The white hurricane left devastation and death</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Continued from last week) The front page of The Bellevue Gazette from Jan. 27–28, 1978, the day of the “great blizzard of 78” gave this vivid description of the storm: “The worst blizzard in memory of most has stunned Bellevue and Northwest Ohio with its destructive fury. The area is just beginning to dig out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blizzard of ‘78 left area snowblind 35 years ago</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The winter of 1977–78 will be remembered by those who lived through it. Who will ever forget the Great Blizzard of Jan. 26–27, 1978? It was described by then Gov. James Rhodes as a “killer searching for victims,” and by weathermen as the grandfather of all Ohio storms. So much snow was dumped during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When a growing town needed homes for families</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continued from last week A most encouraging note in Bellevue’s acute housing shortage happened when four businessmen banded together to construct and offer for sale 10 homes in the choice residential district on Euclid Ave. and Hoffman St. The group, which includes the three DeLuca brothers, Joe, Jake and Eurico (Pete), and John Schaefer, have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bellevue undergoes years of expansion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Continued from last week) The following year in 1948 the chamber of commerce industrial committee submitted their report at their annual meeting. Homer Crecelius presided at the yearly meeting. He told of the planned expansion of Bellevue industries during 1948 may result in the hiring of 380 new persons. The report said the Nickel Plate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former sports editor’s book had a bit of a Bellevue flavor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 02:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bill Oddo Gazette Columnist Former Bellevue Gazette Sports Editor Kevin Travis is back in the news. After working for the local newspaper for a decade, from 1991 to 2000, Travis left to pursue his sports writing in the Carolinas. Travis recently retired from sports writing, got married and now resides in Missouri. His latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gen. Lee shares thoughts on Irishmen in the Civil War</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s Note: The Rev. George W. Pepper, a former pastor of the Methodist-Episcopal Church in Bellevue in the 1870s to early 1880s had an opportunity in his career to interview Robert E. Lee. Part of that interview follows.   (Continued from last week) Our next topic of conversation was the foreign element in the armies. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One-time pastor makes way to do interview of a lifetime</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rev. George W. Pepper, a former pastor of the Methodist-Episcopal Church in Bellevue in the 1870s to early 1880s, had a distinguished career before coming to Bellevue and even more distinguished career after he left Bellevue. He was born near Gilford, County Downs, Ireland. His father was an Episcopalian and his mother a Presbyterian. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City faced some quirky winters in 1909-1910</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday night, Feb. 13, 1909, it began to rain and by early morning the wind shifted to a cold north-easterly — the combination of the cold wind and driving rain greeted the early morning risers with quite a spectacle on Sunday morning. The Bellevue Gazette described the scene: “When people looked outside they beheld [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City’s link to auto parts dates back nearly a century</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 02:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years the city of Bellevue has been at the forefront of automobile technology with several local companies contributing to the industry — Tower Automotive for their vehicle frames; A. Schulman for their automotive plastic compounds; Autoplas and Precision Automotive for their tail light assemblies and other vehicle parts; and even MagReTech for their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bellevue faced its first state playoff with Elyria</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Continued from last week) It came down to the final night of the season, Bellevue vs. Willard and Shelby vs Norwalk. Not only was the NOL title on the line but a possible berth in the Region 10 State Playoff. Senior Jeff Tackett did it all for the Redmen. Tackett, playing in his final game [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Redmen ‘81,’82 teams to reunite on Sept. 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A reunion of the 1981 (9–2) and the 1982 (10–1) Bellevue Redmen football teams will be held at the Bellevue High School Athletic Fieldhouse at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, prior to the Bellevue-Clyde varsity football game. Joe Wolf, Bellevue Gazette sports editor, predicted the 1981 football season would mark the rebirth of football in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown was an ‘infidel’</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Continued from last week) Although Brown was extremely active in community and social affairs, he was not a member of any church — he was a self-proclaimed “infidel.” Brown explained his feelings in a Gazette article when he wrote: “I have been a skeptic since I was a child and an avowed infidel since early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greenslade shares thoughts on Hindenburg</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Continued from last week) In the July 7, 1936 issue of The Bellevue Gazette, Admiral Greenslade said, “A definite demand for Zeppelin transportation is in the future.” The admiral also noted that two impressions of the trip were outstanding. “First the enthusiasm of the passengers about Zeppelin travel and second the skill with which the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greenslade shares thoughts on Hindenburg</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Continued from last week) In the July 7, 1936 issue of The Bellevue Gazette, Admiral Greenslade said, “A definite demand for Zeppelin transportation is in the future.” The admiral also noted that two impressions of the trip were outstanding. “First the enthusiasm of the passengers about Zeppelin travel and second the skill with which the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City’s favorite son travels on renowned Hindenburg</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Continued from last week) “Admiral Greenslade continued the interview with, ‘On my trip (June 22, 1936) this summer on the Hindenburg, I left Washington, D.C. by plane to the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, N.J., where I boarded the Hindenburg. I landed in Frankfurt on Maine and took an airplane to Berlin where I stayed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Admiral Greenslade was hot ‘Review’ news</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news staff of the Bellevue Schools kept the whole town informed of school activities with their publication “The Schools Weekly Review,” published weekly through the courtesy of The Bellevue Gazette. The “Review” appeared each Saturday as one full page in that day’s issue. Through it the readers were able to observe all the student’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presidential candidate Gen. Scott stumped by rail</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 00:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Continued from last week) In 1840, it was said that William Henry Harrison changed presidential campaigning forever when more than 60,000 people attended his political rally at Fort Meigs near Perrysburg. Harrison’s visit in Bellevue earlier brought out a multitude of people. During his campaign, he toured via stagecoach. Twelve years later, on Oct. 9, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teddy in Motion Pictures from May 15, 1912</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1912, three notable speakers made stops in the city that spring and all were covered by The Bellevue Gazette. On May 15, 1912, Theodore Roosevelt spoke in Bellevue in an attempt to become the Republican Presidential nominee for the 1912 election. On May 12, 2012, Theodore Roosevelt portrayer, Gib Young, will follow in TR’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old time police charges make for fun stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bellevue Gazette’s 100th anniversary issue of Sept. 27, 1967, contains many interesting recollections of Bellevue’s early history. One such story came when Bellevue Police Chief Russell Hetrick, after scanning the police blotter of yesteryears 1912, 1913 and 1914, commented they were drunk and disorderly in those days and that charge still goes on today’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1969 grain elevator fire kept under control by firefighters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Continued from last week) Only four trains were delayed by the fire, according to a railway spokesman. He said the third shift tower operator across the tracks from the elevator could not stand in front of the window due to the intense heat. A Johnson Corporation official, across Monroe St. from the grain company, said, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bellevue still a railroad town</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Continued from last week) The growth of the Nickel Plate Railroad continued in Bellevue with many new shops being installed here, and additions being made to the roundhouse building. A new administration building was constructed at the foot of Wood St. with an observation tower which permitted the yardmaster to view all operations from his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amsden Corners garners new moniker from railroad station name</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many factors played important roles in the history of Bellevue. The most important, however, were railroads which elevated the community into the national transportation spotlight. A look at the multi-million dollar improvement that dot Bellevue’s railroad complex could make one forget it was a primitive railroad which opened the local doors to the world nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bellevue leaders wanted city in one county in ‘35</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Continued from last week) Bellevue, unfortunately, was without the guiding direction of a civic organization such as a chamber of commerce. A chamber of commerce would pull the community together in one loud voice that could be heard. However, Bellevue did have a Retail Merchants Board that promoted the interest of the business community. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State rejected effort in ‘29 to erect white crosses after fatalities on U.S. 20</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Continued from Dec. 17) The first urging of the cut-off came in 1924 and surfaced again in 1927. Late in 1927, county commissioners were finally going to take action but for a newly passed law that the state was to take over Route 20 and other state highways under the new Ohio regulations. However, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City’s yule gift was GE</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Christmas season of 51 years ago in 1940 brought the cheerful news the General Electric would locate their lamp plant in Bellevue. G.E. officials indicated to the Bellevue Boosters that 100 people would be employed at the plant. The 100 sorely needed jobs were certainly a welcome boost to Bellevue’s economy after nearly 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terrible crash sent U.S. 20 through the center of town</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Continued from last week) The bus-trolley collision on Jan. 22, 1929, in a blinding snowstorm, claimed the lives of 19 people. The crash took place on the railroad crossing at Baur Rd. and what was then called Monroeville Rd., now Route 20. The far reaching effect of the tragedy altered the course of Bellevue’s history. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It was a time of the Lake Shore Electric Railway</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been nearly three-quarters of a century since an electrically powered mass transit system linking Bellevue with Fremont, Norwalk, Cleveland, Toledo and Detroit was finally dismantled. A book, The Lake Shore Electric Railway Story, authored by Herbert H. Harwood and Robert S. Korach, details the life and death of the Lake Shore Railway. What [...]]]></description>
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