National Night Out is a community-police partnership held the first Tuesday of every August, sponsored by the National Association Town Watch. It aims to increase awareness about police programs in communities, such as drug prevention, town watch, and other anti-crime efforts. Initially communities held lights-on vigils. Now, many communities hold block parties, festivals, and other events to help bring neighbors together.
This year, Bellevue’s National Night Out will be celebrated in the municipal parking lot in front of the Bellevue police station on August 5th, from 4pm-10pm. For more information about the cause, see the NATW website:
http://www.nationaltownwatch.org/nno/
For more details about Bellevue’s celebration, download Officer Hammond’s flyer.
An excerpt from The Bellevue Beacon (www.bellevue-christian.com):
Spring, 2008. Volume 1, No. 1.
In 1977, a humble servant of the Lord answered God’s calling to open a Christian gift and bookstore in Bellevue. Ann Farrell opened The Shepherd’s Door and hoped it would be a blessing to the community and indeed it was. After 30 years of owning and managing the store, Ann decided to retire. But she didn’t want the store to close its doors for good. In November of 2007, Bellevue Christian Church purchased and relocated the store.
The decision to relocate the store has proved to be the right decision, but it was a move that required hard work and dedication. The volunteers at Bellevue Christian Church rose to that challenge and exceeded expectations. The team of volunteers led by project manager Ed Hain removed a dropped tile ceiling, ran electrical wiring, installed light fixtures, hardwood flooring and so much more. The transformation took hundreds of volunteer hours but the end result was worth it, and their hard work saved the store thousands of dollars. The new location seems to be symbolic of a new beginning. The space is much larger than the old store so there is more room to carry a wider variety of items.
Previously, the store carried mostly Catholic items, but the larger space of this new location has allowed for an expansion of Protestant items as well. There is also a children’s area full of books and toys, as well as a childsized table with coloring books and crayons to keep the little ones occupied while mom and dad shop. Another new addition to the store is the support of local, regional and global missions. The store will be donating a portion of its monthly sales to various charitable organizations. There is no doubt that God provided this opportunity to Bellevue Christian Church at just the right time.
Over the past year, BCC has focused on serving the local communities of Bellevue and Avalon. The purchase
of The Shepherd’s Door is a great way to meet the needs of our neighbors while also providing opportunities
to serve by volunteering at the store. The challenge of operating The Shepherd’s Door will no doubt be difficult at times, but God has provided this awesome responsibility for a reason. And through this ministry, He will most certainly bless the community in ways we could never imagine.
What and Where is Club Perqe’ ?
It’s a cool underground Jazz Club right out of New York City - located in Bellevue !
Below Vivo restaurant (565 Lincoln Ave)
Since February we have been holding various music events-this will be our 9th show, ranging from Acoustic to Blues to Jazz, we even had a poetry/music event.
Click on the name “Aaron Stubna” located to the right of the screen to see a video tour of the club plus various videos of past music acts.
Club Perqe’ will be running through the Summer and Fall to help make Bellevue a night time destination. It is very difficult running a music club without the selling of alcohol-clubs make money from alcohol sales. So come check out this cool music space to see what can happen - with the right ingredient - the potential Lincoln Ave can have.
Friday July 18th
BB Holiday Revue
$10 COVER
BYOB
Doors open @ 9pm
9:30 pm-Electric Leg Lamps
10 pm - BB Holiday Revue
Tickets available @ 514 Lincoln Ave
412-766-1668
Come Out And Enjoy Your Bellevue !
“Come out and enjoy your Bellevue !”
Saturday July 12th - 5pm to 9pm
Stores involved in Art Crawl: Start @ Lincoln Barbershop
Terri’s Accents 405 Lincoln Ave - Wine/Art/Retail
Celtic Collection 409 Lincoln Ave - Music/Wine/Retail
Matthews Arts 12N. Balph Ave - Art/Wine
Lincoln Barbershop 514 Lincoln Ave - Art/Wine/Music
John Lienert Art Gallery 516 Lincoln Ave - Rediscoverd Artist-held over from Wine crawl
Studio S 521 Lincoln Ave - Retail/Wine/Music
QUI Interiors 18 Hawley Ave - Photography/retail/refreshments
Nibbles & Licks 557 Lincoln Ave - Art/Icecream/Candy
Mane Attractions 567 Lincoln Ave - Retail/Cocktails
Affogato Coffee Bar 613 Lincoln Ave - BYOB/live music (Where Swallows Lie) - 8PM
Take back your streets !
Once a month come out enjoy one of your many Restaurants then stick around for some Art & Music.
Bellevue must become a destination for night time activity-most of the stores will remain open a little later that night.
You can no longer say “There is nothing to do in Bellevue” - here it is!- Come out and enjoy!
Any questions contact:
Aaron Stubna
Lincolnbarber@yahoo.com
There will be fireworks and more at Avalon Field July 6th. The evening begins at 6:30pm, with a hot dog eating contest that will pit the Northgate Flames against the Avonworth Antelopes. At 7:30 there will be live music, featuring Euphonic Brew, and the fireworks themselves will begin at dusk (9ish).
So stop on down and bring a blanket so you can watch the festivities this weekend!