Tuesday, March 16, 1999
Bellevue makes plans for 1st St. Pat's Day parade
BY TERRY FLYNN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
BELLEVUE — Anne Reitman won't be hard to find Wednesdayafternoon, when Northern Kentucky's only St. Patrick's Day parade gets under way, because she'll be all in green leading the way as grand marshal.
“I'm so happy about this,” said Mrs. Reitman, a native of County Sligo in northwest Ireland, who celebrates her 50th anniversary in the United States in April. “This is the first St. Patrick's Day parade Bellevue has ever had, and the last one of the 20th century.”
The parade, complete with a statue of St. Patrick (on loan from Mrs. Reitman) out front and music from the Bellevue High School marching band, will start at 4 p.m. from St. Anthony Church on Poplar Street.
“St. Anthony's parish was formed for Irish and (other) English-speaking people in the area,” Mrs. Reitman said. “The first Catholic church in Bellevue was Sacred Heart (Church), and that was built by German-speaking immigrants.”
The idea for the parade came from several Bellevue residents, including Mayor Tom Wiethorn, who claims Irish ancestry.
“The Loyal Cafe (at 402 Foote Ave.) is being converted to an Irish pub for the day, complete with Irish flags and Irish music,” Mr. Wiethorn said. “A resident has donated the use of an original Irish pike (a spearlike weapon) from the 1800s to be carried in the parade.”
Mr. Wiethorn said he invited Jack Quinn's Irish Pub from Covington to enter its float, which appeared in Cincinnati's parade last Sunday, but there was no immediate word from the pub.
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