Spring clean by using the three “R’s,” Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
With spring just around the corner, turn your attention to spring cleaning. The city has made that task a bit easier with its introduction last year of simple recycling, which will collect your soft recyclable materials, such as clothes and small household items. All residents need to do is to place the items in the orange bags that have been provided and take it to the curb on the normal rubbish days. The items will be picked up and more orange bags provided. What could be more simple! “Soft Recyclable means items of an individual weight less than fifty (50) pounds and can be carried b ....
Number of white tailed deer is slowly declining
The numbers are in for the latest deer hunting season. The Ohio Deer Hunting Season for 2018-19, for archery started on September 29, 2018 and concluded on February 3, 2019, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. With this season’s end, North Royalton Chief of Police, Ken Bilinovich reported the 2018-19 season’s update to the Council Safety Committee at their meeting on February 19. The number of white tailed deer have been slowly, but steadily declining with the passage of ordinances for the hunting of white tailed deer several years ago, which allowed the bow hunting ....
Markie Michalke represents NRHS at OMEA All-State Ensembles
One of the many highlights that focus on student performance are the OMEA All-State Ensembles for band, choir, jazz band and orchestra. More than 1,000 high school students from all across Ohio submitted applications and recorded auditions in May of 2018 in hopes of being selected to perform with these prestigious ensembles. North Royalton High School was represented by one high school band member - senior Markie Michalke (trumpet). The band was under the baton of Professor Emerita at The University of Texas, Paula Crider. They performed on February 1, in front of a packed house in the Grand B ....
School Board News
The North Royalton Board of Education’s monthly School Board meeting took place on Monday, February 11. The meeting began with the singing of the National Anthem by Valley Vista fourth grade students, who will also be performing at an upcoming Lake Erie Monsters game. The following building presentations were made: Albion Elementary/Royal View Elementary/Valley Vista Elementary: Over the past year and a half, staff members from these three elementary schools have been providing input on the design for the new elementary building. When it came time to have a discussion about the desi ....
Open house aims to breathe new life into service club participation
If you’re interested in learning more about North Royalton’s many service clubs, the activities they do and becoming a member, than you’re in luck. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 2 in Cafeteria 1 at North Royalton High School, representatives from various North Royalton service clubs will conduct an open house style event with meet-and-greet tables, refreshments, door prizes and the opportunity to discover more about each organization and how members embrace civic service. Clubs scheduled to be present include the Chamber of Commerce, Royalton Hills Lions Club, the Lions Club, the North ....