Middle Schoolers provide their mealtime input
It’s lunchtime at North Royalton Middle School. Today’s choices include a freshly chopped romaine salad bar, a chipotle chicken station, a variety of whole-grain pizzas, and numerous grab-and-go options like hummus, fruit, and assorted vegetable cups. Children drift in and excitedly scan the day’s offerings. Many go straight for the make-your-own salad bar or chipotle chicken station featuring brown rice and add-your-own toppings like black beans, salsa and lettuce. These sorts of lunchtime options – where students are offered more autonomy in their meal preparation and consumption ....
Thankful Vet stationed in Okinawa sends care package home
Wally Ohler is used to sending boxes - lots of care packages to special people all over the world, 162 countries. Ohler has lots of friends; the VFW, American Legion, private citizens, school kids, moms and dads who help sending those boxes. The care packages can only be sent through the United States Post Office in specially made and marked boxes specifically labeled APO or FPO. The Army Post Office serves the Army and the Air Force and the Fleet Post Office serves the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard. Wally has been sending boxes to the men and women who wear the uniforms of the United States m ....
School Bond Issue slated for May 2 Ballot - School Board schedules open discussions and building tours
On Monday, January 23, the North Royalton Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution that would place a 30-year, 4.9 mill school bond issue on the May 2 ballot. The bond issue is in the amount of $88,900,000 and, if passed, will build one new elementary school to replace the three existing buildings, renovate as portion, demolish and build new at a portion of the high school and renovate the middle school. The resolution was unanimously adopted. “There is no way to use current funds to complete the $81million in renovations that the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission has stat ....
Community Meal program nears third year of sharing food, fellowship and blessings
The North Royalton Community Meal is approaching its third birthday. Fr. Edward Estok suggested the meal to The North Royalton Ministers’ Association in late 2013. Discussion and ideas were talked about at the meetings. January 2014 saw the pastors of the various flocks put the finishing touches on the proposal that would see the first Community Meal served on Sunday April 27, 2014. Once a month the freshly prepared meal is cordially served at St. Albert the Great ‘Lis Family’ Hall for all those who choose to come. Share food, share fellowship, and share the blessings that North Royalto ....
Turnpike noise wall to be completed this fall
Although the progress of the Ohio Turnpike Sound Wall Project has been delayed, the construction is still on target, expected to be completed later this year. City Engineer Mark Schmitzer said that he received notification last year that indicated that the bidding process for the project, which was originally scheduled to take place in June of last year, will be pushed to late summer/early fall, due to slope issues on the west bend. For that reason, added plan designs needed to be made and those details incorporated into the final plan, adding time to the process. The noise wall project alon ....