Consider donating home-grown produce to the food pantry
The summer growing season is in full swing and many gardeners may have more home-grown produce than they know what to do with. If this is the case, bumper crops can be donated to the North Royalton Food Bank, says Terry Close, Director of Care and missions for Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church, which houses the local food bank. “Any time we can provide fresh produce to clients they are so very appreciative,” Close said. “It is a much healthier alternative to canned food. Many of our clients have health concerns, and it is difficult to eat healthy choices on a limited budget. From a donatio ....
Spring, Mid-Summer and Fall are high season for ticks. With the warm weather, those animals that serve as hosts to ticks are more active, making them more able to spread. According to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health (CCBH), who monitors tick-related diseases under its Vector Control Program, there are nine different types of ticks found in the United States. Luckily, only the Blacklegged, Lone Star and Dog Ticks are the ones that commonly bite humans. The most prevalent in this area, as well as in the whole eastern half of the United States and the west coast, is the American Dog Tick (De ....
Local service clubs provide update on activities, meetings
The worst of the pandemic is over and local service clubs are reconnecting, regrouping, and in some cases, experiencing a renaissance. Following the recent folding of the Royalton Hills Lions Club, the North Royalton Lions Club has acquired several of its members, said Vice President Dan Lester. The pandemic has not slowed the Lions’ pursuit of service projects and members have held two successful fundraisers at Topgolf in Independence. Monies raised support the Lions’ many charities and causes including diabetes, vision and pediatric cancer. The North Royalton Lions Club has also held st ....
Stay-A-While Cat Shelter has a new place to call home
The felines, employees and volunteers of Stay-A-While Cat Shelter are days away from having a new place to call home. Nearly one year after breaking ground on a new facility at 12662 York Delta Drive in the Industrial Parkway, construction is wrapping up and moving day is approaching for the 70-some kitties who call Stay-A-While home. Stay-A-While Cat Shelter, which has been located on Akins Road since 1984, is a cage-free, no-kill shelter that provides a safe, loving environment for kittens and cats as they await adoption. If for any reason a feline is deemed unadoptable, it is guaranteed a ....
Recently found 1976 time capsule perplexes civic leaders
The mystery has been solved for anyone wondering whatever happened to the missing 1976 Bicentennial Time Capsule. And like any good mystery, the answer has been right under our noses the whole time – sort of. As local lore goes, residents gathered in 1976 on the City Green to commemorate the bicentennial of the United States. To mark the occasion, members of the Historical Society organized the filling of a time capsule with notable contents and materials from the time. Leaders dropped off the unsealed time capsule at one of the city’s largest employers at the time, Spectro Equipment, to ....