Certain seniors treated to good olde time
Exclusive Olde Timers Banquet is Aug. 19
Veronica Hach, Rita Jamison and Terry Stolla had a great old time at last year’s event and said they all appreciate the intent and effort behind the Olde Timers banquet. File photo by JAIME ANTON
NORTH ROYALTON – Remember when the library was located on Bennett Road, when North Royalton had just one grocery store, when Fisher’s Big Wheel department store was located where Drug Mart is now, remember eating at Durr’s Delicatessen?
Those who do just might be part of the exclusive group of residents who have called North Royalton home for 30 years or better and who are 70 years of age and older.
Each year this select few are treated to a unique luncheon, the annual Olde Timers Banquet, part of the community festival festivities and hosted Saturday, Aug. 19 at Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church 11680 Royalton Road.
Admission and all the trimmings are completely on the house, compliments of the Royalton Hills Lions Club, which hosts and plans this event as a labor of love to honor these special residents. Boy Scouts Troop 218 from Royal Redeemer always assists with set up and service.
The menu this year includes barbecue chicken, potato salad, sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, mixed vegetables, rolls and butter, coffee and tea, topped off with ice cream for dessert.
Mayor Bob Stefanik typically kick offs the banquet with some welcoming remarks, followed by a quick greeting from a Lions member and then an invocation by Pastor Dave Timm.
It’s the perfect venue for old friends and neighbors to catch up and reminisce about the good ol’ days and times gone by and to meet new friends.
After the banquet dinner, there will be a few rounds of bingo and door prizes. One lucky person at each table wins his or her table’s centerpiece, provided by the North Royalton Garden Club.
Donna Urban, a Royalton Hills Lion, said the club enjoys being a part of this event year after year.
“This is our way to give back to the seniors and honor them,” she said.
Timm said this group of residents is deserving of recognition because they have helped to make North Royalton what it is today.
“We love to host this event because it’s a time to celebrate the foundation of what North Royalton is all about,” he said. “These so called ‘olde timers’ are the ones that made this community what it is ... a great place to live, work and play. They have raised their families here and supported the city for the last 30 years. It’s a time to celebrate and thank them.”
Those who do just might be part of the exclusive group of residents who have called North Royalton home for 30 years or better and who are 70 years of age and older.
Each year this select few are treated to a unique luncheon, the annual Olde Timers Banquet, part of the community festival festivities and hosted Saturday, Aug. 19 at Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church 11680 Royalton Road.
Admission and all the trimmings are completely on the house, compliments of the Royalton Hills Lions Club, which hosts and plans this event as a labor of love to honor these special residents. Boy Scouts Troop 218 from Royal Redeemer always assists with set up and service.
The menu this year includes barbecue chicken, potato salad, sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, mixed vegetables, rolls and butter, coffee and tea, topped off with ice cream for dessert.
Mayor Bob Stefanik typically kick offs the banquet with some welcoming remarks, followed by a quick greeting from a Lions member and then an invocation by Pastor Dave Timm.
It’s the perfect venue for old friends and neighbors to catch up and reminisce about the good ol’ days and times gone by and to meet new friends.
After the banquet dinner, there will be a few rounds of bingo and door prizes. One lucky person at each table wins his or her table’s centerpiece, provided by the North Royalton Garden Club.
Donna Urban, a Royalton Hills Lion, said the club enjoys being a part of this event year after year.
“This is our way to give back to the seniors and honor them,” she said.
Timm said this group of residents is deserving of recognition because they have helped to make North Royalton what it is today.
“We love to host this event because it’s a time to celebrate the foundation of what North Royalton is all about,” he said. “These so called ‘olde timers’ are the ones that made this community what it is ... a great place to live, work and play. They have raised their families here and supported the city for the last 30 years. It’s a time to celebrate and thank them.”