| Pack a healthy school lunch for your bunch
Most every child in school looks forward to lunch period. It's a time to relax, get out of the classroom and indulge in some of their favorite foods. For parents who pack their kids lunches, it is more important than ever to make sure they are getting satisfying yet healthy choices. With the growing levels of childhood obesity in the United States, parents today need to "think outside the lunch box" when it comes to packing school lunches this year. A few helpful tips can make any lunch delicious and healthy for kids. These are from Mary Ellen Renna, a pediatrician and author: • Don't focus on packing a "meat" sandwich. Avoid processes lunch meats and substitute that with the child's favorite vegetable with low-fat cheese or tofu as the main focus.
Green Elementary gets new science lab
Green Elementary School is opening a new science lab with Ohio Department of Education and Southern Ohio Medical Center grant money to fund the project.The lab was renovated from an unused outdoor storage building and offers hands-on science kits and resources, technological upgrades and cooperative learning opportunities. "We believe a quality foundation in science and math instruction is vital to our students' career choices in the future," said Jodi Armstrong, Green Elementary and Primary schools principal.Last year, an elementary library was started with numerous genres of literature and lessons. .
10 Years of City Paper News
In the very early days, City Paper's news section was sporadic, but important news stories and events were often addressed in cover stories or by columnists. What's most striking when looking back over the past 10 years is that many issues keep cropping up. Tattooing and smoking bans are as relevant in 2007 as they were in the late '90s. With events like 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, we sought to show how Charleston is affected when a building falls in New York or the wind blows in the Gulf. And local events like Hurricane Floyd and the Sofa Super Store fire showed the national reach of Charleston's struggles. September 1997 TATTOOS In September 1997, the City Paper runs "Tattoo You? Not in S.C." It's our first story on South Carolina's inability to appreciate "Mama" scrawled on your bicep or those lips tattooed on your ass.
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