Rockwall Rotary names Student of Honor

Rockwall Rotary names Student of Honor

ROCKWALL (November 25, 2013) Brendan Murray was recently presented the Rotary Club’s Student of Honor Award at the November 21st lunch meeting. Brendan attends Nebbie Williams Elementary,  and was honored for his outstanding academic and citizenship achievement. Lisa Gielow, Principal at Celia Hays, presented the award. for her outstanding academic and citizenship achievement. Information and photo by […]

Rockwall High Student Council members decorate downtown courthouse

Rockwall High Student Council members decorate downtown courthouse

ROCKWALL (November 25, 2013) Members of Rockwall High School Student Council, under the supervision of teacher, Michelle Morris, assist Rockwall County Historical Foundation members in decorating the historic, downtown Courthouse for the annual Tis Christmas Time event scheduled for Tuesday, December 3 from 6:00-8:00 pm. Santa and Mrs. Claus will receive guests with Christmas wishes […]

Meals on Wheels seeks community help to feed seniors

ROCKWALL (November 25, 2013) Rockwall County Meals on Wheels Senior Services recently sent out letters to 8,000 people asking for help from the community. MOWSS is a non-profit organization that counts on its volunteers and support from companies and individuals in Rockwall County. They distribute 45,000 meals per year to seniors who may, otherwise, go […]

Rockwall swimmers compete at TISCA invitational

ROCKWALL (November 25, 2013)  The Rockwall High School boys and girls swim teams competed at the North Texas TISCA Invitation November 22-23,. The 74 schools participated in this meet which is normally the largest and fastest swim meet in Texas every fall. Representing the Yellowjackets were William Rapp, Noah Day, Mitchell Eldridge, and Nick Stencel. Representing […]

Orange Wave Band freshmen make Region III All Region Band

Orange Wave Band freshmen make Region III All Region Band

ROCKWALL (November 22, 2013) Ten freshman Orange Wave Band members from Rockwall High School earned chairs in the TMEA Region III Freshman All Region Band this past Saturday, November 16th. They are Alex King, Lauren Kimmel, Julia Kim, Steven Clements, Kayla Pringle, Dananh Ton, Ryan Rhode, Ben Fields, Blake Collins, and Cody Rodriguez. More that […]

Friday Study Club asks ‘What were you doing Nov 22, 1963?’

Friday Study Club asks ‘What were you doing Nov 22, 1963?’

ROCKWALL (November 22, 2013) The Friday Study Club met November 15th in the home of Peg Pannell Smith. Barbara Wardlaw and Caroline Cullins were co-hostesses. Caroline, at the piano, entertained arriving members with beautiful music. Following the business session, Dorothy Ramsay presented the program, “What Were You Doing on November 22, 1963?”, an appropriate subject […]

Rockwall Chamber welcomes Director of Membership Development

ROCKWALL (November 22, 2013) The Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce is very pleased to announce a new addition to the staff, Brad Bischof as Director of Membership Development. Prior to joining the Chamber, he was employed with Bob Lilly Promotions and most recently as VP National Accounts at CardLab, Inc.  Brad has over 30 years […]

Aspasians fill up Rainbow Room for Thanksgiving

Aspasians fill up Rainbow Room for Thanksgiving

ROCKWALL (November 21, 2013) One of the Aspasians’ favorite philanthropic projects is providing Thanksgiving Baskets of food for the clients of the Rainbow Room.The Rainbow Room is a nonprofit organization that relies on community support to provide items to sustain or improve the quality of life for abused and neglected children and adults served by […]