(April 1, 2013) Move over, Beyonce. Get back, J Lo. Sit down, Megan Fox. A new foxy lady is in town, and she’s out to steal your heart. Foxy has all the style and glamor but none of the diva issues. Since she’s eight years old, she’s looking for a mellow relationship. Be forewarned: Once you […]
(ROCKWALL-April 1, 2013) Rockwall County Helping Hands is often the first place Rockwall residents turn when a crisis hits. The agency does four things really well: they keep a roof overhead, utilities connected and food on the table and provide healthcare to the uninsured and medically underserved. In 2012, Helping Hands: Provided financial aid and/or […]
(April 1, 2013) April is Child Abuse Awareness month. At the YMCA we champion child abuse prevention every day, but during April we will be working hard to bring awareness to this issue. I have seen child abuse from many angles. As a former executive director of domestic abuse and sexual assault programs, I saw […]
Meet Sassy the pony. She’s about 18 years old. She still needs a little work, but it won’t take long to make her a good kid’s horse. She has been ridden by Throwaway Ponies’ young teen riders who have experience. She has not given them any trouble – just needs to learn cues. Throwaway Ponies is a […]
(ROCKWALL-April 2, 2013) East Trinity Lodge #157 will host a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 6 to benefit the children of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital. The blood drive will be at E. Trinity Lodge, Hall W, on Rusk Street in Rockwall. That’s on Highway 66, just one block west of […]
(ROYSE CITY-March 31, 2013) The Royse City Chamber of Commerce welcomes the Kelly Miller Circus to town on Monday, April 1. Everyone is invited to come out to the Red Line Raceway, 5326 FM 1565 in Caddo Mills, to watch the animals being unloaded and fed beginning at 7:30 a.m. Stick around for the raising […]
Richardson church to host all-day workshop for unemployed, under-employed A free Job Search Workshop by Career Transition Ministries Team will be held 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at The Heights Baptist Church, 201 W. Renner Rd. at US-75 in Richardson. Free lunch and materials are provided. The all-day workshop will teach proven job […]
(ROCKWALL-March 27, 2013) The Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony welcoming Data-Tel System Solutions. Established in January 2009, servicing the Chicago, IL and Dallas, TX areas, Data-Tel System Solutions is the best kept secret in business to business communications infrastructure, products and services. They are an engineering company first and communications […]
(MARCH 26, 2013) The reviews are in, and even the toughest critic says Bella is magnificent. She’s a loving Shih Tzu whose ambition is to make you happy. But there’s a veneer of toughness under her beauty. Bella had a severe eye infection which caused her to lose her right eye. But she takes it all […]
(ROCKWALL-March 25, 2013) Sheriff Harold Eavenson will be the featured speaker at the April 9 meeting of Friends of the Rockwall County Library. He will brief the group on the latest schemes and scams and tell attendees how to protect their home and persons. According to Sheriff Eavenson, bad guys are constantly thinking up ways to threaten […]