ROCKWALL, TX (April 29, 2014)Members of Soroptimist International of Rockwall recently attended the South Central Region Conference in Amarillo, Texas. The South Central Region represents 1144 members in 40 clubs located in seven states from Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Rockwall member, Cindy Lindley, was inducted as the Region Governor –Elect for […]
ROCKWALL, TX (April 24, 2014) Rockwall, Texas was recently named among the top Runner Friendly Communities in the United States by the Road Runners Club of America. Joining Rockwall in the lineup are Belleville, IL; Richmond, VA; Safety Harbor, FL and Spokane, WA. To earn this designation, Rockwall had to meet RRCA’s program criteria, which […]
ROCKWALL, TX (April 18, 2014) On February 7, 2014, Women in Need, Inc. held their 1st Annual Chocolate Indulgence fundraiser at Allure Restaurant on Lake Ray Hubbard in Rockwall. It was an evening of chocolate, food, dancing and live entertainment; all money raised benefited our community’s victims of domestic violence. Attendees of the Chocolate Indulgence event […]
(April 11, 2014) DallasChildbaby hosts its 17th annual Baby Fair and Model Search Saturday, May 3, 2014 from 10am – 3pm at The Shops at Willow Bend in Plano. The joint event, presented by Medical Center of Plano and sponsored by ViaCord, will be held in Center Court in front of Neiman Marcus and behind Starbucks […]
ROCKWALL, TX (April 8, 2014) Dodie’s Cajun Diner will host its Annual Crawfish Fest at The Harbor on Lake Ray Hubbard in Rockwall from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 27th, featuring all-you-can-eat crawfish and live music by The Big Daddy Band. All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the JER Chilton YMCA at […]
(April 6, 2014) The Tri-County Choral Society will present its Spring Concert “Hot Pop and Cool Country” featuring locally grown talent Amber Carrington at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 26 at the Royse City High School auditorium. Amber is an up and coming country music star who rose to fame on NBC’s “The Voice” as a […]
ROCKWALL, TX (March 23, 2014) In this month’s column, we’ll be talking about Troop 83’s latest adventures. Before we start, I would like to tell you about Troop 83’s spring fundraiser. We are gearing up to sell a variety of spring flowers, fresh from the grower. Half of the money we raise is put into […]
ROCKWALL (March 22, 2014) A taste of Thailand is coming to Rockwall. On Sunday, April 6, 2014, at 7pm, First Christian Church will host a dance/drama troupe from Payap University in Chiang Mai,Thailand. The performance is free to the public; however, there will be an opportunity to donate toward the cost of transportation for the […]
Rockwall may be home to the nation’s only all home-schooled, high school water polo team – and they are making quite a splash! ROCKWALL, TX (March 17, 2014) Marshall Garrett started playing water polo for the Rockwall Water Polo Club in the 12-yr-old & under under coed division. Life was good as this afforded Marshall […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (March 16, 2014) The American Dream, like everything in this modern age, has grown more sophisticated. It now includes the bucket list, that personal wish-list of things we most desire to accomplish before our time on earth expires. The bucket list sounds good to me. My own list already has three items: tour […]