Day by Day / Grocery Day
Your Friday Funny by Forney artist Donald Frederick.
Is it dinner time?
What is time? If someone owns an auto repair shop, they probably receive panicked phone calls at odd hours from family and friends asking to fix a broken vehicle. Similarly, doctors and lawyers are sometimes asked by family and friends for their advice on how to starve a cold and avoid a lawsuit, respectively. Amazingly, […]
Free ‘Plant an Edible Front Yard’ class
(Irving) A free class introducing the world of the “edible” and useful front yard will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 at the West Irving Library, 4444 W. Rochelle Road. For more information, visit www.cityofirving.org/begreen or call 972-742-2296. To submit your news and events, email .
Book Lovers Happy Hour at Irving Library
The Irving Public Library will host an informal book discussion for book lovers at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30 at the Central Library, 801 W. Irving Blvd. Come prepared to share three authors or titles with other readers. For more information, call 972-721-2606. To submit your news and events, email .
Top international vacation destinations for 2012
Americans are ready for more adventurous travel that takes them further from home than in recent years, according to a just-released Travel Trends Survey by Travel Leaders. Eleven of the top 20 international destinations – up from nine last year – are in Europe, Asia andAustralia. “We are very encouraged to see the rise in […]
Top U.S. vacation destinations for 2012
Most travelers have no plans to cut back on their vacations in the new year, according to a 2012 Travel Trends Survey released by Travel Leaders. More than 91 percent of Travel Leaders owners, managers and frontline travel experts throughout the U.S.said that their clients plan to spend as much or more on vacation travel […]
Leaders Grow
Part 3 of a 10-part series on Parents as Leaders Research shows that it takes a minimum of 10,000 hours of focused practice to become a master musician, artist, dancer…parent or leader. One of the first steps in becoming a leader is realizing that proficiency requires a significant amount of time, commitment and dedication. How […]
Day by Day / Gone Bananas
Your Friday Funny by Forney artist Donald Frederick.
Mayor Sweet shares vision for 2012
97 percent report being happy with quality of life in Rockwall (Rockwall/Jan. 2012) I would like to share with you our vision for 2012 and what we hope to accomplish. We’ve survived one of the worst economic downturns in history, better than many cities. The last half of 2011 was much better from an economic […]
Rockwall schools welcome children’s author Kate Klise
Nationally known award-winning children’s author Kate Klise visited Rockwall Jan. 19 and 20 to give programs at four area schools: Dobbs, Springer, Reinhardt, and Hayes elementaries. Klise’s very popular 43 Old Cemetery Road books have recently been featured on the Texas Bluebonnet Award masterlist of nominated books. Submitted by Norma Terrell, Rockwall ISD. To submit […]