Health Center of Helping Hands welcomes new staff members

ROCKWALL, TX (October 4, 2014) The Health Center of Helping Hands is pleased to welcome a new practice manager as well as a mid-level healthcare provider that have joined Nikki Johnston, FNP.  Nikki, a graduate of Graceland University in Independence, Missouri with a MSN, specializing in Family Nurse Practitioner, has been with the Health Center […]

City of Rockwall News Alert: Ebola Update

ROCKWALL, TX (October 2, 2014) On the afternoon of September 30, 2014, the first U.S. Ebola case was confirmed in Dallas. In response to the confirmation, Rockwall County Emergency Management and partner agencies came together to discuss preparedness actions that have already been and will continue to be taken, as well as precautionary measures that will […]

Students stomp bluebonnets at Amy Parks-Heath Elementary

ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (October 2, 2014) If the turnout at the inaugural Bluebonnet Stomp at Amy Parks-Heath Elementary School is any indication of things to come, wildflowers will be blooming and a new tradition will have taken hold in the community. “It was just such a relaxed and spontaneous event and I know when those bluebonnets […]

Sound familiar? The Kitchen Table Math Story…

ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (October 2, 2014) One of the most common and regularly heard stories is what I call “The Kitchen Table Math Story.”  The players are different, but the plot is basically the same, and has been as long as I have been involved in math.  My story was no different… Scene 1 – Math homework: […]

Secret garden serves as haven for butterflies, birds

Secret garden serves as haven for butterflies, birds

ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (October 1, 2014) Greeted by a grand stone waterfall at the entrance, Natalie’s Butterfly Sanctuary is nestled almost secretly off FM 550. Once inside the gates of this garden, it is easy to feel transported to another world as butterflies flitter above the greenery, flowers peek out of every corner and vines hang […]

Free Multiplication Madness events at Mathnasium of Rockwall-Heath

Free Multiplication Madness events at Mathnasium of Rockwall-Heath

Math center helps children learn multiplication facts during free Friday sessions this fall ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (October 1, 2014) Mathnasium of Rockwall-Heath is hosting its 4th annual Multiplication Madness, a free event offered each fall for children in second through sixth grade. “This is a great opportunity for students in the Rockwall area community to hone their […]

Local fisherman’s tale rings true

ROCKWALL, TX (September 29, 2014) David Routh, a longtime North Texan and avid fisherman, won first place in the National Junior Division for Bluegill in both 1958 and 1960; wins that secured a mention in Field and Stream. Yet, even with all those accolades, his most unique trophy came not from a tournament, but from a […]

Solving the reading aloud blues

ROCKWALL, TX. (September 29, 2014) Kitchen Scene:  Mom and Dad are getting dinner ready after a busy day.  Soccer practice is in 45 minutes.  Enter six-year-old with book. “Mom! Dad!  I have to read ten pages out loud to you tonight for homework!”  Mom and Dad look at each other and sigh.  Perhaps you have […]

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