Playful night of fitness fun at Reinhardt Elementary

(Rockwall ISD) November 7, 2012 – Shellie Braggs  and her two children, Sacha and Sherma, came out to support and exercise at the  Fitness Up To Play 60 Club held at Reinhardt Elementary. The event was part of a $2,500 grant awarded to Reinhardt for physical education and cafeteria equipment. This night included a salad […]

Postal workers host food drive, special delivery to Helping Hands

(Rockwall) November 7, 2012 – Rockwall post office employees are sponsoring their Annual Holiday Food Drive from Monday, November 5 through Saturday, November 10, to help residents in our community who are in need. During the week, they are asking residents who have Rockwall carrier mail delivery to place non-perishable food items by their mailboxes […]

Rest Haven to honor area veterans with old-fashioned USO Canteen

Rest Haven to honor area veterans with old-fashioned USO Canteen

(Rockwall) November 7, 2012 – For almost 40 years, Rest Haven Funeral Home and Memorial Park in Rockwall has taken great pride in honoring local veterans with various programs and celebrations. This year, Rest Haven will again recreate the nostalgic atmosphere of an old-fashioned USO Canteen, with festive decorations and music on Friday, November 9. […]

Mock election at Reinhardt Elementary

(Rockwall ISD) November 6, 2012 – Third  grade Rockets rock the mock elections at Reinhardt Elementary. Today there was schoolwide participation as students learned about the election process in their classes. Pictured are Lily Jordan, Ashley Drennon, Rozilyn Liechty, Madelyn Weir, Molly Schalk, Amisha Rahman, Trinity Muckian and Alex Orji. Submitted by Patricia Corwin. To share […]

Meet Griffin, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

Meet Griffin, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

November 5, 2012 – November is Adopt a Senior Pet month, and little Griffin is trying to pretend he doesn’t belong here. Even though he’s a 10-year-old pomeranian, he’s a little action figure. This happy dog loves to play and explore – all in high gear. In spite of his age, he’s a little spitfire. […]

Springer students vote for ‘Bad Kitty’

(Rockwall ISD) November 5, 2012 – During library classes this week, students at Springer Elementary campaigned for one of the lesser-known candidates, Bad Kitty.  Librarian Mrs. Taylor read from Bad Kitty for President by Nick Bruel. Students made campaign signs, polled classmates, then wore campaign buttons promoting their candidate. Pictured are 1st graders from Mrs. King’s class. Front row:  Daly Foster, Lizzy […]

Daughters of American Revolution host National Defense Luncheon

(Rockwall) November 5, 2012 – The Rock Wall Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution hosted its National Defense Luncheon on Saturday, November 3 at the Rockwall County Library. Chapter Regent, Peggy Atterberry, introduced guest speaker, Admiral Robert Smith, III. Admiral Smith is a Fate, Texas native who married his hometown sweetheart, Mary Sue […]

Dobbs students vote in mock presidential election

(Rockwall ISD) November 1, 2012 – Fourth grader Nicole Patino casts her vote in Dobbs Elementary’s mock presidential election. Using the school’s iPad technology,  students voted by scanning the QR code under their candidate’s picture. Votes were tallied immediately into a Google document and the winner was announced at the end of the school day: […]

Brunch with St. Nicholas at Our Lady of the Lake

(Rockwall) November 1, 2012 – The Catholic Mothers Council of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church will host Brunch with St. Nicholas from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, December 1. This annual event will include a breakfast taco buffet by Chiloso Mexican Bistro, pictures with St. Nicholas, a dress-up nativity scene, arts and crafts […]

Rockwall Friendship Baptist Church celebrates with ribbon cutting

(Rockwall) November 1, 2012 – The Rockwall Chamber of Commerce welcomed new member Rockwall Friendship Baptist Church with a ribbon cutting ceremony on October 30. This is an exciting time for Pastor Shanon and Mrs Thomas who founded the church in 2004.  The church’s initial services were held in Pullen Elementary School cafeteria with a membership […]