Chamber guest to speak on ‘preventing Washington, D.C. from Wasting America’

(Royse City Chamber of Commerce) “Working to Prevent Washington, D.C. from Wasting America” is the topic for the Tuesday, March 20 Royse City Chamber of Commerce Luncheon. It’s a free country, but that doesn’t mean it’s cheap. Our government is addicted to overspending and ordinary taxpayers like you are footing the bill. The present US […]

Royse City Chamber selects Yard of the Month

Congratulations to Rick and Charlene Smith at 603 Center Street on being chosen as the Royse City Chamber of Commerce Yard of the Month winner. The purpose of the program is to recognize Royse City’s citizens who demonstrate above-average efforts in maintaining their property, thereby contributing to the overall appearance of the community at large. […]

From Big Hat Bingo Bash to charity ball

From Big Hat Bingo Bash to charity ball

The Rockwall Women’s League’s inaugural Big Hat Bingo Bash was a huge success for the service organization. The event, which featured brunch and six games of Bingo for prizes, was held on January 27, 2012, at the Dallas Athletic Club. Elaine Sullivan, of Coldwell Banker-Rockwall, won two tickets to the upcoming Rockwall Women’s League Annual Charity […]

Lake Pointe launches system to improve heart attack patient outcomes

Web-based LIFENET® System utilizes emergent patient data to help reduce time to treatment in the Lake Ray Hubbard Community (Rowlett) Feb. 27, 2012 – Lake Pointe Health Network today announced they have launched a new system to help improve heart attack patient outcomes.  The LIFENET System, from Physio-Control, Inc., offers emergency medical services and hospital […]

Basketball tourney honors memory of Rockwall student

Basketball tourney honors memory of Rockwall student

Enjoy a day of hoops, celebrate the life of Cameron Echols The 6th Annual Cameron Echols Memorial Basketball Tournament will be Saturday, Feb. 25. Games will be played at the Rockwall YMCA, Williams Middle School and the Rockwall ISD Administration Building. The tournament honors the memory of Cameron Echols, a 13-year-old Rockwall student and athlete […]

Neighbors helping neighbors

Neighbors helping neighbors

(VIDEO: Tori’s testimony) Support the YMCA Partners Campaign, help strengthen your local community Every day, the Dallas YMCA serves as a gathering place for the community. Kids pour in after school to play and do homework. Seniors meet for coffee, group activities, and to connect with one another. Future leaders are born as teens learn […]

Reading for Adults students earn U.S. citizenship

The Rockwall County Library’s Reading for Adults  volunteer tutors have helped Elsy Villatoro and Vitoria Mitchell become U.S. citizens by tutoring them  in the library’s Citizenship preparation class. Elsy Villatoro is originally from  El Salvador.  She moved to the U.S. in 2006 and has been taking ESL and Citizenship classes through the Reading for Adults […]

What you need to know about 401(k) retirement plans

Luncheon to address retirement plans for sponsors, participants Business owners and their employees won’t want to miss the next Brown Bag Lunch hosted by the Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 14 at the Chamber offices, located at 697 E. Interstate 30, between Discount Tires and Lakepointe Church. The subject will be […]

Homeschool family dance at Majestic Ballroom in Wylie

(Wylie) Calling all homeschoolers! The Majestic Ballroom and Dance Center, located at 711 Business Way in Wylie, will be swinging with a Homeschool Family Dance at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24. At 7 p.m. there will be a class on Foxtrot, Swing, Rumba and Line Dances. Enjoy open dancing from 8 to 9:30 p.m. The […]

Clowns to make pre-show visit as Royse City brings all new Kelly Miller Circus to town

Clowns to make pre-show visit as Royse City brings all new Kelly Miller Circus to town

There is going to be a lot of clowning around going on in the area on Monday, March 12. That’s because the husband-and-wife clown team of David and Sherri Shepard will be stopping by to provide children with a sneak peak of the Kelly Miller Circus’ upcoming shows on March 26, sponsored by the Royse […]