English Conversation Club at Smith Public Library

The Smith Public Library is offering an English Conversation Club for adults age 18 and older. Sessions run for 10 weeks. Meeting dates are either Mondays through May 14 at 6:30 p.m., or Wednesdays through May 16 at 11:30 a.m. The English Conversation Club is not an ESL class. Participants must already read and write […]

Rummage sale to benefit Relay for Life in Wylie

(Wylie/Sachse/Murphy) A rummage sale benefiting Wylie/Sachse/Murphy Relay for Life will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 31 at McMillan Junior High, 1050 Park Blvd. in Wylie, 75098. Spring cleaning underway? Then join them at their relay rummage sale and sell your goodies. Don’t have time to sell?  Then donate them to a great cause. […]

Winner announced in Blue Ribbon News, Shenaniganz promo

Winner announced in Blue Ribbon News, Shenaniganz promo

A name has just been drawn in our Blue Ribbon News/Shenaniganz “LIKE” contest on Facebook. And the winner is….(drumroll, please)…. Jamie Jones Rubush of Rockwall! Jamie simply entered our promo and “LIKED” Blue Ribbon News on FB to be entered into a drawing to win one of three fantastic prize packages from Shenaniganz, the ultimate […]

At home, at work, at play – it’s all about the animals

At home, at work, at play – it’s all about the animals

Good People: Roberta Kirby Home is where the heart is. For Roberta Kirby, it’s also where her work is. But as the 69-year-old canine massage therapist will tell you, it’s not really work when you’re doing what you love, with the ones you love. Roberta shares several acres of farmland with her daughter and son-in-law, […]

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 […]

Blue Ribbon News contest winner enjoys Shenaniganz

Blue Ribbon News contest winner enjoys Shenaniganz

Jamie Jones Rubush, a volunteer ESL teacher in the Reading for Adults program at the Rockwall County Library, was among the Blue Ribbon News fans from across Dallas/Fort Worth who recently entered our promo with Shenaniganz. By simply “LIKING” our Blue Ribbon News Facebook page, Jamie’s name was entered into our drawing for her choice of […]

Boot Scootin’ Birthday Party for cancer survivors

The Relay for Life of Wylie/Sachse/Murphy Survivor Committee invites survivors to put on their boots and kick up their heels for an annual “birthday” celebration from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26. Hosted and sponsored by The Party Barn, located at 2555 West FM Road 544 in Wylie (across from Wylie High School), the […]

Kickoff event Jan. 28 for Wylie/Sachse/Murphy Relay

(Wylie) Come to First Baptist Wylie Event Center from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 28 to register for the Wylie/Sachse/Murphy Relay for Life 2012. The registration event will be emceed by KKVI Radio. There will be a pancake breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. The cost for breakfast is $5 per adult, or $3 […]