Pancake breakfast to honor Equest’s miracle mare, Mrs. B

Pancake breakfast to honor Equest’s miracle mare, Mrs. B

Editor’s Note: Equest Therapeutic Horsemanship is located at 3800 Troy Road in Wylie, TX 75098, providing therapeutic sports riding classes and Hippotherapy to people with special needs. Equest has been serving people for more than 30 years, and their very first therapy horse was named Mrs. Butterworth.  She just ‘crossed the rainbow bridge’ this past year and was […]

Local tiger to undergo ground-breaking surgery

(WYLIE_March 12, 2013) On March 14, for the first time in the United States, a “surgical bilateral denervation of the coxofemoral joints” procedure will be performed on a tiger. This means there will be a surgical interruption (blockage) of nerve signals from the hip joints to the brain. The surgery has been performed successfully on […]

Keep Rowlett Beautiful offers Neighborhood Matching Grants

(ROWLETT-March 12, 2013) Keep Rowlett Beautiful is accepting applications for matching beautification grants up to $1,000 to neighborhood associations or other groups for enhancement programs (gateway improvements or other public areas that are readily visible to the general public). This program is initiated at the neighborhood level in the belief that people working together can […]

Robert Post brings one-man variety show to town

MusicFest Entertainment Series welcomes ‘brilliant’ comedy to the stage (ROCKWALL-March 12, 2013) On Monday, March 18, comedian Robert Post will bring his one-man variety show to town as part of Rockwall MusicFest’s 2013 Entertainment Series. Post’s act is inspired by his Italian grandmother (who sang at danced at nearly every family occasion, including funerals) – and […]

Garland Chamber to host speed networking event featuring marketing industry professionals

(GARLAND-March 10, 2013) Join the Garland Chamber of Commerce for its most strategic morning networking event featuring a fast-paced new format. The Chamber’s Direct Connect program has been transformed into a SPEED NETWORKING event – and it will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Thursday, March 21 at Hyatt Place Dallas Garland, 5101 […]

Local students earn DAR Good Citizenship Awards

(ROCKWALL-March 9, 2013) Several local students were recently honored with Good Citizenship Awards by the Rockwall Wall Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. The awards were presented by Margaret Davidson and Linda Smith during an Awards Presentation Tea at the home of Carolyn Duckworth on March 3. The Daughters of the American Revolution, founded in […]