Rockwall, TX (March 20, 2025) – My husband and I embarked upon an awe-inspiring journey into history during a recent media preview event of Titanic-The Exhibition! I received my 1st class boarding pass as 52-year-old Mrs. Helen Churchill Candee, an author from Washington D.C. assigned to stateroom E63. Richard boarded as 32-year-old Arthur Gordon McCrae, a […]
Rockwall, TX (February 3, 2025) – I traveled to Scotland this past summer with my daughter and future son-in-law. Samantha was invited to present at a psychology conference as part of her PhD program. We toured Glasgow, Edinburgh, and a good bit of The Highlands – even explored the depths of Loch Ness for Nessie […]
ROCKWALL, TX (March 22, 2024) – For 12 years, Blue Ribbon News has been shining the spotlight on the people, places, and events that have a positive impact in our community. As Rockwall County’s #1 source for good news, our print edition delivers free to 17,500 homes and businesses and is available for pick-up at […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Feb. 9, 2023) As you may have figured out by now, our Blue Ribbon News inbox overflows with tales of true love submitted by readers for our “How I Met My Mate” Valentine’s issue. This year, a friend asked if Richard and I were going to share our story. The last time we […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — October 29, 2018) On Oct. 12, I had the exciting opportunity to be Principal for a Day at Billie Stevenson Elementary School. And I have to say, I couldn’t have been more honored to get to shadow Principal Mike Pitcher for the day! Mike showed me the ins and outs of what […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — February 26, 2018) In late April or early May in the mid-1800s, pioneer families loaded up a covered wagon with their valuables and belongings and hit the open road towards a land full of opportunity, promise and hope for a fruitful future. They often left behind a sign which read three simple […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – April 14, 2017) As I sit here staring at this basket of chocolate candy in front of me, the only thing I have on my mind is Easter weekend. And it’s going to be good one because I get to spend it with someone near and dear to my heart. My longtime […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – April 7, 2017) The Rockwall Community Playhouse’s next production of the season is a play called Pillow Talk, and last weekend they held auditions for it. So I decided to go out for one of the lead roles. Not the lead role, mind, but one of the main characters in the show. […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 24, 2017) Exactly one week from today, I will be in Little Rock, Arkansas jamming to a Twenty One Pilots concert! And the best part is, I’ll be with my special someone and we’ve both never seen them live! For those of you who aren’t familiar with TOP, they are an […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Feb. 17, 2017) I’m going to keep this ethics and morality train rolling for this week by presenting some more fun scenarios I found while browsing the web. Let’s say you find yourself in a position to rescue one of each of the following. As fate would have it, rescuing one means […]