ROCKWALL/HEATH (February 2, 2014) Valentine’s Day offers a mid-winter respite with its images of hearts and flowers. For me it also recalls my first argument with my then husband-to-be. We both fell short of the ideal on that day of love many years ago. I was rude; he was irritable. The Apostle Paul’s words about […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH (January 29, 2014) Our New Year/Valentine’s Edition is being delivered to more than 17,000 mailboxes throughout Rockwall and Heath this week. Here’s a digital view for those who may not live within our current delivery zone, and for those who wish to share it with out-of-town family and friends: Extra copies of the print […]
HEATH (January 29, 2014) Local home builder Joe Chamberlain has announced that he is running for Heath City Council, Place 3. Chamberlain, president of Caprock Custom Construction, Inc., currently serves the City of Heath as Planning and Zoning Commissioner. He also has served the city on the Take Line Committee. He served as the President […]
ROCKWALL / HEATH (January 28, 2014) While most states are transitioning to the national Common Core standardized tests,Texas parents are faced with helping their children succeed at the STAAR (State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness.) STAAR is more difficult than TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills), which has been the standard up till […]
ROCKWALL (January 19, 2014) Rockwall-Heath High School is well represented at the United States Naval Academy. Jacob Glastad (2016) has made the Superintendent’s and the Commandants’ list for outstanding academics every semester as a Physics major. He attended NOLS Mountaineering (National Outdoor Leadership School) in Alaska this past summer. Michael Gerritsen (2015) was the first […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH (January 7, 2014) Rockwall-Heath High School’s Drama Club is in full swing rehearsing for their upcoming musical, Grease, opening January 9th. With 60 students making up the cast, 20 operating as technical staff, three faculty members overseeing the production, a different local celebrity performing the role of DJ Vince Fontaine each night of the […]
ROCKWALL (December 19, 2013) Boy Scout Troop 83’s recent geocaching campout was a blast! We learned how to use a GPS (global positioning system). Each group of Scouts went through the same course. Each patrol also made one pot meals, and my group won the contest with a dish of macaroni calzones. My group’s iron […]
ROCKWALL (December 16, 2013) Expectations greet us at every turn of the holiday season. But they don’t always say Merry Christmas. Some people trim the tree after Thanksgiving dinner. They might also finish their holiday shopping by end-of-day Black Friday. A few folks will excel them all by getting their family-photo Christmas cards mailed the first […]
The Heath Holiday Home Tour has been rescheduled due to weather and will now take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, December 13. Come out to support the Class of 2014. **************** Five beautiful homes will be drenched in holiday décor and open for self-guided touring. The homes will also feature live entertainment […]
(ROCKWALL – December 8, 2013) Dr. Bart Miller and the staff at Rockwall Crossing Orthodontics are always coming up with new ways to make their patients smile – from beach towel giveaways to contests that award complete oral health care systems. Their latest contest was open to the community, designed to help grow their online family […]