May 15, 2012 – The final meeting of the Rockwall Area Retired Teachers Association was held in Royse City with a luncheon hosted by the Royse City members. Outgoing president, Marvin Lee, presented gifts with his thanks for jobs well done to the 2011-2012 officers and committee chairs, Beverly Skalberg presented the award for Community […]
The Rockwall Area Retired Teachers Association will meet at 1:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13 at the Rockwall ISD Administration Building. The program will be “Texas Shorty” presented by Jim Chancellor. All school retirees and their guests are invited. Submitted by Leigh Plagens, RARTA; edited for publication by Blue Ribbon News. To submit your news and […]
Next up: ‘Texas Shorty’ The Rockwall Area Retired Teachers Association got into the Christmas spirit with accordionist Matt Tolentino playing songs of the season at RARTA’s December meeting. Hostesses for the meeting were (pictured, from left) Mary Jackson, Georgia Lee, Nora Myres and Deanna Parks. Not pictured: Patsy Fleetwood. There will be […]
Rockwall Area Retired teachers Association will meet at 1:15 Monday, Dec. 12 in the RISD Ad Building, to enjoy “The Sounds of the Season” with accordionist Matt Torentino. All former school employees and their guests are welcome. Submitted by Leigh Plagens, RARTA publicity. To submit your news and events, email editor@BlueRibbonNews.com.
The District X Fall Convention of the Texas Retired Teachers Association was held Oct. 17 in Dallas at the Highland Springs Retirement Community. The annual meeting included many reports, the election of officers and the address by the keynote speaker, Herbert Norris, TRTA President. The Rockwall Area Retired Teachers Association was represented by Becky Cecil, Ginny […]
The Rockwall Area Retired Association, RARTA, was treated to a trip back in time through a special presentation by Sheri Fowler entitled “Hats and More” at the October meeting. Sheri brought an amazing selection of hats from her personal collection and narrated a slideshow of original photos of Rockwall residents. Several members got into the […]
(Rockwall) The September meeting of the Rockwall Area Retired Teachers Association started the year with an outstanding program by local photographer, Nell Welborn, entitled “Cuba in Photographic Splendor.”The spectacular photos showed the people, towns and scenery rarely seen since the 1960s. The hostesses for the meeting were Mary Harrison, Billie Stevenson, Sherry Wimpee, Monte Huffaker […]