ROCKWALL, TX (Jan. 26, 2014) Tickets are on sale now for “Reagan Day, The Hollywood Years, Celebrating Our Legends, Yesterday and Today,” sponsored by the Rockwall County GOP. The annual event, which will be held Saturday, March 21, 2015 at the Hilton Dallas Rockwall Lakefront, will also pay tribute to Congressman Ralph Hall. Tickets are $100, […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Jan. 30, 2015) Congratulations to third and fifth graders at Cullins Lake-Pointe Elementary who each read at least five Bluebonnet Award nominees. They attended a Bluebonnet Bingo voting party to vote for their favorite! Bottom row, from left are: Mia Ivanovsky, Blessing Esene, Lillian Stark, Camden Hartsell; top row: Logan Kropp, Allyson Verret, […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Jan. 29, 2015) I’ve enjoyed being a columnist for the Blue Ribbon News for over a year, where I’ve had the pleasure of sharing my love of Boy Scouts. My Eagle Scout Project has now begun and I need your help to complete it. The project consists of placing plaques around the 6 mile […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Jan. 29, 2015) Effective 2015, Aspasians has chosen to open up our scholarship applications to any high school senior residing in Rockwall County. The Aspasisans will continue to offer the Blake Finnell Memorial scholarship to a Rockwall High School senior and the Chad Leeuw scholarship to a Rockwall Heath High School senior. In addition, based […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Jan. 28, 2015) Sitting at the kitchen counter next to her mother, 11-year-old Alaina Pucylowski twirled the multicolored ribbons attached to a large plastic jar. The ribbons weren’t just for decoration, however. They represented the cancer awareness ribbons: blue for colon cancer, yellow for sarcoma, pink for breast cancer, and so forth. The […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Jan. 29, 2015) Rockwall Mayor Jim Pruitt has filed to retain his mayoral seat in the May city elections. Pruitt, 58, has served on the Rockwall City Council since 2012 and was elected by his fellow council members as mayor pro tem in May of 2014. When former mayor David Sweet vacated the […]
Try performing some ‘mathemagic’ ROCKWALL, TX (Jan. 27, 2015) One of my favorite things to do when working with a child that has reached a point of frustration, fear or boredom with math is to take a break and do a little “Mathemagic.” I will hide the answer to an addition problem on a piece […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Jan. 27, 2015) Rockwall residents will soon see one of its parks become all-accessible, benefiting families and children and those with handicaps or special needs. Yellow Jacket Park, located behind Hobby Lobby off of Yellow Jacket Lane, is set to be transformed into a one-of-a-kind, all-inclusive park with amenities and specifications made to […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX (Jan. 26, 2015) We hover over our children as they start school, and we might do it all over again—with more restraint—as they move up to middle and high school. Then again, we get anxious as they go off to college, career or marriage. And just when we begin to relax about their well-being, […]
Congressman and Staff to be in Attendance ROCKWALL, TX (Jan. 21, 2015) There will be a Grand Opening and Open House for Congressman John Ratcliffe’s Rockwall Office on Friday, January 30th. A brief ceremony will begin at 3:00PM CST with the Open House to immediately follow. “I am grateful and honored to represent the Fourth […]