Rotarians are known for their service-minded, others before self attitude. The Rockwall Noon Rotary Club recently exhibited their good news attitude and made a positive difference in the lives of our nation’s service men and women and their children. They made a donation of more than $1,200 to the USO’s United Through Reading Military Program. […]
(Rockwall) In a meeting of library supporters last week, Kathleen Melston received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Northeast Texas Library System. She is a former Library Director of the Rockwall County Library. NETLS was established under the Texas Library Systems Act and provides services to 33 counties in northeast Texas In presenting the […]
Prizes awarded to overall lifestyle transformation winner (Rockwall County) The Rockwall County YMCA recently welcomed new Membership and Wellness Director, Liz Jones – a certified yoga instructor, personal trainer and wellness coach with a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and Strategic Management. To kickoff the post-summer season, Liz and the Rockwall YMCA are hosting a Community Wellness Challenge. […]
(Rockwall) Rockwall’s oldest woman’s organization, Friday Study Club, founded in 1919, held its annual Reassembly Tea on Friday, Sept. 16, at the home of Peg Pannell Smith. More than 80 members and guest attended the event, renewing old friendships and forming new ones. Pictured left to right are co-hostesses: Marylyn Thompson, Peg Pannell Smith, Becky […]
You may have heard the saying, “world peace begins at home,” but what does that mean to you personally? To me, this means first looking within ourselves for answers. Author Leo Tolstoy wrote, many years ago, “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” People tend to look furthest away […]
(Rockwall County) The Rockwall County Historical Foundation will continue its Brown Bag Lecture Series at noon Friday, Oct. 14 in the Historic Courthouse, with the presentation of “Talking Tombstones,” when residents from Rockwall’s past come to life to tell their own stories. The program is free, open to all and family-friendly. Submitted by Leigh Plagens, […]
(Rockwall) Friends of the Library will host the fall Lunch Basket in the Rockwall County Library Community Room at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11 with a program presented by MusicFest featuring “Music Viva”. This will be an enjoyable medley of violin music performed by Vito Guitilla, a junior at SMU, who has been a member of […]
(Rockwall) The Friends of the Library opened their 2011-12 year with a patriotic program presented by Linda Robinson entitled “Support our Troops at Home and Abroad”. Linda is the USO Volunteer Coordinator for the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Linda showed slides from her year spent overseas establishing a USO presence in Iraq. The audience, […]
(Lake Ray Hubbard) Fox 4 news anchor Heather Hays will throw out the first cast at a women-only charity fishing tournament set for Sunday, Sept. 25 on Lake Ray Hubbard. Two area nonprofit organizations, Women in Need and the KCC Foundation, have joined together to present Hotties on the Harbor to raise awareness about domestic […]
North Texas has been placed under a cuteness alert. These two sisters and their brother are friendly hound puppies. So sing along with us (to the tune of “The Brady Bunch”): “This is the story of the dogs named Hounders. There are two cute females and a male. They smile, sniff, run and play together. […]