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Letter to the Editor: I oppose the $59.4 million bond package Rockwall voters will consider May 12. While the propositions in the package vary in merit, asking Rockwall property owners to support additional debt under current economic conditions is undesirable if not irresponsible. The people of Rockwall already pay very high property taxes. In 2012, [...]
Letter to the Editor: There are five Bond Propositions that will be before the public for vote on May 12th. There are those in the community who do not favor the bonds for one reason or another. The picture that is being painted by some of those who oppose the bonds, unfortunately, isn’t totally accurate. [...]
Letter To The Editor: As an ordinary citizen, when I look at a list of bond issues submitted for my consideration, I assume they are on the ballot because my duly-elected city council members have vetted these proposals and are recommending them to me as a good idea. This tacit endorsement is what concerns me. [...]
ROCKWALL – Letter To The Editor (a copy of the letter sent today by a Rockwall parent to Rockwall ISD Superintendent Jeff Bailey): Dear Mr. Bailey: I have nothing but praise for the Rockwall Independent School District and their actions during the severe storm on April 3rd, 2012. Two of my grandchildren are students at [...]
ROCKWALL – Letter To The Editor (a copy of the letter sent yesterday by a Rockwall parent to Rockwall ISD Superintendent Jeff Bailey): Dear Mr. Bailey, I am appalled that RISD sent elementary-aged children home on school buses during yesterday’s severe weather outbreak. My ten-year-old twins were placed on a school bus shortly before a [...]
ROCKWALL (Editorial)- Another family violence tragedy has rocked the Rockwall County community. This time it was a married Heath doctor who, last week, committed the horrific murder-suicide of his young girlfriend in Iowa and himself, leaving behind his shocked wife, four children, family and many friends. Last time, in June, 2010, it was the husband [...]
ROCKWALL – The grand opening of Autumn Leaves Alzheimer’s and Memory Care Assisted Living Communities in Rockwall is scheduled today from 4-7 pm at 225 East Ralph Hall Pkwy, behind Home Depot. Their Rockwall location is the 10th community opened in the DFW area since the Irving-based company broke ground on its first development more [...]
ROYSE CITY – Royse City High School assistant principal Matthew Craig Bowers was killed in a spring break skiing accident Wednesday at Crested Butte CO. Bowers’ funeral is set for 2:30 pm Sunday at Family Fellowship, 401 Division St. in Greenville, under the direction of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Randy Felder, Dr. Kelly Carr, Gary [...]
ROCKWALL – The Rockwall County Committee On Aging delivered 37,618 “Meals On Wheels” to local senior citizens in 2011. According to Board Member Kristy Bailey, when school is in session during the week, Rockwall ISD’s Quest Academy kitchen keeps busy preparing meals for a cadre of volunteers to pick up and deliver on their various [...]
ROCKWALL – Long-time Heath resident and Rockwall area realtor Lance Holland passed away Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. According to his sister-in-law, Dana Cullins Macali, the new Rockwall Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, the 48-year-old co-owner of Regal Realtors passed away due to “complications from cancer.” Survivors include his wife, Saundra, and Heath [...]
