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Local artists vy for Alliance People’s Choice Award
Brenda Elam, Susan Jump, Doris Vasek, and Tommie Ledford are just four of the talented local artists who are competing in the upcoming People’s Choice Award Competition which will be held on Sept. 11 at the Hilton Bella Harbor during the Rockwall County Alliance for the Arts annual fundraising gala.
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Fines waived as library switches automation systems
The public library in Royse City is switching to a new, more efficient automation system. As it makes the switch, the library will offer clemency for all overdue materials checked out before August 23, 2010.
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Comissioners to sell eight acres near new county courthouse
Rockwall County commissioners voted last week to retain a broker to sell about eight acres of county-owned property along Interstate 30.
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Equine Emergency | Rockwall Emergency personnel rescue horse
Rockwall Fire and Police Departments responded when a board broke in a trailer and the horse fell through. Fortunately, the driver stopped immediately so the horse was not injured by being dragged. They were also at the exit of I-30 and FM 549 and not actually traveling on the highway. The horse’s back leg was under the trailer, under the axle. Dr. Keith Taylor of Rockwall Veterinary Clinic also responded and sedated the horse. Taylor tied ropes around the horse’s legs so she could be pulled from the trailer. Belinda Green, a Throwaway Ponies volunteer, saw the first police officer on the scene and pulled over to help. She called TaPs for backup. Mary and Karen Bander brought their trailer and came to help. Though the professionals got the horse out, TaPs volunteers comforted and calmed the horse and eventually hauled her to her original destination. The horse only had minor cuts.
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Jobless picture improves slightly
Jobs are being created in Rockwall County and the local unemployment rate dipped slightly between June and July.
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Local artists vy for Alliance People’s Choice Award
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Hot Rocks runs smooth despite hot weather
The 24th Rockwall Rotary Hot Rocks Bike Ride ran smoothly on Saturday despite 100-plus degree temperatures with riders cruising through the Rockwall County countryside on courses of 13.5, 43 and 57 miles.
- Royse City kicks off football season against Poteet on Friday
- Lady Bulldogs way ahead of last year’s pace
- Fitzgerald continues winning ways at Police and Fire games
- RCHS wraps up dog days before season begins
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Hot Rocks runs smooth despite hot weather
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There’s an upcoming game I will never forget
I remember my first game as a high school football player like it happened just 48 years ago.
That’s using a roundabout journalistic maneuver to tell you that I have no memory of that game because it occurred such a long, long time ago. -
Back to school, credit cards, streets, and more
Again this month I do not have a single theme, but have several short topics and updates that I believe will be of interest to you.
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‘It’s summertime, and the litigating is good’
A judge friend of mine swears that the strangest lawsuits in his court always seem to happen in the summertime. I don’t know how much empirical evidence there is to back up this theory, but it does sometime seem like an upsurge in the “legally weird” takes place during the warmer months.
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Happy ending: Kitty-Kitty finds a new home
I realized recently that the Hardins are practically petless.
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‘Nice try, but ummm ... no’
Sometimes, I get the feeling that judges are placed in the position of being like a game show host dealing with a particularly dense contestant giving an incorrect answer — “No, so sorry, but thanks for playing and we have some lovely parting gifts for you.”
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There’s an upcoming game I will never forget
