http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 01 May 2008 19:49:00 +0000 http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_122194429.html http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_122194429.html Smiles were captured in caricature, in face painting and dropping into the dunking booth in the second annual Spring Carnival of the Rockwall County Boys and Girls Club Saturday, April 26. Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:15:00 +0000 http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_096180429.html http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_096180429.html One night, one performance and the chance of a lifetime...Feb. 19 was the day that nearly 36 million television viewers were given a first glimpse of unknown talent Jason Castro, of Rockwall. Castro, one of the “mute four” who had not been showcased in any previous shows, wowed the crowd and judges with the song “Daydream.” Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:09:00 +0000 http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_081160307.html http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_081160307.html With acts of kindness, Rockwall elementary students are making history.They are the nation’s first elementary students in KC Clubs, which promote kindness and compassion at their campuses. It makes them feel good, students said, to be kind. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:12:00 +0000 http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_074151342.html http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_074151342.html It started in such a small way. Anne had a cyst on her breast. Her primary care physician had reassured her that it was nothing to worry about. Luckily, a friend at church encouraged her to seek another opinion. “Dr. Carol Poole literally saved my life,” said Anne. Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:28:00 +0000 http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_066192646.html http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_066192646.html Energy was high in the Reagan Day Dinner Feb. 29 in the full banquet hall of Rockwall County Republicans and their many guests, who were participating two firsts. It was the county Republicans’ first annual Reagan Day Dinner, and the Hilton Bella Harbor’s first banquet. Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:13:00 +0000 http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_355001223.html http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_355001223.html t’s a family tradition — leave home at age 17 to pursue a dream.Just as his mother and father did, Rockwall’s Nick Lazorko has left his home this school year to pursue hockey excellence in Canada.“If you are gonna do it, just do it and don’t look back on it,” is 17-year-old Nick’s advice to others who may have to leave their home to find their way in a particular field. Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:17:00 +0000 http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_340201748.html http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_340201748.html One cold Christmas, many years ago, a man came to visit Ebenezer Scrooge in his counting house in London with the following request: “At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge,” said the gentleman, taking up a pen, “it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the Poor and Destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir.” Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:08:00 +0000 http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_340200709.html http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_340200709.html DALLAS — Vice President Dick Cheney praised Texas 4th District Congressman Ralph Hall (R-Rockwall) Tuesday night calling him a man respected by both Democrats and Republicans, as part of fundraiser that kicked off Hall’s re-election bid. Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:52:00 +0000 http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_334155028.html http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_334155028.html Quickly and with confidence, the man took the non-breathing baby from her mother’s arms, and began to bring her back to life. As the life-saving episode took place on the shoulder of the road, traffic rushed by. Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:45:00 +0000 http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_320094333.html http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_320094333.html They tell stories about incidents which took place more than six decades ago, epic accounts of war and heroism and horror and sacrifice, but they may be tales no one has ever heard. Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:34:00 +0000 http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_299153217.html http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_299153217.html Three decades of inspiring everyone from the most senioritis-afflicted student to the most dedicated English major has inspired the naming of one of Rockwall’s newest elementary schools. Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:49:00 +0000 http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_291224820.html http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_291224820.html Just one brief meeting, and the famous rap star from the Universal label already feels like a friend to the Rockwall area high school students who met him Saturday night. Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:51:00 +0000 http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_284215216.html http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_284215216.html Experiences in Ecuador and Africa changed the lives of two Rockwall area residents, Ed Hromatka and Linnea Ashley, and further cemented their lifetimes in volunteer work. Both recently received the Presidential Volunteer Service Award. Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:36:00 +0000 http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_278023416.html http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_278023416.html All day “we can be busy”, but the evenings can feel empty — at least, that is the feeling of one widowed person in Rockwall, who enjoyed social events of laughter and music with her husband when he was alive. Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:16:00 +0000 http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_270181436.html http://www.rockwallheraldbanner.com/features/local_story_270181436.html As this issue of The Rockwall County Herald-Banner goes to press, three American citizens are being held hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), putting the United States in a most unusual position of having to barter through Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez (not at the top of George Bush’s favorites list). Hopes have been raised this week that Chavez might actually be able to broker a release for the Americans as well as a number of other high profile hostages including a three-year-old child.