Frisco Liberty knocks Rockwall-Heath from playoffs, 49-35

Frisco Liberty knocked Rockwall-Heath from the playoffs last night, 49-35.

More details will be online soon at TheRockwallNews.com.

Dallas mom seeking to stop parents from showing porn to kids coming to Rockwall Saturday

The Dallas mother whose ex husband forced her two young daughters to view hardcore porn and has now attracted nationwide publicity with her campaign to change the obscure Texas law that allows parents to show their children porn will be speaking in Rockwall tomorrow morning.

Crystal Buckner, 30, sought help for her cause from professional publicist J.J. Smith, who founded and directs the Rockwall-based Lillian Smith Family Violence Foundation.

Both will be speaking at the new TR Cafe and Grill, 101 N.Goliad Street from 10:30 am – Noon at a regular weekly meeting of the Rockwall Co. Conservatives and Coffee, organized by Rockwall City Council member Mark Russo.

Their story has now been carried by over 450 news outlets across the nation, starting with the Dallas Morning News, CBS11 TV and Associated Press in Dallas.

Buckner’s eight and nine-year-old daughters made an outcry to their Plano counselor in June about the incident that occured in February when their father was viewing porn and drinking alcohol at 3 am.

“I don’t want to prevent parents from educating their children about sex,” Buckner says.

“But forcing children to view hardcore sex at 3 am when you’re drunk like my ex did is not sex education,” she added.

The law that allows parents to show their children porn was enacted in 1973 when the current Texas penal code was completely rewritten. At the time, authors of the legislation were more focused on giving parents the freedom to teach their children about sex or anything else however they wanted, said Smith.

“But pornography back then was not as widely available nor as visual or violent as it is today. A change in the law is definitely needed,” he explained.

“Most people we’ve talked to already assumed it was illegal for parents or any adults to show porn to children, and they wholeheartedly agree it should be.”

“State Sen. Bob Deuell, who is one of our board members, has stated that his first act of the next legislature will be to introduce a bill and change this obscure law.” 

Smith said support from citizens across the state will be needed to pass new legislation. To help or for more info, call Smith at 972-900-7575.

Rockwall Co. sheriff’s deputy injured in accident

Rockwall County Sheriff’s Office deputy Dennis Hoffman was slightly injured in a Monday night two-vehicle crash in Rockwall.

Sheriff’s Lt. David Davis said Deputy Hoffman was working traffic enforcement along State Highway 276 near Rochelle Road when a pickup truck collided with Hoffman’s patrol vehicle, knocking it 80 feet into a ditch on the opposite side of the highway.

After being transported by ambulance to the emergency room at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, he was treated and released and is now doing well, Lt. Davis said.

Click here to read more at TheRockwallNews.com.

Rockwall County’s population continues to grow

Rockwall County’s population increased by another 1,950 people and 2.5 percent in 2008, according to a new report by the North Central Texas Council of Governments.

The county population increased from an estimated 76,000 at the beginning of 2008 to 77,950 at the beginning of 2009 - an increase of 2.57 percent.

The City of Fate increased by 850 people to 5,650, an increase of 17.71 percent.

The population of Rockwall increased by an estimated 700 people to 32,100, an increase of 2.23 percent.

The population of Royse City increased by 50 people to 10,150, an increase of 0.5 percent.

Can’t find a breakdown of the estimates in Rowlett or McClendon-Chisholm, but after subtracting the three cities from the County total, 350 people either moved into those cities or just into the County.

UNT Senate votes down same-sex homecoming bill

For those of you with students at UNT or are considering it, UNT’s student senate has voted down a proposal to allow same-sex couples to run for Homecoming King and Queen.

The vote was 10 against and 5 for…with 8 abstaining.

Click here to read about it in this PegasusNews.com article.

One grad student claimed it’s not fair to prevent gay couples from running.

“Right now, we’re limiting that by keeping the status quo with the Homecoming court requirements,” he said. “We’re limiting students’ chances and that’s not fair. It should be equality for all.”

Following that reasoning, should they then allow convicted transvestites, sex offenders or even dogs or cats to run?

Will Rockwall or Royse City be next to elect gays for their homecoming court?

Fairfax High School in LA recently elected a gay boy as their queen, after he claimed that deep down he’s a queen!

George Mason University just elected a transvestite as their Homecoming Queen.

What do you think?

Lake Pointe Health Network offering extended hours for mammograms during October

 

Lake Pointe Health Network will be offering extended weekday and Saturday hours for mammogram appointments during October at each of their imaging locations in Rowlett, Rockwall and Forney as part of a national campaign by hospitals to encourage early detection of breast cancer. 

The national “Picture Yourself Healthy” campaign is being held this month in recognition of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer deaths among women. More than 1,500 people die each day in the U.S. from cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.

Approximately 559,650 Americans are expected to succumb to the disease this year – one of every four deaths nationwide.

Lake Pointe wants to promote early detection and testing that could save the lives of the approximately 180,000 women who are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, according to Lake Pointe Marketing Manager Bobby Montgomery.

Click here to read the whole story at TheRockwallNews.com.

Royse City loses opener to Atlanta, 27-26, when two point conversion run fails

A two-yard run for a two-point conversion was stopped short by Atlanta’s defense after Royse City’s Ryan Fedric’s six-yard TD run and the Bulldogs lost their first game of the season in a hard-fought game Friday night, 27-26, in Atlanta.

Click here to read the complete story at www.TheRockwallNews.com.

New Dragonfly Asian restaurant opening soon at The Harbor

A new upscale Asian restaurant called the “Dragonfly Asian Grill and Sushi Bar” will be opening soon at The Harbor in Rockwall, where French restaurant Cote D’Azur previously was.

I recently met the very nice and friendly owner, Lori Ann Price, who welcomed and spoke with me even though I showed up unexpectedly and she was in the middle of organizing the restaurant. That seems like a sign of good things to come!

Lori also owns the Tom Tom Asian restaurant and a sports bar in the Dallas area, she said.

When I asked her why she thought Dragonfly would succeed where two other restaurants failed, she smiled and said her organization has plenty of experience in the restaurant business and knows they will succeed in Rockwall.

She said they chose the name Dragonfly specifically for this location because there are so many of the exoticm harmless flying insects flying around Lake Ray Hubbard.  

She said they hope to open the eatery in early Sept.

Sounds great to me! We’ve been searching for a really good Asian restaurant. We’ve had too many bad experiences with Chinese food restaurants in Rockwall, although I’ve heard both Kyoto and Edohana are excellent Japanese restaurants.

El Rojo Coyote Cantina to open in Rockwall at former Smitty’s restaurant

Received a note recently from former Rockwall City Council member Bob Cotti to look out for a new restaurant opening soon in Rockwall called El Rojo Coyote Cantina.

It will move in to the former “Smitty’s” restaurant in Old Town Rockwall on Hwy. 66.

Mexican restaurants always seem to do well nowadays. We’ll have more information for you soon.

Primos Tex-Mex Grille on Lake Ray has great view, poor food

Primos Tex-Mex Grille in Garland  may have a great patio overlooking Lake Ray Hubbard, but if it’s great food you’re after, then it sure wasn’t the place to go last night! 

After we were escorted to a table on the patio, which has a number of cool water fans circulating to keep the temperature tolerable, we ordered simple beef fajitas and some extra queso. The waitress was very nice,  but the food was rather slow – maybe just because it was a very busy Friday evening.

Anyway, we were first brought some decent tasting chips and tasty salsa that wasn’t – for a change – too hot. Then she brought the “queso” or whatever in the world it was. One bite was enough to convince us to send it back. It looked like some version of cheese whiz, or a very low imitation of the queso you’d get at a high school football game. But there was virtually no taste! Didn’t see one speck of jalapenos or anything else. It was just like whipped cheese whiz. After we told our server that we didn’t like it, she said “No problem. Lot’s of people say they don’t like the queso.”  So I wonder why they keep serving it?

Next came the main course, but unfortunately it was the blandest fajita steak we’ve ever had. It was tender, and they did give us a generous portion of the half-pound we ordered. But my wife said she only ate them because she was starving. I found them tasty enough and, mixed with some decent rice, lettuce and tomatoes, I felt satisfied enough.

We were just very disappointed overall that the steak fajitas were nothing like we expected. We always find them to be superb at On The Border every time we go there. Last night we just thought we’d try some place new. Obviously, some times you win, sometimes you lose, when you take a risk. 

Also be aware, Primos appears to be a great watering hole, but it is very noisy inside and out. Looked to me the patio was more for meeting people than eating. Nothing wrong with that – just be aware.