FOR THE LEADER IN YOUby Julia Bryant

Brave leaders disrupt industries through innovation,

stand firm in the face of opposition, and embrace risk.

Join a community inspired by those who demonstrate

bravery and leave equipped to take on your next leadership

challenge. Leadercast Rockwall takes place Friday, May 8

at Rockwall High School Performing Arts Center. This is

an opportunity to attend a powerful conference without

leaving town. Consider not only you or your business

colleagues attendance, but even the importance of sending

your high school or college student. Our hope for them

is to be better leaders in our communities, businesses,

organizations and homes. This leadership experience

is focused on building leaders worth following and isn’t

that what we want? Go to http://rockwallchamber.org/

leadercast-rockwall-2015/ and click on GET TICKETS.

Speaking of Brave Leaders, we are in the process of

interviewing potential candidates for our Board of

Directors. We need 5 new Board Members who will serve

a 3 year term, and one Board Member who will serve a 2

year term. All newly elected board members shall officially

take office as Directors when seated at the regular Board

Meeting in May and shall be participating as of that

meeting. Board Meetings occur the second (2nd) Monday

of every month at 12:00 noon in The Mellody Room at City

Hall. The government and policy-making responsibilities

of the Chamber shall be vested in the Board of Directors,

which shall control its property, be responsible for its

finances, and direct its affairs.

If you have an interest in being on our Board, or would like

to nominate someone, please contact the Chamber office.

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS

MARCH 2015

9- Spring Break for RCISD and RISD!

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11 Bow Wow Bingo (p 7) The Well 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

16 Board of Directors Meeting Mellody Room at City Hall Noon

17 Chamber Luncheon Richards Smokehouse Noon

19 Thirsty Thursday Business After Hours American National Bank of RC 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

25 Networking Breakfast Holiday Inn Express 8:00 am

26 Friends of the Library Luncheon Mellody Room at City Hall Noon (see page 9)

COMMUNITY CALENDAR is here for you! Visit www.roysecitychamber.com/calendar/ for up to date information on local events. You may also place your local event on the calendar by

sending your information to info@roysecitychamber.com with the Subject Line “Community Calendar”

Royse City Rotary Flag

Program makes an excellent

gift (for yourself or a

neighbor, family member,

teacher, boss, etc.!) The

American Flag will be

proudly displayed in front

of your home on seven (7)

selected flag holidays. For

an annual subscription

price of only $35.00, they

will place a 3-foot x 5-foot American Flag on a 10-foot pole

approximately 18 inches from the curb near your front walk.

A plastic pipe installed in the ground just below the surface

will hold the flag in place and will be low enough that it

will not interfere with regular lawn maintenance. They will

make every effort to place flags according to standard flag

etiquette. Seeing these flags lined up along the streets in

Royse City is truly an impressive site so we encourage you

to talk to your neighbors and get everyone involved! Due to

geographic limits, subscribers must live within Royse City

“City Limits.” Contact Bill or Mary Ellis at 972-636-2566.

My Excellent Valentine’s Date:

Short drive over to Greenville to The Texan Theatre.

Pull up out front and park. For free. Have someone hold

the door for us and check our coats. For free. Hostess give

us our tickets and gestures us toward the hors d’oeuvres &

open bar (or coffee bar if we choose). For free. We then step

into the limelight where we have our photo taken. For free.

As we walk into the theatre, fresh drink in hand, all the

ladies are given a rose. For free. Escorted inside the

exquisite venue, we are seated and served a chef prepared

meal which includes dessert and coffee – all while enjoying

a first class professional concert within a few yards of us.

After the show we are handed the photograph that we

took before entering the show to take home with us as a

souvenir. For free. The Historic Texan Theatre dates back

to the late 1800’s as the King opera House. This is a fabulous

entertainment facility that can host movie screenings,

theater productions, live music and private functions.

The coffee shop is open daily for lunch. It is truly a must

see. Visit their website at www.texantheatregreenville.com

to see the upcoming shows and give them a call at

903-259-6360 to see about getting a tour or booking

for your own event.

NEWS FROM YOURDIRECTOR

julia bryant

THe back patioThe Back Patio would like for us to blast

30% off pots, chimineas and pottery grills; and last of Christmas decorations...

75% off!

MEET YOUR TEACHERmorgan power

Davis Elementary 4th Grade Teacher

Morgan Power began her

teaching career in 2007 at Davis

Elementary, teaching third, then

fourth grade. Morgan graduated

Magna Cum Laude from Texas

A&M University at Commerce

and serves on the District

Curriculum Advisory Team,

Instructional Leadership Team and as 4th Grade

Team Leader.

Davis Elementary’s 2014 Campus Teacher of the

Year expects her students to be the best version

of themselves. Ownership and independence are

imperative so students can become problem solvers.

Life is not black and white. There is no answer key, so

we must all think for ourselves to solve our problems.

We must take ownership. We must self-reflect and

we must persevere.

Morgan shares, “I strive to emphasize the importance of

creativity and critical thinking in my classroom. Posing

open-ended critical thinking questions to my class to

encourage a response that represent their own original,

personal ideas. We need to teach our children to weigh

and consider, to critique and recommend, to invent

and produce.”

Can you say beautiful? Mary is a stunning girl. She is current

on vaccines and her adoption fee is just $50. To come see

Mary or any of our shelter guests please contact Royse City

animal control @ 214-934-9352 or 214-796-1445. Our email

is Rcaadoptions@gmail.com Thank you for sharing our

gorgeous gal Mary.

SHELTER DOG OFTHE MONTH

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Royse City Animal Shelter is located at 1101 North Josephine Street in Royse City, Texas.

A benefit that is available to members of the Royse City Chamber of Commerce! An opportunity to be the monthly luncheon sponsor.One sponsor per month will have their name associated with all advertising for the meeting and will have three minutes at the beginning of the luncheon to say something about

their business. They may put information at every table place-setting, their company name and logo will be posted on the Chamber website, and a business card ad will be included in the Chamber newsletter.

The fee for this sponsorship opportunity is $100. If you would like to reserve your spot for a particular month, please call or e-mail the Chamber office.

HOW TO SPONSOR A LUNCHEON

RSVP To Julia Bryant by MARCH 13 at info@roysecitychamber.com • Phone: 972.636.5000 • Fax: 972.636.0051An RSVP reserves your spot with a commitment to purchase your lunch.

Cost is $13 using the link below, or pay as low as $11 if you pay for 11 lunches in advance, or $12 for 6 lunches in advance.http://www.roysecitychamber.com/events-registration/monthly-luncheon/

Cost at the door is $15.

{ }Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Richards Smokehouse at Noon4765 W. Hwy 276, Royse City

Board of Directors nominees will be announced during this luncheon.

Additional nominations are welcome.

Our Featured Speaker

Ken Thomasdiscussing Best Practice Techniques

Lunch is sponsored by

The Fulton School

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Ken Thomasdiscussing Best Practice Techniques

Lunch is sponsored by

The Fulton School

VIVIAN BROWN – PRESIDENTRockwall Happenings

JONELL MELLODY, VICE-PRESIDENTRoyse City ISD

JAMES HARVEY, TREASURERHarvey’s Bookkeeping & Tax, LLC

NIKKI MUTSCHLER, SECRETARYTexas Health Presbyterian Hospital

KRISTY LILLYR.I.S.E. Marketing

GARY FLEMMONSTexas Leadership Bank

JIM MELLODYFarmers Electric Cooperative

NANETTE MCCOYAmerican National Bank

JESSE VAUGHNEdward Jones Investments

PAULA MORRISRoyse City Main Street

KARI HOLLIFIELDKeller Williams Realty

ROSS TORRESLake Pointe Medical Center

DR. BRAD BAKERBaker Spine & Sport

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The Royse City Annual Golf Tournamentis coming up soon! All proceeds go to

two Royse City senior high school students to go towards their continuing education.

You can help students like SAYRE TRETTE (shown below) make the dream of

college a reality!

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R o c k w a l l I S D

ADDRESS DESCRIPTION SQ. FT. OFFERED AT AVAILABLE

428 Chisholm Ranch

Dr.

Rialto 3365 plan

1.5 story— 4 bed / 3

bath

Game room / 2 dining

3423 $501,015 march

344 Livestock Drive

Madeline 6179 plan

1 Story– 4 bed/ 4.5

bath

Study/ game & media

4086 $497,995

($512,995)

January!!

298 Livestock Drive

Texas Emerald 6306 plan

1 story— 3 bed / 4 bath

Kids retreat/media 3407

$524,634 ($539,643)

January!!

137 Livestock Drive

Chateau II 6343 plan

1 Story— 4 bed/ 3 bath

Study/ Media room 4154

$522,409 ($537,409)

January!!

500 Wagon Trail

Donmonique 6303 plan

2 story— 5 bed / 4 bath

2 dining / game room 3868 $493,297 February

861 Chisholm Ridge

Janae 6304 plan

2 Story— 5 bed/4 bath

Study/ Game & Media

4289 $527,619

($547,619)

JANUARY!!

For more info contact Janice Salvey 972-551-0165

janicesalvey@EmeraldHomes.com

Chisholm Ranch

Rockwall ISD

AVAILABLE INVENTORY

ADDRESS PLAN DESCRIPTION SQ. FT.

OFFERED AT

TIME FRAME

428 Chisholm Ridge Rialto 3365

1.5 Story 3 CAR 4 Bed/ 4 Bath/ Game room

3423 $466,013! Now $440,990!

March

137 Livestock Chateau 6343

1 Story 3 CAR 4 Bed/ 3 Bath/ Study/ Media

4154 $537,409! Now $484,990!

NOW!

432 Wagon Trail Skyler 6182

1 Story 3 CAR 3 Bed/ 3 bath/ Study/ Outdoor fireplace

3250 $479,970! Now $444,990!

Feb/March

359 Livestock Skyler 6182

1 Story 3 CAR 3 Bed/ 3 Bath/ Study/ Media

3601 $498,264! Now $462,990!

Feb/March

500 Wagon Trail Don-monique

2 Story 3 CAR 5 Bed/4 Bath/ Game / Corner lot

3868 $493,297! Now $459,990!

TBD

222 Chisholm Ridge Aubrey 6185

1 Story 3 CAR 3 Bed/ 3 Bath/ Study

3069 $438,126! Now $408,990!

TBD

166 Livestock Bentley 6301

1 Story 3 CAR 3 Bed/ 3 Bath/ Study/ Media

2980 $424,712! Now $411,990!

NOW!

1045 Chisholm Ridge Shannon 6300

1 Story 3 CAR 3 Bed/ 3 Bath/ Study/ Media

2948 $430,755! Now $399,990!

NOW!

861 Chisholm Ridge Janae 6304

2 Story 3 CAR 5 Bed/ 4 Bath/ Study/ Game & Media

4289 $546,179 Now $499,990!

Feb/March

Call Janice Salvey@ (972) 551-0165

Janicesalvey@emeraldhomes.com

Prices, plans, features, options and co-broke are subject to change without notice. Additional restrictions may ap-

ply. Square footages are approximate and all offers apply to Emerald Homes Dallas Division only and are valid for

new contracts and do not apply to transfers, cancellations or re-writes. Offer is subject to change without notice.

Please contact a community sales representative for additional requirements. Prices shown do not include closing

cost and fees, which may substantially affect final cost of the home. Homes are subject to availability. Estimated

times are subject to change based on weather, availability of materials, workload, or issues outside of Emerald

Homes’ control. Emerald Homes cannot guarantee completion of a home by a specific date. Applies to Chisholm

Ranch only and all offers expire 3-15-2015