Category: July 2021

Linda Castillo Books in the Robson Library

Ken Arthur Every good author who creates a literary world in his or her novels has a niche, something special about their characters or location or the string of their plots. Linda Castillo is not a good author, she is a great author who has created in her Kate Burkholder novels a group of characters…

Robson Ranch Goumba’s Meet

Dave Parker After not meeting for over a year because of COVID-19, the Robson Ranch Goumba’s reconvened for their first meeting. Grand Goumba Bob Tastle called the meeting to order at the world-famous PortoFinos in Krum. The Godfather of PortoFinos, Alfredo, welcomed the group for the monthly meeting. After new and old business was conducted,…

Mary Ann Alhadeff Speaks at Voices United

Joan Muyskens Pursley Mary Anne Alhadeff, a Robson resident and head of the Jane Nelson Institute for Women’s Leadership at Texas Women’s University (TWU), was the guest speaker at Voices United’s June meeting. She previously served for 14 years as president and CEO of KERA. Overall, Mary Anne has spent 40 years in broadcasting, as…

RR Denton Drone Special Interest Group

Steve Simpson, Club Officer The Robson Ranch Drone Special Interest Group (SIG) meets the fourth Monday of each month (except in August and December) starting at 7 p.m. at the Creative Arts and Technology Center in room 104. We invite all with interest in any drone related topics. Our May 24 meeting was hosted by…

Rock and Roll Martini Group Recap

Connie Metzler The House Band (host) for the June meeting of the Rock and Roll Martini Group was Bev and Keith Daly. Last year, Bev and Keith hit it out of the ballpark with a live performance of the Alessi Brothers. The Alessi Brothers, also known as Alessi, are an American pop rock singer-songwriter duo…

County Commissioner’s Column

Dianne Edmondson. Pct. 4 To all of our newest Robson Ranch residents, welcome to Texas! With people joining our Robson family from all over America, and with every state having different rules and processes, I thought it would be helpful to discuss how the political and election system works here in the Lone Star state.…

Solo Fish Fry

Megan Wiegand Megan Wiegand had the idea to do a solo fish fry. She asked Linda Borders, Kathy Todd, Linda Stevens, and Karen Keith for help with planning it. Little did we know that we would pick the hottest day of the year to have it! What to do? Well, you move some furniture, put…

Relishing Pickleball: 2020 Pickleball Rocks Players of the Year

David Zapatka 2020 was a crazy year. Many pickleball tournaments were cancelled. Public pickleball courts were closed and padlocked. That being said, Arizona pickleball players found ways to safely play and even through the pandemic, new players found pickleball in record numbers. For 2020, Pickleball Rocks Clothing and Equipment Company recognized a mixed doubles pair…