Category: Features

Designing With Carol

Celebrate! Carol Collins, WFCP, Expert Celebrate! In just a few weeks we will be celebrating Thanksgiving. I hope you have had a chance to at least start thinking about readying your home for your treasured guests. For Thanksgiving we will spread fall colors all around. Number one color on the list is Pumpkin! The grocery…

Robson Ranch residents step up for hurricane relief

Donations were flown to help survivors of Hurricane Harvey.

Dave Parker Countless Robson Ranch residents stepped up to help survivors of Hurricane Harvey that devastated Houston and the surrounding region. Larry and Ann Brown organized a Robson Ranch direct donation of goods to be flown to South Texas. Car loads of donated supplies were driven to the Denton airport where Larry flew a plane…

Robson residents receive award

Left to right: DASF Vice Chairman Kimberly Truax, Shirley Watson, Dr. Jerry Watson and DASF Office Manager Kiara Helgesen

Bette Sherman On Thursday, September 7, 2017 Denton Animal Support Foundation (DASF) presented Robson Ranch residents Shirley and Dr. Jerry Watson with the Sherman Award of Appreciation. This award was voted by the DASF Board of Directors in acknowledgment of the outstanding support and commitment demonstrated by the Watsons for the mission of saving local…

Material Girls win big at the State Fair

Marguerite Rose and her butterfly quilt

Marguerite Rose is the North Texas State Fair Grand Champion. Her entry of the Butterfly quilt was the Best in Show for fiber arts. Lucy Rees’s wool pink flowers was the reserve champion. Other blue ribbon winners were Ruth Loyd, Paula Sanders, Ruth Kline, Kathy Marrou, Nancy Meyers, Judy Hilderbrant, Jeanne De Arment, Peggy Zilinsky…

Robson resident publishes novel: A Diplomatic Death

Jackie Kennedy Moore

J.K. Moore Jason Fox, Regional Security Officer at the American Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany, is called to a murder scene by German police. The victim is Ursula, a German who works at the Consulate. Jason must work with German police to determine who killed the victim, German or American. During his investigation he uncovers possible…

Ruth’s Quilts

Splash of Color

Lucy Rees A Splash of Color by Ruth Loyd, Material Girls member, was displayed in the Arlington Quilt Show in August and the Bear Creek Show in June. Ruth has been collecting black and white fabric for several years. She put it to good use when she took a class on how to make the…