Sharon Foy The Women’s Club September luncheon is excited to host first tenor, Fred Wilmer, in celebration of the 85th anniversary of the first performance of the musical operetta Porgy and Bess which took place in Boston in September 1935! What better person to sing several of the songs from the famous Gershwin musical than Fred Wilmer,…
Ron Hoeberling Concerns over the increased coronavirus cases caused many 4th of July events to be canceled, primarily fireworks and parades. This included the annual Robson Ranch 4th of July parade as the HOA was concerned about a large gathering of people along Ed Robson Blvd. So the Rollin’ Rancher Car Club asked the HOA…
Fred Thompson, Coordinator, Nine Hole MGA Frank has truly been a prime mover in the golf world of Robson Ranch (RR). He and wife Judy began their association with RR in 2001 and actually moved here in June 2003. Being strongly sports-minded, Frank began almost immediately making inroads via various administrative roles, being only the 2nd person to serve…
Don Pooley As we continue our COVID-19 precautions and social distancing, club members continue to focus on single play. Our round-robin singles play has evolved naturally—we play one game, then we move to play another person until we play everyone at the play session, then we start over. It doesn’t matter who wins or loses.…
David Zapatka Sister and reader Judy Haberstroh wrote after reading the June column, “This one is interesting. Initially I was leaning toward using ‘yet’ but once I saw the specific definition of ‘still,’ I felt that was the correct word. However, when talking, I would more likely place the word ‘still’ after ‘it’s’ rather than at the end…
Marguerite Rose and Sandi Price The Material Girls Club whizzed past their goal of 5,000 masks with a final total of 8,373 masks made in 54 days. In the beginning, Marguerite Rose, founder of the club, commented, “I doubt you’ll get 100 masks made.” After all the masks were completed, she joked, “If you had…
Lynne Moore Due to the pandemic, so many of the things we have grown used to have changed. Our Support Our Troops organization, which supports individual military relatives of Robson Ranch residents as well as a number of charities, also has to adapt to the new normal. We had to cancel our annual golf tournament…
Theresa Peoples The home of Glen and Glenda Carr was nominated as the June Yard of the Month. Please drive by 9620 Crestview Dr. to see this lovely yard. Glenda and Glen do all their own gardens and even brought plants from Odessa, Texas, when they moved here.
Pat Bender Happy Potters finally headed to Farmers Branch on May 30, for their off-site raku class given by Conor Muldoon. The class was cancelled two times due to the COVID-19 shut down. The delay was worth the wait, as we once again opened the trash cans full of our raku pieces. The magic of…
Sharon Foy The Women’s Club is excited to announce the annual Backpack and School Supplies Drive, on behalf of the Denton County Friends of the Family (DCFOF). Denton County Friends of the Family has provided safety, hope, healing, justice, and prevention for victims of domestic violence for 40 years. The Backpack and School Supplies Drive…