Mary Ornberg This year we want to thank Tina Hoffenberg for her efforts to secure the Denton Country Club for our annual holiday luncheon. The club lunch included London broil, chicken piccata, salad and dessert. Jane Thompson and her daughter-in-law, Janet Thompson, were at the welcoming table distributing beverage tickets, and the pianist for the…
Category: January 2017
Generals, January 2017
OLLI at UNT
It’s official! The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of North Texas is offering university classes just steps from your door at Robson Ranch. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of North Texas provides exciting learning adventures for adults 50+. There are no tests, no grades, just fun. Thanks to the generosity…
Clubs & Classes, January 2017
Support Our Troops plans ahead for 2017
Mike Hoernemann “It is the fervent hope of all Americans that there will not be any need to deploy more U.S. Military personnel to dangerous overseas combat zones. Unfortunately the current world situation suggests that this will not be the case. In any event SOT is prepared to continue and expand as appropriate our charitable…
Clubs & Classes, January 2017
Furniture repair
Generals, January 2017
Christmas Library gathering
Library volunteers met at the Grill to ring in the holidays, enjoy a Christmas lunch and donate children’s books to local school libraries. The idea for a holiday lunch began with one volunteer and ended with 28 volunteers at the first Robson Ranch Library Volunteer Holiday party. Cathie Rod, a library volunteer, coordinated luncheon details.…
Sports, January 2017
RRWGA celebrates year end
Linda Farmer The Robson Ranch Women’s Golf Association celebrated the end of the year with our annual Christmas party and awards presentations. This year our social chair, Judy Markley, decided to do something different by planning an elegant brunch at our Robson Clubhouse. As we entered the clubhouse we were presented with mimosas. After a…
Front Page, January 2017
Everyone’s a champion at the Olympic Games
Vicki Baker Why do we assume that getting older means losing stamina and energy? The Living Well Olympic athletics may never appear on a box of Wheaties, but they truly inspired us. They competed and showed that instead of slowing down they were invigorated, active and still had a spring in their step, even if…
Features, January 2017
Alice Uyeda – The Treasured Memories
Vicki Baker How do you condense one’s life into 500 words, particularly if it is the life of Alice Uyeda, the matriarch of Kiwanis Club Robson Ranch? With great difficulty. Though diminutive in stature, she had a powerful impact on each life she has touched. Alice left this world on December 5, 2016, but she…
Generals, January 2017
A UMC Christmas party at the Ranch
Maureen Lehrer The Roy Gays and the David Phillips greeted the members and special guests of the Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors Sunday school class of Argyle United Methodist Church for their second annual Christmas celebration at the Ranch on December 11. During the social hour the 64 guests were invited to tour the…
Clubs & Classes, January 2017
“Tis the season to be jolly” – After Schoolers spread cheer
Darla Chupp If Santa Claus knew about the dedication of the Robson Ranch After Schoolers Christmas Elves, he would try to recruit them for the North Pole! Once again the After Schoolers Holiday Food Drive was a tremendous success thanks to the generous residents of Robson Ranch who donated non-perishable food items as well as…