Category: January 2017

The Wildhorse Lady Niners celebrate the holiday

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…

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…

Support Our Troops plans ahead for 2017

SOT announces its 2017 plans for troop support.

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…

Furniture repair

Rocking chair when it arrived.

If you attended the Robson Ranch Craft Fair you might have noticed that we have a lot of very talented craftsmen in the Woodworking Club. If you have visited the Creative Arts Center then you also may have seen evidence of that. The sale of our items is how we keep the wood shop open…

Christmas Library gathering

Library volunteers enjoy lunch and holiday decorations at the Wildhorse Grill.

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.…

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…

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…

Alice Uyeda – The Treasured Memories

Alice Uyeda living life to the fullest

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…

A UMC Christmas party at the Ranch

Roger Shady and Ron Lehrer

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…