Alan Albarran Happy New Year from the Friends of the Library (FOL)! We hope you had a joyful holiday season and are looking forward to this year and the hope we can return to some sense of normalcy, both at Robson Ranch and in our country very soon. Like every other organization at Robson, the…
Stan Brein A big thank you to the wonderful residents of Robson Ranch and the members of the Robson Ranch Motorcycle Club. In this topsy turvy year where community need skyrocketed, your continued support made our 10th annual Coats for Kids Ride event an overwhelming success. Although the ride itself could not be held, we…
Robson Ranch Women’s Club 2020 Board When the world gives you lemons … well, you know the rest of the story! The Robson Ranch Women’s Club (RRWC) made a lot of lemonade in 2020, as these words from President Gayle Coe notes: “As we close this unprecedented year, let us take a moment to thank the…
Joni Matthiessen The Robson Ranch Woodworkers recently had their final meeting of 2020 and have announced their new board members for the coming year. Congratulations go to David Bassham, who will be president, Vice President Kathy Dial, Frank Hunter will remain treasurer, and Sue Wells will be the new secretary. Bob Zimmerman and Larry Ditch…
LaDonna Womochel To celebrate the holiday season at their December luncheon, Robson Ranch Women’s Club conducted a contest for the most interesting COVID mask; there were five winners, each won a prize. In addition to the mask contest, Santa’s elves gave each member attending the luncheon a lovely mask. To brighten the spirits of the…
WLN Communications For the fourth year, the Wildhorse Lady Niners (WLN) chose Denton’s Hearts for Homes as their holiday charity. This organization helps low-income seniors in need of housing repairs and other assistance. Each Christmas, community organizations are asked to donate food and non-food items to help fill seniors’ pantries. The need this year was…
Ron Hoeberling Many of us remember the cars we dreamed about owning. Here is a story about Don Denton’s dream car, a white 1956 Continental Mark II. The Continental Mark II was sold by the Continental Division of Ford from 1956 to 1957 with 3,005 units sold. The Mark II was meticulously hand assembled and…
Janet Laminack, County Extension Agent-Horticulture Let’s talk about the most romantic of all holiday plants—mistletoe. You might have seen a mistletoe tree before, but like unicorns and the Cowboys winning another Super Bowl, it doesn’t exist. Mistletoe lives on other trees such as hackberries, oaks, elms, and pecans. It’s evergreen, so when the host tree…
Lynne Moore On Veterans Day, Support Our Troops (SOT) held its very first virtual auction. We had some wonderful items that had been generously donated by members and others from Robson and outside our gates. Thank you all for buying things that will help us this next year in shipping much needed and wanted items…
Karen Ellsworth Even though our 2020 year looked a little different from previous years, we managed to adjust, adapt, and, most of all, create! Our kilns were running full time, new members joined and learned the joy of playing in the clay. We also learned several new glazing techniques and new ways of hand building.…