Category: January 2021

Friends of the Library: Planning for 2021

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…

The Coolest COVID Mask

Left to right: Donna Gardner, Gayle Coe, Rebecca Bafford, Dee Sico, and Ruby Wilson

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…

Wildhorse Lady Niners Partner with Denton Hearts for Homes for Holiday Charity Project

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…

Car Club Spotlight on a Dream Car

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…

“Oh No, the Mistletoe!”

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…

Virtual Auction Was a Success for SOT

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…

News From the Happy Potters of Robson Ranch!

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.…