Category: January 2024

Wrapping Up 2023 with ‘A Splash of Color’

Sandy Hestes In a captivating session, artist Judy Riffel guided Robson residents through an impactful lesson on watercolor techniques, brush usage, color theory, and achieving the best consistency of paint and water. The workshop, sponsored by the Paint & Palette Club, was the final “Third Monday Art Experience” for 2023. A particularly engaging aspect of…

Your Vote Really Counts!

Tim McCormick You are very important. We as a group are incredibly important! Yes, we live in a great country and, yes, we have a government that gives us the opportunity to vote to choose our representatives and leaders. But we really make an impact when so many of us get out and vote consistently,…

Voices United 2024 First Monthly Meeting and 2023 Year-in-Review

Tiffany Ramzy Voices United is a non-partisan women’s group who share progressive values, perform community outreach, provide civic awareness and social contact for members, and have a good time. Each month on the first Saturday there is a monthly general meeting/luncheon (often with a guest speaker in attendance). There are also regular monthly scheduled independent…

Robson Ranch Gun Club

Judy Ondina Members of the Robson Ranch Gun Club had heard that the Texas Civil War Museum located in Fort Worth would be closing at the end of the year. Therefore, a trip to see it one more time was planned. Over 40 members and guests gathered in early December to visit the museum one…

Drama Club 2023 Recap

Mary Ornberg The Robson Ranch Drama Club ended their year with an outing to Denton Community Theater on Dec. 13. A pre-show gathering was attended at Kathy and Don Jacobs’ house where appetizers and beverages were consumed. Our recap of 2023 includes group outings to Denton Community Theater where we saw the live performance of…

Relishing Pickleball: Pickleball Comes to U.S. Universities

David Zapatka Pickleball continues to grow in popularity around the country. It’s now making its way into U.S. universities. The leading example of this is my friend, Jarrod Smith, coach of Drury University’s men’s and women’s tennis teams, and in 2024, coach of Drury’s co-ed pickleball team in Springfield, Mo. In August, Drury announced the…

Motorcycle Club: New Year, More Cheer!

Stan Brein Hi Stan, On behalf of Denton ISD I would like to thank you and the Robson Ranch Motorcycle Club for your generous donations of gift cards. Our most vulnerable students and families will certainly benefit from your kindness. I hope you and the members of Robson Ranch Motorcycle Club and their families have…