Category: March 2023

How Well Do You Know Your Library Volunteers?

Joan Muyskens Pursley As you may know, our library is staffed by resident volunteers. Most work a two-hour shift every week, although there are about a dozen who cannot commit to a regular schedule, so they serve as substitutes on days the weekly volunteers have a scheduling conflict, such as a vacation or medical appointment.…

Robson Communities Earns National Recognition at NAHB Awards

Robson Resort Communities received a Gold and multiple Silver awards at the 2023 National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Best of 55+ Housing Awards that were included in The Nationals Ceremony recently in Las Vegas, NV. The NAHB’s Best of 55+ Housing awards are the industry’s only national awards honoring excellence in building and community…

An Invitation from WLN

Cindy Voliva If you are a Robson Ranch resident golfer, it’s not too late to sign up to play with the Wildhorse Lady Niners (WLN). We play Wednesday mornings, followed by lunch and/or drinks on the patio. We use a scramble and “own ball” format every other week. We want new members not to be…

Meet ‘n’ Greet Tea Event for Robson Ranch Widows

Debbie Calevich The Widows Ministry of Women Sharing Hope hosted a Meet ‘n’ Greet Tea on Feb. 18 in the home of Jan Thomas. Guests enjoyed salmon/cucumber, ham and cheese, and egg and cress sandwiches and mini cheesecake squares, chocolate bites, scones, and shortbread cookies while visiting with old friends and making new ones. Following…

New Library Board Members

Joan Muyskens Pursley In February, Mitch Mitchell and Lorraine Wilson joined the Robson Ranch Library Board of Directors. Both are regular library volunteers. Mitch currently works the Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m. shift, and Lorraine works two shifts: Thursday, 5 to 7 p.m., and Friday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mitch grew up in Oklahoma…

With a Little Help from Friends … and Relatives

Sandi Price Last week our Material Girls group received a wonderful surprise. My daughter-in-law Kim Price gave us two large bags of baby items for our Bundles for Babies donations, to be given to Sheppard Air Force Base expectant mothers. These young mothers, far from home with little money to spend, are always delighted with…

Rollin Ranchers Tour the McLaren Performance Car Headquarters

Recently, Randy Nowell, VP of Operations at McLaren and a Robson Ranch resident, invited his fellow club members for a tour of his sparkling clean headquarters. McLaren, a British Luxury Performance carmaker, moved their headquarters for storage, staff training, and service from Manhattan to Coppell, Texas. McLaren builds approximately 1,500 cars per year for customers…

Garden Club Discusses North Texas Gardening

Erminja Maganja, Publicity Chair For its February meeting, the Garden Club hosted Ed Tavender, nursery manager at the family-owned Fossil Creek Tree Farm & Nursery in Fort Worth, to discuss gardening in North Texas. Ed has worked with owners Terra and Josh Richards since they opened the business in 2011. Ed’s style was friendly and…