Two hundred forty years ago on April 19, the Minutemen began our nine year fight for freedom at Concord, Lexington and the siege of Boston. The second Revolutionary War lasted from June 18, 1812 until December 24, 1814. From April 1846, to February 1848, the U.S. military fought the Mexican War. At 4:30 a.m. on…
Category: May 2015
Clubs & Classes, May 2015
RRFC Lake Fork adventure
Scott Baker The day dawned with the weather fishing people yearn for: partly cloudy with just a little wind, not too cold and definitely not hot. It was a great day for fishing. A group from the Robson Ranch Fishing Club made the two-hour drive over to Quitman, Texas to Lake Fork. This lake is…
Clubs & Classes, May 2015
Nine and Dine first golf outing of 2015
The Wildhorse Lady Niners and the Men’s Nine Hole Association welcomed 46 players on Wednesday afternoon, April 15, for a round of golf. The excitement was evident as our chairperson, Tanya Jones, and our Pro, David Thatcher, called out teams and sent us on our way for a shotgun scramble. The men loved getting to…
Clubs & Classes, May 2015
Yoga program expanding
Susan Engstrom Today, senior citizens are the largest population doing yoga to stay fit and healthy and Robson Ranch yoga is expanding its program to its residents to keep up with this trend. Yoga is a complete mind, body and spirit practice. This practice will strengthen and lengthen your body, open up your perspective as…
Clubs & Classes, May 2015
New Kiln Krafters practice techniques
Eileen Whittaker, left, recently welcomed and shared some tips with new Kiln Krafters Linda Svoboda, Lana Aberbach, Marnita Torres, Linda Vosika, Angela Walters and Jean Garvin. If you would like to become part of this club which meets Tuesday and Friday in the Wine Cup Room in the Creative Arts Center, please contact Barb Browning…
Generals, May 2015
Living Well presents “Remember When” Fall and Fire presentation
Marie Milleage The Denton Fire Department presented a funny, comedy-variety show on April 15 to residents of Robson Ranch Denton. Captain Charlie Schenck from the Denton Fire Department introduced the fall and fire prevention program with skits focusing on three prevalent areas including falls and tripping, fire prevention and maintaining medical records and medication lists.…
Clubs & Classes, May 2015
Game Gang April get together
David Parker The game night group meets once a month, and the host gets to pick the game for the evening. Melodye and Bobby Rogers were the hosts for the April meeting. They picked Bunco as the game for the evening. The host couple split the most wins and losses. Melodyle won with the most…
Sports, May 2015
60 lady golfers take over Robson Ranch
Mary Ornberg It was a muddy day when the Denton WGA came to town for their opening day. Several of the Wildhorse Lady Niners and the Robson Ranch WGA have joined this awesome group. We played an 18 hole scramble. Much like a horse race there was no way to handicap this one with all…
Generals, May 2015
Dance Club “Sock Hop”
The R.R. Ballroom was full of nostalgia for the Dance Club’s “Sock Hop” on April 10. From poodle skirts and rolled up jeans to hula hoops and soda shoppe memories, the 50s era was back again. Freddie and the Falcons brought Rock ‘n Roll to the ranch, and oh how we danced. The hula hoop…
Clubs & Classes, May 2015
The Duck Commander 501
Scott Baker Texas Motor Speedway located six miles due south of Robson Ranch is a kind of a circus for adults. The race is much more than three rings with so many activities going on all around you. All eyes are then focused on the track once the race starts, but until that time just…