Sandi Price The Material Girls Club at Robson Ranch (RR) Texas has been sewing masks … a lot of masks. To date, we have donated over 4,100 masks. Our goal is 5,000. There are 75 volunteers led by coordinator Sandi Price. Material Girls Club members make up 95% of the volunteers. The rest are Robson residents.…
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Clubs & Classes, May 2020
Memory Box
Joey Misiaszek Boyce Irwin is a name synonymous with box making. About six years ago, Boyce started a project to create the Beads of Courage boxes for the Children’s Hospital for terminally ill children. Each child would receive a different bead based on their treatment and the child would keep them in paper bags or…
Clubs & Classes, May 2020
Teapot Time
Carolyn Detjen The focus for Happy Potters articles in the Pioneer Press always has been for me to inform you with the facts of our creative busyness. However, with the shutdown caused by COVID-19, we are not scurrying around these days in our wonderful workroom. So, I thought that I would cruise down memory lane and give…
Clubs & Classes, May 2020
Robson Riders Motorcycle Club: Corona Extra Edition
Stan Brein Things motorcyclists can do while sidelined due to the social isolation: Clean your bike. Catch up on the motorcycle magazines piling up in your office. Look at that new bike you have been eying online. Stream reruns of Then Came Bronson on Philo TV. Buy all that stuff you have been coveting from RevZilla,…
Clubs & Classes, May 2020
Writers’ Guild Tip—Choose Your Book’s Main Character from Your Personal Background
Jackie Moore Have you worked as an attorney? Teacher? Police officer? Been in the military? Then you have intimate knowledge of the inner workings of these areas to make your book and the main character realistic. A person shouldn’t write about a main character who is a pilot if he/she doesn’t have personal knowledge of…
Clubs & Classes, May 2020
Robson Ranch Women’s Club: When the Going Gets Tough…
Sharon Foy …the tough get going! This best describes the Robson Ranch Women’s Club community relations committee. Nanci Odom (community relations chairperson) and 68 committee members have not let an international pandemic stop them from making a difference in our Denton community. These ladies continue to volunteer on the front lines and behind the scenes…
Clubs & Classes, May 2020
Rollin’ Ranchers Car Club
Terri Hitch Corvette owners display their beauties, which date from 1961 to 2019. We have at least 11 Corvette owners in the car club and some own more than one. In addition, four members soon will receive their brand new 2020, which is the very first mid-engine Corvette manufactured by General Motors. There are many…
Clubs & Classes, May 2020
Kiwanis Comfort Dolls
Jan Norton Kiwanis at Robson Ranch provides little hand-sewn and stuffed dolls for children in the hospital and emergency rooms. Kathy Perry named them Comfort Dolls because that’s just what they do—provide a snug-able doll to hug when the world is a scary place. Members Kathy Perry, Susan Galbraith, Chris Hagen, Christine Lovelace, and Carolyn…
Clubs & Classes, May 2020
Robson Ranch Women’s Club June Luncheon
Sharon Foy The Women’s Club June luncheon, Monday, June 1, will celebrate National Pet Appreciation Week with a special program on pet care hosted by Dr. Lynn Stucky and his wife Lori. Dr. Stucky and his wife operate a very well-known veterinary practice, Stucky Veterinary Care. Dr. Stucky’s presentation will include ideas to help us…
Clubs & Classes, May 2020
Sassy Stampers Meet Via Facebook Live
JoAnn Gantos A great big thank you goes out to Tami Fenton, our club vice president, who created a Facebook page for our Sassy Stampers Club. Not all club members are using Facebook but a good majority were willing to embrace the new technology—Facebook live—where we watched Tami demonstrate a really versatile card for us…