Category: June 2015

The Happy Potters have been busy this spring

Animal pottery display

Jennifer Hill and Peggy Villagomez The Happy Potters having been busy this spring and enjoying classes taught by advanced potters in the club. An extruder class and a dipping class were held and taught by JoAnn Hanes and Gary Triebsch. The extruder technique enables the potter to create different shapes and sizes of objects. The…

Emeritus College – Where Learning is for Life: Save the date for the fall open house

The Emeritus College fall open house will be Tuesday, August 11, 2015 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. Join us in the Robson Ranch Ballroom to see the fall lineup of classes! Register early to get the classes of your choice! For further information on becoming a member and enrolling in classes: Website: call.unt.edu/emerituscollege Email: [email protected] Phone: 940-369-7293…

Fidelity SOT Charity Golf Tournament shatters records

Military guests and dependents at honor dinner

Sam Goodrich Last month’s Fidelity Support Our Troops charity golf tournament shattered all kinds of records. The tournament had its largest field ever (140); the most active duty or reserve military participants ever (41) and raised a record $18,000 for the SOT charity. As an added bonus, the local CBS TV news affiliate, Channel 11,…

Catholic Club holds last meeting before summer

Left to right: Kathy Sapp, co-president; Mary Goodpaster and John Goodpaster, presidents for the following year; Irene Manning, secretary and Dorothy Hogan, co-president

Robson Ranch Catholic Club met on May 12 for their last meeting before summer. There was a very short meeting followed by a potluck dinner. New officers were announced after nominations from the floor were taken. The presidency for the new year will be shared by Kathy Sapp and Dorothy Hogan. Irene Manning had agreed…

State Parties

Minnesota Maureen Lehrer Minnesota natives and friends gathered at the home of Ron and Maureen Lehrer Monday, May 11, to celebrate the 157th anniversary of the statehood of Minnesota. Minnesota was founded in 1858 and became the 32nd state of the union. Manly and Judy Osborn served as co-hosts. Refreshments were provided by the 27…

Robson Ranch Softball Association prepares for summer

Rebecca Cole May has been another busy month for the RRSA Board with another rainy month—not only a wet field but keeping the temporary road accessible to and from the field, getting bids for the scorer’s booth, planning a summer league and the end of the spring season festivities. After approval of the scorer’s booth…

Outstanding April Photography Club winners

Terlingua Sunset by Randy Hatcher

Shirley Waterhouse April brought not only high caliber photo entries, but also a new category for entrees as well. For the first time prints on foam board were open for submission. The winner of this new category was Jan Goodwin for her submission Nature Camp. When asked to tell a bit about her submission she…

Sassy Stampers news

Father’s Day card

The Robson Ranch Sassy Stampers meet formally on the third Saturday of each month and informally at specific times during the month. Come discover what stamping is all about and create a greeting card for someone special. You will find that our members have a passion for mentoring new stampers and teaching them techniques and…

Music Club selects new director

New choir director, Dr. Arturo Ortega

Jennifer Rahn The Robson Ranch Music Club is proud to announce the selection of its new choir director. Dr. Arturo Ortega assumes this position beginning June 1, 2015. Dr. Ortega is an adjunct professor at UNT. He is responsible for the acquisition and processing of the university’s music library. In this capacity Dr. Ortega provides…