Give cancer the boot! The 4th Annual All Cancer Walk and Raffle will be on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 9 a.m. at the clubhouse Veterans Circle. Registration is $30. Pre-register at the clubhouse on Sept. 22, 24, or 29 or Oct. 1 from 9 to 11 a.m. Raffle tickets are $5 each or 5 for…
Category: September 2025
September 2025, Sports
Flexibility Key as Bocce Club Opens Fall Season Without New Courts
Lorraine Wilson The Summer Bocce Season wrapped up in style on July 28 with an exciting playoff finale and a well-deserved celebration. After a season spent playing inside the clubhouse to escape the Texas heat, players gathered for the championship showdown that ended with plenty of cheers, pizza, and cold beer. The Gelatos claimed first…
September 2025, Sports
Play Your Best Pool: What Holds Players from Reaching Their Full Potential
Johnny Henson, Professor Pool Why are many of the top 100 professional players in the world ranked there year after year, while many other great players never achieve that upper level of success? It is the same reason why most of the top amateur league and tournament players are ranked at the top year after…
Sports, September 2025
Relishing Pickleball: The ESPY Awards Recognize Pickleball!
David Zapatka The ESPY Awards, or Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards, are an annual American awards show produced by ESPN that recognizes individual and team athletic achievements and other sports-related performances. The awards are presented for achievements during the calendar year preceding the ceremony. Has pickleball ever been recognized in the ESPY Awards ceremony?…
September 2025, Sports
Corn to Be Wild
Ralph Berry When the Broadway Musical Shucked came to Bass Hall in Fort Worth at the beginning of August, the crowds turned out to hear a show full of silly puns, double entendre, creative musical numbers, and lots and lots of mentions of corn. For members of the Robson Ranch Texas Toss team called Corn…
September 2025, Features
Word of the Month: Corrival
David Zapatka Longtime friend, wordsmith, and fellow verbivore Bill Lewis recently sent me a summary of the Missouri State Games table tennis results where he presides as the grand master tournament director. He writes, “In a Johnny Quest race for first place in the Under 2100 division, there were 12 hardy corrivals.” Corrival—cor·ri·val noun 1:…
September 2025, Clubs & Classes
Denton County Party Chair Addresses Robson Democrats
Jane Scholz “The Denton County Democratic Party is fired up and ready for 2026,” County Party Chair Delia Parker-Mims told members of the Robson Democratic Club at their August meeting. Mims is visiting all Democratic clubs and organizations in the county this month, rallying members in preparation for the 2026 elections. The stop in Robson…
September 2025, Clubs & Classes
Living Retired: Cash Me If You Can
Gary Chalk My Monday morning routine is to publish my latest Living Retired column. My wife Jan’s routine is to ask, “Gary, how on earth do you come up with such gobbledygook?” I explain that frequently the stories fall in my lap, or more recently, in my wallet; but actually, it didn’t fall in my…
September 2025, Clubs & Classes
Robson Ranch Republican Club Review of Bills
David Blassingame Here are the bills scheduled to take effect on Sept. 1: Senate Bill 10 requires public schools in Texas to display the Ten Commandments in each classroom. Senate Bill 11 allows schools to implement a daily period of voluntary prayer, but students can only participate if they have a signed permission slip. House…
September 2025, Clubs & Classes
Conservative Women of Action to Host Fall Luncheon with RNC’s Debbie Georgatos
Mark your calendars for the Conservative Women of Action Fall Luncheon, featuring special guest Debbie Georgatos, on Monday, Sept. 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Robson Ranch clubhouse. Ticket sales are at the RR clubhouse from 9 to 11 a.m. on Sept. 8, 10, 15, and 17 or drop a check (made…