Category: October 2020

Pickleball Club Player Profile: Bob and Irene Romagosa

Irene and Bob Romagosa

Dave Parker This month, the Robson Ranch Pickleball Club would like to profile a couple that are some of the country’s best pickleball ambassadors. Bob and Irene Romagosa are A-level players that travel the United States playing in pickleball tournaments. Not only are they great pickleball ambassadors, they are some of the country’s best referees…

Relishing Pickleball

David Zapatka When your opponent hits the ball high in the air, above your shoulders, think overhead smash! The smash is one of the most fun shots in all of pickleball. It ends rallies with an exclamation point. Execute this fun, rally-ending shot using these seven steps: 1. Use many small steps to position your…

Generations of Food Giving by the After Schoolers

Lavelle Carlson The Robson Ranch After Schoolers are blessed to have multi-generational volunteering to help others in need. The After Schoolers have been able to provide baskets of food, books, stockings, scarves, and stuffed toys to the low-income children and families of Borman Elementary. Last year, the After Schoolers donated and packed (with the help of…

The Power of the Purse

Jesse Davis, Denton City Councilmember, District 3 Denton is what we call a full-service city. That means that as taxpayers we support a police department, a fire department, street maintenance, parks, and all the other things we expect from our city government. But in addition, as utility ratepayers, we own and operate our own electric…

Supporting Our Troops!

To date, Virgene Forest has made 200 cards.

Karen Ellsworth Virgene Forest is at it again! At nearly 90 years of age, she is making cards to send to troops stationed in the Middle East. She read an article about sending items through the Any Soldier Program. The group that started doing the cards sent over 7,000 last year! The cards are all…

2nd Annual Ride to End Polio Set for October 24

David Everly District Polio Plus chair Jon Bullock and team are hard at work preparing for the October Ride to End Polio. More details will follow next month, but here are the basics to help you start planning how you will participate. Ride Location: If the COVID-19 situation improves, there will be three live locations: Grapevine,…

Sassy Stampers Christmas Project for SOT

JoAnn Gantos The Sassy Stampers Club is an avid supporter of the Support Our Troops (SOT) club by providing greeting cards throughout the year that are sent to troops related to Robson Ranch residents. In the past few years, we have been providing Christmas cards for SOT. This year Debbie Thomas led the project. Back…

Patriot PAWS Featured at Women’s Club Luncheon

Sharon Foy In the holiday month of Thanksgiving, we have a very special luncheon planned for you. We are so excited to have representatives from the wonderful non-profit organization Patriot PAWS with us! The mission of Patriot PAWS is to train and provide service dogs of the highest quality at no cost to disabled American veterans…