Category: November 2018

Where did those RRWGA pink flags come from?

When you see the RRWGA Pink Flags flying on the Robson Ranch Golf greens, you can be rest assured the Robson Ranch Women’s Golf Association are playing in a tournament competition. Victoria Pettigrew decided a couple years ago that since the RRMGA had a logo, she was going to develop one for the Robson Ranch…

An afternoon delight

Bernadett Fideli A sweat-laden workout at the fitness center, an intense round of golf, an exhausting game of tennis or pickleball, such is a typical morning routine for many Robson residents. What can be more relaxing than an afternoon delight of wine tasting? Charlene Cottingham and Linda Sorg invited the Wine Stewards to experience Robson’s…

Don’t miss the annual Turkey Trot

Autumn brings cooler temperatures, fall colors on trees (followed by the need to rake leaves), pumpkins and turkey trots? Well, yes. This year the Living Well Committee will hold the fourth annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. That’s coming up soon on November 22. It’s truly an event for the whole family because it’s a…

Women’s Club luncheon

With oranges of every shade, and other fall colors, the October 1 Women’s Club Lunch was a happy fall gathering. Guests shared the tables with skulls, pumpkins, ghosts, witches and other un-worldly images. The business meeting was opened by President Mary Ornberg. President-Elect Joyce Frey interviewed new and first-time attendees while they shared where they…

The final piece of the puzzle

Ed Jones My wife and I are fond of doing jigsaw puzzles. There’s a certain feeling of accomplishment, a sort of instant gratification when one of us finds a long-sought-after piece. There is also an anticlimactic let down of sorts when we complete a puzzle. We smile, sometimes sigh and then carefully dismember the puzzle…

Little Free Library for the Girl Scouts

Ellen Leuschner, a fifth-grader in Argyle recently wrote an email to the RR Wood Workers with a request for help building a Little Free Library. She explained that Little Free Libraries were outside structures installed around the city where people could donate and borrow books. She informed us that her Argyle troop wanted to contribute…

Game Gang at D’Bone’s

Nancy Toppan Autumn is here and it’s time to enjoy fall foods. Zesty pasta casseroles, tangy meatballs, fresh green salad and hot garlic bread were served at Vickie and Jere Bone’s Game Gang night. Our favorite wines were enjoyed throughout the evening. Dessert was a delectable key lime pie. The Gang Game played a jovial…

“We did our best today…”

Bill Wright and Dianne Edmondson Marine Iwo Jima survivor Don Graves was the inspiring speaker to nearly 400 Robson Ranch residents at the October 8 meeting of Support Our Troops. Don, who joined the Marines at 17 in 1942, began sharing his Iwo Jima experiences about nine years ago at the age of 84, encouraged…