Category: December 2021

News from Pilot Knob Rotary Club

Karen McDaniels October marked the one-year anniversary of Pilot Knob Rotary Club at Robson Ranch. We began as a satellite club of the Cross Timbers Rotary Club in Flower Mound, and on Oct. 29, we chartered as an official club of Rotary International. Our members are people with a desire to serve the greater Denton…

Christmas at the Ranch

Frances Hackley, Publicity Chair The Robson Ranch Music Club had an amazingly heartfelt, uplifting patriotic tribute to our veterans during our annual Veterans Day Concert. The splendid turnout of an appreciative audience made the event both glorious and humbling. One of our new choir members, Michele Boscoe, had a lovely solo in “Oh, America!”—just another…

Christmas Time Is Here

JoAnn Gantos The Sassy Stampers met Saturday, Nov. 20. This is our last meeting for 2021. New officers were voted and approved by the club attendees. Our new officers for 2022 are as follows: Lisa Olson, president; Sondra Hall, vice president; Shirley Monge, secretary; and Denise Switzer, treasurer. These lovely ladies will lead our club…

Pastor’s Corner

Jim Mann “I said, ‘O LORD, have mercy on me; heal me, for I have sinned against you.’” (Psalm 41:4) This time of year is a reflective time. Christmas reminds us of pleasant childhood memories, and we grow nostalgic. The impending new year reminds us that we’ve traveled around the sun one more time and…

So Much Talent in the Wood Shop!

Joni Mattiessen Greetings from the Robson Ranch Wood Shop where there is always something amazing going on! This particular day, our faithful Thursday morning monitor, Bob Wilking, is pondering what needs to be done to repair a damaged chair. We do a lot of repair work in the shop. If you have a piece that…

Word of the Month: Irenic

  David Zapatka Friend, fellow bridge enthusiast, and reader Maria Davis wrote, “I came across this word today as I was flying to Miami. I rarely get five hours of uninterrupted reading time! I was reading Essays on Ethics by Jonathan Sachs, so he used the British spelling “eirenic,” which is closer to the original Greek…

Fellowship at the Ranch

Ed Jones, Pastor, Fellowship at the Ranch Church By the time you read this, the Christmas season will be in full swing! Houses are decorated with festive lights, shoppers galore are looking for that special gift, and Christmas music is playing wherever you go. With all of the hustle and bustle that comes with Christmas,…

Santa’s Workshop

Jackie Killingsworth Santa’s Workshop opened a satellite operation at Robson Ranch. Yes, this year, Chief Elf John Romeo can be seen in this legendary workshop where he and his elves are busily making the yard art to be displayed in the Ponderosa section of the Ranch. The exact “location” of Santa’s workshop can be found…

RR International Club News

As luck would have it, the club’s November gathering, which was to have been in one of our members’ homes, had to be canceled at the last minute due to COVID-19 exposure by our hosts. We wished them well! We did not let that deter us from gathering and having a great time. On short…

Bringing ‘Denton Together’ at Democratic Club

Vicki Baker Elections are coming up again in 2022 with many of Texas’ top statewide offices up for grabs. Democrats are setting their sights once again on Texas in these midterm elections, as the state consistently finds itself in the thick of national news. They’re retooling their messaging and fielding candidates in state legislative and…