Frances Hackley, Publicity Chair The Robson Ranch Music Club ended the year with the New Year’s Eve Dinner/Dance. The evening was a perfect ending to the year, celebrating with neighbors and friends. The grill served a great meal, then patrons danced their happy little feet right into the new year. DJ Michael O’Brien, along with…
Cynthia Drury Every Friday morning at 9:30 a.m., the Robson Ranch clubhouse comes alive as more than 20 women from Fellowship At The Ranch Church meet in the Patriot Room for their weekly Bible Study. They are doing an in-depth study of the Gospel according to John, led by Kathy Jeffrey. The interactive study includes…
Tiffany Ramzy “We’re not promised tomorrow. We’ll never know when we’ll run out of time. I won’t take you for granted. In the blink of an eye, just a whisper of smoke, you could lose everything. The truth is you never know.” This Meghan Trainor song (featuring John Legend) was played repeatedly in the background…
Jeff Hunt Recreational wargames can cover a wide variety of subjects, from prehistoric to modern. Land, air, and sea. My passion is the Age of Sail or Napoleonic time from 1785 to 1815. This was the height of technology for sailing warships. Ships of the Line in large fleets ruled over all the oceans and seas.…
David Zapatka The Tour de France is one of the greatest sporting spectacles of the year. I love watching the drama and triumph. While watching the broadcast, I heard a commentator describe the upcoming chicane in the course and knew immediately, “chicane” would be my next word of the month.Chicane verb chi·caneshi-ˈkān , chi- 1. to use chicanery…
Dave Parker The Sigma Chi Brothers filled a table at the Wildhorse Grill on a windy, cool day for their January meeting. After the holidays, the group was eager to get together for a good lunch and to share some brotherhood. Brother Mick Fox, the Chapter Chaplin, began the meeting with a prayer. Topics of new…
Vicki Baker Holidays are hectic, and sitting down for tea might seem like the last thing we needed. Afternoon tea, with all of its refined traditions—the dainty finger sandwiches and almost-too-pretty-to-eat confections—was designed to serve as a respite from the fray. Girls on Wheels (Vicki Baker, Lois Reinhart, Susan Hebert, Shirley Monge, Cassie Richardson, Karen…
Jim Mann Now hurry back to my father and say to him, “This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don’t delay. You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all…
Susan Parker On Jan. 11 the Bocce Club held its first annual general meeting. The agenda included election of officers, Treasurer Report, and realignment of teams. The new officers are: President Frank Cianci, 1st Vice President John Humphries, 2nd Vice President Mike McKinney, Secretary Kathleen Dial, Treasurer Dorothy Andrews, At Large Carole DiQuollo, At Large…
Deb Nortunen The hosts for the January gathering of the Rock and Roll Martini Group were Barry and Susan Joyce. Barry and Susan chose the iconic Neil Diamond as the featured artist for the evening. Neil Diamond was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, and has sold more than 100…