David Zapatka The Australian Open Tennis Championships, known as the “Happy Slam,” made history this year when it hosted the Australian Open Pickleball Championships in tandem with their famous tennis tournament on finals weekend, January 24-26. Tennis court #3 was transformed into center court for the pickleball championships. $100,000 in prize money was offered. The…
Joan Muyskens Pursley Meet Robson Ranch author Braxton “Brick” Eisel at our library’s third Authors’ Forum on Thursday, March 27, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Brick is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel. During his long career, he commanded ICBM test sites, flew E-3 AWAC operations, and worked as an official historian.…
Robson Ranch welcomes the following new homeowners to the Ranch: Simin Barzin, Carrol and Cynthia Blackwell, Brad and Penny Denney, Frank and Katherine Felcman, Gary and Judith Fish, Ronald and Tamara Golden, Robert and Sharon Green, John and Patricia Grutta, Greg and Debbie Kemp, Scottie Lasater and Carolyn Galvan, Reynaldo and Julee Loera, Karen McNeill,…
Peggy Puckett So, Lea Ann, tell me, how do you practice for a hole-in-one? I know you must, since you’ve gotten six of them in the last seven years! “Well, I don’t. I just step up on the tee box and use the driver, regardless of the distance. Generally, the distance on the par 3s…
Steve Garvin The Robson Tech Club February general session meeting was held on Feb. 10 in Room 104 of the CATC and started at 7 p.m. Vice President Steve Garvin and Mike Weaver presented on “The Apple Ecosystem,” Several Robson residents were in attendance for this interactive session. Major agenda topics included comparing Windows and…
Lorraine Wilson The Bocce Club held its annual meeting on Jan. 30, with coffee and pastries provided for attendees. Members reviewed and voted on the slate of officers, which included four incumbents seeking re-election. Rick Bidne was nominated for secretary, Marion Napurano for treasurer, and Steve Hecker and John Napurano for members-at-large. Two new members-at-large,…