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…
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…
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…
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…
McKinney Street is a busy east-west, four-lane thoroughfare just north of downtown Denton. It provides access to Denton’s City Hall and Civic Center and the County Courthouse and the Tax Office. Driving east on McKinney Street, it narrows to two lanes and passes mixed neighborhoods and small industrial sites. In a few miles, it leaves…
Dave Parker The house band (host) for the October meeting of the Rock and Roll Martini Group was Susan Hebert. Susan picked Aretha Franklin as the featured artist of the party. Aretha was labeled as the number one artist of all times by the Rolling Stone Magazine. Susan passed out an 18-question quiz on Aretha…