Jane Scholz The board of Robson Friends of the Library (FOL) expects to spend more than $1,500 by the end of the year to build the Robson Library collection and support its volunteers. FOL membership dues and donations will support a Library Appreciation Lunch at the Wildhorse Grill in November. The board of the 501(c)(3)…
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Generals, November 2022
Five Exciting Books Picked for Robson FOL Discussions in 2023
Jane Scholz Robson readers will have five exciting books to read and discuss in the Friends of the Library (FOL) book discussion series in 2023. The five-member Book Discussion Committee, Robson residents Mike Hall, Lewis Toland, Lynne Moore, Cindy Voliva, and La Donna Womochel, have recommended and the FOL Board has approved the following books:…
Generals, September 2022
Friends of the Library Book Discussions: Requesting Your Input
Dianna Lucas Friends of the Library (FOL) book discussions are quite popular among Robson residents. They are much more than book reviews where you merely get an overview of the book itself. Over the past several years, many have enjoyed what one reviewer “found to be more like attending an interesting college professor class lecture—with…
Generals, August 2022
Friends of the Library: Exploring Texas History
Dianna Lucas and Jane Scholz Membership of Friends of the Library (FOL) met for their fifth annual meeting on July 14. Marsha Scholze presided as the final act of her year as chair. Members were afforded the chance to win raffle prizes throughout the meeting. The prizes consisted of gift certificates to Barnes & Noble,…
Generals, July 2022
Friends of the Library: We’ve Done So Much; There’s More to Do!
Dianna Lucas As members of Friends of the Library (FOL), you can all give each other a hearty pat on the back for a year filled with many accomplishments. Under the leadership of our 2021-22 board, headed by Marsha Scholze, we have done so much. We started the year with a plan for new shelving…
Features, June 2022
How to Know What Is in Our Library
Joan Muyskens Pursley Want to know if our library has biographies on past presidents, film stars, or sports figures? How about if we have any books by your favorite author? Any puzzles featuring birds? The Field of Dreams movie? Now you can check for those and more on your home computer or, if you are in…
Generals, May 2022
Friends of the Library
May Book Discussion—’The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson’ Dianna Lucas All Robson residents are invited to attend the next FOL book discussion on Thursday, May 19, at 2:30 p.m. We will meet in the Robson Library to discuss Mark Twain’s The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson. We hope the library will provide a comfortable setting for the…
Generals, April 2022
Library Patrons’ Reading Preferences
Joan Muyskens Pursley In last month’s Pioneer Press, the Library Board asked residents to take a short “What Do You Like to Read?” survey. The first 100 surveys have been tallied, and the results are below. However, we need at least another 100 of you to participate in this survey to have a more accurate…
Features, December 2021
Kudos to Our New Library Volunteers
Joan Muyskens Pursley One of the nice things about living at Robson Ranch is that when you need help, someone always steps up. Such was the case when we needed additional volunteers to staff our library. About a dozen residents promptly offered their services. Here, we introduce you to five of them: Linda Bono, Debbie…
Generals, August 2021
Friends of the Library
Friends of the Library Annual Meeting and August Book Discussion on Jane Austen’s Emma Dianna Lucas Thank you to everyone who attended the annual meeting of Friends of the Library (FOL) in July. We had an impressive turnout. FOL would like to introduce the newly elected slate of officers. They are as follows: Chair Marsha…