R.O.S.E., Resources/Outreach to Safeguard the Elderly It’s tax season! That means it’s also time for tax return fraud. This type of fraud is a pervasive issue that can wreak havoc on your finances and leave you dealing with the fallout for months or even years. Did you know that the IRS flagged over $5 billion…
April 2024, Sports
Play Your Best Pool: Investing in Your Billiard Game
Johnny Henson, Professor Pool If you consider your billiard game as an investment, it is essential to ensure that you are getting a good return on your investment. As you invest a considerable amount of time, effort, and money into playing billiards, it is always advisable to invest in professional billiard instruction to improve your…
April 2024, Features
Word of the Month: Trochus
David Zapatka While cruising around Australia on the way to Thursday Island, I read this description about the port city. “The mixed population of Malays, Chinese, Japanese, and Melanesians are engaged mainly in pearling and trochus and sea cucumber fishing.” Trochus—tro·chus noun: 1.a. Capitalized. a genus of chiefly Old World tropical marine gastropods (family Trochidae)…
April 2024, Sports
Bling It On!
Pam Mumy There was plenty of bling to be found on the golf course for the most recent Robson Ranch Ladies Golf League tournament! The Past Presidents Party, planned and organized by previous leaders of the league, brought out the fun, creative, and just plain silly side of the lady golfers. With team names like…
March 2024, Front Page
SSUSA Tournament of Champions Winners
RRSC (Robson Ranch Softball Club) When being a world champion is just not enough, you become a champion of world champions, and that’s just what the Road Warriors did in January. The Road Warriors softball team, which includes six Robson Ranch residents (Jim Innocenti, Clark Fletcher, Patrick Kohls, Fred Goossens, Will Habing, and our newest…
March 2024, Front Page
Robson Ranch Spring Arts & Crafts Sale
Mark your calendar! The Spring Arts & Crafts Sale is Saturday, March 16. Join us in the Robson Ranch Hermosa Ballroom from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be an array of gifts, home décor items, cards, jewelry, woodworking, fabric, glass, gourds, pottery, baked goods, and more made by local residents with unique talents.…
March 2024, Generals
2024 Mah Jongg Fun Day Brings Smiles to Resident Players
Teresa Downs This year’s Mah Jongg Fun Day was held on Jan. 15 in the Cheyenne/Laredo Room. It was an epic day of games, friendship, laughter, great food, fun player gifts, great door prizes, and more for 52 players. The top scorer this year was Mary Beth Krasovetz Fisher. For many of us here at the Ranch, our…
March 2024, Features
‘Big Guns’ a Blast!
Deborah Dorman More than 600 residents attended four performances of “The Big Guns or Whose Lily Is She?” at the Hermosa Ballroom, from Feb. 2 through 5, produced by Theater at the Ranch. Designed as a radio broadcast in a 1950s studio, the show involved 11 cast members, three sound effects people, and a five-piece…
March 2024, Generals
Try-a-Tri 2024 Recap! What a Super Event!
Lois Moncel, Director of Fitness & Wellness Thank you to all of you who participated in the first Robson Ranch Try-a-Tri 2024 triathlon event on Jan. 13. We originally hoped for 30 participants; however, the total count of athletes was 83! This far exceeded our expectations! Our hope as a committee was to get all different fitness levels…