Nicole McCracken, Administrative Assistant Dear Robson Ranch homeowners, We would like to introduce you to our new Friendly Reminder updates that you will receive periodically from the HOA office. These will be topics we often receive requests to remind fellow homeowners of. If you think of a topic that would be beneficial for us to add,…
Category: January 2021
Clubs & Classes, January 2021
Papercrafters Elects New Board of Directors
Jaine Toth The 2021 Board of Directors for the Robson Papercrafting Club were elected at their annual meeting on Dec. 3: President Pat Serveiss; Vice President Debra Fosnight; Treasurer Michelle Skinner; Historian Jaine Toth; and Project Coordinator Georgia Brosnihan. The club began officially in 2012, growing out of a handful of women who used to meet…
Clubs & Classes, January 2021
Papercrafters Stay Busy
Jaine Toth The Robson Papercrafting Club has stayed busy even through the pandemic. In addition to their own cards and scrapbook projects, they worked at the Creative Arts Center (masked and socially distanced) and at home to complete 350 Christmas cards which were then distributed to Copper Sky Assisted Living Center which has 20 residents,…
Clubs & Classes, January 2021
Desert Woodcrafters Create Reindeer
Kathy Saltus There is more to the Robson Ranch Desert Woodcrafters than cutting boards and bottle stoppers! Last year around Christmas, Ken Hansen had a pattern for Santa’s Reindeer. Just a few appeared at the shop. This year word got around and there was an explosion of popularity! There were nearly ten members that worked…
Features, January 2021
Word of the Month: Jeremiad
David Zapatka Dear friend and Wisdom Seeker moderator, Ellen Engel, suggested the word jeremiad for this month’s WOTM. Jeremiad: noun jer·e·mi·ad | ˌjer-ə-ˈmī-əd, -ˌad 1. a prolonged lamentation or complaint 2. a cautionary or angry harangue. 3. a long, literary work, usually in prose, sometimes in verse, where the author bitterly laments the state of society and its…
Features, January 2021
Welcome New Employee: Azucena Alvarado
Azucena Alvarado Hello! My name is Azucena Alvarado. Azucena is Spanish for lily! I am a new resident here in the Eloy/Casa Grande area. I was previously living in Payson, Ariz., where I grew up. My husband works for Robson Landscape and I am excited to join the Robson Ranch team. Previously, I have worked…
Clubs & Classes, January 2021
All She Wants to Do Is Dance
Linda Gayer If nothing else, COVID has made us think outside of the box. First, the Sports Club is closed, so this summer line dancing moved to Posse Drive two evenings a week. Next, the ballroom opened for exercise classes and line dancing because you could socially distance yourself in the larger room, so line dancing…
Clubs & Classes, January 2021
Fine Arts Guild Progressive Art Show and Sale was a Tremendous Success
Nancy Friedman, Co-Educational Director On the sunny Nov. 21, the annual Art Show and Sale was held despite all the indoor Robson Ranch facilities being closed to the public. The Fine Arts Guild’s board voted to use the progressive dinner concept while following the HOA and CDC guidelines to hold their annual show and sale.…
Generals, January 2021
Do You Have Aches and Pains That You Can’t Get Rid Of?
Lois Moncel, Certified Personal Trainer and Director of Fitness & Wellness Are you familiar with Self-Myofascial Release? Self-Myofascial Release (SMR) is a technique that will improve flexibility, muscle recovery, the way your body moves and can also reduce your aches and pains. According to the Mayo Clinic, SMR focuses on pain believed to arise from myofascial tissues—the…
Sports, January 2021
Relishing Pickleball: 12 Common Mistakes and How to Fix Them (Mistakes 1 and 2)
David Zapatka While playing at the IronOaks courts in Sun Lakes for the first time last month, I ran into a group of very excited, highly motivated, new pickleball players. We played a couple games together and when we departed, this question was posed to me, “What should we do to improve and become 3.5 players?”…