Alan Friedman Besides this year’s gigantic air show scheduled for March 11, 2017 at the Casa Grande RC Flyers field, the club has filled the season with activities and special events. Their events draw spectators from all over the area. Last year over 300 people attended the air show alone! This year’s air show benefits…
On a sunny Sunday in January, nine papercrafters got together and made cards to send to the Forgotten Troops Organization. The FTO puts together care packages for troops that are deployed overseas. The care packages contain things like crossword puzzles, playing cards, candy, cookies, toiletry items and greeting cards that they can use to send…
Paul Gayer The general membership meeting was held last November to elect officers for the 2017 Tennis Club year. After the election the Board met to plan and prepare for the upcoming tennis season. Intercommunity tennis socials was first on the list of things to implement this year. Starting with the community SunBird in Chandler,…
Gaile McCuaig The first cleanup of 2017 took place on January 18. We had a great turnout, 25 dedicated volunteers. They picked up 42 bags of trash along Jimmie Kerr Blvd as well as on a portion of Overfield Road adjacent to the Ranch. They also picked up 12 pounds of aluminum cans with the…
This month I’m drinking Macallan 10. This is probably one of my all-time favorite scotches and I’m so excited to bring this on for our bar! I have always kept a bottle of this at home without fail for the past seven years. And don’t let its younger age fool you; this is one of…
Barbara Engelhardt Are you looking for a way to make a difference? Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is an avenue to promote the interests of abused and neglected children in the courtroom and other settings. Three women from Robson have already found how rewarding this program can be. Jan Stryker, Cindy Johnson and Barbara Engelhardt…
On January 11 and 12 the RRMGA held its second annual Gunslinger Golf Tournament. A total of 86 golfers competed in the two-day team event, which featured four different nine hole formats. Each team consisted of two players vying for top prize in each flight. In order to even the playing field the teams were…
Terry Kumbera Two members of the RRMGA scored their very first hole in one of their golfing careers. Both aces were made on hole no. 6 of the Buttes nine. The first one occurred on Friday, January 20, by Terry Kumbera playing from the Rust tee box. The 111 yard pitching wedge flew directly at…
RRLGA hosted its second annual fun golf day inviting all Robson Ranch women golfers to join them on Tuesday, January 31, 2017. Tournament chair MaryLou Walton, Barbara Gayer, Susan Worner and Pam Mumy got this fun day organized. We had a total of 59 players: 35 members and 24 non-members. The format was a four…
Flo Van Volkom While it takes nine months to have a baby, it took five months of rigorous planning to give birth to the Robson Pickleball League, which encompasses five of the local Robson communities including Robson Ranch, SaddleBrooke Ranch, PebbleCreek, Sun Lakes and SaddleBrooke. Representatives of each community met every month over the summer…