R.O.S.E., Resources/Outreach to Safeguard the Elderly Scammers are always looking for new ways to separate people from their money, and one of their favorite tricks is pushing victims toward alternative payment methods. These methods—wire transfers, peer-to-peer (P2P) apps like Zelle, Venmo, or Cash App, prepaid gift cards, and even cryptocurrency—make it much easier for fraudsters…
Clubs & Classes, October 2025
Ropin’ In Yer Relatives Genealogy Club Season Kickoff!
Pat Sand We’re back for another exciting year of family history discoveries! Join us for our first meeting of the 2025–26 season on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 6 p.m. in the Fireside Room. Our kickoff speaker is Duane Roen with his inspiring presentation,“Weaving Cultural History Into Your Family History.” Discover how to bring your ancestors’…
October 2025, Clubs & Classes
Who’s in Your Family Tree? Free Genealogy Seminar
Pat Sand A free genealogy seminar hosted by the Ropin’ In Yer Relatives Genealogy Group will be held Saturday, Oct. 25, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Cheyenne/Laredo Room. Have you ever wondered where your ancestors came from … or who you might be related to? Do you have a last name like Smith,…
Clubs & Classes, October 2025
October in the Desert: Where Your Cigar Melts Before You Do
The Robson Ranch Cigar Meetup is slightly toasted, mildly hydrated, always smoking. Listen up, ghouls and gentle-smokers: July gave us fireworks and grilled meat. August tried to bake us into people-jerky. Now it’s October, the month when skeletons come out of closets, pumpkins get weaponized, and we all pretend misters are a fog machine from…
Clubs & Classes, October 2025
Material Girls (and Guy) Donate School Supplies for Toltec Elementary School
Jennifer Coppolo The Robson Ranch Material Girls (and Guy) Block of the Month committee members Becky Duggins, Kristen Duggins, Robin Lauser, and Kay Wynsma hosted a back-to-school themed “Sewcial” at the Creative Arts Center Quilt Studio in September, featuring an elevated school lunch potluck. The event brought together a vibrant mix of seasoned quilters and…
Clubs & Classes, October 2025
Fused Glass Pocket Vases
Doris Betuel There is something fun happening in the Fused Glass Club! Glass vases are made by melting pieces of glass around “pockets” of glass. First, take two pieces of glass. Decorate your glass. Decide how big a pocket you want between your two pieces of glass. Then, place thick pieces of fiber paper between…
October 2025, Religion
Love-Thinking
Pastor Ash Dotson I invite you to join us … Oasis UMC Sundays at 9:30 a.m. in the Laredo Room. In John 7:36 what do you think Jesus means by saying, “You will search for me and you will not find me” and “Where I am, you cannot come”? I hit my late teens and…
October 2025, Religion
Why You Need Church!
Pastor Larry Sundin Back in 2005, after returning from Canada where I had pastored for over eight years, I was invited to attend an Oregon State Football game. We had seats near the 40-yard line, about 10 rows up from the field. As great as those seats were, the thing that really hit me was…
October 2025, Features
“Little Shop of Horrors” Auditions Coming Soon!
Deborah Dorman The sci-fi musical comedy “Little Shop of Horrors” by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, will be produced by Theater at the Ranch in the Hermosa Ballroom, Jan. 29 through Feb.1, 2026. There will be five performances, including two matinees, and tickets will go on sale in December, online or by phone via the…
October 2025, Features
Word of the Month: Contronym
David Zapatka Reader, friend, and bridge player, Maria Davis, writes, “I ran across a word that was new for me today: ‘contronym’, a word that can have opposite meanings, like sanction or oversight. I ran across it playing a New York Times free online game called Connections—a fun daily quiz. A quick Google search turned…