Pat Sand The Ropin’ in Yer Relatives Genealogy Club at Robson Ranch wrapped up its season in style on March 10 with a lively end-of-year party hosted by the ever-gracious Karen and Bob Furu. And what a gathering it was! Karen treated the group to not one, but two delicious homemade spaghetti sauces—a savory turkey…
Pastor Larry Sundin, Rock Springs Church In one of Charles Schulz’s comic strips, Lucy says to Charlie Brown, “You know what I don’t understand? I don’t understand love.” Charlie responds, “Who does?” “Explain love to me, Charlie Brown.” “I can’t explain love. I can only recommend a book or a poem or a painting. I…
David Zapatka Reader, friend, and fellow bridge player, Cathie Bonnell, said, “How about the word, ‘otrovert,’ for a word of the month?” I discovered that otravert is a new word that has not yet been accepted into the English language as an official word but is well on its way. It can already be found…
Gary Chalk We begin with the best of intentions. You get up from the dinner table and scrape the leftover lasagna into a Tupperware container. Over at the refrigerator, you finagle to sandwich it in with all the other Tupperware containers. We do this most nights of the week: rinse and repeat, or with Tupperware…
Diane Korn The dogs at Pinal County Animal Care and Control (PCACC) are sleeping much more soundly! Thanks to the generosity of the SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network, a brand-new shipment of Kuranda elevated dog beds has officially arrived. These beds are a “gold standard” for shelters—they keep pups off the cold floor, are easy to…
Martin Bender The mission of Honor Flight Arizona is to pay homage to World War II, Cold War, Korean War, and Vietnam War veterans by providing for them a three-day journey of honor and remembrance to their memorials in Washington, D.C. The Arizona chapter of Honor Flight was formed in 2008 and to date has…
Martin Bender August 28, 1969, Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam: Three companies of Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division were inserted into a hot LZ (a helicopter landing zone with incoming enemy fire) to conduct a search and destroy mission south of Da Nang. Kilo company was the first on the…
Scott Steffen Robson Ranch hosted and won the 15th annual Robson Trap Trials, a multi-community trap-shooting competition held March 27 at the Casa Grande Trap and Skeet Club. Sixty clay-target shooters from six Arizona Robson communities attended. Each competitor shot three rounds, consisting of 25 targets at five different stations, for a total of 75…
The Robson Ranch (RR) Library team of volunteers would like to thank the residents of the Ranch for the items that were donated for the 5th Annual Used Book Fair that was held on March 14. The library made over $430 from the sale of donated items as well as cash donations received the day…
Many thanks to those of you who came out to meet authors Susanne Perry in March and Jaine Toth in the Chapter & Verse session in April! These events provide an opportunity for members of the Robson Ranch community to meet the authors (also residents of the Ranch), hear presentations from their works, and to…