Vicki Keslin The co-chairs of the Hand, Knee & Foot Card Club, Vicki Keslin and Barb Mazurek, hosted a holiday luncheon at The Hideout with many of the club members on Dec. 5. We all enjoyed great conversations, yummy food, and lots of giveaways and prizes. Anyone interested in playing cards with us? We meet on…
Marsha Oliver For the past several months, we’ve asked, “What does ‘Home for the Holidays’ mean to us?” On Dec. 12 and 13, we—and hundreds of our guests—answered the question as we presented our holiday concert, “Home for the Holidays.” We’d been rehearsing since September but as we shared those beautiful holiday songs with our audiences,…
Janet Patton, a former Robson Ranch resident and previous member of the Fine Arts Guild, returned to Robson Ranch this last October. She introduced 11 members of the Fine Arts Guild to a new painting technique that started in 2006. Alcohol inking is applying different colors of alcohol ink to ceramic tiles or Yupo paper. Janet…
Robson Ranch residents explore the world as the Ranch Travel Group heads out to amazing destinations in 2024! In February, your Ranch Travel Group, made up of our fellow Robson Ranch residents, is readying to fly to Tahiti/French Polynesia and enjoy their bucket-list Dreams of Tahiti adventure and spend a few days discovering Papeete, the capital of…
The Pinal Fairgrounds & Event Center in Casa Grande will be buzzing with activity on Feb. 2, 3, and 4 during the Wuertz Farm Gourd Festival. Check out gourd artists and crafters, entertainment, demonstrations, a variety of food vendors, and thousands of dried gourds! Admission is $13, and kids and parking are free. Festival times…
Happy New Year! 2024 is here with big plans for lots of sewing and learning new skills. But first, the Material Girls must thank the community for the support we received at the November Craft Show. As microwave bowls and Hand, Knee & Foot mats flew off the tables, we were already planning for our next show in…
Lisa Hunt The Girls Next Door band held a “Barbie and Ken” party on Nov. 30 to a full crowd. Many of the attendees dressed in pink and assorted Barbie styles to make for a fun and festive event. The band members are Lisa Hunt, Connie Koza, Connie Drew, and Amy Petersen. Songs from the Beach Boys, Beatles, ABBA,…
The Fine Arts Guild was proud to complete two donated paintings started by Lavonne Bias Unger. Upon completion of these two paintings, they were then donated to Support Our Troops (SOT). The paintings are of a Native American girl and a large canvas with multiple pots. The painters, members of the Acrylic Workshop, put in many hours matching…
Conrad Tolson Our November guest speaker was Gina Swoboda, who has been working with the Voter Reference Foundation to make every state’s voter rolls and vote data available to the citizenry. She has also worked with the Arizona legislature on bills to improve voter confidence in election results. Federal law requires voter lists to be…
Members of the Fine Arts Guild—Acrylic Workshop worked together to create a unique painting that was raffled for Dogs4Vets. Members worked on individual canvas tiles and painted a portion of the painting. The tiles were then put together to match adjoining colors. Upon completion, the tiles were mounted and framed. The Fine Arts Guild appreciates all…