Category: March 2022

Paper Crafting Club Member Profile: Trudy Foslien

Trudy in her craft room

It’s been only five years since Trudy Foslien was introduced to paper crafting, and she is already highly successful with novel projects. A friend mentioned to Trudy that she was scrapbooking. “What is that?” Trudy asked. After being shown some projects, Trudy knew she had to try it herself and enjoyed it immensely. A couple…

The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi

Some of the retreat participants

Sixty-eight women from Robson Ranch attended the Ladies Bible Retreat in the Robson Ranch Ballroom. For two days, Wednesday, Jan. 26, and Thursday, Jan. 27, we took a journey to “the land where it all began,” the land that God promised to Abraham and his descendants, Israel. Using the study that was written and produced…

Relishing Pickleball: The Return of Serve

David Zapatka Continuing our study of Pickleball Fundamentals: Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, “the player returning the serve stands deep in or behind the service court, ready to return the ball. The returner should be alert and ready for the next play. As the serve travels over the net, the returner…

The Stained Glass Club Goes 3-D

3-D stained glass prickly pear cactus sculpture

Cynthia Melito Traditionally, stained glass creations are flat panels designed to be hung in windows, but going 3-D can also be fun! This month, members are learning how to engineer a prickly pear cactus sculpture during my Thursday evening classes. The challenge to creating a 3-D sculpture is in making sure the piece is constructed…

Your Pet as a Survivor

"Where will I go?"

Joy Wegner, Volunteer, Friends of Pinal County Animal Shelter and Rescues Have you read an obituary that listed survivors of the deceased and it included a beloved pet by name? Maybe the neighborhood news included comments about a neighbor who was unable to take their pet with them into assisted living. Where did the dog, the…

Save the Date for A Walk Down Memory Lane

Marsha Oliver What? The Robson Ranch Singers spring concert Where? The Hermosa Ballroom When? Tuesday, March 29, and Wednesday, March 30, at 7 p.m. Why? For “A Walk Down Memory Lane” Nearly 50 of your Robson Ranch neighbors have been rehearsing since early January in preparation for their spring concert. You’ll hear songs you know and love and some…

Pottery/Ceramics Club Behind the Scenes

Trained monitors, left to right, back row: Kathy Laboun, MaryAnn Bechtel, Douna Black, Diane Williams, and Diane Oster. Front row: Sandy Fried, Donna Duran, and Judy Marino.

All ordering and purchasing, based on need, are done by the board. General meetings are held quarterly and classes are scheduled throughout the year. Each piece a person makes is fired a minimum of two times, once when the clay is dry and once when it is glazed. Each piece is accompanied by a slip…

U. S. Military History: Some U.S. Coast Guard History

Ross Dunfee Lighthouses On Aug. 7, 1789, in the ninth act of the first U.S. Congress, 12 lighthouses were transferred to the federal government, and the United States Lighthouse Establishment (USLHE) was created under the Department of the Treasury, then Revenue, then Treasury. Because of poor management and poor lighting at lighthouses, the Lighthouse Board…