Category: Clubs & Classes

Fine Arts Guild—Join the Creativity!

Terry Helmstetter The Fine Arts Room is really humming. We enjoyed the “year–rounders” all summer and now we have the winter people coming back. We have the same schedule, and it is posted on the window. Some recent projects included: Thursday morning watercolor painters worked on painters’ pallets. Thursday afternoon watercolorists painted flowers of summer.…

Why Sources Matter in Genealogy

Pat Sand When I first became interested in genealogy many years ago, I did what a lot of people do—I signed up for Ancestry.com, gathered family notes filled with names and birthdates, and started building my family tree. Since I worked full-time, I only had bits of time here and there to add information. I…

RC Club 2025 Summer Season Championship Results

Bob Kehoe The 2025 Summer Racing Season ended for the Robson Ranch Radio Controlled (RC) Club in mid-September. It proved to be another success—despite our early morning heat! Averaging about 18 racers each Tuesday and Thursday, competition, camaraderie, and fun were the rewards. Much of the credit for this success goes to Darrin Ziegler, who…

Stained Glass Club News

Julie White Welcome back snowbirds! The studio is getting busier as our snowbird friends start arriving at the Ranch. It’s always fun to see them again. Last month we had our general membership meeting where we were reminded that the election of officers for 2026 is coming up. All positions—president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer—are…

Freestanding Fun with Glass

Doris Betuel The Robson Ranch (RR) Fused Glass Club recently conducted two classes on freestanding glass sculptures! Led by club instructor Janet Krummann and assisted by volunteer instructors, Dema Harris and Mary Nunn, members were taught how to create 3D interlocking fused glass pieces. Two complementary pieces of glass are created and channels are cut…

Amazing Pottery Totem

Doris Betuel Have you seen the cool pottery totems in the community? With some imagination, clumps of clay are formed into ladybugs, mushrooms, flowers, and more. Stick a hole in the clay and after firing and painting them, you end up with an awesome totem. Weather resistant and low maintenance, these totems are wonderful additions…

End-of-Summer Dance Party

On Sept. 11, approximately 50 dancers from the Line Dance Club attended the line dance party in the Hermosa Ballroom from noon to 4 p.m. Cj and Loralee, instructors of the classes, served as the DJs. Each of the four levels of dance classes alternated among the play list. Cj’s organizing of the dance list…