Bocce Updates

Carolyn Rota The spring bocce leagues ended on May 21, along with the 2020-21 bocce year. Congratulations go out to all who played during this session of COVID-19, CDC/HOA procedures, and the ever-changing restrictions. A very big thank you goes to the bocce board and members because without them putting in place all that was needed to…

FFF Meet and Greet

George Warden Welcome back was the theme that welcomed the members of the Flair Friendship Fun Social Club of PebbleCreek (FFF). Sylvia Warden and her husband, George, greeted guests on their patio for the FFF Meet and Greet social event during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. It’s been more than a year since FFF had come…

In Passing

Mimi Birnel It is with sincere sorrow that we announce the passing of Mimi Birnel on May 15. She was a woman of great intelligence, wit, and creativity. Mimi was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y.; the middle child with both an older and younger brother. In her late teens and early twenties, she toured…

Bocce News

Carolyn Rota Once again, the bocce league contributed to a worthy veteran’s organization. The month of May was designated Poppy Month by the PebbleCreek Activities Office. Poppies are given out in May to celebrate and support our military men and women, both veterans and those currently serving our country. The PebbleCreek Bocce Ball Association (PCBBA) helped…

U.S. Military History: Independence Day

Ross Dunfee The first successful English colony settled in America was at Jamestown, Va., in 1607—and the migration was on—primarily of British, German, and Dutch extraction, but immigrants arrived from throughout Europe. Communities were settled and financed primarily by privately-organized British settlers or families using free enterprise without any significant English royal or Parliamentary government…