November 22, 2021

The Oakmont Squares have a lot to be thankful for this year. The club continues

The Flamingos are back in town and ready to bring smiles to your neighborhood. Fly

As we approach the season of Thanksgiving and look back on a difficult year, the Oakmont Village Library is grateful for its patrons, volunteers and supporters.

New Year…New You…New T-Shirt Janice Weekes Fall is in the air and the holidays are

SI Oakmont Wine Country invites all interested women to join us for an informational meeting Thursday Dec 9th @ 2pm to hear the inspirational story of Elizabeth Quiroz, human trafficking survivor and advocate for victims of trafficking abuse.

In its fundamentals, pétanque is simple, social, and fun. Together with every player’s aspiration continuously to improve personal skills in pointing and shooting, the complexity and nuance of team strategy make playing pétanque engaging and challenging, both individually and as a team. It’s been called “the perfect individual team sport.”

The Pétanque Club’s October 16 Oktoberfest celebration began with the annual Oktoberfest Tournament, the last tourney of the year. Tournament Director Jean-michel Poulnot handled registration of players and randomization of teams with the Club’s “Fanny” looking on. Fanny, “the Goddess of Pétanque,” is the focal point of the traditional ritual that follows losing in a 13-0 shutout. But once again there were no shutouts so Fanny, in the end, was not needed.

We would like to find out if some of our newer residents have classic cars.

The Oakmont Squares have enjoyed welcoming an influx of new dancers. Club caller Lawrence Johnstone

(Note, this is to replace the article I submitted on the 11th. Several things changed.

The Oakmont Squares have enjoyed welcoming an influx of new dancers. Club caller Lawrence Johnstone

The Friday Ladies’ Bible study has resumed meeting! The new study book is titled, Living

TOURNAMENTS AND A HALLOWEEN PIZZA BOWL By Mary Blake INTERESTED IN LEARNING TO BOWL? The

At the end of each round, there is a complex “dance” of players in close proximity to each other identifying, bending down, and picking up their boules. Individual “moves” in this dance can also include kicking one’s boules away from the pack before picking them up or using a dangling or telescoping magnetic lifter to retrieve boules in the midst of the pack.

So, an etiquette question naturally arises: “Since I’m down here anyway, should I also pick up the nearby boules of other players and hand their boules to them?” The short answer: “No.” The longer answer: “If and only if such assistance is actually needed and asked-for.”

With Halloween approaching, let’s pay tribute to a bird that is associated with death and