Tag: Boca Grande Community Center

2023 Saturday Halloween Costume Contest is Back

October 12, 2023
Staff Report
Community

Lee County announced on Wednesday that Boca Grande will have two options for those eager to celebrate the season. The previously announced “Fall Festival” will still be held from 3 to...

Sitting down with Roger Lewis to discuss the new ‘Friends’ season of programming

September 28, 2023
Staff Report
Community

BB: Last year was the first for Roger’s Picks lecture series with Friends of Boca Grande and it seems it is renewed for this year. How do you feel about the picks for the coming year? RL: They...

Friends of the Boca Grande Community Center and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church hold their first official gatherings of the season

November 26, 2021
Staff Report
Community, News

2021 Lee County Parks & Recreation Turkey Hoop Shoot

November 26, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Sports & Outdoors

Photos by Dusty and Cheryl Sponsored by Lee County Parks & Recreation and the Boca Beacon

EDITORIAL: We say goodbye, and thank you, to Jungle Joe

November 26, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Editorial, News

They say that everyone is expendable, when it comes to a job. No matter how well you do it, how long you’ve been there, whether there’s no one else there who even remotely has a clue as to how to...

What happened to Joe? Parks & Rec director resigns after two decades of service

November 20, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

Heads were exploding and hearts were breaking this week as word slowly trickled out that Joe “Jungle Joe” Wier, an employee of Lee County Parks and Recreation for more than 20 years, was no longer...

This weekend the hoops, next week the GIFT

November 20, 2021
Staff Report
News, Sports & Outdoors

On Saturday, Nov. 20 you can show off your hoop-shooting prowess at the annual Turkey Hoop Shoot, sponsored by Lee County Parks and Recreation and the Boca Beacon. The action begins at 10...

A fitting honor for a tremendous lady: Room in Community Center named after the late Dee Wheeler

June 9, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Community, News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – On Thursday, May 20, a sign was quietly placed on the wall of one of the rooms of the Boca Grande Community Center, but in that quiet moment a legacy was honored. The new...

Time to saddle up and join the Dog-gone Wild West!

February 27, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT – The Boca Grande Woman’s Club Dog Show and Spring Fair are going virtual this year, keeping Boca Grande humans and canines safe, with a combined socially distanced event Dog...

Catch fish, win prizes at youth fishing tourney

February 27, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Sports & Outdoors

STAFF REPORT – Grab your fishing pole and tackle box and come join the family fun at our youth fishing tournament on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 9 a.m. at the Boca Grande fishing pier (Behind...