December 2025

From the Section 22 HOA Board

• December 2025
• BY LYNDA VAIL, DIRECTOR

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A HOLIDAY OUTLOOK AT BURNT STORE MARINA This season at Burnt Store Marina promises more...

Mark Your Calendar – Out and About

• December 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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BSM22.org – Burnt Store Marina Website Help

• December 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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To be sure that you are up to date on all that is happening in...

DINING VENUES

• December 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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Home For the Holidays 2025

• December 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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Burnt Store Marina Dog Park

• December 2025
• BY BSM DOG PARK COMMITTE

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The Dog Park has added some new landscaping for our members. We will continue to...

Burnt Store Marina CC News

• December 2025
• BY JOHN ABBOTT, GENERAL MANAGER, BSMCC

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Well, the holiday season is upon us again, and now that Thanksgiving has come and...

Calendar December 2025

• December 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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Tribute Tree Program

• December 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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Trees have started to be planted through the Community Tribute Tree Program. Trees have been...

Spam and Phishing are not Just for Dinner Anymore

• December 2025
• BY ED BUNS, SECTION 22 BOARD MEMBER

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Having been in law enforcement for many, many years, I have seen many schemes to separate people...

Burnt Store State of Iowa Potluck

• December 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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If born in Iowa, lived in Iowa, married someone from Iowa, went to school in...

Architectural Review Committee

• December 2025
• BY BARRY GROESCH, CHAIR

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Are you thinking about updating your home? Any changes to the exterior of residences in...

Platinum Point Yacht Club– Why Join a Yacht Club?

• December 2025
• BY LORETTA STEEVES, DIRECTOR

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As a board member of the Platinum Point Yacht Club (PPYC), I am sometimes asked,...

RULES OF THE ROAD

• December 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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Motor Vehicles: Always drive your vehicle on the right side of the road. There are...

December’s Special Plant…Poinsettia

• December 2025
• BY MAGGIE HART, MARINERS PASS

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So, for that holiday gift exchange, you ended up with a potted poinsettia. It is...

December Off Beat Holidays and Adventures

• December 2025
• BY MAGGIE HART, MARINERS PASS

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December got its name from the Latin word decem (meaning ten) because it was originally...

Bocce Group

• December 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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Interested in playing bocce? Join the Bocce Group every Tuesday at the NE side of...

Bicycle News

• December 2025
• BY BOB SINGER, ADMIRAL’S POINT

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CALLING ALL BICYCLISTS Burnt Store Bikers meet at 7:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday at the...

Recipe Box

• December 2025
• BY JENNIFER LECLAIR, PELICAN WAY

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This recipe comes from my friend and fellow Beacon editor, Deb Bretz. She got the...

Blood Donation News

• December 2025
• BY ANN SINGER, ADMIRAL’S POINT

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DON’T MISS THE BUS BSM Blood Drive Schedule for 2026 Always on Monday 8:30 a.m....

Blood Donations Help Others in Many Ways “We All Bleed Red”

• December 2025
• BY HIBA OF TAMPA, FL

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HIBA FOR BLOOD DONATION It was my first pregnancy, and finally, it was time to...

Sheriff’s Report October 2025

• December 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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Peace River Audubon Society (PRAS)

• December 2025
• BY RICK READ, BURNT STORE RESIDENT AND AUDUBON SOCIETY MEMBER

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Northern Cardinals are distributed throughout the eastern United States and parts of the southwest. These...

Gardener’s Wheelbarrow

• December 2025
• BY MAGGIE HART, MARINERS PASS

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The month of December will generally be dry, with 2 inches of rain if we’re...

Grammar Tips … Some Rules Simplified

• December 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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Here are some grammar rules that they might or might not have taught you in...

Rules for Driving Golf Carts

• December 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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There has been some confusion about operating golf carts in Burnt Store Marina. Please be...

RESOURCE HUB

• December 2025
• By Burnt Store Marina

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Enjoying Your Walk

• December 2025
• BY JAN MCLAUGHLIN, FORMER BEACON EDITOR

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One morning a fellow walker stopped me and asked what the distance was around Prosperity...