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From Jim Seymour, Past President

Thanks for the privilege of serv- each of us as Directors to serve you. The Board, come your input.
ing as your POA President during then, elects its officers. I have been asked to serve as Chairman of our
the past two years. It has been, I will continue to be open to your thoughts, Long Range Planning Committee for this year
truly, an honor to serve you in issues, and concerns, whether via mail, phone, and, if approved by the Board, will do so gladly.
that capacity. At the 2021 Board email, or just meeting around Ocean Village and Thanks again for your support.
reorganization meeting immedi- will forward them to the other Board members Jim Seymour, 16th POA President
Jim Seymour ately following our POA Annual as appropriate. If you don’t have them already,
Meeting, your Board chose to go a my address and phone number are available in Parting Thoughts
different direction, electing Jim Dobbin to serve as our printed directory and on the website. If you It’s amazing what you can accomplish
its President for 2021. I will continue to serve you wish to contact me via email, my Ocean Village If ...
as a Director for the remainder of my term, which email address for the remainder of my term will You don’t care who gets the credit.
expires in February of 2022. You, as owners, elect be OVPastPres16@gmail.com. I continue to wel- Harry S. Truman, 33rd U.S. President

OV POA Annual Meeting Remembering Bob Parmelee

Bob Parmelee was born on October Thursdays. He operated the cameras
OV owners gathered at the Sunrise year) and Eileen Emery (incumbent). 14, 1944 in San Francisco, CA. He at Westside Church on Jenkins Road
Theatre and on Zoom to attend the OV At the organizational meeting, held was a high school Spanish and French on Sundays. He is known for his quiet
POA Annual Meeting. Pending busi- immediately, officers were elected: teacher in the public school system in strength and faith in Jesus Christ.
nesss was conducted as there was a President, Jim Dobbin Michigan for 33 years and a profes- Bob passed away on January 22,
quorum. Vice president, Eileen Emery sional wedding photographer for 35 2021 of pneumonia/COVID-19 and
Board members elected include Secretary, Betsey Murray years. multiple myeloma. He really enjoyed
Darryl Bey (new member), Jim Dob- Treasurer, Joan Smith He is survived by his wife, Sylvia, all of his friends and neighbors at
bin (elected after being appointed last kids Robert, Jr., Christina and four Ocean Village and he will be missed
grandchildren, Emmanuelle, Derek, by all.
Jesse and James Parmelee and many
BEACHTREE I from page 10 seats, no election occurred, and the nieces and nephews.

so it will feel like home right away. new Board was quickly sworn into He enjoyed his time here at Ocean
One daughter lives in Chicago and the office. John Pumphrey, a former Village, first as a renter and then as an
other is relocating to Omaha. Certain- president, returned to that position, owner in 1992. Bob and Sylvia owned
ly they will be popular grandparents, selecting Doug Calkins as vice pres- in the Golf Villas, Capstan and Sea-
having two grandsons eager to visit. ident. Returning Treasurer J. C. Cal- scape I clusters. He enjoyed golf, ten-
While the Sullivan’s daughter ex- liero retains his position. Jim Minke nis, boating, playing his guitar in the
periences a Chicago winter, fellow remains on the Board, joined by Bill OV Rockers, bridge, and travel.
At Ocean Village, Bob was high-
Chicagoans (Stokey, to be exact) Denny, Phil Parks, and Manny Pin- ly involved in the Bernie’s tennis
Vincent and Theresa Allocco are ares. games on Mondays, enjoyed golf on
spending theirs settling into BT I. On February 26, the votes were Wednesdays and men’s social golf on
They have moved both up and down. counted for updating our documents.
They have moved up the road from Receiving more than the 74 votes re-
the winters for many years. And they agreeing to use email for sending of- News from AWOL

Jensen Beach where they’ve spent quired to pass were the following: 1)
have moved down over 10 floors to ficial business and documents; 2) re-
be closer to the ground. Primarily, ducing the required 74 votes to 50% Another month and another article We will soon give out our donations
though, Vincent says, they moved +1 of votes received to pass; and 4) from AWOL. We are keeping active for the year. We give to places in our
here for Theresa to enjoy golf and allowing no renters to have dogs as and out. We meet every Monday at area. We still have game night every
the garden, of which they have a of next season. Changes not accept- 4 PM at Aruba. AWOL is open to all Wednesday at 6 PM at Aruba and
single, widowed, and divorced wom-
Bingo at 1 PM on Tuesday at OVC.
great view. ed were 3) requiring Miami-Dade en in Ocean Village. Bocce is once a We are trying to be as active as we
Vincent, with a PhD in Human Be- compliant doors and windows in all
havior, spent his career developing units; 4) putting restrictions on pets, week at 10 AM Friday and when the can along with staying within bound-
OV Bocce finishes, it will return to aries of COVID-19. Masks and social
Children and Family Centers. The- and a narrow loss on 6) increasing its 10 AM Wednesday time slot at the distancing are a must.
resa, an architect, helped develop the minimum rental period from two
condos throughout the Chicago area. weeks to 4 weeks. same courts. Please, all of you think about get-
Shuffleboard is once a week on ting the vaccine. It will be a way of
Theresa says when they married, At press time, BT I was still in Thursday at 10 AM and OV shuf- keeping COVID-19 at bay.
47 years ago, Vincent wanted three shock over the sudden loss of Geor-
daughters. He got his wishes. One gia Kraemer, who seemed ever-pres- fleboard finishes, it will return to its Come and join us at AWOL; we are
daughter is a surgeon in Las Vegas ent in BT I and the entire OV. This Monday 10 AM time slot. still a fun group.
Time to close this article and say
We meet every Tuesday at the
and the other two, a guidance coun- month’s Garden Spot is devoted to beach at 4 PM. If the beach is not held keep happy, healthy, and most of all,
selor and a writer; both live in Cali- her, but her reach went far beyond weather-wise, we meet at the Tiki moving.
fornia. our cluster. Rare is the OV resident Bar. Bring your drink and something Joan Martinelli
We welcome these new neigh- who did not see her at least once a
bors and will be introducing more in day in the library, in the garden, by to share.
coming issues. the pool, or biking between those
February is the also the month of places. Our condolences to Bill,
the BT I Annual Meeting, and this their daughter Erin, and the rest of
year was exceptional only in that it the family, are deeply sincere. * * * * * * * * * NOTICE * * * * * * * * *
was totally virtual. As there were Submitted by Bettie Marshall When calling 911, use your home phone, not your cell phone. Your address
only seven candidates for the seven will NOT register with 911 when using a cell phone.