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🌱 Crash near Saddlebrook leaves Pebble Springs apartments with massive damage

The Villages, Florida Patch AM: a 5 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Crash near Saddlebrook leaves Pebble Springs apartments with massive damage
  • Community notes passing of Bert Randall Denker with Villages family ties.

Also on today's calendar: Rocky and the Rollers and 5 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Janet S.!

Today's riddle: What is the astronaut’s favorite meal? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 91 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Wednesday: A t-storm in the afternoon, temps: high: 95, low: 75.
  • Thursday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 93 and low of 75 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Villager who crashed into retirement center had reportedly been drinking (villages-news.com) — A 72-year-old resident from the Historic Side of The Villages crashed her car into an apartment at Pebble Springs Retirement Community off County Road 466 near the Saddlebrook Recreation Complex, causing an estimated $220,000 in damage. She was extricated by The Villages Public Safety Department and taken to Ocala Regional, and a Florida Highway Patrol report cites suspected intoxication and possible marijuana, with charges pending toxicology results.
   

• Bert Randall Denker (ourlocalcommunityonline.com) — A recent obituary notes that Bert Randall Denker’s sister, Mary Schuster, and her husband, Steven, live in The Villages, connecting his life story to our community. Denker, a longtime librarian at the H.F. DuPont Winterthur Museum Library, passed away at 79 in Burnsville, and his family has requested no services be held.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday July 14
  • Tiny Tots →
    Lady Lake, FL Calendar, 225 W Guava St., Lady Lake
    10:30 am
  • Storybook Studio →
    Lady Lake, FL Calendar, 225 W Guava St., Lady Lake
    3:30 pm
  • Just Keep Rolling Run Club by Shadrach's Fiery Furnace
    Mount Dora Area Chamber of Commerce Location Shadrach's Fiery Furnace (Starts and ends at the restaurant) Downtown Mount Dora, FL
    6:30 pm
  • BINGO! Open to public
    Mount Dora Area Chamber of Commerce 920 S. Highland St Mount Dora
    7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • I haven’t seen him, but if anybody sees the bear, that’s evidently in Spanish Springs area please report it so they can remove him back to Ocala national Park.
    This is for his own safety not only for people safety (Nextdoor Briar Meadow Willowick)
  • Pasta Faire - Bellview (I corrected from my error - “Brentwood”),
    Sunday night. My wife (and CEO of our lil’ patio villa) had dinner last night for the first time in a year along with friends. We each… (Nextdoor The Villages)
  • Jacobs posted a job opening for Sanitation Worker II in The Villages. Apply here.
  • Vermeer posted a job opening for Production Team Leader - Machine Shop in The Villages. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near The Villages here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lady Lake

  • Residents can take part in free program to learn about safe internet browsing (villages-news.com)
  • Woman transported to hospital in Leesburg after suffering injury while fighting way into home (leesburg-news.com)
  • Woman arrested after man friend's hair found on kitchen floor (villages-news.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Launch (Thank you Lee S. for sending it in!)
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