The BPA Newsletter is a popular, long standing feature of the Barron Park Association.
We publish four issues each year: Winter (January), Spring (April), Summer (July), and Fall (October).
Subscribing members of the BPA may choose either print version or online viewing for the other three issues. The online editions will be available here for non-members several weeks after publication. Older issues are available in the archive below.
Deadline for Summer 2026 Newsletter
Please consider contributing your writing and creative work to the BPA Newsletter! Submit articles (in Word, if possible) for the Summer 2026 issue of the BPA Newsletter, with photos/images separate from text, no later than Monday, June 1, 2026, to Myrna Rochester at: mbrbpa@sonic.net
Talking to Strangers
By Yvonne Boxerman
I love to talk to strangers when I can. I was born in Ireland, a country where everyone seems to have something to say about anything and everything . . . to anyone who will listen! So it’s easy for me to see how engaging with all kinds of people is a rewarding way to live. If someone appears responsive, I find they are usually glad to talk and sometimes even want to prolong the discussion.
Bol Family Descendants Gather
By Douglas L. Graham
About 25 or 30 people gathered at the historic Bol family home on Roble Ridge for a family reunion on July 13, 2025. At least 14 family members who attended carry the Bol family name. Spouses and a scattering of children and grandchildren accompanied them.
Barron Park Student Awarded 2025 Gunn High Ron Cooper Faculty Cup
By Winter Dellenbch
Since 1966, Gunn High School has presented the Ron Cooper Faculty Cup Award to two graduating seniors who “represent the highest ideals of the school community, epitomizing the traits and virtues we strive to instill in all our students.”