Adobe Bocce Courts are for Bocce, Not for Sandcastles

Editor,

I appeal to all the parents that continue to allow their children to play in the Adobe bocce courts - please stop. The courts are for playing bocce, not building sandcastles or mounds of oyster shell. These courts are maintained by a group of volunteers that rake, drag, and smooth the courts to allow everyone in Castro Valley to enjoy a smooth rolling game of bocce. More importantly, your children should probably not be breathing the oyster shell dust, or playing in an area that could have been sprayed for weed abatement.

Thanks for your help.

–Matt Porter, Castro Valley