The first week of school starts this Monday, August 25th. Good luck to all of our Arbors students! We hope everyone has a great school year and makes awesome grades!

Remember, the school bus schedule is as follows:

Harwood Jr. High - Bus #2A

Trinity High School - Bus #8A

The pickup and dropoff location is at the monument sign by the office.

Your air filter should be changed once every 30 days for proper air flow in both the winter and summertime. Stop by the office and pick one up or give us a call to have our maintenance personnel change it for you. Here are some important air conditioning and heating tips associated with changing your air filter:

• Save money – regularly changing your filter will help reduce the cost of your electric bill
• Cooling and warming – regularly changing you filter will help keep your home cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter
• Never remove your filter without replacing it – this can damage your HVAC unit

August is the month to celebrate "family fun". Think of new and exciting activities for you and your family to enjoy. We've put together some ideas:

• Game Night - Pick a new game each week to play with the whole family. Choose from board games, card games, and dominoes.
• Movie Night - Go back in time and pick a movie that was released from a different decade.
• Bowlers Night Out - Gather up the gang and go bowling, check out Showplace Lanes or Main Event for twilight bowling.
• Visit Six Flags, Hurricane Harbor, or the Ft. Worth Zoo

If you have a fun, different, or exciting family fun idea...share it with our office.

We are delighted to let you know that you can now pay your rent online! We have teamed up with Innercircuit to offer you the ability to make payments to us online – an alternative to the hassle of mailing in or dropping off hard copy rent checks at our office. It’s more secure and convenient than hard copy rent checks and it’s free. Go green! You can pay using your checking, savings, money market, or credit union account.

To sign up:

1. Click on the sign up page

2. Create your account

3. As soon as a manager approves and activates your account, you can pay online.

http://www.innercircuit.com/

CFA Class 19

Monday nights from 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm, beginning August 18

The Bedford Fire Department offers an opportunity for citizens that live or work in the city to learn more about their fire department. The Citizen's Fire Academy is offered twice a year and meets one evening per week for ten weeks. More than twenty informative topics will be instructed by firefighters, with some hands-on activities allowing the recruit opportunities to experience the firefighter's job. During and after completion of the class, the recruit will be allowed to ride-out with the firefighters during emergency calls. Recruits must be at least 18 years old and either live or work in Bedford in order to attend the Academy. The tuition is free. The recruit must attend at least eight classes to graduate.

Applications are available at each Bedford Fire Station as well as the fire department's website at www.bedfordfire.net. For more information, please contact Fire Marshal Kirt White at 817-952-2509.

The staff of the Arbors of Central Park wants to wish everyone a very safe and happy 4th of July! In observance of this holiday our office will be closed. We will re-open at 9:00am on Saturday July 5th.

Should you have a maintenance emergency, please call 817-540-1131 and press 4. Leave a message for our on-call service staff and someone will respond to your emergency.

Please remember that fireworks are not allowed within the city limits, that includes our community.

Happy Independence Day,
Arbors of Central Park Staff

www.arborscentralpark.com

Join the City of Bedford this July 4th at the Bedford Boys Ranch Park, for a good old-fashioned, flag-waving Independence Day Celebration, with a wild west twist! The Wild West 4thFEST Independence Day Celebration is a full day of family fun that includes a free concert, InflataFUN Zone, a variety of family activities, festival-style culinary delights and of course, the spectacular fireworks extravaganza when the sun goes down!

4thFEST visitors can also take a dip in Bedford's Splash Aquatic Center. Splash is located in the Bedford Boys Ranch, and gives 4thFEST patrons plenty of cool fun for the whole family. It features three unique pools with several water slides, a kids' play area, umbrella-shaded leisure patios and a cabana party pavilion. Admission is $5.50 for adults, $4.50 for kids under 18, and free for children two years old and younger.

When the sun goes down the massive fireworks extravaganza will light up the night sky. The fireworks are widely recognized as one of the best fireworks displays in North Texas.

Parking and shuttle service for $3 (Free for children 3 and under) will be offered at Pennington Field, 1501 Central Drive. There is no on-site parking at the Boys Ranch. Admission to 4thFEST is free, and lawn chairs, blankets, coolers and non-alcoholic beverages are permitted. No glass containers!

Parking: There is no on-site parking. Parking and shuttle service for $3.00 per person will be offered at Pennington Field ~ 1501 Central Drive.

What to Bring: Lawn chairs, blankets, coolers and non-alcoholic beverages.

Road Closure : Access to Boys Ranch Park will be RESTRICTED the evening of July 3 and all day July 4. Forest Ridge Drive will be CLOSED from Harwood Road to Shady Lane from 4:00 p.m. until midnight.For more information please call 817-952-2300.

Handicap Parking : Handicap Parking will be available in the Boys Ranch Park, for those who have Handicap signs or plates.