BEAR CREEK CEMETERY — It’s a standard Spring afternoon in North Texas. Birdsongs fill the air and a gentle breeze is the only thing standing between the pleasant sun and an uncomfortably warm afternoon. Just days after the Easter holiday, tucked away in a quiet grove off Highway 360, a contingent of Christians are still…

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BEDFORD– Last week, almost 400 men and women from organizations all around North Texas gathered at Campus West, a face-lifted venue on Industrial Boulevard. Built by a church, maintained in partnership with a nonprofit and bordering a major highway as well as a community garden operated in part by the city itself, the setting could…

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In terms of strategic impact, there is no volunteer role within the Community Powered Revitalization program that matches a Homeowner Liaison for importance. A liaison is the direct link between our offices and the homeowners who request our help. Without that line of communication, we’d have no way of evaluating and cataloging needs, nurturing relationships…

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If there’s one thing we malign at Christmas time, it’s the busy-bodied lack of focus that comes with the thousands of commitments we seem to make as soon as the Thanksgiving Turkey is wrapped in foil and dropped, without ceremony, into the fridge. From that moment until the serenity of Christmas morning, it’s all about to-do…

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In early October, we hosted the Black and Blue Food Drive, as per usual. The community responded with an outpouring of love and goodwill, as per usual. The Blue side of the metroplex won, with Bedford Jr High claiming an individual school award, as per usual. And they gave us the money back. As. Per. Usual. For three…

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