Issue #:11; November 2014

It’s time! Barksdale Family Housing Barksdale Family Housing wants to help you donate to a local food Information bank while having fun! Come by the office before 17 Nov for your 201 Langley Drive – Main Base Turkey ticket; take it to Holiday Lanes for a chance to throw a 1001 Liberty Ave. N. – Liberty Heights frozen turkey down the lane for a . If you succeed, you will have Barksdale AFB, LA 71110 (318)747-2723 the option to keep it or donate it to the Food Bank of Northwest Fax: (318) 747-2725 Louisiana. We have a limited number of www.barksdalefamilyhousing.com tickets, so act fast (one per family); [email protected] optional additional tries are $5 at Holiday

Want more updates? Lanes, which will be donated to the food “Like” Barksdale Family Housing on Facebook! bank. Non-perishable food donations also accepted in the office and at Holiday 24-Hour Maintenance Line Lanes. (318)747-2756 Not a skilled bowler? Come by the office Welcome Center Hours – Main Base to enter the raffle for a free turkey or Monday- Friday 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM tickets to the Duck Commander May your Day – and your table – be full. Consider how you can share Saturday Independence Bowl, including food and your bounty – sharing dinner, donating so 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM parking passes! others may have a meal or volunteering your time. Sunday 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Community Center Hours – Liberty Heights Hunt Update

Monday- Friday 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Maintenance Office Hours Monday – Friday THANKS FOR 7:30AM – 4:30PM PARTICIPATING Barksdale Family Housing Team Dreamer Dowden, Community Director IN THE CEL SURVEY Jason Drinkard, Maintenance Director Your opinion is important to us. Chelsea Ballard, Assistant Community Director Gary Perdue, Assistant Maintenance Director Please know that we’re excited to see the results and look Andrew Smith, Bookkeeper Michelle Rettig, Leasing Agent forward to refining our practices Stay tuned for the CEL Survey/Free Margaret Johnson, Leasing Agent Rent drawing on 3 December. Winner and implementing suggestions. will be notified, then announced on Delores Shipley, Leasing Agent Paige Ortegon, Leasing Agent Facebook. Good luck! J. Ben Snyder, Maintenance Coordinator Gary Smith, Maintenance Tech SAFETY TIPS Glenn Carey, Maintenance Tech Maintenance Patrick Carter, Maintenance Tech Cleveland Jackson, Maintenance Tech  Stay Away from The House – Set up the turkey fryer at least 15 feet away Greg Franklin, Maintenance Tech from structures, fences and overhangs. Keep children and pets away. Ensure Joe Jackson, Maintenance Tech it is attended by a responsible adult at all times. Shawn Figgins, Maintenance Tech  Find Flat Ground – Place the fryer on a flat, level surface and carefully Tim Smith, Maintenance Tech gauge the amount of oil needed. Do not overfill. Norman Williamson, Maintenance Tech  Walter Grice, Painter Use a Thawed and Dry Turkey – Make sure your Thanksgiving turkey is Joel Aponte, Painter completely thawed and dry. Ice crystals or extra water will cause the oil to Michella Lawson, Housekeeper bubble furiously and spill over. If oil spills onto the burner, it can cause a fire. Connie Martin, Housekeeper  Monitor the Temp – Use caution when touching the turkey fryer. The lid and Justin Schmitz, Porter handle can become very hot and could cause burns. Keep track of the oil temperature if your fryer does not have a thermostat.  Be Prepared – Have a fire extinguisher (multipurpose, dry-powder) ready at all times in the event that the oil ignites. CHECK OUT OUR NEW SAFETY VIDEO AT WWW.BARKSDALEFAMILYHOUSING.COM

Issue #10: November 2014

NOVEMBER SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 Rent is due! Visit us at the main base Welcome Center, or the new Liberty Heights Community Turkey and Center! They are both open from 0730 to 1630 during the week! Independence Bowl ticket drawing begins

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Election Day Rent is late!

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Veteran’s Day Turkey Bowling! Neighborhood Party Offices closed Community Center 3-5 p.m.

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Turkey Bowling Turkey Bowling Turkey Bowling Turkey Bowling Turkey Bowling Turkey Bowling Holiday Lanes Holiday Lanes Holiday Lanes Holiday Lanes Holiday lanes Holiday Lanes Event unavailable Event unavailable Event unavailable from 5-9 p.m. due to from 5-9 p.m. due to from 5-9 p.m. due to leagues leagues; Offices leagues closed from 11-1 23 24 25 26 27 28 29/30 Turkey and Offices closed Offices closed Independence Bowl ticket drawing held

Calendar Events

• Turkey Bowling. 17-22 Nov.- Pick up your ticket at either leasing office for Trash Schedule your chance to bowl a strike with a frozen turkey at Holiday Lanes. If you Main Base make it, you can keep the turkey or donate it to the Food Bank of Officers’ Housing trash pick-up- Mondays Northwest Louisiana. All proceeds go to the food bank; one try per family. Officers’ Housing recycling- 10, 24 Enlisted Housing trash pick-up- Tuesdays • Drawing bonanza! 1-24 Nov.- Stop by the Welcome Center to enter the Enlisted Housing recycling- 11, 25 drawing for a free turkey for Thanksgiving and two tickets to the Duck Liberty Heights Commander Independence Bowl, including food and parking passes (one All houses south of Liberty Ave N. trash pick-up- Wednesdays entry per family). Drawing will be held at the end of the day on 24 Nov. All houses south of Liberty Ave N. recycling- 5, 19 All houses north of Liberty Ave N. trash pick-up- Thursdays All houses north of Liberty Ave N. recycling- 6, 20 • Neighborhood Party. 15 Nov. – Join us for a celebration of the new Community Center opening from 3-5 p.m. There will be games, food and Heritage Heights prizes. Trash pick-up- Wednesday Recycling- 7, 21

• Thanksgiving hours.. – Barksdale Family Housing will be closed from 11 Lawn Care Schedule a.m. to 1 p.m. on 19 Nov and on 27 and 28 November in observance of Mondays & Tuesdays- East Side Neighborhoods Thanksgiving. Wednesdays- Main Base; Enlisted Thursdays- Main Base; Officer

Notice: If you watch children in your home for more than 10 hours a week on a regular basis, you are required to be licensed through FCC. For more information, please contact Margie Tackett, Family Child Care Program Chief, at 318-456-9688.