Three of her husband's siblings and her in-laws all have houses at Central Beach. In some respects, living within the Central Beach Fire District during the summer is like living in a giant fraternity. The special events committee, of which Frost was a member for the past three years, plans weekly social events that include everything from road races to golf tournaments. Perhaps the biggest event is the annual Fourth of July parade, which has taken place every summer for around 60 years, Frost says. The theme this year is summer reading, and there will be prizes for the most original costumes and floats.
Children even decorate their bicycles and pets.
It's the kind of thing you never do until the last minute, and then everyone is racing around trying to find shirt cardboards to make signs. One of the fellows always puts a tape in his car with loud speakers with marching music. The children get in on the action, too, with games for the littlest ones through teens. Central Beach was developed in the 1920s. In addition to being a social outlet, the Central Beach Fire District provides a number of services, including a recently upgraded municipal water system, maintenance of a private beach and parking area, upkeep of roads with numerous speed bumps for traffic control, seasonal garbage pick-up and maintenance of a recreation area that includes tennis and basketball courts, as well as a baseball field.