Hidden Creek Golf Course will be closed to public play next week so that Burleson can host the American Junior Golf Association's (AJGA) Championship tournament. The course will be closed for half a day (tee times 7 a.m.-9 a.m. only) on Monday, June 20; closed all day Tuesday and Wednesday; then tee times can be booked after 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 23. The tournament is for boys and girls, 12-18 years of age. The field is expected to include 144 players. Andrew Hudson from Burleson and Dillon Vaughn from Joshua are among the golfers. Spectator admission to the tournament is free but no spectator golf carts will be permitted. Read More

The City was honored not once, but three times at the 2011 Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers conference in Frisco June 10. Burleson won the TAMI award (first place) for Best Website for cities with less than 100,000 residents; the Silver Star (second place) for Best Social Media (all populations); and third place for Best E-Newsletter (all populations). The top three finalists in the website category were Burleson, League City (second) and Baytown (third). For Best Social Media, the winning cities were McAllen (first), Burleson (second) and Midland (third). And, for Best E-Newsletter, the top three cities were Farmers Branch (first), McKinney (second) and Burleson (third). Read More

Summer Reading Club 2011 kicked off June 4 at the Burleson Public Library, but registration continues through July 15. Sign up now and you will be eligible for a complimentary ticket to the July 10 baseball game featuring the 2010 American League Baseball Champion Texas Rangers vs. the Oakland Athletics. Rangers' second baseman Ian Kinsler hosts the Kinsler's Kids Reading Club. Burleson is one of more than 20 Metroplex libraries that participate. Each Kinsler's Kids Reading Club participant receives a bookmark compliments of Kinsler (while supplies last), and, one lucky youngster from each library will be selected to meet Kinsler during pre-game on July 10. That youngster will also receive an autographed Summer Reading Club poster.  Read More

Don't miss Summer Family Films, 2 p.m., every Tuesday in June/July, at the Burleson Public Library. The June 21  film is "Tron," a movie starring Jeff Bridges as a gifted software engineer who attempts to hack into the mainframe of his former employer, a software company, to prove that a senior executive stole the code for his games and presented them as his own. Tron is the name of a security program. When Bridges' character attempts to hack his way in, the master control program uses a laser being developed for teleportation to digitize him into the mainframe. For a list of films, go to Summer Family Films. The library is located at 248 S.W. Johnson Ave.

Reporting a non-emergency concern to animal services, code compliance, and public works is as easy as logging in to your Facebook account. CivicPlus, the company that designed the City of Burleson website in September 2010, now offers a Citizen Request Tracker Facebook application. Go to the City website, Services, Citizen Request Tracker for Facebook App. You can add the application to your Facebook page, then report any concerns from anywhere that you have Internet access and a computer. Citizen Request Tracker is only for non-emergencies. Read More

Temperatures are breaking into the triple digits, which can cause health problems for both people and pets. Tarrant County Public Health reminds residents to take precautions to protect themselves from heat exhaustion and heat stroke. The elderly, young children, people with chronic diseases and those without access to air conditioning are most at risk. For more, go to the Public Health News Releases page on the Tarrant County website.

Shoot Low Sheriff is closing out the free Hot Sounds of Summer concert series June 24 by bringing western swing to Old Town. The band describes itself as urban and rural as well as sophisticated and rustic with stomping, swinging, edgy music. They play western swing classics as well as hot jazz and original tunes using strings, horns and piano. The Friday night show on the City stage at the corner of Ellison and Wilson streets (124 W. Ellison St.) is a free 90-minute celebration. All you have to bring is your blanket or chair for the 7:30 p.m. start.

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