The National Weather Service is forecasting a 60 percent chance of rain on Saturday, March 23, so the City is regrouping as far as the Easter events slated for that day. The Aqua Egg Hunt will go on, 10 a.m.-noon, in the BRiCk's indoor pool. If it is raining, Family Field Day (scheduled for 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. in Bartlett Park) will be rescheduled for Fall 2013; Bunny Daze (noon - 2 p.m.) will be cancelled and the Bunny Daze Easter Egg Hunt (1:30 p.m.) will be postponed; and the 3 p.m. Easter Egg Hunt at Russell Farm will be postponed. If there is a rain postponement, the Bunny Daze Easter Egg Hunt and Russell Farm Easter Egg Hunt will be rescheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, at the BRiCk. For more information about the potential postponement of the two egg hunts, please call the BRiCk at 817-426-9106. Read More

Sunshine Review, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to government transparency, announced that the City of Burleson's website was one of the winners of the fourth annual Sunny Awards. The City of Burleson earned a Sunny for the third consecutive year. The award, which honors the most transparent government websites in the nation, went to 250 government entities. For the 2013 awards, Editors at Sunshine Review analyzed more than 1,000 qualifying government websites and graded each on a 10-point transparency checklist. Editors looked at content available on government websites against what should be provided. They sought information on items such as budgets, meetings, lobbying, financial audits, contracts, academic performance, public records and taxes. Read More

Put on your swimsuits and goggles March 23, because the fun begins at 10 a.m. with the City's Aqua Egg Hunt at the BRiCk! Children will be hunting for plastic eggs in the  BRiCk's indoor pool. Children up to age 11 will be divided into four age groups for hunts in the play structure area and the lap pool. The fun starts with children two and younger (with a parent) at 10 a.m.; ages 3-5 at 10:30 a.m.; ages 6-8 at 11 a.m.; and ages 9-11 at 11:30 a.m. Children redeem eggs for prizes. Participation is limited so pre-registration is recommended (call 817-426-9104). Admission is $2 per child.  Read More

 Fran Burks. She won a flower arrangement and a $50 gift card from Flowers by Fran (248 S.W. Wilshire Blvd.) and a $50 gift card to Boulevard Salon and Spa (232 S.W. Wilshire Blvd.). The winner's name was drawn from 81 entries (each entry is five receipts) that totaled $8,532.70 in purchases from businesses in the Hwy. 174 median improvement project area. The March 18 prize drawing included receipts from February 2013. The February receipts are approximately double the amount of receipts turned in to the City for January. It's easy to get involved. For the April prize drawing, just turn in five receipts (from the month of March) from businesses on State Hwy. 174 (Wilshire Boulevard), between I-35W and Elk Drive. The next drawing will take place at the April 15 Burleson City Council meeting, so don't forget to collect your March receipts from the project area. To find out more about the program, go to the Shop on Wilshire Loyalty Program page on the City website.

Are you a Burleson High School graduate whose years in high school include the 1940s and/or 1950s? Then the Burleson Public Library needs your help! The Library is having yearbooks from years past digitized. They do not have a copy of the 1942, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, or 1959 Burleson High School yearbooks. If you have a yearbook that the library could borrow for three-four weeks, the library will get the books digitized and add them to the library's collection. The goal is to have a digitized copy of all BHS yearbooks at the library, at the Burleson Independent School District, and with the Burleson Heritage Foundation at the Burleson Visitors Center. Call Library Director Rod Bland at 817-426-9201 or email him.

If there is not a rainout Saturday, registration for the City's Family Field Day at Bartlett Park starts at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 23. All events will wrap up before the Bunny Daze Easter Egg Hunt in Bartlett Park at 1:30 p.m. There are six field day events for all ages - children and parents. They include Rapid Radar (how fast and accurately can you throw), Crime Catcher (how fast can you run without dropping the egg off the spoon), Great Getaway (can you and a partner get away quickly when your legs are tied together for the three-legged race), Fireman's Drill (how quickly can you get ready to put out a fire), House Fire (how quickly can you extinguish fire in a "burning house") and Fire Hose Tug-of-War. Contestants who compete in all six events will be eligible for a prize. Awards will be presented following the Bunny Daze Easter Egg Hunt. If the event is rained out, Family Field Day will be rescheduled to a Fall 2013 date.  Read More

Burleson firefighters have scheduled two more free basic CPR classes, open to the public, in March and April. Classes are on Saturdays, March 30 and April 20, 9 a.m.-noon at Fire Station #1, 828 S.W. Alsbury Blvd. You must be at least 15 years old to participate. This class will not certify participants in CPR (not a card class). The course walks an attendee  through very basic and easy hands on CPR, basic first aid, and instruction on an AED (Automated External Defibrillator). The March and April classes are open to the first 30 people who sign up. Call Fire Station #1 at 817-426-9176, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. This class is free to the public.