Bring your family and friends to the City's Far Out Family Fun Camp Out and enjoy nature at its finest! All ages are  welcome at the overnight event that starts at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 12, and wraps up at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, in the field behind the Chisenhall Fields Sport Complex baseball fields. A hot dog dinner with marshmallows for dessert will be served. Don't forget your tent, flashlight and bug spray. Open flamed lanterns, grills and pets are not allowed at the campout. The cost is $20 per family of five. Register at the BRiCk, 550 N.W. Summercrest Blvd. For more information call the BRiCk, 817-426-9104. 

The Burleson Heritage Foundation is one of three sponsors of the Second Annual Vietnam Veterans Tribute at the City's Veterans Memorial Park. The ceremony is slated for 11 a.m. on Friday, March 29, at 298 E. Renfro St. Capt. Robert Bennett, commanding officer at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, is the guest speaker. As many as a dozen Vietnam veterans who were prisoners of war at the Hanoi Hilton in North Vietnam may attend. Additional sponsors include American Legion Post #235 and Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base. For more information about today's tribute, call Dale Dexheimer, president of the Burleson Heritage Foundation, at 817-295-5121.

Do you know when your special trash pick-up week is? Check out the solid waste zones map. If you are in Zone 1, your special trash pick-up week is the week of the first Monday of the month. Zone 2 is the week of the second Monday. Zone 3 is the week of the third Monday. And Zone 4 is the week of the fourth Monday. Put the items at the curb the weekend before your scheduled week. Make sure you separate compost items from landfill items. Crews will collect items Monday-Friday of your zone week. They will not pick up appliances that have not had the Freon removed, automotive parts, brick, building materials, concrete, dirt, hazardous materials, oil, paint, railroad ties, rock, roofing material, shingles, treated lumber or yard waste in plastic bags. If your items fall into the "will not pick up" list, you can use the services of Southeast Landfill, 898 N. Dick Price Road, Kennedale, Texas 817-478-6462 or City of Cleburne Transfer Station, 2625 Pipeline Road, Cleburne, Texas 817-641-2236. There may be a fee to use the landfills. For more about special trash pick-up in Burleson and to see what will be picked up, go to the Special Trash Pick-Up page.