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Get your tickets now for the Dec. 5 Breakfast with Santa
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The big guy from the North Pole is hosting the City's 16th annual Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 5, 7 a.m.-11 a.m., at the BRiCk. The event is geared to children from birth to 12 years old (children 2 and younger get in free).
Saint Nick's elves will be up before the crack of dawn flipping pancakes, cooking sausage, and serving the orange juice and coffee. Santa will be in the BRiCk's Winter Wonderland until 11 a.m. to hear Christmas wishes, so bring your camera, and then stop by Santa's workshop to make holiday crafts.
Admission is $4 for children and $5 for adults if you buy the tickets in advance. On the day of the event, Breakfast with Santa tickets are $5 for children and $7 for adults. Tickets are on sale at the BRiCk (Burleson Recreation Center) now. The BRiCk is located at 550 N.W. Summercrest Blvd. Read More about Breakfast with Santa
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We are paying forward your support and generosity
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Between the tip donations and a portion of the nightly proceeds from Grumps Burgers, the Burleson Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association (BCPAAA) brought in $4,600 at the Sept. 21 Tip A Cop fundraiser.
The BCPAAA, a 501©3 non-profit organization, is using the funds raised to not only maintain the police department's bicycle unit and honor guard, but also to kick start a new program, Operation Helping Hands, which supplies officers with gift cards to hand out at their discretion.
"The officers can use the cards, as needed, when they come upon someone who the officer believes is truly in need," Sgt. B. O'Heren, coordinator of the department's Citizens Police Academy and Citizens On Patrol program, said. "These officers often spend their own money buying someone gas or food or finding a place for them to stay to get them away from a bad situation." Read more about Operation Helping Hands
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Yes, there is a Christmas parade in Burleson, Dec. 5!
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The Burleson Rotary Club is hosting the Parade of Lights that steps off from Kerr Middle School at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5. Twinkling lights are a must on each parade entry.
The parade will start on the Irene Street side of the school parking lot, turn right on Gregory Street, right on Johnson Avenue, and right on Ellison Street. The Christmas parade will then turn right at the intersection of Ellison and Warren Street (next to NORTHSTAR Bank and Burleson City Hall) and head back to the middle school parking lot. The parade will not go past city hall.
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Bailey Lake is going to be filled with trout . . . next week
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Bailey Lake is going to be filled with trout Dec. 9. Please note the rules for trout fishing . . . you are limited to two fishing poles per person. That means one person can't be fishing with five poles. Speaking of five, the limit is five trout per day (yes, per every 24 hours). If you catch one, two, three, four or five trout in 24 hours, you can keep it/them. But if you catch anything that is not a trout, you have to release it.
And, as a reminder, a fishing license is required for anglers 17 years of age and older who wish to fish at Bailey Lake. Bailey Lake is located at 280 W. Hidden Creek Pkwy. in Burleson (corner of Hidden Creek and Gardens Boulevard). All state guidelines and requirements are applicable. To learn more about fishing licenses, please go to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Division page.
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Are you ready for the tree lighting and fireworks?
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Saturday is the night! Santa Claus and his helpers will throw the switch on the lights on the City's official Christmas tree at the corner of Ellison Street and Johnson Avenue.
The Parks Department put up the City's brand new 24-foot Christmas tree and topped it with a 4-foot star. This new tree is decked out with thousands of twinkling lights and red bows.
Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m., Santa Claus and his helpers will count down the momentous occasion, followed by the 10-minute fireworks show . Read up on all of the Dec. 5 Christmas festivities in Burleson!
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We are closing for our awards luncheon Thursday!
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City of Burleson facilities - with the exception of Hidden Creek Golf Course, the Senior Activity Center, the Burleson Police Department and the three fire stations - will be closed on Thursday, Dec. 10, between 11:15 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. so that employees may attend the City's annual awards luncheon. Russell Farm will be closed. The Burleson Animal Shelter will open at 2 p.m. Thank you for giving us time to celebrate the year's accomplishments!
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Online payment system will be down Dec. 7-9
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If you pay your City utility bill or municipal court payment online, make a note to do that before Monday, Dec. 7. The Click2Gov feature on the City website will be down starting at 5 p.m. on Dec. 7. It should be back up and functioning by 12 p.m. (noon) on Wednesday, Dec. 9.
You can still pay your utility bill, via the phone! Call 1-855-498-9971. This automated service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You will need your utility account number and the amount you would like to pay. If you need to talk to someone in utility customer service, please call 817-426-9601. For information about municipal court payments, please call 817-426-9220.
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Flag football game benefits families in need at Christmas
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When you go shopping this weekend, please remember the families who don't have the money for gifts.
Through the 14th annual Heart for the Kids benefit flag football game on Dec. 12, you can donate one unwrapped toy to Heart for the Kids, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
The game, hosted by the Burleson Professional Fire Fighters Association Local #4025 and Burleson Police Officers Association, is at 1 p.m. at Burleson Stadium, 100 Elk Dr.
Heart for the Kids provides new toys/gifts for each child (teens included); new outfit of clothes (a school uniform if required); new shoes, socks and underwear; and, each family is also provided with a box of food for Christmas dinner, if needed.
The Heart for the Kids toys/gifts wish list includes bicycles, scooters and toys for children of all ages - newborn to 17 - as well as wallets, purses and jewelry for older teens. Diapers for the babies are also welcome.
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Be a vendor, be a shopper at Dec. 12 Christmas Craft Fair
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You don't want to miss this. Stop by the Burleson Senior Activity Center on Saturday, Dec. 12, for the annual Christmas Craft Fair. The fair takes place 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and showcases one-of-a-kind handmade items - sewn creations, art, jewelry, and more - from area vendors. Want to know more about the craft fair?
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Traffic alert for parade/fireworks
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To protect Parade of Lights participants, drivers, pedestrians and parade watchers, the barricades will be put in place on the streets around Kerr Middle School (517 SW Johnson Ave.) starting at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, so that the parade organizers may begin staging of the parade at 4:30 p.m. The parade steps off at 6 p.m.
Those closures include Irene Street, Lena Street and Dian Street. Every street and driveway between Gardens Boulevard and Renfro Street that intersects with Johnson Avenue will be barricaded by 5:30 p.m. The square block area around the fireworks display (First Baptist Church's parking lot at Ellison Street and Johnson Avenue) will be barricaded by noon on Dec. 5.
There will be no access from Hwy. 174 to Johnson Avenue, including cutting through parking lots (FasTaco, Whataburger, Southwest Bank) starting at 5 p.m.
If you are looking for a spot to park for the parade, the Burleson Public Library will be closing its doors early (4 p.m.) on Dec. 5. The library is located at 248 SW Johnson Ave.
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Want to know what's being discussed?
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Are you looking for agendas for City meetings? You can still access them through the Public Notices page on the City of Burleson website, but now you can go straight to the agenda by using the Agendas & Minutes page. You can see current meeting agendas as well as past meeting agendas, minutes, and video (Burleson City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission meetings are live streamed and archived). Minutes reflecting the outcome of agenda items are approved at the next regular meeting of the council, commission, boards and committees. If you don't want to wait until the next meeting to read the minutes, you can view the video of the meeting by going to the Streaming Video page on the City website.
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Do you know what's going on in your City? Choose the form of communication that best suits your style by going to the Engage with Burleson page on the City's new website. We have Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, the City Focus monthly newsletter, this weekly E-Newsletter, streaming video of our public meetings, and a link to our City staff directory. If you want to keep up with the latest happenings, go to News Releases on the City website and, check out the Events calendar on the City Facebook. If you aren't signed up to receive the City's Everbridge emergency notifications (severe thunderstorm warning, tornado warning, mosquito spraying alert, etc.), you can do that now by going to the City of Burleson Alert System signup page. Thank you for being engaged with your City! Sincerely, Sally Ellertson City of Burleson
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