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It's time to face off for a good-hearted game of flag football!
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Are you ready for some football? The Heart for the Kids benefit game is Saturday, Dec. 12.
The flag football game is at 1 p.m. at Burleson Stadium, 100 Elk Dr. This is the 14th year that the Burleson Professional Fire Fighters Association Local #4025 and Burleson Police Officers Association have hosted the benefit. Through the annual Heart for the Kids flag football game, you can donate one unwrapped toy to Heart for the Kids, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
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.
We promise a flag football game full of fun, laughter, and some good old fashioned rivalry. Come on out!
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Christmas Craft Fair is the place to shop Dec. 12
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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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Kelly Mearns tapped as Employee of the Quarter
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Kelly Mearns has had a lot on her plate in 2015, and she has handled it with professionalism and a positive attitude. The executive assistant for the City Manager's Office took on two major projects, in addition to all of her regular duties. That successful juggling earned her the City of Burleson Employee of the Quarter honors for the fourth quarter of 2015.
Mearns was part of a two-person team that took on the project of redesigning the City's website. That project started in the fall of 2014 - nonstop with training, design, and content management - until the website redesign reveal in July 2015. Since then the team has been putting the finishing touches on what will be the City's first mobile app.
While she was working on the CivicPlus website redesign project, the award winner was doing double duty spearheading a new software program, Agenda Quick, for creating agendas for City Council, Planning and Zoning, and City boards/committees. That project also involved training City directors and managers and working with the vendor to work out issues along the way. Read more about Employee of the Quarter
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Joey the 'rein donkey' will strike a pose for you Dec. 19
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Get your picture taken with our "rein donkey" Joey on Saturday, Dec. 19, during the free Christmas at Russell Farm festivities in Burleson, Texas.
The City's 30-acre historic farm at 405 W. County Road 714 is the site for fun, noon to 8 p.m. This is a rain or shine event!
The festivities include pictures (bring your own camera) with a donkey wearing antlers; cowboy poetry; checking out the Christmas trees decorated by community clubs and organizations; hay rides; handmade crafts for sale; and, tours of the historic Russell-Boren house as well as the Russell Farm Art Center gallery. Concessions include hot cocoa, cookies, coffee and ice cream.
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Oh what a sight! Christmas fireworks lit up the night Dec. 5
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The big Christmas in Burleson finale Dec. 5 included the lighting of the official City Christmas tree, an awesome 10-minute fireworks show choreographed to Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas music, and some great entertainment by our dancers and singers on the City stage.
Mayor Ken Shetter read a Christmas story to the children before bringing Santa Claus up on stage. Helping Santa light the Christmas tree were the two coloring contest winners - Drew Blair and Taylor Killpatrick - as well as Kaylie Miller, Mayor of the Day.
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We've giving a shout out to our dedicated City employees!
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More than 40 City of Burleson employees were honored at the City's annual awards luncheon Dec. 10 for their years of service to the City.
Taking the cake is Tom Clark, chief engineering inspector, for his 25 years of service. He was hired by the City of Burleson on Oct. 16, 1990, as a crew leader in the water department. Clark was promoted to engineering inspector on May 1, 1998, then transferred to gas well development inspector on Nov. 1, 2010. On Sept. 22, 2014, Clark was promoted to his current position.
Two employees marked 20 years with the City in 2015. They are Terri Joslin, senior meter service technician, and Gayla Robison, property room coordinator for the Burleson Police Department.
It was November 6, 1995, when Gayla Robison was hired by the Burleson Police Department as a records clerk. She was promoted to property and evidence technician on April 7, 1999, and to property room coordinator on May 26, 2005.
Terri Joslin joined the City of Burleson on Feb. 16, 1995, as a parks maintenance worker in the parks department. She moved to facilities maintenance, then was promoted to meter service worker for utility customer services on June 1, 1998. On Sept. 16, 1999, Joslin was promoted to meter service technician. Since Oct. 1, 2011, her title has been senior meter service technician.
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Santa was busy at the BRiCk's Breakfast with Santa Dec. 5
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It was a full house, right around 1,200 people, Dec. 5 at the 16th annual Breakfast with Santa hosted by the City's parks and recreation department.
The BRiCk was bustling with families who lined up for a pancake and sausage breakfast, face painting, craft making, train building, and yes, visits with the big guy from the North Pole.
We had a blast, and we hope you did too! Big shout out to the City staff and the volunteers who made Breakfast with Santa so special.
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Help decorate the Burleson Public Library Dec. 12!
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The Burleson Public Library needs your help decorating during Saturday's Thinking Outside the Christmas Box event. The come-and-go event is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Dec. 12 at 248 S.W. Johnson Ave.
Create ornaments from recycled materials; enjoy Christmas music, mulled cider and cookies; and help decorate the library! Story Time is at 1 p.m. For more information go to the Burleson Public Library's Facebook page.
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Streets were packed for the Parade of Lights Dec. 5
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How did you enjoy the Burleson Rotary Club's Parade of Lights Dec. 5?
There was a little something for everyone from decorated jeeps, to trick cyclists, floats, bands, and more. And Santa Claus and his three helpers were the stars of the final float.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Christmas parade, and for all of you who cheered them on as the parade wound down Johnson Avenue to Burleson's Old Town.
To see the rest of the parade pictures, go to the Burleson Rotary Club's Parade of Lights album on the City of Burleson Facebook page.
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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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