The Behrens Ranch Annual Holiday Party will take place on Sunday, December 6th at the amenity center. Note the earlier start this year, as it will take place from 2:00-5:00pm. Santa will be visiting from 2:30-4:30 and we will have a photographer there to take your picture with Santa. We’ll have lots of holiday crafts for the kids and yummy refreshments! Please join us during this festive time of year!

The Holiday Lights Contest will be judged by the neighborhood elves on Wednesday, December 16th. So get those displays up and ready to go for your chance to win neighborhood bragging rights!

Anyone who would like to be involved in the events committee and the planning of our holiday events, please send an email to: events-committee@behrensranch.org We’re always looking for a few more elves to join our fun team!

From the office of the Mayor and City Council:

We don’t want anyone to be unduly alarmed when these training drills take place next week:

Flashing lights, police tape, a mobile command post, and emergency responders and their vehicles will all be part of an all-day, regional training exercise taking place in Round Rock on Tuesday, November 3, 2009.

Emergency responders from the City of Round Rock and throughout Williamson, Travis and Hays counties will be participating in an annual exercise designed to simulate a disaster scenario requiring regional Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) Task Force Teams to work together in a coordinated response.

The exercise will include staging areas at the Dell Diamond parking lot and nearby utility facilities on U.S. 79.

Exercise participants do not want to upset the community and are asking residents near the event to communicate to friends and neighbors there is no cause for concern. Attempting to watch the exercise is not advised, as bystanders could endanger themselves and impede emergency vehicle access during training.

The exercise enables emergency responders to practice plans created in response to a request from the Governor’s Division of Emergency Management in 2005 for the development of regional response plans for Texas. For response plan purposes, Texas has 24 regional councils of government (COG). The counties of Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Travis and Williamson make up the Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG).