Category Archives: Lake Travis

Viper Special Education Boosters cap off 2nd year

Rising junior Abby Dennis had Down Syndrome and was excited to share her photos at the exhibit at Cups & Cones. Abby’s mom Lisa founded the VHS SPED Booster Club in 2016 in order to better support the school’s special education students and teachers.

Students showcase their photography

By SARAH DOOLITTLE, Four Points News

The Vandegrift High School Special Education Boosters or SPED the first booster club of their kind in Texas    held an exhibit of student photos last month at Cups & Cones in Steiner Ranch.

About 30 photos were on display at the show on June 4 and were hand-selected by the students who took them. The five students were members of a 2017-18 vocational education class at VHS created especially for students with developmental delays and disorders.

“We used photography to teach vocational skills,” explained vocation teacher Ana Caldas. The task especially required the use of, “a lot of social skills… (The students) all know better now to ask anybody if they can take their picture before just snapping.” Continue reading →

TxDOT on 620 N

Bruce Byron, Texas Department of Transportation project manager, spoke at the Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association meeting on June. 18.

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

The Texas Department of Transportation gave a brief update on plans for RM 620 N at the recent Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association meeting: more delineators are coming to Four Points and studies continue on how to expand the road into six lanes.  

Bruce Byron, project manager for TxDOT, spoke at the SRNA meeting on June 18 in Steiner Ranch.

Continue reading →

Steiner’s board talks security, Passes entrance landscape plans, Votes in two directors

Mike Jennings, captain of Travis County Constable’s Office Precinct 2, and Michael De Leon, senior deputy, spoke to Steiner Ranch homeowners on June 26 on ways they could help keep the community safer with added officers dedicated only to Steiner.

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

The Steiner Ranch Master Association board invited representatives from the Travis County Constable’s Office and a security company to the June 26 meeting to give updates on how to keep the community safer.

The board also passed a measure to spend up to $202,000 on front entrance improvements, voted in two new directors, and covered a lengthy discussion on pool contracts.

There was a brief discussion on the agenda item that focuses on third party management ideas or “professional onsite management services”. Board members expressed needing more time to discuss further and needing more details before they could vote on the measure. A meeting was scheduled for the board to meet in mid July.

Continue reading →

Burglars hit two River Place homes

Steal car, laptops, wallet

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

Two homes in River Place were burglarized — a car, wallet, laptops, etc. were taken — at least one of the families was home sleeping at the time.

Reported on June 24 to Austin Police Department, one burglary was reported at 8:34 a.m. in the 10700 block of Sun Tree Cove and the other was reported around 10:29 a.m. in the 5800 block of Brittlyns Court.

“Our home was entered by two men,” said Marcy Keefe. “We were home and asleep. We got home at around midnight and the car was there.”

Continue reading →

Burglars hit two River Place homes

Steal car, laptops, wallet

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

Two homes in River Place were burglarized — a car, wallet, laptops, etc. were taken — at least one of the families was home sleeping at the time.

Reported on June 24 to Austin Police Department, one burglary was reported at 8:34 a.m. in the 10700 block of Sun Tree Cove and the other was reported around 10:29 a.m. in the 5800 block of Brittlyns Court.

“Our home was entered by two men,” said Marcy Keefe. “We were home and asleep. We got home at around midnight and the car was there.”

Continue reading →