Category Archives: Lake Travis

Local mom leaves lasting impressions

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

Local mother-of-four Heidy Arteaga, who was expecting her fifth child, passed away last week, several weeks before her 41st birthday.

Born May 22, 1977 Heidy Elizabeth Casares Arteaga unexpectedly died along with her unborn daughter, Chloe Nicole Arteaga, on May 7, from complications from a respiratory infection. She was about 23 weeks along in her pregnancy.

Heidy is survived by her adoring husband of eight years, Anthony Arteaga, and their son, Grayson, 7, a 1st grader at Grandview Hills Elementary.

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Vandegrift tennis sends seven to state

Statebound Vandegrift tennis players will compete May 17-18. L-R: Jai Naik, Deven Bapat, Blaine Kanak, Gabby Cusano, Nic Cusano, Synclair Larson, Anisha Apte, and coach Daniel White.

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Seven Vandegrift tennis players will compete in the 6A state championship tournament on this week, May 17-18 at Texas A&M University.

“The team has exceeded my expectations by advancing seven players to state,” said Daniel White, VHS head tennis coach.

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Talking with teens event helps parents

Vandegrift PTSA Healthy Lifestyles committee member and licensed professional counselor Shelley Coleman presented “Communicating with your Teen” at a brown bag lunch at VHS earlier this year.

By SARAH DOOLITTLE, Four Points News

“Communicating with your Teen” was the topic of a presentation earlier this year hosted by the Vandegrift Parent Teacher Student Association Healthy Lifestyles committee, which focuses on student health and wellness.

The talk was lead by Shelley Coleman, committee member and licensed professional counselor. She spoke to an eager audience of parents and opened with a promise — and a caveat. “You are going to learn the secret (of communicating with your teen): there is no secret.”

Coleman first explained to parents what they could expect from their teens developmentally.

“Emotionally they are separating from us as parents. They’re beginning to distance themselves from us. Their friends are more important than we are,” she said.

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ViperBots set records at 2018 World Championship

ViperBots 6209 Venom wins the Judges’ Award for helping a Chinese team fix their broken robot.
Photo Credit: Karina Medina

By SUZANNE GALLIGHER, Contributor

Four Vandegrift ViperBots robotics teams — 6800 Valor, 6209 Venom, 7161 Hydra and 11503 HyperFang — did not disappoint at the FIRST Championship Houston last week, finishing the highest ever in their eight-year history.

The event at the George R. Brown Convention Center brought together 15,000 students from 43 countries contending for awards and recognition in competitive play through team-based robotics challenges within the framework and enthusiasm of a sporting event.

In the FIRST Tech Challenge track, ViperBots team Venom, Hydra and HyperFang set some impressive records.

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