Steiner Ranch triplets Sam, Jack and Luke Webb completed their Eagle Scout rank with two days to spare.

By MADISON PHARIS, Four Points News

The path to complete the Eagle Scout rank in Boy Scouts of America is a long one with only about 4 percent of scouts reaching this accomplishment. Vandegrift seniors Sam, Jack and Luke Webb managed to complete theirs within two days of their 18th birthday, which is the deadline for Eagle Scout completion.

“I don’t think they’ll realize until they’re a little older what this is all about,” said Marilou Webb, their mother, who says they were down to the wire to get this completed.

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Vandegrift treble choir

By ELENA AVENTA, JENNIFER WALKER, MEGAN MESSER

Vandegrift Voice

Four Vandegrift choirs attended the UIL evaluation at Leander High School in early April and each choir received sweepstakes for earning all division I ratings in every category.

“All four choirs that performed at the Region 32 UIL Choir Evaluation this year received sweepstakes trophies,” said Michael Zook, VHS choir director.

This is the highest honor that a choir can achieve at UIL.

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Sherman Burrows credits his dog, Leo (shown), with finally bringing Belle home. Courtesy Sherman Burrows

Belle found nine days after lost on trail

By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News

Although the River Place neighborhood comes together for its annual Independence Day Parade and Dads in the Hood campout, it was a lost Labrador Retriever that united the community over the past couple of weeks.

“Belle” was running the River Place nature trail with her owner, Brent Harrell, on April 8, as the pair has frequently done, Brent’s wife Melissa Harrell said. However, on this particular Sunday, 2-year-old Belle suddenly became spooked and darted away around the creek crossing in the middle of the trail, she said.

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Local residents are asked to contact CAMPO this week about improving the four-lane flush median RM 620 north to a six-lane raised median divided highway.
Source: Texas Department of Transportation

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

The northern half of RM 620 — the most highly congested and heavily traveled 18.8 miles of the road from Mansfield Dam to Hwy. 183 — is not on the list for the next round of Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization projects.  

“This is so important, it cannot be over-emphasized. We cannot wait any more,” said Brian Thompto, chairman of the Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association.

Thompto and other local leaders — including Scott Crosby, River Place HOA president, Morgan Briscoe, West Austin Chamber of Commerce president, and Randy Lawson, Canyon Creek neighborhood board member — went to the CAMPO meeting on April 9 and urged the transportation board to put northern RM 620 improvements on their list of projects.

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