By JACK CRAVER, Austin Monitor

City Council decided Thursday that a legal and political battle surrounding the Champion tract in Northwest Austin that has spanned two decades will be extended yet another two weeks.

Council voted 7-4 to postpone action on an amendment to a settlement agreement from over 20 years ago that would allow a developer to build a major multifamily housing development.

Council voted in November 2016 to approve the same measure. However, a judge ruled in September 2017, in response to a lawsuit brought by a group opposed to the development, that the vote was invalid because city staff did not properly post the item, in violation of the state open meetings law.

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By ZACH SMITH, LYNETTE HAALAND

The six LISD schools learned who they’ll regularly play for the next two seasons when the UIL released its alignment Thursday morning.

Vandegrift, Leander and Vista Ridge will form District 13-6A, a nine-team district with all the schools from the Round Rock ISD and Hendrickson.

Class 5A will be split into two divisions based on enrollments for the first time this year. Cedar Park and Rouse are in District 11-5A, Division I with Hutto, Georgetown, Manor, Pflugerville and Connally, while Glenn is in District 14-5A, Division II with Bastrop, Cedar Creek, Elgin, East View, Marble Falls and Weiss.

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Combined players won five World Series titles

By ZACH SMITH,  LYNETTE HAALAND

It was Sept. 1, 2007. Clay Buchholz was making his second career start. Kevin Millar was entering the final few years of his big league career.

He finished with nine strikeouts, including sending Millar back to the dugout twice in the 10-0 win.

“It was a sick joke,” Millar said. “Our scoring report said he had a fastball, curveball and changeup. It didn’t say anything about him throwing to right-handers. Some organizations are good at scoring reports and some aren’t. The Orioles, at that time, stunk.”

Buchholz and Millar joined four other current and former professional baseball players at a question and answer session ahead of the Vandegrift Home Run Derby on Saturday morning. The baseball stars are also local residents.

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Three, local Young Men’s Service League chapters heard the presentation “When Sean Speaks” earlier this month about the dangers of drunk driving.

Sean Carter’s life was devastated in Wichita Falls, Tex., during the wee hours of March 27, 2005. He was a student at Midwestern State University majoring in business administration when he decided to take a ride in a truck driven by a college friend who was drunk. The truck spun and slammed into a tree and Sean suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, and a traumatic brain injury.

Although he cannot talk and has only some mobility in his extremities, Sean continues to make progress. He suffers no obvious cognitive deficits. Sean has immediate rapport with everyone he meets. People are drawn to Sean’s radiant smile, his quick wit, and his power to communicate.

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