February 7 2018 Issue
Category Archives: Lake Travis
YMSL chapters hear “When Sean Speaks”
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.
County sets local 2018 street improvements
By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News
If you eye a road paving truck in your western Travis County neighborhood in the coming months, you can thank Travis County officials and its Transportation and Natural Resources division.
Travis County Commissioners Court approved the Transportation and Natural Resources Road & Bridge 2018 Work Plan Jan. 18, following a rescheduling of its Jan. 16 meeting due to inclement weather. The plan, sponsored in part by Precinct Two Commissioner Brigid Shea, spans across the court’s four precincts, with the Four Points area slated for overlay paving, rejuvenation, roadway striping and sidewalk repair projects over the next 12 months.
Steiner family raises over $150,000 for T1 diabetes research
Jason and Jaimie Davis with their two sons: Parker, a 4th grader at Laura Welch Bush Elementary, and Luke, 2nd grader. Parker has had diabetes for five years.
By SARAH DOOLITTLE, Four Points News
The Davis family of Steiner Ranch has raised over $150,000 dollars toward diabetes research with the JDRF One Walk since their son Parker was diagnosed five years ago.
The family raises money as a team, named Team Parker, and in 2017 alone collected over $51,000 in donations. Theirs is the first family in Austin to have done so.
Jaimie and Jason Davis first noticed something was wrong with Parker just before he started kindergarten.
“For about a week, Parker was extremely moody, had excessive thirst and urination, and I mean super excessive! Then he started puking, which unfortunately occurred on a Saturday,” when doctors offices are closed, explained Jaimie.
Vandegrift wins contest at LEEF gala
By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News
The Vandegrift team of principals and administrators won the top prize of $7,000 for Project Graduation at the Leander ISD Educational Excellence Foundation 3rd annual gala on Saturday.
LEEF’s executive director, Gloria Gonzales estimates that $125,000 was raised for LEEF programs and initiatives. More than 450 guests filled a ballroom at the Hilton Austin for the sold-out event on Jan. 27.
The highlight of the gala was the 1970s’ inspired, lip sync battle between the six LISD high school principals and their feeder path middle and elementary school principals and administration.