Category Archives: River Place

Volente businesses recover after Lake Travis flooding

Shack 512 co-owner Bazae Walker wipes down the restaurant’s tables last week. The eatery was engulfed by Lake Travis floodwaters in October. LESLEE BASSMAN

By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News

Mid October floods brought Lake Travis up to the roofline of Shack 512, a waterfront eatery surrounded by a hillside at 8714 Lime Creek Road in Volente. The staff has been working hard and steadily to open the the casual American restaurant’s doors last weekend.

“We came out here and we would grab what we could and just go up a level (on the hillside),” co-owner Bazae Walker said. “The water kept rising. We didn’t anticipate that. We just kept trying to save what we could.”

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Vandegrift student donates sculpture to Turtle Rescue Inc.

Vandegrift junior Essa Garrett created a statement environmental piece in her sculpture class. She recently donated the work to Turtle Rescue Inc. of South Padre Island.

Essa Garrett, a junior at Vandegrift, donated a sculpture to Turtle Rescue Inc. of South Padre Island. The project was part of a sculpture class assignment at VHS to produce something to educate the public about the environment.

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River Place dads create local triathlon

 

River Place residents Conner Erwin and Brent Werbeck are competing in a triathlon they created for charity called Fool’s Race. Photo by Christina Muchow of Hatched Photography

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

Two River Place residents, Conner Erwin and Brent Werbeck, created a full course triathlon  called Fool’s Race that they will be competing in and benefiting charity along the way.

Neither Erwin nor Werbeck have completed a race of this length before, with Werbeck never having completed a triathlon before. But they plan to participate to the fullest, said Erwin, husband and father of two sons, Van and Jet. He is vice president of sales for hospitality tech firm, b4checkin.

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Axing education foundations first on Troxell’s list, booster clubs next

Many of you may be not aware, but our Four Point’s academic booster, Viper Nation Education Foundation, along with the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation, are currently fighting for their existence. These two organizations have only done great things for our students, but our relatively new Superintendent has determined that the Viper Nation Education Foundation has to cease operations as a stand-alone entity and operate as a single, district-wide foundation.

Dr. Troxell has stated that VNEF’s existence is raising “equity” issues within the district, which may open the district to potential legal liability. I believe this to be a fallacy. A false argument that Dr. Troxell is using as an excuse to abolish VNEF.

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