Category Archives: River Place

Viper football selects Meadows for “Change Our School” award

Vandegrift math teacher Mike Meadows (center with award) was awarded the “Change our School” award by the football program. “This award shows that he’s a teacher out there that cares more for the students, rather than just completing his job,” said Drew Nelson, Viper football player. LYNETTE HAALAND

By SUMERLYN YUDELL, Vandegrift Voice

Math teacher Mike Meadows came out of his classroom expecting to speak with head athletic director Drew Sanders about some of his athletes. Little did Meadows know he would be greeted in the hall by a cheering Vandegrift football team there to give him the “Change Our School” award.

The football leadership council and coaches give the award out in late October to a chosen teacher who exemplifies great qualities and truly makes the school a better place.

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Friends gather for holiday tradition of lefse making

L-R Deanna Wells, Diane Pilat, Sandra Kingslien, Deb Hilton, and Jean Smith along with 8-year-old granddaughters Malia and Ava Smith hold up their lefse sticks, each with a personalized design. The original group started 30 years ago.

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

Jean Smith, longtime resident of Grandview Hills, gathers with her friends each year to make a traditional holiday food — lefse. This year marks their 30th anniversary to make the paper-thin potato bread in assembly-line fashion.

“We started this 30 years ago as a group,” said Smith, who is originally from Minnesota.

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H-E-B offers new way to shop after nearly 20 years

Gary Hestand, director of Four Points H-E-B, cuts the ribbon to the Curbside expansion at the West Austin Chamber of Commerce ceremony on Dec. 18. The online shopping experience is launched locally. LYNETTE HAALAND

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

As the Four Points H-E-B is a few months away from celebrating 20 years in business, it now introduces Curbside shopping.

“We are excited to expand our Curbside and delivery services to the Four Points H-E-B and provide customers with another convenient way to shop,” said Gary Hestand, director of Four Points H-E-B, located at the intersection of RM 620 and RM 2222.

H-E-B- uses the slogan “We shop. You relax!” with is new local offering that was launched in 2015 at some of its 150 Curbside locations.

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LISD school board weighs in on naming honors

Leander ISD’s newest middle school will be named for longtime Cedar Park High School teacher and dance instructor Stacy Danielson. Courtesy photo

STAFF REPORTS

Leander ISD’s newest middle school will be named for longtime Cedar Park High School teacher and dance instructor Stacy Danielson after a unanimous vote of the district’s board of trustees on Dec. 13.

Danielson spent her entire 17-year teaching career at Cedar Park High School and passed away over the summer after a two-year battle with cancer.

The board’s 6-0 vote to name the district’s ninth middle school after Danielson came after four people spoke publicly in support of Danielson being chosen as the school’s namesake. A total of seven names were under consideration.

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District 6’s Flannigan reflects on ‘crazy, crazy year’

Jimmy Flannigan was sworn in to serve the people of Austin City Council District 6 nearly two years ago on Jan. 6, 2017. District 6 includes a large portion of the Four Points area. Flannigan, whose term ends Jan.7, 2021, reflects on 2018 and touches on local roads. Photo courtesy of the city of Austin

By JACK CRAVER, Austin Monitor

Council Member Jimmy Flannigan believes City Council had a lot more to deal with in 2018 than it should have.

Council welcomed a new city manager, found new chiefs for the police and fire departments, engaged in an extended dispute with the police union over oversight and pay, and tried and failed to overhaul the city’s land development code.

“It was a crazy, crazy year,” he said during an interview in his City Hall office.

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