December 30 2018 Issue
Category Archives: River Place
VHS shares holiday cheer in many languages with RPE
Teacher Mima Nazarene sang “Mary Did You Know” with several Vandegrift students. They went to River Place
Elementary to meet students who, like them, are from other countries.
By MEGAN MESSER , Vandegrift Voice
Some 20 Vandegrift students, who are from all over the world, brought holiday cheer to about 20 students at River Place Elementary, who are also from other countries.
“The purpose of the trip was to spread cheer and to build relationships,” said Nazarene, the English as a Second Language teacher at VHS who organized the event.
Viper students – originally from China, Italy, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, El Salvador, Guatemala, Spain, Venezuela and Mexico – connected with RPE students while singing versions of “Jingle Bells” and “Feliz Navidad” accompanied by guitar. Then Nazarene and some Vipers sang “Mary Did You Know”.
Vandegrift Viper band performs its Winter Concert
Photographers
Julie Sadler, Jennifer Craven, Jose Valladares & Durga Sethuraman
By KRISTEN HILL, Contributor
The Vandegrift band performed its Winter Concert featuring all concert bands:
Concert Band Two, Concert Band One Symphonic Winds, and Wind Ensemble.
Under the direction of Mike Howard, director of bands, the concert was held on Dec. 13 at Austin Baptist Church.
Local designer opens the Skull & Crown boutique
Local designer David Hawkins with his three children, Wyatt, Ruby and Jesse, opened The Skull & Crown this month. The boutique is located around the corner from Mansfield Dam toward Lakeway and offers a host of sought-after brands.
By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News
David Hawkins — a former designer to Hollywood stars who lives in Steiner Ranch — opened a new clothing and lifestyle store nearby called The Skull & Crown.
Hawkins designed clothes for his G.I. Joe when he was very young, after becoming frustrated that the action figure only had one outfit. Now, he is making a dream come true by opening his own shop.
Hawkins, who moved to Austin from Los Angeles 14 years ago, has designed clothes for a host of entertainment stars including Jamie Foxx, Rod Stewart, Harrison Ford, Helen Hunt, Vanessa Williams, and the cast of “Friends”.
Preserve at 620 office site to open, Former Walmart is transformed
Former Walmart store is now Preserve at 620. Rendering provided.
By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News
The former Walmart site near Grandview Hills is now the Preserve at 620 and it’s sporting a pocket park with outdoor seating, a dog run and state-of-the-art fitness center. The site offers tenants much more than just its 225,000-square-feet of office space.
The approximately $46.5 million project that renovates and expands the former superstore at 8201 N. RM 620 is nearing completion. In January, the site developer will welcome its first tenant, the corporate headquarters for automotive supplier Innovative Aftermarket Systems, said Aquila Commercial Senior Vice President Joe Simmons.