Vandegrift treble choir
By ELENA AVENTA, JENNIFER WALKER, MEGAN MESSER
Vandegrift Voice
Four Vandegrift choirs attended the UIL evaluation at Leander High School in early April and each choir received sweepstakes for earning all division I ratings in every category.
“All four choirs that performed at the Region 32 UIL Choir Evaluation this year received sweepstakes trophies,” said Michael Zook, VHS choir director.
This is the highest honor that a choir can achieve at UIL.
Sherman Burrows credits his dog, Leo (shown), with finally bringing Belle home. Courtesy Sherman Burrows
Belle found nine days after lost on trail
By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News
Although the River Place neighborhood comes together for its annual Independence Day Parade and Dads in the Hood campout, it was a lost Labrador Retriever that united the community over the past couple of weeks.
“Belle” was running the River Place nature trail with her owner, Brent Harrell, on April 8, as the pair has frequently done, Brent’s wife Melissa Harrell said. However, on this particular Sunday, 2-year-old Belle suddenly became spooked and darted away around the creek crossing in the middle of the trail, she said.
Local residents are asked to contact CAMPO this week about improving the four-lane flush median RM 620 north to a six-lane raised median divided highway.
Source: Texas Department of Transportation
By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News
The northern half of RM 620 — the most highly congested and heavily traveled 18.8 miles of the road from Mansfield Dam to Hwy. 183 — is not on the list for the next round of Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization projects.
“This is so important, it cannot be over-emphasized. We cannot wait any more,” said Brian Thompto, chairman of the Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association.
Thompto and other local leaders — including Scott Crosby, River Place HOA president, Morgan Briscoe, West Austin Chamber of Commerce president, and Randy Lawson, Canyon Creek neighborhood board member — went to the CAMPO meeting on April 9 and urged the transportation board to put northern RM 620 improvements on their list of projects.
Dads in the Hood at Sun Tree Park in River Place was a huge hit on Saturday night.
“We had a larger turnout than last year, around 450 people attend. I’m not sure how many families camped but I would guess around 150,” said Paula Callas, who co-organized the event. Continue reading