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LWBE hosts Google augmented reality event

Augmented reality allows virtual images to be superimposed on real images, so that students can remain oriented in reality. Here 4th grader Amal Madapaty leans on a full moon, virtually.

By SARAH DOOLITTLE, Four Points News

Google demonstrated augmented reality technology to students at Laura Welch Bush Elementary a few months ago

“It’s part of the Google Pioneer Expeditions program,” explained 5th grade teacher Kim Tagge. “I first applied a couple of years ago then I found out we got in this year.”

The event on Oct. 5 was hosted in two science labs on campus, and Tagge was on hand all day to assist students and teachers. Google provided phones, selfie sticks, software and an instructor.

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Steiner Houseboat: A place for men to connect and share

 

Attendees at a Steiner Ranch Houseboat gathering at the SR Lake Club
enjoy a gourmet grilled meal, provided free to all comers.

By SARAH DOOLITTLE, Four Points News

A local resident was inspired to create a men’s g

roup closer to home after experiencing the fun and success of the Lake Travis Houseboat group.

Craig Buchner — who lives in Steiner Ranch with his wife, Suzanne, and their two children, Tyler and Savannah — started attending the Lake Travis Houseboat group several years ago. That group formed over a decade ago and actually meets on a houseboat.

But the long drive to the other side of the lake inspired Buchner to create a Steiner group that could be accessible to more local men. So Buchner started Steiner Ranch Houseboat, a similar gathering for men, in June of 2016. The group meets at the Steiner Lake Club at 12300 River Bend on the last Tuesday of every month.

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2011 golf cart accident was a day never to forget

Alli Hindman after her golf cart accident in Steiner Ranch on February 11, 2011. She suffered multiple, deep abrasions and a broken arm.

Hindman family shares story

By SARAH DOOLITTLE, Four Points News

Kaylene Hindman will never forget February 11, 2011.

That evening her then 14-year-old daughter, Alli, was at a party at a friend’s house in the Steiner Ranch golf course community. What Kaylene did not know was that her daughter and several friends at the party — four or five girls and a boy — decided to take the friend’s family’s golf cart for a spin around the golf course neighborhood.

Parts of the community were still under construction at the time. The group decided to take the golf cart down a long, steep hill that was paved but along which there were not yet any houses.

On the way down the hill, rolling in neutral, the cart’s driver turned too sharply and overcorrected, causing the cart to roll over.

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Steiner DI team brings backpacks to homeless teens

The Tick Tock Tigers Destination Imagination team reached its goal of 100 backpacks filled with supplies that were delivered to LifeWorks Austin for their celebration on Dec. 21.

By SARAH DOOLITTLE, Four Points News

The Destination Imagination team Tick Tock Tigers, made up of 5th and 6th graders from Laura Welch Bush Elementary and Canyon Ridge Middle School, is raising money to donate backpacks to homeless teens in Austin.

Named Project Survive, the team’s project involves working with the organization LifeWorks Austin, which every year helps over 4,000 local teens and adults who are transitioning from homelessness, unemployment and trauma.

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