By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News
The 6th annual Get Out Girl Surf & Paddle Jam was last weekend on Lake Austin and approximately 150 women participating in the wake surf and paddle events. Spanning two days, the event raised nearly $25,000 for female first responder mental wellness.
By ZACH SMITH, Hill Country News
Even if the first three games of Vandegrift’s District 13-6A schedule were very different in how they transpired, the result has been the same.
The Vipers held off a hard-charging Round Rock offense on Friday night, beating the Dragons 32-25 at Monroe Stadium to stay undefeated. Their last regular-season loss was nearly 700 days ago.
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By LYNETTE HAAALAND, Four Points News
Travis County Sheriff’s Office detained a man who was making verbal threats and making gestures toward students at Steiner Ranch Elementary around dismissal time in the early afternoon on Oct. 1.
SRE Principal Angela Hodges and Leander ISD sent out an email to parents stating: “… a man in front of the school began making verbal threats and inappropriate gestures toward students, including ‘shooting’ hand signs.”
Middle School Night was a big hit at the Vandegrift football game on Sept. 20 vs Hendrickson. Students from Four Points and Canyon Ridge middle schools were invited to be part of the action. Eighth grade band students were featured with the Vandegrift band during their performance and football players, cheerleaders and dancers were all part of the event.
Photos by Vandegrift band photographers, Erin Seitzler, Lynette Haaland
By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News
Introduced as a River Place Limited District proposal more than seven months ago, a fee imposed on visitors and pets to the River Place Nature Trail has been ripe with controversy ever since. Whereas the fee implementation brought cheers from some residents seeking to make their streets safer from the vehicles crowding and endangering the subdivision’s roadways on weekends as well as raise funds for the trail’s maintenance, the new process caused angst for many outside users and non-District residents, neighbors who can see the popular paths but have suddenly become limited in their use.
Now, a new claim by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department may put the kibosh on the charge for good but residents have had to rely on their own digging or the media for information.
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