October 4 2020 Issue
Local musician, teacher awaits liver transplant
By K. Q. THOMAS, Four Points News
Longtime Steiner Ranch resident Cy Albertson is trying to beat death for a third time — and with his sense of humor, write a book about it.
Some Four Points residents might know him as the piano teacher who owned Albertson School of Music, or the pianist who plays for Esther’s Follies. Others might know him as a teacher at Vandegrift High School and Four Points Middle School, who onced owned a magic shop in Austin and entertained with magic tricks.
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Neighborhood Pop-Up Grocery project is farm to table
By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News
With the Neighborhood Pop-Up Grocery project, Austin-area restaurants like Cups & Cones in Steiner Ranch have been offering boxes of farm fresh fruits and vegetables for sale.
This has been part of a COVID Support the Local Farmers’ Initiative. The program began in March and concludes this week, said Hallie Casey, supply chain program manager at the Sustainable Food Center.
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