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Paddle & Surf Jam raises nearly $25,000 for first responders

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. 

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After threats, gestures man detained in front of SRE

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.”

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Middle School Night at VHS

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

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River Place working toward trail fee resolution after agency “prohibited” charge Residents ask for transparency from Limited District

River Place resident Paul Spring said he opposes the fee charged for non-Limited District use of the trail in his community. During its Sept. 24 meeting, he asked the District board for more information about correspondence it received from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department that found the fee in violation of a 2001 grant the former River Place Municipal Utility District used to construct the feature. LESLEE BASSMAN

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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