Kirsten Hanna (white shirt) and Ashley Goolsby (blue shirt) made the trip earlier this year to Shelter Children’s Home in Africa. In small ways, the two local residents are helping sustain the orphanage.

By SARAH DOOLITTLE, Four Points News

After visiting an orphanage in Ngong, Kenya, two Four Points neighbors decided to make it their mission to help.

In January, Kirsten Hanna and Ashley Goolsby visited Shelter Children’s Home, the orphanage and school is home to 151 Kenyan boys and girls, from newborns through their late teens, and boasts over 300 alumni.

Goolsby — who owns restaurant Shack 512 on Lake Travis with her husband — had visited previously and was sponsoring the cost of one student’s college education at the home. Timing was right, their son Gray graduated Vandegrift in 2016.

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Proposed developments along RM 620 between RM 2222/Bullick Hollow and Anderson Mill Road. Google Maps.

Hyatt Place, Ash Creek Homes, Volvo set sights on Four Points area

By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News

The heart of Four Points along RM 620 will be changing significantly in the months ahead as new development comes in. A new Hyatt Place hotel is under construction next to CVS, and new homes and retail space are scheduled to be built close by. Additionally, a new Volvo dealership is slated to go in a few miles away at RM 620 North and Buckner Road.

Development plans are underway on three tracts of land along RM 620 between CVS pharmacy and Home Depot. The 95-room Hyatt Place hotel is under construction at 7300 N. RM 620 on a 6.6-acre tract. A retail and office complex is proposed for the 27-acre tract between the Hyatt site and Vista Parke Drive. Ash Creek Homes is to develop a residential and commercial project at 11601 Vista Parke Dr. on a 7-acre tract.

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Steiner Ranch resident Ashlea Klam stars in in the “Sage Alexander” TV series, here she is on the red carpet with other cast members.
Steiner Ranch resident Ashlea Klam stars in in the “Sage Alexander” TV series, here she is on the red carpet with other cast members.

By ERIN SEITZLER, Four Points News

Ashlea Klam, a local Canyon Ridge Middle School student, is starring in the “Sage Alexander” TV series while balancing sports and academics.

Ashlea, an 8th grader, is currently working on a web TV series called “Sage Alexander” on TigerBeat TV. They have already shot the first six episodes in Plano,Tex, at the Dark Hour Haunted House.

“It was very cool and creepy at the same time,” she said. The new TV  series is a fantasy thriller based off a book series. There will be seven books in total, but only one and two are out currently. Viewers can watch the released chapters on TigerBeat TV on YouTube.

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