The Vandegrift football team hosted a senior father/son campout on Aug. 18 at Brigham Double Horn Ranch.
ZACH SMITH
By ZACH SMITH, Hill Country News
Vandegrift takes the idea very seriously that football is about more than just what happens on the field.
The Vipers held their seventh annual senior/dad campout on the afternoon of Aug. 18 at the Brigham Double Horn Ranch just south of Marble Falls to grow off-field connections of senior players and the men they cherish most.
Leander ISD Superintendent Dan Troxell rides Vandegrift bus #377 on its way to Steiner Ranch on Wednesday, Aug. 22. He posted this photo on Twitter saying, “Continuing my yearly tradition of riding the buses with our @LeanderISD students.”\
By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News
Long, hot bus rides in Leander ISD — especially in the Four Points area — have been the focus of many parents, school administrators and staff. Triple digit temperatures last week coupled with the fact LISD buses do not have air conditioning, and that students sit in hot buses longer — more than an hour in cases — because the traffic has been extremely congested leaving Vandegrift and Four Points Middle School from the one exit. Continue reading
Cups & Cones shattered glass door after break-in.
By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News
The investigation is underway to capture the burglar who broke into three Steiner Ranch businesses — Cup & Cones, Steiner Cleaners and Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt — around 5 a.m. on Sunday morning.
Rick Nordin pulled into Cups & Cones’ side entrance, like he usually does, and was heading into the shop with his arms full around 5 a.m. on Aug. 26. That’s when he looked up and saw the shattered glass door.
Nordin soon realized that the register was gone and more than $700 in cash was taken.
“I just missed the guy,” said Nordin, a River Place resident who owns Cups & Cones with his wife Kristi.
Photos by Erin Seitzler
The Vandegrift band and Vision Dance Company marched for more than three miles during its 10th annual March-A-Thon through the streets of Steiner Ranch on Saturday.