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Improvements coming to RM 620 North

Concrete barriers, Anderson Mill crossover

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

Near-term improvements are coming to RM 620 N which include adding four stretches of concrete barriers to along the most dangerous stretches of the road. Additionally major improvements are coming to the Anderson Mill Road intersection, which will help provide relief for Four Points area traffic.

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The new barriers were one of the main topics discussed at the Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association meeting on Sept. 11 in Steiner. Bruce Byron, Texas Department of Transportation project manager, presented upcoming RM 620 N changes to the 25 attendees. Representative Paul Workman, R-Austin was present and spoke at the meeting as well.

New concrete barriers will be placed where there are curves in RM 620 from Mansfield Dam to RM 2222.

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Local dermatologist raises funds for Dell

The Bhatt family hosted their annual fundraiser “Botox for Babes” and donated $16,662 to Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas this summer.

Some 60 patients and all of the Four Points Dermatology staff participated at the June 20 event, said Roopal Bhatt, founder and dermatologist of the local practice.

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Four Points neighbors help Kenyan orphanage

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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Shorter bus commutes, air conditioning coming

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

Students riding bus home from Vandegrift and Four Points Middle School are getting home much quicker now than when the school year began, and the Leander ISD school board is working to equip buses with air conditioning.   

Many parents were concerned about the long commutes on hot buses during the first week of school.

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