By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News
The Travis County precincts located in the Four Points area had some shifts in how they voted during last week’s election.
Precinct 232
In Precinct 232, with a polling site at Canyon Ridge Middle School, 55 percent of total registered voters in the precinct voted.
Vikki Goodwin won the District 47 race last week.
Goodwin unseats three-term incumbent Workman
By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News
Democrat Vikki Goodwin unseated state Rep. Paul Workman, R-Spicewood, who has been in office since 2011, to head up District 47 — a constituency that includes residents of River Place, Steiner Ranch and Volente. Goodwin has vowed to try to put pressure on the Texas Department of Transportation, the state agency that owns RM 620, to move forward with projects aimed at relieving the road’s severe congestion.
“I know that (RM 620) is a huge issue as I went through Steiner Ranch repeatedly,” Goodwin said. “There’s a long history of trying to improve (RM) 620 and the reason it’s been taking so long is because it is so far behind. It will take more than just a lane added in each direction to relieve traffic.”
A photo from last season when Kartik Akkihal played on the Vandegrift Viper football team. Akkihal family L-R
Shiva (dad) Kartik (Vandegrift 2018 grad), Priya (mom) and Gita (sister).
By ERIN SEITZLER, Four Points News
Vandegrift Viper 2018 graduate Kartik Akkihal is playing Longhorn football this season for the University of Texas.
“The program is great and the family atmosphere is like nothing I’ve ever been a part of,” said Akkihal, whose family lives in Steiner Ranch. “They really go above and beyond to make sure it’s a family, and it starts at the top with Coach Herman.”
As a first-year wide receiver walk-on, Akkihal said the experience has been very positive.
Nicole Korensky traveled to Kenya from late September to early October. She visited elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Ithumba Reintegration Unit in Tsavo National Park.
By SARAH DOOLITTLE, Four Points News
Nicole Korensky has a passion for elephants and their welfare, so much so that she just returned from her third trip to an elephant sanctuary in Kenya.
“My dream would be just to work with elephants directly, but… you don’t really have local opportunities,” said Korensky, who lives in Steiner Ranch with her husband and three children.
When she is not busy as president of the Canyon Ridge Middle School PTA, she volunteers in area schools educating students about elephant protection and preservation.