Family Emergency Room at Lake Travis is planning to open in a couple of weeks to offer 24-hour service 365 days of the year.

By MADISON PHARIS, Four Points News

Family Emergency Room will soon have six locations opened in Austin, with one opening soon in Four Points.

Construction has been going on for several months at the 5012 RM 620 site, across from Randalls supermarket and the Quinlan Crossing shopping center. As of Friday, plans were to open Family ER at Lake Travis by mid-January pending results from the site inspection, which is to take place next week.  

“As it stands right now, our goal is to open in two weeks,” said Margaret Sedlar, chief marketing officer.

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Randy Schmaltz’s last day was Friday as executive director of Steiner Ranch

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

The Steiner Ranch Homeowners’ Association is without Randy Schmaltz as its executive director as of Friday. The move comes in the midst of an indecisive time for the Steiner Ranch Master Association Board of Directors as the board members are split on how the community should be managed.

Neither the board nor the HOA attorney returned requests for comment about Schmaltz’s notice and who will run the community in the interim.

Mackal Taylor, community manager for eight years, left the community mid last month. Heather Hood, was hired to replace Taylor as community manager. Hood is from Austin and has worked in association management for more than five years.

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By NATALIE BRINK, CLAIRE LAWRENCE

Vandegrift Voice

Before the sun rises, some Vandegrift students are already driving to Cedar Park. The school day hasn’t started, but these FFA students are hard at work. Everyday, they can spend more than three hours working with their animals, preparing them for competitions.

“It’s a huge responsibility, but I think it’s really important that our students get involved and do those things,” FFA adviser Magan Escamilla said. “I think it’s important to care for something else besides yourself.”

FFA is a student-led club that prepares students for agricultural careers. Students can choose to raise and show livestock such as chicken, rabbits, hogs, lambs, goats and cattle. In Oct., some VHS students showed their animals at the Hendrickson Lamb and Goat show and the Hendrickson Cattle show. Other stock shows are coming up.

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