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I love to be on the water and see people with big smiles on their faces," he said. e Flagship Texas has been around since the early 80s, and Despite lower lake levels, there's still a lot of fun to be had at Lake Travis. "What is happening right now with the lake levels is history. And I think people should go see it and be part of it," said Branko Milanovic, owner Flagship Texas. John Simpson Park in Steiner Ranch was the scene of vandalism over the weekend. Slides were tagged along with other equipment as was approxi- mately 10 feet of the sidewalk. A car was also marked on as well at Steiner Ranch Elementary school. Back Row: Nicole Quick, Claudia Hirsch,Brenna Smith, Wensley Guthrie, Sarah Bristow, Lt. Colonel Mckenzie Gillespey, Colonel Ashlee Cloud, Graice Jones, Lt. Colonel Brittany Vanderloop, Abbey Cook-Saunders, Bethany Bridges, Lt. Erica Reichman, Kim Corser, Chan- dler Colbeck, Sri Moturu, Middle: Jill Zambito and Delaney Bull Bottom row left to right: Megan Hall,Paulina Esqueda,Kathryn, Skinn, Nicole Martinez, Caroline Bentley, Merritt McCall, Jessica Fin- frock, Lt. Brittany Le, Lauren Gonzales, Lt. Lindsey Graff On the Floor: Haley Martin and Sky Luza By Leslee Bassman [email protected]You recognize him – tall, smil- ing, pink hair. At one time or another, we’ve all waved to him. His silent greeting can’t help but make you feel good. He’s the guy holding the bakery sign on the corner of RM 2222 and River Place Boulevard. But how many of you really know this Four Points community fixture? Two years ago, Vincent Mer- riman needed a job. His sister, who worked at the local Rise and Shine Bakery, tipped him that the owner was looking for a roadside marketer to advertise her grow- ing business. “We are in an amazing area but in a tricky shopping cen- ter as far as locating us easily is concerned,” said Rise and Shine Bakery owner Michelle Brull. “Because of this, I started up the road side marketing and haven't strayed”. Merriman is a natural for the position and his bright personal- ity adds a little character to what some people might consider a By LYNETTE HAALAND [email protected]Austin Baptist Church’s $16 million worship facility in Four Points will start going vertical in a matter of days. “e final part of the slab will be poured Tuesday. e first pours of the tilt-wall panels will occur Wednesday morning, weather permitting,” said David Procter, executive pastor at Aus- tin Baptist Church. Forms for the concrete tilt-walls were con- structed on the new slab several days ago. “e interior design and dec- orative elements are likewise al- most decided,” Procter said. A year ago, Austin Baptist Church bought 35 acres on RM 2222 and McNeil Drive for $4 million. Construction started in November and is expected to be complete by fall 2012. e four-year-old, 800-mem- ber congregation is leasing space in an office park in North Cen- tral Austin. Austin Baptist Church is be- ing built across from 3M, Four Points Middle School and Van- degriſt High School. Proct- er hopes to work with those schools’ administrators to offer space for aſter-school programs. e church raised $5 million By LYNETTE HAALAND [email protected]John Simpson Park in Steiner Ranch was the scene of van- dalism over the weekend. Slides were tagged along with other equipment as was ap- proximately 10 feet of the sidewalk. A car was also marked on as well at Steiner Ranch Elementary school. “ere is no information except to say that there was paint- ing on the sidewalks and playground equipment. e report described the painting as the outline of a penis. e case will be assigned to an investigator today,” said Roger Wade, Travis County Sheriff 's Office Public Information Officer on Monday. Paul and Tiffanie O’Brien filed a report with Travis County on Saturday morning around 11 a.m. By Monday, the slides and blue tubes the kids crawl through were cleaned. “e sidewalk remains damaged and is much more inappro- priate. A good 10 feet were covered,” said Paul O’Brien, creator of the Steiner Ranch Post site. He said from the stream of responses, “e community is pretty up in arms about the lack of lights, cameras (even fake), patrolling, or whatever else could help prevent this.” Around the same time frame, a Steiner Ranch Elementary teacher was catching up on some work in her classroom and came out to her white car spray painted black all down the side. She said the “Good news was that Mr. Clean Magic Eraser took it all off.” O’Brien also said the erosion wall along Quinlan Park Road, across from Steiner Ranch Elementary was damaged. Bricks were thrown down the hill. Additionally he said the creek bed near John Simpson Park, which is known to be a popular hangout, is littered with bottles, candy wrappers and trash. Travis County’s Wade said the best advice is to report van- dalism as soon as it is detected. “If they can get a picture it would be helpful to file it with the report,” Wade said. Vandalism in Steiner Ranch’s John Simpson Park Paul and Tiffanie O’Brien e Vandegriſt High School Legacies were invited to dance in the Macy’s anksgiving Day Parade. ey practiced until 10:30 p.m. at night but the Legacies also got to do a lot of sight seeing. ey visited the 911 Memorial, ice skated at Rockefeller Center, rode horse drawn carriages around Central Park and saw the Statue of Liberty. ey also shopped, got to take a Master Class from “You think You Can Dance” and saw the Rockettes perform at Radio City Music Hall, said Kristy Cloud. Austin Baptist Church completing foundation this week CHURCH, 2 Who’s the guy be- hind the Rise and Shine Bakery sign? BAKERY, 2 Flagship Texas cruising despite low lake levels FLAGSHIP, 5 478-3376 (4PT-DERM) I FOUR POINTS DERMATOLOGY Medical • Surgical • Cosmetic • Adult • P e d i a t r i c Roopal Bhatt, MD Board Certified Dermatologist www.FourPointsDermatology.com Visit our website for our December Specials. 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When Branko Milanovic and his family moved to Cedar Park from Chicago 14 years ago, they were looking for a better life. He knew he was in the right place, he just hadn't figured out what he was supposed to do yet, until he was invited to a floating party on Lake Travis aboard the Flagship Texas.
One morning, years after his voyage aboard the Flagship, Mi-lanovic's love of boating took him back out to the lake where he saw a "for sale" sign on the party boat. And that's how it all started. "I always liked the boats. I love to be on the water and see people with big smiles on their faces," he said. The Flagship Texas has been around since the early 80s, and
Despite lower lake levels, there's still a lot of fun to be had at Lake Travis. "What is happening right now with the lake levels is history. And I think people should go see it and be part of it," said Branko Milanovic, owner Flagship Texas.
John Simpson Park in Steiner Ranch was the scene of vandalism over the weekend. Slides were tagged along with other equipment as was approxi-mately 10 feet of the sidewalk. A car was also marked on as well at Steiner Ranch Elementary school.
Back Row: Nicole Quick, Claudia Hirsch,Brenna Smith, Wensley Guthrie, Sarah Bristow, Lt. Colonel Mckenzie Gillespey, Colonel Ashlee Cloud, Graice Jones, Lt. Colonel Brittany Vanderloop, Abbey Cook-Saunders, Bethany Bridges, Lt. Erica Reichman, Kim Corser, Chan-dler Colbeck, Sri Moturu,
Middle: Jill Zambito and Delaney Bull
Bottom row left to right: Megan Hall,Paulina Esqueda,Kathryn, Skinn, Nicole Martinez, Caroline Bentley, Merritt McCall, Jessica Fin-frock, Lt. Brittany Le, Lauren Gonzales, Lt. Lindsey Graff
You recognize him – tall, smil-ing, pink hair. At one time or another, we’ve all waved to him. His silent greeting can’t help but make you feel good. He’s the guy holding the bakery sign on the corner of RM 2222 and River Place Boulevard. But how many of you really know this Four Points community fixture? Two years ago, Vincent Mer-riman needed a job. His sister, who worked at the local Rise and Shine Bakery, tipped him that the owner was looking for a roadside marketer to advertise her grow-ing business. “We are in an amazing area but in a tricky shopping cen-ter as far as locating us easily is concerned,” said Rise and Shine Bakery owner Michelle Brull. “Because of this, I started up the road side marketing and haven't strayed”. Merriman is a natural for the position and his bright personal-ity adds a little character to what some people might consider a
Austin Baptist Church’s $16 million worship facility in Four Points will start going vertical in a matter of days. “The final part of the slab
will be poured Tuesday. The first pours of the tilt-wall panels will occur Wednesday morning, weather permitting,” said David Procter, executive pastor at Aus-tin Baptist Church. Forms for the concrete tilt-walls were con-structed on the new slab several
days ago. “The interior design and dec-orative elements are likewise al-most decided,” Procter said. A year ago, Austin Baptist Church bought 35 acres on RM 2222 and McNeil Drive for $4 million. Construction started in
November and is expected to be complete by fall 2012. The four-year-old, 800-mem-ber congregation is leasing space in an office park in North Cen-tral Austin. Austin Baptist Church is be-ing built across from 3M, Four
Points Middle School and Van-degrift High School. Proct-er hopes to work with those schools’ administrators to offer space for after-school programs. The church raised $5 million
John Simpson Park in Steiner Ranch was the scene of van-dalism over the weekend. Slides were tagged along with other equipment as was ap-proximately 10 feet of the sidewalk. A car was also marked on as well at Steiner Ranch Elementary school. “There is no information except to say that there was paint-ing on the sidewalks and playground equipment. The report described the painting as the outline of a penis. The case will be assigned to an investigator today,” said Roger Wade, Travis County Sheriff 's Office Public Information Officer on Monday. Paul and Tiffanie O’Brien filed a report with Travis County on Saturday morning around 11 a.m. By Monday, the slides and blue tubes the kids crawl through were cleaned. “The sidewalk remains damaged and is much more inappro-priate. A good 10 feet were covered,” said Paul O’Brien, creator of the Steiner Ranch Post site. He said from the stream of responses, “The community is pretty up in arms about the lack of lights, cameras (even fake), patrolling, or whatever else could help prevent this.” Around the same time frame, a Steiner Ranch Elementary teacher was catching up on some work in her classroom and came out to her white car spray painted black all down the side. She said the “Good news was that Mr. Clean Magic Eraser took it all off.” O’Brien also said the erosion wall along Quinlan Park Road, across from Steiner Ranch Elementary was damaged. Bricks were thrown down the hill. Additionally he said the creek bed near John Simpson Park, which is known to be a popular hangout, is littered with bottles, candy wrappers and trash. Travis County’s Wade said the best advice is to report van-dalism as soon as it is detected. “If they can get a picture it would be helpful to file it with the report,” Wade said.
Vandalism in Steiner Ranch’s John Simpson Park
Paul and Tiffanie O’Brien
The Vandegrift High School Legacies were invited to dance in the Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade.
They practiced until 10:30 p.m. at night but the Legacies also got to do a lot of sight seeing. They visited the 911 Memorial, ice skated at Rockefeller Center, rode horse drawn carriages around Central Park and saw the Statue of Liberty. They also shopped, got to take a Master Class from “You think You Can Dance” and saw the Rockettes perform at Radio City Music Hall, said Kristy Cloud.
Austin Baptist Church completing foundation this week
CHURCH, 2
Who’s the guy be-hind the Rise and Shine Bakery sign?
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mundane job. “I’m very energized,” Merri-man said. “I really love my job and the opportunity I’ve been given. It’s very rare that I don’t want to go to work…and the cof-fee helps, too!” Merriman spices up the Four Points area corner with varying hair color shades as well as cre-ative attire. On St. Patrick’s Day, residents were treated to a wav-ing Merriman dressed in green paint and a beer mug hat. This past April Fool’s Day, Merriman donned a ballerina tutu to enter-
tain drivers. “I’ve only had a couple of peo-ple who were rude,” said Merri-man. “Even now, they’ve been transformed and wave to me.” Originally from Ohio, Merri-man moved to Austin when he was four years old and graduated from Lake Travis High School in 2009. He is currently a computer science student at ACC, hoping to one day transfer to the Uni-versity of Texas or Texas State. “Believe it or not, boring server maintenance is an aspiration of mine,” Merriman said. “If I have to wear a suit or tie, I’m hoping they’ll let me have a purple one!” Being a high profile person-ality in the Four Points commu-nity has its perks and downsides. Merriman is the subject of a friendly Facebook page started by a Vandegrift High School stu-dent. This summer, he failed to dodge an icy soda thrown to help him on the hot day. However, Merriman does have his favorites. “I like BMW’s,” said Merri-man. “And SUVs. They [drivers] always seem so cheery and like to wave.” “It makes my day when I get to see so many happy people on their way to work.”
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The Lorenzo Renoj Masonry crew put final touches on The Trails at 620 sign recently at RR 620 and Concordia University Drive. A Galaxy Theatre is go-ing in at The Trails. The 1,500 seat theater will have eleven auditori-ums, including a giant DFX® (Digital Fusion Experience) theater featuring a three-story screen and Dolby 7.1 surround sound. Five of the auditoriums will have reserved seating, recliners and in-theater food and beverage table service. Construction on the building begins in Dec. and it will open next Oct.
for the project and is financing $11 million by BBVA Compass Bancshares Inc., which was approved in Sep-tember. The 70,000-square-foot worship space and offices is being designed by archi-tecture firm Jackson Galloway Associates PLLC, which was the architect for Grace Covenant Church. The general contractor is Brath Inc., clients include St. Thomas More Catholic Church and the First United Methodist Church in Round Rock.
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A couple of days ago, I had the esteemed pleasure of giving the annual Leander ISD State of the District Address to parents, community members and district staff. I would like to thank every-one who attended. If you were unable to come, this week I will briefly address some of the high-lights from that presentation. Foremost, it cannot go without saying that our reputation as an excellent school system is a direct tribute to the leadership of our Board of Trustees and the numer-ous hours they volunteer and ef-fort they pour into their govern-ing duties. As I mentioned in my column last week, our district continues to attract new families from across the United States year after year. The dedicated guid-ance and prudent planning of our Board allows our principals, teachers and staff to focus on student learning without distrac-tions that could arise and impede instruction. [We all have a role in our Learning Model, and we must
operate as a system focused on student learning.] Last year, we had our share of trials. Amid a state-wide budget shortfall, and with education con-sisting of about 44 percent of the state’s budget, school districts saw their share of cuts in the fallout of the 82nd Legislative Session. Throughout the budget develop-ment process, our Board sought the input of stakeholders while wisely considering and review-ing numerous cost-saving strate-gies, including voting to delay the opening of Elementary #24 and Middle School #8 last fall, to limit the impact budget reductions would have on the classroom. (Please note MS#8 will open in the fall of the 2012.) And while last year’s financial situation made for challenging times for LISD, with the leadership of our Board we came through it and are here doing what we do best – educating students. During the State of the Dis-trict address, after reflecting on
where we have been, we looked to where we are headed in the fu-ture. We know that we are seven years away from seeing that our vision becomes a reality, that “ev-ery student exits our system with the same pas-sion for learn-ing they had when they en-tered without economics de-termining suc-cess.” To put it simply, we are opening doors. We believe that in order for us to make our vision a reality, we must close the achievement gap between economically disadvantaged stu-dents and all students. Through the work of the LISD Gap Task Force, this year we are delving into data – such as discipline re-ferrals, absences and involvement in extracurricular programs – to open doors and create interven-tion opportunities that meet the
needs of students who might oth-erwise fall through the cracks. To realize our vision, we must ensure that the Seven Student Learning Behaviors are happen-ing in every classroom in LISD.
The Seven Stu-dent Learning Behaviors are key processes and classroom student behav-iors that we identified to be necessary for ef-fective learning. When all seven
are evident in a classroom, doors to discovery and knowledge are wide open.
But our work does not end there. So that students have equal access to lifelong success, LISD must open doors so that all students are college and career ready through increased access to post-second-
ary preparation. Students need to have additional opportunities to explore LISD’s Programs of Study and Specialized Programs, secondary programs that help students gain academic compe-tencies and job-readiness skills. To give students a head start on their college careers, our district is encouraging more students to enroll in courses through Austin Community College and Ad-vanced Placement/International Baccalaureate courses. And with that, we are actively working to increase students’ exposure to college entrance exams so that they can gain admission to the colleges and universities of their choice.
And, we must never close doors for students by losing sight of our emphasis on their physical, social and emotional well-being. LISD will continue to support our nutrition, fitness and drug-free
programs to ensure that students are equipped to make wise and informed decisions that can have a powerful impact on their over-all health. To combat prejudice and bullying, programs that pro-mote tolerance and caring like No Place for Hate and LISD’s own C2 (Coalition of Clubs) are spread-ing among elementary, middle and high schools to help make our schools a safe and supportive learning environment for all.
On our quest to fulfill our vision we will undoubtedly encoun-ter challenges. Yet, where doors could be shut, LISD is committed to prying them open so that no student is denied an opportunity to achieve success. It is our vi-sion that every student exits our system with all options open. (To view the entire State of the District presentation, please visit www.leanderisd.org.) Have a great week.
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Canyon Ridge Middle School eighth grade QUEST students recently completed a research project entitled “Peacemakers or Peacebreakers in a World in Conflict.” Students researched an influential leader who had a positive or negative impact on the world and the major conflict he/she created or helped resolve. To culminate the project, the eighth graders presented their projects to sixth grade social studies classes and seventh grade QUEST students. Korynn Fink, Grace Dixon and Alayna Thomas present Marie Antoinette to seventh grade QUEST student, Ann Nguyen.
Grandview Hills Elementary PTA hosted a “Family Science Night” event on Nov. 9. Principal Brenda Cruz enjoyed the event in a NASA space suit. Anna Brown and Wyatt Grimmer paused for a photo op. Students in photo left to right (Ann Nguyen, Korynn Fink, Grace Dixon, Alayna Thomas).
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There was once a girl who had a dream to be a famous singer. She would be able to play guitar and all types of things. She learned to make a difference because of bul-lying. One day when she was in school and at recess, a kid who pulled her hair a previous day came up to her. She didn’t know what to do so she walked away but the bully kept following her around. Then out of nowhere she was sur-rounded by the bully’s friends, even people the girl didn’t know. “Don’t touch her, don’t you dare pick on other little kids,” said another girl, who came on the scene. She looked strong and amazing. The girl being picked on looked confused but she felt special at that moment. Then the bully went off and the girl who helped asked how long had the bullying been going on? The little girl grinned and said, “You have no clue how long.” The little girl asked her what her name was. “Rebecca,” she said. “That’s a beautiful name,” she said. Then Rebecca said “What is your name?” Bella, she said. They had heard the bell and hurried into
line to see their other friends. When they got home that day they were both amazed that today was so different. They had lots of questions like “Why today? Why at recess? Why them?” The next morning was the weekend and Rebecca wanted to call Bella so bad. Rebec-ca was sitting on the couch when the phone rang. Rebecca ran to the phone while say-
ing I’ll get it! It was Bella call-ing and the first thing she said was “Why did you do that?” “Because one, I knew you needed me and two, it was the right thing to do,” Rebecca said. “Ohhhh so that’s why you did that. Anyway, well thanks,” Bella said. “Tell me if it happens again,” Rebecca said. The next day in school Bella
saw another kid getting bullied by the same bully and no one was standing up for him. They all were sitting laughing at the poor kid. So you know what Bella did, she went over and did the same thing Rebecca did for her. That day Bella felt proud that she had just made a difference. This short story was written by Zoe Gil-bert, a fifth grader who says she has the best teacher ever!
Everyone has shopping on the mind. It is hard not to. Many retailers started their holiday promotions earlier than in previous years, trying to get their share of the consumer spending pie. This week is referred to as Cyber Week because many consumers do a lot of Internet shopping. In fact results are already in for Cyber Monday, which was a lucra-tive day for online retailers. Sales estimates were up 15 percent from a year ago, according to Interna-tional Business Machines Corp. re-search. Cyber Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, was coined by retailers in 2005 to or-ganize Internet sales on the Monday after Thanksgiving. Over the past couple of years, Cyber Monday was the biggest day for online shopping in the year, WSJ says. It goes without saying too that more con-sumers are buying goods via mobile devices this year. One example is EBay Inc.’s PayPal unit which reported on Monday that pay-ments made by mobile devices had increased by more than 500 percent from the previous year. The National Retail Federation’s survey showed consumers spent 9 percent more over the post Thanksgiving weekend than the pre-vious year. Sales on Black Friday rose 6.6 percent over a year ago, according to ShopperTrak, which estimates receipts from the registers at 40,000
retail locations, WJS reports. Reports also indicate a good number of retailers, more than ever before, opened on Thanksgiving night to attract shoppers.
But experts warn these strong sales do not guarantee that a holiday shopping season will be strong. There also is a push this year to buy from local retailers, at least for one day during this shop-ping season. The 2nd annual Small Business Saturday campaign en-couraged millions to shop at their favorite local stores and help fuel the economy. The national effort urged consumers through social
media to keep their holiday spending local, at least for one day. Sponsored by American Express, their slo-gan was: When we all shop small, it will be huge. The effort is gaining momentum. In 2010, 1.5 million Facebook users committed to buy-ing local the Saturday after Thanksgiving. This year, more 2.6 million committed. Buying local makes a difference. There are a good number of shops to support around Four Points and Lakeway, and more are on their way as shopping centers are being built. While Internet shopping is convenient and great deals lure spenders into stores at crazy hours, keeping our local economy strong is es-sential. Buy local!
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By DARRYL MOBLEYGuest Columnist
Are you a “No” Person? Less than three out of one hundred people will achieve their life dreams. Why is that? The vast majority of the people we deal with day in and day out are what I call, “Self-Stoppers.” These “Self-Stoppers” are the ninety seven percent that will never achieve their life dreams. Surveys indicate that the average child hears the word “No” or “Don’t” or “You Can’t” or “Stop” about 730,000 times by the age of twelve.
That’s almost three-quarters of a million times that a twelve year old will be stopped from doing some-thing that he or she wants to do.
That same child will have heard “Yes” just slightly less than 34,000 times by the age of twelve. These num-bers suggest that you, me, our kids, all of us, were raised on a barrage of comments - 96 percent of which were negative and limiting. That’s about 21 negative comments for every one posi-tive comment from age one to twelve.
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Th e public is invited to a Pancake Breakfast on Dec. 3 at the Steiner Ranch Town Square Community Center to raise funds for fi re-fi ghters. Breakfast is free but donations to the fi refi ghters are encouraged. All proceeds will go to replace equipment destroyed or deplet-ed in the process of the containing the Steiner
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getting hurt or doing something foolish. I’ve got no beef with that. My bigger focus is on the absence of yes’s. I am fond of saying, “Stuff in equals stuff out.” Everything you say to your kids, your friends, and your signifi cant other is a form of programming or “stuff in.” Who can be surprised that 97 percent of people fail to achieve their dreams and live happily when the vast majority of what they are told during their forma-tive years is negative? Th e cold, hard truth is that most of us have been programmed by negative comments to be “Self Stoppers.” An even colder truth is that the negative comments didn’t stop when we turned thirteen. (Just think about what you’ve had to deal with today!) All of those no’s add up such they cause us to habitually think “I can’t do this,” “It’s not worth trying,” “I won’t get it” or “It
won’t work out.” Th is ingrained and negative thinking pattern also causes us to stop chasing our dreams, attract negative peo-ple, be unable to see positive op-portunities, be illogical, quit one step short of our goals, sabotage our key relationships, make poor decisions, and so on. Th e folks who go on to live their best lives and achieve their dreams are those who have heard a ton of yes’s in life, have developed the ability to fi lter out the negative input from those around them, and/or conscious-ly reprogram themselves away from being a “no” person and toward seeing the world in “yes” terms. Th ese folks are “Self Start-ers.” Here’s how you can use the in-sights I’ve shared to make your life better before your head hits the pillow tonight: Start loading up your kids with positive comments. Help them dream about their bright,
wonderful futures. If you don’t communicate belief in their abil-ities, who will? Make sure that you and your signifi cant other envelope each other in empowering communi-cation. Hug each other just be-cause. Become physically posi-tive. Stay alert to the all-powerful voice in your head. Th at voice should be encouraging you to happiness and belief-in-self. What you repeat to yourself will become what you believe. What you believe is what life will give you. Enjoy Life! Darryl L. Mobley
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Freshman midfielder Chris-tian Fredrickson helped lead the Concordia University Texas men’s soccer program to its best season in school history in 2011. The team, which had never won more than five matches overall or three in conference play before this year, set program records by winning six matches overall and six in conference play.
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The Vandegrift High School Viper Football team recently served others in the local community by building ramps for homebound residents. For this service project the team partnered with the Texas Ramp Project. Since the team began working with the local non-profit three years ago, the team has built 10 ramps for residents.
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Tom O’Grady became Vandegrift High School’s varsity lacrosse coach in July 2011. O’Grady is a seasoned lacrosse coach who has enjoyed tremen-dous success during more than 30 years as a lacrosse player and coach. “I am fortunate to inherit a program that has many fine people, a brief history of success and many of the qualities that a strong, competitive, championship caliber program needs,” O’Grady said. After playing as a high-school all-star on Long Island, N.Y., O’Grady played on two national cham-pionship teams at Nassau Community College and then at Adelphi University, where he was a defensive midfielder in the 1985 NCAA Division 1 National Championship Tournament. In 1991, he returned to Adelphi as the team’s de-fensive coordinator. O’Grady later served as offen-sive coordinator at Mepham High School in Long Island where he helped take the team to the Nassau County play-offs. At Oakland Mills High School in Maryland, O’Grady helped lead the team to one county cham-pionship, two regional championships and consec-utive appearances in the state championship final four, as the defensive coordinator. In 1995, O’Grady guided the Orlando Lacrosse Club to the state championship. He also launched the boys' lacrosse program at Lyman High School and in two years led the team to a Central Florida
Championship and the Florida High School State Championship game. In 1998, O’Grady took over the helm as head coach of the Winter Park High School girls' lacrosse team and led the Wildcats to the regional cham-pionship game each of his four years. In 2002, the team won the regional championship and played in the state championship – O’Grady became the only Florida coach to take both a boys' and girls' high school team to the state championship. During his tenure, with the Wildcats he coached four All-Americans, 30 Academic All-Americans and four valedictorians as they compiled a 51-19 record. In Tampa, O’Grady started the Saint Leo Uni-versity Women’s club program and founded the FishHawk Lacrosse Club and Newsome Lacrosse Club, where the boys and girls high school teams have made the play-offs each of the last six years. He also was the head coach of the Tampa Catholic High School girls’ lacrosse team. During his four years there, the Crusaders played for the District Championship every year, winning the District in 2008 and finishing as Regional Championship final-ists. O’Grady coached three All-Americans and 10 Academic All-Americans and Tampa Catholic took home the Catholic Cup three straight years. In 2010 Coach O'Grady was named the Sunshine State Lacrosse League’s Man of the Year. “We are here to help build great men of the fu-ture, who will be become outstanding contributors to our society,” O’Grady said. “The high school play-er, with some thoughtful planning and preparation, can have it all; a balance of faith, family, academics,
athletics and a social life (in that order).” The Viper lacrosse program is not officially sanc-tioned by UIL and receives no funding from the Le-ander School District or Vandegrift High School. It
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1. What has to happen for your team to be successful this season?
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Staying healthy and rested. 3. Who is Vandegrift's biggest ri-val or biggest game to prepare for and why?
Vista Ridge is one of the top teams in the state this year so they will give us lots to prepare for.
4. Is there a team habit that most don't know about?
The girls love to play Catch Phrase on road trips….they are very com-petitive!
5. What motivates you as a coach?
I love to see kids accomplish goals that they have worked so hard to achieve.
6. Why did you choose the sport you did?
I loved basketball growing up and it just seemed to stick throughout college. I enjoy the x’s and o’s of the game, the aggressive, fast paced play, and most of all, the team-work it involves.
Top newcomers: No newcomers but we do have Kelsee Pitman and Megha Pan-dya back this year. (They were both out with injuries last year.)
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“Quieting the Monkey Mind”
DATE: December 4th, 2011TIME: 1pm to 5pm
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4 Gorgeous Homesin Steiner Ranch and River Place
Decked out for the holidays!
HOLIDAYTOUR of
HOMESPRESENTED BY THE
VANDEGRIFT LEGACIES
Specialty Market & Delicatessen
4300 Quinlan Park Rd. 512-266-8808 “Taste the Difference”
The Market is your place for Full Catering, Wine, Holiday
Gift Baskets and more.
Holiday Party?
According to the most recent Multiple Listing Service report by the Austin Board of REALTORS, 1,455 single-family homes were sold in the Austin area in October, which is 19 percent more than the previous year. The median price was $189,720, three percent less. “With October marking the fifth straight month in which home sales volume has outpaced the prior year, it’s clear that demand for real estate continues to drive the economic recovery in Austin,” said Judith Bundschuh, Chairman of the ABOR. Austin-area homes spent an average of 82 days on the market in Oc-tober, ten days less than the same month of the prior year. Inventory continues to decrease and was lower than any month since 2008, indi-cating continued momentum in Austin real estate, said Bundschuh. ABOR represents more than 8,500 licensed REALTORS® in Central Texas.
Austin home sales surge
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Reg. Hours:Monday-Thursday: 4:00 pm-10:00 pmFriday and Saturday: 11:00 am-11 pm Sunday: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Holiday:Christmas Eve: 11:00 am - 7 pmChristmas Day: 1:00 pm - 10:00 pmNew Year’s Eve: 11:00 am - 10:00 pmNew Year’s Day: 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
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Eat. Shop. Wander
November 17, 2011-January 1, 2012
Oasis Texas, 6550 Comanche Trail
Chill out this holiday season on our new ice skating rink!
Lessons Available • Group DiscountsMilitary/Fire/Police Discounts
$10 per hour includes skate rentalPrivate function rentals available
