By LYNETTE HAALAND [email protected]More than 32,000 local Four Points area Austin Energy customers may be subject to rate hikes as early as spring of 2012. “Our revenues are not sufficient enough to support our day to day op- erations,” said Ed Clark, Communica- tions Director at Austin Energy. For the past year, Austin Energy has been considering four residential rate increase proposals and one proposal for commercial customers, Clark said. ese proposals range between a 16 and 40 percent rate increase and aver- age a 22 percent increase. A local group is against the potential rate increases. Close to 50 concerned citizens attended a meeting held in Steiner Ranch on Oct. 25 to discuss the proposed Austin Energy rate hikes. Mark Farrar and his wife Sylvia hosted the information meeting at Bella Mar Community Center. “If Austin doesn’t back off these out- rageous increases, we will petition the Public Utility Commission to review Austin Energy’s rate proposal,” said Farrar, a program manager for an in- formation technology company. e group has a Facebook page www.facebook.com/aerateprotest and is working on collecting signatures for a petition. is month, Austin Energy will consider input from residents, schools, churches and business and it will final- ize its rate proposals into one proposal. “We’ll present one final rate recom- mendation, one final proposal to the Council in December,” Clark said. A public hearing will be set in Janu- ary on the issue. Also in January, the Austin City Council will vote on the is- sue and decide what they think is rea- sonable. If the vote is to increase rates, it will take about 90 days to input the new rates into the system. But Farrar and those against the rate hikes hope it never gets that far. At last week’s meeting, Farrar brought up several key points of why they are against increasing rates. e Austin City Council sets Aus- tin Energy’s rates but being in Four Points, we are outside of Austin. “We cannot vote on the city council mem- bers who set our rates,” Farrar said. “We believe that in the US and espe- cially in Texas we should not be sub- jected to taxation without representa- tion,” he added. e City Council transfers almost $150 million out of Austin Energy’s revenues every year. About 15 percent of every dollar the outside-city cus- tomers pay Austin Energy is spent on Austin services, he said. “It spends the money on fire, police, parks and other city services that do not benefit communities like ours,” Farrar said. Clark confirms that is true but said all utilities have dividends that they re- turn to stockholders and “would you rather have that money go into the community next door or to another utility provider somewhere else,” he said. Additionally to address that issue, this year Austin Energy implemented that it would give back to those com- munities outside of Austin 3 percent of the revenues they received, Clark said. In the Four Points area there are 32,732 Austin Energy customers. Here are how many customers in each local zip code: 20,487 customers in 78741; 5,411 in 78732; 4,105 in 78730 and 2,729 in 78726. By RICH KEITH Contributing Writer Vandegriſt High School Prin- cipal Charlie Little does not have to buy over 1,000 steak dinners and he can now breathe a sigh of relief. In August at the Concert in the Park, Little said that the Vi- per Marching Band was so good that if they didn’t make it to the State championship contest he promised to buy everyone at the event that day a steak dinner at the Steiner Ranch Steakhouse. On Saturday the Viper March- ing Band and Vision Dance Company advanced to the UIL State Championships for the first time by taking one of only four places in the Texas UIL Area D marching contest in Cedar Park. e 22 bands competing Satur- day had advanced from the pre- vious weekend’s marching con- test for Class 4A and Class 5A schools. Tension was extreme as the finalists were announced and Vandegriſt HS was the last name to be spoken. When the Vandeg- riſt name was finally announced the stadium erupted in stomp- ing, whistling cheers. State con- tests for Class 4A schools such as Vandegriſt HS are held every two years. is is a rare achievement for a very young band with only a handful of seniors to lead the way. eir marching band has only existed for 3 years, and is made up of more than half fresh- men. is is its first year to have all four grades represented. is win is huge for the Vipers who are part of the highly competitive Region 26. In Saturday’s contest, five schools in the top 10 finalists were from Region 26. In the final contest results, three of the four state finalists were from Region 26: Cedar Park HS, Lake Travis HS and Vandegriſt HS. e re- maining finalist is the reigning Class 4A state champion Drip- ping Springs HS which is in Re- gion 18. 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You can call our office directly at 512-241-1370 between the hours of 1PM and 5PM to schedule an appointment with our nurse practitioner, Pat Budd, RN, CPNP. e phones turn on at 1PM. SEE ENERGY, 2 SEE BAND, 2 How many Rouse defenders does it take to bring down. See more photos on page 7 from last Friday’s homecoming game. Vandegrift High School names its first Homecoming King and Queen Friday night. James Gonzales and Moriah Gonzalez were crowned King and Queen by John and Mary Jane Vandegrift at halftime on Friday night. VHS is named after their late son Marine 1st Lt. Matthew Vandegrift. The Vipers won against the Raiders 42 - 28 on Oct. 28. By LYNETTE HAALAND [email protected]e Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf shop will be opening in Four Points this spring. e upscale coffee and tea house is waiting for developers to hand over their store shell at Quinlan Crossing so they can start the inside work, said Bill Duffy, the chief operating officer at Lone Star Bean, the Texas based franchise operator of Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Baseball en- trepreneurs Nolan, Reid and Reese Ryan are the principal owners of Lone Star Bean. Duffy thinks Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf separates itself from the competition with baristas who help educate the consumer on various brews, teas and processes. ere will be a Starbucks nearby, in- side the neighboring Randalls at Quinlan Crossing, said Connie Yates, Randalls spokesperson. e Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf shop expects to open in early 2012 and will occupy a shop that is approximately 1500-square-feet, with inside seating as well as a drive- thru. “We look forward to getting to Steiner,” Duffy said. Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has six other local shops already on Lamar, at the Domain and Dell Diamond. Its Austin flagship location at the iconic former Tower Records space at 24th and Guadalupe streets. e company is also planning to open at Circle C in January. Ultimate plans over the next three to four years include opening a total of 15 or so shops, Duffy said. In 2009, Austin became home to the first Texas Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf stores of the Los Angeles-based chain. e company is planning to expand to Dallas and Houston and is negotiating nine properties currently in those markets, Duffy said. In 1963 Herbert B. Hyman started Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. His goal was to find and serve the best coffee and tea in the world. Now, over 40 years later, the company has grown into one of the largest privately-owned, family-run coffee and tea com- panies in the world. e Bean, as it is known as, offers over 22 varieties of coffee and 20 kinds of tea. Viper Marching Band going to State Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to open this spring in Four Points Group fighting against Austin Energy increases A group is organizing in to challenge Austin Energy's proposed upcoming rate hikes. A meeting at Bella Mar Community Center in Steiner Ranch on Tues- day drew more than 50 concerned citizens. Mark (standing) and Sylvia Farrar hosted the information meeting on Oct. 25. 478-3376 (4PT-DERM) I FOUR POINTS DERMATOLOGY Medical • Surgical • Cosmetic • Adult • P Pe e d di i a at t r r i i c c Roopal Bhatt, MD B Board Certified Dermatologist l h Ro Roop opal al Bha hatt tt MD MD Ro Roop opal al Bha hatt tt MD MD R www.FourPointsDermatology.com FALL IN FOR FALL IN FOR YOUR SKIN EXAM YOUR SKIN EXAM FALL IN FOR FALL IN FOR YOUR SKIN EXAM YOUR SKIN EXAM Jim Parker Lynette Haaland
More than 32,000 local Four Points area Austin Energy customers may be subject to rate hikes as early as spring of 2012. “Our revenues are not suffi cient enough to support our day to day op-erations,” said Ed Clark, Communica-tions Director at Austin Energy. For the past year, Austin Energy has been considering four residential rate increase proposals and one proposal for commercial customers, Clark said. Th ese proposals range between a 16 and 40 percent rate increase and aver-age a 22 percent increase. A local group is against the potential rate increases. Close to 50 concerned citizens attended a meeting held in Steiner Ranch on Oct. 25 to discuss the proposed Austin Energy rate hikes. Mark Farrar and his wife Sylvia hosted the information meeting at Bella Mar Community Center. “If Austin doesn’t back off these out-rageous increases, we will petition the Public Utility Commission to review Austin Energy’s rate proposal,” said Farrar, a program manager for an in-formation technology company. Th e group has a Facebook page www.facebook.com/aerateprotest and is working on collecting signatures for a petition. Th is month, Austin Energy will consider input from residents, schools, churches and business and it will fi nal-ize its rate proposals into one proposal. “We’ll present one fi nal rate recom-mendation, one fi nal proposal to the Council in December,” Clark said. A public hearing will be set in Janu-ary on the issue. Also in January, the Austin City Council will vote on the is-sue and decide what they think is rea-sonable. If the vote is to increase rates,
it will take about 90 days to input the new rates into the system. But Farrar and those against the rate hikes hope it never gets that far. At last week’s meeting, Farrar brought up several key points of why they are against increasing rates. Th e Austin City Council sets Aus-tin Energy’s rates but being in Four Points, we are outside of Austin. “We cannot vote on the city council mem-bers who set our rates,” Farrar said. “We believe that in the US and espe-cially in Texas we should not be sub-jected to taxation without representa-tion,” he added. Th e City Council transfers almost $150 million out of Austin Energy’s revenues every year. About 15 percent of every dollar the outside-city cus-tomers pay Austin Energy is spent on Austin services, he said. “It spends the money on fi re, police,
parks and other city services that do not benefi t communities like ours,” Farrar said. Clark confi rms that is true but said all utilities have dividends that they re-turn to stockholders and “would you rather have that money go into the community next door or to another utility provider somewhere else,” he said. Additionally to address that issue, this year Austin Energy implemented that it would give back to those com-munities outside of Austin 3 percent of the revenues they received, Clark said. In the Four Points area there are 32,732 Austin Energy customers. Here are how many customers in each local zip code: 20,487 customers in 78741; 5,411 in 78732; 4,105 in 78730 and 2,729 in 78726.
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Vandegrift High School Prin-cipal Charlie Little does not have to buy over 1,000 steak dinners
and he can now breathe a sigh of relief. In August at the Concert in the Park, Little said that the Vi-per Marching Band was so good that if they didn’t make it to the State championship contest he
promised to buy everyone at the event that day a steak dinner at the Steiner Ranch Steakhouse. On Saturday the Viper March-ing Band and Vision Dance Company advanced to the UIL State Championships for the fi rst time by taking one of only four places in the Texas UIL Area D marching contest in Cedar Park. Th e 22 bands competing Satur-day had advanced from the pre-vious weekend’s marching con-test for Class 4A and Class 5A schools. Tension was extreme as the fi nalists were announced and Vandegrift HS was the last name
to be spoken. When the Vandeg-rift name was fi nally announced the stadium erupted in stomp-ing, whistling cheers. State con-tests for Class 4A schools such as Vandegrift HS are held every two years. Th is is a rare achievement for a very young band with only a handful of seniors to lead the way. Th eir marching band has only existed for 3 years, and is made up of more than half fresh-men. Th is is its fi rst year to have all four grades represented. Th is win is huge for the Vipers who are part of the highly competitive
Region 26. In Saturday’s contest, fi ve schools in the top 10 fi nalists were from Region 26. In the fi nal contest results, three of the four state fi nalists were from Region 26: Cedar Park HS, Lake Travis HS and Vandegrift HS. Th e re-maining fi nalist is the reigning Class 4A state champion Drip-ping Springs HS which is in Re-gion 18. Area D is a large section of Central Texas made up of Four Regions, covering 170 school dis-
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How many Rouse defenders does it take to bring down. See more photos on page 7 from last Friday’s homecoming game.Vandegrift High School names its fi rst Homecoming King and Queen Friday night. James Gonzales and Moriah Gonzalez were crowned King and Queen by John and Mary Jane Vandegrift at halftime on Friday night. VHS is named after their late son Marine 1st Lt. Matthew Vandegrift. The Vipers won against the Raiders 42 - 28 on Oct. 28.
Th e Coff ee Bean & Tea Leaf shop will be opening in Four Points this spring. Th e upscale coff ee and tea house is waiting for developers to hand over their store shell at Quinlan Crossing so they can start the inside work, said Bill Duff y, the chief operating offi cer at Lone Star Bean, the Texas based franchise operator of Coff ee Bean & Tea Leaf. Baseball en-trepreneurs Nolan, Reid and Reese Ryan are the principal owners of Lone Star Bean. Duff y thinks Coff ee Bean & Tea Leaf separates itself from the competition with baristas who help educate the consumer on various brews, teas and processes. Th ere will be a Starbucks nearby, in-side the neighboring Randalls at Quinlan Crossing, said Connie Yates, Randalls spokesperson. Th e Coff ee Bean & Tea Leaf shop expects to open in early 2012 and will occupy a shop that is approximately 1500-square-feet, with inside seating as well as a drive-thru. “We look forward to getting to Steiner,” Duff y said. Coff ee Bean & Tea Leaf has six other local shops already on Lamar, at the Domain and Dell Diamond. Its Austin fl agship location at the iconic former Tower Records space at 24th and Guadalupe streets. Th e company is also planning to open at Circle C in January. Ultimate plans over the next three to four years include opening a total of 15 or so shops, Duff y said. In 2009, Austin became home to the fi rst Texas Coff ee Bean & Tea Leaf stores of the Los Angeles-based chain. Th e company is planning to expand to Dallas and Houston and is negotiating nine properties currently in those markets, Duff y said. In 1963 Herbert B. Hyman started Coff ee Bean & Tea Leaf. His goal was to fi nd and serve the best coff ee and tea in the world. Now, over 40 years later, the company has grown into one of the largest privately-owned, family-run coff ee and tea com-panies in the world. Th e Bean, as it is known as, off ers over 22 varieties of coff ee and 20 kinds of tea.
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Developers of the proposed Steiner Ranch Apartment proj-ect and the proposed storage facility are pinpointing a date, time and place for a community meeting. “We are trying to have it next week or the week aft er, but the sooner the better,” said Sarah Crocker, of Crocker Consultants and the authorized agent work-ing for both developers on the two diff erent projects. Th ere is a group of Steiner residents who are not in favor of the new development. A petition
was circulating several weeks ago. Crocker is coordinating a community meeting for Steiner residents and neighbors to be able to ask questions to the de-velopers. She expects a big turn out. When the details are fi nalized for the community meeting, it will be posted on the Four Points News website and Facebook page. Th e Steiner Ranch Apartment project hopes to break ground in early 2012 pending approv-
als. Greystone Steiner Associates plans to develop 26 apartment buildings with 298 units on a portion of the the 52 acres at 4800 Steiner Ranch Blvd. In a separate project, a con-tract is pending for a new 100,000-square-foot storage fa-cility to be built on a lot across from Quinlan Crossing. Taylor Woodrow Communities/Steiner Ranch LLC is seeking to subdi-vide 4807 N. Quinlan Park Rd. Th ey want to subdivide the 81 acre tract into four lots.
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Viper Football quarterback Dakota Prukop joined Booster Club members Nancy Kotlarz (left) and Kelli Brown (right) during last week’s Lady Viper Volleyball home game. Kotlarz and Brown are actively campaigning for the school’s Project Grad program at Vandegrift sporting events.
Although it’s only the beginning of No-vember, Vandegrift High School parents and students are already planning for the school’s inaugural graduation festivities in June. Booster Club members, including Nan-cy Kotlarz and Kelli Brown, have been pro-moting Vandegrift High School’s ‘Pass the Jersey’ program to fund the drug and al-cohol-free evening scheduled for Dave and Buster’s following the 2012 ceremonies. “We’re passing the bucket through the stands at sporting events,” said Kotlarz who hopes to net about $25,000 from numer-ous fundraising activities throughout the school year. “Th is is our fi rst year to get it off the ground and we need lots and lots of donations.” “We fi gured it would take about $100 per kid to cover the cost for every senior to participate at no charge to them,” Brown said. “We’re planning to have games, food, dancing and possibly a hypnotist.” “But we haven’t signed on the dotted line yet because we need the funds,” she said. For more information on Vandegrift High School’s Project Grad program, con-tact vandegrift [email protected]
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tricts. Area D includes the entire Austin metro area and stretches from Waco in the north, east to Brenham and Spring Branch ISDs, south to include San Anto-nio and Kenedy ISDs, and west to Blanco and Marble Falls ISDs. Th e Viper Band and Vision Dance Company will perform their show, “Visionary” at half-time in Marble Falls on Nov. 4, at the Bands of America Super Regional contest at the Alamo-dome on Nov. 5, followed by the State Championship contest to be held at the Alamodome on Nov. 8. Watch the most re-cent marching band shows here: http://vhsband.com/category/marching/
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“About 85 percent of (Austin Energy) residential customers use an average of 1500 kilowatt-hours or less each month. Th ey would see $10 to $20 increase a month (on their bills) under proposals out there,” Clark said. Austin Energy has gone into its savings to cover costs in re-cent years. Two years ago, it had a $70 million defi cit and last year, an $80 million defi cit. “Th is year, even with the added rev-enue from the hot summer, we’ll have a $20 million defi cit,” Clark said. “Basic rates have not increased for residents and small business since 1994.Th ey signifi cantly un-der pay the cost to serve,” Clark said. “Our goal is to charge cus-tomers the ‘cost to serve’ as close to possible.” Basic rates may not have been raised but the fuel surcharge has gone up 28 percent, Farrar said. Another point Farrar makes is that under state law, Austin Energy is a monopoly. “We are forced to buy our electric service from Austin Energy, and we are prohibited from being served by
another utility, even one that of-fers lower rates,” Farrar said. Clark confi rmed that Austin Energy does not participate in retail deregulation, only one of the state’s 73 municipally owned utilities allows competition to come in. “When other utilities come in, they have a hard time provid-ing lower rates than what (city owned and co-op utilities) have,” Clark said. “Our rates are among the lowest in the state. We are in the lower 50% of rates in Texas.” “We need to have a rate in-crease. Th e problem is we should have put together a request for a rate increase before now,” Clark said. Farrar and others are prepar-ing to fi ght the proposed rate increases. Under state law, if 5 percent of Austin Energy’s resi-dential customers outside the city sign their petition, Austin Energy will be forced to defend its rates in front of the Public Utility Commission. “We will need 2,500 signa-tures on the petition, one sig-nature per household,” Farrar
said. “We think the Public Utility Commission will agree with us that it is unjust to force non-res-idents of the city to pay a 15 per-cent electric bill surcharge that is spent on items that have nothing to do with the utility.”
Last week I addressed how Vandegrift High School is work-ing to prepare its fi rst senior class for life aft er graduation. Today, I’m turning the spotlight on Rouse High School. Th e 380 members of the fi rst senior class began this school year from the ground up as the lone grade at RHS in the fall of 2008. Now, with four complete grade levels on the campus, the buzzing halls are full of excite-ment and school pride. As I said last week of VHS, es-tablishing traditions is a unique part of being that fi rst senior class because seniors are set-ting a precedent for the rest of the underclassmen. Th is is true for RHS as well. Th e senior stu-dents at RHS have been leaders at the school from the begin-ning, selecting such things as the mascot and the color of the graduation gowns. Now, they are
taking on more important roles, stepping up as leaders on the student council and setting the agenda for the school’s pep ral-lies. Leadership experience is an important component of post-secondary preparation, and the students of RHS are taking full advantage of the opportunities. With each grade level that’s been added, the school has had to adjust its class off erings and college- and career-readiness initiatives. For example, to ac-commodate the senior class this fall, RHS added 17 new Advanced Placement courses, giving more students access to a wider range of important col-lege-prep courses. At the same time, the Career and Technical Education Program continues to grow. Students enrolled in the Automotive Technology pro-gram have progressed through the curriculum to the point that
they are now able to do small re-pairs on cars and trucks. Like all LISD high schools, RHS is centered on post-sec-ondary pre-paredness. As the deadlines for submitting college ap-plications ap-proaches, stu-dents at RHS are using the new Naviance program to evaluate post-secondary in-formation and make more in-formed decisions about colleges, while university recruiters are oft en on campus to talk to stu-dents directly. Faculty and staff are providing numerous oppor-tunities to help students navigate their way through the maze of necessary forms. To help stu-dents once they’ve narrowed
their choices, the school is hold-ing Apply Texas Workshops to aid students in completing the common application for in-state
colleges. Earlier this month, se-niors all across LISD were par-ticipating in transition day, a designated time to learn more about college and fi nancial aid applications,
while freshmen, sophomores and juniors were taking the PSAT. Our partnership with ACC continues to benefi t students at all LISD high schools. In fact, this year, through our partner-ship with ACC, college instruc-tors are now teaching college-level classes on our campuses during the day. Numerous stu-
dents at RHS are enrolled in this great program, earning college credit hours while they are still in high school. Since the school is young, this year has been full of many fi rsts for RHS. For example, the Raider varsity football team saw its fi rst win earlier this season, while the volleyball team earned its fi rst win at the district level. For the fi rst time RHS earned fi rst divi-sion scores at the UIL marching competition. Additionally, RHS had its fi rst National Merit Semi-fi nalist – Colin Walker. As we move through the year together, we’ll likely see many more from these talented scholars. I want to close by letting you know about an exciting event that happened at Lean-der High School this week. On Monday, October 31, European delegates came to LISD to visit with students enrolled in the In-
ternational Baccalaureate (IB) Programme at LHS. They dis-cussed counter terrorism and security, trans-Atlantic rela-tions and other foreign policy issues of concern to Europe and the U.S. LISD is pleased to have such honored guests bring an international perspective to important issues that face the country’s leaders. We thank the foreign representatives for gra-ciously taking the time to share their expertise with our students. This visit is great example of the unique learning opportuni-ties LISD offers to help students become informed and engaged citizens of our complex world.For more information about RHS, the district’s college and career-readiness programs or IB Programme, visit www.lean-derisd.org. Have a great week!
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A week aft er the Steiner fi res, we shared a story about Greg and Stephanie Sabatini who lost their home on Varner Court, including dozens of quilts and fabric. “For once I don’t have a quilt in the works,” Stephanie told me in mid Sep-tember. Quilting is her passion. A dozen handmade quilts were lost all put to-gether by Stephanie who also lost 500 yards of fabric in the fi re. Not only did they lose a dozen family quilts, ones she made for them and their children, but also another dozen Linus Connection quilts that were in various stages were burned up. Linus gives blankets to those in need and the group has delivered over 300 blankets to the Bastrop fi re victims with Stephanie’s help. “We will continue to take them until they don’t need any-more,” she said on Tuesday. Back in September, the story about the Sabatinis was sent more than 500 miles away to the Texas Panhandle, north of Amarillo, by Brandi Wright who also lives in Steiner Ranch. She wrote: “I forwarded that to my mom in the Panhandle. My mom is another avid quilter in Canadian. Well, that next weekend, my mom was headed to a quilt retreat in Dumas. She mentioned Sabatini’s story to her guild, which is
based out of Perryton but full of ladies from surrounding towns. Th ey started collecting items for Stephanie.” Two weeks ago Brandi went up to the Panhandle and brought back quilting supplies. Th en last week, Brandi’s mom fl ew into Austin bringing more supplies. I love this story more than most. Not only am I a quilter (or used to be when I had time for hobbies) but also was raised in the Panhandle. It doesn’t surprise me to hear how quilters from those small towns have come together to take care of one of their own who they never met. It shows warm hearts of the quilting circle in Texas! And this act of kindness could not go to a better person. Stephanie was the mom from our fi rst grade class at Steiner Ranch Elementary who a year ago supplied all of the fi rst graders with a square of fabric to decorate, and to keep it hush-hush. Stephanie went on to stitch those squares together into a quilt and completely surprised our teacher for her birthday at Christmas time. Last week the Panhandle quilter and Brandi delivered supplies to Stephanie who said: “Th ey were so awesome! And I got to laugh and talk about quilting for a couple of minutes which was so good for my soul!”
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It’s great to see the school spirit and school unity.
Why is homecoming so special this year at Vandegrift?
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Hannah Simpson Grandview Hills
It’s important for our school and great to see the community involved. Mums are a big deal too and it’s not only high school girls wearing them but little girls and teachers too. It’s cool to see every-one supporting everyone.
Moriah Gonzalez Westminster Glen
It’s very special because it is our inaugural Homecoming with our senior class. It means a lot to our seniors and our school as well because it establishes tradition.
Taylor Watson Steiner Ranch
It is cool to see my friends being nominated to the Homecoming Court and being a senior seeing all of this. We’re the fi rst class, it’s a privilege and a blessing.
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I am a 17.5 year resident of Steiner Ranch, 13 years in Pla-teau and 4.5 years in Savannah Point. Th e year we moved to our new home we watched the UT Golf Club fi re from our 2nd fl oor game room and became very concerned about our risk if there were ever a fi re in the preserve. Luckily that day the wind was blowing away from the canyon and the fi re didn't spread. We began to make some inquiries and the feelings of homeowners at that time was that the HOA would not allow any trimming of the dead limbs and/or thinning
of trees in the greenbelt. We did what so many hom-eowners have done and took matters into our own hands and made our own fi rebreak. Th is got the attention of the HOA and Travis County offi cials and we started a conversation about fi re safety. My husband and I did a lot of research and learned about the Firewise program and suggested the HOA implement it here. Th ey scheduled one community meet-ing to discuss Firewise and the idea quickly fi zzled aft er they had zero attendance. Th e homes lost and damaged in the recent Labor Day fi res in Steiner Ranch were concentrated in Plateau - many
friends were directly or indirectly aff ected. It is so unfortunate that this kind of tragic event had to occur to start the Firewise conversation again. Th is prompted a lot of dis-cussion in Savannah Point. We feel we are at particular risk due to our location. We are a small peninsula completely surround-ed by Balcones Canyonlands Preserve along a steep ridgeline - perfect terrain for a fast moving wildfi re, there is no access for any kind of fi refi ghting in the canyon and many of our homes are very close to the back property line. With the current drought and the forecast calling for it to con-tinue for a long time, we continue
to be at high risk of wildfi res in Travis County. Many SP home-owners contacted the HOA to ask what they could do to establish a fi rebreak along the perimeter - though the land is owned by the HOA, they were unable to help us since the land is managed under the terms of the BCP by Travis County. With the support of all of SP, I contacted the folks at Tra-vis County that we had worked with before and they were very interested in working with us. Firewise is a nationally rec-ognized program that brings to-gether all the appropriate agen-cies to come up with a plan to mitigate the risks from wildfi re along the Wildland/Urban In-terface. Essentially, it empow-ers communities to bring all the stakeholders in their area to the
table to establish and implement prevention strategies that could save their homes and possibly lives. We are already working with the HOA, Travis County, Lake Travis Fire & Rescue, and have the support of Sarah Eck-hardt, Travis County Precinct 2 Commissioner. We hope to have a representative from Texas For-est Service on the team soon. We have all agreed to have Savannah Point serve as the pilot program for Firewise in Steiner Ranch - which will then be rolled out to the rest of Steiner Ranch. We now have all the right people together to take action to make Savannah Point and Steiner Ranch a safer place to live. Fire-wise is not a one time thing and certifi cation is not even the end goal - it is a continuous process
of education, assessment, and action that will benefi t the entire community by making Steiner Ranch a safer place to live. We don't want to eliminate the pre-serve - the natural beauty of the area is what attracted most hom-eowners to Steiner - but working cooperatively with Travis County and LTFR we can take steps to make it safer on both sides of the fence since the majority of fi res start in the home, our wildfi re mitigation work also protects the preserve and all the plants and animals who reside in it. Stay tuned and plan to be a part of the upcoming Firewise meetings and Ready, Set, Go! presentations that the HOA is sponsoring.
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Longhorn Village retirement community in Steiner Ranch hosted a fi re prevention work day on Oct. 1. For several hours senior residents cleared brush and removed dead trees, bushes and grass from around the community as a means of helping prevent wildfi res. As the Labor Day Weekend wildfi res threatened the Steiner community, most Longhorn Village residents did not evacuate because authorities thought they would be safe. Generators kept Longhorn Village in power while electricity was off , said Lake Travis Fire Rescue Chief Jim Linardos.
On Nov. 13 a Dog Wash Fundraiser will benefi t the Spicewood fi re victims, as well as to say thank you to those who serve the Four Points community. Th e event will take place at John Simpson Park in Steiner Ranch from noon to 4pm. It will also feature a dog brushing station and bandanas for cash. Donations will be collected for the Spice-wood Relief Fund, specifi cally targeting uninsured families in need. Recent fi res claimed the homes of 100 people, 30 who were uninsured. Dogs of all local Lake Travis Fire Rescue stations, and Travis County Sheriff ’s and Constable offi ces will be washed for free, and Dr. Roush with Stay at Home Veteri-nary Care will be providing all servicemen with free vaccinations for their dogs, said Sara Milam, an event coordinator. “Please come out and help give our Fire-men, Sheriff s and Constables a big thanks
for their past and continued service to our community,” Milam said. Community sponsors will be selling food and treats, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Spicewood Fire Relief Fund. Additionally there will be a Silent Auction with proceeds going directly to families in need. Th ere are also ample opportunities to serve at the dog wash, Milam said. Service organizations can take turns washing and drying dogs. Th e event is also seeking do-nated towels, and any donated towels will be washed and delivered to the Humane Soci-ety. For more information email [email protected] or call 512-795-8902. Th ose in-terested in sponsoring this event, donat-ing to the silent auction, or participating as a business, please contact Janet Roush at [email protected] or 512-964-1838.
Haunting for a cure! Four Points Middle School eighth-grad-ers (pictured) haunted with a purpose last month as they donated contributions from their Haunted House to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Garrett Anz and Max Weedman spearheaded the group of ghouls, organizing and advertising the Lagood Drive event to the Four Points community. “We had close to 250 people come through in two hours,” said Weedman. The second annual Haunted House tallied a total contribution of $456 to the breast cancer research organization.
Th e annual Lake Travis Crisis Ministry Th anksgiving Concert will be on Nov. 13 with a free will love off ering collected to support people in crisis and need in our community. From 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Em-maus Catholic Parish at 1718 Lohman’s Crossing, a combined choir of more than 60 voices will present a service of praise and thanksgiving to God through beauti-ful and moving musical selections accom-panied by piano, organ and trumpet. Emmaus Catholic Parish Choir, the
Lake Travis United Methodist Church Choir and the Lakeway Church Chancel Choir will combine for the concert. Organizers encourage the community not to miss this exciting opportunity to give thankful praise to God for all God’s blessings and share those blessings with those who are less fortunate. Contact Mark Savage-Rains (TLC) at [email protected], Patty Highland (LTUMC) at [email protected] or John Guarino at [email protected].
Ernie Reyes World Martial Arts will be holding a Kick-A-Th on fundraiser on Nov. 11 to benefi t the Bastrop Fire Department whose resources have been tapped from fi ghting fi res. Bags will be lined up along the rocks that run parallel to Quinlan Park Road and will be visible from Quinlan Park, said Bu Kwan Jang Nim Andrá Allen, who is a for-mer world champion tournament fi ghter and who holds black belts in four diff erent disciplines. During the Kick-A-Th on event, martial arts students from age 5 to 50 will be kick-ing as well as cardio-kickboxing students. Anyone can join - they don’t have to be a member of the school to participate.
Advanced students in the martial arts pro-gram have a goal of 1,000 kicks, said Bu Kwan Jang Nim Cindy Villanueva-Allen, who passed her fourth degree mastery test. Th e couple runs the Steiner Ranch mar-tial arts studio and teach classes there. Th eir goal is to raise $10,000 to help supply the Bastrop department with fi re fi ghting gear for future rescue eff orts. Donations will be accepted on-site the day of the event from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Towne Square, or interested parties can stop by the studio and make a contribu-tion. For more information at call 266-3339 or visit Facebook.com/wcwmaaustin
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Top: Photo 1: You can never have too much bling! Vandegrift fresh-men (from left) Maria Velasco, Julia Franklin, Emily McShane and Abby Brosette were spotted sporting fl ashy homecoming mums at Friday’s gridiron show-down against Rouse High School.
Middle: Viper Cheerleaders fi red up the Vandegrift Homecoming crowd during the game against Rouse on Friday night.
Bottom: The Viper student sec-tion cheers loudly with their "trash can drum" at Friday's Homecoming game against Rouse. Vipers won against the Raiders 42 - 28 on Oct. 28.
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After being named Homecoming Queen, Moriah Gonzalez helps lead the band in a rally tune in front of the student section.
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Oct. 28 Vandegrift win Vs. Rouse, 42 - 28I was impressed with our ability to move the ball at any moment in the game. Our off ense is coming together just at the right time. Our defense bent but didn’t break vs. a very explosive off ense. Th at was step two in our three step process of reaching our goal of making the playoff s for the fi rst time ever.
Nov. 4 Vandegrift Vs Marble Falls, 7:30It’s highly unusual, but we are playing the exact same opponent as we did last year with playoff s on the line again. Last year we had to win by 17 to make the playoff s. Th is year, we just have to win to qualify. Marble Falls is a very quality opponent. Th ey run the ball well and play excellent defense.
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Th e Vandegrift Cross Country Team competed in the 25-4A Dis-trict Meet on Oct. 28 and both boys and girls Varsity Teams advanced on to the Region IV-4A Cross Country Championship, which will be held in San Antonio on Nov. 5. In the Girls Varisty Division Gretta Smith led the way for the Vi-pers fi nishing 4th overall with a time of 11 minutes and 54 seconds, Nikki Keys fi nished 5th. Both girls made All-District. Cody Cox, Isa-bella Chestney, Leah Butterfi eld, Zhanya Griff fi n and Courtney Davis were all contributors in leading the teams success to the 2nd place fi nish. In the Boys Varsity Division J.R. Hardy led the way for the Vipers fi nishing 3rd with a time of 15.58, Brandon Keys fi nished 5th. Both boys made All-District. Marshall Wilson, Connor Th omas, Keith Taylor, Matt Villegas and Matthew Richardson were all contributors to the success of the teams 3rd place fi nish overall.
Vandegrift Volleyball held its fi rst senior night last week as (from left) Jasmine Mobley (#13), Kayla Chatlosh (#5) , Madeline Castleman (#16) and Ashley Heilscher (#6) took the home court for their fi nal game as Lady Vipers. “We’ve had the best season record,” said Head Coach Kelly McCarter. “The seniors’ overall leadership and dedication will be missed.”
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