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By LESLEE [email protected]
Aft er being in business at its RR 2222 location for over 16 years, Davison Auto Imports has become a fi xture in the Four Points community, with its witty billboard sayings entertaining frustrated motorists on the busy thoroughfare. However, this week’s comments are no laugh-ing matter following the Octo-ber 31st early morning break-in and theft of inventory parts and equipment. Manager Jeremy Davison dis-
played signage on the property which off ers a $2,000 reward “4 the arrest of the scumbags who broke in”. Despite a surveillance camera on the lot, police have not apprehended the criminals responsible for damaging the dashboard and carpeting of a Jeep Wrangler as well as busting open the door of a storage shed and removing a carjack. Addi-tionally, thieves took the rims and tires belonging to a Mer-cedes AMG. “An employee got here fi rst and called that we had gotten broken into,” said Davison. “An alarm was going off on the Wrangler. Th ey tried to steal the navigation system but couldn’t get it out so they broke the [system] screen and ripped the carpet out. Th e Jeep was in the back; maybe it was an easier target.” Davison fi led a police report but, upon further investigation by Four Points News, the case
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During Th ursday’s bimonthly meeting, local city council mem-bers heard public comments concerning the City of Austin’s plans to annex 542 acres of Four Points’ Ribelin Ranch. Th e tract, located at RR 2222 and McNeil Drive is currently in the city’s Limited Purpose jurisdiction and consists entirely of undevel-oped land in the Balcones Can-yonlands Preserve. City Planner Virginia Collier stated that the land was being “annexed at the owner’s request” and would receive full municipal services once the transaction is complete. However, Travis County Nat-ural Resources Program Man-ager Rose Farmer, appearing as a neutral speaker, questioned city staff ers as to the reason for their annexation of the property at this time and requested infor-
mation concerning how the land would benefi t from the change. According to Collier, in 2004, the total area of 747 acres was initially annexed as Limited Purpose jurisdiction property and the owner, Frank Ribelin, requested that the parcel be con-verted to Full Purpose jurisdic-tion as the property develops. In 2007, a portion of the subject property was converted to Full Purpose jurisdiction. Collier stated that Ribelin set a limit of December 31, 2011, as the fi nal date for the remaining acreage to make the conversion. “Th e land will never be de-veloped because all of it is in the Balcones Canyonlands,” said Collier. “It’s a conclusion of the process that started with the 2004 annexation.” Should the Austin City Coun-cil approve the annexation aft er a second public hearing on Nov.
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Unable to conclusively determine whether 15-year-old Amanda De La Torre’s death was accidental or the result of homicide, the Travis County Medical Examiner’s offi ce has offi -cially ruled the manner of her death “undetermined.” Amanda was fatally injured on April 30 during an unsupervised Steiner Ranch party involving drugs and alcohol. She died 10 days later. Th e recently released autopsy con-cludes that the Vandegrift freshman died as a result of blunt force head injury. Th e autopsy also revealed there were traces of cannabinoids in
Amanda’s blood, including small quantities of two substances tested to detect marijuana usage. Despite the autopsy fi ndings, the Travis County Sheriff ’s Offi ce said the suspicious death investigation will remain open until the district at-torney’s offi ce says otherwise. “As far as we’re concerned it is still open, the case is still being investi-gated and is still being worked,” said Roger Wade, Public Information Of-fi cer Travis County Sheriff ’s Offi ce. Wade also said he was not sure how or why the autopsy report was released, but he said he does know that the sheriff ’s offi ce was not con-sulted before it was released. In June, a 17-year-old Joe Rogers was charged furnishing alcohol to
Amanda and others during a party at his home on Magenta Sky Trail in Steiner Ranch. Richards told detectives “Amanda was ‘passed out’ when they found her in the street,” according to his ar-rest warrant. “Joe claims he did not see any injuries to Amanda except scratches and assumed they were from a fall. Another witness stated that he observed Amanda taking shots of Tequila inside Joe’s residence during the night.” Th e warrant went on to say that Amanda’s twin sister, Bianca admit-ted that Amanda was drinking and smoking and that when “she believed Amanda was getting a ‘little out of hand,’ she decided it was time to leave and to take Amanda to ‘sober up.’ Be-
fore they were able to leave, Amanda received her head injury and the sub-jects were afraid to call for help.” Th e warrant goes on to say that students at the party “did not take immediate action to get the neces-sary help for Amanda, believing that she was just ‘drunk,” the warrant said. “Aft er several hours of Amanda ly-ing unconscious, several minors, in-cluding Joe Richards, decided to take Amanda to another residence. Once Amanda was dropped off at this resi-dence, the adult at this location deter-mined that Amanda needed medical attention.” No one has been charged crimi-nally in De La Torre’s death. Four Points News Publisher Lynette Haaland contributed to this article.
Cause of LISD freshman’s death ruled ‘undetermined’Autopsy revealed traces of marijuana, scattered contusions and healing abrasions
Travis County Medical Examiner’s offi ce released the autopsy report of Amanda De La Torre, a Vandegrift freshman who was fatally injured on April 30 during an unsupervised Steiner Ranch party involving drugs and alcohol. The autopsy concludes Amanda died as a result of blunt force head injury.
By LYNETTE [email protected]
More than 700 Steiner Ranch Elementary stu-dents spent a good portion of Monday morning sitting on Quinlan Park Road in front of their school. A gas leak is to blame for an evacuation that closed the school for the day. At 8:49 a.m. on Nov. 7 it was reported that a car hit the gas meter in the back of the school and caused a leak and an evacuation of the Steiner Ranch Elementary, according to Roger Wade, Tra-
vis County Sheriff ’s Offi ce Public Information Of-fi cer. Th e gas was shut off and there was no danger to the students, however, because the damage to the meter was going to take some time to fi x the students were sent to Laura Bush Elementary for the day, Wade said. No one was injured. Parents picked up their children. During the evacuation Quinlan Park Road was shut down. It was reopened at about 10:45 a.m. when the students left .
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has not yet been assigned to a detective in the Austin Police Department’s Burglary Unit. However, the of-fi cer who responded to Davison’s call stated that crime was up, especially burglary. “He said that ‘it gets bad going into Christmas time, breaking into cars’,” Davison said of the offi cer’s com-ments. Davison stated that he will keep confi dential the iden-tity of a tipster with information about the burglary.
Above: The billboard outside of Davison Auto Imports, 11320 RR 620, shows the frustration of its manager, Jeremy Davison, following the early morning Halloween theft and vandalism.
Left: Austin Police detectives have not yet apprehended the person(s) re-sponsible for damaging the dashboard and carpeting of this Jeep Wrangler at Davison Auto Imports.
Austin City Council held its fi rst public hearing on the annexation of 546 acres of the Ribelin Ranch tract [shown in diagram] during last week’s meeting. A second hearing is scheduled for Thursday of this week to continue the discussion. Photo taken from Austin City Council Meeting Agenda Item 73 attachments, October 3, 2011.
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10, emergency and fi re service to the area will be managed by the City of Austin Fire Department. Additionally, the City of Austin will become the area’s new taxing authority. Th e area currently is bordered by Full Purpose jurisdiction property on its western, southern and eastern borders. “Anytime you have a fragmented jurisdiction as opposed to a consistent, managing jurisdiction, it creates challenges as to who is responsible for emergency services,” Collier said. “Th is closes the gap.”
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Community Meeting on pending Steiner Ranch commercial projects set for Wed. Nov. 9 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s on the Lake Epis-copal Church. Walter Eeds, CEO of Greystone Group, develop-er of the proposed Steiner Ranch Apartment project is expected to attend.
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As part of Leander ISD’s district-wide focus to close the achievement gap, the district identifi ed critical areas that need immediate attention to better meet the needs of socio-econom-ically disadvantaged students. One of these areas is our strategic partnerships with parents and community members. Although our level of community support is outstanding, we are working to improve it in order to realize our vision that every student gradu-ates with all options open. Th is week I am pleased to report on some engagement opportunities we’ve had with local leaders that are strengthening the link be-tween our schools and the com-munity. To strategically support student learning and close the achieve-ment gap, LISD is exploring new partnership opportunities with the bedrocks of our community — our faith-based organizations.
For the fi rst time, the district is formally reaching out to all area faith-based groups to potentially form a strategic alliance focused on meeting the needs of children throughout the community. On Nov. 4, we brought some of these groups together (more than 50 were invited) to begin the con-versation about how we can work together to purposefully support our schools. Whether they choose to get involved by adopting cam-puses, spearheading coat drives, mentoring students, providing resources to economically disad-vantaged students, or serving in some other manner, we believe that the fruits from this partner-ship will be instrumental in help-ing close the achievement gap. Our community engagement activities have extended to other community leaders in recent days, as well. On Nov. 9, 20 community members (also members of the Leadership Leander ISD Class of
2012) participated in “Principal for a Day” to experience a day-in-the-life of our principals. Th ese willing volunteers lead schools in the Pledge of Allegiance, read books to stu-dents, spoke to classes about their careers, attended fac-ulty meetings, monitored par-ent drop-off , and performed many other du-ties regularly handled by our principals. We thank all of our guest principals — Laura Balla, Heather Bonham, Alfredo Bouchot, Cory Dirk-son, Misti Dwyer, Alicia Fermin, Dominic Giarratani, Trisha Gre-enway, Brian Haulotte, Gabriel Hernandez, Debbie Hoff man, Sherry Huff man, Chris Hurta, Jeff Johnson, Tim Mattox, Sheri McKim, Tammy Morrow, Chad
Onanuga and Sallie Spradlin Jett — and hope that they gained a new-found appreciation for the important roles that our princi-pals take on every day.
Along the same lines, last week, on Nov. 3, LISD partnered with the Cedar Park Chamber of Commerce to host Educa-tion Day for the Leadership Ce-dar Park class.
Th ese civic-minded leaders had the opportunity to learn about partnership opportunities while touring Westside Elementary, visiting LISD’s science materials center and hearing more about college- and career-readiness pro-grams. By all accounts, this was a wonderful day of learning, cen-tered around the innovative tools and programs the district is us-
ing to enrich learning. We thank Cedar Park Operations Manager, Danita Futch, and Chamber Pres-ident, Harold Dean, for bringing the Cedar Park Leadership class into LISD. Our schools have had leaders from the community visit them this week too. Leander Mayor John Cowman, city council mem-bers and Fire Chief Bill Gardner visited with kindergarten classes at Winkley, Whitestone, Pleasant Hill, Plain and Bagdad elemen-tary schools on Nov. 10, to talk to the young students about city government. Many campuses also opened their doors to veterans in honor of Veterans Day on Nov. 11. Schools decorated their halls, held special assemblies and per-formed patriotic musicals to wel-come these hometown heroes. All of these leaders have left a lasting impression and we thank them for taking the time to interact with our students.
Th e students we serve will be the leaders of tomorrow, and to that end, it is imperative that we close the achievement gap. We must work with our community to ensure that all LISD students are citizens of character, so that they will be well prepared to lead our country and our world. We believe that through programs such as the ones I have mentioned today, our community leaders can play a critical role in closing the achievement gap, and we are ea-ger to bring them into our schools to reinforce the skills necessary for lifelong success. Anyone interested in learning more about community engage-ment opportunities can contact Ruth Hisle at [email protected], or visit www.lean-derisd.org. Th anks to all who are already so generously giving of their time and talents to the students of Le-ander ISD!
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Dear Editor, Our latest epidemic, is not about disease. It’s not about fat. It’s not about eating disorders. It’s about manners. Th is Halloween I sat outside on my porch, anxious to see all the cute cos-tumes and all the cutie-pies that were in them as they came trick-or-treating to my door. I saw plenty of them… fairies and princesses… zombies and ghosts. I even saw a very realistic Me-dusa and werewolf. What I did not see or hear, however, is what is so dis-turbing. I had noticed over the past few years that the number of “thank-yous” were growing slim. Th at observation was strongly confi rmed this year. By
my rough estimate, I’d say 5% of the children that came by my house to trick-or-treat said THANK YOU! Of those, most were with their parents (kudos to you), and a few were with friends (huge congratulations to those few). But really? Why in the world were these kids not saying even a cursory “thank you”? Being the mother of 3, I get it that it’s Halloween and we’re all very excited. My husband spent the evening prompting our kids to say thank you when they forgot. What I don’t get is why, while walking away from my front porch, aft er I’ve yelled “Happy Halloween!” or “You’re wel-
Dear Editor, I strongly support eff orts in the Four Points area to hold Austin Energy account-able for fully explaining and elucidating their proposed rate increases. Th is organization has functioned as a slush fund for the city of Austin for too many years. It basically serves, in the workings of the city of Austin, as a massive wealth transfer mechanism to support any and every liberal cause the city council wants to make themselves feel good about. Th e "dividends" from ex-cess rate revenue are a use-ful tool for the city to avoid imposing fi nancial respon-sibility on themselves when they know they have already over-burdened the city tax-payers. AE also has an inter-nal wealth transfer scheme in the form of its programs to accommodate its dead-beats and low-income cus-tomers, which are defi ned only by them. In my years of follow-ing stories in the Statesman about AE, I have never seen any details on how much they generate in the form of "dividends" nor how they are used. When Ed Clark asks the question of where we want the "dividends" to go, the answer is "none of the above." Why should any ratepay-ers, especially outside the
city limits, want some un-elected functionary to make judgments about how much money they forcefully ex-tract from us and hand over to others under their various guises. Th ere is no fundamen-tal reason why AE can't set rates to approximate their true costs just like any other business. If they believe, as apparently they do, that be-cause they are a monopoly they can extract "dividends" from us, then they should lose that monopoly status.
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Monday of this week was the fi rst day Google+ allowed for Brands to have accounts. Four Points News is the fi rst news outlet in Austin to have an account. My husband hooked us up. He is a social media guru and works with TV stations across the country on these types of things. Check out our Google+ site if you want:https://plus.google.co/b/110231982976221031695/110231982976221031695/posts As of Tuesday morning we have three followers. Th ank you! It is a lot like Facebook and easier to use, appar-ently. Speaking of Facebook, thank you to the 630 or so Four Points News follow-ers. Th is week was a good example of getting information to the community about various news events: the Steiner Ranch Elementary evacuation, Viper football going to the play-off s for the fi rst time, the Viper Band bringing home more trophies this past weekend, and the Viper Cross Country heading to state. Followers are posting community events in-cluding the Community Meeting on pending development in Steiner on Wed. night and the First Firewise Workday in Steiner on Sat. We encourage community feedback and interaction and there is no better way than social media. We fi rst saw the impact of our Four Points News Facebook page during the Steiner Ranch fi res when everyone was grasping for any offi cial word. A couple of weeks ago we launched our website and we’ve been tweaking it ever since.
We have the full electronic version of the weekly editions on our website. Th is is great if you want to show family and friends a copy of the paper, just have them open it online. Th anks to Ray Freer, Four Points Cham-ber of Commerce chairman, who was tired of our slow pace at getting a website up. He is so pro- Four Points-business that he rolled up his own sleeves and got the ball rolling. Our website allows you to give story tips
and community events. You can check out our history and delivery footprint too. I can’t believe how me-dia tools have changed in the last 20 years. When our TV newsroom in Lubbock went from typewriters to com-puters, the transition was so
quiet, it made everyone pause. I had a similar feeling about 12 years ago as a reporter at the Rochester Business Jour-nal. We had this huge machine in our offi ce that made it possible to get our paper out each week. It had a loud hum and I think we aff ectionately called it “Chrome or Krome”. Anyway, when we transitioned away from that, we took a big step in using the latest technology. Technology allowed me to write for RBJ up until this past weekend when I said it is time to take a break from long-distant report-ing. I have to admit, I’m more of a tradition-alist. I like the feel of the newsprint in my hands, some of you can relate. But, the tools available these days to share information is simply amazing.
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Rick and Diana Moore with their children Grant, Will and Reagan were one of the Steiner Ranch families to brave the elements at this weekend's Camping on the Ranch. They moved to the community 18 months ago from Ft. Collins, CO. This was their fi rst year to be a part of the camp out at Towne Square. Their camping club friends in Colorado might give them a hard time for camp-ing on soccer fi elds instead of in the rugged mountains but they wouldn't trade it for anything!
Dear Editor, I wanted to take this op-portunity to express our ob-jection to the potential loss of a few of the Steiner Ranch neighborhood trails. Proposed development of a storage facility and more multi-family housing in the area bounded by RR 620, Steiner Ranch Boulevard and Quinlan Park is jeopardiz-ing the existence, in all or part, of the Buckaroo Trail, the Lakeview Trail and the unnamed trail leading to the fenced preserve area below the Steiner Ranch Steakhouse. As the Steiner Ranch Trails Committee chair, I have re-ceived a signifi cant amount of input from the residents of Steiner Ranch in support of these trails. It was incorrectly stated during a recent City of Austin board meeting that all or some of these trails are not used and the proposed devel-oper would simply remove them. I can state, without a doubt, these trails are used quite fre-quently. One comment I have received that is echoed by many is that the trail system in the neighborhood is one of the many reasons people decided to purchase a house
in Steiner Ranch. Th e en-dangered trails have been in existence for many years and we would like to keep them for the enjoyment of our resi-dents. It is my understanding that the developers of what is now the Monterone Apartment complex worked with the HOA and the trails commit-tee to maintain the Lakeview Trail through this property. I ask that the new developers follow this example and work with the HOA, neighbor-hood, and the trails commit-tee so we can maintain these trails. Obviously there are other issues which some may con-sider more signifi cant than the loss of the neighbor-hood trails. But if develop-ment continues in the Steiner Neighborhood, I think it is safe to say that the residents would like to maintain as much of one of the most valu-able amenities as they can. I know I do.
Th ank you.Sincerely,Ed PerreySteiner Ranch Trails Com-mittee Chair
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Cynthia Evans' third grade class at Laura Bush Elementary are huge supporters of the Vandegrift foot-ball program. They wear spirit wear, go to parades and games. "They are so excited to become Vipers themselves and are a true example of community," said Evans.
In recognition of National Make A Diff erence Day, on October 22nd, the Student Council, NJHS, and Leadership class at Canyon Ridge Middle School joined together to support the community. The week long grade level competition, Battle of the Batteries , kicked off at an amazing pace. Students and community members donated over 500 pounds of old batteries for recycling. Even with the competition over, battery donations still continue to fi ll the bins, keeping batteries out of our landfi lls. Donations are sched-ued for pick up by a local recycling facility.Shown in the picture are Katerina Barouxis and Emma Harrelson.
Local Steiner Ranch scouts took to the Steiner Ranch trails recently and learned about the Balcones Canyonlands Pre-serve. Scout volunteer Julie Ballengee led the group on a hike past the watershed among other places. Ballengee plans to take more scouts out in April when the two endangered spe-cies of neo-tropical migratory songbirds are back on the ranch, "so we can hope for a sighting or hearing of the birds," she says.
Nate HeitmanSenior
Caitlin BalmanJunior
Favorite part about being involved in Viper Legacies: It’s like a big family and we are not just supportive of all things dance, but we are always there for each other. We have each other’s back no matter what and that’s what makes us such a wonderful team!
Favorite part of being involved in Viper Cheer: Being a VHS cheerleader for the past 3 years has taught me responsibility, commitment and how to WORK HARD!!! There have been countless hours of practice, bumps, bruises, diffi culties and triumphs along the way. But what means the most to me are the incredible girls I’ve met. More than friends and teammates, we are a family. Like any family we squabble, fi ght and makeup, but in the end we are always there for each other and that means EVERYTHING to me.
Favorite part about being involved in Viper Football: Being a Vandegrift football player is an honor. This year is my senior year and fi nal year to play high school football. I feel like our senior class has established awesome traditions to hopefully be followed by our younger Vipers.
Favorite part about being in the Viper Band: My favorite part of the marching band is fi nishing the season and look-ing back on what a great accomplishment it was.
Claudia HirschSohphomore
Leticia LeeJunior
Brandon KeysSenior
Favorite part about being involved in Viper Cross Country: What I love about cross country is what you put into it you get out of it. Everyday my teammates and I go out and give it all we have. It has been an awesome experience and I have loved seeing myself and my teammates grow as people and runners throughout the years. It has also been awe-some seeing my little sister Nikki grow as a runner this year and to see she is getting the success she deserves just makes my family and I proud.
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Four Points Pop Warner (FPPW) cheer teams took home two impressive fi rst place fi nishes in last month’s Central Texas Pop Warner Championships. Both Four Points’ Junior Pee Wee and Pee Wee cheer squads won top honors in the Me-dium Novice category at the local area competition. “Th is was the fi rst time in the history of Four Points Pop Warner that we’ve had teams competing,” said Head Coach Dionn Schaff ner, a River Place resident. “Th ey’ve been excited this whole season that they’ve gotten an opportunity to compete.” Th e win didn’t come easy for the pre-
teen girls aged eight to 12. Th e teams practice in Sun Tree Park three days per week for an hour and a half each session and, according to Schaff ner, will contin-ue to work on tumbling and cheer skills in their off -season. Most team members cross-train in other aerobic sports to en-hance their contribution on the fi eld. “Th eir performance on October 22nd was stepped up a notch,” Schaff ner said. “Th eir energy and spirit was amazing”. Both teams advance to the Pop War-ner Southwest Regional Championships scheduled for November 25, 2011, in Dallas’ Fair Park Coliseum. “At the end of the day, you just want them to have fun,” said Schaff ner. “And, they sure did”.
Four Points Pop Warner advanced two cheer teams (pictured), Junior Pee Wee and Pee Wee, to this month’s Southwest Regional Championships in Dallas, Texas. Photo contributed by Dionn Schaff ner.
Four Points Pop Warner JPW D-1 Black team members and coaches enjoyed a recent half-time celebration just as much as the game! During the break, the young squad proudly showed off a life-size check made out to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. The boys solicited donations for each point the team scored during the last two games which amounted to 57 points and $4,636 for the organization. “I’m proud that the boys worked so hard to make a diff erence in people’s lives,” said survivor and Four Points Pop Warner mom Brenda Langford.
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On Saturday the Vandegrift Viper marching band and Vision Dance Company took the sec-ond-place prize in class 2A at the Bands of America Super Region-al contest at the Alamodome. Th e preliminary contest fea-tured 58 high school bands from around the country over two days, and it is a rare honor for VHS to be ranked second in their class out of such a highly talented fi eld. While VHS did not secure enough points to enter the fi nals, class 3A Cedar Park HS took 6th place in the fi nal results. Bands of America and Orches-tra America are programs of Mu-sic for All, a non-profi t organiza-tion. Music for All is unique in that it combines programming at
a national level with arts educa-tion advocacy. First founded in 1975, their heritage in providing spectacular educational experi-ences and performance events for instrumental music programs and students is unmatched. More information may be found at www.musicforall.org. Next up for the VHS Viper band is the Texas state UIL fi nals in San Antonio on Nov. 8 where VHS competes at Class 4A. “To put it in perspective there are 250 4A high schools in the State of Texas. We are one of only 24 programs honored with the distinction of State Qualifi er. Th is is truly a remarkable accom-plishment from a program only three years in existence,” said Jer-emy Spicer, Director of Bands for VHS.
Viper Band scores at Bands of America
On Saturday the Vandegrift Viper marching band and Vision Dance Company took the second-place prize in class 2A at the Bands of America Super Regional contest at the Alamodome.
Four Points Pop Warner Cheer nabs top honors in Central Texas
Joseph Pilates developed an in-novative system of mind-body exercises designed to transform your body in how it looks, feels and performs. It builds strength without excess bulk, creating a sleek, toned body with slender thighs and a fl at stomach. Top athletes use it for strength, fl ex-ibility, and injury prevention. Professional dancers have known the benefi ts of Pilates for many years. And Hollywood movie stars, celebrities and supermod-els use it to maintain their beau-tiful physiques. Pilates teaches body awareness, good posture, and ease of motion. It also im-proves fl exibility, agility and can even help alleviate back pain. Pilates gets your mind in tune with your body. By emphasizing proper breathing, correct spinal and pelvic alignment, and com-plete concentration on smooth, fl owing movement, you become acutely aware of how the body feels, where it is in space, and
how to control it’s movement. Th e quality of movement in Pi-lates is valued over the quan-tity of repetitions. Linking one’s breathing to each movement also helps execute movements with maximum power and effi cien-cy. Proper breathing facilitates bringing one’s attention to the here and now and can be eff ec-tive in reducing stress. Pilates creates an evenly condi-tioned body and prevents sports injuries. Conventional work-outs tend to build short, bulky muscles – the type most prone to injury. As the weak muscles tend to get weaker and the strong muscles get stronger, there is a muscular imbalance in the body. When this imbalance occurs, the body is susceptible to injury. Pi-lates conditions the whole body, even the feet and ankles. No muscle group is over trained or under trained. By elongating and strengthening simultaneously, Pilates improves the muscle elas-ticity and joint mobility. And when your entire musculature is evenly balanced and condi-tioned, you are able to enjoy daily activities and sports with greater ease and less chance of injury. New to Pilates and wonder-ing how to get started? Dance Institute Pilates Center is off er-ing FREE 20 minute Pilates Pri-vate Lesson or trial mat or stick classes for new students with this article. Call 346-6612 to reserve your space today!
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“Quieting the Monkey Mind”
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About one year ago, Lauren Reichenau looked in the mirror and hardly recognized herself. “I was fat!” says the 33-year-old Certifi ed Public Accountant. “Aft er having had two babies, I could forgive myself a few extra pounds, but I needed to make a change.” For most of her life, Lauren hadn’t worried about her weight. However, aft er she had her fi rst baby, she wasn’t able to lose the extra weight gained during the pregnancy. Lauren continued to gradually gain weight, which she blames on the erratic hours she worked at the start of her career. “I was sitting in an offi ce all day and basically eating whatever I wanted.” Shortly aft er the birth of her second baby, Lauren decided to get serious. “My husband, Justin, and I were already members at Anytime Fitness at Four Points.
I knew that I needed someone to keep me motivated and to hold me accountable.” To shed her weight, Lauren started by hiring Tara Khoury, the Anytime Fitness owner and a personal trainer. Lauren’s weekly workout schedule consisted of 2 training sessions with Tara and an addi-tional 3-4 workouts on her own. Tara took Lauren through high intensity strength training with additional cardio at the end of each workout. “Tara was great! She pushed me during my ses-sions and encouraged me every day. I learned so much that I know I will be able to keep this up on my own.” Shortly aft er Lauren started training with Tara, Lauren was faced with one of her greatest fears….running! I had just fi n-ished a session with Tara and she told me that I was going to be training for a 5k. I almost died!
I had never been able to run for more than 10 minutes; how was I going to be able to run for 3.2 miles?” Tara provided Lauren with a 9-week running program to get her ready for her fi rst race. On March 6th, Lauren com-pleted the YMCA Trail Setter and loved every minute of it! In fact, she liked it so much that she signed up for the Schlotzsky’s Bun Run on May 1st, as well. “I feel good about myself and I have more confi dence. My family and friends look to me as a healthy role model.” One of the most important as-pects of Lauren’s success was her change in diet. “Tara gave me a very specifi c Nutrition Guideline to follow. Not only did it provide me with a laundry list of healthy food choices, but it also layed out exactly how much food to eat and when I should be eating.” Before Lauren started train-
ing with Tara, she weighed 193 pounds. Due to her hard work and dedication, Lauren lost 45 pounds and looks amazing! “Th e last time I was this size was on my wedding day almost 10 years ago. Not only do I look great, but I feel healthy and strong.” Strong is the new skinny!For more info on Anytime Fit-ness at Four Points, contact Tara Khoury at 512-992-2524.
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Nov. 4 Vandegrift win Vs. Marble Falls, 35-0: It was one of the biggest wins in our short history. For us to go on the road and win in a “must-win” situation was huge for the establishment of our program. Building a football program is a long process, but we took a huge step on Friday night.
Nov. 10 fi rst round play-off game Vs. Austin Travis: Th is is an exciting time for us as we prepare for our fi rst ever play-off game. I know that Travis will be well coached and they have multiple game breakers we must contain. We are also playing them on their home turf at historic House Park. I hope all Viper fans can come out on Th urs-day night and support us to victory.
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Th e Vandegrift Varsity Girls and Boys Cross Country Teams competed at the Region IV-4A Championship on Saturday in San Antonio. Th is meet consist-
ed of 24 of the best teams in the Region. Th e girls team created a fi rst for Vandegrift by advancing the team to the state meet and re-ceiving the honors of Regional Runner-up, said Jennifer Ge-gogeine, Cross Country head coach. Nikki Keys led the way for the Vipers and also received All-Region Honors. Keys fi nished 5th overall and completed the 3200m course in 11 min and 30 seconds. Gretta Smith was 19th, Leah Butterfi eld was 26th, Cody Cox was 29th, Isabella Chestney was 34th. Other contributors to the teams success were Zhanya Griffi n and Alejandra Poulis. Th e Boys Team fi nished 6th overall. J.R. Hardy led the way for the Vipers and fi nished 8th overall earning a trip to the state meet. He fi nished the 5K course in 15 min and 42 seconds. Hardy also received All-Region Honors. Brandon Keys fi nished 15th and also received All-Region Hon-ors. Other member of the teams success are Topher Jensen, Mar-shall Wilson, Keith Taylor, Matt Villegas and Connor Th omas. Th e State Meet will be held Nov. 12 at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock. Th e girls will run at 10 a.m. and the boys race is at 10:20 a.m.
Viper Cross Country advances to state
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The Vandegrift Vipers dominated Friday night's match up in Marble Falls against the Mustangs. Touchdowns were made in the fi rst two quarters and three in the third quarter. Final score was 35-0. The Vipers with a 7-3 record now prepare for their challenge against Travis. The Rebels come into the non-league challenge with a 3-6 record.
Class AAAA Division II Bi-District ChampionshipVandegrift Vipers (7-3) vs. Austin Travis Rebels (3-6)
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