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Vandegrift High School se-nior Jacqueline “Jax” Whit-tington, 17, was making plans for college two months ago but will likely miss graduation cer-emonies in a few days because she is missing, possibly heading toward Oregon with her boy-friend. Her mother Jana Darling just wants to see her daughter alive and well. “Literally, every day, I don’t know if she’s alive,” Darling said. “We just want her to know she’s not in trouble. We just want her to be safe.”

Jax was last seen on May 18. She is listed as an endangered runaway on the National Center for Missing and Exploited Chil-dren’s website. The Cedar Park Police Department is pursuing the case and confirmed that Jax was still listed as “missing” as of Monday. Jax is 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighs around 110 pounds, has brown hair, ears and navel piercings. She drives a 2002, four-door, silver Honda Ac-cord, license plate LTS789, and was wearing a white T-shirt and jeans when she disappeared. During a time when most Vandegrift senior parents are making plans for graduation celebrations, Darling is piecing together her daughter’s where-abouts. Darling believes that her daughter is travelling with her

17-year-old boyfriend of six weeks. During the week of May 15, Darling was told that her daugh-ter may not pass her senior year and had been working with Vandegrift staff and teachers to help Jax in her final weeks at the school. Jax transferred to Van-degrift from Cedar Park High School for her senior year. On May 18, Darling received an e-mail alert that Jax had missed her third period class. Her calls and texts to her daugh-ter’s cell phone went unan-swered and Darling discovered that Jax had gone in earlier that day to her workplace, Z’Tejas Restaurant on West Parmer Lane, to get her paycheck. She was scheduled to work at 6 p.m. that night but never appeared. Darling tried to get informa-tion from the boyfriend by tele-

phone but he said that he hadn’t seen Jax. However, Darling’s fears were confirmed when the boyfriend’s parents told her they had received a text from their son saying that he and Jax were running away. Jax’s father, a Steiner Ranch resident, received a call from his daughter that she was “not in town and I’ll take care of every-thing”. Darling then contacted the Cedar Park Police Department later that day, May 18, as well as the National Center for Miss-ing and Exploited Children and runaway hotlines and switch-boards. Darling stated that Jax said she could not stand the pressure of school any longer. She was especially concerned about her daughter’s welfare after finding out that Jax’s boyfriend had ran

away with another two months ago, hitchhiking to Hollywood, Calif. after their vehicle broke down in West Texas. Darling was able to track down Jax by tracing her cell phone calls to an auto parts store in Coleman. Sales staff at the store informed the Cedar Park mom that the two had come in after having car trouble and bought a new battery for Jax’s vehicle. Darling also found out that the teens told store clerks that they were headed to Or-egon. According to Darling, the couple’s cell phones have been turned off and money she re-cently added to her daughter’s bank account has not been touched. “She likes art, drawing, paint-

Vandegrift High School senior Jax Whittington went missing on May 18, 2012. If you know any-thing about her disappearance, please contact the Cedar Park Police Department at 512-260-4600.

WCID 17 opposes Austin Energy’s proposed ratesBy RICH KEITHFour Points News

The Austin City Council has de-layed until June 7 their decision to approve or modify the Austin Energy electric rate increases which will affect residents in the Water Control and Improvement District 17. If the proposed rate increases take effect, many Four Points wa-ter users’ rates will rise dramati-cally, WCID 17 board member Rob Carruthers said.

The change could “lead to a 12 percent to 18 percent increase in the price of electric power that the District uses every day to run the (water) pumps,” Carruthers said. This larger cost would result from the proposed rate increases as well as an additional levy by Austin Energy from the WCID 17’s use of so many electric water pumps. “Unfortunately for the service area, if this were to happen, we would be forced to pass on the higher costs to our customers,” Carruthers said. Combined with higher electric rates for the aver-age homeowner, this would cre-ate a “doubling effect” of the pro-

By LESLEE BASSMANFour Points News

With the recent Memorial Day cel-ebration marking the beginning of the summer season, boaters, swim-mers and paddlers are primed to en-joy Four Points’ lakes. However, last week’s media ride-alongs on Lake Travis and Lake Austin proved that the Lake Travis Task Force and the Austin Police Department will make their presence known to ensure that safety is on the minds of all lake go-ers. Austin Police Department en-forced its “Driving and Boating While Intoxicated” No Refusal Initia-tive during the Memorial Day week-end as an effort to ensure that boating

Ordinance limits development


As anticipated, the Austin City Council unanimously approved developer MU-14 Investments’ (Taylor Morrison) request to change the zoning on a 10 acre tract at 4807 North Quinlan Park Road in Steiner Ranch to allow for further development but with certain restrictions. The ordinance, as approved on May 24, incorporates an agree-

ment between the developer and Steiner Ranch homeowners groups which will limit the de-velopment to only 54 residences or townhomes, hold car traffic through the area to only 2,000 trips per day, not permit direct access to FM 620 from the tract, and ban multi-family buildings, or apartments, from being built on the site. Additionally, although MU-14 has indicated they would be con-structing only residences on the land, Council disallowed other uses for the property such as art studios, pawn shops, automotive stores and clubs or lodges.

Missing Vandegrift senior is an “Endangered Runaway”

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City Council finalizes zone changes to 10 Steiner acres


The River Place Homeowners Association wants to find alterna-tives to the high fences and cam-eras which have recently been put in place by City officials to help prevent trespassing onto the Bal-cones Canyonlands Preserve. At their executive meeting ear-lier this month, River Place HOA board members argued that city officials “unilaterally decided what the escalation process was by erecting eight-foot game fenc-es and cameras without notifying homeowners first.” “It’s a little harsh to put up

a fence like that,” said River Place HOA board member Rick Cop-pola. “You wouldn’t do that with-out telling your neighbor.” More recently, during Wednes-day’s packed meeting of the Bal-cones Canyonlands Conservation Plan Citizens Advisory Commit-tee, River Place HOA President Greg Sedlock was charged by Conservation members with get-ting the consent of his HOA board to post a bond which would cover potential repair costs if anyone trespasses the River Place bound-ary and damages the adjoining BCP. The BCCP calls for the creation of a preserve system, the BCP, to

protect eight endangered animal species as well as 27 other species believed to be at risk in Central Texas. yes looks good At the BCCP Committee meeting, Sedlock argued that the eight-foot game fences have dam-aged the quality of life for those bordering residents, is expensive for the City to construct, reduces the City’s taxable income because the fences have caused adjoin-ing property values to drop and may impact emergency person-nel’s access to the homes in case a wildfire breaks out. According to Sedlock, two out of the three homeowners accused of trespass were new residents

in the neighborhood. Sedlock stressed to BCCP members, in-cluding City of Austin Wildland Conservation Division Austin Water Quality manager William Conrad, that the community group plans to focus on an edu-cation program to inform new residents of the rules and regula-tions regarding the preserve as a natural habitat for endangered species. The move by the BCCP com-mittee was surprising given that in the weeks since the Four Points News published its first article informing readers of the City of

Bill Aleshire, former Travis Coun-ty judge and attorney for one of the River Place residents accused of trespassing onto neighbor-ing BCP land, helped River Place HOA President Greg Sedlock’s stance before the BCCP Citizens Advisory Committee meeting last week.

River Place HOA working on ways to prevent Balcones trespassing without cameras, game fences

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Austin’s placement of eight-foot game fences and cameras on preserve property abutting three River Place homesites, the River Place HOA has maintained a constant dialogue with City offi-cials to hopefully negotiate a less intrusive solution to acts of tres-pass by its residents on the city-owned land. Recently, one of the three homeowners settled with City officials for $8,400.

Conrad deems River Place’s original 25 fences a “failed ex-periment”

During last week’s meeting, Conrad stated that an eight-foot fence is “standard practice”. In 2006, Conrad negotiated a con-tract with 25 River Place lot own-ers adjoining the BCP to install a

smaller black wrought iron fence at the owners’ expense which he now terms as a “failed experi-ment”. “You have to consider that the site is at the edge of a rim rock the (golden cheeked) warbler uses to call for mates,” Conrad said in an interview with Four Points News. “There’s no other place in the City where I started with (this) fence. When we put up the eight-foot fence, the trespass stops.” Conrad cited serious concerns over homeowners who cut down trees on BCP property numerous times over an area the size of their lot, topped trees and disposed of yard waste over the fence. In one instance, the owner informed BCP staffers that he “was going to top trees” and was told that he was not allowed to do this; the trees were cut anyway. However, Conrad stated that he has not gone back to the neighborhood on a regular basis to speak to the homeowners. “Of the 25 homes, more than half have had instances of tres-pass,” said Conrad who admits to struggling internally with the is-sue. “People have an expectation that they can climb over the fence onto someone else’s property (because it is preserve).” Conrad asked one of the owners if he would ever climb over his neigh-bor’s fence and cut a tree down and the neighbor replied that it would be “absurd” to do that. “This is a fundamental prop-erty right,” said Robert Kleeman, BCCP Citizens Advisory Com-mittee member. “It’s almost like a devaluation of the property because it’s preserve land. It’s still a neighbor. The same basic rule applies here.”

Steiner Ranch HOA agreement with county held as a model for River Place change

BCCP Citizens Advisory Committee member Ken Beck focused on the difference in treat-ment of Steiner Ranch, which ad-

joins BCP land owned by Travis County, and River Place, a devel-opment which abuts City of Aus-tin property. Rose Farmer, Travis County Natural Resources Manager, stat-ed that Steiner Ranch does have issues with trespassers onto BCP land but the Steiner Ranch HOA assists her office and finds the trespassers. According to Farmer, the County constructs eight-foot fences but presently lacks the money to do so since it is in a phase of BCP land acquisition. Once the land acquisition pro-gram has been depleted, Farmer stated that her office would start building eight-foot fences once again. “Travis County has the right to put it (eight-foot fence) up,” said Farmer. “Steiner Ranch is won-derful to work with. We go to the Steiner Ranch HOA and they’re the ones who enforce and deal with the homeowners.” Committee member Kleeman set the standard for Sedlock and the River Place HOA to meet in order for the game fences to be removed with some insurance for the BCCP. “We would need to hear that your HOA would be a guarantor,” Kleeman said. “If something hap-pened, your HOA would be pay-ing. If it’s that important to you, you ought to put your money where your mouth is.” Sedlock stated that the River Place HOA is set up differently from Steiner Ranch and lacks the authority to deal with this issue; bylaws would have to be changed with a two-thirds vote of the ho-meowners. “Steiner Ranch has a hom-eowner ‘neighborhood watch’ ap-proach,” said Joe Lessard, BCCP Citizens Advisory Committee member. “If there was a way to recreate that relationship, then you would establish a precedent that would be acceptable.” Other options identified in-cluded exploring an eight-foot

fence that the HOA would con-struct which would be acceptable as a compromise.

Next step with River Place HOA and Balcones Canyonlands Pre-serve

Sedlock agreed to review the Steiner Ranch documents and contracts with Travis County, adjoining preserve owner, as a possible ‘blueprint’ from which to draft a potential agreement be-tween River Place and the owners of the preserve in their area, City of Austin and Travis County, and then return with a proposal to the committee. Of particular interest to the River Place HOA is a 140 acre tract behind the China Garden area which was sold to the BCP at the end of last year. These ho-meowners are concerned that the City will add game fences adjoin-ing their lots as well. Conrad’s office has already removed cameras from the BCP property adjoining one of three homeowners identified as trespassers and stated that the remaining low-tech cameras may be taken down once his de-partment is convinced that the continuing trespass activity has stopped. “Restoring a habitat is not simple,” Conrad said. “Ninety percent of what you suggest, I’m ready to do but, as far as taking down fences, I’m not comfortable with that.” “We’re looking for a long-term solution rather than a quick fix to help two or three homeowners,” said Lessard. Sedlock stated that he would work to form a committee of ho-meowners and board members to coordinate with BCCP Citizen Advisory Committee members on drafting a solution to the issue. Conrad and Lessard, who worked on the Steiner Ranch documents, pledged their support and assis-tance to the River Place HOA’s efforts.

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Just the anticipation of sum-mer can be thrilling. The allure of staying up later, sleeping longer, and enjoying all of the freedoms that come with summer break is exciting, and these days are just around the corner. Yet, as many parents with school-aged children can attest, a week or two into June, it can be challenging to find activ-ities that keep children engaged. While summer is preciously short, the days can get long. But if you know where to look, there are plenty of fun activi-ties happening in our area. The LISD Community Fliers page is a great place to start. Just go to www.leanderisd.org, click on the Community Fliers link from the QuickLinks menu and check out the offerings from local organi-zations. From this webpage you can find information on summer camps, vacation Bible schools, flag football teams, library pro-grams, art camps and much more. These fliers are updated constant-

ly, so keep an eye out for more op-portunities headed your way. Also under the QuickLinks menu, you will see a Summer Information link which allows you to register your child for our academic or sports camps. Our academic camps include writing, foreign language, culinary, math, science and technology and range from three to five days. Students of all skill levels are encouraged to participate. All camp instruc-tion is sponsored by an approved LISD teacher. Likewise, the sports camps available this summer in-clude boys and girls basketball, baseball, dance, volleyball, soft-ball, football, tennis, track, and middle and high school strength and conditioning. Camps range from four days to six weeks and offer skill levels from beginners to advanced. Participating in either an academic or sports camp is a great way to help keep your child engaged this summer. Summer Information also in-

cludes the summer school class-es LISD is offering for middle school and high school students. Middle school students are eli-gible to enroll in summer school only if they are seeking to re-gain credit for promotion to the next grade; however, eighth-grade students who are entering high school next fall may also take some courses for acceleration. High school students can take summer school to regain credit or to get ahead. You will also notice that the Summer Information link has a link for assignments. If your child is in middle or high school and is planning to take a Pre-AP, AP, Pre-IB or IB course next year, I invite you check out the assign-ments they are expected to com-plete over the coming weeks, es-

pecially if you are a parent of an incoming ninth-grade student,

who may or may not be used to completing school work during sum-mer. Summer assignments of-fer students the opportunity to continue skill

practice and help develop neces-sary “habits of mind” beyond the school year. Our local libraries often host activities for children during the summer. In fact, information about a few programs is already posted on the Community Fliers page. But because not all areas of our community have access to community libraries, two LISD facilities will be opened dur-ing the summer: the libraries at River Ridge Elementary and Four Points Middle School. The River Ridge library will be open June

11, 14, 18, 21, 25 and 28; and July 9, 12, 16, 19, 23 and 26 from 9 a.m. – noon. The library at FPMS will be open June 12, 19 and 26; and July 10, 17, 24 and 31 from noon – 3 p.m. I invite you to stop by a library near you and keep your child reading this summer. But maybe you are looking for an experience the whole family can enjoy. If that’s the case, then an upcoming rodeo may be right up your alley. The Leander ISD Educational Excellence Founda-tion (LEEF) is partnering with the Cedar Park Center for the Rodeo, June 22-24. Discounted tickets start at $8, good for adults or kids. Ten percent of ticket sales will benefit LEEF. You can purchase tickets by going to www.ticket-master.com, locate the Rodeo and entering the promo code “LISD.” Some of our families may be needing more than fun and enter-taining activities once school lets out and could benefit from meal assistance. To help meet this need,

LISD is working with the Texas Department of Agriculture to sponsor a summer food program to provide free meals for children ages 1 – 18 years old. The program will be offered at nine locations in the LISD community. Breakfast will also be served at eight loca-tions. More specific information, along with the locations, is posted on our website’s home page. In fact, most of the information I’ve provided to you this week can be found on the LISD web-site. As we head into summer, we hope to continue to provide you with information on resources that help students remain en-gaged throughout the break. So I encourage you to stay engaged yourself by reading your LISD Weekly Insider, staying tuned to our district’s Facebook and Twit-ter pages, and monitoring the website for news and information about summer activities. Have a great week!

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Activities help students stay engaged during summer break

Leander ISD and the Texas Department of Agriculture are spon-soring a summer food program to provide free meals for children ages 1 to 18 years old. The program will be offered at nine locations in the LISD community. Breakfast will also be served at eight locations. River Place Elementary, 6500 Sitio Del Rio Blvd., will serve break-fast from 8 to 9 a.m. and lunch from noon to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday, June 4 through Aug 10. Acceptance and participation requirements for this service and all activities are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. For more information, visit the Texas Department of Agriculture website at www.SummerFood.org or call 2-1-1 for other locations of summer food programs.

Leander ISD Superintendent Bret Champion is proud to announce that 287 seventh-grade stu-dents were eligible to participate in the Duke Uni-versity Talent Identification Program (TIP) and take college entrance exams, either the SAT or ACT. These students qualified for Duke TIP based on their scores on their fifth- or sixth-grade TAKS scores. Of the students tested, 74 qualified for state rec-ognition, scoring in the top 36 percent of the more than 68,000 students tested statewide. In addition, five students received Grand Recognition, scoring in the top 3 percent nationwide. “Leander ISD is extremely proud of these stu-dents’ outstanding academic accomplishments. Being recognized by the Duke TIP program means they outscored a significant number of high school juniors and seniors who took the same college entrance exams,” said Superinten-dent Bret Champion. “The number of LISD stu-dents eligible to take part in Duke TIP speaks to our district’s efforts to provide more early expo-sure to college-entrance exams, including the SAT and ACT, and is part of our larger goal to increase college-readiness among all students.” The Four Points following students received either State or Grand Recognition through Duke TIP:From Canyon Ridge Middle School:Joshua Chmelik – State Recognition

Rachel Dean – State and National RecognitionMary Farrell – State and National RecognitionDelaney Hardt – State RecognitionAnupriya Jose – State RecognitionSpoorthi Kamepalli – State RecognitionMeredith LeBoeuf – State RecognitionEthan McCosky – State RecognitionYilong Peng – State RecognitionSpencer Sharp – State RecognitionAnkith Sripathi – State RecognitionJonathan Walker – State Recognition

From Four Points Middle School:Lauren Burrow – State RecognitionAsher Crohn – State RecognitionTucker Mathis – State RecognitionJennifer Maunder – State RecognitionNidhi Pandya – State RecognitionElizabeth Patterson – State RecognitionChristopher Schwartz – State RecognitionLauryn Simons – State Recognition The Duke TIP program is a nonprofit organiza-tion dedicated to serving academically gifted and talented youth. As a world leader in gifted and tal-ented education, Duke TIP works with students, their families, and educators to identify, recog-nize, challenge, engage and help students reach their highest potential.

At the May 17 LISD Board meeting new board officers were selected. New officers are: President - Pamela Waggoner, Vice President - Russell Bundy and Secretary - Grace S. Barber-Jordan, M.Ed.

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7th graders get Duke University Talent Program accolades

There were 101 CRMS students inducted into the National Junior Honor Society on May 16.The National Junior Honor Soci-ety is the leader among organiza-tions and societies that promote appropriate recognition for stu-dents who reflect outstanding accomplishments in the areas of scholarship, character, leader-ship, citizenship, and service.Left to right are some of the students: Lindsey Cohn, Ca-rissa Mallory, Rachel Frith, Sara Campbell

101 CRMS students are part of NJHS

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Leander ISD campuses will release early on the final day of school, Friday, June 1. Pre-K classes will release at

10 a.m.; elementary schools will release at 11 a.m.; middle schools will release at 12:10 p.m.; and high schools will re-

lease at 11:57 a.m. District offices will remain open to the public until 4:30 p.m.

School’s out for the summer!

Lake Travis Community Li-brary will offer over 100 events during its annual Summer Read-ing Program. The official Summer Reading kickoff will be held on the lawn outside of the library on Satur-day, June 2nd from 10:30am to noon at 2300 Lohman's Spur, Suite 100 in Lakeway. Tiny Tails to You! will bring their baby animal petting zoo. Also, have your face painted, be

showered by bubbles and make a balloon animal. Be sure to stop by the library for refreshments, to register for the summer read-ing program, and to pick up reading logs to last throughout the summer. New this year is our Sum-mer Reading Chart - watch your progress as you read over the next few months on the read-ing chart located in the Chil-dren’s Area. Sign up for our

Summer Reading Program and your name will be placed on the chart, then for each 10 books or 10 blocks of time you record on your log, a star will be placed by your name. Reach the goal of 5 stars and you will receive a Reading Cer-tificate signed by the Governor of Texas as well as other prizes. Start reading now!

Lake Travis Community Library kicks off summer reading program June 2

Members of the Tiny Tails to You! petting zoo will help Lake Travis Community Library kick off its Summer Reading program on June 2nd from 10:30am to noon at 2300 Lohman's Spur, Suite 100 in Lakeway.

Members of the Tiny Tails to You! at Lake Travis Library

Left: Pichu the Chinchilla Right: Sonica the Hedgehog

Teachers and Administrators: Thank you for another great school

year and for all that you do for our students.

To the HCEF Members and Volunteers:Thank you for all your support this past year.

What a year it has been:

• Awardedover$48,000toareaschoolsthroughtwoImpactGrant Patrolsinthe2011-2012schoolyear.• Hostedthe2ndAnnualGiddyUpGala.• Hosted4thAnnualRoboticScrimmageinNovemberand1stAnnual HCEFRoboticSocietyConferenceinMarch.• Receivedaverygenerous$10,000grantfromRandalls. THANKYOURANDALLS!•Providedalmost$10,000infinancialsupporttothearearoboticclubs.•Helpedtofundtheaward-winningVHSViperbots’triptoSt.Louis fortheWorldChampionships.•Presented$10,000toLISDtohelpfundNaviance.

SUMMER LIBRARY HOURSRiver Ridge Elementary Library (9 AM to Noon)

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Four Points Middle School Library (Noon to 3 PM)

Dates: June 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 July 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26Special Programming: Mark Mitchell - July 17 at 1 PM

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Teachers and Administrators: Thank you for another great school year and for all that you do for our students.

To the HCEF Members and Volunteers:Thank you for all your support this past year. What a year it has been:• Awardedover$48,000toareaschoolsthroughtwoImpactGrantPatrolsinthe2011-2012schoolyear.• Hostedthe2ndAnnualGiddyUpGala.• Hosted4thAnnualRoboticScrimmageinNovemberand1stAnnualHCEFRoboticSocietyConferenceinMarch.• Receivedaverygenerous$10,000grantfromRandalls.THANKYOURANDALLS!• Providedalmost$10,000infinancialsupporttothearea robotic clubs.• Helpedtofundtheaward-winningVHSViperBots’striptoSt.LouisfortheWorldChampionships.• Presented$10,000toLISDtohelpfundNaviance.

SUMMER LIBRARY HOURSRiver Ridge Elementary Library (9 AM to Noon)Dates:June11,14,18,21,25,28July9,12,16,19,23,26SpecialProgramming:JoeMcDermottJune11,10AM BernadetteNasonJuly26,10AM

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The first Vandegrift High School graduation ceremony is only days away, marking a major milestone in our community. It was only a couple of years ago the land VHS now sits on was just piles of dirt. I toured the construction site to see bulldozers moving dirt around, making a firm foundation to build on. Look how far that stretch of land has come! The state-of-the-art VHS cam-pus gives students the backdrop to succeed. VHS teachers are charged with teaching our students life skills to be productive learners, effective communicators, and responsible citizens. This group of 248 seniors has re-sponded well. This year they have filled the halls, bringing leadership and vision for the entire student body. Look how far they have come! Parents, you have done an outstanding job

giving these students a firm foundation to build their futures on. Your years worth of love, encouragement and boundaries have helped mold each senior into who they are today. We as a community are proud of each one of you graduating seniors. (I know a few personally including Vale-

dictorian Cameron Corinaldi, who babysat our kids years ago. Maybe I should have asked him to tutor them instead! We also know Emily Rigney, who also babysat for us. Maybe we should have gotten in a few more art lessons since she has filled the VHS principal’s office with artwork!) But time moves on and so will all of these talented seniors to make their own mark. So on Sunday, Viper graduates, go out and make us proud.

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while intoxicated laws on Lake Austin and DWI laws on the roads around the lake and city were followed. The program is generally reserved for holiday weekends and allows officers to obtain search warrants and force DWI and BWI suspects to submit to blood tests for intoxication if they refuse breath tests. As Independence Day and Labor Day summer celebrations approach, other local No Refusal Initiative weekends will likely be scheduled. Lake Travis, controlled by a coalition of public safety agencies within its jurisdic-tion, does not have a similar ‘no refusal’ ini-tiative. “If there’s evidence that the person’s in-toxicated, we’ll get a search warrant on a case-by-case basis, not a blanket refusal,” said Travis County Sheriff ’s Office spokes-person Roger Wade. Persons found to be under the influence while boating on Lake Travis can expect to be brought to shore, given a field sobriety test and then taken down to the police sta-tion for other testing. “The lakes (Travis and Austin) have dif-ferent people on them and different agen-

cies patrolling,” said LCRA spokesperson Clara Tuma. The Lake Travis Task Force is comprised of the LCRA, Travis County Sheriff ’s Office, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Tra-vis County Parks, the Jonestown, Lakeway and Lago Vista Police Departments, Lake Travis Fire Rescue ESD #6, Travis County Constable Pct. 2, North Lake Travis Fire Rescue ESD #1, Pedernales and Volente Fire Departments and Austin-Travis County EMS. On both Lake Travis and Lake Austin, boaters are required to have all safety gear required by law on-board, including a life vest (personal flotation device) for everyone on the boat, a fire extinguisher and a sound-producing device, or horn. Patrol officers will be on area lakes this summer conduct-ing safety checks for these items as well as watching for intoxicated boat operators. Although APD announced a Personal Watercraft Ban on Lake Austin for the past holiday, the Lake Travis Task Force does not stop kayakers and windsurfers from using their waters. “If it floats, you can be on the water,” said Wade. “No jet ski bans.”

However, Wade and Tuma caution Lake Travis boaters to slow down and watch out for personal watercraft and even divers. Lake levels were so low last year that a comparison to the number of lake users this season is difficult. Boat ramps were closed for part of the summer of 2011. Currently, Mansfield Dam has several lanes but only one public ramp open since the Lake Travis water level is 28.5 feet below its May average and seven to eight feet lower than it was at this time last year. “When you start talking about Lake Tra-vis, there are hazards at any level,” said Don Chapman, Travis County Parks and Natural Resources officer. “When levels start falling, the main basin area creates the most prob-lems, with Sometimes Island and Windy Point being two of the most significant ar-eas.” Two weeks ago, Windy Point was the site of 2012’s first drowning on Lake Travis. “Make sure you know your water,” Chap-man said. “If you’re swimming, understand the conditions and the water. There are steep dropoffs on the lake. Don’t drink and swim and don’t swim alone.” posed electric rates, he added.

WCID 17 serves approximate-ly 15,000 acres including Steiner Ranch, Apache Shores, Coman-che Trail, Flintrock, River Ridge, Serene Hills and Hudson Bend. It also includes many areas in Lakeway and the new Lakeway Regional Medical Center. “The district’s largest operat-ing expense is the ongoing pur-chase of water from the LCRA. When you buy water rights it’s a use-it-or-lose-it policy these days,” Carruthers said. But older agreements, still in effect, are based on a pure usage model, so the total cost of water to the WCID 17 is a blended factor. The cost of electricity to pump the water is part of the cost to deliver water to the Four Points area, and this is the cost which WCID 17 would be unable to control. “It’s frustrating for us as a non-profit public utility,” Carruthers said, in reference to WCID 17 being in the Austin Extra-Terri-torial Jurisdiction (ETJ) without the right to vote on the proposed rate structure. Yet the district

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Lake Travis boater Steven Reed (driver) pulls out of the Volente ma-rina (pictured below) on Friday morning, just before the crowds hit the water for the Memorial Day weekend. Reed said that he tries to avoid the lake on holiday weekends “because it’s so crazy”.

Seatow owner, Mike Kern, enjoys a break before the Memorial Day weekend boaters rev up their engines on Four Points area lakes. Kern’s company, a franchise of a national corporation, assists stranded boaters on Central Texas lakes. “We’re like AAA, just on water,” Kern said. Seatow subscribers can call Kern and his staff if they are out of gas, run onto the rocks or get stuck in shallow water for a tow to safety.

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On May 5, Jax and her boy-friend attended the first VHS prom together. Austin radio station Mix 94.7 is hosting a fundraiser from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at P. F. Chang’s at 10114 Jollyville Road in Austin’s Arboretum area to help raise money for a reward for Jax’s safe return. A silent auction is planned and the restaurant is donating part of their profits from the event to find Jax. If you have any information about Jax or Williams, please call Cedar Park Police Department at (512) 260-4600. For more infor-mation about fundraising efforts, please contact [email protected]

With only days until the start of Vandegrift High School’s first graduation ceremonies on June 3, Project Grad could use one final boost of funds to reward this year’s inaugural senior class with goodies for their last chap-eroned celebration together. The all-night event, destined for Dave and Buster’s, will allow the teens to have a safe, drug-free

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Later this summer, River Place residents can expect to see large blue recycling carts dot-ting the neighborhood’s streets as the development moves to-wards a Single Stream Recycling program with IESI service. The program, discussed dur-ing this month’s River Place Municipal Utility District board meeting and highlighted in the

board’s newsletter, is set to be-gin on August 1, and will allow for the larger carts to be set out on alternating Wednesdays. A placard on the cart’s lid will identify which items can be re-cycled. Previously, residents were re-quired to carry a smaller basket to the curb for weekly recycling. The new wheeled carts will hold 95 gallons of recyclables each. “The recycling cart stores more total items encouraging

recycling which saves money and raw materials,” said James Casey, River Place MUD board president. “Large items that can’t fit in the basket can be re-cycled. The wheels make it easi-er to get the cart to the curb and back especially in a community where there are so many hills like River Place.” Additionally, residents are currently permitted to put out one bulky item by 7:00 a.m. each week with their trash.

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Four Points homeowners and renters who reside in a home-owners' association must remove all political signs no later than June 8, 2012. Section 202.009 of the Texas Property Code prohibits an HOA from restricting homeowners

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After working for the past 16 years in the Austin automotive repair industry, Steiner Ranch resident and Cedar Park native Tommy Bludworth has set out on his own. He created Quick Car ER – Mobile Auto Medics to offer “on-the-spot” mobile auto repair service in the Four Points area. Customers who have unfore-seen problems with their vehicle can call Bludworth’s business and a technician will come to them to repair basic items on-site with the goal of getting them back on the road fast. They can handle ig-nition problems, flat tires, lock-outs and other typical auto repair and maintenance services. Bludworth has worked at the Lakeway Service Center for more than five years and various other shops in the area and he has a loyal customer base already. “I think the big difference be-tween me and most everyone else in the business is I’m not willing to compromise quality in my work. I’m a perfectionist that way,” said Bludworth. “I re-ally care about my customers. If I can’t ensure their safety in their

vehicle, it keeps me up at night, it’s not a chance I’m willing to take.” Bludworth has been working on cars all his life and has been a professional auto technician since 1996. His philosophy, that mechanics are “doctors for a car”, is reflected in the name of his homegrown business, Quick Car ER – Mobile Auto Medics.

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Sophomore Keyana Noorbakhsh helped launch the Random Acts of Kindness club at Vandegrift High School to make a difference in her world. “I just wanted to see how big of a positive im-pact we could make in the school,” said Noor-bakhsh of the Vandegrift program. “And to en-courage students and remind them that there are people out there who notice them.” Noorbakhsh approached a Vandegrift facul-ty member last year with an idea for a student-led club, which she hoped would make VHS a “better place” to learn. Noorbakhsh was not alone in this brain-storm after seeing sister and Cedar Park High School graduate Donna Noorbakhsh achieve success and fellowship with a similar RAK club. Both siblings felt that, given current commu-nity issues such as bullying and negative teen self-image, their classmates could use a daily dose of encouragement and support, resulting in the founding of an organization which puts sticky notes on school mirrors with positive messages, doles out chocolate kisses to strang-ers and distributes home-baked cookies with inspirational notes aimed at “making the day” for the small squad’s peers. Last year’s inaugural RAK meeting attracted 35 students and even more as the group took hold during the semester. This year, RAK boasts just under 50 students. “It’s awesome,” said VHS teacher Rebecca Hudson, sponsor of the group. “The ideas they come up with are just so heartfelt. How refresh-ing for tenth graders to go out of their way to make people feel special, putting their time and effort into making this a happier place.”

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Above: RAK members posted posters (shown) throughout the Vandegrift hallways to make the school “a better place” to learn.

Right: Vandegrift sophomore Keyana Noorbakhsh (shown) leads a recent meeting of the school PIT group she founded, Random Acts of Kindness club.

Right: Vandegrift sopho-mores Naomi Miller (left) and Hannah Bell (right) write positive self-image messages on sticky notes they later placed on rest-room mirrors throughout the school as part of their work in the Random Acts of Kindness club. “It just feels really good to make people smile,” said Bell.

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Steiner Ranch resident and hobbyist potter Anand Prasad had his molded creations at the recent West Art Tour. Hundreds of people stopped by at the May 19 and 20 event and throwing dem-onstrations were given too. Prasad throws at the Cone 10 Ceramic Studio at 2309 Thornton Rd. "In the past we have visited plenty of craft shows in different countries and we are the ones looking at the wares on display, han-dling it, asking questions etc., This time, visitors were looking at Anand's pieces, asking questions etc.," said Annie Prasad, Anand's wife.

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By RICH KEITHFour Points News

The Vandegrift High School band and Vision Dance Compa-ny is preparing for huge growth. The program has 180 students today, making it the largest group on campus. For the 2012-2013 school year the band program is expected to surge to over 225 students. In 2013-2014 there will be ap-proximately 300 students, and beginning in 2014 the program will stabilize at between 325-350 students. “The band staff is extremely excited by the current and fu-ture growth of the program. It is amazing that only a few years ago we had less than 50 members in the program,” said Director of Bands Jeremy Spicer. The award winning VHS marching band, in existence for only three years, took ninth

place in the state of Texas out of over 250 class-4A band pro-grams during 2011. Featuring four concert bands today, beginning in 2013 the band will expand to five concert bands. In addition to a very strong middle-school feeder program, Spicer emphasizes the growth “has been fostered by the current members of the program.” Helping to accommodate this growth, Stephanie Lee has ac-cepted the position of Assistant Director of Bands at VHS start-ing in August 2012. Her position will be the fourth band director on staff, joining Mike Howard and Paul Pape. Lee is currently on staff at Canyon Ridge Middle School as an Assistant Band Director, where she directs the Concert Band. She also teaches begin-ning trumpet, french horn, and trombone classes. Lee graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. “Lee is a trumpet player with

a wealth of performance expe-rience,” Spicer said, referring to her work in both the Wind Sym-phony at North Texas and as a performer and drum major for the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps. “She is the per-fect fit to join the team at Vande-grift,“ Spicer added. “We are looking forward to welcoming all the new mem-bers,” Spicer said. The fall 2012 Viper Band and Vision Dance Co. production will be entitled An American in Paris and will feature the Rhap-sody in Blue and An American in Paris by George Gershwin. The band, including today’s newest middle-school members, received their marching mu-sic recently in Freshman Band Camp. The top band will play at graduation on Sunday, June 3. The full band will start march-ing practice beginning August 6, readying for the first football game of the season on August 30 at McNeil High School.

Lonestar Soccer Club’s 01G Silver A North girls won division II Western Dis-trict and the State Championships this month. The Silver A’s, coached by Robert Lopez, Jr. Academy Director - Steiner Ranch/Riv-erplace, won three matches and tied two on May 5th and 6th to capture the West-ern District Championship to represent Western District as the number 1 seed heading into State Championships. Then during the weekend of March 12th and 13th, the Silver A girls played three matches versus the 2nd seed from Western District and the 1st and 2nd seed representing Eastern District. Their 3rd and final match was a victory and clinched the Silver A’s spot as South Texas Cup - State Champions.

As stated by Amy Allison, Band Director at Canyon Ridge Middle School, “It has been an awesome year with the 6th grade band this year”. The band is the biggest 6th grade band that Can-yon Ridge has ever had and it has been an unbelievable year.

The 6th grade band just went to a competition in San Antonio where they received a superior rating. On May 17, they had an-other concert for their parents. "It was an amazing night. From when we heard the band at the beginning of the year, to

their performance on May 17, it was just unbelievable how far the students have come. You would not even think it was the same band. It is easy to see the dif-ference the band directors have made with our students," said Jim Kleffner.

Vandegrift band set for explosive growth

VHS Band

Jim Kleffner

CRMS 6th grade band earns superior rating

Back row: Coach Robert Lopez, Katya Rosenstrauch, Elaina Eichorn, Olivia Elwood, Trinity Gonzales, Nil Ceylon, Julia Taylor Front row: Karli Redwine, Cheryl Gardner, Emily Lusher, Emma Stein

Steiner Ranch Girls Lonestar U11 soccer wins two titles

Over the Memorial Day Weekend the Lonestar Soccer Club ’99 Dev North Girls Team won the Memo-rial Day Cup in Houston Texas. Steiner Ranch residents on the team are pictured here from left to right: Emma Richardson, Alaina LaPlace, Tara Lujan, Brianna Gonzales, Grace Andres and Paige Crossman.

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Members of the the Steiner Ranch Old Pros (SROP) rode in the American Diabe-tes Association's Tour de Cure, a charity cycling ride to raise funds for the fight against diabetes. The SROP cycling team participated in the 30, 50 and 100 mile rides, raising over $5,000 for the ADA. They joined forces with the Texas Beef Council to create the SROP/BEEF cy-cling team which raised roughly $23,000 overall from 53 ridders. "Congratulations are in order

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member, for organiz-ing the team and or-ganizing the training rides leading up to the event," said Tyler El-wood, SROP/BEEF cy-cling team member and SROP Chairman. "Dante's tire-less focus on raising money to fight diabe-tes inspired us all and the result was fantastic. We look forward to rid-ing again next year and

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Table of Contents:History of Vandegrift High School ................. 3

Top ten graduates ......................................... 3

Class photo ....................................................4

Class superlatives .......................................... 5

List of graduation candidates .......................6

Schedule of graduation ceremony .................6

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Vandegrift High School history

In the spring of 2009, the Leander ISD Board of Trust-ees voted to name the district’s newest high school after Marine First Lt. Matthew Ryan Vande-grift, a Leander High School honors graduate and athlete who was killed in the line of duty in Iraq in April 2008. Vandegrift High School was opened to freshmen and sopho-mores in the Four Points Mid-dle School building in August of 2009 until construction was completed at the adjacent high school campus. In August of 2010, the school was officially opened at Vande-grift High School to freshmen, sophomores and juniors. In June of 2012, VHS cele-brates the first graduating class.

VHS namesake, Matthew Vandegrift

The Leander ISD Board of Trustees unanimously voted to name the district’s fifth high school in honor of Lt. Matthew Ryan Vandegrift, a Leander High School honors graduate (Class of 1999) and athlete who was killed in Iraq in April of 2008. Vandegrift graduated from

Texas A&M University with honors and earned a degree in international business, before enlisting in the United States Marine Corps in August of 2005. Lt. Vandegrift grew up in Steiner Ranch. He participated and excelled in extracurricular activities and demonstrated the highest character, as evident by the fact that he volunteered to defend the ideals of our great nation when he enlisted in the Marine Corps. Lt. Vandegrift was a true role model for what we hope to see demonstrated by each and ev-ery Leander ISD graduate. He was a brave Marine, successful student, outstanding citizen, loyal friend, caring brother and beloved son, said LISD Superin-tendent Bret Champion, during the school’s dedication.

The history of Vandegrift High School

Kathryn SkinnAshley MunozAnna Zanot

Michael LundySalutatorian

Cameron CorinaldiValedictorian

Christoper JensenLuke HartmanNicholas FlorenceJacob Banks

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Vandegrift High School - Senior Class of 2012

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Best Looking: Rand Fredrickson and Madison Tierney

Most Athletic: Yuron Shears and Cody Cox

Friendliest: Grant Joseph and Diane Kim

Most Talented: Joe Grismore and Ashlee Cloud

Best Smile: James Gonzales and Lauren Smith

Most Spirited: Andrew Barstow and Moriah Gonzalez

Most Likely to Star in a Reality Show: Parker Morrow and Glenda Radtke

Most Altruistic: Tyler Handrick and Kristen Abbarno

Most Original: Rainer Swan and Mitzi Naiser

Most Intellectual: Matthew Szostak, Andrew Toungate (tie) and Anna Zanot

Wittiest: Cody Witt and Jenna Diven

Best Dressed: Drew Higginbotham and Sofia Colorado

Most Likely to be President: Michael Lundy and Taylor Watson

Most Likely to Succeed: Cameron Corinaldi and Ashley Munoz

Mr. and Miss VHS: Dominick Caputo and Cody Cox

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2012 Graduation Candidates

Fanfare and Processional “Pomp and Circumstance” ....... Vandegrift High School Bandby Edward Elgar

Presentation of Colors .............................................................Vandegrift High School ROTC

Pledge of Allegiance .......................................Grant Joseph, Student Body Vice President

“Star Spangled Banner” .......................................................... Vandegrift High School Choir

Welcome .....................................................................Ashley Munoz, Class of 2012 Treasurer

Opening Remarks .................................................................................... Mr. John Vandegrift

Presentation of Salutatorian .......................Bret A. Champion, Ed.D., LISD Superintendent

Salutatorian Address ......................................................................................... Michael Lundy

Presentation of Valedictorian .....................Bret A. Champion, Ed.D., LISD Superintendent

Valedictorian Address .............................................................................. Cameron Corinaldi

Presentation of Class and Awarding of Diplomas ............................Charlie Little, PrincipalCandidate Names Read By: John Conner, Eric Cunningham, Crystal Taylor, Mike Heath

Address to Graduates ..........................................................................Charlie Little, Principal

Closing Remarks ............................................. Marshall Wilson, Class of 2012 Vice President

Ceremonial Turning of the Tassels ...................................................................... Class of 2012

Vandegrift High School Alma Mater ..................................... Vandegrift High School Band,Vandegrift High School Choir

Fanfare and Recessional “Pomp and Circumstance” ........ Vandegrift High School Bandby Edward Elgar

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Vandegrift High School Alma MaterVandegrift, always proud,[we] hold our heads up high,always faithful, “second to none.”At the end of our journey a new one begins,in our hearts we will always be one.

Walk on towards our hopes,walk on towards our dreams,though sometimes we’re on our own.Walk on, walk on with memories strong,and we’ll never walk alone.We’ll never walk alone.

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Matthew Allen EarpRobert Richard EricksonEmily M. ErmMaximo Rafael Estrella ♦ Austin Evans Jeffrey Blane Everett

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Kimberly Renee FaverJessica Lauren Finfrock Briana Lyly Fisher Wesley Fisher Elizabeth Grace Flickinger Nicholas R. Florence ● Rand Martin Fredrickson Lauren Elizabeth Fuller

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Katharine Elizabeth Gallien Tatiana Elise Gamez Matthew Logan Gass ● McKenzie Kay Gillespey Drew Edward Golden James Patrick GonzalesLauren Theresa Gonzales Moriah E. Gonzalez ◊ Raynaldo J. Gonzalez Elizabeth Marie Gonzalez RuizJacob Thomas GrahamGarrison Wayne GregoryZhanya Ann GriffinJoseph Craig Grismore Sophie Adele Grossman ●

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Courtney Elizabeth Kaczmarek Bradley Leon Kaisner Lauren Alexis Kamp Griffin Matthew KellyBrandon Andrew Keys Diane Sunhye Kim Jennifer KirilovaJeremiah A. KleidonRohith Kolli ● Brett Andrew KosterAlexander John Kotlarz

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Hannah Molly Simpson ◊ Kathryn Lee Skinn ◊ ● Elizabeth Marie Slezak Gretta E. Smith ● Kylie Elise SmithJesse SmithLauren Leigh Smith Naomi Joan Smyth Jordan Elizabeth Speir Shelby Carole SteindorffBrian Scott Stewart Mitchel E. Stipek Collin Rawles Stobart Aidan Rhys StoneRainer Halifax Swan Matthew Paul Szostak

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Connor Patrick Thomas Trevor Nathan ThomasMadison Shae Tierney Kassandra S. Torres Andrew Logan Toungate Christina Thanh-Vi Tran Brandon Geoffrey TreybigKendall Lauren Turner

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Top Ten Percent - Gold Cord National Honor Society - White Stole (member), Blue Stole (officer)◊ National Spanish Honor Society - Red Cord

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Five VHS seniors honored as part of LISD’s Top 25 Exceptional Members of the Class of 2012

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