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Father of 3 dies in Steiner car crash

Jon-Erik Williams shown with one of his three daughters.

By LYNETTE HAALAND
Four Points News

A Sunday night car crash near the entrance of Steiner Ranch took the life of Jon-Erik Cameron Williams — a father of three, a son, a brother and a friend.

“I’m glad the last day (you) were here on earth our daughter got to spend it with (you). It was a Father’s Day nobody expected,” posted ViVi Rae on Facebook. She and Williams, a San Marcos native, are parents to a 7-year-old daughter. “R.I.P. to my daughter’s dad.”

Williams, 28, lost control of the vehicle he was driving and smashed into a tree in the median near the entrance to Quinlan Crossing shopping center around 9:54 p.m. on June. 18, said a Department of Public Safety spokesperson.

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LWBE students build with their dads

Kindergarten students at Laura Welch Bush Elementary celebrated their dads recently with a Father’s Day building project.

“Home Depot partnered with us for the second year to make a memorable experience for our students and their dads,” said Mindy Hostick, LWBE kindergarten teacher. “Our parents loved this activity.”

They worked on the project on May 30, a few days before school released for summer vacation

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VHS teacher, engineer holds patent

Vandegrift teacher Martin Wiedenmeier, standing next to his patent, patented his idea for testing heart valves when he worked as a biomedical engineer.

By ASHLEY CHASE, JENNIFER WALKER
Vandegrift Voice

Martin Wiedenmeier, who teaches Introduction to engineering design/aerospace engineering at Vandegrift, holds one patent, has another pending and has sought four other patents in his career.

He worked as an engineer for many years before he started teaching.

“I spent five years working for IBM in the semiconductor path, as a process development engineer, and then 10 years as a biomedical engineer,” Wiedenmeier said. “I liked the 10 years as a biomedical engineer because I was in research and it was something new and different every day; you never really knew what you were going to get into.”

Wiedenmeier spent his 10 years as a biomedical engineer working on making medical heart valves with a company in Austin before he decided to get into teaching.

“We got bought out,” Wiedenmeier said. “I basically didn’t want to move out of Austin. I got some job offers on the East Coast and in the Midwest but didn’t want to take any of those, so I decided to get into teaching.”

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Local couple opening Rock House Bar and food truck court

By SARAH DOOLITTLE
Four Points News

Mark and Carrie Kudela will soon open the Rock House Bar and Trailer Park near the intersection of RM 620 and RM 2222.

Rock House will feature a full bar and, “a limited menu inside with some salads, sandwiches, heavy hors d’oeuvres. So it’s completely different than (what the food trucks offer),” explained Mark. “We have Mighty Fine… Big Kahuna, Tika Express and then Gebby’s BBQ.”

Though the bar is still undergoing renovations, the food truck court is already open.

The Kudelas live in Steiner Ranch with two of their three children, Taber, 14 and Gabbi, 12. Their oldest, Tanner, 24, graduated from Texas A&M University and lives in Houston.

The couple bought the property in August, as soon as it came on the market. They have no previous restaurant experience but for years, they had been thinking of opening a “dive bar,” something that feels like a comfortable neighborhood bar where the whole family can hang out, they said.

“We’ll have some yard games… horseshoes, cornhole, some different stuff for people to do,” said Carrie. “We’ve always wanted to have a bar, something kind of casual. Shabby chic, that’s what we’re calling it.”

Mark and Carrie Kudela, of Steiner Ranch, are opening Rock House Bar and Trailer Park near the intersection of RM 620 and RM 2222. Already four food trucks are open at the new venue, and the family dog, Scout, enjoys the scene.

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