By KIMBERLY STRENK
Contributor
River Place girl scouts raise funds and awareness for schoolmate who has childhood leukemia.
At the River Place Elementary Ten Year Celebration on Oct. 21, enterprising girl scouts from Troop 288 took advantage of the opportunity to get in front of their peers and create awareness for the life-saving role blood donations play in all types of critical care diseases, including childhood leukemia.
Kerry Grimes and Wayne Brooks made their dream a reality when they opened 827Ray’s Kitchen + Cellar on Aug. 27.
By LYNETTE HAALAND
Four Points News
Kerry Grimes, Steiner Ranch resident, and Wayne Brooks, former chef at the University of Texas Golf Club, opened 827Ray’s Kitchen + Cellar on Aug. 27.
827Ray’s, located at 3519 RM 620, has already gotten a nod from USA Today Eats as “Austin’s latest hot spot”. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week and has brunch on Sundays.
The new restaurant has farm fresh and French infused seasonally inspired cuisine, said Brooks.
And it has a relaxed yet elegant atmosphere, added Grimes.
Voters on Tuesday morning go to Randalls Steiner Ranch to cast their ballot at the only Four Points early voting site.
By LYNETTE HAALAND
Four Points News
Randalls Steiner Ranch has had a steady volume of early voting since the polling place opened at 7 a.m. on Oct. 24. By the end of the first day of early voting, 1,171 voters had cast their ballots at Randalls which contributed to the 32,732 total people who voted in Travis County on Monday.
That’s nearly double the first day of early voting in 2012, and close to the 33,354 who voted on the first day of 2008, when President Barack Obama was first elected, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
Texas typically has low voter turnout
By CASSIE MCKEE,
Four Points News
Early voting started this week and runs through Nov. 4, and the hope by election officials is to increase voter turnout in Four Points and across Texas.
In the March primaries earlier this year, voter turnout in Texas rose to 2.8 million on the Republican side and 1.4 million on the Democratic side — the largest primary showing since 2008.
However, Texas is still a low turnout state. When the numbers are put another way, 14.3 percent of Texas adults voted in the Republican primary and 7.3 percent voted in the Democratic primary. Flip that: Nearly four of every five adults in Texas didn’t cast a ballot.
