The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is keeping the golden-cheeked warbler on the endangered species list but this should not present any new challenges in the effort to build the “Road to Vandegrift”, officials say.

By CASSIE MCKEE, Four Points News

A decision announced this month by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to keep the golden-cheeked warbler on the endangered species list should not present any new challenges in the effort to build the “Road to Vandegrift,” according to Pam Waggoner, Four Points Traffic Committee founder and LISD board of trustee vice president.

“Our application was not founded on the golden-cheeked warbler being de-listed,” Waggoner said. “We were working with the golden-cheeked warbler being listed as an endangered species.”

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Local couples Kirby and Kathy Walker (left) and Ashley and Ross Goolsby (right) are teaming up to open Nik’s on the Lake later this month at the former Café Blue site in Volente.

By CASSIE MCKEE, Four Points News

Kirby and Kathy Walker, owners of the local Nik’s Italian Kitchen + Bar on RM 620, have partnered with another Four Points-based couple, Ross and Ashley Goolsby, to open a new restaurant on Lake Travis called Nik’s on the Lake.

Expected to open in late June, Nik’s on the Lake will be located at 8714 Lime Creek Rd. in Volente, about a 20 minute drive from Four Points.

“Our philosophy is to provide a fun, relaxing environment where our customers have a great dining experience at a reasonable price and are able to enjoy the tranquil lake setting,” said Ashley Goolsby.

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To celebrate Father’s Day before school ended, Home Depot provided a fun learning experience for 120 Laura Welch Bush Elementary kindergarten students and their dads.

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By ASHLEY SAVA, Hill Country News

The Leander ISD School Board voted to hire the firm Thompson & Horton to conduct Leander ISD’s superintendent search a month ago.

This week on Jun. 16, a link to the LISD “Superintendent Survey” will be available for those in the district to take.

“It will be sent via Insider to our email list and then posted on our website,” said Veronica Sopher, LISD spokesperson. “(There are) no updates until the firm meets with media on the 16th.”

During the board’s regular meeting on May 19, representatives from Thompson & Horton presented their search plan to the trustees.

Mike Moses, a consultant of the firm, said they are striving to get a new superintendent in place by the start of the new school year.

“If possible, it would be nice if the new superintendent could be here by then,” Moses said. “It isn’t necessary but it would be nice to help set the tone.”

Firm Partner David Thompson echoed those sentiments.

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