Category Archives: Four Points

Locals march in D.C., Austin Women’s Marches

Elizabeth Preston (far right) attended the Women’s March in Washington D.C. on Jan. 21 with friends who all wore the cat-eared pink hats that were popular in the march.

By SARAH DOOLITTLE
Four Points News

Four Points locals Jeanine Fleurimond, Kim Rolloff and Sherri Cole McCue were part of a group of over 30 who met at Four Points Middle School to carpool to the Women’s March sister march in downtown Austin. Here the group shows off their handmade signs.

Steiner Ranch resident Elizabeth Preston was one of hundreds of thousands of women to participate in the Women’s March on Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21. Additionally, locals Jeanine Fleurimond, Kim Rolloff and Sherri Cole McCue were part of a group of over 30 women, men and children from the Four Points area to attend a sister march in downtown Austin the same day. The marches were just two of hundreds that took place around the U.S. and the world. Continue reading →

$18 million bypass could be finished in 2019, said TxDOT

The RM 620/RM 2222 bypass connector road project includes dual simultaneous left turn lanes on River Place Boulevard at RM 2222.

By LYNETTE HAALAND
Four Points News

The proposed $18 million bypass connector road project slated to improve Four Points traffic congestion along RM 620 and RM 2222 could be ready to for construction bids as early as summer 2018 for a possible completion by mid to late 2019, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.

“This project could go to bid by the summer of 2018… this is our best guess at this point,” said Bruce Byron, TxDOT project manager. “Construction… should take somewhere between 12 and 18 months before they’re finished.”

Bruce Byron, Texas Department of Transportation project manager

Byron gave updates on the status of the RM 620/ RM 2222 bypass plans at the Community Transportation Meeting last week hosted by the Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association. More than 350 people attended the Jan. 25 meeting at Canyon Ridge Middle School.

More than 350 people attended last week’s Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association Community Transportation Meeting at Canyon Ridge Middle School on Jan. 25.
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Pitman family has big impact on Four Points

Brian and Shelle Pitman, avid Longhorn fans, regularly attend the University of Texas vs. University of Oklahoma game or better known as “Texas – OU”.

By CASSIE MCKEE
Four Points News

Brian and Shelle Pitman have had a big influence on the Four Points community. In the 19 years that they have lived here, they have raised three children, grown a successful start-up business that today has 450 employees, and volunteered for countless civic organizations.

Both from the small North Texas town of Sherman, Brian and Shelle met after finishing college – he at The University of Texas at Austin and she at the University of North Texas at Denton. They had both returned to Sherman to begin their professional careers. Brian went to work for a small title company and Shelle was a science teacher and coach at Sherman High School.

The couple married a few years later and will celebrate their 25th anniversary this year. In 1998, they moved to Steiner Ranch, still a very rural community at the time.

“When we moved to this area, the Four Points H-E-B had not even opened and the only school in the area was Steiner Ranch Elementary,” Brian said. “It has been amazing to watch how the community has grown and evolved during all of those years.”

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Locals attend Trump inauguration

Vandegrift grad and current Georgetown University student Bret Reinking enjoyed the inauguration with a group of friends. Reinking also attended the Women’s March on Washington the next day.

Carmen and Fernando Paz, of Steiner Ranch, on the National Mall at the inauguration of the nation’s 45th president on Jan. 20.

By SARAH DOOLITTLE
Four Points News

Steiner Ranch residents Carmen and Fernando Paz and Vandegrift graduate Bret Reinking separately attended the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Friday in Washington, D.C.

The Pazs were in D.C. for four days. “We arrived on Thursday,” explained Carmen. “We went to the concert at the Lincoln Memorial. It was beautiful. It was packed. Very well-attended. I was very pleased with the security… And then we heard the president (elect) speak… Thursday night was fantastic.”

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