Medical school roommates turn business partners

Four Points doctors Cameron King and Brent Cardwell met in college, ended up in Austin, and opened a practice together. Their families enjoy spending time together. Left side: King and his wife, Debbie, with their daughters Anwen, Isabelle and Emilia, on the raft. Right side: Cardwell and his wife, Jennifer, and their daughters Grace and McKenna, also on the raft.

Local doctors share the Cedar Park
Pediatric & Family Medicine story

By KIM ESTES
Four Points News

Brent Cardwell of Grandview Hills and Cameron King of Steiner Ranch were college roommates who turned into business partners. King and Cardwell first met at the University of Kansas, went their separate ways for a while but came together again in Austin to open Cedar Park Pediatric and Family Medicine in 2005.

“We have known each other for a long time, and we think the same way when it comes to the medical business,” said Cardwell about the pair opening a practice together.

King added, “We’re very like-minded. Having been roommates, we’ve seen each other from behind the scenes.”

Kansas is where the boyhood homes of both physicians are. Cardwell grew up in Topeka and attended Kansas State University as an undergraduate. King attended KU after growing up in Wichita.

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Fish & Wildlife to meet about 2nd road to VHS

The second access road behind Vandegrift would cost over $15 million and be one mile with a 100-foot right of way and an 800-foot bridge to protect habitat below.

By LYNETTE HAALAND
Four Points News

Especially with the start of school this week, traffic in Four Points is backed up and congested including long lines going to and from Vandegrift. Currently, drivers can only access VHS and Four Points Middle School from McNeil Drive. The scenario serves as a reminder to the community that a secondary access road is needed.

Leander ISD is trying to build a second access road. It is seeking an Endangered Species Act (ESA) permit to construct a proposed one-mile, $15 million-plus road behind VHS.

This would support some 3,700 students and staff who attend and work at VHS and FPMS. The additional road would address traffic safety concerns and provide an emergency exit.’

LISD hosted a public forum at VHS on May 30 and launched the #BuildTheRoad social media campaign in an effort to get Washington D.C. lawmakers’ attention on the need for the additional road.
The efforts did get attention from national lawmakers.

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Vandegrift football working hard to prepare for season’s start

The Vandegrift Vipers take to the field for an early morning practice in mid-August.

Sept. 1 @ 7 p.m. Odessa Permian

By SCOTT W. COLEMAN
Four Points News

As temperatures climbed to near 100 degrees by 9 a.m., players clad in black practice jerseys and black helmets braved the heat, sweat running off their faces in rivers, to show the Vandegrift coaching staff they’re ready to take the field come opening night.

“It’s exciting, this time of year,” said Drew Sanders, who is entering his eighth season coaching the Vipers. “It’s busy, but it’s fun.”

After a productive spring camp, no quarterback emerged to replace two-year starter Alex Fernandes, who signed to play at UTEP starting this fall. Senior Justin Moore, who stepped in for an injured Fernandes last year, would appear to have the edge headed into the season, though junior Davis Beal and sophomore Dru Dawson have all taken snaps in practice over the spring and fall to challenge Moore.

Regardless who takes the snaps, a quality receiving corps will be waiting, led by Peyton Ausley and Justin Florence. Both seniors this year, the pair combined for more than a thousand receiving yards and nine touchdowns last season.

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