By CASSIE MCKEE, Four Points News
Texas House speaker Joe Straus named Texas State Rep. Paul Workman (R-Austin) and eight other legislators to the House Select Committee on Transportation Planning on Aug. 25.
“It is an honor to serve the people of Texas in this capacity,” Workman said. “Improving our transportation system is a key component to growing our healthy economy and enhancing the quality of life for all Texans.” Continue reading
Dawn Scott and her daughter Ava Marie, whom she adopted when she was an infant.
By CASSIE MCKEE, Four Points News
Legislation that would have allowed Texas-born adults who were adopted as minors to access their original birth certificates died in the final days of the most recent legislative session and supporters are blaming State Sen. Donna Campbell (R-New Braunfels) for killing it.
Steiner Ranch resident Dawn Scott, who has a 9-year-old daughter she adopted as an infant, lobbied hard for the legislation and said she was “deeply saddened” that it did not pass.
“I believe it is a basic human right to have the dignity of self-knowledge to know who your family is – to know your ancestral roots,” Scott said. “Adopted adults grow up in a family that represents only half the picture.”
But her lobbying efforts were doused during the legislative session. Continue reading
Steiner Ranch resident, Dante Fichera, is riding the 150-mile American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure this weekend. To support Fichera with a donation to ADA go to http://main.diabetes.org/goto/DanteFichera1
Steiner Ranch resident, Dante Fichera, will put his mettle to the petal this weekend when he cycles 150 miles in the American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure.
“I think cycling is just one way to get the word out and get people exercising and thinking about nutrition,” Fichera said. “ADA uses donations to develop educational programs to help diabetics to either cure or manage their condition through nutrition and exercise.”
ADA is also working on finding a cure for Type I diabetes, which they say they are getting close to, Fichera said.
He and other riders will leave from Freescale in south Austin on Sept. 12 for Fredericksburg. They ride back Sept. 13. For cyclists at other levels, he noted there is also a one-day ride on Sept. 13 with routes ranging from five to 63 miles. Continue reading
By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News
Vandegrift High School’s composite scores on the ACT college-entrance exam continue to be higher than Leander ISD and the state and national averages.
For 2015, the average ACT composite score (scale of 1 – 36) for a VHS graduate was 26 and for a LISD graduate, it was 23.9. These scores were higher compared to the state and national average composite scores of 20.9 and 21 respectively.
LISD Superintendent Bret Champion announced that these scores were achieved even amid a 21 percent increase in the number of ACT exams given across the district. Continue reading