By KIM ESTES, Four Points News

The Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association will propose a bond election Thursday, June 18 to Travis County Water Control & Improvement District 17 for the purchase of 80 acres in Steiner Ranch.

Brian Thompto
SRNA chairman

The public is invited to the meeting, scheduled for June 18 at 6 p.m. at the WCID-17 office, 3812 Eck Lane. The public comment period begins at 6:30 p.m., noted Brian Thompto, SRNA chairman.

The proposed bond, totaling  $7.5 – $8 million, is for property just off RM 620 and Quinlan Park Road known as MU-14 and owned by MU-14 Investments.

It is slated for construction of 150 duplexes, but SRNA wants to buy the property for development corresponding to community interests, such as a park or ball fields.

The Steiner Ranch Neighborhood Association will propose a bond election today to Travis County Water Control & Improvement District 17 for the purchase of this 80-acre site in Steiner Ranch. The parcel is next to Quinlan Park Road and RM 620. The action is based off of results from a survey indicating 88 percent of those who took the survey are in favor of such a purchase.
Photo by Lynette Haaland

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By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

Sarah Elizabeth Pool, a 15-year-old Westlake High School student, was participating in a wakeboard camp with Austin Ridge Bible Church on Thursday when she was last seen alive.

Her body was recovered on Saturday, and on Monday the Travis County Medical Examiner officially identified her.

Pool was the first-born of triplets and she recently completed her freshman year at WHS. Her obituary states: “She and her life was a miraculous, God-given gift to her family from the very beginning. Sarah is best remembered as a happy and compassionate young woman who loved Jesus, her family, her friends, dancing and animals.”

Her funeral is Wednesday, June 17, and in remembrance of Pool’s love for life, her family would appreciate attendees wearing her favorite colors of blue or teal.

It was that love of life that likely drew Pool to participate in her church’s One Wakeboard Camp. While at the camp, she was last seen alive about a mile from VIP Marina Lake Travis on Thursday.

Sarah Elizabeth Pool
March 13, 2000 –
June 11, 2015

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Four Points residents and members of the Austin Christian Fellowship Disaster Recovery Team take a break after working to help Wimberley residents dig out from under the damage of recent floods. Left to right are Keith Shaw, Angel Figeroa, Mark Crenwelge, Pam Crenwelge, Keith Morton and Matt Morton.

By KIM ESTES, Four Points News

Four Points residents, businesses and churches are making a difference in the flood-ravaged town of Wimberley.

“To see it in real life, you feel so small. Huge trees that are hundreds of years old, are down: like someone came through with a roller and rolled everything down,” said Nicole Korensky, a local resident who has teamed up with others to help support the aftermath of the Memorial Day weekend floods in Wimberley.

And it’s not just what’s on the side of the road, Korensky said. “You look up in the trees and there’s a chair and boards stuck in a tree. It just shows you how high the water rose. It takes your breath away.”

“It’s a terribly devastating and tragic situation, but if a silver lining is possible, the support and sense of community responding to help would be it,” said Kristina Ritchie, who coordinated with local businesses to provide food and coffee to displaced residents, search and rescue workers, and volunteers shoveling debris in the devastated community about 50 miles south of here.

The Wimberley floodwaters took this house off of its foundation. Local Four Points residents were compelled to help and several moms teamed up to collect homemade cookies, snacks, cleaning supplies, food and drink to help support the cleanup efforts. Photo by Nicole Korensky

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