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September 2009

Lake Pointe, Lakeway elementary schools named to TBEC honor roll

Thursday, September 17, 2009 | Special to the View

It’s the early in the 2009-10 school year, and already, the Lake Travis Independent School District (LTISD) is on a “roll.”

Authorities prove top-notch during Lakeway dragnet

Thursday, September 17, 2009 | Charles McClure

Lakeway police, in concert with multiple other law enforcement agencies — including Bee Cave police, Constable Pct. 2, Constable Pct. 3, Lake Travis Fire-Rescue, the Texas Department of Public Safety and Austin police — proved to be true heroes this week after three men tried to rob Cristiani’s Jewelers in the Lakeway Commons.

There’s no replacing Msgr. McCabe, but we must continue his work

Thursday, September 17, 2009 | Charles McClure

Whoever said “no one is irreplaceable,” never met Msgr.

Lakeway council votes on proposed tax rate; two hearings now scheduled

Thursday, September 17, 2009 | Devin Monk

Lakeway City Council members voted Friday in a special session to set a proposed property tax rate of 19.29 cents per $100 of assessed property value to fund the city’s proposed 2010 budget of $7.88 million.

Lakeway woman soars to 3rd in international balloon race

Thursday, September 17, 2009 | Devin Monk | 6

Not too many people would view a wicker basket as a prison cell, but by the end of her three-day, 1,528 kilometer gas balloon flight Cheri White was glad to be free of her confinement in the 4.5-foot by 5-foot waist high capsule that held her aloft from Geneva, Switzerland, over miles and miles of open water in the Mediterranean Sea to the southern coast of Portugal.

Lovelace withdraws request for student photographs

Thursday, September 17, 2009 | Devin Monk | 3

More than 600 parents recently received a letter from Lake Travis Independent School District informing them that Lakeway resident David Lovelace submitted a public information request Aug. 17 seeking the release of “any and all copies of photographs and media distributed by the district between January 1, 2009, until present.”

Lady Cavs breezing through home stretch of pre-district

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 | Smithville Times

Another week of romps has Lake Travis (29-3) sitting pretty in both Central Texas and 4A overall.

Week 2 at a glance: District 25-4A

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 | Smithville Times

The Hippos (3-0) crushed the weaker 5A Eagles (1-1), led by 77 yards on the ground by Darrin Allen.

Lake Travis should cruise against Boerne

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 | Smithville Times

Greyhounds’ young program will give Cavaliers a chance to stretch out depth before district schedule starts.

Rain is great, but drought is far from over

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 | Charles McClure

By all accounts, it has been a brutally hot summer coupled with a devastating drought that has gripped Central Texas for two years.

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