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Walgreens Update
submitted by Tom Linehan
I spoke with Julia Akin, President of The Frisco Shop, on Friday about Walgreen’s intentions to purchase the corner property at Burnet and Koenig. She confirmed that negotiations are underway and is encouraged. Frisco’s recently met with the broker and everything appears to moving along as planned. For Frisco, it’s good news.
The Excitement is Building!
submitted by Tom Davis The McCallum Knights football teams held a scrimmage with Pflugerville Hendrickson last Saturday morning. All three teams, Freshmen, JV, and Varsity seemed to have had a good showing against Hendrickson. All the coaches stated that they were...
One Square Acre … Family Graveyard … Reserved Forever
What follows is writeup on the historical Davis Family Cemetery in Allandale on Vine Street put together by Jack Kern and Doug Davis for the Allandale Reporter. The photo on the left is a picture of the two men standing inside the cemetery. Doug, on the left is a ...Frisco or Walgreens
submitted by Tom Linehan
Based on recent articles in the Austin Business Journal (Proposed Walgreens Threatens 53-year old Frisco Restaurant) and the Austin Chronicle (Food-o-File), long time Frisco restaurant (see history) and Kids Acting Studio may be replaced with a Walgreens. This has generated angst from a number of folks in the Allandale and Brentwood neighborhoods, as well as from patrons of those establishments who don’t want to see another piece of the longstanding beloved and familiar replaced with the too familiar. As one Allandale resident put it, "I’m outraged about Walgreen’s replacing the Nighthawk- they have the best
breakfasts anywhere."
Shoal Creek Greenbelt Needs Our Help!
submitted by Leslie Christensen
needs our help. Please come to the
September 27th meeting of the neighborhood association and let us know if you
think this is a priority the association should spend money on. Also come if
you would like to help with volunteer work necessary to get things done
there. It’s our greenbelt and we are the
only ones who can do something with it. How about it? Will you?
Finally Football Is Here!!!!!!
submitted by Tom Davis Can’t you feel the excitement? Football is finally here! The McCallum Knights 2006 season kicked off with the annual Blue/Gray Scrimmage on Friday, August 11th. Although it surely didn’t feel like football weather, a large crowd of fans braved...Lucy Read’s Reincarnation
submitted by Debbie Brewer On Sunday afternoon, Aug. 13, passersby could see workers preparing the Austin Independent School District campus at Lucy Read on Rich Creek for its debut as a pre-kindergarten magnet school. The most obvious changes include a new red and...Are You Ready for Some Football!!
submitted by Tom Davis
Yes, folks,
football season is quickly approaching, and the McCallum High Football Booster
Club is gearing up for the upcoming year.
The Booster
Club had their initial meeting July 26, where Head Coach Pat Honeycutt introduced
McCallum’s new Defensive Coordinator, Pete Solana. He has been coaching for 17 years, with his
most recent role as Defensive Coordinator at Pflugerville Hendrickson.
Blue Star Cafeteria
"How
cool!" was my wife’s reaction when we first walked into Blue Star
Cafeteria in Rosedale Village for dinner on a recent Friday night. The
exterior really didn’t clue us into the contemporary interior. It’s
certainly not the serve-yourself-pay-the-cashier type of cafeteria
that I’m used to – and that’s a good thing. I’ve never found
Chicken-Fried Quail or Waldorf Chopped Spinach Salad at a cafeteria.
Both, by the way, were very tasty. These are the kinds of out-of-the
ordinary dishes you can expect to find at Blue Star.