Announcements

NASWC held its NNO at Town & Country Park on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018

Members of NASWC must live in a home or condominium in the neighborhood bounded by Hwy. 183 to Parmer Lane and RM 620 to Anderson Mill Road.

To view more pictures of the NNO, click on READ MORE.

NASWC - Neighborhood Association of Southwestern Williamson County Meeting July 26, 2018 at Austin Vineyard Church

Commisisioner Cook attended the NASWC Quarterly meeting where Terron Evertson, PE and Williamson County Engineer presented information on the following topics that were requested by the board and residents:

Forest North Drainage - past and future phases                                                                                             

Road Projects near the area

Cambria Cave update (620)

County Engineer's roles and responsibilities

The Williamson County Commissioners Court voted July 10,2018, to approve the nominees

Longtime community volunteer Jane DiGuesaldo has served on numerous organizations from PTA when her children were in school to the Chamber of Commerce. Her interest in history has led to the establishment of an Oral History and Archives collection at the Round Rock Public LIbrary. She has been a member of the Williamson County Historical Commission and the Williamson County Sesquicentennial Commission.

She's a member of the Daniel Coleman Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Described as a wealth of information, Jane has participated in historical groups and organizes excellent field trips to various historical sites. The Tonkawa Springs HOA Board member can be seen around town almost daily visiting multiple nursing homes and assisting seniors with transportation and other needs. The wife, grandmother, gardener and caregiver once owned and operated an automatic repair and body shop. As an Indiana transplant, Jane has been in the Round Rock area since 1974

Some of her biggest contributions to the area's history are a book she authored on Round Rock and numerous history columns she has written through the year for various publications, along with recording interviews of historically interesting people.

Jane looks forward to serving on the Williamson County Historical Commission once again and will be a tremendous asset to preserving and restoring the area's history. 

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Tina Steiner-Johnson has an impressive genealogical background as a descendant of Wade Sauls, Sr., an African American landowner at the turn of the century renowned locally for his successful farming techniques. Tina is an active member of the Round Rock Black History Organization and the Round Rock Preservation Committee.

Her interests and community support are varied. She is also a volunteer with the Ambassador and Operations Committee of Rodeo Austin.

The middle and high school teacher holds a Master's degree. Her combined interests, activities and talents will serve Wilco highly as a new member of the Williamson County Historical Commission. 

NOTE: The Williamson County Historical Commission is dedicated to the preservation of the history of the county. For more information, please visit http://www.williamson-county-historical-commission.org/default.htm

Opinion Editorial by Commissioner Cook

You may have gotten that “IRS” call threatening that if you don’t pay a certain amount of money for some bogus tax owed you will be arrested, deported or have your license revoked. And if you’re a senior, you’ve more than likely gotten such a call.

I hope you hung up.

To address this and other types of fraud among our senior population, I recently introduced the Williamson County Senior Fraud Prevention Program.

At our first event in June at the Court at Round Rock, an independent and assisted living facility, we invited local organizations that sponsor programs to identify and end this fraud, as well as provide other resources for golden agers in Williamson County and throughout Central Texas.

The 2015 True Link Report on Elder Financial Abuse estimated that scams and identity theft cost American seniors a total of $36.5 billion per year, and this number continues to rise. If a senior is not on social media or email, fraudsters will find other means to steal from them through a landline, cellphone or other means.

Precinct 1 Constable Vinnie Cherrone advised residents to hang up on any callers asking for money or making threats if they refuse to give their financial information. He also recommended everyone to lock their social security cards in a safe place and not carry them around in wallets or purses.

Information on a social security card easily allows a criminal to steal a person’s identity. The federal government is even sending out new Medicare ID cards minus social security numbers. If you qualify, yours may be in the mail now.

The National Council on Aging warns that financial scams targeting seniors have become so prevalent that they’re now considered “the crime of the 21st century” because many believe seniors have significant amounts of money in their accounts. But this doesn’t mean low-income seniors don’t have to worry.

The June 25, 2018, meeting addressed traffic hazards in the area

Commissioner Terry Cook, representing Williamson County, joined Austin City Council Member Jimmy Flannigan and Round Rock Independent School District Board Vice President Nikki Gonzales at a joint community meeting to discuss traffic hazards in the Elsa England Elementary and Pearson Ranch Middle School area.

The purpose of the meeting was to obtain input from the community, discuss potential solutions, and identify possible resolutions to the situation before school starts. Many ideas and concerns were voiced throughout the meeting, with proposals and plans for some of the attendees to become more active in seeking solutions.