🌱 Cedar Park High Junior Commits To UT + Cedar Park-Leander Jobs

Morning, neighbors! Rose Mendez here with a fresh copy of theCedar Park-Leander Daily.

First, today's weather:

Pleasant with clouds breaking. High: 70 Low: 58.

Here are the top three stories in Cedar Park-Leander today:

1. A Cedar Park junior will soon try to lead another Central Texas basketball team to victory. Gisella Maul, a junior at Cedar Park High, announced on Monday she has committed to the University of Texas. Maul is a two-time state champion who was named the Gatorade Player of the year for the state of Texas. (Austin American-Statesman)
2. Looking for a new career opportunity in the Cedar Park-Leander area? Don't miss this week's local job roundup, courtesy of Patch and ZipRecruiter. Full-time, part-time, and seasonal opportunities are available at a range of local companies. Click the link for the full list of open positions. Happy job hunting! (Cedar Park-Leander Patch)
3. Students from Summit Christian School represented Cedar Park in Grand Canyon University's first International Christian STEM Competition. This past Saturday, an all-girls team from the school headed to Phoenix and showed off their skills in the mechanical slingshot competition. The event hosted over 70 middle and high schoolers from nine Christian schools across five states. (GCU Today)

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Today in Cedar Park-Leander:

• Food Trucks At 1520 Juliette Way (4:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Early voting kicked off yesterday in the Cedar Park-Leander area and across Texas for the May 7 election. The early voting period ends on May 3. (Spectrum News)
• Congratulations to Leander's own Bobby Amidon, who placed third in the 2022 Big Bass Splash! Amidon reeled in a whopping 9.65-pound fish and netted $15,000 cash for his catch. (kicks105.com)

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— Rose Mendez

About me: Rose Mendez is a freelance writer. She is studying English Literature at Hunter College. She loves reading, walking around the city, and coffee!