Events

FILE PHOTO - Walkers make their way around the track of the sculpture garden during the inaugural Bark For Life, held in Lampasas. Area dogs and their owners can give the same support by attending Bark For Life in Lampasas on Saturday, an event held by Relay For Life Lampasas-Copperas Cove.

FILE PHOTO - Walkers make their way around the track of the sculpture garden during the inaugural Bark For Life, held in Lampasas. Area dogs and their owners can give the same support by attending Bark For Life in Lampasas on Saturday, an event held by Relay For Life Lampasas-Copperas Cove.

Bark for Life set for Saturday in Lampasas

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Tue, 03/21/2017 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press On Saturday, the Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden in Lampasas will go to the dogs in celebration of Bark For Life.
COURTESY PHOTO - The Browning Community Garden Club recently hosted the District V spring meeting welcoming 75 representatives from 14 cities.

COURTESY PHOTO - The Browning Community Garden Club recently hosted the District V spring meeting welcoming 75 representatives from 14 cities.

Browning Garden club hosts district meeting

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Tue, 03/14/2017 - 05:00
Special to Leader-Press The Browning Community Garden Club of Kempner hosted this year’s District V spring meeting on Thursday, March 9. Approximately 75 members of Texas Garden Clubs attended this year’s function from 14 local cities.
COURTESY PHOTO - TexMed Home Health was recently awarded the Home CareElite award in the ABILITY network for being in the top 25 percent of home health agencies in the nation. Representing TexMed Home Health are: Kristina Pantoja, Ringnisha Matic, Angela Roberts, Delores Linton, Paige Fitzgerald.

COURTESY PHOTO - TexMed Home Health was recently awarded the Home CareElite award in the ABILITY network for being in the top 25 percent of home health agencies in the nation. Representing TexMed Home Health are: Kristina Pantoja, Ringnisha Matic, Angela Roberts, Delores Linton, Paige Fitzgerald.

TexMed honored with HomeCare Elite award

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Tue, 03/14/2017 - 05:00
Special to Leader-Press HomeCare Elite is a market-leading analysis that identifies the top 25 percent of all Medicare-certified home health agencies and further highlights the nation’s top 100 and top 500 agencies.
CCLP/PAMELA GRANT PCSI presented a check to Star Group – Veterans Helping Veterans at the Group’s monthly meeting on Saturday.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT PCSI presented a check to Star Group – Veterans Helping Veterans at the Group’s monthly meeting on Saturday.

Star Group holds monthly meeting, accepts check from PCSI

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Tue, 03/07/2017 - 05:00
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press Star Group – Veterans Helping Veterans (SGVHV) held its monthly meeting on Saturday during which members went over their financial report, offered prayers for sick/bereaved members and their families, discussed upcoming events, received a check presented to SGVHV...
CCLP/TRAVIS MARTIN - Blackjack tables were full at the Annual Wild West Night hosted by the Fort Hood Spouses’ Club on Friday night at Club Hood. The annual fundraising event held live and silent auctions to help bring in proceeds to help the local communities through scholarships and grants.

CCLP/TRAVIS MARTIN - Blackjack tables were full at the Annual Wild West Night hosted by the Fort Hood Spouses’ Club on Friday night at Club Hood. The annual fundraising event held live and silent auctions to help bring in proceeds to help the local communities through scholarships and grants.

Spouses’ club raises $16,000 at Wild West Night

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Tue, 03/07/2017 - 05:00
By DAVID J. HARDIN Cove Leader-Press The Fort Hood Spouses Club held its annual Wild West Night at Club Hood on Friday to show how the West was “fun” and to raise money for local causes.
Courtesy - Sgt. Gabriel Cardona with the Copperas Cove Police Department was one of the recent graduates of the Leadership Command College of the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas.

Courtesy - Sgt. Gabriel Cardona with the Copperas Cove Police Department was one of the recent graduates of the Leadership Command College of the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas.

Cardona graduates from Leadership Command College

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Tue, 02/28/2017 - 05:00
Special to Leader-Press Sgt. Gabriel Cardona of the Copperas Cove Police Department recently graduated from the Leadership Command College – Class 78 of the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT).
CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Thanks For The Little Things, Inc (TFTLT) held a Donate & Receive event on Saturday. Donors were invited to write their names on decorative paper which will later be displayed.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Thanks For The Little Things, Inc (TFTLT) held a Donate & Receive event on Saturday. Donors were invited to write their names on decorative paper which will later be displayed.

Thanks For The Little Things collects for the community

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Tue, 02/28/2017 - 05:00
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press Thanks For The Little Things, Inc (or TFTLT) has only been in the area for approximately two months and they are already seeking to help the community as much as possible. To that end, TFTLT hosted a Donate & Receive event on Saturday at their location at 412 E Ave.
COURTESY PHOTO - CCISD Athletic Director Jack Welch greets second grade gifted education students and takes them through the hall of fame in the athletic annex. Students were visiting with athletic trainers to learn about the importance of movement to their overall health.

COURTESY PHOTO - CCISD Athletic Director Jack Welch greets second grade gifted education students and takes them through the hall of fame in the athletic annex. Students were visiting with athletic trainers to learn about the importance of movement to their overall health.

Gifted education students get moving with athletic trainers

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Tue, 02/21/2017 - 05:00
Special to Leader-Press In today’s world of leading a health-conscious lifestyle, second grade gifted educations students from Hettie Halstead Elementary and Williams/Ledger Elementary are getting the routine down early in learning about the importance of being physically active.
COURTESY PHOTO - The Copperas Cove High School Copperettes won 36 awards at their first two dance competitions of the season and are preparing to dance at Disney World later this summer.

COURTESY PHOTO - The Copperas Cove High School Copperettes won 36 awards at their first two dance competitions of the season and are preparing to dance at Disney World later this summer.

CCHS Copperettes dance away with top awards at area contests

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Tue, 02/21/2017 - 05:00
Special to Leader-Press Football season is exciting for the high school dance line with homecoming and the thrill of dancing in front of thousands of fans every Friday night. But, it is really just a warm up to competition season that lays ahead in the spring.
CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - First responders are recognized at the First Responders Appreciation concert held in the Fairview-Miss Jewell Elementary School cafeteria Thursday evening.

CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - First responders are recognized at the First Responders Appreciation concert held in the Fairview-Miss Jewell Elementary School cafeteria Thursday evening.

Fairview/Jewell honors first responders in song

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Tue, 02/14/2017 - 05:00
By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press First responders of Copperas Cove and surrounding areas were treated to a concert showing appreciation for their efforts at Fairview-Miss Jewell Elementary School Thursday evening.