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CPE Decades Music Concert: Clements/Parsons Elementary 4th and 5th grade students presented forty years of music in a two hour concert in Lea Ledger Auditorium. The students are under the direction of music teachers Ivan Calzada and Tino Sanchez.

CPE Decades Music Concert: Clements/Parsons Elementary 4th and 5th grade students presented forty years of music in a two hour concert in Lea Ledger Auditorium. The students are under the direction of music teachers Ivan Calzada and Tino Sanchez.

Clements/Parsons students are rocking through the decades

News Staff
Tue, 01/10/2017 - 10:29
Elvis Presley’s gyrating hips. Michael Jackson’s single glove. Poodle skirts of the 50’s. Students at Clements/Parsons Elementary not only got a history lesson through music, but they decided specifically what they would learn and what they would present to the public.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Unwind! Texas Style Café opened in late November, but is having its grand opening and ribbon cutting on Tuesday night from 5-8 p.m. The bistro is located at 175 W. Business 190 Suite 4.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Unwind! Texas Style Café opened in late November, but is having its grand opening and ribbon cutting on Tuesday night from 5-8 p.m. The bistro is located at 175 W. Business 190 Suite 4.

Unwind! grand opening set for Tuesday

News Staff
Fri, 01/06/2017 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Unwind! Texas Style tasting room and café is the newest addition to the Frontier Hills Shopping Center and is holding its grand opening on Tuesday, Jan. 10 from 5-8 p.m.   At 6 p.m.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Nick Pierce surveys the space that will make up part of the new gym for Fierce Pierce Gymnastics. The gym is moving from Lampasas to Copperas Cove and expects to reopen at their new location within the next two weeks.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Nick Pierce surveys the space that will make up part of the new gym for Fierce Pierce Gymnastics. The gym is moving from Lampasas to Copperas Cove and expects to reopen at their new location within the next two weeks.

Lampasas gymnastics center moving to Copperas Cove

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Fri, 01/06/2017 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Nick and Monica Pierce, owners of Fierce-Pierce Gymnastics in Lampasas, are moving their gym from its present location to the former site of GymKix at 815 E. Bus. 190 in Copperas Cove.
File Photo - Members of the Fort Hood Spouses Club present a check for $2,000 to the Coryell County Rainbow Room based in Copperas Cove. The facility provides clothing, shoes and more to children who have been removed from their home by Child Protective Services.

File Photo - Members of the Fort Hood Spouses Club present a check for $2,000 to the Coryell County Rainbow Room based in Copperas Cove. The facility provides clothing, shoes and more to children who have been removed from their home by Child Protective Services.

Chamber holds 36th annual Rabbit Fest, Spouses Club donates to local groups

News Staff
Fri, 12/30/2016 - 05:00
The Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce saw more changes in April and May 2016, after its board hired an interim president, Joe Newman.
File Photo - Tracy Molnes, widow of chief of police Timothy Molnes, receives his flag during a June 3 memorial service. Molnes passed away on May 30.

File Photo - Tracy Molnes, widow of chief of police Timothy Molnes, receives his flag during a June 3 memorial service. Molnes passed away on May 30.

Memorial held for Chief Molnes in June

News Staff
Fri, 12/30/2016 - 05:00
The month of June kicked off with a pair of graduations, when 27 Crossroads High School students walked across the stage at Lea Ledger Auditorium to receive their diplomas on June 2.
Courtesy Photo/CCISD - The Clements/Parsons Elementary Honor Choir shared its gift of song under the direction of music teachers Tino Sanchez and Ivan Calzada with the residents and staff of the Hill Country Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. Students sang Silent Night and other resident favorites reminiscent of the holiday season.

Courtesy Photo/CCISD - The Clements/Parsons Elementary Honor Choir shared its gift of song under the direction of music teachers Tino Sanchez and Ivan Calzada with the residents and staff of the Hill Country Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. Students sang Silent Night and other resident favorites reminiscent of the holiday season.

Musical talent brings student cheer to nursing home

News Staff
Fri, 12/23/2016 - 05:00
Special to Leader-Press   Christmas is known as the season of giving. But for the Clements/Parsons Elementary Kids Care Club, the season of giving runs every month of the year that school is in session.
Courtesy Photo/CCISD - Fairview/Miss Jewell Elementary fifth graders Nakeem Freeman, Jayden Jubilee and Daniel Smith work on creating pop-up cards after studying work of illustrator Robert Sabuda. Classes at every grade level celebrated reading campus-wide through 12 different creative stations.

Courtesy Photo/CCISD - Fairview/Miss Jewell Elementary fifth graders Nakeem Freeman, Jayden Jubilee and Daniel Smith work on creating pop-up cards after studying work of illustrator Robert Sabuda. Classes at every grade level celebrated reading campus-wide through 12 different creative stations.

Students rotate through holiday reading stations

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Fri, 12/23/2016 - 05:00
Special to Leader-Press   Fairview-Miss Jewell students and teachers enjoyed a twist on learning by celebrating reading campus-wide through creative stations. Classes in every grade level rotated to a combined 12 different stations.

Dodgeball for Blue Santa

News Staff
Fri, 12/09/2016 - 05:00
The Copperas Cove Police Department and the Copperas Cove Fire Department faced off in a round of dodgeball on Saturday evening at the S.C. Lee Junior High School Gymnasium. The police department came out victorious, narrowly beating the fire department 8-7.
COURTESY PHOTO - Clements/Parsons Elementary third graders Tristan Chandler and Haun Tran collaborate on an assignment in class using Schoology, CCISD’s new learning management system that allows parents to get more involved in a student’s daily lessons in the classroom.

COURTESY PHOTO - Clements/Parsons Elementary third graders Tristan Chandler and Haun Tran collaborate on an assignment in class using Schoology, CCISD’s new learning management system that allows parents to get more involved in a student’s daily lessons in the classroom.

CCISD adopts new learning management system

News Staff
Fri, 12/09/2016 - 05:00
Special to Leader-Press    The days of pencil and paper have long been pushed to the side with technology as the driving force in the classroom. Students and staff at Copperas Cove ISD began utilizing a new learning management system this year called Schoology.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Site preparation work began this week for the future information systems building for the City of Copperas Cove. The site work will take several weeks, after which the new building will be installed at the lot.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Site preparation work began this week for the future information systems building for the City of Copperas Cove. The site work will take several weeks, after which the new building will be installed at the lot.

Site work on new IT building under way near library

News Staff
Fri, 12/02/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Work began this week on the site preparation for the city’s new Information Systems building to be installed behind the site of the old city hall.