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Leader-Press holding logo search contest for Lakefest tickets

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Mon, 07/04/2016 - 07:35
By DAVID MORRIS Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Leader-Press is partnering with the Marble Falls Chamber of Commerce to promote the 25th annual Marble Falls/ Lake LBJ Lakefest slated for August 12-14 in Marble Falls.
CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Noon Exchange Club President Dennis Ayres, right, presents Judge John Firth a check for the Coryell County Child Welfare Board.

CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Noon Exchange Club President Dennis Ayres, right, presents Judge John Firth a check for the Coryell County Child Welfare Board.

Noon Exchange Club distributes more than $20,000

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Fri, 07/01/2016 - 05:00
By DAVID MORRIS Cove Leader-Press   As one of his final acts as president of the Noon Exchange Club of Copperas Cove, Dennis Ayers presented large checks to local entities during the annual officer installation dinner.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Willow Lanchester, the 2016 Texas Honey Princess, spoke to the Bell and Coryell County Beekeepers on Thursday evening at Trinity Worship Center in Copperas Cove.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Willow Lanchester, the 2016 Texas Honey Princess, spoke to the Bell and Coryell County Beekeepers on Thursday evening at Trinity Worship Center in Copperas Cove.

Texas Honey Princess visits Cove

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Fri, 06/24/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Willow Lanchester, the 2016 Texas Honey Princess, paid a visit to Copperas Cove on Thursday night when she attended the Bell and Coryell County Beekeepers meeting at Trinity Worship Center.
CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Jamie Moseley checks the blood pressure, oxygen, and pulse rate of Anita Dimmack at the free health screening at the Senior Citizen Center.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Jamie Moseley checks the blood pressure, oxygen, and pulse rate of Anita Dimmack at the free health screening at the Senior Citizen Center.

Free senior health screenings every third Thursday

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Fri, 06/24/2016 - 05:00
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   Aswered any questions that seniors had either about their health concerns or about their medications. Moseley’s main goals are to help with educating, monitoring, and helping to prevent more serious issues from arising.

Friday Movie Review: Warcraft

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Fri, 06/17/2016 - 11:06
by Darren Blair Cove Leader-Press    Just as I watched shows like “Jem”, “Transformers” and “The Equalizer” back when they were still doing their first-run broadcasts back in the 1980s, I played “Warcraft” back when it was nothing more ambitious than a top-down RTS (real-time strategy) video game.
CCLP/DAVID J. HARDIN - Brenda Graley is retiring after 44 years as a teacher, 40 of those with CCISD. She received an honor from the Board of Trustees during their meeting June 14.

CCLP/DAVID J. HARDIN - Brenda Graley is retiring after 44 years as a teacher, 40 of those with CCISD. She received an honor from the Board of Trustees during their meeting June 14.

CCISD trustees recognize students and retiring teachers

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Fri, 06/17/2016 - 05:00
By DAVID J. HARDIN Cove Leader-Press   Tuesday night’s meeting of the Copperas Cove Independent School Board of Trustees had a smaller agenda than normal but was a chance to recognize students and several teachers who retiring from CCISD.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Matt Maxfield, CEO of Seton Medical Center Harker Heights, and George Fayer, CFO, talk about Seton’s new membership in MDSave, a nationwide network to bring affordable medical procedures, surgeries and laboratory tests to the uninsured and underinsured.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Matt Maxfield, CEO of Seton Medical Center Harker Heights, and George Fayer, CFO, talk about Seton’s new membership in MDSave, a nationwide network to bring affordable medical procedures, surgeries and laboratory tests to the uninsured and underinsured.

Seton announces new partnership with healthcare savings provider

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Fri, 06/17/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   On Wednesday afternoon Seton Medical Center in Harker Heights announced a new partnership that can help uninsured and underinsured in the local area.
COURTESY PHOTO - Copperas Cove Junior High students wave American flags donated by the Noon Exchange Club of Copperas Cove as part of the Exchange’s Give a Kid a Flag to wave project. The students were given the flag as they passed through the cafeteria doors prior to the May 26 award ceremonies. The project was designed to strengthen Americanism and patriotism.

COURTESY PHOTO - Copperas Cove Junior High students wave American flags donated by the Noon Exchange Club of Copperas Cove as part of the Exchange’s Give a Kid a Flag to wave project. The students were given the flag as they passed through the cafeteria doors prior to the May 26 award ceremonies. The project was designed to strengthen Americanism and patriotism.

Exchange Club passes out flags, Excel installs new officers

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Fri, 06/10/2016 - 05:00
By CHARLES LYONS Special to Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove High School EXCEL Club ended the 2015-2016 school year with the installation of new officers for the 2016-2017 school year.   Officers were previously elected at the club’s last regular meeting in May.
CCLP/FILE - Kids try out their shields during the 2015 Summer Reading program kickoff celebration.

CCLP/FILE - Kids try out their shields during the 2015 Summer Reading program kickoff celebration.

Copperas Cove Public Library kicking off summer reading program

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Fri, 06/10/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Sign-ups are under way for the Copperas Cove Public Library’s children’s summer reading program, supported by the Copperas Cove Friends of the Library, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, and Texas Commission for the Arts.