Living

COURTESY PHOTO - Little Mister Rabbit Fest Azaire Barrett, 6, gets busy painting near the front door of My Brother’s House, the food pantry of the Holy Family Catholic Church, on Saturday. It took 15 volunteers more than 10 hours to paint the facility.

COURTESY PHOTO - Little Mister Rabbit Fest Azaire Barrett, 6, gets busy painting near the front door of My Brother’s House, the food pantry of the Holy Family Catholic Church, on Saturday. It took 15 volunteers more than 10 hours to paint the facility.

My Brother’s House food pantry gets facelift from Rabbit Fest royalty

News Staff
Tue, 03/01/2016 - 13:11
Special to the Leader Press   More than 10 hours of work, more than 15 people and the result was a beautiful new look for My Brother’s House, the food pantry of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Cove.   Senior Ms.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Congressman Roger Williams addresses county Republicans at the annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner held by the Coryell County Republican party on Saturday evening.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Congressman Roger Williams addresses county Republicans at the annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner held by the Coryell County Republican party on Saturday evening.

Congressman Williams speaks at Lincoln Reagan dinner

News Staff
Tue, 03/01/2016 - 13:07
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press Congressman Williams speaks at Lincoln Reagan dinner By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Coryell County Republican Party held its annual Lincoln Reagan dinner at the Texas Station Event Center in Gatesville, with Congressman Roger Williams as the keynote...
Joyce Friels, Local Gardening

Joyce Friels, Local Gardening

Starting your sunflower garden

News Staff
Fri, 02/26/2016 - 05:00
Remember grandma’s summer garden with annuals blooming in all colors and gold sunflowers standing tall in the back of the flower bed? These gold flowers with big brown centers were always used as background flowers, usually planted along a fence with tall hollyhocks growing next to them.
CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Josh Quinn, right, chats with a visitor to his gallery during the artist reception, last Thursday at the Oveta Culp Hobby Memorial Library at Central Texas College.

CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Josh Quinn, right, chats with a visitor to his gallery during the artist reception, last Thursday at the Oveta Culp Hobby Memorial Library at Central Texas College.

Media Man shares love of arts with photography gallery

News Staff
Fri, 02/26/2016 - 05:00
By DAVID MORRIS Cove Leader-Press   While delivering packages for UPS, Josh Quinn dreamed of making a living while sharing his passion for photography.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL- Kyle Matthews, candidate for Coryell County commissioner precinct 1, chats with his family and a Dairy Queen employee on Saturday as both Matthews and Ray Ashby, a candidate for Coryell County commissioner precinct 4, reached out to voters during a two-hour event at the store.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL- Kyle Matthews, candidate for Coryell County commissioner precinct 1, chats with his family and a Dairy Queen employee on Saturday as both Matthews and Ray Ashby, a candidate for Coryell County commissioner precinct 4, reached out to voters during a two-hour event at the store.

Candidates continue campaign drives to Primary Election day

News Staff
Tue, 02/23/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   With the March 1 primary election one week away, local candidates are continuing their drives to connect with voters and hear from them, as well as get their messages heard in the hope of coming out ahead in the polls on election day.
Courtesy Photo - Junior Miss Rabbit Fest Gabriella Ortiz is surrounded by bags of pull tabs from aluminum cans. Gabi donated more than 10,000 tabs weighing more than 25 pounds to the Ronald McDonald House in Temple.

Courtesy Photo - Junior Miss Rabbit Fest Gabriella Ortiz is surrounded by bags of pull tabs from aluminum cans. Gabi donated more than 10,000 tabs weighing more than 25 pounds to the Ronald McDonald House in Temple.

Local beauty queen fights for kids with cancer

News Staff
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 05:00
Special to the Leader-Press   “1, 2, 3…568. 569, 580,” 8-year old Gabriella Ortiz said as she counted the pop tabs she had collected to help kids who are fighting cancer. She looked around her at the piles upon piles of plastic bags filled to the brim with more small aluminum pieces.
CCLP/File Photo - Catherine Sharbeno was recognized by the Veterans of Foreign Wars District __ as Junior High School Teacher of the Year in January.

CCLP/File Photo - Catherine Sharbeno was recognized by the Veterans of Foreign Wars District __ as Junior High School Teacher of the Year in January.

Superhero Teacher: Catherine Sharbeno

News Staff
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 05:00
By DAVID J. HARDIN Cove Leader-Press   Catherine Sharbeno teaches 6th grade social studies at Copperas Cove Junior High School. She has been teaching for nine years, all with CCISD.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Mike Delaune, a certified tax aide with AARP, helps prepare taxes on Wednesday at the Copperas Cove Public Library.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Mike Delaune, a certified tax aide with AARP, helps prepare taxes on Wednesday at the Copperas Cove Public Library.

Local AARP tax assistance not just for senior citizens

News Staff
Fri, 02/05/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Despite the chilly start to the morning, there was a small line outside the Copperas Cove Public Library’s meeting room made up of those waiting for free tax assistance from the AARP.
CCISD/Courtesy Photo - CCHS student Vivian Cohn clutches the hand of fellow student Victoria Zabatta while giving blood during the school’s bi-annual blood drive hosted by HOSA. The school collected 172 units of blood and has collected the most units of all of the Central Texas schools for the last four years consecutively.

CCISD/Courtesy Photo - CCHS student Vivian Cohn clutches the hand of fellow student Victoria Zabatta while giving blood during the school’s bi-annual blood drive hosted by HOSA. The school collected 172 units of blood and has collected the most units of all of the Central Texas schools for the last four years consecutively.

CCISD blood drive exceeds expectations of 170 units

News Staff
Fri, 02/05/2016 - 05:00
By NATALIE MARSHALL Special to Leader-Press   Vivian Cohn clutched the hand of fellow student Victoria Zabatta as the blood raced from her arm and into the pint sized bag which was slowly filling up.