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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.
CCISD/Courtesy Photo - Members of the Copperas Cove High School Band will join with other bands from throughout the area as well as the Heights Concert Band for the Central Texas Music Festival which opens on Tuesday.

CCISD/Courtesy Photo - Members of the Copperas Cove High School Band will join with other bands from throughout the area as well as the Heights Concert Band for the Central Texas Music Festival which opens on Tuesday.

Central Texas Music Festival returns to Cove

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Fri, 01/29/2016 - 05:00
By DEBORAH KELLEY Special to Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove High School Band in partnership with The Band Room and CCISD hosts the 13th Annual Central Texas Music Festival beginning next Monday, February 1, and culminating on Saturday, February 6, at the Lea Ledger Auditorium in Copperas...

JROTC Bulldawg battalion takes a bite of the competition in Waco

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Fri, 01/29/2016 - 05:00
By DONAVON RITCHIE Special to Leader-Press   Copperas Cove JROTC cadets rose and shone before the sun, but there were not headed to morning physical training. The CCHS Bulldawg Battalion boarded a bus to Waco High School. The drive was quiet, but the positivity was obvious.
CCLP/DAVID J. HARDIN - Three Copperas Cove teachers swept the VFW District 14 Teacher of the Year awards and were honored in Killeen on Saturday.

CCLP/DAVID J. HARDIN - Three Copperas Cove teachers swept the VFW District 14 Teacher of the Year awards and were honored in Killeen on Saturday.

VFW District 14 honors Teachers of the Year

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Tue, 01/26/2016 - 05:00
By DAVID J. HARDIN Cove Leader-Press   On Saturday, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9191 in Killeen held their VFW district 14 meeting. The district includes posts from Copperas Cove, Harker Heights, Belton, Temple, Marble Falls, Kempner, Gatesville, Lampasas, Killeen and Burnet.
CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Texas Virtual Academy student, Alex McVade, and his mother, Thelma McVade enjoy the arcade games at MAKS Fun Center. The two were there as part of the school’s celebration of National School Choice Week.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Texas Virtual Academy student, Alex McVade, and his mother, Thelma McVade enjoy the arcade games at MAKS Fun Center. The two were there as part of the school’s celebration of National School Choice Week.

Online academies celebrate National School Choice Week

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Tue, 01/26/2016 - 05:00
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   Student members of online academies were able to meet and interact socially while having fun and exchanging ideas at MAKS Fun Center.