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Chamber President Betty Price, left, and Exchange Club member Joe DeCroce, center, present Liz Sherman with her employee of the quarter award.

Exchange Club names employee of quarter

News Staff

Fri, 08/22/2014 - 05:00

By DAVID MORRIS The Morning Exchange Club of Copperas Cove gathered Wednesday for their weekly meeting, naming Chamber of Commerce Vice President Liz Sherman as the Employee of the quarter before opening the floor to Rabbit Fest beauty queen Kelseigh Fife presenting her Autism Awareness...

House Creek Elementary School Principal Larea Gamble, left, watches as the Lone Star Structures staff removes the gazebo from its hauling trailer.

House Creek PTA buys gazebo for campus

News Staff

Fri, 08/22/2014 - 05:00

By DAVID MORRIS Students of House Creek Elementary School can now escape the classroom for studies thanks to the recent purchase of a Gazebo by the Parent Teachers Association.

Costumes were all the rage at Geek Fest over the weekend.

CTC geeked out for weekend fundraiser

News Staff

Tue, 08/19/2014 - 05:00

By LYNETTE SOWELL Costumed characters from science fiction, fantasy, medieval times, anime and the gaming world converged on Central Texas College for its fifth annual GeekFest from Friday through Sunday.

CCISD’s summer lunch program opened five sites to feed families of Copperas Cove.

Numbers of hungry CCISD students doubled over summer

News Staff

Tue, 08/19/2014 - 05:00

By Wendy Sledd Jarrien, Blake, Christian, Josiah, Logan, andArianna took a five minute walk from their house down to the Copperas Cove Junior High Cafeteria for a healthy lunch on Monday. The children said it will probably be the only full meal they get all day.

Cyclists head west on FM 1113 Saturday morning as they take off for the annual Cove House Classic.

Riders gather for Cove House Classic

News Staff

Tue, 08/19/2014 - 05:00

By LYNETTE SOWELL Approximately 145 cyclists gathered in the parking lot of First Baptist Church on Saturday for the annual Cove House Classic bike tour, to help raise funds for the city’s homeless shelter.

New teachers gather for the yearly school new teacher orientation. Some different strategies and methodologies to help the teachers during the year include content, classroom management, state standards, organization, assessing students, and different techniques.

CCISD welcomes new teachers

News Staff

Fri, 08/15/2014 - 05:00

By KERRI CHRISTENSEN The district welcomed 66 new teachers for the 2014-2015 school year with 28 of those teachers being first-year teachers during a new teacher orientation that started on Wednesday.

County approves new employee physical assessments

News Staff

Fri, 08/15/2014 - 05:00

By LYNETTE SOWELL At Monday’s meeting of commissioners court, the county approved an agreement with Select Physical Therapy of Temple to provide post job offer health screenings to new county employees.

Owner, Maria Oliveras of Maria’s Beauty Salon trims and curls Killeen resident Ann Barnette’s hair. Barnette, 94, has been visiting Maria for regular beautification for the last seven years.

Cove stylist offers $5 back2school haircuts

News Staff

Fri, 08/15/2014 - 05:00

By KERRI CHRISTENSEN Back to school is right around the corner and veteran owned Maria’s Beauty Salon is helping out with $5 haircuts for all students. The salon’s doors have been open in Copperas Cove since 2009, but the business itself has been in operation since 1995 in Colorado.

Orlando Castillo speaks to the Rotary Club about Go MAD ministries on Thursday.

Rotary Club learns of human exploitation

News Staff

Tue, 08/12/2014 - 05:00

By LYNETTE SOWELL Orlando and Spring Castillo spoke on Thursday to the Copperas Cove Rotary Club on behalf of Go MAD ministries, to raise awareness of human exploitation going on in the Dominican Republic and around the world.

Texas Legato winery invites locals to harvest

News Staff

Tue, 08/12/2014 - 05:00

By LYNETTE SOWELL Texas Legato Winery in Lampasas is having its annual grape stomp from 6 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday. “This year, we’re hand harvesting our grapes,” said Sulynn Bledsoe with Texas Legato Winery.