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CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL Customers check out the variety of items at a storage unit sale, held by Armadillo Properties. The real estate management company is donating the sales from the two-day event to Cove House Emergency Homeless Shelter.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL Customers check out the variety of items at a storage unit sale, held by Armadillo Properties. The real estate management company is donating the sales from the two-day event to Cove House Emergency Homeless Shelter.

Armadillo Properties cleans out storage, raises funds

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Tue, 06/06/2017 - 00:38
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    On Friday and Saturday, Armadillo Properties cleaned out its storage units and placed everything up for sale, for a good cause in front of Patriot Cache storage on Business 190.

Scouts build, install new selves at library

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Tue, 06/06/2017 - 00:36
By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   They say not to judge a book by its cover but with the help of Boy Scout Troop 224, the Copperas Cove Public Library is making it a bit easier to do so for its patrons.
Courtesy Photo/CCISD Hettie Halstead Elementary students Kaylah Hill, Jayvyon Adams, Annabelle Williams, and Mia Carreon dress as their favorite book characters during Children’s Book Week. The event is one of many the school does to encourage children to keep reading.

Courtesy Photo/CCISD Hettie Halstead Elementary students Kaylah Hill, Jayvyon Adams, Annabelle Williams, and Mia Carreon dress as their favorite book characters during Children’s Book Week. The event is one of many the school does to encourage children to keep reading.

Halstead students prepared for summer of reading

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Mon, 06/05/2017 - 15:45
Special to Leader-Press As students headed out the door for summer break, Halstead Elementary School librarian Teresa Ingram and library assistant Rita Seffrood knew that some students will return in late August with a decline in reading development simply because they have not participated in a...

Council to discuss amending fence ordinance

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Mon, 06/05/2017 - 15:43
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    The Copperas Cove city council will discuss the possibility of amending the maximum allowable height of a fence located on residentially zoned properties during its regular meeting tonight at 6 p.m.
CCLP/PAMELA GRANT Vicar Paulette Magnuson blesses the doors of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church on Sunday morning during a special ceremony.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT Vicar Paulette Magnuson blesses the doors of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church on Sunday morning during a special ceremony.

Local church holds red door blessing

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Mon, 06/05/2017 - 15:40
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   Many Episcopal churches can easily be identified by their red doors. On Sunday, Copperas Cove’s St. Martin’s Episcopal Church blessed the doors of the church prior to the church’s Pentecost service.

Churches holding VBS in Cove area

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Mon, 06/05/2017 - 15:36
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    A summer tradition for many families in Copperas Cove is attending annual Vacation Bible School, a five-day program at churches which give children up to sixth grade a chance to enjoy Bible-themed crafts, stories and songs and a snack.
Courtesy Photo/CCISD Teriyaki Chicken got the highest marks from Martin Walker Elementary students in a taste testing of cafeteria foods as students gave their feedback to the CCISD Child Nutrition Department as to what items should be on next year’s school lunch menu. Many children had never used chopsticks before or tasted Asian cuisine.

Courtesy Photo/CCISD Teriyaki Chicken got the highest marks from Martin Walker Elementary students in a taste testing of cafeteria foods as students gave their feedback to the CCISD Child Nutrition Department as to what items should be on next year’s school lunch menu. Many children had never used chopsticks before or tasted Asian cuisine.

CCISD gets student input on cafeteria food selections

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Fri, 06/02/2017 - 09:59
Special to Leader-Press   Seven-year-old Sophia Daniels struggled with the chopsticks as she tried to pick up the piece of tangerine chicken. But, she was not giving up.
Courtesy Photo/CCISD Williams/Ledger Elementary first and second grade students are lined up and ready to participate in the school’s second annual spelling bee. The 15 students selected to compete are members of the school’s spelling club and have practiced for months before and after school.

Courtesy Photo/CCISD Williams/Ledger Elementary first and second grade students are lined up and ready to participate in the school’s second annual spelling bee. The 15 students selected to compete are members of the school’s spelling club and have practiced for months before and after school.

Williams/Ledger Elementary hosts 2nd annual spelling bee

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Fri, 06/02/2017 - 09:57
By DARLEE LUCAS  CCISD   As the 90th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee got underway this week in Washington, DC, students at Williams/Ledger Elementary were already proving their spelling prowess last week before the summer break.
Exchange Sunshine Home Apartments Volunteer Eveth Duncombe, LEFT, receives the Noon Exchange Club of Copperas Cove Senior Citizen of the Quarter award from Board Member Angela Fields, RIGHT, during the May 26 Noon Exchange Club of Copper

Exchange Sunshine Home Apartments Volunteer Eveth Duncombe, LEFT, receives the Noon Exchange Club of Copperas Cove Senior Citizen of the Quarter award from Board Member Angela Fields, RIGHT, during the May 26 Noon Exchange Club of Copper

Noon Exchange Club recognizes senior citizen of the quarter

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Fri, 06/02/2017 - 09:56
Special to Leader-Press    The Noon Exchange Club of Copperas Cove met on May 26 at Lil’ Tex Restaurant. President Inez Faison called the meeting to order, and Pastor Brian Hawkins led the invocation.
CCLP/DAVID J. HARDIN Mt. Hiram Masonic Lodge #595 members present a $352 check to Patrick Richardson of the Copperas Cove Soup Kitchen. The money was raised during a spaghetti dinner that was held at the lodge in April. On the left is Jim Johnsen, fundraising committee chair, and on right is Patrick Richardson.

CCLP/DAVID J. HARDIN Mt. Hiram Masonic Lodge #595 members present a $352 check to Patrick Richardson of the Copperas Cove Soup Kitchen. The money was raised during a spaghetti dinner that was held at the lodge in April. On the left is Jim Johnsen, fundraising committee chair, and on right is Patrick Richardson.

Masonic Lodge presents check to soup kitchen

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Fri, 06/02/2017 - 09:54
By DAVID J. HARDIN Cove Leader-Press    Mt. Hiram Masonic Lodge #595 held a check presentation ceremony Wednesday night, donating $325 to the Copperas Cove Soup Kitchen. On hand to accept the check was soup kitchen director Patrick Richardson.