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City proposes new fees for next fiscal year

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Fri, 08/05/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   At last Thursday’s city council workshop, the council received a full look at the city’s proposed fee schedule changes for the fiscal year 2016-2017.
CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Mekayla Tate accepts her award from city manager Andrea Gardner at the Law Enforcement Explorer Program Class of 2016 graduation held in Lea Ledger Auditorium Friday evening.

CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Mekayla Tate accepts her award from city manager Andrea Gardner at the Law Enforcement Explorer Program Class of 2016 graduation held in Lea Ledger Auditorium Friday evening.

LEEP Class of 2016 Graduation

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Tue, 08/02/2016 - 05:00
By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   The Law Enforcement Explorers program’s Class of 2016 was the youngest class to date when they graduated from the program at a small ceremony held Friday evening at the Lea Ledger Auditorium.
CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Kids and mascots learn the choreography to the official dance at the National Dance Day held at GymKix Saturday afternoon.

CCLP/BRITTANY FHOLER - Kids and mascots learn the choreography to the official dance at the National Dance Day held at GymKix Saturday afternoon.

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE

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Tue, 08/02/2016 - 05:00
By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   There were dancing mascots as well as children and their parents at the National Dance Day event held at Copperas Cove’s GymKix Saturday afternoon.
CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - C & C Sporting Goods and their staff celebrated 24 years in business with a Customer and Coach Appreciation Day on Saturday

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - C & C Sporting Goods and their staff celebrated 24 years in business with a Customer and Coach Appreciation Day on Saturday

C & C Sporting Goods celebrates 24 years

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Tue, 08/02/2016 - 05:00
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   Deals abounded at C & C Sporting Goods’ Customer and Coach Appreciation Day on Saturday.   September 2016 will mark C & C Sporting Goods’ 24th year in business, and they wanted to celebrate the occasion in style.

Council takas vote, proposes 2016 property tax rate

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Fri, 07/29/2016 - 10:15
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   On Thursday, the Copperas Cove city council held a special meeting during which it took a record vote for a proposed tax rate for 2016. Councilwoman Marty Smith made a motion to propose the current property tax rate of 79.7908 cents per $100 valuation.
Courtesy Photo - On July 22, Copperas Cove Optimist International Club President Sandor Vegh sorts donations given to the Optimist Club Secondhand Store. The not-for-profit thrift store provides various resources and funding to families of children with severe health concerns, children’s hospitals, families with severe hardships, local organizations that serve the community and more.

Courtesy Photo - On July 22, Copperas Cove Optimist International Club President Sandor Vegh sorts donations given to the Optimist Club Secondhand Store. The not-for-profit thrift store provides various resources and funding to families of children with severe health concerns, children’s hospitals, families with severe hardships, local organizations that serve the community and more.

Optimist Club discusses Music At The Gap, thrift store

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Fri, 07/29/2016 - 05:00
Special to Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Optimist International Club met on July 22 at the Optimist Club Secondhand Thrift Store. President Sandor Vegh called the meeting to order and welcomed the club’s newest members.
CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Teenagers play with their own bits of dough at the dough show put on by Domino’s at the library. The dough show was the library’s reward to the teens at the end of the Summer Reading Program.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Teenagers play with their own bits of dough at the dough show put on by Domino’s at the library. The dough show was the library’s reward to the teens at the end of the Summer Reading Program.

READING REWARDS

News Staff
Fri, 07/29/2016 - 05:00
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   Teens dove for discs of dough and generally had a good time at Tuesday’s dough show.   The dough show, put on by Domino’s, was the Copperas Cove Public Library’s way of rewarding teenagers for meeting their summer reading goals.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Rows of shoes are lined up inside the Mission Casa building on Casa Drive in preparation for the church’s inaugural Shoozapalooza, to be held on August 6 from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Rows of shoes are lined up inside the Mission Casa building on Casa Drive in preparation for the church’s inaugural Shoozapalooza, to be held on August 6 from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Mission Casa holding first Shoozapalooza

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Fri, 07/29/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   With the start of school less than a month away, Mission Casa has been preparing for an event for the children of the Casa Drive, Horseshoe Drive, Sunset Lane and Georgetown Road neighborhoods.

Council to take record vote on proposed tax rate on Thursday

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Wed, 07/27/2016 - 09:55
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   During a workshop on Tuesday afternoon, the city’s budget director Ryan Haverlah presented the tax rates based on the certified property values in Copperas Cove. The city’s current property tax rate is 79.7908 cents per $100 valuation.

Copperas Cove to get a Pet Supplies Plus

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Tue, 07/26/2016 - 14:11
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The site of the former Connell Chevrolet and former Furniture Zone at 1212 Business 190 is set to be transformed into a Pet Supplies Plus. Pet Supplies Plus franchisee Spike Stoker opened a Pet Supplies Plus in Stephenville in February 2016.