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CCLP/CHUCK TAYLOR - Contestants prepare to eat as much as they can of a three-pound burger at H-E-B’s burger-eating contest on Saturday afternoon.

CCLP/CHUCK TAYLOR - Contestants prepare to eat as much as they can of a three-pound burger at H-E-B’s burger-eating contest on Saturday afternoon.

PLUS! SIZED

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Tue, 06/21/2016 - 05:00
By CHUCK TAYLOR Cove Leader-Press   On Saturday afternoon Copperas Cove H-E-B Plus! held a burger-eating contest as part of its annual Burger Bash.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Ron Oswalt talks about what it means to belong to a Business Networking International group during the inaugural meeting of the Copperas Cove/Killeen Advanced Networking Group at Lil Tex Restaurant on Thursday.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Ron Oswalt talks about what it means to belong to a Business Networking International group during the inaugural meeting of the Copperas Cove/Killeen Advanced Networking Group at Lil Tex Restaurant on Thursday.

Advanced Networking Group forms in Cove

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Tue, 06/21/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   A new group specifically for business networking kicked off Thursday in Copperas Cove, called the Copperas Cove/Killeen Advanced Networking Group. Approximately a dozen attended the noontime event at Lil Tex Restaurant, where the group will meet every Thursday.
CCLP/FILE PHOTO - JROTC and KCCB members complete a beautification project at the entrance to the Hills of Cove Golf Course on May 7. KCCB has finished the Great American Cleanup for 2016. Its next community event is October’s EcoHarvest.

CCLP/FILE PHOTO - JROTC and KCCB members complete a beautification project at the entrance to the Hills of Cove Golf Course on May 7. KCCB has finished the Great American Cleanup for 2016. Its next community event is October’s EcoHarvest.

Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful concludes spring cleanup season

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Fri, 06/17/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The 2016 Great American Cleanup is now history and Silvia Rhoads, Executive Director of Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful, shared the statistics for KCCB’s participation in the event during last Monday night’s monthly meeting of the KCCB board.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism perform an armored combat demonstration at Wednesday morning’s summer reading program kickoff.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism perform an armored combat demonstration at Wednesday morning’s summer reading program kickoff.

LEARNING AT THE LIBRARY

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Fri, 06/17/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Sports, books, swords and shields were in the forefront of Wednesday morning’s kickoff for the Copperas Cove Public Library’s summer reading program.
CCLP/Courtesy Photo - Five Brothers Lawn Care is a local business which helps give back to the troops by providing lawn care for military families. Mike Aker, the founder and owner, is hoping for other lawn care and landscaping businesses who would like to volunteer too.

CCLP/Courtesy Photo - Five Brothers Lawn Care is a local business which helps give back to the troops by providing lawn care for military families. Mike Aker, the founder and owner, is hoping for other lawn care and landscaping businesses who would like to volunteer too.

Cove lawn care company gives back to the troops

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Fri, 06/17/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   When Mike Aker, founder and president of Five Brothers Lawn Care in Copperas Cove, was approached by Project EverGreen about their program GreenCare for Troops two years ago, he wasn’t sure about helping out due to the size of his business.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Parks and Recreation director Joe Brown seeks direction from council on the previous tourism events that were held by the Chamber of Commerce.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Parks and Recreation director Joe Brown seeks direction from council on the previous tourism events that were held by the Chamber of Commerce.

City staff pitches tourism vision to council

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Tue, 06/14/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   During the city council workshop last Tuesday evening, Joe Brown, the city’s Parks & Recreation Director, gave a presentation which included the draft of a job description in his department which would administrate the tourism and special events...
CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Bill Kliewer hugs Eula “Sis” Beck after presenting her with the inaugural Pierre de Wet award for her selfless service to the soldiers of Fort Hood and it’s surrounding communities.

CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Bill Kliewer hugs Eula “Sis” Beck after presenting her with the inaugural Pierre de Wet award for her selfless service to the soldiers of Fort Hood and it’s surrounding communities.

BUILDING BLOCKS

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Tue, 06/14/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   In the skies above SC River Ranch in Oakalla Saturday evening, members of the Liberty Jump Team leaped from a World War II-era C-47 to kick off the Homecoming For Heroes II gala, hosted by the Mounted Warfare Foundation.
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL EDC - Interim Executive Director Monica MacKay addresses the audience as she welcomes them to the mixer in the Entrepreneur center

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL EDC - Interim Executive Director Monica MacKay addresses the audience as she welcomes them to the mixer in the Entrepreneur center

EDC hosts chamber mixer in Entrepreneur center

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Tue, 06/14/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Local business owners had the opportunity to mix and mingle on Thursday during a special bonus mixer held by the Copperas Cove Economic Development Corporation and the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce.

Council votes to release funds to Chamber

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Fri, 06/10/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   During a workshop and meeting which lasted a little more than three hours, the Copperas Cove city council made a number of decisions regarding HOT funds, facilities rental fees for nonprofits, and appointed four to a local board.
CCLP/ BRITTANY FHOLER - Mike Rellinger, 18, tries to catch money and coupons in the Cash Cube attraction at the 2016 CCHS Project Graduation held Friday night at the high school.

CCLP/ BRITTANY FHOLER - Mike Rellinger, 18, tries to catch money and coupons in the Cash Cube attraction at the 2016 CCHS Project Graduation held Friday night at the high school.

PROJECT GRADUATION

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Fri, 06/10/2016 - 05:00
By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press   Hundreds of new Copperas Cove High School graduates showed up to have fun at the 2016 CCHS Project Graduation held overnight at the high school Friday.