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CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Brian Hawkins, left, accepts a bag of money from Western Insurance president Tom Boren during the monthly Chamber of Commerce Mixer. Western Insurance recently celebrated 40 ears in the Copperas Cove community

CCLP/DAVID MORRIS - Brian Hawkins, left, accepts a bag of money from Western Insurance president Tom Boren during the monthly Chamber of Commerce Mixer. Western Insurance recently celebrated 40 ears in the Copperas Cove community

Western Insurance donates bag of money to Cove House

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Tue, 06/28/2016 - 05:00
By DAVID MORRIS Cove Leader-Press   Business leaders gathered Thursday at Western Insurance for the monthly Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce mixer.
CCLP/CHUCK TAYLOR - Deputy Fire Chief and Emergency Management Coordinator waits by the radio at last weekend’s ham radio field day, held annually across the nation.

CCLP/CHUCK TAYLOR - Deputy Fire Chief and Emergency Management Coordinator waits by the radio at last weekend’s ham radio field day, held annually across the nation.

COMMUNICATION

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Tue, 06/28/2016 - 05:00
By DAVID MORRIS Cove Leader-Press   City Park was the location for many local amateur radio operators, also known as “hams,” to gather for a field day on Saturday where they could practice procedures that they can use in the event of a natural or man-made disaster that might affect the...
CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Kori Ramos and Kimmie Russell wash down a truck on Saturday morning at Buddy’s on Business 190. Pink Warrior Angels washed cars to help the Pride of Cove Band purchase pink plumes to wear with their uniforms for October’s Pink Out game this fall.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL - Kori Ramos and Kimmie Russell wash down a truck on Saturday morning at Buddy’s on Business 190. Pink Warrior Angels washed cars to help the Pride of Cove Band purchase pink plumes to wear with their uniforms for October’s Pink Out game this fall.

Pink Warrior Angels holds car wash for Pride of Cove Band

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Fri, 06/24/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   Volunteers showed up in force on Saturday to wash cars for Pink Warrior Angels, a new nonprofit headed up by Julie Moser, a breast cancer survivor.   Members of the Pride of Cove band also pitched in to wash cars alongside the volunteers with PWA.
CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Aqua Zumba Instructor Jeannette Valentine leads her class through a variety of aerobic exercises.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT - Aqua Zumba Instructor Jeannette Valentine leads her class through a variety of aerobic exercises.

COOL EXERCISE

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Fri, 06/24/2016 - 05:00
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   For a good way to beat the heat and get in shape, Copperas Cove’s South Park offers water aerobics and Aqua Zumba classes throughout the week.   Aqua Zumba is known as the Zumba “pool party”.

Military Affairs Committee hosts III Corps for dinner, last for 2016

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Fri, 06/24/2016 - 05:00
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press   The Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce’s military affairs committee fired up the grills last Thursday evening at the Copperas Cove Civic Center, as it hosted one of eight military affairs dinners it holds throughout the year to reach out to the...

CCISD nutrition program wins multiple grants

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Tue, 06/21/2016 - 09:33
Special to Leader-Press As Copperas Cove ISD faces a $12 million budget cut in heavy impact aid over the next two years, every dollar makes a difference.  CCISD’s child nutrition program has been rewarded several grants from both the state and federal levels.

Cove JROTC cadet receives Knights of Columbus sword

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Tue, 06/21/2016 - 09:32
By Donavon Ritchie Special to Leader-Press   It was a very special day and very important day for Copperas Cove JROTC Bulldawg Battalion Commander Cadet Colonel Nadjaliette Hernandez. It was a day she will not soon forget.
CCLP/KATHLEEN STARLING - Participants in PAR Guns archery class Saturday take aim with survival bows at archery block targets.

CCLP/KATHLEEN STARLING - Participants in PAR Guns archery class Saturday take aim with survival bows at archery block targets.

PAR Guns holds archery basics survival course

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Tue, 06/21/2016 - 05:00
By KATHLEEN STARLING Cove Leader-Press   PAR Guns held its monthly Saturday survival course at Crestview Christian Church.   After being rescheduled a few times because of weather, the course was able to be held.
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.