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Teacher eats worms to fulfill STAAR promise

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Tue, 05/19/2015 - 05:00
By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press Students at Clements-Parsons Elementary cried out in excitement as well as disgust as teachers fulfilled their end of a bargain they made before students took their state tests.

Rabbit Fest Royalty prepping for second ride in annual parade

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Fri, 05/15/2015 - 09:23
By LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press    Long before the 35th Rabbit Fest parade begins its procession along Avenue D tomorrow morning, volunteers are preparing one special float.  With the help of those volunteers, the Rabbit Fest royalty will ride yet again in the parade, a first for the festival.

Locally Made

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Fri, 05/15/2015 - 05:00
When life gave Waffle Cone’s owner lemons in the form of the Blue Bell ice cream recall, John Hayes decided not to make lemonade—but make his own ice cream.
CCLP/PAMELA GRANT Laura Garrett works on preparing a watermelon radish aioli for CTC’s “Iron Chef” competition.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANT Laura Garrett works on preparing a watermelon radish aioli for CTC’s “Iron Chef” competition.

CTC hosts culinary cook-off

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Thu, 05/14/2015 - 21:29
CTC hosts culinary cook-off By PAMELA GRANT Cove Leader-Press   For the five teams who competed in Central Texas College's Culinary Arts Department “Iron Chef” competition, cooking is a snap. The hard part was incorporating the secret ingredient, watermelon radish, in a tasty, yet meaningful manner.

11th Annual Jackrabbit Run 4 Hope

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Tue, 05/12/2015 - 05:00
By KATHLEEN STARLING Cove Leader-Press The misty grey weather Saturday morning did not stop the more than 300 runners and walkers from coming out to Ogletree Gap Park for the 11th annual Jackrabbit Run 4 Hope.

Cove High School students help ‘Stamp Out Hunger’

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Tue, 05/12/2015 - 05:00
By KATHLEEN STARLING Cove Leader-Press Heather Calhoun and her students from Copperas Cove High School were hard at work this past week collecting food items and monetary donations to help the United States Postal Service “Stamp Out Hunger” program.