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Season of Hope raises $1,400 for Cove House and Mission Casa...........................Page 12

Police Blotter ...................... 2Highlights ............................ 4Willis Webb ..........................4Lynette Sowell .....................4Crossword ...........................5Sports ..................................6Church Page ........................7

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Men, women and children met Saturday morning to play with worms. Why? It was part of an eco-friendly class on vermicomposting.

Vermicomposting utilizes worms to break down organic matter into high quality compost. The class, led by Bob Hill and Silvia Rhoads, took place at the Copperas Cove Library. It fea-tured an information and quiz portion as well as a hands-on portion in which participants be-gan their own worm bins.

“We’ve had a garden for a couple of years,” said Jennifer Lees who brought her husband, Shane Lees, and three children, Jaxon, Madilyn

and Shyloh, to the class. “I thought [the class] would be a good opportunity because the kids love helping me garden.”

Her son, Jaxon, said, “I’m excited to touch the worms.”

Worm composting is a natural process that requires very little effort to maintain. The com-posting class was made for 20 people but 28 people participated, meaning some doubled up and shared a worm bin. Attendees received about a quarter or less of a pound of worms to fill their bins. Red wigglers, the type of worm provided, eat about half of their body weight daily. After eating the food, the worms pro-duce worm castings which some gardeners call ‘black gold’. The worms also add oxygen to soil and help save water by acting as a mulch.

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School staff compete in chili cook-offBy LYNETTE SOWELLCove Leader-Press

The aroma and spice of chili was in the air on Friday as the teachers and staff of Crossroads High school and the DAEP went head-to-head in a chili cook-off for a good cause.

The Avenue E campus has teamed up to raise funds for the Copperas Cove Relay For Life, an annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. An invitation was extended to CCISD’s administration and staff who were able to have a chance to stop by the campus, make a donation and have some chili.

Eleven pots of chili total were lined up on a table. Varieties ranged from white chick-en chili, two types of vegetarian chili, along with an assortment of classic meaty chili.

Kim Turner, who teaches English at Crossroads, gave instructions as diners came in and lined up.

“After you make your donation, get a black plate and pick up samples of each chili. Then go back for a bowl of the one you like the best, and vote,” Turner said.

The Crossroads High School youth council members served up samples in small

Council to meet, hold hearing on budget changesBy LYNETTE SOWELLCove Leader-Press

At a 5 p.m. workshop proceeded by tonight’s city council meeting, Mayor John Hull will proclaim Saturday, March 28 as Project Graduation Awareness Day. Also during the workshop, cham-ber of commerce president Betty Price will make a presentation about the City of Copperas Cove Chamber Operations to include Chamber hosted/sponsored events, and receive possible direction from the council.

In the meeting at 6 p.m., there will be a public hearing on amending the 2014-2015 budget.

The city’s general fund requires an overall revenue increase of $10,000 and an expenditure increase of $39,566. Po-lice Administration is seeking $4,657,

See CHILI COOK-OFF, Page 5

KCCB hosts vermicomposting class

at library.

CCLP/PAMELA GRANTJennifer Lees along with, daughters, Madilyn, Shyloh, and son, Jaxon look at the worms which will go into their worm bins at the spring worm composting class hosted by Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful Saturday.

Circus rides through town over weekendBy LYNETTE SOWELL Cove Leader-Press

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animals and performers on Saturday and

Sunday as the

79th edition of the Carson & Barnes Circus came through Cove.

The two-hour show performed for a packed house under the big top, with a variety of animal acts to include elephants, horses, ponies and more.

On the circus midway, elephant, camel and pony rides were available, along with other activi-ties for kids of all ages.

Lines were long and ticket prices were higher for those who didn’t purchase admission tickets ahead of time. For each paid general admission tickets purchased in advance, the buyer received a free child’s ticket. Even so, that didn’t deter those who waited until the last minute to step up and get in line.

Harmonie Klein, age 9, and her mother hap-pened to be visiting Cove from Dallas this week-end. The two made sure they got their tickets to take in the show.

“My favorite parts were the acrobats and the elephants,” Klein said. She takes dance herself and enjoyed watching the moves of the Rosales Family as they wowed the crowd.

Another youngster, Pilar Bienbenu, came from Lampasas with her mother and older brother to watch the show. Her dad didn’t want to come with them because he doesn’t like clowns.

“I liked the motorcycle riders best,” Bienbenu said, referring to the Dominguez Extreme Riders, who raced their cycles at death-defying speeds in-side a metal mesh sphere. She also enjoyed the el-ephants the most out of the animals featured.

At Saturday’s opening show, Copperas Cove’s royalty had the chance to ride the large beasts when Miss Rabbit Fest Aleea Best and Young Miss Rab-bit Fest Kelsey Dane rode in under the big top on

animals and performeron Saturday and

Sundayas the

CCLP/Courtesy PhotoMiss Rabbit Fest Aleea Best and Young Miss Rab-bit Fest Kelsey Dane opened the Carson & Barnes Circus on Saturday when they rode in under the big top on Lisa, the elephant.

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See BUDGET, Page 10

See BILL 1368, Page 10

See WORMS, Page 12

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELL Dustin Hunt serves up chili to Angela Jackson at the Crossroads High School and DAEP chili cookoff on Friday.

Lady Dawgs softball team rallies to beat Ellison. .........................Page 6

Shelter to hold monthly free adoption event

The Copperas Cove Ani-mal Shelter located at 1601 North First Street/North FM 116, will host its monthly Free Adoption Event today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

During this event, the adoption fee for all adoptable dogs and cats will be waived. An adoption agreement which requires the animals to be spayed/neutered, vaccinated and micro-chipped will still be required.

For additional informa-tion regarding this event con-tact the Animal Shelter at 254-547-5584.

Book club to meet every 3rd Wednesday

The Copperas Cove Li-brary Book Club will host their monthly meeting on March 18 at 10 a.m. in the meeting room.

Discussions will be cen-tered on this month’s selec-tion, “The Girl on the Train,” by Paula Hawkins.

This meeting is open to the public, and refreshments will be provided.

The club meets on the third Wednesday of each month.

The Copperas Cove Pub-lic Library is located at 501 South Main Street.

For more information re-garding this event, contact the library at 254-547-3826.

Library anime reading club set for Thursday

A Teen Manga-Pizza-Anime Gaming-Reading Club meeting, hosted by the Cop-peras Cove Public Library, is set for March 19 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the meeting room at the library.

All teens 11-18 years of age are welcome to join in for pizza and soft drinks and to check out the latest Manga and Youth Fiction titles.

This month features will be Seraphina by Rachel Hart-man, Endgame: The Calling by James Frey, A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray, The Evolution of Mara Dyer and The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hod-kin.

The event will conclude with multi-player Wii games on the big projection screen.

Domino’s Pizza will provide support for this event with a pizza donation.

For more information contact the library at 254-547-3826.

March 12Arrested: Kiyana Serena Mike:

1200 block East Business Highway

sign, speeding in a school zone 26 mph in a 20 mph zone. Issued out of Copperas Cove Municipal Court by Judge Price.

2: 400 block N. 1st St.Welfare concern: 2100 block

Isabelle Drive.Forgery of a government docu-

ment: 300 block East Avenue E.Arrested: Julio Samuel Bonilla-

Tirado: 500 block N. 1st St. Capias

Warrant issued out of Copperas Cove Municipal Court by Judge Price.

Burglary of a building: 2700 block Bradford Drive. Stolen: power tools. Damaged: nothing. Total value: $300.

Arrested: Paul Matthew Cas-tillo: 1100 block Little Street. Fail to

vehicle registration.Violation of protective order:

1000 block Jackie Jo Lane.Accident/fail to meet require-

or landscaping over $200: 300 block Lutheran Church Road.

Dangerous/vicious animal: 500 block S. 11th St.

Open investigation: 400 block S. 25th St.

Assault by contact/family vio-lence: 100 block Cedar Grove Loop.

Burglary of a building: 200 block Olive Street. Damaged: win-dow. Stolen: undetermined. Value: $100.

Found property: 100 block West Business Highway 190. Found: cellular telephone.

March 13Assault by contact/family vio-

lence, welfare concern: 1300 block

Burglary of a building, theft over $1,500 under $20,000: 200 block South Drive. Damaged: door, mirror and drawers. Stolen: water heaters, air conditioning unit, smoke detectors and shelves. Total value: $4,540.

Assault by contact/family vio-

Arrested: Hannah Michele Shannon-Maldonado: Theft over $1,500 under $20,000. Warrant is-sued by Judge Guinn. Assist another agency (Coryell County Sheriff’s Of-

Terroristic threat: 300 block East Avenue E. One juvenile de-tained and released to parent.

Accident: 400 block S. 25th St.Arrested: Jeremiah Job An-

thony: 400 block S. 25th St. Assist

another agency (Coryell County

burglary of vehicle.Criminal mischief over $50 un-

der $500: 500 block N. 9th St. Dam-aged: tire. Value: $94.

Fraudulent use/possession of identifying information: 300 block East Avenue E.

Arrested: Desland Ray Wal-lace: 600 block West Avenue E. Ag-gravated assault against a public ser-vant, criminal trespass, possession of a controlled substance penalty group 1 under 1 g.

Arrested: Rebecca Faye Harris: 600 block West Avenue E. Criminal trespass, possession of a controlled substance penalty group 1 under 1 g, possession of drug paraphernalia.

Found property: 1200 block Hawk Trail. Found: cellular tele-phone.

Accident: 2500 block East Business Highway 190.

Arrested: Andrea Leeann Bailey: 700 block West Avenue D. Possession of drug paraphernalia. Assist another agency (Travis County

greater or equal to $50 but less than $500.

Accident involving damage un-der $200: 2900 block East Business Highway 190.

Theft over $50 under $500: 300 block East Avenue E. Stolen: tablet. Value: $300.

Theft over $1,500 under $20,000: 400 block S. Main St. Sto-len: United States currency. Total value: $14,100.

Theft over $500 under $1,500: 1200 block Courtney Lane. Stolen:

Arrested: Christopher Francis Early: 500 block W. Washington Ave.

Burglary of a habitation arrest. Issued by Justice of the Peace Price. Pos-session of a controlled substance penalty group 1 over 1 g-under 4 g.

Arrested: Albert James Flakes Jr.: 100 block West Business High-way 190. Possession of marijuana under 2 ounces.

Arrested: Ashley Samone List-er: 100 block West Business High-way 190. Possession of marijuana under 2 ounces.

March 14Found property: 700 block N.

7th St. Found: helmet.Arrested: Aaron Anthony Craw-

ford: 700 block N. 5th St. Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, unlaw-

Accident: 2400 block East Business Highway 190.

Arrested: Travarus Ramon Calhoun: 2400 block East Business

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Arrested: Jessica Susan Fredregill-Hasting: 300 block Joe’s Road. Burglary of habitation with intent to commit assault. Warrant is-sued by Justice of the Peace Price. Resisting arrest or detention.

Arrested: Valerie Denise Davis: 1600 block East Business Highway 190. Possession of marijuana under 2 ounces and possession of danger-ous drug.

Assault by contact/family vio-lence, assault causing bodily injury/family violence: 1200 block S. 11th

Accident: 1200 block West Av-enue B.

Found property: 500 block West Avenue F. Found: bicycle.

Arrested: Jeffery Russell Fowl-er: 2000 block Babb Street. Capias

-tion issued out of Copperas Cove Municipal Court by Judge Price.

Theft over $50 under $500, criminal mischief over $50 under $500: 500 block Redbud Drive. Dam-aged: two bicycle tires. Stolen: two bicycles. Total value: $290.

Accident/accident involving damage to vehicle over $200: 500 block East Business Highway 190.

Unreasonable noise: 300 block Sorrel Drive.

Safekeeping: 300 block Joe’s Road.

Arrested: Thomas Harold

Carter: 300 block Joe’s Road. Drunk in public.

March 15Arrested: James Joseph Isaiah

Pratt: 2500 block Lindsey Drive. As-sist another agency (Coryell County

-forcement employee.

Arrested: Joseph Duane Wil-liams: 200 block Veterans Avenue.

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Arrested: Brandy Wheeless Walke: 700 block Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Driving while license invalid/enhanced.

Arrested: David Allan Perry: 300 block Robertson Avenue. Deliv-ery of a controlled substance penalty group 1 over 1 g-under 4 g. Warrant issued by Justice of the Peace Guinn.

Arrested: Sandra Gayle For-shee: 300 block Robertson Avenue. Fail to identify fugitive from justice. Assist another agency (Coryell

-pear possession of marijuana under 2 ounces.

$500 under $1,500: 1100 block Northern Dancer Lane. Damaged: wall and signs. Total value: $500.

Animal bite: 1100 block Randa

Street.Criminal mischief over $50 un-

der $500, theft over $50 under $500: 2400 block Gail Drive. Damaged: tire. Stolen: cell phone. Total value: $549.

Unattended death: 700 block Shady Lane.

Arrested: Christopher Dewon Dance: 1400 block Georgetown Road. Possession of marijuana un-der 2 ounces.

Criminal mischief over $1,500 under $20,000: 2400 block Gail Drive. Damaged: miscellaneous household items. Total value: $2,400.

Theft under $50: 2600 block Curtis Drive. Stolen: sign and pole. Value: $30.

Arrested: Leslie Irue Evans: intersection Veterans Avenue and S. 5th St. Assist another agency (Coryell

-pear speeding 11-1 over.

Arrested: Deborah Louise Janssen: 1100 block Rhonda Lee Street. Assault by contact/family vio-lence.

Welfare concern, safekeeping: 1400 block Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

Criminal mischief over $500 under $1,500: 2000 block Dennis Street. Damaged: vehicle windshield, door frame. Total value: $1,000.

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Police Blotter

$14,100 stolen from bank by fraudBy LAURA WRAYCove Leader-Press

The Copperas Cove Po-lice Department responded to the 400 block of South Main Street on Friday at 3:38 p.m. after money in the amount of $14,100 was reported sto-len from a bank. Sgt. Martin Ruiz of the CC Police De-partment said at press time this was a case of fraud.

The Copperas Cove Po-lice Department answered a call pertaining to a burglary of a building including theft on Friday at 1:26 a.m. from the 200 block of South Drive where a door, a mirror and drawers were damaged and water heaters, an air condi-tioning unit, smoke detec-tors and shelves were stolen. The total monetary value as-sessed in this incident was $4,540.

Desland Ray Wallace and Rebecca Faye Harris were arrested on Friday at

12:25 p.m. and 12:28 p.m. respectively in the same report number in the 600 block of West Avenue E. Wal-lace was arrested for aggravated assault against a constable, criminal trespass and pos-session of under one gram of a penalty group one controlled substance. Har-ris was arrested for criminal trespass, possession of under one gram of a penalty group one controlled substance and possession of drug parapher-nalia.

Hannah Michele Shan-non-Maldonado was arrested on Friday at 7:49 a.m. for the theft of an Xbox One and a laptop computer together val-ued at $2,300 from the 1100 block of South 17th Street on March 9. Cove police assisted the Coryell County

Shannon for theft over $500 but un-der $1,500.

C h r i s t o -pher Francis Early was ar-rested in the 500 block of

West Wash-ington Avenue

on Friday at 5:49 p.m. for burglary of a

residence that happened on March 9 in the 400 block of Northern Dove Lane where a picture frame was damaged

then recovered. A television was stolen during this inci-dent, and the total monetary value assessed was $608. Early was also arrested for possession of over one gram but under four grams of a penalty group one controlled substance.

Cove police assisted the Coryell County Sheriff’s Of-

Anthony on Friday at 10:41

a.m. in the 400 block of South 25th Street for failure to appear in a matter of a bur-glary of a vehicle. Anthony was also arrested in connec-tion with an accident that had occurred at the same time and reported from the same location.

-ued at $500 was reported on Friday at 4:21 p.m. from the S.C. Lee Junior High School area.

The Copperas Cove Police Department arrested Aaron Anthony Crawford on Saturday at 12:18 a.m. in the 700 block of North 5th Street for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful

felon. A helmet found in the 700 block of North 7th Street reported earlier at 11:14 p.m. on Friday was also listed in this report number.

Travarus Ramon Cal-houn was arrested on Satur-day at 1:03 a.m. in the 2400

block of East Business High-way 190 for driving while in-toxicated in connection with an accident that had been reported from the same loca-tion earlier at 12:37 a.m. No

Valerie Denise Davis was arrested on Saturday at 3:04 a.m. in the 1600 block of East Business Highway 190 for possession of under two ounces of marijuana and for possession of a dangerous drug.

Between March 12 and 15, there was one arrest for aggravated assault against a public servant, one arrest for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one arrest for assault by contact involving family violence. There was also one incident of two counts of assault caus-ing bodily injury and one report with one count of the

-sault by contact involving family violence.

Here is the Copperas Cove Police Department activity for March 12 through March 15.

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TodaySBDC Small Business 101

Workshop, 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Copperas Cove EDC, 210 S. 1st St., 254-547-7874

No Toddler Time this week at the CC Public Library

Browning Community Gar-den Club meeting 10 a.m. at Clear Creek Baptist Church Fel-lowship Hall

CC Senior Center PO-KE-NO 2, 10:30 a.m. at 1012 North Drive, Suite 5

CC Senior Center St. Pat-rick’s Day Potluck, ($3), 11:30 a.m.

Central Texas Travel Club meeting, noon at the Bell County Museum, Main Street in Belton, 254-760-3350

Chamber Ambassadors meeting, noon-1 p.m. at National Bank

CC City Council meeting workshop, 5 p.m., regular meet-ing, 6 p.m. at 210 S. 1st St.

Square Dance Lessons, 7-9 p.m., ($3 donation), CC Public Library

TOPS meeting, 7 p.m. at Cove Christian Church, 1908 Morrow Drive

Registration for 5th Annual Bush’s Spring Chicken 10K until March 23, www.racetemple.com or 254-298-5582

Applications being taken now through April 11 for youth positions on the Youth Advisory Council and for positions on the Library Advisory Board, the Hos-pital Authority Board and the Keep Copperas Cove Beautiful Commission, 914 S. Main St., Suite C, 254-547-4221

March 18Exchange Club meeting,

6:30-7:30 a.m. at Lil’ TexCC Senior Center Exercise,

8-9 a.m. at 1012 North Drive, Suite 5

CC Senior Center Games/Cards, all day

Book Club, 10 a.m., CC Public Library

Business Network Interna-tional (BNI), 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Giovanni’s

Chamber Board of Direc-tor’s meeting, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., 1408 Golf Course Rd.

Copperas Cove Shriners Club meeting, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Lil’ Tex

Zumba Sentao, 6-7 p.m., $6 per person at 1206 W. Ave. B

March 19No Story Time this week at

the CC Public LibraryCC Senior Center Fellow-

ship/Bible Study, 9:30 a.m. at 1012 North Drive, Suite 5

CC Senior Center Crafts, 9:30 a.m.

Rotary Club meeting, noon-1 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church

Teen Manga-Pizza-Anime-Gaming-Reading Club meeting, 4:30-5:30 p.m., CC Public Library

March 20CC Senior Center Garage

Sale, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at 1012 North Drive, Suite 5

CC Senior Center Exercise, 8-9 a.m.

Food Truck Fridays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Green Avenue Park Lunch Lot, 717 N. 2nd St. in Killeen

CC Senior Center Snack, ($1), 11 a.m.

CC Senior Center Bingo, 11:45 a.m.

Zumba, 4:30-5:30 p.m. at Metroplex Hospital, $5 per per-son, 254-519-8316

Holy Family Catholic Church Lenten Fish Fry, 6-8 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall on FM 2657, 254-547-3735

March 21CC Senior Center Garage

Sale, 8 a.m.-noon at 1012 North Drive, Suite 5

Gaming Session, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., CC Public Library

Variety’s Kites for Kids, 1-4 p.m. at Peaceable Kingdom, 19051 FM 2484, 254-554-5555

March 23CC Senior Center Exercise,

8-9 a.m. at 1012 North Drive, Suite 5

CC Senior Center Knit/Cro-chet, 9-10 a.m.

Square Dance Lessons, 7-9 p.m., ($3 donation), CC Public Library

March 24Toddler Time, ages 1-3, 10

a.m., CC Public LibraryCC Senior Center Snack, 11

a.m. at 1012 North Drive, Suite 5CC Senior Center Bingo,

11:45 a.m.Copperas Cove Lions Club

meeting, noon-1 p.m. at Lil’ TexTOPS meeting, 7 p.m. at

Cove Christian Church, 1908 Morrow Drive

By LYNETTE SOWELLCove Leader-Press

Copperas Cove residents will have the chance to sample a vari-ety of fare from local restaurants at the upcoming Taste and See Cove on April 14 at the Copperas Cove Civic Center, from 5:30 until 8 p.m.

For $10 per adult ticket and $5 for children 12 and under, or a family pack of two adult and two child tickets for $25, diners can graze their way around the civic center.

with fun and door prizes donated

by the vendors. The idea behind the event is a way for residents to try before they dine at restaurants in the local area, as well as get samples, special offers and cou-pons from businesses at the event.

Currently the chamber is seek-ing out restaurants, caterers and bakers who would like to partici-

pate and get the word out about their food and services.

In addition to space for food exhibtors, the chamber also has a limited number of business vendor spaces available.

All registrants must pay a re-fundable $125 deposit to hold their spot, which will be refunded the evening of the event.

There is no additional charge for chamber members who are ei-ther food exhibitors or business vendors. A food exhibitor space costs $75 for non-members. Busi-ness exhibitor spaces are $100 for chamber members and $125 for non-members.

Food vendors should plan to bring enough sample-size portions for 200, along with a door prize valued at $25. Restaurants and businesses are welcome to bring menus, promotional items and coupons that evening.

Sponsorships are available for

features at different levels. Tickets are on sale now and can

be purchased at the chamber Mon-day through Friday from 8 a.m. un-til 5 p.m., or online at eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-see-cove-tickets-16146874737

Early bird prices are good through April 1.

See CHOIR, Page 12

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By CHUCK TAYLORCove Leader-Press

The Copperas Cove Knights of Columbus cel-ebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a dinner celebration at their Knights Hall this past Saturday evening.

The facility was decked out in green as were all of the guests attending. While most of the guests attending were a part of the Copperas Cove Holy Family Catholic Church, guest from around Texas including San Antonio made the trip to en-joy the dinner and fellowship.

Corn beef and and boiled cabbage, the tra-ditional foods for the holiday, were served up by volunteers and enjoyed by all.

One of the members, Jim French, spoke of the history of the Knights of Columbus noting that lo-cally, this was the 30th year that the event has been celebrated by this group.

He went on to say that the worldwide organi-zation was founded in New Haven, Connecticut in

1882 and was named after Christopher Columbus.Within the United States, the Knights are ac-

tive in the political arena lobbying for laws and positions that uphold the Catholic Church’s posi-tions on public policy and social issues.

CCLP/CHUCK TAYLOROlivia Upp, left, Jim French, Al Castillo and Lea Hrncir take a break from helping serve food and pose for a picture.

Knights of Columbus celebrate St. Patrick’s Day dinner Saturday

CCLP/CHUCK TAYLORKnights of Columbus supporters purchase raffle tickets during the annual St. Patrick’s Day dinner.

Choir students qualify for state UIL solo contest By WENDY SLEDDSpecial to Leader-Press

William Shakespeare once said, “All’s well that ends well.” That was the case for Copperas Cove High School Choir Director Daniel Montgomery.

The day that his students would be vy-ing for only a handful of highly competitive spots in the Texas UIL Solo and Ensemble Competition did not start well. Icy weather had moved in the night before and the roads were like glass. The bus would not be leaving on time the next morning…that much was certain. The message was sent to the students to change their departure time from the high school from 6:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. Then, time dragged by. By 9:30 a.m., the road condi-tions had improved only slightly and CCISD chose student safety over the earlier arrival to the contest and determined buses would leave at 11 a.m. But, in the end it was worth the wait for Montgomery and his students.

“It was a really long day,” he said, drag-ging out the word “long.” “But quick sum-mary, 28 medalists and 15 of those will ad-vance to the state round.”

In addition to Copperas Cove, stu-dents from Harker Heights, Temple, Belton, Killeen, Ellison, Shoemaker, and Lampasas performed in the competition hoping to earn a Superior or “1” rating. Montgomery said the students really compete against their best individual performances.

“In many ways, it is harder to compete for a score than to compete against each oth-er because the standard for scoring is very

‘1.’”A singer that earns a “1” while compet-

By CHUCK TAYLOR Cove Leader-Press

Hettie Halstead Elemen-tary School held a career day on Friday for 3rd through 5th grade students. Anticipation ran high among both the stu-dents and staff because they had been told that an NFL player would be visiting.

With the cafeteria full to

Saints offensive lineman Ter-ron Armstead was introduced to the crowd. Terron spoke to the students about his path to becoming an NFL player. He

said that he was brought up in a small town in Southern Illi-nois and participated in both track and football during his years in high school.

He went on to say that

football but as he continued to play the game, he became a fan. Armstead told the stu-dents that the most important thing that got him to where he is today was school. He especially pointed out read-ing. Without having the abil-ity to read, he would have never been able to apply to the University of Arkansas and

he would not have been able to read the play books which were supplied to the team.

While in college, Arm-stead played football and also held down a job as a health instructor for the local YMCA in Pine Bluff. He was scouted by representatives from the NFL and was drafted in the 3rd round by the New Orleans Saints. He began his career in

2013 and is now about to be-gin his 3rd year as a Saint.

During his entire presen-tation to the students, Arm-stead continually emphasized the importance of getting a

good education. He was able to interact well with the kids and at the end of his speech, he patiently waited as hun-dreds of students lined up for an autograph.

Hettie Halstead career day gets a Saints visit

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By TJ MAXWELLCove Leader-Press

Senior Raelynn Morris-Utu has been waiting a long time to prove herself. A val-ued, but rarely used, member of the Lady Dawg volleyball team and rare sighting-on the diamond, Morris-Utu has been waiting her entire senior season to prove herself.

She did just that on Fri-day night in the third game of a back-to-back-to-back district schedule that left the Lady Dawgs 2-1 after the smoke cleared.

Morris-Utu had been questioning her place on the team, but after her game-winning two-RBI double off the fence in the bottom of the sixth inning of their 5-4 win over Ellison on Friday, no one is questioning her worth now.

“It felt great actually,” said Morris-Utu. “I had thoughts going on in my mind about not playing and everything but it’s not about me, it’s about my team. This was for them – not for me – for all of us. I was nervous but this was shot to prove to everyone what I could do and I did amazing. This was for my team and my coaches.”

The move by head coach Bryan Waller for Morris-Utu to pinch-hit in the ninth spot for Zoe Frizzell down two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning proved to be the right one.

“She has a heart of gold and she works her tail off so she’s determined,” said

Waller. “I wanted to give her a shot because I knew she had the strength to get it in

we needed at that point. Low and behold, she almost hit it over the fence. I’m very proud of her. She wanted to be out there more. We found an opportunity to get her in and she took advantage of it.”

Morris-Utu had help along the way.

The Lady Dawgs needed some hits and senior Rachel Jost obliged. She connected on a double to the fence that scored Ariel Smith, who reached base on a walk. Jost’s RBI answered the score of Ellison’s Madi-son Livers who scored on a hit batsmen after singling to reach. Jost connected again on a single in the sixth inning to represent the tying run.

Down 4-1 entering the

Lady Dawgs’ senior Angel Mullen connected on her

home run to bring the Lady Dawgs within striking dis-tance for Morris-Utu.

Senior pitcher Carlee

her catcher, Mullen, blasted her home with a one-out shot

“I didn’t think I’d hit a home run,” said Mullen. “I’ve never hit an (over-the-fence home run) in my life. When I saw it go over, I was so happy. I thought, and no-body else thought, I would

over. It was a great feeling. I knew it would get their mo-

got me hyped. I wasn’t feel-ing well at the beginning of the game, and then after that, I was healed.”

That set the table for Morris-Utu to show her stuff in the sixth.

“I was so proud of her,” Mullen said of Morris-Utu. “I really wanted her to be the one to be the hero and win this game for us. When she did, our whole team was so proud of her. I knew she had it in her and she knew she had it in her. That was a big mo-ment for her.”

Then it was all defense for Cove. The Lady Dawgs closed out the game with two solid innings defensively.

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the top of the seventh to cap the second-consecutive three-up, three-down inning for the Lady Dawgs.

It was a huge win for coach Waller and his squad.

“We just knew that we had to be patient and we would eventually get our hits,” he said. “I wish we would have gotten more of them consecutively, but the ones we got counted – the hit-and-run with Rachel, Angel’s

homerun and then Raelyn’s hit. Those three hits were the ones that drove in all the runs. They were timely and that’s what you need in this game.”

Morris-Utu led the box score going 1-for-1 with a double for two RBIs. Mullen (1-for-2, HR, 2R, 2RBI) and Jost (2-3, 2B, R, RBI) and Duran (2-for-4, R) contrib-

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Fletcher/Smith win Spring Fling boys’ doublesBy TJ MAXWELLCove Leader-Press

The Copperas Cove tennis team continues to im-prove, especially in doubles play.

After claiming many

through the proverbial wall and captured a title at the Spring Fling Tennis Tourna-ment held Friday at the Cop-peras Cove and Ellison High School courts.

The boys’ doubles team of Nic Fletcher and Dominic Smith have challenged their opponents all year, but on World Tennis Day, they were able to close the deal to earn

the tournament crown.“Our doubles are getting

better and better every week,”

said head coach Paul Talbett. “Our boys’ doubles (Fletcher and Smith) have pretty much

been in the top four of every tournament and they closed one out today where they’ve been having trouble against those really strong, elite teams. They played well, they just couldn’t close it out. They closed one out today and won the tournament so that was a big step for them moving forward.”

Fletcher/Smith made easy work of their opponents on the way to the tournament crown.

round bye, they blanked their Bryan Rudder opponents Vance/Tasillo 8-0 to advance

win over Georgetown East View’s Strandboge/Thoene

against Ellison’s Osburn/Yi.Again, they made quick

They had to work much

East View’s Brown and So-renson but the result was the same. The Dawgs came

The girls’ doubles and mixed doubles weren’t so shabby themselves.

The girls’ doubles duo of Tessa Bliss and Sydney

place while the sister duo

MLB Pitch, Hit and Run set for March 28

The 2015 Annual Ma-jor League Baseball (MLB) Pitch, Hit and Run event, sponsored by the Copperas Cove Parks and Recreation Department, is planned for March 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. on Fields #1 and #2 in the City Park, located at 1204 West Avenue B.

Pitch, Hit and Run, the

Major League Baseball, is a single day event for boys and girls between the ages of seven and fourteen. Boys and girls compete separately, and participants have the opportu-nity to compete at four levels including locals, sectionals, team championships and the

All-Star game.Registration will occur at

the actual event which is free and open to the public.

For further information contact Parks and Recreation at 254-542-2719.

10K set for March 28

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begin and end at West Temple Park. The event will be chip timed and access to profes-sional race photos is included in the fee.

Pre-registration is $25 and closes on March 23. Packet pickup and race day registration will take place the morning of the race from

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By TJ MAXWELLCove Leader-Press

LORENA – The Bull-dawg baseball teams capped its non-district schedule by winning their pool of the Waco Connally baseball tour-nament held in Waco and Lo-rena over the weekend.

Cove and Lorena com-bined for 32 runs on 29 hits in a slugfest to close out the two-day tournament.

“I thought it was a great way to end non-district,” said Bulldawgs’ head baseball coach Dusty Brittain. “We should’ve went 4-0, but we did win our pool.”

Senior Tristan Marez pounded the Leopard pitch-ing staff with a perfect 4-for-4 outing from the plate for two doubles, four runs and three RBIs.

Marez connected on a

inning to push Cove’s lead to 4-0. He also singled in the second inning to help push the Cove lead to 11-0.

Lorena responded with

seven runs in the bottom of the inning to make it a four-run game 11-7 entering the third inning.

The Dawgs added two more runs in the top of the third for a 13-7 lead. Mi-chael Hays (2-for-3, 3R, RBI) singled with one out before Marez and Tyler Ingram (3-for-4, 2B, 2R, 2RBIs) each connected on doubles to plate Hays and Marez.

-lowed Lorena to plate a run in the bottom of the inning, but a huge top of the inning by the Bulldawgs would push their lead out of reach.

After Tim Bechtold and Cameron Johnson reached on errors to begin the inning, junior Terrance Chamberlin (3-for-3, 3B, 3R, RBI) tripled

runner Brandon Williams. Bechtold (3-for-4, 2B, 3RBI,

2R) scored on the Johnson er-ror.

Hays, who was hit by a pitch and, Marez, who reached on an error, were batted home on singles by In-gram and Jeremi Hawkins (2-for-3, 2B, 2R, 2RBI) to close out the Dawgs scoring.

Lorena added four runs of their own in the bottom of

-cit was too large to overcome.

The Dawgs (7-5) held on for the 18-13 win and 3-1 re-cord in tournament action.

“(Against) Lorena, we got hot offensively,” said Brit-tain. “It was nice to see the bats get going prior to district starting.”

Johnson earned the win from the bump for Cove. He surrendered seven earned runs on nine hits in three in-nings.

The Dawgs began their

Saturday with a 7-0 shutout of Gatesville.

Junior hurler Neeko Kirk pitched a complete-game shutout for the win. He al-lowed no earned runs on three

walking two in six innings.Offensively, senior Adri-

an Oviedo led the way going 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBIs and Chamberlin went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI.

Cove quickly took con-

helped his own cause when he

hit by a pitch to reach base.Marez then scored Alex

Hartwell was a courtesy run-ner for Johnson who singled

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For Christians spring is a reminder of a very special time of the year. Holy

Writ tells of the momentous events that took place from the time of Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem and the precious day of Pentecost where, true to His promise, the Comforter arrived on the scene as an active Helper to the Christian church. In recent years I have gotten into the habit of calling this pe-riod that begins on Palm Sunday and ends on Pentecost Sunday, the Holiest Season.

In my own, personal observances, I re-

than Christmas. Part of that position stems from the overly-commercialization of the Yule-tide. I love Christmas and enjoy it to the fullest, but it is the Holiest Season that really

grabs my heart.In just 12 days that sea-

son will begin with Palm Sunday celebrated on the 29th of March. In his Gos-pel the Apostle Matthew re-cords “8 Most of the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cut-ting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road. 9 The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David; BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN

THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the highest!” (Matthew 21:8-9 (NASB)). It is from the palm branches, waved by the cheering crowds, that this important day on the church calendar derives its name.

This cheering was soon to change. Perhaps many of these same people who were exalting the Son of David were, just a few days hence, crying for his execu-tion (Matt. 27:22, 23). This change in heart continued

up and down as the ecclesia of God attracted more and more people, both for and against the person of Jesus Christ. Instead of just cel-ebrating Holy Week (Palm Sunday to Res-urrection Sunday), for a person of faith, the

what was begun on that fateful, triumphal en-try into the capital of the Jews.

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of Hope Greiner and Kara Greiner brought home a

Bliss/Danemarks earned an 8-1 win over East View’s Halter/Mers after receiving a bye in round one. They scored a third-round win over El-lison’s Castro/Martinez 6-2, 6-3 before falling, 6-2, 6-2 to eventual champions Wheeler/Mumford of Lago Vista.

The Greiner sisters’ road to the semis was similar.

round bye, the duo downed Ellison’s Sparacell/Heskey

Connally’s Nguyen/Do 6-1, 7-5 to earn a spot in the semi-

Crowder/White.The two Cove teams then

faced off in the third-place match with Bliss/Danemarks taking the contest 2-6, 6-3 (9).

“Our girls’ doubles had another strong tourna-

fourth,” said Talbett. “They lost against two pretty strong teams in the semis. They both look like they have a chance to be seeded at district.”

A new pairing in mixed doubles is also paying divi-dends for coach Talbett and his squad. The newly-formed duo of Jeremiah Gray and Zonya Mackwelung have earned a No. 1 mixed doubles team designation and earned a

-nament.

“I just put them together and they’re starting to look really good and click,” said Talbett. “They played at A&M with no practice, then they had this whole week. They’re improving and look-ing good.”

The duo raced past the Burnet team of Hogan/McHazlett in round two 8-0 before downing Shoemaker’s Tyson/Arriaza 6-2, 6-2 in the

Their run ended in a 6-4, 6-3 match against Heights’ Adams/Patterson in the semi-

a 6-4, 6-2 win over Heights’ Fuertes/Guerrero in the third-place game.

The best singles show-ing for the Dawgs came from another player that is trying something new.

Cove’s Talullah Cross, who had been playing mixed

-ished fourth in girl’s singles.

Cross defeated Burnet’s Savannah McHam 8-6 in the second round after receiving a

She continued her win-

with a 6-3, 6-4 win over East View’s Jordan Finkenkeler but eventually fell to Harker Height’s No. 1 girl Erica Vellejo 7-6 (7-1), 6-2 in her

three-hour matches.Cross battled back from

Heights’ No. 2 girl Erin Mar-ratta to win 5-7 in the second set and force a third-set tie-breaker. Marratta held on for

take third.“Talullah Cross may be

the biggest surprise of the day,” said Talbett. “She has been playing mixed doubles most of the year. I put her in singles in Bryan last week with no practice and she did

-day and had two three-hour matches back-to-back against Heights’ No. 1 and No. 2 girls, which are two of the top girls in our district. If she can keep improving over the next couple of weeks, I don’t know if I would want to face

sure.”Other strong showings

came from the boys’ doubles

team of Jake Abraham/Brett Alber, the mixed doubles team of Daniel Gorman/Tati-ana Wagner and girls’ doubles teams Abby Mackwelung and Bridget Van Hecke.

Abraham/Alber fought back from a set down to force

against Killeen’s Hong/Her-

set 6-4 before winning 5-7 in

pushed to 9-9 before Killeen

points for the win.“The thing about Abra-

ham and Alber that I was pleased with today is, they were having a bad day and not playing well,” said Tal-bett. “But, they found a way to stay in it and gave them-selves a chance to win. They were actually 9-9 at one point in the tiebreaker. They had a chance to win it and they were not playing well, so if they can play with good teams like that not playing well, that’s only going to make us better.”

Gorman and Wagner also battled their way to the

Killeen’s Rarangol/Jackson 8-3 in the opening round be-fore downing Ellison’s Ber-nard/Chang 8-3 in round two.

They battled back from a

Fuertes/Guerrero to win 5-7 in the second. Both teams battled back-and-fourth in the tiebreak but Height’s was able to secure the 10-7 win.

Finally, Mackwelung/Van Hecke lost their open-ing match against Heights’ Crowder/White 8-1 before reeling off three straight wins to earn the consolation title.

The duo took out Killeen’s Turner/Nazario-Ovalle 8-4 and Cove’s Big-ness/Crawford in the next

their tournament with an 8-5 win over Heights’ Holt/Mar-tin.

“It was an overall very successful day for Dawg Tennis,” said Talbett. “This was our last tournament be-fore the district coaches seed meeting (on Monday) where we set up the draws. Today’s results may have put some of our players in a better posi-tion to get seeded at district.”

The team will get rested up over spring break and will

tournament Friday, March 27 for the Eagle 8 Invitational at Ellison High School before the District 12-6A Tourna-ment April 8-9 at the Waco Regional Tennis and Fitness Center.

“We’ve seen enough of our district that we know how certain people play,” said Tal-bett. “When we see how the draw shakes out, we’ll start working on some particular things to counter what some of those teams do.”

uted offensively.Duran also picked up the

win from the circle.Bryanna Sanchez suf-

fered the loss for Ellison (12-6, 1-1 in District 12-6A).

The rally gives the Lady Dawgs a 9-5 record over and 2-1 record in District 12-6A.

“I’m happy with that,” said Waller. “We knew Belton was going to take a Herculean effort. They put up as big of

we knew it was going to take a different type of effort be-cause we’re going from see-ing 65-70 miles per hour to having to wait. I think that’s what got us a little bit later on. We’ll know how to prepare next time and go from there.”

The Lady Dawgs play -

en days this afternoon when they host Harker Heights at 2 p.m. They faced Midway in a road contest last night.

“It’s exhausting but this is what we love to do,” said Morris-Utu. “This is what we

wake up every day to do. It’s not tiring when you’re doing something that you love and you’re having fun doing it.”

Waller agrees.“Being an athlete, I

would rather play then prac-tice because practices aren’t near as fun as games, but we’ll get it done.”

“But, he said, “We will be ready for the break and for some time off.”

The Lady Dawgs have six days off before resuming district action at Shoemaker on Tuesday, March 24.

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the inning came off the three-

Oviedo that scored Chamber-lin and McAvan Price. Price singled to short to reach.

The score stayed the same until the Dawgs added two more runs in the bottom

A single by Marez plated Chamberlin who reached on an error. Price also advanced

-nal run. Price reached base by getting hit by a pitch.

Marez (1-for-4, 2RBI), Johnson (1-for-4), Hays (1-for-3), Price (0-for-2, 2R), Kirk (0-for-2, R) and Hart-well (R) contributed offen-sively.

The Dawgs began the tournament with a 10-4 win over Waco University before suffering their only loss of the tournament against Mexia 6-5.

Price (1-for-1, R, RBI), Fisher (1-for-2, R), Bechtold (2-for-4, R, RBI), Hawkins (1-for-3, 4RBI, R) Chamber-lin (1-for-2, R, RBI), Kirk (1-for-3, R, RBI), Hays (0-for-1, 3R) and Hartwell (0-for-2, R) contributed offensively for Cove against University.

Oviedo picked up the win from the mound for Cove. He surrendered three

also struck out four batters

“Defensively, we made some mistakes here and there

but overall it wasn’t too bad,” summed up Brittain. “Our pitchers pitched well. Neeko Kirk threw another shutout and proved to be someone who can help up win games.”

The Dawgs kick off their district slate at home against Killeen tonight before travel-ling to Belton on Friday.

“As we start district, spe-

have got to be able to throw strikes consistently and keep ourselves out of the bad in-nings,” said Brittain. Make other teams beat us rather than us giving them opportunities with walks. Offensively, we have got to stay hot. Execute bunts when needed and come through with big hits when that opportunity arises.”

CCLP/LEE LETZERCove senior Angel Mullen celebrates her two-run home run.

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and Police Services is seek-ing an additional $15,909, to cover purchase orders for multi-year contracts for uniforms, ammunition, as well as maintenance of the HVAC units at the police department.

Also, the police de-partment would like $,1000 more for administration cleaning supplies, as well as $500 for computer sup-plies due to reductions necessary to help balance the overall budget. Police Services is requesting an additional $500 for com-puter supplies, $1,000 for UPS battery backups, and $6,000 for training needs

computer supplies was originally reduced in the adopted budget, but ink cartridges are necessary for dispatch and the UPS bat-teries are needed to ensure the phone and computer systems in the building remain operational in the

supplement the training re-sources, $10,000 in training

included in the professional development account.

departments are also re-quested, including moving $1,500 from Animal Con-trol due to vacancies to Hu-man Resources to repair the copier ($500) and addition-al employee recognition re-sources ($1,000). A transfer from Municipal Court in the amount of $14,429, Fire

of $23,858, and Athletics in the amount of $11,713 is requested to be moved into the Non-Departmental Pro-fessional Services account

Consultant in the amount of $50,000. City Council authorized the agreement with Susan Ross on De-cember 22, 2014.

between accounts and does not require an increase in the budget. When the origi-nal budget was adopted, the incorrect amounts were in-

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& Girls Club will receive $3,125 in the fund budget, with the chamber’s amount increasing to $126,250 from the $101,100 ad-

opted. C.H.A.M.P.S. will receive $17,000 instead of the adopted amount of $27,000. Contingencies have been adjusted to an amount of $36,281, down

budget is consistent with City Council’s discussion on July 31, 2014 when City Council determined the distribution of resources in this fund.

Also included in the proposed budget amend-ment is are several re-quested transfers between

moving $1,500 from Ani-mal Control due to vacan-cies to Human Resources to repair the copier at $500 and additional employee recognition resources of $1,000. A transfer from Municipal Court in the amount of $14,429, Fire

of $23,858, and Athletics in the amount of $11,713 is requested to be moved into the Non-Departmental Pro-fessional Services account for the state legislative consultant in the amount of $50,000. City Council authorized the agreement

with consultant Susan Ross on Dec. 22, 2014.

In addition to the pub-lic hearing for the budget amendment, the council has been presented with a list of seven action items for

of which is the presentation

year 2014 comprehensive

the city’s water conserva-tion and drought contingen-

its plan last year, noting ar-eas of concern where water demand based on distribu-tion capacity is concerned.

County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, and this updated plan is

-ity to provide water from

drought conditions. Council must also

vote on whether it will au-

$330,000 toward Constitu-tion Court Phase II, a 72-

will include a promissory note, escrow agreement,

and a land use restriction.

borrower to comply with -

ments for persons of low income and that no less

number of units of the proj-ect to moderate shall at all times be rented to and oc-

veterans during the term of the agreement.

-ing asked to authorize the

second amendment to the -

tion agreement between the City of Copperas Cove and

to address authorizing the developer to request the initial zoning be a planned

-theran Church Road.

currently taking place at the corner of F.M. 1113 and

city is looking to provide an overhead and underground

they locate electric supply and telecommunications

equipment for that project.

like to amend the chapter 8 of the code of ordinances, where it concerns regu-lating high weeds, grass, rubbish, junk or other ob-jectionable, unsightly or unsanitary matter on prem-

-ing liens with the county without having to amend the ordinance each time the

-ing fees.

asked to consider and take action on evaluating the services of the city attorney and the municipal court prosecutor.

-ing will take place at the

Development Corporation, -

utes will be allotted at the beginning of the council meeting for a citizens fo-rum.

-da items can be viewed in detail at www.copper-

Resources and selecting Agenda and Minutes.

Communities and counties that have lost more than two percent of

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nated as disproportionately affected.

areas with an amount equal to what most other communities have lost as

Copperas Cove’s general fund

which is 3.19 percent, with a bud-geted revenue of $15,019,925 for

properties whose homeowners claim

2010. General fund numbers don’t include the debt service portion of

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time, but an early estimate of 2016’s ad valorem revenue is over the half million dollar mark, at $523,536.

is pleased to be working with Sen.

Ross, to gain legislative assistance -

said city manager Andrea Gardner. “While the City of Copperas Cove

greatly appreciates the service of our military members, and is pleased to

those who have sustained disabilities as a result of their service to our great country, we simply request all cities

-tribution to our 100 percent disabled

In a statement from Fraser’s

revenue to cities with a large number of disabled veterans was called “an

Copperas Cove and Coryell County, have been affected more strongly

than any other area of the state.-

nism for the state to support local governments that disproportionately serve a large number of our disabled

close funding gaps on the local level inadvertently created by the 100%

is a small, but necessary contribution to support our veterans, their fami-lies and the communities they call

100 percent disabled veterans living

-viving spouses of 100 percent dis-abled veterans.

In December 2014, the Cop-peras Cove city council approved a contract with lobbyist Susan Ross, who along with Gardner have been spending time in Austin and the local area sharing the effects of the 2009 and 2011 legislation that have detri-mentally affected the communities around Fort Hood, especially Cop-peras Cove.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGSOn March 17, 2015 and April 7, 2015, during Regular City Council Meetings, the City Council of the City of Copperas Cove will hold public hearings on an ordinance to amend the FY 2014-2015 Annual Operating Bud-get for the City of Copperas Cove. Both City Council Meetings will begin at 6:00 pm each respective day and will be held at the Economic Development Corporation, 210 South First Street, Copperas Cove, Texas 76522. The proposed amendments to the FY 2014-2015 Annual Operating Budget are as follows:

Fund Revenue Expenditure Appropriations Appropriations Increase/(Decrease) Increase/(Decrease)General Fund TCOLE Grant Revenues ............................................................. $10,000 ....................................... Police-Administration – Operating requests ..........................................................................$1,500 Police-Administration – Unexpended Purchase Orders ........................................................$4,657 Police-Administration – Training (TCOLE funds) ...................................................................$1,100 Police-Services – Operating requests ...................................................................................$7,500 Police-Service – Unexpended Purchase Orders .................................................................$15,909 Police-Service – Training (TCOLE funds) ..............................................................................$8,900 Animal Control – Salary savings from vacancies .............................................................. ($1,500) Human Resources – Repairs and employee recognition ......................................................$1,500 Municipal Court – Salary savings from vacancies ............................................................ ($14,429) Fire/EMS-Operations – Salary savings from vacancies ................................................... ($23,858) Athletics – Salary savings from vacancies ........................................................................($11,713) Non-Departmental – Professional Services .........................................................................$50,000Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund .................................................................................................................. Tourism–Chamber of Commerce – Correction ...................................................................$25,150 Tourism–Boys & Girls Club – Correction ...............................................................................$3,125 C.H.A.M.P.S. – Correction ................................................................................................ ($27,000) Contingencies – Correction .............................................................................................. ($18,275)City-Wide Donations Fund .................................................................................................................... Soccer program donations ............................................................... $499 ...............................$499 Library donations ........................................................................... $2,940 ............................$2,940City-Wide Grants Fund .......................................................................................................................... Library Edge Initiative Grant ........................................................ $10,000 ..........................$10,000

................................................................................................. Downtown Sidewalk Reconstruction Design .......................................................................$67,000 Solid Waste Tipping Floor Repair Design ............................................................................$33,200

HEAD STARTTAKING APPLICATIONS !!! ( No Transportation Provided)

Cove Sunshine, North Drive and City Park Head Start are now accepting applications for the 2015-2016 school year. Head Start is a pre-school offering excellent educational opportunities along with medical, dental, developmen-tal, and nutritional benefits at no cost. The Head Start approach of individ-ualized care and guidance is well suited to helping children with disabilities. Children between the ages of 3 and 5 may be eligible. There is no charge for participation in Head Start. Pick up your application now at the HeadStart Center at 1105 Leonhard Street, 1008 N. Drive or 1202 West Avenue B. For

more information, call your local center at 547-0769, 547-1771 or 547-4465 or Hill Country Community Action Association at 325/372-5167

HEAD STARTESTA ACEPTANDO APLICACIONES !!!

(Ningun Transporte Proporcionado) Cove Sunshine, North Drive and City Park Head Start esta aceptando

aplicaciones para el ano 2015-2016. Head Start es una escuelita para ninos de edad 3-5 anos que califican. Head Start ofrece oportunidades excelentes para educacion y tambien beneficos de medico, dental, desarrollo, y de alimento. Head Start ofrece mucha ayuda para ninos y familias. No cuesta nada para

que su nino atiende el programa de Head Start. Puede usted recojer ahora una aplicacion para solicitar un puesto en Head Start. Para mas informacion llame a la Head Start, 1105 Leonhard Street, 1008 North Drive, 1202 West Avenue B, # del telefono: 254/547-0769, 547-1771 or 547-4465 or Hill Country Commu-

nity Action Association at 325/372-5167.

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notice Failure to claim the vehicle and/or property before the 30th day after the date of the notice is pro-vided is: A) A waiver of all rights, title, or interest in the vehicle; and B) A consent to sale the vehicle at a pubic sale. 2008 Kawasaki KFX700 ATV, Green, Vin# JKAS-V6A198B520454 LP# N/A. Authorized by CCSO. Total towing charges due: $524.65 plus $20 a day storage. 2007 Kawasaki FFX700 ATV, Blue, Vin# JKASV6B157B508010 LP# N/A. Total towing charg-es due: $524.65 plus $20 a day storage. Vehicles stored at Mid-Tex Paint & Body, Inc. 852 Pecan Cove, Copperas Cove, Texas. 254-547-0641. VSF# 0001204VSF Owner or lien holder may claim ve-hicles by proof of ownership and payment of all charges due.

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Lisa, the elephant. With Best guiding the

elephant, Dane served as the honorary ringmaster and wel-comed the sold-out crowd to the show. The crowd erupted in applause for the two young women.

“I absolutely loved hav-ing a part in the circus and

could not be more thankful for the opportunity that was given to me,” Best said. “It was truly a once in a lifetime experience that will never be forgotten. This appearance as

-nitely set the record for future events as a queen.”

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led the class.Worms can eat many

kinds of organic matter such as paper products, egg shells and most table scraps. However, worms should not be fed oranges or other acidic foods, hot peppers or foods that are too oily.

“The one thing you never ever even think

about giving a worm is pineapple,” said Hill. “Pineapple is so acidic it will dissolve the worm. That’s it. It’s gone.”

The materials pro-vided to the class’s par-ticipants should last the worms about a week. Hill recommended adding food for the worms only once or twice a week. Over-

feeding the worms could cause the bins to smell.

Due to the class’ in-creasing popularity, Hill and Rhoads will be host-ing another class in Sep-tember of this year.

“More people are try-ing to find more ways to not throw things away and fill up landfills. Which is great,” said Rhoads.

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By CHUCK TAYLORCove Leader-Press

The Cove House and Mission Casa had a large fundraiser this past Saturday at the Cove Civic Center. It was set up like an indoor

swap meet with dozens of vendors on hand to show off their wares to visitors and their children.

There were lots of games and fun for the kids, includ-ing a tractor driven train and of course a large jump castle.

Plenty of refreshments were

and drawings for dozens of prizes.

Annette Donker who organized the event, said it was a great success with over $1,400 raised for the work

that Cove House and Mission Casa does.

She said the need grows constantly, as there are many folks including mothers who are currently in desperate need of assistance.

Cove House assists the

less fortunate throughout the Cove area and Mission Casa supports the entire Casa Drive neighborhood.

This event along with many others added thanks to the generous local folks who donate to these worthy causes.

Events like this keep places like Cove House and Mission Casa operating and helping less fortunate people to have a more comfortable life by pro-viding essentials, especially for mothers with very young children.

CCLP/CHUCK TAYLORLEFT: Matt and Ava Sudith help out at the hotdog stand during Season of Hope. CENTER: Doc McStuffins was on hand for photos with the kids. RIGHT: Jordan and Abigail Niersmann spend some time at Saturday’s Season of Hope at the Copperas Cove Civic Center. The family event raised funds for Cove House and Mission Casa.

ing in the advanced category will go on to compete again with the same song at UT-Austin in May for at the Tex-as State Solo and Ensemble. Each singer learns and per-forms one solo song from the UIL Prescribed Music List.

The singers are also separated into three catego-ries: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. The singers are placed in these categories based on their grade and ex-perience. Singers also have the option to compete in an ensemble, a small group of 3 to 8 singers. The process for ensemble competition is

identical to solo competition.Those 15 students ad-

vancing to the state contest are taking the judges’ com-ments to heart and lifting their voices in song hoping for a repeat score of a “1” in Austin.

CCHS Senior Gabriel Gomez advanced to the state-level last year. But, that does not make this year’s competition any less stress-ful.

“It was a nerve-wrack-ing, yet wonderful experi-ence,” Gomez said. “You get to practice for about two

skills to the test. It’s a very rewarding experience.”

CCHS Senior Haley Cargill is hoping her expe-rience at the regional level

the state contest.For Montgomery, he

does not expect to have to worry about icy weather for the state contest in May and that is one thing he will not have to worry about and can focus on the competition.

“It is a huge honor just to be chosen to compete at state, and it is a massive achievement to earn a high score at state,” he said.

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