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By BRITTANY FHOLER Cove Leader-Press

Parents pointed out all the eggs scattered on the field to their kids as the Easter Bunny and Cow from Chick-Fil-A wandered through the crowd Saturday morning at Copperas Cove City Park.

“Look at all the eggs! Can you count them?” Nicole Holt asker her son Liam, 2, before the Easter Egg Roundup started. This was the first time for the Holts who said they thought it was fun.

“1…2…3!!” he said. There were 15,000 eggs altogether, divided

among four age groups on three of the baseball fields: 0 to 3 on Field 1, 4 to 6 on Field 2, 7 to 9 on Field 3 and 10 to 12 back on Field 1, according to Nic Cantrell, Parks and Recreation Superinten-dent. He estimated that there were 500-600 people in attendance and thought that there could have been up to 900 had the weather been nicer instead of the chilly 43 degrees on Saturday morning.

The 0 to 3-year-olds went first at 9 a.m. and had their parents helping.

This was also the first time for Meredith Had-don, 2, and her family.

Meredith’s mother, Arrie, explained they had been to Rabbit Fest and other local events put on by the Parks and Recreation department and always have fun at these events. This was their first time at the Egg Round Up, but they enjoyed it.

“It was so much fun,” Haddon said. “She was timid around the Easter bunny and the cow.”

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KCCB worm composting class to be held SaturdayBy LYNETTE SOWELLCove Leader-Press

Those interested in learn-ing how to start and maintain a worm composting bin will get to do just that on Saturday morning during a worm com-posting class sponsored by Keep Copperas Cove Beauti-ful.

The class will meet at the Copperas Cove Library’s community room on Saturday

from 10 a.m. until noon. Class size is limited

to 20, and those interested should call Silvia Rhoads, executive director of KCCB and the city’s recycling co-ordinator, at (254) 547-4242 or email her at kccb@copper-ascovetx.gov to sign up.

The worm compost-ing class will be given by Bob Hill, who has taught past composting classes for KCCB, covering topics from

backyard composting, sheet composting and worm com-posting. This class will cover sheet composting.”

The workshop cov-ers how to maintain a worm compost bin, how to feed the worms, how to store the worms and castings, as well as what to do with the cast-ings.

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Parks & Recreation prepares to increase

summer programBy CHUCK TAYLORCove Leader-Press

Copperas Cove’s Parks and Rec-reation Director Joe Brown proposed a new and improved aquatics program for Copperas Cove to the city council on March 1. To make the plan a reality, Brown asked the council for an addi-tional $20,000. in the budget.

At last Tuesday’s city council meet-ing, the council held a public hearing and subsequently approved an amend-ment to the city’s budget, approving the increase in funds that Brown requested.

Brown reported that under the pro-posed program, there would be swim-ming available seven days a week this summer with the city’s pools closing just one alternate day per week for maintenance.

Last fall, the city council approved a number of fee changes, one of which was lowering admission fees to the city’s pools from last year’s cost of $5 to $3.

Brown justified the budget increase by saying that with a seven-days-per-week swimming program, the afford-able fees and additional services such as swimming lessons there would be a large increase in citizen participation in Copperas Cove’s two pools.

He plans to distribute flyers to the

Hundreds attend annual Easter Egg

Roundup

By PAMELA GRANTCove Leader-Press

Saturday, Copperas Cove embraced its ar-tistic side with the Five Hills Art Guild’s first Art Festival.

Event-goers were able to immerse them-selves in a variety of art forms as the festival offered a little bit of everything. They could check out, appreciate, and even purchase vari-ous kinds of art. Vendors sold paintings, photo-graphs, woodwork, caricatures, Henna tattoos, crafts, jewelry, and so much more. Entertain-ment came in the form of live music and per-formances by the Central Texas Belly Dance Association. There was also both a silent and a live auction to help raise money for the Five Hills Art Guild.

The Guild held the event in part to pro-mote the talented artists and help spread the love of art through Copperas Cove, but also to gain more revenue so that they can create more murals in the city. The inaugural event was more than a year in the making.

“Copperas Cove needs something to bring more people in and I think art will help Cop-peras Cove,” said Joan Kelley, the treasurer for the Five Hills Art Guild. “We don’t even real-ize it, but there are a lot of people in Copperas Cove that do a lot of art.”

Kelley said the event had a really good turnout and there were people from all walks of life at the event. There were a lot of people there that were curious about the event and that

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CCLP/WILLY ORTIZ Children make a run for Easter eggs on a ball field at City Park on Saturday morning during the city’s annual Easter egg roundup.

CCLP/LYNETTE Shoppers peruse the glass artwork of the Artsy Ivy Sisters at Saturday’s Inaugural Five Hills Art Festival.

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File PhotoTayor Valles sits on a noodle as she demon-strates a technique to her senior water aero-bics class last summer.

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Diamondback Jubilee set for this weekendSpecial to Leader-Press

The 46th Annual Lometa Li-ons Club Diamondback Jubilee is set for March 25 and 26 at Lo-meta Regional Park, located at US Highway 183, just south of Lo-meta.

Free mutton busting will kick off the event on Friday at 7 p.m. The Open Jackpot Rodeo is sched-uled to begin at 7:30 p. m. and will include steer saddling, bareback bronc, team roping, ranch bronc riding, tiedown roping and ladies’ breakaway roping.

Special features this year will include The Bucking Ponies and a new feature will be the Wild Pony Race. Miss Diamondback Rodeo Queen will crowned during the rodeo performance. The Jubilee Dance will begin after the rodeo and will feature The Rivera Broth-ers.

Admission for the rodeo and the dance costs $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 7 – 12, and ad-mission is free for children under

6. Military appreciation means

active duty military will be admit-ted free with ID card. Contestant entry information may be obtained by calling Regena Ritter at (325) 451-7666 on Monday, March 21 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

All-day events on March 26 beginning at 9 a.m. will include a carnival, live music including the First Cav Rock Band, food ven-dors, arts and crafts vendors, chili cook-off, BBQ cook-off, Little Buckaroo Rodeo (mutton busting, stick horse race), free snake dis-play, goat roping, Lead and Lace Gunfighters. Carter Blood Care will be on site. A rattler team rop-ing will begin at 6 p.m. with books opening at 5 p.m. and will include a #9 and a #12 slide.

The 2016 BBQ cook-off con-test for the People’s Choice “Best Brisket and Pork Butt” has an en-try fee of $25 for each, as well as for spare ribs. All brisket and pork butt entry fees are paid out to 1st place (70 percent) and 2nd place

(30 percent) teams in the People’s Choice Competition. All jackpot fees are paid out to the best overall pork spare ribs entry. This will be blind judging by Lions Club Mem-

bers.There will be a chili-cook off

with added money. Also, there will be a Washer and Horseshoe Pitch-ing contests with added money.

Commissioners, road district move ahead with road workBy LYNETTE SOWELLCove Leader-Press

The residents of Co-ryell County’s Road Dis-trict 1 will start seeing some work on Kenney and Nathan Lanes this spring, along with some much-needed drainage work that will keep their streets from eroding back to their current condition.

Last Monday morn-ing, the road district board, made up of the Coryell County commis-sioners and county judge, authorized the payment of the current bills for the streets from the approxi-mately $17,000 in the district account, made up of funds from a tax levied in that area. The district is made up of the proper-ties on those two streets in Sunset Estates just north of Copperas Cove.

The roads, specifi-cally county roads, carried over into the regular meet-ing of the commissioners’ court that followed the road district meeting.

County road and bridge administrator Jus-tin Latham shared the results of the road sur-vey completed on the county’s hundreds of miles of county roads. The county’s paved roads were rated from a 1 to a 5, Latham said, with 1 being failed and 5 being excel-lent. County wide of the paved roads, 4 percent of

the county’s roads are a 5, with 14 percent being a 4, 44 percent being a 3, 29 percent being a 2, and 8.5 percent being rated a 1.

“Looking at that, we roughly have nearly 400 miles of roads that are a 1-3, which tells me in a five to seven-year period, a lot of those will be 2s and 1s,” Latham said. “A 2 or a 1 is basically reha-bilitate road.” The roads were rated on surface, subgrade failure as well as width, with some roads only being 14 feet wide which were originally 18 feet wide.

A road survey like this hasn’t been done in years, and county judge John Firth said it will help the county make wise de-cisions in the future where roadwork is concerned.

Also at commission-ers’ court, the court took no action regarding rein-stating a burn ban in the county. County officials also received the county’s financial report for the first five months of the fiscal year, from October 2015 through February 2016.

Currently, the coun-ty is at 40.8 percent for straight line budgeted expenditures, below the 41.7 percent. This trend is good news, said Firth, as several expenditures are up-front-loaded, such as the county’s ambulance contract and annual dona-

tion to the Hill Country Community Action Asso-ciation which were made in February.

Some areas that are over that 41.7 percent are expenses out of the county’s control, such as the 43.3 percent of ex-penditures for the district court. Those expenses are related to indigent re-cords and appeals as well as court-appointed attor-ney expenses for criminal cases, which the county is required to pay for.

Under the county’s jail account, the prisoner board is also over bud-geted straight line, at 67.1 percent of the budgeted $425,000 the county has set aside to pay for hous-ing county jail inmates outside of Coryell County.

Commissioner Jack Wall pointed out a current jail bill the commissioners were presented with that morning, for an additional $65,000. The bill was part of the expenses the com-missioners authorized

payment for at Monday’s meeting, a usual practice during a commissioners’ court meeting.

“Obviously as we get toward the end of the year, we are going to take a close look at where we are going to get that money from,” Firth said. Last fiscal year, the pris-oner board budget was $500,000.

Firth pointed out an-other issue, that of the

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELLRita Hogan speaks with Rebecca Lack after receiving her trophy for winning the chili cook-off held by the Copperas Cove Soup Kitchen.

Soup kitchen holds first ever chili cook-off

By LYNETTE SOWELLCove Leader-Press

Several months ago, Copperas Cove Soup Kitchen director Patrick Richard-son put out the call to see who had the best chili and three responded to the challenge.

On Saturday morning, Richardson, along with fellow chili cookers Rita Ho-gan, Samuel Thorpe Jr. and Ray Ashby set up their mini-kitchens in Cove Ter-race shopping center parking lot and the competition was on.

The event served was a fundraiser for the soup kitchen, with the kitchen re-ceiving part of the funds from the entry fees as well as donations from those who wanted to sample the chili after it was done.

Richardson and fellow volunteers

cooked away that morning, preparing the meats and seasonings that went into pots and dutch ovens. All cooking had to be done on site, although beans (if any) in a recipe had already been soaked in water beforehand.

The cooking went on during setup for the Five Hills Art Festival, with the chili ready for tasting right around 11 a.m.

Scotty Ray brought his musical sounds to the event, providing warmup entertainment for everyone to enjoy prior to the bands that followed at the festival.

Nakima Marshall, a junior at Cop-peras Cove High School also sang while the cooks prepared their chili and later sang the National Anthem at the festival which opened at noon.

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communityEvents

March 24 4:30 – 5:30 p.m., Teen

Manga-Pizza-Anime-Gaming-Reading Club, ages 11-18, Cop-peras Cove Public Library meet-ing room.

March 25City offices closed.

7 p.m., Diamondback Jubi-lee, Lometa Regional Park.

March 269 a.m., Diamondback Jubi-

lee, food, crafts, music, barbe-cue cook-off, Lometa Regional Park, Lometa.

10 a.m. – noon Worm Com-posting Class: at the Copperas Cove Public Library. Class is free. Class size is limited to 20, pre-registration is required. Pre-register by calling Silvia Rhoads at (254) 547-4242

11 a.m. Easter egg hunt, open all children ages 0-12, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8577, 1506 Veterans Ave.

2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Easter par-ty, open to the public, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3393, 424 CR 4931, Kempner.

6-8 p.m. Daddy Daughter Dance • Copperas Cove Civic Center 1206 W. Ave. B

March 30 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., Texas Well

Owner Network training, Gates-ville Civic Center, 301 Complex Circle.

March 31 10 a.m. Movie day at the

Copperas Cove senior center: “Unbroken”.

April 16:30 p.m. KNCT Wine

Classic. For tickets call 1-877-533-5628 or online knct.org/wineclassic. Must be 21 or over to attend.

April 2Pitch-Hit-Run, Copperas

Cove City Park Co-Ed: Ages 7-15

9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Don’t Mess with Texas Trash Off. Meet in the Town Square Park-ing lot by GC Services

9 a.m. - 5 p.m., 15th an-nual Bloomin’ Fest, Lampasas Courthouse square.

2 p.m. - 7 p.m. Brothers Fine Tobacco, one-year anni-versary, 2208 E. Business 190.

5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Pride of Cove Band and Guard Boosters fundraiser at Freddy’s Steak-burgers, 3811 S. Clear Creek Rd. in Killeen.

April 811 a.m., Central Texas

College Foundation spring fash-ion show.

April 99 a.m. Don’t Mess With

Texas Trash-Off, meet at Town Square Shopping Center.

April 1110 a.m. - 7 p.m. National

Library Week, Muffin Monday

7 p.m. Central Texas Bee-keeping Association, Copperas Cove Public Library

April 16 6:30 p.m., Copperas Cove

Education Foundation Gala, Boots & Buckles Under the Stars, Copperas Cove Civic Center.

April 236 p.m., Morning Exchange

Club Golden Deeds Banquet, Grace United Methodist Church.

April 309 am. Mayfest Color Run

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Thinking bigYou can’t just

send a toy up into space...or can you? Most of us keep pretty busy with the usual stuff of life: work, family, kids, pets, household “stuff,” etc. We don’t wonder about things like that. A lot of us spend our time wondering if Wal-Mart or HEB will have a parking spot, if the latest movie will be decent, if our kid’s nose will quit running.

When do we stop asking questions that make us pause and won-der about possibilities? When clean-ing out our shed some time ago, my husband rediscovered one of my old treasured possessions, an autographed print by the late astronaut James Irwin. The print shows Irwin standing on the moon during the Apollo 15 mis-sion. He wrote me a simple message: “Dream big!” I remember meeting him more than 20 years ago when I was a

young undergrad and listening to his stories of preparing to do what few on earth have done, go to the moon.

The print traveled with me to Texas and somehow during life’s twists and turns, it was buried in a file folder and put in storage. However, I always knew it was there, somewhere. Now that I have a home office, the print is going to be framed and hung on the wall, right where it should be. I always thought dreaming big

was a great idea, but somehow circum-stances can make our day-to-day lives seem very small.

But dreaming big, thinking big. We don’t do those things very often because I think we’ve lost the child-like faith in possibilities. Two 17 year old young men from Canada, though, reminded me of the importance of not just dreaming big, but thinking big.

They wondered: Could they launch a Lego man higher than any Lego had been before?

Not for a school assignment, but in their spare time over a four-month period, the two friends spent $400, purchasing a weather balloon, three point-and-shoot cameras, a wide-angle video camera, and a cell phone with GPS. Their Lego man holding a Canadian flag was strapped to their makeshift creation. They researched weather and wind conditions, intend-ing to launch their balloon and retrieve it (if possible) when conditions were right.

The boys’ contraption worked, capturing amazing footage and soaring to a height of 80,000 feet and into near space. It took 65 minutes to reach that altitude, then just over 90 minutes to return to earth and land about 75 miles away.

The video Lego Man In Space has been viewed over 1,800,000 times on YouTube.

For Lego Man to go anywhere,

Paxton seeks halt to regional

haze rulesTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton on March 18

asked an appeals court to prevent the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from implementing new regional haze regulations until a trial of the state’s pending lawsuit chal-lenging the new rules.

Paxton filed the 328-page motion in the New Or-leans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

In February, Paxton filed suit, acting on behalf of the State of Texas and the Texas Commission on Environ-

mental Quality, the Public Utility Commission of Texas and a list of power-generating companies. The suit came after the EPA in January rejected Texas’ proposed revision to its state implementation plan for reducing regional haze.

The EPA rejected the state’s plan in favor of a federal plan that Paxton said would require power generators “to install costly, unnecessary upgrades to become compliant. This could both make electricity more expensive, and could

result in fewer plants at a time when Texas needs more capacity, not less.”

Disaster declared, aid grantedGov. Greg Abbott issued an emergency disaster

proclamation on March 14 and two days later revised it to include a total of 21 counties to address severe weather and flooding.

The disaster proclamation applies to the counties of Angelina, Erath, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison, Hender-son, Hood, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Madison, Marion, Newton, Orange, Parker, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Tyler and Walker.

Abbott toured the area to survey damages from the storms, which began March 7.

Gov. Abbott on March 18 requested Individual As-sistance and Public Assistance for Orange, Jasper and Newton counties from the Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency.

On March 19, Abbott’s request was granted, opening the door for affected citizens in those counties to apply for federal “Individual Assistance” grants of up to $33,000 and low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Busi-ness Administration.

“As Southeast Texas continues to face severe weath-er, it is imperative that Texans receive the vital assistance needed to begin rebuilding and restoring their communi-ties,” Abbott said.

Abbott said the state government is working with local partners “to ensure life safety needs continue to be met” and with federal government partners “to ensure Texans receive all eligible assistance they need to recover from, and ultimately surmount, the challenges posed by the flooding in Southeast Texas.”

At 11 p.m. on March 18, the Texas Department of Transportation said eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 10 at the Texas-Louisiana border had reopened, three days after the roadway was closed because of rising waters. TxDOT officials said floodwaters had receded and affected areas would be monitored and inspected.

Business filings increaseFebruary brought a double-digit increase in the num-

ber of business formations processed by the Office of the Texas Secretary of State compared to a year ago, the state agency reported March 8.

Some 15,325 certificates of formation were filed with the Texas Secretary of State in February, a 17.83 percent increase over February 2015, which saw the formation of 13,006 new business entities. These numbers exclude non-profit entity formations.

Secretary of State Carlos Cascos said, “Business owners take into consideration the state’s fair legal sys-tem, economic strength and low taxes when deciding to relocate or begin their businesses in Texas.”

Security measures deployedThe Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on March

14 announced Texas game wardens, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Of-fice and the U.S. Coast Guard “are deploying an impen-etrable maritime border to stop the threat of radiological or nuclear material smuggling into U.S. waters.”

Coastal patrols will be using recently acquired advanced detection equipment designed to identify and intercept potential radiological or nuclear threats.

Since January, the Parks & Wildlife Department said, Texas game wardens have been conducting land search exercises, waterborne vessel stop exercises and dockside searches as part of an intensive training program on radio-logical and nuclear matter, and the use of the equipment to detect and identify dangerous materials.

Texas Game Warden Assistant Commander Cody Jones said, “While we focus on our core mission of conserving and protecting the state’s natural resources, enforcing game and fish laws and conducting water safety, it is imperative that we continue to deploy the tools re-quired to keep our homeland safe from illegal activity and terroristic threats that face our nation.”

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Lynette SowellMy front porch

Portraying philandering coach got me in trouble

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My public school experiences were uneventful from the standpoint of “trouble.” I was never paddled (yep, that was the method in the 1950s). I always knew if I got in trouble, whatever punishment dealt would lead to a double dose at home.

In school all four Webb boys had pretty much trouble free school years.

However, as you get older and advance to your senior year in high school, there is a tendency to feel a bit privileged and “untouchable.”

As seniors in those halcyon 1950s, we decided it was entirely appropriate and clever to do a skit impersonating the teachers. Some producer-director-script writer decided I should portray a married coach who was carrying on an affair with a held-over senior girl. She was also married and her husband was in U.S. military service in Korea.

Of course, every kid in high school knew of the affair. So did many parents. As things played out, appar-ently the only people who did not know were the high school principal, the district superintendent and the coach’s wife.

One big, popular event near the end of the school year was an all-school party held in the gymnasium and open to the public.

There was no dancing — after all the First Baptist minister put a huge crimp in the junior-senior prom by preaching about the evils of a boy and a girl in holding each other close while slowly gliding around the floor.

So, there was mixing, mingling and the afore-mentioned skits.

Our senior skit topped off the night as we set up chairs in a circle for the “model teachers meeting.” As it turned out, my seat was on the side of the circle that put my back to the audience. Per the script, the “principal” intro-duced each “teacher.”

I had studied coach’s movement and mannerisms well and when “my name” was called, I rose and turned slightly toward the crowd and waved,

saying, “Hello girls!” Out of the corner of my eye I saw Coach and his pretty wife, who’d just weeks before given birth to their first child. When I made my greeting, she looked at her philan-dering hubby with a withering glare. Since the coach’s cheating was actu-ally well-known among town folks, there was a lot of laughter.

Each “teacher” was called on to speak in the “meeting.” When it came my turn, I suggested we begin a girls’ softball team that would travel and play all over the globe and, of course, I (the coach) would travel with the team.

That drew big laughter and a killer look from “Wifey” to Coach.

Upon my arrival at school Mon-day morning, several fellow students suggested I might be in trouble. That made me nervous but the morning passed without incident. I went to lunch then to my class on third floor thinking perhaps I’d escaped “trouble.”

No sooner had I sat down than a girl from the principal’s office, came in and summoned me to his office. There

were lots of laughs and “oooos” from my classmates.

Down the stairs we went to the first floor where were met at the door by the principal and he informed me the superintendent wanted to see me. The principal escorted me and we sat across the desk from the superinten-dent who was big and (everyone said) looked like a bulldog.

He proceeded to talk to me very loudly and forcefully, occasionally pounding his desk for emphasis. This chewing lasted for almost an hour and included the statement: “You have a spotless record and it’s near gradua-tion, or I’d consider expelling you.” The superintendent told me that my punishment was to shake the coach’s hand and apologize. The coach was summoned and I did as I was told.

A few weeks later, some substan-tiation was given to my performance and the coach’s contract was not renewed, which was done in schools instead of firing.

I graduated and went to college. After two years I ran out of money and dropped out of school to make enough to continue my education. I took a job as news editor of my home-town paper.

One of my regular weekly “beats” was to visit with the superin-tendent and gather school news. He was cordial and I managed to give the schools considerable news coverage. The “super” and I became friendly.

One day, he looked at me and said, “You know, Willis, there was an incident when you were a senior. I was wrong.”

That was it, but it did wonders for me.

Willis Webb is a retired communi-ty newspaper editor-publisher of more than 50 years experience. He can be reached at wwebb1937@att.net.

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the boys had to not just dream big, but think big. They gave up Saturdays and free time. They invested what money they could in the project. They definite-ly got out of their comfort zone. Most 17 year olds run the other direction if something feels too much like a school

project. As a reward, doors opened for both of them and their big thinking was rewarded. Canon offered them cameras, their project was paid for, they heard from NASA and the Lego corporation.

Enough about them. How much we will miss if we

ignore the idea of thinking big. Imagine what could happen if we followed that little idea out of our little worlds, took a few steps away from the mundane rou-tine, and turned the dream into a goal?

“A goal is a dream taken seri-ously.”

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Greater Copperas Cove Community Agency Network holds meeting By LYNETTE SOWELLCove Leader-Press

Representatives from agen-cies in the local area shared about their organizations and exchanged information at the Greater Copperas Cove Com-munity Agency Network meet-ing last Monday at Grace Unit-ed Methodist Church.

Joseph Solomon, executive director of the Refuge Corpo-ration, headed up the meeting. Solomon said he began hold-ing the bimonthly meetings as far back as when he previously served on the Copperas Cove city council, not quite two de-cades ago.

The meeting brought to-gether groups that serve resi-dents of Coryell and Bell coun-ties such as Refuge Corporation,

Women’s Army Corps Veterans Association, Star Group – Vet-

erans Helping Veterans, Habi-tat for Humanity, My Brother’s

House food pantry, the Cop-peras Cove Senior Center along with Bell County WIC. Copper-as Cove mayor Frank Seffrood also sat in on the meeting.

As there were several new groups attending the meeting, each of the group representa-tives first took a turn introduc-ing themselves, their particular agency and the types of services they provide, to include hous-ing, health care, veterans’ ser-vices, food and more.

After that, they discussed upcoming events for their groups and a few asked ques-tions about resources they need.

One group representative mentioned she has had a hard time finding resources for cli-ents needing housing, as Cove House is often full. Another individual told her about the

shelter in Killeen, and that her group has helped send those in need of housing as far away as San Antonio, if local housing resources are full.

Her agency provides a bus ticket and a contact at the home who will meet that individual there.

Jeri Woods, the community outreach specialist for the Cop-peras Cove Senior Center, pro-vided the group with the calen-dar of events for the center.

After the meeting con-cluded, some agency represen-tatives spent time exchanging business cards and connecting one on one.

For more information or to be added to the network’s mail-ing list, contact Joseph Solo-mon at Refuge Corporation at 254-547-6753.

CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELLJoseph Solomon speaks during a round table discussion last Monday held by the Greater Copperas Cove Community Agency Network.

Although the turn-out of competitors for the cook-off was small, Rich-ardson looks forward to a larger group next year.

Promptly at 11 a.m., a panel of four judges had a blind sample of each of the four chilis, with Rita Hogan’s chili being the unanimous winner.

Hogan, who is a pro-motions and commer-cial producer for KWTX channel 10, said when she heard about the competi-tion, she knew right away she had to enter.

“I work in Waco, but I lived in Cove, so I made sure I could be here,” Ho-gan said.

For second place, there was initially a tie. Copperas Cove mayor Frank Seffrood chose his favorite out of the four chilis, with Ray Ashby’s

chili emerging victorious. “I’ve never done a

chili cook-off before, so I’m pretty excited to get

second place,” Ashby, a Gatesville resident, said.

Hogan walked away with a trophy and a por-

tion of the entry fees, while Ashby won a set of utensils and pot holders for his award.

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county’s debt payments for the current fiscal year 2015.“Those different finance lines this year add up to

$376,000 of payments. It’s in the budget,” Firth told the commissioners. “I want to draw your attention to payments for 2017. Those financing costs alone plus the additional things we’ve purchased, the backhoe, the boom mower, the windows, adding those in, the cost is $433,866. We’ve got to put that in the budget.”

This creates a need for more finances for the coun-ty, not including the creation of the new district court and the new employees the county must hire to staff that court.

“Without thinking about employee costs, we’re already adding $6,000 more for debt financing. This summer is going to be very challenging and we need to look now at where our priorities need to be as we move forward.”

Firth said he is going to put out a letter at the next meeting that he intends to send to department heads about things to be looking for in the next fiscal year as the county begins to hold budget planning workshops in June.

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CCLP/LYNETTE SOWELLRay Ashby receives congratulations from Mayor Frank Seffrood for winning second place at the chili cook-off held by the Copperas Cove Soup Kitchen.

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Southwest Information Office releases employment rankings for third quarter Special to Leader-Press

The Southwest Information Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Monday the County Employment and Wages in Texas–Third Quarter 2015.

The report shows national rankings of wage levels, wage growth, and employment changes for the 342 largest counties in the United States, including 27 large counties in Texas. The report also provides September 2015 em-ployment and wage levels for the 227 smaller Texas counties (those with employment below 75,000). Regional Commissioner Stanley Suchman noted the following high-lights:

Employment rose in 24 of the 27 largest counties in Texas from September 2014 to Septem-ber 2015, and growth rates in one

Texas county ranked in the top 10 nationwide. Denton County’s 6.1-percent job gain was the fastest in the state and ranked third in the nation.

In Coryell County, average

wages are in the $650-$749 range, the second from the lowest of the five rankings compared to the na-tional average.

Average weekly wages in 5 of the 27 large Texas counties were

at least 10 percent above the na-tional average of $974 per week in the third quarter of 2015. Har-ris County led at $1,240 per week and ranked 21st among the 342 large counties nationwide. Harris was followed by Midland ($1,177, 31st), Dallas ($1,157, 38th), Collin ($1,126, 43rd), and Travis ($1,122, 45th).

In contrast, Texas had four of the lowest-paying large counties in the United States, all located along the border with Mexico: Cameron ($615, 341st), Hidalgo ($624, 340th), Webb ($658, 338th), and El Paso ($698, 331st). Other Texas counties with low national rankings included Brazos ($734, 326th), Lubbock ($779, 294th), and McLennan ($792, 284th).

Five of Texas’s 27 large coun-ties recorded wage growth above the 2.6-percent national increase

from the third quarter of 2014 to the third quarter of 2015. Travis Coun-ty’s 3.9-percent wage increase was the highest in the state and placed 47th in the national ranking, fol-lowed by Galveston (3.5 percent, 72nd), Denton (3.0 percent, 117th), Brazoria (2.8 percent, 138th), and Jefferson (2.7 percent, 147th).

Among the 227 smaller Tex-as counties, 23 reported weekly wages above the $974 national average. When all counties in the state were considered, those with the highest average weekly wages were located around the large met-ropolitan areas of Dallas, Houston, and Austin, as well as the smaller areas of Midland, Odessa, and Am-arillo. Lower-paying counties were concentrated in the agricultural ar-eas of central Texas and the Texas Panhandle, and along the Texas-Mexico border.

VFW Post 8577 to host Easter Egg hunt

The Olan Forrest Smith VFW Post and Auxiliary will have its annual Easter egg hunt Saturday, March 26 at 1506 Veterans Ave at 11 a.m. Refreshments will be served. The event is for children ages infants to 12 years, with several groups: infant to age 1; ages 2-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12. The public is invited. For in-formation contact Juanita Workman 254-652-9080.

Local business to celebrate first year

Brothers Fine Tobacco, located at 2208 E. Business 190 is holding a one-year an-niversary celebration on Sat-urday, March 26 from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. The afternoon will features free beer and 10-cent Brothers cigars.

Water well owner training set for March 30

Texas Well Owner Net-work training will be held from on March 30 from 1–5 p.m. at the Gatesville Civic

Center, 301 Complex Circle. The TWON program was established by Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service to help well owners become familiar with Texas ground-water resources, septic system maintenance, well mainte-nance and construction, and water quality and treatment. Participants may bring well-water samples to the training for screening. The cost is $10 per sample and is due when samples are turned in. Space is limited, so attendees are requested to register at http://twon.tamu.edu/training or by calling 979-845-1461 as soon as possible.

Parks Advisory Board seeking applications

The City of Copperas Cove is accepting applications to fill two alternate positions on the Parks Advisory Board. The purpose of the City Coun-cil Appointed Advisory Body is to make recommendations to staff concerning policies, rules, and regulations relat-ing to the administration of public parks, recreational programming and facilities. The advisory body consists

of seven members and three alternate members, appointed to two year terms each, and meets monthly on the sec-ond Tuesday. Applications are available at 914 South Main Street, Suite C, or on the City website, www.cop-perascovetx.gov under “On-line Resources”, “Forms and Applications”. The position vacancy will be advertised through March 26. Completed applications must be submit-ted to the office of the City Secretary by the submittal deadline, April 5 at 5 p.m. for consideration. For further in-formation please contact City Secretary Mariela Altott at maltott@copperascovetx.gov or (254)547-4221.

State wide art contest under way

The Texas State-Fish Art Contest, headquartered at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC), is now accept-ing entries for the 2016 State-Fish Art Contest through March 31. The contest is open to any student in public, private or home schools in grades K-12. Students must draw or paint any recognized

state fish. Complete contest details and entry forms can be found at www.tpwd.texas.gov/fishart. Winners receive scholarships for first-, second- and third-place winners in four grade-level divisions.

Pride of Cove Band to hold fundraiser

The Pride of Cove Band and Guard Boosters is holding a fundraiser at Freddy’s Steak-burgers on Saturday, April 2 from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the boosters. The Pride of Cove Band and Color Guard Boosters is a nonprofit organization made up of vol-unteers to support the group. Funds raised go toward trips, band and guard scholarships, banquet and more. Freddy’s Steakburgers is located at 3811 S. Clear Creek Rd. in Killeen.

Blommin Fest returns to Lampasas in April

The Lampasas County Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center is hosting the 15th annual Bloomin’ Fest on Saturday April 2 on the

downtown courtyard square in Lampasas and will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival will offer various arts and crafts vendors, plant vendors, great food, and children’s activities. There will be gardening vendors on hand to answer your questions about springtime planting and gardening. Re-turning this year is Spring Sip n’ Stroll, featuring vari-ous Texas wineries, a com-memorative wine glass, tote bag, 12 tasting tickets, and snacks. The event showcas-es wine from Fiesta Winery, Georgetown Winery, Old Man Scary Cellars, Pil-lar Bluff, Pilot Knob, Red Wing Dove, and Texas Le-gato. For more information call 512-556-5172 or visit www.lampasaschamber.org.

Dont Mess with Texas Trash Off set for April 9

Don’t Mess with Texas Trash Off will be held Sat-urday, April 9, 9 a.m. until noon. Meet in the Town Square Parking lot by GC Services

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en to all volunteers who par-ticipate. A hot dog barbecue to follow at Heritage Park.

Coryell County 4-H Clover Fun Day

Coryell County 4-H invites the community to attend Clover Fun Day on Saturday, April 16 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Gates-ville Tractor Supply. This event will host numerous booths and activities set up by each of the twelve 4-H Clubs from around the county. Events will include a Rabies Clinic (9 a.m. until noon), Petting Zoo, Face Painting, Cow Patty Bingo, Raffles, Bake Sales, Craft Sales, and much more. The Coryell County 4-H Ambassadors will be selling $1 hot dogs with all proceeds benefiting the National 4-H Paper Clo-ver Campaign. Proceeds from all other booths will benefit each club directly. For more information con-tact Annie May, County Extension Agent – 4-H Youth Development, 254-865-2414, Annie.May@ag.tamu.edu

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CTC Patio Café dinner offers taste of the Mid-AtlanticSpecial to Leader-Press

Central Texas College (CTC) will host a Patio Café dinner this Friday in the culinary arts area of the campus Student Cen-ter (Bldg. 106). Dinner will be served between 6 – 7:30 p.m. and the menu features a Mid-Atlantic cuisine.

The featured soup is the beef and barley soup ($6.50 for a bowl or $2 for a cup with an entrée) – a deep brown soup of braised beef, pearl bar-

ley, golden corn and green beans. The appetizer is Boardwalk crab cakes ($7) – jumbo pan-fried lump crab blended with herbs and served with red pepper aioli and garnished with a lemon twist.

Diners can choose the house salad ($4 or free with an entrée) or the grilled chicken spring salad ($9.75) - grilled chicken, thinly sliced gala apples, red onion and strawberries all on a bed of baby spinach gar-nished with toasted wal-

nuts, dried cranberries and crumbled feta cheese and served with apple cider vinaigrette.

The evening’s en-trees are ravioli del mare ($14) - house-made spin-ach stained ravioli stuffed with sautéed shrimp and lump crab along with gar-lic and herbs then topped with a white wine pep-per cream sauce; sautéed trout ($14.50) - sautéed six-ounce trout fillet with a lemon-chive compound herb butter; and the New York strip steak ($15) - a

sous vided medium-rare eight-ounce New York strip seared for a crisp ex-terior and drizzled with a merlot peppercorn sauce.

Each entrée, except the ravioli, is served with a choice of two side dish-es. The choice of sides are risotto bianco - a saucy rice dish made from sau-téed onion, Arborio rice, white wine and chicken stock and finished with parmesan and butter; roasted rosemary pota-toes - oven-roasted red potatoes lightly tossed

in olive oil and accentu-ated by garlic, pepper and rosemary; Sicilian-style spaghetti squash - roasted spaghetti squash mixed with zucchini, mushrooms and red onions simmered in a Sicilian-style tomato sauce; and broccoli am-andine - broccoli florets sautéed in garlic lemon butter and garnished with toasted almond slivers.

For dessert, choose either the New York-style cheesecake ($5.25) - cheesecake topped with a salted caramel and a

dark chocolate sauce then sprinkled with chopped pecans; or the raspberry eruption cake ($4.25) - a light and fluffy lemon-scented pound cake filled with a raspberry mousse sauced with a blueberry coulis and garnished with whipped cream and mint leaf.

Reservations for the Patio Café dinner are re-quired and can be made by calling Debra Knudson in the CTC Hospitality department at 254-526-1515.

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Each egg hunt was spaced about 10 minutes apart. Starlynne Oliver, 3, was allowed to participate in the 4-6 age group. Her sib-lings, Evan Perry, 11, and Skylar Perry, 10, would be participating in the 10-12 egg hunt later. Her parents, Justin and Danielle Oliver, said they had just found out about the egg hunt 30 minutes prior. Starlynne definitely liked it, Danielle said. Danielle praised the abundance of eggs and how the kids were kept safe by the fact that there was only one entrance and exit.

One of the changes this year from last year was the expanding to three fields in-stead of using the same one and having to keep plac-ing eggs out over and over.

Next year, Cantrell said, they might offer pictures for free but would overall keep the set up the same.

Joseph Bourdage was there with his sons Jason, 9, and Tyler, 8. It was also their first time doing the egg hunt and they didn’t let the cooler temperatures stop them. The thing Jason liked most was trying to win a red ticket, while Tyler liked the Easter bunny the best.

“It’s all about the kids,” Bourdage said as his sons tore through their eggs looking for a red ticket to win one of four grand prizes available. “They had fun. I’m usually at work but I’m off. It was an experi-ence, for me too, to watch.”

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“Next time, we need a bigger bucket,” Evan said. “I’m still halfway through my jacket.”

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enjoyed walking around and checking out the works, she added.

“It’s nice seeing all the crafts and seeing all Cove has to offer,” said Malissa Rico who attended the event with her husband Francisco Rico and their four children. Malissa said that it was good fun for her kids. She said that they would definitely come to the event again.

“Today’s been pretty good. I’m enjoying the mu-sic,” said Allison Westbrook, tattooist with Trueleaf Henna Body Art. “I think it’s really neat that the Five Hills Art Guild is doing this. They are pioneering the art scene for Central Texas.”

Henna tattoos are a form of natural organic body art. The tattoos are safe for the skin and last for one to three weeks depending on how well a person takes care of them. Westbrook said using benna is a great way to get a tattoo without committing to it.

Central Texas Belly-dance Association provided some of the entertainment at the event. Yvonne Imer-goot, the president, and Janet Adams, the vice president,

described the art of belly dancing as a sisterhood and a celebration of womanhood. The group has members ranging in age from 15-68. The two said they were en-joying the art festival and that they enjoyed checking out the assorted jewelry dis-played at the booths.

“We’ll do anything to promote the arts and sup-port our community,” said Imergoot. “Ithink art is very important to humanity. It tells the story of society. Art is a form of expression and it is great. It bonds people for sure.”

In addition to the dance performances by the CTBA, the day featured live music from Rare Dog, a Kempner area band which also pro-vided help with the sound system services during the festival. They kept the crowd rocking with classic sounds. Lulu Jonas took the stage area for a brief set, followed by the smooth reggae sounds of River of Light that led up to the auction.

Throughout the after-noon, guild president Robert Weidinger II took the micro-phone to announce numbers of door prize winners. Prizes

were provided by local busi-nesses supporting the event, such as Waffle Cone, Tac-queria Mexican Grill and Schlotzsky’s.

Not only were restau-rants offering door prizes, but some of the vendors, like stained glass artist Patricia Boyles, who came from Bed-ford to the festival, donated some of their work as give-aways.

Late in the afternoon, the guild held a live auction during which festival-goers

had the chance to bid on a number of projects created by the guild, to include ___ “bodies of art” which went anywhere from $25 to $65 apiece. Guild members had one, or several, mannequin hangers which they painted or embellished in any way they chose. Also up for auc-tion were a number of origi-nal paintings by the guild, to include large mural pieces ready for outdoor hanging, to smaller Bulldawg mascot paintings.

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College NewsFive Cove students make TWU fall 2015 deans’,

chancellor’s list

Texas Woman’s Uni-versity has released its deans’ and chancellor’s list for the fall 2015 semester.

Undergraduate stu-dents who complete at least 12 graded credit hours and

achieve at leasta 3.5 grade point av-

erage are eligible for the deans’ list.

Those students who have achieved a 4.0 grade point average are named to the chancellor’s list.

Copperas Cove stu-dents named to the dean’s list are Sara Black, com-

munication sciences; Maria Joseph, business adminis-tration – marketing; Tiffany Real, dental hygiene.

Copperas Cove stu-dents on the chancellor’s list include Anna Joseph, busi-ness administration – ac-counting (chancellor’s list); Carolyn Littlefield, fashion design (chancellor’s list).

schools to publicize the new policy. He went on to say that with the in-

creased operating hours, the overhead cost of running the pools would go up. However, the revenue to the city would also increase.

Aside from just considering revenue, this improved schedule would provide a great summer recreational opportunity for residents during the summer months.

The proposal for increased services

will be considered at a city council meet-ing in the near future. If approved, the Parks and Recreation Department will be hiring the additional pool managers, life guards, instructors and concession personnel.

Last summer, the city’s pool hours were cut due to staffing issues, with some of the seasonal workers departing to return to college before the scheduled aquatics season ended.

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Eastside Baptist to hold Walk With Jesus on SaturdayBy LYNETTE SOWELLCove Leader-Press

Eastside Baptist Church is hosting Walk With Jesus, a multisensory event where families will travel to Jeru-salem on Palm Sunday, sit at the Last Supper, pray in the Garden of Gethsemane, expe-rience the bitterness of Jesus’ sacrifice, and enjoy the first Resurrection Sunday.

The church held the event last year, during which chil-

dren get the chance to make their own palm branches and walk along the Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem.

Costumed characters from the story of Holy Week will speak along the way. Families will see and partici-pate in the Last Supper recre-ated in the upper room, where Jesus will break bread with his disciples.

They will walk through the Garden of Gethsemane and see Jesus betrayed by Ju-

das, then stand at the cross where Jesus died on Good Friday. Those who walk the path will also get to see the tomb where Jesus was placed after his death and where he rose on the first Resurrection Sunday.

The free event is for families with children of all ages and begins at 5:30 p.m. The church is located at 1202 Martin Luther King Jr Dr. For More Information, visit ebck-idmin.com.

Children make their own palm

branches at last year’s Walk With

Jesus held at Eastside Baptist

Church. The church will hold

this year’s walk on Saturday at

5:30 p.m.Courtesy Photo

CCLP/LYNETE SOWELLABOVE: Christopher Parrett sits for a caricature at the Five Hills Art Festival. BELOW: Paintings and jewelry were among the art on display at Saturday’s festival. RIGHT: Photographer Thomas Shipp talks about his work with a customer.

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pitched really well,” said Brittain. “I’m proud of him.”

Unfortunately for the Dawgs, Carbajal’s Belton counterpart, lefty Shane Staf-ford, and the Belton defense held Cove scoreless for the final five innings after the Bulldawgs cut the Tigers’ lead in half, 6-3, with a run in the first and two more in the second. The Dawgs had five hits and three more runners

with free passes but could only get three past home plate.

The Bulldawgs got on the board in the bottom of the first when senior Tim Bechtold, who reached with a leadoff single, was knocked home on a fielder’s choice by Carbajal.

Singles by sophomore Tyler Ingram and senior Neeko Kirk, along with a

walk by sophomore Camer-on Johnson, loaded the bases for the Dawgs.

Ingram scooted home on a passed ball for the sec-ond run of the game for Cove and Kirk was knocked home on the 6-3 double play ball off the bat of Bechtold for the third run.

Stafford and the Bel-ton defense then settled in. Stafford sat down 15 of the

next 18 Cove batters with the help of some stellar de-fense by centerfielder Tyler Kastner. He made two diving catches to rob Carbajal and Bechtold of singles, includ-ing the final out of the game on Bechtold’s rope to center-field that stranded Johnson. Johnson singled to shallow left to reach.

“Our kids hit the ball well,” said Brittain. “They just made some great plays to save the game a few times so hats off to them.”

The Tigers threatened to score with the bases loaded in the second inning and had a pair of runners on in the fourth, but a 9-3 double play by freshman right fielder Colby Jost ended the threat. Belton put two on again in the top of the sixth but a strikeout and a fly out got Carbajal and the Dawgs out of trouble.

The Dawgs may not have won the contest but Brittain feels this game shows his team can compete for the district crown.

“I told them, ‘if any-thing, this shows we’re capa-ble of beating everybody,’” said Brittain. “I don’t see a reason why we can’t go run the table and finish this thing. We just have to show up and play good in every inning – not just 6 ½.”

Leading the Bulldawg bats were Ingram and Kirk, who both went 1-for-3 with a run and Johnson, who was 1-for-2 with a walk. Michael Hays (1-for-3) and Bechtold (1-for-4, R).

Potvin (1-for-3, R, RBI, BB), Reese Hohhertz (1-for-3, R, BB) and Collin Mask (0-for-1, R, 3BB) led the

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Dealing with the muckHope my last

article helped you put a few good bass in the boat.

Today I want us to explore what to do when you hit the lake and find it flooded and muddy. This just happened to me on Lake Waco. I knew it was high because the corps had closed all the ramps on the lake except Twin Bridges, so I decided to take a shot at it anyway.

Well, we arrived at the lake just before sunup and decided that we would wait for sunrise before we launched. Sure glad we did the lake was about 4-5 feet above normal pool which meant that everything that had been laying on the bank was now floating in the water. Terrific amount of floating debris. That’s the first thing I want you to take in is that anytime a lake gets high there is a lot of stuff floating around and eventually it will end up out in the main channel where we all like to run our boats in high gear to get from point A to B. All I can say is don’t, you may end up with a whole tree through you hull.

Second when the water gets really high it confuses the fish and they may or may not be where you caught them last time. They may have either moved up into the higher water and are searching all the new vegetation that’s now in the lake, or they may just move back out to the first major break line and hold until the water stabilizes. They can do that for a day or two but then they have to eat so they will move again. I guess what I’m trying to get across is that when the water get really high and muddy, all previous bets are off. As I looked at the water color I won-dered why I had not tied a entrenching tool on to my heavy action rod, with 60 pound braid, so that I could have dug a hole in the muddy water and casted my other baits through it. It was that bad.

Anyway, when it’s like this you are going to have go into the search mode and use your elec-tronics and instincts to try to find and catch them. Here’s what I did.

First I did a bit of running and watching the electronics. I found a creek that was not quite as stained as the main lake, so I began searching for con-centrations of fish in the creek. To my surprise there were not many concentra-tions, one here and one there. Next I looked at the water color and decided to try a chartreuse and black square bill as a search bait. Bam, second cast and a four-pound hybrid darn near take the rod right out of my hand. But that’s not

Jasper Johnson“Hook Up”

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Cove Sports Calendar Sports Briefs

March 22-25Sports

Tuesday, March 22• Boy’s baseball vs Ellison (Teacher’s Night)

JV 5/Var 7 p.m.• Girls’ softball vs Shoemaker JV 5/Var 7

p.m.Thursday, March 24

• PLAYOFFS: Lady Dawgs soccer vs Rock-wall 7 p.m. at Waxahachie High School.

• Bulldawg boys’ track @ Ennis Relays Georgetown High School - ALL DAY

• Lady Dawgs track @ Midway Relays Midway High School - ALL DAY

• Dawg Tennis @ Del Valle Invitational in Waco - varsity gold and blue - 8 AM.

• Boy’s baseball @ Midway JV 5/Var 7 p.m.Editor’s note: If your game is not on this

schedule or is listed incorrectly, please contact TJ Maxwell at 254-547-4207 or email sports@cov-eleaderpress.com

Lady Dawg basketball banquet set for

March 31The Lady Dawg basketball

banquet will be held on Thursday, March 31 in the high school cafete-ria. Tickets are $10 per person until March 24. Limited tickets will be available after March 24 at a cost of $15 per ticket. March 24 is also the deadline for meal choice.

For more information, contact the Lady Dawg Tipoff Club at lady-dawgbasketball2016@yahoo.com.

Noon Lions Club to hold annual golf

tourney April 2The Copperas Cove Noon Li-

ons Club will host their 28th annual golf tournament April 2 at the Hills of Cove Golf Course.

Registration is open from 7-8 am at the Hills of Cove Golf Course.

The price of $50 include card, green fees and lunch. You will also be entered into a raffle.

There are many door prizes including a family pack of Schlit-terbahn water park tickets and a 2016 Dodge Charger from Dodge Country as the prize for hitting a hole in one. For more information or to pre-register for the tourna-ment contact the clubhouse at 254 547 2606.

Starzz Shootout Youth Basketball Tournament

setThe annual Central Texas

Starzz Shootout youth basketball tournament is set for April 30-May

1.Boys and girls in grades 4-12

are invited to compete in the two-day tournament. Teams will get a three-game minimum at a cost of $175 per team. The girls play on Saturday with th boys playing on Sunday

The registration deadline is Saturday, April 23. You can reister online at starzzbasketball.com or aasbasketball.com. The event is an All-American Basketball National Tournament qualifier.

Proceeds from the tournament benefit the Lupus Foundation of America, the Central Texas Child Abuse Prevention Center as well as local food banks.

For more information email ccstarzz09@aol.com or text 254-290-0730.

SLOPPY START

Cove golfers, golf alum play well in tournaments

Early mistakes cost Cove in 6-3

loss to Belton

By TJ MAXWELLCove Leader-Press

The Cove Bulldawgs knew they needed a near-perfect game to beat the pe-rennial power Belton Tigers in their District 12-6A show down on Friday in Copperas Cove.

They had one for 6 1/3 innings, but that two-thirds of an inning was costly in the Dawgs’ effort to stay atop the district standings.

Two Cove pitchers com-bined for four walks, two hit batters, a balk and a wild pitch to allow six of the first seven runners to reach base and an infield single by Bel-ton’s Breck Potvin finished scoring all six. A pair of passed ball contributed to the six-run folly.

“That’s a rough way to start, obviously,” said head Copperas Cove head coach Dusty Brittain. “It’s really bad when their six runs are unearned. The kids fought hard though. I told them, ‘you beat them for 6 ½ in-nings and you beat yourself for a half inning.’”

The Bulldawgs found their groove after that de-fensively, holding the potent Tigers offense to just one hit and no runs over the final 6 1/3 innings with senior Josh Carbajal settling in for a solid outing on the bump for Cove. He surrendered just one un-earned run on two hits while striking out nine and walking three.

“Josh came in and

By TJ MAXWELLCove Leader-Press

Cove golfers Elle Fox and Ty-ler Morrison both finished in the top four at the West Texas Junior Cham-pions Tour Spring Showdown at The Hideout Golf Club and Resort in Brownwood over the weekend.

Fox, age 12, bested a slew of 15-18 year-old girls to finish second in the tournament behind winner Jade Staudt, age 15, of Ft Worth. Staudt shot a combined 149

Fox shot a 6-over par 150 for the two-day tournament. She followed a four-over 76 on day won with a two-over second round of 74.

Fox pared 14 of 18 holes in round one with four bogeys for the course. She repeated that feat on day two but exchanged two pars for two birdies. After a par on 17 and a bogey on 18 to start day two action, she shot a four on the 425-yard par five hole one. Fox then posted a one-under par on the back nine with one birdie and

eight pars for a 35 on the back. Her second birdie of the contest came on the 300-yard par four 14.

Cove senior Tyler Morrison also claimed a top four spot with a two-round 164 in the girls’ 15-18 age group. Morrison posted equal rounds

of 82 each day of the tourney. She mixed in an equal amount of pars to bogeys on day one. She carded a couple birdies on day two to go with eight pars, six bogeys and two oth-ers.

Former Cove golfer Drew De-

wald shot a combined 140 (69-71) on day one of the New Mexico Ju-nior College Thunderbird Invita-tional in Hobbs, New Mexico to lead his McLennan Highlanders squad. Results were unavailable as of press time for the tournament that contin-ued through Monday.

Former golfer Mikayla Miller helped her Southwestern University squad to a tie for 14th in the field of 23 at the Jekyll Island Collegiate In-vitational over the weekend. Miller shot a three-round score of 270 to finish tied for 95th. She finished with an 86 after posting an 83 in round one and a 91 in round two.

------Former Cove track standout

shines in collegiate meetCove alum Andrew Leuthner

battled back from injuries suffered during his senior year with the Cop-peras Cove track team. That rehabili-

CCLP/TJ MAXWELLCove second baseman Jeremi Hawkins makes a force out on Belton’s Collin Mask as he attempts to turn a double play in the second inning of the Tigers’ 6-3 win over the Bulldawgs on Friday. The Dawgs are back in action tonight with a home game against Ellison.

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COURTESY PHOTOCopperas Cove Junior High student Elle Fox, left, poses with her second-place trophy she won at the West Texas Junior Champions Tour Spring Showdown at The Hideout Golf Club and Resort in Brownwood. Jade Staudt, center, and Syd-ney Roberts finished first and third, respectively.

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FridayBad Weather Make-Up Day

Clements/ParsonsElementary

Today3:30 PM - 4:30 PM 3rd Grade Math Tutoring with Mrs. Nelson 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Science Club

Thursday3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Ukulele Club 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM 3rd Grade Math Tutoring with Mrs. Nelson 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM 3rd Grade Robotics

Halstead Elementary

Today8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Kinder Graduation pictures 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM 5th Grade ELAR STAAR Tutoring 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM CIS-Art Club for 2nd and 3rd grade in room 39 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM 1st-4th grade Tutoring in the classrooms 4:05 PM - 4:30 PM Honor Choir Practice in the Music Room

WednesdayProgress Reports 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM PTO School Store in the cafeteria 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM 1st and 2nd Grade regular tutoring 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM CIS-4th and 5th Grade Dance Club 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM 4th and 5th Grade regular tutoring

Thursday11:45 AM - 12:15 PM 4th grade lunch with Parents 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM 5th Grade Science STAAR tutoring in room 20 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM CIS-4th and 5th Grade Art Club in room 39 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM 3rd and 4th grade STAAR Tutoring

House CreekElementary

TodayRelay for Life Team #Connor-Strong/Waffle Cone Fundraising Event 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM HCES PTA - Spirit Night/Chick fil A

WednesdayProgress Reports PTA World’s Finest Chocolate

Fundraiser Relay for Life Team #Connor-Strong/Waffle Cone Fundraising Event

ThursdayPTA World’s Finest Chocolate Fundraiser Relay for Life Team #Connor-Strong/Waffle Cone Fundraising Event

Martin WalkerElementaryWednesday

Progress Reports Thursday

8:00 AM - 11:00 PM Kindergar-ten Graduation Pictures

S.C. Lee Junior High

WednesdayProgress Reports

Thursday4:00 PM - 9:00 PM Track meet

Copperas Cove Junior High

Today7th & 8th Grade Boys &Girls Golf Tournament Midway Invi-tational @ Cottonwood 3:45 pm

WednesdayProgress Reports

Thursday7th & 8th Grade Boys & Girls Track Meet @ Cove 4:00 pm

Copperas Cove High School

TodayFFA Cisco CDE Invitational 5:00 PM Lady Dawg Softball JV/V vs Shoemaker @ Home 7:00 PM Dawg Baseball vs El-lison @ Home

WednesdayFFA Parker County CDE Invita-tional Progress Reports

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Students learn it doesn’t take magic to be kindSpecial to Leader-Press

Rob Holladay didn’t have to pull a rabbit out of a top hat to get his mes-sage across to Clements/Parsons Elementary stu-dents that being kind to one another does not re-quire magic.

Holladay, who is a professional speaker, ma-gician, and educator using the stage name Joe Magic, presented an assembly on character education. Self-image and how stu-dents respect themselves determines how they in-teract with others and will ulti”mately shape and determine the course of their lives, Holladay said. He entertained stu-dents in grades K-5 with a fun, exciting, and magical program with an inspir-ing message about char-acter education, said CPE

Counselor Jera Freeman. “Through comedy,

magic, and his moving stories, he definitely got the message across at CPE,” Freeman said. “He made the assembly very interactive by calling on students to help him per-form his magic tricks. All students were eager to lis-ten and participate in ev-ery way.”

Students roared with laughter chanting key points like “Bully Free” and “Kindness Counts” throughout the assembly.

“Joe Magic did an exceptional job keeping our kids entertained with an educational experi-ence. With a little fun and magic, he provided our students the knowledge of how to build character in their own lives,” Free-man said. “This assembly was fun and educational.

We strive to build charac-ter on a daily basis here at CPE and Joe Magic just reinforced what we are all about.”

Students buzzed throughout the day about what they had unknowing-ly learned through the en-tertaining program further reinforcing the messages of character education to include anti-bullying and being kind to others. CPE Assistant Principal Shari Jones said these messages cannot be reinforced too many times.

“Joe Magic had all of our students’ attention and covered some great top-ics,” Jones said.

Holladay also present-ed his program at Martin Walker Elementary which was chosen as a Texas School of Character in February and competes at the national level in April.

Courtesy Photo/CCISDClements/Parsons Elementary students raise their hands to vol-unteer to help with a magic trick during a character education presentation. Self-image, respect for others to include kindness and anti-bullying were a handful of topics covered in the enter-taining assembly.

Career technology students advance to state competitionBy NATALIE MARSHALLCCISD

Copperas Cove High School students demon-strated their manufac-turing and technology knowledge and skills at the Technology Student Association Regional Competition in Waco. Six-teen students from CCHS will advance to the TSA state level competition to be held in Waco April 14 – 16.

The competition is a UIL state recognized event, and students work in class and also meet weekly with their school’s technology club to im-prove their abilities while creating a variety of ob-jects to include manufac-tured projects, photogra-phy images and desktop publishing articles. The classes and club are run under the supervision and guidance of two CCHS teachers, Marvin Johnson who teaches woodshop skills and Lan Carter who teaches technology appli-

cations.“We have a very large

rulebook with projects students can review to see what they are interested in entering. Then, we copy the specific guide-lines for the project each student is interested most in completing to let stu-

Courtesy Photo/CCISDSixteen of 21 CCHS students who competed in the regional Technology Student Association contest advance to the state competition next month in Waco. Students compete in a variety of contests from woodworking to graphic arts to photography.

Rainy weather provides indoor opportunity for fun

and academic improvementBy ALICIA PELKEYCCISD

Students get antsy after several hours in class and need a break to run off all that energy. Mother Nature curtailed outdoor activities all last week but the rain did not stop recess from hap-pening at Hettie Halstead Elementary School.

Halstead students got to enjoy some time running and playing in gym on the rainy days while learning

some coordinated dance moves thanks to physi-cal education Coach Chris Wienecke.

“There has been bad weather for multiple days and students need a chance to let loose,” Wienecke said.

Wienecke and music teacher Krissie Pulley took students to the gym to have a dance party. Songs like the Wobble, the Whip, Nae Nae and The Cupid Shuffle as

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Copperas Cove Independent School DistrictFourth six weeks A Honor Roll

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Fifth GradeSir Ross

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Mikaya Butler, a se-nior at CCHS, entered mul-tiple projects in the Macro Photography competitions.

She explained how Adobe Photoshop is used to edit out blurry parts and make the photos clear. In the Ac-tion Sport category, she created a moving image project.

“I also entered in the Landcape (category) and took a lot of photos of my backyard. Some were in the color competition, but

mostly, I edited to meet the black and white photo re-quirements,” Butler said.

She entered more than one project category in the competition. But, it was her Action Sport pictures that captured first place to qualify for the state com-petition.

Students who entered the Technology Bowl

demonstrated their ap-plied knowledge compet-ing against other school districts’ teams by buzzing in like a game show con-test to give their respons-es to questions involving technology applications. CCHS students in this competition also qualified to go to the state contest.

students danced, sang or played until recess time ended. Those students that were not interested in dancing were at another section of the gym playing basketball or using hula hoops. All students were up and moving around having fun. 5th grader Yadiel Gonzalez Rodriguez found it to be a nice change of pace.

“I think indoor recess is good because we get to do fun stuff when we can’t go outside,” she said.

Classroom teachers also enjoyed the idea of indoor re-cess during rainy days because it gave students a chance to expend some extra energy so they are able to refocus and get their work finished. The Centers for Disease Control studies show schools play a critical role in promoting the health and safety of young people and helping them estab-lish lifelong healthy behaviors. Research also has shown that school health programs can reduce the prevalence of health risk behaviors among young people and have a posi-tive effect on academic performance.

5th grader Shelby Reed said the exercise puts her in a better mood to come back into the classroom.

“Indoor recess makes me feel good,” she said, “I love being able to run around and hang out with my friends. It helps because we sit and learn a lot so this gives us a break.”

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Courtesy Photo/CCISDHettie Halstead Elementary 5th and 4th graders dance The Wobble at rainy day recess during the inclement weather that oc-curred in Texas for more than a week keeping students in doors.

CIS teaches leadership through dance at HalsteadBy ALICIA PELKEYCCISD

Two steps to the left, one to the front, spin and repeat. These are just a tiny sampling of the dance moves that Hettie Halstead students are learning as part of an after-school dance club that is also teaching life lessons.

The Dance Club was started by Michelle Champlin, Com-munities in Schools site coor-dinator, after several students expressed a desire for it. Cham-plin saw an opportunity to teach leadership, teamwork and have some fun. She gave two stu-dents leadership roles to get the club started including finding age-appropriate songs and cho-reographing a dance to teach to other students. Kyrah Hill and

Aalyashia Robinson worked dil-igently to get the group started.

“I was excited to start the club because I like to dance and want to teach others how to dance,” Robinson said.

After approval from Cham-plin, posters recruiting mem-bers were hung throughout the school’s hallways. Soon, sever-al girls were eager to participate in the club. Alicia Sibaja was the third official member.

“I have always liked danc-ing, then heard about dance club and was so excited to join and now I am even a leader who helps the other girls,” she said.

The club now has more than a dozen members that are danc-ing together weekly. They are working on their Uptown Funk dance and several others for a show that will be held later this

Spring at the school. “These girls are eager to

learn to dance and are think-ing about their future in dance as a possible Starlette in junior high,” said Champlin who in-spired several students with a trip to the Austin Ballet in De-cember.

Champlin offers several other clubs during the week for the students to include two art clubs and a sports club and is always looking for opportuni-ties to get the students involved. In February, she held a mother/daughter sweetheart lunch and has planned a school-wide track meet in April. Champlin spends the school day checking on the students, eating lunch with dif-ferent grade levels weekly and making sure students have all they need.

Courtesy Photo/CCISDHettie Halstead Elementary Dance Club members learn different foot positions for various dances they are learning as part of an after-school program.

Students come clean with life lessonsBy JOANNA HENRY CCISD

While washing your hands may seem like a simple gesture, it can often be the difference between one person being sick or a wave of illness spreading in a community. Staff and students at Martin Walker Elementary school are do-ing their part to combat the spread of germs and pro-mote healthy behaviors. Ev-ery student at the school at-tended a presentation about the importance of personal hygiene. Representatives from the Coryell Health Department, Shannon Horn and Marion Cook, showed students how to protect themselves and others from getting sick.

As they entered the room, students were handed a fact sheet from Cook, who had been “infected” with fake germs in the form of a phosphorescent spray. She then circled the room, as Miller spoke, “sneezing” on students by spraying more of the germy mist. To drive the point home, a black light shown on each students’

hands caused the germs to glow.

Students also practiced safe ways to cough and sneeze into their elbows to avoid infecting others and discussed the steps to wash-ing their hands thoroughly. The group practiced the mo-tions together getting soap between fingers and on the tops of hands, washing for at

least 20 seconds, and scrub-bing underneath fingernails. Fifth grader Morgan Gal-ipeau found the moral of the lesson surprising.

“I didn’t know that your nails could trap germs and that I needed to scrub them every time I wash my hands,” Galipeau said.

The representatives also stressed the importance

of using hand sanitizer fol-lowing the hand washing. Each class had an opportu-nity to practice this method as they stopped at the rest-room on the way out of their presentations. Fifth grader Blaine Butler took the les-son to heart and took his time washing his hands after the presentation.

“I learned that you need to use a paper towel to turn off the sink because after you have touched it the sur-face has germs on it,” Butler said.

Martin Walker nurse Simone Cain, who invited the representatives to the school, said the students learned not only an impor-tant school lesson but life lessons.

“Health lessons are an important part of the Texas curriculum, but its effects can often be reach beyond the walls of the school,” Cain said. “It’s important to host programs such as this one to help foster healthy habits in our students, but it is also my hope that they might be ambassadors for the community and promote healthy habits to others.”

Courtesy Photo/CCISDStudents at Martin Walker Elementary practice proper hand-washing techniques during an assembly with Coryell County Health Department representatives. The representatives also stressed the importance of using hand sanitizer follow-ing the hand washing.

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1009 S 5th Copperas Cove 3/1 Wood floor through most of the house brings out the charm. The kitchen has plenty of space. Bedrooms are great size with lots of windows to bring in all the natural light. New central AC and Heating system installed. $49,900 Don-lie McMullin Realty 547-0172 jacksmithhomes@aol.com

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3414 Plains St. Copperas Cove, is a little slice of heav-en. This beautifully appointed 4 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms; 1,952 square foot home has everything you are looking for. The minute you enter in the front door you are greeted with a large living room that you can cozy up next to the fireplace during those cold nights. The kitchen is just off of the large living room so you will not miss a moment of the entertainment. The kitchen is a cook’s dream with custom cabinets, granite counters, built in microwave, and plenty of storage space. The home has beautiful designer col-ors throughout. The master bedroom and bathroom have everything you need to es-cape the day. The secondary bedrooms are all a good size with plenty of closet space. The backyard is perfect to relax and watch the kids play or enjoy the cool breeze in the evening. Donlie McMullin Realty 547-0172 jacksmith-homes@aol.com

593 Thomas St Copperas Cove, This stunning blend of fine craftsmanship located in Dewberry Ridge features 2,235 square feet, 4 Bed-rooms, 2.5 Baths, 2 Car Ga-rage, and sits on .61 acres. Family Room showcases ce-ramic tile flooring, lots of nat-ural light, inset lighting, and ceiling fan. For the gourmet chefs in the family the kitchen features stainless steel appli-ances, granite countertops, cook top stove, custom cabi-nets, and is complete with a walk-in pantry. The open floor plan lets you stay connected while preparing the meals. The oversized master suite is sure to please. Complete with large window for lots of sunlight, plenty of room for all your furniture, and the best part being the privacy the split floor plan brings. The owners retreat bath has a double vanity, separate jetted tub, shower, and large walk-in closet. Enjoy the week-ends with the family on the large covered porch that has an outdoor kitchen to make entertaining easier. Donlie McMullin Realty 547-0172 jacksmithhomes@aol.com

2329 Big Divide Rd Cop-peras Cove, This brand new home from Clear Creek Construction adds an elegant approach to traditional style. This 4 bedroom, 3 bath, 2,681 sqft home sits on a large .92 acre lot. Impressive tiled foyer welcomes friends and family into the living room. The first thing your guest see is the beautiful floor to ceiling brick/stone fireplace. The kitchen has everything a cook could want-microwave, stove, cus-tom cabinets, breakfast bar, and granite countertops. The master bedroom offers a tranquil solution that has dual sinks, garden tub, a separate shower, and a large walk in closet. Each of the secondary bedrooms has abundant clos-et space with each having its own walk in closets. Enjoy the covered patio that entices relaxation. Donlie McMullin Realty 547-0172 jacksmith-homes@aol.com

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Leuthner ran a 10.77 to best teammates Jamarkese Williams (10.83) and Jamari Gilbert (10.99). He also fin-ished third in the long jump with a mark of 6.83 meters. UIW teammate Clinton Cole won the event with a leap of 7.13 meters.

Leuthner also helped the 4x100-meter relay team to second-place finish with a 42.17 second mark. The UIW ‘A’ team won the race with a mark of 41.28.

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Belton Tigers. Four other Ti-gers earned walks.

Stafford earned the win on the bump for the Tigers and Johnson suffered the loss for the Dawgs.

The Bulldawgs (11-4, 1-1 in District 12-6A) get back to action tonight with a home contest against Ellison (7-5-1, 1-1).

The Tigers (10-8, 2-0) host the Killeen Kangaroos (2,9, 0-1).

what I was looking for, so I kept search-ing. About 100 yard father down the bank, that had the current running on it, Wham and a 2 pound white swallows the square bill, and I mean swallows it. I hate it when I have to kill a fish to recover a lure, but the back trebles were in the fish’s gullet, so nothing I could do.. I continued to search and nothing more on the square bill. Came up to this point that had willows half submerged and decided to throw a chartreuse and white spinner bait with a white trailer. Covered the whole point and nothing.

Well by this time I’m starting to get a bit frustrated and decided to try to find any water that wasn’t quite as stained as what I had been fishing….Guess what….There wasn’t any. So what to do next? Try a top water and see if the racket will make them hit as a reaction. Went through Buzz Bait, Burning a spinnerbait, walked the dog, popped a Popper, and frog and still nothing. Wow this is bad!

OK, back to the grind. Put on creature baits with little to no weight and dropped them right beside trees,

stumps, brush piles…nothing.About this time the sun started to

break through the clouds and I began to see some movement of the shad on the top of the water so I said to my-self “maybe it’s time to slow down and punch a few brush hogs through the standing grass”. So I rigged it up and pegged the weight about four to six inches up the line. Threw past the grass and eased it back through the first patch and Wham about a pound and half. Released it fixed the brush hog and moved to the next patch and Bam another about the same size. Does two make a pattern? “No.” So kept after it. Tried the next patch I saw and Walla the first keeper. Fished on through the patch and caught two more keepers. Now I have a pattern!

The point I’m trying to make is sometimes you have to get outside of your feel good baits when the water and the fish tell you “That not what I want”.

Anyway, the rest of the day was devoted to the pattern I had established, and it paid off with five decent keep-ers. You must continue to try different

things when the water get high and muddy until the water and fish begin to tell you what it’s going to take to catch them. Likewise you have to think outside the box about what was and is the structure you need to be on to make it work. In my case it was 3-4 foot of flooded water near deeper water with visible grass sticking up through the muddy water.

The next time you are fishing high, muddy Texas water don’t get frustrated and go home. Break out those baits that you haven’t tried and tie them on. Let the fish tell you what they want. Sooner or later you will land on something that they just can’t resist. However, remem-ber that it’s persistence that pays off.

Also remember what works today, may not work tomorrow if there are significant weather changes such as a cold front or a significant increase in the wind and its direction. Just keep trying and sooner or later it will pay off.

Hope this helps you get out there and catch a good stringer the next time you’re on Muddy Texas Water!

Catch a Bigun!!!

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District 12-6A Baseball Standings

Harker Heights 2-0Belton 2-0Copperas Cove 1-1Ellison 1-1Midway 0-1Killeen 0-1Shoemaker 0-2