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News
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Sports
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Index
Police Blotter......Page 3A
Texas History......Page 4A
Coffee Talk........Page 4A
Cove Living.......Page 6A
Sports ...........Page 1B
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Vol. 117, No. 97
Copperas Cove
Leader-Press
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Council lowers tax rate
Higher appraised values
lead to tax rate of 76
cents per $100 valuation.
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By Ml KAYLA MONDRAGON
Staff writer
The Copperas Cove city council
approved a lower property tax rate of 76
cents per $100 of assessed valuation at
their meeting on Tues
The tax rate will generate more than
$6.6 million for Copperas Cove’s general
fund and more than $2.2 million for the
debt services fund. The committee also
approved changes to the city’s fee sched-
ule, which included a increased animal
surrender and impound fees. The changes
in the fee schedule also included change in
waste and water fees.
Plans for the new Copperas Cove
Fire Station 2 were discussed and present-
ed by Copperas Cove Fire Chief Sean
Hughes. Hughes discussed the possible
location of the new station near the comer
of FM 1113 and Grimes Crossing Road on
6.88 acres of donated property. The dis-
cussed station will replace the current Fire
Station 2 that was built in 1977 and in
need of repairs and expansion to accom-
modate staff and equipment. Hughes pre-
sented the city council with renderings of
possible plans for the future station.
Marc Nigliazzo, president of Texas
A&M-Central Texas, was presented with
a $25,000 check for the Texas A&M
Scholarship Foundation. The money was
raised during the Third Annual Golf Tour-
nament, hosted by the City of Copperas
Cove at the Hills of Cove Golf Course.
“We are this region’s university. We are so
grateful for the support from the city of
Copperas Cove,” said Nigliazzo. “Out of
the 2,000 students that have graduated
from Texas A&M-Central Texas in the
past three years, 182 students were Cop-
pers Cove High School graduates.”
The city council declared Sept. 15
“National Day for Kids in Copperas
Cove.” Children and members of the Boys
and Girls Club of Central Texas were pres-
ent to receive the signed proclamation.
The council also declared the month of
September “National Preparedness
See COUNCIL, Page 5A
Tur nin ’Dirt
Photos by DAVID MORRIS
Eric Lykins with TxDOT goes over the layout for the FM 2657 expansion to
Terry Thompson at the groundbreakiing Tuesday morning. FM 2657 will be
expanded to four lanes for 2.6 miles from U.S. 190 south. Left, Mayor John
Hull turns a shovel full of dirt during the groundbreaking.
City, Lampasas County
officials break ground
on FM 2657 expansion.
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By LYNETTE SOWELL_
Staff writer
f | The City of Copperas Cove has
I accomplished what few commu-
.A. nities in Texas have the opportuni-
ty to do: Have three Texas Department of
Transportation projects break ground
within 20 months of each other.
On Tuesday morning, the city broke
ground on the FM 2657 expansion, the
newest addition to projects that are for-
ever altering the landscape of the city.
The 2.6-mile project will cost $6.2 mil-
lion and take approximately 20 months
to complete.
Big Creek Construction of Hewitt is
already onsite and prepping the area for
construction. “We’re already clearing
trees, stripping grass and barricades are
going up,” said Wade Miller, who owns
and operates Big Creek Construction
along with his father. “If the weather
cooperates, we might get to finish soon-
er than 20 months.”
Miller said the company plans to
tackle the northbound side of FM 2657
first, with two lanes of traffic going north
See FM 2657, Page 5A
Cove PD looking
into 2 robberies
By LARRY HAUK_
Editor
Copperas Cove police are investigating armed rob-
beries at two locations in August.
A 17-year-old man was robbed at 300 Cove Terrace
Shopping Center in the parking lot on Aug. 9, and the Dol-
lar General at 819 North 1st St. was robbed Aug. 31. The
Copperas Cove Police Department believes one person
committed both robberies.
In the first incident, Cove PD said in a press release the
teen-age Copperas Cove resident reported being “robbed by
a suspect brandishing a black handgun in the parking lot.”
The release stated the “victim was not physically injured in
the incident; however, personal property was stolen from
him.” The suspect was last seen fleeing from the scene on
See ROBBERIES, Page 5A
Copperas Cove police released this photo of a man robbing
a woman at the Dollar General on N. 1st Street. The man is
also believed to have robbed a man at Cove Terrace.
Police
chief
out on
leave
By LYNETTE SOWELL
Staff writer
The City of Copperas
Cove’s assistant city manager
and police chief Timothy
Moines is recuperating from
surgery in August and will like-
ly be away for a total of four to
six weeks.
Both City Manager Andrea
Gardner and Copperas Cove
Police Department Sgt. Kevin
Keller would not say why
Moines is out, but he is rumored
to be undergoing treatment for
cancer.
That doesn’t mean Moines’
desk is empty in either capacity
while he out. Via the police
department’s administrative
structure, Deputy Chief Mike
Heintzelman is set to attend to
any police chief duty’s during
Moines’ absence, while his
administrative assistant, Cheryl
Forester, keeps the office run-
ning.
As far as the assistant city
manager position goes, Moines’
role is covered there as well.
The city’s human resources
director, Kelli Sames, provides
assistance with ACM duties in
the event city manager Andrea
Gardner is away from her desk.
Coryell still
has no cases
of West Nile
By JOYCE HAUK_
Staff writer
The number of West Nile
Neuroinvasive cases has contin-
ued to increase in the United
States this past week and are
expected to increase probably
until October, said officials with
the Centers for Disease Control
and Texas Department of State
Health Services.
Dr. Lyle Petersen, director of
Vector-Bome Infectious Diseases
and Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, said based on past
epidemics of West Nile disease,
they expect the numbers will
eventually show this year’s epi-
demic peaked in mid to late
August. However, they feel more
cases of the disease have yet to be
reported.
See WEST NILE, Page 5A
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