🌱 How much new sales tax money is headed to Copperas Cove?

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In today's newsletter:

• How much new sales tax money is headed to Copperas Cove?
• How the new Cavazos Connector could change getting around Copperas Cove
• Why a new TPUSA club at Cove High is drawing attention

Also on today's calendar: Gem Amethyst Rock Fossil Sale Dec 20, 21 (9am - 5pm) - (Temple-Killeen, TX) and 1 more event.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Low clouds, with a high of 61 and low of 51 degrees.
• Wednesday: Pleasant with periods of sun, temps: high: 66, low: 59.
• Thursday: Sunny and increasingly windy, with a high of 72 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• State sales tax allocations send more mixed economic signals for Central Texas (kdhnews.com) — Copperas Cove is set to receive $635,251 in December sales tax revenue, a 7.08% increase over last year, signaling modest local economic growth. The report places Copperas Cove’s gains in the context of mixed results across Bell, Coryell, and Milam counties, where some neighboring cities saw sharp increases while others experienced notable declines.
   

• Fort Hood's microtransit changing lives (spectrumlocalnews.com) — Copperas Cove residents can now use the free-or-low-cost Cavazos Connector microtransit system that links Fort Hood with nearby cities including Copperas Cove, Killeen, Harker Heights, Belton, and Temple. The on-demand service, similar to Uber or Lyft, has dramatically expanded mobility for soldiers and civilians, offering app-based rides across the base and surrounding counties while improving access to jobs, services, and recreation.
   

• State leaders push for Turning Point USA in schools (kdhnews.com) — Copperas Cove High School now has a student-led Turning Point USA Club America chapter, launched this fall by senior Brenna Butler with support from Cove ISD leadership. State leaders, including Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, are pushing to expand these conservative-leaning clubs statewide, while local voices in nearby Killeen debate the organization’s message, posters, and place in public schools.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Copperas Cove

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 19

• Market with a Mission (December)
  Ogletree Gap Preserve, 1878 Post Office Rd, Copperas Cove
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Christmas Potluck
  Copperas Cove ISD Copperas Cove, TX 76522

Saturday December 20

• Gem Amethyst Rock Fossil Sale Dec 20, 21 (9am - 5pm) - (Temple-Killeen, TX)
  Holiday Inn Killeen - Fort Hood Area by IHG , 300 E Central Texas Expy , Killeen
  9:00 am

Tuesday December 23

• RISE PROGRAM (Whole Area)
  Copperas Cove ISD Copperas Cove, TX 76522
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Kona Ice At Lunch
  Copperas Cove High School , 400 S 25th St , Copperas Cove
  10:30 am
• RISE PROGRAM (Whole Area)
  Copperas Cove ISD Copperas Cove, TX 76522
  3:00 pm
• Lady Basketball vs Shoemaker
  Shoemaker High School , 3302 Clear Creek Rd , Killeen
  4:30 pm
• Lady Dawg Soccer Scrimmage vs Hutto HS
  Bulldawg Stadium , 702 Joe Lombardi Wy , Copperas Cove
  5:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Library Volunteer Workday
  Mary Ruth Briggs Library , 8 Morgan's Point Blvd. , Morgan's Point Resort
  1:00 pm
• Solaris Hospice Meeting
  The Lampasas County Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center , 205 US-281 , Lampasas
  1:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Christmas Potluck
  Copperas Cove ISD Copperas Cove, TX 76522
• Kappa Alpha Psi Media Day
  Khanetic Images , 308 E Avenue D , Killeen
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hello everyone I am looking for local business owners who are dog service related.
  Rescues, Groomers, boarding, training, etc. I want to team up and do a little market or festival to get dog owners out to find services and small… (Nextdoor Skyline Flats)
• Anyone’s dog’s they’re running around in my yard startled me
  They’re currently on Bowen and Margaret Lee collars but no tags (Nextdoor Fairview)

• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Cake Decorator in Copperas Cove. Apply here.
• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Copperas Cove. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Copperas Cove here.

🗞 Nearby News

Fort Hood

• B-52's drop bombs on Ft Hood ranges (fox44news.com)
• Fort Hood Army doctor sued for secretly recording, inappropriately touching patients (fox7austin.com)
• Fort Hood staff sergeant sentenced to 26 years in prison for wife's murder (kxxv.com)

Killeen

• Killeen chamber to host monthly networking event Thursday (kdhnews.com)
• Contractor strikes water pipe, affecting water for hundreds of homes, businesses in central Killeen (kdhnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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