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Dozens of boys and girls screamed with excitement when Khrystal Westeen, director of the Copperas Cove branch of the Boys and Girls Club, exclaimed that Wednesday was the clubâs first day in its new facility. âItâs been awesome; Iâve just been ready to go,â Westeen said about her excitement of opening the clubâs first permanent facility in Cove. In its 27 years of existence, the Copperas Cove club has had to utilize temporary locations to serve its member children. Approximately three years ago, the Boys and Girls Club began raising funds for the purchase of land and to build a permanent facility. ....
Bingo faithful, daubers in hand, turn out to gaming centers seeking fortune, kinship Story by Clay Carpenter/Photography by Annie Rice, Corpus Christi Caller-Times Published 9:03 pm UTC Dec. 30, 2020 Martin Perez takes a bottle of holy water out of his pocket and sprinkles it on the table at the C.C. Bingo Hall on Corpus Christi’s Westside. He explains that other players envious of his good fortune in bingo may have thrown salt on his table to dampen his luck. “They do it on days that I don’t come. They know where I sit. Before I sit down, I throw holy water and that kills everything, if you have faith,” he says. ....