Nov 26 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Here we go again. The Fifth Annual San Benito News “Best Tamales in Town” contest has been scheduled for noon on Friday, Dec. 13. The contest remains open to the public as contestants are required to bring just one dozen of what they consider their best tamales to the …
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Nov 26 2013
Date: Ongoing Event: San Benito Historical Society annual fresh Texas pecan sale fundraiser More Info: (956) 399-2502, (956) 245-8094 Date: Thru Dec. 31 Event: American Military Support Operation: RGV Christmas Care Packages More Info: (956) 425-1549 Date: Nov. 28 Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Event: Templo El Salvador 500 plate giveaway for Thanksgiving Where: …
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Nov 26 2013
Tomasa G. Ayala, 85 of San Benito, Texas, went to be with God on November 25, 2013. Tomasa was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and migrated here to the United States in the 1950’s and became a U.S. citizen in the 1990’s. She loved knitting and gardening. Tomasa was the matriarch of the family. She was …
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Nov 26 2013
SAN BENITO, TEXAS—A.C. Hoehne, 76, passed away Monday, November 25, 2013 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen. A.C. was born November 8, 1937 in Yorktown, Texas to Alfred and Malinda Buelter Hoehne. He attended and graduated from Yorktown High School. A.C. was employed with Central Power and Light Company from high school graduation until …
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Nov 26 2013
SAN BENITO, TX–Maria G. Sifuentes Reyes, 67, of San Benito, Texas entered eternal life on Monday, November 25, 2013. Visitation will be held at Henry Thomae Funeral Home on Wednesday and Thursday at 1:00 p.m., with a mass of resurrection at 9:30 a.m. on Friday at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church. Rosary will be at 7 …
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Nov 22 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Cheergate is likely to continue well into the new year. At the pretrial hearing in the case of a San Benito High School varsity cheerleader with disabilities accused of assaulting the parent of a fellow cheerleader, a trial date was tentatively set for 10 a.m. on Jan. 28—this to …
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Nov 22 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito teen was arrested at a mobile home park after he allegedly slapped his mother. Authorities confirmed that it was at approximately 9:53 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, when officers with the San Benito Police Department responded to a call in reference to a domestic disturbance …
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Nov 22 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Officials with the City of San Benito expressed disappointment Friday concerning the decision made by the South Texas Youth Stock Show committee to move its event elsewhere. City Manager Manuel Lara said Friday that STYSS directors had not previously expressed intentions to move the event and did not learn …
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Nov 22 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Indian Cultural Powwow scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 23, has been moved indoors. “We changed the location of the powwow due to the bad weather coming in on Saturday,” said Ruben Cordova, one of the organizers of the event and a registered member of the Lipan-Apache …
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Nov 22 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com No action was taken Thursday at the special meeting of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees, who were expected to vote on whether suspended Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón would be reinstated or if an interim superintendent would be appointed to replace Alfonso Obregón. …
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