Jul 31 2013
By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS What started out as just a chance taken has turned into quite the summer for a local middle schooler. Brandon Michael Villarreal, a middle linebacker and running back for the Berta Cabaza Greypups, participated in two prestigious football camps over the past month: A regional Football University camp …
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Jul 31 2013
Date: August 3 and 4 Time: 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Event: St. Benedict Catholic Church Annual Festival Where: St. Benedict Catholic Church, 351 S. Bowie St., San Benito More Info: (956) 399-2353 Date: August 5 Time: 7 p.m. Event: Narciso Martinez Writers Forum Where: Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, 225 E. Stenger St., San …
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Jul 26 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Local farmers are continuing to voice their concerns about Mexico’s water deficit to the United States. “Back in November of last year, the United States and Mexico entered into an agreement about more water out of the Colorado, but they never even looked at the water depth in …
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Jul 26 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito Police officers visited the local Boys and Girls Club on Wednesday to teach kids about stranger danger. Conducting the presentation was Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San Benito Police Department, who was joined by SBPD officers Carlos Romero, Operations Chief Martin Morales Jr. and Assistant …
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Jul 26 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito educator Stacey Lee Gonzalez has literally broadened her horizons A newly-hired English teacher at San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy, Gonzalez, 21, set out in June to spend her summer teaching abroad. It was a decision that eventually led her to Poland, where she’s taught children from the …
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Jul 26 2013
By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the NEWS For Omar Salinas, baseball is king. Ever since picking up the game at 4 years old, Salinas, 10, has been around the game in some form or fashion and he truly loves every minute of it. Case in point: His summer job. For the second consecutive year, Salinas …
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Jul 26 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com For Cejay Banuelos, playing college basketball has long been a dream. As of Thursday, her dream became reality when she signed to play basketball at Bacone University in Muskogee, Oklahoma. “It’s pretty amazing,” Banuelos said inside the San Benito High School varsity gymnasium on Thursday after inking a …
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Jul 26 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Believe it or not, I’m often asked my opinion on a wide-range of topics, from current events to local matters to personal problems. I decided to address a couple of them this weekend in a fun and casual letter format. Who knows, maybe I’ll incorporate this in our Wednesday …
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Jul 24 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Mediation will be held on Tuesday, July 30 between the attorneys representing the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District and its suspended Superintendent of Schools, Antonio G. Limón. “It is a mediation that has been agreed upon by both parties,” said Board President Yliana González. “They are going …
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Jul 24 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Even more reassignments of school district principal positions were announced Monday, making the personnel move the fourth time in which campuses have undergone leadership changes. The latest principal assignments have been finalized by the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District for the 2013- 2014 school year, according to …
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