May 10 2013
NEWS Staff Report RIO HONDO – Voters here will take to the polls Saturday to decide seven seats up for grabs on the Rio Hondo ISD School Board and Rio Hondo City Commission. From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on May 11, voters can cast their ballots in both the city and school district elections …
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May 09 2013
Special to the NEWS Sister Zita Telkamp, CDP, program director of La Posada Providencia, a San Benito shelter for new immigrants and asylum seekers, is a finalist in the running for the Catholic Church Extension Society’s prestigious Lumen Christi Award. Now in its 36th year, the Lumen Christi award is presented to a religious woman, …
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May 07 2013
Special to the NEWS And then there were four. The San Benito Lady ’Hounds, just one of only four Valley softball clubs remaining in the state playoffs, will hit the road this weekend. San Benito (29-2) will take on 29-5A champion Eagle Pass (28-6) in a Class 5A regional quarterfinal best-of-three series. All games will …
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May 07 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito police officers believe the man wanted for the aggravated sexual assault of two underage girls may have fled the country. Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San Benito Police Department said that the suspect, Edwin Talavera, the 37-year-old former Stonewall Jackson apartment manager and minister of a …
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May 07 2013
NEWS Staff Report RIO HONDO – The time has come. Tuesday marked the final day of early voting in Rio Hondo as members of the community took to the polls to cast their ballots. All that’s left now is the day candidates and voters have been waiting for, Election Day. Set for May 11, voters …
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May 07 2013
Special to the NEWS San Benito CISD Police Chief Santiago R. Garcia has a little advice for high school students attending prom: be safe. In anticipation of the San Benito High School Prom, scheduled for Saturday, May 11, at Rancho Viejo, Garcia provided a number of tips on how to avoid disaster. Specifically, Garcia stressed …
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May 07 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – Rio Hondo City Commissioner Enrique “Rick” Tello faces a familiar face in his reelection bid. Anita Lozano had served on the Rio Hondo City Commission for three terms before she lost her seat in 2011. Now she is looking to reclaim a seat on the …
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May 07 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – Election season is in full bloom in Rio Hondo, and facing off for the Place 4 seat on the Rio Hondo City Commission is incumbent Miguel “Mike” Uresti and challenger Kitter Huerta. “The thing I’m basing my campaign on is we’re working on the safe …
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May 07 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – As early voting comes to an end and Election Day nears on May 11, Rio Hondo ISD races are heating up. In the race for Place 4 Rio Hondo ISD Board of Trustees, incumbent Rene Alfaro faces challenger Claudia Villalobos. Alfaro was not available for …
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May 07 2013
Helen Sophia Schneider Townsend, 93, of Weimar, Texas (formerly from San Benito, Texas) died on April 26, 2013. The oldest of eight children, she was born to Jakob Schneider and Elsie Christesen Schneider on December 26, 1919 in San Benito, Texas. Helen graduated from San Benito High School in 1938 and attended Marietta Business Institute …
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