Category: Gallery

Halloween San Benito style

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Shown are the many spooky Halloween sights on Monday, when trick or treaters visited the San Benito News office for candy and people decorated their homes in Halloween paraphernalia. (Staff photos)

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San Benito Homecoming 2011

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Hundreds lined downtown Sam Houston Boulevard in San Benito for the annual San Benito High School Homecoming Parade, which was held Thursday. Shown are various scenes from the parade. (Photos by Rodrigo Davila)

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At Conjunto Fest 2011

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Over 3,000 people attended this weekend’s 20th Annual Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival, which was held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 21-23. The event featured conjuntos such as Gilberto Perez, Chano Cadena, Los Angeles del Sur and Eva Ybarra, among others. Also, the San Benito News raffled two acoustic guitars – donated by Hermes Music – at the show. The proceeds from the raffle were donated to the Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center. Shown are scenes from this year’s event. (Photos by Ray Quiroga and T.J. Tijerina)

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Lucio marks opening of new Human Services office

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Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. attended grand opening ceremonies on Tuesday for the new Texas Health and Human Services Office in San Benito, located on 1630 W. Highway 77. Also shown with Lucio are office supervisors. (Staff photos by Michael Rodriguez)

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Taking Pride

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The Camacho Residence, located on the 600 block of Resaca Shores, has been named San Benito Chamber of Commerce Pride Committee Pride Home of the Month for October. Shown (from l-r) are Pride representatives Bertha Wilson and Debbie Layton. (Photo by Joe Bocanegra)

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Pigskin in San Benito

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The San Benito Greyhound Mighty Marching Band performed Saturday at Bobby Morrow Stadium in the annual Pigskin Jubilee. The band received Division One ratings for consecutive years. (Photos by Isabel Gomez, KSBG)

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Getting ‘Country-Fide’

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Madelyn Victoria Vallejo, performing simply as Madelyn Victoria, was at Suarez Ranch Saturday in San Benito off of FM 800 to shoot her video for “Country-Fide” – a cut off of her debut self-titled EP. Over 100 people showed up for the video, which will be available in about a month’s time on Youtube.com. (Photos by Vince Galvan)

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Fire Prevention Week at Head Start

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Firefighters of the San Benito Fire Department are shown at the San Benito Head Start Friday morning as part of Fire Prevention Week festivities. Head Start kids are shown handling a fire hose thanks to the assistance of firefighter Josh Espinosa. Also, firefighters are wearing pink uniform t-shirts in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The shirts were sold to the public in which the proceeds benefited cancer research. (Photos by T.J. Tijerina)

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Football Feature: Greyhounds vs. Falcons

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The San Benito Greyhounds are shown during Friday night football action at Bobby Morrow Stadium, where they took on the Los Fresnos Falcons and were victorious by a score of 34-21. In every mid-week edition, one team will be selected for a photo spread – featuring the San Benito Greyhounds, the Los Fresnos Falcons, or the Rio Hondo Bobcats. (Photos by Vince Galvan)

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Football Feature: Greyhounds vs. Vikings

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The San Benito Greyhounds are shown during Friday night football action at Brownsville, where they took on the Brownsville Pace Vikings and were victorious by a score of 31-20. In every mid-week edition, one team will be selected for a photo spread – featuring the San Benito Greyhounds, the Los Fresnos Falcons, or the Rio Hondo Bobcats. (Photos by Rodrigo Davila)

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