Mar 08 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito City Cemetery may be seeing a couple of rule changes this month if the City Commission approves the proposed new set of guidelines. “I think everything is staying the same, with the exception of increasing some of the rates (located at) I think the burial …
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Mar 08 2011
Football players awarded at annual banquet By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. Special to the NEWS The 2010 football season officially went into the history books this past Sunday as the San Benito Greyhounds Quarterback Club held its annual season ending football banquet at the high school. With the guest speaker Roberto Garza of the …
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Mar 08 2011
Rogelio on the Squeeze Box By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The fifth annual Big Squeeze Accordion Contest kicked off on Sunday, March 6 at the birthplace of Conjunto music, San Benito, Texas. The Big Squeeze Accordion Contest is a competition in which accordionists throughout the state compete for the chance to win various …
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Mar 08 2011
Community Corner By SCARLET O’ROURKE Special to the NEWS The Heavin Resaca Trail brings a bit of nature into the city of San Benito. There, birds gather, turtles surface, and fish swim in harmony with those who come to the trail. It is here that 27-year-old Valerie Armas comes to run. “It’s nice,” Armas said. …
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Mar 07 2011
SBCISD officials anticipate ‘changes’ due to state deficit By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Calling it “speculation,” San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limon and School Board President Oscar Medrano dismissed reports from sources that educators are being laid off in anticipation of a projected $10 billion deficit in state education. “Whatever …
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Mar 07 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A security guard at a San Benito middle school was arrested on Wednesday, March 2 for allegations of internet harassment. Socorro Herrera Ortiz, 47, was arrested at approximately 8:45 a.m. in the front office of Miller Jordan Middle School for allegations of harassing a woman using the social …
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Mar 07 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito is currently seeking requests for qualifications (RFQs) for engineering services. “I can’t speak for any other members of the commission. I can only speak for myself when I say this: It’s nothing personal against Mr. (Victor) Gutierrez as a professional and a person,” …
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Mar 07 2011
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Not much has changed in the local school board and municipal elections. Former Rio Hondo Mayor Santiago Jim Saldana, Jr. has filed to challenge Pl. 5 incumbent Tomas Gomez on the Rio Hondo ISD School Board. Noe Alaniz is running for re-election for Pl. 1 as well as …
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Mar 01 2011
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The project is viable. At least that’s according to Jaime Nieves, CEO/President of San Benito Enterprises, LLC, owners of Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital. Nieves was referring to recent statements made by Mark A. Feanny of National Healthcare Development Partners (NHDP) regarding its role in the hospital’s development being “terminated” …
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Mar 01 2011
Welcome to San Benito By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Students from the University of Michigan visited San Benito CISD as part of the Alternative Spring Break Program. Students were given a tour of the city including the Challenger Learning Center and the museums. Jason Stern, an alumnus from the University of Michigan and …
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