Dec 14 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Like many, we at the San Benito News mourn the deaths of the 27 victims, 20 of whom were children, who were killed at an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday. My first reaction was perhaps what many thought when hearing the news: “not again.” Of course, …
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Dec 14 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com For anyone who hasn’t read the first two installments of “Trouble and a Soldier,” or for those who want a quick refresher, type the keywords: Trouble and a Soldier into the Google search bar. For everyone else… When I received the job offer with a prestigious San Antonio …
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Dec 07 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I apologize if you have grown tired of looking at my ugly mug these last three editions. This was not my intention, I assure you. While I realize there was one other week, and I believe it was recently, in which “Consider This” was published in three consecutive issues, …
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Dec 07 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com This week’s Heather Hopes is a continuation of last week’s. If you haven’t read the first installment, please be invited to visit sbnewspaper.com. Just type in the keyword: Trouble and a Soldier. For everyone else… In the cold, sterile atmosphere of the Breckenridge Hospital emergency room, my phone …
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Dec 03 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com One summer night, while sweating in the Godforsaken South Texas heat, four old friends stood around a barbeque pit, sipping beer and telling stories about their younger days. While clear that the scene just described could have taken place in just about anybody’s backyard, there’s something about this particular …
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Nov 30 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Thursday night, a friend asked, “What happened at the meeting?” Little did my friend know that a series of events had just occurred prior to his inquiry that, momentarily, anyway, left me vexed at that particular time. After breaking the story earlier that same evening about a report filed …
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Nov 30 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com About four years ago, I met someone – let’s call him Soldier – virtually. At the time, Soldier was a 30-year-old officer in the Army. His story went something like this: He had not been overseas long when the woman he had hoped to marry sent him a …
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Nov 23 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com On Wednesday, I shared a story about how two strangers’ touching display of affection inspired me to look beyond my periphery and take notice of the love that continues to not just exist but thrive in an otherwise decaying society. I also asked for you – my gentle snowflakes …
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Nov 23 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com My Thanksgiving didn’t resemble the kind that Hollywood glamorizes, with 40 of my closest blood relatives sitting huddled around a big table, swapping stories and eating turkey until someone passes out on the really expensive sofa, but to me, this was probably the best – and simplest – …
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Nov 20 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com While on my way to work Monday morning, I saw a man and a woman embracing. There was nothing about it that was particularly interesting or extraordinary, in case you were wondering if this was somehow going to turn into a metaphor for what’s currently transpiring in local politics. …
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