Sep 29 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I find the practice of prayer, of surrendering control to the will of another, to be beautiful. Perhaps it’s ironic that we’re at our wisest when admitting to inadequacies, granted, but there’s also something deeply moving about witnessing a man or a woman with their heads bowed, eyes closed …
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Sep 25 2012
By JOE BOCANEGRA Resaca City Streets The chance to see school colors obviously heightens once football season is here. When one walks Resaca City Streets (name of the column!), one sees the occasional outburst of team spirit up close and personal. During the early 00s, I regularly walked past a house that showed its spirit …
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Sep 22 2012
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com One dreary night, a group of ten (conceivably ignorant) high schoolers dodge the lameness of adult supervision and approach a nearby abandoned house, reputed as haunted, where they hope to catch a glimpse of an alleged ghoul. After making their way through the home’s front entrance, the kids …
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Sep 22 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I can still feel myself slipping. As the car sank to the bottom of the ocean, I recalled memories from my childhood. Christmas mornings with the family, the daily games of basketball my friends and I enjoyed, that one day I became violently ill after eating pancakes made from …
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Sep 18 2012
By JOE BOCANEGRA Resaca City Streets Being that I love to travel by foot in this great city of San Benito, I have often come upon the most interesting of sights and sounds. And let me just say that I have quite a few stories I could tell you. But Tuesday being National Cheeseburger Day, …
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Sep 15 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com We still don’t know anything. At least that’s been my thought when faced with the barrage of coverage the Stonewall Jackson Hotel has recently received. Sure, there have been plenty of articles published by other local newspapers and TV stations since the San Benito News first broke the story …
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Sep 15 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com I could try to sell you my philosophies on why the world is cruel. I know a story about a man who did something so awful to his two-year-old daughter it earned him 30 consecutive life sentences in prison. I spent years wishing I didn’t know that story. …
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Sep 08 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I may not have what it takes to run for public office, but I do know how to return a phone call. It’s my hope that I can one day say the same about our elected officials, but I’m also not holding my breath. After all, nearly four months …
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Sep 08 2012
By HEATHER C. COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Bible says, “How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver,” Proverbs 16:16 NIV version. Basically, this means whatever the problem, the solution won’t be found until we understand what is really, honestly going on – in our own lives and in …
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May 03 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Thursday night’s community forum for San Benito CISD School Board candidates was supposed to be where six political hopefuls were going to introduce themselves to voters in a formal setting at the John F. Barron Administration Building. It’s also where they were scheduled to address concerns from the community …
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