Category: Staff Columns

HEATHER HOPES – My 1st Tradition: Like is Most Important

Heather Cathleen Cox

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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CONSIDER THIS: How Total Strangers Inspire Me to Love

Michael Rodriguez

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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CONSIDER THIS: It’s Time to Exorcise San Benito’s Demons

Michael Rodriguez

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Make no mistake; what’s currently transpiring with Mayor Joe H. Hernandez cannot be dismissed as a political vendetta that’s gone too far. This is something more. Understand that by stating this, I’m neither passing judgment nor finally convicting the mayor – in the court of public opinion, anyway – …

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HEATHER HOPES: You Want Me To Do What?

Heather Cathleen Cox

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  This city is divided. Some San Benitians are for, others against the present mayor. There are those for and against a former mayor. Seemingly, the school district is divided, with those for and against the board president or for and against the superintendent. Citizens have differing opinions on …

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CONSIDER THIS: The Sparkly Purpling Words We Write

Michael Rodriguez

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com “I want to see if you’ll catch something when you read my story, and if you don’t then you have to give me a dollar.” Judging by her smile, I could tell Heather Cathleen Cox, our staff writer here at the San Benito News, was dead serious when making …

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HEATHER HOPES: How to Become a Successful Blogger

Heather Cathleen Cox

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  Some people charge for it. Some do it as a hobby. Though not as common, some even do it in groups. If you utilize a social media platform like Facebook, you probably do it too. “It” is called blogging. Blogging is similar to journaling, but where a journal …

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CONSIDER THIS: State of Play – Why the Greyhound Band Rocks

Michael Rodriguez

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com At the advice of a dear friend of mine, I will not begin this column – a tribute to the San Benito High School Mighty Greyhound Band and the parents who participated in making our last edition so memorable – with the opening phrase, “One time, at band camp…” …

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HEATHER HOPES: This Contains No Dating Advice, Whatsoever

Heather Cathleen Cox

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  Since I’m definitely no authority on the subject, I find it interesting that several people have asked me to write a column about dating. I’ve never been married, and I’ve had two long-term relationships which each ended after years of dating off-and-on; then, there was my failed engagement. …

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CONSIDER THIS: A Real Haunting in San Benito

Michael Rodriguez

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com In the pitch-black darkness of my bedroom, the clock striking midnight and my wife out cold beside me, I struggled Friday to prepare that which I’ve dreaded all week: writing this article. You see, I had initially intended to write a timely, albeit charming tale involving my many escapades …

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HEATHER HOPES: Halloween Costume Fail – Creepy Dudes

Heather Cathleen Cox

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com  We’ve all seen him at a nice restaurant and at a not-so-nice restaurant. He’s at the airport. He’s at the mechanic’s shop or lurking the aisles at your local grocer. He can be found behind a big fancy desk or even driving his Mama’s 1999 Ford Focus. It’s …

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