Aug 29 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I was catching up with a good friend over lunch on Wednesday when I noticed that I had the attention of a small audience. It’s not as though there was anything particularly unusual about where I was or what I was doing. I was simply enjoying a delightful conversation …
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Aug 22 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Like many of you who attended the Meet the Greyhounds community pep rally on Thursday, I too was surprised to see something I thought would never happen again – the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees successfully working together. Trustees made the purple and gold faithful in attendance cheer …
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Aug 15 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Even though it’s been more than 10 years, I can still remember the look on my friend’s face the first time he tried mussels. George – an eccentric fellow who I thought of as a brother – said something rather curious to me as we looked on in confusion …
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Aug 15 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer HeatherCathleenCox@gmail.com Have you ever felt like you’re trapped in an unsavory existence, like life is zooming by while you’re stagnantly sitting in a stale-aired cubicle, staring at a computer monitor, praying for the weekend to arrive? Well, recently, something similar happened to me. Suddenly, I began to think. I …
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Aug 08 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It amuses me when I encounter individuals who claim to have the city’s best interest at heart yet spew vile rhetoric about its people. Too many times have I read comments, fielded phone calls and met with individuals who, on the surface, appear to advocate for all that is …
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Aug 08 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com I recently took a social media quiz titled How Big of a Player Are You? My results were as follows: “You are a respectable dater, the opposite of a player. You either don’t try to play the game, or you’re failing miserably at it.” Truer words have never …
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Aug 01 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Like many folks in our society, I utilize the World Wide Web to search for interesting tidbits, informative articles, inspiring quotes and amusing photographs—both for personal enrichment and work-related reasons. A few days ago, I stumbled upon a photo which I found so interesting, I shared it with …
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Jul 25 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It’s been a long week for yours truly. By “long,” I don’t mean to imply that our efforts to help keep the community informed were in any way tedious. My specific tasks were simply grueling, and not for any extraordinarily-problematic situations like we’ve encountered in the past but for …
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Jul 25 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com I did a Google search for the word uncomplicate—just the word, with nothing following or preceding it—and 101,000-plus related articles and websites popped up. The following topics were included on the first page of results: 28 ways to uncomplicate your relationship; 100 ways to uncomplicate your life; 100 …
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Jul 18 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Plenty can happen in a week. Since my last entry, officials from the City of Rio Hondo have been more forthcoming concerning Place 5 Commissioner Joseph “Joe” Lopez’ domestic violence charge. City Administrator Ben Medina went from scolding a News reporter for inquiring about the matter to not just …
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