San Benito man on Longhorns staff relives glory

Juan Conde

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Most athletes dream of one day being a part of a championship team, Juan Conde, Jr. has done that … three times, albeit not as an athlete. Conde, a 1954 graduate of San Benito High School, is one of very few people who have been privileged enough to …

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San Benito High School Belles win top regional award

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By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito High School Belles recently traveled to Corpus Christi to compete in the 2011 Marching Auxiliaries Competition, and they returned home champions. “I’m really proud of the girls. They did really well,” said Kimberly Banda, the Belles drill team instructor. “I believe that they perform better …

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Search for attorney, engineer ongoing for city

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By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito is still researching applicants for city attorney. “There’s going to be a process on it,” said Mayor Jack Garcia. “The first thing is that Mr. (Manuel) Lara (city manager) is going to provide us with a set of questions based off of input …

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Lending A Helping Hand

Food Pantry student volunteers

Volunteers from the St. Benedict Catholic Church youth group and students from the San Benito High School STEMS (South Texas Engineering Math and Science) Club gave a helping hand Wednesday morning at the San Benito Food Pantry, helping bag and stock the non-profit organization’s supplies. Shown is April Treviño, Maria Jimenez, Sodelva Saldivar, Maritza Gonzalez, and Stacey Gonzalez. (Courtesy photo)

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Villalobos: ADA’s death not result of auto accident

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NEWS Staff Report Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos stated Tuesday that the death of Assistant District Attorney Attorney Arturo J. Iñiguez was not related to an automobile accident. The district attorney emailed a response to inquiries regarding unconfirmed reports that Iñiguez may have been the victim of an automobile collision, dispelling any related claims. …

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Med Tech students organize Zumbathon benefit

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Special to the NEWS The National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) at South Texas Academy of Medical Technology (Med Tech) is hosting a Zumbathon this Saturday, March 26, from 9-11 a.m. at the Med Tech campus in San Benito. The dance-driven fitness event, led by certified Zumba instructor Homer Longoria is open to the public. Registration …

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Salvation Army warns of Japan relief email scams

Japan relief email scam

Special to the NEWS The Salvation Army is warning donors to beware of a bogus email appeal which asks for donations to The Salvation Army’s Relief efforts in Japan. The appeal, claiming to be from “Salvation Army National Corp.,” urges donors to send a donation to an email address which is not a valid Salvation …

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BURIED TREASURE: Roadshow comes to Harlingen

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Special to the NEWS HARLINGEN – “There was buried treasure in the backyard just waiting to be dug up and the family knew it. So one day the granddaughter decided to excavate what her grandmother, an escapee from an oppressive Russian tsarist rule, put in the dirt years ago. Turns out it was $57,000 worth …

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Lady ’Hounds take down Weslaco in six

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  By CHRISTY CORTEZ Special to the NEWS The San Benito Lady ’Hounds found themselves in what has been an unfamiliar situation thus far in district Friday night against the Weslaco Lady Panthers. After blowing away the past district competition and ending the past games in no more than four innings, the Lady ’Hounds started …

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Officer’s suspension upheld, another is reinstated

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By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Rulings on two high-profiled Civil Service hearings concerning previously suspended officers with the San Benito Police Department (SBPD) were made this week. Shortly after the San Benito News first reported Wednesday on sbnewspaper.com that one officer was reinstated from an indefinite suspension, another cop’s three-day suspension was upheld as …

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