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 29 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Twenty-five years ago, the Sisters of Divine Providence in St. Louis, Missouri, established La Posada Providencia—a hospitality house in San Benito which serves as a safe harbor and fresh beginning for immigrants and asylees currently seeking legal recourse for gaining residency in the United States. During this time, …
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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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Jul 18 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@portisabelsouthpadre.com When asked by my high school career counselor what I wanted to do with my life, I said, “I want to leave the Valley.” What I really meant was I wanted to be free. Free from the constraints of academia, of my parents, of religion, of all the …
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Jul 11 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com If Rio Hondo should ever escape the dark cloud of controversy that has long been cast over the sleepy community, it’ll happen because its leaders embraced challenges rather than running from them. Take, for instance, Rio Hondo City Administrator Ben Medina, who expressed anger Friday when San Benito News …
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Jul 11 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com If we listen to society, no matter how successful someone becomes, a person can do no right. From the restaurants we visit to the way we dress, absolutely everything we do is subject to someone’s scrutiny. But those who scrutinize us from their soapboxes of self-admonition are rarely …
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