Feb 08 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito National Bronco League is registering for a new season of youth baseball and softball. Zeke Luna, chairman of the City of San Benito Parks and Recreation Board, which operated the San Benito Youth Baseball-Softball Organization last year, confirmed recently that Jerry Hernandez, President of the …
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Feb 08 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Citizens of San Benito and the surrounding communities are coming together to help raise money to save the local Boys and Girls Club. Among the many upcoming events to raise funds for the San Benito club is a dance and a baseball and softball tournament to be held …
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Feb 08 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The Rio Hondo Independent School District has implemented a balloon ban for all its campuses in the wake of 7-year-old Ruby Ramirez’ tragic death over a week ago due to what authorities, citing a preliminary autopsy report, believe was asphyxiation due to choking on a balloon. But what …
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Feb 08 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy was without power for nearly five hours Wednesday. It was at approximately 9:30 a.m. when the lights went out at the campus, and according to San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón, the power outage was due to a transformer that …
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Feb 08 2013
Special to the NEWS Ram Partida has come full circle. Partida, a San Benito native and longtime coach, will begin his first year as the Greyhounds’ head baseball coach when the high school baseball season kicks off in just over a week. The former assistant took over the reins in the offseason and welcomes back …
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Feb 08 2013
NEWS Staff Report DONNA – Nine local middle school students represented San Benito at the 2012-13 Texas Music Educators Association All-Region 28 Band clinic and concert on Jan. 25-26. Tryouts for the prestigious band were held on Jan. 19 at Rivera High School in Brownsville. From over 800 young musicians vying for spots in the …
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Feb 08 2013
San Benito High School senior Pedro Lozano, first row, third from left, signed a letter of intent to play football for Central Methodist University in Missouri. Joining Lozano are front, from left, San Benito High School Principal Delia Weaver, Lozano’s parents, Estella Vargas Lozano and Pedro Lozano, back, coaching staff Joel Lopez, Ramiro Partida, Athletic Director/Head Football Coach Spencer Gantt, Jesse Treviño and Javier De Dios. (SBCISD photo)
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Feb 08 2013
Date: Thru Mar. 1 Time: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tuesdays, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Event: Annual Quilt Show featuring the top 2012 18 finalists from the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY Where: Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum, 2425 Boxwood, Harlingen More Info: (956) 216-4901 Date: Thru Mar. 28 Time: …
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Feb 06 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy was without power for nearly five hours Wednesday. According to San Benito CISD Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón, the source of the power outage was the result of a tractor striking a utility pole near the school. Students were not sent …
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Feb 06 2013
By ANDREA MOSQUEDA Special to the NEWS The San Benito Greyhound varsity basketball team faced one final hurdle in the road to the playoffs as they squared off with the PSJA Bears at home Tuesday. The annual Greyhound Basketball Parents’ Night only added to the excitement. Fresh from the festivities, the ’Hounds arrived on the …
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