January 25, 2013 archive

Calendar of Events (January 27 – January 29)

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: Feb. 9 Time: 5:30 …

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Q&A – Occult experts weigh in on Saint Death’s ‘desecration’

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ & FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ San Benito News Following news that the mysterious and controversial Santa Muerte statue at the San Benito Municipal Cemetery had been found destroyed on Wednesday, two university professors who’re considered experts on the occult offered their opinions on the matter. Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut, author of Devoted to Death: …

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City, school police implement campus safety procedures

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com In a post-Sandy Hook society, it’s no surprise that, during a joint meeting on Tuesday between the San Benito City Commission and the San Benito CISD Board of Trustees, the subject of school safety was addressed. Discussed was the implementation of combined-response procedures and protocols should a school …

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RH man accused of sexually assaulting children

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A Rio Hondo man was arrested by deputies of the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department on Sunday, January 20, for allegedly sexually assaulting two young girls. Nineteen-year-old Eloy Galvez was accused of sexually assaulting two sisters, the oldest of whom was 6-years-old. Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio reported that …

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CONSIDER THIS: The Tale of Two Experts on the Occult

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Since publishing the story about the mysterious Santa Muerte statue and various followup articles, the San Benito News has received hundreds of comments through various forms of communication and media, including emails, tweets, text messages, website and Facebook comments. We’ve also felt the wrath of self-proclaimed “brujos” and “brujas” …

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SCATTERBRAINED: The Fifteenth Step

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com I have writer’s block. Bad. Normally this isn’t a problem, but being that I have a deadline to meet, and beers to drink, I am becoming more agitated by the minute. I flip through a stack of books I have on my desk looking for inspiration. Anything. That …

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