Tag: Heavin Memorial Park

Entities partner on anti-graffiti, community garden project

By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com During a San Benito CISD Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 9, district officials discussed the approval of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for an anti-graffiti and community garden project. The MoU is an agreement between two or more parties in which they work in conjunction on a common …

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Weather prompts Indian Powwow to move indoors

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Indian Cultural Powwow scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 23, has been moved indoors. “We changed the location of the powwow due to the bad weather coming in on Saturday,” said Ruben Cordova, one of the organizers of the event and a registered member of the Lipan-Apache …

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San Benito to host Indian Powwow Saturday

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The city of San Benito will host an Indian Powwow on Saturday, Nov. 23 at the Heavin Memorial Park behind the funeral home. “It’s called the First Annual San Benito Indian Cultural Powwow,” said Ruben Cordova, who is a registered member of the Lipan-Apache Tribe of Texas. “It’ll …

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Weather may prompt venue change for Estudiantina

NEWS Staff Report In the event of inclement weather conditions, the Estudiantina Guadalupana Potosina performance scheduled for Friday at the Heavin Memorial Park amphitheater may be changed to the San Benito High School cafeteria. Set for a 6-7 p.m. time slot, the show will apparently go on for the band of Mexican students from San …

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City discusses splash pad project

By JOE BOCANEGRA Special to the NEWS San Benito City Commissioners were updated Tuesday on plans to open a splash pad, a project that was originally expected to replace the defunct public swimming pool near Stookey Park. The update discussed during Tuesday’s regular city commission meeting included the possibility of locating the splash pad at …

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