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ADOPT-A-FRIEND: Serena

Serena is a beautiful chocolate lab with a great disposition. She is calm, friendly and clean. Serena will make a great family pet. She has been vetted by Friends of Animal Rescue. You can meet Serena at Friends of Animal Rescue, 4908 Padre Blvd. South Padre Island.

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McLaughlin book signing slated at Paragraphs

Special to the Parade Author and poet Lynn McLaughlin will be on-hand for a book signing, discussion and reception at Paragraphs on Friday, March 8. The event, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for 1-3 p.m. A publisher, author and award winning poet, McLaughlin is also a member of the American …

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St. Patrick’s Day boiled dinner set

South Padre Parade The Rio Grande Valley Bikers for Christ, in cooperation with the Disciple Nation Youth Ministry, will be hosting an authentic Saint Patrick’s Day boiled dinner on Saturday, March 9. The event will be held from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Christ’s Harbor Church in Laguna Vista. The dinner will include corn …

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Texas independence to be celebrated Saturday

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ South Padre Parade San Benito will remember the Alamo on Saturday, March 9, during the fifth annual Texas Independence Day Celebration, to be held at the municipal fairgrounds off FM 510. “Hopefully this year it will be bigger and better,” said Jack Ayoub of the Texas Heritage and Independence Celebration Association …

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Air Fiesta to soar this weekend

Prepare to fly high. Air Fiesta 2013 will be celebrating “50 years and counting…” with this year’s show scheduled Saturday and Sunday, March 9-10 at the Brownsville/South Padre Island Airport. Children under the age of 12 are admitted for free. Air Fiesta preserves, in flying condition, a complete collection of combat aircraft which were flown …

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Smooth shaves offered to Spring Breakers

Gillette will be hosting an event called Keep It Smooth Shaven, or KISS, for Spring Break 2013 on March 12 and 13. The events, slated from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Padre South Hotel on 1500 Gulf Blvd, will consist of a tent in which Spring Breakers can get a free shave using the …

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Ultra Music Festival tour to hit SPI

The “Road to Ultra: A Long Way From Home” North American Club Tour will be coming to South Padre Island on Wednesday, March 13, one of nine stops before the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida on Friday, March 15. The tour will feature Dutch superstar Freddie le Grand with Sultan and Ned Shepard. This …

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Randy Rogers Band on tap at ‘Spring Break on the Beach’

The Randy Rogers Band takes the stage over 220 dates a year, playing to sold-out crowds night after night, and they’ll do it again Thursday, March 14 at the South Padre Island Convention Centre Outdoor Amphitheater. The amphitheater is located at 7355 Padre Blvd. at South Padre Island. Scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., the …

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Robert Post to perform in Harlingen March 14

Comedian and international touring artist Robert Post will deliver his “…riveting… eclectic… uproariously funny” (NPR Radio) one-man show to The Christian Fellowship Church located at 901 N. Loop 499, Harlingen, on Thursday, March 14. For ticket information, visit the Harlingen Concert Association’s website, www.HarlingenConcert.com or call (956) 428-1993. Renowned as a performer, director and writer, …

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IT’S YOUR BUSINESS: Southern Wave offers one-of-a-kind sailing

By CRAIG ALANIZ South Padre Parade The Southern Wave is a large, stable and comfortable sailing Catamaran that is perfect for a leisurely day’s sail, an exciting afternoon of dolphin watching, or experience the breath-taking South Padre Island sunset over the water on one of the dinner cruises. Sunset dinner tours, dolphin watches or snorkel trips …

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