Category: South Padre Parade

ADOPT-A-FRIEND: Dakota

I’m one of three little kittens that needs a home. Do you have room for me? I’m healthy and full of life. I just want someone to cuddle with and be my human. I promise to be a good little kitty that you will love forever. If you want to see me or my brothers …

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NATURE NICHE: A Mama Mia dolphin for sure

By SCARLET COLLEY Special to the Parade Our dolphin tribe, the tribe of the lower Laguna Madre area, are experts at catching fish. They don’t even use their eyes to do so. They use their built-in radar, sonar. Because of this super human power, you will find them in the muddiest water feeding. If there …

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GREAT OUTDOORS: Illegal is a Four-letter word

By JIM FOSTER Special to the Parade In this day of “bending the laws,” we sometimes overlook the fact that laws have been broken, at times beyond repair. Fishing without the proper license is bad enough, but being an “outdoor outlaw for profit” is a whole other matter. Sharks are the most common target and …

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BEACH BAR BEAT: Kevin

By CRAIG ALANIZ South Padre Parade The return of spring means flowers, green grass, spring breakers and, of course, the Beach Bar Beat. To start this season off right we visited Clayton’s Beach Bar & Grill, also known as the largest beach bar in Texas. Home to the $1 draft beer through the end of March, …

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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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