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Children take to the waves for International Surfing Day

Staff Report On Thursday, the Surfrider Foundation South Texas Chapter hosted the International Surfing Day surfing clinic on Isla Blanca Park for children ages 4-13. The clinic consisted of two sessions; the first was from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and the second was held from 12 to 3 p.m. To read the rest of …

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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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Texas Independence Day Celebration coming

Special to the Parade The sounds of firing muskets and cannon blasts will fill the air at the fifth annual Texas Independence Day Celebration here on Saturday, March 9. Battle skirmishes and reenactments by living historians will culminate with the Battle of the Alamo, Battle of Bexar and finally the final clash, the Battle of …

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