Juvenile Circle Groups
CYFD’s Children Youth and Family Juvenile Probation staff will be hosting circle groups for parents of runaways. Circle groups are not group counseling, therapy, or gripe sessions. They are intended to be an opportunity for parents of runaways to come together in a safe and supportive process, exploring ideas and sharing insights into the frustrations and issues facing them. Martha Todd, juvenile probation officer and Mary Gueldenzoph, children’s court attorney will lead the group the first Thursday of every month from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. through Dec. 4 at the John Brown Justice Center in conference room C, 5100 Second Street NW in Albuquerque. For information, call Martha Todd at 841-7337 or Valerie Lopez at 841-7305.
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City of Vision Civitan Club meets at 6 p.m. to eat, 6:30 p.m. for the meeting every Thursday at Cazuela’s Mexican Grill. For information, call Tony Cook at 898-6884.
Blue Star Mothers group
Blue Star Mothers, Rio Rancho Chapter, meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month at 7 p.m., at 3906 19th St. Membership is open to mothers who have sons or daughters serving in the military whether deployed or not, and to fathers, other family members, and friends. For additional information, please contact Pat, 771-1093, or at woostp@hotmail.com.
Club Culturale Italiano
Club Culturale Italiano will hold its annual potluck picnic on Aug. 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hidden Valley Campgrounds with swimming and games. The club will furnish drinks. Bring a dish, socialize and meet new people. Families and singles welcome. For directions and additional information call Darlene at 828-2903.
FRIDAY
‘Relay for Life’
Beginning at 6 p.m., survivors are invited to a reception. Check-in begins at 5 p.m. The Relay will start at 7 p.m. with the survivor’s lap at 7:20 p.m. Teams will walk from 7 p.m. until 8 a.m. Saturday to raise money for cancer research. Rio Rancho Relay for Life chose the theme “Decades” in celebration of their 10th year holding the Relay for Life function. If you would like to make a contribution to help end cancer, you can donate online by going to relayforlife.org, FIND RELAY EVENTS, type in Rio Rancho NM, highlight Rio Rancho event, on right column highlight VIEW TEAMS. You can select the team (even The Observer) where you would like to make a donation. Or, bring a check to the event at Rio Rancho High School. They will be taking donations until 2 a.m. on Saturday.
Friday night chicken
Loyal Order of Moose Chapter 2447 offers all-you-can-eat chicken and/or fish from 6 to 9 p.m. every Friday night at 5009 Industrial Park Loop NE in Rio Rancho. Cost is $8 and includes meat, fries and vegetable. Club is now offering an alternative meat (e.g. pork chops steaks) on the last Friday of each month as well. For information, call 892-0339.
SATURDAY
‘Light and
Grand Landscape’
The Friends of Coronado State Monument are sponsoring a photography workshop to be led by Alex Candelaria Sedillos, an editorial and advertising photographer, who is also a member of the Coronado State Monument staff. The workshop will be held June 21 at 9 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. at the Monument location on U.S. 550, about one mile west of I-25. Bring your gear, your questions, your imagination and enthusiasm. Fee for the workshop is $20. As participation is limited, please reserve your space by calling Pat Harris at 822-8571.
Dawn of Dinosaurs:
Triassic New Mexico
The newest permanent collection at New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW , Albuquerque, opens May 17 in the “Edward and Mary Gavin Family Dawn of the Dinosaurs Hall. The collection in part (the Triassic bone bed Coelophysis) came from the Ghost Ranch near Abiquiu, N.M. in the 1940s. (A little hint if you don’t know: There is a small museum open at Ghost Ranch. They even have a dinosaur they named after Georgia O’Keefe, who visited as an artist in the same period and later).
SUNDAY
“Fermentation
New Mexico Prehistory”
The Friends of Coronado State Monument are sponsoring a presentation by New Mexico State Archeologist Glenna Dean at 2 p.m. on June 22. It will take place at Sandoval County Historical Society DeLavy House, located on Edmond Road in Bernalillo. The topic will be “Fermentation in New Mexico Prehistory. For information, call 771-3464.
‘The Cradle Project’
The ongoing exhibition of the cradles and cribs created by area artists will be from noon to 5 p.m. through June 28. This event raises funds for the Firelight Foundation, which awards grants to grassroots initiatives that are directly addressing the needs of children impacted by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. The Cradle Project’s on-line auction has been extended through June 27. When you click on the Web site below then click on View Auction Catalog. A list appears to the left so you may click on the letter of the person’s last name to bring up what they submitted. To bid on a cradle: http://auctions.readysetauction.com/thecradleproject/home.
Summer Nights
Concert Series
The Summer Nights Concert Series will take place at the Rio Grande Botanic Garden every Thursday through Aug. 7. The event will start at 6 p.m. and last until 9 p.m., with the concerts from 7 to 9 pm.
Admission prices are as follows: adults, $8; seniors (65+), $4, and children (3-12), $2; and BioPark Society Members are half-price. Seating will be on the lawn.
UPCOMING EVENTS
High school rodeo
The National High School Rodeo Association will be holding its 60th National High School Finals Rodeo on July 20 to 26, in Farmington, NM. For more information, please call 800-466-4772, or visit the Association’s website at www.nhsra.org.
Spanish artists
in Santa Fe
Spanish Market artists and Contemporary Hispanic artists are showing this year in Santa Fe at the Plaza on July 26 and 27 fom 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Rio Rancho
Sunday is Funday
Sunday is Funday 2008 will be Aug. 17 from noon to 4:30 p.m. at Loma Colorado Park located at 555 Loma Colorado Drive (adjacent to Rio Rancho High School and the new Aquatic Center).
Registration begins now for teams to enter the Mayor’s Play Day Pentathlon Challenge. Your team will compete against other teams from local business or community organization to win the Mayor’s Trophy. The Play Day Pentathlon will be a five-event relay of athletic-fun events that will be held at the third annual Sunday is Funday picnic. Sunday is Funday is an event for kids and families with inexpensive food, fun and entertainment.
More than 3,000 attendees have enjoyed musical entertainment, dance teams, team mascots, jumps and activities for kids, vendor booths and displays in past years.
At this family-style picnic, attendees will find 50 cent hot dogs and hamburgers, 50 cent water and soda. There will also be brats, $2; corn of the cob, $1, snow cones, ice cream, and many other items. Attendance is free. Parking will be available at the Park and Rio Rancho High School for a $2 fee.
Your sponsorship of your own team or the team of a non-profit organization team will help fund the Sunday is Funday event. The fee for participating in the Mayor’s Play Day Pentathlon is $200 and up. This includes sponsorships for the event and booth or banner space. Sponsors will be recognized at the event and in the newspaper. Some sponsors will also have the opportunity to display their own banners.
Please contact Dave Heil, 228-7189, daveheil16@msn.com or Tony Popper, 892-0325, tpopper@qwest.net to sign up as a Play Day Pentathlon sponsor or visit the city’s Web site at (www.ci.rio-rancho.nm.us/SundayisFunday) for more information on Sunday is Funday.
Proceeds, after paying expenses, will benefit youth programs in Rio Rancho such scholarships for Parks and Recreation Programs, the Rio Rancho Boys and Girls Club and the Rio Rancho YMCA.
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