ABQJOURNAL NORTH: Around Northern New Mexico

Friday, June 12, 2009

Around Northern New Mexico

Journal Staff Reports
      Events Planned For 'Boys Awareness'
“Boys Awareness Week” in Santa Fe will kick off Monday with a town hall meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. on the status of boys and young men in the community. It will be webcast on www.kunm.org and is sponsored by the Santa Fe Coordinated Community Response Council in collaboration with the Santa Fe Boys and Young Men Workgroup.
       Panel speakers for the town hall include Paul Golding, editor of “Santa Fe Boys”; Rich Ransley, clinical director of the Santa Fe Rape Crisis & Trauma Treatment Center; Carlos Balladaros, counselor with the New Mexico Young Father's Program; and Tommy Rodriguez, chief juvenile probation officer for Santa Fe County.
       The council lists a number of concerns:
       n In Santa Fe, only 55 percent of boys graduate from high school.
       n Almost one-half of 17-year-old boys in New Mexico have five or more drinks at a time each month.
       n In Santa Fe, about one in 10 households have a child/children with a single parent, and nine out of 10 of those are single mothers. Children with absent fathers are two to three times more likely to be poor, to use drugs, to experience educational, health, emotional and behavioral problems, to be victims of child abuse, and to engage in criminal behavior than their peers who live with two parents.
       Other events scheduled for the week include:
       n Tuesday, 6-7:30 p.m., “I Don't Wanna Fight: Real Skills for Boys & Men to Avoid Fights and Stay Powerful,” at IMPACT Personal Safety, 1516 Pacheco St.
       n Wednesday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., “100 Men in 100 Days,” a recruitment event for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern New Mexico, Santa Fe City Hall.
       n Thursday, 6-7:30 p.m., “Journeyman” screening, a documentary on mentoring teenage boys, 6601 Valentine Way.
       n Saturday, June 20, 6-10 p.m., Summer Film Festival in the Railyard, outdoor screening of “The Pursuit of Happyness.”
       n Sunday, June 21, 3-6 p.m., car show, food, music and more, a Father's Day event at the Santa Fe Children's Museum, 1050 Old Pecos Trail.

       Spend Saturday Night Ice Skating
From 6 to 7:45 p.m. Saturday, the Genoveva Chavez Community Center will open the ice skating rink to all area Big Brothers Big Sisters.
       The public also is invited; cost is $5 for adults and $1 for children, skate rental included.
       The Community Center is at 3221 Rodeo Road.
       Register Now For Santa Fe Triathlon
The Second Annual City of Santa Fe Triathlon, featuring a 5K (3.1 mile) run, 12-mile bike ride, and 400-meter swim, is scheduled to start at 6:30 a.m. July 18.
       The event is open to both individual and team entries.
       Online registration is offered at www.gccommunitycenter.com, while walk-in registration is available at the Genoveva Chavez Community Center.
       You also can mail in a registration form. Forms are available at the GCCC, Salvador Perez, and Ft. Marcy centers, as well as at local bicycle and running shops.
       The triathlon is limited to the first 300 entrants.
       Registration will close on July 12.

       First-Timers Offered Discount for Opera
If you live in New Mexico and haven't been to the Santa Fe Opera, you can get a deal this month.
       First-time New Mexico ticket buyers can get a 40 percent discount on all tickets purchased between today and June 24.
       Verdi's “La Traviata” is excluded from the offer.
       Seats may be selected in any available price range (except standing room) for any other available performance.
       In the past, more than 60 percent of the Opera's audience came from outside the state.
       In recent years, however, that has shifted, with nearly 50 percent of the audience coming from New Mexico, according to an Opera news release.
       Tickets must be ordered through the The Santa Fe Opera Box Office (not available online) by calling 986-5900, or toll free at 800-280-4654.
       The Box Office is open daily (except Sunday) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for in-person sales.

       Farmers Market Begins Thursday
The Thursday Southside Farmers Market is opening next Thursday in the Santa Fe Place Mall parking lot in front of JC Penney, at Zafarano Drive and Rodeo Road.
       Its hours are 3 to 6 p.m., with plenty of free parking available. The Market features fresh fruits, vegetables, and honey sold by local farmers.

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