Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Community Calendar

SHS Class of 1998 10-Year Reunion

Set for July 4-6. The cost is $30 per person and is due by May 15. For more information, go online to www.myspace.com/socorrohighschool1998; or by e-mail to socorrohigh98@gmail.com; or contact Rachel at 575-636-3718.

Wed/Apr. 16

Bookmobile — Reserve Rode Inn, 9:30 a.m.-Noon; Rancho Grande Estates (at Adobe Café), 1:30-3 p.m.; Luna Mercantile, 3:30-5 p.m.

Tech Registration for Summer 2008: Juniors — Register oline at Banweb, or in person at the Registrar's Office.

Intro to Python, 4 p.m. — Speare 23. "Active Web pages and database access." Free.

Rugby Practice, 4:30 p.m. — Tech Athletic Field. Be ready to run and bring water. For more info, contact coach Dave Wheelock at the gymnasium office, 575-835-5854 or dwheelock@admin.nmt.edu.

Earth Science Club Meeting, 5 p.m. — MSEC 101.

Tech Game Room Night, 6 p.m. to Closing — Fidel Center, Game Room. Free pool and other games. Sponsored by Student Activities Board.

Dance Night with KTEK, 8 p.m. — Student Activities Center. Free sodas, live DJ.

SGH Self-Empowerment Group — Dinner out. Call for time and location. For more info, contact Socorro General Hospital at 575-835-1140, or Theresa Sanchez at 505-514-5270. The public is invited to attend.

Thu/Apr. 17

Bookmobile — Apache Creek Store, 8:30-9:30 a.m.; Aragon P.O., 9:45-10:30 a.m.; Pie Town P.O., 1-2:30 p.m.; Magdalena (next to Old West Bar), 3:45-4:45 p.m.

Tech Registration for Summer 2008: Sophomores — Register oline at Banweb, or in person at the Registrar's Office.

Socorro Domestic Violence-Sexual Assault Task Force Meeting, 10 a.m. — Socorro Public Library, 2nd Floor Meeting Room. Meeting on law enforcement issues between socorro County and the Navajo Nation. A light lunch will be provided. For more info, contact Keith Valles at 575-835-0052, ext. 101.

Education Seminar, 3 p.m. — Skeen Library, Tripp Room. Eric Poppele, a faculty member of St. John's College in Santa Fe, speaks on "Science as a Liberal Art." The public is invited to attend. Light refreshments will be served.

Rugby Practice, 4:30 p.m. — Tech Athletic Field. Be ready to run and bring water. For more info, contact coach Dave Wheelock at the gymnasium office, 575-835-5854 or dwheelock@admin.nmt.edu.

Advanced Python Applications, 4 p.m. — Speare 23. Open discussionof Python programming. Free.

Tech Amateur Radio Association Net, 7 p.m. — 146.680 MHz, pL 100. All licensed radio amateurs are welcome.

Thursday Night Bingo, 7:30 p.m. — Knights of Columbus Hall, U.S. 60 West. $500 Blackout Bingo.

Fri/Apr. 18

Bar-B-Q Benefit Dinner, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Eagles Club. Eat in or carry out. The cost is $5 per plate. Proceeds go to benefit Viginia Chavez, whose home burned. For more info, call 575-418-1478 or 575-418-8260.

NRAO Colloquium, 11 a.m. — Array Operations Center. Martha Haynes, of Cornell, speaks on "HI Cosmology in the Local Universe with ALFALFA."

Chemistry Seminar, Noon — Jones Annex 101. Zhi Cao speaks on "Arenecarboximides as Panchromatic Dyes for DSSC."

Math Seminar, 4 p.m. — Weir 102. Justin Eerwin speaks on "EstimatingStates in a System Modeled by Non-Linear Differential Algebraic Equations."

Socorro High School Spring Fling Hamburger Fry, 6:30 p.m. — SHS football field. Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased at the SHS front office or during the event. Proceeds benefit the Student Council. For more enfo, call 575-835-0700.

"Spring Formal: Black and White," 8 p.m. to Midnight — Student Activities Center. In support of local food banks, entry fee is three cans of food per person or five cans per couple.

Sat-Sun/Apr. 19-20

Tour of Socorro Mountain Bike Race — This event combines two competitive mountain bike races on the New Mexico Off-Road Series, the Cerillos de Coyote and the South Baldy Hill Climb. For more info, contact Matt Perini, 575-838-3035 or visit www.socorro.com/ssr/tour.

Sat/Apr. 19

First Baptist Church Yard Sale, 8 a.m. to noon — Corner of Spring and Center streets. Items for sale include computers, furniture and a vacuum cleaner. The proceeds go to benefit a missions team to Juarez, Mexico, in June to build a house for residents there. They plan to work with the organization Casas por Cristo. For more info, contact Carlina Harris, 575-835-0041.

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