Police add extra road patrols

Memorial Day weekend drivers can expect beefed up law enforcement.

Police officers will be patrolling I-40 and I-10 from the Arizona to Texas borders looking for speeders, drunken drivers and people who aren't wearing seat belts.

The Department of Public Safety says drivers can also expect checkpoints in various areas at a variety of times.

"We want to make sure everybody has reason to be thankful instead of grieving a senseless tragedy," DPS Secretary John Denko said in a statement. "Officers will be making sure everybody drives the posted speed limit, wears a seat belt and that drunk drivers are taken off the roadways."

Fishing Derby, River Festival set

The Santa Fe River Festival and Fishing Derby are planned for June 6 at West De Vargas Park, along the river between Guadalupe and Sandoval streets.

The city and the Santa Fe Watershed Association is inviting children 12 and under to participate in the fishing event from 6 a.m. to noon. The River Festival, meanwhile, is for children of all ages from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Handicapped-accessible fishing will be available at the bridge next to the State Land Office.

Hands-on demonstrations, crafts, fly-casting and water games are planned, along with live music by Sol Fire, Samba Fe and Hot Club of Santa Fe. Young people will also offer music, dance and spoken-word performances.

For more information, call 820-1696 or visit www.santafewatershed.org.

Youth film fest seeks applications

May 22 is the deadline for submissions to the Santa Fe Youth Film Festival's Get Awesome Film Fest.

Anyone under the age of 18 may submit three- to six-minute films in DVD format to Jesse Myers, c/o Santa Fe Preparatory School, 1101 Camino Cruz Blanca, Santa Fe, 87505.

Prizes will be awarded during the festival, which is set for 7 to 10 p.m. June 3 at Warehouse 21 in the Railyard.

For further information, contact the festival organizers at info@sfyouthfilm.org.

Funds target crime against children

Attorney General Gary King's Office will receive $488,527 in federal stimulus money to help prevent and investigate crimes against children.

The money will go to "maintain and expand state and regional Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces to address technology-facilitated child exploitation," according to a release from U.S. Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall, both New Mexico Democrats.

The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Justice's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program, which got $50 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

New Mexico could get as much at $3 billion overall from the stimulus package, state officials say.