• Border Book Festival, Inc., Mesilla Cultural Center, has workshops and special activities for kids. Info: www.borderbookfestival.org, (575) 523-3988.

Thirteen Catholic schools in the Rochester Diocese close their doors Friday. In Rochester: St. Boniface, Holy Family, Holy Cross, Corpus Christi, St. Monica and St. Andrew.

Gambling issues lobby group GamblingWatch has criticised “successive governments for forcing sports and community groups to develop an unhealthy reliance on uncertain gambling money for their existence.”

Family, friends and co-workers of retiring Milpitas High School Principal Chuck Gary are invited to help honor his 39 years of service at Milpitas Unified School District. The celebration will be Thursday, June 5, from 5 to 11 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hot

POPSICLES IN THE PARK, sponsored by Independence Parks and Recreation, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Van Hook Park, Independence. Bring the entire family for an evening of fun, while enjoying free popsicles. For directions, 325-7843.