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Located just north of Gallup, the High Desert Trail System is designed in a series of "stacked loops" – narrow, single track trails with great vistas and cap rocks. The three loops atop the mesas overlooking Gallup are named First Mesa, Second Mesa, and Third Mesa, representing the nearby Hopi Reservation and the Anasazi people that once occupied this region. Each mesa offers increasingly harder terrain to navigate and will engage riders and runners of every skill level.

The course is fast and fun single-track over packed clay, interspersed with some slickrock and sand. There are lots of small climbs and some technical sections.

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Thoughts from the West End When I moved to Gallup in 1997, there was really only one real reason for me to go Downtown, and that was the bike shop/sports store called The Scoreboard. I needed bike gear, repair and trail data because I was addicted to the relatively new sport, like a three-year-old left alone with a pan of brownies. My needs were met there, and I would retreat to the distant campus of Rehoboth Christian School, where I somehow ended up teaching 9th graders English. (As a side note, 90% of 9th grade boys are not fully human yet. I firmly believe they are part animal, part personified hormones, and part human…by 10th grade they are usually fully homo sapiens).

Over the years, Downtown became more and more a part of my life. From 1999-2002, Maria’s Restaurant provided a large portion of my caloric needs, and the Coffee House provided caffeine-powered social interaction. I remember watching the original release of the “Matrix” in 1999 at the El Morro Theatre (back when the seats were so soft that coupons for chiropractic discounts should have come with the movie tickets). In those days, I would often get groceries at the downtown California Superama (now called Lowes), and from 2004-2010, the Journey office itself could be found on Coal Avenue.

I am not sure in what order or what years all the changes started taking place, but in a relatively short period of time a lot happened. The Courthouse Plaza was built and the nightly Indian Dances moved there, then the Gallup Title building was remodeled and Camille’s Restaurant was opened. Angela’s Café Con Leche opened in the Cultural Center. Soon, Dominic’s Italian Restaurant transformed into the Coal Street Pub (although technically, it should be called Coal Avenue Pub, but that sounds silly). Then the staple of my downtown existence, “The Scoreboard” was completely rebuilt into Sammy C’s Rockin’ Sports Pub & Grille. The Makeshift Gallery sprung up, and the struggling Wild Sage Natural Food Store hit the bigtime when La Montinita Coop took over and doubled the store size.

More recently, the Silver Stallion Coffee & Bread Co. has opened on the downtown walkway and the El Morro Theatre annex was completed; and somewhere along the line, lights were crisscrossed across the street and suddenly ArtsCrawl was attracting hundreds of folks downtown. This probably has a little something to do with Fitz Sargent coming to town and remodeling his downtown house, starting ART123, and now he just opened a new gallery, OPO, across from the main library.

Of course, I forgot to mention the murals and the trash bins that were painted somehow during all this. Nor have I mentioned all the steady businesses that have added color to downtown for decades like City Electric, Richardson’s Trading, The Eagle Café, First American Traders, Jerry’s Café, or the Cortez Barber Shop (where I get my seasonal grooming done).

I guess what I am trying to say is that Gallup’s downtown has evolved, and it is turning into a better and better place every year that I have lived here. Right now, the Downtown is getting crosswalk improvements on Historic Route 66, and it was just designated an Arts & Cultural District, and it is also a part of the Business Improvement District and New Mexico’s MainStreet programs.

Does that mean it is all peaches and cream? Definitely not. The Downtown needs a train quiet zone like a fish needs water (I am told the City is working hard on this one), there are still a good number of vacant buildings that need filling, our library facilities are outdated and need consolidating, and I believe the Downtown should someday house a comprehensive Native American Cultural Center.

But despite these hopes and dreams, I certainly can’t deny that Downtown Gallup has made large strides forward from my relatively limited tenure as a Gallupian. . .and for that I am most thankful.

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Contents 12 Heart of Gallup: Jennifer Lazarz

14 Camille’s 16 Gallup Coffee Company 18 Jerry’s Café

48 Telluride Festival

Development Center

Ina Burmeister

32 Three Women-Three

52 TDFL Tigers

Breast Cancer Stories: Sandra McKinney

54 Saint Teresa of Calcutta: Jay Mason

38 Get Involved in Your Local Chamber: 58 Event Calendar Bill Lee

20 Sammy C’s 22 Silver Stallion Coffee & Bread 26 Thoughts from the West: Ernie Bulow

62 Driving Impressions:

40 Maria's Restaurant

Greg Cavanaugh

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66 Wellness Warriors Winning!

42 Cruisin’ In Europe:

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28 Walking in Beauty:

47 Skate Park! The first step…

Lynn R. Anner-Bolieu Contributors: Ernie Bulow Chuck Van Drunen David Conejo Sandra McKinney Greg Cavanaugh Jay Mason

30 Small Business

Leslie Farrell Bera Dordoni N.D. Bill Lee Jennifer Lazarz Small Business Development Center

Publishers: Daisy & Jason Arsenault Chuck & Jenny Van Drunen Staff: Sandra McKinney Andy Stravers

68 Music Man & The Kid: Jason Arsenault

Managing Editor: Aileen McCarthy Cover Art: “My Gallup”: Rick Sarracino

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Downtown is truly the heart of Gallup.

In so many capacities our downtown represents everything we are as a people, even if it is hard to see on the surface.

The people of Gallup are friendly, artistic, dedicated, patriotic, beautiful, and truly real. Downtown Gallup is an underutilized and underappreciated cultural hub and destination for good food and great experiences.

Art world. There is probably more jewelry in downtown Gallup than there are people in New Mexico. That’s not even counting the incredible Kachinas, tapestries, rugs, paintings, pottery, sculptures, and more.

ART123, in the center of downtown, is the headquarters of GallupArts, an organization which is integral in coordinating artists from our region and bringing a wide variety of artistic events to downtown. They are responsible for not only our monthly WHAT IS DOWNTOWN? ArtsCrawl event, which brings together LIKE ITS PEOPLE, IT IS… artists and musicians from all over Gallup for FRIENDLY one fantastic street festival, but also for their Unlike a larger city, Gallup has a “hello” annual Second Street Arts Festival (this year culture. We are a people who say hello, even on November 19th- don’t miss it). As an active arts council, they are currently busy building to a stranger, because it’s a great day, and we strong relationships with the Native Artisan all inhabit the same space. Our downtown is community as well as artists of every age, race, full of some of the warmest people running businesses that you could imagine. The folks at and gender. I can’t name every gallery, trader, Maria’s have served generations of Gallupians or artist here because the list is too long! We also have the amazing murals and trash can and tourists alike, and it feels like going to your aunt’s kitchen every time you head there. paintings that create a very unique visually artistic environment downtown.

The two coffee shops, while very different in ambience and offerings, both provide a feeling like you’re on the set of the TV show “Cheers”. DEDICATED AND PATRIOTIC Not just friendly, the people of Gallup are They are happy to see you, and they welcome you by name (and probably have your favorite dedicated. We’re dedicated to lots of thingsour faith, each other, our military, our work, drink memorized, too). In addition, I’ve seen our families…the list goes on. Downtown, countless conversations with tourists as they as the heart of the city, is the hub of our walk down the street; Gallup’s residents don’t dedication and patriotism. Gallup is called hesitate to make recommendations, give “America’s Most Patriotic Small Town”, and directions, or just have a chat. we take it very seriously.

We have our murals that not only paint ARTISTIC Just yesterday Emerald Tanner mentioned the history of the people from within this region and our events, but that pay tribute that one of her customers said our slogan to the veterans who have served our country. should be “The Heart of Native American Art”. Gallup is undoubtedly, that very heart. We have the Courthouse Square, from which We are the hub from which flows 80 percent every important ceremony we have in Gallup of Native American jewelry sold around the takes place. Every important parade; from world. Downtown Gallup isn’t just the heart holidays to high schools wander down Coal or Aztec. Turn out for either Veterans Day of Native American Art, but it’s the heart or the Ceremonial Parades and you can see of all art in Gallup. We have multiple art galleries, artists in residence, and traders with true Gallupians – dedicated to our own in a unique connection to the Native American every way shape and form. Veterans Helping 12 October 2016

Veterans meets at Don Diego’s every other Friday to support one another. Many of our downtown businesses are owned and operated by veterans: Joe at the American Bar, Ramon at Coal Street Pub, and also Francis Bee, the Executive Director of the BID (and there are more than the space here allows). This year the City of Gallup also presented Gallup Remembers – a weekend dedicated to Veterans and 9/11 Patriot’s Day honoring those who served and those who perished.

There are at least three organizations located right in downtown Gallup dedicated to serving families: the award winning Octavia Fellin Library, Avenues Childhood Services, and Big Brothers Big Sisters. While these organizations serve the public in very different ways, they send a big message that Gallup takes care of its own right in the heart of downtown. All three organizations welcome you to stop in and find out what they offer; and it is abundant!

more. I even consider City Electric’s building beautiful in its unique architecture that remains from its history as the Chief Theater.

We are quick to dismiss our downtown’s beauty because of our vacancies, but as we embrace the details, we will help encourage business owners to see it through our eyes, and move into those spaces helping our downtown to grow.

REAL & TRUE In the next few weeks, the City of Gallup, in combination with the Gallup McKinley County Chamber of Commerce, is rolling out a new and significant City branding campaign. Our new motto is “Gallup Real True”. It may not seem like much, those three little words, but they are a sincerely honest representation of who we are as a people, and what we are as a place. We are real- we don’t put on airs; we don’t try to be anything other than what we are. In addition to its people, Gallup provides its own citizens and BEAUTIFUL our visitor’s real authentic experiences from The residents of Gallup are a beautiful something as small as those hugs in our people in a beautiful place. Don’t believe parades to as big as Red Rock Park, the High me? This year was my first Inter-Tribal Desert Trails, rodeos, motocross sports, and Indian Ceremonial. I watched two parades more. We’re real in our commitment to our pass by the El Morro Theatre. The beauty heritage and our celebration of our youth. wasn’t just in the traditional costume, but The Gallup area hosts real Native American it was in the hugs. Every time a princess culture. With our summer Indian Dances, our walked by, children rushed out to hug each Courthouse Square comes to life with a real and every single princess. The smiles on example of Native Americans dedicated to these women’s faces as they passed by, so preserving their own traditions and teaching proud to represent their community, was it to the community and guests. incredibly heartwarming; the smiles on the The other word we’re branding with is children’s faces, even more so! Who needs “True”. The definition of true in Merriam Disney when you have so many princesses Webster’s dictionary is “in accordance in your own back yard? with fact or reality; accurate or exact”.

Downtown is often not thought of as It’s the truth to say we are the heart of beautiful, but people aren’t looking closely Native American Art. We have the greatest enough. Every single day I look up and collection of Native American Art in the admire the string lights down Coal Street. We world. Gallup is a truly western town: we have some of the most unique neon signs in love our two step dances and our cowboy the country down our Historic Route 66. We hats and boots. The truth? We are true have those murals and trash cans I mentioned. patriots. There isn’t a single event where I recommend that you take a walk and look we don’t sing the National Anthem, fly the at the buildings themselves. There is so much Colors, and stand with our hands on our character everywhere, vacant or occupied. hearts. We are a town full of true heroes, Downtown was built over such a long period from our veterans to our first responders. of time that there is every kind of stone, Gallup is true to its own roots, paying adornment, and lots of hidden gems. One of homage to the Native American people, and my favorite things to look at is the stars inlaid also recording its history of Coal Mining and in the brick on the second story of 208 W. Route 66, with the Rex Museum. Gallup’s Coal (formerly the FBI building). They are people: True. What you see is what you get. hard to see from just about everywhere else, We’re all not perfect, but we love our lives. but from my perch here on the second floor of Downtown itself is a truly great place to the El Morro, I get to enjoy their beauty. experience Gallup: restaurants, art, activities, There are also the obviously beautiful the people and more; downtown is an buildings: the Cultural Center, McKinley underappreciated real true destination for our County Courthouse and the Square, the own people, as well as our tourism guests.

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CAMILLE'S SIDEWALK CAFE Downtown Gallup, New Mexico went through a facelift when it was decided to construct the new County offices next to the McKinley County Courthouse. It created a great new space that includes a large civic area, as well as the Gallup Veterans Memorial. With the creation of the new buildings and open space, the City annexed a whole street of longtime local businesses.

It also brought a new business to the area including Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe.

Local Gallupians, James and Kimberley Taira Rich, had a vision that was a place that would bring people together in the new space. Camille’s Sidewalk Café is more than a place to eat; the large and open café is a place you can relax and enjoy those around you.

As Gallup rejuvenates its downtown area, this is the place you can take it all in. During the summer months, the City offers free nightly Indian Dances in the Downtown Plaza. Camille’s sits right next door to the dances and is a great place to incorporate into the evening spectacle, whether it is with a meal or where you meet up with your friends. It isn’t only the Indian Dances WONDERFUL SPACE, INCLUDING LARGE BRIGHT FAMILY ROOM. that will bring you to the café.

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for the event. That means a perfect place to start the evening is Camille’s on Aztec Avenue. You can stop in to grab a bite to eat or get a perfect cup of coffee to take with you on your Arts Crawl adventure.

It also seems that Camille’s loves to be part of the Arts Crawl festivities and has been known to offer a fun hayride around the downtown area and other creative events in the restaurant.

When the City isn’t having an event to bring people downtown, that is when Camille’s takes over. You will find this happening café holding a ginger bread house contest, honoring local teachers, or on Sundays holding the popular Cars and Coffee event. It is safe to say that something is always happening at Camille’s.

However, it isn’t always about the events at Camille’s. You will find a diverse menu that is going to have something to offer every palate. If you are in the mood for a healthy salad, hot soup, delicious smoothie, tasty wrap, a filling sandwich, or a yummy flatbread pizza, you will find it here. If you are not hungry enough for a complete meal, the menu also offers a number of treats. Plus, if you can’t handle time away from being connected, you can use their free wireless Internet while you enjoy your meal.

Camille’s Sidewalk Café is easy to find at Second Street and Aztec Avenue. It sits in the Downtown Plaza and is open seven days a week. If you haven’t already enjoyed its many offerings, make sure to stop in the next time you are in the area.

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Gallup Coffee company The Gallup Coffee Company is a new name for a longtime established downtown business. It originally opened as the Coffee House in the 1990’s. Over the years it has been operated by a handful of different owners that kept the original theme. The new version is something new, and the early results will get you excited.

The new owners of the downtown eatery are Tiffany and Justin Benson. They each bring their individual touches to the Gallup Coffee Company. Tiffany is the granddaughter to longtime Gallup restaurant owner, PeeWee, who has made her living in the kitchen. When Tiffany first came to Gallup, she opened her ice cream and coffee service inside PeeWee’s Kitchen. She already had the experience after spending many years as a barista for Starbucks, and when the Coffee House came up for sale, she jumped at the opportunity to make it hers.

When Tiffany and Justin came to Gallup, she wasn’t sure where the new adventure would lead them. It didn’t take them long to make Gallup their home, and the recently-married couple was ready to become part of the community.

Justin is a quiet man with many skills.

Not only does he understand coffee, but he is also a trained French Chef. He has been working in a kitchen since the age of 14, and his last position was as a Sous Chef in a high-end French restaurant in Virginia. That combination is what makes the Gallup Coffee Company an entirely new experience.

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After Tiffany and Justin purchased the Coffee House, they gave the place a new look. It started with a spring-cleaning, new color scheme, and a very impressive long bar that the couple constructed themselves.

When you first walk into the Gallup Coffee Company, beautiful hard wood floors along with a calming sensation greet you. It doesn’t take long for Tiffany to say hello and that begins the great service you will receive during your visit.

You could always count on getting a good coffee drink at the Coffee House.

However, Tiffany and Justin have introduced equally great food. The menu is full of wonderful eats that begin at breakfast and last into an early dinner.

They accomplish this by a commitment to quality ingredients and a made-fromscratch approach.

On the menu you will find the only Duck and Leek Omelette offered in Gallup, as well as an amazing California Club Sandwich that will have you coming back to the Gallup Coffee Company frequently.

The lunch menu is served through closing, so if you are looking for a tasty light dinner, you will not find a better one.

The Gallup Coffee Company is located next to the El Morro Theatre on Coal Avenue. It is a great place to stop before you head to a show or a visit during the popular Arts Crawl. Next time you are in the downtown area make sure you stop by and say hello to the new owners, Tiffany and Justin.

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JERRY'S CAFE Everyone likes the familiar. It is the “something” that you can always count on. Many of the businesses in downtown Gallup have been serving the community for decades. One of those familiar businesses is Jerry’s Café. Gallupians fill this café daily for some of the best New Mexican food in town. However, it isn’t just our secret anymore.

We now live in the digital age and all of us have access to so much information. It seems like every time I visit Jerry’s, I see faces that I don’t recognize. These faces belong to people passing through town and who have searched websites like Yelp and TripAdvisor for the best places to stop in Gallup for a bite to eat. On Yelp, Jerry’s is listed as the second best restaurant in town with over 200 reviews. TripAdvisor has the same ranking with over 300 reviews. The reviewers are passionate about the café and can be summed with a simple “Wow”.

Jerry’s is a small café that serves up big flavor. It is not uncommon to have a short wait to be seated, and on the busiest days the waiting line works its way out the door.

The seating can be tight and the air is going to be filled with chatter. This is a place you can go to see friends and enjoy community. Great Need to Reach the Diné? customer service and

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the amazing food is what keeps us returning to the café again and again.

Consistency is one of the most important attributes of any business. Jerry’s has perfected their flavor and when you find your favorite dish you can count on that dish tasting the same every time you order it. Also, the faces seem to never change year after year, and the owner Archie Baca is always there to make sure your experience is a good one.

The menu is full of New Mexico’s favorite dishes. Of course you can order up a fried chicken dinner with mashed potatoes or an American favorite of cheeseburger and fries. However, this restaurant is all about the green and red chile. This is what drives the reviews on social media and brings in the locals.

Neither chile is unbearably hot, but they both have enough heat and flavor to turn the dish into something special.

I recommend the combination plate served Christmas style with both the red and green chile. Another great dish on the menu is two cut up pork chops served in a red chile called tegusta. No matter what you decide to order, it is going to be a meal to remember.

When you are done with the main meal, make sure you eat a sopapilla with honey for dessert. Jerry’s isn’t a secret, so whether you are a regular or new to this café, make sure you get there soon.

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Sammy c's rock'n'sports pub & grille If you grew up in Gallup, New Mexico, you might take a few things for granted.

You can always count on the winds arriving in the spring, green chile roasting in September, one of our local high schools having a really good cross country team, and a familiar voice on the radio. That voice belongs to Sammy Chioda, and he has been the Voice of Gallup for as long as I can remember.

When I was a kid, I would listen to him broadcast the Gallup High School football games. Then when I began to play for the Bengals, he was a familiar sight around the locker room doing a weekly interview with one of the players. It wasn’t only football that Sammy loved and covered, but all the sports. He has been covering local athletics for decades and has been an encouraging voice for all Gallup athletes. His love of the game was the driving force behind the development of the local Tony Dorsett Football League that just celebrated its 20th anniversary.

So it only makes sense that when he decided to enter the world of food service, his restaurant would have a strong sports theme. Once you walk into Sammy C’s Rock N’ Sports Pub & Grille, you are Call Rescue Plumbing & Heating surrounded by one of today and receive off the most impressive sports memorabilia your heating service call. collections you will ever see. He has

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footballs, baseballs, posters, and much more signed by the best that have ever played.

You will also find an assortment of sports memorabilia associated with our local teams and athletes. If you are a sports fan, this is definitely a must visit.

Sammy is a true Gallupian and wanted to do more than just fill his restaurant with eye candy. His menu is filled with our local New Mexican favorite dishes that include the classics, like enchiladas and open faced chile burgers. He has even taken the legendary Pedro’s Nightmare and given it a new home.

Plus, he has added the Nolan Ryan Burger, giving red meat lovers a reason to make the trip downtown. It is an easy place to enjoy great food and entertainment.

The love of the game becomes very apparent when you visit this large Rock N’ Sports Pub & Grille. Sammy has positioned televisions throughout his restaurant so you will never miss a moment of a game.

You will also find a number of pool tables that will give you an opportunity to have a little fun during your dining experience.

This is also the home of the local Corn Hole Championship that can become very competitive at times, and the winner always has bragging rights.

They say that the downtown is the soul of a city. Sammy C’s Rock N’ Sports Pub & Grille holds true to this saying. It is a place where friends meet to share a meal, have a drink, try their hand at a game of pool, and just come to share time together. Next time you are downtown make sure to visit our local Sports Pub & Grill.

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Silver Stallion Coffee & Bread Gallup, New Mexico isn’t like any other place you have ever visited. This town is truly unique and we are all very proud of this fact. So, it makes sense that one of our best-kept secrets can be found in a downtown back alley. The Silver Stallion Coffee & Bread hasn’t been part of the downtown community for very long, but it is already making its mark as one of the popular meeting areas. The reason is simple, the coffee, atmosphere and bread is great.

The story of how the Silver Stallion came to be is one that takes place over time. Bread maker Josh Kanter came to Gallup with a vision to make great tasting bread. He started out by using the ovens of another favorite local eatery, Fratelli’s.

These were the days when he would make his bread after Fratelli’s had closed for the evening and then sell his creations on Saturday mornings out of the restaurant.

The lines to get Crumby Bread were long and the customers were always satisfied. He then disappeared making many of his long for one of his bagels or a Gallupian loaf.

Many of us didn’t realize he had plans to come back with his own place. He had teamed up with Scott Nydam and together they started the journey to making a coffee and bread company in downtown a reality.

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Those plans included coming up with a name for the company.

With those of us familiar with Gallup we can remember the days when the Stallion Bar operated on old Highway 66. The Silver Stallion Bar would eventually close and along with the closing it left a vacant building and a deserted Silver Stallion sign.

That iconic sign was donated to Gallup Arts and they offered the historic piece to Scott and Josh. Both, Scott and Josh were relatively new to Gallup and they wanted something positive to come of the sign, and the Silver Stallion Coffee and Bread was born.

This place isn’t just about coffee and bread.

They have taken that bread and turned it into a great meal. You can stop by there in the mornings for an amazing breakfast bagel that comes stacked with an egg, cheese and a out of this world bacon, or at lunch time enjoy a wonderful tuna fish sandwich with a side quinoa salad and just recently they have begun to serve Sunday Brunch where you can find incredible French Toast with a handmade blueberry syrup. As they continue to grow we can only expect more great dishes coming out of the kitchen.

I did mention that the eatery was located in a back alley. So, if you are driving down Coal Street you aren’t going to see the Silver Stallion from the car. Getting there you are going to have to make your way to the Downtown Walkway next to the El Morro Theatre. Take the walkway north and they are located in the alley on the left, well worth the effort to get there.

An Unsung Hero

The concept of an unsung hero is often and immediately connected with a person who performs a heroic act or acts and walks away – seeking neither praise nor gratitude.

For example, in the immediate days after the Hudson Bay emergency landing, “Sully” Sullenberger demonstrated that he was such a hero. Another type of unsung hero though, was Oskar Shindler in WWII, an ethnic German businessman who helped so many Jewish people escape the crematorium.

Both are examples of people doing something for others without seeking notice or praise.

In concert with the latter example, I noticed a person who has given 30-years of saving or extending people’s useful life…without notice and refusing acclaim. This month’s Unsung Hero’s name is Yvonne…Yvonne PeperzakBlake. Appropriately named! Yvonne means yew as in the wood from a tree, which was used to make long bows.

The wood had to be smooth and incredibly strong. But greater yet was the characteristic that it had to be strong and flexible, simultaneously. Yes! Strong but flexible. The browser description of the name Yvonne states, “you have a strong need for freedom – physical, mental, and spiritual. You have love of beauty and desire achievement.”

During a time when Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Mikhail Gorbachev ruled the super powers of the world, Yvonne brought her knowledge and enthusiasm to RMCHCS through Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital.

This young girl named Yvonne came to work to fight diabetes in a place that is the epicenter of diabetes and renal failure in the United States. Picture that the Iran – Iraq war began in the 80’s as did the Rubik’s Cube. John Lennon was assassinated and Mt. St. Helens in Washington State erupted. That’s how long she has been fighting this battle.

Her first weapon in the fight against diabetes has been an indomitable positive spirit. Even if a pessimist told her, “In the end the world as we know it will end.” She would reply, “In the end, that’s probably for the best.” Like the wood, Yvonne is smooth. Second in her arsenal is mental toughness. The wood of the bow and the diabetes instruction must be tough. Dealing with diabetes, for whom compliance with diet and exercise can be very difficult; and dealing with the progression of the disease requires toughness. Finally, through smooth and tough (the long bow) it must also bend. It too, with Yvonne, over the past 30-years, has had to bend in compassion for the difficulties her patients face; hard to bend to the shortage of funds; or trying to build a solid program when administrators were changing every year. Thus for 30-years, Yvonne shielded her patients from as many difficulties as possible and cheered them on. Like the hunter with her bow she came back again and again saying “See what I have brought. Let us feast…come, sit at my table.” And in the end, she rejected any farewell party.

Yvonne – an Unsung Hero.

By David Conejo-Palacios (Look for more news of Unsung Heroes in the future. And if you know of any, send me the information at: dconejo@rmchcs.org)

Born in New Mexico, In 1929 a promising young Arthur made three trips sculptor named Brice Sewell across the Santa Fe Trail in was featured in The Salt Lake a covered wagon. By 1903, Tribune. Though the article is he was pretty much running about his talent as a sculptor, the family empire. When the headline is interesting: he became governor, he Young Sculptor Is Indian established programs, not Enthusiast. Brice got his only for “minorities” (who interest in Indian artifacts and weren’t really minorities in art from his father George, New Mexico), but also for the who passed on his passion to deaf and blind. Apparently his son. Both of them were he was good at obtaining lifetime collectors. funding for these causes.

George, who was born in His ties to Gallup are 1872, had started the family’s interesting. He had just been westward trek moving from re-elected for his second twoKansas to Colorado some year term when the great years before. Though he gave Gallup coal strike exploded. his occupation as “machinery It was a battle of unions, salesman” he was active with the miners choosing in the early native crafts the National Miners Union, business, most significantly as believed to be Communist run owner of the famous Tiffany and pushing for a cross-racial turquoise mine near Cerrillos, and cross-ethnic organization, New Mexico, just south of vital to a place like Gallup Santa Fe. where the labor force was The turquoise there is almost entirely immigrant. found over a fair amount of Arthur Seligman, probably A DINNER FOR SILVERSMITHS AT DINA’S CAFE – 1954. STANDING ARE C. G. real estate, generally referred to WALLACE (LEFT) AND BRICE SEWELL. DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF SEWELL IS against his own leanings, was collectively as Mt. Chalchihuitl. forced to declare martial law DELLA APPA AND TO HER LEFT HER HUSBAND, GOV. KA’ASI APPA. The word was believed by the and send in troops.

Spanish to designate turquoise In the meantime Brice in the Aztec language, though it actually translates as “greenish stone”. It is now Sewell was helping create and promote local folk industry, including furniture making believed that the turquoise used in artifacts found in Mexico actually came from in the territorial Hispanic style. The Gallup library has some of the tables and chairs. the southwest, notably from the Cerrillos mines, which are quite ancient.

He and first wife Nelda were listed in the 1930 census living in Albuquerque It is probable that the Tiffany name had nothing to do with the New York as sculptor and crafts teacher respectively. Perhaps anticipating the future, the jewelry company; but somewhere around 1910 it seemed like a good idea to couple bought a property in Old Town known as the Casa de Armijo and began someone, and the name stuck. It was the Tiffany mine that was owned and restoring it. Almost immediately Brice started teaching art at the University of worked by the Sewell family.

New Mexico.

Brice became a turquoise broker while pursuing his “real” job. Now here is As the Old Town Plaza was being rescued and restored by like-minded an interesting twist—Brice Sewell had created his own position, as Supervisor of people, Brice and Nelda had converted the old Casa de Armijo into studio Trade and Industrial Education for the state of New Mexico. At least he defined apartments. With the job to suit his own interests, pushing both Indian art and Hispanic traditions. two artists as Some really beautiful furniture came out of his program and the tin and tile work landlords and the in the Gallup courthouse are a result of his interest. historic lure of the Sewell was sure that a proper education would allow craftspeople of all kinds area, outside the city to make a living with their traditional artistic talents and he spent most of the bustle to the East, rest of his life trying to make that a fact. the place filled up The timing was great. America was in the throes of the Great Depression and with artists. a charismatic democrat was running for President. On top of that, New Mexico When Governor had just the right governor to take advantage of the programs coming his way.

Seligman designated Arthur Seligman was a popular businessman of Jewish descent and in 1931 Sewell as Supervisor he became the first native-born non-Hispanic governor of the state. Brice Sewell of Trade and immediately presented him with a paper outlining his vision of vocational Industrial Education training for New Mexico. Seligman liked it. The emphasis would be on Hispanic for the New Mexico handicrafts, as well as Native pottery, weaving and jewelry.

Department Like the Sewells, Seligman had been a lifelong collector of Indian artifacts of Vocational saying that at age eleven he had been “attracted to the Indians by their art...their Education, it is love of color and harmony”. When Sewell presented the proposal to the governor, likely that his job Seligman was the perfect man to give Brice Sewell his chance. description included Arthur Seligman had an interesting background. The Seligman brothers had something more JUDY SEWELL1946. THIS WAS PART OF come west on the Santa Fe Trail and established their wholesale empire by 1852, than Folk Arts. But bringing goods from Kansas City and distributing them in the Territory. They vocational schools were A NAVAJO RUG EXHIBIT AT MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA also became the Territory’s principle bankers. established in rural

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Hispanic communities, with emphasis on successful marketing of local industries.

In his new position Brice had to work with the pencil-pushers in Washington, D.C., forcing him to spend a lot of time back East. During this time, he met Juliana McCaslin, a district supervisor in the WPA division of employment. In 1934 he left his wife Nelda with their only child, Brice, Jr., and the Casa de Armijo they had nurtured. Brice Junior was only three and a half.

Nelda was an artist herself and thoroughly educated in regional arts and crafts, so it was natural she would stay in the business. Years later, Brice, Jr. married Eleanor Starr and they opened a shop called Crazy Horse Indian Arts.

Eleanor was described as “an accomplished painter, jewelry designer and historian; not to mention a virtuoso on the violin”.

Eleanor became the backbone of Old Town and her obituary in 2003 was headlined: Artist Eleanor Sewell Was a Warrior for Old Town. One of the NEW YORK GOV. FRANKLIN major accomplishments of the ROOSEVELT [6’2’] POSING WITH Sewells and their shop was the NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR promotion of Pueblo pottery.

ARTHUR SELIGMAN 1932 When they held an exhibition of their pottery, more than 42 potters were represented.

Brice, Sr. moved to Santa Fe, probably it was more convenient for his work, and in 1937 he married Miss McCaslin, hereafter known as Judy. She was also well educated on the subject of Native arts and over the years became a consultant and lecturer on the subject. Both Brice and Judy often judged Indian arts in competitions like Gallup Ceremonial and the Navajo Show in Flagstaff.

Brice, Sr. left his job in 1942 and patriotically enlisted in the Navy, quickly making the rank of lieutenant. Apparently, his actual involvement in the war was as a member of a band.

As he had done before, Sewell purchased a property in La Cienega on the outskirts of Santa Fe and began renovating and restoring it. Later he was a promoter in the restoration of El Rancho de Golandrinas, which is now a living history museum.

As part of his vocational arts program, Sewell made some big changes in the Santa Fe Fiesta, including Indian and Hispanic art exhibits with their own exhibit halls. Remarkably, at the State Fair the New Mexico tribes did not have a juried art show until the early forties. For a state that routinely promotes its Native arts, actual support for that art was slow to take shape. Keep in mind that Gallup’s Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial was twenty years old by then.

When Brice Sewell resigned from his state job after fourteen years, the Navajo Tribe hired him as a private consultant. He was employed by the tribe, not by the government. Their arts and crafts guild was started in 1941 and it had two main

purposes: to guarantee authenticity, and to allow at least some artists to break free of the old trading post system.

Many trading posts had used the old credit system to keep their local artists in virtual peonage. In the words of the old song, “I owe my soul to the company store.”

Besides being the dominant buyers in an area, traders were also the only local source for silver and stone. The Guild was supposed to offer raw materials closer to cost, and give the artists a fair wholesale price for their products. Sewell was hired to provide the nuts and bolts for this revolution.

Ensuring authenticity was a greater problem. From the turn of the last century forward, the popularity of Indian jewelry, pottery, rugs, and lesser crafts virtually guaranteed fakes, rip-offs, and machine made goods to keep up with the demand.

Companies as far away as Denver, Colorado, produced “Indian” jewelry which had little to do with any Indians; sometimes companies would hire tribally enrolled folks to run the machines so they could claim “Indian Made.”

After several years with the Navajos, the Zuni Tribe enlisted Sewell for the same purpose. Sadly, there is no record of his tenure there. It would be two decades more before the Zunis had an operational cooperative. The photo of Sewell with C. G. Wallace at a dinner for Zuni silversmiths has led to the conclusion that he worked for Wallace. Not true. Wallace was never shy about self-promotion.

During this whole period Brice, had continued to work with regional museums to foster shows where Natives could compete and sell their own work directly to the public. He also had a series of trading operations of his own, supervised by wife Judy.

The Sewells were regularly in the news. In 1951 the Santa Fe New Mexican had a piece on their shop, the Turquoise Post, in Los Alamos. The town wanted to tear down the historic building which was one of the original ranch structures, on the grounds it was too costly to maintain. A few days later they reported that the business had been bought by Mr. and Mrs. John Hausner of Gallup.

Sewell’s main enterprise was a pair of shops in Taos, NM and Scottsdale, AZ to take advantage of the shifting tourists’ seasons.

In 1952 he opened a small museum in Scottsdale to house the collection amassed by George Sewell and later added to by Brice. Brice and Judy lectured, served as judges and promoted shows, and Brice wrote articles.

In 1933 he published Spanish Colonial Furniture, in 1937 New Mexico Tin craft, and WPA TIN WORK IN THE MCKINLEY sometime between 1963 and COUNTY COURTHOUSE 1973, an undated little pamphlet called Indian Arts and Crafts To day. He had a penchant for odd spellings and these titles are exactly as they appeared on the books.

Probably many of the innovations promoted by the Sewells would have occurred without their help, but Brice Sewell gave Native Arts more than a helpful nudge.

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Walking In Beauty

By Lynn R. Anner-Bolieu, B.Sc., M.Div., CBC lannerbolieu@gmail.com (505) 879-0362

Nursing mothers’ support in Mckinley county and nearby surrounding areas Recently, I was speaking with a friend who told me about a new mother in her neighborhood, who was looking for support from other mothers regarding nursing [i.e. breastfeeding (giving mother’s milk)] to her new baby. Having been a Nutritionist and Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Coordinator for many years, I told her about various ways to find support from other mothers and from health professionals.

Why breastfeed your baby? Breastfeeding gives a baby the best start in life from helping to prevent obesity, to providing certain immunities to food allergies in the early months of life.It is also beneficial to the mother because it helps to shrink the womb back to normal size, uses up calories, and helps to prevent another pregnancy.It is very valuable before the baby is ready for more solid foods.

There are many nutritional resources in the McKinley County / Window Rock areas for mothers, their infants, and young children up to the age of five years.Some of these are (though not exclusively) the following: • New Mexico State Health Department Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program (NMWIC).In the Gallup area, the main NMWIC office is located in the Field Health Building at 1919 College Drive.

Phone: (505) 722-2004.

• The Navajo Nation WIC (NNWIC) office in Gallup is located behind the U.S. Post Office on Coal Ave. Phone: (505) 722-4767.You may ask for the Senior Nutritionist or any of the Nutrition Workers for information and support for breastfeeding.

• The Breastfeeding Coordinator for NNWIC is Leota Begay, a Senior Nutritionist based in Winslow.She will also have information as well as support for all

the Navajo Nation WIC clinics.Her phone number is (928) 289-3219.Email address: leota.begay@nndoh.org.

The main NNWIC number in Window Rock, if Leota is not available, is (928) 871-6731.

There are NNWIC clinics in other areas of McKinley County, and nearby Apache County, Arizona; and Leota will be able to direct you to the nearest one depending upon where you live.

• Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Coalition;Amanda Singer, President: Dinenationbreastfeeding@gmail.com • Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Coalition Facebook Link: https://www.facebook,com/pages/Navajo-NationBreastfeediing-Coalition/275985218770/ref=hl • Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Website Link: http://navajobreastfeedingcoalition.webs.com/ There is also support available at area hospitals:

• Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital (RMCHCS); Phone directly to: Mary Ippel, RN, IBCLC at (505) 870-5301, or call the Women’s Health Department at (505) 863-7026, and the nurses will answer any questions about breastfeeding and available support.

(I have worked with both Mary Ippel and Leota Begay and they are excellent sources of information.)

• GIMC (Gallup Indian Medical Center); Contact: the Labor, Delivery and Women’s Health Clinic at (505) 722-1335, and ask for Josephine Silversmith, IBCLC; or Eunice Joe, Nursing Assistant.

• Tse’hootsooi Medical Center (Ft. Defiance); Contact: Gwen Byers for information on their “Baby Café” at (928) 729-8000.There is also a

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• Crownpoint Hospital; Contact Jan Payne at the Pre-natal clinic at (505) 786-6265.Due to the fact that this hospital is short-staffed for mid-wives and doctors, there are currently no deliveries done there. However, pregnant women who wish to breastfeed their babies are nevertheless encouraged to contact the Pre-natal clinic, because they offer very good information on this topic.Women then must go to Gallup for their deliveries.

Other Sources of Information on Nursing Mother Support: Website: www.kelleymom.com for support groups.

Books: • The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by – The La Leche League International • The Breastfeeding Answer Book – by La Leche League International • Medications and Mothers’ Milk – by Thomas Hale, PhD These are all excellent sources of information.

The book by Hale discusses how any medications the mother is taking might affect the nursing baby. *

Defining terms used in this article:

• IBCLC: Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant • CLC: Certified Lactation Consultant • CBC: Certified Breastfeeding Counselor • Breastfeeding Peer Counselor (who may or may not have the above certifications, but will receive training): These are mothers who have experience in nursing their babies either currently, or in the past, and are supervised by a Nutritionist.

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The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the University of New MexicoGallup (UNM-G) services McKinley County, operating under the University of New Mexico Gallup Branch and an accredited member of the America’s SBDC. UNM Gallup SBDC offers confidential oneon-one counseling services including business planning, financing, marketing, accounting, and free or low-cost business workshops.

Business has changed dramatically over the years and UNM Gallup SBDC

continues to take steps in helping small businesses achieve their goals and succeed in a competitive marketplace. “Business success begins with a great idea, but one of the biggest problems we see here is the need for constructive planning or awareness of the many things that are involved in starting a business. Our hope is to help guide individuals in this process,” said Cynthia Jarvison director for UNM Gallup SBDC. UNM Gallup SBDC helps and assists entrepreneurs to start and grow businesses, create jobs, increase prosperity, and contribute to the state’s economy. For instance, UNM Gallup SBDC recently assisted Gallup’s first and only full-care facility for dogs called Laughing Dog Kennel, a small business with a philosophy of making pet’s happiness and well-being

matter. Local owner Jenny Kline first came to UNM Gallup SBDC requesting guidance with her grooming and kennel concept.

“We helped her through the startup process, developed business plan ideas, demographics, and comprehensive industry reports. The promotion of her grand opening was a very exciting time for us all,” said Jarvison. “Once Jenny started her business we later consulted with her in accounting, taxes, QuickBooks guidance, and marketing.”

Deciding whether or not to start a new business can be one of the most difficult decisions a person faces in life. Success depends not only on personal ambitions and means, but also on external factors beyond a person’s realm of control. UNM

Gallup SBDC provides small business owners and entrepreneurs with the resources they need to thrive, compete, and succeed. Supporting their formation and growth moves the economy forward and makes our communities healthier.

“The NMSBDC team at UNM-G was always available any time I had a question and remained extremely supportive throughout the entire process. I attended a free workshop on gross receipts tax, which was very helpful and when I was having trouble implementing QuickBooks, they even visited my place of business in-person to help me,” said Kline.

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Three Women – Three Breast Cancer Stories Schedule your Mammogram

By Sandra McKinney 32 October 2016

To impress upon you the importance of getting your annual mammogram, all three of these women’s cancers were discovered during the course of their annual check-ups.

For Ellie, she actually found a lump when she became diligent about self-examinations. Had it not been for personal responsibility and the mammogram, their cancers could have spread, metastasized and even brought about an early death. Yes, pretty serious stuff!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and often there can be found discounted rates during this month for your mammogram. Some women make their annual appointment during the month of October; others will schedule their exams to coincide with their birth month. Either of these times can be easy to remember. Those who have gone through breast cancer will likely tell you that the month of October can be a difficult month with the constant reminders of Breast Cancer on television, in print and even while shopping. It is one of those ‘Catch 22’ situations; it hurts to be constantly reminded of what you have gone through (not that having been treated for cancer isn’t already on your mind daily!) but those constant reminders every October could also save a life! There are two common threads in the stories from each of these three women: (1) No History of Breast Cancer within their Families. (2) Each had taken Birth Control Pills or a form of Hormone Replacement Therapy.

Rebecca

Age of discovery: 40 “When I turned 40, it was time for the dreaded mammogram,” said Rebecca. “I considered putting off the test until another day, but something convinced me to go to the imaging center that day. What a major shock I received when the test revealed a mass in my right breast. I could tell by the technician’s concern that it was serious. She immediately contacted my doctor to obtain authorization to perform an ultrasound on my right breast. After the ultrasound was completed, the tech told me that my doctor would be in touch very soon…she said that I would probably hear from her in a couple of days. It took six working days to hear from my doctor, which seemed like forever!”е “An appointment was arranged for an oncologist surgeon to perform a biopsy of the mass. In August 2007, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I will never forget where I was when I received the call from my doctor,” Rebecca states with awe. “I was out of town visiting my family when I got the call. After I hung up the phone with the doctor, I had to call my husband to deliver the news to him over the phone. I don’t think I’ve ever missed by husband as much as I did that day.” Rebecca gets tears in her eyes as she says, “We cried together over the phone and promised to fight the battle side-by-side. The news came as a huge shock, because there is no history of cancer in my family. Today, I

suspect the cancer developed after I began taking Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) in 2003,” Rebecca explains. She then adds, “Things moved too quickly after that. I was surprised to learn that I had to choose what action to take. It was sort of like choosing from a menu…I had three options:

He also told me that he would not be able to perform the sentinel node biopsy; I would have to have several lymph nodes removed because I opted to have so much breast tissue removed.” Later, Rebecca learned from a surgeon-friend of her mother, that the surgeon’s actions were ‘old school’. According to this doctor-friend, a sentinel node biopsy • Option 1: Lumpectomy, with radiation and could have been (and should have been) chemotherapy. And as a bonus, I would performed instead of having twenty lymph receive a sentinel node biopsy. nodes removed. Rebecca sadly says, “Today, • Option 2: Mastectomy – remove the right I suffer from lymphedema in my right breast. Chemotherapy, but no radiation. arm and have been hospitalized twice for Plus lymph nodes would be removed to cellulitis. Lymphedema is not painful, just test for cancer. annoying and I have to be extra careful when • Option 3: Bilateral Mastectomy – remove I get a cut on my right hand or arm. Insert all breast tissue. Same as Option 2, Chemo, the smallest amount of bacteria into the cut, no radiation, remove several lymph nodes. and I’m off to the E.R. within hours.”

Rebecca’s surgery was performed about Rebecca goes on to explain, “I had a lot two weeks after diagnoses of Invasive to consider. I said earlier that there was no Ductal Carcinoma, Grade 3. There was history of cancer in my family, but that is little time to recover from the shock of not entirely true. My father died from lung the diagnosis, and practically no time to cancer, but he was a heavy smoker for most research what she would be going through. all of his life. There were no treatments Sure, the doctors and nurses provided the that would save his life. He agreed to pamphlets, and offered discussion, but it receive radiation and chemo-therapy in an was difficult to comprehend it all. Rebecca attempt to slow the cancer. He had a terrible went through six months of chemo-therapy experience with the radiation treatments. and one year of Herceptin (a drug which The medical professional performing the also reduces the risk of cancer recurrence). treatments “over-burned” the area and he A few days after her first chemo treatment, ended up needing a feeding tube. My father’s she was admitted into the hospital with experience was my only introduction to neutropenic fever, an abnormally high fever radiation treatment, and I was terrified at the up to 104° brought on by chemo-therapy. thought of having to go through that myself. After that, she was given Neulasta the So now, I had eliminated Option 1….NO, I day immediately following each chemo was not going to go through radiation!” treatment. She dealt with the nausea, “When I discussed Option 2 with my lost her hair, wore scarves and cute caps, oncologist (not my surgeon), he shared and won against cancer! About two years some very practical advice. He compared a after her treatments, Rebecca had breast woman’s breast to a ‘wart’. He pointed out reconstruction surgery and received that a woman does not need a breast to live. silicone implants. Rebecca says warmly, When I considered that and was leaning “Thank God for my husband, he was an toward removing only one breast, I suddenly absolute prince to me through the whole changed my mind when he told me to think nightmare. He did a lot of research on about the future…he asked me, ‘Do you the Internet (even joined a breast cancer want to be 75 years old with one perky breast support chat- room) and helped me and one saggy breast?’” understand it all. I knew that he would be Rebecca states, “The final bit of practical by my side through all of it and he never advice that my oncologist shared with me failed me.” She continues, “Thanks to the was, ‘If you don’t leave any breast tissue for deep and dedicated love of my husband, the cancer to return to, then how can it the unending support of my family and return there?’ With that, and the memory of friends, I survived breast cancer. This year what a friend went through, I decided to will mark the ninth anniversary of my have all breast tissue removed.” diagnosis and I couldn’t have made it this Rebecca explains, “I told my surgeon far, without an amazing support system.” about my decision and I requested a ‘side Ellie option’ of the sentinel node biopsy. He Age at discovery: 53 was very surprised at my decision to take Ellie starts off her story by saying, such drastic measures. He reminded me “In August of 2013 I went to see my that removing all breast tissue would not practitioner, as I have done annually for necessarily increase my chance of survival.

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many years. The report said I had dense breast tissue, but everything was clear.

Now, I have to say that I have never been religious about doing self-breast exams.

Every now and then I would think about it and do it, but without regularity. Fast forward a few months to January 2014. It was a new year, and I decided to stay on top of the self-checks; once a month at the beginning of the month. So I proceeded a few days into the New Year to perform my exam. ‘Wait…what is that? Is that a lump?

It can’t be, I just had a mammogram a couple of months ago,’” Ellie was thinking to herself. “I will wait another week or so and do it again.” Even though Ellie had her uterus previously removed, breasts can be lumpy during the ‘time’ a menstrual cycle would happen. Ellie was a little worried, but was sure it was nothing. “I do not have any history of breast cancer in my family,” Ellie explained. “But I told my husband about it that evening; ‘Where?

Show me’ he said.” Ellie said she took his hand and guided him to what she had felt.

She told him she thought she would wait a week and see if it was still there. “He was quiet for a moment and then told me I should make an appointment right away and have it checked. I figured it would be a week or so before I could get in, so I called the next morning. Of course, they wanted to know the reason for the visit so I told the receptionist I felt a lump in my breast, and would like to get it checked out.”

Ellie’s practitioner also felt the lump and she seemed concerned, more concerned than Ellie had been. She scheduled an ultrasound appointment for Ellie; it was in two days. “The whirlwind that followed, I cannot even begin to describe,” Ellie explained as a few tears formed.

“My husband went with me; I had the ultrasound and was able to see the screen. I immediately saw that something was wrong.

I began to feel sick, anxious, and scared,” Ellie explained with a little gasp. “The tech asked a couple of questions and then asked

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us to wait while she got the doctor. As soon as she left I tried to say something to my husband, he could see my face – tears were coming down. ‘This is not good,’ my husband told me.” Ellie further explains, “The doctor came back and said a lot of things I can’t remember, except for the word ‘biopsy’. He referred me back to my practitioner and she gave me the name of a breast surgeon to see.

She hugged me and said ‘you realize this is serious, I need you to see her right away.’”

“A little more than a week later I was in Albuquerque having mammograms, then a 3D mammogram,” Ellie says. “I have since learned that if you have dense breast tissue, 3D mammograms are very helpful, they can see through the dense tissue.” After some review, they set her up with an ultrasound to be done within the hour. This ultrasound saw more lumps; they also performed the biopsies within a couple of hours. “Then we waited…on edge,” Ellie said. “A few days later, I received the call: ‘I am sorry, the tumors are malignant.’ In the Breast Surgeon’s office, she explained, ‘you have nine lumps showing on the films, the largest one is almost 2 cm, between ¾ and one inch, or the size of a peanut, we need to do a mastectomy’. Then came another shocker: ‘you should have both breasts removed.’”

There were already signs in the left breast that the cancer, Invasive Lobular Carcinoma, could be there, too. It was estrogen positive, meaning it feeds on estrogen.

Ellie shakes her head and explains, “Over the course of the rest of that year, I had several surgeries, the first being the double mastectomy, with sentinel and lymph nodes removed from both sides, then I also had my ovaries removed to stop the flow of estrogen, which then put me into ‘surgical menopause’.” Ellie explained. “Unfortunately, during the lymph node removal, they did not get clean margins, so during the reconstructive phase, they would remove more tissue. Because of the aggressive type of cancer I had, I was not inclined to have breast implants,” Ellie said. “What I actually had

during reconstruction is called ‘DIEP Flap reconstruction. This means that the surgeon took belly fat and moved it up under my skin and formed new breasts for me.” Ellie continued, “In addition I had many drugs, including Arimidex, to prevent the cancer from returning and also to ease the extreme menopausal symptoms, along with several pain medications and muscle relaxers.”

Ellie continues with a faraway look in her eyes, “For me the recovery is on-going; today I am in remission – cancer free, but some of the effects on my mind and body will never go away.” Most people, yes both men and women, who have breast, or any other type of cancer, quite often suffer a form of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Ellie declares, “I am thankful that I have survived this awful disease and the treatments and repercussions that go along with it. And I am thankful for the wonderful support I received from my husband. I do think he helped me survive!”

Hannah

Age of Discovery: 51 Hannah says “I had no history of breast cancer, or any type of cancer, in my family.

I dutifully went in for my mammogram each year since the age of 35, thinking that I was simply doing the right thing and never had any concerns.” With the start of perimenopause, Hannah took low-dose birth control pills to help with irregularity of periods and mood swings. At the age of 51 she was four years into menopause and had been taking the lowest dose of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for three years. Going in for her mammogram was no cause for trepidation, just routine. Hannah scowled as she said, “So, when the phone call came that there was a strange spot in the mammogram and a second session would be required, I really did not have any concerns; it was just an irregularity in the film because of my dense breasts. I was in denial.”

The second mammogram proved to show the same concerning small spot. A

whirlwind of preparations ensued and surgery was scheduled with a general surgeon for a lumpectomy and the tissue sent for biopsy. Hannah declares, “I really was still in that state of denial and thought that nothing would be found; so it was a huge shock when I received the phone call from the surgeon that the biopsy did prove to be cancerous.” The spot was .05 cm in size; smaller than a green pea, but all the cancerous tissue had been removed during the lumpectomy. They gave it a name of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma and classed it as Estrogen Receptor Cancer, meaning that the cancer was feeding off the estrogen in her body. “Oh my gosh, you could have knocked me over with a feather by this news! My denial had been fully engaged up until that phone call,” Hannah stated. “They immediately told me to STOP the HRT treatment! I just remember thinking at that point, ‘I have cancer and I am going to lose my hair.’ I guess that thought was tinged with a bit of vanity,” Hannah laughed.

A lymph node biopsy was next in order.

“Since the lump was so tiny, they only removed three of my lymph nodes, but they also injected a terrible dye into my breast, Methylene Blue, to locate the nodes,” Hannah states sadly. “I remember waking in the recovery room with my breast absolutely on fire and inquiring of the nurse ‘why does my breast hurt so much? You did surgery under my arm!’ I was kept in the recovery room for much longer than anticipated which truly worried my husband in the waiting room.”

“In retrospect, I feel like I was railroaded too quickly into the two surgeries; I wish I had consulted a breast specialist for a second opinion. It turns out that I was terribly allergic to the Methylene Blue dye, and it severely burned my breast. When I did later see a breast specialist for my constant breast pain, she told me that the dye was ‘old school’ and she would never have used it for my lymph node biopsy,” Hannah said while shaking her head.

“Two weeks after the lymph node surgery, I started at the New Mexico Cancer Center for 33 treatments of radiation. My type of cancer and the size of it did not call for chemo-therapy, but 33 sessions of radiation sounded pretty daunting – I knew that the radiation could burn my skin and tissue, and I already had a severely burned breast from the Methylene Blue dye,” Hannah said with wide eyes. “I was recently told that if I had been diagnosed with this cancer today (instead of 2007), the suggested radiation would be FIVE treatments! It was a wonderful feeling to ring the bell and

receive my Completion Certificate when I finished the radiation treatments!” Hannah goes on to explain, “Radiation treatment does burn the skin, and also makes the bones underneath rather fragile. Under-wire bras were out of the question and sports bras became my friend for the next year!”

After the radiation treatments, she was immediately started on the drug Arimidex for five years. Because her cancer had been classed as ‘Estrogen Receptor’, the Arimidex would help rid her body of as much estrogen as possible. Of course, without estrogen, this means hot flashes, night sweats, plus the drug makes your bones quite achy.

“I could not have dealt with this without the amazing support and love from my husband. And he continues to support me today, even nine years later. My body is not the same – I have one firmer, but extremely tender breast from the result of the dye burning and radiation, and one breast that has sagged with age. He loves me even more today, and still thinks I am beautiful,” Hannah says with a big smile.

“Many people say they are a SURVIVOR of cancer,” Hannah states. “I have somewhat of a different approach to being free of cancer: I do not like to use the word ‘survivor’. I prefer to say I am a CHAMPION….I WON!”

CONCLUSION From each of these ladies; if they could offer a bit of advice, some that does not cost any money: TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND DO YOUR SELF BREAST EXAMS; you can look it up online or ask your doctor for directions at your next visit. Plus GET YOUR MAMMOGRAM DONE ANNUALLY! Each person must approach this terrible disease and recovery in their own way. These ladies are always open to talk with anyone who is beginning this difficult journey. They each feel a great need to state: GET A SECOND OPINION and VISIT A BREAST SPECIALIST before you start with the biopsies, lumpectomies, or treatments.

A General Surgeon may know surgery, but they strongly suggest a visit to someone who works strictly with the breast. Talk with someone who has gone through breast cancer. The absolute positive side of having gone through their journeys: THEY ARE ALIVE and THRIVING and those MAMMOGRAMS saved their lives!!!

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GET INVOLVED

By Bill Lee

IN YOUR LOCAL CHAMBER The Gallup McKinley County Chamber of Commerce offers numerous benefits and keeps business owners on top of important, ever-changing issues and trends within the community and local marketplace.The Chamber works with a host of private and public sector organizations to ensure the voice of local business is involved in key decisions that may face the community.

Research points out consumers are more likely to do business with a company if it is a member of their local Chamber of Commerce. According to a study by The Shapiro Group, Inc. and Market Street Services, when consumers know that a small business is a member of their local

Chamber of Commerce, they are 49 percent more likely to think favorably of it, and 80 percent more likely to purchase goods or services from the company in the future.

• If a company shows that it’s highly involved in its local chamber, consumers are 12 percent more likely to think that its products stack up better against its competition.

The Shapiro Report also noted that • When a consumer thinks that a being active and participating with the company’s products stack up better Chamber of Commerce drives consumer against the competition because the perception: company is highly involved in its local Chamber of Commerce, it is because • Most consumers (59 percent) think that he or she infers that the company is being active in the local Chamber of trustworthy, involved in the community, Commerce is an effective business strategy and is an industry leader. overall. Through your membership, you are communicating to consumers that a Your Gallup McKinley County Chamber company uses good business practices and of Commerce provides many member that the business is reputable. benefits and below is our top 10 list: 1. Membership brings credibility to your business. You can increase positive perception among consumers and business owners when you’re identified as a member of a Chamber of Commerce.

2. Increase your visibility in the community. As a new member of the Chamber of Commerce, you will be listed on the chamber website, on Facebook, and have the opportunity to be highlighted in other chamber e-mail blasts and at our Business after Hours events. You also can grow your business by advertising with the chamber and sponsoring events. The chamber may also promote your grand opening/ ribbon-cutting ceremony and assist with any public relations efforts.

3. Create networking opportunities.

The chamber offers numerous committees and serving on one of them provides

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networking opportunities, as well as professional leadership development.You can build your business while promoting developments of keen interest to local businesses and the community at large.

10. Access to members-only discounts and services. As a member of the chamber, you receive special pricing on many of our chamber programs and events.

These discounts are often included with your chamber membership.We are also happy to provide any special member-to-member discounts you choose to promote and offer.

Membership also allows access to our robust website which provides a whole host of promotional and informational resources for your business or organization.

4. Gain a voice in government.

The Gallup McKinley County Chamber of Commerce takes on the tough issues and opposes new regulations, taxes, fees, assessments, and costs directed at small businesses. It also helps protect the principles of free enterprise and aids businesses in being treated fairly.

5. Make business contacts. Part of the chamber’s fundamental mission is to generate more business activity for the community.

The chamber initiates more business-tobusiness commerce and more opportunities for networking and connecting local professionals than is available through most other local organizations.

6. Receive and use e-mail blasts and website. E-mail blasts provide members interesting information about special sales, events, and opportunities your business offers. We are also happy to highlight awards of distinction you may receive.

7. Acquire customer referrals. Every day, your chamber welcomes visitors and receives calls from individuals and businesses looking for potential vendors, and as a chamber member your business or Recently the Gallup McKinley County organizations are recommended.

Chamber of Commerce offered the business community a chance to meet and discuss 8. Chamber events and programs. issues with the new Gallup Police Chief.

Our chamber events and programs The chamber presented Justin Patton provide members with great opportunities who has worked with top organizations to get to know new people and expand and fortune 500 companies like G.E., the their prospect base. Chamber events are N.C.A.A., and Yum Brands for a full day of innovative and fun ways to help members leadership development. meet potential customers, clients, and Keep in mind, however, that you can’t vendors – and generate new business leads. just be a member of the local chamber to reap the benefits of chamber membership.

9. Leadership and customer service The research in the Shapiro Report notes development. The chamber works to “If a firm is to gain maximum value bring top quality leadership training to the from membership, it must be an active community.This helps reduce the cost of participant in chamber-sponsored events. sending your people out of town for training.

Chambers plan events so that its members The chamber, in collaboration with the City of benefit. Only by participation, can a firm Gallup Tourism Department, is also developing get maximum benefit.” and will have in place an affordable on-line customer service training program for 2017.

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By Chuck Van Drunen

Maria’s Cafe do. In high school Jerry had worked at Lori’s Drive-In (where Garcia’s Sunset Grill is now) and had learned to cook pretty well. Teri in her own right was a fantastic cook as well.

At that time a lot of businesses were Maria Theresa (Teri) went to Cathedral moving from downtown to the new mall High and Francisco, ( Jerry) three years older, on Hwy 491. But Teri and Jerry decided had gone to Gallup High. They first met at to rent a small building on Coal Avenue in a restaurant where Teri worked and soon downtown Gallup (formerly The Chocolate after found out both of their best friends Shoppe). It was August 7, 1982 when they were getting married. As a bridesmaid and a opened, their children were three and five groomsman, Teri and Jerry actually walked years old, and Ronald Reagan was president. down the aisle together arm-in-arm not They probably would have liked to name the knowing that in a few years they would be at cafe “Jerry’s” but there already was and still is the altar as bride and groom. a “Jerry’s Cafe”, so they named it after Teri Of course it wasn’t easy. Jerry would call and called it “Maria’s”.

Teri’s house and her mom policed the phone and wasn’t quite ready for her daughter to field male house calls. But he kept calling, and finally he got through to Teri and invited her to a movie. She was so excited.

But on the big day, Jerry was corralled by Teri’s dad who carried on a conversation with Jerry for over an hour so that it was too late to go to a movie. So they rescheduled.

And the same thing happened. And again.

Finally, after four aborted attempts, Teri and Jerry went on their first date.

The rest, as they say, is history. Teri and Jerry were married at the ages of 21 and 24 respectively on Valentine’s Day at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Jerry at the time was a black belt in karate and worked in the uranium mines, and Teri worked at the phone company.

It wasn’t too long before their children Monica and Jennifer came along. Jerry had always talked about owning his own business and they began to discuss what they should Teri and Jerry Guillen have owned and operated Maria’s Restaurant in downtown Gallup for over 34 years.

This is their story:

Teri’s dad, Fred, helped them remodel the building and Teri’s mom, Maggie, was their first employee, so from day one the restaurant was a family affair. It wasn’t too long before the kids were helping, and today their daughter Jennifer still works regularly there, while their grandsons Isaiah and Daniel are put in a few hours as well (their youngest granddaughter Ebony will get her chance in about a decade…she’s only 2!)

While Teri would be shy to say so, it appears that it is possible that Maria’s Restaurant was the first in Gallup to serve breakfast burritos. It was just an idea that popped in Teri’s head to put all the breakfast ingredients together in a tortilla…and so she did.

Those breakfast burritos have become famous. They are large and stuffed with

eggs, hash-browns, bacon, chorizo, or ham, and smothered in green or red chile. I have personally eaten over 250 of them through the years. In fact they were a staple of my diet during my bachelor days, whether it was breakfast or lunch.

One time while eating one of those burritos in 2003, I asked Teri what she thought about me starting a local magazine for Gallup. She was so encouraging, and very frankly and sincerely told me to “Go for it!”

I suppose it is this family feel and personal touch that has made Maria’s what it is today.

Teri and Jerry treat everyone like they are family.

Of course it can’t be easy for husband and wife to work together day-in and day-out for 34 years. But it has worked. Jerry works primarily in the kitchen and Teri primarily serving customers, and by being specific in their jobs and giving each other a lot of grace, they have learned to run their business smoothly like ballroom dancers. As Teri simply says, “We love our jobs!”

Teri and Jerry thank God for all their years at Maria’s. They would also like to thank the Gallup community and surrounding area for the great friendships they have made through the restaurant.

It is uncertain for how many more years Teri and Jerry will keep working. Jerry says he’d like to keep going “Forever”, while Teri thinks she may want to slow down when she hits 70. Either way they hope to serve as long as they are able to.

Maria’s is located at 110 W. Coal Avenue; 505-722-6135.

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By Leslie Farrell

Cruisin' in Europe Last year, around this time, I decided that I was going to go on a trip, and that trip would be to Europe. I had never been to Europe before, and I had always felt like I was lacking something. It was a good time for me go, and I knew that if I wanted the trip, I should just go for it.

Whenever I think of traveling in Europe, I think of Italy. Maybe it’s because Italy is where most of my family and friends went the first time they visited Europe; or maybe it’s because it holds great significance for my family (it’s where my parents got married). Whatever the reason, I decided early on that Italy was going to the home base for my grand trip to Europe.

I set about organizing this trip and started tossing out the fact that I wanted to go; hoping to see if anyone else took the bait. My brother jumped on board right away, which surprised me because he is still in college and had never expressed a desire to travel. It was a welcome surprise though, so I started planning for our awesome trip for two to Italy.

I quickly decided to look at tour packages instead of trying to go in on our own. Some of them can be fairly cheap and it eliminates the headache of having to book multiple hotels and make travel arrangements. I was seriously looking at one that covered most of Italy when my mom brought up the idea of a cruise.

Of course I had always wanted to go on a cruise, but had never considered one in Europe. I dismissed it at first, but the idea slowly started to take hold.

Out of curiosity, I looked up what it would cost. It turned out that it was going to be much cheaper than any other tour choice, plus room and board was included along with cheaper flight options.

I started calculating and spent a couple of weeks looking at all the different options; texting my

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brother with, let’s be honest, way too many choices and scenarios, until one night, after about three hours of research, I finally narrowed it down to two: a Mediterranean cruise going to Greece and Turkey, or an Italian/Spain cruise with an option of staying a couple of extra nights in Rome.

After sending my brother the different options and prices, I was more than ready for bed. My head hit the pillow and a thought floated in. It was one of those pesky little thoughts that only come when you are ready to sleep and keeps swirling until you give in and get up to check. I rolled over, got on the cruise website on my phone, and punched in “Northern European Cruises”. Within minutes I had found the perfect one and sent my brother this simple text: Or, how about a cruise to Ireland?

He responded right away: “Yes, definitely that one.”

After months of planning and calculating and pulling my hair out, it was that simple. When you find it, you just know.

The next step was to find more people. The more people we had going, the cheaper the cruise would be. So I once again went fishing and immediately two of my good friends from college responded that they wanted to go. This was great, but it left us with no one for my brother. So after a couple of long discussions with my parents, and a lot of back and forth with my other two brothers, we decided to make it a family affair: all three of my brothers would be going along with me and my two friends from college.

By this time, we were well into March, just three months until the cruise. This meant that the next three months were quite hectic. I had never booked a cruise and so didn’t know that trying to do it only three months in advance is a very bad idea, especially when you have to coordinate with five other people who are spread out across the country; and when you add booking

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flights to the confusion….well, let’s just say that by the end of it I wasn’t sure that it was even worth it.

But we got it all done and arrived in England without incident. It was a little tricky getting from the airport to the cruise ship because none of our phones worked, but luckily free Wi-Fi exists. We were able to put all our stuff into an Uber and made it to the ship with plenty of time to spare.

The cruise ship was huge. It took us a whole week to get our bearings and figure out where everything was located. Besides the innumerable places to eat, the shopping center, and various bars on board, there was also a daily schedule of specialty events that changed each day. It was a bit overwhelming and impossible to do half of them, even if we had stayed on the ship the entire time.

As fun and entertaining as the ship was, it was nothing compared to the places we got to visit. Every morning we would wake up in a new place. Altogether, we went to nine different ports: Guernsey in England, Cork and Dublin in Southern Ireland, Belfast in Northern Ireland, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, and the Orkney Islands in Scotland, and finally, Paris, France.

All of the stops were amazing and all were extremely unique. In Guernsey, we were able to visit the underground bunker where the Nazi’s occupied Britton (the only place they were able to occupy during WWII), and it is where we received all of our “Guernsey dollars” which are not accepted anywhere else (a fact we learned while trying to exchange them later on). We ended up using them as currency between ourselves.

Cork is where we were able to visit Blarney Castle and kiss the Blarney Stone, which supposedly gives one the gift of eloquence. This is where we took the most fun and creative photos because we had to

Eiffel Tower wait two hours in line which caused us to go slightly stir-crazy. It is also where my brothers came up with their new band name: Blarney Murder Hole; named after a room in the Blarney Castle where boiling oil was poured through a hole in the ground upon the enemy. My brothers also found the name of their first single; Poison Garden, named after one of the gardens at Blarney Castle.

Next was Dublin where my brother and I had the typical hot-headed Irish fight; arguing in the street on where to go to church early on a Sunday morning. The highpoint of Dublin was definitely the Guinness brewery. It was a self-guided tour which was just right for us since we didn’t have a ton of time, and all we really cared about was getting our free pint. As you can imagine, Guinness poured straight from the source is amazing. It was voted ‘best beer’ of the trip, tied only with Smithwicks in Cork, which was like drinking liquid gold.

Belfast was next on the agenda, and was where we bought all of our souvenirs at an amazing little shop called The Wicker Man.

Touring the Guinness brewery

After Belfast, we visited Glasgow, which had the best tea house. It was here that we were able to have another typical experience: the Americans-at-tea experience. We were running late and had to hurry.

We repeatedly whisper-yelled to each other to hurry while waiting for the tea service to come (which seemed to take forever). As soon as the six full tea services came, we started shoving it down as fast as we could and had panicked discussions on what some of the utensils did. We finished everything within five minutes, leaving our server baffled. We apologized over and over and then ran to the train station, only to realize that there was no way were going to make it back to the ship in time by train. We got a taxi and made it back to board the ship just in the nick of time.

We then spent a day in the Orkney Islands. We docked at Kirkwall, which was a cute little town that had a couple of small castles and an interesting museum. We mostly used the day to rest up and find free Wi-Fi so we could get in touch with people back home.

Invergordon was next. This was another delightful little town that was about a thirty minute bus ride from Inverness which is where Loch Ness is located. I was really excited to go to Loch Ness because I have always loved the idea of the Loch Ness Monster. Unfortunately, the train was on strike, making the wait for the bus about two hours long so we never made it to Inverness. Instead, we found a nice stretch of grass where we were able to lie about and enjoy a small photo shoot.

Edinburgh was the next stop and my personal favorite. The entire city looks like it’s from a medieval fairytale. We were able to enjoy a much more leisurely tea service here (voted best scone) and get a nice tour of the city.

Finally, there was Paris. We didn’t actually land in Paris; we landed in Le Havre, which required a twohour train ride to Paris. It took us an entire hour to figure out where the train station was located, and then we had to wait another hour for the train. This meant that we only got four hours in Paris. I wasn’t sure if it would be worth it, but we had already purchased hopon-hop-off tickets (bus tour tickets that allow you to get on and off as you please) and this greatly cut down on travel time. We were able to get almost the full tour in, plus make a stop at Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower. We didn’t have time to eat while we were running around, so I am ashamed to say that the only food we had in Paris was at the train station Burger King.

However, it was an amazing trip. We definitely did not have enough time at any of the stops, but it was enough to get a taste. Going on the cruise was a good way to be introduced to the British Isles, and I would definitely recommend it to firsttime travelers in Europe.

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GMCS

GMCS YOU ROCK!!

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Congratulations All GMCS Students, Teachers, Staff, Parents and Community! School grades RISE AGAIN! One Year Data

Congratulations All GMCS Students, Teachers, Staff, Two Year Data Parents and Community! School grades RISE AGAIN!

27 schools on the PED report card increased 29 schools on the report card increased Congratulations All GMCS Students, Teachers, Staff, Parents andPED Community!

School grades RISE AGAIN! One Year Data Two Year Data the number of points earned. the points earned.

27 schools on theOne PED report 29 number schools onofthe PED report Year Datacard increased Twocard Yearincreased Data the number of points earned.

77.14% of schools…………GAINED!

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The films selected for viewing, at the adventure film festival, reflect local adventure activities such as mountain biking, rock climbing, skateboarding, along with Native themes and issues. The short films vary in length from six to twenty five minutes. There will be three shows, each one made up of a different playlist of 48 October 2016

films. The first of the three shows begins at 11:00 am with a family-friendly, fun, and educational show for all ages. The second show begins at 4:00 pm and will feature environmental and cultural adventure films.

The final show begins at 9:00 pm, following Arts Crawl, and will feature extreme adventure films. All ticket prices for all shows are $5.00 each.

The playlist includes such films as Canyon Song (11:00 am), Skateboarding in Pine Ridge (4:00 pm), and Angel Annihilates Alaska (9:00 pm). For a complete playlist for all three shows visit: www.mountainfilm.org/tour/upcoming.

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ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world.

Started in 1979, Telluride Mountainfilm is one of America’s longest-running film festivals. Through the years, in and out of trends and fads, the film festival has always been best described by one unchanging word: inspiring. Mountainfilm on Tour shares a selection of the films from the annual festival with audiences around the globe. Year-round and worldwide, the tour reaches over 65,000 people on six continents.

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Can’t wait for Halloween? Neither can we! Get a jumpstart on the festivities at ArtsCrawl: In Disguise on Saturday, October 8th.

We know you’ve already started thinking about your costume. Buy it, sew it, borrow it, beg your sibling to be the Ash Ketchum to your Pikachu—do whatever you have to do to get yourself ready for the ArtsCrawl: In Disguise Costume Contest. And make sure you get your whole family and all of your friends in on the action—we’ll be awarding prizes in several categories: Tots (under 5), Kids (5 – 13), Teens (14 – 18), Adults (19+) and—best of all—Pets (4 legs required)! Bring on the hot dogs and cat burglars!

Add a layer of disguise to your costume in a mask-making workshop with artist Marty Burns at the Second Street Event Center. Marty has lots of experience making insanely cool wearable art. Learn from the best and walk away with a mask that you can not only wear on your head but also hang on your wall. If you want to go totally incognito, find the face painter on hand to make sure you are covered from head to toe for ArtsCrawl: In Disguise.

Now that you’re all dressed up, it’s time to party! Go trick-or-treating at businesses along Coal Ave. for goodies like a Gallup Coffee Company Pumpkin Pie Latte, enjoy live music at either end of the block and play ring toss and other classic games at a mini Halloween carnival.

Of course, going art gallery hopping is an ArtsCrawl must. ART123 Gallery will be opening a new group show— “Cornucopia”—featuring ten very different artists, from photographers to painters to glitter pen masters. Not in disguise at all will be artist/filmmaker/punk rocker/organizer/ activist Klee Benally whose work is designed to raise awareness and fight back. In his own words: “My art is action and aims to create strategic interventions that are proactive with the objective of empowering Indigenous people and defending Mother Earth.”

His multimedia installation Avenging the Animas: An Eco-apocalyptic Agitation, which addresses the Gold King Mine environmental disaster, will be on view at the Shallow Gallery.

We hope to see you at ArtsCrawl: In Disguise on October 8th! Get up-to-date information by following us on Facebook @ArtsCrawl Gallup.

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SAINT TERESA

OF CALCUTTA

By Jay Mason Drawn by Freelance Cartoonist Patrick Cross (patcrosscartoons.com)

Last month Mother Teresa was declared a saint in Rome. It is very unusual that we know of two persons who lived during our lifetime that have now been declared saints – John Paul II and Mother Teresa.

My family and I were fortunate to see John Paul II in Phoenix and Rome and actually meet Mother Teresa in Gallup, New Mexico. It is fitting that a woman who brought so much mercy to the world was declared a saint in the Year of Mercy.

How does a person become a saint?

Traditionally, one was not considered eligible until long after his or her death.

A group must receive permission to seek canonization from Rome, and sometimes it is given just after a person dies. Besides demonstrating exemplary moral character, a person must have at least two miracles attributed to their intervention. The Church takes this very seriously; a claim of a miracle is investigated thoroughly and usually by medical experts and others to confirm the unexplainable cure or recovery of a person. In Mother Teresa’s case two miracles were confirmed. One was a woman with stomach cancer in India.

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brain abscesses. His family prayed and asked for assistance from Mother Teresa, and he awoke from his coma. In our world we think we can explain everything; even the most hardened atheists have said that some things cannot be understood.

Not everyone understood or approved of Mother Teresa and her work around the world. One vocal critic was Christopher Hitchens, an English literary critic and essayist. He said Mother Teresa used the poor for her own purposes. He further opined that her acts of mercy did not really help the afflicted and was a “BandAid” approach to poverty. Mr. Hitchens was also an outspoken atheist and took pride in declaring Christianity a crutch

" Love cannot remain by itself – it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service. " for uneducated people. His opinions caused outrage among many Christians.

One person said little or nothing about him. That was Mother Teresa. She and her sisters just went on serving the poor in over 4,000 missions around the world.

They are still doing that today, and two of those missions are the soup kitchen in Gallup and their mission at St. Patrick’s south of town. Both Mr. Hitchens and

Mother Teresa are now dead, but last Sunday Mother was declared a saint by Pope Francis in front of 120,000 people in St. Peters Square. I am sure she is praying for Mr. Hitchens.

There was another English journalist who was skeptical of Mother Teresa.

His name was Malcolm Muggeridge. He had been an enthusiastic Communist in the 1930’s and saw it as a way to cure the ills of the world. He later turned against communism when he exposed the famines in the Soviet Union that were denied by Joseph Stalin. He was always intrigued by Christianity, defended it on many occasions, but refused to join an organized church. Then he met Mother Teresa. He wrote a book and made a film, both entitled Something Beautiful for God, which told the world about the work of Mother Teresa and her sisters. He became friends with Mother because she reached out to the forgotten people on earth. He often criticized the hierarchy of the Church and raised the subject of shortcomings with Mother Teresa. She replied, “Jesus picked the twelve apostles; one betrayed him and the rest ran away.”

Every institution has good and bad people. She counseled him to look at the state of the world and the Church from an eternal perspective and “become like a

little child in God’s hands”. He did and later joined the Church.

Mother Teresa came to Gallup the second time to bring her sisters to found her missions here. The Missionaries of Charity have no other missions in New Mexico. She came to serve the poor, primarily Native Americans. Her simple approach to living attempts to place her sisters in an environment similar to the people she serves. They use few modern conveniences, and the sisters in the convent live in conditions similar to the persons they shelter. It is a difficult life when compared to the way most of us live, with our flat screen televisions and smartphones. The remarkable thing about this way of life is that the sisters do their work with the most beautiful smiles I have ever seen.

I asked one of the superiors in Gallup about the alcohol problems that afflicts many people here. I asked, “Why don’t you build a treatment center instead of a soup kitchen?” She replied that their job was to love the poor by simple acts of charity – food, shelter, clothing, etc.

They pray that the person will change their way of life and seek treatment for

their disease. They must decide that for themselves; the sisters merely light the path. It is very difficult to gauge the success of the sisters’ efforts in the way that our modern society measures success.

But the sisters celebrate that even one person responds to the charity given to them. As Mother Teresa said, “The world is saved one person at a time.”

When Mother Teresa brought her sisters

her sisters exchanged glances with one another. Joe Esparza, a longtime usher at Cathedral, approached Mother Teresa and told her about Mrs. Smalley and her dedication to the faith and teaching.

Mother Teresa rose, came over to Mrs. Smalley, grasped her hand and wished her the peace of Christ.

Mrs. Smalley started crying; Kitty and I started crying. Her simple act of charity wiped out the whole front section of the “Why don’t you build a treatment church. Mrs. Smalley and Mother Teresa center instead of a soup kitchen?” are now together in heaven.

Over a hundred years ago, a humble to Gallup, she spoke after a Mass at Sacred Albanian girl without much education Heart Cathedral. The church was packed decided to become a Catholic sister. by persons from all over town – some She worked first in a recognized order Catholic and some not. There was a whole of sisters, and then asked permission to section of photographers and news media, form her own order. Her work, which some of whom had never set foot in a began in India, spread all over the world church of any kind. Mother and her sisters during her lifetime, even to Communist sat up front during the Mass. My wife countries. Her love for the poor has Kitty and I and our children sat across the encouraged others to reach out to the aisle with Mrs. Helen Smalley, a retired less fortunate here on earth. Hopefully teacher, who went to mass almost every all of us have learned from her work in day. She was over 90 years old. During Gallup and the world. We all have the the Mass there is time after the Lord’s opportunity to become saints.

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Join in the Adventure!

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Using the power of Film to inspire audiences to create a better world.

A selection of short films touring from the annual Telluride Mountainfilm Adventure Film Festival, inspirational and educational • Family Fun and Educational Show 11:00 am–12:30 pm • Environmental and Cultural Adventure Series 4:00–6:30 pm • “Late Night” Extreme Adventure Films 9:00–10:30 pm

Tickets for each show are only $5

Proceeds support RMCHCS Wellness Center

Sponsored by WESTERN H EALTH FOUNDATION

Special Olympics New Mexico-Gallup and Area 6 would like to thank our community of Gallup businesses and friends for their generous donations this 2016 fundraising season!

Aaron’s Adobe Storage Advocate Law Center, P.A. American Tire/Point S Amigo Automotive Aztec Auto Butler’s Printing and Office Supply, Inc. Castle Furniture City Electric Shoe Shop Clay Fultz Insurance Agency Clifton Electric Company, Inc. Coal Street Pub Combined Investments, Inc. DAB Inc Dallago Corporation Dental Innovations of Gallup Don Diego’s Restaurant Dr. and Mrs. Randolph Copeland Dr. Robert D’Orazio Earl’s Restaurant Elite Laundry First American Traders Four Corners Welding Fran Pawlowski Furniture Warehouse Gallup Journey, Inc. Gallup Lumber & Supply Co. Gallup Service Mart Gallup Sunrise Kiwanis Club Gallup Title Company Gallup Vision Source Genaro's

Gerald Smith Glenn’s Bakery Grant Foutz Greg Plese, P.A. Gurley Motor Company Horizon Enterprises Jo Ann Benenati Joe Milo’s White Water Trading Co. John Pena Keeler and Keeler LLP Knights of Columbus Laroc Refrigeration Lidio Rainaldi, DDS Mason & Isaacson, P.A. McKinley Medical Supply Murphy Builders Perry Null Trading Company Pinnacle Bank R&M Furniture Red Rock Insurance Agency Rico Auto Complex Route 66 Discount Tires Route 66 Storage Stoneweaver Inc Sundance Dental Care The Law Offices of David R Jordan, P.C. The Rosebrough Law Firm, P.C. Tony Gonzales Turney’s Inc. US Bank Foundation Zimmerman’s

*A special note of appreciation to Fran Pawlowski for overseeing SONM-Gallup’s fundraising drives over the past 5 years!

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7th Annual GAMES ON OCTOBER 29th-30th at Sammy C. Chioda Field, Sports Complex, Mickey Mantle All Photos by Tina Griego Park,Public School Stadium and Miyamura High School and Gallup High School at(overflow).

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Check-in, food, games and entertainment!

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BUSINESS AFTER HOURS for the Chamber of Commerce!

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Check-in, food, games and entertainment!

Season Finale, Pee Wee Flag Games, Green Chile TDFL is hosting the October Cheeseburgers and Giveaways!

BUSINESS AFTER HOURS for the Chamber of Commerce!

5:30pm - 7pmContact Interested Teams, Please The “Official Kickoff” Thursday, Oct. 27th Sammy C. Chioda Sammy C. Chioda @Field 505-593-3737 to the Four Corners Season Finale, Pee Wee Championship Weekend! or email: Flag sammychioda@gmail.com Games, Green Chile and for moreCheeseburgers information Giveaways! and forms.

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15th October

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Every “Cars and Coffee” Sunday from noon to 2 pm, it’s free, you get free coffee, and they go for a “cruise” at 1:30 Camille’s Every

Sat.

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“Friday Night Hootenanny”

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Sun.

live acoustic show with Dylan McManus.

Camille’s 7-9pm

The non-profit, Gallup Solar Wednesday hosts educational presentations & offers potential solutions about all things solar.

Your questions, ideas & expertise are welcome.

For info call: 505-728-9246 113 E. Logan 6-8pm Every

7-9th

Every Habitat for Humanity Saturday Yard Sale If you have household items to donate or wish to volunteer on construction call Bill Bright at 505-722-4226.

Warehouse Lane off of Allison Road 9am-12pm First The City of Gallup’s Monday Sustainable Gallup Board Each Month Community members concerned about conservation, energy, water, recycling and other environmental issues are welcome. Call Bill Bright at 505-722-0039 for information.

The Octavia Fellin Library 3-5pm Each Thursday Evening

CornHole Tournaments Sammy C’s 6:30pm

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Sat.

The monthly meeting of the McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council the Red Mesa Center, 105 W. Hill – Gallup 2pm Blessing of the Animals and Evensong Bring your beloved animal (on leash/ lead or in a container) and join us as we celebrate the Feast Day of St. Francis with Evensong, blessing for all animals, and refreshments together.

Phone: 505-863-4695 Church of the Holy Spirit 1334 Country Club Drive, Gallup, just one block west of Red Rock Elementary School 4pm District 9 Sobriety Gathering Sober and Social. Meals, Meetings, Workshops, Raffles, Saturday night dance, concludes with Sunday hike.

Donations: $20 per person includes beautiful T-shirt souvenir. On Site Registration: 5-7pm Friday POC: Jerry F. 505-240-5643 Tony C. 505-495-4207 Sacred Heart Elementary School 405 Park Ave, Gallup

7th

Fall Student Job Fair Fri. Rio West Mall Noon – 4pm

9th

Westminster Presbyterian Sun. Church-Gallup The non-denominational monthly Taize’ Service: Join us for a time of rest, silence and spiritual refreshment. This is an opportunity to calm and quiet the soul before the new week starts. Music, chant, Scripture, and candlelight are part of this special service. For more information call Kathy Mezoff: 870-6136 Westminster Presbyterian Church on Boardman Drive 151 State Highway 564 near the Orleans Manor Apartments 6:30pm

New Mexico Endurance Series (MTB) Endurance MTB Ride, Free Zuni Mountains 100, McGaffey Lake, NM 7am

15th

Clip for the Cure Sat. Regis Salon: 722-5313 Rio West Mall

16th

Wind and Fire Posole Run Sat. All proceeds go to BreastCancer Awareness For more information: Johnny: 870-9836

27th

“TRICK-OR-TREAT Fall Event” Thurs. the Crownpoint Healthcare Facility in Crownpoint, NM 10am – 3pm

27th Thurs.

28th Fri.

29th Sat.

Kid’s Costume Contest Rio West Mall 7pm Pet Costume Contest Rio West Mall 7pm Doggie Halloween Costume Party Photographer will be available to take pictures Laughing Dog Kennel 105 S. Dean Street Noon – 3pm

30th

Red Rock String Ensemble Sun. Fall concert Program: Miniature Dance Suite – Cecil Armstrong Gibbs Piano Concerto No. 21 in C – W.A. Mozart String Quartet in C, “Dissonance” – W.A. Mozart The soloist is Connor Chee who studied piano at Eastman School of Music and the Cincinnati Conservatory.

He resides in Scottsdale.

Free admission First United Methodist Church 4pm

31st

Mall Trick or Treat Mon. Rio West Mall 3-6pm

Children’s Branch Library: October Special Events 1st

Fizzy Science Sat. Discover the world of fizzy science at the Children’s Branch. There will be experiments with pop rocks in different liquids, playing with lemonade and baking soda, and learn how to make fizzing play dough. All young scientists will get to enjoy some experimentation and learn about the science of fizzing. 2pm

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For more information please call 505-726-6120 or email aprice@gallupnm.gov

Sat.

Fire Prevention Day The Gallup Fire Department will be at the Children’s Branch to teach fire safety and prevention. There will be two stations, one for kids aged 4-7 with stories read by firefighters and coloring/activity sheets related to fire prevention week. The other station for kids 7 and older will have bunkers (firefighter gear) and exit planning. 2-3pm Halloween at the Children’s Branch!

Celebrate Halloween at the children’s branch. Wear your costume and join the fun. There will be games, crafts, and treats for the entire family to enjoy. Get a jump start on Halloween. 2pm

The Gallup Community Concert Series 2016-17 Presents its first two of six concerts in October.

Each concert will begin at 7:00pm and be held in the Gallup High School Kenneth Holloway Auditorium. You can purchase a membership for the 2016-17 series either evening. Membership fees are $45.00 adult; $20.00 for a student; a family membership is $100.00 (good for 2 adults and all school age children). Individual tickets for any one concert will be $20.00

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Seraph Brass – A Female Brass Quintet The five women of Seraph Brass represent a new generation of brass players

12th, 19th, 26th,

Navajo Rug Weaving Weaving Instructor: Lois Becenti Contact: 505-870-2334 Sunset Hills Apts Community Center 1:30pm

27th Thurs.

Louis Landon A solo pianist

The remainder of the 2016-17 series will include Russian Quattro, a Russian group of two violins and two cellos; Symphony Chaco, featuring R. Carlos Nakai; A Band Called Honalee, a band of three talented musicians; and then The Peter and Will Anderson Trio, brothers playing a clarinet and saxophone, ends the series. For more information please contact Antoinette Neff, Executive Director at 505-862-3939 or e-mail: gallupcca@gmail.com.

29th

The Natisaan Trail Ultra Sat. which is a 50-mile marathon that will begin from Navajo Mountain Chapter House to Rainbow Bridge and back.

December 1st

13th Annual Gallup Journey Arts Edition Call to artists, writers, poets, photo nuts, and anyone we forgot.

Submissions due by Thursday, December 1, 2016.

Send short stories, poems, and digital photos and art images to us at GallupJourney@gmail.com or drop a disc off at our office.

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2017 FORD FUSION SE ECOBOOST “...even better!”

By Greg Cavanaugh SPECIFICATIONS Vehicle Type: Front-engine, front wheel drive, 5-passenger, 4-door sedan Base Price: $23,610 Price As Tested: $25,885 Engine Type: 1.5L Ti-VCT GTDI I-4 EcoBoost® with Auto Start-Stop technology Displacement: 95.1 cu in, 1499 cc Power: 181 hp @ 6000 rpm Torque: 185 ft-lb @ 4,320 rpm Transmission: 6-speed automatic with manual shifting mode DIMENSIONS: Wheelbase: 112.2 in Length: 191.7 in Width: 72.9 in Height: 58.0 in Passenger volume: 106 cu ft Cargo volume: 16 cu ft Curb weight: 3550-3700 lb FUEL ECONOMY: EPA city/highway/ combined: 23/34/27 mpg

This is my third encounter with Ford’s popular midsizer. My initial encounter was with the first generation Hybrid in 2010, innovative at the time for its cool fuel economy features and digital dash displays.

My next encounter, in 2013, was with the second generation Fusion which had undergone a radical visual transformation, so much so, that I billed it as “the sexiest car under $30K”. Now, wearing some new duds and carrying some great updates, it’s time to take another critical look at a great midsize car.

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Firstly, we should address the term “midsize”. While the Fusion is comparative in size to all the midsize cars on the market, they are all considerably larger than the midsize cars of just 10-15 years ago. Because of this, the Fusion has great space for the needs of the vast majority of drivers. My daughter’s rear facing infant car seat fit easily in the middle of the back seat and didn’t even require us to move the front seats forward to fit…something any family with a baby knows is the true test of a car’s space! When I sat in the center

of the second row, I had good knee and toe room, and headroom was plentiful.

This is definitely a true five-passenger car, regardless if it’s midsize label.

I have to give credit to Ford here when it comes to design. Honestly, I didn’t think Ford could make the Fusion look better, but they have managed to maintain the exterior design that made the second generation so popular while still allowing it to be fresh and updated. The new front end is still visually predominate, but has shed a little of its Aston Martin copycat look for more of its own identity, and while it may not actually be taller, the smaller grill makes the hood have a little more stance to it. The headlights are now shaped differently due to an added LED strip, and the back has been changed with different tail lights. The change is not overly dramatic, but next to last year’s model, the difference is noticeable.

On the inside, the biggest change is the absence of a shift lever. Now replaced with an electronic dial (first donned in a Jaguar), the center console is less intrusive and more usable. If you drive like me and rest your right hand on the shift lever (which you’re not “supposed to do” according to automotive folklore), it takes some getting used to. It certainly makes the Fusion seem more upscale, even if it’s not a game changing upgrade…I’ll openly admit though, that once you’ve gotten used to the absence of a shift lever, it’s hard to go back as it makes the space under the HVAC controls actually

useable. I will also note that I did on one occasion open the door with my foot on the brake not realizing I hadn’t put it in park. When I did, the car immediately went into park and I realized my mistake…Old dog…new tricks?

Interestingly, the 2013 Fusion I drove used an EcoBoost 1.6 liter 4 cylinder with a 6 speed automatic. This 2017 Fusion uses the newer 1.5 EcoBoost Direct Injected 4 cylinder with a 6 speed automatic. Down a 10th of a liter, the little 1.5 is no slouch, making a rather stout 181 hp at 6,000 rpm and 185 ft. lb. of torque at 4,320 rpm. On the road you’d never know such a tiny mill was powering this family sedan. The 1.5 liter’s torque is available quite low (as with most new turbo engines) and gives the impression of a powertrain that’s easily a full liter bigger.

The advantage is found at the pump where the littleengine-that-could returns 23mpg city, 34mpg highway, and 27mpg combined.

Ford also offers a naturally aspirated 2.5 liter 4-cylinder, the 2.0 EcoBoost, and the top-dog 2.7 liter EcoBoost V6 in the Sport model. Add in the hybrid models and it’s clear that when it comes to powertrain options, Ford’s got you covered. Ford offers a Sport button in the center

of the transmission dial that does a good job of speeding up the Fusion’s responses out on the road. While I’m sure it doesn’t help in the fuel economy department, it was my preferred setting as it made the Fusion more fun to drive.

I will note one particular gripe that doesn’t just apply to the Fusion: As more and more automakers have transitioned to full drive by wire throttles (i.e., no physical cable pulls the throttle lever on the engine) the programing has become a bit problematic, as the computer is often trying to weigh the different factors and reasons for your called-upon throttle application, versus fuel economy and speed and smooth throttle delivery. The result is a throttle that is unpredictable and can be a bit erratic. In everyday driving with the Fusion, I didn’t notice any significant hiccups, but on two occasions when driving at parking lot speeds, I did notice the computer get a little confused, and there was a noticeable lag in acceleration. Not a big deal, but worth investigating with a good test drive from your local dealer.

The Fusion is a stellar midsize car. It looks good, offers a wide price point from the base all the way up to the top tier Fusion Energi Platinum plug-in hybrid, with plenty of options in between to meet the needs and desires of practically all but for the most demanding of users.

For buyers now, you have the best of both worlds. If you can deal with not having the freshest and most up-to-date Fusion, you can shop for a 2016 model at likely a great price. Otherwise, take advantage of the great updates of the 2017 model to an already great car. Seems like a win-win!

A special thanks to Anna, Sal, and Steve at Gurley Motor Company for the test drive!

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WELLNESS WARRIORS

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By Bera Dordoni, N.D.

I’m back! And I’ve got great news! We’ve… hmmm. Maybe we should catch up first before I tell you my great news.

You may recall – or not – an article I wrote for the Gallup Journey back in March 2015, asking for those who are diabetes-challenged to come join our group – the Wellness Warriors Project.

Wait, you say you don’t even remember who I am? Okay, let’s take one giant step back.

Who Am I? I’m a native New Mexican, a Naturopathic Doctor for BASTIS Foundation where I conduct workshops, counsel patients, help people save their lives with a bit of nutritional tweaking, and before going full tilt into BASTIS’s Wellness Warriors Project, last year I was honored to write the column Words of Wellness (all about natural health) as the “Wellness Whisperer” for the Gallup Journey.

I’m also very lucky. My mom was a foodie who loved to create magic in the kitchen, and I followed in her footsteps. There were no microwave ovens when I grew up, and she believed in real food, so no processed foodstuffs for us.

My biggest shock up here in our part of New Mexico has been encountering so many people under the age of 40 who don’t know how to cook, and eat only fast foods and microwaved meals, and then wonder why they’re sick! Microwaves! Once they alter your food’s molecular structure, it’s dead.

Does that sound healthy to you? It isn’t! It destroys all the nutritional value in the food. You take a

perfectly healthy potato, loaded with potassium and a plethora of vitamins, “nuke” it for eight minutes, and what do you get? You get a potato-like lump devoid of any nutrients…Oh, and free radicals. Microwaving food generates free radicals. I know you’ve heard of those. They’re the unstable, highly reactive atoms that damage cells, proteins, and even our DNA when we ingest or inhale them. What else is there to say? They hurt us. Next time you want to heat up something, think “stove” or conventional oven, NOT microwave. *Pant, pant* Okay, end of rant. Let’s get back to the Wellness Warriors Project. So in 2014, I knew it was

time for me to step in and do my part educationally to help eliminate the diabetes epidemic that is so outrageous in this area. That’s right, it’s a growing epidemic. Eighty percent of our population has been diagnosed and is currently struggling with prediabetes or diabetes, and our younger generation is in line to continue the trend! It can’t get better if some alternatives to the current solutions aren’t offered.

Why alternatives? Because many people said their doctors told them, with the kind of final authority many allopathic practitioners are known for, “There’s nothing you can do about your diabetes except

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manage it with the proper medications. You’ll be diabetic for the rest of your life.”

Excuse me?! Are they saying people don’t have a choice???! What gives them the right to take away people’s choices??!

Statistics have shown that close to 200,000 Americans die from Type 2 diabetes yearly, according to Lenore Guariguata, epidemiologist and project coordinator for the Diabetes Atlas, and there is no apparent stabilizing or any kind of reversal; in fact, it’s increasing beyond previous projections.

Oh yeah? Well, let’s put it in reverse. Why go for the traditional healthcare approach… pharmaceuticals for maintenance, dialysis in response to kidney disease, amputation to “solve” gangrene, and red-tipped canes for diabetics who go blind?! What choices are those other than directives for a slow, painful path to hospitals, to hospices, to cemeteries! *okay, breathing, centering, calming down…* That’s why we developed the Wellness Warrior Project. Our purpose? Alleviate, and when possible eradicate both symptoms and underlying causes of a preventable (at least for Type 2) lifestyle caused/ therefore-lifestyle curable condition.

Why should people spend the rest of their lives struggling with the effects of diabetes or watching the clock to remember when to take their next pill?

Why should they lose their toes, their fingers, parts of their legs? Why live with neuropathy spasms or high blood pressure or gastroparesis? Or die young from heart attacks or strokes or kidney failure?! Why not destroy the darn thing at its roots and live a diabetesfree life for the rest of their long, healthy lives?! Grrrr…

So, we invited folks from the area to join us to witness, learn, and practice making and eating natural foods in a comfortable, home-based setting.

The Proof is in the Pudding – Pudding without white sugar or other toxic sweeteners, that is.

That’s right: over the last eighteen months, our Wellness Warriors have learned that real food is medicine, and not-real food, or food-like substances, are disease-delivery systems. The whole trick is to eliminate diabetes-fostering non-foods and so-called “fast” foods and replace them with delicious, satisfying, organic plant-based foods.

They’ve learned how to cook and prepare healthful foods without using health-killing microwaves.

They now know this type of eating is no more expensive than consuming conventionally grown and prepared

foods. And here’s a real excuse buster…if you use an EBT card for purchasing food at La Montaňita Co-op in Gallup there is a program called “Double Up Food Bucks” where you can purchase local organic New Mexico produce and each dollar is really worth $2.

Side Effects for Wellness Warriors • The need for new, smaller-sized wardrobes.

• Increased energy and mental clarity.

• Feeling better all over about themselves, inside and out.

Some people come in thinking they simply cannot live without their favorite food or snack, but they soon discover there’s always a healthful substitute.

Take it from one who’s been a junk-food-junkie and finally got sick-and-tired of feeling sick and tired. I’ve learned to enjoy healthful substitutes for my comfortfood cravings. For example: Oops. Out of room. More next time. For now, don’t give up hope. Your body has the power to heal itself. You just have to give it the right foods so it can.

Bon appetite!

Dr. Bera “The Wellness Whisperer” Dordoni, N.D.

But you know what the most exciting part is? Our Wellness Warriors never feel deprived when they eat!

Thanks to the Wellness Warriors Project, I’ll live to see my kids grow up and have kids.

Martha M., Gallup, NM I feel so good for the first time in so many years. It hasn’t been easy. It hasn’t been hard. But now it’s a way of life and I won’t go back to my old ways ever again after what I learned in my Wellness Warriors Class.

S.C., Gamerco, NM

Running the Wellness Warriors Project here in New Mexico, Dr. Bera specializes in immune system rehabilitation, restoration, and maintenance through nutritional counseling, life-style coaching, and the laws of attraction.

To join the Wellness Warriors visit www.bastis.org or call 505-783-9001.

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by Jason Arsenault

Music Man and The Kid We were told to meet at Duranglers Flies & Supplies shop in Durango at 8:00 am for our full day guided fly-fishing trip.

It was a couple minutes before eight and our guide hadn’t arrived yet. The shop was full of very cool fishing gear and great photos, so we didn’t mind the extra time to look around. When our guide arrived, he walked into the store and mentioned to one of his co-workers that it had been a long night with his baby. It didn’t take long for Thomas Chacon to introduce himself, and we started the familiar small talk to get acquainted.

The first priority was to get us the gear we would need for our high-country fishing trip. Thomas fitted us with the fishing waders that would keep my son and I dry in the small creek that would become our domain for the day. Next, he gathered the needed dry flies that would catch the native Colorado Cutthroats and Brook Trout we would be fishing. Last, he grabbed the nine foot three-weight fly rods that we would use to master the water. It wasn’t long before we loaded into his Toyota Tacoma pick-up truck and were on our way up the mountain.

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baby and he told me he was a six-month old boy. He had given his son the name Dylan, and continued to tell us he was a musician. The style of music he produced was similar to that of Bob Dylan, folk style music. Immediately I realized that this was going to be a great day of fishing, knowing that Bob Dylan also had a connection to Gallup.

We requested small creek fishing high up in the mountains. This style of fishing would offer my son, Morgan, a great learning experience. The streams are small and very manageable. Plus, we would be using a fly rod, and I knew that it would be open country without large trees lining the water to interfere with back casting. Morgan had some experience fly fishing but this was going to only make him better. Thomas decided to take us to a creek above Silverton. It would be a little over an hour to get there and we had plenty of time to visit on the drive.

Fly fishing is seasonal with most of the action coming in the summer months. Of course, you can fish the cold and dreary winter months but it is considered the offseason. Only the hardcore show up in the frigid cold to catch hungry trout. That means that fly fishing guides usually have to figure a way to support themselves until the warm weather returns and the bugs start hatching.

This was true for Thomas as well, but we

quickly learned that guiding was what he used during his off time from touring the country to promote his music.

Thomas was originally from Sacramento, California and had grown up fishing the waters of the American and Sacramento Rivers. When he was twenty years old, he headed to Los Angeles to pursue his music.

Splitting time between Los Angeles and New York City for the next ten years, he

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became successful at getting his music out there. After he became established, he tired of the big city and the hectic life style. He had never been to Durango, Colorado but that is exactly where he headed. It doesn’t take a genius to understand the draw of this popular mountain town. Once he was there he picked up a job, guiding fly fishing trips with Duragnlers. Nine years later he is spending almost every day on the water during the busy season. Many of his clients return year after year for his instruction and his ability to find fish.

The reason for the trip was to get Morgan comfortable in the water and using a fly rod.

I stepped back and let Thomas take Morgan under his wing for the day. He taught him the basics of handling the fly rod, reading the water, and how to present his dry fly on the water. Fly fishing is an art and you have to learn patience and be consistent with every cast. It wouldn’t take long before Morgan was seeing some action.

Small water produces small fish. Creek fishing is not the same as fishing on big open water. You are dealing with shallow water and very easily spooked trout. Thomas would point out to Morgan where to stand and where he wanted him to land his dry fly. The first couple of catches were assisted with the help of Thomas sharing the rod with Morgan. However, it wasn’t long

before Morgan was doing everything on his own and bringing the trout in by himself.

Fly fishing is about being outside and having the time to enjoy the beauty of the mountains. Water has a way of letting you forget the hectic life-styles we have created for ourselves. The pinnacle comes in that moment when you hook a fish and nothing else creeps into our thoughts but the thrill of the catch. It is times like this that you want it to last forever. You are also hoping that your son will love to fish as much as you do. If he does, there will be many more trips like this in the future.

Gallup, New Mexico is the Adventure Capital of New Mexico and we have plenty of outdoor activities to keep our day full. What we don’t have much of is water, and to go fishing we must hop in the car and make a trip of it. I would recommend, to any of you who love to fish, to contact Duranglers and set up a trip. They offer several different fly fishing trips. One trip is a horseback ride into back country over three days, and that just might be perfect for me and Morgan.

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Bugsy spends a quiet moment reading the Journey under the evening sky. He especially loved the pig on the cover.

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Business Highlight Chuck Wade 36 Years of UFO Research

“Remember the UFO that crashed near Corona on that ranch?” asked Chuck. “You know the one that everybody now calls the Roswell Incident? That happened in July of 1947, when I was seven years old, and my father was probably the second person that knew about it….”

The foreman of that ranch was Mac Brazel. When Mac was checking on his sheep one hot summer day, he discovered a lot of strange debris scattered over several acres, and the sheep refused to cross it to go to water. Not knowing what had happened or where this debris came from, Mac got in his truck and drove to Corona (where the Wade family lived) to ask Chuck Wade’s father, Jesse Wade, to help him move all that debris.

Chuck’s dad was occupied and couldn’t help him. Mac went up to the drug store that was UFO ARTIFACT FOUND BY CHUCK WADE run by Archie and Geraldine Perkins and told them his story, but they couldn’t help him either. They did have one of the few telephones in town and Geraldine helped Mac call Sheriff Wilcox in Roswell. Mac wound up going to Roswell to report the incident.

Chuck has known about this mystery since that time Mac came to ask for assistance. A book called The Roswell Incident by Berlitz and Moore was published in 1980, and for the first time Chuck saw the entire story in print. Bill Brazel, Mac’s son, was interviewed in the book. The caption under Bill’s picture said that his collection of “disc fragments” was confiscated by the U.S. Air Force in 1949 after he had shown the fragments around in the tavern in Corona. That was Jesse Wade’s bar! When Chuck read that caption, he immediately called Bill Brazel, whom he had known all his life, and verified that the caption was correct. That was the beginning of 36 years (so far) of research into the UFO phenomenon.

Chuck was a Commissioned Officer in the Naval Civil Engineering Corps, and he is a Major in the New Mexico State Defense Force. In 36 months, Chuck will have finished two 30-year military careers back-to-back. He has a degree in Civil Engineering and was owner and operator of Wade Building Company in Gallup for 22 years.

In 2004, Chuck met Art Campbell, a researcher and author who had located a UFO crash site Chuck Wade on the Plains of San Augustin in southwestern New Mexico. Art and Chuck became friends and explored the site together. Art has researched and written about that crash event for over 20 years and Chuck has retrieved UFO artifacts from the site for the last 12 years.

In 2004, Chuck also held the first UFO Film Festival in Gallup to enlighten people about UFO’s and to show a few UFO artifacts.

This year Chuck is hosting the 13th Annual UFO Film Festival at the El Morro Theatre on October 14-15, 2016. The schedule of films and speakers will be announced soon.

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A new chapter at GMCS… “WEEKLY LIVE STREAM!”

On Wednesday, September 14, 2016, Gallup McKinley County Schools launched the “Education Matters” talk program. The program is a Public Relations initiative to provide more outreach to the community.

Hosting the program is Barbara Stanley, who has her own weekly show at Comcast, and is a former GMCS school board member. “When GMSC-PR was looking for communication outlets, Barbara graciously embraced the district, by providing one week each month for the showcasing of positive GMCS events. It is befitting that GMCS hug her back and, we can now track visitors and viewers to measure impact for the district. We would love to see our entire population connected,” said PR Coordinator Teri Fraizer

The program is streamed EVERY Wednesday @ 2:00 PM, live from the GMCS Student Support Center.

The focus on positive district happenings takes place in the SSC “GREEN ROOM” recently created for the program.

Technology “gurus” Ron Triplehorn (Tech-Director) and Peter “PJ” Campos (Tech-Administrator) were instrumental in bringing the vision full-circle. “Without their expertisethis would not have happened”—said GMCS webtechnician Vanessa Duckett.

The streaming is done during the school day to offset expenses, but is available immediately after the program, for all to watch after school and work. The program will also be available immediately after streaming on the GMCS Home-page (gmcs.k12.nm.us) and on the GMCS Facebook page (“Gallup McKinley County Schools”). Click the “WHAT’S HAPPENING” icon.

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