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hecklists, for me, are a necessity. They allow me to empty my head and put on paper all those things that won’t let me sleep or smile. I’ve been making checklists since college, when life seemed so stressful. Ha. Still, they help me to feel more organized. And there’s nothing like making an X through the little box. Finished. Now, when I’m taking a mental inventory of things yet to do, things not to forget, I sometimes jot down a few things that I’ve already accomplished, just so I can cross them off immediately. For me, it’s nice to start the day with a couple easy Xs under my belt. Eat . . . check. Brush teeth . . . check. Get dressed . . . check. Now all that’s left to do are the taxes!

Recently, I’ve filled up several checklists in preparation for May’s issue. There’s a lot going on in G-Town this month from rodeos to art exhibitions. Not to mention the end of the school year and all the festivities associated with graduations and celebrations. Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day. And if you want a garden this year, which we’re attempting, there’s much to be done before planting in June (take a look at p. 16 for more tips).

Spring is in full swing (as are the winds, but I’m trying not to complain). It’s an exciting time of year. I love the sights, sounds and smells of flowers in bloom, kids at play, grills cooking. The lists aren’t going to be getting any shorter, I have a feeling. But with every X, I’m reminded that it’s a good life.

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Editors Nate & Heather Haveman Chuck & Jenny Van Drunen

Erin Bulow Ernie Bulow Greg Cavanaugh Sanjay Choudhrie Cecil Garcia Sid Gillson Tommy Haws Kari Heil Gabriel J. Kruis Larry Larason Deer Roberts Fowler Roberts Be Sargent Andy Stravers Chuck Van Drunen Chuck Whitney

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Features

8 Work in Beauty Murals 10 Unsordid Lives 12 Rivals Become Teammates 16 Gardening with Gillson 19 Second Chances 32 Hilso Trailhead Dedication 34 Washington Federal 36 Plumbing Techniques 42 Run For The Wall

Columns

14 Highfalutin’ 20 Rounding the 4 Corners 22 West by Southwest 24 Driving Impressions 26 8 Questions 31 Money & You 46 Lit Crit Lite

Other Stuff

4 Thoughts 30 El Morro Theatre Schedule 37 IZZIT?!

41 Sudoku 44 Circle of Light 47 News from Care 66 50 G-Town 54 Community Calendar 56 This is My Job 57 Rodeo Schedule 58 People Reading Journey 62 This is My Job

May 2011: Volume 8, Issue 5

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By Be Sargent

The

Work Beauty in

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Three large murals, Work of Mind, Work of Heart and Work of Strength were painted on the McKinley County Detention Center, at no charge, by Be Sargent over a five-year period from 2005 through 2009. The murals were painted to promote green jobs and inspire young career seekers by showing that people in the Gallup Area and on the Navajo Nation are already doing them. All 200 people in the mural are real. This series will present many different scenes from the three murals. gallupjourney@yahoo.com

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The Work in Beauty Murals #3 Bottom Left Panel of Work of Strength

Geothermal Installation at Miyamura High School

The Work of Strength Mural is on the north side of the McKinley County Adult Detention Center and, because of the fence, is hard to see. This panel shows workers employed by MAKWA, the Native-owned construction company that built the new high school. Workers are in the process of inserting a loop of flexible tubing into one of two-hundred seventy 240-ft-deep holes drilled in the parking lot area of the high school.

Once installed, these pipes will be filled with water that will stay at 55 degrees, the constant temperature just below the earth’s surface.

This geothermal temperature is not to be confused with the much hotter temperatures that exist thousands of feet down, hot enough to boil water to run a turbine and create electricity.

In this system, two hundred loops of tube get to the high school in trenches 5 feet deep, below the frost line, and are joined together in a huge manifold. They become one closed system, above dropped ceilings. Every two rooms have a heat pump and a fan which circulates the air in the rooms.

In the winter, when the outside temperature may be freezing or below, the heat pump bumps up the 55-degree heat from the closed system to a comfortable temperature of 70 degrees.

Heat pumps have in them a gas that absorbs heat very quickly. That heat is compressed to create more heat and this heat is then circulated in the rooms by means of a fan.

In summer a heat pump is operated in reverse and the excess heat is sucked out of the rooms and absorbed by the 55 degree geothermal system which takes the excess heat and returns it to the ground under the parking lot and returns to the building at 55, much cooler than the outside air, which may be 90 or more.

The temperature inside the school is kept at a comfortable 70 degrees winter and summer.

Gallup should be proud that Miyamura High school has such an energy efficient system which only uses a small amount of electricity to compress the vapor in the heat pumps and run the fans. This geothermal installation will save energy for years to come.

Unfortunately most of the rest of us are using outdated fossil-fuelburning, carbon-creating furnaces.

For more information on the system at Miyamura go see Ron Triplehorn, Assistant Principal.

How to Blow Up a Drawing (see image at bottom left)

People are always asking “How do you blow up your drawing on such a big wall?”

There is actually a very simple method that has been used by muralists for hundreds of years.

You will need a scale drawing. Make careful measurements of the wall to be painted. You may have been doing hundreds of concept sketches but to create a scale drawing, you will need exact dimensions.

If the wall is 10 feet high, you may want to have 1 inch of the drawing equal 1foot of the mural. If there is a lot of detail, you may want to have 4 inches on the drawing equal 1 foot on the mural.

At the scale of 1“=1’, your drawing will be 10 inches high; if the scale is 4”= 1’ then your drawing will be 40 inches high.

I usually work at 1”= 1’ scale with the idea that I will lay out the big shapes and add detail on the job. For portraits in the design I often do a sketch at full size that I can refer to on the job.

So now you have a finished drawing with one-inch squares.

Your next step is to create one foot squares on the wall.

Snapping chalk lines with a helper is easiest although you can hammer a nail in at one end of the line and snap it solo.

Now you take your drawing to the wall and with a chalk, pencil or thinned down paint you identify the same square on both wall and drawing, numbering the lines may be necessary if you are dealing with a big area.

Look carefully at a square on the scale drawing. Where do the lines of the drawing intersect with the one-inch grid? Do they intersect the square in the middle, at the corner or somewhere in between? When you are oriented in this way, boldly draw the line on the wall!

This sounds hard and sometimes you may not be sure if the line intersects one third or one quarter up the square but you will find that the method corrects itself as you progress from square to square.

The only heartbreak is when you are drawing in the wrong square, in which case you should bring a hanky for your tears.

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unsordid

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he gay community is in the forefront of innovation here.

Out-taking, off the grid, they’ve gone a long way in mastering solar energy, sustainable agriculture, architecture, local farmers’ markets, organics, etc.

Much of the off-grid community looks to them for advice. They also contribute voluminously to the local theatre, visual arts, poetry group, and gastronomic arts. Here they are cherished.

Native Americans held the cross gender in reverence. We can see why. There is no stopping the creativity of these guys. A boon to any community, I remember how some of these brothers took over the run-down neighborhoods at Forest and Warren Avenues in inner city Detroit, post the riots, and made them show stoppers some thirty years ago. It’s the same here. In this hard-bitten land, they’re discovering how to dance with it and are passing the information along. And in a place of probable isolation, they help to keep us socialized, elegantly.

Last fall, Del Shores’s Sordid Lives was presented at the Old School Gallery in El Morro Village for three sold-out nights.

The old stage (originally created for Wild West shows) had been extended, new theatre curtains installed. Mostly underwritten by the Ancient Way Café across the street (a destination spot in the art of fabulous food and its presentation run by a gay and lesbian community), it highlighted the conundrum posed to a Southern family of granny

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By Deer Roberts Artist/writer, worked in publishing as a managing editor for several years. She inched her way to a BA in Art from Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI, in 2002 while raising 5 wonderful adults as a single mother.

She currently contributes from the Ramah, NM area.

dying upon tripping over her married lover’s prosthetics. She had committed her transvestite son to a mental institution twenty years earlier. The siblings and the newest generation have to cope with the fallout. Pathos ridden, it was funnier than he – and quite thought provoking. Da – good acting, besides. Heard it was better than the movie version. So good, in fact, I understand it will be presented this May in Gallup.

Of course, this is still the real world here. Not everyone feels exactly welcoming to this relatively recent addition to the community. Some Mormons here have, understandably, expressed discomfort with the lifestyle, but are tolerant.

However, the fellas have had their own run in with the authorities.

Since cases are pending, they really can’t be discussed here.

But they brought to mind a story I read a few years back of a couple down in Radium Springs (http://www.desertexposure. com/200711/200711_radium_ hot_springs.php). Those two guys, life-long partners, fixed up an old run-down resort into a beautiful bed and breakfast . . . then found access rights had been cut off. No way in. Ended up destroying them both. Apparently those guys got railroaded and the greater community with them.

Don’t know whatever happened to their beautiful work.

Some folks are just shortsighted, ya know?

More later . . .

Maqui & Standing Feather mug during dress rehearsal for Del Shores’s Sordid Lives.

In this hard-bitten land, they’re discovering how to dance with it and are passing the information along.

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Rivals Become Teammates Through Art

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veryone loves a good, healthy rivalry. And it seems that all the great ones, in any arena, involve opponents who share much in common. The relationship between Rehoboth Christian (RCS) and Gallup Catholic Schools (GCS) is a good example. Both are private, K-12 schools in the Gallup area that offer an education based in the Christian faith. Especially when they meet on the athletic field or court, they share an intense rivalry. However, art teachers from both schools are convinced that, beyond the rivalry, there are great benefits to be enjoyed by nurturing a collaborative relationship between the students at both schools.

Last fall, discussions began between art teachers and leaders at both schools in order to develop an Artist in Residence (AIR) program that would use the common ground of faith, culture, and the arts to bring students together.

The goal of the partnership between the schools is to invite Native artists, specializing in a variety of art disciplines, who are willing to spend time with and teach the art students from both schools in a series of workshops. The AIR program will “create an environment where students will open their eyes to a world of creativity beyond their proverbial blind spots and help them to look outside of themselves to the community and the world around them,” anticipates GCS art teacher Ami Collar.

According to Residence Coordinator, Joy Burmeister, the schools hope to invite four to five artists to participate in the AIR program throughout the next school year. Depending on available funds and the artists’ schedules, they

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may stay from two to three weeks, developing lesson plans with teachers and working directly with students from both schools during intensive workshops at a neutral location.

In preparation for this joint venture, three collaborations have taken place since January, one at each level – elementary, middle, and high school – with culminating exhibitions after each project. While students haven’t yet spent a lot of time working together, teachers and parents are excited about the longterm benefits of such an alliance. Andy Stravers, art teacher at RCS, expresses, “Our hope is that the program will bring students together on the common ground of visual art, and that through shared workshops and collaborative projects students will form positive Christ-centered relationships with one another.”

Because art has been and continues to be a vital part of the traditional Native cultures and Southwest, the value and significance of this rich artistic heritage will be emphasized to students, encouraging the preservation of these techniques and traditions. The desire is to expose students to a variety of fine artists, from weavers to silversmiths and sculptors to painters. “Students who are exposed to mature, successful fine artists will hopefully receive affirmation of their own creative nature and may find the inspiration they need to pursue a life of creativity through art . . . [and see that] a future as a fine artist is possible,” expresses Stravers.

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This month, the program is hosting its first resident artist, Andrew Goseyun Morrison. Morrison is a member of the San Carlos Apache and Haida Tribes, was born in Seattle, Washington, and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. He is a painter and muralist who has exhibited his work, mainly throughout the Northwest, but in other places throughout the country, as well. He strongly believes in education and uses his artwork to affect the youth and show them that there are countless ways to let their voices be heard and to achieve their goals.

Morrison will spend three full days working with 20 high school art students, selected from both RCS and GCS, at the Gallup Cultural Center downtown. The collaborative group will use six 4 x 8-ft. pieces of plywood to complete one mural by the week’s end. Culminating exhibitions on Thursday, May 12 and Saturday, May 14 will be held from 5-8pm at the Cultural Center for public viewing.

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Highfalutin’ th e

by Gabriel J. Kruis Three Gallupians take a wrong turn at Albuquerque and wind up in a strange, urban habitat – New York City. These are their words.

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he joy of warm weather in New York for me is the bike ride. I mark the seasons by whether or not I can saddle up my bright blue bicycle, strap on my helmet, and ride. Different from the rough off-road romps of a New Mexico ride – where if you’re alone out there, you’re alone – when I’m chugging through Brooklyn and on into Manhattan it’s like being a smaller dinosaur in a dinostampede. Ducking and dodging around cars, weaving past traffic jams, taking detours down unknown streets. The adventure of living in New York is mirrored in the task of navigating it. It takes concentration, initiative – you have to remain alert – but when you get going you can really fly down those avenues and over those bridges.

As I’ve mentioned in a past article, that feeling of moving through the city impresses me because I feel like I have control of the huge city. The bike makes

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all things permeable – I pass alongside yellow cabs, rumbling semis, bassbouncing SUVs, all the bored drivers blank-eyed at lights. I shoot out of traffic and through parks, and at nights when the streets are empty and the view is clear – after a pause and a glance both ways – I rush through reds, too. But never is this sense of freedom more real than when on the bridges.

At sunset, at night, at dawn, these are my favorite times to take the bridges.

The fog-scalded city glowing through the haze like a gob of TV snow, great and sleepless. A dozen planes flying in the pink light above the Hudson River – the same scene repeated beautifully dawn to dawn, dusk to dusk.

Biking knits my memories of this city together, stitches in new parts of the metropolis. And the bridges are the threads that pull all of these memories together, funneling me back home.

The thing about taking new routes to new places is that the first time always makes you feel small again.

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A few weeks ago I biked up to Hunter College to visit a class, as I’ll be attending the school next year, getting a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry. This time I took a route I’d never taken before, crossed a bridge I didn’t know – an 8-mile bike ride through the shambles of industrial Queens, over the Queensboro bridge, up to 68th Street, astride Central Park.

The thing about taking new routes to new places is that the first time always makes you feel small again. The moments you get lost.

The moments where the buildings loom around you.

It makes the metaphor too easy.

Last month Benny left New York. Middle school, high school, college, and New York. We’ve seen a lot together and I miss him.

He was like the Miyamura Bridge linking me back home.

Of course, I’ve still got Eli to reminisce with. Eli who still understands when I say, “Izzit?” Who, half the time, I slip into Rez accents with. But both of our futures are here. Eli’s going to law school, has a lawyering job lined up already when he’s done.

And me, I’ve gotten into a school and, at least for the next two years, my bridges are going to span the East River and not the illustrious Perky.

Beeman J E W E L RY D E S I G N

A month ago I was back home, in Gallup, when I found out I had gotten into school. Knowing Benny was leaving had left me feeling shadowy about my future in New York; coming back to Gallup made me nostalgic.

When I told my parents I got into Hunter to study poetry an obvious gap yawned between us. They had never read or heard any of my poetry. Didn’t read anyone else’s either. My future was a future they didn’t understand. So, after dinner one night we sat down and read. My mom read one of my poems out loud to all of us.

A poem about her, her and my father and me in her belly. About him working in the uranium mines near Gallup and a sermon he’d preached on his first Easter as a minister.

Hearing her read my poetry bridged a gap for my mom and dad.

I think they understood why I’d chosen the path I’m on. But it bridged a gap for me, too. I knew why I wrote. Why, even with Benny gone, I had to stay in New York. Traveling at parallel speeds, the age of my mother’s voice was evened out by the great mass of days that had passed for both of us since she first cracked a book with me on her lap. It felt ageless.

In that poem was my life. The foot of a bridge: New Mexico.

Gallup. Her voice – and the voice of my dad from the pulpit – these were the cables and I-beams that suspend the bridge, allowing it to reach without limit into a fog, toward unknown shores.

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Gardening

by Sid Gillson

local Master Gardener

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n the Gallup high plateau area, May is the time to finally plan and prepare for our home gardens. (If you would like to view a Gallup garden in August check out the four YouTube videos listed in the sidebar.) By the last week in May or the first week in June we should be ready to plant our garden seeds and potted plants, such as tomatoes. One could be tempted to plant during the first two weeks in May when the daytime temperatures are 80 degrees or higher; however it is better to wait until the soil temperature is suitable for planting. By the end of May the garden soil in the early morning should be from 55 to 70 degrees, which would be warm enough to assure good seed germination.

The instructions on the back of most seed packets indicate the ideal soil temperature for seed germination and the number of days for crop maturation. Select the garden seeds that will produce a mature crop in about 100 days. Check with gardening friends living near you to identify vegetable plants that will do well in your neighborhood.

Purchase small plants, such as tomatoes, at a local nursery, by the first week of May. After you buy your plants transplant them, using potting soil, into larger pots, at least 4 inches wide by 6 inches deep so the roots will have room to grow and expand. The resulting root growth will enable them to grow vigorously when they are planted in the garden soil in June. Keep the potted plants out of the wind, direct sun and 85-degree heat. However, keep them warm, 65 degrees or more, during the evening and through the night. Use rain or bottled water for watering the potted plants. Gallup water has a high pH alkali level (8.2-8.6) and is not recommended for potted plants because the potting soil dries out rapidly. The alkali from the tap water accumulates on the young roots and retards plant growth and root development.

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By early May one should have identified the best soil on your property for your garden. Most garden soils will require several years of ongoing enrichment with organic materials and tilling to reach maximum plant productivity. Select a garden spot that is sheltered from the winds, if possible. A location with full sun is not necessary because of the intensity of the sun at our high altitude. Ignore the directions on seed packets and potted plants instructing you to plant them in the full sun. If possible, select a site where the rainwater will drain into your garden. Determine the length of planting rows for your vegetables in order to purchase the correct amount of seeds. Plan to plant one type of vegetable in each row because different vegetables require varying amounts of water. Space your rows

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If you do it right, the birds will be competing with each other for their own turf as bug eaters in your garden. about 2 feet apart to allow for a watering system and plant maintenance. If the rows are too wide the wind may dry the soil and mulch.

Determine how you are going to water your rows. Do not consider randomly sprinkling water from your hose all over your garden because city water will deposit alkali on the leaves, which will destroy plant health. Plan your garden so that the water hose goes directly to the beginning of your rows to avoid the need to drag the hose around the garden. There are many different ways to water a garden.

One may water under ground through a pipe or hose that has 1/16-inch holes every six inches (see the YouTube video.) One may also water above ground using a soaker hose or an anchored PVC pipe with the holes pointing down toward the root zone of the plants. A 4-inch-deep level irrigation ditch can also be used to distribute the water throughout the row. Above ground watering, such as soaker hoses, should be covered with mulch to slow water evaporation.

Now you are ready to cultivate your planting rows. Tie a string to two stakes or metal rods to lay out your rows. Use a standard shovel to loosen and break up large and small chunks of dirt to a depth of about 10 inches along your proposed row. If the soil is extra dry deep down, water it heavily and let it soak all night. After the soil is damp 10 inches down, dig the row about 6 inches deep.

Purchase peat moss and ammonium sulfate for use in each row. Break up the hard peat moss into a fluffy consistency and sprinkle it into the bottom and sides of the 6-inch-deep row. Use a five-gallon bucket full of peat moss for a 30-foot row. Peat moss absorbs and retains the moisture in the soil and provides a stimulant for root growth. It also helps to neutralize the alkali in our city water. Then sprinkle a very light, even amount of ammonium sulfate over the peat moss. Ammonium sulfate is high in nitrogen, which our garden plants need and it is high in sulfate, which also neutralizes the alkali in our city water. Use one regular-size vegetable can full of ammonium sulfate for a 30-foot row. More ammonium sulfate is not better as too much will over stimulate the plant and it will grow too quickly and become weak. Next, water the peat moss and the ammonium sulfate and use a rake to mix them into the soil. Use a hoe to pull the soil over the peat moss and level the row. Dig the final seed-planting row to the proper depth, usually 2 to 3 inches; see the instructions on your seed packet for the correct depth.

Plant your seeds and gently cover them with soil. The level of the planted seed row should be one inch deeper than the surrounding soil surface to enable the water to remain in the seedbed. Water again after planting to be sure the peat moss, soil and seeds are moist. Cover the rows with light mulch to retard rapid water evaporation.

It is important to water in the coolness of the late afternoon or evening, or in the early morning so the water will penetrate deeply and avoid rapid evaporation. This deep watering should only be necessary two or three times a week. The early July rains are usually not enough to penetrate the soil near the plants, so continue regular watering until the heavy rains in August.

When planting potted plants such as tomatoes, dig holes about one foot wide and 8 inches deep.

Tomatoes should be planted about 2 feet apart. Mix peat moss and a small amount of long lasting fertilizer with the dirt to make a wet soil slurry. One can cut off the large lower branches of a tomato plant and place the roots and the stem deep into the slurry. Then cover the hole with several inches of dry soil to prevent evaporation. Tomato plants will sprout and grow new roots off stems that are covered by soil and kept moist. Plant tomatoes in 2-foot wide cages and cover the cage with clear plastic to limit evaporation and protect the plants from the drying wind. Tomatoes will grow only when the temperature is between 65 and 85 degrees. Cover the tops and one third of the sides of the cages with shade cloth if the plants are exposed to the direct sunshine and excessive heat for extended periods of time.

Many other garden plants may benefit from lite white row covers supported by hoop wire cages. The heavy wire mesh used for reinforcement in cement can be purchased in varying lengths and cut with a wire cutter to make hoop row covers and tomato plant cages.

It is always good to plant many native flowering plants, such as bee plant, to attract native bees, which pollinate many vegetable flowers to assure bountiful crops. The abundant winds will assist the selfpollinating flowering vegetable plants.

It is also wise to attract native birds to your garden with a periodic, small amount of wild birdseed so they will come in the cool of the early morning looking for seeds but will eat the emerging bugs and grasshoppers instead. If you do it right, the birds will be competing with each other for their own turf as bug eaters in your garden. Do not let your pets out into the garden until your real friends, the early birds, have done their job.

More information regarding maintaining and harvesting the garden may be considered later and is included in the YouTube videos described.

YouTube Videos In August 2001, Curtis Smith with the New Mexico State University Agricultural Cooperative Extension Service (nmsuaces) came to our garden in Gallup and filmed for the Southwest Yard and Garden television program, which shows Saturday mornings on Channel 5. Two weekly episodes of this program included his interviews in our garden in Gallup. These episodes have been posted on YouTube by nmsuaces for your viewing. If you’re interested, search for “Sid Gillson garden” on the YouTube site. The source of the videos is listed as nmsuaces. The titles of the videos are:

“How to Maintain Tomatoes and Squash Plants” *Note the native flowering bee plants by the straw bales. *Note the black 50-gallon water barrels and cages for the tomatoes. *The best method for controlling squash bugs is to place short, wide boards on the ground near the base of the squash plants. The bugs come off the plants in the evening and hang under the boards all night.

After the sun goes down in the evening or early in the morning turn the boards over and kill the bugs clinging on the underside of the boards before they can climb out onto the plants and lay their eggs.

“How to Harvest Rain Water for the Garden” “How to Conserve Water in the Garden” “How to Build and Install Underground Irrigation” After you view these videos you will understand that it is “easy” and productive to garden in the high plateau.

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Second Chance to Start Brand New

Casey Yazzie (left) won a prestigious scholarship from National Geographic with support from her science teacher Jessica MacManus.

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assandra “Casey” Yazzie has a lot to look forward to. Not only will this single mother be graduating from Gallup Central High School soon, she’s going to college in the fall, and traveling to Italy this summer! Casey’s amazing opportunities are a direct result of her effort. She’s worked hard, not only for herself, but also for her 2-year-old son. Though he won’t be going abroad with her in July, Casey knows that this experience will enrich both their lives.

At only 21 years old, Casey already knows about making mistakes and getting second chances. She married young, quit school, and had a baby. When things didn’t work out, the marriage ended. Casey knew she would have to go back to school in order to be able to provide a better life for her son, Lithario Thompson. Despite the difficulties of parenting while attending school, Casey knows that the struggles will result in long-term benefits.

Fortunately, her parents, Timothy and Loretta Yazzie, have been very supportive. They care for Lithario when Casey’s at school and provide constant encouragement and words of wisdom to Casey. Next fall, she plans to attend Lincoln College of Technology to complete a 9-month welding program.

Because her father is a silversmith, Casey knows a thing or two about the trade and that the skills associated with welding are often in demand. However, in the long-term future, she sees herself as a pediatric nurse and wants to study at Denver School of Nursing, eventually.

These are lofty goals, but Casey has already proven her ability to rise to any challenge. Her high school science teacher, Jessica MacManus, was well aware of Casey’s potential when she recommended that she compete for a scholarship to travel to Tuscany, Italy with a National Geographic program for high school students. A Teach For America corps member, MacManus is a wildlife biologist and conservationist who has lived all over Africa. Her experiences have allowed her the opportunity to work with the National Geographic

Student Expeditions Program during the summer, leading high school students on trips to Tanzania. She announced the scholarship opportunity to the students at Central High and worked closely with three who wanted to complete the rigorous application process. Casey is one of only twenty students worldwide to receive the prestigious scholarship!

At the end of July, Casey will board a plane – for the first time in her life – and fly to Italy! Having seen photographs of Italy, Casey has always wanted to “experience everything” it has to offer: the food, the views, the history.

During the 2-week program, she will be based in Tuscany and venture out into the city and countryside with her On Assignment group, focused on creative writing with the guidance of a National Geographic photojournalism expert. The expedition will allow Casey the chance to describe historic palaces, monasteries, and piazzas using her own five senses. Casey has already reaped benefits from working through the application process and winning the scholarship. She will be even more empowered after traveling, gaining new skills, and building relationships with other student travelers. “Now anything can happen,” remarks a beaming Casey.

The impact of what Casey has done not only affects her and her son, but the school community, as well. According to MacManus, it’s good for other students to see that “this is something that can happen here. Casey is an ambassador for our school.” It is MacManus’s hope that others will apply to the program in the future.

Casey has gotten a second chance at high school and a second chance to give her son a better life. With the love and support of her parents and teachers, a scholarship from National Geographic is the means that will give her a wealth of brand-new experiences. She’ll be able to start living life again for the first time.

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Names on the Rock Y

ou see it all over Gallup. Spray painted graffiti: illegible scrawls, usually in black paint, on walls and buildings, signifying nothing. If it is painted over with miss-matched paint, the covering effort results in a nastier looking blotch than what was supposed to be remediated.

I’m not totally opposed to graffiti. Graffiti has a venerable history going back to ancient Greece and Rome. Some writers even consider graffiti to include the cave paintings found in southern Europe from the prehistoric period. Some modern graffitists have a style and flair that makes their work worthy of being called art.

The Downtown Mural Project that decorated our town in 2004 is desirable and artistic graffiti.

But the usual spray and run is just vandalism. A wall on my lot was tagged some years ago. I immediately went to a paint store and got paint custom blended to match the wall and painted over the offending marks the same day I discovered them. The graffitist got no satisfaction in seeing his work the next time he passed by. I might have considered leaving it if it had been at all interesting.

Worse are those taggers who put their graffiti on top of ancient rock art. A New Yorker cartoon that appeared years ago showed a couple standing in front of a cliff where they had just spray painted their names; he remarks to his wife, “Now we’re part of the grandeur of the West.” I’m not sure that’s funny.

The first time I saw one of the most famous of the Barrier Canyon Style pictograph panels at the Sego Site in Utah it had been mutilated by a couple painting their names over some of the figures. I lived in Louisiana then and had driven out of my way to see that particular rock art. You can imagine how disgusted I was. It was like someone had put his name across Mona Lisa’s smile. I had thoughts about tracking down the offenders and tagging their house with a whole can of spray paint. The BLM eventually removed the vandalism and restored the panel at the cost of thousands of dollars.

In 2000 a 26-year-old Salt Lake City man scratched the date, his name, and “was here” across a panel of petroglyphs in Dinosaur National Monument. He must have been feeling especially stupid that day because he had a friend take his picture in front of the panel he had just defaced. He was arrested and pled guilty. His

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sentence was 7 months in prison and $3,912 restitution.

Morons like that must think, people used to put their names on rocks all the time.

Look at El Morro. Why can’t I put my name there, too?

Well, let’s look at one name at El Morro: John Udell. I didn’t choose his name at random; he kept a daily journal of the travels that led him there, so historians know quite a lot about him.

John Udell and his wife Emily had already traveled more than 800 miles from Missouri when John passed his 63rd birthday in Albuquerque in June of 1858.

They were members of a wagon train headed for California. The party consisted of forty men, fifty to sixty women and children in twenty wagons and nearly 500 head of cattle. I don’t think I could have made an arduous journey like his when I was 63, although my paternal grandfather might have been up to it, since he continued farming into his seventies.

While the wagon train was in Albuquerque they were told of a new route laid out only the year before by Lt. Edward Beale with his camel corps. The older, established, route went south down the Rio Grande before turning west. Beale’s wagon road followed the 35th parallel and would shorten their journey by about 200 miles, or up to fifteen days of travel. Albuquerque residents were excited about this new route because it would bring many more people through their town, so they were eagerly promoting it. Members of the wagon train voted to try it. What the wagon train people didn’t know was that Beale did not consider the road to be finished. His expedition had made some improvements, but he intended to return and put in some bridges and build dams to provide water in the dry months. Also, in his report, which had not yet been submitted to Congress, he strongly recommended that a military post be placed in the Mojave territory at the Colorado River.

The wagon train left Albuquerque on June 30, 1858. On July 7th they camped at El Morro. Although they were there for only one night, at least ten people of the wagon train carved their names on Inscription Rock, including three of the women.

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You can imagine how disgusted I was. It was like someone had put his name across Mona Lisa’s smile.

Then it was on to Zuni, where they purchased some corn meal and produce. Why go through Zuni? Because that was the jumping off place. Although Ft. Defiance existed at this time, there were no settlements or trading posts where provisions could be obtained for the next 500 miles.

Aside from difficulty in finding water on the route their journey went well until they passed the San Francisco Peaks. In August, water was even scarcer and they were harassed by Hualapai Indians almost daily. Some stock and oxen were lost to the Indians and one herder was badly wounded by arrows.

Finally they reached the Colorado River – Mojave tribal territory. The Mojave apparently thought the emigrants intended to settle on tribal lands. They would not permit that. While the travelers cut timber to build a raft to ferry everything across the water, the Indians first harassed them and took cattle, then attacked. All in all, 8 people were killed and a dozen wounded. Nearly all of the livestock, especially the oxen, were run off.

The emigrants were low on ammunition so they made a tough decision and, salvaging what they could with only one wagon, began limping back to Albuquerque. They intercepted two other wagon trains that had been convinced to try the new route, but after hearing about the Mojave’s attack, they also turned around. Even combined, supplies quickly ran low, and they all nearly starved on the miserable two-and-a-half-month-long trek back to New Mexico.

Yes, we honor those who left their names on El Morro and at other places around the West. They earned the right to commemorate their passage by the effort and hardships they endured to get there. No one cares about some cretin who drove up with a six pack in the cooler and a can of spray paint. He has done nothing to deserve a memorial. We won’t admire him if he paints his name on a rock. If he wants to be remembered without our contempt, he should accomplish something!

There is much more to the story of the first wagon train on Beale’s road. For more details read Disaster at the Colorado, by Charles W. Baley [2002]. This book is available in the Octavia Fellin Library.

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Joseph Baldwin Tanner:

Father of a Trading Dynasty

Joseph Baldwin Tanner and his wife Nora Foutz

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hough Seth Tanner, the Bear Man, left a huge footprint in Territorial Arizona, his son Joseph Baldwin strode right alongside him. Of Seth’s seven children, J.B. was most like his legendary sire. Joseph was born in Ogden, Utah, in 1868, but grew up in the isolated Hopi community of Moenkopi.

Joseph Baldwin Tanner was known by at least four names, which is confusing because two of his famous grandsons were named for him: JB and Joe. The original J.B. was also known as The Bear Man, like his father, and by his Navajo name, Shush Yazz, Bear’s Son. (Generally translated as Little Bear.)

It has been recorded in print that Tanner was called The Bear Man because of the many animals he had slain. The truth is no Tanner would kill a bear because of their emotional kinship with the great beasts, Seth Tanner’s totem animal.

Joseph was a chip off the old block in many ways and one of the most significant was his independence and his hunger for travel and adventure. As a young boy he would disappear from Tuba City for long periods of time and he would stay with Chee Dodge’s family.

Joseph already spoke several languages. More importantly, he had a rapport with the Indians that was unusual, even for the place and time. Though many traders learned to speak good Navajo, J.B.’s command of the tongue was better than good.

He also grew up with a number of unusual skills he would use throughout his lifetime. He and Seth are credited with the irrigation system at Tuba City. There was a good spring there, but the soil is almost pure sand (the Hopi are excellent sand farmers) and too much water was lost getting it to the corn. The Tanners lined the ditches with slabs of sandstone, putting the precious water on the crops instead into the ground. J.B. developed the extensive irrigation system in the Farmington, Kirtland, Fruitland, Hogback area of the San Juan basin.

He must have already been traveling with his notorious father as a boy, because there is reference to his famous turquoise mine by 1910, and the family had owned it for some time. The Turquoise Mountain Diggings in Southern Arizona was one of many that had been worked in prehistoric times. Joseph had caught Seth’s prospecting “bug.”

One of Joseph Baldwin’s sisters, Charlotte Ann, known as Annie, was a character in her own right. She said later she never wanted to go to Arizona, and was deathly afraid of Indians because of the stories she had heard. She spent a lot of time with the Hopi girls at Moenkopi and they used to put her hair up in the maiden whorls. She learned to make piki bread, among other things.

She married Mormon pioneer Price Nelson and they were sent to the Church settlement in northern Mexico with the other “Saints.” The members of the Casas Grandes group in Chuhuahua, Mexico, were polygamists and that included Price and Annie Nelson. Annie was a self-taught midwife and thus useful to the colony. After seventeen years in Mexico they returned to Arizona.

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In her lifetime she delivered one thousand two hundred Joseph Baldwin Tanner thirty four babies without ever losing a single mother or child. That is an amazing record for the time when infant mortality was high. Ironically, only one of her own children survived infancy.

On one occasion in Mexico she delivered a local woman of triplets with only a small girl for a helper. Most of Seth’s other children moved on to successful lives in Arizona, but only Joseph carried on the trading tradition.

Joseph married Nora Foutz, another Mormon pioneer in the community of more than three hundred located at Tuba City. They made the three-week trip to get married in the St. George Temple. Half of their thirteen children were born before the government bought out the colony in 1902 and Joseph relocated to northern New Mexico.

J.B. was just naturally involved in a variety of enterprises. As soon as he reached the San Juan Valley, he was working on the irrigation system and bought some freight wagons. He also located his first trading post, in a barren part of the Colorado Ute Reservation north of Shiprock known to this day as Tanner Mesa.

One consistent thread of Tanner’s life story was his love of a good time.

They say he’d be standing in a crowd of men and spot a couple of boys, one thin and one fat. He would say “Boys, I want to have a race between those two lads. We’ll give the fat one a twenty-yard head start.” He’d look at the men and grin. “I’ll bet on either one of them,” he would say.

There is a story from this period that illustrates his love of sports and gambling. The Utes held a horse race at Towoac, near Cortez, and Joe entered a pony. The Navajo jockey parted from the horse well before the end of the race and the animal ran all the way home.

Of course there was nobody there and the pony got lonely – probably hungry after his long run. The building was built in a crack in the rocks and part of the roof was ground level. When the family got back to the place, they found the horse standing in the living room and a gaping hole in the ceiling.

Though Joseph would own – or partner in – a number of trading posts on the Reservation, he wasn’t a “behind the counter” kind of merchant. The day-to-day business was handled by somebody else so he could stay on the move. Joe Tanner believes that Grandpa J.B.’s wonderful rapport with all the tribes and dozens of traders set the stage for the Tanner trading dynasty.

Joseph would visit his mine near Tombstone, Arizona, and pick up stone.

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All of his activity was just that - active and fluid - thus at any given moment, Joe could be anywhere in the Southwest.

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He also introduced coral and Persian turquoise to Southwestern jewelers. It bothered some of his family that he always gave first selection of the turquoise to his old friend Chee Dodge, but that was his pattern.

Dodge and Tanner were inextricably intertwined their whole lives. The Seth Tanner homestead at Tanner Springs was taken over by Dodge, who later expanded the Navajo Reservation to surround the land. Later he took possession of Joe Tanner’s homestead near Chaco when Joseph died.

Tanner would make the rounds of Indian villages, Hopi, Santo Domingo, Zuni, all over Navajo country, doling out the natural stone.

His arrangement was that the bead maker kept half of the finished product for his work, and Joe took the other half for providing the stone. He almost always traded the necklaces and jah-cloh (literally “earrope” in Navajo) for livestock, wool, crafts, whatever they had.

It was said that a nice jah-cloh was worth at least a good cow.

Then he had to dispose of all the stuff he picked up. Many of the sheep and cattle passed through Rock Springs Ranch, originally homesteaded by the Kennedy family, and later run by J.B.’s good friend Howard Wilson.

Joe had his freight wagons to move goods around – wool, piñon nuts, and other goods, but he didn’t like to store anything. All of his activity was just that – active and fluid – thus at any given moment, Joe could be anywhere in the Southwest. He gave new meaning to the word “trader.”

Just maintaining his wagons was a small industry. The Cousins family who ran a post south of Gallup employed a couple of good welders who were kept busy repairing wagon wheel rims and other equipment belonging to Tanner.

He actually carried around a teepee he could set up anywhere he was. A friend recently gave Joe Tanner an invitation found in some old papers. It was handdrawn by Joseph Baldwin, inviting them to his lodge in Taos, November 26, 1929.

He also embodied the idea of a “free spirit,” always following his own star.

And he loved a good party. When he took over the Hogback Trading Post he threw the biggest bash in Reservation history, with games, races, gambling, and lots of food.

It was such a big shindig it was given coverage in the Gallup newspapers. He sold the post less than a year later.

On the level of “legendary,” Joseph Baldwin was as mysterious as his father had been. He always seemed to have plenty of money for his various “deals” and enterprises. The family has a story about the source of this cash.

According to the Tanner tradition, J.B. had some Navajo friends who had a significant cache of silver. Nobody knows who or where they were, nor where the silver originally came from. There are plenty of “lost mine” stories in the Southwest, usually involving looting conquistador pack trains.

Joe would borrow the money in silver, and he had to pay it back in silver.

There was no paper trail of any kind. It was one of the secrets he kept from the family and took with him to the grave.

In the public record J.B.’s involvement with the “Beautiful Mountain Rebellion” is shadowy, if not non-existent, but according to local traders and Navajos, Joe’s role probably prevented a heavy loss of life. His fame and respect among local Natives and his close relationship with Chee Dodge averted catastrophe.

It is a matter of record that William T. Shelton, first superintendent of the San Juan Indian Agency, and founder of the town of Shiprock in 1903, did a lot of good for his Navajos, and Joe Tanner considered him a friend. Shelton was a very tall, lanky fellow known to the Navajos as Nataani Nez, Tall Boss. The down

1929 Taos Tanner Invitation side of Shelton was that the Bureau of Indian Affairs was committed at the time to destroying traditional Indian cultures and making “white men” out of the Natives.

Shelton, like many well-meaning but misinformed people of the time, was dead-set on doing away with gambling and polygamy, among other things. He outlawed card games completely and forbade traders from selling playing cards to their customers.

A belligerent Navajo named Thin Man who had a grudge against two renowned medicine men, Bizhoshi and his son Little Singer, reported them for having plural wives. Shelton sent Navajo police out to bring in Little Singer for a talking to, and then left town. The medicine man was away performing a ceremony, but the wives – including one who was very pregnant – were home. The literal minded cops brought in the three women and locked them up.

Shiprock trader Will Evans, who gives the best account of the whole affair, called Bizhoshi “Missing Link” on account of his battered face. His sons were “Big Link” and “Little Link.” These names were mild compared to some passed out by the traders.

Almost immediately Little Singer and friends released the wives, inflicting some minor hurt on the agency people. The women complained loudly about their treatment. Shelton was livid – literally outraged – and since he couldn’t follow the “rebel” leader into the Chuska Mountains, fired off several telegrams to “Washingdone” greatly exaggerating the whole incident.

General Hugh Scott, who had dealt with the troubles at Hopi, was dispatched with his troops from Fort Robinson, Nebraska. This was the last time the regular army was officially called out against an Indian tribe. It took Scott more than a week to arrive and in the meantime the “Rebellion” had escalated considerably. Newspaper headlines all over the Southwest shouted out the “Redskins on the Warpath” message. The Navajos were scared to death they were going to be massacred by the coming soldiers.

Hundreds of Navajo families gathered for protection – from the soldiers and the “renegades.” They gathered in large numbers at Sanostee and Red Rock trading posts. Rumors flew like fluff from cottonwood trees in the spring.

Though they got Tanner continued on page 28 . . . no official

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Driving Impressions:

by Greg Cavanaugh

2011 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCrew EcoBoost

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’m not going to lie and say that this is the vehicle to drive if you want to save the planet. But if you’ve got to drive a ginormous truck, this is the engine that needs to be in it. Having already test-driven a Ford F-150 SuperCrew for the February 2009 issue, I asked for this test drive because I was particularly psyched about Ford’s new EcoBoost engine and wanted to see if it could live up to the hype. With that being said, this article is going to mostly focus on the powertrain. You can go to gallupjourney.com to read my previous review if you want more information regarding interior, exterior etc.

Car manufacturers are getting hip to fuel economy. And with increased EPA standards forcing them to meet ever more stringent fuel economy numbers, cars companies are pulling out all the stops to hit these targets. Sometimes they’re potential game changers – think Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt – other times they are relatively simple tweaks that make small, but incremental fuel economy gains. Ford’s new EcoBoost engines, in my opinion, fall closer to the game-changer side of the spectrum. By combining turbo charging and direct injection technology, Ford, along with a few other companies, is able to use smaller displacement engines in lieu of its larger, naturally aspirated counterparts.

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Ford’s EcoBoost engine is a 3.5-liter, twin-turbocharged and intercooled, direct-injected V6 that produces 365 HP and 420 ft-lb. of torque. Using the cooling properties of direct injection in combination with turbo charging, Ford is able to run a higher boost pressure with less chance of detonation and therefore able to make more power, more reliably.

Making more torque than horsepower gives the EcoBoost engine almost more of a diesel character than a typical gas engine. Ford has already dropped the EcoBoost into the Taurus SHO sedan and the top-of-theline Flex crossover. While these were somewhat “safe” bets for Ford (if you could call 365 HP in a family sedan “safe”), placing a twin-turbo charged V6 in America’s best selling pickup truck was practically going all in.

The good news is the EcoBoost in the F-150 was a strong-arm bet worth taking. What I found most impressive about this powertrain was not its fuel economy, but its power! The EcoBoost is the second most powerful engine available, surpassed only slightly by the monster 6.2-liter V8. It’s also the second most efficient, falling short to the base model’s 3.7-liter V6. Who would have thought that economy and power could come

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Placing a twin-turbo charged V6 in America’s best selling pickup truck was practically going all in.

simultaneously? The EcoBoost just pulls like a much larger engine. Its torque curve is as broad as our mesas and moves the F-150 like a toy! All that power had me needlessly putting my foot into the throttle at every onramp just to giggle at how silly it was that a massive beast of a truck could be moving that quickly. At about 4,000 rpm the EcoBoost really hits you and pulls even more strongly. On one occasion I literally laughed and said out loud, “It’s just silly!”

This is not to say the “Eco” in EcoBoost is just a gimmick. While I was unable to get the EPA estimated average of 18 mpg combined, the EcoBoost did return almost 17 mpg combined in my hands. Not bad considering how often I was putting my foot into the throttle. On my way home from work I jumped onto I-40 and gave the EcoBoost a freeway challenge. After accelerating to 70 mph, I set the cruise and then reset the trip computer. On that brief freeway stretch of about five miles I averaged 23 mpg according to the truck’s computer, just a tick over its EPA estimated 22 mpg highway. The strong tailwind out of the west, no doubt, helped, but still quite good for a vehicle capable of towing 11,000 lbs.

Living in the Southwest it’s always a gamble whether to purchase a 4x2 or a 4x4 truck; most of the year you can get away without the need for a 4x4.

When it matters most, however, that four-wheel drive is crucial but will drop your mileage down, bringing the four-wheel drive EcoBoost F-150 to an EPA 15/21 mpg.

Now the best for last. If optioned correctly, Gurley Motors tells me the EcoBoost motor is only a $750 upgrade. With fuel prices continuing to rise, the payback on the EcoBoost only comes quicker! I’m giving a lot of credit here to Ford for being innovative, not just for trying something new, but for trying something new that works on more than one level and in more than one way. Ford did an excellent online set of promo videos that I highly recommend searching for. If you have any interest in the EcoBoost motor, just search “Ford F-150 EcoBoost Torture Test.”

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A. I felt like nothing was getting done in District 4 and I feel that I can make a difference.

Q. What do you enjoy most about your new job?

A. Working with the present City Council and meeting with City employees to map out a future for our great city.

Q. What is the biggest challenge of your job?

A. The biggest challenge is going to be acquiring funding for projects in District 4.

Q. What is your number one priority for this coming year?

A. With the help of the Council, I would like to start enforcing nuisance ordinances for party houses that are terrorizing our neighborhoods.

Q. What do you see Gallup’s potential as being?

A. I have a dream where we can have a Durango-style downtown, with the Natives selling their jewelry and paintings in a Santa Fe-style plaza, with angle parking on Historic Highway 66. If we build it, they will come.

Q. What do you enjoy doing in your off time?

A. I have been a lifelong athlete, so I have been exercising, biking, and lifting weights for the last 35 years.

Q. Who is your favorite musician?

A. My favorite musician of all time is Stevie Wonder. He’s an amazing man. He has done a lot for his community. It started with the disadvantage of being blind, but he’s the most successful musician of all time.

Q. If you could trade places with one famous person, who would it be and why?

A. César Chávez of the United Farm Workers. He fought, through non-violence, to bring dignity to the farm workers who had been abused for many years.

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...Tanner continued from page 23 credit, Joe Tanner and Frank Noel met with Bizhoshi and Chee Dodge at a nearby “sing.” Tanner took the situation seriously, warning several traders to take their families to safety, but he persuaded Little Singer not to fight and promised him there would not be much punishment. He wouldn’t be killed or put in prison.

The three men met once again and by the time Scott, the troops and Father Anselm Weber as “peacemaker” arrived more than a week later, the situation had already been resolved. General Scott chewed out the rebels with such vigor they were reportedly in tears.

The “recalcitrants” were sent to Santa Fe, soon returned to Gallup for a few weeks jail time, and nothing more was said about Little Singer’s wives. He outlived two of them in the end.

With all of his enterprises Joseph did not really have to promote Indian art, but that was his lifelong passion. He had a booth at the long running San Diego Panama Exposition in 1915. A replica of the pueblo of Taos was constructed in Balboa Park and Indians of various tribes stayed there off and on for two years.

Tanner had also helped create the Shiprock Fair – the first of its kind – with Indian Agent Shelton. He was later involved with the shows that Agent Stacher organized at Crownpoint with rodeos, races and exhibits. When he and a group of pals including Howard Wilson, Mike Kirk, “Big” Al Tietjen, and the senior Tobe Turpen helped organize the Gallup Ceremonial in 1922, they were all familiar with what it took to throw a grand party.

Early on, Joe bought a herd of buffalo. At ceremonial they would hold a buffalo stampede – much like the ones at Wild West shows – and Chee Dodge one of the animals would be killed each day and barbecued for the dancers. They were hard to keep penned and constantly broke out of their corral. On one occasion they were rounded up out east of town, giving the place its name, Iyanbito (Buffalo Springs). The rest of the year the buffalo herd grazed out at the Joe Tanner homestead.

Other folks may get credit for the official “organization” of Ceremonial, and selling it to the citizens of Gallup, and getting financing for it, but it was Kirk and Tanner and friends who provided the cooperation of the Indians and gave shape and content to the event, which is still pretty much intact ninety years later.

Of the thirteen children of Nora Foutz and Joseph Baldwin Tanner, half a dozen of them stayed in the Indian trading business and their children and grandchildren are legendary in the trade, including Donald, Art, Ruel and Ralph.

Son Ruel Lehi Tanner’s boys became the next generation of prominent Tanners including JB (that was his name, no periods), Bob, Don, Jerry, Joe, Ellis and Rick.

They believe it was the personality, and integrity, of Joseph Baldwin that opened doors and paved the way for the rest of the family.

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Sunday, May 1 Show Time: 7 pm

Holocaust Remembrance Movie: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Rated: PG-13 94 minutes Starring: Sheila Hancock, David Thewlis, David Hayman, Jim Norton, Vera Farmiga Admission: Adults: $5.00 Children 12 & under: $3.00

Bored and restless in his new home, Bruno, an innocent and naïve eight year old, ignores his mother and sets off on an adventure in the woods. Soon he meets a young boy, and a surprising friendship develops. Set during World War II, this remarkable and inspiring story about the power of the human spirit will capture your heart and engage your mind.

Friday, May 6 Doors: 7pm Show Time: 8pm 10th Annual Celebracion de Cinco de Mayo with TOBIAS RENE Advanced Tickets: $25.00 At The Door: $30.00 Tickets available at: Comcast, Millennium Media and Gurley Motors Saturday, May 7 No Kids Matinee Today.

Friday, May 13 Show Time: 7pm Sunday, May 15 Show Time: 2pm Matinee Monday, May 16 Show Time: 7pm Gallup Catholic High School Drama presents: Hot Rod,

by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. We’re “cruisin’ back to the 1950’s” with bobby sox, letter sweaters, and poodle skirts and Elvis Presley--think Grease--only rated G. We have a racing lady who wants to give it all up to be a preppie, get into college and a

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sorority. But little sister gets in trouble, and Peggy Sue must race one last time in order to get her out of trouble with Daytona Bob. Come on out for fifties music, the dancing, and all the fun. We look forward to seeing you May 13, 15 and 16. Admission is $5.00. It’s a steal in today’s economy.

Saturday, May 14 No Kids Matinee Today.

Friday & Saturday, May 20 & May 21 El Morro Area Arts Council presents “Sordid Lives” Curtain: 8pm Tickets: $12.00/Advance* $15/ at the Door* *Please be advised, adult language and content.

Tickets available at the El Morro Theatre, Sammy C’s, the Old School Gallery or online through PayPal. To purchase, visit www. elmorro-arts.org For more information please call (505) 783-4710 Saturday, May 21 No Kids Matinee Today Saturday, May 28 Show Time 1 pm

Kids Matinee Movie: Disney’s Gnomeo & Juliet Rated: G 84 minutes Voice Talents: Emily Blunt, James McAvoy and Jason Statham Admission: Adults: $2.00 Children 12 and under: FREE! Garden gnomes Gnomeo and Juliet have as many obstacles to overcome as their quasi namesakes when they are caught up in a feud between neighbors. But with plastic pink flamingos and lawnmower races in the mix, can this young couple find lasting happiness?

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by Tommy Haws Tommy Haws is the Senior Vice-President of Pinnacle Bank in Gallup. He has over 12 years of Banking and consumer credit experience.

He is a loan officer and also oversees the day to day operations of the three branches of Pinnacle Bank in Gallup.

Money and You It felt good for a while to run up the credit cards and buy things that were out of the budget, but it was like getting painted into a corner.

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oney and You. This is the title of the column that we write, but sometimes the meaning does not come through. When we came up with the name, it was meant to show that there are ways to interact with money that are appropriate. We have also talked about ways that the relationship might not be appropriate. And that is the key word I want to emphasize this month: relationship.

We often think of relationships between people; there are relationships to many other things, too. It is what it all represents that is the most important.

There are two types of people in this world. Those that ACT and those that are ACTED UPON. Those that act will always have the upper hand to those who are only reactionary and wait to have consequences dictate their life. I have tried to make those distinctions with my children. Sometimes they do not get it – but there are trying.

We talk often about how we all have the power to choose in life.

But some choices will limit our ability to choose in the future.

Take, for instance, addictions. A person has the freedom to choose to partake of some potentially damaging, but powerful substances in order to get a short-term pleasure from it. A person who makes the choice to do a damaging drug might find the freedom that they love so much severely limited to the point that they no longer have the capacity to ACT, but are now being ACTED UPON by the addiction to a substance, the enforcement of applicable laws if the drug is illegal, etc.

The choice led to a limitation of future choices, somewhat like painting yourself into a corner. The once loved freedom is then replaced by pain, sometimes severe restrictions, loss of money, career choices, etc. They no longer have the ability to act, and are acted upon by chemicals, laws and dire consequences.

With money it can be much the same way. Money represents power in our society. Sometimes this is a good thing if it is used to act in a way that continues to provide the ability to keep or obtain the wants and needs we all have. However, some choices will entrap us in a situation where there might be more to worry about. For instance, the choice to spend more than we make will lead to uncontrollable indebtedness that will limit the choices we can make because we are now being Acted Upon by other forces.

It felt good for a while to run up the credit cards and buy things that were out of the budget, but it was like getting painted into a corner.

I was talking to a man the other day that dropped into that situation. He came up short one month with his funds and decided to go into debt to get through it. This debt was rolled over and over until at one point, he was not only out of money for the month but had a string of collectors trying to get to him.

The problem got to the point that he was unable to help any of his family like he wanted to with funds because he had lost it all and now his was severely limited in his funding. Money for food and transportation were even gone because of what he needed to do to keep them off his back. It was gone, and so was his ability to act.

Since money is a tool, we need to decide if we will use it or if it will use us. The choice is ours. Act well, and our choices are enhanced. Act poorly and we lose the ability to choose for ourselves, at the worst, and at the least, our choices become very limited.

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utdoor recreation opportunities are advancing quickly in and around Gallup, which has recently been designated the “Adventure Capital of New Mexico” by the state legislature.

During a June 4 dedication event, McGaffey’s fully developed 26-mile network of trails, accessed at the recently improved Hilso Trailhead, will be recognized as a top-flight mountain biking destination.

Many of the earliest and best memories from my time in Gallup were spent at what we then called Mile Marker Three. Named for its position on Hwy 400 heading south into the Zuni Mountains, this trailhead quickly became the primary jumping off point for the incredible rides that I will always equate with this place and its people. It may have a new name but the trailhead still offers access to some of the best singletrack you will find anywhere and remains a great place to hang out with the friends that truly make a ride great.

While always a fine place to meet for a ride, Hilso has undergone changes that make it even more practical and serviceable to both local and out-oftown riders. Bathroom facilities are a welcome addition and graveling of the driveway and parking areas will help negate the effects of precipitation on the heavily traveled ground. Accurate signage and cattle guards also make navigation and use much easier for riders than in the past.

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There have, of course, been mountain bike trails and meeting places in McGaffey for many years, but it was not until 2007 that the United States Forest Service officially authorized this section as a non-motorized, multiuse trail system. Thanks to the continued efforts of the Zuni Mountain Trail Partnership (ZMTP) formed in 2006 and made up of Gallup Trails 2010 (GT2010), Gallup’s top-notch local Youth Conservation Corps (YCC), and Adventure Gallup and Beyond (AGB), these 26 miles of signed and mapped trails can now be used for races and other public events. This didn’t happen quickly or without significant effort from diverse parties. A process that began in the mid-1990s, with Randy Sloman and Bill Siebersma meeting with Mt. Taylor Ranger District Personnel, was furthered in the early-2000s when Mayor Bob Rosebrough took Congressman Tom Udall on a tour of McGaffey trails. This interaction resulted in a letter from Udall to District Ranger Chuck Hagerdon requesting support in achieving the goals of GT2010 and AGB and bringing further momentum to the project. Slow and steady but continuous progress over the years eventually made the Hilso Trailhead and the McGaffey Trail System a reality.

In addition to the improved trailhead and authorized trails, well run, high quality events have come to the Zunis. The 24 Hours in the Enchanted Forest

It may have a new name but the trailhead still offers access to some of the best singletrack you will find anywhere and remains a great place to hang out with the friends that truly make a ride great.

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and Zuni Mountain 100 races have brought much positive attention to riding in the Gallup area. The 24-hour race, now in its second year, and the Zuni Mountain 100 (part of the successful New Mexico Endurance Series), with its fourth edition upcoming, have introduced many new riders to the smooth, fast, and challenging terrain of the McGaffey trails. These racers will be back with many hungry and thirsty friends in tow and Gallup businesses are sure to benefit.

And the ZMTP is not done yet. In May 2010, McKinley County and the Ramah Land & Irrigation Company received a grant from New Mexico’s Recreational Trail Program for construction of 6.1 miles of hiking trails and a trailhead facility adjacent to Ramah Lake. ZMTP and its partners have also recently contracted with International Mountain Biking Association Trail Solutions to provide community training and review of onthe-ground routes on the eastern side of the Zuni Mountains. Change is afoot and it is hoped that linking trails already created in the McGaffey area with new routes near Ramah will make the Zunis a highlight of the Southwest for outdoor enthusiasts.

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area’s growing mountain biking scene. District Ranger, Matt Reidy, will be the emcee for the upcoming event and it is hoped that the congressional delegation involved in the process will be there as well to witness the dedication. Bring out the family and enjoy a full schedule of events on June 4 at 11am.

For more information on McGaffey’s trails and the groups that work to preserve, utilize, and better them, see: • Zuni Mountain Trail Partnership: www.zunimountaintrailpartnership.com • Gallup Trails 2010: www.galluptrails2010.com or gallupjourney. com/2011/02/the-history-of-gallup-trails-2010 for an excellent story on the history of the organization and its accomplishments in the Zunis • Adventure Gallup and Beyond: www.adventuregallup.org • Zuni Mountain 100 race: nmes.wordpress.com/events/zuni-mountain-100 • 24 Hours in the Enchanted Forest: www.24hitef.com

DEDICATION ACTIVITIES 11am – 3pm - Speakers - Provided lunch Partner booths providing information on ZMTP master plan and fun, familyoriented events Historic and interpretive hike Family rides supported by Gallup’s famous Bikemobile Intermediate group ride with Gallup Trails 2010 Plenty of opportunity for self-guided hikes or rides

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t’s a good slogan. But it’s more than just clever wording. Washington Federal has been around since 1917 and has over 100 offices all over the West. Their goal is to improve the lives of those they serve in simple, yet effective ways. According to Gwyn Hoskins, Assistant Vice President and Gallup’s Branch Manager, banking at Washington Federal is more than a series of financial transactions; it’s about building relationships. And just as each deposit and loan holds a deeper meaning, there is more than meets the eye when looking at the bank’s beautiful new façade.

The newly remodeled building on the corner of Aztec and 3rd was originally built as Gallup Federal in 1958 and has stood in the midst of downtown commerce since then. Originally, the bank occupied the lower level and a law firm worked out of the upper level of the two-story building; the only stairway between was located outside and no elevator existed.

Due to the old layout of the building, much of the space was unusable. So over the years Gallup Federal expanded, moving into the upstairs of the two-story building, first, and then obtaining a building across the street to occupy its lending department in the mid1990s. The bank began operating under

Washington Federal has been completely remodeled (see photos at left).

Old building in the mid-1990s (below).

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Throughout the entire process, start to finish, Gallup benefited because of Washington Federal’s approach, hiring locals and spending money here.

First Federal in 2005, but only briefly before Washington Federal acquired it in February 2007. Because Washington Federal was undergoing a re-branding, the bank’s appearance remained the same until early 2010 when discussions and planning began for a new building.

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With an out-of-date infrastructure, including a boiler for heating, an old roof, and accessibility not up to the codes established by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the building was due for an overhaul. Minor remodeling was done to the loan center, which became the temporary site for all of the bank’s business, and mobile drive-in services were established.

Then in June 2010, demolition began. Because of the bank’s location, near the streets and in the middle of downtown business and traffic, special precautions were made during the demo process for safety. For a time, passersby could see local contractors and sub-contractors hard at work in the building’s vacant frame, which had been torn down to the original brick foundation. Hoskins conveyed the importance of preserving the structure, which stood as strong as any other brand new building. A complete demolition wasn’t necessary, nor did the bricks go to a landfill. Throughout the entire process, start to finish, Gallup has benefited because of Washington Federal’s approach, hiring locals and spending money here.

Last month, the bank was finished and celebrated an official grand opening during the last week in April.

The changes to the exterior are obvious: new stucco in attractive colors, signage, and a front door facing the parking lot, giving clients safer, easier access. Inside, the floor plan is open and the color scheme is modern and inviting. The building has complete ADA access, with an elevator and sit-down teller station, an indoor staircase to the second floor, and room to house their entire staff.

(The building formerly used as the loan center is no longer needed and will be sold.)

Upon entering Washington Federal, patrons are ushered through an impressive, 2-story entry and greeted with a warm “hello.” All of the services that the bank has provided remain the same, including savings, checking, CDs, and mortgage loans, which have always been serviced in-house. With all the changes at Washington Federal, clients can be certain of the bank’s longterm investment in the Gallup community and the commitment to maintain the strong foundation that already exists here.

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Gallup Plumbing Goes High Tech Getting Pipes Evaluated & Fixed Without Digging The Spartan Cam

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enjamin Franklin Plumbing’s Spartan Camera is able to go deep into pipes to see what the problem is before taking action. Likewise the Spartan is happy to go “where the sun don’t shine” after work is done to make sure everything was done right. We took the Spartan to a

local house where the first picture above shows obvious tree roots invading the pipe.

Benjamin Franklin fired up its 4-cylinder diesel power jetter (which appeared to me like a military-grade power washer) and cleared the offending pipe. Afterward the Spartan was sent down again to verify the pipe was clean - it was.

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install a new pipe, Benjamin Franklin is able to reline your existing pipe using a fiberglass resin procedure that forms a new pipe inside of your old one. The lifespan and durability of a re-lined pipe is the same as a new one, and because of the limited digging needed it can save time, money, and landscape headaches.

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But long runs of pipe can be reinstalled through existing ones without trenching the ground or removing the old one.

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Owners Glen Lewis and Helen Triplehorn have been around the Gallup plumbing business for over 45 years and their family represents 5 generations of plumbers.

Benjamin Franklin offers a warranty on their work and its employees are drug-tested and background checked for customer peace of mind. For more information on their high-tech goods, please call 505-863-6868.

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e live in a privileged place and time. Too easily I forget that fact.

And while life isn’t perfect here, my frustrations don’t compare to those suffered decades and centuries ago. The very foundation of our great nation is owed to a few courageous individuals who, in the face of inequality and injustice, demanded change. At the time, what they believed may have been unpopular and what they did was dangerous.

Yet throughout history those beliefs and actions are what have allowed us to enjoy the freedoms we do today.

Change only occurs as a result of awareness and action. In 1988 on Memorial Day weekend, US Marine Corps Corporal Ray Manzo, along with a small group of fellow veterans, organized the first Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally and demonstration in Washington, DC. At the time, our nation was divided over issues of war and peace, similar to today. However many of America’s military were killed or missing in action and their remains were not being brought home to be respectfully buried and honored.

The goal of Rolling Thunder was to bring about awareness and demand that the US government account for all POW/MIAs. The first run, ending at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, drew about 2500 bikers. That number has grown to over half a million and Rolling Thunder continues on Memorial Day weekend each year.

Included in the first run to the Wall were James Gregory and Bill Evans, Vietnam veterans from California who, after participating in 1988’s DC rally, immediately began organizing a coast-to-coast ride that would hook up with Rolling Thunder during the next year’s event. During the first Run For the Wall (RFTW), the two vets traveled across America’s heartland talking to local radio, TV, and newspapers about the fact that

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there were thousands of men and women still unaccounted for from all of our nation’s wars. The need for awareness continues today, as does the annual cross-country ride.

RFTW makes the 10-day trip each year from California to Washington, DC and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, stopping along the way to visit VA Medical Centers, Veterans’ Memorials, Veterans’ Outreach Facilities, VFW Posts, American Legion Posts, and Community Centers, as well as schools. This year, two groups will start in Rancho Cucamonga, CA on May 18, divide into a central and southern route and reunite in Arlington, VA on May 27. They ride in recognition of the sacrifices and contributions made by all veterans who have served our nation and invite supporters to join them along the route.

RFTW participants motor across the country with a mission in mind: to promote healing among ALL veterans and their families and friends, to call for an accounting of all Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action (POW/MIA), to honor the memory of those Killed in Action (KIA) from all wars, and to support our military personnel all over the world. Out on the road, riders focus on maintaining a safe and supportive atmosphere. Not everyone rides the entire distance; many commit to riding for portions of the route. But regardless of where they start or end, no rider is left behind.

Gallup has been a stopping point along the route for years and a highlight for many.

Gallup mayor and long-time motorcycle enthusiast, Jackie McKinney, was working at A.C. Houston in the late 90s when a roaring group of bikers in the Chamber of Commerce parking lot drew his attention. He promptly found out what RFTW was all

They ride in recognition of the sacrifices and contributions made by all veterans who have served our nation. gallupjourney@yahoo.com

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National 9/11 Flag Coming to Gallup Destroyed in the aftermath of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and stitched back together seven years later by tornado survivors in Greensburg, Kansas, The National 9/11 Flag is a living testament to the resilience and compassion of the American people. The New York Says Thank You Foundation is currently taking The National 9/11 Flag on a journey across America where local service heroes in all 50 states will be given the historic privilege of stitching the flag back to its original 13-stripe format using pieces of fabric from American flags destined for retirement in each state.

Once the flag is restored and made whole again by the 10th Year Anniversary of 9/11, The National 9/11 Flag will become a part of the permanent collection of the National September 11 Memorial Museum being built at the World Trade Center.

Gallup has been chosen as the New Mexico stitching ceremony site! On May 19, 2011, The National 9/11 Flag will make its way to Gallup where FDNY firefighters will assist local service heroes in an historic stitching ceremony to help sew the New Mexico restorative patch onto The Flag at the McKinley County Courthouse Rotunda (207 West Hill Street in Gallup) at 10:00am followed by stitching open to the public until 1:00pm.

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about and decided to join their cause. Since then, he and his wife, Sandra, have both gotten involved, Jackie serving at State Coordinator for six years, and Sandra as editor of the national newsletter and on the board of directors for a 3-year term.

Though Jackie never served in the military due to severe asthma, he grew up in the ’60s and had many friends who fought in Vietnam. Having witnessed the effects of loss and the hardships endured by friends returning from active duty, Jackie knows something of the pain that exists as a consequence of war. He has seen and experienced healing through RFTW because of what the riders are supporting and how they themselves are being supported. “The camaraderie, fellowship, and patriotism involved is amazing.”

Jackie used to make the entire 3000-mile trip, but this year he’ll be helping to coordinate the events in Gallup. At the end of Day 2 (May 19), the thunderous group of motorcycles – stretching 3 miles long on the road – will roll into town, after having been met by State Police and escorted from the Arizona border. At 3:30pm, the bikers will convene at the Courthouse Rotunda and Veterans’ Memorial for a welcoming ceremony including the Color Guard, National Anthem and Taps. RFTW riders will be able to participate in a Gourd Dance – traditionally a dance in which warriors honor warriors – and will be fed dinner before dispersing to their hotels and campgrounds for the night.

(For more information about the day’s festivities, see sidebar). NM State Police will continue to escort the riders throughout the state, even closing the I-40/I-25 interchange in Albuquerque to allow for a safe and smooth transition for the group as they travel toward Angel Fire, the next stop.

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In 1994, Ellis Tanner commissioned Navajo artist, Chester Kahn, to paint murals of prominent Navajos on the walls of his business, Ellis Tanner Trading Company. He wanted to inspire Navajo youth with positive role models while encouraging them to take pride in their culture, language, history, and traditions.

The seven-year mural project was completed in 2000 when Ellis established the non-profit organization, “Circle of Light.” The group’s objective is to foster a strong sense of cultural pride and self worth in Navajo youth and to continue their education, along with non-Navajos, about the rich history, culture, language, and positive contributions of the Navajo people. Please stop in to Ellis Tanner Trading Company and see the faces of Navajo achievement. Gallup Journey Magazine intends to feature a section of this mural every issue. For more information on the “Circle of Light” please call 505.726.8030 or go to www.navajocircleoflight.org.

Dr. Beulah Allen was the first Navajo woman doctor and was also the first Miss Navajo to be crowned at the Navajo Tribal Fair, 1952-53. She currently serves the Navajo people as the Medical Director at the Tsaile Indian Health Center, Tsaile, Arizona.

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Lit Crit Lite A look at some books available at your local public library

by Kari Heil

In many respects, this is a classic coming-of-age story, marvelously set against a backdrop of imaginary places and non-human companions.

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ummerland (2002) by Michael Chabon is a young adult novel worth reading as an adult. Especially with summer coming on, with baseball season and little league and all, this book is a great read for anyone 10 and up who will appreciate a fantastical adventure in an alternate dimension all wrapped up in a story about baseball, family, and a broken but beautiful world.

Why am I recommending a young adult pick? I like Summerland, even though it’s supposed to be tuned to readers between the ages of 10 and 18, because it’s well written, intricately detailed, and a page-turner with a warm message about hope. Chabon’s book is, on the one hand, a lighthearted fantasy tale with some laugh-out-loud moments, but it also has the bite of hard, heavy reality to it – dysfunctional families, shattered dreams, destructive commercial development, not to mention the imminent end of the world. While it is primarily plot-driven rather than character-driven, which is typical of young adult literature, Summerland is built on so many layers of myth and such richness of setting that I didn’t miss complex inwardness in the characters.

In fact, Chabon does suggest a degree of growth in his main character, 11-year-old Ethan Feld, who travels for a season through Summerland, a world parallel to the human world, with an itinerant baseball team comprised of fairies (ferishers), a giant, a Bigfoot, and talking animal-people (were-creatures). Ethan must find his kidnapped father, a nutty inventor, and learn to believe in himself in order to be

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the hero that folks in Summerland inexplicably expect him to be. Ethan begins his journey tentative and awkward, but learns to trust his friends and his own instincts.

In many respects, this is a classic coming-of-age story, marvelously set against a backdrop of imaginary places and non-human companions.

Ethan and his troop of misfits play baseball as they make their way through Summerland, but their main objective is to prevent Coyote, the trickster, the Changer, the charming and cunning devil, from poisoning the Tree that supports – that is – all life. Coyote is tired of the world and wants to end it. But Ethan and his friends still love the wretched and half-wrecked world; they want to keep trying, to continue playing the game, despite its unfairness, despite the hurt, grief, and loss that inevitably come with it. In the end, Ethan’s struggle through pain leads to restoration, reconciliation, and new hope for the bad old world.

Ironically, it is hapless, reluctant Ethan, the worst player on his little league team in his own world, who has the potential to save the universe from destruction – if only he can learn to wield his magic bat. It may seem hard to conceive of how baseball could save the world, but Chabon asks us to try, and it actually isn’t so hard once you get hooked on the book, even if you aren’t interested in baseball at all. I mean, why not a game of chance to decide the final outcome of the Story of everything that is? Why not a ragtag band facing off against wily, deceptive Coyote and his minions on Diamond Green? Chabon actually fairly successfully leads readers to imagine baseball as a kind of archetypal activity, a world-making and

world-breaking cycle upon which everything in the universe depends. In the bottom of the ninth, readers find out if Ethan can muster the inner strength to deliver a final desperate stroke with the power of wonder, hope, and trust – the power to break down walls and make the world a better place in which to live.

Some critics of Summerland complain that it borrows or echoes elements from too many diverse sources – Norse mythology, Native American tradition, American tall tales and folklore (think Paul Bunyan et al.), Homeric quest, classic children’s literature by Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, even J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books. One favorable reviewer says Summerland is a “seamless merger of A Wrinkle In Time [by Madeline L’Engle] and ‘Field of Dreams’” – which is a somewhat accurate, but incomplete assessment of the book. If the book is a little derivative, it seems to me that it is with a knowing wink from Chabon, an unabashed delight in how so many versions of the story of the world can fit together. Though Chabon’s book is chock-full of references to and resonances with other, earlier literature and oral traditions, it works out a rhythm of its own, and it’s quite fun to see how Chabon makes all the pieces fall into place in his own world-system. I think the wild mash-up of origin stories and Armageddon scenarios works in Summerland. Read the book and see for yourself if you think so, too.

Chabon’s second novel, Wonder Boys (1995), was made into a movie starring Michael Douglas in 2000. Chabon’s best-known novel for adults, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001. (I recommend this one, too!)

For the (younger) kiddos Hey Willy, See the Pyramids (1988) by Maira Kalman is a quirky and endearing bedtime story with more than a touch of the surreal about it. Okay, at first glance, it may seem just plain weird. But despite its weirdness, or maybe because of it, there’s something really special about this book! When Alexander can’t sleep, he asks his sister, Lulu, to tell him stories. The book is made up of eleven of Lulu’s very short stories (a few sentences each, at most), interspersed with a couple of groggy exchanges between brother and sister (on pages as black as a bedroom without a nightlight). The stories are, of course, the kind a person makes up when she is tired and just trying to get a child to go to sleep; they have a vague, disconnected, stream-of-consciousness manner and tone, and they incorporate certain parts of the children’s waking life, like their relatives and neighbors. The distortions, disproportions, and spatial displacements in Kalman’s wacky paintings are not off-putting or hard to look at; they are surprising and fascinating. It’s natural for a listener’s eyes to wander all around one of Kalman’s illustrations and focus on various different little corners or details while hearing each related story, like in a dream. The pictures are downright funny, to match the bizarre stories. There is good, gentle humor in the absurd, which is one reason why, at our house, we have read and reread this extraordinary book.

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ell the bad news is that we will have to wait a year to begin construction on the downtown development project. CARE 66 was not awarded Low Income Housing Tax Credits. We are very disappointed.

Our Plan B was a HUD Choice Neighborhood grant but we were disqualified for this also. We will probably reapply for a HUD Choice Neighborhood grant if we can find a project that fits the urban nature of this project.

Our plan is to fix the weaknesses identified in the current application and resubmit in 2012. We are also looking at other financing options but have not found any capital to make those options viable.

To find out more about CARE 66 go to www.care66.org, we also have a blog at http://care66.blogspot.com, which we have been known to update once in a while.

Sanjay can be reached at Sanjay@care66.org.

The Lexington begins the first step of renovation this month with asbestos abatement.

Sometime next month, once the asbestos has been cleared out we will begin the process of making it habitable. Stay tuned for more news.

In September we will have our second annual bicycle ride to raise money for CARE 66 and awareness about solutions to homelessness. If you would like to participate by riding, helping with logistics, or sponsoring the event, please email me or call me.

Also we are looking for a Chief Financial Officer. The job is outlined on our website and blog. Nonprofit accounting and housing experience or its equivalent would be critical components of a qualified candidate’s résumé. We are also always looking for board members.

If you are interested please send me an email to set up a meeting and talk.

Until next month stay well and do good!

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5th Annual Coral’s Memorial Dinner Saturday, May 7, 6:30-9:30pm Elk’s Lodge, Gallup On January 11, 2007 Sandra Garcia-Jochem lost her soul mate and best friend. The bond between her and the Pit Bull puppy was sealed at first sight. Despite the breed’s stereotypes, Coral was very loving to everyone she met.

In August 2002, Sandra found lumps in the area behind Coral’s knees.

Though blood tests came back normal, Sandra’s strong connection to Coral led her to six veterinarians within 18 months. In March 2004, a biopsy showed that Coral had malignant lymphoma. Sandra was devastated. Coral fought the disease for almost four-and-a-half years. She displayed so much courage, but the illness had taken its toll.

In memory of Coral, Sandra is hosting the 5th Annual Coral’s Memorial Dinner; all proceeds to benefit The McKinley County Humane Society.

Saturday, May 7, 6:30-9:30pm at the Elk’s Lodge (1201 Susan Ave.).

Event to include dinner, DJ, dance, silent auction, and ballroom dance performance. Attire is semi-formal. For information and tickets, please call Sandra 870-6272, Donna 870-1411 or Gillian 863-6134.

We’ve been spending as much time outside lately as we can. In spite of the wind, we’ve had some really beautiful days in Gallup! Every day the buds on the trees and sprouts in the gardens are growing and opening a bit more. In preparation for summer’s growth, many people will want to be out collecting the dead leaves, branches and weeds from their yards. Composting is a great option for small amounts of yard waste, but if you do some major spring cleaning, you could take advantage of free yard waste collection during the month of May. Just for this month, the Solid Waste Department is offering free yard waste collection to those who receive weekly trash pickup in Gallup. Once during the month, residents can call to dispose of yard waste: leaves, branches, weeds, etc. (as long as the waste is bagged up). To take advantage of this service, you’re encouraged to call 8631212 to make an appointment for pickup. They will try to coordinate with your normal trash day, so call at the start of the week. Hours are 7am4pm, but leave a message with your name, address and phone number to tell them when your yard waste will be ready.

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May 6, 5:30pm Comfort Suites Everyone is invited! The Comfort Suites is proud to announce our first ever Youth Art Show/Fundraiser. The event will be May 6, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Comfort Suites – 3940 E. Historic Hwy 66 – in Gallup.

We will have live music, refreshments, raffle drawing and plenty of wonderful art to look at. The money raised for this event will go directly to the Downtown Youth Art Project (see April’s Gallup Journey) and the Comfort Suites “Relay for Life” team to help the American Cancer Society. We want to make this a fantastic event for the kids and of course to raise money for two very good causes. So again, please set aside a couple hours on May 6 to support the Downtown Youth Art Project and the American Cancer Society. If you have any questions, you can call Ken at the Comfort Suites at 863-3445 or Mr. Steve Heil at 721-3300.

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Gallup Pilots Attend Monument Valley Balloon Event Early last month, Navajo Parks & Recreation hosted its first Hot Air Balloon Event at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. Gallup pilots Bill Lee and Bill Noe were among the 15 pilots invited to attend the inaugural event. Due to windy weather conditions, only one launch was possible of the two that were planned, but according to Lee, “It was an amazing flight.” Lee looks forward to returning next year, but did mention that the event may be rescheduled to avoid the spring winds. Congratulations to Lee and Noe for being among the elite group chosen to fly in such a breathtaking location!

Save Space in the Landfill!

Recycle Light Strands, Extension & Computer Cords It’s spring cleaning time! As you go through your items to discard you may find Christmas tree lights that no longer work, the bulbs are no longer available that fit that strand, or maybe you have decided to replace your traditional light strands with energy-efficient LED (light-emitting diode) lights. Don’t throw out your old light strands. Recycle them!

If you haven’t noticed, there has been a steady rise in recycled metal prices. The cost of mining raw metals has risen, as well. What we used to throw away as non-consequential bits of metal wire are now in demand. What we throw away has always had value, but within the last several years metal recyclers have started asking for light strands, extension and computer cords that are burned out, broken, or no longer wanted.

Light strands are not just for Christmas. Retailers have been promoting the use of those little lights for all holidays and celebrations (birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, weddings) and just because they look nice and add a decorative touch in or on your home. Many more are being marketed and, therefore, many more burn out finding their way into the trash.

In order to curtail this flow to the landfill, The Community Pantry (1130 E. Hasler Valley Road) will be accepting your outdated, worn out, unwanted, broken light strands, along with extension and computer cords year round. Call Hilda Kendall or Jim Harlin at the pantry (726-8068 / Tuesday-Friday) for more information about this collaborative effort with Wise Recycling (Albuquerque), the McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council, and Connections, Inc.

After three sold-out performances and rave reviews on the Old School Gallery stage in November 2010, the cast and crew are taking the Sordid Lives show to Gallup for two more memorable evenings. The El Morro Area Arts Council’s Theater Group will present Del Shores’s adult comedy Sordid Lives on stage at the historic El Morro Theater on Friday and Saturday, May 20 and 21.

The stage play Sordid Lives is a hilarious comedy that puts the FUN in dysFUNctional, as relatives of a Texas redneck family converge for the funeral of Grandma Peggy who accidentally died after tripping over her lover’s wooden legs in a “two-bit” motel room! Toss in a couple of feuding, big-haired daughters, a jumpy aunt who just quit smoking, the handsome actor son in Hollywood struggling to come out to his mother and family, and the institutionalized, cross-dressing, Tammy Wynette wannabe called Brother Boy, and you’ve got an outrageous “train wreck you can’t help but watch!”

ADULT THEME - ADULT LANGUAGE! Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Tickets are available at the El Morro Theater, Sammy C’s, the Old School Gallery, or online at www. oldschoolgallery.org.

Octavia Fellin Public Library Events in May Back by popular demand: Free Ancestry.com classes will be held at the main library on Wednesday, May 4 at 6:30pm and Thursday, May 5 at 10am. This is the largest consumer online genealogy resource available today. Registration is required. Classes are limited to 8 participants. To enroll please call the library at (505) 863-1291 ext. 14021 or email: libref@ci.gallup.nm.us.

Planning your summer vacation and wondering how to proceed? You will want to attend free training on two library databases that will make preparing for and taking your vacation a smooth process. A to Z Maps is the world’s largest database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month. Global Road Warrior is the ultimate travel guide. Learn country facts, climate, society and culture, money and travel essentials, points of interest, transportation, terms, and much more! Classes will be held at the main library on Tuesday, May 17 at 5:30pm and Thursday, May 18 at 9am. Registration is required. Seating is limited to 8. Please call the library at 863-1291 ext. 14016 or email libsuper@ci.gallup.nm.us

The Library’s 5th Annual Poetry Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 14 at 3pm in the main library. All are invited listen to an assortment of poems using a variety of styles written by Gallup’s own, 2nd grade through adulthood. Entertainment will include Spanish classical guitar. Light refreshments will be served. Who is your favorite poet? Please let us know by emailing library@ci.gallup.nm.us Summer Breezes come your way on Tuesday, May 24, 6:30 – 7:30pm on the patio of the main library. Bring your beach chair and enjoy the sound of Merlin Yazzie on acoustic guitar. Feel free to bring water or soft drinks. A great way to spend a gentle evening waiting for the stars to come out.

Coming Attractions: Watch for “School’s Out for Summer,” an Alice Cooper Tribute, Summer Family Carnival, Surprise Home Makeover for Sage the turtle and a Harry Potter Special Adventure all at Octavia Fellin Public Library!

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May Community Calendar

Sunday ONGOING

Sunday MTB Ride meets at mile marker 3 trail head on NM 400, 7 miles south of I-40, Exit 33.

During months when the forest is inaccessible this ride meets at the East Trail Head of the High Desert Trail System.

Support Class for Parents of Teens at First United Methodist Church from 6:30-7:30pm. Info: 8634512.

Poetry Group, call Jack for more information (including location) at 783-4007.

Psychic Playtime with RedWulf at the Old School Gallery 1st and 3rd Sundays, 7-9:30pm. Tarot, drum journeys and more tools to explore your inner self. $1 donation. Info: RedWulf @ 505-7834612.

Plateau Science Society meets the 3rd Sunday of every month at the Red Mesa Center at 2:30pm.

Tai Chi at Old School Gallery, 9:30am. Info: Reed at 783-4067.

Fiber Arts Group 1:30 pm at the Old School Gallery. Call for schedule of classes 783-4710.

Coyote Canyon Women’s Sweat Lodge Ceremony on Sundays, 1-4pm, potluck dinner. Located 3 miles east of Highway 491, Route 9 junction, 1 mile south of Route 9. The ceremony is for wellness, stress reduction, purification and cultural sensitivity. All women are welcomed. For more information, call 505 870-3832.

Chronic Pain and Chronic Illness 12 Step Support group. Meets every Sunday from 4-5 PM at the First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive, front entrance conference room. For info call 863-5928 or chronicpainanonymous.org.

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St. Michael Indian School Annual Bazaar, 11am-6pm. Fun for the entire family including a $2000 grand prize raffle, great food, inflatable obstacle course, basketball throw, craft sale, book fair, and more! For more information, visit smis1902.org.

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A Taize worship service is held on the second Sunday of the month at 4PM at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Boardman Drive. This hour service is offered by the ecumenical community to renew one’s spirits and soothe one’s souls through scripture, prayer, chant, and silence.

For more information call Linda 905-5254.

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Gallup National Off Road Race, at Gallup OHV Park May 28-29.

Bikes, quads and UTVs racing, freestyle show, live music and fireworks! Come out and have fun with the whole family!

For more information, check out www. redrockmotorsports.com.

Monday ONGOING

Tuesday ONGOING

Battered Families Services, Inc. has a women’s support group that meets weekly. A children’s support group is available at the same time for children six years of age and older. Info: 7226389.

Preschool Story Time, 11am at the Children’s Library. For more information, call 726-6120.

Codependents Anonymous, 6pm at First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive, library room. Info: Liz at 863-5928.

RMCHCS Diabetes Education Classes – First four Tuesdays of the month, starting at 6pm. RMCHCS 2nd floor library. For more information, call 7266918.

Tai Chi Chuan with Monika & Urs Gauderon at Old School Gallery, east of Ramah on Hwy 53, at 5PM. $50/month. Info: Monika @ 775-3045.

Community Yoga, beginner/athletic beginner level.

6:20 pm, Catholic Charities/CIC. 506 W. Rte. 66.

Info: Chris at 505 870-4112.

“Teen Survivors of Dating and Domestic Violence” support group meeting, 6:30-8:30pm.

Info: 722-6389.

Ladies’ MTB ride at High Desert Trail System starting at Gamerco trailhead at 6PM. Come to exercise, socialize, and have fun!

Sustainable Energy Board meeting in the Mayor’s Conference Room, 3-5pm, on the fourth Monday of each month. For info/agenda, email brightideas98@gmail.com.

Capoeira classes offered at Foundations of Freedom Dance Studio, Mondays and Thursdays at 8pm, $5. For more information, call Chelsea at 808 344-1417.

Zumba Fitness Dance Class at Foundations of Freedom Dance Studio (115 W. Coal) at 6:30pm.

For more information email zumbagallup@ yahoo.com or call Stephanie at (814) 282-6502.

Capoeira Classes at Foundations of Freedom Dance Studio, Mondays and Thursdays at 8pm.

For information, contact Chelsea 808-344-1417 or capoeiraguerreirosnewmexico@yahoo.com.

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Roman Strip Workshop at Gallup Service Mart, 6pm – 9pm. $15 pattern included. This is a great “comfortable beginners” project – you should be familiar with rotary cutting before taking this class. In this class you will be learning a great short cut technique to make scrappy triangle squares.

Instructor: Lisa Byker Level: Confident Beginner. For more information, call 7229414.

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Quilt Club at Gallup Service Mart, 7pm-9pm. Free Come join other quilters in the area to share projects you are working on or have completed. For more information call 722-9414.

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Dresden Plate Workshop at Gallup Service Mart, 6pm – 9pm, $15 includes pattern. Here is a block pattern that will allow you to use your scraps of fabrics to make a pillow, wall hanging or quilt. Come learn how to piece and appliqué while making the Dresden Plate block. Instructor: Eleanor Moeller Level: Confident Beginner/ Intermediate. For more information, call 722-9414.

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Tai-Chi Taught by Monika Gauderon at RMCH Vanden Bosch Clinic. 6pm for beginners. $60/ month.

Yoga at Old School Gallery, 9:30am. Everyone welcome. Info: 783-4710.

Adult chess club at Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe in Gallup, 5-7pm.

Gallup Al-Anon meetings at First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive (next to GIMC).

Tuesdays at 12 noon and Thursdays at 7pm in Conference Room #1.

Zumba Fitness Dance Class at Foundations of Freedom Dance Studio (115 W. Coal) at 6:30pm.

For more information email zumbagallup@ yahoo.com or call Stephanie at (814) 282-6502.

Red Rock Chapter ABATE of NM (American Bikers Aimed Towards Education) meets every 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm at Gallup Fire Station #2 (911 N. 9th St.). For more information, call (505) 409-5311, 863-9941 or 870-0951.

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Please join us at an Open House to learn more about the Bachelor of Business Administration. Earn this degree close to home at the UNM Gallup campus! A BBA degree opens doors for careers in business, politics, local, state & federal government agencies. Locations to be determined. RSVP: Call 505-863-7554 for session attendance.

15th Annual Journey to Wellness “Walking Together For Healthier Nations.” Chichiltah/ Jones Ranch Community School Health Fair with fun run/walk at 5:30pm and line dancing/ aerobics/zumba, etc. from 2 to 7pm. For more information, call Colleen at 505-722-1593.

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15th Annual Journey to Wellness “Walking Together For Healthier Nations.”

Red Rock Park (in conjunction with DV Youth Conference). Walk/Run starts at 5:30pm. For more information, call Colleen at 505-722-1593.

Beginning Sewing – Part 2 at Gallup Service Mart, 6pm – 9pm, (continuation from April class , June 14th Part 3) Part 2 will cover how to read a pattern – clothing and quilting, answer questions about your sewing machine or sewing projects and discuss what project to complete during the June class. For more information, call 722-9414.

Learn about the Transcendental Meditation program, founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, with a FREE introductory lecture at Gallup Public Library at 6:00pm. For more information, call 800 635 7173 or go to info@ tmwomenprofessionals.org.

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GIMC Health Promotion Department announces 2011 Just Move It series at Tohatchi Elementary School at 6pm (registration starts at 4:30pm). For more information, call Colleen at 505-722-1593.

Quilt As You Go – Part 2 at Gallup Service Mart, 6pm-9pm (continuation from April class). This class will teach the quilt as you Go Technique to put the blocks made in the April class together.

For more information, call 722-9414.

Wednesday ONGOING

Cancer support group, for information call 8633075 or 863-6140.

Explore & Expand at 11am at the Children’s Library. For more information, call 726-6120.

Join the weekly mountain biking crew. Meet at 6pm at the east trail head of the High Desert Trail System. Everyone welcome. For more information, call 505-722-7030.

Gallup Solar Group open community meetings.

6pm at 113 E. Logan. For more information, call Be at 726-2497.

Youth Group Meeting, “THE LOFT”, at First Baptist Church from 7-8pm. Info: 722-4401.

Spay-Neuter Discount Clinic for Low Income Pet Owners at the Gallup McKinley County Humane Society, N. Highway 491. Call 863-2616 for an appointment.

Habitat for Humanity work sessions. Call 7224226 for times & locations.

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2011 Women’s Health Conference “It’s Your Time,” 8:00am-4:45pm at the Howard Johnson Hotel with Women’s Health Workshops, FREE Health Screenings, FREE HIV Testing and Door Prizes. A Free Incentive will be given for a full day’s attendance. To register or for more information please call (505) 722-1741.

Sponsored by the Navajo Health Education Program.

GIMC Health Promotion Department announces 2011 Just Move It series at Fort Wingate Elementary School at 6pm (registration starts at 4:30pm). For more information, call Colleen at 505-722-1593.

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GIMC Health Promotion Department announces 2011 Just Move It series at Chee Dodge Elementary School at 6pm (registration starts at 4:30pm). For more information, call Colleen at 505-7221593.

May Community Calendar Friday

Thursday ONGOING

Moms Supporting Moms at Church Rock School, 9-11:30am.

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The weekly Old-Fashioned Hootenanny, at Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe, every Thursday, starting at 6:30PM. Acoustic musicians are welcome to sit in with the regular players.

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Overeaters Anonymous meeting at 11 am, at the First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive, Movies & Music, 4:00 pm at the Children’s Library. For more information, call 726-6120. library room. Info: Liz 505-863-5928.

After-school special activities, 4pm at the Children’s Library. For more information, call Beginner Belly Dance Classes at the Founda726-6120. tions of Freedom Dance Studio, 115 W. Coal High Desert Mesa Workgroup meets to scrapbook Ave. 6pm-7pm. $5 per class. Benefits include stress relief, improved posture/muscle tone, and more Thursdays 1-3pm at the Rehoboth Post Office. Info: LaVeda 722-9029. strengthening, and boost in self-confidence!

AL-ANON support group for family and friends of alcoholics. Every Thursday at 7pm, first United Methodist Church (library). Info: 1-888-4ALANON or www.al-anon.alateen.org.

Saturday

Sports Page hosting GLBT Night every Friday! Friday nights will be a place to celebrate and be yourself! For more information contact: Raiff Arviso; rca87121@gmail.com, Sports Page - 1400 S. 2nd St, Gallup, NM (505) 722-3853.

Preschool Story Time, 11am and Crafty Kids, 3:00pm at the Children’s Library. For more information, call 726-6120.

Habitat for Humanity work sessions. Call 722-4226 for times & locations.

High Desert Mesa Workgroup meets to scrapbook and more Saturdays 10am-1pm at the Rehoboth Post Office. Info: LaVeda 722-9029.

Group road bike ride, starts at Sammy C’s downtown at 2pm. Info: Lloyd at 970-946-6155.

Capoeira Classes at Foundations of Freedom Dance Studio. Kids’ class 12-1:30, adults’ class 1:30-3:00. For information, contact Chelsea 808-344-1417 or capoeiraguerreirosnewmexico@yahoo.com

Toastmasters at Earl’s Restaurant, 6:30am. Info: Dale at 722-9420.

Substance Abuse Support Group, CASA, at Gallup Church of Christ, 7pm. Info: Darrel at 863-5530.

FREE Yard Waste Pick Up once during the month of May

Yoga at Old School Gallery, 9:30am. Info: 7834710.

Leaves, branches, and weeds must be bagged and ready at the curb.

Call the Solid Waste Department at 863-1212 to schedule your pick-up.

Community Yoga, beginner/athletic beginner level. 6:20 pm, Catholic Charities/CIC. 506 W. Rte. 66. Info: Gene at 505-728-8416.

Gallup Al-Anon meetings at First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive (next to GIMC). Tuesdays at 12 noon and Thursdays at 7pm in Conference Room #1.

Divorce Care Support Group, Thursdays at 7pm.

Location to be determined. For more information, call or email Dan at 505 878-2821 or dkruis@ yahoo.com.

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CINCO DE MAYO

In June . . . Relay for Life Event

A∆K’s- Mother Hubbard’s Team presents Concert of Gallup Musicians, Friday, June 3 at 7:00pm at First United Methodist Church - 1800 Redrock Drive. All Donations benefit Relay for Life (American Cancer Society). Come support the fight against cancer!

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Please join us for the first Four Corners Education Summit, an event to build Lean & Green 101 - Learn green concepts, partnerships across the Four Corners in order to achieve a common vision of success for our key environmental issues and the students. With Quinton Roman Nose, TEDNA components of sustainability. 8:00am 3:00pm at San Juan College, Farmington - President, NIEA President-Elect, and Robert Cook, Former NIEA President, appointee to Quality Business Center, (4601 College the NACIE Board, and Managing Director Blvd., 87402). For More Information, of Teach For America’s Native Achievement email denisew@newmexicomep.org or Initiative. 9am to 5pm at Gallup, New call (505) 860-9961. Public workshop Mexico at the University of New Mexicocost is $350 per person. Any small/ medium business may qualify for funding Gallup.

assistance through the New Mexico Small Youth Art Show to benefit Relay For Life Business Assistance (NMSBA) program at Comfort Suites, 5:30pm. For more with Sandia and Los Alamos National information, read G-Town story.

Laboratories.

15th Annual Journey to Wellness “Walking Together For Healthier Nations.” Twin Lakes Elementary School Health Fair with fun run/walk and zumba-aerobics jam session from 5 to 8pm. For more information, call Colleen at 505-722-1593.

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Rehoboth Christian and Gallup Catholic Schools Artist in Residence program culminating exhibition at Gallup Cultural Center, 5-8pm, May 12 & 14.

For more information, read story on p. 42.

2nd Thursday of the month Survivors of Homicide Support Group meets 6-8pm.

For more information, call Deborah Yellowhorse-Brown at 870-6126.

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10th Annual Celebración de Cinco de Mayo featuring Tobias Rene in concert at El Morro Theater. Show at 8pm, doors open at 7pm.

Tickets are $30 at the door, $25 in advance available at Comcast, Millennium Media and Gurley Motors.

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Crownpoint Rug Weavers Association Auction at Crownpoint Elementary School. Viewing at 4 – 6:30 PM, auction at 7 – 10 PM. For more information, visit www.Crownpointrugauction.com.

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Witness the Godfather of Albuquerque’s Noise Scene Raven Chacon and Yellow Crystal Star. All-ages show! 7pm at Thoreau Community Center (19 Paradise Lane Thoreau, NM 87323) $5. For more information, call (505) 862-7590 or go to www.spiderwebsinthesky.com/ or http:// yellowcrystalstar.weebly.com/.

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10th Annual Celebración de Cinco de Mayo free downtown show from 11am to 3pm in Millennium Media West Parking Lot at 3rd and Aztec, featuring Al Romero Band, food, booths, 8th Annual Taco Bell Taco Eating Contest (2pm). For more information, call 863-6851, ext. 10.

McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council meets regularly on the first Saturday of the month. Next meeting at 2pm at 508 Sandstone Place in the Indian Hills subdivision.

5th Annual Coral’s Memorial Dinner to benefit the McKinley County Humane Society. At the Elk’s Lodge, 6:30-9:30. For more information, read G-Town story.

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The Navajo Zoo in Window Rock, AZ will be hosting its largest event of the year . . .

ZOO FEST! This event will run from 9am to 5pm at the Navajo Nation Zoo along Hwy 264, behind the Navajo Nation Museum. This will be a Free Event for children of all ages. Come and enjoy the inflatable rides, games & crafts, face painting, story telling, and much more! Food and drinks will be available for sale. For more information, call The Navajo Zoo at 928-871-6574.

Octavia Fellin Public Library’s 5th Annual Poetry Awards Ceremony at 3pm. For more information, read G-Town story.

ARTS CRAWL DOWNTOWN GALLUP, 7-9 PM. ART 123, at 123 Coal Ave., is hosting a participatory art event, 7-9pm.

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Gallup National Off Road Race, at Gallup OHV Park May 28-29. Bikes, quads and UTVs racing, freestyle show, live music and fireworks! Come out and have fun with the whole family! For more information, check out www.redrockmotorsports.com.

NAN GLBT & Allies Summer Gathering, May 27-29 at Kamp Kiwanis Park (15 miles South of Gallup, NM) in Vanderwagen, NM. FREE event!! Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender & Allies community welcome! For more info contact NAN 505 863 9929.

Del Shores’s Sordid Lives, an adult-themed play, being performed May 20 & 21 at El Morro Theater.

For more information, read G-Town story.

Run For The Wall and National 9/11 Flag Ceremonies at the Courthouse Rotunda and Veterans’ Memorial in Gallup starting at 10am. For more information, read Del Shores’s Sordid Lives, an adult-themed play, being performed May 20 & 21 at El story on p. 42.

Morro Theater. For more information, read G-Town story.

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Capoeira Guerreiros event with invited guests: Contra Mestre George do Palamares, Instructor Papito will have an open roda and Capoeira workshops for all ages. May 27 – open roda, May 28 – workshops starting at 12pm, Foundations of Freedom Dance Studio. For information contact Chelsea 808-344-1417 or capoeiraguerreirosnewmexico@yahoo.com.

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Opinion 1. What do you like to do on a sunny spring day?

2. When was Gallup founded?

3. What is your favorite smell?

4. Do you think they should build an In-N-Out Burger in Gallup?

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Go motorcycle riding 1850 Frying bacon Yes

Hang out outside I have no idea Home-cooked meals Yes

Michael 1. Go to the mountains 2. I don’t know 3. Pine pitch (the smell of a Christmas tree) 4. No, local restaurants only

Romona 1. Play in the yard 2. I don’t know 3. Chocolate candy 4. Yeah, that would be nice

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Clean the yard 1807 Chocolate Yes

Amy 1. I just stay indoors and relax 2. 1886 3. Sharpies 4. Neh

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5/28-29 44 Annual Ralph Johnson Memorial Rodeo Ganado, AZ Info: 505 733 2020 www.ralphjohnsonmemorialrodeo.com th

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Lounge, relax 1889 Vanilla No, then I’ll have no reason to go to California

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RODEO 5/1 AZ vs. NM Bull Riding Challenge Vanderwagen, NM Boyd’s Arena Info: 505 726 8258

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5/29 MegaBucks Bull Riding Challenge Gallup, NM Red Rock Park Info: 505 778 5248 or 505 728 4889 6/15, 16, 17 and 18 63rd Annual Gallup Lions Club Rodeo Red Rock Park info: galluplionsclubrodeo.com 7/10 Braxton Duboise Chute Out Manuelito, NM Info: 505 713 7522 or 505 236 2173

Dance in my garden I don’t know Fried chicken Yes I do

Work 1914… I don’t know West end of Gallup No

To see your event listed on the Rodeo Schedule, please email: gallupjourney@ yahoo.com or send via snail mail to: 202 east hill avenue, gallup, nm 87301

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Hillerman, daughter of the late Tony Hillerman, and her husband Mr. Don Strel taking a break at the Comfort Suites .

2. Molly Maguire-Marshall and Kelly Seibert visit Machu Picchu, in Peru! We had just climbed Wayna Picchu, the tall peak in the background, and come down to explore the ruins.

4. Ebony, Hope, Auntie Debbie, Alycia Rodriguez, Peter Rodriguez, John-O, Lorraine, and Destiny at a Miss Barstow (California) Pageant Talent Contest.

3. Award winning author Ms. Anne

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6. Jim Kitchens reads the Journey with friends on a weekend on Sapelo Island, Georgia.

7. Jefferson students from Mrs. DeArmond & Ms. Willie’s 5th grade classes read the Gallup Journey while on a field trip to the New Mexico State Capitol.

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This Is My Bull Riding Event Founder

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ye Arviso has been involved in rodeo since he was 3 years old – it’s all he ever wanted to do. He’s a former Navajo Nation champion bull rider and has 30 years of experience in the industry. Unfortunately, in 2003 he broke five bones in his back. After that, he just didn’t have the passion or the focus to get back on a bull. But he still couldn’t leave the sport altogether.

In 2007, Arviso founded the MegaBucks Bull Riding Challenge. For four consecutive years, the event took place in Vanderwagen, New Mexico and continued to gain the support and interest of some of the best bull riders in the Four Corners area. Now, in its fifth and largest year, Arviso has moved the event to Red Rock Park and is planning a top-notch show that will impress bull riders and fans alike.

Arviso is a full-time dialysis technician working in Zuni, but he’s been using every free moment since January on the phone and in the car in order to meet with business owners, potential sponsors, and make arrangements for the event. Since 2007, Arviso’s estimated costs have grown from $4000 to $20,000, but he’s dedicated to bringing another professional event with top-caliber bucking stock and a high level of competition to the area. The top two riders will qualify for Wild Thing Championship Bull Riding and the top rider will win more than $4000.

Richardson’s Trading Co. Since 1913

505.722.4762 • 505.722.9424 fax • rtc@cnetco.com 222 W. Hwy. 66 • Gallup, NM 87301 www.richardsontrading.com

*Times are for a 40 yard dash

Arviso loves the rodeo culture and competitive spirit and camaraderie that go with it. He’s convinced of the talent that bull riders from this area possess and wants to provide an opportunity for them to compete against other great riders and build their confidence. “You may not be the most skilled or athletic, but if you believe in yourself, you can be a great bull rider.”

MegaBucks Bull Riding Challenge will take place at Red Rock Park on Sunday, May 29 at 8:00pm. There will be a Cowboy Church service at 6:30pm, preceding the event, with Cowboy Preacher, Rome Wager. All parking and concession revenue will go to Rehoboth and Zuni Christian Schools.

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Wanna Get Faster?

Speed Training Program is three times per week for eight weeks.

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