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Progress for You El Morro Theater Annex
• State-of-the-art projection and audio system upgrades for main theater • New men’s and women’s dressing rooms • Improved loading and stage facilities for live entertainment
• Two new flexible conference rooms with multimedia capabilities and pre-function space • ADA improvements
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12 2014 Senior of the Year 17 A Story My Grandfather Told 32 Mt. Taylor Snow 34 Crumby Bread Co. 40 Cougar Encounters 50 Believe Gallup Solar 52 To Sleep & Beyond 62 Done Locally: Making Belts
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14 Driving Impressions 20 DIYG (Do It Yourself, Gallup) 22 8 Questions 23 Who Am I? 24 Words of Wellness 26 West by Southwest 28 Money & You 36 Reflections 38 Memories of Gallup 42 The Four Green Fields 44 Lit Crit Lite
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Senior of the Year: Gene Pacheco Voted Gallup’s 2014 Senior of the Year
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here are a host of reasons why we here in Gallup love Gene Pacheco, not the least of which is his work ethic; although from humble beginnings, the man is your typical American, bootstrap story, working his way up to a successful local business owner, and generous local giver. When Gene Pacheco was 13 years old, he decided he needed a job. The oldest of four hungry boys from a family of humble farmers, he was accustomed to hard work, as his dad had been taking him to labor in the fields with him since he was 9 or 10. So young Gene took himself down to the local Valley Oil Service Station in Bloomfield, NM on his way home from school and asked the owner for a job cleaning windows, or whatever he might have for him to do. The owner took one look at the kid, his short stature that would barely reach the windows, and told him that if he would clean up the junk-filled empty lot next to the service station, he would give him a job, and then thought the matter was over. Over the next few weeks and months, however, while all his buddies went home after school, or over to the baseball field for a game or two, Gene slowly cleared that impossible lot of all its junk, one slow heartbreaking afternoon after another. Until finally he emptied that lot of all its tires, car parts, dead batteries, years of refuse, and the owner kept his word, giving Gene a job pumping gas, cleaning windshields, and even supplied a stool for him so he could reach the oil sticks to check customers’ oil. From that point on, it was Gene Pacheco’s dream to own his own service stations. “The guy was working all the time,” says Gene’s younger brother Tobe, who currently lives in Albuquerque. “When Dad used to take Gene around with him to work as a farmer with him all day, I don’t think he ever complained. Later, I got to play baseball and such, but he was never able to.” In high school, Gene was trusted enough to drive a fuel delivery truck for Valley Oil, driving the shorter bobtail truck all over Bloomfield’s surrounding countryside. He never made it to college, getting drafted into the army instead, and shipped off to Germany for his first go-round. When he returned, his company had changed, and instead of getting his old job back, Gene was told he was getting sent to Gallup. “I asked them, ‘Is there any other place you can send me?’” Gene chuckles
from his Mossman home. But Gene moved to Gallup in 1960, thinking he would make the best of it, and has moved away just once in the last 54 years, when he was called back into the army for the Berlin Crisis in 1961. When he came back to Gallup a year later, he eventually met Corrine, his beloved wife, and they married in 1967, making him an instant father to Corrine’s two sons from her previous marriage to Emilio Esparza, an electrician electrocuted on the job. “I wanted to go on the honeymoon with them!” says Kenneth (Tinker) Esparza, who was nine when his mother married Gene. “I always say ‘God took my father, but He gave me another in return.’ He’s my dad and I love him. Actually, he’s more than a dad – he’s my best friend.” Gene continued to work delivering petroleum to service stations all over the Four Corners area, sometimes driving through 6 inches of snow to get it there, and slowly moving up the El Paso Products, and later Shell Oil, ladder, respected for his integrity and work ethic already then. “A lot of those guys [Gene worked with] had college degrees,” adds Brent Pacheco, Gene and Corrine’s youngest of the three sons, “but his actions spoke louder than the piece of paper, I guess.” When Gene’s dream did come true and he was able to purchase the local Rogers Oil with his business partner Bob Rogers, making it Pacheco-Rogers Oil Company in 1973, he treated his employees of the seven area service stations they ran with the same honor his first boss had bestowed upon him as a kid. “He always trusted his employees,” recalls Brent. “They were good to him, and he was good to them.” Self-educated in financial matters, and a stickler for cleanliness, Gene made sure to pay his employees weekly, and kept his stations closed on holidays so his employees could spend time with their families. However, if an employee ever did want to work a holiday to make overtime plus commission on gas sold that day, Gene would make a plate from his own family holiday meal and drive it to the employee while they worked. “His employees became family,” Brent says, “but if they moved on to other things, he was always happy for them, happy they had excelled; he always wanted the best for them.” Brent and the family still have Gallup residents come up to them at community gatherings, telling them how Gene was “the best boss I ever had,” and how much they appreciate all he did for them as an employer, or as a financial coach and backer of their business endeavors. Besides caring for his employees, Gene took care of his customers, personally guaranteed everything his stations sold – from Shell gasoline, to tires and batteries – that it was the best on the market. He didn’t cut any corners, but saved money the old fashioned way: when other gas services drove the latest and greatest vehicles, Gene put
“It’s just in me – if someone needs a quarter and I have it, I’ll give it to him.”
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his on a maintenance plan and drove them a little longer. Only a year after he got into the gas business, the oil crisis of 1973 occurred, causing gas rationing and shortages all over the United States. But somehow, thanks to his connections all over the Southwest, and his work ethic, Gene managed to keep all his stations filled. Often when the gas truck was coming in late, Gene would meet the trucks himself when they arrived at 1 or 2 A.M., make sure everything was delivered as promised, sign the papers, and send the driver on his way. Yet he would be back at work the next morning before the kids got up for school. “He was always a good provider for our family,” Brent adds. “It wasn’t a big deal when he met those trucks at 1:30 in the morning – it was just his job. He didn’t want recognition for it.” And so Gallup appreciates Gene for the honest and caring employer that he was, providing hundreds of jobs to Gallup citizens who otherwise might have had nothing. But we also appreciate him for all he’s done for our community in his retirement. After he sold his business in 1998 and wasn’t working such long hours anymore, Gene could join the Gallup Elks Lodge, volunteer with the Community Service Center, help out the city with beautification projects. He planted the trees on the northwest and southwest corners of Maloney and Ford Drive/State Hwy 609, across from the Community Food Pantry. He has delivered food baskets with the Elks every Thanksgiving season, often stocked with food he paid for out of his own pockets and quietly donated. “It’s always nice to deliver, especially when the kids see the food and candy,” Gene smiles. “It’s always great to see them. We get names of people who might need help from the schools, some teachers help us, through word of mouth.” Every Friday night for the last number of years, Gene made all the salads at the Elk Lodge’s fundraiser suppers, again donating most of the ingredients himself. “We called them the ‘best salad around.’ He’s just a wonderful man,” says Mary Ann Armijo, who worked with him through the Elks and the Democratic Party. “Any time anybody needs any kind of help he’s always there. If I need a ride [with my poor eyesight], I can call Gene. A lot of people would think I’m a bother, but even if I call Gene at the last minute, he says, ‘Don’t worry, Mary Ann, I’ll be there in 15 minutes.’” A life-long Ford fan – of anything made in America – and Democrat, Gene has been the long-time secretary/treasurer for the McKinley County Democratic Party. Too committed to his family and business to run for any office himself, though at one time nominated for the New Mexico State Police Commission, Gene worked on several Democratic campaigns, including Governor Toney Anaya’s election as New Mexico’s 26th governor back in 1983. “I feel the Democratic Party is for the working man, and I’ve always worked,” Gene says simply. But Gene carries the Party philosophy over into his personal life as well, generously handing out money or work to anyone he sees in need, another reason Gallup citizens appreciate him and voted him Gallup Senior of the Year. “If he’s not drunk, and if I see it’s not for booze, you bet I’ll help,” he says. “It’s just in me – if someone needs a quarter and I have it, I’ll give it to him. I grew up poor – I will help if I can.” With all these gifts from Gene that we in Gallup have enjoyed, however, Gene seems best loved for his sense of humor and his love for playing jokes and crank calls on friends and family, one of the few hobbies he allowed himself over the years. “Grandpa Gene has the most amazing sense of humor,” says Emilio Esparza, Gene’s grandson who recently moved to Las Vegas, NV. “Two months ago he crank called me and left a message, talking like he worked for the Navajo Nation in Crownpoint and how I shouldn’t live in Vegas ’cause it’s too crazy up there, and he started talking in Navajo – he knows a fair amount of Navajo – how I should live in Crownpoint, because it’s beautiful there!” Over the years, Gene has played his good-natured jokes on his grandkids, his Gallup neighbors, his wife’s bowling buddies, his friends he still meets every morning for coffee at McDonald’s. “Grandpa Gene instilled in us to really enjoy life, but to also work really hard, and enjoy what you have,” Emilio adds. “Work hard for your money, and spend it wisely, but enjoy life!”
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By Greg Cavanaugh
D r i v i n g IMPRESSIONS Toyota’s new corolla comes dressed for the party 2014 Toyota Corolla S
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here’s no hiding the fact the Toyota Corolla hasn’t been the most, shall we say, passionate of cars out on the out road (to say the least!). As an everyday driving appliance, the Corolla seemed to scream, “I’ve just graduated from college and got my first real job . . . so I bought something sensible.” No offense to those of you that actually did buy a Corolla fresh out of the college, because your father steered you well in purchasing a reliable, efficient, completely un-offensive first ride. Toyota, on the other hand, seemed to be feeling the squeeze on its market share in the compact car segment from other contenders with sexier waistlines and visions of athleticism. In a rather atypical move for Toyota, a company renowned for its penchant for incremental improvements and styling changes, Toyota went for left field when designing the new for 2014 Corolla and it has little, if any, resemblance to the last version – and this is a good thing. With a somewhat Dodge Dart-ish profile and look, stylistically the new Corolla has stepped considerably forward from last year’s model. My test
drive was the Corolla S, which stands for “sport” and goes further than the other Corollas for a more aggressive look. With black wheels, carbon fiber trim pieces, a unique front end treatment and other S-specific styling cues, the S does a lot to give the sense of sport. On the interior, the S garners you some nice silver over piano black accents, two-tone seats with attractive stitching and sportier trim pieces. All new Corollas follow the precedent set by the Prius C with a rather low, flat and straight dashboard pushed all the way to the firewall. Personally, I like the overall design aesthetic a lot, as it gives the Corolla a very roomy feel and lots of storage without being intrusive or overly futuristic. I wish more automakers would consider this as it makes these compact cars feel much bigger. And indeed they are. Compared with mid-size cars of a decade or two ago, the new Corolla could have easily been labeled mid-size. Similar in size to my last test drive, the Buick Regal, the Corolla is a nice balance of space and overall dimensions/maneuverability. For a family of 4 (or less) the Corolla is likely plenty of space. The rear seat has excellent head, leg and foot room, although the high beltline, canted C pillar and dark interior do make it feel a
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bit closed in. The rear seat is nice and flat, as is the rear floor, making the center spot less of a punishment. The trunk is ample and could likely hold 5 carryon-sized pieces of luggage. In fact, the trunk may carry more luggage than the cabin can carry people. The defining driving characteristic of the Corolla S is efficiency. While the S does make some attempts at sport and dynamics, it’s more of a styling package than an all out hot-rod model. Using the same 1.8 VVTi four as the rest of the Corolla lineup, making 132 hp and 128 lb-ft of torque, and now mated to a continuously variable transmission (CVT), the Corolla returns great fuel economy of 29 city, 37 highway and 32 combined mpg, albeit in a rather slow and unenthusiastic manner. Toyota’s switch to a CVT makes sense as the mpg numbers have become the veritable arms race for the segment. It does, however, need some sorting yet as it tends to groan and undulate in everyday driving. It’s by no means a deal breaker, but it’s hard to miss. The S model trim has paddles behind the steering wheel to allow for manual “shifting” of the transmission as well as a sport button below the gear selector that makes the CVT behave a bit more like a traditional automatic. Road and driveline noise are present, but as is with all modern cars, carrying on a conversation is not a challenge. At just under 21K as tested, the Corolla no longer needs to be viewed as a starter car. Large enough and comfortable enough for many buyers, the Corolla has grown up and matured while still being affordable for modest incomes. The beauty here is that in the new 2014 Corolla, a buyer no longer has to choose between Toyota sensibility and attractive styling. SPECIFICATIONS VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door sedan PRICE AS TESTED: $20,986 (base price: $19,700) ENGINE TYPE: DOHC 16-valve inline-4, aluminum block and head, direct injection Displacement: 110 cu in, 1798 cc Power: 132 hp @ 6000 rpm Torque: 128 lb-ft @ 4400 rpm TRANSMISSION: continuously variable automatic with manual shifting mode DIMENSIONS: Wheelbase: 106.3 in Length: 183.1 in Width: 69.9 in Height: 57.3 in Curb weight: 2910 lb FUEL ECONOMY: EPA city/highway driving: 29/37 mpg/32 combined **Thanks to the guys at Amigo for this month’s test drive! ***Check out the new Corolla in action on my YouTube channel: GallupJourneyTestDrives. April 2014
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A Story My Grandfather Told Submitted by Aaron Francisco
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ften, Jack Benally embarked on a fifteen-mile journey from Shiprock to a butcher shop along the side of the road, in Waterflow, called Sweet Meats. There, the butcher butchered and sold fresh mutton on a weekly basis. Jack would help with the butchering from time to time, only asking for the unsold and unwanted left-over meat in return: the lungs, heart, kidneys, intestines and the fatty tissue lining. One hot summer day, the sun was unbearably beaming down, making the day drag on like molasses. After work, Jack was happy to receive the parts of the sheep to make achii, a Navajo delicacy made of fat wrapped inside the intestines, which he was craving. Not wanting to lug around the sheep parts, Jack put them in a paper bag and stuff them inside his jacket. As Jack started his trek home, the sun had already started to set; however, Jack wasn’t in any hurry to get home. A relative of his let him stay in a small, shaded house in exchange for chopping wood and herding sheep. Jack was in no mood for any additional manual labor. The desert nights were cold, even in the summertime. Along his walk home, Jack stopped at the liquor store in Hogback to buy a cheap bottle of whisky to keep warm in the desert night. Continuing his journey home, whiskey in hand, Jack encountered a four-lane highway. Although traffic wasn’t at its peak, crossing was still a daunting task. At night, the distance of the oncoming
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. . . they would witness something that evening, something ever so strange that it would stick with them for the rest of their lives.
headlights were harder to judge correctly. Being a little buzzed would make his crossing even more difficult. Jack looked both ways. All he could see were blurred streaks of light. There was a break in the traffic and Jack was able to cross the first two lanes with ease. Standing in the median, Jack felt a warm feeling of confidence growing. Jack bolted across the second set of lanes. Jack found it harder to move this time. Not only was Jack’s stamina running low, but his bouncing belly shifted the contents in his jacket. Jack miscalculated his own ability and grew panicked as a truck began closing in fast. An old couple from Chicago was traveling behind the truck on their way to see their daughter in San Diego. They had always wanted to see the Grand Canyon and decided it might be exciting to cut across the badlands and Indian country. Little did they know that they would witness something that evening, something ever so strange that it would stick with them for the rest of their lives. The driver of the truck was too distracted to see Jack until the very last moment. He was tooling around with the radio, when he saw something at the corner of his eyes too big to be nothing. Brakes slammed, wheels turned, truck screeched to a stop in the left lane to avoid the bouncing belly figure on the road. To the horror of the driver, he did not know whether or not he hit the figure in question. Panic, adrenaline, and the old fight-or-flight kicked in; the driver sped away. The old couple behind the truck slammed on their brakes, screeching to a halt. At the very last moment – too close to call, a close shave, so close you could taste it, ‘close’ isn’t enough a word to describe how close the truck was to Jack Benally – Jack had jumped the rest of the way, sustaining verticality long enough to clear the road, and flew a few yards from the road. Dumbfounded and dazed, he checked the brown paper bag and his bottle of whisky, then himself. He was all right, but had a mouth full of dirt and dust in his eyes. The brown paper bag, however, suffered a more terrible fate than the bottle of whisky. It had torn through the brown paper and newsprint, spilt the intestines and the other stuff all over him and the ground. He saw the truck speed off, the car stop and the old couple get out. Suddenly alarmed that he had a bottle of whisky and intestines and heart and lungs and fatty linings hanging out of his jacket, Jack gathered them, stuffed them into his jacket, got up, and hurried off into the night. Horrified, the old couple frantically phoned the police, told them they witnessed a hit and run, that the man may be severely injured. Said they saw him gathering his intestines and stuffing them into his jacket and run into the hills.
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San Diego (normal egg)
Pinhole (with one pinhole poked)
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lmost all of the cooking I do is by feel. In my house we rarely follow recipes to a T, usually just for inspiration for spice combinations and technique. We don’t go out and buy ingredients if we have things already in house that we all agree “could work” instead. In this regard, we probably never cook the same thing twice the same exact way, for better or worse. Well, I’ve lied, actually. We all cook hard-boiled eggs the same way every single time. Why? Because they always come out exactly how we like them: firm white and still-moist, but cooked yolk. If you’ve been on the receiving end of a greyed-out yolk that has that distinctly un-egg-like chalky mouth feel, keep on reading, this DIYG’s for you. Even though I was certain I had uncovered the holy grail of hard-boiled egg preparation already, which I gleaned from my stepcousins in San Diego on a weekend getaway back in 2010 while I was living in Los Angeles, I hit Google hard with a robust keyword search including the words “perfect” and “hard boiled egg.” As you might imagine, food bloggers are all about secrets and perfect, so I was really tapping into their ethos in my research. Much of what I found was right in line with my San Diego method. Some prescribed a teaspoon of vinegar while others warned never to do so because it can affect the taste of the whites. There was one technique that really intrigued me, however, and today, we will pit the San Diego and what I’m calling the Pinhole against one another in the same pot. Let’s get ready to rumble! I mean really though, the water is going to boil.
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Match parameters: 1. Eggs will start in a pot of cold water, fully submerged and covered by at least an inch of water. [photo 1] 2. Burner will be set to high with pot uncovered. [photo 2] 3. When water strikes a rolling boil, burner is turned off and covered immediately. (If using electric coil stove, removed from heated source at this time as well.) [photo 3] 4. Timer is set for 10 minutes. [photo 4] 5. Do 3 sets of 20 pushups. [photo 5] 6. When timer rings, purge hot water from pot and rinse eggs about three times with cold water until able to handle. [photo 6] 7. Rap egg against table to create a crack and begin to peel. [photo 7] 8. Enjoy. [photo 8]
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The verdict: From both the photos and my experience peeling and eating both varieties, there seems to be little difference between the two eggs. I might note, however, that it was more difficult (in the one case experienced, at least) to peel the Pinhole egg. The eggs do become easier to peel as they continue to cool. The internet says that extremely fresh eggs are more difficult to peel, so if you’re getting local eggs from the Co-op or have your own hens out back, wait about five days before doing any hard-boiling. Also, for a soft-boiled egg, follow the same procedure, yet only set timer for 2 minutes. Be sure to have some warm bread nearby.
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Q. John, what motivated you to spearhead the building of the new bank building here in Gallup? A. The biggest thing that made me want to do this is just because I love Gallup. I’m just trying to find ways to improve the downtown area and this is one way that I felt that we could do it. Q. At this stage of your career, what do you enjoy most about your job? A. One of the big things I really have enjoyed over the past 30 years is mentoring. I was in Durango for a while and now I’m back in Gallup. I really like helping develop young people in their banking careers and hopefully my ideas, my management style and leadership style will help bring forth what our future bankers will be like. Q. What is the biggest challenge of your job? A. Right now my biggest challenge is management of our people – and we have great staff. Another challenge is growth for the bank and also for McKinley County. As you know we are one of the poorest counties in New Mexico. I am just trying to figure out ways and ideas to increase and develop our economy and one of the places I thought we would start was with building this new bank and showing the image of what we can do in Gallup. Q. What is your personal aspiration for the future of our community? A. The biggest aspiration today is I want us to be an All-America City and really clean up our city for our quality of life in all aspects: work environment, a health and fitness environment, and outdoor recreation. April 2014
The fun new game! Q. What do you enjoy most about living in this area? A. The biggest enjoyment I get from living in this area is from the people of this area. They are great people. I like the ethnicity of our area and I really do enjoy talking with all of these people and the bank customers. I also like the opportunities that we have in this area.
Who Am I?
Do your best to identify these Gallupians . . . yup, it’s that easy.
Q. When you are not working, what do you do for fun? A. I like to get outdoors. Theresa and I enjoy gardening. I also like to play golf and exercise by walking outside. I guess one of my aspirations is also the fact that we need to have a new golf course. (laughs) Q. What is the last book that you read? A. I really enjoy reading. The last book I read was The Patriarch, which is the life story of Joseph Kennedy. Q. If you could trade places with one person, who would it be and why? A. One person that really gave me a lot of aspirations was the basketball coach I had in high school, who was a Native American. He was a great-great-grandson of Chief Joseph McDonald. His name was Joe McDonald. If you look at Chief Joseph McDonald you will find that his leadership style is something that a lot of people have tried to emulate. Some of the modern military academies still study his leadership style today.
Taken in 1966 Name: ________________________
Hint: Back in the day his head had hair, Unfortunately, there is none left up there. He likes to soar above the land, and is always ready to lend a hand.
Taken in 1975 Name: ________________________
Hint: When on a bike he is rarely beat, His office has never ever been neat. A camera he is never without, to take photos when he’s out and about.
Your Name: _________________________________ If you want to see your name in print, tear this page out and drop it in the white old mailbox at 202 East Hill. Of course, you’ll have to get all the names correct! I wonder if anyone can do it?
FEBRUARY’S ANSWERS!
Taken in 1966
Taken in 1975
Taken in 1973
Jackie McKinney
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Tommy Haws
Last Month Guessed Correctly by:
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By Bera Dordoni, N.D. Specializing in immune system rehabilitation, restoration, and maintenance through nutritional counseling, life-style coaching, and the laws of attraction. To purchase I Have a Choice?!, schedule a private consultation, or learn more about her next workshop, wellness retreat, or natural-health class, visit www.bastis. org or call 505-783-9001.
Wellness BASTIS:
Build and Strengthen the Immune System
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k, so this scruffy-looking dog named Hippocrates walks into the corner bar in ancient Greece barking “BASTIS!” . . . Wait a minute . . . A weak immune system is nothing to joke about.
The Best Medicine Over 2500 years ago, Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, said, “First do no harm,” which is still today’s Hippocratic oath taken by those who practice medicine. He also said, “Thy food shall be thy remedy,” when he stated that improper foods cause disease; proper foods cure disease. Nothing has changed in the last 2500 years – food is still your best medicine. Radiation and Chem Trails and Junk Food, Oh My The radiation leakage that continues from the Fukushima accident back in 2011 has traveled the globe, and the big question I’m being asked lately is, ‘What can we can do to protect ourselves?’ My standard response: BASTIS. Build and Strengthen the Immune System. That old ‘immune system’ talk again. What is this thing called the immune system? It’s a complete network that protects your body from the outside in and the inside out, starting with your largest organ – your skin, moving throughout your body and fueled by your adrenal glands. The body’s organs work together to protect and sustain life. Germs don’t cause disease. Radiation alone cannot cause disease. Chem trails can sure get you sick, but they alone cannot create illness in your body. Abnormal cells alone cannot cause cancer. A weakened immune system invites these invaders in and allows their multiplication. A weakened immune system is clogged and dirty – congested and infected. A strong immune system battles the bad guys – germs, radiation, abnormal cells, toxic foods, etc. The Fukushima radiation leakage is real. So are chem trails (http:// tv.naturalnews.com/v.asp?v=AEF1F19C4AB1D064ECFDF66B39DFA1FA). They both are extremely toxic to living beings. But they are no more toxic than processed junk foods consumed on a daily basis, which have a cumulative effect. And they all require the same thing for the body not to be affected by them and develop a dreaded disease . . . a strong immune system. Can a Cleanse Really Help the Immune System? My answer: YES. In mid-January I had a new client come to me who expressed concern about his health and what could be done to reverse his condition. He had stomach complaints, headache, lethargy, foggyheadedness, sinus congestion and a lot of pain in his right side; I recommended a colon cleanse. Frightened he could get worse from doing something so ‘out of the box,’ he knew he had to do something; he wasn’t willing to have invasive medical procedures. I just received the following email where he shares his story thus far to encourage others to participate in the process of natural healing:
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On 2/6/2014 3:31 PM, Kent Ferguson wrote:
My name is Kent Ferguson. At age 70 I am a retired school principal and now gallupjourney@gmail.com live happily in the Zuni Mountains of New Mexico.
Over the past seven years or so I have noticed several things and could not decide if they were simply one of the realities of aging or whether I was perhaps somewhat ill or simply not doing what I should for my health. I clearly had an “acid” stomach and needed TUMS most every night. I felt bloated, was getting frequent headaches, terrible breath odors, snoring more, mildly stiff hips and knees, and some type of ache in either the kidneys, adrenals, or intestines.....I was not sure. Finally I went to a local doctor and was shocked to see that both my weight and blood pressure had gone up farther than I had ever seen. I had some blood and urine tests and even a colonoscopy and was relieved to see that nothing seemed “wrong” in their opinion. Still, should I accept all of this as part of age and “bite the bullet” or what? I have asked for Bera’s counsel and support and have, for two weeks now, been following her instructions (which seem rather like a revolution of sorts to me in my living style). I have completed an initial cleanse and am, daily, taking a variety of items along with a much different food intake. Except for the selfdiscipline needed I have not found this to be that difficult AFTER I finally gathered what was needed. 1. In two weeks I have not felt hunger once. 2. After about four days I noticed I did not need the TUMS. 3. The bloating is gone. 4. So are about 10 pounds. 5. I am sleeping better because my sinuses (which were almost always clogged and I felt it must be due to the dry New Mexico air) popped open. And it was, indeed, a series of “pops.” 6. I feel better in many ways: breathing, stiffness, weight, prostate. 7. And I notice I feel more “clear” also in my thinking. 8. One more thing, I seem to be happy spending less time in bed. I enjoy evenings more and am happy to rise early. Of course all of this is still in an initial stage but, so far, it has given me a new confidence that much of my “complaints” can be addressed without scary medical treatments. I have no “deal” with Bera nor Bastis Foundation and share this only because I believe all of it to be accurate, honest, and truthful. I have given her permission to share this note with anyone who might be somewhat similar to me in the hope it might help and serve them. I shall be happy to report again down the road. Most sincerely, Kent Ferguson Although Kent’s concern wasn’t specifically the radiation poisoning covering the globe, it was addressed the same way you might address your radiation concerns. April 2014 Both my husband and I felt junky after consuming too many holiday foods,
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and went on a recent detox. We’ve also once again eliminated all processed foods from our diet, consuming only organic fruits, vegetables and grains, and taking certain herbs to help our vital organs eliminate toxins. Immediately I can feel the difference in my ability to think better, and we both certainly feel better. Ron noticed that his coated tongue is bright pink again after just 5 days of colon cleansing.
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System . . . in 3 Easy Steps But how? That’s the key. How. First, figure out what doesn’t feel good. Identify the possible cause of your yucky feelings. Could it be the foods you eat or the exercise you’re not getting? Too much smoking or drinking? Not drinking enough water? Be honest with yourself, and ask yourself if it’s worth continuing to do something that makes you feel not so good. Second step is the big one – eliminate the things you think are causing your problems. Are you eating something you just know is bad for you, but you eat it anyway? Can you possibly adopt the attitude that we really do need to eat to live, but we don’t need to live to eat? Negative thinking on a daily basis can be a problem causer as much as food. Can you replace your woe-is-me attitude with a smile? Amazing what a difference it can make in the way you feel and how much more good you can attract into your life when you project a positive attitude.
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Theology on Tap, March 24 • 7pm Easily. Stop attacking the immune system with things it must defend against – toxic foods, toxic thoughts, toxic drugs or beverages – and it can take a break from constantly being on alert. When it can rest along with the body, it has a chance to replenish itself. So, what else can I do? Third step: Rebuild the body’s defense system. You can cleanse your vital organs the way Kent is going about it, step by step – colon, kidneys, lungs, liver, etc. You can change over to a plant-based protein diet that is far more friendly and easily digestible in the human body than a flesh-based protein diet. Digestion is the first line of defense inside the body. Say goodbye to processed foods including refined sugars, fats, flours, salts and other unidentifiable chemicals. They may bring you emotional comfort today, but they’ll bring you physical pain tomorrow. Replacing the toxic foodstuffs with organic fruits and vegetables will help replenish vitamins and minerals sorely lacking in processed foods, and assist in de-sludging the colon. Many herbs are commonly used to help clean out the organs. Milk thistle is a known liver detoxifier available in health-food stores. Juniper berries help tone and detoxify the kidneys. Osha root helps strengthen the lungs. Psyllium is used as an intestinal broom. There may not be much we can do to stop the radiation poisoning from the Fukushima accident or the massive amount of chem trails invading our air space, but we have the power to build and strengthen our personal immune systems, which is the best protection available. Hippocrates barked it best: BASTIS!
April 2014
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Arthur Thomas Hannett
The Man Who Took the Kink Out of Route 66
What is truly amazing is that the young lawyer didn’t just get back on the train . . .
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y parents moved to Texas in 1948. I refuse to take responsibility for that questionable act since I was only five at the time. In 1948 there was no air conditioning in cars or houses. Movies did a thriving business because they had a new-fangled way of cooling air. Unfortunately, a person couldn’t stay in the theatre all the time. It wasn’t just the heat that was bothersome; it was the one hundred percent humidity, the bugs and the deadly snakes in assorted sizes. There are only four poisonous kinds of snakes in America and Texas has all of them. My mother, thinking as much about herself as her two boys, would drive us to my grandfather’s farm in Idaho every summer. The first couple of trips my father drove. When we got past the New Mexico state line a curious thing happened: The road turned into a carnival ride. Route 66 was a two lane road at the time and the pavement amounted to the hope that nobody came from the opposite direction and forced a game of “chicken.” The best part was that the builders of the road hadn’t been able to afford any culverts or bridges. Luckily rain was infrequent. That meant that every arroyo, gully and wash was what they euphemistically called a “dip.” These dips seemed to average from one mile to half a mile of separation. There were lots of them, and the drops and rises were quite abrupt. At forty miles an hour they were just mildly nauseating. Over fifty they were a thrill. Only a fool drove faster than that. I pushed my dad to take his Henry J. (that was really the name of a compact car made by Kaiser) to its limit. The Henry J. was very small and rather light and would leave the road without much prompting. Across a long stretch of New Mexico desert I had the time of my life. The last of those trips, 1943, the same year Hank Williams died, my mother drove us in a 32 Dodge Coupe. We took out the back seat and put in a mattress, but the dips were only fun if you saw them coming. The other fun thing was the occasional gas stop at a place billed as “Cobra Gardens” or something similar. These gave was to “Curio Stores” and later yet, “Tourist Traps.” The really cool ones are long gone. When I came to Gallup in 1966, less than half of the distance between Flagstaff and Albuquerque was four lane and many of those monuments to tourist boredom still lined the road. I was grown and most of the thrill was gone. So much has been written about the Mother Road over the years that it would seem there are no stories still to tell, but that wouldn’t be quite true. We owe a great debt to Arthur Thomas Hannett, mayor of Gallup and later New Mexico governor. Hannett wrote a wonderful, but somewhat disappointing, autobiography titled Sagebrush Lawyer.
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It is wonderful because it gives a picture of Gallup when it still had many elements of a frontier Arthur T. Hannett was a lot more town. Disappointing impressive than he appeared. because most of the book is about Hannett’s political life in Santa Fe. Hannett, a lifetime Democrat, arrived in Gallup in 1911. He came on the advice of a traveling salesman he met in Salt Lake City. Surely the guy was having a little fun with this Eastern tenderfoot. Arthur checked into the Page Hotel, not knowing he would soon be a deadly enemy of Gregory Page, the Republican boss. Deadly isn’t much of an exaggeration: On one occasion Page and another man had a shootout in the street. Page was struck in the face and lost some teeth. On another occasion he beat a man severely with a walking stick. When the man later died of his injuries Page said it was his own fault. “He should have had a stronger constitution.” Hannett comments, “The old timers of Gallup told me never to carry a gun because it provided a good excuse for your enemies to shoot you.” A few days after he landed in Gallup as he sat in a bar relaxing, the man next to him had his head blown off with a shotgun. That’s a hard memory to shake. What is truly amazing is that the young lawyer didn’t just get back on the train and go a little further down the line. For a rather mousy looking little man he turned out to be pretty tough.
Continental Divide Trading Post was a typical tourist stop - minus the snakes.
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While Hannett was trying to organize the Southwest Democratic voting base, a group of Laguna Indians By Ernie Bulow showed up to cast their ballots. It is well known Author photo by Erin Bulow that at that time Native Americans had no vote. Less well known was a law that declared that those who had moved off the reservation were no longer wards of the government and thus citizens. In 1916 Page pistol-whipped one of the Lagunas named Charlie Chi. Gregory wasn’t arrested for that act of violence, but later had to pay Charlie the magnificent sum of $3,000. Mine workers and common folk were soon backing Hannett against Page and the mining corporations. He became an expert in injury law, even traveling back east to try cases of negligence originating from Gallup area mines. By 1914 he was city attorney and in 1918 was elected mayor. At that point the mayhem turned into actual war. His last year in that office, Page and his cohorts managed to convince the governor of New Mexico to declare martial law and send in troops to put down striking miners. There are photos of soldiers manning machine gun emplacements in the streets of Gallup. The martial law came to an end in September, just as the first Gallup Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial took place. There are so many great stories in Sagebrush Lawyer they are hard to do justice to, like the time Hannett failed to get the famous Elfego Baca to serve a warrant on the outrageous bad man from the Quemado area, Henry Coleman. Coleman is the most neglected gunslinger in Western history. That’s another story. One thing that comes out in the book is how confusing and uncertain law enforcement was at the time. Gallup, surprisingly, had a decent sheriff named Tom Tully. But Tom had a ranch out by Crownpoint where he spent most of his time. Tully had one deputy sheriff, also a good man, named Pat Dugan. That was the whole roster. But the mines had their own law enforcement and considerably more guns. There doesn’t seem to have been the equivalent of a police department. As seen in old Western movies, pretty much anybody could be deputized in about any quantity. On one occasion, more than one hundred twenty men were sworn in at the same time. In 1924, by some miracle, Arthur Thomas Hannett was elected governor in a state that had been almost solidly Republican since territorial days. The infamous “Santa Fe Ring,” which had been active since Billy the Kid was a youngster, was sworn to destroy him. Predictably, Governor Hannett wasn’t in office long, but he pulled off two amazing feats. He built a decent road from Gallup to Shiprock, and he took the kink out of Route 66. The Shiprock road was his real priority and, once built, they just had one problem with it. Tumbleweeds would pile up in huge drifts around bridges which seldom had water in them. The local Navajos liked to set these impromptu fireworks on fire. Of course the bridge would burn as well. Perhaps that was the reason for all the dips on 66 – the locals liked to watch flaming tumbleweeds. At any rate the road got built, though it would be another decade before it was paved. Hannett’s term as governor was an interesting one but he was defeated for re-election and Richard C. Dillon replaced him. Since there is a brief lag between the election and the inauguration, Hannett wanted to give the Santa Fe Ring one last lick. He decided to run the transcontinental highway through Albuquerque instead of Santa Fe. At the time, it was a trip of three hundred and fifty-two miles of badly maintained dirt road from Santa Rosa to Gallup. The western progress of the highway stopped at Santa Rosa and it turned north to a town called Romeroville, which wasn’t even in line with Santa Fe. Then it turned back south through the capital city and eventually reached Albuquerque. The ousted governor had one month – December at that – to build a highway from Santa Rosa to Moriarty. Impossible by anyone’s calculation. It was out of the question to get heavy road equipment from the New Mexico road department so he commandeered whatever he could find – mainly some World War I bulldozers. He also gathered up local road graders, tractors and
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anything he could borrow. A man named E. B. Bail, writing for an obscure engineering publication, penned the following: “From start to finish of this fantastic stunt the grader and tractor operators looked upon themselves as participants in a vast joke.” The men expected to be fired as soon as the new governor took office, but he kept them on because of their courage and ability in accomplishing the impossible. Then the weather turned bitterly cold and the snow flew. The Santa Fe Ring sent saboteurs to put sugar and sand in gas tanks so the men slept under their machines in the frigid weather. They actually ran a couple of days over the time they had, but the cease and desist order hadn’t been served. The weirdest thing about this whole story is that Arthur Hannett never obtained right of way for the highway. Building could have been halted at any time. Apparently only one land owner had threatened retaliation. Route 66 was a done deal.
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Getting a Home Loan
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here are few investments in a person’s life as significant as their home. Since most of us do not have the cash lying around to buy the house outright, there is going to be a loan involved, most likely. And that usually puts fear in most folks’ hearts because the process can be so intimidating. The most recent financial crisis that came to a head in 2008 and has continued ever since was spurred primarily through housing loans and how they were being packaged together and sold as an investment on Wall Street. (This, of course, is an oversimplification but in interest of my time and your boredom, we will just leave it at that). That crisis triggered a couple of reactions that affected homebuyers and lenders. For one thing, the loan qualification process quickly became less “easy.” Before the crisis, there were lenders that did not document things as well as they could and customers did not have to provide as much information as they should have. As a result, lenders started working on making sure that the borrowers could qualify better and that there was documentation of that fact. The second thing that it triggered was tighter regulations on the lenders that are just now coming into full effect. The good news is that interest rates on home loans have been lower for a longer period of time than ever before. There are historic opportunities at this time to get loans at great rates. Also, just because the process is harder, that should not be interpreted as impossible. It just means that there will be a need for you to find a good lender that will work with you and help you through the process. A trained mortgage specialist will know the new regulations, the required waiting periods and other restrictions and therefore can help you along the way. But here are some basics all borrowers will need to know to get a home loan.
Example: Take a homebuyer who makes $40,000 a year. The maximum amount for monthly mortgage-related payments at 28 percent of gross income is $933. ($40,000 times 0.28 equals $11,200, and $11,200 divided by 12 months equals $933.33.) Furthermore, the lender says the total debt payments each month should not exceed 36 percent, which comes to $1,200. ($40,000 times 0.36 equals $14,400, and $14,400 divided by 12 months equals $1,200.) Past Credit History Generally, you will not be considered for a home loan if your credit score is too low. Most want to see over 700 for good rates, but there are some programs for first time homebuyers that do not have a score, etc. Anything below a 650 score is harder to qualify for, especially without paying a very high interest rate. If your credit is not good or there is excessive debt, talk with your banker about ways you can improve the score.
Just because the process is harder, that should not be interpreted as impossible.
Ability To Repay The first thing that must be established is the borrowers’ ability to repay. This means that you must be able to provide proof of your income. This can be through check stubs, bank account statements, tax returns, etc. The good rule of thumb is that you do not want your housing ratio to be more than 28% of your gross monthly income. That means your loan payment should not be more than 28% of your gross income. This will help in calculating the amount of house you should buy, the length of the term of the loan, and other considerations for qualifying. Then, your total debt (including this housing payment) should not exceed 36% of your gross income.
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Collateral Finally, there must be sufficient collateral to cover the loan. Traditional mortgages are 10-20% down payment – meaning that 20% of the value of the home is not financed but rather paid for up front by the borrower. This accomplishes at least two things. First, it shows the lender that the borrower has “skin in the game.” If a borrower has sufficient amount of investment into the property, it shows a strong commitment. The second thing it does is that if the loan were to ever default, there is sufficient room in the value for the lender to recover the funds by reselling the property. The collateral (the house) will also probably have to pass some basic inspections to show the house is in good shape with the building up to code. Summary So, when you apply for a loan, you will be expected to provide your financial information, allow the lender to inquire on your credit, and show collateral sufficient to justify the loan. It is not as intimidating as it seems. The lender wants to give you the loan, and will do so if these basic criteria are met. It is not true that it is impossible to get a loan, etc. There are some lenders that are better than others, so it will do you well to investigate. Rates are competitive at this time so you should be able to find a way to get into the home that is best for you. So, if you are thinking of buying a home or refinancing, upgrading, etc., come and talk to a professional banker and they can help you through the process.
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We never seem to get everything we want or even need in this process, but I feel that I gave it my all to advance our needs and issues. I appreciate your involvement, passion, and guidance on issues closest to your heart. Together we will continue to make things better for all New Mexicans, Gallup, Navajo Chapters, and McKinley County. Your advocate in Santa Fe,
Highlights from the 2014 Session I am proud to have completed a tough Session, working tirelessly on behalf of the State of New Mexico and my constituents in District 9. Most importantly I fought for several initiatives to improve the lives for all New Mexicans including: -Hold Harmless Exemption. Worked on providing exemptions for Gallup & McKinley
County to avoid tax increases. Unfortunately, we were not able to pass legislation and will continue to work on a solution.
-Health Care. Worked with Rehoboth-McKinley County Hospital on SB268, which is a critical piece in keeping our hospital open, operating, and serving the health care needs of our regional community. -Critical Infrastructure. Provided investment in road projects and to reinstate State funding for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. These projects are crucial to future prosperity and sustaining our communities. -Veterans. Worked to pass a memorial supporting a National-State Veterans Cemetery
designation for area veterans and provided funding to update pillars in our Veterans’ Memorial.
-Education. Advocated for increased funding, providing teacher salary increases, and equity in education, to make sure all students throughout the State have access to a better education.
-Job Creation. Critical funding for economic development and tourism to create jobs recommended by the interim Jobs Council. Paid for by Committee to Re-Elect Patty Lundstrom, Janice Welch, Treasurer
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Where Is the SNOW this winter?
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t is estimated that Mount Taylor was about 17,000 ft. before it exploded in the same style as Mount St. Helens and released lava flows, that you can still see from Interstate 40, which continue south into El Malpais National Monument. So now Mt. Taylor is 11,301 feet tall. There is a notebook enclosed in a metal case at the summit to sign in, if you make it to the top. The other obvious thing you will notice is a very durable steel cutout image of some cartoonish head attached to the summit sign. What is this? And why is it obviously being allowed to stay attached to a forest service sign? Does anyone have the answer to this mystery? The first person to enlighten me will receive a free wildflower guidebook to Red Rock Park. Also available for purchase at Butler’s, Makeshift Gallery, and the Gallup Journey.
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Mount Taylor? By C. Van Drunen
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n this strange winter where we have set record highs in temperatures for February, there is an obvious low amount of snow in the Gallup area. Our nearby Zuni Mountains hardly have any snow at all. For those of us who still desire the joy of playing in the powder, there is still a relatively close option available: 11,301-ft. Mount Taylor near Grants, NM. Yes, you could drive up to Durango and the San Juan Mountains to find some snow, but if you’re like me, I’d rather not drive four hours each way just to cross-country ski, hike, or snowshoe for a taste of winter wonderland.
The beauty of Mt. Taylor is that you get the feeling that you are climbing a 14,000-ft. mountain in the Rockies, but you still have cell service at the top and the route is actually doable for any slightly-above-average human being. From Grants, take State Road 547 for about 13 miles until the pavement ends. If you are looking for a side adventure, about a mile past the prison complex there is a shooting range about 10 feet off the pavement; it almost seems like a drive-thru prospect. How this is legal I have no idea. (Left: me shooting my 50-caliber ski out the window).
Anyway, after 13 miles the pavement ends. Continue on gravel for about 3 miles. Turn right on F.R. 453. Go about 2 miles and the road will end at a nice trailhead with a restroom. There is a sign/map there. Please note that you will likely need 4-wheel-drive or chains to make it here in snowy/icy conditions. There are various side trails and options from here, so do your own research and have a map, gps, etc. But generally speaking, from the trailhead it is about 4 miles to the summit of Mt. Taylor with about 2000 ft. elevation gain. Depending on how much snow there is and/or packed it is, you will likely need snowshoes or skis. You don’t necessarily need to make it to the top to get a great view either. About a mile up, the trail is a meadow with fantastic views. Check with the forest service and take all necessary precautions before embarking. The Grants Quadrathlon race website has some maps that are helpful, as well. Yes, people race up this mountain every year in the second week of February!
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e used to make our own bread way more often than we do these days. This is 100% due to the fact that Josh’s bread is much better. Please get out and support your local baker. I know that it’s sometimes easier to snag your bagels and bread at the local grocery store, but easier is not always better. Also, it’s not easy to be a young entrepreneur in this day and age - and Josh is doing his best. Get out there to Fratelli’s and try his beautiful bread; I guarantee you won’t regret it!
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crumby bread company Just a few breads in regular production: baguette $3.50 multigrain $6 gallupian $6 raisin nut $6 Who? Josh Kanter, former FoodCorps service member and graduate of the French Culinary Institute in NYC.
What? It’s fresh, handmade, organic bread. When and Where? Every Saturday at Fratelli’s, 9am to 10pm. Why? Bread is a fundamental part of the American diet. Most bread found in supermarkets today is full of stuff I can’t pronounce. They’re ingredients you’d have to own a factory to have access to, too. Chemical preservatives to keep the product on the shelf longer, hydrogenated fats to stabilize fats and also increase shelf life, imitation flavors that chemists craft in laboratories. Expect none of this, ever.
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Reflections The Problem of Evil
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f God exists, and He is what He says He is – loving, good, merciful while at the same time all powerful and in control – then why does He put up with evil and why do good people suffer. Logically, if God is good, then He must not be all-powerful; and if he is all-powerful, then He must not be very good. Or maybe He could care less. More personally, why are these things happening to me? How did I get on the black list? Is there something I did that really ticked Him off? Or is God some kind of cosmic killjoy that gets His kicks out of watching people suffer? However simply or poorly articulated, this is the problem of evil. I met with a young man (I will call him J) in order to do some grief work; he had lost his dad to the gradual debilitating process of diabetes several years earlier. Sometimes emotional wounds left by this kind of loss fester and need more healing. I had J write his dad a letter and then come in and read it to me. After reading the letter to me we went outside and burned it, symbolically putting the pain of the loss behind him. As the letter burned, the flames grew and J had to let go (also symbolic). The letter dropped to the ground, the flames went out and slowly the embers which finished off the paper circled around the only two words remaining, “Dear, Dad.” Then they too disappeared. We both looked at each other and said, “Wow!” You cannot plan that. Although there has been emotional healing, J still struggles with why his dad had to die. I have been a counselor for years. Several of these years were spent at the Gallup alternative high school, Central. Those were the days when Central had about 150 students, all of whom were there by choice, all of whom needed a high school program flexible enough to accommodate their situations, and all of whom sensed this was their last chance. The relationship between staff and students was fantastic as well as relationships between students (recognizing, of course, that I have selective memory). Students were there to get the job done and they left the issues that separated them at the door. Central was a safe place, a healing place and a fun place to work and it felt like family. As the counselor at Central, I facilitated a number of support groups and one of these support groups was for teenage moms. They were a blast. Central had the district’s GRADS program, which included parenting classes and a professionally staffed nursery for the babies and toddlers so the teen moms could attend all their classes. It was a great program and still is. One day during the teen moms’ support group, the students informed me that a friend of theirs had died – a young man who had died of asphyxiation in a small camper when the heater malfunctioned during a hunting trip. There was a certain amount of grief that was processed during which the girls’ response was interesting. They asked if this was God’s will and His way of punishing this boy for some thing he had done, which must have offended God; the underlying
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idea being that one’s suffering is a measure of their guilt in God’s eyes. I assured the students that this probably was not the case because if that is the way God operated, and we are honest with ourselves, I am afraid all of us would be dead. If you walk into my office, the first thing you will probably notice is the mess. But the next thing that will most likely draw your attention are pictures of students on my wall – lots of them. Seventeen years worth of graduates. However, what you may not notice is that in one section right in front of my desk, are the pictures of students who have passed away during the time I have been working here. I figure that the least I can do is remember these kids and their families. I look at these pictures every day and struggle with why! Some of them died while they were in high school and others after they had graduated, but all of them died way too early! About 17 years and 13 students (that I know of and can remember) who have passed on. Seems like an unusually high ratio to me. As I look at these pictures, I have a particular image that keeps recurring in my mind of one of the accidents where a student was killed and I see the vehicle flipping through the air and my students literally flying out the windows. I cannot help but wonder where God was and why he did not do something to prevent these accidents and deaths from happening. After all, He is aware of everything and has the power and these were just kids, maybe not innocent but nonetheless, just kids. I do know one thing: I have learned a lot about faith through these experiences, about digging one’s heals in and not letting go in spite of the fact that things do not make any sense. I think of these families, the parents who outlived their own child. I think of the friends I know today who are suffering, some who are facing death. Each of these stories illustrates the problem of evil and suffering in our lives. How do we make sense of all this? I am not sure I can, but here are some thoughts. This may not instill much comfort, but it is nonetheless true: we are all in this together. Not one of us is exempt from this human experience, for all of us are a part of this broken world and its inherent suffering and eventual death. It rains on the good and the bad and no one goes through life without being touched by it. I remember a time when I was counseling a young person who recently had lost his grandfather, whom he was close to. While talking to him, someone interrupted us to let me know that another child’s parent had just been killed in an automobile accident. The person I was meeting with responded, “That certainly puts what I am going through in perspective.” Not to minimize anyone’s experience, but there is something in knowing we are not alone in this. It is also important to know that God does not condemn us for asking April 2014
the hard questions. God is big enough, He has broad enough shoulders, to take our doubts, our questions and our anger and not be offended by them. As a matter of fact, we can probably recognize these doubts as a sign of faith. There is a story in the Bible about the death of Lazarus, a good friend of Jesus and a brother to Mary and Martha, two of Jesus’ closest followers. The sisters sent word to Jesus saying Lazarus was seriously sick and asked him to come. By Don Tamminga Jesus dragged his feet and did not arrive until Lazarus was in the grave for three days. Mary and Martha protested to Jesus concerning why he had not come sooner and that he could have prevented this death. Jesus never criticizes their anger or protest. In fact, just the opposite; he wept. Likewise, God does not condemn our questions or doubts. Likely, no one hurts more from our suffering than He. Just imagine, being aware of all the suffering going on in the world at one time. When we go through these struggles and doubts, it often feels like what little faith we might have has slipped away; it feels like God is distant and looking the other way. Even King David in the Bible felt that way, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” And he was called a man after God’s own heart. Those same words were spoken by Jesus on the cross before he died as He experienced the same feelings of God’s abandonment. We are not alone in this and God is okay with our doubts and our “lack of faith.” When we are in the grip of pain, suffering and loss, may we know that God is not unaffected by this and that it pains Him, as well.
It rains on the good and the bad and no one goes through life without being touched by it. God could do something about our suffering; why doesn’t he? I am not sure, but part of the answer, if you can call it that, lies in the knowledge that we were made with a free will. There can be no genuine relationship without the freedom to choose that relationship. Freedom to choose means giving up control and giving us freedom, even to rebel against Him. The evil in the world is a direct result of our free will. Our assumption, usually, is that the best possible world we can imagine is one without suffering and sin; such a world would be perfect. However, maybe the best world would rather contain free creatures that make mistakes, but are capable of relationship and intimacy with the creator. “Think about it: The first being of the universe, perfect in goodness, power and knowledge, creates free creatures. These free creatures turn their backs on him, rebel against him and get involved in sin and evil. Rather than treat them as some ancient potentate might, . . . God responds by sending his son into the world to suffer and die so that human beings might once more be in a right relationship to God. God himself undergoes the enormous suffering involved in seeing his son mocked, ridiculed, beaten and crucified. And all this for the sake of these sinful creatures” (Alvin Plantinga, NYT). All this for the sake of His relationship with us. So, is my suffering all part of God’s plan and I simply need to trust Him and His bigger understanding. There certainly is some truth to that. But think about it. Is it God’s plan to let these kids die? Is it His plan for you to suffer? I do not think so. Evil and terrible things are not a part of God’s plan. I understand God has an active will as well as a passive will; sometimes he is the April 2014
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cause of something happening and other times he simply allows it to happen. But killing kids is not a part of His active will or plan, nor is your suffering; it’s a result of our broken world. It is a mystery to me, however, how this free will balances with God’s sovereign power and plan. But it is important, concerning this paradox, never to confuse God’s foreknowledge with His determining the future. The fact that God knows our future does not mean he determines our future nor is he the cause of our suffering. Rather than interfere with human free will, God is so sovereign, so powerful, that He can, as it were, “roll with the punches” of our decisions, of our free will and still work out his overall plan for us and for human kind. It can be helpful to view God’s plan/sovereign will the way we view a needlepoint. If you look at a needlepoint from the top, there is a clear picture and plan and everything comes together in the right way. However, if you look at the needlepoint from the bottom or back, the plan is at best obscure and sometimes makes no sense at all. I think our human perspective, when trying to make sense out of the bad things that happen around us, is the back side of the needlepoint. That is when it takes a certain amount of faith to trust there is something bigger we do not understand. Undoubtedly, God values things differently than we. Most of us value a long, active, happy and suffering-free existence. I think God values more our spirituality and character; He has a bigger purpose than the suffering itself. And those of us who would try to comfort those going through difficult times are often those who show similar scars! Since we all know suffering to a degree, all of us seek, as well, to comfort others in this process and all of us bare some scars and hopefully know the value of silence.
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“Memories of Gallup” will share interviews by Bob Rosebrough with some of the extraordinary people who have made Gallup such a historically rich and culturally beautiful place to live.
By Bob Rosebrough
Memories of Gallup You Guys Ain’t Going t An interview with Johnny Espinosa and Tom Hartsock, Part 2 of 2
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hen Tom and his family moved to Gallup from Ohio, his father went to work at Clark’s Dairy west of Gallup. Tom says, “Well, it was an adjustment, but for an eleven year old boy, it was, ‘Wow, I get to go west where all the cowboys are!’” Tom laughs. Clark Dairy Wild Dog and Coyote Hunt: Two legs and a tail. Tom says, “My brother John and I actually lived in what we called a bunk house, next door to where our parents lived, and it was just a rough wooden cabin with wooden floors. John and I cleaned up the cabin and put some bedding over there and most of the time that’s where we slept.” “We came out here for my dad to drive a truck and he drove sixty hours a week for sixty bucks a week – a dollar an hour – and that was good money back then. John and I had a lot more leisure time than on the farm in Ohio and we used to hike to Twin Buttes. We were all over the place actually. I mean we just went wherever we wanted to.” Tom continues, “Clark’s Dairy was owned by Senator William Clark. He was a state senator. He had been in the dairy business for years. When we came out here, the weekend following our arrival, Senator Clark had a big wild dog and coyote hunt. He invited everybody in the county. Bring your gun, bring your pickup truck, whatever, and he paid, I think he paid five dollars a head,
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which was a huge sum of money back then. “He paid out well over a thousand bucks, I’m sure, which was a ton of money, and then fed everybody barbecue. But the coyotes had been killing his milk cows. So it was a survival type thing. Back then dairies were not set up to where the cows stayed in the barn all the time. You know, you finished milking the cows and then you turned them loose. Here come the coyotes and the wild dogs. And Senator Clark paid whether they were a coyote or a wild dog. It didn’t matter. You had to present two legs and a tail. That was all you needed for proof. “Senator Clark was pretty old even then and his son, D. B. Clark, was a well-known pilot around town. I think Senator Clark would have probably been in his eighties in the 1950s, and he wanted D. B. to take over the dairy, but D. B. said, ‘No. I want nothing to do with it.’ He had his own life and so the senator closed it up in 1956, at the tail end of ’56.” 1944 State football championship. Johnny says that the 1953 baseball state championship was not Gallup High’s first state championship team. He starts talking about the Gallup High football team that beat Carlsbad to win the state championship in 1944. He says, “I was ten years old at the time, but I remember some of the football players like Tom Kimura, Edward Shinto. They had some good running backs, a guy by the name of Victor Polich. They had Kilpatrick . . . What was his first name? It was Raymond.” Johnny opens his older brother’s high school yearbook, which shows a photo of the 1943 football team that finished fourth in state. Most of the stars of the 1944 state championship team are in the photos as juniors. Johnny begins pointing out players. “Don Dellifield. And this is Edward Shinto. Tom Kimura, did you know Tom Kimura? He’s Japanese. He used to be the quarterback. He was Mary Kimura’s husband. He’s the only Japanese-American quarterback that ever won a state football championship. “And Edward Boggio. I don’t know if you know him. He was a state patrolman.” Johnny continues pointing out players as he says, “This Tom Hartsock and Johnny Espinosa is Bob Shepherd. He wasn’t a very big guy. He remembering the good old days. April 2014
o do Anything was about the same size as Howard Menapace. But this guy (Bob Shepherd), his daughter and I had a conversation. He made all-state all three years that he was in high school in football.” Survival hike from Church Rock to Crownpoint. When Tom was thirteen he went on a three-day survival hike with his brother, John, and two other thirteen-year-olds. Tom says, ‘When we moved into Viro Circle, we joined the Boy Scouts and went on survival hikes. One time we went from Church Rock all the way to Crownpoint. It wasn’t something that we had to do. It was something that after reading Boy’s Life we wanted to try. “There wasn’t much in the way of roads in those days. If you got a good hard packed road that was super. (laughs) So you know, we didn’t have to worry about the vehicles. Most of the Native American people didn’t have vehicles. They rode horses, they pulled buggies, but they didn’t have automobiles back then.” “My mom was a teacher at Church Rock and we started from her school. She made sure we all had a bottle of water, but we weren’t allowed to take food of any kind. We had our little survival kits, which were about two inches by two inches, dry socks, extra handkerchief, of course, and that was it. And my mom said, ‘Okay boys, we’ll see you on Monday. We’ll come to Crownpoint to pick you up.’ There were no adults, just thirteen-year-olds. Just kids. “Well, we hadn’t been gone for much more than an hour. It was in August, I know that. The heavens opened up and gave us rain and we got rained on for most of that night. We were miserable, but we weren’t going to give up. By 3:00 in the afternoon on the first day we were so tired of trying to walk through the mud, and we were hungry; we stopped. We found a clump of trees, got in the trees. We each had a single blanket, kind of like an old Army blanket. And we kind of made a little tent to keep the wind off us and we woke up about probably midnight because it was raining again. “The next day we keep walking. We were way off the road. We walked for probably three hours. It’s still raining the whole time. And I remember coming over a hill and we saw some dogs – and I hated dogs. To this day I have a fear of dogs. I grabbed a hold of my brother and said, ‘John, April 2014
Above: The 1943 Gallup Tigers who finished 4th in State. Many of the players in this photo were part of the 1944 State Championship team.
you got to take care of this dog.’ So he goes over the hill and the next thing we know he’s kneeling down and petting the dog.” These crazy white people! Tom says, “I think there’s somebody living right over here.” And we could smell smoke coming out of their chimney. So we went down and we found a little . . . it wasn’t even a hogan. It was more of a shack. And we found an old Navajo man and woman that had been living out there and they had maybe ten sheep. And the dog went in and woke them up and she come out and she said, ‘What are you boys doing out here?’ She spoke excellent English, which was really unusual back in those days. We told her we were walking to Crownpoint and I’m sure she was thinking, These crazy white people!” Tom laughs. “But she invited us in. We got to back up around a potbelly stove. She made breakfast and we got warm. And then from that time on, it pretty much quit raining and we found a road within a half mile of their place and we just followed the road all the way up to Crownpoint. So it was three solid days.” The Harvey House: “It was a very, very fancy place.” Johnny remembers back to Gallup’s Harvey House. He says, “The trains would stop at the Harvey House and people would get off and eat. The trains would wait for them to come. They had what they called the Harvey Girls, ladies that used to be the waitresses there. I think there’s a couple of them still alive, one or two anyway. “All their silverware, it had ‘Harvey House’ on it. They had a jewelry shop and a nice bar. A lot of younger guys worked at the Harvey House and some of them used to live in the mining camps. They could stay in certain rooms at the Harvey House to work. It had ice outside. They had these little carts. The train would stop and pick up the ice and put it on the train so they’d have cold water and stuff. “But as far as going to the Harvey House when I was small, I only went a couple of times and that was it. It was a very, very fancy place. I don’t know why they knocked it down. I really don’t.”
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Personal Experiences with the Ultimate Predator
ovember, 7 2002: We had left Gallup well before the light of day in order to catch the perfect rays of dawn for the photo shoot that we were assigned to at Shiprock (the rock, not the town). The pictures were going great, the morning light of early winter was catching the harshness of the flat scrublands that surrounded the area. Autumn Yazzie (Newell) was the model and in the bitter cold she tried to keep her hands warm in between shots. We finished as quickly as we could and started to walk back towards my 1987 Toyota truck. About 70 yards away a cougar popped up from behind a sage bush and began sprinting full tilt away to the west towards the distant Chuska mountains. We ran for my truck and we tried desperately to chase it for a possible photo. The arroyo-ridden landscape, soon stopped our short pursuit and the cougar was a mere speck in the horizon in no time. I still wonder to this day if the cougar was stalking us during our photo shoot and if we were in any real danger. It also seemed odd to me that such a reclusive animal would be hanging out in a wide open plain. Truly a mysterious creature. -Chuck Van Drunen
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FourGreenfields May the blessing of light be with you – light outside and light within. May sunlight shine upon you ’til it grows like a great peat fire… So that a stranger may come and warm himself by it. May a blessed light shine out of your two eyes Like a candle set in two windows of a house Bidding the wanderer to come in out of the storm. An old Irish blessing
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t is that time of year again. Every year in March I look forward to St. Patrick’s Day – a feast day usually in the middle of Lent. One side of my mother’s family came to America many generations ago from the Emerald Isle. I have since visited the County of Roscommon in the middle of Ireland from whence they may have come when our country was very
I had never thought much about Ireland until I was reminded of my roots shortly after my college days at the University of Kansas. There was a humanities program there in which students read many of the great books of Western civilization beginning with ancient Greece and Rome through the Middle Ages and Renaissance to modern times. Students memorized poetry and learned the stories of the constellations. They learned that there is truth in this world that transcends their opinion and that men and women have been searching for it for centuries. After I graduated, the humanities program decided to spend a semester in Ireland. In the winter of 1976 the professors and all of their students traveled to southwestern Ireland. The students alternated staying in Galway on the western coast and Inishbofin, a small island about 8 miles off the coast. They read the same texts they would have read in Lawrence, Kansas but in a completely different setting. The people in western Ireland were very friendly to the American students and thought they were half crazy coming to Ireland in the depth of winter. Something would happen that semester that would change every student and professor, and for that matter every student who had been and would be in the program. Several Gallupians were on the island that year.
One of the reasons the professors chose Inishbofin was its remoteness from the modern world. The people of the island were fishermen and sheepherders. They were simple folk who opened their homes and hearts to a bunch of students from Kansas. It was the middle of winter, and the western side of the island looks directly into the North Atlantic. The students were told by the fishermen not to wander that way, especially out to the Stags, which was a rock formation that connected to a smaller island that you could walk to at low tide. Of course, that is exactly what several twenty-year-old boys did when they got the chance. Five made it to the island determined to spend the night, but the cold wind and rain was so fierce, three turned back after the sun went down. One waited on the overlooking cliff for the other two because he was sure they would give up as well. Late that night as the tide was coming in, the remaining two boys decided to cross the rocks to the safety of a warm bed. No one knows for sure, but the fishermen who found them later think one boy slipped on the rocks and fell into the stormy sea, and his friend jumped in to save him. Both were drowned. The boys were found when the weather cleared the next day. Michael Joe O’Hallaran was the fisherman who spotted a ring on the finger of one of the boys. You can imagine the trauma that resulted both with the students and the islanders. The University agreed to provide counseling and fly all the students home after the tragedy, but a remarkable thing happened. Most of the parents flew to Ireland instead to see their children and attend the funeral, which was held at the Cathedral in Galway. Only one student went home; everyone else stayed and finished their studies. The lives of those students were inexorably joined with the lives of the islanders. Many students including myself have since visited the island Photos by Kitty Mason
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They were simple folk who opened their homes and hearts to a bunch of students from Kansas. By Jay Mason After 36 years in Gallup and inspired by the tireless efforts of Nate and Chuck to have a positive effect on Gallup and the surrounding area, Jay Mason has written some vignettes about his life in Gallup and beyond.
and gotten to know the remarkable people who live there. In 1996 the islanders decided to erect a monument, which was a Celtic cross sculpted by a famous Irish sculptor, and many former students and the families of the two young men, along with one of the professors traveled to Inishbofin for the memorial. I had friends on the island by then, and my wife Kitty and our five children attended the event. I still remember traveling all night and most of the next day to get to the island to discover that we would be staying at an inn (there were only 2) owned and run by one of the matriarchs on the island, Mrs. Murray – my mother’s maiden name. And then when I walked into the pub attached to the inn I saw a man eating dinner at the bar who looked like a Navajo. I thought I was dreaming; I had just traveled five thousand miles from Navajo land to a remote island off the coast of Ireland. Sure enough, he was a Navajo born in Fort Defiance who married an island girl and stayed. There was a blessing of the cross on the cliff above the Stags, and a memorial at the church where two stained glass windows were donated in memory of the boys. We all ate a wonderful meal at our inn, and later that day one friend and I wandered back to the Stags because we still could not believe that the boys had drowned there. As we made our way onto the rocks, the tide was coming in, and a big wave broke over a rock formation in front of us. We learned quite quickly of the power of the North Atlantic and how the tragedy occurred. We turned back to the inn and spent the evening with islanders in a traditional songfest in which the Americans and the Irish took turns singing a song or reciting poetry. My son Patrick (then 16) had just learned “Ode to an Irish Airman” by W. B. Yeats and brought the house down when he proudly recited the poem. The Americans
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were running out of songs and poems (The Irish never do), and my youngest Kelly (then 7) began Irish step dancing for the crowd to save the day. My children will never forget that day and night, and most of them have been back to the island on their own journeys. There are more people of Irish heritage in America than in Ireland. As an example, every year my son Patrick marches at the head of the St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City with his friend, Michael Byrne who used to live in Gallup, and Gene Byrne, his dad, who has marched in the parade for more than 50 years. They dress up in top hats and tails and lead the parade of approximately 350,000 people. It starts at 10:30 in the morning and ends at 4 in the afternoon. If it occurs on a weekend, 3-4 million people come out to watch the parade. If you or your family trace roots to a county in Ireland, you can walk with that county as the parade makes its way down Park Avenue past St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Central Park and ending at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I have joined Patrick and his group several times, and it is great fun to participate. The Irish have struggled mightily on this earth. They were persecuted by the English for centuries and still have not restored their homeland completely. However, they have brought great energy and good cheer as immigrants to America. They have succeeded beyond their wildest expectations and continue to contribute to America while not abandoning their Irish culture. So when you hear an Irish jig or reel on St. Patrick’s Day, raise your glass (of Guinness, I hope) and toast the land of a thousand shades of green. Erin go Bragh. *The title refers to the four traditional provinces of Ireland, including Ulster in Northern Ireland, which was taken by the English and remains a part of the English Commonwealth. Tommy Makem coined the phrase in his folk song of the same name.
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Lit Crit Lite A look at some books available at your local public library
By Seth Weidenaar
Coetzee shows his mastery of writing by hanging nearly the entire plot upon the dialogue of characters.
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y introduction to J. M. Coetzee came reading Waiting for the Barbarians, his 1980 novel. Waiting for the Barbarians is an amazing work of fiction, and in my first reading I fell in love with the puzzling and mysterious characters, situations and places Coetzee created. The novel rewards the persistent reader, the reader who rereads earlier sections, even the entire novel, in the hope of understanding certain pieces of the plot and puzzle more thoroughly. Being a fan of puzzles, and of this meticulous reading, I was delighted to find that many of Coetzee’s works present puzzling situations for the reader to discover. Part of Coetzee’s genius is that he can represent
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the intolerable cruelty and wonderful beauty of the human experience in his mysterious novels. Adding to his catalog of conundrums, Coetzee has offered up his latest novel The Childhood of Jesus to anyone interested in taking a plunge into a puzzling work of fiction. The Childhood of Jesus offers up many puzzles that I am eager to discuss in this review, and with anyone who will help me piece them together, but a quick outline of the plot seems to be a necessary point of departure. Revealing the plot will reveal nothing of the novel’s special qualities, so do not let the simplicity of this outline push you from reading the novel. An older man named Simón and a boy named David have moved to a new place name Novilla. Neither person can remember any useful details of their life before arriving in Novilla, and neither person can communicate effectively with the citizens of Novilla as they both learn rudimentary Spanish, the language of Novilla. April 2014
David has lost his mother, and Simón has taken the task of helping David find her; Simón is certain that when David finds his mother he will remember her by instinct. Simón and David struggle to live and fit into the community of Novilla, but eventually they find an apartment, and Simón finds work as a stevedore. One day the two see a woman named Ines, and David has an emotional reaction. Simón takes this to be a sign that Ines must be David’s mother. Ines, somewhat unwillingly, adopts David, and the two marginalize Simón. The mother/son relationship is far from perfect, and David is far from perfect and eventually runs into trouble at school. In the hope of helping develop the personality of David, Ines convinces Simón to seek a new life with her and David somewhere outside Novilla. Upon this relatively simple plot line hang the great puzzles of the work; most of these puzzles come back to three baffling problems. The first of these is the simple language of the novel. The novel contains few words of more than three syllables, and hardly any complicated sentences. Coetzee is a master of English prose, and after reading one chapter, the language of the novel sticks out as being part of a larger puzzle, but like the other puzzles of the novel, the key to understanding seems to be nowhere in the text of the novel. While this is puzzling, the novel’s plot is advanced primarily through dialogue, and Coetzee shows his mastery of writing by hanging nearly the entire plot upon the dialogue of characters. Another great problem is the title of the novel. The Childhood of Jesus is certain to attract numerous readers who will discard the book quickly upon learning that the Biblical figure plays no direct part in the novel. The novel’s child character bears no resemblance to the Biblical figure except in allegory, and not just any allegory. Thinking about the connections has given me multiple headaches causing me to run to the store for ibuprofen. This might not be Coetzee’s intent, but I cannot be sure. While thinking through the deep layers of allegory can be frustrating, and painful, there are several situations that resemble the Biblical Jesus and his teachings; however, they do not always focus upon David. This makes for an interesting problem, why did Coetzee title his work in this way? I do not pretend to hold the answers to this question; like a student I can present conservative and somewhat provable arguments for what I think, but I would love to hear from someone else who has read the novel. Perhaps another reader can straighten out my ideas. The third conundrum of the novel has to do with the message of the work. Not fitting in seems to be at the forefront of Simón and David’s experiences in Novilla. Yet even though they do not fit in their behavior seems to be completely irrational in several ways. Perhaps this irrational behavior is to emphasize the oppressive nature of being an outsider, but that message seems too simple for Coetzee, and much too simple for the other elements of The Childhood of Jesus. The answer most certainly lies in or near the answer to the other great puzzles of the novel. Like a student, I can only present modest answers at this point, but I will continue to think and discuss until I can put together something more certain, and knowing Coetzee, it will probably be quite entertaining and outrageous. Based upon this review, this novel seems incredibly dense and boring. The Childhood of Jesus is not boring, and it is an extremely easy and fast text to read. I recommend you read it for its challenges. The challenges might make you a better reader, they will certainly give you a few things to ponder, and if you come across me somewhere about town we will have several conversation starters.
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TOWN Local Young Lady Competes for the Miss Jr. Pre-Teen Albuquerque Title Jordan Chavez of Gallup was recently selected to participate in the 2014 Miss Jr. Pre-Teen Albuquerque pageant competition that will take place on Saturday, March 8, 2014. Jordan will be competing for her share of thousands of dollars in prizes and specialty gifts that will be distributed to contestants. Jordan will be competing in the Miss Jr. Pre-Teen division in modeling routines, which include casual wear and formal wear. Most important, Jordan will display her personality and interviewing skills while interviewing with this year’s Albuquerque judging panel. If Jordan were to win the title of Miss Jr. Pre-Teen Albuquerque, she would represent Albuquerque and the surrounding communities at the National Competition in Orlando, Florida. Community businesses, organizations, and private individuals can assist Jordan in participating in this year’s competition by becoming an official sponsor to her. Through sponsorship, the necessary training, rehearsals, and financial support will allow Jordan to become a very confident and well-prepared contestant in this year’s Albuquerque pageant. Any business, organization, or individual who may be interested in becoming a sponsor to Jordan may contact Angela Kraus at 1-505-870-0799. Thank you in advance.
Can You Afford Retirement? By Steve Petranovich
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What you need to consider • Sources of income. Generally speaking, your social security benefits will be somewhere in the range of 20% to 40% of your working salary or earnings that were covered by social security. You can find out from your employer the amount of your company’s pension benefits and the requirements you must meet to get them. Then determine how much you must set aside on your own to have the total retirement income you feel is necessary. • Taxes. While retired individuals get some special tax breaks, they still continue to pay income taxes. The assumption usually is that your income will be lower in your retirement years, and, therefore, your income taxes will be less. In any case, don’t forget to take taxes into account in your planning. • Inflation. Inflation, even at moderate levels, can cut into retirement resources. You will have to find a way to hedge against inflation. Monitor your investments to be sure your return is higher than the level of inflation or you will be losing ground. • Ute span. People are remaining healthier longer and living longer lives. In your retirement planning, be optimistic about your own life span. Your planning should probably provide for double the remaining years indicated in any longevity tables.
The key to having enough money for a comfortable retirement is to become a serious saver. Start saving early, commit to saving regularly, and save as much as you can. No one ever retired regretting that they had accumulated too large a retirement fund. Retirement is one of the biggest changes in your life. With planning, it can also be one of the most pleasant. For assistance with your retirement planning and other financial concerns, contact us. We’re here to help you.
How to save more Need to save more for retirement? Saving money doesn’t have to be hard work. In fact, many successful savers have found simple ways to cut spending and increase their savings. Here are some tips to help you get started and stay on track. • Figure out how much more money you need for retirement. The number of years you have before retirement will help determine how much you will need to invest each month to reach your financial goal. • Be realistic. Make sure that your savings goal is realistic. If your goal works out to 10% to 15% of your monthly income, it should be achievable. But you may need to cut expenses to free up savings. • Pay yourself first. Try to treat your savings as your most important monthly bill. Write a check to savings first, or have your savings automatically deducted from your checking account or paycheck. • Track expenses. Another way to maximize savings is to track your expenses for a few months. This is a great way to spot unnecessary or wasteful spending; it doesn’t take much work to see potential cutbacks. • Take control. When it comes to saving, think “control.” For example, control the use of your credit cards. The amount you pay each month in finance charges could go to savings instead. Also, control the use of your ATM card. Get in the habit of giving yourself a regular cash allowance, and
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Financial tips for the 20-something generation The earlier you start, the easier it will be to get ahead financially. Here are some recommendations for those in their early twenties. • Pay yourself first. Every time you get paid, put something aside in a savings or investment account. As a general rule, save 10% of your income. Even smaller amounts add up over time. • Watch your plastic. Credit cards are an expensive form of debt, and it’s easy to lose control of them. Try to pay your entire credit balance every month, even if it’s a stretch. If you’ve been carrying a balance, buy nothing more on credit until the balance is zero. • Keep a clean credit record. If you plan to own a home, buy a car, or start a business, you’re going to need squeaky-clean credit. Keep all of your financial obligations current, and never make a financial commitment that you can’t keep. If you fall behind on any obligation, talk to the creditor immediately to make alternative arrangements. • Make sure you have adequate medical coverage. You may not see a doctor even once this year. But if you do need medical care, it could be for something serious and expensive. Anything less than a good major medical policy could ruin you financially. • Watch your expenses. At this point in your career, you may not receive large or frequent pay raises, but you can achieve the same effect by cutting expenses. Shop before you buy. Very similar – and sometimes identical products – are sold at widely varying prices. Wise shopping can be the equivalent of having a good-paying second job. For assistance with financial strategies suitable for your particular age and situation, give us a call. Steve A. Petranovich CPA PC For more information, call us at (505) 863-9575 or check out our website, www.petrocpa17.com.
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87301 Zuni IHS Introduces Patient First As of May 19, the Zuni Indian Health Service Hospital will introduce Patient First. The goal of Patient First is to improve health care on the patient’s terms. Zuni IHS will create an “open access” scheduling system, allowing patients to see their doctor/provider when it is convenient for them. Patient First will replace the current system where a patient receives a letter in the mail stating when their appointment has been scheduled. The new system will allow patients to call and make their own appointments when they want to be seen (same day a few of weeks in advance). In addition, when patients do have an appointment, they will be seen by their “Health Care Team.” The Team will help ensure that patients see the same small group of providers, health techs, and other staff for each appointment. This team will be able to provide better, more personalized care. Why is Zuni IHS creating Patient First? This is part of the IHS’s Improving Patient Care Initiative, which will improve patient’s access to friendly, more efficient health care. The open access concept of Patient First is not new. It has been well studied in Canada, Europe, and several clinics in the United States. Research of these clinics shows it helps reduce wait time, improves patient satisfaction, and increases continuity – patients will have a greater chance seeing their own personal doctor/provider. If you want to know more or have questions, feel free to attend upcoming meetings in Zuni and Pine Hill. Zuni IHS would like to remind their patients that while there is change on its way, the urgent care and emergency department will always be open 24/7 for times when it is not appropriate for a patient to wait for an appointment.
Rehoboth Christian School to Host College Choir Rehoboth Christian School will host a performance by the A cappella Choir of Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa, on Tuesday, March 4, at 7 pm. The concert is free; community members are invited. The concert will be held at Rehoboth Church. The three-part concert begins with songs that laud God’s grace and mercy in the midst of suffering. It will include a setting of “Softly and Tenderly” by Rene Clausen. Section two of the concert will feature virtuosic choral works, including “Chili Con Carne,” a jazzy piece sung by the women in the choir; barbershop favorite “I Want a Girl,” sung by the men; and “Auction Cries,” with lyrics drawn directly from a farm auction bill of sale. The concert will conclude with a selection of spirituals and gospel music as well as the choir’s traditional final hymn, “Beautiful Savior.” The 45-member A cappella Choir is directed by Dr. Thomas Holm, professor of music at Northwestern and conductor of the Sioux County Oratorio Chorus. The ensemble has performed across the U.S. and in Europe. Northwestern is a Christian college of more than 1,200 students. Rated a Top-10 Midwestern College by U.S. News & World Report, Northwestern provides an education committed to academic rigor and a Christcentered worldview.
Gardeners of Gallup: Stop the BS! Join Work in Beauty for a hands-on workshop about soil health on Saturday, March 15 at 2pm in the garden at 113 E. Logan St. Learn about the link between manure and soil salinity, see results of the Bokashi compost-in-a-bucket method, visit some red wigglers hard at work, and make a cover crop plan for your backyard plot. This event is free and open to the public and we hope you’ll join us, for soil’s sake! Call 726-2497 for more information.
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The Value of Recycling Sorted & Clean Items By Betsy Windisch re·cy·cle to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse, like recycling paper to save trees. Recycling involves the collection of clean used or waste items that are sorted by type and then baled for the market. Municipalities will recycle different items depending on their location and access to markets. The NWNM Solid Waste Authority at the Red Rocks Landfill in Thoreau is the deposition site for the recyclables collected from Gallup, Milan, Laguna, Zuni, and McKinley and Cibola counties. The SWA is part of a larger state network of centers for recycling. Each member’s items are combined with others in the network to produce volume that will generate more income for all. However, the system fails and income generated is less for all if items are not clean and sorted properly. Recycling bins are not trash bins! China, the largest buyer of recycled materials in the world, put their proverbial foot down in April of 2013. China no longer wants to receive the world’s garbage in the bales they are buying. Enhanced import inspections by Chinese customs officials led to severe recycling market limits for those shipping recovered paper and plastics. Regulations exist limiting the amount of contamination (non-recyclable items) in bales, but enforcement was lax. No longer! Under the new program, “Operation Green Fence,” almost every bale was inspected by customs officials. Almost a year later and the rigid enforcement by the Chinese government of regulations to reduce the amount of prohibitives in scrap bales has lessened, but not gone away. (Resource Recycling, April 2013 and February 2014) The message to the exporters of recycled materials worldwide is that garbage is not allowed. The message to us here in Gallup, New Mexico needs to be no garbage allowed. Recycling done right benefits everyone. You have heard the saying, “One bad apple ruins the barrel.” Well, one container of chili cheese fries, half-eaten burger with ketchup and mustard, one milk shake cup, a piece of chewed gum, and the like, thrown in with recyclable items contaminates the lot. When recycling, keep items sorted by type in separate bags or boxes until you get to the recycling bins at the Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center, Train Station, or the Gallup Transfer Station. Review the items accepted and how they should be prepared in the information below. And remember – recycling saves money, energy, and natural resources if done right! Lets do it right Gallup-McKinley County! For questions about what and how to recycle, contact: Gerald / Millie (722-5142), Betsy at betsywindisch@yahoo.com, or Leigh at the MCRC website recyclegallup.org. COMMUNITY RECYCLING BINS Monday / Wednesday / Friday Cultural Center / Train Station 201 E. Historic Highway 66 8 am – Noon Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center 701 Montoya Boulevard Noon – 4 pm Volunteers monitor on Saturdays from 10 am - 2 pm ACCEPTING Corrugated Cardboard (flatten as much as possible) Tin/Steel Cans (rinsed/ labels okay) Plastic #1 & #2 Bottles with Necks (rinsed / lids removed) Mixed Paper (junk mail, catalogs, magazines, newspaper, white and colored paper) Aluminum beverage cans, clean foil, and pie plates can be placed in a plastic grocery type bag or other) and placed in the Steel/Tin bin.
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Believe Gallup Solar By Maggie Robinson
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irst of all, do you know who Gallup Solar is? They are a small, grassroots group of people who care about the environment and about other people who may need some assistance with solar electricity and/ or solar heat. Their first goal is to get a 40-megawatt photovoltaic plant for the city of Gallup, but also getting photovoltaic solar panels for anyone interested in investing for solar, our sun. Gallup Solar is collaborating with communities, elected representatives, utilities and industry to bring solar power to all peoples in our area, as our mission states on our website www.gallupsolar.org. Recently three members attended the Renewable Energy Day, February 16 at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Networking and talking to many folks resulted in a productive day. The three also delivered thank you letters to our representatives and senators for creating promotional solar bills. Presently there are bills in the House of Representatives and the Senate for more tax credits for solar panels and gross receipt tax reductions for construction in progress including solar panels. Many folks came to our display table to talk about Gallup and what Gallup Solar is doing and our model for getting people in the city and on the reservation solar help. One gentleman was very impressed with our 55-kilowatt (KW) solar
Bill Bright lowers panel in place.
home. Solarons are for heat. We distributed 120 solar heaters or Solarons to schools and individuals, which are being installed. We are also collaborating with Eagle Energy for small solar systems on the reservation. We follow the progress of local businesses, like the photovoltaic (PV) assembly plant in Fort Defiance, AZ. Another goal is to have individuals on the reservation, who do not have electricity, use solar systems instead of spending sometimes many thousands to get electricity from the nearest power line. We help individuals on the Navajo Reservation be off the grid and have their own solar power for electricity and/or heat. If you are interested in solar systems, we can also help you in the city of Gallup. We buy them wholesale and have a great team of technicians to install the panels. The team consists of Chris Chavez, a local contractor and instructor, and anyone who is interested plus his students from UNM Gallup. Our solar team has placed photovoltaic systems on two Habitat for Humanity houses. The installations are educational projects and a video of this process is also on our website. Another resource is the archives on the KGLP website for the interview with Bill Bright, our president, and me, a board member (www.KGLP.org). Click
Get involved and help with Gallup Go Solar! array at the Gallup High School on Rico Street. It is amazing and it is impressive because it moves with the sun for maximum solar input for electricity at the high school. Also happening is the reservation work with Solarons. A Solaron is simply glass on a big box with a fan that shoots hot air into a hogan or a small
L-R: Maggie Robinson, Sr. Pat Bietsch and Don Hyde at Renewable Energy Day at the Roundhouse.
on “Listen to local interviews and specials.” The interview gives all the details of what Gallup Solar has accomplished and will accomplish in the future. There is a detailed description of all our collaborations with others in process and plans for Gallup Solar, and about exploring ways to make solar accessible to all. If you have considered solar but thought you could not afford it, please join the discussions on Wednesday nights at 6 pm at 113 Logan in Gallup, NM. We meet the first three Wednesdays with speakers and interesting topics related to solar. Remember, generally what we can do for you is buy wholesale panels and help you install those panels economically with our team from UNM-G. In addition we have held many hands-on workshops at UNM-G on the installation of PV panels. We have made numerous presentations at schools and at the Water and Energy Awareness Days. Oh, and we have demonstrated the solar-powered golf cart, to the delight of hundreds of students. We would really like to see the younger generation at our meetings. Also on our website is “Sunny Beam,” a wonderful booklet for children to understand solar power. So remember Gallup Solar Wednesday nights at 6 pm to 8 pm at 113 Logan. Snacks are included! For more info call 726-2497.
In March Gallup Solar will host a series of open space conversations about Climate Change, where all views, experiences and perspectives are welcome. The topic will also be explored from local life and innovative alternatives in New Mexico.
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The RMCHCS Board of Trustees and administrative staff are aware of your concerns regarding the future of Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services (RMCHCS) and the availability of healthcare in our community.
We want to assure you that RMCHCS is not closing its doors nor will it cut essential patient care services in the community. RMCHCS has made the financial decision to close its East Campus and move its Behavioral Health outpatient counseling services and its Home Health and Hospice offices to the main campus. The inpatient addictions recovery program, which has consistently been operating at a loss over the years, has been discontinued. RMCHCS emergency services will continue without interruption. We were disappointed to learn that the contract we have had with Western New Mexico Physicians Group for emergency services since 2006, will end on April 30, 2014. However, RMCHCS has already received a number of proposals from national emergency medicine provider groups and one of these groups will be selected to provide emergency care services at RMCHCS. RMCHCS has providers who offer acute primary and specialty patient care. It is our hope to restore orthopedic services during 2014. We continue to actively recruit in the areas of pediatrics, internal medicine, family medicine, anesthesia, general surgery
and OB/GYN both locally and nationally. RMCHCS is exploring various options to help decrease expenses and increase revenue. One option is to evaluate a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) designation. This designation is not a downgrade, nor does it impact the scope of services offered. However, a CAH can only have 25 licensed beds. RMCHCS currently has 60 licensed beds, but our average inpatient census was 21 during 2013. It will take at least six months to determine whether a CAH would be a positive option for RMCHCS and for this community. It will take another 2–3 years for the entire process to be completed. The Rural Assistance Center reports that many hospitals have increased their services with a CAH designation. RMCHCS is not alone in its challenges. Many rural hospitals are fighting to remain viable in an environment in which continued reductions in funding and patient care reimbursement rates is the norm. Local access to quality healthcare for you and your family is our top priority. However, we cannot do this alone. We ask for your support and goodwill as we work to secure the future of healthcare in our community.
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The Sleep Center offers consultation for sleep disorders, including obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, and restless leg syndrome, to name a few.
ucky for some of us, we are genetically able to handle our coffee even at bedtime and still get a reasonable amount of sleep for the night. Others are not so blessed. Most fail miserably at attempts to sleep because of one’s bed partner’s insomniainducing snoring. Medicolegal cases abound of violent death with one’s bed partner profoundly unaware of the incident in their shared bed. Children scream in terror and confusion as parents try vainly to shake the child awake. Food disappears from the refrigerator at night as one family member mysteriously gains weight uncontrollably. Insomnia. Obstructive sleep apnea. Parasomnia. Night terror. Sleep eating. These are few of the stories we hear in the realm of TV programs such as 60 Minutes until it strikes home, closer to us. Diagnosis and appropriate treatment of varied sleep disorders, such as the examples mentioned above, are one of the major goals of Gallup Neurology since its inception two years ago. Now known as Gallup Neurology and Sleep Disorders Center, the healthcare facility re-opened in its new location at 211 East Aztec Avenue, east of Clay Fultz Insurance Agency and the newly constructed Pinnacle Bank building. In its second year in business, a 2-bedroom sleep center was added to the practice. The Sleep Center offers consultation for sleep disorders, including obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, and restless leg syndrome, to name a few. Highest in the list of services provided by the Sleep Center is the performance of a registered sleep technologist-attended sleep study. A sleep study is done to determine the presence of sleep-related breathing disorders, to evaluate its type and severity and to apply the appropriate therapy. Once a disorder is documented by a sleep study and appropriately treated, for example, obstructive sleep apnea treated by a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine, the multiple medical, neurological, even psychiatric complications of untreated sleep apnea are identified. Hypertension poorly controlled by 3 to 4 anti-hypertensive medications, atrial fibrillation, progressive weight gain in diabetics despite attempts at portion control and exercise for weight loss and glycemic control, susceptibility to infection, cognitive dysfunction, and even depression are attendant to the restoration of normal sleep cycles. In addition, a different type of sleep study is done to assess the degree of drowsiness and/or the ability to stay awake in the face of non-stimulating activities, such as driving long distances for truck drivers or flying over international waters for airplane pilots. Gallup Sleep Disorders Center is just the second half of the medical practice. The first half includes Gallup Neurology, which provides neurologic consultation services for disorders of the brain (seizures, headaches, strokes, vertigo, imbalance, etc.), brainstem (double vision, facial numbness or weakness, slurred speech), spinal cord (trauma, tumor, infection), neuromuscular junction (myasthenia gravis, Lambert-Eaton disease), nerves (neuropathy, numbness, tingling, carpal tunnel syndrome), and myopathy (muscle diseases). Aside from the consultation services, laboratory examinations, such as EEG (electroencephalography) and NCS-EMG (Nerve Conduction StudyElectromyography) are offered. EEG detects abnormalities in the brain waves or electrical activity of the brain. During the procedure, electrodes consisting of small metal discs with thin wires are pasted on the scalp. The electrodes detect tiny electrical charges that result from the activity of the brain cells, which are transformed into readable lines by the computer. NCS-EMG measures muscle response or
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electrical activity in response to a nerve’s stimulation of the muscle. The test is used to help detect neuromuscular abnormalities. During the test, one or more small needles (also called electrodes) are inserted through the skin into the muscle. The electrical activity picked up by the electrodes is then displayed on a monitor in the form of waves. A related procedure that may be performed is nerve conduction study (NCS). NCS is a measurement of the amount and speed of conduction of an electrical impulse through a nerve. NCS can determine nerve damage and destruction, and is often performed at the same time as EMG. Both procedures help to detect the presence, location, and extent of diseases that damage the nerves and muscles.
With the use of the EMG machine, Botox injection is also offered for patients with spasticity, meaning that muscles have increased stiffness and tightness, which may lead to pain, difficulties with hygiene and other activities of daily living. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Botox (onabotulinumtoxin A) to treat spasticity in the flexor muscles of the elbow, wrist, and fingers in adults. Spasticity is common after stroke, traumatic brain injury, or the progression of multiple sclerosis. At a later date, the FDA again approved Botox injection to prevent headaches in adult patients with chronic migraine, as well. Chronic migraine is defined as having a history of migraine and experiencing a headache on most days of the month. To see how the EEG and sleep equipment and the EMG machine work, as well as see a demonstration of Botox injection for neurological problems, come and visit Gallup Neurology and Sleep Disorders Center during its open house on March 14 from 10 am to 2 pm at 211 East Aztec Avenue. Come one, come all.
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March Community Calendar
Sunday ONGOING
Support Class for Parents of Teens at First United Methodist Church from 6:30-7:30pm. Info: 863-4512. 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 @ 505-783-4612. 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. Long Form Tai Chi will practice at Old School Gallery in El Morro, NM, 9:30-10:30 am. Newcomers welcome! Zumba, a cardio-based workout, is “exercise in disguise.” Come for classes led by licensed instructor, Vanessa Bowling, at Hozho Center (216 W. Maloney, Gallup) Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays at 6 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Cost is $4/person. For more information, check out www. vbowling.zumba.com. Plateau Science Society meets the third Sunday of each month at the Red Mesa Center on Hill Ave. next to the library. Social and refreshment time at 2:30, meeting starts at 3:00. All are welcome!
Monday 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: 722-6389. Codependents Anonymous, 12 noon at First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive, library room. Info: Liz at 863-5928. “Teen Survivors of Dating and Domestic Violence” support group meeting, 6:30-8:30pm. Info: 7226389. Lebanon Lodge #22, A. F. & A. M. meets the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 7:30 pm at the Gallup Masonic Center (4801 E. Historic 66 Avenue). An informational program and meal are presented before the meeting at 6:45 pm. All Masons are invited. Info: lebanonlodge22@yahoo. com. Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564. Open mic night every Monday at the Coffee House from 6 to 8 pm. Open to musicians, poets, and story tellers. Zumba classes well be held 6:30-7:30 at 3rd and Maloney at the Hozho Center, $4/class. If you have any questions please feel free to call Kimberly Martinez at 505-713-7250. Brain Injury Support Group, Mondays 9-11 am at Hozho Center (216 W. Maloney, Gallup). Learn new ways to deal with old problems. Become a better person by talking to people who know about brain injuries. For more information, call 505-870-1483. Recharge your week, Mondays at 6 pm by Ford Canyon Park: Beginner’s meditation by Gallup Meditation Group. A great introduction to the many benefits that group meditation provides. Log-in/ Like us on Facebook or call Maria at (505) 8633772 or (505) 863-9404 evenings only.
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Mother Goose on the Loose (ages 0-2) interactive parent-child music + movement story time, 11am at the Children’s Library.
Weird Science Club (ages 6-12) exploratory science, technology, engineering and math programs designed to make learning fun, 4pm at the Children’s Library.
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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. Overeaters Anonymous meeting for beginner and returning, 6:30-7:30 pm at Church of the Holy Spirit (1334 Country Club Drive). For more information, call Linda at (505) 863-6042. Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564. Zumba classes well be held 6:30-7:30 at 3rd and Maloney at the Hozho Center, $4/class. If you have any questions please feel free to call Kimberly Martinez at 505-713-7250. Faith Chapter #69, Order of the Eastern Star, meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7 pm at the Gallup Masonic Center (4801 E. Historic 66 Avenue). Info: Robert 505-615-8053. Work in Beauty Open Board Meetings every 1st Tuesday at 7pm at the Work in Beauty House (113 E. Logan, corner of Logan and Puerco). Work in Beauty Community Action Meetings every 3rd Tuesday at 7pm at the Work in Beauty House (113 E. Logan, corner of Logan and Puerco). Tai Chi, the Chinese discipline for cultivating energy, health and self defense skills, is coming to the Hozho Center (216 W. Maloney, Gallup). Monika Gauderon will teach from 7:15 to 8 pm. For more information, call 505 775-3045 or 870-1483.
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Charlie Albright, a highly gifted young pianist will perform. at 3:00 pm at the Gallup High Kenneth Holloway Auditorium. For more information about this talented musician, go to www.CharlieAlbright.com. This final concert in the Gallup Community Concert Series is being sponsored by The Gallup Independent, so admission is FREE. You will also be able to purchase a season membership for the 20142015 concert series at this concert. For more information please contact Antoinette Neff, Executive Director at 505-862-3939 or e-mail: toni@nizhonimusic.com and you can also follow GCCA on Facebook.
The Gallup York Rite Masons hold their monthly meeting on the 1st Monday of each month at the Gallup Masonic Center (4801 E. Historic 66 Avenue) at 7:30 pm. A short program and light meal are held before most meetings at 6:45 pm. All York Rite Masons are invited to attend. Info: GallupYorkRite@yahoo.com.
A cappella Choir from Northwestern College in Iowa will perform a free concert at Rehoboth Church at 7 pm. For more information, see G-Town article.
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Morning Light Sanga Meditation Group from 3 to 5 at 113 E. Logan. All welcome! Taizé Worship at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 4 pm. Please join us for candlelight, meditation, prayer, silence and Scripture. The church is located on Boardman Drive just south of Orleans Manor Apartments. Call Kathy (7225011) for more information.
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Morning Light Sanga Meditation Group from 3 to 5 at 113 E. Logan. All welcome!
Considering your options before sending your child off to middle school? Come spend the afternoon with us at Sacred Heart Middle School for 5th Grader Come & See Day, 12:30 - 3pm. Call 505-870-2125 for information. You won’t find another school like it in town!
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Spa Day, An Ups & Downs Relay For Life Team Fund Raiser, 11 am - 6:30 pm at UNM Cosmetology Department – Gurley Hall. $5 each for a Manicure, Pedicure, or Facial. For an appointment call 863-7561.
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Cancer support group, for information call 8633075 or 863-6140. 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. ZUMBA Fitness Classes at Chee Dodge Elementary School starting at 5:30 p.m. For more information email r_roanhorse@yahoo.com or call Ralph Roanhorse at (505) 862-2970. Four Corners Yoga (601 W. Coal Ave.) is offering free community class at 6 pm. All donations will be remitted to Adopt an Elder. For information, call 505-863-6463, email fourcornersyoga@yahoo.com or friend us on FB @ fourcornersyoga. *All classes are hot and 90 mins. CHANGE YOUR BODY . . . CHANGE YOUR LIFE! Zumba classes at the Hozho Center (3rd and Maloney) Wednesdays 6:30-7:30 and Fridays 6:307:30. For more information, call the Hozho Center at 505-870-1483 or call 505-713-7250. Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564. The weekly El Morro Community Stage Night happens each Wednesday from 7 until 8:30pm. For more information, you may call Rachel, 505-8637626, or email manager@kglp.org. Introduction to Belly Dance class, 7:30-8:30 at FOF Dance Studio, 230 W. Coal Ave. Call Leaf at 9792047 for tuition rates and registration.
Home Group AA will meet at Hozho Center three times a week Tuesday 6p-7p OD, Friday 6p-7p BB, potluck dinner 3rd Friday during speaker meeting, Sunday 4p-5p OD.
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Oscar Night Event at Sammy C’s Pub & Grill Event Room at 4 pm until the Oscars are all awarded. Dress-Up or Down for this fun event. $10 donation for cancer research. Concessions available. Contact Linda 722-2175 or Joyce 8633075 for more information.
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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner, 6-7:30 pm at Church of the Holy Spirit (1334 Country Club Drive, Gallup). Celebrate “Fat Tuesday” with pancakes, sausages, and all the trimmings, plus wonderful fellowship. No charge but donations accepted for the Navajo Aids Network. Call 505-863-4695 for more information.
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¡Explora! Museum Presents – STEM into Reading at Octavia Fellin Library’s Children’s Branch. This is a science, technology, engineering and mathematics interactive, handson experience for children ages 2-5 together with their adult companions. Two programs will be held on Tuesday, March 11 at 4 pm and Thursday, March 20 at 11 am. Registration is required, 15 parent-child pair slots available. To register, call 505-726-6120, e-mail avickers@ gallupnm.gov, or sign up at the Children’s Library. Quilt Club at Gallup Service Mart, 6-8 pm. Come join other quilters in the area to share ideas and projects. Bring your projects for an evening of Show and Tell and discussions about quilting. Are you having a problem with a pattern – bring it for others to offer suggestions. For more information, call 722-9414.
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Gallup Solar meets the first three Wednesdays of every month at 113 East Logan to discuss everything solar, from megawatt plants to solar lighting for the outhouse. To find out how you can save money on a grid tie in Gallup or for more information, go to new projects at gallupsolar.org or call Don at 505-728-9246. March Film Series—Women’s History Month, Octavia Fellin Public Library at 5:30 pm. Popcorn provided! March 5: What’s Love Got To Do With It (1993), March 12: Selena (1997), March 19: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002), March 26: Elizabeth—The Golden Age (2007) Ash Wednesday Service, 7 pm. Make a worshipful beginning for your Lenten season by joining us for the imposition of ashes and Holy Communion at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, 1334 Country Club Drive, Gallup, just 1 block west of Red Rock Elementary School. For more information, call 505-863-4695.
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Wednesdays in Lent (beginning March 12), Holy Spirit Lenten Soup Suppers and Study, 6:30 pm at the Church of the Holy Spirit (1334 County Club Drive, Gallup, just 1 block west of Red Rock Elementary School). Join us for a simple meal together and then our weekly study of Praying with Body and Soul, by Jane E. Vennard. For more information, call 505-8634695.
ANNOUNCEMENTS In March Gallup Solar will host a series of open space conversations about Climate Change, where all views, experiences and perspectives are welcome. The topic will also be explored from local life and innovative alternatives in New Mexico. For more info call 505-726-2497 or read our newsletter at gallupsolar.org. Free Computer Classes in March, including Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word. The library is offering free computer training throughout the month of March. Class size is limited to 10 participants per session. Registration is required, to register call (505)863-1291 or email libtrain@gallupnm.gov. 6th Annual Birdhouse Auction For Relay For Life will take place on May 5 at Sammy C’s. Area artists & crafts persons who would like to contribute to this project are encouraged to call Linda Shelton (722-2175) to pick up an instructional pamphlet and a birdhouse, unless you want to buy or make your own. All entries must be submitted by April 20. Birdhouses will be photographed and added to the website (gallupbirdhouses.com) and many will be displayed around town the week before the auction. This project is sponsored by the American Cancer Society Gallup Relay For Life Ups & Downs team with all proceeds going to the fight against cancer.
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March Community Calendar Friday
Thursday ONGOING
Crafty Kids, fun for all ages, 4pm at the Children’s Library. Moms Supporting Moms at Church Rock School, 9-11:30am. 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. Community Yoga, beginner/athletic beginner level. 6:20 pm, Catholic Charities/CIC. 506 W. Rte. 66. Info: Gene at 505-728-8416.
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Movies for all ages at the Children’s Library@ 4pm The weekly Old-Fashioned Hootenanny, at Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe, every Friday, starting at 6:30PM. Acoustic musicians are welcome to sit in with the regular players. Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564.
Saturday ONGOING
Overeaters Anonymous meeting at 11 am, at the First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive, library room. Info: Liz 505-863-5928. Zumba classes well be held at 11 am at 3rd and Maloney at the Hozho Center, $4/class. If you have any questions please feel free to call Kimberly Martinez at 505-713-7250. Every 1st Saturday of the month is RMCHCS Childbirth Education classes for 2014. Classes are held in the library at RMCH and begin promptly at 9:00 am and end at 1:00 pm. The class is designed for busy people who wish to complete the class in one day. Call the Women’s Health Unit at 505-863-7026 to register, the class is free. The facilitator is Beatrice Nunez, RNc.
Fall Belly Dance Classes at FOF Dance Studio, 230 W Coal Ave. Kids Belly Dance, 5:005:30pm. Intro to Belly Dance (for adults), Gallup Al-Anon meetings at First United Methodist 5:30-6:30. FOF Belly Dance Performance Class: Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive (next to GIMC). 6:30-7:30. Call Leaf at 722-2491 for tuition rates Tuesdays at 12 noon and Thursdays at 7pm in and registration and for more info. Conference Room #1. Zumba classes well be held 6:30-7:30 at 3rd Divorce Care Support Group, Thursdays at 7pm. and Maloney at the Hozho Center, $4/class. If Location to be determined. For more information, call you have any questions please feel free to call or email Dan at 505 878-2821 or dkruis@yahoo.com. Kimberly Martinez at 505-713-7250. Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564. Diabetes Education Classes, first four Thursdays of the month, 6:30-8:30 pm, RMCH 2nd floor library. Contact: Carolyn at 863-1865. Zumba, a cardio-based workout, is “exercise in disguise.” Come for classes led by licensed instructor, Vanessa Bowling, at Hozho Center (216 W. Maloney, Gallup) Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays at 6 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Cost is $4/person. For more information, check out www.vbowling.zumba.com.
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Soroptimist International of Gallup meets the second Thursday of the month at Angela’s Café at noon. Please note the new location!
Second Thursday Diabetes Support Group, 5:30 pm, for all people who suffer from Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes. This month, we’ll meet at Albertsons to study food labels! The Church of the Holy Spirit is located at 1334 Country Club Drive, Gallup, just 1 block west of Red Rock Elementary School. For more information, call 505-863-4695. Breastfeeding 101, learn the basics of breastfeeding, 6pm, RMCH 2nd floor library AND Baby Bistro, support group for breastfeeding moms and their babies, 7pm, RMCH 2nd floor library. For more information contact Mary Ippel at 505-8705103.
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Butterfly Town quilting workshop, 6 – 9 pm at Gallup Service Mart, $15 plus pattern. Celebrate the first day of spring by creating this fun, bright butterfly quilt. For more information, call 722-9414. PFLAG Gallup’s support meetings take place on the 3rd Thursday each month, 6-8 pm, in the 3rd Floor Solarium at RMCH Hospital, 1901 Red Rock Drive. You may bring potluck items or snacks to share, if desired. For more information, you may email PFLAGgallup@gmail.com.
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Dr. Marco’s Italian Classes are continuing each Thursday at the law offices of Mason & Isaacson, starting March 27 for 8 weeks. 5:30 pm Intermediate Class, 6:30 pm Beginner Class. Private lessons also available. Family discounts apply. For information please call 541-761-4980. Grazie e ciao! Roseanne and Phil Archuletta will discuss their book, Marked for History: New Mexico Roadside Markers Honor Women Leaders, 6 pm at Octavia Fellin Public Library. Their book tells stories of women who wove the fabric of what has become known as “The Land of Enchantment.” For more information, please call the library at 505-863-1291 or email libref@gallupnm.gov. Refreshments will be served.
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Please join us weekly at 6 pm at Ford Canyon Park for Beginner meditation by Gallup Meditation Group. A great introduction to the many benefits that group meditation provides. We are simple people, from all walks of life and belief systems, trying to connect with our own deep spirituality, through meditation. Reduced stress, clarity of mind, connection to your true-self. Log-in/ Like us at facebook.com/ gallupjeditation or call Maria at (505) 863-3772 (505) 863-9404 evenings only.
FREE TAX HELP Now through April 4 Catholic Charities of Gallup is offering Tax Help / VITA Program, free tax preparation for lowincome individuals and families (will not prepare married filing separately). Services available at Catholic Indian Center Mondays 1-5 pm, Wednesdays 2-7 pm, Fridays 9-noon (closed in inclement weather). Photo ID, SS card or ITIN card, W2, 1099, 1098 and all other income-related documents are required. For more information, call 722-4407.
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Fridays, March 7 and March 21, Stations of the Cross, 6 pm at the Church of the Holy Spirit. As part of your Lenten discipline, a time to deepen your relationship with our Lord, come walk the Stations of the Cross. The Church of the Holy Spirit is located at 1334 Country Club Drive, Gallup, just 1 block west of Red Rock Elementary School. For more information, call 505-863-4695.
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To see how the EEG and sleep equipment and the EMG machine work, as well as see a demonstration of Botox injection for neurological problems, come and visit Gallup Neurology and Sleep Disorders Center during its open house from 10 am to 2 pm at 211 East Aztec Avenue. Come one, come all. For more information, read article on p. 52. Crownpoint Rug Weavers Association Auction at Crownpoint Elementary School. Viewing 4:00-6:30 pm, auction 7:00-10:00 pm. For more information, visit crownpointrugauction.com.
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Popcorn Theology, 7 pm at the Church of the Holy Spirit (1334 Country Club Drive, Gallup). Come enjoy a free movie, sodas, popcorn, and conversation as we explore the gospel message in contemporary movies. This month’s movie is the HBO film Something the Lord Made. For more information, call 505-863-4695.
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McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council monthly meeting, 2 pm at Red Mesa Center (105 W. Hill). Call 7225421 for more information. Autumn Electric Live Feed Tour, Seattle Progressive Rock performing at Sammy C’s Rock n Sports Pub & Grille at 9 pm. Partial proceeds go to local food banks.
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Join your family, friends and neighbors at the Hands of Hope Pregnancy Center Pancake Breakfast, 7-10 am at PeeWee’s Kitchen located at 1644 S 2nd St. Tickets are $5 and are available at Hands of Hope, 120 S Boardman, or from volunteers, or at the door. You can make a donation to this event even if you cannot attend. Thank you for your generous support!! For further event information, call 722-7125. Indoor Yard Sale to benefit Battered Families Services, Inc., 8 am to 1 pm at BFS’s former Resale Shop (103 W. Aztec Ave., Gallup). For more information or to drop off donations, please call 505-722-6389. ArtsCrawl, Downtown Gallup, 7-9 pm. Schedule of events on p. 57.
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Gallup 6.6K on Route 66, 10 am from Gallup Municipal Airport to Ford Canyon. Registration $30 through March 10, $40 race-day (7-9 am). All proceeds benefit the National MS Society. Live band at finish, prizes and food booths. Register at Lucky Loans, Cash Man, Cash Stop or online at active.com, keyword “Gallup 6.6K Fun Walk/Run.” Gardeners: Stop the BS! Join Work in Beauty for a hands-on workshop about soil health at 2 pm at 113 E. Logan St. Come find out why manure stinks (for the soil ecosystem, that is). This event is free, fun, and open to the public. Please call 726-2497 for more information. Pueblo Pottery with Pam Lujan Hauer, 2 pm at Octavia Fellin Public Library. Pam Lujan Hauer, from Taos Pueblo, will demonstrate her art of pottery making along with telling the story of pottery from the history of clay as an art form and the origins of the earliest pottery to the threats to traditional pottery. For more information, please call the library at 505-863-1291 or email libref@gallupnm.gov. Funded in part by StoryCorps, the New Mexico Humanities Council and the Department of Cultural Affairs. Refreshments will be served.
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Open Casting Call for below-line production crew, including stand-ins and speaking parts, 10 am – 3 pm at El Morro Theatre in Gallup. No fees charged, but be prepared to sign a waiver and be photographed. For more information, call El Morro at 505-726-0050 or Lisa Rodriguez at 505-870-1124. The Octavia Fellin Public Library in partnership with the Soroptimist International of Gallup is hosting a “Gallup Women of Distinction” showcase throughout March. Photographs will be displayed throughout the library. On Saturday, March 22 at 2 pm, a public award reception will be held to honor Gallup’s women and the library will be awarded Octavia Fellin’s photograph for her commitment in serving the community. For more information, please call 505-863-1291 or email libref@gallupnm.gov. Refreshments will be served.
MARCH RODEO EVENTS March 2: 2014 Bucking Tough Bullriding Vanderwagen, NM at Boyd’s Arena Info: Kash Tom 505-285-8455, Gloriann Tom 505-879-5638 March 29: Shoot Em Up Toro Twisting Challenge Oak Springs, AZ at Aspen Canyon Arena Info: 928-797-1072, shootemup2014@yahoo.com
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Gallup’s oldest restaurant is under new management with a new menu and new hours. Serving delicious breakfasts, sandwiches, soups, salads and desserts, now with a bold twist, including the Veggie Reuben, BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich, Tofu Chorizo, Chocolate Ganache, and the pride of the house, Lamb Stew. Come for a fantastic meal and enjoy wonderful service, as well.
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Saturday, March 8 • 7pm - 9pm YAMMIOSM: YOUTH ART MONTH + MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH
THE CONVERGENCE OF TWO OFFICIAL MONTHS IS A COSMIC EVENT BEST VIEWED FROM DOWNTOWN GALLUP. COAL AVE. WILL BE CLOSED FROM FIRST STREET TO THIRD STREET AND SECOND STREET WILL BE CLOSED FROM AZTEC AVE. TO ROUTE 66 IN ORDER TO PROVIDE IDEAL VIEWING CONDITIONS. FEATURING ART, MUSIC, DANCE AND DRAMA BY CHILDREN AND YOUTH FROM ALL OVER GALLUP AND MCKINLEY COUNTY!
PARTICIPATING VENUES CAMILLE’S SIDEWALK CAFÉ STOP IN FOR SOME LIVE MUSIC, GREAT FOOD, A CUP OF HOT COFFEE, OR POSSIBLY MEET A FEATURED ARTIST. LOCATED AT 306 S. 2ND ST. HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL FOR ARTSCRAWL.
EL MORRO THEATRE EL MORRO THEATRE WILL HOST PERFORMING ARTS BY MANY AREA SCHOOLS INCLUDING DANCE GROUPS, BANDS, CHOIRS, AND SOLO MUSICIANS.
ANGELA’S CAFE GREAT COFFEE, FOOD, DRINKS AND MORE. THERE’S ALWAYS LIVE MUSIC, GOOD COMPANY AND A WONDERFUL ATMOSPHERE!
COAL ST. PUB LIVE MUSIC FOR ARTSCRAWL AND A GREAT ATMOSPHERE. MARLA DE ARMOND CHAVEZ WILL BE ON HAND WITH HER ONEOF-A-KIND JEWELRY.
SHALLOW GALLERY FEATURING THE WORKS OF MIYAMURA ART STUDENTS, DIRECTED BY TEACHER TINE HAYES. YOUNG ARTISTS OF GALLUP & MCKINLEY COUNTY “RESPUN” URBAN ART FROM LOCAL ARTIST RAVEN BRIGHT. LOCATED AT 305 S. 2ND ST. THE OPEN STUDIO/OUTSIDER GALLERY A PROJECT OF DSI, WORKING TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. 123 W. COAL AVE. (EAST ROOM) OPEN DURING ARTSCRAWL! ALSO OPEN: MONDAY-FRIDAY 12:30-3:00 PM. GROUP SHOW OF CONTEMPORARY FINE ARTS & CRAFTS, UNIQUE, ONE-OF-A KIND & HANDMADE CREATED BY OUR VARIOUS ARTISTS! INDUSTRY GALLERY WE ARE CELEBRATING THE 75TH BIRTHDAY OF ARTIST ARMANDO ALVAREZ! COME DOWN AND CELEBRATE WITH US AT 213 W. COAL AVE. THE COFFEE HOUSE COME IN AND ENJOY GREAT COFFEE ALONG WITH THE WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE. FEATURING GUEST ARTISTS AND LIVE MUSIC DURING ARTSCRAWL. LOCATED AT 203 W. COAL AVE. ART123 SHOWING THE WORK OF STUDENTS INCLUDING TOBE TURPEN & LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND GALLUP MIDDLE SCHOOL. THERE WILL ALSO BE WORK FROM ART123 CO-OP MEMBERS.
SAMMY C’S SPEND YOUR NIGHT LISTENING TO GREAT TUNES PROVIDED BY THE VOODOO RHYTHM BAND! ALSO, NATIVE ARTIST WILBERT MANNING WITH FEATURE HIS JEWELRY ALONGSIDE RICK SARRACINO AND HIS 5-MINUTE CARICATURES OF ANY AND ALL ONLOOKERS. ALL OF THIS ON TOP OF GREAT DRINK SPECIALS AND FOOD. FOUNDATIONS OF FREEDOM PERFORMING ARTS WE WILL BE DANCING AND PAINTING IN THE STREETS WITH ALL OF THE KIDS! COME AND JOIN US AS WE PAINT IN THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN GALLUP. YOU CAN ALSO DANCE WITH US OR JUST ENJOY THE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. YOU MIGHT EVEN LEARN A THING OR TWO IN OUR DANCE DEMONSTRATIONS LOCATED AT 115 W. COAL AVE. BILL MALONE’S COME IN AND VIEW SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NATIVE AMERICAN RUGS. THESE ARTISTS HAVE CREATED ARTISTIC MASTERPIECES WITH WOOL. COME VISIT US AT 235 W. COAL AVE. Shi’ Ma Traders & Pawn NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN JEWELRY STORE SPECIALIZING IN SILVER AND GOLD REPAIR WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS BY KAH IN MARCH LOCATED AT 216 W. COAL AVE. CRASHING THUNDER ART EXHIBIT BY JACQUES TIXLUR LOCATED AT 228 W. COAL AVE.
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People read Gallup Journey in the darndest places! send photos to: gallupjourney@gmail.com or 202 east hill, 87301
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5 1. State Representative Patty Lundstrom and Speaker Ken Martinez reading the Gallup Journey immediately following a 2014 daily floor session. Speaker Martinez is the Speaker of the House and Patty’s High School classmate. 2. Newlyweds Lee & Sarah Charles read the Journey on their wedding day in Denver, CO. (Photo by Natalie Slater Photography) 3. Alford family reading the Journey at a performance of “The Ideal Husband,” performed at Calvin College in November. 4. Brittany Chiapetti even took her Journey diving with the sharks at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, Florida while on vacation with her family, Steve and Patty Holland.
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5. Traveler extraordinaire Marie Johnston takes a break from a kayaking trip in Baja California. Kayaking around an island is a lot of work, but thankfully she had some down time in the evenings to catch up on events in her hometown! 8. Sammy Chioda and John Peña started reading the Gallup Journey at the ESPN/Los Angeles Sports Center Studio and finished reading it at the BCS National Championship Game in Pasadena . . . not a bad trip!
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1. Kiona, Tara, Mac, and Kawai Lucio read the Journey on the Tower of Terror ride in Disney’s California Adventure Park in Anaheim, CA. 2. Josh Kanter at Maison Kayser in Columbus Circle, NYC, at the end of his 5-week internship. Here he is working on just a few of the 300 or so baguettes produced there everyday. 3. Bob and Bev Armstrong (parents of Gallupian Brooke Dashner) enjoy their Journey subscription on their farm in Washington, Indiana. 4. Mike Sage and Alex Begay enjoying the Journey while attending a very important game, Seahawks VS 49ers at the Candlestick Park (49ers Stadium) San Francisco, California. 5. Fish and Eric Sanchez enjoying fresh powder at Wolf Creek. Not even a whiteout could stop them from reading Gallup Journey!
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DONE LOCALLY! Making Belts at City Electric Shoe Shop w/Tony Bonaguidi
If you don’t currently own a Belt made at city electric, it’s time! Not only do these belts last forever (because they are made with a single piece of high-quality leather), but they are also comparable in price to other brands . . . buy one today for yourself or as a gift . . . always Shop locally first!
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5. Wet Belts & wrap in plastic over night. 6. Run belts through Embossing Machine.
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City Electric Shoe Shop 505.863.5252 • 230 W. Coal Ave. www.cityelectricshoe.com
We care about Gallup! We are Friendly, Professional, and Experienced. We treat Pain, Injuries, and Weakness. We treat with Manual Therapy, Therapeutic Exercise, and Patient Education on Pain, Stress, and Wellness. We accept VA Insurance, BC/BS, Tricare, Presbyterian, Lovelace, Molina, Navajo Nation, Worker’s Compensation, Trustmark, Medicare, Medicaid, Salud, and Auto insurances.
505-863-4199 • 1900 E. HWY 66 505-863-4199, fax Enchantmentpt.com • 8am - 6pm
Largest Selection of Moccasins anywhere!
Watch March Madness & the NBA in Hi-Def by DirecTV
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
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926 N. Hwy 491 • Gallup, NM 87301 • (505) 722-6498 Open Daily 11am-9pm
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