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Gallup Cultural Center 2. Beautiful Sunsets 3. Fluffy White Clouds 4. Big Thunderstorms 5. Red Rocks 6. Smell of Roasting Chile 7. Piñon Pines and Junipers 8. Sunshine 9. Navajo Jewelry 10. Multiculturalism 11. Red or Green? 12. Route 66 13. Ceremonial 14. Triathlon 15. Ceremonial Parade 16. Balloon Rally 17. Red Rock Park 18. ArtsCrawl 19. Nightly Indian Dances 20. GALLUP HIGH LADY BENGALS basketball program 21. No Traffic Jams 22. Diverse and Thriving Business Economy 23. Southwest Culture 24. BLAKE’S LOTABURGER 25. BEST Mexican Food 26. Beautiful Signs 27. Proximity to Everything 28. Mutton Stew 29. Kneel Down Bread 30. World Class Trail System 31. The People, Gallupians! 32. Trains 33. Family-Oriented Town 34. Flea Market 35. Hogbacks 36. History of our Area 37. Zuni Pueblo 38. Road Biking 39. Wild Thing 40. Squash Blossom Classic 41. Dawn Til Dusk 42. 24 Hours In the Enchanted Forest 43. Gallup Lions Club Rodeo 44. Pyramid Rock 45. Run for the Wall 46. Frybread 47. Navajo Tacos 48. Steamed Corn Stew 49. Scent of Sagebrush after it rains 50. surrounded by the 4 sacred mtns
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Sacred Heart
Cathedral School C e l e b r a t e s One Hundred Years
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allup’s Sacred Heart Cathedral School has a rich and extensive history; 2012 marks one hundred years of educating local children in faith and academics. From its humble beginning by four Franciscan sisters before a diocese existed in Gallup, to a time in the ’50s when nearly one thousand students occupied its classrooms, the school has endured, offering quality Catholic education to many generations of Gallupians.
Today, Cathedral is headed into its next century on a positive trajectory. Academically very strong, its students are ranking high nationally. Moreover, the school emphasizes community service throughout the high school curriculum with different layers of focus in each grade level, ranging from the family to the school to the community at large. Once again under the Diocese of Gallup, there is a renewed sense of unity and belonging among those affiliated with the school. Anna Biava, the Centennial Chairperson and a third-generation graduate, hopes that this year’s celebratory events (see sidebar) will serve as an opportunity to reconnect with alumni and draw attention to the school’s excellent reputation for educating children in faith, community service, and academics.
Original Sacred Heart High School (4th and Hill St.)
1912 •Sacred Heart School opened by four Franciscan missionary sisters •83 students enrolled K-6. Tuition is $1 per month per child, $1.50/2 children, $1.75/3 children, $2 for 4 or more. Classrooms and boarding house located behind church on 5th and Aztec.
1913 Enrollment explodes to 284 students. Two-year Commercial Course (a business trade school) is added.
1938 •Enrollment reaches 600 students making it the largest parochial school in the state of NM. •Construction of the new school on 4th and Aztec is begun. It is one of the only 3-story buildings in Gallup at the time. •First Edition of the school year book is produced, originally called The Conquistador but soon renamed The Torch. •“Sacred Heart High throws open its doors to all, impartial as to creed, color, or race.”-Silver Anniversary Edition of The Reflector (school paper). •Sacred Heart School features its first Operetta at the El Morro Theater. The Bell of Barcelona is performed complete with school choir, student orchestra, and student actors.
1921 Sacred Heart High School is accredited. 1926 First football team of Sacred Heart High started.
1941 Operetta Wings of America
1941 School is officially re-named Sacred Heart Cathedral School and becomes part of the newly established City of Gallup Diocese under its first Bishop the Most Reverend Bernard T. Espelage O.F.M.
1927 The first Sacred Heart basketball team is started. The Panthers’ uniforms are in the famous green and white that still stand as the school’s official colors today.
1953 Sacred Heart Cathedral School is busting at the seams. Enrollment reaches 890 students (60-70 students per classroom).
1935 First PTA organized.
1954 Your “Fair Share” Plan (a bilingual marketing campaign) to raise $290,000 for a new school is begun. Astonishingly, the full amount is raised in just 30 months.
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1947 Cathedral Orchestra
By H. Haveman
Photos courtesy of Sacred Heart Cathedral School Archives
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1955-1956 State Champions, Football, Class B 1968 Cathedral High School is abruptly closed, sparking local headlines like “Cathedral Panther is Dead!” Elementary and Middle School remain open.
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1976-1978 Sacred Heart Cathedral High School temporarily re-opened. 1993 Sacred Heart Cathedral School is privatized and no longer an official part of the Gallup Diocese. Name is changed to Gallup Catholic School: Home of the Cathedral Panthers. 1994 High School re-opened starting with 9th grade. 2001-2002 State Champions, Academic Decathlon-small school division 2009 School reinstated as a diocesan school under the Most Reverend James Wall. 2010 State Champions, Baseball, 1A-AA 2012-2013 School celebrates its Centennial Year.
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Sacred Heart Cathedral Today Current enrollment: 100 students PK-8, 30 students 9-12, 50% Catholic, 47% Native American Tuition: $2,700-$4,000 depending on grade level Currently accredited through 2015 Committed to Academic Excellence: Last year, 100% of kindergartners learned to read and 100% of seniors graduated; 90% of graduates college bound.
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Solar Cars, only a Sunny Beam in Gallup but Happyning in I Santa Fe!
n the left panel of Work of Mind (shown at left), clockwise from top left: Kaul Corley of Corley Nissan; Randy Menapace of Rico Motors; Armando Espinosa of Goodyear Tires and Debora Money of Corley Nissan, who said of the mural, “I’m quite proud of it, as I am of the city of Gallup. We offer so much diversity here it’s unreal.” She added regarding their EV, “Nissan is having great success with the Nissan Leaf, but unfortunately it’s not available in our area. It only has a 100-mile effective range roundtrip. Given the area we live in it’s not really practical for our customers due to the distance everyone must travel.” In 2005, when I planned this scene and got permission to paint these experts, I had hoped there would be several cars running on sunlight in Gallup, seven years later. But I am afraid there is only one, Sunny Beam, Gallup Solar’s own solar electric golf car, with 240 watts of solar PV mounted on the upper deck, charging eight six-volt batteries. Many people don’t realize that electric cars plugged into the grid as it stands now, fueled by coal and nukes don’t do a thing for the environment. To be truly green they have to be charged by renewable energy. To find this ideal I had to resort to family ties. My sister, and Fitz’s, Pauline, masterminded this very exciting project in Santa Fe. Here is the project: The Vision: Sand River Cohousing (formerly called Eldergrace) is a small (28-unit), low- to moderate-income, 55+ elder community in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is intent on reducing our carbon footprint. The community is ‘green built’ and so home energy use is very low. Some residents have installed grid-tied solar PV systems on their roofs to further reduce and offset the community’s carbon output. But, what more can be done? After heating and cooling of buildings, the next highest carbon output is from transportation. For us, that is driving our cars. So, Sand River developed a plan that will eventually reduce the community’s ‘driving’ footprint.
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The first step of this plan has just been completed. With the help of a third party investor group, the community installed a 5.52 kW grid-tied, photovoltaic system on the roof of its Common House. The electricity produced by this system will power the Common House, but it will also produce enough electricity to power three to four electric vehicles depending on the current electric vehicle technology and driving habits. The PV system is now up and running. The second step in this plan is two-fold: putting in place the organizational structures involved in group ownership of cars and developing the practice of sharing cars. Sand River has recently registered an LLC with the name PV2EV (photovoltaic to electric vehicles) that will own the cars. The idea is that there will be a small fleet of cars, jointly owned by a group of residents. Some of these cars would be gas powered (including hybrids) for going on longer trips. And some of the cars would be all electric for shorter trips around town, which is actually most of the driving. The idea of sharing cars is a definite challenge for a group of older individuals who are used to having a car for his or her use only, but the community is working on this. They have done a few experiments of car sharing where they drove their own cars, but signed out a ‘virtual’ car on a realtime schedule. The results seem to show that they will need slightly more than half the number of cars than people in order to meet the community’s driving needs. The third step in the plan is to acquire the electric vehicles. As a group of older individuals with low to moderate incomes they cannot simply buy three to four EVs. However, Sand River is working on the idea that someone (an electric vehicle manufacturer or dealer, a foundation interested in showing how carbon footprints can be reduced without disrupting lives, or even some individual with money to spare) will help out with this part of the plan. When the plan is fully implemented, the community will be able to provide a powerful teaching tool for other communities who wish to move towards a more sustainable way of life. How will they get over their dependence on ‘my personal car’? How will they finance the major expenses involved in the solar installation and the new cars? At the moment the community has only some of the answers to these questions. But they will find all of them! For more information, contact Pauline Sargent at 505-467-8274 or paulinesargent3@gmail.com.
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By Irvin Morris
The Gift of Flight
[Irvin Morris is a Diné writer and educator who currently teaches at Navajo Technical College in Crownpoint, NM.]
Seeing him like that, I understood why humans have loved horses since the beginning of time.
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he first time I saw him, I wasn’t at all impressed. It was clear he’d seen better days. Rumor had it that he set a track record in his youth that remained unbroken for years, but I was incredulous. This guy? That even death seems to have passed over? It was hard to imagine that he’d ever been an athlete, much less a record-holder. Frankly, he was a scaffold of bone. Obviously he hadn’t seen a working pair of clippers in quite a while, and a row of dingy choppers sat scrunched between a set of big whiskery lips. It wouldn’t have been an exaggeration to call that run of piano keys horse teeth because he was, indeed, a horse. A registered six-yearold quarter horse gelding bearing the unlikely name, “Scouting River.” Or so the bill-of-sale avowed. For the first few days that he stayed with us, Scout, as I started calling him, was aloof and eyed me suspiciously from the other side of the corral when I went to fill his water trough or hay feeder. Over the following weeks, he must have decided I could be trusted enough to walk up to and sniff. Slowly, he adjusted to his new home and to the stranger who kept him in hay and water. Then one day he didn’t flinch away when I ran a finger down the long plane of his face and dark velvety muzzle. It was only a matter of time before we became almost inseparable. We were like the mythical centaur, the wondrous staple of Greek mythology. I learned to relish the freedom of long aimless days spent wandering here and there, investigating every nook and cranny of our neighborhood and beyond. Scout transformed from a pitiful mockery of a horse into a gleaming icon of equine splendor. Seeing him like that, I understood why humans have loved horses since the beginning of time. Scout became a familiar sight in the community; whether charging
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headlong after a panicked runaway calf with me astride his back, wide-eyed and hanging on for dear life, or bearing my mother with immense gentleness and grace. She loved his smooth gait, comparing it once to a Cadillac’s, but by blood he was a sprinter. One day my cousins happened to lope by on their mounts, and without warning Scout shot forward, ears folded, hooves pounding out a rooster tail of dirt. My life flashed before my eyes as gopher holes blurred past underfoot. When he slowed down, finally, my cousins were tiny dots on the flat green plain behind us. I was enveloped by the tang of sweaty horseflesh and my own fear melting into relief. Over the coming years, I would experience that rush many times. I could go on and on, I suppose, about the memories we forged, but the one that stands out most – whether I want it to or not – is the evening a cop came knocking on the door. All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind and I braced myself for whatever bad news he was bringing, but it was much more horrific than I had dared imagine: Scout had been hit by a semi. Would we come down to identify the animal? We drove to the highway in silence. Someone had left open the gate to the right-of-way fence, and Scout, uncharacteristically and inexplicably, had ventured onto the highway and directly into the path of a speeding eighteen-wheeler. As we came upon the scene, our headlights spotlighted the trucker peering at us from under the brim of his cowboy hat. His voice was matter-offact, but tinged with a bit of sadness as he explained what had happened. “He came out of nowhere – I couldn’t stop.” We wavered on either side of Scout, who I could see was still breathing, though with great difficulty. “He’s got to be put out of his misery,” the trucker continued. I nodded, but I was stunned
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when he pulled a long knife from his boot. After a few gurgling breaths, Scout’s body relaxed, and so did mine. I didn’t realize until then that I was so tensed up. I guess it was shock that numbed me so that I didn’t feel anything for a while. I carried on with my life like nothing had happened, but in the back of my mind, something felt unfinished, unresolved. I tried to ignore it, rationalizing that a grown man did not mourn the death of an animal. My grandfather had told us – when as children we mourned the loss of a beloved dog – that one should never cry over such things. “Léé chaa’í doo baa jicha da,” he had scolded. I don’t know exactly when I came to terms with the whole thing. I only know now that I am somehow better for having known such a remarkable horse. I can’t put it into words, but I know he helped me grow up, forcing me to push back limits I had imposed on myself, letting me feel and then surpass fear as we flew over the earth on those long summer days. I learned what it is to feel genuine affection, without expectation or condition, gratitude beyond words, deep calm, absolute joy and unfettered wonder. Confidence is when a horse trusts you enough to relax his whole weight against you – if only for a moment – when both of you knew that your puny self could get hurt, but didn’t. They say the Holy Ones blessed us with horses to serve as companions, and to allow us the incomparable gift of flight. For me, at least, all of this is true.
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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
Joe’s Work Was Everyone Else’s Play An Interview with Joe Vargas, Part 1 of 2
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oe Vargas moved to Gallup in 1950 at the age of 12 years after the Dodge Corporation stopped mining coal in the small mining community of Dawson, near Raton. Sixty-two years later, Joe sits down to talk about the remarkably full life that he has lived in Gallup. He is trim, relaxed and busy in a retirement that starts every morning when he opens church for mass at 6:00 am. The Origins of Joe’s Crew Cut. Joe jumped into Gallup’s youth sports scene from the very beginning. In his first year here he played on Gallup’s peanut league championship softball team with Porky Abeita and Joe Esparza. He says, “I went to Washington Elementary, and I can remember coach John Ply. He was a football coach, and he’d come down there and give us one of those pep talks, you know, and say ‘You’re going to be the greatest guy in the world. This is what you have to do to be great.’ And I can still remember him saying, ‘You have to dress neatly and your hair has to be combed.’ He was one of these guys that had a flat top at that time. He said, ‘Look at me. Look at my hair cut.’ So the believer that I was, I started cutting my hair short.” Sixty-two years later, Joe is still sporting his trademark crew cut. Bud Hyson – a Gallup Coaching Legend. In high school, Joe found another mentor in legendary Gallup coach Bud Hyson, who came to Gallup from Oklahoma. Joe says, “Coach Hyson was one of those guys that said, ‘I want to build gentlemen first and the basketball player will come on his own.’ He coached the game that way. He was already putting a substitute in for you if you made a gesture of some kind that you were going to give a referee a hard time.” As a 5’0’’ freshman, Joe was told by the freshman coach, “You’re not tall enough to play this game.” Joe says, “And my answer to that was, ‘It’s all right. I get into the games free anyway.’ I stuck it out and, lo and behold, I made the team. In my junior and senior years I was playing with the likes of Ray Christiansen, Frank Colianni, Leo Watchman – who was later a state
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representative from this area – and George Buchanan who was our tallest guy at 6’0”. Farmington came to town with those big guys like Larry Neely (older brother of Dallas Cowboy All-Pro lineman Ralph Neely) and we played them tough because we ran them and we beat them at least once.” Years later, Hyson retired and wrote a book. Joe says, “The book’s in the library, and I made the honor roll team among all his years of coaching in Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico. My brother Benny was one that made it too. But the neat thing was, like I said before, he’s one of those, he coached not for basketball but for life.” Hudson Chavez and the Gamerco Miners. Joe says, “Then along comes Hudson Chavez. He was ‘Mr. Baseball’ in Gallup. He had a semipro baseball team called the Gamerco Miners that played Kirtland Air Force Base, Sandia Base and McNary – a bunch of lumberjacks up there by Flagstaff. He came up when I was a junior in high school and asked me if I wanted to play summer ball with the semi-pro team. You know, that’s a crazy question, heck that’s love at first sight, so I said, ‘Yeah, shoot yeah.’ I was playing center field and right field and, being a rookie, I was sitting the bench behind a senior player, Joe Rodriquez. I got in one game and here comes a long ball and I can remember I dived at it and made a good catch and some of the guys were patting me on the back. I sat down by Joe and he said, ‘You know what? If you would have been playing your position, you wouldn’t have to dive at a ball like that.’ That burst my bubble in a hurry, but you know what? That causes you to grow up and I can remember that from over fifty years ago. I hate to even think about how many guys are left from that team. Don Spark’s dad, his name was Don too, was one of the last to pass away and I think Frank Gonzales played with us at some time.” Porky Abeita’s Debt to the Independent. I ask Joe what it was like to grow up on Gallup’s north side in those days and he says, “I enjoyed every bit of it, especially the friends that I had. Porky Abeita stands out to me because we were next-door neighbors. His mother was PTA President
and if we were in trouble she would take us out of it. To tell you a story on Porky, he used to deliver newspapers and we’d go help him. He’s the guy with big bucks because he was the only one that was employed. We’d get a Coke here and a Coke there for helping him. We’d go down the street and if there was a football game we’d stop and play football and the poor people that were waiting for their paper didn’t get it. I tell Porky, ‘You know what? You probably still owe the Independent money. So if you ever need a job, you’ll still have it because they want their money back.’” From Three Parks to Twenty-Three Parks. After a tour in Korea, Joe returned home and was working at a service station and trying to figure out what he wanted to do. He says, “I used to go and visit Bert Giovanetti (City Parks and Recreation Director). He is another of the guys that either made me or broke me. I used to go visit him at the old swimming pool at Ford Canyon. One day he asked me if I wanted to work and he said, ‘Well, I might have a job for you in Parks and Recreation.’ Eddie Muñoz was Mayor at the time and he said, ‘Let me check with Eddie and see what we can do.’ Sure enough he called me in and said, ‘Come in and fill out an application.’ He said, ‘You start Monday.’ I was supposed to start on Monday, November 11, Veterans Day. Bert called me back on Friday and said, ‘We’re off on Monday. You’re on payroll already.’ And to this day, I always say, well one thing the City gave me is one day off on the first day of work. Bert was good to me. He taught me the job. Other than knowing sports, I didn’t know anything. The City more than got its money back in the years that followed Joe’s first day. Joe, who became the City’s Parks and Recreation director after Bert Giovanetti retired, says, “In ’62 there were only three parks. There was Ford Canyon, Viro Park and I think that Bubany Park was another one on the north side. Three parks and from those three parks to the end of my career, we had twenty-three parks.”
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I Fought the Law and the Law Won! Part 2
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was just closing up the office for the night when she appeared in my doorway swinging a rope and handcuffs. I gulped. Four weeks earlier, she had told me to go to hell as she stomped furiously out of our previous conversation. “Hello, Doc,” she murmured softly. “I need to talk to you.” “Why the rope and handcuffs, Mary?” “That’s what I came to talk with you about.” I decided not to panic, since reacting with fear instead of love would only make matters worse. “Have a seat, Mary,” I offered, as I turned on a soft lamp emitting a warm glow of light. I handed her a bottle of water from the fridge, which she took (a good sign, I thought). She twisted the rope and cuffs, tangling them. Good – that would make it difficult for her to tie me up or handcuff me. But then she burst into tears. “See what a mess I’ve just made here?” she wailed. It finally dawned on me that this is what you were talking about – I’ve been doing this to myself with my thoughts my whole life! Of course I couldn’t lose weight when I said it every day. I really got some of what you said to me.” Whew! “What made you decide I might be just a little bit right?” I asked. “I think this is the first time I’ve actually been so desperate I was willing to stop and examine the patterns in my life and how much they’ve held me back from what I really want. I can see now that I was focused on what I didn’t want – the excess weight, the constant misery, and the like. I feel like I’ve been hit with a 2 x 4. A good hit, although a painful revelation. Obviously I was fighting a natural law, and the law won every time.” I smiled. “You can’t win against universal laws – whatever you focus on comes to you. It’s so enlightening, though, once we finally face our own truth and realize that what we’ve focused on in the past
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is what has created our present. Knowing that truth, however distressing, is the good part, though, because it means we can create a new tomorrow today. Even if we don’t like the way our life appears at this very moment, we just have to realize that it’s only a reflection of our past thoughts. When we consciously stay focused on what we want rather than unconsciously returning to the old thought patterns telling us we can’t have what we want, what we really want can become a reality. “The ‘secret,’ as everyone calls it, is to remember that once we return to unconscious thinking, we become convinced things cannot change, so they don’t.” Mary dropped the rope and handcuffs. “I hadn’t realized that most of the time when I’m not concentrating on work-related issues, I’m not really aware of what I’m thinking or feeling. On a subconscious level, though, I’m busy feeling bad about myself and how I can’t lose weight. I try to catch myself as often as possible now when that happens. I know I should be able to do it more often, but I’m really trying to stay positive all the time.” “Hey, Mary, you’re doing a fantastic job! You’re becoming aware to stay aware – that in itself is a major accomplishment. Remember, our power lies in the awareness of our power, so every moment of new awareness lends you more power to continue to be aware. Sounds like I’m talking in circles, huh? But I want you to understand how important our words are – all of them. It may sound silly and a bit over-dramatic to ask you to watch all your words, but our power is such that we become what we say, we become what we think, we become what we do.” “Your point?” “A minute ago you used three words that have the power to hold you back, so I’d like you to be aware of them and think about replacing them with different words or thoughts. The first one is when you talk about losing weight. What do you do when you lose your keys?” “I look for them until I find them. I hate it when I lose things!” “Ooh, listen to what you just said, Mary! You hate to lose things. Most of us look for whatever we lose, and the subconscious is not selective. Will you look for the weight when you lose it?” “Good grief, no!” “Well, then, it might be better to say you’re ‘releasing’ or ‘letting go’ of your excess weight. Just don’t look to find it again if you don’t want it back.” “Okay, I see your point. The other words?” “Oh, the word ‘try’ always allows us a cop-out. Remember Yoda in Star Wars? ‘Do or do not. There is no try.’ When you ‘try,’ you’re telling your subconscious you’re fighting an uphill battle, that the odds are against you. Why not replace that word with ‘I’ll do my best’? “Okay, no more trying.” Mary sighed loudly. “What’s the other word I should get rid of?” I almost laughed. “Should. ‘Should’ is a good word to avoid because it’s associated with guilt, and guilt is a very powerful negative emotion whose whole purpose is to hold us back. Anything fear or guilt-related shuts out the ability for love to squeeze its way in there.” “Exactly!” Mary shouted. “See why I brought the cuffs and rope? They’re my reminder that I’ve been my own worst enemy! I’ve been strangling myself and holding myself back to the same thought-emotions I had as a
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teenager, when everyone teased me for being so gawky and heavy and growing so fast.” “So you’ve concentrated on how the events from your past have affected you and you projected all those thought patterns right into your future – which has kept you living in the past. Gets you kinda dizzy, y’know.” “How do you stay focused on the here and now instead of the past?” “It takes time and quite a bit of work to stop thinking about a million things at once, which is where all sorts of unconscious thoughts invade our space. As soon as you become aware that your thoughts are unconsciously drifting, immediately take control of your thoughts and focus where you want your thoughts to be, which will attract whatever it is you consciously want. The more you become aware that your thoughts are straying, the more you will stay focused on what you want. That’s when you’ll notice your power growing.” “I’m getting a MEGO syndrome, y’know. You’re making My Eyes Glaze Over.” “Cute. We’re so used to living our old patterns it’s confusing, but it’s really simple. Live in the present – in the now – and your past cannot invade this space and affect you negatively. Stay aware so you don’t sink into your past, and you’ll stay in the present.” “Like it’s so easy . . . How, oh great master, do I do this? Become more aware? Stay in the present?” “Over and over again during the day, stop yourself and ask, ‘What am I thinking about right now? What am I feeling right now?’ As soon as you do, you’re in the moment and aware of your thoughts. If they’re negative, you can immediately flip the switch and turn them around. If your old patterns are really ingrained, it’ll take work but it’s so worth it. It’s no fun living unconsciously and always attracting what we don’t want. That’s why it’s so important to stay conscious so we can create the life we do want. You want to be thin, so pick the weight you want to be and think that’s what you weigh. You’re already there.” “I’d be lying to myself!” “No, you’d be programming yourself to accept the truth about who you really are rather than unconsciously accepting the lie you previously programmed yourself to believe.” “This sounds so exhausting!” “Excuse me?” “I mean . . . this sounds so invigorating!” “Yes it is! Release the rope and handcuffs. See yourself as you truly wish to see yourself – the real you. Do you remember the old children’s song, “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands?” “Yeah . . . ” “Every time you catch yourself falling back on old thoughts, sing that to yourself, but change the words to, ‘I Get Healthier and Thinner Every Day!’ It will not only stop those negative thoughts, but the silliness will make you smile – and happiness is like an antidote to past negatives. Remember, you can’t plant a negative thought and expect to end up with a positive result any more than you can plant a turnip seed and end up with a tomato plant. So . . . be conscious, be happy, be what you want to be! The preceding story is an excerpt from Dr. Dordoni’s soon-to-be-released book I Really DO Have a Choice!, the sequel to her nationally acclaimed book I Have a Choice?!
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I M P R E S By Greg Cavanaugh
Can Ford’s new hybrid go toe-to-toe with a juggernaut? 2013 Ford C-MAX Hybrid SE
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got to thinking about hair bands the other day . . . You know, the bighair and tight-pants-wearing bands from the ’80s and ’90s with an androgynous lead singer and kicking lead guitar player. While certainly there were bands in the late ’70s that had some of these elements, think KISS and Queen, it wasn’t until the ’80s when the genre was thoroughly solidified. There’s debate out there as to which band was really the first hair band, but in my opinion, with the release of their self-titled album in 1978, Van Halen was likely one of the firsts, if not the first. With David Lee Roth at the vocal helm and Eddie revolutionizing the role of the lead guitarist, Van Halen set the standard. All other bands from that point on, Mötley Crüe, Poison, Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, and even FireHouse (cue hate mail and cancelled subscriptions), were simply variations on their theme. So you’re asking yourself now, what does this have to do with cars? Follow along here. The Toyota Prius is without a doubt the quintessential hybrid. It has outsold all other hybrids combined and doesn’t even need the word hybrid attached to its moniker. You don’t say “Prius Hybrid,” you simply
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say “Prius.” Therefore if the Prius were a hair band it would be the Van Halen of hybrids . . . it even has androgynous looks! The Prius set the benchmark for size, economy, price and even shape for all other true hybrids. The C-MAX you see here and its soon-to-follow plug-in version, the C-MAX Energi, is indeed Ford’s variation of the Prius’s established theme. So the question is, who’s YOUR favorite hair band? Let’s get this out of the way: The C-MAX is NOT FireHouse. Now, the obvious competition for the new C-MAX is the Prius and also the Prius V. In my analysis it appears that Ford has attempted to split the difference between its two competitors in size, fuel economy and price. On paper the C-MAX is bigger than the Prius and smaller than the Prius V, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. The C-MAX uses a tall shape and profile to take advantage of an upright seating position and this yields loads of head room (great for hair bands). The rear of the front seats are nicely sculpted to give above average rear seat legroom, too (great for flashy boots). The width is fairly standard for the class and three across in the rear is not particularly comfortable. The numbers show the rear cargo space in the C-MAX as more than the Prius, but upon comparison the Prius’s space is more usable. It’s wider and deeper than the C-MAX, but not quite as tall. Practically speaking, you’re likely to use up those dimensions before stacking things up to the roof, where the C-MAX gains its extra cubic feet. When folding down the seats, the C-MAX shows great versatility and almost as much space as small CUVs and the Prius V (perfect for a hair band’s overcompensating guitar amps). The C-MAX’s interior doesn’t work as hard as the Prius to prove its
S S I O N S The C-MAX is sprightly, with the electric motor’s low-end grunt giving immediate oomph off the line. hybridness. Whereas the Prius uses a futuristic dash and the bridge/flying buttress center console, the C-MAX uses contemporary but classy styling that closely mimics Ford’s other vehicles like the Fiesta, Focus and Escape. I’ve said many times before that I like Ford’s Sync system and I don’t understand what all the negative fuss is about from the press. Ford has added some redundant controls below the screen for audio and climate control to ease some of those concerns. Like the Prius, however, Ford uses information to help drivers improve their mileage. As in the Fusion Hybrid, the dash shows growing leaves to the right of the gauges to let you know how green you’re driving; the more growth, the more planet saving! To the left of the gauges you can choose between several different screens that show things like instant fuel economy, average fuel economy, when in electric-only and battery status. In homage to the hippies, the screens are titled things like “Enlighten” and “Engage.” By far the best part, however, is when turning off the C-MAX, the right-hand screen nicely displays, “Thanks for driving a hybrid.” How sweet. In the auto industry the numbers game is ever present: torque and towing capacities for big trucks, horsepower and acceleration for sports cars, and for hybrids, fuel economy. Using what Ford bills as their third-generation hybrid technology the C-MAX achieves 47mpg city/47mpg highway and 47mpg combined and again splits the difference between the Prius V at 44mpg combined and the third-gen Prius at 50mpg combined. Unlike the Fusion Hybrid before it that used a 2.5-liter, 4-cylinder on the Atkinson cycle in combination with nickel-metal-hydride batteries, the C-MAX downsizes to a 2.0-liter and upgrades to lithium ion batteries, one of the few hybrids on the market with these newer batteries. Ford now claims up to 62 mph on electric power alone for the C-MAX, however I was never able to get anywhere near that number during my test period. The powertrain works well and, combined, produces 188 hp, significantly more than the Prius’s 134. In spite of the CVT droning typical of the segment, the C-MAX is sprightly, with the electric motor’s low-end grunt giving immediate oomph off the line. The C-MAX also has a steering and handling combination that is sportier than the Prius, if not highly inspiring. The C-MAX has some cool built-in features that set it apart from the competition. Firstly, there are storage compartments underneath the floor of the second row. They’re quite shallow and not very big so I question their general usefulness, although I could see them storing my kids toys or possibly jumper cables. Secondly, the C-MAX uses inset fish-eye mirrors in both the driver’s and passenger’s side view mirrors. While I doubt Ford is the first to do this, I thought it was a cool and useful feature nonetheless. The C-MAX is competitive on the price front. With base models coming in right around 25k the C-MAX is only slightly higher than a Prius Two, and about 2k less than a Prius V. The SE spec I drove has an as-tested price of $27,355 and included some nice options like Sync, heated seats and mirrors and special paint. While we can all agree that not all hair bands were great, or even good (no offense, FireHouse), some were and still are flat out awesome. (My sisterin-law still attends Def Leppard concerts like it’s 1989.) The C-MAX, as Ford’s first standalone hybrid model, is an excellent variation on the hybrid theme that withstands the critics’ mighty sword. *** A special thanks to Gurley Motors (New Mexico’s oldest Ford dealership!) for letting me drive the first C-MAX they got in.
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he Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe has long been a supporter of Diné art and artists – its original name was Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art and was built around the sandpainting tapestries of the famed medicine man Hosteen Klah. In recent years their Fellowship program has greatly expanded due to the generosity of a number of patrons. To receive a Wheelwright grant an artist doesn’t have to be young, though many are, doesn’t have to be a beginner, though it’s a consideration. They just have to show great promise and need financial help to move forward. Almost all of the recipients of fellowships have done good things and several of them are major prize winners at shows around the Southwest. Originality seems to be a key and one of this year’s winners will be hard to top in that category. Ishkoten Dugai looks, talks and creates as a man marching to a drummer only he can see and hear. He says of himself, “I paint and carve stone, I hunt, I am an artist. My work is the proof of an Indian alive in the modern world.” Ishkoten Dugai’s parents chose the name for their baby boy with great deliberation. In the contemporary world it is sometimes difficult to be stuck with a strange name, but in Ishkoten’s case it is a badge of honor, signifying his dual Apache/Navajo heritage. (Historically, of course, they are two branches of the Diné). Leo Dugai, his Navajo great grandfather was a prominent leader at the beginning of the last century. He was one of the guides who took the first party of Anglos to “discover” Rainbow Bridge. He also told tales about his meetings with the mystical boy artist, naturalist, explorer, Everett Ruess. Leo Dugai predicted the exact day of his own death. Ishkoten was an Apache medicine man and one of the few Native
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American sheriffs. Both of Dugai’s great-grandfathers were men of honor and accomplishment and the name is something to live up to. Ishkoten Dugai attended the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe, which has been a stepping stone for many accomplished Indian artists since the middle of the last century. At the IAIA, Ishkoten had teachers who supported his somewhat eccentric vision. He says of his three-dimensional painting, “I am looking for a new color that doesn’t exist.” Following rather arcane formulas of color and light he paints in true 3-D. The images, in a rather painterly style with big splashed of bold colors, are clear enough, but they jump and twist when looked at through the same glasses used to watch movies. At his booth at Indian Market, Dugai had a pile of the iconic cardboard eyewear with one blue lens and one red lens. The paintings were indeed suddenly transformed when viewed that way. I asked him if he had to wear the glasses when he painted, so he could tell what effect he was getting. “Sometimes I do,” he said with an impish smile, “and sometimes I don’t need to. I have developed a ‘calculated theory.’” He points out that though such a statement is an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms, it makes sense if one thinks about it. When you look at his work the idea makes perfectly good sense. There is nothing about Ishkoten Dugai’s painting or sculpture – or jewelry or T-shirts – that is derivative. Dugai is a one-of-a-kind artistic spirit. “I like the idea of wearable art,” he says. At the reception at the Wheelwright Museum he had a display of earrings much like small wearable paintings for the ears. The irrepressible humor of Native Americans is lurking about. Is that the face of John Wayne wearing a war bonnet and beaded vest? Sure looks like it to me.
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Mallery Quetawki Zuni Artist Connects the Dots
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n the entry way of the Indian Health Hospital in Zuni, New Mexico, there is a suite of paintings that stops new visitors in their tracks. Aesthetically they are paintings – with the properties of color scheme, balance, point of interest and all the other elements. But on closer look they are anatomical charts of the various “systems” of the human body: skeletal, nervous, circulatory and even reproductive. But look again. Traditional Zuni symbols and designs, many taken from the pottery tradition of the Pueblo, are intertwined, blended, attached in interesting ways. “The whole idea grew out of a fellowship I got for advanced study in medicine. I spent some time in San Francisco.” During that time Mallery Quetawki was aware of the rumors that said she was betraying her culture, moving away from her heritage, becoming “un-Zuni.” “Nobody born into the Zuni Pueblo can ever become ‘un-Zuni’ even if they really, really wanted to,” she says. “Being Zuni is in your blood, your bones, your heart – your very DNA.” That idea mulled around in the back of her mind for a time. Finally the nagging annoyance bore fruit. “I got the idea for the series of paintings that would illustrate that idea, that a person can’t un-create herself.” Certainly a major aspect of being Zuni is the extraordinary level of artist function, creativity, at the Pueblo. “We were born into this, it is our sixth sense. Creativity saturates every Zuni household, and for a majority of us, it is our livelihood.” Mallery refined the idea, wrote it down, tidied it up and presented it for a spot in an advanced studio art class. “In the end I was one of the few students who managed to complete my project as designed,” she says with some pride. A local doctor at the Zuni hospital wanted to buy the whole suite.
He was willing to display them in Zuni until he left, and then the artwork would relocate with him. That prompted a search for funds so most of the collection could stay in the village. Mallery’s mother Theresa points out that her artistic talent revealed itself early. When Mallery had barely learned to walk she took a red crayon and drew Mickey Mouse on the living room wall. It may not have been original, but it was recognizable. Quetawki has been drawing ever since. Of course paintings of body parts was a one-time thing – she is better known for portraits of Pueblo women and girls and other subjects. She has also been a potter since an early age. She has won many ribbons and awards, garnering three new ones at this year’s New Mexico State Fair, including a first place in figurative work. Her talent doesn’t end there. A couple of weeks ago I was talking to her at the Zuni Visitors Center where she was taking part in the Ancient Ways art sale. Her name came over the loudspeaker as the winner of the pumpkin carving contest, beating out several well-known Zuni artists. Mallery Quetawki’s life has been as complex as her art career. She grew up as a traditional Zuni – her father Arlen Quetawki is the current Zuni Governor – or as she puts it, “Raised as traditionally as modernly possible.” She has college degrees in Biology and Art Studio – an unusual combination. She would like to be a doctor some day, or at least a physician’s assistant. Reaching that goal is a step-by-step process. Her artwork is like her racial heritage, in the blood and inescapable. She participated in the Museum of Northern Arizona’s Zuni Map Project illustrating the connection between the Zunis and Grand Canyon. Her mural at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center pleased her even more because “it is so obviously Zuni made.” So her path continues, stitching together traditional and modern life, Zuni and Anglo visions, science and art, realism and symbolic truth. She is excited about the prospects for the future.
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By Jeannette Gartner
Never Say Ne I
must be a slow learner because it’s taken 50 years of marriage, and 49 years of raising children, to learn one thing: NEVER say never. Okay, I know you’re wondering why we’re still raising kids after 49 years. Well, as all you parents with grown kids know, you’re not done after 18 or 19 years – it’s a lifetime commitment. Before I was married or had any children, I just naturally knew everything there was to know about being a parent. For years I had observed children and their parents, with utter amazement at all parents’ obvious misunderstanding of children. “Tsk, tsk,” I would mutter. “Why is it that those parents are unable to handle their children?” Plus, hey, I was EDUCATED. After all, I was a teacher, wasn’t I? And didn’t I have classroom experience? With real live kids? I had made my mind up to be a Perfect Parent when the time came,
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so I could say with some authority what my children would never do, and what I would never do as a parent. Of course, because this was before I had any children, I wanted to have six of the little darlings. After the first one was born, the number was adjusted down to four. After the second one was born, I decided three would be plenty. And after the third one was born, I decided that three was too many, ’cause now we were outnumbered. Now, after having mostly raised three sons, (is the raising part ever really completed?), I must confess that three children are exactly three too many. And I can say with complete authority that I had absolutely no idea of what my boys would do, or even what hubby and I as parents would do. I cringe every time I think of all the times I pompously announced, “I would never allow my children to do that!” In almost every case, I’ve had to eat my words, as my children not only did that, but worse. (I would document the
transgressions here, but the statute of limitations may not have expired on everything.) With my first-hand experience, I now admit that parenting is basically trial and error – mostly error. The true story about being a parent is one of the best-kept secrets in the world. No one tells a young couple just starting out what it is REALLY like to raise children, although I suppose, even if the truth were told, the couple wouldn’t believe it anyway. Nature must have planned it that way – or the human race would quickly have become extinct. Oh sure, parents often commiserate with each other about the problems they are having with their children, but it’s too late for them; they are already committed. Of course, during said commiserating, each parent secretly thinks, “Whew, I’m glad my kid would never do that!” On the other hand, if I had listened to any of this before I had my own children, I’m certain I would’ve sat there smugly thinking to myself that my children would NEVER . . .
Beeman J E W E L RY D E S I G N
Before I was married or had any children, I just naturally knew everything there was to know about being a parent. Knowing what I know now, if there is reincarnation, I think I would like to come back as a butterfly instead of a mother. I could just flit around all day, looking beautiful, with nary a care. However, if the word got out, the world could be filled with butterflies in about 30-40 years. (Perhaps, though, I’m underestimating butterfly children . . . again.) Considering myself to be an enlightened, well-read parent, I have voraciously devoured parenting books throughout the years. But the most important fact that all those experts neglect to mention about being a parent is that once you decide to become a parent, you are in it for life! I was under the impression that you gave parenting your best effort for about 18 years per child, and then you could go on to other things – like sleeping in, traveling, going out to dinner, etc. However, it doesn’t quite work out that way. Somewhere along the way the offspring apparently have acquired a homing device, which is activated whenever they have problems. Just when we think, “Ah, alone at last,” one or another of them flies back to the nest for an undetermined amount of time, bringing an ever-increasing quantity of junk and/or animals with them. It is curious that when they do move on for a while, said junk and/or animals don’t. Would it be too cruel to move away, on one of the rare occasions when none of them are living at home, without leaving a forwarding address? We have even considered renting an apartment on a permanent basis for them to move back to. It certainly would be cheaper! Of course, there are some advantages to being a parent. You really don’t have a chance to be lonely, even if you want to, even in the bathroom. The family name is perpetuated. (Although there are those embarrassing times when you wish they had different last names than yours – though the details will have to wait for the expiration of those niggling little statutes of limitations.) Having children around keeps your life from ever becoming dull. And, as a bonus, there are all those Mother’sand Father’s-Day cards complete with love, poetry, and jelly. Oh, we still get cards, when they remember, but now the cards come with love, poetry, and requests for money. We can only hope we’ve instilled a sense of responsibility and/or deep feelings of guilt which will hopefully result in the boys supporting us in our old age. This, by the way, is coming sooner than they think, after we, with joyful abandon, squander any inheritance they think they might possibly get . . .
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Nate Haveman & Chuck Van Drunen Publishers of Gallup Journey Magazine Q. How did you get the idea to start the Gallup Journey? A. Nate: Chuck’s idea. Chuck: I ran an underground newspaper in college called Crossfire. It was cool and very successful. After I moved to Gallup, I realized that there are a lot of good things here that were just not covered – lots! The only voice then was the hard news. Q. How did the two of you meet? A. Nate: The earliest memory I have is Chuck riding up as I was talking to a friend about going bike riding. Chuck said, “I’ll go,” and we went up to Danoff Road; within five seconds of Chuck getting on his bike a tree branch went into his wheel and he did a full flip and landed on his head. He got up and got on his bike and kept riding and nothing was said. Chuck: I don’t remember that at all. Nate: Probably because you hit your head. Q. What stands out as your most enjoyable moment of the last eight years? A. Nate: Probably the hot springs. In the very, very beginning we were working really hard every month and driving to Albuquerque every month to pick up the magazine. We would take a jaunt up to Jemez to hit the hot springs. Q. What was the most desperate or depressing moment of the last eight years? A. Chuck: I think for me it would probably be year one. Jenny and I had just bought a house in Vanderwagen and we found out we were pregnant and we had just started the Journey. I remember I had like seven dollars to my name. Total. That’s it. There were a bunch of transitions that were each good things, but together they seemed overwhelming. Q. Is it true that you would both be failures without the work your wives do behind the scenes? A. Chuck: (quickly) Yes! (pause, then laughter) Nate: Of course. Q. Which of you is the better all-around athlete? A. Nate: (confidently) That’s easy to answer . . . Chuck: (cutting Nate off) That’s completely me. Nate: You have only three things you can beat me at that are all cardiovascular. That’s it! Chuck: That’s probably true. (Nate starts listing the sports he is better at) Chuck: Nate is more well rounded. Nate: But if we are talking cardiovascular though, I would have to bow down. Q. What is the dream vacation that you haven’t taken that you want to take? A. (pause by both) Chuck: I’ll throw out there . . . a week in Fence Lake. (Chuck cackles as Nate shakes his head.) Q. What famous person do you want to trade places with? A. Nate: Jimmy Fallon for sure. I love Jimmy Fallon. He can sing. He’s funny. People like him. Chuck: I would like to trade places with Jacques Cousteau. There was never a dull moment in his life – not that there is one here in Gallup, either.
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Pete Kezele 1913-1960
Charles Kezele 1915-2000
John Kezele 1916-2002
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atherine Plese, immigrated from Croatia at the age of 17 to follow her future husband, Mike Kezele to Gallup. They married, and had 5 children, but Mike died in the flu epidemic of 1918. Catherine was left with Mike’s business, the Akers Hotel Bar, but since women were not allowed in bars at that time, she could not continue the business. A few years later her friend, John Mesich, also moved to Gallup. They married and also has five children. One by one all seven of the Kezele/ Mesich brothers enlisted in the armed forces to serve their country during World War II. Five went into the Army and two into the Army Air Corps. The brothers served in Germany, Belgium, Poland, India, Africa, New Guinea, and New Caledonia. They all returned home safely.
Joseph Mesich 1922-2012
Tony Mesich 1923-2010
After the war, all seven brothers worked at the Gallup Mercantile (where Alpine Lumber is now) for a period of time before branching into other various endeavors. While movies like Saving Private Ryan have entailed the loss of many brothers to save one, Gallup has its own story of seven brothers that went around the world fighting for America. For that we thank them.
Edward Mesich 1927-1999
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The New Mexico House of Representatives recognizes the seven brothers and their service to our country with this plaque signed by Patty Lundstrom, Ben LujĂĄn, and Stephen Arias.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent Catherine Mesich a letter and a blue star flag with seven blue stars for each of her sons in combat. These flags were traditionally hung in family’s windows and a blue star was replaced with a gold one when a member was lost at war. All seven of the Gallup brothers returned safely from the war.
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omorrow is our son’s birthday; he’ll be seven years old. It’s so hard for us when we realize how fast time has flown. For the past couple of weeks, we’ve all asked him the usual questions. Ten days ago: “What kind of cake do you want for your birthday?” “I don’t know. Can I go play now?” And he’s off to create a science-fiction universe in the sandbox. Eight days ago: “What flavor of ice cream do you think that you might want to go along with your birthday cake?” “I don’t know. Can I go read my book now?” And he’s gone, practicing his reading and traveling into a literary world far from here. Six days ago: “What kind of decorations do you want? Iron Man? Avengers? SpongeBob?” “I don’t know. I’m gonna go get a snack, okay? Are there any apples left?” Yes, he always finds the snacks that I had purchased only two hours before and finishes them all. Four days ago: “Do you want balloons and streamers?” “Umm . . . okay.” “Really?” “I don’t know. I think I’m gonna go color for a little while. Bye, Mom.” And, with that, he’s off to render his world, and mine, a little more colorful. Since there was plenty of time before the big day, we didn’t worry about it; we would rely on our standby options. 1. We would make sure to have balloons and streamers of all colors. 2. The cake would be white with rainbow sprinkles. 3. The ice cream flavor would be vanilla. And, as for the main question? Two days ago: “What do you want for your birthday?” “CASH!” He smiled and stood up straight as he nodded his head, secure in his answer. “But . . . what kind of present do you want? Do you want clothes? Toys? A movie? What?” “CASH! I want cash. I just want money to put in my wallet so that I can save it or buy whatever I want. That way I don’t have to ask you for money. Because I’ll have cash.” His little face grew serious with his very rational explanation, and he crossed his arms.
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“Are you sure? Because I’ll buy you something and wrap it up for you. Maybe some new art supplies or a new game that you might want. Now’s the time to speak up.” “But I did speak up. I want CASH!” He was resolute in his conviction. “Okay, Son, cash it is. Your birthday money goes into your wallet, right?” “No, just give the money to me so that I can put it in the wallet myself. That way, I can count it and know how much I have.” “Wow! I guess your dad is right. ‘Seven and smart,’ huh?” “Mommy, I’m the same smart as always; I just know more now.” And, as usual with him, I’m dumbfounded as to his sensibility. He picks up knowledge and reasoning from everywhere, filters it through his experiences, and dispenses wisdom. Amazing. “Okay, big guy, what do you want to do today?” “I don’t know. Can I go play outside, Mom? “Would it be alright if I went outside with you? So I could play, too?” He looked at me with a stern expression before replying. “Do you promise not to ask me anything else about my birthday?” “Yes, Son, I promise.” I smiled at him, then kneeled down and spread my arms. “Can I have a hug first?” He smiled back and opened his own arms before running up to me, squeezing me as hard as he could. I snuggled into his embrace and, in my mind, sang my gratitude to the Heavens that he was still my baby for another year, and – hopefully – many more to come. Happy birthday, my brand-new seven-year-old! Mommy loves you.
“Mommy, I’m the same smart as always; I just know more now.”
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November Schedule November is Native American Month! We are going to feature Native American movies, performers and special guests. Please go to www.elmorrotheatre.com show times. Thursday, November 1, 2012 Show Time: 7pm Ladies Night Movie: Life As We Know It Rated: PG-13 112 minutes Starring: Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas Admission: Adults: $5.00 Children 12 & under: $3.00 Holly Berenson is an up-and-coming caterer and Eric Messer is a promising network sports director. After a disastrous first date, the only thing they have in common is their dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter, Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in the world, Holly and Eric are forced to put their differences aside. Juggling career ambitions and competing social calendars, they’ll have to find some common ground while living under one roof. Friday, November 2, 2012 Show Time: 7pm Native American Month Movie: Crooked Arrows Rated: PG-13 105 minutes Starring: Brandon Routh Admission: Adults: $5.00 Children 12 & under: $3.00 You’ll stand up and cheer for this feel-good sports thriller starring Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) The ancient sport of lacrosse has been part of their tribal heritage for centuries, but the Native American players on the Crooked Arrows high school team are long-time losers. When former star player Joe Logan (Routh) agrees to coach the rag-tag group to seal the deal on a lucrative casino project, he sets out to turn the chumps into champs and, in the process, learns the value of loyalty himself. Saturday, November 3, 2012 Show Time: 1pm Kids Matinee Movie: The Secret Of The Wings Rated: G 92 minutes Voices Talents by: Timothy Dalton, Lucy Hale, Megan Hilty ADM: Adult: $2.00 Children 12 & under: FREE! Journey with Tinker Bell and her fairy friends into the forbidden world of the Mysterious Winter Woods, where curiosity and adventure leads Tink to an amazing discover and reveals a magical secret that could change her world forever. Friday, November 9, 2012 Show Time: 6pm An Evening with Jim Felix and S.O.G. Crew CD Release Celebration! “JEWELZ” CD will be $25.00 (limited supply) Admission: $7.00/person Tickets sold at the door only. Saturday, November 10, 2012 Show Time: 1pm Kids Matinee Movie: Chimpanzee Rated: G 78 minutes Documentary: Disney Nature ADM: Adult: $2.00 Children 12 & under: FREE! Disneynature takes moviegoers deep into the forests of Africa with “Chimpanzee,” a new True Life Adventure introducing an adorable baby chimp named Oscar and his entertaining approach to life in a remarkable story of family bonds and individual triumph. Saturday, November 10, 2012 2nd Annual Teen Film Festival Admission: FREE!
Show Time: 7pm
The Teen Film Festival features films made by area teens. The theme this year is, “ It Came From the Library” and the teens are focusing on horror or fearrelated topics. The library partnered with the Gallup Film Foundation to present workshops on storytelling, sound, lighting, and editing. After the screening, a Jury Favorite prize will be awarded as will an audience favorite prize. Thursday, November 15, 2012 Show Time: 7pm Ladies Night Movie: Lakota Woman: Siege At Wounded Knee Starring: Irene Bedard, August Schellenberg, Joseph Runningfox Rated: NR 100 minutes Admission: Adults: $5.00
Children 12 & under: $3.00
Creative Academy Award winning writer/director Frank Pierson (“DOG DAY AFTERNOON,” “A STAR IS BORN”) presents the moving true story of a contemporary American Indian woman’s triumphant journey to spiritual awareness amid the brutal violence of the historic siege at Wounded Knee, S.D. A must-see for your entire audience! Saturday, November 17, 2012 No Kids Matinee Movie Today
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Saturday, November 17, 2012 Show Time: 7pm Millennium Media, Gurley Motor Company and Goose Island present: 2012 Fall AutumnFest Concert: KIM CARNES IN CONCERT Kick off by Gallup’s own, Dario Chioda Admission: $20.00 Advanced $30.00 At The Door Tickets On Sale Now at the following locations; El Morro Theatre 207 West Coal Ave. Gallup, NM Millennium Media 300 West Aztec Gallup, NM (Upstairs) Gurley Motor Company 701 West Coal Ave. Gallup, NM For more information please call: (505) 863-6851 Ext. 20 Sunday, November 18, 2012 Show Time: 7pm Indigenous with Levi Platero IN CONCERT! Call (505) 726-0050 for ticket information Indigenous is a Native American blues-rock group that came to prominence in the late 1990s. Their music is heavily influenced by guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, as well as Jimi Hendrix. The band has shared the stage with artists of varying musical genres such as B.B. King, Santana, Bonnie Raitt, Dave Matthews Band, and Los Lonely Boys. The band has headlined its own tours several times. Levi Platero is one of the fastest Rising Guitar Players from the Navajo Nation. Saturday, November 24, 2012 Show Time: 1pm Kids Matinee Movie: Brave Rated: PG 100 minutes Voice Talents by: Emma Thompson, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin McKidd ADM: Adult: $2.00 Children 12 & under: FREE! This film follows the heroic journey of Merida, a skilled archer and headstrong daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor. Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the unruly and uproarious lords of the land. Merida’s actions inadvertently unleash chaos and fury in the kingdom, and when she turns to an eccentric Witch for help, she is granted an ill-fated wish. The ensuing peril forces Merida to harness all of her skills and resources – including her clever and mischievous triplet brothers – to undo a beastly curse before it’s too late, discovering the meaning of true bravery. Thursday, November 29, 2012 Show Time: 7pm Ladies Night Movie: The Hunger Games Rated: PG-13 142 minutes Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth Admission: Adults: $5.00 Children 12 & under: $3.00 In a not-too-distant future, North America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. Friday, November 30, 2012 Native American Month Movie: Joe Panther Rated: G 110 minutes Starring: Ray Tracey, Brian Keith, Ricardo Montalban, Alan Feinstein, Cliff Osmond, ADM: Adults: $5.00 Children 12 & under: $3.00 EVERY DREAM HAS A PRICE... HE PAID IT! A modern day Seminole youth strives to make his way in the White Man’s world. He comes of age outside the Florida Everglades by trying to enter the establishment. He gets work as a crew member on (Brian Keith’s) fishing boat, hunts for alligators and encounters with bad guys trying to bring illegal aliens into Florida on fishing boats. This is the moving story of a boy’s journey to manhood... A great film for the entire family! Saturday, December 1, 2012 Show Time: 7pm Noche de Recuerdos con Antonio Reyna General Admission: $15.00 Tickets On Sale Now at; Millennium Media(KKOR) 300 West Aztec Gallup, NM (Upstairs) www.antonioreyna.com or at the door the night of the show For more information please call: (505) 238-4555 Noche de Recuerdos con Antonio Reyna comes back to the beautiful El Morro Theater for its 4th year. Joining Antonio on stage this year, back by popular demand, is Mariachi Raices De America from El Paso, TX... They are guaranteed to mesmerize the audience with the most beautiful, melodic sounds of Mariachi. Baile Ilusion of Pojoaque, NM will illuminate the theater with the beautiful colors of the ballet Folklorico and joining Antonio as his special guest this year is Anita Lopez, from Las Vegas, NM. She is going to WOW you!
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ugly, or scary incidents and people. Most news makes us angry, uneasy, sad, or terrified. That’s why the Journey folks saw the need to inject some positive thinking into the collective Gallup psyche. One of the Journey’s original purposes was to counteract the negative image that Gallup had acquired over the years, according to Chuck Whitney. The Journey owners wanted to show off Gallup as a “diamond in the rough,” Heather says. By covering upcoming events and human-interest stories each month instead of daily “hard” news, the magazine has focused local attention more than even before on outdoor adventure and cool aspects of the cultural and arts scene for Gallup area residents to enjoy. The Journey people love Gallup, and they want to share that love with everyone. Chuck Van Drunen muses that people who come to Gallup “either hate it or really dig it. There’s not a lot in between. It’s a polarizing place.” Chuck loves the land, the climate, the meeting of cultures, the way people mostly manage to get along despite differences. Gallup is “not bland and vanilla, not cookie-cutter,” he says. That’s why he digs it. There were lots of challenges to getting this radically pro-Gallup message out via a monthly magazine, however. Not surprisingly, the new Journey owners worried about money because there was not much of it. In fact, Heather actually was not one of the original owners of the magazine, as she was the only one of the group who actually kept her “real job” teaching. She taught for another year, gave birth to a daughter, and then started working with the others on the Journey in June 2006. Money was especially tight in the first years, and they weren’t able to pay themselves much for what seemed like a long time. One very special and stressful day early on in the endeavor, when Chuck and Jenny Van Drunen were brand new parents, Chuck realized that he had $7 to his name. But by all accounts, those first months and years were wild and fun times, if stressful. Fueled by late night adrenaline and sometimes something even stronger, the boys (against Jenny’s better judgment) sometimes published some questionable content. (See “Holy Phonics,” June 2005.) Even crazier than what they wrote was what they did to get the magazine into readers’ hands. Each month for the first eighteen months, the Journey crew actually bike-distributed about 5,000
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2012 copies, one copy to every home within the city limits. Needless to say, it was a relief to the Journey bikers when, as magazine owners, they decided that people were familiar enough with the magazine after so many issues that they would seek it out in other locations around town if it didn’t land on their doorsteps. The Journey experienced a “golden age,” according to Nate and Heather, after Heather came on board and everyone was working together, when the office was a buzzing hive of activity. At that time, Chuck Whitney’s brother, Mac, had joined the team, as well, and things were really rolling along. However, there still wasn’t very much money to support six adults and a few children who had been born along the way, so finally, in 2007, the group decided that it was more reasonable for just one family to depend on the magazine for their livelihood. Nate and Heather were very eager to take on the day-to-day work of the Journey, Mac and Chuck Whitney were ready to pursue other opportunities, and Chuck and Jenny became “ghost partners” in the business. Now Nate sells advertisements and works on design, while Heather writes and edits. Chuck still contributes writing and photography regularly and does design work on the magazine and other Journey projects. Jenny continues to run the show quietly from backstage, taking care of all the bookkeeping and taxes, a thankless job that she never complains about, say Nate and Heather. The Havemans, the Van Drunens, and Chuck Whitney all have nothing but praise for the experience of working together as a team on the magazine. They each fit into their chosen jobs so well, each person bringing special skills and talents suited to different aspects of putting together the publication and running the business. When Chuck Whitney was finished writing for the Journey, for example, Heather was ready to pick up where he left off. Nate humbly claims that he originally took on the job of selling advertisements just because somebody had to do it, but judging from the success he’s had in working with local businesses, he certainly has a knack for relating to people in the community. Yes, there have been times when individual personalities clashed. But as a very diverse group of people, the Journey team always made decisions and overcame problems Continued on next page . . . through “communication
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and commitment to a common goal,” Jenny says. Chuck Whitney reflects, “Running the magazine bolstered my trust in the concept of working well in a team – trusting and understanding each other’s strengths and weaknesses and being thankful for the camaraderie that comes from striving to do a good job on something with friends right next to you.” Just like their magazine, these people have perfected the art of keeping it positive: “Working with Nate has been an unbelievable pleasure,” Chuck Van Drunen says. “We help each other. It’s a business built on friendship.” It’s a business built on relationships with members of the community, too. The Journey isn’t just the work of a few individuals, but requires the input of many local business people and others who provide content for the magazine. Jenny explains, “Without the support and depth of this community, this magazine wouldn’t exist today. Our contributors – advertisers, writers, photographers, artists, dedicated community members – have helped make this magazine what it is.” The Journey is a magazine about community and based on community – people living and working together. Heather notes that the annual January arts issue, in particular, is always an exciting way for many community members to be a part of the Journey. The Journey is invested in Gallup. Nate and Heather and Chuck and Jenny have made a concerted effort to be involved in community events and quality of life initiatives – to help make Gallup a better place to live and to “move Gallup forward,” Nate says. Perhaps the most important among these efforts so far is the Gallup Family Fitness Series, seven fun, non-competitive, family-oriented events scheduled throughout the year, including playing soccer, running, hiking, and biking. The series has existed for two years now. Nate, Heather, and
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both Chucks have said that working with and getting to know people in the community is the highlight of operating the business and organizing events. These days, the Journey is ubiquitous in Gallup. The Journey crew distributes 12,000 to 12,500 copies every month, including some national and international paid subscriptions. The Gallup Journey really has become part of our existence here in this corner of the world. If you didn’t see a few copies around town every day, on a coworker’s desk, at school, where you pick up your coffee or a donut, wouldn’t it seem like something was missing from the picture? Wouldn’t it seem less like Gallup, somehow? Many of us take the Journey for granted, but this magazine really is something special, a gift. Can you imagine a magazine like this in any other town or city? If not, it’s probably because Gallup is something special, too. This place is unique, and our community magazine proves it. If you get a chance, thank Nate or Heather, Jenny or Chuck, or someone else who contributes to the Journey for making our intriguing little Gallup a more interesting, more positive, even better place to live. What’s in store for the future of the Journey? “To get 100 more issues out there,” Nate says. The Journey’s logo, aptly named “Which Way Man” by a reader vote, is based on a petroglyph that can be found on a canyon wall near Witch Wells in the Zuni Mountains. Which way will the journey take us next? Where will Gallup go from here? Who knows? If we’ve learned anything from reading the Journey over the past eight years, we’ll just keep doing what inspires us and enjoy the ride.
Remember when mags were delivered to your doorstep (or roof) via bicycle?
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hope that I will be allowed a little latitude regarding my business article for this month’s issue. As you are aware, the Gallup Journey is celebrating its 100th edition with the November 2012 issue. The Business Doctor wants to celebrate by saluting the entrepreneurship of Chuck, Nate, Jenny, and Heather. The magazine was started in June 2004 with four people: Chuck Van Drunen, Jenny Van Drunen, Chuck Whitney, and Nate Haveman. The first issue of the Journey came out in August 2004. They had a business plan that was mostly guesswork. In the beginning they had much less overhead, and they ran the Journey on personal computers out of Chuck’s house and didn’t pay themselves for a few months or more. The Journey started because Chuck Van Drunen had the sense to see that a positive print magazine was just what Gallup needed. In the beginning, Nate Haveman was tasked with talking with advertisers about the value of advertising their businesses in the Journey. Chuck Van Drunen was in charge of layout/design. Chuck Whitney was in charge of editing and stories. Jenny Van Drunen was in charge of billing. All of their jobs overlapped, but these were what each of them did for the most part. They were looked at by advertisers as outsiders to the community and young to boot. As Nate told me, sometimes that can be a good combo and other times not so much. I think the community of Gallup, after eight years, can clearly see that the Journey gang truly has had a heart for the community and for everything positive that Gallup has to offer. They have had five different offices in eight years, though the last two offices encompass about six of those years. The Journey gang used to have an often-used ping-pong table for late night battles and blowing off steam. They have worked extremely hard to keep costs down, but they have
Being an entrepreneur, regarding any new business, can sometimes be overwhelming and very lonely . . . but it can be very gratifying.
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never stopped putting out a high-quality product. Chuck Whitney has moved on with his life and career. Heather Haveman joined the Journey gang and is now in charge of editing and stories. Being an entrepreneur, regarding any new business, can sometimes be overwhelming and very lonely. Some business owners have described the experience as something akin to being tied to the front of a speeding locomotive, screaming down the track heading for a curve and wondering if they are going to derail. Others have likened the experience to riding on the back of a fire breathing dragon, holding on for dear life, trying not to be trampled or incinerated. An entrepreneur like the Journey gang has experienced many highs and lows over the years. Every business owner experiences the highs and lows. It just comes with the territory. People that do not own their own business cannot truly understand what an entrepreneur goes through every day. The Journey gang has to deal with business risk, confirm the advertisers, develop the stories, edit the stories, print and deliver the monthly edition of the Gallup Journey, pay the overhead costs, pay their taxes, pay debt service, collect their billings and hopefully have some profit left for the business owners. It is not easy, but it can be very gratifying. Chuck, Nate, Jenny, and Heather should be very proud of what they have accomplished with the Gallup Journey over the last 8 years. I enjoy writing for the Journey every other month. But, the best thing that I enjoy is reading the monthly edition. The magazine has become a part of the community that promotes the positive aspects of Gallup and our citizens. I salute and congratulate the Journey gang for eight great years and one hundred editions of the Gallup Journey! Until next time, The Business Doctor
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ur next event is the Turkey Trot and Cranberry Walk to be held on Thanksgiving Day morning at 9:00 am. It’s a downtown run or walk starting at the Lexington Hotel. Watch for posters and fliers. It’s a healthy way to build an appetite and help us address homelessness and poverty. We opened construction bids for Hooghan Hozho’ in September. We had a number of responsible bidders. Watch for our groundbreaking event. Hooghan Hozho’ will have 45 units along with space for a coffee shop (that we will use as an employment training facility), an Early Childhood Development Center and office spaces for support services. We shot a short movie last month. We hope to have a premier event for the movie this month or next month. We will also be having some community events. Until next month stay well and do good!
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Lit Crit Lite A look at some books available at your local public library
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any of you readers have no doubt heard of the popular Swedish mystery writer, Stieg Larsson, of The-Girl-With-the-Dragon-Tattoo fame. That trilogy was published in English, followed quickly by movies hitting the mainstream media market. There is another much more prolific mystery writer in Sweden, however, whom English language readers are only recently discovering, despite the fact that he has been a national hero for many decades: Henning Mankell. I’m most definitely in this camp, having recently fallen deeply under his spell. He has written dozens of books, many of them now translated into English. I’ll tell you about the two I have so far read. I’m waiting in eager anticipation to get my hands on another. The White Lioness is from a series of eleven books that center around the character of Detective Kurt Wallander. As every good crime novel reader knows, the key to a good crime novel is a really compelling detective; the quirkier the better. Wallander is certainly amongst the greats. He is a middle-aged, post-divorce, man who drinks a bit too
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much and often panders to his depressive personality. The weight of the violence and ugliness that he encounters in his work is heavy on his soul and he feels perpetually tainted by it, though unable to imagine any other job that he could do. Thoughtful and insightful in his work, Wallander is rather lost in the world of normal social interaction. He lives and works in small town Sweden – the little district called Ystad. Picturesque and neighborly and generally quite orderly, the modernization of the country also brings new waves of disconcerting violence. Wallander is such a compelling and relatable detective that, in fact, the BBC has an entire new series called Wallander in their Masterpiece Mystery Series. In The White Lioness, Wallander confronts the grizzly and seemingly random murder of a Methodist realtor, wife, and mother, who takes a disastrous wrong turn in Ystad. I am giving away no secrets to say that the reader learns very quickly that her unpremeditated murder is connected with a complex plot to murder Nelson Mandela in South Africa. That’s where this mystery novel is unlike most others. Your
Yes, they are hard to put down, keeping you up way past bedtime and causing crazy dreams. average mystery novel’s purpose is to entertain and scintillate. But Mankell’s novels are multi-layered – yes, they are hard to put down, keeping you up way past bedtime and causing crazy dreams – but they are also instructive. The White Lioness zooms effortlessly back and forth from modern, organized Sweden to the monumental time in South Africa just before the fall of the Apartheid system. Behind the detailed (and fictional) plot to kill Mandela is a group of powerful Afrikaners, who panic over the thought of losing their ultimate political power and living in a world of racial equality. Employing all of the power and ruthlessness of an endangered predator, they hire a black assassin to shoot Mandela. Their assassin needs meticulous training and is shipped off to Sweden to be taught by decommissioned KGB militants, whose own supremacist theory make them fit instructors. It is this plot that Wallander begins to slowly unravel, only to be relentlessly pursued by the same group once he begins snooping too closely. The Man from Beijing, has the same globe-trotting plot. In this, a bloody massacre opens the book in a sleepy little retirement village in rural Sweden. With almost no clues, save a red ribbon found on the snow outside one of the houses of the dead, the police reach a dead end. However, a middle aged and slightly bored judge, Birgitta Roslin, becomes interested in the case when she realizes that she is related to one of the murdered elderly couples. Her sleuthing brings her out of the country as well – this time to China. This novel also trots through time, as we go all the way back to 1850 China – a time when many disenfranchised young Chinese were brought to America to work as indentured servants to build the railroads on which this country’s western expansion depended during the gold rush. Generations later, a member of the new breed of modern, capitalistic Chinese businessmen finds the journal of one of his indentured ancestors and vows to avenge his horrible treatment. In both books, Mankell weaves together an impeccable knowledge of history with a decided political bent – applauding the complex forward motion of South Africa, but critiquing the capitalism and greed taking root in modern China. I imagine that Stieg Larsson can be credited with the surge of interest in Mankell. Larsson’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo books, while compelling and slightly addictive, are edgy, modern, and full of grotesque violence. Mankell’s characters are a little more ordinary – old-fashioned even. While the tales do contain violent scenes, they do not permeate them quite as much. For those who enjoy a heart-racing plot, who love a twisted mystery, or simply love to learn about a new chunk of the world, or slice of history, these books will be a good, if a bit gory, treat.
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TOWN Veterans Day Events
Mill Levy Election November 6, 2012 On November 6 we will elect governing officials and vote on various issues. One local issue is the hospital mill levy. The mill levy has been around for a long time and funds have been used to maintain and improve the Rehoboth-McKinley Christian Hospital building and property (which RMCHCS leases from the County) and to stay up-todate with medical equipment and technology. McKinley County currently collects up to two (2) mills in property taxes annually for the hospital. A vote for the mill levy allows the County to collect up to four (4) mills in property taxes each year – up to $4 for every $1,000 in assessed property value as opposed to up to $2. This could result in increased public funding for the hospital. It will also allow some of the funds to be used to bring Federal match dollars into McKinley County for hospital services. Thriving communities need hospitals and access to health care services. Hospitals bring jobs and dollars into communities, necessary for economic and business development. A vote “for” the mill levy keeps the mill levy alive. A vote “against” the mill levy puts an end to this critical funding source. By voting “for” the mill levy you are saying yes to the future of health care in Gallup and McKinley County.
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November 11 & 12, 2012 Veterans Day observance will begin at 6 pm on Sunday, November 11 at the Veterans Square at the Courthouse in Gallup. This event will be a candlelight vigil for all veterans. Community participants are encouraged to bring photos of veterans in their family, living or deceased, to place on a wall of honor. The ceremony will consist of a spiritual warrior invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, national anthem, warrior peace pipe ceremony by Oscar House, lighting of candles, roll call of veterans, 21-gun salute, taps, and a warrior blessing. All who attend are encouraged to bring flags of their organizations so that they can join the grand entry of flags. On Monday, November 12 there will be a memorial ceremony at Hillcrest Cemetery starting at 9 am. The Veterans Day parade will start forming at 9:30 and begin at 10 am. Downtown Veterans Day ceremonies will start upon the arrival of the parade at the Veterans Square. High schools are being asked to enter a float to represent their schools and clubs. Floats will be judged and trophies awarded. There will also be a book signing with Medal of Honor recipient, Hershey Miyamura and Joe Annello, POW and Silver Star recipient, from 10 am to 1 pm in the Courthouse Square. Copies of Forged in Fire, the Saga of Hershey & Joe will be available for $18. A meet and greet will follow at Comfort Suites (3940 E. Hwy. 66, Gallup) from 5 to 7 pm that evening. For more information, contact Ken Riege at (505) 863-3445. All Gallup community members are encouraged to participate and honor our veterans.
The Gin Game November 7-10, 2012 Old School Gallery The El Morro Area Arts Council is proud to present The Gin Game. This Pulitzer-Prize-winning play by D. L. Coburn is a don’t miss event, running November 7 through November 10 at the Old School Gallery in El Morro, New Mexico. The Gin Game features Susan McNabb and Donald Sharp in the unforgettable roles of Fonsia Dorsey and Weller Martin. Directed by Eden Gloria, this play is a bittersweet reflection on lives lived, lessons learned, and the elusive quest for love and happiness. Doors open at 7 pm with the curtain going up at 8 pm. Tickets are $12 and are available at the Old School Gallery, located on Hwy 53 between mile markers 45 and 46. For reservations, call the gallery at 505-783-4710. This is a show you want to see or you will wish you had!
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Capoeira Mandinga New Mexico aims to empower children, adults, and youth of the Gallup and surrounding communities through the beautiful Brazilian dance and martial art of Capoeira. We do this by offering classes, workshops, and events for kids and adults. During the November ArtsCrawl, Capoeira Mandinga New Mexico will present to the Gallup community a fun and exciting annual Capoeira belt ceremony called a batizado. This event will host visiting teachers and Mestres (masters) of the art of Capoeira. These teachers will come to Gallup to support the local Capoeira students and honor them through giving the students their first cordao (belt) in the art of Capoeira. This event will be full of live Brazilian percussion, singing, and the movement arts! This is the first time ever Gallup will offer an event like this! In addition, the club is so honored to announce that Capoeira students from the Ute Reservation will be attending our event to show support for the Gallup Capoeira community and most importantly play Capoeira!
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What is Capoeira? Over 400 years ago in colonial Brazil, slaves developed Capoeira, a covert martial art disguised as a fluid and beautiful dance, to fight for freedom. Today Capoeira schools pass on this traditional art form and provide a positive outlet for students of all ages – especially youth! Capoeira’s great benefits include teaching how to express individual strength and creativity within a fun, musical, and physically demanding sport. Capoeira Mandinga New Mexico’s classes build physical and mental strength, balance, confidence, discipline, and artistic expression. Our classes also teach Brazilian music, the Portuguese language, the value of diversity, and respect for world cultures. Who We Are Capoeira Mandinga New Mexico is part of a larger community of Capoeira groups affiliated with Capoeira Mandinga. The Mestres who started these groups include places like China, New Zealand, and Mexico!
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TOWN November Library Events Octavia Fellin Public Library 115 W. Hill Ave, Gallup (505) 863-1291 Celebrate Native American History Month Throughout November an exhibit titled Stories of Native Alaskans will be on display at the library. The exhibit includes 14 Native stories published as 28 broad sides in the original language and English. This is a part of the Alaska Native Oral Literature Project. Library Teen Red Carpet Film Festival at El Morro Theatre Saturday, November 10 starting at 7 pm, the Octavia Fellin Library‘s Second Annual Teen Film Festival will be held at the El Morro Theatre. Join in this night’s glamour and enjoy films made by Gallup teens. Free to the public. Steps to Beading One-of-a-Kind Bracelets with John Beeman, Jewelry Designer On Tuesday, November 13 at 6:30 pm at the main library. Learn how to bead one-of-a-kind bracelets for yourself or for holiday gifts. Supplies will be provided. Registration is required. The program is limited to 15 participants. To register please call the library, email libsuper@ci.gallup.nm.us or visit the main library. Try Before You Buy Thursday, November 15 and Thursday, November 29 starting at 5:30 pm, test drive a number of techno devices before you do your holiday shopping. Gadgets will include laptops, tablets such as the iPad 3 and Kindle Fire, eReaders such as the Nook and various smart phones. Library staff will be available to answer questions and demonstrate. Breaking Dawn 2 Release Party On Saturday, November 17 at 2 pm, join in the activities planned for the release of Breaking Dawn 2, the final film in the Twilight Saga. November Film Series - Super Hero Month Co-sponsored by the Gallup Film Foundation November 7—Iron Man (2008) November 14—Captain America (2011) November 21—Thor (2011) November 28—Avengers (2012) Wednesday nights starting @ 5:30 pm. Refreshments served. Free PowerPoint and Excel computer classes will be held in November. Registration is required. Seating is limited to 10.
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Kim Carnes Concert Rescheduled for Nov. 17 Kim Carnes is coming to Gallup’s El Morro Theatre. The October concert has been rescheduled for November 17 due to illness. Sorry for any inconvenience! Carnes is a two-time Grammy Award winner, best known for her raspy vocals and 1981 hit song, “Bette Davis Eyes.” Gallup’s own Dario Chioda will start the show at 7pm, followed by Kim and a percussion group backing her up! Tickets are $20 in advance and $30 at the door and are available at Millennium Media and Gurley Motor Company. Tickets already purchased for October’s show can be used for admittance to the November 17 concert. You won’t want to miss this event!
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Recycled Arts & Crafts Fair & Recycling Jamboree By Betsy Windisch Saturday, November 3 Gallup Community Service Center, 10 am – 2 pm Since 1997, communities across the country have come together on November 15 to celebrate America Recycles Day – the only nationally recognized day dedicated to encouraging people to recycle and buy recycled products.
“The whole intent of America Recycles Day is to draw attention to recycling as a behavior and as an act, but also as a movement, as something that people are doing and can feel good about,” says Rob Wallace, a vice-president with Keep America Beautiful. “It’s not just a one day celebration – it’s the one day that we take out of the year to really stop and pause and reflect on why it’s important.” It is the easiest thing anyone can do to reduce the consumption of natural resources and to save energy. Recycling translates directly into an impact on our local environment. In fact, the amount of energy saved from recycling aluminum and steel cans, plastic PET and glass containers, newsprint and corrugated packaging in 2008 alone was equivalent to: • the amount of electricity consumed by 17.8 million Americans in one year • the amount of gasoline used in almost 11 million passenger cars in one year • 7.9 percent of electricity generation from fossil fuels in the U.S. in one year Locally, the McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council will celebrate ARD with a Recycled Arts & Crafts Fair and Recycling Jamboree on Saturday, November 3. Individuals who make arts and crafts out of recycled products will be featured. Come to find out How, What, Where, and When one can Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle manufactured items. Demonstrations will be given on how to prepare recyclables and compost. Door Prizes! Live Music! Silent Auction! Children’s Activities! Concessions! Bring your mixed paper (junk mail, newspaper, catalogs), corrugated cardboard, #1 and #2 plastic bottles, and steel cans to the event. The SWA will provide a recycling trailer to accept these items that one day at the Community Center. A number of non-profit organizations will be represented as well. Learn more about what is happening in your community. To benefit the Jim Harlin Community Pantry, non-perishable food items will be accepted.
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Come downtown and check out ArtsCrawl! The shops, restaurants, and galleries will be open late, and live art, dance, and music will be performed on the closed streets! SxOxL, revered local rockabilly band drawing a loyal cult following, will be playing by the downtown walkway. Any old or interesting motorcycles or cars are welcome on the closed street.
Live Art & Music in the Street! PARTICIPATING VENUES
HealinGifts & Dragon World, 106 W. Coal Ave. HealinGifts: Offering a free 5-minute healing session. Specializing in high quality products including juices, teas, and all important herbs and supplements that are affordable and work! Dragon World: Oriental gifts, such as swords, nun chucks, jewelry, lucky bamboo, geisha dolls, and crystals.
American Bar, 221 W. Coal Ave. Come hang at a classic local establishment, in business since 1938. The Industry Gallery, 226 W. Coal Ave. Live band “Bear Paws” – Gallup come out and see this free show. Crashing Thunder Studio, 228 W. Coal Ave. “WHERE THE MIND MIGHT WANDER…” ink drawings by Rossi Bright
Sammy C’s Rock N’ Sports Pub & Grille, 107 W. Coal Ave. Rita Marcoli – Inspired by the nature surrounding her, in addition to Native American Culture. Most pieces are sketched in ink or charcoal, as well as other mediums and watercolors. This is her first showing in New Mexico since moving, over a year ago, to the Bluewater area. Foundations of Freedom, 115 W. Coal Ave. Live music, open dance, and break dancing performances. Capoeira Mandinga New Mexico will present an annual Capoeira belt ceremony called a batizado. This event will host visiting teachers and Mestres (masters) of the art of Capoeira and will be full of live Brazilian percussion, singing, and the movement arts!
ART123, 123 W. Coal Ave. Danny Zito – “Panels of Old Gallup”
Open Studio/Outsider Gallery, 123 W. Coal Ave. (East Room) A Project of Disability Services, Inc., working to create an inclusive community. Contemporary fine arts & crafts, unique, one-of-a-kind and handmade. New paintings by Jay Dickens, Robert Martinez, & Floyd Nelson, contemporary bead jewelry by Frances Martinez, beadwork by Lionel Yazzie.
Art by Christian Bigwater, 126 ½ W. Coal Ave. (Above Eye Care) Come view inspired original paintings. Hors d’oeuvres to be served. Visit www.christianbigwater.com for more details. The Coffee House, 203 W. Coal Ave. Open for business with house specials and local art featured. Peace. Love. Coffee. Beeman Jewelry Design, 211 W. Coal Ave. Featuring new designs for the season. Makeshift Gallery, 213 W. Coal Ave. Presenting a collection of imaginative art dolls by Caroline Goodgion. These are unique, provocative, and will amaze you. The collection is on loan for one week from Rocky’s on Route 66 in Grants, New Mexico. We will also have our usual collection of unique and affordable handmade items on display. Planet Mar’s, 213 W. Coal Ave. (located in the back of Makeshift Gallery) Gallup’s only vintage clothing shop.
Windsong Studio, 233 W. Coal Ave. High-end family, commercial, & portrait photography with plenty of props and backgrounds to meet your individual needs, at affordable prices! Stop in and enter in a drawing for gift certificates!
Bill Malone Trading Company, 235 W. Coal Ave. Traditional Native American art including jewelry, rugs, and more! Coal Street Pub, 303 W. Coal Ave. Open 11 am to 11 pm. Saturday’s dinner special is the Crab Broil! Live music by Winginit. That’s Sew Right, 102 S. Second Street Sewing alterations, princess dresses, customized traditional clothing and Native ware for women and girls, as well as men’s ribbon shirts, and jewelry. Tressie’s Hair Salon, 104 S. Second Street Door prize and 10% off select retail items. Youth Art Display, 305 S. Second Street Rachel Schali’s Lincoln Elementary art students’ work will be on display in the Young Artists of Gallup and McKinley County display cases.
Camille’s Sidewalk Café, 306 S. Second Street Plenty of menu items to warm you on a brisk November evening. Stop in for a bowl of our famous Tuscan tomato soup, or grab a cup of coffee to enjoy as you check out all ArtsCrawl has to offer. Angela’s Café, 201 E. Highway 66 Come for food, drink, music, art, and a beautiful atmosphere in the historic train station. This month featuring the vocal talents of Charlene. Gallup Cultural Center, 201 E. Highway 66 Opening reception for the 2012/13 Children’s Art Scholarship and School Awards show in the Masters Gallery (upstairs), 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Lot 66 Décor, 201 W. Highway 66 We buy and sell most anything – new or used. Home furnishings, antiques, furniture and more! Receive 10% off with this flyer!
For questions or more information, artscrawlgallup@gmail.com or check us out on Facebook www.facebook.com/ArtsCrawl.
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Support Class for Parents of Teens at First United Methodist Church from 6:30-7:30pm. Info: 8634512. Poetry Group, call Jack for more information (including location) at 783-4007. Psychic Playtime with RedWulf at the Old School Gallery 1st and 3rd Sundays, 7-9:30pm. Tarot, drum journeys and more tools to explore your inner self. $1 donation. Info: RedWulf @ 505-7834612. Tai Chi at Old School Gallery, 9:30am. Info: Reed at 783-4067. 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.
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Battered Families Services, Inc. has a women’s support group that meets weekly. A children’s support group is available at the same time for children six years of age and older. Info: 7226389. Codependents Anonymous, 6pm 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: 722-6389. Capoeira adult class, 6:30-7:30 pm at Foundations of Freedom. For information, contact Chelsea Fairbank at chelsinator99@ yahoo.com. Community Yoga beginner/adv beginner class is 5:45 to 6:45 pm at Foundations of Freedom (115 E. Coal). Cost is $6. Info: 728-8416 or gallupyoga@gmail.com. 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. 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 6:45 to 7:45 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or $30/10 classes. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564.
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The Gallup LEOs Club (The Lions Club Youth Group) will be holding a Craft Fair at the Lions Clubhouse (3330 E. Aztec Ave.) from 10 am to 4 pm. The Annual Dessert Auction will be at 2 pm. We will also be having lunch items for sale. Vendor tables are $10.00. Please contact Lion Linda at 505862-1962 for more information. Emmanuel Baptist Church (213 State Road 564 / Boardman Drive) invites you to the 11th Annual Appreciation Day in honor of Law Enforcement, First Responders, and Fire Fighters. Service begins at 10:30 am, meal to follow service. For information, call 505-722-7312.
Gallup Indian Medical Center will be giving flu shots to adults and children 3 yrs and older now through December from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm, MondayFriday on the 1st floor - Day Treatment Room. This is for IHS beneficiaries only. Contact information call 722-1411 or 722-1367.
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The Mt. Taylor Ranger District would like to invite the public to join them at a public open house at Gallup Community Service Center (410 Bataan 100th Annual Sacred Heart Cathedral Bazaar at Veterans Street, Gallup) from 5:30 to 7:30 pm to Gallup Catholic HS gym from 12 to 5pm. Activities learn more about developing a system of mountain include raffle with $10,000 grand prize, NFL game bike and hiking trails in the Zuni Mountains. The on big screen, courtesy of Comcast Cable and Castle goal of this collaborative effort is to enhance forest Furniture, many booths and hundreds of prizes. and watershed health and to increase the amount Turkey dinner in cafeteria from noon until it’s gone. of non-motorized trails for the public to enjoy. For Proceeds benefit Sacred Heart Cathedral parish, further information, please contact Melani OakleySacred Heart Family Center, Gallup Catholic school. Spangler at 505-254-1115 or mspangler@swca. For more information, call 505-722-6644. com.
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Veterans Day observance begins at 6pm at the Veterans Square at the Courthouse in Gallup. For more information, read G-Town story on p. 48. Taizé Worship Service at Westminster Presbyterian, 4 pm.
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Red Rock String Ensemble will perform a concert at 4 pm at the First United Methodist Church in Gallup. Music includes pieces by Pietro Locatelli, Mozart and Beethoven. Violinist, Roberta Arruda, will be the featured soloist. The concert is free and is a fundraising event for the Thai Burma Border Health Initiative, a health care work started by Gallup physicians. Come for an afternoon of wonderful music in support of a great cause! Come one, come all to the Gallup Community Thanksgiving Service at 5 pm at the Church of the Holy Spirit (Episcopal, 1334 Country Club Drive, Gallup). This service of music, scripture, reflection, and overall thanksgiving includes folks from many different faith communities in our area. There will be a time of fellowship with pie and coffee/soft drinks after the service. For more information, call 505-863-4695.
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Mother Goose on the Loose, 11 am at the Children’s Library. For more information, call 726-6120. RMCHCS Diabetes Education Classes – First four Tuesdays of the month, starting at 6pm. RMCHCS 2nd floor library. For more information, call 7266918. Adult chess club at Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe in Gallup, 5-7pm. Gallup Al-Anon meetings at First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive (next to GIMC). Tuesdays at 12 noon and Thursdays at 7pm in Conference Room #1. ZUMBA Fitness Classes at Window Rock Sports Center starting at 5:30 p.m.. For more information email r_roanhorse@yahoo.com or call Ralph Roanhorse at (505) 862-2970. Tai-Chi-Chuan, taught by Monika Gauderon at RMCH Vanden Bosch Clinic, 5:00 pm. Beginners are welcome. For more information, contact Monika Gauderon at 775-3045. 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. Open yoga classes 9:30-10:30 am at Foundations of Freedom (115 E. Coal). Cost is $6. Info: 7288416 or gallupyoga@gmail.com. Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 6:45 to 7:45 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or $30/10 classes. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564. 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). Light meal before most meetings at 6:15 pm. Info: Robert 505-615-8053.
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RMCHCS sponsors a Grief Support Group for people who have suffered a significant loss through death, illness, divorce, or relocation. The sessions will be each Tuesday evening through December 11 from 7 – 9 pm. This group is free of charge and will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church. Please pre-register for the group by calling Chaplain Kris Pikaart at 863-7140 or Pastor Gary Bickner at 863-3375.
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1600-Inch Quilt workshop at Gallup Service Mart, 6-9 pm. Have a jelly roll or scraps cut into 2 ½ inch strips? Now is the time to get that fabric out and turn it into a quick and simple quilt. This quilt can be made in 3 hours – come learn a pattern that uses up your scraps and/or jelly rolls. $15 includes pattern. For more information, call 722-9414.
Wednesday ONGOING
Cancer support group, for information call 8633075 or 863-6140. Knitting Club, 4:00pm at the Children’s Library. For more information, call 726-6120. Studio Drawing Class at ART123, 7-9pm on WEDNESDAYS. $10 for non-members, $5 for members. Students need to provide their own materials. For more information, call 575-7796760 or email steve.storz0@gmail.com. Gallup Solar Group open community meetings. 6pm at 113 E. Logan. For more information, call Be at 726-2497. 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. Chanting workshop with Genevieve and Redwulf 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month at the Old School Gallery. Free. Chants from around the world 6-7:30 pm. Meditation Circle. All faiths welcome. Free. Time to get connected, get focused, let us meditate. 7pm. Limited space. Please RSVP leave message (Maria) HealinGifts Holistic Shoppe/Wellness Center 106 W. Coal Ave., downtown Gallup. For information, call 505 863-3772. 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!
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The El Morro Area Arts Council is proud to present The Gin Game. This Pulitzer-Prizewinning play will run November 7-10 at the Old School Gallery in El Morro, NM. For more information, call 505-783-4710 and read G-Town story on p. 48.
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Washington Elementary School is having a Fall Festival from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. There will be turkey bingo, theme basket raffle, food, cake walk, along with games such as soda toss and face painting. Tickets are 25 cents each. Don’t miss out!
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1st Annual Navajo Nation HIV Prevention Conference, November 28 & 29 at Gallup Inn, from 8 am to 5 pm. Free registration. For more information, to pre-register or to set up an educational booth, call 505-713-0952.
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Veterans Day events: Memorial Ceremony at Hillcrest Cemetery starting at 9 am. Veterans Day parade will start forming at 9:30 am and begin at 10 am. Book signing with Hershey Miyamura and Joe Annello from 10 am to 1 pm in the Courthouse Square, followed by a meet & greet at Comfort Suites from 5 to 7 pm. For more information, contact Ken Riege at (505) 863-3445 or read G-Town story on p. 48. Quilt Club at Gallup Service Mart, 7-9 pm. Come join other quilters in the area to share projects you are working on or have completed. For information, call 722-9414.
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Sustainable Energy Board meeting in the Mayor’s Conference Room, 3-5pm, on the fourth Monday of each month. For info/agenda, email brightideas98@gmail.com.
Connections Inc. 100 E. Aztec Gallup, New Mexico offers the following FREE programs: Access to recovery New Mexico A free substance abuse treatment program. For info: Call Randy at 505-863-3377 Ext: 108 Mon-Fri 8am-5pm Child and Adult Care Food Program Are you babysitting any kids under 13 years old in your home? We can pay you MONEY for the food that you feed the kids in your home. For more Info Please call 505-863-3377 Ext: 105, 102 or 1-800-527-5712 Senior Companion Program / Retired and Senior Volunteer Program For more information, Contact Claudette at 505-722-3565 or 505-870-8567
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Crafts, 4:00pm at the Children’s Library. For more information, call 726-6120.
Movies, 4:00pm at the Children’s Library. For more Overeaters Anonymous meeting at 11 am, at the First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive, information, call 726-6120. library room. Info: Liz 505-863-5928.
Moms Supporting Moms at Church Rock School, 9-11:30am.
Sports Page hosting GLBT Night every Friday! Friday nights will be a place to celebrate and be yourself! For more information contact: Raiff Arviso; rca87121@gmail.com, Sports Page - 1400 S. 2nd St, Gallup, NM (505) 722-3853.
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.
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.
Gallup Al-Anon meetings at First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive (next to GIMC). Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held Tuesdays at 12 noon and Thursdays at 7pm in from 6:45 to 7:45 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 Conference Room #1. Divorce Care Support Group, Thursdays at 7pm. Location to be determined. For more information, call or email Dan at 505 878-2821 or dkruis@yahoo.com.
South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or $30/10 classes. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564.
Children’s Library Events: 10:30am Mother Goose on the Loose, 12pm Puppet Show. For more information, call 726-6120. ZUMBA Fitness Classes at Wowie’s Activity Hall on the corner of Maloney and 3rd Street starting at 11:00 a.m. For more information email r_roanhorse@yahoo.com or call Ralph Roanhorse at (505) 862-2970. Yoga class beginner/advanced beginner. 10 am at Foundations of Freedom (115 E Coal). Info: 728-8416 or gallupyoga@gmail.com. Habitat for Humanity Yards Sales (weather permitting) 12 to 3pm, Warehouse Lane. New & Used: Tables, furnaces, camper, microwave, TVs, cabinets, paint, doors, sinks, ceiling fans, lights, exercise bikes, blinds, etc. Call Bill at 505-722-4226 for information. Re-modeler’s & contractor’s donations accepted. Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 9 to 10 am at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street) in Trademark Square in Gallup. $5/class or $30/10 classes. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Capoeira children’s classes 11:30 am – 1 pm at Foundations of Freedom. For information, contact Chelsea Fairbank at chelsinator99@yahoo.com.
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit (1334 Country Club Dr., Gallup) hosts support meetings for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics from 5:30-6:30 pm on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays. For more information call 863-4695. ZUMBA Fitness Classes at Window Rock Sports Center starting at 5:30 p.m.. For more information email r_roanhorse@yahoo.com or call Ralph Roanhorse at (505) 862-2970. Open yoga classes 9:30-10:30 am at Foundations of Freedom (115 E. Coal). Cost is $6. Info: 728-8416 or gallupyoga@gmail.com.
Have you seen the homeless around Gallup and wanted to get involved?
Intermediate yoga class, 7 pm at Foundations of Freedom (115 E Coal). Cost is $6. Info: 7288416 or gallupyoga@gmail.com.
Catholic Charities is offering free meals to all who come to the Catholic Indian Center from 6:30 to 8:00 am, Monday through Friday. We are in need of volunteers to sign up for one day a week to set up and cook breakfast for these men and women.
Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 6:45 to 7:45 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or $30/10 classes. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564.
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Every Thursday starting October 4, an 8-week Italian language class will be taught at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Beginner’s class at 5:30, Conversational class at 6:30. Call Dr. Marco Montagnini at 541-761-4980 for tuition and required textbook information or other questions. Ciao! The community is invited to the First Thursday Healing Service at the Church of the Holy Spirit (Episcopal, 1334 Country Club Drive, Gallup) at 7 pm. This Christian service of prayer, anointing, and laying on of hands, followed by Holy Eucharist, is open to everyone who longs for healing of body, mind, spirit, and/or relationships – for yourself or for those you care about. For more information, call 505-8634695.
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2nd Thursday of the month Survivors of Homicide Support Group meets 6-8pm. For more information, call Deborah YellowhorseBrown at 870-6126. The RMCHCS Breastfeeding Support Group will meet at 7 pm on 2nd Thursday of each month in the RMCH Library – 2nd Floor. For more information, please call Mary Ippel at 505-863-7025.
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Block of the Month Club at Gallup Service Mart, 6-9 pm. Join Block of the Month members to discuss blocks 1 – 5 and learn to make block 6 and the log cabin block. The monthly kit will include fabric for the log cabin portion of the quilt. For more information, call 722-9414.
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Intermediate Sewing Class (part 2, continuation of October class) at Gallup Service Mart, 6-9 pm. Discussion will continue on how to complete your quilt including sewing borders, selecting a quilting method and pinning the layers. Free motion, stitch in the ditch and echo quilting will be practiced. For more information, call 722-9414.
If you are interested in helping, come to the Catholic Indian Center, at 506 W. Highway 66, at 7 pm on September 12 for a planning meeting. For more information, please call (505) 722 4407, ext. 100.
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Come one, come all for Turkey Bingo at Mesh Bag & Cathedral Window Ornament workshop at Gallup Service Mart, 9 am – 4 pm. Need presents for NCI Cafeteria, 6pm. Cake, punch and coffee will be served. Sponsored by Na’Nizhoozhi the holidays? Come learn how to make a mesh bag for carrying groceries, laundry soap or any item and then in the Center, Inc., Annual New Year’s Eve Sobriety afternoon learn to make a cathedral window block – this block can be made into a small ornament or into several more blocks to make a gift! $30 includes pattern. For more information, call 722-9414. Gourd Dance & Powwow Committee. Crownpoint Rug Weavers Association AuctionRecycled Arts & Crafts Fair and Recycling Jamboree at Gallup Community Service Center, 10 am to 2 pm. For at Crownpoint Elementary School. Viewing more information, read G-Town story on p. 51. 4:00-6:30pm, auction 7:00-10:00pm. For more information, visit crownpointrugauction. 100th Annual Sacred Heart Cathedral Bazaar Kick-Off Filipino Dinner beginning at 6pm at KC Hall. Dining, entertainment and silent auction. com.
Events @ Your Octavia Fellin Library See complete November Schedule on page 50. For more information, call 863-1291.
Fall Dance to benefit the Community Pantry at Red Rock Park, 7pm to midnight. Entertainment includes VooDoo Rhythm Band and Silver Country Band. Tickets are available at the UPS Store, Gallup Chamber of Commerce and the Pantry for $11/person or $20/couple. For more information, please call 726-8068. Veterans Helping Veterans, Benefit Raffle Drawing for Albert Lucero in his battle against lung and brain cancer. Need not be present to win. Prizes include cash, jewelry, dinner gift certificates and many other locally donated products. For information, call Albert Lucero at 505-409-8379 or Sara Steadman at 505-870-3906.
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Quilts of Valor workshop at Gallup Service Mart, 9 am – 4 pm. Potluck Come help make quilts for service men and women coming home from overseas. The star blocks have been made by Quilt Club members – now it is time to turn the blocks into quilt tops! A $10 donation will be used to help buy backing fabric and batting for the quilt tops being made. For more information, call 722-9414. Holiday Craft and Baked Goods Sale at Bethany Christian Reformed Church (1110 S. Strong Dr., Gallup) from 9 am to 2 pm. Get ready to do your Christmas shopping and stock your freezer with goodies for the holidays! Baked goods, breakfast burritos, sloppy joes, and more will be available at concession stand. ArtsCrawl, Downtown Gallup, 7-9pm. See page 53 for complete schedule of events.
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Kim Carnes is coming to Gallup’s El Morro Theatre. The October concert has been RESCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 17 due to illness. Carnes is a two-time Grammy Award winner, best known for her raspy vocals and 1981 hit song, “Bette Davis Eyes.” Gallup’s own Dario Chioda will start the show at 7pm, followed by Kim and a percussion group backing her up! Tickets are $20 in advance and $30 at the door and are available at Millennium Media and Gurley Motor Company. Tickets already purchased can be used for admittance to the rescheduled event. Don’t miss this event!
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December 15 – Red Rock Elementary School is hosting its annual Red Rock Craft Fair from 9am to 4pm. Come to the largest craft fair of the season with over 60 vendors! For more information, call 505-870-7083.
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November is the Journey’s 100th Issue. What’s your favorite part about the magazine? Do you agree with City Council’s decision to close Harold Runnels Pool? What’s your favorite thing about the Red Rock Balloon Rally? What’s your favorite Thanksgiving Day dish? Mike
1) Seeing the beauty in everything that is Gallup. 2) No, they got the best steam room in the whole world. 3) It’s the coming together of so many different people for the experience of balloons in a one-of-a-kind location. 4) Yams
Carolyn
1) I like to see where people journey when they take their Journeys with them. 2) I understand the economics on it, but I have no opinion. 3) The ascension over my house; my dogs love it. 4) Lobster
Jack
1) The social aspect of it. 2) I don’t agree. Keep the pool open; everyone needs a place to pee. 3) That they come back down. 4) My grandmother’s cranberry salsa.
Cody
1) Fuzzy pages and the Opinion Poll. 2) No 3) The night glow 4) Stuffing
Jason
1) The way it shows cultural aspects of the area; that it encourages culture throughout the area. 2) Undecided 3) Night glow 4! Green bean casserole
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1) It tells about what is going on around town. 2) No; it just has good history I don’t want to see it go down. 3) Seeing all the different balloons going up; it’s quite beautiful. 4) Stuffing
Bruce
1) “People Read the Journey in the Craziest Places” 2) Yes 3) Brings people to town 4) Sausage stuffing
Frank
1) It’s free 2) No 3) The warmth of the balloon glow 4) You’re sick!
Erin
1) Everything from diversity to local contribution. 2) No, we need more than one pool in town; plus Harold Runnels is part of my childhood. 3) Balloon glow, frybread, and hot cocoa. 4) My mom’s brown sugar sweet potatoes and walnuts.
JT
1) Their taste 2) No, I loved the puppy pool. 3) Nothing I can’t play with them. 4) Turkey, and everything else.
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4. Mr. Willard and Michelle Sanchez celebrate their wedding anniversary with the Journey in the tropical
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paradise of Oahu, Hawaii in September. 5. Martha and Karen Zollinger enjoy the Journey in front of the Newseum in Washington D.C. 6. Pastor Gerrardo and Betty del Toro, of the Monte Calvario Church and School in downtown Juarez, Mexico read the Journey with Gallupians John Whitsitt, Mary Whitsitt, Floyd Bippes, Dennis and Jill O’Keefe, and Nate Short.
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A s Vo t e d o n b y G A L L U P !
So, vote!
1. Best Burger: _____________________________________________________ 2. Best Breakfast Burrito: ____________________________________________ 3. Best Coffee Joint: ________________________________________________ 4. Best Grocery Store: _______________________________________________ 5. Best Sandwich: ___________________________________________________ 6. Best Hiking/Biking Trail: ___________________________________________ 7. Best Pizza Joint: _________________________________________________ 8. Best Margarita: __________________________________________________ 9. Best City-Sponsored Event: _________________________________________ 10. Best Local Bar: ___________________________________________________ 11. Best City Park: ___________________________________________________ 12. Best Mural: ______________________________________________________ 13. Best Green Chile: _________________________________________________ 14. Best Red Chile: ___________________________________________________ 15. Best Burrito: _____________________________________________________ 16. Most Recognizable Gallupian: _______________________________________ 18. Best Salsa: _______________________________________________________ 19. Best Thing About Living in Gallup: ___________________________________ This is so easy. Here’s what you do: Write down any or all of the answers to these questions, rip the page out, and bring it to the journey office (202 east hill) or if we’re not in the office, drop it in the mail slot at the curb.
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17. Best Restaurant for kids: ___________________________________________
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th Annual
Gallup Journey
Arts Edition
Short Story
1. Each story must be no more than 750 words. 2. Each story must be typed and emailed to gallupjourney@yahoo.com with your name and mailing address.
3. ONE entry per person.
Poetry 1. Each poem must be typed and emailed to gallupjourney@yahoo.com with your name and mailing address.
2. ONE entry per person.
Photos 1. Please submit your photos via email (gallupjourney@yahoo.com), or bring a disc to the gallup journey office (202 east hill avenue). 2. FIVE photos per entry. Please include your name and mailing address.
Call to artists, writers, poets, photo nuts, and anyone we forgot.
submissions due by Friday, december 7, 2012. send short stories, poems, and digital photos to us at gallupjourney@yahoo.com or drop a disc off at our office (202 east hill avenue) believe • gallup
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This Is My Job:
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By N. Haveman
have to admit something to all of you. Before last week, I hadn’t had any meat for just over a year. I was, by all accounts, a vegetarian.
Then I went to 505 Burgers and Wings to take the photo you’re looking at right now.
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I ate all the food on the plate in Yazmin’s right hand. And it was good. Really good. And if you can’t tell, it’s a delicious Belen Burger with a side of fresh cut fries. Yazmin and Pancho both work up at 505 Burgers and Wings and they both love their jobs. They’ve been up at 505 since opening day and have enjoyed watching the business grow and, more importantly, for Pancho at least, watching customers eat everything on their plates. According to Yazmin and Pancho, there are some items that are ordered more than others. For example, The “Grants” burger doesn’t get ordered much; the reason for this you’ll have to find out for yourself by reading their menu. Obviously, the duties for a waitress and cook are varied, but, in working together (along with the other staff, too!), they bring forth a great product and phenomenal service. So next time you have the chance, head up to 505 Burgers and Wings - located across from Ellis Tanner Trading Co. and next to R & M Furniture on HWY 602. Make sure to meet Yazmin and Pancho. They’ll treat you right and if you’re really hungry, they may even knock the vegetarian right out of you. Enjoy.
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“I like my job. I get to meet new people and make sure they are happy with their experience here.”
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“I get proud when customers don’t leave a scrap of food on their plate. It means that they really liked what I made for them.”
Get your FREE GLP sticker today: Journey Office, 202 East Hill
“TREATING PAIN”
Pancho
Now Accepting: MEDICARE and MEDICAID 505-863-4199 • 1900 E. HWY 66 • 9am - 6pm
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The toughest part of helping the environment is choosing a model. Prius has done more to help the environment than any other car in the world. And now there are more ways than ever to drive the environment’s favorite hybrid. The Prius v is a larger, family-friendly hybrid. The Prius c is a stylish, compact hybrid. The easy-to-charge Prius Plug-in Hybrid is our most advanced Prius yet. And of course, there’s the 3rd Generation Prius, the one that started it all.
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❁ Prius Plug-in Hybrid 50 MPG rating 3 95 MPGe rating 4
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Options shown. 12012 EPA-estimated 44 city/40 highway/42 combined mileage for Prius v. 22012 EPA-estimated 53 city/46 highway/50 combined mileage for Prius c. 32012 EPA-estimated 51 city/49 highway/50 combined mileage for Prius Plug-in Hybrid. Actual mileage will vary. 42012 EPA-estimated combined miles per gasoline gallon equivalent. Estimate includes consumption of electricity and gasoline energy during EV mode operation. Actual results will vary for many reasons including driving conditions and how you drive and maintain your vehicle. 52012 EPA-estimated 51 city/48 highway/50 combined mileage for Prius. Actual mileage will vary.
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We have so much to be proud of!
This is just a small sampling of all the great answers gallupians came up with.
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51. Gallup Family Fitness Series 52. open space 53. Cornstock uno, dos, tres, quatro 54. Community 55. Four Corners 56. Bat Cave 57. El Morro National Monument 58. Canyon de Chelly 59. open roads 60. The Rez 61. The art scene 62. HOT yoga! 63. blue sky and Clean air 64. Being able to make a difference 65. Summer Monsoons 66. Ford Canyon Park 67. Playground of Dreams 68, The Gallup Journey 69. Aquatic center 70. Unm-G 71. caring and generous community 72. Balloons flying over red rocks 73. downtown Murals 74. mcgaffey 75. twin springs 76. local music 77. basketball 78. so many places to play paintball 79. lots of volunteer work 80. caring teachers 81. El Rancho Hotel 82. Bicyclist paradise 83. It’s Home 84. Lots of free parking 85. WNMU 86. watching tumbleweeds roll By 87. very welcoming to newcomers 88. KGLP 91.7 FM !!!!! 89. Care 66 90. People with enchanted hearts 91. The Most Stars in the night sky 92. Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer 93. Lizards for the kids to catch 94. Dry air 95. long vistas 96. Chili Fest 97. Gale Force Winds 98. Food Pantry 99. Children’s Library 100. Relay for life
compiled by Gallup Journey submitted by Gallupians
top 100 reasons to live in Gallup
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