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Still, every once in awhile, I like to eat an apple fritter over at Glenn’s – they are so damn good. See, I even swore right there. And I know those apple fritters aren’t the best for me. I’d be much better off eating the apple instead of the fritter surrounding it. You know, I’ve got about four books on my bedside table right now and a stack of unread magazines right next to them. I’m sort of reading all of them –from World War Z to the new Clive Cussler to the collected works of GK Chesterton to the September issue of National Geographic (more on that on page 62!) to ESPN the Magazine. But instead, so often they just turn into stacks and stacks of bound paper holding my drinks while I watch Breaking Bad or The Office. Sweet coasters. Sometimes it’s easier to turn your brain off and watch television than read a good book. Granted, reading Clive Cussler is not necessarily a good book and it’s almost akin to turning your brain off anyway; I’ll give that one to you. But so is reading Louis L’Amour and nobody will ever say anything bad about his books. Those are the pinnacle of American literature; or close. Sometimes it’s easier to hit snooze than to get up and go for a jog or do hot yoga. Sometimes it’s easier to drive thru at any of the ubiquitous fast food joints we have than to make some pasta at home. Sometimes it’s easier to throw a bag of microwave popcorn in than to pop your own (Or maybe not? Check out p. 18). Obviously, shortcuts are always a shorter way to get from point A to point B – that’s what they are by definition. But that doesn’t make them better. I’m not reinventing the wheel, here! I’m just writing this as a reminder to myself to do a little bit more sometimes . . . not all the time, though – I’ve still got a few more seasons of The Office to catch up on. (And you know that I’ll be watching with an apple fritter in one hand.) -NH
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Angel Photos Inspire Community
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f you were in Gallup 10 years ago or so, then you were probably enchanted by a series of photographs called Angel by Margo Manaraze. Locals Leaf Ashley, the angel, and Garrison Murphy were pictured in iconic Gallup scenes. They really were magical and instilled a sense of pride in Gallup, for both the abounding beauty and the inescapable tragedies here. Manaraze embarked on a campaign to educate and enlighten about fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Murphy, like too many in Gallup, suffered from FAS. The angel, also like many in Gallup, was almost protecting Murphy as she waived her sparkly magic wand. If it were only so easy . . . Many of us could be that angel in the photographs, leaving our mark on Gallup, a place with so many needs and so many blessings. Perhaps you sit on a board for a charitable organization, or join a trash clean-up day, or maybe you are lucky enough to impact something or someone everyday in your job. Gallup abounds with angels. For nearly a decade, Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital (RMCH) displayed these 40 photos throughout their first floor corridors. Patients and employees alike were inspired by these familiar scenes from Gallup that invoke hope and community spirit. In an effort to share these beautiful images with the broader community, RMCH, with the blessing of Manaraze, has offered the collection to UNMGallup. Angel will be briefly displayed at the Downtown Business Improvement District office during the September 14 ArtsCrawl through the end of September, before finding a new permanent home at the UNM-Gallup north campus where students can be inspired as they look to make their mark on the world, with or without a magic wand. Join us on Saturday, September 14 from 7 to 9pm at 205 W. Coal during ArtsCrawl as we share this art with the community. Beginning in October, the photos will be displayed at UNM-Gallup’s Adult Basic Education Center, 425 North 7th St.
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Give me Chocolate or Give Me Death! Part 2 of 2
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H
ey, Doc Feelgood, have you got a minute?” “Sure, Tom. What’s on your mind?” “I read an article in the Gallup Journey last month that says chocolate is good for me. Then I went to a wild chocolate party. Everyone brought their favorite chocolate bar to see whose was the most beneficial. I mean, hey, I love ’em all: Snickers, Reese’s, Hershey’s. Of course I get headaches and zits when I eat ’em, but I love ’em. Anyway, I was blown away when we compared all the chocolates. Turns out my bar tested really poorly compared to a raw dark chocolate bar.” “Well, in all honesty, I prefer milk chocolate, but I know it’s not good for me, so I stick with raw dark chocolates. Have you tried Righteously Raw Maca Bars? They’re delicious. In fact, I find them awesome.” “If you like raw chocolate. Or dark chocolate. I like Snickers. But you’ve always done right by me, so why eat raw chocolate instead of cooked? I mean, I know the raw bar tested best, but why?” “Live enzymes, Tom. They’re the life, the digestive force of your foods. Anything raw has more enzymes intact than anything cooked, because enzymes die off when they’re heated. That’s why raw chocolate has a much higher level of antioxidants than cooked chocolate, especially if it’s organic.” “Antioxidants, that’s right, they clean up free radicals and all that stuff.” “And all that stuff, yes.” “Well, I’ve always loved chocolate, but I never thought about it as medicine. The lady who wrote the article and threw the party says it has real medicinal value. I’ve beaten cancer, but I still fight heart disease and have to take off some more weight.” “You’re getting there.” “Yeah. Always the encouragement. But the lady said the chocolate would help with inflammation, and isn’t that something I need to deal with? Should I eat maybe four, five chocolate bars a day? Are you laughing at me, Doc?” “I’m not really laughing at you, Tom, but come on! We’ve talked about moderation so many times, don’t you think that includes chocolate, even if it’s raw dark chocolate?”
“Yeah, but–” “Yeah, but my sainted aunt Emily. Even with all its benefits, raw dark chocolate still has cocoa butter, which is not low in fat.” “No, no! It’s . . . what did she say? . . . at least a third is stearic acid. That’s good fat, right? ’Cause it comes from plants.” “True, stearic acid won’t raise your cholesterol, but let’s be real: too much of anything, good or not, will put back those pounds you worked so hard to evict with your good eating habits and exercise. Moderation is always the key, remember? Even too much spinach can constipate you with its high iron content.” “Right. Oh, after the party I bought some raw Artisana Cacao Bliss at the health-food store. Tasted so good, I could’ve eaten the entire jar of it in one sitting.” “Tell me you didn’t.” “No, I didn’t. But you know what? I felt really good afterwards; had a lotta energy and it stayed steady for hours! No crash. And it helped my concentration, too. Or am I just fooling myself?” “No, I’m sure it did. That’s one of the benefits of raw dark chocolate. In moderation.” “Yeah, yeah. I usually get a headache after I eat a Snickers, but I didn’t with the Cacao Bliss.” “We’ve talked about this before. The headache comes from the sugar. Sugar is the underlying cause of so many illnesses: inflammation, heart disease, cancer, foggy brain–” “Yeah, I know. So, if I eat this raw dark chocolate, will it help tame my swollen joints and stuff?” “Chocolate is not a cure-all, Tom.” “I know, but–” “But what? The stress you live under caused a lot of inflammation, which is the body’s way of fighting back against stress or overeating or eating wrong. So you stopped smoking, started exercising, a major step in the right direction, and are eating better . . . You are eating better these days, right, Tom?” “Absolutely, Doc. But here’s the thing. At the party this guy told us he used to take an aspirin a day to avoid having a stroke. Now he eats dark chocolate instead, because its antioxidants protect the heart and cardiovascular system from damage just like the aspirin, but it’s better because it naturally improves arterial health and lowers blood pressure without maybe causing ulcers like aspirin can. He said chocolate’s flavonoids trigger some kinda reaction that increases blood flow by dilating and relaxing blood vessels, which helps lower blood pressure. So, is he right?” “In a word, yes. Did he mention that milk kills off almost all of chocolate’s antioxidant benefits? And that chocolate’s polyphenols bond to the milk’s protein, neutralizing the antioxidant boost?” “Polyphenols?”
Raw chocolate is one of the most antioxidant-rich substances on the planet.
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“Food chemicals that help prevent free-radical damage or oxidation.” “Right. I knew that. That’s what he said. No milk products for at least an hour before and after the dark chocolate.” “Exactly.” “So, no hot chocolate with whole milk and marshmallows on top.” “Gives you a great sugar rush, but that’s all it’s good for.” “I know. Ya know, this lady – she’s a holistic doctor – she had some little girl come in with her parents. Seems she’d been vomiting for like nine days or something. Came straight from the hospital after they said they couldn’t help her. So this doc – this other doc, not you, Doc – she does a short reflexology treatment on the kid and then gives her a small piece of Synergy Spice, a raw dark chocolate with cayenne. All of a sudden, the kid isn’t doubled over with pain, she’s smiling, and she says she feels much better. “So I bought some of that Synergy Spice and had a piece last week when I felt bloated and just like that, the bloat’s gone! Whaddaya think of that?” “Well, it was raw chocolate, so it was filled with antioxidants. And it had cayenne, which you know is a great digestive aid. Works fast, doesn’t it?” “It really did. So, whaddaya think: can my cousin who’s diabetic eat this raw chocolate?” “As long as it’s raw and organic, a small amount can be beneficial. A small amount. It’s still all about moderation, Tom. And let me remind you, always always (did I say always?) read the labels. Someone recently brought me a beautiful-looking dark chocolate bar, and I strength tested it to make sure my body would like it, and it tested very poorly. The label started out: ‘cocoa liquor, sugar . . .’ and I didn’t need to read any further to know I couldn’t eat it without getting a headache.” “’Nuf said. You know the raw-foodist guy David Wolfe says, ‘The cacao bean has always been and will always be Nature’s #1 weight-loss and high-energy food. Cacao beans are probably the best kept secret in the entire history of food.’” “That’s right. Raw chocolate is one of the most antioxidant-rich substances on the planet. It’s being studied all over the world. It has abundant minerals like iron and magnesium. Some researchers call it a Superfood. So long as it’s raw and dark. No milk chocolate. And in moderation.” “Right, right. But it’s good for the brain, too, right, Doc?” “Any oxygenating food helps oxygen reach the brain, so, yes, it’s good for your brain, memory, concentration and mood enhancement.” “Let’s back up to the importance of label reading, Tom. If your cousin wants dark chocolate, make sure it’s raw, and has absolutely no sugar or fake sugar substitutes. And since you don’t want cancer to come back again, remember, sugar is a prime fuel for cancer, so if you choose to eat chocolate, these same rules apply to you.” “Got it. Read labels. Eat raw chocolate without sugar. But if the chocolate is sweetened with small amounts of raw agave or raw coconut nectar, is that ok?” “Raw, organic. One of the last ingredients listed on the label, yeah.” “Ok. I get it. Chocolate, in order to be medicinal, must have the right ingredients, and that doesn’t include sugar.” “Or . . . let me see the label on your favorite milk chocolate bar . . . oh my, Tom . . . it also means no milk, or corn syrup, artificial flavors, partially hydrogenated oil, enriched wheat flour – (which means it is filled with GMOs – another entirely different discussion), modified food starch, and the list goes on. It reads like a disease waiting to be consumed.” “Nauseating image, thank you.” “Just being real, Tom. Foodstuffs are not real foods. So, your new favorites?” “Artisana’s Cacao Bliss–” “In moderation.” “Right. And all the Righteously Raw chocolates.” “These raw chocolates are much more expensive than your average candy bar, but the reasons are clear – think ‘medicine’ – not ‘candy.’” “Got it. Hey, Doc, the next chocolate party is gonna be held starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday, September 14, in front of La Montañita Co-op at 105 E. Coal Ave. in Gallup, during ArtsCrawl. They’re serving some special teas, and everyone has to bring their favorite chocolate bar so they can do comparison testing.” “See ya there!”
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IM P R E S By Greg Cavanaugh
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M was not quick to overhaul their half-ton pickups and with such a long turn around expectations continued to grow and grow as the time passed. Because of this long revamp cycle, it became increasingly harder for GM to ever meet the appetites of its consumers’ hyped expectations. So when the new 1500 pickups were finally unveiled to the public at the North American International Auto Show this winter, many were let down and thought that GM had bunted when they should have swung for the stands. The fact of the matter is those impressions, particularly from those who have never even seen or driven the new Sierra, are way off base. I’m here to tell you that in the metal, the new Sierra is every bit as good and in many aspects better than the competition. In fact when trying to critically evaluate the new Sierra I had a hard time coming up with anything substantive to complain about . . . but here I go.
1. The All-Terrain package I drove included “carbon fiber look” trim. As I mentioned before when evaluating the RAV 4, I’m not a fan of this trend and it does not befit the character of a 5000+ lbs. truck. 2. It drives me crazy that all the windows on the Crew Cab are not both
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auto-up and auto-down. I just can’t figure out why all-automatic windows are not the norm. It certainly can’t be a price issue given this truck’s $46K sticker price.
So that’s it. I could easily end this now, but that would leave out all the good aspects of the new Sierra. There were two areas that many truck fans perceived as letdowns on the Sierra’s initial launch: exterior style and powertrains. The GMC Sierra is a very nice evolution of the past design that makes the other trucks in the segment, at times, appear juvenile. The front end received a larger and more upright grill without going overboard in the current big-rig style grill trend; I give GM kudos for that. Combined with very nice detailed headlamps with LEDs, the new Sierra is going to maintain a classy look for several years down the road. On top of the front end, each panel on the new Sierra has very nice creasing, particularly the fenders, which impressively give the truck a muscular look, but also make it look a little smaller. That theme of refinement carried over to the powertrains as well. I’ll admit that when I first saw the new Sierra’s stats online, I was a bit disappointed to not see 8- or 9-speed transmissions or the word “turbo”
S S ION S Now sporting a host of new features, it’s both more powerful and more fuel efficient. included. The fact is, those sentiments were unfounded. GM’s new 5.3 V8 is so different it’s not fair to call it the same engine. Now sporting a host of new features, it’s both more powerful and more fuel efficient. Using Direct Injection, Active Fuel Management and Variable Valve Timing, the new 5.3 produces 355 hp and 360 lb.ft. of torque while returning 16/22/18 mpg combined for this 4x4 Crew Cab. The 5.3’s power is more than adequate for most of the American truck-buying public and the 6-speed automatic works very well in combination. The Active Fuel Management shuts down half of the 5.3’s cylinders to run in V4 mode under light load situations. The switch from V8 to V4 is so seamless that it’s virtually undetectable and only one setting in the dash’s center display will indicate in the bottom corner when running in V4 mode . . . very stealthy! Where GM was losing ground to the competition with the previous Sierra was in the ubiquitous and egregious Crew Cab wars. Four-door pickups have become more than just work trucks and the back seats have grown considerably to accommodate that. The new Crew Cab on the Sierra is absolutely huge – limo-like. Personally, I think the shorter Extended Cab, which now uses a traditional front hinged door is the better combination of wheelbase, bedlength and back seat space, but the Crew Cab has some nice touches and room in spades. Combining a flat load floor and a seat that has support rails on the floor to get in the way, the Crew Cab can swallow immense amounts of people and cargo. If you need to transport items that need to stay out of the elements as well as oversized items at the same time, the Crew Cab provides a smart solution, particular in the work environment. On the interior, GM has again made substantial refinements that have created a class-leading interior that is highly functional and attractive. I particularly liked the massive center armrest and console storage, as well as GM’s IntelliLink infotainment system. The most predominant feature of the new Sierra’s interior is the nighttime ambient lighting and the overall quietness at speed. Switching to doors that inset into the body of the cab gave a marked improvement to wind noise and sound quality. Carefully placed blue lighting gives the interior a cool and sophisticated vibe. While pickup trucks have become both increasingly more capable and more refined, the tradeoff to that is price. The base Crew Cab starts in the mid $30s and the All-Terrain package you see here with heated seats, IntelliLink, Bose audio and upgraded suspension, wheels and tires, etc. slides in just under $47K, no small amount by any means. There’s no hiding that the half-ton pickup truck market is full of excellent choices regardless of price; I know because I’ve driven them all. But what can’t be denied is that GMC’s new and refined Sierra is indeed a top contender that deserves a test drive. ****Please jump over to my YouTube channel and check out the Sierra in and around Gallup. I’m hoping to reach 1,000 subscribers by year’s end and can use your local support! **A special thanks to Mickey at Rico Auto Complex for putting up with my muddy test-drives. You’re the best! SPECIFICATIONS VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, 4-wheel-drive, 5 passenger, 4-door truck BASE PRICE: $33,210 AS-TESTED PRICE: $46,710 ENGINES: pushrod 16-valve Direct Injected 5.3-liter V-8, 355 hp, 383 lb-ft; TRANSMISSION: 6-speed automatic with manual shifting FUEL ECONOMY: EPA city/highway driving: 16 city, 22 highway, 18 combined mpg
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The Camping Trip
Pa r t II ( Bac k t o Na t u r e )
By Jeannette Gartner
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admit it; I am no longer the “outdoorsy” type. Walking from the car to the mall is as close to nature as I’d like to get. Actually, I rather enjoy sitting inside and looking outside. I can get all I want of nature through a window. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against nature, it’s just that there are so many nasty things out there – wind, rain, snow, heat, cold, insects, rattlesnakes, and possibly rabid wild animals – over which I have no control. I am a fair-weather nature lover. I love to be outside if there’s no wind, no rain, not too hot, not too cold, and no bugs or rattlesnakes. Oh, and not too sunny, either. I used to be an outdoorsy person, when I was younger. As kids, we were always outdoors. In those dark ages, we didn’t have – (dare I say it?) – television, video games, computers, etc. The unspoken rule was that kids should be out of the house. So we were, all day, every day, in snow, wind, heat, bugs, and anything else nature had to throw at us. Kids don’t really notice those things anyway. I don’t remember ever being cold or hot. We did things like roller skate, ride bikes, sleigh ride, play neighborhood baseball, kick the can, and just roam around. We took long hikes to the boonies, which at that time, were all around us. Families went on picnics all the time. Generally, houses were mainly to occasionally eat and sleep in. But, I digress. As an adult I’ve lost the burning desire to “get away from it all” in the woods or by a stream or lake. I prefer to take it all with me. My idea of roughing it is a motel that doesn’t have a bar in the room, or turning the electric blanket to low. So why then, do you ask, did I go on camping trips way back then? Beats me! The best I can come up with is it was a mental aberration caused by the extraordinary pressures brought to bear by the family, and possibly the memories of the week-long camping trips my family took every year when I was growing up. It never occurred to me that the adults did all the planning then, and this was now and I was one – adult that is. “All of the cousins are going,” Hubby said. “Good for them,” said I.
“Do you want our kids to be the only ones who never went camping?” asked Hubby. “There’s lots of time for that. The youngest is only 18 months old,” I reasoned. “The kids are dying to go,” Hubby cajoled. (Read that he was dying to go.) “Okay, you go. Take the kids,” I conceded. “Would you have your children go without their MOTHER?” he shamelessly laid on the guilt. I tell you, the guilt feelings laid on me were awesome – my children would suffer life-long traumas if denied this opportunity to commune with nature, etc. Since Catholics just automatically feel guilty anyway, I gave in. The planning for the trip was done indoors, so I held my own. Although I never did get anyone to agree to take necessities like an oven and swamp cooler (I suggested a very long extension cord), I did inform them that I wasn’t going without a steamer trunk for my necessities. The group of about twenty – five gathered together the night before the trip to pack the supplies. We had a couple of trucks and various cars, which we pulled into a circle in case of attack. You wouldn’t believe the stuff we had to pack! Tents, sleeping bags, lanterns, flashlights, Coleman stoves, and my steamer trunk (little did I know it was filled with beer). And the food! Of course, we left the perishable food until the next morning, but packed things like bread, peanut butter, cases of beer, and canned goods. (Without an electric can opener? How would we ever get them open?) Early the next morning, we congregated again to pack the remaining food and supplies and cover everything with tarps, which were tied down. Then we numbered the children from the oldest to the youngest and had them count off. This counting off was done throughout the trip, lest we leave one of the little darlings somewhere. Finally, we all piled in the various vehicles and started off. By the time we’d gone about a hundred miles and made five potty stops, I was ready to call the whole thing off. Fortunately our lunch stop was in a restaurant, which restored my good humor as we were once again indoors with indoor bathrooms. After lunch, with my equilibrium somewhat in balance again, we began the last leg of our trip. I felt I was beginning to get the hang of this camping stuff. Then we ran into rain. Which isn’t so bad in itself, since we were in the cars, but we were at this time traveling
exclusively on dirt roads – now mud roads – and uphill. Of course the inevitable happened. One after another, the cars got stuck. Luckily the truck with the winch on it was in the lead. So, for two hours, in the rain, each car was in turn slowly winched up the road – while everyone in the cars except the driver had to get out and slog through the rain and the mud up the hill. All of the wet, muddy, steamy bodies piled back into the cars and trucks to continue our journey. If, at that time, even one person had said to me, “Isn’t this fun?” I would have quit right then. Fortunately for all of us, no one said a thing, even if they were thinking it. Finally, we reached our chosen campsite. “Okay, everybody out! Let’s get the big tent up,” some crazy person said. “Why don’t we wait until the rain stops?” I asked with unimpeachable logic. “It might not stop all night,” said the lunatic. “Wonderful,” said I. “We’ve got to get the camp set up. We can’t stay in the cars all night,” lunatic explained. Again I tried logic. “Why don’t we move to a place where it isn’t raining?” For some reason, this perfectly logical suggestion was scoffed at or ignored. Consequently, there we were, trying to set up tents in the rain. We had one big army surplus 16-man squad tent. I think it was originally called that because 16 men could sleep in it and not because it took 16 men to put it up, which it would have, but all we had were 16 men and women. I admit though, we did get the big tent and a couple of small ones set up and the fact that they were coated with mud didn’t seem to bother anyone. Naturally, the rain stopped and the sun came out as soon as the camp was set up and everyone was thoroughly soaked and muddy, and need I mention cold? And the flies and the ants came out, too. We all rushed to change into dry clothes and gather wood for the campfire. Have you ever tried to start a fire with wet wood? It’s not impossible, but it certainly is a challenge. However, with everyone scurrying about, we did get a roaring fire built, the wet clothes hung out to dry, the Coleman stoves set up, the Coleman lanterns lit, and dinner started before the sun went down. An hour later, everyone was tucked into sleeping bags sound asleep, with the nearby river whispering its lullaby. At first light, the smell of coffee perking and bacon frying woke me up. When I stumbled out of the tent bleary eyed, I was led to the river where, according to the mystique of camping, you must brush your teeth and wash your face with that icy water to begin the day. I noticed that the anglers were already at work trying to coax the sleepy fish to take the hook and bait so graciously offered. The day progressed. Cooking breakfast, doing dishes, rolling up bedrolls and sweeping out the tent, fishing, wading and bathing in the river, walking in the woods, reading, fixing lunch and doing dishes, napping in the shade of a pine tree, playing cards, fixing dinner and doing dishes, singing and telling stories by the campfire, early bed. And beer drinking. For a few, some big time beer drinking! Good thing for them the steamer trunk was full of beer rather than all my extra clothes. We had a busy week, filled with river wading, fishing, building and maintaining cooking fires, checking every kid each night for ticks, and lazing around. Suddenly the week was up and we were packing up to go home when someone said, “Let’s do this again every year!” And I was flabbergasted to discover – it was me!
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very day we are tasked to be more productive than the day before. We need to write up more of that report, finish regrouting the garage, spread an extra layer of manure for the winter, all in hopes of simply moving on to yet another task. We’re inside a cycle that expects of us an impossible level of industriousness. To make time in the day for work, sometimes corners must be cut: sleep less, eat out, or just eschew the responsibilities and procrastinate. Maybe this is all a little too heavy for the crux of this article, which I’m getting to, but it ought to be recognized first. Popcorn. Did you know that it’s a fork in the road? There’s three ways we can eat popped corn: 1) in a bag, pre-popped and seasoned; 2) unpopped in a delicately folded bag ready for your microwave, seasoned; 3) unpopped, raw corn kernels. For the purposes of this discussion, go ahead and rank the options with regard to haste. Thought I’d make it easy on you and pre-arrange them. But maybe not. I’d make the case that the raw kernels in #3 are just as quick to prepare as their microwaved brethren. (And if it’s okay with you, in my mind I’ve already disqualified the bagged, pre-popped corn, because when I sit down after work and put on a movie, I’d rather not reach into a cold bag of stale bites.) To find a benchmark to work against, Google led me to believe that about three minutes was a fair estimate to hold the microwavable options to. To pop my raw kernels I use a Whirley Pop, which is a 6” deep pot with an attached lid rigged up to a geared handle, which, when cranked, spins two twines at the base of the pot, agitating the kernels. A simple pot with a lid and some vigorous shaking might also do the trick. To be fair, I’m going to give the Whirley Pop two minutes of heat-up time, though if you have a gas burner on your stovetop, thirty seconds might be sufficient. For a good amount of popped corn, you only need a few tablespoons of kernels, which might surprise you as it starts to billow over the top flap if you overdo it. Coconut oil is a good choice for your cooking fat because
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it doesn’t contain trans fats and it has a high smoke point (this means it can get pretty hot without oxidizing and taking on off-flavors and free radicals). Here’s my process: • Preheat popper or cooking pot at medium-high heat • Scoop a tablespoon or so of coconut oil and allow to melt and coat bottom of pan (inhale!) • Season oil with salt and/or spices (I do this now for a more even distribution.) • Dump kernels and agitate to prevent burning • Cease when popping is reduced to more than ~4 seconds apart Here I go . . . . . . First of all, yum. Second, it took 2:48. It’s also a lot of fun. Even though it may have taken slightly longer due to the warm-up time of the kettle, let’s take a look at some other things. When you pop your own kernels, you control salt, spices, oils, and quantity. How about popcorn for one? Try to find that in a microwave package. Next, let’s talk about price. I found a leading brand’s box of three 3.5-oz. bags available for $4.99 (or $1.66 per bag). That’s a total of 10.5 oz, and a simple proportion tells us that’s $7.60 per pound. Organic, nonGMO (genetically modified organism), yellow or white kernel popcorn can be found in the bulk section of La Montañita Co-Op for $1.99 a pound. That equates to $0.44 for the same portion of corn, sans oil. The bulk section allows shoppers to buy as little or as much as they like, which is especially convenient for little “test” projects like these. Give it a try and have some fun with your kids or friends, save some money – and maybe even some time! So get out there and Do It Yourself, Gallup! Do you do anything in or around your home that saves time or money and keeps you healthy and stress-free? Please share your ideas with us by emailing gallupjourney@gmail.com and your DIYG may appear in this space for all of Gallup to read!
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Incoming McKinley County Manager Q. Bruce, what got you interested in applying for the County Manager’s position here in McKinley County? A. I spent 16 years in Gallup and McKinley County and I very much enjoyed my time there. McKinley County is known as a very good county and when the opening became available I was very excited to go back and work for the government. Q. Tell me about your background as a county administrator? A. Currently, I am County Manager for Valencia County and I have been here for about a year and 3 months. Prior to that I have worked with the New Mexico Association of Counties and I worked with all 33 counties in New Mexico. Largely, I was working with supervision management trainings, ethics, professionalism and leadership. Q. What do you enjoy most about working as a County Manager? A. Working with counties in general is really grass root government. County government is the one that improves people’s quality of lives, including better law enforcement, better roads, solid waste issues. It’s very rewarding when you can impact people’s lives. Q. What do you anticipate the biggest challenge will be as a County Manager for McKinley County? A. The biggest challenge is probably looking at the county’s finances for the long-term. There have been a number of legislative changes. The legislative changes are making it more difficult to manage counties and address unfunded mandates. Q. What is your number one priority as incoming County Manager for McKinley County? A. The first priority is getting to know the organization, getting to know the people and the elected officials and developing our relationship to where we can interact with one another and work with one another professionally to move the organization forward. Q. Bruce, what do you enjoy doing in your off time? A. (quickly and emphatically) Being outdoors. I love being outdoors, whether it’s hunting, fishing, hiking, it’s being outside in the wilderness. Q. What is your favorite book? A. I don’t read a lot of fiction. I read mostly non-fiction, so my favorite book is probably The Speed of Trust by Stephen Covey. The book identifies how important trust is in our lives, whether it be in a professional life, personal life, family life. Trust means everything and those individuals that have trust and integrity can move their relationships, their lives and organizations forward. Those organization and individuals that do not have that trust, have a very difficult time with it and usually end up not moving forward. Q. If you could trade places with one famous person who would it be and why? A. Okay, that is an easy one. Carl Yastrzemski, he is a famous baseball player from the Boston Red Sox. I’m not particularly a great Boston Red Sox fan but he was an amazing player. He did what he loved to do, which was play baseball. He was very good at it and he was very good for the game and he was an excellent role model for the world.
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Read my LIP Three Devil’s Grade in Moses Coulee, Washington is part of the Columbia River Basalt Group LIP.
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IP is a geological term. What it describes is not the kind of lip anyone would kiss. It’s an acronym for large igneous province. Now, that may sound like a region with a lot of volcanoes, but that’s not quite right. A LIP is defined as an area of at least 100,000 square kilometers [more than 38,500 square miles] covered with lava. This lava is emplaced in a short time, by geological standards, of a few million years, or less. So, it’s a special kind of volcanism. The lava in a LIP is also rather special. It’s called flood basalt. It seldom forms volcanic cones, but instead gushes out of the ground in humongous amounts and inundates the landscape. LIPs are only partially understood, but they seem to be caused by mantle plumes – magma rising from the mantle, pushing upward until it breaks through the crust, still very hot, and liquid enough
to be capable of covering tens of thousands of square miles in a matter of days or weeks. LIPs are found around the world. Some are associated with continental rifting; others appear to have popped up almost anywhere, including on the sea floor. This is because the mantle hot spots are far deeper than the continental plates and not related to what is happening on the surface. Let’s look at one LIP in the U.S. We call it the Columbia River Basalts. Beginning about 17 million years ago magma rose beneath the surface. The crust was bowed up and fractured by pressure from underneath. As the pressure continued, the cracks became fissures, and then lava poured out. It moved fast; one flow that was studied in detail over its entire 300-mile length was found to have been emplaced in less than a week. Over three million years flow followed flow, averaging about one every 75 years, creating a stack of basalt nearly 6000 feet deep in places. The flows originated around the corner of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, but in some cases the lava ran as far as the coast of the Pacific Ocean almost 500 miles away from the erupting fissures. The hot spot that created this large LIP is thought by some geologists to now lie beneath Yellowstone, where there have been catastrophic eruptions in the past, as recently as 640,000 years ago. Two of the more famous LIPs are the Siberian and Deccan Traps. Traprock is an old name for basalt. It comes from a Scandinavian word for stair steps, which refers to the ledgy, terraced look of the edges of the flows after erosion. Siberian Traps: While all the Earth’s land masses were scrunched up in the supercontinent Pangaea, what is probably the largest volcanic episode ever in the history of the Earth erupted about 250 million years ago at the end of the Permian Period in what is now Siberia. Flood basalts covered 800,000 square miles – an area the size of Europe. Even after all those years of erosion the basalt is still about a mile thick in places. The Deccan Traps erupted about 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period in central India. This LIP covers almost 200,000 square miles, that is after erosion, with lavas up to 6,500 feet deep. The eruptions were quite sudden; the basaltic plateau may have formed over only 30,000 years. The Deccan Plateau houses the famous Ajanta Caves, which were carved out of basalt cliffs by Buddhists beginning in the second century BCE. At the end of the Triassic Period, 201 million years ago, the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province [CAMP] erupted in four pulses over about 600,000 years. At that time the super-continent of Pangaea was breaking up. The CAMP’s lava was laid down at the rift opening up where the Atlantic Ocean is now. As the continents split apart, the basalt flows were also split, and remnants of this lava are now found on four continents: along the eastern seaboard of North America from the Carolinas to Nova Scotia, including the palisades of New York and New Jersey; in Portugal; Morocco and parts of South America. No human being ever witnessed the formation of a LIP. This is probably good because LIPs are implicated in mass extinctions. You may have noticed that two of the LIPs I mentioned occurred at the times of major mass extinctions: Permian and Cretaceous. Next month I’ll write about the possible role of LIPs in the big die-offs.
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P. Clinton Bortell Early Gallup Photographer
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earl Clinton Bortell was born in Ohio in 1875 and it isn’t hard to figure out why he didn’t care much for his first name. When he got his draft card in 1917 in preparation for World War I he had to use his full name. He was living in Gallup with his second wife, a Swedish born lady named Edith who later changed the spelling to Edyth. At that time he listed his occupation as “photographer.” The earliest record of Mr. Bortell was in Oakland, California, in the 1910 census where he was listed as a 38-year-old “commercial salesman” living with wife Myrtie, a dressmaker, and a 17-year-old daughter named Lotus who worked in a millenary store selling hats. The entry is both evocative and tantalizing. The names Myrtie and Lotus suggest something bohemian about this little family (that was what they called hippies at the time). Sadly neither Myrtie nor Lotus are ever mentioned again. No other hints about Mr. Bortell’s first forty years. The earliest citation for a P. Clinton Bortell photo is a panoramic view of a vast herd of cattle on the famous Bell Ranch in New Mexico in the Library of Congress dated 1914. It isn’t clear whether he had already moved to New Mexico or was just looking around.
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Top Left: Snake Dancers at Hopi. Top Right: Bortell Studio and Curio Shop, East 66 (Railroad Ave.) around 1920. Above Left: 1921 photo of a Hopi Butterfly Dance Group. Far Left: Navajo Belle, 1917. Left: Yei-bi-chai at Crystal, 1919.
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Another panoramic view of the coal town of Allison, just north of Gallup is also in the Library of Congress and dated 1916. Neither of these photos shows the Bortell style nor his flamboyant signature, but the same year he began issuing his line of photo postcards called “Western Series” and giving his address as Gallup, N.M. Most of his cards are dated between 1916 and 1922. James Faris, in his book Navajo and Photography, gives Bortell a brief notice for his pictures of a Navajo Nightway ceremony and suggests it might be the same one photographed by the western novelist and historian Dane Coolidge. Faris points out that at least one of these Nightway photos has found its way into many archival sources. P. Clinton Bortell made many other photographs of Navajo subjects, the Hopi Snake Dance and even a few images of Zuni. His Hopi photos were obviously quite popular since many images have surfaced. On the whole, however, Bortell was not a prolific photographer. Bortell photographed a Yei-bi-chai ceremony near Crystal in the Chuska Mountains in 1919. Charles Newcomb, a friend of Chee Dodge, set up the photo shoot. Newcomb was running the Crystal Trading Post at the time. Charlie was an avid photographer himself and put together fancy albums of photographs to lure customers for his lodge and guide service. He also ran special hunts from the trading post. There is no record of how Bortell got permission for the Crystal photo, but it is taken at an odd angle, from above, and it looks like he must have been standing on the medicine hogan when the picture was taken. I have been aware of the Snake Dance photos for many years but interest in Bortell was spurred by an old friend of mine, Dennis Goreham, a postcard dealer from Salt Lake City. Dennis found a photograph of Bortell’s photo studio and curio store in Gallup. The Sanborn Company started issuing detailed city maps right after the Civil War to aid insurance companies in setting their rates. Small towns and big cities were mapped and the maps frequently updated. They showed the streets in fairly large scale, labeled the buildings they could, and indicated the type of
construction. Many buildings and most houses in Gallup were built of adobe in 1922, the year a small curio store is shown at 306 Railroad Ave. There is a service station indicated at the corner of Strong and Front Street, as Railroad was also known; the Bortell Studio is in the middle of the block sitting all by itself. In the next block there is a lumber store and the old Gallup brickworks is just beyond. Though Bortell’s curio store stands by itself, it was not far from the train station. Sometime in the twenties the Bortells moved to Albuquerque and in the 1930 census Clinton and Edith are listed with a son named Clinton P. aged 4. At that time Bortell gave his occupation as “Promoter of Amusement Co.” The city directory for the same year lists him as “Showman.” The following year he is the proprietor of the Tawa Curio Store on North 12th St. By 1935 he lists himself as a photographer once again, but he and his wife seem to have stayed in the curio business as well, eventually locating in the Old Town area of Albuquerque. In 1949 Edyth is listed as widowed. P. Clinton passed away in 1947. In 1934 he sent a letter to Samuel E. Day, the famous Navajo trader, requesting old photographs of the Navajo Reservation for a study on soil erosion showing before and after pictures of the same places. Government photographer Milton Snow seems to have completed that work. Though no record has shown up, Gallup photographer J. R. Willis, who took over the photography studio started by Simeon Schwemberger, must have also gotten Bortell negatives because two of his iconic real photo postcards had been published earlier by Bortell. One shows a rattlesnake swallowing a rabbit, the other a howling coyote. These images stayed in print under the Willis name for many years. For a very small town, Gallup, New Mexico, has been home base for a large number of important photographers, especially around the turn of the century. Dennis Goreham’s find of the Bortell Studio photo is a great addition to Gallup history.
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When: October 4, 2013 Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Where: UNM-Gallup Student Services and Technology Center, Room 200 Featured Speakers
Mark Lautman
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Aaron Yazzie (19) enjoys the artistic aspects of weaving.
Mariah Antez (17) wanted to learn more about her culture.
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he large room at Bááháálí Chapter House was quiet, though filled with activity. The low hum of an encouraging voice was heard occasionally as Eloise Washburn, an accomplished weaver, made her way to each student’s loom. Eight high school and college students were diligently focused on, what for most of them was, their first rug. Traditionally, weaving is a skill that is passed down through Navajo families from mother to daughter. It is believed that Spider Woman taught the Diné the art of weaving on a loom. Over the centuries, the Navajo have established themselves as expert weavers. However, in recent decades the transfer of skills from one generation to the next has declined, as Gloria Skeet deCruz, the Bááháálí Chapter Manager, has realized. In 2006 she invited weavers and quilters from the Bááháálí Chapter to apply for employment. When only one out of the twenty applicants was a weaver, it told her something. Many of those for whom weaving holds great significance can no longer weave due to vision loss or arthritis. And in this fast-paced world, it is with increasing difficulty that young people find or make the time to learn this important cultural skill. In 2007, the Youth Weaving Project was introduced at the Bááháálí Chapter House as part of its summer youth employment. Gloria decided that the preservation of weaving was vital and worth paying for. So she hired students who had applied and
interviewed and showed interest in learning to weave. For three summers the program was a success. Students learned the skills and created rugs, which could be sold by the Chapter. In 2009, the Bááháálí Chapter students entered their rugs at the New Mexico State Fair and swept the category, winning 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Best of Show! In 2010 and 2011 there were no funds to continue the program, but Gloria didn’t give up on the idea. Through the program Gloria wanted to expose students to arts, museums, and pathways for selling their own works. It was her hope that students could gain skills during the program that they could use for the rest of their lives. Beginning again in 2012, the Youth Weaving Project is once again thriving. Beyond learning to weave, the students were taught about all aspects of the craft, from care of sheep to preparation of the wool, natural plant sources for dyes, and rug appraisal. The group traveled to Toadlena where they learned some of the history of Navajo rug making and viewed various styles of weaving. Specialists also came to present on nutrition and wellness in addition to career planning and creating a résumé. According to instructor Eloise Washburn, the students surprised themselves by learning to weave and creating a rug. The students themselves shared some of the things that they had learned: Aaron Yazzie, a 19-year-old college student, was surprised to find an outlet for his artistic interests. His mother and grandmother weave, but he only saw it as a
. . . the preservation of weaving was vital and worth paying for.
Eloise Washburn, Gloria Skeet deCruz and assistant, Lucinda Brown (L-R), have been impressed with this summer’s eight weaving students.
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Farrah Hood (19) made a rug to honor her Veteran family members.
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livelihood until he sat down at his own loom. “It’s a form of culture, but also artistic . . . it’s intriguing.” Kalvina Lee, 16, wove her first rug in July. Through the painstaking process she practiced patience and gained confidence in herself. As this was her first rug, Kalvina was able to keep it. However, any subsequent rugs that students made were given to the Bááháálí Chapter to display or sell. Amber Antez, also 16, learned that weaving is not easy, but with patience and commitment, it can be done. She even had fun and hopes to continue weaving as a hobby. Inspiration for design came from various sources. Some rugs were created with modern and traditional patterns. Others were pictorial, inspired by family members, animals or song lyrics. Farrah Hood, 19, wove a meaningful rug honoring her veteran grandfather and great-grandfather, who was a Code Talker. Starting next summer, Gloria hopes to expand the program in length of time and in depth of study. The Youth Weaving Project is about much more than weaving a rug; it’s an investment in the next generation of Navajo youth and the preservation of culture and tradition.
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Squash Blossom Classic MTB Weekend September • 20-22 • 2013
With Olympic Medalist & 3x Tour of California Champion
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as it really back in 2005 that the Squash Blossom Classic started? Now in its ninth season, (nearly 9% as aged as Ceremonial) it is fair to say it has a touch of history. It has always been and continues to be an event with both biking and running races. In the early years it included road bike races as well as mountain bike races. Some may remember the downtown area with bales of hay stacked high in the intersections so that speeding roadies would have something soft to hit if their tires didn’t hold the corners. Some riders did indeed kiss the hay in those years.
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The road biking events were dropped in recent years, primarily due to funding and Gallup’s growing acclaim as a mountain biking destination. The run has remained steady, now offering a 4.5-mile, a half marathon (13.1-miles), and a fun family walk. In the early years, a controversy erupted over the run when a local volunteer won the race, primarily because the rest of the field was unable to find the right way. Ironically that victorious volunteer was in charge of marking the course. But what events don’t have bumps in the road?
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ew for 2013, the Squash Blossom has split into two separate weekend events. The mountain biking events have been moved a week ahead to September 20-22, while the running events will be held Sunday, September 29.
The mountain bike portion will be quite extensive. On Friday evening racers will gather at Sammy C’s to register and pick up race packets. A cycling movie about Levi Leipheimer will be showing during that time. On Saturday, September 21, the Screamer race will be held with special guest Levi Leipheimer, a former road bike professional with a slew of accomplishments, from being a national champion to an Olympic medalist. An avid mountain biker, Levi will be racing the Screamer as well as handling duties as its Grand Marshal. The prize money has been upgraded to $5000, which should also draw more pros to the race.
The mountain bike race is called the Screamer because of the extremely fastpaced course on High Desert Trails System. Unlike many courses in the mountains, the Screamer doesn’t have long extended climbs, but involves a steady flow of twisty trail that utilizes all three “Mesa” loops of the trail system.
After the race on Saturday, riders will head downtown for an awards ceremony. Immediately following awards, the movie Singletrack High will be showing (open to public/approx 3 pm). This film looks at mountain biking as a high school sport and chronicles the development of the National Interscholastic Cycling League (NICA). After the film, a discussion about a regional Four Corners NICA league will take place.
The Squash Blossom originated as the brain child of past mayor, Bob Rosebrough, who saw the need for a fall competitive event to round out Gallup’s tourist season, as well as utilize our newly created High Desert Trail System. Last year the event saw about 175 racers for each part of the event.
Saturday evening there will be a downtown fund-raising dinner to help designate Gallup a “Ride Center” by the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA). Cost is $100 per plate ($75 for those who
During the life of the Squash Blossom there have been chile festivals, car shows, Native dances, and one year of preposterous high winds. In typical Gallup style, the participants have had all sorts of primarily pleasant surprises.
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Gallup Brickyard Bike Park at the Fuhs Family Community Open Space
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he City Parks Division, YCC, and designer Nat Lopes of Hilride Development Group are working rapidly for the bike park’s Grand Opening on Sunday, September 22 at 1 pm.
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race). This will be a classy event with an auction and keynote speaker, Levi Leipheimer, who is personally donating $1,000 for this initiative. Anyone who matches Levi’s donation will be invited to join him Sunday morning for breakfast and a local bike ride.
To learn more about how the park developed, please go to gallupjourney.com and read last month’s article on it.
Sunday, September 22 will be the Grand Opening of the Gallup Brickyard Bike park at the Fuhs Family Community Open Space (Junker Bridge). A ceremony and ride demonstrations will take place at 1 pm and a short-track time trial race will start at 2 pm. This race will be spectator-friendly and is close to downtown, with Levi Leipheimer racing as well. For more info go to: www.squashblossomclassic.com or www.bikegallup.org.
Come celebrate with us and watch some demonstrations of pro riders catching big air. A time trial shorttrack race will take place at 2 pm and should be exciting to watch as well!
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IMBA “RIDE CENTER” CHARITY DINNER Sunday, Sept. 22 • 6:30 PM Downtown Gallup Dinner Prepared by J.T. Tanner
Salad: smoked poblano caesar salad with ancho-toasted croutons, pickled onions and amarillo tomatoes Entree: London broil, carne asada-rubbed beef over basil mashed potatoes and Brussels sprouts served w/ ancho chile demiglaze Dessert: TBA
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By Patricia Darak
Time, Time, Time
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looked at the clock; it was time for the school bus to drop off the kids after school. I walked the hundred footsteps to the bus stop, and was just in time to see the big orange beast pull up. Our kids were the first ones off of the bus, and they approached me at a fast pace. I readied myself for full-velocity hugs. I opened wide my embrace and leaned
“Mommy, I really like riding the bus!” My youngest daughter threw the remark back over her shoulder at me as she ran into the house. The other two children were excitedly engaged in conversation as they, too, hurried inside. I stood there, stunned. I had been completely bypassed. The three of them were foraging for snacks in the kitchen, and I was – ridiculously – still standing at the bus stop. Laughing out loud, I turned around and, entering the house, happily prepared to be inundated with multiple high-volume streams of observations. There were comments on the veracity of classroom rules and the nutritional content of their lunches and the importance of starting school so very early instead of a leisurely afternoon option. Snacks were assembled and the three of them sat down at the dining room table. As I joined them, they seemed not to notice me at all. I immersed myself in their stories and anecdotes, enjoying the
lack of any leftovers whatsoever. Showers and late evening ablutions followed dinner. Despite their protestations of not being tired, after a couple of stories and snuggles, they were deeply asleep. Their father and I sat together on the sofa and chuckled softly at the thought of another academic year starting already; it seemed as though the last one had just ended. I mentioned to him that our son had explained the phenomenon perfectly.
. . . even though I would love to live in a world without clocks. enthusiastic conversational interplay. Every so often, I would reach over and grab a chunk of carrot or celery, nodding and gazing into each of their eyes. Not to employ hyperbole without cause, but I had the best time ever. About thirty minutes after that, the kids cleaned up and they each proceeded to hand me a stack of classroom notes, sent home for my edification. The short letters were gracious welcome greetings from each of the children’s teachers; colorful and happy and full of big plans and wonderful ideas. The children, having since decided to decamp to the backyard after changing into their play clothes, seemed to be full of big plans and wonderful ideas as well. Everything was new and exciting and fun, as was every school year’s beginning so far. I sorted the notes into different piles, and went outside to play with the kids. First, we played hide-and-seek; then we kicked the soccer ball back and forth. When their excess energy was almost completely spent, we hustled inside and cleaned up for dinner. Anticipating the frenetic activity, I had put dinner in the oven a little earlier. Now, thankfully, we all assembled at the dinner table, and began our celebratory feast. There was much merrymaking and many high-volume declarations of whatever sprang to mind. Afterward, I marveled at the stunning
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Our son said that there are three times: the future, the present, and the past. All three are always happening, and humans probably invented calendars and clocks to keep our particular timelines from crashing together in chaos. Humans, our son said, are silly. If animals and plants only had a basic idea of time passing by marking the seasons, why can’t humans behave the same way? My husband was very impressed at our eight-year-old’s reasoning and praised him. I agreed, but let him know the context of the conversation. Even though our son’s line of thought was coherent and rational, he was trying to convince me that clocks – and early bedtimes – were an invention totally without merit. He wanted to live like the animals; animals, he argued, didn’t need a bedtime because they didn’t go to school. My husband laughed because he knows all too well how our son can debate the unfair things in life. Most of the time, he sways us to his point of view. This time, however, Mommy and Daddy had to disagree with him, even though I would love to live in a world without clocks. Nice try, kid. Nice try. I’ll see you in the morning.
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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
They made me see that you ca An interview with Martha Zollinger and Beverly Hurlbut, Part 1 of 2
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hen Beverly Hurlbut pauses while telling stories about growing up in Zuni, her close friend, Martha Zollinger, says incredulously, “I didn’t know any of this. This is wonderful.” “The baby will be born in the mud.” Beverly tells a story about her birth at the old Rehoboth Hospital, “I was born on a snowy January night. Of course the roads from Zuni to Gallup were not paved. My aunt came along because it appeared my dad might not be able to get to the hospital. My aunt thought she might have to deliver me on the way. My mother wanted to get out of the car to go to the bathroom, but my aunt said, ‘No. She cannot get out of the car. The baby will be born in the mud.’” “My dad actually thought in Zuni all his life.” Beverly says, “My dad was Bernie Vanderwagen. He was the youngest of the eight Vanderwagen children. The house that is now the Bed and Breakfast Inn at Halona Plaza, my dad designed that on the back of a napkin. He had the trading posts, but then he also bought almost all the available land between Gallup and the reservation line. So he reclaimed many, many acres of land that had been scarred by arroyos and he built a series of dams to capture the topsoil. “It wasn’t until I was an adult that I realized my dad is thinking in Zuni. He was the only one of the Vanderwagens, the eight kids, that did that. He was a Zuni inside. He was. He thought in Zuni to the end of his life. He talked very slowly and a lot people didn’t realize why he took so long to answer questions, but the reason was that he was translating his thoughts in Zuni into English.” “The Zuni people came out of Mother Earth first.” Her memories of her father prompt Beverly to talk about how she feels the Zuni people think and perceive the world in a different way. She says, “The Zuni people feel that they came out of Mother Earth first. They were the first people, and they got their choice from the creator of what to like. The Zunis, being Zuni, chose beautiful and that’s why they make jewelry. An old Zuni man told my dad a story about how he had figured out the reason that white people do television. My dad had one Beverly and Martha of the first televisions in the store there, and the old
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Zuni man was walking around the T.V. and he said to my dad, ‘That proves that the Zuni way is right. We know what we’re talking about. We did come out of Mother Earth first and we chose the beautiful over the practical or the utilitarian and that’s why we make the jewelry and you white people make the television.’” Beverly also remembers a tragedy that a Zuni father perceived in a remarkably different way. A Zuni teenager was up at McGaffey and he shot himself to commit suicide. Beverly says, “It was just the most horrible thing, but his father said the deer called to him and he had to answer – he had to go. The deer called him. I mean, isn’t that fascinating? That was his concept of why the suicide had happened. Of course, the father grieved, but in the end he just understood that it was not suicide because his son couldn’t stand life as a teenage boy, but the deer called to his son and he had to answer.” “He thought he would like to have his own paper.” Martha grew up in Ohio far from Gallup and the Zuni Pueblo. She says, “John and I met in college at Miami, Ohio and after we were married he went into the service almost immediately. He was in the Air Force. In fact, he led the entire fifth Air Force across the Pacific Ocean as a volunteer navigator, but he got lost on the San Diego Freeway,” she says and she tries to keep a straight face. “John had two uncles that were newspaper publishers back in Ohio, but he didn’t want to work for relatives, so he worked for small chains. He was sent to Louisiana as publisher of a small daily down there and he thought that’s what he would like, to have his own paper.” John considered buying newspapers in South Carolina and North Dakota before settling in Gallup. Martha says, “The man that was running the paper in Gallup had a drinking problem and the owner in Farmington (Lincoln O’Brien) came down unexpectedly one day and fired him cause he was obviously drunk and we just lucked out. “Lincoln’s son worked for us for a while and one day when John was making payment on debt to purchase the paper, it was a holiday and his payment was late because the mail wasn’t delivered that day, and Lincoln called and chewed him out and John said, ‘You trust me with your most precious look at an old photo. possession, your son, and you get mad at me because
the post office didn’t deliver my check!’” Martha laughs at the memory. “Work with my husband’s people.” As Martha pauses while talking, Beverly interjects, “She spends all her time doing nice things for other people.” Shortly after Beverly’s comment, Martha is talking about her background when she says, “The children were in school and I was just involved with them and I did work at the newspaper, but when she died (daughter Mary Ann who died in 1968 at the age of 15 when she collapsed while running high school track and later died from what was called heart failure), I just went to pieces. If I hadn’t . . . do you remember the Iglesias Mary Ann Zollinger, age 11, in 1964 family? “Well Margaret Iglesias was with 2nd Street in the background. teaching in the Indian hospital. She said, ‘Come and help me.’ And she said, ‘There won’t be anyone here.’ So I went up and helped her and after a while she said, ‘Why don’t you go down and work with my husband’s people?’ She was Anglo and her husband was a Kuna Indian and they had just formed a church down there on this little jungle island (Ailigandí Island off the northwest coast of Panama) and she said, ‘Work with my husband’s people.’ And so she made the arrangements and Margaret taught Bruce Schuurmann and me a little bit of Spanish. But Bruce flunked out. All he can say is ‘¿Como está?’” Martha laughs. “They had no gas, no electricity, no water supply until several years later. They had to walk jungle paths about five miles onto the mainland where the water was fresh and they would bring that fresh water back. You can’t imagine how primitive it was. And when I went down there, I called the cook a ‘good kitchen.’ That’s how poor my Spanish was.” “I would hold a wound apart with two spoons.” “I was an extra pair of hands down there and would even help with surgery. This little whole island wasn’t even as big as a city block and the operating room was about as big as a kitchen here in the States with sand floors. The doctor would operate and I would hold the wound apart with two spoons and close my eyes because I knew if I opened them, I’d faint.” Martha: “I was tall.” Martha says, “You don’t realize how much we have here in the States. So many wonderful things happened there where they had nothing. I was tall. I’m not quite five foot, but they had lots of little parades for different gods and I was tall and could look over them all. “I found if you do something for somebody else, you can get over your own problems and heartaches. I’d bribe the little Indian children to swim the short distance between the island the mainland and bring me back some wildflowers, which I would put in a tin can and use for a decoration on the table. They said, ‘We never had flowers on the table before.’ “One day they asked, ‘What would you like most to have?’ I answered, ‘Oh, I wish I could have a real, real bath.’ And a few days later they said, ‘Put your Beverly and her younger bathing suit on. We sister, Linda, bottlehave something to show you.’ I thought feeding a newborn twin it was something sheep in Zuni. in the ocean. And they took me to the church there and they had filled a canoe with water. To do that meant that they had to take tin cans and coffee cans and bring water on many, many trips from the mainland. “They made me see that you can’t live for yourself. It isn’t how much you can get or how much money you can make, it’s how much Bernie Vanderwagen you can give to somebody else. If you can make someone else’s life a checking on a soil little easier or happier, it’s worthwhile. I really am nothing, but I like conservation dam. to make people happy. That’s about all I can do.”
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s summer winds down and the routine of school and work get back to the semblance of a normal life in our home, I was thinking about this great tune from Porgy and Bess. Is the living ever really easy, though? I am sure that each of us have obstacle, trials, unforeseen issues that plague us constantly. Maintenance is a constant watchword. And it is not always easy! The other day I inspected a home that was to be used as collateral on a loan. It had been abandoned by the last owner and now was being sold at a considerable discount. As a result, you can imagine it was not in the most pristine condition. I had pulled up the address on Google Earth before I went to see it and thought it was going to be in excellent shape. However, when I showed up, it was apparent that the photo was not a current one. Weeds infested the area, a tree was half dead, no basic cleaning had been done in some time, the landscaping, paint, and flooring, etc. were all in need of attention. It was just in disrepair – all because nobody was there to take care of it. We learn in high school science that entropy is a constant principle. That means, to me, that things are always deteriorating unless some other force or energy is applied to improve it. It was true of this house and it is true of our financial situations. If we are not in a constant effort to improve, maintain or spruce up our financial conditions, we are liable to see a few weeds grow up. Soon, if we are not careful, we will need remodeling, not simple maintenance. Credit score maintenance: The first maintenance program I can suggest is the credit score maintenance. Work hard to keep your score strong with some basics. 1. Pay credit on time – this cannot be emphasized enough. One thirty-day late payment will wreck years of good payments. It sticks to our score for years to come, too. Stay on time! 2. Keep credit balances low and do not rush up scores quickly. 3. Inquiries – each time you have your credit run by a lender, car dealer, etc., it can have an effect on the overall score. Do not just let it be pulled for no reason.
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4. Check all three agencies on an annual basis. Credit agencies (Transunion, Equifax and Experian) are all required to give you your credit report free every year, if you request it. I suggest staggering every 4 months so that you have an annual report from one of them through the year. This will keep the information more current. Savings: Have a rainy day fund that builds up slowly. If you budget it out and keep the habit up, you will be surprised how much you can sock away. I have to keep it in some place that is not easily accessible. That way, the temptation to grab it is not so great and I can keep it in check. This is like maintenance, too – have a plan and work the plan. Retirement: I have written about this as well. If we do not plan for the later times in life, there will be no way to keep the lifestyle we wish. I have never heard anyone complain about having too much money at retirement. EVER. Budget: Have you brought it out lately to see if any weeds are growing? Budget weeds include items that have crept in without thinking of it. Have you signed up for a monthly service that you rarely use? Have you seen an additional item that has crept in that you had not planned on earlier, e.g. school costs, recurring payments on a small loan, insurance rate went up, utilities not in control, etc.? Budgets should be looked at regularly or they become worthless. It is only a budget if we follow it, too. Weeding out: After you have seen where maintenance is needed, the next step is to take the measures to clean it up. Like all maintenance, the more regular it is, the less painful it is. When I was a kid, we always had a garden. We had to weed our assigned rows every day. Even missing one day made it MORE than twice as hard the next day. Also, when we caught things as small problems, the big problems never came. There is a lesson in there somewhere, too. So, I wish you good luck in your financial maintenance program. It is not the most exciting thing you will read about in the Journey this month, but it could save a lot of future headaches!
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Mother Road Bicycle Classic is scheduled for September 14. Current information is on our website, www.care66.org. We have rides for riders of different abilities and endurances ranging from 10 miles to 66 miles. We invite you to come and give it a try. Get your friends, family and coworkers to pledge. People who bring in pledges of $150 or more will get a special commemorative coffee mug. Sign up now. You may have noticed that site work has begun for Hooghan Ho’zho’. Watch for pictures on our Facebook site.
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Also this fall we will be having a Boo Run for Your Life, Halloween Run/Walk and, a Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. Until next month stay well and do good!
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Saturday, September 14 • 7pm - 9pm Todos Latin! September 14 we’re celebrating Latin culture with a Latin band, Latin dancing and dance lessons in the street, Latin activities for the kiddos, and Latin artists, plus others. This will be an ArtsCrawl you don’t want to miss, so bring your salsa shoes! Featured performers Agueybana Latin Salsa Band and Hispanic beatboxer Mike360. Stop by the BID office for a Scavenger Hunt clue sheet and piñatas for ages 7 and under!
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La Montañita Co-op – 105 E. Coal Ave. Chocolate-tasting, tea-tasting, coffee from Blunt Bros., party with products featured in Dr. Bera Dordoni’s Gallup Journey health column. People who become new members or renew, will have the $10 fee waived. HealinGifts – 106 W. Coal Ave. As requested, please come back for our Philippine fresh fried beef or vegetarian lumpias or eggrolls! Check out Maria’s rock art mandala paintings and Andrew’s nature photography, great to increase vibes and energies at your home! Sammy C’s – 107 W. Coal Ave. Wilbert Manning, a Native American silversmith and artist will be showing his hand-crafted traditional and contemporary items and fetishes. Also, live entertainment with the Duane Mark Foundation from California! No Cover! Drink and dinner specials! Foundations of Freedom – 115 W. Coal Ave. The FOF dancers will be performing at 7:30 and 8:30, featuring a Samba fusion Belly dance by FOF belly dancers. ART123 – 123 W. Coal Ave. “Through The Eyes of An Artist”, Exhibit by Alexander Gomez The Open Studio/Outsider Gallery – 123 W. Coal Ave. Contemporary Fine Arts and Crafts. Unique, One-of-a Kind and Handmade created by our various artists. The Coffee House – 203 W. Coal Ave. The Coffee House will be hosting an art show and silent auction for the Special Olympics from 6 to 9 pm. Handmade crafts and fine art donated by local artists will be auctioned in support of Special Olympics Gallup. The BID Office – 205 W. Coal Ave. Featuring Angel photos on loan from RMCH. Beeman Jewelry – 211 W. Coal Ave. One-of-a-kind jewelry creations made with stones from all over the world. Come in and check out our new affordable designs that are perfect for summer! Makeshift Gallery – 213 W. Coal Ave. Makeshift Gallery is under new ownership. Stop in and check out our new look. We welcome our new members and local artists Chris Easley and Michael Schmaltz. Planet Mar’s – 213 W. Coal Ave. Located in the back of Makeshift Gallery, come peruse an amazing collection of vintage clothing at very reasonable prices.
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Max’s Tattoo Zone – 220 W. Coal Ave. Open for business during special ArtsCrawl hours! American Bar – 221 W. Coal Ave. Come hang out at a classic local establishment, in business since 1938. Herbalife – 222 W. Coal Ave. Cold drinks, snow-cones, and more! Windsong Studio – 223 W. Coal Ave. Come by downtown Gallup’s photography studio and book one of our Summer Family Specials! Industry Gallery – 226 W. Coal Ave. Industry gallery is pleased to present original artwork by Ric Sarracino. Bill Malone Trading Company – 235 W. Coal Ave. Traditional Native American art including jewelry, rugs, and more! Coal Street Pub – 303 W. Coal Ave. Coal Street Pub will have live music, crab boil for the dinner special, and Marla Chavez will be displaying one-of-a-kind sterling silver and gemstone jewelry, Designs by MarlaDe. That’s Sew Right – 102 S. Second St. Hungry? Stop for $2 frybread, cold drinks, and more! Youth Art Display – 305 S. Second St. Displaying the artwork of Lincoln Elementary School students. Camille’s Sidewalk Café - 306 S. Second St. Stop by Camille’s for your favorite specialty coffee, smoothie, or entrée. Camille’s will be hosting a special event that correlates with the ArtsCrawl. Come check us out! Octavia Fellin Public Library – 200 W. Aztec Ave. As part of our Library Book Sale, the Octavia Fellin Public Library booth at ArtsCrawl will be offering books and other materials for sale at a cost of $1/item. No change will be made, only cash will be accepted. The library will also have information available about upcoming events. Angela’s Café – 201 E. Highway 66 Come for food, drink, music, art, and a beautiful atmosphere in the historic train station.
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By Jay Mason After 36 years in Gallup and inspired by the tireless efforts of Nate and Chuck to have a positive effect on Gallup and the surrounding area, Jay Mason has written some vignettes about his life in Gallup and beyond.
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t is fall, and football is in the air. After last year’s blowout loss to Alabama, I hesitate to tell this story, but for each of the last twenty years, I have gone to at least one Notre Dame home football game. One of my mother’s best friends has some incredible tickets, literally on the 50 yard line on the eighth row. What a way to see a college football game. My family and friends have had many memorable experiences in South Bend. G.K. Chesterton said that tradition is the democracy of the dead. You allow those that have gone before you to vote. With regard to football, Notre Dame has made tradition a way of life. Most of the successful football programs have done so as well, but you notice it in South Bend the minute you set foot on the campus. The fun begins on Friday. The pep rally is held on Friday night in the indoor arena, which is filled to capacity. Usually a famous personality appears, like Ara Parseghian or Regis Philbin, to the delight of the crowd. The coach and team are introduced and the energy begins to swell for the big game the next day. One of the most moving moments I experienced was a game several years ago with Navy. During World War II the Naval Academy was moved to Notre Dame so that the campus was not near the Atlantic Ocean. From that day forward Notre Dame has agreed to play Navy and other service academies each year. At the pep rally the Notre Dame coach reminded the crowd that tomorrow was just a football game and when it was over the Notre Dame seniors would graduate and go onto their careers and that the Navy seniors would graduate to Afghanistan and Iraq. For that reason the Notre Dame team, after the game, went to the Navy end of the field and sang the Navy hymn with the Navy team. There is a neighborhood restaurant named Maury’s where, each Friday night for the last fifty years, they welcome home fans and graduates. As you enjoy your meal, every twenty minutes the lights start blinking and they play the Notre Dame fight song, “Onward to Victory.” The entire restaurant sings at the top of their lungs. One Friday night when my daughter was a senior, we were enjoying a night at Maury’s when they played a relatively new song, “Here Come the Irish,” which includes an Irish jig. My daughter Kelly rose and began dancing an Irish jig, which brought the house down. A good time was had by all. The Notre Dame Band is the oldest college marching band (1846) in the country. At midnight the band drum corps appears beneath the Golden Dome to play a concert. Several hundred fans usually attend. The drumming is so intense your chest begins to
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rattle and everyone is fired up for the game tomorrow. Before the game the next day they play a concert in front of the band hall and march to the football field. The morning of the game, everybody is up early to visit the bookstore and begin tailgating. For many years a wonderful woman and her husband have had a tailgate near the south entrance to Notre Dame Stadium. They live in South Bend and have been tailgating for over 50 years. Several years ago her husband died but she still tailgates at every home game along with her best friends. The food and the company are hard to beat and, once again, tradition reigns. Then it is time for the game. I’ve seen the Fightin’ Irish when they have been very good and very bad, but the experience in Notre Dame Stadium is memorable every time. It doesn’t matter if the game ball is delivered by an Army parachute team or F-16s buzz the stadium at the climax of the National Anthem. The excitement is palpable. The stadium has been sold out for over 250 consecutive home games. From our seats you feel that you are almost on the playing field. The student section is in plain view and when Notre Dame scores, the students lift other students in the air to do pushups for the total points scored to that point. One time we tried to do the same in our seats with one of my daughters who attended Notre Dame (my wife and I helped pay for the Golden Dome), and we were told politely by the ushers that it was not permitted. When the game is over, win or lose, the Notre Dame team joins the student body to sing the alma mater. Everyone should have a college football team to support. In most games the outcome is difficult to predict because the momentum can shift in one play. That is what makes it so much fun to watch. I have watched Notre Dame win games that they should have lost and lose games they should have won (in many cases against Michigan or Michigan State). Ultimately it did not matter; it was clear that each team played their hearts out, and the fans were better for the experience. Go Irish!
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TOWN Make your neighborhood GOATHEAD-FREE! September is goathead flat tire PROLIFERATION month. Those cute little yellow flowers are now producing cute star-shaped time bombs (see photo) that are just waiting to stiletto your tires or your dog’s paws. It is not too late to fight back! At this point they may be so big you’ll have to bag them and throw them in the trash, lest you accidentally scatter the thorns around to become next year’s crop. Photo by Rob Koops
Helping the Widows and Orphans Work Project in Gallup
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Saturday, September 21 The death of a family member can be devastating. In 2010, UNICEF estimated that there were 132,200,000 orphans in the world. Of those, almost half lived in sub-Saharan Africa. Many of those orphans are vulnerable to child trafficking, hunger, poverty and abuse. In our own community, there is another group of people whose lives have been made difficult by death. So many widows and widowers are trying to maintain their lives despite the death of a spouse. How can we make a difference when it seems so much is wrong in the world? Both Hands (www.bothhands.org) is a non-profit organization that seeks to alleviate the hurt of both widows and orphans – at the same time. Gallupians, Peter and Kari Ippel, are working to adopt older siblings from Ethiopia. Both Hands is partnering with them to raise support for this process. The premise is simple. They gather a team of people who are willing to use both hands – one for the orphan, one for the widow. The team sends letters to friends and family asking for sponsorship as they spend a Saturday working on a widow’s house. 100% of the money raised goes to support the adoption (all of the administrative costs of the organization are underwritten by sponsor companies). The widow receives much needed repairs and home improvement while the orphans receive a home. The woman they have partnered with lost her husband just this year though his health had been declining for about 10 years. On September 21 the team will come together for a full day of work. Some of the work that they will do includes exterior work on beams and roof boards that have started rotting due to weathering. The bathrooms need repairs and some rooms need repainting. The team would love to complete as many of these repairs as possible! So how can you help make a difference? First of all, you could join the team. As a team member you send a letter to friends and family asking them to sponsor you for your work. Then, you spend September 21 working to improve the widow’s home. Secondly, you could sponsor one of the team members. Third, you could help by providing materials and supplies. The team is looking for all of the needed materials and supplies to be donated. If you have materials that you think may be useful you can contact the team. Finally, you could look into adopting or organizing a work project to help someone else in need! There are so many ways that you can help reduce the number of orphans in the world and help people in need. If you are interested in participating or would like more information, contact Peter and Kari at bothhands.ippels@gmail.com.
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Saturday, September 28 Rio West Mall Do you know your Chile? In the upcoming 2nd Annual Gallup Chile Fest on September 28, local restaurants and individuals have the opportunity to prove their chile knowledge. Attendees can sample and vote on their favorite chile and enjoy a day of family-friendly fun. The event, which starts at noon at Rio West Mall, is free to the public. Tasting tickets cost $5 and give fans the chance to select the winner of the “People’s Choice” awards. 100% of the tasting ticket proceeds benefit the local Jim Harlin Community Pantry. Over $4,000 was raised last year for this organization. “The first annual Chile Fest at Rio West was a resounding success and we are so happy to bring this event back this year,” said Kimberly Esparza, General Manager, Rio West Mall. “As we grow Chile Fest into a signature event in Gallup we are looking for new ways to improve the event, this year there will be more trophies and cash prizes and individual entries will be allowed.” The Chile Fest includes a variety of other family-friendly activities, including a bounce house and face painting for kids, live music, beer and wine garden, classic car and bike show, as well as chile-related arts and crafts. All entrants receive event postcards and door clings to promote their Chile Fest participation. Rio West Mall is located at 1300 I-40 Frontage Rd, exit 20 Munoz Drive in Gallup.
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Catholic Charities of Gallup, Inc. at the Catholic Indian Center is once again seeking volunteers to help serve breakfast to our brothers and sisters who are homeless during the winter season. Our fall/winter breakfast program usually starts the first week of October. If you are interested in helping us out, please come for an informational meeting on Tuesday, September 17 at 6 pm at the Catholic Charities first floor conference room (506 W. Historic Hwy. 66). Please contact Sr. Pacita, DC (Director of Catholic Indian Center/Asst Exec Director of Catholic Charities of Gallup, Inc.) for more information at 505-722-4407 x 120 or email at director@catholicindiancenter. org and to let her know you are coming to the meeting.
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Supporting Teachers Through Recycling School days are here again. Unless you have been a teacher or worked at a school you may not realize how much time, effort, and money gets put into lesson plans, research, and acquiring the necessary materials to make an effective lesson. The McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council has been helping many of the area’s teachers for a number of years with an active e-mail and word-of-mouth network to supply them with recycled and reused items. MCRC had been seeking a way to make the network more expansive and sophisticated in order to reach more educators. At a Teach for America community meet and greet, I met Tori Zapack, a second-grade teacher at Stagecoach Elementary, who shared with me her experience with a teachers’ store in Tucson called Treasure 4 Teachers: “They had a large section of donated recyclable items (like coffee cans, small plastics to use as math manipulatives, egg cartons, jars, binders, toilet paper rolls, etc.) that teachers could take for free. They also had a section of donated items that were fairly cheap (things like books, board games, etc.) and they had a section of new school supply items that were cheaper because of things like damaged packaging. It was pretty great and I think something like this could work really well in Gallup.” Treasures 4 Teachers is a reusable resource center for educators that started with its founder storing items in her garage. (Many of us know this scenario with items stashed in our vehicles as well.) T4T has two locations (Tempe and Tucson) and is a 501c-3. Both stores are open limited hours but accommodate teaching schedules with after school and Saturday hours, or by appointment. The store charges a fee of $35 a year and is available to anyone who works closely with students. Within this space is housed a wide selection of materials and resources educators can access. How does it work? They rely on the valuable gift of time, items and financial support from the community in order to provide vital resources to those that educate students. Local businesses and individuals donate out-of-date or unused office supplies. The generosity of the community makes this possible. Tax-deductible donations are also accepted. The yearly membership fee helps to cover overhead costs and staff time. What is the value to educators?
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Save time: The facilities have a wide variety of unique and useful materials a teacher might spend days or weeks trying to find. From plastic caps, coffee cans, paper towel rolls, toilet paper tubes, wrapping paper and bubble wrap, to pens, pencils, and office supplies. T4T tries to offer items to make the teacher’s job easier and more rewarding. Save money: For only $35 per year members can access the store and huge warehouse. There they can fill a huge, reusable bag with all the material it can hold for only $5 and shop in the free section. On average, the retail value of these materials exceeds $75, but more importantly, by obtaining these unique learning tools through T4T, members are helping to save the environment! Engage students: These are not just egg or milk cartons! From pre-K students to high school graduates, these materials will challenge, enlighten, and stimulate students’ imagination and creativity, as well as their intellects. What’s more, educators can provide each child with their own materials instead of relying on shared resources. This reinforces the critical “handson” aspect of learning. The McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council agrees with Tori that this is an idea that would work well in our community. Teachers are Our Treasure! MCRC is willing to help organize such an effort for local educators to reuse and recycle more items, which will reduce what is sent to the landfill. What is needed is a space. An unused garage, storefront, warehouse with or without shelving would be a start. MCRC is a 501c-3 so any in-kind or material donations can be used as an income tax deduction. If this story touches your heart, fuels your passion for teachers and their great work, combines your zeal for recycling and saving the environment, please let us hear from you. If you have space to donate or would like to help with this effort, join us at our monthly meeting at 2 pm on Saturday, September 7 at the Work in Beauty House (corner of Logan & Puerco). Check out www.recyclegallup.org, or for more information, contact Betsy via betsywindisch@yahoo.com, 722-9257 and Linda Popelish at 905-5966.
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Support Class for Parents of Teens at First United Methodist Church from 6:30-7:30pm. Info: 8634512.
Battered Families Services, Inc. has a women’s support group that meets weekly. A children’s support group is available at the same time for children six years of age and older. Info: 722-6389.
Poetry Group, call Jack for more information (including location) at 783-4007.
Codependents Anonymous, 6pm at First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive, library room. Info: Liz at 863-5928.
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. Coyote Canyon Women’s Sweat Lodge Ceremony on Sundays, 1-4pm, potluck dinner. Located 3 miles east of Highway 491, Route 9 junction, 1 mile south of Route 9. The ceremony is for wellness, stress reduction, purification and cultural sensitivity. All women are welcomed. For more information, call 505 870-3832. Long Form Tai Chi will practice at Old School Gallery in El Morro, NM, 9:30-10:30 am. Newcomers welcome!
“Teen Survivors of Dating and Domestic Violence” support group meeting, 6:30-8:30pm. Info: 722-6389. Lebanon Lodge #22, A. F. & A. M. meets the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 7:30 pm at the Gallup Masonic Center (4801 E. Historic 66 Avenue). An informational program and meal are presented before the meeting at 6:45 pm. All Masons are invited. Info: lebanonlodge22@yahoo.com. Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564. Open mic night every Monday at the Coffee House from 6 to 8 pm. Open to musicians, poets, and story tellers. Zumba classes well be held 6:30-7:30 at 3rd and Maloney at the Hozho Center, $4/class. If you have any questions please feel free to call Kimberly Martinez at 505-713-7250. Experience the healing power of group meditation! Reserve a time for silence, love and light! Share your presence with us at HealinGifts (106 W. Coal Ave., Downtown Gallup), 5:30-6:30 pm. Call 505-863-3772 for more information.
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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.
Taizé Worship at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 4 pm. Please join us for quiet, meditation, song, prayer, and Scripture. The church is located on Boardman Drive just south of Orleans Manor Apartments. Call Kathy (722-5011) for more information. Squash Blossom Classic Running events: 1-mile Fun Run, 4.5mile run and Kent Hodges Memorial Half-Marathon at High Desert Trail System. For more information, visit www. squashblossomclassic.com. Gallup Family Fitness Series Event!
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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. Free! For more information, call 722-9414.
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Catholic Indian Center/Catholic Charities of Gallup Inc. will be having a Cheese Enchilada Sale to raise funds to support the Breakfast program, the Emergency Assistance Program and to help with the roof repairs of the CIC building and other building maintenance costs. Tickets will be sold starting September 16, 2013 at the Catholic Charities Thrift Store or you can buy your tickets from any Catholic Charities employees. You may also order by phone by calling Vicki at 505-722-4407 x 101 or Sr. Pacita at 505-722-4404 x 120. The cost is $8.00/dozen. Please pick up your order at the Catholic Charities Main Hall on October 4, 2013 from 11 AM to 3 PM. Thank you for helping us help those in need!
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Mother Goose on the Loose (ages 0-2) interactive parent-child music + movement story time, 11am at the Children’s Library.
Weird Science Club (ages 6-12) exploratory science, technology, engineering and math programs designed to make learning fun, 4pm at the Children’s Library.
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Adult chess club at Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe in Gallup, 5-7pm. Gallup Al-Anon meetings at First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive (next to GIMC). Tuesdays at 12 noon and Thursdays at 7pm in Conference Room #1.
Cancer support group, for information call 8633075 or 863-6140. Gallup Solar Group open community meetings. 6pm at 113 E. Logan. For more information, call Be at 726-2497.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564. Zumba classes well be held 6:30-7:30 at 3rd and Maloney at the Hozho Center, $4/class. If you have any questions please feel free to call Kimberly Martinez at 505-713-7250.
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Free Cooking Classes beginning at Gallup All Nations SDA Church (494 C North Highway 491, Gamerco NM), 6:30 pm. Learn how to create easy, healthful vegetarian dishes that you, your family & friends are sure to enjoy! CLASSES ARE FREE, but we ask that you email or call to secure your spot. Class size is limited and will fill fast, so call soon! To reserve your spot, please contact thegallupingherbivore@gmail.com or call 505-722-9329.
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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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Beginner’s Quilting Part 3 at Gallup Service Mart, 6-9 pm. Continued from July and August classes. For more information, call 722-9414.
Navajo Weaving Classes Classes held at the Catholic Indian Center (506 W. Hwy. 66), Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 to 4 pm. $10/week. Participants will be provided with a loom to use during the class. However, if you have your own loom, you may bring it for your own use. Beginners will use yarn so please bring your own. Interested participants or students may register with Sr. Pacita by phone (505-722-4407 x 120) or by emailing director@ catholicindiancenter.org or drop by the center.
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Four Corners Yoga (601 W. Coal Ave.) is offering free community class at 6 pm. All donations will be remitted to Adopt an Elder. For information, call 505-863-6463, email fourcornersyoga@yahoo.com or friend us on FB @ fourcornersyoga. *All classes are hot and 90 mins. CHANGE YOUR BODY . . . CHANGE YOUR LIFE! Zumba classes at the Hozho Center (3rd and Maloney) Wednedays 6:30-7:30 and Fridays 6:307:30. For more information, call the Hozho Center at 505-870-1483 or call 505-713-7250. Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564.
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Octavia Fellin Public Library presents September Film Series – National Hispanic Heritage Month, co-sponsored by the Gallup Film Foundation. Showing Desparado (1995) at 5:30 pm.
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Book Fair in lobby of Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital, September 11-12. Octavia Fellin Public Library presents September Film Series – National Hispanic Heritage Month, co-sponsored by the Gallup Film Foundation. Showing Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) at 5:30 pm.
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Octavia Fellin Public Library presents September Film Series – National Hispanic Heritage Month, co-sponsored by the Gallup Film Foundation. Showing Take the Lead (2006) at 5:30 pm.
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Parenting Classes at UNM-Gallup North Campus, 12:15 to 1:15 pm in room 110. Unfortunately, kids don’t come with instruction manuals. Parenting class offers parents the tools to raise healthy, happy and cooperative infants, toddlers and preschoolers. Join us as we learn the skills to help build a trusting and loving relationship, and guide behavior with clear communication, effective limit setting and use of consequences. Facilitator: Ms. Shauna Benally, GMCS Parent Educator. (Future classes offered on Oct. 16 and Nov 13.) For more information please contact Shauna at (505) 721-4000 or Don at (505) 722-6437. Octavia Fellin Public Library presents September Film Series – National Hispanic Heritage Month, co-sponsored by the Gallup Film Foundation. Showing Mambo Kings (1992) at 5:30 pm.
September Community Calendar Friday
Thursday ONGOING
Crafty Kids, fun for all ages, 4pm at the Children’s Library. Moms Supporting Moms at Church Rock School, 9-11:30am. Toastmasters at Earl’s Restaurant, 6:30am. Info: Dale at 722-9420. Substance Abuse Support Group, CASA, at Gallup Church of Christ, 7pm. Info: Darrel at 863-5530. Community Yoga, beginner/athletic beginner level. 6:20 pm, Catholic Charities/CIC. 506 W. Rte. 66. Info: Gene at 505-728-8416. Gallup Al-Anon meetings at First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive (next to GIMC). Tuesdays at 12 noon and Thursdays at 7pm in Conference Room #1. Divorce Care Support Group, Thursdays at 7pm. Location to be determined. For more information, call or email Dan at 505 878-2821 or dkruis@ yahoo.com. 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. Intermediate yoga class, 7 pm at Foundations of Freedom (115 E Coal). Cost is $6. Info: 728-8416 or gallupyoga@gmail.com. Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564. Diabetes Education Classes, first four Thursdays of the month, 4-6pm, RMCH 2nd floor library. Contact: Carolyn at 863-1865.
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Soroptimist of Gallup meets the second Thursday of each month at noon at Pee Wee’s. We welcome interested women and are open for new members. 34th Annual Run For Fun by Gallup Kiwanis Clubs. Runners of all ages welcome to participate in this FREE event at Sports Complex on 602 north of Ellis Tanner at 6 pm. Challenging courses within the Sports Complex are approximately 1.5 and 3 miles. Awards include T-shirts, certificates, coupons and ice cream. For more information, contact John at 505-863-3770. Ukulele strumming sessions at Old Train Music & Arts, Gallup Cultural Center on Historic Route 66. All levels welcome every 2nd and 4th Thursday, 5-6 pm. Contact Linda Sue, at 505-722-0164 for more details. Second Thursday Diabetes Support Group at Church of the Holy Spirit, 5:30 pm. For all people who suffer from Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes. The Church of the Holy Spirit is located at 1334 Country Club Drive, Gallup, just 1 block west of Red Rock Elementary School. Phone: 505863-4695. Breastfeeding 101, learn the basics of breastfeeding, 6pm, RMCH 2nd floor library AND Baby Bistro, support group for breastfeeding moms and their babies, 7pm, RMCH 2nd floor library. For more information contact Mary Ippel at 505870-5013.
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A conversation with President Abraham Lincoln, Union Commander in Chief and Confederate deserter Mark Twain at Octavia Fellin Public Library, 6 pm. Dave Ehlert of Branson, Missouris portrays both historical figures in this live theatrical production. Refreshments will be served. For more information please call the library at (505) 863-1291 or email library@ci.gallup.nm.us.
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Movies for all ages at the Children’s Library@ 4pm September 6th— The Tale of Despereaux September 13th—Spy Kids September 20th— Valiant September 27th— Stuart Little
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Beginning September 21, Road to Reading (3-5), 11am at the Children’s Library. A story time designed to teach pre-reading skills to the Pre-K crowd and their caregivers. Overeaters Anonymous meeting at 11 am, at the First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive, library room. Info: Liz 505-863-5928.
Beginning September 20 Teen Games (12-17), 4pm ZUMBA Fitness Classes at Wowie’s Activity Hall on the corner of Maloney and 3rd Street starting at 11:00 a.m. at the Children’s Library. Play games, hang out, For more information email r_roanhorse@yahoo.com or call Ralph Roanhorse at (505) 862-2970. make crafts. Yoga class beginner/advanced beginner. 10 am at Foundations of Freedom (115 E Coal). Info: 728-8416 or The weekly Old-Fashioned Hootenanny, at gallupyoga@gmail.com. Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe, every Friday, starting at 6:30PM. Acoustic musicians are welcome to sit in Are you being called to help heal others, using subtle energies? Ongoing Reiki classes offered at HealinGifts at with the regular players. 1:00-2:30 pm, $14 per class session. Certificate upon completing 8 sessions plus attunements. Special healing available for $30. Contact Wayne Wilcken or Maria at 505-863-3772. Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 Zumba classes well be held at 11 am at 3rd and Maloney at the Hozho Center, $4/class. If you have any questions South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class please feel free to call Kimberly Martinez at 505-713-7250. punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564. Gallup Farmers’ Market, through October 12 (weather permitting), 8:30 to 11:30 am in the Gallup Downtown Walkway (200 block between Coal & Aztec). EBT & Debit Cards accepted. For more information, call or email Fall Belly Dance Classes at FOF Dance Carole Palmer at gallupfarmersmarket@yahoo.com, 505-713-2333. Studio, 230 W Coal Ave. Kids Belly Dance, 5:00-5:30pm. Intro to Belly Dance “ENDOW-in-a-day: A Seminar on the Dignity of Human Life” (for adults), 5:30-6:30. FOF Belly Dance Performance Class: 6:30-7:30. Call Leaf at 722-2491 for tuition rates and registration and On Saturday, September 7, Sacred Heart Cathedral, in conjunction with the Office of Native for more info. American Ministry for the Diocese of Gallup will be hosting an 8am-4pm seminar with guest speaker Therese Polakovic from ENDOW. For anyone who has ever wondered about Zumba classes well be held 6:30-7:30 at 3rd the Catholic Church’s teachings on the dignity of human life, the rights of the unborn and and Maloney at the Hozho Center, $4/class. If you have any questions please feel free to call contraception, this event is for you! Catholics and non-Catholics, men and women – all are Kimberly Martinez at 505-713-7250. welcome. Mass will be celebrated at 8am by Bishop James Wall at the Sacred Heart Retreat Center (167 Hwy 602 just south of town), and the seminar will follow, with a break for lunch. Introduction to Buddhism and Buddhist There is a reduced rate of $30/person OR $20/person for married couples who register meditation, at Pema Osal Ling Dharma Center together for the first 50 who sign up, so please hurry! (106 W. Coal Ave., Downtown Gallup), 5:30-6:30 pm. Please contact/ RSVP Maria at 505-863-3772. Call the Cathedral Rectory at (505)722-6644 for more information or to register online, visit endowgroups.org.
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Crownpoint Rug Weavers McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council monthly meeting, 2 pm at Work in Beauty House Association Auction at Crownpoint (NW corner of Logan and Puerco). Call 722-5142 for more information or visit the web page www. Elementary School. Viewing 4:00-6:30 recyclegallup.org. pm, auction 7:00-10:00 pm. For more information, visit crownpointrugauction. com. Library Book Sale at Octavia Fellin Public Library parking lot, 12-4 pm. Books will be sold by the bag only. Bags can be purchased for $10 (cash) at the entrance of the parking lot. No change will be made. For more information please call the library at (505) 863-1291 or email library@ ci.gallup.nm.us.
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UFO Projects at Gallup Service Mart, 9am-4pm. Do you have projects you want to complete but just haven’t had the time, the space or the discipline to complete them? This is the time to get organized and get those unfinished projects done this year. Debbie will also teach a scrap bag to catch your stray threads and fabric trimmings. $20 includes lunch and pattern. For more information, call 722-9414. Squash Blossom Classic Screamer Cross-Country Mountain Bike Race at High Desert Trail System, Gallup. Squash Blossom is excited to welcome cyclist Levi Leipheimer to Gallup this weekend. He will be in town to race and support the continuing efforts to create a top notch biking culture in and around Gallup. For more information, visit www.squashblossomclassic.com. Live performance of Hopi Drummers featuring Elmer Satala Jr. at Octavia Fellin Public Library, 2 pm. Sponsored by Richardson’s Trading. For more information please call the library at (505) 8631291 or email library@ci.gallup.nm.us. Helping Widow and Orphans Work Project. See G-Town article on p. 50 for more information.
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The 2nd Annual Gallup Chile Fest includes Chile tasting, judge’s awards, live music, a classic car show and more at the Rio West Mall. All tasting ticket proceeds benefit The Community Pantry, a food shelf for families in need in Gallup. For more information, please visit the mall office or RioWestMall.com. Desert Cycle presents Randy Berry Memorial Run, all proceeds benefiting Battered Families of Gallup. Food, music, prizes and games. Pre-register at Desert Cycle (1315 A. Hamilton Rd., Gallup). Registration begins at 9 am at Denny’s Restaurant – Heritage Plaza, kick-stands up at 10 am. For more information, call 505-722-3821 or visit www.desertcyclenm.com. Animosity Clothing & Action Sports presents the 3rd Annual Freestyle Motocross Competition at Red Rock Park, Gallup. Featuring the top Professional, Amateur & Beginner FMX Riders from around the country performing death defying tricks for their chance to win $5500 in Cash. Riders will also have a chance to win extra loot by competing in Best Whip. For more information, visit www. animosityfmx.com/animosity_pro_am_2013.
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Got clutter?
By Rachel Charles
Rachel Charles is a professional organizer serving the Gallup, NM and Window Rock, AZ areas. Additional tips may be found at www.organizedrachel.com.
Organize it!
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hen clutter grows into a life of its own, it can be overwhelming. Not dealing with it may seem the easiest thing to do but certainly not the most productive or efficient. Clutter can also cause stress, unhealthy living/working environments, and relational conflicts. However, the solution is always within
Evaluate your life now. What items do you really need on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis? With a realistic and critical eye, look through your closets, cabinets, garage, and other storage spaces. Kids outgrow toys and clothes. Interests and hobbies change. Technology advances. Things that were once vital do not stay important or useful through all times. You can evaluate for yourself how long it has been since you’ve used all the things that have been stored up. Sure, you might like to have some odds and ends sometime in the future. But, consider that your peace of mind, or even quality of household relationships, right now may be worth the cost of replacing these items later on if you truly do need them. Are you ready to get organized? Great! The first step is to PREPARE. • Set aside time. Closets and cabinets could be done in half a day. Entire rooms, offices, or garages may need an entire day or even more. • Arm yourself with a critical eye and a desire to be set free from so much unneeded stuff. • Make a plan for what you will do with the discards, whether that is a trip to the dump or a local donation center. Ideally, delivering these items should happen right away. • If you plan on selling unwanted items, schedule the sale no more than a few weeks away so these things do not sit around indefinitely. If items don’t sell, donate them. Remember, you don’t want to end up with new, moved around piles, as it defeats the purpose of your hard work. • Ask for help when needed. Make arrangements to have a truck available if needed. Get some strong and able bodies to move big things. Seek out someone with a personality for organization and detailed work if this process is just plain difficult. You can also hire a professional organizer. • Create a temporary place where you can set all the unwanted items, preferably away from your immediate work area. This way you can clearly see what it is that you are left to work with. • Gather as many containers as you can for the stuff you’re keeping. You will need all sizes, and they don’t need to be fancy or new. Right now you’re thinking functional – empty cans, bottles, bins, boxes, or anything else you have lying around. Second, SORT! Create space for 3 categories: trash, donate, and keep. • Trash: Throw out obviously broken, useless, or worn things. Recycle whenever possible.
• Donate/Sell: You may give away or sell anything in good condition. • Keep: Using critical and realistic thinking, set aside the essential items that are currently used. • A note on sentimental items: These are harder to discern because memories and emotions are tied to them. Sort these into their own category. If there is a lot, ask yourself: Is it good for me to keep all of these things? If these things represent a person that has passed, would he or she want you to be burdened by overwhelming clutter? You are not obligated to keep everything. Try to encapsulate the memories with just a handful of items. Third, ORGANIZE! • Group all items that are similar, and then further separate subcategories for them. For example, gather all your office supplies together, and then separate out the writing utensils, paper clips, notepads, filing supplies, etc. • Choose a container that can accommodate it. If you don’t have one that will work, make a list of the types of containers you will need to purchase. • Evaluate the amount of space you have to store what you are keeping. If space is still too small, take another critical look at what you’re keeping as well as what you are using to store them in. You may need to re-evaluate both. Create a mental picture of how you would like the space to look when you’re done. • Give every group a home. No matter how large or small, you will want to know that all office supplies, yard maintenance, medical supplies, crafts, etc. have a designated space. So, in the future, you will immediately know where to take the stray gardening gloves, the glue gun lying around, and the new box of bandages. Things used less frequently can be placed in less accessible positions, and vice versa. • At this point you can evaluate if you want to style up your organized spaces. If you prefer not to keep your office supplies in recycled jars and cans, then you can decide to purchase or decorate ones to your liking. There are tons of ideas on the Internet for creative ways to store things. • Add labels to your containers or give a tour so that other household members or office co-workers will know where to find things and, even better, know where to put things away when they are done with them! Lastly, MAINTAIN! Sadly, no organized space will remain that way unless it is kept up. The trick is to make new habits, and habits get easier with repetition. Don’t allow yourself to make new piles or never return items to their homes. You are giving each item a home for a reason – so that you will know where to put it when you are done with it. Especially be diligent and disciplined at times like completing loads of laundry and returning from shopping trips when new piles can quickly compromise an organized environment. Choose to make time and effort to return your environment to a clean and organized state. Enjoy the fruit of your hard work. It is well worth it.
. . . consider that your peace of mind, or even quality of household relationships, may be worth the cost . . .
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Join us for an evening of great food, fellowship, and entertainment on November 21, 2013 at an event to benefit the students of Rehoboth Christian School. Featuring speaker Dan Seaborn, founder of “Winning at Home”
A family-oriented series of events designed to give families a chance to exercise and develop fitness habits in a fun, non-competitive atmosphere. The events are recreational and not competitive; participation will be rewarded and not results. Each event will feature healthy post-event fruit and snacks.
For tickets and reservations, email rkass@rcsnm.org, or call Ken Zylstra at 505.488.3900
$3 per person for the ENTIRE SERIES!
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For more information please visit our website at http://www.rcsnm. org/upcomingevents.cfm
2013 Remaining Events
Congratulations to UNM-Gallup student Cody Jansen, 92nd Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial Queen and recipient of the Little Caesars Future Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship!
September 29 squash blossom classic fun run
High Desert Trail System Register @ 7:30am Start @ 8am
October 13
Pack the peak hike Pyramid Peak
November 28
Care 66 Turkey Trot Downtown Gallup
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1. Loren Anthony’s Iron Warrior Fitness students, read the Gallup Journey after every brutal session of Muscle Monday and Throw Up Thursday training at the public school stadium. 2. Mrs. Karen Jensen, Gallup High School class of 1956 English and Speech teacher reads the Journey with former student, Joe DiGregorio, in River Falls, Wisconsin. 3. Gallup High School graduate Craig Collins reads the Journey with Joe and Christine DiGregorio.
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4. Holland Null, Molly Arsenault, Morgan Arsenault, Madalyn Arsenault and Olivia Null play dress-up at Perry Null Trading Company. 5. The Aretino family takes a moment to hang loose and read the Journey while on vacation in Kauai, Hawaii in June.
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1. Annie Eastman, Leroy Harrison, and Marie Eastman on their recent trip to London, Paris, and Amsterdam. They are looking at a copy of the Gallup Journey in front of the legendary, world famous Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. 2. Ron and Shelley Welch reading the Journey at Tower Bridge in London, UK. 3. The Haveman family reunion of 2013 took place in Orlando, Florida at Disney World. Here they are reading the Journey together in their cute family vacation T-shirts. 4. (Left to right) Xavier Chavez, Mike Gearhart, Rae Lynn Cosens, Isaac Seslar, Samantha Chavez get together for a photo while checking out their favorite local publication at Neuschwanstein Castle, Village of Hohnenschwangau, Bavaria, Germany, home of King Ludwig II.
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This Is My Job: Freelance Writer
Check out Tim’s cover story in the September Edition of National Geographic on newsstands now!
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im Folger isn’t used to being on this side of the interview; normally, he’s the one with the pen and paper. Folger is a freelance writer with an undergraduate degree in physics and a master’s in journalism. He writes about scientific and environmental issues for a number of national publications, including National Geographic, Discover, Scientific American, and OnEarth. He also edits a book called The Best American Science and Nature Writing, which is published every October. If you’re perusing magazines in line at the grocery store this month, you may notice Tim’s “Rising Seas” story on the cover of September’s National Geographic!
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Folger grew up mostly in New England. After a stint as a deckhand/ rigger on a barge in the North Sea oil fields, he attended the University of California, Santa Cruz and New York University. His career in journalism began with writing short news stories for a magazine called Science Digest, which went out of business just two years later. He stayed in New York City, where he met his wife Anne, and worked as an editor at Discover magazine for ten years. In 1999 the couple moved to Gallup for, what was supposed to be, a year or two. They’ve been here ever since. Depending on the stage of the assignment Tim is working on, his day-today activities may include waiting for words to “magically appear” as he sits at the computer or doing research, which typically involves a mix of travel and telephone interviews, along with a lot of background reading. Tim’s job has taken him all over the world, from an area in southeast Asia where 90,000 people lost their lives during a devastating tsunami in 2004, to a town in Greenland above the Arctic Circle where a bay filled with towering icebergs “looks like a Grand Canyon made of ice.” Working alone and living without the security of a regular paycheck, employer benefits, or retirement in view can, at times, be a challenge, but Tim loves the travel, independence, creativity and lifelong learning that his work provides. Besides all that, Tim believes that “we all need to be informed about issues such as global warming. And there’s nothing like science for opening our eyes to the universe around us.”
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