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Mayor’s Update Gallup Recognition and Progress As I have stated numerous times in our Council meetings and at public events, the stars have aligned for our great city. I am pleased to tell you about just a few examples of progress: 1. 2.

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Conclusion of the Navajo-Gallup water pipeline agreement; Gallup Land Partners’ purchase of 27,000 acres surrounding the city, paving the way for economic development and job creation; Governor Susanna Martinez’s award for a national and state veterans memorial cemetery in Gallup; $78 million in funding made available by the New Mexico Department of Transportation to complete the widening of US Highway 491 to four lanes from Gallup to Shiprock; Construction of two new hotels and motels with three more in the planning stages;

Purchase of Rio West Mall by new owners who want to invest in our town; 7. Designation by Rand McNally as the “Most Patriotic Small Town in America”; 8. Favorable media coverage such as the tourism story on PacSafe.com citing Gallup as one of six small towns to visit in the USA. The author refers to us as “a slice of old-fashioned Americana” and “a gem not to be missed on any cross-country adventure.” We have made positive strides in growing our community and, while there is more to do, we are blessed with many people who have energized our efforts. Together we are making a difference for the future.

Wrangler Best of the Best Debuts The City of Gallup will host the first Wrangler “Best of the Best” Timed Event Invitational at Red Rock Park June 25-28. With $146,000 in prize money at stake, high school rodeo athletes from across the USA will compete in six timed roping and riding events. Walt Eddy is organizing the event, which replaces the Junior High Finals Rodeo in the activity calendar. More information is available at our website, www.GallupNM.gov/BestOfTheBest. We hope to see you there!

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Library Wins National Medal Congratulations to the Gallup Library staff for winning the 2014 National Medal for Museums and Library Service! The medal honors outstanding institutions that make significant and exceptional contributions to their communities. Selected institutions demonstrate extraordinary and innovative approaches to public service, exceeding the expected levels of community outreach. The Octavia Fellin Public Library is the only New Mexico library to have been so honored in the history of this medal. Library Director Mary Ellen Pellington and Maria Elena Reyes received the medal from First Lady Michelle Obama in a White House ceremony on May 8th. You can learn more about the medal at the library’s new website, www.GallupLibrary.org.

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We Endorse Tony Tanner! Tony Tanner is the best man for the job. He is honest, loyal, and hardworking. -Mike Butkovich I voted for Tony Tanner because he is honest, hardworking, intelligent, and knows the issues that face our county and can get the job done! -Keith Wallace I have had the pleasure of getting to know Mr. Tony Tanner for the past one year. Mr. Tanner is an honest and hardworking individual who will continue to work hard to support the interests of Gallup and McKinley County. Mr. Tanner is a homegrown boy who understands the unique needs for McKinley County and will strive to support and better our community. I have had the pleasure of working with Mr. Tony Tanner during my time as Medical Director for the McKinley County Adult Detention Center, and have witnessed first-hand his excellent leadership and management skills. Mr. Tony Tanner has also been instrumental in bringing about a change to our local healthcare community in order to protect the citizens of McKinley County. It is without any reservations that I enthusiastically am supporting Mr. Tony Tanner in his bid for re-election to County Commissioner. Our community will continue to improve and benefit with Mr. Tony Tanner in office. -Lawrence Andrade, MD Diplomate American Board of Family Medicine Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine 2013 New Mexico Preceptor of the Year It is with great pleasure and without reservation that I endorse the candidacy of Tony Tanner for McKinley County Commissioner District 3. I have worked with Tony over the just completed Legislative Session on various issues that pertain to McKinley County and one in particular was the Sole-Community Provider funds that affect Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital. Mr. Tanner is very in tune as to the issues and problems at the hospital and more importantly on how to fix them. Tony knows how to work with the NM Legislature to secure funds for his district and all of McKinley County and is very effective at doing so. Tony is hardworking, honest and is viewed in Santa Fe as a person with great integrity which goes a long way when working with the NM Legislature. -Senator Clemente Sanchez Senate District 30 Cibola, McKinley, Valencia & Socorro Counties

I have known Mr. Tanner for many years and he is a personal friend of mine. Tony has always been straight and truthful to me and I have witnessed him to continue that very important trait while serving on the McKinley County Commission since his appointment by the Honorable Governor Susana Martinez. Because of his hard work on the county commission I wholeheartedly endorse my friend Tony Tanner -Jackson Gibson Tony Tanner is the candidate that supports the City of Gallup issues while working for the needs of McKinley County. A man not influenced by the few, rather a man for the people. -Jackie McKinney, Mayor City of Gallup As former Mayor of Gallup, I would ask the citizens of McKinley County to vote for Tony Tanner for Commissioner. I have known Tony for many, many years. He will fight for what is good for the citizens of McKinley County. -Sam Ray, Former Mayor Tony has integrity and a strong work ethic. His strong family ties to our community and a belief in doing things now for a better foundation and brighter future is what Tony Tanner will bring to our county. -Bill Lee As the managing partner in Gallup Land Partners (GLP), I am excited about Gallup and McKinley County and proud to endorse Tony Tanner in his bid for election as a McKinley County Commissioner in District 3. Tony has been one of the community leaders in this area that has been key in my decision to continue to invest in the area with the development of the new Gallup Industrial Park, after my initial purchase in the Gamerco property. His commitment to making life better for the people in McKinley County through positive change has been evident, and I am looking forward to continuing to work with him to help move Gallup/McKinley County toward the future. -Robert Roche Tony Tanner has worked extremely hard for issues surrounding Gallup/McKinley County. Tony has started good work, let’s help him finish it. -Allan Landavazo, City Councilor Tony Tanner has a vision for a better Gallup. He has a heart for our community, and it has shown through his hard work and dedication as Commissioner. He is a fair man who represents all the people. Tony is wise in his decisions and honest in his actions. He that walks with wise men shall be wise, Proverbs: 13:20 -Linda Garcia, City Councilor

My wife and I support Tony Tanner for County Commissioner because we feel he is able to look beyond the past and towards the future for a better quality of life and economic growth for Gallup and McKinley county. -Glen and Karla Benefield McKinley County needs a man of integrity! That’s why I support Tony Tanner! We all need to vote for him! -Jay McCollum, Pastor We support Tony Tanner for County Commissioner. Tony stands for the same family values as we do. Tony Tanner’s leadership and diligence has made a difference in McKinley County. He will do the right thing for you and your family too, and that is why we are voting for Tony Tanner as County Commissioner. -George and Sharmyn Muñoz The 3rd District of McKinley County need the prudence that Commissioner Tony Tanner has shown this past year. Now that election time is once again at our doorstep, I encourage each person to vote for Tony Tanner. Tony Tanner is a dedicated businessman and is of the mind to have McKinley succeed, not fail. Tony is very mindful of the needs of our hospital for the city as well as county. The experience has come from being a successful businessman, which presents an advantage for the rural area and city of Gallup to be successful. In the time that I have known Mr. Tony Tanner, he has been honest, truthful and has compassion for the people of McKinley County. It is my pleasure to endorse Mr. Tony Tanner. Congratulations to a true Friend and County Commissioner who is diligent in all efforts. -Walter L. Usrey III

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y grandmother passed away last month; she was 87. She leaves behind quite a legacy. From about the time I was 12 until about a year ago, my grandmother lived with my folks, so my formative years are filled with memories with my grandmother, which not everyone can say.

We had an exchange student from Japan when I was in the 8th grade. It was just for one week, and during that week, Masaya and I had a great time together. The very first night, we were all sitting around the table eating spaghetti and, as is probably customary in Japan, Masaya was about an inch from his plate slurping the spaghetti into his mouth and my grandmother was completely speechless. HAHAHAHAHA, it was so funny. Actually, I’m sure it wasn’t at all funny at the time; I’m sure I was really embarrassed by the open-mouthed stare she had as she watched him eat. She also hated to be the passenger, but she would consent to me driving her to church on Sunday morning in her big Oldsmobile. No matter how slowly I drove, she’d always have one of her hands locked in a death grip on the door handle and the other out in front of her on the front dash, just in case this would somehow help slow us down. I was driving us to church one wintery Sunday on some slippery Michigan roads when I couldn’t stop. She was nagging me to be careful and to slow down all the way down Hillcrest Avenue and I think because of this nagging, I may have hit the gas instead of the brakes (obviously to get a rise out of her) and, therefore, I couldn’t slow down for our turn onto Cherry Lane. We slid by the turn and did a slow 180-degree spin right in the middle of the road. I thought she was going to kill me. My Aunt Kathy, Uncle Dale and Grandma used to come out to the Zuni area and volunteer at the Mission School every year. In the last few years, they haven’t made it out every year, but it was always a treat when we’d get to see them and we could go out to dinner. My kids were listening to a recording of our band, WINGINIT, the other day from a live show at the El Rancho from a couple of years ago and, at one point in the recording, I give a “Shout Out” to my grandmother who was sitting at a table in the audience. In her younger days, I’m sure she would have been out on the dance floor instead of sitting at the table, but that’s a discussion for another time. It was crazy, she’d sit and watch all night at the El Rancho (she came to a couple of Subtle Groove shows, too!) amidst all the young people of Gallup and tap her foot to the rhythm. She was quite a lady.

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She was also a card shark and hated to lose. Even as a small child she was preparing me for life by teaching me how to lose - and often. Some folks will play games with their children or grandchildren and let them win and show mock disbelief when a child somehow “beats” them. Not my grandmother. She hated to lose and certainly wouldn’t do so on purpose. But when you actually did finally break through and beat her, she did show disbelief . . . and it was real. Man, she’s going to be missed. Oh, did I tell you that my parents have decided to move out to Gallup? Yup, that’s a topic that will be talked about at length in the coming months. Until next time, NH

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Contributors

Marty Bonacci Alanna Grace Bronaugh Ernie Bulow Greg Cavanaugh Sanjay Choudhrie Brent Dietzman Bera Dordoni, ND Olivia Gonzales Jay Mason Anne Meloy Kevin Menapace Frank Nuanez John Ratmeyer, MD Fowler Roberts Robert Roche Bob Rosebrough Don Tamminga Bruce Tempest, MD Chuck Van Drunen Seth Weidenaar Betsy Windisch

Features 12 17 18 30 36 42 46 54 69

Letters to the Editor Trails of Gallup Life Hacking New Trails in Ramah Gallup Training Ground My Story Biological Soil Management Cougar Encounters Gallup in Rand McNally Atlas

Columns 14 20 22 24 26 38 40 44 48 70

Driving Impressions Reflections 8 Questions Words of Wellness West by Southwest Memories of Gallup Who Am I? Dads Lit Crit Lite This Is My Job: Ironworker

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lthough we have received Letters to the Editor in the past, rarely (if ever) have we received so many in one month. The letters that we received were all in response to the Words of Wellness column in the May edition of the Journey. And though I don’t regret printing it, I am very disappointed in myself and my choice to run it, as Dr. Ratmeyer writes, “as a stand alone piece.” In retrospect, I certainly should have printed both sides of the lightning-rod vaccine topic and for that I apologize. If you have other thoughts on this topic, feel free to post and discuss on our website at gallupjourney.com. -Nate Haveman

Dear Mr. Haveman, After reading the anti-vaccine opinion piece by Bera Dordoni in the May edition of the Journey, I was disappointed that there was no attempt to balance it with the scientific evidence supporting immunization. Since there are so many inaccuracies in the piece, I will focus on diseases which my generation (i.e. older) can still remember. Unfortunately much of the anti-polio vaccine rhetoric is from people too young to have experienced classmates with withered arms and legs or walking with crutches and heavy braces. They did not “visit” friends or relatives by looking through the window of an isolation room filled with patients in “iron lungs” completely paralyzed and totally dependent on the machine to breathe for them. A common misconception about vaccination is that diseases had already begun to disappear before vaccines were introduced, because of better hygiene and sanitation. Thus Ms. Dordoni writes, “I learned that polio had become almost nonexistent when the vaccine arrived: 35,000 new cases suddenly erupted with the inoculations” suggesting that vaccine increased rather than reduced cases. What the CDC actually said was “an average of over 35,000 cases were reported during this time (i.e. the late 1940s and early 1950s). With the introduction of inactivated polio virus vaccine in 1955, the number of cases rapidly declined to under 2500 cases in 1957”(www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/polio/dis-faqs. htm- read it for yourself ). David Oshinsky in his Pulitzer Prize winning book, Polio (Oxford University Press 2005) says “the year 1952 was the worst polio year on record with more than 57,000 cases nationwide. The United States had never experienced a higher crest of the epidemiologic wave and never would again.” The reason of course was that the Salk polio vaccine was then introduced. Polio can potentially be eliminated with immunization as was smallpox. Both are transmitted person-to-person and only reside in a human host. Good progress was being made with the total annual worldwide cases reduced from over 50,000 cases in 1980 to less than 500. Unfortunately, in the Middle East and Africa, the anti-vaccine movement has been promoting a political agenda. Their claim is that immunization campaigns were being done to sterilize the recipients. This has resulted in immunization workers, usually women, being assaulted, kidnapped and even killed. In Pakistan, it was reported last week that 30 immunization workers have been killed there. Interestingly Ms. Dordoni says “the bubonic plague never had a vaccine and was eradicated with no reappearance.” Again local residents know, even if you are not very old, that plague is alive and well in the Four Corners. My colleague Larry Crook and I published a description of over two dozen cases of plague, all local, with some death-still a nasty disease. Another disease which we older folks remember is the highly infectious disease measles. Looking at the actual incidence of disease over the years leaves little doubt of the significant direct impact that the vaccine had. From 1950 until the vaccine was introduced in 1963, there were 400,000 to 700,000 cases annually with no downward trend (www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/6mishome). The vaccine had an immediate and dramatic decrease in the incidence of measles. Misguided young parents who did not live through those days may think measles consists of an unpleasant transient rash with flu symptoms. I worked in a large city hospital in the year before the vaccine was introduced at a time when measles was epidemic. We filled the hospital with children who developed measles and the pneumonia which accompanies it as well as other complications including encephalitis. There certainly were deaths. Fortunately, the vaccine was developed and produced in the same city as our hospital so we had a head start on using it. There was no repeat the next year. Why would you not want to prevent such a disease in your children when a safe vaccine is available? Not to prolong this critique, I would simply ask why, given the distortions, inflammatory language and out right false data, would one believe the other claims in the article “too many teenage girls died.... after taking HPV vaccination,” “98% of the children who received the (whooping cough) vaccine developed whooping cough,” etc.? One thing alluded to in the article is true and that is that schools require children to be properly immunized. I consider that an essential component of public health based on solid scientific evidence. In May, our local school board endorsed the recently updated immunization requirements from the New Mexico Department of Health and CDC. I understand that for the anti-vaccine group, their position is frequently political &/or religious. However, I think it is important that parents as well as other adults not make these decisions on false information of the type promulgated in Ms. Dordoni’s opinion piece. Bruce Tempest MD President, GMCS Board of Education

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To the Editor: Aghast @ the column “Words of Wellness” in this month’s issue. Antiintellectual, uninformed, biased, and outright lies. Information completely devoid of accurate and complete historical context. As a pediatrician who’s seen the near disappearance of the diseases against which we routinely vaccinate, I’m always surprised to find people who actually believe vaccines are unhelpful or even dangerous. Shame on the editors for allowing this article to stand alone. The real danger is people who endanger all of us and our children by refusing participation in vaccinating their children, threatening not only their own children’s health, but also the lives of every vulnerable person in our community. The irony is that their unvaccinated children depend upon the herd immunity supported by all of us who responsibly vaccinate our children. The reason they are left to worry about potential side effects and conspiracy theories is that they need not worry about the diseases against which we are protected because most of those diseases are all but gone in the US. I am the last generation of doctor who's seen many of these diseases in the US and I'm only in my early 50s. Today's generation of US parents know little or nothing about diseases like measles, pneumococcal and Haemophilus disease (like blood and brain infections), or even chicken pox. All of these diseases remain leading killers of children throughout the developing world. My only regret is that more people, especially young children, do not have access to the life-saving power of vaccines that we so enjoy, but take for granted. In communities where there are relatively large numbers of 'vaccine refusers' (even 10% poses a risk), we have seen outbreaks of whooping cough (pertussis), which can still kill young infants. All of our recent cases of measles in the US have been imported over the past few years, either from populations where people do not have widespread access to vaccines (like the Philippines) or where there are large numbers of 'vaccine refusers' (like western Europe). The most recent large outbreak in Knox County in Ohio was imported via unimmunized Amish missionaries to the Philippines, who brought the disease back to infect children in their own communities. Even the Amish (traditional 'vaccine refusers') have lined up their children to get the measles vaccine in the midst of this outbreak. The recent outbreak in CA was also tied to the Philippines. The last time we saw widespread measles in our area: the spring of 1991, several months before I arrived in Gallup 23 years ago! The fear being sown by a certain small, but vocal segment of 'vaccine refusers' is based upon lies. The HPV vaccine never killed anyone. The MMR vaccine does not cause autism. The extremely small amounts of adjuvants (immune boosters) in vaccines have been proven safe for young infants. I could go on. The claims of harm from vaccines are generally overblown and often completely false. In every intervention we offer, we must consider risks and benefits. Simply put, the risks of even minimal side effects or any harm from vaccines pale in comparison to the overwhelming benefits that we've reaped from widespread vaccination against infectious diseases. As for me and my house, we will choose to vaccinate, against the backdrop of history, which used to be littered with the corpses of unvaccinated children. Never again! Thanks for listening! John Ratmeyer, M.D., FAAP Acting Chief of Pediatrics Medical Consultant to the Child Protection Team Gallup Indian Medical Center June 2014

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he first test drive I ever did from Amigo Toyota was a 2011 Tundra double cab with the 5.7-liter V8 and the “Rock Warrior” package. A fair amount of time has passed since that initial test drive and the Tundra has received some updates. Because many of the updates to the Tundra were cosmetic and the same bones are still underneath, I’m going to use my earlier article on the 2011 Tundra and highlight the differences with this 2014 model test drive. For decades the full-size truck segment was made up of three truck manufacturers: GM, Ford and Dodge. If you worked in any type of business that required a pickup, one of these three is what you drove. In more recent years, Toyota and Nissan worked to get into the market. Toyota’s first foray into the full-size truck segment was the T-100. The problem was, it wasn’t a full-size truck, it was somewhere between a compact and a full-size. The T-100 moniker was eventually dropped and morphed into today’s Tundra nameplate. Over the years, Toyota has been steadily increasing the Tundra’s size and stature and, in 2007, created the basic Tundra you see here. The current Tundra is big, burley, powerful and capable. No doubt that this 2014 Tundra, even with its more refined looks, is every bit a star player in this segment. Functionally the biggest differences between the first Tundra I tested and

this one are the cab layout, engine choice and this model’s standard non-Rock Warrior suspension package. Cosmetically, the new Tundra benefits from updated styling inside and out. Most obviously the Tundra now sports a new front end with a larger, more “macho” grill and more refined headlights In the truck game it’s all about the numbers: power output, payload and towing capacity. For the maximum numbers, opt for the Tundra’s i-Force 5.7-liter V8, as it produces 381 hp and 401 lb-ft. of torque and allows the Tundra to hall over 1,500 lbs in the bed and tow just under 10,000 lbs! This 2014 model tester skipped the upgrade to the 5.7 and was equipped with Toyota’s slightly smaller i-Force 4.6-liter V8 making 310 hp/327 lb-ft of torque and attached to the same 6-speed auto as the larger 5.7. The reality is the 4.6-liter is all about price. A fine engine by all accounts, it is smooth and pulls the Tundra around just fine. In fact, I’d bet that if a customer never drove the 5.7-liter V8 they may never think they needed more. Realistically though, the 4.6 doesn’t gain you much in the way of fuel economy as its marginally better numbers are only 1 mpg higher than the 5.7 V8. In fact, the Tundra’s fuel economy is a bit behind its domestic competitors with either V8. At 14 city/18 highway/16 mpg combined, the less powerful 4.6-liter returns EPA fuel economy comparable with Ford’s largest 6.2-liter V8 and actually slightly less than GM’s 6.2 EPA rated at 14 city/20 hwy/17 mpg

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RESSIONS combined. Obviously you don’t buy a truck primarily to get good fuel economy, but it is worth noting. The 2011 Tundra I first tested used Toyota’s double cab, offering four fully opening doors into a pseudo extended cab design. While a great compromise between cabin space and bed length, the Crew Max tested here is just gigantic in comparison. In the crew cab wars, the Tundra is on the front lines. The space in the second row is down right excessive. With my driving position, I easily had over a foot and a half of knee room behind my driver’s seat. The advantage of the Crew Max over the double cab is its ability to also swallow cargo that is completely enclosed and locked, keeping power tools, PA equipment, bikes or camping gear secure in the cab with the bed completely open for everything else. The center console is huge and can hold a ton of junk. It also offers some handy organizing elements under the armrest where more things would simply get lost. There are little compartments all over the Tundra to hold things and, of course, seven cup holders for front seat occupants alone. The controls for the radio and climate control are Toyota’s typical function over form approach. They are large, simple, easy to read and in no way flashy. Upgraded over previous Tundras, the interior is now classier and no longer so utilitarian with sharp metal finishes and an excellent center screen. Perhaps in Toyota’s efforts to solidify their position in the segment as “full,” my short arms, however, were pretty much unable to reach the right side of the radio. Compared to the overkill of GMC’s newly revised Sierra, the Tundra offers only the basic connections needed for media management, and the system works well. The shortcomings of the Tundra reflect that of almost all full-size pickups today. The rearview mirror is almost useless. The rear window is narrow, and even if it were bigger, the height of the tailgate blocks a substantial amount of rearward visibility. Fortunately for backing up, the Tundra comes equipped with a rearview camera to help minimize the number of children’s toys and rear quarter panels that may fall victim to its mass. My “biggest” impression of the Tundra (pardon the pun) is its size. More so than its competition from the big three, the Tundra feels BIG in everyday use. Around town, the Tundra has an excellent turning radius, but nonetheless you feel that you need to plan ahead with your maneuvers . . . particularly in parking lots. The height of the Tundra makes getting into and out of it a chore. Toyota’s optional step boards or tube steps fitted to this test driver are a smart upgrade. Similarly, the deep bed makes for lots of cargo capacity, but also makes loading it a lot of work, particularly for someone of my stature, as I need to step on the tire to be able to reach the bed floor. (I’m not THAT short, but 5’ 8” is no giant either.) The last is price. Trucks today are not cheap and even this modest SR5 Tundra stickers for just under $40K at $39,306 as tested. With a base price of $34,875, skipping some options can save you enough cash for a good mountain bike, but some options are almost necessities. So if all of these trucks have become so capable, then what sets them apart? While truck drivers are fiercely loyal to their brands, there are substantive reasons to buy one truck over the other. The Toyota Tundra’s strength is that it is not a compromised truck compared to its domestic rivals, and is really good in so many areas. Ultimately, Toyota’s strong, decades-long reputation for quality and dependability, along with excellent resale value make the Tundra’s most compelling argument compared to its competition. The only thing left to do is test drive one. *A special thanks to Jim at Amigo for this test-drive. **To see more of the new 2014 Tundra and some of its features in and around Gallup, visit my YouTube channel: “Gallup Journey Test Drives”

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Life Hack Solving my Sleep Problems

t was 6 am and my phone was singing that all too familiar nauseating Verizon alarm tone . . . But I didn’t need it. I had been awake for hours . . . many hours. To be honest, I probably only slept 2 hours that night. This had become a pattern. Night after night after night. There’s only one thing for me to do at a time like this. It’s clearly time for my next hack! I’m a hacker, but not the kind of hacker that figures out how to get into Target’s network to steal credit card numbers. I’m a life hacker. I figure out other things . . . like making snowboards and bringing VWs back to life, and it was time to hack how to fix my sleep problems. “Hacker” may be a new label, but hacking has been around since the beginning of history. My favorite hacker was Thomas Edison. He invented many important gadgets, but the one that he is best known for is the light bulb. He had a hunch that he could create a bright light source that didn’t have an open flame, but he didn’t know how to do it. He tried thousands of different ways to make a light bulb before he finally made one that worked.

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error. The weird thing about hacking is that you may feel like you are making no progress for a long time, then all of a sudden you have a huge breakthrough. This makes me think about how Thomas Edison must have felt after trying thousands of ways to make the light bulb, thousands of failures, then miraculously one worked. It must have felt like it was sudden success . . . sudden success from out of the agony of thousands of failures. That’s how it felt after months of trying different foods, meditation, thought patterns, exercise, vitamins and even new age colored light contraptions . . . All to get a good night sleep. Then all of a sudden some of the things I tried worked. After a couple of years of not sleeping well, one night I slept through the night like a baby! Not only did I sleep through the night, but I could remember my dreams too. I felt like I had just invented the light bulb!

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First let’s look at my big failures: 1. I was taking vitamin B in the 2 Before bed mix 2 tablespoons evening. B vitamin helps our turn food into energy. More of melted grass-fed butter, with bodies Thomas Edison hacked the light energy at bedtime keeps us awake. a cup of grass-fed milk, and a bulb in the following way: 2. I wasn’t spending enough time 1. He had something that he outside in the sun. Without teaspoon of honey. wanted to do that there was no sunlight our bodies won’t produce clear road map for doing. vitamin D. Without vitamin D 2. He researched his idea. during the day our brain doesn’t 3. He tried different ways of doing his idea until he found one that know that it’s time to be awake. If our brain doesn’t know when it’s worked. time to be awake, it also won’t know when it’s time to be asleep. 3. Lastly, I wasn’t feeding my brain what it needed for fuel while I had hacked many other things in my life. Unfortunately every sleeping. Our brains run on fat (omega-3 fatty acids) and sugar. At hack came with trial and error and many failures . . . some costly, the time I was trying to gain muscle and loose fat so I was cutting some embarrassing, but most of my hacks eventually resulted in fat and sugar out of my diet. My brain wasn’t getting what it needed successes. to do its thing while I was sleeping. At this point I had a strong passion about fixing my sleep patterns. It had gotten real bad. I only slept 2 to 4 hours a night most of the time. I didn’t even remember dreaming anymore. It was affecting my performance in all areas of my life. Even though I was driven to fix my sleep patterns, it took a long time to figure out what the issues were. There was a lot of trial and

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sunlight so you don’t need to take any vitamin D, but it’s unlikely given that most of us work or go to school inside, under florescent lights all day. Don’t take multi-vitamins, vitamin D or vitamin B in the evening. Here’s where it gets a little unorthodox. I heat up 2 tablespoons of butter from grass-fed cows with half a cup of milk, also from grass-fed cows, and a heaping spoonful of raw local honey right before bed. You’ll want to mix it between every drink because it separates. Grass-fed butter (unlike conventional butter) is high in omega-3 fatty acids, which our brains use while we are asleep. Grass-fed milk can be bought in town at the La Montañita Co-op, but grass-fed butter, I am forced to buy in Albuquerque . . . at Costco of all places.

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Reflections Christianity in a Pluralistic Society He simply drops in on the scene unannounced with no beginning and no ending and no explanation.

n almost every class I have taught over the years, Fridays has been open discussion day. Kids can ask whatever questions they want related to the class subject, which, for the most part, has been theology. There are good reasons for this; students have questions and there is some pretty descent research that talks about how faith develops during the high school years, but that is for another time. It always amazes me that the same questions come up year after year. One question that inevitably comes up concerns the extent of salvation: Can only those who are Christian be saved? What if someone never even heard about Jesus, are they automatically condemned to eternal damnation? On this particular Friday, a young Native American student (we will call her R) articulated the question, which really turned out more to be her story. She had been asking this question of herself as well as her teachers ever since her grandma had died. And she did not like the answers, the most recent being, your grandma is in hell! It was that lack of sensitivity that drove this particular open question Friday. Here is her story: Most of R’s life, she had been raised and nurtured by her grandmother. Her grandma practiced her traditional religion. Among other things, R learned there was a God and how to pray to that God. Although her grandma was deeply spiritual in her traditional religion, she was also very open to other religious traditions and made it possible for her granddaughter to attend a Christian school. In the Christian school, R learned about Jesus, the Bible and Christianity. This proved to be rather confusing. She grew up in two different religions, both which she respected deeply and both which were represented and taught to her by people she deeply respected and loved. Yet, both seemed to be mutually exclusive. By the time this young lady found herself in my

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class, she had committed to Jesus and converted to Christianity, giving up her traditional beliefs. The question on this particular Friday was presented something like this: “Where is my grandmother? She died never making a commitment to Jesus Christ. She was a huge spiritual influence in my life and a spiritual force in my whole family. Although she seldom went to church, every morning she would get up and pray, sprinkling corn pollen towards the east and praying to the Creator asking for his blessing on the day. She taught me to respect creation as a gift from the Creator and taught me to respect and live my life in the presence of God. Where is she right now? Is she in hell because she never accepted Jesus?” The customary answer to this question is quite simple: Jesus Christ is the only way to God and one must have faith in Him in order to receive Salvation. This present lifetime is the period in which a person has to come to faith in Jesus Christ and if they have not done that, they will suffer for all eternity in hell. Sometimes that answer sits kind of harsh and my students are not afraid to question it. “Really, did God create all these people without any means for them to obtain eternal life? Did He literally make most people in the world simply to suffer eternity in hell with no means of escape? Is He so limited that He cannot find a way to offer them salvation as well? Are only a select few, fortunate enough to be born in a Christian environment, able to be saved?” These are difficult questions, not the least because they tend to challenge how we have understood the Bible traditionally and the passages that support this. However, there are other passages and perspectives. June 2014

In the early part of the book of Genesis, Abram and his nephew Lot had separated in order to provide adequate space for each of their extended families in the land we now know as Israel and Palestine. Upon settling in, several city kings from the north invaded the area and took Lot and his family captive along with a number of neighboring city kings, clans and their possessions. When Abram By Don Tamminga hears about this invasion and the subsequent capture of Lot, he gathers from his family and servants all the fighting men and travels north to engage these invaders and rescue Lot and his family. Abram is ultimately successful and returns not only with Lot, but with all the others that were captured as well. Upon their return, Abram is greeted and blessed by a man named Melchizedek, who is introduced as the king of Salem (probably short for Jerusalem) and, shockingly, as a priest of the Most High God. The phrase “Most High God” is the exact phrase used to describe Abram’s God, the God of the Bible. Then Melchizedek blesses Abram and Abram gives him a tenth of all the plunder, clearly demonstrating Melchizedek’s superiority and authority in the region. This raises a very interesting question: How did Melchizedek become a priest of the Most High God? Melchizedek was not a part of the up and coming Jewish race, but was one of the original inhabitants of this land. He was not a part of what we would call God’s elect people, the Jews, from which comes God’s provision for salvation, his Son Jesus Christ. Yet, Melchizedek was a priest of the God of the Bible. What does this imply concerning what God was doing among the nations other than Israel? How many other Melchizedeks were there out there? How and what did God reveal of Himself and were they also recipients of salvation? We are not told. He simply drops in on the scene unannounced with no beginning and no ending and no explanation. There is a bit of a shocker to all this, as well, in the book of Hebrews in the New Testament. The author of Hebrews says that Jesus is a priest not after the order of Aaron and the Levites (Jewish lineage), but after the order of Melchizedek. Why would the author say that? What does that mean and what are the implications concerning the work of Jesus Christ and his sacrifice? This story of Melchizedek opens up a whole realm of possibilities concerning what God was and is doing among the nations and how God’s work of salvation might be applied to them. Later on in the Old Testament, we are introduced to a man named Naaman, the commander of the armies of Aram (Syria). Naaman has a problem; he has leprosy. A Jewish slave girl in his household suggests to Naaman that there may be a prophet in Israel who can heal him. Naaman travels to Israel and through a series of events is eventually healed of his disease. Recognizing that the God of Israel who healed him is the true God, now Naaman has a different problem; his position as commander requires him to enter the temple of Aram’s god Rimmon and bow before that god with the King at his side holding his arm for support. Naaman asks the prophet for forgiveness for this act that he will do repeatedly and the prophet tells him to “go in peace.” If God can look into the heart of this man and see that he is actually worshipping Him and not the idol in front of him, what does that imply for other situations like this? There is a paradigm which helps me organize my thoughts concerning this issue. I do not know where this paradigm originated, but I discovered it in Alvin Plantinga’s book on a philosophy of religion. The paradigm focuses on the question of salvation and religious pluralism. Think of this paradigm as a continuum like this:

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Exclusive holds that Christianity is the one true religion and that God has fully revealed himself through it and through his son Jesus Christ. It holds that all other religions and traditions do not contain a path towards salvation, but that salvation can only be obtained through a commitment to Jesus Christ and his church. Inclusive holds that God has bound salvation to His son Jesus, the same as exclusive, but it recognizes that God may still be working and active in other religions, calling people to himself. Ultimately, those who are pointed towards the true God even though they are a part of another religious tradition, will find their salvation in Jesus. This view allows for God’s saving work through Jesus to be applied differently to those who have never had the opportunity to hear or respond to that Gospel. The other two positions are pluralism and universalism. Pluralism holds that all religious paths are equal and all lead to the same God and are equally good and effective. One simply needs to be pointed towards God in whatever religious system and will be rewarded with salvation. Universalism holds that God is good and desires that all would be saved and He is big enough to find a way to make that happen. Eventually everyone will experience eternal life and God has his ways of making this happen, which we may not be aware of. Ultimately, salvation is a mystery. What has been presented in these articles is considered a thoroughly Biblical approach, albeit not the traditional approach, to religious pluralism and salvation. May we not limit how God chooses to work out that salvation by the limitations of our understanding. As C.S. Lewis would say, “God is not a tame lion.”

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the illness, replacing them with fresh, live, organic foods, and simply consuming a minimum of 64 ounces of fresh, clean water daily can help dislodge the sludge and revitalize the colon, resulting in a strengthening of the colon’s mucosal cells, muscle cells and peristalsis. Is It True?

Claims have been made that: • 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. • Even mild dehydration can slow down your metabolism as much as 3%. • The body’s thirst mechanism, due to the consumption of sodas and other sugary drinks, has become so weakened that it is often mistaken for hunger, which leads to obesity when acted upon with junk foods. • Lack of water can bring on allergies and asthma – signals that there is a water shortage in the body. • Number one trigger of daytime fatigue? Lack of water. • 100% of the dieters in a University of Washington study had their midnight hunger pangs shut down by drinking 8 ounces of water. • 80% of back and joint pain sufferers in a research study reported significant reduction in pain with the consumption of 8-10 glasses of water daily. • Dehydration brings on short-term memory fuzziness, difficulty with basic math and trouble focusing on a printed page or a computer screen. • Many cancer risks are decreased with the increase in water consumption. Water is necessary to flush toxins out of the body, and when enough water isn’t supplied, the cells retain what is available, which might hold in the toxins. • A migraine headache can be alleviated almost immediately if you suck down 20 ounces of water at the onset. Adding lemon will provide even more relief. Rehydrating a Dehydrated Body

If it is true that 75% of us are dehydrated today, and it simply takes drinking water to take care of the problem, why can’t we all just drink 8 glasses of water and be immediately rehydrated? Hmmm, if you think about what happens to a desiccated desert arroyo when there’s a heavy storm, what do you get? Yeah, flash flood. The water isn’t able to penetrate the long-parched surface immediately any more easily than our cells can absorb water that way. Our result? Same as the desert’s flash flood – rush to the nearest bathroom and pee . . . again . . . and again . . . and again. Rehydration of cells takes place slowly. So what do you do if you really want to rehydrate? Don’t gripe, just start drinking. A little bit at a time. The first week might be a bit difficult. You might forget to drink since your body isn’t used to being thirsty. Your cells aren’t used to so much water. You’ll have to pee a lot. Don’t stop, though; keep drinking as much as you can, as often as you can, every day. At first, you might feel bloated because your cells are resisting the water. Keep this up for at least two weeks, and something surprising will happen. Even though you might be drinking more water than you’ve ever consumed before, you just may feel thirsty and experience dry mouth. Why? This phenomenon confirms that your body has been profoundly dehydrated for years. Now that the body is sensing that there is a continued water supply available, your water conservation systems can start relaxing as your cells begin absorbing the water they’ve been denied for so long. And the healing can begin. As long as you keep drinking your water. But I Hate Plain Water!

You’re not alone. Many people dislike the taste of plain water. And if it’s tap water, not only can it taste lousy, but it can also be dangerous today with everything from fluoride to dangerous chemicals and drugs, to toxic disinfection by-products and heavy metals to parasites. A good water filter today is often more of a necessity than a luxury. A water filtering system can also make the water refreshingly tasty while removing harmful pathogens in the process. And it is far more costeffective than buying bottled water. Attention Parents: Help Keep Your Kids Healthy – Avoid Sodas & Make the Water Appealing

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Contact Lorretta Smith at 505.726.9692 or lsmith@rcsnm.org what will help you to consume the most water per day: • Add a slice of organic cucumber with the squeeze of a lemon and you’ve got a delicious and wonderfully refreshing, hydrating drink. • Drop some fresh blueberries and a small chunk of ginger root into your water for a refreshing kick with a bit of sweetness. • Ginger root with a dash of lemon – yum. • My favorite version of water is a lemonade of sorts – made with fresh organic lemons, just enough maple syrup for sweetness and a pinch of cayenne pepper. The synergistic action of the cayenne pepper helps the water penetrate the cells and assists the body in flushing out toxins. It’s also referred to as the ‘master cleanse’ drink. Not All Water is the Same Water has different pH values, depending on its source. The best water for our consumption is alkaline water, to combat the processed acidic food and drink that we consume. Adding a few drops of raw coconut vinegar or apple cider vinegar can help alkalize your water – tastes good, too. Something important to consider when you feel like a glass of iced water is to hold off on the ice. In his book Silent Clots, James Privatera, M.D. claims that adding ice to your water can cause the blood cells to clot, leading to stroke or other clotting disorders. Best to cool the water with ice if necessary, then remove it before consuming. Room temperature water or even warm water penetrates the cells more easily and safely and assists in the hydration process. I Have a Choice Like Lackawater said, sodas dehydrate; water hydrates. If presented with a choice between a soda and toilet water, my hope is that the toilet bowl is clean.

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John Gordon Leekity the most famous unknown zuni

John Leekity at Gallup Ceremonial with two Zuni Butterfly Dancers.

It is impossible that Wallace did not know the man’s real name.

orty years ago the aging trader and entrepreneur C. G. Wallace, based at the De Anza motel in Albuquerque, NM, decided to part with most of his beloved collection of Zuni jewelry. Half of it was given to the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona; the rest was sold at auction by Sotheby, Parke-Bernet. The catalog from that sale has become the standard reference for Zuni silver and lapidary art. For many years it was taken as gospel but more and more questions about names and dates have come up over the years as collectors and dealers become better informed. Sadly, once information is printed it seems to be graven in stone. It has been known for some time that the artist called John Gordon Leak by Wallace was probably John Leekity. All the same, people are reluctant to change anything. Deborah Slaney has long been associated with Wallace’s collection and wrote a book for the Heard Museum called Blue Gem, White Metal (1998) in which she says, “Very little is known about John Gordon Leak, except that his mosaic work is superb.” She is right on both counts. A new book on Zuni jewelry published this spring quotes Slaney’s assertion that Leak was unknown. There is a simple explanation for the lack of information about Mr. Leak – he never existed. There has never been anyone on the Zuni tribal rolls named Leak. John Leekity, on the other hand, was one of the best known Zunis of all time. His greatest moment of triumph came nearly a hundred years ago when he was one of three Zunis chosen for the American Olympic team. I have written about this elsewhere.

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In the 1920s Leekity and his brother-in-law Andrew Chimoni made national news on several occasions. Chimoni is known for a one-hundred-mile race against a man on a horse in Pecos, Texas. I have recently learned from old newspapers that John ran the same race the following day. For several years these Zunis were known as the fastest men alive in the field of distance running. Leekity never stopped running well into old age. By the thirties Leekity’s exploits on the road and race track had pretty much ended, but he became famous in the Gallup area for his participation in Zuni social dance groups. He was a regular performer at Gallup Ceremonial, again well into advanced years, often posing with pretty girls. It is impossible that Wallace did not know the man’s real name. His jewelry was limited to lapidary work and he had a fairly small repertoire of designs. He did striking colored inlay in a background of black jet – often simple dragonflies, knifewings and stumpy arrows. There are fewer arrows around today because his family says he was the only one doing them, unlike his other designs, which Wallace hired a number of artists to copy. In Zuni he is remembered for his signet rings, which have all been laid to rest over the years with their owners. These were simply letters inlayed into his signature black background. They are rarely seen today. In the years since I first researched the life and exploits of John Gordon Leekity, whose Zuni name was Small Corn, I have discovered another interesting fact. He had three sons – William, Joe, and Dick – who did a little jewelry themselves, but their children would have made John proud. William, who worked for many years for Vander Wagens at the Halona store, had quite a number of children and most of them were superb June 2014

inlayers and some of them are still active West by today. Southwest Since quite a few By Ernie Bulow were daughters they are known by other Author photo by Erin Bulow famous names, like Ann Sheyka. With her husband, Porfilio, Ann became a blazing star, creating many famous designs of birds and animals. My personal favorite is a pouncing owl with outspread wings. Ann made pieces on her own as well as working with her husband. William’s daughter Dinah did inlay for Joe Tanner before she married Peter Gasper and they became famous for their fetish work. Dinah is more associated with the Teddy Weahkee side of her family. Curtis Leekity was once married to Corinne Lesanse and they did fabulous inlay work with a variety of animals and birds. She is still active producing jewelry today with her husband Bobby Shack. Several family members carried on the popular horses created by their mother, Nora Sandy. Nora was also known for her placid Hereford bull heads. Winnie continued to work with her mother for years and carried on her mother’s style of inlay. Son Edward also took the horse design and it was made even more popular by the work of his wife Carlene. Edward and Carlene made a variety of animals and birds but Edward wasn’t content with repeating a single hummingbird – he ended up making a whole flock of different designs. Ella Gia, married to a son of Steven Gia, one of the early smiths, was also famous for her hummingbirds, crafting them into the so-called squash blossom necklace. Her children and grandchildren carry on the family tradition. Evangeline – Eva Etsate, the youngest of the children, also makes a distinctive hummingbird figure. Bernice Leekity, also known as Bernice Wyaco, has created a whole menagerie of creatures in outstanding inlay. These large, detailed works of art are often in the form of bolo ties and her best known pieces are grizzly bears and mountain lions. Her work is truly superb. Paul Leekity, with his wife Nancy Shetima, is being discovered for some masterful cluster work finished with the virtuosity of the Weebothees and other masters. He told me that he started life with his maternal grandparents at the village of Tekapo, west of Zuni proper. Early in the last century a dam was built on the Zuni River (which still had water in it at the time) and a small farming/ranching area was created. In time, Paul switched from sheep, which need a lot of tending, to cattle, which he still runs today. He learned silversmithing and his bread and butter work were the well-known knifewing, rainbow man and thunderbird pieces. After some coaxing he showed me some pieces made for consumption in the village, not for sale outside. Like many Zunis he was a master of casting and incorporated it into his work. For his personal ceremonial wear he crafted the popular giant nugget style work. Unlike many, he never resorted to block or inferior turquoise. His best pieces featured high grade Kingman and Kingman nuggets with the metallic matrix. The massive necklace shown here is what he called his “medium size” as he created both larger and smaller versions. The bow guard has six cast elements for decoration. Paul deserves a much greater reputation. Leekity sons Joe and Dick also had talented offspring and one of the best known is Joe’s son Olson. Olson and his wife are known for their charming silver figures that don’t represent anything specific but are like katsinas. Dick’s daughter Margaret was a jeweler for years. It is time that the “unknown” Zuni lapidary, John Leekity, comes out of the dark and gets credit for his role in the great Zuni jewelry tradition. June 2014

Top Left: Zuni Ceremonial Squash Blossom by Paul Leekity. Top Right: Bernice Leekity grizzly bear. Above Left: Curtis and Corinne Leekity used the natural coloration of the shell to create this striking horse bolo. Above: Nora Leekity was famous for this horse bolo. Left: Cast Bow Guard by Paul Leekity featuring high grade Kingman turquoise. Below: Classic John Leekity inlay.

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RODEO SCHEDULE 6/1 Get Tough Bull Riding Assoc. School-Out Bull Bash Ganado, AZ Arviso James Arena Info: 928-206-5900 or 928-797-8901 6/1 Buck for a Cure Rabbit Brush, NM Info: Jay C. Henio 928-309-0093 or Johnyatt Begay 928-434-1015 6/7 Willies Cattle Co. Junior Rodeo Crownpoint Fairgrounds Crownpoint, NM Info: Alfreda (505) 713-0255 or abates208@ yahoo.com 6/8 Summer Break Gymkhana Sanders Rodeo Grounds Info: Ben Chapo 505-713-4713 or Evin Scott 928-853-6231 6/19-21 66th Annual Lions Club Rodeo Gallup, NM Red Rock Park Info: Bobbie Clawson 505-870-6407 6/29 Long’s Bull Fest Tsa-Ya-Toh, NM Long’s Arena Info: Peterson Long 505-728-4927 or Jason Long Sr. 505-488-8991

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7/1-5 Grants Wild West Days Rodeos Grants, NM Grants Rodeo Grounds Info: grantsrodeo.com 7/2-6 Navajo Nation 28th Annual Fourth of July Youth Celebration and PRCA ProRodeo Window Rock, AZ Navajo Nation Fairgrounds Info: navajonationfair.com 7/5 Circle Y Bull Riding Challenge Rough Rock Community Arena Info: (928) 255-9777 7/11-12 Wild Thing Championship Bull Riding Gallup, NM Red Rock Park Info: 505-722-3839 7/12 Kinlicheenie’s Bull Riding Challenge Ganado, AZ Ralph Johnson Memorial Arena Info: Korwin Kinlicheenie 928-797-9605 7/20 2014 Arviso James Youth/Open Bull Riding Extraordinary Ganado, AZ Arviso James Bull Riding Area Info: 928-309-0124/9737

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Democrat District 9

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he Ramah Mormon Pioneer Trails are now open. A dedication ceremony for the 5+ mile trail system is set for June 7 at 12 pm. The trails are primarily for hiking as they are narrow singletrack with some rock steps and switchbacks that allow hikers to access the fantastic views from 35째9'0"N the top of the mesa north of Ramah Lake. A new trailhead with updated restrooms and spacious parking has been constructed, as well. The Ramah Mormon Trails can be accessed by driving to Ramah on Route 53. Follow signs to Ramah Lake, which is just north of the town. These trails will make a great side trip for those who are en route to El Morro or El Malpais National parks.

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Getting There: Ramah/Timberlake District From Gallup: Take Hwy 602 South , turn left on Hwy 53, turn left on Bloomfield, Merge right towards trail. From Grants: Take exit 80, turn left on Hwy 53, turn right on Bloomfield, Merge right towards trail.

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Saturday, June 14 • 7pm - 9pm “A World of Art”

Come to Downtown Gallup for a night of art, dance, film, music, and food. Details about live performances, artists and exhibits can be found in G-Town section, p. 57.

PARTICIPATING VENUES UNM-Gallup Featuring artists Norman Franklin silversmithing, woodburning and Aaron Yazzie - painting and ceramics.

Tribal Souk and Feshiegirl (steampunk & belly-dance clothing) plus a henna artist will be on hand (no pun intended, ha!). Catered by Aladdin Express.

Bill Malone Trading Co. 235 W. Coal Ave. Traditional Native American art including jewelry, rugs, and more!

The Shallow Gallery – 205 W. Coal Ave. ‘On Pointe’ photography by Michelle Sanchez.

The Coffee House – 203 W. Coal Ave. Featuring new art work and showcasing our cold summertime smoothies, blended coffees, and a sweet surprise! Come by ArtsCrawl for the buzz ;)

American Bar – 221 W. Coal Ave. Come hang out at a classic local establishment, in business since 1938.

Youth Art Display 305 S. Second Street ‘Mural Designs and Drawings’ by Makayla Gamble. Crashing Thunder Studio 228 W. Coal Ave. ‘Milan: 30 Years in Gallup’ Industry Gallery – 226 W. Coal Ave. ‘Up-cycled: Lamps & Lighting’ – Industry Gallery hosts a group exhibit featuring recycled laundry bottles transformed into unique lamps and industrial lighting. ART123 – 123 W. Coal Ave. ‘A Second Life’ – Installation by Karl Hoffman. Makeshift Gallery – 213 W. Coal Ave. Makeshift Gallery will be open with a new look. We moved some things around, come on in and check it out! The Open Studio/Outsider Gallery 123 W. Coal Ave. Featuring our group show of contemporary fine arts and crafts. Unique, one-of-a-kind & handmade works of art created by our various artists! A project of Disability Services Inc. “working to create an inclusive community.” Foundations of Freedom Performing Arts Dance Studio – 230 W. Coal Ave. Join us for our ArtsCrawl Hafla (party) at FoF Studio for more dancing, performances featuring our teachers and guests, eating, socializing, and shopping with our vendors:

Creative Native Graphics 227 W. Coal Ave. Newly moved into downtown! Come in, say hi, and check out our stuff! Eagle Café – 220 W. Historic Highway 66 The Eagle Café Art Gallery presents a new collection of art, including artist Jean Pinto. Come enjoy art, music, and food in our halcyon atmosphere. Come get your kicks (and refreshments) on Route 66! Windsong Studio – 223 W. Coal Ave. Come by downtown Gallup’s photography studio and book one of our Summer Family Specials! Camille’s Sidewalk Café 306 S. Second St. Enjoy the nightly Indian Dances with a cool summer smoothie or a scrumptious piece of cheesecake, or any one of our other incredible desserts, specialty coffees, and entrees. Located right next to the courthouse. 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! Angela’s Café - 201 E. Highway 66 Great coffee, food, drinks, and live entertainment! There’s always good company and a wonderful atmosphere!

La Montañita Co-op – 105 E. Coal Ave. Come sample our variety of organic foods, sold here in our organic grocery store! Coal Street Pub – 303 W. Coal Ave. Live music and featured artists. Satisfy your hunger with the Crab Boil dinner special! Sammy C’s – 107 W. Coal Ave. Join us for beer and brats! We will be serving beer in the fenced area in front of Sammy C’s. Featuring jewelry by Native American jeweler Wilbur Manning. Shi’Ma Traders & Pawn 216 W. Coal Ave. Specializing in Native American & gold jewelry repairs. Hosting “Women of the Navajo” Photo Display, “MHS Baseball and Softball Players” and more. Radical Rayz We’re a small, local accessories store proudly participating in ArtsCrawl! We look forward to being more involved with the community and getting to know all our customers as our business grows. We thank you in advance for your patronage and hope to see you all at the monthly ArtsCrawl! Expressive Arts Studio 120 S. Second St. Come by Expressive Arts Studio during ArtsCrawl and join our “Art Parade”!

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Gallup’s Project Heart Start This program teaches New Mexicans over the ages of 12 how to perform hands-on only CPR and how to respond during a cardiac emergency.

June 7, 2014 JFK Middle School Gym 9am, 10am and 11am Learn new CPR and save a life – It’s easy and free

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hy would anyone want to ride their bike from California to Maryland in seven days with only 6 hours of rest each day? Better question yet: why would such a person spend 4 weeks training for such a race in Gallup? Gerhard Gulewicz has raced across America eight times. He is 47, from Austria, and apparently has connections here. Local Gallupian Alex Bischoff grew up in the same town as Gerhard and has offered him hospitality so that Gerhard can train at our altitude (6500 ft) as well as adapt his lungs to dry air. Gerhard has placed 2nd twice and 3rd twice in his racing across our country. Last year he did not finish the race because his lungs developed bronchitis from riding through the desert locations. This year, naturally, he hopes to win. By putting in extra miles at altitude, it will help him create more

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red blood cells to carry more oxygen, and hopefully a month of dry air will help him overcome trials he faced last year. This race will cost Gerhard $70,000 to race. He has a nine-member crew that cooks, drives, fixes, and massages for him during the race. The prize money for fist place? $0. Zero. Which brings us back to the first question . . . why do it? “I do it because I want to see the highest level I can perform and simply get better,” says Gerhard. No stranger to working hard, he used to be a body builder in the late ’80s and eventually opened several fitness centers in Austria. In fact Alex Bischoff used to be a member at one of his clubs. At 240 lbs, Gerhard was ripped, but a shoulder injury caused him to give up his body building. Then a few buddies bet him that he couldn’t do a 60-mile mountain bike race. All he had to do was finish within 8 hours 5 minutes (winning time was 4 hours). He suffered through it and finished in 8 hours 3 minutes.

From there his cycling career was born. He eventually became the 24-hour National Champion in Europe and lost 90 lbs in the process, slimming down to a mere 150 lbs. He then won the 24-hour World Championship in Switzerland in 2006, racing against Tinker Juarez who consequently won the 24-hour National Championship right here in Gallup last year. When asked how Gallup is treating him, Gerhard says “I love the people here, but the hard winds can be very difficult.”

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This race will cost Gerhard $70,000 to race. He has a nine-member crew that cooks, drives, fixes, and massages for him during the race. The prize money for fist place? $0. Zero.

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• Race Across America (RAAM) is one of the most respected and longest running endurance sports events in the world. RAAM is seen as a pinnacle of athletic achievement, not only in cycling circles but the greater sporting community as well. • RAAM has a rich and storied history. In 1982 four individuals raced from the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles to the Empire State Building in New York City. Covered by national television, the race captivated the public’s imagination. Teams were added in 1992 and quickly became the most popular and fastest growing segment of the race. Relay team racing made the event accessible to any reasonably fit cyclist. The 2014 race will be the 33rd edition of RAAM. • There is no other race in the world like RAAM. The Race inspires everyone who has been a part of it - racer, crew, staff and fans alike. RAAM is the true test of speed, endurance, strength and camaraderie, the ideal combination of work and fun! There is no race that matches the distance, terrain and weather, no other event that tests a team’s spirit from beginning to end.

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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.

Memories of Gallup

By Bob Rosebrough

N o b o d y ga v e t h e m n o t h i ng

An interview with Brent Dietzman and Frank Nuanez, Part 1 of 2

rent Dietzman comes in with a treasure trove of historic Gallup photos. He and his good friend, Frank Nuanez, begin by talking about their parents and grandparents. A five-year-old running a steam engine. Brent’s greatgrandfather on his mother’s side came to Gallup in the late 1800s with the cavalry at Fort Wingate. His grandfather on his dad’s side “worked in the forest over around Flagstaff driving a steam engine like they did here in the twenties up at McGaffey. That’s where he got his experience running a steam engine before he moved to Gallup to work on the railroad.” When Brent was four or five years old, “my dad used to take me down in the railroad yard. They had a place where the switch engines stayed when they weren’t using them. My dad put me up on the engine with my granddad and I’d get to run the engine.” Frank laughs at the idea of a five-year-old running a switch engine. Brent says, “My granddad would say, ‘Let’s go,’ and I’d push the throttle for him. He said, ‘Okay stop,’ and I’d pull the throttle back and slide the wheels. And he said, ‘Now look what you did,’ and he’d take off again and the wheels would go thump, thump, thump because they were flat. “And then my granddad and dad opened up the fire box. There is a fire inside those steam engines. I can remember that like it was yesterday. I thought it was cool. I wasn’t scared, but I probably should have been.” Building an adobe home three blocks at a time. Frank’s grandfather worked in the coalmines until he was about 40, when a handbrake wouldn’t tighten enough to prevent two underground coal cars from

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colliding. “He fell off and hurt both of his knees. He was in pretty bad shape there for a couple of months. My grandparents were struggling because there was no money. There was nothing coming in. So he went to work as a shoe shine boy at a barbershop where Richardson’s Trading Post used to be on 66. The Sears store was in the same building.” Frank’s grandparents and parents settled on Wilson Street on the North Side, a block and a half east of Saint Francis Church. He says, “My grandfather bought this house and it was a pretty nice house. When my dad got married, he said, ‘Well, just build your house back here in the back.’ I remember when I was about five or six making the adobe. Dad would bring in the bales of hay and then he would cut the dirt away from the hill where he was going to build the house. We’d mix the straw with the dirt and then dad made six-by-six square platforms. That’s what my mother and I did during the daytime while dad would go to work at Bubany’s Lumber Company. “It was amazing. My mother would go out and we’d make the blocks and then dad would let them dry. Then early in the morning he’d get up and set maybe two or three and then mom and I would make some more. That’s the way it went until he finally got the house up.” “No building inspectors?” asks Brent as he smiles. Frank laughs and says, “No building inspectors. The funny part is that I used to tease everybody by saying, ‘We were so darn poor, we didn’t even have an alley.’ The street that runs behind the house my dad built is right where Black Diamond Canyon starts. The back yard goes straight up into Sky City.” “The house is moving and my Mom’s still cooking.” June 2014

Eventually, Frank’s grandparents decided to sell the house on Wilson and move to “Terrace, which was a nicer house. Eddie Munoz was his next-door neighbor to the east. My dad didn’t know where to go so he bought a house in Gamerco and moved it into town.” “It was unbelievable. They pulled the house in and they set it up. It hadn’t been put onto a foundation yet ’cause Dad was supposed to build all that underneath it. And then the neighbor next door came up and said, ‘You know what? That house is too close to my property line’ even though his lot was empty. They got the City into it and the City told my dad, ‘Well you’re going to have to move your house.’ “The house had already been set and we were living in it. We didn’t have plumbing, but we did have a little bit of electricity and we had a coal stove. And my mom was emphatic about cooking my dad something to eat at noon every time. She had to have a meal for him. “Well that’s about the time the guy came over to move the house. I was probably ten, maybe twelve. And they stick in these pipes underneath the house and my mom’s inside and she’s going crazy.” Frank laughs. “I said, ‘Mom, you’re not going to be able to cook for dad.’ She said, ‘Yes I am. We’re cooking for dad.’ Well the moving guy has pipes underneath the house. He’s got these cables pulling the house. I’ve got the fire started in the stove. My mom’s in there while they’re pulling the house and it’s jerking and it’s moving. My mom’s hollering at me to grab a hold of the pots and pans, the beans and the chili. My sister Gloria got a hold of the other pan. It was like, ‘Oh my God! The house is moving and my mom is still cooking! Amazing!’ To this day my sister and I joke about that constantly.” North Siders and South Siders mixing: “It wasn’t like there was ever any hassle.” Brent and Frank start talking about where they went to school. Brent says, “The primary school I went to burned down. I went to first grade at El Rancho School, which was there where the special ed. teachers are behind the supermarket. Then when my folks got their house built up on Mesa and Country Club, I went to First Ward. That’s up there where Roosevelt is now. I think it burned down too or they tore it down. And then I went down to Central School, which is where the federal building is. And that’s where the North Side and the South Side kids met – when we went to school at Central. That’s how we got acquainted with each other. When we were in grade school, there was the South Side and the North Side.” Thinking back to the age when the North Siders and South Siders met at the same school Brent says, “Oh, it was great.” “Very great,” says Frank emphatically. Brent says, “We all got along. When we had our 50th class reunion; somebody come up from the paper. She went around asking, ‘What do you remember about high school?’ She said about 75% of the kids said, ‘We all got along.’” Frank agrees, “It was always like that. It wasn’t like there was ever any hassle. It wasn’t a big issue like it is now.”

75% of the kids said, ‘We all got along.’

Top: A bicycle and sewing machine shop just west of the Rex Museum run by Brent’s great-grandfather, Emil Willmunder. Above: Brent’s grandfather, August Dietzman, is the second man from the right. His father, Fred Dietzman, is the young boy. Below: Gallup Depot and Harvey House before they were rebuilt.

COMING IN JULY: The McGaffey Power Plant and Sawmill, McGaffey Settlers, El Barkos and George Bubany’s Chrysler: “It wasn’t going to stop.” June 2014

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A note to the citizens of Gallup and McKinley County Because of my past association and the kindness of so many individuals in the Gallup community during our exploration within the initial phase of the Gamerco project, it is with some reservation that I choose to speak out on certain recent events. While there are discrepancies in the recent reports related to the origin of the team that came together initially to purchase the Gamerco land, the subject of the Gamerco project should not in any way dilute the importance of the impending race within the Democratic primary of the New Mexico House of Representatives seat for District 9. I have agreed to an interview on the historical, and I believe factual, events that occurred during that important two-year period, but that will be for a later time. My note to you today speaks to the specific remarks recorded and published by Mr. Robert Roche as it relates to Mr. Olin Clawson’s absence of initial contribution to this project. Sadly there has been silence on this matter by those present during that period, except for Mr. Frank Mraz. Mr. Clawson was indeed a great deal more than loosening the top of the jar, as stated by Mr. Roche. It was Olin Clawson, along with our support in April of 2012, that gained entrance into the potential of this valuable land and its interwoven history with the city of Gallup. There was not only great dedication and persistence in guidance for this project, but an immeasurable amount of time and effort, as well as financial support, put into the exploration of the development through what would later become the Gallup Land Partners. Olin was a member of a team that met with the Navajo Nation and reviewed working together, obtained a feasibility study of a major investment by DASCO for Landview to bring a Nitrogen plant to the Gamerco site, had a long-term negotiation with BPZ Resources in consideration of the development of an on-site power plant, had valuable discussion with Frank Mraz to gain an understanding of the present Howard Hughes Corporation Mall property, obtained evaluation by MKR Enterprises for potential of the land’s natural resources [coal, wind, minerals], all while continuing our due diligence and encouragement of the Gamerco committee of our interest in our groups working together. All of his contributions were made without compensation and, it is my belief that, there were no political aspirations at this early date. Mr. Clawson coordinated many groups that were hosted at our home and at Spring Creek Ranch in Memphis to promote synergy between these groups from the Gallup community and the Gamerco project. Please know that this initial effort took place over a full year of work and pursuit of Gamerco before the entrance of others. Later many individuals brought value to this process. In April 2013, Representative Lundstrom introduced Ms. Latonya Finch of Burlington Norther Santa Fe [BNSF] in an excellent presentation on the potential development in support of the rail spur as the anchor for the future industrial park at the time we met with the members of the Greater Gallup Economic Development Corporation [GGEDC]. Subsequent correspondence was written to our family in appreciation and that “with GGEDC, please know that you have a true partner.”

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Olin Clawson may not have been part of Mr. Roche’s decision process but Mr. Roche would not have had a decision to make were it not for the persistence and subsequent financial support that this small group made during this initial period. At odds with Mr. Roche’s published statement, our family [nor the Brock family] never, and to this day has not, backed out of the deal. We worked with Robert and supported him on his first desired entrance and final entrance into the Gamerco project. His unyielding financial commitment and the reported 50,000 potential jobs to your community is in itself an amazing accomplishment. We felt and do feel that he is an exceptional self-made individual of elite business qualifications and success, and he has approached difficult projects [like Gamerco] as a challenge with marked conceptual skills. As late as January 2013, on our completion of the negotiated withdrawal of Mr. Finucan and Mr. King, we received a call from Mr. Roche following his renewed interest in participation. Later that month we delivered to his group, based on multiple and vital trips and sometimes extended meetings by our representative, Mr. Don Campbell, a Gamerco Purchase Agreement, a completed financing proposal by Gamerco, a completion of all title issues dating to sovereignty, and our paid invoices for both the title search and legal services to Butler Snow [exceeding $1,000,000]. Subsequently, we completed the Gallup Land Partnership Agreement for his review. It was with great anticipation and confidence in Mr. Roche and his team that we went forward with his management team. Though differences exist between us on the historical events of Gamerco, our admiration for Mr. Robert Roche should be made very clear. In May of 2013 I wrote a correspondence to Mr. J. Mason, of the law firm representing Gamerco, in support of our associate, Mr. Roche, and our association in answer to improper statements of his intentions to our attorney while in Gallup. We were privileged to host Mr. Robert Roche and his wonderful family at our home in August 2013. As well, my writing of this note should not reflect in any negative manner on Representative Lundstrom and her efforts to be re-elected to a post that has been of great importance to this community for greater than a decade. I am certain her present work with Gamerco is extremely important. Knowing the Clawson family for over a decade, I support Mr. Clawson because of our friendship and his desire to represent the families of your district. I send to both candidates our best wishes and my appreciation for the opportunity to clarify my thoughts as to the origin and initial support for the development of the Gamerco project. It has been my privilege during this period for our family to have been associated with the citizens of Gallup, the county of McKinley, and the state of New Mexico. With our most kind regards,

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Panhandling • Alcohol • Changin

á’át’ééh, My name is Olivia Gonzales, a Diné woman of the Kinyaa’áaníí-Towering House People, born to Tóbááhí-Water Edge people, and granddaughter to the Táchii’nii-Red Running Streak and Tódích’íi’nii-Bitter Water People. Gallup is my hometown, but I grew up about 10 miles from here. Gallup is the place we go for school, work, etc. I have been here forever and have seen this town go through a lot of changes - some bad, some good. I am a teacher, a soldier, and devoted to my family. I have a love for this community because my family is here and the mountains and people are imprinted in my heart. I would like to share this story in light of the recent program “Change Is In My Heart, Not In My Pocket.” Being a kid in Gallup… My dad was a Vietnam Veteran and was honorably discharged in 1976. My parents got married and lived in the south and worked as welders. After coming home, my dad found a job with the local uranium mine in Church Rock around the time I was born in 1977. My parents bought a mobile home, a vehicle, and other nice things because the job paid so well. In fact, many people in and around Gallup prospered and enjoyed the benefits of uranium and coal mining during this time period. We lived relatively nice and reaped the benefits of mining. As far as I know, the economy was decent and people were thriving. Eventually, the infamous uranium spill in Church Rock happened and the nearby mines were at a decline and jobs began to disappear. With better technology and less coal to mine, the less labor workers they needed to employ. With that, the steady flow of cash came to a halt for many families, especially for mine. As far as I know, my dad began to struggle with finding a job. During this time he turned to drinking a lot more. His family had struggled with alcohol and for the most part, he and his siblings tried very hard to stay on the right path. Even after losing a brother in Vietnam, they continued to stay strong. My dad found a job and worked for a local welding company in Gallup. One day, on his drive home he gave some friends a ride home. He picked them up downtown. This was in the early 80s when it was already normal for locals to hang out in the streets to wait for their next drink at places like the Hogan Station, Thunderbird Lounge, and TG&Y. I remember because I was always cautioned to stay next to my grandma when we went shopping. You see, even at this time, the local “panhandlers” were already shaping Gallup into what it is now. At an early age we were told to stay away from street drunks because of the stories that had already surfaced of people being pressured to give or were taken advantage of in numerous ways. Anyway, my dad gave his friends a ride home. Needless to say, they were not very trustworthy. However, my dad being who he was, a friendly happy guy, he trusted them. Who knows the exact story? From reports that I still have, the supposed friends attacked my dad and stole whatever money he had. The attack injured him permanently. I am not saying my dad was innocent; he might have been sharing some drinks with them. Anyway, my dad ends up with a head injury that puts him in the hospital. In turn, he loses his job. After the initial hospital stay and following, my mom and others already notice that my dad is not the same guy. He certainly was not the same guy I watched The Lone Ranger with or the dad who gave me horseback rides while we played The Lone Ranger.

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In fact, he pretty much disappeared from my life after he was injured. After that incident, he ended up losing his job, primarily because he was unable to function normally and the injury affected his memory. The attack left him with mild brain damage. He started drinking on the streets with the very same people who put him there. He showed up a couple times to the home he purchased with my mom, but all the visits ended in fights and police lights. The final fight happened when he entered our home and he attacked my mom once again. He was beating on the door and ready to break it down. It was a flimsy mobile home door, so eventually he was going to make it in. My mom grabbed me and lowered me out the living room window by one of my arms as he was entering the house. I was crying and all I could hear was screaming, crashing, and thrashing and eventually saw the police arrive. That final fight ended my parents’ marriage. Becoming a single mother, my mom had to move the mobile home back to the reservation and worked many hours to pay off the mobile home, vehicle, and furniture that were purchased during the mining boom. Needless to say, I spent more time with my grandmother than my mom because she was always working. I always wished for my dad to come home. I missed his hugs and his huge arms carrying me when we played. I remember his laugh and him sleeping on the couch while I watched T.V. Those were my memories, but around me I would hear stories of him being seen by family downtown drinking. One story I will always remember is when he made the news. I believe it was a local news station that lovingly dubbed our town “Drunk Town U.S.A.” He was reportedly the drunk that was being flung into the paddy wagon that was featured in the news feed for the story. That was what my dad had become, a drunk, a joke. Later on, that term was cemented in 1990 when Gallup was labeled “Drunk City” on ABC’s 20/20 and featured in papers like The Los Angeles Times. Even Mother Teresa placed Gallup on her list of “blighted and forsaken places.” She came to town and prayed for our town. The last vivid memory that I had of my dad was during laundry day. We were doing laundry at a place that was located near the old TG&Y. As I remember, many street people hung outside of TG&Y waiting to ask people for change and what not. I remember playing outside the laundromat and saw a group of “drunks” walking towards the laundry. Out of the group I spotted my dad. He may have been raggedy and drunk, but to me he was still dad. I saw him and ran to him yelling, “Dad.” I was expecting something amazing, a hug and sure sign of love and recognition. But my little world crumbled. Just as I ran to him and embraced him in the biggest hug I could make, he pushed me away. He seemed so uncomfortable, embarrassed possibly . . . of me, of himself. The only thing he could say was, “Where’s your mom?” Willing to do anything to make him recognize me, I obediently went to get my mom. It ended up in a heated argument with my mom telling him to stay away from us. That was the last encounter I had with my dad. That same time period, I found out my dad’s sister died at the Gallup Detention Center in the Drunk Tank. She was also a drunk on the streets who ended up taking her own life while incarcerated. She hung herself using one of her shoe strings. I believe she was one of the reasons they starting taking shoe strings from people who ended up there. That loss, no doubt, impacted my dad and his family immensely. All I know is that, shortly after her passing my June 2014

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dad’s downward spiral was inevitable. My dad killed himself or may have passed out in a drunken stupor on the eastbound railroad tracks heading out of town. The death report did not cover the reason. It did however tell that he died from massive hemorrhaging. Whatever it may have been, my dad died a miserable alcoholic, one of the many fatalities of the accepted way of life in Gallup, New Mexico. My story pales in comparison with what some people have grown up with; many have stories similar to mine, and some may have had a harder life and are still stuck in that never-ending downward spiral. All I know is that, when we allow alcoholism to become part of daily life and we start to see it as normal, all we are doing is allowing it to control who we are as people. This is the normal we live with here in Gallup and surrounding areas. Since the introduction of alcohol and the loss of the teachings of our elders, we have created a horrible cycle. It starts with alcohol coming into a family that leads to domestic violence, child abuse/neglect, and so forth. This very cycle contributes to the high rate of school drop-outs, low reading levels, teen pregnancy, and thousands of children growing up in single-parent homes. Our city has not dealt with issues fairly because we tend to only remedy a few issues. We have NCI and shelters for people on the streets, but it is not nearly enough to make change. Every day, somewhere is this city of ours, a child is dealing with being left alone, orphaned, witnessing domestic violence and forgotten because of alcoholism. In addition, many of our children see people on the streets everyday, drunk out of their minds, and with each picture implanted in a child’s mind they think that being a drunk on the streets is “normal” because some of those same people are their parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. As far as alcoholism in Gallup, we have created a perfect enabling cycle for the alcoholics on our streets. The initial plans to change Gallup started in the 90s, but those plans have slowly been forgotten. Instead of expanding on treatment and other changes, we got as far at creating NCI but failed to follow through. Instead of truly assisting the recovery of people, they now live in the perfect place that allows them to be a permanent slave to their disease. For example, when someone goes into the local detox center, they get out the next day (12 hours later) and are right back on the streets. They do not change the cycle because they know that the only thing they need to do is find that drink of the day. Their nightly accommodations and daily food will be taken care of by many local services. What these people need is treatment. There need to be laws in place where Public Intoxication is taken seriously. Habitual offenders should be referred to inpatient treatment. Public intoxication happening one or two times might be someone experimenting or making a bad choice. However, if someone is Publicly Intoxicated more than two times, they obviously have a serious problem. No right-minded individual chooses to live on the streets panhandling for their next drink. They need help that a detox center or a shelter cannot offer. You may see my opinion as uncompassionate, but I strongly believe that doing nothing and allowing the cycle to continue is supporting and enabling someone’s addiction. Every day we do nothing, the more likely more people will live their lives addicted. We may feel sorry for people on the streets and at times we are pressured to give change or buy food for them. By doing that, you are actually helping them be on the streets by enabling them to live off the streets. If our city and people of our city want to be truly compassionate, then we really need to find ways to assist our people who are stuck in the cycle of alcoholism. There was a time when a friend and our kids would make sack lunches June 2014

and give them to people on the streets because we felt sorry for them. While that is compassion, I have learned that supporting someone in their sickness is just enabling them to be someone they should not be. Some of these people on our streets have family that care about them. They may also have children they have abandoned. Building more shelters would help, but I believe for our city to truly change, we need to stop enabling and find a different approach to dealing with the alcoholism, panhandling, and domestic violence that thrives in our city. I do not want any more children to think that it is normal to be a street drunk in Gallup, and that alcoholism is a normal part of life. The alcoholics on our streets are getting younger and younger. That in itself is a crime. In the 80s and 90s, most people on the streets were well into their late thirties and forties. Now, I see young men and women barely in their twenties stumbling along downtown. This is wrong; in so many ways this is wrong. Detaining someone for Public Intoxication and putting them in detox over and over again is a sickening cycle that people are suffering from. Public Intoxication needs to be a crime that people break. For one, if they break it two or more times, then they should be court ordered to go to some type of treatment process. As an adult, if I run a stop sign and if caught, I pay a price. If a child is caught tagging the walls in town, they go to court and pay a fine. These men and women walking daily in the streets are criminals in a sense because they show our young people that it is okay to be drunk in public. They show them that it is okay to intimidate people for change to buy their next drink or to buy food. They show our youth daily that it is okay to litter, to relieve themselves in public, to fight in the streets, and to curse at people who will not give them change. Changing the law and bringing the truth out is not wrong, it is something we must consider. We need to change laws and find ways to make our town a better place to live. Gallup is here to stay. The steps to change will certainly be rough. People will not understand at first, but until we can envision our people and community living differently, there will never be change. What will the first step be? Who will take the first step and try? There will be a backlash; there will be a misunderstanding . . . and there will be people who cry foul. However, if we want a better community, we have to take steps. Some will work, some may not, but we must keep trying . . . I see the “Change Is In My Heart, Not In My Pocket” program as a small first step. This is not a campaign of covert racism, as some have initially thought. It was a brave first step that a group of people took in an effort to better our community. It was a step that we as Native people should have taken years ago; they took a step our leaders should have taken years ago. Instead of namecalling and becoming self-defensive, we should look at this campaign as a wakeup call. This should be our cue to recognize truth, take initiative, and recognize the opportunity for change. If nothing else, the program creates a discussion, it creates questions, it makes people wonder, and, most importantly, it has your attention. Instead of criticizing it, let’s have these discussions and be involved, because I am tired of shedding tears and trying to understand my heartache every time I see former students or an old schoolmate on the streets. It’s a crime to pretend our city and our people are okay. It’s time for change. Respectfully, Olivia Gonzales

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DADS

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.

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” -Jim Valvano

y Dad died when I was a senior in high school. He was a good man. I did not think he was very smart, certainly not as smart as I was, but I learned on the day of his funeral that he was smarter than I knew and very well respected. One person after another came up to me and said how much they respected my dad or how much he had done for them when they needed help. I never forgot that moment when I got the opportunity to become a dad to my children. Dads are not respected in our modern society. They are the brunt of jokes in many television programs and portrayed as almost juvenile in many commercials on television. But dads are crucial to the growth of the modern family and the proper development of children. My dad told me as he was dying of heart disease that I needed to become the man of the family and if my country called me to serve in the military, I should go. I never forgot those words as he died two weeks later and as I went to college and tried to look after my mom and my sister after he was gone. He never got to see his grandchildren, but I hope he looks down on them from heaven. I regret not treasuring the time that we had together. I still remember telling him not to come to track practice to watch me run because it was embarrassing. Don’t ever do that your dad. So what is the nature of a dad? What do we have to offer? I was reminded by my wife that I had not experienced the pain of childbirth so I wondered early on in the raising of our children just what my role would be. The babies did not have much to do with me. I could not nurse them, and they eventually called me “dah dah,” which was encouraging, but other than the love that every father has for his child, there was no special

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bonding or other experience that I remember in the first year or so after birth. Then one day my oldest son Patrick, 3, fell out of a tree. Normally he would immediately call for his mother, but that day when he was bleeding from his forehead and thought he was dying, he cried, “Dad, Dad, I am going to die.” I was shocked that he reached out to me and I comforted him. I assured him that he would not die and that he would survive to climb his tree house again. After that time the communication lines were opened and he sought my advice and counsel on the important things in his life. He still does today, most of the time. Fathers can bring a sense of strength and stability to a family. I thought I had boys figured out and my relationship with my sons, when the girls came along. Now that was a whole different story. These girls were communicating almost from day one. Little did I know that it was going to become a captivation that has continued into adulthood. God does an amazing thing to parents of large families. Instead of giving your good and bad attributes to one child, he spreads them over all your children, and sometimes you don’t recognize them at first. God creates a puzzle that mom and dad piece together the rest of their lives. It has been said that the best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. When children witness that love, they are better able to love others, even their siblings. That has certainly been true in our family. But I return to those daughters. Of course, they were all beautiful and they learned early on how to manipulate good old Dad. One of the best moves was to go to their mother and present their dilemma in a way that Mom would say, “Go speak to your father.” June 2014

I wondered early on in the raising of our children just what my role would be. Of course, they would and if I disagreed with their proposal, they would enlist their mother in their defense. This is a losing proposition for a dad. Mom, who had taken no interest in the question in the beginning, now leapt to the defense of her daughters, and it became very difficult if not impossible to hold my ground. When my sons had graduated from high school and went to college, I was left with my lovely wife and three daughters. Even the dogs and cat were women. At any given time, one woman or another was mad at me for something. I did my best to survive and maintained a sense of humor, without which I would have surely perished. With the grace of God my wife and I survived, and now it is a joy to watch mature young women begin their lives as adults. As I said, the modern world doesn’t think much of dads. Many families do not have a positive male presence in the home, and unfortunately, many dads are missing in action in the raising of their children. That is not good for our society. So this Father’s Day, if you have a dad, grandfather, favorite uncle, or even older brother who helped you along the way, give them a big hug and say, “Thanks for being there.” We are an endangered species ,but we love our spouses and children every day and give thanks to God for the great gifts of love and respect that they have given to us. Happy Father’s Day!

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Biological Soil Management (BioSM)

By Anne Meloy

Recently retired as Navajo Regional Soil Scientist from DOI-BIA, Anne Meloy’s studies have focused on conservation of the soil through sustainable practices. Believing that many of the world’s diseases can be defeated in the soil, she is eager to work with concerned citizens to improve Gallup’s soil.

“Getting the Biology back into the soil!”

hat is Biological Soil Management (BioSM) and why is it important to us? Biological Soil Management is just what it says, managing the soil biology – management of the soil by managing the soil microbes. The Soil Food Web (SFW) is the set of microbes present at a given time for a specific soil. To change the soil, the SFW may be changed to what is desired. An early 1900s report to the US Congress, “Conquest of the Land Through 7000 Years”* declared that soil management was the main factor in the rise and fall of great civilizations. It compared the soil degradation of the early 1900s to that described in earlier stages of civilization’s mistakes in use, management, and cultivation of the soil. The gardens of Babylon described in the Bible became deserted, inhabitable by only a few sheep. The ‘granary’ of Rome became a place where huge coliseums are buried in sand. The first known human area of cultivation became part of the Sahara Desert, which continues to grow in size. In the wake of the great Dust Bowl, US President Teddy Roosevelt declared that the nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself. Following national disasters, people the world over began to study ways to conserve the soil and therefore water and air. This established the importance of soil but until recently, Western conventional thinking did not recognize the importance of the soil biology. People did begin to recognize

Miracle Drugs, like penicillin and similar anti-bacterial medicines have saved lives, but at what cost? These ‘medications’ killed all bacteria. Many microbiologists are rethinking this approach. Certainly the connection of the bacteria in the soil to that of the human body was and is not fully understood. After decades of widespread chemical application around the world, many new disastrous developments have appeared. Deaths and mutations due to the use of Agent Orange occurred during war times. Ground water levels dropped and water became polluted. Huge “dead zones” developed in the Earth’s oceans and large bodies of water. Polluted air – particularly in large cities caused severe lung disorders. Global weather monitoring warned of dangerous warming of the whole planet causing disastrous climate changes and catastrophic earth events. An imbalance of carbon, the element of life, in the air brought attention to the interruption of the Earth’s life cycles. Still, efforts to resolve these issues were directed at the symptoms rather than the cause. When a microscope powerful enough to study the soil biology became available, science began to see that the soil biology is the common link to the global issues of life. It is the broken link in the life cycle. When the SFW is returned to the soil, it can overcome the imbalance of nature as a whole, and in some cases, very quickly.

In the wake of the great Dust Bowl, US President Teddy Roosevelt declared that the nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself. that there was something amiss and that some things seemed to help the soil but they didn’t know what. Organic agriculture began. Conservation practices such as no-till, cover crops, diversified crops, multi-culture crops, etc. seemed to help. (Note the book Farmers of Forty Centuries, F. H. King, 1911, by a retired USDA scientist who studied organic agriculture in China.) The most successful, advanced use of microbial management was used in the cleanup of oil spills and hazardous waste management. Fungi, for example exhibit outstanding abilities to break down harmful, complex chemicals. In both of these instances, contaminants are extremely concentrated. The use of inorganic supplements, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and disease control were misleading. Results were dramatic but didn’t last long before more and more chemicals had to be used to get the same result. Inorganic or chemical mediums do not contain any biology by definition. They are developed for a specific purpose, creating an imbalance of chemicals and nutrients in the soil and killing the existing soil biology. Soil biology holds the keys to correct this imbalance. Further, specific microbes may be applied to target specific needs.

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Users of the Earth’s thin crust of soil can learn and understand what they do that destroys the soil biology so they can stop destroying themselves, then the restored biology of the soil can function as nature intended. Dr. Elaine Ingham, a soil microbiologist has developed a DVD program, “Critical Invisible Soil Fertility Solutions Revealed.” This program outlines how the potential of soil biology seen only with a microscope can restore nature’s balance and resolve life threatening issues currently facing the earth. Science knows enough now that soil managers can provide the necessary habitat for the biology needed for a specific crop or use. Until people start working with the biology, soil quality will likely continue to decline along with other ecological conditions. A microscope and our ability to use it may be the next significant advance in restoring our planet. For more information and to contact the author, email ameloy75@gmail. com. *Conquest of the Land Through 7000 Years http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1043789.pdf June 2014

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

By Seth Weidenaar

The task of parenting is not static, and it does not reach a point of completion or perfection.

n my memory, my life’s milestones of young adulthood are wrapped in the advice and insight I was given about the milestones. The faces (I can still picture many of them very well) and words serve as a jacket for my important memories. Like a jacket worn against the elements of nature, some of the words and faces are very effective and others less so. The processing and evaluating of these pieces of insight and advice is entirely influenced by my education (both the formal schooling part of my education and the growing up in a nurturing, well-educated family). When I began teaching (another one of those young adult milestones upon which I was heavily advised), I realized that many of my students were not processing the insights I was attempting to give them in the same manner that I would. I was talking, and few people were hearing (understanding, processing, evaluating) what I was saying. I needed to change (or not, Literature is full of fun characters who speak and no one listens or cares what they say – check out Polonius in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, or Charles Kinbote in Nabakov’s Pale Fire for something more saucy; however, neither of these characters could be considered successful or healthy). I needed to understand how students, who were unlike the students I was trained to teach, would learn and grow. This change in delivery made me think of the topics local author Phyllis Rems Tempest

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presents in her book The Parent Gardener, and I wish I could have been exposed to this book years ago. But, as I approach another enormous milestone of life (fatherhood), it is not such a bad time to take up the book’s lessons. The Parent Gardener is a book written to parents in an attempt to help them raise children who are healthy and whole. The book starts at the beginning of the life experience, addressing the basic things parents need to know about children, and then the book works into what makes a child healthy in all ways. The book uses simple language and stories to help the reader grasp the central concepts, and the book provides many questions to help facilitate discussion with other parents or interested people. This is not a book of parenting theories laid out in an extremely dry manner; this is a book that shares successful parenting methods and situations from a few different cultures, but mostly Navajo culture. The book’s small size and simple format might confuse readers about its importance, but please do not be confused; this is a book with an extremely important message. The simple nature of the book allows it to work as a piece of well-intentioned advice and insight for anyone, regardless of that person’s background. The simple nature of the book makes processing of these important ideas quite simple. The Parent Gardener follows Anderson and Valerie, a young expectant couple, while they consider parenting June 2014

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skills shared by Alice. The parenting skills utilize and consider the Navajo traditions, and the book attempts to put those traditions next to and in concert with the greater world surrounding Anderson and Valerie. The lessons focus on nurturing children through listening to them and considering their needs. The lessons deal specifically with the ways in which parents can attempt to make their children healthy, and what helps children learn and what hinders children from learning. The lessons step beyond these specifics and into the shaping of a child’s identity and the factors necessary for shaping a healthy identity. Eventually the book settles into the problem solving skills that are crucial for a child to develop in order to be successful in the world they live. While these lessons are being discussed by the book’s characters, Tempest never lets the discussion get far away from nurturing. When a child is nurtured by listening, supportive and loving parents, they will grow into a healthy person. This is the important message that the book seeks to stress at every opportunity. The book drives toward the final chapter, which builds upon earlier ideas presented in the book about the nature of parenting being one that requires constant learning. While the book makes the comparison clear in its title, it develops the idea of the constant learning and adapting necessary for a successful gardener. The task of parenting is not static, and it does not reach a point of completion or perfection. The job of parents is that of teachers who are constantly learning themselves. Please do not be confused by my introduction. I did not mean to imply that I was attempting to take a role of a parent in my work as a teacher; that is not my place. However, the ideas of nurturing presented in Tempest’s book transfer wonderfully into the classroom, and into every other place where human interaction is taking place. The book has a universal appeal for anyone experiencing other people. The book can serve as a meaningful and memorable piece of advice and insight for anyone and everyone. June 2014

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Runnels Park 7:30-8:00 11:30-1:00 Stagecoach Bluewater 7:30-8:00 11:30-1:00 11:00-1:00 11:00-1:00 Thoreau C H 7:30-8:00 11:30-12:30 "Hiroshi" Miyamura High 11:00-12:45 Juan De oñate Elem 7:30-8:00 11:30-12;30 Thoreau Smith Lake Bubany Park 7:30-8:00 11:15-1:00 Elem. 7;30-8:00 11:30-1:00 Navajo Elem. 11:30-12:00 11;00-1:00 Navajo Estates Thoreau Middle School 11:00-12:30 St. Bonaventure T P Kennedy Mid School 7:30-8:00 Cedar Hills Apartments 7:30-8:00 11:00-12:3011:30-1:00 Navajo Middle School 7:30-8:00 7:30-8:00 11:00-12:30 Thoreau High 11:00-12:15 11:00-12:30 St. Bonaventure School 11:15-12:30 Tohatchi Navajo Elem. Chee Dodge Elem. Mariano CPine H 7:30-8:00 11:30-12:30 7:30-8:008:00-8:30 11:30-12:30 11:30-12:30 Neighborhood Center Tohatchi Mid 8:00-8:45 7:30-8:00 11:30-1:00 Stagecoach Elem. 11:00-1:00 11:15-1:00 Mexican Springs C H 7:30-8:007:30-8:00 Chief Manuelito Mid. octavia Felin Library 11:30-12:30 Tohatchi High Pindedale CH Elem. 7:30-8:00 11:30-12:45 Turpen 11:00-1:00 Thoreau C H Church Rock Elem. 7:30-8:00 11:30-12:3011:00-12:30 "Hiroshi" Miyamura High 7:30-8:00 11:00-12:30 Ramah Elem. 7:30-8:00 11:15-12:45 Twin Lakes Elem Navajo Elem. Thoreau Elem. Cliffside Apartments 7:30-8:00 11:00-12:45 7;30-8:00 11:30-1:00 11:30-1:00 Viro11:30-12;30 Circle Park Ramah High 7:30-8:00 11:30-12:30 11:30-12:45 Red Hills Recreation Ctr. 7:30-8:00 11:30-1:00 Washington Elem 7:30-8:00 11:30-12:00 Thoreau Middle School 11;00-1:00 11:00-12:45 Navajo Estates Crownpoint Elem 7:30-8:00 * White Cliffs Fire Stations 7:30-8:00 11:30-12:30 Red Rock Elem. 7:30-8:00 11:30-12:45 Rehoboth SchoolSchool7:30-8:007:30-8:00 Yi Gai 7:30-8:00 11:30-1:00 11:30-12:30 Tse 11:00-12:30 Navajo Middle Thoreau High Crownpoint High 11:30-12:30 7:30-8:00 11:30-1:00 11:00-1:00 Gamerco Park 11:00-1:00 Rock Springs Navajo Pine Crownpoint Mid 7:30-8:00 11:30-12:30 7:30-8:00 11:15-12:30 Tohatchi Elem. 7:30-8:00 11:30-12:15 Hill Top Christian School 7:30-8:00 11:30-1:00 Rocky View Elem. 11:30-12:30 Neighborhood Center David Skeet Nutrition Elem.training will be8:00-8:45 7:30-8:00 11:30-12:30 Tohatchi Mid provided on a rotating schedule at each site. 11:15-1:00 octavia Felin Library Father Dunstan Park 7:30-8:00 11:30-12:30 Tohatchi High The U.S. Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal and where applicable, polital beliefs, maritalPindedale status, familial or parental or part of an individual's income is derived fromTurpen any public 11:30-12:45 11:00-12:30 C Hstatus, sexual orientation, or all7:30-8:00 Elem. 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estled in the wilderness of the Cibola National Forest, north of Sky City Casino, there is a 7,000-acre Class A game park on the east side of Mt. Taylor. The whole area is surrounded by a 9-foot fence to keep our trophy herds of Elk and Tahr (think large unruly mountain goat) from escaping. The park contained a 26-room lodge, and a few small cabins for hired hands like myself and my co-worker Chuck Moreno. We had the unfortunate task of maintaining the miles of fence surrounding the park, as well as the much more enjoyable job of ensuring the health and care of the animals. Over time, some of the elk in the park became comfortable around myself and Chuck and we were able to approach them without alarm. In June of 1999 we noticed that one such amiable cow elk was going to have a calf in the near future. Chuck and I regularly checked on this elk to see how the pregnancy was coming and, in a mild paternal fashion, we were eager for the calf to arrive. Early Thursday morning we were nearly sure the calf would be born, so we headed into the woods expecting to see the newborn or possibly the birth itself. Something seemed wrong when we walked to the spot where we assumed we would find her. Not far away we saw a large cougar next to the mother elk. The birthing mother elk was either dead or near dead. This was bad, but to add to the nightmare, the cat was apparently not satisfied with eating the mature elk and was actually pulling the elk calf out of the mother. Likely, the cat attacked in the middle of labor and was now attempting to kill the calf. Despite our lack of firearms, Chuck and I screamed and ran directly at the cat. It promptly left, leaving us huffing and puffing, to confirm that

the mother was dead, but the calf was not. We came up with a strategic plan to save the calf ’s life. Chuck ran and got supplies while I finished delivering the baby. I used the mother’s saliva to clean up the calf, and with the supplies, I was able to milk the mother elk’s colostrum into a bottle and feed the baby. The calf looked at me and I at her, and I believe it dawned on both of us, that whether I liked it or not, I was now officially “Mom.” We brought the calf to my cabin, made a bed of blankets for her, and locked her inside. Then Chuck and I got our guns. Chuck is one of those living legend type of guys, tough as nails, afraid of nothing, and understands hunting like lumberjacks know axes. You really don’t want to piss him off either, and this lion had certainly chapped both our hides. Chuck began methodically tracking the lion from the spot of the attack. We proceeded to track the cat for 3 to 4 hours and we began to notice the tracks getting fresher and fresher. As Chuck predicted, the cat was now tracking us and circling in behind us. Chuck told me to take off my shoes. He took off his too in an effort to be as stealthy as possible. We tip-toed in our socks to a good spot behind some trees and proceeded to hunker down and wait. Ten minutes, thirty minutes, one hour . . . not a word or movement was made. After nearly 2 hours, the lion slowly approached our spot. My heart pounded - there would not be a clean shot until it was nearly on us. The cat was large, very mature, and smart. It tentatively and slowly - painfully slowly - followed our tracks exactly. Chuck was in front with his weapon of choice, a .45 caliber handgun, me behind him with a .243 rifle. This was Chuck’s show now; I was backup.

The calf looked at me and I at her, and I believe it dawned on both of us that I was now officially “Mom.”

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“Orphaned Elk” I couldn’t believe how close Chuck was allowing the cat to come in. 20 feet was close, but the cat kept inching forward, a paw at a time, until finally it was only 10 feet away. It locked eyes on us . . . Chuck in one swift moment fired the .45 and nailed it right in the head. The lion was skinned and brought back to the lodge and we finished a long day of, essentially, just doing what we were paid to do as managers of the park’s animals. I was not nearly finished, however, with the long term responsibility that was waiting for me in my cabin. The baby calf was going to need feeding and nurturing for quite a while, which I did. I raised her in and around my cabin for nearly two years. I named her “Yappy” for her great conversational skills and ongoing elk speak. She became my pet and we developed a friendship that was usually mutually enjoyed. On occasion, however, if she got too hungry she would harshly nip me on the shoulder. The game park was eventually sold by the investors to the Acoma Tribe, and like losing a good dog, I was tearfully forced to leave “Yappy” behind. Chuck moved on as well, but I will never forget the skill and boldness that he taught me about understanding and hunting the cougar.

By Kevin Menapace

My pet elk, Yappy.

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June Events @ Your Octavia Fellin Public Library MAIN BRANCH Free Computer Classes in June! The library is offering free computer training throughout the month of June. Class size is limited to 10 participants per session. Registration is required. To register, Call (505) 8631291 or email libtrain@gallupnm.gov, or visit the front desk of the library. Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2010 June 2, 2:00pm–4:00pm Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2010 June 3, 2:00pm–4:00pm Introduction Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 June 17, 5:30pm–7:30pm Intermediate Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 June 24, 5:30pm–7:30p Microsoft Word 2010: Beginner’s Course June 13, 2:00pm–4:00pm Microsoft Word 2010: An Intermediate Course June 27, 2:00pm–4:00pm Basic Computer Skills June 16, 2:00pm–4:00pm Introduction to the Internet June 23, 2:00pm–4:00pm Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) June 19, 2:00pm–4:00pm June 30, 2:00pm–4:00pm June Film Series Wednesday nights at 5:30pm – popcorn provided June 4—Delivery Man June 11—Dallas Buyers Club June 18 —Ender’s Game June 25—Thor: The Dark World CHILDREN’S BRANCH Fizz! Boom! Read! - Octavia Fellin Library’s Summer Reading Program Starts June 7 The Octavia Fellin Library kicks off the 2014 Summer Program on June 7, 2014 with its annual Family Carnival being held 11 am – 3 pm in the parking lot behind the Children’s Branch. The Carnival will include the Fire Department Smokehouse, Cakewalk, Jumping Castle, Beauty Shop for wild hair colors and temporary tattoos, and many games and prizes. Children can register for the Summer Reading Game and get more information about summer activities. The Carnival is sponsored by the Plateau Sciences Society. ¡Explora! Family Science Program June 14 at 2pm ¡Explora! Family Science Program demonstrates and illuminates the basic concepts in science for people of all ages. Sponsored by Jerry’s Café. Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary June 21 at 2pm Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary brings in their ambassador wolf to help educate people about wolf preservation and their sanctuary. Sponsored by Beeman Jewelry Design. Recycleman June 28 at 2pm Recycleman shows how he makes music with his Recycle Machine, an instrument made from recycled instruments and other parts. Great fun for all ages. Sponsored by El Rancho Hotel.

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June 4 and June 18, 12-4 pm Expressive Arts Studio We’ve got two Art Party! events for June, both happening in the Expressive Arts Studio, located at 120 South Second Street, Gallup. The first will be Wednesday, June 4 from 12 to 4 pm and the second will be Wednesday, June 18 also from 12 to 4 pm. These are free, community-based and youth-oriented creative arts groups with the goal that participants can share in the fun, joy and transformation of expression using professional art materials and techniques. So far this year, we’ve done image transfers, gigantic oversized spin art, and duct tape sculptures. If you want more information about our program and to see what we’re up to, you can check us out at facebook.com/expressiveArtsStudio.

Relay For Life Says Thanks and Please Show Gardens! The board members of the American Cancer Society/ Relay For Life, want to thank the people of Gallup for their ongoing support. Everyone knows someone struggling with cancer or misses someone that lost the fight against cancer. All communities face this, but not all communities support like Gallup does!! We, appreciate that so many supported the cause by donating or buying tickets for, and attending the dinner/dance and/or creating awesome birdhouses and buying at the bird house auction. We also want to thank the Elks Club for letting us use their facility for the dinner and Sammy C for welcoming us to his restaurant for the auction. Thank you also to the many media for advertising for us. This summer the Ups and Downs team is planning to have a Tour of Gardens and again we are asking for your support. If you plan to have a garden, either flowers or vegetables, or both, that you would enjoy showing to others, please let us know! We will determine a date with the input of the gardeners and hope to, once again show the generosity and creativity of our great community! Call Joyce at 863-3075, Linda at 7222175, or Kay at 863-5013. Thank you for helping us “Finish the Fight!”

Greening the Desert? Rainwater Harvesting Workshop Saturday, June 28, 2-4 pm Did you know that Gallup City Water far exceeds the maximum recommended salt level for use as irrigation water? Can anything be done to capture and hold some of the rainwater that gushes down the street during big storms to use in our gardens? What’s that crazy get-up in the picture? [Answer: It’s a quick trick for getting more water into your barrel!] Work in Beauty will host a rainwater harvesting workshop from 2pm to 4pm at the Work in Beauty House (113 E. Logan Ave., Gallup) on Saturday, June 28. We will discuss notech, low-tech, and high-tech methods of capturing and holding more of what this drought-stricken region needs: rainwater. After a brief presentation we will install a simple system in the garden to help water a new planting of tree guilds. This informative and hands-on workshop is free and open to the public. What do you have to lose (besides some city water bills)?

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87301 Reusing/Recycling Packaging Materials By Betsy Windisch What do air pillows, brown paper packaging, bubble wrap, corrugated cardboard boxes, ExpandOS, foam sheeting, and packing “peanuts” all have in common? They can all be reused locally. In a community graced by a multitude of businesses and galleries dealing in Native Arts and other artistic endeavors, the packing material companies do a lively trade. It may not be common knowledge that packing materials that come with a gift from Grandma, an Amazon book order, a new electronic device – can (and should) be reused, or possibly recycled. Before you throw away any of the packing and packaging from an ordered item, check with your favorite Native trader or gallery, and/or the local UPS Store about “gifting” them your packing and packaging materials. AIR PILLOWS – Those air filled pouches are becoming more common in packing of fragile items. They are usually a #4 plastic. If they are deflated they can be deposited at Albertsons Grocery. The store’s plastic recycling bag bins include #2 and #4 plastic bags. BOXES – Many items are shipped in corrugated cardboard boxes. These boxes can be re-used unless they are dented or soiled. If you have a corrugated box in good shape consider making a donation to a local trader or the UPS Store. BROWN PAPER – Sturdy brown paper is often used as a filler in boxes that are shipped with books and other items. This item is welcomed by traders and the UPS Store. However, it can be combined with corrugated cardboard to be recycled. The recycling bins at the Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center, the Train Station, and the Transfer Station accept this item. BUBBLE WRAP / BUBBLE OR FOAM SHEETING – Used primarily for wrapping fragile items and/or large items, these materials are highly reusable. PEANUTS – This item is used mostly as loose fill. The Styrofoam variety (expanded Polystyrene) will probably never go away, but more and more companies are using the anti-static Biodegradable Peanuts. The latter decompose in water leaving no toxic waste. They are made from static free organic starch. EXPANDOS – Probably one of the newest items in packing materials, these paper pyramids are specifically designed to cling together using all three sides, all six corners, and all thirty-eight fingers! They include a network of circular holes that minimize added weight and allow the elements to interlock. Not only do they protect your packages, but are an environmentally friendly packaging solution made from sustainably manufactured paper and are 100% recyclable. The USA Environmental Protection Agency noted that in 2012*, the United States generated almost 14 million tons of plastics as containers and packaging, about 11 million tons as durable goods such as appliances, and almost 7 million tons as nondurable goods, such as plates and cups. Only 9 percent of the total plastic waste generated in 2012 was recovered for recycling. Let’s do our part Gallup-McKinley County to keep the 14 million tons of plastic statistic from growing. Our actions to find places to reuse and recycle packing materials can help to reduce those numbers. *The latest year for which plastic statistics are available. LOCAL RECYCLING CENTERS IN GALLUP Location and Hours of Operation MWF 8-Noon Train Station MWF Noon-4 Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center SAT 10-2 Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center M-SAT 8-4:30 Gallup Transfer Station on Hassler Valley Road For More Information about recycling in Gallup-McKinley County or how you can volunteer contact the McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council (MCRC) by calling 722-5142, via www.recyclegallup.org, or send a message to betsywindisch@yahoo.com. Regular MCRC meetings are held at 2 pm on first Saturdays at The Red Mesa Center, Downtown Gallup. The June meeting will be held at 508 Sandstone Place (Indian Hills-Gallup) on Saturday, June 7 at 2 pm. Our time together will be spent painting and stenciling recycling bins donated by UNM-Albuquerque. Join us for this activity and refreshments.

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June ArtsCrawl “A Work of Art” Saturday, June 14 • 7pm - 9pm Downtown Gallup Come to Downtown Gallup on Saturday, June 14 for a night of art, dance, film, music, and food. From 7 to 9 pm Coal Ave. will be closed to traffic from First St. to Third St. and live performers, artists, community members and visitors will fill the streets. Live performances include: Zilzala Drumming Group from Albuquerque, Isalang Studio from Albuquerque, Desert Darlings from Santa Fe, Michelle and Farfesha Studios from Albuquerque, Rafiah from Denver, CO, Shannah Oh from El Paso, TX, and Wayne Ramm of Ramah, NM. In addition, Josh Frambrough’s Aerosol Art and Valencia Chapito will be created art on the street. June features the 66 Hour Digital Shootout, which will have participants out shooting scenes for short films at ArtsCrawl. For more details and to sign-up for the competition (registration deadline: June 6), go to www.gallupfilmfoundation.com. June is also the time for Gallup’s first annual Belly Dance Workshop Intensive, & “Dance de Femme” at Foundations of Freedom Dance Studio. Drop into the El Morro Theatre for free screenings of short films! And get your zombie on at the Octavia Fellin Public Library’s Zombie Makeup Booth! Terrify your parents, amuse your children, eat brains! Be painted, or come in your own zombie getup and chill with your undead brethren. Participating businesses and exhibits are listed on p. 32. For more information, please contact artscrawlgallup@gmail.com.

Gallup’s Project Heart Start Saturday, June 7 at 9, 10, 11 am JFK Middle School Gym Would you know how to respond if someone you were standing by collapsed because of a cardiac emergency? Sudden cardiac arrest kills more than 300,000 people in the United States every year. Some of these deaths could have been prevented if those standing close by knew what to do. On Saturday, June 7, Gallup will participate in Project Heart Start Day, a state-wide effort to teach New Mexicans over the age of 12 how to perform compression-only CPR and how to respond during a cardiac emergency. The free trainings will take place at the John F. Kennedy Middle School gym (600 S. Boardman, Gallup) with sessions beginning at 9am, 10am and 11am. The New Mexico Heart Institute Foundation in Albuquerque has been organizing Heart Start Days since 2010. Gallup Med Flight, Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services and Gallup McKinley County Schools are sponsoring Gallup’s event. Facilitators will work with small groups using a mannequin to teach proper chest compressions. Participants will also learn what to do if someone is having a heart attack, how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED) and how to save a choking victim. The event does not provide CPR certification. “Many citizens may not choose to do CPR on a person having cardiac arrest because they fear doing it wrong or because of the mouth-to-mouth aspect,” said Project Director and New Mexico Heart Institute cardiologist Dr. Barry Ramo. “Hands-only CPR is going to change that and change the lives of New Mexicans.” Volunteer facilitators are needed to assist with the trainings. Facilitators are not required to be certified instructors but rather people who perform CPR as part of their professional role. For more information, call Tiffany at 505.726.0053.

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Support Class for Parents of Teens at First United Methodist Church from 6:30-7:30pm. Info: 863-4512. Poetry Group, call Jack for more information (including location) at 783-4007. Psychic Playtime with RedWulf at the Old School Gallery 1st and 3rd Sundays, 7-9:30pm. Tarot, drum journeys and more tools to explore your inner self. $1 donation. Info: RedWulf @ 505-783-4612. Coyote Canyon Women’s Sweat Lodge Ceremony on Sundays, 1-4pm, potluck dinner. Located 3 miles east of Highway 491, Route 9 junction, 1 mile south of Route 9. The ceremony is for wellness, stress reduction, purification and cultural sensitivity. All women are welcomed. For more information, call 505 870-3832. Long Form Tai Chi will practice at Old School Gallery in El Morro, NM, 9:30-10:30 am. Newcomers welcome! Zumba, a cardio-based workout, is “exercise in disguise.” Come for classes led by licensed instructor, Vanessa Bowling, at Hozho Center (216 W. Maloney, Gallup) Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays at 6 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Cost is $4/person. For more information, check out www. vbowling.zumba.com.

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Battered Families Services, Inc. has a women’s support group that meets weekly. A children’s support group is available at the same time for children six years of age and older. Info: 722-6389. Codependents Anonymous, 12 noon at First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive, library room. Info: Liz at 863-5928. “Teen Survivors of Dating and Domestic Violence” support group meeting, 6:30-8:30pm. Info: 7226389. Lebanon Lodge #22, A. F. & A. M. meets the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 7:30 pm at the Gallup Masonic Center (4801 E. Historic 66 Avenue). An informational program and meal are presented before the meeting at 6:45 pm. All Masons are invited. Info: lebanonlodge22@yahoo. com. Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564. Open mic night every Monday at the Coffee House from 6 to 8 pm. Open to musicians, poets, and story tellers. Zumba classes well be held 6:30-7:30 at 3rd and Maloney at the Hozho Center, $4/class. If you have any questions please feel free to call Kimberly Martinez at 505-713-7250. Brain Injury Support Group, Mondays 9-11 am at Hozho Center (216 W. Maloney, Gallup). Learn new ways to deal with old problems. Become a better person by talking to people who know about brain injuries. For more information, call 505-870-1483. Recharge your week, Mondays at 6 pm by Ford Canyon Park: Beginner’s meditation by Gallup Meditation Group. A great introduction to the many benefits that group meditation provides. Log-in/ Like us on Facebook or call Maria at (505) 8633772 or (505) 863-9404 evenings only.

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Wednesday

Mother Goose on the Loose (ages 0-2) interactive parent-child music + movement story time, 11am at the Children’s Library.

Weird Science Club (ages 6-12) exploratory science, technology, engineering and math programs designed to make learning fun, 4pm at the Children’s Library.

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Adult chess club at Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe in Gallup, 5-7pm. Gallup Al-Anon meetings at First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive (next to GIMC). Tuesdays at 12 noon and Thursdays at 7pm in Conference Room #1. Overeaters Anonymous meeting for beginner and returning, 5:30-6:30 pm at Church of the Holy Spirit (1334 Country Club Drive). For more information, call Linda at (505) 863-6042. Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564. Zumba classes well be held 6:30-7:30 at 3rd and Maloney at the Hozho Center, $4/class. If you have any questions please feel free to call Kimberly Martinez at 505-713-7250. Faith Chapter #69, Order of the Eastern Star, meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7 pm at the Gallup Masonic Center (4801 E. Historic 66 Avenue). Info: Robert 505-615-8053. Work in Beauty Open Board Meetings every 1st Tuesday at 7pm at the Work in Beauty House (113 E. Logan, corner of Logan and Puerco). Work in Beauty Community Action Meetings every 3rd Tuesday at 7pm at the Work in Beauty House (113 E. Logan, corner of Logan and Puerco).

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Cancer support group, for information call 8633075 or 863-6140. Spay-Neuter Discount Clinic for Low Income Pet Owners at the Gallup McKinley County Humane Society, N. Highway 491. Call 863-2616 for an appointment. ZUMBA Fitness Classes at Chee Dodge Elementary School starting at 5:30 p.m. For more information email r_roanhorse@yahoo.com or call Ralph Roanhorse at (505) 862-2970. Four Corners Yoga (601 W. Coal Ave.) is offering free community class at 6 pm. All donations will be remitted to Adopt an Elder. For information, call 505-863-6463, email fourcornersyoga@yahoo.com or friend us on FB @ fourcornersyoga. *All classes are hot and 90 mins. CHANGE YOUR BODY . . . CHANGE YOUR LIFE! 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. Gallup Solar meets the first three Wednesdays of every month at 113 East Logan to discuss everything solar, from megawatt plants to solar lighting for the outhouse. To find out how you can save money on a grid tie in Gallup or for more information, go to new projects at gallupsolar.org or call Don at 505-728-9246.

Tai Chi, the Chinese discipline for cultivating energy, health and self defense skills, is coming to the Hozho Center (216 W. Maloney, Gallup). Monika Gauderon will teach from 7:15 to 8 pm. For more information, call 505 775-3045 or 870-1483. Home Group AA will meet at Hozho Center three times a week Tuesday 6p-7p OD, Friday 6p-7p BB, potluck dinner 3rd Friday during speaker meeting, Sunday 4p-5p OD.

Just Move It 2014 Family Fun Runs & Walks, event at Tsè si’ áni (Lupton) Chapter, 6 pm (registration at 4:30). For more information, contact Colleen at 505-722-1593 or 722-1278.

3rd Annual Gallup LEO 3-D Bow Shoot at Gallup Bow Range. For more information, contact Tim Ishmael 505-870-8152 or Lois Hubbard 505-728-8502. Morning Light Sanga Meditation Group from 3 to 5 at 113 E. Logan. All welcome! A worship service in the style of Taizé will be held at Westminster Presbyterian Church at 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.

Quilt Club at Gallup Service Mart, 6-8 pm. Come join other quilters in the area to share ideas and projects. Bring your projects for an evening of Show and Tell and discussions about quilting. For more information, call 505-722-9414. Just Move It 2014 Family Fun Runs & Walks, event at Houck Chapter, 6 pm (registration at 4:30). For more information, contact Colleen at 505-722-1593 or 722-1278.

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Plateau Sciences Society monthly meeting at Red Mesa Center on Hill Ave. next to the library. Social and refreshment time at 2:30, meeting starts at 3:00.

The Morning Light Sanga is celebrating the beginning of summer outdoors with a short hike and meditation. Meet at the end of Vanden Bosch Parkway at 3 pm.

Men’s Health Month Event, 9 am – 2 pm at Tohatchi Health Center Lobby. FREE Event! FREE Health Screenings! Fun/Run Walk at Noon! FREE Food Demonstration! Health Booths! To set up an educational booth please call 505-733-8332. Beginner’s Quilting Part 3 at Gallup Service Mart, 6-9 pm. Continue working on the quilt top you started in the May class. For more information, call 722-9414.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS Summer Nightly Indian Dances at the Courthouse Square, 7 pm every night from now until Labor Day! Save the Date for: “Polka in the Pines” presented by the Gallup Slavic Lodges. August 10, 2014 at the Wildlife Picnic Grounds in McGaffey, NM a traditional Slavic picnic food & Polka music, featuring new live Polka bands! For tickets and more information, call Shirley Baker 505-863-5555, Katie Bolf 505-863-6402, Darlene Yocham 505-863-5773 or Kendra Biava 505-879-2213.

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Summer Belly Dance Classes start June 4, at FOF Dance studio, 115 W Coal Ave. 5:00-5:30 Kids’ Belly Dance. 5:30-6:30 Beginners’ Belly Dance. 6:30-7:30 Advanced Belly Dance. For more info, call Leaf at 979-2047.

Just Move It 2014 Family Fun Runs & Walks, event at Coyote Canyon Chapter, 6 pm (registration at 4:30). For more information, contact Colleen at 505-722-1593 or 722-1278.

Come participate in Art Party! at Expressive Arts Studio (120 S. Second St. in Gallup) from 12 to 4. This event is a free, community-based and youth-oriented creative arts group with the goal that participants can share in the fun, joy and transformation of expression using professional art materials and techniques. For more information, check out facebook.com/ expressiveArtsStudio. Just Move It 2014 Family Fun Runs & Walks, event at Mexican Springs Chapter, 6 pm (registration at 4:30). For more information, contact Colleen at 505-722-1593 or 722-1278.

Just Move It 2014 Family Fun Runs & Walks, event at UNM-Gallup Branch, 6 pm (registration at 4:30). For more information, contact Colleen at 505-722-1593 or 722-1278.

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Crafty Kids, fun for all ages, 4pm at the Children’s Library. Moms Supporting Moms at Church Rock School, 9-11:30am. Toastmasters at Earl’s Restaurant, 6:30am. Info: Dale at 722-9420. Substance Abuse Support Group, CASA, at Gallup Church of Christ, 7pm. Info: Darrel at 863-5530. Community Yoga, beginner/athletic beginner level. 6:20 pm, Catholic Charities/CIC. 506 W. Rte. 66. Info: Gene at 505-728-8416.

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Movies for all ages at the Children’s Library@ 4pm The weekly Old-Fashioned Hootenanny, at Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe, every Friday, starting at 6:30PM. Acoustic musicians are welcome to sit in with the regular players.

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Zumba classes well be held at 11 am at 3rd and Maloney at the Hozho Center, $4/class. If you have any questions please feel free to call Kimberly Martinez at 505-713-7250. Every 1st Saturday of the month is RMCHCS Childbirth Education classes for 2014. Classes are held in the library at RMCH and begin promptly at 9:00 am and end at 1:00 pm. The class is designed for busy people who wish to complete the class in one day. Call the Women’s Health Unit at 505-863-7026 to register, the class is free. The facilitator is Beatrice Nunez, RNc.

Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Habitat for Humanity yard sale fundraisers, Saturdays, 9am to noon, Warehouse Lane (weather permitting). New and Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card used items for the home. Call Dale for information at (505) 722-9420. Remodelers’ and contractors’ donations accepted. 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 Gallup Al-Anon meetings at First United Methodist Kimberly Martinez at 505-713-7250. Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive (next to GIMC). Tuesdays at 12 noon and Thursdays at 7pm in Zumba classes at the Hozho Center (3rd and Conference Room #1. Maloney) Wednesdays 6:30-7:30 and Fridays 6:30-7:30. For more information, call the Hozho Divorce Care Support Group, Thursdays at 7pm. Center at 505-870-1483 or call 505-713-7250. Location to be determined. For more information, call or email Dan at 505 878-2821 or dkruis@yahoo.com. Please join us weekly at 6 pm at Ford Canyon Park for Beginner meditation by Gallup Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held Meditation Group. A great introduction to the from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 many benefits that group meditation provides. South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class We are simple people, from all walks of life punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are and belief systems, trying to connect with our FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564. own deep spirituality, through meditation. Reduced stress, clarity of mind, connection to Diabetes Education Classes, first four Thursdays your true-self. Log-in/ Like us at facebook.com/ of the month, 6:30-8:30 pm, RMCH 2nd floor gallupjeditation or call Maria at (505) 863-3772 library. Contact: Carolyn at 863-1865. (505) 863-9404 evenings only.

Annual Commun i t y C l e a n u p R e s i d e n t i a l c u s t o m e r s within the Gallup city l i m i t s a r e e l i g i b l e t o participate. Customers s h o u l d p l a c e a l l u n w a nted junk, bulk items, a p p l i a n c e s , a n d f u r n i ture at the curb by 8 a m o n t h e d e s i g n a t e d pickup day for their n e i g h b o r h o o d . C i t y c r e w s will dispose of those i t e m s t h e s a m e d a y . I t ems should be placed at t h e c u r b a w a y f r o m a l l obstructions (vehicles, t r e e s , m a i l b o x e s , f e nces, and meters) to f a c i l i t a t e removal. J u n e 2 1 : S o u t h w e s t a r e a s between Muñoz Overpass a n d S e c o n d S t . , s o u t h t o Nizhoni Blvd, west of N M 6 0 2 a n d s o u t h o f N M 564 (Chihuahuita, Elva D r . , G a l l u p H o u s i n g A rea, Cedar Hills area, C i p r i a n o S t . , U N M College area).

Zumba, a cardio-based workout, is “exercise in disguise.” Come for classes led by licensed instructor, Vanessa Bowling, at Hozho Center (216 W. Maloney, Gallup) Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays at 6 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Cost is $4/person. For more information, check out www.vbowling.zumba.com.

Dinilzhino Dinilgai Dark Light, micaceous ceramics of Christine N. McHorse, Exhibit Opening & Reception, 5-7 pm at Navajo Nation Museum Gallery Four. Meet and greet the renowned Diné artist. For further information, call 928-871-7941. Dr. Marco’s Italian Classes are continuing each Thursday at the law offices of Mason & Isaacson, starting June 5, for 8 weeks. 5:30 pm Intermediate, 6:30 pm Italian for Tourists, and 7:30 Beginners. Private lessons are also available. Family discounts apply. For information please call 541-761-4980. Grazie e ciao!

Soroptimist International of Gallup meets the second Thursday of the month at Angela’s Café at noon. Please note the new location! Second Thursday Diabetes Support Group, 5:30 pm, for all people who suffer from Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes. The Church of the Holy Spirit is located at 1334 Country Club Drive, Gallup, just 1 block west of Red Rock Elementary School. For more information, call 505-863-4695. Breastfeeding 101, learn the basics of breastfeeding, 6pm, RMCH 2nd floor library AND Baby Bistro, support group for breastfeeding moms and their babies, 7pm, RMCH 2nd floor library. For more information contact Mary Ippel at 505-8705103. 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: 505-863-4695.

Just Move It 2014 Family Fun Runs & Walks, event at Treaty Day CelebrationChurch Rock, NM, 6 pm (registration at 4:30). For more information, contact Colleen at 505-722-1593 or 722-1278.

Danse de Femme Belly Dance Showcase, 7 pm (doors open at 6:30) at El Morro Theatre, downtown Gallup. This outrageous, exotic event with feature professional and award-winning belly dancers from Denver, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Gallup’s own Foundations of Freedom belly dancers. Tickets are $10 at the door or $8 in advance, available at the Outsider Gallery (123 W. Coal Ave./ east room) Monday-Friday from 12:30 to 3:00 or email leafashley@yahoo.com or call 505-979-2047 for further information. Sponsored by Soroptimist International of Gallup and Controlled Metal and Air. Crownpoint Rug Weavers Association Auction at Crownpoint Elementary School. Viewing 4:00-6:30 pm, auction 7:00-10:00 pm. For more information, visit crownpointrugauction.com.

Trunk Show, 7-9 pm at UNMGallup North Campus (425 N. 7th Street, Gallup). Free and open to the public. For more information, call 505-722-9414.

Project Heart Start, free compression-only CPR training at JFK Middle School. Sessions beginning at 9, 10 and 11 am for anyone over the age of 12 who would like to learn this life-saving technique. This event does not provide CPR certification. For more information, see p. 57 and call Tiffany at 505-726-0053. 24-Inch Ruler Bag workshop at Gallup Service Mart, 9 am – 4 pm. Come learn the decorative stitches on your machine plus make this bag to store all your supplies needed for quilting class. $35 plus the cost of the pattern (lunch included). For more information, call 505-722-9414. Ramah Mormon Pioneer Trail dedication ceremony, 12 pm at trailhead in Ramah/Timberlake District (from Zuni traveling east on Hwy. 53, turn left on Bloomfield, merge right toward trail). See p. 30 for more information. McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council meeting at 508 Sandstone Place (Indian Hills-Gallup) at 2 pm. Our time together will be spent painting and stenciling recycling bins donated by UNM-Albuquerque. Join us for this activity and refreshments. Call 722-5142 for more information. Fizz! Boom! Read! - Octavia Fellin Library’s Summer Reading Program kicks off with its annual Family Carnival being held 11 am – 3 pm in the parking lot behind the Children’s Branch. Children can register for the Summer Reading Game and get more information about summer activities. The Carnival is sponsored by the Plateau Sciences Society.

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24 Hours in the Enchanted Forest, USA Cycling National Championships at McGaffey Campground. Belly Dance Workshop Intensive at Foundations of Freedom Dance Studio, sessions throughout the day for children and adults, 8 am – 6 pm followed by ArtsCrawl Hafla (party). To register and for more information, contact Leaf Ashley at 505-979-2047 or email leafashley@yahoo.com. ¡Explora! Family Science Program at the Children’s Library, 2 pm. ¡Explora! Family Science Program demonstrates and illuminates the basic concepts in science for people of all ages. Sponsored by Jerry’s Café. ArtsCrawl, Downtown Gallup, 7-9 pm. Schedule of events on p. 32.

Pocket Mesh Bag workshop at Gallup Service Mart, 9 am – 4 pm. Make an earth-friendly, washable tote with six outside pocket sections. $35 plus cost of pattern (includes lunch). For more information, call 505-722-9414. Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary come to the Children’s Library at 2pm. Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary brings in their ambassador wolf to help educate people about wolf preservation and their sanctuary. Sponsored by Beeman Jewelry Design. Peshlakai Angels “Angels vs. Drunk Drivers” 5th Annual Bike Run beginning in two locations, Shiprock or Window Rock and ending in Tuba City, AZ. More more information, contact Darlene 505-870-6969 or Antonita 505409-9259 or Lacey 505-870-5649.

Come to the Children’s Library at 2pm where Recycleman shows how he makes music with his Recycle Machine, an instrument made from recycled instruments and other parts. Great fun for all ages. Sponsored by El Rancho Hotel. Work in Beauty will host a rainwater harvesting workshop from 2pm to 4pm at the Work in Beauty House (113 E. Logan). We will discuss no-tech, low-tech, and high-tech methods of capturing and holding more of what this drought-stricken region needs: rainwater. After a brief presentation we will install a simple system in the garden to help water a new planting of tree guilds. This informative and hands-on workshop is free and open to the public. The Gregg Daigle Band playing at the Old School Gallery, 7 pm. Voted Best Musician in Albuquerque 2013, the band channels open spaces, warm vibes, and diverse influences. Tickets are $8. For more information, call 505-7834710.

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Christopher Bernabe as a deacon. 5. Coach KIM along with Chris, Laytrell, Johnny, Gabriel, Richie, and Brent read the Journey at the Tarkanian Basketball Academy in Las Vegas, Nevada for the Big Foot Hoops Easter Showdown. They came back home to Gallup with 1st Place Gold Championship. 6. Paul and Lurae McCollum read the Journey on the ms Zuiderdam in Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica.

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1. Melissa & Anthony Ramirez check out the Journey at the Los Angles Dodgers spring training game February 2014 versus the Chicago White Sox. 2. World traveler Marie E. Johnston recently returned from a trip to Montreux, Switzerland where she spent a morning relaxing with the Gallup Journey at the Chateau de Chillon, the inspiration for Lord Byron’s The Prisoner of Chillon. 3. Madisen Martinez won 1st place in her solo division in Santa Fe, New Mexico. After she won, she took a picture in front of The Santa Fe Capitol building with the Journey and her 1st place trophy and crown. 4. Dr. Jim and Marilyn Hathaway take a break to catch a breath and read the Gallup Journey while checking “Explore the ancient Inca ‘lost city’ at Machu Picchu, Peru,” off their bucket list. They recommend taking this 8000’ adventure while still young and in possession of one’s original joints. 5. Ruby (Chavez) Kitterman, Suzanne & Marjorie Chavez spent 2 weeks in Japan and stopped to read the Gallup Journey near Mt Fuji at Gotemba Heiwa Koen (Peace Park) in Shizuoka. 6. L-R: Taylor Harvey, Ora John, Mykaiah Charley and Hannah Chone read the Journey on a trip to Washington DC at Baltimore Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Gallup is on the Map!

ith the release of the 2015 Rand McNally Road Atlases, Gallup is, literally, on the map! Gallup is featured in the newest atlas edition as winner of Rand McNally’s 2013 Best of the Road Most Patriotic Small Town. The Best of the Road title was the result of an online voting campaign, video submission and essay submitted by locals. Judges visited our community last fall and said: “Gallup’s poignant submissions showed us a place that acknowledges the heroic contributions of diverse cultures; that sees patriotism in small, everyday acts as well as in monumental, historic deeds; and that has an overall patriotic philosophy of its very own – Gallup Strong.” The 2015 atlases feature six communities that were named Most Fun, Best for Food, Friendliest, Best for Geocaching, Most Beautiful and Most Patriotic. A half page at the front of the atlas is devoted to Gallup, with a paragraph detailing the cultures, landscapes, events, and patriotic pride that make Gallup unique. In addition to being featured in the atlas, winners in each category will receive a free custom iPhone app and online travel guide promoting their town as a top destination. So this summer, as the tourists stream into town, tell them about all the reasons you love Gallup, point them in the direction of the Veterans Memorial Plaza, Gallup Cultural Center, or a nearby park, and show them why Gallup deserves the title as America’s Most Patriotic Small Town.

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This Is My Job:

IRONWO A lanna Grace Bronaugh is a reinforcing ironworker and one of the 3% of females in the trades’ workforce. She was born and raised in Zuni and is Zuni Kiowa and Oklahoma Cherokee. After school, Bronaugh went to Albuquerque Job Corps, not sure what she wanted to do with her life. She completed training in Cement Masonry in a year and a half and was then encouraged by her instructor, Mr. Ambrosio Siaz, to investigate the Reinforcing Ironworker program. After months of classes and training, she was given a chance at a job in the Reinforcing Ironworkers Union (www. ironworkers.org). For the last four years, Bronaugh has been part of the Local Union #847, based in Phoenix. However, her work takes her all over the country. She has worked in Louisiana, Kansas, Texas, and is currently on a project in El Paso. On a dayto-day basis, her team uses rebar to reinforce structures before concrete is placed. She operates equipment, works with rigging material, and helps to schedule the workday. While the job provides a lot of opportunities to learn and stay active, it also presents challenges. “I have to prove myself, as a female,” Bronaugh says. Often people assume she’s on site for a safety inspection or paperwork, but she’s good at what she does and she says, “it doesn’t take long to get respect.” Bronaugh’s family lives in Zuni, so it’s tough being placed on a job site far away, but exciting to travel, as well. She enjoys taking the Santuario Walk for her friends and family. The most rewarding part of the job is being able to look at a completed project and say, I helped build that!

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