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MARCH CITY UPDATE Levitt AMP Gallup Music Series
Presented by the City of Gallup and Gallup MainStreet Arts & Cultural District, the countdown to an unforgettable season of free concerts under the summer stars is underway. This concert series is sponsored in part by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, a national funder of creative placemaking that empowers communities to inject new life into underused public spaces through free, outdoor concerts. The Levitt AMP Gallup Music Series will present ten free, family-friendly concerts to the public on Thursday nights, starting July 23rd through October 1st (skipping August 6th), at the Courthouse Plaza in Historic Downtown Gallup. The series will feature a diverse lineup of high-caliber talent spanning genres. Save the date and grab your family, friends and neighbors and get ready to experience the power of free, live music to bring our community together. Follow @LevittAMPGallup on Facebook for information on the concert line up and more!
Housing Needs Analysis- We Want Your Opinion
The City of Gallup is in the process of conducting a Housing Needs Analysis to assess the housing needs of people who live and work in Gallup. The city would like to hear from the public about their housing preferences. The city would also like to hear from employers about what type of housing their current and prospective employees are seeking. The purpose of this survey is to understand the community’s needs and preferences for housing type, price and location. Information from this survey will be used to gain an accurate picture of local trends and the housing requirements of the local workforce. Furthermore, the data will assist the City in planning for existing and future housing needs. The survey responses will be kept CONFIDENTIAL and will be used for planning purposes only. For any questions regarding the survey, contact Sites Southwest at (505) 822-8200. For questions regarding the housing needs study project, contact Nikki Lee, Planning Specialist, at (505) 726-2615. Gallup Community Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GallupHousingSurvey Gallup Employers Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GallupEmployerHousingSurvey
El Morro Theatre March Madness
There are three events coming to the historic El Morro Theatre in March that shouldn’t be missed; not to mention films Like a Boss, 1917, the Joker, and Only the Brave.
Saturday, March 14th: Join the El Morro in partnership with the Octavia Fellin Public Library at 6:00 pm for a free special film screening of Warrior Women. In the 1970s, with the swagger of unapologetic Indianness, organizers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) fought for Native liberation and survival as a community of extended families. Warrior Women is the story of Madonna Thunder Hawk, an AIM leader who shaped a kindred group of activists’ children - including her daughter Marcy - into the “We Will Remember” Survival School as a Native alternative to government-run education. Through a circular Indigenous style of storytelling, this film explores what it means to navigate a movement and motherhood and how activist legacies are passed down and transformed from generation to generation in the context of a colonizing government that meets Native resistance with violence. For further information, please contact bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291. Frank Hulse Productions is back in Gallup after nine years to bring some incredible live entertainment to the El Morro for a good cause. Net proceeds from tickets to the concerts on Friday, March 20th, and Saturday, March 21st, will be donated to Veterans Helping Veterans. This is a great opportunity for some live music and to help our local vets. Tickets are available at Quintana’s Music and Sammy C’s in Downtown Gallup. Tickets are $15 per person or two nights for $25 per person. Ticket stubs on Saturday night will be entered into a door prize raffle drawing for a new guitar. For both concerts, doors open at 5:30 pm, concerts begin at 7:00 pm. Friday, March 20th: Neil McBride, international rock artist and founding member of rock band Ez Feelin Saturday, March 21st: Greg Blake and Real Country, award winning bluegrass and classic country musicians
Earth Day & Community Clean Up Events- Do Your Part
Keep Gallup Clean and Beautiful Board Members are developing ideas to transform Gallup into a more Clean and Beautiful City. To participate or stay informed visit KGCB’s new Facebook page @kgcb505. There are several clean-up events scheduled for the upcoming months and the board invites you to mark your calendars and join in on the action of making our community a better place: March 28th: There will be a clean-up event kicking off at 8:30 am from the Gallup Community Service Center on Hasler Valley Road. Work will begin at that location and head east along Hasler Valley Road. Gloves and bags will be provided, and everyone is encouraged to wear sunscreen and closed toe footwear for safety purposes. Lunch will be served at noon following the clean-up.
April 25th: Come celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. This event will take place in Courthouse Square. Planning is currently underway for an exceptional event that will include guest speakers, educational/action breakout sessions, music, and more. The goal is to walk away with tangible actions to improve our community’s Earth stewardship over the next year, as well as provide a forum/place for discussion, brainstorming, and collaboration among community members. Please contact the steering committee at 541-610-7529 if or email earthdaygallup2020@yahoo.com for more details or to volunteer time and / or resources. May 2nd: The Keep Gallup Clean and Beautiful Board is partnering again with Comcast Cares to clean up Gallup on Saturday, May 2, 2020, from 8:00 am until noon. The staging area for the event is at the El Morro Events Center. An area from each council district will be selected for clean up. This means you can participate even if you can not make it first thing. Look out for groups in yellow vests! At noon, following the clean-up, lunch will be provided by the team from Comcast Cares. Call or email Elizabeth at 863-1393, ebarriga@gallupnm.gov for information or to commit your time and resources. Partners include the City of Gallup, Comcast Cares, Keep New Mexico True, and the McKinley County Recycling Coalition. Mayor Jackie McKinney Councilor Linda Garcia Councilor Allan Landavazo Councilor Yogash Kumar Councilor Fran Palochak
“WOMEN OF THE RESISTANCE!”
In honor of the celebration of March being Women’s History Month, the Ingham Chapman Gallery (housed within Gurley Hall at UNM-Gallup) will be featuring a 38 poster series entitled “Women of the Resistance.” This collection was curated by the San Francisco based “Poster Syndicate.”
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Thoughts From The West End I’m not a fan of simplistic platitudes, but sometimes a good quote can give a prod to the soul that may need a bit of direction. I’ve compiled a few that I found directionable for myself. Perhaps one might resonate with you?
know peace.” -Jimi Hendrix “Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people's thinking." -Steve Jobs
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." -Helen Keller
“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony. We do not exist for ourselves alone, and it is only when we are fully convinced “Whenever you find of this fact that we yourself on the side of begin to love ourselves the majority, it is time to properly and thus also pause and reflect.” love others. Love is our -Mark Twain true destiny.” -Thomas Merton “Tension is who you think you should be. "The future belongs to Relaxation is who you those who believe in the are.” beauty of their dreams." -Chinese Proverb -Eleanor Roosevelt “When one is pretending, the entire body revolts.” -Anaïs Nin “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will
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Mayoral Debates-What I Took Away: Jason Arsenault Health Mantras Greg Kirk, PT Jenifer Kirk, Fitness Competitor Cheering on Your Team Lawrence Andrade, MD Wheelwright “Friends” Visit Gallup Ron Ferguson The Hidden Lights of a Dark Sky Night Tristan Ashton “Little Blue Ribbon” Kenneth Riege Ultimate Frisbee Vanessa Cannaday
Thanks to our Contributors this month: Jason Arsenault Greg Kirk Jenifer Kirk Lawrence Andrade, MD
Ron Ferguson Tristan Ashton Kenneth Riege Vanessa Cannaday Katie Sharpton Sue Carlson Ernie Bulow
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Walking in Beauty Katie Sharpton Event Calendar People Reading A Chaco Visit Sue Carlson West by Southwest Ernie Bulow Ah-Shi Dine Nation Beauty Studio and Gift Shop Chuck Van Drunen Ireland Meets Country-Irish, International Entertainer Direct from Ireland and Colorado: Neil McBride and Greg Blake People of the Streets Gordon Hight Treasure Poem The Plastic Issue and a Call to Action Jenny Tamminga
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Publishers: Daisy & Jason Arsenault Chuck & Jenny Van Drunen
Staff: Christine Carter
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seemed like every day my buddies and I would fill our time after school with a number of fun activities. We had the hogbacks to explore and explore we did. When we weren’t playing in the always look forward to election cycles. Of course, hogbacks, we would be building jumps for our BMX bikes. If sometimes my candidate loses. However, no matter what the weather didn’t allow for an outside adventure, we would the result, I am always excited for change. This month we head to the school gym where Mr. Barnard would offer after will elect a new mayor for our community and that will bring a new vision. Local elections in my opinion are more school recreation. Plus, I still remember all of my elementary important than national events. The president isn’t going to make school teachers who played a part in molding me for my future. recommendations for our community or decide what is best for It isn’t only my elementary years that I hold dear, but all of my Gallup. That is why I attended the mayoral debates, to see what schooling through graduation. Having the opportunity to stay those running for the position had to offer. in one place for all of my school years let me build friendships that are still part of my life today. These are the friends that Each candidate gave their pitch for what they felt needed to I still see today and ones that you feel that comfort and ease be changed and how they would go about implementing that with, good friends. Many of us played sports together and those change. Each of us should make the effort to vote and learn are memories we are all very proud of. Once I was ready to about our fellow Gallupians who have decided to run for office. leave Gallup for college, I had an adequate grounding to feel This article isn’t about who I am going to vote for; it is about comfortable with academics and knew how to build meaningful what one candidate had to say during the debate that made me relationships. I didn’t think about coming back to Gallup for a think about my growing up in Gallup. Mayoral candidate Louie career but that is what has happened. Bonaguidi made the comment that Gallup was a great place to grow up. Now I am married and have children that are repeating the same experiences I had. My wife also grew up here and we are All of us have our own opinion of Gallup and trust me I have both comfortable with our decision to make our life here. All heard a wide range of opinions during my lifetime. However, I three of our kids appear to really like it here. Every time we do think that I am allowed an opinion on Bonaguidi’s comment go on a vacation, they are eager to return home and catch up since I also grew up here. Many times I have played a scenario with their friends. I don’t know if they will also make a career in my mind where I wasn’t living in Gallup, but instead had here in Gallup, but if they do, I imagine they will also find our grown up in a different place and had a career doing something different. Of course, in a make-up fantasy world setting, it seems community full of opportunity. like it would have been pretty good somewhere else. The reality So, now that we have a new mayor coming to office, I am is, after thinking hard about growing up here and now being confident that whoever it is, their vision is one that will make part of this community as an adult, I find myself agreeing with Gallup even better. Remember, get out and vote and make the Bonaguidi’s statement. most of your time here in Gallup. Whether that is for a lifetime or just a stopover. I have very fond memories of growing up in Indian Hills. It
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Health Mantras By Greg Kirk, PT and Jenifer Kirk, Fitness Competitor Let’s do a HIIT! Hud, shouldn’t it be “HIT?” Haha, now don’t get the wrong idea here, this is a “Healthy HITT!” The inspiration for this article comes from my wife. As a fitness competitor, HIITs are a big part of her training regimen. HIIT TRAINING means: “High Intense Interval Training,” which is high intensity exercise interspersed with intervals of low intensity activity or complete rest. HIITs have been around for decades, often used as training techniques for track athletes, but have become increasingly popular with a broader base of fitness enthusiast. Comparing HITTs to steady state, cardio training (SSC), studies have shown that HIITs are better for weight loss and require less time, burning a significantly more amount of calories, especially in women. A major reason HITTs work so well is that there is a greater increase in resting metabolism after a HITT is done. Muscle fibers will have much higher marker for fat oxidation (fat burning), which is due to an increase of the mitochondria in the muscle cell. HIITs also show a greater decrease in the fat producing enzyme fatty acid synthase, which enhances the body’s ability to burn fat and prevents storage of fat. HIITs that are done at a higher intensity for a shorter amount of time can lead to greater gains in muscle mass due to the fact that there is an increase in protein synthesis. HIIT training has shown to increase the anabolic hormone testosterone, which tends to regulate the insulin levels, which in turn helps you gain and keep lean muscle mass. Insulin is an anabolic hormone that will act on the muscles to increase protein synthesis and decrease muscle breakdown. It is suggested that you perform HITTs anywhere from 3 to 6 times a week, ranging from 15 to 30 minutes with at least one rest day in order to see significant weight loss, but anything above this can tax the body and lead to over-training. There are different variations of HITTs; one of the most common is a standard HIIT, similar to a 30 second sprint and a 15 second walk or a 1 minute jump rope and a 30 second rest. An advanced HIIT is the same concept, but you add body weight such as squats or pushups done in the same amount of time, 30 seconds on, 15 seconds off. With this type of HIIT, you tend to increase the amount of overall time you invest; week 1 would be 10-15 minutes, week 2 would be 15-17 minutes, week 3 would be 18-20 minutes, and week 4 would be 20-25 minutes. Another type of HIIT is the Tabata. The intervals consist of a 20-second high intensity with a 10 second rest, done for 8 cycles/rounds, but you go as intensely as possible so your rate of perceived exertion (ROE-see / scale) should be around 9-10. Tabata HIITs are the most efficient at training metabolic pathways that give you both endurance and explosive energy and work best if you choose between 4-8 exercises, done 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off; your Tabata’s will be around 32 minutes. Of all the HIITs, the Power HIIT is the most difficult. This type of exercise is very explosive; for advanced athletes these HIITs incorporate squat jumps, power pushups, kettlebell swings or power cleans, usually done for 20 seconds on, 20 seconds off, and should give you up to 3 to 4 reps per interval. Power HIITs should all be done in a very explosive manner, which recruits the fast twitch (Type II) muscle fibers. HIITs in general recruit both types of muscle fibers (Type I and Type II), but Power HIITs mainly recruit Type II. (Stoppani, (2006) Encyclopedia of Muscle & Strength 2nd Edition, 2006. Champaign: Human Kinetics)
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g n i r e e Ch n O r u o Y ! m a Te My name is Lawrence Andrade, MD and I am a proud alumnus of Gallup High School and the University of New Mexico. This time of year is always exciting as we approach the playoffs and state tournament in basketball for high school and March Madness in college basketball. We are now also cheering for our favorite female and male wrestlers at state championship meets. The sights and sounds of arenas filled with fans cheering for their favorite team makes excitement palpable in the air. When your favorite team comes up short, the agony of defeat can be real, but the
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possibility contained in the next year can decrease the sadness and dull the pain. The excitement of cheering for your favorite team can be even more exciting when you it comes to your alma mater. Watching your alma mater gives you a more personal connection to the school and makes the exhilaration of victory more enjoyable but can also make defeat even harder to accept. Cheering on my alma mater allows me to feel a special connection to the teams and players, win or lose. Attending games gives me the opportunity to
give back to my alma mater by not only supporting the team in person but also financially by purchasing tickets. I love being able to support my alma mater, Gallup High, when I am team doctor and I feel very proud of all the kids competing. Even though I am not a graduate of Miyamura High or Rehoboth Christian High, I am proud to support them since I am a Gallup native. I also am proud to be an ardent supporter of my beloved UNM Lobos in all sports. I have experienced tough times being a Lobo supporter as we have suffered some difficult seasons, but still support my teams regardless of the outcome and keep returning to watch them every year. I have been a football season ticket holder for the Lobos for 17 years and continue to keep eternal hope that we may win the national championship one day. I also have supported the Lobo basketball teams with the eternal hope that next year may bring our first national championship (or at least a trip to the Sweet 16!). I also have eternal hope that the Gallup Bengals, Miyamura Patriots, and Rehoboth Lynx will win state in all sports including football, soccer, basketball, baseball, softball, and wrestling. I continue to be proud to be able to support them yearly. I am very excited to know that the Miyamura Girls Wrestling Team won state and can proudly say they are from Gallup! Participating in organized sports is beneficial to young people in many ways. They gain physical activity and skills, but also learn discipline, the importance of teamwork, responsibility, and good sportsmanship. They learn that the effort of each person matters,
but that the success of the team depends on everyone. In the words of the late Kobe Bryant: “I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.” Sports can show athletes that hard work is rewarded and can give the physical benefits of improved sleep, concentration, and better health. Our support of our student athletes in a positive way (with good sportsmanship and avoiding criticism) fosters this learning. Attending sporting events shows our support and can inspire them to always make their best effort. Even though it is impossible to attend every single game for all schools, and supporting each school financially is impossible, being at as many games as I can gives me the pride of knowing I am supporting my teams. In college, I would often be the only student cheering on the Lobos in football, but I’m proud to say that as a true fan I will always support my teams in victory and in disappointment. I have often heard that my favorite teams and alma mater truly appreciate my support and even though it is not often said, the players appreciate having me cheering them on, regardless of the final score! Good luck to all athletes in Gallup. Always compete with class and know we are proud of you for giving your best, win or lose. Lawrence Andrade, MD Alumnus Gallup High School Class of 1990 University of New Mexico Alumnus Class of 1994 University of New Mexico School of Medicine Alumnus Class of 2000
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W W Wheelwright “Friends” Visit Gallup By Ron Ferguson Pictures taken by Jim Vaughan The Friends of the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian (Santa Fe) sponsored a trip this past fall to Gallup and surrounding areas to experience the evolution of the trading post as well as to visit contemporary artists. The visits included Tanner’s Indian Arts, Toadlena Trading Post, Perry Null Trading Post, Peshlakai Visions Studio, and Yazzies’s Indian Arts. All of the locations were handicap accessible and the group were guests of the SpringHill Marriott Suites (Gallup). Ken Williams, the manager of the Case Trading Post at the Wheelwright Museum, accompanied the group. The private tour at Tanner’s Indian Arts was conducted by Joe E. Tanner, his wife, Cynthia, and daughter, Emerald. They gave the history of the Tanner family and the establishment of trading posts. They told about great grandfather Seth and grandfather Joe who built trading posts in the area since the mid-1880s. The Tanner family has always taken great pride in handling authentic and 20
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collectible goods. Johnathan Tanner served a gourmet three-course meal in the gallery while Emerald displayed historic textiles and jewelry through the evening. The family delighted in providing stories and backgrounds to the individual group members about their purchases and the history of the area while shopping. Mark and Linda Winters shared Toadlena Trading Post with the group for a day. They conducted a walking tour of the active trading post and provided a detailed history of its importance through the last century since its inception in 1909. Mark spent quality time explaining textiles, their meaning, artistry, materials, and color as well as the mechanics of weaving. Several weavers were working on the patio of the post during the visit. A Native American lunch was served and the group had ample time to view the many textiles. In the afternoon, Mark and Linda showed their rich collection of historic textiles that reflect the important persons and events of the past. Late in the afternoon, Mark and a native guide provided a tour of an “old site” to complete the historic story of the area. (Please note: While ancient shards were collected for photographic purposes, all were left at the site.) Perry Null gave an important perspective of the trading post in today’s world as he conducted a walking tour of the Perry Null Trading Post. He showed current holdings in the Trading Post’s warehouse and how it is managed for customers. The group saw a very active store with persons bringing items to pawn as well as
shoppers of its vast and quality collection. The trading post has been in operation since 1939. Perry talked about the vibrant and essential role of the trading post in today’s economy and how it upholds and celebrates the Native American culture and art. The tour had a wonderful opportunity to watch and listen to Norbert Peshlakai as he worked in his studio (Peshlakai Visions Studio). Norbert talked about his family history with weaving. He started as an art major at the University of Kansas, and by taking one jewelry class, it changed his life’s direction He showed his tools and described how they are used to make his silver pots and jewelry. Norbert talked in some detail about his designs of animals and symbols. At the Yazzie’s Indian Art, the expansive family work was on view. Colina, wife of Raymond, talked about each artist and the history of the family’s jewelry making. She described how the large family grew up in a rural hogan and now exhibits in national museums. The Yazzie family is particularly noted for its exceptional lapidary work along with the rich combination of color and design. The Friends of the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian supports all activities of the Museum and sponsors lecture, trips, and special events for the benefits of the community. For more information about the Museum, or about participating in a future Gallup trip, the Friends group and future activities, please contact www.wheelwright.org. March 2020
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By Tristan Ashton
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ou’re out in the country on a warm and moonless night, far from any cities or lights. It’s just you and your dog as the clock ticks slowly towards midnight. It should be absolutely dark…but you see shadows! A soft light permeates the air, casting the trees in ghostly silhouettes—a light whose only source is the Milky Way itself. It seems improbable that the Milky Way, a tight but nebulous band of starlight, could cast visible shadows. And yet in the most remote regions of the world, such as the center of Death Valley or far out in the Pacific Ocean, it becomes a nightly occurrence. How can you possibly measure the stark difference between the Milky Way’s 22
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soft illuminations with the glowing nightlife of inner cities? El Morro National Monument, with its recent certification as an International Dark Sky Park (IDSP), provides an answer. The Bortle Scale is a measurement created in 2001 to help evaluate the quality of a night sky. In the complete absence of artificial light, the scale bottoms out at a “1,” indicating the darkest skies theoretically possible. In such a site, the glow of the Milky Way casts visible shadows on the ground and the brightest stars can actually impair your night vision! Progressing up the scale to “4” and “5,” the Milky Way is barely detectable, and the number of visible stars drops markedly from several thousand to just a few hundred. Light domes from nearby cities become
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large on the horizon, and those ghostly trees become distinguishable. All the way up the scale at “8” and “9,” in the very center of large urban cities, you see nothing but light glow from the city itself and barely a few stars. El Morro National Monument clocks in at a “3,” a distinction boasted by few other sites in the continental United States. Due in part to the enthusiastic support from its surrounding communities, the El Morro valley has kept its skies dark and begun promoting public outreach and education about the importance of responsible outdoor lighting. The monument was unanimously endorsed by the International Dark-Sky Association Board of Directors as “a land possessing an exceptional or distinguished quality of starry nights.” A night sky celebration event will be hosted on
June 13th to honor this historic achievement. In the meantime, a star party event will be held on March 14th showcasing the North Star. Visit the park’s website for details and watch for our next article in the April edition of the Gallup Journey. El Morro documents more than 2,000 historic inscriptions and petroglyphs, bringing visitors face to face with personal vignettes of history long past. Join park staff for special upcoming programs to experience the wonders of the same night sky that Native Americans and early travelers knew. For more information, please call the El Morro National Monument Visitor Center at 505-783-4226 (ext. 850), or visit us online at nps.gov/elmo or facebook.com/elmorro.nps. March 2020
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Please bring by or email memorabilia or pictures from past ceremonials. They will be used for the commemorative 100-year publication and social media. email: daisy@gallupjourney.com 505-722-3399 210 East Aztec Ave or drop off at the Ceremonial Office 206 West Coal Ave
"Little Blue Ribbon" The inspiration for this story comes from SSG Allen Hankins, US Army, who wrote the poem “Little Blue Ribbon.” By Kenneth Riege USAF 1985 – 1993 Before I get into this story, I would like to thank the 3,508 recipients of the Medal of Honor. Their stories are truly remarkable, and for more information on all of these amazing individuals, please visit www.cmohs.org. On Wednesday, February 5th, I had the extreme honor of attending the Medal of Honor Society’s Patriot Awards Banquet at the Ronald Reagan Library. This is such an amazing place, and I am looking forward to making a return trip with my family someday.
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At the dinner Army Staff Sargent Allen Hankins blessed us by reading a poem he had written called “Little Blue Ribbon.” I (along with everyone else there) was so moved by this. I reached out to SSG Hankins requesting his permission to do a short story on this poem, which I received and am now honored to share:
“Little Blue Ribbon” They are more humble than anyone you have ever met. These men wear something that makes them never forget. We never will understand the valiant acts of courage that they had to display. But they remember the ones that didn’t come back that day. They wear a light blue ribbon with five stars so bright. The Medal that goes with it is not so light. It’s not just another ribbon on their rack. It’s the stories behind it that will take you back. What is this little blue ribbon may you ask? It’s the Medal of Honor and comes with quite a task. I can’t imagine the burden it may bear, that little blue ribbon that only a few men wear. I’ve seen this Medal worn by men young and old. Little do we know about their stories untold. With the most piercing eyes you have ever seen. Each recipient holds something that is not most serene. They carry this Medal wherever they go. They wear it as a memory and representation of their fallen brothers that we will never know. A Father, Brother, Uncle or Son. They all carry the Medal for someone. Always behind the Medal stands the most unwavering one. With the memory of war every time they close their eyes. Dreaming and hearing their brothers cries. We will never know the burden they bear. Memories of them, we will make sure to share. Next time you see that little blue ribbon, look beyond the humble man that’s wearing it and understand what’s hidden. “SSG Allen Hankins US Army”
So at this event, SSG Hankins stood in front of a crowd of around 300 (to include over 20 of the 71 living Medal of Honor recipients) and presented this beautiful poem without any wavering in his voice. I tell you what, had that been me, I would have been shaking in my shoes. He is such a fine example of today’s military and a truly inspirational American. I am so thankful that my family and I can rest easy every night knowing that SSG Allen Hankins has the watch. I salute you sir and am honored to have met you. *After further discussion with SSG Hankins, he shared with me the inspirational event that prompted him to write this poem. He, his wife, and friends were having dinner with three MOH recipients in Pueblo, CO, our very own Hershey Miyamura, Drew Dix, and Robert Patterson. He noticed how these three warriors interacted with each other and how positive they were about everything, even though so much bad has happened. It was then that he started the rough draft of “Little Blue Ribbon.” SSgt Hankins admits that he did not realize the impact his first poem would have. While we are on the subject of the Medal of Honor and Medal of Honor recipients, I wanted to share a book recommendation from one of my very dear friends MOH Recipient Mr. John Baca (Vietnam). John was telling me about a book called “Chicken Soup for the Veteran’s Soul.” He said he was able to read this one in a couple of days but has been going back and rereading some of the different stories. I ordered my copy and am looking forward to also reading it. John’s main recommendation is to make sure you have a box of tissue handy. One last thing to share, is that Wednesday, March 25th, is National Medal of Honor Day. The holiday has been celebrated since 1991 when then President George H.W. Bush signed Public Law 101-564 on 15 November 1990. This date was selected to be celebrated on March 25th to honor the 23 men who participated in the Great Locomotive Chase. There were 6 who received the first Medals of Honor on March 25, 1863. This month’s Medal of Honor Quote comes from Vietnam Veteran Mr. Sammy L. Davis (who by the way is also known as the Real Forrest Gump.) His quote is as follows:
“My life experiences have taught me that you don’t lose until you quit trying.” This also happens to be the title of Sammy’s book that can be found on Amazon. All the quotes that have been provided come from the book titled: “Medal of Honor Quotes Inspiration from American’s Military Heroes” and can be purchased from the Center for American Values in Pueblo, CO.
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Ultimate Frisbee
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ltimate Frisbee is probably closest to a mix between soccer and football – minus the heavy pads and with faster paced scoring. Like soccer, it involves a lot of running, and you’ll find some similarities in how players might position themselves on defense. Like football, teams advance towards an endzone by throwing and catching – you just can’t run with the disc when you catch it. Unlike either sport though, ultimate is self-refereed – players resolve conflict on their own, abiding by what is called “Spirit of the Game.” I think the most appealing part of ultimate is that the concept of Spirit of the Game develops a certain kind of individual – someone who can be self-reflective enough to resolve conflict in the heat of the moment while continuing to compete at a high level. But also, ultimate is fun, a great way to stay active, and doesn’t take a lot of start-up equipment to play: cleats are ideal, but not required, so really you just need a field and a disc! At higher levels of the sport, there is a specified field size (it’s the same length as a football field, but slightly narrower), but for pick-up, you just need some friends and markers for whatever size field you want. Formal games require seven players on 28
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each team, but there are variations for smaller fields that work for games of 3 v 3. When I moved to Madison, WI, after college, I didn’t know much about Ultimate Frisbee, having only played intramurals in college. I got started by joining a local women’s coached league, and had the fortunate luck to be coached by two phenomenal (and nationally recognized) players – Robyn Fennig and Anna Williams. I had no idea at that point in time their guidance would lead me to join a local women’s club team, and go on to play with and eventually captain a mixed team competing at USA Ultimate’s Club National Championships a few years later. Seven seasons of club and local league later, I’m embarking on a new adventure as a co-founder of a professional women’s ultimate team in Wisconsin – the Milwaukee Monarchs. Playing ultimate can take all different forms: there are local disc organizations across the country that organize leagues - Albuquerque Ultimate and Santa Fe Ultimate organize
leagues in their cities, and around the country there are Facebook groups for pickup games. Frequently high schoolers might be introduced to ultimate in gym class, but there are more and more schools with teams competing in tournaments, and the USA Ultimate Youth Club Championship series. Colleges around the country have club teams (in Madison I have overheard parents talking about their children considering the quality of the ultimate team when choosing their college)! The University of New Mexico has both women’s (the Bombshells) and men’s teams (Hanta Virus). One of the unique features of ultimate is that the club level also features a mixed division, where women and men compete together on teams, which is often found in local leagues as well.
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WE WILL HELP YOU GET READY FOR THOSE SPRING ACTIVITIES! One of the defining features of ultimate for me is the community – many of the players I have met have become like a second family. When I travel, I often seek out members of the local ultimate community either to play, or just meet up – one time this even led to a pick-up game in Cambodia, where someone casually reminded me that I should look out for scorpions in the middle of a point! Ultimate creates a particular sense of camaraderie and belonging, almost from the instant you take the field with a new set of players. Last year I had the opportunity to play professionally for the first time with the L.A. 99’s – a professional women’s ultimate team based in L.A. now known as Astra – and even though I hadn’t played with them before, I was welcomed and instantly had 20 new friends in California. The opportunity to take the field with so many amazing women athletes was so validating and empowering as a woman (men have been able to play professionally for several years now), which is why I’m part of the Milwaukee Monarchs organization now. That’s the other neat thing about ultimate – there are so many different levels of opportunity – and in recent years there has been a focus on growing opportunities for youth and women athletes. The Premier Ultimate League (PUL) is a professional women’s ultimate league, formed in 2019 with 8 teams, and our Milwaukee team is part of a 4 team expansion for 2020. The league’s mission is to increase the accessibility and visibility of women in high quality, competitive ultimate. The league was joined this year by the Western Ultimate League (WUL), which consists of seven teams from the West Coast and includes the team I played for last year, Astra. I highly encourage you to check out the leagues on the web (and the teams!) – many of the games are available to be watched online during the
season too! I hope that you’ll consider checking out some of the local disc orgs in New Mexico – often there are players who will come and help other players learn more about the game (or, maybe I can come visit my aunt and uncle and run a youth clinic!). Alternatively, there are lots of resources available on USA Ultimate’s website about opportunities to play and the rules of the game. Both the PUL (www.premierultimateleague.com) and WUL (www.westernultimateleague.com) websites have information about the women’s professional leagues, and there is also a men’s league called the AUDL. If you have questions about ultimate, where to get started, or my team, the Milwaukee Monarchs (www. milwaukeemonarchs.com), you can email me at milwaukeemonarchs@gmail.com! Info about Disc Orgs in New Mexico: Albuquerque Albuquerque Ultimate abqultimate@gmail.com abqultimate.com/ Santa Fe Santa Fe Ultimate nmaudi-discinfo@yahoo.com nm-ufo.org/santafe/index.html# Press Highlights about the PUL: Born of a Boycott, a Women’s Ultimate Frisbee League Charts Its Own Path - New York Times, 06/28/2019 Professional women’s Ultimate is coming to Minnesota - Twin Cities Pioneer Press, 12/16/2019 PUL Podcast, Season 2, episode 1 [23:00]
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Walking in Beauty
National Nutrition Month® By Katie Sharpton The month of March is dedicated to nutrition, Registered Dietitian Nutritionists, and your health. Nutrition is referred to as energy which is obtained from food consumed which is necessary for health and growth. Nutrients are found in the food we consume and our bodies need them in order to maintain health. The seven essential nutrients are carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and water. Carbohydrates provide energy in the
form of calories. This is the body’s main source of fuel because it is easily converted into energy. The main sources of carbohydrates are bread, wheat, rice, and pasta. If you have diabetes, the simple carbohydrates such as honey, sweet fruits, and biscuits should be consumed in smaller quantities. About 1035% of calories should come from protein, which is needed in our diets for growth and to improve immune functions. The main sources of protein include meats, chicken, lentils, beans, and nuts. Fats and oils are concentrated sources of energy. Fats are classified into
two parts: saturated and unsaturated. Saturated fats are usually solid and are cool temperatures, and consuming too much can cause heart related problems. Unsaturated are usually liquid at room temperature and are known as the healthy fats. The Omega-3 fats from fish, oils such as olive, canola, or avocado are all great sources for unsaturated fats. Water is essential in our diet in order for our body to make cells, sweat, and do other essential body processes. Because of this, we cannot live without water for more than a few days. Vitamins are necessary for the body to function normally, which implies that they are a vital element in the diet. Vitamins are classified into two groups: fat-soluble and water-soluble. Vitamins A, D, E, and K are soluble in fats and are utilized only if there is enough fat in the body. Water-soluble vitamins are B, C, and folic acid, and cannot be stored in the body. The best sources of vitamins and minerals can be found in fruits and vegetables. Minerals ensure the health of your bones, teeth, and soft tissues. Examples include iron, calcium, and potassium. Good nutrition does not have to be overwhelming. Find your routine of a healthy diet by setting goals. Every small change helps in your journey of health. Visit with a Registered Dietitian to help direct you. Registered Dietitian Nutritionists are food and nutrition experts and are committed to improving the health of their communities. They work throughout the community in hospitals, schools, fitness centers, and more. How can you be involved in National Nutrition Month®? Week by week, try a new fruit or vegetable! In addition, you can attend cooking classes with friends and family or start a school garden. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics encourages everyone to “Eat Right, Bite by Bite.”
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March 7 McKinley Citizens' Recycling Council Monthly Meeting Red Mesa Center - 2:00 pm March 8 A Taizé service of meditation and reflection will take place at 4:00 pm at Westminster Presbyterian ChurchGallup. Open to all. The church is located on the hill at 151 State Highway 564 (Boardman Drive near Orleans Manor Apartments). Join us for an hour of hope, spiritual grounding, and community as we enter the season of “Lent.” With silence, scripture, readings, candlelight, music, and prayer, we will prepare our spirits for the coming week, month, and year. Peace and blessings. For questions, call Kathy at 505-870-6136.
March 13 5th Annual Super Hero Contest Due March 13th to the Rio West Mall Office 4:00 pm Superheros & Comics 3rd Annual Dr. Seuss Craft Contest Due by 5:00 pm at Rio West Mall Office March 14 6th Annual Youth Art Show Opening 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ART123 Gallery Celebrate National Youth Art Month with a show of 175+ 2D and 3D individual and collaborative works representing 13 schools and over 600 students from across McKinley County.
The North Star evening program at 7:30 pm El Morro National Monument Visitor Center A Pi / Pie Day Fundraiser for Cancer Research 10:00 am – 2:00 pm (or until sold out) Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe Patio Room, 306 S. 2nd Street To celebrate this day, be irrational! Eat pie for breakfast, lunch, during your coffee break, or for a midnight snack. Purchase pie by the slice ($3) or buy a whole pie to share or for yourself ($15)! Treat family, friends, or colleagues and celebrate this day. Fight Cancer and Feed Your Face! All pies are donated by local restaurants and bakeries! This event is sponsored by the American Cancer Society Gallup Relay For Life Ups and Downs Team. For more information or to buy a pie, contact Linda Shelton at 505-722-2175 or 505-297-9515.
March 24 2nd Look on 2nd Street 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm Downtown Gallup Stroll Gallery Row for art shows, artist talks, and artist demos at Camille's, opo Gallery, ART123 Gallery and LOOM Gallery. More info at www.galluparts.org/2ndLook March 26 Wine & Painting 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm ART123 Gallery Have a creative night out! Register at www.galluparts.org/ wine-and-painting March 28 Hasler Valley Rd Clean-up – 8:30 am to noon. Hub at Community Service center and work east on Hasler Valley Rd. Gloves, bags, and lunch provided. This is in preparation for our upcoming free event, NM Observed Trials, at the Gallup OHV/MX Park on April 4th-5th. Please come out and support a great cause! #KeepGallupCleanandBeautiful A basic program on understanding dementia and Alzheimer's disease will be presented from 10:00 am
March Events at the Octavia Fellin Public Library
March 7 Drip Painting Demonstration Celebrate Youth Art Month! Join us for an interactive workshop learning how to use acrylic paint to create random patterns utilizing drip technique. All completed works will be displayed for the month of March. Join us at the Children’s Branch on Saturday, March 7th, at 2:00 pm or Saturday, March 14th, at 4:00 pm. Art exhibition from March 9th to April 7th. *Open to all ages and any skill level.* Email jwhitman@ gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information. March 10 Bubble Wars Come by the Children’s Branch on Tuesday, March 10th, at 4:00 pm to celebrate National Bubble Week with a Bubble War competition. We’ll be making our own bubble solution and bubble wands with different materials to see who can make the biggest and strongest bubbles. Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.
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March 13 Manga Club: Drawing Manga Characters Continue learning how to draw Manga characters, by learning how to draw clothing and poses at the Children’s Branch on Friday, March 13th at 4:00 pm. All supplies provided. Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-7266120 for more information.
March 17 Irish Step Dancing Demonstration Kick- off Spring break with a trip to Ireland. Stop by the Children’s Branch on Tuesday, March 17th, at 4:00 pm for an Irish Step Dance Demonstration and learn a few moves yourself. Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-7266120 for more information.
March 14 Free Film Screening: Warrior Women Join us at El Morro Theatre on Saturday, March 14th, at 6:00 pm for a special film screening of Warrior Women. Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information. March 14
March 18 Explora The Explora science center is visiting the Children’s Branch on Wednesday, March 18th, at 3:00 pm; experience the motion and movement of science. Email childlib@ gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.
Wings of Enchantment Spring is coming and we’ve got butterflies! Stop by the Children’s Branch on Saturday, March 14th, at 2:00 pm to learn about butterflies through stories and to have an opportunity to feed butterflies with Wings of Enchantment Butterfly Farm. Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.
March 19 Spring into STEM We’re celebrating the start of spring at the Children’s Branch on Thursday, March 19th, at 11:00 am with science and engineering projects all about plants and nature. Email childlib@ gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.
- 12 noon at the Gallup Masonic Center, 4801 E. 66 Avenue. The program is designed for families and caregivers of those who have been diagnosed with any form of dementia. For further information, contact Robert at 505-615-8053 (call or text).
March 6, 20, and April 3 Church of the Holy Spirit Gallup Lenten Stations of the Cross 7:00 pm
Gallup McKinley County Schools
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UPCOMING EVENTS February 27-March 12-Q/3 Interim Assessments Month of March – MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH Month of March – NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH March 1- McKinley Academy Accepting Applications for SY 20/21 March 2 through 27 – NMASR (NM Assessment of Science Readiness) March 2 through 6 – “DR SEUSS WEEK” / Red Rock Elementary March 2 through 6 – Q/3 Interim Testing / Lincoln Elementary March 2- “Read In Day” / Lincoln El. / 8:30-11:00 & 12:30-2:45 PM March 3- APTT @ Twin Lakes El. / 11:30-12:30 & 5:30-6:30 PM (2) March 4- APTT @ David Skeet Elementary /5:00-6:15 PM March 4 – “GHS Culture Festival” / Gallup High / 5:30-7:00 PM March 6 – Community Meet and Greet / Tse Yi Gai High / 1:00-3:00 PM March 9 through April 10 / Alt. Assessment-Dynamic Learning Maps Grades 3, 8 and 11
March 9- GMCS School Board Meeting/ SSC Boardroom/ 6:00 PM March 11 – District Parent Advisory Council / SSC Boardroom / 6:00 PM
March 12 – Culture Festival/Miyamura High/ 6:00-8:30 PM March 12 – Career Fair / Chee Dodge Elementary / 5:00-7:00 PM March 12 – APTT-Family Night / Red Rock Elementary March 16 through 20 – SPRING BREAK- Enjoy your Break!!! March 17- Budget Survey Deadline Take our Budget Survey @ gmcs.org March 23 through 31 – Senior End of Course Exams (EOCs)
March 24 –Dr Seuss Family Night /Chief Manuelito Mid /6:00-7:30 PM March 25 – APTT #3 / Tohatchi Elementary / 5:30-6:45-Dinner Served March 26 – Q/3 Awards Assembly / Red Rock Elementary / Time TBD
March 26 – Early Release (data Day) March 30– GMCS School Board Meeting/ Navajo Mid/6:00 PM
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March 13 at 6:00pm: Movie Night at the Community Pantry. Fee: 1 to 3 items of dry goods (non perishable) Movie: Noah March 2020
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People Reading
Charles and Ann Arviso reading the Gallup Journey after their helicopter tour in Kauai, Hawaii
Former long-term Gallup resident, Georgia Lynch, reads the Gallup Journey at a Belen High fundraiser at Blake's Lotaburger in Belen, NM
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Danielle and Janice reading the Journey at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida
Dekaila and Delphina participated in the 2020 Walt Disney World Half marathon run in Orlando, Florida
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A CHACO VISIT By Sue Carlson
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ne Thanksgiving Day Grandfather and I decided to visit Chaco Canyon. Grandfather was a traditional Navajo elder who I’d met at a sweat lodge on the east coast many years before. He wasn’t pleased about an excursion to Chaco, “the graveyard” he called it, but I’d made a special trip to New Mexico for the holiday and he accommodated my wish. It was cold and foggy when we left Gallup, and by the time we reached Crownpoint, I could barely see five feet in front of the car. We drove east along lonesome Highway 9, then turned left onto Highway 57 and started in on the southern entrance to the Park. That road proved to be a feat of driving. On a good day, a dry, clear, summer day, the southern route into Chaco
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can seem impassable. On this damp November morning, the road became a dragon I had to slay. The muddy ruts were over a foot deep, and I had to keep the car zipping along, trying to stay out of their gooey clutches. I knew that if I slowed down we were doomed, so I sped wildly, throwing mud balls past the windshield, spattering the vehicle’s doors. “Just be yourself,” Grandfather said nonchalantly, gazing through the speckled glass. When we finally pulled into the Visitor Center, mud caked and frazzled, I felt I deserved a medal. Grandfather, never having visited Chaco, was amazed at the size of the complex. He analyzed Pueblo Bonito’s construction, and long before I’d read any descriptive text, he’d determined the significance of unique corner windows and knew exactly where the sun’s rays would first strike.
We toured Bonito, then scrambled up the ancient stairway in the cliff behind Kin Kletso. We walked along the high trail to Pueblo Alto and smelled a sweet, strong fragrance. Grandfather stopped. “I thought that’s what it was,” he said. He stood in front of a low bush about three feet high, covered in tiny, white aromatic blossoms. He took out his knife and started scraping the bark. Grandfather scraped until he’d collected a handful of reddish brown fibers. He passed them to me. They were soft and downy, fluffy. “We use this for starting fires, and for the babies, you know, for diapers.” We hiked further along the path towards Alto. It had snowed lightly on the mesa the night before and a thin white layer covered the ground. A fine hoar frost coated the plants and grasses, glittering and glistening in the sun’s intermittent rays. Grandfather took out his crystal and held it in front of him like a sensor. He stopped again. “There were four tribes here. They intermarried. When they left, they traveled north.” Grandfather then pointed out another plant to me, a reed-like plant. “This is blood medicine,” he said. “You take it for healthy blood.” We were still on the trail and approaching the ruins of New Alto when we heard the piercing call of a bird, clear and distinct. We searched the sky, but saw nothing. Grandfather held out his crystal and it went down towards the ground as if he were dousing. “Oh, that’s what it is,” he said, pointing to a small green plant with myriad oval leaves. “This is eagle medicine. When you have a cyst you take these leaves, heat them and put them on it. When you take the leaves off the cyst is gone.” We explored New Alto and then meandered over the mesa top to the unexcavated ruins of Pueblo Alto. Grandfather stayed at the western corner of
the D shaped structure while I continued over to the eastern side. A jackrabbit darted out in front of me, skittering through clumps of rime coated grass. I could barely see Grandfather’s figure, shrouded in the misty air. I walked about the ruin contemplating the life of its mysterious inhabitants and soon noticed something flitting about on my left. I looked over and saw a woman about 100 feet away. She was rising from a crouched position behind a little hill. I was startled. I thought we were the only intruders on this winter day. I blinked and looked again, but the woman was gone. I strained my eyes in the mist, expecting to see her enter the crumbling pueblo. Just then Grandfather called out to me and we joined each other in the middle of the buried plaza. “I just saw a woman over there,” he said, “towards the south, at a doorway. She was kneeling.” “I saw a woman too, in the east, on the hill. Let’s take a look.”
We crossed the plaza and stepped over the remains of the pueblo’s outer wall. We dropped down into a small depression and came upon a rope barrier. It was about two feet high with thick hemp strung between short, upright logs. The barrier encircled the little hill. Grandfather and I stepped over it and proceeded to the top. I thought we would see the woman’s footprints in the snow, but all we saw were potsherds scattered everywhere, littering the ground. The sherds were in all styles and colors: coiled grey, black and white, orange. Many were placed on the top of large rocks in what appeared to be deliberate groupings. There were also little bones. I thought the protected hill was a midden, a trash heap. It gave me a creepy feeling. “Let’s get out of here Grandfather. Let’s go look for the woman where you saw her kneeling.” We left the hill and walked back to the main ruin. We stood in the remnants of the
ancient doorway and looked for footprints in the snow. There were none. “It was just a soul,” Grandfather said. “Don’t worry. It’s nothing. It was just a soul.” I looked across the grey, glinting landscape to the south. Shafts of sunlight pierced the haze, creating swirling balls of circular light. “This place is incredible. I love it.” We abandoned Alto and its wandering souls and headed back down the trail. Grandfather soon noticed a reddish grass growing near the path. He bent over and started tugging on it. “What are you doing? That’s against Park rules!” He reluctantly stopped. “We use this one to wash our hair. It makes our hair grow long and gives it a red color.” We stopped once more to smoke sacred tobacco, sitting cross-legged on the edge of the tall cliff over Bonito. I said a prayer of thanks. On this day I’d glimpsed Chaco through Native eyes. March 2020 37
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RATTLESNAKES IN SILVER
THE SERPENT IN SOUTHWESTERN NATIVE JEWELRY
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he Four Corners, bottom edge of the area known as the Plateau, is a little short of slithering enemies. In the South all four of the deadly snakes of America crawl around, but we have only the rattler, and not very poisonous ones at that. Still, almost no culture anywhere fails to have strong beliefs about snakes. In Navajo mythology the snake is quite prominent, and always as a bad hombre. When I was researching the topic for the book Navajo Taboos, I found almost two
THIS DAN SIMPLICIO SNAKE HUMPS INTO THE AIR AND OFF THE SIDE OF THE BOLO.
AN EARLY JUAN CALAVAZA PIECE
dozen prohibitions relating to snakes. On the good side, snakes are related to lightning and rain. John Adair notes that, in 1940, traders had been pushing the Navajos to make thin snake bracelets for twenty-five years. “Just stick some turquoise eyes on a section of pounded wire.” By Adair’s reckoning the snake
bracelets date at least back to 1915. symbol.” Pretty harsh. I thought that seemed awfully early, While snakes do not qualify as a but then I came across a short article popular Zuni design, they are interesting by Charles Lummis printed in his for that reason—why were they not more magazine Out West Magazine in desirable? Only two jewelers are known 1896. He tells a strange tale; “A very for their use of snakes; Dan Simplicio good friend of mine, the best silver and Effie Calavaza who was an in-law smith among the Navajos, made to my order once a bracelet in [the] shape of a rattlesnake.” Though the Pueblos revere such serpents, “…to the Navajos he is ‘bad medicine’”—and “his people beat poor Chit-chi nearly to death, destroyed his hut and made [a]way THIS NAVAJO-MADE SNAKE DESIGN with the obnoxious BRACELET IS MAGNIFICENT.
Ernie Bulow
West by Southwest by Ernie Bulow
C. G. WALACE ATTRIBUTED THIS SNAKE A VERY SIMPLE SILVER SERPENT PIT OF VIPERS TO TEDDY WEAHKEE IN 1935. FROM A HAND-HAMMERED SLUG
SIMPLE SNAKE DESIGN RING BRACELETS WERE MADE WITH THE SAME CONFIGURATION.
through Dan’s sister who married Frank Calavaza. Dan Jr. told me his father got the idea for snakes from Navajos he worked with in the Kennedy shop. Dan
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE SNAKE SHOWING A HUMANOID FIGURE CLASPING THE SNAKE
made his snakes with serpent shaped heads [they say that all vipers and poisonous snakes have triangular heads], textured the body, and added rattles. Snakes as described do seem to have been part of the Fred Harvey curio trade—a piece of wire flattened and EARLY BRACELET WITH THE FRED HARVEY BIRD stamped and twisted AND SNAKES into a spiral. The ring serpents, coiling and writhing around picture here shows the basic style. Both rings and bracelets like impossible mazes. One coils around were made from wire. The Harvey the entire buckle and the other four are style silver bracelets with all the so twisted and convoluted it is hard to stamping also feature snakes. There follow the bodies. The stones are cut is no way to know if the work, and in such a way they look like snakes as the stamps themselves, were Navajo well, judging from the coral inlaid eyes. Early silver bracelets in the Fred made. The Juan Calavaza piece illustrated Harvey style and some Navajo style here has a snake with a slightly pieces are most common. Aside from pointed head, but later work and the some of the fanciful items by Dan distinctive Effie C. examples have a Simplicio, the Navajo examples are perfectly round head, sometimes with generally more elaborate and creative than other examples, in spite of the the front squared off. Item 165 in the C.G. Wallace sale taboos surrounding snakes. catalog from 1975, is a belt buckle attributed to Teddy Weahkee dated - ernie@buffalomedicine.com 1935. It is a veritable snake pit of
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• Learn how to plan meals that help manage diabetes. • Practice cooking foods in healthier ways. • Get a free manual and cookbooks. • Enjoy the support of others who are living with diabetes. These classes will be taught by: • Katie Sharpton, Family Consumer Science/4-H Agent • Daisy Arsenault, Registered Dietitian New Mexico State University, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and educator. If you are an individual with a disability and need an auxiliary aid or service, please contact the Extension Office at 505-863-3432 by March 30.
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The White dawn Boy of the East signifies the Spring Season Mother earth, the legged, feather, winged and insect returns to life The snow melts and the streams moisten and tenderize the earth Spring is beautiful it awakens Mother Earth In Woozhchiid (March) the Eaglet’s shriek echoes in the canyon Little lambs cluster together and leap in a big circle against the hill The white female clouds cascade in the sky and delivers spring shower Spring is beautiful it brings the gentle female rain In Taa chil (April) the Eaglet’s wings began to sprout The beautiful rainbow drapes across the skyline In the early morning a blanket of dew covers the earth Spring is beautiful it brings the sacred short and long rainbows In Taatsoh (May) the Eaglets are ready to rule the sky The pigeon, blue bird, yellow warbler and the raven tweet their melodies The strong aroma of spring is in the breeze in the hills, valleys and mountains Spring is beautiful it brings new life on Mother Earth Enjoy the Spring Season ©Orlinda Arthur-Williams March 2020
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Ah-Shi Dine Nation Beauty Studio & Gift Shop
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hsaki Chachere commutes nearly 80 miles each day from Beshbitoh Valley to Gallup to tend to her new downtown business: Ah-Shi Dine Nation Beauty Studio & Gift Shop, a speciality cosmetic business tailored for Native American skin tones. Ahsaki went to High School in Ganado and, due to additional online courses at home, was able to graduate early at the age of 17. With ambitions of a medical career, she attended the University of Arizona and delved deeply into her chemistry, biochemistry, and physiology classes. But she returned home to the reservation when her mom, a sheepherder by trade, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Taking a job in water management, helping her mom, and still finishing her college studies, she was able to take her medical school MCAT exams which she passed with flying colors…and her mother fully recovered from her cancer and has now worked for the Navajo Nation Judicial Branch for over three decades. Ahsaki’s dad was also there to help through these times, George LaFrance, who is currently athletic director at Navajo Technical University. George in his younger years played Arena Football and then served as a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers in the 1980s. With her family stable, Ahsaki, instead of taking one of the many offers to pursue a graduate medical program, changed her mind and earned graduate degrees from Southern New Hampshire University with degrees in sports management, accounting, and international finance. She soon met her husband, Dennis Chachere, and moved to Houston, TX, where she managed a Holland bases soccer club called Youth Dutch Lines. Yet, throughout the past decade, Ahsaki had been working in the background with a simmering passion to create quality cosmetics for Native skin tones. When taking care of her mother back in Beshbitoh, she found it hard to find cosmetics that were chemical free, attractive, and plant based. So she began the long process to create what did not exist in the market. While working with a soccer team and doing other jobs, Ahsaki developed her product line and started web sales. In the middle of all this, Ahsaki had to overcome the unwelcome reality of ovarian cancer… twice. Once healthy again, she decided it was time to
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return home to her people and introduce her products at the local level. So this past summer, she returned home to set up shop in the Window Rock flea market, and in less than an hour, all her products were sold out. This was her cue that she needed a storefront in the local area and she soon moved into 407 W. Coal Ave right across the street from Jerry’s Cafe. “Archie at Jerry’s has been super supportive and helpful to me in getting my shop set up and open, he believes in my vision, and with his help, I am able to continue to turn my vision into a reality. I am forever thankful for the BID’s and City Of Gallup’s support. I am blessed with this opportunity of a lifetime,” says Ahaski. Ah-Shi products were used last year by Native models in Denver fashion shows, and Ahaski continues to see large growth in her store and web sales. The brand now has 41 shades, a skin care line, hair care line, and now men’s care products as well. Currently there is a documentary film in production that will feature Ahsaki called “Native Boss Babe,” that should be finished in the next year. In the meantime please check out her new store or go online to www.ahshibeauty. com or @ahshibeauty on instagram.
For those living near Window Rock, a second store is in the making with a grand opening to take place Saturday, March 7, 2020, at the Window Rock Navajo Nation Shopping Center between 12:00pm and 7:00pm. Guests will be treated to free Blue Corn Mush, Dried Fruits Topping, Navajo Tea, and Fruit Infused Water. The new company features the First Native American Owned and Operated Skincare and Cosmetics Collection. As she states from her website: “I built Ah-Shi Dine Nation for many reasons: one, Ah-Shi Dine Nation is more than a Beauty Brand, it’s a movement. As a businesswoman, I see a problem with “Lack of Job Opportunities,” so to solve this problem, I will create jobs for my people on and off the reservation. I need and will build a team and show the world we are more than beautiful people, we're professional indigenous peoples running the next Timeless Ionic Beauty Brand in the world. Two, I am tired of waiting for a major brand to showcase our Indigenous Beauty. So, the wait is over, Ah-Shi Beauty was created in 2012. We have our Beauty Brand that will operate on and off the Great Dine Nation.”
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Ireland Meets Country-Irish, International Entertainer Direct from Ireland and Colorado St. Patrick’s Week March 20-21, 2020 El Morro Theatre in Gallup
Greg Blake Greg has been a country singer since the day he was born. Well, that may be an exaggeration for the sake of emphasis and illustration from a handful of well-meaning reviewers and critics, but it is true that Greg will tell you he can’t remember a time when he didn’t sing. His repertoire has been straight off the LPs of the classic country vocalists: Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Lefty Frizzell, Webb Pierce, Bill Monroe, the Louvin Brothers, Charley Pride, the Chuck Wagon Gang, Lester Flatt, etc. He received his first guitar at age 7 in order to accompany his singing and performing of all of those radio hits from the 50s, 60s and 70s at church socials and county fair talent shows. Having the privilege of traveling and performing with several different musicians, young and old, near and far, famous and yet to be discovered, Blake has found a stellar group of young musicians that have the same interest in and passion for preserving,
Neil McBride Neil was a founding member of a wellknown rock band (in Ireland) called EZ FEELIN' in the 1980s. Ez Feelin released an album and four singles; two of which received massive airplay: “What about me" and “Lonely." Neil has been a singer/ songwriter and professional performer for over thirty years. He has toured extensively in Germany, Sweden, and Spain as well as several tours to the United States. Neil writes his own material and has five critically acclaimed albums to his name, both solo and group efforts. He plays guitar and piano.
promoting, and performing an interesting marriage of musical genres. Greg, Nico, Miles, and Isaac will be seen at any given time, traveling literally around the world performing a 45-50 minute set of blistering and/or mournful traditional bluegrass, turn around and dawn a Telecaster, and then sit down at the pedal steel and deliver an hour long set of Cash, Haggard, Jones and Buck Owens classic country music that will bring back memories of AM radio and Saturday night dances. Band Members: Miles Zurawell - Dobro / Banjo / Vocals Nico Humby - Bass / Vocals Isaac Callender - Fiddle / Mandolin / Vocals Tickets are available at Quintana’s Music and Sammy C’s Rock N’ Sports Pub & Grille Doors Open 5:00 pm, Show Starts 6:00 pm All proceeds above go to Local Chapter VETS HELPING VETS and Wounded Warrior Project. More Info: Frank Hulse 404-242-0474 March 2020
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“Can you help me? Please?” His tender and sincere “please” still rings in my head weeks later. Out for an afternoon photowalk, I’d angled down the hill from my West Hollywood apartment building and turned south along the boulevard. As I made the corner, I saw him, a man in a light grey sweatsuit lying against the concrete base of the Trader Joe’s. He sat in bright sunlight between pockets of shade offered up by a nearby palm trees. Gently, he held up a white, styrofoam cup and asked me those humble questions in his raspy, exasperated voice. In the moment, I’m ashamed to say I buckled. I struggled to make eye contact. I didn’t slow my pace. I gave him nothing except for the lie that I had nothing to give. I was unnerved, not because I felt threatened, but because of deep uncertainty. I was torn between wanting to help and wanting to keep a safe distance. Risky encounters with strangers do happen, but this was not one of them. I had it in my head, however irrational and selfish, that if I spoke kindly or gave him something, anything, that he’d only want more. My mistake was one of ignorance. I allowed the voice of baseless apprehension to dictate my decisions to lie and walk on past. It’s not that I see myself as a savior; I’m certainly not. But I do believe in loving others as ourselves and it
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pains me that for no reason at all, I treated him not like the human he is, but like a stray animal. He deserved better. The key to doing better is education. So, in the weeks since, I’ve made efforts to shed my ignorance and get educated about homelessness. I’ve spoken with people in the city government. I’ve spoken with people who live here. And I’ve spent time reading material provided by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, LAHSA. I’ve learned that there are many myths about homelessness which contribute to misunderstandings like mine. Many of those misconceptions deal with its root causes. Homelessness has many contributing factors, and while far from an exhaustive list, it can arise from difficulty transitioning out of foster
care, medical facilities, the criminal justice system, and military service. Some suffer from drug or alcohol addiction, but they are a minority (29% of the 36,300 homeless population in Los Angeles). Mental illness can factor in too. The major factor, however, is economic: housing affordability. As is the case
in many places across the country, LA has seen a growing divergence between wage and rent levels. The United Way recently reported that a typical citizen must earn more than forty-seven dollars an hour to afford median rent in the city. Facts like these necessitate a larger conversation about how and for whom the economy produces its good and services, but an immediate takeaway is that homelessness can happen to anyone. There is much more to the issue of
homelessness than can be given adequate treatment here. It’s a complex problem that requires complex solutions. Further, and one of the things that has impressed me most on this now two-month tour of America, is just how big this country is and how many different lifestyles it supports. That means economic factors at play in one location may be altogether different one town, one county, or one timezone away. America itself is a land of complexity, but that complexity doesn’t have to prevent us from tackling our problems. We just have to make our best efforts to understand those problems first. Does that make it your job to solve problems like homelessness in your communities? That’s not for me to say. But if you’re looking for a way to help, getting educated is the best first step and the best way
to do that is to reach out to and engage with the officials and experts near you. I saw the man in the light grey sweatsuit again yesterday. He was seated near a parking lot a few blocks from where I’d encountered him last. This time he asked me for fifty cents. I struggled to think of something fifty cents could buy. The bodega two doors down from where the man sat sells bottled water for three dollars. I know because I stopped in there and got him one. I can’t say I’ve overcome my trepidation, but I also can’t imagine a life without a companion to talk to, where my pillow is made of concrete, and I lack the ability to quench my own thirst. We’re here to love others as ourselves. I hope I did better this time. For more information about the work being done to solve homelessness in Los Angeles, please visit https://www.lahsa.org/. Gordon Hight is an America-based photographer and writer. His work can be found @americain2020 and @flycaster1 on Instagram. March 2020
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The Plastic Issue and a Call to Action
By Jenny Tamminga My heart has been aching in the past months as I have seen videos of Third World countries with plastic trash covering entire beaches, of rivers and bays with so much plastic trash you can only tell there is water because the trash is undulating up and down with the waves, or it is slowly flowing away with the clogged current of the river. Many communities in these areas have no trash collection systems and no place to bring their trash, so people throw their trash in the rivers or bring it to the beach. The western world doesn't have this severe of a problem, thanks to our collection systems, but we still have people using pristine areas to dump trash and larger items. I recently saw 5 couches, a stack of plastic chairs, lots of household trash, and a broken hot tub out in the desert near Phoenix, and my husband told me of mounds of trash in our own Superman Canyon that he saw on a recent bike ride. Empty water bottles and other plastic items can be found wherever we go: on the ground in our majestic redwood forests, in our deserts, and in even in and around our most pristine rivers and lakes. A lot of this plastic, in third world countries and western world alike, then flows on down to our oceans 54
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harming the earth at every step of its journey. We have a world that is an amazing treasure. It has unboundless beauty and provides us with all we need to thrive, yet we seem to be determined to destroy it with plastic. A few months ago, I listened to a podcast about recycling, which explained that most of our recycling in past years was being sent to China along with plastic from other countries, but China closed its ports to the world's plastics in 2018. The western world then had a great dilemma: what to do with the tons of plastic we previously sent away to be recycled—letting others deal with our mess. With further research, I discovered that, after China closed its ports to outside plastic waste, western countries began looking for another place to send it. Since Hong Kong was the gateway to the Chinese recycling facilities, Hong Kong now has fields and warehouses full of plastic that nobody wants. The Americas and Australia then found markets for their plastic in Malaysia, but these have now been shut down by the Malaysian government and Malaysia has stated that they will not be the world's garbage dump (good point). Poland also has sites full of foreign plastic that are not getting recycled. Now, there are mountains
of plastic, in hundreds of sites, not getting recycled around the world all because the UK, Canada, the United States, and Australia (these are just the ones I read about) want to export their waste instead of building infrastructure and regulations to reduce its use and recycle it. The amount of plastics produced each year is increasing at an alarming rate, one site predicted that plastic production would increase 75% by 2022, and we are already producing 350 million tons a year! Plastic is durable and lasts a long time, but every phase of its life impacts the environment and our health. Plastics are made from crude oil and natural gas (according to ICIS, 20% of the world's oil production is used to manufacture plastic), extracting these products produces greenhouse gasses and pollutes fresh water sources and its production adds more greenhouse gasses and pollution. When food is sold, purchased, and stored in plastic in our homes, some of the chemicals it contains leaks into our food. Its disposal adds even more greenhouse gasses and pollutants: over one-third of plastic waste goes to landfills, some gets burned (burning plastic emits toxins known to cause respiratory ailments and stress human immune systems), only 9% of the world's
plastic actually gets recycled and one-third ends up polluting the environment. According to the Children's Health Network, styrofoam, which is a brand of expanded polystyrene foam (recycling #6), is a particularly noxious type of plastic and its principal component, styrene, is listed on the CDC's website as a toxic substance. Styrofoam's production releases hydrocarbons that, when mixed with other pollutants in the air, produces ground-level ozone which can lead to respiratory problems. Disposing of styrofoam causes other problems as it doesn't break down, and so its is often incinerated which releases styrene gas into the atmosphere which can lead to nervous system impairment. Storing our food in it is dangerous because the styrene that it is made of can leak into our food when heated. Hence, it is suggested that you never put any hot food/drink into styrofoam containers and never microwave it or any other plastic products, yet we drink coffee in styrofoam cups all the time and have our food put into it at some restaurants! What are we thinking? Plastic can take 500 years, or longer, to decompose. Since we started making plastics in the 1950s, all the plastic that
has ever been produced still exists in the world. If it is exposed to sunlight it starts breaking down into smaller pieces until very small pieces are left called microplastics, but these stay in the environment and in us for a very long time. Since 40% of plastic production is disposed of in some way within a year of it being made, we can make a big difference in the world's greenhouse gas problem (from the production of plastics) as well as ocean pollution if we can eliminate singleuse plastics! Most of us have heard about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but what I did not know prior to this research is that there are four more Ocean Garbage Patches; there is one in the South Pacific, one each in the North and South Atlantic, and one in the Indian Ocean. Ocean currents are also washing up plastic trash onto shorelines in every part of the world, even Easter Island, whose closest neighbor is 1,200 miles away, has a serious problem with trash washing up on their rocky shorelines. Along the California coast, I have seen pieces of plastic from Japan! Since 70% of earth's oxygen is generated by the ocean, suffocating the ocean with plastic may end up suffocating humankind.
Effects on Ocean Wildlife
Birds are dying at an alarming rate, approximately one million per year, because they eat the bits of plastic in the environment or become entangled in the plastic. With pieces of plastic clogging the digestive system, the bird feels full, does not eat, and starves to death. Sea birds, like the albatross, are currently the ones that suffer this fate the most. One species of albatross that nest on the Midway Atoll in the Pacific have been studied and it was found that 40% of their chicks die before fledging due to stomachs filled with plastic (World Wildlife Fund). Parent albatross skim the top of the ocean for food and regurgitate it to feed their young. Since plastics tend to float in water, much of what they pick up are plastics, and the chicks have bottle caps, plastic forks, and many other plastic items in their stomachs. Adult albatross carcasses that are found in many countries have things as large as toothbrushes and golf balls in their systems. Birds are not the only creatures effected; the UN estimates that 380,000 marine mammals are killed each year by ocean plastic, either by ingestion or entanglement. One whale was found with 90 pounds of plastic in its stomach! Fish are suffering March 2020
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as well; they are eating plastic and getting tangled in abandoned fishing nets. One in four ocean fish have plastic in their systems, and in one lake tested, Lake Ontario, every fish tested had plastic in its system (PBS special: The Problem with Plastic). As many of you have seen on the news, sea turtles are also suffering from the ocean's plastic waste: they are getting tangled in the discarded fishing nets, inhaling straws and other plastic when they surface to breathe, and eating floating plastic bags which they confuse with the jelly fish that they eat. In the United States, we have about onefifth of the world's population, yet we produce approximately a third of its waste. It is easy for us to be complacent and not think about what happens to our waste once it is taken away from our homes, but we all need to become aware of what our waste is doing to the earth. We do not want to leave a plastic wasteland for our children and grandchildren to inherit. The earth is in a state of crisis that humankind has created, and since we all participated in creating the problem, we all need to participate in its recovery.
production of roofing materials, where its durability is an asset. Many individuals around the world are dedicated to working on reducing plastic waste in their homes, are participating in trash clean-up in their communities and wild places, and are lobbying and protesting for the environment in their communities. For years I have been bringing my own shopping bags to the grocery store, reusing plastic produce bags, and recycling what I could, but it is no longer enough. I need to do more! Below are some of the ideas that I found and am working on:
(this is called the tare) on the bag/jar so you are not paying for the weight of the container when you check out. When traveling you can find stores that sell from bulk bins by using the bulk store app found on the Zero Waste Home website. Avoid, when you can, buying products with plastic packaging—look for alternatives with sustainable packaging (glass and metal and cardboard). Look for bamboo or wooden toothbrushes and kitchen scrubbies instead of plastic when you need them. Use bar soap at the sink instead of plastic pump bottles, as well as a bar shampoo and conditioner. How you can help Don't buy or use wet wipes, they contain As you read this list, work on the easiest plastic and are wrapped in plastic. While we thing first or on the area where you generate are on the subject, don't flush any kind of wet the most plastic trash. Don't try to make too wipes (yes, even "flushable" ones), they clog many changes at once. Also, use up what you have before making changes (throwing it sewers and water-treatment plants, but if you don't buy or use them that shouldn't be an away only produces more waste), then when you need that product, you can look for more issue. Look for sustainable feminine products sustainable products and packaging. without plastic. The cups can be re-used for Refuse and/or don't buy single-use plastic years. products: single-use plastic water and drink Recycle your electronics and extra cords— bottles, plastic straws, plastic utensils, plastic they have lots of plastic and other toxic shopping bags, plastic produce bags, takeSolutions substances; Best Buy and Staples both have out coffee cups with lids (not only is the lid 40 countries around the world have processes for this, check their websites for plastic, but the cup is lined with plastic), banned the use of plastic bags due to their particulars. environmental impact. Canada and Costa Rica Q-tips with plastic stems, plastic razors, zipBuy used and refurbished electronics lock bags, and cling wrap. plan to ban all single-use plastics by 2021. instead of new ones. Bring your own reusable water bottle/coffee Australia also has many areas that are banning Shop at our local thrift stores—buying various single-use plastics. Meanwhile, in the cup, take-out/leftover containers, straw (if you things you need (clothing and household need one), flatware, grocery bags and produce United states, 12 of our states have banned items) at a thrift shop means a new one does bags. You can make produce bags from old the use of plastic bag bans! Yes, that it what sheets or t-shirts (if you don't sew, just cut off not need to be made and also eliminates it sounds like; no city in those 12 states can production waste. the sleeve of an old long-sleeved t-shirt and ban plastic bag use in their cities! Yet, in the Recycle everything you can. knot one end—you just made a produce bag!). United States it is estimated that one plastic Educate yourself by watching various Keep these items in your car or bag so they bag is disposed of per person every day. The documentaries and videos on the plastic are available wherever you go. United States does have many cities in the problem that can be found on Youtube: PBS's Choose vegetables not wrapped in plastic. other 38 states that have instituted plastic The Plastic Problem, The Story of Stuff, Sky Bring your own bags to put them in or just bag bans, and Seattle has banned single use utensils, bags, and straws. California is the set them in the bottom of your cart, they don't New's The Plastic Tide, One Month Without Single-Use Plastics. need to be corralled. only state that has banned the use of plastic Share what you learn with others; the more Refuse and avoid anything made out of bags statewide and has 26 cities that have people advocating for sustainability and banned the use of styrofoam food containers. styrofoam—egg cartons, take-out or leftover trying to reduce their waste, the more we can Styrofoam is being banned in other cities containers, coffee cups, and plates. Even in the US as well (see The Story of Stuff better, lobby to get styrofoam food containers stem the tide of plastic. Write the companies that make products Project). Maybe we can add Gallup to the list banned in Gallup! of cities that ban styrofoam! Look for TP which is not wrapped in plastic you buy from to ask for more sustainable packaging, or to let them know that you are Companies and individuals all over the film and, while you are at it, TP that is made world are working on the plastic issues: from recycled paper—27,000 trees are cut per switching to a more sustainable product. Write letters or call senators and legislators development of sustainable alternatives to day to make toilet paper! to advocate for key environmental and reduce the use of plastic, more and better Buy as many items as you can from the climate decisions. You may even want to options for recycling, ocean and river cleanbulk bins found in grocery stores. In Gallup, join protests and marches to advocate for the up projects (see Ocean Rescue and Ocean we have a some available at La Montanita Voyages Institute), beach clean-up, and Co-op on Coal Ave. Remember to bring your environment. Save this list for trying more ideas later. finding organisms to help degrade plastic own bags or jars for each product to avoid the Buy less—the less you consume, the less more quickly. In a few countries, waste plastic ones—have the cashier weigh your plastic is being used in road building and the containers prior to filling and note the weight you discard. 56
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