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El Morro Theatre - 90 Years and Getting Better The El Morro Theatre is celebrating its 90th birthday this year! The Theatre opened on August 23, 1928, and originally showed silent films with someone playing the organ during the week, and on weekends films were accompanied by an orchestra. The theatre has seen a lot of changes over the years but one thing remains the same: “El Morro was built for your pleasure and entertaiment” (quote from original opening program in 1928). Carl and Robert Boller were architects who specialized in designing “movie palaces” during the early twentieth century. Overall the Bollers designed 175 movie theaters in the United States, 44 of which are still open, and 27 of which show movies. There are four theaters in the State of New Mexico that were designed by the Boller Brothers: our historic El Morro Theatre, the Lensic Theatre in Santa Fe, the Kimo Theatre in Albuquerque, and the Lyceum Theatre in Clovis.

The El Morro Theatre was designed in the Spanish Colonial Baroque style. The theater featured huge chandeliers, murals, and decor, all in a spanish motif. The theater originally featured a cry room off of the ladies lounge and smoking room off of the main lobby. One unique feature of the theatre still exists but not in Gallup - the Reuter Organ. The organ was purchased in 1927 for $5,000 (about $72,500 today) and shipped via the Santa Fe Rail to Gallup from Kansas. In the 1950s the theater’s organ was moved to a church in Las Cruces, and then in 1996 the church offered it back to the manufacturer in exchange for complimentary, professional removal. The organ was removed and stored at the Reuter Organ facility in Lawrence, Kansas, and has gradually been restored. The organ is currently set up as a historic show piece in the assembly room in Kansas.

(Information courtesy of Ronald Krebs, Vice President of Reuter Organ Company).

The theatre changed hands many times over the years, but in 1989 the Kauzlarich family purchased the theater and made significant improvements that are still making an impact on the theater today. They also worked to have the theatre added to the historic register. In 2003, the City of Gallup purchased the theatre and has made many improvements over time: new bathrooms, ADA compatibility, stage lighting, new seats, a digital projector and Dolby 7.1 sound system (which have closed captioning and more for the visual and hearing impaired), new balcony railings and curtains, among other improvements. In 2015, the City opened the El Morro Events Center, a conference facility that seats up to 120 for parties, meetings, and more.

The City of Gallup is proud to announce the next step in the theatre’s growth: a reconstructed stage floor. The El Morro Theatre will be closed, beginning October 1st, for the reconstruction and reinforcement of the stage floor and underlying support. During that time the Events Center will have special and fun family programming on the weekends and additional featured events. The closure is only anticipated to last a few months but the Events Center will be fully operational. The Theatre had a birthday party on September 8th during ArtsCrawl with decorations, free cake and hot dogs for the public, but will be having a larger grand reopening event after the floor is completed. The City of Gallup and its employees at the El Morro Theatre and Events Center look forward to many more years of continued entertainment and encourage you to visit @elmorrotheatre on Facebook or Instagram for construction updates and www.elmorrotheatre.com for program information.

Octavia Fellin Library October Program Highlights Written in the Stars: Teen Read Week - October 7th-13th Instagram Poetry Challenge: Send us your sonnets, haikus, limericks, or any poetry about stars, the universe, and you, for a chance to win a Starbucks or Denny’s gift card. For ages 13+, entries must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. MST on Saturday, October 13th, 2018.

Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center Afterschool Art Classes Afterschool Art Classes kick off on September 4th and continue until November 15th. Classes are Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and/or on Fridays from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information visit 700 Montoya Boulevard, or call 505-7222619.

Winter Arts & Crafts Fair The Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center is proud to announce the dates for its 2018 Winter Arts and Crafts Fair. The Fair takes place December 1st (8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.) and December 2nd (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.).

Interested vendors please contact the office at 505-722-2619.

Raps, Slams and Sonnets Poetry Workshop - October 10th at 4:00 p.m. and October 13th at 3:00 p.m.

Whether you’re all about Tupac or keep it classic with Shakespeare, we’re exploring different kinds of poetry.

For middle school and older, make blackout poems, listen to some great slam poets and play a few rounds of Tupac vs. Shakespeare.

Hispanic Contribution to the American Revolution - Thursday, October 11th at 6:00 p.m. There are many untold stories from our history. The contribution of New Mexico supporting the efforts of the American Revolution is one of these stories. Mr. George Garcia, a native New Mexican, historian, and army veteran, will tell this forgotten chapter and shed a new light on Hispanic history. Mr. Garcia is an active member of the New Mexico Sons of the American Revolution and will give his presentation in a replica of the Spanish uniform worn in the 1700s.

An evening with author Charlotte J. Frisbie – Thursday, October 18th at 6:00 p.m. Author of Food Sovereignty the Navajo Way: Cooking with Tall Woman will present a book talk and signing. Charlotte is a retired anthropology professor who received her PhD in anthropology from the University of NM. She began working with Tall Woman, Tall Woman’s husband Frank Mitchell, and the rest of her family in Chinle, AZ, in 1963.

The recipes included in the book are from Tall Woman [1874-1977] and her daughter, Augusta Sandoval, who assisted in processing them for publication.

Dia de Los Muertos Celebration - Wednesday, October 31st at 4:00 p.m. The Children’s Branch is celebrating Dia de Los Muertos with a showing of the Pixar movie Coco, crafts, and a hot chocolate bar.

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Thoughts From The West End

I recently took a trip with my son’s 6th grade class to Chaco Canyon where some sage park rangers gave our group guided tours of the ruins. Some interesting facts included many of the ancient buildings and landmarks being built to align nearly perfectly with winter and summer solstice. They showed us petroglyphs that likely depicted a supernova star that was also recorded by the Chinese around 1054 A.D. The more time we spent at Chaco, the more it became apparent that the people who used to live here had an incredible understanding of not just the celestial movements but of the natural world as a whole.

While I really don’t know personally or experientially, I am told that many of the cultural traditions of the Native American people who live here today also exemplify a deep understanding of harmony, balance, and interdependence with the creation. My own cultural traditions have not typically valued this connectedness to creation and unfortunately have often validated the disharmony, indifference, and often destruction of the created world to sometimes fulfill desires for production, money, and control, but sometimes also for good things like building materials, technology, and enough food for the planet. My cultural tradition, for good or for bad, has validated these beliefs and actions by interpreting a diverse group of historical documents that we say is the “Word of God.”

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In the first chapter of this historical book, however, it states what God’s first words were. It says God’s first words were the ones He spoke to create our natural world, and after He spoke our matter into existence, He said it was “very good.” This first Word of God has been visible long before syllables found their way on paper. So, to the cultures that have lived in deep study and harmony of this first Word, I must tip my hat and wonder in respect at what truths about the Creator you have learned from this deep immersion in His first Word? Perhaps you have gained understanding that can enrich my heart’s journey.

Perhaps there is little to share? Perhaps there is a lot?

Perhaps it doesn’t matter because my cultural tradition has typically not wanted this dialogue; for we have unfortunately tended toward authority, superiority, and then your conformity to us. I do not exclude myself from this hubris.

As with any cultural/spiritual tradition, there will always be a dark side to it that will pervert towards fear and control. This is true in my tradition as it is also in yours. So, let us each not dismiss the other’s cultural traditions by our respective dark shadows. I believe there is deep love, goodness, and truth in my tradition…as I believe there must be in yours as well.

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September Master Finishers Bonnie Chauncey-Riggs Autumn Burbank Aleija Yazzie Mary Lou Mraz Lisa Begay Thomas Gomez Valerie Harrison Ana DK & Footies Alex R. Ashley Alyce Bitsue Alberta Baldwin Sylvester Noche Art Mitch Sara Landavazo

Danelle J Jerry O. Young Kerry@Larrison Jaye Smith Maureen Bia Genevieve E. Cisco Christina Ashley N.T.N. Charley Benally Joe Ronalds Steve Mahnke Doma Dion Qualo Roger Morris Elmer Williams

Contents 9 Happy 50th Anniversary UNM Gallup Jason Arsenault 10 UNM Marilee Petranovich 12 Indigenous Politics and Critical Theory Dr. Robert Hunter,

Affiliate Instructor, Native American Studies-Division of

Arts & Sciences 14 Grandchildren (Part 3) Jay Mason 17 Walking in Beauty Chuck Van Drunen 18 Criminal Justice Richard Malone-Adjunct Criminal Justice Instructor 22 The UNM-Gallup Ingham Chapman

Gallery & The Creation/Preservation of Culture John Zimmerman Associate Professor & Director,

Ingham Chapman Gallery Thanks to our Contributors this month: UNM Faculty Ernie Bulow Jay Mason Chuck Van Drunen Sandra McKinney Marilee Petranovich Margaret Estrada

David Conejo-Palacios Publishers: Daisy & Jason Arsenault Chuck & Jenny Van Drunen Managing Editor: Aileen Steigerwald

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Emma Perez de Estrada Margaret Estrada West by Southwest Ernie Bulow Treasure Winners Stay Near Go Far… Floyd Kezele, Associate Professor Everyone Wants the Same Thing...a Little Self Respect Palacios Event Calendar Dental Assisting Gayle Woodcock Dental Assisting Program Director Veterans Corner Sandra McKinney Early Childhood Multicultural Education Dr. Lewis Gambill, Assistant Professor Early Childhood Multicultural Education Division of Education, Health and Human Services People Reading Learning to Love Homework Dr. Robert B. Galin, Associate Professor English and Communications, Division of Arts & Sciences

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By Jason Arsenault “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.

Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” ~ Henry Ford

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y high school football coach always told us that society would accept us if we possessed one of three things: athleticism, money, and education.

Not all of us are lucky enough to run like the wind, jump like a frog, or have the coordination to play competitive sports. You might believe hard work and perseverance will take care of the money thing, but as you age you might begin to realize that luck has more to do with that one. However, learning is something you can do for a lifetime.

Many of us have finished our traditional schooling and are into careers that

keep us extremely busy. However, we might have a passion about doing something different or learning something new. Others are just starting out and need school to accomplish the goals they have set for themselves. Fortunately, we live in a city that has a University where we can pursue learning whether it is to attain employment or just for the fun of expanding our understanding of what interests us.

As you read through this issue of the Gallup Journey, you are going to be introduced to a handful of the professors at the University of New Mexico-Gallup. Each will talk about their program and how they are involved in this community.

Having UNM-Gallup is an incredible asset to the community, and many of us can benefit from the many programs it offers.

So, take some time and read through the articles.

Then visit the school online where you can learn more about the degrees and certificates it offers. Browse through the current classes being presented, and plan for the approaching semester.

You can find classes that fit your schedule and begin that secret that Henry Ford alluded to - how to stay young.

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By Marilee Petranovich The 2018 fall semester is very important at UNM-Gallup as it marks the 50th anniversary of the branch campus’ existence. Our presence was made possible by a large group of community members who not only left a legacy at UNM-Gallup, but provided an example of how to build and support higher education from a grassroots level.

As early as 1958, Gallup civic leaders began discussions about bringing collegelevel courses to students of the area. An early partnership with the UNM Extension Division brought 40 students to classrooms at Gallup High School for part-time instruction. In 1966, based on the program’s success, Gallup residents were led by Dr. George Young, superintendent of the Gallup-McKinley County School District, in looking at what would be needed to establish a permanent community college.

Civic organizations, educational groups, and service clubs all became involved in conversations about whether the area could support the enrollment and financial needs of a local college and whether demand was strong enough to sustain such an effort.

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promotional campaign in 1967 touting the importance and necessity of a branch college in Gallup. Publisher John Zollinger and editor Eric McCrossen wrote articles, collected data, and encouraged UNM administrators in Albuquerque to consider the value of placing a UNM-Gallup branch within easy access of the local community.

In November of 1967, the GallupMcKinley County School District took action through board approval of a general obligation school bond to support a UNM satellite campus. Because of this significant vote, the district superintendent, Dr. W.B. Fitzsimmons, delivered the message to UNM officials that Gallup residents were ready to financially support a branch campus. School board members who voted in favor of the tax levy were Cal Foutz, Ernest Vanderwagen, Richard Wilson, and Ernest Becenti. In response, UNM named Robert Lalicker as the liaison official between the University and Gallup. Mr. Lalicker, a University of New Mexico employee from 1956-1984, was a strong advocate for the UNM-Gallup branch and provided assistance in starting up the college.

In 1968, the New Mexico state legislature provided a $22,000 appropriation to start the campus at the urging of Edward Junker and

Louis Romero, who were state legislators at the time. With the appropriation in hand, civic leaders started on the road to obtaining a mill levy to support operations of the campus. Dr. Ferrel Heady, UNM presidentelect, and local attorney, Walter Wolf, who sat on the UNM Board of Regents, spoke at numerous community gatherings trying to garner support of the tax levy. Gallup Chamber of Commerce President Joe DiGregorio and Executive Manager Harvey Whitehill committed the Chamber to paying for promotional materials which explained and encouraged backing of the increased mill levy.

With the initiation of a publicity campaign by the local paper, area citizens were interviewed and quoted as giving their backing for both the school district bond issue and the college tax levy. Publicly giving their support in the Gallup Independent were Wallace Leach, Ron Oldham, Walter Wolf, Ira D. Cato, Octavia Fellin, John Guest, Paul McCollum, Fay Radosevich, Jess Walter, T. Ray Erwin, and Charles Williams.

The election was a success with citizens strongly declaring their support of higher education in their own neighborhood. 85% of voters were in favor of the tax levy which raised $7,000.00. This was added to the

$22,000 already provided by the legislature, and the branch campus was in business.

On September 16, 1968, 128 registered students began taking classes at the newly established UNM-Gallup. Tuition was $312.00 for 12 credit hours. The total budget for this first semester was $59,000 which included $22,000 from the state legislature, $7,500 from the mill levy, and $29,500 from tuition and fees.

On August 7, 1969, the Gallup Lions Club donated their club house to UNM-Gallup establishing a physical location for the campus. The land for the Lions Club site was donated by Bert Cresto, and the building All photos provided by John Van’t Land of the facility was the result of over 250 Lions Club members fulfilling the Lions Club desire to return the who donated their time, talent, and labor to building to the community since local citizens construct the building. Lions Dan Brentari, had funded and built the structure. Later that Henry Whipple, Art Garcia, J.A. “Red” same year, Clair Gurley donated 52 acres of Abeyta, and Bill Lewis were instrumental in land to the university, assuring a permanent

location for UNM-Gallup.

As they say, the rest is history.

Over the past 50 years, UNMGallup’s legacy has grown to serve tens of thousands of students as a place where students can start, continue, and complete their education. Our roots go deep, and as we celebrate our 50th anniversary, we offer acknowledgement and gratitude to the earliest benefactors who allowed UNM-Gallup to begin, grow, and continue our educational mission. When the historians remember our 100th and 200th anniversaries, they won’t be able to write the story without recognition of those early civic leaders who believed in the value of higher education – and made it happen.

The author would like to thank the late Octavia Fellin whose publication, “A Chronicle of Mileposts – A Brief History of the University of New Mexico Gallup Campus,” contributed to the writing of this article.

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INDIGENOUS POLITICS AND CRITICAL THEORY

Dr. Robert Hunter, Affiliate Instructor, Native American Studies - Division of Arts and Sciences

Preparing students for the demands of study in higher education is the primary purpose of Indigenous Politics and Critical Theory. Our students live in an environment where an abundance of career and technical educational choices are available. Workforce credentials provide an opportunity for a steady paycheck. Yet educational outcomes need not conclude here.

As released in The Kennedy Report nearly fifty years ago, the trend in Indian education has tended toward a focus on “overemphasizing vocational training at the expense of college preparatory work” (Indian Education: A National Tragedy – A National Challenge, 1969). This is a trend that higher education is uniquely situated to address.

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Whether students choose to enter the fields of education, law, politics, or the media, the ability to discern some of the historical, sociopolitical, and economic forces that shape our present world is essential.

Indigenous Politics and Critical Theory examines the reification of power in bureaucratic systems. Specific emphasis is given to the political relationship of the Navajo to state and federal governments.

Students are introduced to some of the key tools of critical theory in analyzing both oppressive and affirmative manifestations of political agency.

Examining intergovernmental relationships directly and analogously allows students a glimpse into both practice and theory.

Students investigate how and why Indigenous populations are often the most regulated polities in the nation. The course draws from the work of postcolonial and critical theorists in addressing these

questions. The interrogation of specific claims and representations is as important as the study of the policies that reproduce them. The question of whose interests are being served is central to this work.

Looking at Constitutional treaties and Tribal compacts and codes, students are able to trace the impact of colonialism and some of the critical discourses used to allay it. Students are introduced to constructs of hegemony, such as the culture industry and repressive tolerance. They learn about paternalism and the difference between Indian preference and affirmative action policies.

In short, students reflect and respond through reading, analyzing, writing, and presenting ideas that affirm Indigenous sovereignty. Preparation for work in higher education reaffirms that the warriors of today often fight their battles in the courtrooms and the classrooms of tomorrow.

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Grandchildren (Part 3)

“The soul is healed by being with children.” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

By Jay Mason

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he last time I reported on my grandchildren, Kitty and I had a dozen – a blessing beyond our greatest expectations. We now have nineteen. I know at least one of the names of each of these beautiful souls. Sammie, Matthew, Luke, Freddie, John Marie, Sophia, Benedict, Gus, Benjamin, Aidan, Meghan, Conor, Abby, Marvelle, Evelyn, Rosemary, Teresa, James, and Theodora.

Birthdays are well above my pay grade.

Several months ago, I travelled to Washington, D. C., for a meeting. One day I ubered (never thought that would be a verb) to my daughter’s house in Maryland. Her husband was visiting his parents, and I came to spend the day with four grandchildren I don’t see all that often. I know their mom put them up to it, but as we approached their house, the driver remarked, “I guess they are excited to see you.” All four were waiting patiently on the porch with hand drawn pictures to give to Grandpa. They attacked me as I exited the car. We spent the morning playing and reading books. In the afternoon we went to the National Zoo. They fell asleep on the way home; I needed a nap, too. A good time was had by all.

My wife Kitty travels most of the time seeing these little ones. There are so many that now we cannot all gather together in Gallup. It is difficult to drive across the country or buy airplane tickets for 13 non-Gallup grandchildren and their parents. They live in Ohio and Maryland. Recently some of us met in Baltimore because of a Knights of Columbus annual convention. Ten grandchildren from newborn to five were there. What a joy to see these cousins enjoying each other’s company and having great fun together.

Each time we are together, some new wisdom is imparted to those adults who are nearby. My teacher daughter, Kathleen, told these little grandchildren at the dinner table that if they wanted to talk to an adult, they should not interrupt him or her, but carefully place their thumb and index finger around the elbow of the adult. Then you should wait until the adult makes eye contact with you. At that point you should talk.

I listened to this advice and said to myself, “Right, I am sure that is going to work.” Thirty minutes later, John Marie quietly touched my elbow. I looked at him and said, “Yes, John Marie?” He said, “I love you, Grandpa.” I almost lost it but said, “I love you, too.”

The other day I was reminded of something that most likely

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occurred when our children were small. Little Marvelle (age 2) came to visit while her parents were out of town.

In the middle of the night, she woke up, and Grandma took her into our bed, where she immediately fell back asleep. Early in the morning, I felt a small foot in the small of my back. I carefully moved it away and dozed off. Ten minutes later that foot had found its way back. It didn’t matter how many times I moved it, it came back.

Marvelle never woke up. It was as if she was saying, “I am connected to you, Grandpa. Don’t ever forget it.”

My oldest grandchild (until recently) is Freddie. Freddie is autistic. His mom and dad sought early intervention, and it helped Freddie quite a bit. I had never considered the effect of an oldest child on a family. Most children imitate their older siblings. When that child is disabled, his siblings might copy his behavior. I began to see some of that in their family. However, God had his own intervention plan. Mom and dad agreed to adopt some nieces and nephews whose parents had major problems.

Their family of four children swelled to eight. Two of these children were older, and one was the same age as Fred. The family dynamic changed. The younger children now had many others to imitate, and the new children attached to Freddie in a positive way. It seemed to lift a burden from Freddie. I don’t know how it will end, but it is beautiful to watch.

Finally, one of my children named a child after me, sort of. His first name is James like me, and around me the new parents call him James. It turns out his second name is Joseph which happens to be the first name of his other grandpa. I don’t know what they call him around Joe, but I hope James Joseph does not grow up with a name disorder.

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By Chuck Van Drunen Over the years, I have had random back pain for which I would see a physical therapist to help get me back in shape.

Probably like most people, I had a simplistic understanding of my ailment, thinking that there was a mechanical defect in my back muscles that I had tweaked somehow. The physical therapist, however, had a much deeper understanding of the true source of my physical pain. After seeing me over the years, he was able to see a pattern in my problems, and one day when he was putting my back in shape with his strong hands, he said, “So what deadline are you trying to meet this week?”

Right away I thought the question was odd, because I hadn’t seen him for four months, and I hadn’t told him of any current deadline pressures, yet at the same time, there was indeed a harsh deadline approaching for me.

I told him that there was a big project I was trying to get done. He said he already knew because my back told him the story, and that over the years, I had often mentioned some deadline or project I didn’t really want to do when I had him working on my jacked back.

This disturbed me to some degree because he was essentially saying that my back issues were created by my mind, and while I didn’t like that idea, I couldn’t really deny the truth of the correlation.

Today, I firmly believe that many of our physical ailments are directly caused by the thoughts, beliefs, and stressors we manufacture in our minds. I have spent a good amount of time researching some of the data that shows how our physical bodies are often the diagnostic tool that are calling out a dysfunction, struggle, or resistance in our minds. Often these mental/physical ailments are rooted in our strained relationships with others, and more specifically, our unwillingness to forgive them or ourselves. In May I had the pleasure of attending a weeklong conference with Eckhart Tolle where I think he was able to offer some wisdom in dealing with some aspects of these relational trials that can often root and fester bodily symptoms of pain and discomfort.

Eckhart says, when we are dealing with a difficult or hurtful person, it is of utmost importance to stay “present” when interacting with them. What he means by “present” is that you are to view this person with no reference to the past or with future expectation.

Camille’s In his own words, he said, “It is extremely important to not bring ‘the past’ into an encounter with someone you have known a long time. By honestly looking and interacting with this person from a new point in time, just the present, you will bring power and compassion into the dialogue. This is really the true meaning of forgiveness: to engage someone who has offended you and not hold any of that ‘past’ within you towards that person. I have seen bitter divorced couples and other challenging relationships turn completely around by practicing this forgiveness.”

Yet the unfortunate truth is that our ego and mind love grievances. It loves to hang on to them. Our ego derives sustenance and life from the grievance, and we won’t easily want to give up that past hurt, as it will mean giving up part of who we think we are…part of our identity. But if we don’t give it up, our bodies will often manifest pain in hanging on to it.

Guilt is also a grievance. It is a grievance against yourself. Guilt can live in you and create your conceptual identity as a “bad person.” Your ego will then attach to that identity and won’t want to let it go.

Forgiveness arises in yourself as you again become “present” and let your past go.

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THE UNM-GALLUP INGHAM CHAPMAN GALLERY & THE CREATION/ PRESERVATION OF CULTURE

By John Zimmerman Associate Professor & Director, Ingham Chapman Gallery At UNM-Gallup, we serve a diverse student demographic, and the Ingham Chapman Gallery serves those students and the greater Gallup community by sponsoring a robust Visiting Artist Program.

This program includes: exhibitions, public lectures, artist workshops, and artist/student collaborations. Through these venues students are able to learn from and interact with leaders in the field and in turn utilize these skills and knowledge after they graduate.

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Additionally, the Ingham Chapman Gallery is responsive to the cultural diversity of the region. It is crucial that students experience artists that look like them and see cultural reflections created by artists who come from similar backgrounds. There is only so much cultural perspective that I, an outsider, can provide. The most powerful, meaningful, and lasting experiences come from our diverse roster of visiting artists. Artists, using all media and coming from all cultural backgrounds, are included in upcoming plans.

Recently, the Ingham Chapman Gallery has focused on sponsoring primarily Native artists, including but not limited to: Demian Dine Yazhi (Navajo), Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Lakota, Arikara), Melissa Cody (Navajo), Lola Cody (Navajo), Martha Gorman Schultz (Navajo), Raven Chacon (Navajo), Douglas Miles (San Carlos Apache), Nanibah Chacon

(Navajo), and Clarence Cruz (Tewa/Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo).

As Indigenous art has become increasingly valued by the larger art market, the Ingham Chapman Gallery is committed to representing a variety of both traditional and non-traditional voices. This includes younger artists just finding their way, plus more established artists who have been active and practicing for quite some time.

This representative view is crucial as UNMGallup is able to provide space, support, and resources to artists who continue to create and preserve culture.

As our most recent visiting artist, Douglas Miles (San Carlos Apache), stated, “Native people have always made things. When I make things, I am creating culture.”

We, at UNM-Gallup and the Ingham Chapman Gallery, try to do our small part in ensuring that the diverse cultures of our region are celebrated and supported.

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EMMA PEREZ de ESTRADA Gallup’s Partera - Curandera In honor of National Hispanic Month, Margaret Estrada shares this story about her mother Emma Perez de Estrada.

By Margaret Estrada Whenever I see a newborn baby, I think of my mother. Her name was Emma Perez de Estrada, and she was a partera midwife, a woman who helps other women in childbirth. But to write the story about her, I must begin by telling you about the mysterious tan metal suitcase my siblings and I called her “baby bag” (a regulation bag with equipment issued to her by the State of New Mexico) which she carried to deliveries. One of my earliest 24

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memories is of her telling me that the stork would deliver the babies to her, and she would put them in the tan suitcase and deliver them to the mothers when their time had come. I remember being curious about it and wanting to open it. However, she kept the suitcase in the closet located in her bedroom and told me never to touch it.

It was March 25, 1961, and I was nine years old. My mother woke my two brothers and me very early. She told us we were going next door to my Grandfather Manuel’s house. She reached into her closet and pulled out the tan, metal suitcase (which is now housed at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque).

I remember we spent the whole day there. Occasionally, my mother would come out of my grandmother Catalina’s room, and I would ask her, “Is the baby here yet?”

Finally, about 5:00pm, she came out of the room and announced that my uncle Jimmy had finally

arrived. He was the last of my grandmother’s thirteen children to be born. This was the first time I had been closely associated with the actual work of a partera.

It was about a week after my uncle was born that I boldly opened the tan bag. Much to my surprise, I did not find a baby.

What I found was the gauze used to rap the severed umbilical cord, measuring tape, rubber gloves, a small hand scale, a bar of soap, scissors, large white linen napkins that were used to catch the baby as it was being born, a small metal container that held capsules of silver nitrate which the partera put in a baby’s eyes, a funnel and rubber tube, boiled and dried cotton balls, a scarf used to cover the head, and a gown which my mother would wear. There were a few other indispensable objects contained in the suitcase. A small cross made from blessed palm which was held together with a piece of red embroidery thread which brought good luck and kept the evil spirits away, plus

some needles, and a skein of red embroidery thread which my mother used to pierce the ears of newborn females.

It was a chilly February morning in the year 1933 when my mother Emma was born in the small central New Mexico town of Bernalillo, first settled in 1698. Most of the people who lived in this community were the descendants of Spanish Colonists.

Her great-great-grandfather, Jose Maria Perez, and his brothers and sisters were born in Spain and came via Mexico to Bernalillo in the 1700s.

Emma was a small woman of medium built, her complexion was very fair, and she had auburn-hair and hazel eyes. She was strong-willed and bossy.

She did not have much formal education. In fact, she had very little schooling. Her life was sad in some respects; but she was blessed with a special gift. She not only was a midwife but also a Curandera, a folk practitioner (healer), who relied upon her faith, experience, and knowledge of the use of traditional medicines made from plants to cure her patients.

Like many people before her, Emma was influenced by the customs and beliefs of family members of past generations who were dominated by religion, tradition, and superstition. To my mother and her family, Catholicism and its traditionally prescribed set of rituals and practices were passed down from one generation to another.

Everything was entrusted to God, with sincere faith. Therefore, when she prescribed a remedy or delivered a baby, she would make the sign of the cross first, then utter the words “en el nombre del padre, del hijo, y del espirito santo,” (in the name of the father, son and Holy Spirit) or “que sea la voluntad de Dios,” (may God’s will be done) followed by either a un Padre Nuestro (an Our Father) or un Ave Maria, (a Hail Mary).

Faith and prayer being the most important elements in respect to the patients healing or the effectiveness of a remedy.

Emma Estrada 18 years of age, when she officially started training as a Licensed Practical Midwife Emma received her training on the use of Remedios (remedies) from her abuelito, grandfather Elias, whose family had depended on the use of traditional healing plants (herbs) and natural cures for generations. Her grandfather would take her with him up into the foothills of Bernalillo, Algadones, and at times the Sandia Mountains, to pick herbs that were used as basic remedies. Some of the herbs they picked were Cebollitas def Campo (wild onions), Canagria (red dock) Cihimaja (Indian Parsley), Cola de Caballo or Canutillo del Llano, Horse tail, and Yerba def Manso.

When picking the herbs, he told her, “Always leave a small piece of the root so that the plant will return next year.” She learned the art of midwifery from the older Parteras which included Dofia Cuca Rosales, as well as one other well-known midwife within Gallup’s Hispanic community.

Emma tagged along with the older women, first, because she was fascinated by the experience, and secondly, to acquire knowledge of how home deliveries were carried out and to learn more about what remedies were used to treat a particular illness.

When asked how she became interested in the art of healing, she replied, “My grandfather told me it was a gift from God. It was not all my doing!”

As a child, my mother was afflicted with many health problems. Therefore, she was not able to go outside to play with the other children, so she spent a lot of time with her abuelito Elias who explained to her that for countless years the Hispanic people of the region first sought out the services of folk healers to treat whatever bothered them because most persons lacked the means to obtain medical care, also the unavailability

Emma Estrada is depicted next to the Holy Bible holding the white bundle. of medical doctors, and most importantly because people believed that some ailments or conditions such as susto (nervousness, anxiety, and/or depression were brought on by a sudden or extreme state of fear), empacho (intestinal obstruction caused by food blockage), mal de ojo (the evil eye), and mollera caida (fallen fontanel caused by pulling the bottle out of the mouth of a nursing infant) could not be cured by a medical doctor.

Therefore, the expertise of someone with a specialized practice must be sought out; a curandera (a woman or man who uses faith and herbs to treat illness) a Partera (folk healer who specializes in childbirth), or a Sobadora (a folk chiropractor healer who treats their patients by massaging or rubbing the affected part of the body).

He told her his own mother, Felecita Perez, was a Curandera and Partera, and about the remedies and some of the methods of healing the Spanish brought with them from Spain which he himself practiced. He showed her the indiginos plants used as medicine by the Pueblo Indians. He informed her that when he was a child the people were poor and lived in remote areas causing them to be isolated from one another, therefore, the yerberos (herb peddlers) were responsible for passing on knowledge about the different types of herbs used to make medicine. He explained to her that herbs could not only be used for cooking but also to make remedies. They could be brewed and made into a tea, or steeped and used as an eye wash, or made into a plaster or an ointment. This could then be used to treat anything from bruises to purifying the blood and stimulating the liver. She learned that the herb, anis Estrella (star anise), which is primarily used to add flavor to food, can

also be boiled and made into a tea and used as a mild sedative or given in moderation to an infant to promote sleep.

At the age of seven, my mother contracted Baile de Sambito (St. Vitas Dance), which was preceded by rheumatic fever. Because of the illnesses, Emma spent several months in bed before she could slowly increase her physical activities. Her grandfather Elias would sit her on a chair and cover her with a blanket to keep her warm. It was during this time she received most of her training on how to identify, clean, and string the herbs so they could be hung out to dry. She learned about the uses of the herbs and how to prepare them.

When Emma was nine years old, she and her family moved to Gallup, New Mexico.

It was there she had her first experience with helping birth a child. The date was December 1, 1942. The snow had started falling earlier that evening and continued late into the night.

Nena, Emma’s mother, went into labor with her sister Betty. Due to complication Nena had experienced at a prior birth, the doctor was called to do the delivery. However, because of the extreme weather conditions, he was not able to reach Nena in time to deliver the baby.

Through the guidance of her mother, Emma caught the baby, tied and cut the umbilical cord, and then delivered the afterbirth.

Emma lived in Gallup with her immediate family for a time and then traveled back to Bernalillo to live with her abuelito Elias and other relatives. It wasn’t until she turned eighteen and got married that Gallup became her permanent home. She had four children: Raymond, Margaret, Howard, Jr., and Dianna and helped raise four orphaned brothers and sisters.

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My mother’s fascination with midwifery continued. She was determined to become a licensed midwife in the State of New Mexico. I remember as a child, my siblings and I would accompany her to the local health department where she met and consulted with a public health nurse/midwife. At the age of 18, she and four other women began studying at her home under the direction of the Mrs. Ann Fox and Mrs. Lucas, both public health nurse/midwives who worked for the New Mexico Department of Health and were part of the Midwifery Consultant Program.

This was a program designed to formally train, qualify, and license midwives throughout the State.

She trained with the midwives for two years and assisted with many deliveries before going out on her own. In 1954, at age of 20, she received her first license from the State to practice her trade. Women like my mother are recognized as Curandera-Parteras (traditional Hispanic midwives) by the State of New Mexico. These Hispanic women, living and working in New Mexico, had little formal education, but received hands-on training and gained knowledge and experience through working directly with older midwives within their communities.

My mother told me that according to cultural beliefs and traditions, the Parteras used herbs associated with their practice, however their expertise was in helping women during labor, delivery, and after the birth of their baby. Often midwives were also called upon to care for expectant mothers, sick babies, and young children. For example, she might dress the navel of a newborn with the powdered leaves of Romero (Rosemary), or prescribe Tea de Yerba Buena (Spearmint Tea), for a baby suffering from colic. However, for Emma her training went further. She practiced the art of Curanderismo (a folk healer), along with being a Partera.

It was a cold January morning.

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The snow had finally stopped falling, and the sun was starting to peak through the clouds. Juan Romero had gone outside to shovel the snow off his driveway when he slipped and fell on a sharp object, leaving a large laceration below his right knee.

Although Juan had gone to see a doctor, the wound would not heal. The jagged tear was oozing with pus, and the doctors told Mr. Romero that he was highly susceptible to contracting Gangrene. He contacted Emma to see if there was anything she could do to help him. My mother began treating the wound. First, she cleansed the wound with a wash made from Rosemary, and then she applied a generous amount of an ointment called Trementina de Pinon (a salve made from pinon pine resin which she prepared herself). The injury began to heal leaving just a nice clean scar.

When my mother first began her practice, she was delivering mostly for Hispanic mothers of all ages. She charged the expectant mothers a small fee which could be paid in cash or by paying with a truckload of coal or wood. The charge also included accompanying the patient on her pre-natal visits to the doctor.

Occasionally an expectant mother did not have the money to pay for the delivery of the child; nonetheless, Emma never turned anyone away. Toward the end of her practice, a time when the evolution of the art was being lost to modem medicine, she was delivering babies to a wider range of females who wanted to experience natural childbirth at home.

When Emma was not delivering babies, she was prescribing remedies to various people. When my son Jay was about seven years of age, he awoke with the right side of his face paralyzed. My mother explained his condition in terms of hot and cold. (Aire - an illness brought on by exposure to extreme conditions of hot and cold temperatures.) Upon going

Emma Estrada at the New Mexico Midwife Conference in 1986 to bed, my son was sweating, so he slept next to an open window where the cold breeze could hit him. He awoke with a condition the medical profession refers to as Bell’s Palsy, usually a temporary paralysis of the facial muscles on one side of the face. My mother took Azufre Mexicano (Mexican Sulphur) and some herbs and made a poultice and applied it to his face for three nights just before he went to bed. After the third day, his face lost its paralysis.

Doctors, nurses, and other individuals from within the community and even other parts of the country who were interested in ethno-pharmacology and traditional medicine would consult Emma on the various herbs and their uses. Medical professionals, as well as lay people, attended her lectures throughout the state and within the community.

My mother practiced midwifery for well over thirty years.

Throughout those years, she was confronted with life-threatening situations and would face many challenges due to her lack of formal education. Nevertheless, she was well-known for her expertise in the field of midwifery and Curanderismo. Because of the literacy barriers the CuranderaParteras faced, my mother was one of only two women who took the new State test required for licensing and passed it in 1986.

Then in 1989, the State of New

Mexico Public Health Division recognized her with a certificate of appreciation for “becoming the only Curandera-Partera to become a fully licensed midwife.”

She died in July of 1997 at the age of 64. My mother delivered more than 700 babies during her lifetime.

In early 2000 the City of Gallup commissioned several local artists to paint outdoor murals on buildings which feature some elements that have influenced local life as we know it throughout Gallup’s history. One such artist is Ric Sarracino who painted a mural on the east-facing wall of City Hall, known as the “Gallup Community Life Mural” which includes a picture of my mother weighing a new born baby.

In the year 2005, members of the New Mexico Women’s Forum founded the “New Mexico Historical Women’s Marker Initiative” to recognize and insure that women from New Mexico’s individual stories would be remembered and their stories told. In 2010 my mother was recognized as one of the “Parteras of New Mexico” by the State of New Mexico, and an Official Scenic Historical Marker was placed on Joseph Montoya Boulevard (I-40 off-ramp/Exit 22) across from The Playground of Dreams city park in Gallup, New Mexico. May she live on in the lives of the many who passed her way.

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THE LEGENDARY JACKALOPE SYMBOL OF THE MODERN AMERICAN WEST

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p front I need to get something out of the way: bison are buffalo and vultures are buzzards and I refuse to change that. Frogs and toads are not the same animal, nor crows and ravens the same bird. On the other hand, jackalope is wrong on two accounts; first, that those cute little head mounts that were once a common sight in bars, bedrooms,

motel lobbies, and the like almost never have antelope horns; second, the word police say that the American antelope is properly called a pronghorn— I see the two names together quite often—and the jackrabbit is actually a hare.

Now that’s out of the way, who wants to call them harealopes or jackadeer? Doesn’t have the same kick, does it? Stagbunny is another entry in literature. So jackalope it is.

Horned rabbits have been around for a very long time. The ancient Persians had one, a Medieval book on animals actually pictures one.

But where did the first one in the West come from, and when? It is generally accepted that a Wyoming taxidermist named Herrick put a dead rabbit next to some antlers and the first jackalope sprang to life.

This was in the early thirties. It went up in a local hotel, and the little bugger was an instant success. Herrick kept on making them, and when the public kept on buying, them other taxidermists took up the cause.

I bought mine in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, years ago, but the moths eventually ate it.

THESE TWO HEAD MOUNTS SHOW I would have chosen Texas as the WONDERFUL IMAGINATION ON birthplace because they have really huge THE PART OF THE TAXIDERMIST, jackrabbits, and rather puny deer—especially WHO TOOK A MORE INTERESTING in the headgear department. To make a really APPROACH TO HIS WORK. effective jackalope, the rabbit has to be really big and the antlers (not horns, antelope have those) must seem in proportion.

So, we know what a jackalope is (or ought to be), but what does it do, where did the mythological beast come from, what sound does it make, and how fast can it run? All very good questions.

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between a small female antelope and a large jackrabbit. But like the mule, offspring would be sterile. A slightly better origin story has the big bunny having his way with a now extinct miniature deer. Still this has the mule problem.

It is said to be very aggressive, and even dangerous if picked up with bare hands.

Besides the antlers, it has big teeth and claws. It can run 90 miles an hour (antelopes can do 60 or more), jackalope milk is good for whatever ails a body, it can be lured close with whiskey—it has a taste for hard liquor.

They can imitate the human voice, and old cowboys singing around a campfire would hear one now and again, singing along in a sweet tenor. That raises the question of how many men on a trail drive sang around the campfire rather than getting some sleep?

Is the jackalope a folk symbol of the Old West? Well, folklore has no known author, is repeated in variant versions by common folk, and is passed on from one generation to the next. If the horned rabbit was created in the early thirties by a known taxidermist, there is no folklore, unless the traders and shop owners, who sell them and are the only source for the stories, are somehow identified as “folk.”

It seems more logical that they are a symbol of the New West, rather than the older version. It is also true that they were never meant to be believable, but a joking nod to the outrageous exaggeration we have given to the Western United States.

Years ago, Jack Schaefer (author of Shane and movies like Monte Walsh) told me he offered a thousand dollars (maybe two or more) to anyone who could show proof that there had ever been a historical “walk-down” gunfight. You know, a duel, two guys in the middle of the street walking toward each other with murder in their eyes. Nobody ever claimed the prize. As a matter of fact, the duel, a staple of Western movies, never happened in the Old West. But what would High Noon be without one?

I have long been interested in this sort of mythmaking. Both George Armstrong Custer and Billy the Kid were being pushed toward fame in their own time. Both these famous characters had their legends pretty

Ernie’s Selfie

West by Southwest

by Ernie Bulow

well established before they were cold in the grave.

Both have an extensive library dedicated to their lives, and much of the information is made up, even though they were live human beings and known by other famous Americans.

I am stumped by real characters getting the legend treatment with all the misinformation involved, though they were being widely covered by newspapers and magazines of THE CLASSIC JACKALOPE the period. It seems HEAD MOUNT, BUT IT SHOULD impossible we can’t HAVE MUCH BIGGER EARS even agree on Billy the Kid’s real name. He is said to have been pals with New Mexico Governor Lew Wallace, who wrote Ben Hur. I believe that it was this extensive print coverage that was a major factor in creating the legends, along with Jesse James, Davy Crockett, and New Mexican Sheriff Elfego Baca and hundreds of others. Women were not left out, though perhaps less well known: Belle Star, Calamity Jane, Big Nose Kate, and many others. Max Evans wrote a great biography of Madam Millie, a madam from Silver City, New Mexico.

Perhaps that is the problem: most famous women of the Old West got infamous as gamblers and prostitutes, even though their main contributions were in finance, politics, either up front or behind the scenes, and sometimes just the people they were identified with.

New Mexico’s Sister Blandina, who had dealings with Billy the Kid and Comanche and Apache Chiefs, has recently been proposed for sainthood.

Perchance the single greatest factor in legend-building was the “dime novel,” which came on the scene in 1860. They were cheap paperback books that were hastily written and with little care for truth, often just exaggerating the subject’s main claim to fame.

“Lurid potboilers” is one of the nicer terms used to describe them.

They sold by the thousands.

At this point, it is a little harder (maybe) to sell the public some silly, fact-twisting, fictional person, or incident. The jackalope is a similarly made up, but in a joking way, symbol of the Wild West.

My only question is who is it aimed at? Westerners who want to have something mysterious and fascinating that belongs to them, or Easterners who will fall for it? Probably both.

- ernie@buffalomedicine.com

THE JACKALOPE WITH ANTELOPE HORNS IS A RARE THING.

THIS HORNED RABBIT IS FROM A SEVENTEETH CENTURY BESTIARY. IT WAS COMMMON FOR ANIMAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS TO OFTEN INCLUDE MYTHIC BEASTS. October 2018

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Can you find this month’s

Gallup Journey

TREASURE? Not one, not 2, not 3 but fore!

This be the number of the treasure store.

The grass be green, the traps be sand and here the foxes trot the land I’ve said too much and now it’s time for you to seek

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Matthias Chavez found the treasure in a very high place!

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STAY NEAR AND GO FAR… Criminal Justice Division of Business and Applied Technology

By Floyd Kezele, Associate Professor The above motto for UNM-Gallup is alive and well in the criminal justice department (CRJS). Since its inception in the fall of 1977, CRJS has graduated hundreds of students and police officers through its Academy. Many of those graduates are in second or third careers as they have already completed a career in governmental service and retired at a young age. Current CRJS graduates of UNM-Gallup hold positions such as: police officers, detectives, acting and deputy police chiefs, deputy sheriffs, state police officers, tribal officers, judges, advocates, probation officers, medical examiners, public administrators, security 32

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supervisors, owners of security services, substance abuse counselors, and correctional officers. Graduates actively employed with the City of Gallup, McKinley County, and the Navajo Tribe, generate over two million dollars a year in salaries for the local economy. Our graduates are, or have been, employed throughout New Mexico, as well as Arizona, Washington, Texas, Hawaii, and several Native American Tribes.

So, having stayed near, how do they go far? Our graduates go far physically, as you can see, but they also go far in their education. After receiving their criminal justice certificate (in past years) or their AA or AS degree in criminal justice, many of our students have matriculated to other

universities with great success. Our students have used their foundational degree from UNM-G to obtain higher degrees from: UNM, NMSU, WNMU, ENMU, Arizona State, Penn State, NAU, and Trinity Washington University.

In terms of availability and convenience, WNMU may be the most attractive program.

UNM-Gallup’s criminal justice director engaged in conversation with Curtis Hayes (formerly of WNMU and now Gallup’s city attorney) which progressed to the level of full matriculation of courses from UNMGallup with the BS in criminal justice from WNMU. In the past, our students were able to pursue their BS in Gallup in a mutually beneficial relationship that was totally

All photos provided by John Van’t Land student-centered. Our students were able to take on-site CRJS courses as well as their general core, the former at WNMU and most of the latter at UNM-G. Prior to WNMU’s departure from the local scene, over twenty students received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice or social work.

In terms of degrees, the UNM-Gallup criminal justice program can proudly point to several individuals with advanced degrees at the master’s level, as well as a couple of Juris Doctorates. We also have many graduates involved in community service throughout the area, ranging from being a member of the Navajo Bar Examiners to Toys for Tots,

the Junior Public Safety Academy, Autism Awareness, various fund-raising organizations, and board memberships.

Our graduates are eagerly sought after.

Throughout the years they have been able to learn from professionals actively employed in the areas who teach: law enforcement, corrections, probation, the courts, substance abuse, tribal justice, etc. At UNM-Gallup you can indeed stay near and go far!

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Thank You! To all our sponsors, donors, golfers, volunteers, and the whole community who supported this year’s successful event. Thanks to you, more local kids will be matched with caring adult mentors, changing their lives for the better, forever.

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Everyone wants the same thing...a little self respect Recently, while at a family gathering, I had the chance to catch up with my cousin, Rick. We remininced about the days growing up together. He shared with me a poignant story from his days back in high school.

He and his brother, William, were part of a group distributing food to needy families in our town. The two young men were tasked to distribute boxes and bags to families before the holidays, part of a community-wide effort to help reduce hunger among those less fortunate.

Rick and William had a list of homes to visit, but were also given additional provisions just in case. They loaded up Rick’s car and headed out to make their rounds. William suddenly asked Rick to pull over before a brown home just up the block. Checking his list, Rick said it wasn’t one they were scheduled to stop at. But William quickly added, “I know, I know, just stop up there and take them a box,” and he jumped over the seat into the back and crouched down low so as not to be seen.

Rick got out of the car and did as William asked. He walked up to the door and rang the bell. A young man, about his age, opened the door, and Rick asked if he would like to have the food. “We are distributing these boxes around your neighborhood.” The young man looked around, a little surprised by this offering, and asked, “Is it free?” to which Rick said yes. The young man then asked if he could have a little more, for there were a number of people who lived there and more would make sure everyone would get fed. Rick said, “Of course,” and went back to the car for another box.

As he was driving away, William sat up. When they had dispensed all the food supplies, they headed back to pick up their mother from the pantry. Rick told her all about their trip and the many families they had visited. William added that they stopped at one house that wasn’t on their list. It was the home of a classmate of William’s. He said, “I’m glad we had enough to bring them some.”

“But why,” asked Rick, “did you hide when we stopped at his house?”

“Because, everyone wants the same thing, to keep their self respect,” said William. “If he knew that I knew, he would have felt bad accepting the gift. Because he didn’t, I think he was okay with it.”

Later as I reflected on the story, I thought about all the clients in the Substance Abuse Treatment program. They may be struggling with their recovery. They may have been down and out and even homeless...but what they all want, and I believe, deserve, is to earn our respect. What they are achieving is remarkable. They are turning their lives around and returning to their communities...and in turn, keeping their self respect.

After all, everyone needs the same thing.

—Palacios

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Events

October 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 and 31 Escape the Doll Factory Gallup Repertory Theater Fundraiser Get tickets at galluprep.org October 12 4th Annual Fall Job Fair Rio West Mall, Noon - 4:00pm, Center Court October 13

The 7th Annual Hollywood Night Gala, presented by the Kiwanis Club of Gallup, is on Saturday, October 13, 2018, at the Gallup Elks Lodge, 1112 Susan Avenue. The entertainment begins at 7:00pm and will include cocktails, a dinner-dance with music by a professional D.J., drawings for door prizes, and a silent auction.

Don your best attire and join the Kiwanians, “Putting on the Ritz” at Hollywood Night.

Proceeds from this year’s event will benefit local children through Kiwanis youthoriented programs such as: Teacher Education Grants, Dictionary Project, Annual Fun Run, and Key Club sponsorship.

Event tickets are available from Kiwanians or at the door.

October 13 Melodic Elements 7:15pm and 8:15pm El Morro Events Center FREE performances combining jazz trumpet improv and contemporary art!

More info on FB @ArtsCrawlGallup Show Opening: Art All Around Us ART123 Gallery at 7:00pm – 9:00pm A show of local art by local artists!

More info on FB @ART123 Gallery.

ArtsCrawl: Sixth Sense 7:00pm – 9:00pm, Downtown Gallup All the details on FB @ArtsCrawlGallup.

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Wine & Painting ART123 Gallery 6:00pm – 9:00pm Register at www.galluparts.org/wine-andpainting October 20 Bethany Christian Reformed Church will have a rummage sale in their fellowship hall from 8:00am - 2:00pm to benefit their building fund.

October 25 Pumpkin Carving Contest Rio West Mall Information: (505) 722-7281 October 26 and 27 HAUNTED ALLEY at Tohatchi Middle School in Tohatchi, just off Hwy 491.

Fri., Oct 26th and Sat., Oct. 27th from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Prepare to be scared!

14th Annual Gallup Journey Arts Edition Call to artists, writers, poets, photo nuts, and anyone we forgot.

Submissions due by Friday, December 1, 2018. Send short stories, poems, and digital photos and art images to us at GallupJourney@gmail. com or drop a disc off at our office.

100 E Aztec Ave, Gallup, NM

The Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) Jazz Ensemble is coming to perform in Gallup, NM, on Sunday, October 28, 2018. The performance will be held at the Gallup High School Kenneth Holloway Auditorium beginning at 7:00pm. This is the second of six concerts for the Gallup Community Concert Association’s 20182019 series. The ENMU Jazz Ensemble repertoire covers a wide degree of jazz styles.

Come and support one of New Mexico’s finest ensembles. Memberships can be purchased at the door if you do not already have a membership. For more information, contact (505) 870-7979 or gallupcca@gmail. com, and you can also follow GCCA on Facebook by using address: www.facebook. com/pages/Gallup-Community-ConcertAssociation/18856343451648?ref=ts.

This project is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Children’s Library Weekly Events MakerZone Tuesdays 4:00pm Let loose your inner engineer with building and technology projects at the Children’s Branch. Join us for creativity, innovation, and fun. Open to all ages.

• Secret Messages: Invisible Paint – October 2nd • Paper Plate Marble Mazes – October 9th • Balloon Ghosts – October 16th • Glitter Slime – October 23rd • Candy Construction - October 30th St. Francis of Assisi Fiesta 75th Anniversary Sunday, October 7, 2018

Crafty Kids Thursdays 4:00pm (all ages) Family-friendly crafts for all skill levels. This month all projects are exploring the theme of community helpers.

• Toilet Paper Roll Pumpkins – October 4th • Cotton Ball Ghosts – October 11th • Monster Hats – October 18th • Toilet Paper Roll Haunted Houses – October 25th Get up and Game Fridays 12:00pm-4:00pm Drop in anytime!

Unwind from a busy week with video games and fun for the whole family.

Story Time Wednesdays 10:30am (ages 2-4) Story Time is getting spooky in October! Our stories are all spooky, creepy, scary and gross, and our songs are silly.

Join us every Wednesday at the Children’s Branch.

Creation Station Fridays 2:00pm 3D Printing (ages 9+) This month we’re making custom keychains using the free online modeling TinkerCAD and printing your creations on the Library’s 3D printer for you to keep!

Story Time Saturdays 11:00am (ages 2-4) Story Time is getting spooky in October! Our stories are all spooky, creepy, scary and gross, and our songs are silly. Join us every Saturday at the Children’s Branch.

2018 TDFL/DYFL Schedule: October 6 Flag (Gallup) 9:00am Texans vs. Cowboys (Gallup) 10:00am Gurley Motor Company vs.

Gallup Lumber & Supply 49ers (Grants) 10:00am St. Bonaventure Seahawks vs.

Grants Dolphins (Grants) 11:00am Grants Bills vs. Grants Chiefs 8-9 Tackle Division (Grants) Noon Grants Pirates vs. Roto Rooter Wolfpack 10-12 Tackle Division (Gallup) 11:00am Sundance Dental Care Raptors vs.

St. Bonaventure T-hawks 12:30pm Hollywood Orthodontics Spartans vs.

High Desert Cycles Vipers (Grants) 1:30pm Jiffy Lube Silver Backs vs.

Grants Pirates October 13 Flag (Gallup) 9:00am Gallup Lumber & Supply vs.

St. Bonaventure Seahawks 10:00am Rico Auto Complex Cowboys vs.

Grants Dolphins

11:00am Gurley Motor Company vs. Grants Bills Noon Earl’s Restaurant Texans vs. Grants Chiefs 8-9 Tackle Division (Gallup) 1:00pm Grants Pirates vs Gallup Lion’s Club Giants 10-12 Tackle Division Top Four (Sites and Times TBA) #3 Seed vs. #2 Seed #4 Seed vs. #1 Seed October 20 Flag (Gallup) 9:00am Rico Auto Complex Cowboys vs.

Gurley Motor Company 10:00am Earl’s Restaurant Texans vs. Grants Dolphins 11:00am Gallup Lumber & Supply vs. Grants Bills Noon St. Bonaventure Seahawks vs. Grants Chiefs 8-9 Tackle Division Top Two (Site and Time TBA) Championship Game 10-12 Tackle Division Final Four (Site and Times TBA) 3rd place game, Championship Game 0ctober 27-28 9th Annual Four Corners Invitational Youth Football Championship

On-going Events: Mondays Al-anon, Support for Families and Friends of Alcoholics.

Sacred Heart Cathedral Family Center 555 South Woodrow Dr., Gallup, NM. 12:00noon – 1:00pm Tuesdays Al-anon, Support for Families and Friends of Alcoholics.

One Day At A Time Club Next to Catholic Church, Ft. Defiance, AZ, 6:00pm – 7:00pm Wednesdays Gallup Solar is hosting community conversations about all things solar Wednesdays from 6:00pm - 8:00pm at 113 E. Logan. Call (505) 728-9246 for info on topics and directions.

Thursdays Al-anon, Support for Families and Friends of Alcoholics.

Methodist Church 1800 Red Rock Dr., Gallup, NM 7:00pm – 8:00pm Saturdays Habitat for Humanity fundraising Yard Sales every Saturday. 9:00am to noon. Volunteers needed for home construction. Call Bill Bright at (505) 722-4226 for details and directions.

First Monday of Each Month The City of Gallup’s Sustainable Gallup Board meets at 3:30pm 5:00pm at the Octavia Fellin Library.

Community members concerned about environmental issues are welcome.

Call Bill Bright at (505) 722-0039 for information.

Second Wednesday of Each Month The McKinley County Health Alliance convenes from 11:00am -1:00pm at the New Mexico Cancer Center across from UNM-Gallup. All are welcome to attend to engage in discussions about health, education, economic, and environmental inequities, to help facilitate change in those systems.

For more information call (505) 8709239.

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DENTAL ASSISTING

By Gayle Woodcock Dental Assisting Program Director The University of New Mexico Gallup offers a one-year certificate program in dental assisting. This program is accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation (one of only five programs in New Mexico).

The full-time program begins every August and goes until the following August. The fall and spring semesters are classwork and labs. The summers are full-time internships in local, private dental offices and IHS Clinics.

Upon completion of the full-time oneyear program, the student is eligible to take the DANB (Dental Assisting National Board) and become a Certified Dental Assistant (CDA), which is recognized nationally.

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In January (spring semester), we are starting a Pilot Program for those unable to dedicate full-time study. We will be

offering one or two classes in the evening and/or Saturday, so those that must work full-time can still take classes on a slower

schedule. This program will also allow students to see if they are really interested in a career change. Individuals who are currently working in dental offices and would like to brush up on academics to take the DANB will also be welcome in the Pilot Program.

With a certificate in dental assisting, students can find ways to utilize both communication and technical skills in flexible and interesting work environments.

Our program trains dental assistants for work that involves direct patient care, lab duties, and general office tasks. Our graduates work chair-side with dentists as part of a dental care team to make patients comfortable.

Anyone interested in either of these programs, please make an appointment with Gayle Woodcock, Dental Assisting Program Director: gwoodcock@unm.edu or 505-8637515.

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Veterans Corner

SHEILA SILVA Woman Marine

By Sandra McKinney

The aim of every woman is to be truly integrated into the Corps. She is able and willing to undertake any assignment consonant with Marine Corps needs, and is proudest of all that she has no nickname.

She is a “Marine.” ~Katherine Amelia Towle

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he has a tough demeanor, the training of a Marine, the body of a weight-lifter, and a heart of gold! Sheila Silva will surprise you when you start talking with her.

I will admit, I was originally intimidated by this strong woman; but the longer I talked with her, the more I liked her and developed a great respect for all she has accomplished.

Sheila Silva was born at GIMC in Gallup in 1965 to Ruth and Ralph Silva, Sr. Sheila didn’t start out as a “tough girl.” She loved school and graduated 10th in her class and was known for her intelligence, and also for her athleticism and love of sports. After high school, Sheila went to Alamosa, Colorado, for college, but only lasted two months there.

She just felt that it was not a good fit. Or maybe it was because she thought she was in love and proceeded to Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) in Albuquerque with her young man.

“My mother was not at all happy about this and encouraged me to break up with him,”

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Silva’s mural on the Art123 building in Downtown Gallup

Sheila explains. “I had always been interested in being a police officer and decided to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test, thinking this would be a good option toward police work.” She was accepted into the United States Marine Corps. Sheila smiles with pride as she states,

“On May 25, 1985, I entered a whole new world of Marine boot camp at Parris Island in South Carolina.”

“I didn’t find the training particularly difficult, as I had grown up as an athlete. I liked the training and the discipline; but I cannot say that I liked the attitude of some of the men,” she explains. “While at boot camp, we were trained on weapons – firing, dismantling, cleaning, care, and respect – but the women never participated in the Marine Corps Qualification Testing.”

After boot camp at Parris Island, Sheila was stationed at Camp Johnson in North Carolina.

There she was placed in the Motor Transport Maintenance Instructional Company. She was trained on all aspects of Jeeps as a mechanic, driving and repairing them. She also worked on semi-trucks and could break down the very large tires. “I really got into the mechanics work, but I did have one problem – I couldn’t stand the smell of the grease,” she laughs. During her time at Camp Johnson, Sheila Silva was promoted to the rank of Corporal.

With that promotion came deployment to Okinawa, Japan, with the 1st Force Service Support Group Motor Transport Maintenance. “I enjoyed the culture in Japan.

I was only to be stationed there for one year, but I requested a second year, and even

Sheila, from the back, showing off the muscles

learned to speak some Japanese.

I was there from ’86 to ’88.”

This was the beginning of integrating with the men of the Marines. There was a male Staff Sargent who took an unwanted shine to Silva and blatantly made it known to her that he thought it was part of her duty to have sex with him. “I adamantly refused and was punished for that refusal,” she shakes her head. “As punishment for my refusal, I was ordered to clean the bathrooms with a toothbrush, to which I complied without complaint.” Not all the men were looking to abuse their rank over the women; the Commanding Officer found her in the bathroom on her knees cleaning with the toothbrush and demanded to know what was going on. Shelia explains, “I told him I was being punished by the Staff Sargent. My CO relieved me of the toothbrush, and that Staff Sargent never spoke to me again,” Silva states with a triumphant grin.

In 1989, Silva would be stationed at Camp Pendleton in San Diego County, Southern California, with the 1st Division Motor Transport. “That same CO, who was now a Colonel, made you do things you thought you could never do,” Silva states. “He was training us - our minds and our bodies - to succeed beyond our own expectations. He had us push vehicles in neutral up a hill; he had us run mile upon mile; he demanded every last ounce of our energy. It was a very rewarding time,” states Silva proudly.

Camp Pendleton is where Silva became acquainted with Supply Management in the Motor Transport division. After the 1st Marine Corps division had to reenlist, she went to the Marine Corps Exchange (PX).

She was transferred to the Edson Range PX. “This is when I just happened to marry a fellow Marine in September 1990, and I was also promoted to Sargent. I outranked my husband,” Shelia laughs. “We had only been married a couple of weeks when I got the call to go to Saudi Arabia. I was one of the first women to go in-country.” Her husband stayed in the States and got out of the Marines.

“All that physical training at Camp Pendleton probably saved me there in Saudi,” Silva explains. “The temperature outside was scorching at 125°, and the temperature in the only air-conditioned building where I worked was always cranked as low as possible. I ended up with pneumonia in the desert,” Silva frowns.

After her recovery, she was sent to a

Sheila Silva at the VHV Post

stadium with a tent and was told, “Here’s your store!” The Seabees then built a store out of plywood with an added shack for sleeping. Silva worked with a woman corporal at the store. They were really excited when they received a refrigerator for their little shack! After being there for about a month, other Marines came and took over.

She was sent to a 15,000 sq. ft. warehouse which was actually a school cafeteria. “We worked 24/7 to serve those going to war.

We would catch a nap in the warehouse whenever we could – which wasn’t often,” Sheila exclaims. “There were missiles constantly overhead. One went right over us and hit the Army warehouse.”

“We also had a Mobile PX – a Duce and Half-filled to the brim, and we sold the goods at the front lines. It was pretty intense as there were always snipers out. On a day that I just happened to not go to the front, one of my friends was killed and another one injured. That hurt really bad,” Silva states sadly.

“I was recommended for a Meritorious Promotion to Staff Sargent, but I didn’t get it. That promotion was given to a man who was leaving the Marines.” Silva states with anger, “You can bet that I didn’t think that was right!”

After being in Saudi for six months, Sheila returned to Camp Pendleton and back to her

husband and became pregnant. “I was then transferred to Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona, where I gave birth to my first daughter. When she was one year old, and I was pregnant with my second daughter, I left the Marines in September of 1992,” states Sheila. There was a Marine attitude of “If we thought you needed a child, we would have issued you a child.” She figured out that the Marines was not the place to raise her children.

Silva returned to Gallup and focused on improving her life and raising her daughters.

She continued in a “man’s world.” There were men who tried to sabotage her work, but Silva was determined to be successful in her job. She quietly continues that same work today.

Sheila Silva is now 53, divorced, and has raised three daughters mostly on her own. One of her daughters has followed the military footsteps and serves in the United States Navy; the youngest daughter is in college at Eastern New Mexico University.

Her third daughter is in Gallup and has two children. This is where Sheila’s “heart of gold” shines brightly, as her granddaughter has Cystic Fibrosis and her grandson is Autistic. Silva sports numerous tattoos with one being the obligatory Marine Corps symbol, but the two most evident are on her inside forearms in honor of her grandchildren; one for her grandson says “Autism,” and the other forearm shows “Cystic Fibrosis” for her granddaughter.

Sheila still enjoys sports and plays softball, plus she participates in the Senior Olympics.

She has served with the local Search and Rescue (SAR). She is an active member of the Gallup Veterans Helping Veterans and participates with the Women Veterans and Family Support Group. Silva is one of our local veterans who was honored with her portrait being painted by artist Greg Ballenger, which is on display at the west wall of the Art123 building at Second Street and Coal Avenue.

Silva is proud of her service in the U.S. Marines, but with that pride comes the memories of serving at the front during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and also the challenges of serving along men who did not treat her as an equal. She suffers from PostTraumatic Stress but lives by the motto to “Absorb what is useful. Discard what is not.

Add what is uniquely your own.” You will see this motto with her portrait in Downtown Gallup.

Thank you, Sheila Silva, for your service, your sacrifices, and your bravery. You are truly a hero!

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Paws and Stripes On October 20, 2018 from 11:00am to 4:00pm, tattoo artists and studios from the greater Albuquerque area will be participating in the 4th Annual “Show Your Paws with Ink” fundraising event benefitting Paws and Stripes. Participating tattoo artists and studios have created eight to ten “signature” pieces of tattoo flash art for people to choose from based on the mission of Paws and Stripes. Each piece of art is $45.00, and for each tattoo, $20.00 will be donated to Paws and Stripes and the balance to the artist for his/her work.

Paws and Stripes is a non-profit based out of Albuquerque that is recognized nationally for their work. The organization chooses and pairs rescued shelter dogs with veterans that have been diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and/ or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and trains them to become service dogs at no cost to the veteran. Since 2010, Paws and Stripes has graduated 87 different teams of veterans and service dogs and placed over 130 shelter dogs in their forever homes.

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EARLY CHILDHOOD MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION Dr. Lewis Gambill, Assistant Professor Early Childhood Multicultural Education Division of Education, Health and Human Services

“I believe the children are our future” is a lyric from the iconic Whitney Houston song from 1985…“Greatest Love of All.” At UNMGallup, that lyric is more than a part of a song, but rather the philosophy that drives the Early Childhood Multicultural Education (ECME) program. Students enrolled in UNMG’s Early Childhood Multicultural Education certificate and Associate of Arts degree programs want to make a difference in the lives of children. They possess a passion for education and a strong desire to instill a love for learning in every child they encounter.

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careers in Head Start, work in public and private schools as paraprofessionals, open their own day care facilities, or move forward to obtain bachelor’s degrees in education. Regardless of the path that our graduates take, the fact remains that they will make a significant impact on our nation’s youngest citizens and future leaders.

The ECME program at UNM-Gallup welcomes anyone and everyone who would like to learn more about interacting with and teaching children from birth to age eight (third grade). Our certificate and degree programs offer classes that address the needs of early childhood children/students. Even if a certificate or associate’s degree in ECME is not in your immediate

future, courses are still available that would assist in parenting and childcare services. Some of those courses are ECME 101- Child Growth, Development, and Learning, ECME 103 – Health, Safety, and Nutrition, ECME 115 – Guiding Young Children, and ECME 202- Introduction to Reading and Literacy Development.

The ECME faculty invites you to visit our classroom, meet the faculty, engage with ECME students, and to pose questions to our faculty, staff, and administration. It is crucial that “I believe the children are our future” is more than a lyric in a song, but rather a philosophy that encourages all of us to strive to assist our children to be all that they can be. It is not a “right” to work with these children; it is a “privilege.”

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LEARNING TO LOVE HOMEWORK

By Robert B. Galin, Associate Professor English & Communications – Division of Arts & Sciences Students often freak out when they see a class with a lot of homework assignments.

They might think the professor is hard, or just enjoys torturing students. (Admittedly, that is a side benefit.) But the reality is that homework serves a purpose: to help students guide their own learning experience and take control of their potential success.

Different courses have different homework requirements just by the nature of the subject. For writing and communications courses, such as composition and public speaking, homework provides students an opportunity to do more writing. As with practicing a musical instrument or an art or craft, the more one does it the better one gets.

One example is public speaking.

Surveys suggest many people fear giving a public speech more than they fear death.

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Neuropsychologist Theo Tsaousides wrote in a November 2017 article in Psychology Today that about 25 percent of people surveyed feared public speaking.

Tsaousides, who is assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and training director of the Brain Injury Research Center, wrote that fear is called Glossophobia, “a really cool and geeky name for the fear of public speaking.”

For public speaking students, homework includes activities such as research, writing, revising, and practicing their speeches in front of a mirror. This often causes students to break out in laughter, but that laughter helps relax them. And anything that makes students feel more comfortable helps them perform their speeches for their classmates.

Public speaking student Lindsey Toddy noted he already does public speaking. He is one of the organizers of the “Run for the Canyon” event in Pine Springs in late July, also known as the “Bianca Toddy Memorial Cancer 10K & 5K,” in memory of his sister.

“I had to speak to over 50 runners and

thank them for coming out,” he says.

Lindsey, who also is an Emergency Medical Technician, spoke to the runners about safety and the general rules of the run.

Like any student, human services major Daniela Valdez says she has not done public speaking prior to taking this semester’s course. But with her potential job prospects, she’ll need the skills.

“I am taking public speaking because I feel like I am going to be in a lot of groups and attend conferences, and I know that I am not a great public speaker,” she says. “I do know that I talk quite a bit sometimes, but it is a whole different thing when I am doing it in front of an audience.”

“It is okay to not know all the answers,” Valdez says, “but when I can answer the questions by myself, I get a huge smile and think to myself, after all these years, I am still learning new things and remembering them. Good job for me.”

Homework may seem like torture, but it reinforces class lectures and provides students with a broader view of the subject and the world around them.

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Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty.

On Sunday, October 21st the Gallup community will come together to raise awareness about hunger and poverty, locally and globally, by participating in the annual CROP Hunger Walk (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty).

Schedule of Events 1:00pm Community Pantry and

Hope Garden Tour 2:00pm Welcome and Opening

Comments 2:15 pm Walk from the Pantry through

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Transportation provided for those needing respite. Water and snacks provided.

Donations to CROP supports the interfaith ministry of Church World Service at work in more than 80 countries to help those in need. The recent fires, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, drought, and resulting famine has strained the resources of those supplying aid, medical and technical assistance.

A donation to CROP also supports the work of The Community Pantry to feed our area’s hungry through their various programs.

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For more information, to volunteer to help alleviate hunger locally and globally; or to request a speaker or informational DVDs, contact betsywindisch@yahoo. com / 505-721-9879 or Hilda coo@ thecommunitypantry.org / 505-726-8068.

Walk the Web! Donations can be made through www.crophungerwalk.org/gallupnm.

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By Jason Arsenault This question has been asked for ages. Businesses are designed around this concept. Take, for example, the food industry. Business Insider reports that the fast food chain McDonald’s serves 5.5 million head of cattle to Americans each year. A group of health advocates would argue that it is much healthier to eat a free roaming raised cow then a feed-lot fattened cow. With the amount of beef McDonald’s uses each year, it is much more economical to raise their beef in large feed lots. McDonald’s is a perfect example of designing a business on the concept of quantity. It is reported that they serve 68 million people each day. On the other end, you have specialized restaurants that only serve pasture-grazed, grass-fed beef burgers. A burger from one of these specialized eateries is going to have a significantly higher price for the hamburger. They have designed their business model on the idea of paying for quality.

It doesn’t end with the burger, because the whole operation is going to be quantity versus quality. The eatery with that grass-fed burger is not going to have a convenient and fast serving, drive-thru window. Recently I was looking to purchase a quality camera for work and had to do my research online. Unfortunately, Gallup doesn’t have a camera shop unless you count the selection at Wal-Mart. I found all the information I could digest on the internet about digital cameras and had narrowed my selection to two. The next step was to find where I could purchase the camera at the best price, of course this

was all online. Eventually my research led me to a large electronic online store in New York where I made my purchase never having to talk to a sales representative (I could have clicked the live chat). I imagined, if this store has a physical location, it would have rows of check-out counters that concentrated on quantity of transactions over quality. How could a store filled with several different electronics that completed very different tasks have enough knowledgeable sales people to answer your questions, especially with the number of different brands that have major variations.

This quantity versus quality question leads me to your own finances. Every year you have to file a tax return, this could be a personal return or a business return. You work all year long to make the money you have earned, and you should not take a quantity over quality choice when it comes to something so important.

Yes, that do-it-yourself online return is a quantity product.

Or you could head down to a tax preparer office to see what kind of service you will receive from a seasonal employee whom I imagine has some type of quantity bonus.

A Certified Public Accountant is required to take education courses every year which keep them up-to-date with current tax laws. They work with you directly to help you keep more of your money instead of giving it away in taxes. If you do something different this year, start looking to improve the quality in your life.

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A R A E Y 65- ITION TRAD

By Shirley Hutchison The 65th McBride family reunion gathered on June 1st in Shamrock, Texas. This became a tradition in the family when Emma Cerena McBride was laid to rest and her children said they would meet every year for a reunion. All of the original children have now passed on, so the next generation has kept the reunion alive. There is a large amount of third-generation families who come every year.

With them they bring many children who are excited to meet their cousins and play throughout

Children’s anticipation of new toys

the fun weekend. We are hopeful they will keep alive the tradition of getting together for many more years to come.

Forty-eight different families were there to enjoy a delicious meal and catch up with loved ones they hadn’t seen since the last reunion. What a joy to see more and more families come to the door. Everyone has a special dish they prepare, or they take on the job of setting the table.

The blessing is given with 106 McBride family members eating at the dining tables.

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Lottie Beck won this special quilt

gathering is the auction of a handmade quilt. This year the quilt was made by Debbie Beck.

Each family purchases tickets for a chance to win the quilt. The lucky winner this year was Shirley Hutchison. The sharing of gifts and toys is always a highlight for the kids. Money from this auction is used for the following year to prepare for the next gathering.

On the last day, everyone shared one more meal together of bacon, eggs, biscuits, and gravy. Then they said their goodbyes until the next reunion which is planned for Shirley Hutchison, lucky bidder June of 2019. of new quilt

ArtsCrawl: Sixth Sense Saturday, October 13th • 7:00pm - 9:00pm in Downtown GalBring all five of your senses and your sixth sense (if you have it!) to ArtsCrawl: Sixth Sense on Saturday, October 13th from 7:00pm - 9:00pm in Downtown Gallup.

SIX SENSES SCAVENGER HUNT

Challenge yourself to ArtsCrawl’s “Six Senses Scavenger Hunt.” It’s like trick-or-treating, but with a twist! Solve six riddles and find six different edible and artistic treats—one for each sense!—located at participating downtown businesses.

To participate: pick up your scavenger hunt guide at the ArtCycle in the intersection of Second and Coal.

MELODIC ELEMENTS PERFORMANCE

Experience a sense-ational live performance combining contemporary art and musical improv, featuring jazz trumpeter Delbert Anderson and fine arts painter and graphic designer Winona House, and Melodic Elements bringing jazz improv, electronic sound, live painting, and a light show together for one incredible experience! Performances are FREE, with one at 7:15pm and one at 8:15pm in the El Morro Events Center.

This event is sponsored by the New Mexico Music Commission’s ART2ART program and gallupARTS. Stay up-to-date with ArtsCrawl on Facebook @ArtsCrawlGallup.

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MORE LIVE MUSIC & PERFORMANCES

• The band 1967 from Santa Fe will rock out outside Quintana’s.

• Catch Revolver jammin’ outside Sammy C’s.

• Foundations of Freedom performs at 7:30pm at the intersection of Second and Coal.

• Silver Stallion hosts a mixed media performance of poets and Chapter House Records bands.

OTHERWORLDLY FUN

• Have your fortune told by ArtsCrawl’s Tarot card reader.

• Make playdough monsters in the El Morro Events Center.

• Visit Gallup Repertory Theater’s combination Haunted House/Escape Room—more details to come on GRT’s Facebook page!

ART GALLERY OPENINGS

• ART123 Gallery: Art All Around Us—a show of local art by local artists!

• LOOM Gallery: Hannah Manuelito • opo Gallery: Eden Gloria, Sherri Carter-North, Candace and Be • Free Spirit Gallery: From Impressionism to Abstract by Keith Zudell

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