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Sasquatch noun • Sas·quatch • \’sas-,kwach, -,kwäch\ A hairy creature like a human being reported to exist in the western United States and western Canada and said to be a primate between 6 and 15 feet (1.8 and 4.6 meters) tall — also called bigfoot or yeti.

Local Stories & Sightings

. . .Continued from February 2016

UNM Gallup Sasquatch Summit: Success The UNM-G auditorium was filled to capacity in Feb. with standing room only for the “Bigfoot In New Mexico” seminar.

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The Sasquatch summit turned out to be a huge success with large quantities of local stories.

. . .Once we were straight on the definition, and I was sure of what he was talking about, I simply asked for the basis of his belief concerning these creatures. He then proceeded to tell me the stories of his interaction with the sasquatches of the Chuska mountain.

He said near his cabin, on the Tohatchi side of the mountain, he was growing corn and a few other vegetables. One morning as he walked out his cabin he saw an 8 ft. creature in his cornfield. He said it looked sorta like a gorilla with hair all over its body. It glanced in his direction but the sasquatch didn’t seem to care he was there. It just keep grabbing ears of corn and biting into them, and then casually throwing the leftover cobs over his back shoulder...and then it would grab another ear of corn.

Startled, but curious, Sam watched for a moment and then went for his gun. He came out with the shotgun but the Sasquatch was already walking away, nearly 100 yards away, and then it slowly disappeared into the far trees.

I wasn’t sure how to take all of this. An 8 ft man/gorilla walking through the forest? When Sam’s daughter came over to check out the work we had done on the house, I asked her whether or not she believed in Sasquatchs like her father did? She proceeded in a very serious manner to tell me her story:

Also taking place at the Tohatchi cabin, she said she was with her infant daughter and spending some time in the woods when she noticed something strange moving in the nearby trees. Walking outside with her baby, she said she saw a large 8 ft. Sasquatch that was hiding behind some trees. It was peeking its head out now and again in an effort to (what she thought) get a good look at her baby. Convinced that the Sasquatch was possibly hunting for her baby, she ran to the cabin and bunkered down with a gun out of window viewing. She never saw it again.

Between these two earnest stories, I began to think a bit more critically about adventuring in the Chuska mountains. Nowadays when I go that way I often stop in the Sheep Springs gas station to grab an ice cream sandwich, and I casually ask the clerk who is working if “they’ve seen any Sasquatch lately?” I usually get a very strange look, one, for being a beliganna in Sheep Springs, and two, for asking about Bigfoot. The usual response is a hesitant pause and then some sort of serious toned story of one of their friends or relatives having seen one on a hunting trip or at a lake. I don’t think anyone has given me a blank “NO.”

That is rather odd.

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Thoughts From The West End

Last month the City of Gallup spent $40,000 of grant money on a study to “brand” Gallup. I attended some of these meetings led by a very competent, intelligent, articulate individual from Santa Fe.

At one point he asked the group what people from out of town thought of Gallup. I answered his question by telling him a story that happened two weeks earlier when I was in Las Cruces. My family was eating at a Thai restaurant (as we usually try to do in a bigger city since Gallup doesn’t have a Thai food eatery) and our waiter/owner of the place was quite talkative and engaging. He went into great detail about some of his dishes and was inquisitive about our travels. At one point later in the meal I made the sincere suggestion that he or some of his extended family come to Gallup to start a Thai restaurant. His immediate response was “Gallup??? Is there anything there other than drunk Indians?”

I nearly coughed up a piece of lemon-grass chicken, and stammered through a laundry list of good things in Gallup. But it was obvious this man’s mind was made up about the image of Gallup and my rhetoric wasn’t going to change it.

In the same way it doesn’t matter what catchy phrase, or ingenious marketing plan is devised by an outside firm. The reality is that it will be difficult to change our image, and it doesn’t help that Gallup is likely unable to deliver on many of these marketing promises to the outside world. In reality we don’t offer tourists any daily, unique opportunities that are easily accessible or structured for them. In reality we can’t deliver an authentic Native American cultural experience or even an educational history to the public.

In reality we struggle to deliver a structured informational hub of places to go and things to do in our extended area for the thousands of people that daily exit the interstate. In reality we can’t…but in the fantasy world of marketing we will say that we can.

I believe in order for Gallup to have something to actually market it first needs to change its ways to the Native American peoples of our area. We first need to rid ourselves of the “Border Town” mentality where we welcome Native American dollars but not so much Native culture; where we allow legal, but immoral, loan practices; where in terms of Native art we are the largest producers in the world but sell little at the retail level despite being on I-40 and in the heart of Native America.

It seems like common sense to me that Gallup’s greatest asset is the Native American culture of our region. When we realize this and decide to honor and promote the culture in tangible ways inside the city limits I believe the spirit of this town will change. When Gallup decides, along with the Navajo Nation and Zuni Pueblo that it should have one of the greatest Native American Museums and Cultural Centers in the United States…it is then that we will have something to actually market. It is from honoring and promoting the Native American culture that renewed interest and value is added to Native art, the largest business in our area.

When we do these things Native families will be able to sell retail to tourists in town, and traders will benefit from in-store retail sales as well. But most of all, this will be a matter of pride. It will be Gallup saying we are proud of the Native American culture, and it is the Tribes saying we are proud to share who we are to the world…starting in Gallup.

Beligaana is the Navajo word for a white person. The Zuni word is Melika. I am a Beligaana/Melika. I am neither ashamed or overly proud of this fact. It is also a fact that I-40, with 25,000 cars daily, runs through Gallup; it is a fact that Gallup has 1500 hotel rooms with about a 60% occupancy rate. Many towns can only wish for this type of traffic. But here we are with people from around the world coming through Gallup and leaving the next day with little or nothing of substance to learn, or experience, and therefore buy. They simply get their continental breakfast, a tank of gas, and are gone with nary a glance in the rear view mirror.

We need to face the facts. The Beligaana and the Dine need to work together and the Melika and the A:shiwi need to work together, and the Navajo and the Zuni need to work together…and we need to do so in Gallup. We need an honorable, authentic plan to introduce the world to Native America, to the hopeful art, to the dark history so it isn’t repeated, and to a glimpse of the ancient traditions of our rich Native cultures.

This should be Gallup’s “brand” and our marketing should work backwards from that promise of an authentic cultural experience. How that happens, looks, or becomes I have no idea…it is just a dream. But hey, if we’re paying for fantasy, I will happily accept your $40,000 check. Please mail to P.O. Box 2187, Gallup, NM 87305.

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Questions

Interview by Fowler Roberts

FOR

U.S. SENATOR MARTIN HEINRICH

Q. What initially got you interested in public service?

Q. What’s your favorite movie?

A. I sort of got the public service bug from my dad. It got substantially worse A. I would say I’m still a big when I first ran for City Council in Albuquerque back in 2003.

Q. A.

What do you enjoy most about your job?

I think the most rewarding part of my job is when I can help somebody in a very concrete way. So there are times when we are able to get a veteran their benefits, or recognition for a medal that they should have received years ago. Seeing how that impacts the individual is incredibly rewarding.

Q. What’s the most challenging part of your job?

A. These days I would say the most challenging thing is just working with

people who don’t know how to compromise - who don’t come from backgrounds where they had that skill built in. That’s hard.

Q. What typically brings you to Gallup?

A. Well most recently, on the work side, things like the community based VA

Star Wars fan. The thing that’s attractive is the narrative of good triumphing over evil, even when evil has a lot more fire power. I think that’s attractive to a lot of people. Julie and I took the boys to “The Force Awakens”. Having been so disappointed by the last three Star Wars movies, it was just like being back and being a part of the first three. And it was that whole sort of generational connection between me and my kids. So it was pretty cool.

Q.

Who do you most admire or respect in the current political landscape?

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You know somebody here that I’ve really come to respect enormously is Senator Tim Kaine out of Virginia. We’ve had opportunities to work together and the thing that I like about Tim Kaine is that he has deep convictions, but he also has a strong respect for others. And finding a way to maintain both of those things, I think, makes us better legislators. So I would say he would be a great example.

clinic that we visited or some of the housing work that we have been doing. On the personal side, I love to visit Gallup for the Inter-Tribal Ceremonial and for the access to all the regional outdoor attractions like the Bisti and Chaco Canyon and the Cibola National Forest.

Q. How much did you know about Gallup before you became a Senator?

A. Well, I had worked for about five years at Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions

out of Thoreau, so actually, I had quite a lot of exposure to Gallup and spent a good amount of time every summer in Gallup before I ever ran for office.

Q. What do you do for fun?

A. I get outside, usually with my family or

some close friends. Camping, hiking and hunting.

Those are the things that recharge my batteries.

Left: Senator Heinrich checking out the new Hooghan Ho’zho Housing.

Above: At lunch with Hershey Miyamura

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by Michael Benson

Navajo Clanship Taboos

Mr. Bulow’s book does not include a chapter on be a clan from outside the clan grouping. taboos related to the Navajo clanship system. He does

From an internet search, it appears that discuss the subject to some extent in the introduction, Harrison Lapahie, Jr.’s listing of Navajo clans citing the Navajos’ taboos related to the “universal” taboo (lapahie.com), copyrighted in 2001, has become the against incest. primary reference. There are 9 major groups. The

Traditionally, it is considered incest to marry largest group has 13 clans. I would venture to say or have romance with one’s fellow clan member. Bulow that, while almost every Navajo knows his 4 clans, points out that the Navajo taboo against incestuous most do not know ALL the clans in his clan group. behavior goes beyond sex or marriage. I remember an In part, the reason is that some clans have become older relative saying that a person should not talk about rare or extinct so that there is not much opportunity sexual matters with a sibling of the other sex. Also, that to know or hear about those clans. one should not concern him or herself with the love life

Navajos introduce themselves by mentioning of a sibling, “one should not even think about it.” their 4 clans: “My clan is this; I am born for this clan;

Bulow says, “Blood relationship isn’t even a my maternal grandfather is this clan; and my paternal central criterion.” I am not sure what he meant by that, but it does not ring true. grandfather is this clan.” One internet site, navajo-arts.com, states, “Traditionally, Blood relationships are the basis for clan relationships, although a fellow clan the People were forbidden to marry into the first two clans; today they are still member may not be related by blood. You treat clan relatives the way you would strongly discouraged from doing so…” I would agree with that. However, I notice treat blood relatives. I figure it is Bulow’s way of emphasizing clanship and the that marrying into your father’s clan seems to be accepted by most these days as difference with the long as there is no blood dominant American relationship. Navajos “ Is there strict adherence to this taboo today? No. Twice, I have culture. joke about a person who heard young people introduce themselves as being of this clan and

It is true that has jumped the fence to it is considered incest marry his “bashishchini born for the same clan. I asked around, and while rare, there are to do or think anything (the one he or she is Navajos who have married into their own clan.” sexual about a clan born for).” Lapahie’s member whether or website states that the not related by blood. clan taboos are “strictly Is there strict adherence to this taboo today? No. Twice, I have heard adhered to.” young people introduce themselves as being of this clan and born from It is scandalous to hear a person say they are born for somebody the same clan. I asked around, and while rare, there are Navajos who in their own (mother’s) clan, but it is happening. Characteristically, have married into their own clan.

Lapahie idealistically says that when a person goes to a new area, he

What is more common, although still rare over all, is Navajos or she can count on clan members for “food, housing and welfare.” marrying within their clan group. There appears to be agreement that It is not quite like that anymore, but meeting someone of your there are about 21 Navajo clan groups. When I was young, I was clan provides a great potential for personal relationship. Despite told these clans “are the same” as our clan. This meant that all taboos the instances of Navajos going against clan taboos and Navajos against incest extended to those other clans. One refers to members of not being as generous as in leaner times to look after the welfare of his or her own clan as immediate family; as brothers and sisters, mother, fellow clan members, the Navajo clan system remains very strong. uncles or grandparents, but not as “father”, because that would have to

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Work In Beauty: Community Supported Agriculture

GALA KICKOFF TO THE 2016 GROWING SEASON! BE THERE!

Work in Beauty, Inc. is an all inclusive group with a majority of Native Board Members which was founded in 2005. Inspired by the Navajo prayer, Walk in Beauty, our mission is to create livelihoods that sustain, heal and harmonize with the environment.

For six years Work in Beauty ran a Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, Program that supplied weekly shares of locally grown produce to subscribing families. But challenges of demand, drought, sodium laden City Water, at least one well run dry and the stress of having to supplement our shares with produce from Albuquerque, finally caused us to put the CSA on hold and to look for better ways to grow food.

We needed to learn ways of growing that would make better use of our limited water supply and revitalize our impoverished soil.

To address these issues, Work in Beauty brought two leading experts to UNM-Gallup for our 2014 and 2015 Conversations on Local Agriculture. The advice of Brad Lancaster and Elaine Ingham merged in such a way that it gave us a clear path forward. Brad, THE Rainwater Harvesting Guru, taught us that water should best be harvested in the soil itself and Elaine, THE soil microbiology scientist, taught us that soil must have life in order to hold moisture.

These principles, greatly simplified above, are what we hope to implement in 2016.

We will start with a compost pile at the Work in Beauty House and use the methods prescribed

by Elaine Ingham, along with a microscope, to determine whether the pile has the right balance and species of microbes and fungi. From it we will produce a “compost tea” that we can give to growers to experiment with in this 2016 growing season.

Work Work in Beauty is hosting a Gala Kickoff to the 2016 Growing Season on Sunday, March 20th, (see schedule at left). As our featured speaker, we will have Gordon Tooley presenting a talk and slide show and subsequently handson-pruning at the Community Pantry later in the day. Many in the area regard him as the fruit tree god due to his extensive knowledge of fruit trees in the Southwest.

This event will be an opportunity to meet other growers from our Work in Beauty area, which includes the whole Navajo Nation, Zuni, even Hopi, and everyone in between. Traditional Native Farmers can meet back yard gardeners and share knowledge. Farmers’ Market organizers can recruit growers. You can arrange for our workshops to come to your chapter or organization.

PLEASE COME! If you are coming from Window Rock or nearby, call the Navajo Department of Agriculture, 928-871-6605, for more information. We know there are traditional farmers who have been attending the gardening workshops there, and we hope they can make the trip. Ramah, Ramah Navajo, Candy Kitchen, Gallup and elsewhere call 505-726-2497.

All are welcome and there will be food. We need to get to know each other and create a new era of health and food sovereignty.

Free to all growers and interested people in Beauty: 2016 Kickoff to the Growing Season

Sunday, March 20th

12:00 to 2:30 pm @ Work in Beauty House, 113 East Logan Ave. NW corner Logan and Puerco, Downtown Gallup 3:00 to 4:00 pm at The Community Pantry, 1130 Hasler Valley Road at the junction of Ford and Hasler Valley Road north of I-40 (exit 22)

Schedule

12:00 Noon - Work in Beauty House Tours Free Workshops Calendar/Sign Up for Community Compost Tea Project 12:30 pm - Lunch You are welcome to bring food to share but not required, especially not required if you have come a long way!

1:00 pm - Announcements: Owl McCabe: Work in Beauty Community Compost Tea Project Karl Lohman: Farm-To-School for McKinley & Cibola Counties, a 5 Year Plan 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm Featured Speaker: Gordon Tooley Orchard Management and Care of Fruit Trees in the High Desert 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm - At The Community Pantry Orchard Hands On Demo with Gordon Tooley: Pruning Fruit Trees and other Orchard Tasks FOR MORE INFO CONTACT workinbeauty.org or Work in Beauty on FaceBook or call 505-726-2497.

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The Story of the Messiah “The heavens declare the glory of God: the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech: night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.

Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”

–David 19:1-4 The month of March is a significant time of year. Usually it corresponds to Lent and sometimes, like this year, it coincides with both Lent and Easter. But March is also significant because the 25th marks nine months before Christmas, and so on that day, Christians celebrate the announcement of Christ’s coming proclaimed by the angel to Mary. The actual dates of Christ’s birth and death, however, have been discussed and puzzled over throughout the centuries, but all scholars agree that the 25th of December was not the day of Christ’s birth.

According to Rick Larson however, the 25th of December was not without significance. It is Larson’s opinion that the 25th was the day the Star of Bethlehem appeared in the sky, which he says was an actual historical event.

If the Star of Bethlehem was a real historical event why are we only hearing about this now? One reason is that we could not have known what was going on with the stars in ancient times until we understood the math behind them. It was not until Kepler came along in the 1600’s and discovered the three laws of math behind the stars and planets that we could determine their locations. Now we have taken that math and put it into advanced software programs that can animate the sky for us on our laptop. Now we can see any star’s movements from any point in history from any place on earth.

The death of Herod, the historical figure who tried to kill the Christ Child, is a common reference point for scholars to try and determine when Jesus would have been born, and the writings of the Jewish scholar Flavius Josephus, who was alive around the same time as Christ, is a common source.

Many scholars were led astray due to a printing error in Josephus’ writings, and because of that, it was commonly thought that Herod died in 4 B.C. Upon closer studies of Josephus’ earlier manuscripts, it was found that that was a mistake, and that the actual death of Herod was in 1 B.C. This realization allowed for scholars to consider the stars in the three years prior to 1 B.C. in their pursuit of the Star of Bethlehem. “If you look there,” said Larson, “The sky explodes.”

Countless stars and planets at one time or another were named for being the Star of Bethlehem, but the scripture itself rules out most of those by the information it tells us. There are nine descriptions of the star given to us by scripture. In the book of Matthew he says, “After Jesus was born in Bethlehem

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in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, ‘Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.” This text from Matthew offers us three descriptions of the star. What the Magi saw in the sky suggested to them one, birth, second, the Jewish nation, and finally, kingship. Furthermore, it says that they saw the star “in the east”, which in the Greek more literally translates as “rising from the east.” This last clue would eliminate pole stars from being the Star of Bethlehem because they do not rise from the east. Herod’s response to this is also an indication of what the star would have been: “When Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all of Jerusalem with him. When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.” This disturbance shows that whatever was in the sky was not completely out of the ordinary, because it was something that Herod had not noticed. At that time the stars were well studied and explored and knowledge of them was common. The fact that all of Jerusalem did not see the sign in the sky would have to rule out something shocking like a comet. Therefore it is more likely, whatever was in the sky was something ordinary, that once put in context, would have validated the Magi’s search.

Matthew continues, “Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, ‘Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I may go and worship him.’ After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.” This quote from Matthew repeats the indication that the star was from a normal activity in the sky and it indicates that there was an “exact” timing. Other clues that the text offers is that the star moved ahead of them from Jerusalem to Bethlehem; it was ahead of them as they went due south 5 miles. Secondly, it shows that the star remained in place above Bethlehem. So, whatever the star was it endured over time, which would rule out something like a shooting star. What does this leave us in the sky that would allow for such a phenomenon?

The remaining options for the Star of Bethlehem are the “Wandering Stars”, or planets, which in Greek means “to wander”. The Wandering Stars are called “wandering” because they move around in the group of fixed stars.

The largest of these is Jupiter, which is 11 times the diameter of Earth. Because it was the largest of the Wandering Stars, Jupiter was referred to as the “King” planet.

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Told by the Stars of Christ’s birth, in the month of September of 3 B.C. He chose Babylon as his earth view point, believing that is where the Magi were originally from. Using the highly advanced and accurate program, “Starry Night”, he found that at that time the Magi would have seen Jupiter rising from the east and that it was in close proximity to the star Regulus (which means “king”). This phenomenon happened frequently enough in the sky that it would not have made the Magi jump up and go to Jerusalem. So he continued. He discovered that at that time too, Jupiter was in retrograde motion, which, to the viewer, is an optical illusion that would have made the star appear to be circling right above Regulus in a halo type motion. Jupiter the king planet was crowning Regulus the king star, which for Larson pointed to both Kingship and birth - a birth of a new king.

Furthermore, Jupiter conjoins with Regulus three times. One conjunction would have been rare but three was much more rare. What a striking image to behold at such a time. At this point, however, Larson had a long ways to go. He had only satisfied two descriptions.

Out of the twelve tribes of Israel, Judah was chosen and said to be the tribe through which the messiah would come into the world. The animal symbol for the tribe of Judah is the lion. Genesis 49:9-10 says, predicting the coming messiah, “You are a lion’s cub, O Judah; you return from the prey my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness – who dares to rouse him? The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes for who it belongs and the obedience of the nation is his.” Larson saw that at the time Jupiter was crowning Regulus, they were both pointedly placed in the constellation of Leo (the lion). Larson had found his sign of the Jewish Nation and his third description.

At this point in his studies, Larson remembered a quote from Revelation 12:1-5 which says, “A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon at her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads. His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born. She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter…” As seen here and in the quote from Genesis above, there is mention of a scepter, and in Genesis it says it would only be wielded by the messiah. From this we can conclude that the wielder of the scepter in Revelation is the Messiah and what would follow from that is that the woman is the Blessed Mother. One could even go so far as to say that the dragon at her feet was, in human terms, Herod, who was ready to slaughter the child as he entered the world, and he took other stars (lives) in pursuit of that end.

Taking this as possibly a literal event, Larson looked for signs in the sky that would represent what was described in Revelation.

As Larson says, “It gives you chills,” for what was directly under Jupiter as it crowned Regulus in Leo, was the constellation Virgo (the Virgin), and she was clothed in the sun, because the constellation rose at dawn. After she rose, Larson saw the moon was at her feet. It was not a full moon but a crescent moon, which would be significant later on in Larson’s study.

For a second Larson thought that he had found the Star of Bethlehem, but then he remembered something. Jews and many Christians believe that life starts at conception. Could this have instead been when Jesus was conceived? To test this theory Larson looked ahead nine months to see what was happening in the stars. Still looking at the stars from the perspective of Babylon, because he is under the opinion that the Magi would not have left yet, Larson sees, in June of 2 B.C., a star brighter than anyone would have ever seen in history. To the naked eye the star seems to be one unit. Larson however, with the help of modern technology, realized it was two planets converging and staking each other, and they were not blocking each other’s light but adding to it. Those two planets were Jupiter and Venus. Venus is known as the mother planet. “That seems kinda pregnant doesn’t it,” said Larson.

Larson had satisfied five of the criteria for the star: a star in the east, Kingship, birth, sign of the Jewish Nation, the brightest star, and all of these were consistent with clues that it was something lasting and not shocking. He

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still had not satisfied, however, that the star at some point was in the south. Now looking from the perspective of Jerusalem in the month of December of 2 B.C., after giving the Magi time to travel and converse with Herod, he looked to the south towards Bethlehem for Jupiter. Sure enough there it was over Bethlehem.

Now the hardest part of the study was ahead of Larson, which was to show if this “Wandering” star could have stopped. There are times when planets appear stagnant. This is also explained by retrograde motion, which is when the star (planet) is changing its course to go in the opposite direction. It moves much like a car might move in a U-turn as it changes course. When it is preforming its U-Turn, to the viewer on earth, the star looks still, because at that time it is moving perpendicularly from your view point not horizontally. Jupiter did just that on December 25th of 2 B.C. So to the Magi, looking south toward Bethlehem, the star would have appeared still over the town. For Larson, he found the Star of Bethlehem, and according to Larson, December 25th was indeed the first Christmas. It was the day the Magi presented gifts to the child Jesus. The word in the bible to describe the Child translates most correctly as “toddler”, which would be consistent with Larson’s findings. For although we celebrate the gift giving with Jesus’ birth, most scholars believe that the two did not coincide and that the Magi came on a later date.

The Star of Bethlehem is the beginning of the beautiful story told by the stars about Christ. At Pentecost Peter quotes Joel in Acts 2:19-22 saying, “‘I will show you wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. And anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.”

The blood, said Larson, could easily refer to the recent crucifixion of the Lord.

The fire could refer to the flames that descended on the disciples at Pentecost.

But the meaning of the blood moon, Larson had yet to discover. Taking what Peter said literally, which was that the people knew of the signs, and that they had been performed among them, he began to look for the blood moon, starting with the day of the crucifixion.

All four gospels say Christ was killed on a Friday. It also says that it was just before the Passover Feast, which according to Leviticus 26:5, “begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.” Further clues that the bible gives us of when Christ died is that he was thirty when he started his ministry, and John records three Passovers during that time. Finally, we know Jesus was tried under Pilate. Only April 3rd of 33 A.D. seems to fit all the lines of evidence. “This is the day of the cross,” said Larson.

According to Isaiah the Messiah was beaten so severely that he was almost unrecognizable as human. He was put on the cross in that state at 9 a.m. in the morning, and he lasted six hours. During the crucifixion all hell broke loose. There were earthquakes big enough to bust boulders. The sky darkened.

Clouds of smoke obscured the sun. Tombs open to reveal their dead. The veil in the Holy of Holies ripped from top to bottom symbolizing the common man having access to God himself, because the Messiah’s sacrifice made that possible.

When Christ’s followers took him down from the cross the signs did not stop.

Larson saw that when the moon rose that evening, on April 3rd, it was indeed a blood moon. It was a lunar eclipse. Larson saw, too, that the moon had returned to the feet of the Virgo, but this time it was a full moon, a life fully lived, and one that was sacrifice and so drenched in blood.

“My God what did you do? Because this is poetry. Terrible beauty. It showed me a side of God that I had not seen. It showed me a God that would write poetry to record both the coming and the passing of my messiah,” reflected Larson.

If Rick Larson’s finding are indeed correct, it reveals that the scripture, even under such pressure, holds true in history. It also shows that the sky is a mathematical clock that was set from all time to tell the coming and going of the Messiah. It shows that from the beginning of time, God knew when he would come to save us and when he would die for our sins, because he marked it in the stars. What awe filled beauty to reflect on as the coming of Easter draws near.

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JESUS IRIARTE LEGEND IN FOUR WORLDS

By Ernie Bulow Author photo by Erin Bulow

Was he descended from a Spanish nobleman or Yaqui Indians? Was he part Mexican, part White or none of these things?

Jesus made trips to Washington to help Zunis keep and recover traditional land. His importance in the village of Zuni and the state of New Mexico is the only element of his story that really matters—the rest can be debated until nobody will listen anymore.

Jesus was a larger than life figure in four different ethnic groups between St. Johns, Arizona, and the village of San Mateo over by Grants. It is generally believed that his primary connections were in Zuni and Mt. View, south of Ramah. He had families in both communities, but was well known early in the last century in the Anglo world. He was a major stockman with thousands of head of sheep and cattle.

A descendant has a nice photo of Jesus and Leopoldo, fashionably dressed, meeting with a judge in Tucson, Arizona.

They had made the long trip down there to testify in an important cattle rustling case. He was obviously well respected.

He also owned a great deal of property in the buffer strip between Zuni and Ramah, holding title to a number of ranches.

Most of them he bought from homesteaders, a few he homesteaded himself. His property went south almost to Fence Lake. He was known to the Anglo population as a major rancher in New Mexico.

During the great blizzard of 1931-1932, only a year after he passed, the Eriacho family lost more than 3,000 sheep in the Atarque area.

Only Evon Vogt of Ramah lost more animals to the storm.

And more tragedy—before the famous blizzard struck on December 30th, two Navajo boys ran away from the school at Wingate and headed into the Zuni Mountains to make their way home to Ramah. They both died in the storm. One was the sixteen-year-old Eugene, the youngest son of Jesus Eriacho.

Not surprisingly, there are numerous stories and variations on those stories about Jesus’ arrival in Zuni. According to descendent Lynora Eriacho, twelve-year-old Jesus and a friend named Manuel, both from Northern Mexico, were captured and enslaved by a wild bunch of Apaches. The Apaches and Yaquis had fought for many years. While held by the Apaches in the White Mountains (later an Apache Reservation), the ladies were very cruel to them, and beat them, sometimes for no reason at all.

They were guarded by a couple of men, and at one point, the Apaches stabbed them in the leg, making them leave the knife in the wound. That must have made it difficult to herd horses.

Then they stabbed them in the other leg. When the boys showed signs they might be plotting escape, the Apaches burned the soles of their feet with hot coals. None of these things sound like very logical, nor practical, treatment for slaves.

Apaches were known at the time as extremely cruel, no matter how politically incorrect that is. Ramah folks say they remember Jesus being lame in the scarred leg, but I have never heard that from any Zuni.

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Lynora gives Jesus’ birth date as “between 1820 and 1830.” But, unlike the other versions, she relates that Jesus escaped and made his way alone to Zuni,

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running two horses into the ground on the way. The second horse collapsed near Ojo Caliente, which was an active Zuni village at the time.

He awoke to find a Zuni man standing over him. In one version the man’s name is Charlie Jesus. He was adopted by the childless “Chief ” which put him in line for the post. Taking 1825 as the beginning, and adding thirteen years to that— he was with the Apaches for some time—the year would have been 1838 a few years before his official birthday. There were no “Chiefs” in most southwestern tribes.

Information for this version—virtually word for word—seems to have come from Ramah resident Leslie Clawson. He said it all came from Eriacho’s own mouth the summer Leslie stayed with him at his sheep camp near Jack’s Lake. It is likely the “Chief ” who took him in was Pedro Pino, who was governor, along with his son Patricio, for most of the nineteenth century. Pinos in Ramah are related and there is a remarkable likeness between Jose Pinto—known in Navajo as Mustache— and Jesus Eriacho. Jose was the son of Many Beads, the first Navajo “chief ” of the Ramah group.

The position Anglos call “Governor” has existed further back than written records. I was told the Deer Clan would gather and argue out a suitable candidate.

This choice would be presented to the other clans and a general consensus would be reached. Though the position was elective, it was not a democratic election in modern terms. Jesus’s son Henry was the first democratically elected governor in 1935, voted on by all the people. The Zunis divided the power between the head War Chief, Bow Priest, who took care of civil matters, and the head Medicine Leader or Rain Priest for religious matters. It was possible for one man to occupy both positions. The head kiva man and other top priests also have authority, which confuses things.

There is still friction between civil and religious authority. Early in the last century there was an ongoing conflict (war) between the Catholics and Protestants.

Actually there was little Christianity involved. It was similar to the fight at Hopi between the Traditionals and the Progressives.

All the official tallies put Jesus’ birth around 1841, and he was just short of 90 when he died in 1930, using that birth date. It would appear that the 1841 date is well established by public records, even though the 1900 federal census says 1850.

The usual story is that Jesus was purchased from the Apaches, possibly down by Atarque. He was traded for a mule and a blanket. This part of the story doesn’t work very well with the facts. Army officer turned ethnologist, John Gregory Bourke wrote in his diary from 1880-1881, “After lunch, was taken around the town [Zuni] by Jesus Iriarte, a Mexican, who when quite a boy was captured by Apaches…in Sonora, Mexico, and by the Apaches traded off to the Zunis.” This has to be taken as fact, especially the spelling of his name. He would have been forty years old. [Iriarte is a Basque name by the way.] It also indicates he probably spoke English.

One version of the story tells that Jesus and a Yaqui girl were both captured by the Apaches together. They were about fifteen years old at the time. Yet another version says there was a third boy who was traded into Atarque, the Mexican village just south of Zuni. Years later Jesus, Leopoldo and Henry were still visiting somebody in Atarque. There is a story that Leopoldo would ride horseback to

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COWS BEING MOVED TO BETTER PASTURE AFTER A STORM Atarque to attend dances.

There is no telling when, exactly, the name changed from Iriarte to Eriacho. A look at name origins on Google shows that Eriacho is only found within seventy miles of Zuni. It is a strictly local name. I consider that part of the tale—his Mexican name—as settled.

Eriacho’s arrival in Zuni is still troubling. He was forty, not fifteen, when Major Bourke met him. His first known child in Zuni, a daughter named Kuwetsa, was born the same year. His son Leopoldo was born a couple of years after that.

He certainly was not with the Apaches for all those missing years. It seems very strange that a high profile man like Jesus is not mentioned anywhere in Cushing’s writings. Bourke was staying with Cushing at the time, and Eriacho had married Patricio Pino’s sister. Pino—Pahlowatewa—was Cushing’s host. In 1917 his son Leopoldo had a son of his own named Balawagte - same name, different spelling.

Again, official government records show that half-brothers Leopoldo Eriacho and Henry Gasper were born in the same year, 1884, after Bourke’s visit.

Their father, Jesus, would have been forty-three. At some point Jesus brought Henry back to Zuni, though he was not added to the Eriacho family, but farmed out, even though the Zunis knew who his father was. It is not known why Henry Gasper and his sister had been living in San Mateo, but it was assumed the girl with Jesus was living there. The Yaqui mother just disappears.

It isn’t that simple. The 1900 U. S. Census was pretty dreadful, but it shows Jesus married to Marcelina (Massalina), birth year 1855, with various children. His son Francisco was born in 1865 and a daughter Prada born in 1880—fifteen years between the two. In 1865 Marcelina was only ten years old. In 1904, though, he is listed as Hersuse, age 55, married to Lusipaylo, age 50, with a son named Graham, (perhaps for the local trader) age 25. It might be safe to guess this is the wrong couple, but other names in the list like Weekemah are correct.

Some people say Jesus was Mexican, probably even Spanish, others Yaqui.

Leopoldo was known as half Yaqui. Henry was full-blood Yaqui, in which case Jesus was obviously Yaqui.

In 1939 the ethnologist Elsie Clews Parsons published a massive twovolume study - Pueblo Indian Religion. In a footnote on page 635, it noted, “Jesus and the girl had a son, Henry Gasper, who is this year (1937) the Governor, a fullblood Yaqui governor of Zuni!” For the record, Jesus and both sons, Leopoldo and Henry, all served more than one term—Henry Gasper four terms.

It might be helpful to explain what a Yaqui is, because the culture of that tribe gives a clue to Jesus Eriacho’s character. It was a large tribe, inhabiting a territory from Tucson to the Gulf of California, most living in the valley of the

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Yaqui River, the largest waterway in Sonora, Mexico.

The Chiricahua Apaches, led by the infamous Geronimo, claimed much of the same territory. The Yaquis had an unending conflict with the Mexicans and the Apaches.

Yaqui is a language in the Uto-Aztecan family, and several other tribes, now extinct, spoke the same tongue.

In Yaqui they call themselves Yoem Vatwe. Yoeme is the word for man--human being. Many tribes had similar names for themselves.

The Yaquis, like the Seminoles, never surrendered their sovereignty, believing they were a separate nation. They even had a flag. When Mexico broke free of Spain, the Yaquis were not impressed and never surrendered, though they were eventually decimated. They are generally described as tall, fair, and comely, as they say. One biographer claimed that Jesus’ death certificate gave his race as White. I can’t prove that one way or the other.

In spite of his captivity, Jesus had a strong and independent spirit. Though he was self-educated, he had done a good job. He spoke Spanish, Yaqui, Apache (which is the same as Navajo), Zuni and English. He was a shrewd businessman and apparently could read and write English, which was very rare at the time. In 1881 few Zunis had even learned to speak the language.

Like Teddy Weahkee some years later, Eriacho broke with tradition in many ways, not the least being his business affairs. They both became rich. They were both familiar with people outside the Zuni Reservation and excellent public speakers. Being something of an orator has always been a major qualification for the position of Governor and for the Navajos as well. Both of them bought cars when they first appeared, but Jesus was too old to learn to drive.

Leopoldo (Leopolo) came from the same mold, but his success was probably less impressive than his father’s rise in the world. He inherited his father’s wealth after all. His wandering was just as successful.

He had a son with a famous potter in Isleta. Only a few family members seem to know he was an accomplished JESUS ERIACHO 1925 STILL ON HORSEBACK AT SEVENTY-FIVE silversmith. He worked from slugs in the old way, and created concho belts, bow guards, squash blossom necklaces and the like.

John Miller worked for Jesus at various times and they even shared a He made a silver belt for Elizabeth Laiwakete, also a smith. She slowly added large ranch house for a while. Eriacho first hired him as a herder in 1881 and they had stones to the piece. business dealings for the next twenty years. Given the Bourke story above, 1881

A family member told me the story of how he and two old buddies, Old seems very early for Jesus to have enough livestock to hire a herder. But, she makes Man Leekya and Choosana (Leekity), would get together before selling trips to the a rather interesting comment on page 112: “Neither John Miller nor Jesus Eriacho Rio Grande Pueblos, and dyed their hair black and gave each other trims. Robert was bound by ties of race, nationality, religion or culture.” That seems to be true.

Bunker, Zuni Agent, Other Men’s Skies, 1956, also tells the same story, but he Though Miller was quite scary, everyone says so, he was universally liked in the area. disguises the names. According to him, it was generally known in the village that It is said that he protected his extended “family” against really bad men who took these three old timers died their hair. refuge in the Zuni Mountains.

While pursuing Eriacho’s jewelry career, I asked about his father Jesus.

In Airy’s version of Jesus’ arrival in Zuni, Charley Jesus was the childless While most people agreed he also made silver, there is no record of this work. man who adopted him, giving him the Jesus Eriacho name. Airy piles it on, Leopoldo was, however, flamboyant. In 1939 he bought a racehorse in Ramah that hypothesizing that his light skin and blue eyes proved that he wasn’t Mexican either, he gave $1,850 for. That was more than a year’s wages for most men. His Navajo but a royal Spaniard by descent. A Ramah couple agreed this was correct and said half brother Frank also had a high-profile public persona. He was a great horseman they had gotten their information from his Navajo family south of Ramah. and was legendary at the sport of chicken pull, which continued in Ramah into the

There are now many Eriachos in the Ramah Navajo area, but his son, forties. Frank is given credit over there for substituting a bag of money, or sand, for Frank Jesus Eriacho, was the first. Jesus’ Navajo wife, Bindeebah, was 53 when he the live rooster, which made the game a little less bloody. His neighbors described died so he was 37 years her senior. For a while the older children used Jesus as a last him as a deadly horseman. They also claimed he rode a stallion, which would have name, but locals say it was pronounced Casuse, still a Navajo surname. been unusually bold. Like bulls and rams, stallions are only good for one thing.

In 1929 his Zuni wife no longer appears on the list. The story of his death On that big saddled horse of his, he would smash into other riders, which was says he was riding shotgun in his pickup truck when the door flipped open and he considered fair in that game. Many years ago I heard a story of one of Jesus’s sons was thrown to the ground and then run over. He died at the Zuni Indian Hospital. being killed during a chicken pull at Ramah. It never came up again.

Official records say he died on the 10th of July, 1930 at the age of 88. Close

Helen Airy, in her fabulous, but entertaining, 1999 biography of John enough.

Miller, AKA Billy the Kid, repeats a lot of information about Eriacho from the

Airy, who says he died in 1933 gives an alternative, but similar version Ramah point of view. On page 33 she gets off to a fast start with this description of his death. He was hauling lambs to market. When he flew out of the truck of Jesus. “A handsome, intelligent and ambitious man, over six feet tall with long he landed on his head and broke his neck. Jesus Eriacho had founded one of the flowing black hair, a dark mustache and surprisingly blue eyes and light skin, Jesus greatest dynasties of leaders in the Southwest and left his mark for all time.

Eriacho commanded respect.” I have no idea where that came from.

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The Mysterious Axe

By Martin Link Wondrous things sometime happen as a result of insignificant beginnings. Our story starts in April, 2011 in Rochester, New Hampshire, and indirectly, in St. Cloud, Florida.

A retired scientist, by the name of Lee LeCaptain, who lived in the Orlando suburb of St. Cloud, had taken up an interesting hobby/profession of providing all the saws, axes, tools and equipment needed to conduct a Lumberjack Competition, which was a popular athletic event at state and county fairs and other events.

LeCaptain himself soon became known as “Mr. Lumberjack.” In mid-April he had been contracted to provide his lumberjack equipment for an event near Rochester, New Hampshire.

At the same time, in nearby Milford, the Five Rivers Auctions, Inc. was conducting an Estate Auction. In their catalog, item #176 was listed as a “16 inch Goose Wing Broad Axe Head.” It was described as “Early hand forged goose wing broad axe head with multiple touch marks and vintage repair. This measures 16 ¾ inches at the blade and 8 inches wide. There are three different touch marks.

Very minor light surface rust in one spot. Vintage pitting but solid and ready for a handle.”

Absolutely no other provenience or history of ownership was provided.

The axe was purchased for $90.00 by a local antique collector and researcher, James Wood. Wood, in turn, read in the local newspaper that a lumberjack was in town so he approached him to see if he would like to add an old timber-cutting axe to his collection.

The lumberjack, Lee LeCaptain, realized immediately that the axe was not designed for cutting wood, but was intrigued as to what the actual function was, so he acquired the artifact from Wood.

LeCaptain later explained, “I knew immediately it wasn’t a Broad or Hewing Axe, and that it was an axe probably used to take human life, and most likely used in battle. With this in mind and being a good Catholic, I went over to the Catholic Church in Rochester to make arrangements to have it blessed.”

The priest was very resistent at first, but then offered a prayer of Reconciliation for the Lost Souls and blessed the axe, but expressed his feelings that the axe had been used to take many lives.

When LeCaptain returned to his home in Florida, he encountered a number of strange properties of the axe which bewildered his family, their local priest and a number of friends. I won’t go into all the details here, but for an ancient, inanimate artifact to express unusual and oftentimes bizarre characteristics soon placed it in the center of LeCaptain’s life.

Rather than keep the axe at home, it was put in a safety deposit box in an Orlando bank. More attention began to be devoted to the numerous stamped icons and designs that had been applied to one side. Attempts at interpreting these stamped symbols soon took precedence in the study of the axe.

Eventually, to take the axe to at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando for a

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series of tests. He also decided to reach out to people in various scientific fields and solicit their feelings about the axe. The task force he ended up with was perhaps the most eclectic group of inquisitive individuals he could ever have hoped for.

The list includes Dr. John Melancon, Biblical Archaeologist from the Texas Baptist Institute, Dr. Martin Link, Southwest archaeologist/historian, Thomas Tureman, specialist in Vatican archives, Steve Collier, Master Freemason and metallurgist for the U.S. Government, Angela Micol, president of the Satellite Archaeology Foundation, Peter Tobia, renown treasure hunter and metallurgist, and Dr. Geza Kesteleki, specialist in symbols and icons relating to the Sumerian language. The first meeting of this group took place on November 8 – 9, 2013 in St. Cloud, Florida. Subsequent meetings took place in Henderson, Texas on February 27 – 28, 2014, and at St. Cloud/Orlando on May 29 – 30, 2014.

The first priority was to determine the authenticity of the axe, and then review and discuss the results of the various tests conducted by both UCF and the Xcalibur Company. The group had to constantly overcome the temptation to talk about the icons and images, but they generally stayed focused on the characteristics of the axe itself.

A combination of scientific tests and the collective conclusions arrived at by the task force are listed below: 1. The configuration of the axe indicates that its primary purpose was to decapitate human beings.

2. A major feature of the axe is that it is made from at least three meteorites.

The alloy consists of 40% iron and 60% nickel, with some trace elements, but absolutely no carbon. Even though the metal has been subjected to extreme heat during the forging process there is still evidence of Widmanstatten lines, which are an integral part of the crystallization matrix of a meteor.

3. Since there is no carbon present, the iron component has shown no signs of rust, or deterioration from age.

4. Also, because no traces of carbon were found, the age could not be determined with any accuracy, but the examiners at the Materials Characterization Facility at UCF estimated it to be at least 400 years old, and very possibly 800 years old.

5. At the early sessions the group spent a lot of time discussing the method of construction. Iron melts at 1,538 degrees C. and most forges operating during the late Roman/early Medieval Age were challenged to provide that high temperature. Since there are no hammer or machine marks on the axe, it was probably shaped by stretching the molten material, folding it, and stretching in again. This process would have been repeated several times until the three meteors had been completely congealed. Then, still in a molten or semi-fluid state, stretched into its present shape. It was probably reheated in order to stamp all the icons or images on what most observers consider the “front” side. (see up-date at end of article).

6. The magnetic properties of the axe react very strangely and the poles cross near the center of the blade. When a torpedo-shaped magnet was moved across the blade, it would change direction as it passed over converging poles.

During the compass experiment, the magnetic poles were so strong they would actually pull and bend the compass needle into the axe.

7. Four micron holes were made on the surface of the axe to facilitate the Hardness test. The resulting tests indicate that the metal is over four times as hard at the blade’s edge as it is at the handle area.

8. The Electrical Currency test showed that the axe generally operates at a 60 hertz level, with the current pulsating back and forth.

9. Somehow, light also affects the axe. Without any rhyme or reason the color of the axe fluctuates between subtle shades of grey, rust red, green, dark blue and black.

10. Recently the axe was photographed in 3-D by EMS (?) out of Tampa, Florida. When the axe was photographed, the surface was so reflective that the normal light had to be substituted with a blue light, in order to get the most detail out of the axe. The photos

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Metal from heaven that was forged in the fires of hell...used to behead by holy order?? showed some flaking, which was caused by the crystal type of meteoric material which the axe is composed of.

11. Apparently, the chip on the blade and the crack just above it occurred at the same instant. A good attempt was made to control the crack from getting any longer by applying a patch fastened to the axe by two rivets or plugs. Does the fact that the patch and plugs are made from the same meteoric material as the axe itself indicate that this repair job was done by the same metalsmith, or that the damage happened soon after the axe’s manufacture? Did the axe continue to be used after the crack was stabilized? Evidence indicates that the axe had been sharpened many times, bringing the edge of the blade into a straighter rather than a curved edge.

This would indicate that the axe witnessed a fairly long period of use.

The above-mentioned characteristics seem to prove that the axe was made for a very special purpose, and as a result, has aroused the scientific curiosity of a number of archaeologists, historians, metallurgists and biblical researchers. And to this point, I’ve only described the physical properties of this artifact. The fact that one side of the axe contains the stamped images of stars, curvilinear lines and a variety of symbols has brought even more avid interest by a number of linguists and historians into the picture.

Two points have initiated the wide range of interest regarding this object – (1) As far as has been determined, this is the only weapon, or artifact that has been created out of meteoric material, and (2) Out of the thousands of swords, pikes, battle-axes and other weapons from the Roman-Medieval era that still exist, not a single artifact is stamped with the kind of imagery that exists on this axe. This is indeed a rare and extraordinary relic!

the Inquisition requested that the Knights Templar be instrumental in this new purge.

Now, a “What If?”.... What if a delegation of Knights Templar from Acre approached some wellknown iron smith in Damascus and requested that he produce a most special, and efficient executioner’s axe?

An axe that would be created from material from Heaven but forged by the fires of Hell! And furthermore, there shall be permanently embedded on the axe symbols and images that could describe the function or purpose of this grisly artifact? (But would it take someone proficient in the Sumerian language to properly decipher that message?)

Then, another “What If?”.... Would that specially created axe be the instrument that beheaded hundreds of Christian Cathars by the Knights Templar in 1300 A.D. simply because they believed in a different interpretation of the Four Gospels?

And then, irony of ironies! Was this same axe used in October and November of 1307 to behead nearly a hundred Knights Templar when they, too, were accused of heresy by the French monarch?

And when its gruesome task was completed, what happened to this axe? My theory is that after an unknown Odyssey of seven hundred years, it reappears, and is none the worse for wear from its mysterious journey. The assemblage of stamped icons and images are still quite visible, and it obviously has a story to tell…

And now, a rather personal and imaginative scenario – professionally, as an archaeologist/historian, I am only supposed to record history as evidenced by the accumulation of artifacts and other sources of human activity, and what I am about to present is based on good data and evidence – only the conclusions are circumstantial…….

My story takes place in the lands adjacent to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, during the last half of the Thirteenth Century. This is a land torn asunder by religious wars and crusades, but still reflecting the past glories of Syria, Egypt, Sumaria, Greece and Rome. By 1250 A.D. only remnants of military forces from the Holy Roman Empire (mostly Germanic), who had participated in the 6th Crusade (1240), still occupied coastal lands north of Islamic-held Jerusalem. The headquarters of the Knights Templar is in Acre on the coast and not too far from Damascus. At this point in time they had good relationships with the surrounding Muslim states.

In the spring of 1256 there occurred four days of tremors throughout the western portion of what is today Iraq and Saudi Arabia. These tremors began just as many Muslim pilgrims were traveling to Medina. On a Friday morning a massive earthquake struck this region, followed by a series of volcanic eruptions that lasted over two months. The resulting lava fields, known as “harraat”, spread over the area between Damascus and Medina. Throughout these lava flows, there appeared deep cracks that emitted a constant flow of super-hot gases, known as fumeroles. Iron smiths, especially those in the Damascus area who had always been using wood or coal in their forges, soon realized that they could harness this source of heat for the production of iron objects. This new technology had several benefits – the gases were constant and at a temperature about 100 degrees C. higher than what was needed to melt iron, and since the gases replaced the need of wood or coal for heat, there was no carbon residue.

In the 1290s there was a resurgence of the Cathar cult in southern France, in spite of the horrible massacre of Albigensians a century earlier. The Church and

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Piecing It Together: Arrival By

Marcus Martza

The song on my laptop slowly faded away, leaving me with just an empty ear-space. Small sounds began to amplify within the house. The clock furiously clicked, the refrigerator went from a gentle hum to sounding like a hoard of fighter jets, and the floor creaked and moaned like ice screaming in agony from a hefty step.

“I have to get out of here,” I think as I look up to the plain, beige ceiling.

My eyes wandered around and find a faded, amber spatter next to the fan. I give a light chuckle, “I remember that.” One can of Coke that was shaken a little too roughly and opened. Although everyone in my family denies it, I specifically remember it.

I stand up from the heavily sunken sofa, setting my laptop aside from my legs. I stand tall, extending my arms. As I grasp at the air, I hear the crunch and crackle of my bones as they finally receive movement. My legs clumsily waltz forward toward the window.

From the back I hear the song change on my laptop. The soft tings of the rhythm start, and I easily recognize the song.

“Hold your breath, make a wish, count to three.

Come with me…”

All I can do is smile and close my eyes, as the harmony and melody fill the spaces of my mind with warm memories, from the first time I watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory as a kid, to the moment I realized that this song was my safe haven when I felt overwhelmed.

I opened my eyes only to be greeted by the site of Zuni Mountain, showered by shades of apricot brilliance from the sun. All the russet sand popped under the pearl tinted sediment left from many years. The chestnut colored rock and sand rose in vibrancy against the sapphire sky. The majestic site, I never noticed it before, yet, it felt familiar.

The front door creaked open, waking me from my daze. I took a glance toward the door, finding my mother wiping her feet upon the mat. She adjusted her dark brunette, curled hair and gave a warm, generous smile.

“Admiring the nice day, Em’?” my mom asked as she stepped toward the window where I stood.

I scratched the top of my head, running my fingers through my short, umber locks of hair, resting my hand at my shoulder, “I guess you could say that.”

I could tell my mother heard the distress in my voice.

“Is something wrong sweetie?” she said, as she rested her mildly rough hands on my soft, tan hand.

I took in a deep breath, exhaling roughly, “It…it’s just that, well, I feel like there is no purpose. No purpose for me right now.”

She turned me around and looked at me with a stern, yet encouraging stare, “Emily, just because you’re not going back to the university doesn’t mean that

you should feel this way. It’s just a part of life.”

“Yeah, I know, but I always thought that everything was just going to happen smoothly. I didn’t think being an adult was going to be this hard, or depressing.”

“Well, sometimes life isn’t always as fun or exciting as it seems. Sometimes you start at the bottom and work your way up to the life you want. You’re thinking of life as this massive picture, and well, you just have to take life piece by piece until it all comes together.”

I lifted my head up in hope.

“Maybe you just need to take a deep breath and clear your head,” she said as she bent down to pick up my scuffed, tattered tennis shoes off the floor.

I grabbed my worn shoes from her hands and smiled brightly, “Thanks, mom.”

With each step I took, there came a crunch of the dry twigs and pebbles grinding upon each other. The soft, tan sand swept up around me through the wind, leading into the parking lot of the Zuni Public Library. I chuckled in nostalgia as my fingers ran against the aged brick wall separating the road from the makeshift parking lot where a lone tree sat. I remember when I owed twenty bucks and decided to never go back out of fear. Good times.

Before I could continue, I heard a soft, low whimper from behind the wall.

I looked back and found a young girl huddled and crying.

“Is everything alright?” I asked her.

She looked up, eyes reddened and face soaked in tears, “No, I-I got a…my first detention and I don’t want to tell my mom and dad. They’re gonna get mad at me and..and…” She began crying again.

I gave her a gentle, yet awkward pat on the head and said, “You should tell them. Trust me, your mom and dad will understand and they will be there for you.”

“H-how do you know?” she said wiping her tears away.

“Well, I quit school, and decided to not go back. I thought they would yell at me and get mad about it, but instead, they gave me a big hug and encouraged me to get my life back together. So, now I’m stuck down here, back where I started.

But, hey, that’s life right?” I said giving her a big smile.

“I guess…but…but…”

“‘But’ nothing. You should head back, it’s getting dark and your parents are probably worried,” I stood and lent her a hand up.

“Okay, thank you, kind lady,” she smiled, showing a couple missing teeth and ran off.

I gave a light chuckle, smiling widly as I watched her run off toward the end of the street. Life, it’s just like an endless cycle, isn’t it? Although the world as I knew it is changing, everything has a way of staying. Ever so slightly, everything stays. I shouldn’t worry too much, life will always have its way of working. I just have to let it run its course.

“The soft, tan sand swept up around me through the wind, leading into the parking lot of the Zuni Public Library.”

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BODY KEEPS S THE

by Ruth Rhoad

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Warning! This book is so dense that it should be considered a reference manual. If you pick it up and intend to read it from beginning to end you will get boggled. Get familiar with the sections and let your own curiosity direct reading in the areas that catch your attention.

This author, best known for his research in the field of trauma studies, has written his first nonacademic book. Here he distills forty years of work into language that does not exclude ordinary people, yet is sufficiently detailed to help us grasp the outlines of complex physiological processes that alter neural circuitry. He gives the reader a cutting edge description of current understandings in neuroscience, the brain’s adaptive responses to danger and the changes that occur in the nervous system in traumatic stress. This may be relevant for the person who does not qualify for the diagnosis of PTSD but who frequently experiences the intense arousal and “can’t think” symptoms of brain disconnection. The last part of the book focuses on evidence based treatments that can help a person struggling to find “normal” while living at the mercy of a damaged nervous system.

Neuroscience

Warning! This book is so dense that it should be considered a reference manual. If you pick it up and intend to read it from beginning to end you will get boggled. Get familiar with the sections and let your own curiosity direct reading in the areas that catch your attention.

In vivid diagrams and words, Dr. Van Der Kolk describes the alarm signals which screech out warning signals when survival is at stake. These signals arise in the mid brain or the emotional brain. Here the amygdala, (in the limbic system), initiates intense and cascading messages that trigger the body’s automatic survival mechanisms. In health there is a modulating system in the frontal lobes that works to keep the body in balance. This homeostatic mechanism functions when the intensity of alarm is turned down. This occurs only in times of safety. Imaging of the brain in traumatic stress shows that there are blank spots at the very places where the modulating system should be active. The brain cannot shut down the alarm state.

Different types of traumatic stress

In event trauma, traumatic stress occurs in distinct incidents of overwhelming experience. A soldier facing death. A woman being raped. A child being violated. War experiences of devastation and dislocation. There is growing understanding of the way that the same changes occur in the brain in less dramatic events. Developmental trauma occurs in early childhood when the vulnerable youngster is just beginning to develop the delicate wiring which connects the frontal lobes with the emotional brain. The child who does not feel safe is utterly helpless and trapped in the physiological cascade of fear.

This child cannot modulate his own alarm response without help from an outside person. If the response from the surrounding adults does not change the situation that is triggering the alarm signals, the child will not develop connections between the emotional and the thinking brain. The capacity to regulate the mind-body may be impaired. In contrast, resilient youngsters often experience a safe base of connection and security. Incidents of trauma are followed, usually, by times of repair. Caretakers attune to the terror of the child and bring the child back into an experience of safety many times every

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SCORE day. Trauma is repaired in interaction. Soothing comes when the caretaker can affirm, “You are safe.” “I still love you.” Arousal, caused by the danger of being unsafe, is followed by decreased arousal when safety and relationship are assured. Calm and attuned parents or caretakers offer their own calm reflection and action to the child, teaching how to cope with life’s inevitable scrapes and bruises.

Desensitization and Reprogramming), and with talk therapies such as Internal Family Systems work. A whole chapter is devoted to “rewiring the fear-driven mind with brain/computer interface technology.” The importance of interpersonal relating in community is explained in exciting descriptions of work within creative fields of theater, art and music. A wealth of further reading and web based resources is given at the end of the book.

Living with a changed brain

The Octavia Fellin Library plans to keep one copy of this book in the reference section and have three copies for circulation.

Persons living with prolonged and chronic traumatic stress may become concerned and ashamed by their extreme behavior. Their bodies are unable to shut down the alarm or turn off the physiological survival strategies triggered by that alarm. They not only deal with feeling constant dread, they also cope with feelings of shame and self-blame. “Suck it up” and “Deal but don’t feel” are common strategies. Problem solving and intelligent thinking may become impossible when threat saturates the entire experience of being alive. Feeling out of control, they may experience enormous shame and turn to relief behaviors. Alcohol, gambling, sex, addiction to virtual reality, and other ways of trancing out, offer momentary reprieve from feeling so bad.

This may become a downward spiral and a constant crisis which impacts the stressed individual and everyone who relates to him.

Ruth Rhoad is a nurse who has lived in Gallup for over thirty years. See www.therapyingallup.com

Rewiring the brain

In safe conditions a part of the thinking brain, in the medial prefrontal cortex, begins to come on line and bring a calm awareness about what is actually going on in this moment. This relearning and rewiring may gradually moderate the frantic firing of the emotional brain, and the urgent arousal of survival strategies. In recovery, persons who have been derailed by traumatic stress learn to recognize and understand the body’s alarm system.

They start to be able to have fresh experiences even when imprinted memories and beliefs trigger alarm. As an example, Dr. Van Der Kolk describes a physician whose wife was threatening divorce because his critical and mean behavior was causing extreme distress in the family. He appeared competent and physically healthy, but there was little heart in his relationships. As this doctor reluctantly entered therapy, he was gradually able to become aware of his body and of his various self states—entire organizations of mood and accompanying physical experience. He began to find a way to be compassionate toward himself, and this opened the way for him to become genuinely empathic with other people. He was able to recognize that his parents, who had survived concentration camps in the holocaust, had been coping by becoming numb. They had been unable to resonate with his young and creative self. He had to teach himself to attune to his own body and the fluctuations in his emotional brain.

There are many evidence based treatments to “restore the proper balance between the rational and emotional brains, so that you can feel in charge of your life.” This book provides detailed discussion of many pathways. These include work with Mindfulness, with body-based therapies, (such as yoga and somatic experiencing), with EMDR (Eye Movement

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“Memories of Gallup” will share interviews by Bob Rosebrough with some of the extraordinary people who have made Gallup such a historically rich and culturally beautiful place to live.

Memories of Gallup

By Bob Rosebrough

AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN PENA AND SAMMY CHIODA PART 2 “ Football really brought the community together.”

Sammy Chioda brings in a glossy photo that shows him and John Pena dressed in their broadcasting blazers. The photo prompts Sammy and John to start talking about the great Gallup High football teams from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.

Alex McAllister’s first great team.

John says, “Alex McAllister was at Gallup High. He started coaching at Gallup High in 1977, and we hadn’t had a winning team since 1965. His first foray into being a great football talent was 1978-79, with the two Trujillo brothers. As a matter of fact, they played in the quarter finals against Eldorado and Jim Everett, who went to Purdue, and then to the Los Angeles Rams.

Sammy says, “The Trujillo brothers, Gary and Terry, that’s right. Of course in that same era, Billy Rucker was a quarterback for Gallup High and he went on to a great career at the University of New Mexico. Both Billy Rucker and Brent Henson played at UNM at the same time. Brent was on the defensive side as a linebacker, and Billy was quarterback.”

Gallup High rallies from two touchdowns down to beat Albuquerque High.

Of the crowds in those days, Sammy says, “It was packed, and every time you went to a game, you knew you had a chance to win. We went over to Milne Stadium in Albuquerque, which is kind of like a home away from home for us. When Marc DePauli and John DiGregorio were seniors, we were behind 21 to 0 at halftime against Albuquerque High, and Gallup came back, rallied and beat Albuquerque High. That, I think, was one of the defining moments for the program that paved the way for the future.”

State power lifting championships.

Sammy continues, “They had a huge weight-lifting program.

Gary Rich was the conditioning coach and in the off season they were competing in power-lifting championships all over the region. Gallup was dominant every year, winning state championship after state championship in power lifting.”

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John adds, “I remember the football game when we beat Alamogordo here in Gallup, and Alamogordo had a powerful team that year. We beat Highland High School also. And of course we beat Clovis here in Gallup, but we played Hobbs when Hobbs had their best team ever, and they had Timmy Smith . . .”

Sammy interjects, “Who still holds the Super Bowl record for most yards in a Superbowl? Timmy Smith from Hobbs.”

“So those are memorable games,” says John.

Bobby Gabaldon took charge of the game.

Sammy says, “Winslow used to be on our schedule and they beat us year after year after year after year. I mean, that was the thing. So we go over to Winslow, and a young man by the name of Bobby Gabaldon was one of our line backers. Bobby singlehandedly took charge of that game when we played in Winslow. We beat them 21-nothing. That’s the first time I think Gallup had beaten Winslow in years.

And Gallup was no longer part of the Winslow schedule after that.” Sammy and John break into a laugh. “But Bobby was probably one of the most solid hitters I think I’ve ever seen in all the years I broadcasted.”

John says, “Well, that’s what McAllister said. And we had some good line backers.

Sammy says: “Oh, yeah!”

John adds, “I mean, John DiGregorio was terrific. Billy Keeler was terrific.”

Sammy says: “Yeah, Keeler was really good. Keeler was awesome.”

John says, “From 79 to 94 was when we won more district championships than ever before. We won District IAAAA seven times and had four teams go to the state semi finals.”

Jason Arsenault set a state rushing record.

Sammy says: “There was a little bit of a lull in the mid 80s and then there was a resurgence. In 1990, of course, Bradley Keeler was a running back. Sammy Rasheed was a quarterback. We had Jason Arsenault, who was probably one of the best running backs I’ve ever seen from out of Gallup High School. Jason set the state rushing record with 2,286 yards, and they had a fantastic team. That was the year that we beat Highland in the first round here.”

John asks, “Who was that great line backer that we had in 94, or before that, who went to university at Nebraska?”

Sammy says, “Chris Gustafson? Yeah, Chris Gustafson. Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne met him and his family in Albuquerque, and they got him over to Nebraska. He ended up finishing up his career at Northern Iowa. He was a tremendous athlete. James Martin was another awesome linebacker. The Gallup High football program really brought the community together. It started Monday morning at the coffee shop and then as the weekend went on, it kind of built up to the point that there were even tailgate parties at the stadium. It was a great deal, a lot of color, a lot of spirit, a lot of orange and black. Parades were packed.

Homecoming parades had a sense of creativity.”

In Memory of Rudy Radosevich

(July 2, 1948 – February 17, 2016) Rudy’s cousin, Betty Armstrong, is forming a committee that will seek donations for a bike sculpture and/or artistic bike racks for Gallup’s downtown in memory of Rudy. Adventure Gallup & Beyond, Inc., 101 West Aztec, Suite A, Gallup, NM 87301 has agreed to be a fiscal agent to accept donations for this project. If you want to support this memorial or have questions, Betty can be reached at 879-2554.

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If there is anyone passionate about signs in Gallup, it has to be Kristin Lengefeld. Get him talking about the classic Route 66 signs, and he will earnestly tell you of the need to restore and revive these classic icons of history before they disappear.

He will also talk about the fact that despite Gallup being located on Route 66, and even mentioned in the lyrics of the famous Nat King Cole song, “Route 66”, there has been little marketing to promote Route 66 in Gallup.

“I’d really like to see an incentive program to encourage businesses to maintain their classic Route 66 neon signs in Gallup. It’s a shame that many of them are starting to fade away. It’s really a shame, too, that Gallup doesn’t market Route 66 as the tourism asset that it could be for this town,” says Kristin.

Kristin has a legitimate history for loving signs because he has been helping his father paint billboards since he was five years old. His Dad, Curtis, used to hand paint most of the billboards between Albuquerque and Holbrook on I-40 with his company Dynamic Arts and Signs.

Working with his dad up to his graduation from Thoreau High, Kristen then got a graphics art degree from Central Arkansas University. After a few years in the design industry in Texas, Kristen was convinced to move back to Gallup in 2006 to help continue the family business. A year later with the changing of the industry, Kristen started his own sign and graphics company, Dynamic Signs, and his business has grown every year since.

“Once you get involved in the community and you set your roots here you want to see improvements. I think what the Business Improvement District has done in helping subsidize the cost of new signs has really helped improve the look of downtown. I wish there was a broader program that directly targeted Route 66 businesses,” Kristin laments.

Dynamic Signs does simple poster signs all the way to $100,000 monsters with LED boards. They have a 5 foot wide color printer for vinyl and other materials, can bend channel letters, and are certified to do electrical signs.

“If you can dream it up we can pretty much make it,” says Kristen.

One item of particular interest is the ability to wrap a coffin in a custom vinyl image. The cost is roughly $500, and it can really help personalize the memorial of a loved one’s life. Other custom wraps can be done on cars, trucks, and even motorcycles.

When asked about why signs are important Kristen succinctly sums it up saying, “Your sign is the first impression to the world of what you can or can’t do. And a business without a sign…is a sign of no business.”

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Above: Curtis Lengefeld paints a billboard on I-40 Left: Kristen in his shop working on a Route 66 Sign Below: Custom wrapped coffin

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et’s be clear, when it comes to convertibles, buyers don’t have a ton of choices.You’ve got a few sports car convertibles, some luxury convertibles and Jeep Wranglers, but that’s about it. Buick has been adjusting their brand image lately as a near luxury brand with a youthful spirit. The Cascada, (say “tostada”) a rebranded and reworked European Opel for the American market, is a great example of that youthful spirit and a strong offering in the segment.

There’s no doubt that the styling of the Cascada fits right in on the Buick showroom floor, this makes sense as it’s based off the Verano. In my opinion the Cascada is a looker…the white exterior, large 20” standard black wheels and dropped top. On my tester it definitely brought a sense of fun into the room. (In fact my daughter asked me while riding along, “are convertibles just for fun?”) Even with the top up, the high belt line, black contrast fabric of the top against the white paint, and low roof-line make for an athletic style, something I got compliments on several times while driving it.

The Cascada’s interior is very well equipped with a heated steering wheel and heated seats which comes in handy to extend the top-down- motoring season. Forward Collision, Lane Departure and other tech keep it safe, and it includes navigation, XM radio and a powerful audio system with a door-shaking bass handle that the infotainment duties. There was a bit of a learning curve to this version of Buick’s Intellilink system, as it used an interesting center dial/joystick combination that worked well once it was mastered…push the ring around the joystick in to select, turn it to toggle, use the joystick to point to things. The rest of the interior is highly attractive and similar to the Regal and Verano, which is a good thing.

The Cascada’s biggest parlor trick is of course it’s slick top. It opens and closes in less than 20 seconds, and it speeds up to 31 mph. Buick definitely got this one right.

Watching all the mechanisms and mechanical wizardry work together to get the job done, all while holding only one button, never gets old. The wide eyes on my 4-yearold son when seeing it open for the first time was the proof…he kept asking me to do it again!

Using a 1.6-liter turbo 4-cylinder making 200 hp and 221 lb.-ft of torque mated to a 6-speed automatic and front wheel drive, the Cascada moves around adequately if not spiritedly. While the Cascada is not a particularly large car, convertibles add heft which hurts fuel economy. The Cascada returns a reasonable 20 city/ 27 hwy/23 mpg combined. The throttle tip in and transmission are a little slow to respond which can make for a smooth drive a lot of the time, but becomes a little uneven when trying to move quickly. With this much torque from a turbo engine hitting the front wheels, torque steer is inevitable, but is kept mostly in check by Buick’s suspension geometry.

There’s no getting around that a convertible is a compromise of function. In order to have a roof that can literally fold itself into the back of the car at the touch of a button, something must be given up. In this case it’s three main functions: The space needed to house the actuators, pivots and other power items for the top means the rear seat is squeezed to two occupants only. Not untypical for a convertible, the rear seats are tight, but will hold a pair of adults. Access is improved with a cool power seat that tilts and slides forward using only one button. Do the same to move it back…and it will sense an occupant’s legs and move perfectly into position.

The trunk is truncated to make room for the top. Fortunately, Buick has included a

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clever folding flap that can be folded up once the top is down to give a touch more space for, potentially, a carry on sized piece of luggage or two.

Convertibles are known for their poor visibility and large blind spots and the Cascada is no different. While the blind spots are pretty big, it’s the small rear window that makes for poor reward visibility. Adjusting your side mirrors properly is a must and the backup camera does the rest when backing up. Or…just get rid of the roof, problem solved.

When you combine the fact that the Cascada is a convertible with Buick’s near-luxury brand image, the pricing makes sense. Starting around $34K, and optioned up to this tester’s $37K MSRP, the Cascada includes a lot of standard tech and luxury items like 20” wheels that are often optional on other vehicles.

Given the lack of choices in the convertible market and the fact that the Cascada does its job so competently, I’d say that even if this car is “just for fun” (in the words of my daughter) I’d guess that Buick will have a hard time keeping them on the sales floor. *A special thanks to the good folks over at Rico Auto Complex for the test drive Specifications VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 4-passenger, 2-door convertible BASE PRICE: $33,990 • AS TESTED PRICE: $37,005 ENGINE TYPE: turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 16-valve inline-4, iron block and aluminum head, direct fuel injection DISPLACEMENT: 98 cu in, 1598 cc Power: 200 hp @ 5500 rpm Torque: 221 lb-ft @ 2200 rpm TRANSMISSION: 6-speed automatic with manual shifting mode DIMENSIONS: Wheelbase: 106.1 in Length: 184.9 in Width: 72.4 in Height: 56.8 in Passenger volume: 81 cu ft Cargo volume top up/down: 13/10 cu ft Curb weight (C/D est): 4000 lb FUEL ECONOMY: EPA city/highway/combined driving: 20/27/23 mpg

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MARCH ArtsCrawl Kids on the Block

by Carol Sarath

Arts education in the schools is as important to student achievement as many other core subjects, but may be overlooked as the effect is one that is often not easily measurable, but on March 12th, you will be able to see that effect on display all over downtown. The March ArtsCrawl is historically the time to showcase the wide range of student artistic talent in McKinley County. Schools from all over the county will offer music, drama, and art in the El Morro Theatre and gallery space to give young people a wider public venue in which to shine.

The El Morro Theatre will be the location for three schools to perform vocal, dramatic, jazz, choral and band selections.

Indian Hills Elementary School’s 5th graders will be first on the schedule starting at 5:00 pm with a presentation of vocal selections, under the direction of music teacher Kathy Bostic. The songs which complement the 5th grade history curriculum of teachers Peter Ippel and Michael Baldonado will include the African American spiritual “Free at Last”, the Navajo Song from the Long Walk “Shii Na-Sha”, and the Spanish folksong “Somos el Barco” and more.

They will be followed by a performance of Romeo and Juliet from the Tohatchi High School drama club under the direction of Leo Loginov-Katz. Mr. Loginov-Katz has a professional theater background and is volunteering his services to the drama club, which is a group organized by Mariya Dekuyte, ELA teacher at the school.

Next up is the Gallup Mid School Band II and Honor Band, directed by Sharon Wilkins. Ms. Wilkins will lead the two bands through a selection of three songs each.

The selections will cover songs from slower hymns to rousing marches.

The final performance of the evening will be the Tohatchi High School Jazz Band and Mixed Chorus, under the direction of Sharon Swindler. The concert title is “What a Wonderful World”. Ms. Swindler says about her students, “We perform to learn music because we love music.” This part of the concert is expected to last more than an hour and will feature some very accomplished musicians. Tohatchi High School students are contributing in many important ways to this evening. Two students, Louvannina Tsosie, 2016 Miss Tohatchi High School, and Shundeen Martin will MC the program and Devin Nez, percussionist, will play while the schools are moving on and off the stage.

Thanks to Ms. Swindler for her help in putting this program together.

Tohatchi High School is also playing a big role in the Youth Art Show taking place at ART123 gallery, where student art work will be on display in some cases in combination with their Art teacher. Sharon Swindler will be sharing her artwork along with her students, some of whom have won and have been nominated for the Congressional Art Awards and other local or regional recognitions.

Local Schools Peforming Vocal, Dramatic, Jazz, Choral, and Band selections at this month’s ArtCrawl!

Student artwork in galleries!

Other schools planning to exhibit at ART123 are Crownpoint High School students and their teacher Cynthia Hanna, Navajo Mid School and Navajo Pine High School, Gallup Mid School, UpLift Community School, and Juan de Onate Elementary. We are planning to have artwork on display at Octavia Fellin Public Library, the Shallow Gallery and other Pop-Up galleries on Coal Avenue depending on the number of schools who respond. Fitz Sargent’s art students will be performing a puppet show at ART123 during ArtsCrawl with their hand-made puppets.

And of course, we will have food, music, and all of our great partner businesses will be having specials. Check our Facebook page for more information.

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March Events

What’s Going On

On Going Feb. 29-5 Gallup Coffee Company Remodeling • Not Open • Come check it out after!

16-26 Visit the Easter Bunny • @ Rio West Mall, Gallup Last Wednesday of Every Month • Northside Neighborhood Meetings • 6:30pm • @ NS Senior Center

March 4 Fri. Annual Chamber Banquet • @ Red Rock Park • 6pm-11pm • Contact (505) 722•2228

Voter Registration Drive • @ Rio West Mall, Gallup 5 Sat. Rehoboth Open House • 10am - Noon • @ The Sports and Fitness Center “No Empty Bowls” Humane Society Fundraiser • All-you-can-eat homemade soup

You keep the bowl @ Elks Lodge • Soup served from 5-7pm • Tickets sold at Mystique 11 Fri. Free Throw Shoot Out • @ Rio West Mall, Gallup 12 Sat. Grand Opening for Laughing Dog Kennel • 10am- 3pm • 105 S Dean Street, Gallup

ArtsCrawl • “Kids on the Block” Theme • @ Downtown 66 • Some events start at 5pm 19 Sat. Eggstravaganza • @ Rio West Mall, Gallup • 12-2pm

Free Car Seat & Info Event • 10am-2pm • @ Hand’s Of Hope Pregnancy Center 20 Sun. Work In Beauty Work Shop • 12-2:30 @ 113 E. Logan Ave. • 3-4pm @ Community Pantry

Miss Gallup, NM Latina Competition • 5pm @ El Morro • Free Admission 31 Thur. Gallup Mini Golf Grand Opening • @ Gallup Cultural Center

Library Annual Teen Film Festival Deadline • Contact (505) 726-6120

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he corner of Aztec and Valentina Drive did not always hold one of Gallup’s most beloved restaurants. Originally, Grandpa’s

By Aileen McCarthy Grill was the Road Runner Auto and a local would have gone there to grease his engine not his whiskers. Now the only sign of the former auto shop are the tall windows which replaced the bay windows and a rectangular marking on the floor which was previously the grease pit. The former life of the building adds to the unique charm and warmth of the southwest environment found in Gallup’s restaurant; upon entering one feels right at home, Grandpa’s home. The combination of the antiques decorating the walls and the smell of good food makes one feel like you walked right into his kitchen.

Since 1996 Grandpa’s Grill has been under the ownership of the Peña’s extended family, however, it was in 2012 that Sharon and James Peña, the present owners of the restaurant, bought it from one of Sharon’s siblings. When deciding what to name the restaurant, they went with the original name which had already been established. “We wanted to keep the history that was already in the name,” said Eric Peña, manager of Grandpa’s Grill and son of James Peña, “and then bring in our own family’s traditions and create our own history within the walls,” he then continued with a smile, “add to the ambiance.” Over the past four years, the Peñas have expanded the restaurant into what it is today. “When we started there were only five employees and now there are fourteen. What we offer here has grown in demand; the business has grown, and we recently renovated. We put new floors and lights in, and we are looking to add to the menu. We would love it if the community came in and ‘saw our new face,’ as my mom says.”

As many locals know, Grandpa’s Grill is one of the three most well-known restaurants in town which are all owned by the Peña’s extended family. Don Diego’s is owned by Archie Baca, Sr. and Jerry’s is owned by his son Archie Baca, Jr. When asked what makes Grandpa’s Grill unique out of these three Eric replied, “They offer mostly New Mexican food. We offer more American food: sandwiches, burgers, etc. We do offer New Mexican food but our main thing is our burgers.”

Grandpa’s Grill is also unique in that it is the only restaurant in town that grills on an open charcoal grill. “Nothing beats an open flamed charcoal burger,” said Eric, “Lots of customers just come for that.”

Grandpa’s Grill is open Monday through Thursday and Saturday from 7 am – 8:30 pm, and on Fridays from 7 am -9 pm. They serve breakfast from 7 am -11 am Monday through Saturday, and on Fridays and Saturdays they offer a Rib Special, which includes half rack barbecued pork ribs, corn on the cob, ranch style beans, backed potato, Texas toast, and a drink. “It falls off the bone,” said Eric referring to the ribs.

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Rejoice and Be Glad!

very year our spirits are lifted by the ending of winter and the beginning of spring.

There is a symbolism there of the process of life in which death is followed by a new beginning of life. We notice the days getting gradually longer and the sun coming up earlier. Colds and flu will be replaced by children playing, lovers walking, and families gathering. Soon a sense of aliveness will fill the air.

This year Easter comes early at the end of March. For Christians, this is a special event of the Risen Christ. Many other religions have their own symbolism of the meaning of spring and a life after death.

I have considered the history of the events where Christ is crucified and buried. He prophesied that he would rise in three days. The significance of three days is that the religions of the time believed that the soul resided within the body for three days before departing. Neither the local people nor the Romans wanted the body to be stolen for it could be alleged that Jesus had risen. His disciples were in hiding out of fear for their own lives. So the Romans set up twelve guards around the tomb. Four on watch at a time, and the remainder sitting or sleeping close by. The tomb was sealed, as a decaying body would stench.

We know that there were no earlier reports of the tomb stone being removed, so this must have occurred in the dark hours after midnight until Easter morn. Indeed, as Mary approaches the tomb it is still dark. During that time there is no report that men with torches and chisels came to the tomb.

In fact, it is reported in a most simple way, that there was a young man dressed in white. His presence alarms them.

Later, Peter goes to the tomb and finds the garments in which Christ had been wrapped lying there but nothing else. He has Risen!

As we go forward this year and in life, we must be of cheer at the miracle of spring. More so, that we also have an opportunity to start fresh spiritually. So often our trials, our troubles, and our errors cause us to despair. But Christ, through His resurrection, showed that as life on earth can start over each spring, so too does He have the power to forgive our sins and let us start anew.

Easter is coming‌REJOICE AND BE GLAD! -David Conejo/Palacio

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VETERAN’S CORNER Sami Daniels

ami Daniels is a 92 year young World War II female veteran of the Army Air Corps. What a pleasure it was to visit with this delightful woman. Sami has been living at the Little Sisters of the Poor facility for 15 years. She gave me a tour of the facility and showed me where she loves to spend most of her time: The Arts & Crafts room where she paints, draws, creates beautiful ceramics, and does beading to make lovely rosaries. Many of Sami’s paintings and drawings hang on the walls throughout the facility. There is also a showcase where her ceramics are displayed. Her paintings and ceramics are all for sale. She very proudly stated, “If I sell any of my work, I donate the money to the Sisters.” This lively lady loves to stay busy. She would rather be doing craft work than watch television.

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in high school and became fluent in the beautiful language.

Daniels showed her interest in the military at a young age when she joined the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) in high school at the age of 17. One of her strong accomplishments was learning Morse code. Right out of High School, she worked for “Ma Bell” using a switchboard and learning communication skills. All this was preparing her for her enlistment in the Army Air Corps on May 10, 1944.

Looking around Sami’s room, you could easily spot that she is a proud veteran. She is a member of the local Veterans Helping Veterans. Sami was part of the Veteran’s Honor Guard until just recently when her legs started giving her trouble and she can no longer stand for long periods of time. But her black leather vest with its many patches is proudly hanging on the front of her wardrobe.

She has a photograph of herself as a young woman in the Army Air Corps; her uniform flight cap lies on top of the chest of drawers next to her Barbie doll dressed in an Air Force flight uniform. She laughed and pointed out, “I had to cut off Barbie’s long hair to collar length. You know it is not regulation to have long hair when you are in uniform.” Sami sighed as she said, “The Army Air Corps had that ugly olive drab uniform. I wish I had been in the military long enough to wear the snappy blue uniform of the United States Air Force which formed in July 1947.”

Sitting in her private room, we visited for over two hours. Her beautiful gray cat, Sophie, has a kitty bed on top of Sami’s bed. Sophie makes the rounds to see all the residents, but then returns to eat and snooze in Sami’s room. Sami laughed about the cat and said, “That is a cat with an attitude!” Sami’s room has a small twin bed, a small wardrobe and a small chest of drawers, and a comfortable little chair for visitors.

But, she has a big desk with her computer and printer, with space for working on her craft ideas, and a place to work her daily crossword puzzles, which she says “helps to keep her mind sharp.” The room has a couple of her paintings hanging on the walls. I was admiring one painting of a deer and forest scene, but she said, “Oh that one is not done. See that blank spot; I need to add something to it, but I have not yet decided what it needs!” One of Sami’s ceramic projects involved the painting of giraffes on a vase. She beamed as she stated, “I had to do computer research on female and male giraffes to determine the proper way to paint their little antlers.” Sami has a Facebook account and will use e-mail to communicate with her seven children, 22 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. She also keeps a mobile cell phone in her pocket for her personal calls. This is a techsavvy 92 year old! She says she has also been thinking about using her computer to write a book on her life!

As the men fought abroad, women on the Home Front worked in defense plants and volunteered for war-related organizations. But nearly 350,000 American women served in uniform, both at home and abroad, volunteering for the newly formed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs, later renamed the Women’s Army Corps), the Navy Women’s Reserve (WAVES), the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve, the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (SPARS), the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS), the Army Nurses Corps, and the Navy Nurse Corps. General Eisenhower felt that he could not win the war without the aid of the women in uniform. Daniels did not volunteer for one of the specific Women’s Military Divisions; she volunteered to wear the uniform of the United States Army Air Corps.

Sami attended Catholic girl’s school until eighth grade where some of the nuns were French, so when she was looking for something to do, she would visit the nuns to learn the French language. She continued French classes

On May 10, 1944, Samantha Daniels reported to Basic Training at Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia. She said it was actually an enjoyable experience for her. “I liked the routine and the discipline,” she stated. “It was a big shock, though, when the

One of the Frenchmen grabbed Sami’s behind, and through reflex action, Sami punched him and knocked out four of his teeth.

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“After raising her seven children, Sami ran a bulldozer at the Breckenridge County dump.” women and men were separated for the orientation films. Those films showed things I knew NOTHING about!!”

Selfridge Field, Michigan would be her next station. There she went to Radio School and learned to take words over head-phones and used the Morse Code she had learned in the CAP. She would drive a Jeep with a sign that read “Follow Me” to lead the incoming planes to their parking spots. She enjoyed the work, but said she needed “more excitement”. Sami loved working with her hands and had always been interested in learning what made something mechanical work.

Between directing planes, she would read the technical manuals on engine repair.

She recalled that her father had given her a watch, which she promptly took apart so she could see what made it tick. “Father was mad at me for taking apart my brand new watch and thought I had ruined my gift, but I put it all back together and it worked just like new,” she laughed. “I guess that was my first training to become an airplane mechanic for the Army Air Corps.”

Off she went to the repair department and started working on carburetors for the B-26 Marauder airplane engines. She would tear them down, clean and repair the intricate parts, and rebuild those carburetors. She worked on R-2800 Pratt & Whitney Wasp Engines. Sami also did the calibrations on the instruments within the nosecone of the airplanes because she was small enough to fit into the tiny space.

One of the best times Daniels had was when Charles de Gaulle brought the Free French to the U.S. air base for training. Since Sami spoke fluent French, she was in charge of training the Frenchmen how to take the pilot’s check list: battery, manifold, gas, etc. Apparently she made more of an impression on the Frenchmen than she wanted. Unfortunately, sexual harassment existed even during WWII. One of the Frenchmen grabbed Sami’s behind, and through reflex action, Sami punched him and knocked out four of his teeth. Sami ended up with a very swollen hand and a reprimand from her senior officer. With a sly look in her eyes Sami told me, “I did receive a Good Conduct Medal for what wasn’t found out!”

During free time, Daniels and some of the other women would go swimming in Michigan’s Lake St. Claire. This was excellent strength training and paid off for her later 20-year stint in the Senior Olympics where she won 117 Gold Medals, 30 Silver Medals and 12 Bronze. If canoe jousting events were held in the Senior Olympics, she would probably win there, too, as another service-time recreation was paddling out in the water to play jousting games using brooms for the jousting poles.

Where ever planes went within the United States, Sami was often sent along, too. She would sleep in the radio compartment on the parachutes to stay away from the men. One time she got to travel on the plane when the Army Golf Team went to Buffalo, New York. A secret event that she orchestrated was when a woman Captain and a male Sargent wanted to get married. Since these two should not be fraternizing, Sami arranged a flight to whisk them off to another city so they could be married away from the eyes of the Army. She laughed and called herself the “marriage arranger.”

The next assignment was at Colorado Springs, Colorado. She really enjoyed Colorado and spent time hiking the peaks. Out of 54 peaks, she hiked 21 of them. Daniels remained in the Army Air Corps for six more months. Here she worked with the only other woman airplane mechanic, a big, tough woman from Mule Shoe, Texas. Sami describes her with awe, “This woman was 6’4” and weighed about 250 lbs. She could carry a carburetor under one arm and a starter under the other!” Sami met her future husband, Don, during her time in

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Colorado and they were married while she was on a 30-day furlough. On July 22, 1947, after three and one half years of service, Daniels received her honorable discharge from the Army Air Corps.

She did state wistfully, “I wish I had had a job with more rank. At one time, I had reached the rank of Sargent, but was busted back down to PFC when I hit another man who got too handsey.”

“Had I not married, I would have stayed and made it a career,” she said with a smile. “I unexpectedly got pregnant on my honeymoon.” In those early years of marriage, she attended college and belonged to the Alpine Club.

She was a very independent woman and would often hike alone. Sometimes she would hike with others, but she was always the leader. “I would rarely hike without carrying a sketch book,” Sami explained. “I would get to the top of a peak like Mount Holy Cross, then sit and sketch the beautiful Colorado scenery. After raising her seven children, Sami ran a bulldozer at the Breckenridge County dump.

“One bulldozer would push the debris and another would cover it up. I was not a girly-girl,” she stated with a smile. “I married a good man and we had a wonderful life together until he died of lung cancer at the age of 68. That is when my son, Danny (who is a Vietnam Veteran), brought me to Gallup, New Mexico to be closer to him and his family,” Daniels explained. She smiled as she told me about her solid marriage, “Never take an argument to the bedroom, don’t fight, go sit at the kitchen table together and talk out the issues.” Good message!! Sami also loves words and reading, but she adamantly stated that she “never uses any bad words”, and does not appreciate the use of colorful words by others.

A devout Catholic, Sami attends mass each morning at the chapel. She is proud to do the Sunday readings for the services, although the first time she admits that she was very nervous. It was Ash Wednesday when I visited her, and she had been to mass to receive the ashes on her forehead. She happily quoted to me, “We are reminded that our call is to turn away from sin and to believe the Good News of our salvation in Jesus. This is a joyful reminder. It challenges us, for sure, but reminds us of why we want to turn from sin.” You can certainly see that Sami has a good heart and strong faith.

During the summer of 2015, Greg Ballinger painted a series of veteran’s portraits on the walls of downtown Gallup buildings. PFC Sami Daniels’ portrait proudly watches over the Gallup Walkway. Artistically painted in black and white with a patriotic red, white and blue border, her quote proudly penned below reads, “I did it and I would do it again.” Sami, we offer you our thanks and our respect for your service to the United States of America, not only during WWII, but for ever more!

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Health In The Land of Enchantment

In this space there will be a variety of local writers who will share their perspectives on health, lifestyle, and medicine.

Skip The Flu season!

by Jaine Ryoken

Kill the virus

• A tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar, plus a teaspoon of honey (if you need it) in a quart of water, heated to hot tea temperature. Sip or drink slowly. Amazingly effective for stomach viruses and flus... and seems to help a cough too.

• 1/2 teaspoon of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide in a 1/2 cup of water. Gargle this mixture to eliminate sore throat bacterias.

Hydrate to eliminate aches and reduce fever

• Drink plenty of herbal teas and broths, as well as water.

• An amazingly effective way to hydrate yourself is through your skin! Oil your thighs and torso with olive oil and take a warm bath; your body will soak up the water like a sponge.

Keep your temperature up

• Fevers are a natural function our bodies use to deal with viruses. While managing your fever is important, staying warm is equally important. Make use of hot water bags, extra clothing and sleeping bags.

Stay hydrated, and then sweat it out! The brave can take a Cayenne capsule once or twice a day.

Breathe oils and incense or smoke.

• There are many beneficial essential oils that kill or bind airborne viruses or bacteria.

The most well-known is eucalyptus. Sprinkle about six drops of eucalyptus oil on a damp wash cloth and hold it near your face to keep air passages clear and to fight infection in your lungs.

• Incense (or even cedar smoke) is good for the same reasons.

Do no harm: stay away from sugars, carbs, and dairy products.

• Sugar lowers the immune system drastically within twenty minutes of consumption.

When your immune system is down, viruses find themselves in a playground without supervision. Starve out your virus by avoiding sugars, carbs and dairy products while you are ill. Instead, eat more proteins and vegetables.

Light!

Healthy!

Delicious!

Gourmet! camillescafe.com

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District 3 Progress Report: Tony Tanner District 3 County Commissioner

After my appointment I campaigned to continue work in several important areas which needed to be addressed. These included, but are not limited to, health care for our community, economic development, reducing audit findings, and improved transparency for our county.

RMCHCS now has a Chief Operating Officer who has relocated to Gallup with his family, integrating into our community. CEO Dave Conejo has been instrumental in methodically returning the hospital to a positive bottom line and expanding services with the addition of a much needed orthopedic surgeon this April. Work continues to expand behavioral health services, re-opening the East Campus and engaging in collaborative efforts with the city and county.

The county has regained fiscal agency and reduced audit findings significantly with diligent work from county employees at all levels, congratulations to all on a job well done! I continue to serve on both our local economic development board and as New Mexico State District 1 Commissioner for economic development exploring opportunities resulting in jobs for our area.

It is with mixed emotions to announce that I will not seek re-election to the County Commission. I will be spending more time on my career, personal life, and focusing on engaging in the economic development aspects for our community. Serving as your District 3 County Commissioner has been one of the greatest honors and privileges of my life. I have had the pleasure to work with countless residents, tribal and community leaders, county employees, and elected officials in our area. The last three years have been both challenging and very rewarding. I appreciate the trust you placed in me to move our community forward in a positive manner. I want to thank everyone who voted for me and helped to make this great opportunity possible. I also want to thank my fellow Commissioners for their collaboration and hard work serving the residents of McKinley County, continuing to improve the quality of life for all. I am committed to continue serving our community through my positions on the local and state economic development boards.

Sincerely,

Tony Tanner District 3 County Commissioner

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TOWN March Events!!!

Chamber of Commerce Dinner

Join Chamber of Commerce for their annual dinner March 4th at Red Rock Park. Hor d’oeuvres will be served from 6:00pm-7:00pm and dinner from 7:00pm-9:00pm. There will be a dance from 9:00pm-11:00pm. For more information see the Chamber of Commerce dinner ad in this issue of the Journey or contact 505•722-2228 • thegallupchamber.com.

Free Car Booster Seat & Info Event

The Global Health Center from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital along with Toyota’s Buckle up For Life program are providing free car Booster Seats partnering with a local organization, Hands of Hope Pregnancy Center. This event will take place on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Hands of Hope, 120 Boardman Drive, Gallup (across from the eastside McDonalds) between 10am and 2pm. Children who are older than 4 years of age and weigh more than 40 lbs., but are under 4’9” (57”) should sit in boosters seats. Booster seats are necessary for young children because seat belts don’t fit them properly and can ride up around their waists or necks, potentially causing injury during a crash. Booster seats are essential!

In New Mexico, the law requires all children up to their 7th birthday, regardless of weight, and all children less than 60 pounds, regardless of age, to ride in a child safety seat. The law also states that children ages 7 to 12 years must ride in a booster seat until the adult seat belt fits them properly. Booster seats must be used with both lap and shoulder belts. Booster seats cannot be used with a lap belt alone.

New Mexico has a primary enforcement seat belt law and a primary child restraint enforcement law. This means a vehicle can be stopped for other reasons, and if the driver or any passengers are not wearing seat belts, or children are not properly restrained, the officer can issue seat belt or child restraint violations.

This event will be an opportunity for families to get a FREE booster seat for their children who are 4 years of age and older.

Hands of Hope Pregnancy Center will be giving out free seats to those who stop by on March 19th with their child present. There will be safety tips on how to keep kids safe while traveling, as well as activities and games for the children. Snacks will be available, and Navajo Tacos will be sold (proceeds to help the Hands of Hope Pregnancy Center Diaper Fund).

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Library Events

Adult Library: Library Annual Teen Film Festival: “Our Stories are Our Voices.” The Octavia Fellin Library in conjunction with El Morro Theatre are receiving films for the 4th Annual Teen Film Festival. Teenagers from 7th grade to High School are invited to create and edit their own original 5 minute or less short films focusing on the theme, “Our Stories are Our Voices.” There will be training and work sessions throughout the month of March, at the Library, to help participants with creating their films and editing. Teens are welcome to attend the work sessions and use library resources to create and edit their films or to use their own software and resources.

Participants can work alone or in a small group. Completed films will be part of a Red Carpet Screening Event at El Morro Theatre in April where prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place films will be awarded.

Films are due at the Library by March 31st. All filmmakers must have a completed participation packet and be registered to submit a film. Work sessions are listed below and will be held at the Children’s Branch. For more information please contact the Library at 505-7266120 or email libtrain@gallupnm.gov.

Free Computer Classes in March! The library is offering free computer training throughout the month of March. Class size is limited to 10 participants per session. Registration is required, to register call (505)863-1291 or email libtrain@gallupnm.gov or visit the front desk of the library. Classes include: Introduction to Computer Skills March 1st, 2016 3:00pm – 5:00pm, Introduction to the Internet March 3rd, 2016 3:00pm – 5:00pm, Facebook for Beginners March 11th, 2016 11:00am – 1:00pm, Job Search with Technology March 17th, 2016 3:00pm – 5:00pm, Pinterest March 25th, 2016 11:00am – 1:00pm, and Twitter March 31st, 2016 3:00pm – 5:00pm.

At the Childrens’ Library: Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration - On Saturday March 5th, join the Children’s branch for a Birthday Celebration to honor Dr. Seuss. Starting at 10am, be a part of the Fox in Sox Challenge. Can you read the book without getting tongue tied? At 2pm, the big party begins. Create a “Cat in the Hat” mask, play Dr. Seuss related games, and enjoy a special story time. There will also be special treats and a visit from some of Dr. Seuss’s amazing creations. To finish the day, join us for the family film, The Cat in the Hat, starring Mike Myers at 4pm.

Sprouting Melodies- A Musical Experience. An awardwinning early childhood music program, presented by Antoinette Neff, MTBC. Sprouting Melodies is the only early childhood music program created by music therapists and offered through a board certified music therapist, who completes the early childhood training.

Ms. Neff is a graduate of Southwestern Oklahoma State University, holding a bachelors in music education with emphasis in music therapy. She also has extensive training in early childhood music development. Registration is required for Baby and Music Makers.

To register or for more information, please contact the Library at 505726-6120.

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87301 Tax Break Currently Available Tax law changes so frequently that you must be concerned with tax planning year-round, or you’ll miss opportunities to lower your tax bill.

Here are just a few steps you should consider to take advantage of some of the tax breaks that are currently available.

1. Familiarize yourself with the income levels at which various tax breaks phase out. While it doesn’t make sense to make less income just to qualify for a tax break, shifting income from one year to another may sometimes be a smart thing to do. Learn about the tax credits and deductions for which you might qualify. Then estimate your income, and if it will be just beyond qualification range, look for opportunities to defer income until a later year. Investment income can often be shifted, or you might delay the exercise of stock options or the receipt of a bonus.

2. Don’t pay tax on a home sale. The law lets you sell your home tax-free if you meet certain requirements. The home must have been owned and used as your principal residence for at least two of the five years prior to the sale. Couples can enjoy $500,000 of tax-free profits in a home sale, while singles qualify for up to $250,000 of tax-free gain. To the extent possible, time home sales to meet the requirements in order to enjoy tax-free profits.

3. Factor education tax breaks into your college planning. First, there’s the Hope (American Opportunity) credit for a percentage of qualified higher education expenses. Second, the lifetime learning credit allows a deduction for a percentage of qualified expenses paid for any year the Hope credit isn’t claimed, and it even applies to jobrelated classes. Third, you may qualify for a deduction for interest paid on student loans. Fourth, education savings accounts allow annual nondeductible contributions for every child under 18, with tax-free withdrawals for qualifying education expenses. Section 529 plans to save for college expenses should also be investigated. Check the income phase-out levels for these breaks. Careful planning is required to find what’s best in your particular circumstances.

4. Invest to take advantage of lower long-term capital gains tax rates. You can cut your tax bill significantly by holding an appreciated investment long enough to qualify for long-term rather than shortterm tax treatment.

5. Do an investment review to be sure you have the right investments in your tax-deferred accounts. To take best advantage of the lower long-term capital gains tax rates, investments that produce interest income should be held in tax-deferred accounts, while those that produce capital gains should be held in taxable accounts. Putting capital gain investments in tax-deferred retirement accounts could turn income that would be taxed at lower rates into ordinary income taxed at much higher rates.

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By Steve A. Petranovich CPA PC

6. There’s never been a better time to contribute to an IRA. Even nonworking spouses may be able to contribute to an IRA. Individuals covered by a retirement plan at work or whose spouses are covered by a plan may still qualify to make deductible IRA contributions if their income doesn’t exceed certain levels.

7. Your IRA options may include a Roth IRA. With a Roth IRA, your contributions won’t-be tax-deductible, but the account will grow tax-free, and you won’t pay federal income tax on distributions from the account once it’s been in existence for five years and after you’ve reached age 59 1/2.

8. Consider Oiling your IRA into a Roth. If you have a traditional IRA, you might want to consider rolling your existing IRA into a Roth IRA. You’ll have to pay income tax on the rollover, but the account can escape federal income taxation thereafter.

9. If you work at home, get details on the home office deduction.

More people can now qualify to take a deduction for home office expenses. Your home office may qualify as your “principal place of business” if you use it regularly and exclusively for administrative and management activities but perform the income-producing activities at another location.

Realize that in tax planning, the earlier you start, the more effective your tax-cutting efforts will be. Also realize that not every strategy is appropriate for everyone. For guidance in identifying the tax-cutting options most suitable in your situation, contact our office.

Steve A. Petranovich CPA PC Detrocpa@hotmail.com

Soup Dinner And Dance

On March 5th at the BPOE-Elks, 1112 Susan Dr., there will be a soup dinner and dance offered to the community and all proceeds benefit the Gallup - McKinley County Humane Society. It is $25 for a bottomless bowl of soup and you can keep your bowl after the event! Dinner is served from 5-7 pm and there will be dancing from 8-11pm. Tickets are sold at Mystique Salon and the Humane Society.

Northside Neighborhood Meetings

The meetings are held on the last Wednesday of every month at the Northside Senior Center at 6:30 pm. For more information contact Councilor Linda Garcia at (505) 879-4176 or President Claudette Perales at (505) 870-2084.

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Elizabeth Munoz-Hamilton Joins Keller Williams in Gallup/Albuquerque

Elizabeth Munoz-Hamilton, one of the country’s top-producing real estate professionals, is leaving CB Legacy to join the Keller Williams Realty team in the Academy Market Center. Don’t worry Elizabeth will still be living and working in Gallup.

“We’re excited to welcome Elizabeth to the Keller Williams

The mission of the Miss Gallup, NM Latina and Miss Teen family, ” said Stephanie Chapman, Team Leader of Keller Williams Gallup, NM Latina Pageants is to empower women of the Latin and Albuquerque/Academy Office. “At Keller Williams we believe in sucHispanic origin living in Gallup while enabling these women to ceeding through people and having Elizabeth on our team is a huge embrace and showcase their Latin American culture while serving win for us.” the community. This year’s pageant will be held at El Morro Theatre

Elizabeth Munoz-Hamilton, after being a business owner on March 20th, at 5pm. For more information call 505-409-3949 or in Tuscon, AZ, started her real estate career with Prudential Ageis email Naaly.0712@gmail.com.

Realty. When she moved back to Gallup, NM in 1995, she worked for a small brokerage and then for CB Charles High and Associates.

In 2003, she purchased CB High and Associates and was the Owner/Broker of CB High Desert Realty until 2013 when she sold the company. Elizabeth received numerous awards during her real es Coming soon! Have questions about your young child? Send tate career including Sterling Society, and Diamond Society. In 2013, 2014, and 2015 she was awarded Coldwell Banker Inyour questions to gallupchild@gmail.com and the McKinley Early ternational President’s Circle -Awarded to The Top 13% of Coldwell Childhood Coalition will answer your questions in the Journey. Who Banker Sales Associates world wide. Currently Elizabeth is working are we you ask? We are a group of people who work with young children and/or provide services for young children in McKinley County. with Palo Duro Homes/Tom Wade President to develop three new subdivisions in the City of Gallup, which will be breaking ground Between all of us, we have years and years of knowledge and experience. So try us! Send us your questions and we’ll answer each month. early this spring. Palo Duro Homes/Elizabeth Munoz Hamilton is located at 309 E. Nizhoni Blvd. Gallup, NM.

Keller Williams has made an impact on the real estate industry. In 2015 Training Magazine named the company as the No. 1 training organization across all industries in the world.

“I joined Keller Williams Realty because I saw great opportunity in being a part of this talented network of real estate agents,” said Elizabeth Munoz-Hamilton. “I noticed many well-respected, top-pro Remodeling taking place at Gallup Coffee Company the first ducing agents were making the move to Keller Williams and that week of March (Feb 29th - Mar 5th). Stay updated on our progress via piqued my interest. I wanted to take my business to the next level and Facebook, and come check it out for yourself when we’re done! knew joining Keller Williams was the logical next step.”

-Justin and Tiffany www.facebook.com/gallupcoffeecompany.

The Academy Market Center, located at 6703 Academy Road Image below is an old time image of our building!

NE, Albuquerque, NM 21709 was established in 2002 and has 200 associates. This office continues to gain market share and reigns as the number one office in closed volume in Albuquerque.

To learn more about Keller Williams Realty, call Stephanie Chapman at 505-271-8200 or visit www.kw.com.

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About Keller Williams Realty, Inc.

Austin, Texas based Keller Williams Realty, Inc. is the largest real estate franchise by agent count in the world with 700 offices and 125,000 associates across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. In 2015, Training Magazine named Keller Williams the No. 1 training organization across all industries in the world. Since 1983, Keller Williams has grown exponentially and continues to cultivate an agent-centric, education-based, technology-driven culture that rewards agents as stakeholders. The company also provides specialized agents in luxury homes, commercial and farm and ranch properties.

For more information, visit www.kw.com.

March 2016

“EDUCATION MATTERS” MARCH FOCUS: SOUTHWEST FOODSERVICE EXCELLENCE (SPE)

Gallup McKinley County Schools made a switch in food service this school year by joining forces with SFE (Southwest Foodservice Excellence).

Already, we see a change in “Cafeteria Culture” on our campuses. The SFE philosophy signifies health, nutrition, development, teamwork and the merging of cultures throughout our company, permitting SFE to guarantee the success of your child nutrition program.

“Give our partners the best service within the K-12 community, and we will have a partner for life.”

- Don Gala, SFE Co-Founder “We are dedicated to Creating exciting, nutritious menus that will appeal and engage your students to dine with us, taking an active role in fighting hunger.”

--Chef Neal Cunningham Director of Child Nutrition and Food Services How SFE Operates: Take pride in serving only the best and most nutritious foods: • Create healthy menus that will be accepted and enjoyed by your students • Listen to our customers and constantly collect and act upon their feedback • Commit to serving a wide variety of foods made with the highest-quality ingredients Focus on the wellness of your students by: • Improving the quality of nutrition in the foods that we serve • Creating exciting, nutritious menus that will appeal and engage your students • Implementing sound nutrition education techniques that will create healthy habits for life Excellent service for customers: • Make all levels of management available to our clients and customer at their request • Personalized, professional staff with community ties in every school district • To have the fastest response time in the K-12 child nutrition community • To employ the most flexible, knowledgeable, experienced and professional staff Improve the communities in which you live and work: • To take active roles in fighting hunger for the underprivileged • Help fight childhood obesity • Form partnerships with like-minded agencies to help promote our wellness message • To be committed in the advancement of your employees, who make your communities and programs successful Safeguard the financial stability of our clients: • To have the best reputation in the K-12 community for delivering guaranteed financial results • Carefully consider every financial decision and its impact on our clients financial well being

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GMCS Public Relations Team:

Teri Fraizer • Coreen Smith • Vanessa Duckett tfraizer@gmcs.k12.nm.us • csmith@gmcs.k12.nm.us • vduckett@gmcs.k12.nm.us

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FRIENDS

Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.” - William Shakespeare You may have very few real friends in your lifetime. Friends are the ones that will come no matter what in times of need. I think that is true. It is easy to be a friend when things are going well. It is a lot harder when you have to deal with illness, traumatic relationships or death.

The friends I am talking about are not the friends on Facebook.

I have several hundred on Facebook. One of my children put me on Facebook and started accepting friends on my behalf. I now have “friends” I don’t even know; thank goodness my wife told me what my daughter had done (as a joke), and I was able to stop the fun. The other day I looked on my phone contacts under the category Friends and discovered six names. I am not sure I am on their list, but those people have done many good things for me in good times and bad. Of course, your best friend, if you are married, should be your spouse. As they say,

By Jay Mason the best friends are the ones who know all about you and still love you.

Everyone has some friends that they hardly ever see. This summer I saw three distance running teammates that I had not seen in years. We ran many miles together and spent many hours talking about running and competition and life. When I saw them again, it was as if we had never been apart. We immediately renewed our friendship and shared experiences that had occurred since we last met. It was like yesterday. I imagine those who have served our country in the armed forces have similar experiences when they see their comrades in arms after a long separation.

When I was in high school, I thought I was in control on my own destiny. Then my dad died, and I learned a valuable lesson. I was president of the student body, class valedictorian and state championship runner. I had so many “friends” I couldn’t count them all. When Dad died, three friends came to me, genuinely comforted me and gave me hope for the future.

One of those friends had just lost his mother to cancer. Those three friends are still real friends today, even though I don’t see them very often.

Words mean something. Friend in English comes from a Germanic root which meant “love”, not in the romantic sense, but love. It is interesting that friend in Latin (amicus), Italian (amico), French (ami) and Spanish (amigo) also come from amo – to love. It is an immediate attraction – a desire to share each other’s company. If you haven’t watched The Parting Glass Tullemore Dew video on You Tube, you should because it is a wonderful tribute to friendship. The song “The Parting Glass” is often sung at funerals and retirements. In fact when the last Chairman of the Joint Chiefs retired, he sang the song to his troops at his retirement. The Tullemore video opens with four friends walking in the rain in Ireland singing The Parting Glass. Your first impression is that they are on their way to a funeral of one of their best friends. “Of all the comrades that e’er I had, they’re sorry for my going away, And all the sweethearts that e’er I had, they’d wish me one more day to stay.”

They finally reach a graveyard by the church and make the final toast and mention the friend honored by name. A beautiful woman in a wedding gown comes behind them and calls one of the friends by the same name.

He rises and joins his bride; it turns out that his parting is his marriage day. The friends were lamenting that their relationship had changed after one of them got married, but they would always be friends.

Friends come into your life when you least expect them. My daughter Kathleen and I went to a Final Four in San Antonio. While I was waiting for my daughter to arrive, I sat at a hotel restaurant counter next to a woman with a KU shirt and a man with a Stanford windbreaker. I learned that she and I went to Kansas University at about the same time and that her husband was an attorney from Southern

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California. We had many things in common and became fast friends.

Over the next few days we watched great basketball games and spent the days getting to know each other along the Riverwalk. Since that time, we have attended several events together around the country and continue to have great times together.

Friends can be very loyal and persistent. I heard the story of childhood friends from North Carolina who grew up and had families of their own. Then one of them developed a mental illness in his forties.

He became paranoid schizophrenia, lost his family and became homeless.

His friend never forgot him and checked on him when he moved to Florida and lived on the streets. He traveled on several occasions to find his friend, visit him and offer him whatever help would be accepted.

Then one day his friend disappeared. He was last seen on a bus stop bench in Saratoga, Florida. He searched all over Florida and beyond but could not find him. He checked with other homeless people and police authorities without success. For twenty years he followed every lead he could find, until this year, he found a police database that tracked

unclaimed bodies in Florida. He located a letter sent by his friend, and the police lab was able to find DNA on the envelope. It was compared to DNA retained by the database, and the mystery was solved. It turned out his friend had a heart attack at another bus stop about 5 miles from where he was last seen. The friend cried when he learned that his search was over. Real friends are like that; they don’t give up.

I hope I don’t outlive all my friends. I have buried several friends. You should cherish your real friends every chance you have.

Remember Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt who (courtesy of Shakespeare) said, We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.

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March 2016

For all Doctors and Licensed Healing Staff Physician and Provider Appreciation Day March 30 2016 One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant Doctors and Healers who treated their illness but with special gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The diagnosis and treatment are the necessary raw interactions in the middle of trying to act quickly to ease the pain, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the patient.

We, the community, Healthcare System Board and Staff send our love and appreciation for the Healing Service Providers‌ the Doctors and Mid-Levels of Gallup and McKinley County for all of their caring.

Rehoboth McKinley

Christian Health Care Services Serving God by providing health care and promoting wellness for all people.

Revitalizing Downtown Gallup Current BID Programs

Alley improvements (Artist concept)

Historic District Designation

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Building Facade Improvements

Trash Receptacle Painting Contest

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