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Tradition lives on The lasting legacy of the ‘Festival of Trees’ By Beth Blakeman Associate Editor

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hen Gera ld i ne A r v iso died in August, she left the Gallup community with memories of the ways she touched others. As the head of the Gallup ch a pt er of S oropt i m i s t s International, she was part of the local effort to help women and girls live their dreams — the mission of the organization, by providing such important bridges to independence as a gas card, when it was needed, and a computer for an area woman working to improve her situation. When she organized the Festival of Trees fundraiser, her name became connected with what has now become a family tradition. Mau ra Scha nefelt, her daughter, who is organizing the event in her mother’s memory this year, said her mother’s dedication to this festival has been taken up by her father, sister, grandmother, great aunt and son. This family tradition has grown into part of the annual holiday season for Gallup, being sponsored by other organizations including Rotary and Kiwanis.

FESTIVAL OF TREES | SEE PAGE 20

Coming soon! A newsletter dedicated to the news and events happening in the Gallup McKinley County Schools involving its students, educators and all those involved in the educational process.

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The newsletter will also provide information on GMCS activities and upcoming events. To get your information on anything GMCS-related, don’t miss out on the new GMCS newsletter, beginning in December.

At GMCS…Education Matters!

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N.M. Economic Development Department urges N.M. small businesses to apply for remaining economic stimulus loans & grants New Mexico small businesses in financial distress due to the coronavirus crisis are encouraged to apply as soon as possible for loans or grants made available by New Mexico and US Federal Government. Some programs are still open. (Important Note: New Mexico Legislature may authorize another stimulus package on or around November 24th. Stay informed via media in New Mexico.)

The Federal Reserve's Main Street Lending Program Business loans to help eligible small and medium-sized for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations through the COVID-19 pandemic. What it is The program is designed to help credit flow to small and medium-sized for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations that were in sound financial condition before the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, but now need loans to help maintain their operations until they have recovered from, or adapted to, the impacts of the pandemic. Loans originated under the program have several features that will help borrowers facing challenges. The program offers 5-year loans, with floating rates, and principal and interest payments deferred as indicated in the charts below to assist those experiencing temporary cash flow interruptions. To support a broad set of employers, loan size starts at $100,000 and ranges up to $300 million for some loan types. What it isn’t Main Street loans are not grants and cannot be forgiven. (Note: Main Street Program is term used by US Federal Reserve to signify small business. It does not refer specifically to the New Mexico or National Main Street programs) How it works Interested borrowers will work with a local eligible lender to determine if they meet the program requirements, which are available online, as well as the lender’s own underwriting standards. The lender will determine approval for a loan.

New Mexico Small Business Recovery Program New Mexico businesses and nonprofits that reported less than $5 million in gross revenue on their 2019 income tax return and experienced 30 percent or greater reduction in monthly gross revenue in April and May of 2020 (compared to the same period in 2019) can apply for a low- interest, three-year loan of up to $75,000. Interest is deferred for the entire three-year term, after which principal and interest can be paid in full or converted into a new three-year term that requires monthly payments of principal and interest. The New Mexico Finance Authority manages the program in New Mexico. For information: The NMFA FAQs page gives a list of documents applicants can prepare. For information, go to: www.nmfinance.com/programs/small-business-recovery-loan-fund/ New Mexico Finance Authority Small Business Recovery Loan Fund online presentation at www.youtube.com/watch?v=73sUqOrwVgs&feature=youtu.be. Video title - 10-20-20: Small Business Recovery Loan Fund Updates and How to Apply Note: This is a very clear explanation.

“LISC” Rural Relief Small Business Grants LISC is inviting small business owners in rural locations across the country to apply for the LISC-Lowe's Rural Relief Small Business Grants program. The next application period will open on Thursday, November 30th. An application round is open for one week and then closed. For information, go to: www.lisc.org/covid-19/small-business-assistance/small-business-relief-grants/frequently-asked-questions/ www.lisc.org/covid-19/

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COVID Watchlist numbers revised DISCUSSION CONTINUES AT NMPED AND GMCS

The Nov. 17 New Mexico Department of Health COVID Watchlist numbers as they appeared online on Nov. 19. Reproduced from: NMDOH By Beth Blakeman Associate Editor

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oncern about a cover-up as a result of the Gallup McKinley C ou nt y School s’ numbers displayed on the New Mexico Environment Department COVID-19 Watchlist for Nov. 17 unleashed a torrent of phone calls from nervous parents, teachers and nurses, resulting in last week’s Gallup Sun story “GMCS superintendent

under fire for COVID response.� Since that story was published, Judy Robinson, the deputy director of communications with New Mexico Public Education Department, said the numbers for Twin Lakes Elementary for that date had been corrected to three cases and the number of rapid responses for Red Rock Elementary had been reported as one. On Nov. 19 NMPED Secretary Ryan Stewart issued a statement

in response to what the department termed “non-compliance with school reentry and COVID19 safety guidelines.� Stewart was quoted in the statement, “Regarding recent inquiries about Gallup McKinley

County Schools, we are aware of the concerns about reporting and transparency and have issued a directive to the district to ensure adherence to PED guidance and rapid response protocols. “We also understand that there are ongoing issues with regard to additional employee concerns,â€? Stewart said. â€œWe are actively looking into these matters and will take any actions that become necessary to ensure that all health and safety protocols are followed, and that students and staff have a safe working and learning environment,â€? The numbers showing on the COVID Watchlist for Nov. 17 were revised, as seen in the tables that appear with this story. Gallup McKinley County Schools issued a press release calling for collaboration and support, not rumors and retaliation on Nov. 20. In the release, GMCS said, “GMCS and its staff, along with all other educational institutions in New Mexico, have worked to comply with the New Mexico Department of Health’s

Gallup McKinley County Schools Superintendent Michael Hyatt

New Mexico Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart guidelines and Public Health Orders and the Federal Center for Disease Control guidelines in trying to meet student’s safety and educational needs. “In this difficult time, instead of support, GMCS has continued to see a complete disregard for

GMCS COVID WATCHLIST | SEE PAGE 21

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RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ACT McKinley, San Juan counties on board

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12 16 18 SPECIAL SESSION N.M. governor discusses unemployment, business relief

NATIVE CHEF Nephi Craig invites viewers to rethink Indigenous food

TIME OUT TRUCE Learn some history, then color some art

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GMCS pauses elementary hybrid learning SPIKE IN CASES PUSHES LEARNING ONLINE By Cody Begaye Sun Correspondent

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he r a pid r i s e i n COVID-19 cases has led to revised health orders across New

Gallup Sun Publishing, LLC Publisher/Editor Babette Herrmann Accounts Representative Sherry Kauzlarich Associate Editor Beth Blakeman Photography Knifewing Segura Ana Hudgeons Ryan Hudgeons Cable Hoover Correspondent/Editorial Asst. Cody Begaye Dominic Aragon Circulation Manager Mandy Marks On the Cover A look at six of the entrants to the 2020 Festival of Trees and the original organizer of the event, Geraldine Arviso. Photo Courtesy The Gallup Sun, published Fridays, is not responsible or liable for any claims or offerings, nor responsible for availability of products advertised. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. The Gallup Sun distributes newspapers in McKinley, Cibola and Apache counties. Office: 102 S. Second St., Gallup, NM 87301 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Gallup Sun, PO Box 1212, Gallup, NM. Mailing Address: PO Box 1212 Gallup, NM 87305 www.gallupsun.com Phone: (505) 722-8994 Fax: (505) 212-0391 gallupsun@gmail.com Letter to the editor/guest column ACCEPTED BY EMAIL ONLY. State full name and city/town. No pen names. ID required. All submissions subjected to editor’s approval. Guest columnists, email Sun for submission requirements.

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Mexico. Stores have either reduced capacity or closed to the general public. Dine-in is no longer an option at restaurants. And schools are starting to feel the impact, too. T he Ga l lup -McK i n ley County Schools Boa rd of Education realized this, as they held a special meeting on Nov. 20 in which they motioned to suspend a hybrid of limited in-person learning and online learning, and opt for an all-online learning platform for district elementary schools starting on Nov. 30 until at least Jan. 4. Dist. 3 Boa rd Member Priscilla Manuelito said the board would be receiving

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emails and letters from parents and families of GMCS students in lieu of in-person comments. She said the Navajo Nation President has been wanting to meet with the district on hybrid learning, but he has not agreed to participate in a meeting to date. Manuelito said she wanted district Superintendent Mike Hyatt and Board President Charles Long to provide the number of positive cases in the schools. “I wish we would have more time to discuss some of these things, especially since we’re moving in this direction,” she said. “I know it’s for the safety of our children, but it seems like we’re rushing through this meeting. We do have to have just cause or some cause and show why we’re moving in this direction.” Long did say the board has just cause for moving in this

Gallup McKinley County Schools Dist. 3 Board member Priscilla Manuelito direction, but did not comment further. Dist. 1 Boa rd Member Kevin Mitchell thanked the board for taking action for the safety of their students and said he hopes circumstances

improve by December so they can welcome students back in January. The motion to suspend hybrid learning for elementary schools across GMCS was approved with a 5-0 vote.

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Tlingit artist creates stamp for U.S. Postal Service STAMP UNVEILED AS PART OF FOREVER STAMPS SERIES

Tlingit/Athabascan artist Rico Lanáat’ Worl created this stamp for the U. S. Postal Service. Photo Credit: Sealaska Heritage Institute By Sealaska Heritage Institute

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he U. S. Po s t a l Service has tapped Rico Lanáat’ Worl, a Tlingit/Athabascan artist based in Juneau, Alaska to create a Northwest Coast art stamp for distribution in 2021. The design of the stamp, titled “Raven Story” by Rico Lanáat’ Worl, was unveiled the week of Nov. 16 by the U. S. Postal Service as part of its Forever Stamps series. The Postal Service had planned to unveil the stamp with Sealaska Heritage Institute at Celebration 2020, but the event was canceled because of the pandemic. SHI is working with the agency to hold a release ceremony next year. The Postal Service has featured Northwest Coast art stamps in the past. In 1996, it released a stamp featuring Worl’s clan uncle, Nathan Jackson, performing a Raven dance. However, this is thought to be the first time such a design has been illustrated by a Tlingit artist. Antonio Alcalá, who served as art director on the project,

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reached out to Worl about creating the stamp after seeing his work for sale at the National Museum of the American Indian gift store in Washington, D.C. “It was a huge honor to be invited to participate. I also felt the weight of needing to represent well, since I was showcasing as a Tlingit artist on a national platform,” Worl said. “I hope that as a designer I can represent on a national scale the modernity of Native people — that we’re engaged in modern culture while still carrying forward our traditional heritage.” Merging traditional artwork with modern design touches, this stamp depicts one of many stories about Raven, a figure of great significance to the Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast. Among the cultures of the region, Raven plays an essential role in many traditional tales, including stories about the creation of the world. Inspired by the traditional story of Raven setting free the sun, the moon and the stars, Worl depicted Raven just as he escapes from his human family and begins to transform

RAVEN STAMP | SEE PAGE 18 INDIAN COUNTRY

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Conduct Public Online Webinars for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Disposal of Mine Waste at the United Nuclear Corporation Mill Site The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct public meetings via webinar to receive comments on a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Disposal of Mine Waste at the United Nuclear Corporation Mill Site in McKinley County, New Mexico. The draft EIS evaluates the potential environmental impacts of the proposed action and alternatives to the proposed action. The public meeting webinars will be accessible to the public by navigating, on the day and time of the meeting, to the internet link below and entering the event number and password associated with the date of the webinar when prompted. Telephone access will be required for the audio portion of the meetings and is available by dialing the telephone number and entering the passcode provided below. The NRC staff will present the results of the draft environmental impact analysis and receive the public’s comments on the draft report. The NRC invites members of the public to attend the public meeting webinars and to present oral comments on the draft EIS. Wednesday, December 9, 2020 – 2:00 pm MT Webinar Telephone access Event address: https://usnrc.webex.com/ Phone number: 888-454-7496 Event number: 199 047 2797 Passcode: 7838183 Event password: UNCDEIS The public may also submit written comments on the draft EIS before December 28, 2020. A notice published in the Federal Register (FR) on November 13, 2020 (85 FR 72706; https:// www.federalregister.gov/), announced the availability of the NRC’s draft EIS and provided instructions for submitting written comments. The draft EIS can be found on the NRC public webpage for the license amendment review at https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/decommissioning/uranium/united-nuclear-corporation-unc-. html. If you do not have internet access, contact the NRC Public Document Room at 800-3974209 for assistance. Questions regarding the draft EIS should be directed to Ms. Ashley Waldron at 301-415-7317 or at Ashley.Waldron@nrc.gov. NEWS

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Winslow, Ariz. elects ďŹ rst Native mayor Staff Reports

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avajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice P r e s ide nt My r on Lizer congratulate Roberta Wilcox Cano, a member of the Navajo Nation, and the very first Native American to be elected to serve as the Mayor for the City of Winslow, Ariz.

— located near the southern part of the Navajo Nation. “We congratulate Mayorelect Cano and her team for the successful campaign they organized and for making history by becoming the first Native American to be elected for this position,� Nez said. “Our administration looks forward to building a great partnership with her office

in the years to come. I wish her the very best and I will be praying for her continued success.� Mayor- elect Ca no is or ig i n a l ly f rom Wi n slow, and previously worked for t he A r i z on a D e pa r t ment of Cor rections before she began working for the City of Winslow in 2013. “ We lo ok fo r w a r d t o

building upon the opportunity to address many issues with Mayor-elect Cano and her office once she takes office,� Lizer stated. “With her background and years of experience working at the state level and with the City of Winslow, we are excited to work with her and work toward building stronger communities and economic development.�

Roberta Wilcox Cano was elected the ďŹ rst Native American mayor of Winslow, Ariz. on Nov. 21. Photo Credit: OPVP

McKinley, San Juan counties added to RECA Staff Reports

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INDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Updates to Congressional lobbying efforts by the Navajo Nation to amend t he R a d i a t ion E x po su re Compensation Act were delivered to the 24th Navajo Nation Council during its Nov. 17 special meeting. “This is an issue of life. This is an issue that requires, and does deserve, everyone’s utmost attention in Congress,� Matt Sandgren, founder and

principal of Innovative Policy, the Navajo Nation’s RECA lobbying firm in Washington, D. C. said. Sandgren was joined by Innovative Policy staff Melanie Bowen and Ron Dean during the report to the committee. Without the amendment, the RECA will expire in July 2022 in spite of widespread continued negative effects experienced by Navajo people from the federal government’s uranium extraction activities in and around the Navajo Nation. The current bills in Congress compr ising the Radiation

E x po su re Compen s a t ion Act Amendments of 2019 are H.R.3793, sponsored by Rep. Ben Ray Lujån, D-N.M., and S.947, sponsored by Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho. H.R.3793 currently has 48 co-sponsors of the legislation and S.947 has 10 co-sponsors. The amendments sought by the Navajo Nation include an expansion of the classification of eligible recipients of federal restitution under RECA — specifically, the downwinder classification that currently excludes counties and areas like San

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A graphical map of the areas currently covered through the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Amendments sought by the Navajo Nation Council through Congressional legislation include the addition of the McKinley and San Juan counties to the eligible “downwinderâ€? classiďŹ cation. Photo Credit: U. S. Department of Justice Juan County and McKinley County in New Mexico, in addition to counties in the vicinity of the Trinity testing site. Bowen noted in discussions with Congressional offices, that

widespread bipartisan support exists for the Navajo Nation’s priorities with RECA.

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NMDOH to introduce COVID-19 saliva tests Staff Reports

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ANTA FE — The New Mexico Depa r tment of Hea lth, evolv ing with the demands of COVID-19, will begin administer ing a n FDA-approved

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COV ID test t hat i nvolves swabbing the mouth to collect a saliva sample. The department started offering the test in Albuquerque at Balloon Fiesta Park Nov. 23. NMDOH is collaborating with Curative, a resea rch

company in California that ha s created the first ora l f luid test in the U. S. The sa liva sa mples have been demonstrated to be at least

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A saliva test for COVID-19 has been developed and is now being offered in parts of New Mexico. Photo Credit: The Scientist Magazine

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Governor Lujan Grisham announces pre-Thanksgiving special session STATE RELIEF FOR BUSINESS, UNEMPLOYED, MORE Staff Reports

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A N TA F E — G ov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced her plan to call the New Mexico Legislature into special session Nov. 24, to take up a relief package for New Mexicans who have been affected by the economic devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor’s priorities for the session – sometimes referred to as the governor’s “callâ€? – include direct unemployment assistance, supplementing

the payments to New Mexicans whose employment has been impacted by the economic fallout of the pandemic; grants to New Mexico businesses, making meaningful funding assistance as accessible as possible for business-owners whose operations have been impacted by the public health emergency; emergency housing assistance; and emergency food bank services. The governor’s proposed legislation will ask lawmakers to take up and approve: • $194 million in direct

unemployment assistance, providing for a one-time supplemental benefit of $1,200 to each state unemployment claimant who is eligible for state or federal pandemic unemployment programs or was eligible but has exhausted their benefits under those programs since Sept. 12; • $100 million for a grant program for New Mexicoowned small businesses; • $15 million to provide for emergency housing assistance; • $5 million for emergency food bank services;

• $5 million for direct economic assistance to low-income residents, in the form of a one-time $750 disbursement per household, who did not receive an “economic impact paymentâ€? from the federal government; and • Other funding necessary to support the administrative organization and execution of these programs. Funding for these programs will be made available through a transfer of previously received federal funds to the appropriation account of the

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham state general fund. During the first special legislative session of 2020, state lawmakers and the administration worked to ensure the state’s fi nancial reserves remained more than sufficient to achieve solvency and maintain key state programs amid the potential for continuing or worsening economic

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New Mexico launches Pandemic-EBT online self-service portal Staff ReportsÂ

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A N TA F E —  T he state Human Services Department announced a new service Nov. 20. New Mexican families can

now access a portal to check their children’s eligibility for Pandemic-EBT benefits and update addresses It can be reached through the Human Services Department’s online tool Yes NM (https://www.

yes.state.nm.us/yesnm/home/ index). The link has also been posted on the Public Education Department website. Registration is not required to access the site, but the following information will be required

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to check a student’s eligibility for P-EBT benefits: • Student school identification number (assigned to student by school; if unsure of student ID number contact your students’ school) • The name of the school your child attended during the 2019-20 or 2020-21 school year • The name of the child’s guardian on file with your school district Once this information is validated and the student’s eligibility is determined, parents/guardians may view and, if necessary, change the address on file with their student’s school.  â€œWe are excited to launch this portal to help New Mexico families access services and

information,â€? Karmela Martinez, director of the Income Support Division in the Human Services Department said. Students who attend Bureau of Indian Education Schools, charter schools or private schools and do not have a student ID number can call the P-EBT Hotline at (833) 415-0569. The Pandemic-EBT program compensates families with children who qualify for free or reduced-price school meals that they missed during remote learning. The amount of compensation is based on the number of meals a child was unable to receive while a school was in remote learning from the start of this academic year through September.Â

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Earthweek: Diary of a Changing World

By Steve Newman

Week ending Friday, November 20, 2020 Superbolts Scientists have for the first time documented how often a rare breed of extreme lightning bolts can occur in the skies above Earth and how bright they are. These “superbolts” can be 1,000 times brighter and stretch hundreds of miles farther than their more common counterparts. Writing in the American Geophysical Union’s Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Los Alamos researchers say roughly one-third of 1%, or 1 in every 300 lightning strikes, are superbolts. Recent research finds that these extreme flashes occur in rare, positively charged cloud-to-ground events rather than the more common negatively charged cloud-toground discharges.

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Tropical Cyclones Former Category-5 Hurricane Iota killed dozens as it ravaged pa r ts of Colombia and Central America. It was the strongest named storm on record to strike Nicaragua when it made landfall in the same area as Hurricane Eta, which caused widespread devastation two weeks earlier. It was also the strongest storm so far of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.

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• After leaving at least 67 dead as the strongest typhoon to strike the Philippines this year, Vamco later pummeled the sa me a rea of centra l Vietnam already ravaged by several other storms in 2020. • Cyclone Alicia, the fi rst of the season in the region, formed briefly in the southwestern Indian Ocean.

Earthquakes A shar p temblor in the central Philippines wrecked a municipal building in Biliran province. • Ea r th movements were also felt in west-central Sumatra, northeastern India’s Mizoram state, western Pakistan, west-central Texas and interior Southern California.

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Pervasive Plastic Researchers have fo u n d t h a t m o s t whales, turtles and fish may be swimming the world’s oceans with plastic in their bodies. Writing in the journal Global Change Biology, Marga Rivas at Spain’s University of Almería and her team analyzed data from 112 published studies from the past decade. They conclude that 66% of all sea turtles had macroplastics and microplastics in their systems, while 55% were contaminated with a class called microfibers. The highest rates of plastic contamination were in the Mediterranean and northeastern Indian Ocean.

critically endangered animals back 27 years after they went locally extinct. The Gonarezhou Conservation Trust has hired 39 game rangers, mainly from areas around the park, and trained them to protect the returning rhinos. South Africa’s CAJ News reports the animals first went extinct in the area sometime in the 1930s or 1940s. A similar reintroduction project between 1969 and 1977 saw rhino numbers increase to about 140 before a civil war in neighboring

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Mozambique caused the park to close. By 1994, the rhinos were extinct there again.

Marine Heat Wave Climate experts warn that the third marine heat wave in four years is developing off northern New Zealand as the country enters the southern summer. Such a warm-water designation means the ocean temperatures have been cooler

90% of the time in the past. “We’re not even at the peak of our sea-surface temperatures, which typically occur over January and February,” said meteorologist Ben Noll of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. Heat waves at sea can alter the marine ecosystem, bringing in species of fish and other aquatic life from more tropical waters. They can affect the land environment as well. The 2018 marine heat wave off northern New Zealand led to a population boom of some land animals, including rodents.

Stromboli Blast A sudden er up tion of ash and lava inside a volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli sent debris cascading down the slopes of its namesake volcano. Dist. by: Andrews McMeel Syndication ©MMXX Earth Environment Service

Rhino Return Conservationists will repopul a t e Z i m b a b w e ’s Gonarezhou National Park with black rhinos before the end of the year, bringing the

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Is the Department of Interior disrupting the Great American Outdoors Act? OR IS THIS JUST A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION? Staff Reports

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U R A NGO, COL O. — The Department of Inter ior issued a Secretarial Order regarding the implementation of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and The Great American Outdoors Act Nov. 13. Anna Peterson, Executive Director of The Mountain Pact, believes the Order adds a litany of new provisions that weaken the Act, such as: • Allowing state veto of federal public land protection projects; • Eliminating funding for Bureau of Land Management land acquisition; and

• Restricting future LWCF funds from helping to create new units of public land The Department of the Interior offers a different characterization of the Secretary’s Order 3388. On its web site, in a press release dated Nov. 13, the DOI says key components of the Order include: • Prioritization of investments that increase public access for recreation, enhanced conservation and support of the recovery of endangered species. • An increase in flexibility for how states and local communities spend and match LWCF grants • Honors the Interior department’s commitment to be a good

neighbor by giving states and communities a voice in federal land acquisition. Peterson issued the following statement: “The process and expectations for the Land and Water Con ser v at ion F u nd t h at Congress set forth in the Great American Outdoors Act were simple and clear. In this landmark legislation, Congress asked only one thing of this administration on LWCF: Meet the deadline for submitting a specific FY2021 program allocations and project lists, which they did not do. “Now the Department of Interior has decided instead to rewrite the law on LWCF in ways that exceed its authority and defy Congress.

Anna Peterson, executive director of The Mountain Pact. Photo Credit: The Mountain Pact “Congress has repeatedly voted down arbitrary restrictions like those in the Interior Department’s new orders by passing the Dingell Act and the Great American Outdoors Act by overwhelming bipartisan margins. Point blank: the majority of Americans and Congress want the full and legal implementation of one of the best pieces of conservation legislation in our lifetime. That means keeping existing LWCF frameworks in place, guaranteeing it the full and permanent $900 million intended for it by law. “DOI has effectively ignored the intent of the Great American Outdoors Act, which passed the Senate by an overwhelming 73-25 vote, even though it has been one of America’s best conservation programs bringing

together both sides of the aisle with five decades of bi-partisan support and thousands of local parks, trails, and ballparks to show for it. “This Secretarial Order is an intentional violation of Congress, in a last-minute effort to block the successful implementation of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and cement the anti-LWCF views we’ve seen from this administration for the past four years,” Peterson concluded. For her part, Margaret Everson, counselor to the Secretary of the Interior and chair of the Great American Outdoors Act Task Force said, “We are committed to managing these resources in partnership with the states and others in the conservation community.”

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Trump pushes oil industry for more arctic drilling By Center for Biological Diversity From Endangered Earth No. 1063, Nov. 19

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ith his presidency now nea r i ng its end, Donald Trump is rushing through a process to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain to lease for oil drilling. The administration has invited oil companies to name the areas they’d like to drill in one of the nation’s most iconic and sacred landscapes. The Center for Biological Diversity joined Ind igenous groups this week in condemning the move. “On his way out the door, T r u mp i s t r y i n g t o lo ck i n cl i mate cha os a nd t he ex t i nct ion of pola r bea r s

and other endangered Arctic species. This is unconscionable,� the Center’s Kristen Monsell sa id. “ The A rctic Nat ion a l Wi ld l i fe Ref u ge can’t be replaced, so we can’t let this president give it away to Big Oil.� The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Photo Credit: Alaska Region USFWS

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Chef Nephi Craig shows off ‘real’ Native food By Cody Begaye Sun Correspondent

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hanksgiving is a holiday defi ned by food. Even in the era of COVID, families fi nd safe ways to gather around the table to enjoy a meal and recount what they are thankful for. To that end, the Octavia Fellin Public Library hosted an interactive workshop with Chef Nephi Craig on Nov. 23. Craig spoke about Indigenous Food Sovereignty and prepared a dish on-line for viewers. Craig, from the Fort River Apache Reser vation near Whiteriver, Ariz., founded the Native American Culinary Association after graduating from culinary school in 2000. NACA is dedicated to the research, refinement, and development of Native American cuisine. The workshop was a chance for viewers to see Indigenous food in a new way, Craig said. “In my pathway as a Native chef when I first started cooking, one of the first things I began to question was ‘Is there such a thing as Native American cuisine?’� Craig said, recounting how he had been around food a lot growing up on the Fort River Apache Reservation, as well as the Navajo Nation. When he went to cooking school, his class was taught world history and the cuisines that go along with it. But Craig noted there was little to no

Chef Nephi Craig cooking taken during the Octavia Fellin Library online program “Food & Culture: Taking Back Controlâ€? Nov. 23. Craig is the executive chef for the Rainbow Treatment Center in Whiteriver, Ariz. Photo Credit: Courtesy Ramen at home: Broth of kombu dashi, pork shoulder/ribs, chx bones, scallions, ginger, carrot, dry shiitakes, bonito akes, garlic, mirin, rice vinegar, soy and time — Chef Nephi Craig recipe from April. Craig is an enrolled member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Photo Credit: Courtesy Chef Nephi Craig mention of any Indigenous cuisines of North America, aside from a number of foods from Mexico. “We were just categorized in a broad and minimal way at the same time,â€? Craig said. This feeling hit its peak when he was attending cooking school and asked one of his instructors if they knew of any particular Indigenous culinary arts. The answer he got stuck with him. “My instructor said, ‘I know you make frybread. You boil a lot of stews,’â€? Craig said. “When I heard that from my chef and instructor, I felt it was kind of a dismissive take on who we

are as Native peoples. Sure, a lot of tribes make frybread and make stews, but there is a vast amount of information about culinary science, cultural information, linguistics, and medicine. “When I was 18 years old, I took that as a message I shouldn’t bring this up because it made me feel embarrassed when we were studying the cuisines of Europe and Asia, which have these grand histories,� Craig said.

This spurred Craig to do his research and learn about Native foods, and in turn show people he had met throughout his career that Indigenous cuisine can be more than the foods seen at booths across various reservations and that a knowledgeable chef can come from those regions as well. After speaking about his career, Craig demonstrated his knowledge and experience by preparing a traditional dish that includes corn, zucchini, and pinto beans. He shared some of the techniques he used to prepare the dish and explained the best way to use various tools to make the

most out of cooking. He reaffi rmed his message of wanting viewers to see Indigenous foods in a new way. “A s w e a p p r o a c h Thanksgiving, I encourage everyone to look at food differently, because the United States has been cooking Indigenous foods since its inception,� Craig said. “It was Indigenous food ways, agricultural techniques, and traditional ecological knowledge that allowed the United States to sustain itself.� To view the recording of Chef Nephi Craig’s presentation and cooking, visit

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Quick gratin, Russets, onion, garlic, rosemary, cream, ďŹ nished with parmesan, Feta, scallions and smoked paprika — one of Chef Nephi Craig’s home preparations. He founded the Native American Culinary Association. Photo Credit: Courtesy Chef Nephi Craig COMMUNITY

‘Black Beauty’ is made exclusively for horse-adoring youngsters By Glenn Kay For the Sun

RATING:  OUT OF  RUNNING TIME: 109 MINUTES This feature is available for streaming December 27 on Disney+. The 1877 Anna Sewell novel Black Beauty is one of the biggest selling books of all time. This tale, about the life of a horse and her many experiences with various owners, has enchanted young readers for more than a century. The latest film adaptation attempts to maintain the theme of encouraging animal welfare while updating the story to give it a modern twist. The movie is impressively shot and will certainly impress youngsters who adore horses, but is so earnest that most adults watching will find themselves rolling their eyes during several scenes. This tale is narrated by a wild mustang named Black Beauty (whose inner thoughts are voiced by Kate Winslet). The equine details her early years spent with her mother, learning a positive moral and ethical code. But when the filly accidentally leads rustlers to the group, she is separated from her parent. Black Beauty is purchased by John Manly (Iain Glen) and taken to a ranch in New York state.

The animal feels angry and guilty about the circumstances that have befallen her, but slowly learns that her new owner is kind and only breaks horses to help find them a home. Black Beauty soon makes a new friend in Manly’s niece, Jo Green (Mackenzie Foy), a sullen teen whose parents have passed away. The two lost souls quickly form a tight bond. As the years pass, they become separated and Black Beauty attempts to survive various hardships in the hopes of someday being reunited with Jo. The original book also anthropomorphized its title character and allowed it to share human-like emotions with the reader. Winslet certainly does her best, but some of the lines come across as awkward, particularly early on in the film. While the narration clarifies the story and assists in moving things along quickly, it is strange and does take some getting used to. We hear Black Beauty analyzing the new people in her life through her thoughts and later translating presumed conversations with other horses in English, but she does not always understand what’s being spoken directly to her by human keepers. It’s admittedly unfair to critique a kid’s movie for logic issues like this, but the contrast does stand out at times. And while some of Black Beauty’s comments are surely translated directly from the source material, they sure do sound on-the-nose and wince-inducing for older viewers. The

The mustang Black Beauty, being ridden by Jo Green (Mackenzie Foy) in the well-known children’s tale, retold by Disney+. Kate Winslet voices the thoughts of the horse in “Black Beauty.” Photo Credit: Disney+ animal becomes fond of the young human protagonist very fast and explains how even though she is a wild mustang, she still wants Jo to ride her and help the girl grow into a fearless woman. It’s all very syrupy and comments like, “We were two beings and yet… for just a moment… we were one,” follow with the two riding in front of scenic backdrops. This relationship between the equine and Jo is the sole focus of the first half of the picture. Other owners are squeezed in briefly over later sections, but feel comparatively underdeveloped and one-note.

At least the film looks great. Even if you might be wincing at some of the spoken wordplay, the photography is consistently impressive. As mentioned, Black Beauty spends a lot of time moving about in gorgeous locales and the camera catches some beautiful images of the horse racing along the beach and trotting majestically at sunset. Everything about the picture looks impressive and the cinematography at least provides something to focus on during the narrative passages. This is ultimately a children’s film about a young

woman and her special bond with a mustang who has experienced the same kinds of personal tragedies. The movie has some noble things to say about treating all living things with kindness and respect, but it’s often blunt and overly direct in its delivery of these themes. If you’re a young person who loves everything about horses, then Black Beauty will be engrossing. However, be warned that for adults, large sections of the fi lm will come off as overly sentimental. V ISIT: W W W. CINEMASTANCE.COM

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The story of the Time Out Truce By Sean Wells Contributing Artist

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created this image for my Big Sister (from the Big Brother Big Sister program), Victoria Rabinowe, who is a Santa Fe artist. She has been upset at the mudslinging from both sides of the major political parties and had a deep concern for the upcoming elections knowing the race would be tight and delays in vote counting would be inevitable. She wanted to create a movement to encourage people to bury the political party hatchet during this period of vote counting and wait together as Americans. We ca me up w it h t he hashtag #TimeOutTruce to encourage a peaceful period. She asked me to consider creating an image to support this. What better way to show a truce than to show the iconic donkey and elephant in an embrace? But, a s I designed the image, I couldn’t help but wonder, why a donkey and elephant? Why blue and red? The

answers were quite interesting and something you don’t learn in history class! ANIMAL INSTINCTS The a nima l icons first appear in 1828 with the heated and contentious election of Andrew Jackson. Both parties used the papers and political posters to mar the reputation of their opponents (referred to as “mudslinging”) using pol itica l ca r toons to get their message across quickly. John Quincy Adams depicted Andrew Jackson as a jackass, playing on his last name and illustrating him as dumb and stubborn. But, rather than being upset, Jackson embraced the symbol as a creature of perseverance and able to carry great loads far distances without complaint. In a brilliant move, he hijacked the donkey symbol in his own campaign marketing, winning the election. The elephant came along much later, in 1864 with a pro-Lincoln poster featuring an elephant carrying a banner. At the time, post-civil war era, a popular phrase, “to see

the elephant,” meant, “to go to battle.” The elephant was used as a symbol of strength and fearlessness. But, it has also become a symbol of the oppressor, with a lack of consideration and a sense of intimidation. The famous political satirist Thomas Nast adopted both the donkey and the elephant to represent the political parties and began to use them to illustrate difficult and complicated subjects like racism, slavery, poverty and other important issues of then and today. Others began to pick up on the symbols and anthropomorphize them. POLITICAL CARTOONS: NOT H I NG T O L AUG H ABOUT The virality and efficiency of the political cartoon makes it a powerful and persuasive vehicle to relay a strong message, much like the modern day meme. You can share a meme with people of opposing viewpoints and still appreciate the humor of the image, even if you don’t agree on the message. The historical role of the political cartoonist is critical to

preserve our country’s democracy and freedom. As an artist, I am grateful to live in a country where I can create art that can make a social commentary without fear of legal punishment from the government. I was broken-hearted to read about the attacks, threats and deaths to the staff of the French paper Charlie Hebdo for a political cartoon about the Islamic religion. I am not defending the cartoon, I am defending the right to create the cartoon and the right to respond to the cartoon in a passionate and public way, but without violence. We need voices to speak without fear on difficult topics to keep them in the news and keep them in the discussion of what is right and wrong and just and immoral in our country and in the world. Societal views are not a fi xed thing, they are shifting. Political cartoons can help us gauge where we stand as a whole. THESE COLORS DON’T BLEED! The colors are much easier to understand. Up until the year 2000, colors like yellow,

red, white and blue had all been used interchangeably in various publications to describe winning states and losing states on maps for the presidential election. As publications became bigger and mass media, like color television solidified the visual language for the political race, the colors became iconic. During the Bush-Gore race, a race that came down to a mere 537 votes, the iconic red for Republicans and blue for Democrats became consistently used across all media outlets and has been adopted ever since. OTHER FUNNY FACTS The President of Sri Lanka gifted a baby elephant to President Gerald Ford. They dedicated a room in the White House to elephants. Just like Jose Guadalupe Posada, the turn-of-the-century printmaker who commented on the Mexican political atmosphere, Thomas Nast died penniless.

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between accomplishment and failure.” Worl’s work began with the development of the arts depa r t ment a t S e a l a sk a Heritage Institute, implementing programs to empower the Indigenous artists of Southeast Alaska. The programs focused on developing fundamental skills and access to resources. Through his current ongoing project, Trickster Company, Worl carries forward the goals of empowering indigenous artists. Through this brand he works to celebrate indigenous resilience and cross-cultural connection, break into a tourist market which profits millions of dollars from knock-off “Native” artwork, and represent the story of how Indigenous people are not only here today but engaged in modern lifestyles. These goals are also foundational in his work outside of the brand. His crafts range from product design, digital design, jewelry making, printmaking, public art and most recently he has been working to develop his skills in sculpture and computer-aided 3D design.

back into his bird form. “Many depictions of this story show Raven with the Sun in his mouth representing the stealing of the Sun. I was trying to showcase a bit of drama,” Worl said. “The climax of the story is after Raven has released the sun and the moon and has opened his grandfather’s final precious box, which contained the stars. “In this design I am imagining Raven in a panicked state of escape — transforming from human form to raven form and holding on to as many stars as he can while trying to escape the clan house,” Worl said. He called the depiction an exciting moment of humanity for Raven, who is a powerful being much of the time. “I think it’s a moment we all feel at times. A moment before we accomplish a goal when we may feel frazzled and have trouble holding everything together in our hands, while trying to accomplish multiple goals at the same time. Even the greatest among us experience the moment that is on the cusp

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FESTIVAL OF TREES | FROM PAGE 1 This year it will benefit the Community Pantry, as it did in 2019. For Schanefelt it is tied to her mother.

“I’m hopeful that in years to come, the annual Festival of Trees will be in memory of her [Geraldine Arviso].” HOW THE FESTIVAL HELPS FEED PEOPLE This year’s Festival of Trees is dedicated to helping the

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Community Pantry, by selling tickets to people, who stand a chance of winning a decorated tree or wreath. The tickets are $3 apiece, or four for $10. That money goes to the Pantry, which fi nds itself staring down some of the longest lines of hungry people since Alice Perez took the spot as executive director there in 2015. Last year, Perez told the Sun, the fundraiser brought in $5,000. Schanefelt said this year is a difficult one. “We’re trying to be optimistic [about raising money]. But realistically, Schanefelt said, [we’re hoping to bring in] $2 thousand.” The Community Pantry is hard at work and stretches every dollar it receives. “Pre-COVID we were servicing about 3,500 families a month [that includes both pantries]. Now we’re at over 7,000 because of the unemployment, limited work hours, [and] restaurants shutting down,” Perez said. “When you have two small communities that are about 75 percent entrepreneurialship, you have two communities that are hurting a lot,” she pointed out. She also talked about the stresses on grandparents living on fixed incomes, who fi nd themselves taking care of children. Perez said it’s not just more families coming to the pantry for food, there is also more food being given out. “Pre-COVID our distribution was approximately about 120-160 pounds per box. Right now we’re giving between 220260 pounds per family. People can pick up twice [in a month] when they need it,” she said. Where does it all come from? Perez said the food is donated by local groceries, Feeding America, organizations, foundations, non-profits, and people from across the U.S. — from as far away as Pennsylvania. REACHING OUT As the Festival of Trees continues to provide help to others each year, the Community Pantry does, too. In addition to handing out boxes of food as part of its Commodities Program, the Community Pantry grows food. In the winter that takes place in hoop houses. Free Produce is a program available to everyone to

Maura Schanefelt, the 2020 organizer of the Festival of Trees. File Photo promote healthy eating, especially for people who have diabetes, which Perez points out, is rampant in the area. The pantry also participates in the downtown Gallup farmer’s market in summer months one day a week, honoring Double Bucks, a program that allows people with EBT cards to spend $5 and receive $10 worth of produce. There is a Food for Kids, or backpack program that is run through the school system, which helps provide for children who do not get enough to eat at home on the weekends. The Emergency Food Box program bridges the gap for people in emergency situations. “If the car breaks down and it costs $250 to get it fixed — there goes the grocery money,”

Alice Perez, Executive Director of The Community Pantry in Gallup, Grants. File Photo Perez said. “We want people to stay employed.” The Dollar Stretcher or Meat Box Stretcher program allows the pantry to use its buying power to create special boxes of food that can be sold to members of the community at a discount, allowing them to save money by shopping at the pantry instead of at a grocery store. Perez is grateful for the help from the Festiva l of Trees. Like the tradition of generosity Geraldine Arviso started years ago, the Community Pa nt r y a l s o re a che s out beyond its own borders by helping other nonprofits to feed people in communities that cannot get to it.

One of at least 15 trees and wreaths people will vote for online in the 2020 Festival of Trees, which will benefit the Community Pantry. Photo Credit: Festival of Trees NEWS

GMCS COVID WATCHLIST | FROM PAGE 4 legal authority of the School Board, as well as avoidance of and the supplanting of the New Mexico laws that govern education by the highest authority within the New Mexico Public Education Department. “The communications delivered to public schools in New Mexico have been untimely, inflexible, and constantly changing during the pandemic. Many of Secretary Stewart’s unlawful directives have not served students well and have unnecessarily frustrated local communities, who have unique needs that are not being met,” the release continued. “While we understand that the pandemic poses unique and new challenges for everyone, and that adjustments are needed, there has been a distinct avoidance by Secretary Stewart of seeking meaningful collaboration and learning from local New

RECA | FROM PAGE 10 Additional amendments being sought by the Navajo Nation include an increase to restitution from the current amount of $50,000 to $150,000; the addition of uranium core drillers to those eligible for claims under RECA; and an extension of the deadline for workers to file claims for work performed in the uranium activity area from Dec. 31, 1971, to a proposed end date in 1990. Council delegates pressed the importance of actively communicating with the incoming Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration. “My request would be to schedule a meeting with the Biden-Harris transitional team, so they are aware of the challenges that we are facing. I know Vice President-elect Harris was on the Senate Judiciary Committee and she is aware of some of the challenges we are facing here regarding uranium exposure, as we’ve presented to them with now-President Jonathan Nez,” 24th Navajo Nation Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty said. “We have been informed by multiple individuals associated with that transition team, as you can imagine, they have a lot on their plate as they are trying to help the nation and ultimately the world, navigate through NEWS

Mexico educational leaders. The lack of support and collaboration has resulted in many forms of discrimination and unfairness amongst various student populations across the State. “The New Mexico Constitution mandates that students receive a uniform and sufficient education, even in challenging times,” the release stated. “Rumors, social media posts and news articles can only go so far in helping people understand the issues and concerns a public school is facing. In order to better understand the needs of all New Mexico students, Secretary Stewart should have experienced the uniqueness of our districts first hand. “A lack of understanding of policy, due process, and effective governance can create false narratives and hyperbolic accusations. The lack of physical presence by the Secretary, not only at our public schools districts, but also in [the] State of New Mexico, may be a cause for a lack of understanding of the

this pandemic. This is our top priority and we will follow up with the Biden-Harris team,” Sandgren stated. Council Delegate Kee Allen Begay, Jr. spoke to uranium clean-up funding and resources on the Navajo Nation, stressing the need to address the Claim 28 area of West Burnt Corn Wash. “The Navajo Nation continues to wait on making a position statement regarding the uranium cleanup. But how do we factor in the RECA, as well?” Begay questioned. C o n g r e s s io n a l c a n d i dates, including Senatorelect Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. and Representative Tom O’Halleran, R-Ariz. have observed environmental conditions relating to uranium mining in the community, Begay said. Begay indicated he would like to see a more coordinated and comprehensive report on the Navajo Nation’s comprehensive response to ongoing uranium contamination issues. I n r e s pon s e, S p e a ker Seth Damon indicated more resources from within the Navajo Nation government can be identified to build on the work of RECA lobbyist groups, but the current scope of work approved by the Council was specific to the RECA amendments. “Our outreach has been broad. In Arizona, Innovative Policy listed the people who

A section of the Nov. 17 New Mexico Department of Health Covid Watchlist numbers as they appeared online on Nov. 22. Reproduced from: NMDOH needs of our staff and students,” the release said. “GMCS has offered multiple invitations, and will continue to offer, NM PED leadership the

opportunity to visit and witness our efforts in trying to keep students safe while providing an appropriate education during the pandemic. We have yet to

see Secretary Stewart outside of online press conferences or online video conferences.” Calls to GMCS were not returned by press time.

were contacted. The lobbying group alsopresented a detailed break-down of Congressional seats following the election. House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jerrold

Na d ler, D -N.Y. a nd Vice Chairwoman Mary Gay Scanlon, D- Penn. indicated their desire to schedule a hearing on the RECA amendments after Jan. 1, 2021.

The report from Innovative Policy was accepted by the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee of the 24th Navajo Nation Council by a vote of 19 in favor and 0 opposed.

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SPECIAL SESSION | FROM PAGE 12 conditions. In the intervening months, updated state revenue forecasts signal that state reserves will remain at a healthy level – 30 percent of general fund expenditures – even after allocating these additional federal funds for the above purposes. The Lujan Grisham Administration has prudently aimed for – and maintained – at least 20 percent of general fund expenditures in reserves as a fi scally prudent target. The proposed legislation would also appropriate $10 million from the state general fund to the Department of Health to

provide for COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and vaccine implementation support. “I a m grateful for the Legislature’s willingness to take up this urgently needed relief package on behalf of all New Mexicans,� Gov. Lujan Grisham said. “And I am optimistic lawmakers will come together in a bipartisan fashion to expeditiously approve these assistance programs. “The simple fact is New Mexicans need the absolute maximum support that government can provide right now. We can do a lot of good when we work together and when our priorities align. In this moment of crisis, we will and we must forge ahead together for the

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9th, 2020. Item One will go before the City Council for final approval and Item Two will go before the City Council for recommendation to proceed or not proceed with the proposed text amendment at its regular meeting to be held on January 12th, 2021. Both meetings will be held at 6 p.m. ITEM ONE: CASE # 2001000004: Request by Paul M. & Kimberly E. Madrid, property owners, for the City of Gallup to vacate a 5’ wide, 76’ long public utility easement along the eastern property line to allow the construction of a fence. The property is located at 402 Jeff King Street; more particularly described as Lot 1, Block 6, Mentmore East Unit 2. ITEM TWO: CASE # 2000900002: Request initiated by Wesley Jones, Martel Marketing, LLC to amend Title 10 “Land Development Standards� of the Municipal Code of the City of Gallup. To allow “Open Outdoor Storage� as a permissive principal use within the Heavy Commercial (HC) Zone District in Use Table 10-3-1. In accordance with the public health order issued by the New Mexico Department of Health, the meeting will be physically closed to the public; however, it will be accessible to the public via the following technology service: Facebook Live Stream through the City of Gallup’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ CityOfGallup

good of the people of our great state,� she said. “We have countless critical issues facing the state right now,� Senate President Pro Tem Mary Kay Papen said. “The actions we take in this special session will help us address the most immediate of them, and, most importantly, get the money to where it will have the greatest positive impact on those families and small businesses who need it most.� “New Mexicans are hurting, and without more federal economic relief in sight we have to take action now,� Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth said. “Assisting our small businesses, shoring up unemployment funds to help displaced

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workers, and providing some relief for people struggling with food and housing are all priorities the legislature strongly supports.� Speaker of the House of Representatives Brian Egolf said, “New Mexicans have remained incredibly resilient throughout this pandemic, yet their future is uncertain if we do not deliver the relief they desperately need to defeat this virus.� “The relief we pass this special session will go directly to hardworking families struggling to keep their children fed, a roof over their heads, and the heat and bills paid,� Egolf continued. “Unlike Washington, our state government knows

New Mexico’s future is dependent on keeping families whole through this pandemic and beyond.� It will be the second special session the governor has called amid the pandemic to address issues stemming from the health and economic crises. The fi rst, in June, encompassed an emergency agenda set by the governor to ensure state solvency after the pandemic cratered the oil market; establish emergency small business support programs; require all law enforcement officers to wear body cameras; and authorize a bipartisan state Civil Rights Commission to analyze and make recommendations to the legislature and governor. CLASSIFIEDS

COMMUNITY CALENDAR NOVEMBER 27 – DECEMBER 3, 2020 FRIDAY, November 27

DRIVE-UP COVID-19 TESTING

1:30 pm-2:30 pm @ UNM Gallup Lions Hall parking lot (705 Gurley Ave.). Pre-registration is preferred, but not required at cvtestreg. nmhealth.org

OFPL NATIVE SPEAKERS SERIES

11 am YouTube @gallup library. Introductions to the Zuni and Navajo Languages during the month of November. Videos are posted Wednesdays and Fridays at 11:00 a.m. Today’s subject is: Animals in Navajo.

ONE-2-ONE VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY HELP

11 am-12 pm live on Facebook, @galluplibrary and through scheduled video and audio calls. Ask your technology questions and get assistance during the live sessions. Please email libtrain@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 to schedule a personalized audio or video meeting, or join us Live on Facebook at the scheduled times. MONDAY, November 30

2021 WINTER TALK

Art work request for one original piece of two-dimensional art (mixed media, watercolor, acrylic, oil, print, charcoal) suitable for scanning size 16”x 24” for a commission of $500 to an Indigenous artist (18 years and older with a CDIB), to be completed and delivered to the New Mexico Conference of Churches by Nov. 30.

GIRL SCOUTS ROBOT BUILDING PARTY

Times will be scheduled based on demand. This free ongoing activity continues until Nov. 30. For more information: https:// wwwnmgirlscounts.org/ en/about-girl-scouts/join/ robot-building-party.html; (505) 343-1040.

UNM-GALLUP BOOKSTORE REOPENS

10 am-3 pm for curbside pickup only.

DRIVE-UP COVID-19 TESTING

1:30 pm-2:30 pm @ UNM Gallup Lions Hall parking lot (705 Gurley Ave.). Pre-registration is preferred, but not required at cvtestreg. nmhealth.org NM Dept of Health 1919 College Drive

FALL IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION ENDS

UNM-Gallup goes to an all-remote instruction/exam period from Nov. 30-Dec. 12 after today.

CALENDAR

CREATIVE CORNER

4 pm @ ofpl.online/programs/#makerspace. The focus will be on Collage Painting (Create a work of art from various materials) For more information: jwhitman@galllupnm.gov; (505) 863-1291 TUESDAY, December 1

DRAWCEMBER ART CHALLENGE

Dec. 1-5 OFPL challenges you to sketch the provided weekly themes. This week’s theme will be candy canes, peppermint tea and more. Incorporate the essence of peppermint into at lest 51 percent of your overall sketch. Send your weekly artwork through our social media @galluplibrary or use our special hashtag #OFPLsketchchallenge to win prizes.

CROP HUNGER WALK

12 pm-2 pm @ The Community Pantry (1130 Hasler Valley Road) you can pick up CROP donation envelopes, posters, pamphlets, orange vests and other materials for your neighborhood walks to raise funds and awareness for local and global food insecurity and emergency disaster needs. The CROP Hunger Walk continues through Dec. 1. For more information, contact Hilda at the Community Pantry (505) 726-8068 or email betsywindisch@ yahoo.com

COVID TESTING

11 am-1 pm in Grants @ 700 E. Roosevelt Ave., Ste. 100

UNM-GALLUP BOOKSTORE REOPENS

10 am-3 pm for curbside pickup only.

EVERYBODY IS TALKING TUESDAYS! – INDIGENOUS MOVERS AND SHAKERS

4 pm YouTube, @galluplibrary on Tuesdays. Join the creative genius of the Octavia Fellin Public Library and our unusually talented neighbors for book-talks, author-talks, movie-talks, pop-talks, food-talks, maker-talks, tech-talks.

TECH SHORT TUESDAYS

5 pm live on Facebook, @ galluplibrary for “How to” tech shorts. This month we will focus on building and making. For more information please email libtrain@ gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 . WEDNESDAY, December 2

DIÑE COLLEGE VIRTUAL ART AUCTION

Photos and descriptions of Native American art will be for sale during a virtual art auction currently underway.

CALENDAR

The goal is to raise funds for the Warrior Scholarship Fund. Art items will be available for purchase online until Dec. 2

UNM-GALLUP BOOKSTORE REOPENS

10 am-3 pm for curbside pickup only. (705 Gurley Ave.)

OFPL NEW MEXICO TRADITIONS SERIES

11 am videos are posted at YouTube, @galluplibrary featuring different winter trditions of the diverse peoples of New Mexico. Today’s tradition is posole.

DRIVE-UP COVID-19 TESTING

1:30 pm-2:30 pm @ UNM Gallup Lions Hall parking lot (705 Gurley Ave.). Pre-registration is preferred, but not required at cvtestreg.nmhealth.org

OFPL NATIVE SPEAKERS SERIES

11 am YouTube @gallup library. Introductions to the Zuni and Navajo Languages during the month of November. Videos are posted Wednesdays and Fridays at 11:00 a.m. Today’s subject is: Colors in Navajo. THURSDAY, December 3

COVID TESTING

2 pm-4 pm in Grants @ 700 E. Roosevelt Ave., Ste. 100

CRAFTY KIDS

4 pm on Facebook and Youtube @galluplibrary (all ages) for family-friendly crafts and step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels. This week we will make Christmas cards. ONGOING

WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA

Gallup Wreaths Across America is working to place a Christmas wreath on every veteran’s grave in Gallup on Dec. 19. Due to COVID restrictions, the honor guard and wreath-laying ceremony will be virtual, with the City of Gallup filming and posting it online. Volunteers who wish to participate the laying of the wreaths at Gallup’s four cemeteries will meet in the open air, wearing masks and practice social distancing. Three-hundred wreaths have been sponsored so far. There are 1,300 veteran’s graves in Gallup. The deadline for sponsorship is Nov. 30. Wreaths can be sponsored for $15 each. For more information, contact Janice Bradley at janiceb43@me.com

WE READ, WE TALK BOOK CLUB REGISTRATION

We will be reading Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse for our Janu-

ary session. Request your copy and preferred meeting times on our Online Registration Form at ofpl.online/ programs Deadline Dec. 21. Registration is limited to 30 participants, but a waiting list is available. Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

COMMUNITY MITTEN TREE

Help us deck the halls! Pick up a paper mitten curbside to decorate and return for our community mitten tree window display. Request your mitten on our Online Registration Form at ofpl. online. Email childlib@ gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

Big Brothers Big Sisters is looking for more mentors to make a difference in the life of a young person. Mentors and mentees can meet for socially distance friendly interactions or hangout virtually playing games, cooking, reading, etc. via Facetime, Zoom, or other platforms. For more information call 505-726-4285 or go to www. bbbsmountainregion.org/ volunteer to sign up today.

RMCHCS FLU VACCINES (ADULTS ONLY)

Urgent Care Clinic (520 Hwy. 564). Walk-ins 5 pm- 9 pm, Sat., 9 am - 9 pm and 12 pm-5 pm Sun. Please bring insurance information. For those with no health insurance there will be a $25 fee. Pre-registration can be done during hours of operation, 9 am-9 pm. For more information: (505) 863-2273.

RMCHCS COVID-19 DRIVE-UP TESTING

9 am-5 pm Mon.-Fri. @ Urgent Care Center (520 NM Hwy 564, north of the New Mexico Cancer Center). Closed Nov. 26-29.

VIRTUAL TUTORING AND HOMEWORK HELP

story any time of the day or night. Stories will change daily, at the end feel free to leave us a message to let us know what stories you want to hear. For more information: childlib@gallupnm. gov; (505) 863-1291.

LIBRARY CARD REGISTRATION ONLINE

Today’s libraries have programs and resources that go far beyond books. From virtual story times, family game nights and art classes, to opportunities to borrow audiobooks and stream movies, there’s something for everyone at the library. To explore all that the library has to offer, visit your library at ofpl.online to register for a free library card. For more information: bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

CURBSIDE CHECKOUT SERVICES

OFPL staff continues to provide essential services to our community by offering curbside checkout, virtual classes, workshops, and public education through our social media platforms. Visit ofpl.online for the online request form. • DVD/CD check out limit is 10 - 30 library items total. OFPL Staff is on-site Monday through Friday from 9 am-6 pm. and will assist with curbside checkout. Free Comic Book to keep with your curbside order while supplies last. Call (505)-863-1291 for all inquiries including reference services.

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY REGISTRATION

OFPL is recruiting new members for our Friends of the Library Group. The OFPL Friends’ support library programs, services, and collections through a variety of in-kind activities. If you are passionate about helping our community grow stronger, join the Octavia Fellin Public Library Friends’ Group and get involved in event planning, local and State advocacy, fundraising and philanthropy. To join please visit https://ofpl.online/ partners-of-ofpl/#friends and our Friends’ Coordinator will contact you with more information. For more information: childlib@ gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291.

Beginning Sept. 8, The Boys & Girls Club of Gallup has been offering virtual tutoring and homework help with trained mentors using Zoom calls. Club members with a 2020 membership can attend for free after they fill out a virtual permission form on the club website. To get a 2020 membership, fill out an online application and permission form. It’s free. The help will be available until Dec. 31. For more information: bgcgallup.com; (505) 488-2378; To post a nonprofit or civic event in the calendar Facebook@BoysandGirlssection, please email: ClubGallup

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