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What happens to Pet crisis the animals? MCKINLEY COUNTY’S ANIMAL SHELTERS ARE FULL

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ANIMAL CONTROL City, county clash over costs

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hen COVID-19 swept across the country, doors slammed shut and people stayed home. So many people in the American northeast were adopting pets that states with crowded shelters were able to transport animals to almost certain adoption elsewhere.

Also during that time, veterinarians across New Mexico, A r i zona , a nd t he Nava jo Reservation were sidelined, leaving local pet adopters and owners with nowhere to turn for their furkids’ vaccinations and spay or neuter surgeries.

Then humans’ lives slowly went ba ck t o somet h i ng like the old normal. People returned to worksites, and pandemic aid money has been drying up. Stubborn inf lation has made things worse: ABC News reported pet food prices are up 12% in the last year alone. Suddenly, a lot of people found they no longer had the time or resources to have a pet.

Ow ner sur renders, pet abandonments, and animal abuse cases went up while adoptions went down. Pet

Sissy is a one year old female stray who has been at the McKinley County Humane Society for two months. Photo Credit: Kim Helfenbein abandonment has gone up, leading to starved animals and more aggressive animals that become a public safety issue, McKinley County Humane Society Executive Director Amariss Lujan said.

The result is a sort of pet pandemic, an overpopulation hangover from the human event. It touches everyone in the community: even County Manager Anthony Dimas, who went out one recent morning to fi nd a puppy abandoned on his home’s deck.

Nowa day s, t he Ga l lup Animal Control and McKinley Cou nt y Hu m a ne S o ciet y

shelters are packed beyond capacity, with 320 animals between them in kennel space meant to top out at 190. About 50 are cats and kittens, the rest are dogs and puppies.

“There’s no other room.

Everything is full. They are st uck i n ever y nook a nd cra n ny possible,” A n i ma l Protection Manager Tiffany Hubbard said.

Hubbard said that Animal Protection has added more runs outside to create extra space, but even those are full.

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ment with McKinley County spilled out into the open at the July 11 meeting of the Gallup-McKinley County Animal Control Authority.

The major bone of contention started with the cost of replacing Animal Control’s aged truck fleet, which has been happening the past two years. The trucks are owned by the city.

Under the 2016 JPA, the city provides animal control services throughout the city and county. The city pays 60% of the cost while the county pays the remaining 40%.

T he t ot a l bud get for Animal Protection for Fiscal Year 2023 was almost $1.1 million. The city requested 40%

County Manager Anthony Dimas Jr. of that, almost $432,000, from the county. The county balked because the amount included 40% of the cost of capital items, subtracted $395,000 from the total budget number and paid the city 40% of that, which is

County Commissioner Robert Baca, District 3 $274,000.

The city was forced to pick up the full cost of the

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Gallup VA Clinic renamed in honor of Hiroshi ‘Hershey’ Miyamura Staff Reports

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egislation to rename Gallup’s Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic as the Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura VA Clinic passed with an unanimous vote in the U.S. Senate on July 14. Senators Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., sponsored the legislation.

Heinrich and Luján introduce d t he leg i sl a t ion i n February.

Now that the Senate has pa ssed the bill, it awa its act ion i n t he Hou se of Representatives, where Congresswoman Teresa Leger

Fernández is leading on companion legislation.

“Renaming the VA Clinic i n Ga l lup i s one i mpor t ant way we can continue to honor Hershey Miyamura’s courageous actions and brave sacrifices during the Korean War and his lifelong commitment to this community. I will never forget the interactions I was so lucky to have with Hershey over the years,” Heinrich said. “I was especially proud to join him nearly a decade ago to cut the ribbon and open this clinic that provides vital health care services to veterans from Gallup and surrounding areas.”

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“I’m proud t he S enate has passed our legislation to honor Hiroshi ‘Hershey’ Miyamura’s legacy by renami ng Ga l lup’s VA Cli n ic a s a small token of gratitude for the true American hero he was,” Lu ján said. “As a Korean War Medal of Honor Recipient, a father, mentor, a nd fr iend, Hershey’s legacy represents the very best of New Mexico. F rom his time serving our country, to working in the community of Gallup, his work ethic and

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From left, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura, and then-U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the VA’s Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Gallup on June 5, 2015. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Martin Heinrich’s Office

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Arizona man threatens people with gun in Sports Page parking lot Staff Reports

According to Largo’s report, it was a 10mm semi-automatic pistol. Largo carefully removed the magazine from the weapon. He found a single bullet inside the gun, and he removed it.

Yazzie was placed in a patrol vehicle while the offi cers spoke to witnesses.

They spoke to the previous witness they talked to, and he said he’d been getting out of his girlfriend’s truck when he noticed Yazzie arguing with “his ‘lady.’” The witness allegedly quoted Yazzie,

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man from Ganado, Ariz., is facing charges after he reportedly waved a gun around in the Sports Page Lounge parking lot.

On July 15, around 11:15 pm, Gallup Police Officers Patr ick La rgo a nd Jera ld Watchman were dispatched to the bar at 1400 S. Second St. after callers reported a man waving a gun around.

When the officers arrived at the scene, they met a Tribe Security officer in front of the bar. The guard said a man approached him a nd sa id another man was waving a gun around in the parking lot.

The man, who was later identified as Randy Yazzie, was allegedly shouting and saying that if anybody came near his vehicle, he would shoot them.

The security guard pointed the two officers in the direction of a couple of silver Dodge pickup trucks, saying that the man was reportedly in that area. The three men then saw a man in a cowboy hat, and the security guard said that may be the suspect.

As the two officers walked up to the silver pickup trucks, a witness approached them and cautiously pointed behind him, as if he did not want to make it obvious, and then he reportedly made a hand gesture as if he was holding a gun.

The witness identified the suspect as a man wearing a gray tank top and a cowboy PUBLIC SAFETY

saying, “I got a gun and I want to shoot some motherf***ers up.”

The witness told Yazzie he needed to “chill out” and to put his gun away. He said that Yazzie never pointed the gun at him, but was just waving it around.

A man who had been standing next to Yazzie when the officers approached him said he had walked up to Yazzie to say “what’s up” to him. They reportedly talked for a while, but the man never said he saw the gun because “it was too

dark.”

Yazzie was transported to a local hospital where he was cleared for booking. He was charged with unlawful carrying of a fi rearm in a licensed liquor establishment, battery upon a police officer, negligent use of a deadly weapon (intoxication), unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon, and two counts of resisting arrest.

Yazzie’s hearing was scheduled for July 19, where he would be meeting with 11th District Court Judge Virginia Yazzie via Google Meet.

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Watchman began speaking to the man, who was later identified as Yazzie, 42. Watchman reportedly told Yazzie to put his hands behind his back. As Largo was doing a pat search on Yazzie, he allegedly smelled alcohol on his breath. He was also reportedly slurring his words.

T he of f icer s str ug g led to put handcuffs on Yazzie because he kept tensing up his arms. They eventually had to take him down to the ground, where they then put the handcuffs on him.

While the officers were trying to handcuff Yazzie, he reportedly got a hold of Watchman’s right hand and dug his fi ngers into his skin.

He also reportedly pinched the officer’s sleeves and wouldn’t let go.

The g u n wa s fou nd i n Yazzie’s front left pocket.

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The ones they left behind ART SHOW FOCUSES ON FAMILIES OF THE NAVAJO CODE TALKERS

By Molly Ann Howell Managing Editor

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hree years into World War II, the U.S. military decided they needed a new approach to defeat Nazi Germany and its allies. One strategy they devised was to use young Native American men attending boarding schools across the country to craft a coded language. The idea was to use men who were fluent in both English and their traditional tribal language to send secret messages during battle.

The first class of 29 Navajo Code Talker U.S. Marine recruits completed their training in 1942.

According to the National WWII Museum website, these men learned basic military training while also developing and memorizing a unique military code using their mostly unwritten language. They were placed in a guarded room until they finished the code.

Initially, 208 words were turned into code. Thus began a system that was used by more than 400 other Navajos to relay information the Japanese could not decipher.

That was 81 years ago. At first, the Code Talkers’ mission and what they did overseas was classified. But it was declassified in

1968, and then in 1982, President Ronald Reagan designated Aug. 14 as “National Navajo Code Talkers Day” to honor those who served.

The Code Talkers’ impact cannot be understated for many people. One author who previously spoke to the Sun noted the irony of a language that the U.S. tried to beat out of Navajo students wound up being a turning point in WWII. Navajo leaders credit the efforts of the Code Talkers for allowing the Navajo Nation to maintain its tribal sovereignty.

IDEA FOR THE SHOW Nowadays, the Navajo Code Talkers are honored with parades

and celebrations, and they are given opportunities to speak at events and write books.

But Honoring the Families of Navajo Code Talkers, an art show organized by Phoenix, Ariz. artist Shannon Gurley O’Donnell, recognizes and honors the sacrifices another group of people made during WWII. Those people are the families and loved ones of the Navajo Code Talkers.

Twelve artists are featured in the show, and many of them are

modern-day relatives of the Code Talkers.

Anthony Anaya-Gorman and Michael Gorman are two brothers featured in the show. Their grandfather Carl N. Gorman was one of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers, and their mother Zonnie Gorman interviewed many of the Code Talkers after what they did was declassified.

Michael said that there’s a huge misconception about the Code Talkers and why they signed up for the war. He said that the young men didn’t join the

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“Gilly the Kid” But when tomorrow starts without me, please try to w understand, unde that an angel came and called my name and a took me by the hand and said my place was ready rea in heaven far above, And that I would have to leave behind all those I dearly love.

When tomorrow tomorroow st star starts tartts without me, and I'm not here to see, If the sun should rise and find your eyes all filled d with tears for me.

I wish so much you wouldn't dn't cry the way you did today, While thinking of the many things we didn't get to say.

I know how much you love me, as much as I love you, And each time you think of me, I know you'll miss me too.

I thought of all the yesterdays, the good ones and the bad, I thought of all the love we shared and all the fun we had. If I could relive yesterday, I thought, for just a little while, I'd say goodbye and kiss you and maybe see you smile..

But then I fully realized that this could never be, for emptiness and memories would take the place of me.

So, when tomorrow starts without me, don't think we're far apart, For every time you think of me, I'm right here in your heart.

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This is one of Irving Bahe’s paintings that won him first place in the art show. All the pieces in the show were meant to honor the Navajo Code Talkers and their families. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Irving Bahe COMMUNITY

ART SHOW | FROM PAGE 10 Marines out of a sort of patriotic duty, but rather as a necessity. “... [When] the war started jobs were scarce on the reservation, and people needed income,” Michael explained. “Just like now, young men joined the military because it’s an economic opportunity or it’s a chance to leave the area you grew up in and see something different.”

In an interview with the Sun, O’Donnell said that a personal exchange nine years ago inspired the show. She was at a Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Parade where the Code Talkers were being honored when she turned to a woman standing next to her. She mentioned how much the Code Talkers inspired her, and the woman said that her father was actually a Code Talker.

In a gallupARTS press release, O’Donnell explained what the

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woman said to her.

“She said that when her dad returned from the war, things were not good at home,” O’Donnell said. “They were not considered ‘heroes’ at all … in fact, just the opposite. Life was very difficult for these young men and their families.”

O’Donnell said she wants the show to thank the families who “carried the burdens” of their loved ones and served the country in their own way.

“It’s almost like a ‘it’s never too late to say I’m sorry’ type thing,” O’Donnell said. “It’s never too late to say ‘I love you,’ it’s never too late to say something that needs to be said.”

NO WARM WELCOME HOME During their time overseas, the Navajo Code Talkers fought alongside other Marines, all of them fighting for the same cause, no matter their skin color.

But when they returned home,

Skylar Blackwell’s prints feature the actual code that the Navajo Code Talkers used during WWII. She created 29 prints, one for each Code Talker. This one pays tribute to Frank Denny Pete. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Skylar Blackwell the Code Talkers faced the same racist policies that were in place when they left.

They weren’t allowed to

Michael Gorman showed his bronze sculpture “Cheii” for the “Honoring the Families of Navajo Code Talkers” art show. It is an archetype of a Navajo grandfather. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Michael Gorman

vote in elections in many states, and finding a job could be difficult when employers had the right to discriminate.

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Award-winning Miyamura wrestler looks to the future ack in March, Lorianna Piestewa, along with five other members of the Miyamura girls wrestling team, was recognized for being runner-ups in the state championship. Piestewa was also one of the individual state champions. But just because the wrestling season is over for now doesn’t mean Piestewa is done racking up awards.

Lorianna will be going into her senior year this fall with many wrestling titles already under her belt. Her latest award was won back in June. She was runner up at the

USA Wrestling 2023 Girls High School Recruiting Showcase.

Lorianna said she went into one of the biggest tournaments she’s ever competed in knowing she just had to do her best.

“During the tournament I kind of went in and thought ‘Ok, this is anybody’s game, all I have to do is go in there and wrestle my own match. When I made it to finals I thought it was unbelievable because I’d never made it that far in a national tournament,” Lorianna said. “But I wanted to do well, so I just went out there with the mindset ‘Ok, I know what I can do and I’m going to out there and show it the best I can.’”

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As for her favorite part about the challenging sport, Lorianna said it’s knowing what she’s capable of doing.

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Lorianna Piestewa stands in victory during the New Mexico Athletic Association 2023 State Championships, where she won her third state championship. Photo Credit: Turkeyboy Photography you’re a good enough wrestler you can control the other person to get your points and your takedowns.”

She said the hardest part about wrestling is not the physical part, but the mental side of the competition.

“I would say the mentality [is the hardest part about wrestling],” Lorianna said. “If you don’t have a good mentality when you go out to the mat then you’re not going to wrestle

the way you want to….”

After high school, Lorianna plans to keep pursuing wrestling. She already has a few colleges in mind.

“I plan to take wrestling as far as it can take me,” she said.

“I’m going to go to college to get an exercise science degree and see if I can become a coach or a psychical therapist so I can stay in wrestling as long as I can.”

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The biopic ‘Oppenheimer’ presents multiple sides of its subject

By Glenn Kay For the Sun

job of helping viewers understand Katharine’s frustrations with her husband’s choices, particularly at work.

When the movie focuses

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RUNNING TIME: 180 MINUTES This feature film from Universal Pictures opens exclusively at theaters on Friday, July 21.

Every so often, an event occurs that changes the course of history. The Manhattan Project, which ultimately resulted in the development of nuclear weapons, certainly qu a l i f ie s. O p p e n h e i m e r, the newest fi lm from writer/ director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk, Tenet), tells this story through the eyes of the atomic bomb’s creator, focusing on the intense work and toll that it ultimately took on his life.

In comparison to some of the fi lmmaker’s epic thrillers, this feels like a more low-key drama focusing on conversation and interpersonal confl ict. Yet Nolan manages to add a palpable sense of tension to the events and once again delivers a memorable cinematic experience.

The story frequently jumps between several different time periods. It details the early studies of Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) in theoretical physics, as well as his relationships with wife Katharine (Emily Blunt) and girlfriend Jean Tatlock (Florence Pugh).

We also see his interactions with Lewis Strauss (Robert D ow ney Jr.) a nd A lb er t

on the race to build the atom bomb, Strauss’ run for

Please Support Local Businesses Cillian Murphy portrays Robert Oppenheimer, the creator of the atomic bomb, in the biopic ‘Oppenheimer.’ The plot features different aspects of Oppenheimer’s life, including his love life. Photo Credit: Universal Pictures Einstein (Tom Conti) at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, in addition to his work on the Manhattan Project in the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico under General Leslie Groves (Matt Damon).

Also intercut into the narrative are a series of security hearings after WWII in which the protagonist is treated as a threat to national security, along with Strauss’ attempt to be nominated to Cabinet of the United States some years later.

While some of these subplots initially seem unrelated, they do all end up coming together.

Admittedly, this is a talky picture and it takes some time to get up to speed on what is occurring during the different eras presented in the story. The confident and occasionally arrogant womanizer Oppenheimer isn’t the warmest protagonist in the world, nor for that matter is his wife Katharine. However, the unique editing style does keep events from becoming dry and straightforward. Instead, the approach generates suspense

by teasing bits and pieces without giving everyone’s motives away.

There is a lot of drama in the narrative, including the lead’s personal peculiarities and professional concerns.

There is also his connection to the communist movement, the potential future impact of his weapon, as well as the possible presence of a Russian spy within his group of coworkers. The film also delivers some political scheming as Oppenheimer finds himself at the center of a massive project involving numerous departments. The direct and blunt fi gure is forced to deal with strong personalities and manipulations from forces all around, even after the project comes to a close.

While the subplot involving the lead’s love life isn’t the most relatable, the cast are convincing in their portrayals. Murphy looks the part of Oppenheimer and is able to elicit sympathy even when the character isn’t at his personal best. Blunt does an excellent

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Blu-ray/DVD Roundup for July 21, 2023

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elcome to another look at some of the new highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. There’s an interesting variety of titles in a number of genres. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week or need to stay indoors, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

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CHOP & STEEL E: Wisconsin-born Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher are a pair of mer r y pra nk ster s t hat are examined in this documentary. For two decades, they have hosted the Found Fo ot a ge Fe s t iv a l (wh ich

present s VHS finds with odd progra ming a nd commercia ls purchased at garage sales) and have also taken part in elaborate practical jokes on news programs.

This title captures the pair doing a crazy strongman routine on television news stations and embarrassing many hosts. When one of the stations teams with a big media conglomerate to sue the comics, cameras detail the court case and the stress it places upon their lives.

Every critic who has seen this picture has given it a positive review. All wrote the two men featured and their

act was hilarious, but that the movie also did a solid job of interesting and enlightening personal information on what drives them.

Dav id Cross, Bobcat Goldthwait, Reggie Watts and Howie Mandel also appear in the film.

THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE: A woman is forced to return to her family farm after her elderly father suffers a heart attack. While visiting him in the hospital, her dad makes a strange claim that the ghost of her deceased mother has returned. After spending time at home tending to sick animals, she does cross paths with her mom, who offers advice on how to help heal the animals.

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T h i s for ei g n - l a n g u a ge feature from Chile was very well-received by members of the press. A small number compl a i ned t h a t t he film’s message was bluntly delivered and that it was too slowly-paced. But the vast majority thought the movie had a unique voice, did an exceptional job of creating a sense of atmosphere and offered a hopeful vision.

For the time being, this is a DVD-only release. It stars Mila Maestro, Enzo Ferrada Rosati, Benjamin Soto and Leonor Varela.

FOOL’S PARADISE: In this comedy, an anxious publicist dealing with a problematic movie star crosses paths with a patient a t a me nt a l health clinic who looks ex a c t ly l i ke his client.

He decides to substitute his newfound acquaintance in place of the famous individual in a feature film. The movie ends up being a hit, but the stress of fame and fortune ends up causing complications for both the publicist and the lookalike.

Unfortunately, write-ups weren’t particularly strong for this effort. There was a limited contingent who did find the performers funny a nd t houg ht t hat enoug h of t he sat i r ica l element s worked to earn it a recommendation. But the general consensus was that the film took easy, surface-level shots at Hollywood and didn’t offer surprises or much bite.

The cast is impressive t h o u g h , a n d i t i n c lu d e s Charlie Day, Ken Jeong, Kate

Beckinsale, Adrien Brody, Jason Sudekis, Edie Falco, Ja son Batema n, Common, Ray Liotta a nd John Malkovich.

HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE: A young environmental activist in Long Beach, California becomes angry at the polluted state of her home city and is enraged a f t er her mot her pa s s e s away during a sudden heatwave. She meets with her best friend who is suffering from a termina l illness, a nd the two hatch a plan to get revenge on those they bel ieve a re re spon sible.

W i t h a fe w cohorts, they set out to detonate an oil refinery pipeline in Texas.

I n s p i r e d by t h e 2 0 21 Andreas Malm book of the same name, the movie earned a positive reception. A small nu mber d i sl iked t he way that the story was laid out and a few took issue with the message the movie was sending. However, all others found it compelling and tense throughout. They wrote that it was an effective protest movie that wasn’t afraid to challenge viewers.

This is currently a DVDon ly r ele a s e. T he mov ie stars Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lucas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane and Jayme Lawson.

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MOVIE REVIEW | FROM PAGE 13 congress and investigations of Oppenheimer by government figures, it is consistently tense and foreboding. Additionally, a mystery involving a private conversation between

BLU-RAY/DVD | FROM PAGE 14 contractor and implanting malware into the operating systems of an Iranian nuclear research facility. He’s successful and is immediately sent on a follow-up mission in Afghanistan, not realizing that his identity has been revealed to his enemies. The protagonist and his AfghanAmerican translator struggle to reach safety with several parties in pursuit.

This effort split the press.

Almost half wrote that the action scenes were exciting and that the movie reminded t hem of si m i la rly-t hemed t h r i l ler s f r om t he 19 8 0 s (particularly Jack Ryan stories like Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger).

The same number and few more didn’t find the fina l results memorable, stating that the political intrigue in the story wasn’t well-handled and that everything going on felt predictable.

The cast includes Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Faza l, Trav is Fimmel a nd Elnaaz Norouzi.

A LIFE ON THE FARM: This docu menta r y from Eng la nd is told f rom t he point- of-v iew of the f ilmmaker. After hearing of his g ra nd fat her’s pa ssi ng, he goes to his relative’s farm in Somerset where he discovers a videotape. On that tape is a surreal movie made COMMUNITY

Oppenheimer and Einstein is cleverly handled and delivers a convincing observation.

And as expected, there are plenty of striking visuals.

Yes, there is a jarringly rendered atomic blast, but there are more memorable images as Oppenheimer’s visions pop

into his head and particles float across the screen. When the character becomes racked with worries about the bomb’s detonation and begins experiencing fractured apparitions as crowds cheer him for his potentially devastating accomplishment the screen presents some

jolting shudders and shakes.

Most biopics provide simplified versions of their subject, presenting them as either straightforward heroes or villains. Oppenheimer is different in that it decides to show many of the contradictions, complexities and altering opinions of its

protagonist. In the end, it won’t be to everyone’s tastes, but it is a compelling portrait that shows the painful ramifications of taking part in a project that has ultimately changed the world.

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by an eccentric neighbor.

The director is shocked by what he sees and sets out to lea r n more about the ma n a nd his unusual and sometimes macabre interests.

This title received plenty of acclaim from the press and earned some awards at documentary film festivals.

One reviewer didn’t like the attitude of those discussing the homemade mov ie a nd thought they were making fun of the subject. All others said that while some early sections were mishandled, the movie eventually got on the right track and became a warmhearted and insightful tribute to a very unusual individual.

for this effort. A tiny number of write-ups suggested it had trouble painting a clear and definitive portrait of the real Little Richard. Yet the consensus was that the movie did a solid job of examining the charismatic artist’s life, providing interesting interviews and great music that would have viewers seeking out more of the man’s work.

together and a bond grows b e t w e e n them. She must then d e c i d e whether she’s ready to move forward with the relationship.

T h i s roma nt ic comedy didn’t wow reviewers. About a quar ter of them thought it wa s sweet , si mple a nd self- consciously silly in a way that ultimately charmed them. Still, most stated that the feature was full of cliches that couldn’t be overlooked and was akin to watching a H a l l m a rk m a de -for- c a ble movie with an inf lated budget.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sam Heughan, Céline Dion (as herself ), Sofia Barclay

and Nick Jonas headline the feature.

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Inflation’s impact on retirement planning SAFEGUARDING YOUR FUTURE FUNDS

By Al Martinez Guest Columnist

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etirement planning is crucial for a secure financial future. However, one often overlooked factor that can significantly impact your retirement funds is inflation. Let’s explore why inflation poses a threat to retirement planning and I will present six simple and interesting ways to reduce the damage it can cause.

Understanding Inflation’s Impact: Inflation refers to the gradual increase in the cost of goods and services over time.

While moderate inflation is a normal part of a healthy economy, it

can erode the purchasing power of your retirement savings. This means that the money you’ve diligently saved may not stretch as far when you retire, making it essential to consider strategies to counteract its effects.

Reducing Inflation Damage: 6 Simple Strategies: Invest in diverse assets: Diversification is a powerful tool to combat inflation. Instead of relying solely on traditional savings accounts, consider investing in a mix of assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate, and commodities. These investments have the potential to outpace inflation and generate higher returns over the long

term, preserving the value of your retirement funds.

Consider Treasury Inf lation-Protected Securities: TIPS are government-issued bonds specifically designed to protect against inflation. Their principal value adjusts with changes in the Consumer Price Index, ensuring that your investment keeps pace with rising prices. Including TIPS in your retirement portfolio can provide a reliable income stream that maintains its purchasing power.

Maximize contributions to retirement accounts: Contributing the maximum allowable amount to retirement

accounts like 401(k)s or IRAs is a smart strategy. By doing so, you take advantage of tax benefits and ensure that your retirement funds grow on a tax-deferred or tax-free basis. Maximizing contributions helps you stay ahead of inflation by continually adding to your retirement savings.

Regularly review and adjust your retirement plan: Inflation is not a static force, and its impact can vary over time. It’s crucial to regularly review your retirement plan and make adjustments as needed.

Consider consulting with a financial advisor who can help you assess your plan, estimate future expenses, and ensure that your investments align with your long-term goals.

Maintain a flexible retirement budget: Creating a retirement budget that accounts for potential inflation is essential. Be realistic about future expenses and factor in rising costs for essentials like healthcare, housing, and daily living

Al Martinez expenses. By maintaining a flexible budget, you’ll be better prepared to adjust your spending habits and make necessary financial decisions as inflationary pressures arise.

Use an annuity with crediting (interest yields) tied to an outside source such as a financial index: Fixed Indexed Annuities may return a higher yield over time, especially if the annuity is targeted for income using an Income Rider to maximize retirement yields.

The higher yield may help offset inflation concerns.

Inflation can pose a significant threat to your retirement

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Saving seats at the movie theater ‘Grammar Guy’

By Curtis Honeycutt Guest Columnist

D

id you know that The Beatles’ album Let It Be is technically a soundtrack? It accompanies the 1970 documentary of the same title. If the film came back to theaters, I would probably go see it by myself.

You see, I don’t attend many movies with groups anymore.

AL MARTINEZ | FROM PAGE 16 funds, but by understanding its impact and implementing these simple strategies, you can reduce the damage and safeguard your financial future.

Diversifying investments, considering TIPS, maximizing contributions, reviewing your plan regularly, Fixed Indexed Annuities with an income rider attached, and maintaining a flexible budget are all effective ways

Part of that is a life stage issue — most of my friends are married and have small kids.

It’s hard to justify the added babysitter expense if we want to go out for the evening.

Before that, I was always the guy who arrived early.

Because of my promptness, I ended up saving seats for the whole group. I’d start declaring my group’s territory by draping my jacket over a pair of seats.

Then I’d put my popcorn and

to combat inflation’s effects on retirement planning. Start taking action today to secure a comfortable and worry-free retirement tomorrow.

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drink in the cupholders a few seats away.

As the minutes ticked on, I’d have to fend off more people who also wanted middle-middle of the theater. The anxiety of saving six to eight seats for my friends who were chronically five minutes late ended up being too much for me; I did not like this setup one bit.

That brings me to the crux of some more important grammar guidance: what’s the difference between setup and set up?

Let’s start with setup. Use setup (or set-up) as either a noun or an adjective. As a noun, setup means the arrangement or organization of something.

For example: The camera setup was all wrong, so the director kept adjusting the shot.

As an adjective, setup often gets used in technology situations: Go to the setup screen to

change your network settings.

As a verb, use set up: I set up my friend Byron with his new job answering phones at the conspiracy theory hotline.

We set up our BattleBot so it would never attack humans.

Think about it this way: the verb version of the word spreads out. It is in motion; it stretches and moves. The noun version (setup or set-up) is compact. It’s a box — a static thing.

Interestingly, you can apply this same model (noun and adjective vs. verbs) to other sets of words. Some include workout and work out, makeup and make up, dropout and drop out, and checkout and check out. When used as a noun or an adjective, these words are either one word or one word with a hyphen; when used as a verb, these words are two words.

Curtis Honeycutt Now that movie theaters have a different setup (with seats you reserve ahead of time), I don’t have to be so upset all the time. After all, the most important part of the movie is during the last five minutes, when they set up the perfect conditions for yet another sequel.

— Curtis Honeycutt is an award-winning syndicated humor columnist. Connect with him on Twitter (@curtishoneycutt) or at curtishoneycutt.com.

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ANIMAL SHELTERS | FROM PAGE 4 Animal Protection hasn’t been able to pick up any stray animals because there’s nowhere to put them.

Aggressive and sick animals must be put to sleep for public safety. Aggressive dogs are unadoptable and the shelter doesn’t have the ability to treat sick animals, so trying to care for them would risk infecting healthy animals.

The shelters have had to stop taking owner surrenders as well. Next, they may have to start euthanizing potentially adoptable animals only because there’s no place to put them, a heartbreaking step the organizations strive to never have to take.

“It takes a piece of you away ever y time you have to do it,” Hubbard said. “It’s somet h i ng we don’t t a ke lightly, the ones of us that have to make that decision.

That’s one thing that the public doesn’t understand, … [we’re] the ones that have to look ourselves in the mirror because we’re the ones that have to make the decisions and it sucks.”

The situation ratchets up stress for the animals and the workers. Fully staffed, Hubba rd ha s fou r a n ima l control officers (right now it’s only three) to respond to calls from all over the county.

They respond to calls from animal abuse to dangerous and sick animals to strays.

That spreads them thin and may lengthen response times.

Residents don’t understand how few people there are to answer their calls and wonder why it takes so long.

A d d i t i o n a l l y, A n i m a l Control officers are legally barred from doing their job on Native reservations and checkerboard areas. They are only allowed to answer calls within city and county boundaries, and still the shelter is overloaded.

HOW TO HELP All is not lost, and residents can help save animals’ lives by stepping up to be pet foster parents.

Wit h foster i ng, people can take in an unclaimed animal from the shelter. The shelter pays for the pet’s food and provides medical care a nd necessities like kitty litter and even doghouses where needed. (The shelter also offers low-cost vaccinations and microchipping by appointment for area pet owners.)

That means fostering can be a good option for senior citizens who want the companionship of a pet but are on a tight budget and/or fear leaving behind a pet that outlives them. Fostering is meant to be short term, so it also means foster people need not give up

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vacations or family visits.

People may choose to foster a puppy, kitten or an adult animal. Shelter workers have spent time with them and can help match personalities. The shelters will look for forever homes or transport opportunities for the pet and when that happens, the foster parent gives it up.

McK i n ley Cou nt y residents with stable homes and, for those who foster dogs, a

secure fenced yard, are eligible to foster. If a potential dog foster parent has other dogs, they must bring them to meet the prospective foster dog to make sure they can get along.

Foster cats are required to be kept indoors to prevent roaming.

Right now, a home that can

foster a pet is probably saving a life. If enough people do it, it could take pressure off the shelters and their staff.

Foster applications are available on the Humane Society website, https:// mckinleyhumane.org. To fi nd out more, call (505) 863-2616.

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ANIMAL CONTROL | FROM PAGE 6 much-needed trucks, Planning Manager Nikki Lee said, and capital items were not included in the FY2024 budget request.

The total Animal Protection budget for FY2024 is just over $1 million. The city asked that the county allocate almost $411,000.

Compl icat i ng mat ter s, the city wa s late getting

VA CLINIC | FROM PAGE 8 self lessness wa s admired by all who were for tunate enough to know him.”

Hiroshi’s children, Mike and Pat Miyamura, and Kelly Hildahl, are supportive of the legislation.

“We t h a n k S e n a t or s H e i n r ic h a n d L u j á n fo r

ART SHOW | FROM PAGE 11 In his book Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII, Chester Nez talks about a particular interaction he had after coming home from the war.

He went to Albuquerque to get his ID and some paperwork updated, and a white man told him not to lose his papers that identified him as a Marine otherwise he’s “just another f•••ing Indian.”

DON’T TALK ABOUT THE WAR What the Code Talkers accomplished during WWII was classified information, and they weren’t allowed to talk about it until 1968. But Michael said that the U.S. government’s request for the soldiers not to talk about what happened overseas fit right in with the Diné culture.

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Animal Protection’s budget request to the county. County Commissioner Robert Baca, District 3, said the commission didn’t receive the department’s budget until after it had approved the county’s budget for next year.

“By the time they presented their budget, we had already finalized ours,” Baca said. “That has been explained to them several times. We need their budget ahead of time, not after

we’ve fi nalized ours.”

After the city was late in getting their request in, the county allocated $274,000 once again.

County Manager Anthony Dimas Jr. said the county is legally barred from paying county funds for city capital equipment purchases, and that insurance makes such an arrangement unworkable.

“We don’t purchase capital items for a different entity that would have to be under their

insurance, their responsibility and their coverage,” he said.

“We don’t purchase capital equipment. We give all [40% of] the operational costs, supplies and equipment and things like that. Capital purchases, we wouldn’t do that for anybody.”

Baca also said A nimal Protection officers a ren’t responding to calls in the county.

“We keep asking for service out in the county. They keep

saying they are doing it, but we keep getting complaints that they aren’t,” he said.

Animal Protection Manager Tiffany Hubbard batted the charge down at the meeting, noting that not all citizens are aware of the department’s boundaries. She also explained that the shelter is overloaded a nd sta ff must pr ior itize aggressive, sick and abused animals before other calls for public safety reasons.

introducing legislation to rename Gallup’s VA Clinic a f t er ou r fa t her H i ro sh i ‘Hershey’ Miyamura,” they stated in a press release published July 14. “It would be an honor and a privilege to have his na me a ssociated with such a wonderful and needed service for our military veterans in Gallup and surrounding areas.”

Ken Riege, a n U.S. A ir Force veteran, member of t he Korea n Wa r Vetera ns A s sociat ion, a nd a close friend of Hiroshi’s, stated how much it means to him to have the clinic named after his friend.

“I am so extremely honored to be asked to make a statement regarding the r e n a m i n g of t he G a l lu p

CBOC Clinic after my dear fr iend a nd fellow Korea n Wa r Vetera ns A ssociation Member Mr. Hiroshi ‘Hershey’ Miyamura. Hershey’s main mission was to ensure his fellow veterans received the care they needed and earned and he would be so extremely proud a nd honored knowing that the Gallup Veterans Clinic will now bear his name

and that this facility will continue his legacy and mission while providing the needed medical care to his fellow veterans,” Riege said. “I am also very thankful for all the hard work of U.S. Senator Heinrich’s office and staff for all they have done to ensure the Gallup CBOC stayed open and to bestow this honor upon our dear friend Hershey.”

“The things you do in war are not the things you would do in everyday life. So specifically in Navajo tradition, we don’t talk about war, we don’t speak of it,” Michael said. “We also don’t speak of the dead, and war is one of those things that is clouded with a lot of negative emotions, negative feelings, as well as the death that surrounds you.”

Michael said that when Carl would talk about the war, after what the Code Talkers did was declassified, he would only tell light anecdotes, stories that wouldn’t make him cry.

Anthony agreed with his brother.

“One thing he always did was make it always more of a lighthearted situation,” Anthony said.

“He didn’t talk about the war in the sense of the effects of it, everything was essentially just a joke, which is a very Navajo thing to do.”

Michael’s piece in the art show

plays homage to his grandfather.

It is a bronze sculpture archetype of a Navajo grandfather, and it’s titled Cheii, which means maternal grandfather.

He described his own grandfather as a patriotic man, but also noted that Carl never went to firework celebrations during the Fourth of July. Michael chalked that up to a symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Michael said that the celebration of war heroes goes against the Navajo tradition. “… [We] ask them to relive the worst 15-minute battle of their lives, or the worst four years of their lives over and over again so that we can hear the story.

And that’s something that’s very contrasting to what the Navajos would do,” Michael said.

Another artist featured in the show was Cassie Bloedel. Her father Frank T. Thompson was a Code Talker. She said he didn’t talk much about the war either.

“He never talked about World War II at all in our family. We did not know [anything about his time in the war] until they actually kind of started to come together as an Association back in the 1970s. And then we would go with him to meetings,” Bioedel said.

THE YOUNGER GENERATION’S VIEW Skylar Blackbull is the youngest artist participating in the show. Her grandmother is related to one of the Code Talkers, although they are not one of the original 29.

Blackbull recently graduated college, and she spent her college career educating fellow students about the Code Talkers.

“Not many of my peers knew about the history of the Code Talkers, so doing a project on the Code Talkers was my way of sharing that history,” Blackbull said.

Her entry for the art show

was 29 prints. Each print was dedicated to one of the 29 original Code Talkers, and they are all made of some of the original code used during the war.

“Honestly, I’ve always loved the history of the Navajo Code Talkers,” Blackbull said. “I thought it was always something that was really important for everyone to know, so this was just kind of a way for me to tell the story to the younger generation and people all over the world.”

O’Donnell turned the art show into a bit of a competition by having a fellow artist judge all of the pieces, and Blackwell’s prints won third place.

Irving Bahe’s paintings won first place, and Christian Bigwater’s entry won second.

The ART123 Gallery, which is located at 123 W. Coal Ave., is hosting the Honoring the Families of Navajo Code Talkers show until Aug. 11.

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TO: Defendant JESSE GARCIA You or your attorney are hereby directed to file a pleading or motion in response to the Petition

by Owner for Breach of Rental Agreement, Rent and Damages, which seeks a money judgment against you on file herein on or before August 21, 2023, in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court, Eleventh Judicial District of the State of New Mexico, sitting within and for the County of McKinley, that being the Court in which said Petition is filed, and to serve a copy of the same pleading or motion upon Plaintiff or Plaintiff’s attorneys, Douglas W. Fowles, Rosebrough, Fowles & Foutz, P.C., P.O. Box 1027, Gallup, New Mexico 87305, (505) 722-9121. Unless a responsive pleading or motion is entered by you in this cause on or before the above date, judgment will be rendered against you by default.

A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk or from the undersigned attorney. You are further notified that the name of Plaintiff’s attorney is Douglas W. Fowles, Rosebrough, Fowles & Foutz, P.C., 101 West Aztec Ave., Gallup, New Mexico 87301, (505) 722-9121. /s/ Douglas W. Fowles Rosebrough, Fowles & Foutz, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 1027 Gallup, New Mexico 87305 (505) 722-9121 Published: Gallup Sun July 7, 2023 July 14, 2023 July 21, 2023 *** ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF McKINLEY STATE OF NEW MEXICO ANTONIO VILLICANA, Plaintiff, vs.

CYNTHIA CHAVES and No. D-1113-CV-2023-00201 ANTONIO GUERRO MEDINA, Defendants.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF

ACTION THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO: CYNTHIA CHAVES and ANTONIO GUERRO MEDINA You or your attorney are hereby directed to file a pleading or motion in response to the Petition

by Owner for Restitution on file herein on or before August 7, 2023 in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court, Eleventh Judicial District of the State of New Mexico, sitting within and for the County of McKinley, that being the Court in which said Petition is filed, and to serve a copy of the same pleading or motion upon Plaintiff or Plaintiff’s attorney, Douglas W. Fowles, Rosebrough, Fowles & Foutz, P.C., P.O. Box 1027, Gallup, New Mexico 87305, (505) 722-9121.

Unless a responsive pleading or motion is entered by you in this cause on or before the above date, judgment will be rendered against you by default.

You are further notified that the name of Plaintiff’s attorney is Douglas W. Fowles, Rosebrough, Fowles & Foutz, P.C., 101 West Aztec Ave., Gallup, New Mexico 87301, (505) 722-9121. /s/ Douglas W. Fowles Rosebrough, Fowles & Foutz, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 1027 Gallup, New Mexico 87305 (505) 722-9121 Published: Gallup Sun July 14, 2023 July 21, 2023 July 28, 2023 *** ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF McKINLEY STATE OF NEW MEXICO CRISTINA VILLICANA, Plaintiff, vs.

No. D-1113-CV-2023-00101 RICHARD GARCIA and ANY UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS OF INTEREST IN THE PREMISES ADVERSE TO THE PLAINTIFF, Defendants.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO: ANY UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS OF INTEREST IN THE PREMISES ADVERSE TO THE PLAINTIFF PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff CRISTINA VILLICANA has commenced an action to quiet title to the premises described below: Lot Eleven (11) in Block Three (3) of NAVAJO ESTATES SUBDIVISION UNIT THREE (3), Located in the West Half of Section 7, Township 16 North, Range 18 West, N.M.P.M., McKinley County, New Mexico, as per plat thereof filed with and approved by the Board of County Commissioners of McKinley County, New Mexico on October 28, 1971 as plat number 217 of Plat records of said county.

You are hereby notified that unless you file a responsive pleading on or before August 28, 2023 with the above Court, the Judgment or other appropriate relief will be rendered against you by default.

You are further notified that the name of Plaintiff’s attorney is Douglas W. Fowles, Rosebrough, Fowles & Foutz, P.C., 101 West Aztec Ave., Gallup, New Mexico 87301, (505) 722-9121. /s/ Douglas W. Fowles Rosebrough, Fowles & Foutz, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 1027

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and the Real Point of Beginning;

Gallup, New Mexico 87305 (505) 722-9121

THENCE North a distance of 738.31’ to the Northwest corner; THENCE N89°55’E a distance of 295’ to the Northeast corner; THENCE South a distance of 738.31’ to the Southeast corner; HENCE S89°55’W a distance 295’ to the Real Point of Beginning.

Published: Gallup Sun July 14, 2023 July 21, 2023 July 28, 2023 *** ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF McKINLEY STATE OF NEW MEXICO CRISTINA VILLICANA, Plaintiff, vs.

No. D-1113-CV-2023-00130 ENRON COMPRESSION SERVICES COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation; and ANY UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS OF INTEREST IN THE PREMISES ADVERSE TO THE PLAINTIFF, Defendants.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO: ANY UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS OF INTEREST IN THE PREMISES ADVERSE TO THE PLAINTIFF PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff CRISTINA VILLICANA has commenced an action to quiet title to the premises described below: Tract 1 Beginning for a tie at the Southwest corner of Section 8, Township 15 North, Range 17 West, N.M. P.M., and run North a distance of 2,640’ to a point; Thence N89°55’E a distance of 2,560’ to the Southwest corner of the herein described tract

Tract 2 Beginning for a tie at the Southwest corner of Section 8, Township 15 North, Range 17 West, N.M. P.M., and run North a distance of 2,640’ to a point; Thence N89°55’E a distance of 2,560’ to a point; Thence North a distance of 738.31’ to the Southwest corner of the herein described tract and the Real Point of Beginning; THENCE North a distance of 738.31’ to the Northwest corner; THENCE N89°55’E a distance of 295’ to the Northeast corner; THENCE South a distance of 738.31’ to the Southeast corner; THENCE S89°55’W a distance 295’ to the Real Point of Beginning.

The above described property is located in Whitecliffs, Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico.

You are hereby notified that unless you file a responsive pleading on or before September 4, 2023 with the above Court, the Judgment or other appropriate relief will be rendered against you by default.

You are further notified that the name of Plaintiff’s attorney is Douglas W. Fowles, Rosebrough, Fowles & Foutz, P.C., 101 West Aztec Ave., Gallup, New Mexico 87301, (505) 7229121. /s/ Douglas W. Fowles Rosebrough, Fowles & Foutz, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff

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P.O. Box 1027 Gallup, New Mexico 87305 (505) 722-9121 Published: Gallup Sun July 21, 2023 July 28, 2023 August 4, 2023 *** ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF McKINLEY BOB & BRENDA, LLC, a New Mexico limited liability company, Plaintiff, vs.

No. D-1113-CV-2020-00504 GALLUP TOWNSITE CO.; THE ESTATE OF ROBERT LEWIS McGEHEE, Deceased; THE HEIRS OF ROBERT LEWIS McGEHEE; and ANY UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS OF INTEREST IN THE PREMISES ADVERSE TO THE PLAINTIFF, Defendants.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO: GALLUP TOWNSITE CO.; THE ESTATE OF ROBERT LEWIS McGEHEE, Deceased; THE HEIRS OF ROBERT LEWIS McGEHEE; and ANY UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS OF INTEREST IN THE PREMISES ADVERSE TO THE PLAINTIFF PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff BOB & BRENDA, LLC, a New Mexico limited liability company has commenced an action to quiet title to the premises described below: The Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SW¼SE¼) of Section Ten (10), Township Fifteen (15) North, Range Eigh-

teen (18) West, N.M.P.M., LESS and EXCEPT the following described tract of land: A tract of land containing 15.34 acres more or less, lying within the SW¼SE¼, Section 10, T15N, R18W, N.M.P.M., McKinley County, New Mexico, and more properly described as follows: The Real Point of Beginning and the Southeast corner for the herein described tract being the Southeast corner of the SW¼SE¼ of said Section 10; Thence N02º35’W along 1/16th line a distance of 1337.12 feet to the Northeast corner of the SW¼ SE¼; Thence N89º48’W along 1/16th line a distance of 480.0 feet to the Northwest corner of the tract; Thence S00º52’04”E a distance of 1338.04 feet to the Southwest corner of the tract, said point being on the South line of said Section 10; Thence N89º57’E along section line a distance of 520.0 feet to the Point of Beginning.

The property described above is located north of the Harold Runnels Recreation Center in McKinley County, New Mexico.

You are hereby notified that unless you file a responsive pleading on or before September 4, 2023, with the above Court, the Judgment or other appropriate relief will be rendered against you by default.

You are further notified that the name of Plaintiff’s attorney is Robert F. Rosebrough, Rosebrough, Fowles & Foutz, P.C., 101 West Aztec Ave., Gallup, New Mexico 87301, (505) 7229121. /s/ Robert F. Rosebrough Robert F. Rosebrough Rosebrough & Fowles, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 1027 Gallup, New Mexico 87305 (505) 722-9121

July 21, 2023 July 28, 2023 August 4, 2023 *** LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION TO BID Public Notice is hereby provided that the Gallup-McKinley County Schools is accepting competitive sealed bids for: On-Call Metal Salvage Price Agreement No. ITB-2024-02BK Commodity Code(s): 92677, 99868 As more particularly set out in the ITB documents, copies of which may be obtained by downloading from the Gallup-McKinley County Schools eBidding platform website: https://gmcs.bonfirehub.com/ portal/?tab=openOpportunities Sealed bids for such will be received until 2:00 P.M. (LOCAL TIME) on, August 4, 2023.

FAX and HARDCOPY BIDS will NOT be accepted. Offerors will not be able to upload proposals or documents after the specified CLOSING date and time.

The Gallup-McKinley County School Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids, waive any formalities or minor inconsistencies, and/ or cancel this solicitation in its entirety.

Dated the 7th day of July, 2023 By: /S/ Chris Mortenson, President Board of Education Gallup-McKinley County School District No. 1 ITB ISSUE DATE: July 7, 2023 PUBLICATION DATES: July 7, 2023 (Gallup Sun) July 21, 2023 (Gallup Sun)

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CALENDAR

Community Calendar July 21 - July 27, 2023 THURSDAY, JULY 20 MONDAY, JULY 24

24 HOURS IN THE ENCHANTED FOREST

This is a 12 and 24 hour endurance mountain biking competition held in the Zuni Mountains. For more information, visit https://ziarides.com/ event/24-hours-in-the-enchanted-forest/.

FRIDAY, JULY 21

GALLUP HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING

9 am @ 203 Debra Dr.

FAMILY CONCERT

11 am @ the OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.).

Join OFPL and Dan Crow for a fun, fastpaced, interactive musical program.

NEW DEAL PUBLIC ART TOUR

4 pm @ OFPL’s Main Library (115 W. Hill Ave.) entrance.

See how the New Deal helped create a uniquely New Mexican aesthetic.

KIDS CRAFTER-NOON

1 pm - 3 pm @ Studio123 at ART123 Gallery (123 W. Coal Ave.). Kids ages 8+ are invited to spend the afternoon coloring, cutting, collaging, constructing and crafting!

CHESS CLUB

4:30 pm @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.).

Join the chess club at OFPL! Email pneilson@gallupnm. gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

GET UP AND GAME

1 pm - 5 pm @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.). Every Friday, come to the children’s library to unwind from a busy week! Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

SATURDAY, JULY 22

PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT

12 pm - 4 pm @ Rio West Mall (1300 W. Maloney Ave.). FamiCALENDAR

lies will have to work together to find items, solve riddles, and answer trivia which can only be answered in the mall, while documenting all of their answers with photos. Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

This month, they will be exploring the topics of neighborhoods and communities.

Email bmartin@gallupnm. gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

SUMMER CHESS DUELS

1 pm - 4 pm @ ART123 Gallery (123 W. Coal Ave.). Register at www.galluparts.org/workshops.

12 pm @ the UNM-Gallup Zollinger Library (705 Gurley Ave.). Join Zollinger Library for friendly weekly chess matches. For questions or more information, call 505863-7531 or email markos@ unm.edu.

LEVITT AMP CONCERT SERIES

EUREKA!

WEEKEND WORKSHOP: TIE DYE MASTERCLASS

7 pm - 10 pm @ Courthouse Square. Come join the fun in the heart of downtown Gallup at this free concert series brought to you by the Levitt Amp Foundation, Gallup Mainstreet Arts & Cultural District, Visit Gallup & the City of Gallup. This week Paa Kow will be performing.

GALLUP 9TH ST. FLEA MARKET

9 am - 5 pm @ 340 9th Street.

The Gallup 9th Street Flea Market is one of the largest Native American markets in the United States.

MONDAY, JULY 24

NM GAME & FISH WITH STORM USREY

11 am @ the OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.).

Come learn about some of the wildlife species that can be found in New Mexico by looking at some scientific specimens of antlers, horns, skulls, pelts, and pictures.

Email pneilson@gallupnm. gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

THE MYSTERY OF AMELIA EARHEART

5 pm @ the UNM-Gallup Zollinger Library (705 Gurley Ave.). Watch a documentary about Amelia Earhart and a short presentation about this great American mystery. For questions, please call 505-8637531 or email markos@unm. edu.

FAMILY STORYTIME

11 am @ the Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.).

4 pm @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.).

Email pneilson@gallupnm. gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

TUESDAY, JULY 25

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

6 pm @ City Council Chambers, Gallup City Hall (110 W. Aztec Ave.). The meeting will also be streamed on the City of Gallup’s Facebook page at City of Gallup, New Mexico Government.

KIDZ CINEMA

1 pm every Tuesday @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec. Ave.) for weekly family oriented film screenings. This week’s movie is Luca (2021).

Email bmartin@gallupnm. gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26

SPORTS COMMISSION MEETING

5:30 pm @ Gallup City Hall, City Manager’s Conference Room (110 W. Aztec Ave.).

PAINT AND SIP: KOI POND

6 pm - 9 pm @ ART123 Gallery (123 W. Coal Ave.). Have a creative night out! Paint a koi pond scene while sipping Mai Tai mocktails.

REVOLUTION CHESS CLUB

6 pm - 7:30 pm @ Rio West Mall’s food court (1300 W. Maloney Ave.) A free chess club that is open to players of all ages and skill levels. For more information email revolutionchessclub@gmail.com.

MIDWEEK MATINEE AT OFPL

4 pm every Wednesday @ OFPL’s main library (115 W. Hill Ave.). This week’s film is Pelé: Birth of a Legend.

spinning. Please bring your own weaving materials and/or projects. Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 8631291 for more information.

SATURDAY, JULY 29

FAMILY STORYTIME

11 am @ the Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.).

This month, they will be exploring the topics of neighborhoods and communities.

Email bmartin@gallupnm. gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

OPEN MAKERSPACE TIME

3 pm - 6 pm @ the Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.).

OFPL’s MakerSpace is a collaborative work space for making, learning, and exploring. Participants ages 5 and up can come in to create their own design for the 3D printers or explore the many engineering activities and equipment!

THURSDAY, JULY 27

CRAFTY KIDS

4 pm @ OFPL’s Children’s Branch (200 W. Aztec Ave.).

For more information email: bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291.

JULY FILMS: ANIMATION AND IMAGINATION

4 pm @ the UNM-Gallup Zollinger Library (705 Gurley Ave.). This month, Zollinger Library is screening animated films. This week’s film is Walt Before Mickey.

SAVE THE DATE FRIDAY, JULY 28

ROUTE 66 GALLUP FREEDOM RIDE FLIGHT & CRUISE

You’re invited to downtown Gallup to enjoy Route 66 with the whole family. This event features car shows & cruises, hot air balloon mass ascensions, circus performers, live bands, food trucks and more!

ROUTE 66 GALLUP FREEDOM RIDE FLIGHT & CRUISE

You’re invited to downtown Gallup to enjoy Route 66 with the whole family. This event features car shows and cruises, hot air balloon mass ascensions, circus performers, live bands, food trucks and more!

END OF SUMMER READING X-STREAM BLOCK PARTY

12 pm - 4 pm @ @ Fox Run Golf Course (1109 Susan Ave.). Celebrate the end of summer with fun and prizes!

OFPL CLOSURE

The library will be closed for the Block Party at the Fox Run Golf Course.

FUN IN THE SUN

1 pm - 5 pm @ Ford Canyon Park (908 E. Buena Vista Ave.). Various games, music

by DJ Kirk, Zumba with Rita, and much much more.

LEVITT AMP CONCERT SERIES

7 pm - 10 pm @ El Morro Theatre (207 W. Coal Avenue).

Come join the fun in the heart of downtown Gallup at this free concert series brought to you by the Levitt Amp Foundation, Gallup Mainstreet Arts & Cultural District, Visit Gallup & the City of Gallup.

This week The Family Crest will be performing.

ONGOING

WORLD ON THE MOVE

@ Rex Museum (301 W. Historic Hwy. 66). Come discover the fascinating topic of migration and displacement at the World on the Move exhibit.

NAVAJO RUG WEAVING

10 am to 2 pm @ OFPL’s Main Library (115 W. Hill Ave.).

Learn the fundamentals and techniques of rug weaving in traditional Diné style, including warping, carding and

To post a nonprofit or civic event in the calendar section, please email: gallupsunevents@gmail.com or fax: (505) 212-0391. Deadline: Monday at 5 pm.

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