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2023 April #225
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Art Show and Competition Saturday, April 15, 2023 @ Red Rock Park
Open to McKinley County Students and Schools -Third through Twelfth Grades DIVISIONS Grades: (3-5), (6-8), (9-10), (11-12) CLASSES 10hDrawing-Painting-Other Media STUDENT DEADLINES All student art pieces must be completed and turned in to their respective teacher/art teacher by April 5, 2023 TEACHER DEADLINES All Art Teachers must submit their entries by April 14, 2023 at Red Rock Park-or earlier to the Gallup Cultural Center APRIL 15, 2023 Judging Date -Announcement of Winners and Pick-up Date
Art Show 4:00 pm-7:00 pm @ Red Rock Park APRIL 24-MAY 26, 2023
Winning Art on view at the Gallup Cultural Center near Juniper Bakery
Monetary Prizes Artist and School Awards
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This collaborative between SWIF, GCC and area schools will provide and opportunity for young artists to explore and perpetuate artistic gifts that represent the multi-cultural talents of our community.
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R E G N E V SCA ASTER E T N HU Rug Auction
Weaving in Beauty - 6pm
Ceremonial Queen & Little Princess
Meet & Greet in front of Ceremonial Office at 206 W. Coal
“Peek-a-Boo”
Family Craft Activity in the Event Center
ART123 Gallery
Show Opening: 9th Annual Youth Art Show Celebrating the power of arts education with over 170 artworks made by over 200 students from 14 schools across McKinley County.
LOOM Gallery Tiny Art Project Celebration
Get a scavenger hunt guide from ART123 Gallery and find downtown Gallup’s six newest - and tiniest! - public art installations.
Philander Begay RC Gorman Gallery
Rippy and the Sillyette’s Band 1st and Coal Ave - 7pm-9pm
Bright Life Arts Studio Dance Performance 1st and Coal Ave - 8pm
DJ Benally Local Arts & Crafts Vendors Food vendors Food Trucks o ict str
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For information contact: Dee Santillanes, Arts Crawl Coordinator Phone: 505-728-1055 Email: deesantillanes@gmail.com
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Thoughts From The West End I noticed on my phone that it gives me a weekly screen time summary. It is basically telling me how many hours that week I was looking at my phone. In the past I hadn’t really paid any attention to it and thought that it was probably somewhere below the average for an adult (didn’t know what that number actually was). Let me just say I was shocked at the amount of time I spent on my phone. That shocked feeling was a little more on the disgust side. This made me take an inventory of what I use my phone for. Of course, I use in the traditional sense, as a phone. We don’t have a landline telephone in our home, and we use our phones to talk to family, friends, and on many occasions business. However, I know that I don’t talk on my phone anywhere near that dreaded screen time number. News, weather, social media, web browsing, Plants vs. Zombies, and Life 360 all get my attention daily. Even though I use my phone for what I call practical use I still couldn’t believe my number. Lucky for me I come from a generation that did
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not grow up with smart phones. I can remember life with no easy access to those things mentioned above, and in fact social media and web browsing did not even exist until my adult years. According to a study I found surfing the web puts the number for Americans at 7 hours per day. It is a very difficult number to grasp and one that is hard to believe, until you look around. Everywhere you go you see people looking at their phones. My kids are constantly on their phones, and it isn’t just for recreational uses, screen time is incorporated into schoolwork. I survived my first 20 plus years of my life without a smart phone. It is easy to understand the benefits of this technology, but it does not mean I need or want to be the average user. This month I make it a challenge for anyone who wants to join me to significantly reduce the hours of screen time. My goal is two hours or less per day for the month of April. I will report my experience next month in Thoughts from the West End. -Jpa
The Ancient Way Café El Morro RV Park and Cabins
Our days and hours of operation are Thursdays through Sundays from 9 am to 3 pm.
Come try our Smokehouse BBQ Omelet with our mouthwatering House-smoked Brisket, Huevos Rancheros, Ancient Way Burgers, Black Bean Burgers, Burritos, French Toast, and other breakfast and lunch delights. Plus we have a wide range of homemade desserts to entice you!
April Sunday Specials - Noon to 3 pm April 2nd Swedish Meatballs, Mashed Potatoes, Mixed Veggies, and Roll April 9th
Baked Cod Parmesan with Linguini Alfredo and French Bread
April 16th Beef Carnitas, Spanish Rice, and 3-Bean Salad April 23rd Chicken & Waffle, Mashed Potatoes/ Gravy, and Maple Butter April 30th Smoked Pork Ribs, Potato Salad and Cole Slaw Thank you for your ongoing love and support! The management and staff of the AWC
El Morro RV Park, Cabins & Ancient Way Café elmorro-nm.com • elmorrorv@gmail.com • 505-783-4612 Near mile marker 46 on Hwy 53, one mile east of El Morro National Monument Entrance
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When you finish these puzzles, bring them to our office at 210 E. Aztec Ave, оr take a pic with your phone and email it to gallupjourney@gmail.com. Don’t forget to include your name.
March Master Finishers DK & Footies Stephen Mahnke N.T.N. Sylvia Analla E Skeet Casuse Peters Jordyn Manning Libby J L James Maureen Bia Hilda Kendall Lucky Charms Michelle Skeets Joe Peterman Michael Johnson Thomas Gomez Ashley Cameron Waffles Diedra Gonzales
Kerrie Chee Navajo Khalifa Steph J 2Quick4u! Sara Landavazo Valerie Barker Gina Willetto Pepita JB Joseph Menini LiDeja Jones Terri Williams Charley Benally Michelle Wilson Skeets Elmer Williams Duane Yazzie A Burbank Alberta B
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Consider Coaching Lynn Isaacson Baby’s First Laugh Michele Laughing Reeves Local Author’s Book On Gallup Wins Prestigious Award Chuck Van Drunen Did It Rain Where You Are? Kimi Ishikawa Spring Landscape Maintenance Edith Iwan Earth Day! Betsy Windisch “Unbreakable” Kenneth Riege Walking In Beauty Daisy Arsenault
Thanks to our Contributors this month: Lynn Isaacson Michele Laughing Reeves Kimi Ishikawa Edith Iwan Betsy Windisch Kenneth Riege Cyndi Jarvison
Todd McBroom Dr.Vicki Handfield Gallup High School Girls Basketball Team Publishers: Daisy & Jason Arsenault Chuck & Jenny Van Drunen
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Event Calendar Day Trip Ice Cave and Bandera Volcano People Reading Grow Your Business by Filling Your Small Business Tips Toolkit Cyndi Jarvison Q & A For Todd McBroom, Gallup High School Head Girls Basketball Coach Introvert Exercise Plan Dr.Vicki Handfield Opinion Poll: Gallup High School Girls Basketball Team
Art Director: Christine Carter
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Consider Coaching By Lynn Isaacson Many years (and dozens of pounds) ago, I refereed a true boatload of recreational and high school soccer matches. At the time, attendance at a preseason high school rules clinic was mandatory. Although it was repetitive, every rule clinic included a presentation by an NMAA official on the benefits of extra-curricular activities for high school students. We were informed that those who participated in high school activities had GPAs that were almost a full point higher than their non-participant peers. Their referral to discipline was almost non-existent. They graduated at a much higher rate. Their attendance rates did not even compare to the attendance rates of non-participants. I think you get the point. NMAA made it abundantly clear that by refereeing, we were providing a huge benefit to a significant number of young people. But there is never a need for referees unless others step up to the plate to coach. And as much as I enjoyed my time as a referee, I enjoyed my time as a coach as much, or more. I was lucky; I started my coaching career (in 1989), when parents were willing to step up and help, regardless of their experience or abilities. I vividly remember when the first team Craig Pirlot and I coached, the Sunwest Bank Amigos U-10 Gallup Soccer League team, took the field at one of the Ford Canyon Park fields. We had coached for all of two weeks, and thought we were ready to pace the sidelines and exhort our team to victory. Then the referee came up and asked us to put our team into their positions. I looked at Craig. He looked at me. We both realized we were clueless. Neither of us had ever played soccer before, never even gone to a soccer match. So, this idea of positions was pretty foreign to both of us. All we knew was that we needed a goalkeeper, so we assigned one player to that position and told everyone else to have fun. You may be surprised to read this, but we had a perfect season that year: the Amigos went 0-9 (we undoubtedly would have gone 0-10, but we had a weather cancellation the last match of the season). Craig and I went on to coach together for another 14 years. We attended every coaching clinic we could sign up for. We ultimately obtained our national coaching
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licenses and ended up coaching our daughters to a thirdplace finish at the New Mexico Open Cup. That team was the culmination of a tremendous amount of hard work by the players, and Craig and I always marveled at their commitment. We practiced every Saturday afternoon and every Sunday evening for two-and-a-half hours (we did take off for Christmas weekend and Easter Sunday). The team attendance rate at practice exceeded 90% over the course of the year. I cannot imagine a better statistic to prove that 17 girls found that the time they spent in practice was a price they were willing to pay to get better. I took a break from coaching after my youngest son graduated from high school. But then I came back out of retirement several years ago to put in a few more years on the sidelines helping that same youngest son with his son, my grandson. It was definitely a bit harder on the knees and ankles, but still well worth the time. As I look back from this vantage point (i.e., knowing I have laced up the “boots” for the last time and there will be no more swan songs), I realize that coaching gave me much more than I ever gave it. It allowed me quality time with all three of my kids. It allowed me to develop a relationship with, and I believe have an impact on, hundreds of their classmates. In fact, one of my former players, with whom I now interact on a professional basis, still calls me “Coach.” He and I would never have had that relationship if I had not decided to just take my kids to soccer practice, come back to pick them up when practice was over, and watch a game or two. It was worth the time. It was worth the energy. It was worth it. My church believes that Christians are called to certain vocations. And I think one of the highest vocations a parent can have is that of coach and mentor, not only to their own children, but to other children as well. I think kids need a positive mentor now more than ever, and there are few places as rewarding to mentor a child as on the fields of friendly strife. Kids learn a lot about life, and themselves, when they have to come out of their comfort zones (or, stated differently, put down their devices) and step onto an athletic field. And that is never possible if everyone takes a passive “someone else’s parent will to it” role. Step up, for your kids, and for yourself. I can tell you from experience---you will never regret it.
Tobe Turpen Traders U-12 team, from either 1991 or 1992.
The first team to travel out of Gallup to play soccer (it was a tournament in Farmington in either 1989 or 1990).
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Day Camp A Free Day Camp for 5th Grade Students
What is High Desert Horizons (HDH)?
HDH is based on the ideals of Place-Based Education in which we get students outside the classroom to learn with and from our community where students are immersed in local heritage, culture, landscapes, and ecosystems.
Saturday, April 15, 2023 9am-1pm (lunch included)
Possible Activities:
Ziplining, Hiking, Biking, Ropes Course Environmental Science Expert and more…
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1205 E. Hwy 66 • Gallup NM 505-722-5445 10 April 2023