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y dad always told me I couldn’t quit anything. “If you start something, you’ve got to finish it.” I can only remember taking issue with this statement once: 8th grade basketball. I wasn’t the best player on the team, though I did hit a game winning shot that year (one of our team’s three victories!).

I can tell you about that shot anytime, I remember it like it was yesterday.

Anyway, midway through that 8th-grade season, I wanted to quit the team. I wasn’t having much fun, we were terrible, etc. Fortunately for me, my dad stepped in and wouldn’t allow it. He said I didn’t have to play in the future, but I had to finish out the season. I had made a commitment to my team and that was that.

So I did finish the season and I hit that shot . . . a three-pointer from the wing as time expired . . .

Now, I’ve quit plenty of things since then. But I really latched onto a portion of that idea about commitment to others. I strongly believe in the bond that’s formed with a handshake. Even today, if I say I’m going to do something or be somewhere, I’ll do it or I’ll be there. For some reason, that’s a big part of who I am.

I have a really good friend who has been researching and talking about Social Justice as long as I’ve known her.

That’s not all she is, but it’s a part of who she is.

I have another friend who loves making money and wants a good life for his family. I’m sure he wouldn’t do anything for a buck, but pretty close.

That’s not all he is, but it’s a part of who he is.

Another friend of mine is a communist. Yup, I said it.

That’s not all he is, but it’s a part of who he is.

And another is floating through life, unsure of who to become.

That’s not all he is, but it’s a part of who he is.

Often, I get caught up throwing folks into boxes. Saying things like, “Oh, him? He’s a teacher/doctor/architect/etc.”

But that’s not all they are, just a part of who they are.

I hate that I do that. This probably makes sense to nobody but me and that’s fine. Sometimes it’s just good to write stuff down because it makes it easier for me to remember.

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Matt Ashmore Elizabeth Barriga Kevin Buggie Erin Bulow Ernie Bulow Greg Cavanaugh Daya Choudhrie Sanjay Choudhrie Patricia Darak Tommy Haws Tracy Joines Larry Larason Kris Pikaart Deer Roberts Fowler Roberts Bob Rosebrough Be Sargent Scott Stephens Andy Stravers Sam Tsosie Chuck Van Drunen Erica Villarta Betsy Windisch

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Features

8 Work in Beauty Murals 10 Crucible 12 Gallup Family Fitness Series 14 Cheap-O-Depot Books 16 Farmers’ Market 18 National JH Finals Rodeo 32 Keeping Bees 34 I-40 Icons 36 That’s So Gallup 42 WIC 48 Kantorski-Pope Piano Duo

Columns

20 Driving Impressions 22 West by Southwest 24 Rock Talk 26 8 Questions 31 Money & You 38 Adventures in Parenting 46 Lit Crit Lite

Other Stuff

4 Thoughts 30 El Morro Theatre Schedule 39 Arts Crawl Schedule 41 Sudoku 44 Circle of Light 45 IZZIT?!

47 News from Care 66 50 G-Town 52 Community Calendar 54 Opinion Poll 55 Rodeo Schedule 56 People Reading Journey 62 This Is My Job

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Remediation of the tailings piles at the old Kerr McGee mine.

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inoma Foster, top left, was project manager for Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining, ENDAUM, from 2003 to 2006 and is now in the final stages of gaining her Associate Degree in Environmental Science at Navajo Technical College.

Gerald Brown of CRUMP, Church Rock Uranium Monitoring Project, is shown with the monitoring device that measured particulates in the air around Church Rock.

We met with Gerald to find out what had happened since he agreed to be in the mural in 2004. He talked about Church Rock.

He told us of a beloved town where doors were never locked, the home of many Navajo leaders, was torn down, was replaced by a development without homeowner security.

He took us on a tour.

We stood at the intersection of four uranium sites. On our left was the Northeast Church Rock Mine site where partial clean up in 2009, a direct result of CRUMP findings, had resulted in a strangely sculpted landscape.

To our right was the ongoing cover-up of two quarter-mile-long piles of mine waste from the Kerr-McGee/Quivira Mining Church Rock I and IE site.

In between, a house surrounded by tricycles.

Behind us and down the road a bit was the United Nuclear Corporation mill, now a 3.5-million ton uranium mill tailings Superfund site, remediated without a liner.

This is where the biggest radioactive waste spill of US history happened on July 16, 1979.

Across the street is Section 8, owned by Hydro Resources Incorporated now seeking a discharge permit with the following Public Notice 1, MAY 13, 2011, from the New Mexico Environment Department Ground Water Quality Bureau.

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Church Rock Section 8 ISR Project, Mark S. Pelizza, Sr. Vice President, proposes to renew the Discharge Permit for the injection and circulation of up to 4,000 gallons per minute of lixiviant through the Westwater Canyon Formation aquifer at depths between 600 and 1200 feet below the ground surface via injection and extraction wells in order to recover uranium. Recovered pregnant lixiviant containing up to 150 milligrams/liter (“mg/l”) of uranium will be treated through ion exchange resin to reduce uranium concentrations to less than 1 mg/l before the then-barren lixiviant is recirculated into the wellfields. Up to 1 percent of the produced or extracted water may be diverted to surface evaporation ponds or to tanks for ultimate treatment and disposal. Potential contaminants from this type of injection include chloride, radium-226, selenium, sulfate, TDS, and uranium. The facility is located approximately 6 miles north of the town of Church Rock, in Section 8, T16N, R16W, McKinley County. Ground water beneath the site is at a depth of approximately 275 feet and has a total dissolved solids concentration of approximately 835 milligrams per liter. (my italics)

We asked Gerald how he felt about this remediated landscape.

Our eyes filled with tears as we heard unspoken sadness.

He said he was thankful for the clean-up, brought about by tireless work to demonstrate the uranium pollution of Church Rock’s air, water and soil.

But what makes him glad is the stream of visitors who come to see how a small group of community activists has finally gotten the attention of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

On May 16 of this year ENDAUM announced a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against the United States. “By its acts and omissions that have contaminated and will continue to contaminate natural resources in the Diné communities of Crownpoint and Church Rock, the State has violated Petitioners’ human rights and breached its obligations under the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man.”

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Respite at Inscription Rock

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Words and photo

by Deer Roberts

Crucible

everal folks have expressed an interest on my take of this land.

To live here is to accommodate extremes.

The land itself is eccentric, sporting odd names like El Morro, a Spanish term meaning “the nose,” a regal, promontory mesa into which snuggles a cool tranquil oasis and lovely box canyon; Candy Kitchen, born of sly workings around prohibition; Zuni, a Native American navel, the center of life, found in the funnel of a spiral journey spanning eras; Ramah, religious innovation gestated on a new-found continent, finding itself a safe harbor; Zuni Mountain Sanctuary, nesting androgyny within embattled green living.

Then there is the Continental Divide, a division of primal power; Inscription Rock, a testament of all those who have weathered lone pilgrimages through this scrubby ancient bone-dry seabed. The Notches’ emptiness looms like a celestial crocodile bite, luring F19s through its gate for the pure fun of it.

Like an underground railway of lone windowed candles strung across the wilderness, The Ancient Way beacons hospitality, camaraderie, culture and trade . . . the seat of civilized behavior amongst diversity and hard empty spaces.

Pinehill and Mountain View are two of three Midwest, suburban-type names, but are actually the seat of the local Navajo communities within which one views the hardest living in the area, little electricity or running water. Seventy percent unemployment. Timberlake is the other, full of comfortably retired Anglos, many who spend but the warm season in the area, local snowbirds.

Behind the Zuni Mountains are a chain of east-west valleys. In contrast to the desert at the mountains’ feet, one sees Aspen amongst the regal Ponderosas and wild iris fields, clovered lakes and creeks (dry this year). Don’t be fooled. There one finds the signature of ghost towns; Sawyer, Copperton, Cold Springs,

where dry farming was attempted, sawmills once flourished, railroads snaked through, mining came and went. More recently, Sky Mountain Properties, near McGaffey, sports two huge gates through which to enter a modern subdivision. Between the gates, empty space: no homes. Winter snows make sure any residents would be permanently ensconced for the season. Glorious, but no way out. Could be hell for those pampered by the money necessary.

El Malpais to the east will cut your best hiking boots to shreds; forlorn and rugged enough to once be considered as an atom bomb test site by the Manhattan Project. Bodies of lost hikers have been collected there. Iron in rocks and soil render compasses nil.

That is the land. But then there is the sky. New Mexico is the kiss between land and sky. One cannot record the land without recording the sky. And so it is here. If the land kills you, and it might, a luminous exit into the heavens awaits. Perhaps it is the sky that lends the land its monumental unbroken dignity. In this place of little lushness or softness one is made aware of the sanctity of existence, the holiness of water, the scrub of the land challenging seeds to geminate into the bleaching sun. Unlike the east, cattle find little shade, water, or sweet greens, but bear the most beautiful heavens upon their backs. What the stern daytime robs between the opalescent dawns and the legendary sunsets is given back within the bosom of jeweled nights where nature celebrates survival. Every ounce of possible life rejuvenates in the numinous dark coolness.

There are no gray areas here. No room to pander, oscillate. The land is decisive, brutal, hard-charactered, regal. Many come full of dreams and leave disillusioned. But, if you survive here long, you become the land, and die here in grace.

If the land kills you, and it might, a luminous exit into the heavens awaits.

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magine with me what it would be like on a beautiful fall day to gather out at Red Rock Park with family and friends. The sky is clear and blue and the temperature is perfect for a hike with just a hint of coolness in the air. In prearranged waves, groups head out from the park up toward the top of Pyramid Rock, with the slower walkers and runners heading out first and the fast runners being the last to leave. The objective is to get the entire group up on the top of Pyramid Rock together before heading back down to gather for some live music and healthy post-walk/run fruit and snacks.

By Bob Rosebrough

Welcome to the Gallup Family Fitness Series: a family-oriented series of events developed to give families a chance to exercise and develop fitness habits in a fun, non-competitive atmosphere. Each event is recreational and not competitive: participation will be rewarded, not results. Each event will feature live music and healthy post-event snacks.

The schedule of events for the inaugural year of the Gallup Family Fitness Series is: • GALLUP TRIATHLON, JULY 30 – A special category will be created for Family Fitness Series participants who can do all, or part, of the triathlon course at their leisure.

• CEREMONIAL PARADE ROUTE, AUGUST 13 – Come run, walk or bike the Ceremonial parade route after it has been blocked off to traffic, but before the parade starts. What a blast!

• SQUASH BLOSSOM CLASSIC, SEPTEMBER 24 & 25 – We will have a special run/walk course and a bike ride in conjunction with Gallup’s fall running/biking classic out on the eastern side of High Desert Trail near Gamerco.

• PACK THE PEAK, OCTOBER 15 – We will wrap up our first year by packing the top of Pyramid Rock’s peak and begin planning for an expanded schedule of events for next year.

No pre-registration necessary. Just show up on the day of the event, about an hour ahead of time, to sign up. For more information, please email gffs2011@yahoo.com or call Jenny at 505 862 1865. Please mark your calendars and plan to bring the whole family out to join us!!!

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by H. Haveman

More Than Meets the Eye T hey say that you can’t judge a book by its cover. I’ve known this to be true in many situations, but possibly none so spot-on as with my visit to Cheap-O-Depot – now officially called Cheap-O-Depot Books.

After meeting with Jen Felts and her daughter, Jamie, who run the store together, I’d like to add that you can’t judge a bookstore by its storefront. Located at 227 W. Coal Ave., Cheap-O-Depot is definitely an attention grabber with bright colors and posters adorning the front windows. But without a trip through the front doors, there’s no way to know that 50,000 books, movies and magazines are sitting on shelves inside. And that’s not all.

and collectibles. What they don’t have on the shelves, they may have in storage or will try to find for their customers.

Jen’s dream is almost a reality, but she envisions Cheap-ODepot as much more than just a bookstore.

Though Cheap-O-Depot was started as a thrift store, the focus is now on used books . . . lots of them. However, you can also find wrapping paper, greeting cards, and snacks for sale, as well as comfortable seating, tables with puzzles and chess, Wi-Fi, and computer repair available.

Jen is a mother of four, an avid reader, and gardener and senses the need for a teen/young-adult hub for activity and communication in the downtown area. She knows how important it is to provide youth with positive activities and invites teens, as well as adults, to work on puzzles, play chess, study and read in the comfy couches and chairs stationed throughout the store. Open to working with the schools, libraries and other businesses, she’d love for Cheap-O-Depot to become a meeting place for discussion groups, speakers, performances, poetry slams and more.

Willing and open to anything, Felts says, “We want people to come in and tell us what they want or need.”

Owning a bookstore had always been a dream for Felts, but the family has moved around a lot due to Jen’s husband being, first, in the Air Force, and now in the Commissioned Corps. A bookstore never seemed possible until now. The Felts family moved to Gallup in 2000 and has found a more permanent residence here. Recently, the timing was right and the space available downtown to move their thrift shop from the west side of town to a new location. After acquiring a vast number of books at an estate sale, Jen added her already large collection of reading material, closed down the thrift shop and reopened the used bookstore under the same name in March 2011.

Cheap-O-Depot Books is paradise for any book lover.

The books are neatly arranged and labeled in sections for kids and adults looking for a variety of topics from Westerns and biographies to home schooling materials

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Growing up, Jen’s father worked at Texas Instruments and was always bringing home interesting gadgets, which Jen found she had a knack for. Now with over 25 years of experience in computer builds, repair, software and programming, she offers her services to the community.

Cheap-O-Depot does computer repair and provides individual and group instruction on a variety of computer programs and functions.

I was surprised and delighted by my first visit to CheapO-Depot Books and anticipate many more visits there. I also look forward to seeing the various and exciting ways in which it is sure to meet the needs of Gallup’s readers, collectors, computer users, and youth.

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What they don’t have on the shelves, they may have in storage or will try to find for their customers.

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Farmers’Market

by Kevin Buggie

Gardener Extraordinaire

Season

has Arrived!

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he spring winds have finally calmed down here on the high desert plateau and I’m sure we’re all looking forward to the cooler monsoon season with those billowy-white storm clouds that roll into Gallup each afternoon starting sometime this month. July also signals the beginning of another seasonal treat in our area – the fresh produce and camaraderie of the Gallup and Ramah Farmers’ Markets!

The two markets, both held each Saturday morning well into the fall, offer a wide variety of fresh and locally grown produce as well as other food products at prices that rival any of our local grocery stores. The Ramah market begins June 25 and Gallup’s begins July 9. Both markets have their own individual character and are more than worth the trip into downtown Gallup or Ramah. But don’t just go once. The selection of vegetables changes considerably throughout the market season as cool weather spring crops of early July give way to the abundant summer harvest of August, and then back again to cool weather crops at the end of the season. Both markets also have fantastic harvest/fall festivals to wrap up the season.

In a sense, the term “farmers’ market” is a misnomer, because, while our area does have a number of small farms supplying eggs, produce, and meats, both markets and their managers are incredibly welcoming and really in need of just regular backyard gardeners with extra homegrown produce they’re willing to sell.

I would also be remiss if I didn’t mention the incredible wealth of gardening information available from the vendors at both markets. As pointed out in previous columns by Sid Gillson, growing vegetables in our region can be challenging, yet when people approach it with the right planning, resources, and a little perseverance it certainly pays dividends. Come down to the markets and you’ll go home with more than a couple growing tips, and a whole lot of inspiration.

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The Gallup Farmers’ Market

If the Ramah market is the juggernaut of the local food scene, the Gallup Farmers’ Market is absolutely no slouch in comparison. Located in the downtown walkway between Aztec and Coal, it starts earlier in the morning than Ramah’s market, running from 8:30am to around 11am. A sizeable number of people in Gallup receive New Mexico food assistance checks redeemable only for fresh produce at farmers’ markets, and consequently the Gallup Farmers’ Market hosts a crush of people in the first hour of the market; get down there early if you can for the best assortment of produce, which, by the height of the harvest season in September, includes nearly everything available at a grocery store. Eggs and baked goods are also generally available at the market, as is community and

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A must-visit every Saturday morning!

recycling information from the KGLP public radio booth.

New this year, the market will accept EBT card transactions and the local Community Garden Club will have an information table set up with demonstrations by local growers of gardening techniques specific to our region. The Gallup market season wraps up on October 9 with a Harvest Festival complete with live music, dancing, face painting, and pumpkin carving for the kids. Surrounded by beautiful murals, restaurants, art galleries, and cultural events galore, the Gallup Farmers’ Market is a must-visit every Saturday morning from July into October. The Gallup Farmers’ Market is managed by Carole Palmer (gallupfarmersmarket@yahoo.com).

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Generally speaking the farmers’ market in Ramah is the more developed of the two in our area, likely due, in no small part, to Ramah’s considerable distance from any conventional grocery store. That market truly fills the pantries of many, many people in the communities of El Morro, Pinehill, Zuni, and Ramah. The Ramah Farmers’ Market is now located at the Ramah Museum on Bloomfield Road and runs from 10am to 1pm. From Zuni and Gallup, Bloomfield Road is the first left past the Post Office on Hwy. 53.

At the peak of the season, close to 400 customers come through the market each day and dozens of vendors have produce and baked goods available well into the early afternoon. In past years locally raised eggs, beef, lamb, and incredible goat cheeses were available and may be again this year depending on the seemingly ever-changing food safety laws and permitting requirements. The market is operated by the Ramah Farmers’ Market Association who, in addition to pulling off a seamless market each week, maintain a new website (www.ramahfarmersmarket.org), and a long-running monthly publication, The Farmers’ Beet. The highlight of the Ramah Market has got to be their annual Fall Festival. It features an amazing, I mean AMAZING, harvest display competition amongst the local growers, a pie contest and auction, featuring only locally grown ingredients, guest chefs, and livestock demonstrations, including my favorite, the prettiest chicken competition. Check their website for exact dates (usually before Gallup’s Festival) and put it on your calendar now.

The Ramah Farmers’ Market is co-managed by Denis Black and Jackie Rossignol (ramahfarmersmkt@yahoo.com).

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by H. Haveman

Another Successful National Junior High Finals Rodeo

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or a 7th year in a row, Gallup’s Red Rock Park was the venue for the National Junior High Finals Rodeo, held June 26 – July 2.

While the National High School Rodeo Association has been active for more than sixty years, the Junior High Division was designed in 2004 to promote rodeo among students in grades six, seven and eight during an important and formative time in their lives. Students are offered the chance to participate in the positive, communityfocused sport of rodeo and to compete for thousands of dollars in scholarship money.

During this summer’s event, cowboys and cowgirls got a taste of tough competition, caught up with old friends, made new ones, and took in the natural beauty and local flavor of the area. Participants and their families raved about their great experiences in Gallup and at Red Rock Park, thanking those who made it possible and looking forward to the next opportunity to visit.

Almost 5,000 people total were in town for more than a week!

This year a record-breaking 936 contestants from across the United States, Canada and Australia, along with their families – almost 5,000 people total – were in town for more than a week! Each of Red Rock Park’s 1152 horse stalls was full, as were all 603 camping spaces.

Local rodeo coordinator, Dudley Byerley, estimates that, with eight motels fully booked and others to near capacity, over 1000 rooms were sold for the

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event. With the week’s high temperatures, two to three pallets of water and Gatorade, furnished to participants, were consumed in as many days.

From a financial perspective, Gallup and its businesses benefit greatly for hosting this event. Based on advertising responses every year, Byerley knows that this rodeo works for local businesses, as not one has turned down the chance to support the event who has advertised before. “It is really fun for me when I walk into someone’s business to talk about this event. They say ‘Oh yes, I know those kids. They were here; we saw their back numbers. What do we have to do to get them back next year?’” Byerley estimated that the event would bring around $2 million in new money to Gallup, meaning the money would not have been spent here if not for the rodeo. The term ‘new money’ is based on an in-depth economic impact study completed after each year’s event. With almost three times the required participation from rodeo contestants and their families, the study is considered highly accurate.

While many other rodeos are struggling, this one is flourishing. As a feeder system into the National High School Rodeo Association, it is just now catching its stride. Gallup is set to host the event for 2012 and 2013, as well.

“Only because of the rodeo committee and all they do, the volunteers, local businesses, and community support is this event made possible,” says Byerley. Already with seven successful years in the books, it is expected that the National Junior High Finals Rodeo will be a great Gallup event for years to come!

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Driving Impressions: 2011 Toyota Sienna XLE

Finally

t h e

by Greg Cavanaugh

Ultimate

Test Drive

So let’s evaluate the Sienna for what it is, the consummate, practical, doeverything, family-hauling, road-tripping machine.

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t’s weird that of all the vehicles I’ve driven, this is the only one that’s seriously got me scheming about how to get one.

Why is it that I, a “car guy,” am most excited by a minivan??

When it comes to minivans, the field has done exactly the opposite of the crossover category, narrowed. There are basically five major choices: Toyota Sienna, Honda Odyssey, Nissan Quest, Kia Sedona and the Dodge Caravan / Chrysler Town & Country / Volkswagen Routan. Ford and GM are not even players here.

That being said, don’t think the competition isn’t tough. Basically the Honda is thought of as the “drivers” minivan (if there is such a thing), the Nissan as the quirky alternative, the Kia as the value choice and the Caravan as the everyman’s van. So where does that leave the Toyota Sienna? For those of you in the know, it’s basically the reliable, thoughtful, constantly improved but slightly less fun van in the category. And to be honest, that’s hard to argue with.

So let’s evaluate the Sienna for what it is, the consummate, practical, do-everything family-hauling, road-tripping machine.

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Style: Restyled for 2011, the Sienna is indeed more attractive. While some might say Honda went over the top with their 2011 redesign of the Odyssey, the new Sienna is clearly a progression of the last. A bit sleeker, a bit more refined with a very small touch of attitude not present in the previous Sienna. Personally, I like it. Minivans are notoriously hard to make look like anything other than the family hauler that they are and Toyota was smart to not try and pass their van off as anything other than what it is.

Space: Plenty! Frankly, all the current minivans have become basically the same size, and it just comes down to packaging. Other than the Caravan’s Stow ‘n Go second row, the Sienna can’t be beat.

The Sienna’s second row captain chairs move back and forth easily and with lots of range, increasing ingress/egress for the third row and versatility with passengers of varying size. While not new to the 2011 Sienna, the removable second row middle seat is smartly executed and can easily be stored in the far rear corner of the van, since this is probably the least used seat in any minivan, but ever so important to have for 8-passenger capacity or even for a newborn baby seat. With the rear seat folded, a family of five has all the space

they need for a lengthy camping trip. And of course with the second row seats removed as well, moving that college freshman into the dorms is a one-trip wonder. (Maybe not the choice for parents having a hard time letting go.) And of course, we can’t forget the bevy of cup holders, nooks and small storage compartments throughout.

Luxury: My top-of-the-line Sienna was loaded to the hilt and dressed to impress. Parents are often split about the wipe-ability of leather seats verses their durability. I’ve always been a leather fan and, if I had the choice, would want it, too. What most stood out to me in my test-drive was just how impressive the rear seat entertainment systems in modern minivans have become! The Sienna has a massive 16.4 inch-wide screen capable of showing two different sources simultaneously via split screen along with wireless headphones and independent volume controls. It goes without saying that, “I spy with my little eye . . .” and other highway games are having a hard time competing! This model was also equipped with a navigation system, satellite radio, heated seats, power sliding doors and tailgate, moon roof, backup camera, smart key (which I love) and pretty much every other luxury item you could want. Whether optioned to the gills or a reasonably equipped base model, the Sienna is smooth, quiet and refined. While I wouldn’t call it sporty, Toyota has kept the ride comfortable without being wallowy or lazy . . . exactly what a van should be.

Efficiency: This was the one area of the Sienna where I was a bit surprised. While still more efficient than a SUV with similar capacity, particularly in the city at 18 mpg, the EPA highway rating of 24 mpg, I found to be a bit low. I would have expected 25 or even 26 mpg, and compared with the new Odyssey’s 28, it seems low. Pairing a 3.5-liter V6 making 265 hp to a 6-speed automatic, the Sienna was plenty spunky for highway entrance ramps and the occasional pass on a rural two-lane highway. Clearly not intended to win any races, but as quick or quicker even than a typical crossover or full size SUV. What I failed to determine is why Toyota is not producing a hybrid Sienna. They already have the necessary technology on the road in the Highlander Hybrid, and I can’t imagine there not being a market for it, especially if it’s the only hybrid minivan on the market. My only possible answer, that I doubt is true, is space. Modern minivans are so well packaged, with every inch of the vehicle optimized to maximize interior space, perhaps there is simply nowhere to put the battery pack. Nonetheless, I’d like to see Toyota eek out a few more miles per gallon in the near future to further solidify the minivan as the maximum efficiency for the maximum space!

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Southwest

Navajo Shopping Center Transform Gallup Economy

West by

JB Tanner and the

by Ernie Bulow

photo by Erin Bulow

Navajo Shopping Center as it looked in the late fifties.

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n the mid fifties, the north end of Gamerco sported some run-down corrals and a barn and outbuilding, abandoned when the livestock sale house there went under. The Gamerco Coal Company was willing to lease the place at a bargain price. In 1957, JB, who already had plenty of trading post experience and spoke fluent Navajo, had the idea to try something entirely new: a Navajo cash business.

Of course there were still plenty of trading posts where the Navajos could pawn, and trade their sheep, wool and blankets for “hard goods” and food, but business was done almost entirely on the barter system. Before World War II there had been almost no cash money on the reservation and silver coins were instantly turned into jewelry.

JB, the eldest of Ruel Lehi Tanner’s seven boys and a girl, had been born prematurely in Phoenix and his mother said later, “He would fit in a shoe box. We fed him with an eye-dropper.” When Chunky Tanner first laid eyes on his firstborn he is reported to have said, “Damn, I was going to call him Joseph Baldwin, after grandpa. He’ll never be big enough to carry a name like that; we’ll just call him JB.

And that was his given name; two letters, no periods, just JB. He grew up in what his mother recalls was the “grandest house in Kirtland.” He didn’t much care for class work and when he got kicked out of high school for drinking, his dad said it was time for him to make his own way. He hitchhiked to Gallup. He ran the remote Steamboat post on his own for a few years, then joined the air force. After the War he spent a short while in Las Vegas.

He soon made the obligatory trek to Aneth, Utah, which was owned at the time by his dad and Uncle Ralph, the handwalker.

Nobody seemed to stick it out very long at Aneth, which was probably one reason the local Navajos called it the Devil’s Place – Dabii Chindi. He stuck it out for three years and then, with brothers Don and Bob, he bought the trading post at Ganado from Art Lee. They also had another remote post at Nazlini. Ganado was one of the locations for mother Stella’s restaurant. The boys were forced into bankruptcy and Griswold got Nazlini and Art Lee got

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his now-refurbished Ganado post back.

Their maternal uncle Bill McGee sent the boys out to Pinon, another hardship post in the middle of nowhere in those days. It was there that JB bought the biggest rug of his career. Nobody remembers just how big it was, but it must have been a monster. It took the weaver two weeks to trade it out.

The practice at the time was for a Navajo to bring in, say, a bracelet to sell. When they settled on a price the amount was written on a paper sack.

Then the person began trading, reducing the amount by a single item at each transaction. The traders had plenty of time on their hands and that was how it was done.

It took two weeks to complete the transaction on the rug and JB flirted some with the weaver. Of course all the locals knew that he came from “The Devil’s Place,” so she called him Nahadani (ladies’ man) from the Devil’s Place. That nickname stuck.

When JB got the idea for a new kind of store in Gamerco, brothers Ellis and Ricky were still in school. The other members of the family, including Joe and mother Stella all bought in. D. J. Elkins was the only outsider and he owned ten percent of the operation. The next few years were frenzied, to say the least.

The boys remodeled the barn and built their own shelves and displays.

The customers could walk the aisles and pick out what they wanted. There was no longer a “bull pen” -type counter separating them from the goods. They paid cash.

The cash usually came into their hands in a different part of the store.

Out back, for example, young Ellis worked with the livestock. Like today, there was pretty much a going price for a lamb, a fat ewe, a yearling steer or a saddle-broke horse that was sound. The Navajo got cash on the spot.

Don was in charge of the groceries, Bob took care of the pawn, Joe bought the arts and crafts and Stella had her restaurant in a different building.

Virgie Chavez got her start in the restaurant business when she took over Stella’s operation.

It was the first and only place a Navajo could do all of his shopping, even up to a new car.

Grandpa J. B. Tanner, as already recorded, had business dealings all over four states and he never got involved with Navajo Shopping Center. In fact, he passed away soon after the store opened.

It was pretty much an instant success. If there was a fly in the ointment, it was that the operation grew too fast, involved too many people, and sucked up a fabulous amount of cash. Cash was the whole premise of the place. It was the first and only place a Navajo could do all of his shopping, even up to a new car, at the same place and all in cash money.

Charlie Williams (with his GM line) and Clair Gurley (with his Fords) even had a presence out in Gamerco. At one point, besides the partners, the shopping center had fifty employees, not counting some side deals.

Ed Lee Natay, the first Navajo to cut an album of Native songs, and the first album issued by the specialty company Canyon Records, was a prominent citizen of Gallup in those days. He started the original “Navajo Hour” on KGAK. JB would join him in the studio and, speaking fluent Navajo, tell the people why they should come shop at Navajo Shopping Center.

It worked so well he spun off his own version of the Navajo Hour and brought in a Navajo named Robert E. Lee. Robert’s wife, Mary E. Lee was a famous weaver of the era. JB had known Robert from his days at Pinon, Low Mountain and that area. Lee had been their main stockman. Robert E. Lee and JB had their radio show for some time. Years later JB teamed up with the Navajo singer, artist, rodeo star and bullfighter, “Bronco” Martinez. His Sunday show was widely popular on the Navajo reservation.

Sheep came in by the truckload every day and were penned out back.

Navajo ladies from all over the reservation, dressed in their velveteen blouses and layered calico skirts, with all their jewelry on, of course, would catch the sheep in a runway out back, cut their throats and butcher them on the spot. As payment, they got to keep the head, the blood and all the innards.

Each woman butchered one or two animals as they needed and then turned over her space to the next lady. They had some cold storage in the store, but as Joe says, “They were going out the front door as fast as they came in the back.” Eventually they had to start buying back the small intestine – achee – and the liver because there was a demand for both in the butcher shop.

B & B Mercantile, Bolacca and Bernaby, supplied the wholesale groceries and took their pay in flour, another Tanner enterprise. B & B had taken the place of Cotton and Progressive Mercantile in the wholesale market. For a while the store received certain commodities, like coffee, by the train-car load.

Bernie Vanderwagen had his own ranch, plus some leased land and he took most of the sheep to fatten up for resale. One year more than fifty thousand lambs passed through Navajo Shopping Center. D. J. Elkins, one of the partners, took care of most of the cattle and other livestock. The Elkins clan had ranch land over towards Grants.

Transactions were pretty routine and understood by all parties. A weaver would bring in a rug and put it on the counter. Joe would evaluate the rug, place cash on the counter next to it. The woman would count the money and then choose. She could take the bills, or pick up the rug and take her chances somewhere else.

At the time Joe said that the Kirk family was taking all the saddle blankets and less expensive rugs and Gil Maxwell (who wrote the book on buying Navajo weaving) would take all the high-end stuff.

Some colorful characters were involved in the short life of Tanners’ Navajo Shopping Center. A man they knew well, and who spoke fluent Navajo, came in and asked them for a job one day. Phillip “Hooch” Lee was well-known in those days and his nickname wasn’t an accident. He had been working for three years at the trading post at Red Mesa, another out-of-the-way spot. “In the last three years,” he said, “I’ve used up three wives and four cars and I reckon it’s time to get back to civilization.”

Another little known piece of Gallup history was the car dealer Charlie Williams’s experiment with hydroponic gardening. In his greenhouse he could

JB Tanner with Navajo Customers.

Don, JB, and Bob behind the counter at Navajo Shopping Center. Notice the CASH signs on the wall above.

JB at the old Aneth Trading Post.

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Don’t Judge a Rock by its Color While there is no Wingate Sandstone in the cliffs north of I-40, it appears prominently in Colorado National Monument. (Photo by Gernot Keller)

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ome minerals appear in a variety of colors. Fluorite, for example, may be purple, green, yellow, or transparent. Small impurities in usually clear quartz crystals can produce amethyst [purple] or citrine [yellow to brown]. Quartz in the form of agate may be any color you can name.

Rock formations extending miles across the terrain also sometimes change their colors, usually subtly but sometimes abruptly. Think about the White Cliffs just east of Gallup.

There the usually pink Morrison Formation sandstone is white just east of where it bends into the hogback. Something similar happens with the Navajo Sandstone, which is red in some places, near-white in most others.

Some rocks are so similar in color to others that the casual viewer may become confused between them. Sheer cliffs of massive red sandstone are iconic to the Four Corners.

Tourists come to the region, somewhere they learn about the Wingate Sandstone, and then they think they see it everywhere. Wingate Sandstone is pretty common west and north of the Defiance Plateau and Chuska Mountains, but we have other massive red sandstones here, as well. Sometimes even geologists become confused. The cliffs at Lupton, Arizona still confound them. They can’t agree on exactly what formations are present there, although none of them believes any of those rocks are Wingate. A tourist with a smidgen of knowledge might think otherwise, because he knows that Wingate is red and the cliffs at Lupton are certainly red.

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The red sandstone that forms Monument Valley is DeChelly Sandstone, the same that forms Canyon de Chelly.

What could be a better place to see Wingate Sandstone than near Fort Wingate, where it was named in 1884? Unfortunately, there is no Wingate in the red cliffs north of I-40. I’ve told the story before [GJ: July 2006] but here it is again in a short version.

Clarence Dutton named the sandstone for Fort Wingate in 1884. In the early part of the twentieth century the US Geological Survey named a formation in Utah the Entrada.

Later, geological mapping showed that the Entrada and Wingate were the same. Rather than continue the first name, the USGS kept Entrada. However, there was another massive sandstone, once considered to be a member of the Wingate, that was allowed to keep the original name.

As presently defined, the Wingate Sandstone formed as sand dunes in an area west and north of the modern-day Chuska Mountains. The massive cliffs that provide a backdrop for the small community of Lukachukai, Arizona are the Wingate Formation. The dune field extended north beyond Moab, Utah and Grand Junction, Colorado, where it appears prominently in Colorado National Monument. It is also seen in southeast Utah’s Comb Ridge and Canyonlands National Park.

Geologists have debated for a long time where the Wingate Sandstone fits into the geologic time stream. Some consider it to be the upper member of the Triassic Chinle Formation. Others see it as the first deposit of the Jurassic Period. I think that more geologists now see it as beginning in the Triassic and crossing the boundary into the Jurassic, so it is roughly 206 million years old. The time scheme was devised by humans,

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and, after all, the world doesn’t stop while we turn the page on our geologic calendar.

The Entrada Sandstone in the red cliffs east of Gallup is younger than the Wingate, but still Jurassic in age [180-140 million years ago]. Part of what confuses the observer is that the Wingate always sits atop the Chinle Formation, but in some places it is absent and the Entrada occupies that space. In New Mexico the Entrada dune field covered about the northern half of the state, extending east to the Oklahoma Panhandle. It also covered much of Wyoming, Colorado and southeastern Utah.

Parts of the Entrada were deposited in water and are silty rather than hard sandstone. The silty strata tend to weather into hoodoos, as seen in Goblin Valley, Utah or the Baby Rocks east of Kayenta, Arizona. Entrada Sandstone also is found in the fins and arches at Arches National Park A place that often confuses tourists is Monument Valley. The spires, buttes and mesas there, with sheer cliffs of red sandstone seem to meet the definition of Wingate Sandstone. But is it? No. It’s DeChelly Sandstone, the same stuff that forms the walls of Canyon de Chelly. The DeChelly Sandstone formed in the Permian Period about 275 million years ago. During that time North America was locked into the supercontinent of Pangea. Mountains of the Uncompagre Uplift were shedding sediment to form the red beds so widely exposed over the Four Corners. Dune fields east of what was then the western coast extended from the Southwest to Montana. The DeChelly continues into New Mexico, where it is called the Meseta Blanca member of the Yeso Formation. Like some of the other sandstones in the region, it changes color in places and appears white in some exposures in Colorado. In Monument Valley the stately blocks of DeChelly sandstone sit on bases of Organ Rock Shale, which appears too crumbly to support them.

One of my favorite scenic drives in our area is on Navajo 12 north of Window Rock to Bluff, Utah. Between the communities of Round Rock and Rock Point there is an area that my wife has dubbed “the mini Monument Valley.” As the road climbs past a road cut in Chinle mudstones, Round Rock and Little Round Rock are seen to the north. Los Gigantes Buttes can be seen to the northeast. While the scene may mimic what you see in Monument Valley -- massive sandstone “edifices” sitting on crumbly looking bases -- these buttes are composed of the Rock Point Member of upper Triassic Chinle Formation at the base, capped by cliffs of Wingate Sandstone.

To summarize, the three major red, cliff-forming sandstones in the Four Corners are: [1] the DeChelly, [2] the Wingate and [3] the Entrada. They are often confused. But there are others, though not as red and not so likely to be confused with one another. The Zuni Sandstone is one. Another, the Navajo Sandstone, preserves a record of one of the largest deserts in the geologic record [150,000 square kilometers by one estimate]. During the Jurassic when the Navajo was deposited, dunes more than sixty feet high roamed the land. Today we are living atop a huge sand pile that accumulated while this region was an inhospitable desert those many times in the ancient past. Considering the geological record makes our recent drought seem rather insignificant.

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Cory Dickason Youth Services Librarian

Q. What got you interested in applying for the Youth Services Librarian job for the City of Gallup?

A. My biggest passion in terms of children and young adult librarianship is bringing literacy to underserved populations – not just text literacy but also technology literacy, which I think is as important in the 21st century. I thought that Gallup would provide a good place to do that and I have also always wanted to live in New Mexico, so it seemed like a really good fit.

Q. What do you enjoy most about your job?

A. I love kid interaction; it’s my favorite thing. Yesterday a kid came in who didn’t have a library card but he had just read the first Madeleine L’Engle book, a Wrinkle in Time, and he really wanted the second one. So he sat there for a couple of hours reading it.

Q. What is the biggest challenge of your job?

A. I think just not having enough time to put in all of the program ideas and all of the community outreach ideas I want to get done. I have so many ideas and I can’t do them all at once.

Q. What is your number one priority with your job?

A. My number one priority is to make sure that the programming and services that we are offering are what the community needs and wants and that the community knows what programs and services we offer.

Q. What do you see Gallup’s highest potential as being?

A. I have only been here for a month and there is so much going on in Gallup that I am really excited to find out about. But there are a lot of voices in Gallup that are not heard on the national stage very often and I think that given a voice, the experiences of the Gallup community members could be really eye-opening for the rest of the country.

Q. What do you enjoy doing in your off time?

A. I read and knit, but, at the moment, I am planning a wedding with most of my off time.

Q. What is your favorite book?

A. Red Sky at Morning by Richard Bradford. It is set in a fictional little town in New Mexico, up in the mountains. And there is a kid who moves from Mobile, Alabama, in the middle of the Second World War. It is just a perfect time capsule – a little vignette of one kid coming of age. It is perfectly put together so that at the end you feel like you know that kid and his experience perfectly.

Q. If you could trade places with one famous person, who would it be, and why?

A. I really am fond of my life. (laughs) You know maybe Idina Menzel. She’s a Broadway actress. I am tone deaf and it would be really nice to know what it was like to have an entirely different skill set than my own.

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A Family-Oriented series of events designed to give families a chance to exercise and develop fitness habits in a fun, non-competitive atmosphere. The events are recreational and not competitive; participation will be rewarded and not results. Each event will be low cost and include healthy post-event fruit and snacks.

This year the Gallup Triathlon is allowing the Gallup Family Fitness Series to offer a non-competitive option to the event.

Individuals can participate in one, two, three or all four events. Individuals, families, and teams are welcome.

Registration will take place at the Aquatic Center on Saturday, July 30th, from 7:30am-8:00am.

The cost is $5 per person or $10 per family (up to four).

Registration fee includes participation in all remaining events listed below along with a Free t-shirt and snacks at the finish.

Participants in the GFFS will start the swim after the last Tri participant @ approx. 8:30am. Bikers will be allowed to leave the Staging Area between 8:30am-8:45am. Runners will be allowed to leave the staging area between 8:45am-9:15am.

For information, see the story in this very magazine or call Jenny at 862-1865.

The Gallup Triathlon is the first event of the 2011 Gallup Family Fitness Series!

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mature wheat in a matter of weeks, rather than months. A government man, Jerry Crow, had the unenviable job of stock reduction on the reservation and he happened to mention to the Tanners one day that he had twenty-two hundred kids to dispose of, and nobody wanted to buy a baby goat.

Joe asked Charlie Williams if his hydroponic garden would grow enough greens to fatten up two thousand kids. Charlie answered he could do it. Joe went back and asked Jerry if he’d take a thousand for the lot. When the animals were ready for market the Tanners split them with Williams.

Bank credit hit the limit at a certain point and, though the Market was doing well and the basic idea had proven successful, the Tanners had to sell out to the Elkinses. “We had made Navajo Shopping Center a destination,” Joe recalls. “The Navajos would come into town just to visit the place. At night there would be campfires all around the north end of Gamerco.”

In the late fifties a lot of Navajos and Zunis didn’t bother to file their income taxes. Some didn’t know how and some didn’t have any idea how much they had coming. On short-term, high paying jobs like the railroad, the taxes were computed on the weekly check.

At the end of the year they were owed most of it back.

The system that JB came up with gave them money to spend, and Gallup was where they spent it. Art’s son Lynn and Joe were in charge of the tax business. The idea spread, but currently Ellis and T & R are the big boys, doing more than thirty thousand returns a year. As brother Joe says, “JB was a warehouse of ideas.”

By the time most Navajos had transportation and the old trading posts had been put out of business on the reservation, the Tanners had already established Gallup as the border town of choice.

All the Tanner boys went their separate ways, still in the Indian trading business. JB eventually located north of Gallup at Ya Ta Hay. He developed the water there, another Tanner habit, and promoted himself inventively, even having his own brand of flour. At different times he had three stores in Santa Fe, including Candelario’s old “Original Trading Post” on San Francisco St. In the early seventies it was rumored that every man, woman and child in the Twin Lakes, Mexican Springs, Coyote Spring area worked for him doing what was called piecework. It worked like an assembly line. A family would be issued enough stone and silver to make one hundred rings of the same design.

One would cut and shape bezel around the stone, the next would fabricate leaves or flowers or balls, the next would solder on the ring shank the one after that file the piece down, and the beginners would learn to buff without dropping the piece or burning their fingers.

One innovation JB imported was a stamping mill that would shape and decorate a concho in a single operation. He had several different stamps with different designs. One person would position the silver blank, the other would trip the hydraulic hammer and mash out a concho that just needed a ring soldered to the back and buffing up.

Once JB and his assistant got their timing off and JB hit the button too soon, completely smashing one of the man’s fingers.

As he was telling the story later, one listener asked in horror, “The whole finger?” to which the fellow replied, “No, the one next to it.”

Once considered junk, those concho belts are collectors’ items today. And when JB passed recently the whole Indian jewelry business was saddened. In so many ways he had carried on the good will established by the grandfather whose name he wasn’t considered big enough to carry.

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Friday, July 01, 2011 Show: 7 pm Evening Movie: Golden Globe Winner Barney’s Version Rated: *R, 134 Minutes Starring: Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, Scott Speedman Admission: Adults: $5.00 Children 12 & under: $3.00

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Barney Panofsky is a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. There is his first wife, Clara, a flame-haired, flagrantly unfaithful free spirit with whom Barney briefly lives “la vie de Boheme” in Rome. The “Second Mrs. P.,” is a wealthy Jewish Princess who shops and talks incessantly, barely noticing that Barney is not listening. And it is at their lavish wedding that Barney meets, and starts pursuing, his third wife, the mother of his two children, and his true love. With his father, Izzy as his sidekick, Barney takes us through the many highs, and a few too many lows, of his long and colorful life.

Saturday, July 02, 2011 No Kids Matinee HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! Saturday, July 09, 2011 Show: 1 pm Kids Matinee Movie: Free Willy Rated: PG, 115 Minutes Voice Talents: Jason James Richter, Lori Petty, Michael Madsen Admission: Adults: $2.00 Children 12 & under: FREE Jesse (Jason James Richter), a troubled twelve-year-old, befriends Willy, an orca whale recently captured by the seaquarium.

When the owner of the seaquarium plots to kill Willy for the insurance money, Jesse risks his life to FREE WILLY in this touching family adventure.

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ordinary family pet, while facing a major identity crisis. When Rango accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt...until, in a blaze of action-packed situations and encounters with outrageous characters, Rango starts to become the hero he once only pretended to be.

Saturday, July 16, 2011 Show: 6pm Juggernaut Music Presents: ALIEN ANT FARM in the ANTicipation Tour 2011 With special guests: ME Talk PRETTY, Sleep Tastes Pretty, Death By A Bullet and The Bear Paws Advanced Tickets: $17.00/person At The Door: $20.00/person Tickets On Sale At; The Juggernaut (505) 726-8104 and The El Morro Theatre (505) 726-0050 Saturday, July 23, 2011 No Kids Matinee Saturday Evening, July 30, 2011 Show: 7:00 pm Beeman Jewelry Designs Presents: The Kantorski-Pope Piano Duo

Admission: $15/person

TICKETS ON SALE AT: Beeman Jewelry Designs (505) 726-9100 and El Morro Theater (505) 726-0050 The highly acclaimed Kantorski-Pope Piano Duo will appear in concert at the El Morro Theatre in Gallup, NM Saturday evening, July 30, 2011. Program selections for the concert will range in musical style from classical to ragtime and pop, and may even include a zoological fantasy with Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!

Saturday, July 16, 2011 Show: 1 pm Kids Matinee Movie: Rango Rated: PG, 107 Minutes Voice Talents: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Timothy Olyphant Admission: Adults: $2.00 Children 12 & under: FREE

The piano duo is a three-time winner of the Graves Duo-Piano Competition, and has been awarded the Virginia E. Schrader Residency in the Performing Arts. The ensemble has appeared on the Public Television and Radio, and has earned stellar reviews for their CD recordings of the Brahms Hungarian Dances.

This animated comedy-adventure follows the comical, transformative journey of Rango, a sheltered chameleon living as an

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The Lost Decade(s)

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et me tell you a story. This is about a country with a once great economy that began to decline. They were once the envy of the world but they had an “asset bubble,” meaning the assets they were using to grow were overvalued. The liquidity of the system made it easier for banks to lend without caring about the quality of the credit and there was a lending bubble. This bubble burst and the economy began to struggle. To keep things going, massive amounts of money was poured into the economy by the government, claiming that there were important companies “too big to fail.” To insure depositors, the banks were propped up by the government. The government also decided to make sure that there was a stimulus in the economy with government spending. A budget surplus quickly became a deficit and government debt soon reached 100% of GDP – meaning the government borrowed as much money as was in the entire economy.

At first blush, you might be thinking I just told you the story of the American economy starting the late 2000s.

The story is very similar; however, it is really the story of the Japanese economy of the early 1990s. They call the 90s the lost decade because they were never able to rebound to the former starting points of the economic downturn. Things started to look up in 2001, but it fell again in the 2000s and so the lost decade has become the lost DECADES. What are our lessons? There are many and I encourage you to research and get your own lessons, but these are some of the standouts for me.

1. Not all recessions are the same. Some last longer.

Allowing the markets to correct problems, while sometimes painful, actually might allow for a quicker and more healthy recovery. We did soften the blow in our country by some of our policies in the short term, but that very well could be at the expense of our long-term economic health.

2. There are a lot of tools to use in combating the

financial problems in an economy, but some tools are better than others.

3. When you fail to learn from history, you must repeat it.

There is a great set of articles that was given to me, recently published by Time Magazine, that directly attacks many of the myths that are out there with regards to the recovery we are all hoping for. I will not rehash all of the points, but there are some good ones. If you care to look for it, you can see it in the June 20, 2011 Time Magazine written by Rana Foroohar.

In my mind, it comes down to one primary driver: housing. Housing inventories are way too high and until this stabilizes, there will be no real recovery. This is nationally, of course, but also can be a problem in a city like ours.

Final question to ask ourselves is whether or not we are going to get things going in the right direction when we can’t get elephants and donkeys to talk to each other, especially with an important election coming up. Nobody wants the other side to get credit for the good things and wants to blame the bad on someone else, so not much gets done. But the longer we wait, the longer people are unemployed, etc.

It is time to start worrying about what is right instead of who is right. Start worrying about good things happening instead of where the credit is given.

So to bring it local, where do we start? It is time for Gallup to become serious about economic development that is not solely dependent upon government, grants and cash infusions. We need jobs just like everyone else. We need a workforce that can fill those jobs if they do come.

Will we be part of the solution or will we have our own lost decades?

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ummer is upon us and while people gather out of doors to enjoy the warmth, the food, and the activities of the season, we find we are not the only creatures out and about. Though we enjoy the sound of crickets through our open windows at night, finding the insects in our houses is not a welcome encounter. And while we love to grow our own vegetable and flower gardens, they attract visitors that we don’t always look kindly upon. Possibly the most misunderstood of summer’s fauna are honeybees, busy and buzzing. Often perceived as a nuisance insect, honeybees do far more for human life than we realize.

There are some 20,000 species of bees, but only seven that are considered honeybees.

As the name suggests, they are distinguished by the production and storage of honey.

Buzzing among flowering plants and trees, female worker bees gather nectar, which is both consumed and used for honey, and pollen, which is also a food source. Especially when these fresh food sources are scarce or in cold weather, honeybees consume the honey that they’ve produced and stored.

Humans have a long history of harvesting excess honey from hives for consumption.

In its lifetime, the average worker bee makes only 1/12 teaspoon of honey. Now consider that according to USDA’s Economic Research Service, total U.S. honey consumption reached 410 million pounds in 2010. While we enjoy eating and cooking with this delicious natural sweetener, we could probably live without it.

However, we are dependent on honeybees to pollinate around 80% of insect-pollinated crops, which equates to about one-third of the total human diet. Put simply, human life could not survive without honeybees.

The importance of honeybees to our wellbeing is clear, but what is not understood is the fact that bee colonies, both domesticated and wild, are beginning to disappear throughout some parts of the world. Beginning in 2006 in North America, some beekeepers began noticing significant losses among their hives beyond the normal seasonal decreases in population. Many in the field have been trying to discover the causes and develop a response to what is being referred to as “Colony Collapse Disorder.” With nothing known for certain, it is thought that CCD is the result of a combination of factors including disease spread by mites and other parasites, pesticides, and environmental stresses related to overall bee health.

At this point, the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service is recommending that beekeepers use best management practices to improve overall honeybee health. To the general public, they discourage indiscriminate use of pesticides and promote the planting of good nectar sources, like clover and alfalfa, to support a healthy honeybee food supply.

In recent years, a handful of local citizens have taken the plunge into apiculture – beekeeping. For a number of reasons, not limited to honey and pollination, individuals find keeping honeybees a fulfilling hobby.

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Admittedly, at first, Gallup resident Amy Halliday was interested in the honey. After all, beyond use in food (not for infants under the age of one!), the substance has been used historically for medicinal purposes and is known to have antiseptic and

Put simply, human life could not survive without honeybees.

Amy Halliday observing a new hive. antibacterial qualities. There are also studies that suggest that consuming local honey can alleviate allergies. Starting her third summer as a beekeeper, Amy has learned a lot about managing a hive. For her it’s about trying to find a balance between hyperinvolvement and a hands-off approach. “Neither extreme works,” she reports from experience.

Honeybees have an incredibly complex social structure. Colonies grow quickly in the summer months and may increase to the tens of thousands in population. The majority of the hive is made up of sterile, female worker bees that collect nectar and pollen outside of the hive and prepare the comb for brood (young bees) and food storage inside. Each colony has only one queen whose job is to make more bees. She is slightly larger than the other bees and can lay approximately 1000 eggs per day.

There are also a few hundred male drones in each colony whose sole purpose is to mate with a queen.

Expert beekeeper, Les Crowder, who offered a workshop in town last month, describes the hive as a brain. It’s fascinating to observe. Each bee knows, intuitively and through communicating with one another, where to go and what to do. Even still, a beekeeper has a role. While disturbing the hive as little as possible, a beekeeper must maintain a food source, check for signs of illness or parasites, and observe the hive to be sure the queen is doing her job. If a hive remains in good health, it will produce an excess of honey. Last fall Amy harvested 4 gallons of honey from one of her hives.

As an avid gardener and working extensively with Gallup’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), Tom Kaczmarek was interested in honeybees as pollinators. He recalled hearing that in a year a human can pollinate 30,000 trees; a single bee can pollinate 1 million in the same time. After hearing that, he couldn’t get the idea of beekeeping out of his head. His hive arrived in the mail (yes, really!) in May. He and his family have become captivated with the bees, since then. “Gosh, it’s just beautiful,” he remarks.

In some ways, this is an experimental season for both Halliday and Kaczmarek. A completely new experience for Tom, and Amy has invested in more hives. There are a lot of questions that only time will answer: Will the queens produce brood? Will surrounding plant life be impacted?

Will there be excess honey to harvest? Will the hives survive the winter?

And if it doesn’t work? Both beekeepers say unequivocally that they’ll continue, regardless of success. It’s all about the process, about participating in the experience. The bees seem to have it right – busy and buzzing through life, it’s all about making something sweet.

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I- 40 Icons INTERSTATE

Instead of Billboards

Aerial view of I-40 cutting through hogback. Southern slope of hogback is owned by the State of New Mexico. Section 13, Township 15 North, Range 18W.

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Artist’s rendering of icons along I-40 and Hogback.

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ow that Gallup has officially claimed the title of “Adventure Capital of New Mexico,” I’d like to offer a possible way to visually broadcast that reality.

While this is certainly not my own original idea (few ever are, including last month’s “Dam Redemption” article), I think it is a great one. The concept is simple: manufacture large metal icons of a mountain biker, ATV, rock climber, hiker, etc., and place them on the hogback where I-40 intersects. Design them so that it looks like they are active on the rock (riding down or up the slope). From a distance the motorist will see a silhouette and probably inquisitively ask, “What is that?”

As they get closer, the question will be answered and a strong suggestion that there must be quite a bit of outdoor recreation here will be made clear.

Besides something like this just being plain cool, the metal sculpture would also, from a design sense, fit in with the existing steel animals that currently monitor the City’s own High Desert Trail System. Those were built by Bill Siebersma, a long-time Gallup biker and President of the Gallup Trails 2010 organization.

Additionally the metal icons would make long-term economic sense. The city already spends money on billboards to promote outdoor recreation to I-40 travelers. But billboards are a recurring expense of around $1000 to print artwork and then a never-ending $300-$400 a month. The icons would be a one time manufacturing and installation expense that should have decades of effective use.

The catch, of course, is the problem of who actually owns the hogback land where I-40 intersects. On the north side it is a private owner, on the south side it is the State of New Mexico.

Would either entity be willing to donate this, otherwise profit-less, inside slope of the dynamited hogback to the City? Hard to say.

Regardless, Gallup’s outdoor recreation scene has the potential to expand “larger than life,” so I figure why not move towards some marketing in the same spirit?

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ummer is a time for travel, and, for many, Gallup is a destination. While tourists make their way to our corner of the Southwest to take in the rich cultures and breathtaking landscapes, many come to our area for a different reason. Literally hundreds of individuals from across the country, through charitable organizations, universities, and churches, spend part of their summer vacation here each year.

They donate time, energy, and skills in order to improve living situations for people in need. Through tremendous gestures of goodwill, many living in the Gallup area and on nearby reservations will experience a better life. This is just one example of the many groups that are working in Gallup this summer.

Summer for middle school, high school, and college students typically means time to relax and spend time with friends. For 215 students in Gallup last month, that was not the case. These students traded in a week of their summer break in order to serve those around them. In fact, they paid, on average, $250, to sleep on air mattresses in

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Gallup is special; that’s no secret. It’s unlike any other place I know, but in its quirkiness I find a community in which I love to live, work, and raise a family.

What is it that’s so unique? What is it that makes Gallup Gallup? What does our town have that makes me smile, shake my head, and say, “That’s so Gallup.”?

We’re asking for you, our readers, to answer these questions! Submissions can be in the form of photos with captions or written anecdotes that illustrate some point about life in Gallup. Email to gallupjourney@yahoo.com or send to 202 E. Hill Ave. Please keep it positive!

a local school and work on a roof, paint a home, build a handicap ramp, and complete other projects.

During the last week in June, Gallup hosted World Changers for the sixth year. Eighteen crews worked on a variety of different projects, some private homes within the city limit, some on the Reservation, still others on city property.

World Changers is an initiative of the North American Mission Board that seeks to provide students and adults a venue in which to live out the faith they have in a loving God. This summer alone, 20,000 World Changers participants will work in 85 different cities in Alaska, Puerto Rico, New York, California, and more.

Students who were part of the week in Gallup cite their love for Jesus Christ as the motivation for serving. “Because Christ loved me, I feel like I should love others the same way. [World Changers] is a way I can do just that,” one student said.

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hirty days ago, my daughter and her father were repairing her bike’s flat tire when she decided that she wanted the training wheels removed. When I asked her why, she said that she was tired of still having them on; she thought that she would be able to ride faster without them.

So, twenty-nine days ago, she practiced riding around the neighborhood.

She grew increasingly frustrated by her lack of balance, but refused to quit.

After about an hour of trying, she declared that she was tired and that she wanted to “try again tomorrow.”

Twenty-eight days ago, she woke up early with the sole intention of riding her bike. She and I walked out to our practice area, and I walked alongside her (she being already astride the bicycle), giving encouragement to her.

After wobbling through several attempts, we decided that I would sit on the curb and bear silent witness, clapping only with the completion of an entire balanced lap.

As soon as the immediate ‘spotlight’ was no longer on her performance, she entered an entirely focused state of mind. After about thirty minutes, she was riding like a champion. Even her brother’s loud chattering from our nearby backyard only briefly distracted her from her goal. After about a total of an hour and fifteen minutes, she had accomplished her goal to her satisfaction, and we went home to a well-deserved water break, and then dinner.

Since then, all she’d been able to think about was riding her bicycle, and we all encouraged her as much as possible.

But, like all new obsessions, ardor’s flame lowered until her brand new skill became just one more thing that she does well.

On to the next thing . . .

Since getting her laptop computer for her eighth birthday, my daughter (and, indeed, all three of our children) had become very enthusiastic chess players. Over and over, her computer chess program had endured – and survived – numerous attempts at being conquered.

In between the on-screen games, their father introduced the physical

equivalent by bringing out his antique inlaid chessboard and hand-carved pieces.

So, the children learned long-range strategy and theory.

They began to speak the language of the immersed.

Questions were asked using chess terms, and they noticed how often chess was referred to in real life. Their father gave up making other plans when a chess tournament was in the offing. They became quite accomplished, and like all accomplishments, the novelty soon faded.

On to the next thing . . .

For some unexplained reason, all three children became enthralled with matching games. Luckily, we just happened to have one. And so, friendly games became launching pads for competitive rivalries. Who would get the most matched pairs of cards in the shortest amount of time? Certainly not their parents. When we settled down for a game involving our whole family of five, Mommy and Daddy invariably went down in defeat. Game after game, the competition heated up and concentration was honed to a laser focus; they wanted to win.

So far, the interest is still on the matching game. But, it won’t be long until something new comes along. I fact, I’m sure of it. Why, just the other day, we were all out in the backyard, building raised garden boxes for the seeds that had been germinating in our small indoor greenhouse.

Are we on to the next thing? Something tells me that we’re about to find out. And that’s not even really mentioning the hikes up nearby mountains, camping out under the beautiful stars, informal softball and soccer games in the backyard, and bringing our rosebushes back to life.

Ahh . . . summertime.

. . . ardor’s flame lowered until her brand new skill became just one more thing that she does well.

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Arts Crawl Saturday, July 9, 7-9 pm Foundations of Freedom, 115 W. Coal Ave. Capoeira Roda at 7:30pm with special guest - Contra Mestre George do Palmares!

ART123, 123 W. Coal Ave. Photography Group Show A photographic experience that will reveal some of the mysteries and secrets of photographers. There will be an interactive camera obscura experience and cuisine that gives creative energy. Music will enhance the viewing experience.

Coffee House, 203 W. Coal Ave. Art Show & Silent Auction From 6 to 9pm, fine art, jewelry, and handmade crafts, donated by local artists, will be auctioned to support Special Olympics Gallup athletes.

Athletes will also be selling their own arts & crafts! For more information, please contact Janie Lee Hall at 870-8707.

Beeman Jewelry Design, 211 W. Coal Ave. Open for business. Hand-made, one-of-a-kind, custom jewelry created by John Beeman using high quality gemstones, ancient beads, and unique findings from around the world.

Makeshift Gallery, 213 W. Coal Ave. Open for business, 5-9pm. Offering unique and affordable handmade gifts by 18 local artisans. There is always something new at Makeshift Gallery.

Second Street Gallery, 104 S. Second St. A special showing and sale of German, French and American full color art prints. Prices start at $5. Music will be provided by guitarist Greg Kelley. Refreshments will be served.

Angela’s Café, 201 East Highway 66 “Painting the Southwest” Local artist Chris Easley will exhibit his work during the month of July. Opening reception during Arts Crawl.

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hat comes to mind when you hear someone mention WIC? Some things that can come to mind are free infant formula, free food, excess government spending, or you might be thinking, “What in the world is WIC?”

In 1969, researchers discovered that poor nutrition and iron deficiency anemia were common among young children in America, making it a national problem. They found scientific evidence proving the vital importance of good nutrition in order for mothers to have positive pregnancy outcomes and lessen potential health problems for infants and small children. Based on the findings the Food Stamp Program expanded and created the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) which was the first to target pregnant women and children. During the 1970s, results of large-scale surveys, such as the Ten-State (National Nutrition) Survey and the HANES I (Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) study, showed that poor nutrition and health was a major problem particularly among minorities, adolescents, and low-income families. Among the many frequent health problems were: low protein intake in pregnant and breastfeeding women and severe malnutrition that caused irreversible mental retardation in children. Women who suffered from malnutrition during pregnancy were having lasting health and nutrition problems and delivering low-birth-weight babies with health problems.

In 1972, a pilot program offering foods for women, infants, and children was introduced by Senator Hubert Humphrey. In 1994, this program became known as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, nationally recognized simply as WIC. The purpose of WIC is to help improve participants’ health through better nutrition during critical times in growth and development.

The WIC program has been shown to be successful because it offers participants a variety of services, including: nutrition education, breastfeeding information and assistance, and referrals for health care, social services, and other assistance programs

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The WIC Program provides cost-effective ways to select nutritious foods and develop healthy eating habits for families long after they leave the program. The foods provided through WIC are very nutritious and contain essential vitamins as well as fiber and protein such as:

• Beans, peas, lentils & peanut butter

• Whole grain breads, rice, tortillas and cereals

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• Infant products such as formula, cereal and jar foods

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• Have a nutrition-related health risk It is unlawful for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to discriminate against any applicant or recipient of any program administered by USDA due to race, color, sex, age, religious creed, national origin, marital or family status, sexual orientation, disability or political beliefs. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs).

WIC has a reputation for just being the place to go for free food and infant formula. On the contrary, WIC promotes exclusive breastfeeding among participants and encourages internal and external environments that support exclusive breastfeeding. WIC provides extra incentives to support breastfeeding families such as increased food amounts, guidance, advocacy, resources, peer support and helpful materials such as breast pumps and accessories. Many people do not realize just how important good nutrition is. WIC provides classes and individual counseling free of charge to WIC participants covering a variety of topics such as healthy behavior change, cost effective grocery shopping, gestational diabetes, dental health, child development, exercise, and breastfeeding. WIC also participates in the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program. This program was started

WIC is considered one of the most successful federally-funded nutrition programs in the United States. in 1992 by Congress to provide fresh, locally-grown fruits and vegetables to WIC participants and raise awareness of farmers’ markets.

The results of studies conducted by the Food and Nutrition Service and non-government entities have proven that WIC is one of the nation’s most cost-effective nutrition intervention programs.

Despite budget cuts this year to the WIC program, which amounted to an estimated $504 million, the program is still effectively helping families. According to the National WIC Association (NWICA), each dollar spent on a pregnant woman in WIC produces $1.92 - $4.21 in Medicaid savings for each newborn and their mother. Economists estimate that the program has saved more than 200,000 babies from dying at birth. It costs an average of $748 per year per pregnant woman enrolled in WIC. The benefits far outweigh the costs as Medicaid saves between $12,000 and $15,000 for each very low-birth-weight (weighing less than 3lbs 5oz at birth) event prevented. Enrolling pregnant women in WIC reduces the incidence of very low-birth-weight babies by 44%.

WIC is considered one of the most successful federally funded nutrition programs in the United States.

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Locally, the New Mexico State WIC Program serves over 60,000 women and families. NM State WIC provides gestational diabetes screening and coordinates with the NM Breastfeeding Taskforce to provide Breastfeeding Peer Counselors. NM WIC leads the nation in both: babies who are exclusively breastfed in the first 3 months and enrollment of pregnant women in their first trimester. Separate WIC programs are also available throughout the state within Indian Tribal Organizations. For More Information call 1-866-867-3124 or visit http://www.nmwic.org. Now that you know more about the WIC program, what comes to your mind?

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In 1994, Ellis Tanner commissioned Navajo artist, Chester Kahn, to paint murals of prominent Navajos on the walls of his business, Ellis Tanner Trading Company. He wanted to inspire Navajo youth with positive role models while encouraging them to take pride in their culture, language, history, and traditions.

The seven-year mural project was completed in 2000 when Ellis established the non-profit organization, “Circle of Light.” The group’s objective is to foster a strong sense of cultural pride and self worth in Navajo youth and to continue their education, along with non-Navajos, about the rich history, culture, language, and positive contributions of the Navajo people. Please stop in to Ellis Tanner Trading Company and see the faces of Navajo achievement. Gallup Journey Magazine intends to feature a section of this mural every issue. For more information on the “Circle of Light” please call 505.726.8030 or go to www.navajocircleoflight.org.

Honoring the Veterans – This mural pays tribute to all Navajo veterans who have served in the US Armed Forces both during war as well as in peacetime – to those who returned and those who fell in combat. All branches of the service are represented: Marine Corps, Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard. The famed World War II Navajo Code Talkers, members of the United States Marine Corps, who developed and utilized the Navajo language in code, also are depicted. A rainbow spans above the veterans symbolizing protection. Above the rainbow on either side are spiritual leaders who also watch over and protect the veterans.

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Lit Crit Lite A look at some books available at your local public library

by Kris Pikaart

. . . filled with love and lots of sneak peeks into the world of medicine . . .

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am usually a read-at-night-after-the-kids-are-in-bed sort of person. But this book was so good that it had me saying things like, “Why don’t you go pour yourself a bowl of cereal for supper so that I can just read one more chapter.” I don’t suppose that poor parenting is a typical barometer of a book’s quality, but it sure does speak to its power to captivate.

Riveting and large, Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese, would be a fantastic summer read. Warning: you might find yourself forgetting to eat or sleep while reading it.

I was set up to like this book, because I had already admired the writing of Abraham Verghese. A physician and now instructor at Stanford Medical School, Verghese has written two other books over the past decade. His first book, My Own Country, is a heart-wrenching biographical account of treating patients at the very beginning of the AIDS epidemic. His second, The Tennis Partner, chronicles Verghese’s own dying marriage and his subsequent friendship with a medical student struggling with addiction.

Cutting for Stone is Verghese’s first novel. It is a hefty book spanning many decades and several continents. The story begins is Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at a little mission hospital called “Missing” (called this because the locals couldn’t pronounce Mission). The story centers around a set of twins born to a young nun, who works at the hospital as a nurse, and a mysterious surgeon who disappears immediately after the birth. She dies in childbirth, but the twins – Siamese twins, in fact, who are separated soon after birth – survive. They are called Marion and Shiva Stone by the young Indian doctors who raise and love the boys. Their childhood at Missing is filled with love and lots of sneak peeks into the world of medicine, with which they both become enamored. Their

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childhood also becomes complicated by the politics of Ethiopia at the time.

Although there are so many subplots – love affairs, surgeries, flashbacks, politics, wars, educations, family – the real story of this book is the relationship between these two brothers. Marion – from whose point of view the tale is told – is bright but sort of plodding in nature. Marion loves surgery and makes his way through school and med school and residencies. Shiva, graceful, silent, and brilliant in an almost Asperger-ish way, cannot abide school and takes to following his mother around in her OB clinic instead of going. Though totally unschooled in any formal way, he learns the art of performing surgeries on women with fistulas and becomes famous for it. The two brothers – who can think each other’s thoughts and spend each night sleeping with their heads touching – have a major falling out. Marion goes to the US to escape his brother’s betrayal, a dangerous political climate, and to do his surgical residency.

A tragedy brings the brothers back together after years of silence in a stunning, dramatic way. During this time, the otherwise absent and mythical Dr. Stone – the boys’ biological father – also comes back into the boys’ lives. Revealing any more would spoil the reading for you.

Verghese is clearly a fine surgeon – one does not teach at Stanford, if not. The book is steeped in the world of medicine with its precise descriptions of a surgery and landscapes of the anatomy. While that is interesting, what is most powerful is watching two people fall deeply in love with the art and passion of medicine.

Verghese himself grew up in Addis Ababa and is intimately familiar and at home in the culture, terrain, and political history of Ethiopia. If, like me, you know several local kids adopted from there, you will find the apt descriptions of

the culture and people of this region especially interesting.

These two reasons, in addition to having a plot that just bristles with interest, would make this a pretty good book. But it is truly great for another reason. A bit inconceivably, given what I just said about Verghese as a surgeon and historian, the story is written in the dreamy, mystical style of many Latin American writers, a la Gabriel García Márquez. A deep mysticism roots this book, underpinning the facts and precision of the medicine. The humans in the story are tied and connected so deeply that time and countries and even death don’t really interrupt their connectedness. Coincidental meetings between lovers and brothers and fathers don’t seem like an author’s parlor trick. Rather, they become part of the majestic trajectory of a human’s life story – free, but all of the time tied and bound by the places and family and loves surrounding it.

A word about the title. Cutting for Stone is a multivalent title – it tickles the brain the entire time you read the book. Of course, Stone is the last name of the twins – coming from the absent and mythical Dr. Stone. It also alludes to something of the action of these two boys toward each other. Abraham Verghese clarified his rationale for the title in an interview: “There is a line in the Hippocratic Oath that says: ‘I will not cut for stone, even for patients in whom the disease is manifest.’ It stems from the days when bladder stones were epidemic, a cause of great suffering, probably from bad water and who knows what else. […] There were itinerant stonecutters – lithologists – who could cut either into the bladder or the perineum and get the stone out, but because they cleaned the knife by wiping it on their blood-stiffened surgical aprons, patients usually died of infection the next day. Hence the proscription ‘Thou shall not cut for stone.’ […] It isn’t just that the main characters have the surname Stone; I was hoping the phrase would resonate for the reader just as it does for me, and that it would have several levels of meaning in the context of the narrative.”

wGive yourself the gift of a book to get lost in this summer and pick up Cutting for Stone. You might have to stick through some sections – it is so mammoth in scope that you sometimes feel like you are reading a Russian novel.

Even if you are home all summer, you will love the travel through India, Ethiopia, and Brooklyn. Happy reading!

For the Kiddos

Reviewed by Daya Choudhrie, Age 8 This book is about the times when your ears get tired of hearing the same noises of where you live. It names some places that are nice and quiet where you can just relax – for example a pond or the woods. The pictures are bright and pretty paintings. The pictures go with the words. For example, if the words say, “You can go to a lake and there will be fish there,” there is a picture of fish in the lake. I like this book because it calms me down and gives me good advice, for example, that you can go to your room and cool off when you need to. From reading this book I learned that if you are tired of something, you should just go away from it and calm down and then go back and see if you can fix the problem.

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ou are cordially invited to the Lexington Rehab Open House on Friday, July 22, 2011 from 11:30am to 1:00pm. A light lunch will be served, along with small group tours of construction areas, and a presentation of how the facility will be better able to serve homeless men and women.

We will also have a list of things we need for different spaces and what they will cost, along with some volunteer opportunities to complete the Lexington. Bring your checkbook, since we never do an event without providing an opportunity for people to give.

The Mother Road Bicycle Classic, formerly known as

the CARE 66 Gran Fondo, is scheduled for Saturday September 17. We will also have events for kids at the Courthouse Square.

Ride options are for approximately, 66, 40 and 20 miles. Start training now! Collect donations from your friends, co-workers and family so that you can earn a classy CARE 66 coffee mug. If you don’t think you can complete the entire distance of the ride you would like to do, you can do it as a team.

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Musicians’ Reunion is Gallup’s Entertainment

by H. Haveman

Kantorski-Pope Piano Duo El Morro Theater • Saturday, July 30 • 7pm

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umans are social creatures and no matter how much we like to “go it alone,” it’s not hard to admit that most results are better when we work together, most brilliant ideas are the consequence of collaboration, most activities are more fun when enjoyed in the company of friends. Music, for example, is possible to play alone, but is usually better with more than one musician. Add another voice and there’s the potential for harmony; add another instrument and the song sounds fuller and richer.

Hungarian Dances are some of Johannes Brahms’s best-known compositions.

They are 21 relatively short pieces, varying in length from around one to four minutes. These lively, gypsy dances did not just occur to this German-born composer by chance. At age 18, before he had really made a name for himself, he met the renowned Hungarian violinist, Eduard (Hoffmann) Reményi, and accompanied his vibrant and passionate playing on piano during a concert tour in 1853. Several years later, Brahms composed Hungarian Dances, which gained immediate popularity with the public. Undoubtedly, Brahms was strongly influenced by his exposure to traditional Hungarian song and style.

Now, nearly 150 years after Brahms composed the original music, arrangements can be found to accommodate nearly every combination of instrumentation.

However, the first ten dances were originally written for piano four hands (two pianists playing one piano). Valrie Kantorski and Ann Pope, of the KantorskiPope Piano Duo, have recently released their own rendition of Brahms’s 21 Hungarian Dances, played with the original four-hand technique.

Of the recording, reviews mention the duo’s engaging and passionate style, their impeccable ensemble and delightful tempo. Styra Avins, author of Johannes Brahms: Life and Letters, writes, “It is as if these two native Americans were really born on the Hungarian Puszta and miraculously appeared in an American recording studio.” The duo has won numerous awards and has performed regularly throughout the country. Playing together since 1988, Kantorski and Pope have worked hard to produce music that is authentic and precise, yet fun to listen to.

Of their enduring collaboration, Pope says it “started with casual reading sessions and evolved into a professional association and lasting friendship.” Both fine pianists in their own right, Ms. Pope is a respected piano teacher, performer, and music arranger in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Ms. Kantorski is a music professor at Adrian College in Michigan and the principal pianist for the Toledo Symphony Orchestra in Ohio.

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Though the two pianists travel to perform regularly, they have never been to the Southwest . . . until now. At the end of this month, the Kantorski-Pope Piano Duo will be performing at El Morro Theater in downtown Gallup. And, as with Brahms and his 21 dances, there is an underlying factor that has motivated this exclusive piano performance; his name is John Beeman.

Tracing her educational training back to college, Valrie Kantorski was attending the University of South Florida in the mid 1960s, as was Gallup entrepreneur John Beeman. Though the Gallup community knows John as a talented jewelry designer and business owner, music has been part of his life from an early age.

He started piano lessons at ten and has never really stopped playing. In college, while studying music education, he, Valrie and a small group of others formed a close and lasting friendship. Relationships in college are unlike those formed in any other place; where else do you so closely live, learn, and laugh with others who share your interests, passions and goals? John recalls casual meetings around a makeshift table in the instrument locker room, talking and joking, while Joyce the oboe player would prepare her reeds. Thus, the Gray Table Society was born.

“. . . there is an underlying factor that has motivated this exclusive piano performance.”

Since college, the friends have gone their own ways, followed their dreams, and established families and careers, but they’ve remained close over the last four decades. The members of the Gray Table Society have reunited several times in various locations during recent years to tell stories and remember the good ol’ days. This year, John has lured the group to the Southwest with Valrie and Ann as the hook.

The Kantorski-Pope Piano Duo will play at El Morro Theater on Saturday, July 30 at 7pm. Tickets for this inimitable performance are $15 and can be purchased at Beeman Jewelry Design (211 W. Coal Ave.) or El Morro Theater (207 W. Coal Ave.). The duo will play a wide range of pieces and feature classical songs and popular tunes. In addition to the Hungarian Dances, they may play themes and variations on songs from The Wizard of Oz, and much more. The concert will be lots of fun and will exhibit the high quality and skill for which Kantorski and Pope are acclaimed.

By imparting ideas, working toward a shared goal, and providing inspiration, much can be achieved through collaboration. Music is a wonderful instance of the results that can be enjoyed when people work together. Friendship is another.

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The Other Waste

by Betsy Windisch Have you looked at your garbage lately? Do you know what good stuff you are throwing away?

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the average American throws away 1.3 lbs of food scraps daily. That’s a lot of waste that can be going to a better use. Composting is the solution. This is the process of naturally converting organic materials, by microorganisms, into compost. By composting, you can remove more than 500 lbs of organic matter from your household waste per year, diverting it from collection (which saves energy) and the landfill (which saves space, your tax dollars, and energy).

What Is Compost? Compost is simply a combination of yard debris (like grass clippings, fallen leaves, twigs, plant trimmings) and kitchen scraps (fruit and vegetable spoils, tea bags, coffee grounds & filters, pasta, rice, egg shells), separated from the waste stream and placed into an environment suitable for decomposition, providing a rich soil additive. (Other items include paper napkins / towels / bags, dryer lint, hair, old cardboard.) [ALERT! In May the US Composting Council (USCC) issued a warning for composters to watch out for grass clippings contaminated with a new herbicide from DuPont called Imprelis.]

Place a used coffee container or a small bucket on your kitchen counter to collect your kitchen waste. Line it with newspaper or a paper towel for easy removal, both which will decompose nicely. Have your children (or yourself) decorate it. Involve your children or other household members; make it an educational, environmental, and good citizenship project. If you’re unable to make your own compost, you might have a neighbor or friend who would love to have your kitchen / yard waste to add to theirs.

What do I do with it after it is collected? Compost bins can be purchased locally at Gallup Lumber & Supply or Home Depot. You can also make one out of a garbage can, a large cardboard box, or simply dig a hole in your backyard. Composting is easy. Make it part of your daily routine. You will be empowered with the knowledge that you are an essential part of your community’s waste diversion efforts. Enjoy the satisfaction of doing your part for the environment – get composting!

For more information about backyard composting call the county extension agent (863-3432) or Betsy Windisch with Connections, Inc. at 722-9257/ 879-3581 to be directed to knowledgeable individuals in our area.

Did you know that McKinley County’s high desert gets an average of 11 inches of rain per year? Since this is the driest part of the year, high temperatures, combined with a dry climate, have the potential to make clean water a valuable commodity.

Summer is a time when a household can help lighten the load of water shortages by conserving this resource at home and work.

Here are some essential tips to aid you in saving water and money: •Don’t be a drip – save water, cash and repair leaks. A slight, but constant drip can add up to disastrous effects on a water bill and on the environment. Turn all your faucets on then off, watch the spigot for dripping. A running faucet can waste over 50 gallons of water in just five minutes. Check the pipes underneath the sink for water. A water stain on the floor underneath the piping is a telltale sign of a leak. Severe leaks will require the expertise of a plumber.

• While in the laundry. Soak the dirtiest clothes to remove dirt easily. You may use a basin with the right amount of water.

Refrain from overflowing water in your basin when using a washing machine. Wash with a full load. Use only the right quantity of detergent so that you will rely on less water when you rinse. When you are ready to purchase and install an ultra-high water-saving clothes washing machine, get a GJU rebate credit. Call 863-1393 or visit http://www.ci.gallup. nm.us/GJU/GJURebatePrograms.htm for more program information and to see which kind of clothes washing machine qualifies.

• You’ll use a lot less water if you only run your dishwasher with a full load. Running two half loads uses twice as much water.

Patrick Burnham Ends Radio Show at KGLP Patrick Burnham (Diné/Hopi), aka Cloud Face, who is ending his tenure as the host of Wednesday’s radio show, Midpoint Melody Medley, has been a fixture at KGLP in the new millennium, involved with or producing such shows as Diggin’ Deep and Vinyl Revolutions, while serving as our production and program coordinator after David Pracy’s exit.

Since handing the station’s reins over to Rachel Kaub, Patrick’s art career has grown, leading to his departure from hosting duties on Wednesdays, but he may be helping out with production as his schedule permits.

He can be seen periodically spinning records at such establishments as Coal Street Pub here in Gallup, and, as Cloud Face, has been an active creator in the indigenous hip hop scene, as well as in the painting and dancing art worlds. His art has been on display in galleries, most recently in Albuquerque’s Nob Hill district.

One of the original founders of Foundations of Freedom, a collective involving a number of rising stars in the street art, dance and music fields, Cloud Face has made a name for himself producing beats for artists such as Definition Rare, Zoology and Jivin’ Scientists, as well as for various film soundtracks. His early life saw him win awards from the Heard Museum as a watercolor artist, who then went on to do live painting on a regular basis for both local events and large scale concerts, such as KRS-One’s Albuquerque performance in 2010. Although still devoting a lot of his time to painting murals, commissioned installation pieces and a large canvas production, shown yearly at SWAIA’s Indian Market (Santa Fe), Patrick is now mostly immersed in the music and dance world, between DJ-ing, choreographing, and composing music for various artists. He divides his time between his dance studio in Gallup, New Mexico, several Albuquerque/Santa Fe venues, and select galleries in Phoenix, Arizona.

KGLP is very grateful for Patrick’s past and present efforts in service to community and public radio for Gallup.

Thank you, Cloud Face, for your art, your work, and your good vibrations!

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Program Note: Dr. Dana Chandler now hosts a new program, Blues Nation, each Wednesday from noon until 2pm, with The Bioneers and Making Contact airing at 2pm each Wednesday. (Growing Bolder Radio airs each Sunday night at 9pm, where Bioneers and Making Contact once resided.)

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Elizabeth Barriga, Water Conservation Coordinator

• Get into the habit of turning the tap off when washing your face, brushing your teeth or shaving, and only have it on when necessary. Running water when it’s not necessary is needlessly soaking up your money.

• Instead of using running water to clean paving or parking lots, use a broom, bucket of soapy water or an air blower.

If you’re in a hurry, Call in your order!

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Soups, Breads, Sandwiches, Salads, Vegetarian and more!

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• If you see water pouring down a Gallup City street, driveway, or sidewalk, CALL our Water Waste Hotline at 863-1393.

July Events at Adult and Children’s Library

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National Exhibit, Emma Lazarus: Voice of Liberty, Voice of Conscience The Library is one of only 18 sites in the USA to be awarded the exhibit Emma Lazarus: Voice of Liberty, Voice of Conscience, tracing Lazarus from poet to champion of Jewish immigrants. She wrote “The New Colossus” that is engraved on the Statue of Liberty, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” The exhibit opens on Saturday, July 16 at 12 noon with poet/singer Consuelo presenting The Journey of a Crypto Jew along with a story about the discovery of her Jewish roots. It will end on Wednesday, August 17 at 6:30pm with Stanley M. Hordes speaking about his books To the End of the Earth: A History of the Crypto-Jews of New Mexico and The Crypto-Jewish Community of New Spain. Additional programs are planned. Please call the library at (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Children’s Library Surprise Home Makeover for “Sage” the Library Turtle If you have been in the library, you know Sage. Named by Gallup’s children, she is a source of constant fascination. It has been so sad to report that Sage has been living in a small plastic storage tub, with nothing but a rock and heating lamp to provide comfort.

However a group of turtle-loving adults decided it was time for something to be done.

On Saturday, July 30 at 12 noon the entire community is invited to celebrate Sage’s new home! Sage cannot send thank-you notes, so on her behalf we thank the Gallup Kiwanis Club, Gallup Journey, Robert Rosebrough, P.C., Sammy Chioda of Sammy C’s, and Mason & Isaacson, P.A. for the wonderful turtle home.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 is Almost Here On Thursday, July 14 from 11am to 6pm, as we wait for the release of the final installment of the Harry Potter film franchise, there will be a Harry Potter movie marathon, Harry Potter look-alike contest, and Hogwarts House sorting. All are invited to dress as a favorite character.

Saturday Family Programs at 3pm • July 2 Gallup Police K-9 Unit will give a presentation about their work.

• July 9 Grammy-nominated children’s songwriter Judy Pancoast presents From Many Lands, an interactive song and dance program.

• July 16 Exotics of the Rainforest presents live rainforest animals and stories about the Rainforest.

• July 23 from 10am to 4pm The Van of Enchantment Traveling Museum will present Road Trips - Rollin on Route 66.

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Sunday MTB Ride meets at mile marker 3 trail head on NM 400, 7 miles south of I-40, Exit 33.

During months when the forest is inaccessible this ride meets at the East Trail Head of the High Desert Trail System.

Support Class for Parents of Teens at First United Methodist Church from 6:30-7:30pm. Info: 8634512.

Poetry Group, call Jack for more information (including location) at 783-4007.

Psychic Playtime with RedWulf at the Old School Gallery 1st and 3rd Sundays, 7-9:30pm. Tarot, drum journeys and more tools to explore your inner self. $1 donation. Info: RedWulf @ 505-7834612.

Tai Chi at Old School Gallery, 9:30am. Info: Reed at 783-4067.

Coyote Canyon Women’s Sweat Lodge Ceremony on Sundays, 1-4pm, potluck dinner. Located 3 miles east of Highway 491, Route 9 junction, 1 mile south of Route 9. The ceremony is for wellness, stress reduction, purification and cultural sensitivity. All women are welcomed. For more information, call 505 870-3832.

Chronic Pain and Chronic Illness 12 Step Support group. Meets every Sunday from 4-5 PM at the First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive, front entrance conference room. For info call 863-5928 or chronicpainanonymous.org.

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Polka Picnic! The Gallup Slavic Lodges presents “John Smoltz & The Diamond Kinds” at McGaffey Wildlife Picnic Grounds, 12-5pm. Advance tickets $15/adult, $10/children ages 7-11, Free for children under 6 (at the gate, $5 more per person). For tickets, call Shirley Baker 505-722-5555, Katie Bolf 505-863-6402 or 505-870-5172, Darlene Yocham 505-8635773 or 505-862-1990.

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Wednesday ONGOING

Battered Families Services, Inc. has a women’s support group that meets weekly. A children’s support group is available at the same time for children six years of age and older. Info: 7226389.

Preschool Story Time, 11:30am at the Children’s Library. For more information, call 726-6120.

Cancer support group, for information call 8633075 or 863-6140.

Tai-Chi Taught by Monika Gauderon at RMCH Vanden Bosch Clinic. 6pm for beginners. $60/ month.

Crafty Kids at 3:30pm at the Children’s Library.

For more information, call 726-6120.

Codependents Anonymous, 6pm at First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive, library room. Info: Liz at 863-5928.

RMCHCS Diabetes Education Classes – First four Tuesdays of the month, starting at 6pm. RMCHCS 2nd floor library. For more information, call 7266918.

Tai Chi Chuan with Monika & Urs Gauderon at Old School Gallery, east of Ramah on Hwy 53, at 5PM. $50/month. Info: Monika @ 775-3045.

Community Yoga, beginner/athletic beginner level.

6:15 pm, Catholic Charities/CIC. 506 W. Rte. 66.

Info: Steph Asper (717) 357-0231 .

“Teen Survivors of Dating and Domestic Violence” support group meeting, 6:30-8:30pm.

Info: 722-6389.

Ladies’ MTB ride at High Desert Trail System starting at Gamerco trailhead at 6PM. Come to exercise, socialize, and have fun!

Sustainable Energy Board meeting in the Mayor’s Conference Room, 3-5pm, on the fourth Monday of each month. For info/agenda, email brightideas98@gmail.com.

Zumba Fitness Dance Class at Foundations of Freedom Dance Studio (115 W. Coal) at 6:30pm.

For more information email zumbagallup@ yahoo.com or call Stephanie at (814) 282-6502.

Capoeira classes offered at Foundations of Freedom Dance Studio, Mondays and Thursdays at 8pm, $5. For more information, call Chelsea at 808 344-1417, email info@ capoeiraguerreirosnm.com or visit www. capoeiraguerreirosnm.com..

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“Stars and Stripes 4th of July Celebration” at Gallup Sports Complex, Noon-10pm. Come to enjoy fireworks, food booths, watermelon, country and rock bands, Gourd Dance, game booths, face painting, hip-hop DJs and more.

For more information, call Clear Channel Radio at 505 863-9391.

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Gallup Catholic will be holding a volleyball camp July 11–July 14 for mid school and high school girls from 8am to 12pm. It will teach basic skills and drills.

Adult chess club at Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe in Gallup, 5-7pm.

Gallup Al-Anon meetings at First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive (next to GIMC).

Tuesdays at 12 noon and Thursdays at 7pm in Conference Room #1.

Zumba Fitness Dance Class at Foundations of Freedom Dance Studio (115 W. Coal) at 6:30pm.

For more information email zumbagallup@ yahoo.com or call Stephanie at (814) 282-6502.

Join the weekly mountain biking crew. Meet at 6pm at the east trail head of the High Desert Trail System. Everyone welcome. For more information, call 505-722-7030.

Gallup Solar Group open community meetings.

6pm at 113 E. Logan. For more information, call Be at 726-2497.

Youth Group Meeting, “THE LOFT”, at First Baptist Church from 7-8pm. Info: 722-4401.

Spay-Neuter Discount Clinic for Low Income Pet Owners at the Gallup McKinley County Humane Society, N. Highway 491. Call 863-2616 for an appointment.

Habitat for Humanity work sessions. Call 7224226 for times & locations.

Summer Belly Dance classes at Foundations of Freedom Dance Studio (115 W. Coal Ave.), June 15 – August 5. Wednesdays 5:30pm - 6:30pm & Fridays 6pm - 7pm. Only $5 per class. Benefits include stress relief, improved posture/muscle tone, strengthening, and boost is self-confidence!

Red Rock Chapter ABATE of NM (American Bikers Aimed Towards Education) meets every 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm at Gallup Fire Station #2 (911 N. 9th St.). For more information, call (505) 409-5311, 863-9941 or 870-0951.

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QuickBooks Workshop. From setting up budgets, chart of accounts, creating bills, processing payroll to creating reports and many other functions that you will need to know, this hands-on workshop will be held at the Gallup Chamber of Commerce on July 19 & 20, 2011, from 8am to 5pm for both days. There is a fee of $100 for the workshop. Seating is limited to ten (10) people. For more information about this workshop or to register, please contact Gallup SBDC @ 722-2220 or register on-line at www.nmsbdc.org/gallup.

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gallup’s courthouse square every night at 7pm from memorial day to labor day

Quilt Club at Gallup Service Mart, 7-9pm.

Join other quilters in the area to share ideas and projects. Bring your projects for an evening of Show and Tell and discussions about quilting. Free. For more information, call 722-9414.

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July 18-23, Navajo Weaving & Dying Workshops in Oaksprings, AZ & St. Michaels, AZ. For more information, please contact Mark H. Deschinny at (928) 871-5587 or deschinny@yahoo.com.

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Strip-pieced Watercolor Quilt – Part 1, 6-9pm at Gallup Service Mart. Make a gorgeous watercolor wall hanging to match any color scheme. Easier than it looks. Cost includes all watercolor strips to make the quilt top (hundreds of precut fabrics to choose from) Pick your fabric at the store July 16. $45 for both nights. For more information, call 722-9414.

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Strip-pieced Watercolor Quilt – Part 2, 6-9pm at Gallup Service Mart. Continue to make a gorgeous watercolor wall hanging to match any color scheme. Easier than it looks.

Cost includes all watercolor strips to make the quilt top (hundreds of precut fabrics to choose from) Pick your fabric at the store July 16. $45 for both nights. For more information, call 722-9414.

1st ANNUAL RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY CLEANUP

Please join the City of Gallup in cleaning up our neighborhoods!

Residential utilities customers within City limits can place all unwanted junk, bulk items, appliances & furniture curbside away from any hazards by 8am on the SATURDAY designated for your neighborhood. City crews will dispose of items that day.

JULY 16 – NORTH SIDE – Allison Area to Miyamura Overpass JULY 23 – WEST SIDE – Munoz Overpass to County Road 1 [More areas scheduled for August and September] For more information, contact CITY OF GALLUP SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT at (505) 863-1212.

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Game Day, 3:30pm at the Children’s Library. For more information, call 726-6120.

Moms Supporting Moms at Church Rock School, 9-11:30am.

High Desert Mesa Workgroup meets to scrapbook and more Thursdays 1-3pm at the Rehoboth Post Office. Info: LaVeda 722-9029.

AL-ANON support group for family and friends of alcoholics. Every Thursday at 7pm, first United Methodist Church (library). Info: 1-888-4ALANON or www.al-anon.alateen.org.

The weekly Old-Fashioned Hootenanny, at Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe, every Thursday, starting at 6:30PM. Acoustic musicians are welcome to sit in with the regular players.

Toastmasters at Earl’s Restaurant, 6:30am. Info: Dale at 722-9420.

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Summer Belly Dance classes at Foundations of Freedom Dance Studio (115 W. Coal Ave.), June 15 – August 5. Wednesdays 5:30pm 6:30pm & Fridays 6pm - 7pm. Only $5 per class. Benefits include stress relief, improved posture/muscle tone, strengthening, and boost is self-confidence!

Preschool Story Time, 11:30am, 3pm Summer Program activities at the Children’s Library. See schedule on p. ___For more information, call 726-6120.

Sports Page hosting GLBT Night every Friday! Friday nights will be a place to celebrate and be yourself! For more information contact: Raiff Arviso; rca87121@gmail.com, Sports Page - 1400 S. 2nd St, Gallup, NM (505) 722-3853.

Capoeira Classes at Foundations of Freedom Dance Studio. Kids’ class 12-1:30, adults’ class 1:30-3:00.

For information, contact Chelsea 808-344-1417, email info@capoeiraguerreirosnm.com or visit www. capoeiraguerreirosnm.com. NOTE: On July 16, guest instructor, Contra Mestranda Luar do Sertao with Capoeira Mandinga Tucson will lead class. From July 23 to August 6 there will be no kids class, it will resume August 13.

Divorce Care Support Group, Thursdays at 7pm.

Location to be determined. For more information, call or email Dan at 505 878-2821 or dkruis@ yahoo.com.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows is Almost Here! Events at Children’s Library 11am to 6pm. For more information, see p. 51.

2nd Thursday of the month Survivors of Homicide Support Group meets 6-8pm.

For more information, call Deborah Yellowhorse-Brown at 870-6126.

The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit hosts support meetings for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics from 5:30-6:30 pm on the second and fourth Thursdays at 1334 Country Club Drive in Gallup. Information from the American Diabetes Association will be presented and local health-care professionals will often be available. For more information call 863-4695.

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Christmas Ornament workshop, 6-9pm at Gallup Service Mart. Use your scraps to create an ornament for the holidays. No sewing machines needed. $15 includes pattern. For more information, call 722-9414.

High Desert Mesa Workgroup meets to scrapbook and more Saturdays 10am-1pm at the Rehoboth Post Office. Info: LaVeda 722-9029.

Gallup Central High School will be registering new students starting August 11. Pick up an application soon. There’s a program for everyone who wants to earn a high school diploma, including a regular day program for students under 21, an after school program from 3:30 to 5:30, a night program for adults and a Saturday program (tuition is charged for Saturday School and is available to anyone from any school needing to make up credits.) GET YOUR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND GET ON YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS. Call 721-2400.

Gallup Al-Anon meetings at First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive (next to GIMC). Tuesdays at 12 noon and Thursdays at 7pm in Conference Room #1.

Quilted Christmas Stocking workshop at Gallup Service Mart, 6-9pm. Come learn how to make a Christmas stocking for someone special or just for decoration.

You will be making a Christmas stocking that is fully lined with a loop for hanging.

Suggestions and samples will be shown during class so you can have unlimited designs to make Christmas Decorated Stockings. $15 includes pattern. For more information, call 722-9414.

Habitat for Humanity work sessions. Call 722-4226 for times & locations.

THINKING ABOUT FINISHING YOUR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA???

Community Yoga, beginner/athletic beginner level. 6:20 pm, Catholic Charities/CIC. 506 W. Rte. 66. Info: Gene at 505-728-8416.

The Pastoral Care Department of RMCHCS sponsors a GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP for people who have suffered a significant loss through death, illness, divorce, or relocation. The sessions will be each Thursday evening from July 7 through August 11 from 7 - 9 PM. This 6-week group is free of charge and will be held at RMCHCS in the 2nd Floor Library.

Please pre-register for the group by calling Chaplain Kris Pikaart at 863-7140.

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Movie Day, 3:00 pm at the Children’s Library. Overeaters Anonymous meeting at 11 am, at the First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive, library room. Info: Liz 505-863-5928.

For more information, call 726-6120.

Substance Abuse Support Group, CASA, at Gallup Church of Christ, 7pm. Info: Darrel at 863-5530.

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Crownpoint Rug Weavers Association Auction at Crownpoint Elementary School. Viewing at 4 – 6:30 PM, auction at 7 – 10 PM. For more information, visit www.

Crownpointrugauction.com.

3 on 3 Challenge Series presented by Go Team Go. July 2-3 and August 6-7, 8am at Chief Manuelito Middle School (1059 Rico). Visit goteamgogallup.com for entry forms, complete list of prizes and rules.

18th Annual WILD THING Bull Riding, Friday, July 8 and Saturday, July 9 at 8pm at Red Rock Park. For more information, call 505-863-5402.

El Morro National Monument is hosting a “Summer Star Party” from 9pm to 10:30pm. This event is free of charge and open to the public. Telescopes will be available for public use at the visitor center.

The park entrance gate will open at 8:45pm, fifteen minutes before the program begins. This event is weather dependent; activities may be canceled due to inclement weather. For further details, contact the El Morro Visitor Center at (505) 783-4226.

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The McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council will meet at 2 pm at 508 Sandstone Place in Indian Hills.

Call 722-5142 or 879-2581 for more information.

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RMCHCS Charity Invitational Auction Kick-Off event at Best Gallup Farmers’ Market in the downtown walkway (Coal Ave. between 2nd and 3rd), 8:30am – Western Inn & Suites at 6pm. Denim & Diamonds – trips, jewelry, diamonds, 11am. For more information, see story on p. 16. guns and more! Dinner, dancing and win tastings! $25/person or $40/couple. Call Childbirth Education Classes sponsored by Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services 9am505-863-7283 to buy your tickets today! 1pm at RMCH Hospital Library (2nd floor). To register call the Women’s Health Unit at 863-7026.

No charge for this class.

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Care 66 cordially invites you to the Lexington Rehab Open House from 11:30am to 1:00pm. A light lunch will be served along with small group tours of construction areas and a presentation of how the facility will be better able to serve homeless men and women. We will also have a list of things we need for different spaces and what they will cost along with some volunteer opportunities to complete the Lexington. Bring your checkbook since we never do an event without providing an opportunity for people to give.

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ARTS CRAWL in downtown Gallup, 7-9pm. For event details, see p. 39.

Emma Lazarus Exhibit opening at Octavia Fellin Public Library at 12 noon. For more information, see p. 51.

Gallup Pridefest – Celebrate Life. Celebrate Love. Celebrate Diversity. 10am-3pm at Gallup’s Downtown Courthouse Plaza. For more information, email info@galluppride.org.

Surprise Home Makeover for Sage the Library Turtle at 12 noon at the Children’s Library. For more information, see p. 51.

Beeman Jewelry Design present’s the highly-acclaimed Kantorski-Pope Piano Duo in concert at El Morro Theater at 7pm. For more information, see story on p. 48.

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Who was Gallup named after?

What is your favorite Native food?

What kind of music genre do you like?

What’s your favorite pizza topping?

Spencer 1. David Gallup, paymaster 2. Mutton Stew 3. Rhythm and Blues 4. Pepperoni

Akisha 1. I don’t know 2. Posole 3. Justin Bieber 4. Ham and pineapple

Teri 1. David L. Gallup 2. Corn stew 3. Andean 4. Hawaiian

Herschel 1. David L. Gallup, railroad paymaster 2. Frybread 3. R & B 4. Cheese

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Eyan 1. David Gallup 2. Navajo burger 3. Hip Hop 4. Supreme

David 1. David L. Gallup , a railroad paymaster 2. Indian Tacos 3. Golden Oldies 4. Pepperoni

Talon 1. David L. Gallup 2. Navajo Burger 3. Christian Rock 4. Cheese

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SCHEDULE 6/26 - 7/2 National Junior High Finals Rodeo Red Rock Park Gallup, NM 7/2 Independence Day Bull Riding Coolfields Rodeo Grounds, Ganado Lake Ganado, AZ Info: (928) 245-5970

Gilles 1. Jason Vorhes 2. Airheads 3. Kid Rock 4. Pineapple

7/8 - 7/9 18 Annual Wild Thing Bull Riding Red Rock Park Gallup, NM th

John 1. Some L. Gallup railroad payer 2. Zuni posole stew 3. Classic Rock 4. Pepperoni . . . all of them

7/10 D.J. Howard Memorial Roping 12 miles south of Gallup on Skeet’s Road 7/10 Braxton Duboise Chute Out Duboise Arena Manuelito, NM Info: (505) 713-7522 or (505) 879-2189 7/17 8th Annual 2011 Champion vs. Champion Bullriding Circle (S) Arena Tsayatoh, NM Info: Sheldon Largo (505) 567-0398 or Sammie Largo (505) 567-0396 8th Annual Monty Yazzie Bull Riding Chute Out Aspen Canyon Oaksprings, AZ Info: 728-8702 or 722-3594 or 870-8561

Aaron 1. Uhhh . . . Gallup McKinley 2. Navajo Tacos 3. Rock 4. Cheese Patricia 1. I don’t know 2. Frybread 3. Latin 4. Cheese

Kayleen 1. Uh . . . David Gallup 2. Corn stew with mutton 3. Rap or Rock 4. Pepperoni

7/31 2011 Long’s Bull Fest Long’s Arena Tsayatoh, NM Info: Peterson Long (505) 977-2377 or D. Skeets (505) 906-5394

To see your event listed on the Rodeo Schedule, please email: gallupjourney@yahoo.com or send via snail mail to: 202 east hill avenue, gallup, nm 87301

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1. Bennett Thompson and Lynnette Bamwart at Chinaman’s Hat on the East Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.

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2. Adam Becenti at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, home of the “Wolverines” for a site visit.

Adam will be attending graduate school here starting in September.

3. Naomi & Tim Bruinius share a look at the Gallup Journey with a giant tortoise at the Charles Darwin Research Center on Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

4. In Anchorage, Alaska, Justin Winfield, a stuffed bear, Governor Susana Martinez, her husband Chuck Franco, and Patrick Mason read the Journey as part of the New Mexico Amigo Organization, official goodwill ambassadors for New Mexico.

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1. Gilbert Ramirez reads the Journey at the St. Louis Arch. It’s really about time he brought the Journey with him on vacation.

2. Mallery Garner and her nephew Deric at the Wolf Sanctuary near Ramah, NM. 3. At Earl’s Restaurant with some friends from Maine, Raylynn Haskie (center) reads the Journey with Carol Mulloy and Ken Mulloy.

4. Susan Macias reads the Journey near Bisbee, AZ at the Border Wall that separates Naco, Sonora, Mexico and Arizona.

5. Don Oswaldo Herrera and Neal Kruis study the Gallup Journey in the Cloud Forest near El Refugio de Intag in northern Ecuador.

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Recycles Sunshine.

Harmony between man, nature and machine.

An optional Solar Roof1, 2 helps ventilate the Prius interior when you’re not there.

The 50 mpg-rated3 3rd generation Prius.

Discover more at toyota.com/prius

Options shown. 1The Solar Roof uses a fan to draw outside air into the cabin, lowering cabin temp. near outside ambient temp. Must be turned on prior to leaving vehicle, and parked in direct sunlight.

See Owner’s Manual. 2Available on Prius Three and Four only. 32011 EPA 51/48/50 city/hwy/combined mpg est. Actual mileage will vary. ©2011 Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

AMIGO TOYOTA 2000 S. Second, Gallup (505) 722-3881

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Moonlighting . . .

Custom Furniture Woodworker

J

onathan Helf has been making custom wood furniture since 2004. Specializing in beds, he makes all sizes from toddler to California king, as well as bunk beds and lofts. His heavy-duty design is complemented with a buttery smooth, sanded finish. Located in the pines of Vanderwagen, NM, Jonathan’s shop also produces bookshelves, stools, and coffee tables.

Jonathan says his interest in making beds stemmed from “a desire to make a simple, solid bed.”

Jonathan acquired many of his tools slowly

over time, getting different ones as funds and needs arose. Of all his tools Jonathan hints that his large belt sander is the one that comes in most handy, because “everybody likes smooth wood and nobody likes splinters.”

A jack-of-all-trades, Jonathan has received a variety of awards and accolades for different entrepreneurial ideas. He can also often be found around town selling delicious baked goods that his wife makes.

Jonathan can be reached at highmountainfurniture@gmail.com.

Tools of the Trade: belt sander, shop smith, table saw, joiner, planer . . . and more. (Loft beds in background.)

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Richardson’s Trading Co. Since 1913

505.722.4762 • 505.722.9424 fax • rtc@cnetco.com 222 W. Hwy. 66 • Gallup, NM 87301 www.richardsontrading.com

Gallup Senior of the Month

Armand Ortega Born in Holbrook, Arizona, Armand Ortega was raised with five siblings – an older sister and four younger brothers. His father, Max, was an inspector for the state and his grandfather, Thomas, was a trader. From an early age, Ortega was an entrepreneur. “I always hustled,” he said. “Got up early and beat everybody else to the customers. I talked real nice, real good.” An old boss even told him that one day he’d own the town (of Holbrook). In 1986, Ortega bought the El Rancho Hotel at auction. Though he had never managed a hotel before, Ortega instinctively knew what needed to be done. “I’ve never failed to turn something around,” he said. Today, Ortega, in his mid eighties, says he’ll never retire. “What am I gonna do . . . stay home, watch TV and fight with the wife? I’ve been blessed with my family – blessed, blessed, blessed. It’s unbelievable.”

This Gallup Senior of the Month is sponsored by the Rosebrough Law Firm

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