May 2018 Gallup Journey Magazine

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MAY CITY UPDATE 2018 FACILITY OF THE YEAR AWARD The New Mexico Rural Water Association (NMRWA) presented the 2018 Facility of the Year Award to the City of Gallup Wastewater Treatment Plant on April 18, 2018. Mr. Joseph Quintana, the CH2M (now Jacobs) Project Manager for the Waste Water Treatment Plant, accepted the award on behalf of the City (photo on the right). The Gallup Waste Water Treatment Plant is classified as a large system by the NMRWA, with over 11,000 service connections, and a service area population of over 22,000 people.

SKATE PARK CONSTRUCTION The City of Gallup is pleased to announce that construction has resumed at the skate park site next to the Gallup Cultural Center on Route 66 in downtown Gallup. This project was delayed over the winter months for environmental purposes that have since been addressed.

Project completion is slated for mid to late summer.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SUMMER EVENTS The City of Gallup Tourism and Marketing Department is seeking charismatic people who love to talk to others and are proud to share about Gallup. There are a variety of events and programs taking place this summer and fall that need volunteers to be the face of Gallup Tourism- rodeos, arts markets, conventions and more! Many volunteer opportunities come with great incentives like free tickets to events or event promotional items. If you are interested in volunteering for an event or program, please email jlazarz@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1227 for further information. All that is required is your time, energy, and love of Gallup!

GALLUP’S BIG LIBRARY READ It’s All About Hillerman begins Saturday, May 5th, at the Main Library. Join the inauguration of We READ, We TALK Book Club - the first reading/discussion group in Gallup. The goal is to unite people through reading and discussion of a common book. This summer the book is Cave of Bones: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel by Anne Hillerman. Sign up for the Big Library Read at the Main Library, and you will receive a copy of the book, a book club T-shirt, a reader’s guide and a schedule of book discussions and events. The final discussion will be held on July 7th and members of the book club will have lunch with Anne Hillerman followed by a book signing.

(35 maximum enrollment) COAL AVENUE COMMONS KICK OFF EVENT The Coal Avenue Commons Kick Off Event is on Tuesday, May 1st, at 6:00pm at the El Morro Theatre. This re-design project was funded by the Our Town Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts received by the City of Gallup in partnership with gallupARTS. The community is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY invited to provide input and share ideas for Coal Avenue’s re-design Saturday, May 5th, at El Morro Events Center, 12:00pm. project by participating in one of the multiple “visioning” activities Dale Deforest, creator of the Hero Twins comic book, taking place this May. The Kick-off event will provide valuable will be doing a demonstration and Q&A for Free Comic project information as well as feature a Question and Answer session for Book Day. The Library will be giving away 75 free copies the public about the project. For more information visit of the Hero Twins Comic Book, first come first served. www.coalavenuecommons.com or @CoalAvenueCommons on Facebook.

Mayor Jackie McKinney Councilor Linda Garcia Councilor Allan Landavazo Councilor Yogash Kumar Councilor Fran Palochak

HER E A T U N M - G A L L U P , W E A R E A C O M M U N I T Y O F U N I Q U E P ER SP E C T I V E S R ESP EC T I N G A N D E M B R A C I N G O U R DI F F E R E N C E S . W E A R E A C U L T U R E O F C O N T R A S T R A T H E R T H A N A C O N T R A S T O F C U L T U R E . U NA F R AI D T O L E T O U R COL OR S R U N A N D B L E N D A N D W E L E T T H E V E R Y T H I N G S T H A T D I V I D E U S B E C O M E T H E T H I N G S T H A T C ON NEC T U S T O EA C H OT H E R . S O W E C A N C R E A T E , CO L L E C T A N D B E I NSP I R ED B Y K N O W L E D G E - A B O U T E V E R Y T H I N G F R O M SCIENCE AND WELDING TECHNOLOGY TO LIBERAL ARTS AND DENTAL ASSISTING.

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Thoughts From The West End On one fateful day of May 2015, a stranger knocked on my door.

She was a homeless traveler selling simple paintings for gas money.

We hung out and talked for about an hour and she left. Since then I have not seen her again.

But somehow, she has taken to consistently mailing me letters ever since. In her letters, she hides some simple, odd but profound words.

Now three years later I will highlight some of those here as perhaps they will be as useful to someone else as they were to me?

May 2015: “Try and be an example of supreme love personified (not thinking ill of anyone no matter what, which can bring harm to another but 10 times more harm could then come to you). Instead, today, may you cancel any negative thought or judgement and be loving. Always standing guard over mind and lips.”

Nov. 2015: “I have been learning something. Sometimes it becomes apparent that there is so very much in one good breath. How much we could laugh over, or cry, it is up to us - the perspective we choose.”

August 2016: “You know in your heart what the Spirit is calling you to do. Do not accept the lies that surround for it will seem impossible.

But instead think, and think, while doing, ‘All things are possible with the Creator,’ and also say, ‘I will not accept defeating thoughts.’”

October 2016: “I pass this along to you…never force anything as far as ‘where to go’ as not any opportunity will do, but your rightful place on this planet. I suggest that after prayer each morning take your right fist and place it at your heart (strongly) and ask to be led.”

January 2017: “I leave this simple mantra for you: ‘I am happier, happier, happier and happier! (NO matter what may seem) A sweet smile is my reality. I base this upon the truth of choice, responsibility and fulfillment of love, begetting more love and goodness always.’”

Sept. 2017: “I also suggest saying this 50 times a day in meditation…‘Coming or Going, Together or alone, May I see you “One” with me, Shining ABLAZE, like the sun’…and so shall it be.”

January 2018: “To empty out the residues of your past heartaches and trials are of greater importance than we can ever know.”

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Gallup’s Inaugural Artist-in-Residence Hannah Manuelito: Rose Eason

36 West by Southwest: Ernie Bulow 10 Teri Garcia-Amigo Chevrolet: Susan Clarke 12

IKnead Sugar-Jacqueline Ahasteen: Susan Clarke

14 UNM-Gallup-Dr. James Malm Takes Over the Reins

at UNM-Gallup

40 Stay the Course:

Jean C. Baltz BC-ADM, RD, CDE, MMSc, MSW 42 Veteran’s Corner: Sandra McKinney 44 ArtsCrawl Fun!

18 Gallup Lumber & Supply Company-Sheree Stauder: 46 Because I Said I Would: Palacios

Susan Clarke 22 Treasure Hunt

48 A Lesson from a Homebody: Michele Reeves

24 A Special Mother: Jay Mason

52 Women in Yoga Business:The First Flash: Eric Shaw

29 Walking in Beauty Thanks to our Contributors this month: Ernie Bulow Chuck Van Drunen David Conejo-Palacios Sandra McKinney Susan Clarke

Jay Mason Marilee Petranovich Jean C. Baltz Rose Eason Michele Reeves Eric Shaw Michael Kozeliski

Publishers: Daisy & Jason Arsenault Chuck & Jenny Van Drunen

Staff: Sandra McKinney Christine Carter

Managing Editor: Aileen Steigerwald

The cover photo taken by Kathleen Heisch shows #10, Miyamura High School Senior Brandon Vidal.

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GALLUP POLICE MEMORIAL 2018 Chief of Detectives John B Arvizo September 11, 1965

Officer Louis Silva September 15, 1930

Sergeant Barney Montoya September 4, 1977

You are cordially invited to attend The Annual Gallup Police Department Memorial Ceremony in remembrance of those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

Officer Richard Madrid May 5, 1958

The Memorial Ceremony will be held May 15, 2018 11:00 am El Morro Theater 207 W. Coal Ave Gallup, NM 87301 A Reception will follow the Memorial Ceremony.

Corporal Larry Brian Mitchell May 30, 2001

Officer Ronald T Baca January 3, 1986

Teri Garcia

AMIGO CHEVROLET

has continued to advance her education through NADA (National Automotive Dealer Association) headquartered in McLean, Virginia. She and eri Garcia is the General Manager of Amigo Chevrolet and Toyota in Gallup. She is the only her Dad strive to make Amigo the premier Auto female General Manager of a Toyota dealership Dealership in Northern New Mexico. in New Mexico. So do guys give her a hard time?

Customer Service is part of a premier dealership.

Sometimes - but she just ignores them and gets on Amigo works on honesty. It does not believe in with business and business is good. Teri’s Dad was asked to start the Chevrolet Dealership in Gallup in the high-pressure hustle/hassle, sell-a-car-at-anycost. Amigo would rather put you in a good car 1982. Teri and her sister were raised as dealership at a reasonable price and have you come back the “brats.” next time you need a car. Amigo sales people are expected to be thorough and honest. It is a full Teri had the run of the dealership. She was in and out of meetings and all over the lot. Her father, service dealership with a comprehensive service department.

Terry Proffitt, Owner/Dealer Operator, always had time for her. Sometimes, however, she had to sit Teri is definitely The Boss. She can be firm if quietly and wait until her father resolved an issue. there are work issues at stake, but is very supportive Her father is a tough guy by all accounts, but he is of the individual employees’ learning process. She also her teacher and mentor, always pushing her to try something new and see how it goes. Teri learned is also protective of employees, one might even say feisty. Teri considers her employees her family. She to drive in the Golf Cart on the lot. says the family environment at Amigo is what holds it together and makes it worth coming into work.

Teri is a tomboy and a girly-girl. She loves to Some of the children and grandchildren of the hunt, fish, camp, ATV, and shoot, as well as shop, especially for shoes and handbags. She says she loves original employees are working at Amigo. She loves coming in and seeing long-term loyal employees on her life with its strong men, smart daughters, and a job that is never the same two days in a row. There is a regular basis and learning about new employees. never a dull moment at home or at work. It is a busy, When asked what she thinks of being a Gallup robust, and happy life. powerbroker, Teri is nonplussed. She says it has Teri graduated in 1993 from Gallup High School. never crossed her mind. The only things important She went on to UNM in Albuquerque. She did have to Teri are: family, both her immediate family and her Amigo family, and Gallup. Teri loves Gallup. opportunities to try some other work options and She says you can find everything you need in Gallup. did, but she missed the dealership and Gallup and There is no need to head to the big city to find what came home. At Amigo, Teri worked in reception, you need. You can find it or order it right here. accounting, and finance learning the business. Teri

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h My GOODNESS! Everything is sooooo yummy! I Knead Sugar is a bakery and a thriving small business started by Jacqueline Ahasteen and her partner Kevin Rodriguez, thankfully, right here in Gallup. You can get almost anything you want baked for holidays, parties, business meetings, weddings, birthdays, showers, graduations, anniversaries, retirements, sports teams, just any kind of celebration. You can order ahead or drop by to pick up cupcakes, cookies, cake pops, and muffins at the spur of the moment. Coffee, tea, smoothies, juices, and other drinks are also available. In addition, they offer a comfortable place to sit, sip, and enjoy a sweet treat.

Jackie grew up in Window Rock and graduated from Window Rock High in 1994. She acquired a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering and worked in an Information Technology field in Phoenix. One day, the Four Corners called her home. She brought her three children and a husband home and went to work at Tse’hootsooi’ at Ft. Defiance in IT. Her dreams kept whispering to her. She talked to Kevin about her dreams and he said, “I will back you babe 100%.” I Knead Sugar came together. Jackie and Kevin gutted what used to be the old Gurley Locksmith shop, and rebuilt it into a lovely bakery that looks good and smells delicious.

Jackie taught herself to bake from the old Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook-Deluxe Edition. Its back cover is gone and it is obviously a well-used and a well-loved book. She was pregnant with her 24 year old when she began to learn to bake in earnest. Yes, this beloved book is still in use to this day. Everything in I Knead Sugar is baked from scratch and baked with butter. Luckily, for Gallup baking

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Baking is an art in itself, so Jackie tries to make every ArtsCrawl. She also tries to incorporate local artists onto her cakes.

Artists Leandra Yazzie, Jonathan Curley, and Antoinette Thompson have drawn directly on Jackie’s cakes for presentation.

Jackie’s Dad, Jack Ahasteen, free hand drew horses on the birthday cake of an over 90 year old Navajo Hosteen. Jackie also attends other important events like the recent Native American Women’s Summit in Albuquerque.

I Knead Sugar offers classes usually just before holidays.

Look for one right before Mother’s Day and right before Father’s Day; Christmas was the Gingerbread House; Easter was an Easter Basket. You can bring your child and build the holiday item with them. Check out the Facebook page: IKNEADSUGAR for posts or Instagram: IKNEADSUGARGALLUP for class times and announcements, or pop into the store for a treat and ask about the class. Look up the beautiful bakery items also at these sites!

There will be a one-year store-opening anniversary between May 19th and May 26th. Keep an eye out for the exact date!

All sorts of treats will be offered!

If you need a Sugar Cookie Bouquet, a multi-tiered cake with matching cupcakes, cupcakes in individual boxes for a special edible thank you, cookies and/or cake and cupcakes for a table sale, instead of grocery store bought items, think of I Knead Sugar at 118 Boardman S. Drive, in Gallup. You can always phone ahead at (505) 488-2447. It will be well worth it!

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UNM-Gallup Dr. James Malm Takes Over the Reins at UNM-Gallup An interview with the new Chief Executive Officer

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r. James Malm stepped into his current role as the Chief Executive Officer of UNM-Gallup on November 13, 2017. Prior to this position, Dr. Malm was the Executive Vice-President at Mohave Community College in Kingman, Arizona. He currently has a faculty appointment at Colorado State University Global campus where he teaches graduate and undergraduate management courses.

Dr. Malm

brings with him over 25 years of higher education experience both in instruction and administrative leadership. He earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Public Administration degrees from Penn State and a Doctor of Management from the University of Maryland University College.

Dr. Malm, his wife Keli, and daughter Emma are settling into their new Gallup lifestyle, and he recently took time to sit down and reflect on his first few months on the job.

When you first visited UNM-Gallup, what attracted you to the campus?

The brand and the beauty: The brand of UNM as a flagship research university instantly attracted me as did the beauty of the campus. I was very impressed when I entered the grand foyer of Gurley Hall and then toured the grounds where 15 buildings are housed on 87 acres. While in our Student Services Technology Center, I took in the view which extends all the way to Pyramid Peak, and I was sold on UNM-Gallup.

What have been your priorities these first few months?

Maintaining financial stability has been my main focus as I did not want to spend reserves for

budget shortfalls. The campus pulled together as a whole to articulate goals, determine levels of effectiveness and efficiency, and as a team, we were able to construct a balanced budget.

My second priority has been talent recruitment and retention.

When I arrived, I had two vacancies in my executive team and we are working to fill both of those.

What have you found most exciting about UNMGallup? Most challenging?

The most exciting thing has been the depth of our people and programs. We currently have 200 employees, 18 degrees, 16 certificates, 225 college courses, 392 sections, and we graduate about 250 students per year. In a way, this has also been the most challenging thing as we need to work to get everyone fully engaged with our programs.

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Gallup is considered a mecca of outdoor activities.

Have you been able to enjoy any outdoor life since you’ve been here?

Yes, I’ve been training at Pyramid Peak frequently carrying my two-year-old in a backpack. I’m getting in shape for an upcoming double marathon at the Grand Canyon which will be a rim-to-rim-torim trek in 36 hours.

What is your favorite vacation spot?

Board of Overseers of Harvard University was that institution’s first governing board in the 1650s. This board set the stage for shared governance in higher education which is a model that encourages collaborative decision-making at all levels.

When dining with them, I would thank them for this historic breakthrough that is still working today.

You just won the Powerball lottery. What’s the first thing you’d do?

I like to ski in deep white powder in the winter, most recently at Breckenridge and Steamboat Springs in Colorado.

In the summer, I surf the Pacific Ocean waves in Mexico, Central and South America. My favorite spots are off the coasts of Cabo San Lucas, Costa Rica, and Ecuador.

I’d call my Merrill Lynch representative in Chicago and have them send a plane to the Gallup airport for a same-day round trip to meet with lawyers and financial advisors to ask about how to anonymously take receipt of the funds. Then I’d fly home in time for dinner, act as if nothing happened, and go to work the next day.

How do you wind down after a busy day at the office?

When no one else is in the car, what music do you listen to?

I walk home, put on my play clothes, and my daughter Emma and I walk the gardens of our home for an hour or two, then we go in and have dinner.

I hit the scan button on the FM radio. I drive a Sierra work truck with no satellite radio or CD player and generally drive great distances. I seem to stop on public radio most frequently.

If you could go back in history and have dinner with one person, who would it be and why?

What is one surprising thing about you that’s not on your resume?

most of the Colorado 14’ers.

I’ve gone on a few international expeditions including a successful summit of Aconcague in the Andes mountain range of Argentina. It is the second highest peak on earth, the highest mountain outside Asia, and the highest point in the southern and western hemispheres. I made that ascent during the 2014 summer solstice when the weather was best for climbing. It was only 50 degrees below zero with light winds and snow showers.

Everyone has a good app idea. What’s yours?

I would call my app

Convergence as it would combine all my telecommunications including phone, emails, Netflix, voicemail, satellite television, and digital subscriptions.

The essential New Mexico question – red or green?

Definitely green. I have a southern Colorado history at Colorado State University where we imported Hatch chiles by the truckload and roasted them every fall. We then ate them in and on everything.

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GALLUP LUMBER & SUPPLY COMPANY

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heree Stauder’s great grandfather started Gallup Lumber & Supply Company in 1939. It has passed down through the family line through all these many years, sometimes through men’s hands – being mainly thought of in society as a “man’s business” and sometimes in capable women’s hands.

Currently those hands belong to Sheree Stauder.

Sheree and her sister were raised in the lumber yard, the hardware store, in business meetings, and in the offices of Gallup Lumber. The smell of cut lumber is a backdrop to her life. Sheree and her sister were given business tasks from a young age and expected to finish the tasks successfully. At home at night, in front of the fireplace, she and her little sister were given calculator rolls and register receipts and expected to check them to make sure they matched up. If they did not, then the receipts would be gone over with their Dad until the finances were reconciled. One time during an in-store inventory, the girls were told to count nails. The sisters (10 and under) thought about it and decided to see just how much a pound of nails weighed. As kids, they were encouraged to figure it out and learn how things were sold and managed in the hardware store. Counting nails one by one does not cut it!

Sheree was included in every aspect of the business and expected to learn and do all tasks well. She worked in every area of the yard: sweeping, cleaning toilets, moving cinder blocks, working in the Guard Shack, stocking in hardware – when tall enough – operating the register, etc., and expected to do it well. The unofficial family motto is “Dig In” (and do it well). As a child, Sheree enjoyed working with the family and was not afraid of the work.

Sheree graduated in 1983 from Gallup High School. She pursued Hospitality and Tourism and Business Administration with

a dual in Las Cruces. Sheree maintains a close relationship with the Dean who supported her education and guided her development in so many positive ways. Sheree felt she had the freedom to choose any path in life. She did try Dental Assistant work but felt the draw of the lumberyard, as the smell of fresh cut wood was in her blood. She also highly values the family environment with her Dad still at Gallup Lumber and the sense of family with all the employees.

Sheree says family is so important in her life. As she was growing up, Mom always had fresh-baked treats when she came home from school. Sheree feels blessed that her Mom is a loving mother and stayed home to raise the kids. Her dad worked and taught the girls so much about the lumber yard and the hardware store.

Per Sheree, “My Mom is my ear in life and my Dad is my ear in business.”

Sheree is a very busy woman. She loves coming to work, enjoys her employees, and sees her work environment as one big family - including her customers. There is laughing, joking, and even sometimes crying. She does try to have a plan but sometimes plans fly through the window.

That is when everyone digs in as a team and works together to get it done.

When asked what it means to be the boss of one of the biggest longest-running businesses in town, Sheree answers, “A title means nothing to me. It is what you bring to the table.” She knows she is the boss and sometimes has to be firm but really believes in the spirit of family and of Gallup as a small town with strong longlasting ties.

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A Special Mother

Mother Magda

By Jay Mason A mother is a mother still, the holiest thing alive – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

ay is the month of mothers.

Christians have dedicated it to the Mother of God. Originally, the month was named after a Roman goddess, Maia, who oversaw the new life that comes from flowers, gardens, and the other gifts of spring. Later, a Sunday in May was dedicated in America to mothers at the beginning of the twentieth century.

But this article is about another mother - Mother Magda. She was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1939. She was one of nine children. Her family was evangelical Christian and sometimes went to church.

As a young woman, she worked at Colgate Palmolive as a secretary. She was asked by a friend to go to a spiritual retreat. She refused at first because she did not have the time. The

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woman who asked her to go was Catholic.

The friend persisted, and eventually Magda agreed to go because she did not want the woman to think she was not a Catholic. Most of the people in Guadalajara and Mexico were Catholic.

The retreat was led by a priest, Father Ignacio. He preached about the Passion of Christ, and it had a profound effect on her. She attended other retreats, and eventually she began to take instruction from the Church. She became a Catholic in 1958. Soon thereafter, even though she was engaged to be married, she entered a monastery – the Poor Clares, which is a cloistered order that has a deep devotion to prayer. We have one such monastery in New Mexico – it is located in Roswell. The order transferred this young sister to California.

At this time in her life, the young sister decided that she wanted to work with the poor of this world. She looked around and eventually came to Gallup in 1976 to found a

new order. She wanted the order to be called the Sisters of St. Joseph, but Bishop Hastrich who supported her said he had prayed to the Blessed Mother for sisters to come to Gallup, and so the order became the Sisters of St. Joseph and Our Lady of Guadalupe. By now, I am sure you have guessed that this story is about Mother Magda.

If you live on the Northside of Gallup, you probably know Mother Magda. Her sisters taught school at St. Francis and Cathedral.

They worked with the poor from the very beginning, and she also started an orphanage in Mexico. Today that orphanage in Jacotepec, Mexico, takes care of 40 children, and three of her sisters staff the facility. The remaining sisters live in Gallup.

Mother tells a story about adoption at the orphanage. Several years ago, a woman from Mexico City came to visit the orphanage to see the work of the sisters. She praised the sisters for their work, and later upon her recommendation, a young couple came to

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Bishop James Wall and Mother Magda after the sisters’ 40th anniversary Mass in December of 2016 visit seeking to adopt two children. There was a group of five children who were brothers and sisters. They wanted to be adopted, but they did not want to be separated. The couple who came to adopt two left the orphanage with all five children.

Mother Magda received national recognition in 1987 from President Reagan when she and her sisters were recognized for their work during the last immigration amnesty in the United States. She tells the story of how she began to help the undocumented worker. She knew a family from Mexico who lived and worked in Gallup, and they were involved in a car accident near Zuni. When it was discovered that they were illegal aliens, they were put in jail in Gallup to be deported. The immigration officer came, and Mother pled with him to spare the family; she even cried for his mercy. His response was to give his card to Mother and told her if she really wanted to help, she should call him and get training about immigration laws so she could make a difference. The officer took the family to Mexico, but they soon came back to Gallup. Mother helped them get first their green card and then U.S. citizenship. The rest is history. Thousands of undocumented persons in our area have been helped by Mother Magda and her sisters. One of those helped was Mother, herself, because she had always had a green card, but after her training became a citizen of the United States.

Mother Magda is a shy but determined person. This story was not her idea; it was mine because I think we sometimes ignore

the quiet people who do their good work around us without publicity or the desire for recognition. When Mother was in California, as a sister she worked in children’s nurseries as a caretaker. She met a doctor and his wife and took care of their children; their names are Dr. Raymond and Yolanda Ponce. Little did she know that later he and his wife would become her benefactor. The Ponces have supported the sisters for a long time, but their most recent gift was the purchase and remodeling of the Chancery building on Puerco for a new convent. They moved into their new facility in April.

Perhaps Mother Magda’s greatest accomplishment is her establishment of the Casa Reina Chapel. Catholics believe that Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist and that when you pray before the Eucharist, you are spending time with Christ. Over 35 years ago, Mother founded a Eucharistic chapel next to her convent where anyone can go and spend time with Jesus in prayer. It is a quiet and beautiful place to pray. The unusual aspect of the chapel is that it is perpetual which means that someone is praying with Jesus 24 hours a day. It has been difficult to fill those slots day after day for these many years. Many prayers have been answered by God as a result of the dedicated sisters and lay-people who pray at that simple chapel.

The new chapel is strikingly beautiful.

After many years, Mother’s order was recognized by Rome in 2016. Her sisters are easy to spot in their blue habits. Once again, we are blessed to have their presence in Gallup. Hats off to Mother Magda and her good work for the poor!

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May Events at the Octavia Fellin Public Library Instagram Picture Challenge Every week in May, take part in the weekly picture challenge. Beginning May 1st, a weekly challenge will be posted on Instagram.

Follow the instructions and take the picture requested. Post the picture and tag us in the caption along with #galluplibrary. One picture will be selected each week to win a special library grab bag so follow us @ galluplibrary and check back to see what each week’s challenge will be. For more information, please call 505-863-1291 or email libtrain@gallupnm.gov.

May the Fourth Be With You Star Wars Day Celebration, Friday, May 4th, at the Main Library: movie marathon beginning at 10:00am, screening of recent Star Wars films, photo booth, Star Wars craft, and trivia. Dress as your favorite Star Wars character; wear your favorite Star Wars t-shirt.

May 1st to May 5th, the “Light” and “Dark side” challenges can be picked up in the building or printed from social media.

Completed forms must be returned to win fun Star Wars prizes. For more information, please call (505) 863-1291 or email libtrain@ gallupnm.gov.

Friday May 4th • Rogue One - 10:00am • The Force Awakens - 12:15pm • The Last Jedi - 2:30pm Gallup’s Big Library Read!

It’s all about Hillerman begins Saturday, May 5th, at the Main Library. Join the inauguration of We READ, We TALK Book Club, the first reading/discussion group in Gallup. The goal is to unite people through reading and discussion of a common book.

This summer the book is Cave of Bones: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel by Anne Hillerman. Sign up for the Big Library Read at the Main Library and you will receive a copy of the book, a book club T-shirt, a reader’s guide and a schedule of book discussions and events. The final discussion will be held on July 7th, and members of the book club will have lunch with Anne Hillerman followed by a book signing. (35 maximum enrollment).

Free Comic Book Day Saturday, May 5th, at El Morro Event Center, 12:00pm. Dale Deforest, creator of the Hero Twins comic book, will be doing a demonstration and Q&A for Free Comic Book Day. The Library will be giving away 75 free copies of the Hero Twins Comic Book, first come first served.

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Events Calendar May 1 Coal Avenue Commons Kick Off Event 6:00pm. Be the start of something big!

More info at www.coalavenecommons.org or find @CoalAvenueCommons on Facebook.

May 3 Public WPA Art Tour: Native Artists & The WPA , 4:00pm – 5:00pm Starting at the Octavia Fellin Public Library. More info at www.galluparts.org/ wpa-art May 4 Gallup Poetry Slam 6:30pm - 8:30pm, ART123 Gallery May 5 1st Annual Gallup Performing Arts Festival 1:00pm - 5:00pm at the Gallup Cultural Center Gallup Repertory Theater is pleased to announce the kickoff for its 2018 Season. The festival will feature singers, musicians, poets, actors, a one-act play festival, and a new musical based on Russian folklore. Games and activities for children and families will also be held in addition to the various performances. For more information, please visit us online at galluprep.org.

Artist Trading Card Workshop 12:00pm – 2:00pm (Drop-in) ART123 Gallery. Artists and crafters, learn how to make and trade Artist Trading Cards from master of the craft Tasha Nez. Bring your own arts and crafts supplies!

go to gallupbirdhouses.com. Contact: Linda Shelton - (505) 722-2175 or adnil.notlehs@gmail.com.

May 8 The Gallup Interfaith Community will meet 6:30pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church. For May this is a change to a second Tuesday of the month meeting. A discussion on our local response to the NM Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will continue. All are welcome in friendship and community. The church is located at 151 State Highway 564 (Boardman Drive near Orleans Manor Apartments). Contact for more information: Rev. Lorelei Kay (wpcgallup@gmail. com) or Steve Rogers (505) 870-1942.

May 12 Show Opening: “Allegory” by Tine Hayes 7:00pm – 9:00pm at ART123 Gallery Follow @ART123Gallery on Facebook.

ArtsCrawl: Pop! 7:00pm – 9:00pm Downtown Gallup.

For details, follow @ArtsCrawlGallup on Facebook.

THE CANDY KITCHEN SHOW ArtsCrawl, 7:00pm-9:00pm at opo Gallery which is reoponing at 305 South Second Street (Fitz’s). For more information please call Be at (505) 726-2497.

The McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council will hold its monthly meeting on Saturday, May 5th, at the Red Mesa Center, 105 W. Hill - Gallup.

Because MCRC will be participating in the RMCHCS Health Fair, the meeting will start at 2:30pm (a half hour later than usual). The public is encouraged to attend to learn about recycling opportunities in our region, updates on residential Gallup curbside recycling, plans for recycling outreach, and more. For more information call (505) 722-5142 or e-mail betsywindisch@yahoo.com.

The Plateau Sciences Society will hold its 19th annual Native & Xeric Plant Sale to benefit the Children’s Library Summer Program on Saturday, May 12th, 9:00am - 3:00pm (weather permitting) at Holiday Nursery, 224 S. Valley View (off of Aztec Avenue), in Gallup. A large selection of native plants (perennials, shrubs, vines and small trees) and others that can survive in a hot, dry, lowwater environment have been specially ordered for this sale. PSS founding member, Martin Link, will conduct an hour-long Xeriscape presentation at 10:00am at Holiday Nursery. The talk is free and open to the public. For more information regarding the Plateau Sciences Society’s Xeriscape program, call Martin at (505) 863-6459.

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The 11th Annual Relay For Life Birdhouse Auction at 6:00pm at Sammy C’s Pub & Grille in Downtown Gallup, 107 W. Coal Avenue. For more information and to check out the 2018 birdhouses,

A Taizé contemplative candlelight service will take place at 4:00pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Gallup, to provide an opportunity for silence and spiritual refreshment. The theme of

“Living Water” – will be explored through music, chant, prayer, quiet time, Scripture, and readings of various faith traditions. The church is located at 151 State Highway 564 (Boardman Drive near Orleans Manor Apartments). Contact: Kathy Mezoff (505) 870-6136 May 15 Derik Nelson, featured guitarist from the TV show “Glee”, and family bring their spectacular concert to Gallup on Tuesday, May 15th, at the El Morro Theatre, 7:00pm, sponsored by the Gallup Community Concert Association. The Nelson’s deliver a concert experience like no other, featuring pristine sound, a state-of-the-art light show, and an integrated 20-foot video display.

This innovative technical marvel uses the latest in audio-video technology to take audiences on an aural and visual journey through time, space, an impressive array of landscapes, weather conditions, and musical “settings.” 2017-2018 membership cards may still be purchased to admit up to 5 people to this concert. Better yet, attend this concert

*free* when you subscribe to the Gallup Community Concert Association’s upcoming seventy-fifth concert series for 20182019! Subscription prices: $20 - student/$45 - adult/$100 - family.

More information: (505) 862-3939, gallupcca@gmail.com or on the Gallup Community Concert Association Facebook page.

May 19 and June 2 Film-making workshops to be offered at ART123 on May 19th and June 2nd, from noon until 3:00pm. ($5 materials fee for each person taking part - Call (505) 980-5437 or visit gallupfilm.org for more information.)

May 22 Artist Talk: Artist-to-Artist: Create Without Fear 4:30pm - 5:30pm at ART123 Gallery. gallupARTS’ Native Artist-in-Residence, Hannah Manuelito, will give insight into starting a career in a creative field. More info at www.galluparts.org/native-air

May 17 Tamburitzans America’s Premier International Folk Ensemble 7:30pm, Gallup High School Auditorium.

For Tickets: www.brownppapertickets.com/ event/3342507. Tickets can be purchased at the door $25 - Adults/$22 - Seniors and Students. Promoted by: Croatian Fraternal Union 60 of Gallup. “Passages”- The Tamburitzans 81st season show – is a twohour journey of international music, song, and dance in two acts, with a 15-minute intermission. The show is appropriate for all ages. Countries/cultures represented in the 2017-2018 production include: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, Eastern European Roma, Greece, Hungary, Mexico, Romania, Serbia, Slovikia, Slovenia, and Spain. Thirtyone multi-talented performers travel from coast to coast, giving over 50 performances. All are full-time students attending four Pittsburgh-based colleges or universities.

On going events: Habitat for Humanity work sessions held each week.

Volunteers who wish to serve on decision-making meetings or who wish to volunteer at or help fund construction projects, call Bill Bright at (505) 722-4226 for details.

Gallup Solar is hosting free classes about all things solar Wednesdays, 6:00pm - 8:00pm, at 113 E. Logan. Call (505) 728-9246 for info on topics and directions.

First Sunday of Each Month Cars and Coffee 12:00pm - 2:00pm Free event and incentives for the drivers First Monday of Each Month The City of Gallup’s Sustainable Gallup Board meets on first Monday each month from 3:30pm to 5:00pm at the Octavia Fellin Library. Community members concerned about conservation, energy, water, recycling and other environmental issues are welcome. Call Bill Bright at (505) 722-0039 for information.

Second Monday of Each Month Gallup Autism Support Group Do you have a child on the Autism Spectrum? Join with other parents to find support. Children welcome at meetings.

Also find our group on Facebook. Meets at City Center Coffee/ Journey Church (501 S. Third St) from 6:00pm -7:30pm. For info call: (360) 912-1953 Second Wednesday of Each Month The McKinley County Health Alliance convenes on the second Wednesday from 11:00am -1:00pm at the New Mexico Cancer Center across from UNM-Gallup. All are welcome to attend to engage in discussions about health, education, economic, and environmental inequities to help facilitate change in those systems. For more information call (505) 870-9239.

Mondays Al-anon, Support for Families and Friends of Alcoholics.

Sacred Heart Cathedral Family Center, 555 South Woodrow Dr., Gallup, NM. 12:00noon – 1:00pm Tuesdays Al-anon, Support for Families and Friends of Alcoholics. One Day At A Time Club. Next to Catholic Church, Ft. Defiance, Az. 6:00pm – 7:00pm Wednesdays Co-Dependents Anonymous First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Dr, Gallup, in the library, 6:00pm -7:00pm. All are welcome; learn more at CoDA.org.

Thursdays Al-anon, Support for Families and Friends of Alcoholics.

Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Dr., Gallup, NM. 7:00pm – 8:00pm Saturdays Overeaters Anonymous meeting open to all. Every Saturday at 10:00am, First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive, Gallup. The meeting takes place in the library. Feel free to call Liz (505) 721-9208 with any questions.

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By Rose Eason, Executive Director of gallupARTS

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allup has many resident artists—one in four of our community members is an artist! But it has never before Indigenous identity through portraiture work of the most crucial part had an Artist-in-Residence. What’s the difference? An artistof Diné culture, the matriarchs.” Hannah says that having grown in-residence program is a paid opportunity, providing an artist the up partially on the Navajo Nation but mostly in an off-reservation resources (i.e., space, time and materials) to create original works of city, she struggled with her identity: “I questioned if I was a ‘true’ art. In turn, it is a chance for the public to pull back the curtain on the Native or not, and that haunted me for years.” Now, Hannah wants creative process, to see artworks being made and to engage directly with to empower Indigenous people to be proud of themselves however an artist. they identify by honoring who she sees as culture-bearers: the mothers, This summer, one local artist will get that opportunity and Gallup aunties, and grandmas who raised her. “Matriarchs are the backbone will get that chance when gallupARTS launches its inaugural Native of the Indigenous culture,” she says. “By taking portraits of these Artist-in-Residence program at ART123 Gallery in downtown. important figures, I want to bring forth how strong and important these Thanks to a $10,000 “Challenge America” grant from the National women are and how many different forms they take. Some may be Endowment for the Arts, as well as to contributions from the Southwest businesswomen, firefighters, politicians, athletes, and aspiring artists.

Indian Foundation, gallupARTS board members and private donors, We all don’t wear traditional clothing but we all respect and carry gallupARTS is excited to announce Diné photographer Hannah important Diné teachings.”

Manuelito as its summer 2018 Native Artist-inThis May through July, Hannah will work in Residence. her studio inside ART123 Gallery in downtown gallupARTS received 16 very worthy, moving, and Gallup, creating a series of bold, powerful, inspiring applications for this program from artists beautiful, and intimate photographic portraits of across the region, from Gallup to Zuni to Window the influential Indigenous women in her life. For Rock. The selection was made by a majority-Native her project, she will be drawing on the style and committee through a Request-for-Proposals and methodology of Baroque era painting: “Thinking interview process. back to early art history; the Baroque period Originally from Ganado, Arizona, Hannah had many depictions of saintly women. Using recently graduated from Arizona State University dramatic lighting, Baroque paintings emphasize (ASU) with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in women’s strength. I would love to do the same Photography. At ASU, Hannah explored the with my portraits, placing Diné women in the convergences and divergences between the cultures scenery around the Diné Nation and staging and and places in which she grew up: rural and urban, lighting them to show their grandeur.”

Navajo and non-Navajo, “traditional” and nonCheck out Hannah’s work at traditional. Hannah now works for the Native hannahmanuelitophotography.com or on American clothing brand OxDx clothing, utilizing Instagram @itshannahduhhhhh. her fine arts background to create innovative high Get more information about gallupARTS’ fashion photographs for the company.

Native Artist-in-Residence Program at www.

As gallupARTS’ Native Artist-in-Residence, galluparts.org/native-air or by following @ “Womanhood” by Hannah Manuelito Hannah will strive “to bring light and truth to ART123Gallery on Facebook.

The community is invited to engage with Hannah and her project through the following programs:

• Attend an “Artist Talk” at ART123 Gallery: “Artist-to-Artist: Create without Fear” on Tuesday May 22 at 4:30pm “Portrait of the Artist as a City Girl” on Tuesday, June 19 at 4:30pm “Residency Reflection” on Tuesday, July 17 at 4:30pm

• Catch Hannah at work in her studio at ART123 Gallery during “Open Studio” hours starting May 15: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:00pm – 4:00pm (“Open Studio” hours will run through July 26).

• Meet Hannah at ART123, see a live demo or maybe even have your portrait taken during the May, June and July ArtsCrawls.

In addition to the above, Hannah will be leading youth photography workshops in Gallup, Zuni and Thoreau this summer.

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MARCUS PEYKETEWA

TURNING PAINTED ROCKS INTO FINE ART

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arcus Peyketewa is a familiar (and cherished) sight on the streets of Zuni; but folks can’t have a chat with him unless they know sign language. Meningitis robbed him of the ability to hear or speak. At the age of forty-six, Marcus has learned plenty of gestures used by people like me who aren’t so educated. He has a quick wit and sharp mind so he usually gets what I’m trying to say.

Peyketewa has an unusual artistic skill. He paints Katsina (Koko) masks on thin sheets if sandstone. Don’t misunderstand; he’s not selling pencils on the corner. He is an excellent artist.

His father was Paul Peyketewa, a jeweler known for his fabulous inlays of animals and birds, specializing in bears and mountain lions. His mother and her brother are artists of multiple mediums.

His maternal great grandparents were Frank and Ruth Calavaza, known for their jewelry. His grandmother Rosalie Pinto became famous for her chubby mudhead and koshare pieces.

Of course Frank and Ruth Calavaza, Dan Simplicio’s sister and brother-in-law, also made important jewelry. If that wasn’t enough Zuni royalty, he lived for a time in the famous Jamon/

THIS DRAWING ILLUSTRATES MARCUS’S SUPERB DRAFTSMANSHIP.

Boone/Clown house, overloaded with artistic talent.

When Marcus lost the ability to hear or speak, there was no local help. So at the age of seven, a foster family in Albuquerque took him in so he could attend a special school. He moved on to the New Mexico School for the Deaf in Santa Fe where he graduated. The real story here is the proximity MARCUS PEYKETEWA of the American Indian Art Institute, right next door to the school for the deaf.

When Marcus’s unusual talent was discovered, he was allowed to attend art classes there. Unlike self-taught artists, Peyketewa learned artistic rules and mastered draughtsmanship; the ability to do finely rendered drawings.

I have known Marcus for many years and I have the first piece I ever bought from him. It is the head of a koyemshi, mudhead as they are called, on the thin piece of sandstone with a leather strap. It is not really impressive but sweet all the same, and the rendering is perfect.

I bought other pieces over the years (anyone who lives in Zuni probably has a few), but several years ago, I was visiting with a family and couldn’t help noticing a colored pencil drawing on the wall. There was a beautiful eagle soaring over a very lifelike bear. It was such a fine drawing, I almost thought it came from a commercial source—out of a magazine perhaps.

I finally went over to the piece and had the thought that there was both an Eagle clan and Bear clan in Zuni. The drawing was signed Marcus Peyketwa. I was blown away with the detail.

It turns out that he is an excellent artist in the traditional sense.

However, there is not that much local demand for paintings.

Marcus has no transportation, so he cannot travel to sell his work to stores. Nevertheless, he manages with his rock art.

These days there are quite a few Zunis who paint on rocks, but in my mind, Marcus Peyketewa was the first and still the most charming.

His mother told me he started painting on rock with acrylics because canvas was expensive and hardly available locally. On the other hand, pink sandstone is in great supply—and free.

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My mudhead piece is on a fairly thick piece of stone and it’s pretty small, but these days his skill at splitting the rock with

Not too long ago, I was in a house where at least one hundred of his rock paintings decorated one wall, and other paintings were scattered about. On closer look, I saw they were all different Kokos. The family told me that before long they would

Don’t misunderstand; he’s not selling pencils on the corner.

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STAY THE COURSE

By Jean Baltz This is why change is difficult. It is not so much the introspective assessment of self and behavior, or the thoughtful choice of change to be made, or even the justdo-it phase of a new behavior and the value it carries.

Identification of needing change is courageous, and initiation

of the plan really is somewhat creative and exciting. The difficulty is staying the course and facing the long, sometimes challenging, seemingly slow progress, through to the longterm goal.

Maintaining change is tough. One to two weeks into your plan, energy may start to falter, old behaviors are tempting, and momentum is compromised. This is more likely when

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the value of the alternate behavior does not exceed the disruptive activity.

Monitoring of progress and continuing to increase your incentives are helpful.

Think of it as a very long road trip with multiple stops and breaks, and with each stop (incentive), you are closer to

your destination.

Be good to yourself; you are on a path of improvement. Small acts of kindness are important. Evaluate what you have in your toolbox that is tempting, valued, and likely to please. It is incredibly important to keep moving forward

even if it is with less than previous momentum.

Some reminders; keep change simple – only change one behavior at a time until it becomes the new normal. Break it down to simpler steps if needed.

Possibly, you can narrow down the specificity of the new behavior. Increase the detailing of the new behavior.

Journaling, although not recommended for a long length of time, can indicate if your plan is rational and realistic.

Another step is to set short-term and long-term goals. If your energy starts to wane at two weeks, set two-week goals with an incentive built in. At the end of each shorter timeframe, you will feel successful and invigorated to supply renewed enthusiasm to take it to the next short-term goal.

Another method to maintaining the new behavior is involving others; asking for assistance or support can give a sense of accountability and add to motivation. If you feel overwhelmed or unable to meet your goals on your own, consider seeking help from a licensed mental health professional. The connection between the mind and body, and the factors that promote behavioral change, are uniquely complicated and individualized. Even just a few sessions can help you examine and set attainable goals or address the barriers that may be getting in your way.

As you can see, planning is very important to success in behavioral change. Real change is long-term sustained change, often described as no longer a change but life as usual. Stated again as not to underestimate, sustained change is tremendously difficult!

Why is behavior so difficult to change?

Here are some thoughts to ponder and ask questions regarding: change should never be based on fear or regret, all or nothing thinking, doing it all at once, poor planning, failure to recognize and estimate the process, not addressing our failures, and most importantly not on a solid commitment!

Do not be discouraged! Stay the course! One author calls it “stay in the grey.” Do not let your negative emotions determine your wavering commitment to the change you deemed important to your health and wellness.

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Veterans Corner

RAYMIE HURLEY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER

By Sandra McKinney

“Often, the answer to our prayer does not come while we’re on our knees, but while we’re on our feet serving the Lord and serving those around us.” ~ Dieter F Uchtdorf

I

t can be a challenging task for any veteran to sift their way through the myriad of red tape and paperwork when attempting to claim their federal and state veterans’ benefits.

There are 16 field offices for the New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services located throughout the state. Gallup is fortunate to have one of these offices. Each office is staffed by an accredited Veterans’ Service Officer (VSO) to assist veterans and their dependents.

Gallup is very proud to welcome Raymie Hurley as the new full-time VSO. Raymie is a veteran himself, having served in the United States Marine Corps from 1999-2003. Though he is new to this position, he is becoming well-equipped to recognize the needs of each veteran and to guide them on their quest for benefits.

Hurley hails from To’hajiilee, (Little Canyon) New Mexico.

His father, a Baptist Preacher, is from To’hajiilee and his mother comes from Farmington, New Mexico. Raymie has four siblings, a brother who is in the United States Army, plus three sisters, the youngest of whom also serves in the U.S. Army. There is a strong sense of service and dedication in this family.

“I attended Rehoboth Christian School and then went on to Wingate High School, graduating in 1997,” states Raymie. “I was in the boarding school program and it was a trial to study and learn while also being away from my family and home in To’hajiilee. I am grateful though to have received a good education,” Hurley proudly exclaims.

“Following high school, I went to Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) in Lawrence, Kansas. After attending HINU for two years, I felt I wanted to be more independent and selfsupporting, so I joined the United States Marines,” Hurley proudly states. “I was with the Marine Security Guard Battalion at Quantico, Virginia. This is the Diplomatic Security - Law Enforcement Arm of the U.S. Department of State. We were responsible for training the Marines who would go on to guard U.S. Embassies all over the world.”

Raymie felt the call to leave the East Coast and return to his homeland after his honorable discharge from the Marines. He was

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a Sargent (E5) upon his separation. Utilizing his law enforcement training from the U.S. Marines, Hurley felt the call to continue serving and went to the Navajo Nation Police Academy in Toyei, Arizona, in 2004. He graduated from the Academy in 2005 and spent nine years with the Navajo Nation Police Department, primarily in the Crownpoint-Eastern Agency district. He was a sub-station officer, a member of the tactical team, and worked the registry program for sex offenders. “I received a lot of good training; it was a good experience and I had some excellent supervisors while with the NNPD,” Raymie states.

“In 2012, I left the NNPD and decided it was time to further my education. In January 2013, I was enrolled at UNM-Gallup.

I used my Post 9-11 benefits and my GI Bill for my education. It is important to take advantage of the benefits offered from your military service,” states Hurley. “In 2015, I received my Associates Degree in Criminal Justice from UNM-Gallup and then went on to Western New Mexico University, where, in 2017, I received my Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice.”

“I figured with these degrees I would then return to a job in Law Enforcement,” smiles Hurley. “But my father always taught us to be helpful to others, and when I saw the opening for the VSO position, I felt this was another way to help others, especially a way to serve those who have served! It is important to give to others.” Even during his spare time, Hurley enjoys giving back to the community. He has been a coach for cross-country and for basketball at the high school in To’hajiilee. Hurley ran crosscountry himself when he was in high school. He also coaches girls’ basketball at Rehoboth School. He laughs when he says, “The girls are actually more disciplined than the boys, but the girls are a whole lot more emotional!”

“My training was hands-on at the Albuquerque field office. I had an experienced VSO monitoring over my shoulder while I sat at a desk and started working with the veterans in need. It was a crash-course, but I feel equipped to assist those who come to me for help. If I get stymied, I know that a seasoned VSO is just a phone call away; plus I have manuals and internet connections for additional information.” Hurley explains.

Hurley will work primarily at his office in Gallup, but he will also have regularly scheduled outreach visits to smaller surrounding communities, such as Grants, Quemado, Reserve, and Crownpoint. You can call the office to see when outreach

visits are scheduled. As a Veterans Service Officer, Hurley can help veterans from any state to receive their Federal Benefits, but has an employee of the New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services; he can only help a veteran receive State Benefits for the State of New Mexico.

All honorably-discharged veterans may be entitled to VA and state veterans’ benefits.

These are benefits that veterans have earned through their sacrifice and service to our country. Applying for these benefits, however, can be complicated.

In talking with Hurley, you can feel the discipline of him being a Marine, plus he has the take-charge attitude of a police officer.

He may be new on the job, but he has an air of confidence and a strong desire to help.

Some of the State Benefits available: Veteran Tax Exemption Disabled Veteran Property Tax Waivers Veteran License Plates Patriot License Plates Disabled Veteran Hunting and Fishing Licenses Veteran and Active-Duty Military Discounted Hunting and Fishing Licenses Disabled Veteran Parks and Museums Pass Veterans Day Recreation and Museum Privileges Vehicle Excise Tax Exemption Military Funeral Honors Veteran Employment Tax Credit Homeless and At-Risk Veteran Services Near-Homeless Veterans Assistance Veterans and Family Support Services Veterans Court Program Veterans Civil Justice Clinics Expedited Professional Licensure Some other areas where a VSO can help: Assist in filing VA Claims for benefits Answer turn-downs with Notice of Disagreement Statements or Appeals Offer guidance for where to seek other benefits Always willing to listen and find answers

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Because I said I Would

A thousand pains I felt From soul and heart to marrow Would from my eyes drop tears At sight of emptiness and sorrow To see the lonely people Walk the street with bags Which hold what life delivers To see the shallow eyes As they picked through the trash For meager nightly dinner What kind of world is this?

Cried my soul That lets another suffer so And then blames them For making poor choices As if to absolve oneself In the dish of Pontius Pilate And what do I become Cried my heart If fear of criticism and sneers More shallow than the eyes I saw Keeps me from one kind deed or word Some may suffer, some may die Some may question why I try?

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By Michele Reeves For those of us who live in or near Gallup, we see this town for what it is—small. We take for granted that there are expansive grocery stores, nail salons, service stations, and restaurants all within a short drive. The “perks” of Gallup is what others from the central part of the Navajo Reservation make a day’s trip to visit. Because it’s a long roundtrip journey, the trip must be worth the time and fuel, especially if the grandparents are coming along.

Marie Tsosie is one of those people who makes her trips into Gallup as purposeful as possible. She has been an elementary teacher at the local boarding school for nearly three decades. She lives next door to her elder parents at the base of the western slope of the Chuska Mountains. When she isn’t at school, she is caring for a small flock of sheep, grading assignments next to the wood-burning stove, and having dinner with her parents. As far as she is concerned, there is 48

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no need for the internet, fast food, or Frappuccino. However, there always comes a time when a scheduled trip into Gallup is necessary, and she is quick to point out that it will never be during the first week of the month.

Marie was raised “off the land” and without electricity and water.

She and her siblings spent their childhood playing in the mountain springs, picking berries, and camping outdoors. She has always loved the sounds and smells of nature, and she loved coming home from school to the bleating sheep. Her brothers and her sister teased Marie for her reluctance to venture far from home, even to get a college education. Marie knew she wanted to be a teacher but feared any large city and its large university. While her brothers left for the military and her sister married and moved away, Marie’s options were limited. Fortunately, Diné College was a 30-minute drive from home. That meant, however, she would need to transfer to a fouryear college soon; so off she went to UNM and the “big city” of

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She loved her classes; hated the noise pollution. Her dorm room faced out toward Lomas Boulevard and its non-stop traffic. She said that “pulling an all-nighter” took on a different meaning for her; she simply could not fall asleep in such a noisy place. While her dorm mates went out to eat, watched movies, and hung out at coffee houses, Marie retreated to her room and day-dreamt about the mountains, the sheep and lambs, and her parents. She could hardly wait for Friday afternoon, so she could go home to rest. Her parents, however, saw this as an opportunity to get away from the farm by driving into “town,” while Marie took care of the sheep and home. She could not understand the lure of Gallup.

Marie explains that she is a homebody, content with the simple way of life. Even her parents wonder why she is not more like her brothers and sister. They often wished they could live closer to Gallup, so the trips wouldn’t take the entire day. It could be that since Marie’s

parents were both retired and, according to Marie, needed some hobbies, going to Gallup easily became one. That was years ago; now they are dependent on Marie to drive them into Gallup. It is cute, she says of her parents, to watch them prepare to go to “town.” She knows exactly which stores they want to shop at, where they will eat lunch, and, if time permits, that they will visit old friends or the flea market. It does surprise them at how much Gallup grows from one visit to the next.

Grow? Gallupians would beg to differ, especially since we still drive to Albuquerque or Flagstaff to eat at Olive Garden or Red Lobster, shop at Barnes and Noble Bookstore, watch a movie while sitting in a Lazy Boy recliner at the theater, or to stock up on supplies from Costco. Those of us who take Gallup for granted are leaving our homes every-now-and-then to do exactly what Marie and her parents do at least once a month.

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Women in the Yoga Business: The First Flash

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By Eric Shaw work in the “yoga industry”— and unlike most industries, except nursing, housecleaning, or elementary-school teaching (among some others)—this field’s been female-dominated for decades.

Of course, yoga originated in India thousands of years ago, and men managed the whole shebang there. It wasn’t till 1893 that yoga to came to the West and fell almost wholly into women’s hands. That year, a bloke named Swami Vivekananda chatted up Chicago’s World Parliament of Religions, got his audiences hot and bothered, then toured America’s mountains and plains, publishing books and founding ashrams. He gathered a gob of fans…Most of them gals.

They weren’t captains of industry, but many had rich husbands—still living, or now dead. They sponsored Vivekananda’s work and beta-tested yoga. He taught them chants.

He taught breath practices. And—few know it— he also taught them poses.

Through women, yoga got off to the races in the West. But it would take more than 75 years for yoga to rage in the marketplace.

In the 1800s, there existed a slim market for eastern-themed statuettes of yogis, yogic gods, Hindu charms and Hindu trinkets, and the transition from open spiritual ritual to paid secular stretch-class would be slow—and never complete.

In its first days, the main business opportunity was from the sale of books and smattering of tuitions from classes that were often just inflected by yoga—or if labeled “yoga,” they were limited by misrepresentation, misunderstanding, or a too-mordant adaptation to the mainstream. It wasn’t until Pierre Bernard founded a chain of 10 yoga studios in New York in 1911—and a high profit yoga retreat center in 1924— that yoga collected any significant money for anybody. The world would have to wait 45 years to see his likes again.

As far as women in the modern era go, we can travel back to 1784 and see the scholar, Hannah Adams, publishing An Alphabetical Compendium of the Various Sects, which discussed Hindu practices.

Meditative yoga was promoted by Helena Blavatsky when she founded the Theosophical society in 1875, and she pretty-much single-handedly manifested

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an international atmosphere conducive to yoga by her stirring presence and paradigmshifting books, including Isis Unveiled (1877) and The Secret Doctrine (1888). Her Theosophical lodges peppered the planet and begged significant business savvy to lead.

By 1894 there were 84 of them in North America alone.

Yoga’s health benefits had been touted as early as the 1880s by figures like Annie Payson Call and Genevieve Stebbins in their Harmonial Gymnastics tradition. They taught classes and—in total— published 15 books.

Their brand of embodied spirituality associated itself with, “The higher rhythmic gymnastics of the temple and sanctuary where magnetic power, personal grace, and intellectual greatness were the chief objects sought,” and cited the “Brahmins and Yogis of India.” But they didn’t call their activity yoga.

Cajzoran Ali expressly taught yoga classes and published her bizarre Divine Posture Influence upon the Endocrine Glands in 1928, but the first legit yoga manuals by women would have to wait until the 1930s to appear.

In ‘31, Mollie Bagot Stack put out Building the Body Beautiful: The Bagot-Stack Stretch and Swing System, and in ‘34, Sita Devi Yogendra published Yoga Physical Education for Women in India. Yogendra taught classes at her yoga health center outside Mumbai, and Stack’s system—that she’d partly learned from a pandit in India in 1911—was a sort of vinyasa yoga (though not named as such) that became a massive movement in Britain and was performed both at stadium-filling rallies and the ‘36 Berlin Olympics.

It was a “family business” of sorts. Her daughter, Prunella, enlarged Stretch and Swing’s already-significant influence after Mollie Stack’s demise in 1935.

It took a disciple of Pierre Bernard, his wife Blanche Devries, to become the first woman to open a dedicated yoga studio (in New York, in 1938). It did not make great waves, but another one that opened by an enterprising femme capitale on the left coast did.

Indra Devi (whose name means “Kingof-the-Gods-Goddess”) opened the most famous yoga studio of her era in Hollywood, California, in 1947 (simply called, “The Indra Devi Yoga Studio”). It drew starlets of all ages and all levels of fame. Ruth St. Denis, Olivia de Haviland, and Greta Garbo were all a part

of Indra’s high-profile parade. She inflected yoga with something new. She combined it with a rash of health practices, including eating whole foods, getting out into fresh air, and employing nature cures. Spurred by her and others, yoga would inch slowly forward in the 50s with books written by both women and men. These would lend comfort to an emerging counter-culture that pressed against the white-bread orthodoxy that dominated the mid-century.

Hot-selling female authors of the missilemad 50s included the Australian Elisabeth Haich, who authored Initiation and Yoga and Health—both in 1953. Devi herself “bookended” the decade with Forever Young, Forever Healthy in 1950, and Yoga for Americans in 1959. The DeVries student, Clara Spring, offered a manual in 1959, too: Yoga for Today.

(Note the unmistakable newness, youthiness, and United-States-iness in these titles— sure symbols of a time when America, unblemished by war-wreckage or doubt, walked freshly into the Atomic Age . . .)

Late in the decade, Swami Sivananda Radha, an enterprising Canadian (oh my!), followed an ethereal prompt to re-settle in India and study with Swami Sivananda Saraswati in Rishikesh. Returning home in ‘58, she became the maven of four enduring yoga enterprises in British Columbia, including the Yasodhara Ashram, the Yoga Vedanta Bookstore, Timeless Books publishing house, and Ascent Magazine. All these were non-profits, but if she’d chosen profiteering over preaching, she’d surely be held dear as a straight-up entrepreneur.

When the calendar flipped to ‘60, Devi flitted to Moscow to pow-wow with Andrei Gromyko about making yoga legal in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Their

talks went well (raised in Latvia, Devi spoke fluent Russian) and—in a business-woman’s coup—she gained permission to put out her books there.

The Hippie-dippie DIY attitude of the 60s enriched yoga culture bigtime, even as its “industry” aspect remained infinitesimally small. These Youth Movement years were a continuous cavalcade of riots, rock ‘n roll, and romps in the hay, but at some point in the fresh-minted 70s, the baby-boomers took a chill pill and the “me-decade” dawned.

Those years saw millions of lapsed longhairs amping up their navel-gazing and re-upping their cult membership. In ‘75, six women—Rose Garfinkle, Jean Girardot, Judith Lasater, Janis Paulsen, and Rama Vernon—and one dude—Willian Staniger— founded Yoga Journal, and it proved to be a clearing house for the hot new “Spiritual Marketplace” of the era. It was a niche where women would thrive.

The listings of the The Whole Earth Catalog and Yoga Journal’s classified ads were the tradefloor of a female-inflected New Age marketplace that sported ventures like Eva Reich’s Holistic Life Seminars, Hillary Anderson’s Oracular Dimension Workshops, and Ilyana Lorienne’s Psycho-Spiritual Counseling through Astrology. (True! I didn’t make this up!)

Arguably, this unregulated mystical enthusiasm has settled into more a masculine, cash-savvy culture as the gymed-up yoga 80s, Madonna-asana 90s, and the mainstreaming of yoga in the New Millennium have come to pass. The yoga studio business in particular is a province where female ownership creeps toward 90%, and what was once funky, flakey, and frankly spiritual in Yoga Journal before 1990, soon morphed into a fortnightly dose

of yogasploitation in the form of healthminded gal culture: fatless foods, jogs with your dog, and ads for kickass yoga pants.

Guys are sure gettin’ it, but this practice is a girley world more than ever, as the production of yoga sportswear, yoga tchotchkes, and yoga potations is everywhere spearheaded by gentlewomen in capital gains mode.

Yoga has persisted in its yeasty expansion for over 120 years now, and Lakshmi’s culling a motherlode of yogawares from her everfecund oven. Relax lads, she’s got this.

Don’t get me wrong! Men still bring it in the “Yoga Industry,” but the ladies—like many-armed Kali—have a couple added hands at the wheel.

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People Reading Toland Silversmith at WrestleMania 34 MercedesBenz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana. Along for the ride, the Gallup Journey.

Reading the Gallup Journey in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, with Catie and Jordan Vasquez, Cristina and George Brasinikas, Carla and Darren Baade, Jill and Dennis O’Keefe, Gail and Tommy Lee, Maria and Allan Streigold, and Amanda and Charles Beekman.

Jennifer Lazarz, Emerald Tanner, Teri Fraizer, Bill Lee and Rose Eason pose with the Journey at the National Association of Counties / Creative Counties Placemaking Training Workshop in Des Moines, Iowa.

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ELECT

VIRGINIA YAZZIE McKINLEY MAGISTRATE JUDGE DIVISION 2

Lifelong resident of Continental Divide, McKinley County, NM • I have something to offer the citizens of McKinley County. It is of great importance to demonstrate fairness, equality, honesty and trustworthiness with compassion (kei) for the constituents we serve.

JUSTICE FOR YOU EXPERIENCED HARDWORKING INTERGRITY FAIRNESS JUSTICE

• Treating the community of McKinley County with respect, listening to their concerns with compassion, making a fair, impartial judgement on any case.

• I understand the frustrations and stuggles of many families here in McKinley County, especially in the rural areas, because I too have experienced those struggles.

• I can hear cases, make a fair and impartial ruling without any political interference or intimidation.

• Knowledge in the Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedures at the Magistrate Level

JUNE 05, 2018 VOTE VIRGINIA YAZZIE Paid for by the Committee to Elect Virginia Yazzie Magistrate Judge Div 2

Mother’s Day Brunch May 13, 2018 Full Buffet 11am-3pm

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Pop goes the … ArtsCrawl!

Pop downtown on Saturday, May 12th from 7 – 9pm for a night of pop culture, pop performances, and pop-up shows!

ArtsCrawl: Pop! Saturday, May 12th 7-9pm in downtown Gallup

Pop Performances • Catch pop song cover band Magnetic North live outside Quintana’s!

• Get your pop music karaoke on outside Sammy C’s with DJ Kevin Schemp.

• Foundations of Freedom will put on an epic performance at 8pm.

Pop Culture • Test your pop culture knowledge with trivia at Camille’s, presented by Gallup Repertory Theatre.

• Binge on movie trailers at El Morro Theatre.

Pop-up Shows • Local artist Bear Mescale’s temporary graffiti mural incorporating the community’s vision for the future Coal Avenue Commons will be revealed in the Walkway.

Be part of the mural by submitting your answer to the following question to @ArtsCrawlGallup on Facebook or to artscrawl@galluparts.org: What ONE word captures your vision for the future of downtown Gallup?

• Check out a temporary exhibit of Rube Goldberg Machines created by Middle College High School students in the Events Center.

• Jemez artist Jaque Fragua will open a neon art installation at LOOM Indigenous Art Gallery.

• Celebrate the opening of “Allegory,” a show of Tine Haye’s latest watercolors, at ART123 Gallery.

Other Things That Go “Pop!” • Weave turtle and butterfly ornaments using yarn and popsicle sticks in the Events Center.

• Play with giant bubbles outside Sammy C’s.

Stay up-to-date with ArtsCrawl by following @ArtsCrawlGallup on Facebook.

ArtsCrawl is produced by gallupARTS and funded by the Gallup Business Improvement District.

People Reading The Place to Be! CHILI FACTORY

SERENADE MUSIC DR KHOURY TMOBILE GNC JOURNEYS CLAIRES Q& A BILLIARDS

Lori Arsenault and Vanessa Cannaday cruising along the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe, Africa, with the Gallup Journey.

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JCPENNEY BEALLS RUE 21 HOT TOPIC UPTOWN MAURICE‘S FYE FALLAS

THE SHOE DEPT

DON GRAMY TREASURES FOOT LOCKER URBAN WEAR FALLAS FINISH LINE AND MORE!

The Tse Bonito Dental Clinic

Dr. Bob sponsors kids for rodeo season!

Here are your Essay Winners

If you live in Ganado, Chinle, Kayenta, Window Rock, Yatahey, why waste money on gas driving to Gallup, come see us here in Tse Bonito.

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For Graduation

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For Mother’s Day May 13th Bring your mother in for a free dessert!

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July 27th-29th

Excellent Entertainment For All!

Dozens of Balloons Ascensions Friday, Saturday, Sunday 6:30am (sunrise) • Red Rock State Park

Motorcycles and Hot Air Balloons “Tunnel of Fire”

SUMMER EVENTS IN DOWNTOWN GALLUP

Gallup RT 66 Freedom Ride Flight Cruise

Saturday, 8pm (sundown) • Aztec Ave., from 9th St. to 3rd St.

Live bands, with Voodoo Rhythm and Black Pearl

Saturday, 4-11pm • Downtown Courthouse Plaza

Over 100 Outstanding Classic and Fun Cars Saturday, 10am-3pm Gurley Ford on Coal Ave.

Circus Acrobats from “Wise Fools” (Santa Fe)

Saturday, 3-8pm • Downtown Courthouse Plaza

For schedules and information visit: gogallup.com • Facebook - Freedom Ride and Flight Rally • http://gurleymotorcoroute66carshow.com/ • rt66freedomweekend.com

Second Annual Gallup Native Arts Market

SCHEDULE Thursday, August 9th: 11am – 1pm Artist Potluck & Preview

Thursday, August 9th: 1pm – 6pm Market is open to the general public

Friday, August 10th: 10am – 6pm Market is open to the general public

Juried show overseen by a commission of established local Native artists Featuring work for sale by dozens of Master Artists jewelry-weaving-pottery-sculpting

Saturday, August 11th: 8am – 6pm Market is open to the general public

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www.GoGallup.com

Gallup Business Improvement District 230 S. Second St., P.O. Box 4019 Gallup, NM 87305