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City Update, August 2015
Flood Response. Gallup’s monsoons made an early appearance this year, with what has been one of the wettest seasons on record in New Mexico. Our high desert terrain is particularly susceptible to flash flooding during heavy rains and we’ve worked through several challenges due to the large volumes of water. We wanted to give a shout out to the hard-working crews from Public Works, Parks and Recreation, and Utilities who responded to multiple, simultaneous incidents around Gallup during the stormy weather. Mosquito Abatement Program. Are pesky mosquitos getting to you? The city has partnered with Roadrunner Public Health to begin a pilot program for mosquito control. Gallup residents can call our Mosquito Abatement Hotline @ 726-7520. This is a voice mail only number; please leave your name, address or area you are calling about and a phone number so that we may contact you and arrange for mosquito control services. Junior Public Safety Academy. The Gallup Fire Department hosted the Junior Public Safety Academy (JPSA) on Wednesday, July 22nd.
Seventy cadets ranging in age from 8 to 17 kicked off their day at the fire department’s main station learning the many tasks and functions of being a firefighter. The sessions included five breakout activities, such as first aid, fire safety, search techniques, ropes and knots, and hose layout. After lunch hosted by the fire department, cadets broke into teams and engaged in a competition using the skills learned in the morning. The Junior Public Safety Academy creates a positive and fun learning experience while helping youth build confidence and teamwork. Best of the Best Rodeo 2015. Gallup’s newest youth rodeo event returned to Red Rock Park in June for its second year, doubling the contestant pool of 2014. The rodeo paid over $63,000 in prize money along with fine saddles and other merchandise to the winners. Contestants came from all over the Southwest and traveled from distant states such as Idaho and Louisiana. This event is poised to continue to quickly expand as word spreads about the huge payouts and great Gallup hospitality.
Mayor Jackie McKinney Councilor Linda Garcia Councilor Allan Landavazo Councilor Yogash Kumar Councilor Fran Palochak August 2015
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o Spiders Stalk Humans? Growing up, I was taught to say in Navajo, “you will have no relatives,” whenever I killed a spider. Mr. Bulow reported that practice in his book. I was not told to draw a circle around the dead spider as some Navajos and Bulow’s book tell me they do. Bulow says people learn and observe taboos without knowing why. I asked around and that’s true. It appears that those who speak Navajo are more likely to observe this particular practice. One friend tells me he was told that a spider will go after (stalk) you if you mess with it; that is why you tell them they have no more relatives should you have to kill them. Scary. The taboo does not encourage spider killing, but if you have to kill one you protect yourself with the words. I am not convinced, but I may have caused two violated black widows to stalk me. About 2 years ago I swept away a black widow and the web it wove behind a bag of mulch. I did not kill the spider thinking it would go somewhere away from the house. A couple of days later, I felt something brush my face once or twice as I walked in the front door. Maybe a day later I was watching TV when I noticed a black widow beginning to weave a web under a corner of the coffee table. I killed it and don’t remember if I said,” Ni k’ei adii.” Well it happened again this spring. I destroyed the web of a black widow behind a board leaning against the house near the front door. About a week later I found and killed a black widow in the living room ceiling corner near the front door. This time I thought the words as I killed the spider. If it happens again I will say the words out loud. -Michael Benson
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ext year will be the fiftieth anniversary of my arrival at the old Wingate High School, which was recently demolished. I became a teacher there purely by accident, but that’s another story. I was a lot more comfortable with my students than my fellow teachers and I spent a lot of time exploring the rez with students who liked to escape the dorms for the weekend. We had a lot of adventures and I spent time in the hogans of a lot of very traditional Navajos. I was invited to ceremonies, sheep shearings, roundups, rodeos, pretty much all activities my students grew up with. It was inevitable that I would learn a lot of taboos, since I was accidentally breaking so many of them. With my students I started collecting them seriously, including ones dealing with weaving, hunting and other activities I wasn’t actually involved in. As I say in the book, it isn’t so much a matter of whether or not an individual believes in a certain taboo, as much as it is about behaving like a proper Navajo. Even fifty years ago not all Navajos believed in, or honored, all the prohibitions we found, but they were pretty well known everywhere. Today I see an ever-shrinking body of traditional observance, but I am still bothered when I see a young girl with a ring on her thumb or forefinger. It just isn’t proper behavior. When I had a Zuni son, I discovered that the Zunis have even more taboos than the Navajos. My wife Michelle and her mother were very upset when the wife of a Navajo friend put the baby on the kitchen table. He’s almost twenty now, and he’s really big. Seems to be hungry all the time. It only took that one slip-up. I explain in the book that some of the taboos sound funny to Anglos because they don’t understand the culture behind them. We are not printing them here to make fun of anyone or anything. Out of context they might seem strange—but there is no wish to offend anyone. Get a copy of the book and get the whole story. It’s for sale at Butler’s (see their ad on page 41). -Ernie Bulow August 2015
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Letter to the Editor Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts from the west end and the words attributed to Mother Teresa. I was at a very low point on the day I read them, and they were exactly what I needed. My world exploded this last week, and I am busy sorting out the pieces. I could move anywhere and work, or not. I too am frustrated with the slow progress and some small mindless, drama and triangulating gossip. I have been coming to the Navajo Reservation, my spiritual home, for over 27 years. The positive energy is powerful here, if one’s spirit is open to receive it. I know that I am supposed to live and be in this region. I moved here this past year, after I retired from my professional office in Oklahoma City.
My website is www.lindabowlbymd.com. I am a holistic physician, psychiatrist, author and artist, the latter of which is my passion and journey for the remainder of this lifetime. On July 11th, Arts Crawl, my ART123 solo show, Healing Color, will open. To view my work, go to my website and to the Art Gallery. I have been so busy I did not contact you for the July Issue. If you are interested, I would look forward to meeting you. Thank You, again for the uplifting words. I have more clarity. I do not like the word, “covenant,” but I have made a commitment to Gallup and to be active in the community, especially in the arts. Many Blessings, Linda Bowlby
Thoughts From The West End
At around 1am I stomped out of bed and out to my back porch where I proceed to kick into orbit an empty laundry basket. I heard the satisfying crack of plastic as it crunched into the wooden fence. This hot-tempered moment of indiscretion was precipitated by a day of glitching computers, tedious graphic design details, and an army of interruptions that slogged most of the progress out of my day. For all practical purposes it’s fair to say I can multi-task about as well as a fish rides a bicycle, and for someone who partially makes his living by writing, I could possibly be the worst proofreader in the industry. In terms of organization I am lucky to piece the same socks together, and yesterday I spent two minutes looking for my phone when it was in my hand the whole time. I’m behind schedule and behind on sleep and etc...etc...etc...? Perhaps the laundry basket took its’ whooping from the legion of this very factual negative talk? After I calmed down a bit I began to ponder where these thoughts were coming from and I stumbled upon a bigger issue that may be the fuel of this fire: The Spirit of Entitlement. I concluded I was really steamed because deep down I believed that I’m entitled to computers that don’t glitch; I believed I should be privileged with good spelling; I thought I had the right to be efficient at many things at once; and I thought it unjust that I be interrupted beyond a certain threshold; And ultimately, by damn, I wasn’t getting my fair share of what I deserve. The spirit of entitlement says that you should be guaranteed certain things by default, or by your basic “title.” It says you deserve it as a raw result of your existence. There are three problems with this mentality of entitlement: 1. It isn’t true: You may think you and everyone else in this world is entitled to clean water, safety, and freedom, but not everyone gets it. You many think you are entitled to a good job, a spouse, and children, but it may not happen. You may think you deserve a long healthy life, but you are really only guaranteed title of your own death. Entitlement at its best is reasonable fantasy, and at worst a straight lie. The truth is that everything you have is a gift. 2. Entitlement is all about you. Or more specifically it’s all about what you deserve. It’s hard to think of anyone else other than yourself when you embrace the idea that you are the one “owed.” 3. You might kick things when you realize you “ain’t getting yours.” The antidote to entitlement is pretty simple: It’s called giving. It is very difficult to feel entitled if you are giving something. When you give anything (time, money, energy, thought, prayer, cars, bunnies, etc...) what you are really saying is that you are NOT entitled. You are saying that someone or something else is deserving. You are saying you are thankful for what you already have which is the complete opposite of the entitled thinking that you deserve more. Here are some examples of anti-entitlement: The recent Freedom 66 Ride & Flight event where Gurley Ford gave away a convertible Ford Mustang and then donated all of their car show proceeds to local veteran’s groups. The volunteer little league board that has put up with enough drama to rocket a dozen laundry baskets across town. The organizer of the NavajoYes program that quit his day job to work with kids (pg. 18); the Hohzo center offering free substance abuse counseling (pg. 30); the $4million+ dollars that the community gave for health initiatives over the last 19 years (pg. 58); the Inter-Tribal Ceremonial that has somehow managed to survive 94 years with volunteer boards and commitees (pg. 5, 20, 42); Mr Gutierrez serving thrice in Vientam (pg.26), etc...etc...etc... So, here I am with the solution for my problem of entitlement, but how do I apply it? While it’s a lame start, I think my small gift is the words I’m writing here and the other 67 pages that you’re currently holding. And on another level it’s apologizing to my wife and buying a new laundry basket. -CVD
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Buffalo Dancer cover image created by Joseph Rising with Blender 3D modeling and animation software. Watch the short “Making Of ” video animation at gallupjourney.com Joseph has been using Blender, Photoshop, Premier and other video and animation software since he was eleven years old. He also enjoys pencil sketching, plein air painting, and mountain biking. The photo to the right is a picture of Joe being held as a baby by a Navajo Code Talker. Today He is 14 years old.
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I was travelling in Panama when I decided to continue on to Columbia. Unfortunately I don’t speak Spanish, and I needed some translation help so I yelled out “does anyone speak English!” while riding a bus. One family did indeed speak English and after connecting and hanging out with them, they said they were going to Cuba soon. I decided to follow them there and they served as great translators. On my first trip, the Cubans confiscated my Gallup Journey Magazine. On my second trip, I was able to finally enjoy reading The Journey on this cannon on Fortress Hill, Santiago, Cuba.
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NavajoYES “YES I can live with”
I think (at least I hope!) my wife was trying to compliment me when she recently “tagged” me on a Facebook post. The post was a short comic about parents and the (sometimes-ridiculous) task of raising toddlers. The caption started, “I used to be cool and do cool things…” I am a stay at home dad, and I am sure, for anyone watching, just about every sequence of my day has comic qualities that could be drawn from. But despite the comedy, I’m typically closer to tears than to laughter on a given day. As I am sure many of you know, anything attempted along with 2 toddlers is more difficult to do. So, as I have ventured further into this experience of parenthood, I have come to a very stark realization. Even if things are harder to do, and even if you have less time to do them, you’re still left with the only one of two options in life that you have to live with. “Will I exercise?”, or “Can we take a quick, ‘impractical’ camping trip to
“It’s official” Tom wrote, “I resigned today, effective May 23.”
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Colorado with the boys?” Here’s the realization, and I don’t think you’ll find it too complicated: Things either happen, or they don’t.
On March 23 of this year, Tom Riggenbach, a high school teacher on the Navajo Reservation for 27 years, and the Executive Director of the non-profit organization NavajoYES, sent out an email to his board, “It’s official” Tom wrote, “I resigned today, effective May 23.” Since then, Tom has moved all his physical belongings into storage, he ordered a steal shipping container to house the YES bikes and camping gear, and moved headquarters to a small office space available at Immanuel Mission on the northern part of the rez. The email from Tom later wrote, “Now we need to make YES work.” The mission of NavajoYES reads “to promote community wellness, lifelong fitness and youth empowerment on the Navajo Reservation.” For over 20 years YES has been facilitating youth adventure programs involving multipleday treks and trail/service work in places like the Grand Canyon, Rainbow Bridge, the Corrizo and Chuska
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Mountains, and others throughout the rez. The YES bike adventures currently include events like the Chuska Challenge, a mountain bike grand fondo event open to all level of riders wishing to challenge themselves and have fun as they travel rarely-used roads and trails through the high country sheep camps. The Tour de Rez has been operating for the last 20 years taking kids on a midsummer, week-long traverse from one corner of the rez to the other. Other past events such as the Cove Classic (ascending abandoned mining roads to the top of the Chuska) and the Paradise Loop Ride (near Shonto) are set for the 2016 calendar. In late June, Tom and members of NavajoYES had a meeting with President Russell Begaye, Vice President Jonathan Nez, the Navajo Nation Division of Health, and Navajo Special Diabetes Project. As we stood waiting outside the Vice President’s office, Tom asked rhetorically, “What if there was more than one race on the Rez every few months? And what if there were trails systems developed just about everywhere you went?” In the meeting Tom explained the program history of NavajoYES, and where it was going and what it hoped to do, while high school participants, Myron and Bob, gave accounts of their experience. Tom proposed an idea that had already been talked about with Vice President Nez, a “Navajo Parks Race Series” that would establish six new footraces in each on the Navajo tribal parks.
Navajo Nation Vice President Jonathan Nez bikes with NavajoYES group on the final stage of the Tour de Rez near Wheatfields lake.
“It’s about more and better options for people,” Tom said. “And what an incredible thing that you have stepped away from your job and security to help provide that…” I thought to myself. I have already started running for the first race (despite my comic life) and I’m excited to see the development of these races and events that haven’t ever existed; to go to these places that I haven’t ever been before. I can already say for myself, I’m making better decisions; a lot of small, yet big, decisions I can live with. More information coming soon, and keep an eye on www.navajoyes.org
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Dudley, so I have the impression that you single handedly saved the Ceremonial Rodeo last year. Is that fair to say?
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I don’t know if we saved it. They weren’t going to have it. Patty Lundstrom and Carol Bowman asked me if I could help them so I went to Mary Jean (Christensen) and with about six weeks to go we were able to put it together.
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Is it true that you’re bringing back some of the old Ceremonial Events? Saturday we’re doing what I call Old School Days.
Q. What’s that? A. Well . . . it’s stuff we really want to see come back.
It’s the old Ceremonial stuff. It’s the hide race, the Pony Express race, the wild horse race. We are going to do wooly riding and the chapter house challenge –
we call it woman’s tug of war. (Laughs) I’ve got a lot of our native people wanting us to do the wagon races and things like that again. The chicken pull and the horse races. We’ll try to work that in as we grow. I think that could be bigger than the rodeo aspect of it really.
Q. How do you get away with doing all of this? How does your beautiful wife let you do this? A.
(Laughs and nods towards his wife Brenda) She helps me. It gets stressful, but she helps me get things together. In fact, the last couple of weeks she was out getting native vendors with quality stuff that will set up their booths inside the rodeo arena.
Q. So let me change the question. Why do you do it? A. Well . . . it’s a challenge. I love to do it. I love to put them on. Dudley outside his store “Cowtown Feed & Livestock”
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Q. In your life, how many rodeos have you put on? A. Oh, Lord. (pause) I don’t know. At one time in high school we were
doing 32 a year - actually part of putting them on. (another pause) I have no idea. (laughs)
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in the United States than on the Navajo Reservation – which is true. It’s old school. They use rodeo as a get together. They laugh. They joke. They visit; they have a good time.
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Who is the very best Navajo rodeo cowboy right now?
(Emphatically) I don’t think you can name a best. These kids are tougher than hell. Excuse my French. There are four or five of these Navajo ropers who are in the top ten in the pros right now. Yeah, they’re tough!
(Instantly) Ramah. I won the bare back riding and the bull riding on Saturday and won them both again on Sunday. It was crazy! We were broke and we really needed the money. That was – shoot, I don’t know – probably thirty years ago.
Q. Why do Navajo people love rodeo so much? A. (chuckles) It’s their way of life. I firmly believe rodeo is still the number one sport on the reservation. We were watching bull riding last night with Ty Murray and he said that there’s no more rodeo oriented people anywhere
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JUNE 22 NAVAJO LANGUAGE REFERENDUM By Michael Benson
On June 21, Navajos voted 13,017 to 11,778 to drop the Navajo fluency requirement by changing the law to allow voters to vote for candidates with any level of fluency or none at all. I had predicted that the law would be kept to require fluency; I was wrong. Before the vote, I spoke to a number of people about how they planned to vote and why. A former Navajo Nation Council delegate who is still attending meetings of the Chris Deschene campaign organization, surprisingly told me he was going to vote for keeping the fluency requirement. This was an indication, I thought, that Deschene supporters could not be counted on to vote for change of the fluency law. Another former delegate whose children are not fluent in Navajo said she already voted early to keep the requirement. I pointed out that her grown children did not speak Navajo. “They can learn if they want to run,” she told me. Former Navajo Chairman/President Peterson Zah was on the radio asking people to keep the law, even though his wife and children are not fluent in Navajo. In retrospect, I now think that the low turnout enabled the still motivated Deschene supporters to change the law. The
“With the law changed Deschene has to be the main rival for current President Russell Begaye.”
Deschene voters are still organized and ran newspaper advertisements in support of the law change. I figure the more traditional Joe Shirley supporters, who might have been more supportive of the fluency law, were demoralized and that many did not vote. I believe that the change welcomes young people to run for office and that more will. It also assures another run by Deschene. He’s in Washington D.C. working for the government right now. I am not an expert on language learning, but I doubt that he will be Navajo fluent by the next election. Navajo is a tough language to learn. With the law changed Deschene has to be the main rival for current president Russell Begaye. The relatively close vote shows that there will continue to be thousands of Navajo voters who prefer Navajo speaking candidates for President and Vice President. A study done for the Navajo Nation, Demographic Analysis of the Navajo Nation using the 2010 Census and 2010 American Community Survey Estimates, Rural Policy Institute, Northern Arizona University, estimates that about 70 % of Navajo reservation household members over age 5 speak Navajo at home. I doubt that currently 70% of Navajo households speak Navajo. There are probably a number of reasons that Navajo respondents would include the whole household when maybe just the parents speak Navajo to each other but not to the children. I know that to be true in many Navajo families. Navajos may also exaggerate their fluency. A former reservation public school principal told me she discovered that many of her Navajo bilingual education teachers were not fluent themselves. I voted early and voted to keep the language requirement, but as the referendum date drew near I changed my mind. I felt that I should not have voted against my young relatives who do not speak Navajo, and against the young people who interned for me when I worked for the Nation the past 20 years. Almost all high school and college age Navajos I have met do not speak Navajo. Later I hope to comment about current efforts to teach and preserve the Navajo language, and what further might be done. If you would like to send me your comments or thoughts on this issue please send me an email to: michaelbenson_navajonation@yahoo.com or write to P.O. Box 2187, Gallup, NM 87305.
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Biking from Los Angeles to New York City, these two Korean cyclist stopped in Gallup’s bike shop “Sports World” to get some repair and maintenance. The two college students said they are doing the 80 day journey to put pressure on the Japanese government to apologize for the tens of thousands of Korean “Comfort women” who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II.
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Veteran’s Corner by Sandra McKinney
LIONEL GUTIERREZ SERVED THREE TOURS IN VIETNAM The dissimilarity is surreal; this soft-spoken, gentle man gave me a big bear hug when entering my home, and then he was sitting here in my kitchen telling me of his combat experiences in Vietnam. Of course, I see Lionel Gutierrez first as my friend but also as a respected three-tour Vietnam Veteran; my admiration in both cases is immeasurable. In 1966, right out of Gallup High School, Lionel volunteered for the United States Army, entering Boot Camp at Fort Gordon just south of Augusta, Georgia. Lionel confesses that he got into trouble with his father, Dan Gutierrez, for enlisting in the service. His father and mother wanted Lionel to stay safe here in Gallup and follow in his father’s footsteps. Lionel gets a far-away look in his eyes and tells me, “Being young and so far away from home was very hard. It was the loneliest feeling, even though I was surrounded by many others. I was really wondering about what I had done.” Lionel had a goal of becoming Army Airborne. After Boot Camp, he went on to Fort Benning, adjacent to Columbus, Georgia, to enter Jump School (combat-equipped parachute infantry), and also attended Leadership School. He mused that the humidity of Georgia was just a small precursor preparing him for the jungles of Vietnam. Lionel said, “It was very strange being in Georgia in the ‘60’s and seeing the discrimination against the black soldiers when we all went off-base. Coming from a melting-pot like Gallup, I did not understand the refusal to serve someone a meal because of the color of their skin. These men were all becoming my brothers, regardless of their color and I never did anything that they could not also do.” In his first tour, he headed to Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division, 1st Brigade. The first tour is a commitment for one year…one full year fighting against a nearly invisible enemy, but always knowing they are near by the sound of fire-fights. Still just a teenager in years, he became a man of the Army while fighting in the jungles of Vietnam. That first year as a soldier brought a great sense of commitment, dedication and feeling of close brotherhood with so many who fought beside him. Men, whom he had not even known a year before, became like brothers and family to him. After all, they were depending on each other for their lives! Lionel returned to Gallup after his yearlong tour as a soldier, but being back in Gallup, he left Vietnam behind him for a short time while visiting friends, catching up with blood family, and never talking about his war experiences. Lionel told me, “If you weren’t there fighting that war, folks
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at home just didn’t understand what you had been dealing with. My folks wanted me to be the same boy who had left home a year before.” So Lionel put on his civilian face for a time, drank beer with his buddies, slept in the comfort of his own bed at his parents’ home, all the while keeping the horrors of war to himself. It was that sense of commitment to his fellow soldiers that drew Lionel back for his second tour. This time his position was with The Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP, the acronym pronounced as ‘lurp’). In 1967, his Infantry Division was assigned the mission of a large holding action on the entire western flank of the US Army’s II Corps in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. This was a very important mission. Part of that mission was deep reconnaissance to find the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). The LRRP’s were a critical part of this mission by finding and tracking the NVA. This second tour lasted six months, with another return home to Gallup. Lionel told me “There was a great sense of peace being back at home again, but once you have that military blood flowing, you are most at ease with others from the military. It was great to see all my old buddies still in Gallup, but there was a
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lack of connection; a connection that I only felt with my military family.” Tour #3 followed shortly after that stint of R & R. Lionel made the decision on his own to once again return to Vietnam with the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP). Lionel was emphatic that it was his own personal choice to sign up for the third tour of duty. He got a little misty when he told me, “I made my choice to stay in the Army as a combat soldier for a third tour. But today, the soldiers who are fighting do not have a choice; if they are enlisted for additional years, they accept their orders and return to combat for two, three and even four tours. They don’t have a choice!” It was during the sixth month of this third tour of duty in which Private First Class Lionel Gutierrez was wounded in battle and received a Purple Heart and also was awarded the Silver Star. Lionel humbly stated, “I did not do anything heroic. I did not do it for glory-for damned sure! I simply did what any soldier would have done in that position. I didn’t do it for a medal; I did it for my wounded comrade.” This is where that Leadership Training school kicked in. He had no commanding officer at that time, so Lionel simply took charge and did what had to be done. After being wounded, Lionel told me he spent some time in the hospital for healing and recuperation; then he laughed and said he “spent a couple of months hanging around doing A LOT of KP” before returning to the States where he was stationed in Kansas attached to the 75th Rangers. He stayed there for 2 years “playing war games” in training exercises, before he was discharged from the United States Army and returned to Gallup, New Mexico. Lionel has had numerous dogs since his August 2015
discharge from the Army. He currently has a black Lab named Pepper and his baby, Hannah (Montana), a little Pomeranian. He said that “his dogs always bring him great peace, comfort and stability”. There are times when he still might have bad dreams related to the war; Pepper seems to understand what is happening and will awake Lionel to release him from the nightmare. I watched a slightly pained look on his face as Lionel told me, “Once you have seen battle, you are never really free from it. There are sounds or smells that will instantly send you right back there…even now, 40-some years later”. When those times happen, Lionel is very grateful for The Station (as he calls it), the old fire station at 2nd Street and Maloney that is now a home and refuge for our veterans. He says it helps to go see other veterans just to talk; not about being a soldier or a war, but to just have a fellow vet to talk with about anything and someone who understands what he is going through. “I know I am loved and I have many friends, Lionel said, “but the brotherhood of veterans has no equal, whether you fought in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan; that bond of knowing is always there.” Lionel brought a beautifully framed collection of his medals. He said he didn’t care about those medals upon his return home, but his father, a WWII veteran, was proud of his son, and took the medals and had them framed. Today, many years later, those framed medals and his letter to Award the Silver Star are prized possessions. It was November 11, 2001; the first Veterans Day after the September 11 attacks. Lionel felt the pull to recognize our veterans and he organized the first Veterans Day parade and ceremonies for Gallup in many years. I
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When it was time to take a break from Bible translating in Jos, Nigeria we broke out the Gallup Journey.
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HOZHO CENTER: Free Substance Abuse Help? My Conversation with Jay Azua, Program Director of the Hozho Center
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What, exactly, is the Hozho Center? Hozho is a community outreach facility that is focused on recovery support services for mental health and substance abuse. We follow the model that most recovery centers follow: mental support, emotional stability, physical health, and spiritual guidance. It is peer driven and consumer run so that means that over fifty percent of our board of directors are peers.
Who can utilize this program? The main people we help here? We do anything that walks through that door. Whatever ‘it’ is that they are dealing with, we deal with it.
Does it cost anything? No. We receive our funding from a grant and everyone who works here, besides myself, are volunteers. I don’t care if you’re on the street or living in a million dollar home, we help everyone, and everything is volunteer. The individual decides where they want to go, what they want to do, and all we do is support that decision.
What types of programs do you have here? We have a number of programs. We have a psychoeducational group which also
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employs the Navajo practice of a “Talking Circle” with the help of a traditional circle keeper. We also have a brain injury peer support group, a community art making group, and Zumba classes. We also have a program called One2One which is a peer recovery coaching service in which an individual who is living with dual disorders or addiction can meet with a trained peer mentor. If we don’t do it here, we can find help for you. We have a huge community network.
So, you work with other groups in the community? Yes, we springboard, or support, the other services that are out there by offering individuals a link to the community. We are open to assist in any way in the community locally or in the surrounding area to deal with areas of mental health and substance abuse and individuals who work in that field.
Who leads the groups you provide? The groups are peer led, but we do have credentialed professionals, many of whom have master’s level education, who help conduct them.
What age group do you help? Our target level are adults and they have to be at a certain level of functionality. The courts do recognize our professionalism because we do have the credentials to do what we do.
What is next for the Hozho Center? We are at the mature stage of our development. The next thing we need I guess would be a reception area, but that takes volunteers. Also getting the word out. We are not focused on advertising, it is all word of mouth. We focus on helping and taking care of whatever walks through that door.
The Hozho Center is always looking for volunteers in any capacity. If you would like to lend your talents or you feel you would benefit from their services, their number is 505870-1483, or you can email them at Hozhoingallup@hotmail.com, or visit them at 216 W. Maloney.
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“Memories of Gallup” will share interviews by Bob Rosebrough with some of the extraordinary people who have made Gallup such a historically rich and culturally beautiful place to live.
Memories of Gallup
By Bob Rosebrough
IT WAS FREE COUNTRY
An Interview with Louie and Helen Montaño Part 2 of 2 Helen and Louie met in the late 1960s at a party at the Lions Club Hall that is now part of UNM Gallup. After dating for a couple of years, they married and built a life together in Gallup.
Growing up in Gamerco
Helen was born and raised in Gallup and Gamerco. She says, “My grandfather on my mother’s side was from Pennsylvania and my grandfather on my father’s side was from Switzerland. They fought in the Civil War on opposite sides. My grandmother on my father’s side was English and my grandmother on my mother’s side was from Canada. My grandfather on my mother’s side, Tex Pickard, was the superintendent of schools in 1908.” Helen’s father was George Fry who worked in the coal mines as an electrician. Helen says, “He was killed in a hunting accident when I was young. My mother (Grace Fry) worked as a telephone operator. She was young and she raised a mess of kids. I was the last of seven and I was four years old when my father died.” Of growing up in the Gallup area, Helen says, “I thought it was great! We were raised in Gamerco. In fact, we lived in what was the old hospital there, which was behind the Tropics Bar and Catholic Church. There was
a store and a post office at what later became the Tropics. We just went all over the place. I remember there was a swimming pool, but by the time I was running around there, it was empty. There was no water. I remember it was on the east side of the main road there over towards the tipple.” Louie adds, “Just west of Eagle Ready Mix.”
Conflict with the Okies and Texans who were escaping the Dust Bowl
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Driving cattle to Gallup
When he was young, Louie’s father would work out on the range in the spring and summer and then help drive cattle to the shipping yards in Gallup in the fall. “They’d gather in the summer to brand. They’d brand everybody’s cows. You’re talking hundreds, maybe a thousand cows, and they’d separate them so they’d separate brands and everybody runs their own and then they turned them loose so in the fall they gathered them up to sort them out,” says Louie. “It was mainly just the men who would take Louie roping at the Ice Caves Ranch off and go and the wives and kids would stay home,” says Helen. “Yeah, it was rough out there and they didn’t know where it was going to end up every night. The a big ranch over there. He was north and west of Magdalena. One time he market was the railroad where they could ship the supposedly bought a horse and we went and borrowed a trailer after we’d been cattle. The buyers used to come dancing all night. We decided to pick up the horse he bought. Anyway, we around and contract the cattle. got over there and this old man, I’ll never forget, he came out in his underwear, They would say, ‘We want your you know?” cattle. We’ll give you so much.’ “On the bed stand he had a big old revolver there – one of those six And then they would deliver shooters. We had taken a bottle of whiskey, so we gave him a bottle and he about November or late October. started to unload telling us stories about when they’d take the cows to the The railroad’s here (Gallup). The railroad by Magdelena. He said they went there and of course it’d take them buyers were not necessarily from forever to get there. Two miles a day, you know. They’d get there and they here, but the people that worked were going to celebrate. Anyway he rode his horse into a bar and hit his head for the buyers were here. They and it knocked him off of his horse.” had money, and we got paid a little bit of commission to buy cattle and bring them into the “He says, ‘I landed on my feet and I pulled out my gun and I shot a railroad,” says Louie. couple of holes in the ceiling and says, ‘I’m a wolf with a barb-wire tail.’ Then “Over there, by where the somebody tapped him on the shoulder and the guy who tapped him says Gallup Independent is now. That ‘You’re a what?’ He looked over and it was Elfego Baca – that famous sheriff.” was where the stock pens were,” “He says, ‘I’m a little ole mangy coyote sir’ but, needless to say, they says Helen. took him to jail anyway. He said they threw him in a jail but left the door to his cell open. Elfego Baca pointed to the open door and told him, ‘That’s the door. It’s locked’ and he left. It wasn’t fifteen minutes and all the old timer’s buddies came and said, ‘Come on, Fred, the doors open! We got your horse, let’s go, let’s go!’” Thinking back to his days “’Uh-uh,’ he says, ‘Sheriff says that doors locked.’ He figured the on the open range, Louie says, sheriff was outside waiting for him to break out and he was going to kill him.” “Some of those old timers, they’d “They claim Elfego Baca didn’t fool around. My uncle told me about talk your ear off. One of our him too. There’d be some desperado out there that needed to be caught. favorites was one of the Cator Louie as a young man Elfego Baca would put out the word, ‘Tell so-and-so to come in. I want to boys. When we were young we see him.’ And they would come in! Because, if he went after them, he would went to Magdalena and there’s bring them back wrapped in a tarp.” believe • gallup August 2015
A run-in with Sheriff Elfego Baca
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There has been so much written about the magnificence of the Grand Canyon, it is almost re verbal description or commentary. For many centuries, Native Americans have inhabited the C people developed from the desert culture as they became less nomadic and more dependent on the Hopis brought the Spanish to the southern rim of the Canyon in 1540. Of course, there is in Europe in majesty or magnitude. It is just, well. . .The Grand Canyon. You can only imag were thinking and feeling as they stood on the South Rim.
Of course viewing the Canyon, marveling and appreciating its grandeur, is certainly experience. Now walking the Canyon is an outstanding adventure that requires thought an distance from either rim down to the Colorado River. Then again, taking on the Canyon, t well, that is an endeavor few have attempted, and fewer still have conquered.
So, when my friend and business associate Michael Stahulak, from west Chicago, c proposition of running the Rim to Rim Trail with a slight hint of a challenge, how cou I’m in! It seemed like a good idea at the time. I later learned that his running club w marathoners, iron men and women, triathletes, and basically a combination of extre
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by the way, they turned out to be really first rate classy folks from the Midwest. Although this venture was never on my bucket list, now that the commitment was made, I needed to get my mojo in gear. Of course, preparation or training is primarily physical. This is just my own personal experience; doing a marathon or a long distance run or hike is also psychological and spiritual. Know yourself and your realistic capabilities. Know your comfortable pace. Stay within yourself and listen to your body. Know the terrain. Stay properly hydrated and fueled. Be focused and alert to potential problems like blisters, weather, and you might want to make sure not to step on a rattlesnake. Most of this is common sense -- but common sense isn’t as common as we may think. If you have ever tried, you know there is no real easy way to get to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. There is a shuttle service that will drive you from the South Rim the four and one half hours around to
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. . .Continued from page 35 the Grand Canyon Lodge on the north rim. There are these tiny little cubicles stacked together on the north rim, something between a one room cabin and a hermit’s hut. So, after a pre-game day meal at the lodge, with much excitement and anticipation for the dawn, one tries to get as much quality rest as is possible. The “Canyon Clutchers” were up and eager before the sun rose, as was the shuttle van rolling the two miles to the Kaibab trail head. There was that faintest hint of light in the east as the cool morning air filled our lungs as we began to drop rapidly over the shelf. The light increased with each step as the monumental expanse unfolded with more and more clarity. In beauty may I walk. The Blessing Way is an ancient religious Navajo prayer chant. I am certainly no expert, but the prayer invokes healing, harmony with all creation, and peace. Indigenous peoples were walking this Canyon for many centuries. -Bill McCarthy May you walk in beauty. In beauty may I walk, in the house made of dawn, in the house made of the evening twilight, in the house made of dark cloud, happily may I walk. In beauty may I walk, with beauty above me I walk, with beauty all around me, I walk with beauty it is finished, with beauty it is finished. It was almost as if the author had the Canyon in mind when composing the prayer. The natural cornucopia, the kaleidoscope of colors, and the endorphins kicking in are almost a sinful cocktail. As the morning sun started to pop over the eastern rim, one of the more ambitious “Clutchers” broke into a steady gate, rolling and rambling down the gentler slope. When we reached the junction to Ribbon Falls, the sirens were beckoning me to take the side trip, but the call to move forward was strong. I forged on solo to Phantom Ranch. The Ranch was an oasis providing rest and refreshment as the temperatures started to climb and the sun was making a statement. Crossing the steel expansion bridge, one finds a sandy trail on the southern river bank. There is no cover and it is hot. After some tough slogging for a few miles, there
begins a slow ascent after the River Rest House. The climb is steady. There is a long and open stairway. As the sun beat down I was conscious of the small bits of shade during the heat of the day. A couple of times the horse and burrow parades would come down the trail heading for Phantom Ranch, pasting me against the rock cliffs. So, I hustled up the trail, like climbing a seemingly endless stairway, feeling hot and fatigued, and trying to calculate my water reserve. I was relieved when I saw the sign for Indian Gardens. The Garden is a huge canopy of tree cover right on the creek. There is a camp and picnic areas with gushing fountains. I cannot tell just how welcome an oasis this water hole is, just short of five miles from the South Rim trail head. I wasn’t exactly laboring, but I was definitely wilting, and in need of water replacement. This is where things get tough. After over 20 miles on the trail in the heat, one must take on the most rigorous part of the journey. The last five miles of the ascent are almost like climbing a ladder of switchbacks. There are open areas and blind corners. You think you are seeing the top of the Rim, but it is as if your mind and eyes are playing tricks on you. You look up and see a dozen switchbacks and grind your way back and forth. Then you come around a large rock formation and look up and behold yet another dozen or more switchbacks. As I was lifting and exhorting the old body up the cliff, somewhere about a little more than a mile from the top, I heard a fresh voice “Hi Bill”. I looked around to see Shawn, one of my Chicago mates who was smiling with twinkling eyes. He was eager to lighten his pack and started tossing me a canteen, “Try this, it is really good”. He gave me some electrolyte concoction. Although it had a funny taste, anything wet was good, and I sucked it down. Shawn took off like a deer, leaving me feeling partially exhilarated and steeled for the final ascent. As I approached the top, there seemed to be many folks coming down the trail, not to greet me obviously, but somehow by my look and appearance they detected it had been a long day. There is something about a smiling face, encouragement, and well-wishers urging you on towards the end. This is true of all life, but especially true in the final grueling steps of the trail. I cannot possibly do justice to the emotion that fills the soul as you look back and behold a great wonder of the world: “The Canyon!” Long may she live. I had embarked on this excursion, in my own small way, to pay tribute to the Native People, their lands, their culture, and their legacy, and in quiet thanksgiving for the good life I have been blessed to lead here these past 26 years.
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. . .Continued from page 26 had provided Lionel a poem that had been written around that time of a soldier being presented to God for final inspection. It was an emotional poem, and Lionel practiced it before the ceremonies. However, he came to me before the start of the service and said to me, “I cannot do this; I cannot read this!” I was truly honored when Lionel asked me to read the poem, but you know what, I had an extremely difficult time with it also. I made it almost to the end of the poem before I choked up and the tears rolled. I looked up to Lionel standing in front of me, and also to the small gathered audience at the Veteran’s Cemetery and I saw the tears in their eyes, too. The events of September 11, 2001 were very fresh in everyone’s mind. We were all very emotional, feeling very patriotic and also extremely thankful to Lionel for heeding the call to bring us together on that Veterans Day of 2001. A successful businessman now, Lionel has his own company; GNC Stabilizer Solutions. He founded his own company after 20 years of working with AGP in Albuquerque. GNC Stabilizer Solutions utilizes citrus seeds dried and powdered as an organic material, then mixed with crusher finds. It is used in building trails, roads, hiking paths, and playgrounds at many schools throughout New Mexico. He is very happy working out of his home, with Pepper and Hannah by his side. Lionel stated that he is very glad that he returned to Gallup after his time in Albuquerque. He got the opportunity to know his father much better in his father’s last 10 years…not only as his dad, but as a friend, and also as a fellow veteran. He was able to deal with his father’s passing knowing he held a “stronger kinship of multiple levels” with his dad. Lionel still has his mother as a daily part of his life. He laughed when he told me, “She is in better shape than me!”
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THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTOGRAPHS RAMAH FOLKS & CEREMONIAL
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few years ago Jerry Johnston of Ramah posted a photograph of several people in a tent at the 1939 Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial. His father Jesse is on the left. The story that went along with the picture was new to me, though I have been collecting information and photos of Ceremonial for nearly fifty years. Unfortunately I was never able to connect up with Mr. Johnston. I especially wanted to talk to him about the famous Zuni clown known as “Old Joe Crazy Horse”, Crazy Joe, or by his Zuni name Sheya (which is corn husk in Zuni). Johnston included an interesting Ceremonial bit about how the old clown performed his own songs, on his own schedule at any point in the performance he felt the urge. Recently, Vida Volkert wrote a piece for the Independent about Deward Bond and the Ramah Museum. One photo showed five Ramah residents, unidentified, plus Crazy Joe and his partner. The picture was taken in front of the performer’s dorm at the old Ceremonial grounds. It was a long, motel-looking building made of adobe bricks. That photo of Crazy Joe and company rekindled my interest in the people who worked behind the scenes to make Ceremonial popular— nationally and internationally. The photo reminded me of a rare and wonderful document printed in Sally Noe’s book, Gallup, New Mexico, U.S.A., Our Story, published in 1997 by Western Bank. Every citizen of Gallup should have this book. Starting on page one-sixteen a long letter from “Packy” to Vera Powers details recollections of the early years of Ceremonial. Packy worked
with Homer Powers for seven years and held him in high regard. The letter spills over with tasty information about the early days. Packy doesn’t pull any punches in her tale. So who were those people in the photograph with Crazy Joe and his partner? I went to the source, Deward Bond. When we met up he had invited over another very interesting Ramah old-timer, Gene Merrill. Gene takes care of the Ramah Museum which was largely assembled by his uncle, Paul Merrill. Gene is a local historian by family blood relations. He loves to talk about another uncle, Eugene Lambson, who appears in both photos. Gene and Deward represent the grandchildren (or great grandchildren) of the pioneers who settled Ramah, one of the toughest, most difficult and most remote Mormon colonies ever ordered by Brigham Young. Knowing the history of Ramah, it isn’t hard to see why many of the early settlers there sprang from the “Frontier Character” mold. The ones who toughed it out, that is. Ramah was first settled a few years before the railroad created Gallup, though it would be many years before there was an easy road between the two towns. Ramah’s main cash crop was livestock: lots of sheep, plenty of cattle, and horses as well. Gene and Deward said there was a time when the land around Fence Lake raised tons of pinto beans. The livestock shipped by rail. Colorful Ramah resident Evon Zartman Vogt, one of the biggest sheep men in the country, bought the Gallup Gazette, later called the Gallup Independent. His duties as publisher and editor kept him in town much of the time. Vogt is the third man from the left in the picture and he was one of
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the founding fathers of Gallup Ceremonial. He was Ramah people, coordinating the performers. He also had to get up at the elected president of the organization. crack of dawn to pass out meal tickets for the day. This was between Bond and At one point he was Ceremonial Secretary, the group leader, often the governor of the Pueblo. Meals were pretty much on the only paid position as all the rest were volunteer. the honor system. Years later Deward Bond took over for his dad. He was a short, stocky man with the unlikely Packy says she usually carried extra tickets to give out to special nickname of “Skeeter.” performers like Crazy Horse. Since While the other Ramah there was free food for all Native men were workers, Vogt was Americans, nobody went hungry. She more of an organizer and offers some Ceremonial history, telling supervisor. how they bussed in the Pueblos. There By Ernie Bulow Author photo by Erin Bulow The tall man, first on the was no paved road from Albuquerque left, is Eugene Lambson. and wouldn’t be for years. His father was Apollos Boaz Lambson who came to “We housed the Pueblo Ramah in 1891 with his wife Angenette, who died dancers in a series of rooms of adobe. in childbirth. Gene was number twelve of fourteen We gave them a steel cot, mattress children. He was born in 1888 near St. Johns, and two blankets. Things weren’t so Arizona, in another Mormon settlement. His life complicated or sophisticated in those would be more than eventful. days.” The elder Lambson moved to a place near The woman in the tent photo Wild Sheep Mesa, just east of Ramah. His children is presumed to be the Ceremonial cook. soon began to disperse. Gene and a brother just Packy has quite a bit to say about her. two years older named Frank worked together, often She recalls the lady’s name as “Billy” alone on the ranch. They raised goats, Jersey cows but she is identified in the photo as they milked for butter and cheese, and pretty much “probably Peggy Schmaltz.” Cooking raised themselves. facilities improved greatly when the While out herding their goats they would Armory was built in the late Thirties. shoot prairie dogs. Before they went to sleep they buried the little rodents in There was a large kitchen and mess hall in the basement. the coals of the fire. Next morning they peeled off the skin and ate breakfast. In the photograph the Zuni man on the left is Joe Crazy Horse who Eugene Lambson would be a butcher, logger, cook, wrangler, Indian performed at Ceremonial from the beginning till he passed in December of trader, farmer, missionary, musician and sheepherder. He appeared in the 1945. His obituary was carried in papers all over the country. In August the movie filmed west of Gallup called “Texas Rangers” with a bunch of Zuni Independent reporter had said, “Joe Crazy Horse, war chief, despite his 80 extras, dressed as Apaches. years, seemed as spry and full of fun as ever and always got a laugh from the The big man in the back is Jesse Johnston. He was involved behind spectators with his antics.” the scenes with Ceremonial from the very beginning and stayed involved for In 1939 Joe got attention when he “escaped” from the Zuni hospital thirty-seven years, which is probably the record. Jerry Johnston says that most in Black Rock where he was being treated for a badly infected foot—the result of that time he served as` “Program Director,” the person mainly responsible of a mishap with an axe. He ran off in his hospital pajamas, marched in every for seeing that the right performers were in the right place at the right time. parade and did every performance so garbed, and nobody seemed to notice. The chore included the daily parades as well as the Continued on page 44 . . . performances. Jesse and Eugene Lambson knew all the JESSE JOHNSTON, performers and their numbers and sequenced their PEGGY SACHMALTZ, appearances for maximum effect. Jerry said that AND EUGENE the one performer they had no control over was Joe Crazy Horse. LAMBSON. Like Mike Kirk, Jesse Johnston also traveled with the Indian performers to Los Angeles and elsewhere. At a show at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, one of the groups got stage fright and wouldn’t go on stage. “Dad was dressed in his flashy Ceremonial uniform consisting of hat, boots, Levis, brightly colored satin shirt and bandana tied around his neck. He had a lariat in his hand and started twirling it and walked out on the stage, and the dancers followed him and did their thing.” All of the Ramah folks spoke Navajo since most of them were engaged in trading, one way or another. There were lots of small trading posts in the days of horseback travel and Jesse Johnston had a store where the road turns south to Fence Lake. He was the only one who also spoke Zuni. The man on the right side of the group is Atheling Bond, Deward’s father. Brits Giles and Robert Masters had built a huge stone trading post in Ramah around the turn of the century. Atheling photo courtesy of Gene Merrill Bond eventually bought the store and ran it for years. Atheling’s job was the same as the other
“While out herding their goats they would shoot prairie dogs. Before they went to sleep they buried the little rodents in the coals of the fire. Next morning they peeled off the skin and ate breakfast.”
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. . .Continued from page 43 The other Zuni is Joe’s long-time partner, known to Anglos as Monkecito—usually spelled Monkeycito. For years he covered his face and his identity was a secret, but he is clearly seen in the photo. A newspaper piece from Phoenix in 1940 says, “Joe Crazy Horse and his partner—no one has ever been able to find out his name—sang a song of Joe’s composition, “Early in the Morning.” I have been told his name was Yumati, but Thelma Scheche, who took her Olla Maiden group to Gallup for many years, remembers him as Quananito. They were both Bow Priests—known to Anglos as War Chiefs. This caused some bad feelings in Zuni because it is an important and respected position and clowning for white people was felt to be wrong. From everything I have heard, Crazy Joe was a born performer who could control an audience completely. The author of the classic Lassie Come Home, Eric Knight, once wrote a laudatory article about him where he describes Joe as one of the greatest mimes he had ever seen. The skit was about an old draft horse—he used a carriage tongue as a prop—who is coming to his end. Several of his skits with Anonymous have been described in print. There is one where he pretends to pull his friend’s tooth. This article from 1940 relates that “…the perennial Zuni Comic, Joe Crazy Horse, who this year with the aid of a “stooge,” performed a rider-and-horse set which “brought down the house” when Joe fed pop-corn to his “horse,” appropriately garbed in a sun-dried skin.” I’m sorry I never got to see this comic legend. Once again Packy spices the story. “ [Crazy Horse] would stay up around the rooms [pictured in the photo] as this was one of the tourist attractions before and after the performances. He did a lively business selling “cheep chit,” 3 for 10 cents. He wasn’t so crazy, and it was surprising how much he sold.” I have concluded the first word is “sheep” not “cheap.” Amazing what you can buy for a dime. The photograph of the group at Ceremonial demanded a story, and it turned out to be a pretty good one.
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Why You Should Check Out the Native Film Series August 7-8 El Morro Theater
1.These Films Are Awesome:
All films in the Native Film Series are considered professional by all industry standards. This year’s film lineup includes national film festival entries that were selected before 1000’s of others. One of the series’s feature films, “A Thousand Voices” aired on PBS in Los Angeles and “Sikami” earned Best Short at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
2.These Films Are Native:
Native Film Series
These films include Native American actors, writers, and producers. All films must be produced by a Native American conscious person and many of this year’s lineup deal with cultural sensitive content. “A Thousand Voices” focusses on the strength of the Native population and “Legends from the Sky” is about a Native American Veteran searching for his missing grandfather after his ancestral land is mysteriously taken over by an Unknown Federal Organization.
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3. Meet the people that made the film:
Friday Night’s premiere “A Thousand Voices” will host, immediately following the 7pm showing, a question and answer session. Saturday Night’s premiere “Legends from the Sky” will also host a question and answer session following it’s premiere at 7pm. This is a rare opportunity to actually meet some of the actors, writers, and producers of the film and share your thoughts. If you are remotely interested in learning about film, this is also a local chance to learn directly from those already in the industry.
4. Our Local Film Liaison: Lisa Rodriguez, founder of the Native Scan code here to watch trailer for “Legends from the Sky” gallupjourney.com
Film Series, is our local film liaison. For 10 years she has helped producers come to New Mexico and shoot their films here in the Land of Enchantment. In terms of the film festival Lisa says, “The desire to create the Native Film Series sprouted from my ability to move in and around the industry from my Film Liaison Activity. I thought it would be a great economic driver to our area, since our population thirsts for movies about themselves that are well produced in light of their own people. The passion for doing all this is to encourage and support our local talents to come to the ‘stage’ and show their work and also to promote Gallup in the industry, as well. It also gives great opportunity for others who don’t know which way to go to get into the film industry. We have had casting calls in Gallup, Town Hall Meetings and films produced right here for them to see first hand what it could be like to help on a real movie set by being an extra, a crew support, or simply a runner for the film. In the 10 years of being a film liaison we have supported dozens of filmmakers, assisting them in our area with logistics, locations, permitting and advocating for reduced hotel and meal services, while being a community that actively responds to their requests. Personally I would like to thank Mr. Kee Long, my associate, mentor and friend for his help and his broader work on the Navajo Nation. Lisa can be reached at lightlanguagestudio@q.com, 505.870.1124, or look her up at the Native Film Series, August 7-8. (See schedule on page 5)
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Thursday August 6 5:30-7:00pm Before Ceremonial Night Parade Nightly Indian Dance- “MEGA SHOW” The Nightly Indian Dances will “Celebrate Ceremonial” this August 6, 2015. The show will take place at the courthouse square from 5:30pm-7:00pm. Dance groups include White Eagle, Roach Family Dancers, Zuni Olla Maidens, Ohkay Owinge (San Juan Pueblo), Cellicion Traditional Dancers and the Diamond Creek Apaches from White River, Arizona. “We just want to get our community excited about the Ceremonial week of activities”. Come out and enjoy the show. Bring your lawn chairs as it will be packed!! The Nightly Indian Dance program is celebrating its 32nd year and runs every summer from Memorial Day to Labor Day nightly from 7:00pm-8:00pm. For more information- nightlyindiandances.com
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prices you’ll love. Some of the movies that you can expect to enjoy soon at El Morro include “Spectre,” “Jurassic World,” “Pitch Perfect 2,” and many other major studio releases. Visit the historic El Morro Theater in downtown Gallup. Come rediscover the magic of motion pictures.
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GLP August Events
What’s Going On?
Ongoing: Every Night: Nightly Indian Dances, Courthouse Square, 7pm Saturdays: Gallup Farmers’ Market in the Downtown walkway, 8:30am-11am Gallup Flea Market, N. 9th Street, 9am-Close Habit for Humanity Yard Sale 9am-Noon, Warehouse Lane off of Allison Road, 505-722-4226 Sundays: Cars and Coffee, Sundays at Camille’s Parking Lot, 12pm-2pm
August 1 Sat. Land of Enchantment Opera presents Le Nozze Di Figaro, 6:30pm, El Morro Theater 2 Sun. Land of Enchantment Opera presents Le Nozze Di Figaro, 1:30pm, El Morro Theater 5-9 94th Annual Inter Tribal Indian Ceremonial, www.gallupceremonial.com, 505-870-2535 5 Wed. IJRA Kids Rodeo, Red Rock Park, 8am-4pm 6 Thurs. Night Parade, Downtown Gallup, 7:30pm 7 Fri. Evening Dance Performance, Red Rock Park, 8pm 7-9 3rd Annual Native Film Series, El Morro Theater, 505-780-1124 8 Sat. Day Parade, Downtown Gallup, 10am 8 Old School Days Rodeo, Red Rock Park, 12pm 8 Evening Dance Performance, Red Rock Park, 8pm 8 Arts Crawl, Downtown Gallup, 7pm-9pm 15-16 Sat.-Sun. Red Rock Motor Sports hosts WEBE Racing at Gallup’s OHV MX Park, 505-870-7278 23 Sun. 7th Annual Gallup Lions Club Veterans Golf Tournament, Fox Run Golf Course, 9am, 505-879-6137 23 Gallup Family Fitness Series Pack the Peak, Red Rock Park, 1:30pm, 505-862-1865 28 Fri. Small Town America Tour Concert, Red Rock Park, 6:30pm 29 Sat. Gallup Business and Job Expo, 11am-3pm, Cultural Center west parking lot, 505-722-2228
September 6-13 Navajo Nation Fair, Window Rock, AZ, www.navajonationfair.com 10-12 RMCHCS Foundation hosting 19th Charity Invitational, 505-863-7287 12 Sat. Arts Crawl, Downtown Gallup, 7pm-9pm 19-20 Sat.-Sun. Squash Blossom Classic Running and Mountain Biking Races, www.squashblossomclassic.com
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TOWN AUGUST Library Events @ Your Octavia Fellin Public Library Main Branch
Children’s Branch
Ceremonial Photograph Exhibit From August 1 – August 29th the Library will display vintage Gallup Ceremonial Photographs. The photographs were taken in the early decades of the Ceremonial before the move to Red Rock State Park and feature the downtown parade, the old Ceremonial grounds, and many dancers. The photographs will be on display throughout the library.
Drive-In Movies On Saturday, August 1st at 11am and 3pm, the library will host a Drive-In Movie Matinee for kids aged 2 to 6. Advance registration is required and limited to 15 children per movie. We will show Cars at 11 am and Cars 2 at 3pm. Refreshments, cars, and parking spaces will all be provided. Children may only be registered for one movie. Parents may register their children in person at the Children’s Branch or by calling (505) 726-6120.
Space Adventure Exhibit From August 1 – August 22nd the Library, partnered with ATD Fourth World, will host a Space Adventure Exhibit in the Main Library Meeting Room. The exhibit was built with the help of the Chief Manuelito Middle School gifted class students and their teachers. “Space Adventure” explores what it’s like to travel and live in space as well as what the solar system is. This includes touchscreen videos, digital displays, interactive displays, plaster reproductions of the planets in our solar system, and much more. Navajo Rug Weaving Demonstration On Friday, August 14, 2015 from 10am to 1pm, the Library will host a Navajo rug weaving demonstration presented by Diné weaver Lois A. Becenti. Ms. Becenti will be presenting the diamond double weave and the Two Grey Hills design. She will discuss methods for improving weaving techniques and different rug designs and tools used for weaving. Beginners and advanced weavers are welcome. This program is free of charge. Refreshments will be served. Contact the Library at (505) 863-1291 or libsuper@gallupnm.gov for more information. Free Computer Classes in August! The Library is offering free computer training throughout the month of August at the Octavia Fellin Library. Class size is limited to 10 participants per session. Registration is required, to register call (505)863-1291 or email libtrain@gallupnm.gov or visit the front desk of the library. Courses offered include instruction on Windows 8.1, Microsoft Excel 2010, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, and a general Introduction to the Internet. August Film Series – Dog Days of Summer Films Wednesday nights at 5:30pm – popcorn provided. August 5th —A Walk Among the Tombstones August 12th —When the Game Stands Tall August 19th —Draft Day August 26th—The Wedding Ringer
Family Open House On Saturday, August 29th from 2pm to 5pm, the library will host an Open House showcasing all of the amazing programs and resources the Children’s Branch has to offer. At 2:30pm, we’ll show families how to access free, quality tutoring. At 3:30pm, join us for a musical story time for active toddlers. At 4:30pm, we’ll have a family puppet show, which is sure to make you giggle. Weekly Programs Tuesdays @ 4pm: Teen Cafe (ages 11 to 14): A place for middle schoolers to hang out and make crafts, design, build, experiment, watch movies, or play video games. Aug. 11th – Craft: Duck Tape Pencil Cases Aug. 18th – Play: [Kinect Games] Aug. 25th – Build: Lego Competition Wednesdays @ 10:30 am: Toddler Time (ages 2 to 4): An active and energetic program for toddlers, featuring music, movement, rhymes, and stories. Wednesdays @ 4pm: Maker’s Club (ages 7 and up): A club for kids interested in science, math, building, and inventing. Each week will feature a different challenge, project, or experiment. Thursdays @ 4pm: Crafty Kids (all ages): Fun crafts for the whole family. Fridays @ 4pm: Drop-in Films (all ages): Aug. 7th – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Aug. 14th – High School Musical 3 Aug. 21st – Sky High Aug. 28th – Monster’s University Saturdays @ 10:30 am: Saturday Stories (all ages): Start your Saturday mornings off right with an interactive story time for children of all ages and their families. Each week will feature songs as well as books, at least one puppet story, and include a short craft or activity at the end.
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87301 YOU CAN RECYCLE IN GALLUP: HERE’S HOW YES, GALLUP REALLY DOES HAVE RECYCLING! Gallup doesn’t make it easy to recycle, but it is happening. This month’s column is dedicated to all newcomers in our area who will be in shock until they figure out how and where to recycle in their new environs. The McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council realizes how important recycling is to one’s psyche. For individuals who have grown up recycling in other parts of the country / world - it is just something you do. This is difficult to explain to those for whom recycling is fairly new, cumbersome, and is done by mostly those with a green bent. Thank you to all for whom recycling, saving energy, and Planet Earth’s natural resources is important. The information provided below will help newcomers get oriented and locals, take note of some important changes in what is being accepted.
DROP SPOT RECYCLING CENTERS Location and Hours of Operation MWF 8-Noon Cultural Center / Train Station, 201 E. Highway 66 MWF Noon-4 Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center, 701 Montoya Blvd. SAT 10-2 Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center, 701 Montoya Blvd. Accepting the Following Items: Corrugated Cardboard Tin/Steel Cans (clean / lids and labels okay) Plastic ALL #1& #2 (clean / lids okay) Please put in the bin ONLY #1 or #2 plastics. DO NOT CONFUSE with #5s (margarine containers, etc.) Ice tea and other beverage containers are often #6s or #7s. Check the Δ. Mixed Paper (junk mail, catalogs, magazines, newspaper, greyboard -like cereal boxes, and telephone books). NO milk/juice cartons. Aluminum Beverage Cans, Clean Foil, and Pie Plates can be placed in a plastic grocery type bag (or other) and placed in the Steel/Tin bin. *Plastic Lids can also be placed in a separate grocery type bag and given to the MCRC volunteer on Saturday duty. These will be given to area teachers. NEW ITEM – Batteries of All Types** Collected at LBM only on Saturdays. Place in a bag or box.
The McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council (MCRC) is a local non-profit, 501c-3, working to increase recycling through education, community outreach, and partnership with local governments/agencies. Our mission includes promoting the 3 Rs-reduce, reuse, recycle and enhancing the quality of life in our community. MCRC meets first Saturdays of the month - 2 pm at the Red Mesa Center, 105 W. Hill Street (next to the Octavia Fellin Public Library). For more information about recycling in Gallup-McKinley County or how you can volunteer, contact the McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council (MCRC) by calling 722-5142, through the web site www.recyclegallup.org, or send an e-mail to betsywindisch@yahoo.com . Volunteers are needed to help monitor the recycling bins on Saturdays at the LBM Recreation Center, to sort donated items in the Recycling Depot, and assist at MCRC events. MCRC Volunteers are available to present programs to school classes; civic, faith, youth and adult groups; businesses; government departments, staff and teacher in-service training. Presentations will focus on the importance of recycling and the What, When, Where, and How to Recycle in GallupMcKinley County. If you need help in setting up a recycling program, give us a call.
New Gallup Journey Website Media reports confirm that The Gallup Journey Magazine has generated a new website for the general enjoyment of the Gallup area populace. Sources say the site will contain some “really cool butt-kicking video,” as well as a new page of a world map that will show where people have been reading their favorite free community magazine. Current and back issues will also be available to be read online with the virtual reader. Features and new elements are scheduled to be updated and added throughout the month of August. Check it out: gallupjourney.com.
Transfer Station Recycling Center M-SAT 8-4:30 Gallup Transfer Station, 107 Hasler Valley Road Accepting ALL OF THE ABOVE except the *plastic lids. Electronics, Small Appliances, including Microwaves. Call 863-5776 or go to www.recyclegallup.org for a complete list of items. **Batteries of All Types – place in a bag/box and put in the Electronics Trailer. Contact for free pick-up of large quantities Mitch@recyclenewmexico.com 240-2547 / 879-6745. GLASS is not being accepted in Gallup-McKinley County at this time. The cities of Albuquerque (761-8100 or www.cabq.gov/solidwaste), Farmington (327.6284), and Flagstaff (520.779.7621) accept bottle glass.
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LATERAL POLICE OFFICER Minimum starting @ $18.07 - $19.75 NON-CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICER Pre-Academy @ $15.25 Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Deferred Compensation Plan 20 yr. retirement @70%, 22 yrs. & 10 months @80% PERA Employee contribution: 4%, Sick leave sell back Paid Vacation: 84 hrs/yr, Paid Sick leave: 100 hrs/yr 11 paid holidays (double time pay), Alternative paid day off, $800 clothing allowance/yr, Take home unit, On-call pay, Specialty Pay: Degree, SWAT, K-9, FTO, Detective, Narcotics
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Fresh. Fair. Local. Organic. Rasband Dairy is a local dairy located in the South Valley of Albuquerque. Mack Rasband moved to Albuquerque in 1952 with a few cows in tow. He added a few cows here and there, and in 1971 his son Scott started to help with the business. At the time, Rasband Dairy was milking 35 cows. In 1978, Scott took over management of the dairy. Currently, Rasband owns around 400 cows and is farming many acres of land which produces the alfalfa for its cows, with the help of his daughter and two sons. A cow eats about 30 pounds of alfalfa a day plus 30 pounds of grain. All the alfalfa is grown by Rasband farms and most of the grains are purchased. Rasband milk is all natural! Although Rasband milk is not certified organic, nothing is added to the milk and growth or milk hormones, such as rBGH, are never given to our cows. Currently a gallon of Rasband milk sells for $3.99 and a 1/2 gallon is $2.69. A pretty good value for a healthy, hormone free local milk. La Montañita Co-op Gallup is located at 105 E Coal (between 1st and Puerco on Coal). Our hours are 8am – 8pm Monday through Saturday, and 10am – 6pm on Sundays. Our Phone number is 505.863.5383
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YEARS OF CHARITY INVITATIONAL
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Charity Invitational is one of Gallup’s traditions. It’s an event you can count on happening year after year and continues to be enjoyed by folks of all ages. Organized by the RMCHCS Foundation, the RMCHCS Auxiliary and a community planning committee, the first event took place in 1996. Since then, only one Charity Invitational was missed, in 2013. The event has been supported generously by loyal Gallupians, as well as, by others living beyond our community. It has brought in nearly $5 million for specific projects for Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services (RMCHCS) to help improve healthcare in our region. This year, Charity Invitational will be held on September 10 -12. The Golf Tournament will take place on Friday, September 11 and the Trap Shoot competition and Gala event will take place Saturday, September 12. A special donor party for event sponsors will take place on Thursday, September 10 .
Funds raised will be used to help reopen RMCHCS’s Residential Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment program at the East Campus on VandenBosch Parkway. Dr. Thomas Carmany, who served our community for many years as pathologist for Gallup Indian Medical Center, McKinley General Hospital and RMCHCS, has been selected as the Honoree. He was also instrumental in the merger of McKinley General Hospital and Rehoboth Christian Hospital in the early 1980s and in starting the RMCHCS residential treatment program in 1986. The goal is to raise $350,000 toward the $1 million needed for the project. Charity Invitational has made a significant contribution to healthcare in Gallup and McKinley County. Below on the left is a recap of past events:
Charity Invitational 1--1996 Project: RMCH Solarium, located on the 3rd floor of the hospital Honoree: Clair Gurley Amount raised: $62,442
Charity Invitational 11--2006 Project: Lidio G. Rainaldi Dialysis Building Honoree: Dr. Bruce Tempest Amount raised: $218,027
Charity Invitational 2--1997 Project: Propaq Encore Monitoring System for the Emergency Department Honoree: Betty Smith Amount raised: $113,806
Charity Invitational 12--2007 Project: Fetal Monitoring System Honoree: Joyce Graves Amount raised: $229,281
Charity Invitational 3--1998 Project: Breast Center Honoree: Dr. John Kamps Amount raised: $202,018 Charity Invitational 4--1997 Project: Pediatric Unit renovations Honoree: Arlene High Amount raised: $220,870
Charity Invitational 13--2008 Project: MRI Scanner Honoree: Paul and Lurae McCollum Amount raised: $246,168 Charity Invitational 14--2009 Project: Clinic Renovations Honoree: Sammy Chioda Amount raised: $275,306
Charity Invitational 5--2000 Project: Women’s Health renovations Honoree: Bishop Pelotte Amount raised: $383,480
Charity Invitational 15--2010 Project: Pediatric Central Monitoring System Honoree: Charles High Amount raised: $283,999
Charity Invitational 6--2001 Project: Hemodialysis Machines for the Gallup Dialysis Center Honoree: George Malti Amount raised: $312,918
Charity Invitational 16--2011 Project: Digital Mammography Equipment Honoree: Marilyn Hathaway Amount raised: $300,673
Charity Invitational 7--2002 Project: Cardiac Pulmonary Rehabilitation Center Honoree: Nellie Long Amount raised: $414,234 Charity Invitational 8--2003 Project: Surgical Equipment for the Operating Room Honoree: John and Martha Zollinger Amount raised: $436,730
Charity Invitational 17--2012 Project: Emergency Department renovations Honoree: Colin Tanner Amount raised: $309,909 Charity Invitational 18--2014 Project: Surgical Equipment for the Operating Room Honoree: Dr. Phil Kamps Amount raised: $256,154
Charity Invitational 9--2004 Project: 16-Slice CT Scanner Honoree: RMCHCS Staff Amount raised: $347,957
Charity Invitational 19--2015 Project: Reopening of Residential Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment Program Honoree: Dr. Thomas Carmany Fundraising Goal: $350,000
Charity Invitational 10--2005 Project: Neurology and Sleep Lab Equipment Honoree: RMCHCS Auxiliary Amount raised: $222,860
For more information on the event and how you can get involved, call the RMCHCS Foundation at 505-863-7287 or email iburmeister@rmchcs.org.
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pon entering this region, visitors are quickly awestruck by the colorful beauty and history of the area. Moreover, eons of life flowing through this region have etched character on peoples’ faces, just as the mighty Colorado River has carved the rugged landscape. Within this framework there resides a particularly rough and rugged, but caring, group of people who I refer to as THE LEGENDS. This group begins at the turn of the 20th century. Following the creation of the State of New Mexico in 1912, individuals emerged in this region whose sense of commitment to humanity was larger than life. The names are boundless and too numerous to fit on this page, but some in this community were Abeita, Begay, Chavez, Chee, Colaianni, Gonzales, Gurley, Gutierrez, Kamps, Menapace, Miyamura, Muñoz, Tanner, Richardson, Rollie, Vandenbosch, Veenstra, Wauneka, (plus many more). And, of course, we cannot forget the Navajo Code Talkers. These people carried their generation and the next through World War I, the Depression, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the wars of the Middle East. But what made them Legends was more than their deeds...it was their commitment to this area and their spirit of giving. Whether in war or in daily life here at home, they gave or risked their lives for others. They attended gatherings in their home and then gave their last embrace to mother, father, wife or children. They left to be on foreign soil for freedom
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fighting. They fought for the freedom of people they did not know and most likely would never meet, and for the freedom of children yet to grow up and yet to be born. Let us state it again! They were willing to give their life for people they would never know. They did it for you and me. They could only hope we would be worthy of their sacrifice. Those who were here and those who returned, gave of their time and talents. They donated their money, property and time for others and they didn’t hold back. They didn’t question how people of the future would spend their lives, nor question the color of one’s skin. They didn’t ask to be repaid or praised. They didn’t reach in their pocket and pull out the least of their money. They gave BIG in all they did. That’s what made them Legends! Who are they? Look on the walls at Sammy C’s Sports Pub...or on the tables at Fratelli’s...or at the banners hanging downtown. Look around at your friends and neighbors. This summer the RMCHCS Foundation is dedicating funds raised at its annual Charity Invitational fundraising event for the reopening of the Behavioral Health Services/Alcohol Treatment Program to help some of those among us who are in most need of our help. To achieve this goal we must rely on you to continue in the spirit of the Legends. My wife and I will be giving a substantial contribution to the Charity Fundraiser; in hopes that our contribution is fitting gratitude for all that Gallup/McKinley County has given us. We cannot repay the community for its kindness to us, but we hope to pay it forward. Those of us involved in this effort are giving just as we ask others to give. We hope that all members of the Community will now be generous in their contributions to the 2015 Charity Invitational Fundraiser to help others...just as the Legends of the past did to help all of us.
-David Conejo, CEO RMCHCS
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Donations may be made by contacting Ina Burmeister at 505.863.7287 or mailing checks to RMCHCS FOUNDATION: 1901 Red Rock Dr. • Gallup, NM 87301
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Ten contestants showed up for the first 505 Burgers & Wings Hot Dog Eating Contest! The contest is part of a larger international circuit sponsored by Nathan’s Hot Dogs. The dogs themselves are all beef, 1/8 pound, and must be eaten with bun; the most dogs eaten in five minutes wins. There will be two more rounds of hot dog eating competition on: Friday, August 7, and the final Saturday, August 8, both at 5:30pm at 505 Burgers & Wings. Register at 505 Burgers and Wings before Friday August 7 at noon to be eligable to compete. Prizes include $500 cash, 55” flat screen TV, Pepsi Barbeque, 505 Belt Buckles & more. Last year’s national champion somehow managed to consume 68 hot dogs in five minutes at the final competition in Coney Island, NY. The first round of our local action had Virgil Yazzie winning the field with 8.5 hot dogs, but he looked to be holding back and saving himself for the upcoming bouts.
Far Left: 505 Burgers & Wings owner Morgan bringing out the dogs for 10 hungry-jack contestants that showed up (above). Left: Vigil Yazzie of Jones Ranch slices thru hot dogs at the rate of 1 dog per 35.2 seconds and moves on to the next round of competition.
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Marie Nakande, Sarah Weinstein & Scott McIntyre join Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services (RMCHCS).
Marie Nakande: Certified Nurse-Midwife
Marie Nakande, along with her husband and three kids, recently moved from her home in Houston, Texas to Gallup, to share her skills in midwifery with the community through RMCHCS. Marie completed her schooling as a labor and delivery nurse at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She practiced as a labor and delivery nurse for several years before going on to graduate school for midwifery. Marie loved the big city with access to many different activities, stores and parks; however, to her, the weather in Gallup is much more enjoyable than the humidity of Houston. Marie now works for RMCHCS as a Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM), partnering with a collaborative practice with the OB/GYN department. She has her own patients, can prescribe pharmaceuticals, provides consulting and information on birth control, breast feeding, post menopausal care and, of course, labor and delivery. These are only a few of the things Marie is capable of providing for her patients. On a day-to-day basis, Marie works in the clinic seeing patients and problem solving with them. Marie says, “My job is happy and enjoyable, I am excited to help women throughout their lives.” Her passion is not just to help a patient out for one visit, but to solve the issue permanently. For Marie, it can be challenging to navigate the loss that can occur from unforeseen complications in the birthing process. However, labor and delivery is Marie’s specialty in her midwifery practice. When asked why she loves her job, Marie responded, “I feel really blessed to have the skills to
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assist the women in many needs; It’s a gift to me in so many ways.” Besides her passion to help women, Marie loves her family dearly. She loves spending time taking her seven-yearold son and six-year-old twins to the park or cooking up a delicious meal. She loves to blast music around the house and spend time with her husband.
Sarah Weinstein: Certified Nurse-Midwife
Sarah Weinstein grew up with the ocean shore not too far from her home in the Los Angeles, California area. She began her college studies at the University of Berkeley; originally going to study biology. Sarah loved the time she spent at Berkeley with the diversity she experienced, the access to the big city and the ocean not too far away. She moved to Portland, Oregon to start graduate school at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). At OHSU she applied her biology degree to the nursing and midwifery program and graduated as a Certified NurseMidwife (CNM). After graduate school, in April of 2014, Sarah moved to Gallup, to work at Gallup Indian Medical Center (GIMC). She continued working at GIMC until a midwifery job opened up in Fort Defiance in August of 2014. She continued to make the trek to Fort Defiance from her Gallup home until the spring of April 2015. From there she took a break from midwifery to experience and explore the culture, climate and diversity of Gallup. In June of 2015 she decided to continue her love of midwifery at RMCHCS. Sarah currently works in RMCHCS as a CNM. She provides care in assisting women in all stages of pregnancy, August 2015
Gets Bigger! childbirth and post delivery. She also consults and educates patients, prescribes pharmaceuticals, and keeps track of detailed records of her patients. CNMs also closely work with obstetricians and the OB/GYN department. When asked about some challenges, Sarah explains that it is difficult navigating issues, and problem solving with patients. Despite the challenges, Sarah loves her job and has a passion to share her practice with the community. Sarah loves to hike and ride her bike in the trails with her partner Josh, as well as read a good book or listen to a podcast. Although at times she misses the ocean and Los Angeles, Sarah explains “I love the community here, the small town feel, the culture and scenery.”
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of his job is working with the employees and patients, creating relationships and helping everyone grow in their different positions. He is very grateful for the employees that he oversees and the opportunity to make a difference in the community. Other than his job, Scott greatly relishes the chance to scuba dive at every opportunity he can get.
Scott McIntyre: Administrator
Scott McIntyre had been living in Wichita Falls, Texas for sixteen years until recently, when he and his wife Vicki moved to Gallup. The initial reason for their move was for Vicki’s employment as Walmarts store manager. However, they both felt that it was God’s calling for them to transfer to Gallup. The couple has been living in Gallup since October 2014. When asked what he likes about Gallup, Scott explained that he loves the geographical scenery and the ability to be outdoors without the sticky feeling of humidity. He appreciates the opportunity to learn about new cultures and to hike. Besides his wife’s employment, Scott found that he possessed many of the characteristics needed for the job he now holds as the new administrator of RMCHCS clinics. Before stepping into the administrator role at RMCHCS, Scott gained experience by working in various operations management and health administration positions. He originally attended South Eastern Oklahoma University to obtain a bachelors degree in science, but soon turned his attention to administrative skills. Scott administers over the RMCHCS College Clinic, Red Rock Clinic and Behavioral Health Services. His role is to oversee the employees, work on process flow and managing customer service, which is a top priority. Scott’s job requires him to make sure patients receive what they need during the time they check in and out. With that, comes the behind-thescenes work in overseeing that the staff has what they need in order to perform their tasks. One challenge Scott faces in his new position is efficiency and time management. Scott explains, “The challenge is learning the expectations of the organization and executing those expectations as fast as possible.” Scott says that the best part August 2015
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Food in Gallup
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” -J.R.R. Tolkien
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It has always amazed me how much food is served in Gallup, New Mexico. The food wholesalers who come to Gallup do a booming business. Of course, we must be the fast food capital of the West. We have more than one franchise restaurant of each variety that set records every year because we have so many people eat out, plus our tourists and many other visitors to our town. But the food that is remarkable to me is the variety of home-owned restaurants in our fair city. Any tour must begin with green chile. Just think how many restaurants have green chile- even fast food locations such as Lota Burger. You could eat lunch at a different green chile restaurant each day in Gallup for several weeks. You could start at Virgie’s on the west end where Charlie Chavez and his mother before him (over 50 years) have served folks. Don Diego’s owned by Archie and Hazel, serve fantastic guacamole and fajitas. Then head on over to Jerry’s; where everything on the menu is good. You must try El Sombrero, and then the more adventurous can try the stuffed sopapilla with extra hot chile at Genaro’s. A newcomer to the field is Cocina de Dominguez, and Brian Dominguez does a great job with his menu as well, especially the carne adovada. Then venture to the north to David’s where the quality does not decline. There is also fantastic green chile at Glenn’s Bakery; try the Green Chile Philly and Stew. That is just the first week! If you are not exhausted, in the second week you could visit Maria’s, Gordo’s, El Charrito, Alicia’s Burrito Express, La Barraca, Taste of the Southwest and Panz Allegra. The hot spots, Sammy’s Rockin’ Sports Pub and Grill, Coal Street Pub and the El Rancho all have great chile dishes as well. Of course, the best green and red chile is found in the Hispanic kitchens of Gallup, but just in case you don’t get invited, you have many restaurants from which to choose. Then Gallup even has a Mexican restaurant as opposed to a New Mexican restaurant at El Metate in Chihuahuita which was featured in an episode of Diners, Dives and Drive-Ins on the Food Channel. I think we forget how many local restaurants prepare good food. You remember that fact when you go away on a trip or holiday and come home. The first thing I do is get my green chile fix to remind me how much I missed being away from home. Many former Gallupians come back to Gallup to eat the green chile, plus try to take some with them when they go home to Phoenix or Texas or Ohio. My children tried to take green chile with them every time they went back to college. One of the busiest days for serving green chile in Gallup is the day after Thanksgiving when everyone has had their fill of turkey and dressing and are craving green chile. Another part of our food heritage is the Italian tradition in Gallup. When my wife Kitty tired of cooking for me and five children during their teenage years, our friends, the Biavas, hosted us at their Italian restaurant, Dominic’s Downtown, where Coal Street Pub is now located. Unbeknownst to me, my teenage children had their own charge accounts there and their tabs were presented to me for payment each month. We had many happy events at Dominic’s Downtown. Today David’s has much of the same menu as does the Rocket where Marie Chioda combines Italian cuisine with our New Mexican favorites. Of course, another newcomer is Fratelli’s, where Brian and Katie Long use
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family recipes to prepare Italian meals with fresh food and now homemade bread from Josh the Baker. Brian and Fratelli’s were also featured on the Food Channel when he prepared food for the Red Rock Balloon Fiesta several years ago. How many times has a town our size had two appearances of the Food Channel? Even the standard American fare in Gallup is good. Breakfast at Earl’s is a Gallup tradition, as well as the Plaza Café and Pee Wee’s Kitchen. Then there is the Railway Café where old fashioned American cuisine abounds and where Adam Sandler ate lunch on his way through town. I eat lunch at Angela’s Cafe every Tuesday for great sandwiches, homemade soup and wonderful hospitality. Of course, my favorite burgers in town are found at
“I took a look and told Archie that it was either Bobby Knight or someone who looked just like him.” 505 Burgers and Wings, or at Grandpa’s Grill. You never know who will be eating in Gallup, New Mexico. Several years ago Kitty and my daughters were eating dinner with me at Don Diego’s, and Archie Baca came over and asked me if one of his customers was Bobby Knight, the famous basketball coach. I took a look and told Archie that it was either Bobby Knight or someone who looked just like him. We approached and introduced ourselves. He was very gracious and talked with us about basketball. He did not throw a chair at us but was a perfect gentleman. He promised to meet me to play golf in Phoenix in a few days, but I never heard from him. I thought it was celebrity syndrome, but the next week he was hired to coach at Texas Tech. A few weeks later I received several Texas Tech t-shirts for all of the family and an apology about the golf outing. Sushi in Gallup? Most people don’t believe it, but I have taken many Gallup visitors to Zen Steak and Sushi for sushi and other good food. My son Patrick, who went to school on the West Coast, says the sushi is as good as any he tasted in Los Angeles. I am not an expert in that department, but I will try some now and then. And who can forget Badlands for steak, ribs and excellent wine? There are also East Indian restaurants and a Mediterranean restaurant which you can find if you look hard enough. Of course, there are many more great eateries in town that I would love to digress about, but it would fill many more pages. Recently I had a three week jury trial in Gallup, and I was host to several attorneys from all over the country. They ate at many of these places and marveled at how much variety of cuisine existed in Gallup, New Mexico. Remember what Mark Twain said, “The secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” The best Italian food is still in Amalia Colaianni’s personal kitchen, but if you have to eat out (and I often do), you have much to choose from in Gallup. August 2015
“Education Matters”
August Focus Topic: Culture of Change When Frank Chiapetti took the reigns as GMCS Superintendent, many changes took place throughout the district. In February, we highlighted the New Mexico Public Education Department and University of Virginia initiative. Six GMCS schools became the first UVA cohort to focus on: • Building the capacity of New Mexico school leaders and administrators – “Growing our Own” • Identifying effective, innovative solutions to close the achievement gap • Identifying efficiencies across school budgets • Targeted and aligned professional development and support to all struggling schools This year we will see schools placed in “ZONES”. GMCS will have 5 zones. Each zone will have a leader that oversees 6-8 schools in an effort to be more accountable, transparent and focused on student achievement. •Tim Bond serves as the “Shepherd” over ZONE-1 (6.5 UVA Schools): Chee Dodge Elementary, Stagecoach Elementary, Juan de Oñate/ Washington Elementary, Navajo Elementary, David Skeet Elementary, and Crownpoint Elementary. •Gerald Horacek will serve as the “Shepherd” over ZONE-2 (6 UVA Schools): Church Rock Elementary, Crownpoint Middle School, Ramah Elementary, Rocky View Elementary, Tohatchi Middle School, and Twin Lakes Elementary. Kristen Bischoff, Principal at Juan de Onate, shares her experience with the UVA initiative: “My intent for teachers under the UVA program is to create a culture of awareness that enables them to be purpose-driven, to truly understand the needs of every child, and to be able to make the best instructional decisions possible in order to help students both academically and socially. Under this program, we have clearly articulated a set of academic goals and processes that reflect a culture of excellence in everything we do at this school. A strong focus on data-driven instruction has enabled us to shift our thinking away from whether we are teaching, to whether students are learning. The many changes we have implemented are always made with student learning as our number one priority”. --Kristen Bischoff
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94th Annual Inter-Tribal Ceremonial Parades
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Evening Parade • Thursday August, 6 • 7:30pm Morning Parade • Saturday August, 8• 10:00am For info visit • gallupceremonial.com
Walking Tours of Downtown Gallup
Monday - Saturday • 5 PM Mountain Bike Tours on High Desert Trails Saturday 9 AM Meet at Gallup Cultural Center • Downtown Gallup
Indian Dances
Everyday at 7:00PM May 25th - September 1 Held in Courthouse Plaza • Downtown Gallup
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