July 2016

July #144

W. Jefferson Ave.

6th St & Aztec Ave.

Street Rated “In Poor Condition” Before Repair

Street After Repair

CITY NEWS AND EVENTS JULY 2016 STREET AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS BOND QUESTION Why is the City having this bond election?

The Gallup City Council has approved a resolution to hold a special general obligation bond election August 9, 2016, to raise $5.365 million for street and drainage improvement projects in Gallup.

What improvements will be made?

The list of projects to be funded, if the bond election is approved by city voters, includes Ciniza Drive Reconstruction for $1.6 million, Hassler Valley Road Storm Drainage Improvements for $1.45 million to provide access to the new State Veterans Cemetery, West Jefferson Avenue Reconstruction for $632,500, and more funds for milling and paving various city streets.

When would the repairs begin?

Improvements would begin in late 2016, or early 2017.

Is there a schedule of when specific streets will be repaired?

No. Street repairs will be grouped by area for efficient construction. Any underground utilities due for repair or replacement will be completed before any street improvements occur.

How much will this cost me in increased taxes?

This election will NOT lead to a property tax increase. The City has a property tax rate of $1.48 per $1,000 of Assessed Value which will continue if the bond election is approved by voters.

Can the City repair residential streets without this bond election?

Yes. But the city does not have the necessary funds required for keeping up with the rate of street deterioration over the entire City. Temperature differences between daytime highs and nighttime lows and ever more traffic take a substantial toll on all City streets.

ADVISORY REFERENDUM QUESTIONS City voters will also be asked to vote on two advisory referendum questions. The first advisory referendum asks if residents would be in favor of limiting the sale of liquor before 11:00 a.m. Although the City does not have the power to limit the hours of sale, the city’s intention for adding the referendum is to bring the results to the Legislature to seek local authority to alter the hours for alcohol sales in Gallup.

The second referendum inquires if city voters are in favor of the City of Gallup instituting single-stream curbside recycling which will result in an added cost to their utility bill.

WHEN & WHERE CAN I VOTE? The polls for the Election will be opened at 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, and will be closed at 7:00 p.m. on the same day.

Voting will be held at the following locations: 1. Southside Fire Station #1, 1800 South Second Street.

2. Northside Fire Station #2, 911 West Lincoln Avenue.

3. Eastside Fire Station #3, 3700 Church Rock Street.

4. Westside Fire Station #4, 707 Rico Street.

5. Harold Runnels Athletic Complex, 820 East Wilson Avenue.

6. McKinley County Courthouse Rotunda, 201 West Hill Avenue.

Absentee Voting will begin on Tuesday, July 5, 2016, and will end on Friday, August 9, 2016. Voters may call the City Clerk’s Office at 863-1254 to request an absentee ballot by mail. Absentee ballots may be marked in person at the City Clerk’s Office at Gallup City Hall, 110 West Aztec Avenue, during regular business hours (MondayFriday; 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 .m.)

Early voting by voting machine will begin on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, and will end on Friday, August 5, 2016. Early voting will be conducted at Gallup City Hall during regular business hours.

Visit www.gallpnm.gov for a map of all the proposed street and drainage improvement projects.

Wishing you a Happy and Safe 4th of July Holiday.

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The Ancient Way Café

Thoughts from the West End

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I’ll never forget the awe-stuck look on my college buddy’s face as we relaxed on my back porch well after mid-night on July 4.

“I can’t believe this!” he said “There have been non-stop fireworks emanating from every direction in this town since 8:00pm. Is there like a city ordinance that requires residents to launch rockets?? Like is this part of the most patriotic city thing?”

I looked at him and chuckled. I’ve become so used to these Gallup 4th of July nights that it didn’t seem odd at all to me. Yet when I thought about it…if you just listened it sort of sounded like a war zone, the rata-tat-tat of firecrackers and the booms in the sky at random intervals could well be a war zone in some place like Afghanistan. Yet personally I thought it was soothingly fantastic.

I finally answered him, “No, the city actually has an ordinance about not doing it…I think you are supposed to buy a permit to legally do fireworks. I’m guessing about 12 permits are sold each year…the other 5,000 people are just being American.”

He looked at me quizzically, but didn’t say anything more; it was just one more weird thing that he was learning about the “Wild West” that was foreign to his manicured suburbs of the Midwest.

The previous day we were at the grocery store buying supplies for our cookout and when we took our final spin down the freezer section (always buy freezer foods last in the summer time) my buddy had received another lesson in Gallupian culture.

“Dude…there are like three doors in this freezer section with nothing behind them but chile! Is this place like a wholesaler for the area or something?”

Again I hadn’t really thought about this. But upon looking closely, indeed, there were multiple sections of freezer dedicated to the various types and brands of green and red chile.

“No man, every grocery store in town has that much chile.

Everybody eats it. It’s like milk in the diary section. It’s like apples in the produce department. Like…even McDonalds here sells green chile on their hamburgers, and Papa John’s puts chile on their pizzas. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner: Chile, Chile, Chile.”

I had introduced him to chile the last year he was out and he was pretty proud to have remembered the counter intuitive fact that the green chile was usually hotter than the red. But it was obvious that he had no idea of the quantity consumed, or dietary staple that chile was to Gallup.

He finally just laughed and with a casual shake of his head said “This place is awesome!”

He is most certainly right!

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June Master Finishers Andy Dailey Flo Dailey Thomas Gomez Richard Reyes Enrique Pleras Neil Jasperse Yumiko Masuzawa Maureen Bia (Two Months Running) Esther Chee Tammie Touhine

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Contents 12 The Golden Apple Winner:

26 Walking In Beauty: Tacos!

50 Veteran’s Corner:

15 15- Great Tasty Ribs:

27 Secret Forest:

54 Driving Impressions:

16 Fruit Salad: Helen Matzke

28 Trail Running:

56 My Day at a Navajo Pageant:

38 Gallup Day Trips:

59 HP Coalition

Viola Hoskie

Curtis Fortney

17 Cheesy Potatoes: Rachael Kass 18 SautĂŠed Zucchini with a Kick!

Natalie Tamminga 19 Bread Pudding:

Jay Mason

Jeffrey Kempton

Elizabeth R. Rose

42 Event Calendar 44 Purple Heart City:

Frances Richardson

22 These Artist Are Not Lost, Just Temporarily Mislaid: Ernie Bulow

Contributors: Ernie Bulow Chuck Van Drunen David Conejo Bob Rosebrough Sandra McKinney Nikki Van Slooten Leslie Farrell

Kelly Matkovich

Andy Newell Jessica Balok Yvonne Blake Jennifer Lazarz Krista McDonald Lloyd Ellis Cristina Olds Bianca Kozliski

Sandra McKinney

46 Business Spotlight: Daisy Arsenault

Publishers: Daisy & Jason Arsenault Chuck & Jenny Van Drunen Staff: Sandra McKinney Gabriel Rising Joseph Rising Andy Stravers

Sandra McKinney Greg Cavanaugh

Samantha Duran

60 Business Directory 64 The Southwest, The Asian East, and a Horde of Memories: Eric Shaw

70 Play Ball!

Managing Editor: Aileen McCarthy Cover: The cover is a graphic design by: Patrick Cross Freelance Cartoonist Website: patcrosscartoons.com

Special Thanks: RAH Photography: Ana and Ryan Hudgeons

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NAVAJO CODE TALKER MUSEUM GALLUP MURALS

Gallup, New Mexico was voted “America’s Most Patriotic Small Town.”

We have always been there when our Country needed men and women to preserve our freedoms.

One of the most notable groups of Gallup veterans are the Navajos who served during World War II as Code Talkers. They used their native tongue to create an unbreakable code that turned the tide in our favor during the Pacific campaign.

You will find the Navajo Code Talker Museum honoring their heroics in the Chamber of Commerce building. This would be a perfect place to start your Gallup experience.

For more information visit: www.thegallupchamber.com

It is no secret that Gallup, New Mexico is an arts town.

People from around the world make the journey here to find Navajo, Zuni and Hopi art. So, it makes perfect sense that we celebrate our history through a number of murals you will find in the downtown area.You will find murals celebrating our community life, the Zuni people, Navajo Code Talkers, our mining history and many other defining images of what it means to be part of the Gallup community. All of the downtown murals are within easy walking distance and will make a great afternoon of exploring. Plus, you can shop and dine while learning about our past.

For more information visit: www.gallupculturaldistrict.org/ mural-walking-tour/

GALLUP ROCK CLIMBING

It doesn’t take long to realize that Gallup, New Mexico is surrounded by a beautiful high desert landscape. For the adventurous that means lots of exploring is right at your fingertips (or footsteps!). In the Mentmore area west of town, dedicated space has been made available to those who want to do some fun rock climbing.You are going to be doing your rock climbing on sandstone and you can find something for all levels of climbers.This is a great chance to break up your trip if you are travelling through town and looking for something fun for the whole family to do.

Don’t worry about having to wait your turn because you are not going to run into any big crowds.

For more information visit: www.mountainproject.com/v/ mentmore/105788247

REX MUSEUM

An early Gallup, New Mexico newspaper was titled Carbon City News. In the early days this city was surrounded by a number of encampments that mined coal. One look at the landscape around town and you can still see veins of black coal in the ground.The Rex Museum celebrates this history along with our strong ties to the railroad. Located downtown on Old Highway 66 and Third Street, you will have easy access.This is a great stop for those of you who are history buffs and enjoy looking at some really neat black and white photographs of early day Gallup.

For more information visit: www.gallupnm.gov/index. aspx?NID=208

PYRAMID ROCK HIKING TRAIL

You will notice this magnificent peak as you drive into Gallup, New Mexico from the East. It is a local’s favorite and you will find several people enjoying this trail daily. It starts right behind Red Rock Park and takes you on a well-groomed trail up to the peak of Pyramid Rock.

You will climb a little over 800 feet on the out and back trail.?? You should plan on a couple of hours to complete the three-mile journey. If you feel like you want to do more exploring after you have conquered the “Peak” the Church Rock trail system is right there, also.We are very fortunate to be located in an area that always seems to deliver beautiful weather making this trail accessible year round.

For more information visit: www.summitpost.org/ pyramid-rock/888458

HIGH DESERT TRAIL SYSTEM

Our High Desert Trail System has received lots of positive press for its impressive single track. It is a favorite for local mountain bikers. It is a day-hikers and trail-runners dream to have this right in our backyard.The trail consists of three looping mesas and has two access points, one in Gamerco and the other from Mentmore.

Both locations have a large parking area.Two very popular events are held on the High Desert Trail System each year: Dawn ‘til Dusk, which is a 12-hour endurance mountain bike race held in the spring, and the Squash Blossom, which is a two day event with a mountain bike race and trail running race.

For more information visit: www.galluptrails.com/galluparea-trail-info

NIGHTLY INDIAN DANCES

Free nightly Indian Dances are held from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The daily event takes place on the “Gallup Courthouse Square”.This is easy access from downtown and you cannot miss the old Spanish style architecture of the Courthouse. Several different groups participate in the nightly dances, offering you a chance to see performances from many local tribes.The dances take place in a large area with lots of seating so you are not going to miss any of the action. Most evenings you will have food vendors offering local favorites such as Navajo Frybread.

For more information visit: www.thegallupchamber.com/ events/details/summer-nightlyindian-dances-1654

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10 July 2016

The Lonely Curb

by Palacio

Upon the curb of an empty street Did sit a man alone In rumpled coat, his spirit beat ‘Neath rain that drenched to bone “It’s times like these” spoke he In whispered breath, which breed despair Until one’s very fiber pleas To have the pain end there” “Pardon friend,” said I, “but walking by Tonight I heard a lonely voice Behind your words and wondered why That you’ve abandoned choice?”

“Man, said he, “I know thee not.

But it’s I who’ve been abandoned By life and choice thus here I rot I wish to be alone, now grant it!”

“May I share your lonely curb?”

I queried, “Though just a passerby, I’ d like to share a word Of pain and choice…to live or die.”

It wasn’t plain if whit he cared When I took a space along the gutter He gazed ahead with icy stare Neither word nor whine did utter.

Now pain I’d seen and pain I’d felt But I’d never seen such depth of sorrow To him this story begged I tell Lest, he not see the morrow.

“The ancient Earth, I uttered, embraced its ore” Yes, cleaved the earth to treasure Not knowing of its store Nor of its worth or measure”

Lift now your eyes to men of old Who, undaunted, swords would seize Then ventured forth, brave and bold In times you call, ‘The times like these.’

Help captive ‘Neath the ground Ore served not man or purpose It gave not light… or sound Held thus, was less than worthless

Shake now the fear of darkest hour Fear not that fear you’ve shown Draw now from friends both strength and power To dare and stand alone.

Until from earth was ore extracted By white heat made to yield Poured, forged and form extracted Into crowns of gold or swords of steel

Knowing that like men gone by Who trusted in the tempered blade Tempered friends stand by your side With friendship you once gave.”

All ore was strengthened by hammer and fire To shape a pot or make a blade To serve man’s need, also desire, By strength and heat were his tools made.

We embraced friendship that night Then traversed separate ways A man who once had lost his fight Now stood both bold and brave

Precious gifts beyond our measure Like earth, inside, man often keeps His untapped worth, his untapped treasure Though worthless when kept deep

And now on lonely nights On street both dark and gray That stranger from the lonely curb To others is heard to say

“Of friendship now I speak” Said I, “which first you must extract Then forge by hammer and heat And shape with each contact

Yes, to other lonely men on lonely curbs Wending towards despair With their angry, empty words And thoughts that no one cares

Tempered friendships like tempered steel Rank among the best And only those count you as real Which crack not under test

“May I share your lonely curb?”

Though just a passerby “I’d like to share a word Of pain and choice…to live or die.”

Look for more news of Unsung Heroes in the future.

And if you know of any, send me the information at: dconejo@rmchcs.org

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Golden Apple Winner The Golden Apple Excellence in Teaching Award has been given to New Mexico’s most outstanding teachers since 1996.

Every year, nominations are collected from teachers, students, administrators, parents and other community members in hopes of creating a pool of worthy candidates for this prestigious award. Every teacher that is nominated receives a small token of recognition to acknowledge that someone in their community thinks they are awesome.

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What is the Golden Apple Award?

Each year, teachers are nominated by parents, colleagues or administrators to receive this award. This year there were 216 nominees. After a lengthy application process, the field was narrowed to 16 finalists. Teams were sent to evaluate each finalist. Finally, seven winners were chosen in November.

What is the process of winning the Golden Apple?

After being nominated, I completed a lengthy application. The applications are read numerous times by various educators affiliated with the Golden Apple Foundation. I was on of 16 finalists. An evaluation team visited my classroom for an entire day. They watched me teach and they also interviewed former students, my principal Mrs. Mowrer, colleagues and parents. The seven award winners were chosen in November.

I remember going to school with you at Gallup High, did you always want to be a teacher?

Right out of high school, I planned to be an engineer. I went to Colorado State University for two years and studied Mechanical Engineering. I needed to fund my college bill so I decided to work one year at Church Rock Elementary. I got my start in educational as an Educational Assistant. I fell in love with teaching! As I helped regular classroom teachers, I imagined my own classroom and how I would teach students.

Where did you go to college?

Were there any teachers that influenced your style of teaching?

I learned great things from so many teachers. Learned to have high expectations from Karen Henry. I learned to use multisensory techniques from Cynthia Young.

Laurie Pink taught me to be persistent.

My grandmothers taught me patience and empathy.

How long have you been teaching?

I just finished teaching my 14th class.

Was the first school you taught at Tobe Turpen? If not where all have you taught?

I taught my first class at Tobe Turpen.

Some of my first students graduated from college recently. One received a degree in criminology from UNM. Another received a degree in Journalism and she has also been accepted to a prestigious graduate school in New York.

Now that you have won this award, do you change your style of teaching?

As a teacher, I am constantly learning new methods and strategies. My teaching is constantly evolving. I love learning about new ways to teach and I love learning from my peers. The Golden Apple award comes with a $4,000 professional development grant. While I haven’t decided how I am going to use it, I am looking forward to learning effective, fun, engaging ways to teach.

I went to Colorado State for two years.

What is something Gallup school After changing my major, I went to UNM and received my Bachelors and Masters from systems can do to improve the UNM College of Education. children’s education?

It’s time to put politics aside and do well for all students across the district. It is true our students struggle with many factors, but Where did you do your student those are not excuses to lower expectations. teaching?

Our children are strong and smart, they My student teaching experience was know how to overcome and why not equip completed at Turpen Elementary in a K/1 them with the best tool there is, education. multi-grade class. I learned two things: K-2 teachers are angels and I am not an angel.

LOL. I really love working with either 4th or 5th grade. Before I retire, I would like to teach a few years of middle school math.

Are you plans to stay in the Gallup area?

Specifically, I want to teach at Tobe Turpen Elementary for many years to come and then teach one year of middle school math (I love math) before retiring from classroom teaching. Presently, I am interested in ways to be a voice for our children at the state level and I am hoping the that opportunity will come this summer.

What is your favorite part of teaching?

I love all aspects of teaching. I love watching young minds grow into becoming critical thinkers. I find that fourth and fifth graders aren’t swayed by outside factors year and they often have points of view backed by concrete examples. I love watching them come to conclusions on their own. It’s amazing to watch leaders emerge and how a once troubled student is now soaring. I even appreciated the times I have failed to help someone because it has made me a better teacher. Mostly though, I love our daily interactions and the small things like hilarious statements, hugs from kids, or an unexpected letter about how wonderful you are.

What else do you enjoy doing besides teaching?

Oh gosh, besides teaching I enjoy coaching youth basketball. I also love watching them play. Some of our best moments have been on road trips to tournaments. I like mentoring students and helping them with projects or homework, especially my oder students in high school.

I am looking forward to our next game night. It keeps me thinking. It is very rare, but I also enjoy being with my family.

And my most favorite way to relax is by reading a book.

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Fourth of July Celebration Recipes From Locals

By Curtis Fortney

GREAT TASTY RIBS You don’t have to have a smoker to have great tasting ribs. A friend shared this recipe with me several years ago.There two great meat choices: baby back pork ribs or St. Louis style pork spareribs.

COOKING: Set the ribs out 30 minutes before you are ready to start cooking. Preheat your oven to 300°. Remove the plastic wrap. Lay out sheets of aluminum foil, about a foot longer than each rack of ribs. Wrap each rack separately, meat side down. Seal the foil into PREPPING THE RIBS: an airtight pouch for each rack.

What I like to do is un-wrap the ribs the Place on a large baking sheet and place on day before. Rinse with water and pat dry the middle oven rack. Cook for three hours* with a paper towel. at 300°.

Remove the skin membrane from the At the end of two hours, open up the foil backside of the ribs. The easiest way to and pull the foil away from the ribs. Leave do this is to grab hold of an edge of the the ribs in the foil. Carefully brush both membrane with a piece of paper towel and sides of the ribs with a generous amount pull it off the length of the ribs. If you don’t of BBQ sauce. Use one of the popular remove the membrane, the ribs become purchased sauces or mix up your own leathery and will not allow the ribs to soak in favorite sauce. the flavors of the rub.

Turn the racks over so that the meat side is on top. Put ribs back into your 300° oven THE RUB: and cook one more hour with the foil pulled Use your favorite dry rub on both sides back from the ribs (uncovered). With a of the ribs. Make sure you cover all of the meat thermometer, check to make sure the surfaces. internal temperature is 165°. When the meat You can use a purchased rub or you can pulls away from the bone, the ribs are done. make a rub from a combination of spices including: sea salt and coarse black pepper.

You can also use just salt and pepper. Use plenty of rub. *If you chose baby back pork ribs, Wrap the ribs in plastic wrap and place in cooking for three hours is ideal. If you use the refrigerator for two hours. To really let St. Louis spareribs, cook them longer for a the flavors set, leave it overnight. total of five to six hours.

THE FINISH: Allow the ribs to rest uncovered for fifteen minutes, while you go fire up the grill.

Place ribs on the hot grill to caramelize and blacken the outside of the ribs for a final touch. Using the grill makes for a perfect grilled finish to your ribs. Grill for three minutes on each side, remove from the grill.

Cut ribs apart and serve with extra BBQ sauce.

Cooking ribs in the foil allows for a quick and easy clean-up.

INGREDIENTS AND COOKING IMPLEMENTS: 1. Ribs 2. Dry Rub 3. BBQ sauce 4. Plastic wrap 5. Foil 6. Oven 7. Grill (optional)

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By Rachael Kass

CHEESY POTATOES This is a recipe that my family has every 4th of July at our family reunion. Each family has a different recipe but this one is my mom’s. When I moved down to the Southwest, I added 7 oz. of green chile and have loved the addition.

INGREDIENTS 2 pounds frozen hash brown potatoes 1 teaspoon of salt 1/4 teaspoon of pepper 2/3 cup of chopped onion 2 cups of sharp cheddar cheese 3/4 butter or margarine, melted (divided) 7 oz. of green chile 2 cups of sour cream 1 can of cream of chicken soup 2 cups of crushed cornflakes 16 July 2016

1. Thaw potatoes 2. In a large bowl, combine potatoes, salt, pepper, onion, and cheese 3. In a medium bowl, combine 1/2 cup

of melted butter, sour cream, green chile, and soup

4. Pour over potato mixture and mix

gently

5. Pour into a 3 qt buttered casserole or 9x13 pan 6. In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup of

melted butter and cornflakes. Toss to mix. Sprinkle over potatoes.

7. Bake in 350 degree oven for 45 to 50

minutes.

8. Serve to hungry guests

By Helen Matzke

FRUIT SALAD

INGREDIENTS 1 lg. can of Sliced Peaches, drained & cut in chunks 1 lg. Can Pineapple Chunks, drained 2 cans of Mandarin Oranges, drained 3 Bananas, peeled & sliced 3 Golden Delicious Apples, cut in chunks 1 container of Strawberries, cut in halves 1 sm. Pkg. Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix 1 small Can of Apricot Nectar (12 1/2 oz. Size) Cut up fruit as indicated and mix together.

Mix instant pudding (powder) with apricot nectar and pour over fruit. Can be made a day before and refrigerated. If doing this, I normally wait to add bananas a few hours before serving. Serves about 20 people and makes a delicious salad!

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SAUTÉED ZUCCHINI

WITH A KICK! This is one of my favorite ways to cook zucchini. I’ve also made it with corn and bell pepper.

A family favorite!

INGREDIENTS 4 cups diced zucchini Olive oil 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 tomato, diced 1 jalapeño, seeded and chopped into small pieces Queso fresco Cilantro Juice of 1 lime Salt and pepper to taste

1. In a large skillet over medium heat,

heat up a tablespoon or so of olive oil.

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2. Add garlic and cook until fragrant,

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about 1 minute.

3. Add zucchini and cook until

browned.

4. Add jalapeño, tomato and lime juice.

5. Cook for 1 more minute before

removing from heat and topping with cheese and cilantro.

6. Serve immediately.

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By Frances Richardson

BREAD PUDDING

INGREDIENTS 1 1 1 2 2 1

Loaf White Bread Dozen Eggs Beaten stick Butter cans Evaporated Milk cups Sugar 1/2 cups of Raisins (optional)

1. Tear bread into small pieces and

place into a large cake pan.

2. Beat the eggs, sugar and one stick of melted butter together.

3. Pour this mixture over the bread.

4. Then, pour 4 1/2 cups of boiling

water over the top of the pieces of bread and egg mixture.

5. Add raisins on top of the bread

mixture.

6. Add raisins on top of the bread mixture.

7. Place in an oven at 350 degrees for

50 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.

8. While the pudding is baking, mix

the Glazed Frosting: 2 cups powdered sugar 1 stick of melted butter 1 can of evaporated milk 1 tablespoon of vanilla

9. Mix all ingredients above until mixed well together.

10. After the pudding comes out of the oven, drizzle the frosting over the top.

Serve warm.

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By Author’s Name

GREEN CHILE CHEESEBURGER CONTEST – e t o V & t u O t Ge “Every time you enter into our State on a highway, you see the sign welcoming you with a red and green chile. In fact the State question asks Red or Green?”

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I can’t think of a more American food then the hamburger. This delicious and easy to prepare food is at the center of many Fourth of July backyard parties. It is your go-to when you have a short lunch break or the kids are hungry right now. We have all had a burger that we wish we had never sunk our teeth into. Also, we have all had that burger that reminded us why we never stop ordering this all-American invention. It has not become uncommon for fine dining restaurants to include the hamburger on its menu. If you are lucky enough to get to visit London anytime soon, make sure you get a Glamburger, it will only cost you a little over $1700.

Nothing is more New Mexico than chile. Every time you enter into our State on a highway, you see the sign welcoming you with a red and green chile. In fact the State question asks Red or Green? All of us seem to crave our New Mexican chile and it is very common for those who move away to ask family members or friends to send them their fix. You won’t find any of us going to our local grocery store asking for chile from Arizona, Texas, Colorado or California because it just isn’t as good as our Hatch green chile. New Mexico is famous for its chile and all of us love to

eat it with our breakfast, lunch and dinner meals.

It only makes sense to take the American classic and add some of New Mexico’s legendary green chile to it. In fact, New Mexicans invented the green chile cheeseburger. One of the most popular events at the New Mexico State Fair is the Green Chile Cheeseburger Contest.

The winner has a year to gloat about its accomplishment of attaining green chile cheeseburger perfection before someone else attempts to knock them from the throne. If you can’t make it to the State Fair, then visit the New Mexico State Tourism Department’s website where they have a dedicated map to where you can find a green chile cheeseburger here in New Mexico, appropriately called the Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail.

Gallup is a restaurant town. You will find a diverse selection of choices here that will satisfy many different tastes. It is not a surprise that many of the popular places have offerings with green chile on the menu. Many of our local favorites have that coveted green chile cheeseburger. Plus, this isn’t Michigan, even our chain fast food restaurants allow you to add green chile to your burger. Some of you already

know where your favorite green chile cheeseburger is served, but some don’t.

The Gallup Journey wants you to tell us who has the BEST green chile cheeseburger in town. Just head to our website at www.gallupjourney.com and cast your vote. You will be able to cast one vote each day throughout the month of July. Why more than one vote, because we don’t think you have exhausted the possibilities.

Some of you might instantly think the best green chile cheese burger comes from a burger joint like Glenn’s, the 505 or Grandpa’s Grill. Others might be more interested in the chile than the burger.

Local New Mexican food restaurants like Genaro’s, Jerry’s, Virgie’s and Don Diego’s entice you with their secret chile recipes that can definitely turn the green chile cheeseburger experience into something unique. Sometimes we just haven’t gotten

out and explored. Did you know that some great tasting green chile can be found at a small Northside restaurant call Grandma’s? Another possibility is the Gigi burger at Angela’s that has cheese and green chile stuffed into the meat. Maybe your favorite green chile cheeseburger is from a place at which you have never eaten before. It could also be from a fast food joint like Blake’s Lotaburger that seems to always deliver a tasty green chile.

So, remember when you go out for lunch and dinner this month; eat a green chile cheeseburger. Be fair and try different places. Head to our website www. gallupjourney.com and vote for Gallup’s best green chile cheeseburger. Also, share pictures with us on instagram and twitter #gallupjourney.

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By Ernie Bulow

Part 1 One thing treasure seekers and big game hunters share in common, as they are the first to say, is the thrill of the pursuit, the exhilaration of the chase. The searching and seeking process itself. I admit to that guilty pleasure myself.

A few years ago I was on the trail of Mae De Ville, resident of Gallup in the Thirties and the woman given credit for the technique for making permanent sand paintings. I located her daughter in Albuquerque, but when I called the number a suspicious male voice answered.

He was the woman’s son and had come down from Canada to close out her affairs as she had just passed away. But, he said, if I would come over the following morning I could look through and copy her papers before they left town forever.

Clyde Testhlakai in his Dance Regalia

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In the mass of clippings, photos and letters there was a small stack of tempera paintings on some heavy pinkish paper. They were Zuni Kokos and had to date from the early thirties, a time when few Zunis dared to reproduce the kachinas. They were all signed Tsethleka and one had the intial C. I have been told that is the most common name in the village.

For a year I hunted for C. Tsethleka, without luck. Eventually I found a Clyde Tsethlika. When I tried to follow up on that lead there was another void. Strangely enough the 1905 census listed the boys belonging to a man named Haycoo, as Ameyah (Clyde) and Teshda, three years younger.

The younger boy’s name was later listed as Deshde, or variants of that. In time he would take that for a last name and add Frank, for the Anglos. Once I got that far the rest was relatively easy. In Adair’s book he notes, concerning a smith who didn’t have his own tools, “he used those belonging to Horace [Iule] and those of his friends Dishde and Teshlakai.”

Virgil Dishta remembered Clyde as Frank’s half-brother and said he made jewelry in the Dishta style. By 1940 Clyde was married to Irene Tsaptewa (another name which changes over the years) and Clyde had taken in her two offspring, Ramona and Fenton Eddie. Ramona already had two children by Leo Poblano. Eddie Tsalabutie went on to become a fabulous – and little known – jeweler himself.

Eddie’s son elected to live with Grandpa Clyde in the middle village because “that was where the action was, and all of my friends lived there”. By then Clyde was carving dolls, doing beadwork and other crafts. I also found a photo of him with his dance group at the dedication of the old High School in Zuni in 1956.

One of the Clyde Tsethikai Drawings

A book and photo dealer I’m friends with found an album with children’s drawings that he thought was from the Santa Fe Art Studio. I could tell they were from Zuni by the subject matter. The only paintings in the album signed with a full name were several

by Sam Poblano, and I just happened to be interviewing him for a Ceremonial article.

Sam was able to identify several of the other budding artists. The most interesting one, which appears to be dated 1936, is by Dewey Leekela. Several other members of that family became important silversmiths.

Dewey and his brother Morris “Red” Leekela were both WWII veterans.

Dempsey Chopito who spent time in a German prisoner of war camp, kept up his art work for a time. The two little pieces in the folder aren’t particularly notable. He is listed in the Biographical Dictionary of Indian Artists with a single line, and is identified as a Navajo.

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J.J. Brody’s book Pueblo Indian Painting has no entry for “Zuni” in the index and I couldn’t find any Zuni artists listed.

In truth, Zuni artists are badly neglected, but there is a reason for that. With few exceptions they didn’t want to be known, didn’t want to be famous, really didn’t want to stand out among the Zunis. This hasn’t changed a great deal.

The other factor was making art for their own consumption. Because the usually painted subjects with cultural significance they didn’t really care to have them circulate outside the village. Most of the artists were

Percy Sandy at Ceremonial Knifewing on Display

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also adept at another form, often silverwork.

One of the few Zuni artists with a reputation was Percy “Kai Sa” Sandy who published a lot of prints and was a regular at Gallup Ceremonial. They say he left the village because he got in trouble for painting religious figure – certainly not the only person. He attended the Indian School in Santa Fe and then moved on to Riverside in southern California. The reason he lived in Taos was probably his Taos wife.

Many rather good paintings stayed in Zuni in the homes of friends and relatives.

Some of them are surprising. The famous silversmith Gary Vacit, Frank’s Vacit’s son, tried his hand at other art, including dolls.

The painting I found is a Shalako scene and is signed “Gary Vacito ‘58”. Hardly a disguise.

The transformation of Zuni that started after the war was reaching a climax. A water and sewer system, electric power, phone service and the final decentralizing of the village. Families no longer had to live with the family matriarch and that meant freedom in many ways.

But the way for all this modernization to take place had to begin with sacrifice and Teddy Weahkee paid a pretty steep penalty.

Veteran of WWI, Weahkee was one of

the first Zunis to come into the Twentieth Century. Teddy was not a Weahkee by blood.

He was an innovator in all areas, most notably fetish carving and easel painting, two artistic areas that had been taboo. He also made advances in inlay jewelry and had a big influence on his nephew Leo Poblano.

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Zunis in the village complained to the superintendent that he was making pictures of religious subjects. Of course traders were selling these to the greater public: Vander Wagon, Kelsey and especially C. G. Wallace. All the same he was elected Zuni governor in 1955 and one of his first acts was to unilaterally sign papers authorizing the county to build a high school in the village.

The conservative faction got the medicine chiefs to confiscate Weahkee’s cane of office. Even President Eisenhower failed to get it back.

At first Teddy painted on hides, pretty much in the same manner that they had been done by native artists for hundreds of years. But he was always the restless spirit and he was one of the first artists in Zuni to paint in oils on canvass. I have only been able to locate one of these. Unquestionably his bravery – or stubbornness – opened the door for Hyde Painting of the Knifewing Man by Teddy Weahkee artists who followed.

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Walking In Beauty

TACOS!

TACOS! WHO WANTS A TACO?

by Kelley Matkovich

Tacos! Tacos! Who wants a taco? If you ask that question, you’ll probably find a crowd of people storming around you for a crunchy bite of deliciousness. I love tacos of every variety! Who doesn’t love tacos??? When you’re trying to eat healthier, it can be hard to fit a crunchy fried shell, a spoon full of sour cream, and a hefty sprinkle of cheddar cheese into your calorie budget very often.

Plus you can’t just eat one….right? So now we’ve got a crunchy shell x 3, a spoon full of sour cream x 3, and a hefty sprinkle of cheddar cheese x 3. You get the point. It adds up very quickly and before you know it, you can easily be over your daily calorie intake in one meal! Yikes!!!

The good part is that you can make some tweaks to the traditional taco to make it much healthier!! I can add taco night into my family’s meal plan weekly if I adopt some of these substitutions.

SO HERE WE GO: • Substitute Greek yogurt or low-fat sour cream for the regular variety.

• Bulk up the veggie to meat ratio…more veggies: less meat.

• Use finely grated cheese…you’ll use less, but still get the flavor.

• Try using ground chicken or turkey in place of ground beef.

• Use warmed soft corn tortillas instead of the fried crunchy ones.

• If you prefer crunchy, take a few minutes and bake

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them in the oven like a tostada or use my trick to make your own crunchy taco shells. Lightly spray corn tortillas with oil and drape them over an oven safe dish. Bake at 400 degrees for about 5-7 minutes or until desired crunchiness is achieved! Keep a close eye on these guys though because they will burn quickly! After they cool, they will be crunchy and keep their shape without any frying!

Sprinkle with salt if desired.

• Go vegetarian with your tacos and use portabella mushrooms in place of meat to amp up the health factor. Marinate the mushrooms in a little lime juice, olive oil, garlic, and cilantro before cooking.

Season with a sprinkle of salt before putting them into your taco.

• Use fish or shrimp as the protein in your taco.

Sprinkle with a little cajun or taco seasoning before cooking. Great flavor!

• Squeeze on fresh lime juice for flavor in place of heavy condiments.v • Use lettuce as your taco shell. Romain, butter, or iceberg lettuce leaves work great.They make a perfect vessel to house all of your taco goodness!

• Use fresh made salsa as flavor instead of sour cream or cheese. A fruit salsa with pineapple or mango, avocado, red onion, jalapeno, cilantro, lime juice, and salt/pepper is a great accompaniment to the fish or shrimp tacos! [That’s my favorite!]

The next time you are ready to whip up a batch of tacos, try using one of these tips to make a lighter version! Eating healthy doesn’t mean that you’ll be stuck eating food that’s bland and tastes like cardboard. After you get a few recipes, tricks, and techniques in your artillery, you’ll be able to reinvent most of your favorite foods to add more nutritional value! As always, to get more food ideas, motivation, healthy tips, or want to join one of my fitness groups, head over to Kelley M Fitness on Facebook!

By Jay Mason

The Secret Forest When I think of McGaffey, I think of Z Lazy B Ranch and the Balok Elk Farm on the east and Danoff Road and Quaking Aspen Campground on the west. I recently learned that I own land in McGaffey. My son Patrick bought it and sold parcels to his friends. He later informed me that I was paying for part of one parcel. I have no complaint. The land is beautiful and near We have a secret in Gallup. We live in a the site of a future Benedictine monastery. It place that has access to the forest only 15 is fitting that Benedictine monks who give minutes away from our town. Most people spiritual retreats around the world will be who drive through Gallup have no idea doing so in a place that renews the weary that we are so close to a national forest. human spirit by its very nature.

There are more than 50 miles of trails in My family and I have hiked many trails the area. But anyone who lives in Gallup around McGaffey. I still remember the day has one or more McGaffey stories to tell. we hiked to the forest lookout, and the Some cannot or should not be told. But ranger let my young boys look out over the most Gallupians have fond memories of forest. He told them stories of forest fires hikes, picnics, campouts, birthday parties, and what it was like to live in a fire tower for weddings, hunting expeditions and bike rides weeks at a time. I also remember the time we in McGaffey. took all five children to McGaffey hill in the By 1912 McGaffey was a known logging depth of winter to sled down the hill. The camp. A.B. McGaffey was a bookkepper kids had a great time. They were having such of the American Lumber Company. (Why a good time I decided to join them on a run do the accountants get towns named after down the hill on something like a toboggan. them – paymaster David Gallup?) By 1925 It was exciting, but I came close serious the lumber mill at McGaffey produced orthopedic injuries as I yelled mostly out of 57,000 board feet of lumber per day which fear on my way down the hill. was hauled by rail down Six Mile Canyon About thirty years ago Kitty and I were road to the main rail line. McGaffey and talked into doing the annual Audobon other lumber camps in the Zuni mountains Society Bird Count by the naturalist at had a growing population at the time. Many Cottonwood Gulch Foundation, Arch families from that era still live in the area – McCallum. Every year in February Polich, Basgal, Radosevich, Grubisich and volunteers around the country organize Jekielek, just to name a few. By the Great and spend a day or two counting birds in Depression the lumber industry had died. In a particular area. The day we volunteered our office which was built in 1893 we have about 30 of us started in various places along some 2 x 6s that came from McGaffey. Many Six Mile Canyon road and spent the day old houses in Gallup have the same. counting birds. Some people are much better It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air, that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. Robert Louis Stevenson

at this exercise than others. I just enjoyed a beautiful day in the forest. We met for lunch to compare notes and then went out again for the afternoon. What I didn’t know until lunch was that we had rock star bird man among us.

It turned out that a Franciscan priest from Zuni had a degree in ornithology. He had several degrees but you don’t meet a person who studies birds every day. Father Terrence had done several bird counts mostly around Zuni, and he was famous because he had once sighted an Arctic tern at Black Rock Lake. They are seabirds that sometimes fly from the North to the South pole at great altitude. Evidently this bird got blown off course and ended up in Zuni for several days where Father Terrence spotted it.

But I digress. The day was moving on, and we had an agreement to meet a 4 o’clock to turn in our sightings. We all showed up on time except Father Terrence. It was getting dark and still no Father Terrence.

Back then I was in pretty good shape so I volunteered to run up the mountain to find Father. I found him slowly on his way down.

Evidently when he was sighting the red fluted woodpecker, he fell and injured his knee. He had difficulty walking after that, and we helped him down to the road where he could be transported to safety. He was in his mid-sixties then. Now Father Terrence lives at the Little Sisters; he is almost 100 years old. The other day he opined, “If you live long enough, you get old.”

We should not take our secret forest for granted. We should protect it as best we can.

I hope our children’s children can enjoy its beauty and solitude. And soon some hardy Benedictine monks will make it their home.

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By Jeffrey Kempton

Trail Running in Gallup

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While in Gallup it’s only necessary to look outside at the bluffs or take a relatively short drive south into the Zuni mountains in order to appreciate the fact that nature is awesome, and being here in Gallup, it’s also really accessible.

I would hope that most people have the time to step out on the trails and go for a hike at least once every week, because being out on the trails can be a restorative experience. It doesn’t matter whether one needs respite from the daily grind or whether one needs a way to actively meditate; the outdoors can be where that growth and healing takes place.

Sometimes the best way to tackle trails is by moving slowly and just observing and existing, but other times you need to go faster than that. Welcome to trail running.

A few recommendations for the new trail runner:

Trail running doesn’t have a complicated history that outlines it’s progression from a convoluted and obscure pass-time to this massive sport that requires all types of expensive equipment for anyone who wants to run. Instead, it is as simple as moving as fast as one can through the wilderness.

That simplicity is the biggest reason that it is awesome! Trail running has maintained a very low-technology intensive character for the simple reason that it doesn’t need to be complicated. It is as simple as seeing how fast one can move along a trail entirely under one’s own power. It is simple and you can move quickly or slowly, it is entirely up to you.

• Seek new trails and new types of terrain and be conscious of the land. If the geography is rising or falling then your pace should change.

Enjoy yourself !

• Just go out and listen to your body.

• If it gets steep, then slow down a little and just focus on continuing to move at a constant pace. In the same vein, if it is flat, start running again. Just don’t let yourself stop until you are at the top or at a good stopping point.

• Make sure you drink plenty of water so that you do not get dehydrated.

• Enjoy yourself.

A few recommendations for the casual trail runner who wants to up their game: • Start challenging yourself a little more each week. This might mean that you gradually eliminate all walking, even on inclines; this means that you are running a little farther. Challenge means different things to everyone.

• Make sure you have some food in your stomach if you are going to push your body to new limits.

gone before, but you also need days of slower recovery.

• Make sure you are staying hydrated and replenishing electrolytes. Gatorade and other sports drinks can be okay when they are consumed with water, but they are filled with a lot of other additives that complicate how easily your body processes them. For a simpler drink mix, try Skratch Labs electrolyte mix or some other kind of drink mix that doesn’t have a lot of additives.

• Keep your eyes up the trail on more technically challenging sections. Especially while trying to move fast, try to find where to put your foot in three steps instead of looking down at where you are going to put your foot for your next step.

• Make sure you are enjoying being outside!!!

• Trail running is wildly simple and it can be such a rewarding way to exercise. In Gallup there are so many trails that are very close to town and it is as simple as getting to the trail and enjoying the outdoors.

A few recommendations for the trail runner who has been pushing for a while and really wants to reach new levels: • Make sure that you are allowing yourself to recover from harder efforts. You can’t run faster every time you get on the trail. You need to have days where you are running faster than you have ever

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The JOYS of Camping

Our kids are always asking their mother and me to take them camping. It is one of those questions that we pretend we didn’t hear, and if pushed, a very quick “we will go this summer” follows. Well, unfortunately for us summer has arrived.

The last time we took the kids camping it was a complete disaster. We drove around McGaffey until we found a place off Danoff Road that seemed suitable. After several yelling matches, we finally got our easy-to- assemble 15-minute tent set up… about an hour after we started. After setting a fire and cooking up some delicious s’mores and sitting around the campfire for a couple of hours, we began to get the kids to bed. We also thought this would be a great time for the adults to retreat to a comfortable night of sleeping outdoors.

Everything was going just fine until we were wakened by some very loud music being played in the distance. I got out of the tent to inspect what exactly was happening. It just took a little stroll to the top of a small hill to see where the music was coming from. In the distance I could make out a huge bonfire with about twenty cars and trucks surrounding the glow. After a little bit more inspection, I guessed that

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the party was at least 50 people strong. The kids had already fallen asleep so I went back into the tent to attempt to find sleep, also.

Shortly after I got back into my sleeping bag, I could make out talking very close to our camp. It was a group of young men and women who definitely sounded like they had done some drinking. By this time all of us were awake and the kids started to understand that we were not alone. Being the over-protective parents that we are, we decided to head home at about one o’clock in the morning, as the party was starting to pick up in noise and action. That was our first not-so-successful camping experience with the kids.

So it makes sense that we tried to put off another camping trip for as long as we could get away with.

However, the time came when we just couldn’t keep telling the kids “soon.” Memorial Day was upon us and the kids demanded that it become a camping weekend.

Lucky for us we had some friends who were going to camp over the same weekend and we decided to tag along. This time we decided not to drive around the forest until we found what seemed

like the perfect place and instead made reservations at the Ancient Way El Morro campground. We couldn’t have made a better choice for our roundtwo camping excursion.For those who like a little civilization with their camping, this is the place to take the family. The campground has three dedicated spaces for those who are going to pitch a tent, complete with its own fire pit and grill. Plus, don’t worry about running out of food for the gang because you have a restaurant and a market at your disposal. You also don’t need to worry about bringing your own toilet paper and finding a place to do your business in the woods, because the campground comes complete with a restroom and shower.

When we first arrived we paid our camping fee at the Ancient Way Café and they told us where to set up our tent. Our oldest daughter felt like she needed to bring some friends since the other family we made the trip with had kids that matched the ages of our younger ones. That meant we would set up more than one tent; one large family tent and a couple of twoman tents for the kids. This time the tents went up quickly and we felt settled in with lots of free time to do our camping activities.

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Ramah Lake Being Memorial Day weekend, the campgrounds were full and that meant lots of other families had the same idea we did. It didn’t take long before our kids found another group of children to play with. That meant that the grown-ups could sit around and talk about how busy our week had been.

Evening came quickly and we started to prepare dinner for our family.

Our friends are serious campers and have all the needed supplies for a successful outing. That meant we decided it would be best to use their cooking equipment to prepare our meal. The burritos we cooked for dinner couldn’t have been tastier and everything was going just right. After dinner had settled and the kids played some more, we decided it was time for some dessert. We prepared the camping essential meal, s’mores. Now it was time for bed.

The big girls decided they needed the family tent so my wife and I were told that we would be sleeping in one of the two-man tents. This idea didn’t seem so bad to me since we would be in the tent alone and away from the giggling of teenage girls. We began the night in our sleeping bags in our cozy two-man getaway. About 30 minutes into

our supposed-to-be-relaxing outdoor excursion our backs started to disagree with the hardness of the natural floor. We tried to rough it and get through the uncomfortable predicament, but after another half-hour we found ourselves making our way to the SUV. That is where we would spend the night-in and out of sleep until the morning glow let us know it was okay for the experience to be over. With only a couple of hours of sleep, we successfully prepared another burrito meal, this time with eggs.

Although we have come to the realization that we are not the campers our kids wish us to be, we will give it another go. Nothing can replace the time we spent together on the hike we took, or the conversations around the campfire, or the smiles on the kids’ faces. It was a beautiful day and an evening filled with the most magnificent stars. We might not be ready to head to the woods again right away, but it definitely will be sooner than next summer.

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GALLUP DAY TRIPS

by Elizabeth R. Rose

Adventure to the Trading Posts of the Navajo Reservation

Gallup is an excellent place to find trading posts where you can purchase quality authentic Native American arts and goods. It took a visit to Gallup and the surrounding area for me to really understand and appreciate trading posts and the role that trading posts play in the financial and cultural life of the Native peoples that live around Gallup today.

But if you want to explore Trading Post

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history a bit more deeply, you can head out of town into the depths of the Navajo reservation to visit two places where the rich history of trading is shared with visitors alongside active trading with the Native people who live nearby.

HUBBELL TRADING POST: Hubbell Trading Post, a National Historic Site, is located 55 miles northwest of Gallup in Ganado, Arizona. Take U.S. Highway 491 North to U.S. Highway 264 west through Window Rock toward Ganado. It is well marked.

The Historic Hubbell Trading Post was established in 1876 and is still a functioning trading post today. You can tour the Trading Post and barns; peruse the shop and Visitor’s Center. Specially guided Ranger tours ($2 charge) will take you through the original Hubbell home behind the trading post.

Supporters of Hubbell Trading Post host two Native American art auctions each year.

To visit Hubbell Trading Post is to become immersed in the days of the reservation trading posts where the Native Americans and Anglo traders came together in a mutually beneficial relationship. The Hubbell family brought some comforts of the more civilized east with them, but melded their lifestyle with the cultures of the Southwest.

In the days of John Lorenzo Hubbell, who established the post, traders provided a link for the Navajo to the goods of the more modern world. Navajo people would bring their rugs, sheep, and wool, for example, and trade for lanterns, tools, tobacco and coffee.

It was a true trading economy.

John Lorenzo Hubbell was known for his language ability, his fairness in trading and for establishing or taking over many area trading posts. He was supportive of the Navajo people. If they did well, so would he.

When you visit be sure and tour the Lorenzo home and grounds. The home is left just as it was when the family lived there. There are books, beautiful Navajo rugs, paintings and, within the walls, a great deal of family and local trading history. The tour is short, about an hour. Feel free to ask questions as you tour.

While I was on the home tour, I spied a brightly colored Navajo rug. I was used to the natural colors of the Two Grey Hills weavings and asked about the rug. I found out that it was termed a “Germantown” color rug and there was a surprising history.

The Navajo, driven from their ancestral lands during “The Long Walk” in 1864, had no natural resources for their traditional weaving. Traditionally, the Navajo wove rugs with natural wool from their sheep and added color with natural plant dyes.

During that time away from their land, rugs had to be woven with machine-spun yarn. Since the yarn was manufactured in Germantown, Pennsylvania, the bright rugs were termed “Germantown” rugs.

Inside the current-day trading post you will see what appears to be an old fashioned store. It looks just like the trading post of an earlier era, yet you can purchase modern-day items there. A side room is the place to find traded goods… beautiful Navajo rugs and jewelry, all authentic. Take time to wander through the grounds of the Hubbell family homestead to see the barn, bunkhouse, guest Hogan, historic farm equipment, horses, chickens, and Navajo Churro sheep.

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TOADLENA TRADING POST AND RUG MUSEUM: If you want to get out in the beautiful New Mexico countryside and see Navajo sheep pastured in a natural setting, take a drive out to Toadlena Trading Post for the day. It’s about an hour’s drive.

From Gallup drive 59.3 miles north on Hwy 491 (old US 666) to Navajo Highway 19, at the Shell gas station, turn left. This is actually the second exit to Toadlena but it is a more direct route. Look carefully; as you turn left, you will be able to see signs to both Toadlena and Two Grey Hills Trading Posts.

For the lover of Navajo rugs and weavings, a day trip from Gallup through the Navajo Reservation to Toadlena Trading Post is a must-do. Not only will you find yourself at the center of the Two Grey Hills weaving community, you will have the opportunity to learn about the beautiful rugs and see examples that exist nowhere else. And, if you are lucky, you may meet one of the talented Navajo weavers.

As you drive out on the Navajo Reservation you’ll enjoy beautiful views of the pastureland and the Chuska Mountains.

Look for the sheep that produce the wool local which weavers sell to Mark Winters at Toadlena.

In 1997, Mark Winter leased the old stone trading post from the Navajo Nation.

His vision was to learn more about the area’s weaving families and support traditional weaving activities. He had traded in Navajo rugs and blankets for years, but never had the close contact with the weavers that he

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On the way to Toadlena scenery

could have by moving to this remote area near Newcomb.

Mark has encouraged high quality weaving. He developed a collection of weavings from most all the mid-20th century weavers in the area. This collection is open to the public. He also purchases first weavings from young weavers to encourage them to learn from their mothers and grandmothers. The Toadlena Trading Post supports 125 weavers living within a 15-mile radius. It has become a social center for the area. Mark Winters authored the 600-page

book, The Master Weavers, detailing many of the best textiles, their weavers and families of the Toadlena/Two Grey Hills region since its beginning in the early 20th century.

Visiting Toadlena is a must-do. I found Toadlena to be a combination of traditional Trading Post with canned goods, a potbellied stove, rug room and also a fantastic weaving museum; Mark’s collection.

The weaving museum that Mark Winter has put together consists of Navajo rugs literally covering the walls of the Trading Post’s huge back room. There are special

Toadlena trading post rugroom

One of the special things about visiting Toadlena is the opportunity to take a moment and reflect on the beauty of the area and understand why the Navajo people call it “The Land.” The trading post is situated on a rise overlooking the valley. This beautiful scene is framed in the large window of the rug room and can be enjoyed from the front porch. In fact, some wise person put a bench there!

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event inspired rugs, rugs from all the local weaving families, arranged by decade, and last but not least, some inspiring first rugs from young weavers. For the lover of the Two Grey Hills rugs, this little museum is certainly worth the trip.

When I visited the Toadlena rug room, adjacent to the general store area, I ran into

a woman from New York who was searching for “that special rug.” She concentrated on the rugs of the young weavers and found a great little rug to add to her collection.

I admired some larger rugs, tightly woven and very soft. A relative of the weaver was working that day at the Trading Post; and yes, it is an operating trading post.

ADVENTURING TO THE TRADING POSTS: Making a visit to these outlying trading posts is truly an adventure. You’ll be traveling through Navajo Nation lands. Be sure and check the websites or call before going.

Operating hours can vary according to season and weather. Take water, your lunch and walking shoes. You’ll be enticed to stay a while.

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Events Calendar

Events Calendar Just Move It Schedule:

4th of July in Ramah Events: 2nd

Ramah Farmers Market

Sat.

3rd

The Old School Gallery

Sun.

2-3rd Sat.-Sun.

29-30th Fri.-Sat.

6th

Breadsprings Wed. 6pm

11th Mon.

El Morro Arts Council 10th Annual Car, Trucks and Street Rod Show Gurley Ford Motors

July

Tsayatoh Chapter 6pm

12th

Red Rock Park Tues. 6pm

13th Wed.

Naschitti Chapter 6pm

21st

University of New Mexico Thurs. Gallup Campus 6pm

25th

Mexican Springs Chapter Mon. 6pm

27th Wed.

Finale Tohatchi Health Center 6pm

On Going: Every “Cars and Coffee” Sunday from noon to 2 pm, it’s free, you get free coffee, and they go for a “cruise” at 1:30 Camille’s Every

“Friday Night Hootenanny”

Friday Gallup’s longest running live acoustic show with Dylan McManus.

Camille’s 7-9pm

The non-profit, Gallup Solar, Wednesday hosts educational presentations & offers potential solutions about all things solar.

Your questions, ideas & expertise are welcome.

For info call: 505-728-9246. at 113 E. Logan.

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Every Habitat for Humanity Yard Saturday Sale If you have household items to donate or wish to volunteer on construction call Bill Bright at 505-722-4226 Warehouse Lane off of Allison Road 9am-12pm First

Monday The City of Gallup’s Each Month Sustainable Gallup Board Community members concerned about conservation, energy, water, recycling & other environmental issues are welcome. Call Bill Bright at 505-722-0039 for nformation.

The Octavia Fellin Library 3-5pm

Every CornHole Tournaments Thursday Sammy C’s Night 6:30pm Each Summer Nightly Indian Dances Evening The Courthouse Square 7-8pm

Southwest Indian Foundation: Memorial Day-Labor Day Live Native American Crafts Presentations Gallup Cultural Center

September

Events: 2nd Fri.

CHS Tour of the High School Meet and Greet Sammy C’s 5-11pm

3rd

Full Buffet Sat. Sammy C’s 5-12pm

15th Thurs.

24th Sat.

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Mass Sacred Heart Cathedral Sun. 11am

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Brunch to follow Picnic Sammy C’s

30th

Mad Skills Talent Show Rio West Mall 5-8pm Memorial run for the Canyon 5k and 10k run For more information call 505-979-2555 Pine Springs, Arizona 5-11pm

Operation Veterans Wellness & Fri. Gourd Dance Rio West Mall 10am-4pm

9th- Tour of Gardens Tickets and Maps can be picked up at Sacred Heart Family Center at 8pm Ride High with the Wranglers Contact information 505-786-5389 Standing Rock,NM. Donald Pine, Principal at 8pm

Save the Date: 2-4th Fri.-Sun.

Cathedral High School Class of 1966 50th Reunion: The reunion will be held on Labor Day Weekend.

For more information contact Dorothy Martinez Leyba at 505-870-4777

2016 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Tickets Now On Sale The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is an annual festival of hot air balloons that takes place every October (This year’s is held October 1st-9th) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. It is the largest gathering of balloons and balloonists in the world. For details on events, schedule, entertainment and photographs visit our website www.balloonfiesta.com and follow us on Twitter @BalloonFiesta and Facebook.

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Purple Heart City The Purple Heart, designated by George Washington in 1782, was the first badge of merit that could be earned by the common soldier, and gave recipients the same privilege of an officer – a salute in respect of their sacrifice. The City of Gallup, and the surrounding area, has had a long and gracious history with the military. It is one of the most recognized and respected medals awarded to members of the U.S. armed forces. Introduced originally as the “Badge of Military Merit”, the Purple Heart is also the nation’s oldest military award. In military terms, the award had “broken service,” as it was ignored for nearly 150 years until it was re-introduced on February 22, 1932, on the 200th anniversary of George Washington’s birth. The medal’s plain inscription “FOR MILITARY MERIT” barely expresses its significance.

The Purple Heart is awarded to members of the armed forces of the U.S. who are wounded by an instrument of war in the hands of the enemy and posthumously to the next of kin in the name of those who are killed in action or die of wounds received in action. It is specifically a combat decoration.

The organization now known as the “Military Order of the Purple Heart,” was formed in 1932 for the protection and mutual interest of all who have received

the decoration. Composed exclusively of Purple Heart recipients, it is the only veterans’ service organization comprised strictly of “combat” veterans.

On April 26, 2016, Gallup Mayor Jackie McKinney, along with City Council members, read the Proclamation recognizing Gallup as a Purple Heart City. This official proclamation recognizes the personal sacrifice and valor Purple Heart recipients have made for our nation. This will be a reminder of Gallup’s commitment to our active and military veterans, and honor service men and women for their sacrifice and service to our country. The Mayor and Councilors presented the Proclamation honoring the Military Order of the Purple Heart and proclaiming the City of Gallup as a Purple Heart City. Lee Usrey and Ken Riege accepted the Proclamation on behalf of Purple Heart recipients.

Gallup is home to a large population of highly decorated veterans, and we appreciate the sacrifice our Purple Heart recipients made in defending our freedom. Declaring the City of Gallup a Purple Heart City is just one way that we can acknowledge their immense courage and selfless service.

Our local Gallup Veterans Helping Veterans post has already had the Purple Heart City designation painted on the front of their building. We look forward to more signage and information to be posted in Gallup to proclaim this designation.

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Business Spotlight Veterans Helping Veterans Stephen Tobey

By Daisy Arsenault Veterans Helping Veterans is a non-profit organization that began as a group of veterans who wanted to give back to the veteran community. Some of the services/activities include proper military funeral services for fallen comrades, assisting in the Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day parades, assisting veterans with claims for benefits and compensation, assisting distressed and homeless veterans, and posting colors and honor guard. Another big part is to provide fellowship with other veterans. You will find a large group of veterans who meet every other Friday at Don Diego’s Restaurant.

Stephen Tobey is a common face associated with Veterans Helping Veterans. One project he has continually been faithful to is helping veterans find jobs. A local job fair was just recently held at Rio West Mall. This job fair is designed to help veterans find funding for start-up businesses; provide help in creating a business plan and other resources for entrepreneurs. Tobey states that his goal is to try and make a difference for at least one person. During this last job fair they were able to secure 97 people with jobs. There are over 144 businesses that are registered to hire a veteran. The next job fair will be in June 2017. Tobey hopes to have at least two job fairs in 2017.

Another project he is passionate about is to establish a National Veteran’s Association for the local community. By having this local association the community would be able to access which companies are offering employment to veterans across the nation. This would allow people to pursue jobs nationally, not just locally.

An upcoming event for Veterans will be held June 29th at the Chamber of Commerce for building small businesses.

If you would like more information or would like to get involved with Veterans Helping Veterans, please contact David Cuellar at 505-879-3333.

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People Reading

Girl Scouts taking a break to read the Journey at the Roar and Snore at Albuquerque Zoo.

Bruce Ruprecht from Bluewater Acres, enjoys reading the Journey as he fishes for walleye at Lake Koronis near Paynesville, Minnesota.

The Sanchez family journeyed to Disneyland and southern California in June 2016.

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True Hoops Basketball Camp July 18-21, 2016

REHOBOTH SPORTS AND FITNESS CENTER

8:00 am to 3:30 pm - Grades 2 to 8 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm - Grades 9 to 12 Lunch is provided.

Registration forms available at the Rehoboth Christian School Admissions Office or online at http://www.rcsnm.org/SummerCamps2.cfm

FREE BASKETBALL CAMP FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL ADRIAN PETE AT 505.879.6899

PUBLIC MEETINGS SCHEDULED TO REVIEW PRELIMINARY DRAFT PLAN Cibola National Forest Plan Revision The Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands is revising its 1985 Forest Plan. Over 40 cooperating units of government are working with us to co-convene and co-host the meetings, improve public engagement, and set the course for the future of the Cibola. The revised Forest Plan will provide guidance and direction on the future sustainability of the resources, goods and services, and relevant management actions, based on the values defined in the plan, and will be used to share stewardship and direct site-specific priorities and projects in these locations in the future.

A preliminary Draft Plan has been completed and will be released in July 2016; the public will have 45 days to review and comment. A series of collaborative public workshops have been scheduled to present the preliminary Draft Plan for review and discussion. The workshops are being designed with the help of our partners to provide an opportunity for the public to engage in dialogue and collaboration with each other and diverse interests to find common vision and common ground for these shared places. Please mark your calendar to attend one of these workshops: If you have questions about the Forest Plan revision, please contact Sarah Browne, Assistant Team Leader, at sarahbrowne@fs.fed.us or 505-346-3812.

For more information about Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands, visit our website http://www.fs.usda.gov/cibola or follow the conversation at www.facebook.com/cibolanf.

The McKinley Soil & Water Conservation District is facilitating the Gallup Area Workshop: July 25, 2016

Gallup Community Service Center, 410 Bataan Veterans St., (Bingo Hall at Exit 22), Gallup NM

6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

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Veteran’s Corner

EUNICE A. MUSKETT VA Clinic - Physician’s Assistant-Certified

Though born to a German father and a Navajo mother, Eunice (Etsitty-Turner) Muskett seemed to migrate more toward her Navajo culture than towards her German heritage. Eunice lived with her grandparents, Mary Nellie Benallie and Peter Benallie, at Narbona Pass/Naschitti area until Eunice was six; she only spoke the Navajo language with her grandparents and did not learn English until attending first grade.

Her father, John Turner, moved the family from Naschitti, New Mexico to Pennsylvania, where Eunice started first grade. “I was totally lost in Pennsylvania,” Eunice said. “My mother went to class with me for most of the year so that she could help me learn the English language and translate the words from the teacher. It was a difficult time and I cried every day. I wanted to return to my Grandma!”

John Turner was all about education and was working on his schooling in Chemistry. Mr. Turner received his bachelor’s degree at Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM; his Master’s Degree in Flint Michigan and his Doctorate from Clemson, South Carolina. Every summer, Eunice would return to Naschitti to be with her grandma; to refresh herself and to learn traditional ways, and then return to her mother and father. “Adjusting to new schools and new cities was scary and exciting as my father continued his education,” Eunice explained. “Things were going pretty good with my education, too,” Eunice said and smiled. “I had learned to be a good student.”

“My grandma broke her hip when she fell while roping a calf. She needed my help and I returned to Naschitti to be with her,” Eunice clarified. “I finished school my junior and senior year at Tohatchi. I loved being there with Grandma and I got to ride horses and herd the sheep,” Eunice said with a twinkle in her eye. “My grandma taught me so much about the traditional native life. She was a Medicine Woman and an herbalist.” Eunice explained that her grandma knew about herbs and what to use for certain ailments or injuries; what could be used fresh, what needed to be dried, what had to be boiled, etc.

“Grandma was also a Star Gazer and could tell you things that would happen during the seasons-like a bad storm coming,” Eunice said with wonder. “I was fascinated by all that my grandma knew and really liked the work with the herbs! My grandma told me I had a calling for medicine, a respect for life and

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the human body. I think my grandma was shaping my future,” Eunice proudly stated. “Grandma was a perfect mentor! Grandma gave me the middle name of Annazbah, which means ‘Soldier Going Out’. I believe Grandma was seeing something else in the future,” Eunice said with a smile. Besides Eunice’s mother Emily, Grandma also had eight sons, and five other daughters, with Emily being the youngest girl. Every son served in the military and Eunice was growing up with respect for those who served, especially for her uncles.

“Grandma was also a rug weaver, although I never learned the art,” Eunice shook her head sadly. “I guess I was not patient enough and would rather be outside riding horses.” “But I did learn about the preparation of the wool, from shearing the sheep, cleaning and washing the wool, boiling it and hanging it to dry from the trees. It was a lot of work to get the wool ready for weaving,” Eunice explained. “Grandma was

were up before the sun. Grandma said, ‘If the sun dances across your face to wake you, it will leave marks’, so we were always up very early before the sun!” About this time, her parents also returned to Tohatchi where her father signed on as a chemistry teacher at Tohatchi High School. While she was at school in Tohatchi, she met her future husband, Edison, who is full Navajo.

“We were young and in love,” Eunice smiled. “But my mother was totally against me marrying a Navajo man. My love for Ed created a great estrangement between me and my mother that lasted for many years,” Eunice explained as tears formed in her eyes.

“I went to my grandma and took my boyfriend with me. We asked Grandma for guidance, and it turned out that Grandma knew Ed’s family. Grandma said that we should follow our hearts. We waited until I was 19 to marry. Ed is two years older but we were born on the same date – June 1!”

Eunice in her office at the VA Clinic with very quick at carding the wool; I could do it but I was slow,” she smiled shyly. “Grandma liked the natural colors from the white, brown and black sheep to weave the Storm pattern and Two-Grey Hills pattern; but she would use Indian Paint Brush to dye the wool for the needed red coloring.

It was wonderful to be back with my Navajo family,” Eunice beamed. “No clock, no radio; we

her many certificates/degrees and treasured photos.

“We went off to Las Cruces in 1977 to attend New Mexico State University, for me to study nursing, arts and science, but I was pregnant with my first daughter, and returned to Gallup, then a son followed soon after,” Eunice explained while looking at photos in her office. “I received two degrees from UNM-Gallup and challenged the Nursing Board and passed the testing, but I didn’t use the license

right away, because I was busy having another daughter and a son,” she beamed proudly. “When my oldest son was in High School, I went back to school in 1997 for Laboratory Science and Medical Technician and received my degrees,” Eunice stated proudly. She was encouraged to further her education, but she decided to work for a while at the RMCH Laboratory and at the Red Rock Clinic.

In 2000 Eunice was encouraged again to return to school to receive a degree as a Nurse Practitioner or as a Physician’s Assistant, or even as a Doctor!

IHS was starting a class for the Physician’s Assistant degree, but only four people applied; not enough for the class, and Eunice was disappointed that a road of progress was closed. But out of the blue, Eunice received a letter from the UNM Medical School for an interview for classes to become a PA. She went home to her family and talked with them. “Sell yourself,” her husband told her. “You would be a tremendous asset to rural New Mexico. You can come back home to help the Navajo.” There were 30 people interviewing, but only 12 to be picked for the training. Eunice was elated when she was chosen to interview for the program, but was very nervous when she presented before the panel; though she needn’t have been as she was successful in her bid for the PA training program.

She was set up by her family to live in Albuquerque and spent three years in training in the PA program.

In 2004, Eunice studied hard to take the National Boards, but unfortunately, failed at the attempt.

Again, in 2005, Eunice had been studying diligently and took the Board testing again, and failed once again. Sadly, she thought that maybe she had been on the wrong path, so when she was asked to work at a Dialysis Unit as a PA, she worked that path for a while and truly loved the job. All the while, she continued studying for the National Boards and took the test three more times. But, alas, she suffered a total of five test failures. She was told that her Navajo language was hindering her abilities to succeed on the test. “But I felt that I had mastered the English language, and I knew that was not the problem. I cried when I failed the fifth time,” Eunice said sadly.

Eunice would not give up on her desire to work in the medical field; after all, her grandma had told her it was her calling! Eunice worked at GIMC Laboratory in Gallup on the night shift for another year and a half and continued studying. She left GIMC in May 2008 and went to Denver for a PA refresher course.

She then studied like it was a job and her husband and children were very supportive. Yet Eunice could not comprehend why she had suffered five failures on the Board testing. She knew the job, she had worked in the Laboratory, she had worked as a nurse, she had worked in dialysis, she knew chemistry…she knew she should be able to succeed. But she also knew that the sixth try would be her last time; six tries was all that you were allowed.

Eunice felt her Navajo roots calling to her. She went to see her Navajo uncle in Churchrock, who was also a Medicine Man. He held her hands and studied

her. He frowned at her when he told her, “Someone has put a roadblock on you; we must help you find your way beyond it!” Her Navajo family held a ‘Sing’ for her for two nights and two days. When the Sing was over, her uncle held a huge crystal in front of her; that crystal was probably 4” x 6”. Her uncle told her, “Look at the crystal and you will see who did this to you…who put up this roadblock.” Now this is the 21st Century and Eunice was not sure about this, but she did as her uncle told her and stared at the crystal. Strangely, Eunice saw the face of a nurse she had worked with previously. She had reported the failing ways of that nurse and the woman had been fired from her job. Eunice told her uncle that she was seeing that lazy nurse’s face. Her uncle said, “We must take it away from you, we must place it into this brown pottery jar.” Eunice said she looked into the jar and it was like she was seeing a mist. Her family sang all night long and in the morning they opened the jar and released it to the sun. Eunice said with awe, “It was like seeing sparkles flying up to the sun, which is the only way I can explain it. My scientific brain really did not comprehend what strange and amazing things I was seeing.”

“It was like seeing sparkles flying up to the sun, which is the only way I can explain it. My scientific brain really did not comprehend what strange and amazing things I was seeing.”

Her uncle told her, “You must see this woman again. Go to her and shake her hand; put it back on her and complete the circle.” Her uncle gave her a hug and said, “Do this and you will pass your test; you will be a good doctor, you will fulfill your grandma’s prediction.” Eunice went and found the woman. She went to her, though the woman tried to avoid her.

Eunice reached out to shake her hand and told her she was forgiven. Eunice said with amazement, “I could feel a powerful warmth when I shook her hand.

I told her ‘what comes around goes around’ as I stared her in the eyes.” Eunice then left the woman knowing that her uncle’s medicine was strong. A few months later, after more dedicated studying; Eunice took her sixth Board exam and PASSED! One of Eunice’s uncles was a Vietnam Veteran.

He had returned home from the war without physical impairment, but was suffering greatly from PTSD (which actually did not have a title back then). Her uncle would often hitchhike to Albuquerque to the VA Hospital for treatment, but was not receiving the help he needed. Sadly, he was basically told to “man up and get over it.” His body was whole, but he had demons; his mind was tortured from the horrific things he had seen during war. His dreams tormented him and he would awake with thrashing arms and tremors. He would wear his camouflage jacket most of the time, he was a proud Marine. But it was

evident that he was severely troubled about his time in Vietnam. Tragically he took his own life in front of his children. This entire heartbreak had a big impact on Eunice and she told her grandma that she would one day work to help the veterans.

Eunice went to work for a time at Sage Memorial Hospital, but found that it was not a good fit. She then went to work for IHS in Alamo, New Mexico, but it did not feel right either. All these travels and experiences seemed to be leading up to what she really wanted. In 2011, there was an opening at the Gallup VA Clinic. Eunice went through a thorough investigation, extensive interviews, submitted fingerprints, provided her many certificates and transcripts and she was offered the job she knew she was destined for. She would fulfill her own dream and the dream of her grandma! She was going to help our precious veterans.

The Gallup VA Clinic is the perfect fit for Eunice.

“This is exactly what I was wanting and working toward all those years,” Eunice exclaimed happily.

“I show the veterans (or any other patient) respect, and I am not judgmental. Not everything a patient tells me goes into their file, I keep a lot to myself, but I remember the details for their next visit!”

Eunice proudly states, “I know my veterans, and I pay attention to them. I listen to them until I might need to get on them about an issue. Generally, we tell the veteran patient, ‘We will see you back in three to six months, or one year.’ But a patient does not have to wait; if there is a problem, the veteran patient should call and make an appointment,” Eunice pointed out. Reaching back to the herbalist teachings of her grandma, Eunice also uses holistic treatments for her patients. “Not every treatment is in a chemical medicine,” Eunice smiled.

“A veteran who feels they need immediate attention can certainly walk into the VA Clinic any time. They will be triaged by a nurse, put on the schedule or be sent to an Emergency Room if it is a crisis situation. I will assess that crisis situation,” Eunice stressed. She adamantly stated, “NO BODY DIES ON MY WATCH! We will do what needs to be done for the benefit of the patient.”

It may have taken Eunice A. Musket, PA-C, a bit of extra time to reach this place of happiness, but she loves working with the veterans, and the veterans tell her they also like her! She has great respect for the men and women who have served our country.

She says, “I am honored to be able to treat and help America’s finest!” Eunice and the entire staff at the Gallup VA Clinic are excited to have a new doctor on board. Dr. Uma Duggirala had been with IHS for 13 years, but she is now the new resident doctor with the Gallup VA Clinic. They all feel that good things are happening for our local veterans.

The only regret that Eunice might hold is that her grandma is not still here to see her success. Grandma Mary Nellie Benallie lived to the wonderful age of 101. “But I know that Grandma is up there in the Spirit World watching over me and applauding my work,” Eunice proudly stated.

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Todd Worthen Stars in Breakfast at Angela’s

We all know what appealing lunch sandwiches and soup we can get at Angela’s Café, but now you can enjoy that same delicious quality for breakfast. Every appetizing breakfast dish is under $10 and you can always add a large mug of cappuccino to start off your day. Breakfast is served from 8:00 to 10:30 each weekday morning.

Renowned chef, Todd Worthen, has returned to us from Phoenix and is now preparing breakfast for Gallup and its travelers with delicious items like the

Signature House Breakfast Sandwich with a Brioche bun, maple mutter, one egg, cheddar cheese, sausage, crispy hash brown patty and a side choice of fresh fruit, cottage cheese or country potatoes. Or you may want to try the Biscuits and Gravy Your Way: two biscuits smothered in country gravy and topped with your choice of sausage, bacon or shaved ham, plus your side choice. The menu item that really caught my eye and taste buds is the Turkey & Avocado Eggs Benedict: an English muffin with shaved turkey, avocado, and topped with a white cheddar Poblano

sauce, plus your side choice. There will also be weekly specials offered.

Of course, there are other breakfast sandwiches and a special breakfast bowl. All the breads are choice Artisan baked, the fruit is fresh and the eggs and meats are of very high quality. No packaged or instant foods are used in the preparation of your breakfast!

Todd Worthen was raised right here in Gallup. Many of you long-time Gallupians might remember the fantastic barbecue joint he had many years ago in front of TradeMart Square. He knew from a very young age that he enjoyed cooking and tantalizing people’s taste buds. Todd is a self-taught chef, but has worked with many other topnotch chefs throughout his career. While in Phoenix, Todd was represented by a Staffing Company and worked in many different venues from fancy dinners at well-known quality restaurants to spicing up the food at Phoenix hospitals.

Todd loves mornings and his boundless energy gives an extra flair to his breakfast presentation. He truly enjoys good downhome cooking and pleasing his customers.

He said with a big grin on his face, “It is so nice to enjoy coming to work every day!”

Come on by and relish a great breakfast with Todd!

Angela’s Café is available for catering and also for parties on-site. It is located inside the Gallup Cultural Center at 201 E. Historic Route 66 in Gallup.

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Driving Impressions

2016 Buick Envison T AWD Premium “Importing Our Exports”

By Greg Cavanaugh

SPECIFICATIONS Vehicle Type: Front-engine, all-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door hatchback Base Price: $42,995 Price As Tested: $43,885 Engine Type: Turbocharged and intercooled inline 4-cylinder, aluminum block and heads, direct fuel injection Displacement: 122 cu in, 2000 cc Power: 252 hp @ 5500 rpm Torque: 260 lb-ft @ 2000 rpm Transmission: 6-speed automatic DIMENSIONS: Wheelbase: 107.9 in Length: 183.7 in Width: 72.4 in Height: 66.8 in Passenger volume: 100.6 cu ft Cargo volume: 21 cu ft Curb weight: 4047 lb FUEL ECONOMY: EPA city/highway/ combined: 20/26/22 mpg

You’d be forgiven if you’ve never heard of the new Buick Envision. While selling like hotcakes in China, it was launched with very little fanfare here in the United States.

As a new mid-size, two row crossover for Buick, it slots between their small crossover, the Encore, and their large crossover, the Enclave, in both size and price.

Interestingly enough, while designed and created in Michigan, it is built in China, so we’re essentially importing our exports, but what does that matter, everything else is done that way, let’s focus on what makes the Envision great.

In case you missed it, Buick is a premium brand, competing with the likes of Volvo and Acura, not Ford and Honda, and with an as-tested-price of a bit over $40K, compared to its rivals from those brands, the XC60 and MDX, it’s a good bit cheaper. But that’s not to say you’re sacrificing anything, as the Envision comes with many standard features that its competitors make you pay for as options, like heated front AND rear 54 July 2016

seats, as well as the steering wheel. Another good example is lane keeping assist, where the Envision will actually move the steering wheel to keep you in your lane change unless you use your blinker to let it know you’re trying to switch lanes; very cool.

As style goes, we’ve got to give some credit to Buick as essentially all two-row crossovers have become fairly ubiquitous in their looks.

So to be reasonable, the Envision is a classy, sharp, good-looking vehicle. It definitely exudes a premium brand. The front end is very sharp and recognizable as a Buick, there is some very nice shaping and contouring on the side, and at the rear, a nice little lip spoiler up top gives a little bit of a sporty flair. All-in-all, from a distance or up close, the Buick certainly comes off as a premium product, if not wildly or overtly styled… maybe not what a 20 year old is looking for, but for the rest of us, just right.

The interior nicely matches the exterior, maybe even taking it up a notch. In some ways it reminded me of a BMW; but most

importantly I found it very easy to use, very easy to see out of, and incorporating a lot of high-quality materials in all the right places.

The trim accents are a handsome wood grain with a large piece accenting the passenger side of the dash. Everywhere you touch is soft-touch materials, including nice stitching and very supple leather. More importantly to me is the fact that the interior kind of gets out of the way; the dash is pushed very far forward and is relatively low and the center

On the road there is no single defining characteristic that overwhelms the Envision’s overall package… other than silence. I give real credit to Buick in their ability to create quiet vehicles.

For me that is a big deal; I would take a quiet interior over crisp handling any day.

The ride, handling, and steering are all competent but by no means sporty. The ride is well controlled, not overly harsh, and the steering is quite effortless; not ideal for sporty driving, but perfect for relaxed console is relatively slim and unobtrusive, a cruising and around town errands. The rare find these days. All-in-all it gives the powertrain follows suit. Using GM’s now cabin a sense of airiness, comfort and space. ubiquitous Ecotec 2.0 liter turbocharged We often hear about how the Chinese four-cylinder with direct injection, it moves like to be chauffeured. I don’t know if that the Envision around smartly if not overly is the case with how the Envision was quickly. It is by no means slow, don’t get me designed, but it’s clear that a lot of attention wrong, as the Envision is faster than many was given to the space in the second row, sports cars of only a couple decades ago. it’s quite large. In fact if you are looking The engine makes 252 horsepower and 260 for a vehicle that really serves the second pound feet of torque at a lowly 2000 RPM. row passengers without being huge on That last number is the most important its exterior dimensions, the Envision is as it gives the Envision a strong pull from definitely worth checking out. The second low in the rev range. Mated to a six-speed row moves fore and aft, as well as reclines, automatic and AWD, the combination but most importantly with the second row in will yield you 22 mpg combined, 26 mpg its normal position and the front seats where highway, and 20 mpg city. an average driver would put them, there is The Envision is a nice fit for Buick in its a large amount of leg, foot, knee, and head lineup, giving the Buick buyer more options room. The only thing that is not exceptional in size and price while maintaining the is the hip room, as I would call that average. brand’s core values. Even better, in 2017 the Second row passengers are treated to some Envision will come with three more trim controls for the HVAC as well as some nice levels, all of which fall below this tester’s events and power outlets. Cargo space is Premium trim and will get you safely under about average, easily swallowing a couple the $40k mark, making the Envision even of full-size suitcases and with the second more accessible for a wide range of buyers. row able to move forward, it increases the If you’re in the market for a competent, amount of storage a bit more when you need handsome and all around nice two-row it. A nice touch in the Envision is the way crossover, the Envision is definitely worth the second row is able to collapse as it folds the test drive! * A special thanks to all the great folks at to give a practically flat load-floor. While a Rico Auto Complex for the test drive. seemly simple idea, it involved moving the ** Please visit my YouTube Channel, Gallup fuel tank under the front seats and straddling Journey Test Drives, to see the Envision on the driveshaft, certainly an accomplishment our local streets. of engineering.

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by Samantha Duran

MY DAY AT A NAVAJO PAGEANT In our modern day, our Navajo Nation does comprehend the reality of our language and culture depleting. However, there are young Native American teens in our community who display their strong will and honor to keep the culture alive. This is exactly what the Ms. Navajo Teen Pageant does. The event is encouraging at all levels: Language, Culture, Community, Respect, and Service to the youth/elderly/community and to strive in academics. During this particular event, the honorable and current, Ms. Navajo Teen, Niagara Rockbridge, was at the pageant preparing to pass down her crown to the new Ms. Navajo Teen 20162017. Five young ladies competed for the crown. All the young ladies had to come and present themselves, and speak the Navajo Language. The judging categories were contemporary and traditional. This included their personal goals and mission if selected as the next Ms. Navajo Teen. It was inspiring to see how much these girls could speak the Native language.

The Navajo language is dying and these girls are taking every opportunity to preserve traditional language and show the younger generation, it can be done: To keep the Language and Culture alive. During 56 July 2016

the pageant, Ms. Navajo Teen, Niagara Rockbridge, gave a heartwarming message to the audience. “Education is very important, work hard and respect your parents. We need to keep the Navajo language and culture alive! You all should be honored to be Navajo.” During this message you could really feel the love she had for her people and how honored she felt to be the Ms. Navajo Teen 2015 to 2016.

“Education is very important, work hard and respect your parents. We need to keep the Navajo language and culture alive!

You all should be honored to be Navajo.”

The Master of Ceremonies, Zachery George, kept the audience entertained with his confidence in the Navajo language and culture, making the crowd laugh every now and then. He presented the contestants in no particular order; Ariana Young from Farmington, NM, Aysha Catron Tsosie from Window Rock, AZ, Alyssa Stash from Montezuma Creek, UT, Raquel

Whitehair from Kayenta, AZ, and Swiftbird Yellowhorse from Rock Point, AZ. These young ladies walked on stage with confidence, well poised and made their family, community and their people proud.

Although, each gave their best on this day, there would only be one new Ms. Navajo Teen for the 2016 to 2017 reign. All the young ladies presented themselves, and spoke the Navajo language. The judging categories were contemporary and traditional. The traditional judges composed of Tsiiyeel Demonstration, Public Speaking, Traditional Skills/Talents and impromptu questions.

They each stated their personal goal and mission if selected as the next Ms. Navajo Teen, which was also a deciding factor.

During the time the decisions were being made, I got to talk to the girls in depth and get to know them on a personal level.

“This is not a competition for all five of us, we are like sisters now and we encourage each other throughout the whole pageant,” said Raquel Whitehair. And encouraged each other they did. Whether these girls lost or won they will still continue to live in the Navajo way. “Win or lose this pageant, I am already a winner to my mom and family,” said Ariana Young. These young ladies had a positive mind-set throughout this whole process and want to inspire our Navajo youth to be proud of who they are and where they come from. “It is never too late to start learning Navajo or to learn your clan! You can do anything you set your mind too,” said Raquel Whitehair. “Never forget who you are, we can make a change starting now,” said Swiftbird Yellowhorse.

As the time passed through the pageant, we were getting closer and closer to finding out our new Ms. Navajo Teen. I could feel the pressure these girls were now under.

After a full day of speaking and changing costumes and showing their talents, it all came down to who our new Ms. Navajo Teen would be. All the young ladies walked on stage in traditional dress and waited for the judges’ decision to come in. Raquel Whitehair received Ms. Photogenic and Ms. Congeniality, which helped secure her win of the Ms. Navajo Teen 2016-2017 crown.

The pageant was a spectacular event to watch, but none of it would have been possible without one person who coordinates the event every year: Melvin Hoskie always goes out of his way to make sure everything is just perfect and that the whole pageant runs smoothly. He did a tremendous job this year. Now we will all be watching to see what our 2016-2017 Ms. Navajo Teen, Raquel Whitehair, does throughout the year.

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Safety Academy at the Annual: “Be A Pleco For A Day!” A variety of individuals came out over the weekend and pitched in to help clean up some areas in the community.

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Automobile

Food & Restaurant

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Ed Corely Nissan 1000 W Jefferson Ave (505) 863-6163

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Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe 306 S 2nd St (505) 722-5017

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Rico Auto Complex 220 S 5th St (505) 722-2271

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Cocina De Dominguez 1648 S 2nd St (505) 863-9640

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Gurley Motor Company 701 W Coal Ave (505) 722-6621

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Ancient Way Cafe and Outpost 4018 NM-53, Ramah, NM 87321 (505) 783-4612

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La Montañita Co-op Food Market 105 E Coal Ave (505) 863-5383

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Don Diego’s Restaurant 801 Historic Rte 66 (505) 722-5517

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Sizzler 926 US-491 (505) 722-6498

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Silver Stallion Coffee & Bread 213b W Coal Ave (505) 488-2908

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Fratelli’s Pizza Bistro and Ice Creamery 1209 North Highway 491 (505) 863-9201

Education 4

UNM 705 Gurley Ave (505) 863-7500

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Rehoboth Christian School Rehoboth, NM (505) 863-4412

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TLC Tumbling 924 W Aztec (505) 879-2082

Entertainment 7

Sports World 1500 S 2nd St (505) 722-3055

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El Morro Theatre & Native Film Festival 207 W Coal Ave (505) 863-1250

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iHeart Media 1632 S 2nd St (505) 863-9391

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KGAK 401 E Coal Ave (505) 863-4444

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Millennium Media 300 W Aztec Ave # 200 (505) 863-6851

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Richardson’s Trading Co. & Cash Pawn 222 W Historic Hwy 66 (505) 722-4762

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Joe Milo’s Trading Company NM Hwy 602, Vanderwagen (888) 563-6456

Government 22

Gallup Business Improvement District 2025 W. Coal Ave (505) 722-4430

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Gallup-McKinley County Chamber of Commerce 106 W Historic Rte 66 (505) 722-2228

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Gallup Cultural Center 201 E Historic Rte 66 (505) 863-4131

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City of Gallup Police Department 451 Boardman Dr (505) 863-9365

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Gallup Public Radio – KGLP 705 Gurley Ave (505) 863-7626

Lodging 27

Hilton Garden Inn Gallup 1530 W Maloney Ave (505) 722-9600

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Dental Innovations 214 W Aztec Ave (505) 863-4457

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Pinnacle Bank 107 W Aztec Ave (505) 722-4411

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Rosebrough Law Firm 101 W Aztec Ave # A (505) 722-9121

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ApexNetwork Physical Therapy 510 W Maloney Ave (505) 488-2615

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Century 21, Action Realty of Gallup 204 W Aztec Ave (505) 863-4417

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Benjamin Franklin Plumbing 3100 E Aztec (505) 726-9519

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Elizabeth Munoz Hamilton Keller Williams Realty 309 E Nizhoni Blvd (505) 870-7603

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Clay Fultz Insurance 201 E Aztec (505) 722-4476

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Elite Laundry & Dry Cleaners 208 Historic Rte 66 (505) 863-9543

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Enchantment Physical Therapy 1900 E Hwy 66 #5 (505) 863-4199

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Gallup Custom Tinting 110 South Third Street (505) 722-2388

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Laughing Dog Kennel 105 S Dean St (505) 863-3647

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Mason & Issacson 104 E Aztec (505) 722-4463

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Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital 1901 Redrock Dr (505) 863-7000

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Rescue Plumbing & Heating (505) 863-6868

Retail 30

Big Mike’s Rental Sales & Services 606 E Historic Highway 66 (505) 863-9377

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Chain Saw City – Stihl 900 E Hwy 66 (505) 722-7100

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Butler’s Office Equipment & Supply 1900 Historic Rte 66 (505) 722-6661

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Castle Furniture 1308 Metro Ave (505) 863-9559

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City Electric Shoe Shop 230 W Coal Ave (505) 863-5252

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Rio West Mall 1300 West I-40 Frontage Road (505) 722-7281

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Gallup Vision Source 124 W Coal Ave (505) 722-2020

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OLDEST VETERAN IN GALLUP

CEMETERY TO BE HONORED Thanks to the perseverance and determination of Phillip Marcus, we now know who is the oldest veteran interred in Hillcrest cemetery in Gallup.

Jose Del los Reyes Bustamante was born in northern New Mexico in 1844, while this was still part of the northern provinces of the Republic of Mexico.

In late 1861 when he was just 17, he joined the Independent Company of Spies and Guides, a group of Mounted Volunteers that served under the flamboyant and colorful Captain James “Paddy” Graydon. It was their job to keep surveillance on the Confederate invasion forces out of Texas that were moving up the Rio Grande valley in early 1862.

Consequently, Graydon’s unit was in the thick of the bloody battle at Valverde and on February 21, Pvt. Bustamante’s horse, as well as 15 others, was shot out from under him. He was mustered out, with an honorable discharge on April 15, 1863 in ceremonies held in Santa Fe. He eventually moved to Gallup where he married and had three children, Timoteo, Lupita and Nativo.

Jose died on May 29, 1930 at almost 87 years of age. After that, the records are rather meager. We are planning a military-style ceremony for Saturday morning, (10:30 am), July 23. The public will be invited. Famed Civil War historian and author, Jerry D. Thompson, will be in attendance.

Right now, we’d like to communicate with any descendants or family members. Inquiries can be addressed to Martin Link at (505) 863-6459, or Phillip Marcus at (505) 870-7707.

JULY ArtsCrawl Wild West

At ArtsCrawl: Wild West on July 9th, we’re putting a new spin on an old classic. Get ready to show your wild side or strut your Western spirit; or—if you’re really daring—do both at once!

Gear up to travel back in time. Put on your boots made for walkin’ (and groovin’!) and take a stroll down Coal Ave., which will be transformed into a main street of yore with country western music provided by the Navajo Wranglers at one end and fiddlin’ and square dancin’ at the other. Hop aboard a guided tour to find out how Coal Ave. got its name and learn more about Gallup’s rich history. Then, get another take on Western history at the Shallow Gallery, which features the work of Toronto-based Haudenosaunee artist Monique Bedard (a.k.a. Aura). Aura’s mixed media portraits seek to reclaim indigenous identity and address intergenerational trauma.

As you journey through the Gallup of yesteryear, be sure to watch where you’re goin’—you might just find yourself in the middle of a good ol’ fashioned showdown! Also make sure you catch the performance of “Cosi fan tutte”

by Land of Enchantment Opera, a comedic tale of a love quadrangle (that’s right, a quadrangle) set in—you guessed it!—the Old West.

Catch the Navajo Wranglers at ArtsCrawl: Wild West on July 9th.

To satisfy your inner wild child, help The Flossies celebrate the release of their new indie rock CD in Silver Stallion’s courtyard, take part in a pie-eating contest and look out for other chances to let loose. gallupARTS hopes to see you downtown on July 9th for ArtsCrawl: Wild West! For more information and to stay up-to-date, follow us on Facebook @ ArtsCrawl Gallup.

Here’s to good women, may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them.

by Aura

Bonus: ArtsCrawl is just one of two events gallupARTS is putting on this month! Be sure to check out our Arts & Crafts Festival on July 30 th from 4–9 pm in the downtown walkway, taking place in conjunction with the Route 66 Freedom Ride, Flight & Cruise event. Artist registration is now open—download the application from www.galluparts.org.

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Please submit letter of interest, resume, and Registered Nurse License along with application.

COMMUNITY LIVING TRAINER Weekend and weekday evening shifts available, 4pm to 8am. Assist individuals with developmental disabilities in residential homes to promote independent living and maintain a safe and healthy home life.

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by Eric Shaw

THE SOUTHWEST, THE ASIAN EAST, AND A HORDE OF MEMORIES In 1993, after I turned 30, I drove across the Southwest deserts with my outrageous buddy.

Brian. B’s social skills were retrograde – just as mine were. The little Mazda station-wagon that shepherded our fracturing friendship along, stuttered onward indestructibly while we quibbled over what station the radio was tuned to and whatever else flustered he and me.

Midway on the trip we had an emotional oasis of sorts when we stopped in on our buddy Kurt in Gallup. He glowed with good health and good feeling while he told us about his elementary school teaching gig. I found myself falling in love with his small town and his life.

I had a similar job back in Minneapolis, but couldn’t conceive of living outside a city. Still, a year later, I found myself in my ever-puttering Mazda, driving south to be interviewed for a job with Juan de Onate Elementary school. A week later, I stuffed the Mazda full of a slim stack of personal effects and shuttled down to Gallup for the next four years.

I found a room in a house on Mesa Ave,. whose basement was the sanctuary local writer Ernie Bulow did his scribbling in. As I anticipated, I loved imitating Kurt’s life. As I often told those who asked about the world of Gallup, Navajo Indian lands felt like their own world, their own small, self-styled country.

My fourth year in Gallup, I offered a class at UNM called “Christ, Krishna and Hero Twins” on things local and spiritual and spiritual things for Christians and the Indians of Asia. Only a few folks registered, so they dropped the class, but -years later, I returned to university and studied Krishna intensely. I followed

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my time with the Indians of Gallup with a Master’s Degree in the traditions of India, and I became a writer, imitating the life of Bulow. I’ve gotten around the world with those skills, teaching yoga, while lecturing and writing about India’s yoga traditions.

Most recently, a tour of Asia and an email interview led me to a teaching job in the tiny nation of Taiwan, just off China’s coast. There, my old buddy and the publisher of this paper, Jason Arsenault, invited me by email to write this essay, comparing my Taiwan months to my years in the Navajo Nation. I embraced the offer. Travel writing gives wanderers an opportunity to haul out the hoard of revelations and images back filed among their piled-up transits and destinations year after year. I’ve been a traveler ever since I was a kid, and my four years here were another stop where I found new ways of doing life.

“Taipei – the biggest city in Taiwan, a country off the coast of China—is my newest home” Taipei – the biggest city in Taiwan, a country off the coast of China—is my newest home. I’ve been there just three months. There, a huge yoga studio chain invited me to join their staff. A free-lancer for 16 years, I was had very huge doubts about tying my fate to a corporation – even a seemingly trustworthy one – but, truth be told, I was tired of wandering.

I thought this might be an opportunity to settle; a chance to find a home, stability and peace.

Taipei is so quiet, so peaceful and so efficient. It is a city so without litter, or the homeless, or constant

fear in the streets – that it might be hard to think something like it might exist outside some sci-fi flick. It’s not paradise, it’s not necessarily our future, but it is a very easy place to live and it does give me peace. Taipei, like Gallup, there’s not a lot of white people. Taipei is almost completely made up of ethnic Chinese, and, like the Navajos, they transferred to that island not too long before white people like me came on the scene.

The Navajos are of the same ethnicity of the Chinese, and ethnologists say Navajos arrived in their current Southwest lands near 1400; 200 years before Europeans stumbled toward the four corners.

Some say Navajos were part of a migration fleeing the hordes of Genghis Khan, the great Mongolian conqueror. Likewise, Taipei is populated by Chinese who fled Mao Tse Tung and the Chinese civil war that finished its shooting days in 1949. The Great White Father –America -has been their ally and protecting power since the day they first made landfall on that island called “Formosa”; a term that means “Beautiful Island” as used by the discovering Portuguese.

I fled the United States myself in the days before my birthday in 2015. I’d been living in Berkeley five years and, tired of the turbulence of cities, went to a 5000-person town in Australia to live: after that, Bali and Texas, and then Taipei.

When I got to Taiwan, despite being in the city, I experienced something of the calm of the little town of Denmark that I’d settled in on Australia’s coast.

Again, that might sound like sci-fi myth, but it’s true.

I’ve fallen in love with Taipei’s beauty, safety and calm, and the people who mind their own business! It was

much like my experience of the Dine here in Gallup.

But Taiwan is lush. It has the heat of the desert, but the humid lushness of an equatorial jungle. In Gallup, I loved the crispness of the air and the capacity to see 100 miles away.

Taipei is home to the world’s third tallest building, called Taipei 101. When I got to its 80th floor observation deck, the view was spectacular, but limited. In Gallup you see distant mountains from ground level. In Taipei, 1400 feet in the sky, you see skyscrapers for miles, and hills in the mid-distance, but beyond that, grey humidity swallowed up the gaze. And what do you see on the streets of Taiwan?

You don’t see white people, but you see people who cultivate paleness of face.

I moved to Taipei on March 1st, my 55th birthday.

I’d spent four months in Bali sweating it out in the Bali sun. The Balinese people, and most of us ex-pat Europeans, South Americans and North Americans, were brown from the sun. Those months, and my decades in desert landscapes, on beaches and in high mountains, have given me a permanent tan, so the Taiwanese under their umbrellas on dry, hot days shunning sunlight were strange to my eye, and it was strange to my ears to hear students complain about getting tans. I didn’t get it. I told one of my most devoted pupils to dump her pasty white skin, sweat her pores fresh in a hot yoga class, and get outdoors for some color.

Like I pushed that student, another Chinese girl pushed me. She pushed me out of the Gallup sun toward the Southwest’s climactic opposite. We connected and ended up in Portland, Oregon, and that ended my bright days knocking around the Navajo Nation. In Portland, the Southwest’s open sky, desert and red rocks are replaced by constant rain and thick forests, and a landscape carpeted with

green. If I can steal a term from local life, my “Way” has been the Beauty Way. I was a painter until I was 40, and had two art shows at Milan Sklenar’s Crashing Thunder Gallery in those Gallup years of 1994-1998. Like President Clinton in those days, getting in trouble right and left, I found that gorgeous women send me. Gorgeous women are compelling to humans the world over, but maybe, because of my “artistic tendencies” as one of my Minnesota students observed, my eye is more susceptible than most. The Chinese American girl whom I met in Portland in ’98 was smokin’ hot. Dudes would stop in traffic to approach her. I had to compete with a former NBA superstar to get her to look at me.

Still, we hooked up—and I asked her to marry me four months after a run of Gallup-Portland dates.

On one visit, we were two-stepping at a bar.

The locals thought I was lying when told them I was from Mesa Street.

Mei-Mei’s Californiaborn skin was brown, and they said we were both lying again when I told them she was not Navajo. Mei-Mei, turned out to be a nemesis.

Screaming and angry and unpredictable, we parted after three years. On the other hand, my pastywhite girl from Taipei turned out to be my greatest advocate and friend. When I left Taipei last week, she organized a final get-together with my students, where we went deep into the life of the wandering yogis, alone in the mountains, desert or jungle doing their strange practices.

That’s my life…ish, and looking over decades of traveling, those four years in New Mexico now 20 years in my past, still provide some of the sweetest memories of my back files. With all of Asia’s breadth and strangeness, it still has not given me a landscape I’ve loved as much, nor a social experience that was as culturally new to my wandering, ever-writing eye.

“In Gallup you see distant mountains from ground level. In Taipei, 1400 feet in the sky, you see skyscrapers for miles, and hills in the mid-distance”

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“EDUCATION MATTERS” JUNE FOCUS WHAT’S NEW?

What’s new with GMCS-PR? GMCS-Public Relations announces new initiatives in the department for the upcoming school year!

ON-GOING: • “I AM GMCS” (Radio) Campaign that is inclusive of graduates from area schools – yesterday and today. The SY 16-17 Cohort will consist of 10 graduates sharing their educational experience with GMCS. • Education Matters (Print): This monthly publication in the Gallup Journey runs from July to November, and January to May (10 months). These stories highlight district successes and accomplishments.

• Education Matters Newsletter (Electronic): This quarterly publication is a GMCS newsletter that is shared with Staff, Students, Parents and Community throughout the school-year.

The newsletter can be found on the district home page.

• The Barbara Stanley Show (television)will continue to air interesting events, celebrations, and important GMCS happenings • Continued streaming of GMCS School Board Meetings • Around the GMCS District Slide Show-Available every two weeks that school is in session. This presentation is shared with the public during each school board meeting.

ON THE HORIZON: • Increased media exposure through radio, television, streaming, and Facebook. GMCS Gallup is the new Facebook push-out site that highlights all things GMCS in a positive light. We encourage our learning community to send any articles, photos, and information to facebook@gmcs.k12.nm.us.

• New homepage format: The GMCS Home and School website pages will transfer to a new ECHALK platform on August 1.

Layouts of all schools and departments will be upgraded to a more mobile user-friendly platform with more options for staff, students, parents and community to navigate through. If you would like a sneak peek at what we are talking about, please visit gmcs.k12.nm.us and check our out pilot pages at David Skeet and Indian Hills Elementary. Thank you Wade Bell and Ryan Dashner for taking the first leap!

• Increased coverage of school activities throughout the district.

If you know of any happenings you would like GMCS-PR to cover, please call 505-721-1017.

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l l a B Play What would you rather watch on TV, Disney Channel or Baseball?

I would rather watch baseball because it is cooler!

Who would be a better baseball player,

MORGAN

JACOB

Batman or Superman? Why? I think Superman because he has super speed and super strengt h.

What batting helmet makes you hit better, blue or camouflage?

I would think camouf lage, it is way cooler.

Who is better, Alex Rodriquez or David Ortiz?

A-Rod Have you ever hit a home run?

Yes! Are you going to pour gatorade over your coach on the last game?

Yes! What is more fun,, baseball practice or brushing your teeth?

Baseball practice.

Will you play baseball again next summer?

Yes! Do you like batting or fielding better?

EZEKIEL

Fielding!

CARLOS

JOHN

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Do you like the early or late baseball game?

I like the late games, because the early games you cannot see. The late games are comfortable.

What is your favorite food to eat before a game?

Sub sandwiches because it is healthy for you and it does not have fat in it. It has vegetables in it!

If you could be any Super Hero, who would it be?

I would be Flash, because he is fast‌.

BA SE BA LL

What color would be the best for a baseball jersey?

Blue Camo When your game is over, do you get to go have ice cream or do you have to go to bed?

I get to go have ice cream!

What is the most important position on a baseball team? Why? Catcher, because they set up all the plays for the in-field.

Who is your favorite baseball player?

Babe Ruth Do you play baseball on your game system?

No. Do you get nachos or a hotdog after the game?

Sometimes!

ISAIAH

What is your favorite position to play?

First base and Second base!

Do you have any game day rituals?

To run a few laps before a game!

What is a better summer movie, Angry Birds or Captain America Civil War? Capt ain America Civil War.

Would you rather play bas eball or have a water balloon fight?

I would rat her play baseball.

What position do you pla y?

I play right field.

Is summer vacation more fun than school?

I like both.

URIAH

KENDON

What is better training for baseball, lifting weights or running? Why? Running because it helps me run when I hit and steal bases.

What position do you play? What position would you like to play?

I play second base and I want to play first base.

After baseball season is over, what are you going to do?

Practice baseball for next year.

What is a better pre-game meal, Whopper or a Big Mac? I like a Big Mac to eat.

Is this your first year playing baseball, if not how many years have you played?

This year is not my first year. I have played one year of baseball.

Are you going to be a professional baseball player when you grow up?

No, I am going to be a basketball player.

REBEKAH

AUBREY

Angry Birds Are you going to watch the new movie?

No to celebrate a Where is the best place in town birthday party?

Big Cheese est? What What color of shoes are the fast color do you wear?

Blue . I like to wear Blue shoes.

Do you like to watch movies or read books?

What is your favorite?

Yes, I like to watch movies. My favorite movie is a, “League of Their Own.” After softball is over will you play soccer? Or what other sport do you play?

I will play soccer after softball is over. I like to play all different sports.

Have you ever hit a home run, how many?

Yes. I have hit four homers this season so far.

What position do you play, is this your favorite or do you want to try another position?

I play first and sometimes catcher and I like it.

Has anybody in your league or team hit a homerun over the fence?

NOT YET!!

What is the hardest thing about playing

JILLIAN

softball?

The whole game takes hard work and focus.

CARRIE

What is your favorite subject in school, what do you like about it?

Recess!!

Where do you like to eat out, and what do you order?

Red Lobster. I order snow crab.

How many days a week do you have softball practice?

One day a week.

JACQUESSA

SOFTBALL

JASMIN

How long have you been playing baseball/softball? Did you start with t-ball?

Two years. Yes, I played t-ball Do you watch college softball games on ESPN? Yes, I watch them with my mom.

Which Avenger character (Black Widow, Iron Man, etc..) would make the best softball player, why?

The Black Panther, because he is fast and sneaky.

Do you like batting or fielding better, why?

Batting. Because you get to hit the ball.

Do you have a favorite professional baseball team, who?

Yes, the Yankees.

What sport is more difficult, softball or baseball, why?

Softball, because the game is faster.

SENIAH “SJ”

Does the pitcher throw the ball really fast, is it hard to get a hit?

No, no it is not hard to hit.

If there was a professional New York Yankees softball team, could they beat the professional New York Yankees baseball team?

Yes, because softball is better and faster.

What is the best thing about summer?

I can play, practice softball all day!

YANABAH

Do you prefer quenching your thirst during a game with water or a sports drink? If a sports drink which brand and flavor?

I like gatorade. Fierce Blue Cherry is the flavor I like.

After a game do you get the hotdog or nachos?

I like both.

What is your team’s record, are going to get a chance to go to state?

8-0. We are undefea ted. State, most likely.

LORIANNA

KEILI

What sports do you play besides softball?

Wrestling Are you going on a vacation this summer, if yes where?

Phoenix , Flagstaf f and Tuba City.

What position do you play, wha t do you like best about that position?

One of my positions is shortstop. I like shortstop because you have to back up second and third base .

When you go to the movies, what do you get to eat?

Popcorn, sour punch straw candy.

Why did you decide to play softball, are you having fun?

Because I wanted to play a sport! Yes, a lot of fun!

What has been the best thing about this softball season so far?

Getting to meet new girls and play softball with them.

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Get readyfor the Farmers Market!

Gallup is gearing up for the summer Farmers Market. You should start to see vendors in the Walkway Downtown beginning July 9th - October.

Come stock up on your favorite fresh vegetables and fruits.

Times:

8:30 −11:30am

For more information or if you would like to have a booth: Contact Carole Palmer, Market Coordinator 505-713-2333

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Golf Tournament September 9th Trap Shoot September 10th Adventure Run/Walk September 10th Gala Event September 17th

Join the fun and help raise funds for a new Wellness Center.

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DOWNTOWN GALLUP Schedule of Events Friday, July 29

6:00 am: Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascensions at Fox Run Golf Course in Gallup 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Motorcycle Ride Across NM-Dinner & Registration at Tucumcari Elks Lodge #1117, 2118 S. Adams St. 6:30 pm: Downtown Car Cruise at Gallup Chamber of Commerce Parking Lot. Saturday, July 30 6:00 am: Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascensions @ Red Rock State Park – Gallup 8:00 am: Car Show registration @ Gurley Motor Co.

7:00 pm: Nightly Indian Dances at Courthouse Square 7:00 pm: Land of Enchantment Opera 9:00 am: Motorcycle Ride Across New Mexico: performances Freedom Ride Motorcycle Registration at Glen Rio Visitor’s Center, WB I-40 NM/TX State Line. 7:00 pm: Downtown Evening Cruise @ Gurley Motor Co. on Coal Avenue, 1st St to West “Y” Reg 9:00am; KSU 11:00am.

8:00 pm: “Tunnel of Fire” at Aztec Avenue, GallupFest Route 66 Freedom Weekend Downtown Gallup in Downtown Gallup 9:00 pm: Black Pearl Band (ABQ, NM): Courthouse Square 4:00 pm: Music, Food,Vendors, Family Entertainment, and Beer Garden at Gallup Sunday, July 31 Courthouse Square. Special Art & Crafts exhibit 6:00 am: Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascensions Red in Downtown Walkway.

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