Gallup Journey September 2012

September 2012

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ne of my mentors in college was Jon Mark Schoon. He was my pastor when I was a youngster and later was my boss at Camp Geneva, a Christian youth camp where I was a counselor for two summers.

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During my first year at Camp Geneva I was blessed to meet a great friend, Joel Lautenbach. Joel and I became fast friends those first weeks out at Geneva. We played the best pranks on other counselors, roasted cricket s’mores with our campers (got in a bit of hot water for that one), and just generally had a great time.

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Not always really late, but it never failed that he would show up a few minutes tardy. The fateful day that Jon Mark Schoon decided to make an example of my friend, Joel, was a great day in history. Of course, Jon Mark didn’t berate him in front of all of us, he took him aside and talked to him about the value of time. Later, Joel told me what Jon Mark had said. It was short and to the point and neither of us has forgotten it – or been late – since.

Okay, that’s not true. I’m still late all the time, but we’ve never forgotten what he said.

He told Joel that folks that are late are late for one reason and one reason only: They are selfish. They believe their time is more important than anyone else’s.

Now, obviously, that statement isn’t ALWAYS true. There are extenuating circumstances in all of our lives that cause us to be late. However, I have come to believe that it is often very true. None of us mean for it to be that way – it just happens.

Really, it’s just food for thought. I have no agenda or axe to grind.

Just to say, try to be on time.

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Contributors Erin Bulow Ernie Bulow Ina Burmeister Greg Cavanaugh Sanjay Choudhrie Patricia Darak Angelo Di Paolo Dr. Bera Dordoni Jeannette Gartner Kari Heil Roman J. Herrera Chris Huizinga Roberta John Larry Larason Brett Newberry Fowler Roberts Bob Rosebrough Be Sargent Chuck Van Drunen Betsy Windisch

Other Stuff

4 Thoughts 7 Rodeo Schedule 34 El Morro Theatre Schedule 40 Izzit?!

40 News from Care 66 45 Sudoku 48 G-TOWN, 87301 50 ArtsCrawl Schedule 52 Community Calendar 54 Opinion Poll 56 People Reading Journey 62 This Is My Job

Columns

8 Work in Beauty Murals 14 Sugar Addicts Unite!

18 Driving Impressions 20 West by Southwest 22 Rounding the Four Corners 24 8 Questions 28 Adventures in Parenting 30 Memories of Gallup 36 Money & You 42 Lit Crit Lite

Features

10 NM Family Business Alliance 12 Navajo Nation Fair 16 Chili Fest at Rio West 26 Raising Sons, Part Two 32 Geocaching!

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By Be Sargent

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Gallup High School Solar Hogan Left PAnel, Work of Strength

TOP LEFT: Top left panel, north side of the Gallup McKinley County Detention Center.

Entire Gallup High School class at work: Sean Begay, Dianne Brodie, Lorielle Lynch, Tyrrance Paquin, Lance Pinto, Adrian Francisco, Randy Mann, Marcus Mariano, Erickson Tso, Anderson Willie, Dahnibaah Hudson, Matthew Charley, Victor Lujan, Joshua Nez, Brian Sam, Alicia Sanchez, Uriah Thomas, Eric Yazzie, Steven Young, Jamie Lugo, Diana Mejia, Christina Goodwin and John Welles, top left hand corner.

LEFT: Close-up shows the three types of solar power that were planned to run the hogan.

Left panel is photovoltaic for electricity, middle, white panel is a hot air box, now on the side of the hogan, and black pipes for circulating hot water.

. . . for the entire community to see what is possible.

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Photos 1 and 2: The GHS Solar Hogan and Ribbon Cutting, 50KW Installation on February 24, 2011

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ight next to one of the most sophisticated 50KW solar arrays anywhere is the Gallup High School Solar Hogan. Building and learning spanned three years under the guidance of Construction Technology instructor, John Welles. Now, its applications in storage, it awaits rebirth as a demonstration of sustainable living and a zero carbon footprint.

I asked John for an itemized list of its solar applications. He was succinct, “Hot air system is the panel on the south side. It works pretty well, if there is sun. The 2x6 walls have r32 insulation. The solar light is the clear bubble on the top of the roof; it is a solar tube light, makes great light. “The hot water system was going to be put on the roof but because of freezing concerns and pipes bursting we made a portable display of a roof with the hot water panel installed. The circulating pump is powered by a PV panel and we can roll it outside, fill it with H2O in a short time it is producing very hot water. This thing works great!

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Photos 3 and 4: Casing for the solar light and central placement.

PRICED RIGHT! “The solar ovens are stored in the hogan. We used them to cook snacks like cookies and pizza and made them available for the foods classes to try and develop different solar recipes.”

Country living just a few minutes from the city limits. This cheerful (light & bright) home sits on nearly 1 acre. With 4 bedrooms, wonderfully open floor plan and great deck for entertaining or just enjoying the view, this young home is priced to sell at $128,800.

I told John I was having a hard time baking a potato in the solar oven that his class awarded me. John said, “Be, to bake a potato, try slicing it into ¼” pieces, brush with olive oil and season, then bake until done. A whole potato is just too dense. A solar oven is the best way to cook shrimp scampi, I think.”

“The wind turbine is not installed, we ran out of time, but the pedestal is poured, 6 yards of concrete, the wiring is in the pole and buried to the hogan. We needed a high lift to stand up the pole and needed to hook up the electrical components, which are in the GHS wood shop. We also ran wire in the hogan to accommodate future electrical installations like more photovoltaic panels. We used the PV panel that we had to run the portable hot H2O system.

The future use of the hogan is for the Construction Technology class to use it as a platform to learn about alternative energy systems and installing them. Science class could use it to study alternative energy. Navajo culture class can use it in their curriculum. Athletics could use it for events being held at GHS, perfect for cross country, easy walking distance from Chief Manuelito Middle School and for the entire community to see what is possible.

The project earned recognition from Johnson O’Malley, federal funding for Indian Education, as an exemplary learning project and recognition from the Navajo tribe.

Some students also earned industry certifications from National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER)

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“Future plans were to start a Sustainable Building and Alternative Energy Program. Using Carl D. Perkins funding, I had gotten an 8’x12’ SIP building, materials for other sustainable building techniques, alternative energy components for learning about installations and alternative energy lab platforms and specialized tools used in alternative energy.”

Let’s hope these programs continue. The earth is waiting.

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Photo 5: Large panel is hot water, small panel is electric PV.

Photo 6: The hogan as an elegant classroom.

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Growing Family Businesses

By H. Haveman

Helping New Mexico’s family businesses to succeed now and for generations to come.

Brett Newberry and Joe Di Gregorio at last year’s symposium with Bill and Frances Richardson and Jim Parker, head of NMFBA’s Board of Directors.

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oe Di Gregorio and Brett Newberry are two local businessmen who have a few things in common. Both of their father’s operated successful businesses in Gallup; both men took over their family businesses when the time came; and both sit on the board of the New Mexico Family Business Alliance. Joe and Brett can speak with authority about the unique dynamics that exist when you’re involved in a business with family members.

Joe’s father, Basilio, emigrated from Italy when he was fifteen. He arrived in New York City, where he met up with his brothers. It was the 1930s and times were tough. The brothers followed work, traveling across the United States, from Trinidad, Colorado to Kentucky, to Detroit, Michigan and, finally, to the Southwest. They found work, shoveling coal with the Gallup American Coal Company (Gamerco). When Basilio was offered the job of running the company store, an idea was sparked and he saw an opportunity to change his life. He returned to Italy and came back with his wife and young daughter, Nicolina.

Gallup became their home.

In 1938, Basilio opened California Market at 406 W. Coal Avenue, in the building that is now home to Jerry’s Café. The grocery store was named for the journeys west and the fertile lands from which he returned with meats, cheeses, olive oil and fresh produce to sell in Gallup. Over the years, more stores were opened and California Supermarkets became known as the “Stores That Grew With Gallup.”

The business was an important part of the Di Gregorio family, as well, and all of the children grew up working at the stores. Joe, Basilio’s only son, joined the business

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in 1961 and eventually took over its operation. In 2004, the stores marked 66 years in business on Route 66. At that time, the Di Gregorios employed 250 people – more than any other private employer in McKinley County.

Family businesses have the potential for great longevity. The accounting firm that is now Newberry & Associates was started over 60 years ago. (Coincidentally, its first client was Basilio Di Gregorio!) Donald Newberry was an early partner and in 1981, his son, Brett, came to Gallup and joined the firm. As with many second-generation family businesses, this is the only business Brett has ever known.

Family-run businesses like these are the backbone of Gallup’s economy. People who saw an opportunity here and invested their time and money to improve Gallup’s quality of life have created a home for themselves and many others, as well.

Even in this day and age, the greatest part of America’s wealth lies with familyowned businesses. Family firms comprise 80% to 90% of all business enterprises in North America, according to Family Firm Institute. Family businesses are alive and well in New Mexico, as well, though they face elements that other businesses do not, due to the unique family dynamics that are involved. Family businesses may face issues about leadership, succession, and financial planning, which can be further complicated by emotions and underlying relational issues.

In order to address those challenges that are distinctive to family businesses and provide tools to help them succeed, the New Mexico Family Business Alliance (NMFBA) was developed in 2005. NMFBA provides family businesses statewide

with an opportunity to address pivotal issues and provide state of the art knowledge about family-run businesses. Their goal is to help New Mexico’s family businesses to succeed now and for generations to come.

Speaking from experience, Brett knows that there can be a difference between liking and loving family members. When you’re in business with relatives, the lines between brother or sister and employer or employee can get fuzzy. Feelings can easily be hurt and egos bruised, sibling rivalries may carry over from childhood into the business, and it’s difficult to separate work-related stresses from family time. “There’s a lot of psychology behind it,” Brett remarks.

Five years ago, Joe was faced with the dilemma of wanting to retire without a family member to take over the business.

With four sons living elsewhere and involved in other careers, the Di Gregorios decided to sell to Lowe’s, another family grocery business, based in Texas. In the future, Brett will face the same issue as Joe, due to the career direction of his children.

These kinds of circumstances are what can make working with family challenging. NMFBA hosts several events throughout the year to help New Mexico’s family businesses deal with some of these issues and others that may arise.

Quarterly breakfasts and an annual symposium offer time for entrepreneurial families from around the state to gather, hear expert advice, and enjoy camaraderie. “Members are given the opportunity to benefit from collective wisdom of successful business owners in an atmosphere that encourages open discussion and exchange of ideas,” according to NMFBA’s website, nmfba.org.

participants can gather advice from knowledgeable speakers, interact in afternoon breakout sessions, and hear from experts in a panel discussion on achieving sustainability. Keynote speaker, Edward P. Monte, PhD, of Family Solutions Group, specializes in parent-adult child issues that impact family business and will address issues related to “Generational Accountability.” During breaks and at the reception and resource fair, there will be time for mingling and networking.

During each year’s symposium, NMFBA also recognizes two families who have been in New Mexico business for close to one hundred years! Last year, the Richardson family was honored. Richardson’s Trading Company is New Mexico’s oldest trading post and has an extensive selection of Native American jewelry, pottery, baskets and rugs. The post was established in 1913 and has been continually family owned and operated. Bill Richardson, the fourth-generation owner, grew up on the reservation in the trading business. He’s still active in the day-to-day operation of the business along with his daughters, Frances Richardson and Sue Keeler. Over the years, Richardson’s has built up its loyal clientele; many are third- and fourth-generation customers!

All across the country, towns like ours rely on family businesses. It’s because of the grocery stores, banks, accounting firms, lumberyards, trading posts, car dealerships and restaurants, started by families and passed down through generations, that Gallup remains a wonderful place to live and work. With support from organizations like New Mexico Family Business Alliance, family businesses will succeed well into the future.

This year’s symposium is scheduled for Friday, September 21 at Embassy Suites in Albuquerque. During the day, T H E

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2012 Navajo Nation Fair:

“Appreciating Tradition”

By Roberta John

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rtists, dancers, musicians, rodeo athletes, and people from across the reservation and surrounding area have been gathering for the past 66 years in Window Rock, Arizona, to celebrate culture and tradition at the Navajo Nation Fair. The Fair is the “Largest American Indian Fair” in North America and is embracing the motto, “Appreciating Tradition” during this year’s events from September 2 through September 9.

The most prominent Navajo hero today is, undoubtedly, 90-year-old Navajo Code Talker Chester Nez from Jones Ranch, New Mexico. Nez is the only living member remaining of the original 29 U.S. Marine Corps 382nd Platoon who used the Navajo language to develop an unbreakable secret code in World War II to defeat the Japanese. Nez will be the grand marshal for the 66th Annual Navajo Nation Fair Parade on Saturday, September 8.

Navajo Nation Fair Manager Norma Bowman, said, “There’s nothing more fitting than to have Mr. Nez as our grand marshal because we appreciate all of our veterans for their dedication and service so we can enjoy our freedom and have events such as the Navajo Nation Fair. This will be a great time to pay tribute to our Navajo elders and celebrate their accomplishments.” Bowman added, “The overall population of the Navajo Nation is young, so we are always very happy and honored to have elders participate in a host of events that we sponsor or who choose to just enjoy the Navajo Nation Fair. Our elders are precious and full of wisdom; they provide us a glimpse of the past and are the key to our future.”

Speaking of elders, most people who reach 50 may think of slowing down and reminiscing about bygone days. But, that’s not the case if you’re a senior break away roper who will be participating in the Navajo Nation Fair Open Indian Rodeo, which will be held on Wednesday morning, September 5, at the Dean C. Jackson Rodeo Arena on the Navajo Nation Fairgrounds. In fact, approximately 30 senior Native American break away ropers will rise to the occasion and compete in a one go-round event to earn a wild card qualification to the International Indian Rodeo Finals (IIRF) in Albuquerque in September. Many Navajo Nation Fair rodeo event winners are likely to vie for a world championship title just after the Navajo Nation Fair.

“We’re taking excitement to a whole new level,” said Geri Camarillo, media representative for Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation. This year’s Navajo Nation Fair events are not restricted to the ground. “The sport of ballooning has been around a very long time, but it is quite new to Navajo country. We received a very positive response to the hot air balloon event at Monument Valley so we wanted to bring hot air balloons to Window Rock,” said Camarillo.

According to Bill Lee, an avid hot air balloon pilot from Gallup, NM, this will be the second time in the Fair’s history that hot air balloons will be part of the festivities. Lee

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will be one of several hot air balloon pilots that will help choreograph a picturesque setting of vibrant colors on the ground and in the sky. “It will be a real privilege to be a part of the celebration at this year’s Navajo Nation Fair,” Lee said. “The balloonists look forward to the night glow and filling the sky with brightly colored balloons and flying over the Navajo Nation capital.”

When Father Sky changes from vivid blue to a calming dusk, it may be cool, but fairgoers can warm up to a hot air balloon glow on Friday and Saturday nights at the Navajo Nation Fairgrounds, weather permitting. There will also be an opportunity to take pictures of the hot air balloons on the last day of the fair, Sunday, September 9, as air pilots are expected to color the morning skies at approximately 7 am, again, weather permitting.

Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation Department Director, Martin L. Begaye, said, “We are a proud participant and sponsor of the Navajo Nation Fair. This is a great time to see family and friends in addition to making new acquaintances. It is also a great opportunity to see what the Navajo Nation has to offer. Many people from throughout the world come to see our scenic attractions; but it is the Navajo people who provide the true beauty and uniqueness of the Navajo Nation. I am therefore, inviting Navajoland visitors to come to the Navajo Nation Fair. We want to share our cultural pride and beauty with you here in the Navajo Nation capital.”

The Navajo Nation Fair will also include a free Christian concert, a junior rodeo, a half-marathon, a Miss Navajo Nation butchering contest, a frybread contest, a Nizhoni Arts Market, an Extreme Native Bull Riding event, Native American comedy entertainment, an exceptional rodeo, a Navajo Nation Energy Expo, Hoshkii Happy/Kids Day, a free barbecue, “Many people Pueblo Country Band opening for from throughout country music artist Gary Allan, a traditional Navajo song and dance, the world come an inter-tribal pow wow, a parade, to see our scenic an inter-tribal night performance, a fundraising golf tournament, a livestock attractions; but and horticulture exhibit, a carnival, and it is the Navajo more.

For more information, you can contact the Navajo Nation Special Events Office at (928) 871-7941 or 6632.

You can obtain information at: www. navajonationfair.com.

people who provide the true beauty and uniqueness of the Navajo Nation.”

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Hi, I’m Bera, I’m an Addict.

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’ve never attended AA or NA. Does anyone know where an SA group meets? If not, I’m thinking I might have to create my own group for sugar addicts who want to give up their sugar addiction and replace it with something more healthful.

When I was in grade school (oh so many years ago!), Attention Deficit Disorder was alive and well and raging through me. I spent my days dreaming of the moment the school bell would ring so I could race to the roach coach and buy some candy to inhale.

A chocolate addict, indeed. But I was really addicted to sugar . . . preferably covered with chocolate.

Move forward a few years. As a young-adult nightclub singer, I consumed over a half gallon of ice cream and several coffees loaded with cream and sugar daily . . . until that fateful day when my bad eating habits landed me in the hospital with an almost fatal case of pneumonia.

Sugar had weakened my immune system to an all-time low.

Since I was the party responsible for nearly killing myself with sugar, I thought a little education was in order to avoid doing the same thing again. That’s how many holistic practitioners get their start – they survive an illness through natural means and are so impressed they have to return to school to help others as they were helped.

Here’s just a little bit of what I learned about sugar.

• In the 1970s, studies on the harmfulness of fats made people start replacing fats with sugars. This, in turn, caused metabolic diseases to skyrocket, because sugar converted to fat boosts LDL cholesterol.

• Harvard Professor Louis Cantley says sugar can cause sudden insulin spikes, which in term can act as a catalyst in fueling certain types of cancers.

• Breast and colon cancers, for example, have insulin receptors that signal tumors to start consuming glucose, thus feeding those tumors. Cancer lives on sugar!

• Sugar releases dopamine in the brain the same way cocaine does – no wonder it’s so addictive! When we drink sodas or eat highly processed sugary foods, our bodies react just like a drug addict’s would, because sugar is a drug. And just like with other drugs, our bodies build up a tolerance for it, so we’re always craving more and more and more.

• Endocrinologist Robert Lustig, M.D. at University of California, San Francisco calls sugar a toxin. In the YouTube video “Sugar: The Bitter Truth,” he recommends men take in no more than 150 calories and women take in no more than 100 calories per day from what he calls “added sugars” – table sugar and processed food with hidden sugars. He believes sugar can be traced to heart disease, obesity, hypertension, type II diabetes, cancer, and/or strokes.

• High-fructose corn syrup has the same negative effects as refined white sugar.

While fructose is safe when its fiber is intact – when you eat the whole fruit – simple fructose without fiber activates the enzyme fructokinase, which in turn activates another enzyme that causes cells to accumulate fat. Yup, it’s the sugar that’s making us fat. Simple sugars set off a cascade of chemical reactions in the body that keep us hungry and craving sweets.

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• The average person consumes 130 pounds of sugar every year, often unwittingly.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a featured contributor to 60 Minutes, believes the amount of sugar the average American eats is equivalent to consuming straight toxins.

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By Dr. Bera Dordoni, N.D.

Dr. Bera Dordoni, N.D., lovingly referred to as the Wellness Whisperer, is author of the highly acclaimed book “I Have a Choice?!”, nutritional counselor, organic gardener and a naturopathic doctor who has over two decades of experience counseling clients with ailments ranging from allergies to cancer to numerous life-threatening dis-eases. She incorporates the laws of attraction to help her clients achieve vibrancy from the lifestyle changes that benefit them most. She holds wellness retreats in the Ramah area. To make a retreat reservation, request a consultation or learn more, visit www.bastis.org or call 505-783-9001.

Since I was the party responsible for nearly killing myself with sugar, I thought a little education was in order . . .

• In a study, individuals who do not normally consume the average amount of sugar were found to have elevated blood levels of LDL cholesterol within two weeks of consuming typical American sugary foods. When the liver overloads it converts the sugars to fats, which become plaque and causes heart attacks.

Are Artificial Sweeteners the Answer?

Absolutely not. Research shows these sweeteners are not only not a healthful alternative to sugar, they can stimulate our appetite, increase our cravings for carbs, helping us create fat storage and weight gain. In fact, diet sodas are now known to double our risk of obesity!

Why? Our bodies aren’t dumb!

The body knows when it’s being deprived of the calories sugar provides and being fed the empty calories of chemical or food-like substances. The body responds to deprivation by storing fat for survival. Furthermore, aspartame-type sweeteners (NutraSweet®, Equal®, Splenda®, etc.) are not only suspected of being carcinogenic, they account for more adversereaction reports than all other foods and food additives combined, including kidney problems, multiple sclerosis, and other neurological disorders. Splenda®, specifically, which wreaks havoc with the healthful bacteria in the gut, has been linked with migraines, muscle spasms, heart palpitations, anxiety attacks, weight gain, insomnia, seizures, slurred speech, vision problems, hearing loss, memory loss, nausea, irritability, depression, joint pain, fatigue, breathing difficulties, and much more.

More? Do we need more?! Well, we’ve got more!

• Recent research suggests diet sodas may increase the risk of stroke.

• Researchers studying aspartame have found links to brain tumors, epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, lymphoma, fibromyalgia, diabetes, and more.

• Authors James and Phyllis Balch list aspartame in the “chemical poison” category in their book, Prescription for Nutritional Healing.

• Research published in the 2008 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health notes that Splenda® reduces the amount of good bacteria in the intestines by 50 percent, increases the pH level in the intestines, and affects a glycoprotein in the body that can have crucial health effects, particularly in combination with certain medications, causing drug-rejection in chemotherapy, AIDS treatments, and heart-condition treatments.

What are the Healthful Alternatives to Sugar?

Xylitol, a polyol sweetener made from birch trees, tastes very similar to sugar and has no aftertaste. Xylitol is a boon for diabetics, because it does not require insulin to metabolize it, so it produces a lower glycemic response than sucrose or glucose. It’s widely used in some countries for diabetic diets, but consult a doctor or health professional before incorporating it into yours – and don’t share it with your dog. It can be as deadly as chocolate for your canine companion.

Stevia, a very sweet herb derived from South American stevia plant leaves is completely safe in its natural form and can be used to sweeten most dishes and drinks.

Lo han (or luo han guo), an African sweet herb similar to Stevia is a bit more expensive and harder to find.

Agave syrup tastes great in its raw, organic form. Avoid the processed syrup, because it is very high in fructose.

Honey in its raw, unfiltered, natural form has many health benefits when used in moderation. When processed, it, too, becomes high in fructose and is no better than sugar. The word ‘pure’ means processed, so don’t go looking for ‘pure honey.’ All the nutrients are in raw honey.

Grade B maple syrup and blackstrap molasses contain many good-health minerals when used in moderation.

Ok, I admitted it. I’m an addict – I’ve always loved sugary foods. But I don’t want to be a statistic like the 172,900 New Mexicans who have been diagnosed with diabetes. According to the state Department of Health-Diabetes Prevention Control Program, 15.1 percent of them reside right here in McKinley County.

I’m staying in control of my addiction.

I never walk down the middle aisles in grocery stores that have nothing but refined foods high in sugars. If I want something sweet, other than watermelon or other whole fruit with its fiber intact, I satisfy my craving with a healthful, satisfying fat, such as an avocado, a few olives, coconut oil, or raw pecans or almonds. Or I make something I know won’t harm me as much as the highly processed, addictive candy bars that called to me when I was a kid.

My favorite not-so-bad-for-you vice is kale chips. They’re delicious, high in fiber and many beneficial nutrients, low in sugar, easy to make, and kids like ’em, too!

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By H. Haveman

Gallup Chili Fest Heats Up To help determine the source of the best chile in town, Rio West Mall is hosting Gallup Chili Fest on Saturday, September 29, from 12 to 6 pm. Local restaurants are welcome to participate and compete for recognition and cash prizes. Celebrity judges will award $150 to the winner in each of the following categories: Best Red Chile, Best Green Chile, and Best Salsa. The event is free to attend, but for

$5, community members can purchase a chile tasting ticket and select the People’s Choice Overall winner of $250. 100% of the proceeds for this event will benefit The Community Pantry. Several restaurants have already signed up, but it’s not too late to get involved. Entry fee is just $50 per restaurant (late fees assessed after September 21).

In addition to celebrating New Mexico’s iconic state vegetable, a variety of other family-friendly activities will ensure fun for everyone. Classic cars and motorcycles will be on display, with cash prizes at stake – just $20 per vehicle to enter includes dash plaque and T-shirt for each participant.

Kids will have a blast in the bounce house and bands will perform live music throughout the afternoon.

So while September may bring cooler weather, Gallup Chili Fest is heating up.

Don’t miss out on the chance to participate and contribute to a great community cause!

For more information and to apply for restaurant booth or car show display, contact the Mall Management Office, 505 722-7281, or download forms at riowestmall.com.

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In addition to celebrating New Mexico’s iconic state vegetable, a gamut of other family-friendly activities will ensure fun for everyone.

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love this time of year in New Mexico. The summer rains have brought new life and color to our surroundings; kids are in school and new routines are in place; and, along with an occasional cool breeze, the air carries the distinct aroma of roasting chiles.

The savory and spicy flavor of red and green chiles enhances practically any meal – breakfast, lunch or dinner. While dried or frozen chiles are available at the grocery stores year round, there’s just nothing like preparing chiles fresh from harvest. And when it comes to chile recipes, everybody boasts the best.

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GALLUP’S FIRST-EVER CHILI FEST BEGINS AT NOON AND IS FREE TO ATTEND Restaurants are invited to participate at $50 per entry, competing for bragging rights and cash prizes: • $150 for Best Red Chile To apply for Restaurant Booth • $150 for Best Green Chile or Car Show Display, • $150 for Best Salsa contact the Mall Managemen t Office • $250 for People’s Choice Overall or dow Restaurant space is limited, so enter today!

Celebrity judges will choose the winners in each category and the fans will decide People’s Choice.

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A gamut of other family-friendly activities are included: • Live Music on Stage - 4 Bands!

• Classic Car & Motorcycle Show - Cash Prizes! $20 per vehicle to enter.

• Local Celebrity Judges • Bounce House for the Kids Classic • Chili Tasting Tickets* for $5 at the door Cars, Truck *100% of the Proceeds Benefit The Community Pantry s Restaurants must be located within 100 miles of Gallup. Personal entries are not permitted in 2012 but may be waitlisted for next years event.

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By Greg Cavanaugh

Sticking with what works . . . works 2012 Toyota

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s a traditional body-onframe SUV, the Toyota 4Runner, having been around for two decades, has kind of fallen out of the spotlight, as have many traditional SUVs. In fact, not only have they fallen out of the spotlight, body-on-frame SUVs are, in a sense, disappearing. SUVs like the Ford Explorer and Dodge Durango have both gone to unibody construction, with the Ford Explorer even being a car-based platform. Because of this market shift, the traditional body-on-frame SUV is going to be seen less on the road and in dealerships in the future. However, that does not mean there is no place for it in the market and in my opinion, the Toyota 4Runner makes a strong case for keeping some of them around.

The Toyota 4Runner has an almost cult-like following. I distinctly remember when my brother-in-law in Denver went to sell his early 2000s 4Runner on Craigslist. He posted the ad around 7 am, had about ten calls by 8 am, and sold it for his asking price by 9 am! So to take the 4Runner from body-onframe to unibody would possibly be suicide. Because of that, Toyota has also kept the 4Runner moniker as the rugged, dependable, go-anywhere off-roader for the active lifestyle.

This is nowhere more apparent than on the exterior where there’s no mistaking this vehicle as a 4Runner. Toyota has managed to maintain the elements that make a 4Runner a 4Runner while also evolving to fit the market. The 2012 4Runner clearly pays homage to the original with the roofline, window shape, and by including a power rolling rear window in the tailgate. (Love that feature!) Clearly, though, it’s much bigger than its forbearer. It’s taller, wider

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and longer. You can now get it with a 3rd row and, unlike the original, your feet are no longer straight out in front of you because the seats are so low to the floor.

The Trail Edition best exemplifies why someone would buy a 4Runner and why I had so much fun with it on my test drive. The Trail Edition is its own trim line (not just an optional package) specifically intended for off road use.

It slots between the top of the line Limited and the lower end SR5 in price. At over $41K, as tested, that price of admission is steep, with options including a moon roof, sliding rear cargo pullout and Toyota’s Entune infotainment system adding to the price. The Entune system worked reasonably well, but compared to Ford’s Sync has some catching up to do. The Trail Edition is a bit of a rarity in the automotive world, however, in that the majority of the extra cost is from components, not fluff such as heated and cooled seats, fancy paint, etc. The Trail Edition uses entirely different front and rear bumpers/fascia that significantly improve both approach and departure angles. It has smaller 17inch wheels compared with the Limited’s 20-inchers, but with bigger tires for off road use. And, it has the all-important hood scoop for machismo.

Underneath that exterior the Trail Edition gets some pretty impressive hardware. No leaf springs here; coils all around. A special suspension system called KDSS, for Kinetic Drive Suspension System, links the front and rear anti-roll/stabilizer bars hydraulically. Using accumulators and electronics, the KDSS is able to tighten the suspension’s movements on road and loosen them off road. The effect is quite impressive. On road, the 4Runner feels sporty but, at times, a bit rough; odd given the size of the tires and suspension travel available. Off road, the suspension has excellent articulation and is

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well dampened. A unique system called Crawl Control paired with a terrain response dial, à la Range Rover, work together to improve off-roading in extreme situations. Working only in 4-wheel low (still engaged with a pull of an actual gear lever), the Crawl Control is essentially a low speed cruise control. Combined with both hill ascent and hill descent control, a locking rear differential and advanced ABS, the Trail Edition 4Runner is a noisy, mechanical, factory rock crawler that can pick its way through extremely rough terrain. All you need to do is pick the line and hold on.

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My biggest gripe was with the 4Runner’s powertrain. While there was nothing inherently wrong with the 4.0-liter V6 and 5-speed transmission, is just seemed like it was in need of an upgrade. The 4.0-liter V6 makes 270 hp and 278 lbft of torque. Not horrible numbers, but, by today’s standards, a bit short. For comparison, the 3.7-liter from the F-150 in last month’s review made 302 hp.

With some updates like direct injection, the 4.0-liter should make well north of the 300 hp mark. Similarly, the 5-speed transmission always seemed a gear short and made me really have to put my foot into the throttle to get it moving. An 8-speed would make the 4Runner awesome!

Which brings us to the grand summary. At $41,456 as tested, the 4Runner is not cheap and with EPA fuel economy numbers of 17 city, 22 highway, it’s not cheap to run either. But, if you are in the market for a world class SUV with goanywhere capability, rugged full-frame construction, and the impressive Toyota reputation, your list of choices is short and the 4Runner should definitely be near the top.

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Celebrate and Protect:

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or those of us who love the Southwest – specifically the Colorado Plateau – there are many familiar and revered names; the writers, explorers, photographers, traders, and the characters, like Grand Canyon’s teller of tall tales, John Hance. John Wesley Powell and Edward Abbey stand out, but so many others have contributed.

As everyone knows, these people all came from somewhere else, mostly the eastern United States. In the nineteenth century there wasn’t much of a home-grown Anglo population. One group in particular has taken a lot of humorous criticism – Mary Wheelwright’s friendship with Hosteen Clah, and Mabel Dodge’s marriage to Taos Indian Tony Luhan almost amounted to a fad, as rich society ladies rushed to “adopt” an Indian, or at least support a Native American cause.

In the end, the joke was on their detractors because they preserved much of what was unique and wonderful about the area. Some are still controversial more than a century later, like the lady anthropologists: the scratchy Matilda Coxe Stevenson or the more likeable Elsie Parsons. The roster is lengthy and Mary-Russell Colton deserves a prominent place in it.

Mary-Russell Ferrell (no explanation for her odd hyphenated name) was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1889. When her father died, the family had serious money problems, but her mother made a good second marriage to wealthy Theodore Presser.

In the meantime a family friend had paid her way to art school, which she attended between 1904 and 1909. Several of her instructors were famous

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Museum of Northern Arizona’s “Edmund Nequatewa”

artists of the period and the girl had genuine talent. Elliot Daingerfeld, a faculty member and one of Ferrell’s mentors, was invited on an early Santa Fe Railroad outing to visit Grand Canyon.

The Santa Fe still did a huge passenger business in those days and put of lot of attention and money into luring tourists to their rail line – establishing the famous Fred Harvey hotels, restaurants and top-of-the-line curio stores. Will Rogers once said that Harvey had supplied the Southwest with “good food and brides” referring to the famous Harvey Girls who waited on customers.

One of their programs was to give artists a paid vacation in the beautiful Southwest and encourage them to paint the scenery and people as grandly as possible. Along with a baker’s dozen of other great artists, Louis Aken and Thomas Moran were perfect to portray nature in all its grandeur, and not averse to a little exaggeration in the name of beauty.

In 1909 Mary-Russell joined an expedition to British Columbia’s Selkirk mountain range, where she made ascents on snow-clad trails dressed in the restrictive garments of the Victorian age, along with full skirts. She made the same trip the following year when she met her future husband Harold Sellers Colton, a zoology professor.

Miss Ferrell was attracted to him and her decision to marry was cemented by the appearance in 1910 of Halley’s Comet, which represented an omen to many folks, including Mark Twain.

Colton had money that didn’t come from college teaching and the

for Navajos and sponsored shows for Indian children, a major interest of Mary-Russell’s.

Known originally as the “Junior Art Show for Indian Children,” it grew out of her concern for art education, for both Anglos and Native Americans. She developed what she called her “Treasure Chest,” a huge trunk full of art and educational materials that traveled around Arizona reservations to Indian schools.

In 1931 she organized and sponsored a traveling exhibit of Hopi art that appeared at museums all over the United States. Later she mounted another show with the help of Indian trader Lorenzo Hubbell called “Craftsmen of the Painted Desert.”

It is interesting to note that she was not a lone voice at the time. The Arizona Poet Laureate, Sharlot Hall, established her own museum in Prescott, Arizona in the same year. It would be followed

by Maie Heard’s museum in downtown Phoenix. There were many far-sighted, innovative women of that period, it seems.

In 1935 the Coltons built a complex of buildings out of town on the road to Grand Canyon. They were constructed of native stone and Ponderosa logs and sported tile roofs, perhaps inspired by Lummis’s Southwest Museum in Los Angeles. Early photos do not

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There were many far-sighted, innovative women of that period, it seems.

Portrait of Mary-Russell Colton by classmate, Isabel Branson Cartwright

family owned a summer house on an island off the coast of Maine. The couple could not have accomplished the things they did on a professor’s salary.

The Coltons married in 1912 and their honeymoon trip included the Grand Canyon, where they hiked Bright Angel Trail to the Colorado River.

Mary-Russell was developing a taste for adventure and the outdoors, soon to be centered on the Colorado Plateau.

Mrs. Colton was a devotee of the works of Charles Lummis, character, editor, writer, photographer and Indian activist. On her various trips she was bombarded with romantic images of the Southwest, visiting Taos, Pecos, and the Hopi Mesas. Two of her most famous paintings were of the church at Ranchos de Taos (painted by everybody who was anybody) and the Hopi village of Walpi by moonlight.

At this point the Colton’s were hooked. In 1916 she made one of her many visits to Flagstaff, Arizona, where she watched Jesse Walter Fewkes excavate a Pueblo ruin not far from town. She and her husband would regularly hike the San Francisco Peaks, camping out.

A painting she did in Arizona, “Navajo Shepherdess,” was exhibited at the first formal showing of her group of lady artists, “The Philadelphia Ten,” and Colton was recognized as an important painter. Her style was bold and atmospheric, sometimes compared to the plein air painters of California.

In spite of her budding art career, the Coltons relocated permanently to Arizona. In 1928 they co-founded the Museum of Northern Arizona in downtown Flagstaff. That same year they held the first Hopi Craftsmen show which has continued to the present. They soon established a similar show

show the towering pine trees that shade the buildings today, adding to the atmosphere.

From the beginning, the Museum of Northern Arizona was a teaching and research facility, and continues so to this day.

The practice of the day was for museums to issue bulletins, usually quarterly, about subjects relating to the museum’s interests. Usually the format was small, the articles short, and the authors academics, and they were necessarily printed in black and white. It is significant that the MNA publication was called Plateau.

This quarterly was printed from 1939 to 1994. A new series was started with a larger format, color printing on slick paper, and most issues dedicated to a single subject. In 1995 the journal changed again and was renamed Canyon Journal reflecting the joint sponsorship of the museum and the Grand Canyon Association.

After a few issues the name was changed again to Plateau Journal, and for a decade this gorgeous publication was the brainchild of Carol Haralson, editor and designer out of Sedona, Arizona. It was issued bi-annually, perfect bound, in a large format with cutting edge graphics. It might be the most beautiful magazine ever produced.

In the fall of 2004 the magazine resumed the name Plateau and is produced by the museum, keeping most of the innovations of Editor Haralson.

The most recent issue is volume 7 number 2 and is completely devoted to Mary-Russell Colton and her magnificent art work.

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By Larry Larason

My Fault

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’m tooling down I-40 at 75 mph headed to Albuquerque. While I’m driving, a fault in Alaska slips and causes an earthquake. Is there a connection? Is the earthquake my fault?

Well, I’m not to blame directly, but I am in part. So are you. We are all involved to some extent. Here’s how. On my trip to Albuquerque my car is spewing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere; carbon dioxide contributes to global warming; and geologists are seeing evidence that global warming is related to earthquakes in high latitudes such as Alaska. We tend to think of faults as mechanical, so how can temperatures affect them? Well, it has to do with the melting of ice as the Arctic warms.

Let’s start with some basics. Try this thought experiment: Take the small plastic boat toy you play with in the bathtub, but instead of floating it in water, put it into a bowl of pudding. It will sink in a little way but basically ride high on the pudding. Now put an ice cube on the boat and watch it sink farther into the pudding. Take the ice cube off and slowly the pudding will flow back

providing the motive force for continental drift.

Even if the mantle is not molten, the upper portion is viscous, deformable like pudding. The crust above it is brittle. The ice cube on the toy boat illustrates how loading the crust can cause it to sink into the mantle, but it does not illustrate the effects of loading on brittle rocks. Here’s an example: Construction of Hoover Dam was begun in 1931 in Boulder Canyon – this is the reason for the alternate name “Boulder Dam.” Lake Mead began filling in 1935 and reached its full size in 1939. Although faults existed near the dam, the region was seismically quiet with no earthquakes known in the fifteen years prior to 1930. But that changed as the lake filled. By 1936 several hundred small shocks were felt as the rocks adjusted to the weight of the water building behind the dam. Happily, none of the quakes was severe. The greatest tremor in the area reached magnitude 5 in 1939 after the lake had reached its maximum capacity. The tremors affected more than 3000 square miles.

Earthquakes after dam building are not uncommon. Here’s one more dramatic

Is it a necessary drive? . . .

Should I feel guilty?

Yes, at least a little bit. under the boat and lift it back up to about where it was before. Note: This is only a thought experiment; please don’t try it at home.

What’s the point? Think of the boat as a piece of the Earth’s crust, a continent.

The ice cube represents a continental glacier. The pudding is a stand-in for the Earth’s mantle. This thought experiment illustrates isostasy, also called buoyancy: A floating object is held up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced liquid.

example: The Zipingpu Dam was built in Sichuan, China in 2006. Two years later a quake of 7.9 magnitude destroyed villages and killed at least 70,000 people in the district. The epicenter of the quake was 3.5 miles from the dam on an existing fault. The fault might have been poised to slip before the reservoir filled, but the loading of the water is believed to have either advanced the timing or increased the severity of the tremor.

The Earth’s mantle is hot. Temperatures in the upper mantle range from more than 900 degrees F to well over 1600 degrees F. This is hot enough to melt rock, but the tremendous pressure from the weight of the overlying crust prevents the mantle from becoming a seething mass of lava. At places where the crust is weak, the hot mantle rock sometimes boils up to the surface to erupt in volcanoes. Convection cells within it churn slowly, probably

What must be the most severe loading of the lithosphere occurred during the Pleistocene. Continental glaciers nearly two miles thick covered the high latitudes of both North America and Eurasia. The weight of all this ice would have depressed the continents severely into the upper mantle. By about 11,000 years ago the glaciers had

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melted away, and the land began to rebound. But the rebound is slow. It’s been going on since the glaciers disappeared and is expected to continue for another 10,000 years. Just as loading causes earthquakes, so does unloading and rebound. I wrote about the 1911 New Madrid earthquake in Gallup Journey for September 2011. The New Madrid region was not covered by the huge glaciers, but some geologists believe that the series of temblors was caused by adjustments in the crust related to the on-going post-glacial isostatic rebound to the north of Missouri.

The rebound is slow, about one centimeter per year these days. It was probably more rapid just after the glaciers melted. In parts of Antarctica where ice shelves have broken off, the land is rebounding at nearly two centimeters per year. In Greenland the immense ice cap has forced parts of the island down to 300 meters below sea level. Although the ice cap is still in place, it is melting, and the rebound is already more than two centimeters per year. No one in North America was recording earthquakes as the glaciers melted and the land rose, but geologists have found disturbed lake bed sediments from those times that give testimony to seismic activity.

So, the ice melts and the ground rebounds, fostering earthquakes.

Earthquakes are just one more damned thing to worry about in relation to climate change. After a miserable July in Gallup, with much of the nation in severe drought, and wildfires burning across the West, I’m worried that we may have already passed a climate tipping point and things are only going to get worse. As the climate warms, we need more air conditioning. Given our use of fossil fuels to run our air conditioners, the situation will further deteriorate. We need to develop the political will to do something about what we’re facing, but our politicians keep kicking the can down the road. Even they must smell the smoke, but they don’t want to do anything till we see the flames. By then it may be too late to save the house.

So, back to my trip to Albuquerque. Is it a necessary drive? No. I plan to shop at Whole Foods and take in a movie that I know will never play in Gallup. It’s a trip for pleasure. Should I feel guilty? Yes, at least a little bit.

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A few years ago I was pulled over for speeding on a nearly empty “blue highway” in Arizona. As I recall the citation, I was fined for “waste of a finite resource.” It took me awhile to figure that out – speeding uses more gasoline than driving at the speed limit. Afterwards I decided that was a pretty enlightened way of describing my infraction. Maybe we need a new mindset, new definitions of our problems.

Our politicians won’t lead, but some states, municipalities, and corporations are trying to go green. Maybe it’s time for us to ignore the politicians and their divisive distractions and take individual actions to reduce our carbon footprints.

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Charity Invitational 17 Chairperson Q. Angelo, what got you interested in working with Charity Invitational?

A. I was first asked to serve on the board of RMCHCS. I was asked by the Foundation to help with a couple of things relating to Charity Invitational and eventually asked to be Chairman. Because of how I feel about healthcare for our community, I accepted.

Q. What do you enjoy most about working with Charity Invitational?

A. I get to work with other people from Gallup who are committed to providing positive and good healthcare services and facilities. It’s so refreshing to work with folks like that.

Q. What has been the biggest challenge of the job for you?

A. You know, there really hasn’t been the big challenge that we all thought we might have. The biggest thing is just going out and soliciting funds. That’s always hard in these times, but you know what, folks have been so gracious. So there really hasn’t been that big a challenge.

Q. What cause have you selected for Charity Invitational this year?

A. There is a process up at the hospital to select a project to fund. This year’s project is to improve the ER. We have between 20,000 and 25,000 visits a year at the ER. That astounded me when I first heard it. They are going to improve it and make it a more child friendly area.

Q. Who is this year’s honoree?

A. Again the foundation has a process that recognizes people who have contributed in various ways. This year’s honoree, I’m proud to mention, is Mr. Colin Tanner. Colin has been one of the biggest supporters of the hospital. Mr. Tanner was selected unanimously and I’m honored to be chairman the year he was selected. He and I have developed a friendship over the years and I’m glad that he’s the one who was selected.

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

A. (long laugh) I knew you were going to ask that. Since I retired I’ve over-committed myself a little bit with a few things, but I enjoy music, photography and golf. Lately, my interest in music has really taken off. Diane and I take in musicals and I have started collecting records. I just do love music.

Q. What type of music do you enjoy most?

A. You know, I’m very eclectic. (Angelo names a long list of artists starting with Duane Eddy who he enjoys.)

I love them. I love country and western and Mexican ranchero music. I just enjoy all types of music. I enjoy an upbeat music and try to take in as many different kinds of music venues as I can.

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

A. I will have a hard time answering that. (Angelo mentions several different people from history whom he admires.) If there is only one particular person, it would be Michelangelo. The man was so far ahead of his time with respect to things that we have and take for granted today. I was able to see some of his work when I went to Italy a few years back. You just sit there and you are mesmerized.

ATTENTION GALLUP VOTERS T he City of Gallup will be conducting a Special Municipal Election on Tuesday, September 18, 2012. The primary purpose for the election is to seek authorization from Gallup voters to impose a one-fourth of one percent (.25%) Federal Water Project Gross Receipts Tax to be used for financing Gallup’s cost share of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. There will also be three Charter Amendment questions on the ballot concerning the elimination of the Mayor’s veto powers, the succession process for the office of Mayor in the event of a vacancy, and the requirements for holding runoff elections.

3.) District 2 (East Side) voters registered to vote at:

Absentee Voting will begin on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 and will end on Friday, September 14, 2012. Voters may call the City Clerk’s Office at 863-1254 to request an absentee ballot by mail. Early Voting by voting machine will begin on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 and will end on Friday, September 14, 2012.

Early voting will be conducted at Gallup City Hall during regular business hours (Monday – Friday; 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M., closed Labor Day, September 3, 2012).

5.) District 3 (South Side) voters registered to vote at:

Polls on Election Day will open at 7:00 A.M. and close at 7:00 P.M. All city precincts will be consolidated for the Election with 2 polling sites per Council District as follows: 1.) District 1 (North Side) voters registered to vote at: Precinct 34 Washington Elementary School Gallup voters from Precinct 21 Gamerco Church of God Precinct 35 Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Ctr. Gallup voters from Precinct 36 White Cliff’s Fire Station Precinct 38 Juan de Onate Elementary School Will vote at the North Side Fire Station #2, 911 West Lincoln Avenue.

2.) District 1 (North Side) voters registered to vote at: Precinct 39 Octavia Fellin Public Library District 1 voters in Precinct 41 Southside Fire Station Precinct 40 Educational Development Center District 1 voters in Precinct 43 Gallup Mid School Precinct 59 Roosevelt Elementary School

Precinct 47 Emergency Management Office Precinct 48 Rocky View Elementary School

Will vote at Rocky View Elementary School, 345 Basilio Drive.

4.) District 2 (East Side) voters registered to vote at: Precinct 49 Indian Hills Elementary School Will vote at the East Side Fire Station, 3700 Church Rock Street.

Precinct 42 Bethany Reformed Christian Church Precinct 44 Red Rock Elementary School District 3 voters in Precinct 43 Gallup Mid School Precinct 45 UNM-Gallup Campus Will vote at Red Rock Elementary School, 1305 Red Rock Drive.

6.) District 3 (South Side) voters registered to vote at: Precinct 46 Jefferson Elementary School Precinct 56 Fox Run Golf Course Will vote at Jefferson Elementary School, 300 Mollica Drive.

7.) District 4 (West Side) voters registered to vote at: Precinct 33 Stagecoach Elementary School District 4 voters in Precinct 41 Southside Fire Station Precinct 37 Lincoln Elementary School Gallup voters from Precinct 50 Red Rock Chapter House Will vote at The Fitness Center, 700 Old Zuni Road.

8.) District 4 (West Side) voters registered to vote at: Precinct 31 Tobe Turpen Elementary School Gallup voters from Precinct 58 McKinley West Fire Stn. Precinct 32 Western Skies MHP Recreation Hall Will vote at the Westside Fire Station #4, 707 Rico Street.

Will vote at the Octavia Fellin Public Library, 115 West Hill Avenue.

any questions concerning the Election, please call the gallup City Clerk’s office at 863-1254.

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Raising Sons for Fun

By Jeannette Gartner

Fortunately, Mark and I both have a sense of humor, which parents certainly need.

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hen we left off last time, Harriet was tied to the railroad tracks with a train coming, the orphans were left alone, and our hero, Cuthbert was lost in the woods – oops, wrong story . . . Back to raising sons.

Our youngest son was a critter collector and we always had a variety of critters living in his room, well, mostly in his room. He had waterdogs, various insects, a hamster, and a lovely bull snake. Naturally, he might have had all of these at any one time. One evening while I was setting up the bridge tables and expecting the ladies to ring the doorbell momentarily, he came out of his room and said, “Mom, I can’t find my snake.”

“What!? You’re kidding, right? You can’t find the snake?

Seriously?” I calmly screeched. “The ladies will be here in five minutes! That’s how long you’ve got to find it before I murder you!”

As he began searching under beds, in corners, and wherever else he could think of, the doorbell rang, and at about the same time I spotted something black slithering along the baseboard in the living room where the tables were set up.

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nick of time.

Once upon a time, one of the boys had a goldfish.

For some reason he thought the goldfish was dirty and needed washing so he put it in the toilet to wash it. (Where else could he reach the water?) Naturally, after being washed it needed to be rinsed, so he flushed the toilet . . .

Never would store-bought cookies or cakes be allowed to cross the lips of my sons! But an example of the way we heaped neglect (can one heap a lack of something?) on our sons surfaced in elementary school. On one occasion, our youngest son raved about the school lunch and suggested that I “get some recipes from the school kitchen.” That’ll humble a person – especially one who might fancy herself a gourmet cook; not naming any names of course.

At the annual “Red Rock Witch Walk,” part of the fund raiser was a cake walk and the rule was you had to bring a cake for every child you had attending school there. As we had two at the time, so I brought two cakes – both homemade, of course, because of the “not crossing the lips” rule. As it turns out, our middle son won a cake and got to go into the cake room and pick out a cake to take home. After we got home, I noticed that

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the cake he picked out was a store-bought one and asked, “How come you picked out a store-bought cake?” The logical answer he gave? “Because we never get that kind at home.” I hate to admit it, but our sons didn’t even have a horse – not a real live one, anyway. And they only ever had brothers despite our best efforts. Obviously neglected children . . .

Mark and I were never sure whether the boys would survive us or each other. There were many times we were certain they’d kill each other. Riding in the car was always an experience, “He’s on my side!” we’d hear, or “He’s touching me!” One of my favorites was the claim that the brother of choice was “. . . giving me his cooties!”

Our sons, being genuinely gifted, had creative answers most of you with ordinary kids have undoubtedly never heard. These unusual answers were to common questions all parents ask. Whenever we would start to ask, “Did you . . .” the immediate response would be, “Nuh uh.”

Or if we wanted to know “Who . . .” we got, “Not me.” So nobody never did nuthin’ at our house.

Fortunately, Mark and I both have a sense of humor, which parents certainly need. But the kids kept us laughing, too, with their antics. I was sitting at the doctor’s office with a three-year-old one time when he picked up a religious book in the waiting room and was looking at the pictures. He pointed to a picture of Jesus surrounded by light and asked very loudly, “Do they plug him in?”

One of the funniest stories we have is when our oldest son made his First Confession prior to making his First Communion. After the confession, the children knelt at the altar railing (Sacred Heart still had a railing along the front of the altar at that time) to say their penance. I was sitting in a pew waiting for him when he came out of the confessional and knelt at the rail. Five minutes went by, then ten minutes, and I was getting anxious. Remember, this was an eight-yearold boy! Whatever heinous sin could he have committed to deserve such a long penance? Finally, I went up and knelt next to him and whispered, “What’s the matter?” He looked at me in pure panic and said, “Father told me to say three Hail Marys and I only know one!”

One time after a very loud encounter with one of the boys where said son stormed off, slamming doors all the way, Mark looked over at me and said, “That went well, don’t you think?”

Another time, when the boys were nearly all grown up, we had seen a segment on the TV news where a parent had sold a kid. Mark turned to me and said, “I didn’t know we could’ve done that.” Perhaps that’s where the profit would have come in, but we would’ve missed out on all the fun! It’s a tossup as to whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing.

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t was a bright and sunny Saturday morning (about 7 a.m.), and I was doing the laundry while my son played in the dining room. After about twenty minutes of racing his toy cars, he walked into the laundry room and told me that he wanted to do something else.

“What did you have in mind?”

“Momma, I want to play with Play-Doh®.”

“Hmm . . . I’m not sure if we have any left over from Christmas, but I can check. Would that be okay, Son?” “No, Mommy. I mean the kind of dough that you make. You know, the ones with all of the cool colors.”

“Oh, I’m sorry, Honey. I don’t have enough flour right now. Why don’t I buy some flour the next time that we go grocery shopping?”

“When is that going to be?”

“Well . . . probably not for a couple of days.

Can you wait?”

“I guess so.” He gave me a small smile, and then went back to playing. At least, that’s what

“Did you just go wake Daddy up?” I couldn’t help but giggle a little.

“Uh huh. I wanted some flour, and he said that he would go get some. When will the dough be finished?”

Just then, his sleepy daddy came into the kitchen and said that he was going to the store and wanted to know if I needed anything. I gave him a small list and a smile, and then he was out the door. Our son started doing his Happy Dance at the thought of all of that freshly made dough.

Half an hour later, my husband walked in the door with a grocery bag in each hand.

Triumphantly, he held aloft the bag in his right hand. “Flour!” This, of course, drove my son into a frenzy of happiness. My husband chuckled as he then exited the room.

So, I then put all of the ingredients for the dough into a saucepan and turned on the burner. Pretty soon, the gloppy mess had congealed, with much stirring, into what looked like white play dough.

After turning the dough out onto the counter and kneading it until it was smooth, I rolled it into a long log and divided it into eight fairly

Their imaginations had engaged and turned into an escape into three different I thought he did.

After a few minutes, our son came hopping into the kitchen.

“Mommy, Daddy said that he’ll go buy some flour for me. Now you can make my dough?!

Yay!”

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equal sections. After that, food coloring was added to each section and mixed in thoroughly until we had eight large dough balls of different vibrant colors.

Before the dough was finished, the two girls woke up and wandered into the kitchen so see what their brother and I were up to. At the familiar sight of freshly made play dough and a box full of animal shape cookie cutters, they both let out squeals of excitement and claimed their places on either side of the kitchen island.

As all three kids reached for their favorite-

colored blobs of dough, they began describing the different creatures that they were going to make. Our oldest daughter was describing the intricate dream that had recurred the previous night after a year’s interval.

In the dream were trolls, a hidden princess dressed in blue, a brick wall, numerous malicious pixies, and more trolls. She described the dream as she was rolling out and shaping the corresponding dough figures. When she was finished, she had a complete tableaux arranged and had pointed out the different figures as she unwound her narrative. The two younger children, and their mommy, were transfixed as the epic battle and its aftermath unfolded in the span of fifteen minutes.

Gloriously inspired, the two younger ones immediately began to recount their dreams, too. Their sister and I encouraged them to recreate their scenes using the dough, and they responded with a flurry of activity as their own convoluted dreams played out before us all. No detail was too small to be included, and no triviality or plot point was left undramatized.

It was wonderful. Their imaginations had engaged and turned a simple play exercise into an escape into three different fantasy wonderlands, complete with extensive character lists, interrelationships, and settings.

We were so caught up in our magical moments that we didn’t realize that four hours had passed.

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My oldest daughter went to fetch her father so that he could bear witness to their three dreams laid out on the kitchen island. As he entered the kitchen, all three kids took turns explaining to him the dramatic

turned a simple play exercise fantasy wonderlands . . . significance of the different figures and shapes. He was duly impressed and asked them many intricate questions. They were thrilled that their daddy, who is an amazing storyteller, understood so completely their imaginations.

As I stepped back and captured some of the fleeting magic with my camera, I was so glad that we were all invested in family time. We all knew how difficult it could be to make time to go ‘off schedule’ and just play. But, as my husband and I glanced at each other, we also knew how important playtime was to all of us.

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Memories of Gallup

JOSEPH, HOW DID THEY DO IT? Part 1 of 2

We are pleased to introduce a new column to the Gallup Journey. “Memories of Gallup” will share interviews by Bob Rosebrough with some of the extraordinary people who have made Gallup such a historically rich and culturally beautiful place to live.

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he thick grove of cottonwoods and elms just south of the interstate is one of the few visible signs of Joseph Esparza’s childhood. His home is gone – the footing for I-40 sits where it used to stand. And in a way, the absence of visible reminders seems fitting. As Joseph, surrounded by his family on a Sunday afternoon, talks about his youth in Gallup, what I hear almost seems surreal. I find myself thinking: This is incredible – that so much has changed over the course of one man’s life.

Immigrant Parents: “They had nothing.”

Joseph’s dad and mom first came to the US in 1921 when his dad was 33 years old. Joseph says, “As I understand it, the reason they came up here was the persecution of the Catholics. My brother said they had to escape from it. They landed in Morenci, Arizona. He worked in the mines there and then went back to Mexico. Several of my brothers and sisters were born down there. They came back and came here to Gallup in 1922.

“My parents never spoke English. My dad could understand English a little bit and he could write his name but he never spoke the English language. My mom and dad suffered.” Joe pauses – a long pause.

“How would you say it? They didn’t starve to death, but they went without eating so that my brothers and sisters would have something to eat while they were traveling. How my dad did it is beyond me. He supported three families on his meager wages with the mines. His brother died in the mines and my dad took on the responsibility of helping his family the best he could. He would also send money down to Mexico – to relatives down there.”

Joseph’s wife Betty adds, “They had nothing. Joseph’s mom and dad spoke no English. It’s amazing and yet they managed to help other families. Joseph and I sit here and I say, ‘Joseph, how did they do it? How in the world did they do it?’ I don’t know.”

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Gibson: “The mines owned everything.”

Joseph was born in 1938 during the onset of WWII at Gibson Mine just north of Gallup . He says, “The access to Gibson is that road that passes by the Gallup Flea Market – that goes toward the mountains over there. That’s where I was born. There were four mines in that area. Gibson was the biggest one. I was only four years old when we left there. It’s funny, but I think I can remember – I may be wrong – but I can picture a row of homes. It was a mining community and there was a general store up on the hill. It was owned by the mines. The mines owned everything. You know that house by Genaro’s – that two-story house? That was one of the houses from Gibson. I remember the Azuas – Johnny Azua – they lived in one of those houses.”

“There was nothing where the mall is.”

“When I was four we moved from Gibson. You know where Muñoz Overpass is? Those trees that are right there? That’s where my house was. The interstate is over where my house used to be. Those trees were next to my house.

We lived at 1010 West Warren. You know where Pete’s TV is? That’s 1010 West Maloney. I was directly across. We were the second to last house in the city. There was nothing where the mall is now. That was barren country. We would go over there and play cowboys and Indians. What I would do as a little boy is look for airplanes. They finally put a runway right there where the mall is – just a little dirt runway. During the summer, I would go and sit near a hangar almost all day waiting for an airplane to fly in; they never came.” Joe laughs at the thought.

Chairs Around the Tub at Bath Time.

Joseph – the youngest of 14 children – describes his home as “Just a shack really – a shack with paper serving as insulation. We had no running water in the house. Well, we had it, but we didn’t have showers or bathtubs. We used large galvanized tubs. That’s what we took a bath in. If you were the first one to take a

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Joseph’s father and mother. bath you got clean water. If you were the last one to take a bath you got everyone else’s dirty water.” Joe laughs.

“Did you put chairs around the tubs?” Betty asks.

“Yeah, that’s what we did so we could have our privacy.”

Troop Trains: “People were grabbing their hands.”

The first six or seven years of Joe’s life coincided with World War II. Joe and Betty have distinct memories of the troop trains that rumbled regularly through town. “From my house I could look across the Rio Puerco and there were all kinds of trains, box cars and tankers. The trains had steam engines. To this day I still remember the puffs of white smoke while the trains were pulling away. There was a lot of train traffic and I was amazed that when they revved up the engines the wheels of the train would spin – they were pulling big loads. And you could see the puffs of white smoke, especially during the winter.”

Betty adds, “I remember the troop trains just being packed with soldiers and they

Joseph’s father standing in front of their house.

“We were the second to last house in the city. There was nothing where the mall is now. That was barren country.” had their arms out and people were giving them candy bars and newspapers and something to drink. The train didn’t really stop and people were handing them things. People were grabbing their hands.”

The Spooky Bridge and La Llorona.

Joseph’s daughter Sandy interjects, “Dad, tell him about the stories about the spooky bridge.”

Joseph says, “That’s the one by the flea market. The bridge is still there but the sides are gone. It’s a concrete bridge and that’s how we got from Gallup to Gamerco. They always used to claim that there was a ghost that appeared there. There were tales of how this lady would appear suddenly. When I was a little boy you would hear people talking about these things. They would say that supposedly there was a taxi driver who had a fare to take to Gamerco and on the way back he crossed over that bridge. The next thing he knew there was a lady in the back seat. He panicked and he hurried back into town. When he got into town she disappeared. Now people would say that he must have been drinking but other people had the same tales about a ghost. It would just depend on who you spoke with.

You’ve heard of La Llorona?”

Joe is referring to the widespread legend in Mexico and the US Southwest that tells of a beautiful woman who killed her own children by drowning them in order to be with the man she loved. When the man rejected her, she killed herself. She was not permitted to enter heaven and was forced to wander the Earth for all eternity searching in vain for her drowned offspring, while constantly weeping. In some versions of the tale, La Llorona kidnaps wandering children or children who disobey their parents. By the legend, she would come out at night or in the late evenings near bodies of water.”

Joseph says, “They would say that maybe that’s who that was: La Llorona.”

Coming in October: Playing Football in the Perky, The Santa Fe Roundhouse, Lightning Killed Them, The Hazards of Mining, and the Communist Party in Gallup.

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put the coordinates in the GPS unit and headed for downtown Santa Fe with my family in tow. As we turned the corner towards the Palace of the Governors, we realized this was going to be difficult. The place was swarming with muggles. I had my trusty Garmin at my side and it was leading us to the crowded Plaza, with people milling about, talking, drinking coffee and definitely in our way. We were a family on a mission. This was going to be a challenge for sure. Once we were within 50 feet, I bent down to go over the plan with my girls. We were going to go from bench to bench inspecting and seeing if the object we were seeking was underneath, all while trying to look as normal as possible. After feeling blindly under five metal benches, it seemed like this was going to be a dead end, a DNF (Did Not Find). There was nothing there. We sulked back to the closest bench in defeat. “How about the tree dad?” my oldest asked after a couple minutes. Sure enough, right behind us was a giant cottonwood. While trying not to draw attention to ourselves we got up and started to investigate the tree. Sure enough, there it was about six feet up, tucked into a small ridge in the bark, a small container not more than an inch long. I picked up my youngest and she made the grab. The container, which was camouflaged to match the bark, almost escaped out searching eyes. The girls were excited as we opened the container. They pulled out the small paper log, signed their names, and discreetly hid it back in the same spot. “Where’s the next one?” my daughter asked. We were off with smiles on our faces, and the satisfaction of another cache found. Not to mention a great family memory!

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eocaching is a simple game that is played all throughout the world from Antarctica to northern Nunavut, Canada and everywhere in between including our beautiful town of Gallup, NM. Geocaching started in 2000 when two friends took a GPS unit and hid a small container in the woods of Oregon noting the latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates of its location.

They posted the coordinates on the Internet and within a couple days it was found. A game was born. Since that first “cache,” millions more have been hidden. By creating a free account on www.geocaching.com you have access to any of the 1.9 million caches that are currently hidden throughout the world. After selecting the caches you want to attempt to find, you load the supplied coordinates into your GPS unit and off you go. Your hunt may lead you to crowded city locations, the peaks of mountains, or off the beaten trails in McGaffey. The goal

is to locate the cache, add your name to the log and replace the cache all without being noticed by other people who may be around.

In the geocaching lingo, these people are affectionately called “muggles.” Once you are home by a computer, log your visit on the geocaching website, commenting on your experience, and head out again. Some caches are found within minutes and other take much, much longer. Caches can be as large as an old ammo container or tiny, called small nano caches (less than 10 mm in length). There are different types of caches including traditional caches, earthcaches, multi-caches, and mystery caches. Gallup has 280 caches within 65 miles of downtown, from one by the Rex Museum to another on the top of Mount Taylor. There are many places waiting to be discovered and explored. Gallup is also an area full of great potential places to add geocaches. In order to broaden geocaching around Gallup, you

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Gallup has 280 caches within 65 miles of downtown, from one by the Rex Museum to another on the top of Mount Taylor.

could hide a cache. If you know of a good spot, read the guidelines on the geocaching website, fill out the form, and hide your cache leaving another treasure for people to uncover.

Last weekend my family decided to head out again. We went online and found a geocache (“Within the Triangle”) that was hidden close to the Hilso trailhead in McGaffey. It was cloudy and abnormally muggy but off we went trampling through the forest anyway. The girls had the GPS unit leading the way while my son struggled to keep up. Up and over rocks and through thickets of oaks we traveled. Every couple minutes they would call out how close it was to us. “0.3 miles! . . . 0.1 miles! . . .

300 feet! . . . 100 feet! . . . 20 feet!” They came to a wall of rocks and before my wife or I could interject with our mandatory, “Be careful!” they had already scaled the 20 feet and found the small hidden treasure. The log was signed and re-hidden with all of us feeling a sense of accomplishment. We walked back to the car having enjoyed the search, the time out in the woods and being together. We couldn’t have asked for more.

Where could it be?

Geocache found!

Our favorite caches around Gallup: Rock Star! (GC1F0A9) Rust Ez Bumper Ointment (GC28DX1) Rocky Edge (GC1YAEB) Majestic View (GC2FE43) Repel Point (GC17P0Z) Go out with your family, or head out alone on your lunch break.

Involve kids and integrate geocaching into a classroom. Or simply make the drive to Albuquerque a little more interesting by finding some caches on the way. Geocaching is a great treasure hunt that gets everyone involved. Be adventurous and take the trail less traveled!

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El Morro Theatre w w w. e l m o r r o t h e a t r e . c o m September Schedule Saturday, September 1, 2012 No Kids Matinee Today Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend!

Friday, September 7, 2012 Doors Open: 5:00pm Show Time: 7:00 pm El Morro Theatre Grand Re-Opening!!

The theatre will be open at 5:00pm for visitors to view the new changes to the theatre.

Who directed that movie? Satan??

Find out as we spoof the movies in the new comedy: SUNDAY SCHOOL CINEMA Vicki Quade, the creator and co-author of Late Nite Catechism, brings us another sure fire comedy in the hit SUNDAY SCHOOL CINEMA. In this comedy, the archdiocese has once again sent former nun, Mrs. Mary O’Brien, to rescue a parish. Not only does she have fun with the films you are seeing, but she has her own suggestions about what you should be seeing! You’ll never see films the same way again!

Tickets on Sale Now at the El Morro Theatre 207 W. Coal Ave. Gallup, NM 87305 Tickets are $10.00/person For more information call: (505) 726-0050 Saturday, September 8, 2012 No Kids Matinee Today Saturday, September 8, 2012 Doors Open: 6:00pm Show Time: 6:30pm Traveling With Angels One night only, this touching play is written and performed by Gallup native, René Peña. It is a personal story of adventure, adversity and divine guidance. Micaela DePauli will also provide musical entertainment. See the play and then attend the Arts Crawl.

Tickets are $10 and benefit Relay for Life.

Thursday, September 13, 2012 Show Time: 7:00pm Well Ladies it’s that time of year again. Don’t be stuck at home watching football!

Join us at the El Morro theatre for Ladies Night. Bring your friends, make some new ones.

Ladies night will be every other Thursday night during football season. Please check the Journey or go to our website: www.elmorrotheatre.com for schedule.

Ladies Night Movie: The Lucky One Rated: PG-13 minutes Starring: Taylor Schilling and Zac Efron Admission: Adults: $5.00 Children 12 & under: $3.00

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U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive -- a photograph he found of a woman he doesn’t even know. Learning her name is Beth and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be much more than his good luck charm.

Saturday, September 15, 2012 No Kids Matinee Today

Saturday, September 22, 2012 Show Time: 1:00pm Kids Matinee Movie: Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax Rated: PG 86 minutes Voices Talents of: Zac Efron, Danny DeVito and Taylor Swift Admission: Adults: $2.00 Children 12 & under: FREE! This animated adventure follows the journey of a boy as he searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

Thursday, September 27, 2012 Show Time: 7:00pm Ladies Night Movie: The Vow Rated: PG-13 104 minutes Starring: Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum Admission: Adults: $5.00 Children 12 & under: $3.00 Inspired by a true-story, Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum star in a must see love story.

The Vow is a tale of a love that refuses to be forgotten. Leo is devastated when a car accident plunges his wife Paige into a deep coma. She miraculously recovers but the last five years of her memories have vanished. Suddenly, Leo finds himself married to a stranger who can’t remember anything about him.

Naively, Paige falls back under the influence of her controlling parents and reconnects with her ex-fiance. Desperately, Leo tries to recreate the moments that shaped their romance. Can he rekindle the passion before he loses Paige forever?

Saturday, September 29, 2012 Show Time: 1:00 pm Kids Matinee Movie: Walt Disney Pictures: The Avengers Rated: PG-13 143 minutes Starring: Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth Admission: Adults: $2.00 Children 12 & under: FREE! When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. That team includes superheroes Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hawkeye and The Hulk.

Saturday, October 6, 2012 Show Time: 4:15 pm 65 is 65!

The GHS Class of 65 celebrates their 65th birthdays on October 6, 2012.

The Breakup starring Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston, co-written by Jay Lavender son of a GHS Class of 65 graduate!

The public is also invited to view this movie with the Gallup High Class of 1965.

Evening Movie: The Breakup Rated: PG-13 106 minutes Starring: Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau and Joey Lauren Adams Admission: Adults: $5.00 Children 12 & under: FREE! When Brooke and Gary call it quits neither one wants to move out of their shared condo. They both start a mental war with each other designed to make the other one either move out or go crazy in this romantic comedy.

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By Brett Newberry AKA The Business Doctor

Brett is a CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner, and Profitability Consultant with Newberry & Associates, Ltd. He has been a CPA and Business Consultant for more than 25 years in Gallup. His passion is to help the small business owner improve their business operations and impact their income and quality of life.

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hree in ten parents never talk to their children about money or have had just one big talk with their children on the subject, according to a telephone survey conducted for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

On average, children are 10 years old when their mother or father has their first conversation with them about money, and mothers are more likely to talk with children about money at an earlier age than fathers. Just 13% of parents surveyed talk daily with their children about financial matters.

67% of parents surveyed strongly agree that they know enough about personal finance to teach their children good habits. Yet parents participating in the survey were more likely to have talked to their children about other important topics including the importance of good manners (95%), the benefits of good eating habits (87%), the importance of getting good grades (87%), the dangers of drugs and alcohol (84%), and the risks of smoking (82%).

budgeting and saving for a goal. Require children to save some of their birthday cash and money earned in afterschool jobs. Give them small jobs to earn an allowance to pay for toys or other wants. Make saving fun by giving them a grocery list, and have them clip coupons and comparison shop by reviewing store fliers. Split the savings with them to reward their effort.

• A child might not care about money for college and may be more interested in money to buy a toy or spend with their friends. Create teachable moments around things your children care about. Also, show them the statement for their college savings account to build an understanding of compound interest and saving toward a long-term goal. The real learning will occur when your child tries to figure out how to earn and save for a toy or other item you decide not to purchase for them.

• The more you discuss good financial habits, the more likely your child is to make them a part of their daily life.

Recently, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said early financial education is important for individual well-being and also During dinner, talk about saving for a big purchase, such as a family vacation, and how it might affect the budget. the economic health of the United States.

Show them your pay stub to talk about taxes and saving for Per the AICPA’s National CPA Financial Literacy Commission, retirement with them. parents seem more concerned about the politeness of their children than their financial fitness. Ernie Almonte, CPA, vice chair of the Commission, stated “dollars and cents should get the same attention as ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ at home; financial education builds critical skills that help put life goals within reach and strengthen the economy; parents must make financial lessons a priority in both conversation and action as early as possible.”

The National Financial Literacy Commission offers the following tips for parents in educating their children:

• As soon as children are able to express a want, discuss basics like delayed gratification that are the foundation for

• No matter what you say to your children about money, your actions are even more important. If you cave in easily when they make a fuss over a toy at the store, you will have difficulty convincing them to delay gratification and stick to a budget.

For more information on financial education and responsibility, visit the AICPA’s 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy website www.360financialliteracy.org.

Until next time, The Business Doctor

“Financial education builds critical skills that help put life goals within reach and strengthen the economy.”

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ur annual Mother Road Bicycle Classic is scheduled for Saturday, September 15. It can be a challenge and it can be easy. I hope you have some training miles in your legs. Please be sure to sign up soon.

Hooghan Hozho’ drawings and specs are with the contractors. We hope we get a good bid from a qualified contractor. If things go well we will break ground sometime in November this year, maybe even October. Hooghan Hozho’ will have 45 units along with space for a coffee shop (that we will use as an employment training facility), an Early Childhood Development Center and office spaces for support services.

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We had our first community gathering last month and it was a very moving experience. A client of ours told us the story of how she got her life together and of the people involved in helping her.

This month we will be doing a thank-you event for sponsors of the Mother Road Bicycle Classic. Last year we raised over $9,000 and we hope to do better this year.

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Harrison spoke lovingly of his wife, who passed away in January. “She was a beautiful person and she brought beauty to everything around her.” Over the years, the Underwoods were actively involved with the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial. Harrison served on the Board of Directors and has most recently volunteered in the Exhibit Hall. “Volunteer work takes up a lot of time,” says Harrison. When he’s not involved at his church or volunteering at the cancer treatment center or the community food pantry, he likes to read. He’s certainly never bored. “How can you be bored? There are so many things that can be done for the community.”

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

by Kari Heil

We know how wrong she is about some things . . . but we admire how fiercely she grabs whatever life gives her and holds on.

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live Kitteridge (2008) by Elizabeth Strout is the best book I read this summer. I picked it up from my mom’s shelf, guessing from the cover art (garden scene, blurred at the edges) that it might be a kind of schmoopy woman’s book – not the worst kind with nothing but a romantic relationship to float the storyline (different cover art for those), but something kind of flat and one-dimensional, meant to describe a woman’s experience. Being a woman myself, of course I appreciate writers’ efforts to portray women’s lives; but I think those efforts often fall short when they’re just about being a woman.

Generally, my mom has great taste in books, though, so I decided to give Olive Kitteridge a try.

And I’m glad I did! It’s not just a woman’s story, though the central character is a woman. Strout’s book tells thirteen separate, but sometimes related, stories about a number of people in a small town in coastal Maine, all revolving around, involving, or at least featuring an appearance by the title character.

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refreshing, couldn’t help sympathizing with her, even if I didn’t always approve of her behavior or share her views or even like her much. In fact, nobody in Crosby, Maine seems to like Olive all that much, even her husband, who loves her deeply. Olive is a difficult woman to like.

Strout’s collection of short stories, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2009, covers a wide range of human experience and emotion and portrays many different kinds of characters: women and men, young and old, rich and poor, white collar and blue collar. There are love stories, stories of betrayal or desperation, stories about personal or family crisis, stories about self-discovery and individual empowerment. Strout’s descriptions of the ways ordinary people think and interact with one another are detailed, true, and beautiful.

One of my favorite stories, “Starving,” is about an unhappily married man named Harmon, nearing retirement, who has a brief affair with a nice church lady named Daisy, a widow, and then falls in love with her after they’ve decided to end their physical liaison. Along the way, Daisy befriends an anorexic young woman, Nina. One afternoon when Nina and Harmon both happen to be visiting Daisy, Olive Kitteridge shows up at Daisy’s house, soliciting donations

Kids’ Book Review Bink and Gollie (2010), by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee and illustrated by Tony Fucile, caught our eye at a bookstore this summer, and we bought it straight away; but I’m happy to find that our local children’s library also owns a copy of this great book. Divided into three short episodes that build on one another, the book is a touching story of friendship between two girls who are as different as can be, but who need each other and work hard to understand one another.

They learn to compromise, respect one another’s space, and trust the strength of their mutual attachment. It sounds very serious, but it’s not, actually: their adventures involve roller-skating, buying blindingly bright striped socks, and making pancakes, among other things. The humor is understated and wry, as funny for parents as for kids. (For example, “Some socks are more loveable than others,” and “Fish know nothing of longing,” are two quotable remarks Gollie makes to Bink.) The illustrations are unusual, almost all black and white with grey washes, except for the depictions of the two girls, who burst from the pages in full color, full of life. Your kids will love the girls’ neighboring houses: Bink lives in a little cottage at the bottom of a giant tree, and Gollie lives in an ultra-mod bungalow at the top! Conveniently, there’s a nice bench on a big branch halfway up. The way Bink and Gollie take care of each other will just make you smile.

for the Red Cross, staying for coffee and a doughnut. (The doughnuts are a recurring theme in this story and others in the collection, but I can’t get into that here.) Nina won’t eat. Olive, while devouring a doughnut, observes the young woman and matter-of-factly comments that she’s starving, adding insightfully a moment later that all of us are starving. “Why do you think I eat every doughnut in sight?” Olive asks bluntly. Then Olive surprises everyone (and readers) by sharing Nina’s pain, crying for the starving girl and crying for herself.

From each story, we learn something more about Olive. In a few stories, readers see her only very briefly. In each story, readers see her from a slightly different perspective than what we saw in earlier stories. This is how Strout constructs such a complex, interesting, and ultimately sympathetic character in Olive. Readers simply know Olive by the time we get to the final stories, and this knowing, understanding – love – covers the multitude of Olive’s sins we have been shown throughout the book. We know how wrong she is about some things, how poorly she has conducted herself in certain situations, how she has made grave mistakes as a wife and mother; but we admire how fiercely she grabs whatever life gives her and holds on.

A retired teacher, a resigned widow, Olive is not very remarkable in any ostensible way, but I find her kind of inspiring. What is objectively a book about mostly oldish people in Maine, and one old lady in particular, actually is so much more. Olive Kitteridge is a sturdy woman, physically and emotionally. Though she fears change, she refuses to stop living or give up, and she is forceful in the way she embraces those she loves. Reading Olive Kitteridge is an invigorating, bracing experience.

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Charity Invitational 17

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By Ina Burmeister

allup is blessed to have excellent emergency care available in the community. While we never want to have to use emergency services, we want it there when needed. The emergency room (ER) at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services (RMCHCS) is a busy place with 20,000-25,000 visits per year. Providers, nursing staff, and technicians trained in emergency care work together to save lives and ensure the best care for their patients. The ER is one of our community assets, which helps improve our quality of life.

This year Charity Invitational 17, RMCHCS’s annual fundraising event, is raising money to make changes to RMCHCS’s ER in order to enhance patient comfort and care. Two new observation rooms, a nurse call system and waiting room improvements are all part of the changes planned for the ER. Charity Invitational 17 will take place September 11-15. The week is filled with a number of enjoyable events such as a twilight trap shoot competition, a golf tournament and the dinner ball. Two local music groups, Winginit and Over the Limit, will provide live entertainment at the dinner ball. The schedule for Charity Invitational week is as follows:

• Twilight Trap Shoot Competition – Tuesday, September 11, 8 pm at the Gallup shooting range • Golf Tournament – Friday, September 14, 7:15 am and 1 pm tee times at the Fox Run Golf Course • Final Trap Shoot Competition – Saturday, September 15, 9am at the Gallup Shooting Range • Dinner Ball – Saturday, September 15, 6pm at the Gallup Inn (formerly Howard Johnson) on West Highway 66 Join the fun and support healthcare in our community. Tickets are available for all events. Single trap shoot tickets are $100 (includes 12 or 20 gage shotgun shells), single golf tournament tickets are $300 and a single dinner ball ticket is $100. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 8637287.

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33rd Annual Kiwanis Run For Fun

Thursday, September 13 at 6:00 pm Gallup Sports Complex

Gallup’s American Legion Post 8 Celebrates 92 Years

The Kiwanis Fun Run is an annual one-day event that was first held in 1980 to foster fitness and wellness among the youth of the Gallup area community. This non-competitive run/walk is sponsored jointly by the Gallup Sunrise Kiwanis Club and the Gallup Kiwanis Club.

This event is open to all who wish to take part. Each year, this event attracts over one hundred runners and walkers from local schools and communities. There is no entry fee. The event is supported by contributions from local individuals and business. Proceeds from the Fun Run, after expenses, are donated to organizations that support youth. In past years event funds have been provided to the Manuelito Children’s Home, Special Olympics, Operation Smile, and Christian Child Care Home of Gallup.

The 33rd Annual Kiwanis Fun Run will be held at 6:00 pm on September 13 at the Gallup Sports Complex on Highway 602. Everyone is welcome. The first 100 runners, 12 years old and under, will receive a T-shirt. Donations are accepted. For information, contact John Lewis Taylor at 505-863-3770.

By Roman J. Herrera, Adjutant American Legion Post 8 For God, Veterans & Country The American Legion is the largest wartime veterans’ organization in the nation, with membership open to those holding an honorable discharge from active duty in the U.S. armed forces after 1914. The American Legion was chartered by Congress on September 16, 1919 to promote patriotism, assist veterans, and help veterans continue supporting our country.

Our American Legion Post in Gallup was granted a charter on October 6, 1921 and is known as the Palmer Ketner Jr./Ira Hayes Post 8, American Legion. Each year, under Post Commander Dennis Gardner, its members conduct numerous programs of interest and benefit to veterans, their families, and the community, such as the flag etiquette and awareness program at the elementary schools and the oratorical scholarship program for high school students. The local Post is also currently partnered with the Department of Veterans Affairs in their Stand Down Program.

This program endeavors to provide services to homeless veterans, such as food, shelter, clothing, health screenings, and many more needed services. Recently, an American Legion Riders chapter has been added to the Post, for those motorcycle enthusiasts within the organization. The Legion Riders are also dedicated to providing much needed help to our veterans and community.

Gallup’s American Legion Post is currently planning its 92nd anniversary (where has the time gone?), which will be held on Saturday, September 15 at the Court House Square here in Gallup. All veterans from Gallup and the surrounding area are invited, as well as the public, in order to help celebrate this momentous event for Gallup’s American Legion Post 8 – 92 years strong.

Traveling with Angels

21st Annual Multi-Cultural Red Ribbon Relay Run “United We Run to be Drug-Free” The Na’Nizhoozhi Center, Inc. (NCI) is organizing its 20th Annual Multi-Cultural Red Ribbon Relay Run. The Red Ribbon Campaign began in 1985 after Enrique (Kiki) Camerna was assassinated by drug traffickers in Tijuana, Mexico. Students attending the high school where Kiki graduated started wearing ribbons to signify his bloodshed. The Red Ribbon became the symbol to reduce the demand for drugs and encourage the choice of a healthy lifestyle.

In 1991 Governor Bruce King initiated the Multicultural Red Ribbon Relay Run when he approached Navajo Nation President Peterson Zah with the idea of a relay run from Window Rock, AZ to Albuquerque during the New Mexico State Fair on “Indian Day.” The Navajo Nation Division of Behavioral Health was charged with organizing the relay run into Albuquerque. At that time only a few communities participated in the Multicultural Run. Now there are over forty communities that participate.

On Monday, September 10 at 8 am runners will start with a walk from Multi-Cultural Center to the east Denny’s on Highway 66 and then run the rest of the way to Thoreau. Many other communities participate by starting their runs on different days to have all runners converge in Albuquerque at the state fair on “Indian Day,” Friday, September 14, 2012.

“We gather from four directions and unite through a Multi-Cultural Relay Run to strengthen ourselves in a complete circle; mentally/emotionally, physically, spiritually, and socially. We take this lead initiative in becoming visible to combat the drug/alcohol issues affecting our communities.”

For more information contact Santana Titla at (505) 869-5475 or (505) 270-8498, Dennis Lorenzo at (505) 870-4001 or Dr. Kevin Foley at (505) 722-2177.

One-Woman Play at El Morro Theater Saturday, September 8, 6:30 pm Gallup native, René Peña brings her one-woman play, Traveling with Angels, to the historic El Morro Theater on Saturday, September 8 at 6:30 pm. Written and performed by Ms. Peña, it is a charming, funny, poignant and personal tale of discovery and hope. Micaela DePauli opens the evening with her exceptional musical abilities. Tickets are $10 and will benefit Relay for Life.

René started acting at the University of New Mexico where she earned a Theater Arts Scholarship. She has been in numerous television shows and commercials including Cheerios, Home Depot, Dexter, Southland and Parks and Recreation. She currently has a recurring role on ABC’s Private Practice.

Traveling with Angeles is René’s first venture into writing and producing. She plans to take her show to Edinburgh, Scotland for the opening of The Fringe Festival, the place where one-person shows begin their journey around the globe.

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Wedneday, September 19 at 6:00 pm • Mystique Salon & Day Spa When Kaela Gaulden was just seven years old, she was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a type of cancer, in the bone of her lower leg. She underwent difficult treatments and surgeries, during which her tibia was replaced with a cadaver bone. Kaela is eleven now, but sadly, a very serious infection has developed in the new bone and amputation has become necessary.

Soon, Kaela will travel to San Antonio, Texas where her orthopedic oncologist, Dr. Robert Quinn, will perform the amputation.

And that’s where you come in! The Gallup community is rallying around Kaela and her family to help raise funds to cover travel expenses. Mystique Salon & Day Spa, located at 509 S. Third Street, is hosting a raffle / silent auction on Wednesday, September 19 at 6:00 pm. Everyone is invited to bid on a number of donated items, including sapphire and diamond earrings, a tattoo valued at $1000, free breakfast at Denny’s each week for a year, an Indian rug, and a Pendleton blanket. In addition to the raffle / silent auction, there will be games and a mashed potato bar.

The real focus is on Kaela, and getting her to San Antonio, so anything you can give, financial or otherwise, will be appreciated.

For more information, please call Mystique at 722-9566.

Recycling Opportunities!

By Betsy Windisch Welcome to teachers and staff, medical professionals, and others who are new to Gallup and McKinley County. For those who have recently relocated to our area (and even long-time residents) finding places to recycle may be a challenge.

What Can Be Recycled, When and Where The Recycling Center at the NWNMRSW Gallup Transfer Station, located on Hasler Valley Road (between Gallup Sand & Gravel and the Juvenile Detention Center), is open Monday – Saturday from 8 am to 4:30 pm. Items accepted include: Corrugated Cardboard, Mixed Paper (newspaper, junk mail, catalogs, magazines, office paper), Aluminum (beverage cans, pie pans, and foil), Steel Cans, Plastic Bottles #1 and #2 (lid removal preferred) , Electronics (most electronic waste, computers, keyboards, mice, scanners, copiers, fax machines, UPS batteries, microwave ovens, most small appliances, flat screen TVs, and more). For complete information about what is accepted and an update on any fees call 863-5776. A bin is also available at this location for telephone books.

The Community Pantry, located at the junction of Hasler Valley Road, Montoya Boulevard (Maloney) and Miyamura Overpass, accepts a number of recyclables. Though the pantry service hours vary depending on the availability one can recycle at any time. Items can be deposited on the south side of the building (near the hoop houses). Place items in the large cardboard boxes or on the pallets. The Community Pantry accepts the following: Corrugated Cardboard, Greyboard (cereal boxes, TP/PT rolls and the like), Magazines, Catalogs, Glossy Newspaper Inserts, Telephone Books, White Office Paper, White Shredded Paper, Old / Broken Light Strands and Computer Cords.

Plastic Grocery Bags and Egg Cartons are always needed for food distribution. The pantry is one of two collection centers for Aluminum Beverage Can Tabs. Along with Sammy C’s Rock N’ Sports Pub and Grille (107 W. Coal Avenue), tabs dropped off will be donated to The Ronald McDonald House in Albuquerque to support their great work for families of seriously ill children.

In addition, the City of Gallup has placed bins around town to aid in collecting Corrugated Cardboard. Look for the bright yellow lid bins. Corrugated Cardboard recycling is up 400%!

Thank you, citizens of Gallup-McKinley County.

The McKinley Citizens Recycling Council in conjunction with the City of Gallup Solid Waste Department has made available a brochure on “Where to Recycle.” This comprehensive list of opportunities to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle manufactured goods in our area is available at the library and a number of restaurants around town. MCRC’s website www.mcrcnow.org is being updated; the brochure will soon appear there, as well.

For more information on recycling opportunities and how to expand recycling by getting involved, contact a recycling council volunteer at either 722-5142 or betsywindisch@yahoo.com. The group meets the first Saturday of the month at 2 pm. The September meeting will be held in the Community Room of the Octavia Fellin Public Library (115 W. Hill Avenue).

MCRC will hold their annual America Recycles Day event on Saturday, November 3. Seeking vendors and organizations / groups who promote recycling and a “green” lifestyle. This event provides an opportunity to showcase entrepreneurs who use recycled items in their arts and crafts.

To register for a table or for more information contact Betsy at 722-9257 or betsywindisch@yahoo.com.

September Events at Octavia Fellin Public Library At the Main Library, 115 W. Hill Ave. Local Author, Martin Link Local historian and author Martin Link will debut his new book on Sept. 22 at 11 am at the main library. Refreshments will be served.

Recycled Art Exhibit, throughout September Marcia Heifner is an Illinois native, but has lived in the Southwest since 1995. She started creating at a young age – cutting apart her mother’s old leather coats to make purses and hats. Being an avid recycler, she specializes in art made from recycled or found objects.

Her materials range from rusty barbed wire and old keys, to broken dishes, bottle caps, and discarded CDs. Heifner says her goal is “to make art out of everyday items usually considered trash by most people. I’m attempting to clean up my little part of the Earth by collecting and using found materials in my art. It is gratifying to see an art piece grow from cast-off objects.” Heifner currently exhibits art at the Makeshift Gallery in downtown Gallup.

Librarians After Dark Film Series, Wednesdays at 5:30 pm Co-sponsored by the Gallup Film Foundation September 5 – The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004), The fate of the world is in the hands of a librarian.

September 12 – The Hollywood Librarian, as you’ve never seen them before.

September 19 – The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag (1992), Cult classic in which a small town librarian finds a gun.

September 26 – Desk Set (1957), Librarians always win.

Thursday Night Events, 6:30 pm September 6 – Steel drums with Caribe (Randy Markham, Isaac Seslar, Theo Bennett and Kelly Shell) September 13 – Guitar song writings and performance with Merlin Yazzie September 20 – Banjo and fiddle performance with Justin and Egan Wynne Computer Lab Open House and Class Registration Come take a look at our computer lab and register for classes starting in the fall. Have questions about any of the classes? We have answers.

At the Children’s Branch, 200 W. Aztec Ave. Back to School Party with Storyteller Sean Etigson Celebrate National Library Card Sign-up Month, September 15 at 2 pm with a Back-to-School Party featuring storyteller, Sean Etigson.

Crafts, snacks and games will round out the program.

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ArtsCrawl is growing! We are happy to announce an expanded street closure on Coal Avenue between 1st and 3rd Streets as well as the closure of 2nd Street from Aztec to Historic Route 66. In addition to the shops and galleries that will be open for ArtsCrawl we will be featuring live art on the street. Featured artist, Jerry Brown, will be painting and selling his work, and local band, Black Mountain, will be performing by the downtown walkway.

Live Art & Music in the Street!

PARTICIPATING VENUES

HealinGifts & Dragon World, 106 W. Coal Ave. HealinGifts: Offering a free 5-minute Healing Session.

Specializing in high quality products including juices, teas, and supplements that are affordable and work!

Dragon World: oriental gifts such as swords, nun chucks, jewelry, lucky bamboo, geisha dolls, and crystals

Sammy C’s Rock N’ Sports Pub & Grille, 107 W. Coal Ave. Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Hershey Miyamura, will be doing a book signing.

Foundations of Freedom, 115 W. Coal Ave. Live music, open dance, and break dancing performances

ART123, 123 W. Coal Ave. ART123 hosts The Outsiders: Jay Dickens, Robert Martinez, & Floyd Nelson. All sales go directly to the artists. All artwork is original and unmated/unframed. All sales are cash & carry.

Music by SxOxL, revered local rockabilly band drawling a loyal cult following.

Open Studio/Outsider Gallery, 123 W. Coal Ave. (East Room) A Project of Disability Services, Inc., working to create an inclusive community. Contemporary fine arts and crafts, unique, one-of-a-kind and handmade. This month a featured exhibition “Jay… A Study in Black & White” & photographic series by Bill Keeler.

The Coffee House, 203 W. Coal Ave. Open for business with house specials and local art featured.

Beeman Jewelry Design, 211 W. Coal Ave. Hand-made, one-of-a-kind, custom jewelry created by John Beeman.

Make sure you check out the new website, beemanjewelrydesign.com.

Makeshift Gallery, 213 W. Coal Ave. Come and see what is new at Makeshift Gallery!

A 10% discount on the purchase of any one item all day long.

A. Tori 13th Studio TM, 213 W. Coal Ave. “FLORA” Mixed Media Sculpture by A. Victoria Touchman and photography by Brian Pierce. Accessible through Makeshift Gallery or from the alley between Aztec and Coal.

Refreshments served; open to all!

The Industry Gallery, 226 W. Coal Ave. Always showing new and unique art. Check out what we have going on this month!

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Crashing Thunder Studio, 228 W. Coal Ave. Jim Sayre “Painting at 80”

Windsong Studio, 233 West Coal Ave. High-end family, commercial, and portrait photography with plenty of props and backgrounds to meet your individual needs, at affordable prices! Stop in and enter your name in a drawing for gift certificates!

Bill Malone Trading Company, 235 W. Coal Ave. Traditional Native American art including jewelry, rugs, and more! Many local artists will be doing demonstrations.

Coal Street Pub, 303 W. Coal Ave. Come in and check out the Gallup memorabilia including photos, art, and antiques.

Also featuring live music by the Outlaw Railway String Band.

That’s Sew Right, 102 S. Second Street Sewing alterations, princess dresses, customized traditional clothing and Native ware for women and girls, as well as men’s ribbon shirts, and jewelry.

Youth Art Display, 305 S. Second Street Displaying the work of Tine Hayes’s advanced art class from Miyamura High.

Camille’s Sidewalk Café, 306 S. Second Street Featuring, Revolver, an acoustic Beatles cover band.

Lot 66 Décor, 201 W. Highway 66 We buy and sell most anything – new or used. Home furnishings, antiques, furniture and more! Receive 10% off with this flyer!

Angela’s Café, 201 E. Highway 66 Come for food, drink, music, art, and a beautiful atmosphere in the historic train station. This month featuring Dr. Kevin Foley performing a hypnotist/comedy act and photography by Nell Lindenmeyer from Farmington.

For questions or more information, please email artscrawlgallup@gmail.com or check us out on Facebook www.facebook.com/ ArtsCrawl.

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September Community Calendar Sunday ONGOING

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

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

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

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

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

Register now for Squash Blossom Classic’s Screamer Mountain Bike Race, 4.5-Mile Run and Kent Hodges 1/2 Marathon.

This year’s biking events will be on Saturday, Sept. 29 and all running events will take place on Sunday, Sept. 30. All races take place on the High Desert Trails just north of Gallup. Go to www.squashblossomclassic. com for more information or call Jenny at 862-1865.

Monday ONGOING

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

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

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

Info: 722-6389.

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

ZUMBA Fitness Classes at Larry Mitchell’s Recreation Center starting at 5:30 p.m. For more information email r_roanhorse@yahoo.com or call Ralph Roanhorse at (505) 862-2970.

Tai-Chi-Chuan at the Old School Gallery, 5:00 pm. Beginners are welcome. For more information, contact Monika Gauderon at 7753045.

Community Yoga beginner/adv beginner class is 5:45 to 6:45 pm at Foundations of Freedom (115 E. Coal). Cost is $6. Info: 728-8416 or gallupyoga@gmail.com.

ONGOING

Mother Goose on the Loose, 11 am at the Children’s Library. For more information, call 726-6120.

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

Community Yoga, beginner/athletic beginner level.

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

Info: Steph Asper (717) 357-0231 .

Habitat for Humanity Community Meetings, 6pm on September 10 & 24 at Comfort Suites Hotel. All welcome! For info call 722-0039 or visit www.habitatgallup.org.

Access to recovery New Mexico A free substance abuse treatment program. For info: Call Randy at 505-863-3377 Ext: 108 Mon-Fri 8am-5pm Child and Adult Care Food Program Are you babysitting any kids under 13 years old in your home? We can pay you MONEY for the food that you feed the kids in your home. For more Info Please call 505-863-3377 Ext: 105, 102 or 1-800-527-5712

ONGOING

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

Knitting Club, 4:00pm at the Children’s Library.

For more information, call 726-6120.

Studio Drawing Class at ART123, 7-9pm on WEDNESDAYS. $10 for non-members, $5 for members. Students need to provide their own materials. For more information, call 575-7796760 or email steve.storz0@gmail.com.

Gallup Solar Group open community meetings.

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

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

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

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

ZUMBA Fitness Classes at Window Rock Sports Center starting at 5:30 p.m.. For more information email r_roanhorse@yahoo.com or call Ralph Roanhorse at (505) 862-2970.

ZUMBA Fitness Classes at Chee Dodge Elementary School starting at 5:30 p.m. For more information email r_roanhorse@yahoo.com or call Ralph Roanhorse at (505) 862-2970.

Tai-Chi-Chuan, taught by Monika Gauderon at RMCH Vanden Bosch Clinic, 5:00 pm.

Beginners are welcome. For more information, contact Monika Gauderon at 775-3045.

Chanting workshop with Genevieve and Redwulf 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month at the Old School Gallery. Free. Chants from around the world 6-7:30 pm.

Overeaters Anonymous meeting for beginner and returning, 6:30-7:30 pm at Church of the Holy Spirit (1334 Country Club Drive). For more information, call Linda at (505) 863-6042.

Meditation Circle. All faiths welcome. Free.

Time to get connected, get focused, let us meditate. 7pm. Limited space. Please RSVP leave message (Maria) HealinGifts Holistic Shoppe/Wellness Center 106 W. Coal Ave., downtown Gallup. For information, call 505 863-3772.

Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 6 to 7 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street) in Trademark Square in Gallup. $5/class or $30/10 classes. Your first 2 classes are FREE!

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

Open yoga classes 9:30-10:30 am at Foundations of Freedom (115 E. Coal). Cost is $6. Info: 7288416 or gallupyoga@gmail.com.

LABOR DAY

Connections Inc. 100 E. Aztec Gallup, New Mexico offers the following FREE programs:

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Charity Invitational 17, September 11-14. For more information on donations and events, call (505) 863-7283 or read article on page 46.

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

Bring projects you have completed or are working on for an evening of Show and Tell and discussions about quilting. For more information, call 722-9414.

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Memoirs Classes are being held at Ramah Senior Center at 12:45 pm. Write a story and bring it to share with the group.

Classes are led by leading Ramah residents Mary Lou Riley and LaVerne Merrill, and Bera Dordoni, (published author, Gallup Journey columnist, writer for the Farmers’ Beet). Call (505) 783-9001 to sign up or ask questions.

Four Corners Yoga (601 W. Coal Ave.) is offering free community class at 6 pm. All donations will be remitted to Adopt an Elder.

For information, call 505-863-6463, email fourcornersyoga@yahoo.com or friend us on FB @ fourcornersyoga. *All classes are hot and 90 mins. CHANGE YOUR BODY . . . CHANGE YOUR LIFE!

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Share about Your Business networking event at Gallup Chamber of Commerce, 11:45 am – 1:15 pm. Presentation with lunch, “Nutrition Made Simple.” Great opportunity to network with local business owners and expand your business.

Space is limited, vendor tables available. Contact Brian Kruis at 505 863-2645 for more details.

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Fundraiser for Kaela at Mystique Salon & Day Spa at 6:00 pm. For more information, read article on p. 49.

Senior Companion Program / Retired and Senior Volunteer Program For more information, Contact Claudette at 505-722-3565 or 505-870-8567

Now accepting reservations for vendors who want to sell their art & crafts at The Ancient Way Arts Trail Harvest & Fall Festival October 6th.

The booth fee is only $10- please note that if you want to be part of the Ramah Farmer’s Market that day, you will have to speak with Jackie at 783-4440. If you want to sign-up as an independent art booth, we ask that participants provide their own tables, chairs, and shade coverings. You can sign-up at the Old School Gallery (783-4710) or Inscription Rock Trading Company (783-4706).

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Crafts, 4:00pm at the Children’s Library. For more information, call 726-6120.

Movies, 4:00pm at the Children’s Library. For more Overeaters Anonymous meeting at 11 am, at the First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive, information, call 726-6120. library room. Info: Liz 505-863-5928.

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

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

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

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

Community Yoga, beginner/athletic beginner level.

6:20 pm, Catholic Charities/CIC. 506 W. Rte. 66.

Info: Gene at 505-728-8416.

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

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

Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held Tuesdays at 12 noon and Thursdays at 7pm in from 6 to 7 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South Conference Room #1.

Divorce Care Support Group, Thursdays at 7pm.

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

Children’s Library Events: 10:30am Mother Goose on the Loose, 12pm Puppet Show. For more information, call 726-6120.

ZUMBA Fitness Classes at Wowie’s Activity Hall on the corner of Maloney and 3rd Street starting at 11:00 a.m.

For more information email r_roanhorse@yahoo.com or call Ralph Roanhorse at (505) 862-2970.

Yoga class beginner/advanced beginner. 10 am at Foundations of Freedom (115 E Coal). Info: 728-8416 or gallupyoga@gmail.com.

Habitat for Humanity Yard Sales 9am to noon, Warehouse Lane. Cabinets, lawn mower, lumber, paint, doors, tile, shingles, sinks, ceiling fans, lights, exercise bikes, blinds, etc. Call Bill at 505-722-4226 for info. Re-modelers’ & contractors’ donations accepted.

Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 9 to 10 am at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street) in 2nd Street) in Trademark Square in Gallup.

Trademark Square in Gallup. $5/class or $30/10 classes. Your first 2 classes are FREE! $5/class or $30/10 classes. Your first 2 classes are FREE!

The Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit (1334 Country Club Dr., Gallup) hosts support meetings for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics from 5:30-6:30 pm on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays. For more information call 863-4695.

ZUMBA Fitness Classes at Window Rock Sports Center starting at 5:30 p.m.. For more information email r_roanhorse@yahoo.com or call Ralph Roanhorse at (505) 862-2970.

Open yoga classes 9:30-10:30 am at Foundations of Freedom (115 E. Coal). Cost is $6. Info: 728-8416 or gallupyoga@gmail.com.

Intermediate yoga class, 7 pm at Foundations of Freedom (115 E Coal). Cost is $6. Info: 7288416 or gallupyoga@gmail.com.

Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 6 to 7 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street) in Trademark Square in Gallup. $5/ class or $30/10 classes. Your first 2 classes are FREE!

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The community is invited to an Ecumenical Healing Service at the Church of the Holy Spirit (Episcopal) at 7:00 pm. This Christian service of prayer, anointing, and laying on of hands, followed by Holy Eucharist, is open to everyone who longs for healing of body, mind, spirit, and/ or relationships – for yourself or for those you care about. The Church of the Holy Spirit is located at 1334 Country Club Drive, Gallup, just 1 block west of Red Rock Elementary School. For information, call 505-863-4695.

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School of Ministry classes for the fall semester will begin. The training is tuitionbased for adults interested in studying the Word. Classes are held Friday evenings from 6-9 pm at Faith Chr. Fellowship (2495 E. Aztec, Gallup). For information, call 505-905-3779 or 505-979-0505 or email fcfgallup@hotmail.com.

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Have you seen the homeless around Gallup and wanted to get involved?

Starting in October, Catholic Charities is offering free meals to all who come to the Catholic Indian Center from 6:30 to 8:00 am, Monday through Friday. We are in need of volunteers to sign up for one day a week to set up and cook breakfast for these men and women.

If you are interested in helping, come to the Catholic Indian Center, at 506 W. Highway 66, at 7 pm on September 12 for a planning meeting. For more information, please call (505) 722 4407, ext. 100.

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McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council meets the first Saturday of the month at 2 pm. The September meeting will be held in the Community Room of the Octavia Fellin Public Library (115 W. Hill Avenue).

Route 66 Road Jam / Outdoor Market at baseball field in Lupton, Arizona near I-40, Sept 1 and 2, Labor Day weekend. Hosted by Lupton Chapter Veterans Org, the Rolling Tunes and concerned Rezidents together raising SUICIDE awareness w/ Musicians/Bands against domestic violence. *Food and arts and crafts vendors contact info, dayeadreamer@gmail.com or 505 879 3244 (message with phone number). *Food vendors must have foodhandler’s permit.

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Crownpoint Rug Weavers Little Sisters of the Poor “Rock-a-thon” at Villa Guadalupe (1900 Mark Ave., Gallup). Raffles, great food, Association Auction at Crownpoint crafts, games, prizes, silent auction and more. For more information, call Sister Francis John at 863-6894.

Elementary School. Viewing 4:00-6:30pm, Gallup Kiwanis Clubs’ 33rd Annual auction 7:00-10:00pm. For more information, Traveling with Angels, a one-woman play by Gallup native, René Peña at El Morro Theater at 6:30 pm. For more Run For Fun fundraiser will take place at visit crownpointrugauction.com. information, read article on p. 48.

6 pm at Gallup Sports Complex. For more information, read article on p. 48.

Outdoor Movie Night at Rio West Mall at 7:30 pm. Arrive early to get the best seat at the first-ever outdoor movie at Rio West Mall. Showing The Goonies (1985). Fresh popcorn and sno-cones will be available for sale the Delta Kappa Gamma will hold its first Popcorn Theology at Church of night of the event. meeting of the new season at 5pm at Faith the Holy Spirit, 7 pm. Come join us for a Chr. Fellowship (2495 E. Aztec, Gallup). The free movie, sodas, popcorn, and conversation ArtsCrawl, Downtown Gallup, 7-9pm. See page 50 for complete schedule of events. program this month will be reports from the as we explore the gospel message in International Convention in New York City. contemporary movies. Located at 1334 All women educators are invited to attend. For Country Club Drive, Gallup, just 1 block information, call 505-905-3779 or 505-863west of Red Rock Elementary School. For Childbirth Education Class in the library at RMCH, 9 am – 1 pm. Please call Women’s Heath Unit at 6696. information, call 505-863-4695.

863-7026 to register.

2nd Thursday of the month Survivors of Homicide Support Group meets 6-8pm. For more information, call Deborah YellowhorseBrown at 870-6126.

The RMCHCS Breastfeeding Support Group will meet at 7 pm on 2nd Thursday of each month in the RMCH Library – 2nd Floor. For more information, please call Mary Ippel at 505-863-7025.

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Boot and Hat Quilt workshop at Gallup Service Mart, 6-9 pm. Class is $15, pattern is $10. Make a quilt involving cowboy boots and hats in the design. For more information, call 722-9414.

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Gallup’s American Legion Post is celebrating its 92nd anniversary, at the Court House Square. For more information, read article on p. 48.

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Car Seat Fitting Station, 11 am – 1 pm at North Side Fire Station. Call 1-800-231-6145 to make an appointment.

Squash Blossom Classic, September 28-29. This year’s biking events will be on Saturday and all running events will take place on Sunday. All races take place on the High Desert Trails just north of Gallup.

Check out Gallup Family Fitness Series event, too! Go to www.squashblossomclassic.com and stayfitgallup.com for more information or call Jenny at 862-1865.

Trip Around the World quilt workshop UNM-Gallup’s north campus, 9am-4pm. $35 plus pattern. A great quilt for beginners. For more information, call 722-9414.

Gallup Chili Fest at Rio West Mall, noon – 6 pm. Calling all local restaurants, car enthusiasts, and chile-lovers!

We need you for the first-ever Gallup Chili Fest at Rio West. More information on page 16.

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Opinion Poll #1 - What’s your favorite thing about fall? #2 - How many pets do you have? #3 - What do you think of Gallup’s new Dog Park? #4 - What quality of life project would you like to see the City undertake next?

Jayth

1) It’s cold 2) 2 3) I don’t think anything of it 4) Skate park

Rachel

1) Coffee in the early morning outside 2) One 3) I think it’s a great idea . . . spruces up the area 4) Giving the town a face lift.

Nancy (left) 1)The color 2) None 3) The money should’ve been spent on the pool.

4) Save the pool!

Penny (right) 1) Color of the leaves 2) 1 dog 1 cat and 58 cows 3) Hope it starts being used.

4) More ball parks for the kids.

Richy

1) Cooler temperature 2) One 3) Haven’t been there yet.

4) Anything that has to do with fields (turf fields) that kids can play on; a multi purpose field for sports.

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Jeanne

1) Like the change in the weather, the faint coolness and the fall smell.

2) 1 dog, a Welsh Corgi 3) I really like it.

4) A historic homes tour

Daniel

1) Leaves 2) 1 3) I don’t like it; I can’t take my sheep there.

4) Make am M&M® factory

Specialized Bikes In Stock!

Kid’s Bikes • Helmets • Parts • More!

Marina

1) The color changing leaves 2) Two cats 3) I think they should build a new skate park instead.

4) Maybe helping out more of the orphanages by donating supplies and helping them be better known.

Bike Repair & Service!

505.722.3055 • 1500 S. 2nd St. Nayee’eji Fierce MMA/Jiu-Jitsu “Fiercely Protecting Love” Megan

1) Cooler weather 2) 3 3) Haven’t been there; no opinion.

4) Try to improve Gallup by planting more trees, making it more inviting.

Check out our new location!

2000 E. Hwy 66 (behind Dairy Queen) Self-Defense • Knife Fighting (Navajo/Apache) Kickboxing/Boxing • Jiu-Jitsu/Submission Grappling

Trestan

1) The weather 2) 2: a dog and a cat 3) I don’t like it . . . could have spent money on other things.

4) A place with a variety of music for teens.

Private & Group Training (505) 879-1865 • www.mitchellmma.com • 2000 E. HWY 66

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2. Members of the Plateau Sciences Society enjoy the Journey with Dr. Oppenheimer and General Groves near Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos - site of the Manhattan Project.

Seen reading are: Larry Winn, Jessie Winn, Chris Kenny, Martin Link, Pat Maguire, Cal Marshall, Kathy Larason, Larry Larason, Chuck Wade, Nancy Wade, and Rachel Kaub.

3. US Army Staff Sergeant Geann Toledo of Crownpoint, reads the Journey while stationed in Afghanistan.

4. Gallupians Kaitlin Petranovich, Megan MaguireMarshall, and Teresa Leslie read the Journey after their UNM School of Medicine White Coat Ceremony.

5. Shirl Henderson, Mary Jo Wallen, & Dawn Lashley from Timberlake Ranch, Ramah, reading the Journey at Acoma Pueblo, NM.

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1. Dr. Jennifer Baas and Dr. Joshua Frederiksen read the Journey during their wedding near Cody, Wyoming on July 24.

2. Best man Ben Frederiksen and groomsmen Phil Frederiksen and Andy Yazzie enjoy the Journey while ring bearer Benjamin Eerkes is amused.

3. Wally Tyler, Katie Bolf, Frank A. Kozeliski, Salvador Garcia Kozeliski, and Dawn Tyler read the Journey in the Alps of Slovenia near Bled, Slovenia while touring Croatia and Slovenia with Katie Bolf and her daughter Sonia Schroder.

4. The New Mexico Kings at the AAU West Coast National Championships held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Back row (from left to right): Dominick Tsosie, Korey Billy, and Ty Begay. Front row: Sean Largo, Raymond Burrola, Matt Vail Jr. and Christian Lee. 5. Gallup resident, Marie, just got back from the AIDS 2012 conference in Washington DC, but was able to stop for a moment to read her favorite local publication, the Journey, at the fountain in Dupont Circle.

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Southwest Indian Foundation &Reunion of the Masters Announce Our 2012-2013

$25,000.00

Scholarship and School Award's Program The 5 Categories: Special Education • Kindergarten – 6th Grade • 7th & 8th Grades • 9th & 10th Grades • 11th & 12th Grades Submissions must be received at the Gallup Cultural Center by Friday, October 26, 2012

Gallup Cultural Center 201 E. Highway 66 Gallup, N.M. 87301

1st: $1,000.00 2nd: $750.00 3rd: $500.00

$1,000.00 for school art program $750.00 for school art program $500.00 for school art program

* Note, when a student wins, their school wins too!

All categories also contain 5 Honorable Mentions (25 in all) that will receive $100.00 each in art supplies. Remember, there are 5 categories for each of the above, so your school could potentially win $10,500.00 in art supplies.

Presentation of Scholarships We Cordially Invite Students, Teachers, Parents, and Art Supporters to Presentations of Scholarships Saturday, December 1st, 2012 at 12:00pm • Master's Gallery 2nd Floor For more information contact: (505) 863-4131 culturalcenter@southwestindian.com Rules: • • • • • • • •

Each school may select up to 15 pieces per category, e.g., 15 pieces for K thru 6th and 15 pieces for Special Education, one per student. This will be enforced due to limited space in the gallery.

All mediums accepted Drawings and paintings must be matted and no larger than 24 inches by 24 inches. In addition, they must have a 2 inch by 3 inch exhibition card firmly attached to the front of the piece with the following information: name of piece, name of artist, medium price (if student wishes to sell their piece), and name of school the student attends Submissions must be received at the Gallup Cultural Center by Friday, October 26, 2012 Prize money must be spent on certified art classes, art supplies or other qualifying educational expenses Winners must agree to leave their pieces for exhibit at the Cultural Center until the following year's submission deadline: all other art work must be picked up

by March 8, 2012 The Reunion of the Masters is a coalition of Native American Artists, however, in the spirit of community, this competition is open to all races ALL submitted pieces MUST be sponsored by a school art program

In Addition to the Prize Money: • Participant’s work will be exhibited in the Gallery of The Masters at Gallup Cultural Center during the month of November, December, and January • The Best of Show Winner will be invited to show their own work with the Masters at their August show in 2013 We see Gallup as the birthplace of great Native American art. We hope to help Gallup further its heritage and gain the recognition it deserves by encouraging a new generation of artists to a renewal of this tradition of excellence, thus activating, preserving and invigorating our Native American Culture.

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Prius Plug-in Hybrid 51 MPG rating3 95 MPGe rating4

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Prius v 44 MPG rating 5

3rd Generation Prius 51 MPG rating6

Camry Hybrid 43 MPG rating7

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Options shown. 12012 EPA-estimated 28 city/28 highway/28 combined mileage for Highlander Hybrid. Actual mileage will vary. 22012 EPA mpg ratings 53 city/46 highway/50 combined mileage for Prius c. Actual mileage will vary. 32012 EPA mpg ratings 51 city/49 highway/50 combined mileage for Prius Plug-in Hybrid. Actual mileage will vary. 42012 EPA mpg ratings combined miles per gasoline gallon equivalent. Estimate includes consumption of electricity and gasoline energy during EV mode operation.

Actual results will vary for many reasons including driving conditions and how you drive and maintain your vehicle. 52012 EPA mpg ratings 44 city/40 highway/42 combined mileage for Prius v. Actual mileage will vary. 62012 EPA mpg ratings 51 city/48 highway/50 combined mileage for 3rd Generation Prius. Actual mileage will vary. 72012 EPA-estimated 43 city mileage for Camry Hybrid LE. Actual mileage will vary.

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This Is My Job:

Dentist D

r. Jared Montaño has returned to his roots. After receiving his undergraduate degree in microbiology from New Mexico State University, he earned his DDS from the University of MissouriKansas City School of Dentistry and decided to come back to his hometown with his wife, Erin, to start practicing general dentistry.

While Dental Innovations is a longstanding and established practice, it has recently moved to a new location at 214 West Aztec Avenue in Gallup. Dr. Montaño has joined the practice and will perform various procedures, including fillings, crowns, bridges, root canals, extractions, restoring implants, and comprehensive exams.

Having grown up in Gallup as a patient at Dental Innovations, “there is familiarity and a comfort of reliability” in working there, now as a dentist.

Dr. Montaño loves his job and is eager to provide care that supports a healthy mouth and a healthy life. He enjoys working with his hands and looks forward to advancing his skills. Dr. Montaño is passionate about offering the community a service in the health field and hopes to develop important and lasting relationships with his patients.

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TOOLS OF THE TRADE • friendly, caring and patient personality • ability to solve problems and multi-task • professional attitude • skilled hands • genuine listening skills • knowledge and training in dentistry • dental tools and equipment: digital x-rays, CEREC milling machine for in-house crowns, digital 3-D impressions, fiber optic high speed hand pieces, intra-oral camera

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