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Memorial Day • Monday, May 26

Riding for Those Who Can’t

The Gallup McKinley Veterans Committee will pay their respects to the members of the 200th Coast Artillery, Battery D, of Gallup, and Bataan Death March POWs. Families of the men who served will be recognized.

Run For The Wall promotes healing among ALL veterans and their families and friends, calls for an accounting of all Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action (POW/MIA), honors the memory of those Killed in Action (KIA) from all wars, and supports our military personnel all over the world.

The annual ride is ten days long, beginning in California and ending in Washington, DC on the Sunday evening prior to Memorial Day. The bike procession will arrive in Gallup between 2:45 and 3:30 pm as riders head into town at Interstate 40 Exit 16. Riders will proceed through downtown Gallup and continue on to Red Rock Park.

Red Rock Park activities will be held from 12 noon to 6 pm.

10 am: Observance Ceremony @ Hillcrest Cemetery 11 am: Downtown Parade 11:30 am: Ceremony @ Courthouse Square Speakers State Representative Patty Lundstrom State Senator George Muñoz McKinley County Commission Gallup Mayor Jackie McKinney

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his issue of the magazine is big. In fact, the most pages we’ve ever had. When we started this thing back in 2004, we only had 32 pages of content; this month’s issue comes in at a whopping 72 pages - like I said, BIG. I hope you find something in those 72 pages that’s worth a read, or an advertisement that reminds you of a restaurant you haven’t been to in awhile.

I don’t really have a lot to say this time around and I don’t want to waste your time by just continuing to write sentences that you’ll invariably read as you work your way down this page. But I have too much on my mind and I can’t organize my thoughts into anything even resembling coherence. I feel like I’m in a bit of a fog, actually.

But you’re still reading, so I’ll keep writing.

I’m going to try to come up with a list of conversation starters for myself; as this “thoughts from the editor” is really meant to be a conversation in the first place: #1 - Will this ridiculous wind ever stop?

Now, I’ve been here since 2002 and I’ve become increasingly less excited about the wind every spring since my arrival. You’d think we’d all own kites - why are we not flying kites all spring long? #2 - Share the road, people.

I recently started riding a road bike all over the Gallup community.

We have some incredible country for road (and mountain!) biking, but I’m sure you already knew that. And, for the most part, vehicles are GREAT about sharing the road with us - hopefully the road bike community is holding up our end of the bargain and being good road sharers, as well. Anyway, please continue to not hit us with your vehicles. Thank you. #3 - It’s election season.

I hope I’m not alone in loving the Right to Vote. If you’re not registered - do it. NOW.

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#4 - School is almost out for the year.

Yup, it’s about that time to wish you were an educator. It’s about that time of the year when all of us working stiffs get to longingly wish we had the summer off. Hahaha, just kidding. Teaching is by far the hardest job on this planet. Actually, that’s not true. It’s the hardest, if you love it and work hard to teach and counsel and want your students to succeed. I’m guessing it’s actually pretty easy if you treat it like babysitting and don’t care what happens between September and June. Of course, that’s the case with all jobs - they are only hard if you work hard. #5 - Did I talk about the wind, yet?

Oh yeah, I did. The wind sucks.

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Cougar Encounters Personal Experiences with the Ultimate Predator

How I Realized I Needed to Become “Cougar Conscious”

By Linda Popelish

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If you have a personal story/ pictures about an experience with a cougar that you’d like to share, please submit it to the Gallup Journey Magazine at gallupjourney@gmail.com.

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across the canyon determine if it was a closer encounter.

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hike with my dogs almost every day and am thankful to get to see my share of wildlife. At times I thought how cool it would be to see a cougar in the wild on one of my hikes. I imagined a brief glimpse of a big cat walking along a mesa from me. Once I thought I heard a cry, but could never cougar. But in about 1996 or 1997, I got to have a much

I wasn’t alone on this day. My then-husband, Keith, and I were hiking with our 3 mutts along a mesa rim in a canyon near the Ciniza Refinery. This was a hike we had taken dozens and dozens of times. We were just approaching an Ancestral Puebloan ruin, which I often check to see if it is being vandalized. For some reason, I was a little ahead of Keith. I guess I was trying to keep up with our two larger dogs, Jesse and Jake, and to keep track of our very old small dog, Zina, since she was getting a bit oblivious to her surroundings. Jesse was a sheltie mix, about 25 pounds, and Jake was a bigger, black dog who looked like a Russian wolfhound, and truth be told, not the sharpest knife in the drawer (that would be Jesse).

Suddenly I see that a cougar is carrying off Jesse, less than 30 feet away from me. I was dumbfounded! The cat had her by the back of her neck and Jesse was limp as if she were dead. Jake was not barking. (I’d heard his I-see-a-bear bark before, but I guess he didn’t have an I-see-a-really-large-cat bark). Zina never knew what was happening and did not get involved, thank goodness. It was strangely silent - until I started yelling.

Then I did what I found out is one thing you should never do - I bent over and picked up rocks to throw at the cougar. Bending over makes you look more like the prime cougar prey, a mule deer. Don’t do this.

By the time Keith arrived, the cat had taken Jesse to the edge of the mesa. We were trying to startle him, hoping he would leave Jesse and run, but even with yelling and rock throwing, the cougar did not seem to register our presence at all. I learned later that once a cougar, like all cats, is in the predator mode, they are extremely focused and are not easily distracted, to say the least. Since I was hiking in his territory, I would not have killed this animal in this situation even if I could have. I had thought about this before and, I think, was reconciled to the fact that my pets might get in trouble with wildlife. However, my dogs are not the natural residents of this habitat. The way I saw it, this was a better way for Jesse to go than, say, getting hit by a car.

Then for no reason I could ever figure out, the cougar dropped Jesse and disappeared over the rim. Jesse got up and hiked about 2 miles back to the truck! At the vet, they found that she had two claw marks in her forehead but no other injuries. She lived another 8 years, to the ripe old age of 15. Apparently, prey often will go limp, faking death, to facilitate getting away if there is a chance. I knew Jesse had good instincts!

This cat seemed thin and not very fit to me, though this is the only one I have seen up close and I was pretty excited.

Maybe it was old? The incident happened at two in the afternoon so I think my dogs might have startled the cougar while he was resting. The strangest thing about the whole encounter was that we could never find any cougar tracks or other sign. There were patches of snow still on the ground and sandy soil amid the bedrock, but though we returned to the spot the next day, we could find nothing. An intense, yet unverifiable experience! I was very glad that I was not the only one that day, at that place (since named Cougar Ruin), to prove it happened.

I humbly offer this, my one experience with a cougar, in the spirit of the more knowledge everyone has, the better humans can coexist with this magnificent animal. Probably many of you are “Bear Aware” because of that successful campaign; I found out it is equally essential to be “Cougar Conscious.” I hope readers will become familiar with cougar behavior and the best actions to take if you meet up with this cat in its home territory. I learned these things after the fact from a NM Game and Fish employee, but you can check out http://www. apnm.org/campaigns/cougars/brochure.php or other websites and be prepared when you are in cougar country.

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D r i v i n g

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By Greg Cavanaugh

Not for Everyone, perfect for some

2015 GMC Yukon & YUKON XL SLE

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here’s no doubt that these twin vehicles represent an important part of GM’s sales portfolio. And while SUVs often are not actually used for the capabilities they have, fortunately, GM didn’t use that as an excuse to water down the new Yukon and its longer version, the Yukon XL. As the corporate cousin of the new GMC Sierra pickup, the Yukon twins follow the same mantra of incremental improvement versus dramatic change – so no turbos, diesels or 8/9-speed transmissions here. Don’t take this as a bad thing, however; like an aged wine, the Yukon is a well-sorted and excellent ride.

Clearly the most obvious of changes is the styling, both in and out.

Exterior styling can be a bit of a subjective argument but I’ll summarize: 1. It’s clean and fresh. No one will confuse it with the old model, although it still bares resemblance. 2. The front end looks very good, especially the detailing in the headlights. (There are even little GMC logos hidden in there.) 3. There is a TON of sheet metal here, making the slab-sided styling all the more pronounced. 4. The crazy low front air dam aids fuel economy but hinders approach angle, even on less-than-perfect driveways. Fortunately, the lowest portion is rubber and is likely meant to move when going off-road.

On the inside, the Yukon has become classier. Using a combination of

wood and metal accents, contrasting stitching, detailed gauges and smart lighting in combination with a well-sorted ride and thoroughly quiet interior, the new Yukon exudes a sense of refinement. I sampled both the bucket seat option as well as the bench seat. My vote goes to the bench seat as a smarter choice for storage and versatility, allowing 9-passenger capacity when needed and good storage in the armrest and under the seat. Using a nicely shaped center console, the buckets lose quite a bit of space in the middle but are more luxurious and attractive.

GM’s Intellilink is a great infotainment system with no shortage of options for connecting to various media (An SD card is even included!) and an easy-to-use menu and touch screen. The backup camera is an absolute must and a real help.

In terms of powertrain I’ll be brief: it’s good. While no dramatic powertrain changes have taken place, the 5.3 V8’s use of direct injection, variable valve timing and seamless cylinder deactivation provides good power and classcompetitive fuel economy. Rated at 355 hp and 383 lb-ft of torque and mated to a 6-speed automatic, the V8 pulls around the Yukon without fuss. While not quite the beast of a motor that is the Sequoia’s 5.7-liter V8, the Yukon’s 5.3 is more than adequate for all but the most demanding of situations. GM’s continued improvements and technology to their small blocks pays off as the Yukon ekes out 16 city/22 hwy/18 combined mpg. The Yukon XL suffers only slightly by one

The new Yukon exudes a sense of refinement.

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SSIO N S mpg in the city at 15 city/22 hwy/18 combined mpg, and both will tow about 8,000lbs. My only complaint is the lack of a diesel option. GM’s shelved 4.5-liter diesel V8 would be the perfect candidate for fuel economy and range! Are you listening GM? Ultimately, however, these land yachts are desired for their space. Being able to test-drive both the standard Yukon and the Yukon XL, I was able to make a fair comparison of their roles as people and cargo carriers. Clearly the Yukon XL out carries any other SUV on the market (save for maybe the long in tooth Expedition XL), and you pay little in terms of price and fuel economy compared to the standard Yukon. If you need a usable 3rd row AND usable cargo space at the same time, the Yukon XL is the clear winner as it’s just massive. The cargo space of the standard Yukon is just too small if you plan to use the 3rd row regularly. If however, the 3rd row will be used occasionally when needed, the standard Yukon provides plenty of cargo hauling space when used as a 2-row vehicle. The 2015 Yukon uses a new cargo shelf at the rear to make for a flat load floor when folding the third row seats. While it actually lowers the overall cargo capacity in terms of cubic feet, it makes for a more usable space. The Yukon XL with both the 2nd and 3rd row folded flat is absolutely huge and can easily double as sleeping quarters for two on a road trip . . . no hotel needed!

The Yukon and Yukon XL are not bargains and their prices seem to be increasing at a rather dramatic rate. At a starting price of just under $50K (with a relatively small $3k premium for the XL) and as-tested prices just a bit over $50K, these large SUVs are not for everyone, as well they shouldn’t be. If you simply need space for people, there are better options on the market . . . like a minivan. If you need to move and tow stuff, a truck will likely serve you better (although for not that much less money). However, the reality is that if you need to do both of those things, the Yukon and Yukon XL are two of the finest and best choices on the road today and if it were my money, the Yukon XL takes the win.

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*A big thanks to Rico Auto Complex, and especially Kevin for helping me test drive all manner and flavors of Yukons! **Please, Please jump over to my YouTube channel “Gallup Journey Test Drives” and help support what I do. –Greg SPECIFICATIONS VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, rear- or 4-wheel-drive, 6-9-passenger, 5-door wagon BASE PRICE: Yukon SLE, $49,335; Yukon XL SLE, $ 52,035 AS TESTED: Yukon SLE, $50,080; Yukon XL SLE, $54,175 ENGINE TYPE: pushrod 16-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, direct fuel injection Displacement: 325 cu in, 5328 cc Power: 355 hp @ 5600 rpm Torque: 383 lb-ft @ 4100 rpm TRANSMISSION: 6-speed automatic with manual shifting mode DIMENSIONS: Yukon:

Wheelbase: 116.0 in Length: 204.0 in Width: 80.5 in Height: 74.4 in Curb weight: 5750-5950 lb Yukon XL: Wheelbase: 130.0 in Length: 224.4 in Width: 80.5 in Height: 74.4 in Curb weight: 5550-5750 lb FUEL ECONOMY: EPA city/highway/combined driving: 16 mpg/22 mpg/18 mpg (Yukon XL 15mpg city) May 2014

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First Born Program Making a Difference for First-Time Parents

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he shopping list in the kitchen hallway at the Shirley-Benally home reads: milk, water, bread, diapers. Their tidy kitchen has tiny baby clothes neatly folded on the counter.

Vanessa Shirley and Karroll Benally welcomed their baby girl, Madison Bailey Benally, on January 3 at Gallup Indian Medical Center. The healthy 7-pound, 14-ounce girl was the first First Born® baby of the year.

Vying for the first title in McKinley County was Arius Nevayaktewa, who was born to Michelle Suitza and Lionel Nevayaktewa at Zuni Pueblo, also on January 3. Both babies received gift baskets stuffed with a giraffe blanket, clothes, face cloths, books, lullaby CDs and a rattle.

First Born is a home-visitation program for women pregnant for the first time and first-time families and their newborns. It provides free in-home education and support to encourage happy, healthy babies in positive nurturing families.

Homegrown and scientifically tested, the program began in Silver City and is now in 14 New Mexico counties.

Better than the gift basket has been the support the young Gallup couple has received from their home visitor, Virginia Beamsley, since Vanessa was pregnant. Beamsley arrives once a week in the late afternoon when dad Karroll has finished dressing for his job at Lupton Petroleum, a gas manufacturer in Arizona, where he works from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. On a recent visit, Karroll scooped up Madison to take her into her room to change her

diaper. The two women, sitting at the couple’s tall kitchen table, could hear him talking to his daughter about her toes and how fresh she was going to feel after the change. This, Beamsley says, is exactly how parents should be interacting with their babies to insure optimum social and emotional development.

First Born also focuses on physical development.

Beamsley has already made sure mom is nursing well, assessed her for post-partum depression – Vanessa is happier than ever – and is working on recognizing the baby’s cues to encourage bonding. When Madison puts her fist in her face, for example, she is probably hungry and when she turns her head away, she likely wants to be left alone. The team of First Born coach and parents are also working on “tummy time,” which will strengthen Madison’s neck muscles so she can lift her head.

Karroll is already eager for her to develop so he can take her to the Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center, where he stays in shape, but that will be a while. Vanessa says he is the best dad ever. Karroll, who is prone to leaving affectionate notes on the family blackboard when he goes off to work, says she is best mom.

Beamsley finds the couple extraordinarily organized and settled into a routine accommodating a baby’s schedule. On her first home visit after Madison was born, Vanessa, beautifully made up, had dressed herself and her baby for the occasion.

“The moral support and mentoring make First Born invaluable.”

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By Billie Blair Billie Blair is a retired journalist, now press officer for the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation.

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• A healthy pregnancy and childhood create a resilient and healthy family. Any first time pregnant woman or family residing in McKinley or San Juan counties is eligible for the free weekly home visits regardless of cultural background, age or income.

• First Born of McKinley County began serving first-time parents on July 1 and is located at 821 S. Ford Drive in Gallup, phone # 505-863-8850.

Beamsley jokes that there must be a baby stylist in Gallup because all her babies are dressed so well.

Before she comes for a home visit, the couple texts her with questions about resources they need. Beamsley guided the family in getting Madison’s Social Security card, birth certificate and Certificate of Indian Blood. During Vanessa’s pregnancy, the couple inquired about culturally sensitive ways to treat the placenta, and Beamsley brought information about Native American values of planting it with a tree so that their child will come back to his or her roots.

The couple will be included in Northwest New Mexico First Born’s Infant CPR class this month and a future workshop on Books and Music with Infants and Toddlers featuring books funded by a gift from Southwest Indian Foundation.

Their family has showered Madison with presents. Vanessa’s family lives in Albuquerque and Karroll’s family lives on a farm in Navajo country, so there had been no one close by to tell them what to expect during pregnancy and childbirth. “She gave me confidence,” Vanessa said of Beamsley during her pregnancy.

Now her aunt, sister and a neighbor have pitched in to pamper Madison. And Vanessa is taking time off from her job at the Shoe Department at Rio West Mall to devote full time to parenting.

Even Beamsley acknowledges she wishes there had been a First Born program when her first baby was born 25 years ago.

“When I was a young mom, I would have loved an hour a week just to talk to someone about me and my baby,” she said.

Karroll says the couple has gotten attached to their home visitor. “The moral support and mentoring that she provides make First Born invaluable,” he said. “With a new person in our world,” says Vanessa. “We are lucky to have someone like Ginny and First Born by our side.”

To learn more or register to receive home visits, contact First Born at 863-8850.

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t is with great hesitation that I release this concept to the general public. I am afraid that this creation may revolutionize fry bread/Navajo burger stands across our land. Like chocolate and peanut butter, some food combinations are destined to be legendary. This combination of a whole, slightly crunchy, yet skinned green chilled, stuffed with a hotdog or sausage, and then deep-fried in a cornmeal batter is a twist on the classic relleno dish that you can eat on a stick except with an epicenter of good ole fashioned protein. Alternate Basic Ingredients concoctions of this design include doing a 1. whole green chile vegetarian version with an avocado stuffing, 2. hotdog or sausage 3. batter (many good recipes trying a custom blue cornmeal batter, or even available but I used this one): going big with additions of bacon and cheese.

1 c. flour 1/3 c. cornmeal 2 tbsp. sugar 1 egg 1 tbsp. oil dash of salt enough milk to make smooth batter

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In a deep fryer or pan of hot oil (I use vegetable oil), put whole green chile in for approx. 1 minute. This will quickly break down the skin of the chile while still keeping the chile pulp slightly crunchy.

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Skin the chile with hands or dull knife. It should come off easily . . . if not put back in fryer for a bit more. It took me about 30 seconds to skin this chile.

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Cut top of chile out and thumb out some seeds. Or leave the seeds in if you like. If you really enjoy eating the chile stem you can alternately cut the bottom tip of the chile off.

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ften, we are uncomfortable treading into unknown territory, because it seems that a different language is spoken and that makes us feel uneasy. One case in point would be going to the doctor. The best doctors I have ever had (or at least had the ability to feel comfortable around) are those that saved speaking in medical jargon for their colleagues, and instead spoke plainly to me when discussing my medical treatment or that of a loved one. I know they felt like they were “dumbing it down,” but I do not see it that way.

I think the same thing happens when talking to a banker or getting any type of loan. There are acronyms and jargon used – and because we in the financial services industry use them every day, we wonder why others do not understand what is said. It is in that spirit that I wish to define a few terms and words that are used in the financial world that might not be known to most or all.

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• DTI or Debt to Income – This is an evaluation of someone’s ability to pay a loan. Just as the name suggests, this is a simple ratio that is calculated using the person’s debt obligations as compared to their income. For instance, a person that makes $1000 per month and pays $300 in debt payments has a DTI of 30%. 300/1000 = 0.30 or 30%. Depending on the type of loan, this ratio will help the banker decide if they can afford to take on additional debt or if the strain on the budget would be too high.

• LTV or Loan to Value – This is also a simple ratio that is calculated by showing how much the collateral of the loan is worth as compared to the loan size. For instance, if a loan for $80,000 is on a home that is valued at $100,000, the Loan to Value is 80%. This shows that the borrower has 20% equity in the home, so it is a better risk for the bank because the owner has some personal investment in it.

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• Revolving Credit – This is a debt instrument that has fluctuation balances, like a credit card, that can be paid, advanced, paid down, etc. multiple times. There is usually a credit limit that shows the maximum amount of the debt, but the actual balance will fluctuate.

• Term Credit or Installment Loan – This is a loan for a fixed amount for a fixed payment for a fixed amount of time. A car loan might be an example of this type of loan. It can also be a loan without collateral that has a fixed amount paid back with payments over time.

• Unsecured – A loan that does not have collateral attached. These are usually charged a higher interest rate than if there is collateral.

• Collateral – Something of value that is taken as security against the loan in case of the loan not being paid as agreed.

• Interest Rate – The amount charged by the bank to use their money. When a person pays back a loan, they pay back all that they borrowed plus extra. That extra amount is the interest. It is usually quoted on an annual basis. 5% loan would mean that 5 percent of the loan amount would be charged to the customer over a year’s time. Interest is charged daily, however, and paid back with monthly payments.

• Credit Score – This is a score in a scale from 400 to 850 that is made by one of the three national credit reporting agencies.

They score a person based on a variety of factors – some positive to the score, such as on time payments, low balances on credit cards, few inquiries into your credit, while others are detrimental to that score. The detrimental factors include non-payment or

Good bankers never have a problem helping their customers understand. slow payments, collection by creditors, too much credit or too many inquiries into credit, etc.

• Note – Sometimes a loan is called a note.

• Mortgage – This is the document that is filed at the county clerk’s office in order to show that a home is security or collateral as part of a loan. This gives the bank the right to take possession of the home in case of non-payment or other default reasons and sell the home to pay the loan. This processes is called: • Foreclosure – As stated above, this is legal process for the financial institution to take possession of the property in case a loan cannot be re-paid.

• Lien – A filing that shows that the financial institution has used that item as collateral on the loan and has the right to take possession in case of default. For instance, a lien is placed on a car title for a car loan that is filed with the department of motor vehicles.

There are many other terms, but these are some of the basics.

The important point is to never be afraid to ask questions. Good bankers never have a problem helping their customers understand what is going on. If you ever get that feeling that someone is trying to fast talk you or tell you something that you do not understand, tap the brakes and tell them to use plain English and help you understand.

The only bad question is the un-asked one!

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Director of Student affairs at UNM-Gallup Q. What got you interested in working for UNM-Gallup?

A. My passion is working with community college populations but I also wanted to work at a university setting, like we have here at UNM-Gallup.

Q. What is your professional background prior to coming to Gallup?

A. I have worked in Student Services as well as Academic Affairs as Associate Dean for Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque, so I have over 16 years combined in both of these areas. In addition, I worked with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through the American Indian Graduate Center to promote the Gates Millennium Scholarship program where I worked with Native people across the country.

Q. What do you enjoy most about your job?

A. I am privileged to help people pursue higher education and to help provide them with the resources and the skills they need to improve their lives and to improve their community.

Q. What is your current top priority?

A. Right now, my top priority is ensuring that UNM-Gallup is providing exceptional customer service to our community and promoting the excellent academic programs and courses we have available.

Q. What has surprised you most about UNM-Gallup that you did not expect?

A. What surprised me most is that we probably could take advantage of more opportunities to offer courses to our community and the biggest surprise to me is that we don’t have a weekend program. I would like to look at collaborating with faculty to offer some opportunities to evening and weekend students. We have great facilities here and I would like to see our facilities utilized much more than they currently are.

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

A. Right now, I don’t have a lot of off time. I am pursing a doctorate so I am doing a lot of reading, writing and research. But when I am not doing that, I enjoy, of course, spending time with my family, I love watching old movies and listening to classical music. I also enjoy live theater.

Q. What is your favorite book and why?

A. Most recently I think one book that stands out is Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg. She is the CEO of Facebook. It does encourage women to literally lean in and sit at the table, which basically means contributing to thoughtful decision making in their professional lives, and all aspects of their life, but it primarily focuses on professional aspects.

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

A. Let me see, there’s a lot of folks I would like to trade places with. When I was very, very young in high school, I remember I really admired the work Susan B. Anthony did. She was an educator. She was an activist. She campaigned for the rights of women to vote and own property. I think it would be interesting to trade places with her to understand what she went through and the struggles that she had to endure to help women to advance.

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Patty Lundstrom

State Representative • District 9

14 YEARS OF POSITIVE CHANGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY! In the state Legislature, with seniority comes influence and strength. Influence by having committee assignments that matter to our community – I am vice chair of the Appropriations Committee and senior member on Transportation Committee, which deals with road construction and setting priorities. I am proud of my 14 years of working to make positive changes in our community. I ask for your vote to continue working for you. —Patty

• Brought millions of dollars to benefit Gallup, McKinley County and Navajo Chapters • Always representing for our local school needs • Responsible for the designation of “Gallup Adventure Capitol of NM” • Regulation of the Payday Loan Industry • Uranium Legacy Site Clean-Up • Navajo-Gallup Water Supply (Our Future)

Why I’ve endorsed Representative Patty Lundstrom for re-election in District 9: “As the managing partner in Gallup Land Partners (GLP), I am proud to be a part of the rebirth and growth of the Greater Gallup community.

GLP has received great support from the leaders in this area. Patty is one of those leaders and a primary reason I decided to invest in Gallup and the reason I am endorsing Patty for the House of Representatives.

Patty is a true leader and a true economic development professional. She is respected at every level of government and business and her advice is taken very seriously.

Under Patty's leadership, Greater Gallup has joined a unique group of communities that are ready to embrace change and grow with confidence into the future.

Patty is a respected member of your State Legislature and I have witnessed her unsurpassed knowledge of the legislative system along with her effectiveness in getting things done on behalf of her constituents back home and throughout the state.

I am proud to endorse Patty Lundstrom in her bid for re-election to the House seat in District 9.”

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y heart is broken, my throat filled with the bile of fury. I need to share this story with you. Maybe it will help. I sure hope so.

For two-and-a-half years, local folks brought food and water behind a store in Ramah to a street dog we all called Wiley Girl. When hungry enough, she’d slowly venture toward the food, quickly inhale it, then retreat backward. After more than a year, she allowed us to pet her for a moment or two before her distrust of humans kicked in and she’d retreat. Finally – just last week – Wiley Girl allowed Linda to take her into her arms and, even more miraculously, into her home.

She had already borne at least three litters and was possibly pregnant with her fourth, so Linda allowed Wiley Girl to go with a group of other rescue dogs to be spayed and neutered, hoping to spare her a fourth litter of unwanted pups.

Linda only expected Wiley Girl to be spayed and brought home. She had no idea vaccinations were part of the package. Spaying a female dog is major surgery. Major surgery is an unavoidable assault on the immune system.

Vaccinations are a cocktail of chemicals that the body reacts to like poison.

Wiley Girl’s weakened immune system wasn’t strong enough to fight off those poisons. Within hours, her vital organs shut down one by one until she died in agony.

Why Are Vaccines Mandatory? Or Wait… Are They?

Parents have told me schools and doctors blacklisted (refused admission or services) their kids until they received the “proper vaccinations.” I’ve also learned those vaccines are more “heavily recommended” than mandated by law (see http://bastisfoundation.org for more info).

As a naturopath who works with both humans and animals, I’m constantly asked whether or not someone should get a vaccine. I cannot make that decision for anyone other than myself and my family, but after what happened to Wiley Girl, I feel compelled to voice my opinion.

Let’s review history.

What is a Vaccine?

In general, vaccinations stimulate immunity against a specified disease by injecting a weakened form of the bacteria or virus into the bloodstream.

The concept is simple: make the body think it’s under attack; it will respond by building antibodies to defend against the invading entity, thus creating immunity to later exposure.

The whole idea was discovered in the late 1700s by Edward Jenner, who noticed that milkmaids infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox.

He gathered pus from their cowpox lesions, reduced it to an inoculation, and injected it into an eight-year-old. When that boy later proved to be immune to smallpox, immunization was born.

Some saw this as disgusting; others as a miracle. No one really saw future consequences. Over the ensuing centuries, numerous forms of animal and human matter have been used to create vaccines, including minced up spinal cords from deceased patients, plus blood, flies, and feces. To reduce these substances to inoculations, scientists add thimerosol (mercury), formaldehyde, aluminum hydroxide, and a variety of other chemicals highly toxic to the human body. Researchers are finding the side effects of absorbing those chemicals include autism, diabetes, asthma, MS and SIDS. Vaccine Pollution While live-culture vaccines no longer contain feces, they still comprise tissues from cows, monkeys, pigs, chicken embryos, aborted human fetuses and other live hosts. Those tissues contain foreign material, RNA, DNA, and other dangerous animal viruses and deadly contaminates that cannot be filtered out. “[It is] apparent these cells contained many unwanted viruses, some of which were lethal to humans,” warns virologist Leonard Hayflick, MD. “Virus interaction can’t be controlled. By their very nature they are mutating organisms.”

Prime example: the Simian virus 40 (SV40) crossed into the human population from monkeys via the polio vaccination and has since been tied to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and brain tumors. Dr. Hana Golding, Chief of CBER’s Laboratory of Retrovirus Research, believes fragmented DNA contaminants in vaccines might actually remain active, combine in vaccines,

“My advice: educate yourself with research.”

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and create new mutant disease strains! “The vaccines we give our children are replication.” Stephen Blake, DVM liquids filled with a host of unknown particles, most of which came from the

“Vaccines have long been implicit contributors to the incurable cells of non-humans,” reports investigative journalist Janine Roberts. “Truly we autoimmune diseases we have so much of in pets today – which we didn’t seem do not know what we are doing or the long-term consequences.” to have in the early 1970s when I was still in vet school.” Henry Kostecki, Confused by Our Choices?

DVM It’s a fascinating conundrum. Our government continually assures us

While interviewing a local MD I met at La Montañita Co-op (who that vaccinations are necessary to keep our children healthy. But, just in case prefers to remain anonymous), he thanked me for bringing this topic to you in they’re wrong, Congress passed the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury the Gallup Journey, but decided to cut our interview short; his daughter was in Act to prohibit us from suing the vaccine-producing companies should one of labor and he wanted to make sure his grandchild wouldn’t receive any vaccines our kids get sick or die from a “necessary” inoculation. And, just in case our containing mercury. kid gets sick or dies, Congress also created the Vaccine Injury Compensation And yet Nancy Mullan, MD, claims that, “even those vaccines without Trust Fund to pay us for any vaccine-related injury or death as of October 1, mercury contain aluminum as an adjuvant, over-stimulating the immune 1988 (DHHS’ National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program). system and causing outbreaks of allergies, asthma and other autoimmune

Huh? Exactly. Go ahead, read it again. It still won’t make any sense. disorders. There are so many reasons just to say ‘NO.’” How Many More?

So, Do I Recommend Getting a Flu Vaccination?

We know that too many teenage girls to list have died after taking Last year, British journalist and TV host Piers Morgan received a flu HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccinations. Many more will never bear shot on the Dr. Oz show. Days later, he moaned he was experiencing the worst children. Gardasil® injections supposedly guard against common sexually flu of his life. One of his guests said, “Well, duh, whaddaya expect when you transmitted diseases in America. Of course, so does using safe-sex measures, get vaccinated?” Piers miserably replied, “Never again.” but somehow people think it’s better to inject poison into their teenage You asked my opinion? You got it. Your choice. daughters than talk to them about condoms.

I just don’t get it. Which is worse, condoms or menopause at age 16?

Sources: Are All Vaccines Dangerous? www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/index.html

I wanted to say ‘absolutely not.’ I was told as a child that vaccines www.vaclib.org/pdf/vaxcont2.pdf were lifesavers. I thought 13 different diseases had been wiped out due to www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?conte worldwide inoculations. So I went to verify that I was correct when I told you www.informedchoice.info/polio.html that vaccines had all but eradicated many diseases. I wanted to reiterate that www.tetrahedron.org/articles/vaccine the polio vaccine wiped out polio, in spite of recurring side effects today in www.vaccines.gov/ many who received the vaccine some 50 years ago. But after further research www.hrsa.gov that is backed up by our government and the National Vaccine Information www.nvic.org/injury-compensation.aspx Center, I learned that polio already had become almost non-existent when the articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/09/27/vaccines-are-dangerousvaccine arrived; 35,000 new cases suddenly erupted with the inoculations. The says-the-government.aspx Bubonic Plague never had a vaccine and was eradicated with no reappearance. vactruth.com/2012/08/30/government-document-vaccine-unsafe When the whooping cough vaccine came about, 98% of the children who www.nvic.org/Forms/Cry-For-Vaccine-Freedom-Wall.aspx received the vaccine developed whooping cough. www.thepetwhisperer.com/health-tips/vaccinations/

Controversy on this topic is intense. To protect yourself and your www.bastisfoundation.org loved ones, educate yourself so you have the best facts available before you decide to have yourself or your family vaccinated. (Find more information at the links listed below.) Too many of today’s inoculations are less about eradicating deadly epidemics than about making money, or worse, catering to fear.

The Pros Weigh In After Wiley Girl died, I consulted some highly respected animal and human doctors and asked if it was standard procedure to give anyone – human, dog, cat, lizard – a round of vaccinations in conjunction with major surgery. They all reacted with horror. The dog, they unanimously said, already had a natural immunity just from living on the streets. No inoculation was necessary – in fact, it undoubtedly reduced her ability to survive surgery.

All vaccines come with a label warning from the manufacturer: Do not vaccinate unhealthy specimens. Every vet knows this, all of my sources claimed. Antibiotics to prevent infection?

Absolutely. Vaccines? Absolutely not.

“As a veterinarian with over 67 years’ experience in the laboratory of life, I feel vaccines, drugs and chemicals are the main causes of chronic diseases. My advice: educate yourself with research . . . Vaccines, drugs and chemicals do not awaken the doctor within us all but rather add more Wylie Girl just before she was picked up off the street. dis-ease to an energetic being in physical form trying to maintain optimum cell May 2014

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Top: A candid shot in the arena. This lady seems to have been disqualified in the wood chopping contest.

Above Left: A group of very youthful Zuni Olla Maidens.

Mike Kirk horseback in the background.

Above Right: An example of VanDevanter's overwhelming captions.

Photo of two shy young Navajo kids.

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t is hard to say which one is more elusive, D. W. VanDevanter or his pet project, the Anasazi National Monument. They are both pretty well forgotten almost eighty years after the fact.

VanDevanter and the Gallup Chamber of Commerce, including such local notables as Harry Dunbar, Dominic Rollie, Glen Emmons (later Secretary of the Interior), and M. L. Woodard, long time secretary of the chamber, thought a national monument protecting extensive Anasazi ruins in the Mentmore area was a done deal in 1938. Today it is hard to find any mention of the project.

VanDevanter, a local accountant, spearheaded the project, which only needed title to 6,000 more acres to become a reality.

The National Park Service had already signed off on the new monument. As it turned out, getting clear title to land in New Mexico wasn’t that easy.

It is an apparently little known fact that there are extensive Chacoan ruins all along the Rio Puerco. Luckily for future scientific research, they remain almost totally undisturbed. Just south of Mentmore there is a very large ruin with an impressive tower, much like the ones in the Hovenweep complex.

These ruins didn’t go completely unnoticed, of course. The colorful trader who occupied the large alcove near the Arizona border, Indian Miller, once got national attention trying to sell the theory that the real Seven Cities of Cibola were many miles north of Zuni. Crazy as he was, Mr. Miller was written up in Desert Magazine.

In 1947, almost ten years after the monument was announced, the Independent posted a three-paragraph piece calling Manuelito, “gateway to the proposed Anasazi Monument in the mountains to the south . . .” It suggested that the project wasn’t yet completely dead.

The brief article had an interesting historical note, pointing out that the location of Mike Kirk’s trading post had originally been called Cook’s Ranch. The railroad established a station there which was the railhead for Fort Defiance. The station and its post office was called Ferry Station, reason unknown.

The article also mentioned the large prehistoric ruin on the mesa top to the west. Ambiguously, the local Navajos called it “Homely House.” The informant seems to be having a little fun with the reporter because he added that when the Navajos hunted mountain bighorns near there the sheep would escape by leaping off the cliff. “They just put their heads down and rebounded from their big horns.” I believe that.

VanDevanter’s given name was Decater and he was born in 1886 in West Virginia. He came to Gallup in the early thirties and was employed by a local bank. His salary must not have been too generous because he ran a notice in the want ads that he was available for accounting work.

His wife is mentioned several times in the gossip columns, but in the 1940 census, he is listed as single and working as an accountant for the utility company. The only other mention of him was in the Independent for April 3, 1941. The headline read, “Photograph Works Displayed at Center,” referring to the Gallup Art Center. The show included 60 photographs of “scenes familiar to Gallup people.”

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He was also invited to show Southwest at the University of New Mexico’s

By Ernie Bulow annual Photography Author photo by Erin Bulow Exhibition where two of his images were included. Though he was referred to as “local amateur photographer,” VanDevanter was a little more important than that.

VanDevanter published a number of real photo postcards, in the tradition of J. R. Willis and Tom Mullarky. Frasher’s studio in Pomona, CA, sold hundreds of thousands of them, many of Gallup.

These cards were quite popular until color lithography took over after WWII. Some of VanDevanter’s cards are rather amateur, with his penchant for captions that take up a third of the space. His subject matter was pretty universal for Gallup photographers.

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Referred to as “local amateur photographer,” VanDevanter was a little more important than that.

He took many photographs of El Morro and other rock art around the area, obviously a major interest of his. He also liked to photograph ruins, but they are not his best images. He does better with landscapes like eroded rock formations and the Petrified Forest, another of his favorites.

VanDevanter (I just can’t call him Decater) naturally found plenty of Navajo subjects, but they are often spoiled by his captions, like one of two shy young Navajos getting to know each other. The use of the word “squaw” was common in those days.

His best and most important photos are of Ceremonial, and mostly unpublished. The Archive has a whole roll of film of a Ceremonial parade, shot looking at the Delmar Hotel on the corner of First and Railroad Ave. (Route 66). Though the Ceremonial was widely photographed, pictures from this early period are not so common.

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No excuses. I will wor My grandfather, Kirk Clawson, loved his Country and his family and dedicated his life to serving each. That love and dedication carried down through the generations: His example of selflessness and honesty are things I have always strived to achieve in my own life.

What I Value: • Our Veterans • Funding Education and Literacy • Jobs • Quality of life

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I, Freddie Martinez endorse Olin Clawson for the New Mexico House of Representative District 9. I have known Olin for 14 years; he is a man of great character. I believe everyone would benefit from him. He is the voice our community needs.

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I will bring strong ethics and prosperity back to District 9.

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I believe in our community and have always supported it.

No exceptions!

As the catalyst for the Gamerco Land Sale, I was instrumental in bringing the new Gallup Land Partners to our community. This 33-million-dollar land sale is one of the most important things to happen for our community in recent years, and will ensure our community’s ability to grow and prosper for years to come.

As the Deputy Director of Gallup’s Joint Utilities and Superintendent of Gallup’s Electric Utility, I stood up for small businesses and for families by working to lower electric rates, increase renewable energy usage and push for an open and transparent city government for our community.

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I would like for it to be known that Olin Clawson is a very close personal friend of mine. I am privileged to say, without reservation, that there could be no better candidate to represent the needs of the people in New Mexico House District 9 than Olin, with his true desire to support this region.

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I HAVE NO IDEA HOW I BEC

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omething is not right. My heart is beating so hard that the bathtub water vibrates and makes small ripples with every thump. I feel light-headed, my brain is buzzing, and my hands are jittery. Yet worst of all is the tightness around my lungs, as if someone took them and shrunk them to half their size.

I exit the tub and, upon standing, I stumble a bit from a head rush. My heart still pounding, I can feel it in my toes now. I put on fresh clothes and sit at my computer trying to diagnose my condition via the wonders of the internet. Within a few minutes I find that my armpits are soaked with sweat although I haven’t moved from my chair.

The internet simply has too much information, and basically tells me I could have anything from cancer to catatonic anemia. It doesn’t help that I’m also becoming more neurotic in a paranoid sort of way. My wife comes home and tells me that I stink, which I already know from my sweat-stained T-shirt, but the odor was peculiar as well; I suppose it is the smell of fear or, as I learned in the next few days, the smell of adrenaline/cortisol sweat, a cold sweat.

Later that night I reminded her that I do actually have a life insurance policy . . . should she need it. She laughed and went to sleep. It always amazes me how fast she could fall asleep, 90 seconds max. I try and sleep but my heart is beating like it’s a factory robot gone mad with a 15lb. sledgehammer. After a futile hour or so I take some sleep drugs and am out.

The next day I called one of the two doctors that I see on occasion, and she simply said I should see a lung specialist. I considered this, but figured my lungs were only part of the problem, and my high-deductable insurance didn’t make me rush to the phone either. Instead I called the other doctor and he consented to look at me. After about 80 minutes of analysis (including a heart EKG), the doctor was completely mystified. At one point in the conversation I was going to need to see a cardiologist, then at another point I was going to need to see a psychotherapist (I assume because all my vital signs were normal, the next best guess was I might be a bit crazy). When I made it clear that neither of those were going to happen we settled on getting some blood drawn and seeing if anything weird would show up. The oddest thing of the whole visit, however, was that my lungs were diagnostically exceptional, no wheezing, 99% oxygen saturation, and a 575 peak flow (the most the nurse had ever seen). Yet, I felt short of breath randomly throughout the day.

The next morning I went down to the Gallup La Montañita Co-op food store to buy a juice before I headed over to get my blood drawn. The manager, who I’ve talked to maybe a hundred times over the years, took notice of me and asked if I was ok?

“Not really,” I said.

“Soooo, what are your symptoms?” he asked quizzically, looking at me with his head cocked to the side?

I told him my symptoms.

“Yeah . . . ok, well, come over here I have some things that will help,” he said.

So I followed him and he pulled a couple bottles off the shelf and explained what I should take. But he never said what he thought my actual problem was. So finally I just asked.

“Why do I need this stuff?” I said flatly.

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down.”

“Coming down,” I said to myself. Then it hit me . . . he thinks I’m going through withdrawal . . . he thinks I’m some sort of junkie. Worse yet, he pretty much came to this conclusion by just observing me. Is it obvious to other as well? But I’m not a junkie. I haven’t taken any drugs in years, ok maybe some Advil, some sleep aid, but no serious stuff, not even antibiotics.

Have I?

“Thanks,” I said and bought the goods.

I went and got my blood drawn at the clinic, and while filling out my paperwork, it dawned on me that I had, in fact, taken drugs. Just over 3 weeks ago I had gotten the Kenalog allergy shot; it was only $35 and, supposedly, not a big deal. The shot cleared up my miserable seasonal allergies completely after the first day; it was darn near magical. A few days later I felt so good, I consequently forgot all about my allergies and the shot. But now I was wondering if it was possible this shot was responsible for these strange things.

I called a friend of mine who is a doctor for Indian Health, and he courteously decided to listen to my theory and check me out at my house.

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CAME A DRUG ADDICT my life in more ways that just crushing my allergies. My doctor friend quickly noted that I was riding my bike nearly twice as much since I had the shot. In fact, after looking at the online logs of my rides that are recorded via the phone app “Strava,” I had ridden over 500 miles since getting the shot. I just assumed that I was riding better than normal. My doctor friend said that I was, in reality, “having an ignorant Lance-Armstrong-esque doping moment.”

I came to find out that the Kenalog shot is actually a cortisone steroid that I was apparently unconsciously leveraging as rocket fuel for excessive training. My doctor friend explained that such steroids are an artificial form of cortisol that is produced by the adrenal glands.

Cortisol is a hormone that reduces inflammation, which is why it works so well for allergies, but it also gives bursts of energy, lowers sensitivity to pain, and increases mental function. He said I was supplied with high levels of cortisol from the Kenalog shot and that my adrenal glands were essentially on a 3-week vacation, as they would not produce cortisol as long as the body recognized a good supply. The shot is supposed to naturally taper and slowly wear out giving your adrenal glands time to gently respond and begin producing their own cortisol again, but it’s likely my excessive exercise may have metabolized the shot at a much faster rate.

The result is that I literally woke up one morning with no more “good stuff.” Technically the shot was supposed to last a week longer, but it was gone! My body sent my adrenal glands a wakeup call to get off their butts and start making some cortisol. It was

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Sputtering like an old truck trying to start on a cold morning, my adrenals were randomly producing cortisol in either excessive or limited quantities. Too much cortisol and my heart is pounding, I’m sweating, and my breath is short because the intercostal muscles that surround the lungs are involuntarily contracting. When too little cortisol was produced, I would feel lethargic, sleepy, and just zoned out. By most definitions of the word, I was going through withdrawal, as my body tried to adapt without this artificial substance.

I returned to my previously mystified doctor with clean blood test results, which further confirmed that I wasn’t really sick, but rather just an addict. After a few minutes of explanation, my doctor agreed that I was indeed simply an accidental junkie. The only solution was to tough out the withdrawal and wait for my adrenals to slowly stabilize their output, or to get a small amount of artificial cortisol to recreate the tapering effect that never happened.

I decided to wait it out, and sure enough, after about 10 days I was 90% back to normal. By medical standards, I figure that I owe the Gallup La Montañita Co-op about $400 for being the first party to correctly diagnose me in a zenmaster sort of way. I have since called and updated all my medical files to say never to give me a Kenalog shot again, no matter how bad my allergies are or how much I beg. I have no desire to become a drug addict again.

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What is the High Desert Trail System & who is it for?

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he High Desert Trail System, located just north of Gallup, with access at Gamerco (east side) and Mentmore (west side), is designed in a series of stacked loops atop the mesas overlooking Gallup. Each mesa offers increasingly harder terrain to navigate and will engage mountain bike riders of every skill level.

The course is fast and fun singletrack over packed clay, interspersed with some slickrock and sand. Hikers and runners will also enjoy these trails. The High Desert Trail System was named a National Recreation Trail in 2012. It is host to the 12hour Dawn ’til Dusk mountain bike race, (www.ziarides.com), the Squash Blossom Screamer mountain bike race and the Kent Hodges Memorial Half Marathon, (www.squashblossomclassic.com).

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t all began as a wild idea to “break in” the new trails that were being called the High Desert. Steiner (Stan) Smith initially established the line by flagging out the trail, the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) built the technical sections under the guidance of the wise trail sage, Strider Brown, and Gallup Trails spent hours trying to ride them in. The idea had been controversial, the effort enormous, and the cycling community needed this idea to blossom. “If you build it, they will come” wasn’t working.

We needed to get the word out about the brand new singletrack. And more importantly, we needed to break them in to create a good rolling surface prior to the upcoming riding season. A blockbuster first impression on a killer trail system was a priority.

The plan was to get cyclists to ride around and around on the freshly cut singletrack at the beginning of the year. This would pack in the dirt so the trail would stick throughout the seasons. There was no plan to continue the race after the first year; after all, the event would have served its purpose.

So then-Mayor Bob Rosebrough found a young, naïve, newly-hired optimist that didn’t even own a bike to organize the event in the worst month for weather. It was a plan that should have failed.

We formed a committee of cyclists and racers and began to set forth the race details: number of hours, where to market, how to register. Literally, every aspect of the event was an experiment. The goal was 50 racers.

As the date approached, we began to see the mail-in registrations trickle in. The phones started ringing with all sorts of questions, “What’s the course like?

What sort of tires do I need? What gear ratio do you recommend?” Of course I had no idea. We tried our best to fake it. 98 people believed us.

Saturday, April 9 was forecasted to be miserable: high winds, cold, and even a little snow. We began setting up packet pickup at the El Rancho Hotel lobby. About an hour before, as we were frantically adding last minute touches, a call came into the hotel. A racer needed back

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road directions from Laguna – there was a fire and I-40 had been closed. What?! The most traveled federal interstate was closed? We thought we were doomed.

Somehow, the racers navigated muddy reservation roads, that primarily served sheep, to eventually arrive in Gallup. (This was before the time of GPS navigation on cell phones. It might as well have been the dark ages.) There was no turning back.

Race morning was the coldest and darkest I’ve ever experienced. Without any sleep the night before, and an awful forecast, we waited for the sun and prayed for the best. As we began the pre-race meeting, I could see my breath.

The race started in the staging area promptly at 7:00 am. As we watched the racers depart in one large mass, I choked up. Despite all odds, we actually did it. I looked up and put my hands together. Thank you, Jesus!

Little did I know that the hard part hadn’t even begun. Challenges like timing by hand, 60-mile-an-hour gusts, dust galore, and hail that traveled parallel to the ground made for memories that we laugh about today. We capped off that first year with a one-of-a-kind awards ceremony at an art gallery in downtown with very spicy Mexican food. Everyone was happy and jovial as we laughed about the wind and discussed the winners of the epic event. We also learned that Mexican food should not be served after a race.

Almost 100 brave (or dumb) souls showed up for that first year. Some traveled over 10 hours to the event, and a few of them rode over 100 miles that day.

We reached our goal of breaking in the course! But after a few nights of rest and basking in the sun of success, we ambitiously decided to continue the event with a new goal: to market Gallup in a positive light through mountain biking.

The next year, 250 racers showed up. Six years later, we grew to 550. Over the years, we learned the hard way that Gallup’s famous dirt, used for centuries by the First People to create water pots for survival, was easily manipulated under a different type of wheel. (Unfortunately, nothing else on the bike works well when spinning pottery with a tire.) This one-time experiment turned into the most (in)famous race in the state and one of the largest mountain bike races in the country.

Over the last ten years, Dawn ’til Dusk has taken on a life of its own: memories of the Mud Fest, inconsolable dust, and even a new nickname, Dawn ’til Drunk – when you just can’t ride, you pop open a beer. The event has put Gallup on the map in the mountain biking world, giving our community a positive face for those that only know it as something else.

This year, we celebrate our tenth year on Saturday, May 17 at the Mentmore Trailhead. We will toast to ten more years of better weather, more positive community outcomes, and a sense of pride. Gallup is a mountain bike town and Dawn ’til Dusk was the beginning.

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

Memories of Gallup

By Bob Rosebrough

Y o u B e P r o u d o f W h o Y o u ar e !

An interview with Rose Marie Sandoval and Jacquie Cattaneo, Part 2 of 2

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acquie’s father and grandfather were engineers for the Santa Fe Railway. who had a burger stand that blared rock and roll music. We would just run amok Like so many of the men and women who built Gallup, their work was both and had a blast. When it got dark, Josephine and I would get past the guards and hard and hazardous. sneak into the back where the performers stayed and actually joined them in dancing My uncle was going to take my grandfather’s fingers to school the Yei Bi Chei and eating. My parents thought I was sleeping at Josephine’s house for show and tell. Jacquie says, “My father started out as a call boy, waking and same for her folks. Ceremonial was the greatest time on earth!” up railroaders and telling them to go to because there was no telephone. Then he

“I wanted Gallup to remember this woman (Octavia Fellin) who was a fireman. And I asked him once, I said, ‘What was the longest period of time brought couth to us.” Jacquie was drawn to art at a young age. She says, “Octavia that you shoveled coal?’ And he said, ‘Seventeen Fellin always encouraged me. She had my first hours straight.’ show in the library when I was eighteen years old.

“He was really an amazing man. There She had a great deal of influence on me and also was no formal education on either side of my on all of our lives. Octavia was one of the greatest family, but boy he was a stickler about his girls gifts Gallup has ever had. I used to patch books going to college.” at the library. She taught me the Dewey Decimal

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System before I was seven. She had me patching

Jacquie continues, “Well my grandfather, and stacking books and I was just fascinated with he was an engine man. I think he was an engineer the books. She’d pay you a half a candy bar every until he was in this very bad accident and he had week.” (Jacquie and Shorty laugh) minimal fingers. He had his toes cut off. He was Shorty says, “Yeah, but look what she was doing physically maimed from this accident. And I’ll for you.” never forget my uncle was going . . . oh dear . . .

Jacquie has done eight hundred to a thousand my uncle, Pat O’Sullivan, was going to take them portraits over the year. She talks about her to school for show and tell. Now that is a crazy favorite. “The neatest portrait I ever did was of Irishman!” Jacquie and Shorty both laugh. “It was Octavia because it was a total surprise. I was right after the accident.” commissioned by John Pena. He wanted to Jacquie’s grandparents and father in front of A lion . . . where? Shorty had a close immortalize Octavia. She knew nothing about it 106 West Hill which was built in the 1880s. friend who lived at the Ceremonial grounds. and we unveiled it in front of her at the Country “Her name was Josephine Lopez – my stand-byClub at this big dinner. I’m so glad I did that me friend. Her people and mine were so close because she will live on and she’s absolutely that we’d call each other ‘primos’ in those days. beautiful in it. I wanted to see that Gallup You never really knew who was your cousin and remembered this woman who brought couth to who wasn’t. She had an aunt who lived right us.” Jacquie laughs. behind Sunny Side School. We were walking by Judging Ceremonial with Robert Mrs. Lopez’s house and there it was! A lion in a Redford. Jacquie started judging the painting cage parked by her house! We ran home to give category in the Ceremonial the year Robert the news and I called one of my aunts and told Redford was a judge in 1981. her. She didn’t believe me and said, ‘Oh, Rose “Oh, I was the envy of every woman in town,” Marie, you’re so funny.’ The next thing we heard says Jacquie. Shorty laughs. was that they let the lion loose and hunted him “Good lord! He was a very, very nice person down. Poor animal. But a true story.” and he was very quiet. He had gone to Pratt

“The whips would come out.” “So Institute in Brooklyn, the same school that my son when Ceremonial would come, after the parade, Paul went to for his masters in architecture. He we waited for the wagons to pass by and then studied art at Pratt. Pratt is probably one of the tried to jump in the back of a wagon. The whips finest art schools around. It was great to judge Rose Marie Sandoval and Jacquie Cattaneo would come out by the driver and we laughed with somebody with so much knowledge. And he remembering the good old days. and thought, ‘Oh, what great fun!’ I had an uncle did mainly pen and ink. He was very quiet, but

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he was emphatic about what he liked and it was not really the modern or the contemporary art.

He was fascinated with the primitive paintings that the Indians, the Navajo especially, used to paint. And they were of one dimensional surface, and very realistic.”

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Konozo Mochimaru, “fought in the Russian War. He decided to come to the United States. He went through Mexico and met a young Mexicana there, my grandmother Maria Sanchez. They didn’t speak English at all. My dad’s father, grandpa Montoya came from Santa Fe. He met Nana Montoya who was French. My great-grandfather Dan was a Frenchman from Louisiana. He married my great-grandmother from Cubero and he also had children with Chief Manuelito’s daughter. So we have two sides to the family, but they all come together as one. So I’m Mexican, Japanese, French and Spanish. I have first cousins who are Navajo, Zuni and Laguna.

“My father was a very, very, very proud man of his heritage, which was French and Spanish. He always would tell me, ‘Always remember there is no one that is better than you, but you’re not better than anybody else.’ One of my father’s moments of pride came when I was elected to the Gallup City Council. Since he was connected to the City for many years, he had the utmost respect for the Council and what they stood for. He was proud and grateful.

“By having all these bloods in me, I’m very true and faithful to who I am because I don’t mind being myself and I’m very grateful for all of my ancestors. And the one thing it taught me is that you’re just proud of who you are and you stand by it and you respect it and you respect others.

“Gallup has this. Old Gallup has this. It’s loaded with such a mixture of people. It was a lot of the Indian connection too. He just told us, you know, ‘You be proud of who you are,’ and if it wasn’t for that little Japanese man, if it wasn’t for that little Mexican girl and that Spanish guy and the guy from Louisiana, I would not be here,” says Shorty.

“I love them, I honor Shorty’s grandparents, Konozo them. I am so blessed to be who Mochimaru and Maria Sanchez I am.” with her mother Mary Toki Montoya standing left.

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We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.”

-Mother Teresa

By Jay Mason

After 36 years in Gallup and inspired by the tireless efforts of Nate and Chuck to have a positive effect on Gallup and the surrounding area, Jay Mason has written some vignettes about his life in Gallup and beyond.

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ay is for mothers. I thought it would be good to tell my experience with a beautiful mother. It started as a normal day in Gallup, New Mexico, but somehow I knew it would be different. It was 1984 and unbeknownst to me, the night before, the Bishop had announced that Mother Teresa would be coming to Gallup to explore the idea of starting a mission in our town. Since I was the Bishop’s attorney, I was summoned to assist with the logistics.

The first sign of the day taking a remarkable turn was the sight as I approached the Gallup airport. Normally the airport was a quiet place with some private planes and a daily flight to Phoenix or Albuquerque. As I arrived I noticed that over 5,000 people had preceded me. The Bishop had clearly underestimated the impact of inviting Mother Teresa to our small town. The word had spread to Albuquerque and many people had traveled hundreds of miles to get a glimpse of possibly the most famous woman in the world. Why would this occur?

Certainly Mother Teresa did not fit the secular view of a famous woman. She was a slight woman, barely five feet tall. She walked stooped over and her skin was wrinkled. But her smile was incredibly beautiful and

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Above: Mother Teresa Left: Mother Teresa with the Masons: Kitty, Jay, Patrick, Michael, Kathleen, Karen, and Martin (exchange student from Australia) at the Gallup airport. captivating. When she was welcomed by the President of the Navajo Nation, she greeted him graciously and accepted the gift of beautiful Native American jewelry. When our Mayor, a former Catholic, presented her a book about the Bible, she smiled as the missive disappeared beneath her sari. I was thinking that Mother lived the biblical request by Christ to speak the truth with love.

After the dignitaries were greeted, the Bishop attempted to escort Mother to his car and away from the crowd. She instead turned and walked directly into the throng, which was led by some East Indian families from Gallup who brought flowers to thank her for all the good she had done in their country. That night she would dine with one of these non-Christian families at their home.

Eventually the Bishop convinced Mother Teresa to get into his car, and they drove the Bishop’s house on the poor side of town for a press conference.

She greeted the newswomen who had flown in from Phoenix and began to answer their questions. I couldn’t help but notice the contrast between the news babes with their pounds of makeup and primping before the live shot and Mother Teresa with no trappings of the modern world. She sat in a folding chair around a wooden table made from a wire spool in the Bishop’s backyard.

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When we talked, the only words that I could utter were, “Thank you, Mother, for coming to Gallup.”

The questions began, “Why have you come to America, the richest place on Earth, to establish a soup kitchen and mission?” She replied, “You can be spiritually poor even if you have material wealth.” There was no follow up to that question. The other news anchor queried, “Your order has attracted women from the Third World which is probably a way to improve their lives.

What makes you think American women would be attracted to your order?”

Mother smiled and explained, “We invite women to come and see how we live. Both parties get a chance to see if it is God’s will for them. We serve the poorest of the poor, but it is not a life for everyone.” Then she paused and said, “Maybe you would like to come and see.” To this day I wonder if Mother Teresa saw something in the face of the news anchor that told her she might be a future Missionary of Charity.

Two years later Mother Teresa returned to Gallup and established her soup kitchen and mission. This time, our family talked privately with Mother as she boarded a helicopter to tour the reservation. She gave a miraculous medal to my wife, children and me. There was a special aura about her that is very difficult to explain. It was more than her beautiful smile and simple ways.

You really felt that you were in the presence of a very special and holy person.

When we talked, the only words that I could utter were, “Thank you, Mother, for coming to Gallup.”

Mother Teresa never returned to Gallup after the second visit. My family and I have met many wonderful Sisters from all over the world in the 25 years that they have been here from her order. One of the most astute comments by Mother Teresa was that doing good begins with the individual, not the masses. She said, “I can love only one person at a time. I can feed only one person at a time. Just one, one, one. You get closer to Christ by

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coming closer to each other. As Jesus said, ‘Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do to me.’ So you begin . . . I begin.”

The story is told that Mother Teresa was the guest speaker of a world hunger conference in New Delhi, India. As she entered the conference, a man lay dying of hunger in the street. She stopped and comforted the man and sent for her Sisters to take him to a shelter. The conference organizers informed her that she was late to speak to the many people gathered inside.

She said her duty lay outside the conference, and she stayed with the man until he could be taken to one of her shelters.

You see this same spirit as you watch the Sisters minister to the poor at the soup kitchen. I am sure that it is difficult to measure progress when many times you are serving the same people from day to day, yet the Sisters do not regret their work but perform it cheerfully each day. All of my children have worked at the soup kitchen; it was an experience that helped them grow in their faith, but also taught them how to give to those less fortunate on an individual basis. One of my daughters was so moved by their charity to the poor that she almost became a Missionary of Charity.

It has now been almost 30 years since I met Mother Teresa. It seems like yesterday. She has placed her Sisters around the world performing simple acts of charity for the poor of the world. I will remember those few moments that my family and I had with her for the rest of my life. Hopefully it made me better equipped to do my own acts of charity for others. Happy Mother’s Day.

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

By Kari Heil

. . . everyone loses direction in life and ends up someplace they never expected to be.

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he title of the novel At Night We Walk in Circles (2013) by Daniel Alarcón gives a clue about the feeling a person may get from reading it. First let me say: I liked this book, and I recommend it as an interesting piece of reading. But it does confuse, obfuscate, and generally make a person feel a little lost at times. Since Alarcón’s characters are in the dark, figuratively, it only seems appropriate that readers are left a little bit in the dark, too, even in the end of the novel, after a resolution of some of our questions. Alarcón’s characters have a hard time making sense of the situations they find themselves in, so it seems just right that Alarcón relies on misdirection and a non-linear narrative structure in the book.

Who walks in circles in Alarcón’s story? The simple answer is that everyone walks in circles; everyone loses direction in life and ends up someplace they never expected to be. Readers walk in circles, following a winding narrative from a source whose motivation is unclear. The allusive narrator actually presents two related stories in his account. First and foremost, the narrator tells readers about Nelson, a young actor who just recently finished his specialized training at the academy in an unnamed South American city by the ocean. Nelson thinks he is ready to change the world through his art, but lacks motivation, opportunities, and a clear plan in his humdrum life. The other story the narrator presents is that

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of Henry Nuñez, Nelson’s idol, a middle-aged, has-been actor and playwright who, nearly twenty years before, served a short term in prison for inciting revolution with one of his absurdist productions called The Idiot President.

Early on in the narrative, Nelson meets Henry and Patalarga, Henry’s sidekick and faithful friend from the good old days of doing guerrilla theater, at the auditions for an ill-considered revival tour of The Idiot President. When Nelson wins a role, events are set in motion that lead him literally to suffer for his art. (Look at me, foreshadowing just like Alarcón’s narrator!) In a sense, Nelson inherits Henry’s revolution, but it’s only an echo of the old days, since times have changed most people’s circumstances for the better and they don’t so much need Henry’s “theater for the people.”

On tour after several weeks of intense three-man rehearsals, Nelson, Henry, and Patalarga take a meandering route through the hills, into the mountains, down toward the jungle, turning back again to ascend, stopping here and there in small villages to offer impromptu performances of their minimalist play. The setting probably resembles Alarcón’s native Peru, though he doesn’t specify. Recurring elements appear every single time the troupe enters a town: dusty plaza, hazy heat, humble and tired peasants. This repetition, along with the monotony of the overwhelming natural beauty of the Andes mountain landscape, heightens the sense of the story meandering, the actors wandering, and all of us walking directionless toward what we do not know. For most of the novel, we do not know what happens to Nelson when the tour ends, though we know it is something not good. The setting is disguised as peaceful, but it’s too quiet; it creates a sense of foreboding, of waiting for the ax to fall.

There is stillness, but there is also a threatening sense of the cold, remote, severe mountains closing in.

What obscures the meaning in the characters’ situations even more than the literal wandering through the mountain setting is the overlap between real life and playing a role for both Nelson and Henry, the mingling of self and mask. The narrator does not comment on this very much. We find out past mid-way through the story that the narrator is a magazine writer who is only barely acquainted with Nelson but has become interested in investigating his case. But the narrator does not editorialize, and he does not very effectively read the motivations of the players in the action he is piecing together from later interviews and reading Nelson’s journals.

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to his role while on tour and to exist completely in the world of the play. No calls home while on the road, Henry stipulates, though Nelson later finds out that Henry was not serious about that “rule.”

As the three-man troupe moves through the loose itinerary of sleepy mountain towns where nothing ever happens, they put on their play for audiences and for themselves. In one village, Nelson falls into another role, one that he can’t separate from himself, a role that becomes his “real life” and has eerie elements and shades of the Idiot Son in it. Alarcón might be suggesting that it’s impossible to distinguish what is “real” in a person and what is simply playing a role or putting on a face for others.

Alarcón’s shadowy narrator doesn’t really figure out the difference, and readers may not be satisfied with the final version of Nelson that he offers. I’m still not sure if what Nelson tells the narrator, finally, about his circumstances tastes more of bitterness, truth, or some deranged escape from reality.

I feel like I have to be mysterious in describing the plot because I don’t want to give away anything important and spoil the surprise. It’s a surprise that is a long time coming; Alarcón’s narrator doesn’t fully explain what happens to Nelson until very late in the novel. Though Henry’s story is secondary to Nelson’s, the narrator also keeps some secrets about Henry and drops them into the narrative as he sees fit. For example, after we’ve already formed a solid image of Henry as a pompous, if deflated, man mourning the loss of his passionate and idealistic youth, we find out that he also mourns the loss of someone he loved very much, which changes our impression of him.

Part of the enjoyment of this book is slowly discovering what has happened to Nelson and Henry and why. It’s really intriguing how Alarcón’s narrator weaves in vague references with minute details to very slowly reveal what actually happens to Nelson when he returns from the mountains to the city. And part of the mystery of the novel is why the narrator is so interested in Nelson – and why are we, for that matter? Nelson is not a completely sympathetic character, and yet I was compelled to continue reading to the end to find out the consequences of every action, every choice, every turn of the plot, every degree of the circle.

Alarcón chose his title carefully. He took it from a Latin palindrome, a tricky phrase that reads the same forwards and backwards. This particular palindrome translates roughly into the phrase about walking in circles. It’s amazing that the content of the phrase reflects the Latin form.

It’s interesting that in the original Latin, the phrase includes something about being consumed, as Nelson is consumed by a role and ultimately lost in it. Or maybe Nelson has been condemned by his own naïve and foolish choices. It’s unjust and absurd; it makes no sense that this could happen. It’s a mistake, a misunderstanding, a dark farce; it’s based on confusion of reality with supposition. It’s something that would happen in a play.

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(2014) by Bob Shea, is a hilarious take on making new friends. The illustrations are bright, bold, and energetic, and the dialogue between a monster named Buddy and some fast-multiplying bunnies is just heart-tickling (that’s heart-warming and funny-bone-tickling at the same time).

This book will LIGHT UP YOUR DAY. Second, Weasels (2013) by Elys Dolan is a tale of some lab-coated, small mammals’ bumbling attempts to take over the world with the help of a giant supercomputer.

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TOWN A “Pie and Coffee” Evening Remembering Sergeant Barney Montoya Friday, May 23, 6-8 pm Octavia Fellin Public Library Co-sponsored by the Gallup Police Department and the Octavia Fellin Library, on Friday May 23 between 6 and 8 pm at the Octavia Fellin Public Library, a “Pie and Coffee” evening, remembering Sergeant Barney Montoya, will be held.

Sergeant Montoya’s name will be engraved on the Police Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. on May 13, 2014, placed on the same wall with Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit, who was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Sergeant Montoya was killed in the line of duty on September 4, 1977. Although his regular shift was over, he had stayed at the Police Department to assist another officer with an unruly intoxicated person.

Seconds after leaving the Police Department he was murdered by a drunken driver that had disregarded a posted “Stop” sign. Five years earlier Sergeant Montoya had been the victim of a felonious assault resulting in a gunshot wound to the leg while on duty. This injury left him in excruciating pain but he was still committed to the service of his community.

Sergeant Montoya left behind 2 young sons who have followed their father into law enforcement, Sergeant Scott Montoya with the Gallup Police Department and McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Daniel Montoya. Remembering his father, Sergeant Montoya said, “When you eat a piece of pie, think of Barney, his smile was quick, his personality was easy, he faced the barrel of a gun and was left with a debilitating injury, but he would not let this stop him from being a loving father and a model police officer.”

The community is invited to eat some pie, drink some coffee, and remember Sergeant Barney Montoya, a true Gallup hero. If you would like to bring a pie to share, please call the library at (505) 8631291.

In addition, throughout May, there will be a memorial exhibit commemorating Officer Montoya at the library.

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RMCHCS Community Health Fair Saturday, May 3, 10 am – 3 pm Rio West Mall Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services is hosting a Community Health Fair on Saturday, May 3 at the Rio West Mall. The hours are 10 am – 3 pm. The purpose of the Health Fair is to promote healthy lifestyles and to inform the public of the many health-related services and activities available in our community. Prior to the health fair, RMCHCS offered blood-screening tests for two weeks during the month of April. In case you missed the blood screening tests, you can still take advantage of this offer by having your blood-screening test done at the Health Fair from 10 am to 12 pm. Be sure to fast for eight hours and to drink plenty of water. If you already had your blood-screening test done, stop by, pick up your results and enjoy the Health Fair.

Numerous booths located at the west end of the mall will feature activities, information and health screenings such as blood pressure, blood sugar, BMI, eye screenings and more. Health information, services and activities for adults, parents, and children are included. Stop by, register for a walking contest and the opportunity to win some prizes. Learn what you and your family can do to live a healthier life-style. If you have any questions or would like more information, call 505.863.7282.

Permaculture Design Weekend Friday-Sunday, May 9-11 Free and Open to the Public Work in Beauty invites everyone who wants make their corner of the world a better place to participate in Permaculture Design Weekend, a free twoday workshop led by local experts Joe Pacal and Peter McCabe. Permaculture Design is the practice of envisioning the true potential of natural and engineered landscapes, and using lessons from nature to realize such possibilities. Practitioners of Permaculture Design seek to improve the functionality and productivity of any space, be it a backyard garden or an entire town.

Join us for the kickoff celebration on Friday, May 9 at 7:00 pm at the El Morro Theatre; we will be showing films about permaculture design and discussing its relevance to our community. On Saturday, May 10 from 1:00 to 4:30 pm at the Work in Beauty House, Joe and Owl will teach the basics of permaculture design.

On Sunday, May 11 from 1:00 to 4:30 pm we will use what we’ve learned to draw up plans for a re-do of a few spaces in Gallup.

All parts of this workshop weekend are free and open to the public. Please visit workinbeauty.org or call 505-726-2497 for more information. The Work in Beauty House is located at 113 E. Logan (corner of Logan and Puerco).

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87301 May Events @ Your Octavia Fellin Public Library MAIN LIBRARY Free Computer Classes in May! The library is offering free computer training throughout the month of May at the Octavia Fellin Library. Class size is limited to 10 participants per session. Registration is required, to register call 505-863-1291 or email libtrain@gallupnm.gov, or visit the front desk of the library.

Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2010 May 15, 2:00pm – 4:00 pm Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2010 May 29, 2:00pm –4:00 pm Introduction to PowerPoint 2010 May 6, 5:30pm – 7:30 pm Intermediate PowerPoint 2010 May 13, 5:30pm – 7:30 pm Word 2010: A Beginner’s Course May 20, 5:30pm – 7:30 pm Word 2010: An Intermediate Course May 27, 5:30pm – 7:30 pm Basic Computer Skills May 9, 2:00pm – 4:00 pm May 24, 3:00pm – 5:00 pm Introduction to the Internet May 10, 3:00pm – 5:00 pm May 23, 2:00pm – 4:00 pm May Film Series Wednesday nights at 5:30 pm – popcorn provided May 7 – 2 Guns May 14 – All is Lost May 21 – American Hustle May 28 – Saving Mr. Banks CHILDREN’S BRANCH The ¡Explora! Museum Presents – STEM into Reading @ your Library This is a science, technology, engineering and mathematics interactive, handson experience for children ages 2-5 together with their adult companions.

It will be held on Thursday, May 1 at 11:00 am. Registration is required, 15 parent-child pair slots available. To register, call 505-726-6120, e-mail libtech@gallupnm.gov or sign up at the Children’s Branch.

Afternoon Children’s Movies (all ages), Saturdays @ 2 pm May 3 – Parent Trap May 10 – Mars Needs Moms May 17 – Dumbo May 24 – Mary Poppins May 31 – The Incredibles

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Recycling Update! & International Compost Awareness Week

By Betsy Windisch

Citizens of Gallup, Good News! Grayboard (cereal boxes and the like) and Old Telephone Books can now be placed in the Mixed Paper Bin at recycling sites in town.* The McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council now collects used writing instruments (pens, mechanical pencils, markers, highlighters) and juice pouches (Capris Sun, Kool-Aid, all others) as a fund raiser. Place in a separate bag or container and give to the MCRC volunteer on Saturday bin duty at the Larry Brian Recreation Center (10 am-2 pm), or contact Betsy (722-9257, betsywindisch@yahoo.com).

International Compost Awareness Week! May 5-11, 2014 ICAW is the largest and most comprehensive education initiative of the compost industry. It is celebrated each year in the first full week of May. May 5-11 will mark the 14th annual international celebration of the benefits of recycling organic waste.

This year’s theme “Compost! . . . The solution to sustainable soil and water” reflects the global concern for unpolluted soil and water.

Compost is produced from the recycling of organic materials to create a valuable soil amendment. When incorporated into soil, it provides plants with essential nutrients, protects against the threat of erosion, and increases soil health without the use of chemicals. It also reduces water pollution.

Like gardening, composting in our high altitude dry climate can be challenging. Go online to access information quickly about how to make backyard compost.

Backyardcompostingguide.com offers e-books that cover several ways to compost for the beginner and the seasoned gardener. Or start with Ask.com, About.com and/or LifeScript.com. Contact the McKinley County Extension office for information and watch for local workshops sponsored by Work in Beauty. *LOCAL RECYCLING CENTERS IN GALLUP Location and Hours of Operation MWF 8-Noon Train Station MWF Noon-4 Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center SAT 10-2 Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center M-SAT 8-4:30 Gallup Transfer Station on Hasler Valley Road For More Information about Recycling in Gallup-McKinley County or how you can volunteer contact the McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council (MCRC) by calling 722-5142, through the web site www.recyclegallup.org, or send an e-mail to betsywindisch@ yahoo.com.

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Sacred Heart School is now enrolling Pre-Kindergarten (starting at age 3) through the 8th Grades. Generous Scholarships are available. Registration fees are reduced until May 30th so call right way for a visit or to register.

Open House, April 30th, 2:00 – 6:00 pm Introducing the “Fab Five” of Sacred Heart Middle School.

We all have that one teacher who holds a special place in our hearts. That one mentor who made a difference in our lives. Imagine a school where every one of your teachers could be that special person for their students.

Each member of this team is an expert in their subject area and each one is a gifted teacher. The results are impressive. In recent ITBS testing (national achievement tests where students are ranked against other students in their grade), Sacred Heart Middle School students averaged as high or higher than 65% of other students in the entire nation for every single subject.

The Fab Five are: Karen Pemberton-Language Arts & Literature Mrs. Pemberton’s teaching ability can be summed up in one word: Talent. Creativity sparks your interest the minute you walk into her classroom, which feels more like a hands-on learning museum than it does a middle school English classroom. Clearly, her Bachelor’s of Education and Fine Arts and her Masters of Music have been put to good use. Mrs. Pemberton has been one of the finalists for Gallup’s “Teacher of the Year” 3 times. Here is why: For the past 41 years she has enkindled in her students a love of literature, and clarified their understanding of grammar with creative and artistic methods of teaching. Her goals are two-fold. First, to expose her students to as many types of literature as possible, in the hope of making them life-long readers.

Second, to teach her students proper grammar both in writing and in speech so that they can present themselves in the best light possible. Many children in today’s society are never taught these skills. Like other talented people, she makes it look easy.

Jeremy Silvernail-Religion and History It’s not often that you find a brilliant individual who also as a knack for connecting with young people. Jeremy Silvernail is one of those rare persons. Within just 2 years of graduating high school he had earned his BA in Theology, complimented by a History minor. The Master’s degree quickly followed. Dedicated to service and education, Jeremy began his teaching career in the inner city while volunteering with the Christian Brothers, a religious order renowned for centuries for educating children, especially boys. The portraits of St. Thomas Moore and Jim Hinson on his bulletin board represent this young man’s personal approach to teaching. He sums it up by explaining that his objective is to teach his students how to ask the questions that will lead them to discovery of the truth; truth which will help them form character in their lives.

Amy Jo Mulvaney-Choir & Band Imagine taking a cluster of middle school children, who have never before picked up an instrument, and forming them into a band in just one school year. Add on top of that forming a choir with the same group of children and you have the miracle worker, Amy Jo Mulvaney. Creating a broad musical experience for the Sacred Heart Middle students has been a labor of love for Mrs. Mulvaney. Her motivation is to help facilitate learning in all subjects through music. As a recipient of the prestigious John Philip Sousa Award, Mrs. Mulvaney sees that children who can play an instrument, or participate in a choir, have an opportunity to contribute to the community in a special way. Gaining musical ability will enable these children to participate in church worship and the community arts for the rest of their lives. An emphasis on the arts is not a benefit many school aged children receive. For Sacred Heart Middle School it’s a necessary component to forming well-rounded citizens. Mrs. Mulvaney and her husband, Steve, have two daughters attending the school.

Connie Harrington-Mathematics A degree in Mathematics from Mount Mercy College and 36 years’ teaching experience is only part of what this Math teaching wiz has to offer. Mrs. Harrington has educated children all over the world from British Columbia, Canada and Texas to West Africa. Her experience teaching diverse students offers a unique tool in assuring that every one of her middle school students is grasping the fundamentals of mathematics. As a gifted and experienced teacher, she has the ability to look at a child and see what that individual needs in order to understand the subject matter. Mrs. Harrington’s passion for Math, her knowledge base and her well-rounded experience all add up to building a solid foundation of math comprehension for her students.

Sr. Christi Ann Laudolff, CSA-Science Chucking pumpkins across the playground, shooting marshmallows down the hallway and building computer programs from scratch are all part of a typical day’s work when you are in Sister Christi Ann’s class. Her goal is to “create science-literate citizens” and she uses kid-centered, hands-on learning methods to do so. Possessing a BS in physics and a Master’s in Science Education from Creighton University, this woman knows her stuff. In January of this year, the school became the pilot school (anywhere outside of Colorado) to implement the revolutionary “See the change USA” curriculum, which teaches physics along with computer programing throughout middle school. The results have been phenomenal. Two of our students received Honorable Mention awards at the State Science Fair this spring and Sister Christi Ann was named New Mexico’s Middle School “Science Teacher of the Year.”

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You Can’t Swing a Dead Cat T raveling up the east coast from North Carolina to New York about 14 years ago with my sister and me, Ol’ Silver Tongue suddenly commented, “You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting some sort of historical site!”

“I don’t think the expression involves a dead cat,” I

suggested.

“You swing your cat and I’ll swing mine,” said Mark, also known as Ol’ Silver Tongue.

Of course we have our historical sites in the West, too, but they all seem to be hundreds of miles apart. So it’s not exactly possible to hit any of them with any kind of cat, dead or not.

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me as he began on a fix-it chore on the house.

He’s also been heard to state categorically, “It either is or it isn’t and that’s definite!”

Talking with his buddies, he was heard to say, “I like my women the way I like my doughnuts – hot and greasy.” Egad, I sincerely hope he wasn’t referring to this woman! And what women does he know who are hot and greasy, pray tell?

When he sort of proposed by saying, “I think we should get married,” that should’ve been a clue right away that our lives would be filled with his eloquent silver words.

Of course, there are the old unforgettable comments he made as we were signing the marriage papers, first saying, “Oh, I thought we were just kidding.” And then when he was assured that I, for one, wasn’t kidding, he reckoned, “I’ll give it six months.” Ol’ Silver Tongue has filled our lives with humor and we’ve laughed through the 50+ years!

I’ve dwelt on his silver tongue, but Mark has many other qualities, as well. As I’ve mentioned before, he’s very handy around the house. As I said in the story entitled, “A Perfect Marriage,” he can fix, build, or break practically anything. His job is keeping things around the house running and my job is reminding him to do it. But lately, he has added more attributes. I’ve had rotator cuff problems and have had trouble doing kitchen stuff like chopping, lifting, zesting, and the like. Since I still love to cook, Mark has been a big help in the process. He chops, he stirs, he zests, and he lifts. But wait, there’s more! Maybe most importantly, he does dishes! He has been invaluable!

Mark is a survivor – a moustache and sideburn survivor. I can’t remember what years those were, but luckily for everyone, he eschewed trying to grow a beard – or maybe he did – try, I mean. I don’t remember that either, but it could be that I’ve blocked it from my memory forever.

There are lingering photos of him with the moustache (such as it was) and the lovely sideburns, however.

Without ever doing any formal type of exercises, it’s amazing what good physical shape Mark is in. He still plays three, four sets of tennis, works on the grader, builds things, and maybe breaks things, readies the bocce ball courts for games, and is constantly busy around the house, as well. He only takes one medication. His hearing, however, is not so hot. I attribute that to all the years he’s spent on that grader. He might attribute it to all the years he’s had to listen to me, but that’s a lie.

I’ve spent some time in my stories talking about Mark because he’s such a great source of humor. Some people think I’ve been too hard on Mark, but that’s okay, he can take it – because he’s a saint. No, really, he is!

After all the time he’s spent waiting in the emergency room for me or one of the boys or in doctor’s offices without complaint, he must be a saint.

Saint Mark. Has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? But, wait, I think that’s already been used. I suppose his middle name could be used, but seriously, Saint Chester? For Heaven’s sake, don’t tell him I said he could be a candidate for sainthood! You know it’ll just go to his head . . .

That should’ve been a clue right away that our lives would be filled with his eloquent silver words.

We were headed to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and stopped to eat in a small diner for dinner. We were the only people in the restaurant part of the diner, but we could hear a lot of noise from a room in the back where a group, including the waitress and cook, were apparently watching a stock car race. When the waitress came out long enough to wait on us, she explained that Dale Earnhardt was racing. She quickly took our order, called the cook to come fix it and returned to the back room.

Ol’ Silver Tongue turned to my sister and me and asked, “Who is Dale Earnhardt?”

This from the person who watches TV with the remote that automatically stops on every sport when he’s channel surfing – from Tiddlywinks to football. He cannot pass up checking it out for a few minutes, just in case he might like it.

We didn’t know whether we should quietly get up and sneak out of the diner or not. Looking around, we quickly realized that the only other person here was the cook and he had the radio on so he couldn’t hear what Ol’ Silver Tongue said.

My sister and I both said, “Shhh, you’ll get us killed asking that here!”

On this same trip, we saw lots and lots of tobacco fields, but there was one where the tobacco was covered with plastic in long rows. “That tobacco is for filtered king-sized cigarettes,” he informed us.

Ol’ Silver Tongue has always had a way with words. When we were dating, I overheard him singing “Some Day Your Prince Will Come.” I wonder if he was referring to himself or if it was just a catchy tune.

We were sitting in church before mass on All Saints’ Day, which is also Halloween, and Ol’ Silver Tongue leaned over and whispered, “I wonder if it would be tacky when we go to communion to say, ‘Trick or Treat’?”

“I’m not one to let grass grow under my feet,” he loftily informed

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Congratulations to RMCHCS’ Women’s Health Unit for achieving over 90 percent for administering the birth dose of Hepatitus B vaccine. The Women’s Health Unit received a letter of congratulations from the New Mexico Immunization Coalition which stated, “This is a very important accomplishment, and we would like to honor and recognize your hospital’s achievement at the Annual New Mexico Immunization Coalition Provider Awards Dinner on May 2, 2014. Representatives from the Women’s Health Unit will be attending the dinner and accepting the award for their outstanding work on behalf of New Mexico’s children.

The Women’s Health Unit was also recently awarded the Honor Roll award from the New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force for their support of breastfeeding moms. The New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force’s mission is to improve the health of New Mexico families by creating an environment in which breastfeeding is the cultural norm.

National Nurses Week begins every year on May 6 and ends on May 12 which is the birthday of Florence Nightingale. In 1981 New Mexico nurses initiated a resolution to have May 6 declared “National Recognition Day for Nurses.” The next year, President Reagan signed a resolution made by the American Nurses Association and the United States Congress designating May 6th as “National Recognition Day for Nurses.” RMCHCS honors and thanks its nurses for their commitment to the profession and the contribution they make to our community. Don’t forget to thank the nurses in your lives!

This year’s National Hospital Week runs from May 11–17.

Now more than ever hospitals play a vital role in improving community health across the nation. Join us in thanking the many dedicated individuals who contribute to the work that is

done at RMCHCS and GIMC. From providing medical care in our hospital and clinics to running important programs in the community, we are committed to supporting the health and well-being of everyone in Gallup and McKinley County. On May 15 and 16, the RMCHCS Auxiliary will be hosting a community blood drive in the RMCH 3rd floor solarium. Find the hero in you and donate blood. To sign up call Bobbie at 863-6959 or Mary Ann at 863.3098 or visit www. unitedbloodservices.org and enter the sponsor code: Gallup.

RMCHCS welcomes Emergency Staffing Solutions who began providing 24–7 emergency care services at RMCHCS on May 1.

Dr. Gerald Robertson, Internal Medicine has rejoined College Clinic’s Internal Medicine practice on a full-time basis.

RMCHCS’ OB-GYN practice at Red Rock Clinic is accepting new patients. Dr. Salam Chalouhi, Dr. Colin Berry, Dr. Phil Kamps and Linda van AsseltKing, certified nurse midwife (CNM), provide well-woman care, gynecological and obstetrical services for women of all ages.

For a complete list of services, visit www.rmch.org and look up OB-GYN services. To make an appointment, call 863.7200.

RMCHCS Behavioral Health Services has been relocated to the lower level of the old dialysis building on the main campus at 1910 Red Rock Drive. Outpatient services include individual, family and couples counseling as well as tele-psychiatry and medication management.

Services are available for children ages 6 and up, adolescents and adults. Staff members Emily Kee, LISW; Charles Hauser, MD-Psychiatry; Jeremy Lindsay, LMFT; Yvonne Mandagaran, LPCC and Gretchen Woods, CNS are accepting new patients. For more information or to make an appointment, call 726.6910.

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As usual we have great plans for the coming year. On April 4 we hosted James and Ernie at the El Morro Theatre. The theatre was packed and the show was great entertainment.

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eter and Kari Ippel were just joking when they mentioned to their good friends Chris and Abbie Huizinga that they should buy The Water Store. They were, in fact, much more interested in raising some goats together for fresh milk, but after their chuckles subsided, there was an awkward silence and they began to seriously wonder “why not?” Soon after, the joint venture was born.

Peter and Chris are teachers by trade at Juan De Oñate and Rehoboth Christian School, respectively; Abbie is currently in school to be a special education teacher, while Kari is a nurse at RMCHCS in the women’s health department. All of them plan on keeping their current careers rolling while The Water Store’s long-time employees, Jarred Leggett and Matt Livingston keep daily operations going.

The Water Store sells purified drinking water that goes through a 6-stage process (see opposing page). The water can be bought bottled, or you can fill your own containers at the refilling counter. Recent tests

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show that Gallup tap water has about 500 ppm of total dissolved solids (this is what is responsible for Gallup’s water’s unique taste), while the purified water at The Water Store has about 9 ppm.

The Water Store sells bottles, dispensing units, nutritional supplements by the NOW brand, and is the only place in town to get a monstrous 50-lb bag of ice.

The new owners hope, in the near future, to start delivering water to locations throughout town, as well as stock products from other local entrepreneurs on the retail floor space. The possibility of shave ice, tea, and coffee being offered is being considered, as well.

To sum it all up Chris Huizinga says, “We saw a great opportunity to invest in Gallup, work with some great friends, and hopefully positively affect the people and community that surrounds us.”

The Water Store is located at 1906 E. Aztec Ave. For more information, call 505-863-2911.

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Story of Mr. D

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Sometimes it seems we have more in common than what holds us apart.

met Mr. D over 25 years ago. Mr. D was married to a woman whose family had been Christian for several generations, some of whom were founding members of a church in the area. Mr. D had never joined a church, I assume, due to his traditional Native beliefs; he was a medicine man and chief among the Cheyenne.

During the years that I knew them, Mr. D and his wife had a grandchild die of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) at the age of 4 months. It was a devastating time for them as grandparents, as well as for their daughter and family. Mr. D and I officiated the funeral and graveside service together and it was interesting, so here is some of what happened.

One of the things I remember at the graveside that really affected me was that the family gave gifts to everyone on behalf of the baby. In the Cheyenne tradition, gifts are given in order to demonstrate the child’s generosity and relationships that would have developed had the child lived. It was a thoughtful, beautiful ceremony; a way of recognizing the kind of person this child would have been. I liked that. As part of the grieving process, the ceremony not only recognized the relationships that would have developed had the child continued in this life, it also demonstrated that there will be another place and time that these relationships will have their chance to develop. It made me wonder, had this child grown up to be an adult, what would have been this child’s relationship with God. At the grave, Mr. D talked about how the Cheyenne believe that the body will be in the grave for three days, after which the soul will reunite with the body and the child will rise and go to the “happy hunting ground.” It is there that the Cheyenne will all meet again and enjoy life as it is intended to be: without death, suffering, separation or brokenness. Where did three days come from and the idea of a totally new creation to enjoy? I could not help notice the similarities to the Biblical account.

After the ceremony, I had the opportunity to ask Mr. D what he believed concerning God. I cannot remember the Cheyenne name for

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God, but he told me that in the Cheyenne tradition, they believe in one, all-powerful, just, and all-knowing creator God who lives forever and is profoundly good. This God was responsible for creating the present world as well as the next world in which the Cheyenne will all be reunited after death and will live forever. It made me wonder how those beliefs originated, where they came from, and how God had revealed Himself within this culture. It is so interesting to me that no matter what culture or people you talk to, there is almost universally a belief in some kind of creator god and in a life beyond this world – a “sense of the divine.” (This is based on writings in missiology.)

After exploring more of what the Cheyenne believed concerning God, my next question for Mr. D was whether, based on what he had heard and learned at church, he could believe that this creator God would come in the flesh to live perfectly for us and die for us in order to insure our way into the next life, and if he thought that God could have come in the person and form of Jesus Christ, as the church taught and his wife and I believed. Mr. D, without hesitation, said that he could believe that and I do not think his response was simply to placate me. Mr. D felt that his God was loving and caring enough that He would want to provide a way that people could be in the next life with Him. Interesting! He believed in a God who was the creator of all and believed that out of love this God was willing to come in the flesh, live and die in our place in order to secure our eternal life. Sometimes it seems we have more in common then what holds us apart.

As much as we think we know and understand, salvation to me is still a mystery. The Bible is pretty clear that salvation is through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and we who hear this are called to have faith in Him. The mystery is: what does God do with those who have not had the opportunity to respond to this or whose opportunity was seriously skewed by other circumstances?

About that, the Bible is rather quiet. This baby, for instance. Does God turn His face away from that child because he died before he could make that decision or because it was not clear whether he would be raised in the May 2014

Cheyenne traditions or in the Christian tradition?

Or Mr. D and others like him – does God ignore those who relate to Him outside of the Christian religion simply because they grew up in a different religion.

There is a way of looking at salvation and eternal life that I believe can be helpful in shedding light on this mystery. The Christian faith teaches clearly that God came in the flesh to provide our way to receive eternal life. However

By Don Tamminga much God has bound salvation to his Son, I believe God Himself is not bound or limited as to how He can make this happen! For example, must a person be a part of the Christian religion in order to receive this gift? It certainly is not religious affiliation that saves anyone. Is it fair to say that there are people in this world who, within their own religious traditions, are seeking the true God and in their hearts are pointed towards God? If so, would God turn them away simply because they were not raised in the Christian faith, or like Mr. D, to my knowledge, had never committed to Christianity or said the right formula? Is it possible that when these people realize this gift of eternal life, they will also realize that it was provided for them through God’s sacrifice in Jesus Christ even though they did not know it until after death? I like to think so and I am not alone.

Read The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis and especially The Last Battle. In the last battle, one of the soldiers, who is a follower of the demon god Tash, ends up finding eternal life and meeting Aslan, the lion that represents Jesus Christ in the book. He finds eternal life through Aslan because, in this soldier’s heart, he was actually pointed toward and worshipping the true God. Read it, you will see what I mean. And C.S. Lewis is pretty good company!

The beauty of this perspective is that it does justice to Jesus Christ and His saving work and, at the same time, makes room for those who have not had the opportunity to respond to Him in faith. Put another way, this perspective actually does justice to what the Bible has to say in addition to what the Bible is silent about.

There is another way of looking at salvation, which can be helpful, as well. It is a philosophy called Molinism, named after a 16th century Jesuit. Basically, Molinism holds that God has what can be called a middle knowledge. Middle knowledge is not God’s all knowing of the past, present and future but His knowledge of what could have been if circumstances were different. For example, a person growing up in some remote village who has never had the opportunity to hear the gospel. What if this person had heard the Gospel, how would they have responded? God only knows. Molinism maintains not only that God has that kind of middle knowledge, but that He can (and does) base His judgment of people from that middle knowledge.

In this present story, if this baby would have grown up to maturity and had the opportunity to be in a Christian home, to hear and learn about God and the Gospel, to be nurtured in his faith as some of us have, God’s knowledge includes knowing how that child would have responded to Him. The idea of God having a middle knowledge basically comes from Matthew 11:23 where Jesus hints at it.

Ultimately, in all of this, salvation is still a mystery and we have to trust in the mercy of a gracious and just God who created out of an abundance of love, and from that same love lived and died in order to restore our broken relationship. We also need to be careful that we do not put this God in a box, limiting his ability to work out salvation by our limited understanding of it through His Word. It is also significant to note that eternal life is not simply about after we die, but has its beginning in this present life. “I came so you may have life, and have it abundantly” (John 10:10).

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May Community Calendar

Sunday ONGOING

Support Class for Parents of Teens at First United Methodist Church from 6:30-7:30pm. Info: 863-4512.

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 @ 505-783-4612.

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.

Long Form Tai Chi will practice at Old School Gallery in El Morro, NM, 9:30-10:30 am. Newcomers welcome!

Zumba, a cardio-based workout, is “exercise in disguise.” Come for classes led by licensed instructor, Vanessa Bowling, at Hozho Center (216 W. Maloney, Gallup) Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays at 6 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Cost is $4/person. For more information, check out www. vbowling.zumba.com.

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: 722-6389.

Codependents Anonymous, 12 noon 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: 7226389.

Lebanon Lodge #22, A. F. & A. M. meets the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 7:30 pm at the Gallup Masonic Center (4801 E. Historic 66 Avenue). An informational program and meal are presented before the meeting at 6:45 pm. All Masons are invited. Info: lebanonlodge22@yahoo. com.

Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564.

Open mic night every Monday at the Coffee House from 6 to 8 pm. Open to musicians, poets, and story tellers.

Zumba classes well be held 6:30-7:30 at 3rd and Maloney at the Hozho Center, $4/class. If you have any questions please feel free to call Kimberly Martinez at 505-713-7250.

Brain Injury Support Group, Mondays 9-11 am at Hozho Center (216 W. Maloney, Gallup). Learn new ways to deal with old problems. Become a better person by talking to people who know about brain injuries. For more information, call 505-870-1483.

Recharge your week, Mondays at 6 pm by Ford Canyon Park: Beginner’s meditation by Gallup Meditation Group. A great introduction to the many benefits that group meditation provides. Log-in/ Like us on Facebook or call Maria at (505) 8633772 or (505) 863-9404 evenings only.

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Connor Chee performs with Red Rock String Ensemble at First United Methodist Church at 4 pm. Chee is a Navajo pianist, originally from Page, AZ. He has performed at New York City’s Carnegie Hall and throughout the country. Please come and enjoy this free event and support local music!

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Come to the Work in Beauty House (113 E. Logan) from 1:00 to 4:30 pm for a permaculture design experiment. Anyone who wants to try his or her hand at revamping a garden or re-imagining a college campus will enjoy this workshop. Participants are encouraged to attend Saturday’s session to gain the background for this exercise. Call 505-726-2497, email workinbeautyinc@gmail.com, or visit www. workinbeauty.org for more information.

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Church Rock Shootout, 7th Annual 3-D Archery Shoot, 9 am (registration at 7 am).

For more information, call James 505-399-1103 or Charles 910-916-9395 and visit Facebook at Spirit Canyon Archers.

Plateau Sciences Society monthly meeting at Red Mesa Center on Hill Ave. next to the library.

Social and refreshment time at 2:30, meeting starts at 3:00.

“Colors of the Universe” with the art of William Stripp, opening at the Old School Gallery in El Morro, NM, 3-5 pm. For more information, call 505-783-4710.

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Morning Light Sanga Meditation Group from 3 to 5 at 113 E. Logan. All welcome!

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6th Annual Birdhouse Auction For Relay For Life will take place at Sammy C’s.

Birdhouses will be photographed and added to the website (gallupbirdhouses.com) and many will be displayed around town the week before the auction. This project is sponsored by the American Cancer Society Gallup Relay For Life Ups & Downs team with all proceeds going to the fight against cancer.

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Just Move It 2014 Family Fun Runs & Walks, event at Breadsprings Day School, 6 pm (registration at 4:30). For more information, contact Colleen at 505-722-1593 or 722-1278.

Quilt Club at Gallup Service Mart, 6-8 pm. Come join other quilters in the area to share ideas and projects. Bring your projects for an evening of Show and Tell and discussions about quilting. For more information, call 505-722-9414.

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3rd Annual Manuelito Children’s Home 5K Run at Fox Run Golf Course. $20 registration, 100% of proceeds go to Manuelito Children’s Home. Pre-register online at Active.com or race day from 8 am to 9 am. Free T-shirt to first 100 registrants. Race starts at 9:05 am.

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Mother Goose on the Loose (ages 0-2) interactive parent-child music + movement story time, 11am at the Children’s Library.

Weird Science Club (ages 6-12) exploratory science, technology, engineering and math programs designed to make learning fun, 4pm at the Children’s Library.

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

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

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

Overeaters Anonymous meeting for beginner and returning, 5:30-6:30 pm at Church of the Holy Spirit (1334 Country Club Drive). For more information, call Linda at (505) 863-6042.

Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564.

Zumba classes well be held 6:30-7:30 at 3rd and Maloney at the Hozho Center, $4/class. If you have any questions please feel free to call Kimberly Martinez at 505-713-7250.

Faith Chapter #69, Order of the Eastern Star, meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7 pm at the Gallup Masonic Center (4801 E. Historic 66 Avenue). Info: Robert 505-615-8053.

Work in Beauty Open Board Meetings every 1st Tuesday at 7pm at the Work in Beauty House (113 E. Logan, corner of Logan and Puerco). Work in Beauty Community Action Meetings every 3rd Tuesday at 7pm at the Work in Beauty House (113 E. Logan, corner of Logan and Puerco).

Tai Chi, the Chinese discipline for cultivating energy, health and self defense skills, is coming to the Hozho Center (216 W. Maloney, Gallup).

Monika Gauderon will teach from 7:15 to 8 pm. For more information, call 505 775-3045 or 870-1483.

Home Group AA will meet at Hozho Center three times a week Tuesday 6p-7p OD, Friday 6p-7p BB, potluck dinner 3rd Friday during speaker meeting, Sunday 4p-5p OD.

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Give to local non-profits on New Mexico Day of Giving! Give ¡Grande! NM is a unique, 24-hour online giving event that allows individuals in our community an opportunity to donate to nonprofits that improve quality of life in New Mexico from 12 am to midnight (MST).

Just go to www.givegrandenm.org to find local organizations to support! This year, Gallup Public Radio and Hands of Hope Pregnancy Center are two of the local organizations listed, among many others!

Basic and Easy Garment Sewing Class at Gallup Service Mart, 6-9 pm. Let’s get creative and make either a pair of pajama pants or a skirt. Fabric types, grain lines, basic sewing construction techniques, sewing notions, pattern sizing and measurements will be covered. $30 plus cost of pattern. (2-part class continued from April 22). For more information, call 722-9414.

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

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 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.

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! Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564.

The weekly El Morro Community Stage Night happens each Wednesday from 7 until 8:30pm. For more information, you may call Rachel, 505-8637626, or email manager@kglp.org.

Introduction to Belly Dance class, 7:30-8:30 at FOF Dance Studio, 230 W. Coal Ave. Call Leaf at 9792047 for tuition rates and registration.

Gallup Solar meets the first three Wednesdays of every month at 113 East Logan to discuss everything solar, from megawatt plants to solar lighting for the outhouse. To find out how you can save money on a grid tie in Gallup or for more information, go to new projects at gallupsolar.org or call Don at 505-728-9246.

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Beginner’s Quilting Part 2 at Gallup Service Mart, 6-9 pm. Get answers to all your questions about quilting. Bring your sewing machine and join us in learning how to do basic quilting. Begin cutting and piecing your quilt top! $45 includes patterns and handouts for all three classes. (3-part class continues on June 24). For more information, call 722-9414.

Memoreial Day Event. The Gallup McKinley Veterans Committee will be paying respect to the 200th Coast Artillary Battery D, Gallup, NM (Bataan) and will be recognizing the families of the men who served. 10 am Observance Ceremony at Veterans Plot - Hillcrest Cemetery, 11 am Parade through downtown Gallup (Aztec Ave.), 11:30 am Official ceremony at the Courthouse Square.

The Inheritance of War will be showing at El Morro Theatre at 7 pm in honor of all veterans.

The film follows the little-known tale of thousands of WWII soldiers held as prisoners of war in the Philippines after the largest defeat in US military history. This event will be hosted by Olin Clawson and conducted by Jim Parkinson, the narrator of the film. For more information, go to www.theinheritanceofwar.com and www. elmorrotickets.com.

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Crafty Kids, fun for all ages, 4pm at the Children’s Library.

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

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.

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Movies for all ages at the Children’s Library@ 4pm 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.

Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564.

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Zumba classes well be held at 11 am at 3rd and Maloney at the Hozho Center, $4/class. If you have any questions please feel free to call Kimberly Martinez at 505-713-7250.

Every 1st Saturday of the month is RMCHCS Childbirth Education classes for 2014. Classes are held in the library at RMCH and begin promptly at 9:00 am and end at 1:00 pm. The class is designed for busy people who wish to complete the class in one day. Call the Women’s Health Unit at 505-863-7026 to register, the class is free. The facilitator is Beatrice Nunez, RNc.

Fall Belly Dance Classes at FOF Dance Studio, 230 W Coal Ave. Kids Belly Dance, 5:005:30pm. Intro to Belly Dance (for adults), Gallup Al-Anon meetings at First United Methodist 5:30-6:30. FOF Belly Dance Performance Class: Church, 1800 Red Rock Drive (next to GIMC).

6:30-7:30. Call Leaf at 722-2491 for tuition rates Tuesdays at 12 noon and Thursdays at 7pm in and registration and for more info.

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Zumba classes well be held 6:30-7:30 at 3rd Divorce Care Support Group, Thursdays at 7pm. and Maloney at the Hozho Center, $4/class. If Location to be determined. For more information, call you have any questions please feel free to call or email Dan at 505 878-2821 or dkruis@yahoo.com.

Kimberly Martinez at 505-713-7250.

Alicia’s Zumba Fitness Classes will be held from 7:15-8:15 pm at Wowie’s Gym (1500 South 2nd Street, Gallup). $5/class or 10-class punch card for $30. Your first 2 classes are FREE! Info: Alicia Santiago (505) 236-9564.

Diabetes Education Classes, first four Thursdays of the month, 6:30-8:30 pm, RMCH 2nd floor library. Contact: Carolyn at 863-1865.

Zumba, a cardio-based workout, is “exercise in disguise.” Come for classes led by licensed instructor, Vanessa Bowling, at Hozho Center (216 W. Maloney, Gallup) Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays at 6 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Cost is $4/person. For more information, check out www.vbowling.zumba.com.

Zumba classes at the Hozho Center (3rd and Maloney) Wednesdays 6:30-7:30 and Fridays 6:30-7:30. For more information, call the Hozho Center at 505-870-1483 or call 505-713-7250.

Please join us weekly at 6 pm at Ford Canyon Park for Beginner meditation by Gallup Meditation Group. A great introduction to the many benefits that group meditation provides.

We are simple people, from all walks of life and belief systems, trying to connect with our own deep spirituality, through meditation.

Reduced stress, clarity of mind, connection to your true-self. Log-in/ Like us at facebook.com/ gallupjeditation or call Maria at (505) 863-3772 (505) 863-9404 evenings only.

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Soroptimist International of Gallup meets the second Thursday of the month at Angela’s Café at noon. Please note the new location!

Crownpoint Rug Weavers Association Auction at Crownpoint Elementary School. Viewing 4:00-6:30 pm, auction 7:00-10:00 pm. For more information, visit crownpointrugauction.com.

Gallup Legal Fair at Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center, 12-4 pm. Free consultations with attorneys and civil legal service providers. First come, first served.

Interpreters available.

Second Thursday Diabetes Support Group, 5:30 pm, for all people who suffer from Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes. The Church of the Holy Spirit is located at 1334 Country Club Drive, Gallup, just 1 block west of Red Rock Elementary School. For more information, call 505-863-4695.

Breastfeeding 101, learn the basics of breastfeeding, 6pm, RMCH 2nd floor library AND Baby Bistro, support group for breastfeeding moms and their babies, 7pm, RMCH 2nd floor library. For more information contact Mary Ippel at 505-8705103.

Second Thursday Diabetes Support Group at Church of the Holy Spirit, 5:30 pm. For all people who suffer from Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes. The Church of the Holy Spirit is located at 1334 Country Club Drive, Gallup, just 1 block west of Red Rock Elementary School. Phone: 505-863-4695.

Just Move It 2014 Family Fun Runs & Walks, event at Chee Dodge Elementary School, 6 pm (registration at 4:30). For more information, contact Colleen at 505-722-1593 or 722-1278.

Young Bucks Shoot-Out youth basketball tournament at Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center in Gallup, May 9-11. For more information, contact Michelle at 505-979-4777.

Come to the El Morro Theatre at 7pm for a kickoff celebration to Work in Beauty’s Permaculture Design Weekend. The public is invited to a free screening of films about permaculture with an introduction and discussion led by local experts. Call 505-726-2497, email workinbeautyinc@ gmail.com, or visit www.workinbeauty.org for more information.

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Looking for some great bargains? Come and shop at Hands of Hope’s Spring Garage Sale from 8 to 11 am at the First Baptist Church Gym (2112 College Dr, Gallup – use the west side entrance). There will be a big assortment of household items and adult and children’s clothing. Proceeds of the sale will benefit Hands of Hope Pregnancy Center. For information call 722-7125.

Holy Spirit Yard Sale, 8-11 am. Spring cleaning = lots of tables full of goodies from our homes and church.

Used books galore. Proceeds benefit Holy Spirit Outreach Ministries. Come early! The Church of the Holy Spirit is located at 1334 Country Club Drive, just 1 block west of Red Rock Elementary School. For information, call 505-863-4695.

RMCHCS Community Health Fair at Rio West Mall, 10 am to 3 pm. Numerous booths located at the west end of the mall will feature activities, information and health screenings such as blood pressure, blood sugar, BMI, eye screenings and more. Health information, services and activities for adults, parents, and children are included. For more information, call 505.863.7282.

El Morro Valley Renaissance Festival, 10 am to 4 pm at the Old School Gallery (on NM Hwy. 53, one mile east of El Morro National Monument). A fun-filled day for the whole family that will include a May Pole, craft booths, blacksmith demonstration, face painting, juggling, sword fighting demonstration, workshops, musical performances, games, drumming, Ceili dancing, and food! For more information, call 505-783-4710.

McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council Monthly Meeting, 2:00 pm at Red Mesa Center (105 W. Hill). Call 7225142 for more information.

“Pie and Coffee” evening remembering Sergeant Barney Montoya at Octavia Fellin Public Library, 6-8 pm.

For more information, read G-Town article on p. 48.

Join us for a free Community Coffeehouse starting at 6:30 pm, at Church of the Holy Spirit. Musicians, poets, storytellers, jugglers, court jesters, Knights of the Round Table, etc., call ahead at 505-722-7206 to sign up to share your talents. Not a performer? Just show up for a night of fun, friendship & free refreshments! The Church of the Holy Spirit is located at 1334 Country Club Drive, just 1 block west of Red Rock Elementary School. For information, call 505-863-4695.

Popcorn Theology at Church of the Holy Spirit, 7 pm. Come enjoy a free movie, sodas, popcorn, and conversation as we explore the gospel message in contemporary movies. 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.

Come to the Work in Beauty House (113 E. Logan) from 1:00 to 4:30 pm for a fascinating and handson introduction to permaculture design, led by Joe Pacal and Peter McCabe. Anyone interested in natural or engineered landscapes – gardens, schools campuses, parks, etc. – will benefit greatly from this instruction. Call 505-726-2497, email workinbeautyinc@gmail.com, or visit www.workinbeauty.org for more information.

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ArtsCrawl, Downtown Gallup, 7-9 pm. Schedule of events on p. 62.

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Plateau Sciences Society will be holding their 15th Annual Native and Xeric Plant Sale, 9am to 3pm at Holiday Nursery (1214 E. Aztec, Gallup). A Native Plant Workshop will be conducted on the grounds of the Holiday Nursery from 10am to 11am.

Dawn ’til Dusk 12-hour mountain bike race at High Desert Trail System, Mentmore trailhead. For more information, read story on p. 36 and check out ziarides.com.

ANNOUNCEMENTS Gallup Solar (a nonprofit org) is offering free solar net metering consultation for your home or business. Learn how you can run your electric meter backward by going solar.

Call 505-722-0039. Ask for Bill or leave a call back message.

Save the Date for: “Polka in the Pines,” presented by the Gallup Slavic Lodges. August 10, 2014 at the Wildlife Picnic Grounds in McGaffey, NM a traditional Slavic picnic food & Polka music, featuring new live Polka bands! For tickets and more information, call Shirley Baker 505-863-5555, Katie Bolf 505-863-6402, Darlene Yocham 505-863-5773 or Kendra Biava 505-879-2213.

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3 1. The 2014 Women of the Navajo calendar models read the Journey at Thunderbird Supply Co. for a meet and greet. From left to right: Shea, Amber, Kerry, Shanesha, Melinda, Gabrielle, Lacinda, April, Samantha, Alysha and Melissa.

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2. (L-R) Uriel Murillo, Jazmin Murillo, Gerardo Alarcon, Alejandro Murillo and Francisco Murillo read the Journey at the USA vs. Mexico Friendly for World Cup Brazil at the University of Phoenix Stadium.

3. Martha Zollinger enjoying the Journey magazine while in Lafayette, Louisiana during Mardi Gras.

4. Airman TJon Becenti and his little sister, Natalia Sabal enjoying the Journey immediately following his graduation from the Air Force Basic Military Training, Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas.

5. Brooke Dashner and Melanie Van Dorp read the Gallup Journey with Minnie Mouse in Disneyland.

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1. After a day of snorkeling at Hanauma Bay on the island of Oahu, Steve and Barbra Daugherty along with Victor, Mandi, Analysia, and Jonah Vaquera take a break to read the Journey.

2. Peter Procopio reading the Journey in San Diego. “Just another lazy day on the Bay,” sailing with son, Skipper Alex Procopio, San Diegan, formerly of Gallup.

3. Dana Pino and Jason Brown enjoy reading the Journey in Tokyo Disney Sea, Japan.

4. Rita Romero, Jessika (Romero) Gomez, and Edward Romero grab the Journey as they crossed the finish line for the 25th Annual Bataan Memorial Death March at the New Mexico White Sands Missile Range. They walked in honor of “The Gallup Boys,” a group of WWII soldiers from Gallup, NM who endured, along with many other soldiers, a forced, long, strenuous march through the Philippines, many did not survive.

5. Aloha! (L-R) Ku’uleilehua Manoa, Mokonuiarangi Makekau, Luda Spencer and Tracey Luther are reading the Journey on spring break in Hawai’i, getting ready to go snorkeling in Mokulēʻia. Mahalo!

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t all began with the vision of a local athlete wanting to see more family friendly fitness events in Gallup. In 2011 a small group of like-minded folks got together and formed the non-profit organization called the Gallup Family Fitness Series. With a simple goal of developing a series of family-oriented events designed to give families a chance to exercise and develop fitness habits together in a fun, non-competitive atmosphere. The events are recreational and not competitive; participation will be rewarded and not results. Some events exist along side competitive races for those that want to take their fitness to another level. No matter what your level of fitness, all of the GFFS events are a lot of fun for the whole family.

A huge THANK YOU goes out to all those who have volunteered their time and resources to make these events happen. You help make Gallup a better place!

This Year, the Fitness Series IS FREE! Come out to join us!

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2014 Gallup Family Fitness Series Proud Sponsors Al Zuni Global Jewelry Castle Furniture City of Gallup Comfort Suites/Red Roof Inn DePauli Engineering El Rancho Hotel Enchantment Physical Therapy Four Corners Welding & Gas Supply Fratelli’s Bistro Gallup Journey Magazine Gallup Land Partners Kiwanis Clubs of Gallup Mason & Isaacson Law Firm McKinley County Murphy Builders Newberry & Associates Perry Null Trading Company Pinnacle Bank Richardson’s Trading Company Rico Auto Complex Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital Rosebrough Law Firm Southwest Indian Foundation T & R Market US Bank Vision Source Youth Conservation Corps

2014 Event Schedule Monday, MAy 26

926 N. Hwy 491 Gallup, NM 87301 (505) 722-6498 Open Daily 11am-9pm

Lemon-herb Chicken & Grilled Shrimp Skewers, Served over Rice Pilaf, choice of potato Steak & Scampi, Served over Rice Pilaf, choice of potato Both meals include a trip to the Salad Bar, Dessert and a Carnation for each & every Mother (while they last)!

Happy Mother’s Day! Specials for Sunday, May 11

City Electric Shoe Shop 505.863.5252 • 230 W. Coal Ave. www.cityelectricshoe.com

Memorial DAy Fun Run

Fox Run Golf Course registration: 8am • run: 9am

Saturday, June 7

Family-style triathlon Gallup Aquatic Center

SUNDAY, august 24 Pack the Peak Hike Pyramid Peak

Sunday, September 28

Largest Selection of Moccasins anywhere!

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