October 2015

The Free Community Magazine OCTOBER#135

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CITY OF

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

City Update • October 2015 New Interim Operator Selected for Gallup Detox Center. The City Council has approved a contract with Na’nizhoozhi Center, Inc. to assume temporary responsibilities for social detoxification and shelter services at Gallup Detox Center beginning October 2, 2015. This action was taken following notice from the Navajo Nation Department of Behavioral Health Services of their intent to discontinue operations at the center. The city along with McKinley County will utilize liquor excise tax revenue to fund activities through the winter until a permanent operator is selected.

Community Meetings Planned for November. Following on the heels of a successful community meeting in August on downtown revitalization, a second event will be held in early November to continue the discussions about redevelopment and Arts and Cultural District initiatives. The event has been tentatively scheduled for the El Morro Events Center on Second Street. Please watch Facebook and the city website for announcements on this important activity.

Free Yard Waste Disposal Service in October. Residential solid waste customers within the city limits and who are in good standing are allowed one free open truck pick-up each year during the month of October.

Branches, weeds, yard clippings and/or regular bagged residential refuse are the only items allowed. Please call 863-1212 between the hours of 7 am and 4 pm Monday through Friday to schedule a pick-up. All items must be placed curbside away from obstructions, with refuse properly bagged to help keep our community clean.

Third Annual Preparedness and Public Safety Day. Over 110 volunteers and several agencies participated in the recent Preparedness and Public Safety Day, including the City of Gallup Fire Department, McKinley County OEM, New Mexico State Police, McKinley County Sheriffs Office, Gallup Med Flight, Zuni Fire Department and the McKinley County Fire Department. The city fire department celebrated the grand reopening of its newly renovated Fire Safety House with tours for over 500 people.

This mobile unit is capable of teaching children and adults about fire safety, extinguisher use, and kitchen fire preparedness.

Hear the Beep Where You Sleep. People feel the safest in their homes, yet residential properties are where most fires and fire deaths occur.

Approximately 50% of home fires are reported between the hours of 11 pm and 7 am. The Gallup Fire Department would like to remind our residents about the importance of having working smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on every level of the home including the basement. Smoke alarms alert people to a fire before it spreads.

Weeds are another concern for residential fires. It has been a very wet season this year and weeds in many areas around the city have grown and accumulated to potentially dangerous levels. It is only a matter of time before the weeds will start to dry out, creating a high fire hazard. Many wildfires that have destroyed homes and property have started from just one spark. Please help us improve safety for you and your neighbors by cutting and clearing weeds and brush on your property.

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9 AM - 4 PM, Sat., Nov. 14 (1 session) 9 AM - 4 PM, Sat., Dec. 19 (1 session) Instructor: Ken Hoffman _____________________ OSHA Construction 10 hour

9 AM - 5 PM; Sat., Oct. 17 & 24 OSHA Construction 30 hour

8 AM - 5 PM; Mon. - Thurs., ARRANGED OSHA Industrial 10 hour

9 AM - 5 PM; Sat., Dec. 5 & 12 OSHA Industrial 30 hour

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5:30 PM- 8:30 PM, Mon., Oct. 5-26 Instructor: Stefanie Atene

Workforce Industrial Transportation Training

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8:00 AM- 5:00 PM, Mon. - Thurs., Aug. 24 - Dec. 18 Instructor: Charles Kline

Balancing the Books

8:00AM- 5:00 PM, Monthly Instructor: Gallup CDL Training

5:30 PM- 8:30 PM, Mon.,Nov. 9 & 16 Instructor: Stefanie Atene 5:30 PM- 8:30 PM, Mon., Dec. 1 & 8 Instructor: Stefanie Atene Fraud Detection & Awareness (TBA) Workforce Basic Microsoft Office & Professional Writing Training

5:30 PM- 8:30 PM, Tuesdays, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3 Instructor: Stefanie Atene

Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)

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6 PM- 8 PM, Tues., Thurs., Oct 20 & 22 Instructor: Ara Greene Create your Own Memorable Movie Maker

6 PM- 9 PM, Mon., Nov. 30 Instructor: Denise Silva

8 AM - 5 PM; Mon. - Thurs., ARRANGED Instructor for OSHA: Charles Kline For more information on the above courses: Denise Silva (505) 863-7738 or dsilva@unm.edu _____________________ Substance Abuse Studies Training Program in Gallup: Cultural Competencies for Counselors #39462 FAA-PFA, Sat., October 10 & 17, 9am - 4pm For class & program information, visit: http:// ce.unm.edu/sastp-gallup Download the SAS Training Program PDF: http:// goto.unm.edu/sas-flyer

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Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor, First, I want to thank all of you who have contacted me asking why my column

“Words of Wellness” is no longer appearing in the Gallup Journey. I’ve gently explained to each of you why – although I loved informing you about natural health and how it can improve the quality of your life, I also love peace and harmony, and especially animals in their natural beauty – ALIVE.

I would’ve kept quiet and spoken with each of you individually, but when I was approached this last weekend by a woman at the Ramah Farmers’ Market who asked me if the Gallup Journey was no longer printing my articles because they were too controversial, I realized I’d better speak up. She claimed she was annoyed that the GJ would cut me off for this reason, since she ‘gleans so much valuable information from the articles.’ Let me add here that I am extremely honored that so many people have reached out to tell me that they feel what I have to say is very valuable and important to them and the community.

When I read the July issue of the GJ where a request was put out for pictures of animal trophies depicting a beautiful buck who’d lost his life to a trophy hunter, it brought me to tears. I found out I was not alone in this sentiment. When I showed the ad (p. 55) to another reader who came to my home, she threw the magazine down on the floor and said, “I’ll never touch another Gallup Journey after seeing that.” And this came from a woman who has hunted for food when necessary. She understood my feelings – if a person has no other food and might starve without meat, then hunting to survive is one thing, but trophy hunting is simply barbaric. Much of the world obviously agrees with me – the hatred for Walter Palmer, the Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe, continues to grow and death threats against him are so numerous that he now requires full time protection.

The picture of the beautiful dead buck in the July issue so wrenched my heart that I couldn’t see how “Words of Wellness” could be associated with a magazine that promotes cruelty and killing – which saddens me because I really do love the Gallup community and miss being part of the Gallup Journey’s journey. If the ads stop appearing and I’m able to reach an agreement with the Gallup Journey, then I will gladly bring the “Words of Wellness” column back to the GJ. Until then, the fabulous organization IDA (In Defense of Animals) has asked me to write a column for their magazine and site, so if you want to stay in touch with me you can find my articles over there.

I just now, while writing this letter to the editor, received a call from a reader who reminded me that, when the Gallup Journey’s old website was up and

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Thoughts From The West End In 2000 I used to live at 212 E. Mesa, in a very basic Gallup basement apartment.

Our rent was $175/month, split 3 ways between myself, Bobcat, and a legally blind Canadian guy. Despite the low overhead we did almost nothing to make the place habitable. For 3 years I slept on the closet door that I took off the hinges with my army edition down sleeping bag on top. We were so basic that for 2 years we didn’t even have a garbage can, nor a can opener. I still remember that fateful day when Bobcat went to Walmart and bought that sleek black kitchen garbage can and the deluxe Kitchen-Aid can opener. We talked about it for weeks... “man this thing is nice...no more stabbing these cans with the pocketknife...dude no more cardboard boxes with soggy bottoms! etc...”

At the time, Bobcat and I were either out taking elementary kids biking with the “Bikemobile” program of NIYLP, or we were working shifts at an upstart snowboard company in Mentmore (yes that is correct, Mentmore=Snowboards, the company is still in business. . . check out www.customcult.com if you want a killer custom snowboard).

The raw simplicity of our lives and available mental space was devastatingly great.

With that said I have no desire whatsoever to live in bachelor central again (that train has thankfully left the station), but I do wonder what I can do to simplify life in a way that leaves healthy space for the soul and mind. In that spirit of simplicity, you will find in this issue an interview with a homeless man (pg.20), an argument to consider purchasing your final resting place (pg.34), some thoughts about life and stress (pg.22), and a married couple that has spent the last four years riding their bikes across the country (pg. 48).

As a final thought, I’ll leave you with this quote that I put on the back page of our underground college magazine back in 1995.

-CVD

“Most of us act as if it is more important to make a living than to live. Financial security is much more valued than the insecurity of following your heart. Most people would tell us that money, not poverty, matters. Even in the religious sectors, well-meaning souls will advise fellow souls to seek financial security. Seek truth, yes, but don’t be foolhardy, don’t be silly, don’t be childish. Find a good job, you can serve the Creator, and still work for a standard of living that reflects the economic realities of today.

The danger is that you will not listen to the voice that speaks to you through the whisp of the pine needles, or the coyote’s howl, or the autumn dawn. You won’t listen to the voice inside you, nor the voice that speaks from outside you, specifically to you out of the specific events of your life. The danger is that instead you will listen to the great, blaring, boring, banal voice of our mass culture, which threatens to deafen us all by blasting forth that the only thing that really matters about your work is how much it will get you in the way of salary and status, and that if it is gladness you are after, you can save that for the weekends.

When this banal voice deafens our minds and imprisons our hearts. . .risk and adventure become impossible.”

-Michael Yaconelli • “Dangerous Wonder” (paraphrase) there was a section that listed the six most popular articles, mine were the top three most popular articles. He tried to make me feel guilty for not continuing to write because he said the community really needs a natural health advocate and I’ve been that for the area for the last 4 years. All I could tell him was that I hope one day I can return to the GJ to help those who look for this information.

Until then, however, although some in the community might approve of the barbarism of trophy hunting, you might be astounded by the number of readers who find it offensive, distasteful and painful.

Respectfully submitted, Bera “The Wellness Whisperer” Dordoni, N.D. drbera@bastis.org Editor’s Reply: I believe hunters do a great service in helping the state manage wildlife populations. Hunting fees have paid for over $10 billion in conservancy efforts to protect endangered species and employ wildlife biologists that determine issued tags, permits, and licenses based on science. I also personally enjoy the relatively barbaric activity of eating meat. If you are a hunter, and have extra, please share some of your free range, organic harvest with me (202 E. Hill). CVD October 2015

Colorado River, Grand Canyon

This Boss. The River.

The Journey.

- Eddie Benally

October 2015: Volume 12, Issue 10 - #135

All Rights Reserved. No articles, photos, illustrations, advertisements, or design elements may be used without expressed written permission from the publisher, Gallup Journey Inc.

Contributors

This publication is distributed with the understanding that the information presented is from many sources, for which there can be no warranty or responsibility by the publisher as to accuracy, originality, or completeness. It is distributed with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in making product endorsements, recommending health care or treatments, providing instruction, or recommending that any reader participate in any activity or behavior described in the publication. The opinions of the contributors to this publication belong to them and do not reflect the opinions of the editors or publishers.

Anthony Arviso Michael Benson Ernie Bulow David Conejo Dr. Bera Dordoni Melissa Johnston Martin Link Jay Mason Fowler Roberts Bob Rosebrough Andy Stravers

Special Thanks This Month To: The Painter of the Blood Moon The Rose Warrior Gabe Rising Jason A. Donovan Vestal Soccer Coaches gcavy1 William Siebersma Alex “Vita-Mix-Master” Smith Alan Philips Dale Buser Chuck Wade

COVER:

Shot by Brian Leddy at the red rocks near Cottonwood Canyon of the Zuni Mountians. Shot taken in fall of 2014, on a bike packing trip. 30 second exposure.

Canvas prints of image for sale at Makeshift Gallery or go to www. brianleddy.com for more options.

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Editors Chuck & Jenny Van Drunen Staff Aileen McCarthy Sandra McKinney Joe Rising Andy Stravers

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Ode to Octavia

Gallup’s Larger-Than-Life Renaissance Woman

By Martin Link

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Octavia Fellin & Martin Link at Kamp Kiwanis August 2007 It was 1961 and I was employed by the Navajo Tribal Parks & Recreation Dept. to convert a log building on the Window Rock Fairgrounds into a Navajo Museum.

About that same time the Ft. Defiance Archaeological Society decided to expand their interests and renamed the organization the (Colorado) Plateau Sciences Society. In the Fall of 1962, several members suggested that the society affiliate itself with the Navajo Tribal Museum.

So on a cold, but clear Sunday in mid-January, 1963, 34 people showed up at the museum to discuss their new focus and relationship with the museum. Among that group was the middle-aged but vivacious librarian from the Gallup Public Library – Miss Octavia Fellin.

For the next 50 years I had both the honor and the privilege of knowing Octavia and working on a number of projects together.

Although she came from a well-established Gallup family, Octavia was born in Santa Monica, Calif. in 1919. In 1940 she worked briefly in a Denver library before relocating to Rosary College in River Forest, Ill. where she received her bachelor’s degree in Library Science. During World War II she worked as an Army librarian at the Bruns General Hospital in Santa Fe. On a visit to her parents here in Gallup in 1947 she was encouraged to accept the new position as librarian for the town of Gallup. The contemporary library was housed in a dilapidated structure on south 2nd Street that had formerly been the town jail. It had a leaky roof, cracked walls, old and inadequate shelves, less than 5,000 books, and an outhouse. Prior to the establishment of a paid position of librarian, the facility was operated by several volunteers from the community’s Women’s Club, who did the best they could under the circumstances.

By the time I had become acquainted with Octavia in 1963, she had initiated several bond issues for library improvements (they all passed), supervised a new building on the corner of Hill Street and 2nd Street, which housed both the public library and the Chamber of Commerce, and increased the book inventory tenfold.

When the Chamber of Commerce moved into their new building on 66 Avenue around 1965, they shared office space with the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association (on the east side) and the newly-created Gallup Museum of Indian Arts and Crafts, which pretty well filled up the large meeting room on the west side.

The space created in the library by the vacated Chamber of Commerce was remodeled to accommodate the everexpanding Southwest collection of books, journals, research papers, maps, and related articles.

Meanwhile the Indian Arts and Craft Museum needed a board of directors to supervise the acquisition of artifacts, construction of display cases, and overall management of the facility. Six people responded to this call: Octavia Fellin, Mrs. Norene Williams, Bill Hagberg, Phil Woodard, Editha Watson, and myself.

Eventually, 13 cases were fabricated and filled with an outstanding collection of Southwest Indian artifacts and craft items. The active board of directors sponsored a continuing series of programs, craft demonstrations, special lectures, workshops and other activities, especially during the summer tourist season and the time of the annual Inter-Tribal Ceremonial. Working with these individuals, and especially Octavia, was always an exciting and positive experience! However, after 15 years of being a staple and active function of downtown Gallup, circumstances dictated a change in direction. By 1980 there were only

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OCTOBER EVENTS Historias de Gallup

The Library is collecting oral histories from people in the community. Historias de Gallup will focus on Hispanic History in the area and stories that will give listeners a picture of Gallup in the past. These histories will be recorded and stored at the library for future generations to listen to. Anyone interested in participating should contact the library to schedule an interview time.

For more information, please call the library at 505-863-1291 or email mdchavez@gallupnm.gov.

On Thursday October 1st, at 6pm, the Library will hold a viewing of the “Latino Americans” Documentary, as seen on PBS, and a discussion led by local scholar John Lewis Taylor. There will be an open viewing of Episode 5: Prejudice and Pride, which focuses on Latino Americans’ development of a cultural identity. The different movements from the 1960s to the 1980s will be discussed. After the viewing, John Lewis Taylor will lead an open discussion on the episode.

Free Computer Classes in October!

In addition to the regular selection of computer training classes, the Library is offering a new training session, Job Search with Technology, on October 24th from 10:00am to 12:00pm at the Main Library. In this session we will present information about job searching using technology and how to fill out online job applications. We will look at search engines and job search websites.

Resume writing skills will be included in the session. All computer class sessions are 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.

two members of the board left – Octavia and myself. The Chamber of Commerce wanted to expand into the meeting room and adequate facilities were being developed at Red Rock State Park. So the Museum of Indian Arts and Crafts, both the collections and exhibit cases, was relocated to the annex of the Exhibition Hall at Red Rock State Park.

By 1982 the Plateau Sciences Society was also looking for a new home, and since a large meeting/conference room had just been added to the Public Library, Octavia offered the facilities to the Society. The offer was readily accepted.

There were quite a number of times when Octavia would act as M.C. for a gathering of children at the library. She was in her prime as she introduced me as the co-author, along with Geraldine, of The Goat In the Rug, and Kay Bennett and her cat, who did readings from Kesh’s Book.

During this time Octavia received much deserved recognition for her efforts in promoting reading and literacy throughout this area. In several different years she was honored by the New Mexico Library Association with their Community Achievement Award, their Librarian of the Year Award, and finally, their Lifetime Achievement Award. The Historical Society of New Mexico honored her with both the Edgar Lee Hewett Award and their New Mexico Distinguished Public Service Award.

For many years she served on the Board of the Gallup Community Concert Association and the Catholic Guild of the Diocese of Gallup.

From 1990 until 2010 she fulfilled the role of Historian for the Plateau Sciences Society. And, the best accolade of all, when she retired in 1990, the City Council renamed the library The Octavia Fellin Public Library.

When she passed away last year at the age of 93, it could truly be said that she was Gallup’s larger-than-life Renaissance woman.

Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2010 • October 3rd •10:00am–12:00pm Basic Computer Skills • October 13th • 3:00pm–5:00pm Windows 8.1 Training • October 16th • 11:00am–1:00pm Microsoft Word 2010: A Beginner’s Course • October 20th, • 3:00pm–5:00pm Introduction to the Internet • October 22nd • 3:00pm–5:00pm Facebook for Beginners • October 27th • 2:00pm–4:00pm New Class - Job Search with Technology • October 24th • 10:00am–12:00pm Beginning Publisher • October 30th • 11:00am–1:00pm

Celebrate Back to the Future Day 10/21/15

Wednesday October 21, 2015, celebrate Back to the Future Day with the Library. There will be a showing of Back to the Future Part II. In the film, Marty McFly and his friend Dr. Brown travel from 1985 to October 21, 2015 in an attempt to change his future. The movie begins at 2pm!

October Fright Fest Films

Wednesday nights at 5:30pm – popcorn provided.

Oct. 7th Little Shop of Horrors • Oct. 14th Tremors • Oct. 21st Ouija • Oct. 27th Insidious Chapter 3

The Children’s Branch Library Special Events: Book of Life Movie

As part of our Latino Americans programming, families are invited to visit the Octavia Fellin Children’s Branch on Saturday, October 3rd, at 2 pm, for a special showing of the Book of Life.

This unique animated movie tells the story of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Treats will be available during the movie and there will be a craft once the movie is over. This event is part of Latino Americans: 500 Years of History and has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. For more information, please call the library at 505-726-6120 or email childlib@gallupnm.gov.

October ArtsCrawl

Join us at ArtsCrawl, October 10th at 7pm, for a Pumpkin Patch Play Time! We will have fun activities for the family inside the Children’s Branch. Check us out! For more information, please call the library at 505-726-6120 or email childlib@gallupnm.gov.

Halloween Carnival

Families are invited to join us on Saturday, October 31st, from 2 to 5pm, for our annual Halloween Carnival. There will be crafts, games, treats, movies, and a costume parade. For more information, please call the library at 505-726-6120 or email childlib@gallupnm.gov.

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Send us a pic or video and details of your harvest or game camera footage. Fish too!

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(speaker) has UFO parts & has been on a UFO. 9pm: “High Strange New Mexico”: Explores the history of UFO’s in the state.

real as airplanes” presented by Paul Hellyer former Canadian Minister of National Defense 3:15: Chuck Wade (speaker) Update on analysis of metal from San Augustin UFO crash & overview of state’s UFO crashes.

4pm: Clifford Mahooty, speaking as Zuni Elder of star being & contacts between ET’s and humans.

6pm: “Crop Circles” Part 1 7pm: David Shoemaker

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1pm: Crop Circles Part 2 2pm: Video: “UFO’s are as

6pm: Video to be announced 7:30pm: Travis Walton was

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9:30: The new movie, Travis, will be shown for the first time in Gallup. FREE.

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Robert & Bernice Leekya

Zuni Silversmiths

Perry Null Trading: What do you remember of your parents from when you were young?

Robert: I can remember my father wanting to teach me how to carve stones. He tried to teach

me but I told him I didn’t want to get dust all over me .

Bernice: It was in the 1930s when I can remember putting turquoise on sticks for my parents.

That was my first introduction to jewelry making.

Perry Null Trading: Zuni jewelry was first starting to be made in the Village around the 1900s, do you remember any training from when you were young?

Robert: Horace Iule use to teach silver making at the Day School. I can remember people using silver dollars and silver rollers to make their sheets.

Bernice: My mom learned from her neighbors. She first started making simple one row turquoise bracelets. Both of us learned from our parents.

Perry Null Trading: Carving has been around much longer than silver work. Who did your

father (Robert) learn from?

Robert: He taught himself. My father was the first in his family to carve. He taught Teddy Weahkee and Leo Pablano to carve. When I was young, I remember going with my father to get stone, close to Zuni, for him to work on. Also, C.G. Wallace always had stone for him to work on.

Perry Null Trading: Both of you are full time silversmiths. Do you see the tradition growing with the younger generations?

Robert: No, today they are not as interested. You have more kids leave to work off the

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DINÉ BIZAAD in Trouble: Over 25% Additional Navajo Homes Lose the Language between 2000 and 2010, now only 50% SPEAK

by Michael Benson

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his article is the first of few which will explore the efforts and prospects for the preservation of the Navajo language. Unfortunately, it appears that very few in the new generation of Navajos are learning the language. There is also no clear path to a resurgence of the Navajo language.

Dr. AnCita Benally, Education Program Director, Office of Standards, Curriculum and Assessment (OSCAD), the Navajo Nation’s Department of Education, Window Rock, Navajo Nation, is very concerned. Her office has developed the Oral Dine Language Assessment which is applied at some of the schools attended by Navajo students.

In 2013, high school students at Flagstaff dormitory, Alamo, Pinon, Tuba City and Ritchfield, Utah were given the test. Six students were deemed to be fully fluent in Navajo. This year, at Pinon High School, located deep within the Navajo Nation, there is only one student who is proficient in the Navajo language.

The news is even worse. At 34 Navajo Nation Grant Schools’ there has not been any kindergarten student who is fluent in Navajo for the past few years. We will explain the different types of schools in the Navajo Nation in a future article.

It appears that Navajos are losing so very much by not learning their language.

Dr. Benally says, “Values and concepts come through language - ethics and morals.”

Principal Dr. Audra Platero, Tse Hootsooi Dine Biolt’a, Fort Defiance, Arizona, which offers a Navajo language immersion instruction through the sixth grade, agrees and mentions other intangible but crucial attributes which Navajos are giving up along with their language. “With language loss, art, philosophy, and morals are lost with it.”

Losing the Navajo language means losing the unique Navajo world view.

The Navajo attitude – the Navajo swagger – is being lost.

Dr. Benally provided the graph on this page showing that between 2000 and 2010, there was an over 25% further reduction in the number of Navajo homes speaking the Navajo language. She agrees with this writer that the Census data probably overstates the number of Navajo speaking homes; in many Navajo homes,

parents speak Navajo while their children may only understand Navajo or not at all.

Dr. Benally notes that it takes only two generations for the language to be lost. The children in families where the parents spoke Navajo but did not teach their children will not be able to teach their children Navajo even though they may understand a lot of the language.

“Losing the Navajo language means Dr. Platero’s Tse Hootsooi Dine BiOlt’a a Navajo language losing the unique Navajo world view. The offers immersion instruction, she referred to as, Navajo attitude – the Navajo swagger – which “heavy handed,” and includes 90% instruction in is being lost.”

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first grade and English instruction increasing 10% per year beginning in the second grade and settling at 50% for each language at fifth grade and beyond. Dr. Platero says she needs “support” to continue her school and for her model to be duplicated.

In future articles we will provide more details about this ambitious effort to hang on to the language and what support is needed.

We will also review Navajo language programs at other elementary and secondary schools as well as at the two Navajo Nation colleges, Dine College and Navajo Technical University. We will try to understand and report why the efforts to keep Navajo language alive seem weak and ineffective, as is evident in the Census statistics showing the drastic decrease in Navajo speaking homes.

We will speculate in an informed manner about whether or not Chris Deschene, the candidate disqualified for not being fluent in Navajo in the recent election for Navajo Nation President, will be speaking Navajo in the 2018 campaign for Navajo President.

We will try to predict, with input from experts, what might happen to the Navajo language in the future.

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BERNHARD SCHULZE Editor’s note: When Bernhard comes in, he sets a flower on the desk and says, “This for your secretary.” Of Bernhard, people say things like, “I see that guy everywhere,” and when they do see him, he is always stylishly dressed with a hat, tie, coat, and colorfully adorned walking stick. Bernard was born in Germany and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 19. He came to Gallup 14 years ago. Bernhard has held jobs in Gallup at times, but for the most part he has been jobless and homeless. As he is leaving, Bernhard sees a woman with a long braid draped over her shoulder in front of her body and he says, “Hi, Rapunzel” and they share a laugh.

Q. A.

What do you like about Gallup?

The people and the nature. I’m accepted by the native people.

The land reminds me of Bavaria; it’s open country.

Q. A.

Why do you think the native people accept you?

I used to get hit, but not anymore. You can’t buy acceptance by going to school or paying for it. You have to earn it. If someone needs something, I give it to them. I share.

Q. A.

You dress with a sense of style. Where did you get that?

I look at Goodwill or the thrift stores. Once I was looking behind the Downtown Flea Market and I dropped a trash can. I saw a police car and then another police car. They were looking at me. The trash can was too heavy for me to put back up. I went up to one of the policemen and asked them “Sir, can you help me put it back up?” He said, “Let me call my partner.” They lifted it back up for me. (chuckles)

Q. A.

Are you afraid of anything in Gallup?

When I look in the mirror. (laughs) Especially in the morning. (laughs again) I feel better when I start walking. I walk for 16 hours.

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Q. A.

Where do you like to go in Gallup?

I like the Arts Crawl. I like the art and the music. And I like to go to the dam (behind the Pepsi plant). It’s like my own little lake. I can’t go to McGaffey. It’s too far to walk. It’s beautiful.

Most people don’t even know about it.

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Where do you sleep?

I don’t have a place. I stay in a U-haul trailer.

Do you have any plans?

I’m trying to get my life together. Last Wednesday I met a friend of mine who is a medicine man at McDonalds. He used to be a civil engineer. He gives me good advice. There was a grand opening for a 28 day rehab center and he gave me a ride up there.

I was sitting at a table. The guy from RMCH and all the big wigs were sitting at my table. They all spoke. I asked Betsy to sign me up. I am going to go to the program. I need to. They still don’t have enough funding to start the program, even though they had the grand opening.

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How many homeless people do you think there are in

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. (long thoughtful pause) Two or three hundred.

Q. A.

Why are most homeless people in Gallup homeless?

Q. A.

Do you have any advice to give?

You only have one life to live. Enjoy it. Go to nature mainly. I’m so tired of walking up and down downtown. I would love to go to McGaffey.

They are tired of the stress of life. You can be out there having a good time or you can have a job, make good money, go home, sit on the sofa, watch TV, have a couple of beers, go to work, come home, watch TV until you are tired, have a couple of beers.

You have an apartment and a house, but (silent pause). When you are homeless, it’s like joining the circus. You don’t have to watch TV no more. (laughs)

Q. A.

What do you do for fun?

My favorite thing to do is to make artwork. I make sticks like the one I have out there. I do abstract artwork. That’s the only time I relax.

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Health In The Land of Enchantment

In this space there will be a variety of local writers who will share their perspectives on health, lifestyle, and medicine.

This month’s article is written by Anthony Arviso, owner of Enchantment Physical Therapy.

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ou are at work and about to give a presentation to your boss and coworkers. You did not sleep well last night. You tried to go to bed at 10pm but could not fall asleep because you were worried about the presentation.

When you did finally fall asleep at 12:30am you were awoken by a call from your aunt saying that your grandma was going to the hospital but she should be okay. You went back to sleep and at 2:00am you wake up again due to worrying about your grandma and the presentation.

Through physical therapy there is so much more that can be done for people to lower stress to help those suffering from pre-diabetes, diabetes, and diabetes co-morbidities. We know that with proper professional Physical Therapy intervention, including manual therapy, patient education, therapeutic exercise, and stress reduction, we can help many people with diabetes become less symptomatic and potentially reverse the disease progression and return people to health. We also know if we provide a wellness center for people to exercise and socialize in a healthy enlightening environment, we can prevent diabetes. Our goals to prevent illness are to change how exercise is

the best form of medicine. We want people to see that the best medicine comes from within ourselves and that the human body can take excellent care of itself if it is given the chance. Here is my attempt to write articles on these subjects in the Journey to help inform the community.

viewed, get more people exercising, and to teach the truth about pain, nerves, the human brain, stress, biomechanics, muscles, and the body to the masses, so that more people will comply with and seek Physical Therapy as

that we can manage stress with education, exercise, meditation, guidance, and a plan.

In my opinion the biggest cause of health ailments is STRESS! Stress can cause so many health problems.

Depression, pain, and inflammation are huge byproducts of stress. If we can help people understand how stress affects our health we can possibly prevent chronic conditions. Our end is to make people aware of how much our brain controls and see

“In my opinion the biggest cause of health ailments is Stress!”

Then at 4:00am you woke because your 9 year old son crawled into bed because he couldn’t sleep.

You decide at 5am to just get up and get the day started! You go out, feed the horses, and prep the trailer with hay and tack, so that at 4:00pm, after the presentation, you can head out to the rodeo in Chinle which starts at 7pm.

On top of all this, you are hoping that you get paid enough to pay your entry fees. You have been in the dog house with the boss because last week you had to take time off for a different rodeo. Now you are stressed and tired and need a break! Does this sound familiar?

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In humans, stress typically describes a negative or positive condition that can have an impact on a person’s physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.

In a stressful situation, such as riding a bull at a rodeo, the body responds by releasing chemicals to handle the situation. Chemicals are released making the heart pump harder, blood pressure increasing, arteries dilating to push blood to the extremities, veins constricting to push blood back to the heart faster and stronger. This cycle continues until the stress is over. If this happens every month you will probably be alright. But if this is happening every week, it is an issue. If it is happening everyday you can have severe health problems. Stress, over an extended period of time, can make your veins thicken to keep up your blood flow and with continued stress the veins will harden. The left ventricle of the heart can hypertrophy as the blood shoots back to it and it pumps it out even harder.

The smooth inner linings of the vessels can begin to tear and damage. Fatty cells/nutrients (glucose) in the blood, that are needed for energy, can clump with platelets and cholesterol to form a plaque that can cause a stroke or heart attack.

Furthermore, stress can lead to poor health in the

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Hopefully, we are speaking to you soon enough today so that you can avoid these effects, such as Metabolic Syndrome.

The amazing thing is that our body, with awareness, diet, and exercise, can be used to treat these illnesses. You can avoid Metabolic Syndrome. My job is to help you and to give you strategies to prevent or improve health issues.

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In an effort to reduce odor problems on the West end of town, a. City Councilor Fran Palochak went door to door in Mentmore handing out scented candles. b. The City began making pre-dawn chemical injections at the Wastewater plant. c. The City began hauling sludge to the regional landfill near Thoreau. d. The City Council passed an ordinance requiring mountain bikers on the HDT to use deodorant.

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3. The City Council decided that its top legislative funding priority is, a. A collection of board games to help Patty Lundstrom pass the time in the Republican controlled House. b. An unlimited text messaging plan for George Munoz. c. A downtown train quiet zone. d. A new skate park.

5. Inmate Ryan Westman escaped from the Adult Detention Center by, a. Crawling thru the sewer line “Shawshank Redemption” style. b. Climbing over a high razor wire fence and jumping down on a storage shed. c. Hiding at the bottom of a laundry cart. d. Slipping out a side door while two guards argued over whether the balloon tattoo on County Manager Bill Lee’s calf is permanent or a wash off.

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Famed environmental activist, Erin Brockovich, visited recently to: a. Take her cousin, Rudy Radosevich, to a picnic at the Tri-Slavic Lodge. b. Shop for Navajo rugs at Richardson’s Trading. c. Investigate contamination of the Diocese of Gallup property at Aztec and 4th. d. Support the Navajo Nation’s efforts to sue the EPA over the Gold King mine spill.

D. The Navajo Nation gave notice that it would no longer operate Gallup Detox.

C. The City began hauling sludge to the Thoreau landfill.

C. The City’s top legislative funding request is a new skate park.

D. The school board public comment policy prohibits abusive epithets.

B. Westman climbed over a high razor wire fence.

D. Brockovich urged the Navajo Nation to pursue claims against the EPA.

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4. The GMCS School Board established a new public comment policy which prohibits, a. Dallas Cowboy fans from talking about their team. b. Advocating deconsolidation of the schools into City and County districts. c. Larry Winn from accusing them of favoring the “good old boys.” d. Using abusive epithets or language likely to provoke a violent reaction.

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VETERAN’S CORNER Sandra McKinney

MICHAEL SCHMALTZ TWO TOURS IN VIETNAM

The year was 1967 and Mike Schmaltz was ready to graduate from Gallup High School and had already been accepted to New Mexico State University. This was the time when the 1967 Lottery Draft Act went into full effect, so Mike went to the Draft Board to check his number status. The clerk told him his number would be called in the very next round. Mike’s father had been in the Navy, as had his uncle and Mike knew that was the branch of service he wanted to be in, also. He knew if he waited for the draft, he would be called up for the Army. So one month after his High School graduation, Mike Schmaltz enlisted in the United States Navy.

Mike and two other Gallup friends went to Albuquerque for their physical examinations and intended to sign up for the buddy system; meaning that the three of them would always stay together. When they passed their physicals, they were asked “Are you ready to GO? The airplane leaves tomorrow for basic training”. Mike shook his head as he told me, “I wasn’t ready to leave that quick!

I wanted to go back home first and tell the folks and my girlfriend good-bye.” Mike enlisted with a 120-day deferment and shook the hands of his two buddies, said good-bye to Warren and another Mike and that was the end of his buddy-system.

flew her to Philadelphia for a quick wedding. He chuckled when he told me, “I had to become an orphan of the State of Pennsylvania to be able to get married. Debby was 18 and she was legal, but a male at 20 in Pennsylvania was not legal to get married yet without their parents’ permission!” The clerk was a Notary Public and must have taken pity on them, as she signed to become his legal guardian and gave her permission for Mike to get married. After the very quick wedding, Debby flew back home to Gallup to live with her parents and Mike set sail for Vietnam.

Leaving the cold of Philadelphia, it was a relief when they reached the Panama Canal. But Mike quickly found out that he was now property of the US Navy. The crew all wanted to get some sun and a dose of Vitamin C, but they were told that if they were to get sunburned, it was a Court Martial Offense; the Navy did not want any damaged Airmen!

“I wanted to go back home first and tell the folks and my girlfriend good-bye.”

Raised in Gallup since the age of four, Mike did say good-bye to Gallup, his family and his high school sweetheart, Debby, and left for Navy Basic Training on Friday the 13th of October 1967. Mike had a weary look when he said, “I thought I could avoid Vietnam and get shore duty, but after Basic, I was assigned to the USS New Orleans, a helicopter carrier. I was an Airdale attached to the aviation division”.

The USS New Orleans’ (LPH-11) keel was laid on March 1, 1966 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was launched on February 3, 1968 and commissioned on November 16, 1968.

The ship had a compliment of many young new recruits, bursting with testosterone. In late January of 1968, their commanding officer asked for a vote whether to stay on the East Coast or sail around to San Diego and head on to Vietnam. Most of those young men voted to sail! They were shipping out three days later. Mike got on the phone back to Debby in Gallup, asked her to marry him and

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The crew of the USS New Orleans processed, sorted, and delivered tons of mail to the ground troops. Since the New Orleans was a helicopter carrier, mail deliveries were made every day by helicopter as Marines were flown into the battle fields. Not only did Mike deliver mail, but he delivered the grunt ground troops from Okinawa to Da Nang, taking him into the thick of battles in the jungle, being involved in more of the action than he preferred.

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doctors at the VA told him that his heart condition was caused

by Agent Orange from his time in Vietnam.

Not only did the VA diagnose his heart problems, but they also diagnosed Mike with severe PTSD. The first thing they told him: “Eliminate the stress in your life!” He enjoyed his small jewelry shop, but he opted to shut it down. About that time Mike had a former Shipmate stop in Gallup to visit him and they talked about their time in the Navy, on the ship, and in Vietnam. “Suddenly, I had this urgency to start talking about it all to others”!

Mike sadly states, “I have many bad memories of Vietnam that are very haunting.” However, he then offers a slight grin and says, “But I do have one great memory that I am very proud of. I was a member of the Recovery Team for the Apollo 14 Moon Mission in 1971.

We practiced for two months on all the procedures for the recovery mission. On the day of the recovery, it was televised by CBS News, and I was on television right there with the astronauts. My Mom and Dad and wife Debby got to see me on television. That was a really big deal!”

War and being in the Armed Services really disrupts the life of families. Mike is very proud of Debby, his young bride, for the way she handled the four years of his absence. Their first daughter was born while he was in Vietnam. His expression is strangled as he tells me, “I did not see my daughter Keri until she was two years old; she didn’t know me when I came home. It shouldn’t be like that. Those were the days when we only had mail and very infrequent telephone calls. All we had to communicate with was slow postal mail for the exchange of letters and photos. I missed my daughter’s first two years of life. Two tours in Vietnam was a heavy burden to handle.”

After his discharge from the Navy, Mike returned home to Gallup and began making a life with Debby and Keri and later added son Brandon and daughter Niki. Mike had a few different jobs in Gallup before discovering jewelry making somewhat by accident. He was making jewelry buying trips to Zuni and often encountered an 85 year old master artist. Mike exclaimed, “I just became fascinated by this old man’s talent, and I knew I wanted to make jewelry, too.” He went back to Gallup and purchased some tools and read books on how to make jewelry and taught himself the craft, not only with silver and turquoise, but also with gold and diamonds. Always having been very good with his hands, Mike became a very accomplished silver and goldsmith and it was a good way to make a living. He did many repairs, as well as, creating and crafting. Mike even made a trip to China with a few others to try and control the mined and high-grade Spider Web turquoise. The Chinese gave the Gallup group a contract on the turquoise, but they also gave everyone else a contract and flooded the market and dropped the price. During his visit to China, Mike was also involved in teaching the Chinese how to cut the turquoise into ‘cabs’ – the way that American artists wanted.

But all during this time of building a family and maintaining a successful business, he said, “I just always thought I was weird and just really different from other people. I never made any close friends; I was afraid to get close to people.” Mike never talked about his time in the service; it wasn’t the popular thing to do. He just kept all of it stuffed inside him. He simply worked, spent time with his family and mechanically participated in a few sports like bowling and golf, each at which he became very accomplished. He had opened a small jewelry shop in downtown Gallup, but in 2000 he started experiencing heart problems which necessitated his very first time to go to the VA Hospital, and consequently he received his well-deserved VA benefits. The

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Mike has now been in therapy at the VA for two years and will attend an extensive therapy session later this year in Denver along with other veterans. From his therapy sessions, Mike realized that his father also had PTSD from his time in the Navy during WWII. The therapy has helped him to understand his now deceased father better. Mike said in awe, “It is astounding to be around others with my same symptoms. I never knew there were other men like me. I didn’t know before that there was a name for how I always felt.”

Mike has joined the local group Veterans Helping Veterans and finds it to be very therapeutic, as well. But he explained, “It took several invites before I finally made it to the meetings at Don Diego’s Restaurant. Initially I was a wall-flower. I don’t like being in the center, but would rather be on the outer edge of such meetings.

I didn’t like it at first; I didn’t like the sharing, but then I found my brothers.” Mike now participates in the Rifle Team for funerals, works the Color Guard regiment, and is also on the A Team – a group which meets on the opposite Fridays to discuss and plan events. Mike showed a rare smile when he said, “Instead of being ashamed of my time in the service, I now embrace it!”

The VA made another diagnoses beyond his PTSD, they also revealed that Mike was suffering from depression. All the way back to the age of four, Mike had painted. That was what he really wanted to do, but knew he would probably not make a living at it. During school, he would draw or paint pictures for school projects and generally received A’s for his work. To generate calm in his world, Mike returned to painting. He is currently working on a series of what he calls ‘Self Portraits’, although all the paintings are of women. Debby told him the paintings of the women all have sad faces. He explained, “I was raised that men are not allowed to show emotions, they must always be strong.” So Mike is painting the self-portraits as women, because women can show their emotions, and he is showing self-expression through the women’s faces. He spends most of his time painting now, though he does still make jewelry occasionally. He also enjoys photography, and especially enjoys the company of his three dogs. Debby is his rock and supports him always. Mike appreciates his solitude in the studio and also finds blessed solitude by walking. “The nightmares have not stopped completely, but my mind is calmer now, my life is better,” Mike said while showing another rare, slight smile.

As a parting comment, Mike said, “It is the popular thing now to say Thank You for Your Service, but the people who say that are the people who have always appreciated the military. Those who hated us are really not any different now. I just answered the call of my country; I just did my duty for the United States of America.”

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by Michael Benson

Navajo Hunting Taboos Mr. Bulow devoted two and a half pages to hunting taboos. The only one repeated by the few people I spoke with is the taboo against sex before the hunt. I would suspect that this particular taboo is hardly observed in this day and age along with the other hunting taboos mentioned by Bulow.

One lady did say that she was told that the woman should not cook meat while the husband is hunting.

I did not ask if she observed that taboo; doubtful. These days hunting is for sport and a tradition followed by proportionally, fewer Navajos.

The same lady informed me that Don’t leave the house while the hunter is not supposed to pack any meat for the hunting trip. your husband is hunting.

Also women are not supposed to He won’t have any luck hunt, or even hear about hunting, or participate in the butchering.

These days she is probably on the cell phone checking on the hunt’s progress.

Bulow mentions that women were not supposed to wash their hair or leave the house while a hunt is in progress; doubtful today. It may have been true when hunting was a major activity to get food for the family. Today the lady would probably wash her hair, go to work, and on her way home, stop at the supermarket to pick up some mutton.

I am sure some Navajos do observe some of the hunting taboos out of respect for tradition, a point made by Bulow about taboos generally. I think that people can observe taboos they don’t believe because they want to respect the tradition.

The Successful hunter Doesn’t sleep with his wife.

“Don’t kill a deer without leaving part of it.

-You’ll never get another one.” pg 189 “Don’t wash your hair while your husband is hunting.

-He won’t get anything.” pg. 187

“Don’t throw the skin of a deer where sheep can walk on it.

-They will be wild like deer” pg. 189 Get a copy of the book and get the whole story. It’s for sale at Butler’s Office Supply or Ellis Tanner Trading Company.

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The New And Improved

FOX RUN GOLF COURSE

by Chuck Van Drunen

$3.5 Million To Improve Gallup’s golf course?

The Gallup City Council approved funding for repairs/upgrades on the water lines and drainage at the Fox Run Golf Course. It is a large chunk of funds, at $3.5 million, to get our golf course up to acceptable standards. Fortunately these resources are not drawn from the City’s General Fund, but from the Environmental Surcharge Fund which is designated money specifically for sustainable environmental water projects.

Money from this fund has been used to help alleviate the sewer smell in the Mentmore area, as well fix city-wide curbs and gutters for storm sewer improvements. In many ways using this money to fix the golf course is a clever way to get a quality of life initiative done without digging deeply into the general funds.

But the question is still begged, “is it really worth it?”

While I don’t personally golf much, it is painfully obvious to anyone that has ever picked up a club that the Fox Run course isn’t exactly up to par. The landscape, soil, terrain and varmints has made a slew of greens keepers pull at their hair. The question then gets asked if it’s even possible to have a good course in the high deserts of New Mexico? But that question gets answered quickly by many golfers who begrudge, in mock disbelief, the fact that “Grant’s has a course that puts Gallup to shame....and by damn, if Grants has a good course then Gallup should have one too.” Not a bad argument, I suppose, for anyone that dares compare Gallup to Grants.

Back to the money and does it make sense. . . When you look at the finances of our golf course it isn’t pretty. For the last decade or more the Gallup course has lost about $500,000 a year (For reference sake you could build 3 dog parks and 2 bike parks for this amount of money). It doesn’t matter who was in office, or what years were drought ridden, or what the economy was like, the reality is that about half a million dollars, every year, are drained by the golf course. Simple math will tell you that in the last decade alone about $5 million dollars of taxpayer money has evaporated into a course that still isn’t up to standard.

It seems to make sense that you either need to shut the course down and stop the bleeding, or you need to go big, dig deep, and make the course good so that more people will play it and potentially generate income or at least not lose as much. In this sense the City needed to either do #2 or get off the proverbial toilet. Instead they did

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#3.5, million that is, and I give them credit pushing all their chips onto the table to make the course better. At some point the course needs to be good enough that some of the people that stay in our 2000 hotel rooms will want to get the clubs out their trunk, throw down $30, and play a legitmate round of golf with Pyramid Rock in the background.

So what exactly are they doing?

Well, each city is encouraged to use effluent water (water from the sewage treatment facilities) for irrigating grass or foliage areas. The golf course grass is one of the few areas in Gallup that the effluent water is being used, and that will continue. If the effluent water is not used for irrigation, it is discharged into the Rio Puerco. That is where the Environmental Surcharge Funding is available, specifically for sustainable water projects. With these ESF funds, a master plan will be put into place for the drainage on all playable surfaces, any areas of standing water will be eliminated, all irrigation systems will be replaced, and all the pumps and filters will be made new in the holding ponds. To garner the proper drainage, some of the greens and the rough may need to be remodeled. Storage areas for equipment, seed and fertilizer will be moved to a more appropriate location.

In addition the City has contracted with New Mexico State University’s Turf Grass Management Program. Max Johnson, a December 2015 graduate of NMSU, has spent the summer here establishing new controls with positive progression in terms of renovating the greens. Fox Run is now on a weekly mowing and rolling regimen on all parts of the golf course and has a new greens spraying program recommended by

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Helena Chemical. The greens overall health was the main concern, and with the spraying program now three months active, the greens are re-establishing and healing faster and the course now has already taken on some uniform putting surfaces (see pics below).

When this renovation is completed at Fox Run Golf Course, new concepts are being considered for other games besides traditional golf. The first emerging game is Frisbee Golf, also known as Frolf, which is a flying disc game as well as a precision and accuracy sport, in which individual players throw a flying disk at a target. Since 2000, the number of disc golf courses has exploded. The game is played in about 40 countries around the world.

The other evolving hybrid sport is Foot Golf, a combination of soccer and golf. Foot Golf (or Soccer Golf ) combines the basic principles of golf, but replaces the equipment particulars (i.e. golf clubs, golf balls, tees) with the players’ legs and a soccer ball: 50% Soccer - 50% golf. Soccer Golf will bridge the gap between the sophisticated sport of golf and the simple soccer skills, coupled with precision and accuracy which is required to score. Players can be as young as 4 years old on up to senior players, as long as they can kick a ball.

Like golf, there are no referees hawking over the action, and both games rely on the integrity of the players to call their own violations. With growing popularity of these games across the world, it is possible The City of Gallup will introduce these two new sports and potentially establish league play for Frolf and Soccer Golf for both youth and adult action. How this will all work in terms of scheduling is another question? But these are interesting possibilities for the future.

The real question of “is it worth it?” won’t be answered for a few years when the effects of the course improvements are made real, and the green fees will hopefully turn the red ink to black. For now, dramatic action has taken place at Fox Run, and that, I believe, is a good thing.

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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

AN INTERVIEW WITH BILL DONOVAN

Young Natives on the Roof with Assault Rifles The early 70s, when Bill Donovan came to Gallup, was a period of Indian activism. Bill says, “We had a takeover of the Indian Health Service. Someone called me up and said, ‘Did you hear that the hospital’s been taken over?’” I went up there and there were all kinds of police cars at the hospital but the takeover didn’t last very long. That was over by the morning. They got everybody out, but then there was the takeover of the Fairchild plant in Shiprock. That lasted three or four days.”

“I remember going up to Shiprock and covering that. I remember seeing young Native men, not Navajos – they looked more like Sioux or some other tribe – up on the roof with what looked like assault rifles. I talked to the guy in charge and he said they were trained that if anybody started coming at them that they were going to start killing people right and left. And I said, ‘Are you serious?’ and he said, ‘Yeah, we’re not going to let them take over the building.’ But after three or four days they got them out. The interesting thing was that they were upset with Fairchild paying minimum wage to the people there. But after the takeover, Fairchild decided to go elsewhere, and the people got no pay.”

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this is not for you. I like your wife. I will push it.’ And they did. They named it after his wife, but later there was a protest and they renamed it.”

Ambushing John Wayne

Over the years, Bill met many movie stars. He says, “John Wayne came in to meet with MacDonald. MacDonald knew he was coming and wanted to pull a prank on him so he got Martin Link, the Director of the Navajo Tribal Museum, to get some young Navajos together and put them in war paint and got them dressed up in Indian costumes to attack John Wayne.”

“I was there writing the story, and I knew this was going to happen, because they told me about it. MacDonald told John Wayne, ‘I want to show you our Window Rock, which is a very famous hole in the rock.’ The idea was that MacDonald would take him out there to show him the Window Rock and at that point John Wayne would be attacked by the Indians. So they went out there and nothing happened – nothing. MacDonald kept looking around and he was trying

Barry Goldwater: “No Navajos will ever be relocated. I guarantee that.”

One of the biggest news stories of that era was the Navajo – Hopi land dispute. Bill said, “I was really amazed that the government was going to try to force the Navajos off the land. Every other case I looked at where there was a dispute over ownership of the land, the government would pay off the people and not move them.

But they were going to move the Navajos, and I thought this was really, really unfair.”

Arizona State Senator and 1964 Republican Presidential candidate, Barry Goldwater played a big role in ultimately forcing the relocation of Navajos. Bill says, “I interviewed Barry Goldwater back in the early seventies. He kept saying, ‘No Navajos will ever be relocated. I guarantee that.’ And by ‘74, ‘75, they’re starting to relocate Navajos. And I asked him, ‘Do you remember what you told me?’ He said, ‘Well, yeah but these Navajos are being relocated voluntarily. They’re accepting the money, the 55 thousand or 100 thousand and getting new homes in Flagstaff and other places. We are not having the marshals go out there and evict Navajos.’”

Bill says, “Goldwater liked to tell stories. One time he told me, ‘There is not one inch of Navajo land that I have not walked.’ His family had a trading post up there in the western part of the reservation. In ‘78 there was a natural bridge in the area where he had a trading post and Goldwater wanted to name it after his wife, but he and Peter MacDonald did not get along. MacDonald said, ‘This is for your wife,

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John Wayne to keep John Wayne there and John Wayne was trying to leave because he had other things to do. I learned later they had trouble getting the horses out of the corral.

Finally, just as John Wayne was trying to leave, they came riding in. John Wayne laughed and we got some good pictures of him.”

Oliver Stone and Hantavirus

Bill says, “Later on, in the ‘90s, Oliver Stone was here for a movie called “Natural Born Killers.” Part of that was filmed here in Gallup. It showed a night scene with derelicts on Route 66 – not a very good image of Gallup. But one of the scenes he

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did was in Superman Canyon. There was a scene with a medicine man who was doing something with snakes. It was Russell Means who was playing the medicine man. The publicity people for the movie went to the Navajo Times and said, ‘We’d like to have one of your reporters interview Oliver Stone’. This was at the height of the Hantavirus scare and people were dying.”

“They wanted me to interview Stone because he’d gone into countries where diseases like that were very prevalent, and he’d had no problems. I took my son out there to meet Oliver Stone and we watched them filming Woody Harrelson and Juliet Lewis.

My son liked it and thought it was kind of exciting.

Then Stone gave me an interview saying that, ‘Look, I have been to Cambodia, I’ve been to Vietnam, and there are so many diseases there you have never heard of, so I don’t have any problem at all coming to the reservation.’”

“I didn’t know it at the time, but at the moment I was talking to Oliver Stone, they were coming out with their press conference announcing that they’d diagnosed the deaths as being caused by Hantavirus which is carried by rodent urine. That was fascinating.”

Superman Christopher Reeve: “It will change my life.”

Bill met Christopher Reeves and Margot Kidder when they came to film Superman in 1978. They were there for three or four days. If you remember, the scene filmed at Superman Canyon was at the very end of the movie where Lois Lane is in a car, there is an earthquake and she basically dies, until she is resurrected by Superman. They were filming that scene here. Martin Link was an advisor on the film and he told me that one of the people at the site said, ‘We need more tumbleweed in this scene.’ So one of the Navajos who was helping went and picked up some tumbleweed and brought it over.”

“Unfortunately, you can’t do that, because the Superman union says only certain people can handle props, and tumbleweed was a prop. So they closed the set down for two days while they handled the situation.” (Bill laughs) Of the actors, Bill says, “I didn’t know of Christopher Reeve. I knew Margot Kidder because of other movies she had been in, but that was the first time I ever saw Christopher Reeve. I remember when I interviewed him that he said he thought this would change his life. Well, it did. It made him.”

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The Big Picture

5 Reasons To Buy Your Coffin Now

By Chuck Van Drunen

The fine print of life is often unread*

I’ll just ignore the basic reality of my death and maybe it will go away

*On approved credit

In order for me to live fully today, I need to acknowledge that I may die tomorrow.

Yes, I just bought my coffin. I went to Eugene, Oregon where it was loaded on top of my Prius adorned on either side by two mountain bikes like Cherubs guarding its transport to Gallup. (Yet with my final resting place on the roof I only got 25mpg on the way home.)

So why did I buy my coffin now?

1. First off, I’ll confess that my brother-inlaw, Tom, makes them, but family aside, I ordered one from him of my own volition because I’m almost certain that someday I’ll need one.

2. Second, they’re made by hand and I was able to add custom engravings that I wanted. For me that meant a cross and chisled images of a dove and a sword.

3. Third, it’s economical. The average cost for a coffin or casket is about $2,000* and cremation will run roughly $1,100*. I bought this coffin for $800 and it reflects the simplicity and symbolism that I prefer.

4. Fourth, it’s functional. Until I need my coffin for it’s main function, I turned mine into a bookcase/shoe holder by adding some wood shelves. It now houses books I hope to read before my earthly departure, as well as be a home for my bike helmet, shoes and backpack. The lid can easily be stored behind the coffin. Other functional uses for a coffin include making a bench for sitting, a desk, or just a storage box in the garage.

5. Fifth, it’s healthy. In our society that avoids the topic of death we often mentally insulate ourselves from that reality.

What better motivator to help you live for today than to walk past your coffin in the morning? Or, if you’re having a bad day it can instantly be put into perspective when you come home and put your shoes in your coffin.

St. Heyschios, a contemplative priest of the 7th century, says in his writings that a key to trancendent thought is to “always have the thought of death in one’s mind”. I think it’s fair to say that most of our earthly actions can be improved upon if they are often salted with the truth of our mortality.

That’s why I bought my coffin.

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* http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0301-funeral-costs-and-pricing-checklist * http://www.cremationresource.org/cremation/what-is-the-cost-of-human-cremation.html

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TOWN PETACULAR COSTUME CONTEST 2015 FAMILY HISTORY FAIR Interested in Genealogy? Then plan to be at the fourth annual 2015 Family History Fair, Saturday, October 24, sponsored by the Gallup Stake at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

This fun, FREE event includes fascinating seminars from Beginning Genealogy to using your DNA to discover your ancestral origins. Social media sites are a treasure trove in searching for family and keeping in contact, so check out the classes on using YouTube, blogging and, you guessed it, Facebook. How about using the Cloud to back up your genealogy? If you’re new to ancestry or currently use it, this class will help you get the most out of ancestry. Family members causing some disgruntlement in your family tree building? Learn how to use respectful collaboration. Looking into your British, Mexican, or Native American roots? We have a class for that. Then check out the new technologies in finding family and ancestors outside the USA. And these are just a few of the classes offered. How are we able to bring all these quality classes to you? We are exceptionally lucky to have Leni Rivera and Adriana Nicholson and their years of experience in Mexican research, as well as Cheryl Quimayousie and her knowledge in Native research. And Daylene Myers can get you started if you are new to genealogy. We have also teamed with RootsTech 2015 to stream quality classes from the conference, which took place in Salt Lake City February 2015.

The Family History Fair is Saturday, October 24, at the Gallup Stake Building, 601 Susan Avenue. Registration will take place at the north entrance of the building. The doors will open at 9am. We will have a welcome/information session in the cultural hall at 9 am. Classes begin at 9:45 am. For information and to register, go to gallupfamilyhistoryfair.weebly.com or call 505-863-9205 or 928-551-1422.

SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL CRAFT FAIR Sacred Heart School is hosting a craft fair for Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas crafts in their gym Saturday, October 3rd from 9am- 2pm. Table spaces are available for $25 for two tables. Vendor set up at 8 am. Reserve your space today by calling: Rachael: 505-870-3317 • Amber: 505-401-8451 • 505- 906- 2098

Suicide Prevention Seminar Ft. Wingate Christian Reformed Church (3.5 miles up on Hwy 400 from I-40 interchange at Exit 33) will be offering a Suicide Prevention Seminar, hosted

by Mark Curley Saturday, October 10 from 9am-3pm. This event is a bible-based approach to suicide prevention. Call Stanley Jim (505) 870-7804 for more details.

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Enter your pets dressed up in their Halloween costumes in the PETACULAR COSTUME CONTEST on Thursday, October 29 at 7:00 p.m. at the Rio West Mall in Gallup. Prizes for Spookiest, Most Original, and Cutest, and a Special Award for Best Pet-Owner Costume. There is a $5.00 entry fee. All Proceeds benefit the Four Corners Pet Alliance’s Spay/Neuter Program in the Gallup area.

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS EXHIBITION The Open Studio/Outsider Gallery will be open from 7:00-9:00 PM, Saturday-October 10, 2015---Artscrawl evening. They are hosting their annual Dia de los Muertos Exhibition (a tradition started back in 2001 at Gallery211). This year they will be showcasing a retrospective of Robert Martinez paintings related to Dia de los Muertos and Halloween. They will also feature Dia de los Muertos pieces done by several of our gallery artists. Don’t miss it!

October Arts Crawl Nitasha Mannying, Gallup’s ArtsCrawl Coordinator, is doing a “Call for Artist/Information” for the October ArtsCrawls. The October ArtsCrawl is going to be a “Dia De Los Muertos” theme. Nitasha is planning it and looks forward to hearing from you about your event/ artist/ArtsCrawl Special/etc., and she will be promoting that information as she receives it. Please contact Nitasha at artscrawlgallup@ gmail.com or 505.409.9012.

MORNING LIGHT SANGA The Morning Light Sanga will be taking place on October 4th and 18th. On the 4th there will be a celebration for the Fall season with a short hike and ceremony.

Call 905-5233 for information and directions.

BOOK SIGNING FROM (Miyamura, Okamoto, Annello) The well-renowned Hershey Miyamura (Author of “Forged in Fire”) and Joe Annello (Author of “Wolfhound Samurai”) will be signing their books on October 10th, from 9 am to 12 pm, at Miyamura High School. They will be accompanied by Vincent Okamoto. Vincent is the highest decorated Japanese American Veteran of the Vietnam War. Some of his medals include: Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart w/3 oak leaf clusters. Okamoto will also be offering his autograph.

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87301 SECOND STREET ARTS FESTIVAL It started as a dream, turned into a vision, and is now a work in progress! gallupARTS will be sponsoring the SECOND STREET ARTS FESTIVAL on November 21, 2015 from 10:00am to 4:00pm. This is a call for all types of handmade art. The key word is handmade. There are so many creative artisans here in Gallup and the surrounding area; not only our wonderful Native art, but creativity from many other directions with sewing, knitting, crocheting, carvings, metal sculptures, clay, leather, wood, paintings, jewelry, and so much more. Food vendors are also encouraged to participate. What a superb way to get people involved from our community and to gather in our downtown region, and the bonus is establishing a festive feeling to kick off the Holiday Season. The desire is for this to be the first Arts Festival of many; an annual event or maybe even a semi-annual event depending on the excitement this generates.

Second Street will be closed from vehicle traffic between Aztec and Coal streets, plus we will utilize the beautiful new Second Street Events Center and the parking area by the alleyway next to the Children’s Library.

This Festival will be an opportunity for any and all artisans to show and sell their handmade arts and crafts. There will be an application process to enter the Festival and a small entry fee of $20 for outside tables and $25 for tables inside the Events Center. This fee is to assist gallupARTS in advertising the event. A large overhead tent will be erected on Second Street directly in front of (El Morro) Second Street Events Center. Tent side-flaps will be offered in the event of inclement weather. Participants will be provided with a 6’ table and one chair. Any other display trappings will need to be provided by the artisans. Each participant will be responsible for their own set-up and tear-down.

We all like to visit different “tourist destination towns” while vacationing and one of the first things we look for is the small white tents that indicate there is an Arts and Crafts Festival in progress. That is the goal for this Gallup event; to make it also a tourist destination…another reason to visit Gallup, New Mexico. It is the hope of the committee that we will have out-of-town artisans participate, as well as our local talent.

Watch for additional information at www.gallupARTS.org, plus mailers and applications will be sent out to known artisans. So get your creativity in motion and plan on attending the Second Street Arts Festival. We see this as just one more event to showcase our wonderful town of Gallup. We look forward to seeing many creative artists and many buyers. What a great opportunity to start your Christmas shopping with unique handmade items!

CARING FOR OUR COMMUNITY Gallup and McKinley County have many local Christian ministries that reach out in the name of Jesus to share the Gospel and help meet the needs of those in our community. On Thursday, October 15, 2015, Hands of Hope Pregnancy Center will host the Third Annual Ministry Fair, “Caring for Our Community” held at Grace Bible Church, 222 Boulder Road, Gallup, starting at 6:30pm. It will be a time to: give thanks and show support for local Christian ministries, see presentations from different ministries, worship, pray, give a love offering which will be shared by these ministries, a time of fellowship with refreshments, and to gather information from these ministries. For further information contact Hands of Hope Pregnancy Center: 505-722-7125 • Mon-Thur • 10am-4pm.

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GREAT GATSBY BOW MEOW GALA Gallup - McKinley County Humane Society is hosting the Great Gatsby Bow Meow Gala fund-raiser on October 17th at Red Rock Park Auditorium. There will be dinner and a dance and the Master of Ceremonies are the well renowned comedians James and Ernie. A Cocktail Hour will go from 6 pm- 7pm during which there will be a silent auction. Dinner will start at 7:30pm and go till 8:00pm.

Throughout the night there will be several games, including a raffle, where participants can win prizes. The grand prize for the raffle will be $10,000. You need not be present to win. Raffle tickets will be sold at $100 per ticket. The admission ticket to the event is $50. Get your tickets for the event or raffle at the Gallup - McKinley County Humane Society • 505-726-1453 and Mystique Salon and Day Spa • 505-722-9566.

All proceeds will go to support our local Humane Society. If you are interesting in supporting the Humane Society by selling tickets as well don’t hesitate to call!!

RECYCLED ART CONTEST/ RECYCLED ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR- RECYCLING JAMBOREE Open to all K-5 students in McKinley County. Submit entries to MCRC at the Gallup Community Service Center on Friday, October 30 between 3 and 6 pm. Entries will be displayed on Saturday, October 31st. MCRC will judge the contest choosing the top three winners in each grade level category (K-1, 2-3, 4-5).

A recognition ceremony for all participants and the winning entries will take place on Saturday October 31st during the America Recycles Day Celebration. First Prize: NokeroSolar Light + $50 gift certificate. Second Prize: $30 gift certificate + MCRC tote bag. Third Prize: $20 gift certificate + MCRC tote bag. Contact: Shafiq Chaudhary 505-227-7424 or email pchaudha@gmcs.k12.nm.us.

Saturday, October 31, Halloween, from 9am-3pm, at the Gallup Community Service Center Come Trick or Treat at the America Recycles Day Event!

Special Treats for those Wearing a Costume made of Recycled Materials! In celebration of America Recycles Day the McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council will hold their annual Arts & Crafts Fair and Jamboree on Saturday, October 31. MCRC invites Vendors, Artists, and Craftspeople; Organizations, Non-profits, and Groups that encourage a green sustainable lifestyle, promote recycling in their daily operation, sell a product made from recycled materials, or offer an item that promotes their specific non-profit, to be a part of this event. Others will be considered on a first-come / first-served basis. To reserve a table contact Betsy at 505-722-9257/betsywindisch@ yahoo.com or make your request at recyclegallup.org. Early requests are encouraged; Walk-ins accepted if space available. Expect Door prizes! Silent Auction! Children’s Activities! Music! Concessions! For More Information about Recycling in GallupMcKinley County and in our area, or how you can volunteer, contact the McKinley Citizens’ Recycling Council (MCRC) by calling 722-5142, or e-mail betsywindisch@ yahoo.com or go to the web site www.recyclegallup.org.

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FREE WORK IN BEAUTY 2015 WORKSHOP CONVERSATIONS ON LOCAL AGRICULTURE

Dr. Elaine Ingham, an internationally acclaimed expert on soil microbiology will be presenting in Gallup. She is the Founder and President and Director of Research for Soil Foodweb Inc. Elaine has a user-friendly approach behind which lies a wealth of knowledge gained from years of research into the organisms which make up the soil food web. Her goal is to translate this knowledge into actions that ensure a healthy food web that promotes plant growth and reduces reliance on inorganic chemicals. Elaine also offers a pioneering vision for sustainable farming, improving our current soils to a healthier state, without damaging any other ecosystem.

Elaine has developed three new methods of rapidly assessing soil and foliage-related organisms, and assessing how soil and foliar biology changes with different management practices. She has focused on grower-related issues, the expense of intensive chemical use, and the damage these chemicals inflict on beneficial organisms in the soil and on foliage.

Go to soilfoodweb.com for more information.

WORK IN BEAUTY had another workshop this summer called Bringing Life to Lifeless Soil. It was based on the principles above. Our local growers instinctively recognized that this was information of which we were in dire need.

So put Saturday November 7 @ UNM-Gallup Student Services Center on your calendar. This event will be free!

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Tournament play will feature over 48 regional teams competing in a variety of age groups, 8-13.

FREE ADMISSION TO ALL GAMES! All Games Played On Turf Fields

Friday, October 30th • 7pm Mickey Mantle Park

Four Corner’s Fan Fest

Community Welcoming and Meet & Greet!

Check-in, food, games and entertainment!

Interested Teams, Please Contact Sammy C. Chioda @ 505-593-3737 or email: sammychioda@gmail.com for more information and forms.

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Viewing/discussion of “Latino Americans” Documentary and discussion of the 1960s -1980s • @ Public Library • 6pm • Led by scholar John Lewis Taylor Free computer classes • Intro to Microsoft Excel 2010 • @ Public Library • 10am-12pm Mother Road Bicycle Classic • @ Lexington Hotel 9am • Register at 8am St. Francis Fiesta • Raffle - $10000 Grand Prize • @ St. Francis Catholic Church 11am-5pm Bike 4 Hope: Kids Biking Fundraiser for Ethiopian Orphanage @ Rehoboth School 3:30pm ArtsCrawl • Downtown Gallup • 7pm-9pm Halloween Carnival • Rio West Mall •10am-2pm Theology On Tap • Knight of Columbus Hall • 105 Apache Cr. • 7pm “Beer, Theology, Culture & Conversation” • “Finding God’s Grace in Dark Films” UFO Film Festival • @ El Morro Theater • For times see UFO ad (page. 14) Hollywood Night Fundraiser for Kiwanis Teacher Grant Program • @Elks Lodge • 7pm A Free & Safe Day of Family Fun • Costume Contest 1pm • @ Navajo Zoo in Window Rock Kids Costume/Pumpkin Carving Contest • @ Rio West Mall • 6pm Annual Halloween Carnival • @ The Children’s Branch Library • 2pm-5pm Mall Trick or Treat • @ Rio West Mall • 3pm-6pm 6th Annual Four Corners Youth Football Championships • See ad for details (page 39)

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Workshop on Local Agriculture “Bringing Life to Lifeless Soil” • @ UNM Student Services Center 240th Marine Corps Birthday Ball • @ Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort 7pm-12am Theology On Tap • @ Knight of Columbus Hall • 105 Apache Cr. @7pm “Beer, Theology, Culture and Conversation” • “Voluntary Poverty and The Eucharist” 2nd Street Arts Festival @ 2nd Street Events Center

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Gallup’s Small Business Development Center

Since 1989 they have been supporting and encouraging the wellbeing of our community.

Funded by the State of New Mexico and the US Small Business Administration, the New Mexico Small Business Development Center serves at no cost to over 4,000 New Mexico entrepreneurs a year.

They assist in all aspects of business development including writing business plans, strategies, financial evaluations, obtaining investments, managing personnel issues, and marketing. They have nineteen service centers across New Mexico and many more across the nation. This last June, UNM Gallup Small Business Development Center (SBDC) welcomed Cynthia M. Jarvison (Cyndi), who has a background in business development, as the new Director of the Small Business Development Center. Jarvison is responsible for consulting with persons in the area who are interested in starting a business in McKinley County. “Our intent,” says Cyndi, is to “help entrepreneurs so that they can then create business and infuse revenue within our community,” and “That way in turn creates more jobs and more opportunities for our community.”

The UNM Gallup SBDC prides themselves in delivering free dynamic one-on-one confidential counseling, even if the need is as simple as “bouncing ideas off someone,” Cyndi added. Furthermore, they wish to expand on their services and be able to offer quality assistance at our center. The UNM Gallup SBDC offers, however, more than an idea buddy. They provide the beginning businessperson with a variety of valuable information to serve the starting of his/her business. Because the UNM Gallup SBDC is part of the National Association of Small Business Development Centers, McKinley County’s (Gallup’s) SBDC has access to information from around the nation, through that network, on businesses, their success, and statistics. This provides the entrepreneur the means to make an informed decision on their business. “We advise them through the thought process in hopes that they would start a small business,” said Jarvison.

Cyndi Jarvison

“The UNM Gallup SBDC prides themselves in delivering free dynamic one-on-one confidential counseling, even if the need is as simple as “bouncing ideas off someone”

In addition to the one on one counseling, the UNM Gallup SBDC has planned training courses and conferences for little to no cost on an expansive amount of topics throughout the year, including business loans, taxes, developing a business, and strategic planning. “My primary focus is going to be just engaging with the community, at this point, and identifying what the needs are,” said Cyndi.

According to Cyndi one of their main focuses this year will be financial planning assistance, in particular, tax responsibilities and reporting requirements. “We are dedicated,” says Cyndi, “to helping small business succeed, improve lives, and create jobs.”

The UNM Gallup SBDC not only works with the individual businessman but they are also working alongside local business planners and certified public accountants to succeed in their mission. In particular, Jarvison said, “I am trying to work with them to see how we can provide some training about financial literacy.”

The UNM Gallup SBDC is all about fueling small business success, by assisting entrepreneurs from in and around the McKinley County area in the better management of their small business and according to Cyndi the Gallup Chamber of Commerce has been pivotal in the success of their project. In particular Cyndi wanted to thank the Chamber who sponsored this article, “They offered this opportunity to us. They paved the way for me (…) that happens a lot.”

So if you are interested in starting a business, set up a free appointment with the UNM Gallup SBDC whose focus is your success; building New Mexico’s economy one business at a time.

SBDC Staff Director Cyndi Jarvison and Administrative Assistant Marcia Silversmith

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“EDUCATION MATTERS” OCTOBER FOCUS TOPIC: NEW PRINCIPALS

Four Questions for the SEVEN “New Principals” at Gallup McKinley County Schools

1. Tell us about your EDUCATION 3. What is your VISION? (school, community, self )

2. Why did you become a principal?

4. What made you come to GMCS?

Domonic J. Romero

Jessica Landavazo-Guillen

THOREAU HIGH SCHOOL

JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY

I am a Gallup High School graduate, have a B.A. in Psychology from UNM and an M.A. in Educational Administration from Grand Canyon University. I became a principal to serve others; I firmly believe that life is about healing and serving each other. My vision for Thoreau High School is for every student to be a graduate, with the skills and confidence to pursue a path of success. Gallup is home for me, loyalty to serve my community. There is no place on earth I want to see succeed more than my hometown!

Dr. Jason A. Moore RED ROCK ELEMENTARY I have a B.A. in Liberal Studies with a minor in Theater Arts, an M.A. in Educational Administration from California State University-San Bernardino, and a Ph.D. in K-12 Urban Education from the University of Southern California (USC). I became a principal to have a wider impact on students and teachers. I would like to make sure that our school focuses on the students. After being overseas for the past 4 years, it was time for us to return to the USA. After meeting some of the district staff at the job fair in Tacoma WA, it looked to be a good fit for us.

Tony Edenso Morrison

I have a B.A. in Education from Arizona State University and an M.A. in Administration from Grand Canyon University.

I became a principal because I love working with children and teachers and I wanted to make a difference. I know all students can succeed given the appropriate learning opportunities and strategies. My vision is to create a community school atmosphere where everyone is teaching and everyone is learning. Gallup McKinley County Schools has such a huge diverse population. I was interested to learn about and celebrate the many different cultures that are found here and the opportunities to explore new ways of teaching and providing opportunities for students to succeed.

Dr. James “JD” Reed II CROWNPOINT HIGH I have a B.A. in Politics, Administration & Justice from Cal State: Fullerton, M.A.s (2) in Public Policy and Administration and Counseling and Administration, and a Doctorate of Education in Policy, Planning, and Administration from the University of Southern California. It is fulfilling to see the aspects that I have a direct hand in making a positive impact on students, teachers, and the school as a whole. A visionary leader talks and walks the school’s vision.

Their actions consistently align with it. I love working with the different groups of people that I am able to as a principal and Superintendent Frank Chiapetti offered me that opportunity here in Gallup McKinley County Schools.

TOHATCHI MID SCHOOL I have a B.A. in History from Brigham Young University, an M.A. in Secondary Education from Antioch University in Seattle WA., an M.A. in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University, and currently working on an Educational Doctorate in Leadership from the University of Nebraska/Lincoln. Being an educator has been a career that allows me to work with our young people. I enjoy helping students become life-long learners, and always looking for new opportunities to help my students improve their academic scores. Working with the University of Virginia allows us to set up the school in a way that is best for student learning. GMCS is providing an education to a diverse population, and strives to find new ways to improve the delivery of this education.

Dr. Michael Cubacub

Pandora Watchman NAVAJO ELEMENTARY I received my B.A. in Education from Arizona State University, M.A. in Counseling from Western New Mexico University and M.Ed. in Administration Supervision from Arizona State University. As a teacher I have a great influence to inspire student’s lives in the classroom. As a Principal I have an even greater opportunity to inspire teacher’s to influence student’s lives in the classroom. My vision is to provide support and encouragement to all of the stakeholders; so our students will have the equal opportunity to achieve academic excellence. The opportunity to lead a school on the reservation brought me to GMCS. Since I am from Window Rock, AZ, and have gone through the reservation schools as a child, young adult, and employee, I felt it is my turn to give back to my community by working within the school systems on the reservation.

CROWNPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOL I received my B.A. in Secondary Education from Columban, Philippines, M.A. and Ph.D. in Education from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. I am committed to take actions that will affect the perceptions, thinking, and actions of others for the purpose of increasing student achievement. My vision is to provide all students with opportunities to enhance their potential. GMCS provided me an opportunity to broaden my experience as an educational leader, and I am proud and honored to be a principal of a turn-around school.

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Working Animals In Schools:

Helping a student get a seeing-eye dog!

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hen a friend asks you for help and you know that you can do it, the only question is, “What is the best way to go about it?” So when a friend asked me to help find a Seeing-eye Dog for her daughter who is going blind, that is exactly what I did.

This was a two-fold task: find the dog and help people to understand its necessity.

With the help of some friends, finding the dog was the easier part. There still remained the hurdle that very few adults understand how to cope with having a Service Dog in the workplace; or in this instance, schools.

I know this because I am the only employee of GMCS, to have a Service Dog. Shiloh is certified under a federal law known as “The Americans with Disabilities Act”. I have severe asthma, accelerated fibromyalgia, type II Diabetes, and PTSD from being attacked 8 years ago.

People run the range in their responses from “immediate acceptance” or “accepting once they understand ‘why’” to “offensive and discriminating.”

Because I do not look sick, there are people who assume that I am, in fact, not, and therefore should not have Shiloh with me under any circumstances. They make sure to express themselves to me and to others. Such experiences are painful.

Strangely, students understand right away. Once they know “why”, they will show so much compassion and kindness that it more than makes up for all of the Alleve and Kleenex you go through in a semester.

Individual receptions of the training were encouraging. Secretary Tammy Elkins enjoyed it, saying, “I learned a lot. I didn’t understand before.” Computer science teacher, Jean Oakes, liked the idea of Service Horses, “If I ever need a Service Animal, I would like the option of a miniature horse.”

The most generous praise, however, came from Mr. Ron Donkersloot, Head of Personnel for GMCS, “I was very grateful for the training both for myself and also for the staff at Thoreau High School. The presenters were well informed and gave us all information that was very valuable to us in our jobs.” He went on to say, “I know that I came away from the presentation better informed and thus better able to help in situations where such knowledge is necessary.”

The Governor’s Commission for the Disabled welcomes all inquiries and hopes to expand its training and build understanding in the community.

Mr. Surdi and Ms. Martinez can be reached at (505) 476-0412.

I brought my concerns to the new Principal of Thoreau High School, Mr. Domonic Romero, who immediately agreed to make sure that all staff attend a training seminar if I would make the arrangements. With the help of the Governor’s Commission for the Disabled and its representatives, Mr. Guy Surdi and Ms. Dee Martinez, we did a presentation. On Monday, September 14th, the staff of Thoreau High School learned about relating to people with disabilities and Service Animals appropriately. Emphasis was placed on seeing the person rather than the disability. The Service Animal, can be either a dog or a miniature horse, and it is to be kept clean and well-trained, and must be with its person.

Only two questions are relevant: 1) Is it a Service Animal? 2) What function does it perform?

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Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

The Cellicion Zuni Dancers finish reading the Gallup Journey after their farewell performance in Ashgabat during their performance tour in Turkmenistan - Sylvin, Calela, Nargiza Metakubova (US Embassy Hostess), Florentine, Alexandra, Pal Poletas (US Deputy Ambassador of Turkmenistan), Maya Meredova (US Embassy Hostess), Fernando,

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The members and friends of First United Methodist Church took a Journey magazine with them on their mission trip to the United Methodist Committee on Relief Western Depot.

We worked on relief kits that will be sent out around the world.

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4 Years on The Road

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hiloh & Ruthie Pickering from Eugene, OR have been biking around the U.S. for the past four years. Shown here near Ft. Wingate they are currently in route to Glacier National Park in Montana. Shiloh, 67, and Ruth ,35, met randomly when Shiloh simply asked her, “Will you adopt me?” She was intrigued and gave the stranger a chance.

Shiloh says they live on a $700 month budget and are riding under the cause to honor disabled veterans. He says in 2005 he had a heart attack, and a few years ago he weighed as much as 250 lbs and has since lost 100 lbs leaving him at a crisp 150 lbs. Both of the them claim they are currently experiencing the best health they have ever had.

They soon married and then decided to head out on bikes four years ago when Ruth’s doctor told her she may be severely debilitated or not survive her next epilepsy seizure. With that prognosis they collectively decided to do an adventure and “just go for it!” Four years later they are still on the road (they have taken a few weeks break at various locations) and plan to do so continuously for the rest of their lives.

When asked for advice they would like to leave the general public, Ruthie simply says, “If you’re not having fun...don’t do it!’

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Roswell Alien Museum, NM

Come to A Free Showing of “TheAppalachian Dawn”

Documentary Movie Come watch this powerful film as we talk about creating unity within the body of Christ and His many Churches.

Friday, Oct 9 - 1st Indian Baptist Church 6:00 PM

Here is the New Mexico Military Institute celebrating (NMMI) a 21 Day Ceremony at Roswell Alien Museum with the Gallup Journey!

- Cadet Jeremy Torres, Cadet Patricia Ramos, Cadet Danh Phuong, Jenelle Torres, Irina Gorshkova, Muna & Makai Dube, Elijah Baltazar, Estrelle Baltazar.

95th Birthday!

Oct 9 - Lighthouse Ministries 7:00 PM Sunday, Oct 11 - Joshua Generation for Jesus 4:30 PM Oct 11 - Ft Wingate Baptist Church 5:00 PM

Mary Mehelcic doesn’t care she just turned 95, all she wants is to read her Gallup Journey.

Unity in our Community: Inspiring a positive change for Gallup!

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A FLOCK OF THUNDERBIRDS

Darlings of The Tourist Trade

By Ernie Bulow Author photo by Erin Bulow

When a group of birds congregate it gets a special name.

Everybody knows a “gaggle” of geese, a “covey” of quail or a “parcel” of pigeons (actually, I’m not positive about that one). Less familiar are a “parliament” of owls, the delightful “bouquet” of pheasants, or the rather obvious “committee” of vultures. I propose from now on a flock of Thunderbirds be called a “bolt”. Seems appropriate.

prehistoric, extinct, giant condor, as if the ones we have aren’t big enough. The theory is that this great bird went extinct when the large game animals of the plains were exterminated by paleo-hunters. But it was remembered in the Native folklore.

Some nit-pickers are going to point out that the singular Thunderbird can hardly flock, but, in fact, in some Native groups they are seen as a large family. Surely Thunderbirds from different tribes could gather together if they wanted to.

How did the Thunderbird, native to territory far to the north, become so popular in the Southwest? In fact, the Thunderbird became the symbol of all things Indian, along with feather headdresses and tomahawks.

The Thunderbird deity is found in North America from coast to coast, is commonly depicted in rock art and is essential to totem poles in the North-West. Obviously this ancient sky-lord is associated with thunder, lightning and rain.

In most mythologies the Thunderbird is linked to snakes and large serpents.

Some say it is allied to snakes which produce the lightning, others say it protects mortal men from serpents who would overrun the Earth without control. In all cases the giant figure is seen as cranky and volatile and pains are taken to keep from disturbing or angering it.

This seems contrary to the Thunderbird’s primary role of controlling the rain. On the other hand, most of the northern parts of the country get plenty of moisture, especially on the two coasts, so attracting rain is a less essential part of life than it is locally. So how did the Thunderbird migrate to the Southwest?

It is a fact that buzzards fly to the Gulf Coast of Mexico to spend the winter, so why wouldn’t Thunderbird want to bask in the local sunshine?

Literal-minded folk have written that the Thunderbird is derived from the

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Bones of a huge raptor have been found near human settlements dated as recently as 8,000 years ago. It had a twenty-four foot wingspread and its scientific name is Terratornis Merriami. It was apparently a real bird.

Early in the last century the Fred Harvey Company adopted the Zuni Knifewing design from a shield painted by the eccentric Frank Cushing. They used it on buildings, letterhead, business cards, and pushed it in their curio stores.

Somehow the Knifewing, which looks like a bird, got confused with the Thunderbird.

The Knifewing design was very popular when it was used in jewelry—first pieces fabricated from silver ingots, then cast silver versions (faster to produce) and then in stone inlay. Thousands—tens of thousands—were produced over the years by virtually every jeweler in the village of Zuni.

Anglo Americans confused the Thunderbird with the Knifewing, perhaps finding Thunderbird an easier name to remember. To add to the confusion there is the “Rain Bird” design found on Pueblo pottery.

The anthropologist Henry P. Mera wrote an entire monograph on the subject, but prefaced his study with this statement: “By what right the term [rain bird] is used or where it originated is unknown to the writer…”

There are 176 representations of the evolving design in his book and it clearly derives from the macaw parrot which was and is very important in Pueblo religion. The macaw is associated with rain, as are many birds because they always know how to find water.

So theThunderbird migrated to the Southwestern United States in huge numbers. In 1908 the Fred Harvey Co., which had already pirated the knifewing, also poached the Thunderbird.

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The story goes that Herman Schweizer, head of Harvey’s Indian Department, copied down a rock figure he had seen along the old route of the Santa Fe Trail through Mountainair, NM. The petroglyphs he saw near Abo ruins have since been destroyed, but Indian trader Thomas Caveliere recently photographed a very similar one at La Cieneguilla just south of Santa Fe. Since there were no thunderbirds in the area when the rock art was executed, I conclude it was a portrait of a friendly buzzard.

The image looked like a Thunderbird to Schweizer so he copyrighted it in 1909 and it became the official emblem of the Fred Harvey Company. The purloined bird was even painted on the sides of the Harvey touring cars and company employees referred to it—among themselves—as “the big old chicken.”

In 1909 the Indian jewelry business was in its infancy, but Herman fell in love with it and cheap jewelry became a prominent staple in the Fred Harvey curio stores found in every depot on the line. Watch fobs, earrings and simple bracelets were the perfect presents to take back to the folks at home.

COPPER KEY RING FOB WITH A GLASS STONE WAS THE LOW-END HARVEY SOUVENIR --THE SILVER VERSION WAS A STEP UP.

THUNDERBIRD ROCK ART PHOTOGRAPHED BY TOM CAVELIERE AT LA CIENEGUILLA NEAR SANTA FE

Other lines of cheap jewelry rip-offs were soon being manufactured, but none with the quality and appeal of the Harvey goods. Indian hand-made jewelry of higher quality was also offered for sale through their shops, and the Indian House in Albuquerque was considered the equal of any museum in the country.

The Zunis in particular were given the job of turning out quantities of “thunderbirds” which were not part of their cultural heritage. True to Zuni aesthetics, quality designs, especially in inlay, were soon being crafted in huge quantities. One attractive pattern, attributed by C. G. Wallace to several different lapidaries, combined the thunderbird and knifewing into a single creature. It was quite attractive.

“In all cases the giant figure is

seen as cranky and volatile and pains are taken to keep from disturbing or angering it.”

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You Gave Because You Cared!

The Charity Invitational has raised $705,000 to date.

This is a spectacular expression of generosity from the heart. But more important is what it says about the bonds of caring in this community. Your gift is a light in the darkness for many who need it.

A mother has a special bond with her children. A pastor has one with her/his congregation. A teacher has a bond with the students. A doctor or a nurse experiences a special bond with their patients. The examples are endless. Sad is the day when people do not recognize these bonds. Yet all those who care recognize that they have a bond with each other.

In our community we have many people who dedicate their lives to caring for and helping others, such as health professionals, public servants, teachers, elected officials, contractors, administrators, and countless more. We also have people who volunteer their time, pray for others, give, and those who risk their life for public safety. Why? The bonds of caring.

Also in our community are many who are in need. “Most of us cannot fully understand Most of us cannot fully understand the hopeless the hopeless feeling of being lost.” feeling of being lost. Lost… in their life through drug and alcohol addiction. Lost… with no place to stay. Lost…with no way to earn a living. Lost… without a meal for days. Lost… in degradation. Lost …so that they want to cry, but instead, they harden themselves to the world.

The lost person is the prodigal son; it is the woman by the well who gave Jesus water; it is the person aided by the good Samaritan; it is Peter weeping because of his denials; it is you and I asking forgiveness through Christ. And so the beauty of this year’s Charity event was that people recognized the bond between all of us in the community.

You Gave Because You Cared!

Please allow me to say on behalf of many, THANK YOU. And thank you also for the additional gift which you gave… the Gift of Compassion! You entrusted us to share your gift of compassion in a responsible way. We commit ourselves to being good stewards. We will extend our services in a manner that benefits the community and the county.

David Conejo, CEO RMCHCS

We will continue to receive donations to this years cause for the reopening of Behavioral Health Services until December 31, 2015.

Donations may be made by contacting David Conejo at 903-640-7317 or mailing checks to: RMCHCS Foundation, c/o 1901 RedRock Dr. Gallup, New Mexico 87301

1901 Red Rock Drive • Gallup, NM 87301 • 505-863-7000

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REUNIONS “Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember” - Seneca

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his summer I went to two reunions. named Jerry came up to me and asked if I was Tom Jensen. I didn’t When I graduated from high school in know Tom Jensen, so I said yes. I then asked him many questions New Mexico, I said to myself that I would about his family, marriage, children, and work. We had a great time never go to a reunion. I was too sophisticated to together, and after a while, I just couldn’t tell him that I was not return to my hometown and hang out with high Tom Jensen. Soon we had our picture taken together, and I felt I

By Jay Mason school friends. That turned out to be wrong. I had turned a lemon evening into lemonade. Later when I told my did not go to my10th high school reunion, but I wife about Jerry, she was not pleased. I apologized to Jerry the next have been to just about all of the rest of them after that one. Soon it day at the picnic. That was the last reunion that Kitty has asked me will be my 50th reunion. to attend.

Why do people go to reunions? It is rarely to show others

The most remarkable event at a reunion that I have ever seen how much better or successful you are than those that you knew until this summer occurred at my 35th high school reunion. By long ago. As you get older, reunions are more fun because nobody then, half of the class was divorced or deranged or both, and one of cares what you did or didn’t do; they just want to see you and tell our classmates came to every reunion event on his Harley. It turned stories about the good old days. If you are not sure you want to out that his high school sweetheart (she heard) whom he did not go to a reunion, go to somebody else’s reunion first. I have done marry was now available. An old spark was renewed. The last thing that several times in Gallup. I have been in the El Rancho with I remember was the two of them riding away from the Saturday friends and discovered that I was also attending a Gallup high school night dance on the Harley, and later I heard they got married. I reunion. Several times I have been “The last thing I remember was the two of them riding away from the Saturday asked to stay night dance on the Harley, and later I heard they got married.” because there were not enough men who liked to dance. It is usually great fun, and you wonder if they will come to the 50th on the Harley. get to practice being around people you don’t know very well. Then I have decided that it is good to go back to your hometown. you might be ready to attend your own reunion.

Hopefully it reminds you of a more innocent time. This summer I

When Kitty and I got married, she convinced me to go to went to a 50th high school reunion in Hobbs, New Mexico to see her 10th high school reunion in Tulsa. She was in a class of over one person. He was the person who talked me into running cross 800 people. I knew one other person besides my wife at the event. country and track. At the time he was captain of the team, and She immediately circled the room renewing old acquaintances, and now he is a professor at Clemson. I was curious what he saw in me I remained at a table with an adult beverage in my hand. About an (all 119 pounds) that made him think I could be a distance runner. hour into this mistake (I mean wonderful opportunity), a fellow Whatever it was, he was right because that year we won one of several state championships. He convinced me that if I worked hard enough, I could succeed.

I still can’t believe that I ran so many miles for so many years, but it changed the course of my life.

While I was at that reunion, another former track teammate who had incredible talent came up to me and wanted to know why I never liked him. I told him I thought we had discussed this problem several reunions ago and buried the hatchet. He said that he had a massive stroke three years ago and must have forgotten about our reconciliation. Oh well, we buried the hatchet again and had a great time. The most poignant moment was a memorial to the nine members of Hobbs High School who died in Vietnam and are listed on the Wall (Gallup has 10 names on the Wall).

Their young lives ended before they began, and 50 years later we were reminded again how many people have given their lives in service to our country.

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The second reunion was a gathering of the guys I lived with in a house during my senior year at the University of Kansas. The spouses even came to the event. The majority wanted to go to a Kansas football game. I didn’t go the football games when I was in college because most of the time the team was so terrible. This year they lived up to their past performance, and I left the game in the second quarter. I did meet the current distance coach of my track team, and I saw the new state-of-theart track stadium. I could not believe the locker rooms, training room and weight lifting facility. I remember our locker room was located under the 90 year old Memorial Stadium, and when it rained our locker room flooded. We lifted weights made of a steel bar with concrete filled coffee cans on each end. We did get an all weather track my junior and senior year but most of our facilities were not state-of-the-art. Yet we won every conference championship (12) for four years. Maybe hard work and determination makes the difference. Last year. out of the top 150 marathoners in the world, 84 were from Kenya. Kenyan runners have been studied for years, and it seems that their success over the years is not genetics or diet or doping. It turns out that they work harder than their competitors. Some things don’t change.

When you think about it, as you grow older, every funeral is also a reunion. Two good people that I knew well died in Gallup in the last year or so and before their time. At their funerals I saw and talked to many people that I hadn’t seen in years. Isn’t it remarkable that death brings family and friends together, hopefully to remember the good times that they shared with that person? I hope that some of my family will show up at my funeral, but in the meantime I will continue to ride the wave of life God has given me and look forward to the next reunion.

Kentucky Class Reunion

I shared a copy of the Gallup Journey with my classmates at the 50 year reunion of St. Romuald’s High School, Class of 1965.

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Moving Forward !

Thanks to all those who participated in the Charity Invitational!

Over $705,000 has been raised!

Because of you we have been able to open our Behavioral Health Facility!

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Gallup BID Projects

Putting The Pieces Together To Make Downtown Great!

Information Kiosks

Decorative Lighting

Eight informational kiosks have been installed throughout Downtown Gallup to provide directions along with information on upcoming events.

Strung high over three key blocks of Downtown Gallup—from First to Fourth over Coal Avenue— thousands of decorative LED lights shine every night, creating a friendly atmosphere that invites walking the downtown area.

Monthly ArtsCrawl

Downtown Private Security

Gallup’s monthly Arts Crawl creates a family friendly “Community Commons.”

All are invited to gather for conversation, entertainment, shopping and dining.

Downtown streets are closed to traffic to provide an open venue for live music, dance and art making.

Gallup Business Improvement District contracts a local private security firm to assist local law enforcement during the busy summer season to keep the Downtown Business District a welcoming environment for business owners, residents and tourists.

Trash Receptacle Improvement

Downtown Gateways

Improving the physical appearance and quality of life in the downtown business district is economic development.

Structural gateways welcome visitors to Downtown Gallup.

Continuous redevelopment of Gallup’s historic downtown district creates significance, meaning and economic impact.

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