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George Malti Memorial Service

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December 11, 1938 - May 13, 2016

Memorial Services for Millennium Media executive George Malti will be held at 11 am on Thursday, June 30.

Location: First Baptist Church, 2112 College Dr., Gallup

Phone: (505) 722-4401

Best of the Best Timed looks to draw 200 contestants

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Event free for the public to attend

Walt Eddy is not your typical promoter full of bluster and noise. Nevertheless, the unassuming idea-man of Gallup’s Best of the Best Timed Event Rodeo gets the job done.

“I was born into the Western lifestyle,” Eddy said in a recent interview. “My mom had started Trice’s Western Wear (1954 - 2000) before I was born. One of my first promotions was a customer appreciation roping event where our prizes were donated by suppliers. By 1988, I was involved in the National Team Roping Competition at Red Rock Park, which continues today. We had around a thousand participants this year from outside the area.”

Eddy also manages similar...

Navajo Nation Gardening Challenge to Unite and Empower Navajo families

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Reconnecting Navajo families through self-reliance, food sovereignty, and organic gardening is hard work.

Navajo Nation Vice President Jonathan Nez knows firsthand about the intensive labor of farming. Each year, his family gathers to plant crops on the family farm.

This family activity provides unity, exercise, empowerment and self-sufficiency, he said.

On June 4, the Navajo Nation Gardening Challenge was launched, beginning with a garden planted at Vice President Nez’s residence in Window Rock.

Volunteers from the Northern Arizona University Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, Tolani Lake Enterprises, Little Colorado River Watershed...

Environment and health departments issue smoke advisory

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The New Mexico Environment Department and New Mexico Department of Health [on June 15] issued a smoke advisory for areas of New Mexico that may be affected by smoke from fires currently burning in New Mexico and Arizona.

Smoke from the Dog Head Fire west of Estancia and the North Fire south of Magdalena is affecting air quality throughout central New Mexico. Hot, dry, and stagnant forecasted weather is expected to contribute to increased smoke concentrations especially in central New Mexico throughout the upcoming weekend.

“Smoke can hurt your eyes, irritate your respiratory system, and aggravate chronic heart and lung problems,” Department of Health Cabinet Secretary Lynn Gallagher...

Heavy metal veterans Queensrÿche rock NM

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Queensrÿche guitarist ‘The Whip’ gets real with the Sun

New Mexico definitely gets its fare share of rocking concerts, and this reporter was privileged to see one of those recently.

The Scorpions & Queensrÿche Tour made its way down to the Isleta Amphitheater in Albuquerque on May 25, and I got to sit down and chat with Queensrÿche guitarist Michael Wilton (born Feb. 23, 1962), otherwise known as the “The Whip” for the speed of his fingers on the fretboard. Wilton, an American guitarist, co-founded Queensrÿche in 1982.

JC: Michael, how is it going brother? How has the tour been?

Michael: It’s going great! It’s a great pairing of bands; we’ve kinda built this...

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