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Madame G guide to the stars WEEK OF FEBRuary 9

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Happy Valentine’s Day! If you’re single or just hate the silly ‘Hallmark invention’ just smile and congratulate yourself on not wasting money—on a half-naked baby holiday. If you’re in love for the first time, or in second grade, bust out the red paper and glue. Madame G recommends that you take it all in stride...

Madame G guide to the stars WEEK OF FEBRuary 2

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Happy Groundhog Day! Will the little rodent see his shadow or not? Folklore says if he sees his shadow (6 more weeks of winter) and if not, we’ll have an early spring. For many of us, we’re still waiting for winter, so maybe we should hope for a long shadow. Reflect on what this teaches us--nothing. Read a science book kid. Madame G says: get outside and have some fun.

 

Aries (March 21-April 19)

What’s in a name? No, I don’t mean Shakespeare. You have certain ideas in your head and you’re ready to take off in the right direction. Don’t give up. You can do what the other people do and stare at the Sun and hope for the best or you can take action. The right answer is...

It’s okay to turn around

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There is an expression that says, “No matter how far you travel down the road you can always turn around?” When I first heard the statement my immediate thought was this is a gentle way of correcting men who struggle to accept the fact they took a wrong turn somewhere on the road. However, the more I reflected on the expression the more I realized this is really a statement about the courage it takes to change the way we think or behave when a better alternative has been presented to us.

I trust the following examples will make this point clear for you.

1958

Do you know that since 1958 it has been known that supplemental chromium (a mineral) will prevent and treat diabetes as...

Letter to the Editor: Concerns over public safety during Arts Crawl

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This letter is to inform you and seek any feedback on the city’s intention to step up public safety measures during Arts Crawl. In the past we have used we have used saw horses to block city streets. This of course is easily moved which has allowed traffic to pass through streets places pedestrian at risk. Arts Crawl draws up to 1,000 visitors throughout the evening to our city streets.

There isn’t a day that goes by in both small and large towns where someone has intentionally cause harm to people in public places. So, the City of Gallup Office of Emergency Management, working in conjunction with Gallup Police and Roads Department effective 10 March 2018. We will stop blocking...

Veterans, active-duty to be honored by legislature

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SANTA FE —Military veterans and active-duty personnel will be honored at the State Capitol in Santa Fe on Jan. 31 during Military and Veterans Day at the 2018 Legislature.

This annual day during the legislative session is presented by the New Mexico Department of Veterans Services and the New Mexico National Guard to honor active-duty service members and veterans for their sacrifice and service for our country.

The highlight every year is a noon ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda honoring not only active-duty personnel and veterans, but also a particular segment of the military community. This year’s ceremony will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War and the 50th...

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