Gallup Sun

Welcome back to another very busy edition of new release highlights on Blu-ray and DVD. Looks like there’s a bit of everything, both new and old to enjoy this time out. So, if you can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

Big New Releases!

After - Based on a bestselling novel, this teen romance follows a smart and studious young woman who falls for a mysterious, moody new arrival with a rebellious streak. Their passionate and rocky relationship makes the lead question several of the conservative choices she has made in life. This effort was largely panned by the press. Most thought the production was bland and the motivations of the...

The Gallup State Veterans Cemetery had its first burial July 10.  It was a Columbarium interment.

The cemetery, which was opened on Memorial Day, will have 448 gravesites, 140 in-ground cremains burial sites, and 400 columbarium wall crypts. The 2.5-acre site, was funded by a $5.7 million VA Cemetery Program Grant.

It is the second of what will eventually be four state veterans cemeteries built using a State Veterans Cemetery Initiative launched by the New Mexico Department of Veterans Services in 2013 to build cemeteries for rural-area veterans in New Mexico.

The first-the Ft. Stanton State Veterans Cemetery-opened in the fall of 2017. Ground was broken last October for a third...

Archie R. Silago, 68 of Gallup died July 3. He was preceded in death by Jake Silago, Sr., Rosie G. Ashley, and Gracie Martinez.  He is survived by Jerry Silago, Jake Silago, Jr., Steve Silago, Etta Billie, Cynthia Velarde, and Joleen Woody.

Funeral services were held July 9 with interment at Sunset Memorial Park.

 

Archie R. Silago, 68 of Gallup died July 3. He was preceded in death by Jake Silago, Sr., Rosie G. Ashley, and Gracie Martinez.  He is survived by Jerry Silago, Jake Silago, Jr., Steve Silago, Etta Billie, Cynthia Velarde, and Joleen Woody.

Funeral services were held July 9 with interment at Sunset Memorial Park.