The Annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life event will take place in Gallup on June 12. All survivors of cancer are invited to attend and be our honored guests! At registration they will receive free t-shirts while supply lasts, and other goodies. They are asked to check in at 6 pm. The Opening Ceremony begins...Relay For Life Gallup: ‘The Eighties, the Start of Something New’
The Annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life event will take place in Gallup on June 12. All survivors of cancer are invited to attend and be our honored guests! At registration they will receive free t-shirts while supply lasts, and other goodies. They are asked to check in at 6 pm. The Opening Ceremony begins...Community Calendar June 5 – 11, 2015
FRIDAY June 5
McKinley County Roads Meeting
Come and listen to County Commissioners, Navajo Nation and BIA officials provide the public with an update to McKinley County road projects and issues. Meeting starts 2 pm at Manuelito Chapter House. Address: 26 Hunters Point Rd, Mentmore, NM (505) 905-3073
SATURDAY June 6
The Children’s Branch will kick off the annual Summer Reading Program with a free Family Superhero Carnival which will feature: a bounce house, snacks and treats, prizes, the Fire Department’s Smoke House, face painting, crafts, games, and a Summer Reading Program registration table. Children will also be able to go through superhero training, make their own...
McKinley County Roads Meeting
Come and listen to County Commissioners, Navajo Nation and BIA officials provide the public with an update to McKinley County road projects and issues. Meeting starts 2 pm at Manuelito Chapter House. Address: 26 Hunters Point Rd, Mentmore, NM (505) 905-3073
SATURDAY June 6
The Children’s Branch will kick off the annual Summer Reading Program with a free Family Superhero Carnival which will feature: a bounce house, snacks and treats, prizes, the Fire Department’s Smoke House, face painting, crafts, games, and a Summer Reading Program registration table. Children will also be able to go through superhero training, make their own...
Doughnut Dollies: in combat in Vietnam without a weapon
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Mary Tsinnajinnie-Cohoe is a Vietnam War veteran but she will never receive federal veterans’ benefits.Tsinnajinnie-Cohoe served in Vietnam in 1968 to 1969. And while she never carried a rifle or weapon, she wore powder blue culottes and served doughnuts and coffee with a smile – with the goal of raising the morale of combat-battered military personnel.
Tsinnajinnie was one of 627 single young ladies between the ages of 21-24 years of age, and a college graduate, who went to Vietnam as an American Red Cross SRAO aide or “Doughnut Dolly.”
“Many people don’t know about the SRAO program,” she said as she flashed a smile that could light up a...
Gallup welcomes new postmaster
“I’m grateful to work for the Postal Service. I’m excited to work in Gallup. Customer service is my No. 1 priority so I’m excited to get started,” said Dona Roberts, newly sworn in Post Master for the United States Postal Service in Gallup.Roberts has been the interim post master in Gallup since September 2014 but was officially sworn in May 22.
Roberts was sworn in by Suzy Yarbro, manager of postal operations for the Arizona district, which includes Gallup.
“I’m very pleased. I’ve worked with her for about 3 years and she’s done a great job,” Yarbo said. “She is an asset to my area.”
Roberts is focusing on increasing the quality of customer service in her...
SAN ANDREAS Depicts A Tsunami of Cheesy Disaster Movie Tropes
Rating: «« out of 4 Stars
Running Time: 114 Minutes
Disaster films are a tricky business. The spectacle of nature wreaking havoc is always eye-catching, but most movies fail to compensate for the epic scale, resorting to a generic story with too many thinly drawn characters. San Andreas definitely falls into this category. The earthquakes and aftershocks are stunning to look at, but the humans suffer with generic interpersonal conflict and drab dialogue that at times approaches self-parody.
Ray (Dwayne Johnson) is an LA Fire Department chopper pilot who struggles deeply with his daughter’s tragic rafting death. Unable to come to grips, Ray’s marriage to Emma (Carla Gugino)...
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