Gallup Sun

Oh boy, oh boy. This is among the busiest weeks I’ve ever written about — there are more than 20 new releases arriving in a wide variety of genres… 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!

All the Way - While technically an HBO made-for-cable movie, this recent effort features an all-star cast and garnered critical raves that make it worthy of a mention here. Based on an award-winning play, this is a biopic about US President Lyndon B. Johnson and his early days in the White House after the Kennedy assassination. It has been called a powerful and well-acted drama with some interesting historical...

Kellwood served in WWII, won Congressional Silver Medal

Staff Reports

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Code Talker Private Joe Hosteen Kellwood died Sept. 5 at the age of 95.

Kellwood was a Navajo Code Talker who served in World War II. He was trained at Navajo Code Talker’s School at Camp Elliott in San Diego, Calif. Kellwood was the recipient of the Congressional Silver Medal.

“Our Navajo Code talkers are iconic and Private Joe Hosteen Kellwood was no exception. He, along with our other revered code talkers, was able to save our nation, our freedom and our lives by using the sacred Dine’bi’zaad.  For this, he will always be remembered and honored,” Navajo Nation President...

You don’t have to live in Gallup long to notice the important role art plays in the community. Whether it’s the monthly second-Saturday “Arts Crawl” or the frequent dances and performances outside the courthouse, there’s always art to be appreciated by locals and tourists alike.

Ira Custer is a local artist who makes silver jewelry out of his home in Gallup. He runs a business known as Custer Designs and works with other local artists, among which are members of his own family.

For Custer, working with silver has been a family affair since he began as a small child.  His father casted silver jewelry, and eventually trained his son in the art.

“I’m only going to...

Event president predicts event will grow

It’s not a stretch to say the annual Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial was losing some of its appeal to people not only from New Mexico and Arizona, but throughout the United States.

The rodeos weren’t what they used to be. Exhibit Hall participation was down. And enthusiasm for the event — which has been one of Gallup’s most popular throughout its 95-year history — was paling.

Not anymore, the event’s current president said.

“We think we can keep growing and growing and making the event as popular and as well-attended as it used to be,” Ceremonial President Dudley Byerley told the Sun this week. “We think we can get the big...