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Nate James gets some air time at Ford Canyon Park on Thursday.

Photo by Michael Fagans

 

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Navajo County chooses Bush

Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau

WINDOW ROCK — Navajo County voters contrary to their neighbors to the east and west supported George W. Bush for
president in Tuesday's election but continued their traditional Democratic Party support for most other offices.

Republican Bush received 12,373 votes to Democrat Al Gore's 11,780 votes, with four minor party candidates getting 966 votes combined.

Incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl garnered more than three-fourths of the total, 18,659 votes, with three others but no Democrat on the ballot getting 5,918 votes combined.

The tiny part of the county on the Hopi Reservation and the Third Congressional District went for Democrat Gene Scharer over long-time Republican incumbent Bob Stump, 418-216, with Libertarian Edward R. Carlson getting 16 votes.

In the Navajo Reservation portion of the equally sprawling Sixth Congressional District, incumbent Republican J.D. Hayworth got 14,919 votes to Democrat Larry Nelson's 9,158 votes and Libertarian Richard Duncan's 716 votes.

For senator in the Third Legislative District, incumbent Democrat Jack C. Jackson received 5,902 votes while the House portion of the district ended up with Democrats Sylvia M. Laughter and Tom Albert getting 5,204 and 2,750 votes, respectively.

Democrat Sandra Kennedy outpolled Republican Marc Spitzer for the six-year Corporation Commission seat, 13,469-9,743 with Libertarian Edward E. Zajac getting 848 votes.

For the four-year term, Democrat Barbara Lubin outpolled Republican Bill Mundell, 12,281-9,811 with Libertarian Ray Price getting 1,798 votes.

Navajo County voters joined their neighbors in Apache and Coconino Counties in opposing Proposition 203, the English immersion for students who speak little or no English, although it passed overwhelmingly in the final state tally.

There were 13,645 no votes and 11,086 yes votes.

County offices

Percy Deal, incumbent Democrat, was unopposed for the District 1 Board of Supervisors seat and received 3,897 votes. His neighbor to the south, incumbent Democrat Jesse Thompson, easily overcame Republican Thomas Kanuho, 2,352-501, in the only contested race.

No Republicans ran against the six Democrats, three of them incumbents, for the other county elected offices.

Incumbents Melvin R. Bowers Jr. got 18,406 votes for county attorney; Gary H. Butler, 19,597 for sheriff; and Frank L.
Turley, 19,001 for assessor. Laurette "Lori" Justman took in 18,074 votes for recorder; Alicia "A.J." Brown, 17,789 for school superintendent; and Manuel "Manny" Hernandez, 18,329, for treasurer. On Monday the current board will accept School Superintendent Bill Bennett's resignation, which will give Brown seniority over the others.

For Superior Court judges, incumbent Navajo Gloria Kindig received 18,276 votes and Dale Nielson, 17,662 votes.

Schools

For the Pinon Unified School District governing board, Navajo Nation Council delegate Tom LaPahe was elected with 1,687 votes. Since there are three seats available, the new county school superintendent will have to appoint two people to fill the vacancies.

Five people wanted the three seats on the Cedar Unified School District governing board. Elected were Danny Sage with 716 votes, Karen Kahe Charley with 710 votes and Council Delegate Lee Jack Sr. with 683 votes. The other two candidates were Rickie Clinton with 623 votes and Harvey Tewanema with 541 votes.

There also was a one-year term on the Cedar board with Thomas Polacca getting 11 write-in votes and Ladybird Jack 10 write-in votes.

The controversy-plagued Kayenta Unified School District had eight candidates seeking three seats, including Council Delegate Daniel Peaches.

Elected were Jimmie Austin Jr. with 1,029 votes, Naomi Yellowhair Sisco with 997 votes and Elwood Jay Saganey with 984 votes. The other five candidates were Peaches with 861 votes, Raymond Laughter with 850 votes, Harry Sombrero with 762 votes, Roy Laughter with 757 votes and Orville Sisco with 403 votes.

Kayenta voters supported an $8.3 million general obligation 20-year bond issue, 1,476 to 234.

Cedar's voters supported an override for capital outlay for the next seven years at $1 million a year.

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Delegates to ponder spuds, IHS

Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau

WINDOW ROCK — The battle of the French-fried potatoes highlights the agenda for the Navajo Nation Council's next special session. The two-day affair, starting Monday, may need to be extended because of the critical issues delegates will consider.

One of the issues will be deciding whether to call a referendum about the tribe through a non-profit corporation taking over the $300-million plus budget and 3,000-employee Navajo Area Indian Health Service. The central government employs about 6,000 people with a budget of $584.7 million (almost double the last year).

Because referendums require a majority vote of all Navajo-registered voters more than 100,000 people were registered this year they almost never pass.

The takeover has had the full political and financial support of both the Legislative and Executive branches for the past 50 years, but is being fought by a Do Dah 638 committee led by the present IHS union, which Navajo law forbids to tribal government employees.

Potato battle

In the battle of grease-fried spuds, a lingering resolution by Council Delegate Alfred Yazzie to turn over a previous commitment of $10 million to the Capital Improvement Project will be countered by a series of three pro-potato project resolutions.

The first resolution would extend the present January deadline for the use of the $10 million.

The second would add $20 million, along with a bag full of related measures. They include setting aside enough water without additional charge to grow the starchy vegetable, forbidding local chapters to tax or regulate the project if they become Local Governance Act-certified, and transferring control of the project from the Transportation-Community Development Committee Yazzie is its vice chairman to the Economic Development and Resources Committees, which have backed it 100 percent.

The third would provide a limited waiver of sovereign immunity against the tribe being sued so that binding arbitration could be used to settle disputes.

In August 1995, the R.D. Offutt Company of Fargo, N.D., approached then President Albert Hale about the twin joint ventures. The letter of intent has been extended several times, but will expire this January.

One partnership would grow the potatoes on about 15,000 of the 60,000 acres now under cultivation for various crops by the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry. NAPI and/or the tribal government also would join RDO to build a huge potato-processing plant on the reservation, providing several hundred jobs.

About a year ago the twin project cost was placed at $150 million, with $27 million from the central government, $41 million from NAPI and $82 million from the private company.

Raiding funds

Related to Yazzie's resolution is a request to tap the Undesignated Reserve for $2 million to set up an account to provide the upfront money needed to use New Mexico state funds offered for capital improvements.

The council also will be asked to dip into the Undesignated Reserve for $2.4 million to set up a trust fund for the operation of Local Governance Act-certified chapters.

Two other requests totaling more than $2 million to reduce the reserve also will be considered.

One would allow the Tourism Department to hire three employees and spend $1.75 million on the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics.

The other would provide $350,000 to the Head Start Department for minor improvements and utility bills for the 116 youth program locations.

Other topics

One of the most important of the remaining items on the agenda, ratified Wednesday by the Ethics and Rules Committee, would make a major change in the election process.

Instead of trying to fill vacancies at special elections, various authorities would appoint people to the posts.

Another major item will be to approve the fiscal year budget for the Human Resources Division $10.9 million of which $3.6 million will be Navajo general funds and $6.9 million fiduciary funds.

When the council adopted the fiscal year 2001 budget in September, it used a continuing resolution for the first quarter for the division by extending spending at last year's level. The committee battled President Kelsey Begaye and Division Director Dwayne Boone with the oversight panel wanting to eliminate the director's position.

In court, Judge Allen Sloan told the two parties to work out their differences. The committee reinstated the job, but took away the travel funds for the director and his deputy.

The tribal Environmental Protection Agency wants to have $47,465 carried over from the previous fiscal year for the solid waste control program a move being eyed carefully by the DNA Legal Services Corporation which has issued a press release threatening to refile a suit against the central government for not doing enough to clean up now illegal dumps on the reservation.
Another resolution calls on the two leading U.S. presidential candidates to honor Indian treaties, water rights and sovereignty.

The induction of Annie Dodge Wauneka into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, N.Y., in October will be recognized, along with condolences to the family of the late Frank Gishey Sr. of the Greasewood Springs Chapter.

An executive closed-door session also is expected to hear from tribal attorneys about taxes.

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3 charged in burglary at Burger King

Tom Purdom
Staff Writer

GRANTS — A trio of reported business burglars thought they were going to hit a fast-food restaurant for a whopper of a haul. Instead, they got bit by the whopper when they were caught burglarizing the Burger King.

A Cibola County grand jury on Wednesday indicted the trio with several charges, all of them felonies.

John Columbo, 20, of Milan, Willie Goodson, 24, of 1833 Blue Spruce, Grants, and Rosendo Morales, 25, of 208 Sargent, Grants, were all charged in the June 26 burglary of Burger King Restaurant, 1600 W. Santa Fe, Grants.

Each of the trio faces the same charges. They broke into the store, took $750 in cash and then carried off a safe with about $3,500 inside. When Grants Police investigators were fast on the trio's tracks they changed or hid the evidence, according to the indictment.

The charges include:

Breaking and entering when they allegedly took apart a door on the roof to get inside the building. The charge is a fourth-degree felony, punishable by up to 18 months in prison, and/or a fine of up to $5,000.

Conspiracy in the commercial burglary because they reportedly acted together or agreed to act together to burglarize Burger King. The charge is also a fourth-degree felony.

Larceny over $2,500 was charged when the trio allegedly carried off the safe with the $3,500 inside. The charge is a third-degree felony punishable by up to a three-year prison sentence and/or a fine of up to $5,000.

Larceny over $250 is charged when the three reportedly took the $750 cash from the business.

Two counts of commercial burglary, one for allegedly entering the building without permission to"commit a theft therein" and the other for entering the building to reportedly commit the theft of the safe. Both are fourth-degree felonies.

Tampering with evidence is charged when the trio apparently tried to prevent getting caught by destroying, changing or hiding the evidence. The charge is a fourth-degree felony.

In all, each of the defendants could face a total of up to 13 years in prison and/or fines of $35,000.

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Unbeaten teams clash in finals

Santiago Ramos
Staff Sports Writer

RAMAH — It will be a dream six-man football state finals with a pair of unbeaten teams.

No. 2 ranked Ramah, 9-0, will entertain top-ranked Floyd, also 9-0, Saturday for the six-man state football title. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m.

After missing last year's state playoffs for the first time in 13 years, Ramah head coach Ron Stevenson says his Mustangs are ready for Saturday's state finals showdown.

"The kids are focused," Stevenson said. "The kids are not cocky. They're real hard-working players. Their goal at the beginning of the season was to win state."

Both Ramah and Floyd eliminated the state's top two preseason picks in defending state champion Melrose and Mountainair.
The Ramah Mustangs outlasted the Melrose Buffaloes 54-48 in overtime last week in the state semifinals while Floyd outscored Mountainair 72-46. Melrose was the preseason pick to repeat as state champion while Mountainair was No. 2 in the state polls.
Ramah will be seeking only its second state title, its first and only state championship coming in 1995 when the Mustangs beat Melrose. The Mustangs have been the state runnersup three times, the last time in 1994 against Melrose.

Ironically the Floyd coach Dan Sebastian ranked Ramah No. 1 and Floyd No. 2 on his website using several factors as points scored, etc. In the Albuquerque Journal coaches poll, Floyd was No. 1 with four first place votes for 24 points with Ramah ranked second with one first place vote and 21 points.

The two teams had two common opponents this season. Against Mountainair, Ramah won easily 55-8 while Floyd struggled a bit before winning, 72-46. Against Melrose, Floyd posted a 46-0 shutout while Ramah won in overtime 54-48.

The Mustangs have one injured starter in Brazilian senior exchange student Rafael Cruz who has a knee injury. Cruz, who has missed the last two games, injured his knee in practice and according to his coach will be having knee surgery. Junior quarterback Tucker Simons (5-11, 168) will be doing the kickoffs and punts while sophomore Raanan Harrison will be taking care of the two-point PATs. Last week, after missing several PATs, Harrison converted the last two PATs that fueled the 64-48 OT victory over Melrose.

The Ramah Mustangs will have the mental advantage by not having lost to Floyd in the last three meetings. Ramah defeated Floyd 46-33 during the state quarterfinals two years ago.

"We have a good chance of beating Floyd," Stevenson said. "We're more of an all-around team. We have the top defensive team in the state as far as fewest points allowed and we're No. 2 in offense."

Stevenson stressed that defense will be crucial.

"Our defense will win it for us," Stevenson said. "We have five kids (Austin Clawson, Ian Anderson, Tucker Simons, Ephraim Montague, and Jace Blea) that are real fast with real good speed. They run under 5.0 in the 40-yard dash."

Floyd's top offensive player is junior quarterback-running back Fide Davalos (6-0, 180) who has rushed 141 times for 1,666 yards this season, averaging an impressive 11.8 yards per carry. Roy running back Zac Ebell is the state's top rusher with 1,678 yards rushing on 150 carries for 11.1 yards per carry average. Davalos also has completed 43-of-64 passes for 617 yards.

Ramah's leading rusher is senior Austin Clawson (5-8, 156) with 615 yards on 62 carries in eight games. Against Melrose, Stevenson, who was unable to keep stats, said that Clawson probably rushed for another 150-200 yards. Reginald Antonio is right behind with 527 yards rushing with Tucker Simons with 441 yards.

The Mustangs have one of the state's leading passers in junior quarterback Tucker Simons who has passed for 1,081 yards in eight games, completing 58-of-100 passes. Stevenson estimated that Simons passed between 150-200 yards last week. Ian
Anderson is Simons' favorite receiver with 31 catches for 600 yards in eight games.

Ramah, Navajo Prep eliminated

Abelita R. Freeland
Staff Sports Writer

ALBUQUERQUE — The Navajo Prep Lady Eagles put aside personal differences and came together and played well for this week's Class AA State Tournament. However, it wasn't enough as they lost to the Capitan Tigers in four games at West Mesa High School in Albuquerque Thursday night, 14-16, 15-10, 15-13 and 15-9.

The other area team playing yesterday, the Ramah Mustangs, also lost their state opener to Animas, 15-7, 15-11 and 15-7 in Class A.

Kirtland Central will open their bid in Class AAAA when they face St. Pius tonight at 8:15 p.m. Win or lose the Lady Broncos will play Saturday either in the third place match or championship. Both are scheduled for 6:15 p.m.

Capitan 3, Navajo Prep 0

The Eagles fought four long games before Capitan took three of the wins.

Navajo Prep coach Erin Griffiths said she did notice a difference her team's playing when they are getting along and having fun.
She told her team that they need to settle their disagreements on their own. "I told them you can't play volleyball angry. You end up shanking a ball, hitting it into the net or hitting it out, it doesn't work. The ball will find you if you are angry," she said. "It was a great game. Unfortunately at a state tournament someone always goes home, and unfortunately today it was us."

The Lady Eagles came from behind to win the opening game.

After a serve into the net stopped Capitan from scoring the game point, the teams exchanged sideouts two times until the Lady Eagles scored five points with Alicia Becenti serving two aces and getting a stuff block by Francis. The Tigers also had two errors.

With two more sideouts exchanged, the Lady Eagles took their one win victory with Twilia Chavez, serving the game out with five points with a net violation of the Tigers, two aces, a kill by Jefferson and a dink kill by Francis, 14-16.

Game two had a total of 25 sideouts before the Lady Tigers won 15-10. Bush had 12 kills with eight of those scoring points and four giving the Tigers the sideout.

"We tried to get up and deny her and not let her get any momentum and getting in any hits. I think we blocked her the best that we could, they (Eagles) gave their total effort," Griffins said.

Francis earned her team their first two points serving two aces in a row, and Eagle Jefferson serving their third point ace. At 11-7, Francis served two more points on a Tiger error and an attempt by the Tigers going in the net.

With the score 13-8, Bush got her team to game point with a kill, but the Lady Eagles didn't give them their last point so easily. After two sideouts and one point a Tiger kill won the game for Capitan 15-10.

The 15-9 score doesn't reflect the Lady Eagles' remarkable game as they made the Lady Tigers earn each of their points.

Eagle Chavez scored the Lady Eagles' first point with a service ace, but the Tigers responded with Maroon serving five points including an ace and two kills by Bush for a 5-1 lead.

Four sideouts later, the Tigers brought Tully-Mitchell up to serve three points on one Eagle error and two kills by Bush, 8-1.

The Lady Eagles slowy worked their way up to within 10-5 when Chavez served the Lady Eagles five points on two Tiger errors, one dink kill by Francis and stuffs from Jefferson and Francis, 11-10.

Exchanging sideouts five more times, Nanaabah Foguth served the Lady Eagles last three points of the game with one ace and two Tiger errors.

Tiger Bush served two points for the Tigers on an attempt by Francis going out and a dink kill by Kaycee Gilson, tying the game at 13-13.

After a total of five sideouts, the Lady Tigers earned their final two points with a kill by Maroon and a kill by Swanlynn Chico.
The Lady Eagles put on a tough performance in game four, making everyone think the two teams were going to go into a game five.

The game was too close to call with ties at 1-1, 6-6 and 9-9 before the Lady Tigers held the Lady Eagles at nine and slowly pulled away taking the game four victory.

At 10-9, the Lady Tigers scored four points with Jessica Neal serving an ace and a kill by Maroon.

The Lady Tigers didn't get their game point until four sideouts later with a kill by Bush.

"The girls played extremely well, they had some determination. We came back from behind, and I was hoping it would have gone five because I think we do well in rally scoring," Griffith said.

Leading the Lady Eagles was Venessa Francis with five kills on 14 attempts, four dink kills, 10 blocks with five stuffs and had six points and two aces.

Delano Yazzie had two kills on nine attempts, six digs, nine dinks with two kills, six blocks with three stuffs; Carol Lee Jefferson had four kills andfour blocks with two stuffs; Twila Chavez had 13 digs, 21 serves for 13 points with four aces and six dinks with one kill; and Alicia Becenti had two kills on seven attempts, six digs, four dinks and served 16 points with three aces.

Leading the Lady Tigers was Lindsey Bush with 29 kills on 34 attempts six blocks with three stuffs and served for 12 points with an ace. T.J. Maroon had 15 kills, 11 dinks for six kills, two stuffs.

Animas 3, Ramah 0

The Lady Panthers jumped out to a 13-1 lead before the Lady Mustangs were able to start their scoring.

The Mustangs rallied to within 13-4 with a kill by Melissa Keele and added three more points before the Lady Panthers took game one with a kill by Lacey Walker and a Ramah error.

In the second game, the Lady Panthers jumped out to a 4-0 lead over the Lady Mustangs, before they were able to score two points with two kills from Gibbons.

Both teams exchanged sideouts and points six times when Bobbie Gibbons served two points putting the Lady Mustangs down by only two, 8-6, but the Lady Panthers scored one more point of their own on a Ramah error.

Leading 9-6, the Lady Panthers scored three points with Farrah Upton serving with two kills by Lacey Walker and a dink kill by Darcy Walker.

Seven sideouts later, the Lady Mustangs scored three points on three Animas errors, and gained the serve.

Mustang Keele scored the Lady Mustangs last two points with a kill from Marlanna Ghahate and a net attempt by the Panthers.
At 13-11, Crystal Mayer served the two points needed to win with another Ramah error and an attempt by Ghahate going out of play giving Animas a 2-0 lead in the match.

The Lady Mustangs took a 5-0 lead in the third game, but couldn't hold on.

The Lady Panthers slowly started to catch up when at 6-3, Stacie Mortensen served three points with an ace, a kill by Mayer and a dink kill by Julia Jones, tying the game at 6-6.

Losing their serve for only one Ramah serve, Animas gained the sideout back with a kill from Mayer.

Lacey Walker served the next five points to take an 11-6 lead on two kills by Mayer, an ace, a kill by Upton and a Ramah error.
Animas went up 13-6 with Davena Pusley serving two more points on a Mustang error and a kill by Upton.

The Lady Mustangs scored their last point of the game on a Panther error.

The Lady Panthers took the victory on a Ramah error as the Mustangs watched the ball hit the ground.

Ramah coach Amy Hyatt did not show up in the media room for an interview after the loss.

Leading the Lady Mustangs was Candice Gibbons with seven kills, 20 attempts, 12 digs, four dinks with two kills, eight blocks with a stuff and eight points. Marlanna Ghahate had 22 attempts, six kills, four digs, two dinks with a kill.

Crystal Mayer led Animas with 11 kills. Lacey Walker had eight kills.

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Bigger office helps disabled

S.J. Ludescher
Staff Writer

GALLUP — The Gallup office of the McKinley Independent Living Center has expanded from a borrowed office cubicle at the Gallup branch of the University of New Mexico to a full-time storefront at Rio West Mall.

The new office is located near the Gallup Police substation and is easily accessible for people in wheelchairs, an added benefit to the mall location.

The office will be open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. weekdays.

This is good news for disabled people of McKinley County and the surrounding areas. Along with the added square footage will be an increase in staff and services...

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Balloon Rally seeks more city tax money

Tanya Brazil
Staff Writer

GALLUP — Volunteers from the Red Rock Balloon Rally asked the Gallup City Council on Tuesday for an additional $7,000 in Lodgers Tax money to keep the event flying high.

Bill Lee, a board member for the event, said he expects this year's balloon rally to generate $1.8 million during the Dec. 1-3 weekend.

There is no paid staff with the association, he said; they are all volunteers who rely heavily on Lodgers Tax funds for the marketing and promotion of the event and the city throughout the year.

"You get a lot of bang for the buck out of these Lodgers Tax dollars by getting these balloons out and promoting all year long, not just the event," he said. "Everything that we do we attach Gallup and the city to. We believe in promoting and marketing the city. We love the place where we fly. And we feel we have an incredible event that does just that promotes the city to its fullest extent..."

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Deaths

Polly Ann Pine

SILVER CITY — Services for Polly Ann Pine, 65, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 13, at the First United Methodist Church in Grants. The Rev. Ogle Yates will officiate. Burial will follow at Grants Memorial Park.

Visitation will be held 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, at Grants Memorial Park.

Pine died Nov. 7 in Silver City. She was born May 5, 1935, in Las Vegas.

Pine received a bachelor's in business administration from the University of New Mexico and a master of arts in St. Louis. She was hospital administrator at Cibola General Hopital for many years. At the time of her death she was the hospital administrator for the Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City.

Survivors include her husband, Don Arlen Pine of Silver City; sons, Stacy A. Pine and Scott E. Pine, both of Albuquerque; brother, Clyde Edwin Sullivan Jr. of Albuquerque; and six grandchildren.

Pine was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde Edwin Sullivan Sr. and Jean Joseph Sullivan.

Andrew Tsinhnahjinnie

ROUGH ROCK, Ariz. — Services for Andrew Van Tsinhnahjinnie, 84, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Rough Chapter House. Burial will follow on family land in Rough Rock.

Tsinhnahjinnie died Nov. 7 in Phoenix. He was born Nov. 16, 1916, in Rough Rock into the Black Streak Forest People Clan for the Red House People Clan.

Tsinhnahjinnie was a 1932 graduate of Fort Apache High School and a 1936 graduate of Santa Fe Institute of American Indian Arts under the tutelage of Dorothy Dunn. He was a member of the Navajo Nation Band and was named an Arizona Living Treasure.

Survivors include his wife, Minnie Tsinhnahjinnie; sons, Tsosie Tsinhnahjinnie, Pahe Tsinhnahjinnie, Dloohee Tsinhnahjinnie, Yaas-Tso Tsinhnahjinnie, and Shashh laga'a' Tsinhnahjinnie; daughters, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Weleike Tsinhnahjinnie,
Miquakee Tsinhnahjinnie and Meteatakee Morre; sister, Marjorie Yellowhair; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Tsinhnahjinnie was preceded in death by his brothers, Jim Tsinhnahjinnie and Dan Yazzie; and mother, Ason Nez.

Donations can be made to the Institute of American Indian Art in the name of Andrew Van Tsinhnahjinnie.

Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Harrison B. Miller

THOREAU — Services for Harrison B. Miller, 40, will be announced at a later date.

Miller died Nov. 8 in Albuquerque. He was born April 16, 1960, in Rehoboth into the Weaver People Clan for the Two Who Came to the Water People Clan.

A family meeting will be held at 5 p.m. tonight at the Thoreau Chapter House.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Violet E. Lelekas

GALLUP — Services for Violet E. Lelekas, 79, will be announced at a later date.

Lelekas died Nov. 8 in Gallup. She was born July 3, 1921, in Mentmore.

Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.