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— Contents — KGAK gives millennium
party Navajo president
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Countdown! City braces for midnight Navajo Nation President Kelsey Begaye, in a statement
released Wednesday, said he felt the Navajo Nation was ready as well.
There's also some concern from city officials about
the possibility of New Year's Eve celebrations getting too boisterous,
with the use of fireworks and possibly even guns to bring in the new
year with as much noise as possible. "We haven't had any problems in past years, and
we don't expect to see them this year," Gallup Police Chief Danny
Ross said. The centers will be in contact with utility companies,
the Indian Health Service, the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs and border
town communities, as well as officials in Washington, D.C., Begaye
said.
Shoppers take Y2K in stride GALLUP — Y2K fever may be much written and talked
about, but its heat is approaching Gallup slowly. While disco lights will flash over a few dance floors
scattered in and around Gallup, most people have opted to enjoy the
company of friends and family at more intimate settings. Martin Link, publisher of the Indian Trader, said he
will go to a friend's house to "pig out on posole" and enjoy
some champagne under the flare of fireworks he and his friends will
do. Fireworks may not be popular this year, though. Ellis
Tanner Trading Co., which started selling fireworks at New Year's
for the first time this year, hasn't seen many customers for fireworks,
said Lynn Tanner, the general manager. Consumers have been acting on similarly modest Y2K concerns
at local stores. At California Superama, manager Gilbert Torres said
he has noticed people purchasing more candles, kerosene and candle
oil, but he said his shelves are still well stocked for now. "I think they're going to start panicking tomorrow,"
Torres added. "I'm thinking of gambling into the future," he joked. "The whole New Year is a gamble you might as well make some money. I'll probably go to an Indian casino." | Top |
Woman, 104, will experience three centuries
Although she's seen a lot of changes in the past century,
the most amazing has been the flight to the moon. When she looks at
the moon, she remarks, "I can't believe there's (been) men up
there," according to her daughter, Gene Bailey of Gallup. She's the historian for the family, which includes eight
surviving children, 35 grandchildren, 86 great-grandchildren, 74 great-great-grandchildren
and one great-great-great-grandchild. Vigil was born Nov. 29, 1895, in Ribera, N.M., to Juan
and Margarita Maestas Martinez during the Spanish-American War era.
She attended school through the third grade in San Miguel, N.M., where
all the teaching was bilingual, English and Spanish. At age 9, she
moved with her family to Corrales to the inherited portion of the
Spanish Land Grant left them by their grandfather. On Feb. 27, 1911, Josephine, then 16, married Pablo
Sandoval. They homesteaded in the Rincon Largo of the Largo Canyon
and had four children. In November 1918, Sandoval died of influenza.
At age 25, Josephine married Jose Esquipula Vigil on
April 7, 1920, and the family moved to Durango, Colo. Esquipula had
just returned from the U.S. Army, having fought in World War I. In
December 1930, Esquipula moved his family to Gallup, where he worked
in the coal mines. Because of the Great Depression and because work was
scarce in Gallup, Esquipula and Josephine had no other alternative
but to move again. They found refuge with a cousin, who owned a farm,
a big orchard and animals in Turley, N.M., a few miles from Navajo
Dam. Both families worked the farm. Although times were difficult, Josephine always managed
to have food on the table, kept a clean house, and could be found
late at the night and into the morning ironing the clothes she had
washed all day. In 1941, the family returned to Gallup, where Esquipula
worked at the Fort Wingate Army Ammunition Depot. Josephine was 61 years old, and after his death, she
devoted all her time to her children, all of whom were married and
with families of their own. When the grandchildren were ill, she would
doctor them with her herbal remedies. Her favorite pasttime was talking about the family's
history, about her father's blue eyes and red hair and that he came
from France. She would recall the things she learned in school, would
tell about the people she grew up with and the pranks her sister,
Sofia, pulled. She loved to sing. She marveled at the strides and modernization this country
made since she was a young girl and was especially impressed at the
fast speed of cars and planes. She would comment about the many days
it took to travel from Gallup to Farmington by horse and buggy in
the "olden days." She read many books, but the Bible was
her favorite. | Top | Body at Winslow ID'd
KGAK gives millennium party
Cibola County confident about changeover The Y2K fear has been caused by the world's dependence
on the computer and the fact that when computers were first made,
no one thought about the confusion the switch to the Year 2000 might
bring.
Offices close for holiday The doors will be open at the New Mexico State Police
barracks, but the administrative offices of the McKinley County Sheriff's
Department and the Gallup Police Department will be closed. However,
a bevy of officers and deputies will be on patrol throughout the day,
and 911 will handle any emergency calls.
Correction
The sounds of holidays can evoke gloom GALLUP — While the jingle of bells and blast of
noisemakers may sound festive to some people, to others, the sounds
evoke gloom. Johns Hopkins News reported on the website discoveryhealth.com
that 30 percent of Americans experience more anxiety during the holiday
season, and that 5 to 9 percent of those people find the stress crippling.
WINDOW ROCK — He came into office as leader of the nation's
largest Indian tribe this past January with little expectations
by many Navajo voters. "I think I did amore anxiety during the holiday season, and
that 5 to 9 percent of those people find the stress crippling... | Top |
Navajo police reports WINDOW ROCK — A 35-year-old Shiprock Chapter man
died last week in a one-car crash, according to the Navajo Department
of Criminal Investigations. The car, which was headed south on Fifth Lane when it
went through the intersection, flew into the air for more than 90
feet and down a steep bank, plowing through several trees before coming
to rest on the driver's side...
San Rafael Mission celebrates 121st year when Y2K arrives Tom Purdom Staff Writer SAN RAFAEL — On the day 2000 arrives, San Rafael Mission will celebrate its 121st anniversary, and to help in the festivities, the San Rafael Post Office has issued a special postmark. Postmaster Jerri Burk said the postmark, a red drawing of the mission with the words "Celebrating 121 Years," has been approved by the U.S. Postal Service, making it an official, collectable postmark. People throughout the United States collect postmarks, especially unusual ones such as the San Rafael Mission. The San Rafael Mission was established on Jan. 1, 1879, making it one of the oldest in Cibola County. "We're very excited that the anniversary of the mission will be celebrated with a postmark that people can keep as a historic memento of this special day," said the mission's pastor, the Rev. Gil Mangampo... | Top |
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