A method that works



Tami Maldonado, principal of Turpen Elementary School, has had great success increasing reading ability of the students by attracting the kind of teachers who get results. An after school program is available for kids who would otherwise be home alone after school.

Photo by Craig Robinson



Joe DiGregorio drives his father's El Camino past the California Superama grocery Thursday morning for "one final drive" while driving Basilio DiGregorio's remains to the cemetary for burial. The DiGregorio family's three grocery stores were closed until noon Thursday morning out of respect for the family.

Photo by Jeff Jones

 

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'Litter patrol' hits up city for $52,000

Tanya Brazil
Staff Writer

GALLUP — Gallup City Council members will wait to vote on approving a grant request for local litter control and beautification programs until their regular meeting.

Although council members expressed a positive response to the proposal, they asked that its supporters first put the resolution in its proper form so they can review it.

Karl Lohmann, a community activist and director of the National Indian Youth Leadership's after school programs, said the request for a grant from the New Mexico Clean and Beautiful Program already has been submitted due to a Feb. 1 deadline, but
approval from the city council still is required.

He said that supporters of the program are requesting $52,000 to continue work they have accomplished since the program's inception five years ago and to begin some new initiatives including community composting, recycling initiatives and beautification projects of all kinds.

But the main purpose of the grant is to enable supporters to make contracts with local youth groups for the removal of roadside litter and to increase the quantity and quality of volunteerism in the community, he said.

When the group picked up trash with Gov. Gary Johnson during the "Trek for Trash" last September, Lohmann said 700 students were mobilized for the event.

And with an average of four to six trash pick ups per year, the numbers of participants are huge and in the past five years they have picked up more than 124 tons of trash, he said.

Lohmann said the governor liked the program enough that he is coming back to Gallup in September of next year to pick up trash with them again.

In the past, he said, the youth groups that have been willing to participate in the trash pickup included students from Rocky View, Roosevelt and Washington Elementary Schools, as well as the Cathedral Panther Mountain Bike Club.

Eleven other schools including two youth groups at Gallup Middle School have expressed an interest in participating in the future but that will depend on the amount of funding they receive, he said.

Last year the initiative received about $16,000 in funding and in the past has received as much as $24,000.

Councilman Louie Bonaguidi asked whether any parents in the past have been opposed to their children picking up litter and who is liable in the event of injury.

Lohmann replied that occasionally parents do not want their children to participate, and that the students do not come to school with signed permission slips.

Regarding the liability, he said the project is treated the same as a field trip, meeting all the student teacher ratios and requiring permission slips, and that all the liability falls on the school.

However, he said, they try to focus on responsibility rather than liability because if people are responsible, the liability goes way down.

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Turpen principal: Young staff helped raise scores

Bill Donovan
Staff Writer

GALLUP — Something extraordinary is going on at Tobe Turpen Elementary School.

Gallup's newest school, now in its second year of operation, still is waiting for its facility to be completed. But Tami Maldonado, the school's principal, has managed to assemble the youngest group of teachers that this district has seen in decades.

County school officials are still waiting to see if this is a totally good thing but the teachers that Maldonado has recruited mostly from her connections at Brigham Young University have managed in two short years to sharply improve student performance levels at the school while at the same time having the highest retention level in the district.

"When I was recruiting teachers for the school, I searched for teachers who had a feeling of caring for children," she said. Religious affiliation was not a factor, she added.

And while the school is staffed with mostly Mormon teachers, both Maldonado and district school officials say that there have been no complaints about the religious makeup of the school.

"The fact that most of the teachers are Mormons should not matter," Angelo DiPaolo, assistant to the superintendent, said.

But one of the concerns that the district has had, he said, is that all of the teachers are just out of college. Other schools in the district have a mixture of new and experienced teachers, which allows younger teachers to draw on the wisdom of the older teachers.

Mentoring of younger teachers by more experienced teachers has been the practice not only here but in every other school district in the state so Maldonado's decision to recruit a staff of young teachers has raised some eyebrows.

But it seems to be working.

Not only did she manage to keep almost all of the teachers she recruited, with a turnover rate of less than 10 percent, but Maldonado has impressed state and local district officials with the changes in student performance over the past year.

For example, last year, as the school began its first year of operation sharing facilities with Washington Elementary School, only 27 percent of the first graders were operating on their grade level.

This year that has increased to 88 percent.

Maldonado credits this and other improvements in student performance to a dedicated teacher staff who operate as a family and who are willing to put in extra hours on their own time to tutor students who may be lagging behind their classmates.

"We are a family here," she said. "The teachers here meet regularly and discuss how to make it better for the students."

The fact that most of the teachers are Mormon has made it easier for the staff to adjust to cultural differences that exist in the Gallup area, she said.

Since many Mormon youth spend two years as missionaries in foreign countries, the teachers she has recruited are a year or two older than the average college graduates and have experience working in Third World countries.

"They did not have as big a cultural shock coming to Gallup as other new teachers have had," Maldonado said.

Even local teacher union officials are watching what goes on at Tobe Turpen elementary to see how it fits in their complaints about the a high turnover of teachers is affecting student performance.

With more schools having a turnover rate of 30 to 40 percent, the Tobe Turpen rate of less than 10 percent has raised some eyebrows.

"If she is able to keep teacher turnover low, that's going to be a big factor in student learning," said Tom Payton, president of the local teachers' union, the McKinley County Federation of United School Employees.

Maldonado said she was fortunate that she was given the opportunity to recruit a new staff from scratch and was given the authority to recruit the teaching staff she wanted.

At the time of her hiring, she was working in the Alpine school district in Utah with little administrative experience.

When she was hired, she began searching for teachers, she said, that she would be happy to have her 6-year-old son study under.
While teachers at Tobe Turpen have generally given the school experience there high marks, there was a time last year when several admitted that they wondered if coming to Gallup was a good move.

Many of the school teachers attended a school board meeting in late 1999 complaining that they were still being housed in portable buildings at Washington Elementary and had to share some of the facilities, such as the library and gym.

Maldonado said that when she was recruited, she was under the impression that by October she would be in a new building.
Instead, she learned on getting here that the site of the new school was still being debated.Today, all but one of the teachers are still operating out of portables but the new school is within weeks of being completed.

The new facility should be ready for occupancy by April but Maldonado said she will be leaving it up to teachers and staff to decide whether they want to move into the building in the middle of the school year or wait until this semester is over to make the move.

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Winter snow relief sought for Navajos

Tara Drolma
Staff Writer

GRANTS — A proposed resolution to appropriate $2.2 million in relief funds to ease the impact of severe winter storms will be presented to the Navajo Nation Budget and Finance Committee on Feb. 20.

Dominic Beyal, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said George Tolth of Crownpoint is sponsoring the resolution that would give each chapter $20,000 for emergency relief.

He said the committee will review the proposal and it has the power to recommend it, change it, or recommend it not be approved. If the committee does not vote to recommend the proposal, Beyal said Tolth could still present it to the Tribal Council.

Beyal said he had no idea when the resolution would go to the council. If the emergency intensifies, a special session could be called. The next regular session of the council is scheduled for late April.

A winter emergency is still in effect on the reservation after a winter storm in late January dumped up to a foot of snow across the Four Corners area. Eighty-eight chapters were snowbound after the storm that began on Jan. 27 left some residents in remote areas unable to get to town.

John Johnson, emergency coordinator for the eastern half of the reservation, said roads that were deep in snow have become mud bogs as the snow has melted. "There is not much we can do," Johnson said. "The tractors make it worse."

Johnson, whose office is in Crownpoint, said they began to mobilize on Jan. 29 and the Navajo Nation Tribal Council declared the emergency on Jan. 31. He said many areas had snowdrifts three and four feet high.

Johnson said his office worked with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to clear the main roads first and then the gravel roads. The highest priority was given to the elderly who live in remote areas and to people who are considered high risk because of their medical needs.

After clearing the roads Johnson said they used four-wheel drive vehicles to deliver wood, hay and coal to residents who needed help. He said no one has asked for water.

Johnson said his office is still getting calls for assistance, but they have depleted their reserves of wood, hay, and coal. A lot of people are looking for wood and T&R Trading Post, where many people buy their wood, is sold out.

Johnson believes people were not ready for the snow this winter because the past few years the winters have been mild. He said people should prepare for the storms by stockpiling adequate water, food, wood, and coal.

Leslie Nelson, the Contracts and Program compliance officer in Window Rock, said the chapters were given emergency relief funds two years ago and some of the lower elevation chapters still have money left, but higher elevation chapters that get more snow are in dire straits.

Nelson said his office has four missions: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. He said its primary focus is education to avoid emergencies like the one this winter.

Nelson said Eugene Guerito, the director of Emergency Management for the Navajo Nation, met with President Kelsey Begay and the attorney general Tuesday to speak with them about the present conditions and needs, and to recommend how the $2.2 million should be used.

Johnson said his office relies on the chapter health representatives along with the chapter service coordinators to advise them where help is needed. Each chapter has a Local Emergency Response Team and Johnson said his office works with them to identify high-risk families. If the chapter can't handle the situation then his office will step in to help.

Johnson said the tribe has authority to request additional equipment and assistance from the tribe, the state, or the federal government, but that hasn't been necessary.

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Thoreau earns shot at Shiprock

Abelita Rose Freeland
Staff Sports Writer

FT. WINGATE — The Thoreau Lady Hawks earned themselves a chance at the District 1AAA championship against Shiprock tonight.

The Lady Hawks came back from a three-point deficit with minutes left in the fourth quarter to edge the Wingate Lady Bears 40-38 Thursday night during the girls district tournament at Wingate High School.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Lady Hawks led 31-28 before Wingate pulled ahead with a six-point run.

Moses connected on a basket with an assist from Alta Largo, Yazzie had a drive to the basket and a pair of free throws from Torri Benally, put Wingate up 36-33.

A drive to the basket and an offensive rebound by Hawk Cindy Morgan left Wingate with only a 37-36 lead.

With only 29 seconds left in the game, Olivia John missed two at the line but Lisa Ramone sank two free throws to put Thoreau up 39-36.

Yazzie retaliated with a drive to the basket and Ramone went 1-for-2 at the line.

Wingate's last opportunity to tie the game failed when Elvina Benally drove to to the basket and the ball edged the goal and missed , giving the Lady Hawks the exciting win.

"I am so very proud of their effort," said Thoreau coach Jori Flom. "I told my girls that if they come out mentally and physically tough and they give it all they got and have nothing left in them at the end of the game, then they can win this ball game and it came true. I think they gave every ounce of energy that they had and we came out on top."

"We stayed in that 2-3 zone pretty much the entire game and that was real helpful to us and I thought my girls did a good job.
We usually play man-to-man but we couldn't keep up with (Wingate) so we had to go with the zone. I told the girls to be patient on offense and to work the ball around and look for a good shot," Flom said.

"I thought we had a good effort," said Wingate coach Galen Martinez. "We had a lot of turnovers that hurt us and we had a three-point lead, but we couldn't control the ball and get a shot off. All the credit goes to Thoreau, they earned this win and they deserve everything they got. I wish them the best of luck in the district championship and regionals."

"We had a great season. It is tough when you lose like this but that is what playoff ball is all about. The games are tight and whoever makes the fewest mistakes is going to win and tonight that was Thoreau," said Martinez.

In the first quarter, Wingate jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead.

Yazzie connected on a jumper and a drive to the basket, Moses went 1-for-2 at the line and Largo assisted Torri Benally.

Thoreau answered right back with an eight- point run of their own.

Morgan sank a jump shot, Ramone and Morgan both had put backs and Candace Begay was 2-for-4 at the line, giving the Lady Hawks a 8-7 lead.

Benally briefly put Wingate up an a jump shot, but an assist from Kaytaundra Francisco left Thoreau ahead 10-9 going into the second quarter.

Thoreau outscored Wingate 9 to 8 in the second quarter, with the Lady Hawks going into half-time leading 19-17.

The battle continued in the third quarter, with Wingate starting with a drive to the basket from Moses, but Thoreau answered back
with an eight-point run.

Morgan assisted Cassandra Ping, Begay hit a jumper and scored another basket with an assist from Ramone. Morgan had another assist to Begay giving the Lady Hawks a 27-19 lead.

An eight-point run brought Wingate back.

Elvina Begay sank a basket and drove to the basket, drawing a foul. She finished the three-point play at the line, then followed that with a fake reverse to bring Wingate only trailing by one 27-26.

Hawk Francisco then went 1-for-2 at the line and Bear Elvina Begay tied the game at 28-28 on a basket.

Thoreau led the third quarter with Morgan one for two at the line and a lay-up from Ping, ending the third quarter 31-28.

"We are just going to have to prepare more mentally. They play a triangle with two on us and guard Francisco and Ramone, but the other girls really need to learn to step up and not rely so much on Kaytaundra and Lisa," Flom said about tonight's contest.

"We have been wanting this and working hard all week," said junior Morgan who led the Lady Hawks with 15 points, eight rebounds, three assists and two steals. "We came out strong and we never gave up. We all gave a 100 percent.

"We are scared but we will come out the way did tonight, maybe even stronger and give it our best shot," Morgan continued about tonight's matching against Shiprock.

Also for the Hawks, Begay added eight points, Ping grabbed nine rebounds and three steals, Francisco had seven rebounds and two assists and Ramone walked away with five steals.

Elvina Begay led the Wingate effort with 13 points, seven rebounds and a steal. Yazzie finished with 10 points, 10 rebounds and three steals.

"I am just so proud of them and so happy for them. They are a wonderful group of kids and they have really worked hard," coach Flom concluded.

Cardinal boys lose in OT
1A Arizona State Tournaments

Santiago Ramos
Staff Sports Writer

CHANDLER, Ariz. — Missed free throws in the final minute of regulation coupled with key turnovers in overtime proved costly as St. Michael fell to Greenfield Country Day School 58-52 in overtime Thursday night during the Class 1A boys state quarterfinals at Chandler High School.

However the St. Michael Lady Cardinals, the defending state champion, cruised in their state quarterfinal matchup with a convincing 52-28 win over Greenfield. St. Michael will go up against Fort Thomas this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. at the America West Arena in the state semifinals.

In the Class 2A state preplayoffs, the Valley Lady Pirates outlasted Phoenix Country Day School 46-44. Valley will face San Carlos today at 6 p.m. at Highland High School in the Sweet 16 round.

Greenfield Griffins 58, St. Michael 52 OT

"It just wasn't meant to be," St. Michael coach Joey Rollings said. "We weren't on tonight. We had the game won but we gave it away. We couldn't hit our free throws. It wasn't in the cards. But the boys did well this year."

The Cardinals, the No. 2 team from the North, missed a pair of free throws along with a pair of 1-and-1's for a potential six points in final 1:32 of regulation and then turned the ball over three times during the overtime period.

St. Michael held a six-point 48-42 lead with two minutes left in regulation after a baseline score by Arash Hossini.

But Greenfield (14-10) came back when Andi Curti nailed a pullup jumper to cut St. Michael's lead down to six points.

However the Cardinals (24-15) blew three opportunities to increase their lead.

Hossini first missed a 1-and-1 with 1:32 left and then Omar Benally also missed a 1-and-1 with 1:16 on the clock. Hossini again had another chance to add points to St. Michael's slim lead but again missed a pair of free throws with 45 seconds remaining.

Greenfield's John Sabochick scored inside from an assist from Oliver Padgett and then David Murray, who led the Griffins with 19 points, came up with a key steal and a score that tied the game at 48-all.

During the four-minute overtime, St. Michael broke the tie after Hossini hit the front end of a two-shot foul.

However, Greenfield scored the go-ahead bucket when Andi Curti dished the ball out to Sabochick for the score. The Griffins surged ahead by four points, 53-49, on a trey by Greg Halbach with 1:59 remaining. Greenfield nursed its lead to 55-49 on a pair of free throws by Burt Haworth.

St. Michael's Hossini buried a trey that cut Greenfield's lead down to three points but Greenfield put the game away in the final seconds on 3-of-4 free throws shooting by Halbach and Murray.

The Cardinals trailed at the outset at 5-0 but stormed back to grab a 14-11 lead with senior Omar Benally pumping in six of his game-high 24 points.

St. Michael tied the game twice in the second period at 15-all and 20-all before taking a 23-22 lead at intermission.

The Cardinals nursed their lead in the third period to a seven-point advantage, 39-31 after Benally made a power move to the hoop for a score along with a free throw after being fouled on the play.

Benally added his third and fourth straight bucket to kick off the fourth period that gave St. Michael a comfortable eight-point cushion, 43-35.

However Greenfield quietly sliced into St. Michael's lead before forcing the game into overtime.

In addition to Benally's 24 points, the Cardinals had Hossini with 13 points.

Greenfield had three players score in double figures with Murray with 19 points, Greg Halbach added 11 and John Sabochick 10.

From the free throw line, St. Michael shot 56 percent, 10-of-18 while Greenfield made 7-of-14 for 50 percent.

St. Michael shot 43 percent from the field, 19-of-44 while Greenfield shot 49 percent, 22-of-45. From long range, St. Michael hit 3-of-14 treys for 21 percent with Greenfield 4-of-14 for 29 percent.

However the Griffins had a huge advantage on the boards, outrebounding the Cardinals 38 to 18. Hassine grabbed seven rebounds with Benally with four boards for the Cardinals. Murray had 10 rebounds for the Griffins with Sabochick with nine boards and Greg Halbach seven.

St. Michael came up with 12 steals with Benally with four steals.

Rollings said he will be losing three senior starters in Omar Benally, Kevin Hailstorm and Sherman Keyanoie.

St. Michael girls 52, Greenfield 28

The young St. Michael (23-11) team outscored Greenfield 11-1 during the pivotal second period to advance to today's state semifinals.

The Lady Cardinals led 15-10, 26-11, 38-18 and 52-28.

"I have a real young squad with one senior starter along with one freshman, one sophomore and two juniors," said Rollings who has guided his team to a pair of state titles along with a state runnerup in the last three years, "and my first player off the bench is a freshman."

St. Michael's sophomore Tonya Navakuku led the team with 14 points while senior point guard Natashia Begay, the Conference Co-Player of the Year, kicked in 10 points. Carly Nez added 10.

Greenfield's top scorer was Moritz with nine points.

St. Michael, the defending four-time state champion, sank 19-of-30 free throws while Greenfield, the Central's No. 1 seed, sank 4-of-17 free throws.

St. Michael, the North's top team, plays Fort Thomas, the No. 2 team from the South, in one of today's state semifinals. In the other semifinals St. David, the South No. 1 team, will go up againt Joseph City, the North's No. 1 team at 12 noon today. The state finals are set for Saturday at 12 noon.

St. David beat West No. 2 seed LS Benchmark, Joseph City beat Central's No. 1 seed East Fork Lutheran and Fort Thomas beat the West No. 1 seed Bagdad in the state quarterfinals.

"The girls have a great shot of winning it," Rollings said.

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Hopi rally falls short; Valley girls win
2A Arizona State Tournament

Stan Bindell
Special to the Independent

MESA, Ariz. — The Scottsdale Christian hex continues against Hopi.

Jay Byrdy and Josh Sazdanoff each hit a foul shot in the last 63 seconds and Hopi failed to get off a last second shot as Scottsdale Christian continued to have a post-season grip on Hopi, beating the Bruins 43-41 in the opening round of the boys 2A Arizona State Basketball Tournament.

Scottsdale Christian (21-12) beat Hopi 58-53 in the state championship game two years ago at America West Arena and beat the Bruins again last year in the opening round of the state playoffs.

Hopi coach Jeff Lambert emphasized that Scottsdale, with four players from the state championship team, showed its experience. He also said the Bruins showed what he has been saying all season that they can play with anybody...

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Indian language allowed in schools

PHOENIX (AP) — A voter-approved limit on bilingual education will not stop Indian students from being taught their native languages, Attorney General Janet Napolitano said Thursday.

The initiative, Proposition 203 on the state's November ballot, does not apply to tribal or federal schools and federal law restricts its application to state public schools, Napolitano said in a formal opinion.

Federal law includes principles of tribal sovereignty and the federally recognized right of American Indians to express themselves through native languages, Napolitano said.

That means Proposition 203 cannot prohibit a state public school located on a reservation or elsewhere from teaching Indian language and culture, Napolitano said...

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Deaths

Michael Chee

GALLUP — Services for Michael Chee, 39, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at St. Michaels Mission in St. Michaels, Ariz. Father Meldon Hickey will officiate. Burial will be held at Kinlichee Communtiy Cemetery.

Chee was born Oct. 5, 1961, in Fort Defiance, Ariz., into the Edge Water People Clan for the Red Water People Clan.

Chee graduated from Gallup High School. He was a silversmith. His hobbies included basketball and fishing.

Survivors include his sons, Kyle Chee, Myles Chee and Michael Chee Jr. and Eli Chee, all of Gallup; daughters, Jordan Chee and Tia Chee, both of Gallup; mother, Annie M. Chee of Gallup; brothers, Victor Chee of Iyanbito, and Jimmie Chee, Lebert Chee, Julian Chee and Raymond Klah Jr., all of Gallup; sisters, Carol Kauyedauty and Marlene LameBull of Albuquerque and
Theresa Klah of Gallup; and grandfather, Leland Nez of Ganado.

Chee was preceded in death by father, Jimmie W. Chee; brother, Raymond Chee; sister, Phyllis Ann Chee; grandmother, Mary
Jean Nez and great-grandmothers.

Pallbearers will be Kyle Chee, Lebert Chee, Julian Chee, Leander Garcia, Jimmie Chee Jr. and Victor Chee.

Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Evie Lisa Mariano

NASCHITTI — Services for Evie Mariano, 33, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Cope Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Thoreau Cemetery.

Visitation will be at held at 10 a.m.

Mariano died Feb. 13 in Albuquerque. She was born July 11, 1967, in Crownpoint into the Tangle People Clan for the Towering House Clan.

Mariano attended Tohatchi High School. She was certified in the nursing field. Her hobby was reading. She was also a self-employed potter.

Survivors include her son, Devon James Guse of Phoenix; daughters, Trivia Lynn Mariano of Phoenix and Tovanna Cherell Rubio of Farmington; parents, Willie Mariano of Thoreau and Evelyn Watchman of Naschitti; sisters, Melissa Cooperman of Phoenix, Liza Mariano of Naschitti and Larissa Mariano of Farmington; grandmother, Marie B. Watchman of Naschitti.

Mariano was preceded in death by Bridgette Lynn Mariano.

Pallbearers will be Ashley John, Johnathan John, Ernest Watchman Jr., William Watchman, Therman Tsosie, Jimeson Woods, and Charles Cooperman.

The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services at Thoreau Chapter House.

Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Melvin F. Dinsmore

ALBUQUERQUE — Services for Melvin Dinsmore, 73, will be held at 10 a.m. today, Feb. 16, at the Albuquerque Bible Church, 320 Montonyo. Burial will follow at 1 p.m. atSanta Fe National Cemetery.

Dinsmore died Feb. 13 in Albuquerque. He was born April 28, 1927, in Four Rivers, Mass.

Dinsmore attended school in Four Rivers, Mass. He served in the U.S. Army for over 21 years as a master sergeant. He was
stationed all over the United States.

Survivors include his son, David Dinsmore of Grants; daughters, Donetta Tadgue of Albuquerque and Darlene Coffey of
Farmington; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Pallbearers will be Brian Dinsmore, David Dinsmore Jr., Lenny Burks Jr., Jimmy Burks, Jim Dench and Jessie Robinson.

Violet Lenore Marinsek

GILLETE, Wyo. — Cremation has taken place for Violet L. Marinsek, 83.

She was born July 20, 1917, in El Dorado, Kan.

Marinsek moved to Gallup in 1956, where she lived until 1996 before moving to Gillette. Her hobbies included sewing, fishing,
visiting and camping. She was a member of the SNPJ Lodge 120.

Survivors include her daughters, Barbara J. Thomas of Murray, Utah, and Jonnie C. Kline of Beulah, Wyo.; brothers, Claude
"Mac" Staley of La Junta, Colo., Lyle Richard Garst of Tellico Plains, Tenn., Wesley Paul Daggett of Rialto, Calif., Donald
Daggett of Oswatamie, Kan., Walter "Buddy" Daggett of Los Angles, Calif., and Clovis Daggett of Belen, N.M.; four
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Marinsek was preceded in death by her parents; daughters, Kathleen Tew and Marian Saunders; brothers, William Staley, Earl
Staley and John Daggett; and sister, Hazel Hale.

Lucy J. Harrison

WINDOW ROCK — Services for Lucy Harrison, 57, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Christ of King Catholic Church, Shiprock. Father John Paul Sauter will officiate. Burial will follow at the Shiprock Community Cemetery.

Harrison died Feb. 12 in Gallup. She was born Dec. 5, 1943, in Teec Nos Pos, Ariz.

Survivors include her sons, Gilbert Harrison Jr., John Harrison, and Joey Harrison, all of Window Rock, and Steven Harrison of
Flagstaff, Ariz.; brother, Charley Tallman of Teec Nos Pos; sister, Minnie Begay of Teec Nos Pos; and four grandchildren.

Harrison was preceded in death by her parents, James and Sadie Tallman, and brother, Herbert Tso.