Legislators pushing for city projects
Tanya Brazil
Staff Writer
GALLUP — State Rep. Patty Lundstrom has asked the chairman of
the Appropriations Committee to fund projects crucial to this area
through House Bill 2.
The projects she has requested for funding include the Navajo-Gallup
Water Supply Project, the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, the McKinley
Development Foundation and the Individual Development Account, which
helps low-income people set up savings accounts.
Last week, she said, Sen. Pete Dominici in a joint session told the
committee that one of his critical water projects is to continue work
on the Navajo-Gallup Water Pipeline. Lundstrom said she believes House
Bill 2 is fiscally responsible and allows room for a tax cut contingent
on the tax bills that come forth.
However, she said, as members of the Appropriations Committee, they
are not permitted to include tax measures within the appropriations
bill.
The committee's total budget stands at $3.82 billion, which allows
for an 8 percent operating reserve, and the extraordinarily high surpluses
are the result of oil and gas price increases, she said.
City Manager David Ruiz said he has heard from legislators in Santa
Fe that Lundstrom is doing "a bang up job" for McKinley
County and that Sen. Lidio Rainaildi is working hard as well.
He said both legislators are putting in 12- to 14-hour days and as
freshmen legislators they have to attend an orientation meeting every
morning at 7 and then work late into the night.
"As far as the city is concerned, all of our capital projects
have been introduced, they're moving through both the House and Senate,"
he said.
Rainaildi has asked that a new Driving While Intoxicated program at
the city jail be included in House Bill 2, he said, and the representatives
also have asked for $125,000 in funding for the Ceremonial.
Ruiz said he does not believe there would be any opposition from the
city council concerning a proposal that they act as the fiscal agent
for the Ceremonial if it receives the funding.
But said he is sure there will be some restrictions as to how the
city manages the money and how the two entities would enter into a
memorandum of understanding or joint powers agreement.
Acting as the fiscal agent, he said, the city would have the money
in an account labeled Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial and disbursements
from that fund would have to be documented.
With a surplus in the budget this year, Ruiz said he believes there
will be a fight as far as the budget is concerned because Gov. Gary
Johnson wants tax cuts.
"I think from the Democratic side they are saying we received
a big windfall from the oil and gas industry this past year that may
not be there in future years," he said.
"So I don't think they're all that enamored about putting in
a tax reduction at this point that is going to be ongoing without
the solid knowledge that oil and gas prices are going to remain where
they're at," he said.
Ruiz said he does not care where the money to fund the projects comes
from, whether it comes from surplus this year or the severance tax
bonds, that all he is concerned with is that their bills are in there
and are going forward.
"You know that capital outlay is basically tied to severance
bond issues," he said. "The only thing I see as an advantage
this year is severance bond issues depending on what passes in the
legislature won't have to be as big as they have been in the past
because they do have extra funding,"
With the efforts of Lundstrom and Rainaildi, he said, hopefully this
year the city and county will make some impact on the legislature
as far as their primary goals and that he is pleased with the bills
that have been introduced.
He said this area also is getting support from other representation
in the Northwest New Mexico area, specifically Cibola and San Juan
counties.
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MacDonald welcome still on
Larry Di Giovanni
Staff Writer
GALLUP — The Peter MacDonald homecoming parade and celebration
is still a go for this Saturday, but Tuba City Chapter officials have
decided there will be no press conference.
The Independent and other media received a fascimile transmission
Friday from Tuba City Chapter President Leo Begay, which was written
Wednesday. The Welcome Home Peter MacDonald Sr. Parade and Celebration
will begin at 9 a.m. at the chapter with a posting of colors by Gibson
Jones with the local Vietnam veterans group, followed by a moment
of silence.
Concerning no press conference, "To'Nanees'Dizi Chapter is merely
welcoming Mr. MacDonald home," the one-page program says.
MacDonald was unable to attend what was supposed to be his first public
appearance Feb. 10 at the Farmington Civic Center due to his fragile
health. It's uncertain whether the former tribal leader will attend
this weekend's event. He is preparing for hip replacement surgery,
friend and former tribal President Thomas Atcitty had said.
Sources have said Peter and Wanda MacDonald have been sighted in Flagstaff,
Tuba City, Phoenix, Shiprock and elsewhere in the Four Corners area.
The couple live in Tuba City, but Peter MacDonald, 72, hails from
Teec Nos Pos, Ariz., about 28 miles northwest of Shiprock.
On Feb. 17, the MacDonald family canceled a scheduled public appearance
at Smith Lake Elementary School.
During the event in Farmington, hundreds of well wishers said they
are more concerned with MacDonald taking care of his health than they
are his desire to please the Navajo public with his appearance after
more than eight years of imprisonment.
Former President Bill Clinton commuted MacDonald's 14-year federal
sentence on Jan. 20, which related to convictions on bribery and conspiracy
charges going back to 1989.
The rest of Saturday's homecoming parade and celebration itinerary,
in order, is as follows:
• master of ceremony, James Bilagody, council delegate
• invocation, Keith George, medicine man
• welcome address, To'Nanees'Dizi Chapter officials
• speaker, Hope MacDonald Lonetree
• appearance, Peter MacDonald Sr.
• entertainment, Marlena Begay and Nesbah Yellowhorse, hoop dancer
• benediction, Paul Ghee, Tuba City Church of Christ
• blessing of food, Eddie Nez, Native American Church.
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Liquor, drug crimes top jury charges
Tom Purdom
Staff Writer
GRANTS — Alcohol- and drug-related crimes topped last week's
indictments by the Cibola County grand jury and one Georgia man's
abuse could cost him more than a year behind bars.
John Frederick Aycox, 35, of Bogart, Ga., crossed paths with two New
Mexico State Police officers when he was apparently drunk on Feb.
8 in Cibola County.
When the officers stopped Aycox, his problems already had started.
After checking on the Georgia man officers found that the Nissan pickup
truck Aycox was driving was stolen, that while trying to arrest him
Aycox abused officers Glenn Sveum and Scott Merrill while they were
on duty, that he was allegedly driving with a suspended or revoked
license and that he damaged the rear passenger window of the state
police car in the process of being
arrested.
Aycox also refused to submit to chemical testing to determine the
level of alcohol in his body, so the DWI charge was increased to aggravated
driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Beside the aggravated charge, Aycox faces charges of unlawful taking
of a vehicle; resisting, evading or obstructing an officer; criminal
damage to property ($1,000) or less; and driving with his license
suspended or revoked. The car theft charge could put Aycox in prison
for up to 18 months and/or a fine of $5,000.
In other alcohol-related offenses:
Irvin Tsosie, 38, of Prewitt, was stopped by Grants Police on Dec.
3, 2000, apparently because he was having problems keeping his vehicle
in a single lane. When officers tested his blood-alcohol content it
was found to be more than 16 one-hundredths, which increased the offense
to aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor
or drugs.
Police also found an open container in the vehicle Tsosie was driving,
he had no insurance, was driving with an expired registration and
was not wearing seat belts. The grand jury indicted Tsosie on the
crimes, all misdemeanors.
Raymond L. Weathers, 65, of Grants, failed to yield to another vehicle
the night of Nov. 11, 2000. Grants police arrested Weathers on suspicion
of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, failure
to carry proof of financial responsibility and failure to yield. The
grand jury indicted Weathers on all of the charges, which are misdemeanors.
On Nov. 25, 2000, David Hicks was driving in Grants when police spotted
him with a defective tail light. The grand jury charged Hicks with
driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, driving while
license is suspended or revoked and failure to have operating tail
lamps. All of the charges are misdemeanors.
In other matters the grand jury:
Indicted Tony Lynn Crowson, 27, of Las Cruces, on charges of possession
of a controlled substance and use or possession of drug paraphernalia.
The charges stem from a Nov. 11, 2000, incident when officers allegedly
found heroin on Crowson.
The possession of a controlled substance charge is a fourth-degree
felony and the paraphernalia charge is a misdemeanor. If convicted
and sentenced to the maximum on each charge, Crowson could face as
much as two years behind bars and/or a fine of up to $5,000.
Indicted Yvonne Platero, 22, of Thoreau, on one charge of tampering
with evidence stemming from a Sept. 5, 1998, incident in Cibola County.
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Tuba City teams first ever to sweep
titles back-to-back
Santiago Ramos
Staff Sports Writer
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Tuba City rewrote the record books as it became
the first school in any class to ever capture back-to-back clean sweeps
of the 3A state basketball titles Saturday afternoon at America West
Arena.
The Tuba City Warriors used a balanced scoring attack and a strong
transistion game to down Coolidge 69-57 to repeat as boys state champions
in front of a crowd of 14,270. Likewise, the Tuba City Lady Warriors
claimed their fourth overall state title and second straight with
a convincing 62-44 conquest of Winslow for their 20th straight win.
"It's truly a nice feeling," said Tuba City boys coach Charles
Gover about the clean sweep of state titles for the second straight
year. "We swept the state titles convincingly."
Tuba City girls coach Tamrya Rogers agreed.
"It's really nice to be repeating,"said Rogers who now owns
a distinct honor of having guided her team to a pair of state titles
in her first two years of coaching."They're a great group of
girls. I'm numb right now."
Tuba City landed three players on the 3A boys state all-tourney team
with LaVar Martin, Josh Allan and James Justice. The rest of the state
all-tourney were Randy Youtsey and Michael Smith of Coolidge; Brad
Jackson and Tony Qorri of Wickenburg;
Troy Watson of Monument Valley; Tyree Harge of Dysart; Bruce Ward
of Blue Ridge; Arthur Abalos of Safford and Seth Davis of Winslow.
Tuba City landed three players on the 3A girls state all-tourney team
with Amy North, Sharlimar Navaho and Jayme Lomakema. The rest of the
state all-tourney team were Francine McCurtain, Faith Carpenter and
Lexine Jensen of Winslow;
Melissa Jones of Ganado; Lorena Sullivan of Monument Valley; Amber
Rice of Chino Valley; Mary Placido of Seton Catholic; Grace Tappe
of Fountain Hills and Sadie Tomerlin of Globe.
Boys state finals Tuba City 69, Coolidge 57
Tuba City (25-6) held a slim two-point lead early in the third period
before going on a 13-6 run that had senior guard Josh Allan sinking
a pair of free throws and then later scoring on a fastbreak after
senior forward James Justice came up with a crucial steal.
In the fourth period, the Warriors blew the game wide open much to
the delight of their thousands of faithful and boisterious fans that
made the trek down to the Valley of the Sun. Tuba City, which connected
on 6-of-19 treys for 32 percent shooting, buried a pair of treys by
senior guard LaVar Martin sandwiched around another three-pointer
by senior guard Eric Klain for a commanding 18-point cushion, 59-41,
as the Warrior fans knew that the second consecutive 3A state championship
was looming nearer.
With two minutes remaining, Tuba City went to a spread offense before
slamming the door shut on Coolidge, which finished the year at 30-2
with its only other loss to Alchesay by 14 points, a team that Tuba
City eliminated during the opening round of the Sweet 16 field.
The Coolidge Bears, who were making their third state finals appearance
in the last four years with one state title and now two state runnersup,
were unable to close the gap against the run-and-gun style of Tuba
City.
"We were able to get big steals and boards," Gover said.
"We took some good shots. But we were ready for their press."
After trailing 1-0 at the start, Tuba City grabbed the lead on a Klain
layup and never trailed the rest of the game.
The Warriors shot a solid 44 percent from the field, 24-of-55 with
the Bears hitting on 20-of-57 for 35 percent. Tuba City had the edge
from long range, sinking 6-of-19 treys while Coolidge was 2-for-11.
Tuba City was able to spread its offense with four starters scoring
in double digits. LaVar Martin led the Warriors with 19 points along
with three treys and five boards. James Justice, who had an outstanding
year on offense and defense with his solid overall play, added 16
points on a number of nice off-balanced moves to the hoop coming off
fastbreaks along with seven rebounds, six steals and two blocks. Eric
Klain chipped in 14 points and Josh Allan, who got three quick fouls
in the opening period, finished with 11 points and five rebounds.
Coolidge's all-time career scorer Randy Youtsey led the Bears with
17 points along with three steals and four boards with Michael Smith
with 12 points and Rickey Jackson with 10 points and six rebounds.
Tuba City will be graduating nine seniors with Josh Allan, James Justice,
LaVar Martin, Lloyd Billy Jr., Tristan Kewanyama, Eric Klain, Lance
Martin, Adrian Hatathlie and Michael Wheeler.
"We have a lot of younger kids that will step up next year,"
Gover said. "We'll try our darnest to come back (to state). That's
why we play."
Girls state finals Tuba City 62, Winslow 44
The fourth showdown between the 3A North's Conference top two teams
was marked by nine ties and seven lead changes.
When it was all over, Tuba City (31-3) had continued its domination
over conference rival Winslow with its eighth straight win the last
two years under coach Rogers.
All-staters junior guard Jayme Lomakema of Tuba City and senior forward
Francine McCurtain of Winslow, this year's 3A North Conference Player
of the Year, waged a furious offensive battle to pace their respective
teams.
Lomakema buried one trey along with three other buckets for nine points
in the first period while McCurtain, who was the lone double digit
scorer for the Lady Bulldogs with a game-high 22 points which was
key to their latest downfall, tallied 11 points alone in the first
period.
Both teams were hot from the field with Tuba City hitting on 8-of-14
from the field for 57 percent while Winslow was a bit better with
67 percent shooting, 8-of-12. However the Lady Warriors forced the
Lady Bulldogs to six turnovers in the opening period that paved the
way to a number of key scores.
The action settled down a bit in the second half with four more ties
with the score tied at intermission 29-all.
Using solid shooting from the field (7-of-11), Tuba City overcame
a 38-37 Winslow lead after a score by senior post Faith Carpenter
to nurse a six-point lead, thanks to a 7-0 run.
Senior guard Tammy Secody nailed a pullup jumper and added a free
throw on the play and Lomakema, who led the Lady Warriors with 18
points, scored on a layup. Secody capped the first half run hitting
another pullup jumper for a 44-38 Warrior lead. The Lady Bulldogs
struggled from the field with 30 percent shooting, 3-of-10.
"When it got close in the third quarter I called timeout,"
Roger said. "I saw it coming (a comeback). The girls said 'You're
right'. We're ready to make a run. We got a few breaks and came back
and applied pressure."
Tuba City continued its run in the fourth period, pulling out to a
13-point cushion, 51-38, with Nicole Tsingine scoring a pair of buckets
along with three free throws by Secody that ran Tuba's string of unanswered
points to 14.
Winslow put a halt to Tuba City's run on a score by Camille Begay
with 6:21 left in the game.
With four minutes remaining, the Lady Warriors ran off some time off
the clock. Winslow was unable to close the gap any further down the
stretch.
Senior post Amy North scored inside after a assist by Lomakema and
then Tsingine drove down the middle in traffic for a key score that
pushed Tuba City in front by 11 points with two minutes remaining.
The Lady Warriors closed out their second consecutive state championship
with a game-ending 7-0 run, winning convincingly by 18 points, 62-44,
for their eighth straight win over Winslow in two years under Rogers.
Tuba City displayed a balanced scoring attack with Jayme Lomakema
with 18 points, Sharlimar Navaho with 16, Amy North with a double-double
with 12 points and 12 rebounds and Tammy Secody 10. Nicole Tsingine
added six.
Winslow's Francine McCurtain led all scorers with 22 points in a losing
effort along with eight rebounds and three steals. Faith Carpenter
kicked in nine points and grabbed eight boards, Lexine Jensen six,
Nicoli Begaii five and Camille Begay two.
Tuba City hit on 25-of-44 from the field for 57 percent while Winslow
struggled with 17-of-45 for 38 percent.
The Lady Bulldogs were also plagued by 18 turnovers. In contrast the
Lady Warriors had just seven turnovers.
Rogers felt that coming out of its full court press and playing man
was a key.
"Jayme (Lomakema) was amazing in the first half," Rogers
said. "She was matching Francine (McCurtain) point for point.
We did well rebounding down the stretch.
"She came out tougher in the second half," Rogers said of
North's turnaround in the second half with 11 of her 12 rebounds in
the final two periods.
Tuba City will be losing three seniors with starters Amy North and
Tammy Secody, both former 3A North Conference Players of the Year
along with parttime starter Leighia Daw but will be returning all-staters
Jayme Lomakema and Sharlimar Navaho, along with starter Nicole Tsingine.
"We got a lot of young talent," Rogers said about next year.
"We have some strong freshmen. This year it seems like the teams
were much better. But I feel that this year's team is one of the top
five teams in the state."
Tuba City's last loss came in the middle of December when the Lady
Warriors lost by five points to Class 5A Corna Del Sol which won the
Class 5A state title Saturday night.
Winslow veteran coach Don Petranovich, whose team finished 26-6 with
four of those losses to Tuba City, was again devastated in coming
up short in the state finals for the third time in the last four years.
"I'm sick of coming up second and the girls are sick of it as
well," said Petranovich who was honored as the winningest girls
coach in the state with 545 wins and 113 losses in 28 seasons. "I
need to find a way to change it. But next year our team will be
as good as this year's. The key will be how our summer basketbal program.
"My team quit playing defense in the second half," said
Petranovich whose fifth state title has eluded him and his teams the
past four straight trips to the state finals. "In the first half
we played great except for letting Jayme (Lomakema) keeping them in
the game. We didn't play hard at times. Francine (McCurtain) played
her heart out but Tuba City often had three or fourt defenders
on her. My other girls did not step up. But Tuba City is a great ballclub.
They're tough mentally and you'll win these games at
state."
Gallup's season comes to an end
Abelita Rose Freeland
Staff Sports Writer
HOBBS — The Gallup Lady Bengals' season came to an end Saturday
as they couldn't match Cisti Greewalt during during the 1AAAAA Region
B championship at the Lea County Event Center.
The 6'5 Wildcat center nearly single-handedly outscored Gallup, leading
Clovis to a 42-25 win, with her 24 points.
"They (Bengals) worked hard,"said Gallup coach John Lomasney.
"We had an all in one chance tonight if we would have just shot
the ball well. They had the big girl who is always going to score
24 points, but the object is you got to outscore them,"
Gallup shot just 20 percent (6-for-30) from the field. Fueled by Greenwalt's
performance, Clovis' went 13-for-29 (49 percent) from the field.
The Lady Bengals stayed close through three quarters, but couldn't
keep up with Clovis in the fourth quarter.
In the first quarter, Clovis outscored the Lady Bengals 13-10 behind
Greenwalt's 10 points. Greenwalt opened the quarter with a basket
off on offensive rebound and a reverse to put Clovis up 4-0.
An assist from Bengal Tanya Bailey to Roberta Tahe started the scoring
for the Bengals.
Holly Bennett pulled Clovis ahead 7-2 on a trey, but Bengal Sunny
St. Clair sank a three-pointer to keep the Bengals within two 7-5.
Another basket from Greenwalt was countered by Bailey's jumper and
a three-point basket by Tahe put Gallup up 10-9.
The Lady Wildcats didn't stay down for long with Greenwalt putting
Clovis back in the lead with a basket assisted by Bennett and a pair
of free throws.
Greenwalt continued to dominate the court, scoring four of Clovis'
six points in the second quarter. Clovis opened with a four-point
run with Bennett and Lindsey Kempf both assisting passes to Greenwalt,
but the Lady Bengals came back with a four-point run of their own.
Hubbard assisted Bailey and then sank a trey, to keep Gallup within
a basket, 17-15.
Kempf left Clovis in the lead going into halftime with a pair of free
throws.
The Lady Bengals maintained a close game with Clovis in the third
quarter.
Wildcat Melissa Quintana added a pair of free throws to Clovis' lead,
but the Lady Bengals add two baskets to their score.
Hubbard scored on a jumper and then grabbed a steal for a basket.
Clovis ended the quarter on a basket from Leticia Martinez and Kecia
Martinez assisting Greenwald to end the third quarter with Clovis
leading 25-19.
Clovis sealed the win outscoring Gallup 17 to 6 in the fourth quarter.
Tahe and Bailey led Gallup with five points apiece. Tahe grabbed three
steals and two blocked shots and Bailey also brought down five rebounds,
two steals and a blocked shot.
Wildcat Greenwalt led Clovis with 24 points, nine rebounds and three
blocked shots. Greenwalt was 6-for-6 at the line and 9-for-17 from
the field.
Coach Lomasney is proud of his girls and their effort and feels with
the young team Gallup has they will be graduating only four seniors
they will have a better program in the future.
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Speakers: Learn from old ways
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — Before the Navajo Reservation was established,
the Diné bands and clans picked leaders by considering their
character and family values, their standing within the community,
and how much livestock and real estate they owned.
And those leaders kept their followers only as long as they made wise
decisions that benefitted the community. If leaders followed their
own agendas, they lost their followers.
These were some of the many things which about 1000 people learned
in a two-day traditional governance conference last week at the Peterson
Zah-Navajo Nation Museum, Library and Visitors Center.
In addition to hearing from Navajo Nation Council Speaker Edward T.
Begay and President Kelsey A. Begaye, the audience heard from Supreme
Court Chief Justice Robert Yazzie. Begay gave the welcoming address;
Begaye talked about "Family Values and Leadership"; and
Yazzie discussed "Traditional Governance and Leadership..."
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Panel seeks U.S. funds for roads
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — With tribal leaders in Washington, D.C., this week
to lobby the U.S. Congress, and some muddy roads still drying out
from winter snowstorms, a committee wants road maintenance jumped
to third place on the federal government's money priority list.
The Navajo Nation Council's Transportation-Community Development Committee
voted last week to ask that road maintenance be raised from 11th to
third position on the Bureau of Indian Affairs tribal priority allocation
(TPA) list.
For fiscal year 2000, the Navajo Nation ranked scholarships, law enforcement
and tribal enrollment as the top three priorities on the list of which
activities would get first choice of money...
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2 men get jail for sex crimes
Staff Report
ALBUQUERQUE — A U.S. District Court judge has sentenced two
men to multiple years in prison after they were found guilty of
committing aggravated sexual abuse of children on an Indian Reservation.
Hubert Etsitty, 51, of Mentmore, was sentenced Thursday to eight
years imprisonment for his guilty plea to aggravated sexual abuse
of a child and abusive sexual contact.
At his August plea hearing, Etsitty admitted to three counts of
abusive sexual contact and one count of aggravated sexual abuse
of a child.
Etsitty told the court he engaged in sexual contact with four girls
under age 12 between 1992 and 1997 on the Navajo Reservation...
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Bates: NAPI woes not sudden
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — The former general manager of the embattled Navajo
Agricultural Products Industry has broken his silence following his
termination last month.
"I'm appalled," LoRenzo Bates said about the impression
that the current board was just learning about the financial limitations
of the Northern Agency tribal enterprise.
"They were made aware on many occasions this is what would happen
if decisions weren't made. We weren't given any direction, yet we
advised them on many occassions," he said Sunday night.
Bates said that when the present board was appointed, they were brought
up to speed at a three-day meeting in Albuquerque that included a
report covering NAPI's past 20 years of problems...
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Legislators pushing for city projects
Tanya Brazil
Staff Writer
GALLUP — State Rep. Patty Lundstrom has asked the chairman
of the Appropriations Committee to fund projects crucial to this
area through House Bill 2.
The projects she has requested for funding include the Navajo-Gallup
Water Supply Project, the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, the McKinley
Development Foundation and the Individual Development Account, which
helps low-income people set up savings accounts.
Last week, she said, Sen. Pete Dominici in a joint session told
the committee that one of his critical water projects is to continue
work on the Navajo-Gallup Water Pipeline. Lundstrom said she believes
House Bill 2 is fiscally responsible and allows room for a tax cut
contingent on the tax bills that come forth...
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Deaths
Woody Bahe
MANY FARMS, Ariz. — Services for Woody Bahe, 71, will be held
at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 27 at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church,
Chinle, Ariz. Father Blane Grein will officiate. Burial will be held
at community cemetery, Chinle, Ariz.
Bahe died Feb. 27 in Chinle, Ariz. He was born Dec. 10, 1929 in Chinle,
into the Edgewater Clan for the Red Bottom Clan.
Bahe was employed with the railroad. His hobbies were the outdoors,
riding horses, chopping wood and herding sheep.
Survivors include his wife, Sarah Bahe; son, Ray Bahe of Many Farms,
Ariz.; daughters, Shirley Bahe and Dottie Bahe both of
Many Farms; brother, Chee Bahe of Chinle; sister, Bahe Tsosie of Chinle;
18 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
Bahe was preceded in death by his son, Roger Bahe.
Pallbearers will be Ray Bahe, Delbert Lewis, Sheldon Boyd, Feddy Williams,
Daniel Claw and Darrell Wilson.
The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services
at the Dottie Bahe residence, seven miles southeast of Many
Farms.
Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Elizabeth Harrison
GALLUP — Services for Elizabeth Harrison, 85, will be announced
at a later date.
Harrison died Feb. 24 in Gallup. She was born Aug. 28, 1915 in Bluff,
Utah.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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