Two fail in holdup at bus station
Staff Report
GALLUP — An armed robbery at the local Greyhound Bus Station
was averted Wednesday when the clerk there managed to pull the company's
"panic button."
The two suspects left the station without any money and are still
being sought.
According to police, the suspects one male and one female approached
the counter about 5:46 p.m. and told the clerk, Benita Brand, they
wanted all of her money.
At first, she said, she thought they were joking but then she noticed
he was carrying a small handgun.
She had her small child at work with her that day and began walking
backwards toward the office, carrying the child, and listening as
the man told her once again that he wanted all of the cash in the
drawer.
She entered the office, put the child down and immediately hit the
station's panic button several times, setting off a silent alarm.
As she was going back to the counter, she noticed that the male suspect
was trying to get over the counter.
The female suspect then told her companion that he saw the clerk pushing
something and the male suspect immediately began questioning Brand
about whom she called.
Before she could respond, the two began backing out of the station
and then exited to the street.
Police described the male suspect as a light complected Hispanic about
19 years old, 5 feet, 130 pounds, with a thin mustache. He was wearing
a black hooded pullover sweater and blue jeans.
The female suspect was younger, possibly 16 years of age, and may
have been Native American. She was about 5 feet, 3
inches tall and about 100 pounds. She was wearing a blue sweatshirt
with red lettering on the front.
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Murder victim still not ID'd
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — Federal and tribal authorities are asking the public's
help in identifying a woman found murdered Sunday afternoon in a wash
between Gallup and Crownpoint.
She is described as Indian with medium build, 5 feet 2 inches tall,
weighing about 140 pounds with black hair of mid-back length. Although
found unclothed, she was wearing two pieces of jewelry: a gold chain
holding a pear-shaped pendant with a dark blue sapphire-type stone
surrounded by diamonds or cubic zirconia, and a round diamond or cubic
zirconia pendant on a gold chain.
Anyone who may know who she is or anything else about her disappearance
should contact agencies with the Safe Trails Task Force, including
the FBI in Gallup at (505) 726-6000, the FBI in Albuquerque at (505)
224-2000, or Navajo police in Crownpoint at (505) 786-2050 or -5510.
A woman who stopped with her children to pick up a log for firewood
on their way back home in the Crownpoint area
discovered the unclothed body about 10 feet from a culvert in a nine-foot
deep wash. She used her cellular telephone to call the Crownpoint
police station.
"Jane Doe" was found in the arroyo just west of Rocky Canyon
Road some two miles north of the intersection of Bureau of Indian
Affairs Routes 48 and 11 north of Mariano Lake.
The FBI said the victim appeared to have been severely beaten and
had been in the arroyo for several days. Initial indications are that
she was killed somewhere else, then dumped in the remote wash.
Authorities are waiting on the autopsy results from the new Mexico
Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque to determine the
actual cause of death, but the woman was beaten severely on the head.
Justice Summit
Plans are being finalized for a Navajo Nation Criminal Justice Summit
March 19-21 at Monument Valley High School in Kayenta.
Because of limited space, participation is by invitation only. The
cost is being covered by a U.S. Justice Department grant to the Office
of Rural Law Enforcement and the National Criminal Justice Institute,
both non-government agencies.
The approximately 10 dozen participants will include the tribal Law
Enforcement, Criminal Justice and Corrections Departments, the Prosecutors
and Public Defender's Offices, judges, the Probation Office, the Navajo
Transportation Department, and behavioral and social service providers.
Focus of the session will be how to tie together all the different
agencies' computers which will allow better and faster communication.
It has been six years since such a gathering was held.
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Plans for Grants High postponed
Tara Drolma
Staff Writer
GRANTS — The Grants/Cibola County School Board members tabled
discussion of a new Grants High School on Tuesday, saying they had
not been informed that a committee had been chosen and an architect
had been hired.
The issue came up toward the end of the meeting during Superintendent
Linda Coy's report.
Joe Dominguez, principal of Grants High, had already told the board
he had a committee and it had met with the architects. He said the
board would be taking trips to Gallup and Albuquerque to visit schools
for ideas.
After Dominguez spoke, several other principals gave their reports
before it was Coy's turn to make her report to the board.
Coy told the board the construction at Grants High will be done in
phases so the decision had been made to build the school at the present
site and the existing gym will remain. She introduced the drawings,
saying they were conceptual drawings.
At that point board member Lloyd Felipe stopped Coy, saying the plans
hadn't been presented to the board and they had not heard there was
a committee. "I am uncomfortable we have plans and we have had
not discussion," Felipe said.
Dominguez said the plans were done two to three years ago.
Felipe said he didn't know an architect had been selected. He said
the board needed to discuss the plans and make sure they are following
the Facilities Master Plan. He said he wanted "to put a hold
on this discussion."
Rita Suazo, newly elected board president, said she agreed with Felipe.
Coy said the plans were old plans that had been done before.
Suazo replied she had not seen the plans in the four years she had
been on the board. Coy reiterated the plans were just conceptual,
but the board voted to table the discussion.
Committee appointments
Earlier in the evening, the board appointed members to several standing
committees. Suazo said she would like to see two members assigned
to each committee; one would be the regular member and one would be
the alternate.
The assignments are:
• Budget Committee Felipe and Baca
• Lodestar Bob Murdoch
• Future Foundations Baca and Suazo
• E.P.S.S. Felipe and Baca
• Chamber of Commerce Linda Coy
• Character Counts Murdoch and Dion Sandoval
• Stephen Matthews Scholarship Committee Murdoch and Baca
• Laguna/Acoma High School Task Force Suazo
• School Board Handbook Revision Sandoval, Baca, Suazo
• City, County and Tribal Governments Coy and Carol Owensby.
Leslie Smith, budget and finance director, told the board the budget
needed to be approved by April 17. She said the state would do a telephone
review of the budget with her May 9.
The school budgets have been submitted to the central office and Smith
said she has sent sheets to the schools for staff and parents to sign
up for budget committees. She said a few parents have signed up for
the committees.
In other matters:
Rudy Martin, a representative from Northern Life Insurance Company,
told the board he has been visiting each school to talk to staff and
teachers about tax shelter annuities. Apparently there had been some
misunderstanding and an allegation was made about Martin, which he
said was untrue. He said he met with Coy and the misunderstanding
was straightened out.
Approved a cooperative research and development agreement with Phillips
Lab, Armstrong Lab, and the school district to design an intelligent
tutoring system in fundamental skills. The goal is to evaluate the
word problem solving (WPS) component of the Fundamental Skills Tutor.
The hope is that they will be able to develop artificial intelligence,
which will provide one-on-one tutoring for children. The Air Force
will provide computer equipment worth $56,650 to the school for the
project, which will last five years.
The National Indian Education Legislative Summit will be held in Washington,
D.C., in March. The National Indian Education Association (NIEA) sponsors
the summit. Felipe said Gov. Chino will sponsor two students to attend
the summit and he has asked the principals to select the two students.
Felipe and Suazo will attend the conference.
The National School Boards Assoc. is having its conference at the
same time as NINA and Baca and Sandoval will attend.
Gloria Chavez presented the Special Education Policies and Procedures
Handbook to the board for review. She asked the board to approve it
at the next meeting. Chavez worked with a committee to develop the
handbook.
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Gallup Catholic holds off Cliff
Santiago Ramos
Staff Sports Writer
ALBUQUERQUE — Gallup Catholic held on to dear life in the final
seven seconds after a crucial turnover to stun Cliff 58-56 Wednesday
night during the Class A state quarterfinals at Rio Grande High.
However Pine Hill held on for three quarters before fading in the
final period to top-ranked Melrose 79-60 in another Class A state
quarterfinals matchup at Rio Grande.
Gallup Catholic (23-1), ranked No. 7 in the final coaches poll, will
be pitted against No. 1 Melrose (24-3) tonight in the state semifinals
at 8:30 p.m. at Rio Grande. The state finals are set for Saturday
at 6:45 p.m. at the UNM Arena. The third place game will be played
Friday at 2 p.m. at the UNM Arena.
Gallup Catholic 58, Cliff 56
In its first state tournament in 41 years, the Gallup Catholic Panthers
advanced to the Final Four by escaping with their third consecutive
close call.
After beating House in the first round of regionals by four points,
54-50, the Panthers then held off Tatum in the regional finals by
three points, 50-47, and now topped Cliff by two points, 58-56.
Second-year Gallup Catholic head coach Vince Lonetree says he's predicting
a one-point victory tonight over Melrose in the state semifinals.
Savoring Gallup Catholic's first trip to the state semifinals since
the 1959-60 season when the Panthers finished fourth, Lonetree says
his ballclub deserved the state quarterfinal victory.
"The boys worked so hard," Lonetree said. "They're
having fun. It feels great to be in the state semifinals. It's a wonderful
feeling. It's been a long time but the wait has been great. Just being
there at the right time."
Gallup Catholic 6-foot-4 junior forward Brian Morris played a crucial
role down the stretch in the final two minutes.
Morris, who pumped in 20 points, scored five of Gallup Catholic's
final seven points and came up with three crucial rebounds during
that final run.
Morris scored on an offensive rebound and added a free throw on the
three-point play to break a 51-tie with 1:49 left in the game.
However Cliff, which finished second at state to Tatum last year and
owns a total of seven state championships and along with three state
runnersups, tied the game as Jacob Slavec gunned in a trey.
The Panthers regained the lead as senior guard Michael Estrada scored
off a steal.
Both teams suffered huge turnovers before Slavec was fouled with 18.6
seconds. However Slavec missed the 1-and-1 and Morris grabbed a crucial
rebound. Morris was quickly fouled by Oren Watson.
Morris, who is normally a poor free throw shooter, nervously sank
both of his free throws for a 58-54 Gallup Catholic lead with 16.7
seconds on the clock. Not to be outdone Cliff answered back as Watson
drove inside for a score that cut Gallup Catholic's lead down to two
points.
With seven seconds remaining, Gallup Catholic had the ball out-of-bounds
but the inbounds pass was picked off by Cowboy Ryan Jameson. Jameson
got off two shots inside the paint but both shots missed as the buzzer
sounded, preserving the win for the Panthers.
"They (Cliff) had a couple of shots at the end," Lonetree
said. "That was the longest few seconds."
After trailing at the outset 5-0, Gallup Catholic controlled the rest
of the opening period, hitting on 6-of-10 from the field to surge
to a 15-11 lead.
Thanks to a pair of treys by Estrada and senior forward Marshall Lemoine,
the Panthers nursed their lead to 11 points, 30-19, late in the first
half.
The 18-9 Cowboys, who were making their 21st straight state trip under
veteran coach Pete Shock, kicked off the second half with a quick
8-0 run that included a Slavec trey to grab the lead by one point,
31-30.
Cliff fashioned a six-point lead, 40-34, its biggest of the game,
after Casey McNutt banked one off the glass.
But again the Panthers, who were supported by a solid contingent of
Gallup fans, closed out the period with a 10-2 run with Lemoine, who
led the Panthers with 21 points, tallying six of those points with
Morris accounting for the other four points to stake out a 44-42 lead.
"I knew we'd battled back because I know the boys," Lonetree
said. "Cliff has a great tradition at state. They came out like
they've been here 21 times. And it showed in the second half like
this was our first time (at state) in 41 years. But the boys showed
poise down the stretch. We're showing a lot of maturity. They do it
for the Lord."
The game was tied for the final time at 51-all with less than three
minutes before Gallup Catholic composed itself for the final stretch
en route to its first Final Four trip in 41 years.
Gallup Catholic's Marshall Lemoine finished with a game-high 21 points
on 6-of-9 shooting from the field and 8-9 from the line while Brian
Morris was close behind with 20 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the
field and a surprising 8-of-10 from the line along with eight rebounds.
"Free throws have been a problem for me," Morris admitted
after sinking 80 percent of his free throws including a clutch 3-of-3
in the final minute of play. "But I've been practicing a lot
and I just concentrated."
Cliff, which experienced a rare opening round loss at state, was led
by Oren Watson with 15 points and Jacob Slavec with 14 points.
Gallup Catholic shot 47 percent from the field, 18-of-38 while Cliff
shot 45 percent, 20-of-44.
The Panthers were helped by their free throw shooting, sinking 19-of-24
from the line for 79 percent while the Cowboys sank 11-of-18 for 61
percent.
Melrose 79, Pine Hill 60
No. 1 ranked Melrose wore down Pine Hill in the final period to put
a halt to the Warriors' upset bid.
Fueled by a punishing inside game consisting of twin towers 6-foot-6
Matt Wood and 6-foot-7 Dane Wood combining for 37 points along with
18 rebounds, the Melrose Buffaloes blitzed the Pine Hill Warriors,
who finished the year at 13-14, in the final period.
"We were just outsized," Pine Hill coach David Whitesell
said of the his team's second straight state quarterfinal loss. "But
the kids showed a lot of class and heart."
Melrose held a slim 51-47 lead heading into the final period but gradually
nursed its lead to advance into the Final Four field.
Dane Wood, who finished with 17 points along with 10 rebounds, tallied
nine of those points in the final period to key a 28-point outburst
by the Buffaloes.
Melrose, which relied on its inside game, nailed 11-of-15 in the final
period while Pine Hill which stayed even with the Buffaloes for the
first three periods, faded with 3-of-12 shooting from the field in
the fourth en route to losing by 19 points, 79-60.
Melrose raced to a commanding 20-11 first period before Pine Hill
stormed back with an impressive second period rally.
Warrior senior guard Urian Maria, who grabbed game-high scoring honors
hitting on 7-of-21 from the field for 25 points, drilled his first
of four three-pointers and then converted 3-of-4 free throws to cut
Melrose's lead to five points, 31-26. Darwin Henry buried back-to-back
field goals over Melrose's zone and it was suddenly a one-point ballgame.
The Warriors stole the
lead for the first time since the beginning of the game when Maria
buried a pair of free throws for a 34-33 Warrior lead. Maria
came back and knocked in his second trey of the game with less than
a minute left in the first half to give Pine Hill a one-point
lead at intermission in a stunning reversal of fortune for the upset-minded
Warriors.
Melrose outscored Pine Hill 16-10 in the third period to grab a 51-47
lead heading into the final period.
"We've been tough against man but not against players 6-5 and
6-6," Whitesell said.
"We couldn't sit back in the zone so we went man in the the second
half," Melrose coach Jimmy Joe Robinson said. "We didn't
communicate. But Pine Hill played well and shot the ball well which
we didn't anticipate."
Both teams shot solid from the field with Melrose hitting on 34-of-56
for 61 percent while Pine Hill hit on 27-of-42 for 54
percent.
Maria pumped in 25 points for the Warriors with Dominic Chischilly
with 11 points. Justin Begay kicked in nine points with
Darwin Henry with seven points and Farrell Bryant six points and nine
rebounds.
Melrose put four players double figures with Matt Wood leading the
way with 20 points, Dane Wood and Jeremy Sena with 17
points each and Preston Downey 11.
Melrose had a slight edge on the boards, 36 to 27.
The Warriors outshot the Buffaloes from long range, drilling 7-of-16
treys for 44 percent while Melrose hit 3-of-8 for 38 percent.
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Cibola plans to burn timber
Weather a key factor
Tom Purdom
Staff Writer
GRANTS — Weather permitting, the Mount Taylor Ranger District
of the Cibola National Forest will begin the Year 2001 Burn Program.
Bobby Garley, assistant fire management officer for the Mount Taylor
Ranger District, said there are no timetables set in concrete about
when the fires will be started.
"It all depends on the weather," he said.
The Forest Service will conduct slash pile burns in the Zuni Mountains
covering about 733 acres in scattered locations throughout the mountain
range in both Cibola and McKinley counties...
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Ex-election board wants eight jury trials
combined
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — The last of the Navajo Board of Election Supervisors
arraigned this week asked that the eight jury trials believed to be
the first in the Window Rock District Court in more than two years
be consolidated.
Board Chairwoman Eunice Begay, one of two supervisors who represents
the Western Agency, asked Judge T.J. Holgate on Wednesday to bring
the eight trials together into one. The judge said he wasn't in a
position to do that yet, told her to submit a written motion with
citations, and to serve the other party with a copy.
However, on Monday defendant Jay DeGroat of the Eastern Agency asked
that his trial be held in his home district, Crownpoint.
Begay also asked the trial(s) be conducted in Navajo...
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Mice scare closes school
Larry Di Giovanni
Staff Writer
FORT DEFIANCE — About 80 students at Window Rock High School
were permitted to take the afternoon off Wednesday due to fumes
caused during a cleanup involving mice feces.
Principal Joe Gill said the mice feces were discovered in a five-classroom
area in the science wing. Plastic was used to seal off the area,
preventing access into the rooms from the outside, and a school
district maintenance crew of about five began a thorough cleanup
program. The school's cleanup efforts were approved by Navajo EPA
and Indian Health Service personnel, Gill said.
"We did sequester and isolate an area, and began a disinfectant
process this morning," the principal said Wednesday. "There
was no one allowed in the area, neither teachers nor students nor
staff."
School has been canceled today to give a school district maintenance
crew more time to find holes where mice have entered the building...
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Tribal panel reviewing water rights
Larry Di Giovanni
Staff Writer
WINDOW ROCK — Water rights issues affecting the Diné people
have escalated to a whole new level.
Some who witnessed related hearings in December and February are calling
what happens from here on a true test of tribal sovereignty. Any future
decisions on water rights will be left up to the Navajo Nation Council
in consultation with the tribal Department of Justice.
The importance of water rights issues arose from hearings conducted
from mid- to late-December and in early February by the tribal council's
Government Services and Resources committees. Each committee recently
appointed three of its delegates to a Water Rights Subcommittee. The
members were locked in executive sessions Monday through Wednesday
this week...
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Zuni Tribe supports water lawsuit
Bill Donovan
Staff Writer
GALLUP — The Zuni Tribe is supporting a federal lawsuit filed
against some 1,900 landowners in McKinley and Cibola counties to
determine rights to water in the Zuni River Basin.
In a press release issued Wednesday, tribal officials said they
have grown "increasingly concerned in recent years that large
users of water in the basin are threatening the water supplies required
by the tribe for its present and future needs."
The lawsuit, filed in January, has caused a great deal of concern
by local landowners who fear that an adverse decision would mean
they have no rights to the water on their land and their property
would become worthless.
The lawsuit was filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf
of not only the Zunis, but the Navajo Nation and the Ramah Band
of Navajos as well as the rights of various national parks in the
area...
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Deaths
Lee Vern Roanhorse Jr.
SHEEP SPRINGS — Services for Lee Roanhorse Jr., 32, will be held
at 10 a.m. Friday, March 9, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Naschitti.
Burial will follow at Naschitti Community Cemetery.
A rosary will be recited at 7 tonight at St. Anthony's Catholic Church.
Roanhorse died March 2 in Gallup. He was born April 20, 1968, in Fort
Defiance, Ariz., into the Salt Clan for the Towering House Clan.
Roanhorse attended Chuska Boarding School, Newcomb High School and
Albuquerque Corps. He was employed with BIA Forestry as a firefighter
and Houston Steel Company. His hobbies included drawing, listening
to music, cooking, doing odd jobs, ranching, horseback riding and
hiking.
Survivors include his parents, Alice M. and Laverne Roanhorse Sr.;
brothers, Douglas Roanhorse, Harold Roanhorse, Vernon Roanhorse, Alexander
Bryant, Johnathan Roanhorse and Nathaniel Roanhorse; and sisters,
Lucinda Roanhorse and Sandra Roanhorse.
Roanhorse was preceded in death by his grandparents, Anita Begay,
Gabriel Roanhorse and John and Sally Bryant.
Pallbearers will be Vernon Roanhorse, Paul Denetdale Jr., Garrison
Henry, Charlee Begay Jr., Randolph Price and Ronnie Begay.
The family will meet tonight at Naschitti Housing Complex #66.
The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services
at Naschitti Chapter House.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Erne "ET" Terrazas
TEMPE, Ariz. — A memorial service for Erne Terrazas, 75 will
be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Burial
will follow at Sunset Memorial Park.
Terrazas died Feb. 21. He was born Feb. 6, 1926, in Gallup.
Terrazas served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was also
an entrepreneur.
Survivors include his wife, Larrylyn Terrazas; son, John Richitelli
of Gilbert; daughters, Erna Scott and Margaret South of Chandler,
Deanne (Dee Dee) Terrazas of Los Angeles, Denise Jeschke of Phoenix,
and Darlene Maynard of Long Beach; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Terrazas was preceded in death by his parents, Manuel and Candelaria
Terrazas; brothers, Manuel Jr., C.D., and Nick; and sisters, Ophelia
Quinones, Charlotte Bartholio, Josephine Sanchez, Lucille Blea, and
Margaret Theophilos.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Paul Nelson
CHI CHIL TAH — Services for Paul Nelson, 73, will be held at
1 p.m. Friday, March 9, at Cope Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow
on family land, Two Wells.
Nelson died March 5 in Albuquerque. He was born July 15, 1927, in
Two Wells into the Folded Arms People Clan for the Mexican People
Clan.
Nelson was employed with the Santa Fe and Topeka Union Pacific Railroad,
Nebraska. He was a rancher at the time of his death. His hobbies included
horseback riding, being outdoors and cooking.
Survivors include his wife, Alice S. Nelson of Chichiltah; sons, Robert
P. Nelson of Harden, Mont., Marvin Paul Nelson and Roger C. Nelson,
both of Chichiltah; daughters, Elsie N. Dooley of Vanderwagen, Pauline
N. Clark and Arlene Nelson, both of Chichiltah; brothers, Leo Nelson
of Jones Ranch, Alfred Bitsiue and John Nelson of Chichiltah; sister,
Irene Richards of
Chichiltah; 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Nelson was preceded in death by Juan, John White, Albert Bitsi, Louise
Benally and Rose Jackson.
Pallbearers will be Marvin Paul Nelson, Robert Paul Nelson and Larry
Dooley.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Verne Curtis
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Services for Verne Curtis, 69, will be
held at 10 a.m. Friday, March 9, at the First United
Methodist Church, Shiprock. Burial will follow at Shiprock Cemetery
with military honors.
Curtis died March 5 in Salt Lake City.
Survivors include his wife, Stella Smiley Curtis, and children.
James S. Lange
WINDOW ROCK — Memorial Services for James Lange, 67, will be
held at 10 a.m. Friday, March 9, at St. Michaels Catholic Mission.
A dinner will follow at the mission gym.
Lange died March 2 in Farmington. He was born Jan. 6, 1944, in Connecticut.
Lange was employed with the Navajo Indian Health Service since 1973,
most recently as a business office cordinator. Hew was also employed
with the National Institute of Health. He served in the U.S. Navy
as a medical corpsman in the Vietnam War,
serving two tours of duty. His hobbies included golfing, hunting,
fishing, and the outdoors.
Survivors include his wife, Angelina Boone of Window Rock; sons, James
Lange and Keller Lange, both of Window Rock,
Bryan Lange of Phoenix, and Jacob Lange of Vermont; and daughter,
Rana Lange of Vermont.
Paul Douglas Eugene Nall
GRANTS — Memorial services for Paul Nall, 44, were held today,
March 8, at All Saints Episcopal Church, Milan. Private dispostion
followed at St.John's Episcopal Cathedral, Albuquerque.
Nall died March 3 in Grants. He was born Aug. 16, 1956, in Big Spring,
Texas.
Nall was an electrician in Grants.
Survivors include his wife, Laura Nall; son, Wyatt Marshall Lyle;
daughters, McKensey Tayler Anne and Sara Nall; parents,
Gene and Ruby Nall; brother, Gary of Gunnison, Colo.; and sisters,
Debbie of Lewisville, Texas, Laura Bain of Anchorage,
Alaska, and Diane Lopez of Albuquerque; and grandmother Lola Hamby
of Dumas, Texas.
Debroah L. Begaye
COYOTE CANYON — Services for Debroah Begaye, 30, will be held
at 10 a.m. Friday, March 9, at Cope Memorial Chapel. Pastor Ben Billie
will officiate. Burial will follow at City Cemetery.
Visitation will be at held 1-5 p.m. today at Cope Memorial.
Begaye died March 3 in Gallup. She was born March 11, 1970, in Keams
Canyon, Ariz., into the Bitter Water People Clan for
the Towering House People Clan.
Begaye attended elementary school in Phoenix, Santa Fe Indian School,
graduated from Highland High School, and C.I.T. in
Crownpoint, where she received her Nursing Assistant Certificate.
Her hobbies were cooking, listening to music, arts and
crafts, drawing and going to church.
Survivors include her son, Jace P. Victorino of Coyote Canyon; parents,
Betty and Peterson Yazzie, both of Coyote Canyon;
sisters, Lisa Marie Manygoat and Krystle R. Yazzie, both of Coyote
Canyon; and grandparents, Denet and Mae B. Yazzie both
of Chinle, Ariz.
Begaye was preceded in death by daughter, Brittney S. Morgan Victorino,
and grandparents, Jack Tom and Rose Morgan.
Pallbearers will be Aaron Tom, Darell Hardy, Jonah Hardy, Gerald Francisco,
Adrian Yazzie and Andy Olivas.
The family will receive friends and relatives after
the burial services at Coyote Canyon Chapter House.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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