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Police seek bank robber Andrea Egger — Staff Writer GALLUP — Residents with any information on Wednesday’s robbery of the Bank of America should call Crime Stoppers or the Gallup Police. The suspect is described as an Anglo man about 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and 120 pounds. He is in his late 20s or early 30s. He was wearing a white Polo Sport baseball cap, a white T-shirt, a beige jacket and tan or khaki pants. Shortly after the robbery, a Polo Sport sweatshirt and jacket were found near Second Street and Coal Avenue, near the downtown bank. The description of the man is similar to that of the man who robbed the bank three weeks ago. Residents with information or anyone who might have seen him remove clothing sometime after 3:45 p.m. are asked to call McKinley County Crime Stoppers, 722-6161 or 1-800-432-6933, or the Gallup Police detective division, 863-9365. A teller told police that shortly before 3:45 p.m., the man came into the bank and handed her a piece of paper, according to the police report. She didn’t have her glasses and couldn’t read the entire note, but she caught the words, “I’m listening to the police radio.” While she was trying to read the rest of the note, the man said, “Give me the money.” She went to the drawer to get the money, and the man said, “Don’t do it.” She put her hand back on the counter, confused as to what the man wanted her to do. She looked up at him, and he said, “Don’t look at me.” Then he demanded the money again, so the teller went back in the drawer and began gathering cash. “Hurry!” the man demanded. He slid her a brown canvas bag for money, and she began filling it. When she handed it to him, he said, “I know you have a second drawer.” She reached for the other drawer and he said, “Don’t do it. I’ll pull it out.” She thought he meant a gun. She got money out of the other drawer and the man said, “I want more hundreds.” She gave him more money, and he told her to hurry again. Before he left, he grabbed the note he’d given her and took off. The teller hit the panic button as soon as he turned. The teller said she was the only teller in the line
at the time; two other tellers were in the vault.
500 jobs to come to reservation Jim Maniaci — Diné Bureau WINDOW ROCK — Two years of hard work in creating jobs on the Navajo Reservation are beginning to bear fruit, Navajo President Kelsey Begaye told more than 100 people Thursday morning. Current and soon-to-be approved contracts will establish at least 500 new jobs in Le Chee, Dilkon, New Lands and St. Michaels chapters. And the pace may accelerate when U.S. Interior Secretary
Gale Norton signs the Navajo Nation’s business leasing regulations.
Begaye said he talked with her in Washington, D.C., two weeks ago
and she appeared favorably impressed. The president was one of a number of speakers at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Chi Hoo Tso Indian Market Place on the site of the old Window Rock Flea Market. Most emphasized how fast six months the project has come together and that it is for the vendors who had to be evicted last year. Begaye did not mention the approaching loss of about 90 well-paying jobs due to the departure of Packard-Hughes Interconnect from Fort Defiance. That loss will be partially offset by about 70 positions when the new complex in the heart of the Navajo Nation capital’s business district opens this summer. But it will be a model that can be copied throughout the reservation, he said. Begaye pointed to the 17 people who will work under a Navajo manager at the Sandia Oil Company’s Fina convenience store that also will contain the reservation’s first drive-through car wash, along with an automatic teller machine and fuel pumps. It will be located across from Wells Fargo Bank, on the northeast side of the six-acre triangle at the junction of Bureau of Indian Affairs Route 12 and Arizona Route 264. Begaye said that among the other projects that will add jobs are the Antelope Point Marina at Lake Powell 250 permanent positions when the tribe and National Park Service complete a business site lease and contract for the concessionaire, which he did not name. The NPS currently has only one concessionaire, a large international corporation, for the huge Glen Canyon National Recreation Area that surrounds Lake Powell’s 1,900-mile shoreline. The president said the Road King Travel Center on Interstate 40 at Navajo, Ariz., will establish 140 new jobs. Being an opponent of gambling, he did not mention the plans for a casino on the site, but did mention a hotel, visitors center, restaurant, several fast food restaurants, gas sales and a recreational vehicle park. Karigan Estates Day Care Center in St. Michaels will take care of 150 children and establish 30 new jobs, along with a new office (28,000 square-feet, two stories) for the Economic Development Division headquarters. There also will be a 213-house subdivision. The last project he cited is the Dilkon Shopping Center, which will be anchored by a small Bashas’ Din Market of about 15,000 square feet in its 25,000 square feet of buildings. He did not say how many jobs the center will establish. Sandia Oil Company of Albuquerque will also have four more buildings and maybe five at the Chi Hoo Tso Indian Market Place, including a 16-store Indian vendors building fronted by an outdoor amphitheater for cultural performances and a semi-circular roofed open air vendors boardwalk. The Navajo Nation’s Economic Development Committee on March 14 approved the lease for Sandia to be the developer and operator of the new market place. The lease is for 25 years with a 25-year renewal option, with the rent waived the first two years and a fee of 1.5 percent to 3 percent of the business. The guaranteed lease payment to the tribe of $28,000 minimum also will be waived for the first two years. Sandia also agreed to complete it within two years, but plans call for the first businesses to open by the Fourth of July holiday. The corporation now operates two grocery markets in Pine Hill and Navajo, N.M., plus a store and fast food outlet in Pinon. Cost of the project is put at almost $2 million, with Sandia’s portion being about $1.6 million. Speaker after speaker made it sound as if the project was only for the vendors who had to be removed from the crowded sandy lot last year, reportedly for a lack of sanitation, as well as water facilities. They moved west on Highway 264 about a quarter-mile. The Fort Defiance Regional Business Office then erected a 6-foot tall chain link fence and locked the gates to keep people from using it. Vendor Ed Upshaw spoke for the vendors, relating the waiting and expected delays cut short when Sandia President Doug Adams convinced Fort Defiance RBDO Director Arlene Touchin of his sincerity to feature the vendors. The Navajo Election Administration plans to move into a 3,800-square-foot building at the southwest corner of the site. Next to its building will be a restaurant pad, not yet nailed down by anyone. Another unclaimed pad will be located south of Sandia’s convenience store. Economic Development Division Director Tony Skrelunas
said the Navajo Tourism Department also wants to open a visitor’s
center near the intersection. Currently the Peterson Zah-Navajo Nation
Museum and Library houses the department and a visitors center. | Top |
Suspect held in cop attack Jim Maniaci — Dinee Bureau WINDOW ROCK — The man wanted for knocking a Navajo police officer unconscious with a rock was arrested Wednesday, but no details were available Thursday. The Navajo Criminal Investigations Department said only
that Peterson Herder, 42, who lives south of Mile Post 20 on U.S.
1964 in the western part of Shiprock, was arrested, but did not specify
the charges. When he learned of the incident, Acting Chief of Law
Enforcement Capt. Francis Bradley said he wanted the case turned over
to the Safe Trails Task Force after the tribal detectives finished
their investigation. This would mean Herder faces a possible longer
sentence in U.S. prison, if convicted, than if tribal courts handled
the case because of the limit the federal government places on Indian
court sentences. Shiprock District detectives reported that the suspect
rammed his wife’s pickup truck and fled. Two officers on foot
began a search for him, and Officer Harold Moses found the suspect
in a wash. When they struggled as Moses tried to arrest him, Herder
hit him with a rock on the side of the head as well as damaging his
uniform, flashlight and eyeglasses. Herder faces possible tribal charges of aggravated assault
on a police officer, criminal damage and resisting arrest. If the
case is turned over to the Safe Trails Task Force he would face a
possible charge of attempted murder of a peace officer on a federal
reservation. Safe Trails is a joint tribal-federal program to investigate
and prosecute serious crimes on the reservation. Stabbed while sleeping An 18-year-old Newcomb area man survived two stab wounds
in the back early Wednesday and drove himself to the IHS Shiprock
hospital with what Navajo detectives listed as life-threatening wounds. The Criminal Investigations Department report said Michael
Randolph was asleep in his home about 1.5 miles northeast of Newcomb,
east of Mile Post 58 on U.S. 666, around 3 a.m. when someone broke
into his mobile home and stabbed him. The investigation continues. Candle destroys home Bitter Springs mother and her two young sons were burned
out of their mobile home Wednesday morning when the youngest apparently
tried to relight a candle, Tuba City detectives believe. Caroline Turquoise, 24, was asleep with her two sons
in their two-bedroom mobile home in Bitter Springs at Mile Post 522
on U.S. 89 around 7 a.m. She woke up to find the room filled with smoke, and
lacking a fire extinguisher attempted to beat out the fire with a
blanket. When the heat became too intense, she grabbed the boys and
fled. Neighbors also tried to extinguish the fire with a bucket
brigade, but the fire was too much. The city fire department came
from Page, about 25 miles to the north, to put out the fire and keep
it from spreading. The Bodaway-The Gap Chapter family lost everything in
the blaze. Fired judge to appeal to entire Navajo council Jim Maniaci — Diné Bureau WINDOW ROCK — The Eastern Agency tribal judge rejected by the Judiciary Committee and the Navajo Nation president for permanent status has issued a statement saying she will leave it up to the full Navajo Nation Council to decide. Sharon M. Johnson, who served her two-year probation in the three-court Ramah Judicial District, traveling among Ramah, Canoncito (Tó Hajiilee) and Alamo, said she was disappointed to learn that President Kelsey Begaye had terminated her. “I hope to convince the entire Navajo Nation Council that my hearing for permanent judgeship was done incorrectly and unfairly,” she said in a prepared statement. Johnson said she could not get a copy of the presidential letter when she learned of Begaye’s decision. “Therefore I do not know the basis for the denial. It seems only fair that I be made aware for the reasons for my denial,” she said “I believe I was qualified to assume the position as a permanent judge ... only to have my appointment be derailed by a group of Navajos consisting of my former in-laws and another Navajo judge. It is unfortunate that vicious ... vendetta statements of hearsay nature have now become the basis to consider appointments to permanent Navajo judgeships,” she continued. Under tribal law, a judge serves a two-year probationary
period before a confirmation hearing by the council’s Judiciary
Committee. The committee’s recommendation then goes to the president
for his recommendation by a formal resolution to the council. Begaye
expects to have that ready for the spring session, April 16-20... | Top |
NAPI board member has degree in agribusiness Larry Di Giovanni — Staff Writer MONTEZUMA CREEK, Utah — In what may herald a new
leadership philosophy at the tribal farm enterprise, a new NAPI board
member with a master’s degree in agribusiness management has
signed on. The appointment of Gary H. Nelson of Chandler, Ariz.,
to the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry Board of Directors was
submitted Wednesday to the Navajo Nation Economic Development Committee,
meeting for its regular weekly meeting at the Montezuma Creek Clinic.
Nelson’s appointment, offered by Derrick Watchman, Navajo President
Kelsey Begaye’s chief of staff, was approved by a 7-0 vote for
a period of six months. Watchman said one of Nelson’s most impressive credentials,
besides his agribusiness education at Brigham Young University, is
that he was general manager of the Lone Butte Mountain Industrial
Park from 1991-99, an enterprise of the Gila River (Ariz.) Indian
community. He was responsible for managing the 720-acre park, involving
job and revenue creation as well as marketing and promotion... Los Lunas woman dies in rollover Staff Report GALLUP — A Los Lunas woman died Thursday evening after a one-vehicle rollover on Interstate 40. Rose Marie Harris, 54, was driving a utility vehicle eastbound just east of Thoreau at 4:30 p.m. when the vehicle drifted off the road onto the left shoulder, according to a New Mexico State Police report. The driver overcorrected, causing the vehicle to jerk back onto the highway and into the median, where it overturned. Harris was trapped under the vehicle and was pronounced dead due to head injuries by deputy medical investigator Ernest Martinez of Grants. Front passenger Warren Harris, 59, of Jarales, N.M., and back passenger Joseph Tapia, 35, of Santa Fe, had minor injuries and were taken to Cibola General Hospital. State Police Capt. Glenn Thomas said alcohol was involved
on the part of the driver. Everyone in the vehicle was wearing seatbelts,
including the driver. Milan death suspect in New Mexico Tara Drolma — Staff Writer GRANTS — The man charged with the murder of Christopher Pervorse,
46, of Bluewater, was brought back to New Mexico on Thursday. James L. Bell, 25, was returned to Albuquerque to stand trial on
federal charges stemming from an incident last fall on State Road
64 about 18 miles from the Arizona border. Those charges are not
related to the murder of Pervose. Manager murdered According to police reports, Bell got as far as the Bluewater Travel
Center. He stopped for gas and something to eat, but when he was
ready to leave, his car would not start. Pervorse, who had a reputation
for helping people, helped Bell with the car. When they couldn’t
get it started, Bell asked Pervorse to give him a ride into Milan. Authorities are not sure what happened between Bluewater and Milan,
but about 7:30 p.m. Pervorse pulled his 2001 Dodge pickup truck
into the Crossroads Motel and came to an abrupt stop. Chris Alvarado, who manages the motel, and her 11 year-old daughter
heard the noise and ran outside just as a man fitting Bell’s
description jumped from the truck and ran around the back of it
to the driver’s side. Alvarado said the suspect opened the driver’s door and slammed
Pervorse’s body to the ground, jumped into the truck and sped
off, crossing the median and heading west. Pervorse died shortly afterwards from six bullet wounds in his
right side. On March 2 officers in Hemet, Calif., impounded the stolen pickup
after they were alerted Bell was in the area. Bell was not in the
truck at the time, but most of his belongings were. He had loaned
the truck to friends who used it to go to the store. About 8 p.m. March 11, Elmore got a tip Bell was headed for the
neighboring town of Temecula. He said he was at his home in Temecula
when he was notified and he grabbed his revolver and his cell phone
and jumped in his car. Elmore said he knew what road they were on and he had a description
of the vehicle. He said he literally <cm DSQ>headed them off
at the pass.<cm DEQ> When he saw the car, he turned his vehicle
around and followed it into an apartment complex in Temecula. He
watched Bell and a woman he had pressured into giving him a ride
enter the house. Earlier in the day, a man fitting Bell’s description entered
a home in a retirement community and beat an 88-year-old man and
his 83-year-old wife as he demanded money from them. The woman was
able to escape and she ran to the neighbors and phoned police. Bell
escaped before police arrived and they were unable to find him. Earlier arrest on Navajo On Sept. 21, 2000, Bell was arrested in the Four Corners area after
he almost ran into a Navajo police car. Bell told officers he didn’t have a driver’s license. Bell was belligerent and Joe noticed the vehicle was freshly painted so he returned to John’s vehicle to call for additional police units. John told Bell to look for the ID. Bell opened a blue backpack that was on the back seat and John noticed what looked like a package of drugs. He told Bell to put his hands on the steering wheel and Bell refused. Joe returned to the driver’s side of the car and saw Bell reaching for a .38 Special revolver that was on the floor near his feet. Joe told Bell to place his hands in clear view. As Joe opened the car door he noticed a 12-gauge shotgun on the floor behind the driver’s seat. A K-9 dog searched the car and found marijuana. Bell was placed
under arrest and officers searched the car. Bell was taken to Albuquerque where he was charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, possession of a firearm that has had the serial number obliterated or altered and was shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, and transport of a stolen vehicle in interstate commerce. Bell was scheduled to appear before Magistrate Judge Sevette for a detention hearing. | Top
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Cibola parents get more time on Title IX Tara Drolma — Staff Writer GRANTS — The Grants/Cibola County Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) for Title VII and Title IX programs has until May 21 to file the application for Title IX funding rather than April 9, the date given to them by the state last week. At the committee meeting on Thursday, Assistant Superintendent Adela Holder, coordinator for federal programs for the Grants/Cibola County School District, told the group the application for Title IX funds for the 2001-02 school year is not due until May 21. At a meeting last week, Roselyn Carroll, consultant for the Indian Education Unit of the State Department of Education, told them the final date for submitting the application was April 9. At that time Holder said she thought the date was later. The parent committee, which was not formed until the school year
was half over, will have time to prepare a needs assessment for
Native American students and their parents to fill out and will
have input into the drafting of the application.... | Top
| Man charged with murder Tom Purdom — Staff Writer GRANTS — The Cibola County grand jury on Wednesday
charged Felix Griego with an open count of murder in the March 9
stabbing death of Katherine Harry in Milan. Griego, 47, of Grants also is charged with tampering
with evidence because the grand jury determined he allegedly hid
the murder weapon. Harry, 59, was stabbed at her home, 707 Russell St.,
Milan, around 8 p.m. March 9. Harry called Milan Police and told
the dispatcher Griego stabbed her and that he was standing next
to her in the kitchen. Milan Police officer Pat Salazar went to the house
and as he was pulling up spotted Griego leaving the house. Salazar
handcuffed Griego, went into the house and found Harry on the floor
bleeding from her right side. About 10 minutes later, an ambulance arrived and Harry
was taken to Cibola General Hospital in Grants. Milan police arrested Griego, who later told them
where he had put the knife in the backyard of Harry’s home. Harry lived for less than five days. On March 14 Dr.
Karl Gutierez pronouned her dead. Griego has not been arraigned and no bond has been
set in the case. Sex charges In another high-profile case the grand jury charged
Martin Molina of Grants with criminal sexual penetration in the
first degree of a child less than 13 years old. It is the second
sex with a child crime Molina has been charged with by the grand
jury. The first was criminal sexual contact with a minor,
which allegedly occurred Nov. 10, 2000.The criminal sexual penetration
charge is a first-degree felony, meaning Molina faces up to 18 years
in prison and/or a fine up to $15,000. The criminal sexual contact
charge is a third-degree felony, meaning he faces up to three years
in prison and/or a fine up to $5,000. Other charges The grand jury also:Indicted Jessie Sandoval, 42,
of Grants on charges of felony possession of a controlled substance
and use or possession of drug paraphernalia. Grants police allegedly
found crack cocaine on him on March 3. The drug charge is a fourth-degree
felony, punishable by up to 18 months in jail and/or a fine up to
$5,000. The drug paraphernalia charge is a misdemeanor, meaning
he could face up to six months in jail for that charge. Indicted Steve. W. Overson, 29, of Milan on charges
of unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, disorderly conduct and assault
stemming from a Feb. 12 incident. Overson faces up to two and one-half
years behind bars and/or fines totaling $5,000. The contributing and conspiracy charges are fourth-degree
felonies and the other two charges are misdemeanors. If convicted
and sentenced to the maximum amount allowed by the law, Roberts
and Martinez face up to four years behind bars and fines up to $10,000. Indicted David A. Hernandez, 18, of Gallup, on a charge
of robbery. According to the indictment Hernandez allegedly took
a purse from a woman on March 11, a third-degree felony. Hernandez
faces up to three years in prison and/or a fine of not more than
$5,000. Another judicial matter Judge Louis P. McDonald sentenced Shawn Dukart, 32,
to 106 days in jail for aggravated driving while under the influence
of alcohol or drugs (third offense) and driving while his license
was suspended or revoked. | Top
| Window Rock sweeps Pinon Michael Peretti — Staff Sports Writer FT. DEFIANCE, Ariz. — The Window Rock Scouts
and Pinon Lady Eagles picked up conference wins in a baseball and
softball doubleheader Thursday afternoon in Ft. Defiance. The Window Rock boys swept the Eagles 14-1 and 17-2.
The Lady Scouts weren’t as lucky, falling to Pinon 11-8 in
the conference game before coming back strong in the second to win
9-2. Only the first game of the doubleheaders counted in
the 3A North Conference standings. Baseball Window Rock was quick to make a statement in the first
game, jumping on Pinon right away. The Scouts scored seven of their first eight batters
in the bottom of the first inning, with DeWayne Morgan hitting a
lead off home run in the team’s first at-bat in the game. Augustine
Anderson, Ronaldo Bowman and Darren Joe each hit triples and Scott
Begay hit a double. In his second at-bat of the inning, Morgan hit
a double. By the end of the first inning Window Rock was ahead
7-0. In the second inning Window Rock added three more runs on two
hits, including a J. Kaulity home run. In the third Pinon got a
runner on, but he was left on base as Window Rock kept their 10-0
lead. In the bottom of the third the Scouts continued to
push their lead, adding three runs on two more hits. The third inning
was Anderson’s turn to hit a home run to add to the Scouts
lead. The Eagles finally got on the scoreboard in the top
of the fourth, getting a batter on after he was hit by a pitch and
then scoring on an F. Tso single. In the bottom of the fourth Window
Rock went down 1-2-3-4, all to strikeouts. Four Window Rock batters
struck out in the inning, but one made it to first safely on a passed
ball. Pinon went down in order in the top of the fifth to
end the game. Picking up the win for Window Rock was Lawrence Hickson
(2-0) giving up one run in five innings. Game 2 The Eagles kept the game close early before Window
Rock pulled away for the win. Softball “We should have won the first game,” said
the Window Rock head coach. “We need to get more mentally prepared.
The girls have to be able to finish games.” The Lady Scouts gave up five rruns in the fifth inning
to give Pinon the lead and the Lady Eagles would not need any more,
holding off a three-run fifth inning by Window Rock to come out
with the district win. Pinon jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first, scoring
a pair of runs on two walks and two hits. In the bottom of the inning the Lady Scouts were able
to cut the Eagle lead in half, scoring a run on an error and a sacrifice
by Doranda Denetclaw. The Lady Eagles added three runs on two hits
and two walks, including a triple by Lorena Sage. Pinon scored five runs on five hits in the fifth,
doubling their score to 10-2. Window Rock scored three runs on one hit, two walks
and a hit batter in the bottom of the inning, and then scored one
in the sixth and two in the seventh, but Pinon was able to hold
onto their lead and get the district win. Finishing the game with the win for Pinon was Shanon Kivine, giving up eight runs in seven innings. The loss was registered by Monica Nelson (2-2), giving up 10 runs in seven innings Game 2 A big fourth inning gave the Lady Scouts the win in
the second game. Pinon scored their only two runs in the first inning,
getting both on two hits. The Lady Eagles would only get two baserunners
the rest of the way. Trailing after the top of the first, Window Rock tied
the game in the bottom of the inning scoring two runs on three walks
and a hit. In the second the Lady Scouts loaded the bases but failed
to convert, stranding all three. Window Rock took the lead in the fourth, scoring one
run on a hit and two walks. Window Rock closed the game scoring six runs on three
walks and three hits in the bottom of the fourth. “We used the second game as a tool to play some
of our players that don’t get to play very much,” said
Pinon head coach Mark Hall. “There are a lot of things we need
to work on before the conference tournament.” Picking up the win was Natasha Atcitty (1-0) giving
up two runs in five innings. Window Rock (3-6, 0-3 conference) plays today at 1:30
against Moriarty in the Shiprock Softball Invitational in Shiprock. | Top
| Deaths Annie Frances Cresto GALLUP — Services for Annie Frances Cresto, 75,
will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, March 31 at the East Aztec Baptist Church.
Pastor Gene Turk will officiate. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial
Park. Cresto died March 28 in Gallup. She was born Dec. 17,
1925 in Gallup and was a life-long resident. She retired from the California Supermarkets after 25
years as a bookkeeper. Survivors include her daughters, Barbara Comer and Judy
Howlett of Gallup; son, Glenn Cresto of Gallup; sisters Retha Davis
of San Angelo and Lillian Kuziel of Kalamazoo, Mich. Cresto was preceded in death by her husband Pete Cresto;
parents Abner and Plantaganet Davis; son, Ron Cresto; brothers Edward
Davis, Frank Davis, Norman Davis and Roy Davis and sister, Editha
Nelson. Pallbearers will be Robert Cresto, Steve Cresto, Joe
DiGregorio, Mike Mataya, Keith Wallace and Dick White. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Jennie Saucedo GALLUP — Services for Jennie Saucedo, 83, will
be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Marcch 31 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic
Church. Fr. Diego Mazon, OFM. will officiate. A rosary will be held at 7 p.m. tonight at Rollie Mortuary. Saucedo died March 27 in Gallup. She was born December
7, 1917 in Eagle Pass, Texas. Saucedo was a member of the North side Senior Citizens. Survivors include her daughters, Racheal Arriola and
Cecilia Garcia, both of Gallup, 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her second husband, Trinidad
Saucedo; parents Alejandro and Guadalupe Espinosa; daughter, Patsy
Martinez; son, Arthur Perales; brothers Antonio Espinosa, Henry Charles
Espinosa, Simon Espinosa and sister Gregoria Santiallnes. Pallbearers will be Christopher P. Carrillo, Anthony
R. Garcia, Joseph W. Garcia Jr., Manuel Garcia, Faron L. Madrid and
Patricia A. Parra. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements Moses Wright ALBUQUERQUE — Services for Moses Wright, 90, were
held at 11:30 a.m. today, March 30, at San Jose De Duranes Catholic
Church, Albuquerque. Burial followed at Santa Fe National Cemetery. Wright died March 27 in Albuquerque. He was born May
15, 1910, in Magdalena. Survivors include his daughter, Pauline Montoya; brother,
Sam Wright; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Wright was preceded in death by sisters, Josephine Sanchez,
Lucy Wright and Pauline Baca. Pallbearers were Miguel Montoya, Adrian Montoya, Anthony
Baca, Rudy Wright Jr., Matthew Wright, Jake Perea and John Martinez. Jimmy Hosteen PRETTY ROCK — Services for Jimmy Hosteen, 70, will
be announced at a later date. Hosteen died March 29 in Gallup. He was born Dec. 10,
1930, in Bread Springs. A family meeting will be held at 5 p.m. tonight at Tseyatoh
Chapter. Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Annie Apachito LOS NORIAS — Services for Annie G. Apachito, 74,
will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 31 at the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints, Ramah Ward. Bishop Lambson will officiate.
Burial will follow in the Ramah Community Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at
the church. Apachito died March 27 in Los Norias. She was born Sept.
14, 1926 in Los Norias to the Sleeping Rock People Clan for the Apache
People Clan. Survivors include her husband Jose Apachito of Los Norias;
daughter Lilly E. Pino of Los Norias; sister Achnibah Apachito of
Los Norias; brother, Juan Herbert Garcia of Los Norias, three grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Yvonne Boyd REHOBOTH — Services are pending for Yvonne Boyd,
64 of Rehoboth. Boyd died March 29. She was born July 12, 1936, into
the Meadow People Clan for the Black Streak People Clan. Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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