Gallup teen charged with kidnapping
Andrea Egger
Staff Writer
GALLUP — A Gallup man who said he tied up and hid a man in
the trunk of his car as a "prank" was indicted by grand
jurors last week in the kidnapping.
Adrian Weigl, 19, also faces charges of conspiracy to commit kidnapping,
tampering with evidence and battery, according to the indictment
released Friday.
After charges were dismissed in Gallup Magistrate Court, Weigl
appeared at the Independent and wanted to tell his side of the
story. An earlier story from victim Joey Cordova was reported
in the paper on Aug. 12.
But Weigl thought the dismissal of the charges meant the case
would be dropped. He was wrong.
Assistant District Attorney James Bierly simply took the case
before grand jurors.
Also indicted were accused co-conspirators Gloria Garcia and Samuel
Buckinghorse, all on the same four charges.
They are accused of the kidnapping which occurred Aug. 6, a Saturday
night.
While Cordova showed scars and talked of a night of terror, Weigl
had a different viewpoint. He said he just wanted to play a joke
on Cordova.
He expected Cordova to take it that way, since they were friends.
"I've been thrown in the trunk of my own car several times,
and I didn't charge anyone with kidnapping. I just lay down and
wait for them to let me out," Weigl said.
Weigl said he has been friends with Cordova since they were in
middle school together. Cordova was at a party at Weigl's grandfather's
store.
Weigl approached Cordova and told Cordova to quit spreading rumors
about Weigl. Cordova hit Weigl three times on the side of the
head with a full can of beer.
"When he did that, it made me so mad I wanted to fight with
him. Then he came at me with a chair," Weigl said.
That's when Weigl and his two friends held Cordova down and duct-taped
his feet after handcuffing his wrists. Garcia and Buckinghorse
helped Weigl throw him in the trunk of Weigl's car. They drove
to McGaffey.
There, Weigl took Cordova out of the trunk and took off the handcuffs
and duct tape. Weigl told Cordova that Cordova should have just
apologized for spreading the rumors, and the three wouldn't have
taken him to McGaffey.
Weigl told him he was going to take his friends home and come
back for Cordova later, after he'd had time to think, and then
take Cordova home.
That's when Cordova found a park ranger and called the police.
The park ranger later found Weigl and his friends after they ran
out of gas on N.M. 118. Weigl and his friends said they had been
camping and didn't mention Cordova.
Cordova later met up with the park ranger and the three occupants
of the car after talking with New Mexico State Police officers.
Cordova identified Weigl and the others as the ones who kidnapped
him and took him to McGaffey.
Since the story ran in the newspaper in August, Weigl said he's
had a hard time keeping a job. He was employed at the time by
his grandfather at Sutherland Furniture Co.
His grandfather fired him because Weigl had been in trouble with
the law as a juvenile, and his family had told him if he got in
trouble again, he wouldn't have a job. Weigl admitted he has a
record but didn't want to go into his charges as a juvenile.
Juvenile records are sealed, so charges against Weigl couldn't
be confirmed.
Since being fired from Sutherland, Weigl has gone through several
jobs, and he believes the article naming him as a kidnapper caused
the problems.
"It was just a prank. I've had that done to me before and
I didn't see anything wrong with it," Weigl said. "I
never cried kidnapping. He was a friend of mine."
Weigl said he "feels bad" that Cordova took the situation
the wrong way. Weigl also felt bad that when he and his friends
took the handcuffs off Cordova, Cordova had purple marks on his
hands, showing that the handcuffs were too tight.
Weigl wishes Cordova had told them the handcuffs were too tight.
Weigl would have loosened them.
"I was so drunk I didn't pay attention to nothing,"
he said.
He said he and his friends drank four 30-packs of beer among them
that night.
"I just want it known that the charges were dismissed and
I'm sorry for it. I wish it never happened," Weigl said.
The kidnapping charge is a first-degree felony, which carries
a basic sentence of 18 years in prison. Conspiracy to commit
kidnapping is a second-degree felony with a basic sentence of
nine years in prison.
Tampering with evidence is a fourth-degree felony with a basic
sentence of 18 months in prison. Battery is a misdemeanor, which
usually causes a probation sentence.
With the sentences combined, Weigl and the others could face up
to 28 years in prison.
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County wants 'Downtown Plaza' with new
tax
Bill Donovan
Staff Writer
GALLUP — If the voters in McKinley County give their approval
on September 11 for a new tax, Gallup may join other cities in the
state that have their own downtown plazas.
Acommittee formed last year to look into the various options if money
came available to build a new county government building is considering
a proposal that would develop the area just north of the present courthouse
as a plaza.
County commissioner Harry Mendoza who is a member of that committee,
said that's one of several options now being considered by the committee.
Other options include building a new government building in another
part of the city or in the county just outside the city.
Before any final determination is made, however, the voters would
have to agree to allow the county to impose an additional quarter
of a cent gross receipts tax, which would add one cent of tax for
every four dollars that is spent.
Mendoza said that if and when the tax is approved and before the final
decision is made on which option to pursue, public hearings will be
held to get the opinion of county residents.
In looking at the various options that are available, one thing is
certain. The present county government building and courthouse will
not be torn down to build a new one because it is has been designated
an historical building, having been built by the WPA in 1938 during
the last days of the Great Depression.
"What we'll be looking at," said Mendoza, "is using
the present facility just as a courthouse."
There are already courtrooms on the second floor and the committee
is envisioning converting the first floor into courtrooms as well,
in preparation for the day in the not so distant future when a third
judge is assigned to this district.
The third floor, which now houses offices for the county, would probably
be too expensive to renovate so the plans currently are to use that
area for storage.
If the county decides to build government offices downtown, the committee
has been looking at a proposal for the construction of two buildings
which would be built on the east and west side of the present building
. Those areas are currently being used for parking. The new buildings
would be designed to compliment the present courthouse.
Parking for employees and visitors to the complex would be located
just to the south, which now consists of a group of houses.
Mendoza said talks with the owners of the property south of the courthouse
have indicated a willingness to sell. The county also has the right
to require the owners to sell by agreeing to pay fair market value
for the property.
The plaza part of the idea consists of plans to develop the area just
north of the present facility by closing off Hill Street in front
of the courthouse and purchasing the buildings directly across the
street from the courthouse from Puritan Bakery on east.
The area would be converted into a plaza with a series of shops around
a fountain something like the one in Santa Fe, said Mendoza.
"This would be a tremendous benefit to downtown Gallup,"
he said, pointing out that the plaza could be used for special events
such as concerts to attract people to the downtown area. It would
also be an area where local residents and tourists would just visit
to relax and maybe have a bite to eat.
There are a number of cities in New Mexico which already have a plaza
and all of them have profited from them to the point where Mendoza
said he was sorry that Gallup hasn't created a plaza before this.
The committee also looked at land west of State Road 602 owned by
Gamerco and Associates but Mendoza said to develop there would be
expensive because of the cost of putting in water lines. The committee
has also looked at the possibility of building at the site of the
old armory.
"The majority of the committee, however, wants to keep it downtown,"
Mendoza said.
Mendoza said preliminary estimates indicate that the cost to build
downtown with a plaza will be about $11 million to $12 million. The
new tax would generate between $900,000 and $1 million a year.
If the voters approve the new tax, he said, "we could go out
to bid on the project by January 1 and have it competed in 18 months."
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Grants' inmates graduate against all
odds
Tom Purdom
Staff Writer
GRANTS — Michelle Duncan went the distance to get her high school
diploma and she did it in style Friday.
The 30-year-old South African born-and-raised former drug dealer and
user walked the graduation line with 24 other women, all inmates at
New Mexico Women's Correction Facility in Grants, to get her diploma
while more than 100 other inmates, staff and guests filled the inside
of the prison with thunderous applause.
It appeared as if the women walked a little taller on their way to
pick up the diplomas, and their families those that could make it
smiled proudly in a courtyard at the prison decked with ribbons and
flowers under an overcast sky which threatened rain at any moment.
Though each broke the law and were paying dearly for it with days,
weeks, months and years behind bars and their lives strictly regimented,
each was doing something to make themselves better.
The students getting their diplomas were not the only ones to be honored
for accomplishments. Some 15 women were honored for getting a vocational
education, one got an associate of arts degree and 66 more completed
a class called "Corrective Thinking," which has a long waiting
list of women wanting to take the course under the direction of instructor
Stan Clark.
Under the class theme of "Your Life, Your Future, Your Decision,"
the 24 high school graduates filed out of the facility gymnasium to
waiting chairs and as each walked from the huge building onto the
grassy courtyard to the traditional"Pomp and Circumstance"
they were greeted with a chorus of applause, calls of encouragement
and tears streaming down the faces of some very proud relatives.
A tradition at the prison facility, Warden Bill Snodgrass spoke to
the women telling them each year they make it a little bit better.
Looking directly at the graduates he said, "This is your day,
your time." And then turning to the crowd of relatives and inmates
in a sea of faces he added: "These young ladies today are successful.
To each graduate, I want to thank you for your hard work and determination."
As Snodgrass talked it was as if he was talking to each, personally.
Duncan smiled. Her journey was just beginning. At 15 years old, she
dropped out of school in South Africa and even dropped out of family
life as well. Saving her money, she bought airfare to the United States
in 1992 and began working in a carnival traveling throughout southern
California. For a living she cleaned mobile homes and then supplemented
her meager income selling methamphetamine.
On Jan. 4, 2000, she was busted for drug possession in New Mexico
and wound up in Grants. She has a knack for working with computers
and hopes to work with them when she gets out of prison in two more
months.
"I felt that while I was here I might as well get some good out
of it," Duncan said. "This has been a hard lesson. I will
work on my addiction and I think now I'll get support from my parents."
Another inmate with a huge smile on her face was Twyla Clark, a 23-year-old
Roswell-born-and-raised woman who dropped out of school when she was
a sophomore in high school. "I just wasn't interested in school
at all," she gave as a short explanation why her high school
career was cut short.
She likes to be called TJ and until Friday had not seen her mother
in two years. But that changed as her mother and father sat in the
crowd watching their daughter graduate, finally.
"My mother (who is living in Oklahoma) wrote me saying she couldn't
be here (for the graduation)," Clark said. "But when I looked
out in the crowd, there she was and I cried."
Clark has a sobering reason for getting a high school education: "When
I get out of here I know I'm going to need it (a high school education)
'cause you don't need a diploma to work at a Burger King, and I don't
want to work at a Burger King when I get out of here. I want better
for myself, now."
Clark did not want to say why she is in prison. She did say she has
13 more years to spend behind bars. "I'm going to make it,"
she said, her voice filled with determination.
Celeste Salcido was one of the speakers at the graduation ceremony.
She told the onlookers it took her five years to get her education
behind bars. "I gave up for about a year and a-half," she
said. "Then I started looking where I was heading. Today, I'd
like to thank all those who helped me get here.
Juliana Zepeda, 43, born and raised in Las Cruces, has been in, out
and back in the prison system. On Friday, dressed in a black robe,
Zepeda, legally blind from a horrific traffic accident, walked with
pride as she got her associate of arts degree. All she would say about
what put her behind bars was: "I broke the law."
But Zepeda also expressed a slightly different take on the 'why' behind
her prison experience. "I quit caring for myself," she said
with a knowing finality.
In October, she will get out of prison and even now she is applying
for scholarships to further her education when she no longer calls
prison, home.
"I've found out while I've been in here that you don't have to
adopt other peoples' reality, all you have to do is adopt your own
reality, that's all," Zepeda said.
Ironically, when all is said and done with her education, Zepeda wants
to be an attorney.
When Consuelo Vaughn, 26, walked to the front of the graduation line,
the applause, whistles and yells of encouragement was deafening and
she wore and ear-to-ear face-splitting grin.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Vaughn was 13-years-old when she dropped
out of school, pregnant and scared. She soon turned to trafficking
cocaine, a vocation she thought was going to be easy.
Along the way she became an electrician also. Vaughn needs a high
school education to get her journeyman electrician's license. She
gets out of prison March 1, 2002. "I just want to be somebody,"
Vaughn said.
Educator Stan Clark watched the women as they walked the graduation
diploma line. He later said he hoped each of them will make it on
the outside when they get out of prison. "This is an important
part of the year," he said. "But, I've learned you have
to take the 'let's wait and see' attitude. I do hope they make it."
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Padres rally to pull off upset
Titans complete 8 -1 season
Abelita Rose Freeland
Staff Sports Writer
THOREAU — The Padres came from a four-run deficit to upset the
Angels 8-5 in the Majors Division Game of Champions at Thoreau Little
League on Saturday afternoon at Giant Field.
In the Senior Division, the Titans wrapped up their 8-1 season with
a win over the Giants.
Padres 8, Angels 5
The Padres, 8-8 overall, handed the Angels just their second loss
of the season.
The Angels (14-2) scored all five of their runs in the top of the
third inning to take a 5-1 lead.
Robin Saunders led off for the Angels with a walk. Marcus Toya, William
Sautin and Raynaldin Saunders all followed with RBI triples to right
field. The next two runs scored when Jesus Quinoes hit a 200-feet
over-the-fence homer to give the Angels a 5-1 advantage before they
were held scoreless the rest of the game.
The Padres came back to score two runs in the bottom of the third
inning.
The first batter flew out to Angels' centerfielder Robin Saunders.
Three batters were then walked to load the bases.
With two outs, Jordan and T.J. Rousseau were also walked to walk in
the two runs before Angels pitcher Quinoes struck out the last batter.
The Padres held the Angels scoreless in the top of the fourth inning
and proceeded to take control of the game with five runs in the bottom
of the inning.
Angels pitcher Quinoes continued to struggle when he walked the first
two Padres batters before being replaced by Toya.
Joe Wylie registered the first hit off Toya with a two-RBI triple.
The next batter struck out looking and Dillon Elkins followed with
a walk. The last runs were scored off a two-RBI triple by Jaycee Cotant.
Quinoes, now playing shortstop, then made a play to first base and
catcher Zach Willie picked off a runner at second for the final two
outs.
The Angels were held once again in the top of the fifth and sixth
innings. In the top of the fifth inning, Padres pitcher Nick Elkins
struck out three batters. In the top of the sixth inning, Lane Sautin
reached base when he was hit by a pitch. With two outs, William Sautin
left his little brother on base when he went down looking at a third
strike.
Padres pitcher Nick Elkins went the distance for the victory. He finished
with 13 strikeouts, eight hits, three walks and hit a batter in six
innings.
T.J. Rousseau led the Padres at the plate going 2-for-3.
Quinoes registered the pitching loss for the Angels with six strikeouts,
11 walks and two hits. Toya finished the game with two strikeouts,
four hits and two walks.
Raynaldin Saunders and Zach Willie led the Angels' hitting both going
2-for-3 at the plate.
Titans 10, Giants 3
The Titans got off to a slow start before before a three-run fourth
opened up a close 2-1 game.
David Taylor led off the fourth inning with a double to right field.
Donovan Willie had the next hit with an RBI single and Levi Barr was
hit by a pitch. The last runs were scored on a two-RBI double to center
field by Dewayne Moore.
The Giants were held in the bottom of the fourth inning with relief
pitcher Rowdy Aragon getting his first two strikeouts.
The Titans added two more runs to their lead in the top of the fifth
inning.
Mick Mann led off with a single to left field and later stole around
the bases to score. Aragon walked and was sacrificed in by Taylor.
The Giants scored one run in the bottom of the fifth inning when Jose
Miller hit a single and later stole home.
Three more runs were scored by the Titans in the top of the sixth
inning.
Willie led off with a walk and was hit in on an RBI double by Dwayne
Moore. Moore was later thrown out at home on an attempted steal. Doug
Moore followed with a single and also stole home. Mann scored the
last run when he walked and Aragon hit an RBI single up the middle
of the field.
The Giants couldn't recover from their 10-2 deficit in the bottom
of the sixth inning with only one run scored.
Matthew Ramone scored the run with a single and was hit in on an RBI
triple by Gordon House.
Dewayne Moore pitched up the victory with three strikeouts, two hits
and two walks. Aragon finished the game with five
strikeouts, a walk, four hits and a hit batter.
Moore also led at the plate, going 3-for-4. Mann was 2-for-3.
Kevin Yazzie registered the pitching loss going the distance with
nine strikeouts, three walks, 12 hits and a hit batter.
House led the Giants batting going 2-for-3.
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Defendant from UFO case faces competency
hearing
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Out of a group of UFO buffs grew a murder
plot against the wife of one member of the group who once allegedly
claimed he was an extraterrestrial, prosecutors allege.
Girly Chew Hossencofft was last seen Sept. 9, 1999. Her body has not
been found. But prosecutors are seeking capital punishment if Diazien
Hossencofft, the victim's husband, and Linda Henning, Diazien's alleged
girlfriend, are convicted of kidnapping and murdering the diminutive
bank employee.
Fellow UFO enthusiast Bill Miller is charged with conspiracy to murder
the Maylasian immigrant, as well, the prosecution says. The group
used to meet weekly at a bookstore to talk about UFOs.
A competency hearing for Henning was scheduled here Monday before
state District Judge Frank Allen Jr...
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Navajo County OKs $24,000 for parking
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — The Navajo County Board of Supervisors in Holbrook
has approved up to $24,000 for Shipolovi to rent equipment and buy
materials to build parking areas in the Second Mesa Hopi Reservation
village.
The money will come from District II Supervisor Jesse Thompson's special
road projects account.
Supervisors also approved $7,724 for the Hard Rock Chapter to improve
roads in the Rocky Ridge area, with $3,185 to come from District I
Supervisor Percy Deal's special road projects account and the rest
from state funds.
The board agreed to use $3,000 from the county's economic development
account to help pay for a Northern Arizona University Center for American
Indian Economic Development market study of the Flagstaff-Winslow-Holbrook
region...
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Big rig blaze shuts down Interstate 40
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — A blowout on a big rig diesel caused a
fire that shut down eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 near
Gallup for almost four hours Sunday, state police said.
Trucker Willy Ensley, 42, of Houston, was hauling a load of folding
chairs when the blowout occurred in Ensley's right front tire around
2:45 p.m., state police Maj. Ted Branch said.
The rim and tire got caught under the fuel tank, ruptured the tank
and sparked the fire, he said.
"The entire tractor-trailer was basically engulfed after that,"
Branch said...
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Reservation roads to get big money
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — The Arizona State Transportation Board approved
about $4.5 million in highway contracts on Friday.
Largest of the contracts for this region was $3.4 million to Fann
Contracting of Prescott to improve drainage at two locations on
U.S. 163 north of Kayenta and to resurface more than 10 miles of
the route north of Kayenta.
The firm will replace three 8-foot diameter corroded pipes with
a concrete drainage culvert at El Capitan Wash (Mile Post 406) and
install inner liners in the two 10-foot diameter corroded drainage
pipes at Sage Creek (Mile Post 407), according to the Arizona Department
of Transportation...
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Beryllium workers: We were told to
keep quiet
DENVER (AP) — Two former Rocky Flats industrial hygienists
allege beryllium producer Brush Wellman objected when they put stringent
controls on the dangerous metal in the 1980s, worrying that other
customers would hear and stop using it.
"They told us we were going to destroy the beryllium industry,"
said Dennis Murphy, the industrial hygienist who cleaned up the
beryllium problem at the former nuclear weapons factory in the 1980s.
He was reacting to Brush Wellman's victory last week in Jefferson
County District Court, where the company was found not liable for
causing four Rocky Flats workers to suffer beryllium disease. The
Cleveland-based company argued poor management at Rocky Flats was
to blame.
The workers plan to seek a new trial or appeal, and 200 more victims
of the wasting lung ailment have similar lawsuits pending against
Brush Wellman...
N.M. communities to receive grants
The Associated Press
Seven New Mexico communities — including Gallup and Thoreau
— will share $1.4 million in grants from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture to foster economic development.
The funding will go toward programs in Dona Ana, Grant, Luna, McKinley,
Rio Arriba and Taos counties.
The Northwest New Mexico Community Development Corporation in Gallup
was awarded $750,000 to establish a revolving
loan fund for community development projects and the development
of new businesses.
The Gathering Place in Thoreau will receive a $57,000 grant to purchase
equipment and supplies, and provide technical assistance for the
expansion of catalog sales for Native American arts and crafts...
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Deaths
Vera D. Galanis
GALLUP — Services for Vera Galanis, 80, will be held at 2 p.m.,
Tuesday, July 3 at Rollie Mortuary-Palm Chapel. Rev. JM Barnard will
officiate. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park.
Galanis died June 30. She was born Sept. 23, 1920 in Durango, Colo.
Survivors include her son, George Galanis of Gallup; daughters, Linda
Galanis of Tularosa and Twila Galanis of Albuquerque; sister, Katherine
Lucero of Albuquerque; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Galanis; parents,
Evaristo and Josephine Vigil; sister, Eloisa Esquibel and Lillian
Velasquez; brothers, Albert Vigil, Joe Vigil and Sammy Vigil.
Pallbearers will be Robert Dimas, Jimmy Galanis, William Galanis,
Mark Mapes; Richard Marino and Bill Wilson.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Jerry King
FORT WINGATE — Services for Jerry King, 85, will be held at 10
a.m., Tuesday, July 03 at Rollie Mortuary-Palm Chapel. Burial will
follow at Sunset Memorial Park.
King died June 29 in Gallup. He was born Oct. 22, 1915 in Cove, Ariz.
into the One Who Walks Around You People Clan for the Bitterwater
People Clan.
King graduated from Fort Wingate High School in 1936. He served in
the US Army. He was employed by Intermountain School in Brigham City,
Utah, and transferred to Social Services with the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. He then transferred again to Fort Wingate Schools where he
retired.
Survivors include his wife, Ilene King of Fort Wingate; son, Raymond
King of Fort Defiance; daughter, Jerrilene King of Fort Wingate; brother,
Lewis King of Red Rock; 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
King was preceded in death by his parents; son, Leroy King; brothers,
Harvey Deswood, Loren Deswood, Woody Deswood, Jerome King, Jimmie
King, Harry Smith, Honaghaahnii Tsosie and Honaghaahnii Yazzie.
Pallbearers will be Leander M. Benally, Nolan Howard, Elton King,
Gregory B. King, Michael R. King, James Smith, Phillip Yazzie and
Theron Yazzie.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Grace S. Davis
WINDOW ROCK — Services for Grace Davis, 96, will be held at 1
p.m., Tuesday, July 3 at Ganado Presbyterian Church. Rev. Paul Stone
will officiate. Burial will follow at Mission Cemetery, Ganado.
Visitation will be held one hour prior to services.
Davis died June 29 in Fort Defiance, Ariz. She was born Dec. 27, 1904
in Tse awoozitahikid, Ariz.
Survivors include her sons, James J. Davis of Flagstaff, Roger C.
David of Window Rock and Spencer K. Johnston of Phoenix; daughters,
Grace McCullah-Ryan of Arroyo Seco, Dorothy Denny and Lena Ruth Wilson
both of Window Rock; brother, Guy Segar of Indian Wells, Ariz.; sister,
Olive Kee Joe of Indian Wells; 17 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren
and eight great-great grandchildren.
Davis was preceded in death by her husband, Roger Davis and mother,
Keasbah Yazzie.
Pallbearers will be Landis Davis, Roger Davis II, Tony Davis, Kevin
Denny, Phillip Denny, Henry Haskie, Brian McCullah,
Roger D. Tracy and Tommy Tracy.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Arnold James George
MARIANO LAKE — Services for Arnold George, 39, will be held at
10 a.m., Tuesday, July 03 at Mariano Lake Berean Mission. Pastor Jones
Dehiya will officiate. Burial will follow at Thoreau Community Cemetery.
George died June 28 in Albuquerque. He was born Jan. 18, 1962 in Rehoboth
into the Red Streak into Water for the Two Water Flows Together.
George graduated from Thoreau High School in 1981. He attended and
received a welding certificate from Salt Lake
Community College. He was a employed as a construction worker, self
employed artist and a mechanic. His hobbies included
collecting and listening to Rock-n-Roll music, bead work, drawing
and carving.
Survivors include his sons, Vincent Neil George of Fort McDowell,
Ariz. and Michael George of Salt Lake City, Utah; mother,
Julia Largo of Mariano Lake; brothers, Ronald Largo of Contiental
Divide and Harold Benally of Showlow, Ariz.; sisters,
Juliana George of Mariano Lake and Jennifer Charley of Albuquerque;
and grandmother, Mary George of Mariano Lake.
George was preceded in death by his father, Jimmy George and brother,
Donald James George.
Pallbearers will be Jay Largo, Ernest Largo, Harold Benally, Darrell
Thompson, Curtis Thompson and Alexander Largo.
The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services
at Mariano Lake Chapter House.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Marian P. Begay
COALMINE — Services for Marian Begay, 52, will be held at 10
a.m., Tuesday, July 03 at Good Shephard Mission. Rev.
Steven Plummer will officiate.
Begay was born April 19, 1949 in Fort Defiance, Ariz. into the Zia
Clan for the Red Running into the Water People Clan.
Begay attended elementary school in Tse Bonito and high school in
Riverside, Calif. Her hobbies included crocheting and sewing.
Survivors include her husband, Tom Kee Begay of Coalmine; sons, Terry
K. Begay of Fort Defiance, Ariz., Terryson Begay and Earl Begay both
of Coalmine; daughter, Melissa Begay of Coalmine; brothers, Steven
Plummer of Bluff, Utah and Roger Plummer of Rehoboth; sisters, Pauline
Dick of Fort Defiance, Noreen Hardy of Coalmine and Roseanne Sandoval
of
Shiprock; and 17 grandchildren.
Begay was preceded in death by her parents, Kee and Nancy Plummer.
Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Dorothy M. Johnston
GALLUP — Services for Dorothy Johnson, 96, will be announced
at a later date.
Johnston died June 29 in Gallup. She was born Dec. 13, 1904 in Pendleton,
Canada.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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