Wes Studi in Hillerman's "Skinwalkers"
Drama to air on PBS "Mystery"
SUPERIOR, Ariz. (AP) — The PBS series "Mystery!"
takes a hard turn to the West from its British heritage this fall
with its first American story, "Skinwalkers," by the
master of Southwestern mystery, Tony Hillerman.
And in trademark Hillerman style, it's steeped in Navajo culture,
weaving in folklore about American Indian witches known as skinwalkers
as it unfolds on the Navajo reservation spread across parts of
northern Arizona and New Mexico.
Otto Penzler, who owns the Mysterious Book Shop in New York City
and one of the world's largest private mystery collections, said
the Public Broadcasting Service couldn't have selected a better
author's work to represent the series' first venture into American
mysteries.
"There is nothing more American than what Tony Hillerman
writes about," he said. "It's not only set in America
but involves Native Americans. There's no author who could compete
with that as far as being quintessentially American."
The story centers on three seemingly unrelated murders and an
attempt to kill Navajo tribal police officer Jim Chee. It follows
Chee and his partner, tribal police Lt. Joe Leaphorn, the American
Indian protagonists of 14 Hillerman mystery novels.
The film stars actor Wes Studi of "Dances With Wolves"
as Leaphorn and Adam Beach of the upcoming "Windtalkers"
as Chee. It is directed by Chris Eyre of "Smoke Signals,"
an award winner at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. The crew spent
most of March filming in this rural town about 60 miles east of
Phoenix.
The story is significant to Hillerman die-hards because it's the
book that brings Chee and Leaphorn together for the first time.
"What Hillerman has is a classic buddy cop story between
Leaphorn and Chee," said "Skinwalkers" screenwriter
James Redford, the son of the film's co-executive producer, actor
Robert Redford.
"He had the Jim Chee mystery series and the Joe Leaphorn
mystery series for quite a long time before he brought them together,"
the younger Redford said. "It just leaped off the page with
the two of them."
It was Redford's job to adapt Hillerman's work into a script that
would jump off the screen too. It wasn't without challenges, and
Redford warns that while he remained true to the heart of the
story, the film version does make a few changes.
For example, the murders in the novel happen before the book begins,
but for a more natural sequence on film, Redford felt events should
unfold as the movie progresses.
"So, structurally, it was difficult," he said. "Also
you lose no matter what you do in this movie. ... You can't translate
Hillerman's magical prose. It just doesn't translate to film.
This movie will have its own beauty and its own magic, but Hillerman's
is his own."
Hillerman fan or not, the film's executives hope the story, along
with the threads of Navajo culture, will captivate the audience.
"It's a vehicle into a culture most of us don't know, (set)
in the spectacular desert and mountains of the Southwest,"
said Rebecca Eaton, the movie's co-executive producer. "So
I think it will have an allure in television."
Adds Redford: "Anybody that has spent time around native
cultures is bound to recognize the ... elements of the mysterious
and mystical. The mystical and the magical seem to pervade their
way of life, which can lead to both great mystery
On the Net:
PBS "Mystery!" series: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/mystery/
Tony Hillerman: http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/authorxml.asp?authorID—4488
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E.coli found in water at Crownpoint
Larry Di Giovanni
Staff Writer
CROWNPOINT — Routine water samples taken from residential lines
here Tuesday revealed E.coli bacteria, prompting the Navajo Tribal
Utility Authority (NTUA) to conduct retesting and then initiate a
massive house-to-house visitation Thursday night and order water boiling.
The samples were whisked to NTUA headquarters in Fort Defiance, Ariz.,
before noon Friday, where laboratory technicians were to analyze the
cause of the E.coli, said Prestene Garnenez, NTUA supervisor of environmental
engineering. The results should be known by 9 a.m. today.
NTUA has approximately 1,500 water customers in the Crownpoint area
compromising a total of about 4,000 people who rely on its water system,
said NTUA-Crownpoint customer service supervisor Mitchell Capitan.
The door-to-door visitation was necessary to order water boiling and
at the same time address the public's concerns, he said. Written materials
were given to customers.
Capitan also said Friday that NTUA officials greatly reduced the chances
of any human health concerns by immediately alerting the Crownpoint
Indian Health Service hospital of their findings. As of Friday afternoon,
a hospital doctor said there had not been any E.coli-related cases
in the emergency room.
NTUA officials also alerted the Navajo Environmental Protection Agency
of the situation. Navajo EPA recommended immediate public notification.
The notification was handled house-to-house at night to ensure that
all customers would be notified, and at the same time, prevent a public
health panic in nearby communities.
Testing and retesting of samples showed residual chlorine, which means
water had been properly chlorinated using an automatic chlorinating
system, Capitan said.
E.coli bacteria, of which there are several strains, is normally found
in the intestines of humans and other warm-blooded animals. Large
concentrations, however, can be toxic. In humans, that can result
in gastroenteritis, vomiting and diarrhea.
Several persons the Independent talked to Friday praised NTUA for
its thorough response to community concerns
A tribal employee, who did not wish to be identified, said the E.coli
problem could have been localized to one specific area of the system
if warm-blooded animal feces had somehow come into contact with a
water line. The problem is often corrected by flushing a high concentration
of chlorine into the water system.
NTUA samples its water, which is supplied by wells, each month, Capitan
said.
Crownpoint has just two stores, one a convenience store. The Crownpoint
Basha's had sold out of bottled water by early Friday, the store manager
said.
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City woman mauled by wolf hybrid dogs
Andrea Egger
Staff Writer
GALLUP — Bernice Tsosie, 37, of Gallup was doing a good deed
for an elderly neighbor when his wolf hybrid dogs suddenly attacked
— and attacked and attacked.
"The white dog got me here, bad," Tsosie, pointing to her
bandaged left arm, said Friday morning. "The skin was just hanging
down. They said they could see my bone."
Tsosie spoke to the Independent just down the block from the home
of Tony Mesich at the corner of Maloney Avenue and Second Street,
where Gallup Police accompanied Animal Control to pick up Mesich's
dogs and take them to the pound. Mesich waved his cane at several
Gallup Police officers who stood at the gate as Animal Control told
him he must turn over the dogs.
"This is all illegal. I have papers," Mesich said, and then
threw something over his high wire fence. "I've been here 79
years!"
The papers dropped at an officer's feet. He picked it up and looked
at it.
After speaking with Mesich through the fence and then walking behind
the fence with Mesich, officers calmed down the man, who eventually
helped Animal Control officers lift four dogs and place them in the
city vehicles.
Mesich ordered the Independent away from his home: "Get out of
here!"
Gallup Police Lt. John Allen said Friday afternoon that police were
only there to support Animal Control, and any citations or other action
against Mesich would be taken by Animal Control. He didn't know whether
the dogs will be put to sleep over the incident.
Tsosie stood at the corner of Second and Wilson Avenue while the commotion
occurred at Mesich's house around 11:30 a.m.
Tsosie said Mesich, who lives across the alley from her, asked her
to help him clean his house around 4 p.m. Thursday. She often helps
him clean — but Mesich usually pens up the dogs before she enters
his gate.
On Thursday, she didn't notice that he didn't pen up the dogs until
they attacked her, she said. After closing the gate behind her, Tsosie
turned to talk to her uncle over the fence.
"I turned around and all at once, they attacked me — all
of them. They almost tore me to pieces," Tsosie said. "I
just went blank. I thought they were going to eat me."
She turned so that the right side of her body was away from the dogs
and put up her arms in defense. The dogs bit her left arm up to the
shoulder and all along the left side of her body. They almost knocked
her to the ground, she said.
Mesich, who is hearing-impaired, was in the house when the attack
occurred, she said. Her cousin had to get his attention by waving
through a window before he came out and called off the dogs.
Tsosie was treated and released at Gallup Indian Medical Center, with
a follow-up appointment set for today to determine whether she got
rabies or some other illness from the dogs. She does not believe Mesich
gets his animals their annual shots.
Animal Control's usual policy is to kill a dog if it bites someone
and hasn't had current rabies vaccination.
Tsosie had trouble sleeping Thursday night because of the pain, she
said, and she walked with a limp on Friday.
"He's a nice guy," she said of Mesich. "It's his fault,
too. He should have put his dogs in the pen before he let me in the
gate.
He should have known. I think he's getting too old to have all those
dogs. Last night, he forgot to close the gate and his dogs were running
loose."
She pointed across the street to the southwest corner of Wilson and
Second, where St. Francis School is located. "Kids play here.
It's dangerous for them," she said.
Tsosie said she's helped Mesich feed the dogs and clean his house
in the past: "I feel sorry for him because he's an old man. I
like helping the elderly."
She said she doesn't want Mesich to be arrested or cited for what
happened to her, as long as he doesn't treat her in a nasty manner.
"I know he's going to hate me for quite a while, but he let me
in," she said.
While all this was going on, employees in a big truck worked on the
North Side Fire Department's sewer, adding an odor of sulfur to the
already messy scene.
The smell — then the police — drew the attention of Aaron
Sheridan, 12, and John Cardona, also 12, who were playing at Cardona's
nearby house. Sheridan's grandmother also lives near Mesich.
"He loves his dogs," Sheridan said of Mesich.
But the dogs can be viscous, Sheridan added: "They get out in
the neighborhood sometimes. One came in my grandma's yard. I just
picked up a rock and acted like I was going to throw it at him. He
ran away. That was one time I was scared, because they're wolf dogs.
They're really mean."
Meanwhile, Gallup Police Officer Jonathan Bobo walked up to Sheridan
and pointed out Sheridan's orange shirt that contained the word "fugitive."
Bobo made a joking move toward Sheridan like he was going to "catch"
the fugitive. Sheridan laughed and played along, just managing to
escape the officer.
Bobo laughed but cautioned the boy: "You can wear that shirt,
but never become one."
"OK," Sheridan said.
Animal Control Supervisor Martin Valdez was not available for comment
on actions pending against Mesich or the dogs.
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AIDS and HIV spreading in N.M. pueblos
Jenna Naranjo
The Santa Fe New Mexican
ZUNI PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — Sometimes Peter Haloo IV wishes he'd
wake up and his battle with AIDS would be nothing more than a dream.
But the reality is Haloo has no choice but to deal with the disease.
The Zuni Pueblo member was diagnosed with full-blown AIDS on Nov.
26, 1996.
Haloo vividly remembers the day. "I could hear the doctor's tone
of voice. It haunts me all the time. He said, 'You not only have
HIV, you have AIDS.' "
Haloo, 29, is one of 124 American Indians living with HIV and AIDS
in New Mexico.
Native Americans represent 6 percent of the state's total cases. And,
as in other parts of the country, there is concern that the number
of cases will climb higher, according to Yvonne Davis, HIV/ AIDS program
director for the All Indian Pueblo Council.
Figures released last fall by the federal Centers for Disease Control
showed the rate of AIDS is higher among American Indians than among
whites — 11.3 per 100,000 people, compared to 9 per 100,000 for
whites — prompting the U.S. surgeon general to call HIV/ AIDS
a "time bomb" among Indians.
The growth in New Mexico is difficult to document accurately because
of a change in reporting. In 1998, the state began to require doctors
and clinics to report HIV infections as well as AIDS. But Jill Gatwood,
HIV/AIDS surveillance coordinator for the Department of Health, said
three new AIDS cases were reported among American Indians in 1990.
Last year, there were 22 new cases of HIV and AIDS in this population.
Davis, who helps provide prevention services to all 19 New Mexico
pueblos, said many American Indians believe they are safe.
"The biggest misconception is that it's not affecting our pueblos
and communities," she said.
And Haloo confirmed, "Back when it first came out, I thought,
'No, I'm not gonna catch it, because we live in Zuni and I'm surrounded
by shrines that protect us from disease.' "
Haloo, a former nursing student who said he contracted the disease
through unprotected sex, admitted he knew what precautions to take
but often ignored them.
"I always had access to condoms at the bars in Albuquerque, but
was always shy or embarrassed to grab one or a few," Haloo said.
"I also dated only Native Americans. My thinking at that time
was 'They are from the reservations — they don't have it.'"
But Haloo said he wasn't shocked when he found out he had the disease.
Before getting tested, he said, he was sick for eight or nine months
and lost about 50 pounds. At times, he said, he has cried out to his
ancestors, questioning why he was struck with the disease and recalls
praying to sacred objects in hopes the disease would leave his body.
Now, he simply faces the facts.
"It's not the end of the world, but it took me about five years
to figure that out," he said.
Today Haloo, who takes 18 pills a day to fight the disease, is working
to open the eyes of his tribe. He said he has already given several
presentations to various groups, including high-school students, about
his experience.
"It could wipe us out," he warned.
Davis is also concerned with survival. An advocate for her clients
— mostly HIV and AIDS patients — she helps them find health
care and food.
"My deep passion is I don't want to see the pueblos die. I don't
want to see them extinct," Davis said.
Shuffling through a drawer in her desk, she came up with a set of
flash cards with stomach-wrenching pictures of the effects of various
sexually transmitted diseases.
"These are things that a lot of our American Indians aren't ready
to see," she said pointing to the cards. "These are things
they think they'll never get."
Davis said a major contributor to the disease is alcohol, which reduces
many inhibitions. She said she's helped more than 100 HIV/AIDS patients,
and, with the exception of one person, each said his or her exposure
to the virus started with alcohol abuse.
"Alcohol impairs driving abilities, impairs judgment or the decision
to use a condom," Davis explained.
She stressed it is important that tribes educate their members about
preventing AIDS. "If this epidemic becomes like wildfire, it
can take just one infection in the community that will go unreported,
and then the chain goes on," Davis warned.
San Ildefonso Pueblo Gov. John Gonzales said it is evident people
still aren't taking proper precautions.
"People think it won't happen to them," Gonzales said. "There
is teen pregnancy here, which means no protection is being used."
Although AIDS/HIV cases are apparently on the rise among American
Indians, Dr. Scott Sunde, a family practitioner who treats HIV and
AIDS patients at the Albuquerque Indian Hospital, said new treatments
are prolonging the lives of many people affected by the disease.
"Initially we only had one drug for HIV, and it was quite toxic,
and it didn't have a very strong effect against the virus," Sunde
said.
Now, he said a patient taking various medications might have some
side effects, but otherwise lead a normal life. However, that
doesn't mean people should be less cautious in protecting themselves
from the disease.
"There's no evidence that a cure is around the corner,"
Sunde said. "The message is that with effective treatments, there
is more reason to get tested earlier rather than later."
On the Net:
Centers for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov.
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Area Sports
Abelita Rose Freeland
Staff Sports Writer
ALBUQUERQUE — The Gallup Bengals baseball team finished their
district play without a win in a 13-2 loss against the undefeated
District 1AAAAA champions Valley Vikings.
The Bengals (0-10 in district) hung with the Vikings until the bottom
of the fourth inning.
"We were tied at 2-2 in the fourth inning and (made) some mistakes
at third base (to give Valley the) opportunity to get on base and
score," said first-year coach Larry Macias. "Mistakes are
one thing that we have worked on all season."
"We lose only four seniors and our JV team has done well this
season. I have talked to a lot of coaches who have all said that they
have seen changes in the attitudes of the players. I wish we could
have done better for the seniors because they have worked hard and
they are good people. I hate to see the season end like this but we
have a good group of kids coming back next year."
With the game tied at 2, the Vikings sprung to a big lead by loading
the bases for Ryan Bowman. Paul Chavez led off with a single line
drive shot to left field. Nick Sanders followed with a hit to the
shortstop Will Silva. Silva overthrew the first baseman and Sanders
stopped on second base. With two runners in scoring position, Josh
Keith had a knock to right field for a two-RBI single. Valley then
loaded the bases on bunts by Phillip Padilla and Chris Flores.
Bowman finished the job, clearing the bases with one swing and giving
Valley an 8-2 lead.
The Bengals got out of the inning when Reynaldo Bowman took the mound
from Garcia and stuck out two batters. Third baseman Shane Hargrove
made a play at first base for the last out, leaving one Viking stranded.
Valley ended the game at the bottom of the fifth inning with five
more runs scored on two Bengal errors.
Sanders started the fifth-inning scoring for Valley with a triple
to left field, followed by a theft of home plate. Padilla bunted his
way on base again and Flores had Bengal Bowman bobble another bunt.
Valley's Bowman then hit a two-RBI single to left field but pickled
himself between first and second base for an out.
Adam Gurule then drew a walk from the Bengals' new pitcher Hargrove.
Ernie Saiz finished the game on his second pitch with a hit to left
field. Bengal left fielder Emilo Esparza overthrew the ball to second
base allowing both Gurule and Saiz to score to end the game on two
outs.
Earlier in the game, Gallup took a 2-0 lead at the top of the first
inning. Ben Garcia led off by battling a full count until he drew
a walk. Hargrove followed with a line-drive single to left field,
then Will Silva hit up the middle of the field for an RBI single.
Reynaldo Bowman followed with a fielder's choice that brought in Hargrove,
but the Vikings nailed Silva and Bowman on a double play. Jared Montano
flew out to left field for the third out.
The Bengals led was cut in half at the bottom of the first inning.
Gurule hit a double and came home on an RBI single by Nash Garcia
to centerfield.
In the second inning both teams were held scoreless. Valley held Gallup
on a play at first base and then another double play.
Gallup returned the favor when Sanders got to first base on an error
but was picked off at second base by the catcher Dominic
Romero on attempted steal. Right fielder Jesse Hall and left fielder
Esparza then both caught fly balls.
The Bengals were held at the top of the third. The Vikings scored
one run to tie the game at the bottom of the third inning when Bowman
got on base on an error and then stole around to score.
Gurule was the winning pitcher with four strikeouts, two walks and
11 plays for putouts with no Viking errors.
Bengal Garcia registered the pitching loss, striking out three but
giving up seven hits. Bowman relieved Garcia in the middle of the
fourth inning and pitched three strikeouts and allowed four hits.
Hargrove pitched to the last two batters and allowed a walk and a
hit.
Hargrove, Silva and Esparza added up the three Bengal hits, all going
1-for-2 at the plate.
Ernie Saiz led the Vikings at the plate going 3-for-4 with two-RBI.
Bowman was 2-for-4 with six RBI; and Padilla was 2-for-3.
The Bengals will graduate Ben Garcia, Shane Hargrove, Will Silva and
Reynaldo Bowman.
"It took some adjusting because we have a different philosophy
and it takes some time getting used to and we need to plug away. Gallup
has good kids and they will be competitive. I am proud of this group
and I couldn't have asked for a better group of kids," Macias
concluded.
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Begaye vetoes Baca-Prewitt gambling
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — Claiming the Baca-Prewitt Chapter was jumping
the gun, President Kelsey Begaye on Friday vetoed the Navajo Nation
Council resolution that added the chapter to the tribal gambling
exemption.
In his memo to Speaker Ed T. Begay, the president explained he vetoed
the amendment to the anti-gambling law, "... because the Navajo
Nation has yet to fully understand the social and economic impacts
of gaming on the Navajo people."
"The Navajo Nation authorized the To' Hajiilee casino pilot
project (that) has not yet yielded enough information from which
to determine whether or not casino gambling should be legalized,"
Begaye wrote. "Moreover, this legislation could set a precedent
for the other chapters... (to) demand their own facility..."
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Tuba City facility to share Coconino County block grant
Diné Bureau
FLAGSTAFF — An unspecified portion of a $375,000 Arizona governor's
grant will be used by a Tuba City group to buy a modular facility,
according to a Coconino County announcement.
Tuba City Family Harmony, Inc., will put its new modular facility
on a two-acre site by the Toh Nanees Dizi Chapter House. The non-profit
corporation specializes in domestic violence and crisis intervention
work.
Also receiving money from the Governor's Housing Development Office
block grant will be the Fredonia Senior Citizens Center, the Northland
Hospice to help 80 families who live more than 50 miles from the
White Hospice-Palliative Care Center in the county seat, and the
county's own housing rehabilitation program for $20,000 to $30,000
for each of 18 owner-occupied homes.
Housing priority goes to low income, dependent-children, and disabled
families, then senior citizens...
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Boy killed in fall from truck
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
MEXICAN WATER CHAPTER — A little boy, not yet 2 years old,
wanted to see his "older" relatives get picked up from
school Thursday afternoon. But a freak accident cost him his life
when he fell out an open side window and struck his head against
the ground.
It was the second traffic fatality in 22 hours on the Navajo Reservation
and raised the total for the year to 24 deaths.
Tribal police said Friday the case is under investigation, and no
charges had been filed in the boy's death involving a 17-year-old
driver, with the two witnesses being the two boys' 6-year-old female
relatives. All are from the same Sanostee address...
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DWI victims hit BIA with $72.6M suit
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The family of a Nebraska couple killed
in a wrong-way freeway collision told the federal government Friday
it will sue the Bureau of Indian Affairs for $72.6 million for providing
a vehicle to a chronic drunken driver.
Larry and Rita Beller of Lindsay, Neb., and their friends Edward
and Alice Ramaekers of Norfolk, Neb., were eastbound together on
Interstate 40 when a BIA pickup truck driven by Lloyd Larson got
on the freeway heading the wrong direction and collided head-on
with the Nebraskans.
Larson pleaded guilty Tuesday to four counts of second-degree murder
for those deaths and pledged to help the victims' families seek
damages from the BIA...
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Deaths
Mary Coleman
LUPTON, Ariz. — Services for Mary Coleman, 96, were held at
10 a.m., today at Cope Memorial Chapel. Pastor Tom Chischilly officiated.
Burial followed at family cemetery, Lupton.
Coleman died April 24 in Gallup. She was born May 10, 1906 in Lupton
into the Water Edge People Clan for the One Who Walks Around People
Clan.
Coleman was a homemaker, rug weaver and rancher. Her hobbies included
sewing, sheep herding and weaving.
Survivors include her son, Johnny Thompson of Fort Defiance, Ariz.;
daughter, Marie Coleman Etsitty of Lupton; 27 grandchildren; 66
great-grandchildren and 11 great-great grandchildren.
Coleman was preceded in death by her husband, John Coleman; sons,
Fred Comb, Thomas Coleman, Glenn Coleman and Ben Coleman; daughter,
Louise Baker; sisters, Na Glee Nuz Bah, Madge Clark and Ah Henthbah
Spencer; and brothers, Clarence Baker, Sam Houston and Dean Houston.
Pallbearers were Reginald Curley, Alfred Baker, John Baker, Randall
Comb; Matthew E. Curley and Eldridge Etsitty.
The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services
at Lupton Chapter House.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Alice Lawrence
THOREAU — Services for Alice Lawrence, 72, were held at 10:30
a.m., Tuesday, April 23 at the Santa Fe National Cemetery.
Survivors include her sons, Ron Lawrence of Thoreau, David Lawrence
of North Port, Ala. and Steven Lawrence of California;
daughters, Claudia of Amarillo, Texas and Jeannie of Albuquerque;
16 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Lawrence was preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Lawrence.
Mary Duffy
WINSLOW, Ariz. Graveside services for Mary Duffy, 63, will be held
at 10 a.m., Monday, April 29 at Desert View Cemetery, Winslow, Ariz.
Duffy died April 24 in Polacca, Ariz. She was born Sept. 13, 1938
in Fingerpoint, Ariz.
Survivors include her husband, Paul M. Duffy of Jeddito, Ariz.,
sons, Michael of Phoenix, Emerson, Victor, and Nathaniel all of
Jeddito; daughter, Delphina of Phoenix; father, Billy Williams Sr.
of Sanders, Ariz.; brothers, Billy Williams Jr. of Sanders, Robert
of Fort Defiance, Ariz. Archie, Timothy and Wilfred all of Sanders;
sisters, Evelyn of Holbrook, Ariz., Betty and Nora both of Winslow,
Ariz., Irene of Flagstaff and Laverne of Sanders; 11 grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
Avery Reed Yazzie
TSE BONITO — Services for Avery Yazzie, 19, will be held at
10 a.m., Monday, April 29 at Tse Bonito Community Bible Church.
Burial will follow at family plot, Seba Dalkai, Ariz.
Yazzie died April 24 in Fort Defiance, Ariz. She was born April
22,, 1983 in Fort Defiance into the Big Water People Clan for the
Salt People Clan.
Yazzie hobbies included playing basketball, fishing, traveling,
listening to music, camping and working on vehicle.
Survivors include his parents, Charolette Franklin-Sutton and Tommy
Yazzie; brothers, Bryce and Brent Sutton; sister, Tanya; grandparents,
Tom and Dottie Franklin and Dudley and Alice Yazzie.
Pallbearers will be Johason Yazzie, Rodney Talkalai, Dustin Jackson,
Brent Sutton, Drew Dixon and Corey Lincoln.
The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services
at Franklin's residence, Seba Dalkai.
Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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