Safeway workers likely to skip strike
Bill Donovan
Staff writer
GALLUP — Safeway officials carried out a promise Wednesday
and presented another proposal to employees working in their four
stores in New Mexico.
While it may still be a few days before the proposal officially
makes it to members for a vote, some employees here in Gallup
were saying it was a better proposal than the one originally presented
for approval.
More than 94 percent of the New Mexico Safeway employees —
99 percent of the ones in Gallup — had voted to go on strike
rather than accept the original proposal but the new proposal
does remove many of the objections that union members had about
the original.
Gone is the provision that would have required current employees
to start paying for part of their health care. Gone also is the
provision that would have allowed the company to have control
over the pension fund instead of the union.
Also gone is the cutback in pay for current employees for Sunday
and holiday work.
The only provision of the original proposal that employees objected
to and which still remains is the one that gives Safeway the ability
to pay less in hourly wages to new employees.
Jeff Stroh, a spokesman for the company in Denver, said that wages
of current employees will not be cut.
"We're offering to maintain wages, currently $13.61 per hour
for journeyman clerks in Farmington and Aztec and $13.40 per
hour in Gallup, and $18.02 for journeyman meat cutters in Farmington
and Aztec and $18.16 per hour in Gallup," he said.
Bart Mangum, a union member and employee at the Gallup store,
said that the employees were willing to keep their salaries at
the current level but were opposed to having new hires make less.
Under the new proposal, Stroh said, the clerks would be able to
make up to around $10.00 an hour and meat cutters up to $16.50
an hour.
These reductions are necessary, he said, to keep Safeway prices
competitive with those offered by other supermarkets in the area.
He added that even with the reduction, salaries at Safeway for
new hires would still be competitive with what other retailers
are offering in the area and in many cases, will be higher.
"People who want a job at Safeway will be able to look at
our salary structure and decide for themselves whether they want
to work at those hourly wages," he said.
To make the new proposal even sweeter to current employees, Safeway
is also offering bonuses to all employees.
"Our offer adds bonuses of more than $2,900 over the life
of the three-year contract for those full-time employees, based
upon the hours they work," he said.
It's going to work like this.
At the time of the signing of the contract, Safeway will pay courtesy
clerks — those are the ones who help you to your car —
a one-time bonus of $250. Journeyman clerks and meat cutters will
get up to $750.
After that they will get a series of bonuses over three years
to bring them up to the $2,900 total.
This works out, said Stroh, to about a 35-cents-an-hour increase
in wages for journeyman clerks and meat cutters and 20 cents an
hour morefor courtesy clerks.
Stroh said that he hopes the union members accept the contract
because it's the "best and last offer Safeway will make."
Union officials weren't available Wednesday but Mangum said he
expects to see a vote taken on the new proposal within the next
few days.
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Effort to toss Pollack may stall
Larry Di Giovanni
Staff Writer
WINDOW ROCK — Forces are working inside the Navajo Nation Council
to halt a resolution that seeks to terminate the employment of the
tribe's water litigation lawyer, its sponsor said Wednesday.
However, Mexican Springs Delegate Peter Watchman said things have
tilted somewhat in favor of the resolution. The only signee Watchman
still required for his resolution is Speaker Ed T. Begay or a designee
from the Speaker's Office, which Watchman hopes to secure this morning.
He would like to see his resolution — seeking to oust the tribe's
water attorney of the past 17 years, Stanley Pollack — put upon
the council floor for consideration this afternoon.
The tribe has next to no water rights to speak of and is only starting
to quantify its water rights, Watchman said. Time is wasting away
on the tribe's future existence because the Diné cannot endure
as a people over the long term the way things are now, he added.
Pollack has declined so far to comment publicly on Watchman's proposal
to oust him. Watchman said the tribe's gauntlet of attorneys in the
Justice Department — where Pollack works — and at the Office
of Legislative Counsel are running
interference on Pollack's behalf. The most recent hold-up, Watchman
said, came from Chief Legislative Counsel Herb Yazzie, who told him
"due process" was necessary to preserve Pollack's chance
to defend his record. So Pollack should have a rather thick attachment
of his own to go with the Watchman resolution.
The weeklong Navajo Nation Council summer session ends Friday.
"They're trying to make this a lengthy thing, to delay me ...
they know time is running out this week," Watchman said. "Attendance
is usually down on Fridays."
Watchman's resolution has a Signature Authorization Sheet number,
3084. SAS refers to all the signatories that have five days each to
sign off on the resolution, such as the President's Office and the
Speaker's Office, or it goes on to the next step.
Watchman started the SAS process in late June. Signees often attach
their own remarks that are combined with a resolution to form part
of the total SAS package.
If Watchman receives his resolution back this morning, he will have
little time to make any necessary corrections before possible afternoon
introduction to the council floor.
Pollack has said that anyone claiming that the Navajo Nation can pursue
millions of acre-feet of Colorado River water is not being realistic.
Pollack has said he's pursuing "wet water" developments,
such as a western Navajo pipeline and north-south running pipeline
from Lake Powell, that would bring water to western Navajo families.
But the amount proposed — several thousand acre-feet — is
a far cry from the millions of acre-feet that former officials within
the Peterson Zah and Peter MacDonald administrations told the Independent
they were pursuing in Pollack's presence.
Pollack has not always held out only for "wet water" developments
on the Colorado River. In 1997 in Santa Fe, during the 75th anniversary
of the 1922 Colorado River compact, he told onlookers — later
documented by the University of Arizona press — that he could
"not figure" a Navajo Nation Colorado claim under five million
acre-feet.
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RMCH sex abuse course to lift awareness
Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola
Special to the Independent
GALLUP — The group therapy session for domestic violence offenders
was going well. The man sharing was talking about how he was putting
all the suggested counseling tools to work in his life. When he was
angry now, he was no longer battering his spouse. He was working his
program, he was making progress.
He was also lying through his teeth.
Talking the talk, the man had his counselor fooled. His counselor,
a young man beginning his counseling career, was buying into the story
with youthful optimism. And he would have continued to buy into the
story except for the appearance of an unexpected visitor.
The visitor was the man's wife. She didn't want to stay, and she didn't
want to say anything. She just wanted to show the counselor what her
husband had recently done to her. To the counselor, the woman looked
like she had survived a violent and traumatic automobile accident
— her facial features were disfigured, she was covered with bruises,
and both eyes were protruding from their sockets. The woman's grotesque
appearance took the counselor's breath away. And in that brief visit,
the woman changed the counselor's career.
Famous last words
A. Mervyn Davies was that counselor. With a background in treating
domestic violence offenders and sex offenders, Davies came to Gallup
last week and taught a two-day course in the identification and treatment
of sex offenders. The Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital's Behavioral
Health Services sponsored the 14-hour course, which was attended by
about 90 people, mostly professionals in the counseling, legal, and
education fields.
Davies, who works in Colorado, has built a practice around the assessment
and treatment of adult and juvenile sex offenders — mostly pedophiles,
child molesters, and rapists. Although most of the course was devoted
to topics of interest to professionals, Davies did present, often
in explicit detail, graphic introductory information about sex offenders
and the multitude of problems they create for society. (For statistical
information, see related story.)
Referring back to the day with the therapy group, Davies said that
battered woman taught him a lesson he has never forgotten. "These
guys lie," he said. "And they are very good."
Sex offenders in particular, he explained, will lie about everything
and anything. They will lie to cover up their offenses, lie about
their victims, lie about the nature and number of their offenses,
and lie about their personal history.
"The famous last words are, 'I only did it one time,'" said
Davies. A sex offender's goal is not to get locked up, he explained,
and his goal is not to come clean with the truth about the number
of his victims.
"They're all going to say it was just one (victim,)" he
added. Based on his experience working with several thousand sex offenders,
Davies believes he has only encountered one offender that truly had
only victimized one person prior to his arrest.
According to research cited by Davies, for the average offender, eight
to ten years lapse between the time he commits his first offense and
the time he is actually convicted in court for an offense.
Based on the ability of many sex offenders to lie quite convincingly,
Davies stressed the importance of offenders being interviewed with
polygraph examinations and the importance of offenders being treated
by a team of therapists rather than just a single counselor.
The average sex offender has more experience assaulting victims, Davies
asserted, than the average sex offender counselor has in treating
offenders. "Don't think we have more skills than they do,"
he cautioned.
Male vs. female offenders
And when referring to sex offenders, Davies almost always referred
to them as male. According to Davies, there are no accurate statistics
as to the number of sex offenders in the population. But based on
the number of convicted sex offenders, Davies estimated that less
than one percent of the population are sex offenders. That, however,
translates into large numbers of people.
Referring to somewhat dated figures from California and Colorado,
Davies said about one in every 150 males in California is a registered
sex offender. In Colorado, with over 12,000 registered sex offenders,
one out of every 200 males is a registered sex offender.
"The ones we have to fear are the ones we haven't caught,"
he said.
Based on research findings, Davies stated that males make up 95 to
97 percent of all sex offenders. "This is predominately a male
issue," he explained. However, he added, "female offenders
are definitely out there." And based on his professional experience,
female sex offenders are "equally dangerous" in that they
tend to perpetrate similar types of offenses and they tend to have
similar numbers of victims.
Davies believes, however, that society is in denial when it comes
to female sex offenders, which sometimes results in female offenders
receiving more lenient treatment in the judicial system.
As part of his presentation, Davies showed the video "Truth,
Lies, and Sex Offenders." In the video, Anna C. Salter, an authority
in the treatment field, makes the statement: "Sex offenders make
it their business to trade on other people's myths."
Over the two-day presentation, Davies tried to debunk a number of
those myths.
One common myth is the idea that most sex offenders assault victims
unknown to them, like in the frightening, high profile cases that
are given lots of coverage by the media. In actuality, Davies said,
most sex offenders "prey on the people around them." People
are far more likely to be sexually assaulted by someone they know,
love, and trust than a stranger, he said.
Another myth is the belief that sex offenders only target victims
of a specific age or a specific gender. Although sex offenders may
prefer a specific type of victim, Davies explained, they will frequently
assault victims of different ages and either gender, if given the
opportunity.
Sex offenders also do not commit just one type of offense. According
to Davies, the average sex offender has committed at least three different
types of offenses. For example, in a study of convicted rapists, 50
percent admitted to also being pedophiles, 29 percent admitted to
acts of exhibitionism, and 20 percent admitted to acts of voyeurism.
Because of this characteristic, Davies added, effective treatment
must address all of the offender's criminal behaviors.
Although it's commonly held that most sex offenders were sexually
assaulted themselves as children, Davies disputed that idea. He believes
that idea is falsely perpetrated by sex offenders who make that claim
with the hope of being treated more leniently in the court system.
When first arrested, 70 percent of sex offenders will claim they were
victimized as children, Davies said. After being interviewed using
a polygraph, only about 30 percent will continue to make that claim,
he added.
However, in the case of juvenile sex offenders, Davies said, the number
of offenders who have been sexually victimized is higher than the
30 percent.
Vulnerability of victims
Childhood is the time when many sex offenders begin to commit their
offenses, he said, often between the ages of 11 and 13.
And children are frequently the victims of both adult and juvenile
offenders because they are vulnerable, they are less likely to resist,
and less likely to report the abuse. "Where would you go to learn
your craft?" Davies asked his audience, referring to sex offenders
as experts that spend years perfecting their methodology of sexual
assault.
According to Davies, the people most vulnerable to sexual victimization
are girls who are developmentally delayed. Over 90 percent of them
have been subjected to sexual abuse because of their disabilities,
he said. "What better group to prey on?" he remarked.
Davies believes that counselors who work in the treatment field need
to keep the welfare of victims foremost in their mind.
Like the battered wife who confronted Davies in his therapy group,
recognition of what the victims have endured will help keep counselors
honest.
"We don't do it for the offenders," he said of the treatment
field. "We do it for those that have survived the abuse."
Although Davies emphasized treatment helps reduce recidivism rates
among sex offenders, there is no treatment that is 100 percent successful.
Citing research statistics, Davies said society benefits when sex
offenders are caught at a younger age and are provided treatment.
While the average juvenile sex offender has about 7.7 victims before
turning 18, the average sex offender in his mid-thirties has victimized
about 380 people.
Davies proposed that all sex offenders be sentenced to prison, with
treatment and release back into the community as a privilege that
must be earned. Offenders not willing to work a treatment program
should remain incarcerated.
"We don't cure them," he said of offenders. "We manage
them."
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In-house tiffs may sink Diné education
head
Larry Di Giovanni
Staff Writer
WINDOW ROCK — This week's summer session of the Navajo Nation
Council has not been good for Division of Diné Education Executive
Director Merlee Arviso.
On Tuesday, the council sought by a 57-11 vote to remove a council
agenda item that would have upon passage confirmed her appointment
as executive director. The move failed because 59 votes were needed.
It didn't take long for the item to come up again Wednesday. This
time, the council deleted the confirmation resolution from the agenda.
The vote wasn't close: 66-0.
However, things have grown to be much worse for Arviso than just a
deleted confirmation resolution. Wednesday's maneuvering also saw
powerful Hogback Delegate Ervin Keeswood Sr. slip in a late-day directive
that asks Navajo President Kelsey Begaye and the tribe's Education
Committee to meet on the topic of removing Arviso from her position.
The Education Committee had recommended her confirmation on April
18 by a 4-1 vote with one abstention.
Arviso was unavailable for comment late Wednesday afternoon. She started
her duties for the Begaye/McKenzie administration on Jan. 9 of this
year, hired to an annual base salary of $56,846.
Arviso has a career background as an educator and professional consultant,
listing one occupation since 1989 as a "proposal reviewer"
under contract for Native American administration within the Department
of Health and Human Services.
Several employees of the Gallup Indian Medical Center, speaking on
condition of anonymity, said Arviso was in the process of being terminated
as a GIMC outreach coordinator just prior to her appointment by the
Begaye administration. Arviso previously declined comment to the Independent
on that issue.
The reasons for Arviso's pending dismissal from her position are thus
far internal within the Begaye administration. However, Arviso has
had recent disagreements over her directives with LeNora Fulton, one
of her top two assistants, and Roxanne Gorman, the education division's
head of scholarships and financial assistance.
One of those disagreements, published in the Independent, concerned
a directive Arviso gave to Fulton to serve a disciplinary letter on
Gorman. Fulton did not comply with the order, saying she wanted a
witness in the form of Arviso's boss, Derrith Watchman-Moore, who
is President Begaye's new chief of staff. Watchman-Moore told the
Independent that she excused Fulton from having to complete the directive.
Prior to the directive Arviso gave Fulton, Arviso and Gorman had been
arguing about a policy directive Arviso had given division staff.
That directive purportedly involved not allowing members of the public
to rent the division auditorium on weekends under any circumstances.
On June 1, tribal Sovereignty Day, Gorman found Arviso in the auditorium,
having her own family reunion. The two argued, Fulton said, and Gorman
called her husband, Leonard Gorman, who took photos of the verbal
clash. Fulton said Leonard Gorman used the photos in the filing of
an ethics complaint against Arviso.
Arviso told the Independent that the ban on weekend auditorium use
only pertained to youth dances, and was not a total ban on all activities.
Fulton said that is not true, since families seeking the auditorium
for such events as a wedding reception were turned away.
The Independent was also provided confidentially with a June 17 memorandum
from Roxanne Gorman to Attorney General Levon Henry, in which Gorman
said that through a letter sent by fax from Diné College on
May 10, Arviso asked "all female employees that are mothers to
take two hours paid leave (that afternoon) in observance of Mother's
Day." Gorman said the entire scholarships and financial assistance
department is comprised of mothers.
Such short notice did not give scholarship clients time to be notified
of the change, since the directive came at 1:18 p.m. on May 10, Gorman
said. It was dated May 9. Gorman and Arviso exchanged written unpleasantries
about the directive, with Gorman holding that Arviso had no right
to unilaterally declare a two-hour holiday within the division. The
scholarship program is federally funded, so ill-advised directives
for time off are also illegal, Gorman informed Arviso in a May 14
memo.
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Area Sports
Abelita Rose Freeland
Staff Sports Writer
GALLUP — The Mets continue to sweep through the 11&12 year
old softball division in another big win over the Indians in round-robin
action of the city tournament at Veterans' Memorial Park on Wednesday
evening.
The Mets mercy-ruled the Indians 17-3 in four complete innings in
the early game. In the late game, the Fort Defiance Wildcats mercy-ruled
the Braves 20-5 in three innings.
Mets 17, Indians 3
The Mets remain undefeated (14-0) and make the Indians their latest
victims, benefiting from a total of 15 walks by three different Indians'
pitchers for a 17-3 victory.
The Mets took a 10-run lead at the top of the first inning on seven
walks, two hits and two batters hit by the first pitcher Kimberly
Mescal.
Shandiin Reeder and Jorden Thornton both led off with walks and Reeder
later stole home. Katrina Benally followed with an RBI single and
later came home on an overthrow by the catcher to second base.
The next batter struck out before Hope Etsitty took a walk and Shannon
Toledo was hit by a pitch. Both stole home to score. The next three
batters drew walks to load the bases before Thornton was beaned by
a pitch to bringin a run.
Anica Tafoya highlighted the inning with a three-RBI triple to left
field and later stole home to end the scoring for the first inning.
The Indians scored two of their three runs at the bottom of the first
inning on four walks and a hit.
Mercedes Tom took a base on balls and then scored by stealing around
the bases safely. The next run was scored when Sherena Silversmith
walked and then advanced on a single by Courtney Leslie. The next
two batters walked to bring in Silversmith.
The Mets scored their last six runs at the top of the second inning
all on steals at home plate before being held the last two innings
of the game.
Toledo led off by grounding out to the pitcher Mescale. Mescale then
walked the next four batters and all stole home to score. Thornton
was the sixth batter to take a walk but was called out at home while
trying to steal. Benally followed with a fielder's
choice and Tafoya took a base on balls and both stole home.
The Indians' Silversmith scored the last run at the bottom of the
third inning on a walk and stole around to score at home.
Reeder was the winning pitcher with eight strikeouts, eight walks
and gave up four hits.
Thornton hit 1-for-1 at the plate for the Mets. Benally and Tafoya
were both 1-for-3.
Mescale was the losing pitcher with two strikeouts, 11 walks, two
hit batters while allowing two hits. Tranette Begay pitched two walks
and a strikeout and Watchman had a walk and a strikeout.
Watchman and Leslie both led at the plate going 2-for-3.
Wildcats 20, Braves 5
The Fort Defiance Wildcats regrouped after being mercy ruled the night
before to 15-run mercy rule the Braves 20-5 in three innings.
The Braves scored the first of their runs at the top of the first
inning. Erica Diaz led off with a walk before Tanya Andy hit an inside-the-park
home run with one out. Vanessa Moore followed with a solo homer to
add another run.
The Wildcats started with a big 10-run inning at the bottom of the
first on seven hits, three walks and a batter hit by a pitch.
Arial Lauing led off with a base on balls and Shereen Begay followed
with an RBI double to centerfield. Shelby Burbank continued with an
RBI single to right field and came inon an RBI single by Trynaty Parker.
Felicia Lewis then hit a fielder's choice to force out Parker and
Kristine Begay got on base when she was hit by a pitch. The next two
batters walked to score Lewis. Lauing started the top of the lineup
with an RBI single and Shereen Begay hit a two-RBI single followed
by another two-RBI single by Burbank. Burbank scored the last run
on an RBI single by Shirley.
The Braves were held scoreless at the top of the second inning with
the first batter Alisha Sanchez walking before the next three batters
all struck out.
The Wildcats added nine more runs at the bottom of the second inning
to widen their lead to 19-3 on two outs.
Lewis started with a walk before Kristine Begay flew out to the pitcher
and Missy Begay took a walk and later stole home to score. Margaret
Milford then struck out before Lauring hit an RBI single. The next
two batters walked to load the bases when Shirley came through with
a two-RBI double. Parker followed with a two-RBI single and later
stole home.
Lewis continued with a single and Kristine Begay came along her second
at bat in the inning with a double. Milford scored Begay on an RBI
double before being called out for getting off base while the pitcher
on the mound for the third out.
Trailing 19-3, the Braves remained in the gameby scoring two runs.
Andy led off with a walk and later stole home to score.
Moore followed with a double and scored on a sacrifice by Dominque
Sanchez.
The Wildcats ended the game withtheir first two batters at the bottom
of the third inning. Lauing led off with a single and stole second
base. A shot to left field by Shereen Begay scored Lauing to call
the game.
Wildcat Burbank registered the pitching win with six strikeouts, five
walks and four hits.
Moore was the losing pitcher with a strikeout, seven walks, 11 hits
and a batter hit. Leticia Begay relieved Moore and finished with two
hits and a walk.
Lauing led the Wildcats at the plate going 3-for-3 with two RBIs.
Shereen Begay and Burbank were both 2-for-2 with three-RBIs each.
Shirley and Parker were both 2-for-3, also with three-RBIs each.
Moore led the Braves at bat going 2-for-2 with a home run. Andy went
1-for-1, also with a home run and an RBI.
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Grim sex statistic: 67 raped each hour
Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola
Special to the Independent
GALLUP — A. Mervyn Davies presented the following information
pertaining to sex offenders and their crimes. The
information comes from a variety of research studies conducted in
the United States.
Approximately 1 in every 4 women are sexually abused, and 1 in 7
men are sexually abused.
Sixty-one percent of forcible rapes occur before the victim is 18
years of age.
Seventy-eight women are raped in the United States each hour.
Seventy-five percent of rape victims knew their attacker.
Juveniles commit 20 to 30 percent of all rapes each year, and they
commit 30 to 50 percent of all child molestations.
According to a Colorado Department of Corrections study, the average
number of victims per sexual offender was two victims
(listed on the official record). After being interviewed with the
use of a polygraph, the average number jumped to 165 victims.
After a second polygraph exam, the offenders admitted to an average
of 184 victims.
Juveniles who sexually offend have been exposed to harder core pornography,
and at a younger age than other juvenile
delinquents.
The modeling of male sexual aggression toward females appears to
be particularly influential in the development of juveniles
who rape.
Twenty to 40 percent of juveniles who sexually offend have a history
of substance abuse.
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Gallup teen admits to mailbox vandalism
Andrea Egger
Staff Writer
GALLUP — The oldest of six teens who confessed to smashing
98 Gallup mailboxes in March is headed to District Court for a trial.
Edward Rodriguez, 19, of Gallup, will face a jury or choose to take
a plea in the higher court after he gave up his right to a probable
cause hearing in Magistrate Court Wednesday. His arraignment in
District Court at the county courthouse must be within 10 days.
Assistant District Attorney Karen Kingen Ettcitty handled the case...
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Presidential address: Tribal taxation
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
Editor's Note: This is the second of three stories reporting on
the "State of the Navajo Nation" addresses given Monday
and Tuesday during the tribal council's quarterly regular session.
President Kelsey Begaye said, in answer to a question, that he
would like to establish a youth trust fund similar to those established
for the military veterans and elderly.
He also had Attorney General Levon Henry explain that the tribe
is still battling against the results of the Atkinson case in
which the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld private property
rights over tribal taxation when the Navajo Nation attempted to
impose its hotel occupancy tax on the Cameron Trading Post, owned
by a Gallup company on private land that became surrounded by
Navajo lands as presidents and Congress expanded the western edge
of the reservation...
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Council leaves grazing changes to referendum
Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — Voters will decide which side of the fence
they want to ride in the general election referendum on the
2002 Grazing Act.
The Navajo Nation Council on Wednesday tabled the latest version
of the proposal to switch from 78 elected district grazing
committee members administering regulations to a professional
trained staff of 31 resource rangers enforcing the act. The
47-25 vote to table the resolution and refer the matter to
the more than 90,000 registered voters ended two days of discussion...
Deaths
Attilio C. DiPaolo
GALLUP — Services for Attilio DiPaolo, 83, will be held at
10 a.m., Friday, July 19 at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Rev. Lawrence
J. O'Keefe will officiate. Burial will be held at 11:30 a.m., Saturday,
July 20 at Gate Heaven Cemetery, 7500 Paseo Del Norte NE, Albuquerque.
Father Antonio Mondragon will officiate.
DiPaolo died July 15 in Gallup. He was born Dec. 9, 1918 in Cansano,
Italy.
Visitation will be held from noon to 7 p.m., today at Rollie Mortuary
Palm Chapel.
A rosary will be recited tonight at 7p.m. at Rollie Mortuary Palm
Chapel. DiPaolo was a member of the Elks Lodge, the VFW, and the
Lega-Abruzzese Lodge. He was also a veteran of World War II.
DiPaolo opened and ran the 52-20 tavern and Attilio's Restaurant
and Liquor Store. His hobbies included gardening, fishing and family
activities.
DiPaolo was also a member of Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish.
Pallbearers will include Dario Chioda, Salvatore Chioda, John DiGregorio,
Antonio DiPaolo, Ryan DiPaolo, Adelfio
Fronterotta, Matthew Mataya, Harry Mendoza and John Simunovich.
Honorary Pallbearers will include Carmine DeSantis, Salvatore DeSantis,
Chris DiGregorio, Joe DiGregorio, Angelo
DiPomazio, Reed Ferrari, Curtis Fortney, Flagen Gerad, Von Witt.
Geraldine Strickland
BLOOMFIELD — Services for Geraldine Strickland, 81, will be
held at 10 a.m., Friday, July 19 at Brewer, Lee and Larkin Funeral
Home. Pastor Hugh W. Rogers will officiate. Burial will follow at
Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 4-7p.m., today at Brewer, Lee and Larkin
Chapel.
Strickland died July 16 in Grants. She was born Feb. 7, 1921 in
Zoe, Okla.
Survivors include her sons, Jim and Kenneth Strickland both of Grants;
ten grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and four
great-great grandchildren.
Strickland was preceded in death by her parents, Dozier and Vina
Skelton; husband, Bernie Strickland, daughter, Dorothy
Andres and five brothers.
Pallbearers will be Jim Strickland, Brandon Strickland, Paul Mandagaran,
Jim Andes, Allen Goodman, Devon Goodman and
Billy Goodman.
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