Winslow Mail (Newspaper) - May 28, 1997, Winslow, Arizona 0 Box 6022 USPS 686-960 Postage Paid at Ariz. 86047 on Wednesdays and 1 Section Plus 1 1894 Volume 104 Number 31 May 28,1997 Copy 35 Dealings Charged In Land for the Winslow High Adrienne Calhoun is School Class of 1997 are to Amber Lisa Romero and by Tom Graduation Is students from the Winslow High School Class of 1997 will mark the end of one venture and the start of many more with commencement exercises scheduled for 8 p.m. on May 29, in Emil Nasser opening remarks Class President and the national welcoming remarks will be presented in English by in Hopi by Kendra in Navajo by Nez and in Spanish by Andrea keynote speaker will be Graduation Night Party Slated At Little League Tom nearly a dozen We Care has been giving students of Winslow High School an alternative to graduation night This year is no commencement on May 29, graduates and other students of Winslow High School are invited to attend this year's graduation night party near the Little League Baseball Tickets have been on sale in the WHS office for in but may also be purchased at the Continued On Page 14 president of Northland Pioneer addressing their classmates and others attending will be Adrienne with are the and Paul Awaits and Lisa to Something instrumental and vocal musical selections will be prior to and during the the presentation of the class by WHS Principal John members of the Winslow School District Governing Board will present the graduating seniors with their the commencement exercises will be Senior Class Treasurer Paula a recent letter to the Hopi Tribal Council Representative Caleb Johnson said that the recent acquisitions of the Aja the Chauncey Clear Creek Ranch and the 26 Bar Ranch by the tribe were done in and half of the council did not know what was going on until the May 14 council a phone interview late last Johnson said that the Land Acquisition Team did not share information with council and gave no indication of what was appears information is given on a need to know but it should not be that way on the Portions of the council should not be shut it is not right for council or for the Hopi he said that the Land Acquisition Team interpreted a resolution to give them the authority to purchase the He said the resolution laid out the process for but that the entire council needed to approve the and the team have come back to the council with a recommendation after looking at the whole council never just four people voted to spend million That is not Johnson said the council's legal counsel does not feel it is necessary for the entire 18 members of the council to vote on the but it has already been the council should vote retroactively to approve the It is only proper that the council said he understood the need to keep the information quiet during the negotiating but feels the information could have been given to council members in executive feel it shows Than 400 Honors Go To than 400 honors were bestowed on students of Winslow Junior High School during its May 13 Honors as valedictorian was with Kara as Receiving special recognition for academic achievement was Jennifer in alphabetical is a list of the students and their outstanding improvement in concert outstanding track team member and President's Academic Excellence outstanding improvement in concert outstanding eighth grade science outstanding seventh grade science outstanding eighth grade math outstanding industrial arts third in painting large portraits and third in Rat Burger Cafe outstanding seventh grade science annual staff and President's Academic Excellence outstanding seventh grade softball Science Fair and academic decathlon and President's Academic Excellence outstanding reading student and outstanding Cadet Band outstanding government social studies third in leisure skills first in Rat Burger Cafe first in painting large outstanding algebra outstanding industrial arts outstanding government outstanding eighth grade outstanding eighth grade reading academic second in painting large outstanding eighth grade English President's Academic Award and Navajo County Good outstanding seventh grade accelerated English outstanding seventh grade accelerated reading second place in outstanding foundations computer outstanding history outstanding outstanding seventh grade accelerated science outstanding foundations career student cind President's Academic Excellence outstanding history outstanding learning assistance outstanding English student and President's Academic Excellence eighth grade citizenship academic outstanding computers student and President's Academic Excellence outstanding seventh grade science outstanding history student and Academic Toby outstanding orchestra outstanding history outstanding student and President's Academic Excellence outstanding government outstanding concert band outstanding leisure skills outstanding concert band outstanding eighth grade science outstanding office aide and President's Academic Excellence science fair for outstanding accelerated history student and President's Academic Ext newspaper outstanding eighth grade English outstanding eighth grade science academic decathlon and President's Academic Excellence Carrel 1, outstanding cert band student and outstanding truck team outstanding seventh grade basketball outstanding seventh grade accelerated reading outstanding history student and President's Academic Excellence outstanding eighth grade reading student and outstanding eighth grade English outstanding seventh grade volleyball outstanding orchestra student and outstanding seventh grade math outstanding arts third in scratch first in second in drawing and first in outstanding eighth grade science outstanding conceit band student and eighth grade Citizenship outstanding learning assistance outstanding reading student and outstanding improvement in Cadet outstanding leisure skills second in painting and third in third place at science fair and outstanding leisure skills third in painting and outstanding English outstanding seventh grade reading outstanding seventh grade science student and science outstanding seventh grade outstanding grade student Academic Excellence outstanding learning assistance student and third in wire outstanding Cadet Band student and outstanding government outstanding leisure skills outstanding seventh grade softball outstanding eighth grade science student outstanding eighth grade basketball outstanding seventh grade English On Page 10 of trust toward some If there is no what will that do to the council he said that the Clear Creek Ranch was purchased in and the Chauncey properties in but he feels that the acquisitions team was far into the and decided to keep everyone out until everything was said he will not know the degree of controversy his claims will make until the May 27 council referred to his letter and said that he was mistaken in the number of acres the tribe had He said the more than 400,000 acres he referred to was mentioned in a and included any possible state or federal land the tribe may He said 170,000 acres were purchased in the recent said he is also sorry he made any reference to the and did not feel it was appropriate for him to do the representative of the Hopi Land Acquisition responded to Johnson's She said the tribal council had taken action in the form of resolutions on three different and questioned whether Johnson was present when the action was behalf of the Minkler statements are categorically misleading and contrary to the official position of the Hopi Tribal The Hopi Tribal Council acted on behalf of the best interest of the Hopi people in Low May 19 84 48 20 76 50 21 68 53 22 80 50 National Weather Service forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in the with dry The high temperatures are expected to be near 80. Low temperatures will be near 50. received of an inch of precipitation on May 18, of an inch on May 20 and of an inch on May 21. you are caught outside in a lightning storm and can't make it to the shelter of a car or then get away from tall objects and Avoid direct contact with other persons a don't hold hands or hug each get into a ditch or shallow depression if crouch down with your feet together and with your hands on your Remove metal such as belts and And then promise to be more alert to weather signs and not get yourself in such a fix Weather Channel ancestral As a council Mr. Johnson knows that all tribal resolutions arc public To compare the tragic Jewish Holocaust to a tribal business transaction at the blatantly irresponsible and demonstrates a willful disregard for the feelings of peoples affected by the Johnson's personal agenda should not be used as a forum to undermine the overall general welfare of the Hopi said that there were a lot of details regarding the land acquisitions that he did not know are working What is going to happen to the managers and cowboys working on them? I am also concerned about the reactions of the people in the towns near the he big issue that needs to be Johnson that this is the first time the tribe has purchased We are now dealing with off the and until those lands put into if they the tribe will have to pay taxes on said that whether the land could be taken into trust depended on the Hopi Tribe's ability to get 85 percent of the Navajo families living on Hopi Partitioned Land to sign lease tribe has been having difficulty determining the number of families who have because families must select a head of the family who is authorized to sign the and those signatures must be Only the signatures of the heads of family he Memorial Ceremony Hopi Veterans Affairs 01-fice will host the annual Hopi Veterans Memorial Day ceremony at 9 a.m. on May 30, at the Hopi Veterans Memorial Center in ground breaking of the Hopi Wall of Honor is A model of the proposed structure will be on public is invited to join in the tribute and expression of gratitude for those Hopi veterans who served in the U.S. military so that our country might remain free more call 1-520-734-6688. 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