Winslow Mail (Newspaper) - January 27, 1999, Winslow, Arizona 2 DEPT. NAU CLINE 1998, WInslow USPS 686-960 1521-6993 Postage Paid at Ariz. 86047 1894 106 4 Winslow, January 27, 1999 Copy 50 public hearing set for Feb. 5 joint budget committee plans to slash funding for - The Arizona State Parks Board was apprised at its recent board meeting that some of its state parks and will be in jeopardy if the Joint Legislative Budget Committed budget is approved Feb. 5 rather than the governor's recommended JLBC recommended that two state Ruins State Park near Winslow and McFarland State Park in Florence would be The JLBC indicated that for the Fiscal Year 2000 this would put back into the General area that was not included in the budget was the money to hire the new staff to train and prepare Kartchner Caverns State Park for the opening next said Ken Arizona State Parks executive Vehicle Fund which is used for matching grants to build new recreational areas and educate the public about vehicle would have million stripped The fund is also used to repair and restore areas that have been damaged and to manage OHV use in the intent of the to guide public land managers in making responsible choices to enhance vehicle This is a direct user benefit program and is made up of monies from fuel taxes paid at the information regarding public or how to contact elected see page 6. State Lake Improvement Fund which is. used by municipalities in the state to fund new boat launch ramadas and beach restorations would have million taken out of the assistant director of Arizona State recreation uses continue to become more popular and the demand to maintain and enhance these resources is growing every This raid on the SLIF fund will directly impact these It is a travesty that this money will not be available to those rural counties and two state parks chosen for the closures have the lowest annual visitors and the cost per visitor is the highest in the park The cultural value of these two properties was not mentioned m the budget nor the investments that have been made to upgrade both Ruins State Park was opened in 1993 and million has been * in this unique camping and The park operates seven days a week with four park The annual revenues are increasing yearly and the park has become a key attraction in the area to Park Manager Karen park is also extremely important to the Hopi as it is a connecting link between the Anasazi people and the The four main pueblo ruins were occupied from 1150 to 1400 a period that the Hohokam and Anasazi people had disappeared from the southern areas of the Prior to Arizona State Parks taking over this the huge ruins were being torn to by illegal pot hunters who dug with Berggren This is the only historic cultural site where the public can come and experience the Hopi The park has a state-of-the-art visitor 53 camping hiking a gift shop and wildlife viewing along the Little Colorado State Historic Park is an historic adobe brick building built in 1877 that served as a sheriff's a and even as quarters for visiting It was donated to the state in 1977 by the McFarland is listed on the National Register of Historic houses an archives and has a picnic The courtroom is used regularly for special events in The cost to enter this historic park is for more contact Arizona State Parks at 1-602-542-4174 or see the homepage at by Tom the time you read the new Checker Auto Parts open at 601 Mike's Today 27) is the store's first day for The managed by Johnny employs nine I e b rates g ra n d o pen 1 n Auto Parts has opened a 7,000 store at 601 Mike's Pike in The store opened its doors Jan. 27, and will hold a grand opening celebration for the community on Feb. 6. new store in managed by Johnny employs nine The store stocks thousands of automotive parts and accessories has access to a million more parts through Checker's Priority Parts a state-of-the-art distribution and delivery The store serves both retail and commercial weeklong grand opening sale starts Feb. with special all day Feb. 6. Many products will be on sale at special grand opening and customers may register to win giveaways including a trip for two to sheep skin seat a car and a shopping On Feb. 6, there will be free T-shirts for the first 350 free key chains and prizes of automotive supplies and and live radio broadcasts by and Auto Parts is committed to make car care convenient and affordable for both new car costs at an all-time it's no surprise that consumers are keeping their vehicles for nine or more years on said Jim president of CSK the parent company of Checker Auto helps the do-it-yourselfer get the job done right by offering guaranteed low a of and and top quality the parent company of and Kragen is the largest retailer of automotive parts and accessories in the page 9) rates get Tom Schultes The Winslow Mail State Department of Education officials have released statewide dropout statistics for academic 1996-97 and 1997-98. Winslow High School has released data for 1997-98 school While the state data shows a slight trend downward between the past two school WHS numbers have increased while still remaining below state dropout we are seeing a we are losing far too many of our young said Lisa Graham state superintendent of public need to find the 1997-98 school the statewide grade nine through grade 12 dropout rate of 11.5 percent is down from 12.8 percent during the previous school said she has plans to authorize a joint study by the department's research and policy division and dropout prevention program to examine the reasons why Arizona students leave The study will also examine existing dropout prevention programs and identify best report that was released Jan. 19 lists dropout statistics for students in grades seven through 12. student advisor at Winslow Junior High statistics are not recorded there because students under the age of 16 must attend She said it would be unusual for a 16-year-old to still be attending a junior high but added that it has happened a couple of times in her 10-year tenure at 2.9 percent of students and 3.1 percent of students are considered researcher for the education said that there are several factors that would have a student reported as a dropout at these grade the the involving 42 students is when a school district is told the student would not be Another would be when the student becomes too ill to attend classes or participate in home This 120 students statewide during the 1997-98 school Another in the heading includes 451 students who were expelled statewide during the 1997-98 school and reported they would not be returning to majority of fall in the Grysho This category comprised 3,353 students who are and the district does not know what happened to She said that in these grade page 6) personnel actions top school board Tom Schultes The Winslow Mail It was primarily another session of housekeeping for the Jan. 20 meeting of the Winslow Unified School District Governing items included acceptance of donations of to each of the district's three elementary schools from Box Tops for Education program and resolutions authorizing David district and Anne business to sign documents requiring a statement of Black was also authorized to authorize school representatives to travel in-state for school Out-of-state requires board approval for each approved were payment vouchers totaling personnel the board approved the resignation of Rachel Allen as computer lab aide at Washington Elementary In-house not requiring board action were also with Rhena Martinez transferring from special education aide to occupational therapist at Bonnie Brennan Elementary It was also announced that Theresa and Kim will serve as volunteer coaches for the School page 6) Scoticale gallery opening features local Tom Schultes The Mail For some artists an exhibition in Scottsdale and the opening of his or her own may be the pinnacle of a But for Navajo artist Jack they appear more to be events along a measured timeline than any most recent recognition of success was that of being featured artist at the grand opening of Bischoff s at the Park in downtown Jan. 15-16. The Scottsdale exhibit includes 16 of the local artist's which primarily uses dry pigments and long known for its gift store in recently renovated a former city building near the Civic Center into an airy gallery the finest of modem said Linda of located upstairs in The Reminder in aiso be the of a gallery and studio for his work has npt widely in the Winslow showings such as those in Scottsdale are not new to He said shows are valuable in the sense that this is how art of his work Navajo Jack Gene wants his paintings to reflect the spirr In wiU it of the whether it be a landscape or flying to California to personally by Tom a finished work to actor Richard probably best known as from The Waltons television is not making this personal presentation because the buyer is a It is his preferred method of whether it is New York City of allowing him to form a more personal relationship between the artist and credits most of his painting to his Navajo other elders and While he doesn't have art training outside a few he doesn't downplay any learning said the lessons from his life on the Navajo Reservation taught him how to crediting these lessons with 75 to 80 percent of his present He acknowledges the lessons did help him learn the fundamental started with acrylic I'm not real comfortable with he adding that he will still use a brush but only for small This preference to continue through with larger To paint the walls of the new he used his bare Gene he will wear surgical an artist has not been a ' from early although that is when the more of a grassroots I never knew what an he But in 1980 or 1981, he moved from Smoke his father's to the home of his he saw his cousins painting at the through high Gene's main interests were football arid not canvas and But part of his personality - perfectionism - carried over from sports to He said he always wanted to improve himself and do regardless of the project or event at the And he's willing to share his skills and experiences with the past he has served on selection panels for the National Museum of American Indian Artists and the Arizona Commission on the And although there are times he must be alone to his studio will be open to the especially he got obsessed with it's my His painting became his connection between living as a Navajo and living in the Western in his he does not confuse the painting only he can't see myself painting a cowboy Gene doesn't have a preference between scenes or but sees the same challenge in each being depicting the or of the 1995, he took a hiatus of sorts from years of doing the market and gallery The time he allowed him to experiment with different techniques of what he wanted to be it's time to get back on stage and open the he has done several including exhibits with to the Phoenix Suns this past with the Arizona Diamondbacks as well as being part of many group One exhibit in 1996 was for the European Organization for Nuclear Research in are some events in the coming months he can't discuss but in March he will be the subject of a one-person show at at the and returning to the Heard Museum and galleries to resume letting the public know of his Future shows include another trip to and scheduled shows in 2000 in New York City and opening of Gene's local dio and gallery will be announced at a future
