Desperate enrollment shifts hit local schools
Gallup officials report a drop of more than 200 students countywide as Rehoboth Christian School gains 25 students this year. Rehoboth registrar Loretta Smith cites stronger promotion. Catholic schools report about 25 fewer students due to families moving away for better jobs.
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Gallup
Rehoboth Christian School
Rehoboth
Loretta Smith
Smith
Angelo DiPaolo
Gallup Catholic Schools
Navajo Nation considers $100 million gaming loan from JP Morgan Chase
The Economic Development Committee approved a bill to authorize Navajo Nation to commit to a $100 million JP Morgan Chase loan to establish gaming on the reservation. JP Morgan Chase officials cited a prior RFP process, a strong asset base, and extensive Indian gaming financing experience as the basis for backing the project.
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Window Rock
JP Morgan Chase
Navajo Nation Council
Derrick Watchman
Watchman
JP Morgan ‘Chase
Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, Management Board
New eco burial movement grows in New Mexico
New Mexico leads eco burial efforts with licensed grounds that forego coffins and embalming, using plain cloth shrouds for direct burial. Costs range from 2400 to 3000 dollars and include headstones and site selection, while advocates note reduced soil contamination and lower expenses.
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New Mexico
North Carolina
South Car
Olina
Tommy Crow
Compassion Mortuary
Grants
Bi County Fair Opens With Pig Events And Elvis Impersonator
The Bi County Fair kicks off Friday featuring about 200 market and breeding swine shown Saturday at 9 am. Elvis impersonation may appear though not guaranteed. A charity Pig Plop fundraiser could award up to 500 dollars based on ticket sales. tickets cost 5 dollars.
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Micki Lantanaki
Prewitt
Elvis
Dee Anne Leyba
2007 Bi County Fair schedule highlights
The Bi County Fair unfolds over Friday through Monday with open division and 4 H indoor exhibits, judging starting 6 p m Friday and noon open doors Saturday. Events include market lamb and goat shows, swine and steer cattle contests, watermelon eating, public speaking, pet show, stick horse race, horseshoe pitching, junior livestock sale and pig plop with fiddlers contest and exhibit releases Monday.
Feds discuss road repairs on Navajo Nation
Federal road officials met with the Transportation and Community Development Committee after a tour of reservation roads. Navajo leaders push for funding as total miles of paved and unpaved routes on the nation number in the thousands. Road improvements remain a top tribal priority along with education, resources, and water.
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Rock
Federal Road
Transportation and Community Development Committee
John “Baxter
Office of Federal Lands
Bob Sparrow
Federal Lands
TC/DC
Ben Shelly
Lawrence T. Morgan
John Pinto
West Virginia
Shelly
Morgan
Utah
Gan
Baxter
Navajo Department’ of Transportation
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Daniel Zollinger
Joseph Burnham
EDC
Holbrook
Jodia
New -go-Mexico
Continental Divide Electric Co-op
Cibola County
Tom Crow
Crow
Mortuary
Feds
John Christian Hopkins
Diné
Bureau of Indian “Affairs
Arizona
Crownpoint Area
Jodie
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