30th Gallup Balloon Rally To Feature New Faces
The 30th annual balloon rally starts Thursday and runs through Sunday with about 150 entrants from Nevada Kentucky and California. Balloons will participate in mass ascensions at Red Rock Park and a moon glow while the city’s Christmas Parade adds to the weekend. Weather: highs near 60 and lows 19 to 28 with light winds and good conditions overall.
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Friday schedule at Red Rock Park events and landmark tours
Friday agenda lists events at Fox Run Golf Course and Red Rock Park starting 7:30 a.m. with Mass Ascension and Richardson's Old Pawn Task at Fox Run. MORC Balloon Race at Red Rock Park 6 p.m. and Four Corners Welding and Gas pilot registration at Howard Johnson Hotel 6 p.m. Sonic Glow near Rocks. Shush Yaz Indlar Dance and Bonfire conclude the night at Red Rock Park.
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Zuni Superintendent Believes Students Have Strong Potential
Loretta DeLong, new Zuni School District superintendent, asserts that students are talented and intelligent and just need guidance to reach academic standards. She aims to raise performance and morale after past district challenges and prior misconduct by a former leader.
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Nuclear waste dump near Gallup in UNC site plan
EPA official says cleanup of radium soils from Church Rock and Quivira mines could store at the UNC site owned by General Electric, with Navajo Nation decisions needed for massive waste handling. Tenley stresses 20 to 250 year disposal timeline and implementable Northeast Church Rock cleanup toward moving forward. Teddy Nez of the Red Water Pond Road Community Association lists eight objectives including a rigorous study.
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Jury hears answer in first degree murder trial
In Gallup, jurors in the first degree murder case of Isaac Lee hear that Tyrone White was stabbed by a Window Rock man during a Oct 10, 2009 assault. Kevin Jim faces 15 years for second degree murder. his brother awaits sentencing as testimony reveals competing theories about who delivered the fatal knife blow. The trial was moved to Judge Grant Foutz’s courtroom amid technical issues and a 92 1/2 hour Gallup Police Levin video shown in the plaza area.
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