Agencies Will Fight Threatened Closure Of Navajo Centers
Six private non profit substance abuse centers serving Navajo youth face contract cuts from the Department of Behavioral Health Services for 1996. Be nally, DBHS director, cites non cost effectiveness as the reason, prompting threats of program terminations and possible center closures.
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Gallup
Department of Behavioral Health Services
Herman Largo
Crownpoint Youth and Families Intervention Center
DBHS
Crownpoint Yfic
Largo
Crownpoint
YFIC
Diane Sandoval
Benally
Bouyman the buoyman lights up Tuba City Alaska tale
A man known as Bouyman wears dozens of buoys in a fishnet costume to amuse crowds and raise smiles. Thom Moreau, a substitute teacher in Tuba City, credits his eco warrior legend to Alaska where Bouyman and Bouyland attract tourists. Born from a 1989 oil spill lore, the buoy figure grew from hoarded finds and tree displays near Homer.
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Mary Wicott
Tuba
Ariz
Bouyman
Salvation Army
Basha’s
Moreau
Bonyman
Exxon
Valdez Bay
Buoy Bay
Hosmer
Alaska
Bouyland
Homer
Tuba ‘City
Moreaux
Ace
Navajo Hopi land lease proposal stirs wary hope
Navajo families living on Hopi partition lands consider a 75 year lease allowing religious access outside the leased area amid distrust from a century of relocation disputes. Community figures like Calvin Nez and John Yazzie voice cautious support for a one year trial, hoping for basic home repairs and infrastructure if promises are kept.
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Nez
John Yazzie
Yazzie
Alfred McCabe Sr
McCabe
Ida
Alfred
Gallup residents win $10,000 Family Fun sweepstakes prize
Gallup residents Esparaza Campos and his wife are grand prize winners of Sunwest Bank Boatmen's Credit Card Bank Family Fun Sweepstakes. They won a $10,000 Gold MasterCard for family fun after using their card between July 1 and September 30, 1995. The contest ran across nine Boatmen's states with multiple prize levels including five additional $10,000 Grand Prizes and numerous electronics and home prize packages.
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Gallup
Esparaza
Campos
Sunwest Bank
Boatmen
Mr. Campos
Boatmen’s
Sunwest Bank of Gallup i
Boatmen’ S Bancshares, Inc
Minolta
Rick Gallegos
Esperanza
C.J. Campos
Boatmen's Bank
Mo So
Christmas Spirit Shines Across New Mexico
In Albuquerque the holiday glow comes from luminarias and candle lit bags. Elderly residents like 81 year old Bessie benefit from free holiday phone calls via the Department of Senior Affairs. A harpist brightens Presbyterian Hospital on Christmas morning while volunteers from Can't Be Home for Christmas deliver meals to shelters and police and fire stations. Postal workers also work through the season as part of Christmas in New Mexico.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Bessie
Department of
Bishop
Texas
Dean Witter Reynolds
Dean Witter
Presbyterian Hospital
Jim Dahl
U.S. Postal Service
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Tolani Lake
Calvin Nez
The
Council
Mariano Lake
Young Jeff Tom
Long
Jackson
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Land of Enchantment
Vivian Bradford
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