Navajo youth face fewer summer jobs this year
Tanya Thompson begins a $6.60 hour clerical summer job at Crownpoint Chapter House funded by the Navajo Nation Public Employment Project. The program aimed for 80 hours of work for 12 youths, but turnout forced sharing among 24 applicants and rows of disappointed families as funds and future placements hang in the balance.
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Crownpoint
Tanya Thompson
Navajo Nation
Arleen Alviso
Thompson
Colorado Vocational College
Navajo Nation Council
Virginia Nelson
Department of Youth and Community Service
Accused killer fights courts in jurisdiction dispute
Chester Coho 21 of Ramah seeks to halt his murder trial by challenging jurisdiction. Attorneys argued the issue in 13th District Court Grants before Judge William Sanchez after a prior attempt before Judge Joseph Arite of Grants failed to dismiss the case. Gail Evans represents Coho.
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Grants
Chester Coho
Ramah
13Th Judicial District Court
William Sanchez
Los Lunas
Coho
Joseph Arite
Gail Evans
Navajo youth race to meet college scholarship deadline
Thousands of Navajo students race to complete forms and send records to meet the June 25 deadline for tribal scholarships. Regis Claushee notes funds cover all who filed on time, with last year’s 4,000 funded from an $11.2 million Bureau of Indian Affairs pool, though total demand far exceeds available money.
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Regis Clauschee
Clauschee
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Lee
Zuni Youths Form Summer Conservation Corps
Zuni youths join the newly formed Zuni Summer Youth Conservation Corps to clean Nutria Lake Number 2 and Eustace Lake, build picnic tables and shade canopies. Nine to ten workers per crew lead two teams, with three workdays weekly at sites and two days for education. Training covers first aid cultural awareness natural resources and domestic abuse information.
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ZUNI
Zuni Summer Youth Conservation Corps
Nutria
Number 2
Eustace Lake
YCC
Brenda Pinto
Malcolm Bowekatry
Board Rejects Hiring Gallup High Principal Vote
Gallup McKinley County School Board approved interim principal Michael Butkovich as permanent at Gallup Junior High, while rejecting Bruce Pepa for Gallup High School principal in a 2 4 vote. The board also approved the 1999 2000 budget with no teacher raises and discussed cost cutting on landscaping and water as part of a plan to reduce use by 33 percent.
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R Gallup
Gallup-McKinley County
Michael ‘Butkovich
Gallup Junior High School
Bruce Pepa
Gallup
Joe C. DeLao
Ken Holloway
J.R. Thompson
John Samford
Busi
Ness
Samford
Gallup High
Bob Gomez
Tohatchi
Vajo
Thoreau
Angelo DiPaolo
GMCS
David Oakes
Principals May Be Rehired Amid District Turmoil
Governing board of Window Rock Unified School District may hire a new Tse Ho Tso Primary principal this Wednesday night. Three principals whose contracts were not renewed last month stand under discussion alongside potential recall efforts by CCBE supporters. Names include George Kitchens Georgene Zaydell and Marty Maxwell plus Ella Jackson Begay and Gloria Hale Showalter. A public notice also announces a Gallup council hearing on June 22 1999 to set water waste water rates via a new ordinance emergency measure.
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Jim Maniaci
Diné Bureau
Fort Defiance
Tse Ho Tso
Window’ Rock Unified
Concerned Citizens ‘For
CCBE
George Kitchens
Georgene Zaydell
Marty Maxwell
Ella Jackson-Begay
Gloria _Hale-Showalter
Gallup
Zaydell
Tse
Kitchens
Paul Hanley
Maxwell
Lee
Council
City Hall
Second Street
Aztec Avenue
Gallyup
New Mexico
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City of
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Jeff Jane
Window Rock
Chris Faivre
Adam Harjuyin
Ace
Mishana Giesbrecht
California
Rachelle East
Kansas
Rayma Tees
Alberta
Canada
Holly Koehn
Calls of God In Christ Mennonite
Christian Children’s Care
Jefferson Avenue
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