Drums and chants spark Gallup Native dances season
Gallup resumes nightly powwow dances from seven to eight each evening at the Multicultural Center on Route 66. City official Tom Salaz says the free shows boost local economy by encouraging tourism and spending, with performers paid from the municipal budget and gross receipts tax. The program costs about $35,000 yearly and draws about 250 attendees per night, with arts vendors also benefiting. main purpose remains cultural entertainment.
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Salaz
How many high schools in Grants area debate
Grants-Cibola County Chamber of Commerce and the board of education weigh options to meet secondary education needs. The chamber backs a single centrally located high school serving Grants Laguna and Acoma pueblos to maximize limited funds. Laguna-Acoma advocates two sites, Grants and nearer to their communities, with the Acoma governor stressing need for a locally situated high school. The bond issue failed amid fears a single new school would overlook Laguna-Acoma. See Debate rages, page 2.
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Laguna and
Acoma Pueblos
Acoma Pueblo
Lloyd Torta‘lita
Laguna-Acoma High School
Tortalita
Laguna- Acoma
Carol Carruthers
Gas prices surge in Grants area with wide county spread
In the early 1970s oil firms pushed cheap fuel, but prices have since climbed. Cibola County shows unleaded at $1.39 9 at a To'homlee outpost, with owner planning another rise. Grants stations range from $1.44 to $1.63 regular, $1.83 high grade, and Allsup's posting $1.45 regular, $1.55 unleaded plus, $1.65 super unleaded.
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Speedy
Acoma
Acoma Pueblo
Speedy’s
Texaco
Chevron
Santa’ Fe
Interstate 40
Santa Fe
Pump &Save
Pump & Save
Santa.Fe Avenue
Grants
Conoco Redi-Mart
Allsup’s
West Santa Fe
Roosevelt Ave
Nimitz
First St
Mom awaits word as Gallup boy remains missing
Janice Spiros seeks her son Clint, a 15 year old runaway missing since November. Posters circle Gallup, but residents who sight him often do not call police, fearing social services or teen code of honor. Police say runaway status is not a crime, complicating the search.
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Janice Spiros
Clint
Spiros
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Social Services
Grants
Zuni honors 111 staff on unqualified audit praise
About 200 people attended a ceremony at Zuni Public School District to honor 111 teachers and staff for earning an unqualified audit report the district’s highest rating. Librarian Amy Nevitt and counselor Cornelia Rupp received distinguished recognition for long service and degrees.
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Zuni-Public
David Cocker
Ham Sai
Zuni School Board
Ruby Wolf
Dave Fontaine
Zuni High School
Amy Nevitt
Fontaine
Dia Center
Twin Buttes
Cornelia Rupp
Western New Mexico University
WNMU
TBHS
George DeVries
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Jolene Thompson
Chinle
Christopher Schurtz
Tom Purdom
Bill Donovan
Clint Spiros
S.J. Ludescher
Nicole Goodhue
Andy Carbajal
Bantan
Hillcrest Cemetery
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