Interview with Bill Lee, CEO of Gallup Chamber of Commerce and Head of Gallup Balloon RallyBy Lucia Kezele '18, Meche Williams '19, and Shawn McCraith '18 WEEKLY POLLLast Week's Poll Results!Last week we asked Ambush! Poll takers what events the city should hold for younger children and 67% said more arts and craft events while the remaining 23% said a Halloween festival downtown.
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Code Talker Passes Awayby Shawn McCraith '18 On October 8th the United States Marine Corps lost a valued and famous radioman of the Navajo Code Talkers, David E. Patterson. He served in the USMC during World War II, and ultimately helped win the war for the Allies. These radiomen were the best at what they did, which was decoding and sending coded messages in their native language, Dine Bizaad. Patterson served in 1943 and has been pushing through life ever since, his passing on has definitely been felt in the Navajo community. The Code Talkers played such a pivotal role in obtaining the islands in the Pacific Ocean. They are a tangible representation of why the learning and sustenance of any culture’s language is significant. He is a role model for the younger generation to push the Navajo language upon them. A Navajo Code Talker is special to the Navajo Nation because of their special missions in Japan during World War II. While he was alive, Patterson affected many people and helped in the educational decision of a fellow coworker. Not only will he be remembered as a well-known soldier but also for bowling, his Catholic faith, and the love for his family. The Catholic faith was important, and vital to David E. Patterson, just like learning the Code, it was a drive for him to learn the indecipherable code. For his duty Patterson received the silver Congressional Medal of Honor back in 2001, but it wasn’t one of his proudest moments.. Pat Patterson the son of David said to remember his father as a “funny guy.” After David finished his service as a Code Talker it left him with an interest in other languages in which when he met people from other countries he tried to speak to them in their native language. He was a protector of the Navajo language. *Photo From Navajo Times* https://navajotimes.com/reznews/code-talker-david-patterson-passes/ California Ablazeby Mariah Tso '21 In the state of California there are 22 major fires burning. Central California and Santa Rosa and Napa Valley hit hard that has destroyed over 1,500 structures. At least 42 people have died due to aggressive wildfires in Northern California's Napa, Sonoma, Yuba and Mendocino counties. The fires have destroyed at least 5,700 homes and business. An estimated 100,000 people were ordered to evacuate, and early 70,000 have been allowed to return to their homes. The Sonoma police department said,“They received more than 1,700 missing person reports” caused by the fires but officials have been able to track down nearly all of those people. Throughout the weeks the situation has started to improved and firefighters have been able to control the fires better which has allowed some of the evacuations to be done with. In Buttle County southeast of Oroville 5,800 acres were burned and only 45% are under control. This fire has destroyed about 17 structures and has damaged about 5 damaged and has threatened thousands of structures. The fires have left a lot of people homeless because of their homes burning down but even before the fires California had a housing crisis but now there are a lot more people homeless. There valuable things have been burned because of these fires some people are lucky enough to grab their values and run out. Bay Area residents have limited being outdoors they keep everything closed in the last few weeks they have noticed that high levels of pollution from the California Fires. *Photo from the LA Times* http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-fire-perspectives-20171022-story.html https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-fire-devastated-northern-california-takes-care-of-its-own Crafty Kids Programby Meche Williams '19 Every Thursday, the Octavia Fellin Library hosts a program called, “Crafty Kids,” run by Henrietta Etsitty. It starts at 4:00 pm and goes until 5:30 pm, all ages are welcome and they do crafts that are centered around the event or celebration of that month. For example on Thursday the 19th, they worked on Halloween luminarias, using 2 small paper bags (one was brown and the other was white,) halloween cut outs, scissors, pencils, tape, and a tea light you can get at Family Dollar. The week before they made a tissue roll pumpkins. Henrietta Etsitty is not a staff member at the Octavia Fellin Children’s Library but works at the Adult Octavia Fellin Library.A staff member of the children’s library approached her about running the Crafty Kids program 4 years ago. She didn’t hesitate to accept the offer. She leaves her work around 3:00 pm every Thursday and prepares the supplies and crafts, then around 4:00 pm the kids come in either with their parents or grandparents. Once they’re settled in she gives them the instructions on how to make the project, after they gather the needed materials she walks around to make sure everyone knows what they're doing or, and to see if any kids need her help. I asked her if she enjoys her job and what the best part of it is. Henrietta: “I do enjoy it, the best part would have to be working with the kids and being able to keep them busy by doing some fun crafts. I don’t have any kids but I have a lot of nieces and nephews.” She is a very kind and helpful lady, who loves to spend her Thursdays at the children's library to show the kids some exciting new crafts. She loves to do the same with her sibling’s kids. Etsitty has a good and close bond with most of the parents and kids that attend, because the families keep coming back. Last Week's Poll Results!Last week we asked Ambush! Readers what they would do if someone stole their cheeseburger and 100% of poll takers said that they would react the same way that Anthony Frazier had.
Gallup Harvests the Sun's Powerby Christina Maldonado '19 and Derek Curley '19 The process of converting light into electricity is used from a device called solar panels. The most powerful light source is known to come from the sun. Astronomers refer to the sun as “sol”, hence solar panels. There are a collection of solar cells that create a solar panel. A large wide spread of solar cells will have an impact because more electricity is produced when more light hit the cells. According to NTUA General Manager Walter Hasse, a three hundred acre solar farm will produce twenty seven and a half megawatts of electricity and it will power about seven thousand and seven hundred homes. The solar farm will need a lot of workers; there are 100 estimated construction jobs and a few permanent positions. Partners involved with the project include the Western Area Power Administration and the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. Gallup Solar is located on 113 E Logan Ave. The city will produce ten percent of its electricity this year with the use of this solar farm. Within the following five years, the percentage rate would be five percent.This took ten years of “prodding” by Gallup Solar and energy consultants were “encouraging.” Also, there was a contact with Continental Divide Electric. The city of Gallup contracted with Mangan Renewables. The solar plant they create will soon be owned by the City itself. Gallup Solar Park is located near Walmart, across West Maloney Avenue. Gallup's mayor, Jackie Mckinney, and city council had approved the power purchase agreement on December 13, 2016. The power purchase agreement was with Mangan Renewables, LLC. which will construct and manage the facility. The company was authorized to start construction. Construction began on July 31, 2016. The goal was to make an 8mw photovoltaic generating facility which will run for the duration of a 25 year power purchase agreement. This facility will take approximately 35 acres of city owned property. The facility is in construction South of I-40, between Allison Road and Munoz Overpass. The finished project, which completion is set by the end of the year 2017, will include 28,896 340 watt photovoltaic modules. When finished, it will have enough energy to power 2,500 homes. It will also offset 3,500,000 pounds of carbon dioxide annually. The finished project should save the city, roughly, 20,000 dollars within the first year and 785,000 by the eighth year. By the seventh year of commercial operation, the city of Gallup can purchase the facility anytime at a fair market value. https://navajotimes.com/biz/ground-broken-solar-farm/ http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/power/1-what-are-solar-panels.html http://mailchi.mp/9b79e3469e26/3llo9l60br-2760069?e=0b3360be24 https://facebook.com/gallup.solar/ Did Trump Really End the Dream?by Danic Daniels '20 and Ethan Chavez '19 DACA is a program that has helped out illegal immigrants establish a career in the US. DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, but will President Trump go through with ending the program? If he does go through with this, 800,000 undocumented immigrants will be deported back to the countries they are not familiar with. Currently there are fifteen states suing President Trump. The fifteen states are New York, Massachusetts, Washington, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and also the District of Columbia. All of these states have “teamed up” against Trump to try to keep DACA. The program has allowed thousands of people all around the country to live the “American Dream,” but if Trump decides to end it the dreams cannot be achieved. The program is set to end March 5, 2018. When Trump announced the end of DACA citizens around the country protested that the only reason he is pushing for this was because he didn’t like Mexicans. “I filed suit against President Trump and his administration to protect DACA because Dreamers are just as American as First Lady Melania Trump.”- Attorney General Hector Balderas In no way is Trump trying to get rid of the program, but he is in fact giving congress time to find a permanent solution. If you look at this form a different perspective Trump is making a good decision because the program is unconstitutional and even Obama himself admitted to it in 2012. President Donald J Trump said and I quote “We love the Dreamers” http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41267926 https://nytimes.com/2017/09/05/us/politics/trump-daca-dreamers-immigration.html Lucia Kezele '18Angelic Lopez '19Fresa Con Crema-Strawberries with Cream. Christina Maldonado '19
Beaded hummingbirds September 16th, 2017 at 340 N 9th St, Gallup, NM 87301 Beaded dream catchers September 16th, 2017 at 340 N 9th St, Gallup, NM 87301 Derek Curley '19This photo was taken on October 5, 2017 in Newcomb, New Mexico. It is a rock formation along highway 491 which is one rock formation that has many meanings and names to the Navajo. Ethan Chavez '19Jewelry making for culture religious. The old Holona Plaza. Zuni Mountains. Danic Daniels '20Native jewelry set. WEEKLY POLLLast Week's Poll Results!Last week we asked Ambush! readers if they thought the change to alcohol sales in Gallup would make a difference and 67% said they hope so while the remaining 33% said no.
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