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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