‘A FLICKER OF LIGHT, HOPE’

A lot can happen to a person in a year.

Imagine experiencing the four seasons, holidays, and all the sights, sounds, and feelings of a year over 100 times.

That is what Gallup native Lubica “Luby” Grenko did this week. She celebrated her 106th birthday on Aug. 4 while living at the Gallup branch of Little Sisters of the Poor, an international congregation of Roman Catholic women founded in 1839 by Saint Jeanne Jugan.

Granddaughter Misty Tolson spoke with the Sun Aug. 5 about the long life of her grandmother.

“My grandma lost her mom and sister back in 1918 to the Spanish Flu,” Tolson said. “My great grandfather was a widower, so he then...

Art works currently on display at College Clinic

A series of paintings of Gallup children praying which has been hanging in the College Clinic at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital since September of 2019, became a source of contention in May.

Jacquelyn Cattaneo’s pastel portraits of local children of different races were hung at the clinic at the request of pediatricians there, who asked Judy Conejo, wife of then-CEO David Conejo, to get some artwork for the clinic that was comforting to children.

Judy Conejo was volunteering at the time and thought of Cattaneo, who agreed to display a series of 26 works at the clinic, as well as a single piece, Spirit Ascension, at the...

The annual joint city and county resolution relating to the Liquor Excise Tax was brought before the McKinley County Board of Commissioners during their Aug. 4 meeting.

The resolution, which allows for the allocation and distribution of LET revenue for FY21, was read by County Attorney Doug Decker.

“It’s been a while now since we’ve had enough money to send out for [requests for proposals] for other services,” Decker said. “Since 2012, the lion’s share of the LET has been taken by the City of Gallup for the detox service and other services.”

The allocation committee, which consists of Mayor Louie Bonaguidi and multiple finance officers of both the city and county, sets...

Two members of Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham’s cabinet and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives wanted to hear the concerns of New Mexicans earlier this week amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

District 3 New Mexico Representative Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M. hosted a phone-in town hall with citizens from across New Mexico Aug. 3 with New Mexico Department of Health Secretary Kathy Kunkel and New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions Secretary Bill McCamley.

Over 7,000 New Mexicans tuned in to the hour-long phone call.

“It’s been over four months since the president declared a national emergency due to the coronavirus, and many of the relief measures put in place by Congress are...