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Found senior Jack Russell terrier, near Puerco, wearing red collar. Call 1 (808) 227-8278

A.D.A. Service Animal Rules

Friday, 30 October 2015 04:57 Compiled by Tom Hartsock Sun Correspondent

Part 2 of 2

This column is a continuation from last week, Frequently Asked Questions of the American Disability Act, pertaining to Service Animals. It is reprinted here as a service to readers of the Gallup Sun who may have become confused over the issue in recent weeks. We hope this clarifies the matter for them.

For more information on Service Animals that may not have been included in this column, please log on the website at www.ada.gov or call 800-514-0301 (Voice) and 800-514-0383 (TTY), M-W, F 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. , Th 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) to speak with an ADA Specialist. Calls are confidential.

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Can service animals be any breed of dog?

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UNM-Gallup Offers On-Campus Mental Health Services

Friday, 30 October 2015 04:55 By Marilee Petranovich UNM-Gallup

Students at UNM-Gallup now have access to counseling services in a manner that brings together professional mental health experts, technology, confidentiality and recognition that many issues can complicate a student’s ability to be healthy and happy.

Through an agreement with UNM Student Health and Counseling (SHAC), UNM-Gallup is utilizing Zoom Technology to bring students “face-to-face” with trained mental health counselors from the main campus in Albuquerque.

Private and confidential meetings are now taking place via Zoom in a specially designated office on the UNM-Gallup campus. Services began this week and according to Student Success Specialist Mary Lou Mraz,

“It is...

Al - Zuni Global Traders part of U.S. Fish and Wildlife investigation

Friday, 30 October 2015 04:54 Gallupsun Staff

Heinrich’s statement on cybersecurity legislation

Friday, 30 October 2015 04:47 By Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-NM

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement Oct. 27 after voting to approve S.754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 74 to 21. The House of Representatives passed similar legislation earlier this year that must be reconciled with the Senate bill before final legislation goes to the

President.

Senator Heinrich successfully amended the bill to require that the attorney general determine a specific limitation on how long cyber information can be retained; to require the Attorney General to develop...

Raising Awareness for SIDS

Friday, 30 October 2015 04:45 NM Dept. of Health

SANTA FE–For first time parents, everything is new; everything is a first, and everything is a milestone. Baby’s first meal, first crawl, first step and on and on. They’re all terrific, but what I also remember about becoming a new father was my first worries, the wide ranging worries from sniffles, to keeping my child safe to paying for college.

One of the scariest things about having a newborn is one of the hardest to comprehend: unexpected death. Each year more than 4,000 infants die suddenly of no obvious cause in the United States.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about half of these events are due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)...