Oñate’s fifth graders organize entire affair

The fifth grade class at Juan de Oñate Elementary School peered into their futures Feb. 10 – and got a kick out of what they saw.

They spoke to a retired firefighter, got some hands on experience about restaurants, learned about what a school nurse does, and got up close and personal with a Medal of Honor recipient at Oñate’s Career Day.

“There are a lot of choices for what you want to do when you grow up,” Makayla Williams, 11, said during the one-hour event held in the school’s gymnasium. The fifth graders set up and organized the event and Williams was a co-chairperson. “This gives us a chance to see what the...

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Bassist Tommy Gibbons to host a free clinic downtown

Tommy Gibbons, bassist, for the heavy metal band, Flaw, will be in Gallup to do a free clinic on behalf of Orange Amps at Quintana’s Music, 200 West Coal Ave., at 5 pm on Feb. 11.

Gibbons who joined the band Flaw in 2016, also played guitar with Tantric, and other renowned bands, is endorsed and sponsored by Orange Amps, which invites all musicians to come out for some fun jamming and as well as learning about Orange Amps.

Orange Amps – British Guitar Amps, is a company based out of England that makes bass guitar head amps, guitar head amps, and other amps for musicians like: The Ramones, Deftones, Cheap Trick, Fleetwood Mac...

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