Gallup Sun

Happy New Year to all! It’s time for another look at highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. There are plenty of interesting and eccentric choices being made available this week. So if you can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

Big New Releases!

24 Frames - This experimental documentary feature is the final effort from the late Iranian filmmaker/photographer Abbas Kiarostami. For this project, the creator attempts to bridge his still-image work with film by chronicling the moments before and after a photo is taken. The press greatly enjoyed this piece. There were a couple of reviewers who didn’t think the experiment...

The New Mexico Department of Health reported Jan. 3, additional flu-related deaths in the state, bringing the total so far this 2018-2019 flu season to four.

The deaths are all among people over the age of 50 from Lincoln, Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, and Mora Counties.

Since our report on Dec. 17, of the “First Flu Death in New Mexico This Flu Season,” flu activity has sharply increased and is now widespread in New Mexico. Nationally, influenza activity is also on the rise.

Flu season peaks annually between December and February, and NMDOH encourages residents who haven’t gotten their flu shot yet to get one, especially if they are among those most at risk for flu-related...

Begaye issues $250k check

WINDOW ROCK—President Russell Begaye on Jan. 8 presented a $250,000 check to Big Navajo Energy to cover the installation of solar power units at 40 Navajo homes.

The check is the latest installment of funds stemming from a partnership between the Navajo Nation and Big Navajo Energy that provides alternative energy sources to homes that are off the grid, especially in places like the Former Bennett Freeze Area. Big Navajo Energy, a 100-percent Navajo-owned company, has been working for the past year to install solar panels and generators in Navajo homes.

“Many families that need electricity are way off the grid,” Begaye said. “Some of those people...

Lewis E. Becenti Jr., age 40 of Gallup, NM died January 5, 2019.

He was preceded in death by Father, Lewis E. Becenti Sr and Mother, Carol Ann Yazzie.

He is survived by Siblings, Lewianna Becenti, Madelene Becenti, Lane Becenti Sr. Children, Antemee Becenti, Leonissa Becenti and Jasmine Becenti. Grandchild, Jesse Charley and wife, Leola Long.

The family will receive friends at the Grace Navajo Baptist Church, following the burial.

Funeral Services will be held January 11, 2019 at Rollie Mortuary 10am.

Internment/Entombment at Sunset Memorial.

Donations may be made to the children of Lewis Becenti Jr.