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Community Calendar Jan. 8 – Jan. 14, 2016

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FRIDAY Jan. 8

Movie: Everest

Starts: 6 pm. El Morro Theater, 207 West Coal Ave. PG-13.

Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Coalition

Join Grace Bible Church for the Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Coalition. Agenda includes: Introduction of the Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Coalition, history, mission and accomplishments. Begins: 9 am. For more information please contact (928) 206 - 7885. Location: Grace Bible Church 222 Boulder Dr.

Family Movie

Join us for a free family movie and popcorn is provided. Starts: 4 pm. Children’s Branch, 200 W. Aztec Ave. Film: Shaun the Sheep the Movie

Award-Winning Lecture Series

Rehoboth Christian School presents Laurie Garrett: Health and the Changing World. This lecture kicks off 15 days of free liberal arts education, from an award winning lecture series. Live Internet video feed will be available. For online listening and archives of past lectures, please visit calvin.edu/January. From 10:30 am - 11:30 am. Location: 07B Tse Yaaniichii Lane. Free

Live Music

Muddy Soulz…Classic Rock n’ Roll from 7:30 - 9:30 pm at Coal Street Pub, 303 West Coal Ave. (505) 722 - 0117

SATURDAY Jan. 9

Gallup-McKinley County Schools

There will be a Regular IEC meeting. Starts: 8:30 am. Location Student Support Center. For more information please call: (505) 721 - 1000.

Live Music

Picked Clean…Old time Folk takes center stage from 7:30 - 9:30 pm at Coal Street Pub, 303 West Coal Ave. (505) 722 - 0117

SUNDAY Jan. 10

Taize’ Worship

A worship service in the style of Taize’ will be held at the Westminster Presbyterian Church. Please join us for quiet, mediation, song, prayer, and scripture. Starts: 4 pm. For more information please call Kathy Mezoff (505) 722 - 5011. Location: 151 Boardman Drive.

MONDAY Jan. 11

Award-Winning Lecture Series

Rehoboth Christian School presents Eboo Patel: Interfaith Leadership. This lecture kicks off 15 days of free liberal arts education, from an award winning lecture series. Live Internet video feed will be available. For online listening and archives of past lectures, please visit calvin.edu/January. From 10:30 am - 11:30 am. Location: 07B Tse Yaaniichii Lane. Free

Clean Power Plan Bulletin

The New Mexico Environmental Department will host additional public meetings for developing a State Plan in response to the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. Begins: 5pm. Questions may be submitted in advance to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Basic information about Clean Power Plan will be provided and is also available at: www.env.nm.gov/aqb/CPP.htm. For more information please contact Cindy Hollenberg: (505) 476 - 4356. Location: Octavia Fellin Library meeting room, 115 W. Hill Ave.

TUESDAY Jan. 12

City of Gallup

There will be a City Council meeting and agendas will be available at least 72 hours prior. Starts: 5 pm. For more information please call: (505) 863 - 1254. Location: City Hall, 110 W. Aztec Ave.

Award-Winning Lecture Series

Rehoboth Christian School presents Bethany Haley Williams, The Color of Grace: Healing and Hope for Child Survivors of War. This lecture kicks off 15 days of free liberal arts education, from an award winning lecture series. Live Internet video feed will be available. For online listening and archives of past lectures, please visit calvin.edu/January. From 10:30 am - 11:30 am. Location: 07B Tse Yaaniichii Lane. Free

Clean Power Plan Bulletin

The New Mexico Environmental Department will host additional public meetings for developing a State Plan in response to the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. Begins: 12 pm. Questions may be submitted in advance to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Basic information about Clean Power Plan will be provided and is also available at: www.env.nm.gov/aqb/CPP.htm. For more information please contact Cindy Hollenberg: (505) 476 - 4356. Location: NMSU Multi-purpose room #007, 1500 N. 3rd street.

WEDNESDAY Jan. 13

Toddler Time

An active and energetic program for toddlers (2-4), featuring music, movement, rhythm, and stories. Starts: 10:30 am. Location: Children’s Branch, 200 W. Aztec. Free

Maker’s Club

A club for kids interested in science, math, building, and inventing (Ages 7 and up).  Each week will feature a different challenge, project, or experiment. Starts: 4 pm. Children’s Branch, 200 W. Aztec. This Week: Lego Challenge: Excavation. Help free our Lego friends from their ice prison. Free

Holiday Film

The Octavia Fellin Library presents a special film in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Popcorn provided. Starts: 5:30 pm. Location: Main Branch, 115 W. Hill Ave. Free

Award-Winning Lecture Series

Rehoboth Christian School presents David Brooks: The Road to Character. This lecture kicks off 15 days of free liberal arts education, from an award winning lecture series. Live Internet video feed will be available. For online listening and archives of past lectures, please visit calvin.edu/January. From 10:30 am - 11:30 am. Location: 07B Tse Yaaniichii Lane. Free

Open-Mic-Night

Local talent takes center stage from 7:30 - 9:30 pm at Coal Street Pub, 303 West Coal Ave. (505) 722-0117.

Overeaters Anonymous

Meetings every Wednesday at 6 pm, First United Methodist Church, 1800 Red Rock Dr., corner of Nizhoni/Red Rock. Enter northwest corner off Nizhoni Library room.

THURSDAY Jan.  14

Crafty Kids

Fun crafts for the whole family (all ages). Starts at 4 pm. Children’s Branch, 200 W. Aztec. Make: Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Doves

Navajo Winter Culture Festival

TMC Health Promotion and Disease Prevention presents the Navajo Winter Culture Festival. There’ll be special events such as, Winter Stories, Navajo Shoe Game, Moccasin Making, and more. Special guests include: The Pollen Trail Dancers, Sunny Dooley, 2015-2016 Miss Navajo: Alyson Shirley, and The Tsehootsooi Middle School Dine Club Dancers. For more information please call: (928) 729 - 8055 or (928) 729 - 8172. Starts: 5 pm. Location: Office of Dine Youth Gym (behind That’s A Burger), Fort Defiance, AZ.

Award-Winning Lecture Series

Rehoboth Christian School presents Jill Doughtery: Russia: Past, Present, and Future. This lecture is part of the 15 days of a free liberal arts education, from an award winning lecture series. Live Internet video feed will be available. For online listening, and archives of past lectures please visit calvin.edu/January. From 10:30 am - 11:30 am. Location: 07B Tse Yaaniichii Lane. Free

ONGOING

Teacher’s Trailer

Attention educators, craftspeople, and citizens! If you’re looking for recycled materials for your Holiday projects, the McKinley Citizens Recycling Council has a resource center. Contact a MCRC volunteer at the Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center on Saturdays, from 10 am - 2 pm. The items available include: cardboard tubes, cylindrical containers, egg cartons, popsicle and chop sticks, tissue boxes, 2-Liter bottles, boxes and tins of all sizes, and much more. For more information call (505) 722 - 9257 or leave a message on the MCRC website: www.recylcegallup.org

Community Pantry

The Hope Garden is offering organic produce for sale from 10 am - 12 pm, Tue - Fri. We are located at 1130 E. Hasler Valley Rd. All funds go to helping feed local folks. For personal attention call (505) 726-8068 or when visiting ask for Kenworth Jones.

First Indian Baptist Church

Monday Night Back to Basics Bible Class, Red Hills Trailer Park recreation center 7 pm; Tuesday Family Bible Study FIBC 501 S. 3rd St, 6 pm; Sunday Worship and Prayer at FIBC 501 S. 3rd, 10:30 am. Contact: Pastor Robert Fontenot (505) 979-0511. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / www.fibcgallup.weebly.com

Gallup-McKinley County Humane Society

Wednesdays are low-cost Spay and Neuter Days, at the Gallup-McKinley County Humane Society. For more information please call (505) 863-2616, or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Location: 1315 Hamilton Rd.

Gallup Solar Meetings

Interested in learning more about solar energy? Come to a Gallup Solar meeting, held the first three Wednesdays of the month from 6 - 8 pm, East Logan Ave. Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (505) 726-2497.

Gallup Sustainable Gallup Board

The City of Gallup’s Sustainable Gallup Board meets on the first Monday each month from 3 - 5 pm in the Mayor’s Conference Room at City Hall. Community members concerned about conservation, energy, water, recycling, and other environmental issues are welcome. Call Bill Bright at (505) 722 - 0039 for information. Location: 404 West Maxwell, Ave.

Habitat Gallup

Join us for the Habitat Gallup, a home building organization offering a hand up, not a hand out. We need your help to plan for our sixth home in Gallup. For more information please call Bill Bright (505) 722- 4226. Meets monthly on the third Monday of each month 6 - 8 pm. Location: 113 E. Logan Ave.

Historias de Gallup

The Library is collecting oral histories from people in the community. Historias de Gallup will focus on Hispanic History in the area and stories that will give listeners a picture of Gallup in the past. These histories will be recorded and stored at the library for future generations to listen to. Anyone interested in participating should contact the library to schedule an interview time. Latino Americans: 500 Years of History has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association.  Information:(505) 863-1291 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Quilting Group

Come on down and join our quilting group. We have quilting bees every Tuesday from 9 am – 2:30 pm, and Thursday from 9 am – 2:30 pm. For more information please contact Virginia Gustafson (505) 879-3001. Located by the Playground of Dreams and Harold Runnels Center in the Larry Brian Mitchell Recreation Center, 705 Montoya Blvd.

Recycling Council

McKinley Citizen’s Recycling Council is a local non-profit working to increase recycling through education, community outreach, and partnership with local government agencies. MCRC meets the first Saturday of the month at 2 pm, at Red Mesa on Hill St. For more information please call (505) 722-5142 or visit www. Recylegallup.org.

SAVE THE DATE

Award-Winning Lecture Series

Rehoboth Christian School presents 15 days of a free liberal arts education from an award winning lecture series, Jan. 6 - 26. Live Internet video feed will be available. For online listening, and archives of past lectures please visit calvin.edu/January. Begins: 10:30 am. Location: 07B Tse Yaaniichii Lane. Free

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

On Jan. 16 from 2 - 8 pm, the Octavia Fellin Public Library will have its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in honor of his birthday. There will be many activities and crafts as well as a birthday cake.  For more information, please call the Children’s Branch at (505) 726-6120 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

American Indian Day

Save the date! It’s American Indian day at the Legislature on Friday, Feb. 5. Broadening State Tribal Relations for generations to come. For more will be posted on the Indian Affairs Department website: www.iad.state.nm.us or call Nicole Macias at (505) 476-1600.

Navajo Nation Science Fair

The Red Rock State Park-Church Rock presents the Navajo Nation Science Fair, Feb. 23- 25. Registration deadline: Feb. 17 at midnight. Categories available include: animal science, behavioral and social science, biology, chemistry, and more. For online registration please visit: www.sciencefairregstration.com. For more information please contact the Dine School improvement: (505) 871 - 7452.