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Gallup welcomes new postmaster

Friday, 29 May 2015 11:58 By Melinda Russell Sun Correspondent

“I’m grateful to work for the Postal Service. I’m excited to work in Gallup. Customer service is my No. 1 priority so I’m excited to get started,” said Dona Roberts, newly sworn in Post Master for the United States Postal Service in Gallup.

Roberts has been the interim post master in Gallup since September 2014...

SAN ANDREAS Depicts A Tsunami of Cheesy Disaster Movie Tropes

Friday, 29 May 2015 11:57 By Glenn Kay For the Sun

Rating: ««

out of 4 Stars

Running Time: 114 Minutes

Disaster films are a tricky business. The spectacle of nature wreaking havoc is always eye-catching, but most movies fail to compensate for the epic scale, resorting to a generic story with too many thinly drawn characters. San Andreas definitely falls into this category. The earthquakes and aftershocks are stunning to look at, but the humans suffer with generic interpersonal conflict and drab dialogue that at times approaches self-parody.

Ray (Dwayne Johnson) is an LA Fire Department chopper pilot who struggles deeply with his daughter’s tragic rafting death. Unable to come to grips, Ray’s marriage to Emma (Carla Gugino)...

Community Calendar MAY 29 - June 4, 2015

Friday, 29 May 2015 11:43 Gallupsun Staff

FRIDAY May 29

Free Computer Classes in May

The library is offering free computer training throughout the month of May at the Octavia Fellin Public Library. Class size is limited to 10 participants per session. Registration is required, to register call (505)863-1291 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit the front desk of the library. Today: Intermediate PowerPoint: 2 pm-4 pm.

Children’s Branch Movie Night

Octavia Fellin Public Library-Children’s Branch is hosting a drop in film for all ages. Movie starts at 4 pm. This week’s feature: Finding Nemo.

SATURDAY May 30

2015 Community Cleanup - Area 3/Southwest

West of 2nd St. to Munoz Overpass, South of Hwy. 66 to Nizhoni...

In Loving Memory

Friday, 22 May 2015 15:07 Staff Report

Michael Charles Sullivan ended a brief battle with cancer on May 17th, 2015, in Boise. He was 73.

He had spent most of his working life in journalism, employed with the Wood River Journal, Hailey, Idaho; Twin Falls Times-News, Idaho; Gallup Independent, New Mexico; Aspen (Colo.) Daily News; Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Ore.; Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe: Marquette (Mich.) Mining Journal and Upper Peninsula (Mich.) Sunday times.

Immediately prior to his transition, at Marquis Skilled Nursing, he had been surrounded by friends and family.

Sullivan was born in Chicago in 1942 and graduated from North Park University there in 1966, with a bachelor of arts degree in English and a minor in...

In Loving Memory

Friday, 22 May 2015 15:07 Staff Report

Michael Charles Sullivan ended a brief battle with cancer on May 17th, 2015, in Boise. He was 73.

He had spent most of his working life in journalism, employed with the Wood River Journal, Hailey, Idaho; Twin Falls Times-News, Idaho; Gallup Independent, New Mexico; Aspen (Colo.) Daily News; Gazette-Times, Corvallis, Ore.; Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe: Marquette (Mich.) Mining Journal and Upper Peninsula (Mich.) Sunday times.

Immediately prior to his transition, at Marquis Skilled Nursing, he had been surrounded by friends and family.

Sullivan was born in Chicago in 1942 and graduated from North Park University there in 1966, with a bachelor of arts degree in English and a minor in...